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". T. owen. NJ. NaEle. J. G Maggie, of
Austin. :. c. Porter. Of Calgary
Canada. Henry W Kelly. of Las Vegas;
r. F. Christie. James : Mooney. George
LeBaron. W r. Smith. Jos II. Nations,
II D. Slater. W. ". Turney. A. A Jones.
Van G. Wilson. Misses Sarah Small.
Frances Foster. Annette b. COwles. Jen-
ME Potter. Gail Richie. of Mesilla mark:
Cornelia Simpson. of College Station;
Connie NOuns- of Utah. Helen Kelly. of
Las Vegas y NJ, and Ruth n. Augur-
Mrs William Scott Wood. of Nogales.
and Mrs A. B. Johnson. Of Pasadena
California. were the guests of honor
given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs
George Bell. jr- at Hotel PasO del
NOrte. American Beauty roses deco
rated the table in an attractive way.
The guests included Mesdames Wood.
Johnson. Charles c. Morton, Peter
Hume. Samuel r. Gleaves, Henry H.
Graham. J. H. Lewis. Alfred a star
bird, TT. Conger Pratt James b. ALI
son, Irving J. Carr. James H BrysOn.
Lawrence D. CabelL w II. Sheppard,
A. Jones James Graham McNary. T.
= Stewart. Zach T. White, Waters
Davis and Miss Mary White
Mr.. and Mrs. Waters Davis enter
tanned at dinner Wednesday evening at
their home on san Antonio street in
honor Of Mrs. William Scott Wood, who
is here visiting her parents. Cen and
Mrs. George Bell. jr. Pink cosmos bios
SONS decorated the table Following the
dinner the guests attended the hop at
Fort Bliss.
Dr. and Mrs. George B. Calnan enter
tanned at dinner at the Mexican village
of the International Soil Products expo
sitiOn Wednesday night Their guests
were Misses Maria Nisconti, Carmen
ViscOnti, Ida Hunter and Marion Cal
nan.
Mr.. and Mrs James p. Nash enter
tanned at the Harvey House a I dinner
Wednesday night. Their guests were
Capt. Howard Fl. Jonson. Capt. Henry
L. Jordan and Lieut. Russell P. Hartle-
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Mr.. and Mrs. James p. Nash enter
tanned at the Harvey House at dinner
Wednesday night Their guests were
Capt. Howard II. JOnsOn. Capt. Henry
L. Jordan and Lieut.. Russell p. Hartle.
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SHERIFF CASH NOMINATION
PETITION INADEQUATE. CLAIM

clifton. Ariz-. oct 1s-When sheriff J.
o. Cash was defeated for the office. he
now holds. ne announced himself as an
independent candidate Now IL Is alleged
that his nomination petition is insufficient
The matter has been taken before the supe-
rior court for settlement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-19

Bucharest. the capital Of Rumania.
has a population Of over 400. 600. and
is said 10 be the gayest city in the
world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-19

Mexican hand made zarapes- as low
as $500 Beach's Art Shop. City Ma
tionai Bank Blds.-Adv
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Place your order for Limousines and
Automobiles as far in advance Of the
date as possible. This will insure. YOU
against disappointment
TEL THREE-5O0
City Service Company.
AUTOS baggaEe- TaNiS.
Advertisement
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Manage

Operations of this Company will be conducted
under the management of able and efficient mining men
of acknowledged ability and efficiency working under
the direction of Major ]. H. Dockweiler, whose iudg-
ment and ability In mining affairs unquesioned The
financial affairs of the Company will be entrusted to
finance committee, on which are John S. Cook and
Harry Lefkovits, whose financial standing is we'll
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
CHAPTER VIII.

Count Sachio of Grahoffen.
At sunrise of the following morning
Kitty awoke as suddenly as she had
fallen asleep the night before.
After her frugal breakfast with the
old peasant folk-with whom she could
hold no conversation whatever-she
set out for the bedside of the faithful
attendant who had been injured in her
cause.
"Roleau, good morning." she said.
How goes it, them"
"Excellently! 1 am quite well. I
find my wound not to be serious. I
can travel"
Retter rest for yet time,'' said
Kitty. 1T will be the best medicine
Tor you. AS for myself, I purpose
now to go out and spy out the land"
She left him, making some excuse
to her peasant hosts, passed out from
the little cottage. She walked on stead
lily, not i'll content after all, until just
as she arrived at the edge of the for
est she noticed advancing from it's
depths little party of horsemen, who
were riding swiftly toward her on the
trail.
They came on at gallop, foreign
looking men, richly clad, dark of
vlsage, equipped as though for the
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zee. She fell, stunned, at his feet.

face. She fell, stunned, at his feet.
"You ruf1ian, what have you done!"
exclaimed his master, as with thin
smile Grahame held up the chamois
bag.
But Count Frederick ripped it open,
took from it what he saw, and thrust
it into his pocket. Even as this hap
pened, the pursuing car was closing in
upon them It was Roleau who sprang
from the seat and fastened forward,
revolver In hand. AS he did SO
weapon cracked from the car OF
Count Frederick, and Roleau, STUN
bling, fell forward and lay still.
Come Grahame- An in
slant later they had taken possession
of the motor impressed by Roleau.
How long she remained senseless,
she herself scarcely knew, but when
Kitty stirred, raised her head, she
saw lying close beside her the figure
of the man who had sought to be-
friend her
Kitty suddenly raised her hand to
her neck. The cord was gone. The
packet was missing.
When after time she ceased in a
useless effort to lug the heavy body
of Roleau into the shelter of the car,
she turned to gaze ABOUT her. She
paused, her gaze arrested. Yes, a
little caravan, apparently from some
far off land, and journeying hither
frankly enough across the neutral
ground between these two little king
doms.
The apparent leader of this little
caravan was a reticent, dark-bearded
man. He advanced now quietly to-
ward the young woman.
THE lady is in distress? There has
been trouble here-robbers, bandits
your man has been killed, perhaps.
Yes, there are many such in this land,
between the two kingdoms. There is
no law here, mademoiselle. I cross
as you see, with my own men armed.
| I am, if you please, a merchant of
Grahoffen. Sometimes I do little
merchandising between the two king
doms."
He pointed to the coat of arms on
the door of the disabled car. "The
| Count Frederick of Gretzhoffen has
been here"
AYE, the Count Frederick! It was
| he who left us here"
He made a gesture now to his at
| tendants, and as some of them lifted
the limp form of Roleau, he himself
assisted Kitty to mound. A few mo-
ments later and the strange process
sion was again on it's way.
| 'Mademoiselle," said the leader at
length, as he drew up alongside, 81
must continue on into my own coun-
try. We are near the edge of it here
| At the little stream which lies just
| beyond there is a house of a peasant
it is but a howell and no fit place
for you, that is true. But even so
that is better either for you or fol
your man."
They advanced now little distance
farther, until within full sight of the
peasants little hut, Radoz made signs
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CHAPTER x.
Greek Meets Greek

Arrived at his own home, Count
Frederick of Gretzhoffen found little
pile Of unopened letters waiting for
him, and picked up one bearing the
crest of Count Sachio of Grahoffen, a
man he had known for many years
and with whom, if truth be told, he
had had certain plans which neither
would have cared to have come into
public knowledge. He tore open the
envelope.
$50, Sachio asks me to join him at
a little hunting party at his lodge in
the forest beyond the neutral ground!
believe I'll go. After all, it might
not be bad thing to find out little
more about the condition of those two
we left yonder in the desert Yes, I'll
ride back the very way I just came"
Mile after mile slipped ribbon-like
beneath their speeding wheels. Soon
they had left behind them almost all
sights of the green commons and the
fenced fields which lay under the
walls of Gretzhoffen town. It was
Grahame who first detected, far ahead,
a little dust cloud of advancing trav-
elers. He called the attention of his
master.
: Glasses, Grahame-find what it is
Even the stolid Grahame gave a
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him. Had I met this gentleman" he
nodded toward Landozi, with whose
Identity he was we'll enough acquaint-
ed, perhaps l might have needed
greater argument"
"All is well that ends we'll, my good
Sachio!" exclaimed Count Frederick
BE my guest instead of my host Ride
with me now to my own home and at
another day I will return with you to
your hunting LODGE
You know this Lady," asked Sachio
aside, nodding towards Kitty.
But slightly" rejoined Count Fred
erick. And you?"
But slightly" smiled Sachio, and
he told no more.
"Who is she?" asked the captain of
the troop, soto voce, of Roleau.
II tell you all, my friends" answered
that sturdy soul. "She is a highness
from abroad, an excellency. Take no
liberties here. She goes to the palacs
she is to meet the king
(TO B" CONTINUEDA
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Copyright. 1915. by Wright A. Patterson)

at her, his strong fingers tnrned the
key in the lock, removed 1t, thrust 1t
into his pocket.
"Mademoiselle,' he said calmly,
you say you came on business. Very
we'll, let us talk business. We know
something of the history of a certain
broken coin. Very good. You have
half of it. We will say 1 have the
other. Give me your half the coin,
and will let you go. Refuse. and I'll
never let you co.
II will do nothing under compulsion
from you or any other man." said Kitty
for your half of the COIN"
you will not give it to me?"
mo! MOI"
A loud pounding on the door inter-
rupted them at this moment. ut is
Roleau," smiled the count. 81 will
have him whipped"
The face of Kitty Gray had grown
like marble. Suddenly, with one swift
movement, she dashed her clenched
hand with all her force into the face
which bent toward her. A livid mark
arose under the swift compact. The
tall man staggered back. The next
instant Kitty felt her wrist caught in
an iron grasp. Struggling, she was
forced backward. She felt another
hand grasp her wrist.
The man Grahame, the counts valet,
had appeared mysteriously from the
alcove adjoining.
"Give me the coin!" insisted Count
Frederick still. "Tell me where may
have tor by the Lord! you will rest
long time to think this matter over
"Excellency!" calculated the man
Grahame suddenly. "On guard! He
| is breaking in the door. Quick, excel
lency!"
And even as Roleau, by a mighty
| heave burst in the door, Grahame and
his master hurried Kitty to the rear
door of the alcove. 1t made out upon
a dimly lighted hall.
Roleau heard them pass, followed
swiftly as he could. But it was empty
The purr of motor getting under
way reached his ears.
$50, then-we failed" said Roleau
bitterly.
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tins lying helpless in the sandy plain.
they themselves made all speed posi-
BILE back to the capital. In spite of
his regret at violence to woman, ex-
ultation sat on the dark features of
Count Frederick.
Now, Grahame," he exclaimed, cat
last we have it,
'Excellency," rejoined the other,
you have but half the coin. I told
you where the two pieces were
where each was. One you have at last,
and after some trouble. But the other
is still in the possession of Michael
the king. He may not yield it easily"
with ease or difficulty, he shall
give it up growled Count Frederick.
"We will take it from him if need be"
And straightway to the Royal pal
ace of Gretzhoffen they Jared on, fast
as might be. There was no difficulty
| in securing admission, for Count
| Frederick was we'll known at the pal
| ace, almost as the king himself
| King Michael II looked with a GER
tain disapproval upon Count Fred
erick's dusty clothes.
| l
have had no time to arrange myself
in proper courtesy My errand is ur-
gent But 1 fancy you cannot guess
| it,"
mot in the least. 1t could not be
that you wish to ask me again what
you asked me the last time you came
here about the broken coin!"
Eyes, it was precisely that"
''Why, them"
| Your majesty has promised me
some little thing in reward for a Ger
tain service which I was able to rem
der not long ago. It was rude of me
to remind of that-but suddenly there
came up need for some little trinket
some jewel-some oddly. Your
majesty, wish it for a lady, and my
jeweler told me he could make OF
this broken COIN
There is woman in it?'' The
puffy eyes of the king showed inter
est now.
ITO be sure-there is always a
woman"
why not then a pearl, a sapphire
a diamond perhaps? Take as you
like He waved an Indifferent, pudgy
hand toward a cabinet. Michael the
Second keeps all his promises"
But why not the coin, your maj
esty?'
"You persist? So do l. 1 suggest
that for lady-and you say there is
lady-you make some gift more fit
ting. I have explained to you that
the coin is not presently at hand. Bu1
as I said, help yourself to something
that is better"
Count Frederick was a man of wi
quick enough to see that here was NJ
time to force an argument Defeated
once more, he even accepted his de
feat He stepped now to the little
drawer which the king pulled open fol
him, and selected a very modest little
ring, which carelessly he dropped int
his own pocket
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'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, bi|iousness
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get q 1O-cent box.

GeL q LUCENT DOX.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a.
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons.
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
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THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Boy

If parents realized the fact that cot
lee contains a -caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
When l was a child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips of coffee. And so l contracted
the coffee habit early.
Il continued to use coffee until was
27, and when 1 got into office work
began to have nervous spells. Espe-
cially after breakfast 1 was so nerv-
GUS l could scarcely attend to my cor
respondence
AT night, after having had coffee
for supper, l could hardly sleep, and
on rising in the morning would feel
weak and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
Il can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches.
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be we'll boiled, 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup of hot va
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage Instantly. soc and
SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious ard
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason for Postum.
-nld bv GroceTs
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Roundabout Lanquaqe.

An English lieutenant writes fronS
Saloniki: "A characteristic Saloniki
incident on the way to camp. The
man with whom l was was Serbian
Jew attached to the Zadruga bank,
We met two TommieS in language diff
hculties with two men, the one Of
whom spoke Russian and the other
Greek. So the Tornmies talked Eng
lish to me; | talked German to lny
friend, who talked Serbian to the Rus
guage), who talked Greek to the other
fellow. '-Manchestec Guardian.
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hopeless to be able to preserve the
race. Their tribal wars, cannibalism.
head-hunting and infanticide must
also be added to the totals as causes
of determination, but even these have
not nearly been so destructive as the
white mans pernicious influence. The
consequence has been that the natives
have grown distrustful of white men.
Even today, in spite of the many re-
forms which have been brought about
by the enthusiastic band of mission
aries who have taken up the work of
the martyr bishop" some of the ma
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CHAPTER VII.
In the Desert.

In the Desert.
Convinced against her will, as she
hurried along in the grasp Of the two
powerful men, that compliance would
serve her purpose better than resist
ance, Kitty Gray took her place on the
seat of the motor car.
more and more admire you," said
the man at her side, as the motor
swung into it's speed. What a wom-
an you are! If you would but give
me time
"You shall have all the time you
ask, Monsieur lie Comte,"
"Still ponder as to your motive in
all this. 1t cannot be money!
Indeed it is money-in part"
"How much, mademoiselle?"
"a years salary have got much
at stake, on my word. Twelve hun
dred dollars, Monster lie Comte 1t is
a fortune for me-"
Count Frederick flung himself back
upon the cushions and laughed long
and loud. Twelve hundred dollars!"
said he. Twelve hundred dollars in
| a whole year, in an entire year? My
upon you, and l promise you shall
have twelve thousand dollars to spend
as you like each and every day of your
| life, as long as you live. Come now,
| is it a trade? You said you came to
talk business"
For the first time now Kitty looked
about her, scarce having realized how
long their journey had been. So
great had been their speed that by
this time they had cleared the city
walls of Gretzhoffen and passed the
titled farmlands of the villages. 1t
was what was known locally as the
desert-a neutral ground, not titled
and incapable of successful tillage,
which lay between the two Kingdoms
| of Gretzhoffen on the east and Grahof-
fen on the west.
Whether it was the heat of the sun
which had expanded the air in the mo-
tor tires, or whether there was some
sharp stone under the wheel, there
was no time to determine; yet sudden
ly, with the usual riflelike report
there was an explosion of the tire
The car was practically helpless.
Kitty looked about her vaguely
fearfully, but as she bent from the
open window she heard in the dis
lance the chug of another motor, driv
en- rapidly, thrown wide open anG
coming forward at great speed
Quick! Grahame," the count de
manded. "This is your work She
has it on her person. You must-yes
you must take it at once"
AS he laid hand upon her, all thu
} hot Indignation of Kitty's soul flamet
up. She battled as best she might
She defeated the man in his purpos,
, of snatching at the string which b,
saw suspended about her neck. Hi
! suspicious were we'll founded, for one
more Kitty had concealed her portion
t of the coin in little bag which sh'
carried thus. Baf1ed, and KNOWN,
! that he had small time to finish hi
3 work, Grahame at length raised a das
l tardly hand and struck the girl in tn
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100000 to 100000 pounds of SIENNA
leaves yearly. The Alexandrian SIENNA
commands the highest price, the
March, 1915, quotations in New York
city being quoted at 35 to 40 cents per
pound for whole leaves. The Tin
nevelly leaves from India are quoted
at 16 to II cents, while pods are
priced at 6 to cents per pound. The
Egyptian SIENNA leaves are derived
from Cassia acutifolia, which grows
In Nubia and Kordofan, while the In
dian or Tinnevelly leaves are derived
from Cassia augustifolia.
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tlves in the islands are carnibals and
head-hunters. They still believe that
it is necessary to eat some important
parsonage in order to gain strength
and power
When two tribes fight, the chief
plan of campaign is to kill the enemy's
chief, and when he is slain the GUS
tom is for the victors to make a
meal of him. By eating so powerful
man they think they will gain pow
er themselves. It is this belief which
makes the position of the white man
among the Melanesian natives one of
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SIENNA Druu Trade Diverted

The export of SIENNA from Egypt has
been prohibited except to the United
Kingdom and France. This measure
is expected to center in London the
trade in this useful purgative drug.
The United States has been importing
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MAY BECOME A POT ROAST
Some Melanesian Tribes Still Regard
the White Man as Most Tooth
some DeIicacy.

The Melanesians are a race who
have shamefully suffered at the hands
of the white men in the past. At
one time the scum of England, Aus
tralia and other countries carried on
the slave trade and piracy among the
natives to such an extent that in
some islands it now seems almost
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Some Persuader.

Gen. Hugh L. Scott, who went I'M
armed and brought a Piute outlaw
into camp by the gentle art of persua-
sion, is a man who could come home
from the lodge at one o'clock il the
morning and persuade the missus that
he had been to lodge.
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extreme danger at times, for they
look upon white men as very power
full, and one can never be quite sure
that their desire for improvement may
not have, to say the least, unpleasant
results.-World Wide Magazine.
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SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray. newspaper woman. finds in
a curio shop half VIA broken coin, the
mutilated inscriptioIf on which arouses
of her managing editor, to go to the prin-
cipality of Gretzhoffen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription. She is
followed, and on arrival in Gretzhoffen
her adventures while chasing the secret
Of the broken coin begin.
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His Idea Of II.

Next to money" she queried, what
do you consider the most important
thing necessary to ones existence?"
Unlimited credit" he replied.
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When Women Rule,

Who's that Lady,"
Our peerless leader, Mrs Cincin-
natus Wombat. Called right from the
flreless cooker to the senate"
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A Kindly SUGGESTION,

She-They sold such cheap things
at the bargain sale today.
He-Yes, and you were one o.. the
cheapest things sold.
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CHAPTER TX.

King Michael II.
When Count Frederick and his &C
complete Grahnme left their two vic
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The Cost of 1t.

TIC SOSl Vi ~.
Ex-Chairman Walsh of the industrial
relations commission, discussing the.
New Haven acquittals, said with a
laugh:
Some people thought the day had
come when a crooked million would
cost the crook dear. But l, for my
part, never thought so.
mo, sir; the day has not yet come
when the crooked millionaire will fine
himself in the position of the humble.
ex-jailbird.
This humble ex-jailbird, invited one
night to have an eleventh or twelfth
beer, pulled out big watch to See
if he had time.
Holy smoke!' said his host. Holy
smoke, you've got watch! What
did it cost you?
Nine MONTHS the ex-jailbird an,
swered simply. Washington Star