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taking off the receiver, but not an
swering. Instead, she hung up and
wedged the telephone bell with a
piece of paper so that it would not
ring at all.
She was about to move away from
the desk when Elaine entered the Ii
brary
Didn't l hear the telephone bell
ring?' she asked.
inez was quick. Yes" she replied,
my former mistress telephoned that
she is sending my trunk today"
oh. very well, smiled Elaine pass
ing ON through the library with an
encouraging nod to the girl.
Inez had killed two birds with one
stone Not only had she disarmed
suspicion about the interrupted call,
but she had laid the foundation for
the delivery of trunk which at that
moment she knew Wa and Long Sin
were preparing and packing
1t was large trunk, and in it the
two willy Cinnamon were packing Il
chair. as well as the phosphorus ma
chine
Once Mistress Inez induces Elaine
to sit in this chair observed Wa, tap
ping it significantly as he closed the
trunk, half our work is completed.
| ptOwn ineZ, always ON guard. was
watching for the safe arrival of the
trunk, when she saw messenger boy
coming up the steps of the house.
Perhaps. 1t flashed over her, it was
some message from Kennedy. She
must get it. whatever II was.
Without hesitating moment she
slipped back into the library while the
boy was still at the door and wrote
a note of her own al the desk. She
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-19

being prepared for Kennedy. The
note Of warning regarding Elaine was
merely first step in the entangle-
meut
w were in the laboratory and
Craig WAS Al work testing some chem
icals. about to pour liquid from 4
beaber into a test tube He paused,
posing both In his hands. listening.
Outside W. could hear what sounded
like a scratching Il the door
BE quiet JUS; minute. Walter. %
whispered Craig. moving on tiptoe
toward the door.
The fact was that young China.
man had crept up cautiously and was
crouching there in position Ike
that OF n runner about 10 start in n
race. Actually he was merely wait.
ing for Kennedy To open the door.
but 1t looked as though he were listen
ing.
As Craig threw open the door he
started of like racer. apparently
dropping piece OF paper in his hurry.
| darted ont after him, wA.le Craig
stopped and picked up the paper. then
stood gazing after us.
Down the hall the young Chinaman
dashed until he came to the back en-.
trance to the laboratory There he
turned and crouehed again in the
darkness
A moment later I came after him,
AS | passed the door he seemed to
rise up unexpectedly and | stumbled
headlong over him almost stunned
as | hit the floor lie rose again
and crisscrossedt around the corner
OF the building before ! could pick my
self up. II was of no use now to
chase him furtheF, and | limped back
into the laboratory.
He got awa2 in spite OF me. l
managed to blprt out as | rejoinei
Kennedy in tn hall. What's that?"
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Elaine, down in the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
from the Womens Guild.
Il wonder what there is upstairs
that | can give them she thought,
as she re-read the letter. 81 think
I'll see"
She started up. just as Inez was
leaving.
The adventures in the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be-
hind door letting Elaine pass her,
without being seen
In the attic Elaine started to take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale. laying them aside
one by one
An attic is always place that calls
UP memories of the past. and Elaine
soon began to think of things that
were suggested by one after another
of the discarded dresses Besides.
some of them we're scarcely worth
sending, anyway. She sat down, alb
seuty, in the chair to think it over.
suddenly a secret spring released
set OF bands that automatically and
swiftly elamped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in a grip of steel. At the same
time a vapor bulb in the back of the
chair shot out its smothering fumes.
rendering her unconscious.
Elaine was caught in n trap.
1ncz in silent exultation opened the
attic door just trine Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
key from the inside, shut the door and
locked it from the outside
Stealthily lnez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaine room.
There. taking care that neither Marie
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she
opened the closet and took out the
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had
worn when She VAS kidnapped by WI
and stuffed them into suitcase lnez
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
her own hat and coat and left the
house unobseryed.
Half an hour later she entered the
opium joint on Mott street.
There were both WI and Long Sin
carefully examining blonde wig made
up as closely as possible 10 resemble
the golden masses that were the
crown OF Elaine's beauty. Four or
five other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at respectful distance.
Have You the clothes asked WI,
greeting lnez.
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Yes, maam. she replied. handing
Elaine the faxed note
Elaine read IT, Il didn know about
the rummage sale before" she com
meated. as She wc.t into the library,
bat guess Ill have TO give them
something"
She sat down fer n moment 70 look
over new fashion magazine out
side in the hallway Iuez VAS reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought. with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew. as she destroyed
il, that 1t was only part OF Wus
subtle plan to alarm kennedy and
start him on false scent
1t was not many minutes later tat
the bell rang again. and this time
Jennings answered the door. diselos-
ing the eXpressman with a heavy
trunk.
"Oh, l guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed. May have it taken UP to
the attic, out OF the way"
The men carried the big trunk up
stairs into the attic. n large room full
Of trunks. some old furniture and a
great many old dresses hanging up
AS they set it down she signed the
receipt for il. and the expressmen
dumped downstairs.
For a moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk TO unlock it,
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed ii near the
clothes hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed it in the shadow back
OF the chair piling up some excelsior
and other dry stuff over and around 1t.
Inez had scarcely completed her
arrangements when 1t occurred to
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-19
arm tight to his side. stili with hrs

arm tight to his side, still with his
wrist pressing on the rope.
His heart fairly leaped. 1t worked!
The cuff link which he had devised
as cigarette lighter as a joke on me
was burning the rope.
Then he pulled at the weakened
ropes as he had before in his futile
struggles.
They broke.
Just on the other side of the door he
could hear the low buzz of the argu-
ment as Long Sin urged WI to allow
him to kill Kennedy
Very well. then" WI at last
agreed looking at his watch and nod
ding to Long Sin and the others who
sprang forward.
Free from his bonds. Kennedy had
been standing a second wondering
how to escape from the room. Just
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-19
TWENTIETH EPISODE
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Wa Fang sat at table in his apart
ment. hidden behind the squalid and
balconied exterior of a Chinatown
tenement. Before him were a glass
dish and bottle, which contained sew
eral sticks of phosphorus immersed in
water, and small capillary glass
tube
For a moment. however, he had laid
aside the strange paraphernalia and
was writing a note. AS he finished he
tapped a bell and silently a Chinese
servant appeared in answer
Take this letter to that white wom-
an. Inez." directed WI, adding Give
IL to her yourself-and if she is there
return with her"
The servant bowed and WI returned
60 work on the curious machine he
was devising
He had completed his labors when
his trusted lieutenant. Long Sin. en-
tered.
For what did the master summon
me-" asked Long Sin, deferentially.
Come here beckoned WI. Behold
9his"
With a pair of tweezers he seized
small stick of the phosphorus under
water and slowly brought it TO the sur
face. Almost instantly the dangerous
element burst into flame, giving off
dense white smoke.
Here l have a capillary tube, as the
white devils call it in their science.
went on WI, pointing out the glass
tube. by carefully bending it and ar
ranging the outlet Of the water can
set a fire anywhere at any time !
choose"
Even while he vas showing the
deyiIsh invention to Long Sin, his ser
want had sought the deliberately fur
nished apartment of the white woman
70 whom the note had been addressed.
She was an attractive young wom-
an, known as Innocent Inez. Except
for a certain cOarseness, she strongly
resembled Elaine, both in features and
figure.
Inez turned languidly as her colored
maid ushered in the servant of WI,
took the note and read it with inter
eat.
Wait" she said with sudden ac.
cessjon Of energy, nodding at the same
time TO her negro maid to bring her
hat and coat Il will go with you"
Thus a few minutes later luez en-
tered the secret den of WI Fang
- "Ah-this is the young woman" in
troduced Wa to Long Sin
Carefully Manning each detail down
70 the smallest possibility Of error WI
Fang and Long Sin completed their
srrangements and finally. with Inez
left the apartmept on the street an
automobile was waiting AT the curb
while not far away two toughs from
the neighborhood stood
AS the Cinnamon and the woman
came out Wa beckoned to the waiting
roughnecks "Come-get ln-ively,s
he ordered
They climbed into the car and the
five criminals whirled rapidly uptown.
Kennedy had often been amused at
my never having match when |
needed It, and II had occurred to him
90 devise very novel cigarette light
ser for my benefit.
1t was simple enough. consisting OF
a small battery connected by small
wires TO one of a pair of cum links.
One link had in it's face a very fine
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are ! on All NtSnt9 Ads JSu
then he heard footsteps outside
Quickly he replaced the ropes about
him so that they looked as II he were
still bound by them
The door opened. and WI and Long
Sin entered. each with knife. while
behind them were three other China
men.
WI advanced Slowly he raised his
knife to strike,
The white girl Is slowly being
burned to death. he Missed. brandish-
ishing the knife. The allotted time IS
spent
As he poised the k6::.e IN fiendish
glee Kennedy lea2sd forward from bin
loosened bonds nn' kn,.A,A RI -
the floor.
So unexpected was the ASSAULT that
before he knew il Long Sin was also
SPRAYING beside his master
Craig seized the only weapon, at
hand. taboret. and brought Il
down With smashing blows on TIE
heads OF the other astounded and TN
neryed cinnamon
Once on the street. even in ChirA-
town. he vas safe
But II Was not his own safety TOW
that had nerved up his strength To
escape from the unacceptable.
Was he in time
Il think | had better 20 back &c tie
laboratory and wait for Craig" sad
n last to Aunt Josephine after VISIT.
ing for time that seemed like hours.
Please let me know the moment you
hear from Elaine"
/ was about to turn from the foot
OF the steps TO the Dodge house, when
4 taxicab came dashing up almost ON
the sidewalk urged on by some maniAc
inside Imagine my surprise TO see
Craig, Wild and dishcvcllod. leap out
7 Is Elaine orc-sate@' he demand
ed
She isn't home" mapased to
reply
Are you sure" he repeated Did
you search"
He uttered sudden cry. pointiag
up at the roof.
Look he gasped Mortified.
stared in blank amaaement. Smoke
was pouring out of the attic windows
in dense black columns. lighted by
an angry flame.
Fire" shouted Kennedy. dashing
instantly into the house.
rs We mounted the stairs now we
could hear muflied screams from the
attic
Smoke WAS pouring out from under
the door and even through the key
hole. Jennings had heard Kennedy's
call and was now dashing up after US
with a fire eXtinguisher Back of him
came Aunt Josephine and Elaines
maid. Marie, screaming for help.
Like n human battering ram We
went through that door. A sheet OF
dame shot out at us with the draft
But Kennedy stopped for nothing.
There was Elaine In a chair which
the devilish mind OF WI Fang had
devised TO imprison her while tho
flames licked out her beauty and life
Instantly Craig understood and acted.
Garry her out" he cried, gasping
for breath himself
Together We seized the chair and
its precious burden. Not a moment
too soon We set the chair down out
side in the hall. ourselves scorchsd
and blistered.
IL was as though Craig had accept
ed the challenge of the fiery monster.
He seized the extinguisher from Jen-
nings aud attacked the flames
BY this time jennings. Marie and
Aunt Josephine had succeeded In I'M
fastening Elaine. as our sudden on
slaught with chemicals and force
brought the ilro demon under control
Are you-all right" gasped Craig.
STOPPING over Elaine as she leansA
back half-fainting in his arms.
Are you?" she murmured heroicak
ly. forgetting her own hurts In hess
fear for him.
.Tp EE CosSrYNyyE0l
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-03-05
DEFENDSSTAND
ON PROHIBITION

DIES MONIES, Ia, March 4.-Gov.
Clarke defended signing the Clarkson
bill to repeal the mulct law Jan. l,
1916, and make Iowa "dry" state in
formal statement tonight. He re-
sorted to statement in answering
the thousands Of kilograms and letters
received from over the state urging
veto or demanding more time.
Criticizes Labor Protests.
The labor protest agains the repeal
was singled out by the governor for
criticism in the following language:
Representatives of labor from some
of the cities of the state called upon
me in person and many wrote to me
urging me to veto the bill because they
were employed by liquor and allied in
terests. To all such men and to labor
ing men in general beg to say that
of all men you ought to be the last
to urge the continuance of the liquor
business. The laboring man and his
family suffer most from it.
Cites Heavy Drinking.
"Daily on my way from the capitol
in the evening have I seen laboring
men stopping at the saloon and crowd
ing the bar, spending the money that
ought to be used for the support and
happiness of the wife and children.
The men engaged in this employment
ought to take a longer look ahead.
They ought to think of their brothers
who toll and of their wives and
children.
1.-THE Punishment of the saloon ought
to be the emancipation of many la
boring man, the Joy Of the wife in his
home, better conditions and a. better
outlook on life for his child. You who
have called upon me, you who have
written me, you who have passed
resolutions, stand rather like men for
your home, your wife, your babies,
your country"
Scouts Violations of Law.
| Gov. Clarke also resented the state
ment of some that the prohibitory law
will be fagrantly violated.
"1owa has a pride in its citizenship"
his statement says. ITS people are
law abiding. Any assumption that any
portion of them will become deliberate
violaters Of the law is unwarranted.
The good reputation Of the state is
the pride of all the people"
The governor said he signed the bill
because it seemed to carry out the will
of an overwhelming majority Of the
people of the state. He based his
conclusion on the vote in the assembly,
, which showed that body determined
to have statutory prohibition etec-
tive the hIst Of H. year.
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Personals

E. Mehtonen is Duluth visitor on
business today.
H. S. Gillespie is business visitor
at Duluth this afternoon.
Harry Gillespie left at noon today
for Duluth on business.
L. F. Luthey, banker at Cook, was
business visitor here last evening.
Joseph Roman Of the Rex theatre, is
in Minneapolis and st. Paul on bust
ness.
State Forest Ranger l.. R. Beatty Of
Orr, was Virginia visitor on business
yesterday.
Miss Lillian Swanson Of the Home
Store sale force, is taking a vacation
this week.
Mrs. J. l.. Kimball was a passenger
to Duluth this noon, where she will
spend the day.
Gus DeNoble and Fred Schoening
are spending the afternoon at their
farms near Britt.
Daniel Peterkin and son, Russell
left this morning for Duluth where
they will spend the day.
Mrs. B. F. Giverson Of Barnum
MIMI, is visiting here as the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Rogers, 124 IL
! Chestnut street.
Mrs. Jacob Peterson of Forbes left
! at noon for her home after visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. P
Berg Of Ash street.
Sigrud Bergerson, 1915 amateur SIX
riding champion, left at noon for Du
luth where he will take part in thu
tournament Sunday.
Assistant County Superintendent
N. B. Hursh of Duluth, was visitor
in the city for short time today. HI
went to Eveleth this afternoon.
Misses Emma Foen and Esthe,
johnson left today for visit of sew
eral weeks on the Pacific coast. The.
will visit the Panama exposition.
Mrs. I. NJ. Demming, mother Of Mrs
w. E. Hannaford, 404 1-2 Chestnu
street, returned this morning to he
home at New London, Wis, after ;
visit Of several days with Mrs. Hama
ford.
Miss Luzetta Roycroft of the Jer
eissati Bros. sales force, has returne'
from visit of several weeks with he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-03-05
JOSEPH
TAKEN FOR DEAD

VIENNA, March 4.-The physical
condition of Emperor Francis Joseph
has become most serious again. He
has become so weak that he sits most
of the time as if he were in a coma.
He will dose off oblivious to his sur
roundings even in the imperial audi
ences, and it is only with great diff
Guilty that he can be aroused sufficient
ly to sign state papers.
Premier Count Tisza was making an
important report to the emperor yes
terday and was greatly frightened to
see the head of his imperial master
suddenly fall forward.
The premier, thinking the emperor
dead, hastily summoned physicians,
who found that their royal patient had
not even tainted but had dropped
asleep through senile exhaustion.
The emperor is 81 years old.
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FOREST FOR
- 80" NJ IS
THE n INDIANS N |. \
Will Embrace Last Stand OF
Virgin White Pine in State
of Minnesota.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Senat-
ors Nelson and Clapp late yesterday
secured the adoption Of an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
authorizing the creation of the Red
Lake Indian forest, which will en-
brace the last stand of virgin white
pine in Minnesota.
Under the terms of the amendment
the forest will be administered by the
secretary Of the interior, who is au-
thorized to sell the dead and down
timber and the mature timber and to
retain the green standing timber as a
perpetual forest. The Red Lake In
dams are to receive the proceeds of
the sales of timber and are to retain
title to the lands and standing timber.
! Permits to occupy camp sites not ex-
ceeding twenty acres each along the
! shores of Upper and Lower Red lakes
are to be issued to the Indians by the
! secretary, these permits to run ter
years.
Senators Nelson and Clapp also Sc
cured amendments providing for as
sessments for road improvements
against Indian lands over which thu
state roads pass, and also appropriate
i; g $4,000 for a hospital on thu
Leech lake reservation. Permission
is also given the Indian Office to built
the Fond du Lac Indian hospital in tn
city of Cloquet.
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PRAYER MOVES
HI]M:T0 CONFESS
Louisville EmbezZler Tells Chief
How He Was Saved from
Suicide.

CHICAGO, March 4.-For three
weeks man haunted by his crime
walked the streets of Chicago strug-
Cling against an impulse to end his
life. Every morning he attended mass
at st. Mary's (Paulist) church, and
his evenings were spent at the Lady Of
Victory mission, 845 South State
street.
Would he kill himself or would he
surrender to the police? This question
his vexed brain was unable to answer.
He knelt in prayer each day before
the statues of the blessed virgin. On
leaving the church yesterdy after
hearing mass he hurried-almost ran
TO the Office Of Chief Of Police Glea-
son. There was a new light in his
eyes. He no longer wanted to kill
himself. His thoughts were of his
wife and four children.
He handed a newspaper clipping
from Louisville paper to the chief.
OUIISuUVI0 " VICAoVNs
I'm the man they want. My name
is William Baisch. / took the money"
In a cell at the detective bureau
Baisch gave a detailed account Of his
speculations, his fight from Louisville,
and his struggle against suicide while
suffering from remorse.
81 was employed as bookkeeper by J.
Dolflinger, a dealer in chinaware,
glassware and crockery," he said. 81
took the job in September, 1913. Soon
after I entered his employ I got in
with crowd Of gay young fellows,
and we tried to drink all the whiskey
in Louisville. Some days took Is
drinks, but never seemed to get in
toxicated.
Takes IS a Week.
Il was getting $85 a month. and Of
course that wasn't enough to keep up
! the pace. At first I used to take S.
week, and on pay day would put it
back. One week I took $40. The next
week I was deeper in the hole, and
then I lost all hope Of being able to
make good.
altogether I took about $4,000.
! knew it would be only a matter of
time before my shortage was found
; out. On Feb. 6 one of the banks
called up, and l knew the jig was up.
Il left Louisville that night and ar
rived in Chicago the next morning.
ut was Sunday, and short distance
from the station I saw church. It
was St. Mary's. was raised a Cath
olic. Mass had just begun when
entered.
: EVERY day returned, and at night
went to the Lady Of Victory mission.
Prayer saved me from suicide. Last
night I wrote my wife for the first
time. I told her was eousinx hack"
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mother Mrs. H. P. Roycraft at Roches-
ter, MINI.
Miss Clara Springer, for severa.
months employed at the Home Store
has resigned her position and will
leave today for her home in Marquette,
Michigan.
Ole Fiering, Bert Hanson and Al
bert Forti, Virginia ski riders will
leave Saturday to take part in the
tournament which will be held at the
head Of the lakes.
Miss Hannah Anderson, who has
been attending the Sunday school con-
! vention here returned at noon to her
home after visit at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Frederickson, 319 Beech
street.
O. NJ. Lehne, clerk at the Reinert-
sen-Gamble store on Chestnut street,
is expected today from st. Paul,
where he has been for three weeks on
his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Doolittle, of
; Saskatoon, Sask., left today for Men,
ominie, Wis.,, where they will visit
with relatives and friends. They are
the parents of Mrs. Otto Johnson, 1924
Spruce street.
K. R. Sarell, Mesaba avenue barber,
returned last evening from a visit of
two days with his sister, Mrs. Peter
.Rissanen, who lives on a farm near
Orr. He also visited his farm, which
is near Orr.
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DARNELL MOVIES" AUTHOR.

DARNELL movies" AUTHOR.
CHICAGO, March 1.-THE Rev.
James Morrison Darnell, the marry
ing PASTOR" is spending his time in
the county Jail writing photoplays
while waiting to be taken to Milwau-
kee to be tried on a charge Of violat-
ing the Mann act. He is said to have
received an offer from O local film
company recently to 60 on the "movie
stage" He visited the Jail barber
yesterday and had his mustache shaw
ed off, fearing a rogues' gallery pic
ture would be taken of him when he
arrived in Milwaukee, he explained,
He held conference with his father
Milton Darnell, during the day.