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Hts expression had changed from
anger to cynical contempt, and he
sneered: "very clever. madame-very
creditabie to madame's nerve-ha, ha !
Madame is afraid of nossing but to
lose zoze so valuable Jewels of my
daughter and with that he stepped
SO close thought he was going to lay
hold of me.
1 stepped back. just out of immedi-
ate reach and took q firm grip on my
hatpin.
"And now, madame-we-lay-a
subterfuges-and evasions-to-ze-
side: Where are re jewels Of my
dnughterY'
"And now, monsieur" I Knocked, 1--WE
-lay-all - subterfuges "a and - eva
slon-to-the-side: / don't know"
with quick dive of his hand into
his pocket he whipped out a small re-
volver
memory" he leered.
Well, 1t refreshed madame's some
thing-for want of better term I'll
call 1t creative genius. waved the
revolver aside with a gesture of con-
tempt and began: "Since monsieur
has been Mt all this trouble to obtain
an interview with me. may ask few
questions2 1t may be of importance
to both of u.s."
"Proceed."
"Monsieur is. I believe, a stranger
in America. Has monsieur ever ac-
quninted himself with New York state
lawsT
''To some extent-yes."
"Well-ah-I was merely wondering.
you know. II monsieur were aware of
the fact that in New York state. kid
naping is capital offense-that is.
punishable with death?"
''But what has kidnapping to do wis
our present case2' he asked frowning.
"Oh. only that monsieur is. at the
present moment, in the act Of kidnap-
Ing me-"
That hit him. but he held his
ground.
II do not see 1t. madame. Kidnapping
consists In taking re person by vio-
lence and against re WISH"
mot in New York state. Monsieur
forgets that he is not in France or
Germany, but in New York. The New
York courts hold that forcible deten-
tIon against the will is kidnapping. You
are at this moment, in the eyes of the
law, kldnaper."
''Impossiblei" he exclaimed.
"Certainly," l returned. "You have
only to look up the cases and convince
yourself. In the Halloran case, n year
ago, Halloran only locked a girl up
and refused to let her out when she
asked. He did her no harm and made
no threats"-here looked at the re-
volver In a significant way-''but he
got twenty years. But in the Cominsky
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MANY VILLAGES NOW IN DUST
Not Even Walls Remain to Mark
Towns That Existed Before Ar
rival Of Spiked Helmet Men.

or many smaller villages not even
the ruins remain, the walls having long
since been reduced to stone dust. OF
old magnificent forests there are only
occasional naked tree stems, with o
few leafless branches. There is no liv
ing tree for miles and miles. German
gas did 1t.
The old inferno of sound has giver
place to more terrible silence-a 81
lence unbroken by living creature. No
birds, no moving things in the grass,
nothing but the absolute silence of q
man-made desert.
From the agricultural point of view
the country Is years in the future.
worry square foot must be leveled and
restored. The undertaking is infinitely
difficult. Any moment the work
man may run into an unexploded shell
or hidden death trap.
Every farm Will have to be equipped
with complete new drainage system.
The old pipes were ripped out during
the early part of the bombardment, al.
lowing the waste water to spread out
over the fiat countryside and collect in
depressions.
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case-the man who was electrOcuted
last week, as you probably read in the
papers-ComInsky locked woman up
and threatened her with revolver.
He got the death penalty"
AS these fictitious cases dropped on
my tongue, monsieur, with a catlilse
slyness, slipped the revolver back into
his pocket, though he made no move
to open the door as had hoped. Still.
I saw I had gained ground with him
though the ground longed for lay out
side the house.
Every good" said he, after some Sec
onds of consideration 1--WE are not
kidnapping madame. Madame has ze
jewels-of Eat am pOsitive-eizer
upon her person. or in some place con-
cealed, and until madame decides to
return zem. she will make herself COM
Portable here wisout food or water. but
II she wishes to give zem to me now,
she may depart at once"
laughed in his face.
/ think this disconnected him more
than anything I'd done.
"HOw long do you think you can
keep me here?" I demanded.
"Zat depends on madame" he re-
turned with a shrug and significant
| glance at the shuttered windows.
"You speak MS though you supposed
nobody knew where l was"
"It is useless for you to call to
Madame Delario-she will not come"
II wasn't thinking of doing 1t. But
my brother will come He knows that
l am here and he Is coming for me. He
was in my house when your message
came. He had come over from Phila.
delphia with his lawyer and some pa
pers for me to sign. When you told
me Mrs. Delario was so Ill, 1 waited
for nothing-rushed down here us fast
as could. My brother and his lawyer
were to follow me here In an hour and
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one who passed. hoping to find the fea-
lures of Marcel. A spy might not be
in Germany: he might be here amidst
the army of the conquerors In Belgi-
um, In Namur, and any time. But all
her hopes were vain and, ms the
months dragged into years and no
news came. she ceased to look at ev-
cry passerby, for disappointment only
emphasized her fear.
Then one night, when the lights
were out and all was still, she heard
gentle tapping at. the door. Her
mother opened 1t little way, and
through the space mans voice whis-
pered: I'm weary; have Travelled
far today. Once, long ago. they told
me II ! visited Namur. I'd find safe
shelter in your home" Her heart beat
quickly as they let him in. Was 1t
Marcel? At least. perhaps some news.
But no, the stranger knew only that
Once-twO years ago-he and Duval
had been together on a bit of work in
Austria. Duval had said that II he
CHANGED to reach Namur, they'd give
him lodging in that house. Duval had
sent message, but that was long ago.
and since then-well, no one had heard
from him. The stranger hid there all
next day. and then OF night departed
and was swallowed by the dark.
give years of hopeful tomorrows
turned to dreary yesterdays. To me-
who has lived for centuries. five years
are like n minute of the day. To
Jeanne, each year out Of the five was
like century. 1t was the imprison-
ing silence. not the Boche, that crushed
her soul. The Huns were driven back
to their own land. Namur was free
and. one by one. the soldiers who had
lived returned, to stay at home again.
And still no one could tell the fate
of lost Marcel Duval. And then"
The voice broke off, for down below
the bells began to ring, the chimes
that drove the cloud from Off the sun.
The opalescent sky turned turquoise
blue; the sunlight tore the rainbow
haze and sent golden shower across
the world. And from the church door
came n bridal pair l heard whisper
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AS BELGIUM APPEARS TODAY
country's Condition as War-Torn and
Barren as When the Armlstice
Was Signed.

Although small armies of men, most
ly German prisoners, have been work
Ing nearly year. devastated Belgium
looks today just as barren and war
torn as when the armstice sent the
German armies hurrying back into the
distance from which they had come. So
immense is the reclamation task be-
fore them, 1t is not noticeable that the
workers have made any impression at
all.
Ypres itself. collection of ruins.
has hardly been touched. The debris
has been swept from the streets and a
lean-to station put up near the site OF
the old. A few restaurants have been
reopened for tourists and relatives of
fallen soldiers visiting the zone.
A small gantlet of postal card SELL
ers and curio venders forms regularly
outside the station n few minutes be-
fore train time. Several llverymen
and garage owners do n fine business
driving slghtseers over the battlefields.
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white one with green shutters and red
roof? It's just little higher than the
rest. You cannot see the canopy be-
fore the door. I'll tell you why it's
there.
''E'ive years ago the troops were or
dered out to fight invaders from across
the Rhine. To that house came Mar
Gel Duval to tell his Jeanne Good
by They were to have been married
the next month. and 1t was very hard
for them to part. Marcel had light
hair and blue eyes; he could talk Ger
man better than the rest. and he was
not to fight with gun and sword, but
with the cunning of his mind-to be a
spy.
II looked down at them as they
stood before the house. The evening
wrapped them close. but 1 could see
Jennne's eyes were wet-gray, like the
twilight woven through the mist. Her
dark head pressed against his coat.
The circle of her arms cleaned white
about his neck. They kissed. She
choked her sobs and smiled. He looked
inst once-n long time-then he turned
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CHAPTER VII.
! Sec Through the Plot.

There are moments when I fairly
thrill at the thought that L am an
American citizen. Such moment
came after had shot through the ves-
tlbule door and found myself in the
complacent street. / was safe-safe-
safe. 1 was where 1 could appeal to
the first passing man to protect me in
the name of American womanhood.
In the jubilation of my freedom and
safety 1 stopped and looked back at
the house. The holland shade was
drawn downstairs, but as I looked, a
finger-I knew it must be monsieur's-
pulled an edge of the shade and an
eye peeped at me.
was in the midst of grin of de-
rlsion at him when my eye was caught
by something at an upper window. 1t
was a hand-a waving hand-a hand
that said, go away-go away-go
awayl" as fast as 1t could. and said it
to me.
An instant later I saw a face and
recognized Mrs. Delario. Then the face
was gone and the hand said, "G0
away!" again and disappeared also.
Monsieur. seeing me standing. ap-
parently interested in something hap
pening upstairs, pulled the shade out
a little farther. So what did was de-
liberately to cross the street and sig
nal him to raise the window.
"Raise the window wnnt to speak
TO you'll" shouted.
The window was raised about six
inches and monsieur put his evil. ratty
face down to listen.
"Now do your darnedest!" said I.
And then snapped my fingers at him
and walked away.
Though 1t was early began to feel
hungry and kept on till reached
French restaurant where I generally
lunch when I'm downtown. 1t was too
soon for the music, but my own
thoughts were music enough just then,
and anyway felt safe.
But by the time the salad came the
reaction set In. The world turned drab.
mottled with black responsibility and
streaked with red Indignation. I rob
n young girl! Good heavens her ia
ther must be insane to bring such an
accusation against me! 1 seen with
her Jewel case in my hands! Prepos-
terous! And poor. poor Mrs. Delario-
she, too, had been accused. on top of
all her trouble about her diamonds.
had raised my coffee to my lips
but hadn't tasted 1t, when the words
went through my head like shot:
"CLAIRE'S JEWELS ARE MRS.
DELARIO'S DIAMONDSr
Mrs. Delario had sworn to me that
they were hers. Had she robbed Claire
coming over in the steamer Impos-
sible! She was too good a woman.
But even so. how had monsieur con-
nected me with them7 Had she told
himt That seemed impossible also;
and yet felt I'd really never shaken
his conviction that had them-and
that he meant to get them by fair
means or foul.
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synopHswhne
she
to
a
On
she
remarkable believing
no planauo
of
him nd
responsibility
Of
to a of
De Raven
at
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the a
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l am to go with them to the notary
to sign the papers. The hour is al
most up"
Monsieur bit his lips. Here was a
contingency he hadn't reckoDed with
that l had arranged to have some
one call for me. Then n bright ides
struck him. "Zat matter is simply ar
ranged" said he with a wicked smile.
II tell your dear brozer Eat you have
already gone home to him. and he will
not wait"
tried to laugh again, though fear
1 made but poor attempt at 1t, for
was beginning to be frightened. But
said: "Don't hatter yourself you
could deceive my brother with tale
like that-he knows me too well. told
him 1 would wait and he knows 1
would keep my word. He would know
the instant you said had gone-he
would know the minute he looked into
your face-that something was wrong
here. In five minutes he'd be back
with the police and break In the door"
This took the wind out of his sails
for a minute. Then he rose to the
situation In masterful way; and
must say for him that he was no mean
adversary. Drawing the key from his
pocket he unlocked the door. saying.
"And now madame will telephone her
brozer zat Madame Delario Is dying
and he is not to come today about ze
important papers,"
saw my one chance lay In pretend
Ing I'd do 1t and then breaking loose !;
SO stepped out--he at my heels ready
to grab me-and making feint OF
going upstairs to the telephone. he fol-
lowed suit by putting one foot on the
lowest step. At that, I gave a loud.
wild-western "whoopee!" right in his
face. and punched him in the chest as
hard as ever l could. He lost his bal
ance. went rolling backward and sat
down on the floor. Before he recov-
cred from the shock of my unladylike
behavior, had bolted through the
front door and reached the street.
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Enter a friend in need
Billy Rivers.
(To BE CONTINUED)
Marvellous Hair Rope.

One of the most remarkable hnir
ropes is mentioned by Sir Frederick
Treves In his book entitled 1.-THE
Other Side of the Lantern" He de-
scribes it as lying curled up like
gigantic caterpillar within the great
Buddhist temple at Kioto. 1t meas
ures 300 feet In length and three
inches in diameter. and is made up of
contributions from the heads of many
hundreds of thousands of Japanese
women. Long ago 1t was used to drag
the timbers to the building and to hoist
them into place. and now It is care
fully preserved. a sacred relic. with
iu the vast edifice It helped to raise.
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CHAPTER VI-continued.

wis me, holding weapon In her
hand7'
as monsieur Intending to converse
with me behind locked doors?"
For re present-yes."
''Very well, then, get 1t over. What
is It7" felt very sure by this time
1t had nothing. directly, to do with
Mrs. Delarlo.
'It is zis-my daughter. Claire, was
robbed of some very valuable jewels
on ze steamer coming over. Zere are
but two persons who could possibly
have committed re seft-Mrs. Delario
and-yourself."
/ was dazed-so dazed that 1 STAN
mered.
"You say Claire was robbed coming
did i'll"
Precisely"
My wits came back with that fat
accusation.
''Then why didn't she say something
about it at the timer" | demanded.
Probably because she was not
aware of 1t at re time-one seldom Is.
II I may be permitted to point 1t out
to madame"
I was so completely innocent Of even
knowing that the girl had jewels with
her-except such little trinkets as a
child values and that nobody but a
street thief would have bothered his
head Over-that I saw monsieur's ac-
cusation as blackmail. That word sud-
denly popped into my head and gave
me the basis of n return attack.
You mean to tell me that Claire
had valuable jewels on the steamer yet
never mentioned the fact to either Mrs.
Delario or myself?"
Naturally, she says nossing-why
should she? She Is under no obllga-
uon to speak of such n matter to you"
''In other words, she was smuggling
valuable Jewels into the cOuntry-try-
ing to get them through the customs
house without our knowing 1t, so we
could tell her to declare them?"
Smuggling? She is taking zem to
her musser-zey have once been pur-
chased in America"
II don't believe she had any Jewels"
asserted brnvely. Merely to say she
had-and she hasn't got them now
doesn't prove anything. You must have
sense enough to see that for yourself" !"
His face had darkened again. "You
doubt my word? l have re proof,
madame, re absolute proof-zat she
Ind re Jewels wis her when she went
on board re steamer; and while on
hoard; ; and up to a certain date. can
furnish proof zat would be accept In
essary."
His tone carried conviction In spite
of myself; also, knew he was ready
TO have me put under arrest and fur
nish his proof in court. For minute
went limp and sick. But pulled my
self together for another shot at him
''rhen you admit she was smuggling
Jewels into the country?'
He shrugged thought to conceal
his uneasiness at the way was taking
It, 'Ze Jewels belong to my wife-a
wedding gift from her fazcr-if you
call 1t smuggling"
but they were not declared-l
know that, anyway. Well, then-sincc
they were not declared. they were te
all intents and purposes smuggled. We
shall now act as though they had beer
srnuggled-we shall at once enlist the
services of the government in your be
half. After the jewels are discovered
you can present evidence that they
were not subject to duty. Or, of course
you can pay the duty. l suppose they
are worth that to you to get then
taSkf"
what do you mean. madamel" h,
exclaimed in tone that to me sound
ed alarm. you sink ask your gov
ernment to seek for zoze lost Jewel,
of my daughterf Diable-parlon-a
lose zem so soon as find zem?"
mot you. but IL will ask the Gus
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Belgiiu1nSketches
Glory of the
Morning
BY Katharine Essleston Roberts
1890. western Newspaper Union,

Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Unionl
The world was opaIine. From high up
in the citadel looked down into the
heart of 1t. The sun, half hidden by a
cloud. sent streaks of flame across the
pearl-gray sky. Within the shadowy
girdle of the hills a rainbow haze en-
meslied the valley. II melted the red
and yellow of the peaked roofs that
crowded by the streams of flowing
gold, thinning where the waters met.
There in the weird and mystic light
lay the unreal earth. and was far
away-up there alone in reality. Sud-
denly I longed for some one else to
look with me and feel the eerie beauty
of 1t all. The loneliness pinched at
my heart and made 1t ache.
And then n voice within the stones
behind me cried: II built this clta-
del long centuries ago. and every dny
I've watched the journey of the sun
from morn till night. I've watched the
people living underneath those peaked
roofs. You cannot see them; you have
not my eyes. Always l watch the peO-
pie of Numur."
The voice did not seem strange to
me. 1t was an answer to my longing
for some one. I feared that 1t might
go-might leave me there alone above
the wonderland. l begged it: Tell
me what you've seen, what you are
seeing now"
"Oh. can't tell you. 1t takes too
long; but something-yes. You see
that house down near the church. the
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and ran. He dared not look again.
The smile died on her lips. She sank
upon the door step and her shoulders
shook.
ut wasn't long before the German
horde came to the hills about the
town. They stormed the forts for
three days, till at last they won their
entrance into old Namur. They occu-
pied the place. They took the best and
sold the leavings to Namur folk at
triple price. They occupied my home,
paraded round about my walks. knew
them well, and l was sorry for the
people In the city down below. saw
Jeanne and her mother trying to.live
on nothing. but 1t wasn't only lack of
food that made Jeanne's eyes so big
and dark in the pale Ivory of her face.
Always her quick glance searched each
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YOUNGSTERS!
Need "Cascarets" when Sick.
Bilious, Constipated.

When your child is bilious. consti-
pated, sick or full of cold; when the
little tongue is coated. breath bad and
stomach sour. get box of Cascarets
and straighten the little one right up.
Children gladly take this harmless
candy cathartic and 1t cleanses the lit
tie liver and bowels without gripping.
Cascarets contain no calomel or dan
gerous drugs and can be depended upon
to move the sour bile. gases and indi-
gestible waste right out of the bowels.
Best family cathartic because 1t never
cramps, sickens or causes incon-
venience.-Adv.
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gish liver, sick-headaches, constipation or
biliousness there is no medicine that can
equal the Pleasant Pellets. found them
a great help to me in bringing up my
family in as much as they have many
times warded off sick spells my children
would otherwise have had.n-MRS.
MARY. E. BRADLEY. 932 Homer Ave.
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Live Holsters We're the first merchan-
disc carried by the new air service be-
tween Paris and Brussels.
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NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in NostrlIs to Open Up
Air Passages.

All! What relief! Your clogged nos
trils open right up, the air passages of
your head are clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking,
snufiiing, mucous discharge, headache,
dryness-no struggling for breath ut
night, your cold or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos
trils. let 1t penetrate through every air
passage of the head; soothe and heal
the swollen, inflamed mucous men,
brane, give you instant relief. Ely's
Cream Balm is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seeking.
It's just splendid.-Adv.
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MY HEAD!

W h en- tho
head feels thick
tor aches, when
}one feels all out
pf-sorts-per-
'haps q coated
tongue-it is the
signal that poi
sons are accum-
'ulating in the
sys tie m, and
should be clean
ed out ct once.
Sleepiness 8
after meals, bill
iousness, diEsi-
ness, acidity Of
the stomach,
b e art b urn
oHansiua breath
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family medicine
for many years. l
raised quite q
large family and
from the time my
children were
small / always
gave them tho
Pleasant Pellets
They were easy to
take and pleasant
in every way,
never causing dis
tress, For slug.
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Missed.

Missed.
Annie-So Jack is engaged, is he?
And Is Mabel the brlde-to-be?
Fanny-No; she is the tried-to-be.
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and allied ailments results from auto
intoxication OF sen-poisoning.
Take castor oil, or procure at the drug
store, pleasant vegetable laxative,
called Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, COM
posed Of May-apple, alocs and ialap.
Kansas City, Kans. :-"Dr. Pierce'o
Pleasant Pellets have been NV faYnrite
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-11-16
Schools of Idaho Springs

Nothing is important in this day than the train
ing Of the young people who are to be the leaders OF to-
morrow AS the ideals gained in early life usually remain
essential that the character OF work in the
public schools be of the highest order In this respect
Idaho Springs exces for the schools educating the
young and fitting them for positions of responsibility
Under the able leadership of Prof Duncan 3. Clark,
as superintendent fourteen instructors building sys
tenn of education that seldom found in town of this
sze It is most worthy effort for every community has
in it's halls of education the DOCTORS lawyers statesmen
ministers teachers and moulders of public opinion OF the
future It is thus imperative that those who have been
entrusted with the right to train the students put forth
their best efforts This they doing and the steady
growth of the school is the evidence of individual efficiency
on the part of the professors well to the efficiency OF
the institution as whole The people of the community
appreciate this fact and have ably demonstrated their
probation by sending their children to its sessions for in
structon Consequently in the spring the high school is
graduating with honors the second largest class in its his
tory and the enrolment of $50 in all departments the
largest in number of years.
It has been easy task to place school in its
present state of efficiency Like all such Institutions it
has been handicapped by lack of equipment and other
cesses. Furthermore the years when local industries
were low ebb caused nroads the progress Of the
school and made advancement difficult. Nevertheless it
has won and today is worthy of our commendaon and
support as of the most essential factors of the
munity and it's welfare.