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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06

back and humorously ordered Pearl
To hurry mp about his own breakfast.
He could see only the outlines of her
figure and his impression was that
she looked "Cute."
But Pearl was i'm no mood for the
kind Of bantcring Adams INDUCED in.
She ordered him in very pre-emptory
manner 10 be still. He Obcdiently fell
silent and as quickly his own humor
changed. For somewhere above, doubt
less in the captains cabin, they heard
voices.
"Do you understand what is being
said?" she demanded, grasping his arm
tightly.
Adams indicated that he did, AL
though the discussion was now in
French, now in German and occasion
ally in heavy-tongued Scandinavian.
"The girl, yes; but, Adams, Mon
Dieu, no! Don't you know who he is?
lie is needed, messieurs ~
Pearl pointed the nose of her revOl-
yer against Adams chest. Tell me
quickly, why does the Foreign ALI
ance need your"
Adams shrugged. Listen" he re-
Piled coOlly. "They may tell you
Pearl started To say something more
when with that swift action which he
had before exhibited, he disarmed her.
you've ggot Il dangerous way with
weapons, you have" was all he said
to the outraged girl.
$50 that's who Adams really isp
they heard Britisher eXclaim in tones
at once respectful and astonished.
The" The remainder was unintel-
ligible.
See" whispered Adams to his COM
panion, banteringy; they've g-got my
number. You'd Il got it yourself if
you'd n k-kept quiet, g-girl."
Then TO her dismay he vanished.
adams, :" she called, repentently, as
loud as she might and still be cautious.
There was no response.
Again she summoned him in vain.
At the same time the voices overhead
grew less distinct although the hum
Of conversation continued indefinitely.
Now more alert than ever, Pearl
listened while but unable to catch
any meaning, presently instituted an
inspection of the ships hold. She soon
concluded that this was no ordinary
freighting vessel. 1t was jammed with
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06

nounccd 10 the gathering when he,
could find expression.
For moment no one moved or
spoke. Then the president adjourned
the conference with Al gesture of hope
lessnesS.
You better send the Canal defense
plans here" said he with quiet
emphasis to the secretary of war; for
they will now be sought. I'll lock
them up in the White House safe, or
better still, let Colonel Dare lock them
in his private safe TT home where they
would be least suspected To be.
America, gentlemen" he contin-
ued; "is In the grip of II secret foe.
The first army is on the ground. We
must obliterate II before the army
of the invasion arrives. For you, col
onel, l have the highest regard. The
entire country will be your everlasting
debtor If you succeed In unmasklng
our enemies"
The president walked out of the
room amid profound silence, his head
bowed.
Sometime before daybreak Colonel
Dare visited his major. He found him
IN bed attended by a staff physician
and nurse. Brent told him, as best
he could in his nauSeated condition,
that he had been attacked Oh the
street outside the barracks when the
box containing the waters was stolen.
ChlOrofOrm had been administered,
which was the truth. His asSallantS,
there were two he said, got away be-
fore he could give warning, which was
not true, for Brent had drugged him.
self.
The colonel believed him.
ANY news from Pearl?' Brent In.
qulred anXiously.
"Toko has telephoned that the au.
tOmobile has been found, ditched In
the Potomac river" the colonel re.
piled, failing in his effort TO force Il
hopeful smile. He went back to his
house shortly after that and hid the
Canal defense plans in his safe.
Morning dawned and found Pearl
Dare and Orderly Adams prisoners in
a bay freighter at anchor off the
Packet Line docks in the Washing.
ton river harbor. During the night
this vessel among all others had been
investigated by the capitol police. Al
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06

that time the prisoners were not on
board. They were concealed in a dingy
upstream not far from where the
ditched automobile was found later
But Immediately the coast was clear
the dingy was propelled To the water
side Of the steamer and Pearl and
Adams We're hustled into separate sec
tons OF the hold.
Adams was searched from head to
foot for the box OF waters. When
they were not found on him, attention
was turned to Pearl who refused to
permit anyone To touch her. She blurt-
ed out the truth. But she would not
divulge the name or describe the ap-
pearance of Bertha Bonn under all
manner OF threat, and when Adams
was questioned about this he professed
ignorance.
Subsequently platter of breakfast
was sent to Miss Dare by II galley boy
who seemed to be deaf and dumb, and
who behaved queerly. The moment
he appeared Pearl seized him, found
a bowie knife and a loaded revolver
concealed in his Clothes, gagged and
bound him before he could make u dis
turbance and thus armed hurried over
to that part OF the ships bottom,
where Adams was confined. She freed
the surprised orderly and briefly ex-
planned her escape. Then she gave
him n start.
"Strip that lad and give me his
clothes :" she whispered IN matter OF
fact manner.
An amused expression crept into
Adams face. Amt you afeard ito
let me loose? I'm 'sposed TO be that
there Silent Menace, amt IT,
Don't be exasperating she ex-
claimed, testify. "Prove to me that
you are not by doing us | ask"
He left her abruptly. A little later
he tossed the boys clothing into the
dark space where she waited. He
heard a glggle. He, himself, was
choking with laughter. But not a
word was spoken and he trudged away
with her two-piece street suit and sport
hat.
Here he exclaimed approaching
the completely-habbergasted youth
you got to be IA w-woman. Rig up,
young 'un, r-rig up"
The boy squrmed. He'd die first
sweetheart Honey-bug!" whis,
pered Adams In well-feigned endearing
tones.
When IL was all over he forced him
TO eat the vile food he had brought
for Pearl. Then he tied him and went
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06
PEARL
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Guy MMcConnell
SYNOPSIS.

Capt; Ralph Payne. L. S. A, I. given Sc
ctet plans or defense 10 deliver TO Pana-
ma. He attends "A ball at the Granada EN-
bassy with Colonel Dares' daughter.
Pearl As a climax 10 a series OF mys-
ferrous incidents he Is arrest al for trea-
son The ambassador of Granada is found
dead and the plans missing from Payne's
coat. Major Brent. Payue's rival, enters
INTO suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Pearl Dare follows q burglar from
hec home, Is drugged and left I'm a field
anNaNstCr Overhoars plOtters, who almost
Caprdre her Payne is sentenced TO life
Imprisonment. \ train carrying Pearl
Bertha Bonn and Payne on his way to
prison Is wrecked and Pearl sees PaNnc's
Iielcss body at her feet. She meets a
mysterious stranger who offers her his
services TO trace the traitors. She learns
That lie has the plans. Pearl finds Adams
Ia Washington and learns OF his peculiar
actions Adams warns Senator WarGeld
that he Is i'm danger from "a ring Of spies
While they tail, the senator's Office Is
attacked by cousplTators Bertha Bonn
asks Pearl TO hand Adams a package
which proves TO be the plans. Adams is
made Colonel Dare's orderly. They are
ordered South. The GIauadians capture
Pearl and Adams 10 get the plans Pearl
begs Adams 10 let her take his belt which
contains the defense plans. They escape
and Adams steals the belt from her
Brent ConfrOnts Adams communicating
with the enemy. Bertha Bonn warns
Pearl against her professed friends
Pearl is captured again by the Grana-
dams. She is rescued by Adams. Dis
guisvd as his brother she accompanies
linn into the camp or Tie consnirntors
and poses as a chemist. They are rec
okn!Zed In the fight Adams saves Pearl
from harm. Colonel Dare arrives with
American troops. The black scarf appears
Pearl and Toxic follow Adams on his way
to an appointment at the chemical build
Ing. All three fall into the hands OF the
alliance. Adams IL arrested by Coun-
tterfeit soldiers WHO also take Pearl with
them.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06

lasting I'm the printed pages OF Ameri'
can history" She continued with chai'
lenge and contempt: "You are armed
Shoot me I could not serve my coun'
try better than TO perish by an act
through which her enemies too woulo
be destroyed. Unmask I" she reiterat-
ed; "or destruction will followl
"For Gods sake unmask !" cried one
of the Americans to the group OF FOR
eigners, his teeth chattering. "Tne
girl means what she says. Does any
one know who she is?"
The leader Of the Foreign Alliance
mOtioned for silence and spoke. "She
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06

service men in plain clothes are
searching every alley and stable. 1t
is regrettabe that the rogues got
good start"
"How did you collect this informa-
ton so quicklyF Intercepted the
colonel.
II beg your pardon, SIR apollo
gized the under-strapper. He stepped
back and whistled up the basement
stairs. Several soldiers and u WON
an came down.
Brent smothered an oath. The
woman was Bertha Bonn.
Miss Bonn !" faltered Colonel
Dare, taken by surprise.
She was pale and nervous. 81
thought you had departed. Other
wise / would have come to you direct
ly. Your orderly"
".AdopsY"
"prinQ dams" she sobbed; "was to
hns,,rc'Ie me in front OF this building
at ten o'clock. He told me there
might be trouble. l was on hand to
keep our engagement when Adams
was arrested l knew something
had gone amiss. He leaned out
OF the automobile as it passed mine
and told me to inform you that your
daughter and he were in the hands
OF the Foreign Alliance, and Miss Dare
tossed this box TO me" She handed
a little round box TO the open-mouthed
colonel.
IL told the first officer in sight"
Bertha concluded, pointing to the
beaming young lieutenant.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06


age. But, them He shrugged ex-
pressively. THE package is so dan
ger6us. If il were to strike the floor
it would explode and blow up the
ship"
The Americans drew back in alarm
as the leader of the Foreign Alliance
opened the lock.
An instant of suspense followed. He
started to raise the lid when it flew
open and he drew back startled. Miss
Pearl Dare stepped out of the box
holding the potato-shaped sample
bomb threateningly in her hand.
stop" she cried. as with wild yells
and blanched faces every one In the
party ran toward the door. She made
move as If to throw the bomb at
them. "Ill send you all to kingdom
come if you don't!'
They retreated from the door at
which she now posted herself, budding
together, dumb with surprise and fear.
The only person in the room who had
not moved or after the moment OF
surprise passed showed alarm was the
leader of the Foreign Alliance.
Pearl faced him. AT last " Her
voice rang out VIGOROUSLY. I'm
mask !"
He was the coolest man she had
ever seen in Il dilemma such as this.
lie stood as still as stone.
She turned 10 the others derisively.
"Ar unmask :" With scorn to the
Americans: 81 do not know your
names, but your faces l shall not for
get and your disgrace shall be ever
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09

the wall In the first Cleveland admin
istrati~h, and which has become
acuteiy grimS and inaccurate ever
since, In order that prospective pas
/ sengera may not be overcome BY these
iuxuries and insist on staying in the
"deepo' instead of boa riding the trains.
the waiting room bench was invented
by the same man who invented the
rack and the thum bscrew. 1t Is a
hard Stat bench made to at a sack OF
potatoes and provided with a back
winch comes up Just far enough to
push the NTH vertehra out Of place
when the victim becomes exhausted
and leans back to sleep
beepos" are painted every fiftv
years. They are never cleaned but oc-
castonally burn down. Then the rail-
road company unloads a boxcar for a
'deepo' and so many people flock to
enjoy the accustomed luxuries that
the COMPANY is compelled to build a
new "deepo' in self defense.
The growth of interurban ira ffic in
this country has been marvellous and
is a sad puzzle to the railroad presi-
dents who claim that their trains are
far more luxurious than interurhan
ears. But the secret of the lnterur-
bars popularity lis the fact that II
has no deepo.' It's passengers wait on
the street corners in the clear, pure
air and amid dirt which is provided by
nature
We are not personally acquainted
with any railroad presidents but pre-
sumo they are coarse, rude individuals
who live ia sheds and allow TIE pigs
10 come In for meals. They must be
with the 'deepos' along their rail-
roads
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09

" qd 4 @ s. ~
THE RAILWAY STATION.

The reason why SO few tourists from
foreign countries love America Is be-
cause they have been compelled to
make too close study OF its railway
stations.
We do not refer to the vast marble
palaces now being built in our larger
cities and in which II is possible to
run half a mile for train after
reaching the front door. We allude
to the common and humble aecayed
doghouse which does duty throughout
the smaller towns of the country as a
'deepo."
The "deepo' is terrestrial annex Of
purgatory which is used by railroad
companies as a means of convincing
It's a2trSEs- al the siestset. tii.y-r ----v=
ing at home It is small wooden
shack whose age can be accurately
inquired by a casual survey Of its
raped exterior, 1t Is equipped with
a croHs station agent, and is lavishly
htted up for the comfort of its ma
irons by window, a door. an extinct
stove. which can only be coaled up
by making a requisition TO the board
OF directors, and a row Of torture
benches called seats" by the maniac
who designed them.
'Deepos" were designed BY an enemy
or man and are maintained by perfect
strangers to the human race In them
people are supposed to wait hour by
hour for trains which do not come and
IN which the agent has no interest
The walters are assisted by kero-
sene lamp, which was cleaned in 1889
and time card which was nailed on
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
JEROME AND McFAYDTN
DIVIDE LYRIC HONORS

/ Nat Jerome who one-tfne played
Potash in Potash and Perlmutter''
I and McFayden OF whom IL has been
said is an. American pianist with
Paderewsktant tendencies whateverth~y
may be, divide what honors there are
ON the Lyric bill for the last half of
/ the week. Jerome occupies the CEN
ter Of the stage most OF the time in
a tabloid musical comedy. IT Love the
Ladies" He is a talented dialect come
liam and sings fair enough. His com
I pany assists as much as could be ex-
pected. but how to tit the title of the
piece with its contents Is problem
| left to the program makers Nc
Fayden is talented pianist, no doubt
but he isn't a.nv better than sAveral
OF his predecessors at the Lvr'c and
can still improve his knowledge Of
niano technique. However, his alb
hreviated recital can be enjoyed by
almost any sinecurist; that Is, If he
is at all attentive. which is something
that can't be told Of the Lyric audience
last evening
Other acts on the bill are shaw an6
campbell, two versatile musicians:
Piernt and Wilson, who present some
novelty comiques that speak well
enough fer themselves. and Billy
Rouncer. a funny acrobat who is en-
tertatning. The fi~ai episode tfrr
remarka BILE series of war pictures that
nave been shown for the pas. two
weeks concludes the program, OF the
last two real Is it can be said that they
are more Interesting than any of the
ones previously shown
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
.ccrue to the benefit Of the soldiers

accrue to the benefit of the soldiers
Such being the case. considerable In
terest is being shown In the FIRST
night" which. 1t is anticipated. VIII
be the theatrical event of the present
season.
Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger and
Geo. c. Tyler, the producers; Mr.. Da-
F1d Belasco and several New York
newspaper men will be here for the
initial presentation A dress rehearsai
VIII be given Sunday night, when these
gentlemen. together with the locs
press, will be among those present.
The same piece will be presented
tuesday and Wednesday, also with
matinee on the latter day. Engage
ments will be played In Norfolk and
Philadelphia thereafter, previous to
an opening in New York among.
Those Present" is by Larry Evans
and Walter c. Percival, and features
Mr Shelley Hun, who is supported
by company of twenty-five people
Mr. Robert Milton directed the com
edy The scenes of the play are:
Room in a fashionable cS,,b. New
york; the pawnshop; living room in
Giendenhing's country place. A Raj
mes character dominates the story.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
MAYOR APPROVES BILL
REDUCING TRAFFIC FINE

Citizens who are In the habit OF
violating various sections of the traffic
! ordinances. and who have been regu
! larly f1ned So, the minimum fine, In
police court viii soon have the con-
ISOLATION of KNOWING that the minimum
me has been reduced to SO per of
Tense.
Mayor Ainslie yesterday approved
the ordinance amending the ordi-
nance as II now stands. The ordi-
nance will become law after It's pub
LEGATION In The Virginian i've consecu-
tive days. City Clerk August stated
yesterday that he would begin the
publication on Monday so that the
law will becoms effective on Satur-
day, November r.
Scores of cases of traffic violation
are docketed IN police court every
week. The average fine has been So
except in flagrant cases such as reck-
less driving, speeding and consistent
lesser violations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
FIRST POLICE STATION
ESTABLISHES RECORD

For the first time In many months,
up to midnight last night the First
police station could not boast OF a
single prisoner. House men PLAYED
domInoes. while street men rang up
the cheerful news that all was we'll.
Magistrate Mccarthy, just elected
Tor another term. expatiated upon the
report of the bureau of municipal re-
search. citicizing the author OF the
paragraph which said magistrates
tried cases. He declared that In all HIS
long experience as magistrate for
both Jefferson and Madison wards. he
never knew of ma gistrate trying a
case outside police court
We sometimes take mans Sc
curity in the share of the fine which
he Is liable to suffer the following
morning" he said Sin order TO save
him from losing his job. or losing VAL
liable time II ON his business: but
never trial. We never even take
the security un'ess We are satisfied
that the case is a trivial one"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09

REASURE ISLAND
~ n

s8NL n
Jules Eckert Goodman's dramatixa-
ton OF Robert Louis stevenson's i'm
mortal story, Treasure Island" was
presented at the Academy last night
/ to small but interested audience. by
company which Ia the main salts
! factortly portrayed the rough And
ready characters composing the pirate
horoe or Long John Silver. the prtn-
clpal character In the book
Treasure Island" as a play ANNALS
more TO boys of an adventurous ns-
ture than to grownups. and had there
been crowd OF healthy YOUNGSTERS
in the audience last night the rafters
OF the old building would surely have
rung with their plaudits Even at that
the grownups received a thrill or two
last night. and must have harked back
TO the days when they read the book
and wished for Just such an adventure
as hefen Jim Hawkins the lad who
accompanied the pirates on their vow
age to the island to recover the treas
ure buried by Flint the arch pirate.
Ruth Detttn as Jim Hawkins In
hardly suitable to the part. acting
more or less arnateurishly. yet 10 an
appealing figure In some of the scenes.
especially when aboard the drifting
ship Hfspaniola. & Earl Dwire as Bill
Bones and Haebert Ashton as Long
John Silver carry the burden of the
acting and acquitted themselves ad-
mirably. Mr., .Dwtre was particularly
good in his drunken scenes In the inn
in the first act. while Mr.. Ashton was
consistently good throughout. The
other members of the large cast ran
from fair 10 good.
The scenic effects were particularly
fine and added much TO the attractive
ness OF the production. It's a great
show for youths and those who like
oid-fashioned plays Of romance and ad-
venture, and Saturdav th~ra ou1n. 70
be bowling mob Of youngsters on
hand. A NJ q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
PROHIBITION WINS IN MORE STATES

II the report brought IS correct "
FINAL returns that Ohio has given p
majority in favor OF prohibition,
three new states are pla ed definitely
IN dry columns, making altogether
thirty which have adopted the policy
OF prohibiting the liquor traffic Even
Z the vets have 4 margin. the best
ON fnal count, their majority has
doubled to almost the vanishing point
The contest in Ohio Was watched
With extraordinary interest all over
nc country. II Is the largest state in
population which has definitely voted
IN favor % the change. The liouor
'rsflc for years has been strongly en-.
trenched IN the Business ana political
life OF the state. In the contests i'm
nediately preceding the one which
eliminated In the election last Tues
aaF the wet majority Of Cleveland and
cincinnati turned the scale IN favor of
he liquor people. IN 1915 Cincinnati
alone gave q wet majority greater than
tho wet majority Of the entire state.
In other words the state voted dry
outside that stronghold Of beer. whis-
KEY and pro-Germanism in the ex-
came Southwestern corner of the corn
Tonwealth.
In the fight this ear every resource
~ the command Of the Ohio and na
4ional haunr- organizations was ttr--.r,+n+,
10 an attemp, 20 Hee,, ohio In the wet
column Two ye4r- ago the vets had
majority u 5000 votes. During Al,
shc time stncs the election two years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
MILITARY BALL FOR THE HoW1TzERs

Richnaond has iust rsn,a - =.
..,,..a -.
''' ''' 20
" ~ ~ ~ va
''i''0fF0 " h'si" ne Nieffnono ROW
e'hc~ 'ie Organization OF the
N'S' 0s11eFS IN 1907 nave always oeeh
VI" tue "FSl 70 answer the can OF
Hieif country curing the war BE
'~'sn 'he States me Ho"lIeFs were
i'aFpeF FERRY to q"eH dohn
f"'o ana throughout the var
~ ne 'fFee batteries CT Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09

ago. the drys have been busy with
educational work and since early this
year have had men In every city and
in almost every county actively en-.
gagged in organization The result will
lasting trophy for Superintendent J.
A White, of the Ohio Anti Saloon
league and the faithful men and
women who were associated with him.
Virginia also has cause for con-
graduation for a share In the gain
i)r. James Cannon, Jr.. made several
speeches in the campaign and Rev.
David Hepburn. assistant superinten-
dent Of the Virginia Anti-saloon
league, spent the last month speaking
aud working day and night on behalf
OF the constitutional amendment
The Ohio vets had undertaken to
show that Virginia had repudiated
prohibition This effort was complete
ly frustrated by the speeches Of the
gentlemen mentioned and by the wide
distribution throughout Ohio of copies
OF The Richmond Nirginian which
contained signed statements from dog
ems Of the most prominent men in the
old Dominion from the governor
down, expressing qualification on the
progress which the commonwealth has
made since the liquor traffic was driven
out
When the national convention of the
Anti-saioon League Of America meets
In Washington next month there will
he more grounds than ever for urging
an early vote in congress on submit
ting the national constitutional amend
nent for prohibition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09

Judge Richardson yesterday paro1ed
L. l.. Hubbard. young man who
pleaded guilty TO forgery and was
given two years in the penitentiary
He was formerly a clerk In the local
office of the Western Union telegra phi
ptf1ce, and 1t was from that concern
he confessed 70 have secured funds
through forgers. The young man is
just reaching his ma Jority and Judge
Richardson hopes ne may prove a
valuable citizen. thus giving him the
chance.