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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-11-04

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New Britain herald., 1922-12-02
Go on With the Story
 CHA pYE,R IT

As. soon as France could release Jonquellc, it sent him. Rodman's genius was the common property, oi the world. The American govern. ment could not, even with. the verdict of trial court let Rodman's death BY by under the. smoke-screen- of such weird, inscrutable mystery. r s45 {
 l, was to meet .Jonquelle and come here with him, But my train into New England was, delayed, and when I.arriyed. at the station, found that Jonquelle had gone. down, to- have a look at Rodman's country-house where the thing. had happened.
 It was. on an isolated forest ridge of the Berkshires,,r no human soul within a dozen miles of it-7a com fortable stone house in the English fashion. There was big drawing room across one end of it.
 Rodman used this drawing-room for a workshop. He. kept it close shuttered and locked. Not. even this big. yellow, servile creature who took exclusive care of him in the house was allowed to enter, except under Rodman's eye, What he saw in the final scenes ofSthe tragedy. he saw lookiny' through a crack under the door. The earlier things he noticed when he put logs on the fire at dark.
 Time is hardly measure for the activities of the mind These refiec- tions winged by in scarcely pereep- tible interval of it. They have taken me some time to write out here. but they crowded past while the big
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of rust on the bolts that the shutters had not been moved; the walls. cecil Ing and floor were undisturbed; the throat of the chimney was coated evenly with old soot. Only the door was possible as an entry, and this was always locked except when Rod man was himself in the room. And at such times the big Oriental never left his post In the hall before it That seemed a condition of his mys- terious overcare Of Rodman.
 Everybody thought the trial court went 10 an excessive care. It scru- tinized in minute detail every avenue that could possibly lead to solution of the mystery The whole country and every resident was inquisitioned The conclusion was inevitable. There was no human creature on that forest crest of the Berkshires but Rodman and his servant.
 But one can see why the trial judge kept at the thing; he was seeking an explanation consistent with the com mon experience of mankind. And when he could not find 1t. he did the only thing he could do. He was wrong, as we now know. But he had a hold in the dark on the truth--not the whole truth by any means; he never had glimmer Of that. He never had the faintest conception of the big, amazing truth. But as
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He was at leisure. could not the odor of his cigar escaped from the room It was very silent. I was placing the Masters bed-candle on the table in the hall, when I heard his voice. You have read it, Ex- cellency,. as the scriveners wrote it down before the judge"
 He paused.
 Tt was an exclamation 4of surprise, of astonishment. Then I heard the Master get up softly and go over to the fireplace. Presently he re- | turned. He got new cigar, Excel lency, clipped itsand lighted it. l could hear the blade of the knife on the fiber of the tobacco, and, of course, clearly the rasp of the match. A moment later I knew that he was in. the chair again.. The odor of | ignited tobacco returned. It was some time before there was another sound in the room; then suddenly I heard the Master swear. His voice was sharp and astonished- This time Excellency, he got up swiftly .Snd crossed the room to the fireplace. could hear him distinctly. There was sthe sound of one tapping on metal, humping it, as with the fin- gers" -
 He stopped again, for brief mo ment, as in reflection.
 Tt was then that the Master un- { locked the door and asked for the liouor." He indicated the court record in my pocket T brought it,
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 Master returned little later and as- cended to his bedroom as usual"
 Then he added. f4e
 Tt was when I went in to put wood on the fire that l sa'w the footprint on the hearth" 5E
 There was force, compelling and vivid. in these meager details. the severe suppression of things, big and tragic. No elaboration could have equalled, in effect. the virtue of this restraint
 The man was going on. directly. with the story.
 The following night, Excellency. the thing happened. The Master had passed the day in the open. He dined with good appetite. like a man in health. And there was a change in his demeanor, He had the aspect of men who are determined to have a thing out at any hazard After his dinner the Master went into the drawing room and closed the door behind him. He had not en- tered the room on this day It had stood locked and close -shuttered!"
 The big Oriental paIsed and made gesture outward with his fingers, as of one dismissing an absurdity.
 No living human being could have been concealed in that room. There is only the bare floor, the Masters table and the fireplace. The great good shutters were bolted in, as they had stood since the Master took the room for workshop and removed the furniture. The door was always locked with that special thief-proof lock that the American smiths had made for it. No one could have en- l tered"
 aIt was the report of the experts at the trial. They showed by the casing
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all periods this Is the one most dan- gerous to the human spirit" NSh
 He sat silent for a. moment, his big fingers moving on the arms of the chair.
 "I knew" he added. Then he went on. But it was the one thing against which I could not protect him. The test was to be permitted" sat
 He turned sharply toward me, the folds of his face unsteady.
 "Excellency." he cried. T would have saved the Master, l would have saved him with my souls damnation but.it was not permitted. On that first night in the. Italians tent I said all I could"
 ]. His voice went into a higher note.
 Twice, for the Master, l have been checked and reduced in. merit. For that bias I was myself encircled. l was in an agony of spirit when knew that the thing was beginning to advance, but my very will to aid was at the time environed.' r
 His voice descended.
 He sat motionless, as though the whole bulk of him were devitalized, and maintained itsoutiine, only by the inclosing frame of the ohair,e
 Tt began, ENcellency, on an August night. There is a chill in these mountains at sunset. I had put wood into the fireplace, and lighted it, and was about the house. The Master, as I have said, had worked out bis formulae. t - .st
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a Kdblet of brandy. with some carbon. ated water. He drank 1t all without putting down the glass. His face was strange. Excellency. :, Then he looked at me.
 Put a log on the fire, he said
 T went in and added wood to the fire and came out.
 "The master remained In the door. way; he re-entered when came ont and closed the door behind him. There was a lons silence after that, then l heard the voice, permitted to the devocation, thin, metallic, offering the barter to the Master. It began and ceased because the Master was on his feet and before the fireplace. I heard him swear again, and presently return to his place by the table,"
 The big Oriental lifted his face and looked out at the sweep Of country before the window.
 The thing went on, Excellency, the voice offering its lure, and presenting 1t in brief flashes of naturalization. and the Master cndeavoring to seize and detain the visitations, which ceased instantly at his approach to the hearth"
 The man paused.
 T knew the Master contended in vain against the thing; if he would acquire possession of what it offered, he, must destroy what the creative forces of the spirit had released to him."
 Again he paused. 4a
 Toward morning he went out of the house. could hear him walk ing on the gravel before the door. He would walk the full length of the house and return. The night was clear; there. was a chill in it, and every sound was audible.
 That was all, Excellency. The
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Oriental was speaking-in the pause between his Cords.
 The print" he continued, was the first confirmatory but 1t was not the first indicatory sign. doubt If the Master himself noticed the thing ut the beginning"
 He paused.
 "The Master was sunk in his labor, and while that enveloped him. the first advances of the lure would have gone by unnoticed--and the tension of the pressure. But the day was at hand. when the Master was receptive. He had got his work completed; the formuae. penciled out. were on his table knew by the relaxation. Of
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Begin IIcrc Today

Mysterious, incredible tragedy had been the fate of
 RODMAN, the, world genius whose tremendous brain power had been centered on the commercial manu-
 facture Of precious stones. The
 scientific world was startled when
 the preliminary papers of Rodman showed that by synthetic chemistry
 he was about to tunn out sheets. or emerald and rubies weighing sev-
 eral pounds at no more cost than the manufacture of ordinary win
 dow glass, r s @ g,
 The Orient was shocked. It meant tremendous destruction of wealth. Then one. day, bearing q gift worth thousands, there came a strange creature from the Shan Mon astery in Asia. Powerful, intelligent --wierd-this man had been delegated by his religious order to serve the great genius and protect him from evil.
 Then came the tragedy. The one man in the world needed to solve the mystery, was M. Jonquelle,. greatest of French detectives. a
New Britain herald., 1922-12-02
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New Britain herald., 1922-12-02

NO BOXING IN COSTA RIGA.
 San Jose. Costa Rica, Dec. 1.--Ths Costa Rica government has issued . decree prohibiting the holding of box ing matches in the republic.
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(The final installment of this tale of mystery and horror will appear In onr next issue.
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have said. he had his fingers on one essential fact.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
WHO KILLED RUDOLF OF
AUSTRIA?

THE proverbial luck Of the Haps-
burgs"-a synonym for i'll fortune
rather than goOd-manifested itself In
a number Of ways during the long
reign Of Franz-Josef, late emperor of
Austria Hungary, but none OF the oc-
currences were more startling or mys.
teriOus than those connected with
the sudden death Of Rudolf. crown
prince of the realm and favortte son
Of Franz-Josef.
Married to the Princess Stephanie.
daughter Of Leopold II. king Of the
Belgians. Rudolf was far from happy
In his marital relations, and COM
paratively short time had elapsed af-
ter his marriage when he ATTEMPTED
to induce his wife to secure a divorce
In order that he might marry Maria
Vetsera. a beautiful young baroness
with whom he was madly in love.
Franz-Joseph. however. sternly for.
babe all thought Of divorce and. Ru-
dolf announced that he was prepared
to renounce all his title and marry the
Baroness Vetsera In spite Of parental
objections. This was recalled wildly
when, only a few months later. there
occurred the "Meyerling tragedy"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
Chef Had Plenty
But He Could
Han dy Eat

Even an expert chef for an up-to-
date restaurant, with everything heart
could wish in the eating line and the
skill to prepare 1t In the most appetite
ing manner, finds life miserable and
work burden with his appetite gone
and his health ali broken up on &C.
count Of stomach trouble.
According to his own statement,
such had been the case for two years
with William Lackey, S65 North Wells
ST.. Chicago, Ill.,, chef at popular
North Clark st. restaurant, who says
he recently found relief by taking
Tanlac.
Mr. Lackey now boasts Of "won-
derful appetite and stomach that
digests such things as ham and eggs,
corned beef and cabbage. and rich pas
tries, foods that would have almost
put me out Of commission before l
took Tanlac."
Before l ran across this medicine"
said he, II was having to lay off from
my work for week at a time just
on account Of the numerous ills l suf-
fered from Indigestion. But when
tell you l have gained fifteen pounds,
eat and digest anything, and am on
the job every day feeling fine, you may
know how I appreciate Tanlac."
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
advertisement.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25

Houston, Texas-1 was in > temny
rundown condition Of health after saep
Of ptomaine poisoning, and then TIE =
f1uenza. / could not seem TO regain ny
strength and was really not able TO oo9
homework. l knew / needed . good sons
and builder and remembered how ~
folks used to regard DR.. Pierces nmel5
in my ei,lhGed day. h and tn 49, ID 81
covery. After taking the second pcI
found it was doing me world g -
strength returned rapidly and lGr
ter in every way. I am glad L. 49,
recommend the medicine that 0o
much good and do not hesitate !"
this statement. ".-Ms. Geruuos -
1895 Rutland st. %,
An druggists tablets OF EQ10
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
No Preacher Shortage.

Stevens county has small but rath.
er' remarkable colored settlement. II
was founded in the early eighties.
Nearly every family lives In its own
homestead. Their crops of maize
broomcorn and watermelons never
fail in this favored district. Many OF
them are in Independent circum.
stances
"How many families have you in
the settlement, uncle?" we asked q
venerable old member of the race.
"Why, nephew" he replied. there
are summas about CO."
"You must have a hard time get.
ting preachers" we again ventured,
having in mind the racial love Of re
ligious exercise.
Deed we has, sab. There Is only
about 20 preachers regular.
ton Hermes.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
The Sort He Needed.

Aunt Sarah, well-known resident
of q certain town in the South. was
burdened with the support of worth
less husband.
One Monday morning she appeared
at the drug shop and asked the clerk
for a fright powerful lfniment TO-
achin' in de bones"
"You might try some Of this.
auntie." said the clerk. TITS an old
and popular remedy. Cures cuts.
bruises, aches and sprains. One dol
lar a bottle. Good for man and beast"
Auntie looked obviously at the dol
lar bottle and then at her fiat purse.
Amt yo' got some TO- so cents-some
To- Jest only beasts7 I wants 1t TO-
NAH ole man."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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1.nte in January, loo0' ""~
staged q gay house party al the
Of Meyerling. some twelve miles -
Vienna. Among the guests WIS ~
Baroness Maria vetsera and gossip
concerning her affair with the e'o" ~.
prince ran high. finally breaking W."
clash when. on the morning OF 'a"
uary 80, Rudoif's valet entered n'S "1-o
ter's bee chamber and found the CIV"
prince dead and, beside him. the oou'
of the beautiful baroness.
The first official report stated tna'
the crown prince had died OF apopieAy
but. as his rugged physique anu
ceptional health were Wen h'o"-
throughout the court circles OF EUROPE
this statement was received win
smile and much Struggling OF s'ou'-
ders. Following this there calhe
flood Of rumors and supposedly
thentic" accounts of the tragedy. some
Of which stated that the baroness l'au
killed herself in despair and that hu'
dolf had committed suicide "heh "e
found her body, others telling OF an III
legged suicide pact between the 'o'e''
and still others limiting at compliei,S
on the part of certain court ohiciai'
who had been instructed TO put stop
to the intimacy between the baroness
and the crown prince lat any COST
A fourth story, which gained cohsid-
cradle credence on the continent, was
connected with former flance Oh Tic
baroness, whom she had discarded III
favor of Prince Rudolf This person
age, whose name was freely mentioned
was known to have been In the V'cin.
ity of Meyerling castle on the nleht VI
the tragedy. and the report was 'ha'
he had secured admittance 10 the
apartments of the prince by Drlplng
several of the servants, and nad slo'
both Rudolf and the baroness. making
his escape before the double murder
was discovered.
Still another angle to the whole al
fair appeared several years later when
the former crown prince and the Daro
ness were reported to have been seen
in the United States, and 1t was freely
limited that news Of their deaths had
been given to the world In order to
cover a scandal which would have
shaken the throne Of Austria and I'M
periled the friendship then existing De-
tween that country and Belgium. That
this version Of the tragedy Is not as
wild as 1t appears Is evident from the
fact that one of the foremost ency-
clopedias states that the crown prince
lis believed to have died, probably by
his own hand, at the Castle Meyerling.
But the entire affair-whether dou-
BILE murder, suicide pact or an at
tempt to cover a scandals only one
of the many tragedies which made
their appearance during the reign OF
Franz-Joseph, tragedies which includ-
ed bis unhappy marriage with the
Princess Elizabeth Of Bavaria; the ex-
ecution Of his brother, the Emperor
Macmillan Of Mexico; the mysterious
disappearance Of the Grand Duke JO-
ham Salvador; the murder Of the EN-
press Elizabeth at Geneva and the as
sassinatiOn of the heir to the throne.
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and
his morganatic wife. the final tragedy
which led to the greatest Of all-the
World war and the subsequent par
tition of the kingdom.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25

draperies. collars and cuffs, there 10
plenty Of opportunity for designs to
be ingeniously varied. not TO mention
the item Of trimmings This includes
cording. stitching. embroidery Of sew
eral kinds, plaits and furs. with tassels
and buttons Of noteworthy decorative
Importance.
At the left Of the two coats pictured
full. straight-line model with double
breast Is shown. Its outstanding fea.
ture lies in floating side panels. falling
below the hem, rounded at the bottom
and trimmed with fur banding.
The handsome bloused model. at the
right, 10 one Of many with dolman
sleeves that merge into the body Of
the coat. It has appropriated the
fashionable strap trimming at the
back and front and emphasizes 1t By
ending each strap with a silk tassel
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25

different weaves In cloth and a trim.
ming of caracul fur are combined In
Just the right way In this suit.
In this model one Of the soft pile
fabrics. in elephant gray, makes the
straight plain skirt and a rough sur
faced cloth. resembling Persian lamb.
in the same gray. IL used for the
bl0used coat. A band Of this furry
cloth extends down the front Of the
skirt. forming distinctive decoration
for It. The coat blouses over q tight
fitting peplum with landings Of car.
acul. The same fur reappears on the
deep. turnover collar and on the long.
naring sleeves. Large silver fligree
clasps fasten the coat at the peplum
and a handsome button usually az
sumes this service for the collar al
though the neck fastening may be in
visible. Speaking Of buttons for suits.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25

Cruz, who fed to Lisbon in 1745, after
church authorities had accused him
Of stealing c-ndelabra Of wrought
gold, lamps Of gold and silver. jars Of
precious stones and gold coins and q
quantity Of gold and silver bars.
The departure Of the bishop was 20
precipitate, according to a writer in
the Brazilian American. that it is Ger.
tain he had not time to take with him
the stolen objects, which were secret
ed In secret cavern of the Castle
hill, upon which the cathedral was ST.
uated.-Kansas City Star.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25

LEND CHIC TO SUIT STYLES;
COATS GENEROUSLY WARM


Of coat displays Models are to be
classified az straight-line. bloused. or
placed among those that. in some meas
ure, achieve a cape effect. They may
be long or short but. in any case. they
are ample and nearly all OF them are
fur.trimmed.
Uniformity in styles and materials
does not interfere with a wide variety
In coats. What with several approved
style motifs In sleeves, pockets, panels.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25

everything you can think of, now w.ns
you to take Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vsc.'
table Compound So let him oct !.
and soon felt better and he told MI
want you to take about six bottles q
l did and | keep house and do ali NV ~
own work and work out by the day and
feel fine now. | tell every one sbous
the Vegetable Compound, for SO mans man.
OF my friends thought l would not o.,
well. Mrs. r. J. LINTON, 1850 Ws Wa,
33d Avenue, Denver, Colorado.
After reading letters like the abov.
and we are constantly publishing them
why should any woman hesitate to taLs
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound if she is in needof help? 1t brine,
relief where other medicines fail.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
Fail to Find Treasure

AS giant steam shovels and streams
OF water shot from hydraulic pumps
eat Into the vitals Of the ancient
MORO do CASTILLO, Rio Janeiro waited
In vain for. the unearthing Of untold
treasure which. legend has 1t. 10 se-
creted in the ancient hill.
Stories Of buried treasure chiefly
are based upon the historical records
Of alleged offerings by the one-time
bishop Of Rio de Janeiro. Don Joao da
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
Describing II.

what kind Of town Is your
neighboring hamlet OF SmackoyerE In
Quired a guest.
"WeII. I'll tell YOU" returned the
landlord Of the tavern at Grudge: ITS
the sort of a place where If citizen
shines up his shoes and puts on clean
collar he Is suspected of intending to
elope with some Teller citizens wife.
Kansas City Star
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-25
Alarming Thought.

Il noticed you hit the sawdust
trail last night at the revival"
yes" said Mr.. BIBLES.
"But you hesitated when you got
about halfway to the preacher"
81 had discovered that the nan
ahead Of me was my favorite bootleg
ger. II backslide and he doesn't
I'll have the dickens Of q time fnd.
ing another reliable distributor
Age-Herald.