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VL.-The Unbecoming Levity of
Stephen Tregenna

down again, shaking all over.
The gathering horror of the
walls that shut him in, of the
death that would be his, of this
baby apparition, grieving while
he vet lived, was too much for
a man to meet in solitude.
"'. For other use than
strangling in a string What is
lit? What is it? What the hell
do you want?"
"There's a priest here, my
lad" said the warden. "WantS
to see if he can help you. He
asked for you particler."
"Let him in" Teggie said in
a dull voice. Perhaps the human
presence would drive away the
terrible little ghost.
"Hullo! Have you come TO
shrive me, padre he cried,
recovering some of his custom
airy spirit.
"a trust so, my son." the
priest answered solemnly. Il
have come in the hope that you
will make me 4 full confession
of your sins"
awe only got till eight to,
morrow morning. objected
Teggie.
The priest cleared his throat,
"This levity-" ,,
ooh, don't play the Judge, -
Teggie said YEARLY. "You really
must let chap amuSe himself.
Why, it's proverbial. I've an
absolute right to he merry. |
say, how did you guess was a
Catholic :"
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"Oh, Go Away" He Groaned,
and Pulled the Tiny Phantom
Fingers From His Neck

GLOW do you know I'm
priest?'
Teggie looked up sharply.
"The warden told you?"
"ln hospital, my son, you
confidcd in a nurse-a tempo
rary nurse-did you not !"
"a jolly nice woman, y
Teggie rejoined comrlacently.
Does she confess to you' She
promised not to split on me,
though, to any one, and | can't
think. Does she confess to
you'' he persisted.
"Shc is my other self; we arc
at one on every issue. breathe
for her"
"But marriage is, fear, i'm
possible" Teggic cut in breath,
lessly. How had this priest
learned word for word that con-
versation at the GourmetS? The
infrmary nurse had broken her
promise. what else had she
found out?
The priest said softly: at is
dull in the night. One talks"
"ln the name of all that's
wonderful, who are you?'
TeSgie Sasped.
Come, my son, | will make
no secret of that if you will re-
veal to me how you killed your
victims,
Teggie shook his head. "That
would be rather dangerous for
you, N. Ferrand; besides, why
seek another demonstration !?
So you played my game in the
infrmary? You make a better
nurse than |. Well, madame
padre Matre de FincSSe-'
Ferrand laughed.
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THE SAME THING.

Have you anything TO say?
asked the reporter, as he entered .
coal office.
only the same thing" said the
goldman. Everything is just the
same as | told you year ago"
Yes, but I have forgotten what II
was"
Why. coal win be higher and you
had better get il in now. Any order
that you give will be filed promptly.
Shouldn't wonder il the price went
I'd to $50 Il ton. That was what
said last year and that is what We
always say"
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crimes upon him, or the spy
who had used such ingenuity
for his destruction?
What was that other thing
about handing?
Then might have built perhaps
Gallows- trees for other chaps,
Never dangled on my own.
Had | but left i'll alone"
Granted all that-he hadn't
left i'll alone. Men had died
through him-his life or theirs
And now The truth was he
didn't want to kill Ferrand even
if he got the chance. Seemed
discourtcous in ones own cell,
so to speak-inhospitable Oh,
come, there was no time for but
foonery; he'd jolly we'll got to
make up his MIND.
If they'd only hang a chap
under a country sky; where the
sun Shonc and the wind blew
cold and sweet, that would give
him pluck. One could under
stand Il highwayman taking hi:
risk Of the crossroads. But
this dingy sufocation, this un'
SpeakabIe diShonor, all cut anc
dried; the b aStly request
death was instantaneous. A
drop was allowed Of"
I { ggie - want my
TcgSie."
The door swung open and tht
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"What | can't understand,
Tregenna went on slowly, us
the game you're playing now.
The great N. Ferrand, Of course,
can 90 anywhere he chooses.
It's useful in the guise of a'nurSe
to pump patient, but for the
life of me-not that its worm
much-l can't see"
I'VE are careful to avoid 4
miscarriage of justice when pos
sible," the detective intcrpoSed
rblandly.
"Really?"
TcgSie was on his guard. | his
supple master of his profession
might we'll trip him now, at the
eleventh hour, into a statement
that would serve as a sop TO pub
lie curiosity. 1t was a dirty
business to SPY on man on the
eve of execution. He had
thought better of Fcrrand.
"Have YOU nothing to tell me,
then, my son? There's the war
den going by. Keep quiet!'
The sharp adnonition star
tied TcSgie into silence. Tht
priest laid an encouraging hand
on his shoulder.
do you mean to say h.
doesn't know what's under Your
caSsock - Tc@ whispered.
mo one but myself knows
that. | have a word to say 70
him. Keep quiet. No, do a>
YOU like"
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place, lnStedd OF pleAdlhS
Guilty or "Not guilty" like
any other criminal, he had an.
swered, 81 really couldn't say"
and had then gone on to explain
that he wouldn't take any o.
sponsibility in the matter; it was
for the court to decide.
Absurdly enough, they had
entered a plea of "Not guilty."
and Tregenna had smiled and
thanked them and had said he
felt sure the representatives Of
law and order must know more
about the legal aspects of mur.
der than other people.
"Self defence, my lord, is an
intricate business nowadays"
His impertinence was colossal.
He'd actually had a dig at her.
self in the witness-box; had de-
parted from the eternal al really
couldn't say, my lord" to an.
nounce that he had no questions
to put to her, and added, with
hateful flippancy, "My dear
stepfather used to say, ASK no
question and you'll hear no lies,
SO III let the lady off. Besides,
never could abide curiosity
myself"
Accountable! The whole
court had stared and Uttered.
Every word Of the deteStable
proceedings was bitten into her
brain. But the memory that hurt
most of all was the corroding
kindness of poor Richard Jen.
, ningS' last letter. And they
needed the money-how they
needed the money!
Why, they had been wealthy
in Cornwall compared with their
present state. In one sense the
mourning had been a godsend;
, il was cheaper than a succession
of new clothes. That was what
their acquaintance with the We.
lours, the Duvetyns, and the
; Gaberdines had brough them
!, a perpetual need for new
clothes!
Why, oh, why had Tregenna
killed Richard? That was what
puzzled everybody, and when
the judge in the criminals own
interest had tried to find out he
, had merely looked pensiye and
, answered, "Why does one DO
these things, my lord?"
; The Judge had rebuked him
then for unbecoming levitv, and
the accused said in a voice Of
regret, "a know. ! know. tried
so hard to make 1t becoming,
my lord, but can't quite man
age it'-and so it had gone on.
He hadn't turned a hair even
when the Judge assumed the
black cap. Indeed, a reporter on
. the "Wceklt Magnifier" de.
clared that the prisoner had
looked round anxiously and
murrnured, as the wind getting
up? His lordship seemed to feel
= a draught.'
Those journalists who had
not been near enough TO- hear
said it was pure invention. But
why should it be inventions The
remark was quite in keeping
; with his other flippancies. He
wasn't so liSht-hearted now.
/; they said. 1t was reported that
he'd moped a good deal during
the last twcnty-four hours
What were they calling in the
streets?
Eileen rushed to the window.
"Late speshul e edition /.
Spcshul edition! Escape Of the
Man Behind the Tinted Glasses!
Piper, Idly? Escape of the Man
Rah;pd the Tinted GlaSsesh
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rTEPH TREGENNA,

UInCI"lSC 3 &c, ulS
~ desperate criminal, slayer
of men, sat with a cheerful
countcnance in the condemned
cell. To the eye of the warden
who paced up and down outside,
reeping at intervals to see thai
the murderer in no wise antici-
pated the hangman, Tregenna
was manifestly alone. Teggie,
however, could have told an
other story.
The cell was peopled with
charming ladies'; not alone the
ladies of the Court-thc
Countess of Velours, nearly hid
den, as usual, by clinging little
bits of fluff from the theatre, the
stumbling witnesses, the anxi-
GUS Discreet jurywoman-but
more intimate friends Of his
own.
The hospital nurse in Corn.
wall-no, he didn't like her
she'd killed a man. 1t was kill
or be killed, of course. Still,
that was as bad as war, and he'd
ALWAYS conscientiously objected
20 war. The nurse who'd been
50 kind to him in the prison in
Urinary was much better COM
pany, for all her prim, middle
aged ways. Sort of good soul
one could confde in about re-
rigion, for instance. And what
a struggle she had not to laugh
at the tale of his fun with the
late respected chairman of Ba-
boons!
The Don Equivilocia lmpru'
denta de Cabalazero had a bit
of sport with him, too. She was
quite welcome to share the {
The thought of her filled Tesgle
with impish delight, Ali. she
was a fine creation. the Spanish
fortune-teller! But she was moth
ing to the lady that succeeded
her, the delicious, the inimitable
Miss Walkover.
II was a saddening, almost an
indelicate, thing to picture the
hanging of Miss Walkoyer. As
a man of sensibility, Teggic
really suffered at the thought.
The trial, of course, had been
the most unmitigated sport; but
perhaps he'd been just a little
slack in his defence of Miss
Walkover-he'd put in so much
of his energy defending her in
Richard Jennings new Mon
dame car.
Oh, well, it was no good go
ing into that. There was now
another lady facing him; an
other nurse, not a hospital
nurse, just Nanny-the Nanny
who'd taken care of little Betty
when the Man Behind the Tinted
Glasses carried her of to the
seaside. Now she was a master
picce-a perfect dear. Betty
simply adored her
An, here was Betty herself
dancing in-Betty of the shin
ing face, the lovable, dlmpleo
cheeks and chin. Teggie's eye:
darkened, the mocking smile or
his lips; a condemned cell is nc
place for a child. He couldn't
bear to have her there. She
must 20 at once, at once.
But she came closer, and pu'
her soft arms round his neck
his neck that belonged to tht
law. She woald throttle hin
herself if she squeezed so hard
What a cell for the hangman.
The laugh that escaped hin
;umed into a choking sob. Ht
Bit his lips, struggling furiouslJ
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on your vestments. A fellow
doesn't like to attack a priest"
81 relied on nothing but the
| fellow himself"
"And the warden outside?
Come, you must acknowledge
the warden
81 think he's gone to his tea, "
Ferrand said indifferently. "For
me is now the responsibility.
IN. Ferrand Lemaitre de
Finesse, as observed once be-
fore, you are a very brave
man"
The detective shrugged his
shoulders. "Possibly, but | fail
to Sec"
"You would" said the other
sulkily. "You would. Those
penetrating eyes fail to see thai
one may as we'll be hanged fol
deleting the greatest ornament
of your profession as for the
poorest little woody Offspring
| that"
"You 90 too far" Ferranc
cried, very stern. "Mon Dieu
qu'aS-tu-"
|
"There's a Teggie. There
anuvver Teggie. There's
TeSgie, and there's anuvvej
|Teggie. Here's "a"
"For heavens sake, child
what are you talking about"
Betty looked round in aston
liShment. Grown ups weTt
very funny. Surely mummi
might know she was talkin!
about Teggie? The floor wa
covered with Teggies; all sort
of queer pictures of him whicl
Susan had helped her to cut on
of the "Weekly Magnifier.
Susan missed Tegsie, too. Sh
blew her nose hard and nearl
cried over the pictures. Bett,
didn't cry. She was a big gil
now, and Teggie said she WASH
ever to fret or cry for him, Co
he'd be sure to come again som
day.
SIS Teggie p'Iiceman now
Imummie ,"
"No."
Betty shook her little fai
head and pondered the short ar
swer in silence. Was mummi
cross to-day? Why had nearl
all the pictures of Teggic &C
p'licemen with him? She CAV
it up, and asked gently, "Ha
you got a headache, mumnlie?'
"A bit Of one, darling.
wish you'd play some nice, sens
ible game. What's that? Paste
You'll smear it all over you
frock. Susan ought to hav
more sense"
al don't like this old thing,
Betty said with distaste. "Wh
must you an me always wea
black dresses now, mummie :"
because poor Uncle Rich
ards dead" Eileen replied
clenching her hands. In he
heart she added: "And you ca
wear it for your precious TeS
gle, who has done you out of
fortune"
81 don't like Uncle Richard
he's ugly" Betty murmured.
"You mustn't say that, dear
it's very wrong. Uncle Richar
was going to make YOU A rio
girl. He wrote and told dadd
so. Oh, here's Susan come t.
put you to bed
Long after Betty had 'gon
her mother sat there, broodlnG
This new bitter stroke Of fat
had filled her afresh with vindic
tive spite against the Man Be
hind the Tinted Glasses. All, HI
would soon dance on air now
very soon; and none knew het
ter than she how thoroughly h
observed to. It was imposSihl;
TO recall without emotion tn
noble promise of Richard Jcn
ninss which had reached then
on the very day of his death.
%. In the new will which
propose to draw up tomorrow
shall bcqueath a substantial
sum to you and your wife, ant
shall leave a really handsome
provision for my your:
And that night the ASSASSIN
struck him down! It was a con-.
fort to think that the foul muir
der had been brought home t.
Stephen Trcgenna, who hat
been found guilty by a mixet
Hurry. She had waited for the yer
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HIS HONOR

1 S a MISUNDERSTANDING man
~ entered a hardware store .
y cle-k r,,shed bohind the coun-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-03-04
News OF State And Nation
ITEMS GATHERED FROM OUR EXCHANGES AND OTHER
SOURCES BOILED DOWN FOR THE BUSY READER

Garrett county has asked for one
million dollars to be used in the con-
struction and improvement of schools
Half of the money would be issued in
1922 and half in 1923. The funds
would be expended for sites, new
buildings and improvements.
Charles w. Morse, former convict
three Of his sons and eight of his as
sociates in the various concerns
known as The Morse Companies, were
indicted Monday in the District Su
preme Court. They were charged with
conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment. a
Confident "that the time is at hand
when Democrats will have an oppor
tunity to serve the country" was ex-
pressed by former President Wilson
in a letter to Claude G. Bowers, of
Fort Wayne, Ind, in response to a
message sent to the former President
on behalf of the Indiana Democratic
Editorial Association.
The motor schooner Emerald of
Digby, N. S., flying the British flag
was seized by the Coast Guard cut
ter Manning nine miles southeast of
Cape Charles lighthouse late Monday
as a rum runner. Her cargo, it is al
legged, consisted of more than 1905
cases of liquor for New York de-
livery.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-03-04

Several thousand barrels of white
potatoes have been planted by the
farmers of Northampton county, Va.
in the last two weeks. According to
reports the crop area will not be as
large this year as formerly.
Sunday, March 18th, will be an in
teresting day at Manokin Presbyter-
ian Church, Princess Anne. 1t will
be the 250th anniversary of preach
ing on the site of the church and the
service will take the form of a men,
orial to Rev. Francis Mackenzie, who
organized the church. A stained
glass window, a memorial to Makem-
lie, will be unveiled as we'll as a
bronze tablet, with important histor-
ical data of the church. The sermon
will be preached by Rev. Jesse Pen
ney Martin, PhD., ID.
According to the latest reports
from the League of Women Voters,
there will be about 1400 delegates to
the Pan-American Conference, to be
held in Baltimore April 20 to 80. Rep
resentatives from each State will be
according to the popula-
ton of the State.
Every day during the last five
years an average Of 2,173 persons
Joined the various churches of Amer
i,a, according to statistics given out
recently by DR.. E. O. Watson, Sec
rotary of the Federal Church of
Christ in America. During the same
period an average of three congrega-
tons have been organized daily, and
the ministry has been increased by
four and half persons per day.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-03-04
Found A Cure For Indigestion.

81 use Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets for indigestion and find
they suit my case better than any
dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried
and | have used many different medi-
cines. l am nearly fifty-one years of
age and have suffered a great deal
from indigestion. l can eat almost
anything Iwant to, now" writes Geo.
w. Emory, Rock Mills, Ala. These
tablets contain no pepsin but
strengthen the stomach and enable
it to digest the food naturally.-Ao-
vertisement.
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Sen. Orlando Harrison
Introduces Road LatU
Continued from Page 8

Commission through it's Engineering
Force; provided that State and State
aid roads shall be constructed, i'm
proved and maintained as at present
provided by law.
SOC. Whenever the State Roads
Commissioners shall decide on the
plans for the roads selected by the
County Commissioners of any County
to be constructed, improved or NAM
tanned, it shall proceed with the prep
aration of the specifications and esti-
mates, and advertise for bids anI
award contracts for the work in the
manner now provided by law for the
construction and maintenance of the
State Roads; and the said State
Roads Commission shall have all the
rights and powers in the construction
and maintenance of public roads and
bridges conferred by existing laws
upon the Boards of County Commits
sioners, County Road Commissions or
other State or local officials or COM
missions.
Sod. The several Boards of
County Commissioners shall, on or
before the first day of October each
year, certify to the State Roads Com
mission the amount of taxes levied
for the construction, reconstruction
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and maintenance Of roads in their re
/! spective Counties other than the a.
mount levied for State or State-aiC
roads, and exclusive of the taxes lev.
led for paying the interest on and re-
deeming road bonds. The said Com.
missioners shall deposit or have de,
posted to the order of the State
Roads Commission in some Bank OF
Banks in its respective Counties sub.
Ject to check all of said road taxes as
and when received in a depository
authorized to receive county funds,
and subject to withdrawal only when
vouchers signed or countersigned by
the said State Roads Commission and
the Board of County Commissioners
when used provided, however, that no
funds or taxes so deposited by any
County shall be made available or
expended for work or services per-
formed in any other County.
80-E. With the exception of the
powers and duties enumerated in the
next preceding five sections of this
Article, the control over all the pub
lie highways shall remain as provid
ed for in existing laws. All Acts and
part of Acts, all laws and parts of
laws, in any way inconsistent with
the provisions of Sections S0-A, Bob,
SOC, SOD, SOLE, 80-F, and 80 G, are
hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency. If any of the provis-
ions of said sections shall, for any
reason, be held to be unconstitutional
and invalid, such judgment or decis-
ions shall not effect, impair or invali-
date the other provisions thereof.
S0-F. The provisions of the Act
shall noe apply to any County or
Counties having a County Road En-
gineer in charge of County Road con-
struction, provide, however, that such
County upon written request of the
County Commissioners to the State
Roads Commission may avail itself of
the provisions of this Act.
S0-G. Whenever majority of the
property owners of any County road
agree in writing that they will haul
free of charge all road material for
the building of said road from the
quarries, railroad stations, boat land
ing or whatever convenient place the
road material can be furnished by the
County Commissioners and State
Roads Commission, then the building
of said road shall have first consider
alton over other lateral County roads
where the property owners do not a.
gree to do this. This being part of
the expense, In order to build more
miles of permanent County Roads.
When the State Roads Commission
and County Commissioners of any
County receive the guarantee made
by the property owners, the County
Commissioners shall recommend the
building of said road out of the Coun-
ty funds or any other funds avail
able.
Section 2. And be it further en-
acted, that this Act shall take effect
September Is, 1922.
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BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School at $50 A. M; Morn
ing sermon at IL; Evening sermon at
7.30 P. M; B. Y. P. U. at $50. Pray
er meeting Thursday at 7.30 P. M;
Preaching at Pitts Creek Sunday at B
P NJ. We predict rain for next Sun
DAY, so if you get rain coat, a pair
of over shoes and an umbrella you
can keep dry and bring a little sun
shine with you to church.
G. N. GARDNER, Pastor.
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The Pneumonia Month.

March is typical pneumonia
month and usually gives a high rate
of mortality for the disease. After a
long and hard winter, the system los
es much of it's resistance and people
grow careless. When every cold, no
matter how slight, is given prompt
and intelligent attention, there is
much less danger of pneumonia. Il
should be borne in mind that pneu-
monia is a germ disease and bree Is
in the throat. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is an expectorant and cleans
out the germ ladened mucus and not
only cures a cold but prevents its re-
sulting in pneumonia. 1t is pleasant
to take. Children take it willing
ly.-Advertisement.
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Train Dispatching
Forty Years Back
Continued from Page 1.


primitive method of train dispatch
ing indicated by the wording of the
old order, which reads: "Charlie
will run until he meets Mac, the near
est to station will back back"
ar. J. H."
"Charlie" and "Mac" were Charles
Marshall and William McMullin, the
roads two conductors in that day,
and the initials "R. ]. H." stood for
r. ]. Henry, who was Superintend-
tnt, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Wicomico G. Pocomoke Railroad.
There were not enough trains to re-
quire train numbers, and the abbre-
waited names of the conductors were
used instead"
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IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of my dear son,
Allen Robinson.
One year ago, dear son,
You were taken from us and home
While we lived so long together,
Now we are all left alone.
The rose that was dearest and sweet
est,
Is the one that was killed by the
frost, q
The love that was purest and fairest
Is the one that we have lost,
DEVOTED MOTHER,
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SALEM M. E. CHURCH.

Services on Sunday as follows
Class Meeting at 8.45 A. NJ; Sunday
School at 10; Divine worship and
sermon at II and 7.30 P. M. Epworth
League at GAS P. M. "Come thou
with us and we will do thee good"
E. w. MCDOWELL Pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-03-04
BETHANY M. P. CHURCH

Service on Sunday as follows:
Sunday School and Men and Ladies
Bible Glasses 9.45 A. M.
Divine Worship and Sermon II A.
M. and 7.30 P. M.
A hearty welcome will be extended
to all. Come and worship with us.
E. l.. BUNCE, Pastor.