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Could he have mistaken his direc-
ton? Was it not possible that owing
to his momentary panic he had arisen.
facing not the door at the foot Of the
steps, as he had supposed, but that by
which a moment earlier he had en-
tered the cave Of the golden dragon?
Desperation was with him now He
was gone too far to draw back Trail
ing his fingers along the mattin. COW
ering Of the wall. he retraced his steps.
came to the open door and re-entered
the apartment Of the dragon. He com
plimented himself fearfully upon his
own address, for he was inspired with
an idea whereby he might determine
his position. Picking his way among
the little tables and the silken otto
mans, he CROPPED about with his hands
In the impenetrable darkness for the
pedestal supporting the dragon. At
last his fingers touched the ivory. He
slid them downward, feeling for the
great vase Of peoples which always
stood before the golden image.
!. The vase was on the left and net on
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cornered rat. Soames plucked the pis-
toll from his pocket and fired at the
screen-0nce twice!
He heard the nuffled report, saw the
fash Of the little waapon. saw the two
holes in the carved woodwork and
gained a greater, hystef1cal courage
the courage Of towards desperation.
Immediately before him Was little
ebony table, bearing silver bowl,
laden to the brim with sulphur coIered
roses lie overturned the table With
his foot. laughing wildly. In three
strides he leaped across the room,
grasped the sandalwood screen and
hurled it to the floor.
In the instant of its fall he became
as Lots wife. The pistol dropped from
his nerveless grasp. thudding gently
on the carpet and. with his fingers
crooked paralytically, he stood sway
ing-and looking into the face OF Mr..
Kingi
Soames' body already was as rigid
as it would be in death. His mind was
numbed, useless. But his outraged
soul forced utterance from the lips OF
"A scream, q scream to have made
the angels shudder, to have inspired
pity in the devils Of hell. burst from
him. Two yellow hands leaped at bis
throat.
q M. Castor Max from his silken bed
In the catacombs Of Ho Pin watched
the hand OF his watch, which lay upon
the little table beside him. Already 1t
was past 2 o'clock, and no sign had
come from Soames. A hundred times
his imagination had almost trieked
him into believing that the door was
opening, but always the idea had been
illusory and due to the purple shadow
Of the lamp shade which overcast that
side Of the room and the door.
A key in the lock! Yes, key was
being inserted In the lock! He must
take no unnecessary risks; 1t might be
another than Soames. i He waited.
The faint sound Of fumbling ceased.
Still he waited, listening intently.
\ Half past 2. If it had been Soames
why had he withdrawn? M. Max
arose noiselessly and looked about him.
He was undecided what to do when
Two. shots, followed by a most ap-
paliing shrek, the more frightful be-
cause it was muf1ed-the shrek Of q
man in extremis, Of one who stands
upon the brink Of eternity brought
him up rigid, tense. with fists clenched,
with eyes glaring, wrought within this
fearless investigator an emotion akin
to terror.
Just that one grewsome cry there
was and silence again. S.
What did it mean?
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Is
~ MAX began hastily to dress.
Nxd He discovered in endeavor-
lSXSY!N ing to fasten his collar that
9a8 his skin was wet with cold
perspira ton.
"Pardieu.' he said, twisting his
mouth into that wry smile. Il know
now the meaning Of fright
He was ever glancing toward the
door, not hopefully, as hitherto, but ap-
prehensively, fearfully.
That shrek in the night might por-
tend merely the delirium Of some 9TH
err occupant of the catacombs. But the
shots?
1T was Soamesv' he whispered
aloud. II have risked too much. Lam
fast in the rat trap!''
He looked about him for a possible
weapon. The time for inactivity was
past. 1t would be horrible to die in
that reelzing place while outside, it
might be immediately above his head.
Dunbar and the others waited and
watched.
The construction Of the metal bunk
attracted his attention. AS in the case
Of steamer hunks. one of the rails, that
nearer to the door, was detachable in
. order to facilitate the making of the
bed. Rapidly. nervously, he unscrew-
ed is But the hinges were riveted to
the rain structure and after brief
examination he shrugged his shoulders
despairingly. Then he recollected that
in the adjoining bathroom there was
metal towel rail ,snickeled. and, with a
heavy knob at either end, attached by
two brackets to the wall.
He ran into the inner room and ca
gerly examined these fastenings. They
were attached by small steel screws.
! In an instant he was at work with the
blade of his pocketknife. Six screws
in all Were to be dealt With, three at
either end. The fifth snapped the
blade, and he. uttered an exclamation
Of dismay. But the shortened imple-
ment proved to be an even better
and half minute later he found him
self ii possession of club such as
) would have delighted the soul Of Her
cules.
He managed to unscrew one Of the
knobs land thus to slide off from the
bar the bracket attachments; then, re-
placing the knob, he weighed the bar
IN his hand appreciatively. His mind
now was wholly composed and his
course determined. He crossed the little
room and raped loudly upon the door.
The renning sounded muf1ed and
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the right Of the PEDESTAL His theory
was correct; he had been cropping in
the mysterious precincts of that Block
b which he had never entered. which
he had never seen any one else enter
and from whence he had never known
any one to emerge! 1t was the fall
that had confused him. Now he took
his bearings anew, bent down to feel
for any tables that might lie In his
path and crept across the apartment
toward the door which he sought.
All! This time there could be no
mistake He depressed the lever han
die, and as the door swung open before
him crept furHvely into the corridor.
Repeating the process whereby he
had determined the position of the end
door, he fumbled once again for the
keyhole. He found 1t with even less
difficulty than he had experienced in
the wrong corridor, inserted the key in
the lock and with intense satisfaction
felt it slip into place.
i He inhaled a long breath Of the life
Less air, turned the key and threw the
door open. One step forward he took
A whistle-God he knew tia low,
minor whistle wavered through the
stiffness. He was enveloped, mantled
choked by the perfume Of roses.
The door, which, although 1t. had
opened easily, had seemed to be a re-
markably heavy one, swung 0 behind
him; he heard the click of the lock,
Like trapped animal he turned. leap
ed back and found his quivering hands
in contact with books-boo ks-books.
A, lamp lighted up in the center of
the room.
Soames turned and stood, pressed
closely against the bookshelves. against
the bookshelves which magically had
grown up In front Of the door by which
he had entered. He was in the place
OF books and roses-in the haunt Of
Mr. King! fs9
A great clarity of mind came to him
10 it comes to a drowning man; he
knew that those endless passages,
through which once he had been led
IN darkness, did not exist; that he had
been deceived, had been guided along
tue Bdme COEflOOf aSdu duO again, he
knew that this room of roses did not
lie at, the heart Of labyrinth, but a.
most adjoined the cave Of the golden
dragon.
He knew that he was a poor, blind
fool; that his plotting had been known
to those whom he had thought to be-
tray; that the new key which had
opened way into this place of dread
was not the key which his accomplice
bad given him. He knew that that
upon which he had tripped at the out
ret OF his journey had been set in his
path by cunning design in order that
the fall might confuse his sense Of di-
.rection. He knew that the great vase
OF peoples had been moved that night.
God. His brain became seething
furnace!
Y There before him upstood the san
dAlwcod screen, with one corner Of the
table projecting beyond It. Nothing
OF life was visible In the perfumed
place, where deathly silence prevailed.
No Hon has. greater courage than
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For Sale Or Exchange

LET Us exchange something you
want for some thing you don't want.
Milford Realty Co., Room POT Conn.
National Bank Building. Phone
Barnum 1855.
. II Is eff
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POSITIONS WANTED

ELDERLY LADY DESIRES POSI-
TION as housekeeper for elderly
couple or elderly man or woman.
Address G. G. Wheeler. Gen. De-
livery. T23 d.
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.CLEANED-5c Clean
ing and dyeing all kinds. Ameri-
can Dyeing and Cleaning Co. Tel
1028-4. Office So Cannon st.
T 18 ais
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$500, $500 cash, family house, IL
rooms, improvements. best bargain
in city. Actually worth $4,000. Nc
Aulay, Meigs Building.
T 49,
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EXPERIENCED sEAMsTREss de-

sires few more customers or would
sew part time for dressmaker AID
dress G.. g. Wheeler care of Gener-
al Delivery. T23 d.
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Foot specialist

DIR. MANSFIELD, FOOT SPECIAL.
IST, 1907 Main street. over billions,
cures bunions, callouses pared. 50
cents. + still practice tho famous
Mansfield Method which cures Opon
afterroo1o and Sundays DIS dSs
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Is Words 15c = Farmer Classified Ads Phone 1908
ASHES REMOVED

GENERAL CARTING, ashes and
rubbish removed, ETC., at short no
tice. Also auto trucking, etc. Coed
service, right prices. Slattery Bros.
.39 Wood Ave- Telephone 1905.
II 30 all"
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$4,000, $500 Cash East End family
lot 50x10O, IL rooms, improvements
McAulay, Meigs Building.
F4 T1Ss'
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JENNIE A. BALL-Graduate N. =.
School of Dermatology, Growth Of
hair on face, warts and molss re-
moved by electric needle. Facial
inassage and scalp treatment. Room
612, 1115 Main street. Phone 916.
T 20 ale
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DYEING AND CLENING

III. LYNGE, Steam Dyeing and Clean
ing Co., formerly the Bridgeport
Dyeing and Cleaning Coz Works
and office 292 State St FL. Lynge,
Prop, Phone 4785.
T IS aIs
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CLOTHES WASHER
CORSET STORE
HOUSES FOR SALE

8 FAMILY HOUSE, Is rooms 3
baths. price $4,000. $40 cash Nc.
Autay. Meigs Building.
, T18s
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Secret Trap.

The Secret Trap.
AH MAX began hastily to dress.
Wd He discovered in endeavor-
[eSxSyM ing to fasten his collar that
his skin was wet with cold
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HOUSES FOR SALE - East Side
beautiful 7room cottage, all inn
provements $1,000. Garage. drive
/. way easy terms. McAulay, Meigs
building. i
T 1ss
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COLORADO AVE- family house,
10 rooms, all improvements, large
lot, Garage, driveway, 1880; $500
down; balance easy. McAuIay.
Meigs Bldg. II
tbs
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FORCED aALE-Owner needs cash,
modern two family house, large lot,
central location: price $4,000; house
alone cost more; easy terms. Coo
Realty Co., Phone Barnur. 1887:
302 Warner Bldg.
T IL ALE
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l6 ROOM, double house. excellent 10.
cation for rooming house. $4.e00a
$500 cash. room. family house,
$500: $500 cash. 8 room. nam
lily hcune, $500; $500 cash. L.
Weiss. 1893 Main st.. Tel S6S-s
Barnum. LIS s0
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new 8 room house, all
modern improvements, extra large
lot, with very little extra can BE-
made into family house, $500;
$500 cash. Box E. B.. Phone Bar
mum 7486.
G27s
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FOR SALE CHEAP-Double. single.
two family houses. lots and the best
shore hotel on the sound. Estab-
ushed twenty-five years: land with
out the houses worth more than
ask for tho whole plant. Easy
terms. C. II. Fleming. 951 Main
Street. Phone. Bridgeport Conn.
p 20 '6
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AUTO REPAIRING
CHIRoRRACTOR.

L. @. BOUTON, d. O., Chi-opractis
Specialist. Newfield building. 11ss
Main street, Bricgepcrt, C0An.
Hours. $3.50 to IL M, % p. M,
except Sundays and holidays. klon-
day. Wednesday and Friday even
ings to 3 p. m. P6 ~
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HAND LAUNDRY

FOR SATISFACTION in watch and
clock repairing go to Henry c. Reid
and Son, Watchmakers, Room 210
Conn. National Bank Bldg. 1924
Main st.
II % atf
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Architects
Hair Dressing

HAIR DRESSING-Marinel Toilet
Goods. Sarah Raycrofr. Shampoo
ing and Manicure. SO Fairfield Ave.
zoe Warner Bldg. Phone e53.
II az sSf
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Furniture.

RUBBER STAMPS made by rs are
reliable. we carry q complete lire
Of stamps. supplies, Ink pads, dat
srs. rubber type. otc. The Schwerd.
tie Stamp Co.. Il Cannon st.
q as a.
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vIOLINs, CEILOs, Bones. Mando-
Inns, Orpheum Banjo-mandolins,
CkuIeIes. Everything for musicians
at Gilman's Music Studio, 80 Gold
en- Hill Corner .fain.
T stf
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5000, $500 cash buys a g room 2
family house with improvements.
This is the biggest bargain in the
city. Must be seen to be appreci-
ated. L. Weiss, 975 Howard Ave.
Tel 74s5.
G 80 6tf
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TREAT RHEUMATISM, Lumbago,
Nephritis. Cholelithiasis Bronchitis.
Constipation. Gastritis, Gastralgia.
Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Torticol-
lis or all pains and aches of the hu-
man body. James H. .Oaevis, NJ. T.,
1242 State Street.
H 20 eff
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Years Are Shattered by This Offer
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Genuine Leather

When we say that these chairs and
rockers will stand lasting service for a
generation, we do SO because we know
how, and of what, these chairs and
rockers are made. We know that the
frames and the spring construction are
the very finest obtainable. We know
that the genuine brown Spanish leather
is the best grade obtainable. We know
that the factory that makes these chairs
and rockers is we'll known from coast
to coast for its fine workmanship. We
therefore thoroughly guarantee every
one of these pieces of furniture.
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legislature a congress party with
counterfeit money, and deeds to pro
perty that was not his, he would be
committing the same oral offense
suffrage speakers do when they offer
LOUD, 900 women of the west as a bride
for the vote There are less than o.
600 900 and those women have souls of
their own that do not belong to the
suffrage machine to deliver. But the
ethical standard is the same in both
cases.
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keep it up.
The 10000, 900 women in shops who
have been hard at work on suffrage
platforms for three years in spite OF
the 3145, 107 the Census gives as the
total number of women and girls over
10 employed outside of agriculture and
domestic service, are now working
under the control of total strangers"
according to Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Ro-
-bertson Hale. OF course they are. To-
tai strangers to government statistics
are working those poor 100000 women
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Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait has de-
clared that there are not 1000, 900 wo-
men voters in the West. Less than
1000 900 she believes, would be a fair
estimate, yet ten days after she an
nounced the new figures, a suffrage
leader told the New York Senate Ju-
dietary Committee that there are ex-
actIy 1896. 1888! we knew they couldn't
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SPARKS FROM THE
ANTS HAMMER

'"The ring is the symbol of posses
}sion," complains a suffragist. 1t is.
The feminist is right once. lot it
down. The ring has always represent
ed the possession of AUTHORITY
from its presence on the finger Of a.
king as an official seal to its presenta-
ton with the words with all my
worldly good thee endow'' to the
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So far, the best anti-suffrage argu-
ment produced by a suffragist is the
following:
Motherhood is woman's business,
and she must not sacrifice it to any
thing of less Importance
And the suffragist who said that,
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Yet suffragist threw away her
wedding ring as a, badge of slavery
while wearing a neck1ace-the relic of
real bondage.
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IRISH SHAMROCK PLANTS
loo EACH.
JOHN RECK s. SON
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Directors of the Reading Co. q
clared the usual quarterly dividend
2 per cent on the common,
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Manuel Garcia, Spanish Governmaili
representative, arrived at New YORK
from Cadiz on the steamer Manus
Calvo. to buy war munitions in thi.
country.
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A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress that would -vork havoc with
suffrage propaganda. Tt prescr1bes
$500 fine or so days imprisonment for
causing publicity to be given to any
false, untrue or misleading state
ment."
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over time, day and night, at suffrage
meetings. And the truth is under the
absolute control Of suffragists.
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SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY
100 Ideal Household Gas Irons
FULLY GUARANTEED e. 40
% "AO plated

has edited a suffrage organ for many
years and never attempted woman'S
businessi
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If a man politician tried to buy "
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AL Are Upholstered in Good Grade Of
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Our Advertising Statements
Classic Design

The men who designed these chairs
and rockers took for their models some
of the masterpieces designed by Burch,
the worlds foremost designer of up.
holstered furniture. They represent
three distinct types of upholstered fur
niture-the squatty Low Boy, the high
back f1reside wing style, and the plain
back models.
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Advertising Records for the Past Ten
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MEX|CANS DRIVEN
Wild BY FAMINE
Fear Attack on Supply Train
Press Urges Natives to Show
No Mercy to Ameri-
can Invaders.

FL Paso. Tex. Juns 37.--with re-
ports that thousands OF persons in
northern Mexico are ON the verge Of
starvation and that the economic sit
uation daily Is becoming more acute
fears were also expressed that some
Of the natives might attack an Amer
can motor supply train I'm the hope Of
obtaining food. A refugee from Mexico
City arriving at the border today said
that at stations In northern Durango
men and women, who no longer had
clothing to cover themselves, crowded
about the train and cried for food He
orange peeiinG which a fellow traveller
threw from the coach.
The refugee brought to the border
Mexican newspapers to show to what
extent the anti-American feeling Is
growing. An editorial in La Reforma,
semi official paper published I'm SaltillO
captioned Blood" makes violent at
tEek upon the United States, its people
and it's policies and continues:
above all do not forget that at
time Of national need, humanity is
crime and frightfuiness IL a virtue.
Pull out eyes, snatch eur hearts
tear open breasts dfink--k you can
the blood In the skulls of the invaders,
frem the cities of Yankee land.
I'm defense Of liberty, be a Nero, be
Caligula--that In to be q good patriot
Peace between Mexico and the
United States win be closed In threes
OF terror and barbarism."
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SOUTH DAKOTA euARpsMEN
ARE MODELLING TODAY.

Redfield. 8. d.. June 24.-Mobiliza-
ton of the Fourth regiment, South Da-
keta national guard, Is undsr way here
today. The IA companies OF the state
are expected to be in by 4 o'clock this
lfternoon. Little difficulty has been ex-
perienced in recruiting the regiment
TO its full war strength OF 1900 men,
applications being so numerous In some
cities that permission has been asked
10 organize new companies. ........
Ovations were given the boys at their
home towns and at points along the
routes to the mobilization camp, bust
ness being suspended generally in the
towns having guard companies.
The Homestake mining company OF
lead, In line with other big employers
IL the state, has announced 1t will take
care OF all its employees Joining the
guard and will also care for their fam
lies and dependents while the soldiers
are away. .h... .a.. ..r.EM.
The call to the state guard may mean
he appointment of a new circuit judge
for the Eighth district as Judge Nc
Nenny, Of that district, is one of the
majors Of the regiment, and will join
the troops in the mobilization camp at
Redfield.
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GERMANS FAIL To .
TURN SLAVS BACK.
Furious Battles Result, But
Counter Attacks Fail to
Turn the Russians--GuR
Fire Like Verdun.

London, June 27-"Officers who Aav,
arrived ut Kiev," says Reuters PetrO.
grad correspondent, describe the
breaking OF all German attacks on the
Russian front along the Stokhod riysr.
Large reserves launched by the Ger.
man were hurled back by the Russians
who now are on the offensive. German
prisoners who were recently on the
French front compare the Russian gun
fire on the Stokhod as an inferno sinh.
lar to that at Verdun.
Further south in the Vladimir Vol.
ynski and Sokal regions combined en-.
envy onslaughts are proving equally in.
effective and costly. The enemy evi.
IDENTIFY shrinks at no sacrifice to retain
communications with Kovel and Lem.
berg. ~. --.....
"Kuty, which has been taken by tie
Russians, is on the left bank Of the
Cheremesh river, a tributary Of the
Pruth, and the Russians had to force
the rivers in the face Of gun fire flom
the hills behind. The Russians now
are in possession Of the entire CzernO.
witz-Kuty railway.
THE Beresina river, on which fight.
ing was reported yesterday, Is a north.
ern tributary Of the Niemcn. Bogda-
noff is on the Ida Molodechno rail.
way a dozen miles south of Krevo. In
the region between Vltna and MolO.
decho the Germans lately have been
extending their field operations north
and south Of Smorgon, They now are
attacking the Molodech1O section net
only on the northwest but from tho
southwest and west.