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CHAPTER xgv.
A Flight, a stone-cutter's Shed, and a
Voice Outside.

A Flight, Stone-Cutter'a &hed, and a
Voice Outside.
"Why have you come up here" She
came swiftly to his side.
ssThank the Lord, made It," he
whispered, breathlessly. II came up
because there was nowhere else to go.
/ thought 1 heard voices-a man and
woman speaking. They seemed to
be quite close to me. Don't be
alarmed, Miss Cameron. / am conf
dent that can"
Sand now that you are here, trapped
as 1 am, what do you purpose to do7
You cannot escape. Go back before 1t
is too late"
els Sprouse-where is he?"
'sHe is somewhere in the house. ]
was to wait until he-Oh, Mr.. Barnes,
II am terrified. You will never know
| the"
"Trust him." he said. "He is mar
vel. Well be safely out of here in a
little while, and then it will all look
simple to you. You are ready to go!
Good! Sit down, do! If he doesn't
return in a minute or two, I'll take a
look about the house. myself. don't
intend to desert him. know this floor
pretty well, and the lower one. The
stairs are
"But the stairway is closed at the
bottom by solid steel curtain. 1t is
made to look like panel in the wall.
| You are not to venture outside this
room, Mr.. Barnes. forbid It. You
allow did Sprouse get out? You said
your door was locked"
'He had key. / do not know
where he obtained"
skeleton key, such as burglars use.
By Jove, what wonderful burglar he
would make! Courage, Miss Cameron !
He will be here soon. Then comes the
real adventure part Of it. ! didn't
come here tonight to get any fiashy old
crown jewels. / came to take you out
Of"
"You-you know about the crown
ieWels?" she murmured. Her body
seemed to stiffen. ''Then you know
who ann"
"No. You will tell me tomorrow"
eyes, yes-tomorrow, she whis-
pered.
For some time there was silence.
Both were listening intently for sounds
in the hail. She leaned closer to whis-
per in his ear. Their shoulders
touched. He wondered if she expert
enced the same delightful thrill that
ran through his body. She told him of
the man who watched across the hall
from the room supposed to be occupied
by Loeb the secretary, and of
Sprouse's incomprehensible daring.
"Where is Mr.. Curtis?" he asked.
Her breath famed his cheek, her
lips were close to his ear. ''There is
no Mr.. Curtis here. He died four
months ago in Florida"
ST suspected as much" He did not
press her for further revelations.
"Sprouse should be here by this time.
must go out there and see if he re-
quires any"
She clutched his arm frantically.
sYou shall do nothing Of the kind. You
shall not"
Ssh! What do you take me for.
Miss Cameron? He may be sorely in
need Of help. Do you think that I
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for you to get out of this one except
by the way you entered. If thought
there was the slightest chance for you
to"
'Let me be the judge of that, coun-
tess Where is his room?"
"The last to the right as you leave
this door-at the extreme end of ;he
corridor. Across the hall from his
room you will see an open door, A
man sits in there all night long, keep
ing watch. You could not approach
Prince Ugo's door without being seen
by that watcher.
'You said in your note to Barnes
that something was in Curtis
study"
1.-THE prince sleeps in Mr.. Curtis
room. The study adjoins it, and can
only be entered from the bedroom.
There is no other door. What are you
doing?"
ST am going to take peep over the
transom, first of all. If the coast Is
clear, 1 shall sake little stroll down
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Arriving at the railway station, Sec
rotary Daniels and his party walked
from the train through an avenue of
white-uniformed war camp community
girls to a vehicle which had been fitted
up as a ships boat and which had the
name "Josephus" on its bows. This
bore the secretary and his party to
their hotel, where a reception was
held. 1t took him almost an hour to
reach the hotel because of the throngs
in the streets.
During an address he said:
Il am glad to return to this section
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CHAPTER xIII-continued.

III
II will put my coat over your head.
Here is little electric torch. Don't
lash it until l am sure the coat is
arranged so that you can do so with
nut CLEAN of light getting out from
Inder." He pressed the torch and a
Dit of closely folded paper in the
others hand and carefully draped the
coat over his head.
Barnes read THANK God l was
afraid you would wait until tomorrow
hight. Then it would have been too
late. must get away tonight o1t |
cannot leave-I dare not leave without
something that is concealed in an
other part of the house. I DO not
know how to secure it. My door is
locked from the outside. What am /
to do2 / would rather die than to go
away without it,"
Hastily he wrote: :'If you do not
come at once, we will force our way
onto the house and fight it out with
them ALL My friend is coming up the
vines. Let him enter the window. Tell
him where to go and he will do the
rest. He is a miracle man. Nothing
is impossible to him. If he does not
return in ten minutes. shall follow"
There was no response to this. The
head reappeared in the window. but no
word came down.
Sprouse whispered: ST am going up.
Stay here. If you hear a connection
in the house, run for it. Don't wait
for me. MI probably be done for"
"T'll do just as 1 please about run
ming" said Barnes, and there was a
deep thrill in his whisper. Good luck.
God help you if they catch you."
Not even he could help me then.
Good-by. I'll do what / can to induce
her to drop out of the window if any
thing goes wrong with me downstairs"
A moment later he was silently
scaling the wall of the house, feeling
his way carefully, testing every pre-
cariOus foothold, dragging himself
painfully upwards by means of the
most uncanny. animal-like strength
and stealth.
Barnes could not recall drawing a
single breath from the instant the man
left his side until the family luminous
square above his head was obliterated
by the black Of his body as it wriggled
over the ledge.
We will follow Sprouse. When he
crawled through the window and stood
erect inside the room, he found him
self confronted by tall, shadowy fig
ure, standing halfway between him
and the door.
He advanced a step or two and ut
tered soft hiss of warning.
"NOt a sound" he whispered, draw
ing still nearer. ST have come four
thousand miles to help you, countess.
This is not the time or place to ex-
plain. We haven't moment to waste.
/ need only say that have been sent
from Paris by persons you know to aid
you in delivering the crown jewels into
the custody of your country's minister
in Paris. We must act swiftly. Tell
me where they are. will get them"
"Who are you?" she whispered
'tensely.
my name is Theodore Sprouse.
have been loaned to your embassy by
my own government. beg Of you do
not ask questions now. Tell me where
the prince sleeps, how may get to his
room"
'You know that he is the primer"
''And that you are his cousin"
She was silent for a moment. "Not
only is it impossible for you to enter
his room but it is equally impossible
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as snug and comfortable as we can
and wait for the first signs Of day
break"
He scowled-and was glad that 1t
was too dark for her to see his face.
He wondered if she fully appreciated
what would happen to him If the pur-
suers came upon him in this forbid
ding spot. He could almost picture his
own body lying there among the rocks
and rotting, while she-well, she
would merely go back to Green
Fancy.
"I fear you do not realize the ex-
treme gravity Of the situation. We
must get out Of these woods if have
to carry you in my arms"
81 shall try to keep going" she said
quickly. Forgive me if seemed to
falter a little. liam ready to go
on when you say the word"
"You poor girl Hang it all. per-
haps you are right and not /. Sit still
and will reconnoiter bit. If I can
find a place where we can hide among
these rocks, wen stay here till the sky
begins to tighten. Sit"
no! / shall not let you leave me
for a second. Where you go, I CO."
She struggled to her feet, suppressing
a groan, and thrust determined arm
through his.
That's worth remembering, said
he, and whether it was muscular
necessity or az emotional exaction
that caused his arm to tighten on hers,
none save he would ever know.
After a few minutes prOwling among
the rocks they came to the face of
what subsequently proved to be a
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of the United States. 1 am glad to be
here to welcome the fleet which under
Admiral Rodman has completed such
an epoch-making journey. I have fol-l
lowed its journey closely. The men
and officers have done a great task
admirably"
The Pacific fleet of American dread
naughts became reality when six of
the heaviest line battleships, in COM
mand of Admiral Hugh Rodman, drop
ped their anchors off Los Coronados
and made ready to receive welcome
to their new home.
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sheer wall of stone He flashed the
light, and, with an exclamation, start
ed back. Not six feet ahead of them
the earth seemed to end; yawning
black gulf lay beyond. Apparently
they were on the very edge of a cliff.
'Good Lord, that was close call"
he gasped. He explained in few
words and then, commanding her to
stand perfectly still, dropped to the
ground and carefully felt mis- way for
ward. Again he flashed the light. In
an instant he understood. They were
on the brink of a shallow quarry.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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70 ENLARGE PACIFIC FLEET
Secretary Daniels Announces It Is to
Be Equal in Size to That OF
the Atlantic.

San Warships now on the
Pacific coast are only part of the Pa
ciflc fleet, and other vessels will be
coming to the west coast at intervals,
Secretary of the. Navy Daniels said
after his arrival here. by January
II he said, ''the Pacific fleet will be
equal in size to the Atlantic feet"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-15
Each Works to Same End.

The ease, the luxury, and the abund-
ance of the highest state of civiliza-
ton. are as productive of selishness
as the difficulties, the privations, and
the sterilities of the lowest.-Colton.
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Christian Unity.

He who takes hold Of one end OF
the litter on which hurt brother is
prone must not pause to question the
name and utilization of the man who
takes hold of the other end.-The
Christian Herald.
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Hurt BY Inludicious Friends.

II a cause be good, the most vio-
lent attack of its enemies will not In
iure it so much as an injudicious de-
tense Of it by its friends. Cotton.
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The union leaders say that if the
Plumb plan is rejected they will start
campaign both in and out of con-
gress that will compel it's adoption,
and they declare frankly that it is their
hope that it will lead to the rationale
cation of all other basic industries.
Senator Thomas of Colorado de-
nounced the demands of the rail work
ers as near-treason, and other mem
bers of congress shared his opinion,
though they were less outspoken.
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AS for the heads of the big packing
companies, some of them profess to
welcome the legal action as giving them
a chance to demonstrate to the public
their innocence harml essness and help
lessness, and all of them repeat their
oft heard protestations that they are
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-15

Following up the memorandum Of
the locomotive engineers presented to
the president, fourteen railroad uni
ons acting as unit handed to Director
General Hines a demand for wage in
creases with a general program de-
signed to meet the present crisis, in
volving the threat of a general railroad
strike They ask that congress appro-
pirate the money to provide increased
pay and that the proper rate-making
body then determine what increases
if any should be made in rates.
ANY permanent solution of the rail-
road problem must necessarily remove
the element of returns to capital as the
sole purpose of operation" say the
unions, and so the director general is
asked to recommend to President Will
son that he try to obtain the passage
by congress of the so-called Plumb
plan. This plan, in eliminating pri-
vate capital from the railroads, not
only proposes but demands that the
present private owners be reimbursed
with government bonds for ''every hon
est dollar that they have invested" !;
that the public, the operating manage
ments, and labor share equally in cor
porations to take over the railroads,
and that in all revenues in excess of
the guarantee to private capital the OPP
orators and employees share one-half,
"either by increasing the means for
service without increasing fixed charg-
es or by reducing the cost of the ser
vice which the machinery then in ser
render"
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Most prominent of the alleged profit
GERS are the Chicago packers, the big
five" who are reputed to control much
Of the worlds food supplies. Some
time ago they were investigated by the
federal trade commission and that body
made a report that was bitterly at
tackled by the defenders of the pack
ers. Now with that report as basis
President Wilson has directed the de-
partment of justice to institute at once
civil and criminal proceedings against
the big five. The attorney general stat
ed that he was satisfied the evidence
developed indicated a clear violation
Of the antitrust laws, and that Isador
j. Kresel of New York was in charge
Of the prosecution. The packers are
to be accused of unfairly and Illegally
using their power to manipulate live
stock markets, to restrict interstate
and international supplies of foods, to
control the prices of dressed meats
and other foods, to defraud both the
producers and the consumers of foods,
to crush competition, to secure special
privileges from railroads, stock yards
companies and municipalities, and TO
profteer The department of justice
will proceed against them not only for
violation of the antitrust laws but also
under the provisions of the food law of
1918 against the boarding of food.
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the victims of economic conditions be-
yond anybody's control. Their asser-
tons that they make an almost infin-
itesmal profit and often operate at a
loss do not seem to make much i'm
preston on either the public or the
agencies of Justice. That their state
ments are not always ingenious is in
stanced by the following assertion of
the commercial research department
of one of the big five:
"The general high price level is not
due to manipulation. This is shown
by a recent report of the war indus
tries board, which proves that prices
in other countries Of the world have
risen as much as or more than they
have in the United States, and that
this has been true even in countries
relatively unaffected by war conditions.
such as Japan and Australia"
The truth is that Australia is glutted
with food products and its people are
struggling to keep prices up to a prof
table level. Also, while there was a
big advance in the prices of Japan's
chief food, rice, it was admittedly due
to the manipulations of hoarders and
profiteers and was the cause of riots
and of government action.
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President Addresses Congress on
Cost of Living and the Pos
sibIe Remedies.
PACKERS TO Be PROSECUTED
General Campaign Is Started Against
Profiteers-RaiIway Unions De
mand More Pay, Urge the
Plumb Plan and Threaten
to Strike.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

The open season for pro6teers has
come. If there is bright spot in the
worlds sky, that is it. For the rest
the clouds are black enough to suit
the most confirmed pessimist.
Government officials, Investigating
bodies, individual economists-all have
been earnestly seeking for the prime
causes of the high cost of living. The
cold-blooded, greedy profiteer who bat
tens on the misfortunes of the people
is the most easily discerned of those
causes and is going to be the first to
be dealt with. All the sympathy he
gets must come from himself.
President Wilson appeared before
congress Friday and delivered a schol-
arly essay on the subject, which in
Guided various recommendation for
legislative action, and told what the
government already is doing in the
way of curbing the operations of the
profteers. He urged the permanent
extension of the food control act, a
law regulating cold storage, law re-
curing that all goods entering inter-
state shipment be marked with the
producers price, prompt enactment of
the pending capital issues bill, and,
what seems to the writer most impor-
tant Of all, the passage Of law re-
curing federal licensing of all corpor-
atoms engaged in interstate commerce.
The president did not overlook the
opportunity to push the immediate
ratification of the peace treaty and
league covenant. He devoted much of
his message to assertions, in varied
form, that until peace is established
only provisional and makeshift results
can be accomplished in the way Of re-
ducing living costs. There can be no
settled conditions anywhere in the
world, he declared. until the treaty is
out of the way. Such views did not meet
with the approval of most of the Re-
publican congressman, and their indig-
nation was aroused by the fact that
the president used the domestic issue
as a weapon in the contest over the
League of Nations.
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Chicago's race war, which at bottom
was largely industrial and partly po-
litical, practically came to an end, and
on Thursday more than 5000 colored
employees of the packing houses re-
turned to work. AS they walked in,
large number of white employees laid
down their tools and quit, some of
them because most of the colored
workers are nonunion and others be-
cause they objected to laboring under
police and military protection.
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The federal trade commission late
~ has been making an inquiry into the
shoe business, and has informed con-
gress that the high prices of shoes are
due to the unprecedented and unjust
flied profits taken by the slaughterers,
tanners, manufacturer and dealers.
Here. again, the packers are hit, for
they are charged with causing an I'M
warranted increase in the price of
hides, the supply of which they are
said 10 control
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The Austrian peace delegates made
their counter-proposals to the treaty
terms submitted by the allies. These
were Unexpectedly mild and the COM
plants of the Austrians are almost
pathetic. They assert that too much
territory is taken from their country,
citing especially the Tyrol and south
ern Bohemia, and say the war debt
loaded on them is so heavy they are
not sure the Austrian people can exist
under such conditions.
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The sugar situation is confusing
and statements are as conflicting as
those relating to the packing industry
However the government believes the
sugar men also are profiteering and
three officials of the Pittsburgh branch
Of a Chicago concern were arrested.
1t is asserted that scalpers have vast
quantities of sugar stored away and
that dealers are forced to buy where
they can and pay what is asked. In
this, as in the case of other food prod
ucts, the accused say the government
is partly to blame for shipping vast
supplies to Europe and thus creating
domestic shortage. The concerted
attacks by federal and local authori-
ties caused immediate and sharp de-
clines in the wholesale prices of many
foods, but there was little evidence
that the consumer was proflting by the
declines, which seemed to put some of
the onus on the retailers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-03
AIRPLANE SERVICE
FOR THE ARMY
Seventeen Hundred Machines In Ae-
tive Use and 340O Kept
in Reserve
(Associated Press)

Washington, April 3.-Army reor-
ganization plans upon which the war
department is working provide for an
air service with approximately seven
teen hundred airplanes in actual COM
mission and a minimum available re-
serve of thirty-four hundred addition
al, to be comprised of eighty-seven
service squadrons, forty-two of which
will be assigned to coast defense work
in the United States and insular pos
sessions. Twenty will be pursuit
and twenty-five observa-
tion and bombing.
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ANTHONY

Anthony, April 2.-Mr. James Gill
cf Jacksonville was in town while
last week.
Mr.. w. T. Lamb of Center Hill
spent Saturday with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. T. A. Lamb.
Mr.. Arthur McQuaig of Fort Nc
Coy is the guest of his uncle, Mr.. S.
J. McQuaig and family.
The many friends of Mr.. Ben F.
Wiley are glad to know he has landed
safely in New Jersey.
Rev. w. c. Rogers returned Mon
day from pleasant trip to Tampa
and other places.
Miss Ida Mae Dixon, who has been
visiting relatives in Anthony, left
last Thursday for her home in Wood
cliff, Ga.
Mrs. Lila Perry of Williston came
Monday to spend few days with her
sister, Mrs. B. X. Padgett. Miss Alice
Padgett, who spent few days in
Williston last week, came home with
Mrs. Perry.
Mrs. C. C. Gates and children, also
Miss Lillian Gates of Jacksonville,
came Saturday to~ be with relatives
a few days.
Miss Lillian Russell is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. J. l..
Wiley of Weirsdale.
Mrs. N. X. Higginbotham and baby
cf Gainesville, who have been visit
ing Mrs. Higginbotham's parents,
MIR. and Mrs. j. NJ. Gates, returned
home Friday, accompanied by Miss
Julia Meadows, who will spend a
short while with Mrs. Higginbotham.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Perkins. also
Miss Marjorie Howell of Ocala were
in Anthony Sunday.
The ice cream supper and program
given Thursday evening by the Wom-
ans Club proved to be quite success
and was greatly enjoyed by all.
Mrs. T. w. Bishop died Saturday
evening after long and painful ILL
ness. The funeral services were held
in the Methodist church Sunday at A
|p. m. A beautiful sermon was deliv-
cred by Rev. Smith Hardin of Ocala.
The remains of Mrs. Bishop were
taken to Jacksonville for interment.
Mrs. Bishop spent good many years
in Anthony and had won the love and
friendship of large circle of friends.
The people of Anthony extend their
deepest sympathy to the bereaved
ones.
Rev. w. c. Rogers will fill his usu-
al appointment Sunday morning and
evening az the Methodist church.
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BLITCHTON

Blitchton, April 2.-The service by
Rev. Wrighton Sunday afternoon was
well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Edwards, DR..
and Mrs. Walter Hood, Mrs. Stoval
and Mr.. Mel Ferguson of Ocala at
tended preaching here Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. G. NJ. Richard returned to
Lake Butler Monday.
Little Miss Flora Mckay, who at
tends school in Ocala, spent the week
end at home.
DIR. and Mrs. S. H. Bitch, Miss
Rowena Hammons and Mr. A. L. Nc
Kay visited Ocala Monday.
Mr.. G. ". Bitch is on the sick list
DR.. Bitch is spending this week in
South Florida.
Messrs. Landis and Fenton Bitch
and Earl Phillips attended the w. o
w. meeting in Ocala Tuesday night.
The Irish potatoes and cucumbers
were damaged by the recent cold, but
the bean crop suffered most.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. FAINT spent
Sunday and Monday visiting relative.
in Ocala.
Miss Maudie FAINT of Morriston i:
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F. K. FAINT
Messrs. o. S. and James Sanders
visited Steen Friday morning.