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Dreadful Possibility.

Little Margie had heard her Sunday
school teacher speak of backsliding,
and one rainy Sabbath morning her
mother thought it best for her not to
attend Sunday school. But I've Just
got to go, mamma" said Margie.
Teacher says If we do not come
every Sunday our backs will slide"
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Liberal With Their Galns.

A Spanish adventurer, returning
from highly lucrative wanderings in
the early day Americas, is said to
have given away 100000 in aims on
the occasion of his marriage at BARGE
Iona. Another stood Ia Madrid win
dow and threw handouts of silver coins
into the crowd Nntil he had emptied
two barrels.
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Case OF Necessity.

Il understand he inherited for
tuner Yes, he was his rich uncle's
only heir" Il thought So" What
do you mean?" Nobody who had
more than one heir to choose from
would have picked him to leave all his
money detroit Free Press.
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Music.

Music, when combined with a pleas
urable idea, is poetry; music without
the idea is simply music; the idea
without the music is prose from it's
very detiniteness.-Edgar Allan Poe.
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Optimistic Thought.
Thousands are hated, but none
loved, without real cause.
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cd RoIeau. nonplused as to what next
to do.
Il am not here to make guesses on
such things" rejoined the clerk. Il
know nothing, and that is something"
Nothing is enough for one of your
kind to know" replied Roleau blandly.
He might perhaps have engaged in
still more t%ruculent conversation with
the clerk, had he not at that moment
felt 4 hand laid on his arm.
He turned to face a sergeant of
gendarmes, who drew him to one side.
In the name OF the law, you are
my prisoner" said the man. Come
with me-"
On what charge then, monsieur"
demanded Roleau coolly. 1T is my
right to know something OF that, l
fancy"
The charge is murder, as you
know said the sergeant. THE same
on which you were just in charge. |
am to warn you once more that what
you say may be used against yea At
the trial.
AT the trial?" exclaimed Ra,eau. 81
thought that was all dismissed. DID
we not have the kings excuse to
leave? The king himse.i set free my
master and my mistress
Both your empl0yers?" grinned the
sergeant.
Il am servant of both, and certainly
If either went free then so should /.
Is that not true?"
1T Is far from true" returned the
gendarme grimly; you will see how
Tar. Murder was committed yonder
by someone, as you know. You saw
it-said that you saw it. The law
does lot set such witnesses free"
THE king sets free whom he pleases
in this land" rejoined Roleau. Il
shall tell my mistress of this"
DO So" laughed the gendarme, "a
rich jest enough. But first find your
Mistress
Roleau found this a proposition diff
cult Of present answer. Others Of the
police closing in upon him, he went
with them now ~peaceably as he might,
to the tribunal where someone must
answer for the recent crime.
The project greeted him grimly
enough, yet with a certain exultation
in his mien. 1t was necessary in that
country, as in others, that a victim
should be found for the law. Per.
haps in that country more than in
many others, it mattered little who
that victim might be.
so we have you again, Messer Ro-
leau!"
And why, may I ask your honor"
rejoined Roleau, i%nnocently. II was
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can? But now she cane-she may b
in her room-we shall see Shall she
join you In tho parlors. Monsieur 10
COmte"
In the parlors on the floor above
replied Count Frederick, rather vague.
~, and passed up the broad stair. But
he had certain plans Of his own which
did not include a public audience with
the young American. Instead, he
passed boldly down the hall. Before
the door at which he would have an
nounced himself he paused. He could
not well escape detection II he turned
back, for the voices Of others came
to him down the hall. And In the
room beyond the door he heard an
other voice-apparently she nas u.s.
ing the telephone. Yes, II was she.
Ho waited for an instant, md found
himself without Intention II possess
sion of what she tsii.
Kitty TT the time. In fact, was telo-
phenlng to the Headquarters Of pc.
lice asking for knowledge of her serv.
ant sioleau. Her voice went on new
rapid, staccato.
Monsieur, he was freed, Po'cau-~
yes, ~yes-what thsne On pr9hationf--
yes, l know. He WIS kere-he wns
followed to the ho+Gl-he was followed
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Chamber of Horrnrs.


Arrived presently in the royal pal
ace and in the company not only Of
Count Frederick, but Of yet other no.
blemen ans officials, King Michael re-
Taxed his martial front under the
warming influence Of the wine on
which he SO much relied.
"Tsaey fled" he exclaimed again and
again, boastingly, as he referred to
the scenes which but now he had left.
They ted before us like sheep, my
dear count. With myself to lead the
army-and you at my side-what
chance would they have? They knew
they had none, and took counsel of
their wisdom for once. If they re-
main in thai counsel, surely they will
stay behind their W walls, and not
give offense to Our country. We would
annihilate them. A half hour more,
and we would have plundered their
city today. Their treasure would have
been ours!'
What treasure, your majesty?" in
CURED Count Frederick coldly. Would
we go to wal for that?"
For what else?" smiled the king.
For liberty, justice, freedom, your
majesty"
Tut! tut! where do you get those
terms? A monk speaks! But listen,
did we not march to your r~escue?"
yes, your majesty, l am not I'm.
mindful and not u~nthankful. But still
we lack the clue which alone can mako
war possible or desirable-the clue
which alone has back Of it motives
worthy of a king and of a people,"
well, well, what does all this mean
then?" rejoined Michael, irritated.
Where do We arrive? What is it that
you ASK"
Il a ask nc questions and answer
none, until We have found once more
the young American, your majesty"
King Michael smiled in self-satisfac-
ton at last.
"Ah, well, that is easy said he. II
have said that she is, or should be,
here in this palace. 1t is true she
brought me the news Of your plight"
Count Frederick waited for no
change in the royal will, but bowed
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away, true, on business in other lands
business connected with my cOun-
try's welfare. Having concluded that
matter / returned fast as | might, and
here / am"
Criminals always come back to the
scenes of their MURDER" asserted the
project pompously.
rs that true? / did not know it.
As for me, l have done no crime. /
was simply looking after my mis-
tress' affairs in her room-her excel
lency, the young American, who is so
high In the kings good will"
THAT is all very we'll, very well,
but 1t is not enough, as you will see,"
rejoined the project. THE king did
not set you free"
"Only because the king had not
yet heard from my mistress. Give
me leave to bring the two together
and that may be done and she will
set all right at once. Ask her."
II do not need to ask her. The king
has set for me the task Of finding
yonder murderer. I must fill that
task. / have done SO now"
"What-myself-I am suspected Of
that crime! Your honor. that is i'm
possible. There has been no proof OF
any crime"
Send to the king" he added, catch
ing a glimpse Of uncertainty on
the face OF the project. Send to my
mistress. l claim that right under the
law"
II send to the king?" demanded the
project clustering. why should 1! /
can control the process Of the law
without troubling royalty with details
Of that sort"
"But suppose there are conse-
quences. These are ticklish times, be-
lieve me. your excellency. I have
seen blood deeds done today. When
a king goes to war-and u king may
60 before long-the life Of al officer
left behind Is worth no more to him
than that Of q good fighting man taken
with him to the front. Perhaps - be-
tween your honor and myself"
The oflcial took counsel with his
own caution for = moment.
Il will myself 50 20 the palace" said
he at length. ITO b sure. we cannot
Do tao careful + Tho attaining = tAf
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CHAPTER Xiv.
In the Name Of the Law.

IN the Name OF the law.
A. for Roleau, now object Of solicit
tude on the part of q nobleman and
even a king, he was experiencing fur
Their adventures of his own. AS soon
as he had made his escape from the
field where the three had 10 nearly
met disaster, he made such speed as
he could after Kitty, who, az he knew
very we'll, would hasten a. fast as
might be to find some hiding for her
self and the coin.
But where was she now? That he
could not guess, for he had no means
Of learning that Kitty had been left
in the palace Of the king. Rather, he
supposed that she would be at the no
tel which she had made her residence.
He bent his own steps thither as rap
idly as might be.
He met only coldness at the office
Ct that stately caravansary, the Ritz,
where both he and his mistress, save
FOR the int~ercession Of the king, before
this would have been set out in the
streets bag and baggage.
"Mademoiselle, the young American
excollency?" he asked Of the clerk at
the desk. "She IL ct home today?"
We know nothing Of m~ademoiselle,
the youne American excellency," ~
nfed that worthy coldly. She LEFT no
announcement Of Asr plans when she
departed. Che - not returned"
aAle yo1 aaro - - thar demand
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himself from the room. Inquiry found
for him presently the waiting woman
in whose are Kitty had been placed,
and together they approached the
room where she had been left, some
hours before, to her own devices.
They knocked, knocked again, and
yet again-but got no answer. The
woman at length opened the door with
her own key. Her sudden exclama-
ton convinced Count Frederick that
the room was empty.
"She is up to her tricks" exclaimed
he to himself. Nov l wonder"
He did not pause to ask much OF the
waiting woman, but hurried away
down the hall, intent on certain plans
Of his own.
He must find her, must see her at
once. He had no real idea as to which
course Kitty had taken after leaving
the room, but alone after a time, he
walked more slowly, he could not say
why. Something came to his senses,
as first not recognized-a faint
scent-a perfume which it seemed
to him he had known before-the per-
fume of ~violets, faint. indefinite, fra
grant.
He found himself at length in q mar
row hallway from which there were no
side passages. It led him deeper back
into the palace, its trend continually
downward. Thus finally he found him
self in the self-same subterranean tun-
mel which Kitty earlier had discovered.
"She was searching for the torture
chamber" said he to himself, with
sudden conviction. THAT is why abe
came here!"
He came at length to the great door
which closed the passageway. Yes, in
the dust before him were footprints,
and in the dust on the door itself we're
finger prints! The silence and secre-
cy Of ages had been broken within the
hour.
He pushed open the door-pushed 1t
until it met some obstruction-some-
thing which lay vaguely white upon
the floor. He turned downward the
fare Of his light-started back from
what be saw.
She lay at NJ feet. unconscious,
helpless1deaA, - I'll he could I'll.
H bsnt 0.1rSAR. lsa1G. terror n ~
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TWELFTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER KILL.
The Sinews Of War.

It was touch and go between the
two little Kingdoms for a time. Their
troops had faced each other in the
open field. Blood had been shed.
Generals had looked other generals
In the eye at NO great distance. At
the lines OF contact the imperial
rulers OF the two countries had been
within earshot one of the other.
Yet they parted now. Why? The
trumpets sounded the recall, even as
the leaders were awaiting the sum-
mons for the charge. Why? At least
n ruler had been eager for the as
sault, yet did not advance his troops.
Why? The other, vacillating as ever
of soul, one the less had been upon
the battle front itself, whether or
not his courage had been more than
temporary. He now retired. Why?
TIE answer to all these questions
lay In the hands OF the young Amer
lean girl. Sundered, the two halves
Of the divided Gretzhoffen coin still
pleaded for reunion. One lay in the
grasp Of another. Had either king
dom on this day owned them both,
q would have ensued.
Cortislaw Of Grahoffen, old as he
swas, one the less was in respect of
martial nature far in advance of the
weak ruler of Gretzhoffen. Michael
had come to the rescue not so much
to save Count Frederick from danger
as to save Count Frederick for HIM
Sell. He needed Frederick's courage.
Not so Cortislaw, who retired to his
own city Tuning and full Of ire. Evil
was that hour for the courtiers of
Grahoffen, and worst OF all for the un-
fortunate Sachio, who had promised
10 much for his sovereign and him.
self, and who had come SO far short
OF the measure Of his promises.
Believe me, my good friend
Sacbjo," exclaimed Cortislaw, when at
length that crestfallen individual was
brought before him. "Your failure to
bring me the missing half Of the coin
has well-night cost me my dignity and
you your life. l will not longer suffer
such disappointments at your hands"
your majesty" began Sachio, but
the other raised . hand.
We are ut the brink of war now
AT any moment war may be forced
on Us, whether we like it or not. l
did not think Michael would march,
but he has shown that under certain
circumstances he not only can but
will: II we delay we lose all the adj
vantages Of the Initiative. Mono can
tell what yonder Count Frederick will
do, for at least he does not lack cour
age. And now he will be eager for
revenge against us for the danger In
which we have placed him."
1t was a danger shared by all
those who engaged IN the struggle for
the coin," said Sachio. I'VE had 1t
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ends OF Justice. II I cannot gain &C
cess to the king, l shall at least have
made the attempt. If ! can have an
audience. / shall put something of this
cas- before him myself. We wish not
to NEEDLE too intimately in affairs Of
which we do not know. But If the
king disavows you"
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SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray. newspaper woman, finds in
q curio shop half Of a broken coin, the
mutilated inscription on which arouses
her curiosity and leads her. at the order
Of her managing editor, to go to the prin-
cipality of Gretzhoffen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription. She is
her adventures while chasing the secret
Of the broken coin begin.
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By HOUCH


Copyright, 1916 BY Wright A Patterson
Noveuzsd From he Motion Picture Drama o.. The Sam Name. Produced by Ii
Universal Film Manufacturing Company. -.
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RETAIN CONTROL OF SELF
Think One Has the Ability to
Control Others.

The other day man who makes his
living by fighting was struck by an
understood man, and instead of return
ing the blow he walked away from his
diminutive assailant.
This man exhibited much more self
control than the majority of people.
Men who class themselves as being
on higher plane than this fighting
..an would have mixed Immediately
with the hot-headed individual.
What would you have done?
The chances are that you would have
rushed at the fellow with all your
savage instincts to rule you.
This proves that you have not as
much power as you should have over
your impulses.
You may boss other people, but you
are not boss of yourself.
Maybe you wonder why others are
forging ahead of you as leaders of
men.
1t is because they have check rein
on themselves. They have schOoled
themselves that they may be able to
guide others. Self-control is the at
tribute Of Ieader.-Chicago Ameri-
can.
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Her Secret.

A witness, a jolly, plump old wom-
an, in trial in the supreme court of
Massachusetts, was asked what time u
certain train of cars passed her house.
She replied that she began knitting at
three o'clock and had knit twice
around the leg of stocking before it
came along.
The next question, of course, was
how long it would take her to knit
twice around. The judge here, in his
usual quiet humor, suggested that that
would depend upon the size of the
stocking.
To this the witness remarked that
the stocking was for herself and they
could exercise their own judgment as
to the size, and guess how long it
would take.
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sofa it is commonly called "nubbins."
The disease is characterized in the
field by definite plant, fruit and leaf
symptoms. When plants are attacked
while very young, they are markedly
dwarfed by the action of the disease,
growth is slow, the runners are very
much shortened, the leaves are CORE
spondingly reduced in size, the plants
blossom sparingly, and the amount OF
fruit is very much reduced. When old
er plants become diseased the principal
visible effects are on the subsequent
growth of vines and fruit, the vine tips
and leaves being dwarfed and notified
and the fruit malformed as described
elsewhere.
The leaves of diseased plants are
dwarfed, often curled and wrinkled,
and usually have a mosaic or marbled
appearance in which areas of light and
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Wreaths and Trousers.

How near tragedy and comedy are
in the happenings along the battle line
is shown by this incident of the fight
ing on the Isonzo river front, which a
Vienna correspondent Of the New
York Sun tells:
A Caproni fighting aeroplane that
had gone up from the Italian side was
hit by the antiaircraft guns and fell
within the Austrian lines. The pilot
was killed, the observer was somewhat
scratched, but otherwise unhurt. His
trousers, however, were ripped "from
A to z"
Captain Amegliano, the captured
flyer, was inconsolable, and to an Aus
trian officer who sympathized with
him he said:
my poor comrade will be buried and
/ cannot even pay him my last re-
spects-not in this gear"
eff that is ALL" remarked the Aus
trian, ''we1l soon mend that" And
after obtaining permission, he went
up in his Fokker machine and threw
O letter into the Italian line, acquaint-
ing them with the fact, and requesting
"a pair Of new trousers for Captain
Amegliano."
Sure enough, an hour or so later
there was an Italian machine high in
the air, and a package dropped that
contained laurel wreath for the dead
and pair Of trousers for the living.
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A my
Ambassadors
By
Augustus Goodrich Sherwin
copyright, 1916, by w. G. Chapman

Copyright, 1916, by w. G. Chapman.)
'School-Drive Slow" read signs
five hundred feet from the structure
in question in every direction, and
nearing one of these, Gordon Leigh
shut down his high-pOwered automo-
bile to second speed.
The friend with him bestowed q
commencing glance on his thoughtful
and even-minded companion and nod
ded slightly to a group Of our teach
ers, who joined in his appreciation
recognizing the delicate courtesy paid
to the painted suggestion.
Then he thought no more of it, as
they passed the slow belt and the ma
chine sped up to normal, until Leigh
remarked, with half laugh:
Don't think me the overobliging
and considerable friend to humanity
and township restrictions altogether.
There's pair of bright eyes among
that quartet for glance from which
I'd make the auto crawl! The young
lady in blue. Do you know herr"
II don't, Leigh. One Of the new
term teachers, / fancy"
well, am going to know her." de-
clared Leigh persistently.
''Struck?"
'Vitally. She is the most charming
girl have ever seem
The friend shrugged his shoulders,
thus dismissing what he considered q
passing fancy. Leigh said no more.
However, he thought. The next morn
ing, just approaching school call, he
started again over the route of the
day previous.
'Hoity-toity, little one!" he hailed,
halting the car as he noticed tiny
miss SObbing and in tears and wiping
the dust from books and slate. whats
the troubIe?''
81 fell down and mussed everything
up, and I'm afraid I'll be late at school,
and my apron got torn, and l stubbed
my toe, and"
''There! Wen get you to school in
plenty of time, little lady," declared
Leigh with heartiness. and he lifted
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Plant
Aphds Warty

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
A new disease of cucumberS, known
rs the mosaic disease, has appeared
during the past few years in CONNER
cial greenhouses and in fields where
cucumbers are grown for picking pur-
poses. The disease has been known
longest and is now most widespread
and severe in the middle West, where
the industry of growing cucumbers for
picking is centered, particularly in
the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, In
diana, Illinois and Minnesota. Recent
Investigations of the disease have re-
suited in the discovery of it's nature,
that it is closely related to mosaic dis
eases of other plants, and the present
indications are that 1T can be con-
trOlled by the Introduction of sanitary
measures and insect-control methods.
Further experiments with control
measures are being carried out.
Appearance of Diseased Plants.
The mosaic disease is commonly
known in Michigan, Indiana and Wis
cOnsin as white pickle" In Mime
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quite similar in it's principal symptoms
to those found in the field, the princi-
pal differences being that the disease
appears to be more virulent, many OF
the plants whiting and dying.
Nature of the Disease.
The mosaic disease belongs to the
same class as the mosaic diseases OF
tobacco, potato, tomato, poke weed and
other plants, which have been known
for some time. The exact cause OF
this class of trouble has not been dis
covered, but it is considered to be what
is known as the filterable virus, an
agent of infection which is so finely di-
vided that it will pass through a por-
celain filter and still retain it's ability
to reproduce the disease when injected
into healthy plants. The sap or juice
of any portion of diseased vine, if in
jected into a healthy vine, will pro-
duce the disease. The period of incu-
baton, that is, the time which elapseS
from the incubation of the vine to the
first visible symptoms of the disease,
in the greenhouse is from seven to