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Roosevelt /.
DEN0UNGES
GERMAN ACT
of Enslaving Belgians and He
Makes No Bones about
What He Writes.
~ .nrnclA1rn pnrnr,

NEW Y(lfsIf, Dec ia letter from
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was read
Friday night ali the meeting TO -otest
against the Belgian deportation He
declared that Germany has traTnpled
under foot every device of information
al law for securing the protection of
the weak and the unoffending," and
has shown an utter disregard for all.
considerations Of pity, mercy. human
lily and international morality
I earnestly wish you all success in
YOUR meeting, the colonel wrote, "and
Ill Americans who are proud OF the
sood name OF their country and also
have in them the capacity for gener-
Gus Indignation on behalf OF n fou1ly
"ronged people. must join in hearty
thanks 70 you and your associates.
ierFnany's. campaign OF Tnethodical-
" organized atrocities against the un-
happy Pelgtan people has cul.ninated
in the trnnsplanting Of over a hundred
honsand Belglan men into a condition
NJ state-sIavery In Germany where
heir labor is to be used to aid in tho.
nnnuest of their fellow countrymen
Similar transplantings OF civilian non
onbatants. huTh men and women. into
alavcry in Germany, have already oc-
urrrd in northern France.
This action is paral1cIed by the
EEGuOus Oh the. ASSyTJaT1 GOnQucrefSs OIL
yria and Palestine; but until the pres
ent war broke out it was supposed that
uch hidcous infaynies were effective
". checked by the system OF interna-
ional lazy which has grown UP under
! lpdern Christian civilization.
The outrages committed on our.
own people have been such as the
| United States has never before beer
forced to endure and have included
he reDeated killing IF our men. women
and children. The sinking of the Ma.
| sina and the Chc2lung the other day,
| with the attendant murder OF six
/ Americans, was but the most recent
! IN an unbrnken chain Of injuries and
insults, which by comparison MAKE
mere ~rong to our property interests
| sink into absolute insignificance.
S long as neutrals Keep silent, or
I speak apnlogetically, or take refuge
| in the utilities OF the professio nal spac-
l#ifists, there will be no cessation IN
these brutaiitfes. But surely this last
and browning brutality, which amounts
to the imposition OF cruel form Of
state-slayery on helpless and IN
offending conquered nation, must make.
our people realize that they peril their
own souls, thatstheY degrade their. own
manhood, II they do not bear emphatic.
Testimony against the preparation OF
such iniQuity.
II am glad to be one among the
Americans who thus hear testimony. .
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that It is done for any other purpose
than the benefit of their enemies.
no official announcement is made
Of the number Of unfortunates, OF how
long they will be kept in bondage. or
whether they Will ever be freed, or
not. Some admiration must be con-
fessed for the fact that no apologies
are made. There is no claim that the
policy is not opposed to the promises
made or that the laws OF nations have
not heen violated. Nothing is said in
Justification except to assert the law
OF necessity and its logic, the will to
power. and the determination to put
both into effect without regard to
right or convention, and apparently
without regard to the protests Of either
belltgerents or neutrals.'
The protest OF President Wilson
against the action Of the Germans. he
said, I'VE endorse from beginning 10
end and further than that we propose
to stand by the president in his effort
to secure the release from bondage
OF the deported Belgians
The sympathy in this country for the
Belgtanst he said, is not based upon
interest, or politics, or desire for pow
er, or upon either a willingness or an
unWiIlingness to be drawn into the
nlae1stroHa OF European complications.
but upon the sufferings OF deeply
wronged people; and so the protests
which we make here represent the
known and easily ascertalned sonti-
nent Of the people OF this country,
If war is to be waged. lie said, with
the purpose OF making human slav-
cry again a part Of It, whenever pow
or, or necessity, or brutality may die
tate, II will not make much difference,
In the future Of the world, whether
provisions are made for the preserva-
ton or restoration OF peace, as pro-
posed or. not
This country, he said, had Joined
the whole world in abonshing slavery
of men because they were black and
we now join the whole world in pro-
est against the return to this con-
ition Of white men. long after it has
cen abandoned for all men" The
reatm ent OF the Be1gians he said, is
the one urgent world question OF the
day and the advance OF the defeat OF
armies ''has far less influence upon the
future OF the world than this one prob
lem
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NOTICE.
Carkshnrl

CIaFksburg, w a.. December ., 1916
Notice il hereby given to those who are
accustomed 70 DO business With us, and to
tile puOlic, that the pnrtnsrsLip lately SUBJ
Sis ~ between the undersIKHGd. under.
NJ "a agreement bearing date on the 9TH
d. October, 1915, and doing business
unusr the firm name md style OF ..WeIch-.
Smith electrical Company" Is this day dis
solved by mutual u nsEegInent. q the part:
authority to collect NIL bills due said hrm
that from this date neither partner has
power to bind the firm in reference to any
new contract or business; ana that Tho
IS. G. WEIGH Company, will continue the
plumbing, electrical and storage battery
business at 223 South Third Street, at
which place they will adjust aid settle all
the business of the sEelch-Smith Electric
cal Company.
F.C. wELCH.
A. Il. SMITH.
Dated at Clarksburg, October 8. 1916.
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After investigating the real estate
offers advertised In the Telegram
covering a reasonable period-you
may buy real estate intellig gently. Not
otherwise.
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The EFFICIENT worker is worth
hunting forworth a small want ad
campaign In the Telegram.
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paper, to which extraordinarily compli-
Gated and minute designs had been
transferred strongly resembling la
borious efforts to conventionalize a
spiders web.
But no sooner had NJ, Ducroy focused
upon them the magnifying glass than
he started violently, uttered an excited
exclamation and subjected the papers
to an examination both prolonged and
eXacting.
Monsieur is no doubt now salts.
hed?' Lanyard inquired, when his pa
tience would endure no longer.
Yes the other agreed breathlessly.
You nave the negatives from which
these prints were made2"
Here, Lanyard said. indicating a
second cigarette,
And then, with movement so leis-
urely and careless that his purpose
was accomplished before the other in
his preoccupation was aware of it, the
adyenturer leaned forward and swept
up the prints from the counterpane in
front OF NJ. Ducroy.
"Here!" the Frenchman exclaimed.
why do you do that?"
Monsieur no longer questions their
authenticity?"
Il grant you that"
Then | return to myself these
prints, pending negotiations for their
transfer To Franco" "
How did you come by them?" de-
manded NJ. Ducroy, after a moments
thought.
Need monsieur ask? Is France so
illserved by her spies that you do not
already know of the misfortune re-
Gently suffered in London by one Cap
tain Ekstrom?"
you are-the Lone Wolf-then?"
Il am, monsieur-simply as concerns
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instantly the ooun.enanoe of the
stout Frenchman was lighted with a
CLEAN OF eager interest-romanoe
lover that he was-and he stepped
nearer. peering closely into the face
OF the adventuTer.
Gomez" he echoed. "Mademoiselle? {?
Your sweetheart, eh ?"
Lanyard assented with a disconso
late nod and sigh. Impatlently Ducroy
caught him by the sleeve.
"Comel" he insisted, tugging-
come at once into the house, Now
monsieur-now at length you enlist all
ones sympathles! Come, | say! Is II
your desire that | catch my death Of
cold%
lndifferently Lanyard suffered him
self to be led away. He was, indeed,
barely conscious OF what was happen
ing All HIS being was possessed by
the thought that she had forsaken
him.
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you, the person in possession of these
plans, and who offers them through
you, to France, for price"
But why introduce yourself to me
in this extraordinary fashion to con-
summate transaction for which the
ordinary channels with which you
must be familiar are entirely ade-
quate?"
Simply because Ekstrom has fol-
lowed me to Paris" Lanyard explained
indulgently. Did l venture to ap-
proach you through the customary
channels, my chances Of rounding out
a useful life thereafter would be prac-
tically nil. Furthermore, my circum-
stances are such that it has become
necessary for me to leave France i'm
ediately-without an hours delay
also secretly; else 1 might as we'll re-
main here to Le butchered. Now you
command the only means know Of to
accomplish my purpose And that is
the price, the only price, you will have
to pay me for these plans"
Il don't understand you"
ut is on schedule, is it not, that Cap
tain Vauquelin of the aviation corps is
to attempt a nonstop fight from Paris
to London this morning, with two pas
sengers, in a new PARROT biplane?"
THAT is so. Well?"
81 must be one Of those passengers;
and have companion, young lady,
who will take the place of the other"
IT isn't possible, monsieur. Those
arrangements are already fixed"
you will countermand them"
But there Is no time"
"You can get into telephone com
munication with Port Aviation in two
minutes"
"But the passengers have already
been promised"
"You will disappoint them"
"The start is to be made in the first
flush Of daylight How could you reach
Port Aviation in timer"
"In your motor car, monsieur"
ut cannot be DONE"
''It must! If the start must be de-
layed until we arrive, you will give
orders that it shall be so delayed"
For a minute the minister of war
hesitated; then he shook his head def
nitely.
"The difficulties are insuperable-"
There is no such thing, monsieur"
Il an sorry; It can't be dons"
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CHAPTER xx-contlnued.

They had to walk as far as the
Place de Trocadero before Lanyard
found a cab, which he later dismissed
at the corner Of the Faubourg st. Ger
main.
Another brief walk brought them to
a gate in the garden wall of a resi-
dence situated at the junction of two
guiet streets.
This. | think, ends our Partisan
wanderings." Lanyard announced. III
you'll be good enough to keep an eye
Tor busybodies-and yourself as In
conspicuous as possible in the recess
of this doorway"
And he walked back TO the curb,
measuring the wall with his eye.
What are you going to do?"
He responded by doing 1t so swiftly
that she gasped with surprise; pausing
Inomentarily within yard of the walk,
he gathered himself together, shot up
lithely into the air, caught the top
curbing with both hands, and She
heard the soft thud of his feet on the
earth Of the enclosure, and the latch
grated behind her as the door opened
For the last time" Lanyard
laughed quietly from the aperture,
permit me to invite you to break the
law by committing an act Of trespass!"
Securing the door, he led her to a
garden bench secluded amid conven-
aional shrubbery.
IF you'll wait here" he suggested
"Well, it viii be best I'll be back as
coon as possible, though | may be de-
lained some time. Still, inasmuch as
I'm about to break into this house my
motives, which are most commendable,
may be misinterpreted, and I'd rather
you waited here, with the street at
hand. If you hear a noise like trouble
you've only to unlatch the gate. But
let's trust that my purely benevolent
intentions toward the French republic
won't be misconstrued!"
'Pll wait" she assured him bravely;
but won't you tell me-"
With a hand he indicated the man
sion towering above them.
I'm going to break in there to pay
an early morning call and impart some
interesting information to a person Of
considerable consequence - nobody
less, in fact, than M. Ducroy."
And who is he?"
THE present minister Of war. We
haven't as yet the pleasure Of each
others acquaintance; still l think he
won't be sorry to see me. In brief, |
mean to make him present of the
Huysman plans and bargain for safe
conduct for us both from France"
Impulsively she offered her hand
and, when he somewhat diftidently
took it. she gave his fingers a firm,
compelling pressure with her own.
BE CAREFUL" she whispered broken
ly, her pale, sweet face upturned to
his. ooh, do be careful! l am afraid
for you"
And for a moment the temptation
to take her in his arms seemed strong
er than any he had ever known.
But reminding himself that he had
voluntarily stipulated for years pro-
baton, he released her hand with an
fncoherent humble, turned, and hastily
disappeared in the direction of the
house.
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LTeteIt and another wa ,ri7o. . h4a.
the neighborhood OF Vieis gufil ts.
party cano out something after dui
o'clock.
II was evident they had aupped mef
rily; the gil showed every sign OF Jh7
gayeSt humor; Wertheimer aeemcd ,
biz exhilarated, De Morbhan wa,
plainly much amused. ana even Ban
non-bearlng heavily on the French
mans arm-was chuckling appfeoa
lively The party piled back into y,
Morbihans limousine and were driven
up the Avenues des Champ ElysoeF
pausing at the Elysee Palace hotel e
drop Bannon and the girl-his daugh
ter?-whoever she was!
Whittier II went thereafter Lanyard
didn't trouble 10 ascertain. He drove
morosely home ana went 10 bed
though not TO sleep for many hours
bitterness Of disillusion ate like an
acid into his heart.
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CTo BE CONTINUED
KINGSLEY A HARD WORKER
Famous Author Often Broke Down ana
Had to Quit-His impressive
Sermons.

Kingsley's life was a geries Of upA
and downs. He would work with such
fury writing letters, preaching, visit
ing the sick, teaching, smoking all
day, and at night after the rest of the
house were all in bed, sitting up till
the small hours writing at one of hiR
novels, that, after several months Of
this kind of thing, he would have a
breakdown and be ordered to quit.
At first he thought what he needed
was physical exercise, and off he would
go on long tramp or a fishing trip.
But soon he learned that what he
must have was absolute quiet, says
Hildegarde Hawthorne in st. Nicholas,
and then he would sit for hours in the
sun, soaking in some lovely scene be-
fore him and waiting till his energy
returned, as peacefully as he might.
Every now and then he was subject
to intense fits of depression, such "a
men of his temper are apt to suffer
but his buoyant spirit soon came sims
ing home again, and the boy in him
walked with a shoGt, ready for play
and for work.
Kingsley made a tremendous impreR
sion in his lifetime, not so much from
anything he actually did, but because
of all he hoped and wanted to do, anG
tried to make people see was worth
doing. His sermons we're listened to
breathlessly; and though the conven'
tional churchmen did not approve Of
him, his congregations loved him. Once
he was preaching to a throng of WORK
ingmen, and, when he had finished, th6
incumbent one of the dignitaries OK
the church. rose and said that he dio
not believe in most of what Mr.. King
sley had said and had expected very
different sermon. Kingsley made no
reply, simply bowling his head. But az
he walked back through the aisle the
men in the seats near him stretched
out their hands to touch him as he
passed and murmured blessings on
him.
He loved the poor, the weak, the uB
happy, and he gave himself to them
with a fervor it is hard to realize.
He loved gay and gallant doings, clean
and bright, as you can see in his books.
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CHAPTER XIII.
No Solution.


Because his money was fast ebbuug
and motives of prudence aloneif
none more worthy an attempt
to replenish his pocketbook by revisit
ing the little place in the Rue Roget
and realizing on tho treasures there
he had determined n have a taximeter
fitted to his car and ply for hire unit.
time or chance shouid settle the ques
tion Of his future.
Already, indeed, he had complied
with the police regulations received
permission to convert his machine ia
10 a taXicab, and arranged TO have the
clock installed
Leaving his car before noon at tho
designated depot. he received the prom
ise that it would be ready for hIm al
four o'clock. Returning at that hour
he learned that it couldn't be ready De
fore six. Facing YEARLY TWO hours
with nothing TO do. and too bored aHa
restless to vile them away In a care
he idled listlessly hithcr and Won along
streets and Observation-Disclosures IN
the black melancholy depressing him
whether or not he were recognized.
In the course of his wanderngs he
found himself turning from the Rue
st. Honore through the Place Ven
dome to the Rue de Ia PaiX
Before one corner window LANYARD
paused involuntarily.
In that window there was a mirror.
set at an angle to one side, and sud
denly Lanyard caught its presentment
of himself-a gaunt and hungry appari-
tion, with a wOlfish air ne had never
worn when rejoicing in the sobriquet
of wolf, his eyes staring with preda
cious luster.
And lest some passer-by be struck
by this betrayal, he turned and moved
on hastily.
Halfway across the Boulevard des
Capucines, to the east of the Opera, he
leaDed for his life from a murderous.
minded taxicab, found himself tempo.
rarily marooned upon one of those
isles Of safety which the Partisan
calls "thank-Gods," and stood waiting
until an opening should offer in the
congestion of traffic and permit him
to gain the farther sidewalk.
Presently the policeman in the mid
die Of the boulevard sigualed with hia
little white wand, and the stream OF
east-bound vehicles checked and be-
gan to close up to the right Of the
crossing, upon which they en-
croached jealously A taxicab on tho
outside, next the island, overshot the
mark, and obedient u a curt word
from the sergent, pulled up sharply
and began to back into place. Before
Lanyard could move round it, its
window had drawn orpDaite him and
he was staring in, trans@Xed by cas-.
ual glance.
mo r,r, rycNrr-Ysvrrr-r,
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SYNOPSIS.

After stealing the Omber Jewels and the
Huysmnl war plans In London Mlcnuel
Lanyard returns 10 Troyon's, Paris INN,
for the FIRST time In many yehra because
he thinks ROddy Scotland Nhfd hhu,
ia on his trail. Lanyard dresses ana goes
out leaving Roddy snoring IN the nent
room. then comes back stgultHllN, 10 unu
In hiH room Mile, BOnnun. In the apart
mpnt npgr the Tr0cudorO he finds an M
vitatlnn from The Pack tu the Lone Won
60 Join them, Lanyard attempts 20 .9la,
pose of the Dmber ieWols, but hndS l"H'
Tho Pack has forbidden the buyers ln
deal with him. he meets The rack, pn'
refuses alliance with them on nus re-
turn 10 his room DE is attacked ~ iHo
dark. but EuOohs ont hia as7uilanl lir t.3-
covers that Rpddy has been murdered lh
his bed l.d aturgs 20 leave the house I'D
the corridor He encounters Lucia ll4hh.H.
who lists un leaving with MN. li'NlhE
no money Lucia is Obliged tu take reIuSr
with LANYARD IN the studio ct an absent
artist friend Of hts tie locks her ~ a
room nluno After sleep Lanyard hnds
his vieWp1iut changed. Tie tells LUCIA
who hn is Mutual confessions Follow;
Ehe iH Lucy Shannon, not BAnnon, ana
has becn used as "a tool boy iannon, me
crook The American murderer OF Enddy
was B1n00n's secretary. Lucy agrees 70
co with him 20 return the London loot. \
newspaper wrapped IN a brick Is thrown
through the skyllght The paper has an
account of the total destruction by fire OF
Troyon's They go to Nine. Omber's PRrls
residence and burglariously restore the
Jewels
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gered by a brutal blow from trusted
hand, Lanyard turned from the bench
and stumbled out of the garden and to
the junction with the cross street. But
nowhere in the compass of their per-
spectives could he see anything that
moved.
After some time he returned to the
garden and quartered it with the thor
oughness of pointer beating covert.
But he did this hopelessly, bitterly
aware that the outcome would be pre-
cisely what it eventually was-that
is to say, nothing.
He was kneeling beside the bench
scrutinizing the turf round about with
microscopic attention by aid of his
tiash-lamp, seeking some sign of strug-
gle to prove she had not left him will
ingly; and finding none-when voice
brought him momentarily out of his
distraction.
He looked up wildly, to discover Du-
croy standing over him, his stout per-
son chastely swathed in a quilted
dressing gown with trousers, his ex-
preston one of stupefaction.
We'll, monsieur-well?" the minis
ter of war demanded irritably. What
Il repeat-are you doing there?"
Lanyard essayed response, choked
up, and gulped. He rose and stood
swaying, showing stricken face, but
for the moment couldn't speak.
"Eh?" Ducroy insisted, with an ac-
cent of evaporation. why do you
stand glaring at me like that-eh?
Come. monsieur; what ails you? /
have arranged everything, say.
Where is mademoiselle?"
Lanyard made a broken gesture.
~She Is gone" he muttEraI EorlOrnly.