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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-13

Mrs .Ad3Se Psrf1rA. candidate sc-
clerk az tire csnrss Is rnakEnr ss1i-
a1s canvas es the eTsuzsg. according
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-13

ran ,sarss ball YESTERDAYS sue-
cess n4kes a s.shs ssraasAs for sAs
hazar ssshEn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-13

&c ; curb L not yzt ca the reckless
driving between Gufhrle Ard the
CuuntsY CEuh- Eanlgsc In Try some
drivers. tragedy l. Ensrstsb.s
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-13

Taa-e Is n1re wafer N CcaHtrT
Glib lake. EZlss0-'s lake and the city
reserTS~r n2w shan III any time u the
past ss this season OF the year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-07-13

lusArst E-1nsers~ h4we senn5 sAasr
cad tAuse s1rvsa Gr1aa and are Gag ting
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

tress- II am sure that Aunt Clara
will be deeply grateful, but you
VIII not think me unkind If | feel
that II want to be alone? This
has all come SO suddenly that L
don't feel I can discuss it even with
$3.50 good a friend as you"
The coroner's nasal tones sound
ed from the stairway.
1T isn't whether it's likely or
not, doctor: it's what the evidence
proves. I don't care il the other
girl got of without being harmed,
or not. nor il there isn't a sign of
gas in the room This here's 4 case
of asphyxiaticn-"
There followed an indistinguish-
able murmur in Doctor Green's de-
predatory tones, and then the cor
oner's stubborn rejoinder:
THE blood test will tell. II |
ind the indications that l suspect
from the appearance of the skin
this is going to be one of the big
gest cases the county ever knew"
The front door slammed. AS the
loud, measured steps descended
from the veranda Fay turned in
~ itCi
You heard?" she asked. They
think that it was murder But how
could it have been? The ROOM was
lighted by electricity, like all the
rest OF the house; there Is not even
gas range in the kitchen, and we
had no fire in the CRATE. Besides,
how is it conceivable that Laurel
could have smothered to death and
l not even been awakenedT'
Don't try to think about it, my
dear" Clayton patted her arm
gently. You know what an alarm
lst Coroner Shaw is, and as for the
sheriff, he is always making mys-
terry out of nothing. Just because
few cushions and steamer rug
were stolen from Pearsall's launch,
and the pantries of one or two of
the summer residences were broken
into by some enterprising tramp,
our friend here was cooking up a
fine little mystery until this morn
ing's affair came along to drive it
out of his mind"
Il, too, had forgotten the man. /"
Fay shuddered involuntarily. That
white, drawn face, with its staring
eyes, arose in her memory. The
wave of dizziness swept over her
once more. She got to her feet
somewhat unsteadily. with one
hand to her swimming head. Real
~, if you don't mind, l think will
go and try to rest"
On the stairs Fay came face to
face with her aunt The latter was
composed, but very pale, and in her
blue eyes there was a haunted, tor
tured look.
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ISABEL O STRANDEV@=

hall. Sergeant Barry motioned to-
ward the window seat.
Miss Tudor this may turn out
to be mere case of natural death,
but should it not, it will be a mat
ter for Sheriff Hulse, and he has
asked me, unofiicially. to give him
the benefit of my services"
You mean-suicideT % Fay start
ed in horror Laurel had every
thing in the world to live for. /
have already told you how happy
she was last night-happier than
she had ever been In all her life
before"
do you mean that something
had occurred quite out of the ordi-
nary course of existence for her
A romance"'
Yes. 1t has not been announced
as yet; in fact, her own mother was
only to be told of it today. but the
affair would, know, have met with
her highest approval. Young Lieu
tenant Harry Cadmus had asked
her to be his wife"
She was thoroughly happy in
the prospect? You knew of no 9TH
er romance which would not have
been so graciously received by her
motherT'
None whatever. Laurel was
desperately in love, as was Harry.
If it were not heart disease what
can have caused my cousin S
death?'
Until the coroner performs an
autopsy we. cannot be sure. Miss
Tudor, are you light sleeper
Would you know If any one entered
the room during the night?"
Il cannot be sure. l returned
from France in a highly nervous
condition, you know, and that
would predispose my awakening at
the slightest sound, but I was over
stimulated last night by the excite
ment of the dance and remained
awake until long after Laurel her
self had dropped off to sleep"
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How do you feel now, Miss
Tudor Does your head feel heavy
or congested? Are youth the habit
of taking any narcotic or sleeping
potionT
"Oh, never. My head feels quite
as usual, Sergeant Barry. Why do
you ask? Your questions just now
made me think of suicide, even
though L knew how mapifestly i'm
possible such thing could be in
connection with my gloriously hap
py little cousin Are you suggest
ing now that there may have been
something far worse, that some hid
eous, unspeakable crime was com
mltted in that room last night? Do
you mean-murder?
She broke off as the door at the
farther end of the hall opened sud-
denly and Mrs. Tudor appeared,
Il must see her! You shall let
me I'M do not believe you, any
of you! 1t cannot be that my baby
is deadi"
she is, ma'am, though I am
mighty sorry to say it." The sher-
in produced a key and unlocked
the door.
She seemed not to have heard,
but made her way with the slow,
measured step of a somnambulist to
the bedside, where she fell upon
her knees and took the small rigid
hand in hers. The sheriff had re-
manned respectfully outside the
door. but like a shadow the young
police sergeant had passed him and
stood motionless now behind the
kneeling figure
MY baby. Speak to met You
are only sleeping. you will awak-
EN-"
But the parted blue-white lips
gave no response, and the fixed
stare of the glazed half-open eyes
convinced the well-nigh crazed
mother that her plea had fallen
upon ears forever deaf, and with
the first outburst OF tears she bent
her head upon the coverlet of the
bed.
Fay came swiftly forward and
with Sergeant Barry attempted to
lift her aunt to her feet.
Don't touch mer' Mrs. Tudor
turned Historically upon the girl
and then her face quivered and she
cried appealingly: ooh. Fay, can't
you see I want to be alone? That
1 could not endure sympathy just
yet? My grief is my own! My
own!"
Fay drew back in pitiful, shocked
amazement but the doctor nodded
to her reassuringly and himself es-
eorted the sorrow-stricken woman
to her own apartment
Fay was scarcely dressed when
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moved to Moline TUESDAY.

mOfeu TO moline TUESDAY.
Earl Ramsey and Lou Ferguson
made a business trip to Kewanes
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Kelsey, who
have been visiting Mr.. Kelsey's
mother and sister here, returned %
their home in Jenkins. MINI.
Henry Behart and family moved
to Sheffield Tuesday. Misses Elma
and Velma will remain here with
their grandmother, Mrs. Charles
Walgrave, until they finish the
eighth grade.
Wiley VanDyke and family have
moved to Manlius. Mr.. VanDyke
has been farming here in the ked-
ron Valley for the past year.
Miss Anna Cregaert, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Cregaert and
Henry Billet, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Billet, were married this
morning at the Sacred Heart
church.
Nels Hanson of HooppoIe was an
Annawan caller Tuesday.
Rev. W. E. Bradburn spoke at
the Community church Sunday
morning on 1.-THE Gift of God" and
in the evening on Three Heroes. -
The church was crowded at both
services.
Miss A. Blanche Slater at the
hospital in Springfield continues
to improve.
Henry Worth has moved to the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

My dear" she said. II did not
mean to drive you from me just
now. u was beside myself / did
not know what ! thought or said. !"
Fay kissed her and went on up
the stairs. Despite her assertion
that she could not think OF Laurelfs
Death the problem confronted her
with insistence.
But who on earth would have
wanted TO harm Laurel? The
young girl had not an enemy in
the world, and she was facing the
greatest happiness which life could
mold for her. If this hideous idea
OF murder could have any basis in
fact 1t must undoubtedly be the
work of some insane intruder.
With that thought there came
again the memory of that strange
sinister face, and Fay sat bold up
right Now in retrospect, with her
brain supersensitized by the shock
OF the morning. it seemed to her
that, after all, there had been
something vaguely familiar in the
strained, half-crazed face that had
stared into hers from the darkness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

cottage on the canal, where he will
be engaged In repair work on the
canal.
Victor De Crane and family will
move 10 the Ben Bonte farm south
east of town the first of March.
Mrs. John Batten. who has been
confined to her bed for the last
two weeks by pneumonia, is able
to be out.
Henry Bohart and family will
move to Shetfield Wednesday.
Yer Couteran Bros, extensive
farmers and stock raisers, moved
from the Joe Gilbraith farm west
of town to the Humphreys place
southeast OF town.
D. A. Howard. editor OF the At
kinson News, was a business caller
here Monday.
Dave Potter. who has been at
Newton, Iowa, for several weeks
past in the interests of the Hol-
ringer farms, fell from a wagon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03
Begin HERE TO-DAY.

Eray TUDOR, wealthy orphan,
suffers a nervous breakdown in
Frauce after learning of the
death in battle of her brother,
wilbur. She returns TO the Tu-
dor estate in Sandy Cove and ia
met by her aunt, an attractive
widow,
MRS. CLARA TUDOR. and the lat
ters daughter,
LAUREL The summer colony is
frightened by the reported pres
ence of wild man" whom Fay
believes she has seen peering in
the windows of the Tudor house.
SHERIFF HULSE and his friend,
SERGEANT JOHN BARRY. a New
YORK detective, investigate. Fay
is attracted by the personality of
CAPTAIN WARREN, her brothers
friend, who was with Wilbur
when he fell. On the night of
Mrs. Tudor's dance,
KENNETH CLAYTON, wealthy phi
lanthropist, who is thought to be
in love with Mrs. TUDOR, pro-
poses to Fay. She rejects him.
After the dance. and before re-
firing, Luarel confesses to Fay
that she is in love with
HARRY CADMUS, an old love of
Fay's but for whom she has long
ceased to care. Fay congratu-
lates Laurel and wishes her hap
piness. The girls sleep in the
same room. In the morning
Laurel is found dead from as
phyxiation and murder is sus-
pected. Fay breaks the news to
her Aunt Clara.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

yesterday and sustained severe
bruises and fracture OF three Of
his ribs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tucker OF
Princeton visited with relatives
Sunday
Miss Elizabeth De Splinter, who
was taken i'll week ago while vis-
iting at the home of Phil DeAay,
is reported better.
Norman Johnson of Blue Island.
H., IS here to see TO getting the
spring work started on his farm
here
r. L. Swayze & Co. have secured
the contract for building the 5000
bungalow for 4. C. keemle. Work
will he commenced just as soon as
the frost is out of the ground.
Arthur Pollentier and family
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

voices sounded from below. among
which the nasal accents of Coroner
Shaw mingled with deeper. more
resonant tones which made Fay
catch her breath sharply. How had
Kenneth Clayton learned OF their
tragedy? What had brought him
here?
CHAPTER VI
Fay shrank instinctively from a
meeting with Kenneth Clayton now,
but as a privileged family friend
his presence was not amiss at this
time OF tragedy,
As she descended the stairs she
realized all at once that her head
did not feel quite right in spite OF
what she had told Sergeant Barry,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

and in sudden fit of dizziness she
clutched at the ballustrade.
Kenneth Clayton met her at the
foot of the stairs and his hand
closed warmly about hers. us it
true that poor Laurel"
she is dead, MIR. Clayton"
81 suppose Clara is FRUSTRATED"
"Of course, but she-she takes it
so strangely! She could not be-
ieve the truth at first when l told
her"
THAT would be only natural.
dear. Il won't ask you now if you
have given a thought to our little
talk last night, but l have come
to offer my services to both you
and your aunt in any possible ca
pacity.
Obi" Fay cried in genuine dis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03
GO ON WITH THE STORY.

Doctor Green, Mrs. Tudor wishes
you to go to her, She frightens
me- / don't understand her! If she
would only break down, and cry or
faint. would know what to do for
her. but the shock seems to have
Rumbed her"
The doctor vanished down the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

Lying, cheating and theft are
practically unknown among the
Eskimos.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03
ANNAWAN

Continued i'm Our Next Issue.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-03

Fibre Silk Shirts in solid |
colors or blue, canary
and gold. Just the kind
they will wear for spring
Quitting c. RI
business price " =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
THEY'RE HUMAN
Anterior Du Puy-

Gov. Charles j. MCCARTHY, or the HAWAIIAN
Islands, who has been visiting in Washington
with his good American wife and another Amer
lean woman Of Honolulu. has been having ex
periences that somewhat peculiar to a native
born citizen Of these United States.
Governor Mccarthy took up his abode In Homo
lulu at the early age Of four, and his experiences
In America previous to that time are bit vague
Mrs. Mccarthy was born In the mid.Pacific. The
woman friend who accompanies her also writes
down the land Of poi as the place OF her nativity
1t was, therefore an odd occasion when. rev
weeks ago. those two American women found
themselves looking out Of the window of a Wash
ington hotel into the teeth Of a binding snow
Storm Neither OF them had ever before seen so
commonplace a thing as a snowflake. The bell.
boy was not aware Of these peculiar circumstances
when he came in with pitcher OF water and was,
therefore, wideeyed with establishment when
these two ladies danced wildly up and down and
said that II was Wonderful! Wonderful! Won
derful!
He looked inquiringly out Of the window and
all around In an attempt to locate the spectacle
'The snow! The snow the ladies exclaimed
isn't It wonderful! Neither Of us has ever seen
snow before
".Fo' Gawd, Ladies'. said the bellboy. VIVA
is yo'an been all yo' life?'
Among these denzens of New York who make
no bold as to attempt to earn livelihood by liter
ature and the kindred arts there Is Union
ao,,are Society" Only those are admitted VINO
az some point in their careers, have found It
necessary to sleep on the benches OF that scrag-
ely little park. , .S..
~ the Union Square Society. He likes, In his
affluence to tell the stories Of those lean days
once, for instance 1t was slumber time IN
Union Square, but Armstrong; mind kept run
nin., so unrcstfully to coffee and crullers tor
breakfast that he could not sleep Finally 10
gain that repose o. lind which comes with as
surance of food on he morrow, he Jared forth
tn panhandle a dime from some. late prowler OF
The streets Of Manhattan. He asked q man Tor
40 cents and, by some miracle got half dollar
Good by Union Square," he said with bit
Of o swagger, and went mar dozen oloch' up
town to Madison Square to sleep.
So does money consciousness make snoos OF
men.
Mr. Secretary Hughes pronounces agenda
Nth the soft ''g." My desk dictionary does not
contain the word. 1t was not In the language
A few weeks ago.
Copyright 1929
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12

A LwAYS boil your drink.
"A ing water. II you haven {
got any stove, put II In your
flivver radiator. Sure to boil
there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
PTLOTLEss AIRPLANE.

pARIs-Ingenious devices were Invented to
control the operation of the pilotless arplane
which has Just been successfully tested In
France Some OF these operated AUTOMATICALLY
and others by wireless.
The airplane, having been started by the
r,echenic assembled automatically after II had
attained sufficient speed. This was accom-
niished by increasing revolutions Of small
fnn located between the wings which put into
motion a mechanism which in turn placed the
control surfaces Of the machine into position
for ascent.
The descent was accomplished by pressing
a reless key on the ground which released
weight at the end. This weight switched off
the engine and moved the rear surfaces OF the
plane into position for n smooth landing.
Al another test an airplane was operated by
wireless for hour. II carried a pilot who
took no part In its operation until he desired
to land. whereupon he took control
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Il ospyrtshs. 1874. b star osass.y.
K. G. b.

Dear X. c. B-Some time ago you wrote
Of q doctor, and we were impressed with the
belief that someone In your homo was sick.
And as We know there are only the two Of you
We guessed who the LII one was. You have
never told US II the doctor has ceased his visits
and we would like to know AUNT ELLA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
A Rare Perfume Water.

Ambergris, used az q basis
for perfumery. Ii n waxy
secretion Of the sperm whale.
II IL found floating on the
sea, and fetches an immense
price, owing to its increasing
rarity. Masses weighing
several hundred pounds are
sometimes found. ... O..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
BRING That Book Back.

conscience that people who will
not steal anything else will steal
q book.
Perhaps it is an offshoot of the
general idea that books, and the in
tellectual labor that goes to produce
them, really count for nothing COM
pared to beefsteak and potatoes.
Whatever may be the reason, the
fact is that almost every mans
library contains one or more re-
branded mavericks which are liable
to rise up and say a few words on
the Day of Judgment, unless he
gives them back.
Some are so lost to all sense of
shame in this matter that the books
they have purloined are the ones
, they value most. In fact, they do
not seem to enjoy book thoroughly
unless it belongs to somebody else.
From what Freudian abyss this
impulse comes we leave it to the
psychologist to determine.
However, we ran across a bit of
history the other day which is here
set down as a warning to all book
thieves.
About 1886 the people of BARGE
Iona were living in a sort of terror.
One mysterious crime succeeded
another. A priest, a student, a
writer and five other persons sue
cessively were assassinated.
The victim, in each case, was
stabbed by a poignard, but nothing
was stolen from him, neither his
money nor his valuables.
Why all these murdersi
Suspicion, by and by, fell upon a
man who kept secondhand book
store.
He was seized. Some proofs were
found Of his guilt and finally he
confessed.
It seems that he had sold each
of his victims some volume which
he loved and then had murdered
them so as to get the precious books
back.
He was condemned to death and
executed.
This story resembles that Of the
famous jeweler whom Hoffman de-
scribes in his story, mile. Scud-
cry" This jeweler assassinated, at
night, client who had bought
during the day some beautiful stone
with which the jeweler was in love.
I The moral Of all this is simply to
show those persons who fail to re-
turn books that do not belong to
them that there is such a thing as
loving a book, and that this love
also can rise to such a passionate
height as to eventuate in violence.
And If a man who has bought a
book is liable to be murdered by
the man who sold it to him, how
much more danger do they run who
borrow books, with or without the
owners knowledge, and neglect to
bring them back!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12

GOT to have chemicals to
~ kill germs. Best way to
drink water is to boil II until
II evaporates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
Let In the
Strong Man
AKARIJAN MATIJEvIK is a
N strong man from Jugo-Slavia.

N strong man from Jugo- Slavia.
He can lift more than ton.
holds four-hundred- and fifty pound
dumbbell on either arm, wants to
wrestle anybody. The question
asked is, sis Matijevik an artist or
3 plain immigrant" If he is moth
ing but an immigrant, he can't come
in. IF he is an artist, he CAN
come in.
Let him in by all means. His
picture will appear before millions
on the sporting pages, with his
muscles swelled up. And millions Of
little boys will exercise, and per-
haps stop smoking cigarettes, in
order to be as strong as that. To
accomplish that result is as good
as being "an artist
: How interesting to read: eff
only an immigrant, you can't come
in" The difference between the
United States Of 1921 and the
United States of few red Indians,
scalping each other, is exactly the
difference of "only an immigrant"
multiplied by a few millions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12

IT Ia possible to eliminate
political germs by chemi.
cal processes in election la
boratories every four years.
But microbes know no ad-
ministrations. They're al.
ways running for office.
They yield only to pharmA.
ceutical ultimatums.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-12
WATER.
BY BUGS" BAER.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL.

NEW YORK, Jan. IL.
Ew YORK drinking
water tastes like garage
floor on national holiday.
Has rare old delicatessen fla
vor tinctured with aromatic
spirits of garbage scows.
A LII municipal water sup
plies are loaded to muz-
zle with heterogeneous
and politicians.