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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21

started out of the window. with his re-
volver. holding both until the other
officers took them into custody.
C2rdell and Smith had ransacked
the entire residence. Drawers had
been opened, rugs rolled up and
clothes and other, valuables thrown
about in confusion. The silverware
mad been tied up in a table cloth.
Other articles that had been wrap
ped up and made ready to be carried
away included several dozen neckties,
handkerchief. ladies' fur coat, two
pairs OF opera glasses, silver back
combs, one platinum studded hairpin
petticoats. gowns, camera, and many
other articles.
Al the station the two men told the
police they entered the home about
6:15 and had been at work an hour
and a half before the police interfered
The robbery had evidently been care.
fully planned, the two men knowing
Z Of the absence of the Mixter family
, from the city. Both are believed tC
have police records. Cardell was
/ picked up several days ago on sus.
pieion Of having stolen some goods al
the Harper house. He was employed
there at the time Both came to Roei
/ Island only recently.
Held TO Grand jury.
Cardell and Smith were arraigneJ
/ before Magistrate c. J. Smith in pc
lice court this morning on charges o
/ burglary. Both were bound over t
the grand jury. Their bonds wer,
fixed at $1,000 each. When first ar
rested Smith gave the name of II H
Holland, but later changed it. Car
dell did not attempt to conceal BIZ
identity as he was already known t,
the police
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21

Anti-Carbon destroys all SCOT For
sale by Z. B. McKown, 1901 Second
avenue
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All the news all the time-Th
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19

saw his own revolver facing him. i'm
pacnble az ever. AK Brent circled
slightly round the table. "Too late,
Won Mantel Keep quiet Come in,
corporal Brent added, raising his
voice.
The corporal opened the window
ana stepped into the room followed
By pcnniculk and = couple Of other
men with fixed bayonets
"Private Pennicuik told what's up,
sir" said the corporal, salutng.
What can we do2'
"Take charge Of this man"
"a Spy sir?" asked the corporal,
with restrained JOY in his voice.
"The head Of them. Eetter search
hh' for weapons" Brent 5ti.l Kept
H." muZZle pointed on Charles. Wills
the three soldiers searched his pock-
cts IT the order Of the CORPORAL
Sorry Won hantcl but it's ueccs-
StrS SAID Brent. Get yotr other
man all right. corporal?"
"N"s. sir. he's on his way to the
hospital"
AN. then you didn't kill him. Pen
nicIik?" asked Brent.
40, | only winged him. replied
that youth reSrettul'y. II was some
thing to have drawn blood. put he felt
u Ntllu lhNt DftT more tNtlllnE 10
haze killed his man. "IIe'll mend for
better shot" he adcdd. cheering
up.
There's nothing on the prisoner
SIR answered the corporal as the
search ended.
every we'll take him in charge" ="
ordered Brent. "by George. there's
everybody In The house wItcncl up
nov Heavens what explanations
the"e'll have to be-"
Indeed. footsteps and raise voices
we're audible Ia the passrGa and the
next moment the door waa flung open
To- admit Miss Myrtle. Mr.. Pollock,
and Molly. TneV were IN various
stages OF undress, Mr. pollocS with
ony a tweed coat over his night
shirt 50 that his bare and Iemariably
furry legs showed lauky nnd long.
Another blindin" ray of the search
light swept the room. sho wing up the
little group vividlY. anI bcwlderlng
the newcomers still further. At the
pletm of the bayonets Miss Myrtle,
who was still all confused by the ef-
focts Of her sleeping draught. gave a
loud scream. ITS the Germans, the
Germans"
Don't be fool. woman" cried
Mr.. Pollock frantically. and he
switched on all the lights. The. cX-
traorinary figure he made would
have drawn all eyes under less siren
uouS conditions; as II was his absurd
ity Iassed as unnoticed as Molly =
White -wrappcred. blue-ribboned love
lress. As for Miss Myrtle. In 4 GRIM
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son flannel dressing gown ana woolly
slippers, she was delight True
lntish Indignation at having been
disturbed in his nights rest yloweI
Ia Mr. Pollock's face
Sheer hystcria showed In Miss Myr-
ties face, but Molly was set and pale
like mask In tlat white flash
from the senrchllEht she had seen
Chr's, looking 90 much graver than
usual, and in lis dressing gown and
slippers. rs tho he had been taken
from his bedroom, surrounded by sol
diers. II ledped to ner brain tnat
chris was spy after all ana that
these men had come for him \ men
ta illumination. truer than that Of
the Sodrchlight by whose glcam she
had leaped to such an untrue Conclu-
sion. swept her mind at the same IN
stant. There comes to everyone once
or twice IN life moment of absolute
clarity such as this, when all values
suddenly assume new scale. which
yet IS recognized at once az the true
one
This Is what had happened to Molly
now. She saw that. az CHRIS had told
her, an idea was the most intportant
thing In life. only instead Of being an
impcrsonal idea as his was hers was
based on her feeling Tor hiTh. The
mental obsession OF her life FOR the
next few years would be her attitude
toward Chris. That this sboal / be 50
was "A tremendous advance on her
previous preoccupatiOn as to his at
tltude toward her. SIZE saw that IT
was more satisfying to love than to
te loved. and that, no matter what
Chris had done. her horror at the ac-
ton would be drowned In n"r loVe for
him. even tho II poisoned its N1tor5.
All this swept into MOlly's life as
swiftly AS the searchlight, tho ii stayed
behind when that had passed and was
to remain even when she founI she
had been mistaken in her promises
SO when Mr.. Pollock switched the
lights mp she said nothing, only fazed
at chris.
well. now, what's all this about"
fused Mr. Pollock, the j. =. IN him
rising superior to his costume. san
derson. what the devils the fnltter?'
and he advanced toward Charles, VINO
stood pale and mute.
stand back" ordered Brent
sharply.
There was a moments absolute pet
rification. during which Mr. POLLOCK
stared at Chris with mingled rage
and incredulity.
stand back, indeed" he clustered
81 shall do nothing of the kind. I'm
an English magistrate. sir As aus
tice of the peace. Tust insist
Pm afraid you VIII have TO stahu
lack. sir" replied Brent politt.y, nut
with certain enjoyment which ne
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she rose, made a wavering but dc.
tcrmined dash in his direction. and
tainted away IN his reluctant arms.
Miriams task that night had lA Afn
not so much difficult as supremeIy
unpleasant. Nevertheless she knew
how easily one little chance thing GO
ing wrong may upset the most I,'r-
fectly-laid plans, and her heart was
pounding heavily with mingled anx-
iety and excitement Us she waited In
the car for the other women. She
herself was at the wheel. because the
physical strength of both the plain
clothes rGen might be needed to pre-
vent any unforeseen action on tho
part of Mrs Sanderson and fraule.n
hen they learned the truth. The
car had a berline body. so that MI
ram and the man beside her were
both of them inside; the other man
sat with his back to them on one OF
tho small seats. so as TO face the pris-
oners. The car was n heavy one for
Miriam to drive, but 1t had self
starter and ran easily
Already Miriam's gauntleted hands
clutched the wheel. more In nervous
ness than in preparation. The diff
ference between her and Brent was
that whereas he was always strung
10 a greater gayety and GOODNESS when
events were at the critical point. she.
a.tho she never lost her head. went
thru agonies with nervous tension.
Now her feelings were much those
Of an actress who suffers acutely
from stage fright just before she goes
on the stage. Miriam's blood seemed
to be pounding thru her head. her
hands felt icy cold. She knew that.
humanity speaking. nothing should go
wrong with their plans-and yet how
easy II was for the unforeseen to hap
pen. Miriam was more like a man
than like the usually accepted type OF
woman, in that her anxiety was en-
t,relv for her work and not any per-
sonal fear for those engaged in It, She
was fairly sure nothing untoward
could happen to Chris. because sn-
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE
(THIS SECTIoN)
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THE WHITE FEATHER 7AF2P 76FfE HEP

would have been more than human
not to feel. I'VE have just been cap
turing a spy"
"a spy" Miss Myrtle's rcedv nine
and Mr.. Polluck's boom came ont
simultaneously
Molly said nothing. but relief flared
Into her eyes.
"Pennlcuik you're here. thanl:
goodness" cried Mr.. Pollock. per
haps "ou will Kindly explain?
"Flfe ahead, Pennicuik" agreed
Brent reNHrting to his nonchalant
manner as he fOresaW that the flood
t'dH or gratitude poured on him by
his fellow boatders would be harder
To bear than its lowest cbb had been
ITS quite true what Mr.. Brent
says" began Pennicuik. He had seen
the direction Of Molly's gaze and knew
that for her he himself practically
did not exist. But even If there had
been rivalry possible his natural gem
erosity would still have given Erent
al! the credit possible. IT'S entirely
thanks to him." he went on. that
we've captured the spy and that we
are not all dead tonight
What on earth are you talking
about. sir? 1t SOUNDS the most pre-
posterous rubbish Why doesn't Mr..
Sanierson answer me?"
because he's the spy" exclaimed
Ienricuik You see that box
pointing to 1t as it still stood on the
table-"if you look inside you Will
find it's an Internal machine timed
to explode VIXEN You were all safely
asleep"
This was making things seem al
most too real. and even Miss Myrtle
was too Mortified to scream. Mr.. Pol
lock turned his bcwidered face-for
all his convictions, including tina.
most sacred one, his belief in his own
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judgment. had been upset-toward
Sanderson.
'Is this true?" he asked him al
most In a whisper.
"You heard them say so" replied
Charles unen otionally. Under the
circumstances IL would be futile for
ne to deny that I have been work
ing for my fatherland. | have lost.
that Is ali. The fatherland will find
other servants"
At tina. moment the boom boom Of
heavy firing came again from the
Sca-report after report. to the tune
of half "a dozen or 50. Poor old Miss
Myrtle, terrified almost entirely out
of what little sense she had. collapsed
on the sofa ana buried her head in
the cushions. moaning
What's that" cried Mr.. Pollock.
"A German naval disaster. with
any luck" said Ponnicuik, cheer
fully. "'fhe loss of a few subma
rines, | hope. This house was going
to have been burned down as sig
nal to EN-, but Brent stopped it. Brent
had our cruisers sent here and caught
the whole nest OF spies. It's all his
doing.
4 struggle took place in Mr.. Pol
lCck's mind. lie ought he knew. as
a good hearted. chIrchgolng gentle
man.. to be glad that Brent proved
to be a purposeful and devoted man
instead OF "A brainlcss lounger. He
tiied to be glad ard succeeded in
thinking he was glad. lie shook
Brents hand heartily.
We can never thank you enough
nay boy" he doomed. you have
saved all our lives and YOU have been
damned clever about it. too 1t just
goes to prove what | have always
said, that much as we owe to the
men away fighting for US at the front
We owe every bit as much to those
who, like yourself. have been brave
enough to stay at home"
Brent's eyes glanced across at Molly
and secret laughter met in her eyes
and his. In that momentary flash OF
humorous comprehension true conf
radeship was established between
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them that not all their love making
had attained.
And you have actually bagged the
whclc~lot OF them" went on Mr.. Pol
lock. still shaking his head. Mag
nificent, really magnificent"
mo, he hasn't" cOntradicted
Charles. with a note of triumph IN
his voice. "He hasn't got my mother
or Fraulein Schroeder or Mrs. Lee.
Mrs Lees one OF rs, you know, and
they have taken her with them"
"ln a way ] am almost sorry to
have to contradict YOU said Brent
courtcously, but your statement is
no; quite accurate. Mrs. Lee has
taken them with, her. which is not
quite the same thing"
II mean that Mrs. Lee. like myself,
is employed by the English govern
n.ent. and that the two plain clothes
men who came down in the train with
you today were. the escort she used
for your mother and FraUlein Schroe-
der"
II don't believe it," cried Charles
violently. 1T isn't possible. BY God.
Brent, I'll--''
Keep back" ordered the corporal
CLOSE up. men. Is there anything
more sir?" he added, turning to
Trent
Nothing at present, think. cor
porll oh, wait a minute, isn't that
the telcphone?"
Everyone listened and a faint, in
sistent ringing was heard from the
hall.
I'll see what 1t is. Don't remove
the prisoner yet, corporal" ordered
Chris.
Sevtra minutes passed before he
came back. and as he had shut the
door after him, those in the sitting
room did not hear even one-sided
conversational fact which annoyed
Mr.. Pollock considerably. He was
just wondering whether the corporal
| would allow him to go into the hall
where he would insist to Brent on
his right, as "a J. F., 10 ne told what
was going on. when Miss Myrtle di-
verted his attention. Finding the
! strain OF waiting too much for ner
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
SYNOPSIS.


The story opens in the West Crest i"iyaie
hotel In an English seacOaH town when
England has been AZ war one month Mrs
Snnderson. the proprietressi her son marie,
serving in the English admiralty Mr fol
lock the justice Of the peace; his drughicr
Molly. 10; Christopher Bronl. Molly o.
Ance. Mrs Miriam Lane widow OF '' lhr
htest arrival at the hotel. Miss NJ l'le. u
.pinster. Fraulcin Schroeder. col0rl'ss IT.
tie Gcrman woman, claiming twenty years OF
English naturalization. Fennicuih, oung
English soldier. and Fritz. a servant in tho
house, are the characters. Brent rs looked
upon by all the other hotel occupants, eN
cepting Molly and Mrs Loe. AS an ire.
.pousibe idiot, due 10 acts and consrrsniion
he affects. especially when war talk which
Is uppcrmost In all conversation, is conduct
cd IA his presence. young English grl,
hysterical onhusast break, IN on the
hotel party one morning carrying basket
OF wkhe feathers. one Of which she Is going
to present TO every man she meets Who has
entire hotel patronage she asks Brent II ne
l. roing TO enlist, and why not II says
be is not, but his reasons are cyasivr Molly
cringes under the disfHyor Brent thus brin e.
down upon himself by what her father caIl'
CoWHrdicc. Brent tries 10 gain Molly alb
solutc faith In him without ditclosng the
nature of his real business Brent find,
Frducin Schroeder has made drawings Of she
fnglisi harbor and its defcn,cs. Brent in
stalls n dictaphOnc in the hotel and hears
conversations held - the German spies llc
loarns OF plot to signal a German sub
marine from the hotel by burning the hotel
l0 The ground. the occupants along with It.
III" ulotters tell Pollock Brent and Mrs LIE
are German spies Pollock threatens hrrest
q Br'nt Molly believing Brent to be Mrs
Leo's dupc decides 10 save him She steals
y paper from Mriams drawer and con
fronts Brent with evidence of Mrs. Ice S
trcichcry. Mrs Lee ovcrhcars her telling
Brent what she has found, and to save the
situation Miriam pleads guilty 10 Molly.
Molly calls Charles in 80 take action with
Niri7m, and their conversation results IN
Charles disclosing 10 Miriam that he too. is
irrnsn spy lie welcomes her 10 his own
little band Of spies Miriam aids Mrs San
dsrson Fraulein Schroeder Fritz and Charlie.
In their getaway after the guests had gone
tu bed and the bomb had been set Charlie,
was TO remain behind long enough 20 see
there was no hitch. Fritz was 10 ret iii Of
Pennicuik, and these two later were 10 join
Mrs Snnderson DEd fruucin in the auto
II obc Miriam had tecgraphed her twJ sup
pc'rdly German spy confcdcrates 10 have
nitlrg promptly.
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THE CAPTURE.

a n eNtrancous ,ircumst lnce
~ stopped Charles I'm his dash
~ at Brent. who. for his part.
4 n stood still whore he was. The
word Halt" in an authori-
tatiYc voice rang from outside the
window. and almost simultaneously
came the sound of rifle butts being
grounded on the Veranda.
lnstinctVely Charles had checked.
true German that h wss q; he
sound of the command And now he
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Lyon-Clark.

Wednesday afternoon the home
of MIR. and Mrs. M. D. Lyon on
Jeter street was the scene of a beau
tiful wedding, when their daughter,
Miss Daisy Lyon, became the bride
of James O. Clark. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Z. Pen
dleton Jones, D. D., pastor of the
First Baptist church.
The parlor in which the ceremo-
ny was performed was decorated
with smilax, histletoe and holly.
Only the members of the immedl-
ate families OF the bride and bride
groom were present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark left on the afternoon train
for Florila to spend their honey
moon. Upon their return they will
be at home to their friends at the
country home of Mr.. Clark who re-
sides several miles east of Johnston.
He is a very successful planter and
a highly esteemed citizen of that
section. While Mrs. Clark's Edge
field friends give her up reluctantly,
they are delighted that she will yet
reside in the county,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Two Blue Ribbon Boys.

Of course there are more than
two young men in Edgefeld, who
are faithful to duty, but The Ad-
vertiser feels that there are two in
the postoffice who deserve special
mention at this time. We refer to
Mark Miller and Watson QUITS.
During the period just preceding
Christmas when there, was constant
demand on their strength, to say
nothing of their patience, they meas
ured up to everything that could be
expected of them by an exacting
public. Che outgoing and incom-
ing mails were all heavy but these
young gentlemen handled every de-
tail with seeming ease, being court
eous and obliging all the while. 1t
is due them that they should be
commended for the manner in which
they have served the patrons of the
office during this period of stress
and strain. This does not mean,
however, that Mark and Wat"
are not faithful and efficient all the
time, for they are. So The Adver,
vertiser herewith pins blue ribbon
on the lapel of each of these faith
full young men.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Morgan-Koines.

Tuesday at noon Miss Elizabeth
Morgan and Lewis F. Holmes
were married at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Julia Brooks
Morgan, the ancestral Brooks home,
five miles north of Edgefeld. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Henry Bell White, the pastor
of the bride. The parlor WIS deco
rated for the occasion, smilax, holly,
ferns and palms being used. The
wedding was a very quiet one, only
a few friends and relatives being
present. immediately after the GER
emony a salad course was served, fol-
lowed by sweet course. Eariy in the
afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes left
for his home in the Philippi section
of the county. Fora year or two
Miss Morgan has been making her
home in Edge6eld and her friends
here regret to give her up.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Changes in Beard.

Nh. A. A. Edmunds has retired
as supervisor and Mr.. r. n. Broad,
water has been duly installed. MIR.
Edmunds has given the people foul
wears of faithful service. His ad'
ministration has been economic and
businesslike. The record he has
made is an honor to him. We be-
lieve that Mr.. Broadwater will also
make the people a good official and
that they will have no cause to re-
gret placing him in this very I'M
portaut position. The new county
commissioners will not enter upon
their duties yet, as the term of Mr..
Broadwater will not expire until
February lst and that of Mr.. De-
Wore March lst.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Installing Water System.

During the past six months the
owners of the Addison Mills, which
commands about fifty
millions of dollars, have been max,
ing extensive improvements On their
property. Practically everybuild,
ing of the entire property has been
overhaulc1, repaired and repa,nLed'
The latest improvement is the IN
stallation of modern water system
for the entire mill village. This
will not only add TO the comfort OF
the operatives but will greatly im'
prove sanitary conditions. The
owners Of the property, as well as
ire men actively in charge, are very
progressive and they have other I'M
provements in contemplation. The
cotton and oil mill properties here
have fallen into good hands, which
means much to the town and VI
cinity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Cariledee- Byrd.

Married at the Baptist parsonage
on Wednesday, Dec. 9th 1916,
Mr.. Josie u. Carlledge and Miss
Ida Lou Byrd. The bride is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan
Byrd of the Berea section, and the
groom is the son of MIR. and Mrs. }.
w. Cartledee also of Berea,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. 4. P. Jones.
The marriage was witnessed by
Mr.. J. R, Cariled@e and Mrs. S.
W. Nicholson, brother and sister
of the groom, Mr.. and Mrs. Oswel'
Byrd, Mr.. Ossie aAd Hallway Byrd,
brothers and sisters Of the bride
Mr.. A, R. Broadwater, Miss Pauf'
inc Byrd, a cousin of the bride,
Miss Bessie and Mr.. James Cothran,
Miss Ethel and Tommie Griffis, and
a host of other friends and rela
tives.
The bride and groom boarded the
next train for a bridal tour amlo
showers of rice, and on their return
will make their home in the Berea
section.
Their many friends wish for tLem
a long, happy and prosperous jour
ney through life. N.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
A Week in New York.

Mr.. James o. Sheppard had the
good fortune to spend solid week
in New York with nothing to do
but to see the sights - A week
before Christmas he accompanied
the children Of Mrs. w. w. Shep-
pard to New York, whittier they
went 70 spend the Christmas season
with their mother. Our young
friend saw the metropolis from the
Battery to the Bronx and from the
subway to the topmost point on the
"overtoweringest" skyscraper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Year of Good Business.

For the past two years, the years
Immediately following the declara-
ton of war, Edgefeld merchants
took stock in order to determine the
amount of their loss, but this week
Edgefeld merchants are taking
stock in order to ascertain the
amount of net profits for the year.
This has been fall of big business
for all Edgafeld merchants.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-03
Auction Sale of Stock at John
ston.

Mr.. J. Perry Wa1dell, of Green
Vile. held another very successful
auction sale of horses and mules
here monday at the stable of DR.. Is.
F. Jones. a large crowd being pres
ent. This was the third sale of the
kin6 that he has held in Edgeheld
and the people bid eagerly for the
stock, which is guaranteed by Mr..
Waddell to be as represented. lie
will hold an auction sale IN John
ston Saturday, January Is. head
his half-page advertisement on our
9TH page.