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Daily picayune., 1921-02-15
SUTTON SCRAPS.

Elder W. c. Felts preached to larg' and attentive congregation of New | Liberty church Sunday. Text, 2nd C.. tih chas Eth verse, = rn to you Bible and read.
 Eldar J. NJ Parish will preach a New Liberty church the third Sunday February goth at II o'clock, everybod! is invited to come,
 Dr. J. H. Sutton wha was reported dangerously ill last week is still in 6 critical condition. At the home of the brides parents MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Bardwell Sat. eve Feb. F. MT Horace Hamilton and Miss Vera Bardwell were joined together in Holy Bonds of matrimOny. Elder W. c. Felts officated. The writer joins in with merry friends in wishing the young couple safe journay over life rugged sea.
 Howard Erwin had the misfortune of losing a fine horse last Friday with blind stagger.
 Sutton ball team played the Hope High School team at Hope Friday evening Score being 21 to 39 in favor of Sutton.
 w. R. Garrett of Hope is visiting friends and relatives in this community Will was born and reard in this com munity and has many friends here that is always glad to see him back in Albany township.
 Geo. West of Willisville passed through our burg Saturday.
 Jessie Ward and wife and little daughter Helen, visited the family of Tom Harris Sunday.
 Lige Murry one of Albany's most prosperous farmers has pust finished breaking up an old sage field last week, he told some parties that he in tended to plant it in cucumbers and tomatoes. Lige I htink that will beat raising cotton at the present price.
 Uncle Dan Esterling and wife spent Saturday night with their daughter, Mrs. Dock Hamilton.
 Misses Clemie Mitchell, yelma Simp- son and Emogene Phillips spent Sat urday night with Pearl Jordan.
 Dr. Hesterly and Joe Boswell Of Prescott came down to see Dr. Sutton Sunday.
 Among the many visitors to see the Sutton oil derrick Sunday are; J. c. W0edul and wife. Mrs. Maggie Franks. John A. Davis and wife. Charlie Pitt man, Theodore Elgin and wife, Dave Shell and wife. And Luke Steele came along to take care of them.
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complete turning Of the tables had FOR
the moment destroyed his nerve; now
at Drummonds words, he recovered
himself. There was no mercy on the
soldiers face. and In his lnmost heart
Lexington knew that the end had come.
For strong and wiry though he was,
be was no match for the other.
Relentlessly he felt himself being
forced toward the deadly liquid he had
prepared for Drummond, and as the
irony Of the thing struck him. the
sweat broke out on his forehead and
he cursed aloud. At last he backed In
to the edge Of the bath and his strug.
giles redoubIet. But still there was. no
mercy on the soldiers face, and he
felt himself being forced farther and
farther over the liquid until he was
only held from falling into II by Drum
mond's grip on his throat.
Then, just before the grip relaxed
and he went under. the soldier spoke
once:
Henry Lakington." he said, "the
retributi0n is just"
Drumm0nd sprang back, and the
liquid closed over the wretched mans
head. But only for second. With
a dreadful cry darlington leaped out,
and even Drummond felt a momentary
Qualm Of pity. For the criminals
clothes were already burnt through to
the skin. and his face-or what was
left OF twas a shining copper color.
Mad with agony, he dashed to the door,
and flung 1t open. The four men out
side. aghast at the spectacle, recoiled
and let him through. And the kindly
mercy which darlington had never
shown to any one In his life was
given TO him at the last.
Blindly he CROPPED his way up the
stairs. and as Drummond got to the
door the end came. Some one must
have put In gear the machinery which
worked on the fifth step. or perhaps II
was automatic. For suddenly heavy
steel weight revolving on an arm
whizzed out from the wall and struck
Lakington behind the neck. without
a sound he fell forward, and the
weight. unchecked. changed suddenly
home. And thus did the invention OF
which he was proudest break the In
own neck. Truly, the retribu-
tion>-was just. :. -.
THAT only leaves Peterson" re-
marked the American, coming into the
hall at that moment and lighting q
cigar.
THAT only leaves Peterson" agreed |
Drummond. "And the girl" be added
rs an afterthought.
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sound of dull explosion came from
inside the house. '0n the other hand. =
he continued. going back into the room
rand quietly pulling the safe door open.
II may not There's your book. Cap
tain"
He calmly relit his cigar. as II safe
opening was the most normal under.
taking, and Drummond lifted out the
heavy ledger and placed 1t on the Ia.
BILE.
Go out In relays, boys" he said TO
the group OF men by the door. land
get your breakfasts. I'm going to be
busy for a bit"
He sat down az the table and began
to turn the pages. The American was
amusing himself with the faxed CHI
nese cabinet; Toby and Peter sprawled
In two chairs, unashamedly snoring.
And after a while the detective put
down the cabinet and. coming over,
sat at Drumm0nd's side.
Every page contained an entry
sometimes half dozen--of the same
type. and as the immensely of the
project dawned on the two men their
faces grew serious.
Il told you he was big man, Cap
tain," remarked the American. leaning
back Ia his chair and looking at the
open book through half-closed eyes.
"One can only hope to Heaven that
we're In time" returned Hugh. "D--n
II, man." he exploded. surely the po-
lice must know Of thlsp
The American closed his eyes still
more.
"Your English police know most
things he drawled. "but you've sort
of got some peculiar laws In your
country. With us. II we don't like
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man--something happens He kind o
ceases to sit up and take nourishment.
But over here. the more scurrilous he
II. the more he talks bIoodshed and
riot, the more constables does he get to
guard him from catching cold.
The soldier frowned.
look AT this entry here" he grunted.
THAT Brighter Is member Of parlis-
melit. What's he getting four payments
Of a thousand pounds forf'
why. surely to bry some nice warm
underclothes with" grinned the detec-
tive. Then he leaned forward anu
glanced ut the name. "But lint he
some pot In one Of your big trade
unions?"
Heaven knows" grunted Hugh. Il
only saw the Brighter once. and then
bis shirt was dirty" He turned over
a few more pages theughtfuIiy. "why.
II these are the sums OF money Peter
son has blown. fhe man must have
spent fortune. Two thousand pounds
to IvoIsky. incidentally. that's the
bloke who had words with the whatnot
on the stairs"
In silence they continued their study
Of the hook. The whole OF England
and Scotland had been split up into
districts. regulated by population
rather than area. and each district ap-
peared to be ~ charge Of one director.
A varying number OF sub-disfricts In
every main division had each their sub
director and staff. aud 81 some OF the
names nrummond rubbed his eyes Ia
amazemeni. Briefly. the duties OF every
man were outlined: the locality In
which his work lay. his exact responsi.
hIlilies 30 that overlapping was re-
duced 10 minimum. IN each ease the
stan was small. the work largely that
Of organization. But In each district
there appeared ten or dozen names
Of men Who were euphemistlcally de-
scrihed rs lecturers; While AZ the end
Of THE hook there appeared nearly fifty
names haih Of men and woinen-who
werr proudly denoted Is arst-ciass lee.
turer< And II Drummond had rubbed
his eyes Al some Of the names on the
STATS. the firsf-cIass general
lecturers deprived him Of speech.
ITO BE coNTfSUEDJ
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CHAPTER XII.
In Which the Last Round Takes Place.
ONE.

ONE.
II was during the next hour or two
that the full value OF Mr.. Jerome X.
Green as an acquisition to the party
became apparent. Certain other prep
arations In honor OF Petersons arrival
were duly carried out. and then arose
the question Of the safe In which the
all-important ledger was kept.
There It H." said Drummond. point.
Ing to heavy steel door flush with the
wall. on the opposite side Of the room
to the big one containing Lakington's
ill-gotten treasure. -And K doesn't
seem to me that you're going to open
that one By pressing any buttons In
the wall"
"Tnen, Captain" drawled the Amer
lean. II guess wen open IT otherwise.
It's sure plumb easy. I've been get
ting gay with some Of the household
effects. and this bar Of soap, sort Of
caught my eye"
From MS POCKET ne produced some
Ordinary yellow soap. and the others
glanced al Tim euriousiy.
4 I'm just give you l'ttle demonsfra-
.tion." he continued. "of how our swell
cracksmen over the water open safes
when the owners have been SO tacfless
as to remove the keys"
Dexterously he proceeded to seal IN
every crack In the safe door with the
soap. leaving small gap al the top
unseaIed. Then round that gap he
built what was to all intents and pur-
poses a soap dam.
IF any Of YOU bows" he remarked
to the intent group around him. afhlnk
OF taking this M a. means M liveI,.
hood. be careful OF this stuff- From
another pocket he produced an india.
rubber bottle. Don't drop n on tho
floor unless you want TO be measured
for your coffin. ThereIl lust be a boot
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And even as be spoke. the words
died away on his lips. and with a
dreadful cry he sprang back. For
with dull, heavy thud the body of
the dead German Heinrich rolled on
the chair and sprawled at his feet.
MY Godl" screamed Lakington.
what has happenedl II"
He rushed to the bell and pealed 1t
frantically, and with smile OF Joy
Hugh watched his frenzled terror. No
one came In answer 10 the ring, and
darlington dashed to the door, only to
recoil into the room with a choking
noise In bis throat. Outside In the
hall stood four masked men, each
with revolver pointing at his heart
"aiy cue" muttered Hugh. "And
you understand, fellows, don't youf-
he's my meat
The next moment he had disap-
peared down the ladder. and the three
remaining watchers stared motionless
at the grim scene. For LakingtOn had
shut the door and was crouching BY
the table. his nerve utterly gone. And
all the while the pulled, bloated body
Of the German sprawled on the
floor.
Slowly the door into the hall opened,
and with scream OF fear darlington
sprang back. Standing in the door
way was Hugh Drummond. and his
face was grim and mercIless.
"You sent for your chauffeur Henry
Lakington," he remarked quietly. ~
am here"
"What do you mean" muttered
Lexington thlckly.
Il drove you back from Laidley
Towers tonight" s0id Hugh with
slight smile. "1'he proper man was
foolish and had to be killed." He adj
vanced few steps into the room. and
the other shrank back. "You look
frightened, Henry. Can It be that
the young swine's wits are, after all,
better than yoursr
"What do you wantY' gasped LAX
ington. through dry lips.
II want you. Henry--just you.
Hitherto you've always used gangs OF
your rufflans against me. Now my
gang occupies this house. But I'm
not going to use them. It's going to
be just--you and I. Stand up. Henry
stand up--as ! have always stood up
to you" He crossed the room and |
stood in front Of the covering man.
Take half-ztake half" he screamed.
"Pve got treasure-I've :"
And Drummond hit him a fearful |
blow on the mouth.
Il shall take all. Henry, to return to |
their rightful owners. Boys"--he
raised his voice-"carry out these
other two, and undo them"
The four masked men came In, and
carried out the two chairs.
sThe intimidated rabbit, Henry. and
the kindly gentleman you put TO guard
Miss Benton" he remarked as the
door closed. $50 now we may regard
ourselves as being alone. just you
and I. And one Of US. Lakington-
You devil In human form--is going In
to that BATH"
@But the bath means DEATH"
LAkington-sdcath In agony"
THAT win be unfortunate for the
one who goes In" said Drummond.
taking step toward him.
you would murder mer half sotbed
the terrified man.
mo. Lakington; I'm not going to
murder you" A CLEAN Of hope came
INTO the others eyes. But I'm going
% fight you In order to decide which
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CHAPTER xl--contInu.d.

Did | not gay" he answered, shat
there was power In the boxf But In
the name of that power-unknown to
you'll warn you: Do not touch those
pearls till the light has burned low
In the brazier. II you do they will
disappear--never to return. Watch,
but do not touch I"
Slowly he backed toward the win
dow. unperceived In the general ex-
element; and Hugh lodged rapidly
toward the car, II struck him that
the seance was over. and he just had
time to see darlington snatch some
thing which appeared TO have been
let down by string from above. be-
fore turning Into the bushes and rae
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the thrill Of finding one outl
Not long since, at crowded street
sorner, u young aspirant for easy
gain directed bystander. to Tie
ais hands together. When securely
fastened, he proceeded in plain sight
II all to loosen his imprisoned MEM
eers. When free. he offered TO dis
close the secret of such feat for Is
cents each. Nearly every man pres
eit contributed to his purse. All
wanted TO know.
This Is An0st simple and insignh-
can't, but the native human element Of
curiosity and the lure OF the unknown
have enriched with vast wealth and
crowned with imperishabe fame thou
sands who have peheirated the re-
gions beyond the seen and beneath the
surface.
Greatest amid all this life Of secrets
Is the secret OF life. How 10 live Is
the undiscovered to most OF us but
the dlscoverable to all of us. This
Is life, to know Thee the only true
God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast
sent"
Long. long ago a man discovered the
secret of great living. and his whole
life was devoted to telling others. Ills
secret has been passed on for GEN.
luries' and we may still profit by It
today II is worth knowing. II meas
rred by earthly standards Of values.
Il would cost princely sum. But II
Is free. This mostly discounts Its
high values. Nevertheless. II In price
less. though costless.
THIS secret Is threefold. disclosed In
three fragmentary expressions
First: paul. the bond slave of
Jesus Christ" ROM III. This sets
forth
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known. Much OF
history Is just I'm.
vei;iag. The fas-
clnatlon of "1nd-
ing out" has lured
on the adventurer
and the "lnyen-
.urer." We ell fol-
low In their train.
Who does not
know the peculiar
pleasure OF hay-
ing a secret or
of exper ienclng
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-10-14

vi / Guide no brother 10 the rorid
hot mys.lG. against whom know nest
faults.- Shakespeare
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The prarTicaI man Of today esrrsss
ont The plans Of yesterdays fbeo<.<
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-10-14
ThreefoId Secret
of a Great Life
By REV. J. z. SCHAFFER
Director Of evening Classes. Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.

TEXT live. yet not l. but Christ llv-
eth In me.-GaL 2:20.
The world Is full Of secrets. Life
ID q constant discovery of the us-
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The Relation to a Person.

Every life Is the product of Its rela-
tionships. "A man Is known by the
.conpaiiy he keeps or that keeps him.
The people we meet either make us or
mar us. either elevate or degrade.
either enrich or despoil.
How little we renlize the veal or
wee OF an Introduction to passing
pilgrim on the road OF life. Some have
entered our lives. Oh. would God we
had never known them. Others have
been lifelong benefactlon.
Think Of what these relationships
have mother, father. Sunday
school teacher. pastor. chum wife,
children. oh, can you compute their
vaIues2 But Paul In the final analysis
totaled his life In this statement: II
am what | am by the grace of God"
One day he met Jesus Of Nazareth.
the couqueror OF death, the glorlfied
Christ Of God. and he was never the
same afterward. That introduction
ripened into bonded friendship that
left IFS Ineffacenble brand. When he
would commend his secret to the me-
tropolIs OF the world. he signs himself,
not degreed alumnus OF Tarsus or
Jerusalem, but "a bond slave Of Jesus
Christ" So completely did he hand
over his personality to that Of another
as to he able to say after: Il live. yet
not |. hut Christ liveth In me"-abso-
lutte self-enunciatim and abandon
trent. absolute dedication and en-.
sIavement to THE Son Of God as Lord
and Master.
Second: Il am debtor to all mem
Rom. 1:i4.
The Recognition Of a Principle.
This isIaul's Philosophy. II IN not
Ideal.stie. that spends itself In the
culture Of the ego. nor lnnteriaIIsiic.
seeking sensual enjoyment OF things.
nor yet socIaIistic. as found In The
varied dreams and schemes OF to-day.
This is theistIc--t;ed 30 loved the
world that lie gave" The Son Of
man came not 10 be ninstered unto
but 10 minister and to "giye.' Paul
aid not declare the world owed him
a living. but he was debtor 10 The
world Owed something TO sonlebady.
Owed the riches Of grace to nh men.
lie ilve,l TO discharge that ,lebt.
Secret OF great living-not. TO get but
10 give.
Third One thing do.---I'hiI. 3:f3-
a Resolution Of Power.
Paul had motive something that
moved him. mighty impulse. ire
i.endeus conviction. a consuming uas-
,fom. lie was eiergizrd By siy-
,amlc. ~Onr thing do What was
hat one thing? ITO me to live In
hrist." To reproduce the person
slIiy at whose feet he had east him
s.lf slave forever
This Is secret Of greatness-fhe
Highest moSt franscendant motive. re-
,oluting power to life. II is The dy-
amo. the engine. the generator Of
~uer. The size Of our motive Is the
tze 81 our life ''Iseiscld show you
secrpt~ on that We may irarn the
erret 81 great life from this dis
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wheel In his endeavor to conceal his
identity from the man behind. knew
nothing Of that at the time. And LAX
Ington was far too busy to bother
with the chauffeur.
One snarlIng curse as they had
started. for not having done as he had
been told. uas the total Of their con
versation during the trip. During the
resi- Of tie time the Transformation
20 the normal kept Lakinrton busy. and
Hugh could see him reflected In the
wind-scfeen removing the makeup
from his face. and changing bis
clothes
Even now he was not quite clear
how the irick had been worked. That
there had been two cabinets. that was
eiesr-one false. the other the real
one. That they had been changed a.
the crucial moment. BY the girl Irma
was also obvious But how had the
pearls disappeared IN the hrst case.
and then apparently resppeared againi
Tor one thing he was quite certain.
Whatever was inside the parcel Of
gold and silver tissue which. Tor al
he knew. they might be stiil staring
a. II was not the hlstoric necklzce.
And be was still puxziIug u over IN
hls mind when the car swung into the
drive n The Films.
Change the wheels IS usual,
snapped Iaklrgton as he gos out snd
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ing for the car. As II was he was
only second or two In front OF the
other. and the last vision he had
through break In the trees. before
they were spinning smoothly down the
deserted road. was an open window In
Laidley Towers from which dense
volumes of yapor poured steadily out.
, OF the house party behind. waiting for
the light to burn low In the brazlel.
ne could see no sign through the
Opaque wall OF green fog.
II took five minutes, so he gathered
sfterward from member OF the house
party, before the light had burned suf-
1ciently low for the duchess to con-
slider II safe TO touch the pearls.
In various stages Of asphyxiatIon
che assembled guests had peered at
the hox. while the cynical comments
OF the men were rightly treated BY the
ladies with the contempt they de-
served. Was the necklace not there.
wrapped In its gold and silver tissue.
where few minutes before there had
been nothingf
~Some trick Of that beastly light"
remarked the duke peevishly. "For
heavens sake throw the dam thing
out Of the window"
"DoL'f be q fool. John" retorted
mis- spouse. IF you could do this sort
OF thing. the house Of lords might
Be some use 10 somebody"
When two minutes later they stared
horror-struck At a row Of ordinary
marbles iaboriously unwrapped from
Z piece Of gold and silver tissue. the
dukes pungent agreement with his
wife's sentiment passed unconfra-
dicfed. In fact, II IL to be understood
that over the scene which followed II
was best TO draw decent veil.
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Of us two ceases to adorn the earth /:
that :. II your diagnosis OF the con
tents o. the bath Is correct What
little CLEAN Of pity might have pos
sessed for you has been completely ex-
tinguished By your present exhibition
Of nauseating eowardlce Fight. yon
worm. fight: or III throw you ini-
And Lakingten fought. The sudden
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-10
PLAN 1921 MEETING
Prominent Speakers Are Scheduled
For Next FAN

Plans are already under way FOR
the annual sessions Of the Kansas
state Teachers association next
fall. Among the speakers being con-
sidercd for the 1921 program, ac-
cording to Frank L. Pinet, secre-
tary of the association, are:
Mary Roberts Rhinehart, novelis.
william Howard Taft; stephen Lea
cock. humOrist Franklin X. Lane
Sir Auckland Geddcs; Bishop VIII
liam Ouayle; Sir Gilbert Parker;
Herbert quick; Supt. Fred Hurer'
Oakland. Calf; DR.. Edward HOW
ard Griggs, New York city; Dr. w.
RI. Fitzpatrick. Columbia University
DIR. C. A. Prosser. Dunwood 1nsti-
tute: DR.. Ernes. c. Moore, Univer'
sity of California; Maud Darlington
Booth; DR.. Frank Spauling; Prof. s.
II. Clark, Chicago University; Pres
NJ L. Burton. University Of Michi-
gan: Sir Philip Gibbs; Dr. W. Z.
Ropley. Columbia University: Sena-
tor willis, Ohio; DR.. 8. Parks CAD
man. New York City; state Supt.
viii C. Wood, California and Chas'
Zeublin.
Rabbi Stephen Wise Of the Free
Synagoge, New York City, one OF
che headline speakers at the le2o
sessions. will be included IN the list
of speakers this year for the Pitts
burg and Topeka meeting, II sat
isfac.ory contract can be arranged.
The executive committee OF the
association has decided that only one
speaker will be provided for each
general session this year. u mas
also decided to follow the general
plan of using a speaker for only two
Of .he four meeting places. rms
rule may be waived and speaker OF
exceptional rank used at as many as
three different meeting places II rail-
road connections permit. One OF the
general sessions a. each or the
meeting places is to be musical or
dramatic in character.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-10
URGE NEW GRAIN VARIETIES
Kansas Crop Improvement Assoc'a-
ton Sponsors Plan

Development of Kansas farms oi
new varieties Of wheat and corn 10
obtain better crops is being sponsor
ed by the Kansas Crop Improvement
association.
At the recent annual meeting Oh
1.-THE association 1t was vo'ed TO eN.
tend inspection to two varle1es Oh
hard wheat. Turkey and kharkoi'
and TO Clark's Blackhull. variety
extensively grown in south central
Kansas.
Kansas Fulghum oats. new var
;otv said to be of unusual PROMISE
will also be inspected by the asso-
citation and n committee consisting
of p. s. Wilson of Manhattan Joih
Rrox of Atchison and c. c. cunning
ham of ElDorado have been APP
nointed to work ont plan Tor III
speeding corn. ,
The association inspected kahrea
,ybeot and several varieties or sor-
ohum last season and the new pro
gram when completed 1t Is said VIII
inc,ude all crops of major impor-
tance in the state.