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ing; for the purpose of gaining pos
session of her these murders had been
committed. Why, then, should he run
away when he must have known the
girl was already in his grasp; The
same thought apparently occurred to
her.
"You-you believe that Kirby did
this?'
"What other conclusion is possible?
We know that he passed US on the
steamer-Sam saw him plainly. 1t
was his man, Carver, whom we found
dead in the hut. it could have been
no one else
But" she questioned. unsatisied,
he would have only n reason for
being here-hunting me, his slave.
That was his one purpose, was it not?
If he saw us then he must have known
of my presence, that l was here with
you. Why should he make no attempt
to take me with him? Why should he
steal our boat and run away?"
Zone theory is as good as another"
l said, ''and mine SO far have all been
wrong. What do you make of it,
Sam?"
who, sab? Me, sahl"
"Yes, take a guess al this"
Pears like he said, deliberately,
rubbing his a with one hand, las
how It mought have happened dis yere
way. sab. All amt a-sayin' it WIS
it mought be. Maybe Massa Kirby
nebber got no sight OBJ us tall, an
wus afeerd fer ter stay. He just
knowed a party wus yere-likely
'nough sum Black Abolitionists, who'd
be huntin' him If he didn't cl'ar out,
just so soon as dey foun' dat Amos
SHRINK wus dead. Here wus his
chance. an he done took it."
He bent suddenly forward, his
glance al the edge of the log. "Dey
amt took hut just de one boat, sab,
fer de odder am showed under dar
out'r sight
AS / stopped further over / saw that
this vas true, the small rowboat, with
the oars undisturbed in its bottom,
had been pressed in beneath the con
cealment of the log wharf, almost COM
pletely hidden from above yet to all
appearances uninjured. The very fact
that 1t should have been thus left only
added to the mystery of the affair. II
1t had been Kirby's deliberate purpose
TO leave us there stranded ashore
why had he failed TO crush in the
boats planking with a rock? Could
the leaving of the craft In fit condi-
ton for our use be part of some care.
fully conceived plan a bait to draw
us into some set trap? Or did it occur
merely as an incident of their hur-
ried flight? These were unanswerable
questions, yet the mere knowledge
that the boat was actually there and
in navigable condition promised us an
opportunity to escape. While hope re-
manned, however vague, it was not my
nature to despair. Whether accident
or design had been the cause made no
odds-I was willing to match my wits
against Kirby and endeavor to win.
And / mus deal with facts just as
| they we're.
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CHAPTER vIIl-continued.


He was slow in following, hanging
hack as approached closer to the
motionless form, and l could hear the
mutterIng of his lips. PROFESSIONALLY
the maj was dead OF this | was as
sured before | even knelt beside him.
He lay on his face In a litter OF dead
leaves. and almost the first thing ]
noticed was the death wound back of
his ear, where a large-caliber bullet
had pierced the brain. His exposed
hands proved him a negro, u ii was
with a feeling OF unusual repugnance
that J touched his body, turning It
over sufficiently to see the face. All
at once I knew him. unable wholly 70
repress a cry of startled surprise as
i stared down into the upturned
face-the dead man evidently muir.
dered, shot treacherously from behind.
was Free Pete. ! sprang to my feet,
gazing about bllndly into the dim
woods, my mind for the instant dazed
by the Importance of this discovery.
What could 1t mean? How could Ii
have happened? BY what means had
he reached this spot In advance OF us,
and at whose hand had he fallen7 He
could have been there only for one
purpose. surely-in an attempt TO
guide Eioise Beaucaire and the quad
roo Della. Then what had become
OF the women? Where were they
now?
I stumbled backward to the support
Of the log. unable to answer any one
OF these Questions. remembering only
ia that mament chat I must tell Rene
tue truth.
Tell me--please," she begged. as
the man dead? Who is he. do you
know2"
"Yes," / replied desperately. "He is
dead. and l recognized his face. He
Is The negro Pete and has been killed,
shot from behind"
pete" she echoed, grasping at the
log TO keep erect. her eyes ON that
dimly revealed figure in the leaves.
Free Pete, Cartons Pete? How
could he have got here? Then--then
tho others must have been with him.
What has become OF them?r
1T Is all mystery; the only way to
solve 1t is for us to go on. II can do
no q any good to stand here. staring
at this dead body. When we reach
the cabin we may learn what he's &C.
CURED. Go on ahead, Sam. and we
will follow-don't be afraid. boy; 1t
Is not the dead who hurt us"
She chung tightly to me-. shrinking
past the moiionless figure. She was
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not sobbing; her eyes were dry, yet
every movement, each glance exhibit.
ed her depth of horror. I drew her
closer. thoughtless Of what she was.
my heart yearning to speak words az
comfort. yet realizing there was moth,
ing leff me to say.
"Do not mind me-" she said. mans
ting before the utterance OF each word
TO steady her voice. 4I-I am NOT
going to break down. lit Il the
suddenness-the shock. IL shall, he
strong again In a minute
you must be" I whispered. .for
their lives mas depend on us"
II was a short path before JUS and
became nor cleassy defined as we adj
vanceu. A snarp turn brought US into
fulil view Of the cabin. which sseed
u 4 small opening. built against The
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SSE{{s1S
Cherished

Statesmen used TO he particularly
attentive to me because I spent Il great
deal of money" remarked Mrs. Film
gilt.
Aren't they now?"
"No: they regard my extensive pur-
chasing as an effort To monopolize
more Of their time than I am entitled
to-"
Diluted.
Author-"I assure you. sir. there -
a punch in my play" Managcr-"Yes.
there is; milk punch"
A suminer girl has many engagr-
mcnfs. hut the Telephone girl gets b
m,st rings.
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., CANNOT ORDER ! AM a SLAVE"

synopis-In lSs Lieutenant Knox OF the regular army is o. duty at Fort
Armstrong. Rick Island. H.. IN territory threatened by dkanected Indians
Tho commandaNt sends HIN with dispatches TO ST. Louis He takes passage
planter. n ~ joe Kirby uhe Devils Own. notorious gambler. Knox learns
Judge BeaucaEe has a daughter Eioke. M a granddaughter. Rene, onspTtag
OF a son whom the Nudge has dEsoSned Renes mother is a negresa. and h
n her daughter nerSr having been freed. are slaves under he law. although
the girls have beer brought up as sisters Kirby induces the judge to stake
his plantation M negro servants on a poker hand unfairly dealt by Joe
Carver. Krbys partner Kirby accuses the judge Of Cheating. Beaucare,
Infatuated. drops dead Krox tries 70 induce Kirby to give up his stolen
ashore n reaches a hut Knox lies unconscous for ten days recovering.
mismkng him for n enemy. HIS dispatches have been forwarded. Recovering
from his wound. Knox end Pete to bring Haynes Beaucares lawyer, and
they arrange with Pees help. to get te women to the cabin o. "A n aboh-
ZIONIST Amos Shunk. before Kirby come ~ he Bsaucaf. place Knox
oyerhears a conversation between the sheriff and his deputy and learns IN
truth about IN situation. He is wit$Ns % an interview between Kirby and
a girl who say Ia is Rene Beaucane, Kirby insults the girl, n Knox
attacks him. Believing Kirby dead. Knox explains affairs to tbs girl nd she
agrees to try TO escape with him. They fail 10 md Pete where he had been
posted. so Knox sezes the shein's keelboat along with Sam, the slave left in
and Sam recognizes kirby m board AtshrunkS place they find a dead negro.
teacherously shot down from behind, gng in the woods near thu cabin. 1t is
a stunning surprise
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Fitting Work for the "Dey-
IFS Own"
The FAILING .
tTo BE coNTINUEp)

The Falling Due.
Dora-Edith declares that the fell
low she is marrying Is q man of note.
Fora-Quite right. Like a note he
exists on promises and Is discounted
In financial circles.-CartoonA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-03

rect amount was S95,SO1; Leven-
thaFs return was for s2.162 as
against a government claim of $685.
1873. and Blooms $500 against a
claim Of $4,000.
In each of the indictments Norris
Roseno!um, an internal revenue IN
spector. is named with Rachmil and
Samuelson as a co-conspirator hav-
ing knowledge of the doping" OF
the merchants books to lessen the
amount of taxes due the govern
ment. When arrested three weeks
ago at the offices of the cOastwise
warehouses. Incorporated. Rosen-
blum is said 10 have accepted a
bride of $4,000 for putting his
ok on a false return, and is now
under indictment charged with TAX
ing the money
One Man Surrenders.
Soon after the indictments were
returned Wednesday, Leventhal sur
rendered himself TO the federal au
thorities. He was allowed his lib
erty on consent of Pros. Dewitt on
the understanding that he would
appear for pleading tomorrow and
then be ready TO furnish bail.
Books OF more than a score Of
clients of the Sterling Accounting
and Audit Co. are being examined
by experts of the internal revenue
bureau.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-03

will be looked upon as an object of
jealousy and apprehension
And so on ad minimum! But
how sweet the revenge of time, 80
sacrosanct has the Monroe doctrine
since become that senators, in their
zeal TO defend IT against encrodch-
ment from a League Of Nations, to-
day attack the latter with the same
arguments, clothed in the same
language, employed by their pre-
decessors in attacking the doctrine
itself. unhallowed as it then was by
century's flight. The senate Is
not so far behind the times-after
hundred years il has caught up
with the spirit Of Clay and Webster.
How the senator from Massachusetts,
in 2O15 will thunder to protect the
League OF Nations from Interior
ence by contemplated confedera-
ton of planets, in which the earth
might possibly be outvoted by
ncxious combination eff Mars and
the moon,
IL is a relief 10 turn. in COnclu-
sion. from those Oscillations of the
parochial mind 20 the thoughts Of
strong intellect. and find them
prophetic even today:
1T is our fortune 10 be called up
on 10 act our part. as public men.
at most interesting era in human
affairs Not only new in
terests and new relations have
sprung up among states but new So
cieties. new nations. and families OF
nations have risen 10 take their
places and perform their parts. in
the order and the intercourse of
the world. Every man aspiring 10
the character Of a statesman must
endeavor 70 enlarge his views TO
meet this new state OF things. He
must aim at adequate comprehen
sion and. instead OF being satisfied
with that narrow political sagacity.
which like the power OF minute
vision. sees small things accurately.
[ hat can see nothing else, ne must
/ look 70 the far horizon. and en-
I brace. in his broad survey. what
| ever the series OF recent events has
I brought into connection. near or re-
mote. with the country whose in
I terest ne studies 20 serve web
/ ster. Speech on Mission 20 Panama. }
! DO the opponents OF the league
measure up TO this description. or
I do Pres't Wilson and Mr.. Taft? The
/ latter are as surely the spiritual des-
cendants Of Adams and Webster a:
are the former OF Hayne and Buch-
anan. and Benton. Van Buren, and
| Randolph.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-03
|ND|CT THREE
IN TAX FRAUD
Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars Involved in Al
legged Action.

NEW YORK. July 3.-Three
more indictments were returned
Wednesday in connection with the
income tax frauds. involving hum
dreds of thousands of dollars,
which the government charges were
engineered by the Sterling Account
ing and Audit CO. The sum involved
in todays indictments is $123,37S.
Morris s. Rackmil and A. Lincoln
SamuelsOn, officers of the Sterling
company. are charged with having
cOnspired with Isaac Weinstein and
Samuel Samuels furriers, and A. y.
Leventhal, furrier, and with Nathan
Bloom, dealer in wooden goods, to
defraud the United States govern
ment by making false income tax
returns.
Lower Return sum.
In the case OF Weinstein and
Samuels il is charged that a return
Of $14,634 was made when the cor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-03
REPORT KILLING OF BIRDS.

To South Bend Humane society.
IS reward for information that con-
victs. Home phone 1900. Bel 1870.
13032-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-03

FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.
Why were the gates of Paradise
shut against Adam and Eve?
There you go a-crackin jokes
ag'in. Why wuz they?
To keep out the damp air"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
Message toLadies
 How to Reduce Your Weight

Get rid of that burden of obesity this very summer. Become 1.-the and active. Stop suffering from heat You may even eat ice cream and candy if you like. Enjoy yourself while getting thini
 Mrs Clarence Cash reports that she reduced her weight thirty-five pounds in six weeks by using oil of korein.
 Many other reports have been made by delighted women. who had been unable to get rid of their burden of fat until they adopted the new method
 Get a small box of oil of korein. in capsules, at any drug store. and take regularly; also follow the other plain directions. Nothing drastic or harm ful-a safe self-treatment that has i'm proved the figure, vivacity, beauty and health of legion of ladies. A testing packet and book may be had free. postpaid, in plain wrapper by writing to the manageress, Korein Company, 11S East 18th Street. NA-53S. New York, N Y. For protruding hips, unduly large neck or bust, double chin, pursy abdo- men, etc. due to obesity, this simple, remarkably effective weight reduction plan should be tried.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20

river and Pell City to connect with the Birmingham section of the Bankhead highway and the shortening of the dis tance between Atlanta and Birmingham approximately 90 miles is a question now prominently before the people of Alabama and Georgia.
 The only available route between An niston and Birmingham is by way of Gadsden and requires at least 90 miles of travel when the air line distance be- tween the points is only 60 miles. The building of a bridge across the Coosa4 the continuation of the new trunk road through to Pell City will materially shorten the distance and the movement has the hearty support not only of At lanta and Birmingham auto owners, but of hundreds of people along the interme- diate route between the two big cities.
 The Calhoun and Talladega county aa- thorities have just completed a splendid pike between Anniston and the western line of Talladega county, and as the best part of the Bankhead highway from Pell City into Birmingham is only few miles removed the question of building the toll bridge across the Coosa river is attracting much attention.
 Contractors are now engaged in putting the Heflin pike in fine shape to the Cal houn county line about, 10 miles east of Oxford, and when this work is finished next month or hours can be saved Dy auto travel between Birmingham and Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
To Make Hair Wavy
 and Curly in One Night

Someone has made the discovery that simply applying liquid silmerine with clean tooth brush will actually make straight hair beautifully curly over night. The liqnid. which is of course perfectly harmless, has the peculiar property of drying in pretty waves, creases and ringlets. It also serves as a splendid dressing. keeping the hair delightfully."- soft and glossy.
 few ounces of liquid silmerine. ob- tainable at any drug store, will keep the hair curly for weeks. It is neither sticky nor greasy, but quite pleasant to the nearest thing to Natures own"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
Old Complaint of His
from London Tit Bits

Two weary tramps met after a lengthy separation and sat down to compare ex- periences.
 Have yer been to the front?" asked one: ''aint seen yer about lately"
 "I've been laid up with the influnzy."
 ''Influenzy? Whats that?"
 Well, I don't know how I can ex- actly explain it, but it takes all the fight out of yer. Yer feels sort of tired like. Don't seem to want to do anything only lie down and sleep"
 Why, I've had that disease for the last 20 years" exclaimed the first speak CT: but this is the first time I've ever heard its name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
FLORENCE

Florence, July 9-(Special) Effective next Sunday. July 20, the street railway company operating in Florence will charge cents fare instead of 5 cents as heretofore, which increase in rate has been allowed by the Alabama public service commission. The citizens of this city have not raised much objection to allowing the increase in rate. The oper- ating cost of the company has been very heavy, but now with the highest street car fare rate ever enforced in Alabama the company should be able to operate without a deficit. The people of this com munity now have every reason to expect better service.
 Recently the county court of Wayne county, Tennessee, voted for the issuance of bonds to cover the building of a pike road from Waynesboro through Collin wood, Tenn, to the Alabama line. Lau- derdale county will build a road though this section of Alabama and connect with the Wayne county Tennessee road. This will be a valuable road and will open up a new territory leading into the Muscle Shoals district. It means more busi- ness for the retail and wholesale mer- chants of Florence.
 A large number of new homes have been built in Florence during the past few months and a report of the building
 inspector for the II months ended July 1 indicates that building permits for that period amounted to nearly a million dol lars.
 Work on the new school building in East Florence is progressing satisfactor fly, and it is expected to be ready for service by September 1. The building is to cost s6o,0Oo
 There is also a pressing demand for other schoolhouses in this city, as it was estimated that more than 1000 stu dents could not be accommodated last season on account of the rapid growth of the community. To take care of this situation the city commission has called an election for August IS to determine whether or not the citizens will authorize I the issuance of $200,00O additional school bonds to build more schoolhouses in Flor ence. The need fir more school buildings 1 is so urgent it is anticipated that there will be little objection to the proposed
 bond issue. The city is experiencing the
 ence. The need for more school buildings it is stated that as good schools is one
 the situation must be cared for immedi
 ately. Florence has long been noted
 as one of the principal educational cen. l ters of the state, and if it is to keer pace with its present growth it will bt l necessary to authorize a further bono
 issue to afford ample school facilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
NEWS OF AN7VISTON

bers of the two thriving Anniston lodges are taking great interest in the plans for the joint meeting. All members of the order are invited to attend the spe- cial meeting Monday evening. The serv- ice will not be a long one, but will be filled with interesting features.
 Charles F. Douglass will be the princi- pie speaker of the evening and will de- liver the memorial eulogy for the mem bers of the order who have answered the last roll call during t1ie preceding year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
Didn't Need It

From the Stars and Str1pes.
 Sam had been pretty sick stevedore. but he had been cheerful and was given extra attention at the hospital near Bor- deaux. The nurse was especially insist ent that Sam clean his teeth regularly. and brought him tooth powder, brush and water before breakfast every morn. ing. One day about noon Sam asked for his tooth powder. The nurse scolded and asked if he had not cleaned his teeth in the morning.
 "Yes'm." replied Sam, but jes wants my tooth powder
 "I don't want the brush. Miss Sam expostulated. "Ise jes goin' to powder 'em,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
NINE STILLS DESTROYED

Anniston. July (SpeciaL) L)-Depu- ty Collectors John H. Draper. J. B. Ed wards and Bob Ferguson have returned to their headquarters here after one of their most successful raiding trips into the mountains of Shelby county, the officers destroying a total of nine stills and pouring out at least 2000 gallons of beer during the week.
 One of the stills was of 60-gallon capacity, four of them were of the 100. gallon type and four of the 150- gallon kind. Some of the sites visited by the officers were equipped with two dis tilleries and surrounding conditions convinced the raiders that they had broken into a well organized booze making territory.
 The Anniston raiders were accom- panied by Deputy Collectors Pitts and Hampton, Deputy Marshals Garner and Cashion and Deputy Sheriffs White and Kemp of Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
MEMORIAL SERVICE

Annston, July 19.-(SpeciaL)-The an- nual memorial service or the Knights of Pythias order will be held jointly Mon day night by Calhoun lodge, No. 46, and lodge, No. sI, in the Pythian hall over the First National bank at s O clock
 This service is held annually in mem ory of the Pythian dead and the mem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL DELEGATES

Anniston. July Special. )-Rev. Leon M. Latimer, pastor of the Parker Memorial Baptist church, Charles R.. Bell and Superintendent John M. Still well have been selected as the dele gates from the local congregation al the Baptist Sunday school assembly to be held in Birmingham next week.
 Several other members of the Park CT Memorial Sunday school will attend the convention. Howard college is to be the Headquarters of the delegates to the assembly.