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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31


mental problem that engrossed hel
preoccupied her attention to the exclu
sion of everything else Then voict
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 few minutes
grace. Do you think 1t 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!"
II 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. 1 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-Legar's
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 to
the vault and in moment its heavy
door swung open. But the next min
ute Jingle 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 this
time the Laughing Mask was within
the vault, but the shrill of that bell
brought him out into the room.
Don't answer It'll" warned the girl.
But Wilson or another of the serv-
ants will surely come to answer It," ex-
planned the Laughing Mask as he
moved toward the only door that he
had not locked on entering the library.
1.-THE confession-have you got it,"
asked Margery, not needing what he
had said, SO great was the tension of
her mind
ut is where it is safe" quietly re-
piled the Laughing Mask.
"Then I'll shut the vault door," she
said
He stood watching her as she
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
charge in force down the broken face

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 a
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 halfstunned cap
tives.
But Legar fought, backed close
against the rock, with the ferocity of
a wildcat holding off every attack and
with his failing iron claw sweeping
back every assailant. 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 tho 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 sight
of the fugitive and started in pursuit.
They ran well, and they ran deter
minedly. Legar, realizing that they
were gaining on him, and further real
izing that he could not keep up his
gait for long, veered suddenly toward
the river, where road-builders' tool
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 by
third officer, not a hundred yards be-
hind him.
Running to the far end of the shack,
he sent his wooden arm crashing
through the window, leaped to the sill,
and stared out. Below him lay the
Hudson. Crouching low, he leaped
out into space and then dropped like a
plummet to the river below.
The Octopus Bomb. 30
Margery faced the supreme dilemma
Of her life.
The girl walked slowly to the still
open window and gazed out. but the
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
SYNOPSIS.

On Winward Island Palidor' intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil
which causes Golden to capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Paldori floods the Is
land and kidnaps Golden's little daughter
Margery. Twelve years later in New York
a Masked One rescues Margery from Le-
gar and takes her to her fathers home,
whence she is recaptured. Margery s
mother fruitlessly implores Golden to find
their daughter. The Laughing Mask
again takes Margery away from Legar.
Legar sends to Golden a warning and a
demand for portion OF the chart Of
Windward Island. Margery meets her
mother. The chart is lost in a fight be-
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 and
claims to have killed him. Golden's house
lie dynamited during masked ball Lee
gar escapes but Da Espares is crushed In
the ruins. Margery rescues the Laughing
Mask from the police. Manley finds Mar
gerry not Indifferent to his love. He saves
her from Mauki's poisoned arrows Man
ley plans a mock funeral which fails to
accomplish the desired purpose. the cap
ture of the Iron Claw and his gang. Mar
gerry is saved from death at the hands OF
the Iron Claw by the Laughing Mask. An
attempt by the Iron Claw to blow up the
O'Mara cottage is frustrated in the nick
of time. The Laughing Mask discloses
his identity to Margery.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31

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 Roman lamp of
solidly cast bronze and, with all her
strength, hurled 1t at the swaying por-
there behind him. "Legar!" was her
cry. And at the same moment she ut
tered shrill cry Of warning.
1t was time. From behind one Of
the folds of the portiero she had
glimpsed an iron claw at the end Of
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 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
q revolver from his pocket.
But the man in the mask was more
agile than his enemy. He swung
Margery about in 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 the bullet ricocheted harmlessly
against the open safe front of steel
Father keeps a navy revolver in the
coin drawer of the vault here" whis-
pered Margery as the man in the mask
pushed her more deeply into the
shadow Of the protecting door.
At the moment that the Laughing
Mask swung about and tugged open
the coin drawer Wilson and a round
eyed footman, having heard the sound
of the shot and having previously
failed to get any answer to the tele-
phone, came running to the library
door, But before they could open that
door Legar, realizing that his time was
short, had taken matters into his own
hands. Charging bodily against the
still half-open vault door, he swung it
shut upon the Laughing Mask and
Margery before they had time to
realize his intent Then Legar threw
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
FOURTEENTH EPISODE
The Plunge for Life.

A strange mood of happiness, as un
reasoning as it was inexplicable
seemed to have taken possession OF
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 to
her heavy-browed father, who found
little in the situation Immediately con-
fronting him to cause him any undue
ightness of heart. For that situation
had Unexpectedly taken on the form
Of defeat.
After all Jules Legar's campaign for
the 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
hence pointed to the fact that 1t was
The Laughing Mask who had stolen
he 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 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 to
Enoch Golden.
"Well. we've got your Laughing
Mask for you"
You've got him?" repeated Golden.
Our man Walcott located him by
trailing his chauffeur. And before
nigbtfall 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 cave in the Hudson
Palisades, not ten miles from where
we're sitting at the moment, just above
Colsman's village. And the fact he's
ducked to Malina like that bears
out what we've always claimed, that
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31

sternation Burst From Them.
+, on the lock, spun the dial and wheeled
around to cover the two white-faced
and gaping-mouthed servants with his
revolver.
With a flourish Of his revolver be
waved them to the door and would
have reached it himself had he not
| at that moment heard the entrance
| door Of the Golden mansion flung open
and the noise OF many feet sounding
on the stairs q minute later.
Slamming the room door shut upon
Wilson and the footman, Legar, his
look of triumph gone from his features
stared frantically around the room. He
dashed to a Perugian panel screen of
ancient design, its panels fashioned in
sixteenth century tapestry, and
crouched behind it, his revolver still
in his hand.
AS Legar found this precarious hid
ing place, the door of the room
opened and Enoch Golden entered
amid clatter of hurrying feet and a
babble Of voices Wilson, for the third
time, tried to explain to his master
what had happened
"Margery! My daughter shut up in
the vault, you say, Wilson," cried her
father.
Eyes, sir, shut up in there with the
man In the yellow mask, the man as
these officers, sir, have been looking
for!"
Golden strobe over to the vault door.
His face was pale and he breathed
hard as he stopped over the lock dial.
The man in the yellow mask, II he
felt any fear for the outcome Of this
his most precarious adventure among
the innumerable strange predicamenta
that his self-a.ppointed guardianship OF
Margery Golden had flung him into,
gave expression to none. He treasured
her gently and chided her, even, for
her seeming lack of confidence in him.
"HaYe you forgotten, my dear, that
l haye the confession of Legar?" he
Whispered to her. THAT alone means
saf9ty, for 1t will take care of most of
thej crimes which the Iron Claw has
faStened upon me-"
jHe took from a pocket and hand
sd to the girl little hard black
4yoid. In her hand, it felt to her touch
ep be like cako of soap. only there
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31

he's as big crook as this Iron Claw
himself. For honest men don't crawl
into river caves!'
Golden was about to reply in the AZ
firmative to this self-obvious statement
when he was interrupted by the en-
trance of his daughter.
But suppose our fugitive" said
Sthe sspgNnaeyed girl as she smiled
down UMsthe somewhat startled police
captain, had enemies who seemed at
the moment stronger than he was and
ct the same time found himself in pos
session Of something which it was ST.
sential that he should guard? Wouldn't
It seem natural for him to 90 whore
he'd be least likely to be foundi"
The russet-faced captain blinked
stolidly up at her.
When an honest man has some
thing 1t seems dangerous to hold, h
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31

long. He held It to the light so that
ne 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
aeetness of foct 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 car, just
from the barns, came to stop and
the Laughing Mask boarded it at a
leap. The conductor of the car had
gone to the signal box nearby. AS the
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

l take this mode of announcing
to the people of Canyon county that
1 am candidate for reelection to
the office of County Commissioner
from the Third Commissioners Dis
trict. If my past record has been
such as to commend my services 1
shall be pleased to receive the votes
of the people of Canyon county at
the November election.
Very Respectfully,
c.. w. GIESLER.
Payette, Idaho. 33-n.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
II. A. GRIFFlTHs
ADVERTISEMENT

|
In announcing myself a candidate
for denomination to the office OF
Prosecuting Attorney for Canyon
County on the Democratic ticket, l
desire to call the attention of the
voters to the. following facts:
1. That expenses of the county
have been reduced under the pres
ent Democratic officials more than
was promised in the campaign two
years ago.,
2. That energetic and efficient
action has been, and is now pro-
ceeding to recover over s20,000,w which
was fradulently taken from the coun-
| ty.
8. That as prosecuting attorney
the undersigned has performed his
share in said work successfully and
well. ~
4. That there are a number of
important lawsuits in which Canyon
County is party now pending In
the District Court and in the Ida
no Supreme Court, and one in the
United States District Court on ap-
peal to the United States Supreme
Court.
5. That as prosecuting attorney,
l have briefed the law in these cas-
es and am familiar with the facts
in each of them, and that a change
of attorneys at this time would in
volve months of work on the part
of the next attorney to master
the facts and law pertaining to each
case.
6. That as an attorney l can
present a record of twenty-one years
of active practice, in which l have
never lost an important case.
Z. That in addition to my duties
as prosecuting attorney l have made
active investigation of cases con-
corning delinquent minor children,
and the attention of Juvenile Courts
of other states is being attracted
to the common sense methods and
successful handling Of such cases.
8. That contrary to all precedent
have devoted my entire time and
service to the county in whatever
branch they were needed.
Though there are few contests at
the Democratic primaries l believe
that the voters should deem it their
duty to attend the primary election
and express their preferences in
those contests.
Should l be re-nominated l shall
devote such time as may be at my
disposal in reporting to the people
of Canyon County the results OF
my efforts, and of my associates,
calling your attention particularly to
the harmony and spirit of mutual
assistance and courtesy to the pub
lie which now prevails in the Court
House. 1 respectfully solicit your
votes for myself and my associates
on the 5th day of September, and al
SO at the election on the 7th day
of November. 1916.
H. A. GRIFFITHS.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
G. r. MOORE

Announces himself as a Candidate
for County Commissioner, First Dis
trict, subject to the Decision Of the
Democratic Voters at the coming
Primary Election.
l stand for Economy and Effici-
ency in all County Offices. 34-t2.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31

An examination in the Idaho
branches for teachers expecting
certificates by endorsement will be
held at the courthouse in Caldwell
on September 2. The Idaho subject
are School Law, State Constitutions
and Course of Study. For those ex-
pecting High School certificates. an
examination in High School Curric-
ulum is substituted for that OF Course
of Study.
q. FAY FOWLER,
County Supt., Canyon County.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31

Malheur County Fair, Ontario, Ore
gon, September 10, 20, Fl and %,
1916. Special railroad rates. 31-t9.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
WAR BONNET ROUNDUP
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO.
SAINT dS-6-7-Q 1o16

Thousands of cowboys, cowgirs,
Indians, high diving horses and bad
ones. Biggest of it's kind in the world
and it belongs to Idaho. 33-t4.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
TO EXCHANGE.

Five lots within the city limits IN
the southeast part of town to ex-
change for motorcycle and side car.
Good trade to right person. Inquire
of Will Wells. II.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-31
6, B. HOLM ES
Dentist

Rooms over Stanton Bros. store.
PAYETTE IDAHO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

There seems no one ready to do this
except the suffragists, and it is ire
mendous task.
Some of the undemocratic ones
among the new voters are young Amer
lean men, who have received their vote
as a matter of course and don't value it.
Some are newly arrived foreigners
who value their full citizenship SO much
that they do not want to share it with
women, whom they regard as an in
ferior race. Some are North American
Indians.
In 1890 Miss Anthony and Mrs. Gait
appeared before the Republican Con-
vention in South Dakota to ask for an
Endorsement of suffrage The meeting
was delayed by the entrance of three
Indians, to whom the Republicans felt
it necessary to do honor, as these three
men represented 5000 Sioux, recently
admitted to the franchise.
At the time the women said that in
the future their fate might hang on the
opinion of those 5000 Indians.
The recent majority in South Dakota
against woman suffrage was 1864.
It may have been due to the Sioux.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Humanity versus Efficiency

1t appears that under the present
rules of the Senate Miss Rankin can be
allowed only the privileges of the floor
on the occasion of the funeral of Sen
ator.
The decision is a painful one; but if
it has to be, have drawn up tentative
list of Senators who first should be con-
sidered in the matter.
And then perhaps there are some
Senators who could do very well with
a funeral celebration even as things are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Tnez MilhoIland Boissevain

1UeZ NIllUUlIdllO OOiooSNoIh
We do not talk OF martyrs, no, not we
Who daily watch the long and bloody
toll
Taken by war and industry, and see
How common is this gallantry Of soul;
We do not talk OF martyrs, we who plead
To share the duties of human lot,
Who hold the faith that Truth and Honor
lead
Along a path where women falter not;
We do not talk Of martyrs; yet when one
So Young, so eager, and so brave departs,
Her cause unconquered, and her task I'M
done,
A sacred bitterness is in our hearts
How long must we be patient under
wrongY
Alas, my countrynlen, how long, how
long,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
High Cost of Voting

According to ''The Springfield Repub-
lican" the taxpayers of Massachusetts,
men and women being treated perfectly
equally in the matter of state expenses,
have just paid $4,000 to take the vote
of the militia on the border. The result
was only 80 ballots, so that the cost to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
OF Course Sioux Are People

One reason why suffragists urge I'M
mediate action on woman suffrage is
because each year new army OF voters
has to be educated in the ideals OF
American democracy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

ARE WOMEN PEOPLE?
By Alice Duer Miller

the state was about S85 apiece. Yet
there has come no protest from the
Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Associa-
ton against the added cost of election
for ballots that can only duplicate or
nullify each other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
The Land of the Free

Woman suffrage has recently been granted in
YucatGn"
do not know all the story,
Yucatan,
OF the risks for fame and glory
That you ran,
But the cables all agree
From across your tropic sea
That you've set your women free,
Yucatan.
In New York the men are slow,
Yucstan,
But they'll follow you, we know,
In your plan.
So we say: ITS now December,
II we work till next November
We can win, because remember
Ynr.t,np
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
ryrw~-rS Is&sSSSsGssS@

The vote was given to them without
any effort on their part. They may not
want it themselves, and may suppose
that no one else does.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
The Abandoned
Telephone
pv NJ. ALFRED MAINS

,.,.,roted. Nth Introductory Comment,
by William L. Mcpherson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

Continued on Page Sir
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

bg WilHdm u M0fHeTS0H
r;s a ear stony Nth hdppy ending.
90" .,..,,rts Of tragedy are there, bat a
~! .I'-,.a, denorenent IS avoided The result IS
Tus ,Ioin tale Of soldterly courage and dero-
- at penalized az such courage and dero-
a' Co.. =. amends should perhaps be made TO tAe
a., n Alfred Mduns, for the Softenin9 IN
..,l,,;or Of the rough edges Of the Beran
s.sst used By Pasohk' and Lehman, has f''o
-; -,l,f Land1cehy men. Their orgot. as
,ou, The case ,cith Berlinese, defes trans
ITERATION
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-27

road.
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
Nothing Too Hot.

Chabert, the fire king. who was a
popular favorite in London many years
ago, claimed to be able to swallow
arsenic and other poisons with i'm
punity. Visitors to his entertainment
were requested to come provided with
phosphorus, prussic acid, arsenic and
oxalic acid. which he proceeded to
consume before their eyes. taking an
antidote afterward which was sup
posed to neutralize their effects.
Then, to show that he was as inn
pervious to heat as to poison, he would
take a raw leg of lamb into an oven
heated to 220 degrees and remain in
side until the joint was cooked, when
it was carved and handed around to
the audience. The performance con-
cluded by Chabert rubbing a red-hot
shovel on his head and face and allow
ing anyone who wished to drop molten
sealing wax on his tongue and hands
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
Aid to Sleep.

There are two very simple but eff
fective remedies for that kind OF sleep
lessness that comes from overwork or
nervous exhaustion. One is to have
the feet very warm. Put them against
a rubber bag filed with hot water. A
rubber bag is better than an earthen
bottle, as it will retain the heat for
hours. The second method is much
more simple. Discard the pillow. turn
over and lie on the stomach with
hands clasped under the forehead to
lift the head trine. This will often
send one to sleep.
When you are tired and nervous a
good rubbing all over the body with
the lotion here given will be very rest
full. Lie quietly in bed after the rub
bling for half an hour and you will then
feel quite equal to taking up the daily
tasks again. Here is the lotion: Di-
luted alcohol, six ounces; cologne wa
ter, six ounces; tannin, ten grains.