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DESERT FOR MANY REASONS
Every Soldier Who Fiees tire colors in
Times OF Peace Is Not Neces-
/. sarily Disloysl.

The reversion to peace Is welcomed
hy pipst men. hut there is u group in
he army and navy posted as desert
ar~ .eha must be uneasy In their minds.
I,cseriiun In the army implies ab-
rnce without leave for 22 days, and
entails cuurt-martial If the indlvid.
nal Is reclaimed. says a writer 10 Lon
Ion Answers.
IN lint. of war II was n serious busi-
mess. aud II man risks his life almost
is much by running away from doc-
ger us by running into II.
But In peace times there Is some
Ines an element Of humor In deser
lion from the forces. Men run away
ior such trivial reasons. so;n'tiries
merely to join another unit.
Men ,iesert chiefly because they are
daily confronted by Irritating restric-
tions. personal animosity Df superiors
or for private reasons.
Sometimes an attractive uniform
like that OF lancer regiment will
seduce an infaufrsmnn. | have In
mind corporal who was chased by
military police In Aldershot two years
having known him In his former unit.
man still living left the navy in
II hurry in 1874. An officer had call a1
him a liar. a charge he countered with
his fist. for which he was placed In
irons. A fire on board that night gave
him his chance. He roamed Australia
until his ship went out of commission.
when the charge automatically lapset.
Discomfort with existing conditions
is a frequent cause of man break
ing away. In 1915 private who
held an army skilled trade certificate
was deputed to examine applicants for
special enlistment In that branch.
He prepared the tests and examined
the finished work.
Those who qualified were created
stan sergeants IA week later, with pay
amounting to four times his own.
His repeated requests for promotion
We're turned down. as he was a regu-
lar. While ON leave he deserted, join
ing another regiment Immediately. and
after is months in Saloniki he was dis.
charged under an assumed name with
heart trouble.
A kindly c. O. has been known to
give an incorrigible few days leave
and a sovereign. with the advice to
lose himself-in the rosy times OF
peace.
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lam my grasp. Finally / mastered
me supreme effort ana succeeded in
ahae,ing my body up out of water
over the boats stern. sinking helpless
" forward into the bottom. The mo-
npnt this was accomplished every
,ense deserted me. and ] lay there
nolinnless, totally unconscious.
| shall never know how long ! re-
NAMED thus. Yet this time could not
nave been great. AS though awaken
returncd. Then the sharp pain of my
wounds, accented by the sting of salt
water. brought me swift realization of
where / was and the circumstances
ringing me .hcre. | had evidently
ost considerable blood. yet this had
tiready ceased to fiow, and very
IL -it examination served TO convince
ne that the knife siashes were none
+ them serious 3iy other injuries
we're merely bruises 30 add TO my dis
oinfcrt-ihe result of blows dealt me
" Sanchez and Cachuse. aggravated
" The. bearlike hug of the giant ne
,ro. Indeed. awoke to the discov-
cry that ] was far from being dead
man; and. inspired by this knowledge,
he various incidents Of the night
flashed swiftly back into my mind.
No GLENN of light appeared in any
direction: no sound echoed across tli,
dark waste of water II was clearly
impossible FOR me To attempt any re
turn to the wharf through the impene
trable black curtain which shut me in
What. then. could do? What Nigh
| still hope to accomplish? Those fe.
lows had swept the sloop clean, anc
had doubtless long ago scuttled it
They would suddenly find theinseive'
lcaderless, ungulded. Would that suf
flee to stop them? Would the discov
cry of his body halt his followers and
send them rushing back to their boat
eager TO get safely away? This die
not seem likely. Estadu knew Of my
boarding the sloop from the wharf
and would at once connect the fact of
my being ashore with the killing OF
Sanchez. This would satisfy him
there was no further danger. Besides,
these were not men to flee In panic.
Surely not with that ruffian Estada yet
alive to lead them. and the knowledge
that fifty thousand pounds was yonder
in that unguarded house. with no one
to protect the treasure but two old
men asleep. and the women. The
women i-Doroihy, What would be-
come of her? Into whose hands would
- n
Estada'sf And |. afloat and helpless
in this boat. what could | dor
Continued next week.
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And you. senor-the girl7"

ana you, SeHOT-thc Shis
"What know you of any girl?"
"That there was one on the deck Of
the sloop-an English beauty. 1t was
when you turned to greet her that
you gave me the signal l merely
thought that perhaps"
"Then stop thinking" burst forth
Sanchez enraged. thinking has moth
ing to do with your work. If there
is a girl attend to her. Let that suf
flee. Dlosl am l chief here, or are
you? You have my orders; now obey
them and hold your tongue. Bring the
men up here"
The little band of men emerged
from the concealment of the fog
noiselessly. / could distinguish no
faces, scarcely indeed the outlines Of
their separate forms In the gloom, but
one was an unusually big fellow-Co1
chose.
Lads" he said incislvely. 4. sharper
note of leadership in the tone ut has
been a bit quiet for you lately; but
now l am back again, ana well try
our luck at sea once more"
There was savage growl of re-
sponse. sudden leaning forward Of
dark figures.
'We1l begin on job tonight. There
are fifty thousand pounds for us in
that house yonder, and ! waive my
share. Estndn will explain to YOU the
work want done. BY daylight we
shall he on blue water. with our course
set for Porto Grande How is it, bul
lies. do you snif1 at the salt scar
SAY. NY. captain"
"And see the pretty girls waiting
and hear the chink of goldf"
"Ay. senor."
"Then do not lail me tonight-and
remember 1t is to be the knife. Es-
tada, I have forgotten one thing
scuttle the sloop before joining me.
Tis better to make all safe; and now.
strong arms. and good luck. Go to
your task. and IL one fails me 1t will
mean the lash at the mast-butt."
They moved OFF one by one. Estada
leading. along the narrow strip of
sand. five Of them. on their mission OF
murder. The leader remained alone
his back toward where I crouched, his
eyes following their vanishing figures
until the night had swallowed them.
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a New York restaurant by order OF
Justice Cohalan in the supreme court.
Incidentally the story of how the child
was saved from death In infancy ana
acquired the surname by when she
has been known, was disclosed. Ten
years ago Patrolman Mlchaelson was
walking his beat in Chinatown when
his attention was attracted by the
piercing wall of an infant. In an al
ley ash barrel he found the Chinese
child, in no suit of clothing. and blue
with cold. The policeman wrapped
the waif In his overcoat and took her
to the police station, whence she was
later taken to the New York Found
llngs' home. AT about the same time
the childless Chin ii. Wore. who is
prospering in business, and his white
wife visited the institution in search
of an infant for adoption. Their
hearts went out to Anna Michaelson,
and they took the child home-the
first Chinese girl legally adopted In
New York county.
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CHAPTER vii.
A Victory and a Defeat.

I arose silently to my feet, fully
aware that all hope OF thwarting this
villainy lay In immediate action. San.
chez had turned slightly and stood
with his face toward the bay I ven.
tured cautious step forward and
stood on the open sand, scarcely a
yard to his rear. Some vague sense
of my presence must have Influenced
the man. for lie swung suddenly ABOUT.
uttering a stified cry of startled sur
prise. as we met face TO face. For an
instant we We're locked so closely
within each others desperate grip. his
head bent beneath my arm, with my
fingers clutching at his throat to block
any call for help. that he possessed no
knowledge OF his assaiiant's identity
But the man was like tiger. The
surprise OF attack was to my advan-
tage. yet almost before ! realized what
was being done he had rallied, broken
my first hold. and his eyes were glar-
ing straight into mine Then he knew
me. his free hand instantly grasping
at his knife. Even as he jerked II
forth l crushed his wrist within my
fingers. forcing his forearm back.
There was no outcry. no noise except
that of our heavy breathing and trnm-
pling feet. Personal hatred had as
tendency in both our hearts-I doubt
If he ever thought of aught else but
the desire to kill me there with his
own hands. Only once did he even
utter a word. kissing out the sentence
MS though II We're poison:
''To hell with you. you sneaking
English curl"
What followed has TO me no clear
ness, no consistency. Never have
fought with deeper realization that
needed every ounce Of strength and
every trick Of wit and skin. Now
knew the fellow possessed greater
knowledge of the game than | and II
quicker movement; excelled in
weight of body and coolness of brain.
Twice he pricked me deep enough to
draw blood. before | succeeded in
twisting backward the arm with which
he held the blade. He met the game
too late, failing half back upon one
Fnee, hoping thus to foil my purpose
There was the sharp crack of bone.
as his useless fingers let ,he knife
drop, snarled curse Of pain, and then.
with ;he rage of mad uog. Sanchez
struck mis- teeth deep into my cheek.
With thrill OF exultation ] gripped
the knife. driving instantly the keen
blade TO its hilt into the mans side
He made no cry, no struggle-the set
teeth unlocked, and he fell Imply
back on the sand, his head Tapped by
the waves.
The fellow lay motlonless, his face
upturned to the sky, but Invisible ex-
cept in dim outline. | rested my ear
over his heart, detecting no murmur
of response; touched the veins OF his
wrist but found there no answering
throb of life.
With the death-dealing knife still
gripped In my hand l raced forward
along the narrow strip of sand, reck-
less of whnt l might encounter. ran
on until reached the sloop. Through
the gloom concealing the deck ! could
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The Second cheshlr. Cheese.

The celebrated little old tavern In
London. just OF Fleet street. so often
associated with Doctor Johnson and
his friends. * not the original build
ing, that having been destroyed 10y The
great fire Of 1896.
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Chinese Founding in Luck.

A Chinese baby named Anna Mi.
chaelson became Anna Lee Chin
Wore, legally adopted daughter of
Chin II. Wore wealthy proprietor OF
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New York

NEW YORK, Dec. Sim Its salient
characteristics yesterday stronger and
broader stocks market was largely a
duplicate Of the preceding session.
The substantially higher range OF
money issues resulted mainly from
further involuntary covering OF short
contracts.
Disregarting the increasing acute
conditions in the coal strike and the
Mexican situation traders seemed 10
derive much encouragement from the
easier trend OF money, the better tone
Of the good market and temporary
relaxation OF the tension in foreign
exchange.
Call money was literally supplied
at the outset at six per cent that quo
tatiou being maintained throughout
on augmented offerings from inter-
Dor banks. Time loans extending over
the years end were made at slight
Concessions from recent rates, but
such accommodation It was under
stood applied only to first class con-
tracts.
THE rally in exchange resulted from
negative rather than actual conditions
Z sterling, francs and Swiss remittanc-
es reacting toward the close of the
day, when pressure Of bills was re-
newed.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

4
TRUSTEES NOTICE OF SALE Of
A VALUABLE TWO STORY
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, CON
TANNING ELEVEN ROOMS AND
TWO BATHS, ON CHICAGO
STREET. AND SUITABLE FOR
TWO APARTMENTS.
BY virtue Of three certain deeds Of
trust executed by w. L. Il. BargeF
and Florence L. Barger, his wife, to
Henry s. Lively. Trustee. dated. re-
spectively, January II, 1917, May 16
1917 and February Is, 1919, and re-
corded In tic office Of the clerk Of
the County Court nj Marion County,
West Virginia, respectively, in Trust
Deed Books Nos. 42S15, 1927 and
1920, to secure Falrmont Building
and Loan Association The payment
OF the aggregate sum Of $4,000 and
certain premiums and interest there
on, fully mentioned and described in
the aforesaid deeds Of trust, default
having been made in the payment
thereof, at the request Of the Board
Of Directors OF said Flirmont Build
ing and Loan Association, the under
signed Trustee will on
Saturday. December 6, 1919, com.
neneIne at the hour Of two O'Clock
p. NJ. on that day =
offer for sale and sell at the East
front door of the Court House of said
Marion County, West Virginia, by
way OF public auction and to the
highest bidder, the property conveyed
by thehiOresaid deeds Of TRUST, to the
undersigned, and being all/of that por
tion q Lot No. 8 in ~ Arnett Add.
ton 70. NJ CITY Of Fai5hont, bounded
and described as follf TVS:
beginning at an Il bn pipe in the
Seutherly line of Chicago Street and
corner to Lot No. In said Arnett
Addition, and running thence with the
line Of said Lot B. 2, S. 10 degrees
E. So feet to an fon pipe; thence N,
Sc degrees E. 81 feet to an iron pipei
thence N. Z deg FEES W. CAS- feet b q
notch in ytoReh wall in the Soutt erly
line OF said hicago street; hence
with said SotC6erly line Of chicago
Street S. 49, deslees W. So, feet to
the beginniJ &, excepting sJd reserv-
ing, howevd all oNthe cOh, together
with all tn mining Nghb Thereto per-
tanning. IN upon ndWhderlying said
real esta &, and bei9 the same real
estate wi hch was cqtgeSed to the said
W. L. p Barger ]. Crowl and
wife by deed dated January 8, 1917,
and recorded IN THE ClerkS office OF
the County COURT OF said Marion
County.
And upon Which said lot is situate
a modern eight room frame dwelling
Terms of sale-Al cash on day of
HENRY S. LIVELY,
Trustee.
Nov. H. 81, IS. Dec q.
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FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

s,,uH.:. d stct4cn Hat las oeeu iir
nlshng some creiitabie producers
and has a 10 or 20 barrel producer
In the same district the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company has started to drill
No. 7 OH the W. b. Lowther farm
The Philadelphia company Is due to
get the sand this week at its No. Il
on the W. B. Vanhorn farm. Located
In the northern part Of the same dis
trict the Light and Heat Company
is drilling in the sand at tess on
the ]. A. Price farm, The Carnegie
Natural Gas Company Is due in the
sand at test on the Mcintyre heirs
farm.
In Warrington district, Marion cOun
ty, e. B. Rich & Co.. have completed
In the Gordon sand No. 3 on the
Lemuel R. Shaw farm 1t is not good
for more than three barrels a day. The
Blackstone OIL and Gas Company's
No. on~the w. Straight farm is
due In the Gordon sand. The same
company has started to drill test
on the Dawson heirs farm. The
Taught OIL and Gas Company is drill
ing at 2,425 feet at Its test on the
w. T. Hawkinberry. farm.
Cochran and Funk have buster at
their No. 3 on the ]. T. Toothman
farm. The location for No. on this
farm has been abandoned. In the
same district the South Penn on COM
pany's test on the J. T. Myers farm
is due in the sand. In Coal district,
Harrison county, the Clarksburg Light
and Heat Company has the rig up
for a test on" the, A. Reynolds farm.
In Simpson district the Hope Natural
Gas Company is due in the sand at
a test on the ]. B. Stout farm.
North of Gregg's pumping station,
Allegheny county, Pa, the Roberts
Oil Company's test on the James
Ewing farm, completed a few days
ago, ha been shot in the Gordon sand
1t is nowlshowing for 10 barrel pun.
per instead OF a two or three barrel
we'll, as first reported In the same
locality, ]. w. White G Co., are due
in the sand at test on the ]. T. Har-
bison farm.
In Versailles township. Allegheny
county, and tist east Of McKeesport,
the Carnegie Natural Gas Company
is due to get the sand today at It's
test on mo Mans Land" a three
acre lot, 1900 feet north of Foster &
Co.'S. gusher in the Hamilton farm.
This small plot of waste land lay un-
claimed and the taxes unpaid for
great many years. When the we'll on
the Hamilton farm came in the Carne-
gle Company secured title to it by
paying the back taxes. Owing to It's
proximity to the Foster & Co. well,
which came in q large gasser with aa
d capacity, of -60,O00,O 900 Of
more cubic feet a day, it will be Of
interest to know the re-
suit of the Carnegie COmpany's well,
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Oil and Cos

In. Lafayette district, Pleasants
county. w. Va, the little Keener sand
aevelopment has furnished another
Jar producer. The new we'll is owned
81, Reltz, Beren & Co. and is their No
bn the Oliver Gorrell farm. 1t is
THIS location is 600 feet southwest Of
10. which came in last month and
had an initial production of 100 bar
feis. AT the present time there are
four wells drilling in the same loca-
Tie vesper Oil and Gas Company
mas completed in the Gordon sand
No. 8 on the HelmickMeyers farm,
located in Union district Harrison
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yPEY?NEL.L,DQHTB:IE Be.
pIANtoticeTt. Dive Them
Oh with Ilr. EDWARDS
Olive u lets

Apimply faaw vii dOt embarrass you
much longer Il g package Of
~ Edwards, Oil abl(tsF The skin
should begin to ella all you have
taken the tablt IS a 4 2 hts.
Cleanse tie blood, Us md liver
nth Dr. Edwards OH TabRt the
successful htstitute for loA gel; here's
"a siclSnet9 o. pain afbs taking hem.
Dr.. Edwards Olive "a, lets d that
which q iomel does, aid st as eeees
lively, It their actib h Is emile ald
safe i stead Of saw 70 n, = Illeaane
MOI one = Ink Olive Tablets Is
ever used with "a BARK brown taste"
BAD breath, a du listless, md good"
feeling, constipadf b, torpid Live bad
DISPOSITION or pin ply face.
Dr. Edwards olive Tablets a b q
purely vegetable compound mixed Nth
81: you viii know them by their
color.
n Edwards spent years among pa.
tienls afflicted with liver and bowel
complaint, and Olive Tablets are the
mmenseiy ffective result.
Fake one Of two nightly for q week
See how much better you feel and look
Iot and 26c pey aoR
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CLASSIFIED ADVER TIsllN "a
TWO CENTS WORD CASH WITH ORDER


IWANTED-one power house and boil;
or man for small plant one who IS
capable OF making repairs ana Keep
Ing machinery in running order, Mar
ried man referred. No other than a
first class man need to apply, Inquire
in person at Valley Falls mine At Con-
man, w. Va, near Grafton ". Va.
l1.2S- Ct 1854
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH Dec. 5.-A jump Of
S57 share in Arkansas Gas, which
sold up to 397, was the outstanding
feature Of the local stock market, and
In the curb the new stock was trad
ed in, when and las Issued" within
the range Of "a to 49, closing at Al,
4 which was equivalent to $41O a share
tor the old stock Good fortune seems
70 pursue the company, the news yes
terday telling of the bringing in of an
enormous gas we'll on Louisiana prop
erty and OF the completion of new
pipe line through which shipments
are now heing made.
Another strong feature was Okla
bona Gas, which rose to so and
alosed at 49B, a net gain of 3S. The
buying, reaching $3.50 sharesi was
based upon an uncOnfirmed report
that at the meeting Of the directors
lnETulsa on wednesday stock dyi-
dend Of 20 per cent. had been declared.
GIiffey Oil was also active and w
higher, and Manufacturers Light and
Heat advanced to and closed at 81:
TIC remainder of this group closed
either frRctionally higher, or I'M
Changed for the day.
.&American Window Glass Machine
common continued its Upward move
ment, advancing to 1872 and 6l6sing at
1S1. net gain of ST. westinghouse
sterks were irregplar., Air Brake
closing a lower NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
er. There was little change EIote
in the remainder Of Nhe 1fsG%SssIS'N@
Following is an official summary Of
transactions recorded on theFaittS-
SNrgh Stock Exchange Thursa De-
sember 4:
sales. High. Low.
10 Am Wit Prod is IS
235 A W C Mach, 1872 1al
$50 Arkansas Gas, 1897 S45
500 10 preferred. 100 l20
30 Mrndail Corp &c 4G I
$40 Carlo Hydrpa.sss:s== rss "a. sal.a
700 Do preferred. Az AS
4 1875 Carnegie l. & Y 70 svg
2,ssS Gnffey GnleSA$ 83ta '98sS
fI,222 Marland RefiH. .,6ss = w
175 Mfgrs l. 6 H.. 81 60
$500 Mt Shasta - SO SO
~ 30 Ohio Fuel OIL. "32 r. Biz
2S2 Ohio Fuel Sup. SIN !. S5o$
$500 Oklahoma Gas. SO ASK
1920 Pitts Brewing. Is Is
1852 Pitts o, & Co., 15A IL
N % r S E Oil.... AZ AZ
- "a I'm Nat G Cor 1913 1924
40 West Airbrake. HAS 114A
400 West Electric. 52& 52&
1876
81 so Lib L 3d.. $3.50 1890
: 300 Lib L I'd AS, 1920 1920
500 Lib L Sd Ans, 94.14 944
1850 Lib L 4th Ans. 92.3S 92SS
1900 Victory l. 4&s 9S.S6 1872
's4oo
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FOR sALEvLot No. 6 in Block No.
/. Rellview Heights, 40 feet Oh
Highland avenue and 100 feet on
Fulton street. Lots /, 2, and Tin
Block Z, View avenue, In ]. r. Wat
son addition. Ray D. Harden, slt
Emerson St. 12-s-6t-6ssS
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AGENT WANTEp
TWO CENTS A WORD

WANTED-Bonanza for Agents AMI
Statesmen Brilliantine. most pop
ular mineral laundry article; won
derfuI seller; real repeater: perma
nent business; exclusive territory;
large profits; prompt shipments. Ad
dress: Morrison Mineral Factory, st
Louis. Missouri. l2-1-12t-6S7l
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Fer SAFE

FOR SALE-Mannington. Good Frame,
House, rooms and bath. Lot
50x100 on paved street. Owner going.
to leave town, Ned Davis, ITO Howard
St, Warrington, w. Va. 12-$-5t- eSp28
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FOR sALE-one splendid buildlng
lot on Spruce Street. Essie Rich
mond, McMechen, W. Va.
1-S2-lot-6sa5A
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A blast of air is used to load hay
in freight cars in Oregon.
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Four OF tho maids for Queen Mar
OF England have nothing to do but taxi
care Of their mistress wardrobe.