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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10

bored thar criminal" he barked at the
proudly erect young woman who stood
facing Margery Golden, AN as an Of
fcer of m. law | give YOU warnin.
il will be worse for you if you don't
tell is vher, he keeps himself under
cover"
~ shall tell YOU nothing" answered
rho op.uIv defiant girl. your bully
fp, threats do not brighten NE in the
r...sr and | shall SEE that your in
snrrfrr conduct i reported L. the
,r,r.r authorities"
Win This parting shot the unruf-
d. ,,frI deliberately turned her back
49,, -b,. racing police captain and. with
..,f.- If,,f-y made her way toward
,r. Authenticated mansion. Nothing
r..,...f,,.I for that utterly routed arm
80 ,l... Iazv hut To- Withdraw from tn
r.g1 nf This disastrous verbal battle
.,:.F. ,r.. r,..r grace h, could muster.
I.r- already in his somewhat Ilmite!
,...,..r, of mental activity. b" had DE-
,:-.F . NOW scheme for trapping the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10

Nargerv Golden hreathleSSly await
ed the outcome If that chase. for she
realized that II This nan. who had
inst saved her froIr terrible death,
was CAPTURED she woLl1 he reSpnn-
Sible f. large r-eas1ire. TIE running
fo1,rns were lost 70 sight. hut pres
ortIv re Laughing Mask broke from
th. cover cf . great rectangular rock
onl. SaShirC past her - the opposite
side # III read. threw himself face
lAv.-.var, among the sheltering
bushes. TIL next n1raent his rurSuerS
emerged from tctiRi the rock and
came rou:di1c toward Margery
Golden.
(Which way fif he go?" the gasp
irr roIice ocfcer demanded If the girl
VIII, held the fate f the Laughing
Mask IT. her hands. After M almost
imperceptihla hesitation. she pointed
+ silently toward the bend II the road.
+ ,-ardiv had the detectives, trailing
this fake scent mt top speed, disap-
reared arc--d the turn than there
! sIirnef ut # the bushes n masked
figure herring evident traces IF eX
tausticl. Slowly he approached the
Girl into whose eyes Crept look ot
stern rp-r.ach. Taking her hand he
raised il tenderly To his lips.
Wont sou try to believe in M
inst p littl- while longer" he asked
in low. pleading tone.
Then without waiting for her an
swpr he reinquiShed that soft, white
hand aad ran up rhe road in the op
ocSite direction from that taken b.
his pursuerS.
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10

troubled with cramps and feel like
different woman. | cannot praise
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound too highly and | am recommend.
ing it to my friends who suffer as | did. "
Mrs. GEORGE r. NAYLoR, Box ",
Marysvilie, Pa. =,
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations;
fainting spells or Indigestion should
take Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co. Ccon-
identiaD, Lynn. Mass. Only women
omen and read such letters.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10

down at the four corners. II was
NE blacklist kind Of q night and there
wasn't even stray rabbit for COM
pany. hadn't seen anything that
looked suspicious, so when Donovan
comes along to spell me off. | thought
III stop in minute for Il chat with
rsrker, the head gardener down at
"ilken's place. | found the old man
ano his son, Joe, in the kitchen and
uey gave me a little sOmethin' TO
axe the dust out of my throat. We
S settin' there quiet and peaceable,
wen al Of sudden seen old Par
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10
EIGHTEENTH EPISODE
The Green-Eyed God

81 thought you had discarded that
theory. Captain Bracket" MarSery
Golden said in surprised tones. Il
know you discovered some strongly
convincing evidence. but when, with
our own eyes. we saw both David
Manley and the Laughing Mask in the
same room at the same time. II stands
to reason they must be different per
sons" Then she added softly to her
self. "And | am sorry 1t turned out
that way"
"Tve seen some strange things in
my time, Miss Golden" he commenced
In reminiscent tones. when | round
ed up that bank lOOter in India |
had chance to see those Hindu ar
lists fakirS | think they call 'em, pull
off some Of their stunts, and | tell
you the mystery we're up against amt
a circumstance in comparison. Why,
one of those heggarS with a white
uightcap on his head planted seed in
pot, and when he nlade few passes
up came a regular Easter plant with
blossoms a. il. Then he started some
Of that dope burnin' that smells like
q church. and while he was wavin
his arms and singin' low to himself
he faded right out of sight like pun
Of steam off a skyScraper. Some wise
bug who teaches I'm college claimed
the fakir didn't do the vaniShin' act
at all: said we only imagined he die
because some kind of hypnotic intlu
ence had been worked on us. Now
what I'm gettin' ut Is this: your faith
India. His father worked for the gov
ernment. And I'll bet he pulled some
Of that Hindu stuff and saved himsel
from gettin' pinched by maxim u
think we saw the Laughing Masl
standln' by the window when h,
wasn't there at ALL"
Margery had hard work controlling
her facial muscles during this Ion
and apparently serious harangue ant
no doubt would have laughed outright
In compliance with the captains per
mission, II just then one of that re
mancer's men had not entered tn
room with news of startling char
acter written large on his face.
well. Jenkins. what is it," tersel
demanded his superior, and then a
the self-important sleuth glanced a
Margery. he added. Miss Golden is /
on this as much as any of us. She
the only one who ever saw that ger
tleman yegg with his mask off, bu
now she thinks the face she saw b.
longs TO someone who was trying {
slip one over on her. Just took tn
place of the Laughing Mask on tn;
particular occasion. So If you've 70
anything new she'll be mighty int
ested to hear It,"
well. you see 1t happened lii
this" he began In a medltative 1Oic
II had been dom fOur-hOur stretC
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10


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In. r1,.r.f..r- Srl1.n.
/ ly that IluG-r.n descended with ter
rifle impact on the wutchman.~ skull,
sending him heavily to rho ground,
/ where he Law inert and woriruic~~.
! T.. Drt,r Frank stood with a cruel
,,..r. .rr,,,f,.., the result Of his
4...,..r..,...,.- ..,.r >r.r,and over the
sam ..-., .- i,.tfsr.r.r,ry as though
II bend r...-. o. fallen tr.r-trr.ak. Then.
.s l. We, ,r.rr rn enter ,L,. ~hau'y.
ne. r...,,>rt for q r..,,urut ur. tA, turr~h-
old and ,..- qufck look over his
,rnrrl.r W-ha, Ire saw brought
....-.fr.., ,.,-...-.,,., ~ his lipS. for
r,arfr-, down rla ar,cfpituuS h.,l-
side toward ,r... ,,.a~ry came ar auto
mobile driven ata Iyatl-courtinG pace.
Op m" runat,- laarI If that mad.y
iurc!H@g car prrrar.oU~ly chung man
wearing yellow mask. A. in
~WirIu- cloud of dust th" ear struck
TIE loot OF ihr AIIi 'l"' ''a>NeI u
ar" I"aie" WIZ" - me >''' y ,'!'
road "Lc. inIrarNi"G>'F retaining Ms
i"o'iHG' !aNh"d lE'" N" quarry N"'"'-
IN ir"huc warnings IL he 'a'"''
Then il was that LcGar realized his
, prey would escape him unless he act
ed without the loss of second. Tie
swung about and darted through me
door f the Shanty toward the pump
= like electrical contrivance from Wh'ch
> creeping wire teadrilS extended to the
: mined cIitf. But before MS lean
! fingers could jam Down the Hahhle
. ard make the connection when W"uId
: produce the jumping blue spark OF
deadly power Marg"ry Golden anu
: the aStcunaec detectives had ieapeu
p from their place of conceaIInent ana
a hastily advanced to meet IN" masked
: fugitive Tor whom tieS III" ''eii
lying III Wilt
: Liza! "e t"".,"
H'-"i
i, nan me '''' VIII '"'lw''"'
III "'' 'i'''''
=, His words ana manner carried III
q slant ana tearN"'ne c"hNlcu'A' anu
, that startled group about hliA' 'ha'IE
plungt"g for safety, barely r"a'teu
the highway when a deaieulh"' re'er-
i heratiaG roar split the air ana rocked
! the very ground under th'lr rect
: For a moment the little group stood
in SNe'lhouni silence, gripped by me
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-10

would have To stay
in bed several days
every month. |
tried all kinds of
remedies and was
treated by doctors,
but my trouble con-
tinued until one day
| read about Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. | tried it
and now | am never
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

Really you are foolish. and bis
hand pressed my arm.
Fortunately his speech required
10 answer. had II. II would have
made no difference. could not
have spoken 20 save my life unleas
I had screamed my identity AZ him.
and 40 prevented him talking fur.
Their.
You are very quiet: aren't you
enjoying yourseIf1~ he asked. after
momert.
"oh. e. Il IL delightful" an.
swered. most laughing At the
irony Of II all
"I'H dance with you again before
NE snmAsk" he said. as tEs Esnsss.
stopped -
Thank you. replied then. Is
Mrs. DTayton here" asked.
Yes But ! am not sure who is
she. She had a great idea Of fool
ing every one. so wouldn't tell what
she was TO wear. altho she did say
something about representing mu-
SIC or some musical character. I'm
not sure she isn't that hSrpist" RE
referred 20 a woman dressed "a a
harpist. who was about my size
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

be say to me! How aid my hus-
band act when alone with othe=
womenf I knew a few Spanish ex-
Dressicns and words. so used them
when | spoke. also Disgusting my
voice a. much as possible.
You are charming ne finally
said. Il am 80 glad you reconsid-
cred and came. II win do you
good
7 nsnr~%rsd semsthlns IN rsply
Wind ala --~-.Ek I wass Like a
fash n came TO me that he thought
I was Phyllis Lswson and that the
oaher Spanish Eirl was she and
that Robert knew What she was &c
wear
Yea" I almost whispered: -
viii DO me COED"
You mast overcome this sens
tiVsnsss, Mrs. lawson Phyllis. you
have ben IN no way to blame. "a
shy allow II 10 ruin your life
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

country or park Walking trips. that.
helped By nature books. open eyes
sv~ken brains. build bodies; sports
and games. such a. archery, swim
ming. ball. or practical ssrdenirs.
which In Mother DArth's own
breath" City back yards cffsr end
less Invitations to tan without much
oost--for instance. . back yard
camp to answer the boys can of
the Wild.
Fix now the chiid's habit Of taxi
ing relaxation and recreation thai
may save him later On life. There
are helpful books on vscsfionins.
camping. nature study. gardening, ;,
sports. etc. OF which mothers. sons.
and dAughters may have Q list frcm
me. books that may be borrowed
from the public library. used at
home. or PACKED In the trunk Of
those lucky enough to 80 on 10 a
summer resort.
Get the vacation habit! Start
planning nowi
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

Mothers and daughters and sons.
the most important part OF all the
year 10 coming and now Ia the time
&C. plan for it--vseation!
Summer vacation " the summons
OF the great outdoors. which n the
natural element and health builder
Of all young growing things. Out
doors thu youngsters viii respond
o. the muscle hunger that makes
for free bodies. racing blood. clear
eyes. and thinking brains. Vacation
is the life remover.
Outdoors IL the school for oh
servstion. best developed In con.
tsct with nature. and most neces-
sary for the child's success In later
life. Outdoors the child can make
lifelong friends with trees. flowers.
birds. stars. and woodcraft ways.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

Vacation hlls the urgent need "
human mind and body for the DORA.
sional recreation and change of 90
cupation that maintain the bss,
standard Of physical and mental
life. Whatever relieves the care
and worry OF the daily routine In
,yisorates and rejsvenstes. Play 10
-as vital m work Because OF the
benefit Of the outdoor life 10 every
function OF the human organism.
the Girl Scouts include the outdoor
habit AZ part OF a girls duty toward
her country, So vacation makes for
preparedness.
No lack OF money. mothers. need
interfere with your chiid's summer
outing From your homo a. q start
.ns point you can nnd innumerable
avenues 20 the blessed outdoors
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

ITS pretty costume" ven
tursd
Neither a. pretty nor az oeconi-
ins a. yours will be when we I'M
mask. I'll wager" he replied az an
other partner claimed me.
neither knew nor cared what
he said. | telt that l had satisfied
myself as TO Roberts feelings fnr
Phyllis lawson. I decided entirely
10 my own satisfaction that he was
In love with her. and that OF
course. | meant nothing to him on
that account.
We were 10 unmask at O'Clock
l decided that before thar time I
would leave. then remembered
that II did. so would not be sure
that IL was Phyllis lawson who
was wearing the other Spanish cos
tune No. | would remain behind
the heavy curtains leading to the
hall and watch the unmaskinx:
then quietly and my way out and
home. Once more | would spy upon
my husband
Just az the clock struck one. and
the music. with q crashing Of chords
stopped. ] quietly sid behind the
curtains which draped the door into
the hall With much laughing. and
many excited calculations and an
masking went on. Before had
taken my station had found the
Spanish girl. and now did not take
ny eyes from her. cared nothirs
about the others.
scarcely breathed a. saw her
raise her hand 10 her mask. then
almost disclosed myself in my Gag
erness TO see.
I, was Phyllis lawson. had
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

knasn IL att the time. Jet the surety
came with 4 distinct shock.
For several moments ! stood HD-
solutely incapable OF moving. rhcn,
as the gay. laughing crowd hurried
out TO supper | quietly let myself
out and almost ran home.
had always been rather umif
about being out late and here ! was
At l o'clock In the morning running
thru the streets OF Clearvills. with
no thought Of bear; my only desire
e get home and In some way pre-
vent Robert knowing that had
worn a Spanish costume.
knew | should have to deceive
him in some way. so decided 70 tell
him had become suddenly III and
Sc unable 10 go OF course, had
to take Matilda into my confidence.
but made her think II was all
part OF a Joke. and the simple soul
never thought Of doubling me.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

Chapter Lvill.
After Robert left I hurried into
ny own costume. I had decide1
10 - - . spsnish girl after all. 20
~ 70 sst dark Wig In place o.
~ Light oas had ordered. re-
1nennosre1 I hnd toA6 Robert that L
vpun1 ~ % - Spanish girl. so
~ vouz6nt be looking for me IA
>hat gsilss.
wss 20 sxcited ! could scarcely
dxeas Int sfter | vas ..r-sts ny
6ifrer told me thai made Ssry
Attractive Castilian. Would Roesrt
recognixs me. and how was I TO
know Phyllis Lawson?
slipped int the house Without
ringing the bell. Myrtle vas no
whore ito be seen. 30 quietly
mingled with the snestA. sdEing my
wAy toward Robert. who lowered
shove most OF the men. He really
looked wonderfully well In chArae-
ter. He carried himself 80 nobly
Ms costume seemed . part o. him.
not dixguise.
] soon detected Myrtle. and KEEP
away from her. feared she weuId
recsenize my voice. and In hsf ina
petuous way let Robert know. Bal
try as would could not decide
which of all the women In oostums
and mask vas Phyllis Lawson
There were shepbsrdssses, an,
fypsies. historical characters, am
Mother Goose impersonators, am
&C my surprise another Spanish siri
We were Of about the same height
and there was enough similarity
about the costume 10 make my de
lection more difYfcult.
The fun grew more hilarious Al
the evening went on. had dance;
until I was tired. and was leaning
against the piano resting when Rob
ert came no and spologixed for nv
being able to speak Spanish. theI
asked me to dance.
u was terribly exciting trem
bisd like q foolish girl What wouIs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12
U. s. Warns Vessel Masters.

The engineering department CT
the United States army, which hAs
supervision OF the navigation on
the Great Lakes. has issued GER
tfin rules and regulations TO be fol
lowed out during the war for the
protection OF the locks OF 81. Mary's
river and lake trsfnc. Masters are
requested TO exercise the utmost
precaution in the selection OF their
crews and 10 examine all freight
and packages brought aboard
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12

CHICAGO-Five hundred amateu'
sailors started training for work
aboard Chicago's neet OF subms.
rine chAsers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-12
PLAN YOUR VACATION NOW
BY MARY q. wAlrEa.

iSiI. by The Associated NswspApersl
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-20
GAME At BRAWLEY

Continued From Page One)
game. They are figuring from the
big attendance at the last Saturdays
game at Holtville The locals tried
to secure the game for their home
town, with the larger attendance it
surely would have brought, but the
Holtville bunch refused the offer.
Brawley High School officials were
wind in making arrangements to Sc
cure the Brawley Valley League ball
park for the game. The seating ca
pacity of the park will be great
help in drawing attendance for the
game.
Three San Diego football officials
will be brought over for this import
ant game.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-20
ROMANS :P|C7OR|OUS
Continued From Page One.)

Venice coast batteries shell the enc
my at the mouth of the Piave
At 8 O'Clock yesterday afternoon an
Austrian airplane flew over the city,
but it dropped no bombs. The batter
les of Venice did not fire, but when
the machine flew over the Grand ca
nal, Italian torpedo boats discharged
score of shots with effect.
The city's water supply has not
been interrupted, although it is feared
the mains coming from the north will
be cut.
The American wife of prominent
Milan writer named Barelli, has had
an unuslal experience. She was in
Venice, while three of her horses and
two blooded hounds were at Mestre,
suburb. The railway refused to take
the horses and dogs, owing to the
needs of the military. She mounted
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-20
The Food Hoarders.

The United States Secret Service
i has discovered around New York
/ about S75,O00,0o0 worth of food be
ing stored away for higher prices.
The holding of certain amount of
food in warehouses is of course le-
gitimate. Supplies must be stocked
up against the coming winter. 1t will
not pay to use food lavishly now, and
then fall short later because the need
for economy was not realized. The
storage system at least has the merit
of equalizing and stabilizing the sup
ply and regulating the price
But, Judging by the Washington
dispatches, the bulk of the food found
stored was not legitimate saving up
of supplies for winter use, but was
the effort of spectators to get un-
fair prices. 1t does not seem to do
any particular good to hold these
people UP to public obloquy. For
year now they have been denounced
as pirates. Yet they keep on hoard
ing and feel on scruples when poor
people have to pay two dollars for an
article they should be able to buy for
one. They are in it for the money
and do not consider other motives, pa
sriotie or humanitarian.
The government will of course
have to deal sharply with these peo-
ple. 1t will no doubt proceed to seize
1ood needlessly boarded up, and it
ought not to pay more than fair
price Tor 1t. 1t seems highly prob
ao.e that the hoarders will get less
out OF 1t after they have dealt with
the government, than if they had been
willing to pass on their goods to the
reople for fair profit.
They naed expect little sympathy
from the public. If some of them po
INTO bankruptcy there will be few
hoIfners. 1t is a wise policy to fix
far price on product and be con-
tent with moderate profit. On no
other basis can gooa will be built up.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-20
MIR. Lansing, Consider Our Situation.

The Valley is beginnin gto awaken
to the prospect of disaster if the free
massage of men and food into Lower
California is denied after December L.
The county supervisors and the or
ganized cotton interests have sent
letter of vigorous protest to Secre-
tary Lansing, and it is probable that
the Irrigation District will do like
wise. The State Department must
be made to see that our situation as
regards Lower California is different
from that of any other locality con-
tiguous to the Land of Manana
Governor Esteban Cantu's little do
main in the northern part of this
Mexican state is an American prov
ince, created by Americans, financed
by Americans, titled by Americans. 1t
is isolated from the rest of Mexico
by trackless mountains, desert wastes
and wide expanses of water, approach
10 which is almost impossible from
this section.
Mexicali and its environs have al
ways been considered as one of the
districts of Imperial Valley. There
are a handful of Mexican officials,
it is true, but Americans exercise en-
inent domain over its resources and
destiny.
Nature has decreed that, until mil
lions upon millions have been spent
in an effort to bring our water
through the drifting sandhills on
American soil, we must conduct our
irrigation water through Lower Cali
fornia. We must maintain the main
canal ana structures IN Mexico. we
must Immediately put hundreds of
men at work building dikes for flood
protection in Lower California. There
ale the first, second and third lines
OF defense. We must have the sery-
ieos Of at least 1000 men in this ir-
r:sation and flood protection work and
fol- tililng the sail which is to raise
products for the United States.
If laborer must give history
G. his life, set forth his photograph.
pay from 81 to SO, and interview
ms parents, friends and relatives to
show he was born in this country.
he will not take the trouble to work
on the other side of the line, but,
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-20
SOCIALIST INDICTED
EDITOR OF THE MASSES" is IN
TROUBLE.
He and Others Connected With the
Sheet Are Accused of ViOlat-
ing Espionage Act.

New York, Nov. 20.-Max Eastman,
publisher of The Masses, magazine
recently denied second class mail priv
ileges, was indicted here today with
six others connected with the publi-
cation on a charge of conspiracy in
violation of the espionage act, by the
federal grand jury. Bench warrants
were Immediately issued for their ar
rest.
Those named with Eastman were
Floyd Dell, managing editor; c. Mer
rill Rogers, Jr., business manager;
Henry ]. Glinterkamp, cartoonist; Ar
thur Young, artist; John Reed, writ
er, and Josephine Bell, writer
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-20
BUREAU TO CONTINUE.
(Conrinued From Page One)

The operation of the Farm Labor
Bureau will continue under the direc-
ton of the County Council of Defense
until January /, under the decision
made yesterday, and efforts are to be
made to bring in money to continue
the bureau because of the good work
done to date. Davenport told the
board that several hundred families
had been brought from the West and
Southwest, including one family of
father and nine children. Davenport
said all but two of the children were
of working age, the two younger ones
being eligible for school.