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Manufacture of paper in this coun- try consumes nearly 5,O00,O OGO cords of wood annually.
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TO RENT-large front room in
 modern private home for gentleman
 or man and wife; meals if desired II Boswell Ave. Jyl9d
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FOR SALE
Wafer Power for Sale

Water Power with 27 foot fall, cap able of developing 100 Horse Power, with a large fowage and permanent rights in other ponds, located in a small village connected by trolley with larger city, and coal can be hauled by trolley car from tide water; there is also an auxiliary steam power of 100 Horse Power; also buildings that can be improved and used for manufacturing Price, reasonable.
 FRANCIS D. DoNOHUE
 Norwich, Conn.
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VANTED-Beaterne helpers and machine hands for paper board mill; /; eight hour day; high wages. TOna- wanda Board and Paper Co.,. Tona,wan- da, New ork. Jy29d
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WANTED

WANTED-A plain cook for small family. Phone 1867. New London. c. s. Williams. 3y2ed
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TO RENT-Etve-room basement Il Elm St J. H. Whitney, AS Oak St, jy27ThSTu
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NOTTCE-Au creditors of said de- ceased are hereby notified to present tLeir claims against said estate to the undersigned at 3S 1-2 North Cliff St, Norwich Conn, within the time limit ed in the above and foregoing order.
 TIMOTHY J. DRTSCOIL,
 iv2gd Administrator.
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Clean your teeth and then expect crate in the washbOwl
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WANTED

VVANTED-Boy to work in mailing .oom. AppIX Bulletin Office. jy29d
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NAMED IMMEDIATELY

summer cottage, good condition, req sonabIe price, on either salt or fresh water.
 FOR SALE: 41-aore farm, near main line station, on trunk line highway, fine land. large orchard, 8-room house, new barn, large new poultry house and outbuiIdings; S2,300; easy terms. TRYON'S AGENCY. Wiuimantic, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

TO RRNT-Garage, cheap; place for cycles. 43 Union St. Gall evenings. jy27ThS
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

VVANTED-Salesman and collector for Singer Sewing machines; good
 the right man. Apply singer Store, AS Main St. Jy29d
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The United States Public Health service asks do you:
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TO RENT

FOR RENT-NiceIy furnished front rooms. 30 Grove St.
 jy29STuTh
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WIDOW, worth $12O,O00, or more, will marry. 'T dare you to write" Sincere. Mission Unity, San Francisco.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

M. GARCIA & CO.'S shade-grown wrapper cigar, Saturday, special 5c straight. A soldiers kit. ready to mail, consisting of four bags of Bull Durham and pkg. of RizrL cigarette papers, for 25c. F'agan's Smoke shop.
 jy29d
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FOR SALE
EOR SA
and 1q16 Ford


 roadsters, taken in exchange for Stew art truck, and will accept any reason able offer T. R. Sadd, WIllimantlc, Ct. jy2Sd
 FOR NFachinist's tools, auto mobiles, etc; 1 planer, 1 lathe, forge, 1 anvil, l emery wheel and stand, drill, lot of shafting and belting, set pipe tools, lot of small tools, 1910 Overland touring car, 40 horse power, with extra truck body; l 1908 Franklin touring car, 16 horse power; 1910 Franklin touring car, IS horse power. Above property will be sold cheap to close an estate. Apply to or address Mrs John A. Paine, Broad St, Daniel son, Conn. jy29STuTh
 FOR SALE-A yoke of good work ing Devon oxen five years old. w. Butler, EZa ston Farm, Danielson, Conn. E. F. D. 1. Jy29d FOR SALE-White Wyandotte cock ereIs; also baby chicks. Marjorie Bar Der. Phone 463-3. jy29SNGWS
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

ATTRACTIVE Groton Long Point water; private beach; lot enclosed by picturesque cedar fencing; price $2,- DOC, easy terms, or $2,250, spot cash.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

ITO RENT-LOwer and upper tene- ment at 663 North Main St. Apply at office. The Norwich Belt Mfg. Co.,, Inc.
 jan15SW
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DAVIS rHEATRE NEXT WEEK.

Wyatt's Scotch Lads and Lassies- William s. Hart in a New Triangle
 Feature, and Fatty Arbuckle in His Latest Two Reel Keystone Comedy.
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AT THE AUDITORIUM.

John Barrymore in The Lost Bride groom Coming Monday and Tues Gsu
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PREPAREDNESS button, 10 kt. gold, free with a soc glass jar of Stag tobacco A smaller size free with a soc jar of Stag, at -FEagan's Smoke Shop.
 fy29d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

The Rhine has 725 venerable castles on it's banks.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-29

HONORABLE business man, worth ST6,O00, will marry; write me quick. Lewis, 57 Fourth St., San Francisco.
 jy29d
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WOMEN-Don't be without money; $15 salary or 25c an hour spare time distributing guaranteed hosiery; eXpe- rience unnecessary permanent. Inter national NEillss 24O Penn, NOrristoWn, E7a Jy29d
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TO RI1NT-FrOm middle of August, modern seashOTe bungalow. Williams Point, Mystic. Ct. R. D. Judd, Lee and OsgOod. jy22d
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-21
CHAPTER XIII.

UNLOCKED Passengers.
II think it's risky" said Neal Har-
din. Let me zee that ad again."
Annette handed him the Providence,
Rhode Island, morning paper. Under
the head of ship notices appeared this
item:
Fruit Steamer Coronado sails 18th
this month. Bound for Bahamas,
Colon, Panama, lower California ports
and San francisco. Open for iimItes
booking Of passengers. Pier 1910
Providence, r. ].
PETER HANDY, Master.
Neal read the advertisement over
and shook his head again.
Risky, ! tell you" he repeated.
AnnetteIs eyes flashed. But what
am I to do" she protested. "You
dont-you can't understand Her
lips quivered for a moment. II have
got to find my father. Neal. and for
his sake, II not for my own, / have
got to ind my fortune. I've got to
80 some time. Why not now? The
message a plain enough-the Fa-
theirs Of the Santa Maria mission in
Lower California; must see them.
This is the easy way"
Neal folded up the paper and thrust
1t in his pocket. AT any rate" he
said. I'll look this captain up. II
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80 that some terrible struggle was u
hand.
In another Instant Il WAS all over.
Two figures clutohing ut each other
f~ranttcally darted suddenly over the
rail-. There wal = splash below.
Man overheard. yelled Neal.
He sprang to the rail and dove into
the moonlit water-taking' good care
not to foul the other two.
Two minutes later It was all over.
Annette was on deck half fainting in
Meals arm-but with . smile upon
her face.
Don't worry" she said to the
crowd about her, Il haven't swal.
lowed . drop OF water. I assure you.
I'm . regular little water rat-Neal
knows that, don't you Neal!".
Halt an hour later In the Courtier
villa In Newport, Annette nestled in
. huge arm chair In . kimono before
. blazing fire. She laughed trium-
'phantly. She seized q dripping little
chamois bag and took from It . very
damp old piece Of paper parchment.
"This Is what he was after-you
can't tell me-" abe said. She spread
It out and exhibited It to lneE Castro.
why. It 10 . blank piece Of pa.
per-" said lneS Castro.
Look at 1t closely" said Annette.
"oh. yes" said Irene. 1T has one
word upon it-longitude."
1T has more than that upon IT,"
said Annette. Watch and see."
She spread 1t out upon the hearth
to dry. ut h 4 piece Of the map
Of my map. Irene." she went on. the
map Of the lost Isle Of Cinnabar.
Scarface got . portion Of it-dont
you remember. at Crooked Crag-but
. harmless portion. l got a part and
30 did Neal. Wait. Look. The piece
il dry-see what the heat has DONE"
Inex Castro bent over her. where
did the writing come from!" she de-
manded.
"The heat brought the writing out"
said Annette. See. Look now at
the longitude. What does It say?"
Inez looked eagerly. Zone hundred
and twentythree degrees" she ex-
claimed, slowly, land forty minutes
west"
That isn't ALL" went on Annette.
There's q message message from
the past upon our pieces. Meals and
mine-a message that I've got by
heart"
What" queried Inez. yawning, lis
the message from the past"
Annette nodded proudly. This is
the message" she returned. "tGranted
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to nington, spanish.American explor.
er. for distinguished services, by 10.
seph Bonaparte, King Of Spain, in the
year eighteen hundred and nine, the
original grant, being in the possession
Of the fathers She stopped.
What was the rest Of that?" she
unused. II can't remember"
Think" persisted Inez, with curl.
GUS insistence. I"
Annette laughed. 1T has escaped
me. ! will have to ask Neal about
that the next time I see him."
Part Of the message is on his por-
ton, tool" said Inez. "And what
about the latitude?"
Annette shook her head. "That I
can't remember either" she returned,
stupid that I am. Yes, the latitude
II on his piece too"
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r|aH-lsRtrH tfs - LANa 81. eUaF aNHsA RI
was happening and turned to Ma
Hardin.
you and Irene" she said, go into
the wireless room. Let VI all go
even joe"
Just as she said 1t . mutineer
rushed past her. stopped, leeredi into
her face and grasped her by the hand.
With q sudden wrench he closed the
door Of the wireless, shutting the
three people inside-Welcher and the
two other women-apd then with q
glare into Annette's eyes. he drew her
toward him and crushed her strug.
Cling form against his breast.
Below there were other passengers
who watched the hght-Hernandez
and his two companions. The brute
watched stupidly-Ponto and Her
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-21
FIFTH lNsTALLMEHT
4 MESSAGE FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XXI.

"% ~sSH NV
OF course the unexpected. navaise.
c~ret-service raid on the Crooked Cray
hotel created some sensation-as well
a. did the rescue Of two beautiful
young women. Miss Irene Courtier
and her friend Miss nington. But
Newport Is = place Of many happen
inu-sensational and otherwise-and
after all the Crooked Crag had been
raided many times before.
In its baimy days 1t had bean cley-
efiy constructed and maintained Is
= secluded gambling place for New
York mfllionaires. . place full Of cub
BY holes and uncanny getaways. For
the thirteenth time In its history 1t
was closed up and its proprietor
Jailed.
But the three weird characters who
had been the cause Of all the vio-
lsnce stin remained in hiding-Her.
nandex, the Portuguese adventurer:
Ponto. his Mexican side partner. and
their strange and unusual companion,
the brute.
Annette, for her part. gave full de.
scriptions of these three to the au-
thorities and accompanied s~ecret-serv.
ice men on many ruthless trips.
AT any rate" she said to her
friend. Irene Courtier. Il know now
where / stand I was warned to look
out for q man with q saber cut across
his face Her face grew wfstful.
Il thought-feared." she went on, AT
first, that that a might be my IA
Their; but my father would never treat
. girl AZ this scar-face treated me-"
Annette touched her neck. A tiny
little gold chain fell into the bosom
Of her waist
HE has laid bare his teeth, this
scar-face," said Annette. He knows
something of my father-rm sure Of
that-and I'm sure Of something else.
He Ii seeking, my lost Isle Of CHINA
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sNMoPs,a

On IL day Of the eruption Of Mount
re3eo Capt. John Hardin OF the steamer
Princess rescues ~ave-year-cld Annette
Ilington from an open boat, but b forced
10 cave behind her father n his COM
p~anicasL.. Mington b assaulted by Her
handles and Ponto In . vain attempt %
ret papers which nington has m&naged
70 send aboard the Princes with his
daughter. papers proving his ttis to and
telling the whereabouts Of the lost island
OF Cinnabar. Mngton's injury causes his
mind to become q blank. Thirteen years
elapse. Hernandez, now an opium SNUG
gler. with Ponto. lne2, . female accom-
pfcs. n the mindless brute that sonce
was 1ington. come 10 Seaport, where the
widow Of Captain Hardin - living with
her son Neal and Annette Ilington, and
plot to steal the papers left to Annette
by her fAther. Neal trte3 for admission
ID the Naval academy, but through the
treachery Of Joey Welcher u defeated by
Joey md disgraced. Neal enasts In the
navy. Inex sets . trap for Joey and the
consplraturs get him In their power. He
agrees to steal the papers for them but
Accidentally sets IRE to the Hardin home
and the hrute-man rescues Annette with
the papers from the flames. Annette dis
Govern that heat applied to the map re-
veals the location Of the lost island. Sub
eeQuentiy In \ struggle for tts possession
The maj b torn IN three parts, Herman
dsx. Annette and Neal each securing \
portion.
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Half way they stopped, for her escort
N Romanon. had reappeared. HI
Smiled as Joe came up with Annette
and waved his hand.
I've been looking at the MOON" he
said.
Annette. already bored-chiefly by
the close proximity Of Joe Welcher-
glanced OF toward Neal.
Lets go and get some grape juice
she said.
Joe drew her out to. the railing
through the same aperture from
which RomanoR had watched the cir
cling motor boat.
"11l get the grape juice." said Joe
aloud. wait here until / return"
Annette started after him, but the
aperture was closed now by the broad
back Of Romanon, who talked viva
ciously with Irene Courtier. Annette
was not averse to looking at the
moon, and she looked. But-all she
saw was the moon itself. She did not
see and could not know that a motor
launch, silent Is the night, had
fetched up alongside of the anchor
chain. She did not know and could
not . q black shadow that stole
along the railing behind the canvas
curtains that hid the dancing deck.
Suddenly che gave q choking cry.
The black shadow like some black
panther had sprung upon her frsm
the night and clutched her in ite
grasp. She cried out once more, OF
tried to. She found she could not.
A strong wiry hand closed across her
mouth and a wiry form forced her
back across the RAIL-
With q superhuman twist Of her
1.-THE young .body-and she was strong,
was Annette Ilington-for one In.
slant she wrenched herself away and
gave vent to . piercing scream Neal
Hardin at the punch bowl heard 1t.
Forgetting all discipline-and all
grape juice-he bounded across the
dancing deck and with n sweep Of
his arm brushed the nonplussed
Romanoff and his charming escort to
one side. His eyes were blinded by
the deck lights and as be rushed
through the curtains he could only
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-21

theory Of the evolution Of man. It is
contended that one Of the chief factors
in mans rise In the Intellectual and
physical scale above other animals was
his early tendency to add to his vege-
table diet a certain amount Of meat,
thus shortening the digestive process
ses," and improving nutrition by the
addition Of stimulating proteins. This
improved diet added to his energy and
resourcefulness, increased his strength
and stimulated his activity and placed
him in the front Of. the evolutionary
process by means Of which tie evolu-
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CHAPTER XIV.
The TrIekIe Of White Powde

The Tickle OF White Powder.
Hernandez motioned toward the
door. Ponto. the Mexican, closed 1t
noiselessly and swiftly and shot the
bolt. You understand the terms"
Hernandez said. This stun has Just
come in to us tonight. We have it load
ed in u launch outside."
You understand them said Her
nandez, that when this cargo Of CO.
caine is sold. your share will be
many hundred dollars-a thousand
over a thousand"
Two mornings later. a sailor lying
in his bunk against a bulkhead in the
hold-kept vakeful by his battered
face q gin from Bill. On this par
ticular morning, however, the unusual
thing that attracted his attention was
q quantity of fine white powder that
sifted through the knot hole.
"Holy SMOKE" he exclaimed Joyful
ly within himself, "this amt no fat
thing, amt it, This here's cocaine"
BY noon the whole f~orecastle knew
about the rat hole and what is more
had sampled tor rather the strange
white powder that came trickling
through.
Next day something happened.
Bill, the mate. gave Shocks an order
that Shocks declined to I'll. Bill was
accustomed to being disobeyed, and
for every i'll he had q remedy. He
seized q capstan bar and aimed 1t at
Shocks head; but there was q glitter
IN Shocks eye that Bill did not I'M.
derstand. Shocks leaped for him and
wrestled with him like a wildcat. He
forced Bill, painting, up against the
rail, believing meanwhile like . mad
bull. Bill felt for a Delaying pin,
found 1t, clutched It, raised 1t high in
the air and brought It crashing down
upon Shocks shoulder. It broke a
ccllarbone, but 1t might have been q
feather for all Shocks cared.
Mates" cried Shocks, "you amt
going to e me licked. Come one
and all"
They came. Some sprang down from
the shrouds; some appeared from
companionways; some came hurrying
along the decks. They were men bat
tered and broken-but all had one un.
canny characteristic-their eyes gilt
tered. glittered fearfully and fear
lessly.
Bill sprang away from the clutch.
ing grasp Of Shocks and drew his
gun.
Captain Peter Handy" he roared.
"Mutiny." p
And mutiny there was--a mutiny
based not SO much upon the i'll treat.
ment of Bill the mate as upon the Of.
feet Of the trickling white powder.
The captain responded to the call;
so did n or two others Of the un.
drugged crew.
The four booked passengers heard
the riot-it could have been heard
half q mile away. They rushed on
deck and watched. Annette. who had
inherited quickness of mind. saw what
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-12-21

The Coronado II . likely ship and n
you are bound to 90. God speed"
He looked the Coronado up and
found her quite . likely ship. He
saw her captain and found him salts.
factory.
The next day Annette and her
friends, including Welcher. booked
for the cheap trip on the Coronado.
you're my only passengers so far"
said Captain Handy. and l don't care
II I don't have any more"
Capt. Peter Handy sauntered down
the wharf. A big. staggering individ.
ual was looking the Coronado over.
"Birl." said Capt. Peter Handy. "Ill
tell you how It Is. picked you out
as Q cheap bargain and took q chance
ON you. not knowing you before. This
is . cheap trip down. Bill; TIL leave Il
to you to pick your crew. Pick them
cheap. BILL coming back 1 car make
II up to you. Get the best for the
money. Bill. and get EN- cheap"
II got 'em already" returned Bill,
"and I got 'em cheap. Leave that to
me-"
On the evening Of the fourteenth,
the four booked passengers boarded
the Coronado and were assigned to
staterooms.
Bill left the captain snoring In his
bunk and stole across the deck and
down the gangplank to the wharf be.
yond. Once upon the river front he
turned east and strobe on rapidly for
a quarter of a mile. He darted into
q narrow alleyway, reached q dimly
lighted window in an old board house
on the shore and raped sharply on
the window pane. A door was opened
stealthily and he shambled in.
Huddled at tables and flung care.
lessly in corners were the forms OF
sailors. supine. drunk. drugged. Bill
took an electric flash light from his
pocket and examined carefully each
of these slumbering objects Of hu.
mainly.
:.I1l take him." said Bill. "and him
there with the broken face; and him
and that chap g there"
Ten minutes later he nodded in a
self-satisfied way and jerked his
thumb over his shoulder toward an
other door.
II he inside?" he queried.
"Oh," said the proprietor. the three
Of 'em is there"
There were three men in that small
room, q strangely assorted trio. One
was q huge individual, bigger and
stronger than Bill himself; another
was an uncanny, fat, little Mexican
with dangerous eyes: the third was q
Portuguese with a saber cut cross his
face.
Bill grinned. "Huh," he said,
we're all here, mates. Outside /
picked up enough men to fill up the
Coronado's crew and here I run
against three of her passengers"
Hernandez smiled and showed his
teeth. Three unlocked passengers"
he said.
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this parasite might indicate that he had
eaten uncooked fish for q long period"
On the whole, however. speculation on
the subject points to the probability
that man has been q meat eater for
many thousand years. Certain investi-
gators, notably Gregory. have con.
cluded that the horse was a source Of
food. and others who have followed his
research activities have been unable to
prove that primitive man did not eat
horse meat along with beef. Further
evidence that man was not early given
to m~eat-eating is embodied In the
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oD @-
His FaeA.
bar-he wants It for ans own. Wen, ].
too. can bare my tseth. Let him come
on" :
"You are 70 stronS." murmured
Irene Courtier> $50 strong
A japanese servant stole into the
room-the living room NJ Miss Cour-
tiers summer villa at Newport She
had rented this villa for the season
and had paid one months rent-no
more She had paid the Japanese but
ono month's wages-no more. The
Japanese presented q note upon .
Aalver. Ines Castro glanced at It and
waved Der hand. Mrs. Hardin was
just entsrfng from the veranda.
1T 10 TOR you. Gfandam." said Inca.
and from some old sweetheart, eh?'
ehf"
Nrs. Hardin opened the missive-
her eyes frightened.
ITS from our congressman 1t Sea-
Ssrt," she exclaimed.
my dear Mrs.. Hardin" he wrote in
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XXI.


-lneoanfto.
In Q dingy little hotel room In Prov
idence, Rhode Island, there sat . mar
at . dressing table gazing into q mir
ror and doing unusually queer thing
with his face. Hernandez was past
master at q certain art-disguise.
Ten minutes later q stranger stood
erect within that room-a full-bearded
stranger, clad in an evening coat Of
foreign cut, with well padded pauneh
and shoulders. cycling himself still
critically in the hooking glass. He
raised his high hat and bowed pomp-
ously to Ponto.
Tn reality. friend Potion" he re.
marked, II am n. Romanon-a Rus.
sian noblaman."
my friends and I are invited to
the dance on board the Alabama" he
said. my friends and I shall go.
Gail In that beast. Now for the final
test"
Ponto disappeared and . moment
later the brute crept into the room.
He glanced fearfully toward the chair
where Hernandez had been sitting;
then he glanced about the room A
puzzled expression overspread his
countenance and then with q deep gut.
tural cry he sprans for the appari-
TONS throat
Hernandez twitched himself to one
side Just I'm time and then tapped the
brute smartly on the arm.
Il am satisned," he said. in tones
that the brute Immediately recog-
mixed. Even he did not know me-
hs, with an the instincts of Q savage
but faithful dog. Let US be or"
An hour later he was standing ex.
pectantly in front Of the huge punch
bowl on the dancing deck Of the Ala.
bama. Clustered around this punch
bowl were . group Of officers and
pretty wonderland among them Inez
Castro and her friend Annette Hing.
ton.
Romanof stared boldly ut them
both. then he turned to Neal Hardin.
"A glass OF punch, II you please"
he said In foreign accents.
Neal Hardin did not answer. He
was otherwise engaged. Annette
Ilfngton "a standing at the table
with . young ensign at her side.
They were both drinking from the
punch bowl The ensign drank with
his right hand; 70 did Annette. but
Annette's left hand was firmly
clutched in the hand Of Hardin
OF the punch bowl. It was the only
chance the evening could AFFORD them.
"A glass OF punch" reiterated the
unknown Russian nobleman.
Neal Jumped - though shot. Has
tfly he ladled out . glass and pre-
It to the Russian. The Rus
sian took M sfD at It and sat down
his glass.