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personally and with bitter vengeance"
AT what timer
"One O'clock must get a little
sleep"
ITO your hotelT'
"No-here. I'll call here about
~twelve-thirty 10 take Miss Claiming TO
breakfast. If we're not in, Anne will
tell you where 10 find US"
every good, Captain Parr."
The door closed behind Ryley. Too
tired TO think. unconscious even Of the
fact that he still held his watch be-
tween thumb and f%orefnger. Donald
dropped into a chair TO await Anne's
return. Naturally, it was impossible
for him to leave before he received
1rst-hand assurance that Patria was
resting comfortably. His eyes closed.
He was instantly asleep.
1t was high loon when he awoke.
Profoundly fatlgued as he had been,
a constitution Injured to all manner Of
hardship and fatigue had profted ire
mendously by those scanty hours Of
repOse. If his muscles ached a tri1e
from resting in an u-naccustomed pose,
his head was clear and all his facul-
ties alert almost with his first blink.
He started to his feet with an ex-
clamation Of dismay by the watch that
remained in his grasp the hour was
twelve.
"The deuce! - he grumbled andously.
1t was too bad TO have turned him
self out Of his lodgings to provide Pa
tria with a safe hiding place from
Huroki, to have moved ostentatiously
to a hotel in order to forestall evil
minded gossip If it ever should by mis-
chance transpire that the girl had
used his rooms, and then to have this
happen Nothing, not even the ut
most liberality in the matter Of tip
ping, would prevail TO stop the tongues
Of the hall attendants from clacking
And it couldn't be remedied.
why didn't you awake mef' he de
manded angrily Of Anne when that one
appeared from the direction Of the bed
chamber.
you were so tired, poor dearr" she
told him, with a beaming affection thaf
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
NINTH EPISODE
Cats Paw and SCapegoat.
THE CONVENTIONAL THING.


That night had been sultry, a night
of heat rendered the more oppressive
by humidity, a true Manhattan night
of August. But the day that followed
broke upon the uneasy city in dawn
light so pitilessly clear that at least
n belated wayfarer, half dulled
senses suddenly stirring to appre-
ciate that the friendly cloak Of dark
ness was no more for him, was seized
with a little fit Of shivering, as if
chilled.
His trembling fingers strOve to draw
together the front Of his coat, a fruit
less effort. Looking down angrily, he
discovered a wine-spattered expanse of
white gaping between the edge Of his
dress coat-something, Of course, not
built to be buttoned.
Mumbling pettlshly an inane oath,
he<belated n glanced furtively
ronnd to see whether. by mischance,
anybody else were abroad to be a wit
ness to the witlessness then, reas-
sured to find himself the lonely tenant
of an empty side street pulled him
self together after a fashion and re-
sumed a desultory course toward his
lodgings.
This was the figure, in the role Of
rejected sutton for the hand Of Patria
Claiming, cut by Mr.. Rodney Wrenn
in his sober senses not inaptly TO be
termed a gentleman.
AS his struggling feet wOve their
uncertain way upon the sidewalk. a
motor car Of the touring type overlook
him, rounded the next corner. and dis
appeared. Mr.. Wrenn was aware of
its transit, but was likewise sufficient
ly aware of his condition to wish not
to be seen, even by strangers. He held
his face averted till the car had
passed. Had he looked up he would
have recognized the face Of the WON
an he loved. or thought he loved, but
the recognition would have been one
sided.
She lay, with eyes closed, as if she
Sept. in the arms of Capt. Donald
Parr, her head pillOwed on his shoul
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caller. q 10 be got rid Of with all
possible haste.
"WeIlT Donald suggested coldly.
swell I Just wafed 70 ask
you for Patria's address. She vas at
the Ritz, but she's left, and I
thought you might know where I could
find here
"Tm sorry-I can't help you out"
There was a little pause. ROdney's
gaze wandered past Donald and be-
came fixed. His face even more deep
~ c%ongested.
"You liar" he said quickly.
With a groan Of dismay Donald
rounded on his heel. 10 see. poised
lightly on the threshold Of the adjoln-
ing bedchamber. Patria-a charming
vision Of innocent loveliness in the
negligee which she had d0nned over
her nightdress when reused by the
sound Of voices in the sitting room,
but a vision Of disastrous omen IN
Donald's sight.
$50 this" Rodney began furi-
ously.
II he failed to complete what he
would have said. # was thanks only n
the hand with which Donald forcibly
sealed his lips.
"Be quiet, you young IDIOT"
With an oath the boy broke away
aimed an uncertain blow at Donald
and ran from the apartment.
Without daring to look in the direc
ton Of the girl. Donald snatched "
his coat and, Struggling into it, pur.
sued.
Overtaking the younger nan on the
steps outside the front door Of tbs
building, Donald caught his arm and
held it against his struggles.
Rodney he pleaded. Listen Il
me Be reasonable. You're wrong
all wrong. 1 can easily explain
"Liari'
The epithet sounded simultaneously
with the impact Of a gloved hand OF
DOnald's lips. Instinctively this las
released Rodney who prompsy tool
to his heels and pelted up the street.
Remembering that he was hatles
and wore an u~nknotted cravat, Donal'
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disarmed his temper. 4 just couldn't
bear to disturb you, after all you'd
been through"
"Well," he grumbled IN
comfortably. . How is Miss
Channingfr
"Still asleep-the lamb"
"Tll run over to the hotel. &.
Or. wait a minute"
A hapchance glance at himself in a
pier-gIass had shown him a figure
clothed in garments shockingly the
worse for close contact with fire and
prolonged immersion in salt water. He
was in no shape to be seen in the
streets.
You'll find a change Of clothes for
me in that hall closet" he said. please
fetch il instantly. l want TO clear out
Of this with the least possible delay
The woman hustled of. brought back
all he desired. made herself scarce.
He effected the change with all posi-
BILE expedition, but was still in his
shi~rtsleeves. knotting his tie, when q
knock sounded on the hall door.
Donald hesitated only an instant be-
fore opening the door. This would IN
doubtedly prove TO be Ryley, s bit
ahead of time. And Ryley was both
intelligent and trustworthy.
But it was Rodney Wrenn who
stepped in over the threshold as Don
aid opened the door.
For a moment embarrassment blind
ed Donald TO Rodney's condition. But
as soon as the latter spoke, it was IN
mistakably manifest
Look here. Don I'm sorry TO uou-
BILE you. but Well. its this
way. mothers all broken up about this
row with Patria and And som
1. It's driving me mad. I've always
been foolish about her and-and all
that-and it seemed pretty tough 70 be
cut u even by you. But you were al
least white. And now the papers say
she's going to marry that damn
GreaSerr'
The boy paused. Donald regarded
him uneaSily. There was no question
ing the evidence 81 his furred %enuncia.
ton. his abnormally flushed face anc
unsteady eyes; he had been drinking
and drinking heavily. A dangero~
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Hluctantly relinquished further pur-
suit for the time being.
I'll find him at his rooms" he re-
fiected moodily as he turned back into
the house. I'll make him listen. It
oughtn't to be difficult; Rods sensible
enough . sober!'
AN EXIT.
It was nearer two O'Clock than one
when Mr.. Ryley found Donald and Pa
tria breakfaSting in the name Of lunch
con in the grill room Of 4 quiet hotel.
I'm sorry I'm late" he apologzed.
I'D have been on the dot only for Mr..
Huroki. Looks as if he's got wind OF
these warrants already. somehow-or
else he suspects its high time we were
taking some drastic action in his
case"
How sOf" asked Donald.
Hes been flying around pretty live
" all mOrning-ever since nine o'clock
calling on the japanese consul. visit
ing his bank and a couple Of lawyers
offices, and things ike that. We had a
man after him all the time, Of course.
Here's his report"
The detective offered Donald a leaf
from a pocket notebook blackened
with memoranda in a minute hand
the majority Of which was a simple.
concise record Of an active mans busy
morning. all going 10 indicate hurried
preparations toward q change OF adj
dress. the final item alone excited IN
common interest on the part Of Don
aid.
stopped at Walton" he read to him.
self-"lunched in grill with woman he
picked up in lobby. Headwaiter says
woman is Iris Mayne. common TO the
town. 10Y: Is this the Badger
Queen0 Joined at lunch by boy with
hangover whom Mayne called from
the other side Of the room. Couldn't
find anybody who knew boy. Mayne
and boy hurried away before Huroki
finished. Fl. then returned TO resi-
dence."
is he still there?" Donald inquired
returned the memoranda.
That's all I vas waiting for-tO get
him bottled up. We've got cops and
plain-clotheS at both ends OF the block
IN addition to our own men. de won't
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ders, her body enveloped in a coarse,
damp blanket. her hair in a disorderly
tangle framing a face whose pallor
was the shade of parchment.
Captain Parr was scarcely less pale,
though his eyes were open wide and
his face set in a cast of grave solicit
tude for the woman in his arms.
With him in the touring car were
two operatives of Miss Channing's re-
Gently organized secret intelligence bu-
reau-Mr. Ryley and 4 subordinate,
both showing the effects of an expert
ence scarcely less trying than that
which Miss Claiming and Captain Parr
had patiently undergone.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
SYNOPSIS.

Baron Huroki, chief OF the Japanese
secret service In America, conspiring to
ennbroil the United States with Mexico.
desires control Of the great Claiming mu-
nitiops plants owned by Patria-lagt OF
'IxTe Fighting Channings' and sole ex-
ec&rix Of the sl00,O00,OC0 trust secretly
created by patriotic progenitors to COM
bat the national perils inherent In "un-
preparedness" His schemes failing
through the opposition Of Patria and her
fance, Capt. Donald Parr, Huroki in re-
venge causes the destruction BY fire Of
vast stores Of munitions in the Claiming
freight yards near B~ayonne-a holocaust
IN which Patria and Donald escape ami
hilation by the narrowest Of chances.
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window an instant before three police
men entered. At sight Of these Dom
aid quietly showed the badge Of a.
special officer Of the New York police
department.
You'll find the people you want In.
there" he said, jerking his thumb to-
ward the bedchamber door. Take the
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-17
THE CAST.

MRS. VERNON CASTLE as
Patria Claiming.
MILTON STILLS as Donald Psrr.
WARNER GLAND as Baron
Huroki.
DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny
Adair.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-12-05

Will be observed that Mr.. Dcs Champs
IS a thorough, up-to- date farmer and
conducts his place on the latest an
proved scientific principles of farm
ing following closely the system of
diversified and at the same time in
tcnsiiied possible and at the same
time conserve the producing proper
ties Of the soil. At a very conservat-
i've estimate it will be readily under
stood that, computing the amount Of
Mr.. DesChamps' farm production
from the following very conservative
estimate of prices we have: 33 bales
of cotton at 27c per pound, estimating
500 pounds to the bale, $4,455.O0;
corn, 300 bushels at $l2O per bushel,
$4,000; oats, 300 bushels at Csc per
bushcl, $201 90; 50 bushels wheat at
1920 per bushcl, $114.4O; potatoes,
600 bushels at $l.O0 per bushcl,
100000, making Il total of $5.973lO
Continued on PHEc S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-12-05
Hodge Sisters Plantation
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take UrOye'Ss

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic 10 equally valuable as a
we'll known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builde up the Whole System. 90 cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-12-05
Settled in Revolutionary Days.

y
During the Revolutionary war two
Broadway brothers settled in Sump-
ter county one going soon after to
Alabama while Lewis Broadway, the
ancestor Of many Of the Broadways
in the vicinity Of PaXvile, came to
this section soon after coming into
the country something like $50 years
ago. G. II. Broadway, one Of the
sons, born in this locality, has a
plantation Of about 140 acres, 85
acres of which are under cultivation.
Mr. Broadway is a thorough planter
and this year fertile soils Of his plan
tation produced him GO bales of cot
ton, 500 bushels of corn and between
400 and 500 bushels Of oats. He is
one of the few planters whose excel
lent knowledge of the principles of
good farming enabled him to reap be-
tween 400 and 500 bushels Of oats
when many of the planters complain
that the oats crop was nearly a fail
ure. Two cows, 18 hogs and about
GO chickens are revenue producers.
Four mules are employed in tilling
the soil. The pleasant home is
phalanxed on the front by a facade Of
large oaks.
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made a fair amount of cotton this
year. He has two mules, a cow and
, number Of chickens and from his
small plantation manages to secure a
profitable income from his labors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-12-05
Mrs. Curtis's Plantations.

That a woman is equal TO an emerg-
ency in handling large businesses is
proven by the efficient manner in
which Mrs. S. f. Curtis has conduct
ed the business affairs Of the large
properties left by her late husband
George II. Curtis, who died some
years ago. In the large estate were
five big plantations which will prob
ably aggregate something near 1000
acres. These tracts are rented, and
by careful and judicious selections of
tenants these plantations are in a
very high state of production and
this year large crops Of corn, feed,
wheat and potatoes were grown.
Hodge Sisters Plantation.
B. j. Hodge located at what is now
known as Hodges Corners, about
midway between Manning and Pine
wood in the early days of this sec
ton and the old homestead has since
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beer occupied by descendants of the
family. P. 3. Hodge and his sisters
the Misses Alice and Lizzie who, with
i. >. Hodge arc the proprietors of
the plantation, now occupy the home
Included in the tract are about 300
acres which this year produced be-
tween 60 and Is bales Of cotton and
a big crop of corn. 10 mules are
employed on the place Fourteen hogs
constitute portion of the livestock.
B. w. DcsChamps.
Twcnty-thrcc years ago b. w. Des-
Champs located on the present plan
tation of l2G acres which was a por-
ton of the large tracts acquired bv
his father, Lewis Henry DcsChamps
This year he has made 53 bales OF
cotton, 500 bushels OF corn, 300 bush.
els Of oats, so bushels of wheat, and
600 bushels Of potatoes. He has lC
hogs, SO hens and roostcrs of the full
bloodcd strain of barred rocks. 1t
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Continued on Page ST.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-12-05
Settled Here G4 Years Ago.
lore Diversity in Farming.

j. w. Cochran is one of the wise
planters who devotcs portion of his
broad acres, time and efforts to di-
versified farming. He has 1873 acres,
105 of which are under cultivation.
This year he has made about 20 bales
of cotton, between 700 and 800 BUSH
els of corn, SO bushels of wheat, 300
bushels of potatoes and, besides has
rs hogs and number of we'll bred
chickens from which he reaps a nice
revenue. Mr.. Cochran has only been
handling the present plantation for
seven years but in that time the
handiwork Of the up-to-date planter
is evident all about the premises.
Planter on the Job.
w. f. Stokes is solving the scarcity
of labor problem by getting into the
harness and personally attending to
the harvesting of his crops. He is
pioneer having lived on his plan
tation near PaYyillc for the past 40
years. While he has but 80 acres
26 Of which are under cultivation he
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
WHITMAN SUPPORTS
mitchell For MAYOR

New York. Oct l5,--Governor
Whitman has announced that he
expected To vote for Mayor Mitchell.
he made clear hi; attitn Re in the New
York mayoralty campaign in the fol-
lowing statement:
During the recent primaries !
urge Republicans In New York city
10 support the fuston movement AZ the
polls because / believed Il offered the
only hope OF saving the "tty from the
control OF Tammy Hall. see NO rea~
son to change nay mind
Mr. Bennett carried the Republican
primaries and is the regular Repuhh-
can candidate. He is entitled legally
ard morally to the Republican name.
the Republican emblem and the use of
the Republican machinery.
There is 40 Hohenzollern Issue in
the campaign. My acquaintance with
Judge Hyiand is slight. but ! have no
reason to doubt his Amerlcanism. /
have known Mr. Bennett for twenty
years, and l believe that he is as loyal
to the country and the flag as is the
mayor CIR governor As governor OF
this state. / resent the suggestion that
the election or aefeat of any of the
candidates would Indicate any lack of
patriotism on the part Of the people Of
the greater city. constituting as they
do more than half the population of
the state. The people of the city and
Of the state are sincere and enthusiast
tie in their support OF President villa
son at this critical time, as they are
loyal TO the country and TO the cause.
and they will continue so to be what
ever the result of the election.
There is only one issue. There is
but one question which the people are
called upon to answer on November 6
Shall Tammany Hall rule New York?
No one knows better than ! do what
Tammany rule meann 10 New York
city and / am against 1t, just as hard
as / know how TO be.
The only hope of defeating Tam
many Hall lies inthe candidacy OF MIR,
Mitchell. l expect to vote for him. ana
believe that Republicans may prop
eriy support him and maintain their
obligation of regularity TOO. But even
II such were not the case and the
choice were between the obligation CT
rartisanship and the obligation Of citi-
zenship, our duty would be entirely
clear
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
LIBERTY OXYGEN
To AID BIRDMEN
Invention Expected to Enable Avfators
to Work mt Heights of SIX Miles.
Military Men Enthusiastic.

Washington. Oct. 15.--Aircraft fiy-
ing the stars and Stripes may lombard
Berlin from a height Of sig miles
through the latest invention of Ameri-
can scientific genius, At this height
German defending planes and guns
would De useless.
This uuhsard of height can easily be
attained by the liberty motor" accord
ing to all experts. The only difficulty
has been that in such a rarified atnos.
phere the avistors themselves could
dc nothing: the terrific demands on
their lungs are too great to permit
other action Airoianes have attain
ed heights of $4,000 feet, but the diff
ficuity of brep thing all but made the
aviators poweriess.
Now American science steps IN with
the twin OF the liberty motor. 'IAber-
~ oxygen" is its name, and II is a
respiration device which automatically
supplies to the iier the oxygen which
is lacking in the natural air at grea.
attitudes
/ The device is the joint production of
experts of the aviation section and
the government here and by the inter
national experts on aviation In Wash
lagton as the solution Of the last Prob
lem of the air-~and an assurance of
superiority IN the air to America and
her allies for the remainder of the
war
American and allied aircraft can fly
over Germany with this device az
heights unattainable to German avis-
tors and at their leisure can lombard
and destroy military depots, arsenals
aEG the great war Industrial plants
The kaiser's palace itself is no longer
safe. The great German sirfieets
guarding II would be helpless against
the raiders flying high above them.
Details of the invention are guarded
with the utmost secrecy. Only the
bare announcement Is made of ~liber-
ty oxygen" bat there ia no concealing
the optimism OF aircraft experts hsre
that d5rafsAfion IN stle afr hos passed
definitely and completely from German
hands.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
UNDER SHE'LL FIRE
IN FRENCH TRENCHES
BY c. ". PARKE.

Somewhere In France, Oct. 49,
Just now the Argonne fores- is no
place for a man aching for a scrap.
Nauquois plateau. where thousands OF
French and Germans met death in
bloody combat, is as quiet on these
sunny autumn days as the Polo
grounds in midwinter. Barring an oc-
casional thunder roll from far-away
batteries and an hourly reciprocal
bonn bardrnent by French and German
guns, the noisiest thing that stirs the
valleys Us the twitter of the birds.
Al young French officer returning to
his trench sector from a village a
short distance behind the front, escort
ed three correspondents 20 a position
from which wide stretch of the Ar
gonne front could be easily seen. Our
car sped through an utterly deserted
village, des astated by the retreatiHg
Germans after the battle OF the Marine,
and more completely ruined by their
later bombardments.
The road led straight out into a
great amphitheater bordered by wood
ed hills. criss-crossed by the ruins of
old trenches.
See those sticks?" said our escort,
pointing to row plainly visible to
the naked eye along the top OF hill
barbed wire and trenches He has a
few batteries In that woods. II he
was energetic he might give US a few
shells"
Tho German positions were getting
uncomfortably nearer. We left the
car under a slight rise in the ground
that hid it from German observation
and started on foot across a field to
seek cover behind hill held by the
French. We had barely clambercd
out OF the car when a shell burst six
hundred yards ahead in field near
the road over which our car had been
speeding.
Well, he did try one on us,
laughed the French officer. but 1t
was a bad one. I'll wire the kaiser
TO take away his iron cross"
Over in the dugouts behind the
French trench line an assortment of
poilus were whiting away at knick-
nacks. playing cards or taking ca:
maps. The dull boom OF guns came
across intervening hills from the YER
dun front, only a few kilometers away.
Our escorting officer led the way on
up over the hilltop past an anti-air-
craft gunner. who wished us 'bon
jour" and lamented because he hadn't
seen a German for many days
At an artillery observation post our
coming was an event. The officer in
charge contided that 1t was duh life
The Germans hadn't sent n shell his
way for long time. He was glad to
meet newcomers and mighty glad TO
. break the monotony of a days work
by pointing out the boche trenches in
the valley below and the great Vau-
quois mine crater on the yellow side
of yauquois plateau. No sign of life
came from tranchland. At one point
where a ''V" shaped German trench
seemed almost to run into a. "V"
shaped French trench-only sixty feet
separated them--there had been a lit
tie grenade tossing a few hours earlier,
when poilus and boches needed warm
inss-Hp exercises after breakfast.
That was all.
Back we went to the officers dug
out for quite palatabie war bread and
wine.
War out here" he said as we were
leaving. moves like molasses'