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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-04

attack OF pneumonia. Mr.. Gin was
born in virginia ou April 70. ls"e, but
came to Nuhlo county hen she was
I've years odd. lur parents settling ln
tUaI county near N. bat Ir uuN the town
Df -arsusNIII' MR. SII Dol the mother
.I eleven children. -randmuthtr or hi-
it-uN'. EI'f' grandmother Of forty -~iN
and great sr'lt- l-r1uumuti,r of two.
she i- a member OF th. ir,shy terrain
church.
tn, body OF Mrs. Lavlna white.
who died 70 her home in Wheeling. was
brought here Tuesday morning and CON
E'tta fH I'ulrEs burg Tor burial Mrs.
white was 90 years of axe and was
'hs widow ot fhe lHts James White.
hu formerly lived Ur Ilrus-tIIls. She
I- survived hl tW. SONS uu. two uaH-n.
tors aud uu. sister. Airs Martina FLOYD
T-nI1ntoun. Belmont county BE- suf-
f'rinr from an epidemic OF measles.
TI,. Ohio ,auEreesu.n have agreed
fn IH- The expenses OF tNs boys or girls
.n th, annual corn boys tour Coo Sew
statement issued d. fne state nrricu.-
fur. commit .-I.u. These ruuErr --Irtf
Ilfi sherwood ~ Toledo. Ricketts, oi
r.5 of vouIsi,Id
d. s. N.cawor -IrsIIut.nIsut Of
f.' count. mfIfuITt. states today That
'.r zrp aui pneumonia epidemic htH
.ruE.Hr.. N.prIs hHIf tns l.a people
fH'rr trg Ii within thr past week. Two
deaths have occurred at th' insrru.
'.nn. and owing Oh. th' advanced age
.rr on. other. Hr. r.f expected f' rs-
cover. tas' Liverpool Review.
Governor Wu- u.s announced the
appointment .f Ir E.r.r. ut IsF'If0.
".mitr .. Goo stat. board of odminis-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02

fore he heard his valediction family
echoed.
AS he gained the lower floor the door
was closed at the top of the stairs and
it's bolt shot home with a soft thud.
When he turned to lock the lower one
he stayed his hand in transient indie
cision.
Damn It'll" he growled uneasily-
there can't be any harm in that girl!
Impossible for eyes like hers to lie!
And yet And yet Oh, what's the
matter with me? Am l losing my grip?
Why hesitate over ordinary precau-
lions against treachery on the part of
a woman who's nothing to me and of
whom / know nothing that isn't con-
spicubusly questionable? All because
of a pretty face and an appealing man
ner!"
So he locked that door, If very gent
ly, and having pocketed the key and
made a round of doors and windows to
examine their ~fastenings, he stumbled
heavily into the bedroom of his friend
the artist.
Darkness overwhelmed him then
he was stricken down by sleep as an
OK falls under the ak.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02

81 shall manage very well. / shan't
be there more than a day or two-till
the next steamer sails"
81 see." There had sounded in her
tone a finality which signifed desire
to drop the subject. None the less he
pursued m%ischievously: Permit me to
wish you bon voyage, Miss Bannon-
and to express my regret that circum.
| stances have ~conspired to change your
plans"
She was still eying him askance, du-
biously, as if weighing the question of
his acquaintance with her plans, when
| the iacre numbered from the Rue Vivi.
enne into the Place de la Bourse,
rounded that frowning pile, and drew
up on its north side before the blue
lights of the all-night telegraph bureau.
with permission" Lanyard said,
But I'll direct the cocher very care
fully to the Care du Nord. Please don't
even tip him-that's my affair. No,
not another word of thanks; to have
been permitted to be of service-it is
a unique pleasure, Miss Bannon. And
so, good night"
With an effect that seemed little
less than timid the girl offered hel
hand.
THANK you, Mr.. Lanyard" she said
in an unsteady voice. 81 am sorry
But she didn't say what it was she
regretted, and Lanyard, standing witt
barred head in the driving mist, touched
her fingers coolly, repeated his fare
wells, gave the driver both money ant
instructions, and saw the cab lurcf
away before he turned toward the tel
egraph bureau.
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After a little pause he commented:
THAT does complicate matters. doesn't
it,"
What am l to dof l can't go back
I won'tl Anything rather. You may
judge how desperate ! am when l pre-
fer to throw myself on your gener-
osity-and alreads I've strained your
patience"
Not much" he interrupted pleas
antly. in a soothing voice. "But-half
a moment-wen have to talk this
over"
Directing the cocher to drive to the
Place Pigalle, he re-entered the cab.
suspicion more than ever rife in his
mind. But as far as he could see
with that COMPOUNDED sergent de vile
staring-there was nothing else for it.
He couldn't stand there in the rain for
ever, gossiping with a girl half hyster-
ical or pretending to be.
you see," she explained when the
fiacre was again under way, Il thought
/ had a hundred-franc note in my peck.
etbook, and so l have-but the pocket,
books back there in my room at
Troyon's."
"A hundred francs wouldn't see you
far toward New York." he observed
thoughtfully.
"Oh, / hope you don't think"
She drew back into her corner with
a little shudder of humiliation.
AS if he hadn't, Lanyard turned to
the window, leaned out, and redirected
the driver sharply: "Impasse STAINS
last"
Immediately the vehicle swerved
rounded a corner, and made back
toward the Seine with a celebrity which
suggested that the stables lay on the
Rive Gauche.
"Where?" the girl demanded as Ian
yard sat back. Where are you taking
me?"
I'm sorry" Lanyard said, with every
appearance of sudden contrition; %
acted impulsively-on the assumption
of your complete confidence. Which
of course, was objectionable. But
believe me, you have only to say no
and it shall be as you wish"
But" she persisted im%patiently-
you haven't answered me: what is
this Impasse Stanislas?"
"The address Of an artist l know
Scion, the painter. We're going to take
possession of his studio-residence IL
his absence. Don't worry; he won
mind. He is under heavy obligation tt
me-I've sold several TO
him, and when he's away, as now, il
the States, he leaves me the keys. IT.
a sober-minded, steady-paced neigh
borhood, where we car rest withou
misgivings and take our time to thinl
things out"
But" the girl began in an odC
tone.
Permit me-" he interposed hastily
ITO urge the facts of the ase upol
your consideration"
"Well?" she said in the same tone
as he paused.
ITO begin With don't doubt you'v,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
CHAPTER XIII.
CompanionS.

The enigma of the girl so deeply in
trigued his imagination that it was
only with difficulty that he concocted
a noncommittal telegram to Roddy's
acquaintance in the prefecture de po-
lice-that imposing parsonage who had
watched with the man from Scotland
Yard at the platform gates in the Care
du Nord.
It was couched in English when
eventually composed and submitted to
the telegraph clerk with a ~fervent, if
i%naudible, prayer that he might be
ignorant Of the tongue.
Come at once to my room at Troy
on's. Enter via adjoining room pre-
pared for immediate action on impor-
tant development. Urgent.
"RODDY."
Whether or not this were Greek to
the man behind the wicket in the tele-
graph bureau, it was accepted with
complete indifference-or, rather, with
an interest that apparently evaporated
upon receipt of the fees. Lanyard
couldn't see that the clerk favored him
with as much as a curious glance be-
fore he turned away to lose himself,
to bury his identity finally and forever
under the incognito of the Lone Wolf.
He couldn't have rested without TAX
ing that one step to compass the arrest
of the American assassin; now, with
luck and prompt action on the part Of
the prefecture, he felt sure that Roddy
would be avenged by M. de Paris. But
it was quite as we'll that there should
be no clue whereby the author of the
mysterious telegram might be traced.
1t was, then, not an illpleased Ian.
yard who slipped off into the night and
the rain; but his evaporation was
elaborate when the first object that
met his gaze was that wretched f1acre,
back in place before the door, Lucia
Bannon leaning from its lowered win
dow, the cocher on his box brandish.
ing an importunate whip at the ad.
%venturer.
He barely escaped choking on sup
pressed profanity, and for two sous
would have swung on his heel and
ignored the girl deliberately. But he
didn't dare-close at hand stood a ser
geant de vile, inquisitive Eyes bright
beneath the dripping vizor Of his cap
keenly welcoming this diversion of a
cheerless hour.
With at least outward semblance Of
resignation Lanyard approached the
window.
Il have been guilty of some stupid
ity, perhaps?" he inquired with lip
civility that knew no echo in his heart
But | am sorry"
"The stupidity is mine," the girl in
terrupted in accents tense with agi
tation. "Mr. Lanyard, II"
Her voice faltered and broke in
short, dry sob, and she drew back will
] an effort of instructive distaste 70,
r public emotion. Lanyard smotheret
/, an impulse to demand roughly: well
: what now?" and came closer to tn
window.
There is something else l can dc
Miss Bannon?"
Il don't know. I've Just found |
out-I came away SO hurriedly / neve
thought to make sure; but I've n
m~oney--only a few francsl"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
The First Object That Met His. Gaze
Was That Wretched Fiacre.

good reason for running away from
your father"
"A very real, a very grave reason"
she affirmed quietly.
And you'd rather not go back"
THAT is out Of the question:" with
restrained passion that almost won his
credulity.
But you've no friends in PARISH"
mot one!"
"And no money. So it seems, II
you're to elude your father, you must
find some place to hide pro TEN. AS
for myself, I've not slept in forty-eight
hours and must rest before ! can do
more, before I'll be able to think clear
ly and plan ahead. And we won't ac-
complish much riding round forever
in this miserable ark. So l offer you
the only solution I'm capable Of adj
yancing under the circumstances"
"You are quite right" the girl agreed
after a moment. please don't think
me unappreciative. Indeed, 1t makes
me very unhappy to think ] know no
way to make amends for your trouble"
There may be a way" Lanyard in
formed her quietly; but we'll not dis
cuss that until we've rested up q bit"
II shall be only too glad" she be-
gan, but broke off and, in a silence
that seemed almost apprehensive,
eyed him speculatively throughout the
remainder of the journey.
1t wasn't a long one, and in the
course Of the next ten minutes they
drew up at the end Of a shallow pocket
Of a street a scant half-block In depth
Alighting, Lanyard helped the girl out
paid and dismissed the cocher. and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02

turned 10 an iron gate in a high stone
wall crowned with spikes.
The grillework Of that gate afforded
glimpses OF a small, dark garden and a
little house OF two stories. Blank
walls OF beetling tenements shouldered
both house and garden on either side.
Unlocking the gate with a ready key,
Lanyard r~efastened it very carefully,
repeated the business at the front door
of the house. and when they were Sc
curely locked and bolted within a dark
reception room. turned OIL the electric
light.
But he granted the girl little more
than time for a fugitive survey OF this
anteroom to an establishment oil
unique artistic character.
"Solon's living quarters are down
stairs here" he explained hurriedly,
Hes unmarried, and lives quite
alone-his studio devil and the woman
who cares for things come in by the
day only-and so he avoids that pest
of Partisan life, the concierge. With
your permission. I'll assign you to the
studio-up here"
And leading the way up a narrow
fight of steps, he had made a light in
the huge room by the time the CIR
joined him.
81 believe you'll be comfortable" he
said. THAT divan yonder is as easy
a couch as one could wish-and there's
/ this door you can lock at the head Of
| the staircase; while l, of course, viii
be on guard below. And now. Miss
Bannon-unless there's something else
/ can do"
The girl answered with a wan smile
and a little broken sigh. Almost in
voluntarily, in the heaviness of hel
| fatigue, she had surrendered to the
j hospitable arms of a huge lounge chair
Her weary glance ranged the luxuri
ously appointed studio and returned
to Lanyard's face, and while he waited
he fancied he caught something NOV
ing and wistful in those eyes so deeply
Swallowed with distress, perplexity ant
fatigue.
"I'm very tired indeed" she con
fessed-'more than l knew. But In
sure I shall be comfortable. And
count myself very fortunate, Mr.. Ian
yard. You've been kind that
deserve. Without you, l don't like tx
think what might have become Of me.
please don't!" he pleaded. And sud
denly discountenanced by conscious
ness of his duplicity, he turned to thu
stairs. Good night, Miss Bannon," h
mumbled, and was half way down be
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
SYNOPSIS.

After stealing the Omber jewels and the
Huysman war plans in London Michael
Lanyard returns to Troyon's, Paris inn'
FOR the first time in many years because
he thinks Roddy. a Scotland Yard man,
is on his trail. On arrival he finds Roddy
already installed as a guest. At dinner
"a conversation between Comte de Morbi-
nan, M. Bannon and Mile. Bannon about
the Lone Wolf, a celebrated craftsman
who works alone, alarms him.. Lanyard
dresses and goes out, leaving Roddy snor-
ing In the next room. then comes back
stealthily. to find in his room Mile. Ban
non, who explains her presence by saying
that she was sleep-walking. In his apart
OF the back of a 20-pound note. part of his
concealed emergency hoard, an invitation
from Tho Pack to the Lone Wolf to join
them. Lanyard attempts to dispose of
She Omber jewels, but finds that The
Pack has forbidden the buyers to deal
with him. He decides to meet The Pack.
Ae Morbihan meets him and takes him
before three masked members of The
Pack. He recognizes Popinot, apache,
and Wertheimer. English mObsman, but
the third. an American, is unknown to
him. He refuses alliance with them. On
his return TO his room he is attacked in
the dark. but knocks out his assailant.
HE gives the unconscious man. who proves
TO be the mysterious American, @ hypo-
dermic to keep him quiet, discovers that
Roddy has been murdered in his bed with
the evident intention of fastening the
crime on him. and changing the appear
ance of the unconscious American to re-
semble his own, starts to leave the house.
IN the corridor he encounters Lucia Ban
mon, VINO insists on leaving with him..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02

tually commanded me to take the
place, and there was nothing to do
but obey her. She vas then eighty
four, and, as it proved. within two
years Of her death.
1T was no time for me to rebel
against her wishes, but | yielded with
the heaviest heart / have ever car
ried, and after my election to the
presidency at the national conven-
tion in Washington, I left the stage.
went into a dark corner OF the wings,
and for the first time since my girl
hood cried myself sick"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
priest Needed No Assistance.

Policeman McNulty. two blocks
away, was told that a priest was be-
ing beaten. When he arrived at the
scene, he found the information all
wrong. Father McGrath had both
men down. He was sitting on one and
the other was pleading, please don't
hit me again" The militant priest is
known as Fighting Father McGrath OF
the seaman's mission in New York
city. and he had rescued a sailor who
had been attacked late at night by two
thugs on the river front.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
CHAPTER XIV.
Awakening.

It was late afternoon when Lanyard
wakened from sleep SO deep and
dreamless that nothing could have in
duced it less potent than sheer sys.
temic exhaustion, at once nervous,
muscular and mental.
A profound and sitting lethargy be.
numbed his senses There was stu.
por In his brain and all his limbs ached
duly. He opened dazed eyes upon
blank darkness. In his ears sounded
a vast silence.
And in that strange moment Of awak
ening he was conscious Of no individ
uality-it was, for the time, as If he
had passed in slumber from one exist
ence to another, sloughing in the
transition all his threefold existenc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
DID NOT WANT PRESIDENCY

ogfaphy, 1.-THE story Of a Pioneer" she
says: Miss Anthony Immediately
urged me to accept the presidency Of
the National association, which | was
now most unwilling to do. ! had
lost my ambition to be president, and
there we're other reasons, into which
need not go again, why / felt that /
could not accept the post.
"At last, however, Miss Anthony &C.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
Doctor shaw Tells How Her Election
10 Head Of Woman's Suffrage As
e~ociation Came About.

It is interesting. nov that 1t is ru-
ignored that Doctor Shaw is to lay
down the presidency OF the National
American W0man'e Suffrage associa-
tloH. 10 recall how unwilling she was
90 assume 1t IN 1904.
p her recently published autcbi-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
Cheese as an Aid to Health

diet are very resistant to many in.
testinal diseases, such as dysentery
and the dreaded typhus fever which
has desolated Serbia. According to
Doctor Burri, the daily meat ration
in the Swiss army has already been
partly replaced by cheese. with excel
lent results.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
CHAPTER xli--continued.

Her hands moved toward him in a
4iutter Of e%ntreaty: 81, too, must leave
unseen-I must! Take me with YOU
and | promise you no one shall ever
know"
He lacked time to weigh the disad-
rvantages inherent in her proposition;
though she offered him a heavy handi-
cap, he had no choice but to accept
ut without protest.
Come, then" he told her-"and not
"a sound"
She signified assent with another
mod, and promptly he turned to an ad-
Jacent door, opened it gently, whipped
out his tlash-lamp, and passed through.
Without sign Of hesitancy she fol-
lowed. and like two shadows they
Hogged that dancing spotlight through
"a linen closet and service room, down
b shallow we'll threaded by a,spirsl of
iron steps and, by way Of a long cor
ridor that linked the kitchen Offices,
on to a stout door of oak secured only
Gby huge, old-style bolts of iron.
In two minutes from the moment of
Fheir encounter they stood outside
fTroyon's. that door at their back, fac
fng a cramped, malodorous alleyway-
"a dark and noisome souvenir of that
wild medieval Paris whose effacement
1s an enduring monument to the fame
gof the good Baron Haussmann.
For all its might and it's omniscience
Lanyard doubted il the Pack had as
yet identified Michael Lanyard with
that ill-starred Marcel who once had
been as intimate with this secret way
as any skulking Tom Of its feline
hordes.
But with this one confidence wal
never akin to foolhardiness; and If
before leaving Troyon's back door, he
had paused to take the girls hand
and had drawn it through his arm-it
WAS his left arm that he thus dedf
Gated to gal~lantry-his right hand
remained unhampered and was never
far from the grip of his automatic.
Nor was he altogether trustful of his
companion. Momentarily he grew NOR
bealously heedful of her, Of every nu
ance in her bearing. The least trace
fof added pressure on his arm, the mos
Subtle suggestion that she wasn't alto
gether Indifferent to him or regarded
Ehim in any way other than as tn,
Ichance-found comrade of an hour O
trouble would have proved enough tt
Fix his suspicious. For such, he toll
himself. would be the first thought O
Ione bent on beguiling, to lead him OF
by some intimation-the more tenuou
and elusive the more provoking-tha
she found him in person not altogethe
Objectionable.
But he failed to find anything of thi
an her manner.
So what was he to think? That sh
was alert enough to appreciate hoy
ruinous to her design would be an
such advances2
In such perplexity he brought he
TO the mouth Of the alley and Their
pulled up for reconnaissance befor
venturing forth into the narrow, dar
and utterly deserted side street tha
presented itself.
AT this the girl gently disengage
lher hand and drew away a pace q
1.-TWO, and when Lanyard had satisfie
himself that there were no Apache
in the ofing he turned to see he
standing there, Just within the el
trance to the alley, In a pose Of blan
hndecision.
Conscious Of hts regard, she turne
Ito his inspection a face touched with
Fugitive, uncertain smile.
Where are we now?" she asked
~ guarded tone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02

The long cherished idea that cheese
should form only a small part Of the
daily diet recently has been chal-
lenged. Not long ago the United
states department Of agriculture is
med a bulletin recommending the use
Of cheese as a cheap and wholesome
substitute for meat.
An interesting and important asser-
ton by a Swiss investigator is to the
effect that persons who maks cheese
a considerable part Of their regular
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
Mot 10 Be rhounht of.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins, 81 sometimes think that wom-
an ought to volunteer to go to war,
just the same as the men; and yet"
"And yet-what?"
"No woman would admit she had
reached the age of military exemp-
ton. The sacrifice of life would be
too great"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
Words of Advice.
q have the worst luck"

WHAT'S the matter, SOM"
After / had taken the trouble to
learn all the latest steps my girl
be gan to skate"
"Umph! If you don't want to get
left behind nowadays, my boy, you not
only have to keep up with all the lat
est fads, but occasionally anticipate
them"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02

The Corporation Of Trinity church.
New York. owns obs houses, the rent
OF which maintains the church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-03-02
woMAN,s GROWING GLORY

is her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use LA Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change it in
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.