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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24
A FIND ON THE BEACH

her II was near sunset when We put
of after a vain search, and when We
reached the reef Surrounding our island
| and a half mile out from the beach, the
| evening breeze died out to nat calm,
! and We lay like log. Before taking TO
the oar to scull us into the shore l sat
| whispers Of the sea Whang leaned over
| the rail Of the boat and watched the
! sharks darling to and fro and leaving
| trails of fire behind them, and things
ing of my watch, when there came a
| strange interruption 1t was the voice of
a woman in laughter saS and it sounded esd
| sound. wondering If our ears had de-
ceived us, and as We stood listening the
/ sounds came again. When they had died
Cd eIay' the boy turned to me and whisper
Master. for Gods sake let US get
J ashore at once There is a witch Of the
! sea close by, and she will drag US down"
| nothing: more, I picked up the oar and
sculled in to the landing. There l found
! the three Cinnamon waiting for me. and
they were In a state OF great excitement.
They had heard the laughter, and they
believed with the boy that a witch Of
the sea was hanging about and meant to
legends and superstitions. and It is use
less to combat them While / argued
that there was woman castaway about.
and they could not dispute the fact Of
plain the laughter. simply contented
myself with saying that we would leave
some provisions on the beach that night
and see II they were missing in the morn
ing and with sleeping with one eye open
to see that the frightened fellows did not
steal the boat and make OF to some other
island.
We were down on the beach when day
light came, and there were fresh tracks
again. The woman had circled about the
heap Of provisions. but had touched moth
g,er L. L., - e.,
sea and another leading back, and there
were 300 imprints of feet to look at The
Chinese were absolutely knocked out
with consternstioh; and only my prom;
capture or shoot the witch claimed them
down. I remained with them all that day
to prevent them from plotting, and il
wSs St until TN, %d sb that s.d t sSS up
V pg 'e as W WEAPONS. Ut had no idea
Of shooting. promised to capture the
thing. witch or woman. IL IL lay In my
was concealed behind a heap Of brush.
and II was a starlight night. At that
hour a figure which looked like a human
began to walk, up and down the beach
As it walked away from me rose up
and went forward on tiptoe and was
within thirty feet of II when II caught /,
a shadow. I heard an exclamation of |
alarm and splashes in the water and saw
the wake as the it, swan away. had |
meant to keep cool, but the sight Of the |
figure excited me, and its escape when |
figured. on capture added to Il. and so, |
hardly knowing what / did. I drew one
of my revolvers and began firing as the |
swimmer moved away. Aired six shots 1
but ] heard no cry of pain or other
sound. =
I went back to the Cinnamon and found i
them chattering in terror, and II they
had not been afraid of the witch theyt
would have made rush for the boat and /
left me alone on the island I sat
watching them till daylight came. and
then we all went down to the beach.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

cures from The drug stores and have
set hundreds of doctors gallopinS fol
the back counties. How many human
mate. You may want to hurry home
after the show, but stop long enough
to get bottle or box. You may not
have been home half an hour when II
may be, the means of saving your life;
We will now open the show. which i
trust you will agree with me Is the
grandest thing travelling on wheels.
Supreme Court have dome ne the Sonor
to come to this show and they have
pronounced IL unedualed.
Our first picture Is that of, Goliah
ss5endins forth and dsfytns the enemy;
pounds and you must admit that he was
a whopper of a man. David. who Is a
YOUNG man without a sign Of a whisker
sling in his hand Goiiah .ooks at him
with the utmost contempt and stands
ready to pick him up and break him in
two over his knee. sr
Does David turn pale and fly? Not
a SLING whiris It two or three tll,(es
around his head. and-bang, Goliah Is
down. never to rise again 1t was a
irends is sn never the e Rst Il. Of ,w tss
a nd despise small things. A bottle OF
my Life Restorer might have put Goliah
on his feet again, but alas, that was
years before l had invented Il.
The next picture shows the volcano
of Vesuvius In a state OF eruption, with
thousands Of people fleeing away in ter
ror. Why do VOLCANOES erupt? Because
they got something into the stomach
which II cannot digest, the same as a
human being. II must throw that some
thing on, and II does throw II on. and
though living in the shadow of that
gets their whiskers singed on.
Ten years ago there was no cure for
IL, but there Is one now. One gallon
Of Pilgrim Joe'sy Heavenly Stomach Bit
ters will cure the worst stomach dis
orders that anything human or inhuuian
may be attacked with. There are no
around this town, but buy
and keep m the house half a dozen bot
ties for an emergency. It is as good
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24
BoUser Won't Lecture
Because Mrs. Bowser Laughed at Him.

sober face for two or three days.
He had not lost. bis wallet, fallen
down the cellar stairs or missed a
chance to go to the North Pole.
Yet he talked very little. and seem
ed to be thinking deeply.
The cook was worried for fear that
her last apple pie had brought indi-
gestion upon him, in which case she
might expect to be sued for heavy
damages. ~.
Mrs Bowser was puzzled but NOT
worried. Mr.. Bowser can keep a
secret sorrow locked up in his manly
breast only two or three days Then
of murder he would be forced to make
a confession, and thereby hang him.
In this case she gave him rope and
tend to notice that -horse-blanket
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

Copyright. 1918 by Mcclure Newspaper syndieate)
The Palawan Islands, in the China
Sea. are to the north 70 -Borneo and
form a part of the Philippine group.
They stretch out for a distance of 700
miles and number nearly a thousand.
In the year 1882 l was landed on one
of the Palawans from a Singapore
trader to get up and run a copra
plant. l had with me four Chinese,
and the trader landed provisions for
a year. After l had the shed up and
the work going l had plenty of time
for fishing. hunting and visiting the
other islands.
Nothing of special interest occurred
until l had been on the island three
months. Then one morning as l went
down to the boat to 80 on a fishing
trip ! was amazed to ind tracks OF
a woman"s bare feet on the wet
sands The tide was out. and she had
wandered along the beach for half a
mile, probably just before daylight
1t needed only a glance to tell me
that the person who had left the
tracks was a white woman. but to
make sure of il | called to the China
men. They at once agreed with me.
There was a trail leading out of the
water at one spot and another trail
leading back at another spot. but
none to show that the strange visitor
to the island had secuted inland at all.
We were on one Of the outer. or sea-
ward, islands. with nothing between
US and the Cochin China coast There
was a small and almost a barren
island three miles to the north and
similar one about the same distance
TO the south. but I had visited both
and found no people.
Whoever had visited our island in
the darkness had come up out Of the
depths of the sea. No boat or raft
had landed on the shore. The foot
prints were as plain as a plaster cast,
and more or less excited. After
thinking the matter over I decided
that the woman must have come from
Gi sns 50 svt in bSsP way sae
search. I set off to the north and in
the course of an hour made a land
more rns thaS five acres Here s snd 81 there eH
Satch\ of soil covered the rocks, and |
young cocoanut trees were struggling |
for life put the grSu1d was easy for
made the circuit of the island in my |
boat. but not a living thing did |
i able to find any fresh water.
- It was noon when I got back to nv /
own island and after dinner / set out |
to search the other As this one mad |
more vegetation took with me the boy
who was about Is years of age and
named whang. As the wind was light
and a current against US, we were two
hours in gaining the island. was strong 1
in tie belief that some woman had been
cast away and was shifting for herself,
and that she had not made herself known
to US simply proved, that she had lost her
reason under the strain of the hardships
or took US for natives who would modest
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

This Is an entirely different case"
oh. then. shall be glad to hear. your
statement"
But you will oppose it."
Perhaps I shall not You have evil
IDENTIFY received a new>oner. Let US
near all about It. II Is the duty OF q
Wife to aud and encourage her husband.
You have never found me backward In
these duties"
Yes, I have received a new OFFER"
said Mr.. Bovser. after hitching around
In an uneasy way. Mr. Charles Light
Bureau. called on me the other dar. y
call was for the purpose OF making me
an offer. After q short talk he mac
II: What do you think II wasr'
Mrs Bowser wanted to reply that she
thought il was an offer to borrow so.
but she did not want to hurt Mr.. Bow
sers feelings and she. therefore. an
swered
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

The tide was coming in, but We found
tracks, as before. While We were hurry
ing about, arguing and discussing, the
Of woman. a white woman. II had
been torn from the body by the sharks,
and II was the foot which had made the
tracks in the sand. One Of my shots had
struck and killed her as she swan away,
and the blood had brought the savage
sharks to the attack. There lay the
limb before US, with the flesh hard and
firm. though showing a bruise here and
there, but no other part of the body
came ashore. To whom the limb had b.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24
ONLY One Kind.

rs there more than one kind OF cleo
tricity7" asked the old man on the rear
platform OF the conductor
I suppose it's all the same. no matter
how applied" was the reply.
The same as lightning
Yes. Were you thinking Of going into
electrical business"
Not skassly I was thinking how a
bolt Of lightning struck my brother Tom
out In Indiana last year and killed him
deadern doornails, and wondering IL
something wouldn't bust here and make
my heels break my neck. I guess I'll go
in and sit down and kind OF think OF
something else till time TO get on"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

log. You may be gored by a bull
You may be kicked by a mule. You
may run through a threshing machine.
There may come along a tornado and
blow the barn over on you An acct
dent which puts life in peril may hap
then TO neighbor or one of your
family. Can you afford to be with
out Pilgrim Joe's Sure-Pop Salve?
am certain that you cannot and you
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24
Obstacles in His Path.

Yes. they are mighty particular folks
in Cleveland" said the tramp who was
relating some Of his adventures. II think
I should have taken a bath IL they hadn't
been so finicky about II.
what did they do or say?'
why. they wanted me to wait for an
offshore gale ana then to hire a tug and
60 out six. miles before I jumped over
board I simply had to defer my bath
till struck a county duck pond"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24

will buy a box as you leave this tent
You will find outside many other
remedies that ! have not mentioned.
shall name them all as you stand
grouped around me. and as prudent
and far-seeing citizens of a growing
ally and protect yourselves"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-24
THOSE WAR CENSORS
They Wouldn't Pass These Dispatches

to fall back before the charge, but we
rallied In q moment and the conflict be-
gan II was a vindictive struggle. We
many times called upon that COW to lay
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-18

VISITORS DURING THE AFORESAID FESTIVITIES ARE
CORDIALLY INVITED TO GO THROUGH OUR MILL AND
SEE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH OUR PRODUCT IS
MANUFACTURED. NO FORMALITIES, JUST COME DOWN
AND ASK Us TO SHOW YOU AROUND
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13

"She had no clothing except suit
of underwear.
'lf the room was not actually
prison cell, it looked like one. There
was no carpet on the floor. The only
other furniture besides the bed was
an old chair. On this was q cup and
plate, but no knife, fork or spoon.
Tie place had absolutely no toilet
facilities
1t was a cousin of the girl who
limited at the love story which may
be at the bottom of this unique trag-
edy.
Just before she was incarceratcd
Grace was seen a great deal with a
farmer named Jasper Ewell. He was
at least 60, and Marshall is said to
have objected to his courtship.
Just as the budding romance was
becoming the talk of the town, Grace
suddenly disappeared. In some unex-
planned manner the idea that she was
dead spread throughout the settlement
and finally was accepted as a full
explanation. Jasper Ewell was seen
near the Marshall home no more, and
D years ago he died
Navajo Rugs at Baldridge Drug Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13

from the bare boards and putting it
into her mouth. Only for a moment
he watched the form silhouetted in the
half-light OF dawn. Then he left the
house and eventually his report
reached me-
"After great difficulty l got into
the house and the stepmother un-
locked the door Of the girls prison.
There ON broken-down bed she
crouchcd, like an animal.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13
WON'T YOU KEEP A LITTLE
CHILDS HEART FROM BREAKING

Help spread good cheer" at Christ
mas time in El Centro-in the homes
that need it badly.
How? Why by joining the Empty
Stocking Club. It's members are San
ia Claus helpers.
It's members are good-hearted folk
who do not want to see a single brok-
en-hearted boy or girl in this city
this Christmas. They have pledged
themselves to fill empty stockings.
Won't you join them?
The Press urges you to help find
all the kiddies in this town who will
be left" by Santa this year unless
you help,
Become a member of the Empty
Stocking Club by finding one or more
of them and filling a stocking for
them.
Get the stocking and fill it now.
You can find the little boy or girl.
If you will fill a stocking or know
of needy children, report to Mrs. C.
+. Paris or Mrs. c. ]. Ritz, philan-
thropic committee of the Ten Thou
sand Club.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13

Romance thai ended in living tomb.
Grace Marshall, the Maryland girl held
prisoner " years in her fathers
house, is shown above 70 the right as
she appeared soon after her rescue
At the left top is her father, Frank
Marshall, now in Jail awaiting trial
Gil charges made by agents of the
Children's Society, who rescued his
daughter. Below, picture of the Mar
shall home near st. Michaeis, Md
Cross marks the room where the girl
was a prisoner. The tire in the pic
ture hides the windows of the room
from view and helped make the room
"a real prison"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13
BY Jones Plat.


taston, Md, Dec. Suddenly,
from hidden tomb in her fathers
own house, Grace Marshall, %, long
believed by the folks in this little
Maryland hamlet to be dead and bur
led in the old churchyard, has emerged
after being held prisoner by her fam
lily for II long years.
Without single visitor from the
outside world in all that time, and
subsisting on so little food that she
weighs now but 5S pounds, she today
is the object of 4 whole foodtide of
pity from this southern countryside.
But Grace Marshall cannot bespeak
her gratitude nor tell of her suffer
ing-for in the darkened, silent prison
her father and stepmother made for
her, she forgot the power of speech.
She cannot tell why her family saw
fit to shut her off from the rest of the
world-but neighbors believe it was
because II years ago her father
feared the girl was about to elope
with an aged admirer.
Some day she may tell. Perhaps she
will be strong enough to take the stand
when her father, Frank Marshall, is
tried on the preferred charge of as
sault with intent to kill. And perhaps
she will then be able to accuse her
stepmother, who also faces a charge
of assault.
So far the CHASTITY details have had
to come from others. Among these
stands out Miss Emma l.. Davies, the
courageous agent of the Children's
Aid Society, who rescued her from
the room that might have been her
tomb.
| might not have believed the aw-
full story that is on the lips of every
one in Talbot county, even after Miss
i Davis told it to me, had | not seer
\ the girl myself and tried to talk witt
her.
She lay amid pile of pillows il
HloTIiN ClldlI III lle HOlilc VI Hei
aunt, Mrs. NJ. James.
In the dim iamplight one could still
!, discern the trGces of her former
: beauty.
i asked her if she was glad to b'
I free again and under the compassion
I ate care OF her aunt. She gazcd a
1 me for a momcnt-tried to move he
n lips-and then slowly nodded her head
3 1t was all she could do.
Attempts to make her write failed
Her wasted hands could not hold tn
4 pencil.
Had it not been for the curiost.
/ of relative of the Marshall famil
she might never have been found,
Miss Davies told me "This man, act
d ing on rumor, stayed over night a
q the Marshall house. In the next rooI
to his he heard groans during tn
D night. Next morning he went ou
& onto the gallery and peered throug
"a shuttered window. There on tn
! floor Of a darkened room, he says
) he saw the girl, picking somethin
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13

Finally Rescued, She Cannot Yet
Tell of Twelve Years of Horror
Sh Spent Gagged in Bare Room
While Her Friends Thought Her
Dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-13

Navajo Rugs at Baldridge Drug Co
ADV.
, 1915-10-30
Censored at Jamaica.)

London, Oct. ~20tb.-Field Marshal Sir
John French reports rs. folaws "Sluce my
last communication the situation on our front
has not changed. There have been mining
activities on both sides without important re-
suits The enemy artillery has been active east
of Ipres aud south Of the In Bassee CauuI,
and our reply has been very effective. Oar
nlrtnen brought down two GERM uer0piu4ea
on Wednesd y, one falling inside our liues
md he other close behind the enemy'5 front
trenches.
A French official c~ommuniqu6 states "Af-
ter exploding IN the nei9hbourhood of the
ro0d from Arras to Lille, southeast Of Neu-
vile 81. Vaast, a series of powerful mines
which DESTROYED the Germtn entertainments
and tutauglements, we immediately occupied
the eXcayutious, where we installed and
maintained ourselves Notwithstanding a very
vloleut bombardmeut and several counter
attacks in which the enemy suffered serious
losses. East of Rheims h. Germans re-
newed on the front from L. Ferme lie VI II
qaise to Prosnes their at empts to attack
with the employment of sutfOcatin9 gases IN
large quantities, but our troops protected
themselves etficaciousIy against he blankets
OF gas from the enemy's trenches aud broke
down by infantry aud artillery barrier fire
che 'fforts of the assailants which were
everywhere completely repulsed. The Ger
mans attempted II new attack against La
Courtlne, but were checked Immediately by
our infantry and machine-guu fire aud the
attack fniled completely.
A Berlin official bulletin announces "Af-
ter The explosion Of a French NINE on the
LiIle-ArraS road an unimpottaut engage
, 1915-10-30

In the House of Commons. Mr.. LLOYD
George, answering numerous questions, stat
ed that Mr.. A>qnilh intended shortly to
make a full statement /, garding the pro-
g1ess of The wun. Sir Edward Grey said
that the offer of Cyprus to Greece had been
Withdrawn, the conditions not having been
fluff led. Mr.. Asquith's return to the House
OF Commons is expected today.
In the House If Lords, Lord Lansdowne,
in reply to a question by Lord Lorebmn,
said that the cumpaign in northern Serbia
rendered it Impossible for the Serbians 10
be able to withstand for long the attacks by
the Aust ru- G9lmuus on tie north. aided by
the stab in the back by bulgaria. The Bri-
fish had anied 1900 men ut Salonjcn ut
the request If Scribe, md ut he Instance of
NJ. Nenlzclos, then Premier of Greece, and n
lnrger force had been simultaneously placed
under orders, bat its ultimate destination
would not be deter mined until General Mon
10 hHd made repor'. He praised the Ser
bians' herojsm and justified the expedition
to Salouica undeI the circumstances descrjb-
ed. Lord Loreburu expire sed his disap-
puInlmeut at the situation III the Darduuelles
aud asked whether there was any danger of
Il repetition,to which Lord LnusdoWne replied
that everything had been done with profes-
SlOnal advice and lhnt LORD kitchener hHU
attended every { abinet meeting and was IN
Likely to allow himself to be Influenced by
his civilian colleagues, and that no member
of the Government, including himself, WAS
influenced by Amateurs. Lord Cromer sup
ported Lold Lon ebmn, declaring that Lord
kitcheuer was singu.ariy par~imonIous IN he
statements. and that the House of Lords
wanted something showing q grasp Of tho
situation. He di~sociuted himself from the
critics Of The Government, but said that he
preferred a smaller Cabinet Lord Loreburn
and Lansdowue fnvoured a change, and
Lord Curzou said that Mr.. Asquith was con
sldrring it.
The conscriptionists regard the debate as
their Justification and the "AIornng Post"
considers that it tin cations a new Opposition
party. The DAILY Telegraph" alone among
the Uniouist Journals supports the Govern
ment.
= rush Of recruits hos followed the Kings
recent appea al and Miss Cayelps execution.
A des patch from Montreal states that the
British steamship "Donnacona' has been
torpedoe q and sunk. No mention has been
made of the fate of her crew.
, 1915-10-30
Censored at Jamaica.)

Copenhagen, Oc'. 29th-rhe Folketing
has finished the first reading Of the Budget.
Dutiog the debates Dr.. Brandes, the Minis
Ser OF Finances, said that the new criminal
INV VIII be submitted to the Colonial Councils
for thejr report.
The IS. "Chumpon'' arrived at ChrIstiania
on the rs ID.