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THE EVIL SHEPHERD
By E. Phillips OPpenheim.
Copyright. 1922, BY Little, Brown q Coz

her face. The fingers which he drew
into his were cold as ice.
You must have wondered some
times. she began. "why l ever mar
ried Oliver Hilditch." -.
You were very young. he, re-
minded her. with a little shiver. land
very inexperienced. l suppose he ap-
pealed to you in some way or
another"
1T wasn't that" she replied. ''Ie
he certainly. knew all the tricks OF
making himself attractive and agree
able. But he never won my heart
he never even seriously took my
fancy. 1 married him because ! be-
lieved that by doing so / was obey
ing my fathers wishes"
Where was your father at the time.
then?" Francis asked.
I'm South America. Oliver Htiditch
was nothing more than a discharged
employe of his, discharged for dis
honesty. He had to leave South
prosecution, and on the way to
Europe he concocted the plot which
very nearly ruined my life, He forged
letter from my father begging me.
listen to Oliver Hilditch's proposals,
and limiting guardedly at a very
serious financial crisis which it was
in his power to avert. 1t never oc-
Cured to me or to my chaperon 10
question his bona fides. He had lived
under the same roof as my father.
and knew all the intimate details of
his life. He was very clever and l
suppose l was a fool. ] remember
thinking 1 was doing quite heroic
action when / went to the registrar
with him. What il led to you know"
There was moments throbbing
silence. Francis. Notwithstanding his
deep pity, WAS conscious of an over
whelming sensation of relief. She
had never cared for oliver Hilditch!
She had never pretended to! He put
the thought into words.
You never cared for him. them"
II tried to-" she replied simply,
but l found 1t impossible. Within a
week of our marriage / hated him"
Francis leaned back, his eyes half
roar of Piccadilly. the hooting of
motor cars. close at hand the rustling
of Il faint wind in the elm trees 1t
was a wonderful moment. The night
mare with which he had grappled SO
tiercely. which he had overthrown.
walked by his side, had lost its chief
and NEST poignant terror. She had
been tricked into the marriage. She
had never cared or pretended to care.
The primal horror of that tragedy
which he had figured SO often to
with the thought It's shadow must
always remain. but in time his con-
science would acquieSce in the pro-
nouncement of his reason. 1t was the
hand of justice, not any human hand,
which had slain Oliver Hilditch.
What did your father say when he
discovered the truth?'' he asked.
He did not know it until he came
10 England on the day that oliver
Hilditch was acquitted. My husband
always pretended that he had a spe
cial mail bag going out to South
America. so he took away all the
letters | wrote to my father. and he
took care that / received none except
one or two which 1 know now were
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Ito be continued tomorrow.)
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said. stretching out his hand toward
cedarwood box OF cigarettes. and
selecting one. this man seems quite
sane. have watched him very
closely on the way here. but I could
see no signs of mental alteration.
do not think. at any rate. that he Is
dangerous -
"Sir Timothy" shopiand explained
with some anger In his tone. 'ide-
clines to take me seriously. can. of
course, apply for search warrant, as
I shall do but TT occurred to me to
be one of those cases which could be
better dealt with, up. to a certain
point, without recourse to the extrem-
tiles Of the law" - as ~.
I Sir Timothy: who had lit his cfga-
rs re presented a wholly undisturh-
What cannot quite understand"
he said. is the exact meaning Of, that
word Abduction: why should 1. be
suspected of forcibly removing a
harmless and worthy young emap from
his regular avocation. and, as you
term II abdptting. him, which I pre-
sumo means keeping him bound and
Gagged and imprisoned? ] do not eat
yang men. I do not even care for
the society OF young men. 1 amanot
natural ~ a gregarfous person, but
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think /. would 60 50 far" he added.
with a bow toward Miss Hysiop. "as
to say that I prefer the society Of
young women. Satisfy my curiosity.
therefore. l beg Of you. For what
been concerned in the disappearance
OF ,fhis Mr.. Reginald Wilmore?"
Francis opened his lips, but Shop
land. with q warning glance. inter-
yened. - = II.
II work sometimes as a private per-
SON. sir" he said, but tt IL not to be
forgotten that am an officer Of the
law. 1t is not for US to state motives
or even to afford explanations for our
behavior. I have~watched your house
at Hatch End, Sir Timothy; and have
come to the conclusion that unless
you are willing to discuss this matter
with me In Il different spirit, am
justified in asking the magistrates
for a search warrant"
ITO be continued tOmorrow.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-16

The Dennis, Comfortable. homellke sur,
table. View of ocean and bay. RESPONSIBLE
rates. ME-. r i DENNIS
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tcontinued from Yesterdays Starr

''Mr. Ledsam." he said, II told you,
come little time ago, that so far as
this particular case was concerned 1
had no condolences, to share with you.
] am sorry that you saw that letter.
Since you did, however, l hope you
will not take 1t as a liberty from one
in my position if / advise YOU most
strenuously to do nothing which
might impede the course of the law.
Good day, sir"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-16

Prices realised ON Swift Il Company
sales OF carcass beef in Warrington. D. c..
for week ending Saturday, July II, 1923, on
shipments sold ont, ranged from 100 cents
to $500 cents per pound and averaged 1911
cents per pound. --Advertisemen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-16
BR00KHART RETURNS.
Senator, Back From Russia, De-
cHnes to Discuss Trip.

BOSTON, July 16.-United States
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, returned
yesterday on the steamship President
Polk after his trip to Russia to study
the soviet regime. He refused to
discuss his Impressions of soviet
Russia. - :
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
SmiIinQ Porchc8

More houses are being built with
inclosed pOrches than ever before;
you may walk down long streets Of
dear little homes whose porches smile
at Won through tiny panes of glass.
Euu pass medium sized places with
ground comfortable houses set back
from thu road. and large mansions
III ever. one somewhere you catch the
glimpse of an enclosed porch-room
fashioned houses follow suit, and
back of the rounded Colonial pillars
are fitted small-paned glass partitions
that, inclose the porch as efficaciously
as though it had been built that way
in the beginning. In the summer these
are lifted out, leaving the porch as
before-The Designer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
SUPERSTITION IN BACK SEAT
Man Forgot All Dreambook Lore
When His Beloved Thatch of
Hair Was threatened.

A friend of mine is one Of the most
superstitious men. In fact. l think
he has as fine a collection of dream
books as any man in the country, and
ne is an authority on all things that
pertain to superstition, says a writer
in the Washington Star. He can tell
you, without an instant's hesitation,
just what the action of a black cat
might mean, what the finding of a
four-leaf clover, under certain condi-
lions. signifies; just how and when
horoscope should be cast. But the
other night he came a cropper. After
hard days work he had tumbled into
bed, only to have his rest disturbed
by a most distressing nightmare, the
salient feature of which was the pic
ture of his handsome suit of black and
gray hair having departed, leaving him
nearly as bald as the front-roW
patrons Of the olq-time burlesque
shows. Did he get up in the. morn
ing and consult one of the dream
books that occupy prominent place
IN his library? He did not. He hur-
riedly dressed, bolted his breakfast
and dashed around to the corner drug
store and bought three bottles of hal.
tonic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Order. Not Disorder.

May we not say, moreover, while so
many of our late heroes have worked
rather as revolutionary men, that
nevertheless every great man, every
genuine man, is by the nature of him
a son of order, not of disorder? 1t
is tragic position for true man to
work in revolutions. He seems an
anarchist, and indeed a painful ele-
ment of anarchy does encounter him
at every, step-him to whose whole
soul anarchy is hostile, hateful. His
mission is order; every mans is. He
is here to make what was disorderly,
chaotic, into thing ruled, regular. He
is the missionary of order, is not all
work of man in this world a making
of order? The carpenter finds rough
trees; shapes them, constrains them
into square fitness, into purpose and
Use. We are all born enemies of
disorder; it is tragical for us all to-
he Concerned in image breaking and
Go pulling; for the great man.
more a man than we, it is doubly trag
ical.-Carlyle's Heroes and Hero Wor-
ship"
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heroine or 1901
chid's Splendid Bravery Handed
Down in History.
Settlement Is Told In Records
of Frontier Days.

Madeleine Vercheres became known
as the heroine of Vercheres" in 1701,
when she as but a child.
Vercheres was a small settlement in
the wilderness near Montreal, which
was founded by Madeleine's father, a
Frenchman, and there the girl was
born.
one beautiful summer day when
Madeleine was only fourteen years old,
everything seemed quiet and peaceful
There was no hint Of danger, so the
men of the settlement decided to go to
Montreal for supplies only one sol
der was left in the fort to defend the
women ana children against possible
attack by the Indians.
Madeleine, who WIS Il great lover of
nature, strayed away from the fort,
and went down along the river for
walk alone. Suddenly Madeleine heard
sound which struck terror to her
heart.
Turning hastily the little girl saw
five Indians in war paint coming to-
ward her. Madeleine ran toward the
fort. A shower of bullets followed her,
and several arrows just missed her as
she ran.
When Madeleine neared the fort she
turned for another heeting look at the
redskins One had outdistanced the
others, and was only few feet from
her. She could almost feel his breath
upon her as she rushed on as fast as
she could go. Just as Madeleine
reached the gate of the fort the savage
grabbed the handkerchief which was
tied about her neck, but it came away,
and the Indian found himself clutch
ing it instead Of her throat.
The big gate swung open just in
time, and Madeleine was safe on the
inside.
ITO armsl" she cried to two women
who were standing near but they were
so frightened that they became hys-
terical Immediately. Without stopping
to calm them, Madeleine rushed to the
bastion, where the only man In the
fort stood.
Selling the musket, the plucky
french girl uIeu NOllcy Oh SIlotS Nv
the Indians who had opened fire just
outside the gate. By this time the SOL
der was firing large gun at the red
skins as fast as he could load and re-
load it.
Then Madeleine conceived the idea
which deceived the Indians into believ
ing that several men-not just one
man-were defending the fort. She
clapped a military cap on her head,
and running back and forth on the
parapet, she raised her head up here
and there so that the redskins might
t see the cap. This convinced them that
it was time to retreat, and the Indians
turned and fled into the woods, believ-
ing there were many soldiers in the
fort.-Mark Stuyvesant in the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14

The world has its blind spots" for
thunder and lightning, says bulletin
of the National Geographic society.
The brilliant flash of Lightning and the
crackle and thunder would be as i'm
possible of conception by many Els
kimos as would solid water" by
equatorial savages.
In general the frequency of thun-
derstorms decreases as one goes north,
until within the Arctic and Antarctic
circles they seldom occur.
When Katmai volcano, on the Alas
kan peninsula, erupted in 1912,
some of the adult natives OF
the vicinity were more terrified at the
and thunder that accom-
panied the dust clouds than at the
possibility of being buried by ash, be-
cause they had nothing in their life
long experience by which to judge the
and Geafen,ug noise from the
Skies
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Cotton in South Africa.

Cotton growing in South Africa Is
expected to make great developments
In the near future. Experts estimate
that there are four million acres Of
good soil available in the Transvaal,
Swaziland and Zululand, which would
yield annually and solve the unem>
ployed problem. The industry has
made great strides since 1909, whel.
the crop totaled $4,000 pounds of lint
The present seasons crop, given aver.
age conditions, is estimated at 2,00O,-
600 pounds. Sir George Buchanan, the
harbor construction expert, told
Union government official recently
that he had visited the cotton fields
Of Egypt, East Africa and other parts
of the world, but had seen nothing to
equal the soil and conditions of many
portions of South Africa. For cotton
growing, he said, the soil was good
the climate perfect, labor cheap, and
the rainfall suitable, and he was
amazed at the high possibilities of the
industry in the Union. Cooperative
concerns have decided to form cot
ton exchange.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
To Finish Hudson Ray Road.

Agitation is being renewed in West
ern Canada for the resumption of work
on the Hudson Bay railway, now need
ing only % miles of construction to
complete short cut across the narrow
end of the globe, reducing the distance
from Calgary to Liverpool by about
1850 miles.
The deep water development of the
tarbor at Port Nelson, consisting of an
artitically constructed island, situated
near the outer edge of the tidal flats,
about two-thirds of a mile from Shore
connected with the mainland by q
bridge of II spans. has created some
opposition to those who favored Port
Churchill for the railway terminus.
The island as built is now one-halt
mile in length and inclosed ON all
but the deep water face by timber crib
retaining works, and the interior has
been partly filled with material
dredged from the site of the deep
water wharves and channel. The work
was greatly interfered with on ac-
count of the war.-Scientific American,
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ricks,

horse stopped by the curb, and a
man with a rope got out and crept
toward the unsuspecting collie pup
which was busy munching large bone
he had found on his morning rambles.
Just few more steps and he would
have the dog caught, when a small
boy, like a young cyclone, swept by
him shouting and waving his hands. In
less than minute the dog, ever alert
to any excitement, was disappearing
around the corner.
"Heah, You young rascal, don you
try any of yoah tricks on me! !" angrily
shouted the dog catcher.
"Tricks?" grinned the small boy. '1
amt playing any tricks on you. l am
only running to school cause l am
late"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
The Radio Predecessor.

Broadcast wireless as a news serv
ice is merely a development of a plan
inaugurated many years ago. in 1893
i'll Budapest by the establishment Of
the Telefor Hermode or Telephone
Newsletter, which soon counted it's
subscribers by thousands, at the rate
of a penny Il day. News was collected
in the ordinary way, printed by H.
biography on long strips of paper and
telephoned by specially trained "sten-
ters." 1t provided also for advertis-
ing. For one form the stenters would
reel off advertisements for twelve Sec
onds, carefully sandwiching them be-
tween interesting items of news 50
that the subscriber would not discon-
meet for fear of missing something he
really wanted to hear.-Montreal Ca,
zette
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
W0MANS RULE is ABSOLUTE
Tuarsg Tribesmen Go Yelled and Must
Obey the Commands Issued by
Their Wives.

Among the Tuaregs, found in the
who by all the laws of the country has
to obey the women. Descent is traced
through the mother; woman shows her
proud face to all the world, while the
man goes yelled. In the presence of
woman of noble birth, men cover their
faces and heads altogether. The women
give the children what little instruc-
ton they have and train them to re
spect and obey them.
Bullied and worried by his women
folk, the Tuareg has no liberty at all.
All the goods, tents, camels and clothes
are the women's property. The stick
he carries and the great wooden box
into which he puts what his wife suf-
fers him 10 have are all the man
possesses and all he retains if for some
reason his wife chooses TO divorce him.
In Chat, when a man goes out after
sunset he is usually followed by a
Ssgro servant, sent by his wife to dog
bis steps, and woe to him if he forgets
himself or comes home too latel He
will find the door shut and must count
himself lucky if he is not put onto the
street altogether.
The young man who, in spite Of all
this, wants to marry must pay a heavy
sum for the bride, to obtain which he
is obliged to look for other means than
his usual work of rearing camels or
carrying goods for the Arab trader
Thus he is forced into taking part in
one of the yearly rhazzias.
The women decide when the right
moment has come, and the men sally
forth against some luckless caravan or
to the rich highlands of 1ibesti. These
senseless raids have destroyed many a
fertile oasis, and have accelerated the
final disappearance of trans-Saharan
trade.-From a Bulletin of the Nation
al Geographic Society.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14

Legend makes out til" ostrich to be
a bird living wild in tie desert on a
hard and indigestible fare of stones.
But this is not the bid that produces
the feathers which fashion demands.
Those fine plumes you see in hats
come from a bird well fed on scien-
titic lines by farmers in South At
RIGA. Feathers from the wild ostrich
of the Sudan rarely come into the
market.
The farmer watches the ostrich as
any other stock, dieting him and breed
ing him with the object of producing
better and better feathers, A pair
of ostriches-yOu count ostriches m
pairs-the cock and the hen-that
have got into the way Of producing
really the best are worth about 5000.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Birds Like Old Homes.

Birds have in common with man the
"homing instinct" although of course
In man the instinct is not so highly
developed Just how Mr.. and Mrs.
Bird on their return to the north from
their winter in the south find their old
nests each spring is not known. Their
ability to locate the "old home' Is
Without chart encompass to point the
way the birds fly unerringly to ther
old haunts each spring.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Trailer for Automobiles.

A trailer of novel design has been
patented in the United States by Henry
Kapferer Of Billancourt, France. This
trailer consists of a chassis, the for
wardly extended sides Of which are
attached to the rear of an automobile.
At the rear of the chassis is a single
wheel w'Iich supports the trailer. This
wheel is mounted in a post which
swings freely. A spring construction
is also included which takes up jolts
received by this rear wheel without
communicating them to the chassis.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
7LANTs WITH ODD POWERS
Many Strange Beliefs Have Been Cred
tied to Particular Species of
Growing Things.

Some plants and flowers are sup
posed to possess strange powers.
One Of these is the mandragora, a
species of the nightshade tribe, which
is said to utter shriells on being torn
from the ground, and to revenge itself
by killing the person who picked it.
The Romans, who attached great value
to the plant, never gathered it without
performing a weird ceremony.
Our ancestors considered all plants
growing on wild heaths and in lonely
churchyards and old ruins to possess
evil powers. The moonwort was sup
posed TO be able TO open locks and
unshoe horses, while vervain, which
was under the protection of the god
dess Venus, was sure protection
against witchcraft and the bites of
snakes. This plant was used to dec
crate the affairs of the ancient Persians
and the druids.
ST. Johns wort was able, it was said
20 put to flight ghosts, demons, and
even Satan himself. Mistletoe was
called the "all-heal'' plant and was
used by doctors to cure any disease,
Other charms against evil spirits were
the rowan-tree and the homely "hon-
sty," which is found in many coun-
ny gardens to this day. The latter,
declared to be under the protection
Of the moon, was supposed to be en-
t.OWe1 with MANY magic properties
London Tit-Bits.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Latest N-l?av Plant

An improved N-ray plant, described
In Popular Mechanics Magazine, has
fitting table that can either be
changed quickly by hand to any posi-
tion between the horizontal and YER
teal, or slowly moved by an electric
motor, while a diagnosis is being made.
The moving parts are cOunterbalanced
regardless of angle A 75,000-volt
transformer supplies a photographic
tube above the table, the holder of
which Is universally adjustable and In
dicates the accurate placing Of the
tube. The apparatus is equipped with
an automatic plate-changing device.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Blanket Indians Disappearing.

Reports from Indian agency head
quarters throughout northern anc
western Oklahoma are that the larger
girls of the tribes who have been at
tending government schools wore
blankets last summer less than ever
before. In other words, Indian schools
gradually are eliminating the blanket
Indian, an aim the schools have had
for many years. The agencies give
the schools full credit for bringing
about this result.--From the Okla,
homan.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Egypt.

Mrs. Julia Budway of Orono is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs Leonard Snod-
grass.
Mrs. Hannah Scammon has gone
to Washington Junction, being
called there by illness in the family
of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Good
win.
Friends of Henry Billings are glad
to know that he is now able to be out
to work.
March 12 l..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
OTIS.

Elmer Jellison of Hermon, who
has been here cutting cord wood, has
returned home.
v Mr.. and Mrs Percy Davis and son
OF Waltham, visited Mrs Davis
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Jordan
the past week.
Town meeting will be held Mar. 26.
A meeting of the women's branch
of the Farm Bureau will be held
with Mrs. Fannie Young March IS.
March ~ O
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Gilbert Told Where He Got of.

When Chesterton in his new book
brother-journaiist puts 1t, thrown in
for loss" We agree with s. K.
who remarks in the Spokesman-Re-
view: Until writer. can give the
precise difference between nut and
a goof, dumbbell and simp. cuckoo
and solid ivory, he had better leave
the American language alone"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
Sound.

Archie Grindle, who has been very
i'll of pneumonia, is gaining.
r Mrs. Claude Murphy is visiting her
sister, Mrs. John Goliath, at MILL
nocket.
Miss Winifred Mattheson spent the
week with relatives at Beech HILL
March ~. HI. W.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-03-14
North LamOine,


v Mrs. Brown of Marlboro is visiting
Mrs. Maynard Young.
Capt. A. B. Holt left Thursday for
Boston on business.
Mrs Coleman Hagan returned
from Ellsworth last Thursday. She
has been ill of grip.
March 12. Y.