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of my head at times. My bowels did
not move for days and l could not eat
without suffering. The doctor could not
help me and one day told my husband
that l could not stand the pain any
longer and sent him to the drugstore
to get ne bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and threw
the Doctors medicine away. After
taking three bottles of Vegetable Com
pound and using two bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative Wash / could do
my own homework. If it had not been
for your medicine don't know where l
would be today and am never without
a bottle of it in the house. You may
publish this if you like that it may help
some other woman. Mrs. MARY
SLENDER, 120 Orange ST., Wyandotte,
Mich.
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on Valois and John CavendiSh, while
Miss Donovan, silent and watchful,
stood back.
Valois repeated his experience,
which was corroborated in part by the
testimony of John Cavendish's valet
whom he had met and talked with in
the hall. There was no flaw In the
stories to which the inquistors could
attach suspicion. One thing alone
seemed to irritate Willis.
Are you sure" he said to Caven-
dish, that the dead man Is your
cousin? The face and chest are pretty
badly burned, you know, and thought
perhaps"
A laugh from the detectives silenced
him, while Cavendish ended any fleet
ing doubts with contemptuous gaze.
"You can't fool man on his own
cousin. youngster," he said fatty
1.-The idea is absurd"
The same d.y, young John, eager TO
be away from the scene, moved ms
belongings to the Paramount hotel, and,
since no will was found in the dead
mans papers, the entire estate came
to him as the next of kin. A day or
two later the body was inferred in the
family lot beside the fathers grave,
and the night of the funeral young
John Cavendish dined at an out-of-the-
way road-house with blonde with
hard metallic voice. Her name was
Miss Celeste La tue.
And the day following he discharged
Francois Valois without apparent
cause, in "a sudden burst of temper.
So seemingly, the curtain fell on the
| last act of the play.
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had fallen from off the tabletop to
the floor and scattered into fragments.
Back of the table a small safe EN-
bedded in the wall stood with its door
wide open, its inner drawer spintered
as with a knife blade and hanging
half out, and below it a rifle of papers,
many of them apparently legal docu-
mentS.
But the one object across which the
golden beams Of light fell as though
in soft caress was the motionless hg-
ure of man lying upon his back De-
side the table near the drapelesS
window. A blow from behind had
evidently crushed his skull and though
the face was scared and burned
though the curtains partial ashes
covered more than a half Of 1t, though
the eye-lashes above the sightless eyes
were singed and the trim beard burn
ed TO black stubs. the face gave mute
evidence Of being that of Frederick
Cavendish.
The door at the end Of the bookcase
opened noiselessly and man, smooth
faced, his hair brushed low across his
forehead, stepped quietly In. AS his
eyes surveyed the grewsome object by
the table, they dilated with horror;
then his whole body stiffened and he
fled back into the hall, crashing the
door behind him.
Ten minutes later he returned, not
alone, however. This time his COM
panion was John Cavendish but par
TALLY dressed, his features white and
haggard.
With nervous hands he pushed open
the door. At the sight of the body he
trembled q moment, then, mastering
himself, strobe over and touched the
dead face, the other meanwhile edging
into the room.
Dead, sir. really dead?" the late
conner asked.
Cavendish nodded: For several
hours" he answered in an unnatural
voice. "He must have been struck
from behind. Robbery evidently was
the object-cold-blood robbery. You
heard nothing during the night?
Nothing, sir. l swear l knew moth
ing until l opened the door and saw
the body a few moments ago"
You'd better stick to your story,
valois," the other said sternly. 1.-The
police will be here shortly. I'm going
| to call them, now"
He was calm. efficient, self-contained
| now as he got central station upon the
wire and began talking.
Hello, lieutenant? Yes. This is
John Cavendish of the Waldron apart
ments speaking My cousin, Frederick
| Cayendish, has been found dead in his
room and his safe rifled. Nothing has
been disturbed. Please hurry"
Perhaps half an hour later the police
came-two bull-necked plain-clothes
men and fannel-mouthed cop"
With them came three reporters, one
of them a woman. She was young
woman, plainly dressed and, though she
could not be called beautiful, there
was certain patrician prettiness in
her small, oval, womanly face will, its
gray kind eyes. its aquiline nose, It's
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firm lips and determined jaw. certain
charm in the manner in which her
chestnut hair escaped occasionally
from under her trim hat. Young, az
gressive, keen Of mind and tireless'
Stella Donovan was one OF the few
good woman reporters Of the city and
the only one the Star kept upon It's
pinched payroll. Though her custom
airy assignments were sob stories
divorces. society events and the track
ing down of succule1t bits of general
scandal. she nevertheless enjoyed being
unon the scene of the murder even
though she was not assigned to it.
This casual duty was for Willis. the
Stars police" man. who dragged her
along with him for momentary COM
pany.
A food of questions came down up
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CHAPTER II.
Mr.. Enrioht Declares Himself.

One month after the Cavehulsn Inur-
der and two days after he had dis
patched a casual, courteous note to
John Cavendish requesting that ne
call. Mr.. Patrick Enright, Of Enright
and Dougherty. sat in his private ONCE
on the top floor of the Collander bIlid-
ing in Cortlandt stree. waiting for the
youths appearance. Since young
Cayendish had consulted him before
in minor matters, Mr.. Enright had ex-
pected that he would call voluntarily
soon after the murder, but in this he
was disappointed Realizing that
Broadway was very dear to the young
man, Enright had made allowances,
until. weary of waiting, he decided TO
get into the game himself and to this
end had dispatched the note, to which
Cavendish had replied both by tele-
phone and note.
He ought to be here now" MUIR
INJURED Mr.. Enright sweetly, looking at
his watch, and soon the expected vls1-
tor was ushered in. Arising to his
feet the attorney extended moist,
pudgy hand.
quite prompt, John" he greeted.
''Take the chair there-and pardon me
for a moment"
AS the youth complied Enright OPEN
ed the door, glanced into the outer
room, and gave orders not to be dis
turbed for the next half-holr. Then,
drawing in his head. he closed the
door and turned the key.
"John." he resumed smoothly, Il
have been somewhat surprised that
you failed to consult me earlier re-
sarding the will of your late cousin
Frederick.
'Tis-his will.' John leaned for
ward amazed, as he stared into the
others expressionless face. "Did-did
he leave one?"
"Oh. that's it." the attorney
chuckied. You didn't know about it,
did YOU? How odd. On the night OF
his death drew up his will. Incident
ally, | am the only one living aware
| that such a will was drawn. You see
my position?'
Young Cavendish didn't; this was
all strange, confusing.
"The will" resumed Mr.. Enrfght.
twas drawn in proper form and duly
witnessed"
"There can't be such will. None
was found"
Possibly not" said Enrisht with
quiet, sinister gravity. ut was probably
DESTROYED and it was to gain posses
sion of the will that Frederick Caven-
| dish was killed."
John leaped to his feet, his face
bloodless: MY God :" he muttered
aghast, "do you mean to say
"Sit down. John; this is no cause for
quarrel. Now listen. am not &C.
cusing you of crime: not intentional
crime. at least. If an accident happen
| ed, that was your misfortune.
merely mention these things because
I am your friend. Such friendship
led me first to inform you what had
happened over the phone. / realized
that Frederick's hasty determination
to devise his property elsewhere was
the result of a quarrel. | believed it
nv duty to give you opportunity to
patch that quarrel up with the least
possible delay.
81 have. it is true, performed an ur.-
| professional act which. If known
would expose me to severe criticism
There is, however, no faint of crmina!
intent upon my conduct and. no doubt
my course would be fully vindicated
were l now TO go directly before the
court and testify to the existence of a
will.''
"But that could net be proved Il
has never been found"
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In the corner of drug store which
bears the sign, &c. w. Pugh & Com
pany," the circulating library of q
small town is kept.
One day Fred, aged nine, came home
very indignant, after returning Dor
rowed book, and said he would never
go to the library again because the
man laughed at him.
His mother said: "Oh, no; the man
didn't laugh at you. What did you
say?'
And Fred replied: II didn't say moth
In. l lust said: Mr.. Pugh, l brought
your book back.
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When Frederick Cavendish reached
+ha s.reer and the fresh night mr.
rocad through his lungs he came 10
..s,,o,, realization and then resolu-
tion. The realization was that since
r,rther plealing would avail nothing
.,.,th John Cayentiish. he needed les
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Slowly remorelssly, he bent her head backward until she
feared her neck would her mind leaPsd
the sudden conclusion that this beast ute she
must outwit him with her brains Suddenly relaxing herself she
slipped to the granite floor N her knees.
Please, please she begged. give give in
"But she closed about jagged
bit of rock
This is Stella New York to
Colorado capable
woman indeed-and as lovable capable
OF there's hero worthy of such girl He's Jim West
eo Colorado the New Yorker believed have
been murdered And he needs all his and backbone and West
efficiency girl himself their pers at
the hands of band of crooks and wilderness bad
In Short this of Randall Parrishs best-and that's
saying a DEAL
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"My s;lence-let US say at e
hundred thousand!
tTO BE CONTINUED.)
Austrian Microscope,

A iuorescent microscope inverted
by an Austrian scientist for use with
ultraviolet rays enables the recf !.ni.
tion of differences in matter not ger
ceptibie by ordinary light
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wit n o u { help. 1
ave h ad pains
every month so bad
that l would nearly
double up. Some
times / could not
sweep a room with
out stopping to rest,
and everything | ate
upset my stomach.
T hire e years ago
I los a C h i | d
and su IF cred so
badly that | was out
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cutIeura Soap for the Complexion.

CutIcura soap Tor the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear.
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
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AGE Rapidly.

Age Rapidly.
as that a genuine antique!"
"Yes." replied the dealer.
"Why, here's mark which indi-
Gates it was made only twenty years
ago"
1--WE are living in very rapid age.
It doesn't take nearly so long to make
an antique as it used to-"
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PAINS NEARLY
DOUBLED me- Up
Nothing Helped Me Until |
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Wyandotte, ch-"For the last
four wears | have doctored off and on
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
KEEPS FLY PAPER IN PLACE
Device That VIII Be Appreciated by
Anyone Who Has Sat on the
Aboraination.

A New Jersey man has invented
device TO keep fy-pnper In one position
and from being blown by the wind on
TO fathers favorite chair or mothers
most treasured iace curtains. II con-
sists OF frame having grooves Mt each
end to permit the insertion Of the sheet
Of hy-paper. A narrow strip OF wood Is
forced down into the groove over the
paper to hold II taut At the lower
end Of the frame three grooves are 10
Gated for linking care Of any variations
In the lengths OF the fy-paper.
When the fly-paper Is in It's frame. II
may be placed up In any convenient
place. and will be so conspicuous as to
he readiiy seen before being sat upon.
In addition TO being useful ms a holder
for fly-paper. the device Gun be used as
nm acknowledgements or as n stretcber
for cloth or paper.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
KHAKI AS VIEWED BY YOUTH
Army Called Place Where Collectors
Cease From Troubling and Cal.
iouses Leave the Feet.

Ideas about army life that persua-
sive recruiting sergeanfs never heard
OF In all their various bitches" in the
service were brought out by the public
schools Of the country under the aus
pices OF the army and recruiting serv.
Ice
Freedom from annoyance while In
khaki II the theme OF little girl In
Ohio, who writes: Zone OF the benefits
Of an enlistment liz that you amt al
the time bothered by bin coliectorx~
"You get respect for law In the
army n Montana boy Is convinced.
because ''the Constitution says Ames-
len is country of free and ungoyern-
able rights
Another boy In Illinois wishes teach
er wns man 80 she could be sst-
der" Filled with the enthusiasm Of q
patent medicine prospectus. an Indi-
ana school girl has this to say: IAN
enlistment IN good for the mind. the
liver. the lungs and the kidneys. Il
takes the caliouses of the feet and
puts them on the hands"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
Immigration Figures Show Great
Britain Has Given $780,
COO to Our Population.
4,5O0,0Oo CONE FROM IRELAND
New York City ls Huge Melting Pot
for the Hordes That Come From
Ovcrseas-Austria One of the
Largest Contributors,

New YOrk-Thirty-three million i'm
migrants have come to this country
In the IA years since it was proclaim
ed that all men are born free and
equal, and yet it was estimated at the
recent national convention on imlni-
grafton held here that there was n
shortage of 100000 immigrant work
ers in this country, which was given
as one of the chief reasons for the
high cost of living.
History records no similar move
ment of population which in rapdity
or volume can equal this" says bull
letin of the National Geographic So
ciety. Compared to it the hordes that
invaded Europe from Asia, great and
enormous as they were, were insig-
nificant.
"Of the 100000 who have come
more than 100000 still live among
us, and their children and children's
children are now in good truth bone
of our bone and blood of our blood.
Not long ago America crossed the
1OO.OOO,OO0 line In the number of its
citizens, and 1t is interesting to note
the composition of that population.
ITO begin with, there are 11.0OO.-
600 cOlored people. Then there are
14,5OO.OOO people of foreign birth
among us. In addition to these there
are 100000 children Of foreign horn
fathers and mothers and 100000
children Of foreign born fathers and
native mothers, or vice versa. When
all these have been deducted from the
1OO.00O.OOO only 100000 remain Of
full white native ancestry.
includes lilustrious Citizens.
yet the 35,OOO.OO0 American people
who are Of foreign stock-that is, for
eign born or the children OF foreign
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mas accomplished wonders, In a water
system surprising anything Of Its kind
on earth

mas accomplished wonders, in a water
system SURPRISING anything Of its kind
on earth.
Vocational Education.
Along with many other cities. New
YORK learned that vast ma jorlty Of
the children who attend public schools
DO not go to college afterward. From
mat suggestion developed the idea OF
vocational education which Is now &C
compllshing wonders. Perhaps more
than any other one agent II Is helping
TO transform in heart and action the
allen life of the metropolis into part
ana parcel Of our body polite. The i'm
migrants children are being fitted for
that economic independence which
comes with skilled hands instead OF be-
Ing sent forth from school with un-
trained hands and poorly trained
minds.
when one reflects that seven out Of
every nine children of school age in
New York are of immigrant parentage.
situation is disclosed that might be
termed startling, especially when It Is
remembered that the school army is so
large that IL 1t marched ten abreast In
close formation the front rank would
be boarding North river ferryboat
when the rear guard We're crossing the
Schuylkill out of Philadelphia.
ut Is a staggering task which con.
fronts the city In AmericanIzlng such
huge numbers of Youthful foreigners.
Indeed. did 1t not happen that New
York Is so rich-with assessed values
greater than those of the next seven
cities In America combined-it IN ght
well cnll upon the national government
for aid. But with such wealth 1t is
bearing the burden alone and Is doing
1t admirably.
"One might write at length about
striking features OF the New York pub
lie schools which stand among all the
agencies for Americanizing immigrants
children. How these schools take
seventy odd tongues and substitute
good English; how they not only labor
to fit boys and girls for intelligent and
useful places in the country's great in.
dustrial system. but also to employ
ment bureaus bring the trained pupil
and the open Job together; how they
provide every year for the children OF
an added population equal to that OF
Memphis, Tenn.-are achievements and
problems worthy OF consideration of
Americans everywhere"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands OF women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect Il,
Womens' complaints often prove 10 be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result OF kidney or bladder disease.
IL the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition. they may cause the other or.
sans TO become diseased.
Pain in the back. headache. loss Of am
oition, nervousness. are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. Dr..
hiimer's Swamp Root, . physicians pre-.
scription, obtained at any drug store. may
be just the remedy needed TO overcoms
such conditions.
Get . medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However. II you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents TO DR..
kilmer 4 Co.. Binghamton. N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
Bell Met with Misfortune.

The new giant bell. Jeanne dare"
destined for Rouen cathedral, met
with an accident just after Il had left
the foundry nj Annecy. France. II
was being drawn by IA horses through
the streets when an axletree gave
way, and the great bell, weighing 20
tons. fell to the ground, obstructing
the traffic. The road was cleared suf-
hciently to allow vehicles TO pass some
hours afterward, but 1t took five days
to lift the bell.
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Alert Management.

why do you encourage people 10
send In complaints TO the company ?"
"YoH see," answered the railway Off
eial. "the company has few com
plants Of Its own to make these days,
and maybe we can get some sugges-
tons for new phraseoiogy."
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18

Costs few cents! Drop a little
Freezone on that touchy corn. Instant
~ that corn stops hurting. then you
lift It right out with the fingers.
Why waltz Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle of Freezone for few cents,
sufficient to rid your feet Of every hard
corn, soft corn, or corn between the
toes. and calluses. without soreness or
Irritation. Freezone Il the much
talked Of discovery OF the Cincinnati
genius.-Adv.
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Afraid to Take q chancs.

Muncie, Ind.-Mariage license rec
ords show that clerks. bookkeepers
and other so-called salary men are
not marrying these days, but that
those engaged In mechanical work
are. Out Of ITO licenses issued dur.
ing the first three months Of the year,
127 were obtained by mechanics, la
borers and farmers.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
met an Improvement.

Inv did you have the tele-
! out of your office?
|you consider anything a
|rovement which gives your
bee to ask for money dur
hours. after going through
5 the night before ?-Hous-
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|yed for Cure
$ it After 10 Years
Would Sour and Boil
Teeth Like Chalk

'ert NJ. Gessner writes from hin
Berlin, N. H.:
'0maeh trouble over ten years:
: worse. l tried everything for
" came back worse than ever.
got awfully bad; could only eat
u'ead and tea. In January / got
= ~nat | would eat would sour
my teeth would be like chalk.
terribly. l prayed every day for
(r 70 cure me. One day / rad
UNI. :. :, and told my wife to Get
- the drug store as I was roine
p m. l took one-third of 4
70 feel relief; when il was
- gone, felt fine and when Il
aa " mad 10 pains. Wife got me
Vt out i | have felt the pain but
~ nve tablets out of the new
nave no more stomach trouble.
/, e 70 tell you how thankful I
+, neafd OF EATONIC. 1 feel like
81 eat what l like, drink plenty
'hd 1t never hurts me At an
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18

We are sure Of the success OF our
work. for II IL right; and right Is
stronger than wrong.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18

The memorial window to Aiihiral
David Glasgow Farragut, which VIII
be placed In the chapel of the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis
The design Of the window Is based on
the incident In the momentous battle
of Mobile bay. when he placed ms
trust in "divine guidance" and order
ed his men to "sail over the tor
pedocs,. The memorial ID being pre-
sentel By the graduates Of the acao-
smy.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
Musical Criticism.

How do you like the new singer.
Jonesr'
"oh, very wev. except when she's
singing. Boston Transcript
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fER
WOMEN
ham Whose Serious IL
overcome by Lydia E.
Vegetable Compound.

.e-"I first took Lydia E.
Fsg &C, Compound for a
mimi complete nervous
INHHIj breakdown follow
AI ing the birth Of my
l Oldest child. ! got
~l up too soon which
caused serious fe-
male trouble. ! IVES
El 60 weak that / YVES
HIN not able to be on my
al|HEI feet but very little
HlIllI ard could not do my
FSHl homework at all. ]
A had a bad pain in my
M | e # side and it
terribly if l stepped off q
One day one Of your book
bwn in the yard and ! read
|n it. There were so many
In helped by your medicine
q to try it and my husband
8 and got me q bottle. It
bough / felt relief after the
SO / kept on until / had
bottles and by that time !
as l could wish. About. q
gave birth to a ten pound
ave had two more children
: health has been fine. II
trouble of any kind / am
Re your medicine for / give
raise for my good health.
recommend your medicine
can. Mrs. EVA e. SHAY,
nsas.
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|, :. ; idea of economy is to
a 'hihss she has no use for
''eE are cheap.
I go o'y who is being correct
10 sleep at the switch.
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