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hands into the pockets 20 make sure
of the coats sinking. He throws it
out, and would have done the same
with the other garments had not he
heard the rush of steps below, and only
Just had time TO close the window when
the police appeared, "
'1t certainly sounds feasible
"Well. we will take il as a working
hypothesis for want of better.
Boone, as I have told you, was ar
rested and taken TO the station, but
il could not be shown that there had
ever before been anything against him.
He had for years been known as a pro-
fessional beggar. hut his life appeared
to have been "A very quiet and innocent
one. There the matter stands at present,
and the questions which have to he
solved-what Neville St Clair was doing
in the opium den, what happened to him
when there, where is he now, and what
Hugh Boone had 10 do with his dis
appearance-are all rs far from =
solution as vevr. | confess that cannot
recall any case within my experience
which looked at the first glance sc
simple, and yet which presented such
difficulties"
While Sherlock Holmes had beer
detailing this singular series of event:
we had been whirling through the out.
skirts of the great town until the, last
struggling houses had been left behind
and we ratified along with a country
hedge upon either side of us. Just rs he
finished, however, We drove through two
scattered villages, where few lights still
glimmered in the windows.
Tomorrow-The Man With the
Twisted Lip, continued.
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swiftly TO the corner Of the attic, peep
ing behind boxes and under books
and old papers But nowhere did they
find the missing Blinkie, and poor little
Mrs. Twink6-eyes wns ready TO cry with
fright.
II will run down To the pantry" said
Twinkle-eyes, but jua then his wife gave
a glad little squeak Twinklc-cyes ran
back.
Mrs Twinkle-eyes was looking mt n
big bottle tipped over on the floor and
inside asleep was the lost. Blinkie.
'Blinleie, Blinkie," called his mother
wake up and come home. o what a
fright you have given your father and
me"
Blinkie opened his eyes and winked
as he looked through his glass house
at bis parents. II can't get out" he
said
Cant get outp' exclaimed his
mother. "Why, here is the place you
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My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrson's New Phase Of
Revelations Of a Wife
Copyrtsht. lp2l BY Newspaper Feature scrvtcs. Ine
Copyright. 1921. hy Newspaper Feature Services. Ino

not heard from him for several days, so,
of course, cannot say positively that
! know he is there. But your question
suggests that you have more certain
knowledge than !.
II have no knowledge" be said quick
~, only strong suspicion which | in
tend to verify"
There was something in his manner
which frightened me. have always
felt that under Herbert Pettit's frigd
exterior there were volcanic dangerous
possibilities, and the smoldering fires of
bis eyes, the intent frowning look he
bent upon me confirmed that ancient
impression. ! remembered his old dis
like Of Dicky, and suddenly, overwhelm-
ingly, there came to me q sense OF my
disloyalty to my absent husband, In
even listening TO this man, let alone
questioning him.
Il must crave your pardon, DIR. Pet
tit" said rising II think | must have
been little mad to send for you and
question you. Please forgive the trouble
! hAve caused you. OF course, you must
realizesthat / cannot listen to idle sus-
picions of my husband"
With one long step he crossed to me
and taking me by the arm-not un.
gently, but with firm gup from which
l could not escape-he put me back into
my chair and lowered above me with
his white face like mask from which
his eyes fairly blazed.
II allow no one to play fast and loose
with me!' he said grimfy, outraged
egotism and something more fiercely
primitive in his voice, "and you will
hear now what disliked telling you.
do not know this positively, but l an
cursedly sure that wherever your hus
band is, he is not at that Adirondack
camp, and that Claire Foster know
where he is better than either you or |. ,
| Go be continued)
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Sandman Story.
BY Abby Phillips Walker.
Copyright. 1922. by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc. N. Y.
BLINKIE is A APRISONER.
Story III.

One night when Mrs. Twinkle-eyes
was putting her children to bed she sud-
denly stopped tucking them in and be-
gan to count. Zone, two, three, four, FIVE
six--"then she stopped and looked under
the bed.
"Where is Blinkie?" she asked the
six little mice she had tucked under
the quilt, but no one knew.
He was eating bits of paste off
of an old book" said Long Tail, way
over in the corner behind some boxes
and have not seen him since"
Mrs. Twinkle-eyes called to her
husband. I'VE must find Blinklie," she
said. IF he has not gone down to the
pantry | am sure he is safe, but every
day | tremble for fear our children
will grow brave enough to run down
there without us and Puss or the trap
will catch them"
Twinkle eyes followed his wife
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wouldent do or mutch good, and 1
sed, Well al te, II tell you wat, let's
look and ~ h0w aeny are brosk and
then III tako II he broken ones and
give you hole O..s lnsted.
O Benny, aren't you wonderful, Mary.
Watkins sed And she opened her box
and heer none of them wasent broak
at all, me saying, 6, you're a crate
dropper all rite, not meny people could
drop duzzin eggs without breaking
eny.
always was kind Of graceful, Mary,
Watkins sed And I kepp on going
home with my duzzin, feeling CRATE on
account of having offered 70 swap some
for her broken ones and even greater
on account Of not having 70, and I
kepp on feeling grate till I tipped over
our door mat and dropped the box
and broak 4 eggs, 2 being jest brosk
and 2 being ruined.
Proving there's no use feeling crate 700
/ soon.
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,ome along home and 20 % bad. ),

come along homo and go To bed.
In the morning, bright and carly
Mrs. Twinkle-eyes ran TO the. bottle
TO look at Blinkie before she gave
the other six little mice their breakfast
and then she took them all TO look
at their brother inside the bottle.
IL was a very hungry Blinkie that
came out OF the bottle when after .
while he grew thin enough to get out
But tho feast his mother gave him Of.
bread and cheese made the other six
children almost wish they had been in
prison in bottle like their brother.
Bottle are all right to live in some
times" said Twinkle-eyes when oil his
children were gathered around him tha,
night, "but you cant grow very fat
living in Q glass house, 80 my advice tc
you Is stay out OF bottles unless you
find one with n wide opening"
Next week / shall tell you how LONG
Tail rescued his brother.
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ran in. This is only bottle, it isn't
trap" And Mrs Twinkle-eyes
poked in her nose to make sure the
neck uf the bottle was open.
''But ] can't get out" said Blinkie
arpin. when | came in | had not
eaten the, dinner / brought in here
and after ! had finished it | could not
get out"
To prove it, poor little Blinkie Mouse
tried to crawl out Of the bottle and his
father and mother saw that their greedy
little son bod eaten so much he was far
too fat to get out.
ooh, dear, what shall we do?" said
Mrs. Twinkle-eyes, beginning to cry.
wait until he grows thin" said
Twinkle-eyes He is safe The attic
door is closed and Puss cannot get in
the bottle or get him out even If she
should happen TO come in here, So
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The Profeseor--r noticed you wera
talking during my lecture this norm
ing
Student beg your pardon. sir. (
do not recall it. I must havs been
talking in my sleep Jour-
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THE WILD SUSPICION
DIR. PETIT VOICED TO MADGE

Mrs Underwood says you wished to
see me, Mrs. Graham"
DIR. Petit with his professional dig
nifty, in Dicky's parlance, working
overtime" and with only his eyes show
ing the strain under which he had been
working over Tom Chester, came into
the library where / had asked Lillian
TO send him.
Yes, do" | answered blunNy.
please sit down. You must bc ex-
hausted,"
Thank YOU, am not tired" His
tone held the cold, awkward stiffness
which repels so many of his acqualnt-
ances, and which completely hides the
real goodness and kindness OF the man.
refused TO be impressed, however,
| and pushed a chair toward him.
But ! am l said pettishly, "and it
tires me to see you standing"
What Madge Asked.
'In that case, of course, have no
choice" he said stiiily, and sat down
in the chair, unconsciously settling into
its comfort with a relaxing movement
which betrayed his fatigue. i felt a bit
conscience-stricken about bothering so
tired man, but my uneasipess over the
meaning of his little speech concerning
Dicky was like a barb urging me on,
and went directly TO the point.
"Dr. Petit, must ask you what you
meant when you asked me If | wert
sure my husband was in the Adiron'
dacks2"
He Strengthened in the chair with the
effect of jerk, and his eyes showed
fatigue no longer had the odd notion
that something had just kindled fire
behind them.
so you have reconsidered your an.
swer," he said, and his tone betrayed
the fierce eagerness which was in him
Not necessarily" / parried Il sim
ply wished to know what was behinc
your question. There must have beer
something"
There was" he answered grimly
"but the answer you gave to my ques
ton disposed of it. Unless" there cam,
q shrewd look into his eyes, 'unless yol
wish TO reconsider your answer. Ii
that case ] will ask my question again
Are you sure your husband is in the
Adirondacks?'
A Blazing Rese ment.
His manner was the offensive, AFRO
CANT one of the old-style pedagogue.
told myself that all he needed was
hickory switch under his arm to max
the picture complete. If | had been IN,
normal self, | would have cut the con
versation short at this point But 70
that matter, never would have begu
it If my nerves had not been frayed al
almost TO the breaking point by the strai
of the nights experiences. | sum
moned every bit of will power | pos
sessed to keep my voice from tremblin
and answered his question truthfully
''No, DIR. Petit, am not sure" said
Il know that he went to visit at tn
camp Of a friend and / paturally sup
pose that he is there now, but | have
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
WARNS AGAINST VIOLENCE.

Springfield, ILL.,, June 25.-An ap.
peal to Illinois coal miners to refrain
from all ~vioence and disorder was male
In q telegram sent out here Sunday BY
Frank Harrington, president Of the
United Nine WoxkeEy Of Illinois, -,
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F[00DSCREST
TRAVELS SLOW;
LEVEE BREAKS
Washouts Halt Train
Service on Lines in
Gulf Coast Region.
Small Army Fighting
to Keep Water Away
From Cotton Crops.

Brownsville, Tex, June 26-The
crest of the rise in the Rio Grande had
passed Mercedes Monday and is travel
ing slowly as it approaches the mouth
of the river, being conferred in the
Harlingen-San Benilo area. One levee
was reported as having broken near
Laferia %inundating additional farm
land.
At Mercedes, which was inundated to
the depth of two to three feet Sunday
when water ran over levee tops, the
stream was reported receding and
water would be out of the streets by
Tuesday.
Train service from Houston to
Brownsville on the Gulf coast lines
was suspended as the results of wash
outs.
Water Two Feet Deep
The city of Mercedes, 30 miles west
of Brownsville, and thousands of acres
of cotton and corn land in the Mer-
cedes district were covered by about
two feet of water early Monday with
the crest of the Rio Grande flood still
lingering between Weslaeo and Mer-
cedes. according to later reports. The
newly flooded crop land is located part
ly in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy
counties.
The latest inundation was caused by
the Overlooking Sunday of a levee
protecting Mosces from the south.
Others soon were overflowing and late
Sunday night the flood area had ex-
tended to the business section of Mer-
cedes. completely isolating the town
except by boat. No loss of life was
expected and property damage in Mer-
cedes probably will be slight. reports
said, as the greatest depths of the
water was but three feet.
Protecting levee
All Sunday night and early Monday
a small army of men fought to keep
a levee five miles north of Har-
the threatened breaking Of
which would flood nearly 10000 acres
of growing cotton.
Waters from the Mercedes district
were spreading northwest Monday and
at noon had inundated the town of
Lyford. As miles north of Brownsville
to a depth Of two and a half feet.
Thousands of acres of ready-to-pick
are under water in the new
flood area.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
GIRLS! KEEP YOUR SKIN
CLEAR AND FRESH

No matter how we'll you dress, how
attractive your personality. or how tai
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the very element needed to keep your
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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
TARIFF AUTHOR
LEAVES HOUSE
WHEN TERM OUT
Fordney Will Not Be
Candidate Again, He
Says in Statement.

Saginaw, Mich. June 2~6.-Congress-
man Joseph W. Fordney. chairman of
the house ways and means committee
and author of the Fordney tariff bill.
announced positively Monday morning
in a telegram to the Saginaw News
Courier. that he will o be a candi-
date for reelection. He plans to re-
tirt at the end of his present term.
after "a years of continuous service
in congress.
Washington, June 26.-'I am tired;
| am go years old; | want TO rest now
and be with my family Chairman Jo-
seph ". Fordney of the house ways
and means committee declared Monday
to seek reelection from the eighth
| Michigan district after a continuous
service of "a years.
BY the time his term ends. Decem-
Der /, Mr.. Fordney said. the three big
measures on which he has worked this
session-tariff. revenue and bonus
would have been enacted into law.
Coming from his committee, the major
bills kept him steadily at work and
while he is still hale and firm. Mr..
Fordney says he is entitled to a rest.
"A democrat was serving in the
eighth district when l was first elected
nearly a quarter or a century ago. ne
said. "and l have been here ever since.
This is the last political job | expect
to hold"
News of Mr.. Fordney's decision was
a surprise to house members generally.
Representative William II. Green Of
| Iowa is the ranking republican member
of the ways and mean committee. In
der the house seniority rules he will
become chairman, members said. if the
republicans retain control of the house
in the November elections.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
MRS. BERT OTIS
CAlNS20POUNDS
TAKING TANLAC
She Had Been Going Down Hill
Five. Years. and Condition
Had Become Alarming, De-
clares Husband-NOw Well.

"Tanlac not only restored my wife's
health but it actually built her up over
twenty pounds in weight besides de-
clared Bert Otis, 219 Perry ST., Spo-
kane. Wash. a valued employe of the
c. 6. Belts Co.
My wife's health began to fail about
five years ago and she steadily grew
worse until her condition became truly
alarming. She hardly ate enough to
keep going and always suffered even
from the little she did eat. Her nerves
were so shattered she couldn't stand
even the little noises about the house,
and she never slept soundly at night.
She had awful headaches, always felt
tired out, and was just in a wretched
condition.
But her recovery since taking Tan
lac has been astonishing, for now she
never has a pain of any kind and she
looks better and feels better than she
has in years. We both consider Tan
lac the greatest medicine ever sold in
a drug store
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
GUARDS NORTH IRELAND
Montana Retail
Merchants Gather
for Annual Meet

Boulder Hot Springs, Mont. June 26.
by The Associated Press).-Mem-
bers of the Retail Merchants assoc-
alton of Montana assembled here Mon
day in annual convention to discuss
problems confronting the trade and to
hear addresses of merchants and bust
ness men Of prominence.
Fred p. Mann. director of the Ma
tional Chamber of Commerce, and said
to be the first country merchant to
attain that distinction. was scheduled as
one Of the principal speakers. Mr..
Mann's success as a merchant at Devils
Lake. n. d., has brought him to the
attention of business interests generally
through publicity given to live wire
merchants in publications of national
circulation. He announced the title of
his address as advertising"
Other speakers on the program in
cluded Howard Seabury. vice president
of the Northwestern Mutual Fire as
ISOLATION of Seattle; Douglas Wilson
of Great Falls; B. j. Boorman of Great
Falls, and W. W. Gail, former news
paper editor of Billings.
The officers of the state association
are F. J. Perra, president. Great Falls;
W. 1. Akam. vice president. Livings-
ON; A. l.. Reeves, treasurer. Helena,
and H. W. Schnell. secretary, kalispell.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
HAvRE MAN. GETS DIVORCE

Special to The Tribune.
Havre. June ga decree of di-
yorce was granted in the district court
Yesterday to George H. Butler from
Mrs. Mary Butler on the grounds of
cruelty. Mr.. Butler is in the draying
business in Havre.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
PINCE ILL;
DOCTORS SAY CANCER

Toxic. June 26. by The Associated
Press. Barron Maxine. minister of
the imperial household. announced to-
day that physicians attending Prince
Fishimi who is i'll at Hayama. believed
their patient was suffering from can
Ger.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
BY ELECTION,
GOVERNMENT INTENDS
TO ENFORCE TREATY
Colonial Secretary Tells Commons That Invasion
Of Ulster by Sim Fem Will Not Be Tolerated;
$4,000 Imperial Troops Furnished for Defense
Of Northern Territory; Neutral Zone Suggested

London, June 26-(By The Associated Press )-Winston
Churchill, secretary for the colonies, rising to make his promis-
ed statement on Irish affairs in the house Of commons Monday
afternoon said the government desired the freest and fullest de-
bate and investigation demanded by a division.
Mr.. Churchill declared he did not hesitate to say that all the
horrors that had occurred in Belfast were due to the organiza-
ton in that territory Of two divisions of Irish republican army
and the continuous efforts of partisans of the south to break
down the Ulster government and force Ulster against her will
to come under the rule Of Dublin.
The colonial secretary said the imperial government had
supplied the nortehrn Irish government with $4,000 troops for
it's defense. He added that the northern government would be
supplied the northern Irish government with $4,000 troops for
be made to coerce it into submission to the south.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
STOCKHOLDERS DROP
FIGHT ON CANDIDATES

New York, June 26.-Stockholders
of the American Mining and Smelling
company have withdrawn their opposi-
ton to the management ticket for d.
rectors to be chosen Tuesday at the
annual meeting in Jersey City. N. J.
Two committees seeking proxies for
the election, announced here today that
they approved the men selected among
them General George Cocktails and
Lewis L Clarke and claimed that their
efforts to bring into the board OF
directors men outside of the manage
ment was bearing fruit
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27

imperial power.
He said the situation in Ulster
frontier was brought about as the re-
suit of the triple alliance made be-
tween the British, the provisional and
northern governments whereby a neu-
trail zone four miles wide was to be
established in the Pettigoe and Bel
leek districts.
The imperial government" said
Mr.. Churchill. feels that after the
We cannot continue to tolerate the
many grave lapses of the spirit of the
treaty and the improprieties and ire
gularities in its execution which we
have put up with or acquiesced in dur
ing the last six months"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
Boy Nearly Killed
by Half-B Brother in
Quarrel Over Money

Los Angeles. June. 26.-Arnold
Thomas, 81, was held without ball
Monday on a charge of having
beaten his haIf-brorner, Jack, eight
years old, SO severely that his re-.
covery was doubtful.
Jack, by selling papers. had &C.
cumulated SAILS. He planned to
spend it Sunday on himself and a
few boy companions. When he
started to take the money from his
toy bank, his elder brother told him
he could not "bIow it In" Jack in
sisted and. according to tho police,
the beating followed. Police said the
man used six Iaths and a rawhide
strap and kicked the boy in the
stomach.
The charge against the man Is
battery, but a more serious one
will be filed If the lad does not
recover, the authorities said.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
Shingles on Free
List, Senate Vote

Washington. June 26.-The senate
voted today, 40 to is, to retain shin
giles on the free list, senators from
Washington and Oregon losing a fight
to have the house duty of 30 cents a
thousand restored to the bill.
By a vote Of 40 to 10 the senate
then rejected an amendment by Sena-
tor Borah. republican Of Idaho, to
place a duty of % cents a thousand on
shingles.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
New immigration
Bill Before House

Washington, June 26.-Reduction Of
immigration quoted to be admitted to
the United States from three per cent
to two per cent. effective July /, 1928.
is provided for in a bill introduced to-
day by Chairman Johnson of the house
immigration committee.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27

and prevent the loss Of life and the
destruction of property and by so
doing make it absolutely clear that
any attempt from southern forces to
break into the territory of northern
Ireland would be met and repulsed by
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27

The Sim Fem, Mr.. Churchill said;
had to reiterate that they would never
win Ulster except by her W free
will and that the more they kicked the
worse it would be for them. He said
the imperial government would endea-
vor to stand etween the antagonists