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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
SYNOPSIS.

On Winward Island Palidori intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance OF eNll
which causes Golden 20 capture ana Tor
ture the Italian by branding his face ana
crushing his hand Palidori Hoods the Is
land and kidnaps Go'den's little daughter
Margery Twelve years later In New YORK
a Masked one rescues Margery from Lee
gar and takes her to her fathers home,
whence she is recaptured. Margery
mother fruitlessly implores Golden TO ma
their daughter. The Laughing MASK
again takes Margery away from Legar'
I,egar sends TO Golden warning and a
demand for a portion of the chart or
Windward Island Margery meets her
mother The chart is lost in hght pc
tween Manley and one of Legars hench-
men. but is recovered by the Laughing
Mask. Count Da Espares figures In a
dubious attempt TO entrap Legar ana
claims TO have killed him. Golden mouse
IS dynamited during a masked ball. Le-
gar escapes but Da Espares Is cTusheu IN
the ruins Margery rescues the Lauglilns
Mask from the police. Manley fnds MAR
gerry not Indifferent TO his love. lie saves
her from Maukrs poisoned arrows, Man
lev plans a mock funeral which fails 10
accomplish the desired purpose, the cap
ture OF the Iron Claw and his gang. Mar
gerry is saved from death at the hands ol
the Iron Claw by the Laughing Mask. an
sttempt by the Iron Claw to blow up the
O'Mara cottage is frustrated in the mex
of time The Laughing Mask dlscloses
his identity to Margery.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

mental problem that engrossed her
preoccupied her attention to the exclu-
sion Of everything else. Then voice
behind her spoke:
"Can you see any of them?"
Margery turned to the man in the
yellow mask, who stood close behind
her.
no" said Margery, in answer to his
question. 1--WE have a few minutes
grace. Do you think it surely the
wisest thing to do; do you think it nee
essary beyond all doubt that go away
with you? / know you must realize
what that must mean to mel can
not but think of father!'
81 have thought of everything you
have said-everything you have even
thought" said the Laughing Mask
gently. But it is no longer safe for
you to stay here. / had to tell you
this. And l had to get from your IA
theirs vault the thing that will clear
me Of some, at least, of the crimes Le-
gar has fastened upon me-Legars
confession"
"Then, come, let us hurry, said
Margery.
The two of them then stole quietly
down through the shadowy house to
the library.
The Laughing Mask went swiftly tc
the vault and in a moment its heavy
door swung open. But the next min
ute a tingle of alarm swept through
Margery's body, for the call bell of the
telephone on the rosewood desk sud
denly rang through the room. BY hi
time the Laughing Mask was within
the vault, but the shrill OF that bel
brought him out into the room.
"Do1't answer it," warned the girl
"But Wilson or another OF the serN
ants win surely come to answer 1t" e1
planned the Laughing Mask as h
moved toward the only door that h
had not locked on entering the library
"The confession-haye you got 1t?
asked Margery, not needing what b
had said, so great was the tension
. her mind.
1T is where It is SAFE" quietly r.
piled the Laughing Mask.
I "Then I'll shut the vault door," sh
said.
! He stood watching her as sh
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
THE YALE ExPosIToR THURSDAY. DECEMBER "a: 1915:

crossed the room TO the vault and
swung to the heavy safe door.
With an oddly birdlike movement OF
the head the girl stopped and stared in
tently at his figure, clearly outlined
against the dark folds of the portieres
behind him. Then, instead of locking
the vault door, she took four swift
steps to the heavily carved teakwood
table to her right. In another moment
she had caught up a Roman lamp or
solidly cast bronze and, with all her
strength, hurled it at the swaying por-
there behind him. "Legar!" was her
cry. And at the same moment she ut
tered a shrill cry of warning
1t was time. From behind one OF
the folds of the portiere she had
glimpsed an iron claw at the end of a
preternaturally long arm. And as this
iron claw was lifted high in the air she
, cried out as she caught sight OF the
CLINT Of a naked steel knife blade
Her warning was sufficient. Lightly
the Laughing Mask leaped to one side.
By this time Legar was in the room
itself, and as he advanced he drew
a revolver from his pocket.
But the man in the mask was more
agile than his enemy. He swung
Margery about in a twinkling and
whisked her back to the vault. where
with one tug of his free hand he
swung the vault door open. Legar fired
but ths bullet ricocheted harmlessly
against the open safe front of steel.
Father keeps a navy revolver in the
coin drawer of the vault here" wills
pered MarTery as the man in the masl
pushed her more deeply into thu
shadow of TIE protecting door.
At the moment that the Laughing
Mask swung about and tugged opeI
the coin drawer Wilson and round
eyed footman, having heard the sounC
of the shot and having previousl!
failed to get any answer to the tele
phone, came running to the librar,
door. But before they could open tina
door Legar, realizing that his time wa
short, had taken matters into his owl
hands. Charging bodily against tn
still half-open vault door, he swung
shut upon the Laughing Mask an
Margery before they had time I
realize his intent. Then Legar thre7
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
FOURTEENTH EPISODE
The Plunge for Life.

A strange mood of happiness, as I'M
reasoning as it was inexplicable,
seemed to have taken possession or
Margery Golden. A less timorous light
shone from the depths of her pool
brown eyes. At all times of the day.
too. she could be heard singing about
the house.
This hayward blitheness Of spirit
was something more than a puzzle 10
her heavy-browed father, who tound
little in the situation Immediately con-
fronting him to cause him any undue
Ughtness of heart. For that situation
had unexpectedly taken on the form
of a defeat.
After all Jules Legar's campaign for
khe possession of that pregnant scrap
of parchment which carried the key
TO the secret Of the lost treasure OF
Windward island, the long-fought-for
document had suddenly disappeared
from the Golden vault And all evil
dence pointed to the fact that 1t was
the Laughing Mask who had stolen
the chart and cipher code from the
safe.
Golden was in the midst of his
second conference with the russell
faced Captain Bracket of the head
Quarters staff, when a telephone call
came for that official. The talk over
the wire was one-sided. Then with
great deliberation the official hung
up the receiver and swung about tc
Enoch Golden.
"Well, we've got your Laughing
Mask for YOU"
You've got him." repeated Golden
Our man Walcott located him b!
trailing his chauffeur. And before
nightfall we can have him rounded
up"
where was he found?'
Just where you'd least expect
man Of that character to be found
He's hiding in a cave in the Hudson
Palisades, not ten miles from wher
we're sitting at the moment, just abov
Coleman's village. And the fact he
ducked to a Malina like that bear
out what we've always claimed, tina
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

charge in force down the broken face
OF the cliff. And as the minions OF
the law descended on the cave-mouth
the evil-eyed group gathered there
erupted into sudden life. There was
wild scramble up the rock-ledges,
quick encounters and combats, blows
and counterblows, the impact of ash
night-sticks on resounding skulls, the
captivating cry of half-stunned cap
tives.
But Legar fought, backed close
against the rock, with the ferocity or
wildcat holding off every attack and
with his failing iron claw sweeping
back every assailaDu. Then, swing
ing about, he leaped up the cliff-face,
springing from rock to rock with the
agility of mountain goat.
At the top of the cliff, when Enoch
| Golden himself, side by side with the
police captain, attempted to bar that
fight, the fugitive bowled over those
two rotund figures and bolted north
ward along the topmost ridge OF the
cliff, heading for the timber not more
than hundred yards away.
But by this time two of the officers
recovering their wind and burning
with the indignities to which they
had been subjected, had caught Sigh
of the fugitive and started in pursuit
They ran well, and they ran deter
minedly. Legar, realizing that the!
were gaining on him, and further real
izing that he could not keep up hi
gait for long, veered suddenly TOWARD
the river, where a road-builders' too
shed stood at the extreme end OF
rock-cut along the cliff-top. Through
the doorway Of this shed he darted
with his two pursuers, now Joined b.
a third officer, not a hundred yards be
hind him.
Running to the far end of the shach
he sent his wooden arm crashin
through the window leaped to the sill
and stared out. Below him lay tn
Hudson. Crouching low, he leape
out into space and then dropped like
plummet to the river below.
The Octopus Bomb.
Margery faced the supreme dilemm
of her life.
The girl walked slowly to the sti
open window and gazed out, but tn
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

he's as big a crook as this Iron Claw
himself. For honest men don't crawl
into river caves!"
Golden was about to reply in the af-
firmative to this selfobvious statement
when he was interrupted by the en-
trance of his daughter.
But suppose our fugitive said
the serene-eyed girl as she smiled
down on the somewhat startled police
captain. had enemies who seemed at
the moment stronger than he was and
at the same time found himself in pos
session of something which it was es-
sential that he should guard? Wouldn't
It seem natural for him to go where
he'd 90 least likely to be foundf"
The rpsset-faced captain blinked
stolidly up at her.
When an honest man has some
thflx u scans dangerous to mold. NJ
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
long. He held II to the light SO that

long. He held II TO the light so that
he could read it and then, with his
claw, he tore the paper to shreds.
The Laughing Mask, too, had beat
the detectives He ran with all the
fleetness of foot that his athletic build
and slim strength could muster, out
beyond the Golden grounds and down
the nearest street to the trolley line.
AS he reached the tracks a car, just
from the barns. came to a stop and
the Laughing Mask boarded it at a
leap. The conductor of the car had
gone to the signal box nearby. AS the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
Radio Fertilizers Fail

Experiments with radium and other
radioactive fertilizers for soil conduct
ed at Reading, England, by Martin SUIT
ron prove that none yet suggested can
rival the old-fashioned farmyard ma
nure or the best of the commercial fer
tilizerS.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
Disproportionate.

"Dese high prices is worBin' a heap
of Injustice" remarked Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley.
'In what wayY
Poultry an eggs is gettin' so
precious dat if you happens to give
shelter to some homeless pullet dey's
liable to charge you wifi grand lar
ceny."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
Found Valuable Coin.

John Walker dug out of potato Hill
in Chittenden, VT, United States Sii'
yer coin dated 1903.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

Lots of men would be unable to bor-
row trouble if they had to give Sc
curity.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago,
Rheumatism. Send Zoe. DR.. V. NJ. PIERCE
Buff.lo, n. Y, for large trial package
Adv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

The man who borrows trouble, as
rule has to go off his own farm 10
find 1t.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14
Contraries.

ave got it in for Smith"
eyes, 1 heard you were out WIN
him"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

As the price of everything else has
gone up, it is no wonder that bakers
have raised the rrice of bread. The
raise is very unpopular, however, and
the bakers would probably find it
made less trouble if they reduced the
size of their loaves rather than sold
them at the inconvenient price of 6
and IL cents. Americans are very
wasteful with bread. In the South,
where hot biscuit are popular, most of
the cold biscuit are thrown away. In
restaurants and hotels, people do not
eat half the bread set out for them
and of course in the higher priced
places the bread is never served to a
second customer. In all the big cities
tons of stale bread have been sold for
making paste or other commercial
purposes. We Americans are the most
extravagant people in the world, but
we are some day to find that the
bread, and other good things, we have
cast on the waters of wastefulness
will never return to us.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28
GAMBLER

Gambler, Sept. 26.-Mr. William
Snyder, who is always among the first
to return in the fall, arrived last
Thursday from Indiana, where he has
been for the past several months.
Mr.. E. N. belong came up Thurs
day from Lakeland for a several days
visit to his family.
Mr.. Asa Belcher of Ocala was a
week end visitor to home folks.
The trustees are having the public
school building reprinted.
Miss Mabel McClain was a week
end visitor at home, coming up from
Weirsdale, where she is the assistant
teacher.
Miss Elizabeth Freeman and her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Freeman, were
also weekend visitors at home. Miss
Freeman is the assistant teacher in
the Kendrick school.
Mr.. B. D. Belcher presented the
school children with new tablets one
day last week. The appreciation of
the gift is shown by the studious and
energetic use to which they are put.
Master Johnny Cauthen was absent
from school duties three days last
week on account of sickness. But he
is back in his accustomed place now,
to the pleasure of his schoolmates as
well as his teacher.
Mr.. Dewitt Stats has returned
from a pleasure trip of several weeks
duration to different points in the
state.
Mrs. Lewis Kline came up from st.
Petersburg Monday for brief visit
to her parents-in-iaw, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris. Kline and friends.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

promise given the United States by
the German government some months
ago. The Herald thinks that this and
other incidents foretell return by
the Germans to an extensive submar-
inc campaign, in order to force the
United States into war, in which case
they will have good excuse to sur
render, saying the adds were too
great. The Herald must be talking
in its sleep. Germany may and prob,
ably will resume the submarine cam
paign, but if so it will be simply and
solely to damage the Allies. Germany
knows that the United States viii
not fight as long as Mr.. Wilson i:
president, not even if American ships
were torpedoed in American waters.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

There is story we wish all could
read in a recent issue of a popular
magazine It's of an old German who
came to this country when boy, en-
tered the Union army, served thru the
war, married an American girl and
settled down to make home in a
western state He called Germany his
fatherland and America his brideland.
After many years, came on the great
world-war, and the old German
American, who had been a good citi-
zen, was astounded to find so many
Of his neighbors in favor of the Allies.
He naturally obeyed the call of blood
sympathized with his native country
and was finally driven by the harsh
criticisms of those around him into a
display of temper that caused him to
be very unjustly treated. This brought
him into public notice, and some
months later he was called to attend
a meeting of Germans in a nearby
city. He was the honor guest, but
when the speaker of the evening, q
young German, fresh from Europe
abused America and tore the Flag
from it's place to treat it with con-
tempt, the old man forgot his hyphen
He rescued the flag under which hi
had fought fifty years before, folded
it tenderly and reverent4y, and with
it laid across his arm he left the
meeting. The Star knows some suci
Germans. The native born should bt
careful of their feelings, for they ant
their children are among the bes
citizens we have.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28
HEAD OFF THAT
ALL WINTER COUGH

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tight chest or stuffed-up head take a
dose of DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey
The healing pine tar, soothing honey
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Honey has all the benefits of the heal
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pleasant to take and antiseptic. The
formula on the bottle tells why il re-
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druggist, 25c. t2
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

A German Zeppelin, which came
over the North Sea to England Sat-
urday night to drop explosives on
forts and homes, soldiers and civilians,
men, women and children indiscrim-
inately, had to come down. It's crew
surrendered to single British con-
stable and was marched to place of
safety, nobody offering to modest
them. What bloody barbarians the
British are.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

IOuIlQ III Just what
it is claimed to be.
/ had woman s
trouble. After my
first baby was born
my health was
ruined. / was SO
nervous and weak
| could not do my
work. Was told by
a friend about DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Drocor.p%sor orl r
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

Edwin ID. Lambright, the Tribune's
popular and efficient editorial writer,
left last night for New York city to
spend his annual vacation. On his re-
turn trip Mr.. Lambright will make a
brief stop at Washington and from
there go to Brunswick, Ca, his old
home, to spend short time with
relatives.-Tampa Tribune.
We are glad Mr.. Lambright has
gone on a vacation. We think he
needs it. Since the Catts-Knott con-
troversy began his writings have
shown that his mind was badly strain
ed by overwork.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

The faction supporting Cats has
bolted the nomination of R. Fenwick
Taylor and will endorse a lawyer
named Fred w. Butler. Never heard
of Mr.. Butler before, but we are I'M
der the impression that he is on the
prohibition ticket.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

A dispatch from Paris says that
$4,000 of Italy's Alpine troops are
now in France, fighting against the
Germans in the Vosges, and that
many more will follow. And a dis
patch from Petrograd says that Turk
ish troops, captained and equipped by
Prussians, have appeared against the
Russians on the Riga front. Ottomans
have never before been seen fighting
so far north.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

The Clearwater Sun says that after
those of Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami
and Pensacola, it, the Sun, is the best
daily paper in the state. Unlike the
editor of the Sun. we are afflicted
with modesty, else we had made the
same claim for the Sun.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

fhe New York Herald's first straw
vote of the campaign indicates that
wage earners are for Wilson, while
business interests are behind Hughes.
New York, Indiana and Ohio will
form the battle-ground, the political
leaders believe.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

Some of Mr.. Wilson's thick and thin
admirers point to the fact that Lin
coin had many critics. They might
also point to the fact that Lincoln did
not try to give jefferson Davis cor
respondence school course on the err
rors of secession.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

Friend of ours said the other day
that the simple truth was sufficient.
We have generally found that truth
had to be padded or considerably
Whitfield down before it suited many
Of those it was applied to.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

Some of the Stars friends have
warned it that it would ruin itself by
speaking out in meeting. Whenever
the Star has lost subscriber by any,
thing it said, it has always gained at
least two.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

While we are arresting women for
doing business without license, the
Star is informed there are several
men in town who could be rounded up
on the same charge.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

The Bingville Bugle says no editor
can run good paper on hot air and
cold potatoes. Some editors can't run
a good paper on the country printing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

Stop casting your pearls before
swine; the price is three times what
it used to be.--St. Petersburg hide
pendent.
Price of which-pearls or swine?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

The Star has many correspondents
ard lots of friends in the country
districts of Marion county, and it
wants more.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

1his weeks issue of the Country
Gentleman contains one of the Flor
ida First" advertisements. 1t is a
quarter of page.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

In the recount in Dade county,
Cats gained Fl votes. The counting
and recounting must end before Oct.
7, on which date the canvassing board
will decide who is the nominee.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

James Z. MARITIME was renominated
for U. S. senator by New Jersey DEM
ocrats over John M. Westcott. Mar
tine was favored by President Wilson.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

The promiscuity with which the
labor unions are using the strike as a
weapon Of offense is causing them to
lose their grip on public sentiment.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

When a woman goes to talking to a
man about the weather its sure sign
that she is either very bashful or not
interested in the man.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

The New York Herald gives num-
Der of instances lately in which Ger
man submarines have torpedoed ships
without warning, contrary to the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28

sent and got bottle. I could tell
that it had helped me. I took five
bottles in all and can say that it has
cured me. can do my work. 1t is a
pleasr-re to me to be well, and / would
advise all mothers to take DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription / always tell the
good news to all "-MRs. SALLIE SMITH,
las st. Francis St., Tallahassee, Fla.
There is nothing that will bring COM
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forces are at low ebb and everything
seems useless ray of Joy and assurance
will stimulate the weary body. A letter
from loved one has turned the tide In
many siege of sickness.
Doctor Pierce, of the Inyalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, has good news for every
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tell him your troubles, and he will send
you just the right advice to restore you
to health and bring back the roses to
your cheeks, and without charge. His
"Favorite Prescription has been the
rescue of thousands of suffering women.
Many grateful patients have taken DR..
Pierce's advice.
Send three dimes Tor stamps) for mail
ing charges to DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, NJ. Y, and you will receive q
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-28
AN IMPORTANT LETTER
FROM A TALLAHASSEE
WOMAN,

Tallahassee, Tla.-''I have taken DR..
Ferce's Favorite Prescription and have