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THE easiest way 10 make money Is TO
make IT," Is an axiom almost as old as
crime itself, for the profession OF coun-
terfeitIng the legal coin of the realm
dateS back TO the days when metal
stamped with the seal OF the state, was
first used as \ medium OF exchange.
Ever since hat time the art OF tina
counterfeiter has fourished more or
less extensively. with a success rang
Ing from that OF the bungl!ng amateur
to the master crook who engraved the
plates for the Monroe-head bills which
deceived. wen the Treasury Department
officials q few years ago.
But. apart from money! there are
many other valuable pieces OF paper
used by the Government which hold out
The lure Of easy money 20 the unsrru-
pulous man who happens to be well
versed in the art Of printing and en-
craving. Among these are the revenue
stamps which must. under the law be
afaaed to all packages OF tobacco.
Bring printed on a less expensive grace
OF paper. and lacking the fbre which
make It 30 difficult to copy bank notes,
stamps Of this kind are sometimes sue
cessfully initiated for months before
the Government officials at Washing
ton realize that substitution Is being
practised. But. having once become
aware Of this, the United States Secret
Service is as %unfaIling in Its pursuit
and prosecution OF the counterfciters as
II they had been guilty OF making thou
sane dollar bills.
One OF the most startling cases OF
this Kind is the one recorded In the
Treasury i1rerartment archives under
the name Of the station Island Con-
splraCy." The tobacco revcnue stamps
were so well printed. from pl ates
which were practically perfect. that the
counterfe!ts had been in circulation for
some time before they were finally
spotted and marked with the bars aim
lister which spell counterfeit" The
first point, OF courR was TO nail the
mcn who were responsible for their
manufacture. and W. W. Applegate, OF
the Secret Service, was detailed to the
task.
Because OF the fact that the privately
printed stamps had made their appear
ance only on boxes OF cigars and pack
ages Of tobacco sold in the vicinity OF
New York city, Applegate naturally
made his headquarters there. and his
Arst step was to get in touch with a
man named Parsons. n former counter
fciter who had dom time, but whose
record since leaving prison was entirely.
clear.
do you know OF anyone who might
have been responsible FOR these" Apple
gate asked the e~X-convict. producing
samples Of the counterfeit stamps.
They're entirely too perfect to have
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The New Generation
MARGARET SEES JOAN ATOP THE BUS
BY Jane Phelps

been one OF the hardest things she ever
d!d-to restrain herself from running
after that bus.
You see, Janet, I must get used to
my freedom before O knows. II l
don't she will make me feel foolish and
silly nnd-olu again. But II | have
time to let the delicious sense OF free
dom soak IN, l shall be proof against
even her disgust because her mother
wants 10 be young and have a good
time"
Il can see where Joan gets at least a
BIT Of her originality. Who but you
would ever have thought OF doing as
you have done-because OF a child.
Most people would have done as they
pleased regardless. am sure I would.
I'd lIks TO sec myself acting in that
manner toward Ted"
You forget that Joan's bringing up
has been so different"
II wonder II you ever regret giving
her the complete freedom you have. Mar
garet: IL you would do differently II
you had your life with her TO live
over"
"No-I don't think so. Janet. I still
feel thai every human being should be
given the right ~ self expression. II IL
one reason l am willing 10 face Joan's
displeasure That | have not done this
before has been in part owing 70 my alb
sorbitlon in her. my desire that she
should have all l missed. In doing this
and In my live for and interest in her.
| overlooked the fact hiatt l too was a
human being and so entitled also TO live
my own life instead OF one which SIM
ply reflected nay motherhood. No. I
don't regret anything 1 have done in
regard 70 Joan unless It may De the at
;!tude toward me my own actions have
allowed her 10 take. u really isn't h"c
fault that she considers me old. too old
10 enjoy the things thuc young people
enjoy. allowed her to take that atti-
Jude by dressing ~ acting old. That
7 did il because Of lack OF interest in
everything save her. excuses her. but
not me. l wronged myself. l see It
now"
You want TO get on your knees and
thank God YOU saw it before II was too
late Janet Walters said gaily, ycc Mar
Earet knew she meant IL.
~ have was Margarets serious re-
spouse.
Tomorrow-Joan Writes OF Martha
Hardy.
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Chapter 81.

Chapter 81.
e Margaret had been in her home on'E
three days but already was 50 in owe
VITA 4, that she had considered selling
her home before the years grace sNe
had asked for had expired. Never would
she want to return to the colorless IKE
she had led Tor so many Years,
She was strollinE down Fif'- avenue
when she decided to SO write the peo-
Die who had rented u. and were so anx-
ious 10 purchase. She was pleasantly
conscious that people as h passed
looked at nor: that some o. them turned
for a second iooN. She was wearing .
smart tailored suit fuC trimmed al
though II was early all. She wore one
deep pink rose tucked in the front Or
her o and a small toqvN with wings
Of the same shade. She looked exceed
iuKly smart-apd knew Z.
Why shouldn't she" She certainly
had paid enough for her costume. she
thought when she saw the approving
chances OF the women who passed: the
adm!rsng ones OF tho men. II was nice
to be correctly gowned. hated, and
booted. II "a one confidence.
what a stunning woman" she heard
ore OF two women say as they passed
her. And the uasrudgtng admiration in
the voice OF one OF her own sex made
her tSnpy. II is a. axiom that women
seldom give expression 70 real admira-
c,on OF another woman.
.As Margaret. emerged from one OF the
shops a bus passed. There vas some
thing familiar about one OF the occu-
pAnts OF the front seat atop. She look
ed aga:u. then as she tod Janet. duck
ed into the store again It was Joan.
Not yet WIS Margaret ready 20 lot her
daughter know she was IN town. But
from tho shelter OF the doorway She
watched the bus until II was out OK
sight. q longing 10 run after IL, and
ola sp Joan in her arm~ causing her eyes
20 mist. her heart 70 beet more quickly.
The dear The little dear she sad
softly to herself aS 'she resumed her
walk. Il woude what she would have
said had she seen me- That vas a
sweet looking xlrl with her. nice and
sensible looking. I'm Simply dying TO
know al her friends. and 20 see her.
bur | won, give in 70 The feeling
Arterward she told Janet that II had
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100 True Detective Stories


plegate arrived at the tavern, was
shown to tho private dining room where
he found three men waiting for HIM
Elton among them-andA after a few
drinks. the four Of themN got down to
business. The moment that he had sat.
isfed himself that the stamps were
counterfeit. Applcgate folded them up
and placed them in his pocket.
where's our money!" demanded one Of
the trio. as his right hand dropped out
of sight below the table and travelled
slowly back toward his hip pocket.
There isn't any money" snapped the
operative. and don move your hand,
either. You're covered from each Of
those windows and from the door. Get
up quick"
"A trap, eh?" snarled Elton. "A lot
OF good it'll do you. You've got u, but
you'll never lay hands on the plates
and as long as they're loose the Depart
mentll never know which stamps are
good and which are fakes"
Having foreseen this development and
reading in It a possible offer Of the
original plates In exchange for their
freedom. Applegate at once launched an
exhaustive search Of the island. Elton's
home, as we'll as those Of his con
federates, was ransacked from top to
bottom-but in vain. Tho secret Berv-
ice man was convinced that the missing
bits Of metal were concealed somewhere
nearby, but unless he could dna them.
the case would be checkmAted-
Finally. almost in desperation, Apple
gate turned to a study Of. the habits OF
the three men who were under Arrest
One OF the interesting things that he
uncovered was the fact that they had
been seen upon the beach. near the
eastern end OF the island. upon several
occasions. and It was while he was ex-
ploring this section that the government
agent happened across . small raised
place In the sand, we'll back from the
high-water mark.
1T won't be necessary to dig" he
said to the men who were with HIM.
Il can tell easily whether anytnings
there" Then securing 4 pail. he poured
water slowly over the mound. and as II
seeped through the sand, watched tho
mound carefully. After a m pub
bles commenced to rise through the film
of water on the top OF the sand. and,
selling a shovel. the operative soon I'M
covered n small box. Within II were
the missing plates!
Water will sink right down through
the sand that hasn't been disturbed"
he explained, but II something inpedes
It's progress. the bubbles will commence
to rise almost Immediately. Guess there
won't be any trouble in sending Elton
and his friends to Atlanta now"-and
there wasn't.
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No. SCOUT OF THE SAND

been the work OF an amateur. but I
thought you might recognize some pc
culiarity about them which wouldn't be
apparent 10 anyone outside tho engrav-
Ing business"
Parsons examined the entire collcc-
ton for several minutes under n mag
nifying glass before he replied. Then,
IT'S hard to- say" he replied. but they
look as II they might haye been made
by old man Elton. Don't guess you ever
heard Of him. for he's never been care
less enough even to be under suspicion,
and the ono or two jobs he was respons-
ible for were so small that they didn't
get official attention. ] happen TO know
that he's been pretty hard up for the
past few months, though. and he may
have fallen for his game. Anyhow. II
wouldn't do n harm TO look into the
matter. I'll introduce you TO him. If you
like. and Id uEges that you pose as a
cigar manufacturer from the South.
Thatll put the matter OF the sta mps
into his mind at once. while he'll
probably be suspicious at first, III
leave tho matter OF convincing him en-
tirely in your hands"
The introduction TO Elton took place
a few days later, and during the week
that followed. Apologize was careful to
let fall a few remarks which indicated
that ne would not be ayerse to fleeing
tho Government X II We're not for the
fact that II was practically impossible
to dispose Of cigars unless the boxes
were properly stamped.
The FIRST time the matter came up,
Elton merely smiled. The second time
he started 10 say something. and then
checked himself. but on the third occa-
sion ne made the advances for which
tho government operative had been hop
Ing.
Why worry about the stamps?" ask
ed the engraver. You've got TO put ON
on-but they don't have TO cost you
much money"
They don't, eh?" countered the cigar
mar from the South. They eat up
nearly all the profit there is in the bus
mess"
Sure they do" was the reply. ~ you
buy 'em direct. l can get some for you
at a big discount. A friend OF mine got
hold OF a bunch OF 'em-I'm not sayin'
how-and he'll sell EN- TO you at twen-
ty-fve cents on the dollar"
After tho usual parley about terms
and arranging for a safe place OF meet
Ing, It was arranged that the manufac-
turer would come to an out Of the way
road-house on Staten Island the follow
Ing evening. alone. He was 10 ask for
the room reserved for Mr.. wilkins. and
the transaction could take place there
without the slightest chance of obser-
walton.
Everything went without 4 hitch. Ap-
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Intellisencer'
Daily Pattern

A SET OF PLEASING TOYS FOR
THE NURSERY
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BRAIN T1EFA
By r Loyd


While Inspecting "CIeopatra's Needle
in New York's Central Park, 1t occurred
to us that tho obeliIK. from a puzIlers
point Of view. represents the name OF
a town In New York State. the site or
a fort taken by storm from the British
In 1879. Can you guess II?
Answsr 10 YsstsrdAy'b Hussls
The coin WAS one cent. which mos
senger IS gave TO SO on account; 9S
passed It on TO messenger "a. leaving
his debit balance one cent; u paid 1t
To 45. which left his balance one cent.
Then 40. having his penny back. again
paid another third Of his debt to ~,
who Immediately paid "A in full: -
then square dhis account with 4H. This
enabled As to settle with 9S. b
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metal IN his back w1U'd cause any trou-
bic" 1t wasn't removed on account Of
it being 50 close to his spine.
AnSwcr-Your husband may not be 4
very sick man. but Your letter gives me
the Idea that he is now pretty much in
need OF rest and OF sympathetic caro-.
People who have once had sunstrUh"
have TO he more careful OF the heat IN
subsequent sunni throughout tho
rest OF their liN-. 80 apUplcXy. sh-
we're headache ami .Ir like To die II
they are not careful. No man above y
can be compelled to go anywhere. not
even to a doctor. When | read that your
husband fought noh!y in France and
was wounded In the way YOU state, /
vote him q hero.
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ca-D--iiere IS p comfortable ROXY poly
dol and a cunning cat. ToWeI'ns
stuffed with cork would make these
mudv.S doating toys. Plush. felt. fan
me-. outing flannel. velvet. drh! and
crash could also De used. The do!
rol,d Do made OF different material be-
low the ar~s.
Toe Yattern - cut IN one size.
+i,aHr ~, requires a yard OF - inch
ma:e"it,.
\ Nattern % this illustration mailed
10 any address on receipt OF re In
silver OF &c and &C stamps.
wrt.N rAno and address plainly. =
IL cents 70 TnteliiSencer ofHice. Wheel
ing. w. Va.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Abdominal Pulse.

Would you kindly tell me II there Is
II pulse In tho stomach? There Is a tap
ping when | press down on my stomach.
Answer--There iS-the abdominal
aorta-beh!nd but not in the stomach.
In very thin people this can he felt. In
fact. whenever there is an artery there
is a pulse. The most convenient for
detecting disease Is the radial pulse. on
the thumb side OF the wrist.
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aouire s. yard OF % inch material for
either toy.
4 pattern OF this illustration mailed
to any address on receipt OF l2c in sill
yer or 1c and &C stamps.
Write name and address plainly. Send
IL cents to I~ntelligencer office Wheel
ing, W. Va.
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The high cost OF living isn't a mark
er to the high cost of loafng.-New
York American.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23

Ossining, N. IA. D. verean. entered
Sing Sing today a victim of burning love.
When Elsie Sullivan turned him down he
set fire to ner parents home.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23

in the 220 hurdles, finishing in 26 As
seconds.
The meet was one of the fastest
high school meets ever held on Nor
NAL field. Summary:
50-yard dash-Hayden, Elmdale, first
Fisher Winfield. second; C. Snyder, OF
tawa, third; Miller, Chase county, fourth.
Time, 8 So seconds.
100-yard dash-Fisher, Winfield. first
Murray, Marquette, second: Streit, Topeka,
third; Hayden, Elmdale, fourth. Time,
10 1-5 seconds.
Mile run-Wood, Topeka, first; Barr.
OskaIoosa, second: Ayers. Burns. third ;
Lane, LeRoy, fourth. Time. 40 3-5.
120-yard hurdles-Murray, Marquette,
first; Boies. Hoyt, second; Douglas, Es-
kridge, third; Benner, Winfield. fourth.
Time. II 20 seconds.
Quarter mile-Mitchell. Winfield. first
Carrie, Emporia, second Bruce, Topeka,
third; Stewart, Elmdale, fourth. Time,
so As seconds.
22o-yard hurdles = Murray, Marquette,
first; Jorgenson, Mount Hope, second
Boies, Hoyt third: Heinsman, Kansas
City, Kan, fourth. Time, 26 40 seconds.
Half mile-0grosky, Winfield, first; Bar
tIeson. Beloit, second; Wood Topeka,
third; Coleman, Alma, fourth. Time,
1915.
22O-yard dash-Fisher, Winfield. first !;
Decker, Oskaloosa,- second, Streit. Topeka,
third. Time, % seconds.
Mile relay-Alma, first; Freeman, Cole
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23

man. A. woIgast. Gardenhire. Valley
Fails, second; knouse, Turner, Glassei
Mcneil. Elmdale,. third; L Stencil, Il.
Stencil, Glib, Stewart. Topeka, third
Zook. Cardwell, Streit, Thomas. Time
8 "A 49,
Pole vault-Payne, Eskridge, first: Kel-
Ter. St John, second; Paleske, Alma. third
obon, Burns, and Whitcraft. Usage City
tied for fourth. Height, 10 feet, 4 inches
shot-Pgt-obon, Burns. first; sahlburg
third: V. Johns, Eskridge, fourth. Dis
tance. 43 feet, inches.
Broad jump-Goodell, NJ on o m e r '
county first; Keller, St; John. second;
Hewel1, Ottawa, third: Obon, Burns, and
Punches. Scranton, tied for fourth. Dis
tance, 20 feet, inch.
Javelin-Sahlburg, Usage City, first; E
Snyder, Ottawa, second; Studebaker,. To-
ledo township, third; E. Miller. Chase
county, fourth. Distance, 1876 feet, inches
High jump-Whitcraft, Usage City. and
Wren, Williamsburg. tied for first; Keller
st. John, and Obon, Burns, tied for second
Height, feet, 6 inches.
Dfscus-Olson,. Burns, first; V. Johns
Eskridge, second; Sahlburg Usage. City,
third; Morris, Kansas City. Kan, fourth.
Distance, 115 feet, 6 inches.
Referee-Triplett, X. S. n. Starter
Hargiss K s. N.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23

The convention will be attended by
boys from approximately sixty Epis-
copalian parishes of Kansas. Fifty
boys and two leaders from Kansas
City, Kan, forty DO S from PittsburS.
and two scout troo1s from Lawrence
have already signified their intentions
of coming.
Three distinguished persons will ad-
dress the convention on the second
day,-Saturday They are: Rev Ralph
K. Gibson, a prominent business man
and boys friend, of Chicago. and DIR.
Fred c. O'Donnell, of Junction City,
Kan, a former medical major of the
S9th division.
Under Military Orders
The convention will be held under
military orders, altho the boys will be
subjected to no drills. Reveille at 7
o'clock in the morning, retreat and
taps in the evening, and the living
under tents on the Bethany grounds
will comprise the military end of the
convention. Athletic events and ad-
dresses will be main interests.
Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. w. o.
Anderson, and Mrs Charles B.
Thomas will have charge of the
mess" which assures the boys home
cooking decided difference from
militerism.
Mcpherson Mills. son of Captain
convention, and L. G.. Leopold is
chairman of the reception and regis
tration committee. Captain MacLean
will be on hand with his Industrial
school proteges, and the Industrial
school band. He also promises some
boxing bouts for the conventioners.
Bishop Wise To Give Cup.
Bishop Wise has offered a silver
loving cup to the parish winning the
most points in the track meet which
will be held Saturday afternoon, May
9Th, at 2:3o o'clock.
The events of the contest comprise
every form of track performance,
from the dashes to the tug-of-war, a
wheelbarrow race, and baseball throw.
A centipede race will be the feature
of the afternoon.
The Program.
The program for the convention,
which was completed recently by the
committee. is as follows:
Friday. May 6. 1921.
BOYS CONVENTION DAY.
Morning-Setting up camp on Bethany
grounds by Industrial school boys under
Captain MaeLean and CAPTAIN Mills
tration of boys and assignment to quar-
ters IN camp.
$50 p. m.-Mess at Guild hall.
Z so D. m.-Auto tour for camp members.
visit to Industrial school, Industrial school
athletics. band music by school, addresses.
10 10 p. m.-Taps.
Saturday, May I. 1921.
100 a. m.-Reveille.
Z 30 o. m.--Mess ar Guild hall.
$50 to 10 :30-BasebRll tournament lin
door baseball.)
10 80 to l. 12-Guild hall. Boys con-
vention. Organization of convention. roll
call. Addresses by Rev. Ralph Pomeroy.
of New York; Mr.. George X. Gibson. of
Chicago: DIR. Fred c. O'Donnell, of June
tion City, Kan.
II 30 p. m.-Mess at Guild hall.
80 to 80 p. m.-EXhibition and con-
tests by Boy Scouts.
2:33 to ) 80 p. m-Track meet and ath-
letic contests for bishops cup. Events
100-ynrd DASH free for all: 100-yard dash,
boys under II: J0-yard dash, free for all /:
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50-yard dash, boys under II: 220-yard
dash. free for all; u mile run, free for all (;
Il mile run, free for all; Baseball throw.
Indoor basebalD wheelbarrow race. oman
team; tug of war. 10-man team; high jump,
best average jump; broad jump. best aver
age jump; centipede race, 10-man team
one-mile relay, 4man team.
5 80 p. m.--Guild hall. Convention meet
ing. Addresses by Reverend w. +. Pierce,
president, Kenyon college: why go to
a Church College?" Mr.. Edward Sargent,
New York City. What Shall 1 Do When
l Go to Work."
80 p. m.-Mess at Guild hall.
80 p. m.-Campfire on camp grounds :;
parish stunts; group singing; band music /;
boxing.
900 p. m.-Cathedral. Devotional pre-
paration for holy communion, conducted
by Bishop Wise.
The arrangements for Sunday, May
s, have not yet been completed, but
religious services will be held. The
convention will close Sunday evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23
IT WORKED FOR WICHITA.
Board of Commerce There Erects
Signboards Thruout the Southwest.

SignDOardS 1hPuOut the southwest.
Milton Tabor, secretary of the To-
peka Merchants association, is in re-
ceipt of a communication from H. H.
Hurst, of the Wichita Board of Com
merce, in which he tells of the sue
cess of the Wichita plan of signboard
advertising.
with live boosters, a comfortable
allotment and some pep we started
out" writes Hurst. Now we have
$40 signboards stretching from Wich-
ita all over the Texan Panhandle and
west. There is no reason why Topeka
cannot do the same thing. The cost
at the present prices of material will
be less than ours, because we built our
signboards during the high prices of
lumber and material. The success of
our project is testified to by the visit
of a Chicago representative, who spent
several days in Wichita learning
about it. Chicago is now expecting to
take up a similar plan and advertise
with signboards as far south as Flor
ida"
Robert Fullerton. a member of the
board of directors of the Merchants
association. is investigating the Wich-
ita proposition. He has written to
Hurst asking for more definite infor-
nation. The Merchants association
intends to institute an extensive order
of signboard advertising. The present
signbOard at Ninth street and Kansas
avenue is a specimen of the boards
which are planned by Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23

One of the chief attractions of the
Con T. Kennedy shows appearing in
Topeka next week under the auspices
of the drill team of the Modern Wood
men of America is the trio of Polish
midgets. The three when standing
together on the scales tip the beam
at only 10 pounds They are
Paulaska, Anna and Ivan Petran-
inwisky, all of Warsaw, Poland.
Paulaska weighs thirty-five pounds.
She is the youngest of the trio, being
10 years of age. Her sister, Anna,
who is 81 years old. weighs thirty
seven pounds, and her brother, Ivan,
The Topeka state journal., 1921-04-23
topeka H. S. TIED
Winfield Team Took First Hon.
Ors at EmpOria.
Burns Track Men Score IA
With the TOpekans.

Emporia- Kan. April 23.EWinfield
high school won the annual invitation
track meet on the Kansas State nor
NAL field here Friday afternoon.
Winfield scored 20 points; Burns and
Topeka IA each; Marquette. IS; Usage
City IL Is.
Three state records were beaten in
the meet. but invitation track meet
records are not official. Fisher, Win
field, ran the '100-yard dash in 10 1-5
seconds. Mitchell. of Winfield, beat
the quarter mile record. crossing the
tape in SO As seconds. Murray, Mar
quette, made exceptionally fast time