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The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-09-28
Drop your knife she ordered

Craig.
He obeyed without hesitation.
Now, tie the sash around the girl"
He obeyed mechanically. Quest took
Craig by the collar and led him to
the spot where the Others were wait
ing. They hoisted him on to a horse.
Already behind them they could see
the flare of the torches from the re-
turning Mongars.
you know the way to Port Said,-
Quest whispered. See that you lead
If you don't"
Craig made no reply. He rode Off In
front of the little troop, covered all
the time by Quests revolver Very
soon they were out of the jungle and
in the open desert. Quest looked be-
hind him uneasily.
TO judge by the row those fellows
are making" he remarked. 81 should
think that they've found Feerda al
ready"
in that case" the professor said
gravely. let me recommend you to
push on as fast as possible. We have
| had one escape from those fellows,
but nothing in the world can save US
now that you have laid hands upon
Feerda. The chief would never forgive
that"
They galloped steadily on. Tho
moon rose higher and higher until 1t
became as light as day.
Quest fell a little behind the pro-
fessor's side, although he never left OF;
watching Craig
Look behind you, professor" he
whispered
In the far distance were a number
of little black specks, growing every
| moment larger. Even at that moment
hey heard the low, long call of the
Mongars.
They are gaining on u.s." Quest
/ muttered.
They raced on for another mile or
more. A bullet whistled over their
heads. Quest frightened his reins.
No good" he sighed. WED better
stay and fight it out. professor. Stick
close to me, Lenora."
They drew up and hastily dismount-
ed. The Mongars closed in around
them. A cloud had drifted in front
OF the moon. and in the darkness 1t
was almost impossible to see their
whereabouts They heard the chiefs
voice.
Shoot first that dog of Craig!"
There was shrek Suddenly
Feerda breaking loose from the 9TH
ers. raced across the little division
She flung herself from her horse.
Tell my father that you were not
faithless," she pleaded. They shall
not kill you!"
She chung to Craig's neck. The bull
lets were beginning to whistle around
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-09-28

absolutely refused my request FeerdA
has overheard some OF your converse.
ton. and the chief believes that you
will betray Us. You Wiil have 20 come.
too"
They all rose AZ once q their feet.
and a few moments later horses we're
brought.
The little procession Was already be-
ing formed in line. Craig approached
them once more.
You will mount nov and ride In the
middle OF our caravan he directed
The chief does not trust you II y0u
value your lives. you will DO as you are
hidden"
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-09-28
SYNOPSIS.

Sanford Quest. master criminologist of
the world. finds that In bringing to JUS
dee Macdougal, the murderer Of Lord
Ashieigh's daughter. he has but just be-
gun life-and-death struggle with a
mysterious master criminal. In hidden
hut In Professor Asheigh's garden he has
seen an anthropoid ape skeleton and a
living inhuman creature, half monkey.
bali man, destroyed by fire. In his rooms
have appeared from nowhere black boxes
containing sarcastic. notes. signed by a
pair of armless hands. Laura and Lenora,
his assistants. suspect Craig. the pro-
fessors servant. of a double murder The
black boxes continue to appear in uncan-
NY fashion. Craig is trapped by Quest,
but escapes to England. where Quest, Le-
BORA and the professor follow him Lord
Ashieigh Is murdered by the Hands Le-
nora Is abducted in London and rescued.
Craig Is captured and escapes to Port
Said. where Quest and his party also go,
and beyond into the desert.
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them now All OF a sudden she threw
up her arms Craig. In a fury. turned
around and fred into the darkness.
Then suddenly. as though on the bid
ding 81 some unspoken word. there
vas a queer silence. Everyone was
distinctly conscious Of an alien sound
the soft thad % many horses feet
galloping from the right: then a sharp.
English voice of command.
Hold your are. men. Close In to
the left there. Steady"
The cloud suddenly rolled away
from the moon. A long line OF horse
men we're Immediately visible. The
officer On front rode forward.
Drop your arms and surrender" he
ordered, st9rnly.
The Mongars. who were outnum-
bered by twenty 10 one. obeyed with
out hesitation. Their chief seemed
unconscious. even. OF what had hap
pened. he Was on his knees. bending
over the body Of Feerda, half support
ed In craig's arms. The oficer turned
10 Quest
Are you the party Who left Poa
Said for the Monxar camp hs ssksA
Quest nodded.
They took No into the iungls--jun
escaped. They'd caught 10 here.
though, and I'm afraid 10 we're abous
finished n you hadnt come alonx. We
are not Engiish-~we're Americnn.-
alnx.a sh4w. a.. mSw~ ~-txx -
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on their horses. and. turning north
wards, galloped away.
The professor looked on anxiousiy.
II am not at all sure" he said in
an undertone to Quest. about our po-
sition with the Mongars. Craig has a
peculiar hold upon them. but as a rule
they hate white men. and their blood
will be up. See! the tight Is all
over. Those fellows were no match for
the Mongars. Most of them have fed
and left the caravan"
The fight was indeed over Four of
the Mongars had galioped away In
pursuit Of the Arabs who had been
the temporary escort OF Quest and his
companions. They passed about a
hundred yards away. waving their
arms and shouting furiously. One of
them even fired a shot. which missed
Quest by only few inches.
They say they are coming back. I"
the professor muttered. who this,
It's the chief and"
"Our search Is over. at any rate, I"
Quest interrupted. Its Craig"
They came galloping up. Craig in
white linen clothes and an Arabs
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-09-28
Copyright, 1915. by Otis F. Woody

They struggled on once more. Night
came and brought with it half-sooth
Ing, half-torturing GOODNESS. Thai
vain straining Of the eyes upon the
horizon at any rate was spared tc
them. They slept in fashion. but
soon after dawn they were on theil
feet again. Suddenly Quest, who had
gone little out of his way to mount
a low range Of sand hills. waved his
arm furiously. He was holding his
field-glasses to his eyes. 1t was won
derful how that ray of hope trans
formed them. They hurried to where
he was. He passed the glasses to the
professor.
"a caravan" he exclaimed. II can
see the camels. and horses!"
The professor almost snatched the
glasses.
ut is quite true" he agreed. 1T is
a caravan crossing at right angles tc
our direction. Come! They will see
US before long"
Presently three or four horsemer
detached themselves from the main
body and came galloping towards
them. The eyes Of the little party
glistened as they saw that the fore
most had a water-bottle slung around
his neck. He came dashing up, wav
ing his arms.
you lost. people?" he asked IVAN,
water?"
They almost snatched the bottle
from him. 1t was like pouring life
into their veins. They all. at the pro
fessor's instigation. drank sparingly
Quest, with great sigh Of relief, lii
a cigar.
Some adventure, this" he de
clared
The professor who had been talking
to the men in their own language
turned back towards the two girls.
ut is caravan" he explained, 'ot
peaceful merchants on their way tc
Jaffa. They are hating for us. ant
we shall be able. without a doubt, to
arrange for water and food and 6
camel or two horses. The man here
asks If the ladies will take the horses
and rider"
They started off gayly to where the
caravan had come to standstill. They
had scarcely traversed a hundred
yards, however, before the Arab who
was leading Lenora's horse came to 6
sudden standstill. He pointed with
his arm and commenced to talk in ar
excited fashion to his two companions
From across the desert, facing them
came little company of horsemen
galloping fast and with the sunlight
flashing upon their rifles.
THE Mongars." the Arab cried
pointing wildly. They attack the
caravan"
The three Arabs talked together fol-
a moment in an excited fashion. Then
without excuse or warning, they swung
the two women to the ground. leaped
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CHAPTER XIV.

CNaPTEN XIV.
You can call this fairyland ~ you
want" Laura remarked. gazing around
her: 81 call IL a nasty. damp. eozy
spot"
Quest motioned them TO sit a llttle
nearer.
Il had moments talk with Craig
this morning. and from what be says
| fancy they mean To make move
a little farther In before long It'll BE-
all the more difficult to escape them d"
You think we could get away -
Lenora whispered. eagerly.
Quest glanced cautiously around
They were surrounded By thick veg@
tation. but they were only very short
distance from the camp
Seems to me-" he continued. we
shall have to try II some day or other
and I'm all for trying Il soon. Even
IL they caught Us. don't believe
they'd dare TO kill us. With the Eng
lish soldiers so close behind I am
going to get hold OF two or three rides
and some ammunition That's easy
because they leave them about all
the time. And what you girls want %
do is to hide some food and get a bot
tie OF water"
What about Craig" the professor
asked.
We are going to take him along
n,aSt huA "a
DEVILS own luck so far but II cant
last forever. Ill see TO that part %
the business. II you others get ready
and wait for me 10 give the signal.
They dispersed in various directions
II was not until late in the evening
when the Mongars had withdrawn
little TO indulge In their customary
orgy of grooming songs, that they we're
absolutely alone. Quest looked out u
the tent in which they had been sit
ting and came back again.
"Well?"
Laura lifted her skirt and showed
an unusual projection underneath.
"Lenora and have pinned up our
petticoats," she announced We've
got plenty OF food and a bottle OF
water"
Quest threw open the white Arab
cloak which he had been wearing. lie
had three rifles. strapped around him.
THE professors got the ammuni-
tion.' he said, "and we've five horses
tethered a hundred PAGES along the
track we came by, just behind the
second tree turning to the left.
want you all to so there now at once
and take the rifles. There isn't a soul
in the camp and you can carry them
wrapped in this cloak. I'll Join you
in ten minutes"
What about Craig?" the professor
inquired.
81 am seeing to him." Quest replied
Lenora hesitated.
Isn't it rather a risk" she whis-
pered fearfully.
Quests face was suddenly stern.
Craig is going back with u.s." he
said. TN be careful. Lenora. Don't
worry
He strolled out of the tent and came
back again.
The coasts clear" he announced.
"Off you go. One moment" he
added. there are some papers In this
little box of mine which one Of you
might take care Of"
He bent hastily over the little wallet.
which never left him. Suddenly a lit
tie exclamation broke from his lips.
What Is it?"<
Quest never said a word. From one
of the spaces of the wallet he drew out
a small black box, removed the lid and
held out the card. They read it to-
gether:
Fools, all Of you! The cunning Of
the ages defeats your puny efforts at
every turn.-The Hands
Even the professors lips blanched
little as he read. Quest, however
seemed suddenly furious. He tore the
card and the box to pieces, flung them
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19

electors. Under the law which it re-
peals, which was prepared by W. S.
U'Ren, the voters could vote for only
one delegate and one elector. Under
the new law, with the present ap-
portionment, each party will be en-
titled to two delegates from each con-
gressional district and four from the
state at large. Under it every elector
of political party will have the right
to vote for two delegates from his
congressional district and four from
the state at large. Nomination of
presidential electors is from the state
at large, and each voter will be en-
titled to cast his ballot for the num-
ber of electors allotted his party. The
provision under the present law which
the state to pay the eX-
penses of the delegates is repealed
and henceforth they will have to pay
their own expenses, as they do in
other states.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19

heard and passed upon at the court
room of said Court at the city Of
Dallas, in the County of Polk and
State of Oregon, on Tuesday, the Goth
day of April, 1915, at $50 O'Clock a.
M, at which time and place all per-
sons interested in said final account
are notified to appear and present
their objections thereto, if any they
have; and at which time the under
signed Executor will apply to the said
court for leave to resign his office OF
executor and to have his said resigna-
tion accepted; and will ask that his
said final account be settled and ap-
proved and that he be discharged.
Dated and first published the 10Th
day of March, 1915.
D. L. KEYT,
Executor of the Last Will and Tes-
lament of E. C. Keyt, deceased,
Mar. 49, Abr. .l6
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
That Oak Dale Road.

Why not do something about oul
road besides talk, neighbors? Why
not have the Oak Dale road set of
in a district to itself instead of tax
ing in the whole Liberty and Oal;
Dale country as it does now? Then
we could vote tax and 90 about i'm
proving the road in a systematic way.
Volunteer work does some good. but
it is failure in some way. Some
who pledge work do not come up with
their part. and some do not pledge
any work at all. So the burden falls
upon a few,
There is no use to build expensive
roads. either. and let them be torn
to pieces by heavy winter hauling.
Another thing. the routes ought
definitely to be settled and a number
of alterations made. One of the
places that needs changing the most
is the turn to the south just at the
foot of the hill below Thos Butler 5
residence. That turn to the south
and then back to the north is sure
ridiculous.
Another place that could be chang
ed with great advantage is the Rob
inson hill" The road should be tax
en- by lower grade through corner
of the Macomber ranch. 1t seems
needessly cruel to horses to force
them to pull up that hill and down
again. The road was on the lower
grade a number of years ago. but was
put on the higher ground for better
drainage. There were only a few of
us here to make roads then and we
had to put it where it would be pass
able in the winter without any eX-I
pense of graveling or grading.-A
Reader.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
EXECUTRIX' NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the un-.
dersigned has been duly appointed by
the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for the County of Polk, as Exc
cutrix of the Last Will and Testament
of John Ferguson, deceased, and that
she has duly qualified as such Execu-
trix. All persons having claims
against the estate of said decedent
are hereby notified to present the
same, duly verified to me at the home
of j. C. Ferguson, about one mile
West of Salem on the Wallace road
in Polk County, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated at Dallas, Oregon, March 16,
1915.
MARY FERGUSON,
EXecutrix of the Last Will and
Testament of John Ferguson, Dec. 5-5
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ing of objections to said final account
and the settlement thereof.
Now, therefore, all persons inter-
ested in the estate of said decedent
are hereby notified and required to
appear at the County Court room at
the Court House at Dallas, said Coun-
ty and State, at said time, to then and
there show cause, if any there be, why
said account should not be settled, al
lowed and approved, and said estate
forever and finally settled and said ex-
ecutors discharged.
Dated March II, 1915.
GEORGE L. kelly,
CLYDE kelly,
Executors of the last Will and Tes-
lament of j. D. Kelly, deceased.
CLARENCE BUTT,
Attorney for Estate M12-A9
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
NOTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP.

To Irene Westfall, Infant Child
Christiana Badders; John C. West
fall and Mary E. Westfall, his wife
Mary F. Westfall; Mary Fraundener
and Rudolph Fraundener, her hus-
band and Helen Westfall; and to all
others concerned:
You and each of you, are hereby
notified that Frank 1. Westfall has
fled his petition in the County Court
of Polk County, Oregon, asking that
Mary F. Westfall of Amity, Oregon,
be appointed Guardian of the Estate
Of Irene Westfall, infant child, which
estate consists of an interest in real
property located in Monmouth, Polk
County, Oregon, and said Irene West
fall being a nonresident Of the State
of Oregon.
You are further notified that by or
der of Hon. j. B. Teal, Judge of said
County Court, Wednesday, the 31st
day of March, 1915, at the hour of
ten O'Clock in the forenoon of said
day, has been set as the time, and
the County Court room in Dallas,
Polk County, Oregon, as. the place for
hearing said petition, and all persons
i'll interest may attend at said time
and place and show cause, if any they
have, why a guardian should not be
appointed as prayed for in said pc
tition.
This notice is served upon you by
order of Hon. j. B. Teal, Judge of the
County Court of Polk County, Ore
gon, made in chambers on the 3rd
day of March, 1915, the date of the
first publication hereof being Friday,
March 9TH, 1915, and the date of the
last publication being Friday, March
2Gth, 1915.
FRANK I. WESTFALL,
Petitioner.
WALTER L.. TOOZE, JR.,
Attorney for Petitioner. M.5-M.26
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given to whom il
may concern that bids will be opened
by the County Court of Polk County
Oregon, on Thursday, the sth day OF
April, 1915, at ? O'Clock p. m, for
crushing and putting in the bunkers
at Falls City, Oregon, of $500 yards
of rock, more or less, according to
specifications on file in the Office of
the County Judge. Also for hauling
and delivering same on county road
at points to be designated by the
Court.
The Court reserves the right to re-
jeet any and all bids.
J. r. TEAL.
County Judge.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that OF
March l, 1915, F. j. Craven, executor
of the estate of George M. Gooch, de
ceased, filed in the County Court Of
the State of Oregon for Polk County
his resignation and final account as
such executor, and that said Court
has appointed Monday, the 9TH day
of April. 1915, at ten o'clock a. M, at
the Courtroom of said Court, in the
city of Dallas, Oregon, as the time
and place for the hearing of the said
application to resign and of all objec-
tions to said final account and the set
tlement thereof. On said 5th day of
April ,915, at the hour and place
above mentioned, said executor will
apply to said Court to resign his said
trust and for the allowance of his
said final account; on or before the
day appointed for such hearing and
settlement, any person interested in
said estate may file his objections
thereto.
Dated and first published, March .,
1915.
F. J. CRAVEN,
Executor aforesaid
OSCAR HAYTER,
Attorney. Mch.2-30-5t.
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned by an order of the County
Court of Polk County, Oregon, has
been appointed as executor of the es-
tate of Almira G. Ellis, deceased. All
persons having claims against such
estate are required to present them
within six months from the date of
this notice, with the proper vouchers,
to the und ndersigned at Woodburn, Ore
gon.
Dated this 4th day of March, 1915.
JOHN M. POORMAN,
Mr.5-Mr.26 Executor of said estate.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Attorney.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been by the county
court of Polk County, Oregon, ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
Gerhard J. Quiring, deceased, and has
qualified. All persons having claims
against said estate are notified to pre-
sent the same, duly verified as requir-
ed by law, to the undersigned at the
law office of L. D. Brown, Dallas, Ore
gon, within six months from the date
hereof.
Dated this February 9th, 1915.
JOHN W. QUIRING,
Administrator of the estate of Ger
hard j. Quiring, deceased.
L. D. BROWN,
Attorney for the Estate. 9S-5t.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
EXECUTORS NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT,

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned executors of the last Will
and Testament of J. D. Kelly, deceas-
ed. have filed their final account as
said executors in the County Court of
Polk County, Oregon, and that said
Court has appointed Monday, April
18th, 1915, at IL O'Clock, a. m. of said
day as the day and hour for the hear