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CHAPTER v-continued.

The two men looked at him, plainly
perpIexed. .
when was all this?" inquired De
Soto.
"Early last evening. He picked up
your latest guest at the copners, and
she insisted in his driving me to the
tavern before the storm broke. I've
been terribly anxious about her. She
must have been caught out In all that
frightful-"
"What's this you are saying, Mr..
Barnes?" cut in De Soto, frowning.
sNo guest arrived at Green Fancy last
evening, nor was one expected"
Barnes stared. "Do. you mean to
say that she didn't get there, after
aIl?"
"She? "A woman, was itT demand
ed O'Dowd. "Bedad, If she said she
was coming to Green Fancy she was
spoofng you. Are you sure it was old
Peter who gave you that jolly rider
"No, I am not sure" said Barnes
uneasily. "She was afoot, having
walked from the station below. I met
her at the corners and she asked me if
I knew how far it was to Green
Fancy, or something like that. Said
she was going there. Then along came
the automobile, rafting down this
very road-an ancient Panhard driven
by an old codger. She seemed to think
it was all right to hop in and trust
herself to him, although she'd never
seen him before" d
'The antique Panhard fits in all
right" said O'Dowd, 'but I'm hanged
If the woman fits at all. No such per-
son arrived at Green Fancy last night"
did you get a square look at the
drivers face?" demanded De Soto.
at was almost too dark to see, but
he wa old, hatchet-faced, and spoke
with an accent"
'Then it couldn't have been Peter"
said De Soto positively. "He's old,
right enough, but he is as big as the
side of a house, with a face like a full
moon, and he is Yankee to his toes.
BY CAD, Barnes, the plot thickens! A.
woman has been added to the mystery.
Now, who the devil is she and what
has become. of herr"
RS
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CHAPTER vi.

Charity Begins Far From Home, and
a Stroll in the Wildwood Follows.
Mr.. Rushcroft was furious when he
arose at eleven o'clock On the morning
after the double murder, having slept
like a top through all of the commo-
ton. He doomed all over the place,
vocal castigations falling right and
left on the guilty and the innocent
without distinction.
81 don't see how you managed to
sleep through It," Barnes broke In.
"sYou must have an unusually clear
conscience, Mr.. Rushcroft."
81 haven't any conscience at all, sir"
roared the star. 81 had an unusually
full stomach, that's what was the mat
ter with me. 1 take oath now, sir,
never to eat again as long as I live.
A man who cannot govern his beastly
appetite ought to defy it, If nothing
else"
81 gather from that remark that you
omitted breakfast this morning."
Breakfast. sir? In Gods name, !
implore you not to refer to anything
so disgusting as stewed prrnes and
bacon at a time like this. My mind
is"
"How about luncheon? Will you
join me at twelve-thirty?"
THAT'S quite another matter" said
Mr.. Rushcroft readily. Luncheon is
an esthetic tribute to the physical In
telligence Of man, If you know what I
mean. 1 shall be delighted to join you.
s-Twelve-thirty, did you say?"
"It would give me great pleasure if
your daughter would also grace the
festal board. I think it is too bad that
she has to go about in the gown she
wears, Mr.. R~ushcroft," said Barnes.
s'She's much too splendid for that. I
have a proposition I'd like to make to
you later on. l cannot make it, how
ever, without consulting Miss Thack-
eray's feelings"
my dear fellow!" beamed Rush
croft, Selling the others hand. "One
frequently reads in books about it
Coming like this, at first sight, but,
NSamme, I never dreamed that it ever
really happened. Count on mel She
ought to leave the stage, the dear
child. No more fitted to 1t than an
Easter lily. Her place is in the home.
the"
"Good Lord, 1 am not thinking Of"
And Barnes, aghast, stopped before
blurting out the words that leaped to
his lips. 81 mean to say this is a prop
osition that may also affect your ex-
cellent companions, Bacon and Dilling-
ford, as we'll as yourself"
At twelve-thirty sharp Barnes came
down from lis room freshly shaved
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March the First Known the World
Over as Anniversary of the
Countryss Patron Saint.

The first day of March has long been
observed as a special day by the peo-
pie Of Wales and is called st. David's
day in honor of the good st. David.
patron saint of the Welsh, who lived
In the sixth century.
st. David was said to have been the
son of a prince OF Cardiganshlre.
Wales, and is accredited with the
working of many miracles, especially
among the poor Of the country. 1t was
said that when the saint first went
into the fields to preach to his follow
ers the ground on which he was stand
ing began to rise until it assumed a
goodly height, and henceforth was his
pulpit.
For hundreds Of years the Welsh
sprigs of leek-a plant with
broad bluish-green leaves and yellow
flower clusters-in their hats as a SYM
Dol of recognition of the day. This Gus
tom was brought about, some say.
from the fact that in a battle OF the
Welsh against their old enemies. the
Saxons, st. David had ordered all
Welshmen to go into battle wearing
their native Ieek, not only to distin-
guish them from their enemies, but to
bring them good NICK.
Other writer's argue that the badge
was worn more as a fraternal sign n
because leek was grown in every Welsh
garden and was the favorite vegetable
Of a true Welshman.
Writers of the last century depict
a typical Welsh garden as a garden OF
onions, garlic and leek. Homely incl
dents are told of Welshmen assisting
each other in farming and eating their
leeks together, a ceremony symbolic OF
hospitality and good fellowship.
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LonufeIlow Justly Popular.

Longfellow is justly popular as the
poet who, above all other poets of this
country, has expressed with a varied
and finished art the simple, natural,
elemental affections and sentiments.
His literary productions are confined
almost entirely to those in poetic form.
Hyperion. a rather forid romance, and
Kavanagh, a romance of somewhat bet
ter quality. are the two exceptions. His
well-known psalm Of Life" 'The
Song Of Hiawatha," "Evangeline," and
many other poems have made his
name a familiar household word, and
every schooiboy is familiar with "The
Village Blacksmith" ''The Wreck Of
the Hesperus," and the Building Of
the Ship" which are the melodious
phrasing of thoughts and feelings dear
to the children even Of a larger growth.
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Rushcroft Took the Whole Affair With
the Most Noteworthy Complacency.

she kept her veil down. If you were
to leave it to me, though, I'd say
that it's a sin to carry discretion sc
far as all that. You see what I mean,
don't you?" His rich laugh came over
the wire.
Perfectly. Thank you for letting
me know. My mind is at rest. Good
BY" AS he hung up the receiver he
said to himself, "You are a most af-
fable, convincing chap, MI. O'Dowd,
but / don't believe q word you say.
That m is no lady's maid, and
you've known all the time that she
was there"
At four o'clock he set out alone for
q tramp up the mountain road in
which the two men had been shot
down. His mind was quite clear.
Room and Paul were not ordinary rob-
bers. They were, no doubt, honest
men. He would have said that they
were thieves bent on burglarizing
Green Fancy were it not for the dis
closures of Miss Thackeray and the
very convincing proof that they were
not shot by the same man.
It vas not beyond reason-indeed,
it was quite probable-that they were
irving to cross the border; in that
event their real operations would be
confined to the Canadian side Of the
line. He could not free himself of the
suspicion that Green Fancy possessed
the kew to the situation. Room and his
companion could not have had the
slightest interest in his movements up
TO the instant he encountered the
Young m at the crossroads. His
busy brain suddenly suffered the shock
of a distinct conclusion. Was she a
fellow c~onspirator? Was she the Ia
side worker at Green Fancy in a we'll
laid plan to- rifle the placer
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Codld 1t be possible that she was
the confederate of these painstaking
agents who lurked with sinister pa
thence outside the very gates Of the
place called Green Fancy?
His ramble carried him far beyond
the spot where Rooms body was found
and where young Conley had come
upon the tethered horses. His eager,
curious gaze swept the forest to the
left Of the road in search of Green
Fancy. Overcome by a rash, daring
impulse, he climbed over the stake
and rider fence and sauntered among
the big trees which SO far had OBJ.
scured the house from view. The trees
grew very thickly on the slope, and
they were unusually large. He pro-
crossed deeper into the wood. At tho
end Of what must have been a mile
ne halted. There was no sign of habit
tatiOn, no indication that man had
ever penetrated so far into the forest.
AS he vas on the point of retracing
his steps toward the road his gaze
fell upon a huge m-oss-covered rock
less than a hundred yards away. He
stared, and gradually it began to take
on angles and planes and recesses of
the most astounding symmetry. I'm
del his widening gaze it was trans
formed into a substantial object of
cubes and gables and-yes, windows.
He was looking upon the strange
home of the yer stranger Mr.. Cur
tis-Green Fancy.
Now he understood why it was
called Green Fancy. Its surroundings
were 10 greener than itself it seemed
to melt into the foliage, to become a
part of the natural landscape. Noun
tain ivy literally enveloped it. Ex-
posed sections Of the house we're paint
ed green; the doors were green; the
leafy porches and their columns, the
chimney pots, the window hangings-
all We're the color of the unchanging
forest. And it was a place of huge
dimensions. low and long and ram.
bling.
"'Gad," he said to himself, ''what
manner Of crank is he who would
bury himself like this? OF all the
crazy ideas / ever"
His reflections ended there. A wom-
an crossed his vision; a woman stroll.
ing slowly toward him through the in
tricate of the wildwood.
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KettIedrum Is Old.

The Greeks and Romans danced to
the accompaniment of the tympanum
from which our modern kettledrum
has been adapted-but failed to apply
this instrument of percussion to war
fare, and it is not till the seventh
century that the Moors and Saracens
of Spain introduced the drum among
European soldiery, having themselves
acquired it from the Hindus through
Persian traders. The ancient word
'.taber"-or as the French call ii
"tambour" denotes the origin. the
Persian word for drum being tabir.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-07-04
GREEN FANCY LIARS.

Synopsis.-Thomas X. Barnes,
a wealthy young New Yorker,
on a walking trip in New Eng
land near the Canadian border,
is given a lift in an automobile
by a mysterious and attractive
girl bound for a house called
Green Fancy. At Harris tavern
Barnes finds a stranded troupe
of Transforming actors, OF
which Lyndon RushcrNst is the
star and Miss Thackeray" the
leading lady. They are doing
hotel work for their board. He
learns Green Fancy is a house
Of mystery. That night two
mounted men leave the tavern
under odd circumstances. One
is shot dead near by; the other
is brought back dying. The
sheriff detains Barnes. Green
Fancy guests appear and say
the mystery does not concern
Green Fancy.
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Never Lose Hone.

Hope is something to be busy with.
It is something of which we should ac-
emulate a store. Always have plenty
of hopes, and have them SO that they
will reach out and last away into the
years of the future.
There is really something mysterious
about a hope. If you will cherish it
faithfully and keep it warm in your
heart, you will be almost sure to some
time realize it. 1t is said that we are
what we believe ourselves to be. But,
perhaps, we might better say that we
are what our hopes are.
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tional intelligence, quotes Lenine, the
bolshevik premier, as saying that to
every bolshevik r attached thirty
nine scoundrels and sixty FOOLS"
Ahktiamov does not believe in the
possibility of a worldwide social
luton because America doesn't smell
like it; France is not ready for it
England will buy off its promoters, and
Germany is too weak"
The Kolchak government, he said, is
ar imperfect nucleus OF government
which in the present state Of affairs
must be recognized.
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tribution program is concerned.
The Mussulman is opposed to bOlshe-
vism also regarding its policy toward
religion. The mass of the Mussulman
population is extremely religious and
believes that questions of religion are
its own affairs. The merchants, like
the Russian merchants, are against boil
shevism. The peasant, who owns no
land, favors it.
Abraham Ahktiamov, a social demo-
crat (menshevik) of Ufa, a member of
the first constituent assembly, a Mus
sulman attorney and a man Of excep-
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ARE OPPOSED TO BoLsHEvIsM
Nussuimans Practically a Unit Against
henine-Trotzky Form of
Government.

Ufa, Russia.-There are about 7OO,-
600 Bashkirs (Mohammedans of mixed
Finnish and Tartar descent) living in
Perm, Ufa, Viatka and Orenburg gov
ernments. They are for the most part
landowners, small or great, and for
that reason are opposed to bolshevfsm,
80 far at least as the latter's land dis
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Barnes meets "Mrs. Van
Dykes maid" and the mys-
terry deepens.
DAY HoNoRED BY WELsHMEN

(To BE CONTINUED
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Slowly changing sentiment in the
United States senate has caused the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Miners, Entonlbed For
Fourteen Days, Rescued

Couer D'Alene, idaho. Dec 20
While Emil Sayko. miner. OF Mullan,
Idaho. was buried so feet in the Gold
Hunter Mine near here he became the
the father Of a baby girl sayko has
just been released from his under
ground prison-a1ive after more than
two weeks confinement there along
with a fellow worker, Pete Grant.
Hope for the rescue Of the two men
was given up on the fourth day after
the cavein at the mine. the belief
being that both men were dead It
could not be conceived that the men
we're alive and we'll II so Glanced
that the carein did not catch the men
filled the aperture TO the surface. A
air found IFS way from a small crew
ice in another part OF the mine served
TO save the mems lives. A four-inch
diamond drill aperture was bored
INTO the SO foot deep cave and gave
the men better air. Food was let
down to them as wei as blankets.
Mrs Emil Sayk0. on the day OF the
cavein, was confined TO the Occur
dAlene hospital and there became the
mother Of little girLu She believed
AT the time OF the child's birth that
its father was dead. The joyful re-
union OF husband and wife and the
meeting Of father and baby girl. as
one from the world Of the dead.
brought tears TO the eyes OF the hardy
miners who gathered about the mines
mouth when the sturdy diEEers were
brought safely to the surface.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

the pockets Of the American tax
PAYERS
This situation has caused house
and senate leaders TO declare most
positively that no more American
money viii be loaned TO bankrupt
European governments. despite the
fact that the administration has al
ready been making tentative ap-
proaches TO congress for more loans
Of this kind.
II is wei known in congress that
Europe viii not be able TO pay its ten
billions Of dollars debt to the United
States within a century. II then. In
fact. this gigantic debt viii never be
paid in the opinion Of many members
Of congress.
Failure 70 pay the interest OF half
a billion is not the only burden that
viii be- imposed on the United States
The interest on this debt must be paid
to the bondholders in the United
States-al American citizens. II IS
certain that the United States viii not
default on the interest, though the
bankrupt Europeans have done so.
This IS another half billion that the
treasury must raise, so that default
ing on the interest really means i'm
posing another burden OF one billion
dollars on the American people-the
half billion that is defaulted and the
half billion that must be raised in
this country TO pay the interest on
the original debt.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Europe Can't Pay It's Obligations
To United States; Americans Must
Shoulder Burden In Higher Taxes

VTTASHlNGTON. D. c. Dec. Coon
w siderable establishment is shown
IN congress and government circles
over the failure OF Americas allies in
the world war 10 pay interest on their
debt 10 the United States In brief,
the debtor nations have defaulted on
their first interest and the treasury
has agreed 20 allow them 20 do so for
the next three years.
The European debt 10 the United
States in round figures. is now ten
billions Of dollars. Interest on this
with various charges, amounts to the
huge sum Of half a billion dollars an
uually- This is one-tenth Of the
amount Of the annual appropriation
bills Of the federal government the
next fiscal year
II the appropriations are reduced
20 four billions, as threatened by
chairman Good. Of the house appro-
priations committee, the half billion
defaulted interest would be more
than 10 per cent Of the annual sum
needed by the federal government
half billion dollars interest II
paid according 20 agreement by the
European nations. would enable the
federal government 10 reduce the an
uual budget TO three and half bill
lions The half billion defaulted in
terest comes out Of the pockets OF
Uncle Sam, or. in the last analysis,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Canada Plans To Establish
Reindeer. Caribou Farm

Vancouver. B. C.. Dec. 20.-Canada
Is undertaking the establishment Of
the largest reindeer and caribou farm
In the world Fifty thousand acres
have been allotted for this purpose
in northern Manitoba The big drive
Of these animals from the northern
wllds IS 70 begin next May. when 49,
600 caribou and reindeer viii be STAN
peded from their native haunts By
corps Of cowboys and expert woods
men The government plans 70 feed
the native and white population OF
Canada with this meat at a price be-
low the present high cost Of meat
They also plan 70 maintain the herd
continuously at 100, 600 animals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

7 OOKIVG over the fruit tree situa-
l. ton, visiting many orchards IN
the FL Paso valley. I find the tree
has been very much abused have
been examining the soil, and / claim
that there is no section Of the country
that God has favored as He has this
valley about FL Paso.
There has been much talk about
a disease that you have called
blight" and there have been some
novices mutilating and hacking the
trees with the idea that they could
cut this disease out
There Is but one disease that de-
stroys a tree or plaintiffs disease
Is named "Insecta Diathesis''-a
tuburcular condition brought on by
wasted energy This disease. instead
Of being called blight should be
named after the men who have been
advising not 70 prune the tree ana
open IL up in the center. spreading
the upward branches TO prevent the
tree from growing tail; the close
proximity OF these limos is the cause
Of the tree growing upward.
The sun viii never affect the tree
when opened Up. as -he increased
energy which this viii produce will
cure the wood and relieve the heavy
draught from the roots.
The cause OF this blight" as q ISL
called here, IS that YOU have set aside
common sense and followed the
theories introduced by Impractical
men who know nothing Of the re-
suits OF their efforts The tree has
so few roots. and 10 is impossible to
get any depth Of root due 20 surface
irrigation, that they must spread
over she ground at a great distance
TO support the large accommodating
branches above, and develop the fruit
spurs sufficl ntly strong that the
shock viii not decreas- the tree in
Its vitality The pillow should never
enter this field. What few roots you
have. you contiLuousls tear up and
leave the tree unsupported; your tree
soon feels the effect OF such abuse.
The sap C0ngeals as the sun comes
in contact Nth your tree OF the
south and west side. and In a short
time microbes accumulate and q sci
are so small that 100 placed end to
end make a lclness OF a sheet or
paper. These icrobes disseminate
through the tree structure. showing
only upon the weaker portions OF the
tree
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Baby Causes Excitement
By Climbing Up Ladder

Belpit, Kan. Dec. 20.-Katherine
Overman, not yet years old WAS
seized by the wanderlust recently and
set forth on a trip OF adventure.
Evidently a desire 10 see the coun-
Try from high perch popped into
katherine's curly head. for her moth
er, on becoming alarmed at the little
tots absence and instituting a search
discovered her wee daughter clinEinE
20 the top round OF the ladder Ieadin@
NJ the tail windmill on her parents
farm
Calmly ignoring her mothers ap-
peal that she hold on tight until
her father could be called. Katherine
Immediately began the descent and
soon reached terra firma. much TO her
Uelnigh historical mothers relief
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Obtained License Before
Girls Consent; Trouble

Charleston ". Va. Dec 20.-Ches-
ter F. Leese. q. reversed the conven-
cured a marriage license 20 marry
Miss Hazel COpenhaver before he had
found out whether she would marry
him or not The license was marked
don't publish" in the county clerks
office. but local newspapers printed
it. Then Miss Copenhaver said the
license was secured without her con-
sent and she informed Leese that he
had made a serious mistake and that
she had never intended marrying him
Make your dollars have cents-Buy
War Savings Stamps.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
Baby's Smile, Like
Father's. Ends Sml

Newark. n. J., Dec. 2o.-By the sim
PIE means Of a tiny smile a five
months old boy helped vice cham
celor Balzes here 70 determine fudici-
ously the infants father. Wilbur A
Murray OF No. SIS Hunterdon street
was suing Mrs. Eva D. Murray. OF Nc
ls6 Hawthorne avenue. for divorce
The basis Of his petition was that
the baby was not his.
The child was placed beside his
-ather. and as the judge was comnar-
ing their eyes the yOuuEster beamed
or the court with the smile needed To
settle the matter. and the vice chan
celor dismissed Murray's petition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
japanese BLames Our
Missionaries In Corea

New York, Dec 2o.-Admiral Saito.
governor general OF Corea tchosen).
was quoted In an interview received
here from Seoul as having declared
that Christian missionaries were back
of the Corean disturbances He was
quoted as having characterized Dr.
Eechfield. Canadian Presb5 terrain So
uerirtendenr OF the Severance hos
nfeal in Seoul. as an arch agitator and
dangerous man.
ADMIRAL Sait0 declared that while
he had no quarrel with Christianity,
the missionaries in Seoul must stay
within their own province
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
NEED OF ADDITIONAL JUDGE
TO GO BEFORE LEGISLATURE

santa Fe. n. NJ. Dec. 20.-When the
special session OF the New Mexico
legislature is called st IS expected that
the governor viii recommend an ad-
ditional district judge be provided for
the second district. following a con
ference held between members OF the
bar and Gov. LarrazOl0. when the
need Of such action was made clear