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Meade County news., 1916-05-18
SYNOPSIS.

After stealing the Omber Jewels and the
Huysman war plans in London Mtchael
Lanyard returns to Troyon's. Paris Inn,
for the first time In many years because
he thinks Roddy. a Scotland YARD man. nan
between Comte de Morbihan, NJ Bannon
and Mile. Bannon about the Lone Wolf,
a celebrated cracksman who works alone
alarms him. Lanyard dresses and goes
out, leaving Roddy snoring In the next
room, then comes back stealthily, to md
in his room Mile. Bannon In the apart
ment near the Trocadero he finds an In
Vitatlon from The Pack to the Lone Wolf
to Join them. Lanyard attempts to dis
pose of the omber Jewels, but finds that
Fhe Pack has forbidden the buyers to
deal with him. He meets three masked
members of The Pack: Popinot, apache;
and Wertheimer English mobsman, but
the third, an American, is unknown to
him. He refuses alliance with them. On
the dark. but knocks out his assailant
He gives the unconscious man, who proves
70 be the mysterious American, q hypo-
dermic to keep him quiet, discovers that
Roddy has been murdered in his bed with
the evident intention OF fastening the
ance OF the unconscious American to re-
semble his own. starts to leave the house.
In the corridor he encounters Lucia Ban
non who insists on leaving with him.
Having no money Lucia 10 obliged to take
refuge with Lanyard in the studio OF an
absent artist friend of his. He locks her
in a room alone and retires to get some
rest himself After sleep Lanyard finds
his viewpoint changed. He tells Lucia
who he is. Mutual confessions follow.
has been used as a tool by Bannon, the
crook. The American murderer Of Roddy
was Bannon's secretary. Lucy agrees to
60 with him to return the London loot.
Meade County news., 1916-05-18
CHAPTER XVIII.
Sheer Impudence.

OuCSt tuRnaSUSSs
Though 1t was not yet eight o'clock
when they entered the restaurant, it
was something after eleven before
Lanyard called for his bill.
Now again the rain had ceased and,
though the sky remained overcast, the
atmosphere was clear and brisk with a
touch Of frost, in grateful contrast to
the dull and muggy air that had OBJ
tanned for the last twenty-four hours.
Wen walk" Lanyard suggested
"if you don't mind-part Of the way at
least; it'll eat up time, and bit of ex-
ercise will do us both good"
The girl assented quietly.
The drum of their heels on fast-dry.
ing sidewalks struck sharp echoes
from the silence of that drowsy quar-
ter, a lonely clamor that rendered it
impossible to ignore their apparent
solitude-as impossible as it was for
Lanyard to ignore the fact that they
were followed.
Supremely on the alert, he had dis
covered the pursuit before they left
the block of the restaurant. Dissem-
bling, partly to avoid alarming the
girl, partly to trick the follower into a
feeling OF greater security, he turned
this way and that, round several cor
Meade County news., 1916-05-18
CHAPTER xvI-continued.

I'm afraid" Lanyard said after a
time-"I'm afraid l know what you
must be thinking. One can't do your
intelligence the injustice to imagine
you haven't understood me-read all
that was in my mind and"-his voice
fell-"in my heart. / own that l was
wrong to speak so transparently, to
suggest my regard for you at such q
time, under such conditions. / am
truly sorry, and beg you to consider
unsaid all that should not have said
After all, what earthly difference can
1t make to you II one thief more de-
cides suddenly to reform?"
That brought her abruptly to hel
feet, showing him q face of glowing
loveliness, with eyes distractingly
dimmed and softened.
mol" she implored breathlessly
Please, you mustn't spoil IL! You've
paid me the finest of compliments, ant
one I'm glad and grateful for-ant
would l might think deserved! Yot
say you need year to prove yourself
Then-I've no right to say this-ant
You must please not ask me what
mean-then l grant you that year:
year ! shall wait to hear from yol
from the day we part, here in Paris
And tonight l will 90 with you, too
and gladly, since you wish me tot"
And then as he, having risen, stood
at loss. thrilled and incredulous, with
q brave and generous gesture she of
fered him her hand, across the table
whereon still rested the spoils Of hiI
final coup.
'Mr. Lanyard, promise"
Then reverently he bowed his head
and touched his lips to that hand-ant
felt It snatched swiftly away, and start
ed back. aghast, the idyl roughly dissi
pated, the castle of his dreams tum
bling in thunders round his ears.
In the studio skylight overhead {
pane Of glass had fallen in with shat
tering crash as ominous as the truml
Of doom.
Meade County news., 1916-05-18

the year ana make my report. And
then, If you will, you can say no to
the question Ill ask you, and sha'n't
resent it. and It won't ruin me; for if
man can stick to a purpose for
year he can stick to it forever, with or
without the love of the woman he
loves"
She heard him out without attempt
at interruption, but her answer was
prefaced by sad little shake Of her
head.
That's what makes it so hard, so
terribly hard" she said. "0f course
I've understood you-all that you've
said by indirection. and much besides,
has had its meaning to me-and Pm
glad and proud Of the honor you offer
me. But l can't accept it, can never
accept it--not now nor a year from
now. And it isn't fair to let you 60 on
hoping that l might some time consent
to marry you.- For that's impossible" !"
"You-forgive mcguire not al
ready married?"
NO"
"Or promised!"
mo" - s.
"Or in love with someone elser'
Again she told him, gently, NO"
His face cleared. He squared his
shoulders. He even mustered up a
smile.
Then It isn't impossible. No human
obstacle exists that time can't over
throw. In spite of all you say, shall
go on hoping with all my heart and
soul and strength"
But you don't understand"
Can you tell me-make me under
standr -
After long pause she told him once
more, and very sadly: NO"
Meade County news., 1916-05-18
CHAPTER XVII.
uFor That's lmposslbIe.v

FOR Ihat'e Impossible"
Like blow from an unseen hand
the shock Of that alarm drove the girl
back from the table to the nearest wall
and for moment held her there trans
fixed in panic.
To her wide, staring eyes that ques-
toned his so urgently Lanyard prompt
ly nodded grave reinsurance. He
hadn't stirred after his first involun-
tary start, and before the last frag-
ment Of splintered glass had fallen
tinkling to the floor above, he was
calming her in the most matter-of.fact
tones.
Don't be alarmed" he said. TITS
nothing-merely Solon's skylight gone
smash!"
But call that nothing!" she cried
gustily. What caused 1t, then?"
MY negligence" he admitted gloom
lily. II might have known it-that
wide spread Of glass, with the studio
electrics full ablaze below, would give
the show away completely. The house
is known to be unoccupied, and II
wasn't to be expected that both the
police and Popinot's crew would over
look so shining mark. And it's al
my fault, my oversight. should have
warned you about the lights! High
time was quitting game I've nj
longer the wit to play by the rules!"
But the police would never"
Certainly not. This is merely Popl
not's gentle method Of informing III
he's on the Job. But I'll just have
Look to make sure. No-stop wher,
you are, please. I'd rather go alone.
Hc swung alertly through to the re
ception hall window, pausing ther
only long enough for an instantaneoa
EeconnaiAaanco through the draperie
Meade County news., 1916-05-18


the door. Prying open it's cover, he
unscrewed and removed the fuseplug,
plunging the entire house in complete
darkness.
"That1I keep 'em guessing a while!"
he explained with a chuckle. They'll
hesitate long time before rushing a
dark house Nnfested by desperate
armed man-if know anything about
that mongrel crew! Besides, when
they do get their courage up, the lack
Of light will stave OF discovery Of this
way of escape. And now, one word
more"
A flash OF the lamp located her hand.
Calmly he possessed himself Of 1t.
Eve brought you into trouble
enough as it is through my stupidity" I"
he said; but for that, this place
should have been a refuge to US until
we were quite ready to leave Paris.
So now we mustn't forget, before we
60 out to run God only knows what
gauntlet, to fix rendezvous in event
of separation. / can think of none
better suited to our purposes than the
Sacre-Coeur."
Her fingers frightened gently upon
his.
Il understand" she said. quietly; "if
we're obliged to separate I'm to go di-
rect to the Sacre-Coeur up on the hill
ton and await Won there"
Right! But let's hope there1l be
no such necessity"
Then, hand in hand, like frightened
children, these two stole down the tun-
nel-like passageway, through a small,
forlorn court, more like a we'll
cramped between two tall old tene'
ments, and so came out into the
gloomy, sinuous and silent Rue d'As
sas.
Here they encountered few way
farers; and to those few, preoccupied
with anxiety to win to shelter from
the inclement night, they seemed, nc
doubt, some student of the Quarter
} with his sweetheart-Lanyard, in his
shabby raincoat, striding rapidly, head
and shoulders bowed against the driv
ing mist, the girl in her trim Burberry
clinging trustfully to his arm.
Avoiding the nearer stops Of thu
underground Metropolitan as danger
. GUS, Lanyard steered a roundabout
+, course through byways to the Rue d.
Sevres station of the Nord-Sud, from
? which, in due course, they climbed Il
the surface again at the Place de Il
:. Concorde, walked several blocks
i picked up taxicab. and in less thai
half an hour from the time OF their de
: parture from the Impasse Stanisla
D were comfortably ensconced in q cab
: net pafticulier Of little restaurant o
t modest prOtsasions just north Of Le
}, HAllea.
Meade County news., 1916-05-18

a meaningless pattern on the cloth be-
fore she resumed. you've given me
to understand that I'm responsible for
your sudden awakening it's be-
cause of regard conceived for me
you're so anxious to become an honest
man. Suppose-suppose you were to
find out-you'd been mistaken in me?"
"That isn't possible" he objected
promptly.
She smiled upon him wistfully.
"But If it were"
Then think" he said soberly-T
think Id feel as though there were
nothing but emptiness beneath my
feet!"
IF you found l had deceived you"
Miss Shannon!"' He threw an arm
across the table and suddenly impris-
oned her hand. There's no use beat
ing about the bush. You've got to
know"
She drew back suddenly with a
frightened look and a monosyllable OF
sharp remonstrance: mol"
"But you must listen to me. want
you to understand. Bourke used to say
to me: The man who let's love into
his life opens door no mortal hand
can close-and God only Knows what
will follow ini' And Bourke was right.
Now that door is open in my heart, and
/ think that whatever follows in won't
be evil or degrading. Oh, I've said II
a dozen different ways of indirectionr
but may as well say it squarely now
/ love you; it's love Of you makes me
want to go straight, in the hope that
when I've proved myself you'll maybe
let me ask you to marry me.
Perhaps you're in love with bet
ter man today; hut I'm willing tc
chance that; a year brings many
changes. Perhaps there's something
Il don't fathom in your doubling my
strength and constancy. Only the out
come can declare that. But please un
derstand this: II fail to make goot
it will be solely because I'm unfit ant
have proved It, All l ask is whai
you've generously promised me-op
| portunity to come to you at the end O
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
Intermarriage -
Destroying IndiaI

Minneapolis. D~c. = The Rev. O. J..
Hall. If Nerth Dakota. for forty pan
missionary on the Fort B<rthold r~s~'
walton. declared in an sddress before a..
Armenian Si>- A-r-ria'nn thu
the Indian and ~hite rs~s Gill l~ c"n..
pI~tely merged thr urh int~rmsrriss'
within the next so years.
''D~spis- the fact thst the Indisnlhir'l
rate 10 rising and The death rate is fallinr
believe that tho ladisn rsc~ Oil! hsv.
Disappeared III y years ir"m now" nh
speaker said.
Intermsrriss~ iet~een whites an.
reds is rapidly increasing. and with th.
absence Of the stigma whlch s'tarh.s il
sslf tn int"rm ,rrisee Of c.r~in othe
rsces. The only objectionable lrstur
lice in the fact that nianyl whites at
marrying Indisns to obtain their shan
Of tribal wealth Brt. this too. il hur
rying the ann lgsmstion
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
1RF IFGRO PROBLEM

NeeVc prrhlems are to lie ccrsid~r.d
- part Of the conrs~ in sorioloxy nj
Howard University this year. Prof.
Kelly Miller % IN s~seh the IRA semester
s.d nr- r E. Psrk-. professional lecsur-
- in sociology OF CnEseo Uuiv.r~isy. -
20 esrh The 80 md s~n~sterof the sub
ject-
In order that the coqrse may he avail
aide f,r city school TEACHERS and Others
Interested the time has b~en 81 for thr-~
o'cloeA Monday. wednesday and Fri
days-
Tho coure - to emt race snch topics
- growth, distribu lou and t-nd.ncy Of
Negro population, Segregation. occupa-
ticn, crime. vital statistics. education.
religions and benevolent orgnnlz stions.
and slso the discus 10, Of remedia
aesrcies and the general progress of the
rsce.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
N0RTnFoRK

The funeral Of Mr.. George Young. .
yell known citizen of N.rthfoak, wss
preached ~ the Fist Baptist Church by
- '-~s"r. Rev J. w. Coe-r. .lsst sun
day.
A very important pat of the urvice
wss Conducted by q = Home Missionary
S.~irsy in the E~rson Of Mrs. Matte
Rice. IN active church,. worker, q very
able leader OF the :>ociety and of the
community in gensr I. In an address
delivered in behalf Of the society. the
life OF brothe, Young's loyalty N ths
chnrch, sristy and the community Was
beautifully portrayed by sister Rice,
touching upon the example ct by 90
noble n worker and the great lost sns-
tanned by the death of 90 consecrat-d
and devoted q servant.
The address was followed by an able
and instructive sermon by the pastor
who took for his theme "FsithsuIness. -
. subject very ably discussed by the pas
tor who is very wide y known a. a sin
cere leader Of the people in . spiritual
sense. .
The church Was beautifully decorated
and WAS largely crowded oy members oi
the Golden Rule who tnrnen ont on :'hs
occasion ss q matter OF custom to pay
the last tribute Of respect to member,
who fall by the wsyside.
The II. me. Missionary Society in CO.
operation with the First Baptist church
is doing much to upliit the community.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
EY r. .. MARTIN.

Sunday wss fine q day and We had
grand services We had q fine Sunday
schnol at $50 O'Clock. conducted by onr
worthy Supt b J. Martin.
At IL: 80 O'Clock. We had . great ser
mon by our beloved pa-tor, Rev w. c.
Clements, ID. d., which will never h.
FORGOTTEN We are el,d that the hand Of
affection is off OF him again, and that he
hse taken up bis field with double
portion Of the Holy Spirit
At-4:3O o'clock. the Home Missionary
Society held Memorial Services in honor
of our Honorary President, sister M T.
Green. Bro. B. J. Martin lined hymn
IS, THE day has past and gone, The
evening shade appears" Brother j. ID
Darlington read Job 9Th chapter. The
life OF sister Green Was eulogized 10y sis-
ters ID. :. Brown and Emma Patterson
Closing prayer by brother }. T. Martin
A, 1870 O'Clock, our pastor preached
another able sermon
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
Old Hickory Toric
Is Rich IN Iron
Restores Stressih. Win and Vitality
LA Short iime

Ironiincr-~srs the nj corpuscles in th..
'''s--i. s'sr~s,e'oskicr il ricl ard purrr
As I'd ti'rk"ry ron'c e,.,shn>s"n- Il
shr very bit forms at ir"n that Tire ihn-
man system can easily absorb. n Is MT
vervilonx after you taks. q, 81 a. ynu iesl
stronger and more Vigorous Bs>id,-~ the
iron, there. are extractions of nunner
{ tonic aud purifying hert.s. ross =, Al
'Vks in old Hickory Tonir. They tom
The stomach, liver, kli.ey- snd lhowls~.
r. ate good app-tl,e AMI .-,-an-. thu s,s-
tenn OF poisons.
old Hickory Tonic Is no: pstsri
n~iicine. Ia 10 made from a formula oi
family VI dot r.. VIII, Tor a half cent
ury..usei it in thrir own practic,. Ne
,ther tonic they ever prescribed would
i've the same gpod results that th-iI
,wn preparation gave. 50 they Away
returned To IT,
II you are weak and -lckly. ~. IT, al,
irus store at oncr AID hny a god hiy
bottle Of Old Hickory Tonic. Take A.
ording Ia directinn- amt notice how
quickly he 'lth and strength reiurnn
Then ask your druggist for the oows>t
price on six bottie- aud continue a.,
treatment unit ycu ARE Thoroughly Wei
You'll lind it n g.,o'i investment. Tor -
'e weak and sickly Is the mos. ~ l~nsl,.
hing I'm tie world
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
The Washington, d. C., Heralt
Published the Following Speeis!
Dispatch From Chaitanoogc,
Tenn.

Officials Of the various criminal court
of Tennessee aud students Of crime 1T,
tissics have been mucn concerned e..
several months over a large increase
infractions against the laws oi the Sta,
ss reflector 10y the work Of grand jurie-
After having on tie statues of Tennes~
for seven years a state wide prohibition
law, q number OF lesser laws. il designs.
and enacted To aid the enforcement q
the state wide law, il Was confident,
expectrd 10y the advocates If prohibition
but doubted by opponents that mate
iaI reduction would be noted i'm Grim.
hut instead OF a reduction there has bes.
a steady increase in practically ever
grade Of ceime, from public drunkednes
to premeditated murder
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.

Mou-e colored mule, knocked down
left hind hip, hole in lett fore hoof; miss
ing since November .. Reward OF two
($2. OOD dollars for his return to
TliOS. PHILLIPS.
ll-26-u. Crumpler, w. " 9.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15

Don't fail To hear the JOINT debate at
Caihoun's Hall December 3lst At go
p. M, on the subj-ct: ''Oan a Soul he
Lost after being Reeenerated?''
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-15

FOR SALE: - A good hou-e and lot at
Anav alt. W. Va, at a bargain. See ]
J. McNEELEY, Anawalt, w Va
The Washington times., 1916-06-05
AN OUTSTANDING FACT

The outstanding fact Of the North
Sea fight is that battle cruisers by
themselves cannot whip battleships.
The German dreadnaughts which
made a wreck of Beatty's lighter
squadron turned tail before Jelli-
GOES heavier dreadnaughts.
Our Congress-, always apt to mud
die a naval program as scientifically
prepared by naval experts, is now
proposing to build new battle cruis-
ers without superdreadnaughts to
back them up. This policy before
the North Sea test was error; now
it would be crime.
We do need battle cruisers, the
swift cavalry Of the sea, which can
both scout and fight and, yet more,
hanging upon the flank of a crippled
and fleeing enemy, strike him his
death blows even as he runs. But as
sea power we cannot do without
the superdreadnaughts, the floating
fortresses, the heavy artillery of the
sea, which must fight and win the
great battles upon which hang the
issue of wars and the fate Of nations
The Washington times., 1916-06-05

managers try to make the public be-
lieve that the new scale would cost
500, 100000 when the most that It
could possibly cost would be $22, ,000,-
900, then the managers should not
have the confidence or the sympathy
Of the public in this dispute and the
$22, 900, 900, IL conceded, should not
be permitted to be passed along to
the public.
Let the facts Of what the new
scale would actually cost be made
perfectly clear to the American peo-
pie before this case goes further on
its way to settlement. The public
isn't going to back any side which is
grossly misstating the truth; and the
side which isn't backed by the public
isn't going to have the ghost of a
chance to win If the other side stands
firm.
Now give us the facts in a way so
clear and SO convincing that nobody
can misunderstood them.
The Washington times., 1916-06-05
RUSSIA'S GREAT CHANCE

Can Russia rise to the full occa-
sion? Her troops have been fight
ing effectively in the Sultan's do
minions and they seem to be holding
their own on the Russo -Germanic
frontier. But the Turkish campaign
will not decide the war and holding
their own elsewhere is not enough.
French military critics say the
Germans have thrown no less than
eight new divisions into the battle at
Verdun within the past fifteen days.
To do this the Russian and British
fronts have been stripped, a pro-
ceeding SO dangerous, the same au-
thority asserts, "that the German
general staff hesitated a long time
before making the decision, and the
present situation cannot be contin-
ued without serious risk"
If Russia can strike now it is her
great opportunity. Shall she be
bluffed by the show of activity the
official reports show the weakened
German line is making? Or shall
she rise to the great chance?
The Washington times., 1916-06-05
STARVATION FOR THE INNOCENT

X. El-Aswad, leading a delega-
tion representing the Syrians in
America has called on President Will
son to appeal for help in the case of
the starving people of their native
country. The records show that
more than eighty thousand women,
children, and men have starved to
death in the little Syrian state of Mt.
Lebanon.
What has happened and is still
happening in Syria is true in Poland,
Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania,
where literally millions of noncom-
batants, aged MN, children, and de-
fenseless women ere dying lingering
deaths for lack of food.
The Rockefeller Foundation has
made $1,000,000 available to furnish
relief to these people. but a German
demand for delay until Austria and
Bulgaria sl.all agree to a plan of CO.
operation already indorsed by Brit,
ish authorities and tacitly agreed to
bv Germany herself. prevents any
effective move toward the better
ment of conditions.
It is a recognized law of war, or il
was such before all recognized laws
of war were lost sight of, that the
feeding of noncopbatants was 6
duty devolving up,p invaders. 1t il
The Washington times., 1916-06-05
COLD CASH RAILWAY DEMANDS

What the public wants to know
first of all about the railway wage
controversy now being negotiated, is
what the 100000 engineers, conduc-
tors, firemen, and brakemen actually
demand in money-what, if their de-
mands are conceded, they will get in
cold, hard cash.
The railway managers declare that
if the demand of the railway work.
ers is conceded it will cost the public
for inevitably the public must pay
such a bill-$1O0, 100000 a year. But
the chief of the engineers and the
chief of the conductors declare that
if the men get all they are asking
for it will amount to less than
$22, 1000 year.
Now there is no possible chance
that when the railway managers say
the bill will be $100,000,000 a year
and the railway workers say it will
be only $22, 100000 a year, both sides
can believe they are right. There
might be a difference of opinion as
to exactly how the new scale would
work out in pennies, but no honest
difference of opinion as to the re.
suits could by any possibility com
prehend so wide a divergence as
from $100,000,000 clear to $22,'
0OO, 900.
Nor is it possible that either the
railway managers or the railway
workers are ignorant of what the de
mand means in money. Somebody
isn't being frank with the public
Somebody is trying to hide the facts
in cloud of dust. Somebody ISM
telling the truth.
Who is it a? Is the maximum which
the railway workers are demanding
$22 $1,000 or is it 500, 100000? L
it is 100000, 900, and these railwa!
workers try to delude the public
who, as we say, must foot the bills
into believing that it will be onl,
$22, 2,000,0 900, they don't deserve to ge
a red copper.
I On the other hand, if the railwa,