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to open the lock, believing that If he
could only gain the narrow passage he
might be able to fight his way out.
To his surprise. the door opened in
his face, and Two-Gun Jake entered.
The gunman took in the situation in
a second, and flung himself at Burton's
neck. John was ~momentarily stag
gered by this unexpected assault. Be-
fore he could ecove himself he was
grabbed by a dozen hands and pinned
against a wall.
He had never before set eyes on such
a loathsome crew as the men into
whose clutches he had fallen. Each
face bore the impress of crime and
drink. The low forehead, the wolflike
jaw, the receding chin, eyes baleful
with lust and avarice-these were the
features common to the Hell-cats, who,
indeed, must have been named by an
artist in criminal nomenclature.
TwO-Gun Jake relinquished his hold
John without his help.
$50 you are the wise guy who goes
around flashing dollar bills for the
benefit of the deserving poor?' he
guffawed loudly. SWELL, l guess there's
no one more in need of your kind help
than this yer crowd. We're goin' to
trouble you, Mr.. Burton, for ten thou
sand plunks. That'S'Our price-not q
cent less. An make no mistake, you're
goin' to pay and keep a shut mouth
afterward, or Well increase your
weight with several ounces of good
solid lead. Now, what's it to be? A
friendly sentiment, or the other thing?'
Burton did not reply at once. He
was trapped, and knew it. He looked
almost cOmpassionately at the girl who
had decOyed him to this den, and she
flushed violently under his piercing
gaze. He noticed that a wizened old
hag was now standing by Blanche Grif-
fms side, and apparently gloating over
the success of the strategem which
brought this rich prize within the tolls,
but John had a fleeing impression that
the girl was secretly ashamed of her
tempOriZe.
IF you fellows have any common
sense" he said, you must know quite
well that even a man reputedly wealthy
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TWELFTH EPISODE
Into the Pit
The HeII-Cats.

When, If ever. the biography of John
Burton, tenth marquis of CastletOn, is
written, his adventure with the gang
of notorious criminals known to the
police and to newspaper reporters as
the ~Hellcats' will probably bulk large
in that interesting and exciting record.
Ia the first place, ii was through
their instrumentality that he had met
Grace Coe, an event fraught with the
utmost significance to his future life
secondly. he contrived to get himself
marked down for the gangs signal ven
geance with results which nearly
proved disastrous on more than one Oc-
caSiOn.
The affair began so quietly that no
one could have suspected its eXtraOr-
binary outcome. One morning John
was seated in his study. going through
some business papers, when his valet
announced that a poor woman wished
to see him. Burton at once gave an en-
phatic refusal. He had learned long
since that philanthropy. if it would
be reasonably successful, must act
along business lines. and all appeals
for his assistance were straightway re-
ferred to a trustworthy secretary. who
either investigated them in person or
made inquiries through n of the
many charitable associations in the
city. BY this means the young million
aire was saved, at least, from down
right swindling.
The servant was leaving the room
when ii became evident that the would
be visitor refused to he denied. She
had crossed the hall and was striving
to enter the study without further an
nOuncement.
Moreover. John had heard a soft,
well-spoken voice saying t%earfully:
II am sure if only Mr.. Burton would
come and see my mother he would help
her. There is n % in all this large
city more deserving of assistance"
Bitter experience should have taught
Burton that the more plausible the
story the greater chance there was that
it might be based on deceit. But he
never could refuse the appeal of a
woman so. changing his mind, he babe
the valet allow the applicant to enter.
Yet, some degree of prudence having
been forced on him by events, he no
sooner saw hat the newcomer was
young and g~ood-looking than he made
n secret sign which warned the serv-
ant to remain within earshot.
The girl. who was very poorly
dressed, and seemed to be in a state of
genuine misery. told him that her
name was Blanche Griffin.
"My mother has been broken down
by anxiety and Illness she explained.
Father died w years z and my
brother is iE a hospital, having been
seriously injured while at work in a
munitlon factory. We have really tried
hard, Mr.. Burton, to keep body and
SOU together, but my mother absolute
ly refuses to have Il wretched little
family troubles investigated by the
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was thus able to help Reilly in the fu-
rious struggle which now broke out,
because Jake was the first to under
stand Reilly's strategy, and promptly
called on his associates t put the
traitor lou of business"
Hes only playin' for time" he
yelled. Go to it, boys, an get both
of 'em ~
The marvel was hat revolvers were
not used: possibly some sense of real
and instant danger withheld the gang
from creating more noise than was alb
sOlutely necessary. They put forth ev-
cry effort, however, to overcome the
two men, and Burton could only see
out Of the tail of his eye that his I'M
known rescuer was making a gallant
fight against overwhelming odds.
He, too, was about to collapse again
under the united attack Of four or five
men, when the door was burst open
and a number of police in uniform APP
peared.
The fight stopped then and there,
OF course. The. sole intent of every
rascal among the Hell-cats now was
to save his own skin. so the room emp-
tied AS though by magic except those
who had been gripped by officers Of
the law at the first onset.
Burton noted In a dazed sort Of way
that the man who had taken such risk
in order to help him had disappeared
with the rest. This fact puzzled him.
He could not understand it ut all. He
yet had to learn that il Reilly were
seen to be in active collision with the
police his life would undoubtedly be
forfeited, since the Hell-cats would
strain every nerve to punish him.
Reilly's only chance Of safety in the
future lay In convincing his former
criminal associates that he had really
meant we'll by them in bringing Il
warning Of police intervention, and
that he had attacked Two-Gun Jake
merely to put an end to a foolish and
untimely argument. In order to de-
ceive the Hell-cats he must also evade
the police. In addition to this, he did
not wish the police to think he had
fallen from grace.
aT=- EH
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does not carry large sums of money in
his pocket. Moreover, if l SEND to my
bank for any such amount as that
which you demand, there will certainly
be an investigation before it is handed
over to your messenger. Now, if you
will be reasonable l am willing to help
you-even by purchasing my freedom
1t you insist on putting it that way
but l must warn you that you are sim
ply counting disaster by asking for
such a prepOsterous figure"
"You can chuck that here and now,''
broke in Jake, fiercely. "All you've got
to do, mister, is to sign your check. or
In your pocket. Go through
him!" he went on, with a %truculent
sign to the others. Lets see how he's
fixed. We must have that money this
morning, an he'll soon be glad to get it
here"
A ferOcious grin on the mans face
showed that he meant exactly what he
said. He would stop short Of no vile
means to enforce his demands. OF
course, Burton should have yielded
forthwith and trusted to the law TO
avenge his wrongs, but his gore rose
ut the notion that these rufiians should
be able to plumber him with impunity.
and he risked everything on q new and
desperate effort to free himself.
Physically, he was a match for any
three among them. but it was a foolish
thing to tackle a dozen desperadoes,
any one OF whom might have put a
summary end to the affair by knife or
pistol.
Two-Gun Jake was evidently afraid
that something Of the sort might hap
pen. AS John went down under q COM
blned attack he heard the leaders
warning yell:
Tie him up, the swine, but don't
hurt him too much. He's worth moth
In dead"
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fun details Of the affair from its IN
tended victim, and Reilly slipped out
of the office soon afterwards in order
to change his clothes and remove from
his face and hands the evidences of
that breathless struggle.
Burton was therefore left alone
with Grace Coe, the valet having gone
with the police. 1t was the first time
the two had met, and John, finding
himself in company of a charming
young whose life was devoted
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to philanthropic effort, e%xpounded the
theory which possessed him like a
nightmare.
mo matter how / strive he said
bitterly, 81 can never escape from the
dreadful knowledge that humanity is
in the grip of Evil"
Grace was shocked and distressed
by such an opinion from the lips of Il
man who seemed to speak with sim
certify. She shook her head.
II do not agree with you, Mr.. Bur
ton," she answered. my experience
of life leads to a directly opposite con-
clusion. 1t is nothing new to me to.
hear such views, however, because my
father holds that it is impossible
to reform a criminal. but l am certain
that this terrible verdict on mankind
is both unjust and unwarranted by
the facts. Why. you owe your life
today to Bill Reilly, a notorious bur
glar who has committed nero
crimes and has served several terms
in the penitentiary!"
John a decidedly taken aback by
the girls vigorous defense of her
protege. He smiled. and did not re-
ply at once. Looking around the trim
office. with its businesslike equipment
and practical air. he decided to inves-
tigate Miss Goes theories.
Il am interested in settlement work.
he said at last. II have seen some
thing of it already-under different
cOnditiOnS-and would like to learn
your methods. May 1 come OCCASION
ally and help your"
Grace blushed prettily. Not every
day did she receive offers of assist
ance from young and good-lOoking mil
lionaires.
I'VE are always glad of the COOP
Grafton of earnest-minded people," she
said simply, and John liked her all the
more that she did not accept his serv-
ices too readily.
Oddly enough. Grace's convictions
were tested severely that very night.
Infatuated by the failure of his at
tack on Burton, Two-Gun Jake re-
solved to break into the Goes home
and rifle it of money and jewels.
Blanche Griffin was his tool. When
he had forced n window and seen thai
the coast was clear he helped his con
federate to enter Grace's boudoir.
The girl was actually collecting IA
number of %valuables when she upset
Il vase, and was surprised by Grace.
who walked in from her bedroom.
Instead of screaming for help she
caught the would-be thief by the arm.
spoke to her kindly, and soon brought
tears TO B%lanche's eyes.
Jake, witnessing this scene from the
garden. was so astonished by. it that
he neglected his own job and was
grabbed by a patrolman. who straight
way brought him into the lighted
room.
Grace, however. was true to her
principles. She denounced the police
man and literally dumfounded Jake by
declaring that Blanche was her maid.
The result was that Jake was set at
liberty. and Grace kept the d~iscredited
Blanche in the house as her guest.
Blanche Griffin was so overcome by
this treatment that she promised to
reform and undertook to cut herself
adrift from the Hell-cats forthwith.
Thus far, things had gone well. but
the days doings had sown the seeds
of future mischief, and John Burton
was destined TO, receive further and
very bitter proof Of his theory that
Humanity was in the Grip of Evil.
even as his meeting with Grace Coe
had brought to him the realization that
there was something Of good in the
world.
(END OF TWELFTH EPISODE.)
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Trade Ideas.

II hear the travelling salesman who
struck this town a few days ago pre-
posed to three girls in the curse OF
one evening"
Il suppose he thought while he was
here he might as well show them sam
pies of his affection"
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ladies who come around on what they
term 'slum work 1t is not our fault
that we have to live in the slums, and
it is hard OF broken-down working peO-
pie that they should be classed with
outcasts simply because poverty has
Overtaken them"
The plea was nothing new to John.
He had often found the direst want
among the honest and industrious poor,
and one Of the chief difficulties organ
lied charity has to conquer Is brought
about by the false pride which refuses
TO make known its sufferings. He was
somewhat attracted, too, by the girls
manner and appearance.
CHANGING ut a diary. he found he had
no engagement Of Importance that
morning. The weather was fne, and
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.stuns.

Stun0.
The Hawker-Buy some flowers for
your wife?
But am not married"
"Well. then, guv'nor. buy the lot to
celebrate your luck v-London Tit
Bits
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The Vendetta.

The fight had ended and Burton was
lying on the floor, helpless in the grip
Of his assailants, when the gang was
startled by an imperative knock on
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run?"
The argument was unanswerable.
Reilly was handcuffed forthwith. and
would have been led away in durance
vile had not Burton come in with the
valet. OF course. John recognized i'm
mediately the man whose valiant in
PREVENTION had saved him from seri.
GUS injury if not from death itself.
why he cried in amazement. "this
chap is on our side. He helped me at
a critical moment. II he had not
fought with the utmost courage I
would have had a knife between my
ribs"
The police looked surprised, as well
they might, but Burton explained mat
ters SO lucidly and Grace Goes tribute
to Reilly's character was so ~convinc-
Ing that they had no option but to re-
lease the prisoner.
They saw, too. that they must not
cite him as a witness. because his APP
pearance in behalf Of the authorities
would practically condemn him to
death. His testimony was not really
needed, since they themselves had
caught the gang while actually en-,
gagged In a kidnapping outrage which
might easily have ~eventuated in muir
der. So they went away, having taken
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-16
BRITISH BOATS
Still USED FOR
MAIL To MANILA

A copy of the official mail-despatch
bulletin of the Railway Mail Service,
sent out by Acting Superintendent A.
W. Watts DC the San Francisco divi.
sion, was received last night on the
Nippon Maru from San Francisco by
Chief Clerk Frank w. Vaille of the
Railway Mail Service in this territory
and made public by him today.
The bulletin contradicts news
stories printed in San Francisco pa
pers, to the effect that the use of
British steamers from Vancouver for
mail from San Francisco to the Philip
pines was to be discontinued, and only
army transports used. ..>
Three big British boats are listed
in the bulletin, dated September s.,
as steamers to carry United States
mail from Vancouver to the Philip
pines in October, They are the Can
adian-Pacifie steamers Empress of
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New Zealand has an annual death
rate of less than ! per cent.
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LITTLE GIRL Of
SIX VICTIM OF
TERRIBLE Crime

One of the worst outrages in local
police annals took place this morning
in Kalihi, when a tiny 6-year-old girl
was assaulted and left unconscious.
She and her 4-year-old cousin, who
ran screaming for help, say the fiend
was a soldier.
The police were notified shortly be-
fore II O'Clock and the victim was
rushed to the Emergency hospital.
where Police Surgeon r. G. Ayers
quick aid revived the spark of life
which had all but flickered out.
Deputy Sheriff Asch, in charge OF
the department at the time, despatch
ed Chief Arthur McDuffie with an
auto load of detectives to scour the
vicinity where the outrage occurred.
They were heavily armed and the
deputy's orders were, Bring him in,
dead or alive"
Choked to black-faced senseless-
ness, with the marks of gouging fin
gers on her throat the little girl, who
is too young even to attend a kinder
garten school, was found in the bush
es near her home after the warning
was spread.
Frustrated by the shock, the girls
mother lies in a semi-comatose state
at the home. The aunt and grand
mother went to the hospital to cry out
in joy when the pretty youngster slow
ly opened her eyes and spoke. -.
viii she live?" moaned the older
woman, her eyes filled with tears and
Ger voice trembling.
Il think she WILL" the doctor COM
forted her, but it's a miracle she
wasn't killed outright"
DR.: Aver says it is the worst case
that ever came to him. Asch says he
has never seen anything so horrible.
The girl is daughter of Hilo man
who spends part of his time here. The
mother stays with her daughter at
the home of the grandmother, near
the new territorial prison in Kalihi.
The father is not here, but has been
notified.
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SOCIETY TAKES
UP new POLICY
At kANEHAMEHA
If NOT for Best Interests of the
School, Declares Trustees
Should Reconsider

II the recently emphasized policy Of
the trustees of the Kamehameha
schools, by which students OF nation
alities other than Hawaiian may be
admitted If they can be accommodate
ed. is not for the best interests of
the institution, then the policy should
be recOnsideTed.
This is the decision reached by the
Ahahui Puuhonua o ma Hawaii, Ha-
waiian society whose aim is the pro-
lection OF the interests of all Hawaii
ans. after hearing a report from Dele
gate j. K. Kalanianaole, Mayor John
c. Lane and Rev. Akaiko Akana, a
special committee appointed to investi-
gate the new policy. The report was
presented to a meeting of the society
done in the matter" says Mayor Lane,
1T is only matter of reasoning out
with the trustees what should best be
made in the matter" says Mayor Lane,
who personally believed that the old
policy of admitting only Hawaiians
and part-Hawaiians should be retain
ed. 1--WE want to bring about an I'M
Outstanding to the extent that, il this
HO" pILiAg 10 lOI" lOl tic DCSI luICi-
ests Of the school, the former policy.
should be retained il possible - g.
We have talked over the matter
with f. c. Peters, attorney for the
Kamehameha Alumni Association, and
find that, legally, the trustees have
the right to outline any policy. But,
in my opinion, the old policy seems to
be the best for all concerned. This
is the feeling of former students @.
the school to whom we have talked,
and many of these had to work for
their tuition" @-
In furtherance of its investigation,
the special committee shortly may
meet with the members of the Ka-
mehameha Alumni Association to as
certain that organizations views on
the subject.
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FRANKLIN Will !.
REFUND MONEY
TO ALL DONORS
$4,000 of Proceeds From
Sale of Mahuka Site to Be
Returned Contributors

Within a month after the sale at
public auction Of tile Mahuka site,
which will be sold TO the highest bid
der October 81. Collector Of Customs
Malcolm A. Franklin will refund to all
who contributed money for the open
ing and dedication of Bishop street
through the site the sums they do
mated, amounting in all to $35, 900.
The refunding of contributions for
the Bishop street extension is author
lied by an act of Congress approved
March 3, 1915. providing for the sale
of the Mahuka site, and for the cree
ton of a new federal building, to cost,
with the site, not to exceed $1.325, 00o.
The act provides an upset price OF
$165. 900 for the site, but in the cable
gram received this week by Collector
Franklin from Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury Byron r. Newton, who
was here last year looking over the
federal building situation, the upset
was increased to 100000. .ss.".... a.
The secretary of the treasury is
authorized by the act to arrange for
of all contributors to
the opening and dedication of Bishop
street through the site, through any
responsible fiscal agent, who in this
case will be Collector Franklin.
. OF the amount which will be realized
by the coming sale the secretary is
authorized to deduct $50, coo, the total
contributed. The contributors will be
to the amount Of their con-
tributions without interest A man
who gave $1,000 will be refunded only
that amount Collector Franklin will
pay off all claims. e. ..--s -
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sonny CARRIERS
DEATHEXPLAINED
BY BRIEF LETTER

How Dayton Sonny Carter of Hilo
was slain by his bride in the double
tragedy in San Francisco is told in
papers. arriving from the coast last
night The San Francisco Chronicles
account is as follows: ....
Life separated Dy an ocean from
the man she loved or death with him
by her side?
Myrtle Carter. 20 years old. bride
Of a month, faced this grim question
in the early hours fthe morning
yesterday, and chose death. She took
her husband, Henry Dayton Carter. %,
with her. The story was revealed
with the finding OF the young couple
in the gas-filled single room. they had
called home in the Harrison Hotel,
456 Harrison street.
Silent evidence showed that the
woman had wrestled with the problem
alone, and as dawn stole into the
heavens had made her decision. ST.
lently she must have left the bed
upon which reposed her sleeping hus-
band, walked to the tiny gas stove
and opened the four gas jets.
Both Found Dead. ......-~.. !. 49,.
Maybe she prayed-there is no one
to supply the missing facts-but when
the door of their apartment was
broken open, she was found lying
upon the bed and her husband was
face downward upon the floor. He
had evidently awakened too late to
save himself ~.
Those who knew the couple say
Carter, a machinist and a native of
Hawaii, planned to go to sea yester-
day. His bride, say their friends, had
said that death was preferable to
separation, blasting of her dream of
a home and her hopes for children.
For both, her friends say, she ex-
pressed a passionate desire.
. "A letter found in the effects of the
husband and addressed to William
Cooke, a machinist, with whom he
had worked, told the story of the
young wife's battle to induce her hus-
band to abandon his plans.
Room With Record :.
That she had failed was answered
by the grim tragedy revealed yester-.
day morning-the second, according
to roomers, enacted within the small
room in which the couple lived. Four
years ago, say occupants of the hotel,
a man shot and killed himself there
because of an unhappy love. e-.E
"Once before, police records reveal
ed, Mrs. Carter, who was Miss Myr-
tie White before her marriage, at
tempted her own life. This, how
ever, was before she became bride
and. according to her friends, when
she was forced to work as a cabaret
entertainer in San Francisco cafes"
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ARRESTED OFFICER
QUITS WHEN REQUESTED

William Spencer, Aiea policeman,
has resigned at the request of the
police department following his ar
rest on charge of extorting money
from Japanese, and Mounted Police,
man Robert M. Kanealii has been sus-
pended for month by Sheriff Rose
on charge of beating a soldier
Spencer is said to have taken
money from the Japanese because
they were fishing on Sunday, which is
permissible, and it is said that he
made no report of the collections to
his superiors. 49,. ...
Kanealii's alleged offense took
place september at the corner of
King and Nuuanu streets. Joseph E.
Sheedy, general superintendent of the
Inter-Island, says he saw the beating
and reported it to headquarters He
states further that he was abused by
Kanealii while so doing.
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They will cover in detail the whole range of
what he conceves the needs of this community
to be, and what steps he would take to satisfy
these needs adequately and completely through
the agency of the Delegates office at Washington.
There will be a true presentation of the ideas.
of an: earnest and competent man, who seeks to