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| me or not, but right at this moment ]
decided to beat IL. Whether I should
have remained to see what was hap
pening is a question that l will moi
discuss.
The window of the tower room was
some Is feet above the ground. ]
landed on the grass below. In one
bound / cleared the moat. l went
down the avenue in about six strides
and miles along the road in {
minutes.
the next day. in the bright sunlight OF
frosty November morning. In q
seven.cylinder motor car with six local
constables and a physician. 1t makes
all the difference. We carried re
volvers. spades. pickaXes. shotguns
and a ouija. board
What we found cleared up forever
the mystery of the Grange. We dis
covered Horrod,. the butler. lying on
the dining room floor. quite dead. The
physician said that he had died from
heart failure. There was evidence
from the marks of his shoes in the
dust that he had come In the night t.
the tower room.
On the table he had placed a paper
which contained a full confession n
MS having murdered Jeremy buESdul
so years before. The circumsta noes
of the murder had rendered it easy for
him to fasten the crime upon Sir Dug
gam, already insensible from drink,
A few minutes with the ouija board
enabled us to get a full confederation
from Sir Duggam. He promised. more
over, now that his name was cleared
to go away from there forever.
My friend, the present Sir Jeremy
has rehabilitated Ruggam Grange. The
place is rebuilt. The moat is drained.
The whole house is lit with electricity.
There are beautiful motor drives ir
all directions in the woods. He has
had the bats shot and the owls stuffed.
His daughter. Clara Buggam, became
my wife. She Is looking over my
shoulder as I write. What more do
YOU want?
tCopvriFht 1a26N
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RY MITT GROSS.

- ECOND FLOOR-Yi vi vi
Wot is it gung on dere by you
noise witt a tomolt, Meesus
- Feitlebaum--???
Third Floor-Noo, noo-dun't
esk'-We got by Isidore a boiday
poddy,, Comm donstess gradually.
--Yi yi--Lat's see-Oxcuse me. Mees
lifts Hicklairs. de Mocka Tott, louly
pops. chollit Roosts, Zoozozz-pees-
tesh nots. suited helmonds-
Mr.. Feitlebaum-AHA" Suited he'll
monds',-ha tSMACK) for Muttimer
Meerzic tSMACkl witt de rast from
de goot for nottings tSMACKl suited
pinnots haint goot enoff, ha?? Suited
helmonds YOU nidd ha?? (SMACk).
y-Ha--ha---Polly seeds 'ud he
more like 1t witt de beak he's sprout.
in lately" o. Boy.-Wot a PENN
sula-ha ha'!-Ten years oId--Ha
ha,.-Hen look like moose by de
time he's twelve"
Isidore-I aidt ted-Ibe eleved--
Mr.. Feitleba um-fSMACK) A prout-
ness vat. ha? tSMACkl from you hold
hage wot YOU steel in "Furr B.
(SMACk) witt ID yat on de reputt
cod. HA? (SMACKl.
I.ooy--Well. well--dat's true at dat
he couldn't git dat doity neck in
zen years, HA HA..--Wel. watcha
say, Pop---Gonna leave de kids try
90 pin tail on ya??
Mr.. Feitleba um-I1l geeve heem-
De dope--witt de fullish smot-
creks"
Mrs. F'eitlebaum - I4ooy - Looy -
Mowriss --- LOOY - Dun't stottins
opp witt de papa
I.nov--Whooze startin' up wtd im?"
We wanna make pafdy fer his next
boithday hissef. How aoouteha Pop
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Let's see you'll be a hundred an six,
woricha? Sure-you was a scout in
de Crimean War-wasn 'tcha? HA
HA-de Foreign Legion! Beau
'"-HA HA-at's a hot
one'.! Kinda tough on de poor
camels-
(SPLASHM CRASHM RAM"D
Looy-Ats all-I'm troo-He can't
spill no bowl of punch all over me
he can't
Mrs -LOOY--MOW-
RISS--Ts comming de gasts--
Observation-Disclosures Meet
zie-Hollo Muttimer-Hollo - hollo
Comm Hollo-hollo--
Chorus ---Hollo-hollo---h ---
Hollom HOLLO"
Mr.. Feitlebaum - (SMACkl Say
denks (SMACk) Meesus Meetzie for
de air-rif1e--tSMACKl.
Mrs. Feitlebaum - Hollo - hollo--
Meesus Grubnik~-Hollo Seedney-Hol-
10 ---Hollo--hollo---~
Mr.. Feitlebaum - Hollo -- hollo -
(SMACKl--Say denks tSMACk) Nee
sus Grubnik-for de Puggo Steeck,,!
K|-fIollo-hollo.
Mrs. I'eitlebaum = Hollo-Meesus
Schwutz-Meesus Roofchick - Hollo
Hester-Shoily-Ho Menny---Hol-
10 pinple,, Comm in--Go in de
poilor cheeldren---
Mr.. F'eitlebaum-Aha-- stotts
opp alrady de boiday poddies--in mine
batroom'! So--why-dey dun't MAX
ing in de school in de cheeldrun' s
labraturry dere de poddy--I should be
liable | should go in mine batroom |
should shafe alrady, ha?? Mmmm
nm
Mrs. Feitlehaum-Hm -~- seeve q
leesten wot its playing dere de cheel-
dren games~~-~~~
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he evening was dtFeduS ldAhHe
as the vehicle in which | was
contained entered upon the
4 long and gloomy avenue that
leads to Buggam Grange.
A resounding shrek echoed through
the wood as / entered the avenue.
/ paid no attention to it at the mo-
ment. judging 1t to be merely one of
those resounding shrieks one might
expect to hear in such a place at such
a time.
/ am not by temperament in any
degree a nervous man, and vet there
was much in my surroundings to
justify certain feeling of appre-
hension. The Grange is situated in
the loneliest part of England.
The inhabitants, of whom there are
only one and a half to the square
mile, live here and there among the
fens.
It had been raining in the after
noon, and as / drove up the avenue
the mournful dripping of the rain
from. the dark trees accentuated the
cheerlessneSs of the gloom. The We
hicle in which | rode was a, cab on
three wheels, the fourth having ap-
parently been broken off. causing the
cab to sag on one side and drag on
Its axle over the muddy ground. thus
moving only al IOoI y pace IN
way calculated to enhance the dreari-
ness of the occasion.
In the half darkness / could see
the outline of the Grange itself, a
rambling. dila pidated building A dim
light struggled through the easement
Of a window in tower room.
My driver halted his horse at the
hither side of the moat. I tried in
vain to urge him, by signs, to 90
farther. l could see by the fellow s
face that he was in a paroxysm of
fear. and indeed nothing but the ex-
ira siXpence which / had added to
his fare would have made him under.
take the drive up the avenue I had
no sooner alighted than he wheeled
bis cab about and made off
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dren's cheeldren-Here it goes'--
Gurgle --~ Gurgle---WOW ----~ Whooy
---POIZZEN. Queeck--a doctor
Halp~--Ill sue dem. SMACK
Speet -tSMACK(-Speet it
hout queeck tSMACk).
Mrs. Feitlebaum - Looy - Looy --
Wot you put in de ponch???-Go way
queeck befurr it sees you de papa
Mr.. Feitlebaum-~Ill geeve heem-
dot dope-Ir make from heem a
creeple-~~-I'll----
Looy-Wait a minnit~--~Hold yer
hosses-Wot? WOT?? Wot did ! tell
va to put in it,? APPLEJACk!'
--dat's wot!--shure nothin' better fer
punch --- Sure!,, ~ Applejack!. Va
WOT??? va went in a store an va got
varnsh-~--- Ha ha-Well, we'll
HA HA ia
Isadore-Ba ba--kid | have A Dew
Years party dext week???
tSMACK,D
Copyright 1a26,)
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wishing you a pleasant night after
your firing journey. ] remain, very
faithfully, JEREMY BuGGAM."
I leave my reader to imagine my
state of mind when l completed the
perusal of the letter.
I have as little belief In the super
natural as any one, yet must confess
that there was something in the sur
roundings in which / now found N.Y.
self which rendered me at least un-
comforta BILE. My reader may smile If
he will, but / assure him that 1t was
with d very distinct feeling of uneasi-
ness that / at length managed TO rise
TO my feet and. grasping my candle
In my hand, to move backward into
the bedroom. AS | backed into it
something so like a moan seemed to
proceed from the closed cupboard that
/ accelerated my backward movement
to a considerable degree.
l blew out the candle. threw myself
upon the bed and drew the bedclothes
over my head, keeping. however. one
eye and one ear still out and available.
At length my ear. alert to every
sound, could Just distinguish, far away
across the fens, the striking of a
church bell. in the clock tower of Bug
gam Village Church, no doubt, toll
ing the hour of ~.
On the last stroke of II the cup
board door in the next room opened.
There is no need to ask me how l
knew it. l couldn't. of course. see it,
but / could hear, or sense in some
way, the. sound of it. / could feel my
hair, all of it, rising upon my head. |
was aware that there was a presence
in the adjoining room-I will not say
person, living soul, but a presence.
I could hear a, sound as of some one
cropping on the floor and the faint rat
tie as of coins.
My hair was now perpendicular
My reader can believe il or not, but it
was.
Then. at this very moment. from
somewhere below in the building there
came the sound of prolonged and
nierci7E rry Nv reader may ceusIIre
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realization that my sole companion In
the empty house was deaf mute
struck a cold chill to my heart.
Horrod laid in front of me a. cold
meat pie, a cold goose, a, cheese and
tall fiagon of cider. But my appe-
tite was gone. | ate the goose. but
found that after / had finished the
pie / had little zest for the cheese,
which | finished without enjoyment.
The cider had a sour taste, and.
after having permitted Horrod to refill
the flagon twice, / found that it in
duced a sense of melancholy and de-
cided to drink no more.
The rooms to which the butler now
conducted me consisted of sitting
room. with an adjoining bedroom.
Horrcd bent down in front of the
fireplace and endeavored to light a.
fire there. But the wood was evident
ly damp and the fire f1ickered feebly
on the hearth.
AS the butler left me, it may have
been fancy. but it seemed to me that
his departure was the signal for a
low moan that came from somewhere
behind the wainscot. There was a
narrow cupboard door at one side Of
the room, and for the moment l WON
dered whether the moaning came from
within.
/ am not as a rule lacking in cour-
age Il am sure my reader will be
decent enough to believe this). yet /
found myself entirely unwilling to
open the cupboard door and look
within. In place of doing so. seated
myself in a great chair in front of
the feeble fire. / must have been
seated there for some time when |
happened to lift my eyes to the mantel
above and saw. standing upon 1t. a
letter addressed to myself. | knew
the handwriting at once to be that of
Sir Jeremy Buggam.
I read as follows:
my Dear Digby:
I'm our talk that you will remem-
her, T had no time to finish telling you
about the mystery of Puggam Grange
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IIJy[Q lI5l[ggQz gNyU gyN1!JJUg gylN1y!yJJUg gJgZJgg gJ<ggZJgg BV

historical thing" he replied. Kind
Of a life Of Napoleon~-at least. think
it was Napoleon. IT was difficult TO
tell exactly because there We're SO
many characters in 1t. But / remem-
her Napoleon-and Lincoln-and there
was woman who my wife thought
was either Josephine of Mrs. stone
wall Jackson. but We were never Ve't'
sure. I don't go to the theater very
often any more--not that / am op.
posed to the theater. hut ! get sleepy.
II know how you feel" | said.
well. anyway" he continued,
Jesse felt very badly about his play
and shortly after that he took sick
and died Pneumonia, / believe It
was"
That's too bad said.
Yes. it was too bad" commented
the other. "Tesses life was sort of
what you might call a failure,
He took out another cigar and
clipped off the end At that moment
another man entered the Washroon,
hung UP his coat and began to take
off his shirt.
We'll. we're getting in." he said.
He filled the washbowl and looked
for towel.
Say" remarked the gentleman
with the cigar. isn't your name
Evans2"
The stranger looked around quickly.
NO" he replied.
Yes, it is insisted the other. ITS
Bud Evans-and I'm Gus Rinchart.
Number 9,3S2?"
That's pretty nearly right" said
the man with the cigar, and it
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/ have, therefore, sent Horrod this let
ter to deliver at the Grange itself.
''The story is this:
"On the night of the fifteenth of
November, so years ago, my grand
father was murdered in the room in
which you are sitting, by his cousin.
Sir Duggam Buggam. He was stabbed
from behind while seated at the little
table at which you are probably read
ing this letter.
THE two had been playing
cards at the table and my grand
fathers body was found lying in a BIT
ter of cards and gold sovereigns on the
floor. Sir Duggam Buggam, insensi-
BILE from drink, lay beside him, the
fatal knife at his hand, his fingers
smeared with blood My grandfather,
though of the younger branch. pos
sessed part of the estates which were
to revert to Sir Duggam on his death.
Sir Duggam Buggam was tried at
the assizes and was hanged.
"On the day of his execution he
was permitted by the authorities. out
of respect for his rank. to wear a
mask to the scaffold. The clothes in
which he was executed are hanging
at full length in the little cup
UodIu " your IiSlt, anu lIlS AldSh is
above them. 1t is said that on every
18th of November at midnight the
cupboard door opens and Sir Duggam
Buggam walks out into the room.
"It has been found impossible to
get servants to remain at the
Grange, and the place-eXcept for
the presence of Horrod been un-
occupied for a generation. At the
time of the murder Horrod was a
Young man of %. newly entered into
the service of the family. 1t was he
who entered the room and discovered
the crime.
''On the day of the execution he
was stricken with paralysis and has
never spoken since. From that time
to this he has never consented to
leave the Grange. where he lives in
isolation
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lighting a cigar as / spoke. When /
want to speak very positively | gem
orally light cigar as ! speak.
well. at any rate. Digby, said Sir
Jeremy, "Bugcam Grange is haunted.
II you want to be assured of it, go
down there any time and spend the
night and you'll see for yourself
THE Grange is shut up, and has
been for 20 years. But l keep "A man
|there-Horrod--he was butler in my
fathers time and before. If you care
to go, I'll write him that you're com
ing. And since you are taking your
own fate in your hands, the 18th day
of November is the day"
The sound Of the knocker. then, had
scarcely ceased TO echo when / heard
the shuff1ing of feet within and the
sound of chains and bolts being with
drawn. The door opened, A man
stood before me holding a lighted
candle, which he shaded with his hand.
His faded black clothes. once appar-
entity a buffers dress; his white hair
and advanced age left me In no doubt
that he was Horrod. of whom Sir
jeremy had spoken.
without a word he motioned me to
come in and, still without speech, he
helped me to remove my wet outer
garments. and then beckoned me into
great room. evidently the dining
room of the Grange.
/ am not in any degree nervous
man by temperament, but I have sell
dom seen features more calculated to
inspire a nervous dread The pallor
OF his face and the whiteness of his
hair fthe man was at least TOY, and
still more the peculiar furtiveness of
his eyes, seemed to mark him as one
who lived under a great terror.
sir Jeremy told me-" l said, speak
ing as loudly and as heartily as /
could, that he would apprise you of
my coming"
I was looking into his face as I
spoke.
In answer Horrod laid his finger
across his lips and ] knew that he
was deaf and dumb. am not ner-
yous II think ! said thaf hr1t the
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Tuberculosis Vaccine.

THE end of tuberculosis is in sight.
according to the French physician,
DR.. CASTOR Calmette. During the past
two years 1885 children have been
vaccinated in France for tuberculosis
without harmful results. The mortal
itv from the disease has been cut
down to an amazing degree by the use
of the vaccine.
The vaccine is effective only when
used on infants; it can do no good TO
adults. But DR.. Calmette hopes to see
the use OF this vaccine become so
widespread in different countries that
within A generation the tuberculosis
menace will be greatly decreased, II
not almost eliminated.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Weather to Order.

WEATHER is made to order in
w Pittsburgh. where researchers of
the Bureau of Mines have fitted up
special rooms to study the influence
of weather on respiratory diseases.
Electrical ice machines. capable of
making FIVE tons of ice per day, are
hooked up with steam heat to produce
temperature ranging from zero TO $50
degrees above. Other apparatus pro
duces fog. rain and the entire scale of
humidity from Is to 100, the saturation
noint. Miniature storms can be Gre
ated by a battery of 90 small, air
plane propeller type of electric fans.
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SOMETHING LIKE MOAN ACCELERATED BACKWARD MOVE
MENTS A

and beat with it loudly against the
door.
But perhaps at this point I may do
we'll to explain to my readers (before
they are too frightened to listen to
mel how l came to be beating on the
door of BuGgam Grange at nightfall
on a. gloomy November evening.
A year before / had been sitting
with Sir Jeremy Buggar. the present
baronet, on the veranda Of his ranch
In California.
so you don't believe in the super
natural?' he was saying.
Not in the slightest" ] answered.
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Laughing heartily at the fellow
trepidation Il have a way of laugh.
ing heartily in the dark. I made my
way to the door and pulled the bell
handle ! could hear the muff1ed re-
verberations of the bell far within the
building. Then all was silent
l bent my ear to listen. hut could
hear nothing except perhaps the
sound Of a low moaning as of a per.
son in pain or in great mental dis.
tress. Convinced. however, from what
my friend Sir Jeremy Buggam had
told me. that the Grange was not
empty. raised the pouderous knocker
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Queer Industry.

IN Japan a company is engaged in
exploiting the use of volcanic ash
in combination with Portland cement
mortar. This combination is said to
be particularly valuable in the con-
struction of works submerged in salt
water. 1t Is claimed that the cement
thus formed possesses great tensile
strength and is denser than ordinary
Portland cement. 1t is also more re-
sistant to the percolation of water.
Attention is called to the fact that,
If this industry expands, the Philip.
pines contain a great deal of volcanic
ash which might be available.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
RULES OF ROAD AT SEA.

an elaborate international code of reg
ulations, prescribing lights. signals.
whistles and bells. by the use of
which vessels may communicate with
one another with respect to their po-
sition and intentions even in the thick
est fog or storm. There are. of
course, regulations with regard to the
use of wireless. which is ever increas-
ing. Experience has shown the need
of revision of these regulations for
the promotion of greater security, and
from time to time the different mari
time powers meet in international
conference to discuss such revision.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
Modern Antiquities.

nUR1NG recent excavations in
Rome there were found in the
palace of the Caesars, on the Palatine
Hill, three elevators. one shaft being
120 feet deep. Hero of Alexandria,
in 125 Be, invented mechanical toys.
These included a steam engine of the
type known today as Avery's patent
and double forcing pump to be used
as a fire engine.
The same inventor was responsible
for the penny-in-the. idea. The
submarine was suggested in a book
published in Paris In 1914. Leonardo
da Vinci made inyestiga tions Into the
possibility of aerial fight.
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Humorist Receives Lock of Hair as Gift
From Producer, After Achieving Reform

sists of five servants, six children, four
rooms and bath, police dog, three
mechanics and a full-groWn leopard
In my spare moments I devised a
scheme which for a time revolution
lied the musical-comedy business in
New York. In those days it was GUS
Evening star., 1926-12-26

tomary for producers of revues and
other musical plays to seek to attract
patronage by having their perform
ers wear hardly any costumes.
The tights worn by chorus girls in
old.time burlesque shows came to he
regarded as too cumbersome and va.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

doesn't make much difference now,
anyway"
well. III he darned"' said the
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other. Well, how are you?"
They shook hands enthusiastically.
and saw. Bud-this is MIR"
Evening star., 1926-12-26
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

% HE evening was already falling
as the vehicle in which I was
contained entered upon the
4 long and gloomy avenue that
L. e.
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Stewart" said. Yale
AN old Sing Sing boy?" What year,"
mo" I answered, 1916" replied
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-23
CHINA

sOUTH-Mrs. F. F. Davidson, Mrs.
Ella Weed, Mrs. Mary B. Jones, and
Miss Thayer enjoyed a trip to Bel
grade on Wednesday.
Cony Haskell who Is employed at
the State hospital, is passing his vaca-
ton at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Goodspeed,
with their son and wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Goodspeed, enjoyed trip to
Skowhegan, Monday, afternoon.
Mrs. Chester Huslman, of Everett.
Mass, who has passed several weeks
with her mother, Mrs. Harriet Bra &c.
returned on Wednesday.
Rev. Neal d. Newlin arrived We'd
nesday evening, and will be packing
his goods preparatory to settling in
Alhambra, Calf, where he will be
pastor of the Community church. He
spoke at the Chapel Sunday forenoon
Mrs. W. f. Halves, who has been
very i'll, is gaining.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Stetson have
left, and Mrs. viii Roberts and her
sister, Mrs. Webster Wentworth, are
caring for their mother.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the
library Wednesday afternoon at $50
o'clock. 1t is hoped there will be
full attendance.
II. w. Austin left Friday morning
by auto for Athol. Mass. HeAwas ac-
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passed through the treasurer gener-
ais office: $66,0SS.95 was sent to "a
educational institutions to assist in
their work: Ohio laid the corner
stone for a new girls dormitory at
Oxford College: Massachusetts, COM
pleted the fund of 100000 for a new
girls dormitory built at American
international College.
Students Loan fund SS3,010.OO.
Money loaned to deserving young
students.
Americanization sos, SOC. 90. Teach
ing the foreign born and their chill
dren how to become good citizens
through night classes, neighborhood
clubs: As states have helped In pre-
pairing for citizenship or assisted in
naturalization courts; as a part of a
great campaign to wipe out illitera-
cy" in this country have cooperated
in 80 ways, including visiting homes,
shops, hotels. offering prizes. coop
Grating with parent teachers asso-
Citations, working with iliteracy
commissions, furnishing clothing to
children and aiding truant officers.
Patriotic education $117, 1854;
6974 American flags were given out;
1858 copies of the Constitution of
the United States; 38,SS7 Americans
Greed; 31.043 flag codes; many his
torical pageants have been present
ed, countless bags and boxes of cloth
ing sent to the mountain schools.
They now have a membership OF
156, $50, with PIGS chapters.
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What the Daughters Do

A most interesting folder has been
compiled and sent out by Mrs. Bros
seau. president general, and Mrs.
Magma. chairman of Constitution
Hall finance committee. 1t shows
that during the past year the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton have increased their member
ship at the rate of 1000 per month
and distributed $4,000 manuals for
immigrants costing S1S,23S.29.
These booklets give invaluable in
formation. They are published in
English and IA foreign language
translations; are requested outside
the society by state and local boards
of education, naturalization courts.
Y. w. and Y. NJ. C. A.. the National
Council of Jewish Women, banks,
steamship lines, factories. public Ii
braries and public schools, evening
classes and Americanization classes.
1T has progressed on its own mer-
its and by its own momentum"
Eight hundred thousand dollars