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would not trust my letter to the
rural delivery box near The Pines
lane. | was determined to mail ii
at the postoffice and to be sure that
it went out by the evening mail.
| was successful, addressed the
blank envelope and slipped it in,
bought Mrs. Brane's hat and, hurry
ing home, found myself in time for
o'clock tea. | had met with no
misadventure of any kind, not even
a shadow had fallen on my path,
but | was as tired as though l had
been through every terror that had
tormented my imagination. l went
to bed early that night and slept
well.
The four days that followed the
mailing of my letter were .as still
as the proverbial lull before the
storm. We all went quietly about
our lives. Whatever mutiny was
hidden in the souls of Henry and
his female accomplice smouldered
there without explosion. Sara, in
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mentally pricking up his ears. He
must have wondered what the pur-
pose of my expedition really was.
] hoped that if any rumor of it
reached the ears of my double she
would take the precaution of keep
ing close in her mysterious hiding
place during my absence 1t was
absurd how / felt responsible for
the lives of every member of the
household.
Paul Dabney did not ask to ac-
company me on my walk, though
Mrs. Brane evidently expected him
to. He was absent and silent at
lunch, crumbled his bread and wore
his air Of demure detachment like q
shield. He was as white as the
table napery, but had a cool, self
reliant expression that for some
reason annoyed me.
/ started on my long and lonely
walk about half an hour after lunch.
was nervous and fearful, and
wished that |, too, had a pocket
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store in Pine Cone. Be pre-
pared to translate the Slavonic
curiosity and be assured Of a
reward"
dared not risk any sigma
ture, but for fear there might
be something in these lines that
would rouse the suspicion of
their authenticity / racked my
brain for some signal that might
be a convincing one. At last
pulled out a red-gold hair from
my head, placed it on the paper
as though it had fallen there, and
folded il in. Then l put my paper
into a blank envelope, which
sealed and secreted in my dress.
This done, / tore the letter Mary
had found into a hundred minute
pieces and burned them, hiding the
ashes in my window-box of flowers.
I had memorized the address and
name of Mr.. Cast.
At lunch asked Mrs. Brane,
who had sufficiently recovered from
her headache to appear, whether
she wouldn't like me to 90 over to
Pine Cone and buy her the shade
hat for which she had been long
ing ever since Mary had reported
the arrival of some Philippine mil
linery in the principal shop. l said
that felt the need of a good, long
walk.
Henry, without a flicker Of in
terest in my request, went on with
perfect and discreet performance
of table-duty, but felt that he was
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such as Paul Dabney's bullying one.
where so often | fancied he kept
his right hand on the smooth
handle of an automatic. l thought
scornfully of his timidity. My own
danger was so enormously greater
than his, and his own was so enor-
mously greater than he could pos
sibly expect.
| must confess, however, that it
taxed my nerve severely to cross
the bridge over the quicksand that
afternoon. 1t had been mended, OF
course, the very evening Of Pauls
accident, but | tested every plank
before l gave it my weight, and |
chung to the railing with both
clammy hands. Not until l reached
the other bank did / let the breath
out of my lungs.
On the dusty, shady highroad
courage returned to me, and
walked ahead at a good pace. |
did want very strongly to reach
that bridge again before dark. l
" Star Couoanv Great Britain
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Mary had stood up, and now
smoothed down her apron and drew
in a doubtful whistling BREATH
which she presently expelled in
sharp, little tongue-clicks, Ticks!
Ticks! Tcks!" / translated all
this readily. She did not like my
superior and secret knowledge; she
did not like my air of cool cap
taincy; she did not like my re-
serve, nor my disposal of her
'deviI-paper."
But the good soul could not help
but be loyalty itself She made no
more protest than that of the
"Tcks!" then said in a rather sad
but perfectly dependable voice,
Very good, miss" l came over
and patted her on the shoulder.
Mary, you are the best woman
in the world, and the best friend /
ever had"
This brought her around COM
pletely. Her natural honest, kindly
smile broke out upon her face.
BLESS you, miss" she said
heartily, I'D do most anything for
you. You can trust me not to
speak Of the paper"
81 know l can. Mary, dear"
When she had gone did go over
10 my desk and took out a slip of
paper. After some careful think
ing printed in ink few lines in
Russian script.
AT IL o clock of next Wednes-
day morning ! will meet you in the
ice-cream pa-ior of the only drug
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

MYSTERIOUS thrust into her hand New York
leads Janice Gale take the position of housekeper
4 at Southern home, She
the sight flaming redgod
household aroused almost
nightly by boys redhsired and
other
think the house haunted after
Paul Dabney examine the late Mr.
library Robbie dies night ft of
cutchng redgold Dabney Janice
boys bedside and confrons with he
evidently believes conclusive proof Of her responsibility for the
tragedy suspicious
Dabney Mrs confdes that
library startled the
partition a double
whatever Viany
Dabney life
risk Of her That night Janice
deested double in the arbor. morning
a letter is found there Janice
by her double she with Dabney
In the the writer offers a
tain mysterious which already
taken from its hiding place the library
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Spider Bites.

= WAS so excited by
the Importance Of
Mary's accidental
discovery that l folded
up the paper, thrust it
into my pocket and was
turning toward the
desk when Mary, in an
aggrieVed voice, re-
called herself to my
attention.
We'll, miss. maybe it
amt my business, and
maybe It is, and l don't
want to push myself
forward, but
"Oh, Mary" l said,
indeed; it is youE
business. and a very
important business, too.
and just as soon as !
think it safe to tell you,
/ will, every word Of it
only ! have to ask you
to trust me just a little
Bit further, and to let
me make use Of this
paper. You cont mag
inc how terribly i'm
portant it is to me-"
/ could see that Mary
was shocked by my I'M
canny knowledge.
Indeed, Miss Gale,
If you can make any
thing out of this heath
en- writin'."
I smiled as reassur-
ingly a. / could.
1T is not heathenish.
1t is Russian, and it
was written by a sort
of clergyman"
"Oh, miss! And uE.
der the rustic bench in
our arbor!"
"Yes, Mary. / know
it all sounds as wild as
q dream, and / can't
explain it Just yet, but
you will trust me, Mary,
a little longer, and keep
the secret of this paper
to yourself? Don't
mention it; don't even
whisper Of it; don't
show that you have
ever heard Of such a
thing - everything de-
z-5. unoo this
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Great Britain Rights Reserved
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Copyright, 1919. by Star Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-05
Monkeys Fondness for Sweets.

The Manchester Guardian tells Of q
chimpanzee that died recently after
spending the eight years Of his life de-
flying all the rules laid down for the
wellbeing Of chimpanzees.
His name was Antony, and he was
the only one Of his tribe of monkeys
who has ever managed to stand an
English climate unmitigated by arti-
ficial heat. He came from the Congo in
1911, when he vas very young and
small. At that time he weighed four
teen pounds; by last summer he was
just six times as heavy.
He was owned by Or. Butter Of
Cannock. During the whole period Of
his civilized life he was kept In a
brick building facing southwest and
unheated, and he slept In straw with
out blankets. He had an exercising
pen containing swings and perches,
which he made earnest and often sue
cessful efforts not to break. Chocolates
and sweets-poison to ordinary chin
panzees-were the special treats in
Antony's dietary, and he had a less
comprehensible fancy for locust beans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
Oct. s, 1919

Copyright Rights Reserved Registered U S. Patent Office
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-09
HEALTH PROGRAM FOR ARKAN SAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

!ne Executive Committee of the Ar kansas State Teachers Assoe.atlon has decided that Health" shall be the slib- feet ot the general morning session of the Association on Saturday, November l. This program will be in charge ot the Arkansas Public Health Association, which has secured three distinguished speakers for the occasion Dr. J. (. Gei- ger, Epidemiologisa of the United States Public Health Service, now located in Louisiana, and formerly with the United States Public Health Service at Little Rock. will speak on The Need of State Health Program Mr. James r. Faulkner, Secretary of the Rural Foun- dation. Atlnta, Georgia, will talk on The Teachers Relation to the Public Health Program Dr. George B. Eayes of Birmingham, Alabama, one of the most brilliant speakers connected with the tuberculosis movement, will address the meeting on sThe Menace of Huber eulosis."
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-09
THE GREAT ADVENTURE.
CBy Ira C. Hopper, War veteran.)
FART TWO

A few days later, the fog clear ed up and the sun shone forth, showing the ocean in all it's grandeur and beauty We never tired watching the spray from wave crests, the playfulness of the ocean bllioWs was courageous among ourselves and eare-free happiness again emanat- ed from our midst
 line next morning, however, as we were called on deck to honor the burial of one of our number who had passed on to the Great Beyond during the night, we again felt how uncertain our life must be. As the bugle sounded Taps and the body dropped into the bound less Deep,we again wondered how many of us would see or return from the Great Adventure
 The following night a storm arose and continued all the next day. We were so seasick and so busy keeping bal ance when walking, or so engaged hold ance when walking, or so egaged hold ing into onr buaks when lying down that nothing else mattered. The next night the storm abated and with daybreak came flotilla of American torpedo de- stroyers to guard Us through the sub marine zone and into the hanbor of our destination. Awild cheer greeted the appearance of the Stars anrd Stripes floating from the masts and as the fast destroyers darted ill close or cir cled outwide, ever cutting round and round the convoy in the search for any lurking submarine, feeling of safety l.l +l | the most dangerous lap of the journey and America seemed dearer to us than ever before. How we loved the Navy and her protection at that particular moments
 All went well till the following morning at breakfast time when, with out warning a submarine periscope came up rightoff our starboard side. The alarm wasgiven, the destroyers closed in so quickly that the torpedo could not be fired The submarine diyed and depth bomb was dropped so close to our ship by one of the chasers that we rolled and tilted and quivered until at first we thought we had been struck. Breakfast was forgotten, life belts were put on, and we hastened to our boat stations. A remarkable ealmness possessed aA Somehow we all felt the destroyers would be masters of the sit uation. Other bombs were exploded and from our positions on deck we could watch and admire the clever work of the chasers as they darted here and there and fairly raced through the waves ill search of the hidden foe. 1t was indeed a sight long to be remem- bered and, in the exhilaration= of the moment, we forgot all about our own danger But looking to our starboard, we were struck with amazement to see what all along we had supposed to be slow freighter, one always wallowng along behind and holding back the con
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-09
AN EMBARGO ON RICE
Has Caused Large Exodus of Japanese
 From Hawaii

Honolula, T. H., Sept. 5.-That an em. bargo on the exportation of rice, recent- ly imposed by the Japanese govern. ment, will cause such all exodus of Jap. anese from Hawaii, if it remains in ef- feet, a to create serious shortage of plantation labor, is the claim made edi. torially by the Nippu Jini, Japanese daily published in Honolula.
 Ihe Nippu Jiii concludes that the em- bargo on Japanese rice, coupled with prohibition in Hawaii, will cause many laborers to return to the home land, as in Hawaii mo joy in life can be found because sake Ia Japanese liquorl and rice meals are unobtainable.
 Hawaiian and Californian rice is de- clared by the Nippu Jiii to be greatly inferior to the Japanese product.
 The editorial continues: It is a fact that the exodus of Japanese labor- CTS from Hawaii has greatly increased since the territory went dry last year.
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of the factors entering into his costs If he should discover that for every dol lar or increased expenditure oaly 1.3 cents was due to the increased transpor- tation cost of his business, it is likely that he should spend less time trying to correct that situation than he would ill figuring how to cut down the 9S.7 cents increase coming from other factors.
 Promoting A Contented Citizenship
 In dabbling with the housing problem of the nation, the government agencies determined a number of things in con- nection with this undramatis phase of human existence. For instance how as- piration out-travels the purse is shown by the peculiarity of housing that the supply is usually adequate or ahead of that required by the higher income earn ing classes; while on the other hand. the lower income earning classes usually find a. very limited supply to meet their modest demands. S100,00000O was vot- ed by Congress in the summer of 1918 for housing work. Owing to the close of the war the sum was not all spent Un- der the government building plan S9 per cent of the workers tin 24 localities
 
 and the report says that assuming that a workers family represents On the av- craze at least four persons, the cost per family may be roughly set down as a trifle over S4,40O." It would be interest ing to know how this cost compares with that obtained by private corpora tions who have built equally comfortable living places for employees, at presuma h @r... modest home that the American work man can build, now costs over $4,00o, the figures themselves doubtless furnish the best reason that exists for the uni versal shortage of houses throughout the country For, it may be observed, four thousand dollar bills do not grow onev- cry bush And the alternative of buy ing the kind of houses that are made and shipped by parcel post or freight while you wait: or accepting the other horn of the dilemma by submitting to the wringer of frenzied-finance, turned by lean companies that seek to mort gage the present generation and the next, contains very little that is alluring or fascinating to the man and woman who have the pardonable ambition to possess home of their own.
 After an exhaustive investigation by government departments and bureaus the conclusion has been reached that the people of the country are not favorable to the standardization of home1building, even as it was carried out by the Gov ernment in wartime. It is form of socialism that comes so close to the iR- dividual that it is objectionable "Try that sort of stuff on the dog" is the at titude of Mir. Average Man or Wife.
 The Department of Labor announces that it has collected lot of valuable information, which it believes can be uti lized to the advantage of local employers chambers of commerce, and other agen ces, including individuals.
 There has been an ever-increasing shortage of housing accommodations throughout the country since 1913, and the number of good people who have no
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voy, suddenly being transformed. In a jiffy some siding was dropped down and guns bristled everywhere. Men came running to the deck from we knew not where. Smoke began to pour from the smoke stacks. The propeller began to beat up foam. The old and despised Plum Leaf, which had been holding us back all the time because of her lack of speed, now gave jump and raced ahead joining in the chase, darting hither and thither as if possessed with life. We watched her with open mouthed wonder What other mysterious occurrence was happening? Then we remembered the mystery ships which Britian had sent everywhere and realized that the de spissd Plum Leaf of our convoy was one of those. Now we understood why she had paddled along behind all the way. fulnishing an excellent target foI any unsuspecting submarine A cheer welt up for the Plum Leaf, and the sub. marine destroyed. she answered with d new burst of speed as she headed for the nearest port.
 Thoughts of the many sided features of this war were forced upon Us and we wondered how We could stand the real test when the Great Adventure really came.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-09
The H. C. L. and Freight Rates

The recently expressed theory that in creased freight rates have played an i'm. portant part in advancing the cost of living has been sharply answered by Ju. hus kruttschnitt, President of the Southern Pacific Company, in a letter to Representative John J. Esch,. Chair, man of the House Committee in later state and Foreign Commerce.
 Mr. kruttschnitt has drawn up figures based upon Bradstreet's reports and the Interstate Commerce Commissions rail way reports, which show the total val ile on all goods transported by railway the average value ton of these goods the freight charges per ton, and the re. lation of these freight charges to the cose of the goods themselves.
 The average value per ton of all freight transported by the American railways in 1914 was S56; in 1919 it had risen to S119, an increase to the con- sumner amounting to s63 ton. The freight charge per ton in 1914 was $2, aEd under the rate increases put into ef- feet by the Director General of Rail- roads these freight charges per ton have increased 40 per cent since 1914, making the 1919 average freight charge $2.s0 per ton.
 In other words, whereas in 1914 freight charges were 3.6 per cent of the total value, they did not increase dur ing the ensuing five years nearly as fast as did the value of the goods themselves 80 that the present percentage is only 2.4 per cent.
 Thus it is seen that, whereas the freight transported has cost the consum- CT S63 per ton more than in 1914, the freight charges paid on it amount to on ly so cents per ton more, o rto express it in more graphic terms, only ''cne and one third cents out of every dollar of in- crease i'll value of commodities was caused by increased freight charges. The responsibility for the remaining 9S.1 cents out of every tfollarmust be sought elsewhere; it was not caused by freight charges.
 Figures published several months ago showed clearly that the cost of living had already increased enormously before there was any increase in freight rates. Comparison of the Dun and Bradstreet : reports showed further that when the freight rate increases were granted the upward tendency in the cost of living instead of being increased still further, actually became little less marked. the purpose of those figures, as we'll as the present figures presented by Alr. Kruttschnitt, is not an attempt to prove that railway rates have nothing whatev- CT to do with the cost of living, but that the actual cost of transportation is but a fractional part of the living cost.
 If merchant should observe that his costs had more than doubled this year xl. T, o,,1 ho should set about finding out what was wrong, with a view to correcting this tendency, he would start analyzing ali
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Continued

Surgeons agree that in cases of Cuts,. Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the FIRST TREATMENT is most im- portant. When an EFFIIENT an- tiseptic is applied promptly, there is no danger of infection and the wound begins to heal at once. For use on man or beast, BOROZONE is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT Buy it now and be ready for an emergency.
 For sale by all dealers.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-09
RooSEvELT'S MEMORIAL

James P Goodrich, Governor of Ind. jana, has written as followingto Mr. Thompson:
 If there is any one thing, above all others, for which the name of Theodore Roosevelt stands, that one thing is stur. dy Americanism. 1 believe that it is this one quality more than any one thingwhich has endeared Theodore Roosevelt to the American heart. His devotion to his country and it's institu- tions was so wholehearted, 50 lsnselfish, that his name will ever prove all nspira. tion to the thorough American who is seeking to further the interests of his country and the things which it typifies.
 At this time when the leayen of ill., ternationalism is working in the land and not wiahout d certain insidious ef- feet, the guiding influence of Theodore Roosevelt is needed as never before. If he were alive today we know that he would take his stand with the patriots who are working to brighten the flame of intense American nationalism. Since we cannot have him in person, let us commune with him through his works rededicating ourselves to the cause of one flag, one language and one loyalty. This l am sure, above all else, is what he would have us do to his memory"
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castles of theirown, and who are at the same time experiencing hard sledding in securing proper quarters by the rent 1 processes, is constantly increasing. The United States Housing Corpora tion in it's report to Congress says that it might be we'll for our country to turn it's eye to what our allies are doing on the other side, and perhaps learn a lesson that may be of importance ill pro- noting a contented citizenship in these United States" And with these words of advice the homeless are left with the worse than that of their brother man, here at home and across the seas.
 Cold Storage
 Uncle Joe Cannon believes in praeti- cal regulation of cold storage, and he told his fellow Members of Congress that he wanted the law so fixed that when it said spring chicken on the dining ear menu he would know which spring was referred to, whether it was this spring or last spring"
 Representative King of Illinois, told the House that he believed that from three to five per cent of the membership of Congress suffered constantly from ptcmaine poisoning caused from eating cold storage food, 'and if the truth were knowl," he added, it would be found that the President of the United States, on his long trip to the Pacific coast, was served with cold storage food, so that he is now suffering from nothing else than ptomaine poisoning"
 Hoarding and profiteering are charged up to cold storage system, but in defence of the practice it is pointed out that the Government itself is right now disposing of thousands of carloads of food that were held in cold storage for the army and navy.
 And so Congress, weighing the ifs and ands of the storage problem has decided in it's favor, but is intent on maintaining stiff rules and by laws in order that the thing may be done right.
 Strikes and Unions
 Careful students agree that the indus trial disputes are not upsettiEg Ameri- can ideals of free government.
 ecretary of Commerce Redfield says that organized labor Is losing the sym pathv of the general public He eX- plains that organized labor agitators are taking advantages of a sort Of post war economical crisis to increase their power over the whole field of industry at a time when all elements should be moderate and pull together for the na- tional well being
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-09

Every Saturday you can stock up for your Sunday meals by buying your cakes, pies and other good things from the Methodist ladies at Kittler Bros.'s store.