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mystery until 1t was all bewildering
Had 1t not been for the mystery Of 1t
all--and mystery ever arouses the hui
man curiosity should have given up
trying to get at the truth. Yet as a
man with some leisure, and knowing
by that letter of Elma Heath's that she
was In sore distress, l redoubled my
efforts to ascertain the reason Of 1t all.
On leaving Leghorn l had given up
all hope Of tracing the mysterious
yachtsman and had left the matter in
the hands Of the Italian police. But,
without any effort on my own part, ]
seemed to have been drawn into YER
liable network of strange incidents. all
of which combined to form the most
complete and remarkable enigma ever
presented in life.
Those September days were full of
anxiety for me. Alone and unaided l
was trying to solve one Of the greatest
of problems. plunged as / was in a
veritable sea of mystery. / wanted to
see Muriel Leithcourt. and to question
her further regarding Elma Heath.
Therefore again l left Euston and,
travelling through the night, took my
seat at the breakfast table at Green
law next morning.
Sir George, who was sitting alone
it not being my aunt's habit to appear
early-welcomed me, and then in his
bluff manner shifted and exclaimed:
Mice goings on up at Rannoch!
Have you heard of them?"
mo What?" / cried breathlessly,
staring at him.
well. it's very funny story, and
there are a dozen different distorted
versions of it," he said. But, from
what / can gather the true facts are
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these: About seven o'clock the night
before last as Leithcourt and his house
party were dressing for dinner. a tele-
gram arrived. Mrs. Leithcourt opened
it and at once went off into Mysteries,
while her husband, in a GREATNESS
hurry, slipped off his evening clothes
again and got into an old blue serge
suit, tossed a few things into bag, and
then went along to Muriels room to
urge her to prepare for secret flight"
Flight" l gasped. What. have
they gomez"
Listen, and I'll tell you. The serv-
ants have described the whole affair
down in the village, so there's no doubt
about it. Leithcourt showed Muriel
the telegram and urged her to fly. At
first she refused, but for her fathers
sake was induced to prepare to accom-
pany him. OF course, the guests were
In ignorance of all this. The brougham
was ordered to be ready in the stable
yard and not to go round, while Mrs.
Leithcourt's maid tried to bring the
lady back to her senses. Leithcourt
himself, 1t seemed, rushed hither and
thither, selling the jewel cases of his
wife and daughter and whatever valu-
ables he could place his hand upon.
while the mother and daughter were
putting on their things. AS he rushed
down the main staircase to the library,
where his check book and some ready
cash were locked in the safe. he met a
stranger who had just been admitted
and shown into the room. Leithcourt
closed the door and faced him. What
afterward transpired, however, is a
mystery, for two hours later, after he
and the two women had escaped, leav-
ing the house party to their own diver
sions, the stranger was found locked
In a large cupboard and insensible.
The sensation was tremendous one.
Cowan, the doctor. was called, and de-
clared that the stranger had been
drugged and was suffering from some
narcotic. The servant who admitted
him declared that the man had said
he had An appointment With bis mastsf
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SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Gregg Is called upon in Leg
horn by Hornby. the yacht Loia's owner,
and dining aboard with him and his
a torn photograph Of young girl: That
night the consul's safe is robbed. The
ponce find that Horribly is a fraud and
the Lola's name q false one Gregg WIS.,
It's Capt. Jack Durnford of the marines
ABOARD his vessel. Durnford knows, but
VIII not reveal, the mystery of the Lola.
III concerns woman" In London
Gregg Is trapped nearly to his death by
q former servant. Olinto. Visiting in
pumfries Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt.
Hornby appears and Muriel introduces
MIN as Martin Woodroffe. her fathers
friend. Gregg finds that she Is engaged
70 Woodroffe. Gregg sees copy of the
torn photograph on the Lola and finds
mat the young girl is Muriels friend.
Woodroffe disappears. Gregg discovers
the body of q murdered woman In Ran
noch wood The body disappears and In
us place Is found the body of Olinto.
Gregg talks to the police but conceals his
own knowledge of the woman. Muriel
calis secretly on Gregg and tells him that
she Is certain that a woman as well as
q man has been murdered. They search
Eahnoch wood together, and find the
pody or the woman. Gregg recognizes
ner as Armida. Olinto's wife. Gregg tells
the police. but when they go TO the wood
tne body has disappeared In London
Gregg meets Olinto, alive and we'll. Fail
ing TO get any clue from Olinto, Gregg
traces the young girl of the torn photo
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ror and silver-topped bottles. and on
gazing out saw, to my surprise 1t was
the only window which gave view Of
that corner of Rannoch wood where
the double tragedy had taken place.
Indeed. any person standing at the
spot would have a clear view of that
one distant window while out of sight
of all the rest. A light might be placed
there at night as signal, for instance;
or by day towel might be hung from
the window as though to dry and yet
could be plainly seen at that distance.
Another object in the room also at
tracted my attention-a pair of long
field glasses. Had she used these to
keep watch upon that spot?
took them up and focused them
upon the boundary of the wood. find
ing that could distinguish everything
quite plainly.
That's where they found the man
who was murdered" explained the
servant, who still stood in the door
way.
81 know" replied 81 was just try
ing the glasses" Then put them
down, and on turning saw upon the
mantel shelf small, bright red can
die shade, which l took in my hand.
1t was made, found, to fit upon the
electric table lamp.
Miss Muriel was very fond of red
light" explained the young woman;
and as l held it | wondered II that
light had ever been placed upon the
toilet table and the blind drawn up
whether 1t had ever been used as a
warning of danger?
AS | expressed a desire to see the
young lady's boudoir. the maid Cam.
eron took me down to the luxurious
little room where, the first moment l
entered, one fact struck me as pecu.
liar. The picture Of Elma Heath was
no longer there. The photograph had
been taken from it's frame and In its
place was the portrait of broad
browed, full-bearded man in foreign
military uniform-a picture that. be-
ing soiled and faded, had evidently
been placed there to fill the empty
frame.
Has the gentleman who called on
the evening of Mr.. Leithcourt's disap-
pearance been back here again since
he left the hospital?" l inquired as q
sudden idea occurred to me.
(TO BE CONTINUEDJ
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knapsack Sprayer.

for the development of the bitter rot.
blotch and Jonathan spot, the third
spraying is repeated two or three
weeks later.
Cherries receive a spray of lime a. |
sulphur, 1-50 plus three pounds az :
nate just as the buds are showing /,
white and again just as the husks /,
loosening. About two weeks later u
spray of self-boiled lime-sulphur Is
given the sweet cherries to prevent
the soft rot.
Peaches receive spray of arsenate
Of lead, two pounds TO so gallons of
water, just as the little peaches are
pushing out Of the husks. Another
spray with the self-boiled lime-sulphur
plus two pounds arsenate to so gallons
Is given about three weeks after the
second spray; and still another spray
IF the self-boiled alone about three or
four weeks after the third.
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Merely that he has no wish to

Merely that he has no wish to
prosecute. and that he has no state
ment to make"
Cant you compel him TO say some
thing?" asked.
mo, | can't. That's the internal
difficulty of 1t. If he don't choose to
speak. then we must still remain in
ignorance. although l feel confident
that he knows something of the
strange affair up in the wood"
And although | was silent, shared
the Scotch detectives belief.
The afternoon was chill and wet as
l climbed the hill to Greenlaw.
The sudden disappearance of the
tenants of Rannoch was, l found, on
everyone's tongue in Dumfries. In the
smoke room of the railway hotel three
men were discussing 1t with many
grimaces and sinister hints, and the
talkative young woman behind the bar
asked me my opinion of the strange
goings-on up at the castle. l decided
that the man who had smoked and
chatted with me so affably on that hot,
breathless night in the Mediterranean
must remain in ignorance of my pres.
ence, or of my knowledge. Therefore
/ stayed for week at Greenlaw with
eyes and ears open, yet exercising care
that the patient in the hospital should
be unaware Of my presence.
The inquiry into the death of the
unidentified man in Rannoch wood had
been resumed and verdict returned
of willful murder against some person
unknown, while of the second crime
the public had no knowledge, for the
body was not discovered Chatter, as
soon as he recovered, left the hospital
and went south-to London, l ascer.
tained-leaving the police utterly in
the dark and filled with suspicion OF
the fugitives from Rannoch.
One day l called at the castle. the
front entrance of which found closed
Gilrae, the owner had come up from
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-07-23

Toluol is hydrocarbon used in the
manufacture of dyes and also in pro-
duction of high explosives Benzol is
also a hydrocarbon, the chief raw ma
terial of the artificial dyestuffs indus.
try and fuel that can be used in in.
standardization engines as a sub
stItute for gasoline. Half of the ben
zol output of German coke ovens was
used for motors in i312, and at pres.
ent it has almost completely replaced
gasoline for automobiles in that couD-
try.
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PAY ATTENTION TO ORCHARD
Acre Of Apple Trees Will Pay Better
Than Acre Of Corn-San Jose
Scale Is Destructive.

Is the orchard sod bound? Put the
pillow into 1t.
II the plow cannot be used, take
single spring-tooth harrow, put big
team on 1t and 1t will do the business.
About midsummer SOW the ground
to clover. This is great soil renova-
tor.
Do not cultivate late in the season.
or the sap will keep the wood from
hardening before winter.
An acre of apple trees will pay bet
ter than an acre of corn and does not
require one-fourth as much work.
The San Jose scale, If it gets good
start in your orchard, will destroy ev-
cry tree on the place unless you put
up stiff fight. No doubt about it.
Do not wait.
A clean, well-pruned orchard Is a
sight to delight, and a JOY to the
owner.
Will corn make a good crop without
attention after planting? No; then
why do you expect an orchard to
thrive without attention?
A good time 10 prune trees is rlgnt
after the first run of sap-along about
the middle of June.
A heavy loan is considered best for
black raspberries.
Never cut limb from fruit tree
unless you know why you do it.
The disk is better implement than
the plow for breaking up sod In the
orchard.
Unleached wood ashes sown broad
cast in the orchard will prove bene-
fetal
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-07-23
HID WEALTH UNDER CARPET
Ledger In New York Rooming House
Had Considerable Sum Put Apart
From Frying Eyes.

Three Lank books, showing a bal
est, were found and turned over to the
public administrator of New York city
by Mrs. Juliet O'Keefe of 679 East
One Hundred and Seventy-ninth
street. The Bronx.
The books were found underneath a
carpet in Mrs. OKeefe's home, and at
the suggestion of her brother, who is
lawyer, Edward ]. Kiely of S57 Full
ton street, Jamaica, Mrs. O'Keefe
transferred them TO the administrator.
The name in the books show that
they belonged to Thomas Griffin, one
of Mrs. O'Keefe's boarders when she
ran large boarding house twelve
years ago, at 129 East One Hundred
and Fiftieth street. Griffin was a
street car conductor and had come
from Salem. On May rs, 1903, he was
taken to Fordham hospital, seriously
i'll, and he died there after an opera
ton. He did not reveal the presence
Of the bank books.
Mrs. O'Keefe says he was always
reticent with her and his fellow board
ers regarding himself and his rela-
tives.
1.-THE day before he died / called at
the hospital and asked him If he
wished me to communicate with any
relatives or friends" said Mrs.
O'Keefe "He replied he had none,
and gave me no hint of the hidden
bank books"
The bank books will be held for rel
atives of the dead man. if any may be
found.
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aurn Refuae h orohards,

Dead and diseased wood in the or
chard should be removed and burned
as soon as possible. The Nebraska
College of Agriculture find that If the
orchard is kept clean of such refuse
the problem of insect and fungus con-
troll are much easier.
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CHAPTER TX.
Strange Disclosures Are Made

Strange Disclosures Are Made.
The strange letter of Elma Heath,
combined with what Lydia Moreton
had told me, aroused within me de.
termination to Investigate the mystery.
From the moment had landed from
the Lola on that hot, breathless night
ct Leghorn- mystery had crowded upon
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Injury hv Rnrers

There is ample evidence to show
hat bcrers shorten the life OF peach
'rees five to ten years and greatly re-
luce the productive capacity Of the
rcherd during its lifetime
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Different Doincs.

How is your brother. the fashion
able expensive surgeon. doing?"
He In cutting up high"
Ana how Is your brother. the den
fist. getting on?"
-0h. he's plugginG away
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"A very strange letter, is it not?" re.
marked the girl at my side 81 can't
make 1t out. You see there is no ad.
dress, but the postmark is. Russian.
She is evidently in Russia"
I'm Finland" / said, examining the
stamp and making out the post town to
be Abo. But have you been to Lon.
don and executed this strange commits.
sion?"
No. We are going up next week.
intend to call upon this person named
Woodroffe."
/ made no remark. He was, l knew
abroad, but ! was glad at having OBJ.
tanned two very important clues: first
the address of the mysterious yachts.
man, Woodroffe, alias Horribly, and
secondly, ascertaining that the young
girl l sought was somewhere in the
vicinity of the town of Abo, the Fin
nish port on the Baltic.
Poor Elma, you see, speaks in her
letter Of some secret, Mr.. Gregg" my
companion said. "She says she wishes
this Mr.. Woodroffe, whoever he is, to
know that she has kept her promise
and has not divulged it. This only
bears out what / have all along sus.
pected."
What are your suspicions?"
well, from her deep, thoughtful
manner, and from certain remarks she
at times made to me, believe Elma
is in possession of some great and ter.
rible secret-a secret which her uncle,
Baron Oberg, is DESTROYS of learning.
know she holds him in deadly fear
she is In terror that she may inadver.
tently betray to him the truth"
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CHAPTER VlII-Continued.

We'll, the last I received only a
fortnight ago. If you will wait a mo-
ment will go and get it. 1t was SO
strange that | haven't destroyed it,
And she went out, and l heard by
the the frou-frou of her skirts that she
was ascending the stairs.
After five minutes of breathless anxi
ETY. she rejoined me, and handing me
the letter to read. said:
1T is not in her handwriting won.
der why?"
The paper was of foreign make, with
blue lines ruled in squares. Written
In hand that was evidently foreign,
for the mistakes in the photography
were many, was the following curious
communication:
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My Dear Lydia:

were many, was the following curious
communication:
My Dear LYDIA
Perhaps you may never get this letter.
the last l shall ever be able to send you
Indeed. l run great risks in sending It.
All! you do not know the awful disaster
that has happened to me, all the terrors
and the tortures l endure. But no one car
assist me. and l am now looking forward
to the time when 1t will all be over. Dc
you recollect our old peaceful days in the
garden at Chichester? 1 think of them
always. always, and compare that sweet
peace Of the past with my own terrible
sufferings of today. All, how wish
might see you once again; how that
might feel your hand upon my brow. and
hear your words of hope and encourage.
ment! But happiness is now debarred
from me, and I am only sinking to the
grave under this slow torture of body and
of soul.
This will pass through many hands be.
fore II reaches the post. If. however, II
ever does get dispatched and you receive
1t, will you do me one last favor-a favor
to an unfortunate girl who is friendless
and helpless. and who will no longer trou-
BILE the world? II is this: Take this let
ter to London, and call upon Mr.. Martin
Woodroffe at 9S Cork street, Piccadilly
Show him my letter. and tell him from
me that through it all I have kept my
promise, and that the secret is still safe
He will understand-and also know why
cannot write this with my own hand. II
he is abroad, keep 1t until he returns.
1t Is all I ask of you, Lydia and
know that IL this reaches you, you will
not refuse me. You have been my only
friend and confidante but 1 now bid you
farewell. for the unknown beckons me
and from the grave cannot write. Again
farewell, and for ever.
Your loving and affectionate friend,
ELMA.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29
Another InstaIIment of Beauti.
full Serial is Being Shown
Today.

Norma Phillips, the star of the
noted serial drama, Runaway June,
appears in the eighth installment OF
that play today at the Orpheum. Fol-
lowing this, beautiful Wintfred
Greenwood with popular Ed. Coxen
and an all star cast of splendid actors
are seen IN the leading parts OF
special American western drama,
THE Zaca Lake Mystery" in two In
tense acts.
venRe," featuring r. A. Walsh ana
Irene Hunt. will be the feature offer
ing.
The coming season Maude Adams
Will appear in a repertoire of Barrie
plays, Including Peter Pan" The
Little Minister" Quality Street,
What Every Woman Knows" and
new play now being written for her.
A new musical comedy is being pre-
sented by Reese Brothers african
ders," a clever colored minstrei
troupe, for Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday at the Palace theater. The com
pany opened here Monday to capacity
business and the house has been
packed daily since.
Lew Dockstader or George Evans
could not be expected for the price
charged at the Palace but neither
could an entertainment as good as the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29
RUNAWAY JUNE
AT THE ORPHEUM

"Africanders." The play for the last
half of the week is called "A Cabaret
Minstrel" and some of the features
are Henry Thur man, monologist, who
is a second Billy Van with a new
stock of jokes; Murray and Bailey in
a tango dancing specially, Reese Bros.
in a gun spinning and acrobatic act
Moon Swings Low by Jessie Reese,
supported by the harmony sextet,
mississippi Dip" by jockey Murray
and chorus, Reese Brothers limitations
and nonsense. The grand finale,
Dancing at the Ball." is the big hit
of THE Dark Town Follies."
The pictures include The Cornet,"
a Lubin comedy, featuring Arthur
Johnson and Lottie Briscoe, The
Hand of God,' Vitagraph play in two
parts with Charles Wellesley and Ma
omi Chflders in the leads; and Others
Started But Sophia Finished, an Es-
sanay comedy, including Sophie Chitts.
Slippery Slim and Mustang Pete, the
big three" Essauay comedians.
THE Diamond from the Sky" a
great serial picture. featuring Miss
Lottie Pickford, begins at the Palace
tomorrow and will be continued every
Friday in chapters.
Another one-reel comedy called
His Homecoming" featuring King
Baggot, has just been completed by
George Lessey. the Imp director.
Francis Bushman is on the Bijou
screen today in the six act master
piece, "Graustark," story of love
behind a throne. Beverly Bayne, Ed
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NOTICE.

From this day on any person wish
ing TO have an enlargement matted
to 1920 will be required to pur-
chase q frame from us. We VIII en-
enlarge any picture free of charge
providing the bearer purchases =
frame for the same at our store.
HALL & BRADFORD.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29

Some of the big motion picture
managers are contemplating making
plays out of their successful seena-
rios and invading the legitimate
stage, thus reversing the present pro-
cess of making motion pictures out
of successful plays.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29

In 1913 there were s74Ys5s trees
felled in ireland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29

"The Coup" by Haddon Cham
hers. is one of the plays which the
Charles Frohman Company plans to
produce. Others are Kings and
Queens" by Michael Morton, Faith
less Echart," by Paul NJ. Potter;
new play by Henry. Arthur Jones and
several musical comedies.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29

Ty,e Tlace TINT Raised tho standard
me Service that Makes You See Stars
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-29

A great future. everyone predicts.
swaits Loretta Blake, the delightful
young Reliance (MutuaO film star
who played Regina" in Ghosts" a
Mutual masterpicture produced by
the Reliance. The studios boast OF
no more conscientious worker than
Miss Blake, which has been big fac
tor in her remarkable rise to star
dom.