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The Washington times., 1916-04-30
UNITED CIGARS WILL
OPEN $50 NEW SHOPS

NEW YORK. April y.-The directors
or the United Cigar Stores nave an
nounced that 100 stores will be added
to the chain throughout the country
this year. This Is the largest expansion
ever planned In the body since It's or
SANITATION fifteen years ago. and was
undertaken, II was said. because tho
concern has op hand the heaviest sur
plus I'm It's history.
No new branches have been opened in
the last two years. as II was decided In
1913 that the trend in real estate values
made II inadvisable.
Edward A. Wise. recently elected
president OF the corporation. advised
= an advance on a large scale. and the
new stores will be opened as soon as
arrangcmcnts can be completed by the
reel estate department.
The additions to the chain will bring
the number of stores owned by the
company to more than 1000. The new
branches will have the usual equip
ment, soda fountains being installed
mainly In the establishments through
out the South. where the receipts de-
rived from this source alone have
mounted to more than sl.ooo 900 year.
The Washington times., 1916-04-30

FARM WORK.
Maryland.
sIo--is15. Montgomery Co. One boy Os or
10 years Of agsl for general jobbins around
firm house. milking, chopping wood, etc.
White or colored. Exp. or green, COWS
TT. adv. from Washington. ti2 Pm. BLAw.
s1o-a72t Talbot Co. One married and one
single man for general farm work. Any
Es. no colored. No objection TO few chill.
dren. Tr ady.,. and deducted. Married
must be exp. Might take single AZ green.
$50 PM with Advancement, " worth ~ p
room house (unfurnisbedl. garden, fuel and
milk. wife TO do washing and cleaning at
extra pay. For single, 80 PM. BAL
sTo-5toa. Charles Co. One married ran for
other Es Exp. Children permitted. Ir.
adv, and deducted. $50 PM. HGF&M.
Work for wife when needed At svtrn pay.
No--1sio. Ncrthumberiand Co. One boy tlz'
II years OF age) for chore work or farm.
Any Els. TT. adv. SO PM. BAL
Virginia.
s1c<ss7s. Fairfax Co. One married OF sinsle
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OUR woven rus. are guaranteed Z. year,;
REL ECLIPSE. soe-Sii 10th st. Q. w. N. s2s4-f
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FOR SALE--FARMS
FOR SALE-LOTS

FIVE LOTS, bOxls5 feet each: few blocks
beyond Chevy Chase Club about minutes
walk from cars; beautiful location. 100 each;
owner leaving city. Bon 2s. Times Office. .
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man. single preferred. for senersi sn
preferred, but would take good wihins
man without experiences. so Pm. Bal io'
'' man, DOMEsTICs.
District Of Columbia.
ssT--2ss5. washington. y. c. One COOK de-
sired, coiored. SIS Pm. BAL.
M5-27a5. washington, ID. c. One single wo-
man for general housework. Any wnie;
intelligent. Is Pw and home. Family OF
washington. d. c. one sinsle. .womsn
a. waitress. colored preferred. nt PM
BAL No washing.
ss7--7o57. WASHINGTON. ID. G. One nnsie
woman for general housework. menaing nno
Diatn sewing. Belgian. French. sweoisn'
Danish, Rcotch or English. Wages ac'
eording TO ability. Good home.
Virginia.
s5o--ieio Northumberland 60. One WOMAN o.
girl for general housework. help with wash
ing. Any Es. % Pm. BL&w. TT. adv
Three In family.
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FOR EXCHANGE

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Brentwood, Md. Apply 1872 First ST. NV.
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HELP WANTED--MALE

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Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04

wa fnpoasib3e. ana onybo1y NJ opo&
the other side would havs - reakpa
henceforth With Sweep Caxalst
4r. Toye already haA Feckonod With
him. h . little debate begun outside
the old summer schootroom At Little
ford. and adjourned rather than An.
ished ct the iron gate into the road. In
her heart Of hearts Blanche could not
say that Caxalet had the hest Of the
argument Toye had advanced gen.
eral principle with calm ability. but
Cazalet could not be shifted from the
particular position he wax 10 eager to
defend. and would only enter into .ab-
stract questions to, beg them out of
hand. ~ -. ..-s.a.'-i,.. -
Blanche rather thought that neither
quite understood what the other
meant: but she could not blink the
fact that the old friend had neither the
dialectical mind nor. the unfailing
courtesy Of the new. That being 30.
with her perception she might have
changed the subject; but she could
see that Cazalet was thinking of moth
ing else; and no wonder. since they
were approaching the scene OF the
tragedy and his own old home. with
each long dip of her paddle.
1t had been his own wish to start
upstream; but she could see the wist-
ful pain in his eyes as they fell once
more upon the red turrets and the
smooth green lawn of Uplands; and
she neither spoke nor looked at him
again until he spoke to her.
Il see they've got the blinds down
still" he said detachedly. Whats
happened to Mrs. Craven?"
Il hear she went into nursing
home before the funeral"
Il expect we should find Savage
somewhere. Would you very much
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04

he was a professor of the Sorbonne.
and that his chemical discoveries had
startled the world. A ssrange man was
Monsieur Pei; so strange that he was
sent to lunatic asylum once and re-
which experience he resumed his
matchmaking and his chemical expert
ments.
1t was thirty odd years ago that a
woman named Elise Boehmer con-
sented to accept situation as house
keeper in the Pei establishment. This
was Just after the watchmaker's Sec
ond wife and her mother had made q
sudden and mysterious exit from the
house. The second wife and her moth
er were wretchedly i'll when this hap
pened, and they remained in the
neighborhood only long enough to re-
cuperate sufficiently to travel. They
were not Communicative. The most
they would say was that they thanked
God they had got away from that
house alive. -
This circumstance Increased the un-
popularity Of Pei. What was going
en- In his house. that two women
talk that way?
The friends of Elise Boehmer tried
to persuade her not to take the job.
II would be far better for her to work
herself to death ~ = charweman than
to be associated in any way with .
man who certainly Wa IN league with
The powerp OF darkness. But Elise
lauehoS9 su6f a1vicA. She had Q
miSd a III dwk. s3hs mystery Of the
PsA home attracted her. Morsovsr,
|sahs ~ - ~ qt{ng weoaa, and the
watchmaksr was thin and nan. end
q he attempted any funny businssu
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04

mind. Blanche? should rather like
If 1t was just setting foot-with you"
But even that effective final pronoun
failed to bring any buoyancy back into
his voice; for 1t was not in the least
effective as he said it, and he no long
er looked her in the face. But this all
seemed natural to Blanche, In the
manifold and overlapping circum-
stances of the case. She made for the
inlet at the upper end of the lawn.
And her prompt unquestioning &C.
quiescence shamed Cazalet into further
and franker explanation. before he
could let her land to please him.
You don't know how l feel this!"
he exclaimed quite miserably. T mean
about poor old Scruton; he's gone
through so much as it is, whatever he
may have done to deserve 1t long ago.
II 1t conceivable that he should go
and do thing like this the very mo-
ment he gets out? ask you. is 1t
even conceivable?"
Blanche understood him. And now
she showed herself golden to the core.
almost as an earnest of her fitness for
the fires before her.
Poor fellow" she cried, "he has q
friend in you. at any rate! And I'll
help you to help him, II there's any
way can"
He clutched her hand, but only as
he might have clutched a mans"
You can't do anything; but l won't
forget that" he almost choked. II
meant to stand by him in a very differ
ent way. He'd been down to the
depths, and I'd come up bit; then
he was good to me as lad, apd 1t was
my fathers partner who was the ruin
of him. seemed to owe him some
thing. and now-now I'll stand by him
whatever happens and-whatever has
happened"
Then they landed in the old. old in
let. Cazalet knew every knot in the
post to which he tied Blanche's canoe.
1t was a very different place. this
Uplands. from poor old Littleford on
the lower reach. The grounds were
five or six acres instead of about one,
and house in quite another class
stood farther back from the river and
very MuCu idfehci iiom Tue rOau
The inlet began the western bound
ary. which continued past the boat
house in the shape Of a high hedge. a
herbaceous border (not what 1t had
been in the old days). and a gravel
path. This path was screened from
the lawn by bank OF rhododendrons.
as of course were the back yard and
kitchen premises, past which 1t led
into the front garden. eventually de-
bouching into the drive. It was the
path along which Cazalet led the way
this afternoon, and Blanche at his
heels was 30 struck by something that
she could not help telling him he knew
his way very we'll.
cro BE CONTINUED,
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
CHAPTER v-contlnued.

He had fioundered to his feet as
we'll. He wills standing over her, feel.
Ing his way like great fatuous COW.
ard. so some might have thought But
1t really looked as though Blanche was
not attending to what he did say; yet
neither was she watching her little
anglers stamped In Jet upon the sill
very stream, nor even seeing any more
OF Nelly Potts in the Australian YER
anda. She had come home from Aus
tralia. and come in from the river, and
she was watching the open door at the
other end Of the old schoolroom, listen.
ing to those confounded steps coming
nearer and nearer-and Cazalet was
gazing at her as though he really had
said something that deserved an an.
swer.
Why. Miss Blanche!" cried a voice.
And your old lady-in-waiting figured l
should nnd you fown!"
Hilton Toye was already a lands.
man and Londoner from top to toe
He was perfectly dressed-for Bond
Street-and his native simplicity of
bearing and address placed him as
surely and firmly in the present pic
ture. He did not look the least bit out
Of 1t. But Cazalet did, In an instant:
his old bush clothes changed at once
into merely shabby suit of despica-
Ole cut: the romance dropped out of
them and their wearer, as he stood
like trussed turkey-cock, and
watched bunch of hothouse flowers
presented to the lady with a little gem
OF natural, courteous, and yet char
acteristically racy speech.
To the lady, mark you: for she was
one. on the spot; and Cazalet was a
man again, and making mighty effort
to behave himself because the hour
OF boy and girl was over.
"Mr. Cazalet." said Toye, II guess
you want to know what in thunder
I'm doing on your tracks SO soon It's
hog-luck. sir. because wanted to see
you quite lot, but never thought
ia strike you right here. Did you
hear the news?"
NO! What?"
There was no need to inquire as to
the class of news; the immediate past
had come back with Toye into GAIA
let's life; and even In Blanche's pres.
ence. even in her schoolroom, the old
days had flown into their proper place
and size In the perspective.
They've made an arrest" said
Toye; and Cazalet nodded as though
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
CHAPTER VI.
Voluntary Service.

And why do you think he cant
have done it,"
Cazalet had trundIed the cid canoe
over the rollers. and Blanche was
hardly padding in the CLASSY strip
alongside the weir. Below the lock
there had been something to do. and
Blanche had done 1t deftly and silent
ly, with almost equal capacity and
grace. 1t had given her charming
flush and sparkle; and, what with the
suns bare hand on her yellow hair.
she now looked even BONNER than in.
doors. yet not quite. quite such a girl.
But then every bit OF the boy had gone
out OF Cazalet. So that hour stolen
from the past was up forever.
Why do the police think the other
thing?" he retorted. What have they
got to go on? That's what want to
know. agree with Toye in one thing. /"
Blanche looked up quickly. Il wouldn't
trust old Savage an inch. I've been
thinking about him and his previous
evidence. Do you realize that it's
quite dark now soon after seven? II
was pretty thick saying his man was
bareheaded. with neither hat nor can
left behind to prove It! Yet now II
Eeema he's put . beard to him, and
next We shall have the color Of his
eyes!"
Blanche laughed At his visor oi
phrase; this was more Ike <hb old
hot-tempered. sometimes raenssu ovsr
fbearfng Sweep. Sometime had rnads
him fumu IN The <r~~,..a.- Ar-A 49,
ton coaid not possibl5 AkvS LlII24 III,
Craven. whatever else be might Aavu
dsne IN days eoas b.. 60 4 sinply
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
THE MATCHMAKER OF MON.
TREuIl.

Monsieur Pei was not popular
man in Montreuil. His neighbors
talked about him every day and shook
their heads gloomily when they did
SO. Even the children hushed their
chatter when he went by, and it is re-
lated to this day. by the old inhab-
itants, that the dogs showed their
teeth and growled at the sight Of him.
His habits and appearance were all
against him. For one thing, Pei would
have no traffic with his neighbors, fur
ther than to mend their watches and
clocks. He seemed to hate all man
kind. If the grocer or the notary bade
him good morning. Peps answer
would be wolfish snarl, and the gro
Ger or the notary would mutter some
thing about the evil eye. II ever
man had an evil face, that man was
Pei. His countenance was long and
ran down to point; his nose was
hooked, and two little red, fiery eyes
glared with changeless hostility upon
all around him. His ears were large
and stuck out from his head like sails,
and his complexion was of the waxy,
bloodless hue OF corpse.
His business was matchmaking; but
his passion was chemistry, and all his
spare hours were spent In his house,
which presented forbidding appear
ance. He had boarded up the lower
windows and the doors always were
barred and locked. He had furnace
in the house, and often strange lights
of various colors and diabolical sug-
gestion cleaned through the chinks in
the window boards, and passers-by
could hear the wheeling of bellows.
and the roaring Of flames. At times
Pei never left his house for days to-
gether, and then the fire always was
roaring. At other times he would ap-
pear on the streets in sober black gar
ments, his chest covered with ribbons
and decorations-which he had made
himself. Then he would insist that
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
REMARKABLE ANOMALY.

A London banker-not a temperance
mans quoted by the Review Of Re-
views as saying: THE drink question
has been Just about the worst handled
of any Of the domestic problems which
have confronted England since the out
break of the war. The savings, direct
and Indirect. from the putting through
OF Lloyd Georges total prohibition
scheme last spring would have gone .
mighty long way towards paying the
cost Of the war. We have the remark
allie anomaly of people sacrificing
rivers Of blood for their country, and
yet unwilling to give up the use Of .
beverage which not only wastes money
but lowers their Industrial and mill
tary efficiency as well. :. !. It will
probably take another year or 70 OF
war to bring the country to its
senses"
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
SYNOPSIS.
ILLUSTRATIONS ions !

cazaiet. on the steamer Kaiser Fritz,
homewerd bound from Australia. cries
out In his sleep that Henry Craven. who
ten years before had ruined his father
and himself. Is dead and finds that Hi
ton ton Toye. who shares the stateroom with
MIN, Knows Craven and also Blanche
Aacnair. former neighbor and play
mate. When the daily papers come
aooard at Southampton Toye reads that
Cazaiets dream second sight. He thinks
OF doing a little amateur detective work
on the case himself. In the train to town
mitted at Caza}et's old home Toye hears
from Cazalet that Scruton. who had been
Sazalecs friend and the scapegoat for
from prison. Caxaiet goes down the
river and meets Blanche
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
6heAMAIEUR CRACKSMAN.

about scruton. guess. bar drawing
the bead"
When did you hear of IT." said
Cazalet
1T was on the tape at the Savoy
when l got there. So made an in
quiry. and l figured to look in at the
Kingston Court on my way to call
upon Miss Blanche. You see. was
kind of interested in all you'd told me
about the case"
"Well?"
well. that was my end of the situa-
ton. AS luck and management would
have 1t between them. was in time to
hear your man"
Not my man, please! You thought
Of him yourself" said Cazalet sharply.
We'll, anyway. was in time to hear
the proceedings opened against him.
They were all over in about a minute.
He was remanded till next week.
How did he look?" and. Had he a
beard?" demanded Cazalet and
Blanche simultaneously.
"He looked like a sick man." said
Toye, with something more than his
,eYal deliberation in answering or
asking questions. "Yes. Miss Blanche.
he had beard worthy Of free citi-
GEN."
"They let them grow one. II they
like, before they come out" said GAIA
let, with the nod of knowledge.
Then guess he was a wise man
not to take 1t off." rejoined Hilton
Toye. THAT would only prejudice his
case. II it's going to be one of identity.
with that head gardener playing lead
in the witness-stand."
"Old Savage!" snorted Cazalet.
why, he was dotard in our time;
they couldn't hang dog on his evil
dence!"
STILL" said Blanche, I'D rather
have 1t than circumstantial evidence,
wouldn't you. Mr.. Toye?"
No, Miss Blanche, | would not" re-
piled Toye. with unhesitating candor
The worst evidence in the world. In
my opinion, and I've given the matter
some thought, is the evidence of iden-
tity." He turned to Cazalet, who had
betrayed quickened interest in his
views. Shall tell you why? Think
how often you're not SO sure II you
have seen man before or II you never
have! You kind of shrink from nod
ding. or else YOU nod wrong; II you
didn't ever have that feeling, then
you're not like any other man know"
Il have!" cried Cazalet. i've had
1t all my life. even in the wilds; but
| never thought Of 1t before"
Think Of it now," said Toye, "and
you'll see there may be flaws in the
best evidence of identity that money
can buy. But circumstantial evidence
can't lie. Miss Blanche. II you get
enough of 1t. II the links fit in, to
prove that certain person was in .
certain place at certain time, I guess
that's worth all the oaths of all the
eye-witnesses that ever saw daylight"
Cazalet laughed harshly, as for NO
apparent reason he led the way into
the garden. ''Mr. Toyes made study
of these things he fired over his
shoulder HE should have been a
Sherlock Holmes. and rather wishes
he was one!"
Give me time." said Toye, laugh
ing. Il may come along that way
yet"
Cazalet faced him in a frame of
tangled greenery. You told me you
wouldn't"
Il did. sir, but that was before they
put salt on this poor old crook. If
you're right. and he's not the man,
shouldn't you say that rather altered
the situation?"
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04
piplemaey.

Look here, Charlie said ono young
undergrad to another, who had been
asked to run his eye over . letter
which his friend had written to his
father. in which there was the insvs-
table request for ncasy. ''youvs
spelled jug. g-1g!" Il know" said
Charlje: .bnt you zee neeA the cash,
and don't want he old man to think
I'm putting ON airs- That's hev -
eua1ls IT,
Cheyenne record., 1916-05-04

credited her death to the eating Of
poisonous mushrooms. Investigation
showed that she had died of poison
This was bad enough. but worse was
to follow. Another doctor remembered
that he had treated Pel's mother for
q similar complaint and she had died.
The mothers body was disinterred,
and experts decided that she bad died
of poison. It was soon made evident
that the inhuman wretch had killed
his own mother to get possession OF
the little property she owned, which
he could not touch while she lived.
Then It was rememberd that two
girls who had gone to work for Pei,
in 1872 and 1873. had disappeared and
were seen no more, after Q short serv-
ice with him. There could be no
doubt that they had met the fate Of
Elise Boehmer, or something similar,
but NO great effort was made to trace
the facts in these cases.
Pei was tried at the Melun a.
sizes. and distinguished French au-
thor who was there wrote Of the pris-
oner: Those syea never looked
straight at anyone. that shriveled
mummy face surely never smiled. that
impenetrable mask had had no youth. =
The murderer wss convicted, hut
was only sentenced to transportation
for life. probGbiy because Of grave
doubts - to his sanity.