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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24
NORMAL BASkETEERS
TO PLAY |. R. HIGH

Coach Dan Estes will escort his
basketball proteges to Little Rock to-
morrow morning for couple of bat
ties with Little Rock high school, the
games to be played in the afternoon
and night. The Pedagogues opine
they have fair chance to cop at
last one and possibly both contests.
The locals may lineup as follows:
Legg and Glover, forwards; Sims,
center; Moore and Clark, guards; O.
Ray and Stermer, substitutes.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24
REDUCED RATES.

On account of the Arkansas Bap-
tist Laymen's Convention February
2S to March 5, round trip tickets to
Little Rock will be on sale February
26 and 27 at $1.50.
On account of the race meetings
March II to 81, roundtrip tickets to
Hot Springs are on sale now at
$4.30.-dwtf
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24
SUIT FOR PARTITION.

Melia Sims and others today filed
suit in the Faulkner chancery court,
asking the partition and sale of the
north half and southwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of section II,
5-13, the property of Willy Sims, de-
ceased. Ola Stewart and several
others are named as parties defend
ant
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24
RECEIVES CARLOAD
CHEVROLET MOTORS

j. d. Dunaway, agent for Faulk-
ner county of the Chevrolet motor
cars, is today unloading a carload of
six of these machines for distribution
here The Chevrolet is said to be one
of the best low-priced cars on the
market and is made by the largest
automobile concern in the world.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24

All members are urged to be presspt
in person.
J. M. Garrett, Chairman.
G. E. Owen, Secretary.
Conway, Ark, Feb. 23, 1915.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24

G. B. Howden of Van Buren, train
master of the Central Division of the
Iron Mountain railroad, was in Con-
way this morning.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-24
] H. DURHAM FOR CONSTABLE.

John H. Durham, night marshal of
Conway for nearly seven years, an
nounces his candidacy for constable
of Cadron township. subject to the
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05

things one can spend money for on long,
mysterious roads, where there are only
tree taverns for birds and the jealously
guarded treasure boards of squirrels. But
since the accounts we find that we can
live perfectly comfortably on our five
dollars week and usually with some left
over.
Sometimes when we are near cities we
find ourselves yearnIng for civilization.
This means extra expense, for civiliza-
tion seems to include theatres, restau.
rants and unexpected costs. So then we
march up to the city editor OF the best
known paper and offer him our story for
a sufficiently modest sum, which Is
simple. not troublesome, and pays for the
celebration. We stopped in this way at
Baltimore. Washington and Richmond.
returning to the last several times to ad-
mire the beautiful Capitol building with
its graceful lines, set in q sunny park.
But why do they have convicts in stripes
wandering about the lawns sweeping up
the leaves and keeping children on the
grass?
These are our only expenses, food for
ourselves and the horse, luxuries, and
horseshoes, for our horse loses his shoes
with startling rapidity, the reason being,
think, that the southern blacksmiths are
used to shoeing only mules and smaller
horses, and so do not use sufficient EFFORT
to nail them firmly.
AS l write there is a hunt going on in
our woods, and unfortunately we seem to
be the centre of IL. About eight able.
bodied men and ten or twelve dogs have
been pursuing one small, shaky rabbit
all morning long, with the most blood
curdling howls, which they use for sig
nails. There is a certain class of men
here who never have any work to do at
all. They go about in rags, and seem to
De half fed, but there isn't one who can't
anord his rife and his hunting dogs. In
the north there are a great many people
so poor that they can't afford the lux
uries OF life. Here, when a man is poor.
ne cant anord the necessities, although
ne always finds way to get the luxuries
II sounds like an attractive system. but II
produces the most unattractive specimens
or humanity, the chief end of whose
existence Is the capture OF the 'possum
and the rabbit
We do not suffer the slightest discom.
fort from bad weather. In fact we rather
iOoh AoINaIu 10 IeW Gays OF rain as a
rest We put our horse in some good
natured neighbors barn-there are Al.
ways such in the South-build a cosv
little fire and close either the back or
the front curtain according to the direc-
ion OF the rain. The wagon is perfectly
waterproof and nothing has ever suffered
from dampness or rust.
When II was warmer we used 10 put
on our bathing suits, and go out IN ths
rain for cold shower.
We have both gained slightly in weight
and are greatly improved in health, due
to keeping early hours and simple food.
and best OF all, the open, air. We are
going TO continue our journey all through
florlda' ana from that on our plans are
very indefinite.
But wherever we go we've proved one
thing. Love In a cottage-on- wheels Is lots
y better and more interesting than lust
plain love in a cottage.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05
By Berenice SchmeIke

WV HEN we decided 20 marry Billy
M and decided also that we were
" going TO be really happy on our
honeymoon. OF course. 90 the poets and
all say. the happiest way to spend a
honeymoon Is TO become "lovein-a-cot.
tager."
But we also wanted TO travel on our
honeymoon. How could we travel and
have our love in . cottage at the same
timer
Picture US thinking heavily! All!
That's the ideal We would have love-in-
a-cottageon-wheeIs!
And that's what we're having.
Automobiles were too fast and too ex.
pensive. Besides one could hardly call
an auto cottage on wheels. What we
wanted was horse and n caravan. That
is what We got AS We had decided to
extend our honeymoon for Z year at
least and travel all over the South all
the time we wanted, OF course. we bought
the most durable kind OF horse we could
get.
We have him still, His name is Oswald.
He was dray horse pulling coal on the
Brooklyn docks, where we saw him first
and were charmed with his strength and
siEe-he weighs 1900 pounds-so we
bought him for $500. After more than
six months OF travelling he is in perfectly
good condition, although not quite so
heavy.
Our caravan cost 5000 TO have built.
also. The inside measurements are 9ls
feet long by 5 feet wide and feet high,
with roll-up canvas curtains back and
front. and a little window in each side.
The general eject is that OF small pa.
per box wagon. the weight being l.400
pounds. Il could have been built very
much cheaper and lighter n made with
rounded canvas top ike the old-fashioned
prairie schooner which the horse traders
use down South. but II would not be 30
cosy and homelike. especially in rainy
weather. II pays to have Il well built in
the beginning because we have had no
accidents with the wagon besides few
rips in the canvas which We mended our
selves
Our furniture Is simple and inexpen-
sive, since we built most OF II ourselves.
Under the drivers seat are two shelves
With our books and box for provisions
dishes and odds and ends. The lid pro-
5ects. and serves a double purpose, being
p desk on one side and an ironing board
on the other.
The bed is two mattresses. one laid
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05

on the other. to form
u couch In the day.
leaving a floor space
three feet wide. At
the back is our chif-
fonier. just a box
with shelves. COW
cred with cretonne
and with a mirror
above, and opposite
a little stove-the
smallest Size we
could buy - which
cost eight dollars.
The rug. couch COW
or, cushions and cur.
tains are all green
10 match the walls.
Nay kitchen uten.
sils are aluminium
and so have not
shown the slightest
bit OF wear. We
carry n little fifteen
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05


dollar phonograph. the especial delight OF
sim; le country folk, many OF whom have
never heard one before, and chafing
dish for quick lunches and candy max
ings However, | think our whole in
terror equipment cost less than nifty
dollars.
After we had gotten everything to-
wanted to spend every week. We de-
cided at last to allow ourselves fve
dollars a week TO run our establish
ment. Two dollars Of that is for horse
feed, usually oats. corn being very much
more expensive In the South We almost
always manage 10 get an armful OF hay
for the night from neighboring farmers
for a few cents. and more often for moth
ing at all.
We repair the harness ourselves. Any
one can do this by carrying a supply OF
rivets and bits OF old leather. Fuel costs
us nothing. as there Is always an abun-
dance OF wood. and when We are near a
railroad track We have the added luxury
of coal.
We usually spend the remaining three
dollars for food. IL Is less expensive 70 no
tice what the people In each place eat and
follow their example. For instance. the
southerners make great use OF sweet po-
tatoes, which are twelve cents a peck,
bacon at eleven cents a pound, rice. corn
meal and hominy, and they are all the
best OF their kind. ! am collecting every
new recipe that l discover, and my cook
book win be one OF the most complete
OF its kind. and unique.
And, oh yes! II you ever go caravan
ing never forget TO take a medicine chest
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05
OF strangers. except

OF strangers, except the Southern gen
tleman in Maryland who was going to
shoot Billy for carrying me on. and yet
who allowed his own wife and daughter
to drudge themselves to death on his
farm.
We have camped perfectly happily and
socially in the same grove with Italian
organ grinders, horse traders and gypsies,
although We generally avoid the latter,
they having never been sufficiently taught
the law of mine and thine. We have
chatted with Civil War veteran who re-
membered Grant and Lee in Spottsyl-
vania Courthouse; We have swapped ex-
periences with a horse trader who had
been gypsying for ten years; we saved a
peanut factory from burning TO the
ground in Virginia; we witnessed a regu-
lar old-fashioned negro baptism in a
river, which had all the weirdness OF a
heather rite, and we discovered a still
with some sure-enough, dime-novel moon
sinners in North Carolina.
Despite our good intentions and discus
sion OF expenses before we started out,
We soon discovered that neither Of us has
& grain OF sense about finances. II has
only been for the past few weeks that
We have been keeping accounts. Before
that, as long as there was any money TO
spend II went recklessly. and after that
We lived with painful economy for a time
until We caught up with our schedule
IL is possible to live this alternate lean
and fat life TO a much greater extent in a
cottage on wheels" than In a plain cot.
tage. Simplest food seems luxurious
out OF doors, and there are very few
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05

Asst August Miss Berenice William schmeke,
wellknown New York artist. married. Miss Logue
. had been Mr.. schmeikes model Of his most
successful work.
~How shall spend our honeymoon" they had asked
when the date for the wedding they
question and what has happened day they
forth with Oswald their durable schmeke after
than six months Of entersannsy
rafa
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05

went away, but I
am sure we are the
only people in the
United States who
ever set up house
keeping on the
N 9 wark Water
Supply!
Those were the
days when it hadn't
occurred to US to
ask permission to
spend the night on
private property.
We used to select
a desirable spot.
Ike possession
and then wait for
the advent of the
owner, who always
turned up, and then
trust to our per
sonal charm and
his good disposi-
tion to let us stay.
He usually did. but
1t is so much
simpler and more
satisfactory to ask
first.
This is not so
true OF the South
where land is less
valuable, houses
fewer and people
not so suspicious
Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-05

had to use IL. gives us great confidence,
am writing this now from some
where in Florida" We have been more
than six months on our wedding journey
and it has been just perfectly lovely
every bit Of It.
Adventures? Lots Of them. And, to 90
back again to the automobile idea, 30
many people have asked US while on our
way why we didn't take an auto instead
OF a horse, so as TO travel faster" The
reasons why we didn't were. as have
said the expense, our preference for the
gypsy style and the fact that we didn't
want ito go faster" But since then we
have discovered that our way is the only
way. Besides being cheaper. which II is, OF
course, in spite OF the steady rise in the
price OF feed the farther south one goes,
there are the discouraging roads In some
States. There are still a great many So
called automobile roads which are i'm
passable except by the lighter cars. and
the despairing expressions on the faces
OF the owners give one the impression
that their efforts are far from pleasant.
For example. on the road from Dunn
fries to Fredericksburg. Va, there is a
frightful mud hole. the mere existence
OF which In dry weather is enough to
cause suspicion. Every passing auto,
mobile sticks in II. until several rough,
uncouth natives appear, build a bridge
OF planks. which are strangely near at
hand, and push the car over Where
upon the frantic and perspiring owner
pays them and goes on his way.
Copyright, 1919 by the Star Conn
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ening the mud hole. II they think It nee
essary. disappear until the next victim
appears.
We were so angry with their duplicity
that we rested two or three hours, and
then attacked the mud hole ourselves.
and owing to the enthusiastic aid OF the
noble Oswald. pulled through with flying
colors.
There have been many trials like the
Dumfries mud hole. and still our horse
has not lost his Pickwickian girth, or his
complacent disposition. doubt II an
auto with so heavy a load as ours would
have done so wen.
Ever since we started we have been
wonderfully fortunate in finding such de-
lightful camping places at night, in spite
of the Observation-Disclosures OF finding our
selves on very private property where we
shouldn't be at all. One night in New
Jersey we camped quite innocently near
convicts' camp, until a man came up to
inform us that If the authorities, whoever
those mysterious beings are, knew We
were there we would be arrested on the
suspicion of helping convicts to escape.
Can you imagine anything more thrilling
ly criminal than that? So We stayed, but
we were unlucky. because they didn't dis
cover US after all.
Another time We stayed on the property
OF the Newark Water Supply without
realizing how very sacred and private
water supply property is. until an excited
guard came rushing up to destroy US.
But we argued and argued, and finally he
y. Great Britain Rights Reserve1
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-17

Ing as a costume model. Legar and
two of his followers, in the meantime,
entered Aimick's studio on the pre-
tense Of being fire marshals inspec-
| tor, caught the artist off his guard,
and carried him bound and gagged and
helpless to one of the small back
rooms Of the studio building.
Peggy herself, before starting out
in answer to that summons, was still
somewhat uneasy in mind over recent
events. So she left word with her
father to call for her not later than
eleven o'clock.
But more than Dan O'Mara called
for his daughter that night, for ten
minutes after her departure from the
cottage Margery Golden's limousine
drew up at the door. Margery's eyes
widened when O'Mara explained the
reason of his daughters absence from
home.
But an artist like Frank Aimick
would never be able to work at night"
she argued. with growing alarm. HE
must have daylight for working In
color"
Dan O'Mara turned to the table at
his side.
Here's his message, plain as day.
written in his own handwritin'," was
the puzzled workman's only explana-
ton.
Margery took the message in her
hand and studied it. Then her color
faded little.
THAT is not Frank Aimick's writ
ing!" she suddenly announced.
eve must get to that studio as fast
as my car can carry us.
Peggy O'Mara, in the meantime,
was being confronted by more than
one surprise. The first came with her
arrival at the Aimick studio, when
the stranger who opened the door in
response to her knock informed her
that the artist was out, but would re-
turn in a minute or two. The Sec |
ond came with the quiet movement |
of yet another man who sidled up to
the studio door and promptly locked
and barred it. But the greatest sur
prise Of all awaited her as she turned J
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-17
SYNOPSIS.

On Windward Island Palidori 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. Palidori floods the is
land and kidnaps Goldens little daughter
Margery Twelve years later in New York
a Masked One rescues Margery from Lee
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 warning and q
demand for portion of the chart of
Windward Island. Margery meets her
mother. The chart is lost in fight be-
tween Manley and one OF Legar's 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
IS dynamited during a masked ball. Le-
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 oil
the Iron Claw by the Laughing Mask.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-08-17
throne. "The painting-it is spit

throne "The painting-it is spit
ting steel at us!"
| Legar, however, was no longer in
need of that warning. Standing to
one side of the mantel, close beside
the wall, he attacked the huge can
vas with his fire-tongs, beating in the
center of the picture at the same time
that Peggy OMara, realizing that
she was no longer being held pris-
oner, caught up lockwood tabou-
ret and with 1t precipitated her
self on the preoccupied Legar.
He ignored that flank attack, how
ever, for the Iron Claw suddenly found
himself confronted by figure OF more
Importance than either the spindle
legged girl or painted gunman.
Out from behind that tattered can
vas had emerged a man wearing a
yellow mask, tossing to one side
slender blowpipe as he came. Before
he could regain his feet after that hur-
ried leap from the mantel shelf, Legar
himself had dropped the fire tongs and
whipped a revolver from his pocket.
This he leveled directly at the body
Of the Laughing Mask. But before
he could pull the trigger, Peggy's
tabouret struck against his out.
stretched arm, knocking the weapon
up in the air.
By this time the Laughing Mask
was up on his feet, and face to face
with his enemy. Before the revolver
could again be brought into play the
two had clenched. Then the Iron Claw
went down before clean-cut blow
from his opponent. He recovered him
self sufficiently, however, to roll to
where his fallen revolver lay. But
before he could level that firearm at
his adversary the Laughing Mask, re-
Numbering that even the officers of
the law were no longer his friends,
dived out through the small door at
the rear of the studio and disappeared
from sight, for already the sound Of
O'Mara and his rescuing party could
be heard as they swarmed up the
stairs.
The Iron Claw himself heard those |
sounds, drew himself together, and |
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from the door and saw Legar himself
standing before her.
She stood there, white Tipped, star
ing from one evil face to the other as
Legar's companions closed In about
her.
You're a fine bunch o. cradle
snatchersi" she finally and wrathfully
burst out at them, with the ultimate
and reckless anger of desperation in
her eyes. You're a grand army o.
heroes, you are, to come five strong
agin' girl like mel"
stop that brat!" commanded the
irate Legar. And there was a general
movement in the direction of the blaz-
ing-eyed girl.
There was one man in that group,
however, who did not join in that
movement. The reason for this lay
in the fact that at that moment he
happened to be looking up at the paint
ing of "The Vigilante'
He was about to reach for heavy
easel-peg, to fling at the canvas, when
he suddenly Strengthened up, clapped
a hand to his shoulder, and turned
about There was a look of mingled
wonder and incredulity on his face.
Then he slowly drew from the feshy
part Of his upper arm a small steel
dart, little bigger than knitting
needle.
The next moment a second man,
moving across the room to catch up
curtain cord with which to tie the
captured girl, felt a sudden sting in
his hip, stopped abruptly and point
ed with shout of anger toward the
canvas above the mantel.
Still another of Legars followers,
not realizing the meaning Of that cry,
stepped forward and stared at the
painting. Out of the barrel-end of the
painted rifle, as he did so, shot still
another dart which buried itself in his
neck.
9TH darts!" he mumbled, as thick
ly as drunken man might. 9TH
darts re drugged!"
But even before those mumbled
words were spoken the swarthy-
skinned Mauki, trying to hold the still
struggling Peggy O'Mara down on
diyan, felt sharp pain above his
shoulderblade, turned about, and saw
Legar run across the room and catch
up the heavy brass fire tongs from be-
side the mantel end.
The painting!" squeaked Mauki,
staggering out against the model
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stared helplessly about the disman,
tied studio. Then the instinct of SELF
preservation reasserted itself. He ran
to the back of the room, dived into a
kitchenette, found a small door in its
wall, swung 1t open, discovered a
dumb-waiter shaft in front of him, and
escaped to the street.
The Corridors Of Dread.
Margery Golden, as she sat In the
taxicab which carried her homeward,
was comforted by the thought that she
had at least saved the life of factory
girl to whom she stood indebted for
her own escape from death. The
further thought that she had sent Dan
O'Mara and his exhausted daughter
safely home in her own luxurious
limousine even reconciled her to the
somewhat stuffy aired public convey
ance in which she found herself. She
blinked meditatively out at the back
OF the heavy faced driver SO sullenly
and yet so adroitly plotting her
through the tangle of traffic. Then the
abstraction suddenly went from her
eyes and the 1istlessness from her
pose. For, from the back window OF
the red-wheeled taxicab Immediately
In front of her she caught sight Of d
peering face. And it took no second
glance to tell her that it was the
deep-seared face Of the Iron Claw him
self.
The next moment Margery was
shouting to her sullen-faced driver.
Follow that red-wheeled taxi" she
told him, pointing down the side
street Keep within sight of it, what
ever happens!" ~
Soon they had left the city well be-
hind them and were in that twilight
zone which is neither quite rural nor
ment she saw the red-wheeled taxicab
come to stop, commanded her driver
to draw in under the shadow OF .
dense row Of catalpa trees. There,
from the running board of her car,
she beheld Legar step out on the road,
pay his chauffeur, and stand looking
after the departing taxicab until 1t dis
appeared from sight. Then he turned
about, pushed his way In through
tangle Of shrubbery, and left the lone
ly roadside as empty as desert trail.
Then the resolute browed young wo-
man turned to her Chauffeur.
I'm going to follow that man. II
fail to return here inside Of ten min
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Walter Watts
Transfer
A Kinds of Light
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done.
Prices Right
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Residence Phone 5OK
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FOR SALE: Two and one-half
acres full bearing Prune orchard. ad-
Joining city limits OF Psyette, In
line condition. Price and terms rea-
sonable.-Will Wells.