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Vivian Renton after spending an ev-
entng with Eddie Haverton. his partner.
and Hubert Baxenter at the home OF the
latter, returns and murders Baxenter
Tor money. He finds IN Biz document
telling Of chauville's secret (hidden
t~reasure).
Later the body Of the murdered man
is found but Renton has made good his
escape, masquerading under the namc
IN order t. obtain the treasure, which
he goes to Canada, comes BAG as q de-
scendant Of the Dartigny family, lays
claim to the treasure from Robert Bax-
enter. and gets it. In the chest he re-
Granville chateau, where he finds enor-
nous treasure IN precious stones. BY
accident he discovers q tunnel entrance
to h vault. ga
Stella Renharn holds ths love of1Rob-
ert Baxenter. but has his disapprovnlt Of
her choice Of the stage for . vocation.
They - Sd sep1r IRA With { mutual u stss,.
managed by Eddie Haverton. The troup
spends Sunday at the home OF Dartin,
who upon Haverton's arrival being n
nounced. plays sick SO as not to be
Eddie is promised q b%i-annual check
Of 500 pounde. by Dartin. Baxenter pre-
sents Stella with the Dartigny iocket
which Dartin had given him.
which he asked her to wed him imme-
diately. Robert learns that she Is the
rightful heir to the treasure held by
Dartin. He decides to accept an invita-
He meets Stella at the theater that
night and they are engaged. He secures,
then, the frst evidence h q Dartin is a
bogus heir. Inquiries in Quebec CON
and he determined to do considerable
detective work while ct Adderbury
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-19
"Chauville's Secret
Il -By-
DAVID MHITELAW

ener on the little balcony. He heard
one OF n men step out on to the
graveled9 path, the shadow giving him
warning and enabling him to dip
down behind the stone coping. Inc
} man-Robert did mo- know which of
l them It was-walked up and down for
2 moment, possibly to see that the So
ncitor was in bed. How fortunate 1t
was that he had not switched on the
Light IN his room. rs
Gone on 9. lot, Vivian You used
to do those long cannon shots up the
table every time. Do you remember
that game at n .Asiatc' with Lieu
tenant Fenton?"
me men laughed at the ~recolaec-
uon.
Elm afraid, Eddie, that I don't
take much interest the game now
---ToonaL need g. 10 rather have a
hand az sp2kerr--and aby the way, don't
cal me VIVIAN"
Al rieht' old man, !! didn't think
OF playing cards, somehow"
Dartin augne shortly.
80 s9ia, Eodle," ne said; but 1t
seemed TOO weird altogether-you and
and a Baxenter!" II speaker
seemed 70 as he spoke.
inere was silence for q few mo
ments before Haverton answered.
!...-ir-ss -, S-. 800
rusty. ne said at last. Why can't
you iorget unpleasant things? UGH"
:. "a iittle sniver-.it's me for my
ooWny coucn-wnat!
hooert motionless TIL
ne heard the windows being closed
and saw a patches on the path dis
appear as the lights were switched
OF; tnen ! 2 ne regained bis
he the CRATE with mu-
tual wishes Tor good repose, then
quietuoe settled down over the big
TOPPER wished that he could, then
and there, take notes OF what he had
neard ana INK them W. with the oth-
er 1acts IN what he called the Oar
TN dossier." But i would not do to
put on the light IN his room, and
ne must possess himself in what pa
thence he might until the morning.
i1red as ne was. ne slept but little,
andsthe first glininer OF dawn found
9im awake. He put on q few clothes
ana; taxing his writing case to the
w1ndow, began his task. He wrote for
pernaps 2 quarter OF an hour. pausins
2I.en ana looking out over the coun-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-19
RIGHT PRICES

In an address delivered a few days ago at,Park-
$ssburg, Va, Benjamin M. Anderson, a prominent
CIV York banker, gave an interesting discussion of
ices and the things that govern them. He point
out that all prices are relative, and that there is
basison which the price of any commodity may
fixed with certainty as a matter of right and
SaSrals. The question of prices, he said, is an eco
mic question, and those prices are right from the
Sonomic standpoint which keep the industrial ma
Inc going. He put the principle in compact form
len he said Right prices may be defined as prices
lich will move goods,
Celebrating this idea the, speaker declared that
se way to have such right prices and to find out
ssaat they are is to have "a flexible, competitive, two
led market and to let prices go up or down in such
market until supply and demand become e~qualiz-
Then goods will move, markets will be cleared,
Nv supplies will be called for, and business activity
Ill go on. Ifprices are held above the point which
zen, two-sided competition would bring about, the
ndency is for consumption to fall off and for stocks
accumulate, creating a glut. If prices are arti6-
ally set below this level, the tendency is for con-
smption to go too fast and for production to be
secked, creating a scarcity.
Mr.. Anderson believes that substantial progress
is been made in the direction Of right prices, but
lie work is by no means complete. In his analysis
the conditions he reaches certain conclusions
shich he enumerates under six heads. In these six
trticulars he believes that prices are still too high.
Y is a safe guess that there will be general agree
ent on these six points, except that on each point
Sception may be expected from the particular class
group whose prices are declared under that head
g to be too high. The six classiications are as
i,llows:
1. The prices of finished manufacturers are
Sill much too high as compared with farm products
I'D raw materials.
2. Retaillprices have not yielded adequately.
81 Wages are still too high by and large,
slough scaling Town of agricultural wages in the
outh has gone very far, and agricultural wages
y. But wages in manufacturing industries gen
rally, and very especially wages on the railroads.,
"a the bituminous coal fields, and in the building
AIDES, are still much too high
4. Building materials are too high.
5. Steel has not yielded adequately.
6. Railway rates on steel, building materials,
nd other bulky goods are much too high. though
ZONE readjustment has been made.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-19
CHAPTER XVII
The Owner OF the Towers Smells 4
ES 1890 S4As+ 49, af gH@t 3NT

HNfFp-F
The time tetween tea and the dress
ing bell was usually spent by those
staying at the Towers in attending to
their c9rrespondencc, enabling them
TO avail themselves OF the post basket
on the table IN the hall, with the con.
tents Of which John, the groom cycled
into BardhEster In time to catch the
up mail from Birmingham. which
passed through at nine O'Clock.
The letter which Roberk had writ
ten tnssthe early morning he had post
High street once q they passed
through the town on their way to the
Mayfield golf links the day before.
There Il o. small nine-hoie cohrse
ut Barchester, but Dartin had not con-
sidered It Wise to risk the snub which
might follow an application Is enter
the select nembership OF the Bsrcas-
TRAN club @8
The links 81 Mayfield, sitter Iii, an
peaIed tar more TO Mr., Baptiste Oar
tin and those who visited the Towers
than. al herexpressed ,it, the yypottyn
iBarchester course. and.the society Is
be met with In the clubhouse Of the
larger place. consisting I'd Il dids 81
svsllstssdogMayfield Residents WITH 4
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CHAPTER xvL-oontinued.

In spite OF Dartin's prophecy, Rob-
ert did not like Eddie Haverton. Per-
haps. without knowing it, he placed
him among the ranks of the enemy
and approached him with something
Of a bias. But it WINS not part Of his
it was a merry party Of three which
Eat behind the sturdy little mare as
She O the road to Adderbury Tow
ers.
In the art Of entertaining Daftin
possessed few equals It had been his
fond hope. when he engaged the chef
Of q high-class London restaurant,
that the advent Of 4 wealthy owner
to the Towers would bring around
eat his dinners and praise his wines,
that. N fact. Barchester society would
take him up and make him and them
selves very happy. It did not take
him very long, however, to understand
he social conditions which hem in.
the residents Of q cathedral town,
and beyond a few bachelors and q
colonel OF intemperste habits. men
who washed down their pride with
the Towers, Dartin possessed no
friends.
Perhars there were STEW half-pay
oficers With which Barchester
abounded. who. could they have taxi
en- 4 peep 1t the dinner-table where
Dartin sat with his two guests. would
have regretted in secret the restric-
raore c~ordiaiity to the newcomer.
The colonel 81 intemperate habits had
been asked Is meet Hayerton ana
Rsrenter INT ME- chair was vacant:
doubtless the fact that Il was mar
5ket day, when many members Of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-19
Use GERMAN SUB ENGINE.

Portsmouth, n. IL, sept. is.-Part
of the equipment Of the German sub
marine U-111, q gasoline engine, Is
being used at the local navy yard to
charge batteries for American SUBJ
mersibles.
This engine Is said 70 be mi onthe
few souvenirs from German under.
see craft that have been found avail
able for practical use Ia the United
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-19
THE NORTHERN PACKING COMPANY

Although the day was exceedingly unfavorable
rom the standpoint of weather, advantage was TAX
sn Of the first regular visiting day by an unexpect-
dly large&number of people who visited the plant of
he Northern Packing Company on Friday. Many
Sf our citizens inspected that plant for the first time.
o some it was already familiar, but all who visited
he institution were impressed with the size of the
55lant, the scope of its operations, and the manifest
&horoughness with which its work is carried on.
It is a matter for congratulation that in this
EElant North Dakota has an institution devoted to
39she preparation of important food products from
The raw material abundant in the district in a man
#ler equal$to that employed in any similar %institu-
lion in the country. The plant Of the Northern
Packing Company at Grand Forks is the only place
IN North Dakota where animals are slaughtered and
their meat prepared for food under the inspection
Ind supervision of the United States government.
The only other plant where this inspection was car
sssed on has been closed for some time.
Government inspection Of meats means a good
deal. It involves the employment on the ground Of
agents, properly qualified to examine The
~sS,,arcass Of every animal slaughtered, and pass upon
sFts htness for human consumption. These men are
responsible to the government and not to the cor
Ssporatlon whose work they supervise. Their stamp
sof approval carries with it the certifcation of our
government that the material so stamped is free
grom contamination Of any kind which will impair
Hts suitability for food. The Northern Packing
company is working under this supervision and its
products whether consumed locally or sent abroad
gare prepared under the.eye Of the federal agent.
The Northern Packing Company is a North Da-
Sskota. concern. It was organized by North Dakota
ggflen and has been financed in North Dakota. It's
.sSInembers are farmers, bankers, merchants; men in
Sall kinds Of occupations, but all devoted to the up
OF the state and the development of its in
~ssdustries through sane and orderly industrial and
RRcornnercial methods. It is impossible to estimate
what this concern has done already for the state. 1t
Sslss iHlpossible to. estimate the scope of its influence
sin Che future; but It IS an acknowledged fact that
~ - 49, a NEGU
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By
Yr~ rAYrrr--r

True, Eddie, as you a Y there's
always billiards.; that's not q bad idea.
Well get along now and knock UP a
few hundreds - . three-handed
game"
But Robert excused himself. He
was no hand with the cue, he said;
besides, he had had>a hard day in
town clearing up his work. II his
host didn't mind, he would watch
the play while he finished his cigar;
after that he'd turn in.
When, half an hour later, the So
licitor was shown to his room, he left
Dartin and Haverton warming up to
their game. He was feeling very
sleepy: but. once in his room. he lit a
fresh cigar and sat in the dark by the
open window thinking ver andSpiec-
heard since aDartn met, him. 1T Bar
chester station . He had added notn-
ling tangible to his stock Of facts; but,
now that he was watching for them,
he noticed certain manners Of speech,
little idtoms, which pointed to Dartin
being rather a native Of London than
q Colonial. Robert called to mind the
Canadians he had come in contact
with, and decided that they had little
bury Towers. The Colonial manner
he had -noticed when Dartin first
called upon him seemed now to be
entirely absent. Truly, the master OF
Adderbury Towers had quickly adapt
ed himself to his changed conditions.
If only Robert could find a scrap
Of evidence that would allow Of his
taking action! One little look through
the drawers Of that bureau in Dartin's
his Inns b
The man hv +ha w,ndow hro.a ~.
meditations and 1ea ~ snddenIr ror.
ward in his chair. sta ring mt into the
night. listeninF. T3eiow him ana a
little to the left. q wa nm
hasped AND. there was a.'ssomnd as
though someone wore leaning out I'd
..,rS
tn ns net.es' ne hearo fsaver,
eon ~ say. : nad no ioea ~ was
tiaen, y tne H'Al. aDove: the cnck
~ - Wy paAls caIHe ulst1nctly ana
~ .llNuA.li.uro u tne NJ talk
~ .he
isas ms nsalt !aii MN az ne
thins' a. = .ase' Ice 70 zee with Ine
i ltt s ae mac co III nlM ,sE aah 20 90. Ins
ou .sn .as winuoW cSAeo 70 MN 10
a y UNSET q its snelter
ILL cuawl a,ons and ilsten 70 the con
1854 " tne ~ IN ztHe Dllllara-
IN u was aosurdiy easy ana the
1a, E.st % ne.ect.on practicaliy dld not
= lere 20 nls nana was the
chance ne NAG peer PIN for.
Eavesdropper-t was q hateful
word, but Robert was not going to
fight that battle with himself all over
again. He stepped out on to tn, little
balcony and leaned ove the low
stone parapet.
It had ratned a little while they
had been at dinner, and the scented
airs Of h garden came up to him
now delightfully."- fresh and cool. There
was no moon; from the wood across
h lawn. which doomed UP dimly
AGAINST h star-Nt SKY, an owl hooted
dianalIy. In the distance he could
make out the lights Of the town. Dr.
rectly beneath him Robert could dis
tinsuish the wide gravel path which
circled the house; on It the light from
the billiard room windows cut three
squares OF radiance.
and, keeping we'll In the shadows OF
the caves and gables, made his way
alongside the little gutter TO the spot
below which he had heard the un-
--~x-- ~. = ~ - ,ULLS
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tC) 1921, by Star Company.
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

frown, or smile. raise her eyebrows OF
move her mouth.
She is fed through q tube with fluids,
milk and thin soups. She must not even
moisten her lips with her tongue-it
might make q wrinkle. A single irritated
expression would leave its line on the plas.
tic. scorched skin. So she remains silent
and alone. looks up at the ceiling and won.
ders II 1t was worth while.
For nine days she wonders, and on the
tenth M. Autard comes along. smiles pro
fessionally and removes the bRndsges and
with them the remaining patches of old skin
that have been shed like that of snake.
Nor Is this q very pleasant thing
Like the enchanted beauty In the fairy
tale the patient arises from her cot on
which she has tossed for more than two
hundred consecutive tortured hours. and
the first words are always the same:
"A mirror. Quicki"
And when they look at the faces from
which every line OF character has been
burned away and LEI. NJ vacant as dolls.
meaningless In expression and content;
do they wish they had their $4,000 and
their old faces backs
Ask M. Autard. who has the greatest diff.
hculty In avoiding being kissed by his
rather mature but suddenly rejuvenated
and joyous clientele.
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

The third operation Is the covering OF
the patients face with thin paste, made
OF tannic acid and lanolin. or, II conven-
lent. with Russian oil and vaseline. The
nurse holds a little china pot containing
the paste. The operator uses long art
ist's bsush, made OF the softest hair. with
which he patiently paints every tiny area
OF the patients singing face.
This Is what M. Autard calls the most
important and most annoying" feature OF
the process, as the patient is likely to be-
come restless and twitch, which means
that the needle must be used on the lines
that have again formed on the raw sur
faces. The create number Of women.
however, 60 through this process with rig
orous stoicism.
The paste applied. the patients face is
then delicately plastered with oddly cut
pieces of tissue paper, one covering the
check, another the chin. others laid over
the old lines and future curves. Their purs
pose 10 to screen the vet mask from dust
particles.
The entire face Is then dressed In band
ages with openings for thes eyes, mouth
and nose, and the patient 10 laid away I'M
til healing begins.
For nine days she must not speak, or
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

0After the
Pasts Has Been !
Appaied the Faes
10 Then 0eliber.
ately Pisstsrsd
Win Odd Sized
Pieces Of Tissue
Paper to kssp
o U ct Particle
from 9sIktlIns Into
the Wet Pastss
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that would make another operation neces-
sary.
So many women are eager to be thus
skinned alive that M. Autard, originator
of the process, is doing brisk business.
Sometimes 1t is necessary to make ap-
pointments months ahead of the actual
operation.
When M Autard Is ready to begin the
patient is notified. She land quite often
he) arrives at the hospital with sufficient
clothing for the nine days that are required
and $4,000, which are forthwith handed
over. She is received by nurse in uni
form of white. and presented to NJ Autard.
q middle-ased, slightly built man. who
wastes no time getting down to business.
Impatiently he signals the patient to an
adjustable chair resembling that OF den.
fist. and expertly adjusts It and gets to
work. Many others are waiting for new
r.
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latter the Face Has Been
eathed With an Antiseptic solution
and . Local Anaesthetic to Dull the
Pain the Operator Goes Up and
Down the Lines Of All the Wrinkles,
Puncturing the Skin With . Fine
Electric Needle and Driving In
Positive Current Of Electricity 70
FIJI Up the FurroWs.
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nor years fashionable American wo-
= men have gone to Paris for hats and
gowns intended to set off their COM

NOR years fAshiOnable American w0-
men have gone to Paris for hats and
gowns intended to set off their COM
plexion and charms more effectively than
anything obtainable on this side Of the
water. There they find designers who COM
pose gowns to harmonic with the tint Of
the skin Of the cast Of a nose or the shape
of an elbow-anything. in fact, to convince
the worried customer that dressmaking
/surpasses music or painting as a fine art,
and that only in Paris has II reached the
limit OF its artistic development. So the
tradition grows, and millions of women
look to Paris for the next new thing under
the sun. which happens just now to be M.
Autard's face hospital.
This unique institution, where the wo-
man of means may buy a new and youthful
face. has an interesting correlation with
the dressmaking business. Formerly wo-
men bought gowns as an effective setting
for their faces. Now they may buy faces
to set of the girlish costumes they have al
ways wanted to wear and grown too old
to grace.
Indeed It is now possible to accomplish
miracle which Nature never contemplated
or intended-a wrinkled old woman may
achieve q baby's complexion and live out
the rest of her days with her face undated.
OF course, the surgeons who are special
ling in this delicate science of amputating
years and the lines and burrows the years
have brought are charging a handsome
price, and the operation is long, tedious and
painful.
Long before Ponce de Leon ended his
famous world journey looking for the Foun-
tain of Youth, and ever since then, men
and women have gone to strange lengths
to rub out from their faces the dates time
has stamped upon their countenance.
The French have been particularly per
sistent in the effort to retuvenate the aged.
Many and peculiar have been the efforts
and schemes to hide the tell-tale ravages
Of time.
For q few years the scheme OF injecting
hot paraffin into the hollow tissues OF
sunken cheeks was tried. but this passed
out OF vogue. Then came the efforts OF
surgery TO slice out small Sits and draw
up and tighten the baggy tissues, and thus
iron out the wrinkles, But nothing salts
factory has yet been devised by the mind
OF man to remove the tell-tale marks of
advancing years.
And now comes the newest French
method, which It is claimed has none Of
the disadvantages OF the former means
that is, in the results It achieves although
the woman who undergoes the treatment
must suffer an amount Of torture that
seems almost inconceivable.
The process is startling one-from the
face every inch OF wrinkled skin is burned
away!
For nine days the patient suffers in ST.
Ience, and during all that time she may
not eat or talk or smile. An occasional
injection OF morphine is given her to les
zen the agony and produce unconscious
ness that passes for sleep. Otherwise the
patient looks patiently at the ceiling out
of a face that is baled in bandages and
suffers without moving a muscle OF her
face-for to do that would leave line
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7-T h 9 Entire
Face 10 Finally
Dressed in Band.
ages With Open.
inss for the Eyes,
Mouth and Nose,
and the Patient
10 Laid Away for
Nine Days, Dur
ing Which Time
8 h b N U 81 N OF
Speak, Frown or
Smile. She 10
Fed with Liquids
Through a Funnel
and Tube to the
Mouth,
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ssDn Steps II tie Nsp Process of Skiuiss the Fsos.

ENsw csmss the sssIaasas ~
the Fses, which 10 AssemplIshsd
BY Dsrnlao ~ the s,<in Wsth q
Whits HsG Gssetrse castsry Pencil
and the skin sssIrs . s~e'ss and
olRie.
The Washington times., 1921-11-27

1After Two
Ho1rs the Wax
and Cotton Mask
10 Removed and
Inc patisn1k's Faes
70 Painted With
. Thin Paste Of
fannie Acid and
Ia n oIln. This
Must Ne Done %
Carefully ~ IN
Artist Paints q
Portrait.
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+Ths Raw Fjssh ~ the Pune
twssd and Burned Face 10 Now Gov
srsd WITH . Cotton Mask LINED
with Melted Wax Which csntaIns
m Anassthstie - Reduce the
Pain.
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Layer of Paste.

the operator begins on another. swiftly
piercing each line and crinkle until the
FIRST part OF the long process is at an end.
But not the most painful part by any
means-that is yet to come.
The patient, with her face singing. has
subsidized when the white-capped nurse
hands M. Autard something that resem-
bles large black crayon, connected to
socket in the wall by an electric wire. II
contains a network OF electric wires,
tC) 1921, by Star Company.
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2--An ProtuberaRess ~ the Fses
Are Now Gone Over Wsth the glss-
trIe Needle, but This Time the
Negative Current q Glsstrsesty 70
Used to LIqusfy aed Dssessss The
erutrudlao Tis6sss.