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q did notl" Shutdown stood erect his eyes flashing Lieutenant Stan 1 ton sent the snake in a box that killed MT. Prescott"
 What" roared Beach. Shutdown nodded vigorously. "The box came to me through a trusty messenger" he said, but I did not know what was in it." He hesitated before continuing. T think much over it after we find the old man dying and I learn it was snakebite. The broken box Is down in the secret room"
 Sure it is, and the snake, too dead now" went on Obadiah, as no one spoke I'm thinking MT Pres colt may have told Stanton to send him something of value that he wished to lock up in his vault be- low The old gentleman unsus- poctingly opened the box there and was bitten; oontrived to get up here again, close the opening of the secret passage, and stagger out side where I was the first to reach him" He stopped and cleared his throat well, Shutdown, you aveng- ed the old mans death by killing Stanton"
 T did not" Shutdown proclaimed his innocence for the second time. unswervingly. When I kill. kill in fair fight"
 Even though you stoop to fright en women and attempt to drown them" jecred Jim. You dirty cowardi'
 Shutdown flinched T did what did as a jest" he protested. T swan near and would have saved Miss Prescott had you not come" He looked appealingly at Peggy. "Truly I do not lie to you, though I did steal your canoe from the water and let mine, like it, float on the lake, Strengthening up he faced the others, his tone soft and winning. That last night I over heard Mir. Prescott talking to him. self. He said: I dare not take the risk-I dare not; Philander Chase will kill me if he can"
 That's a damn lie," shouted Chase, his eyes blazing with fury. |''You shan't stand there and slan- der my brotherP
 "Wait!" And Obadiah laid a re- straining hand on the botar1ist's shoulder. well clear your broth CT, never Scar. Go on, Shutdown; |get the lies out of your system. From inside his shirt Shutdown took a leather wallet and handed lit to the sheriff. MT. Prescott give |me that before he die" he ex- plained. "The money I keep as he said, but the paper is for Miss Prescott
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Chapter 34 THE SNAKES VICTIM

When Peggy awoke she found herself lying on the couch and Julia holding a bottle Of smelling salts under her nose. So far a.s she could see. Obadiah Evans was the only other person in the living room.
 Feeling better" he asked solic- itcusly. I'm thinking you'd best go upstairs and let Julia put you to bed"
 Peggy demurred with a negative shake of her head and swallowed a stimulant Julia handed her.
 Her sense of exhaustion from her experiences underground was wear
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COURT CONFINES JAN. z

Owing to the continued illness of of Judge Justin w. Harding. the present term of court here will not resume until January 2. John H. Dunn, Clerk of Cours. announced today. The petit jury reported today and was excused until Janu- ary 2.
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ing off, but she craved the society of others The very thought of being alone struck terror to her soul.
 Then her thoughts turned to her ghastly experience when she had mistaken the snake for a rope
 Did you get there in time?' she asked. "Is the snake dead?"
 Her question carried to Sheriff Beach and he crossed the room just as the key turned in the front door and Jim stepped inside. All the eleesfic lights the room boast ed were turned on and in their full glare Jim approached the couch in a dozen strides The look in Peg gy's eyes arrested the words upon his lips. With whitening face he stared down at her as Beach stopped at his elbow.
 You called out just now, Miss Prescott began the sheriff, paying no attention to Obadiah's signal to him to remain silent, "to get your gun in the desk drawer. I've done so"-he held up her uncle's auto- matic pistol that all in the little group might see it. How many guns did you have when you came to Yew Lodge?"
 None" was her low response.
 How many did you find here?"
 Peggy averted her gaze; it fell for an instant on the front door key in Jim's hand. The latter caught her eyes as she glanced up.
 How many guns did you find |here?" demanded Sheriff Beach for the second time. Answer, Miss Prescott, and tell the truth"
 "One."
 In the stiffness her whisper reached them all, and Julia, at the head of the couch, capsized into the nearest chair.
 And that one"-Beach took from his pocket the .35 caliber auto- matic and held both pistols ex- tended toward her-"was which Miss Prescott? The .35 caliber or the AS caliber?" An interminable moment passed with silence un- broken, and the sheriff spoke again with stern emphasis. Which ot these guns did you fire at Edga, Stanton?'
 Desperately Peggy strove to col lect her wits-if Jim would only look at some one elsel
 T fired the .45 caliber," she ad- mitted, her fingers twining in anc around the edges of the blanket Julia had tossed over her. Sht looked at the sheriff. You pickee up the other one that morning"
 And to whom did this other au. tomatic pistol belong?" quickly.
 Peggy moistened her dry lips That's for you to find out" sh. said simply and closed her eyes She had kept faith with Jim-tt the last.
 Obadiah and Jim looked at eacl other and then away. A suddei stir in the other part of the room the tramping of feet and subduet voices growing louder caused tn men to turn about and Peggy ros shakily and stared over the bacl of the intervening chairs at fou Imen carrying an improvised stretch Ter, on which lay figure covere' with a sheet.
 "oh!" she gasped, mortified, an
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Sheriff Beach reads the note with startling revelations in to- morrow's installment.
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GAME
. To DRAW
FANS
BY Juno Kinerk

With the advent of Novem-
Der and the so-called big
= games, Washington has a pro-
prietary interest in four local
Afootball games tomorrow and
one abroad, that of George
town and New York Univer-
sity in the Yankee Stadium in
New York.
Locally, the Virginia Maryland
game at College Park, which is
homecoming for the Old Liners, and
the battle for the Presidents Cup
between the Marines and Coast
Guard elevens at Griffith Stadium,
are the highhghts. However, the
Manhattan.Catholic game at Brook
Gland and the Baltimore U..Gallaudet
meeting at Kendall Green also will
draw their quota of fans. All the
games here are to start at 2:3O
o'clock.
After very mediocre start Mary
land apparently has found itself.
On the basis of earlier season show
ings against common foes Virginia
would enter tomorrow's game
favorite, but Maryland's complete
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Wood Directs Harvard
Against Florida Team

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 1 q.
N.S9-The strong Florida Gators
fresh from their victory over Geor.
gia, which in turn defeated Yale,
were in Cambridge today, await
ing the whistle which turns them
loose upon Harvard in the stadium
tomorrow.
Harvard hopes were diminished
slightly today with announcement
that neither Dick O'Connen, star
right end. nor Henry Gildea, relief
center. would be available against
Florida because of injuries. Barry
Wood. Harvard sophomore ace, was
to start at quarter tomorrow.
while Eliot Putnam, heretofore the
signal caller. will see action IS
left half back. Charlie Devens will
fill the right side of the hackfiald
while Charlie Harper. recovered
from his injuries. will be at full.
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Student Strength Beside the Question

The merit student argument advancing
theory that the enrolment Annapolis 1000 against 1900
West Point is debaabe There paucyt of material either
place After ALL only eleven be the grdron at
of enrolment merely divert the from its
focus You hear that brought
veres The big and the little play otter every year.
Army gets all the best playing these unlimited players
against Harvard and Yale could well afford Navy
the basis and
iron outside of West Point
But then Amy tradition to such compromises
public clamor camor 1t doesn't wish to
neither does Navy whose traditions high lofty The
fair thing athletic competition competitions
absolute equally Otherwise the Outcomes the meetings
nothing. Collegiate America understands
yard-stck by which regulate athletic competition
only which by hiatt
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Martin Meets KOlOff
At Strand Thursday

Bull" Martin, the rushing and
tearing heavyweight wrestler, will
tackle Dan Koloff in the feature
bout at the Strand Theater next
Thursday night. Billy Wolf has
been matched with Joe Turner for
the secondary feature
koloff and Turner easily defeated
their opponents at the weekly show
at the Strand Theater last night.
kOloff gained a quick two-fall de.
cisiOn over NazZarenO POegi, of
Philadelphia, while Turner won
over Norman Woods. Southern mid.
dleweight. by taking the third and
deciding fail.
George Romsnoff and "Eull"
Eicco wrestled for 10 minutes with.
out either gaining the decision.
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No Team Should Ask An Advantage

However the sportsmanshp that neither side
athletic contest should advantages available
customary tolerated by the other major football team
the Army limits its players three of
petition
the entire grdrop world insisting
long is in classes he participate It's
rather independent attitude but far Army has gotten with
it. and apparently will yield which the
majority outside of West Point.
Smith prfaced his with the that the
public demanded the and that the Army is
sympathy with public for this but appar
entity This sympathy enough recognize the fact
that all Navy asks the basis of equality far
experienced concerned other Of
Navy meets them and just other opponents Army meet each
other.
Neither the Army sympathy public demand enough
consider of these compromises Navy offered thereby
showing a conciliatory spirit OF at West
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VIRG INIA-MD GAME TOPS D. C. GRID carr
MaryZand's Great Kicking HaLfback

WITH SUCH FORM as this it isn't hard to understand
how Charles ("Buck) Miller star Maryland back, gets
off punts that often travel far 65 yards Fully
recovered from injured ankle that had kept him idle
from early season until the Virginia Military Institute
game Miller decsivey outkcked McCray, v NJ l. star,
who was rated the best puner in Southern Conference
ranks. He is expected to star tomorrow at College
Park against Virginia.
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COrinthian Basketers
Hold Sessions Tonight

Members of the Corinthian bas-
ketball teams will start practice to-
night at Z o'clock in the Peck gym.
Twenty-eighth and Pennsylvania
Avenue N. W. Manager Newman
plans to have teams in the 100,
lis and 130-pound divisions and
hopes that each will be in the rum
ming for the District A. A. u.
championships.
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Practice Is Scheduled
For WaverIys Tonight

The Wsverly footballers will work.
out tonight at 1880 o'clock at Sew.
enth and o Streets Northwest. The
players are asked to report at the
McGin Building, S1s G st. N. W.,
in case of rain. '..
The Waverlys start their season
Sunday opposing the Fort Myer
Pleasant (Md) field.
Members Of the Waverlys are
Myers. EGg1eston. Darby. Fanshaw,
Storm, Hudgins. Russell, Patrick,
Mouton, Ames, Smith. Oxen, Gold
smith and Collins,
Other games are sought with lead.
ing unlimited elevans. Can Man.
aSer MOuton, Franklin S126.
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Farrell Brothers
|. At st. Augustine

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Nov. l.
Johnny Farrell, open champion OF
1928. and his brother, Jimmy Far.
ren, have again been engaged as win.
ter professionals at st. Augustine
links. Johnny is a strong Florida
man. for it was on the peninsula
that Farrell, in winning several big
open events, got the start which
carried him through to victory in
the biggest Of all golf tournaments
the 1928 United States open,
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PALACE A. C. DRILLS

The Palace A. c. gridders will
practice tonight at $50 o'clock at
Sixth and r Streets Southwest
Coach Joe Perron requests that
every member be present for this
important workout The Palacians
tangle with the Columbia A. c.
team in a Capital City League 1885,
pound game Sunday afternoon at 3
O'Clock on the Potomac Park No. 2
field
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Capital A. C. Sextette
Drills Tuesday Nigh

The Capital A. C. girl basketers
will hold their initial practice Tues
day night at o'clock at the Wilson
Normal gym. Swimming drills win
be conducted every Tuesday night
at the old Y. W. CA. gym on +
Street Northwest.
A general meeting of the cluk
will be held following the baskets
ball practice Tuesday night. Anx
girl athlete anxious to join the basr
ketball or swimming teams is urged
to phone Mrs. Edith Hardin. METRO
polft2n 0540, Apartment 7O1, be.
tween $50 and 3 o'clock. y
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W. VA. HARRIERS RUN

MORGANTOWN. W. Va, Nov. /.
Coach Art Smith and eight West
Virginia University barriers LEFT
here this morning for Pittsburgh ID
participate in the triangular meet
with Pittsburgh and Ohio State I'd:
morrow morning. The West Wis
ginians inaugurated crosscountry
as sport last Saturday and de
feated Carnegie Tech.
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LINERS
MUST HAL
THOMAS

UNIVERSITY, Va, Nov. /.
Virginia will face Maryland
tomorrow at College Park,
Md, with almost the same
lineup that was used against
Y. NJ. 7. two weeks ago. The
line will be just the same, but
some changes are to be made
in the backfield.
George Taylor at center, Bill De.
Butts and Floyd Landlord as
guards, Larry Whalen and Dick
Day in the tackles. and Dick Tur-
ner and John Peyton on the ends.
will start off against the Terra,
pins. This is the strongest line
Coach Abel can muster with Hun
ter Motley out of the game.
In the back field Hunter
FauIcOner will call signals and
Albert Levy will play fullback.
These men both started against
v. nj. ]. Bill Thomas and Gus
Hammer, who did not start
against the Cadets, will probably
he In the halfback positions
against Maryland. Or it may be
that Herbert Bryant will be In
one OF these places.
Maryland looked far better against
the Cadets than did Virginia. On
the other hand Virginia defeated the
same South Carolina eleven that
took a decision over the Old Liners.
All of which indicates that Cavaliers
and Terrapins are about evenly
matched.
ThoLits. the hard.plunging back,
Is the one the Old Timers must
stop.
The play at center will be a
feature Of the Virginia. Maryland
game. This contest will bring to-
gether two OF the South's best
pivot men.
These two Georges, Taylor Of
Virginia and Madigan Of Mary.
land. have been matched against
each other before. and it Is
nafd TO say WHICH One came
out ahead. Both were accurate
passers, and aggressive for
wards who are towers Of
strength on defense.
Taylor. the Cavalier snapper
back, is native OF North Carolina.
who is now making his home in
RICHMOND, Va. He played at
Episcopal High School before enter
ing the University. His weight is
1876 and his height six feet, one
inch. This is his third and final
season on the varsity.
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w. Va. Yearlings Face
Carnegie Tech FrOsfI

MORGANTOWN, ". Va, Nov. I.
Sporting a record of three con-
secutive victories the West Virginia
freshmen will face a. difficult as.
signment in the Carnegie Tech
yearlings mere tomorrow. Coach
"Trusty" Tallman will have several
of his outstanding backs on the
bench with injuries.
Despite the fact that the Little
Mountaineers' latest conquest was
over Kiski, a team which the Satur-
day previous had defeated the
Plaid freshmen.
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PADDOCK IN
NOTES o.

PIMLICO RACE TRACK, Nov. !.
Ex-Jockey Fritz Weiner was an ar
rival from New York with the two.
year Odds Titus and Tenant.
Mortimer NJ. Mahoney, pari-mutueI
manager here, had force of 420 men
catering to The crowd. He had 100
sellers and los cashiers in the six
parimutuels rings. The fair sex are
now permitted to wager in every
ring.
Veteran race followers had shock
this morning when George Kirk hove
in sight wearing necktie. 1t was
the first time in IS years Kirk has
ever worn a tie.
jockey E. Kennedy was an arrival
from New York. He does not in
tend to swing into the saddle until
Monday.
~ Some folks say w. S. Kilmer was
foolish for selling Sun Craig to the
Seagram Stable for $500 as the colt
has since won twice that amount. 1t
was no fault of Trainer Bill Irvine
that Sun Craig was sold. He op.
posed the sale.
Rose of Sharon, this years three.
year-old champion filly, who il here
with Dan Stewards string, will be
sent to the farm at Versailles, KY,
on Monday.
Jack Baker, who trains r. S.
Clark's stable, is due tomorrow
from Kentucky. He will take over
Galaday, one that Dan Stewart has
been preppipg for Baker, following
the running Of the Selma at Laurel.
T. J. Healey, who handles the
r. T. Wilson, jr., and w. J. Sal
mon horses, was an arrival from
New York.
Al Lacoste loaded the three-year.
old Forest Fairy on the cars this
morning and headed for Florida
where he will rest up until January
Park opens its gates.
Jockey George Seabo plans to
leave for Kentucky in a few days to
join +. S. Pages stable. He will
later go to the winter meeting in
New Orleans.
P. NJ, Walkers string arrived this
morning from Laurel. Dave Komie
also brought over Sanford and
Bramabiau from the Maryland State
Fairs course.
E. s. Weller and Bob Friend are
conducting the schooling of the
horses here in the morning. School
ing hours are from to a. m.
out of the stationary stall gates 10.
Gated in the three-quarter-m shute.
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fashion despite the loss OF it's star.
Capt. Jack Malevich. With the
shifting OF Gene Murphy to his
berth at fullback and the placing
of Johnny Oliver at quarter, the
Cards have held up amazingly well.
Champa and DeMello have per-
formed at the halves in a highly
satisfactory manner.
The same also may be said
for the G. u. line. In fact,
more praise than is ordinary
should be heaped upon the for
wards for, after all. they have
borne the brunt of the labor in
splendid fashion.
Gallaudet and Baltimore Univer-
sity seem quite we'll matched. Of
major interest in this game will be
the performance of Gallaudet's cap
tain and great ball carrier, Johnny
Ringle. If he. can carry on against
the Orioles in anything like the
amazing fashion he did last Satur-
day against Shenandoah, when he
gained = anywhere from two to 70
yards clip, the visitors will be in
for bad day.
George Washington meets VIII
liam and Mary in night game in
Williamsburg, Va. tomorrow. The
Colonials have two of their best
men. Hoffman, the .fullback, and
Francis, an end. unable to play and
hardly will be able to offer the
Indians much competition of any
KIND. However, the ColOnials are
entitled to plenty of praise for
going in there every Saturday and
taking beating, Knowing at the
time they had little or no chance
for a victory.
The Washington times., 1929-11-01
Radio TO Describe
Ydle-Dartmouh
Grid Clash

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 1.
Arrangements have been made
for broadcasting of the Yale
Dartmouth, football game here
tomorrow afternoon. Broadcast.
ing will begin at 80 y. m. with
Graham McNamee at the micro
phone.
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Butler Next Faces Two
State Rivals in Order

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Nov. L.
DePauw and Wabash traditional
State rivals. are the next foes on
the Butler University football card.
Coach Clark was very well plea sed
with his scrappy proteses who
bowed to New York L. bv a II tn &
score after hard battle last
Saturday in New York.
The Washington times., 1929-11-01
SAM BENSON BOWLS

sam Benson, national all-events
duckpln champion, will engage Al
Fischer in special bowling match
tonight at the Georgetown Alleys.
1S2S Wisconsin Ave. n. w. The
plnmen will take the drives ct 8
o'clock.
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Sp rSRHxSJl
By KIRK MILLER b

Washington chock- a-bock Army Navy folk
disappointed the least that General Smith Admiral
Robson unable abdge the differences between
Academes the ArmyN football eligibility code which
caused Of football relations n 1927.
There merits the claims of both parties Principle
very important element Army training naturally
wish back their athletics
who proficient in their studies.
the other Navy has right demand
adhere her eligibility (threeyea rule Army
Navy forget eligibility other Army opponents do
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creates "a slight edge Tor the Old
Liners, Notwithstanding the fact
that they win be outweighed.
~ Both Maryland and Virgins
will put nearly their whole
strength on the field, Captain
- Sloan, Of Virginia, and Norris.
regular Maryland end, being the
= only two veterans Of either team
not capable Of playing.
, g, The game should be stubbornly
hard fought contest between two
= teams of about equal caioer
Fired with enthusiasm to win for
the sake of the old grads and also
to even up their score against the
Cavaliers in the last four games
are the factors that Old Line sup
porters place their most reliance
upon for a Maryland victory.
- New York u. also has it's home
coming tomorrow Chick Meehan
NNiolet coach, would rather have his
team win tomorrow's game than
any other on the schedule, but Sc
would Lou Little, of Georgetown.
So tomorrow's game between these
, two highly pointed" elevens will
be one of the dog-eat-dog affairs.
Anything can AMI may happen, but
we rather think the Hoyas will hit
their true stride and come home
with the bacon.
The Presidents Cup battle is sure
.Mto be magnet for a large. number
of local fans. Although new
conner in this competition, the Coast
pGusrd eleven is, Judging from it's
record Of three wins and one loss,
= a highly capable team. 1t has a
team averaging in the neighborhOod
of 1875 pounds, and also has speed.
, The Marines have had but one
thought since the start OF the
season. and that is to regain pos
session Of the cup.
r. The Marines haven't compiled
much Of a record this season.
o. Coach Tom Ready rather pre-
ferring to bring his team along
- gradually regardless whether It
- won or lost 50 that IL would he
at tops for tOmOrrOws clash.
And word coming from QUanticO
SubstantiateS the belief that the
Leathernecks are right at the
peak of their form now.
The usual fanfare or mlllIafE
pomp and the organized cheering
OF their "buddies" besides having
the crack Marines and Veterans OF
Foreign Wars bands on hand will
D furnish the color for the cup clash.
So. too. will the rival mascots,
. Jjggs. the Marine bulldog. and
Marian, the Coast Gusrlers' polar
bear.
Catholic University is tackling 4
pretty tough opponent in Man.
haitian College. The New Workers
will present novelty in attack in
that one Of their ends instead OF
the quarterback will do the signal
calling. Earlier in the year Man.
haitian had little trouble in dis.
posing of George Washington 81 to
s before the colonials were riddled
with injuries.
The Cardinals are confident of
winning. though. Their confidence
Is born of theo fine showings they
h0N6 made against the Boston Col.
leRe and KiIIanOya teams. both IN.
defeated Hast year and RtlI IN.
beaten this year. Manhattan Ger.
tainIy doesn't rate IN the same
category With these two tear so
the Cards can't see anything hut |
win.
Per me thing the Catholic T.; !
bAekfisid hAE performed N great
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MERCEDES STATING

The Mercedes eleven is. anxious
to arrange contests with teams in
the 125-pound division. Cali Man
ager George Cleary, Lincoln 1885.