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The Washington times., 1921-12-09

- We frankly believe that these are the
biggest clothing values we have offered for
long time-and that's saying q lot, be
cause we always lead in low price and high
quality. And you'll find in these suits and
coats the finest Of the popular fabrics,
careful tailoring, and neat appearance,
coupled with sturdy wearing quality. All
sizes in young mems and conservative
models. 80. -, Z. $50 -
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were almost simultaneous, and the
next second. with 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 darlington 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
thing off so far. And before that adj
vantage disappeared he had to be back
at The Larches with his burden, no
light weight for even 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
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.
Compassionate rifie-or electric"
he muttered TO himself. stumbling on,
and half dragging half carrying his
dazed companion.
He was not very clear in his own
mind what to do next, but the mat
ter was settled for him Unexpectedly.
Barely had he got into the drawing
room, when the door opened and the
girl rushed in.
Get him away at once" she cried.
"In your car. Don't waste
second. I've started her up"
Good girl" he cried enthusiastical-
ly. But what about you?"
She stamped her foot impatiently.
I'm all right-absOlutely all right.
Get him away-that's all that mat
ters"
DrummOnd grinned. "The humOr-
Gus thing is that l haven't an idea
who the bird is-except that" He
paused, with his eyes fixed on the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-12
CHAPTER THREE.
In Which Things Happen in Half
Moon Street
ONE.

Hugh Drummond folded up the
piece of paper he was studying and
rose to his feet as the doctor came
into the room. He then pushed a sill
yer box of cigarettes across the table
and waited
Your friend" said the doctor, ''is
in very peculiar condition, Captain
Drummond-very peculiar. Can you
enlighten me at all as to what he has
been doing during the last few days?'
DrummOnd shook his head. Haven't
an earthly, Doctor
'"There is for instance, that very
unpleasant wound in his thumb" pur-
sued the other 1.-The top joint is
crushed to a pulp
Il noticed that last night" answered
Hugh nOncOmmittally Looks as, if it
had been mixed up between a ham
mer and an anvil. don't it,"
But have you no idea how it oc-
curred?"
"Tm full of IDEAS" said the sol
der. "ln fact, if it's any help to YOU
in your diagnosis that wound was
caused by the application of an I'M
pleasant medieval instrument known
as a thumbscrew."
The worthy doctor looked at him in
amazement "a thumbscrew You
must be joking, Captain Drummond."
very far from it, answered Hugh
briefly. eff you want to know, it
was touch and go whether the other
thumb didn't share the same fate"
He blew out cloud of smoke and
smiled inwardly as he noticed the look
of scandalized horror on his compan-
ions face. 1T isn't his thumb that
concerns me-" he continued; "its his
general condition. What's the matter
with limp
The doctor pursed his lips and
looked WISE while Drummond Won
dered that no one had ever passed a
law allowing men OF his type to be
murdered on sight
Ellis heart seems sound" he an
swered after a weighty pause, land
found nothing wrong with him con-
StitutiOnally. In fact, | may say,
Captain DrummOnd, he is in every
respect a most healthy man. Except
-er-eXcept for this peculiar condi-
ton"
DrummOnd exploded. 'rDamnatiOn
take it, man, what on earth do you
suppose | asked you to come round
for? It's of no interest to me to hear
that his liver is working properly"
your pardon, doctor; l had rather a
trying evening last night. Can you
give me any idea as to what has
caused this peculiar condition."
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Except that"
mans left thumb. The top joint was
crushed into a red shapeless pulp,
and suddenly the meaning of the in
strument darlington had produced
from his pocket became clear Also
the reason of that dreadful cry at
dinner.
"By Godr' whispered Drummond
half to himself, while his jaws set
like a steel wise. "a thumbscrew.
The devils the swine :"
"Oh! quick, quick" the girl urged
in an agony. They may be here at
any moment" She dragged him to
the door, and together they forced
the man into the car.
darlington won't" said Hugh with
a grin. And if you see him tomor-
row-don't ask after his jaw. :.
Goodnight, Phyllis"
With a quick movement he raised
her hand to his lips; then he slipped
in the clutch and the car disappeared
down the drive.
lie lett SENSE O1 6ldllOu anu OI
triumph ut having won the first round,
and as the car whirled back to Lon
don through the cool night air his
heart was singing with joy of action.
And it was perhaps as we'll for his
peace of mind that he did not witness
the scene in the room at The Elms.
darlington still lay mOtionless on
the floor; Peterson's cigar still glowed
steadily in the darkness. It was hard
to believe that he had ever moved
from the table; only the bullet i'm
bedded in tree proved that some
body must have got busy. OF course,
it might have been the girl, who was
just lighting another cigarette from
the stump of the old one.
At length Peterson spoke. "a
young man. of dash and temperament"
he said genially. 1T will be a pity
to lose him."
"Why not keep him and lose the
girl?" yawned ITma. 81 think he
might amuse me"
''We have always our dear Henry
to consider" answered Peterson.
Apparently the girl appeals to him.
I'm afraid, Trina, he'll have to go
-. and at once. :"
The speaker was tapping his left
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c::.:,, :s.:: c.s:>.., Or. eSe1-, 81
with an acid bow. "SOme form OF
drug" he answered
Drummond heaved a sigh of relief.
Now we're getting on he cried
Have you any idea what drug?"
at is, at the moment, hard to say"
returned the other I'm day or two.
perhaps, 1 might be able to-er-ar-
rive at some conclusion :"
(which, at present, you have not.
Right; now we know where we are.
AS you don't know what the drug is,
presumably you don't know either how
long it will take for the effect to wear
off,"
"That-er-is, within limits, cor
rect" conceded the doctor.
what about diet?"
"Oh! light. Not too much
meat. =. No alcohol :"
He rose to his feet as Hugh opened
the door; really the war seemed to
have produced a distressing effect on
peoples manners. Diet was the one
question on which he always let him
self go.
Not much meat-no alcohol. Right.
Good morning, doctor. Down the
stairs and straight ON. Good morn
ing" The door closed behind him,
and he descended to his waiting car
with cold disapproval on his face.
Excuse me, sir The doctor
paused and eyed a well-dressed man
who had spoken to him uncompro-
misingly. Am l right in assuming
that you are doctor?"
You are perfectly correct, sir, in
your assumption"
The man smiled: obviously gen.
tleman, thought the practitioner, with
his hand on the door of his car.
IT'S about a great pal of mine,
Captain DrummOnd who lives in
here" went on the other. II hope yog
won't think it unprofessional, but =!
thought I'd ask yo1 privately, how
you find him."
The doctor looked surprised. Gap
tain DrummOnd, so far as l am aware,
has never been better. I-er-cannot
say the same of his friend" He
stepped into his car. "Why not go up
and see for yourself?"
The car rolled smoothly into Pic
cadilly, but the man showed no signs
of awaiting himself of the doctors
suggestion. He turned and walked
rapidly away, and a few moments later
in an exclusive West End club
a trunk call was put through to
Godalming-a call which caused the
recipient to nod his head in Satisfac-
ton and order the ROlls-ROyce
Meanwhile, unconscious of this sud-
den solicitude for his health, Hugh
Drummond was once more occupied
with the piece of paper he had been
studying on the Doctors entrance.
Beyond establishing the fact that the
NAH in the peculiar condition was
Hiram G. Potts, the American multi
millionaire, ne could mare nothing
out of it,
'If only I'd managed to get the
whole of it," he muttered to himself
for the twentieth time. "That dam
fellah Peterson was too quick" Thu
scrap he had torn off was typewrit-
ten, save for the Americans ScrawleC.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-12

With Crash the Stopper Fell From
Mr. Benton's NerveIess Fingers,
Breaking the Finger-BowI in Front
of Him, While Every Vestioe of Color
Left His Face.
Its something these days to be
able to say that" remarked Hugh,
pouring out himself a glass wine,
Miss Benton?" He looked at the girl,
who was staring fearfully out of the
window, and forced her to meet his
eye. 1T will do you good"
His tone was compelling, and after
a moments hesitation, she pushed
the glass over to him. "WilI you pour
it out?" she said, and he saw that she
was trembling all over
did you-did you hear-anything?
With a vain endeavor to speak calmly,
his host looked at Hugh.
THAT night-bird?" he answered
easily. "Eerie noises they make, don't
they? Sometimes in France, when
everything was still, and only the
ghostly green flares went kissing up
one used to hear EN-. Startled nerv-
Gus sentries out of their lives" He
talked on, and gradually the color
came back TO the other mans face.
But Hugh noticed that he drained his
port at a gulp, and Immediately re-
flied his glass
Outside everything was still; no
repetition of that short, Strangled cry
again disturbed the silence. With
the training bred of many hours in
No Mans Land, Drummond was lis
tening, even while he was speaking
for the fainteSt suspicious >sound-but
he heard nothing. The soft whisper
ing night-noises came gently through
the window; but the man who had
screamed once did not even whimper
again. He remembered hearing a
similar cry near the brick-stacks at
Guinchy, and two nights later he had
found the giver of it, at the edge
of mine-crater, with glazed eyes that
still held in them the horror of the
final second. And more persistently
than ever, his thoughts centered on
the fifth occupant of the Rolls
Royce.
1t was with almost a look of relief
that Mr.. Benton listened to his tale of
woe about his car.
"Of course you must stop here for
the night" he cried. phyllis. my
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knee softly with his hand; save for
that slight movement he sat as If
nothing had happened. And yet ten
coup had failed at the instant Of
success Even his most fearless ac-
completes had been known to con-
fesS that Peterson's inhuman calmness
sent cold shivers down their backs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-12
signature, and Hugh knew the wOros

signature, and Hugh knew the WORDS
by heart.
plete paralysis
ade of Britain
months / do
the holder of
of five million
do desire and
earl necklace and the
are at present
chess of Lamp
k no questions
blamed
AM. C. POTTS.
AT length he replaced the scrap IN
his pocket-book and rang the bell.
James" he remarked as his serv-
ant came in: you'd better know
that as far as | can see were up
against tough proposition"
Indeed, sir" murmured his servant.
1.-THE gentleman is asking for you,
sir" Mrs. Denny's voice from the
door made them look round.
Hugh walked quickly along the pass
age to the room where the million
aire lay in bed.
"How are you feeling?" said Drum
mond cheerfully.
The man stared at him uncompre-
hendinglv. and shook his hnad
CTO BE CONTINUED
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-12
SYNOPSIS.

PROLOGUE.-In December, 1918, four
men gathered in a hotel in Berne and
heard one Of the quartet outline plan
to paralyze Great Britain and at the
same time seize world power The other
three, Hooking, American, and Steineman
and Won Gratz, &c mans, all millionalres,
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.
CHAPTER 1. - Capt Hugh (Bulldog)
Drummond, a retired officer, advertises
for work that will give him excitement,
Phyllis Benton, young woman who an
swered his ad. She tells him of strange
murders and robberies of which she sus
Henry darlington of being the leaders.
CHA P'rEE-Ir~ --I--~r- ss<p.>--4au decides to
go to TIE Larches, Miss Bentons home.
An attempt is made on the road to wreck
his machine when another, occupied by
Peterson LAkington and a strange man,
blocks the road. While dining with Phyl-
lis Benton and her father Drummond
hears terrible shrek at The Films. Dur
ing the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Films. He dis
covers darlington and Peterson using
thumbscreW on an American who signs
a paper Drummond rescues the Ameri-
can after a struggle and takes him to
his home. The man is Hiram c. Potts.
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mileage 10 eacn tetreao-
ing was about 1900. /
think you will agree this
is a remarkable record.
1t is especially unusual
as / know the owner to
be a severe driver. How
ever, he gives his tires
proper imitation. The tire
in question is not yet
out of service and has
every indication of being
sufficiently strong for an
other retread. / am
mailing photographs un-
der separate cover.
c. U. Penney,
Plant City, Fla.
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Read Letters Below
Records from $4,000 to 1000 Miles

Cord Tires built the Firestone
way could not fail to produce
mileage. Every day, from all over
the country, comes the word that
10000, 10000 or 10000 miles are
frequent and consistent records.
Sept. 10 1924
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co,
Jacksonville Branch,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Gentemen:-
submit herewith the history Of s3x4 Fire
stone Cord tire This tire has 81 900 miles.
have retreaded it seven times. The average
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Now and then they are empha-
sized by unusual instances such
as quoted below. Performances
like these demonstrate the ulti-
mate possibilities of Firestone
Cords under careful driving.
Sept 2, 1874
The Harvey E Mack Co.,
Thirteenth & Harmon Place.
Minneapolis
Gentlemen
1t occurs to me that you might be interested
in the mileage that / obtained from the set of
Firestone Cord tires my Dodge coupe. The
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ah o. NAe WIFI SN@A ~
600 miles. The second
tire rolled up a mileage
Of between $4,000 and
$4,000. These were both
rear tires and had been
cut considerably by
chains. The two front
tires have gone better
than $4,000 miles and are
still in good condition. /
expect to get AZ least
10000 miles from each of
them. I need scarcely
say that the Firestone
Cord will be my tire
choice for the future.
Archie H. Beard,
S22 LaSalle Bldg.
Minneapolis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-12

With Crash the Stopper Fell From
Mr.. Benton's NerveIess Fingers,
Breaking the Finger Bowl in Front
of Him, While Every Vestige of Color
Left His Face.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-12

Car Owners rubber the tread where the
hardest gum between cord plies perfect resilient
powerful And they scientifically constructed Non
Skid with all angles and skdng
Festone Cord Tires have these demands Of
the
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(To BE CONTINUED
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-13
Dyed Her Faded
Curtains and a
Skirt like New

diamond Dyes" add years Of wear
to worn, faded skirts, waists, coats,
stockings. sweaters, coverings, hang
ings, draperies, everything. Every pack
age contains directions so simple any
woman can put new, rich, fadeless col
ors into her worn garments or drap-
cries even if she has never dyed before
just buy Diamond Dyes-no other kind
then your material will come out
right, because Diamond Dyes are guar
anteed not to streak. spot, fade, or
run. Tell your druggist whether the
material you wish to dye is wool OF
silk, OF whether 1t is linen, cotton or
mixed goods.-Ady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-13
WAITSFIELD

" a sufficient number Of pupils, both
old and young, can be enrolled to guar
antee expenses, Mrs. George ElmoTe
will conduct series OF 10 dancing
lessons under the auspices Of the Com
munity club. TO be held in the school
house hall on Friday evenings, begin
ming Dec. 80. Terms, So; school chill
dren, 81. This is to be strictly paid in
advance. Enrollments. which must be
completed before the Goth of December
may be made at the postofiice--adv.
Miss Russell, the nurse who has
been taking care Of Mrs. Hattie smith,
was Ill Saturday and another nurse
came to help on the case.
r.. James Moriarty started Monday
night for Kansas City, Mo-, where he
viii take a two months course at the
Sweeney automobile and tractor school.
Mrs. Goodell from Windsor is guest
Of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Farms
worth.
Fred Daniels is staying a few days
with his uncle, Steb. Ashley, who il
very III with heart trouble.
Miss Marian Jones came home sat
urdav from the Mary Fletcher hospital
Through the courtesy of ]. w. Fargo
of Randolph Center, the Waitsheld IL
brarv is in receipt Of discourse de-
liyered at the ordination Of Rev. viii
liam Salisbury TO the pastoral care OF
the church in Waitsfeld. Oct. I, 1901,
by Elijah Lyman. A. NJ, pastor OF the
church in Brookfeld.
The last news from Mrs. Nancy
Cary in Montpelier, mother Of Mrs. H.
w. McAllister. j. that she Il better
and Is gaining slowly.
Mrs. q. w. Walli< has been III most
Of the past week with grip
School Notes.
George Elliot gave a talk last Mon
dav on What a Zero Is"
The school has voted TO have the
Redpath chautauqua here again next
next year.
Marion Tucker gave an excellent
speech last Friday, entitled, DO Your
Best
The Parent Teacher association held
its regular meeting last Friday night
DR.. r. : Kent gave . talk on Bal
anced Ratious.~
Miss Dana and Mrs. FoTy were IN
Nfiddlesex Saturday night to assist IN
organizing a Psrent-Teacher associA-
tion.
Mrs.. Herbert saith visited the
school last Thursday afternoon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-13

A few drops CT. vutgro upon the
skin surrounding the ingrowing nail re-
duces Inflammation and pain and so
toughens the tender, sensitive skin un-
derneath the toe nail. that it cannot
penetrate the flesh, and the nail turns
naturally outward almost over night.
"Outgron is harmless. antiseptic
manufactured for chiropodists. How
ever, anyone can buy from the drug
store tiny bottle containing direc-
tions.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-13
UOODBURY

Wish to announce that after about
three years employment with i. NJ
Davis Of Hardwick in the undertaking
and furniture business, ! have opened
an establishment of my own and will
be pleased to look after your wants.
j. i. Peck, Hardwick.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-13
SOUTH WOODBURY.

Wish to announce that after about
three years employment with +. NJ
Davis OF Hardwick in the undertaking
and furniture business, | have opened
an establishment of my own and viii
be pleased to look after your wants.
j. r. Peck, Hardwick. adv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
VIRGINIA STATE COP
TO CHASE SPEEDSTERS

FREDERICKSBURG. Va. Sept. 10.
After receiving numbers of com.
plants of reckless speeding on the
highway between fredericksburg and
King George Court House. Col. b. o.
James, Secretary of the Common
wealth, has stationed a state motor.
cycle officer on the Northern Neck
highway between these two points
to break up the menace to lives OF
other travellers.
The new officer, Dewey C. Flaugh-
er. has arrived here from Richmond
and taken his station on the highway
with a 4-cylinder motorcycle. capable
Of travelling nearly ninety miles per
hour. Officer F1augher will also main
tain a lookout for motorists with i'm
proper tags and will arrest violators
of the license law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
BAPTlSTS TO WEAR OLD
CLOTHES TO AID CHURCH

NASHVILLE, Sept. 10.-Southern
Baptists Will cut out all luxuries this
fall. eliminate many Of the common
necessities and wear old shoes and
patched clothes II need be to meet their
pledges to UNCONVENTIONAL interests, II
they heed an appeal formulated yes
terday by the conservation commission
Of the SIS. 200, 900 campaign.
Members Of the commission have
challenged the local Baptists through
out the South to meet them in sacrific.
ing personal comfort rather than fail
to meet their obligations to the general
causes Of their denomination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11

mysteriously disappeared from Rich.
mond. Sheriff Webb w. Sydnor, who
with Commonwealth Attorney w. w.
Beverly, conducted nationwide
search for Hadley, learned that the
doctor fled from Richmond in u
highpowered automobile, going west.
A private detective agency was
employed and the search Tor the
missing doctor covered the entire
west.
Trailed to his hiding place on the
New Mexican ranch, Hadley offered
no resistance when arrested. lie
was removed to Denver, Colo, ind in
the Jail there Is said by Henrico
county officials to have signed a con-
fession.
His Record Stolen.
DR.. Hadley's record from the time
he graduated from the medical school
of the University OF Texas in 1914
until his arrival here three years
ago Is a blank in so far az local
officials are concerned.
1t has been learned that Had.ey s
records were stolen from the army
files at Washington and could not
be recovered.
DR.. Hadley was a devotee of golf
while residing here. When he was
free from hospital duties he spent
most of his leisure hours playing the
game at the Country Club.
Mrs. Hadley was born and reared
in Cincinnati, Ohio. After completing
her music course at Oberlin, she went
to Galveston, Tex, where she taught
music. She was two years the senior
of her husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
WELL GAS KILLS THREE;
fPRIEST IS OVERCOME

BUFFALO, Sept. 10-Three meIf
were killed by carbon monoxide gas
in a we'll on a farm in Springbrook,
near here, late yesterday. They were
Fred Arndt, his brother Harvey and
Fred Hawker. Harvey Arndt and
Hawker met death in efforts to res
cue Fred Arndt, the first to fall vic.
tim to the poisonous fumes.
After the three men had been
overcome the Rev. Roman J. Nuwer,
pastor of st. Vincent's Church at
Springbrook, descended into the well
wearing an army gas mask. This
proved of no avail against carbon
monoxide, and. Father Nuwer quickly
collapsed. He was dragged out and
revived with difficulty.
The bodies Of the three men were
recovered by use Of ropes and pike
poles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
BOY, "a, ACCIDENTALLY
HANGS HIMSELF IN BARN

LEWISTON, Pa. Sept. 1o.-George
Bossinger. II years old, was scciden.
tally hanged last evening while play
ing with a rope carrier used in con-
veying hay to different sections Of the
NOV In the little barn at the Bossinger
home.
The boy had been missing two hours
when the father. William Bossinger. a
candymaker. found him after q search.
The body was still warm.
Any theory Of suicide Is secuted by
the family who says the lad was Of an
optimistic Lature and became entan-
gled in the rope while swinging from
one section of the NOW to the other
and was unable to extricate himself.