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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-07

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-07
Bulldog Drurnmond
The Adventure. Of a Denaobilizsd Cyril McNeie
Officer Who Found Peace Dull asappr.
oprRMb


was a business nation" laughed Hugh.
"Why, you poor fool, I've got a thou
sand pounds In notes In my cigarette
case"
"You hof, hof you" the German
grunted. '"Then the filthy Boche will
for you of them take care"
Hugh looked at him angrily.
"If you do" he cried, "you must let
me 60"
The German leered still more.
"Naturlich. You shall out Of the
house at once walk"
He stepped up to Drummond and
ran his hands over his coat, while the
others stared ut one another In amaze.
ment. Surely Hugh didn't imagine
the swine would really let him go; he
would merely take the money and
probably spit In his face again. Then
they heard him speaking, and sudden
CLEAN of comprehension dawned on
their faces.
you'll have to undo one Of the
ropes, my friend, before you can get
at It," said Hugh quietly.
For a moment the German hesitat-
ed. He looked at the ropes carefully;
the one that bound the arms and the
upper part Of the body was separate
from the rope round the legs. Even If
he did undo 1t the fool Englishman
was still helpless, and he knew that he
was unarmed. Had he not himself re-
moved his revolver, as he lay uncon-
scious In the hall7 What risk was
there, after all? Besides, IL he called
some one else In he would have to
share the money.
And, as he watched the Germans
indecislon, Hugh's forehead grew
damp with sweat. :. Would he undo
the rope? Would greed conquer eau
|, tion7
At last the Boche made up his mind,
and went behind the chair. Hugh
felt him fumbling with the rope, and
flashed an urgent look Of caution at
the other two.
you'd better be careful, Heinrich"
he remarked, ''that none of the others
see, or you might have to share"
The German ceased undolng the
knot, and grunted. The English swine
had moments Of brightness, and he
went over and closed the door. Then
he resumed the operation of untying
the rope; and, since 1t was performed
behind the chair he was in no position
to see the look on Drummonds face.
Only the two spectators could see
that, and they had almost ceased
breathing in their excitement. That
he had a plan they knew; what 1t was
they could not even guess.
At last the rope fell clear and the
German sprang back.
"Put the case on the table," he cried,
having not the slightest intention Of
coming within range of those formid-
able arms.
Certainly not" said Hugh, until
you undo my legs. Then you shall
have it." ...,
Quite loosely he was holding the
case In one hand; but the others,
watching his face, saw that It was
strained and tense.
First l the notes must have" The
German strove to speak conversations
ally but all the time he was creeping
nearer and nearer to the back of the
chair. "Then l your legs undo, and
you may 60"
Algy's warning cry rang out stimuli
taneously with the lightning dart of
| the BOche's hand as he snatched at the
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TWO

1--WE appear" remarked Hugh quiet
ly, a few minutes later, ito be in for
CHEEKY night"
For moment the German had left
the room, and three motionless, bound
figures, sitting grotesquely In their
chairs were alone.
GLOW did they get you, Tobyf"
Half a dozen of 'em suddenly APP
peared," answered Sinclair shortly,
knocked me on the head, and the next
thing knew / was here In this id
chair"
ais that when you got your face?"
asked Hugh.
mo" said Toby, and his voice was
grim. I'VE share In the matter Of
faces, old man."
darlington again, was lit" said
Hugh softly. Dear Heaven II could
get one hand on that :" He broke
off and laughed. ''What about you,
Algy?"
II went laundering In over the way,
old BEAM" returned that worthy, land
some dam fellow knocked my eye
glass Off. So. as couldn't see to kill
him, had to join the picnic here"
Hugh laughed, and then suddenly
grew serious. 4.
by the way, you didn't see man
chewing gum on the horizon, did you,
when | made my entrance2 DogrOb-
kA, Ca In ntn
cot"
"Thank God, was spared thati" re-
marked Algy.
"Goodw returned Hugh. Hes prob
ably away with 1t by now, and he's
no fool. For I'm thinking it's only
Peter and him between us and" He
left his remark unfinished, and for
| while there was silence. Jerry Is
over in France still. putting stamp
paper on his machine; Ted's gone up
to see that Potts is taking nourish-
| ment."
"And here we sit like three we'll
preserved specimens in bally
museum" broke In Algy, with rue
full laugh. "What'll they do to us,
Hugh?"
But Drummond did not answer, and
the speaker. seeing the look on his
face, did not press the question.
Slowly the hours dragged on. until
the last CLEANS Of daylight had faded
from the skylight above, and soil
tary electric light, hung centrally,
gave the only illumination. Period
ically Heinrich had come In to see
that they were still secure: but from
the sounds Of the hoarse laughter
which came at frequent intervals
through the half-open door, 1t was evil
dent that the German had found other
and more eongenial company. At
length he appeared carrying a tray
with bread and water on 1t, which he
placed on a table near Hugh.
FOOD for you, you English swine,
he remarked, looking gloatingly at
each In turn. Herr Lakington the or
der gave, so that you will at be to-
morrow morning. Fit for the torture"
He thrust his flushed face close to
Drummond's, and then deliberately
spat at him.
Algy Longworth gave a strangled
grunt, but Drummond took no notice.
With quiet slniie. hs looked up at
the German.
"How much, my friend" he re-
marked, ARE you getting for thisf"
The German leered at him.
Enough to see that you tomorrow
are here" he said,
) sand always believed that yours
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he entertains feelings Of great friend
ship and affection for you, so you
should not lack for any bodily COM
forts, such as may be possible In your
present somewhat cramped position.
Then tomorrow, when return, pro-
pose to try a few experiments on you,
and, though fear you will find them
painful, it's great thing to suffer In
the cause Of science. +. You will al
ways have the satisfaction Of knowing
that dear little Phyllis will be we'll
cared for" With sudden, quick
movement, he seized the girl and
kissed her before she realized his in
tentlon. The rope round DrummOnd
creaked as he struggled impotently,
and .LakIngton's sneering face seemed
to swim in red glow.
''That Is quite in keeping, is 1t not"
he snared, ito kiss the lady, and to
strike the man like this-and this
and thlsf :" A rain of blows came
down on Drummond's face, till, with
gasping sigh, the girl slipped faint
ing to the floor.
'That'll do, LakIngton," said Peter
son, intervening once again. Have
the girl carried upstairs, and send for
Heinrich. It's time we were off,"
With an effort darlington let his
hand fall to his side, and stood back
from his victim.
perhaps for the present, 1t WILL"
he said slowly. But tomorrow--to-
morrow, Captain Drummond, you shall
scream to heaven for mercy, until 1
take out your tongue and you can
scream no more" He turned as the
German came into the room. 81 leave
them to you, Heinrich" he remarked
shortly. use the dog-whip II they
shout and gag them"
The Germans eyes were fixed on
Hugh gloatingly.
"They will not shout twice." he said
In his cultural voice. "The dirty Boche
to 1t himself will see."
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mond. .Say now. Captain. we've sct
Iorry load of the boys outside; your
friend here thought we'd better brink
'em along. So it's up to you TO get
busy"
.MuIlings and his crowd" said Oar
reli. seeing the look Of mystihcation on
Hugh's face.
For few moments Drummcnd
stood, deep in thought; then cncs
again the grin spread slowly over his
face. SECT the boys in, Peter; and
get these Jumps Of meat carted ont to
the lorry. And. while you do IT. wan
60 upstairs and mop mp"
THREE.
Even In his widest dreams Hugh
had never imagined such a wonderful
opportunity. To be In complete pos
session Of the house, with strong
forces at his beck and call. was state
OF affairs which rendered him almost
speeches..
keep your guns handy" whispered
Hugh. "We'll draw each room In
turn till we find the girl"
But they were not to be put to %
much trouble. Suddenly door oppo-
site opened, and the man who had
been guarding Phyllis Benton peered
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cigarette-case over Drummond's Shout
der. And then Drummond laughed a
low, triumphant laugh. It was the
move he had been hoping for. and the
Germans wrist was held fast In his
vise-like grip. His plan had sue
ceeded.
And Lolgworth and Sinclair, who
had seen many things in their lives,
the remembrance Of which will be with
them till their dying day, had never
seen and are never likely u see any
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RECOMPENSE

GOOD does sometimes come out of evil.
" In perhaps a thousand American labo-
ratOrieS scientific men are wOrking-more
than eight hours a day--to locate new
sources and methods Of industrial power.
Their labors and energies will certainly be
quickcncd by the crisis in the fuel markets
Of the country and the troubles of nation
whose industries are threatened again with
partial paralysis through a lack Of coal.
The atomic engine is the dream of most
Of the scarchers who are trying TO bring 10
humanity the benefits of natural energies
not now utiized-that is, device through
which the stupcndous forces now reflected
only in the inertness of matter may be
liberated and applied for the needs Of civili.
zfation.
In New York an inventor less ambitious
than the students of abstract science is said
to have actually perfected Il new fuel by
dsintegrating water and crude oil at high
temperature and so creating a highly vola
tile gas of n sort that may be applied to
the uses now served by gasoline and even
coal. In other quarters efforts are being
pushed to perfect further the appliances by
which crude oil is consumed in ships fur
naces in order that oil may be made to sup
plant coal in places where anthracite is INV
considered a necessity, and it is probable
that the new domestic trend toward btu
minous will go on, even after the strike in
the anthracite fields is adjusted.
Talk OF atomic engines and water gas
motors may seem strange even to modern
cars. But it is not 80 strange as the first
news Of the steamboat and the telephone
and wireless were to the people who first
heard IT, Humanity is never really at a
loss. 1t has a habit of rising to every
emergency.
The people Of the United States are clearly
disgusted with the manner in which the
basic industry Of coal mining has been ad-
ministered and substitutes for anthracite
and btuminOus are regarded MS the great
needs Of the hour. The substitutes may be
electric energy generated from natural
water power or oil or some new sort of gas.
But they Will come the more quickly because
OF the strike now in progress. II may he
that the coal industry will never wholly re-
cover from the effects of the present disor-
dcrly internal war carried on, as it has
been, without a moments regard for the
rights Of nom combatants.
The high cost of coal and labor led 10 the
introduction Of fuel oil in ships. The high
cost OF gasoline has stimulated restless
search for n substitute, II gasoline sub.
stltute has been found by the inventor who
reports such a discovery in New York, the
oil operators may wish that they had been
content with smaller profits.
People will laugh at the suggestion of
motorCars propelled by gases created by the
disntegration Of water and oil Th>y will
not stop to remember that railway trains
and the biggest engines in the world are
operated now By the force of expanded water
alone.
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DOWN TO EARTH

THERE remains only another week Of
l. what we have come TO regard as THE
vacation period The city mans gorgeous
fling is almost over. Home he must come
now to empty coal bins, bills and the ac-
cumulatng worries of a period of stress
and dark realism. The farmers will have
the sunsets and the open roads and the free
dom from time clocks of which the returned
vacationist will dream often as he looks up
from his desk or his whrring machines to
gaze out At smoky sky and laundering
streets.
Country people who looked with awe at
his store clothes and hurried to do his bid
ding and envied him his transient afluence
will still play tennis and bathe in lakes and
oceans and stretch themselves easily in the
sun. Such is life. The farmers in a final
analysis and the people who live outside the
cities seem TO have the best Of it, They have
the best of the things that really matter
jazz bands may be relatively unknown to
them and their tlivvers may not have the
high polish necessary in the social COM
plexes that affrt the cities. but the fact
remains that they live all the year round in
the regions where nerve wearing multitudes
90 TO store up in two weeks enough ner-
vous energy to keep them going for q year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-28
REED AND THE BONUS

LNEW new United States Senators have
L found themselves in the important posi-
ton that the peculiar complexities Of the
bonus situation have given to Senator Reed.
His maiden speech may even go so far as
to spell the fate of the bill. 1t was quiet,
well considered and unimpassioned utter
ance, seeming to voice the deep convictions
Of the ma jor-the veteran of the war and
one Of those Immediately concerned-rather
than the Senator, taking into consideration
the possible political consequences of his
stand.
Reed believes that the majority of the
World War veterans are convinced that JUS
tice entities them TO bonus. He also be-
ieves that the overwhelming sentiment
among that majority is that. in spite Of the
justice of the cause, such a bill would i'm
pose a disastrous burden upon an already
overburdened country.
His view is the view of the practical bust
ness man who was once himself a soldier
but who has returned to his practical busi-
hess life and sees himself beser on all sides
by the usual obstacles to success multiplied
by the after-war struggle TO get back to
Aormal conditions. And he knows that all
Of his fellow soldiers are now also business
men engaged in the same struggle 10 repair
the losses of war and return to normal life
They have debts enough. The bonus would
be 10 them only another burden disguised
temporarily as a measure of relief.
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FAIRS AND A WARNING

OBSTACLES in the way Of scrupulously
" observing an exposition timetable are
significantly suggested IN the announcement
that the Industrial Exhibits Building of the
United States at the fair in Rio dc Janeiro
will not be opened until December I.
This Government. It must be conceded
was commercially prompt in indorsing and
supporting the international undertaking In
Rio. Money was generously appropriated
by Congress. American chambers of COM
merCe in Brazil displayed n marked capacity
for efficient organization.
Mr.. Harding was prompt In appointing
n Federal commission, and yet the work
lags. The fair, with all the Brazilian build
ings completed will be formally opened on
September I.
The United States. however. is not the
sole delinquent Several of the European
nations have been slow, and 1t Is possible
that some OF their exhibits will not be ready
until after the first of the year.
The tardness Of world fair enterprises
is proverbial. Even the Centennial of 1915,
although 1t was inaugurnted on time, pre-
scnted Il scene of carpenters. builders and
other workmen busily engaged in the effort
TO make up for lost months.
Promoters Of the Sesqui- Centennial are
well supplied with warnings. With foresight
and organized energy tradition can, Of
course, be broken. Months are slipping by,
but thus far the opportunity to smash dis
nal precedent has not passed.
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Member of the Associated Press
Phnsdeiphis. Monday. Ausu', Is. 1917
PINcHoT DEMANDS SUPPORT

tNTNIIE Governor" declared Clifford Pin
chot in his Allentown speech. can
not succeed without help" Mr.. pinchot
himself is specific enough about the princ-
ples for which he stands, and he enunciatcd
them again quite clearly before the Lehigh
County Republicans. but there Is one warn
ing he sounded which it Will be well 10 bear
In mind.
MY election" he said. Twill he the
mandate of the people NOT only to the Gov
ernor. but to the whole State Government
and to the Legislature to help the Governor
to put these purposes into effect.
This is q plain demand for a Legislature
that will be something more than thu usual
boss driven machine There IL nothing more
tragic in our system than Governor striV-
ing to accomplish measures for the good Of
the people but hampercd by a Legislature
that Indifferent to the general welfare
thinks only of the sharp bargains it can
drive to gain political advantage.
Mr.. Pinchot election will mean the peo-
pies mandate for the accomplishment Of the
things he has pledged himself TO do. 1t will
mean a mandate directly and Individually
given to every Republican member OF the
Legislature to support him, and any mem
bers forgetting this should he held strictly
accountable by the voters who send them TO
Harrisburg.
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THE POLLING-PLAcE PROBLEM

TNiE initiative and energy of the women 8
L movement on behalf of neater and bot
ter appointed polling and registration places
are distinctly commendable.
The problem which such representatives
tf the distaff side of politics as Mrs. Chris
topher O'Connell. Mrs. George A. Dun
ming, Mrs. Bromley Watt, Mrs. George II .
Lorimer. Mrs. Frank Miles Day and Miss
Glare Middleton have attacked is one of
long standing. Until the sex line was
efaced from the franchise, electors as a
whole accepted the situation without pro.
test.
More than quarter of century ago an
experiment with portable but uncomfort-
able and unsightly voting structures was
made with questionable results The old
practice of utilizing parlors. living rooms
OF Offices of division residents was restored.
The system has worked only indlfferently
lwell and there Is no question that in many
Instances the registration and balloting
places have been inconveniently located.
The rental paid for the use of rooms
Es decidedly modest. The repugnance of
Viareful housekeepers or propretors to u
rather wholesale invasion of their habita
tions several times yearly is natural. In
consequence the quarters furnished for exer-
cising the rights Of citizenship have by no
means been ideal.
The present Registration Commissioners
have promised the women's delegation to
ID oil In their power to brighten the corner
where one votes. The complaint that poll
sir $3.50 ar' made obscure witf deliberate
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THE MONTICELLO SHRINE

AIOW 1t IL the State of Virginia which
~ is urged to purchase Monticello. The
request, naturally enough. comes from the
Charlottesville American Legion Post, and
1t may be said with some truth that strong
local interests are operative.
But the fact should not he permitted to
obscure the nature Of situation by no.
means crCditabc to American public spirit
and American patriotism.
Monticello has the potcntialities of
national shrine of the first order. More
splendid and picturesque than Mount Ver-
non. there are inspirational values connected
with the home of Thomas Jefferson which
deserve the fullest recognition.
Nothing can match the reverence rightly
paid to the serene and authentic memorial
to Washington on the banks of the
Potomac. Mount Vernon is in many ways
unique. But so with quite contrasting ac-
cents Of history and personality is Month
cello.
Icferson's almost princely estate-n
queer paradox for n Democrats intensely
intimate in its appeal. The Levy family,
members Of which have long been its owners,
have affectonately preserved its many
treasures. The buildings themselves dis
close the architectural gifts Of the many
sided author of the Declaration Of INDIE
pendence.
For many years the Federal Government
has been on the verge Of buying the place !;
but negotiations have invariably been halted
IN pickering over prices deemed excessive.
II Is of record that the Government lost
its opportunity to possess Mount Vernon In
tho middle of the last century. The Wash
ington plantation" is maintained and
owned by society Of ladies'.
The State of Virginia could afford to
acquire Monticello. Should 1t now make
the attempt, 1t is, moreover, conceivable
that the Federal Government might become
q somewhat interested bidder.
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intent appears on the whole to be trlae

unfair.
In most cases the choice of available
quarters In the various divisions is not ex-
tenslve. Insstence on cleanliness and a
general tidying up is another matter. Port
able, fabricated" polling places may be
deemed impractical. 1t seems also to be
impossible to take over portions of the
best residences for voting.
But there is unquestlonable room for i'm
provement in such quarters as are now in
use. The women are quite right to insist
that clean politics il n matter of physical
surroundings as well as of intelligent sin
cerity of ideals.
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz

l. General Mulcahy has succeeded Michael
Collins az head OF the army Of the
Irish Free State.
2. The Alamo was originally a mission
tonic. fex. In February. 1885, il was M
occupied by Colonel w. r. Travis and
Government of Mesico. sHyS" afsp'! After wS ill.,
standing IA terrible siege It was taken
s3n sy assault ;nrnG, or March g. 9nd The ga,rli
Colonel Bowie, killed. One man had
previously made his escape
.. trnpezium is a four.sided plane figure
OF which no TWO sides Tor only two
sides) are parallel
4. a pTotean actor is Cne who plays great
variety :, Of markedly differentiated
parts. Protean IL an alluslon TO Pro-
feus, the son OF Neptune. who could
. CO. change his shape at will. ..g
D. shakespeare's ironic comedy, "Troilus
ana an oressida'' has ancient Troy for
8, The character of Mrs Grundy, who has
since become symbolic of propriety.
was created by Tom Morton, the Eng.
iish drmatist. in his comedy. Speed
l. Haussmanniaation Is a term for the I'm
proVement Of cities by pulling down
old buildings, erecting new ones and
widening and strengthening streets
HnGas Hna laying out and IN RSg ssHn
Haussmann. on whose plans Paris was
remodeled and adorned in the reign
OF Napoleon III.
s. The Midas touch used to describe the
faculty Of making money, is in alluslou
who, Turned to gold everything he
10. Nemesis was the ancient goddess Of
chastisement and vengeance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-28

lives and thrives, such seizures will not be
necessary. Then 1t will find wny to In
sure economic as well as political justice
to all men. And when that is done strikes
will be needless and unthinkable.
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One has to go to the back lots to break
the ran record of the Cubs and Pills for
one game.