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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
The Adventure of
the Six Napoleons
Two
Nv SIR ARTHUR DOYLB
I Th Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Part Two
By SIR ARTHUL CONAN DOYLB

and the window. "The fellow had eithe
very long legs, or was most active
man." said he with an area beneath,
it was no mean feat to reach that win
dow-ledge and open that window.
Getting back was comparatively simple.
Are you coming with us to see the re-
mains of your bust, Mr.. Harker?"
The disconsolat journalist had seated
himself at writiNg-table.
Il must try and make something
OF tit," said he, though / have no
doubt. that the first editions of the
evening papers are out already with
full details. It's like my luckl You
remember when the stand fell at Don
ca 'ter? Well was the only journalist in
the stand, and my journal the only
one that had no account of it, for was
too shaken to write it. And now I'll be
too late with a murder done on my own
doorstep"
AS we left the room, we heard his
pen travelling shrilly over the fools
cap.
The spot where the fragments of
the bust had been found was only few
hundred yards away. For the first
time our eyes rested upon this present
ment of the great Emperor, which
seemed to raise such frantic and de-
structive hatred in the mind of the
unknown. 1t lay scattered, in splintered
shards, upon the grass. Holmes picked
up several Of them and examined them
carefully. ! was convinced from his
intent face and his purposeful manner,
that at last he was upon clue.
4,
Holmes shrugged his shoulders.
I'VE have long way to 90 yet, y
said he. And yet-and yet well,
we have some suggestive facts &c
act upon. The possession of this
trifiing bust was worth more, in the
eyes Of this strange criminal, than
a human life. That is one point Their
there is the singular fact that he did
not break it in the house, or Immediately
outside the house, if to break it was his
sole object"
He was ratified and hustled 10y
meeting this other fellow. He hardly
knew what he was doing"
well, that's likely enough. Bu
| wish to call your attention very par
ticularly 10 the position of this houS
in the garden of which the bust wa
destroyed"
I Lestrade looked about BIN.
1T was an empty house, and so h
knew that he would not be disturbe,
in the garden"
"Yes, but there is another empt,
house farther up the street which h
must have passed before he came T.
this one. Why did he not break i
there, since it is evident that ever,
yard that he carried it increased tn
risk of someone meeting him?"
Il give it up," said Lestradc.
Holmes pointed to the street lam
above our heads.
He could see what he was doin
here, and he could not there. 1'ha
was his reason"
by Jovel that's true" said tn
detective. Now that / come to thin
of it, DR.. Barnicot's bust was broke
not far from his red lamp. Well, Nj
Holmes, what are we to do with tha
fact?"
ITO reE1em Der ito docket it. "
may come on something later whicI
will bear upon it. What steps d.
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ANSWERED LETTERS.

Bride: as there any difference be-
tween peel and pare?"
Answer: Yes. To peel means to re-
move skin by the fingers; to pare
means to cut with a knife. We peel an
orange but pare n potato.
Mrs. N. "Will you kindly publish di-
rections for removing grease from wall
paper? In opening the cap of a milk
bottle the top cream splashed up on
the wall | tried to remove it with
blotting paper and hot iron, but with
no success"
Answer: Apply gasoline, benzine,
chloroform or naptha. But remember
that these fluids are extremely inflam-
mable and cannot be used near heat
and flame.
Mrs. L. W. please publish a recipe
for Preserved Ctron."
Answered: Preserved Citron: Pare and
cut into halves three or four citrons,
remove seeds and cut the fruit into
slices. Weigh these slices and place
them in boiling water over good fire.
10 10 lbs. of the citron allow quarts
of water and one pint of weak vinegar.
Boil ten minutes, remove, and cool the
citron pieces in cold water, then drain
well. Now put an agateware kettle on
the range and put into it one-half cup
of water and three-quarters of pound
of sugar for each pound of citron that
you are preserving (do not add the
citron to the sugar and water at this
stage, however.) Also put into the
kettle green ginger root in the proper
ton of four ounces to ten pounds of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21

above the doorway. She wasn't going
TO take any chances, she thought ; a
poor lone creature like her had 10 be
careful
That isn't a real cat over in the
toy corner" she announced at is
make-believe one. 1t has a torn
place in the back. It's Just made of
velvet and filed with sawdust. so you
won't have to move"
Twinkle-eyes was too surprised to
answer. but before Mrs. Spider had
reached the rafter he told her how
grateful she was and that she was a very
kind neighbor.
Don't forget your promise" was
all Mrs. Spider said, but 10 herself
she unused as she ran along the rafter
to her corner. Better to have neigh
bors you do know than to risk getting
new ones. They might be worse than
the ones you have. That is the rea-
son l told them If they had moved
no knowing who would move in"
Il can't believe | was so mistaken, u
said Mrs. Twuinkle-eyes, as she followed
her husband to the toy corner"
Il should have been fooled myself, -
said Twinkle-eyes, ''if / had not taker
d look at her back, which l should
never have done if old Mrs. Spider
had not told us about the torn place. ,
And then brave Twinkle-eyes tuggeC
the velvet puss far under the eave
so no one would be frightened again
by its shiny eyes.
Nimble meets Miss White-foot il
! tomorrow's story.
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carrying a big hunk of laundry like
this out in the street, did you?
o don't know, l never thawt YOU
was eny better than enybody elts, sed
Mary Watkins. Being heck OF answer,
and / sed, o certeny, of corse not,
ony Ill tell you how l happen to be
carrying this. Its CRATE ioak. Wait
till you heer it, you'll laff, l sed You
see, l made bet with my mother, SO
we made bet, and we bet, and she
won, so | lost, sed.
Watts the diffrents, my feet's getting
cold, Mary Watkins sed. And she kepp
on going without waiting to heer the
rest. Proberly being a good thing on
account of me not knowing ixactly wat
the rest was, thinking, o well, she did.
ent seem to think it looked funny, wat
the heck.
And / put it on top of my he'd ano
kepp on carrying it that way as if
was proud of it, and everybody went
by laffng as if they thawt | was CRATE
making me think so too.
Proving if you don't start to max,
Excuses nobody proberly wont ixpec
you to.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
Little Benny's
Notebook
By Leo Pape

The colored lady that washes the
clothes every Munday morning wen she
comes, dident come last Munday, like
she often don't, and ma raped all the
laundry in a sheet, saying / don't intend
TO be slave to eny laundress, colored
or eny other color.
Meening / had to take the laundry
erround to the laundry, and l sed, Aw
G., ma. don't wunt to carry that big
thing out ON the street, look wat it
looks like.
1t looks like laundry and that's wat
it is, ma sed. Meening there wasent
eny use argewing, and started to quick
carry it GROUND, hoping / wouldent
meet anybody and espeshilly Mary
Watkins. And a soon as | got erround
the corner who was the ferst persin
GROUND there but Mary Watkins wawk-
ing rite at me, and | thawt, Holey
smoaks, wat the heck, darn it.
And ! tried to think of some way o
hiding the laundry without thinking o.
eny on account of it being so big il
would of took a laundry waggin to hid,
it in, and / quick started to think uJ
good Excuse, saying Hello Mary,
guess you never thawt you'd see me
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stopped talking Twinkle-eyes said, "Of
course we promise Mrs. Spider. / had
no idea you were afraid of our family
bothering you.
'You see, we get our supplies from
the pantry and always have more
than enough for our needs, so you
need have no fear. You can go right
on with your canning and not fly
shall be taken away from you"
"And how about me?" asked Mrs.
Spider. Suppose you should get very
hungry, you might be tempted to"
"Oh, my dear Mrs. Spider" said
Twinkle-eyes, quickly, nothing could
induce me or any member of my fam
ily to harm leg of your body. You
have my promise for the whole Twinkle
eyes family that your corner of the attic
shall not be bothered in any way"
But old Mrs. Spider intended TO
make the promise very binding. "On
your honor as mouse do you promise
that?" she asked.
"On my honor as a mouse" said
Twinkle-eyes, solemnly. "Now tell us
the reason we need not move"
"You think there is q cat over in
the toy corner, Don't you?" Mrs. (
Spider asked.
The Twinkle-eves all ran into the
house quickly. They had quite for
gotten their scare for few minutes.
Mrs. Spider had so surprised them by
calling and by what she had TO say.
Mrs. Spider twirled about on her
slender rope looking for them. Don't
you want to know what it is / have
to tell?" she asked Then, happening
to think why they had run she swung
closer to the doorway. "You need not
be afraid. There is nothing in the attic
that can harm you"
Twinkle-eyes ran out, followed by
his wife and the seven children, and
Mrs. Spider swung herself just a bit
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able to do any work she wants to do
although che is still careful not to
do heavy work - and so well and
strong. We recommend Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 70
all mothers with ailing daughters,
and give you permission 20 publish
this letter as a testimonial. Mrs.
I'M. BURKHoLDER, Route No.2, Box
J., Wauseon, Ohio.
Something out of balance will af-
feet the finest clock, causing it to
gain or lose. The proper adjustment
made, all is we'll. So it is with wo-
men. Some trouble may upset you
completely.
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable g
Compound will correct the cause OF
the trouble and all disagreeable
symptoms will disappear.
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MRS. SPIDER TELLS THE
TWINkLE-EYES SOMETHIN
Story ii.

Story ii.
The seven Twinkle-eyes children
stood beside their father and mother
looking at Mrs. Spider while she swung
and talked. But they did not wish to
catch her, for her funny legs looked as if
they might tickle their throats; and as
for flies they had never thought of such a
thing. Why, they had plenty Of better
things to eat.
OF course Twinkle-eyes and his wife
wanted to know what it was that Mrs.
, Spider knew that would keep them from
moving, and as soon as Mrs. Spider
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
Receiving Congratulations.

Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Habbart OF
Holly Oak are receiving congratula.
tons on the birth of a daughter No
vember 9. The little girl has been
named Dorothy Marie.
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certain periods 3
and could not be
on her fe ct at
those times. We
read about Lydia
E. Pinkh am s
Vegetable Com
pound d ding
girls somuch good
80 she began to
take it. That is
two years ago and
she is a different
girl since then,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21

Dat Ann Eliza done got eight fam
blies to wash fur"
"She needs a husband 10 manage
her terests."-Loulsville Courier
Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
GIRL NOW WELL
and STRONG
Daughter Took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound as Mother Advised

Wauseon, Ohio" daughter
always had backache and leg-ache at
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
The Sandman StOrv
BY Abby Phillips Walker

Copyright. 1922. by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc N Y
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
Tho story thus far:

Mr.. Lestrndo of Scotland Yard
tells Sherlock Holmes OF tho strange
case of man who commits burglary
apparently for the pleasure Of destroy
ing images of Napoleon. In the first
case, plaster cast of Napoleon was
shivered to fragments in Morse Hudson's
shop. In the second physician, DIR.
Barnicot, living nearby, found his two
plaster casts Of Napoleon duplicates OF
the one in the shop, both smashed. Next
morning Holmes received note. from
Lestrade urging him to come imme-
diately to an address in kensington
and he and Watson rushed there.
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Her hand was on the doorknob as she
spoke, and the next instant she had
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-28

ried Jim ENFIELD. Jim tried to divorce
her in 1915, but failed, whereupon. she
said. she signed him away" in the Of
fee of a lawyer who told her that she
was free. Accordingly, when she met
Thomas franklin Davis OF Flat River
she married him. she said, on visit to
house on Laclede avenue, where they
obtained a license being married In ar
adjoining room. Tom stayed two month.
and then decamped. opening the was
for the advent of the Rev. John Henry.
WARRANT
REFUSED.
At the end Of this recital. Assistant
Circuit Attorney Ossing was quite SUR
Alice would not make & good complaint
ant Oh a bigamy warrant and said HI
would not issua 1t.
Where am I at, what am / to do
that's what / want to known" querie,
Alice.
Just sit stu and don't rock the boat,
Ossing replied.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-28
PARSON AND
WIFE HAVE
2MATES EACH
The Rev. John Hemmer, Es-
capes Punishment on
8 SDouse's Admission.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. April 2s.-The Rev.
John Henry Hemmer, IS years old, pastor
OF the Gospel # Truth Mission, arrested
on the chage Of disturbing the peace OF
his fourth wife, Alice. escaped prose
cution for bieamv when Mrs. Hemner,
who sought a warrant, had to admit
that she did not know whether she was
free from her third husband.
As for Hemmer. he admitted that the
third Mrs. Hemmer. had a prior claim,
but he did not see that Mrs. Hemmer
No. 4 had anything on him.
The Hemmers are all-squars IN the
matter OF helpD Gets. Hemmer has hsd
four, counting Alice, and Alice has had
four, counting the Rev. John Henry.
Hemmer said his marital history be-
ga uwhen he married Anna Brown
at Barnesville, Ky, IN 1885, when he was
only is years old. She died four years
later and he stayed single until 1913,
when he married Fannie Hicks st White
Hall. IL She died IN 1917, and in March,
1924, he married Katherine Blanche Mar
tin in st. Louis. He said she deserted
him the following July.
MEETS his
WHE-TO-BE.
In November he opened tent mission
Among those who came to hear him
preach THE Gospel Of Truth" was Mrs.
Alice Davis, 50 years old. He went 10
board with her, and when they got bet
ter acquainted she told him that her
husband. Tom. left her several years
ago and she did net know whether he
mFas alive. Hemmer told her aha didn't
0ave any the best Of him In that be-
cause his wife had LEFT him and be
didn't know what had become OF her.
They went 10 BelIeville, March 5, 1922,
and were married By Methodist
preacher
Mrs. Hsmmer entered the ring with a
marriage to Joshua Bleyue. whom she
divorced In 1914, after which she mar
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Shortly afterward tls Rev. John Henry
was released from custody. He said
that he was going away. That's where
oil the trouble began, according to Alice.
He has wanted to 60 away and be a
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-28

travelling missionary" She did not
want to 60. so she had him arrested after
vigorous debate to determine her
status.
Hemmer says he was ordained in the
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Baptist Church fifteen years ago at De
Soto, Mo. For the past ten years he has
been q familiar figure around the down
town missions. He says he was formerly
q captain Of the Salvation Army.
The Lamar register., 1922-08-02
AloiIat Tunnel Means Development Of
State School Lands.

The building of the Moffat tunnel,
designed to make possible efficient
railroad service to northwestern Colo
RADIO, has a very direct bearing upon
the future development of school landS
in that part of the state.
According to the records in the Of
flee of the State Board Of Land Com
missioners, something over $4,000
acres of state school lands in the coun-
ties Of Routt and Moffat contain work
able deposits of coal. These deposits
ere among the most remarkable in the
world, and would eventually produce
for the permanent school fund of the
state not less than $500, 100000.
Thus every portion of Colorado has
a very direct interest in the develop
ment of northwestern Colorado, aside
from the indirect benefits that are sure
to accrue by virtue of the upbuilding
Of a great empire.
The Lamar register., 1922-08-02
LEGION WINS COURT BATTLES
Damages Allowed National oroanira
ton In First Litigation Instituted
Two Editors Indicted.

From the first court action which II
ever instituted to protect Its name.
the American Legion emerged victori-
ous. Judgment by default and dam
ages were awarded the Legion In the
suit against Francis II. Shoemaker OF
Omaha. Neb.. who was quoted as say
ing that the Legion was Subsidized by
big interests" and was opposed to or
ganiZed labor
shoemaker. who Is an alleged radl-
cal worker, made u speech last Decem-
Der In Omaha. during the course OF
which he is said TO have referred to
the Legion as 'an organization OF
trained murdererS opposed to organ
lied labor" Suit was brought by the
Legion commander In Nebraska on the
ground that the statements were
wicked. false and malicious" and for
the purpose of stopping such con
temptible lies and showing union labor
that We resent charges Of being op-
posed To them"
The Legion has also secured indict-
ments against two editors Of the ILL
nois Staats Zeitung, German-lan-
guage newspaper. for an editorial
which appeared in their paper hbeiins
The Lamar register., 1922-08-02

tugraphers, on an official mission from
the government. scratched their heads
long while before they thought of
anything that would make him look
fierce enough.
II you want TO be typical you will
have TO stack up as follows: Height. 5
feet 1917 inches; weight, 16O pounds {;
hqir, light brown. and eyes. blue
Mettlen's other specifications are that
he enlisted when nineteen years old,
while still freshman at Nebraska uni
yersity; that he WIS cited four times
for bravery that he Is as active In the
American Legion now as he was In the
sixteenth infantry then. and that, in
addition to being n typica. American,
he is Scotch Irish.
The Lamar register., 1922-08-02
STATE POLITICS
Republicans Getting Together in De-
fense of the National Admin
istration.

Denver, July 30.-A growing feel
ing of confidence in the national ad
ministration is plainly in evidence in
all parts of Colorado. George n. Shaw,
of Fort Collins, republican state chair
men, said today. Shaw and George A
Crowder of Cripple Creek, secretary
of the republican state central COM
mittee, returned last week from a three
week tour of the San Luis Valley and
the western slope, during which they
conferred with republican organiza-
ton leaders.
Shaw and Crowder have visited fif-
ty-five of the sixty-three counties of
the state in a series of pre-campaign
trips. Within the next few weeks they
will visit the remaining counties. Dur
ing their last tour they went through
counties which had never been visited
by state chairman or state secretary
of a major political party.
More and more the people of the
state are realizing that time, the great
AAS%AANAb was q part lilt
process Of healing the nation of the
wounds inflicted by democratic mis-
rule" Shaw said today. Whether dis
satisfaction may have been felt few
months ago has disappeared with the
realization of the task that confronts
the administration. The democrats
started their campaign of misrepre-
sentation too soon. Now the facts have
been laid before the people, and the
people realize the tremendous task that
has been accomplished in reducing gov
ernmental expenses and cutting down
the national debt
'The fact that the democratic record
in the present congress has consistent
ly been one Of attempting TO block all
beneficial legislation has helped to dis
credit that party in the eyes of the
people.
"My visit to fifty-five counties has
more than ever convinced me Of the
truth Of the saying that this is n re-
publican year"
The Lamar register., 1922-08-02
HIKING DOWN THE
LONG BROWN PATH
vacationists With Shelter Tents
and Tin Cow Learning to
Walk All Over Again.

OH It's not the pack that you carry o,
Nor the rifle on your shoulder,
Nor the nve inch crust of khaki -colored
That makes you feel your limbs ar.
And it's not the hike on the hard turnpike
, That drives away your smile.
Nor the socks of sisters that raise the
blooming blisters-
It's the last long mile.
-Plattsburgh Marching Song.
Stringing out from the suburban
transit terminals of New York every
Sunday and holiday goes the army Of
khaki-clad hikers. There may be an
automobile for every twenty OF the
country's population, but a host Of
future -enfeebled citizenry and are
learning to walk all over again.
To the more casual minded, the hike
Is just exercise. but to those who
catch Its real Significance the hike
means great deal more. II is the
cheapest form of recreation and
therefore appeals to those living in
crowded districts and unable TO avail
themselves OF the more expensive
smusements. And these people. be
1t noted, are just those the country
Is so anxious to have spread out and
settled in the farming sections. The
hike, indeed, has possibilities as q
real starter for the back to the farm"
movement.
poughboy and Boy Scout Lead Way
Just a brief survey of the rollicking
groups which move of from the out
lying terminals on holidays estab-
fishes a few general types. There Is
the eI-service man and his friends
who will hear from him the story
of more serious excursions on the
muddy roads of France. He tight
ems a strap here and another there
en- the blanket roll adjustment or the
shelter half" In which the commits
sary Is packed for the midday feast
by the roadside. Expert directions
come from him en- the method Of
singing the pack so It will not feel
SO heavy or Interfere with the free
body movement. He will pass along
the Information gained In his army
days, OF how that same pack was
evolved after numerous experiments
to End the easiest way OF carrying
the heaviest load, with results he
now compliments. but which he char
acterlzed when a doughboy as =
'blankety-blank total failure
The Lamar register., 1922-08-02
TWIN BEDS NEEDED
Missouri and Colorado Democracy Can
No Longer Sleep in Same Bed.

The poor old League OF Nations Will
soon have to move headquarters to
Denver. 1t no longer has home any
where but in the Colorado democracy.
Nearly half the nations that original
ly signed it have repudiated their sig
1 latures and even Missouri, home Of
unwashed democracy and free and un-
limited coirage of silver at ratio of
l6 to l, gave it a swift kick on the
seat of the pants Tuesday. Colorado
democracy, however, endorsed it on
Monday and can now no longer sleep
in the same bed with the Missouri un-
washed. Jim Rsed, anti-everyth;ng
Il at Wilson ever did democratic SEN
ator and candidate for reelection, was
renominated by the democratic voters
at the primary election in Missouri
Tuesday, thus completely repudiating
Wilson in the very state where he re-
ccived his second nomination. The
League of Nations was made the prin-
cipal issue and Wilson took a hand in
the campaign making his policies a
personal issue. The fight has been a
notable one and long before Tuesday
the meetings had reached the knock
down and drag out stage. 1t was
Phillip ii of Spain, would-be autocrat
of the sixteenth century, who was
niclnamed the "Silent Writer of the
Escorial." Now the would-be autocrat
Of tine twentieth century can be called
the Windy Writer of S. Street"