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' Ole "
GREEN CLOAK

broken on the frozen ground. Instead
of that, saw the fieeting shadow of
her moving swiftly across the snowy
lawn toward the gate.
A moment later, bare-headed, bare
handed, was running at top speed
down the rough, frozen country road
In the direction had seen her take.
Before I had gone fifty yards.
heard other footsteps pounding along
behind me, and a mOmentary fear that
my old chief had been reckless enough
to risk his bones in such a chase
caused me to pause and turn back. 1t
was not Doctor McAlister, however,
but the detective, Mallory, and as he
painted up alongside me, he said:
II saw her coming down the rain.
pipe. She might almost as well have
fallen, she came down so fast. What
was she like? l don't suppose you got
anything of look at her, though"
"No," said l. 1.-THE wind had just
blown out the lamp, and we were
there in the dark when she came in"
sit doesn't matter" he said briefly,
as we plowed along, side by side. "Ill
know what she's like well enough
when l come up with her. But there is
no use in your keeping up the chase.
I'll get her alone, never fear. Nothing
that wears skirts can outrun me-"
I was already half inclined to take
his advice and turn back, for the pace
was beginning to tell on me. when
tripped over something and fell head
long.
BY the time had picked myself up
and shaken some Of the loose snow
out of my sleeves. he was already o
hundred yards ahead down the road.
was about spent, so, regretfully, /
turned back.
Ously to investigate the cause Of my
fall. It had been something soft.
something that gave little as my foot
struck it. and then chung. 1t had been
entirely covered by the snow, which
had fallen out here in the country to a
depth of nearly six inches.
scuftied around in it with my feet
until I found it. Then l stopped and
picked 1t up. 1t must be shawl or a
blanket, ! thought. as shook the
snow out of its folds and held it out
in both hands. No. it was neither. 1t
was cloak; green cloak, and the
collar was cut high in the back.
cast glance over my shoulder.
Mallory was already out Of sight in
the distance. threw the cloak over
my arm and trudged back to the
house.
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Cats Alike Fond of Travelling and Home

The glare of limelight that recently
beat upon Fluffy, the London Victoria
station cat, who boards the 10 as train
to Dover every morning, lunches upon
nice creamy milk at the buffet there,
and returns to town by the afternoon
train, is reminder Of curious fact
about cats; they are at once the great
est travellers and the greatest "home
bodies" of all domesticated animals.
Other cats in England, and, indeed,
in most countries, regularly journey
long distances on trains, usually in the
restaurant car, but sometimes with the
train crew. AS for seafaring cats,
there must be hundreds of thousands
of them, from North cape to the Horn,
Southampton water to Nagasaki bay.
Most liners carry quite a number;
there are White Star vessels with FIVE
and-twenty aboard. There was an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29
CHAPTER Nv

Early the next morning Doctor Nc.
Alister and took one of the trains
upon which the male population of
Oak Ridge habitually goes to town
upon its several and various business.
We had by no means exhausted the
possibilities Of discovery which still
lay concealed, we felt sure, within that
lonely old house where we had passed
so strange night; nor had we solved
its mystery. But matters of a more
instant Importance compelled us, for
a while, to abandon it.
In the first place, we knew that,
little as we liked the prospect, it was
our clear duty to report to Ashton
what we knew Of the mysterious, wild
creature who had escaped from the
hospital and was now at large. BY
one means or another, she must be
found as quickly as possible. She had
already destroyed one life-of that we
were practically sure-and until she
was safely under restraint again, we
could have no guaranty that she would
not destroy others. To thwart that
possibility, we must call in Ashton
and the police, however little to our
liking such course might be.
We deferred our breakfast until our
arrival in town, memories of the din
ner we had had the night before max.
ing it easy to go hungry for while.
We were later getting in than we ex-
pected to be, for combination of fog
and freezing sleet delayed our train.
Out of the car windows we could see
as we crawled along, that the tele-
graph wires were already sagging I'M
der their white armor of ice. AS soon
as we got in, we drove straight to The
Meredith.
In the restaurant we found Ashton
himself, just sitting down to break
fast. He welcomed US with an eager
ness that showed that he had already
heard some report Of our adventure of
the night before.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
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BY YORKE DAVIS

the compelling grip Of his muscular
hand thrust me back into my chair,
and my sentence trailed Off into sort
Of gasp.
So. for moment, we sat breath
less.
Somebody's getting in,"I whispered
presently. ut must be Mallory"
Mallory has key" he retorted.
Listen"
No. that was not Mallory. It was
not anybody trying to get in, for some
body had already succeeded-some-
body who was already making his way,
with swift, almost incredibly stealthy
steps. up the stairs from the second
floor to the room where we were sit
ting.
We drew back into an obscure cor
ner and stood close together, half
crOuching, cycling the door.
Presently we saw it opening. And
then there emerged from its shadow a
face we both knew-a face neither of
us is ever likely to forget. The eyes
In that face we had never seen be-
fore, for they had been closed the last
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mix lightly with mayonnaise and salt,
with dash Of cayenne. Place on let
tuce and serve.
Mexican Ham.-Lay slice of ham
casserole after rubbing it well with a
teaspoonful of mustard and a table
spoonful of brown sugar. Cover with
sliced potatoes two or three inches
thick, dot with butter, season with salt
and pepper, cover with milk and bake
like escalloped potatoes in a slow
oven at least two hours.
Date Tapioea.-Stir three table
spoonfuls of tapioca with one-half
cupful of sugar into three pints of
milk. Cook until the tapioca is clear.
Cool and stir into 1t one cupful of
stoned and chopped dates with tea.
spoonful of vanilla and lemon and
pinch Of salt. Bake in buttered bak.
ing dish and serve with stoned dates
and cream.
Eggs a la Caracus.-Melt one table
spoonful of butter in hot saucepan,
add quarter of pound of dried beef
finely cut and tablespoonful of
grated cheese. Toss until the beef is
slightly frizzled, then add one cupful
of stewed tomatoes, four beaten eggs,
cayenne and white pepper. Stir and
cook until creamy. Serve garnished
with parsley.
Strawberry Whip.-N1ix one cupful
of crushed berries with one-third cup
full of powdered sugar or more If
needed to sweeten. Beat the whites
of the eggs stiff, add one-third of a
cupful of sugar and one-fourth tea.
spoonful of cream of tartar; beat
again. Combine the mixtures and
serve in sherbet cups with sponge
cake.
Pineapple Lacto.-Dissolve three
fourths of a cupful of sugar in three
cupfuls of buttermilk, add three
fourths of a cupful of pineapple and
the juice of two lemons. Freeze as
usual.
Buttermilk Jelly-Dissolve two ta-
olespoonfuls of gelatin in cold water
to cover, add the juice of two oranges,
the juice of a lemon, three-fourths
cupful of sugar aud three cupfuls of
buttermilk. Let stand to mold.
Serve cold. .
Tomato Rabbit Sandwich.-Spread
whole wheat bread (crusts removed)
with butter, mustard, bit of wor.
cestershire sauce and slice of tomato.
sprinkle with grated cheese and cover
with another slice Of buttered bread.
Fry in little butter until the bread
is we'll Drowned on both sides.
N.,A hlA4 ~,seQ
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serves and the attention she gives to
commonplace things.
Flemish carrots.-Cut the carrots 10
thin slices, using vegetable cutter SO
that they will be uniform Let them
stand in cold water TO crisp them if
old. For pint of carrots, melt q
tablespoonful Of butter, add one-fourth
of cupful Of chopped onion and half
a teaspoonful of sugar. Cover and let
cook very slowly, using care not to
scOrch them. When. the onion is yell
low add one cupful of beef broth and
simmer until the carrots which have
been added are well cooked. Sprinkle
with parsley and serve.
Split Pea Soup.---Soak two cupfuls
Of split peas over night. drain and
cover with two quarts Of water, cook
slowly with one small onion chopped.
three stalks of celery, few sprigs Of
parsley and a carrot cut fine. Cook
two slices Of pork in the water for an
hour or less before adding the peas.
When well cooked, rub through a
sieve and bind with two tablespoon
fuls each Of -four and butter. When
hot serve at once.
Coeonut Bread Puddina.-Soak a
pint Of bread crumbs in a pint Of
milk, add three tablespoonful Of
grated coconut and another pint of
milk. Add four tablespoonfuls Of
grated lemon rind and pour into a
baking dish. Bake in hot water very
slowly.
Chicken GouIash.-This is a good
dish to extend q small amount Of
chicken. Dice two medium-sized pota-
toes and fry in two tablespoonful of
olive oil for five minutes. Season with
salt and pepper and add few mush.
rooms IL at hand. Then add one cup
full of cooked chicken, one Glove of
garlic, crushed. cupful Of broth or
water; cover and cook until the pota-
toes are we'll done.
Tasty Foods.
Here Is salad which will be In
season all the year:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29
Snakes DON'T Pilot

The pilot snake gets its name from
the curious belief that it precedes the
rattlesnake and warns it of the APP
proach of danger. This, of course. is
merely a superstition without fcunda-
ton. According to another version
of the superstition. the pilot snake is
neither male nor female. but sort
of "nenter rattlesnake." like worker
bee. which devotes its time to plotting
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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Ready for a Substitute

Mary Louise, age three. called on
the neighbor next door to see wheth-
err she had any candy. Just as the
kind-hearted neighbOr brought forth
the coveted morsel, Mary's mother ap-
peared.
"Mary, you must not ask the neigh
b0rs for candy any more she said.
Mary turned to the neighbor and
said: 81 can't ask for candy but if
you've got any cookies, l like them,
too"
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time we looked at it. Now they were
about all we could see. The black
hair lost itself in the shadow which
envelOped the doorway, and the olive
brown skin was itself shadow. But
the eyes-they burned with the fiam-
ing green intensity of a leOpards.
The doctor and shrank back into
our corner and waited, breathlessly.
to see what she would do. The first
thing was curious. and little to be ex-
pected. She closed behind her the door
by which she had entered. Then, with
brisk certainty, but with no noise at
all. she moved toward the desk. That
brought her little nearer us.
She had got within arms reach of
the swivel chair. when suddenly, like
a flash, all the motion of her body
was arrested. Her attitude had some
thing of the frozen alertness that one
sees in setter dog when he points
game. We could see her face better
now; it was turned squareIy toward
us. But, apparently, she did not see
us. That was natural, for we were
deep in the shadow. But she knew we
were there. The next moment per-
ceived that she knew by virtue of the
same sense that the setter uses. She
had caught our scent Her head wen.
back little, her nostrils dilated, and
she seemed to be drawing in a deep
breath.
l have no command of English to
describe the suddennesS and unex-
pectedness of the thing that happened
then. She stood there before us, as
l have said, like one frozen, so still
was she. And then, with no prelim-
mary motion whatever, no crouch, no
visible gathering up of the forces for
a spring, she flashed across the room
toward the open window, like a dane
ing shadow For just an instant l saw
her etched in profile as she poised
upon the sill. And then she was gone.
had followed her to the window
as swiftly as my clumsy, human mo-
lions would permit, and looked down,
expecting to see her lying bruised and
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amusing incident not long ago when
one of the Adriatic's cats, that had
failed to turn up when the ship sailed,
reappeared for the next voyage with
its tail proudly waving in the breeze
and five little kittens trotting along
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29
STORY FROM THE START


DR.. Ronald McAlistsr. famous
in his special work. - applied
psychology--empyoys his leisure
time in the elucidation Of crime
mysteries. AS the narrative opens
he IL interested with Assistant
District Attorney Ashton In the
murder, in the small town OF
Oak Ridge. of q reclnse, Henry
Morgan. The murdered man. his
papers reveal, had been In New
Zealand. where Doctor McAlister
had lived in his youth. VIII
Harvey has testified he saw
woman wearing a green cloak in
the Morgan home the night OF
the murder. Doctor Reinhardt,
friend of McAlister. telephones
he has a queer case in his hospi-
tai and invites McAlister to see
fthe4 patient. The doctor, sees a
possible connection between the
murdered New Zealander and the
girl. McAlister and his friend go
through Morgan's papers. An
immense collection of maps in
terests them. The doctor finds a
moose and a pipe, used as tour
niquet, the instrument of the
killing.
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hazard manner,
when they should
be served with
the greatest care,
to make them at
tractive. The real
ingenuity of the
cook Is shown in
the manner she
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29
Restless Ambition

AS dogs in a wheel, or squirrels in
cage, ambitious men still climb and
climb, with great labor and incessant
anxiety, but never reach the top
Burton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29
A Cinch

Bill-"How did you ever break your
engagement Mike-"Oh, easy. l
told her my salary"
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Job for the Censor

''The weight of the EARTH" reads a
magazine article, sis 5,997 followed by
Is naughts.' A very naughty story.
Farm and F'ireside.
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una FFFish Salad
Take one cupful of tuna
fish, two hard cooked
eggs, four sweet pickles.
one cupful Of celery. Cut
the pickles, eggs and Gel
cry in small pieces and
add to the faxed fish.
Add a tablespoonful or
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"a a! E9 !!
HCABlNE TG
90. 1927. western Newspaper Union.l

To him who chooses sacrifice for
his fate there often come the best
gifts. to see deep into the un-
searchable and smilingly to build
as though within q pleasure park,
upon the boundary of the ideal.
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Truth is trite; but it never becomes
as stupidity so as long continued false
mood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29

II your eyes are sore. get Roman Eye
healed by morning. 372 Pearl ST.. N. Y. Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29

Coax your wife TO begin house
cleaning and she will be alarmed
about you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29

If ones relatives live 800 miles
away he can brag more about them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29
COMMON FOODS

Our common foods are those which
are the Oftenest served In a hap
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-29

When you trade-in your used car for
new car, you are after all making p.y-
chase, not a sale. You are simply apply
ing your present car as credit toward
the purchase price of the new car.
& Your used car has only one fundamental
basis of value; i. e., what the dealer who
accepts it in trade can get for it in the
used car market
) Your used car has seemingly different
values because competitive dealers are
bidding to sell you a new car.
4 The largest allowance is not necessarily
the best deal for you. Sometimes it is;
sometimes it is not.
, An excessive allowance may mean that
you are paying an excessive price for
the new car in comparison with its real
value.
d First judge the merits of the new car in
comparison with its price, including all
delivery and finance charges. Then
weigh any difference in allowance
offered on your used car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-20
Mccormick Millions May
Help Dig Se7oer for City
John D. RoCkefeers Daughter Affiliated With ConsruC-
ton Company That Makes Low Bid

EDITH mayo a
|N Indianapolis Of the noted Chicago matron daughter
Rockefeller of oil well
European society circles in America not going to don overas
a
according agents Building and Con-
struction Chicago McComcks millions
Indianapolis
tary interceptor
beauty It, it said that McComcks millions
to it cheaper than others
The Dao Company bid approximately the
which the city estimated would
$78252 Other firms bid approximately $630 $766O58
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promise of pain. She took Don'S
clipped picture in her hand and
flung herself on her bed. The ST.
lence of the tiny room was broken
by the sound of >convulsive sobbing.
when are you due at tn Brooks
home, dear? AT what hour, I
mean?"
Mrs Keene raised her grazing
head from the profusion of ported
ferns from which she had been
picking the dead leaves. She &C
companied her question with a
smile in which there was mingled
sweetness and maternal pride.
About o'clock, mother"
Donald Keene rose lazily from
his wide-backed wicker chair and
leaned over his mother.
Always fuSsing with these plants"
he said, teasingly. catching one Of
her fingers burrowing in the soil.
And stainin' up tn prettiest
hands of any woman in my circle
of acquantances."
A flush of pleasure dyed the
slightly withered cheeks. Mrs.
Keene's unfaded brown eyes were
wondrously soft
Don, you're getting to be a great
fatterer, fear" she said. LAS for
tn flowers, Julia waters them, but
they need a little coddling-per-
coY,aI coro 1,O,, I-oO.,, 1;i-o - ,,,o,. -
She crumpled the dry leaves in
her palm and slipped them into the
pocket of here bungalow apron.
The fingers Of her other hand she
allowed her son to hold, and stood
for a moment thus looking up at
him. In her eyes glowed the light
of the infinite tenderness of mother
love.
Give my love to Diana an Ted
when you see them. dear, and now
disengaging her fingers, I'll have to
finish my work. I'm having a
bridge tea this afternoon"
She fingered few moments long
er and then Don was left alone. He
resumed his chair and hitched it
closer to the open window. 1t was
deliciously cool in the conservatory
and boiling hot in the outer air.
Overhead the MONDAY sun was
pouring down heat that was dis
tinctly oppressive.
Tony, the hired man. who came
occasionally to do chores around
the pleasant little bungalow was
pushing his lawn mower listlessly
Don watched him abstractedly, his
thoughts far away from this scene
of droning life on a hot August
afternoon. Fond fancy had taken
him by the hand and he was ram
bling in Elysian finds. Lola, Diana,
Teddy, the trinity of his mind.
which was the ideal of his heart?
Did he really love Lola as he had
told her he did that night in April,
as they stood on the shore Of the
lake?
There we're times when he was
sure he did. Did she care for him
in return? She had implied that
she might come to love him in time.
But ever since that time when the
dawn of a new day was just break
ing, that gray morning after the
Bradhurst Country club dance. he
had not thought quite so exclusive
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/ ly of Lola. Another face had kept
obtruding, face out of which great
gray eyes had looked up into his, a
wonderful light in their mystic
depths. He had bent and kissed the
lips Of that face-Diana's face.
That strange light in her eyes had
haunted his thoughts since. And
then the night on the island--when
he had gone mad-or near it. That
remembrance was not so pleasant in
Donald Keene'S memory.
And then there was still another
face, the sweet, pretty face of his
dear little protege, Teddy, the girl
who had saved his life-the one girl
at least whom he knew beyond all
doubt really loved him.
And what of himself? Was his
affection for Teddy altogether that
of the big brother, the friend, the
pal? Was not the memory of those
wild, impasSioned kisses she had
pressed on his lips that never-to-be-
forgotten night in the Sub-cellar
when she had thought him uncon-
scious-was not that memory sweet?
1t was, he admitted to himself, sur
paSsingly sweet. And yet.
He couldn't possibly be in love
with Teddy, nor with Diana as he
had been-and still was-with the
lovely Lola. The feeling that raced
through him when he touched Lola
surely that wonderful feeling was
not just mere physical passion only!
Thus we're his thoughts f1uctuat-
ing as he walked along on that aft
ernoon in August all the way out to
the Brooks home.
Diana, Lola and Teddy waved to
him from a group Of big shady trees
on the lawn as he came into view.
They had prepared table near the
portico.
"a nice long drink" Don, of LEM
onade-made ice-cold right here in
tn shaded"
Teddy was fussing with spoons
and sugar. She pounced on Don
with something akin to proprietor
ship as soon as he reached them.
Lola made a note Of this and
chalked up another mark on her
score against the little reporter. The
object of their silent warfare took
the tall glass Teddy held out to him
and quaffed its cooling contents
gratefully.
None of the girls seemed TO re-
veal any discomfort from the heat
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Edward Q. Dato, the Dato of
Krenn & Dato, in making Indian
apolis financial connections, re-
vealed Mrs. Mccormick connection
with the firm.
A bank statement, sworn to by
Angus Stevens g. Co., accountants
of Chicago, listed more than
100000 of Mrs. Mccormick S
money in the $24,941, 1886 assets of
the firm.
And Mrs Mccormick is known to
have been the heavy financial back
er of the firm in other excavation
and construction endeavors.
Attracts Wide Interest
Although the Chicago firm does
not urge it's bid on the basis that
the Mrs. Mccormick built sewer will
attract nationwide attention to In
dianapolis- as the versi-
tile daughter of John D. will not
don overalls and really dig-they do
cite that her backing gives them
standing, as a reliable firm.
Whether Mrs. Mccormick, or
rather her millions, will have any
thing % do with the sewer depends
on the board of works. which re-
ferrsd bids to City Engineer Frank
Lingenfelter for analysis and re-
ommendation. When he has re-
ported it will award the contract or
reject all bids.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-20

Whenever a death occurs in the
village of Cesaree, Turkey, town
crier Immediately goes about shout
ing the doleful news, even though
the death occurs in the night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-20

Blueberries have seeds so small
that they are unnoticeable, while
the seeds of the huckleberry are
large and coarse.