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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-10-30

CHAPTER xvI-Barnes tells -Afiss
Cameron" OF Sprouse's treachery. and
she tells him the whole story Of Green
Fancy. The man known as Loeb Is her
cousin, and he inveigled her to the house
with the object OF possessing himself OF
the jewels. which were In her custody.
CHAPTER xx-sprouse tells fsarnes
Loeb Is In hiding In Crowndale with his
mistress, and promises to rob him Of the
jewels He does so. dslivering the treas
s. 70 sm tSss at s sns
It from him II he could. at the expiration
OF one week.
CHAPTER xXI-with the countess,
Barnes leaves Rushcroft and the rest and
hurries TO New York There he leaves
the Jewels In place OF safety and in
PRODUCES the countess TO his sister.
sprouse risks his life In a daring effort
to OBTAIN the treasure, and falling takes
his leave Of Barnes In characteristic
manner. With little prospect OF an early
return 20 her home In Europe. the coun-
tess yields TO Barnes pleading and agrees
to become his wife.
And when the story was finished the
countess took his hand In hers and
held II to her cool cheek. The tears
were still drowning her eyes.
'Oh. you poor dearl Was that why
you grew so haggard and pale and
hollow-eyed?"
Partly" said he with great signifi-
canoe.
"And you had them In your pack
all the timer YOU"
II had Sprouse's most solemn word
not to touch them for Il week. He IL
the only man feared. He is the only
one who could have"
MAY use your telephone. Mrs.
Courtneyr cried she suddenly. She
sprang to her feet. quivering with ex-
citement. pray forgive me for being
one or two people at once. They are
my friends. You will understand, I
am sure"
Barnes was pacing the floor nerv-
ously when his sister returned after
conducting her new guest to the room
prepared for her. The countess was
ut the telephone before the door
closed behind her hostess.
~ wish you had been a little more
explicit In your telegram. Tom" she
! said peevishly. "If i had known who
she is wouldn't have put her In that
room. Now shall have to move Aunt
Kate back into II tomorrow and give
Miss Cameron the big one at the end
! or the hall" Which goes 10 prove
that Toms sister was a bit OF a snob
In her way. "Stop walking like that
and come here" She faced him ac-
cusingly. "Have you told all there Is
TO tell. slrf"
Cant you see for yourself. EIDE,
that I'm In love with herr Desperate
ly horribly, madly In love with her
Don't giggle like that l couldn't have
told you while she was present. could
IT.
THAT isn't what want TO know. Is
she In love with your That's what I'm
after"
yes" said he. but frowned anx'
iouslv.
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CHAPTER Ix-ns acquaintance Of the
storm Is introduced as Miss Cameron
The makeup of the house party, particu-
larry a man introduced to him as Loeb"
and the number of mensefvants about the
place. some what astonishes Barnes.
CHAPTER x-Mlss Cameron informs
him she 10 a prisoner in the house. APP
pealing 10 him for aid and binding him
TO secrecy. In conversation with the
chauffeur who drives him back to the
Is a conspiracy of momAnt hatehing q
Green Fancy.
CHAPTER XI-At breakfast the sup
sprouse. a government secret agent.
sprouse tells Barnes he Is there to watch
the party at Green Fancy. describing
BY the Germans, lie asserts that Miss
Cameron" Is n relative OF the former ruler
OF the devastated country and that she or
Loeb" have with them the crown jewels,
OF enormous value. which sprouse would
recover.
CHAPTER xII-Barnes agrees 20 ac-
company Sprouse on a nocturnal visit to
Green Fancy, Sprouse with the object Il
securing the Jewels, md Barnes with the
hope OF rescuing Miss Cameron
CHAPTER xIII-They enter the grounds
In safety, Sprouse overcoming two men
evidently on guard: Reaching the house.
rod carried by sprouse. a note TO Miss
Cameron" informing her OF their inten-
ton 10 enter the house. She tries 10 dis
suade them. but sprouse climbs to her
room and goes through IL on quest for
the crown Jewels and state papers.
CHAPTER xIV-Barnes becomes un-
easy at Sprouse's long absence and fol-
S , s to S ,Ss r. %ss "a ta shs s
house. ss warns them mai Spouse has been
detected. barnes. with Miss Cameron"
clinging TO him, makes his escape TO the
ground. He loses his sense OF location
and they become lost. finally taking ref
uge In a small shed. Miss Cameron"
explains how she was decOyed TO- the
house. and was to be married against her
will TO the man Loeb" whom she re-
veals as a prince OF the house TO which
she belongs. They are surprised In the
darkness by O'Dowd.
CHAPTER XV-O'Dowd demands the
jewels. which he thinks the fugitives have
In their possession. not knowing OF
sprouseis enterprise. Convinced neither
Miss Cameron" nor Barnes have them.
the tavern, where Barnes gives his com
panion into the care OF Miss Thackeray.
Next day oDowd tells Barnes sprouse.
whom he describes as an expert burglar.
got away with the treasure. after killing
guard In the house. O'Dowd and Loeb
leave Green Fancy.
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Courtney expressed the hope that Miss
Cameron would cOndescend to accept
the hospitality OF her home until plans
for the future were definitely fixed
was there a sign that the object Of
her concern had given a thought 10
what she was saying.
"You are so very kind" stammered
the countess. "But 1 cannot think of
imposing upon"
Leave IL to me, Ede." said Barnes
gently. and, laying his hand upon his
sisters arm, he led her from the room.
Then he came swiftly back to the
outstretched arms of the exile.
"a very brief New York engage
ment," he whispered In her ear. he
knew not how long afterward. Her
head was pressed against his shoulder,
her eyes were closed. her lips parted
In the ecstasy of passion.
"Yes," she breathed, so family that
he barely heard the strongest word
ever put into the language Of man.
Half an hour later he was speeding
down the avenue In a taxi. His blood
was singing, his heart was bursting
with joy-his head was light, for the
feel Of her was still In his arms. the
voice of her in his enraptured ears.
He was hurrying homeward to the
'diggings" he was soon TO desert for
ever. He was to spend the night at
his sisters apartment. When he is
sued forth from his "diggings" at half
past seven he was attired In evening
clothes, and there was not a woman
In all New York. young or old, who
would have denied him a second
glance.
Later on In the evening three OF the
countess friends arrived at the Court
ney home to pay their respects to their
fair compatriot and to discuss the
crown Jewels. They came and brought
with them the consoling information
that arrangements were practically
completed for the delivery Of the
Jewels into the custody Of the French
embassy at Washington. through
whose Intervention they were to be
allowed to leave the United States
without the formalities usually OBJ
served In cases Of suspected SNUG
Cling. Upon the arrival In America OF
trusted messengers from Paris, headed
by no less a parsonage than the am
bassador himself. the imperial treas
ure was TO pass into hands that would
carry II safely to France. Prince Sc
bastian. still In Halifax, had been APP
prised by telegraph of the recovery of
the jewels. and was expected TO sail
for England by the earliest steamer.
And while the visitors at the Court
ney house were lifting their glasses
to toast the prince they loved. and. In
turn. the beautiful cousin who had
braved so much and Jared so luckily,
and the tall wayfarer who had come
into her life, a small man was stoop-
ing over a rified knapsack in a room
far downtown. glumlY regarding the
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TShe is perfectly adorable" said she.
and was at once aware Of a guilty.
nagging impression that she would not
have said II to him half an hour ear.
Her for anything In the world.
She was strangely white and sub
dued when she rejOined them later on.
She had removed her hat. The other
woman saw nothing but the wealth
Of sun-kissed hair that rippled. Barnes
went forward to meet her, filed with
a sudden apprehension.
"What Is 1t? You are pale and
what have you heardf"
She stopped and looked searchingly
into HIS eyes. A warm flush rose to
her cheeks; her own eyes grew soft
and tender and wistful.
"They all believe that the war will
last two or three years longer" she
said huskily. IL cannot go back to
my own country till 1t is all over
They implore me to remain here with
them until-untii my fortunes are
mended." She turned to Mrs. Court.
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result of an unusually hazardous I'M
dertaking. even for one who could per-
form such miracles as he. Scratching
his chin. he grinned-for he was the
kind who bears disappointment with
Q grin-and sat himself down at the
big library table In the center of the
room. Carefully selecting a pen-point
he wrote:
ut will be quite obvious to you that
called Unexpectedly tonight. The
week was up. you see. take the lib
erty Of leaving under the paperweight
at my elbow a two-dollar bill. II
ought to be ample payment for the
damage done to your faithful travel
ing companion. Have the necessary
stitches taken In the cash and you
will find the kit as good as new.
was more or less certain not to find
what / was after, but as have done
no irreparable injury l am sure you
will forgive my love of adventure and
excitement. 1t was really quite diff
cult to get from the fire escape to
your window, but IL was a delightful
experience. Try crawling along that
ten-inch ledge yourself some day and
see II 1t isn't productive of a pleasant
thrill. i shall not forget your promise
to return good for evil some day. God
knows hope may never be In a po-
sition to test your sincerity. We may
meet again. and hope under agree
able circumstances. Kindly pay my
deepest respects to the Countess Ted.
and believe me to be.
"Yours very respectfully.
"SPROUSE.
'P. ST. saw O'Dowd today. He
left a message for you and the count
ess. Tell them, said he. that l ask
Gods blessing for them forever. He
is OF tomorrow for Brazil. He was
very much relieved when he heard
that did not get the jewels the first
time went after them. and immense
ly entertained by my jolly description
Of how / went after them the second.
BY the way. you will be interested to
learn that he has cut loose from the
crowd he was trailing with. Mostly
nuts, he says. Dynamiting munition
plants In Canada was a grand project.
says he. and II would have come to
something II the id women had
only left the id men alone. The
explosives are O'Dowd's."
Ten hours before Barnes found this
Illuminating message on his library
table he stood at the window of a
lofty Park avenue apartment building.
his arm about the slender. yielding
figure Of the only other occupant Of
the room. Pointing out over the black
housetops. he directed her attention
TO the myriad lights In the upper floors
Of a great hostelry TO the south and
west and said:
THAT is where you are going to
live. darling"
1.-THE RND.I
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svNoPsIa

CHAPTER I-Thomas X. Barnes.
wealthy New Yorker. on q walking trip
through New England. is caught In a
storm miles from his destination. AZ a
came plight While they discuss the sit
uation an automobile, sent 20 meet the
Erl. arrives and Barne. is given a hft to
on 20 her destination, which she tells
Barnes IL a place called Green Fancy.
CHAPTER Hat the tavern Barnes
falls In with a stranded troupe OF barn
Rushcroft. and becomes interestss An
them
CHAPTER IIf-As the storm grows.
Barnes hnds himself worrying over the
safety OF the girl. travelling over the
mountain roads a, what he considers n 1sn
Fancy is something OF a house OF mys-
terry. Two mounted men leave the tavern
In a manner which arouses Barnes curl
osity.
CHAPTER IV-He meets Miss Thack-
cray" leading lady OF the stranded theat-
rical troupe, who 10 acting as chamber-
maid. That night he IL aroused by tho
bringing OF dying man 20 the tavern.
one OF the two who had ridden away q
short time before. They tell OF finding the
dead body OF the other man Both had
CHAPTER v-The wounded man. regis
tered at the tavern as Andrew Paul. dies.
and Barnes Il Informed he must not leave
until after the inquest O'Dowd and DE
Soto, guests at Green Fancy. visit the
tavern, apparently much mystined over
the affair
CHAPTER VI-Barnes advances Rush.
croft money sufficient TO release the COM
pany from its embarrassing position,
thereby becoming its official backer lie
visits Green Fancy. and In the grounds
meets his acquaintance of the night be-
fore. finding her girl OF surprising
beauty.
CHAPTER VIT-She seems not 20 be
desirous OF recognizing him. and turns
away, 'O'Dowd appears and In apparently
friendly fashion escorts Barnes (who feels
he is unwelcome) from the grounds.
CHAPTER VIII-Miss Thackersy warns
Barnes that a man stopping at the tav,
ern, ostensibly a book agent. had searched
his baggage In his absence. O'Dowd
comes 10 the tavern and with Barnes and
others goes over the scene OF the previous
nights shooting. Barnes Is invited e
dinner at Green Fancy.
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ney and went on without the slightest
trace Of indecision or embarrassment
In her manner. "You see, Mrs. Court
ney. 1 am very. very poor. They have
taken everything. IL fear | shall
have TO accept this kind. generous
proffer OF a" her voice shook slight
ly-"of home with my friends until
the Huns are driven out"
Barnes silence was more eloquent
than any words, Not until Mrs
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STATE TO REFRAIN
$4,000 WOUNDED MEN
Many Vacations to Be Open
to Victims of War.
Special Despdtch 10 THE sus.

ALBANY, Jan. 24.-1t Is estimated that
jured so badly in the war that they
must be RETAINED for productive employ
ment. The problem was discussed to-
day at the State Education Department.
and 1t was decided to divide the State
into thirteen districts under n plan
worked out by Lewis A. Wilson. director
of the Division of Agricultural and In
dustrial Education.
II III the purpose to offer in each dis
trict courses of instruction to the SOL
diers which will At them for the profess
sions as well as for Industrial and agri-
cultural occupations. Young men OF abil-
ity will be urged to enter the professions
of law. medicine. teaching and so on.
Courses will be offered to train men for
supervisory work In industrial, agricul-
tural and commercial affairs.
Courses will be open in the following {:
Law, medicine. pharmacy, dentistry. me-
chanical engineering, electrical engineer
ing. civil engineering. structural steel
work. architecture. journalism, account
Ing, general agriculture. forestry. Veteri-
nary work, foreign commerce, rural en-
cheering, rural education. teaching and
banking
Industrial courses also will be given in
the following lines: Carpentry, cabinet
making gas engine work. automobile and
truck driving. printing, machine shop
work. electrical work. power plant OPP
Grating. plumbing. tailoring. painting and
decorating, telegraphy. wireless operat-
irg. &c
Advisers competent 20 confer with
these men In relation TO their courses
will be provided in each district. 1t IL
expected the Federal Government will
help to pay the cost OF this work.
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TESS ASKS LEEWAY
FOR u s. BUSINESS
Ohio Congressman Tells Law
yers' Club Government Must
Ban Restrictions.
WANTS MONEY INVESTED
j. 8. Bache Cautions Economic
Body Against "Mingling
With Idealists."

Simeon d. Tess. Republican member
Ohio. delivering a warning against Boil
shevikism at q farewell luncheon to the
Governments economic commission ep-
pointed TO study Industrial conditions
abroad. declared yesterday at the Law
yers Club that impending Industrial trou-
BILE could DO alleviated II the Govern
ment allowed greater leeway FOR the ex-
pansion OF business.
Il am afraid" he said. that in the
problem OF getting our men back into
industries We arc facing a problem OF
unemployment. believe the Govern
ment should not be the largest employer
OF labor, but that we should throw open
the doors of industry to every lahorer
In the country by investing every cent
we have In business.
Throw off the shackles Immediately.
I wish I could feel sure that every dollar
that wants Investment could find Il and
every laborer that wants work could
get Il.
The high cost OF living is bound to
be inevitable In time like this. II liz
due TO the expansion OF credits caused
by war excitement Conditions con-
fronting us call for the highest kind OF
cooperation between employer and en-
plogee.
The most dangerous. situation facing
tho world to-day is a disregard for law,
and am afraid If We have large army
of unemployed In this country some
leader may arise and say Kill. Burn
And We shall have the Bolsheviki In our
midst"
A similar warning was delivered by
Jules g. Bache OF J. s. Rache & Co.
stock brokers' He cautioned the com
mission recently appointed by the War
Labor Board and scheduled to call TO-
day against mingling too much with
ideallSs on the other side. Address lne
himself 70 r. ]. Caldwell. cotton manu-
facturer and one OF the principal men,
bers OF the commission. who had pre-
viously spoken Of offending financial
aid TO the new democracies o. Europe,
Mr.. Bache gave this bit o: advise with
a smile:
II Mr. Caldwell is going to give Pway
hundreds of millions OF dollars he'd
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better give them away here, where
they'll buy more votes"
Others speakers were Gen. Gugliel-
motif. Italian military attache; Bourke
Cochran, John b. Stanchfeld. George
Gordon Battle, John Temple Graves and
Door Il Felt Of Chicago. another mem
Der of the economic commission.
Others on the commission are w. II.
1ngersoll. New York; Eldon B. Keith.
Boston; r.. II. Otis. Atlanta; i. T. Gun
ZACH, Chicago: DR.. Royal Meeker. New
York, commissioner of labor statis-
tics; Joseph X. Hawkins. New York.
fiscal agent: George T.. McIlwain. Bos-
ton. secretary. and Benjamin NJ.
Squiers. New York; Edgar N. Phillips
and John A. Witt, Chicago. assistant to
secretary.
The sun., 1919-01-25
SEVERE BLIZZARD
ISOLATES MONTREAL
Wires LeUeiied, Railroads
Tied Up by Snow and Wind.

MONTREAL, Jan. 2<.-Montreal was
completely isolated from the rest of the
province to-day by a severe snow and
WIND storm. which levelled telegraph
ana telephone wires and stalled traffic
on the Canadian National Railway east
Of Quebec.
An unidentified man was blown from a
pier and drowned in the St Lawrence
River at Limoulou, near here.
Reports from the officers Of the Gov
eminent steamship Montcalm, escorting
the newly constructed ship War -yoy-
ager to Halifax. said both vessels we're
marooned during the storm In the st.
Lawrence below Montreal, but that
neither was In danger and that all on
board were we'll
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corporation received $3.50 a ton at the
mouth Of the mine.
"Then YOU get s11o and the Girard
Estate gets sl.05," said Mr.. Reed.
Yes. but out OF our s1.10 we pay
Federal taxes and interest on bonds
T. Ellsworth Davies, Scranton coal
mine expert, testified that the coal lands
in Schuykill county II assessed on the
same basis as those In Luzerne and
Lackawanna counties would have a val
uation OF $1,000, 900, 900. The present
valuation for taxation purposes is $751;
100000
Mr.. Davies estimated that there are
about twenty-three billions of tons OF I'M
mined coal In the Schulyklll county
fields. Tho three counties cover prac-
tically all of the anthracite region. At
the present rate OF mining the coal in
Schuylkill county will not be exhausted
for 900 years, Mr. Davies testified.
Estimate OF Pront.
Answering Senator Vardaman Mr. Da-
vies estimated the profit on a ton OF coal
at s2,t0 for companies which both mine
and transport coal. Compa MES OF this
character handle the bulk OF the an
thracite business.
Charles Dorrance. operating head Of
the Hudson Coal Company and manager
OF the coal department of the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad testified that the
production OF the twenty mines of the
companies had steadily increased during
the past three years This was COM
mented upon by the committee. as 1t has
been testified that last years output "
anthracite was less than that OF 1917.
Mr.. Torrance estimated tho cost OF pro-
ducng ton of anthracite at s464.
He was unable to tell the committee
why there Is such uniformity in coal
prices, but he was commended for his
frankness when, In response to ques-
ton, he said he felt that the operator
who can produce more cheaply than a
competitor is justified in exacting greater
profits.
Senator Vardaman shook his head and
commented That seems to be the gen.
eral inclination OF men these days"
Seventeen anthracite mine inspectors
were called by the committee and In
structed 10 prepare statements showing
the 1917 and 1918 production In their
districts, also the amount OF coal I'M
mined and the acreage and n statement
Of the extent OF the culm banks
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Demands Reciprocity With U. 3.

REGINA. Sask., Jan. 24.--Immediate
substantial reductions In preferential
and customs tariffs and acceptance OF
the reciprocity pact with the United
states were demanded of the Federal
Government by the unanimous vote of
the Saskatchewan Assembly yesterday.
The Conservatives foreythe FIRST time cast
their votes with the Government on the
tariff issue.
The sun., 1919-01-25
Men Refuse as Hour Week.

LOWELL. Mass. Jan. "a. The
Lowell Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
ton through Its secretary. S. T. Whit
tier, has refused the demand of the
Lowell Textile Council for the basic
forty-eight hour week. to begin Feb
ruary s. The Manufacturers say the
success Of the textile industry In New
England depends upon It's meeting the
competition offered by other parts OF
the country.
The sun., 1919-01-25

H"r,HroH. Mich. Jan. Chopper
m,'"'rs In the employ OF the o. H.
Fr"'I'u Mining Company have agreed
70 accept wage reduction Of approx
,h"."'y u per cent. II was announced
M'day, in preference TO working a three
qva'l.. day.
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CANADA TO EXPEL ALIENS,
Dominion Government VIII Deport
Undesirables.

OTTAWA, Jan. 2<.-The Dominion
Government has decided that all enemy
informed prisoners who may be cons,d-
cred as dangerous or undesirable shall
be repatriated with thp least possible
delay.
The Minister Of Justice has therefore
been authorized under the authority of
the war measures act to direct the ex-
pulsion. removal or deportation from
Canada of all undesirable interned
aliens. It has been ascertained through
the colonial offices that repatriation is
now possible of number not exceed
Ing 100 adult males
The sun., 1919-01-25
big ROYALTIES MAKE
COST OF COAL HIGH
Girard Estate Gets Over 81 a
Ton From DOdsOn Com
panies, Witness Says.
PRODUCERS PROFIT S1.1O
Information Given at Inquiry
Conducted by Senate Sub
Committee.

PoTTsvILlB, Pa, Jan. e4,-The sub
committee of the Senate Committee on
Manufactures resumed to-day its inves-
tiga ton Of the coal trade with a fur
Their probe into the royalties being paid
the holding corporations by the compa-
MES leasing the coal tracts A. c. Dod-
son, Bethlehem. head Of the Dodson Coal
Companies, testified that tho increase
in the price OF coal was not only marked
by a raise in tho royalties but that the
royalties fixed by tho GirRrd Estate had
a bearing on those charged by the other
corporations.
Mr.. Dodson said that In connection
with their Locust Mountain operation
the company bid So cents a ton royalty,
but that this had increased 20 such an
extent that at present the company is
paying as high as 1890. Had tho In
crease been anticipated, Mr. Dodson
said, the bid would not have been so
large. Figures on the royalties paid
during the last i've years showed that
the company on an investment 81
81, 600, 900 had turned over to the Gil
rard Estate royalties aggregating al
most that sum. The royalties paid. ac-
cording to figures submitted by him.
ranged from $4,000 in 1914 TO $685.
600 In 1918. He estimated that APP
proxmately one-third OF the coal In
the basin being worked by his company
hid been removed
The Dodson Companies operate al
Locust Mountain. Beaver Brook and
Audenried. At Beaver Brook the roy
alties on the prepared sizes are 40 cents
n ton as compared with $3.50 Mt Locust
Mountain.