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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

until dusk they discovered nothing,
neither was anything heard Of the mys-
FERROUS seafarer and his companion In
brown tweeds.
l called on Muriel and explained
how the body had SO suddenly disap-
peared, whereupon she stared at me
pale faced, saying:
"The ~assassihs must have watched
us! They are aware, then, that we
have knowledge Of their crime?"
"Of course" l said.
"Ah!" she cried hoarsely. "Then we
are both in deadly peril-peril of our
own lives! These people will hesitate
at nothing. Both you and ! are marked
down by them, without a doubt. We
must both be wary not to fall into any
trap they may lay for us"
Her very words seemed an admis'
sion that she was aware of the identity
of the conspirators, and yet she would
give me no clue to them.
Next day I accompanied the party
over to Glenlea, about five miles dis
tant, and at noon at a spot previously
arranged, we found the ladies awaiting
us with luncheon spread under the
trees. AS soon IS we approached
Muriel came forward quickly, handing
me a telegram, saying that 1t had beer
sent over by one Of my uncle's groom'
at the moment they were leaving thu
castle.
/ tore it open eagerly and read it
contents. 1t was from Frank Hutch
eson in Leghorn, and read:
Made Inquiries. olinto Santini marie
your servant Armida at italian consulate
general in London about a year ago. The,
live CAB Albany Road, Camberwell; he !
employed waiter Ferrarf's restaurant
Westbourne Grove.-British Consulate
Leghorn.
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UNEARTH OLD BABYLON
ExcAvAroRs FOUND TRACES or
KINGS PALACE.
Foundations Of the Magnificent Abode
Of Nebuehadnezzar All That Re-
acknowledgements in City Of
Assur.

A writer in the Scientific American
describes the Babylonian excavations,
which German psychologists are con-
Quoting. OF all the interesting discov-
cries that have been made, Nebuchad-
nezzar's palace may be considered the
most important.
Little except the foundations Of the
palace remain, and they r of square
burned bricks, each of which bears on
its lower face the name and title OF
the great king. The several hundred
chambers of the palace are small;
some of them are scarcely larger than
a modern bed. One chamber, much
larger than the rest, had at n side
a low platform of bricks. That is sup
posed to have been the throne room;
upon the platform the throne of the
king probably stood.
There was a sacred street in Baby
lon that led from the palace to the
temple. Along it the images of the
gods were carried in procession in
time of festival. The palace gateway
that led to the street, known as the
Ishtar gate, is most imposing, and
gives the spectator a good idea OF
how Babylon must have looked in its
glory. Whatever it's original height
may have been, it still stands forty
feet above the street.
It's six square towers Of burned
brick measure twelve feet each way
and on all their sides, one above an
other, there are beautiful bas-reliefs
of bulls, lions, dragons, and animals
Of fantastic shapes. The reliefs are
Of brick, glazed blue and yellow ant
white, and the coloring is as fresh al
it ever was. Each brick of the relic
was glazed separately, and so accur
ately that when it was placed in thu
wall it formed a part of the perfec
picture.
Within the city Of Assur were dis
covered the earliest Assyrian palace
and temples, the home of the mayor
an intricate system of waterworks an,
drainage, a business street lined wit
shops and paved with blocks of ma
BILE, the thickly-crowded Residential
section of the poorer people, the grea
vaulted tombs of the mobiles, wit
massive doors of stone, which sti
swing on their stone pivots, immune,
able weapons, and ornaments of gol
and stone.
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certain. They are certainly the muir
derers who have returned in secret
and concealed the evidence of this sec
ond crime"
eyes," 1 said. Let us go after them.
They must not escape u.s."
Then, leaving the exhumed body be-
meath a tree, l caught Muriel by the
waist and waded across the deep chan
mel worn by the stream at that point,
after which we both assembled the
steep bank, where the pair had dis
appeared in the darkness of the wood.
We went on through the gloomy for
est, for the light had faded and eve
ming was now creeping on. From time
to time we halted and listened. But
there was a dead silence, broken only
by the shrill cry of a night bird and
the low rustling of the leaves in the
autumn wind. The men knew their
way, it seemed, even though the wood
was trackless. Yet they had nearly
twenty minutes start of US, and in that
time they might be already out in the
open country. Would they succeed IL
evading us? Yet even If they did,
could describe the dress Of one 0
them, while that Of his companion wal
as far as / made out, dark blue, Of
somewhat nautical cut. He wore ais,
a fiat cap, with a peak. W. went on
/. But we saw no sign of the men VIII
had SO secretly concealed the body O
their victim.
"You expected to discover anothe
woman, did you not, Miss Leithcourt?
1 l asked presently, as we walked acros
the moor. ,s
y YES" she answered. Il expected t
find an entirely different person"
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ineonceivable-I mean that the men,
having once got rid Of the evidence Of
their crime. would hardly return to the
spot and reobtain possession OF II"
Unless they watched me exhume it,
and feared the consequences If 1t fell
into your hands" l suggested.
"Of course they might have watched
you from behind the trees. and when
you had gone they came and carried
It away somewhere else" he remarked
obviously; but even if they did, it
must be in this wood. Theye would
never risk carrying a body very far.
and here is surely the best place OF
concealment in the whole country"
1.-THE only thing remaining is to
search the wood at daylight" sug-
gested. IF the two men came back
here during my absence they may still
be on the watch in the vicinity"
Most. probably they are. We must
take every precaution," he said deci-
sively.
At dawn Mackenzie, with four of his
men, made a thorough examination OF
the wood, but although they continued
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cHAPTER VII.
Contains a Surprise.


The first object brought to light.
about two feet beneath the surface,
was a piece OF dark gray wooden stun
which, when the mold was removed,
proved TO be part Of a woman's skirt
With frantic eagerness / got into the
hole we had made and removed the
soil with my hands, until / suddenly
touched something hard.
A body lay there, doubled up and
crushed into the well-like hole the
men had dug.
Together we pulled it out, when, to
my surprise. on wiping away the dirt
from the hard, waxen features, l rec
ognized it as the body of Armida, the
woman who had been my servant in
Leghorn and who had afterwards mar
ried Olinto. Both had been assassi-
natedi
When Muriel gazed upon the dead
woman's face she gave vent to an ex'
preston of surprise. The body was
evidently not that of the person she
had expected to find.
who is she, l wonder?" my com
panion calculated. Not a lady, evi
IDENTIFY, by her dress and hands,"
Evidently not" was my response
for l still deemed it best to keep my
own counsel. l recollected the story
Olinto had told me about his wife; O.
her illness and her longing to return
to Italy. Yet the dead woman's coun
tenance must have been healthy
enough in life, although her hand.
were rough and hard, showing tina
she had been doing manual labor.
Armida had been a particularly goot
housemaid, a black-haired, black-eyet
Tuscan, quick, clearly and full of
keen sense of humor. 1t was a grea
shock to me to find her lying dead
The breast of her dress was staine'
with dried blood, which, on examine
ton, l found had issued from a dee,
and fatal wound beneath the ear wher
she had been struck an unerring bloy
that had severed the artery.
Those men-those men who burie
her! l wonder who they were?" m
companion exclaimed in a hushe
voice. 1--WE must follow them and al
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FEW CAPABLE OF SYMPATHY
Too Many Make the Mistake Of Con-
siderlng Pity as Answering the
Same Purpose.

I'm very, very sorry for her. but !
don't understand how she a do as
she is doing" That's the kind OF sym
pathy you don't care to have directed
your way. isn't it? That isn't really
sympathy but nothing more than pity.
a fine c~ondescending TOUCHDOWN from
above that seems to say, Il am oil
better material" a good deal more than
1t says, Il am sorry"
It's odd how little sympathy there ID
abroad in the world. We mean how
little downright frank understanding
that others are really suffering from
things that would not make us suffer;
that others want to do things in which
we see no delight, and don't want to
do things that g who keeps tab
on the worlds duty says they ought
to do. A man told us the other day
that he had SO trained his boy that ne
would ind few temptations In college
A lot that man knows about II, doesn't
hef One thing Ii sure; he will never
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Gregg is called upon in Leg
horn by Hornby. the yacht Lola's owner,
n dining aboard with him and his
friend, Hylton Chatter, accidentally sees
a torn photograph of a young girl. That
night the ~consul's safe is robbed. The
police find that Horribly is a fraud and
the Lola's name a false one. Gregg Wis
its Capt. Jack Durnford of the marines
board his vessel. Durnford knows. but
will not reveal, the mystery of the Lola.
1T concerns a woman." In London
Gregg is trapped nearly to his death by
a former servant, Olinto. Visiting in
Dumfries Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt.
Horribly appears and Muriel introduces
him as Martin Woodrofe, her fathers
friend. Gregg finds that she is engaged
to Woodroffe. Gregg sees a copy of the
torn photograph on the Lola n tinds
that the young girl is Muriels friend.
Woodroffe disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of a murdered woman in RAN
noch wood. The body disappears and in
its place is found the body of Olinto.
Gregg talks to the police but conceals his
wi knowledge of the woman Muriel
calls secretly on Gregg and tells him that
she is certain nat a woman as well as
a man has been murdered.
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How many fares may be crowded
into a jitney at one timer The night
is dark and stormy. It is a long way
home. Six little playmates. three
young men and three young women
are waiting on a corner to catch the
first jitney home. Along breezes a
ive-passenger car. One Of the I'VE
seats is occupied by the driver. Now
we leave 1t to you, gentle reader. Is
the party to be split upf Are three to
stand there in the downpour until the
next jitney happens along. or are the
young men to forget their own com
fort for the nonce and hold the. storm
bound young women on their knees3
It is opportunities like this that keep
Cupid b~usy.-Jane Dixon, In New York
Sun.
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had in China, although the natives
seem familiar enough with the virtues
of both the fresh and the condensed
article.
Perhaps after all of the orientals
have taken their tea clear because
there was no milk to put In 1t and
not because they thought the addition
Of milk ruined the beverage.
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Americans who have been infiu-
enced by the Orient to the extent Of
taking their tea clear, without milk
or sugar, will be astonished to learn
that the Occident Is now bent on
teaching the Chinese to use milk with
their decoction Of tea leaves-and con-
densed milk at that.
An enterprising condensed milk
company is pushing the campaign and
expects to be successful This con-
Germ has already introduced con-
densed milk ice cream to the Chinese,
and they like 1t 80 well that many
Of the restaurants keep It always on
hand.
Practically no fresh milk Is to be
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At the Wronu Desk.

Caller Tin newspaper ofice)-Hello,
old man! Anything new today?
Paragrapher-Well, I'm surprised.
And SO many free schools in this coun-
try, too!
Caller-Why, what do you mean?
Paragrapher-The idea Of any man
possessing ordinary intelligence com
ing into the humorous department and
asking If there is anything new.
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hear much Of the temptations, for he
couldn't understand. All he could say
would be, my dear boy, | don't e
how you can feel for n moment like
doing these things" And II he cant
understand. he won't be much help to
the boy.
Sometimes when you have felt weak
enough to want a little sympathy, you
haven't gone to the good friend who
was prolific Of advice, have you? Nor
yet to him who looked in pity as on an
abnormal being? But omeon who
really cared for you, put his arm
around your shoulder, and-well that
was about all. But it's too bad we
can't remember it oftener.
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and 1t opens a field of possibilities in
which it can render vast service.
Hitherto individual investigators have
made our discoveries, and financiers
have exploited them for private gain.
If. in the future, our government shall
be able to point the way to new devel-
opments in scientific industry, there
will be q frank recognition that the
government really "exists for the peo-
ple."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

What's the cause of the crowd?"'
asked the visitor to Placer Gap.
I'VE just had a little party down
on Roaring creek" answered Bill
Boulder.
"Any refreshments served?"
Nope. A drink of ticker vas Of.
fered to Mexican Joe before VIZ strung
him up, but he said he didn't need
it. TIL cuss died game, anyhow"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
CHAPTER Vl.-continued.

l at once gladly accepted her invi-
tation to investigate the curious dis
appearance of the body of poor 0lin-
to's fellow-victim, determined to OBJ
tain the secret knowledge possessed
by that smart, handsome girl before
me. That her suspicious were in the
right direction l felt confident, yet if
the dead woman had been removed
and hidden by the assassin it must have
been after the discovery made by me.
The fellow must have actually dared
to return to the spot and carry off the
victim. Yet if he had done that, why
did he allow the corpse of the Italian
to remain and await discovery? He
might perhaps have been disturbed
and compelled to make good his
escape.
you tell me, Miss Muriel, that you
suspect the truth, and yet you deny
all knowledge of the murdered mani"
l exclaimed in a tone of slight re-
proach.
Until we have cleared up the mys-
terry of the woman l can say nothing"
was her answer. q can only tell you,
Mr.. Gregg, that if what / suspect is
true, then the affair will be found to
be one of the strangest, most startling
and most ingenious plots ever devised
by one man against the life of an
other"
Then a man is the assassin, yor
Think" I exclaimed quickly.
Il believe so. But ever of that
am not at all sure. W. must first fint
the woman"
u = = = y
Rannoch wood was already in it
gold-brown glory of autumn, and as
stood with Muriel Leithcourt on thu
edge Of it, near the spot where Olint'
Santini had fallen, the morning sui
was shining in a cloudless sky.
asked her opinion which was the mos
likely corner, but she replied:
II know so little of this place, MI
Gregg. You have known it for years
while this is only my first seasol
here"
Very WELL" l answered. LET u
start here, and first take a small circle
examining every bush carefully. TIL
body may have easily been pushed |
beneath a thicket and well escape oil
%servation."
And 81 together, after taking on
bearings, we started off, working on
way into the thick underground, bea
ing with our sticks, and making m
mute examination of every bush
heap of dead leaves. All through IL
morning we walked on, our hant
badly torn by brambles. My own col
was badly torn, and more than once
was compelled to scramble throul
almost impossible thickets; yet v
found no trace Of any previous |
truder, and having completed o.
circle were compelled to admit tn
the gruesome evidence Of the secol
crime did not exist at that spot.
Muriel was untiring in her activit
Hitler and thither she went, beatil
down the high bracken and tangles
weeds, poking with her stick into
cry hole and corner, and going fl
Their and farther into the wood in t
certainty that the body was there
concealed.
Soon we came to a deep wooded
vine of the existence Of which | "
in ignorance. 1t was a kind Of SIN
glen through which a rivulet flow
but the banks were covered with
thick, ~impenetrable underground.
"This is a most likely place"
clared my dainty little companion
we approached it. Anything Co
easily be concealed in that h
bracken down there. Let us sea-
the whole glen from end to end"
cried with enthusiasm.
Acting upon her suggestion {
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From Ancient History.

Biggs-I wonder who originated the
mother-in-law joke?
Diggs-Our old friend Noah, l be-
lieve.
Biggs-How do you figure it out?
Diggs-After building the ark, he
failed to take her in out Of the wet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Gentle Insinuation.

what I object to-" said the thought
full young woman, lis the idea of tax
alton without representation"
IF l we're a married man." respond
ed the admiring youth, I'D be glad
to take my wife's advice on how /
voted. How would you like to have
me represent you at the polls?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
The Humble Tolier.

You must put your shoulder to the
wheel in this campaign" said the
alert manager.
Il understand that" said the OBJ
scure but willing worker. but you
want to let me know when you're go
ing to change your mind about going
ahead. The last time | put my shout
der to the wheel the band wagon sud
denly backed up and over me-
Washington Star,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

What Was He Kicking About?
He-You only kiss me now when
you want money.
She-Good gracious, John, isn't that
often enough?-London Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Speaking of the capacity to assimi-
late punishment, a Pennsylvania mar
has taught school for more than fifty
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
L Reason.

An Opposite Reason.
LET me down easy"
Why should II"
Because I'm hard up
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

When it comes to a woman's com
plexion, art can be Of considerable
assistance to nature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

When they all begin to call a nan
uncle" it is an indication that he Is
about through.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
LOGICAL sequence.

what a biting wind!"
That's because W. are in the teeth
of a gale"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

If he is a stranger and wears side
whiskers look for the Joker" before
investing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Eph Wiley says a small town is me
in which they make the licensing Of
billiard halls a moral issue
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Comparisons.

Il have a fireless cooker"
II have a smokeless husband
Baltimore American.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-26
HAD PELLAGRA;
is NOW CURED

IIll.boro. Ala w. Turner. Of thi-
place, says. Il ought to have written
you two weeks ago. but failed 70 do So
| got well and then forgot 70 write YOU
! can get about like a l0year.old boy.
YOU ought 70 see me run around and tend
to nay tarm. can 90 all day iust like
used to. am So thankful to know there
is such good remedy to cure people Of
pellaGra.
There Is no longer any doubt that pei.
lagra can he cured Don't delay until
1t is toe late. II is your duty to consult
the resoureeful Baughn.
The symptoms hands red like sunburn,
skin peehng Off. sore mouth the lips.
throat and tongue flaming red, with
much mucous and choking; Indigestion and
nausea. either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baushn's hig Free
book on Pclagra and learn about the
remedy tor Pcllagra that has At fast been
found Address American Compromising
Co. box 2nS7 Jasper. Ala. remembering
money Is reteudcd IN an, caze where the
remedy talis 10 cure ~ ".
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-26
MEXICAN RAIDERS LYNCHEO

Brownsville. Texas Two MeNtcans
held in Jail At SAN Benito. Tex
IN connection with the Austin killing
in the Sebastian raid last week. We're
taken out three days ago in the alb
sence OF guard aud killed. it was
learned here.
The bodies were left alongsi de the
railroad between llarltuEen and Sa-
tiuo.- and were burned
The killing Al Mercedes Of four Mex
leans who were alleged members OF
the band which killed Private Wind
house OF the United States army is
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-26

Marooned for "a hours In the top of
/, tree after their boat had capsized
near Cane Island, shor. distance
from Cotter. NJ. F. TRULY and p. f.
Carter of Independence Kan. swan
nearly a mile to the shore and arrived
in Cotter. The two men were floating
down the river in househoat, when
the boat struck Il log in the middle of
the river and capsized After a strug-
gle they succeeded in reaching an is
land and climbed a tree. where they
remained for "a hours. They were
fortunate to have enough trot line with
them to tie themselves to the tree.
and by this means were enabled 20
get little sleep They kept them.
selves warm by climbing up and down
the tree.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-26

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than a dose OF nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodsons Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn.
ing. because you will wake up feel
ing fine your liver will be working.
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable. therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill
dren. Millions OF people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead OF dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
Will tell you that the sale OF calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-26
Cooks and BanQs.

John kendrick Banks. author of "A
Household on the Styx," aud Coffee
and Repartoe, who is spending the
summer at his camp in Maine. said in
an interview last week; People
should own and read books just as
they should seek friendships. and try
To understand their friends. A book
that one has como to know. and to
love. is one of the truest OF friends.
In my library in Maine are not many
books. but mono the less Lincoln walks
there with me. Emerson is my friend.
Balzac and Dumas are permanent
dwcllers at my side, | frolic with o.
Henry and | play boyish tricks with
Aldrich and Penrod | fence with Mon
taigne. and the great spirits OF The
Spectator