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Prophets and Prophecies.

The Maine figures are embarrassing to
the democratic spclihinders from a dis
lance who canvassed the state and re-
turned home full of enthusiasm and
prophecy. All expressed themselves as
confident Of victory. And probably they
meant what they said While in the
state they had been i'll n party atmos-
pilcre, and when not addressing party
audiences had been in conference with
party managers. Their appeals for
votes had been applauded and they them
selves complimented on their eloquence.
Why should they not have reached. and
returned home in, a condition of ex-
hilaration! And while one is in that
condition. prophecy is the easiest thing
on earth.
AT the opening of the democratic cam
paign in Kentucky last week several Wis
ting statesmen. Vice President Marshall
among the number. were present. The
weather was perfect, the crowd large.
the burgoo toothsome and the eloquence.
native and imported, of the regulation
campaign brand. As result, the Wis
itors left for home convinced that the
President has ..cinch" on the Blue
grass commonwealth. In their opinion,
il is all over there but the shouting
These men should not be ehided. It
would be impossible for them. or any
men so eircumstanced, to obey the old
injunction not to prophesy "unless We
know" Such men do not betake them
selves to interviewers with their prophe-
cies written out. They are hunted up
and asked to stand and deliver
Should they refuse, on the plea of not
having had time to study the situation
carefully, they might be reported as
: really distrustful of the outcome Since
they must answer, therefore, it is best,
probably. that they take their reputa-
tions in their hands, and if they are in
doubt give their party the benefit of the
doubt-affeet confidence if they have
il not. and make the figures big As
A"rN must I4sh pIopuecN, Why uOt, IL Tie
rope is to be their portion, be hanged
for sheep instead of for leg of NUT
ton,
The stranger within the gates in cam
paign time is at the mercy of his en-
fhusiasm and that of his party hosts.
He and they want to believe the same
thing. They read signs with the same
key. They see party friend in every
smiling face. They see in every ap-
plauding hand at the meetings ballot
for their ticket. Then comes the rude
awakening for the visitor. who, later I'M
der his own vine and fig tree. discovers
that while he was on his journey things
were not what they seemed.
This experience may come to any man.
The stronger his partisanship, the like
Her he is TO be a victim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16
The Eight. Hour Law.

News from Shadow Lawn is that the
lenge on the so-called eight hour issue,
aud will reply in /. speech or letter very
soon. This is from the report:
. Mr. Wilson expects to make clear that
he viii not be satisfied until Congress
cuacts into law the rest Of the railroad
legislation he recommended when the
strike was threatened, including an in
crease in the interstate commerce com
mission and measure for investiga-
tion of controversies between railways
and their employees before strikes or
loekouts are called
As The Star stated the other day, the
Presidents power over the further hand
ling of this subject depends upon the
result Of the November election If he
wins and another democratic Congress
is chosen he may be able to secure the
additional legislation he wants If he
loses. and the republicans win both the
presidency and the Congress, little, il
anything. but the routine Will mark the
proceedings OF the snort session OF the
present Congress. The whole question
is SO important and involves so much
that is new. the winners will want it re
served until they come into control
But what the President must NEE,
now is not so much the new law and it.
kindred issues, as the manner of its pro
curement and his part in the perform
snee He stands charged with having
; yielded under duress TO the four rail
road brotherhoods, and then Of joining
/ Them in forcing Congress to yield. Their
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September.
Now and then Q leaf
Comes drifting down,
Its verdance all too brief
Turned sullen brown.
Now and then q bird
That sang 20 gay
To flight aloft 10 stirred
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When school opens the young people
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from their studies than the scientists
have secured from their researches on
infantile paralysis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-16

Democratic leaders have expressed so
much satisfaction with Maine results
that it must be assumed that any con-
ferences called Immediately after the
congratulation-
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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-23

to escort his visitor to the bank
vaults.
BE SO good, Mr.. Wells, as to show
made of tissue paper"
This the attendant took much pride
In doing.
The array of defensive measures,
puzzling as it was to the younger meln-
bers of the party, served to bring
sense of assurance to Enoch G.lden
himself
A certain one-armed criminal, nev.
ertheless. was at that precise u1L.ent
very busily engaged in preparing for
his assault ON this Gibraltar OF gold
so proudly regarded as impregnable.
Two workmen in the uniform Of Gen
eral Electric employees, exploring a
section of abandoned cable gallery,
were busily engaged in enlarging a
wire conduit which net this gallery at
right angles. There. by means Of an
electric mining drill, they burrowed
like two moles deep beneath tne level
of the street along which the traffic
of great city So ceaselessly ebbed and
flowed. From manhcle opening into
this gallery was quietly passed huge
cylinder of iron capped by a drum Of
zinc having a hinged c5ver. The two
subterranean workers had been
warned to handle the cylinder with the
utmost care. And this they did, know
ing full well that its weight was due
to the fact Of its being tightly packed
with high explosive.
Legar himself. in the meantime, hav-
ing clothed number of his henchmen
In uniforms and caps bearing the in
scription Western National Pank," d.
rected his attention to the much more
critical task Of tracing the signature,
Henry II. Stonington. en- a typewritten
sheet bearing the embossed imprint
of the Third National
His next m eve, once he had received
a report that his two gallery workers
mad fitted their massive cylinder in the
wire conduit and pushed it gently but
firmly into the uttermost recesses of
that conduit by means of a jointed
bamboo pole, was to verify the time
at which the detonating clock had
been set, advise his colleagues. and
take up his position in the window of
a building commanding a view OF the
great granite-bastioned bank itself.
He consulted his watch from time
to time. with his eyes always going
hurgrily back to the heavy-pillared
lack entrance ITSELF
in one minute" he, announced,
they'll get a dose of the medic'.le they
gave MS this morning." again he
looked at his watch
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-23
riedly summoned Tor = c.nferenca.

riedly summoned for q conference,
Il tell you. Sibley," said the man Of
millions, something has to be done.
and done soon. I'm surrounded by enc
mics 1 can't run down. enemies can't
even understand. In the first place.
there's this man in a mask stalking
through my house and pinning threats
to my doorpanels. Then
Wait cut in the nan of law. "Did
anyone actually see this nan OF the
mask?"
Yes, Wilson. my butler. came face
to face with him as he stepped out OF
passageway. Then, when my secre-
tary, Manley, started in pursuit CT the
intruder. instead of finding stranger
in this fool mask, he found his way
blocked by girl. girl in a cloak.
who seemed to come there out OF thin
air. And that girl, sir, turned o1t
to be my own daughter, my own
daughter in some miraculous way res
cued from Legar."
Brought there by the man in the
mask"
Yes, brought there by him. So
she asserts. Yet this stranger. who
brings me back the 5ne thing precious
in my life. on the same day assumes
to criticize my conduct and threatens
to rcb me of my nj ,ney."
But that threat. as I've s.ready
pointed out, is foolish. Your money
has all the protection that steel and
civilization can surround 1t with. 1t
lies in the vaults of the Third National
bank"
But l tell you / am surrounded by
enemies, by unknown enemies of great
skill and daring. That has already
been proved. And while they can
never make me cover, they have at
least made me caut .us."
Il guess we'd better all go down to
the Third National and make sure
they're not putting their gold and
notes out on the windcwsills for the
first crook that comes along to carry
off," said the lawyer.
President Stonington of the Third
National received them in his private
Office and learned from Sibley the
reason of his visit. That official, in
fact, was an active sharer in the incre-
dulity Of the old lawyer. He quietly
touched a bell, sent for a uniformed at
tendant and instructed that attendant
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-23
FOURTH EPISODE
THE NAME AND THE GAME

Legar had reason to feel well
pleased with his mornings work. De
feated for the time being, in one quar-
struck at another.
His attack, in this instance, was di-
rected at nothing less than Enoch
Golden's own home. There, effecting
an entrance through a neglected coal
chute before even the servants were
astir, he had crept stealthily upward
until he found refuge in a trunk room
Through the door crack of this trunk
room, however. he soon had the dubi-
GUS pleasure of beholding a figure quite
as stealthy as his own, figure that
wore laughing mask and made its
way cautiously downward to the door
of Enoch Goldens study. On that door
the masked figure, before vanishing
as quietly as it had first appeared,
pinned an cblong paper. Stealing up
to it, Legar read:
Enoch Golden: You have proved a
disappointment to me. Despite my
warnings, you still oppress the poor
and abuse your power. Your daueh-
of Legar, and at the proper time will
be produced. But that time will not
come until you have changed your
ways Of life. So while still you have
the chance, do some good deed!
THE LAUGHING MASK.
Legar. having thoughtfully perused
this strange warning, promptly added
postscript:
As slight sign Of my disapprovai,
am appropriatins your fifty thousand
dollars from the vaults Of the Third
National bank, for which l now take
occasion to thank you.
Ten minutes later Legar had made
his escape from the house and was
speeding southwark in his car, to con-
fer with his own Men as to the ap-
preaching assault on Golden's wealth
in the Third National vaults.
The Laughing Mask himself, in the
meantime. was busy with his own en-
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-23
Ne l|HR0lQk
lbyAkf,nf fSfEingeT
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward island Paiidori intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil
which causes Golden to capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Paiidori opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and iu
the general rush to escape the flood kid
maps Golden's six-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later in New York n
Masked One calling himself 1.-The Hammer
of Cod rescues an eighteen-year-o girl
from the cadet Casavanti. to whom Jules
Legar has delivered her. and takes her to
the home of Enoch Golden, millionaire,
whence she Is recaptured by Legar. Legar
and Stein are discovered by Manley. Col
dens secretary. setting fire to Goldens
buildings. but escape Margory's mother
fruitlessly implores Enoch Golden to
find their daughter. The Masked One
again takes Margory away from Legar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-23

suiky grunt. one OF tho newcomers sud-
denly struck match and held It close
to the white-bearded face, the hands
gripping the wheel quite as suddenly
relinquished their hold and fastened
themselves about the throat of tho
overinquisitive cargo sentry. Before
his companion. standing quite close to
the bow Of the boat. could quite real
ize the meaning of the movement. tho
two men beside the wheel were writh-
ing and stamping and painting about
the narrow deck
Fierce as that fight was. It was not
prolonged one. For the white beard
ed man. despite his age. with one final
effort. succeeded in lifting his op-