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"Ths toy balloon poison~ sasped Alden weakly.

All this illumination Is very pretty but
am ann not ar afraid came here to see you. and
as he spoke long metallic arm slid down
There was swapping Of high power electric
flashes as the steel revolver. drawn by ire
his pocket into the waiting fingers The
arm was drawn with equal Suddennesa into
realizing that his weapon had disanp aapsi
he clappcd hts hand TO the empty pocket with
a nn, ia, ,earori%ed feeling Of npprchension
disappeared in the same mysterious manner.
"lnnsmuch as it is your last wish on earth.
chanted the hooking voice -
Before him the face of the evil pontif of
f shs aev'' s"' gradually materia'izea into
The master held his hands agains, his
Despite DR., payson Alden's gallant deter deter
mination. chill Of almost superstitious ter
business. the weird lights@aii these were
enough to shake the spirit OF any norma
man, And DESPITE his study Of phychic
things, the doctor was essentially normal In
everything.
III lie gulhred Dressed his hand to dripping.
rily In his crocodile glec!
- What WI IT., do you mean by all this9 want
he found his tongue
The other laughed cynically
me answer, In rasping tones. You have
see-the Red Flower OF the Black Death!
Even as you forced yourself into these sac
unto death, sentence you to be buried alive
as the beginning Of your punishment!"
e, as the the haif-shnt eyes laughed in FLOATING
Alden felt q new vibrant and he looked
down. ~
t,T The pedestal uFon which he had been
crater of burning luminosity.
He was tempted to leap--anywhere, any
how! fet there was no where to leap.
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And as you breathe your last Myra Nav
nard Will leave this mortal life
i IL was inaddening. tearing at his very soul.
This must be a nightmare" Mutterine
going insane!"
But he realized too horribly we'll that 1t
not dream. :
We'll. ] guess it's all over" he muttered
desperately, certain that he was to be
plunged into some great furnace
Then suddenly the light disappeared,
Everything was black about him He was
still descending slowly. But there was not n
sound II was cold now: raw, biting cold,
which ate into the marrow
There were sharp blasts from one side and
then the other of wet wind which caused the
body 80
He blew upon his aching fingers "a warm
them: His knees became weaker until at
last he sank down to squat upon the round
top OF the PEDESTAL There was only silence
so oppressive that he felt that he could hca r
1t! He sat there, waiting, he knew not what |.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Hall OF sIysteries.

Alden and Hail had completed their prep
arations.
Well, are We ready for the invasion?"
asked the doctor.
piled HAIL II will go down this short road
while you walk through the underbrush I'M
there we cam see the old wien
I covers the underground meeting
place: ! can take you from the Hill to the
entrance that they seldom use There we
will meet" and he pointed out the spot.
The two went their ways. Alden tnglinG
with new thrill of adventure az he realized
How surprisingly our ambitions work out.
For months he had wanted to enter the
Black Order, and yet now that the moment
at hand, through a devious and unex-
pected course. he could barely realize the
certainty Of 1t.
1T seems too good to be true-if can
spider in his own web, before he is warned,
what triumph" he told himself
The Hindoo walked along slowly. watch
full eye out for observers.
His caution was we'll taken, for he sud-
denly stepped behind an evergreen as ne
heard voices
Two men extricated themselves from the
opening of great hollow tree; not ten feet
hands the strings OF the bobbing balloons
which they handled gingerly.
Tho Hindoo stepped behind the brush
dried twig The first of the couple heard
the noise. and he called to his .comrade.
There's some one over there. Quick. this
way to the road"
The twain rushed through the thicket like
frightened rabbits.
AS they did SO the balloons became tan
gled in the branches Of a ow-spreading
cedar three.
When, they mad disappeared Hail stepped
He caught at the string to pull 1t away. As
be da 80 thel delicate rubber burst!
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Alder did for me already? He saved my
that in some way he interrupted your sieep
waking watkins. which You inner Inherited from your
want you to stop these experiments with
ny,pnot,Sm, and magic: and the rest Of this
be fliins your brain with such old wives
tales.
Indeed. and l do why! I am
eighteen now. and many girls are married
Mrs. Maynard sensed the drift of Myra's
thoughts.
Why. thought you liked Arthur Var
think Arthur is a dear fellow--so thought
ful and so strong. Yet he Is an idlcr and
motoring, or eating, or".here her voice took
on a serious consolidating. Mother. /
may be a silly girl and almost a prude. but
designating terribly OF late"
thought. and Mrs. Maynard was silent
lie looks changed. mother. lie used to be
so CHEEKY. so strong, while OF late he sell
dom looks me in the eye with that old jolly
way of his. / nm disappointed in Arthur"
and Myra walked pensively to the window.
But do wish DR.. Alden would telephone
to let mo know that he has not done any
'A sSs I 5ash down tho driveway toward ,ns
street.
.oh. SEQ tho funny man selling balloons.
haven't seen one since we We're down at
the n, sea ashore h And. Look, mother there comes
Mrs. Maynard was cheered at tho thought
Of little conversation on subjects which
she understood.
Myra was watching in surprise.
why. he's talking to the balloon man.
Surely, Arthur wouldn't buy baloon-how
absurd"
Myra laughed. and then saw with surprise
that the peddler was walking up the drive
with her friend.
Myra went to meet him at the door.
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At last n dim light. this time Of that evan
escent green which percolates into the depths
of ocean water had taken tho place Of the
: Payson Aiden's optic nerves sim smarted
from the actinc burn 10 the earlier hue
and he felt sense OF relief. rs he suddenly
realized the pedestal had ceased moving
lie looked about him now. and perceived
that he was in a pt-like room, draped like
tho others in black cloth N''@pe' -
, TO his asionishment he was surrounded by
tnirtecn black collins. standing on end, the
panels OF which suddenly opened.
Thirteen men. though at some given
signal, stepped out. raising their left hands
weird chant beneath the mufrling folds of
their black hoods. "
ana u quick blow sent the first gowned fg-
ure to the ground but tho others were upon
t him Mt II wv, WIS short bitter struggle In a
TO sit upon one Of the collins.
>, vt raised hand from leader. one OF
mo hEureS walked 10 the side OF the room
craving forth Il pick and shovel from some
conceament.
;, ne began to dig grave in the sof, earth
o.. or the snbterranean room. No sound except
inc steady picking and tho occasional scrape
or the shovel came to Alden's ears
one by ono the men left, apparently to
ceremony. "'
lie began to count the strokes OF the nick.
speculatinE dumbly how many would be nee
t sssars TO hnish the srewsomo task. some
,nlng kept him silent--words were so hope
Tess: SO mockinG in this wretched fragment
p OF time me left to him His senses began to
All sense Of time seemed to have ler, Hin,
t ~ was hundred years of racking media.
cleaning metal - o''
no closed his eyes. to bar the sight. AS
ne ne opened them during a sudden uli. he saw
the grave digger. e""' ou'
ea4stu mfpso ooser WthIsgeras hu55say
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lying La. at ease on blaek,covsred couches. were
oS the es asdsy the rra Gss a Of fe
I q lex. brethren shnG we are attacked"
ceremonies appeared from another. inner r
doo91rway. his hand eommandinrly raised
assemble in the pit: An wll be " We G Is you
an Az ne spoke there were grnnts Of wicked
which yawned for an Intruder they donned
a'f aqh ,Rs
passase way Hail. hiding in one OF the re-
had passed him and then quietly joined them
b m,th1G, S,tra9 n attention The Hindoo
gain the vantage which his curiosity had
within. the stygian maze of passages Al
den IT, had AL found himself completeiy bewidered
disclosed the first object which ne had seen
IN several minutes Of walking.
TH o.ln from the wall like a Gargoyle OF
e. a soft glow Of blood-red light began to
spring up around the room. from hitherto
INVISIBLE discs on walls. floor. on the
,,r lie looked ahop, in natural alarm as the
ment ,ncrsased in briliancy until it was
no T hen as he locked down his feet he
sYb S aoo o, nun: leaving him standing on a
"'7 Tba T nbNsio p ,i,
seen see : no ,iiuminatton of this nature before.
Th nT c% %a not rathom the mystery OF it.
~ seemed as though the ether were throb,
6 6inE with some strange. terrible force Of
Alden looked about him. squaring his
SHOULDERS gallantly. await the worst
,,a The ,,,i f3oT steadily sank. as though into
lie was tempted To jump-and yet IL was
impossible 70 reach the sides OF the open
lnE. win such slender purchase for his
rect. He seemed on solid support, despite
the tiny radius, and he waited
w ell. where you? who are your
re spok" to empty walls mt hrst-yet
again and again came tho cackle of unlolv
mirth. Now il seemed to the right of him
again behind him. and this time over his
Well, At least he's the most ingenious
hend in the world" was the physicians
Irudging mental compliment to the Tin
known.
Are you afraid. Black Master OF the devil
"orshippcrsE' cried the physician dcfantly
NO. Are you?" came the apt reply. as the
voice OF the guiding spirit Of the evil
brotherhood came from the very bowels of
the earth before him.
Alden realized the hopeiessness of his posi-
ton for the time being In a spirit OF
Srarado he janmcd the revolver into his
mp pocket through the slit in the black
gown Then he turned to speak To the UNI
seen observer.
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Hello. Myra. This tried to sell me
some Yourself" he jestinsiy greeted her.
OF course not" answered tho girl. Come
In; for I want your advice. What we're you
talking about so earnestly to your balloon
NO. | was just asking him how high
ested In scientific subjects you know"
What is worrying you. dear Eirl?" asked
entered the drawing room.
Il can't think why DR.. Alden has not tele-
ne has s hapHen me- w to him.
so Or more than likely ne does what most
Mrs. MAYNARD looked up startled, '"'
Oh. how dreadful"
M Er;h,, shot ,,a an :. INDIGNANT glance
should say 1t to his face"
IT Is not bad guess: all that rambling
sages from tho spooks and Australian
bodies dies or whatever it was he called them"
But Myra," spoke up varney. III you are
us take walk, you and I, over to the police
station. on the other avenue Get your hat
his trail, to protect him from the wicked
COLLINS"
Myra bit her lip.
1T Is more serious than YOU suspect T
hin think that that is a. good idea Well DO right
to make that he is not in. Then ri
run upstairs to get my hat
AS she sat down at the library table,
Narney walked toward tho window. He
seemed dissatisfied with the hanging of tho
shade. He pulled 1t down few feet and
then up.
Outside. just beneath the window OF NY
rras room the balloon peddler had let loose
his balloons two three at time. by n
strange coincidence. just as the curtain was
dipped.
The fellow. regardless OF the value OF his
wares. had foolishly liberated them until at
last two Of them bobbed into the omen win
dow, as they Eltded up the house close to
the walls The light Spring wind, blowing
IN through the opening, assisted him in his
curious purpose.
Then the balloon merchant slipped down
the drive again, as Myra vainly attempted to
get reply from the DOCTORS house.
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H Sapor and pu, his hand into it, drawing i,
"oooh' he 'I ero ags,i'i as he s,arreroa
steadily. " aeeeieu uh-
himself by holding bobbnE cedar fbu raneh
as , every,hine grew black about him he gave
Alden caught the sound SOUND and nsP flushed dow,
chill e e ,ha @ the swshns and
ttace as he forced his way the side OF his
,rh Great Scott" he exclaimed. on the sight
What on earth happened to you?" de-
'"snafa A ba IN na,uas :,
IT'S probably cyanoecn mixed with some
Tighter lighter gas That's one Of The mos, deadly
p,a n' b had ID his voice enough to
They are on some new campaign Of devil
Try; J wonder where they are rone?'
W., II know" was the doctors firm conviction
We must get back there at once. Myra's
True True. agreed the other. "Bu, We must
hollow tree is the secre, entrance which
Hail carried with him the satche con-
tanning the two costumes for them TO wear
tut on this gown and hood. over which
Then Then we we will slip back into the passage
No sooner suggested than done: within an
other three minutes the two adventurers
roughly excavated snbterranean passage AGES :
They y. 80, cautiously ascended az Hail led the
the most Of his opportunities, for study, and
ms ,bsr nhewisdEe OF the labyrinth msze brought
chamber
Here he gave three knocks with clenched
The two hooded figures were in the view
Hail initiated to the letter by pr. Alden.
gave the devil-worshipper's sign. fists
clenched and pressed against the checks
through the Disgusting masks and thumbs
npturned like horns on either side of the
There was instant's silent pause. Then
opposite side Of the big portal Hail iG Replica led
mnd9S Of s .hFfe
did the same. ,s,tspr,ng in front OF the Hin
is hs
query from the cautious slit.
sanscrit phrase which he had memorized
The door swung hack on its hinges, and
lie. whipped the revolver from his pocket.
raszed dhS ad d. the zz
was pressed against his heart;
you make one sound it viii be
The man drew back, but Haji's wiry hands
The black hood was jerked from his head
and used by the Hindoo. twisted into roll.
Halt produced some lengths of rope. which
he bound securely about his ankles and
Hail watched Alden disap pear through the
black velvet curtains into the other COM
Hail satisfied himself that his prisoner was
absolutely helpless.
Then the HindOo walked softly to the cur
tains to peer forth at the proceedings in the
next room.
without sound of warning one Of the
idols began to change its pose from the
rigid cross-legged attitude!
The barefooted idol glded toward the pros
trate prisoner.
There was n soundless slash of the knife.
and tho ropes about hands and ankles
cut.
The dagger was laid noiselessy upon the
floor beside the liberated man. The idol
turned to its pose.
rrh ilx. had n
hand for the knife. which he drew under
him.
He to his knees. and with the dagger
drawn, rushed upon tho ungarded Hail!
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Written by Hereward Darlington,
The Distinguished Authority on Psychic Pie
Dramatized by Charles w. Goddard,
The Well Known Author of stThe Perils of
pauline;" "7he Exploits of Elaine;' .7he God
dess;' "The Misleading Lady," st7he Ghost
Breaker;' "The Man From, the Sea-"
Everything You Read Here Today You Can See
This Week at the Leading Motion Pictur Theatres
in Vivid Motion Pictures Produced by he
Wharton Studio for This Newspaper.
With Mr. HOWARD ESTABROOK Dr. Alden,
Miss JEAN SOTHERN the Charming Myra MAYNARD
Next Sunday Another Chapter of "The Mysteries
of md NewP
lfeianrg
liz by bd of .
y
In man
To
In
o. scIcnnfcn
Sn,
the order
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CHAPTER XXI.
Buried Alive.

Strange things had been happening during
this same interval. which explained why tho
physician was not in his own comfortable
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CHAPTER XIX.

Hail heard the rushing feet in time to
dodge forward as the dagger went over his
shoulder!
He struggled to reach his revolver, hidden
like the doctors In hip pocket, under the
gown.
Hail hesitated to shoot for an instant
fearing to bctray the work of the doctor.
The instant's delay permitted the other
to escape into, the subterranean passage
The Hindoo rushed after him. weapon drawn,
this time determined to take pot shot
But the other had disappeared though by
magic.
As he paused, wondering which OF the de-
vious channels to follow, the idol again came
to action. With that serpentine swiftness
which characterized Its movements before It
glfded across toward the open door.
There was c1ang and clatter OF closing
bolts and heavy chain lock!
Hail turned to find himself locked out!
The guardian idol noiselessly returned to
his cross-legged pose and the room rover
berated with the unavailing alarms of the
excited Hindoo without!
Within another secret room OF the devil
worshippers' den number OF the members.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-14
RUSSIAN BEAR
HEADS FOR k0vEL

London, June 14.----Kovel. next to
Lemberg the most important railroad
center back Of the eastern Austrian
line. is now, with ulemberg and Cser-
nowits. In Bukovina. one OF the Inn
mediate objectives OF the Russian
drive. It's capture would provoke y
serious embarrassment to the lines
Of the Germans toward Riga and
those Of the Austrians to the south.
The Russians have approached
Kovel closest In the territory west Of
Lutsk. Further indentation Of the
Austrian line here would give them
an opportunity TO gain their objec-
tive by both a frontal attack from
Rafaelowka and = Ranking attack
from the south.
Cxernowltx ID still in the hands OF
the Austrlans, but its evacuation Ia
daily expssted. Russian cavalry has
already driven past Il about 10 miles
70 the north
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-14

ne said. to offering specific invltatiou
by platform planks.
1T should be directed" he said,
to those progressives who endorse
the progressive achievements OF the
present administration and the pro-
gressive program enunciated in the
platform adopted here"
Secretary Daniels declared his sup
port OF any practical PLAN to prove
to progressives that the democratic
party offers what the progresslves are
seeking.
The opposition to the plan to
garner progressive votes was quite
formidable. Tom Taggart was the
frankest Of these, and is insistent
there is nothing to this progressive
Certain southern leaders
are with him. and much is made of
the wrath that. would be aroused in
the south BY such action. IN
National Committeeman Ewing OF
Louisiana is not one OF those who
felt any danger In this, The prac-
tlcal form the issue is taking was in
dicated today by open declaration Of
one well known leader that. inas-
much as the democratic party has the
south solidly and can not lose It, the
convention should devote itself to
winning over the states where pro-
sressivcs have been strong and leave
the south out Of consideration.
No expresslon on the question Ii
obtainAble from Senator Stone, who
q chairman of the resolutions com
niittee. TAe drst session Of that com.
mittee win be held this afternoon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-14
DEMOCRATS TO OFFER RA|T T0B|Nl
nOOSERS IN PLANK OF PLATFORM

st. Louis, June 1.-THE demo
cratic platform viii contain a strong
direct bid to the so-calIed father.
less" progressive--or there will b
a fight.
This was made clear today a. the
Young and progressive members OF
the democratic party began getting
together A compact group, led by
Director Of the Mint wooley and
Richard Lloyd Jones Of Wisconsin,
started things humming last night,
and kept II up with the avowed pur-
pose Of getting direct action.
With the arrival OF Secretary OF
War Baker and a pronouncemen by
him on the subject. no doubt was left
on the subject that the attempt to
throw the doors wide open to the
moosers will have strong backing by
the resolutions committee.
Baker. however. was dubious OF
the wisdom Of inviting the progress
sivcs into the party, a plan that has
gained a good deal OF headway prior
to his arrival, He would not indi-
cate whether any Of the wilson
endorsed platform planks that he
brought with him from washington
bear on the question Of winning the
progressive support.
There could not be any direct In
vitation," he said. "we can only
hope to gat progressive support BY
drawing platform 10 that Il will
mset with their approval,'', X,
Senator Karr, democratic lead 10
the senate. could ses no objection
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-14
HYPHENATES
CHALLENGED
BY.W|LSON
President Declares Disloy.
atty Is Active in United
States and Must Be Crushed
0ut of Existence

Washington. June i$.--Prcsident
Wilson this afternoon issued . prac-
ticai challenge 70 the hyphenates Of
this country 10 defeat him In the
forthcoming election.
standing In the shadow OF the great
monument 10 the frst president and
addressing one Of the largest crowds
ever assembled at Flag day exercises
here. the president declared that .
very swail. but very active body. OF
foreign born "disloyslists" we're at
tsmpting . species Of biackmall In
connsction with the coming election.
-Disloyaity Is active In the United
States" he said. 1T must 30 crush
Cd ont. II proceeds not only from
. small minority Of foreign born citi-
sens. but from = very active and
subtle minority which works under-
ground. but occasionally throws it,
ugly head into full view.
"Thsss people are now trying II
levy . species Of political blacknsil,
declaring. ~ vhAt w want ron 70
do In the interest OF one side In the
war. or W shail wreck you at the
polls, Americans will teach these
people that loyalty to the ras Is the
Arst essential. ! want TO ask you.
are you. yourself. going to see 70 i
that no man is tolerated who does
not honor the fag?"
The speech Of the rrcsldent In re-
spect TO his reference to the disloyal
hyphenates was sree,ed by applause.
"If you could have gone with me
through the few years Just passed."
said tho president. you would have
realized with me the subtle intrigue
and sedition that have been going
on"
The president was introduced by
Secretary Lansing, who referred TO
him On one who is the essence Of
Americanism."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-14
MAY nsLL STATE MILITIA
vOR BORDER SERVICE

Washington. Jnse 14.----A call for
state militia W.T. be the governments
frst step should there be neeS for
moro troops on the bcrdes, Tais was
the statement made at the war de-
partment today.
while ofhcisls insisted toasv NJ
special Instructions Nave been sent
heads Of the natlonsi guard 20 be In
readiness for Z call. Il wss admitted
that ofiicers in the division Of militia
affairs at the war department have
for some days been working ont .
plan to supply and equip any needed