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Doris Whitney

in the library-Mr. Ramsay-we
found them"
Her story was as hopeless ~
the tangle Of events. Verda hur-
ried into the library. As she en-
tered she, too. dropped on her
knees beside the motionless body
OF her foster father.
What is It, Doris? How did
It hsppen?"
Tearfully. Angrily. Doris turned
at the young secretary.
He did it, she cried. Il saw
HMM this rOom-as l entered
then he fed through that window
The Accusation.
verda glanced frcm Doris at the
man she had accused.
"Mr. Ramsay No, No, No." she
burst out pasSlonately.
'T saw him." persisted the other.
Verda looked her doubt and
open hostility at Doris at this re-
peated accusation. As for Ramsay,
the bearded nan ~ tie diYan 90
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cupied his whole attention. It was
more than Verda. hiEh-strung and
excited, could stand. She rose hy-
sterically and ran over to Ramsay,
ninging her arms about his neck.
mo, no, no." she cried. you
did not-you could mott"
Ramsay said nothing a. he gently
unwound VerdA's arms from about
his neck and continued 10 minister
to tho wounded man.
At that moment the policeman
summoned by Ramsay's shot hur-
rIed into the library. having been
admitted to the house by the maid.
From the local headquarters in
answer TO the buffers call, was
coming another squad. headed by
Detective Flatt, eager to get into
what at once he sensed would be
q big case that would make his
reputation in the papers.
While Ramsay cared for the
stranger. the policeman and Doris
managed V get Judsoa Whitney,
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Borely wounded as he was, into .
low comfortable chair. Doris, her
arms about him, still knelt, weep
ing softly at his side.
1t was at Just such an instant Of
excitement that Abner Whitney,
brother Of Judson, who was to
have accompanied the party to the
theatre, drove up, a bit late, at
the Whitney door. He rang the
bell impatiently. No one answered.
Where were those confounded SER
Vants1 Abner waved his stick and
pressed the button again.
The Doctor Summoned.
Through Dorls's mind whirled a
thousand thoughts. Something must
be done. There must be someone
to whom she might turn for help.
With sudden resolve. she rose and
crossed swiftly to the telephone.
ElancinE fearfully at Ramsay as
she whispered a number. He did
not hear, for he was busy with the
towels and water the maid had
brought.
ImpatIently Doris waited. Then
her number answered and she
blurted out, "Charles-come at
ouce-father-HowT DR. scarley
isn't in? oh-what shall Just
coms in? Please. Cbarles-I need
you-father and a strange man
have been shot 'by-by Mr.. Ramsay
here in the library.
In bis office, DR.. scarl'y' tall
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effect. Far down the road a Do
liceman heard It and began to run
toward Che Whitney mansion. Up
stairs. too. Verda. putting an extra
pat to her dress or fun in her
hair, surveying herself with salts
faction heard. She also ran from
her room.
Instantly the whole peaceful
Whitney house was in a uproar.
Telephone for the detectives"
ordered the young secretary. as he
dashed back in from the window.
Get water and bandages."
The butler obeyed dazedly, seiz-
ing the telephone receiver. while
the maid in panic ran from the
room.
Doris in tears. almost frantic at
being in the same room with this
man, could not make up her mind
what to DO. On her knees she bent
over her father egain and tried TO
revive him, covering his still warm
face with kisses and crying by
sterically, now and then casting q
fearful glance at Ramsay.
Ramsay, bending over the
bearded stranger. tried to lift him.
He was heavy, but the young man
succeeded in carrying him TO q
divan.
What's the matter7 Tell me.
quick" demanded Verda, passing
the maid in the hail
"oh. l don't knoW-Miss Doris
the psstsg-A strange RAA-that
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polished, suaVe, turned from his
quick words Of encouragement to
the girl over the telephone.
With the help Of his white-eoated
assistant he packed his surgeons
bag. and Q moment later he was
again out Of his perfectly appointed
office-rather the laboratory Of .
scientist than merely of q doctor.
Doris had sprung back to the
side Of her father as the detectives,
headed by Flat, and followed by
Uncle Abner, burst into the room,
admitted by the frantic maid.
Abner. tremendously agitated at
what he saw, pressed ahead of the
detectives, while Flatt disposed
them about the room. He bent
over his dying brother. patting the
shoulder Of his niece and placing
a arm about her comfortingly.
Then, 'as always In tragedies Of
this nature when no family may be
alone with its grief, interrupting,
came the believing voice of De-
tective Flat. Come now" he or
dered. Let me get this thing
right. You, miss, tell me who II
that man there in the chair?"
Doris, with eyes full Of wonder
ment, met the detectives brutal
brusqueness. Tremulously she an
swered. MY father, Of course"
That's all right. miss, but We
must get this thing on record, you
know" hustled Flatt, writing down
in his notebook. "Judson Whitney,
millionaire steel manufacturer"
and then to the girl. And your
name?"
The Wounded Man Moves.
Choking back her so0s, she an.
swered Doris Whitney" to which
Flatt added with . flourish rs he
wrote, daughter and heiress."
Now, you," he demanded, turn
ing to Abner.
surlily Aebner Whitney answered
as Flatt wrote after his mama.
brother Of Judson Whitney and
business partner"
A startled exclamation escaped
the lips Of Doris. Even though IN
pain, her father had moved. At
least there was q spark Of life left.
She bent solicitously over him
Flatt, however. was too matter
of-fact to note that. Instead he
strobe, OFFICIALLY important over to
the dlvan where Ramsay and
Verda worked over the stranger.
Who is this man" he de-
manded.
Ramsay merely shook his head.
Nor could Verda answer. Flat ap-
pealed to the butler. He was no
better informed. Flatt shook his
head suspiciously. He turned and
beckoned to one of his men. We
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A Double Tragedy.


Her smile changed to a gasp OF
terror. What did it mean? She
knew that her father could not have
gone out
Suddenly the fash Of an cleo
tric buIFs-eye played full at her.
Il blinded her for the moment.
She screamed, pulling the por-
there's together again
Help! James-Mr. Ramsay
someone-help!"
A noise IS Of some heavy object
dropped on the hardwood floor In
side startled her. To her. fear was
alien. She pulled the curtains
apart again and peered In The
intruder had dropped the spotlight
and as It rolled she could Just
distinguished his legs, retrestinE
II rolled further. There, huddled
axainst the corner Of the norary
table on IuS uOOAB "@S
the body of q man whom she had
never seen before-G dark. foreign
looking man with q beard Across
his white-shirted breast was q red
band Of ribbon On the shirt was
4. spot Of rsd-not rfbbOn-groU-
ing-blood!
The spotlight rolled further.
Again Doris screamed Not two
feet away, on the floor beside him.
lay the body Of her father
The spotlight stopped pointing
its rays fun into the empty IRE
place.
Back q her now she heard
footstspL The butler and the maid
were coming. somSons else had
ioined them. Perhaps 1t was Mr..
Ramsey. Emboldensd. desperate.
she EroDeA into the room and
r1Sesd ~ Sas fallen nAshlight.
~~@ 4 Lhs 40 POI hR1,
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The Heroine in 'The Hidden Hand"

DORIS KENYON, as Doris Whitney in The Hidden
Hand" has added to her already notable achievements
as motionpcture artist of the first rank Miss Kenyon
possesses not only youth beauty and intelligence but that
elusive quality charm" Her part in the present film
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ATreGt for Discriminating Readers.
ARTHUR B. REEVE Is knSwn the world over a master
Of the story of mystery In the great moton-picture
serial The Hidden Hand" which starts to-day on this
page he has produced work full of romance of thrill of
surprising situations and exciting episodes Don't miss it
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GEo4toH 81 tno NCH1tG AenneoyF
HyStsEy stSE1ea, which appear ex.
01EvSly IN Co.noDsIItnn Magazine
EPISODE
SThs Gauntlet Of Death"
copyrsgAt 1917. Star Company.
HoWN the hall to the H.
brary OF the big Whitney
town house tiptoed Doris
Whitney.
1t was nearly theatre time and
her father had promised Doris and
her adopted sister. Verda Crane, q
treat Upstairs Verda was putting
On the. everlasting finishing
touches, but Doris had hurried to
get ready, for q few precious min
utes alone hrst with the busy steel
nagnRte meant more to her than
even the whole evening at the
theatre. Her father looked worried
lately. and Doris felt that he need
ed . daughters love and care.
She paused q moment to survey
herself IN her newest and prettiest
evening gown. Surely, its beauty
might help to smooth out the
wrinkles that had been deepening
q, NJ N,aa nr4la.a che dfd not
stop to think now tae1Pressibiy
more fascinating was the girlish
figure the gown at once concealed
and revealed. Nor had the mirror
yet spoiled BY its sophistication the
charm and vivacity Of nature.
About her neck she had placed
Q peculiar seVen-jeweIled locket,
which her father had given her so
long ago that she could not re-
member. She smiled to herself in
anticipation Of the surprise she
would give him.
Outside the portieres she paused
egain. All was silent within Jud-
son Whitney must be alone. She
was rather glad, for since the
coming OF his new secretary, Jack
Ramsay, only two weeks before. he
had been working too hard she
knew # Yes, she would give him
4 surprise, then take him on for
the pleasure he SO sorely needed.
Doris reached uP and one lovely
arm Grasped each curtain With a
roEuishly graceful sweep she pulled
the portieres apart
Darkness!
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but instinctively she turned the
beam at. the shadowy figure that
was retreating toward a pair of
French windows. AS she flashed It
on him, the intruder turned full at
her his face. as though purposely
70 allow her to see It.
In terror and amazement she
screamed again. Blinking into the
glare was the face Of the new sec
retary, Jack Ramsay!
Through the window he backed
mockingly. as Doris, overcome,
dropped on her knees beside her
father. She could hear the man
Chamber down the porch to the
ground and crash through the
shrubbery, away, while she sank
beside the body, kissing the face.
At that moment the butler and
the maid ran In. And with them
was the living counterpart OF the
young man who had Just ned
through the window!
A Call for Help.
AZ the young man switched on
the lights. Doris cried out at sight
Of him. Instead Of noticing her
scream. however. he leaVed 70 the
partly open French windows.
Doris shuddered as he passed her.
Ramsay flung open the windows
and ran out on the porch. There
he quickly pulled an automatic and
fred INTO the air to attract atten-
toA Nor 20 the shot without
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By Arthur B. Reeve,

oReAtoR Of the SCraiE Ksnnedy"
Hysts-y storIeas which aDDear eI-
G0AvSly IN C0anoDSlItan Magazine
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KHAKI

%tBy James J. Montasue)
Bill was: never any ringer for Adonis;
,He#as easier to look at after dark,
And 90 useless in the school room that
r. he hung around a pool room
And amassed a*reputatin as shark.
But they piclHdhim up and poured him
~fnto Khaki, , y.
And 1t gives the girls aajumpy thrill
When they see him lead the column.
marching mighty straight and
solemn,
For the uniform has made man of
Bill
You can pick. em here and there around
the village ? -.
rCamouflaged as local pests and cor
ner buns,
But you'll find there's something to
'em when on dress parade you
view 'em
Marking time with earnest footwork
to the drums.
All they needed was an int'rest in some.
business,
And a bunch that there was some
thing they could do.
Line the loafingest rapscallions into
squadrons and battalions
And don't worry any more, for they'll
go through!@: = -
Percy's pals were rather prone to call
him Sissy"
He was always on the side-lines in
a scrap;
He was shy and sort of grille and his
hair was soft and curly
Just a weak and wishywashy little
chap. ).
But he buckled up and butted. into
. Plattsburg, :.,~...:.4 -.
And he'n be among the first to GO to
France, 49,
And the Honuses and Hermans and
the other kinds Of Germans
Will get theirs as soon as Percy gets
his chance!
You can never tell the way they look
beforehand,
But as soon as they are in the olive
drab
You don't ever need to doubt EN-;
there's a somethingness about
That convinces you that what they
want they'll grab.
Look at any squad that marches to the
landing;
Take another look, and then-well,
look again, -.
And you'll see they've changed their
bearing with the uniform they're
wearing.
For the khaki makes EN- able fight
ing men!
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CENTRALIZED DIRECTION OF Us.
navy ESSENTIAL, SAYS lEAGBl1i

WASHINGTON, Dec. DO not
lose sight of Lloyd Georges recon-
mendation for unity Of command in
sued today by the Navy League.
Unified naval command, properly
constituted and with adequate author
ity for the direction of all naval opera
lions. should ensure the utmost initia.
tive in the conduct OF the war by the
Allied sea forces. 1t should guarantee
that every advantage is aggressively
pressed.
1T is a constant. duty of public opin-
ion to seek increased initiative in
military and naval strategy through
out the war; never to be content with
what has been done as long as It Is
humanity possible to do more. Such
an exacting attitude on the part OF the
public will do good. not harm.
But public opinion should never
seek to dictate or influence strategy.
The formulation of war plans should
be left to experts. The proper func-
ton Of public opinion is to seek the
utmost accomplishment from the navy
bS pISoSLlS lOA q HASPSAAJ
constituted, of the most able men
available, and with q centralized con-
troll exercised by the ablest naval Of
ficers over all the fighting functions
Of the navy. -
There is no such centralized, ex.
pert command Of the fighting tunc-
tons of the American navy today. The
British navy is but Just now achiev.
ing that advantage after months OF
agitation by the British public. British
naval opinion, as we'll az public opiH-
ion, Is convinced that the naVy's fight
ing power il vastly increased thereby.
Lloyd George has appealed to. pub
lie opinion in every Entente country to
secure a better command Of the Allied
armies. He has shown the importance
Of that It IL quite as important for .
navy as for an army.
Enthusiastically every , American
warship on active duty In the war zone
today Is doing splendid work. The ca
pacity for command Of, Vice Admiral
Sims could scarcely be overrated. But
much less than five per cent Of our
warships are in the war zone. Whether
the entire naval establishment fs do
ing all that ia htimanly possible to win
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THEFLke..


lstWith due regards to that dear. old
Harp and the flag my father waved)
Look! look, my boy, here comes the
L. flag,
Ef Hats off! attention, men; "A
o my dear boy, what supreme Joy,
70 wave our flag again.
To wave It's blazing colors high,
And shout, that freedom will not die
That glorious flag that knows no stain,
None grander earth beholds.
The oppressed Of earth can find a
: berth,
Meath its protecting folds;
And tho they come from near or far:
Need fear no kaiser, king or czar.
'Tis the one lone flag that guarantees,
The brotherhood of man.
No purer one beneath the sun,
Since first the world began:
And they of; It who Ill bespeak,
Just crush 'en as you would a snake
1t first saw light at Lexington,
Baptized on Bunker HILL
Tho oft assailed. its foemen failed,
Its honors shining stiil:;F
Through a:hundred battles for the
= right.
It's stm triumphant in it's might.
= =
For four long years bore it's staff
From Manassas, to .the. end;
But nov. my'soh, am undone:"'
You must it's folds defend. - a.
Defend it with your life my boy.
'Gainst scheming khave or Prussian
spy.
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this war, whether II 10 being driVsn n
top speed with utmost efficiency - a
fighting machine, 10 another questinnE
The public can feel certain % stlii1
only when 1t can repose complete rnns
fidence in the command OF its sukirm
naval establishment as being conan
tuted Of the most able and efficient
men available and the system Of com
mand as being the best obtainahis1
Unttl then there is q definite. ScOn-
struetive task to be performed By
public opinion in this country GitAlrS-
gard to naval operations IN the mar.
The suggestion OF Mr.. Lloyd George
Of unified naval command maysat4
ford an opportunity At once tontrn.
prove the command and offensiTs:
power Of all the Entente sea fescss2
and to reconstruct the command cflthA
American naval establishment sn o.
to strengthen its punch" and eeiie3s
ency as fighting machine.
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lit ARMY OFFICERS TEACH
ITS OF GAS AND FLAME WORK

IS, rapid sprogress has been made N
organization, due to its promise or
early service at the front and on &C
count Of it's special appeal to men ex-
perienced in civil trades which lend
immediate qualifications for this spe'
cial, work.
Opportunities for EnIistments.
1t is announced that there is OBJ
portunity for O limited number OF en-
listments for the following classes OF
men: Chemists, gas engineers, plumb
ers, electrical experts, pipe filters, in
terpreters, mechanics, chauffeurs, ex-
Flosive experts, cooks, gas experts,
blacksmitfs, carpenters, clerks, and
muscular, quick-thinking. resolute men
tet#esn the ages Of Is and 40 years
for ptcaeef soldier service of high
character. Mai. Atkisson has an
nounced that sans man possessing the
necessary qualifications may volun-
teer at any recruiting station Of the
country by asking to join the Goth
Battalion, Gas and Flame, forming at
Washington.
. - 90. On Volunteer Basis.
The recruiting is entirely upon the
volunteer basis, as 1t is the purpose
Of the War Department to organize
the body from highly qualified ma
terial. A number of chemists, cleo
trfcians, and mechanics we'll known in
civil life were first to respond to the
call for this service. A boy just out
of school, feeling himself qualified by
his special study Of gas engineering,
rode q bicycle for 200 miles from his
home in Buffalo and walked the bal
ance OF the distance to Washington
to join the pioneer gas and flame bat
talon. A university man abandoned
his Phi. D. degree to enter this service.
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A THIRTY-DOLLAR SOLDIER
By A Honolulu Girl

She couldn't see that when that
boy Of 81 put on khaki, he was
knighted in the great Order OF
Sacrifice, that he foreswore self
for the service OF a whole nation,
a whole world; that the moment
he enlisted, even as a thirty-dollar
private, he took the vow Of loyalty
and high purpose; that the fellow
in soldier garb, perhaps a mere
working boy, had seen into deeper
principles of life. which. the gay
girl ON the street had never even
dreamed of in her "fatted case
:! Perhaps some day she will un-
derstaud. Perhaps, as the war
goes on, its activities will bring
her to see what has been demand
ed Of the men in uniform. what
they are sacrificing for her and
the peace and plenty In which she
pleases to live. Perhaps war will
briRS her some personal heart
bre&k that will develop her wom-
anhood. Perhaps life must do so,
with It's sorrow, defeat and dis
appointment that come inevitably
to souls of her caliber
Let US hope for her sake, that
when the thirty-dollar fellow
comes back from France, she'll
want to take his hand and look
into his eyes with gratitude, and
thank him that he was man en-
eugh not to be afraid, that he had
the nobility to offer his life in a
great cause, that he shared in the
sacrifice that united nations in
brotherly love and made the world
safe for democracy.
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D0RM|TORY Will
BEPART0fNE
ARMY STRUCTURE
Top Floor of Proposed Head.
quarters Building to
House Men

Plans Of Col Richmond McA. Scho-
field, department quartermaster. for
the big army headquarters building
that is to be a part of the civic cen
ter, include a dormitory on the top
floor.for. the enlisted men who arg
on duty at headquarters offices.
There are on the average about 2o
or 80 enlisted men serving at depart
ment headquarters, most OF whom are
bachelors and who are now rooming
here and there about the city. The
plan of the" quartermaster Is to fit
up the top story as a neat dormltory
and club, making this home as attrac-
tive as possible.
1t has already been arranged to
turn the old offices of the quarter.
master department. on Hotel street,
near the armory, into. a dormit ~ for
these men. The place is now being
fitted up and the men will move into
1t in a short time. The paymaster's
division, which was left longest at
the old headquarters, has been moved
this week down to the general group
of quartermaster offices, near the
waterfront.
The exact style of architecture for
the new headquarters building has not
yet been decided, as it is intended to
adopt something which will harmon
ize with the other civic center build
ings, and plans for these are not yet
drawn. >. ~,
The. building will be situated on
the block. bounded by Richards,
Queen, Halekauwila and Militant
streets, and will face toward King
streets-Sieswill contain about IS offices
for the commissioned officers besides
a nuuSher .bf soffiees for clerks.
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CLAIM THAT WEALTHY
]. FARMER is PRO GERMAN

d sWALLA wALLA, Wash, Nov. "a
Charges that Gustav Vollmer, a
wealthy farmer Of Waitsburg, Wash.
twice q state representative from this
district, is pro-German and that he has
refused to support the Liberty bond
issues, Red Cross. or Y. M. G. A. on
the ground that such action would In
jure his friends in Germany were flied
today with United States immigration
Inspector McKendree Faris by dele
cation Of Waitsburg citizens. The
charges win be taken up with the de.
partment OF justice immediately in an
effort to revoke his naturalization
papers. H..
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THE WoMANI.

"A womans life Is like rose, red,
full. with lifes vigor. white with ines
Unable anguish, yellow at the event
OF a great sorrow.
Her eyes are like the ocean, blue,
sometimes like stars dropping from
the armament.
Her voice is like silvery BELL, call
ing you to your Ave Maria.
Her heart Is like a violet hidden in
the underground, sometimes unable to
be found, but II we seek we find and
are amazed at it's splendor.
Her hair is like jasmine; in whose
wealth We wish to bury our sorrow.
THEODOR BRAND,
Co. F. 32nd Infantry.
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In TIE street crowd We met a
soldier, a private in khaki.
The young woman just ahead OF
me in the crowd laughed to her
companion and said Thirty dol
lars a month! Ha, ha. ha' Mighty
important, Who'd want to marry
him at thirty dollars a month? Ha,
ha, ha!"
The young woman who sneered
at the man in khaki was dressed
in satin and chiffon with much
display of necklace and earrings.
Her face was plump and pretty,
without: one indication of serious
thoHSht. The corners of her
mouth rssgged with too much
worldly wisdom and too little
heart: Her eyes were beautiful
and bold.
Thirty dollars to that flashy
girl meant the price of cabaret
lunch. of a suggestive georgette
blouse, or a trifle Of hand made
lingerie Love and marriage to
her, perhaps. would have been
merely a question Of What is the
size of his bank roll?"2
Cheap and >flippant and feather
Drained as her careless words in
Dictated, she was to be pitied. She
has lived on the surface. very
frothy surface. Deep thought has
never penetrated her brain paths.
She hasn't even developed the
sentiment and emotion natural to
womankind. The biggest thing in
life to her Is SELF!
To her the man in khaki meant
merely a paltry thirty dollars a
month