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time enough later on to find out how
he got there, and what those strange
pinging noises had been caused by.
Just at that moment only one thing
was on the program; and without a
sound he crept round the bed toward
the cupboard, to put that one thing in
to effect in his usual direct manner.
Twice did he hear the little whis-
tling hiss from above, but nothing sang
past his head. Evidently the man had
lost him, and was probably still aim
ing at the door. And then, with hands
that barely touched it, he felt the out
lines of the cupboard.
1t was standing an inch or two from
the wall, and he slipped his fingers be-
hind the back on one side. He lis
tened for moment, but no movement
came from above; then, half facing the
wall, he put one leg against it. There
was one quick, tremendous heave: a
crash which sounded deafening: then
silence. And once again he switched
on his torch.
Lying on the floor by the window
was one of the smallest men he had
ever seen. He was native of sorts,
and Hugh turned him over with his
foot. He was quite unconscious, and
the bump on his head, where it had
hit the floor, was rapidly swelling to
the size of large orange. In his
hand he still clutched the little tube,
and Hugh gingerly removed it. Placed
in position at one end was long
splinter of wood, with sharpened
point: and by the light of his torch
Hugh saw that it was family dis
colored with some brown stain.
He was still examining it with in
tereSt, when a thunderous knock came
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CHAPTER x
In Which the Hun Nation Decreases
by One.
ONE

Drummond had yielded to impulse
| the blind, all-powerful impulse of any
man who is man to get to the WON
an he loves if she wants him. AS he
| had dashed across the lawn to The
Elms, with the Americans warning
cry echoing in his ears, he had been
| incapable of serious thought. Subcon-
| sciously he had known that, from ev-
| cry point of view, it was the act of a
| madman, that he was deliberately put
| ting his head into what, in all prob
ability, was carefully prepared
moose; that, from every point of view,
he could help Phyllis better by re-
naming a free agent outside. But
| when girl shrieks, and the man who
loves her hears it, arguments begin
| to look tired. And what little caution
| might have remained to Hugh COM
pletely vanished as he saw the girl
| watching him with agonized terror in
her face, from an upstair window, as
he dashed up to the house. 1t was
| only for brief second that he saw
her; then she disappeared suddenly,
| as if snatched away by some invisible
| person.
'Tm coming, darling" He lad given
one wild shout, and hurled himself
through the door which led into the
house from the garden. A dazzling
light of intense brilliance. had shone
In his face, momentarily binding him !;
4bo,~ bod oo,on q, or,,cl,fpo hyoxv- - IL :.
back of his head. One cropping, wild
step forward, and Hugh Drummond,
dimly conscious of men all round him.
had pitched forward on his face into
utter oblivion.
Its too easy" Lakington's sneer-
| ing voice broke the silence, as he
looked yindictiyely at the unconscious
man.
$50 you have thought (, before.
Henry" chuckled terson. "And he
always b6bs up low. If you take
my advice vol him off here
and now, ar Nfurther risks" |"
sKill him 3 unconscious ?n
Lakington laughed eiilly. mo, Carl
not under any circumstances what
ever. He has quite a lengthy score
| to pay, and by God he's going to pay
| It this time" He stepped forward
and kicked Drummond twice in the
ribs with cold. animal fury. e
@Well, don't kick him when he's
down, guy'nor. You'll ave plenty o,
time after" A hoarse voice from the
circle of men made Lakington look M
..You cut it out, Jem Smith, he
snarled, cor ! might find plenty of
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Practically Unbeatable.

sMy wife," pridefully said citizen
Of the Ozarks, In the crossroads store,
"splits the kindling every morning Of
the world. packs in the stovewood.
builds the fire, milks three cows, gets
six kids ready for school, sews, mends
and bakes. and then has the house
all redded up before 1t comes time
to put the dinner to cooking. And I'd
just sorter like to know who can beat
her."
"Well,' returned bystander, "as
she's prob'ly tollable muscular and
hain't been right well myself since
way long last spring, and she hain't
my wife, no way. while mebby I could
beat her, I'm yur to say that hain't
got the slightest idy of trying it,
Country Gentleman.
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"And me-" said Peter, brighten
ing up.
"Not you, old son. If Mr.. Green will
come, I'll be delighted; but 1 want
you here at headquarters"
He turned round as his servant put
his head in at the door.
Gar here, sir. Do you want bag
packed?"
"No-only my revolver. Are you
| ready, Mr.. Green?"
"Sure thing" said the American. 81
always am
'Then we'll move" And Peter,
watching the car resignedly from the
window, saw the American grip his
| seat with both hands, and then raise
them suddenly in silent prayer, while
an elderly lady fled with a scream
to the Safety of the area below.
They did the trip in well under the
hour, and the detective got out of the
car with faint sigh of relief.
Drummond lodged rapidly through
the bushes on his way to The Larches
| and when the American finally over
took him, he was standing by side
door knocking hard on the panels.
Seems kind Of empty" said the de-
tective thoughtfully, as the minutes
went by and no one came. "Why not
try the front door?"
Because it's in sight of the other
house." said Hugh briefly. "Tm going
to break in"
He retreated yard from the door
then, bracing his shoulder, he charged
it once. And the door, as door, was
not. -. Rapidly the two men went
from room to room-bedrooms, sery.
ants quarters, even the bathroom
Everyone was empty: not sound
could be heard in the house. Finally
only the dining room remained, and
as they stood by the door looking
round, the American shifted his chew
ing gum to a new point of vantage.
Somebody has been rough-housine
by the look of things" he remarked
judicially. Looks like a boozing der
after thick night"
| ~ uOCS, lCIHdlhCu IluSH
taking in the disorder Of the room
The tablecloth was pulled off, the
telephone lay On the floor. China and
glass; smashed to pieces, Uttered the
carpet; but what caught his eye, and
caused him suddenly to step forward
and pick it up, was plain circle OF
glass with black cord attached to
it through small hole.
"Algy Longworth's eyeglass," he
muttered. $50 he's been caught too
And it was at that moment that
clear and distinct through the still
evening air, they heard a woman's
agonized scream. It came from the
house next door, and then Drummond
darted forward
"Stop, you young fool" the Ameri
can shouted, but he was too late.
He watched Drummond, running
like stag, cross the lawn and dis
appear in the trees. For a second he
hesitated; then, with shrug of square
shoulders, he rapidly left the house by
the way they had entered. And few
minutes later, Drummond's car was
skimming back toward London, with
grim-faced man at the wheel.
And the owner of the car was lying
| in blissful unconsciousness in the hal
of The Elms, surrounded by half 9
| dozen men.
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Marvel Products Co., 484 Marvel BIdg., Pittsburgh
Interpretation,

Wife Ito unexpected dinner guest)
You'll have to take pot luck. Mr..
Jones.
Jones-Fine! Your husband just re-
marked on the way over that he doubt
ed whether you'd allow us to have
a little game.
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Embarrassing Moment.

had just received letter from
my beau. I read it over and at the
end he had written: "P. S.-Isle Of
View" I read that phrase over three
or four times but could get no sense
out Of it, so finally took it into the
living room where my folks were all
sitting and said: Mother, what does
Harry mean by this?' And I read the
phrase out loud. Imagine my embar-
rassment when the meaning suddenly
flashed over me as read the words
aloud. I made hasty retreat.-Chi-
cago American.
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To Have a Clear Sweet Skin

To Have a Clear Sweet Skin
Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then bathe with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse. dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Advertiseme
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To purify the blood.
To tone the liver.
To clean the kidneys. :
To Sweeten the stomach.
She Was Sort of Drowsy Like.

Husband (reading paper)-Here's
something about a girl who slept con-
tinuously for two months. 1 wonder
If it wasn't the same one who worked
for us last year.
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stop fhe Pain.

The hurt Of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve Is applied. 1t heals
quickly without scars. Soc and 60c by
all druggists or send soc to The J. W. Cole
Co., Rockford, Ill-Advertisement.
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Concerning hiecups.

Gen. Coleman Du Pont, Delaware's
new senator was lunching in the SEN
ate restaurant.
'This magazine here" he said, lay
ing u periodical aside. contains long
article on the best way to stop hic-
cups. Now, it seems to me-"
And General Du Pont chuckled.
"It seems to me-" he added, shat
a good many readers would rather
know the best way to start them"
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rhe iaruest saIt Mime

The largest salt mines In the world
are those of Wieliczka, nine miles
from Cracow, Galicia, in Austria.
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Contents intoxicating.

Some people can't stand prosperity.
The horn of plenty has started many
man on q toot.-Boston Transcript.
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The man who leaves the world no
better than he found it is worse par
asite than dodder.
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1t is hard to appreciate good advice
that doesn't coincide with ones own
desires.
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The Adventures OF a
DemObiIized officer
Who Found Peace Dull
By CYRIL McNEILE
"SAPPEK"
Copyright by Geo. 81. Doran Co.

wood and carefully placed them in an
empty matchbox: the tube he put in
to his cigare.te-case.
Might come in mandy: you never
know" he remarked casually.
"They might if you stand quite STILL,
said the American, with sudden,
sharp command in his voice. Don't
move"
Hugh stood motionless, staring at
the speaker, who with eyes fixed on
his right forearm, had stepped for
ward. From the loose sleeve of his
pajama coat the detective gently pulled
another dart and dropped it into the
matchbox.
mot far off getting you that time,
captain" he cried cheerfully. "Now
you've got the whole blamed outfit"
THREE
1t was the Comte de Guy who
boarded the boat express at the Care
du Nord the next day; it was Carl
Peterson VINO stepped off the boat ex-
press at Boulogne. And it was only
Drummond's positive assurance which
convinced the American that the two
characters were the same man.
He was leaning over the side of the
boat reading a telegram when he first
saw Hugh ten minutes after the boat
had left the harbor; and If he had
hoped for different result to the in
cident of the night before, no sign of
it showed on his face. Instead he
waved cheerful greeting to Drum
mond.
'This is a pleasant SURPRISE" he re-
marked affably. "Have you been to
Paris, too?"
For moment Drummond looked at
him narrowly. Was it stupid bluff,
or was the man so sure of his power
of disguise that he assumed with GER
tainty he had not been recognized!
And it suddenly struck Hugh that
save for that one tell-tale habit-a
habit which, in all probability, Peter
son himself was unconscious of-he
would not have recognized him.
"Yes," he answered lightly. Il came
over to see how you behaved your
self !"
what pity l didn't know!" said
Peterson, with good-humored chuckle
He seemed in excellent spirits, as he
carefully tore the telegram into tiny
pieces and dropped them overheard
eve might have had another of Ollr
homely little chats over some supper.
Where did you stay?"
"At the Ritz. And you?"
Il always stop at the Bristol" an
swered Peterson. "Quieter than the
Ritz, I think"
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Left High and Dry.

"What made you drop out Of the
society,"" "We didn't drop out; it
slid out from under u.s."
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FOUR

oWSASu TeleISOu. QuleIof Iudn the
Ritz, I think"
FOUR
"Wall right in. Mr.. Green" said
Hugh, as, three hours later, they got
out of taxi in Half Moon street.
''This is my little rabbit-hutch."
He followed the American up the
stairs, and produced his latchkey. But
| before he could even insert it in the
| hole the door was flung open, and
Peter Darrell stood facing him with
evident relief in his face.
"Thank the Lord you've come, old
son." he cried, with a brief look at
the detective. "There's something do
ing down at Godalming 1 don't like"
He followed Hugh into the sitting
room.
SAT twelve o'clock today Toby rang
up. He was talking quite ordinarily
you know the sort of rot he usually
gets off his chest-when suddenly he
| stopped quite short and said, My God |!
What do you want?' I could tell he'd
/
fled. Then there was the sound of a
scuffle, heard Toby curse, then moth
ing more. 1 rang and rang and rang
no answer"
"What did you do?" Drummond.
with a letter in his hand which he
had taken off the mantelpiece, was lis
tening grimly.
,"Algy was here. He motored straight
off to see if he could find out what
was wrong. 1 stopped here to tell
you."
Anything, through from him?"
'Not word. There's foul play. or
I'll eat my hat"
But Hugh did not answer. With a
look on his face which even Peter had
never seen before, he was reading the
letter. 1t was short and to the point,
but he read it three times before he
| spoke.
"When did this Gomez" he asked.
San hour ago." answered the other.
81 very, nearly opened it."
"Read it, said Hugh. He handed it
to Peter and went to, the door.
Denny" he shouted, 81 want my
car round at once" Then he came
back into the room. "If they've hurt
one hair of her head" he said, his
voice full of smoldering fury, 'I'H
murder that gang one by one with my
bare hands,"
"Say, captain, may see this let
ter?" said the American; and Hugh
nodded.
".For PHYS sake, come at once"
read the detective aloud. The bearer
of this Is trustworthy He thought
fully picked his teeth. "Girrs writ
ing. Do you know her?''
my fiancee," said Hugh shortly.
'sCertain?" snapped the American.
'sCertaini" cried Hugh. "Of course
am. 1 know every curl of every let
ter"
rThere is such a thing as forgery"
remarked the detective dispassionately.
"D-n it, man." exploded Hugh; "do
you imagine 1 don't know my own
girls writing?"
"a good many bank cashiers have
mistaken their customers writing be-
fore now" said the other. unmoved.
sT don't like it. captain. A girl in
real trouble wouldn't put in that bit
about the bearer"
'You go to h+." remarked Hugh
briefly. SIN going to Godalming."
"WeH," drawled the American, mot
knowing Godaiming, don't know who
scores. Bat, If you go there-I come
too"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-21
'PURIM SERVICE
NEXT THURSDAY
Jews Will Recall How
They Were Saved by
Mordecai

Tho feast of -purim which falls
due March 20 will be the occasion
for special services In the synagogs
on the evening previous according
TO Jewish practice, and also on the
morning Of that day.
Tho services arranged for this
festival are associated I'm the Evna-
gog with the reading OF the Book
of Esther. On this day the Jewish
people remember the miraculous re
d4mrtiun wrought for their ances-
tors through the fidelity and devo-
ton OF 'Mordecai, uncle of Queen
Esther. According TO the Book Of
sEsthcr, Haman plotted to destroy
the Jews throughout the provinces
of the vast Persian empire. The day
for tho terrible slaughter had been
proclaimed, but by means OF the
courageous intervention OF Morde-
cal and Esther. the murderous de
signs of the prosecutor were brought
To naught.
Throughout all ages the Jewish
people have felt that the incidents
narrated in tho Book OF Esther re-
Elected their own career and at all
times they confidently trusted In the
God OF their fathers who was the
rock or tneir refuge whenever men
rose up against them Under His
guidance sthcy have waged an nge-
long combat against error and mall
ice TO the cNd that ultimately per-
socution and prejudice might every
whore be uprooted. Coupled with
this faith was the hope that here
on earth, the footstool Of God, men
and women from all zones and under
all skics would pay homage to God
ns lite sole ruler or a1i worlds.
The celebration OF Purim was al
ways In the mirthful vein In all
Jewish families and jewish circles
the festival spirit II emphasized.
Whatever social activities are ar
ranged are participated in by people
who feel that II II their duty to
give themselves as wen ms gifts TO
those whose lot has not fallen 10
pleasant places
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liver IN southeast Missouri or Nr-
kansas, ~ hereby claimed with all
due respects to tho Father Of wa
tcrsD ~ crcckolOgy
This goes. Of course. whcthor The
oil Is found In antisliual folds or In
the synclincs or M the river bed
n might Doe stated here however that
the gooloRists are all frccly Invited
10 map out whatever structures they
find within ten miles Ot the riv0r
banks be- n ON the east " west side.
inasmuch Hs this is going TO "
the big play aud RcslOgists are go
ing 10 find oui whether or not thcrc
Is any connection With the water
loo structure and the geological Tor
nations IN southeastern Missouri and
perhaps ON down to EldOrado, II is
just Hs well lo be- the early bird
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FIVE BIOLOGISTS H0NORED
l.. u. Hutchison Host Ia Quintet Of
Prominent Rock Hounds"

Five OF the prominent speakers
AZ the. convention OF tho American
Association OF Petroleum Engineers
held In Tulsa last week were guests
NJ dinner yesterday in the home OF
l.. l.. Hutchison. local oil producer
who was the pioneer Roologist in
this part OF the country and the
first geologist in Tulsa. The guests
were Dr. David White, chief Of the
United states geological survey,
with headquarters at Washington
and "a world renowned authority in
vertcbrae paleontology. Dr. !. c.
White, professor Yf geology nj the
University Of West Virginia and
state geOlogist who discovered "a
new factor In geology Dr. j. G.
Hoald OF the federal survey, Dr..
Herman J.. t'airohild, professor OF
geology of the University Of
Rochester, and Dr. Charles II.
Taylor OF oklahoma City. organizer
of tho American Association of Pc
troleum Engineers. Mrs. Taylor and
Mrs Hutchisun 4. were the other
members Of the dinner party.
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Couldn't Find IL.

A rather queer looking chap went
Into one of our department stores
tho other day and sauntering up TO
the counter where dozens OF mems
caps were displayed he looked care
fully through the stock, but seemed
unable TO find what he wanted.
Just what kind of cap are you
looking for?" asked the salesman at
length.
We'll" said the youth. IT bought
me motorcycle the other day. and
/ thought I'd like one of those caps
with peak at the back"
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Chautduqud .ShdiloJr Sand
Special 20 The world

Special 20 The world
PERU, Kan, March 20.-As
north Chautnuqua county. Kansas.
lis coming into great prominence be-
cause of high production recently
reached In the first and second
breaks of the Mississippi lime, dis
covery OF still more interest Is shown
In township 32-i2. whore a famous
gas sand In the Chcrryvalc shalc IL
now yielding oil in large quantity.
on the west side OF an important gas
ridge, y. H.. Jones OF Chautauqua
opened n new pool near the middle
OF the northwest of tho northeast
OF S-32-12 in August, 1920. where
operations have extended south and
west. reaching 2j 10 400 barrels at
about 700 feet, In a 45-foot sand. AT
present IL appears that this pool
extends In q northeast southwest diI
rsction a DISTANCE of aboM five
miles, along which distance the oil
seems confined by the gas ridge on
the east and a possible low depres-
sion on the south border. Impor-
tant gas has beerAflowing from this
sand thAe TO eight years, and Oil
haA finally followed the gassin or
an extensive pool has been located.
Mr. Cross OF Tulsa came into this
field lately and bought 200 acres
with one well completed at $4,000,
Production continues high as com
pared with the initial flow. and the
field gives promise of long life.
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Of the northwest Of tho southwest
Of 27-2O-7 is on top OF Bartlcsvillo
sand. according TO late report, and
showing oil at depth of 27S2 feet
n W. located about mile southeast
~ tho town OF jennings whore only
a few wells have been drilled pre-
Wously due to deep dry hole Just
west of here. II appears to be a
spotted locality but may develop a
TOW wells OF falr production n re-
ports. are r. indicated.
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Usage County Development

Osag. county ia one of the great -
est producing districts in the mid
continent field. II ~ the largest In
dividual oil producing county la
either Oklahoma or Kansas and
ranks with Eastland and stephens
counties In Texas. The following Is
a report OF operations regarding
pipe line runs, production and drill-
Ing wells, according 10 records OF
the Indian agency at Pawhuska. IL
shows that the Mid Continent OIL n
Gas association II getting good re
suits In this territory In reducing
drilling wells and competitions:
Usage county on production and
development for January. 1921
Gross barrels produced
during December as in
Gated by Pipe line runs ,6i6, S76
Gross barrels produced
during January as indi-
Gated by pipe line runs l,aS3,351
Decrease ............. 1G3,al9
Daily average for December. 40, 500
Daily average for January. di,624
Decrease ............... b,275
on wells completed during Janu-
AIRY ..,........... ....s'..' ~
Gas wells completed during
January ............'... 10
Dry and abandoned completed
during January .............. "a
DrlllinR January 81. ie2l......25b
Total .......,., ..'..'..' 'ado
Development.
OIL wells completed during De-
cembcr .....,,...s..' ''..'s'' 100
OIL wells completed during Janu-
AIRY ....,........... .'''' '..'.'' ll'
----
Decrease ............... 1G
Gas wells completed during Ne-
cCmber .....'.sss'. e.. '...', 80 80
Gas wells completed during jan
uary ...........s.. -''''.'' -
---
Dry and abandoned wells for De-
cember ............'..'. 40
Dry and abandoned wells for
January ..'~.''''.'' ~
Decrease .....'.,. v,s.'...'' l
Drilling December 81. 1870. IS
Drilling January 81, l92l.......256
--
Decrease ......,.,,'.'. '.'''''l lVO
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Touched Tender Plnrc

II notice that Agnes doesn't ga
around boring other people with her
ailments as she used to-"
mo. she met a man who cured
her completely"
"A doctor7"
"Oh. no. She was telling this man
,some OF her symptoms when he re-
marked, IT'S strange how many of
these things afflict people as they
grow old! Since then she has held
her tongue about them"
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Geology Take Notice

All Gcologists are hereby notified
that all oil along the banks of the
Mississippi river from 81 Paul to
Bad-AN Bend and on down 10 New
orleans which is hereafter to be de.
Neloped as an extension of the Wa
terloo. ILL.,. pool farther across the
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In Musical Vein.

Ignatius--A pretty girl is like a
melody.
Ignatz-Yeh, saw one the other
night that looked pretty sharp, and
she knocked me flat, so I sent her a
note.
Ignatius--what did she say?
Ignatz--Oh, she told me not to
play around. d.-Californla Pelican.
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For Sale-casing and line pipe
for Immediate shipment out Of stock
In any quantity. Line pipe from
In. to 8 In. inclusive. Casing from
sN In. to 30 In. inclusive. Try us.
a5as L. ID. so. Feenberg Pipe a
supply Co.. $40 East FRS; ST.. Tulsa,
Okla. a.---Advt.