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were performed on the charge Of
being counter revolutionists The
charge Of counter revolution vas
brought against all kinds of people
who were no more counter revolu-
tionists than, according to the
statement of these judges, a two
year-old child would be guilty Of
it's acts. 1t was a cloak for their
means of doing away with any man
whom any member Of the Bolshevik
organization there wished TO have
killed or have put in prison; and Of
the people who We're charged with
counter revolution some of them
had escaped from the Bolsheviki
and returned to Belebei and re-
lated why they were charged with
counter revolution and the treat
ment that was accorded to them.
They stated that the arrests were
made in this manner:
They would be awakened in the
middle of the night by band of
soldiers led by some commissar, told
that they were guilty of counter
revolution and thrown into Jail
without ever learning anything
further about the charges against
them. And those fortunate indi-
viduals who were not put to death
told how their friends whom they
saw in the prison We're led out and
shot. and how they had escaped
after being taken away by the Boil
sheviki to another town
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criminal released from the Belebei
county Jail whom Judge Paul Blu
nlenthal knew personally and had
sentenced to jail for theft the year
before. Another minor official of
the Bolshevik government was a
local criminal-not a criminal; he
was a man who was of the lowest
class of society there in town. who
had been put in Jail by Judge Blu
menthal for drunkenness and for
beating his wife.
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any's Ishnaelite

CCORDlNG to cable the German government is con-
stdern9 the appointment Of Macmillan publ;sbe.
ard editor Of the Berlin Zukanft" the nos,
OF Ambassador to the United States Throughout or Herr
Harden ~oS a" o"pofn opponent of the policy the n
pea and the spokesman ermonu of donna
based President Wilson's programme His o
him confirmed bcse
circulation of his
enbles and prejndce Of the one ~
interesting figures political literature rhose
opinions hardly representative, acoys commanded ad stv
cmnc audiences
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\ Macmillan Harden, Disappointed in
Politics, Is Hitting Out Right and Left

sion in Germany; but Harden was very
emphatic in rejecting it. He wrote
September 10, 1914: I'VE will not go
before a court of arbitration, whether
1t be presided over by Wilson or Car
negie. Shall a stranger decide whether
our act was good or evil, whether it
was agreeable or repulsive to the
thickly padded conscience of the aver
age citizen! No; the Chancellor only
detracts from the nimbus of the war
lord when he asks him 20 exculpate
himself from accusations and imputa-
tions before the Kultur world e,
before Wilson. Infantry. artillery.
cavalry-those are the proofs of our
right. The Kaiser holds command
over them, and ether things are moth
ing to him, he being the sword and
battle-fag of the Empire We will
pickle and preserve for our children
and grandchildren the lies told by the
tribe that is trying to belle our army
into a band of cowardly murderers."
Such are some of the utterances Of
Harden as the apostle of the German
war party. They were all written be-
fore his famous article under the cap
ton: IF I Were Wilson" About the
time when that article appeared Harden
was evidently losing his faith in Ger
many's power to win the war and he
became more and more the old Harden
of opposition at any and every cost.
Delight in opposition. in attacking all
persons in authority, in venting his
wrath upon current opinions and tho
men who stand for them, was ever the
most marked characteristic of Harden.
Opposition for the sake of opposition,
splenetic writing out Of sheer pleasure
in singing those whom he opposes
that is regarded by most intelligent
Germans as Hardens special forte, and
as rule people of this kind thorough
ly discount him as a man without con-
sistency and sincerity of purpose.
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shevik who does not mean harm to
the people; whose mind is twisted !;
who believes that we can have pro-
letariat millennium here, and that
all that is necessary is to overthrow
capital and everything will be beau
tiful and everybody will be
happy. The other thirty-nine, be-
lieve, are thieves and men lured on
by the hope of getting plumber and
loot, and of having complete free
dom to give vent to every animal
appetite they have. Then there are
about so per cent, believe, plain
fools, who are too ignorant to un-
derstand the doctrines that are at
tributed to them, and who blindly
and foolishly follow any man who
gets up and makes speech to
them in which they see a chance to
live without working and have more
than they have now.
THE former members of the
Duma, for a large part, are dead,
murdered. Those who are not muir
dered have fed to foreign coun-
tries or have escaped to Siberia or
are living in security east Of the
Ural Mountains, because east of
the Ural Mountains has govern
ment at the present time which pro-
tects men from murder at the
hands of a Bolshevik council.
What Is a Soriet?
"The Soviet, as it was first orig.
inated-the word means in Rus.
sian to advise-was a body of mer
elected in very much the same wa,
as we elect our town council. O,
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though we have the power to smash
the roof of their skulls? We had to
fight. Germany's sun is reddening the
edge of the sky. Would we dare to
oversleep its rising, and then continue
to chatter and quarrel? :. Peace
full is a people which prizes its COM
fort above power, which prefers to in
herit rather than conquer, and which
willingly accommodates its life to a
foreign will. That the German people
does nos fit into the humdrum of
peaceful nations is the noblest orna-
strength does not grow womanish in a
long peace. Germany wants TO
grow, wants to mint the achievements
of her men and states upon a coinage
to which no head will dare refuse a
reverential recognition. Germany is
fighting. Who gave her permission
In her might is her right. Therefore
she wages good war. Never did hu-
man eye behold a better (September
), 1910.
In an article of October he held
the French responsible for the. war.
AT any cost, even the highest, you
wished to hire sword that should
decapitate our power, and you your
selves forced on the war, which will
once more deliver you intosthe power
of Germany" The early stories of
atrocities were believed by Harden
only they were all committed by the
other side He told how a wounded
officers eyes were gouged out and
added: Never, before such a horde.
should pity paralyze our ARM"
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tributed evenly or anything ap
preaching equal distribution.
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I'm no case did hear of an ex-
ecution by the Bolsheviki which had
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machine when it comes. an II / keer to
stay on as washer In his place she'll
be glad to have me. l says I'd like to
have a word with Mr.. Curtis, if she
don't mind, an she say Mr.. Curtis
Amt able to see no one. So l guess
In goin' to be let out"
An idea was taking root in Barnes
brain. but 1t was too soon to consider
it fixed.
"You a Mr.. Loeb is new ut his
job?"
"Well, he's new up here. Mr.. Cur
tbs vas down to New York all last
winter bein' treated, you see. He didn't
come up here till about five weeks
ago. Loeb was workin' fer him most
Of the winter. gittin' up q book er
somethin'. I hear. Mr.. Curtis mind is
all right. l guess, yer IL his body
amt"
II see. Mr.. Loeb came up with him
from New York"
"kerect. Him and Mr.. O'Dowd and
Mr.. De Soto brought him up bout the
last o March. They was up here Wis
itin' last spring an the fall before. Mr..
Curtis is very fond of both Of 'em."
ut seems to me that l have heard
that his son married O'Dowd's sister,"
That's right. She's a wilder now.
Her husband was killed in the war
between Turkey an them other coun-
tries four er five years ago"
Really"
yep. Him and Mr.. O'Dowd-his
" brother-in-law, " know-was
fightin' on the side Of the Boolgarians
and young Ashley Curtis was killed.
WAS this son Mr.. Curtis only
child?"
so fer as / know. He left three lit
tie kids. They was all here with their
mother jest after the house was fin
iShed."
They will probably come into this
property when Mr.. Curtis dies" said
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OF carrying out some uurA unu sinistc,
project.
Il suppose Mrs. Collier has spent a
great deal of time up here with her
brother"
First time she was ever here, SO
far as l know" said Peter. and Barnes
promptly took up his weaving, once
more.
With one exception. he decided, the
entire company at Green Fancy was
involved in the conspiracy. The eX-
ception vas Miss Cameron. 1t was
quite clear to him that she had been
misled or betrayed into her present
position; that a trap had been set for
her and she had walked into it blind
ly, trustingly. This would seem to es-
tablish. beyond question, that her cap
u and detention was vital to the in
terests Of the plotters; otherwise she
would not have been lured to Green
Fancy under the impression that she
was to find herself among friends and
supporters. Supporters! That word
started a new train OF thought. He
could hardly wait for the story that
was to fall from her lips.
by the way, Peter, it has just &C.
Cured to me that l may be able to
give you a job in case you are let out
by Mr.. Curtis. I can't say definitely
until / have communicated with my
sister, who has q summer home in the
Berkshires."
"Tll be much obliged, sir. Course l
won't say a word. Will l find you at
the tavern If l get my walkin' papers
soOn?"
Yes. Stop in to see me tomorrow if
you happen to be passing"
Barnes said good night to the man
and entered the tavern q few minutes
later. Putnam Jones was behind the
desk and facing him was the little
book agent.
Hello, stranger" greeted the land
lord. Been sashaying in society, hey!
Meet my friend Mr.. Sprouse, Mr..
Barnes Sic-em, Sprouse! Give him
the Dickens" Mr.. Jones laughed loud
ly at his own jest.
SprOuse shook hands with his vic.
tim.
Il was just saying to our friend
Jones here. Mr.. Barnes, that you look
like a more than ordinarily intelligent
man and that if / had a chance to buzz
with you for a quarter of an hour l
could present a proposition"
Sorry, Mr.. Sprouse, but it is half
past eleven O'Clock, and l am dog-tired.
You will nave to excuse me-"
Tomorrow morning will suit me-"
said SprOuse cheerfully. IF it suits
YOU"
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CHAPTER XII.
Mr.. Sprouse Abandons Literature at
an Early Hour in the Morning.

-X e'S
After thrashing about in his bed for
seven sleepless hours. Barnes arose
and gloomily breakfasted alone. He
was not discouraged over his failure
to arrive at anything tangible in the
shape of a plan Of action. 1t was in
conceivable that he should not be able
In very short order to bring about the
release of the fair guest Of Green
Fancy. There was not the slightest
doubt in his mind that international
affairs of considerable importance
were involved and that the agents OBJ
Grating at Green Fancy were under
definite orders.
MIR. Sprouse came into the dining
room as he was taking his last swal-
low Of coffee.
"Ah. good morning." was the bland
little mans greeting. up with the
lark. | see. Mind if I sit down here
and have my eggs?" He pulled out a
chair opposite Barnes and coolly sat
down at the table.
"You can't sell me a Sc, OF Dickens
at this hour of the day." said Barnes
sourly. Besides, I've finished my
breakfast. Keep your seat" He start
cd to rise.
"Sit down." said Sprouse quietly.
Something in the mans voice and man.
ner struck Barnes as oddly compelling.
He hesitated a second and then re-
sumed his seat. I've been investi-
eating you, Mr.. Barnes" said the little
man. unsmilingly. Don't get sore.
There are q lot of things that you don't
know, and one Of them Is that l don't
sell books for a living. It's something
OF a side line with me-" He leaned
forward. Il shall be quite frank with
yon. sir. l am a secret service man.
Yesterday l went through your effects
upstairs, and last night l took the lib
erty of spying upon you. SO to speak,
while you were q guest at Green
Fancy"
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Sprouse plans things quite
different from selling books,
and takes Barnes into his
confidence.
(TO RE
Answer Letters Promptly.

Punctuality Is rs important in social
and business correspondence as 1t is In
personal conduct. Men and women in
business learn the Importance OF reply
ing to letters as soon as received. For
nal social notes such as invitations.
wedding announcements or death
notices should he acknowledged as
soon as received and even friendly let
tiers demand q reply within a week aft.
er their receipt, II true courtesy Is OBJ
served.-Biddy Bye.
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Il AM A PRISONER HERE"

Synopsis.-Th0mas X. Barnes,
. wealthy young New Yorker,
on a walking trip in New Eng
land near the Canadian border.
Is given 4 lift In an automobile
by . mysterious and attractive
girl bound for q house called
Green Fancy. At Harris tavern
Barnes finds Z stranded troupe
Of Transforming" actors, Of
which Lyndon Rushcroft is the
star and Miss Thackeray" the
leading lady. He learns Green
Fancy Is . house Of mystery.
That night Andrew Room and
his servant. guests at the tavern.
ire shot near Green Fancy.
Barnes comes under suspicion
and stays to help clear up the
double murder. He gets into
the Green Fancy grounds meets
the mysterious girl. who gives
him the cut direct. and is polite
" elected by ODOwd, an inter
esting adventurer. Enter at the
tavern another man Of mystery,
Sprouse, "bOOk agent" Barnes
visits Green Fancy with the
sheriff and stays to dinner. En-
ter still another mysterious per-
sOnage, Loeb" secretary to
Curtis, owner Of Green Fancy,
who does not appear because of
Illness. Barnes again meets
Miss Cameron" the mysterious
girl, who is q ravishing beauty
In evening dress.
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$3.50 -
nothing that will supply. this deficiency
SO well as the organic phosphate known
among druggists as bityu-phosphate.
which Is Inexpensive and is sold lost
All druggists under a guarantee Of salts
faction or money back. BY feeding the
nerves directly and by supplying the body
cells with the necessary phosphoric food
elements, bit-o-phosphate should produce
a welcome transformation in the appear
ance; the increase in weight frequently
being astonishing.
Increase in weight also carries with it
g. general improvement in the health.
Nervousness. sleeplessnes and elk OF
energy. which nearly always accompany
excessive %thinness. should soon disappear.
dull eyes ought to brighten, and pale
cheeks glow with the bloom Of perfect
health. Miss Georgia Hamilton. who was
once thin and fraii reporting her own
experience. writes: "Bitro-Phosphate has
brought about a magic Transformation
with me- I gained IS pounds and ne, er
CAUTION:-Althoueh ~bitro-phosphate Is
unsurpassed for relieving nervousness.
sleeplessness and general weakness. It
should not. owing to IT'S tendency to I'm
crease welci.1. he used nv anyone who
does not desire (, put on flesh.
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Barnes, keeping the excitement out of
his voice.
"More'n likely"
WAS he very feeble when you saw
him lastf"
II ain't seen him In more'n six
months. He was failin' then. That's
why he wen to the CITY,"
"Oh. l see. You did not see him
when he arrived the last Of March?"
Il was visitin' my sister up in Horn
vile when he come back unexpected
like. This ijiot Loeb says he wrote me
to meet 'em at Spanish Falls but I
got the letter. Like as not the
durn fool got the address wrong. I
didn't know Mr.. Curtis was home till l
come back from my sisters three days
later. Iwouldn't a. had 1t happen fer
fifty dollars" Peters lone was con-
vincingly doleful.
And he has been confined to his
room ever since? Poor old fellow !!
It's hard, isn't it,"
ut sure Is. Seems like he'll '
be able to walk ag'in. 1 was talkin' to
his nurse only the other day. He says
it's a hopeless case"
Fortunately his sister can be here
with him."
by gosh, she amt nOthin' like
him." confided Peter. "She's all fuss
an feathers an ne is jest as simple
as you er me. Nothin' FUZZY about him,
l en- tell We" He sighed deeply. 'Tm
jest as well pleased to go as not" he
went on. Mrs. Golfers got a lot O
money Of her own, an she's got high
%falutin' New York ideas that don't
seem to jibe with mine."
Long before they came to the turn
pike, Barnes had reduced his hundred
and one supp0sitiOns to the following
concrete conclusion: Green Fancy
was no longer In the hands Of its orig
inal owner for the good and sufficient
reason that Mr.. Curtis was dead. The
real master Of the house was the man
known as Loeb. Through O'Dowd he
had leased the property from the Wild
owed daughter-in law. and had estab-
lished himself thefe, surrounded by
trustworthy henehmeA, for the purpose
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health. I believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, III.
Nervousness is often a symptom Of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
E. P%inkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience 10
at your service.
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HEADACHE
Often Caused by


Yes. indeed. more often thas you think.
Because ACID-aTOMACH. starting with in
digestion. heartburn. belching. food-repeat-
ting. bloat and gas. II not checked. will even
tually affect every vital organ OF the body.
Severe: binding. splitting headaches are.
therefore,. OF frequent occurrence as a result
OF this upset condition.
Take EATONIC. 1t quickly banishes acid
stomach with its sour bloat, pain and gas.
II aids dige stion-helps the stomach get
fuH strength from every mouthful Of food
you eat. Millions of people are miserable.
weak: sick and ailins because OF ACID
STOMACH. Soisons, created by partly d.
gested food charged with acid, are absorbed
into the blood and distributed throughout
the entire system. This often causes rheu-
matism. biliousness. cirrhosis OF the liver.
heart trouble. ulcers and even cancer Of
the stomach. 1t robs its victims OF their
health. u~ndermines the strength Of tho
most vigorous. We
II you want to get back your physical
and mental strength-be full Of vim and
vixor--enjoy life and be happy. you must
get rid OF your acid
In EATONIC yo1 will find the very help
you need and it's guaranteed. So get q big
eoc box from your druggist today. II Il
fails to please you, retu urn II and he will
refund your money.
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Mexican sserincIaI stone.

The sacrificial stone was the stone on
which human victims were sacrificed
before the war god Huitxilopochtli, IN
the principal Aztec temple In Mexico
II was dug up near the site Of the tenn
pie in 1871, and n now In the Mexican
national museum. The stone II disk
shaped. 3 3-5 feet In diameter and 81
feet thick. The Sides are covered with
elaborate sculptutee
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THROUGH a Glass Easily.

The Optician-You need spectacles,
sir. You are farsighted. Just sit
down and we'll
The Prospect-Hold on. here. The
man across the street said l was near
sighted, 50 | came over here.
The Optician-EXactly. You are far
sighted III passing him up and coming
to Inc.
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CHAPTER x.

The Prisoner Of Green Fancy, and the
Lament Of Peter the Chauffeur.

~ SsVGV I0tsCys GsJO TIC
Lament Of Peter the Chauffeur.
He envied Mr.. Rushcroft. The barn
st0rner would have risen to the occa-
zion Without SO much as the blinking
of an eye. He did his best. however.
aud. despite his eagerness, managed
TO rome OF fairly well. Anyone out of
earslnot would have thought that he
was ~uttering some trifing inanity in
stead Of these words:
"Y0u may trust me. I have suspect
Cd that something was wrong here"
ut Is impossible to explain now"
she said. ''These people are not my
friends. ! have no one to turn to in
ny predicament.'
"Yes. you have" he broke in. and
laughed rather boister0usly for him.
He felt that they were being watched
In turn by every person in the room.
''Tonight-n0t an hour ago-I began
10 feel that | could call upon you for
help. ! began to- relax. Something
whispered to me that I wss no longer
utterly alone. Oh. you will never
know what It Is to have your heart
tighten as mine-but / must control
myself. WI are not to waste words"
"You have only to command me,
Miss Cameron. No more than q dozen
words are necessary. Tell me how l
be Of service to you"
. shall try to communicate with
yOu IN some way-tomorrow. l beg
Of YOU. ! implore you. do not desert
/. me. II | can only be sure that you
will-
.You may depend ON me. no matter
what happens." said he, and. looking
into her eyes, was bound forever.
" have been thinking" she said.
yesterday ! made the discovery thar
THAT I am actually q prisoner here.
Nj. Barnes. I-Smile! Say something
sillyi"
Together they laughed over the
meaningless remark he made in re-
Spouse to her command.
nm constantly watched. II I
venture outside the housed am almost
Immediately Joined by one Of these
men. You saw what happened yes
terGay- ! am distracted"
~ will ask the authorities. to step
N and"
MOI You are to do nothing Of the
Kind. The authorities would never
1nd me II they came here to search"
(It was hard for him to smile al that y
ri must be some other way. II 1
could steal ont OF the house-but that
~ imposslble." she broke OF with a
catch II her voice.
s4spppose that I were to steal into
ne house" he said. q reckless light
~ his eyes.
A0h, you could never succeed"
We'll, I could try. couldn't IT,
There was nothing funny in the re-
n9ark, but they both leaned back and
lnn9hed heartily. Leave It to me.
\ nm me where
HE place Z guarded day and night.
ne stealthlest burSIar Ia the world
e.idl ~ csn,s within 4 stones throw
" ~ ho11es
IN - nd - ~ that, we cannot
~ mnhexany slips. You think
imlnediate peril1s
~ petdt 1t al unIess /
~ q - win
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angles by the
S o IT curved
lines of health
o. n q beauty,
there T EVIL
IDENTIFY I h o IL
sands Of men
and o m { n
who k c e n v
feel their X
cessive thin
ness.
Thinness and
weak ness r
often due to
S [ q + v e d
nerves. Our
b O d | e s need
m o e phos-
phate than is
contained In
modern foods.
r h y s i clans
claim there is
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The Scholarly Cut.

"You did not speak to him?"
NO" replied the scholarly girl.
"When I passed him l gave him the
geological survey"
"The geological %survey?"
Eyes. What is commonly known as
the stony stare.'-Lehigh Burr.
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Clever.

Clever.
Johnson and Timson were discussing
Jackson.
Hes an ideal clerk"
"1s he?"
KNOWS more about the business
than the boss"
"Yes?"
And without letting the boss sus
pect it, too.'-London Answers.
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= HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin.
cerity Should Con.
vince Others.
Christopher, 1n.-"For four years I
suffered from irregularities, weakness,

u q d
was in q run down
condition. Two of
our best doctors
failed to do me any
good. I heard SO
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound had done for
others, / tried it
and was cured. /
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in excellent
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The Reason of It.

"Your friend has a very peculiar
gait"
1T ought to be a very natural one,
for he's always on the fence"