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No Face Appeared.

found the marks Of boot. The heel
had only touched the ground once or
twice. He was struck BY its small
size. II was said by some that the
He'd Mask had been q gentleman and
an artist before he took to the road.
The Pearlhunter could well believe It.
for certainly no other boot In the Flat
woods could leave a print SO small.
The heel had been somewhat worn,
80 that the nails protruded slightly.
Thee had left very distinct row Of
prinls around the edge Of the mark.
The track was made by the right boot
He hunted one Of the left. No nails
showed. From the. circumstances he
concluded that the outer heel-cap OF
the right boot had come on. allowing
the nails to protrude.
II would be hard to say what train
Of thought the finding Of the heel print
plunged the man back into as he
straiehtened and stood crumpling the
two patches OF stiff cloth in his hand.
His qray eyes and passive face were
hard 80 read. An old broken crock
lay against the cabin near the step.
he picked. It up. turned It upside
down over the heel print and went
hack Into the cabin.
h kindIed fre in the cook stove,
a1d when he had It going GOOD,
drohped both masks In and watched
then burn to cindersand afterward
raked TIE ashes.
The Pearlhunter. with the horse
sense - years Of hard knocks had
beaten into him. knew that this was
his rhis one fiEst day-his to
seize; to have; 70 hold.
rive thousand dollars; : gray ghost
e IT, easy chair n the cabin Of the
three e,bjss: ! glrl that ~Rusted" him
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"FivE THoUsAND!"

Synopsis.-Never having known
his father, and living with his
mother on 4 fousehoat on the Wa
bash river, Pearlhunter@the ohiy
name he has-learns from ner q
part Of the story of her SAD lie.
The recital is interrupted by q
fearful fit of couS.ing and he hur-
ries ashore to seek root that az
fords relief. He meets q young
girl whom he mentally christens
the Wild Rose. She eludes him De-
fore he can make her acquaint-
ance. A vacant cabin on the snore
has attracted the attention OF the
ailing woman, and they move into
1t. Their first meal is interrupted
by the Observation-Disclosures.
Pearlhunter strikes him. Gunpiay
threatens. The mother dramau-
1cally drives the intruder away:
She says he Is the ''Other Man,
whom she has not seen for ~
years. They find a red mask
dropped by the Other Man. That
night Pearlhunter finds the Blue
Moon. a great freshwater pearl.
: His mother dies without revealing
his fathers name. Pearlhunter
ana the Other Man meet in the
village; q pistol fight is narrowly
averted. Pearlhunter believes him
% be the Red Mask criminal. PEARL
hunter rescues Wild Rose from the
other Man and meets Wild Man,
her father. He ID man OF cul-
ture, crazed from conclusion Of the
brain, the result of an attack by
someone wearing . red mask. No
body knows his identity: he IL
known at the. post once simply 40
Box q. Pear1hunter proposed that
he sell the Hue Moon and send
for = surgeoo 70 operate. Wild
Rose agrees.
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the Red Mask, was well known. Ant

the Red Mask, was well known. And
a horse can not be easily disguised.
But always, no matter where his
thought strayed, like man lost In
the woods and travelling in circle. he
invariably came back to the starting
point-the. question: Why did he hide
the mask in the cabin? One thing was
certain. He didn't hide it without
purpose.
He seemed to feel some intangible,
indefinable force for evil forming
about him-like spider webs across the
face alicately effective; hideously eff
ficient. A kind of dread crept out OF
the silence and the solitude and
gripped his spirit. Danger; death
the Red Mask juggled with them as
king juggles empires. Why didn't ne
draw there in the saloon; why didn't
he draw at the fence? There was
death In his eyes.
The scene in the cabin that first
evening crossed his mind, when by
chance he had learned the secret OF
the mans identity; a secret shared
by no one else In the FlatWoods; a
secret he dared not reveal for want
of proof. He had often thought OF 1t.
Tonight freshened 1t in his mind COM
pellingly; the strange actions OF his
mother; her flaring scorn; how she
mad sprung from her chair and beat
the intruder off with the imperious dig
nifty of her eyes. Her story, the one
all too brief word that had reached
him out Of the sealed past, came to
him again. Long and long he sat with
his head bowed over the table.
Dawn at the east window surprised
him. He stepped to the cabin door.
The square Of moonlight upon the floor
was pale and sickly. Great shafts OF
bronze thrust up out of the east and
dimmed the stars. A mist lay along
the river like cloud that had fallen
from the sky and loved the warm
earth so well that 1t refused to return.
He stood in the door and watched
the world wake up-his world; the
only world he knew. A half sleepy
twitter here and there among the
trees; croak down by the waters
edge; squawk over in the bayou and
on the higher ground trill now and
then of distilled witchery-he knew
them all. every voice. A crow wal
lowed along in the purple light and
rasped the silence with his raucous
call. He was answered by another
from somewhere across in the bot
toms. The woods lifted its thousand
voices a multitude shouting. as at the
coming Of a hero. And the hero was
at hand. The gates Of dawn opened
and he drove In. Bronze turned to
gold the hills away in the south barred
their heads; q soft breeze crooned
along over the trees and blew out the
morning star.
In the early light the Pearlhunter
searched the ground about the door
step for any tracks that might have
been left by the night prowler. In
the hard and mcldy open ground ne
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However, very few men are wise
enough to render one word sufficient
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CHAPTER VI Continued.

y 4
A form blotted the moonlight upon
the door with a living splotch Of shad-
pw. An arm came In at the door;
hand fumbled behind the easement.
That was all. No face appeared. A
moment or, two, and the arm disap-
peared: the splotch Of shadow slid OF
the square Of moonlight; the soft foot
fans slipped away around the east end
OF the cabin and muffled into silence.
very softly the Pearlhunter rose to
his feet. The light outside was far
too bright to risk venturing forth. It
would have betrayed him instantly.
He glanced around the cabin. The
neon had passed by the east window.
20 that it was in the shadow. He
stole across the floor and peeped out
through broken pane.
A man was picking his way up the
blum. He seemed In no great hurry,
nor In the least disturbed. At the top
OF the blur he stopped and looked
back. Ii his brief instant Of pause be-
fore strjding away into the woods the
.nnoon picked him out clear rs day. It
Nas the Man-in-the-FaDcy-Vest.
There was no more sleep for the
Yearlhunter. He left the window,
went to the cabin door and felt behind
ne easement where the hand had
xroped. His fingers came In contact
Win 4 tiny bundle wedged between
DE logs and the door frame. He drew
II forth ard unrolled It In the moon
llieht. deeming 1t inprudent to light
he candle. Even before the moon
beans fell ppon the thing he knew by
Z cerfaln disquieting premonition what
1t would prove to ben red mask.
He felt along the wall to the chink
above the table and. poked his fingers
between 1t and the logs, where he had
concealed the packet the evening they
moved into the cabin. It was still
fhere. He drew It forth and compared
n with the other. Fhey were almost
IDENTICAL, and Of q pattern WIN the
%one he had seen that afternoon at the
mree -gabled cabin.
ne sat down BY the table and
drooped his cain 10 his palm. What
did 4 meant What must It mean
this ut one9 He knew the meaning
u the arst-- dropped by chance. He
( had - veg plausible suf1nise as to the
story OF he other. the one with the
knife thruse through Il at the three
9abled cabins But this one-this last
u
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GO BE CONTINUED.)
Economy and Empire.

Al much wisdom may be expended
on a private economy as on an empire.
and as much wisdom may be drawn
from it-EmerSOn.
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". N. U, MEMPHIS, NO. 47-,s2o.
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PAINS NEARLY
DOUBLED NE Up
Nothing Helped Me Until l
Took Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound.
My naars I have doctored off and on

" " A. ~ -
have had pains
every month so bad
that / would nearly
double up. Some
times I could not
sweep a room with
out stopping to rest,
and everything l ate
upset my stomach.
Three years ago
/ los t a c b / | d
su fered so
badly that / was out
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
Hastings 1920
Seed Catalog Free

It's ready now One hundred hand
somely illustrated pages with brilliant
cover in natural colors. 1t is both
beautiful and helpful, and all that is
necessary to get it is postal card
request. You will find our 1920 cata-
logue a well worth while seed book.
Hastings Seeds are sold direct by
mail. You will never find them on
sale in the stores. We have some
five hundred thousand customers who
buy from us by mail. We please and
satisfy them, and we can please and
satisfy you in 1920.
Planting Hastings Seeds in your
garden or in your fields insures good
luck" 50 far as results can be deter
mined by the seed planted. For 80
years Hastings Seeds have been the
standard of seed excellence and pur-
ity in the South. Only varieties
adapted to the South are listed. DUAL
ity of the best and prices often less
than those you pay at home. Write
for free copy of this splendid cata-
logue now n. G. HASTINGS CO.,
Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt.)
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
BEDDING SWEET POTATOES

Select potatoes all the same
variety. Also throw out all potatoes
that are rotten. PARTLY rotten OF
have small rotten spots on them.
These If bedded will transmit the rot
to the slips and they will turn to the
potatoes of the next crop. Just be.
fore bedding dip the potatoes in :
solution made in dissolving one ounce
of corrosive sublimate in eight gal
Ions of water Dip the potatoes il
this solution for 10 minutes. Thi'
will prevent spores from being car
ried into the bed and causing rot il
the next years crop.
Select a potected location as the
sonSl side of building The drain
age should be good Dig trench I!
10 6 inches deep and feet wide Do
not make il too wide as it will make
il difficult to draw the plants. Fill the
bottom of the trench with light soil
on sand to a depth of four inches,
smooth and pack lightly. Place the
potatoes as close as possible SO they
do not touch. Cover to depth of one
inch with light soil or sand Then
water the bed thoroughly a light
covering of oat straw or pine leaves
viii prevent the bed from drying out
and also protect against cold winds.
However remove the straw as soon
as The plants begin to come through
the soil.
Six TO s bushels of seed is required
10 produce enough plants from one
drawing to set an acre. 10 A busels
VIII produce enough if several draw
iaes are made.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17

pie who must ultimately stand for the
success or failure of the farm. Rare
ly is that a cause for real. alarm in
this section of Georgia
It is more generally true that the
farm offers for better means OF live
lihoGd II is the shorter way to real
wealth and independence. The far
mer in tnis community is the most
completely Independent nah in it,
His chance for increased wealth is
greater than those Of other men rae
ing and striving for a safer foothold
in town We do not expect unani-
nous concurrence in this thought, bat
we are so nearly right, there is little
ground for the other view
our need is better education for
the young man who is willing to de-
pend on the farm He ought to be
well fitted for his task and wherever
his education is limited his capacity
for developing and maintaining large
Enterprises on the farm is circum-
Il
educated and is still a farmer. that
anelgy and industry which it takes 10
make anything else success Will
serve to complete his sure success on
the farm.
We want to teach the young fan
mer more and larger business. We
want steadying influence working
IN his mind every day as he develops.
We want him to know that it is a
grave mistake to grow into a desire
for a try out in other fields of Industry
when schooling added to his already
born knowledge of the farm will fl
him for a success that no other in
lividual in the world can meet on a
competitive basis.
There is no reason why our farmer
boys may not be taught to think of
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PLAIN LANGUAGE.

A man should blush to think
falsehood It is the vice of COW
ards Samuel Johnson,
This pertinent saying was given to
the English speaking world a long
time ago. Not that we thought the
past should be brought up and aired
again Not that we want TO give ad-
vice or discourse on truth-telling-not
that. We just wanted to remind our
readers that the great men tand most
of us wish to emulate the great mem
used to say what they thought in
very plain language,- language
everybody could understand.
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have never been planted 10 them will
sometime develope the watermelon
wilt to marked degree. This means
that the fungus spores have been car
ried into the fields in some manner
are various, but the most common is
to feed melons to hogs or cattle and
in this manner the spores are car
ried to the manure.
~ BY planting cowpcas among the
melons and later harvesting them
for hay. The watermelon vines that
are carried away with the cowpeas
for hay carry with them the spores
Of The wilt and transmit it to the
manure pile.
90 Water seeping from "a field
planted 10 watermeons into a field
that is to be planted the next yeal
will carry the infection This is most
often noted where the upper part OF
a field is planted one year and the
lower part the next.
There are no known methods OF
treating vines infected; precautions
are therefore very necessary.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
TELL THEM ABOUT IT.

The Commerce News finds that
peas are scarce and high. 1t
seems rather surprised that they
should sell for Sc bushel Sa-
yannah Press.
Here's a suggestion for our Com
merce contemporary: Keep telling the
farmers therabout that they can grow
peas and make big money out of then
at half that price. Say 1t again ans
again, tell the farmers to plant some
peas for market this year Down thi;
way 1--WE are not boasting, but mighty
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
THE BURNING QUESTION.

Have YOU ever seen oulla
board d?--ThomasVille Times-En.
sterprise
Nav! They say this is a kind OF
bard that solves the hltman riddle
life for the person who gets his
llestions answered thereon Here is
g burning question; Has anybody
ben anybody who has bought and de-
kered any newspaper stock in recen'
3onths?
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17

the farm in terms of business-big
business. 1t is there One can lay
his finger on it every day in the year.
Farming opportunities in this section
in reality mean more to the young
man than anything else Teach him
to understand that, and he will re
main on the farm.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
WATERMELON WILT.

Nearly ever watermelon grower in
South Georgia knows that he can not
,cllow watermelons with watermelons
% the same patch without courting
disaster TO his crop. This is due to a
dl9ase commonly called Water
moloa Wit" This trouble is caused
~ 8 soil fungus which has The abil.
.'y lo live in the soil from five to ten
wears even though watermelons are
NOT planted on the soil during that
feriod
Even fields which have not produced
watermelons for years and years or
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
Do Not Get Careless
With Your Blood Supply

the great vegetable blood medi-
cine, will revitalize your blood ana
give you new strength and a
healthy, vigorous vitality. Every
one needs it just now to keep the
system in perfect condition: 60
to your drug store and get a bottle
to-day, and if you need any med
ical advice, you can obtain 1T With
out cost by writing to Medical DI-
rector, Swift Specific Co, 1909 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
BOYS ON THE FARM.

Occasionally somebody raises
'eeretful tune about the boys on the
arms the cry is that the dependable
lelper ON the farm gets away 10 the
lieher pay in the city as soon as ne
an leave home. thus keeping up d
ontinual drain on that class of peo,
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
GOD AND GOOD LUCK.

Admiral Sims in his republican-di
rected fight against the United State
navy says little German bluff in the
right place would have finished the
whole American war plans. He intl-
mated that it might have demoralized
our effort to put our soldiers into Eu
rope He wanted il understood that
the navy. after all. was only chance
organization and put the two million
soldiers in France through good luck
alone
Poor old Sims! He has only put
to naught the old Nepoleonic argu
went that God is on the side having
The most cannon He is not hurtlni
the American navy or the man VIII,
was M the head of the navy depart
ment during the war Nor can his re
publican directors in the show he has
staged do more than keep up the pub
licity campaign based long ago on the
republican idea that the real accom-
plShmentS of the American navy must
be wound about with fierce assault
Sims is maintaining his part of tina
program
1t is our honest opinion that there
vas not enough German bluff lef'
when the American seamen got after
the enemy to amount to very much
kmerican sea fighters carry with
hem different quality Of stuff
their methods had Il thoroughness
Nbout them, and effectiveness. a dar
ng and a nerve unlike anything that
,oes 10 sea in these modern times
)ur adversaries found that out while
Door old Admiral Sims was on shore
iuty enjoying the receptions planned
~ the English in London to keep him
n il good humor II took pamperins
or him while the American naval
an 70 Df tINn al 1N1I
english gave it to him--for the sol
liers had to be carried across.
They went in time to save Paris,
hey went in great numbers, with con
10Y unloaded on the shores of France
While poor old Sims was quarreling
md trying to have his way-7-trying to
imagine he had to run the whole thing
Not man was lost to the German
llshed the unbelievable in war. His.
ory will say that The American
lavy did wonderful part of the duty
# driving the submarines from the
,eas. 1t practically checked shipping
osses when il went in and it is never
90 much for the American to claim
hat the American navy saved the al
led cause on the sea
God and good luck were there, hut
10 chance move won the fight The
ierman went TO war under the aw.
ully erroneous impression that Col
lad called him TO rule the world. The
\merican went under the awfully sol
mn impression that God had called
Tim TO help preserve the everlasting
mistaken foundations of free govern.
nent,. The higher purpose had to
vim and chance was not any more 4
leeidiug element then than Admiral
Sims is making il today in his CON
hued harangue while he performs
or republican element seeking dom
nation and political control
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
Impurities Invite Disease.

You should pay particular heed
to any indication that your blood
supply is becoming sluggish, or
that there is a lessening IN it's
strong and vital force.
By keeping your blood purified,
your system more easily wards off
disease that is ever present, wait
ing to attack wherever there rs an
opening. A few bottles of S. S. s.!
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
Members Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
bntitled to the use for republication
all news dispatches credited to it
not otherwise credited in this pa
r. and also the local news published
Arein.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17

proud oil it, the farmers have found
that the boil weevil doesn't bother the
peas much. They are a fine cash
crop besides the feed on the farm
for the winter. Tell them about it.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-17
Sc MI.W EEkLY

! Entered at the Postofiice, Cordele, Ga.
as Second Glass Matter, under Act
Of March 3, 1879.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-12
WEST BURKE

Alzy Hall was taken sick Saturday
and is in very critical condition.
Several from here attended the dis
trct meeting of the Eastern Star at
St. Johnsburv last. Wednesday after
noon and evening.
MI. and Mrs. A. w. Brockway re-
turned home from Boston last Tues
day.
Mrs. A. u. Thurbcr and Mr.. and
Mis-, b. Ware of Coventry visited at
w. Il, Thurber's several days last
week.
The first entertainment Of the lee
ture course will be given Oct. 16 by
the American Grand (malc) quartettc
at the y. A. r. hall The sale of seats
is Oct. II at the same nlacc.
A penny social will be given Tues
day evening, oct. II at the church
vcstlY under the auspices of the
Camp Fire girls Of the town.
Two great attractions, Topsy, the
comical darky and Madam Dardenlla,
the gypsy fortune teller. Refresh
ments | cent, gmcs | cent, grand
march cents per couple. Admission,
1 cont. Everyone welcome.
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LYNDON

Mr., and Mrs. A. L. Croft of Enos-
burg Falls were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs G. p. Ide Friday.
{ Mr.. and Mrs. George West of
White River junction were in town
Saturday to see Miss Emma Holton,
! Mrs. Vests aunt, Miss Holton has
closed her home and gone to stay
with MIS-. VIM. BoWker for the win
| ter
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie II. Barlow
were in town for a few days with
Mrs Barlow's mother, Mrs. Mary
Coucher. They came from Portland
and were on their way to their new
home in Springfield, Vt.
W. H. Arklcy, who removed his toy
factory to St. Johnsbury sometime
ago, moved his family there Satur-
day. Mr.. Turner, who bought the
Arkley house, moves in this week,
will be an exhibit Of such things as
Of the week, but is be ter now.
The children of the graded cchool
hold a fair Friday, DC ober Is, in the
afternoon at the scho u house. There
will be an exhibit Of such things as
the school children have made or
raised. Every one interested is in
vited to come.
The V: |. S. met with Mrs. Morse
Monday evening. Plans for selling
the tea shop and grounds were dis
cussed.
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. C. w. Gray's
mother, who has spent thes ummeI
here, left Friday for Manchester, N
H., where she has work for the Wln-
ter.
Mrs. Carl Bradshaw's father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Moon of
Petersburg, N. y, are visiting at tAc
Bradshaw home,
MI. and Mrs. Earl Bradshaw re-
turned last week from visit to Pet
ersburg, N. Y, bringing with, them
Mrs. BradshaW's parents, MI. and
/ Mrs. Moon for ten day visit.
Dolwyn Bailey completed some
time ago the third year of constant
attendance at Sunday school and last
Sunday received public recognition Of
the fact at the Methodist Sunday
school by receiving the third year
gold pendant to be attached to his
gold min and wreath earned in the
two former years, also a third year
seal added to his certificate of unin,
/ telrupted attendance. As October ,
was the beginning OF new year in
all primary and junior classes, 4
group of children were promoted
from primary to junior studies and
given appropriate certificates. The
class of beginners were advanced to