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We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
W. H. Wheler was quite sick this
week. _
James Bradshaw and family
have moved to Glenwood.
For Sale—A new organ at a bar- i
gain. Gall at News office.
Everybody has a hobby, doing
the right kind of job work is ours
Miss Grace Durrett of Strong
is here visiting Mrs. H. L. White,
B. F. Moody made a business
trip to Wainright. Okla.. this week.
Rev. N. 0. Hornsby of Cecil. La.,
was a Huttig visitor Wednesday
of this week.
Miss Hattie Simonton, of Ruston,:
La., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. i
D. A. Keasler.
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Agent D. A. Keasler of the Iron
Mountain was a Monroe visitor on
Wednesday.
J. D. Wemple and H. P. Heard,
were at El Dorado Sunday visiting
with friends.
W. L. Watkins, jr.. of Tyler.Tex.,
is here this week the guest of his
brothers. C. S. and Wallace.
Mrs. Torn Millstead and Mrs. M.
H. Glaybaugh are home from a visit
with relatives at Winnfield, La.
Mrs. Ernest Spencer and chil
dren are home. from an extended
visit with her parents at Minden.
La.
F. R. Gadd. vice president of the
Wisconsin Lumber Co., was here
from Chicago on business this
week. ___
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Ellis living just west of
town at 1:30 o,clock Sunday after
noon. _
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ferguson, living south
west of town, at 4 o'clock Thurs
day morning.
E. M. Gabaniss, and family, who
have been residents of Huttig for
the past five years, leave Saturday
for Kinder, La.
Rev. W. 1. Feazell closed a five
day revival service for the Baptist
church at the Union church last
Monday night.
Misses Lillian and Beth Pryor,
who were here visiting their uncle,
C. J. Pryor, and family, left Sunday
for Farmerville.
The Wisconsin Lumber company
resumed operations last Monday
morning with a full crew and will
run full time for some time at least.
We treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application.
Drs. McCall & Williams.
Lawson, Ark.
Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Prestridge. who formerly lived
here is reported quite low with tu
berculosis at their home in Texar
kana.
Rev. J. R. Rushing was at Chid
ester visiting his mother and at
Arkadelphia attending the com
mencement exercises of Hender
son college this week
Herman Breihn, who was planer
foreman here for a number of years
but moved to Electric Mills. Miss.,
the first of this year was operated
on for appendicitis at Meridian last
Friday. ______
The Strong Stave Company of
Strong has filed articles of incor
poration in the office of secretary
of state. The capital stocx is
,1
$ 1 0.000. and the corporators are
W. R. McDonald. H. A. Van Tas
sel, C. K. Brunson. B. A. Van Tas
sel and P. C. Salter.
The Womans' Home Mission So
ciety held their regular weekly
meeting at the church Monday af
ternoon which was quite interest
ing. The regular monthly open
meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. R. W. Cargill next Monday
afternoon to which all ladies are
cordially invited.
You will find on sale at the
Union Saw Mill company store,
the Union hotel and Bell's cream
parlor four different local post card
views in colors. If these sell well
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to the list. They
will be sold at two for five cents.
Some unknown person dis
charged a quantity of dynimite un
der what is called the “Honky
Tonk" just outside the colored
quarters at 2 o'clock Thursday
morning, considerably damaging
the building which was owned by
R. E. Nash and the goods and fix
Lures owned by Wiley Hill and oth
ers.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss iris Elizabeth
Moore to Mr. William Edward Clark
at the Baptist church. Rison. Ar
kansas. on Wednesday afternoon
June 5th, at 2:00 o'clock. Miss
Moore was a teacher in the public
schools at Strong during the term
just closed and Mr. Clark is a prom
inent business man of Strong.
Commencing this week The
News will for the next six weeks
print the Initiative and Referendum
laws to be voted on at the genera’
election in September and every
subscriber should carefully read all
of these laws so he can vote intell
igently upon them at that time. 11
your neighbors are not subscribers
to The News or Union County Tri
bune which will also print them
give him a copy of the laws to read
J. W. Dean of Little Rock, the
new general superintendent of the
Iron Mountain railway, and C. M
Andrews, division superintendent
were here Monda.y on a tour of in
spection of this division and ar
rangements will be made at once
to put the Little Rock & Monroe
Farmerville & Southern and El
Dorado &. Bastrop branches in
good condition. A steam shovel is
to be installed at once near Urbana
to furnish the gravel.
The Woman's Missionary Union
metagain Tuesday afternoon with
seven members present. Wewer
all glad to get back to our work, as
it has been several weeks since we
met on account of the meetings
just closed. Meeting was opened
by singing What a Friend and a
sentence prayer. We had a very
interesting Bible study from the
5rd chapter of James, which 1 am
sure was a help to all. There will
be a business meeting next Tues
day. all members be sure to attend.
PREPARED FOR THE WORST
Music Hall Manager Sells Smelling
Salts to Patrons of Hi9
“Awful Spectacle."
When It comes to advertising dra
matic thrills, consider the manager of
a music hall and moving picture show.
Horrors are that manager’s specialty,
fosters and a piratical barker do their
share toward creating goose tiesh, but
they are not nearly so effective as the
youth who offers bottles of smelling
salts for rent. Right out in the middle
of the sidewalk he stands, thrusting
his volatile wares—stoppered, for
tunately—beneath your nose.
“Goin' inside?” says he. “Take this
—you'll need it; faint without it. Only
five cents. Brace you up for the awful
spectacle.”
You stop; you wonder. What can
the awful spectacle be like? The
chances are that you had no notion
of going to that show or any other
show just then, but the prospect of
seeing something so blood-curdling
that you can't live through it without
smelling salts appeals to your imagina
tion. You drop all business and go in.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—The story opens with a
•cream from Dorothy Marche, a charm
ing debutante, in the opera box of the
wealthy widow, Mrs. Dor la Missioner, at
the Metropolitan Optra House in New
York City. It is occasioned by Mrs. Mis
•loner’s diamond necklace breaking and
scattering the siring of rare and costly
gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold
and Bruxion Sands, two society men.
both of whom love Mrs. Missioner. gather
i;p some of the diamonds, but the gem
of the collection, the celebrated Mahar
anee, is missing. Griswold steps on the
apparent missing diamond and it crushes
under his heel. A Hindoo comes from an
adjoining box. and picking up a flake of
the crushed gem pronounces it a fraud,
not the genuine Maharanee, but—paste.
CHAPTER II The entire party proceed
to tne elegant mansion of Mrs. Missioner.
where she takes them to a room having
a safe containing other diamonds. She
aft* j wards sends for a Mr. Rascome. an
expert who pronounces the storns all
copies, substitutions, of the original gems
CHAPTER III Bruxton Sands tele- '
phones police headquarters and two de
tectives. Donnelly and Carson, arrive on \
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original dia- !
mends was accomplished by some one in j
the house. The servants are questioned,
hut without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holcomb, t lie confidential
companion*of Mrs. Missioner. has a dupli
cate key to the safe and they send for
h«r.
CHAPTER IV—The detectives Incline to
the belief that Miss Holcomb Is Involved
In the robbery. They search her room
and in a cabinet, wrapped in tissue pa
per. they find one of the original dia
monds. Mrs. Missioner protests that
Elinor is guiltless, but the delicate girl
is marched off to prison.
CHAPTER V Meantime, in an up-town
mansion, the Hindoo of the theater episode
who is known ns the Swami, and a Hindoo
prince. Kananda, discuss the arrest. They
arc in the United States to recover the
Maharanee, which is a sacred relic of
India, and are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAPTER VI—Detective Britz, an ex
pert of the police force, now takes up the
case. He interviews Elinor who is pros
trated by the cloud resting on her. The
detective evidently believes the girl lnno
cent.
CHAPTER VII—-Dr. Dawrence Fitch
the fiance of Elinor, visits her in prison.
. he is remanded for trial on suspicion of
being the thief. Britz talks encouraginglv
to Pilch and asks his co-operation in
running down the real criminal.
CHAPTER VIII —The detective advises
that Elinor docs not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes
a close investigation of affairs at t hi
home of Mrs. Missioner.
CHAPTER IX Britz learns that Mrs
Missioner while visiting' Paris bad the
diamonds with her. He cables the polio
there and they ascertain that the dupli
cates were made from drawings of the
original stones. The person ordering tht
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hoi
comb.
CHAPTER X—The detective has an In
terview with Miss Marche. He learnt
who of Elinor’s friends can draw. ID
clumsily draws a picture of the safe.
Griswold offers to assist him. showing
skill as an artist. Hater as the detective
Is walking through Central Park he it
suddently seized and thrown into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XT—A wild ride ensues and
Britz finds he has been made captive bv
three Hmdoos. He endeavors to escape
but is bound and drugged.
CHAPTER ATI His captors Imprison
Britz in a deserted house. He finally
manages to get free from his bonds. r«
capes ami reports at headquarters now
'•nnvinced that the Hindoos are materially
Interested in the cure.
CHAPTER XITI Pretending to h* a
newsp. per reporter. Britz interviews the I
Swam! as to the rare diamonds of India !
■■fter he leaves the Swami Informs
Prince Kana'!■•*! tha* he has penetrated
i he disguise of rhe defective.
CHAPTER A1V Mrs. Missioner visits
Elinor in prison hut is dissuaded from
bailing her out until her innocence is
proven. Britz learns of an insane dia
mond expert on Ward's Island and asks
Pitch to go with him and interview th<*
man.
CHAPTER XV—The Insane d'amnnd ex
pert tells enough to lead the detective t«
believe that either Griswold or Sands em
ployed him to make counterfeits of the
Missioner gems.
by Britz. intimates that Sands is on the
verge of failure. He evidently wish** the
detertive to believe that his rival in love
may have something to do with the dia
mond robbery.
CHAPTKR XVII— Two Hindoos burglar
ize the home of Sands, evidently thinking
that he may ha ve the Maharanee dia
mond Britz raptures them and on one
discovers a note addressed to "Curt Is”
and signed "Millicent" which they have
found somewhere in their wandering
search for the gems.
PHAI'TKR XVIII The Sw.imi visits
Mrs. Missioner and tries to solve the niys
terv of the diamonds. Hater at his
own house he directs his Hindoo allies to
continue their search for the mysterious
ly missing gem.
CH APT Kit XIX Brit* locate*; a woman
named Millicent I tclaroclte. He learns
that secretly she Is affianced to Curt Is
Griswold.
CHAPTER XX The Swam! attends p
hall at the home of Mrs Missioner hut
does not learn anything further about th*
diamonds The dcte.tive watches Gris
wold hoping to gain a clew to tHe mys
terious Millicent.
CHAPTKR X X r Rrltz disguised as a
burglar visits the apartment of Millicent
Delaroche who he is satisfied is keeping
the stolen diamonds for Griswold. f|<>
finds a box that once contained them, but
it is empty.
CHAPTER X X IT The defective con
cludes that the Hindoos have anticipated
him in wresting the diamonds from Milli
cent. He and Fitch visit their quarters,
find the place deserted and have a terri
ble experience with a poisonous snake
"How does It look to you, doctor,
mw?" said the Chief of Fitch, eyeing
him closely meanwhile.
"It looked for awhile as ir we had
run Into a hornets’ nest,” Fitch an
swered.
"Pretty exciting experience you had
uptown, eh?” The Chief laughed.
“Well, just a little,” said the doctor.
"One doesn’t expect to encounter a
cobra In a well-regulated brown
stone front."
"Think the hunt Is getting any
closer?”
“Britz seems to think so. Ills opin
Ion rarrles weight with me.”
"No doubt. In your mind, he will
catch the thief, then?" asked the
Chief.
"Thief, or thieves," said the medical
man quietly "I am convinced he will
run them down soon or late, if thev’re
anywhere on the face of the earth ”
“Thank yon. doctor." Britz Inter
runted, coming out of the booth.
"Your confidence is not misplaced
The thieves are as pood ns caught
now.”
Manning looked up with an air of
surprise.
"Yes.” continued Fritz. addressing
his chief, "I’ve Just hepn talking to
Cordon. Had him out all day on a
special trail. Turns out to he 'he right |
load. We know where the c"oud 1
hatch of thieves can be found a Her
the next hour or so."
"Where are they?” asked Manning
eager'y.
“I’ll take you to them. Chief." "ritz .
r°plied. “If you don’t mind. I'll ask i
you to wait a little while until 1 can j
do so. Meanwhile, let'3 gather up the
loose ends ”
"Do you mean you have solved the
Mlssloner mystery?” Fitch inquired,
trembling slighlly ns he reflected
what 'he answer might mean to the
woman of his heart.
"There isn't any mystery now."
Fritz responded eheerilv. "There
hasn't been any in my mind for sev
eral hours."
“T et's have it!” exclaimed the Chief
Impatiently.
Just for an Instant Britz stiffened
under his excellently controlled ex
terior He believed in discipline He
was known favorably to bis superiors
from the commissioner down for the
obedience and respect he always
showed them. But ihere lurked be
neath his departmental sense of dntv
the Independence of a man who felt
he could always stand on his own two
feet. and that he could work r.lrne, if
need be. to accomplish the now dlffl
milt task. His impulse of revolt last
ed scarce s second's spsen. however,
nnd with a. military salute that per
haps was meapt to remind him of
Manning's rank, he slid Into his re
volving chair and looked intently at
first one and then the olher of the
men. who waited tensely for h.1s
words
"The men Gordon bns rum down.'*
said the lieutenant. "w-ero the hardest
to catch. I call them the second
hatch of thieves because they are the
fellows who stole Mrs Missloner's
Jewels long after (he stones were
stolen from her.”
"And who may they be"" ’fnening
persisted
"They are the dark men—t?ie Hin
doos whose connection with tlae rasp
complicated It much more (turn was
comfortable, and who gave further
proof of their inconsWeratQ dispos*
tlons by making the doctor h»fe emd
me so uncomfortable Just befort* we
came hack to Headquarter*.”
"Von mean they are tbe metti who
robbed Mrs. Mlssioner of her JevselsV"
"No, the men who stole Mrs. Mls
sfoner's Jewels after she was r- fbbed
of them "
"They robbed the thieve*. thcrV"
“Not thieves—thief." said Bt '**
"There was on'v one artist in Jhe
first Job.”
“Whet's his name?" the-Cbi^f ffpiej
tloned again
“His name?" returned tbe deter
five noncVa'antlv "Oil, I htavent
said 1t was & 'he.' " \
Rven Fitch, though be had worked
Intimately with the sleuth In the lat
ter psrt of the hunt for the jewels,
was astonished Manniej concealed
his surprise. He said:
"Well, I suppose, you've got tbe
goods on him—or her"*
“1 have and I haven’t.'* the- detec
tive answered "While nl *y ope pet
son stole the diamonds, there'h been
a whole troop of potential thieves
after the stones. They'vo been, -work
ing at cross-purposes, with the i:-Mural
result that they played uncorf t in usly
Into the hands of the -one all of r.hem
trusted."
rucri mm <1 u n i u v. n
quizzically. Brltz had worked hard
on the rase and had sneeze '.ed when
success seemed impossible Cf he
wished to indulge in a slightly cniz
mntiral preamble, surety It was not
asking too much to bvrior him.
Britz gnawed a black c'j ar. un!1g'vt
ed, and whirled about tv o or thwee
times before be took up tl p thread of
his recital again.
“It'b a long storyt” he resumed "It
took a lot of piecing to put It. to
gether, but it’s trs plain ng>w as a pic
ture puzzle when all flie cut-out a fit.
In the first dace, Oriswr€d planned
to get the Jewels a long t tnie ago--a
couple of vears. 1 fancy. lie didn't
content himself with merp planning
He did a lot of work wh! !t> he was
waiting for his opportu vity. He
knew the value of the Miasbirw neck
lace, of course, especially the value
of the big Maharanee diar tond that
was its central stone. As r iTi-lv as I
can make out his scheme, he hoped ' o
steal the collarette and dis' 103 a of it
months before it should be ’nia ed by
Mrs. Mtssioner. The only \gav to do
that, of course, was to suhstltl te an
Imitation for the genuine article.
Naturally, too. the imitat'on hed to he
made without Mrs. Miss/oner's knowl
edge, and the man he meant to have
make It had to have either tito orig
Inal as a copy or a very aexus rate
drawing It was bcymid all
ity that Griswold r'jvld get the m'ck
lace Into his poss ession long ennvgh
to have a bogus c Elat'S tfe made Mrs
Missioner. in suite oC her many mil
lions, and like all ol her women or
wealth, guarded hei_ jewels . closely _
Phe~ may Intrust tier government
bonds and other negotahle securities
to attorneys or hanks, but she keeps
her jewels under her own eyes. None
of us knows Just how much she
thought of Griswold; but the chances
are that, even If she had been en
gaped to him. she wouldn’t have let
him have possession of the Maharanee
necklace for any length of time My
experience is*fchflt these rich New
Yorkers don’t believe In throwing
temptation in one another's way—
anyhow, not at any risk to them
selves.”
"Your powers of deduction are truly
marvelous. Hritz." said Manning with
a short laugh, in which Brttz thought
he heard a faint note of mockery
“Now. let's don't do any kidding.
Chief." llritz rejoined with Just a
shade of acid in his voice. "This is
a pretty serious rase, and I’ve been
up a few nights without any too much
sleep I'm not on the witness stand
now. recollect, and 1 don’t feel as If
I'd got to parcel out my words when
I'm talking to friends " There was
the least little lift of his eyebrows as
he uttered the last word
Manning laughed again—apologetic
ally this time, and the lieutenant,
once more unruffled, continued:
“So Griswold had to make sketches
and diagrams of the widow’s necklace
Kven that, couldn't have been easy, for
1 guess he had to use his pencil when
Mrs. Missioner wasn’t in the room
It isn't likely she give Mm many op
portunitles of being alone with the
jewels °he priced above all the others
in her collect'on. Yon see. when her
husband gave her that necklace am'
told her about the Maharanee dfn
morel, he made up a pretty little fair'
story that probable gave the big stone
much greater value in her eves tl at
|f she'd really known the truth. Worn
en.” said Brit* solemnly, "are funny
They are about the funniest things P
this litt'e old world of ours—particu
Inrly when it comes to jewels am:
pow-ns. with the jewels lending by .t
city block."
Fitch, in his capacity as a lover,
became somewhat restive under th«
detective's cynical summing up o',
the sex. and relieved hrmself with the
remark:
“If women are any funnier than
men. I'd like you to show roe how
Your experience Is all very well, lieu
tenant; but I’ve seen (hero In their lit
tle white cots In hospitals both
kinds; and 1 have seen them on the
operating table, and I can tell vou
the woman has yet to he horn thnr
can do as many fool stunts as the
average man’” After this hurst o'
romance horn frankness he subsided
“Well we won't quarrel about the
sex, doctor." said Rritz. “though T
must srv 1 don't like to hear you pc’
ting off these suffragette sentiment0.
Anyway, it's safe to assume Mrs Mis
sioner didn't let Curtis Griswold have
time to drape that necklace of herr
on an art model when he started in to
sketch It He made those drawings be
fits and starts, and it must have taker
him a good many weeks to finis!
them."
“T'pIcsr he drew file necklace from
memory.” suggested Manning
“That sounds too en=y," Brit? re
turned “He'd have to have a memory
like a daylight film to carry all the
different sizes and shapes of those
ewels 1n Us mind to say nothing o'
their fire The fact Is. the drawings
1 he made were not only accurate to
the smallest degree of outline, hut the
luster oT every stone seems to have
been reproduced with skill that would
keep 'em eucsr-ing at the Academy of
Design I to]] you. Curtis Griswold Is
an artist in more ways than one!’*
Pausing a little. Rritz went on;
"And that’s whs* he d'd: he made
the drawings at first hand, and proh
ably ■ xalored them In the same wav
Then he took them over to Paris and
farmed o\it the contract among sev
oral firms, faking care to split up the
drawings sc> that no one manufacturer
of paste Jev e's might know they were
reproduct ion.- of the famous Mahars
nee necklace l.ogan traced all the
drawings In g'tyr Faroe, and sent them
to me. Here they are." He took sev
eral small sheets of cardboard from
an inner pocket and spread them on
his desk.
the center.*' Manning commented
when he had pieced ti p slips together
"This Is a picture of a necklace with
a holp in flip middle.”
Britz smiled.
••yes.” hp said, “that's whprp thp
M.-ftl aranpp diamond was You rpp.
Griswold was too foxy to have an
imitation of that cplpbratod stone
made anywhere in Europe. He knew
there w vn’t a man on the Continent
identified in any way wlih the trade
who wouldn't recognize a drawing of
that diamond on sight. Though the
diamond Is not so well known to the
publle, it's as familiar to every jew
eler in Europe as the Kohinoor, thp
Hoop, or nny other of those great
sparklers."
I “Where could he have gone. then,
to have the big stone reproduced?"
asked the Chief.
“Ask the doctor there. If he's half
the detective I thus!; he Is. he knows
as well as I do.”
Pitch smiled nervously. th"u Ms
face became grave as the realization
of what ail this meant to Elinor
I surged back on him.
“I fancy.” he said to Manning.
| "Lieutenant Britz has concluded flip
! false Maharanee diamond was made
* b> a harmless lunatic we traced to the
J asylum.”
j “Right you are. doc!” said Brit’
brusquely. "You guessed it thp very
first time. Little old Mr. Martin was
the gentleman. He did that job ol
work for Mr. Griswold, and from all
I've heard a fine job he marie of it
too.”
| “Crazy. 1s he?" asked Manning.
| “.Mud as they make 'em.” Britz re
piled, “but, as the doctor says, harm
less. He couldn't have made so good
an Imitation had he not believed he
"He Made Drawings at First Hand.”
was manufacturing a genuine stone.
That's his delusion, you understand—
thinks he’s making diamonds.”
“Well,’’ said the Chief after another
pause. “How did Griswold turn the
trick when it came to a showdown?”
A faint smile flickered an instant
about Britz’s lips, then disappeared.
"lie never got a chance to turn the
Itrick,” the detective replied "For
I more than a year now, he’s been cast
ting covetous eyes on the same paste
^stones he had manufactured.”
By a tremendous effort Fitch suc
ceeded in subduing his excitement,
and locking his hands behind his
head, he waited with what patience
he could for the rest of the detec
tive’s story. Manning seemed to turn
i to Ice.
"Griswold has been In had financial
ly for over two years,” Britz contin
ued "He’s been doing stunts with the
books of the Iroquois Trust company.
At my request, the directors have had
experts on the books for a couple of
weeks, and they’ve got as pretty a
case against Mr. Griswold as et ei
you saw. He wanted that necklace in
order to get enough money to square
his acrounts.
"Ncsw comes the strangest part of
the case ” The detective smiled as
he made ready to fire the verbal
bomb "The inoRt surprised man In
the world on the night that Mrs. Mis
sioner discovered her Jewels were
mere pnste, wmss CnrtJs Griswo’d
Britz watched the effect of his words
on his hearers. They shifted nervous
ly in their seats as If impatient of the
detective’s pan.ue.
"When did the Hindoos steal the
jewels and where did they find them?"
asked Manning
"About one hour, nr a little more,
before I made a try for them mvself."
said Rritz. "They nabbed them In the
apartment of Mrs. MiDicent Delaroche.
In the Hotel Renaissance."
"And who, if you don’t mind taking
me Into your coitidence, is Mrs.
Mil’icent Pelarochd?” the Thief in
quired.
"Mrs. Milllcent Tdelarwhe.” said th“
detective crisply, "thinks she is the
future Mrs Curtis Griswold. But as
far as Mr. Oris weld is concerned, she
may remain Mrs. Tielaroche for thp
rest of 'er natiirci life In ot' er
words, Griswold nrrenised to marrv
her. and thep got very busy in an at
*«mpt to marry lTrs. Missioupr He
doesn't know yet; of course, that It
Will he a very long ttuv before he has
a efiance to marry anybody. Neither
does Mrs. Delnrrahe know- how she
has been fooled by the clubman
When she does know — which I think
will be some time today- I think you'll
see some fur fly.”
i m' m. in !(»■[ i ii#* upper nsnn or nts
nervousness. tapned his eyeglasses
with a medical looking Iparl pencil,
pnd listened very oJosely to the de
| tectlve's atorjr. Manning, too. was ab
sorbed In what Brit/, had to tell. Both
of his bearers, therefore, were mo
mentarily disajipoin'ed when Britz. in
dead of going ahead with tils storv,
asked that Donnelly and Carson he
nried apart long enough for one of
them to arrest Grlswola. and the other
to brings Mrs Delaroche to Ileadquar
"I don't want to make things too un
pleasant for these bright voting men.”
rtrttz said sarcastically; “but I do
want to give myself the satisfaction
of having them nab the two iiersons
they should have arrested In less than
i a week after the theft of Mrs Mis
sionary Jewels w'as discovered "
Manning felt he had no choice save
to comply, lie wasn't exactly pleased
by the insistence of his lieutenant's
request; but when Brltz, at a nod
from him, pressed a push hutton and
1 an attendant appeared in the doorway.
Chief Manning ordered the bluecoat
to ask Donnelly and Carson to report,
to him In the lieutenant's room at
once.
(To Be Continued Next Week.)
Curious Superstitions.
Some curious superstitions gathered
around even so eminently practical a
thing as beer. In Scotland it used to
be the custom to throw a handful of
salt and a little dry malt Into the
mash to keep the witches from it; and
the cautious housewife, in houses
where they brewed their own beer,
used to throw a live coal into the vat
to save the liquor from the frolicsome
interference of fairies. The addition
of salt, by the way, to keep beer in
the course of brewing, was supposed
to he for the unholy purpose of ex
citing thirst. It may possibly have
been used to this end by the unscrupu
lous, but the real reason was legiti
mate. Salt moderates the fermenta
tion.
Clean up your yards.