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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

His mind had been IN chaos; pictur-
ing again and again the fearsome sight
IN the glow of that burning match try
ing TO span the ten years since he had
last seen this man; striving futilely
but with sort of maddening, ire
sponsibie insistence, to grapple with
this and that question that came and
went in lightning succession; and al
ways reverting to that black room, the
Sputtering match, and Drink-House
Sam upon the bed again.
And now they were far out In the
harbOr and the water vas very still,
and under the moonlight it was very
black, and little ahead he could see
the Monleigh; and then Gunga lay
upon his oars and spoke.
"Sahib, is it true what they say
that the master is dead?"
The question in IFS abruptness. It's
significance, came like physical shock
TO Wallen; but, too, it reused him,
cleared his brain Of It's chaotic obses-
sion, and brought him back, alert and
tense, TO actuallties and his immediate
surroundings.
ut is true" he answered slowly.
"They say aboard that 1t was an acct
dent; that father accidentally shot
himself while he was cleaning an auto
matte pistol"
Gunga's face was in the moonlight,
and Wallen stared at 1t now and could
not take his eyes away.
A whiteness came upon the swarthy
features, the lips quivered TREMENDOUSLY
like child'S; and then 1t seemed to be
another face, distorted, an inhuman
passion In the twitching muscles, the
lips parted and tight-drawn across the
gums, showing the teeth as beast
might show them as Crouches to
spring. And then this, too, was gone,
for the head was bowed over the oars,
and Wallen could no longer see.
Presently Gunga looked up, but now
his face was impressive.
ut is fate, sahib," lie said in low,
strange way. Allah is treat. | have
loved the master many years, and now
l am the servant of his son. Sahib,
will you pay blood with hlood?'
You mean," said Wallen, his own
voice low, that you, too, know it was
not an accident-that 1t was murder?
And that Drink-House Sam, though he
was miles away, had hand in it, and
that was why you killed him?"
"Sahib," said Gunga softly, II did
not kill the man; l was too late!"
You didn't kill him." Wallen cried.
"Then who" He leaned forward and
gripped the others wrist fiercely.
"Gunga, the time has come for me to
know. Why was my father murdered:
and by whom? Why did he live that
strange life in that old gray. stone
house? Why did Drink House Sam set
crew Of Chinese murderers loose
upon me? And this'-he held out the
diagram of the human hand with it's
missing fingers-'what Goes this sig
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
NO REFUGE IN BANKRUPTCY
In Olden Times Severe Penalties Were
Melted Out to Men Unable to
Pay Their Debts.

A curious custom was prevalent In
France during the sixteenth and sew
enteenth centuries. Anyone who found
II necessary to liquidate his affairs
was obliged to wear green cap-a
humility to himself and warning to
others.
Those who made hobby Of getting
rid of their Indebtedness by way OF
the bankruptcy court should at all
costs steer clear Of China. Bank
ruptcies are almost unknown In that
country, as they entail immediate ex-
ecution.
A similar drastic punishment used
to be melted out to delinquent In
Japan.
To come nearer home, one need only
go back to a little before the Act OF
Union to find that debtors In Scot
land We're obliged to wear garments
Of diverse colors. suit Of gray and
yellow being the most common.
In Siam, a man unable TO meet his
liabilities was put in chains and COM
Delleu W WOIh q save iOi hi' iva
itor. Should he escape, his wife, chill
dren, father or other relative were
seized in his stead.
At one time bankrupts were consid-
cred criminal offenders even In Eng
land. AS a matter of fact. certain
cases Of fraudulent bankruptcy have
incurred the death penalty in this
country. Any concealment Of books
or the secreting Of property by a
debtor was so punished. Under this
law a man called John Perrot was
hanged in 1761.-LondOn Tit-BItS
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
cHAPT vi.
The Vendetta.

"You, Gunga J" Wallen whispered
hoarsely. "You-you did this. For
Gods sake, what does it mean? How
did you come here? Where did you
come from?'
"Sahib, there Is no time to talk"
the other answered gravely. There
is much danger Come quickly. We
will go back to your ship"
"You know about ,hat-the ship?'
mumbled Wallen. How"
"Sahib," almost piteously. "come '
There followed for Wallen space
of time that he could neither estimate
In duration nor Of whose events in the
interval lie could form any concrete
whole. There were dark streets and
darker byways. and always before him,
wraithlike in his loose white garb, the
turbaned figure Of the East Indian;
and then a boat from some dark cor
ner of a jetty and they were in 1t. and
Gunga was rowing.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
tCopyright.)

across the street, and quickly, agilelv.
siiehtly, was sWarming up one of the
veranda posts.
He paused as he reached the rail to
llsten-the rail was odd and it had
creaked little, not loudly, but-who
knew lit might have been heard.
There was not sound
He swung over onto he veranda and
moved cautiously forward. In mo-
ment he was at Marles door. Again
he listened. Nothing-not sound !
only darkness within, pitch blackness
and he could see nothing.
His face was set now, his laws
hard-clamped. His plan was simple
to choke this human devil into submits
sion before the other could make a
sound, to get his fingers first Of all
upon the ruffian's throat.
He was stealing into the room, feel
Ing before him. He touched the foot
Of the bed and guided himself along
the side Of It,
Stealthily, inch by inch, he crept to-
ward the head of the bed, reached it,
his hands shot forward lunging swift
ly with the body weight behind them
closed on the mans throat-and the
next instant he was staggering back
ward, low cry of horror on his lips.
His hands were wet-wet with warm
blood!
He could not see, but he knew it was
blood. Unnerved, shaken to the soul,
a panic upon him. he stood there for
moment, his mind in riot. Then, fight
ing desperately for self-cOntrOl, he took
match from his pocket and lighted
it. He closed his eyes on the sight.
Some one had done the horrible
work only TOO well-the mans throat
was only a gaping wound.
The match in Wallen's fingers still
burned on, forgotten. He must get out
Of here. Drink-House Sans mouth
was closed forever
He could have laughed aloud, hys-
terically. at the CHASTITY irony of that.
He must get away unseen before
what was that?
There was some one else In the
room. Some one moved. The match,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
ENTER GUNGA.

synopsis-Stacey Wallen. first
mate Of the bark Upolo, in the
lava sea, is the sole survivor OF
the crew, all victims of yellow
fever. Ting Wah, Chinese sailor,
last man 10 die, tells Wallen he
and five other Cinnamon were sent
aboard by Drink House SAM" no.
torious character of Singapore. to
Kill him. This recalls to Wallen an
incident If his childhood which
seems connected with the confess
sion. While delirious, Wallen en-
tiers In the ships log the fact OF
his death and abandons the vessel
Scottish trader there, MacKnight.
in a small boat. Wallen's boat
drifts to the island of Arru and a
cares for him. Learning that ship
is in port on the other side of the
island, twenty miles away, Wallen.
though unfit for the task, starts
10 reach it, but falls exhausted on
the trail There he is found by a
man and woman who are from the
ship he was trying to reach. Mott
first mate, and Helen MacKay, a
passenger They convey him to the
vessel. The ship proves to be q
small tramp steamer, the Monleigh.
Captain Laynton. Laynton tells
Wallen. the vessel had been char
tered by Wallen's father to find
him, the father knowing his son to
be In grave danger because Of a
long-standing feud between the
elder Wallen and a notorious pirate,
Ram Gulab Singh. Laynton also
informs him of the death of his
father. explaining that the fatality
was believed to be an accident.
Wallen instantly associates his IA
TIERS death with the Chinaman's
confession on the Upolo. He takes
over the charter of the vessel and
sails for Singapore. Helen MacKay
explains that she Is on a visit to
an aunt in Sumatra. Walien agrees
TO take her there. just touching at
Singapore, where he Is determined
TO fathom the mystery of Drink
House Sans" enmity. While look
ing over his fathers papers, which
Laynton had turned over to him.
Wallen is startled by the thrusting
Of piece Of paper beneath his
cabin door. On the paper is traced
a human hand from which all but
the forefinger had been hacked
away. He recognized 1t as OF sinis-
ter import, connected with the
death of his father At Singapore
Wallen leaves the ship. alone, and
visits Drink House Sans bar-room,
determined to force from him an
calculation of the mystery. An
nounclng himself as Stacey Wallen,
Sam denounces him as a liar and
the crowd in the bar-room attacks
him. Wallen escapes, but waits
outside the place, having made up
his mind to have an interview alone
with Sam.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

nifty, and why was It slipped under the
door Of my cabin last nghti"
In the moonlight Gunga's face was
working again, and his eyes, narrowed.
seemed 10 be searching intently the
surface of the water around him.
Among the crew. sahib," he asked.
there is n kanaka, tall man with
great shoulders. and whose lip 10
Scared as though it had been cut
across"
Yes" The word was q sharp In
take Of Wallen's breath
Then il is true" said Gunga.
Tonight he slipped away from the
ship and SWAN ashore; and ii may be,
for Allah is all powerful, that he will
swim back again. lay hidden. sahib
where | have lain hidden for many
nights. and he came and told the story:
and l. Gunga, listened unknown to
him, and the light was gone from my
life, as he told how he had shot the
master through the portfolio and
thrown the pistol and those things
TO clean it with In upon the floor.
And he told of you, sahib, and the
strange way you came aboard the ship.
and how twice he had tried to Kill
you, but fate had not willed it so. And
at last, thinking that your death was
sure, either by his hand or by one In
Singapore, and thinking to torture you
with fear he put the Taper with the
hand upon ii under your cabin door.
And other things he told as well.
sahib.
"Of how the captain and the crew
thought strangely of the voyage, OF
how, through him, they came to wills
per among themselves that IT was
treasure-hunt; and how. the day after
you came aboard, before he knew the
ship was going to Singapore, that you
might not escape by going ashore at
some port where they would not De
waiting for you as they would ut
Singapore, that you might even be
forced by the captain to stay on board,
he pretended to have found slip OK
paper with a certain latitude and longf-
tude upon it which he made pretense
you had dropped from your pocket.
"This he carried to the captain.
thinking that the captain would believe
the treasure within his reach and
search for it on his own account IN
spite Of you, sahib, and SO keep you
aboard, for the paper was the position
Ram Gulab Singh had given the Kan
aka, as he had also given the drawing
of the hand; but the captain only took
the paper and babe him hold his
tongue and"
wait" said Wallen quickly. ut is
certain, then, that Captain Laynton
and the crew had nothing to do with
my fathers murder-with Drink-House
Sam?"
at is certain, sahib," Gunga an
swered. Though, too, there are
strange things about that ship-but the
tale is for another time"
"And this Ram Gulab Singh?' Wal
len questioned through thin lips.
Gungas eyes were still searching
the water around him in the same In
tent, curious way.
"Have patience, sanib." he said.
"Time does not press row. 1t is well
that you should know al before you
go aboard. The ship Is to sail at once,
then?'
"Yes," said Wallen.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
Paper Saving Urged.

Save the paper, says the American
Forestry Magazine of Washington,
in the schools and that business write
the carbon of replies on the back Of
the letter received wherever possible,
thus cutting filing and paper bills. A
cut Of p per cent in our paper bill
freight for the railroads to handle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
HEALTH IS IMMUNE TO FLU

Doctors all agree that good health makes
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and fresh air will keep you out of danger.
When your system is impure. clogged up
with poisonous waste. your health Is In
danger and you are directly subject to tho
''hu." Take Bonds Liver Pills and con-
stipation, biliousness and headaches are
removed and your health Is improved.
Poison Is eliminated. These meritorious
Liver Pills are sold by all druggists for
25c. Get bottle today and keep healthy.
ADV
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
Take RICH.TONE
and Gain new enerfy

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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
JOINING the Police.

$50 you want to leave, cook? What
motive have you for going away"
1T amt a motive, mum; it's only a
policeman London Tit-Bts.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27
II Believe ICOuld
Not Have Lived
II l Had Not Taken Rich Tone"
Says N. P. Stevens.

"This truly wonderful tonic hns done
me more good than all the doctors
treatments and I have been under the
care of several eminent physicinns. I
am truly grateful for the benefit l have
received from taking Rich-TOne and
recommend IT to all people who are
physically weak and run down."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" 10 powerful but
safe. One dose is enough TO expel Worms or
Tspeworm No castor oil necessary. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

OF the approximate 10000 japanese
In the Philippines 1900 are said to be
merchants.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

"Sahib, There Is No Time for Talk"
in its dying flame. spurted up. A tall.
gaunt form doomed before him. That
face!
Where had he seen that face?
The match dropped from his fingers.
That facet 1t seemed 20 be associated
with dreams-Of long ago. And then
q voice spoke:
"Sahib, come quickly"
And then he knew.
1t was Gunga.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

Tortoise shell does not come from
itortoises, but from the sea turtle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

A man is compelled to keep his
| word when no one will take it,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-12-27

Weak men believe In luck: strong
men believe in cause and effect.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
Retires on Account of Disability.

Chaplain John NJ. Kangley, U. S.
Amy. mas been retired in the grade of
captain as a result of disability incident
20 the service.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
SOUTH DAKOTAW|LL
NOMINATE TUESDAY.
To Be First to Select Candi-
dates for National and
State Offices.

The first state to select candidates
for President, Vice President, sena
tors and representatives and state of
fees is South Dakota. and the selec-
tions will be made at conventions to
be held in the state Capital-Pierre-
on Tuesday of this week. In view of
the fact that this will be the very first
attempt to select the national candi-
dates much interest centers in the
coming conventions.
The friends of Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood have made II strong drive for
his nomination on the republican
ticket, and reports from the state in
dicats that he will probably get the
nomination. However. Gov. Lowden
of Illinois. Senator Poindeyter of Wash
ington and some other of the re-
publicans who are being mentioned
for the nomination will be put for
ward. too.
The democrats are being urged by
Senator johnson of South Dakota to
select President Wilson as their NOM
inee for President. The senator be-
lieves that this compliment should be
paid the chief executive, whether he
is to he Il candidate or not. On the
other hand. the supporters of McAdoo,
Pomerene and Palmer all are anxious
to have the first state to nominate
come out for their candidate.
Senator johnson to Retire.
Senator johnson himself. who comes
up for reelection next year, has de-
clined absolutely. to he candidate
to succeed himself. although he has
been urged strongly to make the race
again. He has large agricultural in
terests in South Dakota and he feels
that he is needed there. Several other
democrats have been mentioned as
candidates for the Senate. if Senator
Johnson adhereS to his refusal to run
They are Maj. Lewis w. Bicknell of
Webster, Robert +. Dowdell of Arte-
sian and Z. IT. Mcclure of Pierre.
The republicans are expected to
nominate the present governor Of the
state, Peter Norbeck, for the Senate.
The selection of candidates Will be
made under the Richards primary law.
The nominating conventions are made
up of the so-called proposal commit
teemen, each county being represented
by three proposal committeeman. They
are supposed to be uninstructed when
Evening star., 1919-11-30
DEMOCRATS IN SENATE
TO ELECT LEADER SOON

The democrats of the Senate are
expected to hold a meeting to elect
leader to succeed the late Senator
Martin of Virginia in the near future,
certainly by the middle of December.
Were it not for the fact that some
of the senators do not expect to re-
turn to Washington for a week or two,
the caucus would be held earlier.
Supporters of Senator Hitchcock Of
Nebra ska. who has been acting leader
of the Senate democrats during the
treaty fight, and of Senator Underwood
of Alabama, the two most prominent
for the leadership, expressed
confidence last night that their man
would be chosen. 1t was reported that
Senator Underwood had twenty -four
senators pledged to vote for him.
which would be a sufficient number to
elect him. The Hitchcock adherents,
however. declined to believe this re-
port and said they would elect Senator
Hitchcock when the time came for
voting.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
ASSERTSU. S. MUST
NOT QUIT HALF WAY
Churchill Says Americans Re-
sponsibIe for League and
Peace Terms.
BY the Associated Press.

| LONDON. November 90 Will
| America Fail Us?" is the title of an
| article by Winston Spencer Churchill.
secretary for war, in the Illustrated
Sunday Herald
There is no nation in the world less
likely to put a grudging construction
upon its honorable obligations" says
the secretary. There is no people in
the world who would feel more deep
ly any sense of reproach in regard to
matter of duty. They do not expect
foreigners to tell them their duty. In
that case they might argue about it.
But. left to themselves. in their own
way and in their own time, American
democracy will make good to the eN-
treme jot and little every honorable
claim which may be made upon them
Says League Was L. s. Plan.
Mr.. Churchill contends that the
league of nations was an American
plan pressed upon the peace confer
enoe with the influence and authority
of the United States. and that the
whole character of the peace settle
ment was determined by American in
iuences. The complete breakup OF
the Austrian empire. leaving a sys-
tenn of small rival states, with CEN
trail Europe in grave disorder and
Vienna without food, was mainly due
to American initiative, he says.
ITO carry such a policy half way
and to carry it no farther" he says
Ito destroy the old organization with
out attempting to supply the new; to
sweep away the imperial system with
out setting in it's place a league of
nations system, would indeed be an
act from which America should recoil
and which posterity would certainly
condemn.
THE whole Turkish empire has re-
manned in a state of quasi dissolution
all these months, awaiting an Amcri-
can decision. and now perhaps for
many months more all those millions
of helpless human beings must re-
main, sinking ever deeper into bank
/ ruptcy: famine and anarchy. without
being able to make a single plan to
save themselves.
1T would only remain to leave
! France alone on the Rhine confront
ed with Germany, and probably later
! on with Russia, to squander ire
trievably the whole victory gained by
the French, British and American eX-
ertions. A more melancholy page in
human history could hardly be con-
ceived. We cannot believe that il
will be written by American hands
Does Not Blame G. o. p.
Mr.. Churchill does not blame the
republican party, which, he says, could
not be expected to throw away any
kind of voting strength; he does not
consider it less friendly to England
or less inclined to shoulder it's obliga-
tions toward Europe t:lan the demo
cratic party. He recalls that Premier
Lloyd George took to Paris a British
empire delegation, which was virtual
ly an informal senate. and took no ac-
| ton without its approval.
In conclusion he pays a tribute to
President Wilson's services to man
| kind.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
Col. Strong Assigned Here.

Lieut. Col. George v. Strong, judge
advocate at Camp Dix. N. J.. has been
assigned TO duty in the oGic" oc thv
iud." advocate neral Ia ii.;G city.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
WILL AID PRINCETON FUND.
Campaign Workers to Hold First
Meeting Here Tomorrow Night.

The first of a series of meetings to
perfect organization for the cam paign
to raise the Washington quota of the
Princeton endowment fund will be
held tomorrow night at the home of
Charles Henry Butler. 1885 I street.
Robert Garrett, chairman of the re-
eional district of Maryland. Virginia
and the District of Columbia. will ad-
dress the meeting. James w. Barnes.
vice chairman of the endowment
fund committee, will also speak.
The quota of the District viii be
announced at the meeting and COM
mittec to conduct the drive here will
be appointed.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
NEW INDUSTRIAL PARLEY
WILL OPEN TOMORROW

The Presidents new industrial con
ference will meet i'll the tolum bus
, room at the American building
at $50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
and form working body. The SeS-
sions will not be open to the public,
according to Labor department Off
cialS. and will be conducted as unob-
truSively as possible.
No member OF the old conference,
which was wrecked on the question
of recognizing nationally organized
Ia Dor unions and a phase of the col
lective bargaining issue. is u member
of the new body.
Stanley King of Boston was tho
only member of the new conference
reported in the city last night. Most
of the other members are expected to
arrive today.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
LADIES DRILL TEAM MEETS.
All States Organization Prepares to
Increase Membership,

The All States Ladies' Drill Team
met last night in the Thomson School
and made plans to increase its mem
bership. In addition to the regular
drill on Saturday nights. the team
cluding dances. teas and house par
ties. Membership is open to any girl
interested in military drill.
Mrs. William b. Severe entertained
the members of the organization re-
Gently at her home, 71S Sth street
northeast. Arrangements are now
being made for the first of series
Of dances to be given by the team.
Miss Eliza beth Jones presided a last
nights meeting. Ex-Lieut William
y. Severe is drillra ster.