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CHATTER XIX.
The Blow Falls.

The Blow Falls,
Why didn't Billy return? .Heu been
gone long enough for three trips. II
nothing happened to him. And was
really worrying on that score when
a messenger appeared with scrawled
note:
Can't SEQ you before night. Things very
serious here. Mrs. D. wants me to stay
and keep guard till son gets home. Going
after my duds now. May need you before
the day IL over. II 10, will telegraph.
AFT. BILLY.
Billy came at nine. ! could have
fallen on his neck and wept. only he
was SO dreadfully sober himself.
I'm at my wits end" he blurted as
soon as he was inside the door. $50
is Mrs. Delario-so is Miss de Rave
mol. We're all in a muddle because
we can't any Of us explain all we
know to anybody else. Miss de Rave
mol has It In her head that her fathers
arrested-going to lose his life be-
cause she lost the papers I don't
know what to do! II tell Miss de
Ravenol it was diamonds and they've
been found. she won't believe me; and
II tell Mrs. Delario what Claire means
by papers she won't believe me! So
between us all. the poor girls cried
/ her eyes out and we're all distracted.
"And that's only part Of It." he hur-
ried on. Baron Won Follow-up was
there again. and I got him neatl He
came in, same as the other customers
and sat down in the reception room
just the way Mrs. Delario said any
one could do who was wise to the
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Aircraft Prediction by KenZy

William L. Kenly. former briga-
der general and chief Of the air
service and now a private citizen.
makes great predictions regarding the
future of air travel. He looks for
ward to the time when the aerial ex-
press will be as much part Of life
as the automobile is now. The aerial
express Of the future, he says, will
be rigid lighter-than-air machine.
The gas used will be non-infammable
helium. The novelty he sees is that
motors and passengers will be en-
closed In the bag itself. This, he says.
will eliminate much resistance and
make possible a speed of $50 miles
an hour with entire safety and COM
fort.
This, Of course, Is an advance up
on the latest thing In the heavier-tnan-
air machine. R-SO. just being finished
at Barrow. England, probably embo-
d:es the latest improvements in air
ships Of this kind. It Is stated that
It will be able to fly across the Atlant
length and 20 feet wide. Its lifting 20
each Of 240-horsepower. will give 1t
h0ur II urflI Carrv . <.rsv, ~ 6Ffoau
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For Mothers and Their Babies

Representative American women
are after congress in earnest In behalf
Of the Sheppard-T -Towner bill for the
protection Of maternity and infancy.
Since this bill was up the first time
10000 babies have needlessly died
and $4,000 mothers have gone to pre-
mature graves, the women state.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels (pOrtrait
aerewith) told the senate public
health committee how a great physi-
clan saved her after her first child
was born. She said she wanted to
send out cry for the millions of
women who go down into the valley
OF the shadow of death without the
aid of doctors or nurses.
ut was only the skill Of great
physician who saved me through the
birth of my first two children" said
Mrs. Keyes, wife of Senator Keyes,
New Hampshire. 1--WE lived in the
country, and If my husband had been
poor man we couldn't have brought
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CHAPTER xvIii.-continued.

There was a slight pushing against
the dumb-waiter door-three or four
little clicks against the catch, such as
the wind might make blowing up the
shaft, had there been any wind to
blow. Almost before had taken this
in, there was a different sound along
the crack. like a tool on sheet metal
a sort Of scratching, followed by a
sharp creak. The door burst open
and I found myself looking into the
eyes of my just-dismissed detective.
1t would be hard to say which of the
two Of US, the man or myself. was the
more fabbergasted by the situation.
As for me, I was too astonished to ut
ter a peep; and on his side. the rumble
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I smiled tried to make It very
sarcastic smile-and told the On.
known. II hope this won't interfere
with your keeping your appointment
here tomorrow"
Certainly not. With your kind per.
mission shall see you at nine O'Clock
tomorrow"
He bowed himself out. He seemed
in q hurry. and fancied he was anx-
ious to communicate with his guard !;
and I shut the door on him. little sup
posing he'd really keep his appoint.
ment. or that when he did our posi-.
tions would be reversed and should
be asking favors of himi
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Wonders of Uncle Sans Payroll

Congress is engaged in the stu
pendous work Of reclassifying the sal
aries Of the army Of civilian employ
ees in Washington. Senator Hender-
son of Nevada, q member Of the Joint
commission In charge Of the work,
made an address the other day in
which he called attention to some
things set forth in the report. he
said, among other things:
"As an employer the government
Of the United States has not hitherto
established, by law or otherwise. .
standard for paying its employees uni
formly according to the duties. re-
sponsibilities. and qualifications in
volved in their respective positions.
The rates of compensation Of some
positions are fixed by general statute.
IN the other cases by the annual ap-
preparation acts, and in still other
cases by individual. executive, or ad-
ministrative action. The rates Of
compensatiOn thus fixed pertain to
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Not q New Discovery.

Nollie and Jim were mapping one
hot Sunday afternoon and were de-
lighted upon waking up to nnd re-
freshments awaiting them-a canta-
loupe cut in halves and filled with
ice. warm-hearted Jim ran OF to hug
mother. but Nollie lost no time In de-
vouring hers, and succeeded in scoop
ing out q good bit Of Jim's before his
return, while Miss Ophelia." their
water spaniel. had slyiy dislodged
JIm's gum from where he had stuck Il
On the side Of the bed. In complain
ing Of such treatment % his father.
Jim said: .Ain't wimms0s Just chuck
fun q tr1c1s. daddyT
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Tho Door Burst Open.

of the dumb-waiter had drowned what
ever noise had made in getting the
icepick, and hearing not sound in the
kitchen while he listened before try
ing the door. and seeing me now. in a
warlike attitude with strengthening
weapon in my hand ready for a lunge
at him. well-I fancy it was not calcu-
lated to inspire him with calm. At any
rate, know 1t was who first discov-
cred some presence of mind, and-be-
fore he could pull himself up high
enough to get in, for his waist was be-
low the level Of the sill bounced
back into the hall. slamming the kitch-
en- door after me and locking 1t. In
two seconds more had up the chain
bolt and had warned monsieur Of dan
ger and to keep absolutely still; and
all this while Mr.. Detective Man was
scrambling into the kitchen.
He gave a wrench on the door han
die. expecting to find me trying to
Lang on to the other side-and found
the door locked.
"Diable" 1 heard him say. low un-
der his breath.
Monsieur had tiptoed to a place be-
side me, and though white as sheet.
conducted himself admirably. had.
by framing the words with my lips.
made him understand that the man
who had Just broken in through the
dumb-waiter shaft was the detective
I had dismissed at the front door not
fifteen minutes ago.
BY signs I then communicated to
monsieur the suggestion that now was
his chance to escape by the front door
while held his pursuer in the kitchen.
Monsieur disagreed with me. fatty,
and by signs Informed me that there
might be half dozen men waiting in
the outer hall to nab him the instant
he showed his face. Which seemed
reasonable and likely and I had no
means Of disproving the contention.
I therefore made the next move on
my intruder.
Hello, mister" called through the
door at him. "You may as well go
out the way you came In. for you've
got as far as you'll get into this fiat"
madame, listen," he returned. ION
my word Of honor mean you no harm
Il wish only to speak with you, pri-
vately and Immediately"
"Your method Of obtaining private
interviews is most inviting-also con-
vincing of the truth of what you say"
"You left me no alternative am
obliged to see you"
The truth flashed into me that he'd
already traced monsieur to my fiat
and the determination to see me was
only an excuse to lay hold on him:
and at the same moment monsieur
touched me on the shoulder and BY
signs communicated the same fear.
ending with q pantomimic appeal to
me to save him.
"Ar. Smith," called through the
door again. "you asked for a private
Interview with me and now you have
It. I will put my ear to the keyhole
and you may whisper through what
Jon have to say"
He said something that I didn't
eatch-I know Il was q bad word
and replied with politeness. IF you
VIII kindly unlock the door and allow
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Confederate
curtain which the
confirmed the dual tradition
the
of which
Of God hover
under dne
Farragut, ashed to the shrouds
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pE0pI : 1a5K}P RbdGP
Yes; Farragut Did Say the Words

Rear Admiral ]. G. Watson. 78
years Of age. the last conspicuous
survivor Of an era In naval history
Of which Farragut is the outstanding
figure. took q leading part in the re-
cent unveiling Of the memorial win
dow to the Hero Of Mobile bay" in
the chapel Of the United States naval
academy at Annapolis.
Standing in front Of the altar.
Admiral Watson, who. as Farragut's
flag lieutenant on the Hartford, was
an eyewitness of the admiral's every
move on the morning of Aug. 4. 1884.
not only confirmed the sometimes dis
puted tradition Of the three word SEN
tence, but added that Farragut prayed
to God for help just before he said.
On the torpedoes! Full speed
ahead!'
Another cherished tradition Of the
battle of fifty-six years ago this COM
ing Aug. 5, which. has been questioned,
but which Admiral Watson specifically
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by to hogs other sums TO
the
"Why something the mothers
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underlined duties Of response
require qualifications
1888 employees whose salaries
of 81 varieties Of duties
revealed throughout
ewhoe o clerk classes"
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'she Has Been Murdered" ! Cried;
sect the Police At Once"

get the Police At Once"
and keep your eye on the elevator. If
anybody tries to sneak past you, you
boiler for u.s."
"'Deed l WILL, Mr.. Wick" said the
boy. with chattering teeth. TIL holler.
all right"
Go ahead, Mr.. Nelson" said the su-
per,ntendent, "rm right behind you
With the revolver"
without wniting to explore the front
rpoms, I turned at once and ran down
The ioog hall y tAe sitting room. II.
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CHAPTER Vll-Continued.

I sprnng after her. but she moved SO
quickly that she was out of the win
dow and safely home before l could
stop her. Only waiting to see her of
the ledge l turned back and hastily
pulling the panel into place dashed
for the front Of the house. The
screams and the shots was sure had
come from the apartment directly be-
low mine. l was certain that there
had been murder done there, and my
mind was made up to investigate 1t
at once. II l moved quickly there
might be an opportunity to catch the
murderer redhanded. let myself out
and dashed down the one flight Of
stairs. AS l arrived there, the ascend
ing elevator stopped. and Mr.. Wick
burst out. followed by an excited ele-
vatOr runner. Wick was carrying q
revolver In his hand.
"Did you hear anythingr he asked
excitedly.
II heard woman screaming In this
apartment and then a shot"
81 heard 1t. too. In which apartment
was itr
Fright here" l said, pointing to the
door.
Miss Lutan's," he said. Lets 60
In. Hers'a my pass-key. You open
the door. I'll be right behind you with
my revolver"
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"wHo SHOT HERR"
b. VN1liufn
Johnston s.:se.ss s.s:zseasssS

Synopsis.-spalding Nelson 10 oc-
cupying the apartments of his
great-uncle, Rufus CASTOR. Tho
Gastons, leaving on q trip. toll him
about mysterious noises and "whis-
pers" that have scared them. He
becomes acquainted with Barbara
Bradford. who lives in the same
big building. He instinctively dis
likes and distrusts the superintend-
ent, Wick. The mysteries in his
apartments begin with the disap-
pearance Of the CASTOR pearls from
the wall safe. He decides not to.
call in the police, but to do his own
investigating. 1t 10 soon evident
that someone has access to his
rooms. Becoming friendly with
Barbara. he learns that her apart
ments are equally mysterious. She
tells him that several years before
her sister Claire. who lives with
her. had made a runaway mar
Rage with an adventurer. from
whom she was soon parted. and the
marriage had been annulled. Claire
L. engaged to be married and some
one has stolen documents concern
ing the affair from the Bradford
apartment and 10 attempting to
blackmail tho Bradfords. Nelson
takes Miss Kelly. the telephone
girl. to dinner with the idea Of
pumping her. German. a hotel de-
tective. recognizes her as the wife
of Lefty Moore. a noted burglar.
Nelson tells his story to German
and puts the case In his hands.
Nelson finds a secret passage. with
a panel door In his room. He real
ICES he loves Barbara He and
Barbara hear a shot in the build
ing.
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The net about Nelson Is
drawn closer.
A Nov stxls

GRO BE CONTINUED,
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Cwn,nins and Ant-Strike Laws
The voters have given to the gov

The voters have given to the gov
eminent an imperative mandate In IA
.vor of anti-strike legislation. In the
opinion of Chairman A. B. Cummins
Of the senate interstate commerce
committee, who has returned to Wash
ington after the bitterest political fight
Of his career.
Legislation which will make rail-
road strikes, with their threat Of
starvation and freezing for the big
cities, illegal will be pressed BY Nj.
Cummins, and hs expects Its passage.
Mr.. Cummins fought last session for
the inclusion Of an anti-strike provi-
sion in the Cummins-Esch bill. He
won his fight In the senate. but in the
house the anti-strike provision with
teeth was eliminated, 4 mild, tooth
less affair being left.
Curiously enough. Representative
Esch, chairman Of the house commit
tee, opposed the vigorous senate provi.
sion. but organised lab6r blamed him
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'Mr. Nelson and me just discovered
her body. What's that, sir7'
Just what Mr.. Kent's reply on hear
Ing the shocking news had been I had,
of course, no means Of knowing. but
whatever 1t was, over the superintend-
ent's face came an expression Of in.
credulity and amazement.
what do you think" said Mr.. Wick,
turning to me; "he says for me to call
up Headquarters at once"
"Of course" / said, "it Il the only
thing to do"
Nevertheless. as Mr.. Wick waited
for the number, he kept shaking his
head and muttering under his breath
something that sounded like:
ITO think of his telling me to call
in the police!"
police sent for, there seemed to be
little else for us to do but wait. so
Wick and I sat down together in the
rear sitting room with the elevator boy
still on guard at the door.
"Who was Miss Lutan1" asked.
"uys O0ASy Luluus tAiC 0ClACSS'
said Mr.. Wick in surprise. Il sup
posed every one knew her."
1--WE heard about her." FASTENED to
say. "but l had no idea that she lived
in the Granddeck. Did she live here
alone"
''She keeps a maid, an old woman
that has been with her for years."
"Where's the maid tonight"
"Out to the movies, s'pose. That's
where she goes every night when Miss
Lutan isn't playing. When she 10. she
goes to the theater with her."
''Then Miss Lutan Is not playing
now?"
mot for the last month"
Had there been any one here with
her tonightr
"I'll ask the elevator boy"
"John says she came in alone about
fifteen minutes ago." said Mr.. Wick
when he came back. "She went out
Cheyenne record., 1920-12-23
Battling Nelson at 1t Again

Oscar (Battling) Nelson, former
lightweight boxing champion OF the
world Is In the ring again. this time
in a court battle against his four
brothers and one sister. Property In
Hegewisch, H., valued at $3.50, 600, In
the prize at stake.
Battling Nelson has nled a pef1-
tion for an Injunction in the Sup4ror
court asking that his brothers and
sister-they all live in the west-b0
restrained from interfering with his
management Of the property. He asks
a similar Injunction against Robert
e. L. Woods. who became admini0trR-
tor Of the property when Nelson's
father Neils Nielsen Of HegewisCh,
died last year.
Bat contends, the property was
not his fathers, and hence the other
sons and daughters have no legal claim
to division Of 1t now. He AYERS that
he Battling Nelson, really owns the
property and that several years before
him merely that the elder man might
Cheyenne record., 1920-12-23
She Is Many Kinds Of Woman
Miss Alice Robertson of Muskogee,

Miss Alice Robertson Of Muskogee.
representative-elect from the Second
congressional district Of Oklahoma,
seems to be more kinds Of woman
than you can shake 4 stick at. She
ID 66 and more active than many a
girl. She was born in Indian territory.
She took an A. NJ. degree from Elmira
college, New York. She has founded
Indian schools and colleges, and has
been teacher, professor and school au-
ditor. She Is an expert stenographer.
In the Spanish-American war she
helped recruit the Rough Riders. In
the World war she was head Of the
Red Cross canteen service in Mus
kogee. And no soldier ever paid In
the Sawokla perpetual welcome) cafe
teria, which she owns and in which
she serves the good things she raises
on her farm.
She opposed woman suffrage until
Oklahoma granted equal. franchise two
years aRO,
Cheyenne record., 1920-12-23
Two Hardings in Canal Zone

Brig Gen. Chester Harding wa
ex oficio the host Of President-eleCG
Warren g. Harding ON the occasion OF
the latter's visit to the Panama canal,
owing to the fact that the former II
governor Of the Canal Zone. Evi0en6-
II the party from "The States had -
good time. The President-eloct wore
SIS Palm Beach suit. enjoyed at
least one quiet, home dinner In the
governors house. played golf ana raw
the great canal under the most favor
able conditions.
OF course. there is more than mere
rest and sightseeing to the Panama
Zone trip. The Prssldent-elect wants
to know the canal conditions at FIRST
hand. The question of the payment
Of tolls by American vessels in slated
to come up early in his administrA-
ton.
So far as Known. the two Hard
inns are not related. The governor
was born In Mississippi In 1895 and
Cheyenne record., 1920-12-23
CHAPTER VIII.

Inserting the key Mr.. Wick handed
ia<, l turned 1t sharply and flung the
door wide. 1t revealed luxuriously
furnished apartment, the front rooms
Of which were extravagantly nblaze
with light.
For moment the three of us. Mr..
Wick. the elevator boy and myself,
stood there with our ears alert for
any sound from the apartment. While
l do not admit to being a coward. the
unknown has Its terrors for all of us.
and must confess that the knowledge
that Mr.. Wick had his revolver drawn
was indeed comforting. All was
silence In the place.
"John." said Wick to the elevator
hoy. you stand here right by the door
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about seven. Her own chauffeur was
driving her then, but when she came
back she was In a hired taxi. That's
something I can't understand"
How do you suppose the murderer
escaped?"
was trying every avenue of ques-
tioning to see II could not surprise
was beginning to suspect that he
knew far more about Miss Lutan's
murderer than he was telling. felt
somehow that his whole search for the
man who had killed Miss Lutan had
been entirely perfunctory, bluff to
deceive me. In my growing dislike
for the man. felt that 1t would not
be beyond the range Of probability for
Wick to have been standing guard at
the door while a confederate rifled the
apartment.
'Tm no detective" he answered non-
committally. "All I know is that he
has gone. He certainly amt here in
the apartment"
It was on the tip Of my tongue to
SuSSeSt tuut VIC tLe StCEcI
passagewny. I felt that the shock 1t
would be to Wick to learn that knew
about this might lead him to open his
lips. ! felt certain that 1t was by way
Of a similar passageway to the one
had discovered in my room that the
murderer had escaped. But before
could make up my mind to speak the
doctor arrived.
He made a hasty inspection and then
said tersely:
There's nothing here for me to do.
This woman has been dead for some
time"
"How longT I asked.
1T Is impossible for me to Judge
maybe twenty minutes, perhaps an
hour. should say that death was
practically instantaneous. She was
killed by bullet penetrating the heart.
Who shot herr
He looked sharply from me to Mr..
Wick. as II suspecting that 1t might
have been one Of US.
"A burglar got her just few min
utes ago." Mr.. Wick explained. "Mr.
Nelson and me heard a scream and a
shot. We let ourselves in here with
my pass key and found her here. It
must have been a burglar that she sur
prised when she entered the apart
ment."
''It looks like it." assented the ply
sician. There are marks on her
throat where he tried to strangie her
screams. Have you notified the po-
licer'
"Yes,~ said Mr.. Wick.
'There's nothing more that can do.
then" said the doctor, making his
preparations to depart.
"Would you not walt until the po-
lice Gomez" suggested the superintend-
ent They'll be here any minute and
probably they'll want q statement from
you"
"very wen" s.Id the doctor. tn
wait"
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through
verisements the want Ads" Of the
Miss Robertson delegate the Lake Mohonk Indian In
later appointed Muskogee to have
administration her
winthrop Edwards father
Jonathan Edwards Her family has 14o missionary work
translated
W.
Creek
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that
andou
friends
Bat talwaysml his wanopa
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He became division engineer OK
The n 1871
Harding familiar the
needs various
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A New Style.
"Does that new author burn the mid.
night oil with his toilT'
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