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Sheriff. hesitnted, then assenled "n"
they went round the block together 10
The Coryet house. Sheriff.. after lew
instants' hesitation, took the key from
his pocker and unlocked the door ana
went in. The rooms, they saw, were
nil in perfect order; summer covers
had been put upon the furniture; pro
tecrinc cloths had been spread over
the beds upstairs. After their inspec-
ton. they came ont again at the lront
door and her father closed 1t win
swapping Of the spring lock.
Constance. as they walked away,
turned and looked back at the old
house. gloomy and dark among Its
newer. fresher-looking neighborS' ana
suddenly she choked, and her eyes
grew wet. That feeling was not for
Uncle Benny; the drain of days past
had exhausted such a surge Of feeling
for him. That which she could not
wink away was for the boy who had
come to that house few weeks ago
and for the man who just now had
gone.
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The WAY to Do Il.

Mary Garden. the great singer. was
the guest of honor at chorus girls
tea in Chicago.
You girls are all beautiful" Miss
Garden said, "and l know you must
all he a good deal bothered in the
streets by men. Always turn these
men down-politely but firmly, you
know"
That's easier said than done" u
blonde chorus girl demurred.
Not at all" said the diva.
well, now" said the blonde chorus
girl thoughtfully, suppose hand
some young man should stop his rae
ing car, jump out, and offer you his
hand and say, Your face is familiar
what would you do then?"
I'D answer" said Miss Garden, 80
are your manners
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LAND OF THE DRUM"

SYNOPSIS.-Wea and highly
placed In the Chicago business
world. Benjamin Corvet is some
thing of a recluse and mystery
to his associates. After stormy
Interview with his partner, Henry
Spearman, Corvet seeks Constance
Sheriff., daughter Of his other
business partner. Lawrence Sher-
rill, and secures from her a prom
ise not to marry Spearman until lie
returns. He then disappears. Sher-
riu learns Corvet has written TO
certain Alan Conrad. in Blue Rap
Ids. Kansas, and exhibited strange
agitation over the matter. Alan
arrives in Chlgaso. From state
ment OF Sheriff. It seems prob
able Conrad is Corvets illegitimate
son. Corvet has decided his house
and It's contents 70 Alan. who takes
possession. That night Alan dis
covers man ransackins CorveJs
apartments. Tie intruder thinks
Alan ghost and raves of the MI
waka" After struggle the man es-
capes Next day Alan learns from
Sheriff. that Corver has decided his
entire property 70 him. InIrOduced
to Spearmsa- Alan IS Astontshsd AZ
the discovery ch2r he : the man
whom he had fought Il his house
the night 5s<o-e- Spe2ru21 laughs
At and de6as t-Z S2=zrE,a1 pol
sons C11<.Azcz E1tnt against
Alan Sc=sec,.y- --iss % XII Alan
In tie uEe- CurEe-s Indian se-y-
Snt- " ASA ssa--- r=ils AlA- he b.
ueves rs employer = dad He
also tells hi-- ne legend o: the In
sian tr-z Eh.ch according 10 old
superstition hs1s o1cz FOR every
life lost OF The Great Lakes Tweu-
ty years before. the great frsIShtsr
MlwakS had gone down with
twenty-five on board. but the Drum
had sounded tOr only t~enty-sour,
leaving the inference that one per
son had been saved Luke. who
has long been blackmallIug Corvet,
appears. talks mysteriously and
dies.
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You mean you want me to
marry you-at once, Henry?"
CTo BE CoNTINUEp.)
Human Life Too Short.

BY all the rules which nature oh.
serves among humber mammals. 100
years ought to be n very ordinary age
Tor human being. Where is the
mammal which, unless its life is cut
short by accident or disease, fails to
i've to an age five times as great as
the time 1t took to reach maturity? A
fairly careful survey of the field an.
swers Nowhere" Indeed, the ratio
OF total life to maturity Is more likely
to be six, seven or eight, than Ave.
But man, whose maturity cannot h.
placed at less than 20 or %, thinks he
Is doing well when he passes three
score and ten, and only one out Of
many thousands reaches the age Of
one hundred.
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at. The names and addresses ON these
oldest, yeuowed pages had been first
written. it was plain, all at the same
time and with the same pen and INK
and each sheet in the beginning had
contained seven or eight names. Some
of these original names and even the
addresses had been left unchanged,
but most of them had been scratched
out and altered many timeS-other
and quite different names had been
substituted; the pages had become
finally almost illegible, crowded
scrawls. rewritten again and again In
Corvet'S cramped hand. Alan strained
forward. holding the first sheet to the
light.
Alan seized the clippings he had
looked at before and compared them
swiftly with the page he had just read :;
two of the names-WesthouSe and
French-were the same as those upon
this list. Suddenly he grasped the
other pages of the list and looked
them through for his own name; but
It was not there. He dropped the
sheets upon the table and got up and
began to stride about the room,
He felt that In this list and In these
clippings there must be, somehow.
some one general meaning-they must
relate in some way to one thing; they
must have deeply, intensely concerned
Benjamin Corvet's disappearance and
his present fate, whatever that might
be, and they must concern Alan's fate
as we'll But in their disconnection,
their lncoherence. he could discern no
common thread What conceivable
bond could there have been uniting
Benjamin Corvet at once with an old
man dying upon poorfnrm in Emmett
county. wherever that might he. and
with baby girl now some two wears
old. in Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin?
He called Wnssaquam into the IL
brary and brought the lists and clip
pings out again.
DO you know at all what these are,
Judah:" he asked.
NO. Alan. I have seen Ben have
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INFORMATION DEPARIN1
Commercial inquiries answefsd
information gladly furnished vtl
cost. Address any firm aboye
HOW MUCH DO STRIKES cosl
THE NATION?
Curious Figures Based on D.patn,
of labor Statistics.

Washington, July G.-Statstis
sued by the Department of Labor b
that strikes in this country ari
more than $500 per year. 1t Is
contended by the department that
figures are accurate, since they |
pend upon newspaper and trade pl
reports for the most part, but d
they are under rather than OyerSs
mentS.
1t is impossible truthfully to 4
mate the average cost OF strike. 81
they vary 50 in duration, number
workmen affected and economic
through whatever industry Is vh
or partially shut down. But
most conservative possible estimate
adopted, and it is considered that
average strike affects 100 wOHnl
and that the average strike laS's
DAYS. the total arrived at is S@N1
working days lost per year
average cost to each workman u
per day and the average loss 10 q
industry does not exceed tlree ~
the loss TO the workmen, then slnl
cost this country some s6GO@"'
year. =,
1t is not believed that these hsl
are anything but suggestive :.
average strike undoubtedly ali'
thousands, rather than HUNDREDS
for many more than ten days
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them, and take them out and put them
back. That is all 1 know"
DO you know any of these peo-
ple:"
He gave the lists to Wassaquam.
who studied them through attentively,
holding them to the lamp.
NO, Alan
Have you ever heard of any of
their names before?'
are common names
DO you know the places:"
"Yes-the places. They are lake
ports or little villages on the lakes. /
have been in most of them, Alan. En-
met county, Alan. l came from there.
Henry comes from there. too
'Then that is where they hear the
Drum?"
Yes, Alan"
My father took newspapers from
those places did he not?'
wassaquam looked over the ad-
dresses again. yes; from all. He
took them for the shipping news, he
said. And sometimes he cut pieces
out of them-these pieces, see now !;
and afterward l burned the papers !;
he would not let me only throw them
away"
That's all you know about them,
Judah?'
Yes, Alan; that is ALL"
Alan dismissed the Indian, who.
stolidly methodical in the midst of
these events. went downstairs and
commenced to prepare dinner which
Alan knew he could not eat. Alan got
up and moved about the rooms; he
went back and looked over the lists
and clippings once more; then he
moved about again. How strange a
picture of his father did these things
call up to him When he had thought
of Benjamin Corvet before, 1t had been
as Sheriff. had described him, pur-
sued by some thought he could not
conquer, seeking relief in study, In cor.
respondence with scientific societies,
in anything which could engross him
and shut out memory. But now he
must think Of him, not merely as one
trying to forget; what had thwarted
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81 believe in giving everything its
due and l want to say right now 1 just
cant praise Tanlac too highly for what
1t has done in my case" declared
James p. Humphreys, proprietor of the
Hebron Motor Co., Hebron, Md.
"For three years or more l suffered
from Indigestion. After eating 1 would
bloat terribly with gas and my heart
would palpitate until it interfered with
my breathing. / was habitually consti-
pated and my nerves were all upset.
My sleep was unsound, / got up morn
ings all tired out, and / was only u
shadow of my former self
"Well, Tanlac has given me a keen
appetite. stomach trouble has disap-
peared, my nerves have steadied down,
and l have gained several pounds.
Tanlac. to my mind, is the best thing
ever sold for stomach trouble and rum
down condition."
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
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CHAPTER XII
The Things From corvet's Pockets
"Miss Constance Sheriff..
gone

Miss Constance Sheriff.,
Harbor Springs, Michigan"
The address. In large scrawllng let.
ters, was written across the brown
paper of the package which had been
brought from the post office in the lit
tie resort village only few moments
before. The paper covered shoe box,
crushed and old, bearing the name of
IS. Klug. Dealer in Fine Shoes. Mani
towoc, Wisconsin" The box, like the
outside wrapping, was carefully tied
with a string.
Constance. knowing no one In Mani
towOc and surprised at the nature Of
the package, glanced at the postmnrk
on the brown paper which She had re-
moved; 1t too was stamped Manlto-
voc. She cut the strings about the
box and took off the cover. 4 black
and brown dotted silk cloth filled the
box; and, seeing it, Constance caught
her breath. 1t was-at least it was
very llke-the muftler which Uncle
Benny used to Wear IN winter.
She started with trembling fingers
to take it from the box; then, realiz-
ing from the weight of the package
that the cloth was only wrapping or,
at least, that other things We're in the
box, she picked up box and wrapping
and ran up to her room. SHE locked
the door ard put the box upon the
bed; now she lifted out the cloth. 1t
was a wrapping, for the heavier things
came with it; and now. also, it re-
IaI .f,,IN ba "a,
Gle Benny's scarf! a paper fiuttered
out as she began to unroll it-a little,
crOss-lined leaf EVIDENT, torn from IL
pocket memorandum book. 1t had
been folded and rolled up. She spread
it out; writing was upon it, the small
irregular letters of Uncle Benny's
hand.
send 10 Alan Conrad" she read;
there followed a Chicago address-the
number of Uncle Benny's house ON
Astor street. Below this was another
line:
Better care of Constance Sheriff.
(Miss)." There followed the .Jher-
rills' address upon the Drive And to
this was another correction:
Not after June 12 then to Harbor
Springs, Mich. Ask some one of that
be sure the date; after June -"
Constance, trembling, unrolled the
scarf; now coins showed from fold,
next pOcketknife ruined and rusty,
next watch-a mans large gold
watch with the case queerly pitted
and worn completely through in places.
and last plain little band of gold of
the size for womans finger-a we'd
ding ring. Constance, gasplng and
with fingers shaking so from excite
ment that she could scarcely hold
these objects, picked them up and ex-
amined them-the ring first.
1t very evidently was, as she had
Immediately thought, wedding ring
once fitted for finger only trne
less slender than her own. one side
of the gold band was very much worn.
not with the sort of wear which n
ring gets on hand, but by some diff
ferent sort of abrasion The other
side of the band was roughened and
pitted but not so much worn; the in.
side still bore the traces of an in.
scriptlon. "As long as We 10
all alive" Constance could read. and
the date, June ., 1891"
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CHAPTER xI
The Land of the Drum.

The Land of the Drum.
Alan went with Wassaquam into the
front library, after the Indian had
shown Spearman out.
This was the man. Judah, who came
for Mr.. Corvet that night I was hurt?"
Eyes, Alan" Wassuquam said.
He was the man, then, who came
here twice year, at least, to see Mr.,
Corvet?"
Yes"
II was sure of it." Alan said Can
you tell me now why he came here,
Judah?"
a have told you l do not know"
Wassaquam replied. Ben always saw
him; Ben gave him money. I DO not
know why"
Alan had been holding his hand over
the papers which he had thrust into
his pocket; he went back into the
smaller library and spread them under
the reading lamp to examine them.
But, as he looked the pages over now.
he felt a chill Of disappointment and
chagrin. They did not contain any
narrative concerning Benjamin Cor
vet's life; they did not even relate TO
a single event. They We're no narra-
tive AT all. They were-in his first
examination of them, he could not tell
what they were.
They consisted in all of some dozen
sheets of irregular size, some of which
had been kept much longer than 9TH
ers, a few of which even appeared
fresh and new. The three pages
which Alan thought, from their vel
lowed and worn look, must be the old
est, and which must have been kept
for many years, contained only a list
OF names and addresses. Tile remain
ing pages, which he counted as ten
in number. contained nearly n hun
dred brief clippings from newspapers;
the clippings had been very carefully
cut out, they had been pasted with
painful regularity on the sheets. and
each had been dated across its face
dates made with many different pens
and with many different inks. hut all
in the same irregular handwriting as
the letter which Alan had received
from Benjamin Corvet.
Alan, his fingers numb In his disap-
pontment. turned and examined all
these pages; but they contained moth
ing else. He read one of the clippings,
which was dated "Feb. 1912"
1.-THE passing away of one of the
oldest residents of Emmett county oc-
Cured at the poorfarm on Thursday
of last week. Mr. Fred Westhouse
was one of four brothers brought by
their parents into Emmett county in
1916. He established himself here as
farmer and was we'll known among
our people for many years. He was
nearly the last of his family. which
was quite wen OFF at one time. Mr..
Westhouse's three brothers and his
father having perished in various dis
asters upon the lake. His wife died
two years ago. He is survived by
daughter Mrs. Arthur Pearl. of Flint"
He read another:
"Hallford-Spens. On Tuesday last
Miss Audrey Hallford. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hallford, Of this
place. was united in the bonds Of holy
matrimony to Mr.. Robert Spens, of
Escanaba. All wish the young couple
we'll"
He read another:
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hal French,
daughter, Saturday afternoon last
Miss Vera Arabella French, at her ar
rival weighed seven and one-half
pounds"
This clipping was dated, in Benja-
min Corvet's hand, sturgeon Bay,
Wis. Aug. 1914" Alan put It aside
in bewiIderment and amaze and took
up again the sheets he frst had looked
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Law to Regulate Slow p'" .,s',,i

Salem, ore.-Proposeu ,ne d
looking to. the resu'"''on o1sr viii |
driver as well as the spe'u = ,bs ID
sought at the next session .S,sf q, :" Ins1
stature, T. A. Rafferty,, ,.a, el,'ta aursal s
tor for the law enlor.. e,,o departrsl
the state motor vehicle .aid "aI the !.
announces. Mr.. Rafferty, ,,,e ,I foo u
span som Who drives his automobile m ), mens,s ma
on oul' the state highway is. is tne l''ea cal
traffic, in that he re'',a later dtya
lowing and causes the ,a.1st ,nst lausr
take chances. He added ,,s .,,a' hIgnrl
ulating traffic on ,',,sm the sta'v rs well u
should set out a m''''"
maximum speed.
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Asks for Harmony in c. 0. ?. ha

Columbus, Ohio,-PreSluen' nav
in an address here maue "s
onneol for harmony in the ranks d
Republican party. TOO many ,.a,, s
fess to be Republicans, ne ueas ,.
are attempting to attract a'.,as ,'is,
themselves" instead of wOIAls
the good of their party aau -, w 4
The President said he dlu "' v. u y
to he n "soloist," but added 'lla' "a, ", Y
one had to act as director ''
there would be no harmony
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CHAPTER x-conti1ued.

But Luke had SAID nothing about
Spearman. It had oeen Coryet. and
Corvet alone Of whom Luke had
spoken; it was Corvet whom he had
accused it was Corvet who had given
him money. Was it conceivable, then.
that there had been two such events in
Corvet's life? That one of these
events concerned the Miwaka and
Spearman and some one-some one
with bullet hole above the eye
who had got" Corvet; and that the
other event had concerned Luke and
something else? II was not cOnceiva-
Bile. Alan was sure; ii was all one
thing II Corvet had to do with the
Miwaka, then Luke had had TO do with
1t too. And Spearman? But if Spear
man had been involved in that guilty
thing. had not Luke known 1t? Then
why had not Luke mentioned Spear
man? Or had Spearman not been real
ly involved? Had it been, perhaps.
only evidence of knowledge of what
Corvet had done that Spearman had
tried to discover and destroy?
Alan went to the door and opened
1t. as he heard Spearman upon the
steps again. Spearman waited only
until the door had been reclosed be-
hind him.
"Well, Conrad. what was the idea Of
bringing Miss Sheriff. into this?"
81 didn't bring her in; l tried the
best could to keep her out"
"out of what-exactly?
aaYofr I-upU- rbap
know exactly what it is. You know
that man, Spearman; you know what
he came here for. don't mean money;
mean you know why he came here
for money, and why he got it. 1 tried,
as well as l could, to make him tell
me: but he wouldn't do 1t. There's
disgrace of some sort here. of course
disgrace that Involves my father and,
think, you too. If you're not guilty
with my father, you'll help me now if
you are guilty, then, at least, your re-
fussl to help win let me know that
81 don't know what you're talking
about. 1 told you this man may have
been wheelsman on the Coryet;
don't know more about him than that
don't even know that certainly. OF
course, knew Ben Corvet was paying
biackmail; I've known for years that
he was giving up money to some one.
I don't know who he paid 1t to; or for
what"
The strain of the last few hours was
telling upon Alan; his skin flushed hot
and cold by turns. He paced up and
down while he controlled himself
H'1'bpt'S DOf apptfUh ba
said finally. "I-Pve felt you, some
how, underneath all these things The
first time saw you, you were in this
house doing something you ought not
to have been doing; you fought me
then; you would have killed me rather
than not get away. Two weeks ago,
ZONE one attacked me on the street.
for robbery. they said; but l know 1t
wasn't robbery"
you're not so crazy as to be trying
to involve me in that"
There came sound to them from
the hall, sound Enthusiastically denot-
Ing some presence. Spearman jerked
suddenly up; Alan, going to the door
and looking into the hall. saw Wassa-
guam. The Indian evidently had re-
turned to the house some time before |;
he had been bringing to Alan now the
accounts which he had settled. he
seemed to have been standing In the
hall for some time. listening; but he
came In now, looking inquiringly from
one to the other Of them.
.Not friendsr' he inquired. "You
and Henry?"
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e,r,.r is Freed by Court ofa'F.

Los Angeles, Callf.-Willla,,, n.,s ~ h
Ter. 10, whose wiie anu '" mock fa
got IA days work and cue cns'@ 'fts l
in payment. He put a ar,Y aaS snsnt
four, cashed the check anu aars er ID
$40 on his family. a ie" s,ri,sIer I
Strickler's wife died anu 'nau5,lit
,n' nnd taken to Jail. The case "''
missed by the court
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IS Injured in Train w'',s ''a.

Chicago.-Seventy-l"e,, vhea
injured, only one serlous,,, ,,,t,e pass
Chicago-bound Pere .'" q New y
ger train crashed into :, rear Pa.
Central engine on u sued 'aad to chic
Ind. The train procedaesd sed first !
after the injured reeeiyeSa ',aaaSs besa',
Officials of both r,,i'.o ,,ntoly when
investigation immediaae,S' a ac seventh
persons reported h''n0
scratches.
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His lncoQnito.

y man, arriving ut an English hotel,
was asked, according TO custom. to
register his name.
The stranger took up Il pen and
wrote THE King of SPAIN
The clerk was surprised. The
manager made inquiries. and. ap-
preaching the visitor, said, Excuse
me, sir, is this your writing in the
book"
Eyes, SIR replied the visitor.
But" continued the manager. "you
are not really the king of SPAIN"
to which the visitor replied, NO; but
l travel under that namc-it is my
incognlto :"
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Nothing Secret.

The Dentist-There. now! No one
on earth can tell that those are arti'
fetal teeth.
The Patient-My dearest chum can
tell And she wilI-Judge.
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Good health is mans greatest wealth
and his greatest enjoyment
The Newark journal., 1922-05-18
Boil Weevil Remedies

Literature advertising boil Weevil remedies is being circu- lated all over the cotton belt and many people are buying these remedies. Thousands of dollars have been spent fool ishly on such things and 1 wish to warn the people of this community not to take any chances.
 The U. s. Department of Agriculture has been and is trying every remedy that com- es out, and this is what they in combating the boil weevil:
 Two methods, one is the cultural method, and the other Is calcium arsenate in dust form.
 The cultural method con- sists of picking up the squares, cleaning up the fields, turning under the stalks in the fall of the year, rapid cultivation and good fertilization.
 Dusting with calcium arsen- ate will cost on an average of $2.50 to $500 per acre. h. structions for the use of cal cium arsenate will appear in this paper later. Also 1 will be glad to furnish them to any che upon request.
 H. C.. DASHER, Dept. Vocational Agriculture.
 Oil Trough High School.
The Newark journal., 1922-05-18
READY TO BUILD DAM
Preliminaries for Cotter Pro-
 ject All Complete.

Walker Powell, president of the Dixie Power Company of Cotter, recently gave out the statement that all prelim- mary work preparatory to the construction and completion of the Dixie Dam at Cotter had been completed adn that there remains to be done the making Of the final engineering report, which is now being prepared by the chief engineer, Col. Henry A. Allen, who estimates that his report will be ready by Aug. 15.
The Newark journal., 1922-05-18
WARNING ORDER

Tn the Independence Chancery Court, June term 1922 2; ..e. 0oN IT prower Plaintiff, .e: ,J;a Brown Defendant. AtTl The Defendant, Addie Brown. is hereby warned to ap- near in this court, within thirty davs and answer the complaint oy of inc Plaintiff, J. H. Brewer, filed herein against him. him
 This April 3rd. 1922,
 W. R. WESTBROOk Clerk of the Chancery Court. | K. Alexander, Attorney for the Plantlf1. I. Hereby appoint l. J. Matheney, Attorney for the non-resident Defendant.
 Clerk,
The Newark journal., 1922-05-18
---- -''-7---------- -------=---s-'-------- FOR SALE

One car Moss Rose Flour, chops, bran, mule feed, sudan grass seed. The best coffee in town. Anything you want in the grocery line. J. A. Kan easter, at Jeffery Bros. store. Batesville Ark.
The Newark journal., 1922-05-18
CITY OFFICERS

Mayor, J. H. Holderby. Recorder, E. H. Williamson. Treasurer, H. E. Hawthorne. Marshal, J. F. Morgan.
 Night Marshal, John May han.
 Aldermen, E. R. Moore, E. ". Magness, w. J. Freeze, E. G. Magness, w. L. Hall.