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not In the house, and 1t looks as il
somebody had spirited him awayw
a clatter of footsteps on the other
slde or the partition door answered
this; then the bolt flashed back, the
door whirled open, two fgures-one
on the very heels of. the other came
tumbling into sight, and then there
was mischief!
Cleek sprang, and click of steel
sounded. The doctor, caught in a sort
or throttle hold, went down with him
upon the floor; the colonel, unable to
check himself in time, sprawled head
long over them, and by the time he
could pull himself to his knees young
bridewell was upon him, and there
were gives upon his wrists as we'll as
upon the doctors.
Got you. you pretty pair!" said
Cleek, as he rose to his feet and shut
a tight hand upon the collar Of the
manacled doctor; got you, you dogs,
ana your little game is up. Oh, you
needn't bluster, doctor; you needn't
come the outraged innocence. colonel.
dascally claim of your worthy con-
federete, the Tackbun Claimant and
your game with the x-rays, your
devirs trick of rotting away a mans
arm to destroy tattoed evidence of a
rank imposter's guilt is just SO much
'.ou hAlu JuSl SO many pounds
sterling thrown away"
Whats that?" clustered the colonel,
What do you mean? What are you
talking about? Tackbun Claimant?
Who's the Tackbun Claimant? Do you
realize to whom you are speaking?
Fordyce, who and what is this in
fernally impudent puppy?"
Gently, gently, colonel Names
Cleek, If you are anxious to know"
"Cleek? Cleek?"
Precisely, doctor. Cleek of Scotland
Yard, Cleek Of the Forty Faces, if you
want complete details. And if there are
more that you feel you would like to
Know III give them to you when hand
you over to the Devonshire police for
your part in this rascally conspiracy to
cheat the late Lady Tackbun's nephew
out OF his lawful rights and to rot off
the arm of the man who constitutes the
living document which will clearly es-
tablish them. The lost Sir Aubery Tack
bun is dead, my friend dead as julius
Caesar dead beyond the hopes of you
and your confederates to revive even the
ghost of him now. He died on a coral
reef in the Indian ocean five and twenty
years ago, and the proof of it will last
as long as Capt. Bridewell can keep his
arm and lift his voice to tell his story,
and think that will be a good many
years. now that your little scheme is ex-
ploded. You'll make no X-ray MARTYR
OF that dear old man, SO the money you
spent in the instrument on the other
side of that board partition. the thing
whose buzzing you made him believe
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came from an electric fan, represents
just so many sovereigns thrown away!s
Yes, 1t was a crafty plot, scheme
very well laid indeed" said Cleek, when
ne went next day to the lych gate to say
goodbye again to Ailsa Lorne. ''Un-
doubtedly mild poison was used in the
beginning as an excuse, you know, for
the colonel to get him away and into
the charge of the doctor, and, once
there, the rest was easy IL subtle. The
huge x-ray machine would play always
upon the partition while the captain was
sleeping, and you know how efficacious
that would be when there was only q
thin board between that powerful influ-
emce and the object to be operated upon.
Then, too, the head of the bed was so
arranged that the captains right side
would always be exposed to the infu-
ence. SO there was no possibility Of
evading 1t. :
How did I suspect It? Well, to
tell you the truth never did suspect
It until I saw the captains hand.
Then l recognized the marks. I saw
the hand Of a doctor, an X-ray mar
tyr, who sacrificed himself to science
last year, Miss Lorne. and the marks
were identical. oh. well, I've solved
the riddle. Miss Lorne, that's the main
point. and now-now I must emulate
Poor Joe and move on again."
And without any reward; without
asking any. without expecting any.
He, stood a moment, twisting his
heel into the turf and breathing heav-
lily. Then, quite suddenly:
Perhaps I did want one." he said.
looking into her eyes. perhaps
want one still. Perhaps 1 always
hoped that should get it and that it
would come from you!"
A rush of sudden color reddened all
her face. She let her eyes fall, and
said nothing. But what of that?
After all. actions speak louder than
utterances, and Cleek could see that
there was smile upon her lips He
stretched forth his hand and laid it
gently on her arm.
Miss Lorne," he said very softly,
IF, some day when all the wrongs t
did in those other times are righhed,
and all the atonemont a man can
make on this earth has been made,
II then-in that time-I come to you
and ask for that reward. do you think
-ah! do you think that you can find
1t in your heart to give it?"
She lifted up her eyes. the eyes that
had saved him, that had lit the way
back, that would light 1t ever to the
end OF life and, stretching out her
hand, put 1t into his
When that day dawns, come and
See" she said, and smiled at him
through happy tears.
Il WILL" he made answer wait
and will. Oh. God, what good,
good thing real woman is"'
Copyright. 1918. by Doubleday, Page & Col
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Lightly Valued.

10 REPRESENTATIVE RA1NET was
oe condemninE Il neutral nation
that had submitted to odious oppres-
sion on the part of Germany.
This neutral nation" he said. values
Its honor no more highly than Gobsa
Golde values his domestic happiness
AS Gobsa in his pi6ture gallery
slipped his after-dinner iiqueur and
puffed on his great black Havana
the butler rushed in, spiuttcring:
oh, Mr. Golde. poor Mr.. Code.
I'm so sorry! Your lovely girl wife
mas eloped with the chauferr.'
'Gobsa blew fragrant cloud
toward the frcscocd ceiling.
Oh, we'll he said. he wasn't much
Of chauffeur"
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agreed with me. and when I investi-
gated I found that he had been do
ing as much war work as any one
in the community. 1t is the men
who have not worked for the rapid
bringing about of peace by helping
prepare the nation to fight. or those
who have boys in the Army, I found.
that are so insistent that the end is
near.
The old swimming hole always Is
attractive. If you go back. go down
and look at the stream in which you
used to swim Two things will i'm
press you--the narrowness of tho
stream and the thickness of the
scum on top OF II. You will wonder
as you look at the dirty green. or
yellow. water that you ever retained
your cyesight after swimming in u.
And IL you go In swimming, as did,
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owners fills his jars: so altogether
We have more or less fruit in our
cellars. Gentle fall brings an abun-
dance of nuts. Winter is productive
Of much wild game. That seems to
put the food situation on the shelf
and the question of fuel is not much
more difficult to solve. The Big Four
railroad sheds mighty lot Of coal
along its tracks in the course of
year and the surrounding woods fur
nish wood for the cutting
You may gather, then, that with
these easy-living conditions, few of
us work hard here at home, and If
you do. you gather it exactly right.
X X
The chances are that you will find,
when you get back home, as did,
that it will be more difficult to get
In on the accommodation railroad
than it was a year or two ago. The
milk trains have been retired at
plagued rapid rate by Mr., McAdoo.
and it is rare town of the Home
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For Many tongues.

TT HAT the foreign housewives of
Massachusetts may be informed
on matters of food conservation.
Henry Endicott. food administrator os
Massachusetts,, has had leaflets pre-
pared by home economics experts and
translated into Armenian. French,
iiddish. Italian. Por;u2 uese. Polish.
Finnish. Lithuanin. Swedish and
syrian. These bulletins are printed
with English on tnc right hand side
OF the page for the child OF the family
" no has been taught English at
school and with the foreign language
on the ler-hand side OF the pnge for
ne mother
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Der had quit the previous day to take
a good job on the section gang. Many
customers were waiting, but the bar
ber, Fuzzy Furr. who learned bis
trade in the city and. therefore. never
puts lathery tL.,mb in customers
mouth. kindly lent me razor and 1
shaved myself. AS proof that 1 did
not cut my own throat a stranger
drifted in ard asked me how soon I
would be able to shave him. He es-
capped without knowing what mar
row escape he really had. The horrors
of war cannot be overestimated.
Proceeding up the street, I was
hailed on all sides by citizens who
desired inside information" on when
the war would end Replying. as 1
am firmly convinced, that the last
five years will be the worst, found
that l rapidly lost cast as an ex-
pert. 1t seems that most of the folks
out here have read the reports of the
activities of our marines and become
convinced that soon the kaiser HIM
self will be swimming the Rhine at
the point of American steel, and
screaming "Kamerad" Only one man
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burg variety that now can boast of
more than four trains day which
actually stop at the station. Owners
Of fiivvers are making the most of
this situation. however. and there are
many new bus lines springing up
throughout the country. Yes, the bus
lines raised their rates along with
know, because I told one bus man
about the new railroad rate and, be-
cause had so much new information
about things, he raised his rate on me
instanter.
Naturally, when one lands in his
home burg he rushes for a barber
shop, as he doesn't want the folks to
think he cannot afford a shave, even
though they have gone up to 90 cents.
did that. and, behold! 7 learned 10
my great grief that the second bar
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Injured by Shells

M EARLY nifty of the Protestant
AS churches of northern France have
been under fire since the beginning
of the war. The financial help sent
from America will be used for repair
work and rehousing the refugees in
these districts. according to Andre,
Monod. secretary of the United Prot
estant French committee. 1t is stated
that the maintaining of the religious
services of these people Is an inn
portant factor in the winning Of the
war.
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you will wonder still more. I am
ashamed to say that for two days
after l went swimming on the old
gravel pit into which the creek runs
my eyes hurt to b2at the cars. Isn't
that peculiar when one considers that
in the days of my youth | could re-
main in that same water for hour;
upon hours and never bat an eye.
While down near the swimming hole
I had & striking illustration of how
the war is coming home to even the
most inland towns. was ambling
along thinking of almost anything
,xcept aeroplancs when l thought |
heard the whirr Of an acroplane en-
gine above me. And, like most WASH
ingtonians, | have become somewhat
expert at recognizing the sound.
Looking up. l saw no machine. and
then l laughed fool;shlE, thinking |
had aeropianes in my ears. The next
to some one in town. he yawned ard
casually remarked that there We're
eight machines 'at the Madigan field
yesterday I inquired anxiously as to
how eight aeroplancs came to be in
such small place as Homeburg when
there Is no aviation field nearby
"Oh, the boys from the RnntOul, H.,
field rather like us, and they come
over for visit once in awhile he
said. Three of them came over here
first and now they all want to come"
AS Il result Of the frequent visits of
the boys. | learned, we have several
aeroplane experts amorg us One gro
Ger in particular is Il real authority
on biplanes and such.
Up at the drug store the gang loafs
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billy Aunt Ruth" he went on. "If sbe,s
roy AT hand, the damage can't be re-
paired for this night at least. Give him
Z lour room and you come in with me.
BrldWeli. know the man; know the
neans; and with Gods help tonight III
tnow the reason as well!"
Everything was carried out in accord
! ance with Cleek's plan. The capta,n
! Trapped into talking by his son. sat I'm
long after Miss Sutcliff and the one sery-
ing maid the house boasted had gone to
bed. and when. in time, he, too, retired
70 bis room the soaked mattress did its
work in the most effectual manner.
: Whimperng like hurt child over the
unexplained and apparently unexplain-
able accident. the old man suffered his
son to lead him Off to his own room.
and there, unable to rest on the harder
mattress. and, suffering agonies of
pain, he lay for long time before the
4 doorswung open. the glimmer of a bed
. fconNc tempered the darkness to a
Ekpf golden dusk, and the very double
Uf Dr.. Fordyce came softly into the
room. 1t was Cleek, wrapped in a we'll
pa1ded dressing gown and carrying in
addition to the candle a bottle of lotion
and fresh linen bandage.
why, DOCTOR" began the old cap
tain. half rising upon the elbow of his
uninjured arm. Whatever in the world
brings you here?"
Study. my dear old friend, study"
returned voice SO like to DR.. For
dyces own that there was scarcely a
shade of difference. II have been
sitting up for hours and hours think
ing, reading, studying. until now l am
sure, very. very sure. captain, that I
pave FOUND lotion that will ease the
pam. For moment after / let my
aeif IN by the partition door and found
your room empty 1 didn't know where
TO- turn, but fortunately your means
guided me in the right direction, and
mere l am. Now then, let us off
with that other bandage and on with
this new one. and 1 think we shall
%soon ease up that constant pain"
GOD Knows l hope SO. doctor, for it
almost unbearable," the old man re-
pned, and sat holding his lips tightly
smut to Keep from crying out while
Cieek undid the bandage and stripped
pare the injured arm from finger tips
70 shoulder. His gorge rose as he
paw the thing, and in seeing, knew
tor certain now that what he had sus-
pected in that first glance was indeed
the truth, and in that moment there
was something akin to murder in his
aoul. He saw with satisfaction, how
ever, that. although the upper part Of
tne arm was much swollen, as yet the
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The Observer Writes From One of the Thousand
lpecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH,
June II. 1918.
E1H HIS being the season of high
railroad rates there probably
are many gentle readers who
will be unable to reach their
home towns this year. Hence, have
decided to tell you about my visit to
my birthplace here, thinking that
perhaps, there is little difference be-
tween the town and n thousand and
one other Homeburgs-on-th the-pike.
Possibly word of description of
the place would make clear to you If
It is like your old home town. If it
Is you may want to read on, and II it
Isn't look at the time you will save
by stoppingS
Typifying this wonderful town of
mine, most of all. perhaps, is the fact
that ham sandwiches still sell here
at cents each. That one sentence
contains a world of information. 1t
Indicates an absence of profiteers, and.
Indicating that. it follows that this
Is town Of few double chins and no
great wealth. AS Tom Marsh. the
town barber and photographer. said.
when he looked at my somewhat
n1pnfp figure:
D"Better come back and stay with us
q while. Nobody ever gets fat here
gith our complete Hooverizing plans"
A X
To go further in this business Of the
ham sandwich at honest prices, I might
add that Hugh Miller, the restaurant
man from the city, recently tried to
put over ten-cent ham sandwich by
the simple expedient Of inserting
thin slice Of dill pickle in the regular
five -cent sandwich. and last week the
sheriff put paddock on his front door.
OF course, we have more than Ave-
cent ham sandwiches. Referring casu-
ally to n leafiet prepared by the Com
mercial Club. with the assistance of
the mayor, the city council and the
the purest we'll water in Indiana. one
overall factory with capacity of
thirty-six pairs day. one garage,
one clabber milk and cheese mill. ex-
cellent schools and the best sidewalks
Of any town in the state.
R To my certain knowledge we also
have many things not mentioned in
that leafiet. For instance, we have
q self-draining bathtub In Ed Helms
barber shop, the youngest postmaster
in the state, viz, Bill Boggs, aged
twenty-four: more fiivver automo-
biles than any neighboring city. the
largest poultry house on the west
side of the Big Four tracks of any
city in the state and city park with
tho hest bandstand and the most
capable chiggers to be found in any
home burg Of 1000 soles.
Living is, as 1t was years ago when
I left home. comparatively simple
with u.s. In the spring we put seeds
In the ground. and II the weeds don't
take the crop we fill our cellars at
11DNau. cost Summer finds our orchards
and Our neighbors' orchards hiled
with much fresh fruit. and if the
nights are not too dark the owners
Of the fruit MI many jar On tho
other hand. II the nights are very
dark some one else than the fruit
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A Graveyard.

10 lSHoP WATERHotSE said at Q
w Los Angeles wedding breakfast:
Il counsel every girl to be careful
not TO marry selfish man. A self.
.sli husband-What unhappiness'
'Seltishness, the bishop ended sols
emnly. lis graveyard. 1t takes in
all II can get and never gives anys
thing back"
Evening star., 1918-06-23
Cold Storage.

EoUD CONTROLLER HOOVER was
condemning an egg prolteer.
Before the war" he said I'VE paid
this man 80 .ccnts a dozen for eggs.
Now we pay him so cents. And the
worst of ii is"
MIR. Hoover smiled grinly.
MS the same eggs"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-22

evening. It appeared to the council
that every endeavor had been made
to show Mr.. Brigham the error of his
ways and it recognized that if the
same attitude was taken by any con-
siderable number of our people that
disorganization would ensue and the
chance of winning the war would be
diminished; that our enemy, Germany,
could ask nothing more of the people
of America than for them to take an
attitude similar to that of Mr.. Brig
hams toward the governments food
regulation; that to permit Mr.. Brig
ham to hold his flour was an injustice
to the majority of the farmers who
had gone to the trouble and expense
to gladly respond to their country's
caH, and brought in their flour with
out question.
"After careful consideration the
council unanimously voted that imme-
date action should be taken. The
legal advisory committee of the coun-
Gil recommended that the matter be
placed in the hands of the federal
courts for it's action by the issuance
of warrant for Mr.. Brigham's
arrest"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-22

The food administrator and the
chairman of the council called upon
Mr.. Brigham and requested him to
return the flour. This he refused to
do, saying that if it was wanted, the
government could pay him for it and
take it, but he would not return it.;
that if the government took it, it
would be as bad as Germany, and he
would as soon be there as here; that
he was not going to be dictated to by
any government in the matter of
handling his personal affairs, he did
not care whether it was America or
Germany; that the government Off
Gals did not know any more about
running a government than yellow
dog.
Food Administrator Martin re-
ported the matter to the council of
defense at its meeting Wednesday
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-22

attacks on the Montello plateau, the
keystone to the plains, but like previ-
Gus thrusts they met with repulse.
Between the Treviso railroad bridge
and the Zenson loop the Italians have
pressed back the enemy closer toward
the Pave, while at Losson, near the
Fossetta canal, the enemy attacks
were repulsed. Further down the
stream a short distance from where
it empties into the Adriatic sea, the
Italians in daring assault north Of
Cortellazzo pierced the enemy front,
took 200 men prisoner and firmly
held their ground against a counter
attack.
American Airmen There
In the violent air f-1eaiclng tnat I
in nrorro~-~s all along the front Am
+ erican aviators have joined the allie,
airmen and are performing DARN.
feats. Among the enterprises carrie,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-22

out by them has been the bombing
of pontoon bridges thrown by the
enemy across the Pave.
Empty StOmachs
Empty stomachs continue to play
an important role both with the Aus
Hungarian armies and the people
inside the dual monarchy. Prisoners
taken by the Italians are noticeably
ill-fed; troublous times prevail in
cities and towns in the empire and
kingdom, because of lack of food.
The people, even officials, are de-
clared to be at their wits end in en-
deavors to alleviate the situation.
The Hungarian premier is. ,snid-<'- rS
have +alJtd permanent that the king
! dom has only one-fourth the food
necessary to maintain the people in
health, and that it would be hard to
hold out until the new harvest is
garnered.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-22

Continued from page one)
to be delivered at the same time. Re-
ports came to the council that Mr.
Brigham had stated that he had been
forced to deliver his wheat, but he
would not deliver his flour; that if the
government wanted it, they could
come and pay him for it and take il,
together with other remarks of like
tenor which indicated that Mr.. Brig
ham was not in sympathy with our
governments action in handling the
food situation.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-22
WHITMAN COUNTY
GRAIN CROP SHORT
DRY WEATHER AND HOT WINDS
REDUCE PROSPECTIVE YIELD
OF ALL GRAINS

C0LFAX.-The following special
report of crop conditions in Whitman
county represents the consensus of
opinion Of estimators in this locality.
F. L. Kinnard of Washington State
college gathered most of the figures
quoted.
Winter Wheat
OF 10000 acres fall sown, $4,000
were abandoned on account of drying
out on south slopes and winter kill
ing. This has all been reseeded, how
ever, and is included in the figures
covering spring acreage. The condi-
ton Of winter wheat was recently
estimated at 80 per cent of normal,
but authorities say that the unfavor-
able winter weather, which left a
three-inch crust on the ground, to-
gether with lack of rain during April
and May and the dry winds which
have been blowing for the last 10
days, have reduced the standing of
ILLS CIOP W w pei SOdc'
West of Colfax along the Snake
river and out toward Endicott and
La Crosse the crop may average l5
to 18 bushels. East of Colfax and
north the yield should run rs to 30
bushels. Much will depend upon the
rainfall during the next three weeks.
However, winter wheat in the earlier
district has passed the point where
anything approaching failure may be
feared.
Spring Wheat
Of 10000 acres sown 95 per cent
may be appraised at 80 per cent of
normal. The soil was in good condi-
ton at the time of seeding, and the
rains have been sufficient to keep
the grain in much better condition
than in the case of winter wheat. If
one good rain falls between now and
July 1 this crop will be up to normal.
It's present condition is satisfactory.
Returns should run at from Is bush
els in lighter soil districts up to IS
in the heavier.
The acreage seeded to oats is not
quite up to standard. Statistics show
approximately $4,000 acres of oats IN
Whitman county, as against $4,000
in former years. Returns will prob
ably fall short of the former average
of 80 bushels on account of recent
winds and lack of moisture. This
crop will also be affected by the
amount of rain received this month.
Barley :.
Barley is in miifiesrl t I'll are only about
tlo.c, 80 acres seeded, which conserva-
lively should yield 40 bushels. This
crop will be off one-third in acreage
and 10 or Is per cent in yield
Potatoes
This crop has been neglected in
Whitman county as never before,
there being probably only 300 acres
in the whole district. This is because
the market went to pieces last fall
and this spring. Farmers tell stories
of having had to expend money to
dispose of spoiled potatoes this
spring. Many of these, however,
were men who refused $1.30 last fall
Summer FallOw
Twenty three to 33 IL per cent of
tillable ground has been reduced to
is per cent this year. Much ground
formerly idle has been planted to
peas, of which there are $4,000 acres
in this county. These fields are in
first-class condition so far, with
every prospect of a very good yield.
The last four days the thermom-
eter has ranged from IS to SO, with