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restored the papers to their place.
Her hand was still on the open vault
door when the shrill call of the tele-
phone bell sounded through the quiet
room.
She crossed to the desk and took up
the receiver.
'Do you know who is speaking?"
demanded voice which sent thrill
Of apprehension through her forward
STOPPING body. And the question was
repeated as she sat silent, staring be-
fore her.
eyes," she finally answered. trying
to steady her voice. "It's Legar."
The wire brought his answering
laugh close into her ear. .
you know the voice, I see. And
think you know the man. So listen to
what have to say. I've got your
friend Manley, and he'll stay where
I've got him. And unless you want
him turned out Of here witt about
half of that pretty face Of his burned
to crisp, you'll do what 1 tell you
to do. Do you understand? I'll scar
him worse than was SCARED, II you
try any tricks with me In this!"
thin what?" demanded the white.
faced girl.
"In exactly one-half hour want you
to walk past the Soldiers monument
ami hand me paper. That paper is
somewhere in your fathers vault 1t
is one half of q code list and chart,
on square of yellow MANILA. Do you
understand"
But how. ami to know this paper?''
asked the terrified girl, fencing for
time.
ITS chart, map, one half of the
map of Windward island. For old
Golden wasn't such a fool as he
secondhand again the venomous
laugh sounded low over the wire. IF
your father had got hold of my half OF
that map little earlier IN the game
he wouldn't have needed to dig for
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home had proved to be nothing more
than a lull which, precedes the sud-
den storm. For, five minutes after he
had left the smiling girl, the Golden
butler, with terror in his eyes, had
come running to him saying there was
q stranger in the house, a stranger
who had been seen lurking about the
halls and had promptly disappeared
at the sight of one of the servants.
So Manley, forgetting everything else,
had promptly Joined in the search for
that mysterious intruder. And his first
thought, after doing SO, had been for
Margory Golden.
Hurrying to the library to make sure
Of her safety, he had found her seated
at her fathers desk, quietly talking
over the telephone. And there had
been little in that scene not suggestive
of tranquility. For blinking placidly
down from it's perch beside her had
stood Tito, Margory Golden's newly
acquired parrot, for which Manley him
self had small love. This feeling was
based, not so much on the malevolent
air of wisdom surrounding that green
bodied flcher of human phrases, as on
the somewhat disturbing trick, taught
1t by some earlier master, of seeking
out gas Jets and turning them on the
moment it was freed from its chain.
Yet as it had stood close beside the
girl so busily talking over the tele-
phone 1t had seemed as companionably
innocent as a canary. And it had
turned to blink sagely at Manley as the
girl, apparently unconscious OF his
presence, had crossed to the mahogany
faced vault set in the library wall and
proceeded to open its ponderous door.
This had startled Manley not little,
for the combination of that vault was
a secret jealousy guarded by Golden,
q secret unknown to Manley himself.
II was not until she stood with the
massive door swung open that Manley
had confronted her. But she showed
no embarrassment at his sudden inter-
ruption.
MY father has just phoned from
Philadelphia" she explained. There
are certain papers he must have for
his conference with the Regent Trust
company tomorrow"
But when did you find out how to
open that door," had been Manley's
inquiry.
Two minutes ago, over the tele-
phone" had been the girls reply.
Then the sooner that door is shut
and locked again the better" he had
warned her.
'fWhy?" she had asked, for the first
time conscious of his excitement.
Because there's an unknown man
hiding somewhere in this house, and
heaven only knows what he's after,
in time3 like these!"
Even as he had spoken Manley had
detected an unnatural fullness about
the portiere draping the side door to
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at this door when a heard voice,
ard at first he thought it was q human
voice, crying shrilly through the
gloom.
let me QUIT" was the frantic cry
close above him. Let me out!" Crop
ing and paving along the wall, his
hand came in contact with the rung
of narrow iron ladder He caught at
this ladder and drew himself up, for
he now stood shoulder high in the
ever-mounting flood On the topmost
rung, as he mounted, he found a shak-
ing and feathered body clinging stub
bornly to the rusting iron, beating
with it's beak on the hollow sounding
boards above his head.
In flash Manley himself was shout
dering up against these boards.
There was the sound Of rending
staple, and in another moment he was
swarming up through the .ruptured
trap door, catching at the parrot as he
went.
nc Ti9uTCS VI U dtCs
Margory Golden, alone in her IA
theirs library stared apprehensively
about that massively furnished room
as though dreading that some new
terror might leap out at her from its
shadowy corners. She was unnerved
not only by the disquieting disappear
ance of David Manley but also by the
thought that she was still so surround
ed by the tides of evil.
AS she sat there, deep in thought,
she was depressed by the sudden sus-
picion that some one of the many
servants in that house was a traitor
to his master. Yet as she checked
them over, one by one, she found moth
ing on which to ground this ghostly
suspicion. She remembered that she
had once been suspicious even or Man.
ley himself, of this serious-minded
friend who hid his true feelings be-
hind mask Of light-hearted irrelev-
ancies. And there were things in
which she herself had not been alto
gether candid with him. There was,
for instance the matter of Tito, the
Amazon parrot She had not confided
to Manley the fact that in that bird,
stumbled across in a fancier's shop,
she had found an old friend, friend
dating back to her unhappy days in
the Owls Nest. And she sighed aloud
as she gathered up the papers on the
rosewood desk and turned to the vault
to which she had forgotten to restore
them.
"Twenty-one, thirty. forty-two, six
ty," she repeated, recalling her faith
er's instructions over the wire. For
ward and back and forward and back
again, for it's a four movement dial,
whatever that may meant"
The vault door opened, obedient to
the combination, and seeking out the
inner compartment marked u" she
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FIFTH EPISODE
THE INTERVENTION OF TITO

David Manley was not altogether
proud of his days work. AS he sat
tied and bound on the rough brick
door beneath the Owls Nest that once
f1ippant-minded young man even &C
knowledged that things looked rather
bad for him. He had been made a
prisoner The iron claw of Legar had
reached suddenly out and closed about
him.
But David Manley did not altogether
give up. AS he lay there, sore in body,
but even more battered in mind, he
still spasmodically struggled with the
cords that held him hand and foot.
The solitude of that unsavory den
did not add to his comfort. The mere
fact that Legar could see fit to leave a
prisoner thus unguarded impressed
the prisoner with the fact that his one
armed enemy was only too well as
sured of his power. And the more
Manley thought of Legar and his meth
DDS the more that sinister figure seems
TO bewilder him. He knew that Legar
was the unrelenting and eternal enemy
of Enoch Golden, just as he had been
the enemy Of Golden's daughter Mar
CORY.
The thought of Margory directed
Manley's mind back to the earlier
events Of that strange day. He recalled
his long talk with that quiet-eyed girl
in the. quiet-toned shadows of the
Golden library. 1t had been the first
talk between them into which the per-
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ad<Iftered. He had en-
K, for he had felt, as it
pit the girl had begun to
kher friend, that he want
Ziend.
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yr,nortans 70 Moth era
Plans Sometimes Fail.

She was twenty-siX and he was fifty
six when they were married. He had
been q farmer, but retired and lived
In little village near his big farm.
About fifteen years after they married
he bought another farm and moved
onto 1t. This farm is across the road
from his other farm.
Twenty years after they were mar
ried, they decided to move to a town
of about 1900, In order that their chill
dren might have better school advaIi-
tages. They looked at many houses
but none suited her, because the bath
room was on the second floor. Finally,
she found place with bedroom and
bath on the first floor, so they bought
1t.
Her friends were curious to know
why she had to have the bath on the
ground floor. She explained that In a
short time her husband would be help
less, on account of his age, and she
wanted everything convenient for car
Ing for him.
And then--just as they were getting
ready to move into town-she died.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
EPITOME DE
LA SEMANA
Una breve relaclon de aeon
tecImientos en- curse en- este
pals en- ell extranjero.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ACERCA DE LA GUERRA.

Los Ingleses han capturado la ciu-
dad de GAIA en- Palestine. Ell avance
de los Ingleses Sc extiende sobre
nueve millas.
Solo ocho buques mercantes ingleses
de mas de 1000 toneladas fueron hun
idos la semana proximo pasada, y
cuatro bajo csc tonelaje.
Sc habla de dueles de artillerfa al
largo del Aisne y en- Belgica. Algunas
incursiOnes memories fueron ejecutadas
por los Franceses y los Ingleses. En-
Palestine los Ingleses Sc han cogido
mas terreno.
Las perdidas de la navigation ital-
lana en- todos los mares para la Sc
mana terminando al noviembre fuer-
ON de dos vapores de menos de 1000
toneladas y de tres barcos de menos
de 100 toneladas.
Otros 1900 Italianos han sido cap
turados y las fuerzas de Cadorna han
huido al otro lado del RIO Levinza.
Berlin dice que durante las dos Sc
manas de su ofensiva han tornado mas
de 100000 prisioneros.
Las p6rdidas de la navegacion fran
cesa por causa de submarines minas
durante la semana terminando al 4 de
noviembre fueron de un buque de mas
de 1000 toneladas y tres barcos de
vela de menos de 100 toneladas.
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OCCIDENTE.

Fu6 repulsada la proposition de suf-
ragio presidential en- Ohio.
Murio en- Jonesboro, Ark, la Sonora
Cora Churchwell, por haber tornado
verdegris, y sus tres niilos, de l 4
amos de edad, estan sacramento en-
fermos.
En- Fond du Lac, Wis, Henry Seibel,
acusado del asesinato de su esposa en-
agosto proximo pasado, confes6 su cul-
pabilidad y fue sentenciado a la pris-
ion por la vida.
Sin resultados recibidos de seis con-
dados ell de noviembre, la enmienda
relativa la prohibition general en-
Nuevo Mexico tuvo una mayorfa fav-
orable de 1854 votos, basados sobre
resultados semioficiales de los demas
veintiuno condados.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
Ecclesiastical Confectionery.

One Sunday young man from the
north of Scotland while walking out
with his sweetheart, noticed over a
doorway the sign, DAIRY and Confec-
TONER" Wishing to give the young
lady a treat, the youth entered the
shop and asked for chocolate creams.
81 dinna sell chocolate creams on
the Sabbath" said the old lady behind
the counter severely.
But We self sweeties to the woman
that has just game DOT" said the young
fellow, who indeed had seen the trans
action, through the window.
"Ay, some ecclesiastical confectlon-
cry, but nae chocolate creams" said
the lady, and went on to explain: "Ec-
cIesiastical confectionery Is pepper
mint draps, pan draps, and ginger To-
zengers, but nae chocolate creams"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
ACID POlSONINGi

The most eminent physicians recognize
that uric acid stored up in the system is
the cause OF govt and rheumatism, that
this uric acid poison Is present in the
joints, muscles, or nerves. BY expert
menting and analysis at the Invallds'
Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo.
n. y, DR. Pierce discovered a combiLa-
ton Of native remedies that he called
An-u-ric. which drives out the uric acid
from the system, and in this way the
pain, swelling and Inflammation subside,
II you are a sufferer from rheumatism,
backache pains here or there. you can OBJ
tain Anurie, double strength at any drug
store for 60 cents, and get relief from the
pains and ills brought about by uric acid;
or send Dir. Pierce l0c for trial pkg. Anu
ric which you will find many times more
potent than lithia and eliminates uric acid
almost as hot water melts sugar. A short
trial will convince you. Send a sample of
your water to DR.. Pierce and 1t win be
tested free of charge.
Anuric is regular insurance and life
saver for all big meat eaters and those
who deposit lime salts in their joints.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
WASHINGTON.

All encargarse del control de los
principales artfculos de alimentacion
la administration de almentos to-
mara las primeras medidas para re-
ducir ell precio del pan.
Los caminos ferroviarios pidieron a
la comisi6n de concrete inter-estado
ell permiso de zanzibar las tarifas de
libritos de Wales basados sobre ell
ndmero de millas de 2 q 21s centavos
Subscribe por mas de so por ciento,
el segundo empr6stito de la Libertad
tuvo aun mejor exito que ell primero.
Ell departamento de correos esta
proyectando la emission de sellos de
tres centavos para cartas registradas
de distribution especial
LEGO sin novedad desagradable
un puerto ingles la comision de guer.
ra americana encabezada del Coronel
E. NJ House, el consejero en- jefe no
Official del Presidente Wilson, en- rum
DO hacia Paris donde sc tendra la con-
ferencia militar de los aliados.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver
and bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thou
sands upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp Root, physicians prescription for
special diseases, makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is
soon realized in most cases. 1t is gen.
tie, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
UNI and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
His Wish Gratihed.

"Ah," sighed the convalescent sol
der at base hospital, what wouldn't
give for one breath of my native
airl" u
"Where d you come from" asked an
ambulance driver.
''Frae Aberdeen"
Aberdeen Ell? l came down from
there before crossing. Wait half a
jiff, and I'll see what l can do for
you"
A little later there was noise OF
throbblng engines, and powerful mo-
tor car drew up before the veranda
where the soldiers were sitting.
"Now, then" said the obliging driv-
err. bend down to this wheel, while
l unscrew the valve of this back tire.
pumped 1t up in Aberdeen before i
left. Put your mouth right over 1t and
take n good sup when let her co."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
GEN E RAJ.

Ell sufragio para la mujor obtuvo una
mayorfa de 100000 votos, anadiendo
100000 electores al estado Imperio.
Las noticias de Petrograd anuncian-
do la deposition del gobierno russo in
terino cause una nueva baja en- la
bolsa de Nueva York.
Sc declararon en- huelga mil obreros
maquinistas empleados en- trabajos de
construction para ell gobierno en- los
arsenales de Boston, ell hospital de la
Marina en- Chelsea, y ell arsenal de Wa
tertoWn.
Muri6 en- Long Beach, Calf, a la
edad de n, ell Sr. Lafayette Coltrin,
manufacturer de alimentos de cere-
ales en- Omaha. Tan marcado era su
parecido la conception popular del
Tito Sam" Sc usaba su cara para anu
nciar en- los periodicos.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
EEL TRADE IS DEMORALIZED
catchers of Elongated Slippery Fish
In Thames River Among Others
Affected by the War.

Good Queen Bess' fondness for the
Dutch eel is keeping one man In Brit
ain In state Of forced idleness, OBJ
serves the New York Sun.
In the early part of her reign boat
laden with cells sailed up the Thames
and part of the cargo was sent to the
virgin queen as a gift. Her majesty
was so delighted with the at that time
novel dish, that she granted Skipper
VisjerZOnen a charter which made
descendants, absolved him of all river
dues and gave his descendants the
right to moor at a certain spot in the
river forever.
was to the effect that the mooring
place always must be occupied by
some of their boats. II at any time
the place was unused the privilege
would cease. For 300 years the de-
scendants of the fortunate skipper
have piled their trade in the Thames
always retaining their original moor
ing place. But the war broke out, the
eel trade fell off considerably and the
submarine activity completely killed
it off about two years ago.
Captain Villum, the last arrival in
charge of an eel boat, has since that
period been to all intents and pur-
poses marooned. TO maintain his
rights 1t has been necessary to stay
in the river, and until the war ends
this condition will be fulfilled. He re-
plies 10 questions as to the length Of
his exile that he expects to stay for
two or three years yet.
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WILLING to Help.

Being a young man, he was telling n
young woman all his troubles. 1t took
him long time, and the evening wore
away. He explained how he had hap
pened to lose his last position, and
how he couldn't seem to get a foot
hold in another. She sighed, and he
took 1t for sigh of sympathy--may-
be 1t was.
81 am confident that could make
"A success" he said, IF could only get
a start"
She glanced at the clock. Il can
help you," she declared. His eyes
lighted with new hope. az can get
your hat and coat" she continued.
And so he got his start.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
tlammation Of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insuring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy eXpectoration
In :he morning. Made and sold in
Anorica for fifty-two years. A won
derfld prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing Off the disease. Especially
useful In lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied cOuntries.-Adv.
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Nothing Left.

Yes, we used to sit out in the old
summer house in the beautiful moon
light. Strange to say, Jack never be
lieved he kissed me as often as / nc
cused him of doing"
"Ah, and how did you convince
him?"
"Why, the next night told him to
cut a notch in the summer house each
time he took kiss"
How did the scheme work?"
Every well for a while, but-er7-
by the end Of the week there was no
summer house left"
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to benefit or cure. Bearing-down pains,
internal inflammation and liberation,
weak back, and all kindred ailments ara
benefited by it, It can now, be had in
any drug store. Tablets 60c.
pages will be sent free on receipt Of
80 one-cent stamps to pay cost Of
printing, wrapping and mailing only.
Address DR.. " M, Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Constipation causes many serious dis.
eases It is permanently relieved by DIR.
T'erce's Pleasant Pellets. One laxa-
tive; two or three are cathartic.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
RANJERO.

Ell Vossische Zeitung de Berlin dice
que los periodicos de Budapest anun-
clan que ell "Angleich" Austro-Hun-
caro- sera removable por dos amos.
En- Rio de Janeiro la Camara de
Diputados adopt6 todas las medidas
recomendadas por ell Presidente Braz
como represalias contra las agresiones
alemanas.
Los tres primeros soldados. ameri-
canos matados en- Francia estan dur
miendo en- terra francesa, honrados
del ej6rcito american y del pueblo y
ej6rcito de Francia.
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500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly inf1u-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
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destroys the foundation of the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
the general heGIth and assists nature in
doing its work $4,000 for any case OF
Catarrh that HALLS CATARFH
MEDICINE fails to cure,
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free
f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
HEAL BABY RASHES
That Itch, Burn and Torture With Cutl.
cura--TriaI Free.

A hot Cutlcura Soap bath is soothing
to irrltated skins when followed by
a gentle application of Cuticura Oint-
ment. Use Cutlcura for everyday toir
let preparations to prevent such trou-
bles. After this treatment baby sleeps
mother rests and healment follows.
Free saplple each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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Asldes.

"Do you believe In 'asides' In the
drama?"
"No," replied the stage manager
"not when they are loud enough for
the audience to hear. But l hate to
have the leading woman get the hero
ratified by calling him pop-eyed pin
head right in the middle of big love
scene."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
SPORT.

Neal Beaton, panadero de la esta-
ci6n naval de San Pedro, Calf, SUI
cumbi6 las injurias recibidas en- una
partida de pelea a punadas con otro
hombre alistado. Beaton recibi0 un
golpe fuerte en- la cabeza habfa va
perdido sus sentidos cuando lie levan-
taron. Era de Pueblo, Colo donde
vive su madre, la Sehnora Mary E.
Beatou.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24

Davy's Philosophy.
Old Davy Skinner, a fisherman on
the Cape Cod coast, was noted for I'M
failing self-poise and economy of
words. No one ever knew Old Davy
to become in the least excited, nor did
he ever waste a word.
One summer day he was rowing
along in his boat, when dory contain
ing five or six young summer people
was capsized near him. Naturally
there were screams and wild confu-
sion, in the midst of which Davy
rowed over to the scene Of the disas-
ter and said placidly to the young peo-
pie who were clinging to the boat
screaming for help:
Hadn't you better git in?"
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"Dotty Devil eats with her knife"
Eyes, but she's got forked tongue.
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A Difference.

"They say money talks"
mot always. I've heard ma say pa
holds a dollar till it hollers."
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Not What He Meant,

Host-How did you sleep last night?
Mr.. Crabbe-Lying down, sir; lying
down.
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The Franco-Prusslan war Of 1870
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