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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
Just in Time.

While driving through Yellowstone
park we came to some muddy, clay
like ground. Father happened to see
small shack in from the road and
decided to go over to see who lived
there. When he was about half way
across the field he noticed a slight
movement In the ground. Going over
he found hole about six inches wide.
Thinking II was an animal hole he got
down on his kEees to peer in. We
saw a man come running from the
hut, waving his arms excitedly. Fa-
Their did not hear him because, as he
said afterward, he heard low growl-
ing In the hole. Then the "anlmal'
came out. at" jumped up five feet
In the air. Fathers animal was a
mud geyser. and It covered him from
head to feet with yellow mud. The
man, when he reached father, pointed
smiIlngy TO sign which read: "Gey-
ser No. 127. Spurts every 80 min
utes." We have never ceased to tease
father about his anlmal.-ChicagO
Tribune.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05

how? Do you realize the ease With
which / could open this door, and give
you over to the mercy of those men
in there? After what you have just
said, why do you suppose l fail to do
sol Because l am such womanly
woman, perhaps"
Rather because you have no rea-
son to so act. l may denounoe Jour
connection with this affair, believing
1t no fit work for any true woman to
be engaged in, and yet myself be no
traitor to the cause"
"You still hold me a true woman
then?"
"Yes; I may be blind, but I retain
faith"
'That is good-yet do not trust too
much In any woman. What is your
nameT"
"D-Daly, Harry DAILY"
"You seem to have some difficulty
tonight in remembering names. Does
this mean you also possess
Variety"
She stopped, listening intently her
| mead tilJeu Dack SO as 10 DStlSl HS"t
what was occurring behind the closed
door.
BE quiet" she whispered, one hand
held forth in swift warning. "They
are through in there, think, and Alva
win be out in a moment. Now listen
Don't ask any questions, but listen.
VIII you pledge yourself to do what
ever / sayf"
"withln any reasonable limits
yes"
Limits Don't talk limits" impa-
tiently. "You say you are blind, but
retain faith. Act on that faith blind
Iy. l cannot speak here; there is no
time, no opportunity. Tomorrow at
two o'clock, come to PAT lie Compile
street. VIII your"
Yes"
''Do not mistake the number. Ask
for Miss Conrad. Now go Oack there
and wait for Horner. Quick-they are
coming"
plunged hastily into the passage,
and CROPPED my way back between the
narrow walls to the secluded room In
the rear. was too confused, too
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05

estimation to the hideous level Of a
political consplrator. Yet what else
could she be7 How could | account
for her presence in this place on any
other theory except that she came as
a representative of Chilean intrigue7
AS the trusted messenger of that Sc
cret conspiracy at Santiago, under or
ders Of the revolutionary junta at
Washington? / had heard her words
spoken boldly to this band Of plot
ters, words of authority-demand
they dare not ignore. No, there vas
no doubt as to who she was, or what
she was. In spite of her face, her
pleasing manner, her attractlveness Of
person, she was a dangerous enemy to
this government which protected her,
a despicable snake crawling through
the dark to strike down a victim-a
thing TO be crushed without mercy.
The very softness, womanllness, only
made her the more to be feared She
should cast no spell over me. / would
harden my heart, and forget all ex-
cept the duty I owed my country, and
that neutral nation to the south with
whom we were at peace.
frankly, l do not know what to
think" I answered at last. "Your mis-
sion here tonight, as I understand It;
somehow does not ut i'm with my nat.
ural conception of you as a woman"
She laughed, but so low as to be In.
audible to those beyond the closed
door.
you amuse me. Cannot a woman
even womanly woman, II you
please-love her country and be Will
ing to sacrifice in its behalf2"
mot to the extent of treachery and
deceit; not to the end that innocent
men and women suffer-" l returned
holly, forgetting caution.
"And is that my purpose here, you
thinkT
'Is 1t notT This is a neutral land,
yet what else can this conspiracy con-
template but cowardly destruction
II refuse to answer-here and now,
at least. Nor do know why you
should ask. Why are you here. and
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
once Famous for EmbroIdery.

st. Gall. Switzerland, is the noted
embroidery seat Of modern days, and
one of the most influential centers Of
Christian civilization In central Eu-
rope. The city owes its foundation to
The Irish apostle Gallus, who in the
year 614 founded a hermitage near
the brook Steinach. In the resulting
monastery of st. Gall the strict rules
of the Irish church were enforced
until 100, when those of st. Benedict
we're substituted by an abbot, Othmar.
In 1851 the Abbot Norpert of st. Gall
erected convent on the Sitter river,
the place taking the name of Abbatls
Cella-Apenzell, and the abbOts Of ST.
Gall became the dominating influences
of the land until the subsequently
much impressed mountaineers resorted
to force and succeeded In shaking on
their yoke.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
miss CONRAD"


Synopsis.-In a New York jewelry
store Philip Severn, United States
consular agent, notices a small box
which attracts him. He purchases
1t. Later he discovers In a secret
compartment a writing giving a
clew to a revolutionary movement
In this country seeking to overthrow
the Chilean government. The writ
Ing mentions a rendezvous, and
Severn decides TO Investigate. Find
ing the place mentioned in the writ
Ing apparently deserted, Severn
visits a saloon in the vicinity. A
woman in the place is met by a
man, seemingly by appointment.
and Severn. his suspicious aroused.
follows them. They go to the des-
lgnated meeting place, an aban-
doned iron foundry. At the rem
devious Severn is accepted as one
OF the conspirators and admitted.
He meets a stranger who addresses
hin as Harry DAILY. The incident
plays into Severn's hands and he
accepts 1t. His new acquaintance
Is a notorious thief, Gentleman
George" Harris. Concealed. Severn
hears the girl he had followed ad-
dress the conspirators. She urges
them to hasten the work Of revo-
luton.
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CHAPTER Iv-contlnued


''The agent7 Oh, you mean 1Os?
What about that arrangement, Mr..
Horner7'
recognized Harris in the reply, his
Voice perfectly calm and confident. In
all probability he lied, but it was done
most convincingly.
'Those were my positive instruc-
tions In London" he said coolly. "1'he
banking house there was not to be in
volved in the slightest degree; no
trace of the transaction was to appear
on their books"
"But why has the money not been
drawn and used?"
'That is for Alva to say. tried to
get him to act, but he refused without
another authorization from Mendez,
and special instructions"
"You never received these, Senior
Alva?'
mo. ! asked by code; l supposed
he would answer by messenger"
There was a pause, a silence. ]
imagined / could understand some
thing of what Harris was endeavoring
to accomplish in this delay, this get
ting the entire sum transferred into
currency in private hands. 1t was one
more step in his intricate scheme Of
robbery, but so cautiously concealed
as to arouse no suspicion What else
had he done to this end already? To
achieve delay, and thus gain oppor-
tunity, had he intercepted, or even
changed, the code message sent by
Alva to Washington?
All this was possible enough, yet 1t
was evident that the woman accepted
she explanation as satisfactory.
81 do not know how true all this IS"
she said at last, slowly. 81 was told
the money was already being used.
do not believe there is any necessity
Of any further Endorsement, as Senior
AIva is working under direct commits
sion from the junta, with full author
ity to act. However, will verify this
tomorrow. am going to retire now,
seniors, and leave you alone to discuss
the matters / have presented. Above
all It is necessary that should know
at once who you select for the lmpor-
tart work, and when we may expect
results. This information must posi-
lively take back with me-"
"When do you returnl"
"On the midnight train. have
three hours yet"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
"Then the devil must have
helped me-"
CTo BE CONTINUED
MOVES WITH REST OF WORLD
Abundant Proof That China Is WAX
ing Up From Her Sleep Of Two
Thousand Years.

AS a study In strange customs ana
startling incidents, China Is interest
ing because 1t has changed so little In
point of view during the last two thou
sand years. The characteristic of
China is satisfaction with the wisdom
Of the fathers slowness to let go Of
principles tested by ages. The good
Old-fashioned Chinese soldier SLOUGH
ing along in his baggy clothes, or dou-
bled up on a pony, the shave-pated
priest, the magistrate with his glass
button and peacOck's feathers, the
coolie In his blue cotton drawers, the
plumy merchant in his silks, have
been coming and going for two or
three millennlums, just about the
same. Up to two decades ago the
land seemed unchanged and unchange-
able. The empire has an organization
under which the nation has as much
Internal peace, and more prosperity,
than most of It's neighbors.
Nevertheless even a month or two
in China makes it clear enough that
China is rapidly going through great
change Many Chinese in the treaty
ports wear European DRESS telegraph
wires are strung all over the country
Chinese post office takes your mail
unless you make a point of turning II
over to the foreign posts; Chinese
steamers splash along the rivers; 10
cOmotives brighten Chinese donkeys
iron works clang; schools spring up
modern buildings arise; newspapers
appear; armies are created; public
opinion has become a fashion.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05

me to try it. was then in bed part of
the time and my doctor said / would
have to be operated on, but we decided
to try the Vegetable Compound and /
also used Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. / am a dressmaker and am now
able to go about my work and do my
homework besides. You are welcome
to use this letter as a testimonial as am
always glad to speak word for your
medicine. Mrs. w. M. STEPHENS, 1103
N. Commerce St., Vernon, Texas.
Dressmakers when overworked are
prone to such ailments and should profit
by Mrs. Stephens experience.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidential, Lynn, Mass, about
your health. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
CHAPTER v.
a stranae AppoIntment.


must have failed to grasp the full
meaning of what she said, or else II
never occurred to me that her retire
ment would be made through this par
ticular door. At least she had pushed
n wide open before realized the ne
eesslty of retreat. and was hemmed
in behind It's barrier, fortunately Sc
curely hidden from the eyes Of those
IN the larger apartment. Some one
Alva, no doubt, from his words and
voice-was beside her as she emerged,
and. indeed, II might have been his
hand that swung the door back against
me stood there startled, unable to
iAove, afraid that my very breathing
might be overheard.
"You leave at midnight, you say,
senorlta," he protested in Spanish ;
''hut surely you intend to remain at
tircsentY'
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05

pains IN my SloeS. a
found only tempo
raryreliefin Doctors
medicine or anything
else l took until my
husband saw an adj
yer tbs eme emit Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We g table Com
pound. i mentioned
it to a neighbor and
she told me she had
taken it with good
rasJlltq and advised
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
orpeadI

A recent sign seen in feed store
reads like this: IF 'eggo' don't make
your hens lay-they're tOOsters."
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-08-05
DRESSMAKER
MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor's Advice
and Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vernon, Tex" For three years I
suffered untold agony each month with
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-25
CHAPTER VI.
Mother and pauahter.

II don't believe he's guilty, mother"
The girls fine eyes shone with feel
ing-with protest, Indignation, anguish.
Sheila Llyn was champion who
would fight to the last gasp for any
cause she loved.
LET us 60 TO Dublin, mother" she
said with determined air, after
reading the clipping.
"Why, my deary'
The womans eyes with their long
ashes. looked searchingly into her
daughters face. She felt, as the years
went on. that Sheila had gifts granted
10 few. She realized that the girl had
resources which would make her n
governing influence in whatever
sphere Of life she should he set.
Quietly, Sheila was taking control OF
their movements, and indeed of her
own daily life The girl had n domi-
mating skill which came I'm part from
herself. and also to degree from her
father; but her disposition was not
her father's-it was her mothers.
Sheila had been told by her mother
that her father had passed away
abroad when she was little child.
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when it's dark we must get him away.
He'll sleep for four or five hours and
by that time he'll be out on the way
TO France, and the rest is easy"
He was about TO go out to the door
that led into the business part of the
house, when the door leading into the
street opened softly, and woman
stepped inside. She had used the key
which Boyne had forgotten at his
house.
At first he did not hear her. Then,
when he did turn round, 1t was too
late. The knife she carried under her
skirt flashed out and into BOyne's
heart. He collapsed on the floor with
out a sound. save only a deep sigh.
STOPPING over, Noreen drew the
knife out with little gurgling cry
smothered exclamation. Then she
opened the door again-the side-door
leading into the street-closed II soft
ly. and was gone.
Three hours afterward the landlord
opened the door Erris Boyne lay in
his silence. stark and still. AT the
table, with his head sunk in his arms
sat Dyck Calhoun. snoring stentOrious
ly, his drawn sword by his side.
With cry the old man knelt on the
floor beside the body of Erris Boyne
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-25

idea of defendin' you. but I'm not
takin' pleasure in going to Miles Cal
houn. for he's hard man these days.
Aw, Mr.. Dyck, he's had lot of trou-
BILE. Things has been goin' wrong with
Playmore. Pom honor, l don't know
whether amy Of it'll last as long as
Miles Calhoun lasts. There'll be little
left for you. Mr. Dyck. That's what
troubles me. / tell you it'd break my
heart if that place should be lost to
your father and you. / was born on
il. I'd give the best years Of the life
that's left me to make sure the old
house could stay in the hands Of the
Calhouns. | say TO you that while ]
live all | am is yours, fair and foul,
good and bad" He touched his breast
with his right hand. an here is the
soul of Ireland that leps up on the
heights for the things that matter.
There's song-but never mind about
a song: this is no place for songs. It's
prison-house, and you're prisoner
charged"
Not charged yet, not charged"
| interrupted Dyck; but suspected of
and arrested for crime. I'll fight
before God, III fight to the last Good
| by, Michael; bring me food and
clothes, and send me cold water at
once"
When the door closed softly behind
Michael Clones, Dyck sat down on the
bed where many criminal patriot
had lain. He looked round the small
room, bare, unfinished, severe-ter-
ribly severe; he looked at the blank
walls and the barred window, high up :
he looked at the floor-it was discol-
ored and damp. He reached out and
touched Ii with his hand. He looked
at the solitary chair, the basin and
pail, and he shuddered.
How awful-how awful ~ he muir
INJURED. But If il was her father, aud
IL / killed him'-his head sank low
"if ] killed her fatherr'
Water. sir"
He looked up. 1t was the guard
with a tin of water and II dipper.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-25

captain in the French artillery! Well,
that'd be a surprise in Ireland II II
were told"
1T isn't going to be told unless you
tell II, Calhoun, and you're too much
OF sportsman for that. Besides, why
shouldn't you have one of these IL you
want it-,f YOU want 1t? Listen to
me, Calhoun" reaching out hand 10
lay II ON Dyck's arm.
Dyck saw the motion, however, and
carefully drew back In his chair "Fm
not an adventurer," he said; "but II /
were. what would there be in II for
meT"
Boyne misunderstood the lock on
Dyck's face. He did not grasp the
meaning behind the words, and he
said TO him:
"Oh, a good salary--as good rs that
Of general, with a commission and
the spells Of war; That's the thing
in the French army that counts for SO
much--spoils of war. When they're
ont on country like this, they let
their officers loose-their officers and
non. Did you ever hear tell of a
French army being pinched for fod-
q or going thirsty for drink, or
Is head for poverty or indi-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-25
CHAPTER v.
Dyck in Prison.

When Dyck Calhoun walked. he was
in the hands Of the kings constables.
arrested for the murder Of Erris
Boyne. Also, the landlord was ready
to swear concerning a quarrel he had
seen when he opened the door for n
moment. pyck. with sudden caution,
only said that he would make all clear
at the trial.
Driven through the streets OF Dublin
in jaunting car between two Of the
kings police, he was a mark for abuse
by tongue, but was here and there
cheered by partisans of the ultra-loyal
group to which his father adhered
The effect of the drug was still up
on him and his mind was confused
He remembered the quarrel, Boyne's
explanation and the subsequent drink
ing, but he could recall nothing fur
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-25
(CHAPTER IV-Continued.)

"What's that you say about French
ships in the harbors of Ireland?" he
said In tone that showed interest.
"Of course, l know there's been lot
of talk Of French raid on Ireland,
but didn't know il was TO be So
soon."
ooh, it's near enough! It's all been
arranged replied Boyne. "Therem
be ships-warships, commanded by
Hoche They'll have orders TO land
on the coast, 10 join the Irish patriots,
10 take control of the operations, and
then to march on"
He was going TO say march on
Dublin" but he stopped. He was
playing daring game If he had not
been sure of his man, he would not
have been so frank and fearless.
He did not, however, mislead Dyck
greatly. Dyck had been drinking a
good deal, but this knowledge of a
French invasion, and sense of what
Boyne was trying to do, steadied his
shaken emotions; held him firmly in
the grip OF practical common sense.
He laughed, hiccOughed a little, as
though he was very drunk, and said
"Oi course the French would like
to come TO Ireland; they'd like TO
seize II and hold It. Why, Of course
they would or course; but what
as:ounds me is that man Of your
standing should believe the French
are coming here now TO Ireland. No,
no, Boyne; I'm not taking your word
for any Of these things. You're Cos
sip you're ID, pertinacious, pre-
posterous gossip, and I'll say it as
often as you like"
$50 it's proof you want, is 1t? Well,
then, here II is
Boyne drew from his pocket a small
leather-bound case and took from II a
letter, which he laid on the table in
front OF Dyck.
Dyck looked at the document, then
said:
"Ah, that's what you are, cha
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Dyck is released from prison
after four years.
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
FRENCH USE ENGLISH WORD
Academy Which Keeps Language Con-
rect Decides to Admit "Gentle-
man" to the Dictionary.

The French academy, which devOtes
long sittings TO the task Of keeping
the French language absolutely cor
rect. and which regards all foreign
words introduced into the language
with h0rror, has just made an excep-
ton In favor of an English word.
which is henceforward TO have place
in the official dictionary of France,
says the London Telegraph. This ~
the word "gentleman," which is very
frequently used in modern writing and
conversation rather than the tire
honored gentilhomme, which ordinar-
ily means nobleman. but which, In tie
new edition OF the dictionary, Is 10
be described as meaning "a man VINO
without being noble by race, has lofty
sentiments. elegant manners and does
noble acts" With regard TO the word
gentleman" il is to he described in
the dictionary as "an English word
sometimes employed In French In the
metaphorical and moral sense OF the
word gentilhomme."
This is undoubtedly not the last
time the French academy will he
called upon to give an official welcome
TO an English word which has become
current in the French language; for
example. the word "home" is becoming
great fayorite. and the missse OF
the words smoking" and dancing"
for smoking jacket" and dance hall"
has become so usual that the English
origin Of the words is quite forgotten.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-25

Erris Boyne. What will come Of what
you and / know and don't know,
Heaven only has knowledge; but I'll
see II through. I've spoiled as good
chances as ever young man had
that wants to make his way; but drink
and cards, Michael, and the flare of
this id life at the center-it got
hold Of me. II muddled, drowned the
best that was I'm me. It's the witch's
kitchen, Dublin is. Ireland's the only
place In the world where they make
saints of criminals and pray to them !;
where they lose track of time and think
they're In eternity; where emotion is
saturnlne logic and death Is the touch
stone OF life. Michael, / don't see any
way to safety. Those fellows down at
the tavern were friends of Erris Boyne
They're against me. They'll hang me
IL they can -
II don't believe they can do IL, mas
ter. Dublin and Ireland think more
Of you than they did Of Erris Boyne.
There's nothing behind you except the
wildness OF youth-nothing at ALL
Dyck smiled.
you've a lot of faith in me, Michael
but I'll tell YOU this: / never was
so thirsty In my life. My mouths
like red-hot iron. Send me some
water. Give the warder sixpence, If
you've got IL, and send me some wa
ter. Then 20 to Will Mccormick, and
after that TO my father
Michael shook his head dolefully.
"Mr. McCormick's aisy-oh, aisy
enough" he said. Hell lep up at the