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Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10
STRANGER
THAN FICTION
A True Story For You

1t is with mingled feeling OF
horror and pity that q healthy
man or woman hears or speaks
Of Epilepsyand, its victims. How
mnch greater the torture. men
tally and bodily, of actual suffer
ers from Epileptic attacks can
only be imagined.
Commissions, loss of conscious.
ness, terrible falls. etc., are bad
enough sin.themselves, to be, and
are dreadful Affections, but the
humiliation of publicity that so
often accompanies these attacks
causes as much mental as ply.
sicat torture. The Fusop Drug
Go, ot,4ausfeld. .haye dlly Sc,
cured . tnlly guaranteed remedy
for epilepsy. Hays Specific, "
-
the great system tonic, has such
statements as this to prove its
merit.
Dear Sirs--In answer to your
request for statement OF my case
Twill sag. I had epilepsy. or fits,
since I was four years old. One
bottle of zonr medicine stopped
them. J I..7 passed =. twenty-five
worms. lean recommend it to
any one afflicted with epilepsy.
81 Yours truly.
..A CHAS. G.. COMBS.
Lock Box 1o4, Greenfield, Tenn.
Hays Specific, the great sys'
TEN tonic, is for sale and fully
guaranteed by Fnson Drug Co.,
of Mansield,-Adv
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10

Constipation. is the. starting
point for many serious diseases.
To. be healthy. keep the bowels
active and regular. HERBlNE
will remove all-accumulations iu
the bowels and put the system
inssprime. condition. Price SOC.
Sold by all dealerS.-Adv.,
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10
Killed by Lightning

Virgil Elan, the 14,yesr.old
son of Mrs. w. E. Morrow of. La.
rissa was killed by lightning last
week. He and two other boys
had been swimming in Whites
creek aud was standing under a
tree, when the fatal fash came.
The othersboy:s were also injured,
Ike Turner. quite badly. Lloyd
Singleton was not hurt badly.
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10
TIE MANSFIELD MIRROR
BLACK PURL1aHINq 90.
", l. Rlack. Mrs. ". 4 Black
Editors and Propristers. -
ADVERTISING RATES

ADVERTISING BATES
Display, 1oc per inch bach insertion.
Front page, double rates.
Locals, &c per line per insertion; 5
average words usually make one line'
Card Of thanks, 25c.
Legals at usual legal rates
No advertisement accepted for less
than 25c
No liquor advertisements accepted,
All advertisements inserted until
ordered discontinued. .,,
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10

When the baby is suffering the
double affliction of hot weather
and bowel disorders, the remedy
needed is McGEE'S BABY
ELIXIR. It reduces the fever
ish condition. corrects the stom.
ach and checks looseness of the
bowels. Price 25c and SOC pei
bottle. Sold by all dealers. -
Adv. :.
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10

Herbert Golfers of Willow
Springs visited atO.L. Robinett's
last week. ~
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10
FOR PRESIDENT -.
Charles Evans Hughes
FOR VICE.PRESIDENT-
Charles Warren Fairbank'

c. D.. Shannon and wife Of
Mountain Grove were here on
Friday.
Mansfield mirror., 1916-08-10

DR.. F. g.. Riley Is doing dental
work,in Hartsille this week.
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gencies.

gencies.
1t was mostly for this, indeed, that
he had come to his apartment; his
London campaign having demanded
an expenditure far beyond his calcuIa-
tons, so that he had landed in Paris
with less than one hundred francs In
pocket. And Lanyard, for all his pride
of spirit, acknowledged one haunting
fear, that Of finding himself strapped
in time of stress
The fold yielded up it's hoard to a
sou-Lanyard removed and counted
over five notes of one thousand francs
and ten of twenty pounds-their sum
approximating two thousand dollars.
But if nothing had been taken away.
something had been added-the back
of one Of the Bank of England notes
had been used as a blank for a mem.
Uranium.
Lanyard spread it out and studied 1t
attentively
The handwriting had been traced
with no discernihle attempt at dis
guise, but was quite strange to him.
The pen employed had been one of
those needle-pointed nibs so popular
in France; the hand was that of an
educated Frenchman. The substance
of the memorandum translated as fol-
lows:
ITO the Lone Wolf-The Pack sends
greetings and extends its invitation to
participate in the benefits of its fra
ternity. One awaits him always at
IAbbaye Theleme."
A date was added, the date of that
same day.
Deliberately, when he had conned
this communication, Lanyard produced
his cigarette case. twisted the note OF
twenty pounds into rude spill, set 1t
afire, lighted his cigarette therefrom
and, rising, conveyed the burning pa
per to a cold and empty fireplace,
where he permitted it to burn to a
crisp, black ash.
When this was done his smile broke
through his clouding scowl
We'll, my friend!" he informed the
author of that document which now
could never prove incriminating-"at
all events, 1 have you to thank for
new sensation. It has long been my
ambition to feel warranted in lighting
a cigarette with a twenty-pound note,
if the within ever seized mel"
His smile faded slowly; the frown
replaced it something more valuable
to him than a hundred dollars had
just gone up in smoke.
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Morbihan grin Of quenchless effron-
terry:
LAS you will, my friend!" he grant
ed. But should you change your
mind-well, you'll have no trouble
finding Us. Ask any place along the
conventional route. We see far too
little of each other, monsieur-and
am most anxious to have little chat
with you
ct will be an honor" Lanyard re-
turned formally.
In his heart he was bordering sew
eral most excruciating methods Of
numbering the man. What did he
mean? How much did he know? If
he knew anything, he must mean ILL.,
for assuredIy he could not be ignorant
of Roddy's business or that every
other word he uttered was riveting
suspicion of identity with the Lone
Wolf or that Roddy was listening with
gaini
Decidedly something must be done
to silence this animal, De Morbihan,
should it turn out he really did know
something!
It was only after profound reflec-
ton over mis- liqueur-while Roddy de-
voured his Daily Mail and washed it
down with third bottle of Bass-that
Lanyard summoned the maitre d'hotel
and asked for a room.
1t would never do to fix the doubts
of the detective by going elsewhere
that night. But, fortunately, Lanyard
knew that warren which was Troyon's
as no one else knew it; Roddy would
find it hard to detain him should
events seem to advise an early de-
parture.
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eyes could shine like stars.

Her door closed softly.
LANYARD shook his head. as if to dis
sipare swarm Of Fostering Thoughts,
and went back into his own bedcham-
Der.
He was quite content with the ex-
PLANTATION the girl had given, but as
the victim of methodical and peril
nacious habit of mind, spent five busy
minutes examining his room and all
that it contained with a perseverance
that would have done credit to a
Frenchman searching for a misIaid
sou.
II pressed, he would have been put
to it to name what he sought or
thought to find. What he did find was
and nothing more-not even so much
as dainty, Iace-trimmed wisp of sheer
linen bearing the lady's monogram
and exhaling a faint but individual
perfume.
Which, when he came to consider it,
seemed hardly playing the game by
the book.
As for Roddy, Lanyard wasted sew
eral minutes, now and again, listening
attentively at the communicating
door; but if the detective had stopped
snoring, his respiration was clear
enough in that quiet hour, a sound of
harsh monotony.
True, that proved nothing; but Lam
yard, after the fiasco of his first at
tempt to catch his enemy awake, was
no more disposed to be hypercritical;
he had his fill of being ingenious and
profound. And when presently he
again left Troyon's-this time without
troubling the rest of the concierge
it was with the reflection that, if
Roddy were really playing possum, he
was welcome to whatever he could
find in the quarters of Michael Lam
yard.
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there were no lights to betray him had
anyone been awake to notice. For,
thanks to Partisan notions of economy.
even the best apartment houses dis
pense with elevator boys and with
lights that burn up real money every
hour Of the night.
Afoot, and in complete darkness, he
made his ascent of five flights OF wind
ing stairs, pausing at length before
the door Of an apartment on the sixth
floor. A flash from a pocket-lamp 10
Gated the keyhole; the key turned
without a sound; the door swung on
silent hinges
Once inside, the adventurer moved
more freely, with less precaution
against noise. He was on known
ground, and alone; the apartment,
though furnished, was untenanted, and
would so remain as long as Lanyard
continued to pay the rent from Lon
don under an assumed name
1t was the convenience of this ref
uge and avenue of retreat, indeed, that
had dictated his choice Of this par
tfcular floor, for the sixth-story fat
had one invaluable feature-a window
opening on the roof of the adjoining
building.
Two minutes examination suff1ced
to convince Lanyard that here at least
the Pack had not t@aspassed.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER VII.
SuSpenSe.


His secret uncovered, all that 1abori-
ously constructed edifice of art and
chicane which yesterday had seemed
SO impregnable a wall between the
Lone Wolf and the world today torn
asunder, Lanyard wasted time neither
in proftless lamentation or any other
sort of repining.
Delaying only long enough to revise
plans, he put out the lights and left by
the courtyard door; for it was just
possible that those whose sardonic
whim it had been to name themselves
'the Pack" might have stationed
agents in the street to follow their
dissocial brother in crime. And now,
more than ever, Lanyard was firmly
bent on going his own way unmatched.
His course first led him stealthily
past the door Of the porter and across
the court to the public hallway in the
main body of the building Happily
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He Saw Not Roddy, but a Woman.
switch near the door, he refrained
from turning up the lights immediate
ly, with fancy, of impish inspiration,
that it would be amusing to learn
what move Roddy would make when
the tension became too much even for
his trained nerves.
Several seconds passed without the
least sound disturbing the stiffness
Lanyard himself grew little impa-
tient when his sight didn't become &C
customed to the darkness because it
was too absolute-it pressed against
bis staring eyeballs like = black fluid,
impenetrably Opaque, as unbroken as
the hush within that room.
Still he waited. Surely Roddy
wouldn't be able much longer to en-
dure such suspense.
And, surely enough, the silence was
abruptly broken by q strange and
moving sound, hushed cry OF alarm
that was half a moan and half q sob.
Lanyard himself was startled, for
that was never Roddy's voice!
There was a noise of muffied and
confused footsteps, as though some
one had started in panic for the door,
then stopped in terror.
Words followed-the strangest he
could have imagined-words spoken
in gentle and tremulous voice:
"In PHYS name! who are you and
what do you want?'
Thunderstruck, Lanyard switched
on the lights.
At q distance Of some six PAGES he
saw not Roddy but q woman, and not
a woman merely, but the girl he had
met in the restaurant.
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the passageway.

the passagewav.
Cropping his way in the direction Of
this last sound, Lanyard found the
small side door ajar. He opened 1t
and hesitated a moment. LOOKING our
as though questioning the weather;
simultaneously his def fingers wedged
the latch back with a thin slip of steel.
1t had, in fact, not been raining
within an hour. but still the sky was
dense with low, sullen wrack of
cloud, and still the sidewalks were
inky-wet.
The street was lonely and indiffer-
emily lighted, but swift. searching
reconnaissance discovered no spy
skulking in the shelter of any of the
nearer shadows.
Stepping out, he slammed the door
and strobe briskly round the corner.
as If making for the cab rank that
lines up along the Luxembourg gar
dens Of the Rue de Medicis; his boot
heels made cheerful racket in that
quiet hour; he was quite audibIy 60
ing away from Troyon's.
But instead Of holding on to the cab
rank, he turned the next corner. and
then the next, rounding the block;
and presently, reapproaching the en-
trance to Troyon's, paused in the re-
cess of a dark doorway and, lifting
one foot after another, slipped rub
Der pads over his heels Thereafter
his progress was practically noiseless.
The smaller door yielded to his
touch without murmur. Inside, he
closed it gently and stood q moment
listening with all his senses-not with
his ears alone, but with every nerve
and fiber OF his being-with imaRina-
ton to boot. But there was not a
sound or movement in all the house
that he could detect.
And no shadow could have made
less noise than he. slipping cat-footed
across the courtyard and up the stairs,
avoiding with superdeveloped sensi-
tsveness every lift that might have
complained beneath his tread. In a
trice he was again In corridor lead
ing to his bedchamber.
II was quite as gloomy ana empty
as 1t had been 1--WE minutes ago, yet
with difference, a something in It's
atmosphere that made him nod briefly
In confirmation of that suspicion
which had brought him back so
stealthily
For one thing, Roddy had stopped
snoring. And Lanyard smiled over
the thought that the man from Scot
land Yard might profltably have cop
led that trick of poor Bourke's, of
snoring like the Seven Sleepers when
most completely awake.
It was, naturally, no surprise to find
his bedchamber door unlocked and
slightly a1ar. Lanyard made sure of
his automatic, strobe into the room,
and shut the door quietly, but by no
means soundlessly
He had left the shades down and the
hangings drawn at both windows; and
since these had not been disturbed,
something nearly approaching CON-
plete darkness reigned in the room.
But though promptly on entering his
fingers had closed upon the wall
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hOstelries of the Rive Droite-before
De Morbihan, ostens1bly for the first
time espying Lanyard, plunged across
the room with both hands outstretched
and cry of joyous surprise not really
justified by their rather slight &C
craftsmanship.
"Ah! Ali" he clamored yivacious-
ly. ct is NJ. Lanyard, who knows all
about paintings! But this is delight
ful-a grand pleasure! You must
know my friends. But comet"
And Selling Lanyard's hands, when
that one somewhat reluctantly rose in
response to this surprisingly oUerexu-
berant greeting, he dragged him willy
nilly from behind his table
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cHAPTE En- v.
Anticiimax.

The surprise was complete; but it's
a question which party thereto was
the more affected.
Lanyard stared with the eyes Of stu
pefaction, his jaw slack. To his fancy,
this thing passed the compass Of
simple incredulity-it wasn't merely
improbable. It was preposterous; 1t
was anticlimax exaggerated to the pro-
portion Of the grotesque.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-27
The Stoker In Battle.

In the modern battleship, as is well known, the stoker, like the oarsman of ancient Roman galley, has his work all below deck. The seafight rages above him, and he can rarely If ever see a battle. One of the stories con nected with the battle of Jutland H. lustrates the stolid character of the British stokers. A chance was given two of these during the fight to come from below. They were on the War. spite, which was heavily engaged. One of them was telling a domestic story to tine other as they went up to tine deck. At the hottest moment of the fight their grimy heads appeared at the top of the hatch round which splinters of shell were crashing. Above the hellish din the impassive voice of the storytelling stoker was heard, as calm as though at pub" over a mug of ale. saying, "I always thought e ort to ave married 'er."
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SLAVERY IN EARLY DAYS
African Slave Trade Was Once Open ly Tolerated by the British
 Government.

Slavery existed in nearly all of the English colonies from an early pc riOd until shortly before or soon af- ter the Revolutionary war, and the African slave trade was openly tOl- erated by the British government. In lTJ6 there were 292, 900 African slaves in the colonies, scattered from New England to Georgia. It was not prohibited in Massachusetts until 11SO. nor in Vermont until TIT. The United States census of 1SlO showed BIO slaves in Connecticut. 10,Sjl in New Jersey, 15,0lT in New York, T95 in Pennsylvania, and l0S in Rhode Island. Slavery was gradually ab- olished in the northern states, but in 1920 there were still 91 slaves in Connecticut, T.557 in New Jersey, l0,OSS in New York, 211 in Pennsyl- vania. and 4S in Rhode Island. The census of 1850 showed the disappear ance of slavery in all the northern states except New Jersey, which still lad surviving remnant of 236.
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adds a further note of distinction to the bungalow. The chimney is of rough brick to correspond to the porch columns. The exterior is quite different from the usual examples of this type and lends itself well to a finish which will force it upon the attention of the casual observer. Trim should be white around all windows and doors. The porch railings and pillars should be finished in the same way. With the rough siding finished in some dark color and the shingled portion few shades lighter. the fin- ished appearance of the bungalow is all that anyone looking for individual ity in a home could ask for.
 What is more. the interior arrange ment of this house is in thorough keeping with the general idea. en- bodying many unique features not commonly found in the bungalow type. The front door opens into a lit. tie reception hall having doors into the living room and the dining room. The triangular closet in this hall, with shelves and books for wraps, is a point of interest.
 The door to the right as you enter the reception hall leads into the gen erous living room. Four windows in the one wall of this room flood it and cheery. At the far end of the
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-27

cient to provide room for the enter. tainment of quite few guests. The kitchen is back of the dining room and is equipped with a model pantry. While working al the table in this pantry the shelves are handily located to the right and the refrigera- tor to the left. No time and energy are wasted in moving about a large room in the preparation of a meal. The refrigerator is iced from the rear porch, thus preventing the tracking of mud into the kitchen by the ice man. This pantry will prove to be as interesting a feature to the women as the little den is to the men who visit the owners of this bungalow home.
 The corner of the house opposite to the porch is occupied with two bed rooms and a bathroom, all of which open into a hall leading to the dining room. Each bedroom has a generous closet with shelves, and is well light ed. The bathroom is well arranged and is provided with a built-in medi- cine closet.
 The stairs into the basement are reached through the hall in the rear of the house. The basement is large and may be used in many ways to add to the utility of the house. It is ..ghted with grade windows made pos .ible by carrying the foundation wsils up above the ground level. Storage space is provided in the attic. which may be reached from the living room
 Taken in It's entirety, this bungalow has an unusual nuEber of very inter esting features, both in interior and exterior design, and 1t is particularly well suited to the man who enjoys Individuality in a home.
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NINE SOLDIERS CAPTURE 11a
Frenehmen Trick the Defenders of . German Field Fort on
 the Somme.

One of the most striking episodes f the great Somme offensive was the recent taking of the field fort at Bi- aches and its garrison of 113 men oy 9 French soldiers.
 All attempts to storm the position had been checked by murderous ma .hine-gun fire until a French officer discovered a vulnerable point. Se- lecting a second lieutenant, two ser seants, corporal and four men, he led them on hands and knees through the long grass to the spot where he knew there was a breach in the de lenses. Then three of the French of fcers abruptly leaped into the work, shouting in stentorian tones. For. ward with the bayonet!" and throw. Ing bombs which exploded in the dugout.
 The Germans, believing a large force was with the Frenchmen, had no time 10 get their weapons and sur rendered. But now the three French captors began to feel nervous, as they saw no reason why the Germans should not fall upon them and ex' terminate them. They were saved by the six comrades, who came rush. ing in just at this moment. Again fooled, the entire German garrison was marched to the French rear escorted by tine nine .poiius,' who had not lost man.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-27

entrants, one and three-quarter cup fuis of -four, two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder; mix as usual and bake in Muffin pans I5 minutes.
 Jeiiied oates-Soak a box of gelatin in one pint of water for l5 minutes, pour over it three pints of boiling Wa , ter, and when dissolved add the Juice of three lemons and the grated rlnd of one. Sweeten to taste and pour into mold which has been partly filled with halyed dates and walnuts. Serve with sugar and cream.
 Stuffed ceIery.-Sesson rich cream cheese with paprika. onion juice and Worcestershire sauce and add cream or olive oil to make soft enough to spread. Fill short, tender stalks of eel cry with the seasoned cheese and serve with the salad course.
 Potato Saiad.-Cut in cubes six cup fuls of cold, cooked potato; add one cucumber cut as fine and three table spoonfuls of finely minced parsley and tablespoonful of scraped onion, two teaspoOnfuls of salt and a half tea 'A fNPfti. ioSS well blended and let stand in a cool place until ready to serve. To a pint of double cream add four tablespoon fuls of tarragon vinegar and beat until thick to the bottom of the bowl Mix with the vegetables and serve at once
 Novel Salad Dressins.-Take three fresh eggs, three tablespoonfuls of olive oil. three tablespoonfuIs of vine gar. three of thin bouillon or water and saltspoonful of salt. When thor oughly mixed, put into a double boiler and beat with an egg beater while the water cooks the mixture. Take the dish out of the hot water as soon as it is thick or 1t will overcook and curdle. This is such an easy way of making salad dressing that it should be made more often.