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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-22
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Aids Sleep and Digestion

George Homberger a mechanic of
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troubled with Bronchitis for several
months and along with overwork it
broke me all up. My case was called
general debility. After. doctoring
long while / read about Chasco-Vin
and | thank the Day that | started to
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gone and my full red face indicates
my new rich red blood. 1t was just
what | needed.
Chasco-Fin the Strength Creating
Tonic is a wonderful Reconstructive
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and old.
Get it at Edgar Warfield, Jr., King
and Pitt Streets, the only Chasco-Ein
agency in Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-22

pear before any OIL tnose organiza7
tions in Its behalf if they desire it:
Copies of the bill will be gladly fur
nished by the writer to any one III
terested. II
L. NJ. Brushingham,
Recording Secretary, Alexandria
Lodge No. 1886, International as
ISOLATION Of Machinisrs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-22
IN MEMORI:AM

ROBEY-ln sad but loving remem-
brance of my dear sister, NET
TIE V. ROBEY. who departed this
life 10 years ago today, Novem-
Der %, 1911.
DAYS Of sadness come over us,
Secret tears do often flow,
But memory keeps You ever near US.
Though you died 10 years ago.
Although we cannot clasp your hand,
Your face we cannot see,
But let this little token show,
We -till remember you.
Gone but not forgotten.
BY her loving sister, Mollie.
27S-1p.
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replys have been received. We desire
to especially mention the support Civ
en- US by Senator Swanson Of this
commonwealth. The support of all
commercial organizations, fraternal
associations and other is earnestly
requested in support ana endorsement
OF this legislation and we would be
pleased to send conn.,. ittee to APP
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-22
ANNE LEE MEMORIAL
HOME

+ other OF Robert L. Lee, and we
dyubt if any tribute could be paid
to his halloWed memory or that
Of his rerered mother, that would
be more grateful to the Conted-
crate chieftain were he still OH
earth.
The first memorial erected by
women in the South to one OF
their own number was to the
mother of Washington; the sec
ond could find no more apprc-
pirate object than the mother o!
Robert Z. Lee.
We give else where i'll today 5
paper a sketch Of the Anne Lee
Memorial Home OF the Aged.
Il is veritably a home for gen
l..women on whom the rude hand
of time has been laid heavily, and
all Of whose loved ones have gore
before. Bit in the calm and rest
full atmosphere that pervades the
Anne Lee Home, surrounded by
loving care, with every wart
anticipated, with only kindly
words and tender solicitude for
their Welfare-these good ladies
are indeed to be congratulated on
the fortunate allotment of their
declining years.
AS is stated i'll the sketch allud-
ed to, appearing in this issue CT
the Gazette, the Home is sustain
ed for the present by voluntary
contributions from the people of
Alexandria. Several of the
grocers. the dairvnlen, the dry
goods stores. the meat and vcge-
table dealers, respond to the man
agement with generous donations
of their stocks; but the number
should be materially augmented.
There is no merchant in Alex
andria. whatever be his line OF
merchandise, that should no:
esteem it a privilege to aid the
worthy ladies on the board ct
management by regular contribu-
tons Of supplies. Furthermore.
there is no citizen, whatever may
be his engagements in other di-
rections, who should not consid-
err it his duty to set aside a regu-
lar sum for this noble institution
TIE self-sacrificing women who
I'VE built tip this Memorials
Eome from nothing to its pres
ent generous proportions should
certainly receive the support OF
the community.
Some Of our citizens make il
point to give fifty cents ever
month: some, a dollar: while
others, blessed with this worlds
goods in more ample endowment,
give larger sums; and all are
happy in the knowledge that they
are dispelling the clouds and
lending sunshine to the bleaker
years of lie, when, at best, the
shadows are lengthening all too
swiftly.
Attention has already been dl-
rected> to the horne-i1ke atlnos-
phere prevailing in the Anne Lee
Memorial. The rooms are cozv,
cheerful. and furnished with all
the comforts of life. while the
gentle souls who inhabit than
have added thousand-and-onc
little mementoes of by-gone
time and photographs Of loved
ones-iinparting that touch OF the
eternal feminine which is almost
the best gift of God to man.
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sugar and rnilk-it was a banquet ft
for a king and a queen
1.-THE only thing cautioned Ken
dric, ''is TO go slow. It's course DIN.
ner, Miss Betty, And first comes BIZ
Of milk"
He ripped open q can with his pocket
knife, poured out half of the thick con
tents into the silk water-bag and d.
luted the remainder with water. There
after he watched Betty while she forced
herself, at his bidding, to eat and drink
sparingly. And he noted that during
| his absence she had been busy working
on her wardrobe. Using both the red
garment and the cloak, employing In
her task the obsidian knife and strips. OF
green fiber, she had made for herself q
garment which it would have been hard
to classify and yet which was aston
ishingly becoming. AS much as any
| thing Kendric had ever seen 1t resem..
bIed a stylish and therefore outlandish
riding habit. She wore Ioraida's shoes
and stockings.
81 washed them with sand and water
first" said Betty around corner Of her
sandwich. And let them air all
day. .
mo vlsitors?" said Kendric. mo
sign Of any one on our trail?'
Bctty assured him that she had been
unmolested. that the terrible stiffness
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swiftly from bchino tree to a nearby
boulder. Thus he had caught Kendric's
eye. And thus Kendric was reas-
sured, confident after the first quick
! sinking of his heart, that the other had
not seen him.
The man, too far away for Kendric
to distinguish detail of either costume
or features. was hardly more than n
sinking shadow. But almost with the
first glimpse there came the quick sus-
picion that it was Ruiz Rios. He saw
something white in the mans mana
n handkerchief since the gesture was one
Of wiping n wet forehead. And on that
! slender evidence Kendric's belief estab-
lished itself. Ioraida's vaqueros would
not carry white handkerchiefs: II they
carried any sort at all they would
probably be red or yellow or blue or.
If white originally. they would not be
kept as snowy as to fash like that one.
And the gesture itself, once the thought
had come to him. was vaguely sug-
gestive of that slow grace in every
movement that was Rios. The man
might be any one. conceivably even Bar :
low or Bruce: but in his heart kendric
knew it was Rios.
Lower than ever Kcndric crouchcd
in the shelter of the rock: steady ana
unwinking and watchful did his eyes
cling to the distant figure. He made
out after long period Of motionless-
hess another gesture; the mans hands
were up to his face; he was Shading
his eyes or studying the mountainside
with field glasses. The latter prob
ably.
The afternoon dragged on and for
long time neither muu moved. At last
Rios. il Rios ii was. withdrew a little
slipped behind tree. passed TO another
and disappeared. Kendric did not see
him again though he kept alert. ever!
instant. At last came the time when
the sun slipped down behind the ridge
and the dusk thickened and the stars
came out. Kendric rose, stiff and
weary and began his slow, tedious way
down into the canyon. His long en-
forced stiffness during which he had not
dared doze a second had served to bring
full realization of bodily fatigue and
need of sleep. No rest last night; today
many hard miles and little nourishment ;
now every nerve yearned for safe
return to camp for a sight Of Betty, for
the opportunity to throw himself down
on bed of boughs and rest.
Though it was dark when he started
| to climb the steep toward camp he re-
laxcd nothing of his guarded precau
lions. Urged by impaticnce as he was,
eager TO know if all was well with
Betty. his uneasiness for her growing
with every step toward her, he crawled
slowly and silently through bushes and
among boulders, he stopped frequently
and listened, he forced himself to q
roundabout way rather than take the
direct. All this in spite of his keen
realization that for Betty the time must
be dragging even as it dragged for him
Betty hungry, frightened and lonely
was. above all, uncertain.
/ But at last he came to the opeAins
in the rocks. He squeezed through, bis
heart suddenly heavy within him as the
stiffness of the place smote him like a
positive assurance that Betty was gone
He went on, his teeth set hard. II
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killed him. But he did know In q
general way where we expected to ma
the stuff. So, when YOU and j SKIP
out and don't head straight back To- the
gulf, he's pretty sure I'm still making
stab at getting the treasure.
"And it has. happened that you and
I, blundering along in the dark, have
hit on this spot, which is not far from
the place where tho treasure Is sup
posed to be. SO Rios hides in the brush
with a pnir off glasses and keeps hia
eye peeled for us. I think that's the
whole explanation of his being. out
yondcr. And I think that's all he
knows
cts enough" Betty shook her head
obviously.
"Of course he admitted, this IL
lust q guess on my part. He may know
more than I think During the day.
he added, "and just now while ] lay
out yondcr waiting for dark, I've had
lot Of time to think things out. First
Il strikes me as best to hide ont here
one more day and then. tomorrow night
TO make a break for the outside. Per.
sonally. ! don't know that I'd be fit fol
much tonight It's good stiff hike tc
where we left the Half Moon and
won't be able to keep awake much
longer. Then by tomorrow night. ever
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week. he estimated. "And a place 10
get more if need be. That hombrc viii!
pray the rest of his life to be raided
again-and never shot fired -
He ate as he went. enough to keCr
life and strength in him, but not all
that his hunger cravCd. For he thought
of Betty hungering and waiting in that
hideous loneliness of uncertainty, anG
had no heart for Il solitary meal. BuI
in fancy, over and over. he feastcG
with her. and beans and ierked beef and
coffee boiled in milk can made O
banquet.
lie hastencd all that he could to re.
turn to her. though he knew that speed
ing along the trail could hardly bring
him TO her Il second earlier. For he
would. in the end. be constrained to
wait for the coming of night before he
climbed again to their camp. lie real
lied soberly that Betty must not again
fall into Zoraidu's hands: that the re-
suit, inevitably. would be her death.
Were Ioraidn mad or sane, she was
filled with frenzy of blood lust. There
was danger enough without his increas-
Ing it for the sake of coming an hour
sooner with food. In one day Betty
would not starve and fast she must.
But there was satisfaction in drawing
steadily closer to her. lie travelled as
cautiously as he had come, he stopped
in many places Of concCalment whence
he could overlook miles of country, he
followed not the shortest paths but the
safest. And the sun was still high
when he came TO the last ridge and
looked down the canyon and across and
saw the cliffs of home. In his thougnt.
it was home.
All day long, save for the herder. he
had seen not single soul. Now be
saw some one. a man at u distance and
upon the side of the canyon opposite the
spot he and Betty had chosen. Ken
dric had been for ten minutes lying
under tree on the ridge. his body con
ccaled by an outcropping ledge of rock
over which he had been looking. The
man. like himself, was playing Il wait.
ing game.
But just now he had stirred, moving
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A Tale of Adventure -
BY QUEEN SABE, WHO Kno,Oso)

-.
shortest cut, and reached the. cabin by
tne oack door. The Mexican still lay
nnder ms tree. kendric looked in at the
uoof; NO one there, just bare. empty
unsidy room;
IL was bedroom, kitchen and dining.
room. IN the latter capacity 1t appealed
ssIrongly 10 hendric. lie went in, set
"is -, rue dowh, and rummnged.
mere was, OF course, big pot Of
reu oeans. And there were tortillas. a
great heap OF them. kendric took half
9oIeh VI them, moistened them in the
h nnli pan OF water and poured high
heap OF beans on them. Then he rolled
!ne .torttilas up. making a monster cyl
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u Zoraida is rs keen as evsrsto get ps
back, I doubt II her mems enthusiasm
for viligance will have lasted gt the
first heat. Thcre'll be better change
for us to slip through
Here, again, the responsibility ~
Betty's way of thinking was his aud
she accepted his plan without Challenge
Another thing I've been tbinking
Of" he went on, "is that queer. smooth
hole in that boulder; where we've our
water stored. What have you made OF
| it?"
"a reservoir" she answered lightly.
her spirits risen swiftly with his COM
ing and a taste Of food. '"whnt clsc?'
"Rios is hard set in his belief that
there's ancient treasure nearby. So "
Barlow. So, evidently. was Escobar. II
so, what more likely place than where
we are2 That hole didn't make Itself
after that regular fashion. I don't see
Just what II has to do with the case.
| I'll admit. But somebody made It long
time ago and didn't do it just for the
! fun Of the job. I've notion that Il
has it's bearing on the thing, some
how"
1T isn't big enough 70 hold much
treasure" said Betty. Maybe they
didn't finish it?''
To be continued tomorrow
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THIS BEGINS THE STORY

,r Kendric. a. tevil-may-care but
Jln bearted, outdoors type OF Ameri-
wnole ,,Iih some friends seeks an Aztec
tpSsSsdfe tS hoard in MsH'c9' Ys,.pssy HIS psr,y
comes "ZoraIda who calls herself tho
ssr princess q the MCn1tszumSss s1o nSs va., Her
witcno,o ,oyonrpdes' Zoraiia falls In love
s,lIth ,lIhtih jim, but he scoTns her Hyr LOVE-; He
AmnernisIn headquarters for ransom, 20
mn'Ss takes Kerdrlc to the secret treas;
Ialoa, Ialoa,nca, "tho fCart OF ancient Mexico
uie'p,Ties TO bribe him with the great
snsr ssnnssrd Il gems and gold. by something
noat noe. a.tn,bIine magic. in a seriss OF mirrors
Iss' I,.. shows to him Betty in, danger. The
,ny ,hnHy,erican girl Is. revealed In a steel cage
NV Aine wSich is let Zoraida' savage pet, a
INV iSendric Threatens 10 Kill Ioraida,
pIIEsiig p,,rIEing such fear into her heart that she
LI,et, ,noka their escape though pursued.
taofstda's forces cease pursuit., and the
REV through the mountains.
,xD HERE 1T CONTINUES
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CHAPTER XN
7, Which Rock Moves, a Discovery
is Made and More Than One 80.
Ayepie Is Openeh

In the light Of Betty's fire Jim has
ti,v noured forth the contents of his
baS. and never did child's eyes at
Christmas time shine like BettF's. She
had hungcred until she was weak and
tron,hline and now such articles as Jim
d,snloyed were amply sufficient to elicit
srop, her that little cry of delight. Tor
tillas and beans. meat and coffee and
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DAUGHTER OF THE SUN

Betty were gone, by high heaven, there
would be q rendering Of accounts! Ana
then, even before. the first glimmer, OF
her little fire reached him. he heard her
glad cry. She came running to meet
him, her two hands out. groping Tor
sion bag and in the half dark his hands
found hers and gripped hard in mighty
rejoicing.
And Jim Kendric's words were like
n deep. fervent echo '"Thank God.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-07

upon Those exquisite features had al
ready been modified; their expression
now grew placid. The agitated. gusty
breathing passed into the steady, slow
and deep respiration of natural slum-
Der.
Fosdick sighed in relief; but his
countenance continued grave with
care, the brows knotted, the lips COM
pressed, the eyes harboring a look of
pain.
What was his duty?
1t was in his power to renew in
Priscilla the condition of hypnotic sus-
ceptibility long enough to erase by
suggestion all waking memory of her
vision. BY so doing he might spare
her much suffering. much distress; the
pity and horror of that lonely death,
and the mystery of it, would not prey
upon her sensitive and susceptible ma
ture. And, believing Leonora still to
be living happily with the man Mario.
her husband. Priscilla might in time
grow rec0nciled, school herself to re-
nunciation, forget, and ultimately re-
build her life upon the foundation of
a saner. surer love.
But If Priscilla were permitted to
come back to herself with full knowl-
edge of what she had seen Mn her
trance: believing Leonora dead what
would the effect be upon her life2
She would be sad. she would mourn,
It would be long before her days
would be undarkened by shadows of
dread and distrust.
But she would not dream, there
would be no more journeys of the
spirit through the hollowness of night
and space in futile search for that af-
finity which had gone out of~life.
Against this the consideration
warred that, no longer needing to
reckon with the claims of LeonolN.
Priscilla would less readily disem-
barrass herself from the tolls of an
insane and impossible infatuation.
With Mario free, no reason existed
why she should scruple to give him
all her love
Dared one risk perpetuation of that
passion?
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Continued from last week.

His head described a slow sign OF
regret. "I'm doing my best. Priscilla"
II mean. hypnotism-"
"i,o-"
"You must, Philip, you must! I'm
not afraid of being hypnotized by yon.
You've explained everything so cleay
ly. know it's nothing but the utiliza-
tion of a natural means to remove the
barrier between the two states of con-
seriousness, so that the imprisoned SUBJ
conscious can find expression. Philip,
you won't refuse me this once? You
see what this thing is doing TO me, you
know I'll go mad If don't lind re-
lief"
he gave a gesture of surrender, end
got up from his chair.
'As you WILL" he said. perhaps,
after all, you know best"
He arranged pillows at the head Of
a couch. "Lie down here-rest--re-
lax. Remember that. as you've just
declared. you've got nothing TO fear
from the hypnotic trance, something
as natural as sleep--even more nat
ural Il what believe OF IT Is true"
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Time beyond reckoning was con-
sumed. yet the search had no end, the
soul adventured fruitlessly, its yearn-
ing was denied.
AT last 1t returned, weary and frus-
trate and spent 1t came back to its
own place. to the tenement of its ref
uge, and there rested upon and with
in itself. demanding the consolation
of its integrity yet knowing no COM
fort of it when found tornented by
knowledge of its failure, haunted by
the call
Then that which it had sought and
found not, sought it in turn, and it
was found the that was Leonora was
joined to the that was Priscilla. and
the twain were as one, and there was
solace in this apprehension of one
ness
But there was likewise sorrow and
dread that had neither of them any
form, so that there was not any sort
of rest. But as if the very face of
their reunion forbade them rest, the
one that was two stirred and rose up
again and once more committed itself
to the toll and fatigue of search,
whipped on and on by the lash of a
necessity that had no name but was
none the less inexorable and pitt
But this time the search found an
There was in forest a pool, a
dark. still pool in a forest dark and
still. Huge boughs of ancient trees,
weighed down with their burden of
interviewer foliage, overhung the wa
ter. darkening its face to blackness, a
half-light of limpid green.
The air of this place was sluggish,
dank and warm and without move
ment, it was heavy with the cloying
sweet breath of mold. Neither was
there any movement in the pool,
though it's still black plaque was
broken by white, cold wet face up
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CHAPTER EIGHT
The Day of Grace.
I. TEMPTATION.
she is dead

aI.o eIool
Dead she is dead
LeonOra is dead :"
The words. barely audible. hardly
more than means. breathed from the
lips of the woman lying in hypnosis
Fosdick. sitting by her side. on the
edge of the couch. bending over her.
conned her face intently. The long
lashes were fluttering, tears welled
from under lowered lids. the lips
writhed with grief. She moaned again.
an inarticulate pure note of woe pass
ing speech. and shuddered In her
trance.
He captured her two wrists as her
hands twitched up. cropping as ones
hands will who walks in darkness.
and imprisoned them gently in the
clasp of one Of his own. The other
he pressed again upon her forehead.
'Priscilla!" he called in an even but
urgent voice-"cOme out of IT. For
get your vision. See nothing
DO you hear meT
The anguish Of the face of the sleep.
err grew transiently more acute. then
faded as he repeated the unanswered
question: do you hear meY This
time the girl responded duly: "Yes. -
you understand what | am say
ing?"
"Yes. Philip"
"You are to see nothing more
Do you see anything now?'
There was a slight pause; then the
sleeper stated without emotion: 81
see nothing now"
"Good. Now you will sleep. you will
sleep quietly, without dreaming, for
thirty minutes. Then you will wake
up rested. refreshed, calm, rational.
Do you understands
"Yes. Philip"
"Repeat what you are going to do
In a toneless voice Priscilla re.
cited: 81 am going to sleep quietly.
without dreaming, for thirty minutes.
Then am going to wake up rested, re-
fresbed, calm, rational"
do So" Fosdick commanded with
frmness.
She made no response more than q
profound slgh. JEe stamp Of sorro"