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unconscious. Every now anu then h.
stared round the room, as IL be-
wildered then he would shake his
head and pass his hand YEARLY over
his forehead. For quarter Of an
hour the scene continued; then LAX
ington produced an instrument from
his pocket Hugh saw the man
shrink back in terror, and reach for
the pen. But what impressed him
most in that momentary fash of
action was Peterson. There was
something inhuman in his complete
passivity. Even as he watched the
man signing his name, no trace of
emotion showed on his face-whereas
on Lakington's there shone a fiendish
satisfaction.
The document was still lying on
the table. when Hugh produced his
revolver He knew there was foul
play about, and the madness Of what
he had suddenly made up his mind
to do never struck him being that
manner of fool, he was made that
way. But he breathed pious prayer
that he would shoot straight-and
then he held his breath. The crack
of the shot and the bursting of the
only electric light bulb in the room
were almost simultaneous, and the
next second, with q roar of "Come
on. boys" he burst through the win
dow. At an immense advantage
over the others, who could see. moth
Ing for the moment, he Numbered
round the room. He timed the blow
| at Lakington to nicely; he hit him
straight on the point of the jaw and
| he felt the man go down like log.
Then he grabbed at the paper on the
table, which tore in his hand, and
! picking the dazed signer up bodily,
he rushed through the window onto
the lawn There was not an instant
to be lost; only the impossibility Of
seeing when suddenly plunged into
| darkness, had enabled him to pull the
vantage disappeared he had to be back
at The Larches with his burden, no
| light weight for even a man of his
strength to carry.
But there seemed to be no pursuit,
no hue and cry. AS he reached the
little gate he paused and looked back,
and he fancied he saw outside the
window CLEAN of white, such as a
shirt front. He fingered for an instant,
peering into the darkness and recover
ing his breath, when with a vicious
phut something buried itself in the tree
beside him. Drummond fingered no
more; long years of experience left
no doubt in his mind as to what that
something was.
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! oak trees threw a pleasant shade a
the end of the garden. and partially
showing through them. he could see
another house which he rightly as
sumed was The Eims. In fact, ever
as he heard the door open and shut
behind him, he saw Peterson come out
of small summer-house and com
mence strolling up and down, smok
ing a cigar. Then he turned rount
and faced the girl.
Charming as she had looked In Lon
don. she was doubly so now, in sim
pie linen frock which showed off hel
figure TO perfection. But il he thought
he was going to have any leisure te
enjoy the picture undisturbed, he was
soon disillusioned.
"Why have you come here, Cap
tain Drummond?' she said, a little
breathlessly. II said the Carlton
the day after tomorrow"
Unfortunately" said Hugh, "Td
left London before that message came
My servant wired it on TO the post.
office here Not that 1t would have
made any difference. l should have
come, anyway"
An involuntary smile lowered round
her lips for a moment; then she grew
serious again. "It's very dangerous for
you to come here" she remarked
quietly. IF once those men suspect
anything, God knows what will hap
PEN"
1t was ON the tip of his tongue to
tell her that 1t was too late to worry
about that; then he changed his mind
"And what is there suspicious" he
asked, "in an old friend who happens
to be in the neighborhood dropping in
to call? Wherefore your telephone
message? What's the worry?"
She bit her lip and drummed with
her fingers on the arm of the chair.
IF / tell you," she said at length,
will you promise me, on your word
of honor, that you won't go blunder-
ing into The Elms, or do anything
foolish like that?"
'At the present moment I'm very
comfortable where I am, thanks" re-
marked Hugh.
81 know" she said; "but I'm so
dreadfully afraid that you're the type
of person who /. who :"
She paused. at a loss for word.
"WhO bellows like a bull, and
charges head down." interrupted
Hugh with grin. She laughed with
him, and just for a moment their eyes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19
.E-RU-NA
WON 1(uoyEzg end Reliable
Those Funny Dyspeptics.

"Dyspeptics are funny people" said
Or. Ellery c. Chamberlain, the noted
Chicago dietitian.
"Dyspeptics.' he went on, ARE al
alike. / heard typical dyspeptic
giving an order in loop restaurant
after the opera the other night. The
man is a millionaire and he said:
"Oh, dear, dear, when ! was young
could eat anything and pay for
nothing, but now that am able TO
pay for anything / can eat nothing
Bring me. waiter, broiled lobster. a
Welsh rarebit. piece of cherry pie
with roquefort cheese and a plate of
banana ice cream TO top off with"
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4
"Of course you must stop here for
the night" he cried. Phyllis. my
dear, will YOU tell them 10 get a
room ready
With an inscrutable look at Hugh,
in which thankfulness and apprehen-
sion seemed mingled, the girl left the
room. There was an unnatural gilt
ter in her fathers eyes-a flush on his
cheeks hardly to be accounted for by
the warmth of the evening; and
1t struck Drummond that during the
time he had been pretending TO look
at his car, Mr.. Benton had been forti-
flying himself. 1t was obvious. even
to the soldiers unprofessional eye,
that the mans nerves had gone to
pieces, his daughters worst forebod-
ings were likely to be fulfilled. He
talked disjointedly and fast; his
hands were not steady. and he seemed
to be always waiting for something
to happen.
Hugh had not been in the room ten
minutes before his host produced the
whisky, and during the time that he
took to drink a mild nightcap, Mr..
Benton succeeded in lowering three
extremely strong glasses of spirit.
And what made 1t the more sad was
that the man was obviously not a
heavy drfnker by preference.
At eleven O'Clock Hugh rose and
said good night.
You'll ring if you want anything,
won't your said his host. "We don't
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The rescued man turns out to
be Potts, the American.
lTo BE CoNTINUEp.l
MINUTE MATTERS MEAN MUCH
Statesmen and Others Wrong When
They Scott at Work Done by
Research Departments.

The man who gives up his lifetime
to putting science at the service. of
business finds himself eternally asked,
Whats the use?" Statesmen rise
from their seats and say:
81 see that some scientist fattening
at the government trough has meas
ured dred-thousandth, of an inch.
What's the use?"
Hard headed-solid headed-busi-
ness men read of research depart
ments and snort in disgust: whats
the use? The old rule of thumb is
the common sense way"
We think of railroads as progress
siye-of railroad men as efficient.
Are they? Not if the Railway Age is
to be believed, remarks the Nations
Business.
There are only two test plants Of
locomotives in the country, one owned
by the Pennsylvania, the. other at the
University of Illinois. Only a few
railroads try out locomotives on road
service by means of dynamometer
car. What's the use?
One road that did found that by
putting an exhaust tip three-eighths
of an inch smaller on a Mikado type
locomotive it Increased the firebox
temperature 400 degrees and saved
$57, 900 a year in coal. On another
line tests made it possible so to alter
locomotive as to reduce its fuel
nf.r, ct,Y,, r1+;o,. IN nor. aonf ond y,oruaif n
to haul three more passenger cars on
less coal and water.
That's what's the use!
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met. and she read in his something
quite foreign to the point at issue.
In fact, it is to be feared that the
question of darlington and his COM
panions was not engrossing Drum
mond's mind, as it doubtless should
have been, to the exclusion of all
else.
They're so utterly INSCRIPTIONS. p
she continued hurriedly, $50 fiendishly
clever, that even you would be child
in their hands,"
Hugh endeavored to dissemble his
pleasure at that little word ''even''
and only succeeded. in frowning hor-
ribly.
81 will be discretion itself" he as
sured her firmly.
II suppose shall have to trust
you,' she said. Have you seen the
evening papers today?''
81 looked at the ones that come out
in the morning labeled six p. M: be-
fore / had lunch,' he answered SIS
there anything of interest?'
She handed him a copy of the
Planet. "Read that little para graph
in the second column" She pointed
to it. as he took the paper, and Hugh
read it aloud
"Mr. Hiram G. Potts-the celebrat-
ed American millionaire is progress
ing favorably. He has gone into the
country for a few days, but is suf-
ficiently recovered to conduct business
as usual" He laid down the paper
and looked at the girl sitting opposite.
Zone is pleased" he remarked in a
puzzled tone, "for the sake Of Mr..
Potts. To be i'll and have a name
like that is more than most men
could stand. But don't quite
'sThat man was stopping at the
Carlton, where he met darlington, .
said the girl. "He IS a multi-mii-
lionaire, over here in connection with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19
The 0Week-End.n

Weekend means the end of the
week, but by extension, the period
from Friday night to Monday morn
ing. In England the term is also used
attributively, as the weekend holt
days, and from this has sprung the
verbal phrase ito weekend" meaning
TO employ the weekend as a holiday
season. a well-known authority in al
luding to the expression. weekend.
says: "This brief holiday has got into
serious history. No less an authority
than DR.. R. s. Gardiner notes in his
aOliver Cromwell that "Oliyer-if he
invented nothing else-may be regard
ed as the inventor of that modified
form of enjoyment TO which hard
worked citizens have in our day CIV
en- the name of the weekend"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19
4coME ON, Roys!.

Synopsis.-In December. 1918. four
men gather in a hotel in Berne and
hear one of the quartet outline a
plan TO paralyze Great Britain and
at the same time seize world power.
The other three, Hooking, Ameri-
can. and Steineman and Won Gratz.
Germans, all millionaires. agree to
the scheme, providing another man,
Hiram Potts. an American. is taken
In. The instigator of the plot gives
his name as Comte de Guy, but
when he leaves for England with
his daughter he decides to use the
name Carl Peterson. Capt. Hugh
CBull-Dog) Drummond. a retired
officer. advertises for work that
will give him excitement, signing
XlO." AS a result he meets Phyl-
lis Benton, a young woman who
answered his ad. She tells him of
strange murders and robberies of
which she suspects a band headed
by Peterson and Henry darlington.
Drummond decides to go to The
Larches, Miss Benton's home. Pc
terson and Lakington stop his car
and look him over.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19
Honest. at ANY pate.

Am the first girl you ever loved?"
mo. .iearie. But l came to this
resort with $500 saved up. I'll cheer
fully buy you ice cream and candy
until I've spent my ad'-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19
Don't NEGLECT Herd gu,I.

Don't neglect the herd bull. Re
member he is half the herd and treat
him accordingly. This doesn't mean
to pamper him, but give him half
chance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19

Feeding dairy cows without records
Of their performance is like feeding In
the dark.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19

After three weeks, no man is salts
fed with his straw hat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19
Keep clean and cold.

Keep milk and cream clean and cold.
It pays In dollars and cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-19

Oil Investors Service Free opinion any
company. Investigations made. Buy or sell
stocks. Small investment may mean fortune.
Assist make. protect Investments. INSTALL
ments Guaranty Co.. Wichita Falls Texas
SO A WEEK GUARANTEED
for selling average Cresco Raincoats a
day OUTFIT FREE We Deliver and Collect.
Improved Mtg. Co.. Dept IA. Ashland. o.
W. N. u, Minneapolis. No. s4--1s21.
Evening star., 1921-01-30
Cedar Chests

Our entire line of Solid Cedar Chests mahogany and walnut
cedar lined chests designs and finish match bedroom es all
marked at prices much lower than they will be later on the season.
Solid Cedar Chest Reg Price, $500 February Sale Price, $2eoo
Solid Cedar Chest Reg Price, $37OO February Sale Price $26O0
Solid Cedar Chest Reg Price, $4800 February Sale Price $780,
Solid Cedar Chest Reg Price, 5000 February Sale PRICE, $65oo
Solid Cedar Chest Reg Price, 5000 February Sale Price, $250
Evening star., 1921-01-30
LiDi11g-Room Furniture

Furniture tapestry. overstufed and suites also
odd chairs and rockers. great saving
SpecLIree C) Piece Cane Living Room Suite consisting Of
large Davenport Ann Chair and Arm Rocker match upholstered
Mulberry Velour Suite sold complete only Regular Price for pieces
$780, February Sale Price for Pieces $165.00.
Fine Cushion Mahogany Davenport and Arm Chair match with
spring cushion. Regular Price $55300 February Sale Price, $4loo
Three (3) Piece Tapestry LvngRoom Suite suitable for small
apartments of Davenport Arm Chair and Arm Rocker
match Regular Price for pieces $67 So February Sale Price for
3Reees, $5e35o.
Fine Two ) Piece Sold Mahogany Living Room Suite Rose Coored
Cov of large Davenport and Arm Chair match Rg
lar Price. $45650 February Sale Price, $227.25
Three () Piece Cane ivmgRoom Suite. blue uphosterng;
Of large Davenport Arm Chair and Arm Rocker match Regu
lar Price for pieces $46600 February Sale Price for pieces. $310
Two (2) Piece Solid Mahogany Handcared Living Room Suite
blue photerns Regular Price, $4,000 February Sale Price, $3.50
Evening star., 1921-01-30
Gate-Leg Tables

various solid mahogany and dull mahogany finish Our
tire stock specially reduced for this sale.
Solid Mahogany Cateleg Table 34x42 inches with drawer
end Regular Price, $780, February Sale Price, $440o d
Same table dull mahogany finish Regular Price, $3.50 Feb
uary Sale Price, $3.50.
Evening star., 1921-01-30

II desired
Dresser Reg Price, $21O0 February Sale Price, 100
Chfoqobe Reg Price, $4,000 February Sale Price, $Sa0o.
Toilet Table Reg Price, $4,000 February Sale Price $500.
Fusze Bed Reg Price, $780, February Sale Price, 50
Beautiful -Four 90 Piece Decorated Gray Enamel Bedroom
consisting Of Dresser Cforobe. Fusne Bed and Toilet Table
@ Regular Price Of Pieces, $585. so
February Sale Price off Pieces, $391. 90
Sold separately
Bed Reg Price. $l37Oo February Sale Price, 5000.
Cforobe Reg Price. 81 co. February Sale Price, $l2a00.
Dresser. Reg. Price. $l5l.50 February Sale Price $4,000.
Toilet Table Reg PRICE, $ll800 February Sale PRICE, $500
Figured Brown Mahogany SIX (6 Piece Bedroom quality and
finish the best Suite of Dresser Cfoner. Vanity Dresser Fusze
Bed Chair and Bench Suite sold complete only. .@.
Regular Price, M,275.OO -
February Sale Price, $4,000 :
2s.@t& .
Simple Colonial Designed Bedroom mahogany; consisting of
Dresser cnforobe and Fuus1e Bed t'~~
Three Pieces, Regular Price, $37l.O0
February Sale Price, 3 Pieces, $171.25
Sold separately ~4.sss.es@.<s
Dresser. Reg Price, $l04O0 February Sale Price, $3.50.
Cfobe Reg Price. $4,000 February Sale Price, $s6.z5. vs.
Fuse Bed Reg Price 5000 February Sale Price, $3.50.
Toilet Table match Reg Price, $860 February Sale Price, $s7 90
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30
ApoN'T LAUGH.

Synopsis. lin December. 1918, four
men gathered IN a hotel In Berne
and heard one OF the quartet, Carl
Peterson. outline a plan to para
lyze Great Britain and at the same
three. Hooking, American, and
steineman and Won Gratz. Ger
mans, all millionaIres, agree to the
scheme, providing another man. Hi
ram Potts, an American, is taken
In Capt. Hugh (Bull-Dog) Drum
monG q retired officer, adyertises
for work that will give him excite
n,ent. signing "x1O." AS a result
he meets Phyllis Benton, young
woman who answered his tad. She
& tells him of strange murders and
] robberies by band headed by Carl
s.:s he
fears her father is involved Drum
\ mond goes to Tho Larches, Miss
Benton's home. next door To The
Elms. Peterson's PLACE. During the
night Drnmmond leaves The
Larches and explores The Films.
He discovers darlington and Peter
son using O tfumbscrew on Potts,
who signs a paper. Drummond
rescues Potts and takes him to ais
81 own home. He also gets half the
paper, torn IN the struggle Peter
son visits Drumniond, departing
with q threat to return and recover
Potts and also the torn paper
I which Potts signed. The band alb
duct Hugh and a friend he has sub
stituted for Potts and take them to
the Eims. Peterson is furious over
the mistake.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30
CUSTOMS FIFTY YEARS AGO

Who among US would say to-day, q
never use Dentifrice, 1 never have top
Yet Fifty years ago, odd as it may seem,
not one person in 1000 used Dentifrice-
OF even a tooth brush.
So. to-day, after more than 30 years Of
persistent publicity of Aliens Foot=Ease,
the Antiseptic Powder for the Feet, not
many well-turned-out people care to corr
tess, You know never have to use a
Powder for the Feet!N
More than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army and Navy during
the war.
The reason is this: Incasing and confning
the feet in Leather or Canvas Shoes is
bound to create friction, more or less.
Aliens Foot=Ease removes the friction
from n !. the shoes, and freshens the feet. It
is this friction which causes smarting, cal.
louses, corns and bunions You know what
friction does to your motorcar axle. Why
not remove it from your fool wear by shak.
ing into your Shoes to-day, Aliens Foot
Ease, the clearly, wholesome, healing, An
tiseptic powder? Get the habit, as millions
now have it.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30

& - sll5
a neighbor commended Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to me.
and the second day after / started tax.
ing it began to feel better and I kept
on taking it for seven months. Now I
keep house and perform all my house,.
hold duties. You can use these facts as
you please and will recommend Vege-
table Compound to everyone who suffers
as I did. Mrs. J.. S. LITTLE, 1856
Livingston ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
How much harder the daily tasks Of
woman become wilsII she SUITE Fl f on;
allow herself to get intosuch condition
because such troubles may be speedily
overcome by Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, which for more than
forty years has been restoring American
women to health.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30

broken. A It Ia Il Will be- very stt,Y
for some days. Another time don't
laugh. It's dangerous"
Then. like ghost, he vanished
along the passage In the direction OF
his own room.
THREE.
At eight o'clock the next morning
burly looking ruflan brought in some
hot water and a cup of tea. AS he
pulled up the blinds the light fell full
on his battered, rugged face, and sud-
denly Hugh sat up in bed and stared
at him.
"Good Lord" he cried, "aren't you
Jem Smith ~
The man swung round like a fash
and glared at the bed.
"Wot the ell as that got to do wiz
you?" he snarled, and then his face
changed. "Why, strike me pink, if it
amt young Drummond."
Hugh grinned.
Right in one, Jem. What in The
name Of fortune are you doing in this
outfit? Given up the game?"
1T give me up, when that cross-eyed
son Of Ii gun Young Baxter fought that
cross down at 'Oxton. Gawd if could
get the swine-just once again
s'welp me. I'd" Words failed the ex-
bruiser; he could only mutter.
Hugh smiled. by the way, has any
one got stiff neck in the house this
morning
"Stiff neck!'' echoed the man.
"Strike me pink IL that amt funny
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30

your asking, mean. The bloke's sit
ting up In is bed swearing awful.
Can't move is cad at ALL
"And who, might ask, Is the
bloke?" said Drummond.
why, Peterson, O course. 90 else?
Breakfast at nine.
The door closed behind him, and
Hugh lit cigarette thoughtfully.
Most assuredly he was starting in
style: Lakington's jaw one night, Pet.
Ierson's neck the second, seemed suffi-
| GENTLY energetic opening to the game
for the veriest glutton. Then that
cheerful optimism which was the en-
w of his friends asserted itself.
- = !: &. he nnr
INJURED, aghast. "Just supposin'. Why,
| the bally show would have been over,
| and I'd have had to advertise again"
| Only Peterson was in the dining
room wnen hugh came down. He had
examined the stairs on his way, but
he could see nothing unusual which
would account for the thing which had
Whizzed past his head and changed sui
lenly against the wall. Nor was there
any sign Of the cobra by the curtained
door; merely Peterson standing In a
sunny room behind bubbling coffee
4 machine.
He turned politely toward his host,
and paused In dismay. tGood heavens,
j Mr.. Peterson, is your neck hurting
you? ~
ut is answered Peterson grimly.
A nuisance, having stiff neck.
Makes every one laugh, and one gets
no sympathy. Bad thing aughter.
Il 81. At times, anyway.
Curiosity Is "a great deal worse
i Captain Drummond. Twas touch and
a go whether I killed you last night
\ thipk | might say the same, !" re
j turned Drummond.
Yes and no. : said Peterson. Iron
& the moment you left the bottom Of the
stairs. had your life In the palm q
my hand. Had ! chosen TO take it
4 my young friend. / should not hav,
had this stir neck. =
Hugh returned to his breakfast un
concernedly. ss..
4 Granted, laddie, granted. But hat
!, ~ not been * such . kindly and for
bearing nature, you wouldn't hsy.
had 1t, either. \ He looked at Peter
Il son crit cally sim inclined to thin
]. It's great pity 4 didn't break you
/, neck while was about II. z Hug
sighed and drank some cofree. \ Sc
i, tint / shall have TO do It some day
md probably Iakingt on's as well. {.
& BY the way, how II our Henry
i trust his Jaw III not unduly incoI
4 yeniencing hin. 3
Y Peterson. with his coftee cup Ia III
u hand, was staring down the drive:
8 our car IS 4 little early, Capital
XzI I'm l1aoIli sAId lenRth HoN
! eyer perhaps Il can waIr rwU o. thre
IS
4 sks clear. should dislike gov al
81 III laere you stand. b he turne
lFpssSs and faced the sol diez q
ateIy, against M asvic
n,a ana tll1e inteses,
ii 81 " ~ From noW I
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30
None to. spare.

Government index figures of health
fulness are above ninety, but they re
late to horses. cattle and swine. What
index figure would fit the children p
Boston Transcript.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30

most OF the time and
| felt bad in my left
side. My mon thly
| periods were irreg-
|ular, somet times FIVE
Tor seven months
apart and when they
ibid appear would last
for two weeks and,
were very painful. J.
twas sick for about q
year and q half and.
I octored but without,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30
Virtue.

Virtue.
Virtue is not to be considered In
the light Of mere innocence, or alb
staining from harm, but as the exer.
ton of our faculties in doing good.
Butler.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30
Didn't Count Much.

Didn't Count Much.
First Critic Z GU don't attach much
Importance to the applause the actors
are getting
Second CriticNot much. There is
bound to be applause. Yoa can't ex-
peet an audience to sit still the whole
evening and do nothing London An
swers
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-30
An OPEN I! | ! Err
TO MEN
Mrs. Little Tells low She
Suffered and How Finally
Cured

Philadelphia, Pa. - 4 was not able to
do my homework and had to lie down