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; long, approximately, had Worth
been deadT'
Eight hours
you would say then that the
death probably occurred at or a
little before II o'clock"
Yes"
Gould 1t have occurred several
hours later. say a little after II"
mo. He died before IL. not
after"
Judith, reading this chilled with
horror. They were actually prov
ing that Douglas was In mis- OF
flee when Ramon died. If Doug
las didn't shoot him, at the very
least he knew who did. His silence
mMdO a suicide theory untenablc.
Would any man go on trial for
his life If he could so easily clear
himself? If Douglas didn't shoot
Ramon someone else in that room
did. And in his presence. He was
was shielding the murderer.
Judith crumpled the papers.
She went in quietly to the big
room where she and Sandy slept
She knelt at the fireplace, held
a lighted match to q corner or the
page.
The flame threw a fitful snaHoW
across the wall-a shadow that
darted furtively past deer horns
and guns crossed on the panels.
The flame died, leaving the news
paper in charred layers on the
red Goals.
They were trying to fastan
murder on Douglas Keith.
Judith knelt here. She cOuid
hear Sandy breathe-now and
then hear a short, restless cough.
They were covering him with
guilt.
She clasped her hands in an
effort to control the warm, creep
ing terror that went slowly up
ward until 1t sat throbbing and
immense, feeding on her heart.
They would prove their case
Grotesque. Not to be imagined.
Impossible! Could any one look
at Douglas Keith and believe him
a murderer? Could any one look
at that young boys face -clean
and fighting and tender, and say
that he should be hanged by the
neck until dead?
Judith sank against a chair,
buried her face in her arms.
They would never ask this, OF
course. Young men have been
hanged. She remembered that
case Of boy just % whose sis.
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CHAPTER IO6
LIE wouldn't talk. He refused

LIE wouldn't talk. He refused
II to say one word in his own
defense. He had no witnesses.
And they were proving he was
in the room. His finger prints
were there. That blood stained
handkerchief was his. He was
seen entering Worth's office on
the night, perhaps at the very
hour Ramon died.
The second day of the peoples
case against Douglas Keith
charged with murder.
Judith stood in the kitchen Of
the little hunting shack, her eyes
blistered as they drank up these
accounts of the trial in the eve
ming papers.
And you were sweeping a
neighbOring room when you heard
someone shaking the knob Of Ra-
mon Worth's door,"
The janitress, a sharp-featured
woman about 40, was on the stand.
Yes, SIR"
You came to investigate and
found a young man in a brown
suit impatiently waiting? You're
positive the defendant is the man
you saw"
'Yes-he's the man I saw"
Tell what happened"
He waited there. He shook
the knob. Then he raped hard,
like this, with his knuckles. After
quite a while the door was open.
ed. He went in. He spoke to
someone. heard him saw.
Good God" Someone answered.
1t was a woman's voice. The door
closed. then went to- a room in
another corridor. 1 paid no more
attention. When looked again
the lights were out. supposed
they'd gone. 1t was II o'clock.
l quit then. ! 66U't chance to
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By Stella Wynne
Whose Stories Of Mystery and
Love Are Causing Wide
spread Comment

well nothing, doctor.
He registers from Chicago, but
he speaks with a New York &C
cent-of course, that means moth
ing. He's usually away week
ends and sometimes a day or two
during the week. He asked to be
put up on the eighth floor wing
because there's less noise-I sup
pose because he does most of his
sleeping in the forenoon. The
night clerk tells me he's usually
out until pretty late, two, or
even three and four in the morn
ing but that's nothing
new in my guests. 1 don't know
what his business is.
DIR. Greasy could have told him
at least one angle of it, the one
that kept him out so late. But all
he said-and he had to do that to
relieve inward pressure-was:
''I don't like the fellow"
Cant say I do, either. But,
then, 1 don't run this hotel on
my personal likes. Most of the
people 1 personally like can't at.
ford to live here"
AS the manager moved away
DR.. SCerritt haSIenSQ toward the
doctor, seemingly very agitated.
Hang It ALL" exclaimed the
erstwhile lecturer on Egyptology,
"Lecay hasn't sent back Anon
Ka yet, and I can't raise him on
the phone. The girl here says
his room doesn't answer. / hope
he isn't dead or anything. He
promised to send her over 20
Anita's shop the first thing in
the morning"
well, he started ut
about a quarter of 9 this morn
ing"
How do you know"
"I saw him go. He packed
Amon-Ka out through the lobby
into a touring car and drove off
with her"
''weIl, he didn't get there. /
Just came from the shop"
DR.. Cressy shrugged his shout
ders.
at don't know the answer, DIR.
Steritt."
ct tell you what I think. I
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Story Of Swift adventure adventure Ting Tmgng r Romance

them here. He had stood at this
very door and taken Judith's
hands. That was just after she
saw him lean so gloriously to
Sandy, kissing her and saying
some happy thing. Then he came
to Jude and asked her to take
care Of Sandy. He said: Judy,
darling, no matter what happens,
you'll stick by her? Oh Judy, I
love her"
But he never guessed what was
going to happen.
1t now seemed to Judith in.
sanity that she had made such q
promise. Insane and futile. 1t
would be so simple to clear him.
A breeze blew crisp leaves in a
little furry about her feet. A
chipmunk went rafting through
the twigs.
So easy to clear him-hurting
no one!
Judith. tiptoed back to Sandy's
bed. The pale cheeks were now a
little flushed. The lashes were
black and lay with a childish ap-
peal-so quiet-so long
If Sandy knew-if she knew
what was happening?
Suddenly Judith recalled Sandy
staring from the window in their
closet and that Sandy had clapped
her hands over her face and whis-
pered desperately: II can't help
it, Jude-I can't help it." Because
she loved him so.
And if Sandy knew where he
was now and what was happen
ing?
Judith stopped down hastily and
touched her lips to Sandy's hair.
She said in a fever: Shed never
forgive me never!
won't let it be-"
The next morning Judith went
to the city. She went to the Hall
of TuStice
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read the question Of the prosecute
ton. Did these men have any
objection to a death penalty? She
looked at Hal Hume with wild,
stricken face. Death penalty?
Surely they're not going to ask
this?"
He didn't answer.
Judith went up and put her
hands on his shoulders: Hal
does he think I'll keep silent
through that? Does he think I'll
let that happen?
"I WON'T
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By ElenOre Meherin,
Author of "Chickie," "Ann,
"Ann and Phil and
"NOra Lee"

But Hal Hume never came UNI
I'll six. He brought the evening
papers. Judith took these into
the kitchen-read them and
burned them making sure Sandy
wouldn't find them.
At O'Clock she told herself:
He may come earlier tonight
he'll want to tell me what they've
done"
She longed to run down the
read.
Hal came. The serene face
looked gaunt-. They've gotten
five men for the jury so far"
Judith took the paper She
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CHAPTER IO7

JUDITH feared she might be
u watched and her coming lead
to Sandy's arrest. So she was
nervous and her voice inaudible.
Three times she had to repeat:
I'm his cousin, Jane Keith"
Hes in court now, Miss
Keith, but likely to be in any
moment for the noon recess. You
better come back at /. The men
are locked up now and until l."
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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NapOLeon,s WidotO Remarked

HKARIA LOUISA daughter Austrian Emperor Wnon
M NaDoeon married after dvorcng Josephine rmrled
after his Her second husband was Count Nepps
Austrian general.
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City Named for French Pioneer

E city of Duluth Minnesota named for Daniel Greyoon
Du pioneer to Canada in 1870 He
established the sites Detroit Fort William He died
Lake Superior in
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Follow the Mystery of the Blue Scarab
and the Love Affair of the
Beautiful Heroine
THE STORY THUS FAR

Kent Glendennng found dead
IN taxi in which they have just arrived at Kathleens hotel
Though supecng Kathleen police been able establish
that hotel physician
turns detective and his investigation that Kathens two
sisters Hazel and Echard, involved
Offers Gndennings slayer
stimulates information DR.. Cressy locates
Suk Oriental habOy who disappeared shortly after the shoot
Ing and learns that valuable sacred Eue scarab possibly be-
hind the killing Kathleen already surprised Greasy by giving
him this scarab for akeepng declaring she fears violence she
keeps it.
reganng after series
Of Kelly hotel starter who found Glen
dnnng dead in the taxi reveals Kathleen and Dr. that
he picked the taxi floor after Kathleen
had entered hotel He explains he told his Bert and that
Bert has been missing
Cressy dismayed Kathleen has disappeared He
searches high and low in frantic haste.
NOW CONTINUE
The border vidette., 1926-05-08
HARRY WOODRUFF COMING BACK

Good news from the Good
Samaritan Hosoital in Los An.
geles, to the effect that Harry C.
Woodruff. president of the Unit
ed States Graphite Com pany, of
Saginaw, Michigan, which owns
valuable graphite producing
mines in Sonora, is on the road
to recovery, after months of i'll
ness caused by a fall in this city
when Mr.. Woodruff was a guest
at the Evans hotel. Harry Wood
ruff is one of Natures noblemen;
he is held in high esteem by all
who know him, in Saginaw, No
gales and in the state of Sonora.
All will rel oice over the good
news that Harry is coming
back on his own power"
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F. Hillman, parties to the foregoing
Certificate of Incorporation, known
to me personally to be such, and !
having first made known to them
and each of them the contents of
said Certificate, they did severally
acknowledge that they signed, sealed
and delivered the said Certificate as
their several voluntary act and deed,
and that the facts therein stated are
truly set forth.
Given under my hand and seal of
office the day and year aforesaid.
My commission expires November 22,
1929.
FRANK L. OWEN,
Notary Public in and for
the City and County of San
Francisco. State of California.
FRANK L. OWEN,
Notary Public, City & Co. of
San Francisco, Cal.
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State of Delaware
Office of Secretary of State

Otflce or secretary or State
I, FANNIE S. HERRINGTON,
Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware, Do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is true and
correct copy of Certificate of Ineor-
poration of the STANDARD Oil Com
pany of California" as received and
filed in this office the twenty-sev-
enth day of January, A D. 1926, at
/ o'clock p. M.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and official seal,
at Dover, this twenty-seventh day of
January in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
six.
FANNIE S. HERRINGTON,
Secretary of State.
(Official SealD
First pub. \ pril lot,
The border vidette., 1926-05-08
CERTIFICATE or INCORPORATION
or
STANDARD OIL COMPANY or
CALIFORNIA
ARTICLE I

ARTICLE
The name of this Corporation is
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue. of a writ of fieri facias,
to me directed, issued out Of the At
lantic County Court of Common
Pleas, will be sold at public vendue,
THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF
AI1SuST. NINETEEN HUND-
RED AND TWENTY SIX,
at two o'clock daylight saving time)
in the afternoon of said day, in the
Board of Chosen Freeholders Assem-
bly Room, on the Seventh Floor,
Guarantee Trust Building, in the
City of Atlantic City, County of At
Lands and premises situate in the
City of Northfield, County of Atlantic
and State of New Jersey:
Beginning in the Northwesterly
line of Broad Street, $50 feet South.
west of the Southwesterly line, of
Jackson Avenue and extending;
thence "a Northwestwardly parallel
with Jackson Avenue $50 feet to the
Southeasterly line of a 20 feet VIDE
alley; thence ca Southwestwardly
along the line of said alley 33 feet !;
thence 90 enthusiastically parallel
with the first course 150 feet TO the
Southwesterly line of Broad Street;
thence a. ENTHUSIASTICALLY in and
along the Northwesterly line of
Broad Street 33 feet to the place of
Levy approximately $424. besides
interest, costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Edwin
Woolbert and taken in execution at
the suit of William J. Large, Admir-,
and to De aoWXRD f15S * R. CLOUD,
Dated July 10, 1926.
Elwood c. Weeks, Attorney.
Prs fee, 1882
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
Dated July 2, 1926.
PROPOSALS.

Sealed Proposals will be received
by the Board of Education of the
City of PIeasantville, N. j., until
eight thirty o'clock P. NJ, at the
High School, Pleasantville, N. J., on
July %, 1926. for the furnishing and
delivery to the Board of Education
of the City of Pleasantville, N. j..
for use in the operation of the
schools of the said city, for the
furnished and delivered to such
school or schools, or to such places
at such time or times and in such
quantities as shall be directed by
said Board of Education, as follows:
(400) four hundred tons of anthracite
barley, rice, buckwheat, pea, chest
nut or stove coal.
Time specified above for receipt of
proposals is daylight saving time.
Samples of coal shall be submitted
to and approved by the Board before
the contract is awarded.
Each proposal shall be accompa-
MED by a certified check to the order
of Carrie J. Smith. Secretary, in the
sum of $100, which shall be pinned
to the outside of the envelope con-
tanning the proposal.
The successful bidder shall be re-
quired to furnish a surety bond with
such Surety Co. as shall be satisfac-
tory to the Board, in sum equal to
100eo of the contract price, and to
enter into contract for the furnish
ing of and delivering of said coal
satisfactory to the Solicitor of the
Board.
The Board reserves. the right to
reject any or all bids.
CARRIE J. SMITH,
Secretary
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED
1920 BY MAGISTRATE.
Pleads Guilty to Driving Car
While Intoxicated.

Charles Carpenter, 116 N. Brigh-
ton avenue, Atlantic City, was
fined 1920 and had his operators
license revoked for two years,
Monday. when he was brought be-
fore Police Magistrate William B.
Stephens, and pleaded guilty to
driving a car while in an intoxi-
Gated condition. A physician had
declared the man intoxicated.
Carpenter was brought to the
magistrate here by Corporal Ill
ingeworth and Trooper Kelley, of
the Mays Landing sub-station.
He was picked up on the Harding
highway.
After being examined he plead
ed guilty to the charge of driving
while intoxicated. He was releas-
ed upon payment of the fine.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
BURY UNKNOWN MAN.
Coroner ParseIs Acts After At
tempt to Identify Body.

Unidentified, the body of a ne
gro, found drowned in Absecon
Bay, Sunday morning, was buried
In the Mt. Pleasant cemetery by
Coroner George l.. Parsels, Mon
day. Several people had visited
the Coroner's in an unsuccessful
attempt to identify the body.
The man is believed to be one
who tried to hold up another man
on the Absecon boulevard, and
endeavored to escape across the
meadows. He tried to swim a
small creek, and drowned, police
believe.
John B. Wood, of this city, dis
covered the body and notified the
local authorities.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
Dated July 10, 1926.
sHERIFF'S SALE.

Rv virtue of writ of fieri facias,
to me directed, issued out of the .,i New Nv
Jersey Court of Chancery, Will pc
sold at public vendue, on
THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DA1 OF
AUGUST, NINETEEN HIND
RED AND TWENTY-SI SIN,
at two o'clock daylight saving tlmel
in the afternoon of said day, in the
Roard of Chosen Freeholders Assem-
hlv Room, on the Seventh Floor,
Guarantee Trust Building, in the
civ of Atlantic City, County of At
lantic and State of New Jersey,
All that tract or parcel of land ana
premises situate in the Borough OF
Linwood, in the County OF Atlantlc
and State of New Jersey.
Reginning at a point in the middle
of the Shore Road; said point belng
the beginning corner of Tract No. l
as mentioned in deed Carl L. Roescn,
single, to Lydia Palmer, dated May :,
1924. and recorded in the County
Clerks Office in Book 73S OF DEEDS,
page 430. ETC., and extending thence
a. South fifty-eight degrees thirty
minutes East in Reuben l.. Somefs
line and along the first course as
mentioned in Tract No. in the
above described deed one hundred
and fifty feet; thence (2) Southwest,
WardIy parallel with the Shore Road
seyenty-five feet; thence CD North
westwardly parallel with the first
course, one hundred and fifty feet 10
a point in the middle line OF the
Shore Road thence (4J Northeast
wardly in and along the line in the
middle of the Shore Road seventy
five feet to the place of beginning,
Decree approximately S6.914, be-
sides interest, costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Wllhel-
nina J. Schramm ct al. and taken IN
execution at the suit of Home Build
ing and Loan Association, of Pleas
antville, n. j., and to be Sold py
HOWARD r. CLOUD,
Sheriff
Dated July 10, 1926.
C. c. Shinn, Solicitor.
Prs fee, S22.6S
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
soMERs POINT ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE vacating that por-
ton of Atlantic Avenue IN the city
of SomerS Point, lying Southeast
wardly of the right of way OF the
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Company, from the Southwesterly
line of Meyran Avenue, distance
Southwardly, one hundred thirty
uishing the public right therein.
Be it Ordained by the Common
Council of the City of Somers Point:
Section l. That that portion of
Atlantic Avenue, as shown upon map
entitled. Map Number l of Glyn
Meath, situate in the City OF Somers
Point, Atlantic Co., New Jersey, pc,
longing to William Sharrock ana 20.
in the City of Somers Point, lying
Southea stwardly of the right of way
of the West Jersey and Seashore
Railroad Company, from the South
westerly line of Meyran Avenue, a
distance Southwardly, one hundred
thirty five feet, be and the same Is
hereby vacated.
Section 2. That the public rlght R
arising from any dedicatioh 1ct;o Aoan,ie ot ,,ee
be and the same is hereby released
and eXtinguished.
Section 3. That this ordinance
sball not take effect until all costs
and exnenses incurred by the City OF
Somers Point in and about the prep
aration and publication OF notice OF
Intention, mailing OF notices tnergoi, M this
prdinance. certification of copy
thereof and filing same. with the
Cierl, of the County of Atlantic, etc.
he Maid by the owner or owners ol
the land Immediately adjacent TO the
said avenue hereby vacated, paymitetn.
of which is hereby made a condltlon
precedent to the taking eftecI hefeol;
that the City Clerk shall immediate
iv a after final passage and publication
Hereof and upon the payment OF the
costs and expenses aforesaid, maks
ond file in the office of the Clerk OF
the County of Atlantic, a copy OF thls
ordinance, together with copy u
the proof of publication hereof. GUY
certified by him under the co!poiaee. ee..
seal of the City of Somers Foiht' ioi
,.ecord as REQUIRED by law.
section 5. Be it further Ordalnea
that all ordinances or parts OF ofui
nanees inconsistent with the prov
sions hereof be and the same are
hereby repealed. e,o,,,-
Notice is hereby given by the COM
mon Council of the CITY OF Sois.eas
point that the foregoing ordinance
,yos introduced and passed first read
ing at a regular meeting held on Eri-
day evening. July g.. 1875, ana tiaf
said Common Council of the CITY OF
Gamers Point will hold a hearing ana
consider the final passage OF the
above at it's regular meeting to t,on" be
held in Common Council Chambers,
ritv f1i Hall, Friday evening, August
"a 1926. at s o'clock daylight saving
time. .,,Dc ~ ceI-JJ.
City Clerk.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
NORTH PLEASANTVlLLE
DEFEATS GUARDS
Downs Soldiers in Twilight Game
at the Resort.

North Pleasantville took the
measure of the Morris Guards
and went into a tie for a first
place in the Roses Twilight
League Saturday when it defeat
ed the soldiers at the resort by
a 10-9 score.
Runs scored in the fifth and
sixth innings enabled the Main
land lads to WIN Roser, former
high school player, hit homer
In the fifth with two men on, and
In the sixth, triples by Brown and
Green with men on bases netted
four more counters.
English and Brown pitched good
ball for the Mainland crowd.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Common Council of the City
OF Pleasantville, N. j., on Monday.
July 10. 1926. at the hour of s o'clock
Gil Chambers, City Hall, Pleasant
Vile, N. J., and there opened for. the
improving of Franklin Avenue from
Greenway to Mulberry Avenue.
Bidders apply to R.. P. Thompson,
City Engineer, at No. 3 East West
Jersey Avenue for specifications and
proposal form.
a certified check payable to the order
of the City of Pleasantville. The
right to reject any or all bids is re-
BY order of the Common Council
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk
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grade of Wyoming avenue in Abse.
con City.
Be it ordained by the Common
Council of Absecon City:
Section 1. That the grade of Wyo.
ming avenue be changed from the in.
tersection of Wyoming avenue with
Ocean Highway through its entire
length. as shown on map made by
A. H. Nelson, dated April, 1926, and
filed in the office of the city clerk
Absecon City.
Section g. This ordinance shall
take effect when and as provided by
law after it's final passage and pub
lication.
Passed first reading at regular
meeting of the Common Council of
Absecon City. New Jersey, held this
End day of July, A. d. nineteen hun
dred and twenty-siX.
Notice is hereby given that this
ordinance will be given a public
hearing at regular meeting of the
Common Council of Absecon City in
Common Council Chambers on July
Is.
SAMUEL JOHNSON,
D.+oa 1,,,,, ,oocs City CierA'
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
South Jersey League Standing

AS far as the baseball games
between Pleasantville and jeff
ries went toward the League
standing, they might as well not
have been played over the week
end, for each team won its home
game the local nine defeating
the resort tossers here Saturday
afternoon, 40, and the Jeffs COM
ing back to win in Sundays game
at the resort, 1910.
And so, both teams stand tie
for first place in the South Jer-
sey League, with Millville two
games behind for second place.
Jeffries, always the underdog
when playing Manager Cliff Will
sons ball club, had a holiday Gel
ebration Sunday, and pulled the
unexpected to win, and go into a
tie again for first place
Ray Steinader turned back the
resort nine Saturday, out-pitching
Eddie Miller. Ability of the Main
land boys to hit when hits were
needed accounted for the teams
victory.
The Maroon sewed up the game
in the fourth, when 'Ty" Hell
frich and Marshal Payne singled
and Tony Long walked" loading
the bases. Then Ambrose hit
one at Eddie Miller, who didn't
like the looks of it, and let it go
by. Payne came home.
OberholZer, next man up, hit
one at Jimmy Carmack, who pick
ed it up, but hurried his throw
tn -tnss rpas,t the bah ~away>> Helfrich
and Long both scored on the er-
ror.
The fourth run came in the
The Pleasantville press., 1926-07-13
JeHs 90 On Holiday
Spree, Trim Mainlanders
Take Game at Resort Sunday, After Losing the Main
land Saturday-Teams Continue in
Tie for First Place.

eighth, when Marshall Payne, who
seemed to be able to hit anything,
doubled to left, and scored when
Helfrich got a hit, and Heckle
threw wild one in the general
direction of first base.
Marsh Payne lost his first game
of the season as q Mainland pit
cher Sunday afternoon, when he
went down before the Jeffs at the
resort, allowing Is hits. 1t seem
ed to be an off day for the main
land nine, which, after playing
well for the first five innings,
started to slip, and let the runs
dribble in until they had totaled
-.