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81 should say do. A wonderful old

II should say do. A wonderful old
villain"
"But the document, for heavens
sake" I said. "The document first /;
the story will keep"
swell, they were pulling down
Wicks' own house just lately, and out
of the rafters there fell roll of pa
per-now I'm coming to tia roll of
paper, purporting to be the account of
the burying of a certain treasure, tell
ing the place where it is buried, and
giving directions for finding IT.
Charlie and 1 exclaimed together (;
and John continued, with tantalizing
elaboration:
tits statement purporting to be
made by some fellow on his death
bed--some fellow dying out in Texas
q quondam pirate, anxious to make
his peace at the end and to give his
friends the benefit of his knowledge
ooh, John" said /, 81 shan't sleep
a wink tonight"
II don't take much stock In it. said
John. "Im inclined to think It's q
hoax. Someone trying to fool the old
fellow. But, boys, it's bed
time, anyhow. Come down to the
office in the morning and Wen look
it over"
So our meeting broke up for the
time being, and taking my candle ]
went upstairs, to dream of caves over
flowing with goldpieces, and John Tin.
ker, fierce and mustachioed, standing
over me, a cutlass between his teeth
and a revolver in each hand.
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Palmerston.

In the first place, it was always as
serted, with emphasis and even with
acrimony, that he (Palmerston) was
not wing. Gladstone, who did not
much like whiggery, though he often
used wings, laid 1t down that ito be a
whig a man must be born whig,'
and I believe that the doctrine is abso-
lutely sound. But Palmerston was
born and bred tory, and from 1907
to 1880 held Office in tory administra
tons. The remaining 35 years of his
life he spent, for the most part, In
whig administrations but a wing ht
was not. The one thing in the worlt
which he loved suprcmely was power
and, as long as this was Sc
cured, he did not trouble himself muci
about the political complexion of hi,
associa, ns.. C. w. r. Russell.
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LOVE AND ADVENTURE

"Pieces Of Eighth" lmmedi-
ateIy the imagination begins it's
magic work. Thoughts fly to the
old pirate days of the West In
dies-the days of the buccaneers,
of fighting, adventure and treas
ure. "Pieces of Eight"-Spanish
dollars bearing the figure B.
mean to the imagination great,
dark, steel-bound chests, with
their puzzIe-locks and mysterious
riches of gold and gems. They
mean pirate loot buried and lost
to their pirate owners-and still
waiting through the years
lucky finder.
They mean, too, trcpic chimes
where it is always green and
frost is a thing unthinkable--
where fruit is ready to the hand
and clothing is an ornament and
the sun comes up like thunder"
and blue skies and crystal waters
run the gamut of all that is love-
Iy In color.
Richard lie Caffeine is lit
erary craftsman. Poetry and
prose come equally to his pen.
So, in addition to interest of
plot, we have in "Pieces of
Eight" the charm of the written
word.
Love, adventure, mystery,
buried treasure amid scenes far
from the ordinary--What more
can the reader ask in entertain
ment2
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and q good deal Of
the time was not
able to go about.
Our greatest desire
was to have a child
in our home and one
day my husband
came back from
town with a bottle
of Lydia e. Pink
hams Voget ia Bile
Co m p ound and
wanted me to try it.
It brought relief
.G~ $500 AI1
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improved in health so could do my
homework; we now have little one, all
of which ] owe to Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound. p Mrs. O. S.
JOHNSON, R. No. 8, Ellensburg, Wash.
There are women everywhere who
long for children in their homes yet are
denied this happiness on account Of
some functional disorder which in most
cases would readily yield to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Such women should not give up hope
until they have given this wonderful
medicine a trial, and for special advice
write Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. The result Of 40 years
experience is at your service.
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Book |.
CHAPTER J.

Introduces the Secretary OF the Treas
ury of His Britannia Majestys Gov
eminent at Nassau, New Provi-
dence, Bahama Islands.
During the summer of 1908 I was
paying what must have seemed like an
interminable visit to my old friend
John Saunders, who at that time filled
with becoming dignity the high-sound-
ing Office Of secretary Of the treasury
of his majesty's government, in the
quaint little town of Nassau, in the
aslaspd Of New -PreEid eenaaa Of
those Bahama islands that lie half
lost to the world to the southeast Of
the Caribbean sea and form some
what neglected portion Of the British
West Indies.
Time was when they had a sounding
name for themselves in the world /;
when the now sleepy little harbOr
gave shelter to rousing freebooters
and tarry pirates, tearing in there I'M
Spanish Main.
But those heroic days are gone, and
Nassau is given up TO a sleepy trade
in sponges and tortoise shell, and
peace is no name for the drowsy tenor
of the days under the palm trees and
the scarlet poincianas.
Here a handful of Englishmen,
clothed in the white linen suits of
the tropics, carry on the government
after the traditional manner of Brit
iSh colonies from time immemorial,
each of them, like my friend, not with
out an English smile at the humor Of
the thing, supporting the dignity of
offices with impressive names-lord
chief justice, attorney general, speak
ser of the house, lord high admiral,
colonial secretary and so forth.
My friend the secretary of the
treasury is a man possessing in an un.
common degree that rare and most at
tractive Of human qualities, compan,
condolences. AS we sit together in the
hush of his snuggery of an evening
surrounded by guns, fishing lines and
OLD prints, there are times when we
scarcely exchange a dozen words be
tween dinner and bedtime, and yet
we have all the time a keen and sat
isfying sense of companionship. 1t Is
John Saunders gift CompanionshiT
seems quietly to Ooze out of him
without the need of words.
And occasionally we have as third
in those evening conclaves big, Slow
smiling, broad-faced young merchan
of the same kidney. In he drops witt
a nod and smile, and takes his place
In the smoke cloud of our meditations
radiating without the effort of speed
that good thing-humanity; though
one must not forget the one subjec
on which now and again the gooC
Charlie Webster achieves eloquenct
in spite of himself-duck shooting
John Saunders subject Is sharl
fishing. Duck shooting and sharl
fishing. 1t is enough. Here, for sen
sible naan, is sufficient basis for life
long friendship, and unwearying, In
-exhaustible companionship.
1t was in this peace of John Saun
slcrs' snuggery one July evening il
1903, the three of us being duly me
ana ensconced in our respective arm
chairs, that we got onto the subjec
of buried treasure. 1t was / who start
ed US off by asking John what h
knew about buried treasure.
At this John laughed his funny littl
quiet laugh. Buried treasurer Ii
said; "well, have little doubt tina
the islands are full of tiff one onl
KNEW how to get at it,"
eScrinusly?r I asked.
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Every time you think you're In debt
think Of what Germany owes.
cuticura soothes Baby flashes.

cuticura Soothes Baby flashes
That itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentla
anointings Of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better purer sweeter, espe-
cially If little Of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the I'm.
ish. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
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A million and a half dol
lars buried on Dead Mans
Shoes and a million on Short
Shrift iSland--What no!
Wanted masculine Touch.
(To BE Continued

Bobby was a small boy. put he OBJ
jected vigorously to little waist that
had a big collar and cuffs with mar
row ruffle around the edge. When
asked the reason he said ne didn't
like the girl on 1t.
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BY Richard lie GaI1ienne
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


"Good morning, Mr.. Saunders" said
an unpleasantly soft and cringing
voice.
Good morning" said John, some
what grumpily, what is 1t you want?'
1t was some detail of account, which.
being dispatched, the man shuff1ed off,
with evident reluctance, casting a
long, inquisitive look at us seated at
the desk, and John, taking up the man.
uscript once more, resumed:
sum of one million and one
half dollars-buried at a cay known al
Dead Mems Shoes, near Nassau, in the
Bahama islands. About fifty feet $50 ft.)
south of this Dead Mems Shoes is rock,
on which we cut the form of a compass.
And twenty feet go ft.) East from the cay
is another rock on which we cut cross
(X). Under this rock it is buried four feet
"A ft) deep.
The other is a sum of one million dollars
(S1,000.000). 1t Is buried on what was
known as Short Shrift island; on the
highest point of this Short Shrift island
is a large cabbage wood stump and, twenty
feet GO ft.) south of that stump is the
treasure, buried five feet Is ft.) deep and
can be found without difficulty. Short
Shrift island is a place where passing
vessels stop to get fresh water. No great
distance from Nassau. so it can be easily
found.
The first pod was taken from Spanish
merchant and it is in Spanish silver
dollars.
The other on Short Shrift island is in
different kinds of money, taken from diff
ferent ships of different nations-it is al
good money.
necessary for you to know to recover
these treasures and leave 1t in your
hands and it is my request that wher
you read this, you will at once take step:
to recover it, and when you get it. it i.
my wish that you use it in way mos
good to yourself and others. This is all
ask
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The expected may happen unex-
oectedly.
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THE JOY OF
MOTHERHOOD.
Came to this Woman after
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to
Restore Her Health

ElIensburg, Wa7h.--" After I was
msrried was not well for a long tins
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Easy streets sunny side isn't paveu
with good intentions.
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I am, truly your friend,

f1ENh1 +. IOb1A0.
"Henry P, Tobias?" said Charlie
Webster. "Never heard Of him. Did
you. John?"
"Never"
And then there was a stir in the
outer Office. Someone was asking for
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-21
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
THE "Do-NoTHING CONGRESS-"

1t is being commonly asserted by
political opponents that congress ha!
now been In session five months and
has accomplished nothing The re-
suits now begin to show the mistake
that was made in not calling con
gress together Immediately after its
predecessors term expired. y great
deal Of the committee work might
have been going ahead during the
period before the new congress was
called
The country urgently needed atten-
ton to reconstruction problems. But
the administration would not allow a
new congress to begin work until ten
weeks after the date when it should
have been called,
Nevertheless congress has done a
lot of preliminary work. Organization
takes time. 1t takes many weeks to
conduct committee hearings and give
all interests a chance to express their
views, 1t takes weeks more to shape
legislgtion.
Cghgress has already passed the six
great appropriation bills which the
previous congress failed to enact
Those bills made a saving Of $780,
000,000 Also the estimate of the
railroad administration was reduced
$450.O0O,O00. Congress Immediately
got the woman suffrage amendment
out of the way. It returned the wires
to their owners, thus ending the UNI
business-like control of these com
panies by the government. 1t has
provided for vocational rehabilitation
Of disabled soldiers. The house has
passed a most beneficial amendment
to the war risk insurance act. A
water-power law has been passed by
the house which will open up vast
resources.
The senate has passed the lands
leasing bill. for benefit Of tho west.
which had been delayed for many
years, and had to be debated during
several weeks Much minor business
has been shaped IN. Much time has
been spent on the League of Nations.
Had there been a separate peace
treaty, it could have been disposed
Of quickly as business matter. But
when the president arranged a Eu-
ropean e-header-peace treaty
and a covenant-with all of the world,
it had to be discussed from many view
points.
The senate has spent most of its
time on the peace treaty. Considering
the revolutionary character of the
League of Nations proposition. great
dea! of study and debate was neces-
sary. And considering how congress
was prevented by partisanship from
beginning its work, an excellent start
has been made.
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ONE GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

There has been one very great i'm
provement in the commercial world
in the last two years, Notwithstanding
the abnormal conditions of produc-
ton and consumption, and the various
upsetting elements with which bust
ness has had to contend. Reference
is made to the record of business NOR
tally as disclosed by tables of insol-
yency. In the last few years there
has been a steady improvement, both
in the number of insolvencies and in
the amount of money involved.
Statistics on this point up to the
end of the month of September de-
serve comment, Exclusive Of bank
ing and other fiduciary suspensions,
which are not usually included in
these fluctuations, and which have
not been important in the period I'M
der discussion, there were 1855 in
solvencies in the first nine months
'of 1919. involving a liability total of
$SS,49l,S0S. The favorable nature of
this report will be seen when it is re-
called that in the corresponding pc
Rod of last year there were S,O69
defaults. involving $122,975,O24. In
the last year. therefore, the number
of business fatalities has almost been
cut in two.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-21
STANDING OF NAVAL POWERS

The Navy Year Book for 1919
which has been recently published
contains for the first time since 1914
complete official data of the warsnip.
Of the world, disclosing that the Uni.
ted States now occupies the position
of tne second greatest naval powe,
and is rapidly approaching the
strength of the navy of Great Britain
When America entered the war the
German navy was second in strength
and the United States third. The or
der now is as follows: Great Britain,
the United States, Japan, France. Ger
many. Russia, Italy and Austria
Hungary.
Barring from consideration the
possibility of trouble with Mexico 1t
seems likely that, if danger to the
United States comes, it will be from
a source to be combatted with naval
power rather than the army. 1t is
gratifying, therefore. to know that
the country is well prepared for any
eventualities.
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QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a glass of Salts if your
Back hurts or Bladder
Troubles you

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally, SAYS
a well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood.
then we get sick. Nearly all rheum-
atism, headaches, liver trouble. ner-
vousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache In
the kidneys or your back hurts or IL
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by sensation OF scalding,
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy; take tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast and in a few
days your Kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for gem
erations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
In urine so 1t no longer causes irri-
tation, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure: makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which every
one should take now and then to keep
the Kidneys clean and active and the
blood pure. thereby avoiding serious
kidney complication.
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HIGH RENTS.

In many places bitter complaints
are made of advances in rents. some
of them said to be most unreasonable
and extortionate. Landlords, how
ever, maintain that the advances are
no more than enough to offset the
very high cost of having houses paint
ed, repaired. papered. and provided
with modern plumbing.
Much of the industrial unrest is
said to be due to difficulty in finding
decently comfortable homes, except at
prohibtive figures.
The time has gone by when people
will live contentedly in dilapidated
tenements lacking modern conven-
fences. Yet at the present cost of
building and maintenance. few people
are interested to put up dwellings to
rent.
All this is in large measure due to
worldwide conditions that WI take
time to overcome. Still tenants can
do something to relieve them. If the
occupants of rented houses were only
willing to take better care of their
premises, and put in little time to
offset their wear and tear, they would
find landlords less likely to advance
their rents. If a landlord must send
high-priced workman every time a
window screen gets out of order. his
repair bill will be heavy in the course
of year. If the tenant can and will
make small repairs himself, he will
find that his landlord values him and
wishes to keep him in the house.
People who are fairly comfortable
nowadays in albuquerque should
think very carefully before moving
elsewhere. Many persons have moved
around and at new locations found
themselves unable to find houses in
which to live, or have had to pay
much higher rentals.
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BREAKING THE PRICE LEVEL.

Some differing opinions are ex.
pressed as to the results of the recent
agitation for lower prices. Some OBJ
servers have thought from the start
that the movement would be only a
spasm. As they look at it. about once
in SO often the people lose patience
completely at the cost of living. Then
some group threatens violent action,
as in the case of the recent menace
OF a railroad strike,
Under this compulsion politicians,
government officials. and all agencies
of opinion Immediately begin creating
a tremendous stir. but spend most of
their energy running around in cir
Giles. After the people have gotten by
their temporary fury the conditions
settle down about as they were until
the next spasm comes along. Accord.
ing to this view, the causes of high
prices are so far-reaching that the
present level cannot be greatly low
cred for some years.
But recent figures are more en-
couraging, and suggest that by gen.
eral cooperation the present initiation
can be reduced considerably. Re.
ports to the federal department Of
justice from twelve states show de-
clines averaging from 10 to Is per
cent in the leading staples.
The movement for fair prices
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should not be a spasm, but should be
a continuous effort ON the part Of the
entire business community to get the
range down to a reasonable level it
will probably never go back to the
pre-war level People who have had
no advances over those figures are
entitled to ask for more.
But most workers and most goods
have had one advance piled on top
Of another in continuous scale. It
is time for the downward movement
to set in in earnest. Every time any
one reduces a price he helps some
one else come down. He assists in
putting business on a sounder basis,
and helps avoid the danger of a
smash.
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| movement became more obvious from
| Gay to day, and his pressure rount
| NoVo-GeOrgievsk and Warsaw wa
continually increasing.
What Would the Country Say?"
a period of intense anxiety and ap
! prehensiOn began. To accept BATH
would have been too dangerous.
| became evident that an hour woult
soon come when General Won Mack
ensen and his group would have t
be Withdrawn from in front of War
saw. But this would have to be don,
neither too early nor too late. It wa!
indeed difficult decision VIVA
would the country say?
on the evening of October II
considered that the moment had ar
rived TO order the retirement.
asked Field Marshal Won Hindenburl
to withdraw General Won Mackensen'.
group from Warsaw west -southwes
to the Rawa- Skierniwice- Lowicz line
There was hope that there would JUS
be time to bring the relieved Land.
wehr corps into line north of the Pill.
ca, between Nove- Miasto and Rawa.
BY these movements a new from
would have been offered to the Rus.
wing would only have been INSULT
GENTLY protected by Landsturm and
cavalry, but it was possible, if neces-
sary, to withdraw it. If the Russians
took the bait it was within the bounds
of possibility to attack them in flank
across the Pilica east of Move Miasto,
using the Goth and the 18th army
corps and the Guard reserve corps
which would already have been con
centrated there, or could not be far
away.
Tables Turned on Austrians.
A decision might thus be secured.
BY these operations we would gain
time. After all. we must know some
time whether the Austrian army south
of tine San had been successful
Unfortunately, this became more
and more doubtful. In fact as early
as the night of October 17-1S, it was
the Russians who crossed the San
and thus did what the Austrian army
had not been able to accomplish.
General Won Mackensen marched
away from Warsaw in the night of
the lSth-19th The movements, which
had long been prepared, We're carried
out in exemplary order. The enemy
took no booty, and it was only after
time that he took up the pursuit
vigorously.
On the 25th and 26th of October
General Won Mackensen. the Land
weir corps (Which had arrived in
time) and the 37th infantry division
were attacked very violently in then
new positions north of Move Miasto
$50 miles southwest of Warsaw on
the Pilica river and 35 miles from
the Vistula). The left wing had to
swing back in the direction of LODI
and the 37th infantry division had to
be withdrawn to the south bank of
the Pilica.
Austrian Trick Proves Fatal.
For the rest we remained masters
of the situation in the following days
Of heavy fighting. But the attack
across the Pilica was outside the
bounds of possibility. The Austrians
suffered great reverse near IVAN
gorod and retreated to Radon.
. so things had turned out as our
headquarters had feared. The AUS
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