THE TURNER TRIBUNE YO U . T t lK N K H , X. S 2 , 5 i ,000 G IVEN TO W EST TO O P P O S E t'laah »it ti PROGRAM Herretary Over Irrigation ioaima In i'ongreaa. OUKUON, A4A4 a A 4444*A W W W W W W W W 4 WWWWWWWWWWWWW STATE N E W S CN BRIEF T U T J IIB D A Y , 1 H W W un HI iik I p ii . O C\ Thu flrat dofliiHu I|< km 1 Rivar. Pittili» bovi* lw*an Inltl* duali I m ' I wimiii HocroUry of Inturlor i t « d by (ha murr» forum of Iho L'ppar JAM > p w k La I Th»r* la vary Ihtla 41lf«r»nr« »>•- lw *«n ona man and another, but that ti tila la vary lrni*uri»nt. It la a graatar compliment to ba truated than ta ba Invad W.irk nod tin. I.rgn western group I d ' V“ " ' * Community church U* mnk. Parkdttla I lit« moat Inuudful towo on HINTS AND GOOD THINGS Daniel Guggenheim Endows congress opponlng hi. p o liti«« loomed | I the Moutil flood loop highway. h«ru Monday ovar tin. «o c r «l»r y '» J ^ L L IO H T F U L llttto ruk.-a may ba Flying Progress. Hulrm The public service ■■"unni» rom rn l»' A-r d... „rated with anlmul rrsrkera r e iinmnndatluu« for |ogl«l«llon cliarg- 1 " " t,uo,M l„g u„ ,h . I . . . . . . op I « (.xlhral Irrt '»*" application of j lD tondlul, cho. .date. Ginger- tin. Ile»r t'r.-.di Ilooni company (or bread men—who ever growa too old K.. 1 I 011 p ioli« la In in - ordini. « wllh tin. franOttlM ,,u ||,n water« of Ih-ur <-r«« lo enjoy them ? report auhinlttvd by the board of ad nud Ita tributarle« In Coua county. Add a few dropa of lemon Juice to boiled rice; It Improtea the flavor ua Jualin»nt and aurvey under aubaertlon Albany. John Itoberta, miner nnd well na Ita appearance K of tb « fart finder«' act. curveyor of the fllg Hottom cot.n'ry, A plain cooky foundation may be Annuunrtmrnl o f (¿Ift »m l l*lr<lgr Thu propoaed Work bill to carry to 14 m ile, northenat of Foater and about “ “ "I f,,r d,;“ ,u o t “ ,“ 1 1 N u ''1' to effect the Urani a recoin mend« 4.1 m ile. ....I of Albany, report» hi. o f i o-»|irrat ion Mat!» In »P ‘~ * and acuh. coco, and «11 muy tit tiwd In varlou« tl.nia will In. conaldnred by nn-tnbera be«., o f whit h be baa about 10 blvea. riKM'Mlat» Tb# way , r, a,,,,**, la tta r lo Hoover. of Ilia lioua.f from the «la te « affected »warming. I mukea them more alluring even to at a aptolal meeting Friday morning Sal.-m The retting nnd acutchlng fowtt-upa. It la practically certain that numeroua New York Donation of $2.5t>#.UOO ddltlona to the aecretary'a recom- capacity of Ihe »tale flax plant at tbo Plain* Cookie«. to aid In tht gdvancemant of aeronau mendatloua will I m made before Ihe Oregon alate p. litteullary will be don Take one half cup'til of fat, one cup- hied Ihta year, m cording to condu fut of augur, one-fourth cupful of milk. Ilea and aviation In thla country wna propoaed leglalatlon la aubmltted lo it»« houae Irrigation committee, where **'> 0 « reached at u conference of tier , ,,nc (.yg, (wo teaapoonfula of baking announced Sunday by Daniel tiuggetl a favorable report will be »ought on *" na Inlereated In the auree»» of the • powder, flavor to taate and atM two helm, hanker and mining man. who It. aa revived by repreaentatlvea of industry here Friday. ¡cupful« of flour. Thla recipe la beat doubl«*«! for moat fumili*»*. Mix and gave »f.ot. uou tael year for the calab j |u0 i ’endlteon. More alfalfu aced will P , lH atnnd on 1er to chill. Thla helps llahnient of a « c I kmi I of aerouautlra a ll The content« of the bill whlrh Sec- pU[ In th . ground the coming, |p IeBB floDr. New York unlveratty. | retary Work would have enacted to ,p ring In I'm atllla t,-minty than for aev Mr uuggenheltn In making ihe an OD unprofitable recta ,.ral year,, according to n »»la m e n t Broilsd Parsnips. ■ounremeat or hla endowment In a " 1#M" n *>»*• n‘" »• « ,WH'n rolld*' by County Agent llennion. baa.nl on Wash and scra[>s pnnadi»» and cook letter to Herbert Hoover, aecretary of P“ Wlc- b“ ‘ “ '• knomn ,h* 1 bo h“ Information from nil Ihe alfalfa dla- until tender In boiling Milted water. When cold cut in halve», spread with commerce .«Id the fund would b. u.ed , »PProved a number of recommend lrlcU lD roun, y . fuelled butter and broil. in cooperation will, Mr Hoover and copt.lu.d th th . repbrt of the .” " ’ , 1 Imnrd of adjuatment and aurvey be Hal.-in — Fire lo ««e « In Oregon ex nil . . e n d . , of the government nnd the, ^ ^ ^ ^ w((h ,.|#, l¥0 üf P o r tlw A ,ur m 5 „ Kr, t . t. Prussian Rocks. |»uHHr K-Titrullv In i»rc»im»UnK »v ro Cream two-thirds of a cupful o f but- In the «cope of th « board'« aulhorli* | «"1 »2.P42.1Í6 »7, accordlpg lo a report ituuiii v II»* p*pr«*»»•**! lb*» th«i Ills pr*pnn*d Sunday by W ill Moor*», statu t*r on** and ono-half cupfuls of I ioti under the factfinder's act Iii 0 fund tw r«»«trl»'(•*<! (*» «'ivll m ilv l opponent* in congrna* take a different wurshal. T h « fir« loa» for 1925 auger and three well beaten eg? it»«! «nd tli»t work *h l»h 1» properly ■how» » decrease of approximately Hlft three cupfuls of flour with one- view of the altuatlon half teuapoonful each of soda, clove, a govornmtini bn nvoldm! 1200.000 compared with that of 1924. The report of the txiorcl reeommend cinnamon and one-fourth tca«p<xinful Mr Hoover wan n«»ur«><l U ia I hi» «d the charging o ff of loaaoa on proj dnpnrtmi’tit would bn m o p u r il« ! with Halem There were two fatalities of nutmeg; add on# half pound o f rnl- ecla under definite headtnga. and It In “i t r r y pouulblo iimnnnr.“ in Oregon due to Industrial accidents ■Ina and the same of walnut meats rut line, to the flour mixture; alternate la with acme of th e«« propoaed Mr (:uffK»tihntm «lpl«1n *d that hla In the week ending January 7. accord I with one-half cupful of milk. Heat ground« of relief that Ha-crefary Work Ing to the state Industrial accident , well and drop by aptxmfuls on n but »»(Io n In deciding to aalabllah »u< h a take« l.HUe, holding the opinion th »l fund waa tuk»!u particularly In vi*»w of "f h T « ^ ' J . ^ r n c l P U . which would • On,n“ ‘ " lon Th* Vk“ m* Tora ; .cred ...k in , «hee« T h e ^ cookie, are 1‘ realdenl C o o lld r«'« Indorsement of j * ^ ^ ■ . . . |J*r*yk. Rainier, eetter. and T on y! better a an-k old. th e, recommendation by the national r,'Uder future developments so baxur , gtromhaugh, Hortland. tramcar opera Serve plain Ice cream with a hot advisory committee for aeronautic. « » « - “ » « • » « » " > • » to d e.troy or |of maple chocolate aau-e. uxtng nota for •erloualy Interfere with the admin , a gnrnUh. Such a <!»•«,ert 1.« rich and "that a bureau of air navigation be let ration of the reclamation act." Salom.--Complaint that the power satisfying and not difficult to serve. established In the department of com The definite lo»aea which the board ! rat, a o f the Consolidated Electric merce.'* recommended for allowance on pro | Idgbt company »r e not fair nnd eqult- The fund will he administered by Jerta In the Haclllc northwest and j able was filed In the offices o f the the tiantel Uuggenheltn fund (or the their cla«.m ention were aa follows: « » t e ‘ public service commission Frl- promotion of aviation, the truvteea ot t'm allla. definite loaa. $1.061.940. In 'day Tho complaint was signed by which will he “ m en 'of eminence and eluding *470 20« on 4MS permanently j o fficial» of (he Canyon City Hottllng | competence." Mr. (iuggenhelm an unproductive acre» and $5*4.739 oft wofka nounced He anld he Immediately acreage originally Included through 1 would p^ace f ’. 00,000 at the dDpoaal Oregon City A 26 pound turnip, of error or mistake "In buying a house, end of the trustee» and would supply furth the purple top variety, displayed In taking a wlfa, shut your Klamath. $170.6*4. Including $16*7 er funds, up to an additional total of tho rout estate office o f C. A Koepple, tyaa and commend your- TZ" lor 3* unproductive acre», main d lv l-i"" * ____ . . . of this city, has attracted wide alien- 93.000.000. when. In the Judgment of self to God." »ton. and $161.300 on 34.000 unpro- . the IrUNteea. It rould be u«eil wisely . ' , .... . 7 Lllon. The turnip was grown on farm ductive acres; lower Klamath division, r , , ,, . . . . HKHL I s nothing recorded In the to promote the alma of the fund ...... . land owned by Mr. Koepple In Curry $17.797 on arres Included through life of Charles Plnet Ducloa, tha The trustees. Mr (iuggenhelm said, county. Oregon, and measures one foot error or mlatako. author of these words, to indicate that would have unrestricted power lo do In diameter. Okanogan. $720,700, Including $219.* there waa In his life the elements of anything which In their Judgment, 102 on 2351 unproductive acres and Kugone.— The hotel, springs, swim uisrltal unhappiness which would Jus might develop aeronautics He stlpu $60t,59* on acres Included through ming tank and real estate of the Cala- tify the cynicism lie voices. luted that th « fund ahould not be a Duclos had a varied life and he has error or mistake poola Springs company at London. 12 profit making enterprise and that any Yakima. $306* on M unproductive miles south of Cottage Grove, were left hla name on the roll of fame In earnings that might lx- realllcd were tnuny capacities. acre». »old at sh eriffs sale Saturday to the lo be added to the fund. Aa a historian he Is entitled to be Union Loan & Savings association of remembered as the author of the In Hartley Denies Report. Portland, which held a mortgage on genious “ History of Louis X I” nnd the MORE RIGHTS ASKED Seattle. Wash. — Oovernor Hartley the property. “ Secret Memoirs on the Reign “bf BY WOMEN LEADERS Louis X IV .” Washington. D C Armed with a wa* reported Monday by the Tim e« S alem —The Florida Association of As u philologist he published some petition seeking for women "the right here aa saying that a report he wax Real Katate boards has written to the to earn their own living In thr lr won | «»ekin g to ouat President Suiaallo of state Insurance commissioner here re exceedingly Interesting studies In th# French and Celtic languages which way. unhampered by Iwwa which do not , the University o f Washington "could questing copies of the Oregon real huve proved of great value In the have originated only in the Imagine apply equally to their male compel estate laws. The letter indicated that world o f letters. tlon of a trouble maker.” tors." a delegation assembled by the As a novelist and wit he has left a number of Florida real estate brok Hartley nnd Suxiallo. during a ses national women's party marched to ers contemplate locating in Oregon some excellent examples of Ids work. In this connection his autobiography the White Houae executive office Sun sion of tho leglalulure which ended within the next few months. cannot be overlooked, for It Is both an day and left their plea with a police Thuraday. came Into sharp confllrt Medford. Forty-three long legged Interesting example o f an excellent man onkluty there for delivery to the over efforts of the governor to curtail appropriations for educational Instttu Medford men constitute the tall men's style and a human document enlivened president. rlult. No. 2. of this city, which was by much o f the nnthor’s native humor. President Coolldge was In the White tlona. During his life Duclos won the ap Hartley asserted that no plan to ro- formally orgnnixed here Saturday House when the petition was left at proval of the French Academy and Henjamin Ost- hla office, hut hla secretory. Kverett ninvo Suixallo “ has been discussed or night nt a banquet. was rewarded hy lielng made perpet lltid, originator of the order, five ual secretary of that body. His aid Sander«, hud made It clear to the party even considered." Marshfield men nnd some members In revising the Dlctlonnaire of the leaders that no engagements could be Cattle Parish In Firs. of the Klamath Falls club attended. Academy wns one of the contributing made with the chief executive on Sun causes to his being thus honored. day The president spent a quiet day. Seattle. Wash Highly cattle were lot Grande. Approximately $260,000 Duclos' death occurred in France In not even following his custom of at burned to death in a barn fire 20 miles worth of new constrnctlon nnd remod the year 1772 when he wns sixty- tending services at the First Congre south o f here Monday. In another eling was recorded during 1925, ac eight.— Wayne D. McMurray. gational church. barn fire three miles illatant a still cording to a check of the building rec («& bjr Osorg* M*tth*w Adams.) Speakers nt the mass meeting over was found by firemen whom the pro ords for the year. The actual figures which Mrs. Donald Hooker of Haiti- prietor tried to send away, telling are $211.*17, but it Is stated that. In more presided, contended that “ per- them tho he had the flnmes under HE Y O U N G LADY many cases, the cost of building was ■eeutlon, not protection, results front control. The loss in the fire In which ACROSS THE W A Y greater than Indicated on the permits. so-called 'w elfare' laws enacted to ap the cattle were killed, near Auburn, ply to women hut not to men In In wits placed at $40.000. Discovery was Suletn.— A total of 75.000 motor ve dustry." Announcement was made so Into that tho roof had collapsed hicles had been licensed for the year that contributions totaling more than before fighting was organized. 1926 when the doors of the state de $5001» have been received or pledged partment closed Saturday night. This for the equal rights eampalgn. represents approximately 35 per cent Vestel W recks Bridge. Oakland. Cal Tho 300 foot awing of the motor vehicles that will be li "M iss Am erica" Sued. Ing spnn o f tho Webster street bridge censed In Oregon this year, based on Oaklnnd, Cal Mias Fay loiniphler. was toppled into tho Oakland estuary an esllmate of the secretary of state. TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL * a . I 1 m .u ti.M le • I. r. *. P a h . . a . 1 j 1 D H O S A ID T T chosen as "M iss America," at the re cent Atlantic City beauty pngeant. waa made defendant Saturday In n ault for $6906 dnmngea, filed by Louis H. Ja cobs, her ex manager. Jacobs alleges that he signed a Yontract with Miss Lamphler In which he whs to receive one-half of her earning» as prlie beauty after Sept. 12. He says he be lieves Mias Lamphler has made $10,* 000 since that time. late Friday when tho steamship Lan Oregon C ity.—A deed was filed In caster drove hoadon Into It. Three the office of County Recorder llackett persons, Ihe bridge tender and two j Tllurm1ay ,,y chnriPB 0 . Forster and boys were hurled Into the water as the, w,f(, ,u , he K|r„ t Wisconsin Trust Iron structure crumpled in Its fall, but company for a largo tract of land lo- none was seriously Injured. The steam cated In Marion nnd Clackamas coun ship waa not damaged hy the crash. ties. much of which is covered with Sunday school teachers, rescued 40 children here Sunday when n fire started in a church where a Sunday school class wns In session. The teach ers formed the children, many of them little more than bablaa, Into two lines and marched them through tho smoke and Ramea to safety, The fire, which started from an overheated furnace, whs extinguished after It caused $600 damage. Saturday nnd the outgoing tldo cap- had a highly successful season during sliotl her. No one was Injured. I 1925, particularly In regard to prices. ... I according to the report made hy Chas. | Manchuria “ Cut»” Pekin. Walden, secretary, at .the association's Shanghai, China.— Reports from Ja annual meeting. The total output of pan atul sources In Mukden say that the aasoclatlon member» waa about 11 The young 4ndy across the way Marshal Chang Tao-Lin, m ilitary ruler carloads, he reported, which Is not says the armament limitation confer- of Manchuria has announced that quite 60 » per cent o f a normal crop. ence couldn't be expected to necom Manchuria has severed Its administra Prices held around $2 a container dur- plixlt all the Idealists want, but any tive relations and all communications Ing the season. Homo of the crop was friendly Impasse nt all among the na- aold as far cast as Montana. I »<>"* •« « *"T> forward. with the Pekin government. valuable timber holdings. According Miami Harbor Blocked. to the stamps thnt appear on tho dooil. L . , _ Bn)ount _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a A to - ê |70# l I A A „ ajonei I t (he k . I iBmi I I i„ « ' Miami, Fin Miami s harbor remain- ' , lhat e<l bottled up Monday by tho Danish Ta|U(^ at , 700 ,ooo. hark online Prlns Valdeman. which! turned over In the channel. The vea- Pendleton. Tho members of the To- Forty Children Flee Fire. Seattle. Wash. Mlsa Violet Norton, sel, which was brought here to be ^ mitto Growers' association of near Sun v l< !• ((b) by McClurs Newspaper 9ynJloa(a.) AKY 21, c fh e NO. 19- 6 . BLACK By CYRIL McNEILE «Y N o p H Ifl - T o a (atherlnff o f anarchlata in Burkina. T ond on ■ uburb. ZmhoUtf. fo r e ig n a g i t a tor, o f th* o p e r a t io n » o f a body o f mun wh o huv* become u m^rittfA to t h * lr ucttvltl#-«. He sa y * they a re masked and w r a r l o n g black i lo ak s and ara a c t in g w ith o ut the l a w He la i n t e r rupted by tha men ha 1» deacrlb- Ing i t h * B lac k H a n g ), w h o bre ak up the mee ting, se nt en ci ng *oma o f the pa rtlc lpanta to co nd ig n punishment and c a r r y i n g a w a y others A m emora ndum found on ¡¿abolaff g iv e s an address In Ifo xt on , which tha lea dar o f tha a t t a c k i n g pa rty considarn o f i m portance Sle B rya n Johnstone, di r e ct or o f <r lmlnal I n v e s t i g a tion. hears fr om I ns pe cto r Vtc- Iver, sent to arre st Za b ol a ff tha night before, o f his discomfiture. Ffe had been eelxed and c h l o r o forme d and his raid fru strated . Hu gh I>rurnmond. man o f leisure, tells Johnstone o f seei ng the k i d napers and th eir victims. H e b e comes an unpaid a g e n t o f tha police, under M ' t v e r . W illiam Atkinson, os ten sib ly p a w n b r o k e r and money lander, r ea ll y Count Zad ow a. d i r e ct o r o f a na r c hy in England, does business In a n ot he r I » n d o n suburb A mys terious stranger In vades the premises. CHAPTER III— Continued In blissful Ignorance of the tad plight <>f the clerk below, two men were sitting in this room, deep in con versation. In a chair drawn up close to the desk was no less a person than Charles I-otter. 31. P , and It was he who waa doing most of the talking. Hat It wns the other man who riveted attention; the man who pre.-umabiy wax Mr. Atkinson himself. At flrat he seemed to tie afflicted with an almost phenomenal stoop,and It was only when one got nearer that the reason waa clear. The man was a hunchback, and the effect It gave was that o f a huge bird of prey. Un like most hunchbacks, hla legs were of normal length, and as be sat mo tionless In hla chair, a hand on each knee, staling with unwinking eyes at hla talkative companion, there was something menacing and Implacable In Ida appearance. His hair wns g ra y ; hla features stern and hard; while hla mouth reminded one of a steel trap. Hut it was his eyes that dominated everything—gray-blue and piercing, they seemed able to probe one's Inner most soul. A me u to w horn It would be unwise to lie— a man utterly un scrupulous in himself, who would yet punish double-dealing In those who worked for him with merciless sever ity. A dangerous man. “ So you went to the potlce. Mr. l e t ter," he remarked suavely. 'A m i » lis t had our friend Sir Bryan JoUn- atone to say on the matter?*' "A t first, count, he didn't say much. In fact he really said very little all through. But ouce be looked at the note his whole manner changed. I could see that Instantly. There was something about the note which In terested him. . . . "Let me see It." said the count, holding out bis hand. “ I left It with Sir Bryan," answered the other. “ He asked me to let him keep It. And be promised that I should be all right.* The count*» Ups curted. “ It would take more than Sir Bryan Jolinstone'a pmmiae, Mr. Latter^jto In sure your safety. Do you know'Vbom that note was from?" " I thought, connt," raid the other a little tremulously— "1 thought It might be from thla mysterious Btack Gang that one has heard rumors about" “ It was," replied the count tersely. “ H eavens!" stammered Latter. “ Then It's true; they exist." “ In the last month.” answered the hunrhhuck, staring fixedly at his frightened companion, “ nearly twenty of our most useful men huve disap peared. They have simply vanished Into thin air. I know, no matter how, thnt tt la not the police: the police are as mystified ns we are. Hut the po lice, Mr. Latter, whatever views they may take officially are tn all probabil ity unofficially very glad o f our friends' disappearance. At any rutv until last night.” "W hat do you mean?” asked the other. “Last night the police were balked of their prey, and Mclver doesn't like being balked. You know Zaboteff wus seut over?" “ Yes, o f course. Thnt Is one of the reasons I came around tonight. Have you seen him?” “ I have not.” answered t h e ’ count grimly. “ The police found out he waa coming.” Mr. Latter's face blanched: the thought o f Zubolcff In custody didn’t appeal to him. It tuny be mentioned that his feelings were purely selfish— Zuhoteff knew too much. But the Couut wus speaking again. A faint sneer was on hla face; be had read tho other's mind like an open book. "And to," he continued, “ did the Itlnck Gang. They removed Kaboteff nnd our friend Waldock from under the very noses o f the police, uud, like the twenty others, they huve disap peared.” "My O— d !” There was no doubt now about Mr. Latter’s state o f mind. “ And now they've threatened me." «And now they've threatened yon,” agreed the count. "And you, I am glad to say, have done exactly whnt I should have told you to do, had I seen QANG f the door, terrified out of Ills wit» by the look of diabolical fury in the Copyright by QEOXQC H. DORAN CO. hunchback’s eye«. Three or four V. N U W « clerk«, who hud been surreptitiously peeping through tlie open door, [netted rapidly away, while from hla chair you sooner. You have gone to tlx* Mr. ta tte r watched the scene fasci police.” nated. lie waa reminded o f a bird "Hut— but," stammered I-utter, “ the and a snake, and suddenly he gave police were no good to Zatxdeff last a little shudder na he realized that hla night." own position waa In reality much the "And It Is quite possible,” returned same as that of tbo unfortunate the other calmly, "rhat they will be Cohen. equally futile'In your case. Candidly, And then Just as the tension was 3fr. tatter. I am completely Indifferent becoming unbearable there come the on the subject o f your future. Yon Interruption. Outside In the passage, have served our purpoae, and all that dear and distinct, there sounded twice matters la that you happen to he the the boot of an owl. T o Mr. tatter bone over which the doga are going It meant nothing; to tlie frightened to fight. Until last night the dogs little Jew It meant nothing; but on hadn't met—officially; and In the the count the effect wns electrical. rencontre last night, the police dog. With a quickness Incredible In one unleag I ’m greatly mistaken, was so deformed he was at the door, and caught by surprise. M clver doesn’t Into the passage, hurling Colien out let that happen twice. In your- case of his way Into a corner. Ills power he’ll be ready. With lurk this cursed ful Bats were clenched by hia aide: black gang, who are tatinltely more the veins in Ids neck were standing a nuisance to me than the police hare out like whipcord. But to Mr. Lat- been or ever will be, will get bitten ter*s surprise he made no movement, badly." and rising from his chair he toil peered Mr Latter was breathing heavily round the door along tlie passage, "But what do you want me to do. only to stagger back after a second count?" or two with a feeling o f sick fear "Nothing at all. except what you in his soul, and a sudden dryness In were going to do normally,” answered the throaL For twenty yards away, the other. framed in the doorway at the head "H u llo! What*« u p r o f the stairs leading down to the nfflea F.-oro a Utile electric bell at his below, be had seen a hoge, motionless e l b o w came four shrill rings, repeated figure. For a perceptible time he had again and again. *a ra d at It, and It had seemed to The connt rose, and with system stare at him. Then the door had atic thoroughness swept every piece shut, and on the other side a key of psper off the desk Into his pocket had turned. And the figure had been T ie n he shut down the top and locked draped from head to foot In black. tt, while the bell, a little muffled, still • • • • • • • rang inside. Charles ta tte r was unmoral rather "What'a the fool doing?” he cried than im moral: he was a constitutional angrily, stepping over to the big safe coward with a strong liking for un let Into the wall, while Latter, hla derhand Intrigue, and he was utterly face whits and terrified, followed at and entirety selfish. In hia way ho his side. And then abruptly the bell waa ambitious; he wanted power, but, stopped. though in many respects he wns dis Very deliberately the count pressed tinctly able, he lacked that essential two concealed knobs, so sunk Into the factor— the ability to work for 1L He • all aa to be Invisible to a stranger, tutted w ork: he wanted easy results. and the door o f the safe swung open. And to obtain lasting results Is not And only then was It obvious that easy, as Mr. Latter gradually discov the safe was not, a safe, but a second ered. A capability for makln* flashy exit leading to a flight o f stairs. For speeches covered with a veneer of a moment or two he stood motionless, cleverness Is an undoubted asset, but listening intently, while Latter fidget It Is an asset the value o f which ed at hts aide. One hand was on a has been gauged to a nicety by the master switch which controlled all the men who count And so »a time went lights, the other on a knob Inside the on, and the epoch-making day when second passage which, when turned, he had been returned to parliament would close the grant steel door noise faded into the past. 31r. Latter real lessly beblnd them. ized himself for what he was— a He was frowning angrily, but grad thing o f no account And the realiza ually the frown waa replaced by a tion was as gall and wormwood to look o f puzzled surprise. Four rings his soul. It la a realization which from the shop below was the recog- comes to many men. and It take» them nixed signal for urgent danger, and different ways. Some become resigned everybody'» plan of aetbm was cut — some make new and even more and dried fo r auch an emergency. futile efforts: some see the humor In the other rooms every book and of If. and some don't. 3Ir. Latter paper in the «lightest degree tncrim- didn’t : he became spiteful. And a tnutlng were hurled pell-mell Into se- , spi, Piui rownrd Is a nasty thing erat recesses In the floor which had ft waa Just about thnt time thut he been specially constructed under met Count Zadowa. It a as at dinner every table. In their place appeared at a friend's house, and after the books carafnQy and very skilfully ladles ttml left he found himself sit faked, purporting to record the basi ting next to the hunchback with the no«» transactions of Mr. William A t strange, piercing eyes. He wasn't kinson. conscious o f having suld very much: In the bfg room at the end the pro he would have been amazed hnd he cedure was even simpler. The count been told that within ten minutes this merely passed through the safe door charming foreigner had read his un and vvn'.shed through hia private bolt pleasant tittle mtnd like a hook, and hole. leaving everything fn 'larkness. | had reached a certain and definite de And should Inconvenient visitors ask cision. In tact, looking back on the Inconvenient questions— well, tt was past few months. Mr. Lutter was at a Mr. Atkinson's private office, and a loss to account as to how things had very nice office too, though at tha mo reached their present pass. Hail he ment he was away. been told when he stood for parlia Thus the precettare— simple and ment. flaunting all the old hackneyed sound ; but on this occasion something foroiufHe. thnt within two years he seem*,! to have pens wnoig. Instead Toxl[,j „K-ratly engage.! In red-hot o f the industrious silence o f clerks j Communist work, he would have working overtime on affairs of finan taurbed the Idea to seorn. Anarehy, cial Import, a perfect babel of voices too: a nasty word, but the only one became audible In the passage. And that fitted the bomb outrage In 3fnn- then there came an agitated knocking chester. which he had himself organ on the door. ized. Sometime« In the night, he used "W ho is it?” cried the count sharp to wake and lie sweating as he thought ly. It may be mentioned that even of that episode. the most Influential members of his And gradually It Ifad become worse staff knew better than to come Into and worse. Little by little the charm the room without previously obtaining ing Count Zadowa. realizing that Mr. permission. ta tte r possessed lust those gifts which "It's me. air—Cohen." came an agi he conld utilize to advantage, had tated voice from outside. ceased to be charming. There were For a moment the count paused: many advantages In having a mem then with a turn o f the knob he closed ber o f parliament a» chief Unison the safe door silently. With an im officer. perious hand he waved Latter to a There had been that first small slip chair, and resumed his former posi when he signed a receipt for money tion at the desk. paid him to address a revolutionary “ Come tn.” he snapped. meeting tn South Wales during the It was a strange and unwhoteeome coal strike. And the receipt specified object that obeyed the order, and the the service rendered. An unpleasant count sat back tn his chair. document tn view of the fact thnt his “ What the devil huve you been do principal supporters tn his constitu ing?” ency were coal-owners. And after A pair o f rich blue-black eyes, and that the descent had been rapid. a nose from which traces o f blood still trickled had not improved the general appearance o f the assistant Why should th« hoot of an downstair«. In one hand he carried owl and « figura In black create u pair of hobnail boot», tn the other a auch fear? More mystsry. piece of paper, and he brandished them alternately while a fl.aal of In [TO UK COMTlNt'BD > coherent frenzy hurst from his lips For a minute or two the count lis Times Had Changed tened. until Ms first look of surprise gave way to one of black anger. The salesman who bad been turned "Atu I to understand, you wretched away several times remarked to the little worm,” he snarled, “that you office boy with tine sarcasm: “ Well, 1 suppose the boss Is In con gave the urgency danger signal, not «»nee but half a dozen times, merely ference again tills morning?” The office boy flipped a paper wad because a nmn hit you over the none?” "But he knocked me silly, sir,” at th« «teiiogrupher before h« replied: “ No. sir; not In ronferene«. lie s quavered the other. “ And when I came to, and saw the boots lying beside tne sworn off golf.” nnd tha till opened, I kind of lost my M ind and Soul head. I didn't know what had hap It Is the mind that makes the man, pened, air—aud I thought I’d better and our vigor Is In our immortal auuL ring the bell— In cose of trouble. He retreated a *tcj> or two toward j —Ovid. S A P P E R AN O W L H O O T» 18.