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ISABEL O STRANDgE -

and IN the other an electric torch.
THIS person dared not turn on tho
lights in the room for fear Of wax.
ing one or the other OF It's occu.
pants. In spite OF the fact that they
had both bean heavily drugged. On
the threshold. by a miracle OF cato.
perhaps. the electric torch went out
The low light at the farther end
Of the han did not penetrate the
room, but the murderer had gone
too far 10 retreat now. for already
tho fumes OF tho poison gas were
escaping from tho faulty. hastily
constructed container. Putting ~
down upon the floor just outside tho
dcor-the con,aincr had once nsld
OH. and the. mark OF Il IL still viei.
bic on the rug unatairs--the muir.
dcrer sped 60 the room formerly oc-
cupied BY tho young man whom all
then believed 20 be dead. and. oh
tanning his gas mask. returned to
the room.
There this person went straight
to tho bed ordinarily occupied by
Miss Laurel. touched the hair
which In the dark could not have
beep detected from that Of Miss Fay.
for both are Of the same texture
and fitted tho mask carefully over
the face.
"You can figure the rest out for
yourselves--the murdefer's advance
tn the other bed. the insertion 90
the tube between the lips % tho un.
conscious strl. tho application Of a
handage over her nostriis ~ that,
pcrforce. she must hr~atho in the
deadly gas. the departure from the
room for a certain. i-calculated
period. the return: removal OF the
mask from ono face and bandase
from the other. and hurried exit
with the ccntsiner.
"Rut the murderer hal made the
fatal mistake Of trusting 20 the
~ nso Of touch aionc II was upon
the wrong fac. that the mask was
adjusted. upon the wrong face that
this handAgs vas placed. and into
the wrong lips that the tubing was
Inserted
stop can bear no more
Tho ringing cry came from Mrs.
Tudor's white lips. and abe started
again from her chair.
why notT- Barry Asked ccoFfy.
Does the recital OF your own crime
bring !, hack too vividIy before your
mindg Woman. YOU are tho murder
caA OF your own daughter
A swift change had come cvvr the
couutenance Of Mrs. Tudor. 4 hsd.
eous. maIevolent change which
wiped from IL the last semolance Of
youth and pretfiness. She sat rigid
her blue eyes fixed with a sort OF
hooking uirth upon those OF Barry.
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Pinnock's single and disastrous
essay In sharp business. Two and
twenty years earlier Old wirk had
been not only dying but las good AZ
dead" Mr.. Pinnock on a stock.re-
pienishinR excursion In Tidtorourh.
had bought a coffin. at the under.
takers. OF slz. 10 1T Old wirk. and
for the reason that. buying II thsn.
he could convey II back on the
wagon he had hired for tf~ day and
thus save carriage. lie had brought
II hack. and the first person he had
set eyes on in Penny Green was no
other than Old wirk himself. mir
aculousiy recovered and stubboruly
downstairs and summing at his door.
Tn. shock had nearly caused Mr..
Pinnock 10 qualify for the coffin
himself: but he had not. nor had any
other inhabitant Of suitable sire
since dernined Longer persons than
Old wirk had died. and much short
er and much stouter persons than
Old wirk had died. But the coffin
had remained. up-ended and neatly
fitted with shelves. II served as a
store cupboard. without n door. pend
ing It's proper usr. But II was ter
rfbiy expensive store cupboard and u
/ stood In Mr.. Pinnock's parlor as
gloomy monument 10 tho folly Of
rash and hazardous speculation.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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ADVENTURES
OF THE TWINS
b. Qi~s Robot, Bvtn,
MYSTERIOUS BASKET

wrote hts last message you'd have
been better off"
Kip stamped on the ground three
times and disappeared.
This time the Twins kept TO th-
path and soon reached the bottom
OF the mountain.
"MyF' yawned Nancy. I'm glad
that's over. Now We can take our
goioshes off. There's no electricity
here and my feet are getting tired.
I wonder what Eiderdown Mountain
In like"
ut sounds Ike a good place 20
spend the night" said Nick. I'm
getting dreadfuIly hungry. too. I
wish we'd asked Kip where TO find
Why. hello. what's this7"
Right before them on the ground
appeared little basket with a nice
white napkin over the top.
at looks like our SUPPER said
Nancy, peeping IN. Yes. IT'S sand.
wlches and bottle Of milk and
fruit too. Isn't that lovelyr'
The red feather Jumped ont OF
Nick'a pocket at that and began to
write on the magic paper again.
"Oh. shucksF' declared Nick. More
trouble. ! suppose. -lmoat wish the
old feather had stayed at homo. It's
always telling us not 10 do things"
But this time the pen wrote: ''T'he
Magical Mushroom sent you this
basket. Eat out Of II all that you
rish. Whenever you are hungry Il
will appear with more food"
DEAR Old Muahroomr' said
Nancy. Mick, the red feather. is
our best friend"
Go BE Continued
Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Starr
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lCensinncd From Paxe 81


Green: the butchers shop which was
opened on Tuesdays and Fridays by
a butcher who cana In from I'D.
borough with a spanking horse In
frou of him and half weeks sup
ply OF meat behind and beneath him:
ffs grocers shop and the drapePs
shop which. ike enormous affairs In
London. were also A large number OF
other shops but. unlike the London
affairs. dispensed them all within
the one shop and over the oue
counter. In the groceTs shop you
could be handed into one hand a
pound OF ten and into the other n
pair of boots, a convenience which.
after all. is not 10 be had In all OK.
ford Street. The Diapers shop. car
rying the principle further, would
TSt only dress you. postoffice you
iinoleun. rug and wall paper you
ink. pencil and note paper you: but
would also bury you and tombstone
you. a solemnity which u vas only
called upon 20 perform for anybody
about once In five years-Penny
Green being long iived--bst was
always ready and anxious 10 carry
out. Indeed in the hack room Of his
shop. the draper. Mr.. Pinnock. had
n coffin which he had been trying
tas he said ito work OFF, for TWEEN
ty-two years. IL represented Mr.
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Continued PROM Saturdays IsSuel


CHAPTER Mi
At ten o'clock the following morn.
ING Sandy Cove smiled peacefully In
the golden sunshine.
Within the decotousfy shade-drnwn
library OF the Tudor house air per.
sons were gathered. Mrs. Tudor her.
self. her niece Fay. Captain War
ren. Kenneth Clayton. Sheriff Hulse
Ia Sergeant John Barry. The lat.
ter was seated At the long magazine
table In the center OF the room with
- sheaf OF notes spread out before
him. and u was toward him that all
eyes were directed. None appeared
60 notice the rasteboard boxes OF
various sizes which thanked the
notes urnn the table. and certain Il
was that none save the sheriff and
Barry himself knew that outside the
door two husky eonstahles waited
with hig.franr.d eectie-browe
woman for the signal 10 add them.
selves 90 the gathering.
The sheriff and have asked you
70 meet us all together" began Hars
~. pleasantly enough. in order that
We may tell you the result OF our In
vestisatiens OF yesterday into the
death OF Miss Laurel Tudor. II was
murder. of course, but her death WAS
never intended. You all know the
method BY which the crime was
committed. but what think that
none % you know Is that the ear.
hon monoxide Was meant not Zoe
her bat for her cousin. and tho fact
that the two young ladies changed
beds during THE night was ali that
saved Miss Fay Tudor from the fate
petef out to her. aitho ~ rebound,
upon an innocent vietim--inno.
cent IN that she had aroused no en-.
nifty in the breast Of the murderer.
When l said that none OF you knew
this. I meant none except ore. for
The guilty pereon Il IN this room a,
the present moment
Pay sat clutchlng the arms Of her
chair tightly. but she made no out,
ward move and her eyes never len
the face OF the detective. Clayton
grcwirt sudden exclamation. but
Captain Warren sat immovahlc. al
tho a slight flush crcpt upon his
cheek. Mrs TUDOR started To her
feet with "a swift cry.
Please sit down. Mrs. Tudor.
Rarry's tones were sympathetic bu,
firm. Il know bow you must he
feeling at this moment. but shall
not keep you long In suspense.
Some time between three and four
o'clock In the morning the murderer
started to enter the room where the
two young ladies' were asleep. car.
ryinx In one hand the receptacse
containing the carbon monoxide.
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her away. Joe. you and YArrell and
tho matron--
Late that autumn Sheriff Hulss
paid his customary visit TO Barry In
town and much 20 tho honest ootin-
try officials embarrassment he wns
taken one evening 90 call upon the
great Professor Scmyonov.
-gpose you heard. Professor. That
tho Tudor house back In Sandy Cove
burned down month agoT' he
asked. Miss Fay--that R. Mrs.
Warrcn-and the captain wcro away
in California on their honeymoon and
SIR. william Tudor ~ stiil In tho hoa.
pital, where they're curing him OF
that shell shock or whatever IL was
happened to him. Funny how he
came 10 be lost and reported dead.
wasn't IT..
Captain Warren saw him fan, >
replied the professor. "and after the
attack went out 20 what he supposed
| 10 be the body OF HIS friend II must
have been tho body OF somo other
/ young American officer
Sergeant Barry nodded
Il heard a little about II when
called nj the hospital 10 see younF
| Tudor" he remarked. Tie reincm-
bers that the Germans got him but
he managed 10 escape. They must
havo stripped him Of his credentials,
but left the marks or his rank on
him. for he was treated MS an officer
all tho way thru"
There was pause and then the
sheriff observed:
THE Tudor woman never recov
cred her mind before her death"
"It doesn't matter" Barry's tone
was grave. "She escaped trial here
but abe has gone 10 n higher court
before an infailible Judge. and we
know that her sentence will be a
| just one"
THE END
! fcopyrtrfrt. 1888, by The sestrfe srsr,
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Kip helped Nancy and Nick to find
the path again on Electric Mountain
and then he left them. I'D like to
stay with YOU" he said. but / can't.
<ysu see. Princess Therrna- In her
Castle OF Mirrors, secs everything.
She can see all the trouble you are
having. aitho sire cannot help you.
Besides you must make the journey
alone. She is likely looking at me
with you now. but that's allowed
I'm only talking TO you. GoodDy
now"
'Coodby." said the Twins. Were
ever so much Obliged. We won't
hunt for any more brooks"
That's right" said Kip. "and take
the advice Of your red feather. II
YOU had closed your eyes when he
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POLLY amd lPawl-amd Paris
CHAPTER xLvI-THE LAST TOAST
by Too Bcclsiey
sCcpyrfght. is,z. by The Beattis stas1

Tell mo what you're thinking OF.
Violet7 I'd understand"
Sho turned eduarely toward him.
and looked no longer into tho silver
ed courtyard.
II wonder! Would you understand
the mood OF woman who felt old
and tired OF the gamer a woman
OF 33-yea, I'm 90. Paul. did you
never guess It? oh. | know what
people thlnk--that l live gay life.
move In. n world OF admirers and
dances and dinners and clothes. And
that fwish FOR nothing else.
Why. I'D he a monster II / wished for
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nothing else"
"You could have anything you
wanted"
Her eyes flashed, then narrowed.
Her voice softencd, deepened.
Gould II"
The tone of Il, the way shc held
his eyes with her own. threatened
his self.control for an instant The
beauty OF her. tho appeal for under
standing I'd pity, shook hIm--as she
meant them 10. With an effort he
looked aw.y. commanding his voice.
"Of COURSE you could. No woman
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BY STANLEY
BY ALTMAN
BY BLOSSER
BY CONDO

Niolets look haunted hcr--the look
that said: "Ah. yesrit's very well
for you TO say that-you who have
everything--love and home
With a quick movement. Violet
turned and faced the room. breaking
into the quiet mood OF the party.
Come, you people. time tor good
nights and bedr' she cried. 81 pro-
pose final toast Here's 20 the one
happy marriage | known She waved
toward Polly and toward Paul May
no serpent ever dare enter their
Edenr'
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"a penny for your thoughtsr' Tho
ime.honored challenge evoked n pen.
sive half-smile from Violet With
out changing her position. she looked
from tho moon.bathed courtyard to
Paurs face.
Wouldn't advise you 10 buy them.
Paul,-even at a bargain. They're too
danRcrous-tho thoughts Of n lonely
old woman-what do they matter2'
"Stop joking. VIC. The buffoon
part OF the party IL over"
That's just IT, I feel quiet--a
minor mood. Perhaps those old-time
songs have got mo In their spell"
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She broke off. Paul was amazed

She broke off. Paul was amazed
TO see tears standing in her eyes.
Violet, don't" his tone had a
tender note, don't talk so.''
Polly. passing quite accidentally.
on some errand for her guests,
caught what he was saying:
IL tell you. Violet there's no need
for you TO be alone. No man on
whom you set your heart win fail
you. You're worth any big mans
love-"
Again her eyes searched his. Polly
hurried on, but Pauls tone and
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with your gifts need be lonely
Violet made an impatient gesture.
Lonely No. l suppose not. I
can trick myself out and practice my
arts--play the game eternally. But
what do ! get for it? The-the love
OF any man? Friends who care two
cents about me. or what becomes Of
me really? mol In tho end n man
marries some pretty little Quaker.
minded doll. I've got nothing"
she kicked at tho rug. her voice grew
bitter. nothing 60 look forward to
but loneliness"
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ANOTHER DAVID
flt..s nm

find good pasture. because there
were such lot OF catt,e to feed
$50 some OF the men got to-
Ecther one night and decided to
divide our train. one-haif was to
70 on as fast m II could. while
the other half vested. and let the
first crowd get a thrce-days' start.
''Our crowd was tho ono that
was chosen 20 go first. 10 tho next
morning we got up bright and
early and said good.by TO the
ones we were leaving behind. and
started off.
I'VE mndc good time that day.
and had covered a goodly number
OF miles by late afternoon when a
man came TO my father and said.
Medley I've lost my best milk
COW. What'r / dor
'"rhey talked n bit and decided
that no man could afford TO lose
a cow--much less one that was
giving milk So there was moth
ing for 1t but TO so back and look
for II.
"of course. tho fellow couldn't
risk going alone, so five other
men agreed to 20 with hlm-my
father being the leader.
and that little bunch OF men
came upon one of the most awful
sights any settler ever saw"
Go lie Continued
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BY AHERN

"a plcnieT' cried both OF the
kiddiea. why. We never thought
OF hiatt was n sort OF picnic
every time you had TO eat wasn't
it-
~Yes.- Mr.. Mreicy told them.
"A sort Of picnic. and sometimes
we had jorly times about II. too;
they danced when there was any.
body to play n fiddle, sang around
the campfire. told yarns and we
children crypt Into the big wag
ons and went TO sleep with very
cheerful sounds In our ears for
the most part
but as I stated to say, that
young fellow. MIR. Yantis, who
had been selected 10 ride on ahead
and choose camping grounds, was
no good, because no forgot that
tho main thing 20 remember was
to pick place where there was
good pasture for the cattle.
~wen. we got a new man for
that place. and all the time our
party kept growing bigger and
bigger. tin I have no idea how
many wagons there were. and It
got to DO harder and harder to
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RRZORFHN
BREHERNOE
MAGIC OCTAGON

MATERIALS: -Four Of each Of
the cardboard cutouts shown at left.
PROBLEM: To arrange these cut
outs to form an octagon.
SOLUTION: Diagram at right
shows .bow the strips. a, u and G,
are put together.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-09
SUCCESSFUL FARMING

In spite of the fact that many of
our farmers have either lost money
during the past five or six years on
account of poor wheat crops, or at any
rate have made but little, Robert Nc
Dougall, Of Sawyer, has made money
steadily on his 200-acre farm which
he purchased some ten years ago from
his father-in-law, E. D. Skinner. 500.
The farm lies in the Mouse river
valley, close to Sawyer. A portion of
it is the old Skinner homestead, which
has been farmed for many years, Mr..
Skinner coming to Ward county 35
years ago. .-. .s..r,
Mr.. McDougall can credit his sue
cess to just one thing and that is to
During the past nine years, Mr.. Nc
Dougall has sold grain from his farm
but once and then he disposed of only
$50 bushels of wheat. He raised grain
to feed to stock right on his farm.
He doesn't let his soil become i'm
poverished. He grows corn and mil
let for his winter feeds and his cat
tie have pasture for the summer. He
milks IA cows at present; has never
MIXED more than fifteen nor fewer
than eight. Milking cows is a rather
steady job and many farmers do not
care to milk them. It is frequently
hard to get hired man who will
agree to milk cows. Bob 'McDougall
has MIXED COWS steadily for years.
His cows have lifted the mortgage
from his farm. Steadily the money
has rolled in from his cows, hogs and
poultry and every year when the
wheat growers were straining their
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-09

The many old time friends of "Hon-
est" John Burke, governor of North
Dakota for six years, sincerely regret
to learn that he has lost every dol
lar he had in the world, thru the I'M
fortunate manipulation of a broker
age company in which he had become
interested at the time he resigned his
position as United States Treasurer,
which he had held for seven years.
Mr. Burke came to North Dakota in
his youth as a struggling attorney
and by hard work built up one of the
most lucrative practices in the state.
He was frugal, invested his money.
carefully and became we'll fixed finan-
cially. At time when the state
was overwhelmingly republican, he
took advantage of a split in the Re-
publican ranks, and as a Democrat
was elected governor, retaining that
high position for three terms. He
gave the state excellent service. When
Woodrow Wilson was elected presi-
dent, Honest John" was selected as
United States Treasurer. Had he re-
turned to North Dakota as soon as
he was thru with his duties at Wash
ington, he might today be one of the
states most powerful figures.
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cation. One summer he drove civ
yer" thru the rural sections of South
Dakota, buying a car or two of seed
corn to sell to the farmers of north
western North Dakota in order to
make some money to carry him along
in the University. AS a lad in the
Minot schools, he wrote the school
notes" for the Independent. We have
watched his progress with a great
deal Of pride and satisfaction, for
Howard is one of Minot's boys who
has made big name for himself.
The Herald's editorial follows:
"There were quoted by the Herald
recently paragraphs from a magazine
article describing some of the respon-
sibilities Of the position filled by How
ard Huston, as director Of service
Of the League of Nations. Mr.. Hus-
ton has charge of the personnel of
the working force of the League or
ganization, force comprising several
hundred persons, with duties extend
ing over the entire field of interna
tional relations. Such position is
not given except to a man of recog-
nized capacity, and when the position
is one affecting the work. of great
international body, as aspirant may
be said to be in open competition with
the whole world
1--WE are all familiar with the la
ments of those who can see nothing
but evil in the world-that the rich
are growing richer and the poor are
growing poorer; that the concentra
ton Of wealth in few hands has de-
prived the humble individual of OPP
portunity; that the poor man has no
chance; that the farm boy is destined
to be drudge all his life; that the
rich men in the cities are keeping all
the good things for themselves and
their children. -.
Howard Huston is a graduate of
the University of North Dakota. He
came to the university from the lit
tie town of Deering, his home town.
He was we'll known in his home
neighborhood, and through his con-
nection with university activities he
became quite we'll known in Grand
Forks. Scattered here and there are
some hundreds of his former class
mates who remember him with ad-
miration and affection. But except
for his own personality there was
nothing to distinguish him from thou
sands of other young men of industry
and ambition. He owes his position
to no wealth, to no accident of birth,
to no influence of powerful friends,
to nothing except native ability and
the character which prompted him to
make good use Of it.
''Thus one of the most important
positions in the service of a great
international body is filled by a young
man from small country town whose
advantages were not greater than are
the advantages Of thousands of 9TH
ers. If the field be scanned it will
be found that in science, in literature,
in the arts, in commerce, in industry,
the positions of power, Of leadership,
are held very largely by men and wo-
men from the farms or from the
country villages near by and from
homes where the only wealth known
was the wealth of character"
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According to T. N. Henderson, clerk
Of the district court, it has cost Ward
county $59,028.25 for juries in dis
trict court from 1922 up to the pres
ent time, not including the last ses-
sion of court. This is large sum
of money. Perhaps much of it could
have been saved. There are any
number of cases that should never be
permitted in court. For example, a
Kenmare farmer recently brot an ac-
ton against his brother in-law for
$4,000 which he claimed for a fence
that had been removed. The case
required two days and the jury gave
the farmer verdict for ten dol
lars. This is but one example. We
could cite scores of cases of a similar
nature, where the total amount of the
claim involved is no larger than the
cost of conducting court for an hour
or two.
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eyes looking for an opportune rain,
Bob McDougall was straining the milk
and gathering in the sheckles. He
has never missed a payment on his
mortgage, and all that he now owes is
$25O.00 which he could pay tomorrow
if it were DUE
Successful farming isn't such a
great secret in North Dakota. There
are any number of successful farm
ers and more are getting on the right
track each year. Next July when the
wheat growers are worrying over the
fact that a timely rain may not come
in time to save their crop, Bob Nc
Dougall with his COWS, hogs, poultry,
millet and potatoes will be "sitting
pretty, just as he has been doing
during the past ten years.
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THE SMALL-TOWN BOY

i The following editorial from a re-
cent issue of the Grand Forks Herald,
refers to former Minot young man,
Howard Huston, who attended school
in Minot, graduating from the Minot
High school. Mr.. Huston worked his
way thru the Minot school and later
thru the University of North Dakota.
He did not let the lack of wealth
stand in the way of getting an edu-
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WORK

We all must, if we mean to bring
out and perfect our nature. Even if
we do not work with the hands, we
must undergo equivalent toll in some
other direction. No business or
study which does not present OBJ
stacles, tasking to the full, the intel
lect and the will, is worthy of man.
William Ellery Charming.