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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
BY WAD SWORTH CAMP

"Fiction!
Scientific fact"
II wish to the devil l had shared
your room with you tonight" Ora
ham muttered. Il might have furn-
ished you an alibi for this affair at
least" "t
Either that" Bobby answered
frankly, "or you might have follow
ed me and learned the whole secret.
Honestly, isn't that what you were
thinking. Of. Hartley. And I did
go to sleep, telling myself it would
help me if something of the sort
happened to Howells. Now I'm not
so sure that it will. IL suppose
you've got to notify the police"
Graham held up his hand.
whats that? In the corridorw
There were quiet footsteps in the
corridor. Bobby turned quickly.
Paroles strolled slowly through the
passage, a cigarette held in his
slender, listless fingers. Bobby
stared at him, remembering his
surprise few minutes ago that the
Panamanian should have sat up so
late, should have been, probably, in
the court when they had followed
katherine to the discovery of this
new crime. .-.
8 Paroles paused in the doorway.
He took in the tragic picture franz
ed by the sinister room without dis
playing the slightest interest," He
continued to hold his cigaret until
it expired. Then he crossed the
threshold. Graham and Bobby
watched the expressionless face.
Gracefully Paroles raised his finger
and pointed to the bed. When he
spoke his voice was low and pleas
ant.
Appalling! l feared something
Of the kind when | heard you come
to this room." ~
He glanced at the broken door.
| THE same unbelievable circum-
stance" he draWled. Il see you had
to break in"
The color flashed back to Ora
hams face. y
you have taken plenty of time
to solve your misgivings."
at hasn't been so long. I fancied
everything was all right, and l wa.
immersed in my solitaire. Then
heard a stirring upstairs. As I've
told you, the house frightens me
1t is not natural or healthy. So
came up to investigate this stirring
| and there was Miss Katherine j.
the hall. She told me-
| Graham faced him with undis
guised enmity
Immersed in your solitaire! W.
were attracted by a. light in til,
lower hall at such an hour. w,
Hooked down. You were not there
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01

The front door was open"
Paroles glanced at his cold Gig
aret. He yawned.
when Howells died precisely as
Mr.. Blackburn did," Graham hur-
ried on,t you alone were awake
about the house. Weren't you at
that, moment in the court?"
Paroles laughed tolerantly.
1T is clear, in spite of my apollo
gies, that we are not friends, Ora
ham; but, may I ask, are you &C
cusing me of this strange-acci-
>dent?"
II should like to know what you
were doing in the court"
y Perhaps" Paroles answered, "I
was attracted there by the sounds
that aroused Miss Katherine.
Graham shook his head.
From her description I doubt if
those sounds would have been audi
bic in the hall"
mo matter" Paroles said. II
merely suggest that it's a case for
Groom. His hint of spiritual en-
nifty may be saner than you think"
Katherine appeared in the door
way. She had evidently overheard
Paredes' comment. for she nodded.
The determination in her eyes sug-
gested that she had struggled with
the situation during these last mo-
, ments and had reached a definite
conclusion. That quality was in
her voice.
AT least, Hartley" she said,
you must send for Doctor Groom
before you notify the police"
Graham waved his hand.
Why" he asked. THE man is
dead"
With a movement, hidden from
Paroles, she indicated Bobby.
Last time there was a good deal
of delay before the doctor came.
If we get him right away he may
be able to do something for this
poor fellow. At least his advice
would be useful"
Bobby realized that she was fight
ing for time for him. : Any delay
that would give them chance to
plan before the police with unim-
aginative efficiency should invade
the house and limit their opportu-
mites. Graham showed that he
| .,.-bk
| Maybe it's better" he said,
"Then, Bobby, telephone Groom to
be ready for you, and take my run
about It's in the stable You'll gel
! him here much faster than he could
come in his carriage.
while Pm gone" Bobby asked
what will you dor
| Watch this room" Graham jerk.
| ed out. See that no one enters Of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
.&ZHe c1zband0ned Wqom

at Grahan's direction. As one in
a dream he moved toward the door
they had had to break down on
entering.
Stand close to it." Graham said.
Well cover everything"
You'll find no one" Bobby
answered with a perfect assurance.
He saw Grahams take the candle
and explore the large closets. He
watched him examine the spaces
behind the window curtains. He
could smile little as Graham
stopped, peering beneath the bed,
as he moved each piece of furnitu-
large enough to secrete a man.
you see, Hartley, it's no use"
Graham's lack of success, how
ever, stimulated his anger
Then" he said. there must be
some hiding place in the walls.
Such devices are common in houses
as old as this"
Bobby indicated the silent form
of the detective. = !
"He believed I killed my grand
father. The only reason he didn't
arrest me was his failure to find
out how the room had been entered
and left. Don't you suppose he
looked for hiding place or a secret
entrance the first thing? It's OBJ
vious."
But Graham's savage determine
ton Increased. He sounded each
panel. None gave the slightest re-
vealing response. He got tape
from Katherine and measured the
dimensions of the room, the private
hall and the. corridor. At last he
turned to Baby, his anger dead,
his face white and tired. !
Everything checks" he admitted.
!, There's no secret room, no way in
or out. Logically Groom's right.
We're fighting the dead who resent
the intrusion of your grandfather
and Howells. \
i He laughed mirthlessly.
i "After all, we can't surrender to
that There must be another
i answer"
From the first Howells was sat.
is6ed with me-" Bobby said.
i Graham flung up his hands.
Then tell me how you got il
without disturbing those locks.
grant you, Bobby, you had sufficient
motive for both murders, but
. don't believe you have two person.
alities, one decent and lovable, the
, other cruel and cunning to the poin
of magic. | don't believe if mar
. had two such personalities the &C
tons Of one would be totally closed
: to the memory of the other"
Bobby smiled wanly.
1T isn't pleasant to confess it
Hartley, but ] have read of sucl
cases" :
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
Blu Robert j Horton q

"Whatdye think of that feller,
Vee-ah, Bill?"
"Vee-ah? ,Vee-ah?"
"Sure, that Mexican bandit who
has had little revolution of his
own goin' for so long"
"Oh, you mean Villa. Sure. I'd
forgotten all about him. What's he
doing now"
Hes gettin' ready for his annual
attack on Juarez. Paper says he's
marching toward the border"
That shows how hard up the
papers are for news now that the
war is over. Say, when they were
driving on the west front how much
space do you think Villa would
have got? I'll bet his press agent
had to live on cold tamales while
the war was on. Now that the
stage has cleared a bit out he steps
and as soon as he begins to get on
the front page again he'll start at
lacking towns and raising cain down
there"
Chile and Peru, Too.
"Same way with Chile and Peru,
Bill. Whst>do you think of them
two little countries making a play
for the headlines. Starting war
of their own-how's that for nerve!
Got to watch 'em, too. Can't tell
what's liable to happen when two
little countries get a goin'. Might
| embroil all South America and get
US mixed up in it and then we'd
have another war between South
America and North America, the
winner to take the Panama canal
and sell it for enough to pay the
wars expenses"
Gee, you've got a rough line OF
argument, Hank. Where's your
education? 4 Don't you know we
fought this war out so there cant
be any more wars? There couldn't
be a war between North and South
America, anyway-our relations is
too good. Amt you been reading
the diplomatic note exchanges be.
tween the two countries from time
to timer"
Diplomacy is Lost Art.
"Sure, I've been reading 'em. Ant
I read the diplomatic exchanges be
tween Wilson and Germany, too
|
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
CHAPTER XII.
Unpleasant Insinuations.

Gra1am's intention, logical as it
was. impressed Bobby as quite
futile. Silas Blackburn had deid
in this ancient. melancholy room
behind locked doors. This after
noon, with a repetition of the
sounds that had probably accom-
PAM ID his death, they had been
drawn to find that, behind locked
doors again, the position of the
body had changed incredibly, as if
to expose to- them the tiny fatal
wound at the base of the brain.
Now for the third time those
stealthy movements had aroused
Katherine, and they had found, once
more behind locked doors, the de-
termined and malicious detective,
murdered precisely as old Black
burn had been. -
Of course Graham was logical.
By every rational argument the
murderer must still be in the room.
Yet Bobby foresaw that, as always,
no one would be found, that moth
ing would be unearthed to explain
the succession of tragic~mysteries.
While Graham commenced his
search. indeed, he continued to stare
at the little round hole in Howei1s
head. at the fresh, irregular stain
on the pillow, and he became alb
sorbed in his own predicament.
Again and again he asked himself
if he could be responsible for the e
murders which had been committed
with an inhuman ingenuity. He
knew only that he had wandered,
unconscious, in the vicinity of the
Ccdars last night; that he had been
asleep when his grandfather's body
had altered its position; that he had
gone to sleep little while ago too
profoundly, brooding over Howell
challenge to the murderer to invade
the room of death and kill him if
he could. HoMells had been con-
hdent that he could handle man
and so solve the riddle of how the
room had been entered. Certainly
Howelis' challenge had been &c
cepted. and Bobby knew that he
had fallen into that deep sleep hat.
ing the detective, telling himself
that the mans death might save
him from arrest, from conviction
from an intolerable walk to little
room with 2 single chair.
"Recurrenf aphasia." The doctor.
expression came back to him. In
such h state a man could overcome
locked doors, could accomplish ap'
) parent miracles and retain no recol.
lection. And Bobby had hated ant
feared Howells more than he hat
his grandfather.
Duly he saw Katherine 80 ou
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
FROM MY DUGOUT---TO YOU.
By Ralph NJ Thomson in The Forum.

Ungodly shells are singing overhead
Their strident measures to the weeping night;
Piercing the gloom, the rockets in their flight
Impart ghostly palor to the red,
Red fields, where mangled human forms lie dead.
The shril staccatos Of machine guns smite
The helpless darkness; and from height to height
Drowning the Babel of bullets that thread
Their fiendish way beyond the last redoubt,
Is heard the groans and cries of wounded men,
But safely sheltered in my crude dugout
And with my heartthoughts fixed on home again,
I'm turning from the life now pursue
To write little love-note dear to-yoj
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01

And what came OF 1T lhe ex-kaf
ser's practically out on bail in Hol-
land and Wilson is going over to
Europe in a few days. / amt got
near As much confidence in the
diplomats l used to have"
II don't think much of the presi-
dents idear in going abroad,
Hank" confessed Bill as he lit his
pipe.
well, they amt no submarines
running loose now" 2
1T amt the submarines. don't
believe he's afraid of them, any
way. But. I just don't like the
idear of his leaving the country.
He's the president, and whole lot
could happen while he's away and
it amt setting good. precedent"
well, Roosevelt went tramping
all over Africa and Europe" OBJ
served Hank.
A Bad Example.
"Sure, but he wasn't president
when he did it. And, of course,
there wasn't any peace table to sit
at when he was president, either.
But, just the same, l don't think
it's setting a good example for the
president to leave the country's
shores while he's in Office. He could
have cabled over there-he's grabbed
the cables, anyway"
But his presence may bring about
better settlement an everything
Distance makes the terms grow
stronger"
Gee, you're a regular philos-
pher, amt you, Bill"
"You\ got to be philosopher to
be a good painter or any other kind
of an able workman. That's the
way to enjoy life, philosopher and
don't worry. That's what's the
matter with the plumbers. They
worry too much. They're afraid all
the banks they've got their money
IN amt sound. Or they need new
tires all around on the Emoseen and
the roadster with the touring car
running a close second. They're
aristocrats. - eel.
Bill Likes to Read.
I "Now, Pm an artist. l get some
enjoyment outa fife. You go up to
my house and you'll see some fine
samples of art ON my walls-Wash-
ington Crossing the Delaware,
I Clusters Last Stand, and all them
great things. And in my bookcase
| got all the good books-The Man
Without a Land, The Last of the
Mechanicians, Pilgrims Paradise,
and all them.
Nov, just look at the difference.
I went over to see a plumber friend
of mine. He's got big mansion up
there by the iceman's house. He
showed me into his library and I
never seen such bookcases in my
life. All mahogany and inlaid with
wonderful glass panels, an every
thing. And | opened 'em up and
what do you think was in emp"
Hank gave it lip. "Booksl", he
suggested.
The Mind Improved.
! DOCKS, nutnlHS. lTdue CatdloSS,
that's whatP
We'll, you can't eat books
mo, but you can improve your
mind with 'em and the more you
improve your mind the better dishes )
you can think of and the more you
can enjoy EN-"
Il guess maybe that's So" Hank
reflected, We'll, how about Charley
Dickens? He had,a pretty much i'm
proved mind, didn't her"
He certainly did; he's one Of the
greatest writers the world ever
had. What's he got to do with it?"
"Oh, nothing-nothing. Only one
of his favorite dishes was corn beet
'snd cabbsgsr'
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
A Sociable Family.

Several young people from Ord calle'
at the A. L. Martz home Sunday.
J. C. Staley called at the A. L. Marts
home Thursday.
Miss Marie Chatfield was at A. L.
Martz's home from Saturday morning till
Sunday afternoon.
The two Baldwin girls and Olive
Easton made q short call at the Marta
home Sunday evening.
Bert Dye called at the Martz home
Wednesday.
-Rosevale Items In the Erickson Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
It Usually Knocks.

AN OPPORTUNITY arises for .
LADY, between 20 and 80 years Of age,
to take charge Of Catalogue Library
and to deal with publicity and printing
matters In a mercantile house in The
City. Emoluments are small to com
mence, but prospects excellent for a
lady with the attachments desired
Previous business experience Is essen
tial.-Address No. $3.50, care Of Daw-
sons, 121 Cannon street, London. e.
C., 4.-London Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
WE SYMPATHIZE.

Poor Pres. Wilson! He'll have to
enter Paris in the midst of a big
demonstration, and bow and tip his
hat and all that. The real charm of
coming to Paris is to slip in, unno-
ticed, say at the Care du Nord, walk
down the Rue Lafayette till you
come to the Boul. des Italiens and
then have dinner at one of the cafes
with tables under the awning out on
the sidewalk-hve courses, win COM
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
Fumigation and Syncopation.

The Missouri-Kansas Chemi-
cal company are employed to
fumigate all theaters>'whereyer
Grace NJ. Russelrs Merry Min
strel Maids are to appear. The
great Sanitary Disinfectant used
by them is absolutely a proven
tative against the Flu.-Nemaha
County Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
INFORMATION.

Editor the Bundle Bee: l see the
kaiser's income was $3,737,186 year.
Did this stop when he fled from Ger
many?
Ans,-No. He gets his pay check
every Saturday night. Also he re-
ceives travel allowance of IS pfen-
mig per kilometer. By multiplying
the number of kilometers from Ber-
lin to where he is now you will see
that he is nearly So ahead so far.
Germany is finding it's pretty
hard to check the Czechs.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
Powell's Button Busting Iokes

Combating our criticism that two
of the humble bees in the heading
of this column look like hrehies."
Powell, the artist and author of said
insects, says they are making light
of this column" And, following
this up, he remarked that he was
merely waxing facetious." Get
that? Bees wax, you know
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01

friend in the restau.
rant. Haste make.
waste.
A satisfied custom.
err is the best edve
tisement. But you
don't need to make
him too satisfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
RECOMMENDATIONS.


Mr.. w. D. Field, the old re-
liable piano tuner, who has been
making regular visits here for
the last few years, is again in
~ town and reports his business
in this locality as constantly
increasing. Mr.. Field is recon-
mended by some of the best
known piano manufacturers ex-
tant, as we'll as by Americas
and Europe's best musicians.
Orders for his services may be
left with George Brooks or at
the Pfster hotel.
Rushville (Neb.) Standard.
FOR RENT-Beautiful furnished room on
Sherman avenue car line.
THIS may be the cause for the fire.
quent infrequency of cars on that
line.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
gbpnibl8 a3SeB1nE6zSzin9s
BY 4 sTIN q pr Il

pris," for deux francs. Then down
across the river and rent room in
one of the Latin Quarter hotels.
Then out for a walk through Paris
at night, take in a theater, home via
the Metropolitan. After a good
nights sleep, cafe at lait at the lit.
tie place kept by a certain fat
Frenchman and his fat wife, visit to
the Pantheon, near by. the Louvre,
sit in the Jardin des Tuilleries and
watch the children play, take a rid'
on. the little passenger steamers or
the Seine, poke around among thu
old book stalls, dine again. etc. OBJ
security hath its charms no less re,
nowned than fame.
ABLE, THE AGENT. .
Don't be in such a hurry to pick
up the checks when eating with a
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01

IF you got a partner that likes toe
much cabaret music it's best 20,
should have a cash register.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
We Are Thankful

That we are not the kizzer.
That they removed the Welcome
arch.
That street cars still stop some
where.
That we are an American.
That we are living these days.
That Foch was put in supreme
command.
That the Bundle Bee buzzes but
once week.
That we have two friends who let
US drive their automobiles. -.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-01
Able, THE AGENT.

Don't be in such hurry to pick
up the checks when eating with a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-18
TOWNSHEND.
War Savings Committee Meets.

The town war savings stamp commit
tee met last evening in the home of the
town chairman, Mrs. W. NJ. Sparks, to
talk over plans and begin making ar
rangcments for the campaign which viii
be made the week of June % to Sc
cure pledges for the purchase of stamps
aggregating $16,340, including those
already sold, which ia this town S quota
The committee consists of G.. W. Cut
Ter, G. II. Willard, r. l.. Fitch, Fred Cut
Ter, Ella Ware and DIR. G. t. Gale, and
Mrs. Sparks may appoint others. Il
was decided TO apportion the names OF
the check list among the members OF
the committee as a help III making the
canvass, and it is intended to give ey
cry person IN town an opportunity Il
invest. Literature will be sent out il
due time, and public meeting will b'
held here June %. 4 public meetin;
also will be held in West Townshend
but the date has not been definitely de
cidcd upon. Details as to these meet
! ings will he given later.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-18
BERLIN DENIES INSULTS.
Says American Prisoners of War Are
Being Well Treated.

AMSTERDAM, June Is American
war prisoners are not being i'll treated
in Germany, SAYS despatch tele-
graphcd to Amsterdam by the scmi-of
fetal Wolff Bureau of Berlin
The prisoners, it is declared, arc not
used "a show objects to the German
public and are not subjected to insults
opd the throwing of stones, which is
foreign to the calm tempered German
mind, watch docs not excite itself any
how over few Americans in the midst
of So man. thousands of war prisoners
of all nationalities
Adequate food 'fon q scale CORE
spending to the present conditions in
Germany is not lacking in the cam ],
where American prisoners are quar-.
tered. il is said.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-18
: s.7ss -
EXTENSION ASSISTANTS HERE.
Miss Luce with School ChildreI-Miss
Swasey Helps Miss Swift.

Miss Nellie Swasey of the extension
service Office in Burlington was here
last week to assist Miss Lucy &. Swift.
home demonstration agent, in making
canning demonstrations in the schools.
Eleven demonstrations were given in
four days.
Miss Marjorie Luce of Burlington,
assistant boys and girls club leader
for the state, is spending two weeks i'll
Windham county doing work among
school children in the interest of boys
and girls club work in the county.
In This connection Miss Swift's report
to the county agent leader, forwarded
today is of interest She says:
Two new projects have been under
taken this week which are canning dem
onstrations in schools and boys and girls
club work, also among the school chill
dren Miss Nellie Swasey has given can
ming demonstrations in the following dis
! tricts: Stetson school in JacSsoni lie
| Nottingham Central school. Mountain
J Mills school in Wilmington, Newfane and
! East Dover, while the home demonstra-
| ton agent has given similar demonstra-
/ tions in Wilmington. Jacksonville Cut
ting school In Wilmington, Jamaica, VIII
: liamsvile and West Dover. At these
demonstrate tons Strawberries, rhubarb
| spinach milkwecd. string beans and to
Blatocs were canned 10 show the school
children and iEc elder people WHO came
in the adyanta"e.' and processes of the
cold rack method. Good interest was
shown everywhere and the prospects are
that the school children will do more can
ming this year than ever before.
Two child diet exhibits were also pre-
Epared in West Brattlcboro and Saxton'
River similar to those mentioned above
Miss Luce has met number o
groups OF children and organized scvera
clubs. A full report of her work has no
lyet been given me. but no doubt | can in
clude it in report SOON
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-18
BUSCH PROPERTY
SEIZED BY NATION
Vast Estate OF Brewers Widow Now in
Hands Of Govcrnmcnt-Worth
Many Millions.

WASH lNGTON, June ls.--The entire
estate In this country of Mrs Lily
Busch, widow of Adolphus Busch, the
millionaire brewer of 81. Louis, has
been taken over by the government un.
der the alien property law. These facts
became known yesterday in connection
with the return 10 America of Mrs.
Rusck, who has been living in Germany
for several ears, or practically since
the death OF her husband
The government has not yet appraised
The property. which consists largely of
breweries in ~. Louis and other cities,
stocks and bonds. and real estate IN
New York, but it il believed to be
worth many millions of dollars
Alien Property Custodian Palmer an.
nouneed that the seizure OF the estate
was made some months ago. and that
tho Union Trust Co. of st. Louis had
been named as depoaitary and has been
operating the property for the govern
mcnt Under the law. which permits
the government 10 seize the property In
this coun,r; OF any person resident in
Germany, title to the entire estate has
reverted to the government, and unless
INV "Ak'lHtN EtHtlhl fulcs otncTWlse II
will be held subject 20 such disposition
as the government may choose to max,
of IL.
Mira. Busch, who is ~ years old. was
IN Havana over Snnday on her way e
the United States from German,
through switzerland and Spain She il
accompanied by iIcr attorney, Harry ID
Hawes, who went 70 Switzerland TO con
fer with her several months ago. 1t i
understood that Mrs Busch plans t
call al the state department and tn
department Of justice in an effort &
regain custody OF her estate. II i
uhderetood that Mrs Busch will inss
that she is loyal citizen of the Unite
states, who did not forfeit her citizen
ship by reason Of her residence in Gel
many since her husband s death.