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48-inch Atwood Gabardine,
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black, navy blue, brown, dark
green, etc.
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54-inch Cream Chinchilla Coat
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50-inch Mofeskin Plush, an
extra fine grade, having. the ap-
pearauce of genuine moleskin.
A popular fabric for coats,
scarfs, muffs, etc.
Evening star., 1919-12-28

Yarn Mercerized Table Da-,
mask, in several neat patterns:
a good wearing grade for gem
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bold an enterprise even for so bold
a man"
might be mistaken. knew that"
SAid West. 81 communicated with
the Foreign minister and arranged to
bring In that note. If | asked for
an answer it would mean / had nor
made q mistake, | worded the mes
sage in that way to be a surprise to
the guilty man in the hope that he
would hetray himself. You see. gem
Yemen was acting in the dark. My
theory demanded that the man /
knew as lfoutin should be II person
or Importance. Houtin was not un-
iiNely 10 be his real name, / did not
eNpect TO know which of you was the
spy hut the ihoment | entered the
room recognized one man who had
neen at the Hotel de FOrient. That
IS the man who has just been arrest
ed. who am confident is the notori-
Gus Jean Boissct"
And this NJ. Houtiu," said the for
elsn minister. Good heavens. West.
DO You know who he isl"
as. SIR | saw him stretched
FOrient" VIZ
-Lnzzia. the Duke of Atrossl." said
me foreign minister. surely there
must be some mistake"
Tear not, sir. have already
communicated , with the French po-
-, valentine West returned to town
that evening Wv"
VIII you ring up Scotland Yard
sur said Amos. You were to do
SO dlrcclly you came in. 1t Is i'm
portant." :" ''
west went to the telephone at once.
les, Just back. What? Good
heavens; Ycs-Tll be round in half
asked OF amos
Hes dead--iumped from the raiI-
nay carriage on the way to town
ana c was killed on the spot"
Jean Boisset. the SOY"
copyright 1919 by Mcclure Syndicate,
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be 4 mistake. The Frcnch police
are c!eNer, but sometimes they make
mistake"
They have made one NOW. mon
Aler, SAID West, and at the request
Of the foreign minister he related
what had occurred AZ the Hotel de
lOrient.
M LerOuN is SO excellent a dctec-
IKE West went on so seldom de-
ceived that | was inclined to accept
!tls conclusions. In NJ. Houtin | had
found an agreeable compan Mon, hut as
LerouX pointed out Jean Boisset was
quite capable of playing the part of
aEfecah;~ co'Hpanion. Moreover Lee
rouNs explanation of the naked body
as the lAurdercrs grim humor of leav-
ing the famous spy naked to the
world was feasible and it seemed
natural to thrust the tumbled pajamas
IN the portmanteau. there was no.
where else to put them. There was
one small point, however. which NJ.
i-erouX overlooked. The toilet table
furniture. hair brushes. comb and
such Ike, We're also packed Why
Inc man would want TO use them in
the morning | admit it was not until
after 1 had left Leroux that the reai
significance OF this fact impressed it,
sell upon me. and | began 10 build m
another theory. Supposing Jean Bots
set. Tor the purposes of spying. wish
w ~ "ht the pace or NJ. HOutip.
now would he go to work: He could
prepare another portmanteau, he could
place In 1t papers of warning against
me, he could drop into il an envelopc
10 niislead and delay the identifica-
ton of the dead Then, having com
mltted murder. probably with the helm
OF an accomplice. he could take Nj
doutlh portmanteau and all his be-
lohgings, including the things from
the toilet table and even the pajamas
worn by his victim. He would leave
nothing behind. He knew the police
would begin by looking for the pa
Jamas. SO he tumbled a pair in the
portmanteau. Had he put them on
'he dead man and put brush and
comb on the table, the idea TINT he
nau stolen personality would prob
api! Hot nave occurred to any one,
NY theory was that he had become NJ
houtn III any one doubted 1, no Ind
the whole OF Houtins propertv IN
prove his identity There was risk in
such an impersonation, of course mn
mense risk, but not more than .Jean
Boisset would take il the enternrisa
were worth 1t. Was such an enter
prise on loot? Houtin told me he was
coming to England on business 7
went straight to the foreign Office
and found that some business Of
great Importance was on foot How
valuable some of Houtin's property
was is apparent by the fact that Jean
-;oissct, the spx was in this room"
But ~ nc Nan 10 sset.' "a Il NJ.
.Anc. is IL pos II seen TO,
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Continued from Fourth Pace
table after reading il out Il do not
understand. Is IT. conceivable that
some ono is attempting to jest With
u.s."
THAT might mean some deep-laid
archery" said NJ. Blanc
The Russian nodded his approval
q this idea,
>"Msy / suggest that we interview
the man who brought this MESSAGE
said Micheiet
Twas gong to suggest the same
thing" said the foreign min SER.
II brought It straight from Paris,
from the Hotel de rOrient." said the
man servant. and the next instant he
had a revolver at the head of SiGnor
Lucia. Hands from that pocket,
Jean Boissct."
me tbveatened man leaned back
In his caair. the others sprang to
their feet II " a.. pr''posterous. Who
was THIS servant? The seated man
WIS the calNcst person there, caimer
even than the man who stood over
him with a /. Volver.
There is some mistake" he said
mot Intentional, | am sure. still an
roying for US AL. especially for me
May ] look at the written message?
Perhsns can throw some light on
the affair"
He leaned forward to take up the
paDcr. but instead OF doing so he
flung out his arm to thrust the threat
ening revolver from his head The
man servant was probably the only
armed person in the room beside him
self. He had rapidly calculated his
chances. realized how they were, but
being I'm a desperate case. he elected
to make the attemDt. He had been
IN desperate positions before now
and had lived 10 talk about them.
But the man who watched him was
ready and alert. He caught mis- OPP
ponents wrist before he could get TO
his weapon. and then three men came
Quickly across the room from the
hall. There was short but fierce
struggle and then Signor Lucia was
handcuned.
He laughed
Have ! the honor to address Val
entine Vest"
IF 1t is an honor, YOU have" said
the man servant.
II congratulate YOU on having made
a great mistake"
81 tbane you for having made two
or three" said West at least, you
should have left "A brush and comb
on the toilet table, and you would
have been witer to put the paiamas
mantcau."
For an instant Lucia looked saw
age: then he laughed again as he
was takfo fro'n TIE room,
~ - Z. -i-'~', = -" r.. $50
cyc;tod'y THE Hotel de rOrieut you
s;!: ". q, happened ere: II may
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A Child Critic.

DR PARKHURST said In a Rroo,
lyn address:
one reason why people don't yo %
church is the dullness Of the sermon.
i said one Sunday to little boy In
Sunday school:
Why did David prefer to be a door.
Neeper In the house of the Lord
because. the lad answered pro,nnt.
" ne could walk up and down o,,t
sue then while the sermon was beinq
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Of these girls understand cooking, my
end is not far Off"
"Nonsense," exclaimed the Scare
crow; they're too busy to cook, even
If they know how"
But should remain here prisoner
FOR any length of time" protested
Jack. I'm liable to spoil"
"Ah, then you would not be Gt to
associate with" returned the Scare
crow. The matter is more serious
than l suspected"
You said the Pumpkinhead
eloomily, are liable to live for many
years, My life is necessarily short
So must take advantage of the few
days that remain to ms"
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St
TIP climbed quickly to his place. ana
the Soldier and the Scarecrow man
aged to hoist the Pumpkinhead to
seat just behind him. There remained
SO little space for the King that he
was liable to fail off as soon as the
horse started,
Fetch clotheslue," said the King
to his Army, and tie us all together.
Then if one falls off we will all fall
off"
And while the Soldier was gone for
the clothesllne his Majest'- continued,
1T is well for me to be careful. for
my very existence is in danger"
II have to be as careful as you DO
said Jack,
Not exactly replied the Scare
CROW: FOR if anything happened to-
me, that would be the end OF me.
But If anything happened to you, they
could use YOU for seed"
The Soldier now returned with a
long line and tied all three firmly to-
gether, also lashing them TO the body
of the Saw-Horse; so there seemed
little danger of their tumbling off.
Now throw open the gates" COM I
mander the Scarecrow, and we will
make a dash to liberty or to death"
The courtyard In which they were
standing was located in the center of
the great palace. which surrounded it
on all sides But in one place pass Z
age led to an outer gateway, which I
the Soldier had barred by order of
his sovereign, 1t was through this
gateway his Majesty proposed to-
escape, and the Roya! Army now led
the Saw Horse along the passage aud
uabarred the gate, which swung back +
ward, with loud crash.
Now" said Tip TO the horse "youf
must save us all. Run as fast as youN
can for the gate of the city and dont
let anything stop you"
All right answered the Saw
Horse grutIiy. and dashed away so
suddenly that Tin had to gasp for 4
breath and hold firmly to the post he
had driven into the creatures neck s
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:,
"Oh, your Aajesty-your Majesty!
The city is conquered easped the
Royal Army who was all out Of
breath.
"This is quite sudden" said the
Ecarecrow. But please go and bar all
tie doors and windows of the palace.
while ! show this Pumpkinhead how
tc throw quot"
The Soldier FASTENED to do this,
while Tip, who had arrived at his
! heels, remained in the courtyard to
look at the Scarecrow with Wondering
eyes.
His Majesty continued to throw the
quoits AS coolly as if no danger threat
ened his throne. but the Pumpkinhead
having caught sight of Tip, ambled
toward the boy as fast as his wooden
legs would 60
Good afternoon, noble parent" he
cried. delightedly. Tn glad TO see
you are here. That terrible Saw
Horse ran away with me-"
II suspected it." said Tip. Did you
set hurt? Are you cracked at ali?'
mo l arrived safely" answered
Jack. and his Majesty has been very
kind indeed to me-"
At this moment the Soldier with the
Green Whiskers returned. and the
Scareerow asked:
"By the way. who has conquered
me?"
"a regiment OF girls, gathered from
the four corners of the Land of o."
replied the Soldier. still pale with fear.
But where vas my Standing Arm.
at the timer" inquired his Majesty.
looking at the Soldier, gravely
"Your Standing Army was running"
answered the fellow, honestly: for no
man could face the terrible weapons
OF the Invaders
"Well," said the Scarecrow. after a
AoneHt tHouGnt, Il dont mind
much The loss of my throne. for it's
tiresome job to rule over the
Emerald City. And this crown is so
heavy that it makes my head ache.
But l hope the conquerors have no
intention OF injuriug me, just because
] happen to be the King"
II heard them say" remarked Tip,
with some hesitation, that they in
tend to make a rag carpet OF your
with your inside
" );
"Then ] am really in danger" de-
AIRED his Majesty, positively, and
It will he wise for me to consider a
Iaeans to escape"
where. can you go?' asked Jack
Pumpkinhead.
why. to my friend the Tin Wood
man, who rules over the Wrinkles, and
calls himself their Emperor" was the
answer. Il am sure he will protect
me-"
Tip was looking out of the window.
THE palace Is surrounded by the
enemy" said he. TT Is too late to
J. escape. They would soon tear sou to
rieces''
z The Scarecrow sighed.
Tn an emergency" he announced.
n is always a good thing 10 pause
end reject Please excuse me while
pause and reflect"
"But we also are in danger" said
t'ss pumpsinhead snNiousis II any
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Now. my boy. you must mount nrst'
And please sit as close to the horses
neck as possible"
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Several Of the girls. who stood out
side guarding The palace. were knock
Ell over by the Saw Horse's mad .ush.
Others ran screaming out of the way.
and only Que or two jabbed their
knitting needles frauttcally at the
escaping prisoners Tip got one small
prick ia his LEFT arm. which smarted
for an hour afterward but the needles
had 40 effect upon the Scarecrow or
Jack Pumpkinhead who never even
suspected they were being prodded.
AS for the Saw Horse, he made a
wonderful record. upsetting fruit
cart. overturning several meek look
ing men. and finally bowling over the
new Guardian of the Gate~-a fussy
little fat woman appointed by Gen.
Jinjur.
Nor did the impetuous charger stop
then. once outside the walls OF the
Emerald city he dashed along the
road to the west with fast and violent
leaps that shook the breath out of
the boy and filled the Scarecrow with
wonder
Jack had ridden at this mad rate
once before, so he devoted every effort \
to holding. with both hands, his .
head upon it's stick. endur-
ing meantime the dreadful joltlng !
with the courage of philosopher.
SLOW him up! Slow him up.'s
shouted the Searecrow. "My straw Ia
all shaking down into my legs"
But Tip had no breath to speak, SO
the Saw-Horse continued hiss wild
career unchecked and with uhiibatc
speed. TN
Presently they came to the banks
Of a wide river. and without a pause
The wooden steod gave one fna1 leap
md launched them all Ia midlair.
second later they were fbiliag,
'piashins and bobbing about In enc (,
fater. the horse struggling frsnticsiiy
% mud rest for It's feet and Ats
'iders being first plunged beneath the
'apid current and then aoatinQ upon
ne surface Ike corks. a
NoPF H~s ~ - t.pnk napm for Ueo.
MATTHEWS slaiRs aervice.l N
! f. . u ; q &
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where is the Saw-Horse you rode
here" lie asked the Pumpkinhead.
why, 1 said he was jewel. and
so your man locked him ~ in the
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The ScarecroW Plans an Escape

royal treasury" said Jack.
ut was the only place could think
of. your Maje,'ty," added the Soldier,
fearing he had made blupder.
1T pleases me very much" said the
Scarecrow Has the animal been
fed?"
oh, yes; [ gave him heaping peck
of sawdust."
Excellent" cried the Scareerow.
Bring the horse here at once"
The Soldier FASTENED away, and
presently they heard the Gathering OF
the horses wooden legs upon the
pavement as he was led into the
courtyard.
His Majesty regarded the steed
critically.
lie doesn't seem especially grace
full" he remarked. musngly; but l
suppose he can rum"
He can, indeed" said Tip, gazing
upon the Saw Horse admringly.
Then. bearing us upon his back. he
must make dash through the ranks
OF the rebels and carry us TO my
friend the Tin Woodman," announced
the Scarecrow.
"He can't carry four" objected Tip
no but he may be induced to carry
'H-s
three,"- said his Majesty, u shall
therefore leave my Royal Army be
hind. For. from the ease with which
he was conquered, have little con-
ndence in his powers"
rStlI, he can run" declared Tip.
laughing
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Il expected this blow" said the
Soldier, sulllily; but l can bear it.
! shall disguise myself by cutting of
my lovely green WHISPERS And, after
all, it is no more dangerous to face
those reckless girls than to ride this
fiery. untamed wooden horse"
Perhaps you are right" observed
his Majesty. But. for my part. not
being 4 soldier, l am fond OF danger.
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Up slipped away from the girls
and followed swiftly after the
Soldier with the Green Whis-
kerS. The invading army en-

kers. The invading army en-
tered the city more slowly. for they
stopped TO dig emeralds out OF the
walls and paving stones with the
points of their knitting needles. SO
the Soldier and the boy reached the
palace before the news had spread
that the city was conquered.
The Searecrow and Jack Pumpkin
head We're still playing at quoits in
the courtyard when the game was in
terrupted by the abrupt entrance of
the Royal Army of or, who came fly
ing I'm without his hat or gun, his
clothes in sad array and his long
beard floating yard behind him as
he ran.
ITALY one for me" said the Scare
rrow. calmly. Whats wrong. my
man" he added, addressing the Sol
Gier.
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There there Don't worry" answer
Ell the Scarecrow, soothingly; it
you'll keep quiet long enough for me
to think, III try to find some way for
US all to escape"
So the others waited in patient
silence while the scarecrow walked
to corner and stood with his face
to the wall for good five minutes.
At the end of that time lie faced them
with a more cheerful expression upon
his painted face.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-12

About 20 pupils of the first
grade of the Rockingham school
are continuing their work, under
Miss Turner, so that they will be
able to enter the second grade
next fall.
The 10th grade is also still in
session, under Miss Finley and
Mr.. Bell, they continuing their
work so they can enter the 18th
grade next fall without condi-
tions. The backwardness is due
to the flu interruptions of the
past year, which prevented the
full course to be finished on
schedule.
The special work for these two
grades will be finished June 10th.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-12
Forging Checks.

Three Rockingham's stores
would like mighty we'll to get in
touch with a certain slick strang.
er, who on last Saturday fleeced
them out of good money to a.
mount of $50.
The stranger on Friday bought
a pair of Ralston shoes from
Stephenson-Belk, giving in pay
ment a check for $40 on a local
bank; purporting to be signed
by Bob" Mcdonald, and
receiving back the difference in
cash. The check was made pay
able to "E. c. Thompson"
On Saturday the stranger visit
ed Arenson's store, bought a pair
of tennis shoes and a few other
things to amount of $500, and
gave them a check for $50 made
payable to "a. 3. Smith with
the forged name of R. L. Nc
Donald thereon. Mr.. Arenson
unsuspectingly gave him the diff
ference in cash.
He then went to Dockery-Mc-
Nair's, bought a few things and
handed out a check for $50, this
one made payable to T. c. Col
Inns and with the name of r. S.
Cole forged to it. Here also he
worked his game without excit-
ing suspicion.
And so the above three firms
would like mighty we'll to get in
touch with their erst-while Gus
toner. He is described as weigh
ing about 160, about 80 years old,
nicely dressed in dark grey suit,
brownish hat, and about 5 feet,
II inches tall, and is slightly
stopped.
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Escapes From Jail.

Two colored prisoners escaped
from the Jail here Wednesday at
noon, but one was at once captur.
ed. The two men were Henry
Little, sent to Jail by Recorder
Austin from Hamlet June 9th for
housebreaking, to await court,
and Harley Adams, also sent by
Recorder Austin for housebreak-
ing, May 23rd.
The men were in the run
round of the Jail, and when the
colored woman went in to give
them their dinner, they ran by
her and through the unlocked
door. Adams fell when in the
woods near the Jail, and a Mr..
Summers who was passing
caught him. Little got in a
creek nearby and so far has
eluded the dogs and is. at large.
Robt. Johnson, also sent up
for housebreaking, was in the
runround but did not try to get
away.
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Mayors Court.

Aaron Johnson, colo-ed, was
fined S. and costs, $1.95, last Fri
day by the Mayor for a nuisance.
Texas" Johnson was fined S.
and costs, $685., TUESDAY by the
Mayor for boisterous language.
He is tent erector for the Pickert
show.
Tom Horne was taxed with
the costs Tuesday. $1.95, for
shooting a pistol in town. The
boy had been instructed to empty
a pistol by his employer, and he
took the instructions literally
and went in the barn and shot
them out.
Will Benoist submitted Mon.
day to being drunk Saturday,
and was allowed to pay a SIS fine
and the costs, of $3.05. lie spent
Saturday night in the lookup.
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MEMORIAL ARCH
Names Of Dead Wanted.

1t is planned to erect a huge
Memorial Arch across Main
street, under which the parade
will pass. Atop this white arch
will fly the Stars and Stripes,
and on this arch will be inscribed
the names of the Richmond coun-
ty men who gave their lives in
the service of their Country.
This not only includes those who
were killed in battle, or died of
wounds, but those soldiers who
may have died in camp before
getting to France. In order to
get an accurate list of the coun-
ty's Roll of Honor, the manager
earnestly requests the relatives
of those who died to write him
at once, giving the name of the
soldier, hospital or place where
he died, and date of death; also
where buried. This informotion
is important; don't delay sending
it in.
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S1st Division.

Many units of the 81st. division
have landed and will land in a
few days.
The 3l8th field artillery reach.
ed Newport News Wednesday on
the transport Siboney, just s
days after sailing from Brest.
Many North Carolina and Vir-
ginia negro soldiers of the 51lth
Engineers landed also on We'd
nesday.
The 317th field artillery and
306th ammunition train landed
several days ago.
The Matsonia is due at New
port News June 18th with COM
panies A to M of 322nd init.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-06-12
Two-cent Letter Postage.

TWo.cent letter postage will
soon be with US again. The
three-cent stamp on first-class
mail will not be required after
July 1st, the postage required
after July lst being one-cent pos
tai cards instead of two-cent. and
two-cent letters instead of the
three-cent.
During the month of July post
masters will redeem three-cent
stamps and two-cent cards, in
exchange for the two-cent
stamps and one-cent cards; no
postals or stamps will be redeem
ed in cash. And the exchange
for full value must be made in
July.