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therefore dictated the whole thing to
a Scot stenographer. / was glad to
try this experiment, for I believed that
I should be able to Judge Of Its ct.
feet or the whole world by It's effect
on the man who should hear It first.
Judge Of my dlsmay when from first
to last page this iron Scot betrayed
not the slightest shade Of feeling!
/ dictated to him sentences TINT l
thought would make him leap from
his chair; he s%horthanded them as
though they had been geometry. ald
whenever / paused to see him collapse
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has been given the job Of killing the
rats in all the army camps in England.
"Fgais year" says the 'king." II am
fighting almost single-hapded, and the
menace is really serious. Inilge66s than
six months I have caught over 1900
rats, and cries for help are coming
from all quarters.
THE government has come to real
isc the necessity for killing fats. At
n camp I have already visited we
caught 1,0s5 rats, and over 20 Of them
weighed more than a pound and o huff
each."-New York Sun.
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group behind him, he insiry reached
the third-story roor
III the doctor Is about, will you
send him." said Annette, bowling the
proprietor and his two men from the
room.
AT once, mademoiselle," said the
proprietor, with q low bow.
There was q knock upon the door.
Come in" said Annette.
Two men entered, one Of whom, q
man with q neatly-trimmed Van Dyke
beard, drew Annette to the window,
inquiring gravely, about the case.
While her attention was thus occupied
the other man seized the recumbent
figure upon the bed and bore It from
the room. Annette caught q glimpse
Of his huge shoulders Just az he dis.
appeared.
What is he doing?" she demanded.
Where is he taking her to-?
The other man bowed. ITO q ply.
sician," he returned, "as you re.
quested."
He crossed the room and deftly
locked the door, putting the key in his
pocket.
But you are q physician" ex.
claimed Annette, alarmed.
He tore from either side of his face
a thin strip of hair, leaving beneath 1t
smooth shaven towels. He still wore q
mustache and gcatee. Then he turned
to her, and his face was the face of
the man In the shrubbery at the New
port villa, the face Of the smuggler
Of cocaine. captured at Seaport and
escaped again.
Tam not q physician" he conceded.
DO you know who / ami"
NO" she answered .retreating to q
corner.
He laughed. " am . mar with a
saber cut upon my face" he said.
pointing to 1t. you were to look out
for me. Here I am. Look out"
What do you want Of mel" she
demanded.
Hernandez lit . cigarette. Moth.
Ing that Is not mire," he said. Il was
q partner Of your fathers"
She started. Where Is my father p
she demanded.
Hernandez shrugged his shoulders.
Dead these many years; God rest his
SOUL" he said. II was his surviving
partner and to me belongs the assets
Of the firm. One OF those assets you
carry on your person next your heart,
the map Of the Lost Isle Of Cinnabar.
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COULD NOT DISTURB SCOT
sisnry Janses Vain Effort TO Move
phisomatje otsnographsr With
Nerve. SCATTERING story.

Writing Of Henry James IN the Yale
Review. william Lyon Phelps says
that he found The Turn OF the Screw"
the most nerye-shattering ghost story
he mad ever read. With none Of the
conventional machinery Of the snelo-
drama. With no background of horrible
o. threatening scenery, with no hys.
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proof a. identitv ana urs.ant,t,on a,
shia rsns
Annette us,rsd NJ II. -rove.- sh.
Analfy exclaimed. ~ Iala n -,
Isle M NOR thanr. IN I. tea hestls
nn - hct,ine 1870. hut ,oor Ioor
II fsdes as.in-.
.r.aea 4. n coo,.. ..,a Mr.. E.r
din.
TAe door on.nsd ..e.hhf.v To-
Welcher ent.red .Joav. cr;ea ~.
nette thou.htIeasfv .teil u.-vhare;,
IL deerees iatitud. Yom can ma,
ex.minattona And ia aa,ree. ,onca
Jude. Rirht on the reea- :.
To- welcher mt.took the ,rnu,rv n,
mere sirv nersiN.ra M fsiled an.
tireIv - connect n vith the m.n. He
strobe 70 the tshle. The NAV stiI, iay
there INIT nov mon II. fsce .nHeared
none Of the recent,y revealed inscrtn
lions. II vss "A hlank "A n had been
before. Welcher,a 6nrera ,tched a
- hold NJ the man He reede6 !. A.
Me hn.ir... tor his hn.ire.. ,y.t nov
= keepinx mi az tronhle HI
stretched forth \ hahd toltake n
~You and Won old man" he said
With an .ttemns NJ iocul.rttv .yt,s me-
. ,ame ~ solitaire Tat me loot a,
II a.ain
Annette folded II mn and thrus. !,
into her bosom. .Not M Joev." abe
returned. .Tt,. rayer min, ~ ,e.ve
INV ,pos.ession ...;n TIA nracfous
"a mo novr
A sudden Hrbt hroh. IN unon Joa..
underatandinr- Ha ne.red ~ her cnn.
ninxlv. .rWhat,.1 that mr. vera ~,
inv shout lstitnd. and 1o,,,f,ds,n =.
oueried
.Never vou mind. Joev. ,.u.h.d
Annette can IN ,ood ,,nns yon1I soo~
Wh.t,s nm von, r,;nd,.
uu,- a,d ,ou
on INV mind . rsn,isd WEISS :suv.n
you.re rirht Thers,. an old srisnd
Of nm sovn.tair. inst coma oxe,
from Me- york-M,s. 1-sn. Cow
tjer..
"Weu t,dv mn .ber v,r -, .hov
her ms s.id Ma foster mother she
went Annette,. h~eion,1nr, into :.
hinge old.,ash,oned vsIi.e Shs hsd M
sooner f,nished han ines Castro an.
tered the arena az events
II re.d .hout - i,,.t !. lin. q, ~.
shore notes az a New York n.narl
the fire. And Won we're utterly do.
stroved. Won s.yed nothtng =. 7 mn.
derst.nd,"
sNothin, Int Anpet+e,a x.,u.b,e. !.
-ratrrned NJ u.-d,r
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terical language, this story made my
blood chill, my spine curl, and every
individual hair to stand on end.
When l. told the author exactly hoy
I felt while reading 1t, and thanked
him Tor giving me sensations that I
thought no author could give me at
my age, he said that he was made
happy by my Testimony.
"For," said he, II rneant>to scare the
whole world with that story; and you
had precisely the emotion that ! hoped
to GUS IL everybody. When ] wrote
It l WAS too Ill to hold the pen; l
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The Altman.

Yet every man Of them 1.-THE Royal
Flying corps) appeared true to what
I have since come to recognize as a
rapidly developing type-the "aying
type"
The army aviator Of today is
picked for his quiclsness OF mind and
body, and the first thing that strikes
you about him is a sort OF feline,
mountaineering alertness. Then you
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-14

note his ~reticence, the cool reserve Of
a man whose lot It is. to express him
self in deeds rather than words.
And lastly there Is the quiet seri-
BUSINESS, verging almost on sadness, Of
the man who must hold himself ready
to look death between the eyes at any
moment. and yet keep his mind de-
tached for other things.-Lewis r.
Freeman, In the Atlantic Monthly.
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XVIII.
Scar Face

u
Welcher, upon the advent Of Inc,
Castro. had left the room. Inez had
handed him . slip of paper-one that
he was anxious to peruse. He went
below to read IT. It was another little
seductive note from her, asking him
to meet her once again ut their tryst.
ing place-Lonesome Cove inn, three
miles south Of Seaport.
Fortified with proper stimulants,
Welcher made his way at once to that
hosiery.
At last she came. Welcher sprans
forward and caught her in his arms.
you've got to let me see you often
often, do you understand" he said.
Let me tell you, charming one"
said Inex, that what happens cannot
be helped by me. ! have q husband.
have ! not? A hard master. this Her
nandez. When he commands, / must
obey. II I fall"
She looked up. She rose. The door
was still shut, but within the room.
crouching behind Welcher, were three
interiopers-Hernandez and his two
companions. Ponto and the brute.
what = you doing here?" cried
Welcher, stepping back. Il thought
I locked the door"
You are fond Of locking doors,
friend Welcher." said Hernandez. but
this time you merely turned the key
- key which doesn't lock. I have
rights here, ! imagine. Since my wife
sees ft to enter, ! enter also. May !
inquire Of my fair wife," he proceeded
suavely. what the heiress, Annette
nington, intends to dol"
None Of your business" snapped
Joe Weicher, in return.
MAY I inquire Of you, sir, then"
went on Hernandez, what you intend
TO dot"
That's zone Of your business. too"
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Preparedness.

Mamma, I wish I had a crutch,"
complained Johnnie.
"What in the world does a boy with
two good straight legs want with .
crutchY"
swell, mamma, it's a good thing to
practice on In case you get hurt and
have to use 1t some time"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-14
YOU MAY LOOK YOUNG
By Keeping Your Complexion Youns
With cutlcura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
s~uper-Sreamy emollients do much to
keep the skin clear. fresh and youthful,
as well az to keep the hair in a live,
healthy condition and the hands soft
and white. 5
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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FOURTH lNsTALLMENT
THE BATTERED PARCHMENT
CHAPTER XVII
The Return Of insz Castro,

The Return Of lnex Castro.
Out Of that holocaust-the useless
cnaAagration that destroyed the old
Hardin cottage ut Seaport-Annette
saysd something. She saved the links
TINT bound the present to the past
the identifying objects that made her
one with the little child who had been
saved years before nom the ruin of
St Pierre.
sWhatever they mean" she told her
fpster mother. they'll help me find my
fathsr: they'll help me ind Lost Isle.
And I have . strange presentiment
that m fnd him ct Lost Isle and mot
before"
They were seated. these two, In
their Temporary place Of abode.
Who rescued me that night?' she
Querfed. How did I get out Of the
house 1t an: who did THAR
Her foster mother shook her head.
Nobody knows, Annette" she said.
She Lit . small alcohol lamp under.
meath . tiny tea kettle. Watch It,
Annetfe,- she said. "it's % small It
may bon ovee."
Boil over It did later, and with Pc
culiar consequences. Mrs. Hardin
measured ont . quantity Of Ceylon tea,
and them held ont her hard.
LIST me see the map Of Lost Isle
again. Annette" she said. TT seems
q shame We can make nothing Of 1t"
Il vas strange, for at first glance the
map seemed quite worth while. II
WIS traced upon an ancient piece Of
parchment, old and yellow. At the
top was this inscription:
LOST ISLE OF CINNABAR."
"Cinnabar." repeated Mrs. Hardin.
Seems to me I've heard Of such an
island"
Annette shook her head. I've looked
It up. Cinnabar is not \ place, it's
nothing but IN ore"
The older woman continued her
scrutiny. Here's the mine marked
ON ths island with . cross-wtat kind
OF . mine-wkat's ctnnabarf"
~Quicksilver ore" returned the girl.
IT must BE- . quicksilver mine"
Nothing else upon It, except tho
words Stone castle,' nothing else"
The girl sprang to her side. YES"
said the girl. these two other words
below"
She placed her finger upon them.
They ware two small words near the
lower left-hand corner Of the map:
Latitude.
Longitude.
YES" went on Mrs. Hardin. "but
what latitude and what longitude!
Annette smiled. That's the point.
II doesn't say. That's what I've got
to md out, but III ind out, never
fear"
Nrs. Hardin Lit = lamp. placed the
map fatty upon the table, and exam
ined every nook and corner Of It
well" she said ut length, tive
secured the map and ! can't make
head nor tai, Of 1t. 30 wen have some
tea"
She placed her hand upon the han.
die Of the little tea pot She drew
1t away suddenly. for It was unusually
hot. Her hasty movement dislodged
1t from its moorings and the boiling
water spouted out over the table.
Most Of the boiling water spouted On
the mag. Mrs. Hardin snatched the
map sway and wiped It with her kerr
chief. Then she handed the map to
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rhe Army Raj cateher.

William Dalton Of Southwark, who
Is known as the king Of rat catchcrs,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-14

he would inquire In a dry voice. 'wha
next7'"
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He who sings drives away sorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
Seven Lives Lost in
Big Storm in Hawaii

HONOLULU, T. H.. Jan. 2O-Sevcn
lives are known tohayo been lost and
many persons are missing as the result
of a general storm OF unprecedented Vio-
lenco that for week past has been
sweeping the Hawaiian Islands.
The rains have done some damage in
Honolulu. but the island OF Maui has been
the chief sufferer. Roads and bridges
were destroyed: the famous lao Valley
was swept by the storm and the bodies
OF seven persons have been recovered
there, with many others reported missing.
The storm scourged the islands OF
Kauai. where the schooner Prosper was
swept ashore at Hanspepe and was a
total loss. The British bark Yeoman
was IN da ger of being lost but was
rescuted by the United States naval tug
Navajo
The official record for the rainfall in
Honolulu during the month Of January
TO date is fifteen inches.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
British Relief
Expedition is
Near Kut-El- Amara

LONDON. Jan. 2O.-Generql Aylmer's
force of British troops was yesterday in
close touch with the Turkish position ut
Bssin and consequently was seven miles
from Kut-El-Amara, in Mesopotamia.
where a; British force has been sur
rounded by the Turks.
General Townshend, commanding the
British troops at Kut-El-Amara reports
there has been no fighting at that place.
This information regarding the Meso-
potamian thester of war was commu-
nicated to the House of Deputies today
by ]. Austen Chamberlain. secretary OF
India.
Mr. Chamberlain also announced that
Lieutenant General Sir Percy Lake yes
terday took over the supreme command
of the Mesopotamia expedition from Gen.
eral Sir John Eccles Nixon, who has been
invalided home,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
BRITISH TAKE TWO
FROM YANKEE SHIP
Man and Woman Removed from
American Vessel by English
Sea Authorities.
SENT TO DETENTION CAMP

NEW YORK, Jan, 20.-Two pas
sengers, a man and woman, said to
be Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann OF San
Francisco, were taken from the
United Fruit company liner Zacapa
at Kingston, Jamaica, by British
authorities when the liner touched
January 10, en- route from New York
to Colon, according to officers and
passengers on the steamship Amir
ante, here today from Colon.
Passengers said they had heard the
couple were sent to the detention camp
at Kingston.
The United Fruit liners are American
vessels. The Aimirante and the Zacapa
were in Colon on tho same day. At the
office of the United Fruit company here
IL was said today that no word Of the
incident had been received.
The names of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Her
mann of San Francisco appear on the
passenger list OF the zacapa for tho trip
from this port on January s.
On its return voyage the Almirante
stopped at Kingston and for the first
time notice was given by port authorities
that none of the passengers aboard would
be allowed shore leave unless provided
with proper passports.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
Grand jury Takes
Hand in Keokuk
Mulct Law Case

KEoKUK, la, Jan. 20. Philip Nickel.
former Keokuk saloon keeper who two
weeks ago sold 10-cent bottle OF beer
In order TO test the repeal OF the mulct
law. was indicted by the grand jury
which reported last night According to
court officials, the indictmen. puts an
end to habeas corpus proceedings in
stltuted by Frank BRlllnger, Nickel's at
torney, who sought to secure his client 3
freedom through that procedure.
County Attorney McManus said today
that the indictment returned by the
grand jury puts the case In an entirely
new light. lie is waiting TO hear from
Attorney General Cosson before proceed
ing further in the matter.
Ballinger said he would attack the in
dictment in an effort TO carry the case
to the supreme court. II is said he
cannot attack a bench warrant through
habeas corpus proceedings, however.
Nickel has been out on bond In the
sum of $500. but will be arraigned In
the district court Immediately.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
Floods and Deep
Snow Delay Traffic
in the Southwest

DENVER. Colo. Jan. 2O.-Indications
that the storm of the last few days.
which has prevailed in Arizona and Cali
fornia, is moving eastward, were con-
tanned in meager reports to the govern
ment weather bureau here today.
Wire communication with Arizona
points was badly interrupted and in some
cases completely cut off by the flood
conditions. Telegraph and telephone
wires to Phoenix were down and up to
1890 this morning no advices had been
received of flood condition in that dis
triet The last report during the night
stated that eleven feet Of water was
sweeping over the spillways of the Roose-
welt dam on Salt river. The rise had
ceased. but another was predicted for
today. Last night Phoenix reported little
property damage and no loss of life.
FL Paso reported telephone and tele-
graph wires down west, although the
hope was held out that communication
with the clifton mining district might
be re-established later in the day.
Clear tonight was the prediction issued
by the weather bureau for Arizona. and
rain was forecasted for southeastern New
Mexico.
Ell PASo, Tex, Jan. 20.-Ten inches Of
snow in the region about Lordsburg. N.
NJ. which prostrated telegraph and tele-
phone wires, completely cut off today
all means OF communication with Phoe-
nix and Clifton, Ariz. Overland trains
from California were reported moving
eastward slowly, feeling their way with
out orders. There has peen no western
mail here for three days.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
KING NICHOLAS
RESUMES FIGHT
WITH AUSTRIA
Italy Officially Notified by Monte
negro that Terms Offered by
the Teutons Have
Been Rejected.
BATTLE ON THE WHOLE FRONT
Monarch Remains with His Army to
Reorganize Defenses Of
His Country.
PART OF ALBANIA is OFFERED

ROME, Jan. f9--(Via Lobdon -
Fighting between Austria and Monte
negro has been resumed. Montenegro
notified Italy officially OF this fact
today.
Montenegro's decision was COM
nunicated TO the italian foreign Of
flce from the Montenegrin premier.
The note is to the effect that King
Nicholas and the Montenegrin gov
eminent have rejected ali terms
offered by Austria and that fighting
already has been resumed along the
whole front.
King Nicholas remains with his
army to organize the defenses of the
country.
Austria offers Part Of Albania.
PARIS. Jan. lo-There are persistent
rumors. says the Petit Parislcn, that Aus
tria offered to Montenegro, to further
the capitulation OF the latter country. a
portion Of Albania, with the town OF
Scutari and even part of Serbia.
No one knows. continues the newspa-
per. when the terms OF capltuation were
signed. The diplomatic corps at Cettinje
was kept in complete ignorance Until
Monday morning last. On tho evening
OF the previous day. the diplomatists at
Podgeritza were advised to proceed to
scutari as fast as possible. They arrived
there on the following morning and were
then informed by the Montenegrin pre-
mler that peace negotiations had been
begun with Austria. They were told that.
~ they did not wish to fall into the hands
OF the Austrians. they should hasten
without delay to the Albanian coast.
whence they could reach Brindisi. The
king promised that no would follow them.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
Convicts Saw Way
Out of Arkansas
State Farm Prison

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 2o-Usins
a saw made from a knife stolen from
the dining room and cutting through
tlmbers eight inches thick, twenty-four
white convicts whose terms range from
one year to life sentence. escaped from
the state convict farm at oumniins. Ark.
between o o'clock last night and 1 o'clock
this morning.
A prisoner named Thomas discovered
that a stake had been cut out OF tho
side OF a stockade and notified night
watehman. There were no prisoners In
the stockade. Prison authorities ans
nounced mono Of the men had been ap-
pretended up to noon.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-21
MONDELL SCORES
MEXICAN POLICY
Murder of Americans, He Says, is
Logical Fruit of Administra-
tion's Meddling.
ITS CONDUCT IS INCONSISTENT

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-The
Santa Ysabel murders were declared
TO be the logical fruit" OF the ad-
ministration's Mexican policy in a
speech in the house today by Repre-
sentative Mondell OF Wyoming, re-
publican, reviewing at length out
RACES committed against Americans
In Mexico since the overthrow OF
Madero.
by following. not a policy OF watch
ful waiting. but OF mischievous med
ding" said Mr.. Mondell. coupled with
base betrayal and callous indifference
20 the welfare and safety OF American
citizens, the administration has lost the
respect and confidence and earned the
contempt of first one and then another.
and. finally, all the people of Mexico.
BY the same process has the adninistra-
ton subjected our citizens in Mexico TO
tho sort OF treatment likely to be meted
out TO citizens of country whose au-
thorities have brought upon them the
III viii and dlstrust and hatred OF a
whole people"
The administration. the speaker de-
clared. had Ignored past American prac-
tice in international intercourse" In its
plan OF personal vengeance against
Huerta, and then by recognizing CarranEa
had given the clearest and most con-
vincing proof of the error and insincerity
OF its declaration that no government
would ever be recognized which did not
have a constitutional basis for its author
ity."
Mr.. Mondell charged that n few days
after American troops we're landed at
Vera Cruz terrorized Americans, who
were suffering ineignities at Tampico.
were denied the protection of nearby
American warships and were taken out
Of danger ION German and English boats"
after the commander of the German gun
boat Dresden had trained his guns on
Tampico, SERVED notice of his intent to
use them II injury or further insults were
attempted. and escorted our people to the
wharf"
An American warship which lay in
Tampico harbor, Mr.. Mondell declared,
had sailed away upon orders from
Washington, leaving our people defense
less and at the mercy OF an armed, in
furiated and drunken mob