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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
THE MAN With THE LIMP
By ACHAIED ABDULLAH

the car on the road. following
N0rdeg's machine which turned east
then north, then east again through
a stony, packed wilderness Of tene-
ment houses. their roof tops melting
into the snow mist that was drifting
down with gray wells.
Pursued and pursuer cut through
the ring OF outer boulevards which
tops the old civilizations and de-
scended into the lean valley where
suburbia begins witt chicken coops
and home made garages and
scraggly, miserable vegetable gar
dens now buried in snow; past a pan
handle wedge Of fields waiting for
land spectators and surveyor and
contractor past more vegetable
gardens under their winter coating
Of straw and spotted, odorous man
ure-out into the open country,
while the stariess night dropped
down with a sable cloak
stu on the ruby tan lights Of
NoroeEs car Elimm eriug ahead like
guerdon which he must reach :
flashing along at undimlnished speed
with both motor horns footing con-
tinuously.
Then, very suddenly, the chase
= ne to an end.
It was just as Nord-g. followed the
next minute by Tenant. had swung
around corner at a terrific pace
mar great gaunt stone house
Jutted into the focus, directly out OF
the night, like ship on the banks
booming II m the fog astride the
path Of another ship. There was no
time TO pull up. Too, around the
corner. the road had narrowed to a
deep, banked cleft, too narrow to al
low a keen, free curve.
remnant had a fleeing Impression
OF the car ahead trembling mo-
mentarlys ike an animal in fright
and Of a human figure catapulting
from the car, shooting through the
air, landing, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
Reflections OF A Bachelor Girl
n hi EN ROWLAND.

gives a nan a piece Of her mind
the other woman gets a piece o.
his heart.
That professor. who has discovered
The blue guinea pig needn't fancy
that any one 'Joly good fellow Is
going to permit it 70 take the place
Of the dear, old. familiar pink rabbit
In his affections.
EVERY WOMAEis SECRET
Her dreams and schemes, I knew full
wen.
Her hairsH real color I have known.
Her dearest secrets could tell
j know all save her AGE, dl1ne4
Being "worshippedr by q nan usu-
ally means being nailed to g pedestal
and left there to hold your halo On
straight, until he gets ready % rome
home evenings.
So dizzy are the changes o. these
Kaleidoscope times that men are al
ready beginning 10 sigh for -the
sweet old-fashioned vamp- OF nine
teen-sfXteen.-Copy 1913, By the
Wheeler Syndicats. Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

IF THERE are as many blond angels
/ IN Paradise. as the Christmas cards
would indicate. how IS a normal girl
going TO get any soul-satisfaction
ont OF the thought OF going thers2
In the School OF Love, nan
usually gets his Kindergarten train
ing from a widow. and receives his
PIX D. from a napper-
The TuEenieoiden OF eseleetings
your mate would be perfectly
wonderful. II II weren't for the
fact that drawing a husband. Ike
drawing n royal flush, a. merely
\ matter OF blind luck
The Modern Heroine no longer
braves the big. wicked world, in or
der to lift the mortgage off the old
farm-but IN order TO raise the rent
for the new four-room-auc- kitchanet
apartment
Every time a JeaIous Womnn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
Colonia Juarez Has Been Free From Bandits Since March
american Cities Lower Speed Limit For Fire Apparatus

offender Is convicted he gets a Zee
out Of it. II IS like a commission
when a man Is on a commission he
usually takes a personal Interest in
his business because IL means more
20 him
1T should be made plain. however.
just where the money goes in the
fines assessed in the jsuuce courts.
Take for example when a man IS
fined 81 and costs. A dollar and
costs is S11-55- The 81 goes 10 the
county treasurer 20 be used in the
road and bridge fund Regardless OF
what the fine IS Il goes TO the county
treasurer for this purpose, but the
costs is a different proposition The
justice OF the peace gets S2-55 OF the
gets So and the county attorneys Of
flee gets IS in every case which Is a
plea OF guilty but in pleas OF not
guilty. and where the case has TO be
fought by a prosecuting attorney the
state allows the county attorneys Of
flee SO. This IS why IL often costs
NOR when found guilty on a plea rL
not guilty than 10 does on a straight
plea OF guilty II an Interpreter is
used he is also allowed a fee, $3.50.
II a man is found not guilty OF
course he pays nothing Another
thing should be understood. about the
So which which goes TO the sheriff
vided between the head OF the office
and the arresting deputy. Il the
sheriff or constable himself makes
the arrest alone he is entitled 70 all
Of the So. But usually a deputy makes
the arrest, or else the head OF the Of
flee is accompanied by a deputy. Us
ually 50 goes 20 the arresting deputy
and the 81 goes to the head OF the
office"
I'D just ike 20 let president VIII
son know he isn't the only man
whose birthday anniversary comes
around on December IS" said county
Judge ]. II. Deaver, jokingly. 7 was
born on December IS one year during
the last century. and Sunday I also
celebrated my birthday anniversary-
Just two years after Wilson was
elected president I was elected Justice
OF the peace. ] don't know whether
the moon or the stars or the birthday
part OF 10 had anything TO do with Il
or not"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

her voice quavered, and she continued
timidly; You are unhappy, mon
sieur2"
Unhappy? I? What makes you
think so2''
You are so silent"
Tenant gave a low laugh
NO, Mile. Angelo" he replied. Il
am not unhappy. I am happy. I
am buOyanti And III tell you why
He was going TO tell her his rea-
sons. as he had seen them a moment
/ before. that he had failed-yes-but
that he had determined to try again
and again and again. that he had
made up his mind 10 succeed against
all odds But, curiouslys the words
refused TO come. Curiously. the very
thought OF them faded. He Just knew
he had TO do II because something
very big and sweet and glorious was
driving him Suddenly he turned TO
her md took her hand.
Mile Angelei Angelo" His words
came with surging. breathless rush
Il am happy because you are next
TO mel Betause ] can look into your
dear eyesi Because
She put her free hand on his arm.
PLEASED Please, ~ Tenant; you
mustn't"
'lIustnst2 Mustn't Why"-wfth
boyish zest-'I don't know the word
-mustn'tl On the contrary, 1 musti
I must tell you that T."
Don't say itr' came the girls
voice. very firm and very SWEET After
a short pause she added: Don't say
it-yeti"
yeti" Tenant mind snatched at
the word as a drowning man snatches
az straw.
IAN rightr he replied. Il won't
say it-yeti But tell me. When may
I say it2"
She answered without hesitating:
When this terrible affair IS cleared
up. The Jarvet murder. and the
STEWARD murder. Not before. Promise
me-"
Tenant shook his head.
NO. never give a promise which
I know ] won't be able 20 keep But
what has our-my loVe-tO do with
Jarvet, with STEWARD, with the whole
miserable AFFAIR.""
"Everything-as you'll find out"
and she burst into low sohs which
cut straight to Tenants heart
HE drew her 20 him. trying 10
soothe her after the clumsy manner
Of men.
Don't you fret. darling" he muir
INJURED Don't say word IL you
don't want to-"
Il can't she said between sobs.
Il promised my father"
There was a long. hushed silence.
accentuated by the angry chuE and
snort Of the motor; and they had
nearly arrived at the outer 5oule-
yards when Angelo suddenly looked
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

for the Soy Scouts In Central sarlz,
New York, showed them how 70 kiss
the American flag and then gave
them a heart 70 heart talk and shook
hands with the whole gang. He did
this because he ad seen grown up
boys, millions and millions OF them,
fighting IN the greatest fight the
world ever knew seen them shot TO
ragged bits OF flesh. seen them
bloody and battered on the rain
soaked fields Of Flanders and the
maze OF the Argonne.
He knew and he now knows that
Boy Scouts are potential soldiers in
the battle OF life Ne stands where
Grant stood at the close OF the civil
war HIS endorsement IS something
to be considered
stick OF dynamite viii blast
mine shaft or blow up a dwelling
house The power IA the explosive IS
used according to the hand that
boy Is 70 be trained may not appeal
to the man with no bog OF his own
or the man with a boy OF his own
who IS himself natural '-drifter-"
But the nan who has handled men.
the great executive. the builder OF
dreams. knows he wants a boy with
him who has character. IN England
and IN France the road mendinE was
done under fire by old men and boys
and the engines OF France on the
ANlaI TRIMS we're 4NNHEA uL Won
War brought 20 the surface the good
in mankind: war made men OF the
boys
We have no war now and We do
not wish another war. We have.
however. a tremendous commercial
and economic problem ahead These
boys have been taught a slogan
which runs "Ons kind act a day.
or zone thing worth while a day.
OF sonethinE OF that sort Suppose
that takes hold OF a million boys or
five million boys-What a dynamic
force for constructive work we have
The draft proved what we could do
IN man power n We had TO do g.. The
Boy Scout movement IN the United
States today. is a character draft Do
not forget this When you see a Boy
Scout emblem remember 70 and fix &c
IN your mind The men at the head
Of this movement must be unselfish
for there 3 no ultimate objective
save the boys personal character
building
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
Little InterUiews.

in precinct NO. l. "A man who SHOWS
so little respect for the constitutional
rights OF American citizens. should
not hold office. The recent action Of
the rangers on the lower valley road
is an outrage. The law does not
give any authority 10 peace officers
10 search a car without a warrant
describing the person and car with
sufficient eUactness to avoid a mis-
take, except on information furnished
by a credible citizen who furnishes
proof sufficient TO satisfy the off
GER"
50
The smuggling OF liquor across
the Mexican border into the United
States would receive a severe check
II the men higher up in America
were brought to Justice" said Pablo
Dalgado- chief OF the fiscal guards
at Juarez- The poor Mexicans on
this side OF the river have not enough
money to purchase quantities Of
liquor for smuggling It must come
from somewhere, and IL is only
natural to feel that IL comes from
FL Easo and other adjoining places
in the United States. The border is
effectively sealed against smuggling
In this section Of the country, but
still there are enough daredevils who
try and get across with a quantity
Of contraband- These men would be
put out OF business il American au-
chorities would hunt down and arrest
the men who provide the money with
which 10 purchase Mexican whisky"
The justices OF the peace read
with interest the editorial in last
Saturdays Herald on the Zee system. 20
said justice Of the peace Clark
Wright The fee system has its
faults Perhaps II should be entirely
abolished. I would be in favor OF
abolishing IL, Il happier plan
could be hit upon. It is doubtful.
however. that a straight salary for
justices OF the peace and all county
officers would be satisfactory.
when an officer makes an arrest
10 Is but human nature for him to
take more interest in the case II he is
going TO make something out OF IL.
Take the speed cop, for example He
works harder TO catch speeders and
TO break up traffic violations because
when he arrests an offender and the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
PLaNINe VII BuRNs

Silver City. n ". Dec. 30.-Losses
estimated at $4,000 were caused
when fire. starting Ga a planning mill.
destroyed the mill and lumber yard
OF A. =. Atkins & Co. and residence
property adjoining, owned by Robert
r. BoulWare. For q short time the
flames threatened to spread over a
wide area
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
What OF The Dope Fiend?

ERICA is called to cope with social poison even
n more pernicious than alcohol That poison IS known
under common name Of dope and includes al Of the mar
cotics Chief among the narcotics in use are cocaine
smulaut and heroin morphine and gum opium sedatves
Opium is the parent drug Of the sedatves and cocoa leaves
Of cocaine. $500.
According to a government report we have 100000
drug addicts in the United States distributed among the
larger cities Fl Paso because Of her proximity to one Of
the main sources Of supply has than her share and
the traffic and runous habit is spreading almost beyond the
control Of either supervision medical treatment
The ordinary method Of administering shot IS By
means Of hypodermc needle used to inject solution Of
the dope into the arm Some addcs inhae the dope from
the backs Of their hands One Of the disastrous results OF
this is softeung and final decay Of the bones Of the nose
The effects Of dope are not only physical but moral
The health is eventually undermined and all sense Of moral
responsibility is lost Dope ends invariably prevaiea
tors -
The difficulty in combating the drug habit and traffic
Is that the dope is so easily smuggled in 1t has been found
that dope Is Struggled into prisons almost Universally Post
cards are split dope inserted and then the card pasted to
geher again Dope also is smugged into prisons sesa
into coat Innings and in the heels Of shoes The mend
and his confsderates are always clever.
Arresting the dope salesman OF the user IS not enough
Something must be done to prevent the spread Of the habit
which Is said to be claiming 900 victims each year
And something must be done TO the present victims
from the despair and death which always mark the end Of
the user Of narcotics who does not get help in time
On again. off again also mas reference to the coal strikes
-O-
For those vhom God 10 ruin has design'd,
He fits for Fate and first destroys their mind.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
Snakes, Lizards And TOads
Seized In Bootleg Raid

Denver. Colo. Dec. 50.-It was his
reputation for sobriety and steadi-
ness that saved police detective
Schneider from possible reprimand
when he reported 20 his chief that he
had been seeing snakes during a
raid on an alleged bootleg still head
quarters" here
The bootleg squad arrested v. A.
Blivins at his home here. seizing a
quantity OF new liquor" and a jar OF
mash" During their search OF the
premises. officers discovered a row
OF glass cases containing a varied as
sortment Of reptlles-lizards, horned
toads and snakes.
Blivins says they were 'Just pets."
but police are endeavoring 10 deter
mine If Blivins was prepared 20 pro-
vide his customers with snakes" be-
fore as wen as after indulginE IN
the booze.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
A Line O. Cheer
Each Day O The Year
Nv ToEN EENnRICE RANGs.

THE EARTH
ONCE by its fruit judge the tree
y Old Eearth seems pretty good
20 me.
For IN her fruit 7 seem 20 find
A deal that's pleasing 20 the mind
There's uEIiness-no doubt OF that
And scenes grown poor. and stale.
and Eat.
But that's no fault OF Earth It's we
Who've brought forth things OF
misery.
Give Earth a chance and she viii
bear
Rich gifts OF joy in beauty rare
To bless our days, and serve the need
OF all who pay her virtues heed
Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

Antole Jarvet a French Socialist
deputy. IS murdered IN the Latin quarter
Of Paris and the Partisan police arrest
1llle. LlautaiEne, who has been seen with
him. an actress. daughter OF the chief OF
the French political Police Tenant. an
American working in Paris for a private
detective agency. contends that she ls IN
ncceut de lives with lord Menzies- Kerr
n bachelor quarter Bis lcrdzhip WalEE
with a limp
Tenant visits the girl and she tells HIN
she saw the dead man and Nordegs 2
butcher, porinE over map in Jarvets
room
Tenant sees the audieucs hiss Ms
LuutaiEne down az the opera because Il
thinks she murdered Jarvet. and goes TO q
Partisan csHar restaurant 90 response 70
an anonymous note
Haoul steynard Socialist publisher IS
Gues a defy 70 the government declaring
q caused the murder OF Jarret- Tenant
goes % steuyard's home. and stenyard
is later found murdered While Tenant
IS fnTestiEatinE. he IS confronted by a
stranger, who proves TO be Nordeg- posing
&c q butcher. ne follows NordeE Ga a
Wild automobile ride 70 locate his haunt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
Ripping Rhymes
Nv WAIT MASON
Industry

DusIRY we thrive our fathers used they
awe ana put tons Of hay
Plo 70 rest and thus fathers
II sweat OF brow The countys bowed
" and rk and hand remarks The WINS
s 90 NOT loot to cali 70 their tasks
kegs ana casks The eons needing
@ ugmaro protest and wh countrys needing peace
harmony and zeal and it would have from SPELL
Du We Ike eight clocks to the
rants and paws the ground We al cOs, all have silver tongues
halgnuy
only cafe binding spell work
Iegether let get let all be timed
what with
Copyright by George Matthew Adams WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

into klullluE. llQu YOU and he
pointed where. in the light OF the
through the drifting snow clouds. the
light American car lay on its back.
two OF its wheels smashed into junk.
the other two waving helplessly in
the air.
But the other carr" asked Ten
nant. suddenly remembering every
thing.
q looked it over while Nile.
Angelo played the good Samaritan.
II crashed straight into the empty
house"
But NOrdeg; the man who drove
DISAPPEARED into thin air.
Perhaps he is underneath the
NO. I looked"
wait; y must convince myself"
Tenant staggered to his feet in
spite Of Angeles protest and walked
over 10 the twisted, broken mass
which had once been the Alsatian's
cOquettish car. But there was no
sign Of NOrdeg IN or below It. Just
Few footsteps marked with blood.
disappearing in the direction OF a
nelghboring field He followed them
for about a hundred yards, TO a
crossroad.
There they came abruptly 70 a stop,
by the side Of a deep sunk groove
made evidently by the wheels Of a
motor car.
wounded. But got awayF' com
mented Tenant. Must have met an
automobile. stopped it, and got a ride
back TO town"
He returned to the scene Of the
disaster.
"All right. Let's go back he said.
every nerve In his body aching. Men
zies-Kerr helped him into the tom
neaus where Angelo had already
taken her seat while he himself
slouched behind the drivers wheel
and turned the big machine back on
the Paris road
James oliver Tenant was a typical
American Thus he believed in sue
cess. He believed IN the principle Of
success, the very deceucy Of success
as a cause fin itself. Idealistic. with
that odd. constructive idealism OF the
new wor Z ne saw in success some
thing closely akin 10 spiritual beauty
at times fl does TO every man, he
accepted Dc standing, hard and grim.
determined 10 try again. nor to leave
and he stared straight ahead, at the
his teeth, clen-hlng his fists silent
him from his reverie.
Yes-oh-mademois beg
your pardon" He sat up. looking at
the 1.-THE figure beside him
You are" she commenced But
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
UESTIONS
AND
Ans WERS


n WHO Is the 1attest nan IN the
" United stntesf Z. C.
A William T. Brinsou. OF Way
cross. Ca. who weighs a little more
than 500 pounds and Is six feet four
inches in height. IS believed &c be the
heaviest man in the country.
@ Can a divorced nan deduct the
amount OF alImonJ paid TO His former
wife in making ont HIS income tax
returnf A. H. R
A. Money paid out as a1imony IS
not deductahle. and must be included
in the amount or yearly income.
O. Did Wilson's two uredeeeHsoru
leave the United States while IN OF
nees T. T.
A. Both Roosevelt and Tax left
the country during the term OF office.
Taft crossed the border into Mexico
70 meet former president Diaz
Roosevelt visited the Panama canal
zone
O. when aid Gen. Auenby capture
JerusaIemf n. D. c.
a. At the head OF the British
forces. Gen Anenby entered the Hoiy
City on December II, 1917 The city
Der 10.
O. How many negroes were there
IN our army during the world war;
A. About 100000 negro soldiers
we're IN the service, and about hair
this number were overseas
q. How does the urban population
OF the United States compare with the
rural populuflong E A.
A. The last census showed that
more than hair OF the total population
OF the United states lived IN the coun-
try. At that time the rural popula-
ton was 63.7 percent. while city
jewellers comprised ass percent OF the
total population
q where do American EhiFs af sea
get their timer G. II.
A Time Is sent out twice every e
houra b. wireless from the United
States ohserVatcries. at washington
D. C.. and Mare Island. CaliL These
wireless time messages are picked up
by American ships in all parts OF the
world
q. Since the signing Of the armIs-
tlee. have the wives o. army offleera
been permitted TO visit their hunbands
overseHEf G. l. T.
A. The war department says that
since June. 1878. the wives Of Off
GERS serving abroad have been per-
mitted 10 20 overseas 20 join their
husbands, and that transportation
was paid by the government
a. Can a person serve On a jury
n he has not been bnpflEeEf I. W. T.
A The fact that a person has
never been baptized would not pre-
e bar him from taking an oath
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

WHEN I HAVE DISCOVERED -
CTILL on with a sensation. as b
~ made a corner at nearly a right
angle as Il he were trying TO lift the
car along the pavement by sheer
strength Of muscle and tendon; speed
Ing again as the other pushed into a
broad thoroughfare that ran TO the
north.
But try as he might. Tenant could
not gain a yard. He imagined that
there was a teering. sardonic note in
the footing OF the other mans Klaz-
ton.
But he would not give uD. he kept
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

Scarcity OF girls for domestic ser
wants In Preston and lancashire
Eng where Industrial employment
offers more remuneration has re-
suited in men house servants being
employed In considerable numbers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

esHOIN Z parties in dress suits that
fit before tn country went dry
is causin' some social unrest says
Pinky Kerr. Things have about
dwindled Z a point where you git Jest
about as much service with a new
5000 car as you do with six-eent
cigar.
cnpyrlEhs. NaHonal Nswspapar service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
A Ripping
DetectiUe Story

Copyright. 1913, By James A Mccain Co
All rights reserved