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The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
Had enough?" demanded the west

Had enough?" demanded the west erner No answer came, except the heavy, | irregular breathing of the man on the floor, who was clawing for air in his lungs.
 I'll ask you once more where Kitty Mason is And you'll tell me unless you want me to begin on you all over again."
 The beaten pugilist sat up, leaning against the wall. He felt ashamed and disgraced by his defeat. Life for him had lost its savOr, for he had met his master. "She-got away"
 How"
 ''They turned her loose, to duck the bulls," came the slow, sullen answer.
 "Where?
 "In Central park"
 Probably this was the truth. Clay reflected. He could take the mans word or not as he pleased. There was no way to disprove it now.
 He recovered his revolver, threw the automatic out of the window and walked to the door.
 "Joe's tied up in a back room." he said over his shoulder.
 Thirty seconds later Clay stepped into the street. He walked across to subway station and took an uptown train.
 Men looked at him curiously. His face was bruised and bleeding, his clothes disheveled, his hat torn. Clay grinned and thought of the old answer:
 They'd ought to see the other man."
 One young fellow, apparently a col lege boy, who had looked upon the wine when 1t was red, was moved to come over and offer condolence.
 Say, don't want to butt in or any thing, but-he didn't do a thing to you, did her"
 'T hit the edge of a door in the dark" explained Clay solemnly.
 "That door must have had several edges" The youth made confiden- tial admission. Eve got an edge on myself, sort of"
 "NOt really?" murmured Clay po- litely.
 "Surest thing you know. Say, was 1t good scrap?"
 'Pd hate to mix In a better one"
 "Wish I'd been there" The student fumbled for a card. Didn't catch your name?"
 Clay had no inte e,tion of giving his name just now to any casual stranger. He laughed and hummed the chorus of an old range ditty.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
Heavenly Scandal.

On one of our cruisers there is a certain officer whose mania for in- spections and visiting other folks quarters at unseemly times has reached such a point ais to make him heartily hated by those of the crew who possess a taste and talent for the rOllicking dominoes after official re- tiring hours. It was following one of these visitatiOns that the gob glOomed after the intruder and re- marked:
 T betcha my next months pay that when old Bugler Gabriel foots reveille for the general resurrection, he'll find that guy crawlin' out of somebody else's grave"
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
"I'd like to ride with you the rest of your Iife!"
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Sugar Once a DeIicacy.


 We are apt to forget how short { time it is since sugar was regarded as a costly delicacy, proper to. be used by the wealthy alone or as medicine Iz the early colonial days it sold at about 75 cents a pound, in the loaf. and granulated sugar was unknown. It was with the growth of the custom of drinking coffee and tea that it be- came a food staple. When it was in- troduced to England in medieval times it was as Indian salt" a rare and precious continent, although the art of boiling sugar was known in India before the Seventh century, and in Egypt much earlier. The Dutch brought sugar to Manhattan, and a New York Gazette of 1730 carried this advertisement: Public notice is hereby given that Nicholas Bayard, of the City of New York, has erected house for refining all sorts of sugar and sugar candy, and has procured from Europe an experienced artist in that mystery."-New York Evening Post.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11

him with a dogged and wary defiance. He had just come from a call at the bedside of Jerry Durand and he felt healthy respect for the man who could do what this light-stepping young fellow had done to the cham pion rough-houser of New York. The story Jerry had told was of an assault from behind with a club, but this Col lins did not accept at par. There were too many bruises on his sides and cuts on his face to be accounted for in any way except by hard toe-to-toe fight.
 "Monin'. Mir. Collins. l left you in a hurry last night and forgot to pay
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
CHAPTER XIII
Johnnie Comes Into His Own.

JOnnnte ComeS Into HIS OWn.
 When Clay shot Cff at a tangent from the car and ceased to function as passenger, Johnnie made an effort to descend and join his friend. but all ready the taxi was travelling at a speed that made this dangerous. He leaned out of the open door and shout ed to the driver.
 Say, femme out, doggone you. wantta get out right here"
 The chauffeur paid not the least at tention to him. He skidded round a corner. grazing the curb, and put his foot on the accelerator. The car jumped forward, sweeping down the wet street, now and again skidding dangerously. It swung into Fourth avenue, slowing to take the curve. At the widest sweep of the arc Johnnie stepped down. His feet slid from un- der him and he rolled to the curb across the wet asphalt. Slowly he got up and tested himself for broken bones. He was sure he had dislocated a few hips and it took him some time to persuade himself he was all right, except for some bruises.
 But Johnnie. free, had no idea what to do. He was as helpless as Johnnie imprisoned in the flying cab. Of what Clay's plan had been he had not the remotest idea. Yet he could not go home and do nothing. He must keep searching. But where? One thing stuck in his mind. His friend had mentioned that he would like to get a chance to call the police to find out whether Kitty had been rescued. He was anxious on that point himself At the first cigar store he stopped and was put on the wire with headQuar- ters. He learned that a car supposed to be the one wanted had been driven into Central park by the police a few minutes earlier.
 JOhnnie's mind carried him on a straight line to the simplest decision. He ran across to Fifth avenue and climbed into bus going uptown. At the Seventy-second street entrance Johnnie left the bus and plunged into the park. The impisE gods who de- light in turning upside down the best laid plans of mice and men were work ing overtime tonight. They arranged it that a girl covering among the wet bushes bordering an unfrequented path heard the "Hi-yi-yi" of Arizo- na and gave a faint cry for help. That call reached Johnnie and brought him on the run.
 A man beside the girl jumped up with a snarl, gun in hand.
 But the Runt had caught a sight of Kitty. A file of fixed bayonets could not have kept him from trying to res cue her. He dived through the brush like a football tackler.
 A gun parked. The little man did not even know it. He and the thug went down together, rolled over. clawed furiously at each other, and got to their feet simultaneously. But the cowpuncher held the gun now. The crook glared at him for a moment, and bolted for the safety of the bushes in wild flight.
 Johnnie fired once, then forgot all about the private little war he had started. For his arms were full of a sobbing Kitty, who clung to him while she wept and talked and exclaimed all in breath.
 "I knew you'd come, Johnnie. I knew you would-you or Clay. They left me here with him while they got
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11

SNii m Oroer 10 DeStroy the Man
 He Hated.
 pionship. He had everything else needed, but he was the victim of his own passion. It betrayed him now. His fighting was that of wild cave man, blind, furious. damaging. He threw away his science and his skill ln order to destroy the man he hated. He rained blows on him-fought with head and knee and fist, was on top of him every moment, controlled by one dominating purpose to make that dancing figure take the dust.
 Clay was cool, quite master of him. self. Before the fight had gone three minutes he knew that, barring A chance blow, some foul play, or a bit of bad luck, he would win. He was covering up. letting the pugilist wear. himself out, and taking only the pun- ishment he must. But he was getting home some heavy body blows that were playing the mischief with Jerry's wind.
 The New Yorker. puffing like a sea lion, came out of rally winded and spent. Instantly Clay took the of fensive. He was a trained boxer as well as a fighter. and he had been taught how to make every ounce of his weight count. Ripping in a body blow as feint, he brought down Durand's guard. A straight left crashed home between the eyes and a heavy solar plexus shook the man to the heels.
 Durand tried to close with him. An uppercut jolted him back. He plunged forward again. They grappled, knock ing over chairs as they threshed across the room. When they went down Clay was underneath, but as they struck the floor he whirled and landed on top.
 The man below fought furiously to regain his feet. Clay's arm worked like a piston rod with short-arm jolts against the battered face. Gasping for breath, Durand suddenly collapsed.
 Clay got to his feet and waited for him to rise. His enemy rolled over and groaned.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
The Game of Whist

All great discoveries are works of time, and the game of whist is no ex- ception to the rule. Its merits were not recognized in early times, and un- der the vulgar appellation of "whisk and swobbers" it long fingered in the servants hall ere it could ascend to the drawing room.
 At length some gentlemen In Eng land who met at the Grown coffee house in Bedford Rod, studied the game, gave it rules, established it's principles, and then Edward Hoyle, in 1743, blazoned it forth to all the world
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
CHAPTER XIV
Johnnie Says He Is Much obIiqed.

Beatrice, just back from riding with BrOmfeld, stood on the steps in front of the grilled door and stripped the gloves from her hands.
 ''Pm on fire with impatience, Bee" he told her. "I can hardly wait for that three weeks to pass. The days drag when I'm not with yOu."
 He was standing step or two be- low her, a graceful, well-groomed fig ure of ease, an altogether desirable catch in the matrimonial market. His dark hair, parted in the middle, was beginning to thin, and tiny crows feet radiated from the eyes, but he re- tained the light, slim figure of youth.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11

It ought not to ;,e hard to love Claren- don Bromfield, his fancee reflected. Yet he disappointingly failed to stir her pulses.
 She smiled with friendly derision. Poor Clary! You don't look like a Vesuvius ready to erupt. You have such remarkable self-control."
 His smile met hers. q can't go up and down the street ringing bell like town crier and shouting it out to everybody I meet"
 Round the corner of the house a voice was lifted in tuneless song.
 Oh. I'm goin' home
 Bull-whackin' for to spurn;
 I aint got a nickel.
 And I don't give a dern.
 Iris when meet pretty girl.
 You bet I will or try,
 I'll make her my little wife,
 Root hog or die.
 You see Johnnie isn't ashamed tc shout out his good iI..entions," she said.
 Johnnie isn't engaged to the love Hest creature under heaven. He doesn't have to lie awake nights for fear the skies will fall and blot him out before his day of bliss"
 Beatrice dropped little curtsy. She held out her hand in dismissal. ''Tin tomorrow, Clary."
 As Bromfeld turned away, Johnnie came round corner of the house, dragging garden hose. He was at. tacking another stanza of the song: There's hard times on old Bitter Creek That never can be beat. It was root hog or die
 Under every wagon sheet. We cleared up all the Indians, Drank
 The puncher stopped abruptly al sight of his mistress.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
HAS TWO SURE CLAIMS TO FAME

pastor. Samuel Wesley's two sons were John and Charles. who after ward became two of the most cele- brated divines of modern history. Thus Defoe was their uncle by mar riage.
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
CHAPTER xil-Continued,

He rushed again. Nothing but his temper, the lack of self-control that made him See red and had once put him at the mercy of a first-class ring general with stamina and a punch, had kept Jerry out of a world cham
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11
A Iinuuist.

My oldest son." remarked Mrs Blunderby, speaks several languages quite f1ippantly."
The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11

hatred. If ever he got good chance at him it would be curtains for the guy from Arizona, he swore savagelN
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-26

DENVER HAS TALL POLICEMAN N- Earl Sanders, ' feet 3, shown with Mrs. L. M. SoIand and Miss Wenoah Koents, who drive cars past his post and never fail to his signals.
 (IntT NewsreeI.l Copyright. 1922. Internationa, News Service.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-25

n1ented dryly as the rapier-like
thrust Of light played about the
dense blackness Of the room. May
the dell take us IL we're not in a
museum!"
They were in a huge, low-ceiling-
ed room which had evidently been
long unused for human occupancy.
on the left trunks and packing cases
or all shapes and sizes were heaped
pell-mell with broken hasps. From
their depths a heterogeneous mass
OF relics and manuscripts had been
scattered in all directions.
Naughty. though fragmentary
idols and humble cooking pots, fear
some weapons, bits OF crumbled
carving, and among them all roll
after roll of ancient parchment to-
gether with notebooks OF a more
modern day.
Scottie approached a long, metal
l!ned box and after one glance with
in promptly retreated.
''it's a mummy" Miles gazed
briefly down at the small. tightly
swathed form and then turned in
differently away "If Andrew found
what he was looking for this after
noon. we are wasting our time, but
don't think he was successful
Those notebooks must contain the
result Of years Of study and classif-
cation and see how the pages are
torn out and scattered about"
Then II was writing that Andrew
was after, and modern writing at
that. for he's only thrown the parch-
ments aside!" Scottie gathered up
handful OF the lose sheets and ex-
amined them critically.
But what was he looking for?
That's what we've got to find out
What would Roger have written and
carted all around the world with
him that his brother would want
badly enough 10 steal? Mr.. Wells
told me that the three brothers were
devotedly attached TO each other.
but have seen small evidence of af-
lection on Andrews part for any Of
them"
do you see ali these odd caskets
Of metal and carved bOne?" Scottie
was playing his torch over the an
Gent relics which Uttered the floor
Perhaps we can find one or two
that hasn't been broken open"
1t was long past midnight when
they desisted at last and Miles re-
marked with a shruC:
II guess we'd better give Il up.
old man. If there was anything here
bearing on our problem Andrew
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-25
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They are harmless-Adv
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relocked the door behind them his
companion seized his arm.
DO you hear that?" Scottie's
husky whisper breathed IN his ear.
Someone's up. and there's a wee
streak OF light coming from that
room at the front. Whose Is it2"
"Hobart's." whispered Miles in r.
Ply. "Flatten yourself against the
wall and walk as lightly as YOU can:
were going 10 look into this"
root by foot they crept along the
nan until they neared Hobart's door.
and then halted as though trans
iXed. for the voice OF Miss Drake.
trembling and charged w!:h long
pent-up emotion. came 20 the lis
tener's ears.
1t Is no use, II we were the only
ones concerned 1 would have kept
THIS from you but it shall not be
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must have made of with It, after
all"
Scottie suppressed a sneeze hero
!oaIly as the dust which stu hoatea
in the air assailed his nostr!ls, and
replied IN a strangled voice:
The mould o. the ages n eating
into my lungs and there's a musty.
spicy reek from that mummy"
The mummy" Miles struck he
hands together softly. It's the one
place We never thought Of. seottie.
We're not beaten yet"
He darted over to the Ions. coffin
Ike case and his companion follow
ed somewhat reluctantly
''The-the person doesn't appear
90 have been disturbed since the
Pyramids we've built" he ventured.
What are you about. lad? You're
NEVER going 10 undress it,"
It's Peruvian. not Egyptian:
don't YOU see the inscriptions" re.
sponded Miles in quick. excited
whisper. Moreover, the wrappings
about the head and breast have been
Urwound within a very few years at
most and then replaced!
Miles inserted his hand with in
finite care beneath the shrunken,
flint-like breast and drew forth
slender roll OF parchment. Scottle
hastily returned his unwelcome bur
den TO its original position and
strobe around the case 20 stare over
his friends shoulder at the discov-
cry.
IT'S in figure writing" ne ex-
claimed disgustedly as the root IN
wound. You'd never be able 10 read
1t and it would do you no good n
you did! I've no doubt it's a prayer
Fut it back. owen, it's defylng
Providence"
'Defying your grandmother"
Miles interrupted This message Is
in Egyptian hieroglyphics, Scottie. I
know that muchi-Egyptian picture
writing in the wrappings OF a Peru.
Wan mummy!-Get me a piece OF
that parchment from the floor. VIII
your"
Scottie compiled and held both his
torch and that OF his companion
while the latter compared the tex
ture OF the scrolls At length he
drew a quick breath and faced the
older man with shining eyes.
4 can't read a word of II "a YOU
say. but by the Lord Harry I think
we've got it, There are professors
n town who can decipher IL for us
and be depended upon TO hold their
tongues afterward. and we'll see that
II reaches one Of them tomorrow
But it can't be what Andrew was
looking for!" ScOttie expostulated.
| He certainly cannot translate heiro
what you saidl"
Nor would we have known that
1t was what he wanted If ne had
found it," retOrted Miles. Can't YOU
see. old man? That was the inten-
ton Of the person who placed II
there. 1t Is something that had 10
be preserved and yet must he un-
decipherable TO anyone not a stu
dent Of Egyptology."
Miles slowed papyrus and parch-
ment carefully in his pocket.
Switching off their torches they
stole from the room. but as Miles
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CONTINUED From Our last Issue)
Wells is an old fool" Andrew
continued. 7 say there Is nothing
ony Of US can do for Rroger; he'll
sleep like a baby tonight and be all
right i'm the morning. I'm going out
ard I shan't be back until late but
III take my key and I won't disturb
you If youu tell Carter not 10 put
the chain on the door"
re strobe heavily from the room
and in another moment Miss Drake
and Hobart followed.
It's work eor nothing TO set the
table for them they don't hardly
touch a th.nS," Carter mourned. as
he and Miles cleared away the final
debris Of the meal I'm sure 7
don't know what's come 20 this
house. nor where its going 70 endl"
What's there 10 be scared Off"
Miles asked stoutly. 1--WE seen moth
ing barring that fainting spell OF
Mr. Rogers today. Is he often took
Ike that2~
Carter shook his head.
0NAr OlAtE AEA4A e anu AAAAA was
Just day or two after-after the
constable brought Mr. Hobart home
when he'd been walking in his sleep.
That's what you heard. amt 10.
William 90 He asked the question
with almost pathetic eagerness.
No" william replied bluntly. If
YOU want the truth I heard he was
either drunk or crazy"
Not a thing had he touched that
night. for I had the only set of keys
tc the wine cellar" Carter asserted
soIemnly. I've vet 10 see Mr.. Ho-
hart in liquor but I can't say as
much for Mr. Andrew Mr.. Andrew
was trial 20 the rest OF the family
when he came back. though he's
toned down considerable. especially
ir his language. Il was shocking
20 hear. Williani"
II shouldn't De surprised" Miles
observed. did be bring those fits
back with him. too. from Austria
l.a ."
You mean what happened last
Monday" Carter lowered his voice.
IF you want 20 know my opinion
from what Z could ger out OF Ed
ward I think M Andrew was
shamming. though the Lord only
knows why"
Miles glanced sharply at the old
man but his tone was casua; as ne
remarked:
He was playing a trick on Ed
" ard. maybe. but there was no fake
about Mr. Rogers faint today"
No. and as FOR Mr.. Hobart I'm
ssad he's given up the stock market
before--hefore he lost everything.
though som etines I've wished that
the money never came IN the nrss
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-25
ESdGI665aa PEofiISg1
END Loss" in Inductance Coils May Present
Reception of Signals

&c when coils are near. or in, the
magnetic field % coils actually be-
irg used in circuit The effect may
be demonstrated by placing a coll
near your receiver circuit
Connect q small variable con-
denser across the terminals OF the
coil Vary the condenser and note
that At a certain point-4f the values
Of the coil and condenser are the
proper ones-the signals Will dis
appear.
II the couritnS between the test
coil and tho ceceiver is very weak.
these effects viii not be marked. II
il Is very close. which IS the condi-
ton when ally a part Of the wind
irgs OF A CO are in use. the enecti
will be mora marked
Connections.
The connection of switch contacts
and wiring leads 10 a coil will great
y increase its capacity. For this
reason cons. derable care in design
IS required In all radio sets.
Those receivers which cover the
smallest band OF wave lengths are
usually more efficient This il not
necessarily true, however, for means
have been found OF offsedting these
effects even where great ranges are
10 be covered.
In the diagram &. coil Is shown,
tuned for reception OF 20O-meter
waves. The coil capacity, repre-
scented by the condenser set across
the terminals, together with the coil
irductance. also is tuned TO 200
meters. The greater portion OF the
coils energy is absorbed by the un-
used section.
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