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tracted by seeing her lying uncon-
scious upon the floor, mingled fear
and excitement led him to do exactly
the opposite thing from what he In
tended. He seized the sword. wrapped
It hastily up, and rushing out Of the
room with 1t. before he gave the
alarm or made any effort whatever to
assist his unfortunate "Missee." never
stopped until he had tucked 1t safely
away under the mattress of his bed in
the garret. or, In some other conven-
lent hiding place.
Returning to the apartment he rang
the bell violently and shrieked down
the hallway for the other boys to
come to his assistance. Equally par
alyzed-with fear at seeing the foreign
iady--as they unprecedented upon
the floor, they refused to touch her
and ran to call the proprietor Tack
Sing rushed by them and down the
stairs. crying as he did SO -"Alissce go
makee die; me- go hossipital side
catchee doctor man" That was the
last that was seen or heard Of him
and, as the ablest native detectives
could find no trace of him in all the
settlement. the natural conclusion was
that the Executioners' Guild had
probably drowned him in theriver.
And - there no chance of my re-
covering it:" asked Mrs. Chester of
DR.. Cortelyou. the consul. as she sat in
his office week or so after the rob-
berry. my husband will be so disap-
pointed"
Inspector Gubbins gives me very
little hope, madam, because, as he
says, when these things get into the
hands of secret societies and the like,
they have all sorts of mysterious ways
Of hiding them and then they take
advantage of all the superstitions of.
the people and threaten them SO se-
verely If they divulge anything that
it's really impossible to get word
out of them,
"And do you suppose they really kid
naped Ttack Sing and drowned him in
the river or anything horrible like
that? He was such a nice boy and /
feel awfully conscience-str about
it. Dear me! If 1t only hadn't been
for that foolish faipting At of mine
this would never have happened. And
1t seems so strange to accuse him of
stealing the sword when he was
scared to death at the sight of it and
wouldn't even put his fingers on IT." 4
well. madam, the inspector is not
positive about the drowning or the
murder. because his body has never
been recovered. but he and the Chi.
nese Officers all feel that that is,
probably what has taken place. "A.
secret organization slilxe the Execu-
toners. Guild wouldn't stop at any
thing to accomplish, their, object. you,
know. And as to the taking Of the.
sword. the missionaries tell us that
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kept by fellow townsman that even.
ing. ne overheard at an adjoining
table fragments of conversation
ostween q group OF young clerks
VINO were evidently employees In the
new government post office. There
was nothing specially that interested
MIN until. as they rose to go, the
one that sat nearest to him whis-
pered' to his companion, "Good-bye.
old head-chopper. I'll see you later at
the Choppers Club, Just little
meaningless phrase to the other pa
irons OF the establishment, but one
OF the deepest Significance to Wang
Foo, for 1t proved the golden link In
the chain of evidence and conclusion
that he had for several days been
working out in his own mind.
The inspector and Chief Detective
Morehead were eagerly awaiting him
on the appointed morning at the head
office. After the ceremonious closing
and locking of the doors and win
dows and the lighting of the cigars,
the disclosure began:
DO you know, gentlemen, what
postage stamps are called in Chinese?"
Beats me-" answered Morehead. II
always say 'stampee,' but suppose
that's only pidgin, isn't itg's
"Quite 80. The proper term is
mems heads and the Chinese have
named them that because the heads
of the various sovereigns on them
have no apparent bodies attached to
them, and look like the chopped-off
heads of native criminals. The clerk
who sells the stamps at the post
office is known to his cronies as the
ead-chopper'-ip other words. gem
tlemen, the executioner"
mot very complimentary allu-
sion to the king. lis 1t, sir?"
Pardon me. gentlemen, have just
a word more. There is a little club
of post office clerks here--all OF them
from Canton-that is known among
themselves as The Executiofiers'
Guild Having in a moment of
frdnzied excitement stolen the sword,
Tack Sins- was at a loss to know
how to dispose Of 1t. Confiding his
dilemma to friend. he heard Of the
guild and presented it to them as
an ornament for the clubroom, where
it is hanging peacefully over the man
telpiece. So much for the sword
Tack Sing is temporarily employed as
janitor Of the cub, and, eating and
sleeping within. he has escaped any
public attention. There has, you see,
been no murder. no kidnapping and
no Intentional theft. for the man was
practically out of his head whom he
took it and consequently not amena-
BILE to the law. Blind to his DOOM
would describe him in the Words Of
Confucius." M fts M
Copyright. 1910. BY Mcclure syndics1AS
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HIS CHEST Exl

seemed to rest for q moment: its mel
low light cleaned on the instruments,
rested on the silent. motionless forms
Of the soldiers at attention, on rapt.
bright faces Of the visitors, scattered
In their festive spring dresses over
the green lawn and the gray walks.
on the waiting white figures of the
nurses. whose blue coats showed their
red Innings lung TO the breeze. Every
eye was following the lowering Of the
nag. its folds rippling gracefully
downward. For q second the last note
of the national hymn hung. wavcred.
then died away. Its echoes for a fleet
ing second longer wavered in the
clear air.
Then the sun dropped behind the
trees, gathering after 1t all the golden
rays. The members Of the band turn
ed, <fclf into line and began quick
march down to the side of the build
ings. The shrill girlish voices sud
denly filled the air as the spots VI
silent color broke into motion. Re-
treat was over and the visiting time
left was precious. e-ss
We did not stay after that. 1 think
that each of us wanted the picture we
had just seen to remain as our lasting
Impression Of Walter Reed.
Going home on the car, we saw
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~ ADDY dear: l have SO much
to tell you that / do not know
where to begin. There's my
raise. and Mans leaving and
our visit to Walter Reed. No doubt
should divide my letter up into
frstlys. secondlys and thusly 30 ons
after the manner of our friend, the
Rev. Cotton Black.
do not suppose that you remember
Walter Reed. When you were here
1t was only an old Army post COM
posed of a few brick buildings asleep
on the Takoma hills. If you knew 1t
you would not recognize 1t today. Sur
rounding the original hospital. long
rows Of low wooden wards have
sprung up overnight Connecting
them are corridors rambling. as the
need may be. up or down the hills. At
the entrance sentries stand on guard,
their only careless minutes being
those on Sunday afternoons when.
from until 4:30, the hospital holds.
open house. Highly indifferent to one
or more girls on girl-day. they In
formed us that in the frst building
to the right we would hnd lists Of
the patients. classified according to
states. There we saw the name Of .
boy whom Bonnie used to teach. To
reach his ward---the orthopedic--we
passed in front Of the administration
building and through the crowds OF
people who had taken advantage Of
the warm spring day to visit the boys.
what happy scene It was! All sun
light and color and laughter. the band
playing /arst q tantalising one-step.
then changing into soft southern
melody. Those days In no'man's land.
that close acquaintanceship with
death. might well have seemed only
evil dreams were 1t not for the souve-
Mrs Of the hght which each man car
ried on his body. But one simply
could not speak pityingly Of them,
Dad, these wounded men! They were
90 far above anything Of the sort
with their crutches. their empty
sleeves. with mangled or missing
limbs hidden from sight by the gay
robes thrown over their chairs, with
scars stili livid on fresh young faces.
they were the happiest. the cheeriest.
the merfiest Of the crowd. From the
khaki centers radiated All the color
OF the scene.
We were losth to leave them. even
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places that no European lady ought
really to visit-but you can't stop
them. you know, the more repulsiye
u 10. the more attractive 1t seems to
pe-or perhaps from seeing some
group OF lepers or loathsome Chinese
Deggars. ! have known cases where
they didn't visit any place or see
>~or touch anything. but simply listen
ed TO some gruesome tale from some
one who had been there, and that
was enough to set them off. You see,
Mrs. Chester had heard the full
account of the execution from Lieut..
Ward-who really ought to have
known better than to repeat the
details to her-and then. after talk
Ing 1t all over with her friends this
afternoon at tea. the houseboy gives
the finishing touch by conjurlng up
all the native horrors of 1t, and, Of
course, as soon as she is left alone,
she begins to see the sights and hear
the sounds all over-again and-away
she goes! There you have the whole
story In nutshell"
But 1t won't leave any permanent
injury, will it. doctor?"
"Oh, no. not at all, but we shall
nave to keep her as bright and CHEEKY
as possible these days. and" he add
ed with good deal of emphasis, 1--WE
must see that she gets out of this
wretched country as, soon ras possible
and. help her to strengthen up, her
nerves"
And what about the executioner's
sword that caused all the trouble?
Don't you really think we ought to
dispose Of it?"
"She must never lay eyes upon 1t
again--husband or no husba nd--she
can't stand it, Just give 1t tome and
1 will dispose Of 1t to some tourist or
other and write Mrl Chester my rea-
sons. He will understand at once. He
surely doesn't want to break up his
wife's nerves just for one old relic
less In his den, does he?"
Miss Pinkerton took the. package
containing the sword from the table
to hand 1t to the surgeon. 1t seemed
remarkably light; she unfolled it and.
to their mutual surprise, it was
empty! Its contents had vanished Into
air!
why. that's surprising strange"
remarked the surgeon. "it can't have
gone out of the ROOM, Let us search
for it," Suiting the action to the word
he searched every nook and corner
OF the apartment. while the .ever-.
inquisitivc Miss Pinkerton took ad-
vantage Of this excuse to investigate
carefully all the contents of Mrs.
Chester's trunks and wardrobe. but
not aYtrace of the weapon of death
could be found.
"Ah! what's this?" said the surgeon,
as he picked up mysterious looking
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Inspector Gubbins and Chief Detec-
tive Morehead of the Shanghai police
had had several conferences with the
members of the American mission re-
garding the robbery at the hotel and
the kidnapping and murder of the un-
fortunate servant. From theN and
from the Chinese members of the
force they had obtained information
that led them clearly to the following
Conclusion, viz: The sword which
Lieut.. Ward had purchased for Mrs.
Chester was not the personal possess
ion of the Canton executioner, but
was the property Of secret organi-
zation known as THE Executioners'
Guild" who were enraged at the. sale
of it to the foreigner and who were
determined at any cost to recover it..
They had evidently traced 1t as far
as Shanghai and there had lost track
of it until the afternoon when Tack
Sing, the hotel boy. caught the first
glimpse of 1t at the tea party and re-
fused to help put it away. Returning
to Mrs. Chester's room in answer to
her cries for help. and utterly dis
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piece OF Chinese red paper from the
moor and, unrolling 1t. read as fol-
lows.
"sak jim Hwai-Ji Sho Kwai."
What does all that mean, doctor?
You understand Chinese perfectly,
don't your"
Madam" he replied. mo european,
living or dead, understands 1t per-
fectly; only a few Of us know a little
about it. These words, as nearly as
can decipher them, mean:
The Executioners' Guild has claimed
its own"
The Executioners' Guild! Why, what
can that be?"
haven't the slightest idea; some
native mystery, suppose. IWc'll have
TO get the police and the missionaries IS
who know their tricks to help us un-
ravel 1t. One good thing-the sword
mas gone, and I hope forever" And
with this he bade his patient and her
amateur nurse a fnal farewell.
A few days later he was chatting
with the proprietor of the hotel on
the Astor House steps and happened
to mention the matter OF the paper
and its inscription. The host smiled
ana merely remarked: well, If the
Executioners' Guild has claimed it's
own. guess they've got Tack Sing,
too. for he disappeared the same at
ternoon that Mrs. Chester was taken
Ill, and no human being around here
has laid eyes on him since"
What do you think has become Of
him?"
My dear doctor. I've long since
given up trying to fathom their mys-
terfous ways. I just let them go-it
saves time and good brain power. In
short as our English friends say, 1
don't think" a s2
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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18
THOMPSON TOWN TOPICS

Miss Myrtice Kfngsbury has beef
spending the week at her home here.
The saw mill was moved from tn
RYAN wood lot to a lot belonging Il
Oscar Ross in Quadic last Thursday.
Miss Sarah Crosby is at the hom'
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Georg'
Crosby. spending the Easter vaca
ton.
Work on the cellar foundation fol
the new farm barn for John K. Glad
ding has begun and Is pushed aloni
quite rapidly.
Frank Spinney Of Providence spent
the weekend and few days with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Spinney
on Sunset Hill road
G. r. OlHey arrived in town on Sun
day, coming from New York IN his
aeW Hudson ear, Charles johnson,
his chauffeur. driving the car
! The Baptist Ladies AID society met
Hith Mrs. Allan Babbitt Wednesday
and the ladies tied quilts for Mrs.
Case before her departure for Yer
mont
Mrs. y. B Ream arrived in town
an Thursday and Is attending to the
getting Of her residence, Carolyn
Hail. ready for occupancy the com
ing season.
Rev. Mr.. Chase is packing up his
household goods. preparing to move
to LUDLOW, Vt, where he has accept
ed a call 10 preach. and expects to go
about May 1st
Word was received here Wednes-
dav morning Of the death at the Ho-
tel Manhattan. New York, of Mrs.
Henry Elliott Mrs Elliott was 81
years old. Death was caused by pneu-
monia.
Mr. Smith Of Worcester, who has
been engaged for Mrs. George II.
Nichols on her farm, finished his la
bors there on Thursday and has en-
gagged as groom in the stable Of J. K
Gladding.
Miss Annie Dunning is home from
her duties as teacher IN the Wickham
school al Washington. Conn, assist
ing in caring for her sister Marcia,
who IS suffering from an attack Of
erysipelas.
David Peterson came home from
Camp Devens last Thursday, having
received his discharge. He will inn
mediately GO 70 work for Contractor
e. /. knight. for whom he worked be
fore his enlistment.
Dexter Elliott received news on
Monday morning Of the illness Of his
mother Ms Henry Elliott, IN New
York. IL Immediately left for that
5laee Word comez later from him
that he9 condition Is serious
L Is rnmored that parties have
leased the Edward 5. Scarborough
furnished residence on Vest street.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18

Joseph Houghton, lately discharged
from Camp Devens, was visitor with
friends in town on Saturday
The premises and residence Of Mr.
and Mrs. Searls are being tidied up
Mr.. and Mrs. Searls are occupying
them and have Mrs. Searls' niece and
nephew, Miss Alice and Bradley Der
rington Of Everett. Mass, visiting
them.
A new bird for this locality called
the "Grosbeak" has been seen about
the village this spring II goes in
7 focks, is about the size of a robin.
and has very beautiful plumage.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Weaver are
in town seeing to the removal Of their
+ household goods from the Kinney cot
tage. They will not spend the sum
mer in Thompson.
At the meeting Of the Ecelesiasti-
cal society held on Saturday evening
the report Of the treasurer showed
The finances q the society TO be in a
very healthy condition The officers
elected for the ensuing year were
Con mittee, Richard Barton. f. s.
Backus, Randolph Il Chandler;
clerk and treasurer, Robert a. Dun
ming; collector. George ". Dexter.
Many residents of this. and East
Thompson sections of the town at
tended the memorial service for Mrs.
Tourtellotte held in the Memorial
High school building IN Grosvenor-
Dale last Sunday to listen to the adj
dress by Judge Mills. which 1t is said
was a most fitting and appropriate
one for the occasion, delivered in a
calm, affectionate manner and at
times accompanied with feelings of
sentiment which can only come from
one who is closely connected by blood
relationship He being an own cousin
of Mrs Tourtellotte, he seemed es-
pecially fitted to speak Familiarity of
her as a relative. with whom he had
kept in touch all of his life.
The presence of Judge Mills of Mt.
Vernon. n. Y. in the congregation at
the servic~~ on Sunday morning was
consolng and comforting TO those
present, especially to those who knew
him when in his early boyhood life he
was a regular attendant The sermon
by the Rev William Chase was full Of
spiritual comfort. characteristic of
EliH Is LHouEHliai a3t3 ttsSt efst4tte
preacher, founding his sermon upon
the words which PLATE addressed to
Jesus: Art Thou really king2e
The close attention which those pres
ent gave to the preacher evidenced
their appreciation Of his effort. and
must have been very gratifying TO
nim, as he realized he was nearing the
time when he is 70 go away from
Thompson to engage in d neW field of
religious work. The fast 4as pr8ela-
nation Of Gov. HoleoHb Nas read,
and a service appointed for that las
Friday at / ] o'clock.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18
WEST GLOCESTER

Mrs. Albrecht is visiting IN Provi-
dence
Mrs c. W Place visited with Mrs.
Maria Law recently.
W Crawford Greene : moving his
family to Chapaehet, r. |.
Mrs. Charles Lamb Of Providence
recently visited at Ernest Laws.
Miss Mary Flint of Providence Is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. II. +.
Smith
Mrs. H. +. Smith and Miss May
Flint called on Mr. and Mrs. Logee
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Law and family
called on Mr. Laws father, f. + Law,
Sunday.
Arthur Law of Sawyer District vis-
tied his father, Ernest Law, and fam
lily Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis T Place and
family received callers from Paseoag
the past week.
A social and rehearsal was held
at the home of Walter A. Hawkins
Friday evening.
Henry Bowen and Bertha Martin
were quietly married in Chepachet,
r. l., Saturday evening by Rev. Mr.
/ Fitch.
MIR. and Mrs Edward Gunthier and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Gun
thier are going to move from Bow
ditch Mills this week
Edward Gunthier, Adolph Gunth-
/ Ter and W. Crawford Greene have re
signed their positions at the Bow
ditch Mills the past week
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18
ATTAWAUGAN

Mrs. Welthea Weeks has been en-
loving VISIT from her daughter, Mrs
Monroe. of Stoekbridge
John W. Howard caught ten-inch
trout IN the brook under the bridge
below his house recently
Truman Woodward bicyeled to Ma
aleville, K. l.. Saturday, to call upon
friends of his boyhood sehooldays,
He returned Monday noon.
Mrs. Ida Woodward has been sub
stitute school teacher for the past
week in place of Miss Gladys Leader,
who is suffering from severe cold.
Truman II. Woodward of the l03d
Trench Mortar Battery. received his
honorable discharge at Camp Upton
and has arrived at the home of his
parents.
Robert Stott and daughters. Mar
garet and Florence, are to 90 to Fall
River Good Friday afternoon to spend
couple of days IN their former res
idential city.
A meeting was held Wednesday
evening in the hall of the Attawau-
gan Social club to further the plans
| for Soldiers Parade Day and welcome
which is to come of next month.
Rev. ". d. Woodward was called
10 Boston Tuesday by Rev, }. |. Bar
| tholomew. executive secretary of the
New England area for the Mission
| airy Centenary of the Methodist Epis-
/ III f4fff To- @pnnprf -
With this work
Miss Margaret Gaffrey, who is
ssehing in clark's calls in the town
North Stoningtor. is spending her
ster vacation n the home of her
parents, Mr.. ana Mrs. Bartlett CAT
ftey She was accompanied by Miss
Main as guest for the holidays
\ new four-piece orchestra has
been organized in this village recent
ly. Arthur Aubn IS eornetst, Miss
Flora Auhin Is pianist, and Patrick
Corrigan plays the trap-drum. Vlo-
lin PLAYER Is to be secured later. This
auartette will be ready TO play at
dances and other occasions as oppor-
tunity may offer
At the Methodist church Sunday
morning choir consisting of the
Misses Margaret and Florence Stott,
Miss Dorothy Howard, Mrs W. d.
Woodward. Truman Woodward and
the pastor rendered an anthem and
offettory. The theme Of the sermon
was. THAT in all things Christ may
have the pee- eminenee.
There will be special Easter servlc-
Is next Sabbath Il the NJ. +. church.
At the 1915 a. m. service the speaker
Is to be Truman Il Woodward. EaS-
ter music will be rendered. AT Z o.
clock in the evening a special program
is to be given by the church and sun
day school. entitled "Life'S Abound
ing" In both morning and evening
services special offerings will be taken
toward Conneeticut's deficiency IN its
relief offering fer the starving or
phans and peoples of Armenia and
i Syria. In these lands four million
i human beings are perishing from hun.
ger. including four hundred thousand
helpless. homeless orphans. Five dol
lars a month for year will save .
child's life
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18
PUTNAM HEIGHTS

Miss Mildred Torrey spent the
week end with friends in Danielson.
At the usual Sunday school hour at
the church there viii be an Easter
concert.
An entertainment was held at the
church Friday evening for the bene-
fit of raising money for the Near East
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18

fund. The program consisted of pi-
ano solos by Mrs. Arthur Tourtel-
lotte. and Mrs. Bowen; piano and vo-
cal duets by Misses Evelyn and Dor
othy Nichols;. A short play, Sur
prised," was presented. The cast
of characters was as follows: Mrs.
Jones, Emma J. Whipple; Miss Sweet
ing, Mildred Torrey; Miss Bean, Ma
bel Cobb; Mrs. Flipperkin, Edna Nor
rarity; Oracle Flower, Alice Edison
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18
Ever Wonder Why
We Believe in
Good Service?

It's because we know the
more we do for you the bet
ter you'll like us.
And the oftener you'll
come in.
We run our store to please
YOU because that makes bust
ness for us.
We know you like grocer
les delivered to your door, so
we maintain a good delivery
service.
We know you like the best
of everything for your table,
SO we keep that kind of gro
cerieS in stock.
We know you can't come
to the store sometimes. so
we have a phone for your
convenience. We know you
are not a grocer yourself. so
we give YOU the benefit of
our thorough knowledge of
groceries. For example; 1t
isn't easy for you to know all
about baking powders: what
they are made of. what they
will do. which ones are most
efficient and economical.
We do know baking pow
derS. and when we recon-
mend RYZON. we are sure
YOU will be pleased with 1t,
It's pure. it's always uniform
in quality. it's efficient and
economical. Let us send you
a pound.
III Il Manof;old E IN
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18

Mrs. Sourby, Mrs. Roscoe Chase .
Mrs. Greenley, Mrs. Walter Carpen,
ter; Mrs. Flower, Mrs. Arthur Ship
pee. Refreshments were served and
games were enjoyed by both young
and old Proceeds were S25.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-04-18

EVERY GIRL WANTS TO BE
DRESSED HER BEST ON. EASTER SUN
DAY-and every girl knows that we
have the BEST STYLES and the BEST
VALUES at our girls store.