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The Washington times., 1918-09-10
The Wolves of New York
AsTORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
ValenskiIs Overcome by the Antidote
Which He Had Taken and His
Guest Escapes.

some cleaF and innocent looking.
that emitted noxious fumes. Luck
ly for me, my boots were thick
The sight of this destruction only
incensed my rage. darted TO the
table and pulled It bodily over.
smashing, crucibles, wash bottles
and test tubes at the same time. I
made absolute havoc of the room,
and would have completed the
OF some pungent acid mounted to
Then 1 struggled out to the stair
case again. 1 remember that / was
laughing madly as did so.
In spite of the noise / had made
there came no sound from the room
that had been mine. ValensllI had
not been aroused from his heavy
slumber. I paused for a moment
only to make sure of this, and then
1 crawled down the stairs. can
best describe it as crawling, for
more than once I staggered and
fell, and then continued my descent
upon hands and knees.
What IL the door at the foot Of
the stairs were locked, or the door
OF the dining hall or the door of the
castle itself? What IL 1 were still
a prisoner. These thoughts came
10 me as I scrambled down the
stone steps in the darkness of tho
turret- And then for the first time
L was afraid, and in the agony of
my rear 1 cried aloud. Luckily for
me, was not overheard.
The door at the foot OF the turret
stood open. / darted across the din
ing hall, and to my joy found no OBJ
structlon awaiting me. There re-
manned only the massive front door
paused when reached this and
gathered my senses together. TIL
now my one desire had been to es-
cape, TO make my way from The
hateful spot, but now I began to see
that must act with caution. Even
II could pass out Of the castle that
did not necessarily imply that I was
in safety.
TT was cold in the hall, and the
great space was plunged in the
semi-obscurity OF dawn. There was
no window to give light to it felt
chilled to the bone, and my fingers
were numb and did their work with
difficulty when I set them to the
task Of unlocking the heavy door.
No particular precaution had been
taken to make. it fast, however, and
1t yielded easily enough to my eff
forts. 1t swung back upon its creak-
ing hinges, and the white mist
which still lay upon the valley rush
ed in and enveloped me.
Il stepped out into the courtyard.
The mist was so dense that II was
not possible to identify objects
clearly, but could dimly make out
the gypsy carts and tents. There
were sounds in the air, too, which
told me that the tribe was-in part.
at least-awake. Should be allow
ed to pass them? How else could I
gain the exterior of the castle? And
beyond the outer wall there was an
other encampment, which I would
have to pass before I reached the
safety OF the path.
Il advanced cautiously in the IL
rection of the gate. Suddenly a dog
barked sharply. menacingly. Almost
Immediately afterward I found my
self confronted by a tall shape.
70 Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyrighted. W. R. Hearst
The Washington times., 1918-09-10

"And at last it seemed that the
supreme moment had at last ar
rived. for of a sudden there was
great wrench, and my douoie m
dividuality collapsed. L felt my
self. as II were, lifted up. envelopeo
in a sheet OF brilliant white name'
and then there came the sensation
of falling through infinite space.
Down-down-my brain WnirIeo
madly. through air dense as rush.
ing water. a roaring ana mustering
In nv ears, strange, flashing lights
In INV eyes. This, then was death!
1T was not death, but awaken
ing, as you who have yourself IN
derEone the sensation will have
understood. struggled back to
sensibility and control over my
limbs Ny heart was beating with
painful rapidity, and II seemed as
IL 1 could feel the pulsing of every
artery in my body. Ny head ached
acuteIy, and fora few minutes my
eyes were dim
ct struggled painfully to sit
ting position, and saw that Nalen-
ski had fallen forward from his
chair and lay face downward and
rigid. After all 1t had been no
dream.
at was dawn and the room was
filled with a dull grey light. AZ
ter a struggle I managed to free
myself of the weight upon my feet
and crawl from the bed, but could
hardly stand upright, and for
few moments 1 sat on the edge OF
my couch. gazing vacantly oetore
me, and wondering stupidity what
II all meant, and what 1 ought 70
do next. Ny head was bursting
with pain, and / believe that LOT
a little while ! was stone deal
remember that 1 was surprised at
the absolute silence, and wondered
what had happened to the water
fan. Nv limbs, too, were numb and
cold. I could hardly move my I'm
gers.
"But at last full consciousness
returned, and 1 knew the reality OF
all that I had undergone. ! turned
90 examine YalenskL Why had not
carried out his purpose!
Was he dead or asleep!
HE was breathing heavily. the
reason of his failure flashed acr ass
NV mind. The antidote of which
he had spoken had failed him, and
even while talking to me ne had
succumbed himself to his hateful
connection.
"why did I not kill him out
right? 1 see that question upon
your lips, Hooking. He was as
much at my mercy at that moment
as 1 had been at his. The knife
with which he had stabbed me pro-
truded from under his coat, and I
had nothing to do but to seize it
What 1 did was to secure his
knife, and to dress myself as best 1
could, keeping an eye upon him lest
he should awaken. Then from my
! took the papers with
which had been entrusted. and.
leaving everything else behind, 1
stole quietly out OF the room. There
was a key in the lock and l took
the precaution OF turning it
Outside, at the head OF the
stairs, a kind of frenzy seized me.
door stood open, and
could see the rows of bottles with
their abominable contents. / burst
into the room and with a sweep OF
my arms threw them to the floor:
They fell and shattered with a hor-
rible din: I could hear plainly
enough now.
1.-THE floor ran with many liquids.
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A Profitable Meal.

The members OF the club were
telling yarns, when the quiet man
in the corner was asked to con-
tribute
well. said he. 81 once entered
restaurant where they weigh you
before eating and then after eating.
and then charge you by weight. I
had a good feed. and was charged
$3.50. The next time l went
took in my pockets bricks. weights
old iron, and such-like. was
weighed, and then went upstairs
and had banquet three times as
big as the last. I went down and
was weighed again. but they
couldn't make It out"
He paused.
Couldn't make what out? ask
ed tho club members.
why" answered the quiet man.
they owed me SIPS"
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Puss in Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

N low, let me see II I can re-
member where We left on
l ' In the last story without
looking in my scrap book. where I
keep all my Puss in Boots Junior
stories. oh. yes. remember now.
Puss Junior and the sad-eyed
stranger had started OF on their
journey together-PuA to deliver
the letter from the King to the
Great Governor Joriando and the
stranger-well, I can't ten you yet
what he was going to do. But you
will soon find out.
Well, they Travelled together for
many days. along highways and by
ways, by the banks of little brooks
and through pleasant woods, where
birds sang and the leaves rustled In
the breezes. But they didn't meet
any one, not even q little fairy nor
a dwarf. and at last. one evening.
just as the moon was rising. they
came to = great white rock on the
top OF = steep hin. It was very
large and high and smooth, and on
one part was carved in big letters,
white Horse"
So they stood by this rock and
looked down into the valley where
lay a large city, beautiful IN the
moonlight On one side were piled
up the dark mountains, and on the
other side was the wide sea And
the stranger stood very still, with
his arms folded, for q long time
But at last he turned to little Puss
Junior and said: what do you
think? I have something to tell
VIII you listen, little cat?"
VERY gladly" said Puss Jmior,
for he felt sorry for the strange,
sad man
Then the stranger pointed to .
spot just outside the city, and ask
ed: do you see those turrets which
point up so high among the green
treesT'
-Yes," said Puss, 81 see the tur-
rets."
They belong to = grand old
castle" went on the man And IN
who have lived their lives there
very happily for more than nifty
years.
and when the fiftieth year came
round, they said: Let US celebrate
our golden wedding. And, since 1t
falls on Christmas, we will have
for our grandchildren n golden
Christmas tree, and all the presents
shall be Of pure gold
And they bought Of q eountryman
a fine, green FIR tree, quite tall, be-
cause the walls were so high.
Very soon came the joyful Christ
mas Eve, and not an old couple in
the kingdom were so happy as they.
For not one little grandchild was
missing at their Golden Wedding.
II was a happy sight The grand
mother was dressed in q velvet
gown and a feather in her turban.
and her face was smiling all over.
The grandfather had his arms full
of little children, and sang, and
laughed, and wiped the happy tears
from his eyes"
"Are you listening. little cat7'
asked the traveller, and Puss saw
him wipe a tear from his eye
-Yes," said Puss; I'm listening.
Please tell the rest"
II will" said the traveller. 7
have made up my mind to tell the
rest, and I shall tell it,
And just then Puss thought he
felt the great white stone move,
just a little. And what happened
after that you must wait to hear
in the next story.
Copyright. 1918 David CorJ)
Ito be continued.)
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When a Girl Marries
AN ENTERTAINING GOOD NIGHT SERIES
Anne Has a Housewarming at Which
MIR. Mason and Evelyn Assist in
the Role of Good Angels.
By Ann Lisle.
CHAPTER XVIII.

Copyright. 1918. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
a s whirled through . morn
u ing Of packing and making
n Arrangements to leave the
WAlgrave. kept remember
ing chat Betty Bryce was m wash
fngton
wanted to forEet-but tAere
was 50 much TO forgeti
Little ghosts started from every
corner OF the room to haunt mo
tender words, caresses. Ny hands
insisted on lingering over Jtm's
clothes as I folded them and pack
ed them; and while my hands did
their service, bitter memories made
me tremble to my very finger-tips.
I tried to forget the cold business
IKE tone OF my husbands FIRST let
ter-once I found myself laughing
The Washington times., 1918-09-10
Natural Cookers. -

Maori housewives in New Zealand
have discovered. like their more
civilized sisters. the value OF tho
fireless cooker" as a labor saver,
but their Cookers" have TO be nei--
Their made nor ordered. Nature fur
nishes them IN Inexhaustible supply.
for they are nothing moro or less
than the small Geysers of the re-
gion. The women sink the recep-
tacle-a box. a basket. or a bag
IN tho moist mud over n steam hole,
which makes an admirable oven.
They not only cook their meals but
do their washing In these baby VOL
eanoeA
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
ga Stranger Among
Strangers"
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty-five. and have
been married six weeks. My hus-
band, whom love, has support
ed his father, mother, and sis
ter for eight years, and still con-
tinues to do SO. The sister, who
has not gone into business nor
done anything to help him, re-
Gently married and brought her
husband to live with US. have
tried to love them all, but il Is
very hard. They make life un-
bearabIe for me.
We were back from our honey
moon two days when my mother
in-law told me not to stay for
another minute. II ! thought I
was going to run her sons
house. Ny heart simply broke
and have gone down in health
and spirits. Tell me. please, what
course to take, OF give me a lit
tie advice. Must / live like this
always? Is this the law? My
husband gives his mother the
housekeeping money and she
finds everything. even keeps his
clothes in order. She refuses to
allow me to get his breakfast.
A stranger among strangers, / can
do nothing right
My mother and father-in-law,
are absolutely dependent upon
my husband for everything.
Please bear in mind that I do not
object to his supporting them,
but I can no longer live there.
II I had but one room alone.
would be happy. BRIDE.
You have my deepest sympathy
in what appears to be a genuine
tragedy. And there Is no reason
why you should endure such I'M
happiness. should have
straight talk" with my husband
and say that while you are glad to
have him support his family. as he
has been accustomed to doing. still
II they cannot make you feel more
welcome among them, you must
have some other place provided
that will be a home for you.
1t is very seldom that two fami-
lies are able to agree under one
roof, and the situation calls for the
utmost tact and courtesy. II things
10 not become better. 1 should not
regard my life as finished. This is
in some war work, and
doubtless the situation will adjust
Itself in time.
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Study Your NeighbOrs


By DR.. VIM. A. McKeever.
One of the nations best known au-
thOritiea on training children.
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FRUIT JUICES

I-~FIossAI essss Neses. So.rs
The Washington times., 1918-09-10

N0MEWHERE pretty Betty has heart
the fair Of viii be
~ hold the -hare he Strangely he stalk all
that She and search the with they
stick he might be
here" fingers pretty and then pushes
then despair
Betty,
hold all France-for his cake
his aviation strings under his
where to-from think
HE knows where YOU are. anyhoY!"
The Washington times., 1918-09-10
This Day IN History.

THIS is the anniversary of the assassination of the En
press of Austria in Geneva in 1898 he unfortunate
fate of the beautiful of Francis Joseph was only
of series of tragedies in the life of the Hapsburg
ruler. His eldest slain mysteriously in hunting
lodge, his brother, Macmillan. shot by firing squad
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o Be Continued Tomorrow
Copyrighted. W. R. Hearst
The Washington times., 1918-09-10
HINTS FOR THE
HOUSEHOLD

To clean rusty needles run them
up and down in the earth Have the
needles threaded, with the thread
tied double, 30 that there will be
something to catch hold OF to ex-
tract the needles
To clean a fiatiron, place q piece
of beeswax between two old pieces
of flannel and when the iron is
hot rub II on the flannel. Dirt will
thus be removed from the iron,
which will be found to run very
smoothly afterward
II an old white silk blouse has
become fioppy and is easily soiled
you can give IT fresh appearance
by first washing it and then dip
ping 1t in very thin warm starch.
1t should then be wrung out, dried
sufficiently damp, and ironed-
The Washington times., 1918-09-10

rree books of instruction on dry
ing and canning have been Issued
by the National War Garden Com
mission. They may be obtained
from any OF The Washington Times
distributing stations.
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September Moonlight.

THE phases of the will be unusually well balanced
this month"; complete series, from new moon on the
5th through first quarter the 18th, full moon the
10th and last quarter the 27th linking all of the four
September months More CONNOLLY lunaton is shared
between successive months.
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"HUMAN FLY" PULLED
FOR EEDIN G IN
HOME OF COCA-COLA
Fortunate in Finding Judge With
Common Sense and
HumOr

Harry Gardiner, the human fly Is
an enthusiastic motorist. When not
scaling the outside of some skyscraper
he can generally be found in his APP
person Jack Rabbit enjoying the re-
taxation from his strenuous work
which it affords.
But, as is usual, the Fly became
involved in trouble where he least ex-
pected it. After rislsing hts neck by
scaling all the tall office buildings In
Atlanta last week, Gardiner was ar
rested for speeding in his Apperson'
The trouble grew out ora little test
H. NJ Nisxey, the general southern rep
lresentative of the Apperson company,
assured the "Fly" he could climb any
reasonable hill at speed of 40 miles
per hour in his Jack Rabbit" chummy.
II tried it, said Gardiner. when ar
rested. "Niskey was right. did Az
| an hour. AS matter of speedometer,
lit did As But then the car IS NOT
! mine. You know it belongs to my
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baker engineers to put on one OF the
,,,os, rau7arkapIe endurance runs ever
conceived to test out new models.
In the early part of last December F.
NJ zeder, chief engineer OF the st1de-
baker corporation, chartered the IN
20 60 snea iway, scene of many thrill
zee at ss,sT, between the worlds foremost
s ns kings, for the inauguration Of
80. 1xind Of automobile test of his own
noncoction. He anticipated the rigor OF
fbe December weather, with it's zero tenn
,arature-even though he did not seckon
- arc coming of the worst blizzards
known to the middle west in half CEN
Jury.
With everything in readiness at the
speedway, Zeder left Detroit for Chr
cago with experimental models of the
three new series 10 Studebaker cars and
n picked crew of drivers, mechanics and
| pitmen. With the three cars on the
track, one car of each new model, Mr.
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ed over she worst mountain roads of
Pennsylvania New York the New
England states, northern Michigan and,
Canada. These road tests consumed al
most 10000 miles of grinding, gruelling
work We tried to break them, but we
couldn't do it. Every symptom and
move was noted by members of our en-
gineering staff and every necessary
change to give them added strength and
rightly, or greater stiffness of springs,
was thus determined under the most ex-
IRENE conditions.
II believe, and the performance of
our cars bears me out in my assertion.
that any automobile which will stand
the rigors of such winter as we have
| lust passed through and run right along
| for 80 days, averaging 500 miles each
day, and do it for 10000 miles, must
be made of the right sort of stuff for
| average ownership"
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wife. like the little chummy so wei
eonldn,t resist getting it for her
Later ii the recorders court, y IS az
legged that the judge dealt WIN MI
Gardiner in the following manner.
ssMr. Fly mean Mr. Gardiner--i
prefer to regard you as dlsuns
+ IL imnossihle for me 10 fine YOU.
Also I may suggest that man who
can climb a skyscraper on the outside
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Asphalt, with which so many roads are
naved, was found by accident. Many
wears ago in Switzerland natupal rock
asphalt was discovered and Tor more tnan
= century il was used for the purpose
II Extracting the rich stores of bitumen
If contained.
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STUDEbAKER CARS
FINISH HARD TEST
Cars Were Driven on the
Chicago Speedway for
$4,000 Miles

Cross-country runs. nonstop records ana
reliability tours have all come IN loi
their place ia the testing of autofno-
biles. 1t remained, however, for Stude-
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HFARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND TiERE

obtain a local pilot on account Oh
storm. attempted TO enter port on his
own calculations.
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Zeder instructed drivers and relief driv-
ers to keep the cars running regardless
ers to keep until their speeuoineters
registered full $4,000 miles. This al
monition, although it meant days OF
nerve-racking grind, was cheeTuiiy re-
ceived by testers They had helped 10
build these experimental cars-they drove
them on their first road test-and they
had answering faith in their ability
to finish the mighty test with colors
flying.
| INSPECTION PROVES QUALITY
| "After these experimental models had
| completed their 90-day 30,000-mile test on
| the Speedway and were driven over the
| roads to our Detroit factories, We tore
| them down completely for thorough
| inspection." says Mr. Zeder, in comment
4 ing upon the unqualified success or the
test. I'VE expected to find conslderaoie
depreciation, but to even our own aston.
ishment an examination of the parts OF
the disassembled cars actually revealed
less year than would ordinarily be found
in cars that had been driven but two
or three years And, it must be re-
lmembered, this 3O,oo0-mle test on the
Chicago Speedway. where the cars Were
run day in and day out at an average
speed of As miles an hour, is equal Z
anywhere from five to eight years ser
vice in the owns hands.
! THROUGH SNOW DRIFTS
"Plowing through drifts of snow tina
had all but obliterated the great two
mile oval that forms the Chicago Speed
way, and enduring weather that KEEP
the mercury lowering around. II ant
20 below zero for days, the drivers
these test cars gamely stuck to thei
task of running up mileage of 5000
miles The great blizzard that struc
Chicago early in January, Gripping CIV
cry transportation facility and buryin
the city beneath heavy blanket o
: snow, stopped our cars temporarily, bu
not for long. After two days of hus
Ting, drivers and mechanics dug thel
cars out Of the drifts and resumed tn
grind, keeping to a daily schedule
approximately 500 miles
Before putting the new Studebake
cars on the Chicago Speedway, and lon
before preparing to turn out the me-
models in quantity production. the o.
detrimental cars were driven and pouno
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By a strange coincidence the new 81
100000 oil tanker which recently came
to grief on the breakwater at Iamphco,
Mex, was wrecked squarely on Top %
another steamer that was lost OF Wy
same spot several years ago me VIE
occurred when the captain, unable to
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recognized by the government and the
value of the machines they ride mas
been so favorably demonstrated that
this branch of the service ie to be en-
larged as rapidly as possible. Perhaps
we shall hear more of the sort of
American boys shown in this picture
He is taking orders from his superior
officer in the automobile and is ready
to dart away for somewhere in q
moment or two on his stury Indian
outfit A vast number OF these ma
chimes are in service and a constant
stream of them are crossing the AL
lantic
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may be trusted to pilot motorca., a.
bi.yaer rate of speed than other
folks will dismiss the case.
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Being a motorcycle dispatch rider is
not as easy as it sounds. 1t Is hard,
heart breaking bit of wars grimness
all the time. Only man who has had
the most trying read experiences
sand and mud can realize
what these boys are battling with con-
stantly to get the important orders
and dispatches through to the men
they are intended for--and to nobody
else The number of dispatch riders
is at present small in comparison vita
other army units. and therefore we
don't hear much about them.
But their services have been fully