OHKt.OX (Tl'V KXTKUIMMNK. MM DAY, MAY 111, 1M5.
CUNPOWDER.
t la White) PreUd Orie
A' TH' ltH Lg.
Tte bluer lb gun ii biff it
grain cf puitjrr. I'ur lb rtfi lb
6jo carry tb grains int blf at big at
a plnbrad. t'uf Ilia Ur-nl gut.a llxj
ra Ibrr lix lm bi,g ai4 Itirveijuartafw
of aa Ui-b iliik l.trry grain U r-
forwted Iriiglbw Uat. tjutall grain ha
!bgl hula, ablle ll largest slant
hav aetrn.
Tbee blr regulai In a wonderful
ray tb rapkliiy with wbltb the pow
der will burn. If )ou light reran of
paper all round It. U-e It will burn
toward iba rruirf and ilea burning aur
fir til atradlly tirrrraM. If, bow
ever, Joo ruade a bl In Ih renter cf
Iba lrt and aun ibe cuiiflsgratlon
tfaer ba flaui will attwJIIy grow, aoJ
Iba okmi rapid burning will lake pteo
Just tyf.ir iba Bra Us mu-bfl Iba out
r edg. TtU la Iba aiact principle)
which gotertie Iba arnmcrmrnt of tbe
parfontuxta la Us gunjwwdrr, Tba
burning alarta ahiig iba eurfaiw e
posed by lb (MTforaikitia and spread
always faster aa Iba bol la enlarged,
burning fastest at Iba Instant It ta con-
tamed.
It I not Intended Ibat lb charge la
big gunt ehall eibaust Ita force to
ttantly. aaye WltlUio Athertoa lupuy,
writing oa "Iowdcr Fr tba World
Guns." Tba beginning of tba eiploslou
starts tba projectile oo It war. Tba
tiplueloa coutloue, tad aa Iba projec
tile film ape-ex) Iba fore behind II cod
tlnue to puah. Tba powder la burning
faatcat to4 pushing hardest at tba la
aunt tba projectll rracbr tba ojouth
of tba fun. At that lustaot alto It
burnt out and exhausra Itself. Ha work
la doot-I'eareoo Weekly.
E.PIIIU1PS OPPENHEIM
Kllw4 fu Ida ft' I'Ur lh aUitx Stmt I'mliM-vd kr III I'ultarul
llliu Maufa.lurn I'mtHnr.
A FRIEND IN NEED.
Tha Plaaawra That Cam With a Littla
Act f Kindnaaa.
"I am on of your new DtUtibori,
Urs. Ettabrooka," aald a cberrful rolra
at our dour la the rry nildUle of our
Brat attempt at moving. -.No. I ran'l
com In 1 Jut brought you a bit of
luacb, knowing; you would be too tuny
to fli any. I'lraae call oa nia-Juii
Beit door If I raa b of any beii.
Goodbyr
Vy butbaad and 1 glanced at Uut
tray with lta two bow la of hot aoup
tod ateamlnf little pot of coffee and
then at each otber In dumb aurprla.
W bad Juat reached that drvadful
tat la morlnf wbea Doihlng U la
place, and tba tblagi wanted drat are
onderneatb the tblcga wanted lait
that awful aioment when aetu of
helpleaaneaa, weakneae and homesick
oeaa combined a woo pa down upon you.
We had not realised that w were
hungry and pnyalcally exhausted, but
after alttlDg down at an Improrlaed
table and aamplloc that dellrloua aoup
and drinking tbe atlmulatlng coffee we
uddenly knew what had been tbe mat
ter with ua. Courage returned.
"Bleaalnga on our nelcbborr cried
Ben.
"Tea." I anawered. "Shea tbe Jol
Ucat caller 1 ever received. She baa
taught me bow to Introduce yourself to
new neighbor and win their everlast
ing; gratitude. Whatever happens la
tbia neighborhood I'll stand by lira
Estabrooka ee If 1 don't!"" Woman
Home Companion.
SYNOPSIS.
0ftfirit Qit. maal'f rnrtitntlr't vt
lit M it(i. in Muricirr vt !!
AMifth dautflilvr. n ha tul Jul
f a lfr-nii l-ih irvi 1 1 H
lrwu Muiir rrin.lnl 1m a hid-trft hi
In ttifr. AtMrtfV gar4n ( h
a a nthr'fiiJ nl
hia lfthunn rr ur. Mlf aw-nhvy.
hlf man. tfrtniyJ br ftrv. In ri.nt
i-fwnrwl ttvtn aw-wKrr Ma
roAIlnlra 9rmne. riflnlna hot.
if n4 ! a r of armlra han.u lu
mm4 I rr. Via Miinia. aupr Crate.
Ih tft.rrMr rAl. of a AWubJ mur
trr. Th black boiaa rontlnua !
In unrannf fsahtoa. Cn't la trappJ br
Qaat. Iul aa-aaw In l.nftaail, hff
Wal. Inor iM tha r-rfrar fulUtv
him Lor4 Aahlalah la muhtrt by la
4anla Ignore la ahduciM in Irultin
a fiaruj rraJf capiuraj an4
apa la fort hll
thought, a baa be was shooing us
round Iba ship." Quest agreed.
"Mem," llarrta murmured, aunty. '
"aa tba gaotlemaa who rota Ih vol-1
ume cf drit-ctia atorlra I am rrajitig 1
pute It, to keep our eye oa 1
liroan" ... 1
The captain, who aa do a lo din-
ner unusually early, roa to elrom!
Queat a littlax party, and himself ar-!
rangrd tho sea la.
They seiiled doa Into Ih placea
arranged for them.
"Doctor." fc aald, "1 ka a to kaie
say chrB.lral tbral lib. an, aad aoiun
Slrlal leallng utK If !! alio
aa. I'd llta Ut eiaiuJna thte cup ul
bouttl.at. Voa Bii(h coiti ruuad, too,
U you aur
Tba rilaln BudJrJ.
"I'd b-ir alay hrre for a lima,' ha
decided - fuly oaj prearfitly "
The servlc of dlnaar was r-auiiiad
1 Laura. hoer, aaat ! after laia
aaar Tba captain aatibrd her am
lously.
"I can I help II," sba rlflalnrJ "I
don't know vbetbar )nu' bad any
talk Hh Mr. (Jurat, but ' br-n
, through soma queer ilnie U 1 .-1 I
1 gueaa thla death hualiieaa la getting
oa my nerte "
j Tae captata waa siartlrd
I "You don't for a tniimefit connect
I Mr. IVttoa Hoaas d''h with the
I criminal you ar In aearrh ofr ha
' eirlatmed.
laura aal quit still fr a moment
"Tba boullloa aas offered nrst lo
Mr Quest," ahe murmured
Tbe raplaln railed bis aleaard.
"Where did you get ibe boullloa
from you sirred trt last cup, pe
nally r he asked.
"rmra tbe lantry Just aa usual.
1 ii " n 1
1 1 w s r
Aa elderly lady, dtvaaed In son h 'D'w,rA M."1
TENTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XXII.
E
WANTED BY BRITAIN
SECRETARY KITCHENER DE
CLARES THAT MUNITION
8ITUATI0N IS GOOD.
LONDON, May 18. In the house of
lords today Secretary of War Kltch
ener said he wanted 300,000 more re
cruits to form new armies. He eX'
pressed his confidence that In the
near future the country would be in a
satisfactory position with regard to
the supply of ammunition.
Tbe news from Galllpoli Peninsula,
in other words, the Dardanelles, was
thoroughly satisfactory, Earl Kltch'
ener declared.
The secretary for war also said that
the British and French governments
felt that the allied troops must bs ad
equately protected against poisonous
gases by the employment of similar
methods. These would remove the
enormous and unjustifiable udvantaK'
which must otherwise exist.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
H. E,
6 0
At Frisco R.
Los Angeles 7
Oakland 3 5
No. innings 9
At Salt Lake R. H,
Frisco 1 11
Salt Lake 2
No. Innings
8 1
FLEET AT
BATTLESHIPS INSTRUMENTS TO
PROMOTE INTERESTS OF
HUMANITY, HE SAYS.
NEW YORK, May 17. President
Wilson the man on whom the eyes of
the world are turned because of the
international situation today re
viewed the Atlantic fleet In the Hud
son river and at a luncheon tendered
to him on shore by the City of New
York told a distinguished gathering of
THI JHIP OF HORROR.
Quest leaned a llttl forward and
gated down th Dm of ateamer chair.
Th profeeeor. ta a borrowed overcoat
and rap, waa reclining at full length,
studying a book on aeagulla which be
had found In th library. Laura and
Lenora war both doting tranquilly.
Mr. Mania of Scotland Yard waa deep
in a volume of detective atorlra.
At a pleasure cruise." Queat ro
Biarked grimly, "thla little excursion
teema to be a complete success."
Laura opened ber eyes at one.
Trying to get my goat again, eh?"
tb retorted. "I tuppoee that's what
you're after. Going to tell me. I tup
pose, that It wasn't Craig I saw aboard
thla ateamer?
W ar all llaMe to make mis
takes." Queat observed, "and I am In
clined to believe that thla la on of
yours."
Laura's expression waa a little dog
ged.
If he' too clever for you and Mr.
Harris." ah aald. "I cant help that
only know that he ram on board.
My eye are th on thing In life I do
bellev."
"If you II excuse m saying so, MIsa
Laura." Harris ventured, leaning def
erentially towarda her. "there Itn t a
passenger on board thla ship, or a
errant, or on of th crew, whom w
haven't teen. We've been Into every
atateroom, and we've even searched
th hold. We've been over the ship.
backwards and forwards. The cap
tain's own steward haa been our guide,
and we've conducted an extra search
on our own account Personally, I
must say I have com to the same
conclusion aa Mr. Quest At th pres
ent moment there is no such person
aa the man we are looking for on
board this steamer."
"Then he either changed Into an
other one." Laura declared obstinate
ly, "or else he Jumped overboard."
"Come on, Harris, yon and I prom
laed to report to the captain this
morning. I don't suppose hell be any
too pleased with us. Let's get through
with ft
The two men walked down the deck
together. They found the captain
alone In his room, with a chart spread
out In front of blm and a pair of com
passes In his hand. He turned round
and greeted them.
"Well?"
"No luck, sir," Quest announced.
Tour steward has given us every as
sistance possible and we have
aearched tbe ship thoroughly. Un
less he has found a hiding place un
known to your steward, and not appar
ent to us, the man Is not on board."
The captain frowned slightly.
"You are not suggesting that this Is
possible, I suppose?'
Quest did not at once reply. He
was thinking of Laura's obstinacy.
Personally," he admitted, "I should
not have believed It possible. The
young lady of our party, however, who
declares that she saw Craig board the
steamer, Is quite Immovable."
"Brown," said the captain, turning
to the steward, "I understand that you
say that you have taken these gentle
men Into every corner of the ship, that
you have ransacked every possible
hiding place, that you have given them
every possible opportunity of search
ing for themselves?"
hat oppressive black, with a big
cameo brooch at ber throat and
black aalla bag In ber band, waa being
abowa by the steaard to a aeat by
Quest a aid. She arknoalrdged the
captain' greeting acally.
"Good evening, captata," she said. "1
understood from tbe second aleaard
that the aeat on your right hand would
be reeerved for me. 1 am Mr. Foa
toa Hoae."
The captain roctlved the announce
ment calmly.
"Very pleased to bave you at the
table, madam," he replied. "A to the
aeatlng, I leav that entirely to the
steward. I never Interfere myarlf."
Laura pinched his arm, and Lenora
glanced away to hide a smile. Mrs.
Pbaton Rowe studied the menu dlsap-
! provlngly.
i "Mors d'oeuvree," ah declared. "I
I never touch. No on knows bow long
they've been opened. Uoullloa I will
have, some bouillon, steward."
"In one moment, madam."
The professor came ambling along
towards tbe table.
"I fear that I am a few momenta
late," he remarked, aa he took the
chair next to Mr. Foston Rowe. I of
fer you my apologies, captain. I con
gratulate you upon your library. I have
discovered a moat Interesting book up
on the habits of aeagulla. It kept me
engrossed until the very last moment,
and I am hungry."
"Well, you'll have to stay hungry a
long time at thla table then," Mr. Fee-
ton Rowe anapped. "Seems to me
that the service la going to be abomin
able." Tbe steward, who had lust arrived,
presented a cup of bouillon to Queat
The others had all been served. Queat
stirred It thoughtfully.
"And as to the custom," Mrs. Foston
Rowe continued, "of serving gentle
men before ladlea. It la, I suppose, pe
culiar to this steamer."
Queat hastily laid down hia apoon,
raised the cup of bouillon and pre
sented It with a little bow to hia neigh'
bor.
"Pray allow me, madam," he begged.
The steward waa to blame.
Mrs. Foston Row did not hesitate
for a moment She broke up some
toast In the bouillon and commenced
to sip it
The spoon suddenly went clattering
from ber Angers. She caught at the
sides of the table, there was a strange
! served out front the same caldron,
"Any chance of anyone getting at
11 r
"Quite Impossible, sir."
la Quest's stateroom th doctor,
the professor. Queat and Lenora were
all gathered around lo little tubes,
which tb criminologist was eianiln
Ing with aa electric torch.
"No reaction at all" Ibe latter mut
tered. "Thla lan't an ordinary poison.
anyway.
Th professor, who bad been stand
Ing on on side, suddenly gat vent lo
a aort exrlamatloa.
"Walt!" be whispered. "Wall! I
have a Idea,"
He hurried off to his stateroom.
Th doctor waa poring over a volume
of tabulated poisons. Quest waa still
watching hit tubes, Lenora sat upon
tbe couch. Suddenly tbe professor
reappeared. He waa carrying a small
notebook In hit hand, hia manner be
trayed some excitement. He closed
the door carefully behind blm.
"1 want yon all." h begged, "to
listen very carefully to me. You will 1
discover the application of what ! am
going to read wbea I am finished.
Now. If you please."
"Thla." he began, "Is the diary of a
tour made by Craig and myself In
northern Egypt tome fourteen years
ago. Her It th flnt entry of Import:
"A plaaaur Crulae," Qutat Remarked. "Thla lacurslen teem t s)
SiKceee."
thante f fortune, net because yeur
wile ar keen, not bacauae ef yeur
'That is quite true, sir," the man
acknowledged.
You agree with me that it is im
possible for anyone to remain hidden
In this ship?"
"Absolutely, sir."
"You hear, gentlemen?" the captain
contalnued. "I really can do no more.
What the mischief are you hanging
about for, Brown?" be asked, turning
to the Bieward, who was standing by
with a carpet-sweeper in his hand.
"Boom wants cleaning out badly.
sir."
The captain glanced distastefully at
the carpet-sweeper.
'Do It when I am at dinner, then,"
he ordered, "and take that damned
thing away."
The steward obeyed promptly. Quest
and Harris followed him down the
deck.
'Queer-looking fellow, that," the lat-
ter remarked. "Doesn't seem quite at
his ease, does he?"
Seemed a trifle overanxious, I
"A Message From the Handtl Lookl"
look In her face. With scarcely a
murmur she fell back in her seat
Quest leaned hurriedly forward.
There was a slight commotion. The
doctor came hurrying up from the oth
er side of the saloon. He bent over
her and his face grew grave.
"What Is It?" the captain demanded.
The doctor glanced at him mean
lKgly. "She had better be carried out," ho
whispered.
"Was It a faint?" Lenora asked.
"We shall know directly," the cap
tain replied. "Better keep your places
I think. Steward, serve the dinner aa
usual."
The man held out his hand to with
draw the cup of bouillon, but Quest
drew It towards him.
"Let it wait for a moment," he or
dered. He glanced at the captain, who nod
ded back. In a few moments tbe doc
tor reappeared. He leaned down and
whispered to tbe captain.
"Dead!"
Quest turned around.
MON'DAT-Twenty-nlne mllra southeast
of Port Bald. We bars stared for two
CUTS a t urn, afoniar villa. I hav.
today corns to tha deflntta conclusion that
anthropoid apea wtra at one lima ttrnl
sens of this country.
TUESDAY Both Craig and I bars been
a little uneasy today. These Monsara
Into whoaa encampment wa have found
our way. are on of tha stranirat and
Darrest of tha nomad Irtbra. They ara
descended, without a doubt, from tha an
cient Mongolians, who Invsdnt this coun
try soma sevtn hundred years before
Christ, but have praaerred In a marvelous
way their Individuality aa a rara. They
hav th narrow area and th thick noa
baa of th pur Oriental: alao much of
his eunnlnf. Ona of their spw-la weak
nesses seems to b the Invention of the
moat hldeoua forma of torture, which
they apply remorselessly to their ene
mies.
WEDNESDAY Thla baa been a won
derful day for ua. chiefly owing to what
I must plar on record aa an art of great
bravery by Craig, my aarvant Early thla
morning, a man-eating lion found hia
way Into th encampment. The Mnngars
behaved like arrant cowards. They nv,l
right and left, leaving th chiefs little
daughter. Feerda, at tha brute's merry.
Craig, who Is by no means an adept In
tha use of firearms, chased th animal as
h was making off with tha child, and,
more by good lurk than anything else,
managed to wound It mortally, lie
brought th child bark to tha enramp
mrnt Juat as tha chief and the warrior
of the tribe returned from a bunting ex
pedition. Our position ber Is now abso
lutely secure. We are treated Ilk gods,
and, appreciating my weakness for all
matters of science, th chief haa today
explained to me many of th secret mys
teries of the tribe. Amongst other thlnjrs.
he has shown me a wonderful secret poi
son, known only to this tribe, which they
call Veedemioo. It brings almoet Instant
death, and Is exceedingly difficult to tra .
The addition of sugar causes a cuftous
condensation and resolves It almost to a
white paste. The only antidote la a sub
stance whlrh they use here freely, and
which Is exactly equivalent to our camphor.
The professor closed his book.
Quest promptly rang the bell. '
Some sugar," he ordered, turning
to the steward.
They waited In absolute silence.
The suggestion which the professor's
disclosure had brought to them was
stupefying, even Quest's fingers, as a
moment or tw later he rubbed two
knobs of sugar together so that the
contents should fall Into the tubes of
bouillon, shook. The result , was
magical. Tbe bouillon turned to a
strange shade of gray and began
slowly to thicken.
"It Is Mongar poison!" the profes
sor cried, with breaking voice.
They all looked at one another.
"Craig must be here amongst us,"
Quest muttered.
And the bouillon," Laura cried,
clasping Quest's arm, "the bouillon
was meant for you!" . . .
There seemed to be, somehow,
mong all of them, a curious Indis
position to discuss this matter. Sud
denly Lenora, who was sitting on the
lounge underneath the porthole, put
out her hand and picked up a card !
hlch was lying by his side. She
r) ahrrdns; simply fctcauie
Fate willed It II will net be for long.
I'nderneath aa ibe draalng of Ibe
clenched bands.
Tber Is no longer any doubt."
Lenora aald calmly. "Craig la oa
board. He must bave been on deck
a few minutes ago. It a hia hand
hlch placed thla card oa the port
hole. . . . Listen! What that?"
There was a scream from Ibe deck.
They all recognised I jura's voice.
Harris aa out of tbe stateroom (tret,
but Ihey ware all oa deck lthtn lea
seconds. Laur as standing with
one hand clasping Ibe rail, her band
fiercely outstretched loaarda tbe low
er part of the promenade deck.
Tbrtiueh Ibe, darftneaa lh karit I K I
sound of angry voice
"What Is It Laura?" Lenora cried.
8h saung round upon them.
"Craig!" she cried "Craig! I
saw his face aa I aat In my chair
there, talking to the captain. I aaw
a man's white fare nothing els. II
mutt hav been leaning over tbe rail
He heard me call out and be disappeared"
The captain came alowly out of th
ahadowa, limping a llttl. and fol
lowed by his steward, who waa mur
muring profuse apologies.
"Did you And him?" Laura demand
ed, eagerly.
1 aid not.- the captain replied, a
little tersely. "I ran Into Urown her
and we both bad a shake-up "
"But he was there a second ago!"
Laura cried out
"I beg your pardon, miss.- Urown
ventured, "but the deck's cloaed at
the end, aa you can tee, with aall
clotb, and I waa leaning over the
rail myself when you shrieked. There
watnt anyone else near me, and no
one ran possibly have patted round
the deck, aa you can tee for your
self.'
"Very well, then." she said, "you
people had better get a atralt walst
coat re My for me. If I didn't tee
Craig there, I'm going off my head."
Quett had disappeared tome sec
ond! ago. He came thoughtfully back,
a little later.
"Captain," he atked. "what shall
you aay If I tell you that I have proof
that Craig Is on board V
The captain glanced at Laura and
ta.ip.i..j t. - I
"I should probably aay a great many
things which I should regret after
wards," he replied, grimly.
'Sit down and we'll tell you what
has happened la my room," Queat con
tlnued.
He told the story, calmly and with'
out remark. The captain held his
head.
"The ship shall be searched.' the
captain declared, "once more. We'll
look Into every crack and every cup
board."
Lenora turned away with a little
shiver. It war one of her rare mo
ments of weakness.
"You won't find him! You won't
find him!" she murmured. "And I
am afraid!"
a a a a a
Lenora grasped the rails of the
steamer and glancod downwards at
the great barge full of Arab sailors
and merchandise. In the near back
ground were tha. docks of Port Said.
It was their first gllmpso of eastern
atmosphere and color.
"I can't tell you how happy I am,"
she declared to Quest, "to think that
this voyage Is over. Every night I
have gone to bed terrified."
He smiled grimly.
"Coming on shore, any of you?"
Harris Inquired.
"We may when the boat moves up,'
Quest roplied. "The professor went
off on the first barge. Here he Is,
coming back."
A little boat had shot out from tho
docks, manned by a couple of Arabs.
They could see tho professor seated
In tho stern. He was poring over a
small document which ho held In his
hand. He waved to them excitedly.
"He's got news!" Quest muttered.
Ho camo straight to Quest and Len
ora and gripped tbe former by tho
arm.
"Look!" he cried. "Look!"
He held out a card. Quest rend It
he leei'd loaardt blm. lurrval af
wurda atraanilag (rout kef lla lb
tlufeaaof Mtrd bar la bar oa la
guf Tib llelMd I blm Is ainsie
aniiil. lb anger d Mh bald owl
txMsi ker ktnds Ibe !(., r 111
argued Khe ahiak ker bead llnallr
b lad iii gold In kef pain, a tUm
lulled Mm im Iba rhees. laughed Into
hie e ilut4 behind and resumed
ker darn 1 ba antlrt remained In Iba
,ri,r (er band
'Hay. ae'll gt owl of Ibis" CJ.nal
aid. "1 be glrla kava bad enough "
lb pruftsHir triad ao itiijerilua
"fuligralulate wa." ba aald ' I have
h-rae a collector of r'trpttaa gold orna
taenia all niy Ufa. Ibis Is Ibe una
anklet I Beaded lo rirrilate UiJ roller
llua II bst the double mark of tb
Hiarenhs r'tnlied It al onre.
Tbr ara a thousand Ilka II, tint
would think, la Ibe baiaara there. In
reality there may be. perbapa, a dnien
snor la all Egypt whit k ar genuine "
Tbay all liKikad at on another.
Their relief bad gfoaa loo poignant
j for orde.
"ftarly atari tomorrow," Queat re
minded them.
aad hurried oAT arroee Ibe docks. Oa levaora. a few night later, looked
tb landing etage, mind!" 1 do a from Ibe tlaratreaa tky blth
Th captala cam and put bla bead teemed suddenly lo bat dropped i
out of lb door. j Murk nearer lo them, lo the shadows
"Mr. Queat." be said, "can you spar 1 thru a acrose Ih dart by Ik daiic
ru a moment? You raa all com. If Ug flame of Ihslr fir,
you like." , l-aura roae lo bar feel.
They moved p lowarde him Tk ; "Hay. I ra golog lo get a drink," th
raptala rl- sed lb dour of bit cabin . announced.
II. K..lnl..l . ... . Li. k
lay against tbe wall.
"Look al that." be Invited.
They lifted Ihe lop Inside were v.
eral eandwlrbee and a tin all can of
lea.
"Wtal oa earth la IblaT Quest de
manded. Tbe caplalo, without a word, led
them Into bla Inner room. A huge
loung Mood la one corner He lifted
th valanc. I'nderneath war aoui
crumb.
"You a." b pointed out, "thera'a
room ihrr lor a man to hav blddeu.
especially If h could crawl out oa
deck at nlKhl. I couldn't make out
why tbe diikrns liroaa waa alwaye 1
Tba dragomal who bad been borer- '
J Ing around, bowed gravely tod pointed
towarda the water bottles
Hhe look the bora cup from Ibe
dragoman.
"Hav torn yourself. If you want
lo, Hassan," the Invited.
Haaaan bowed gravtly, filled a cup
aad drank It off. He tlood for a mo
ment perfectly etllL, at though some
thing were coming over blm which be
failed lo understand. Then bit llpa
parted, bit eytt for a moment aeemed
to 1 hoot from out of bit dusky tkln.
He threw up bit armt and fell over on
bla tide. I-aura, who bad only tipped
her rup. threw It from ber. Hhe. loo.
reeled for a moment. Tbe professor
aweeplug out my room, and I took up and Queat came running up, attracted
thla thing a little lima ago and looked ky I-enore't ahrlek.
at It. Thlt la what I found." "They're poisoned!" th cried
Urown?" Quest asked.
aloud:
There la nor one amonnat van u,lh
.ln..J .1 I. .1 0.... 1 l rrv- I "
77""; Bl urBt' the wit of a Mongar child. Good-byl
"A message!" she cried. "A meg-
sage from The Hands! Look!"
Tbey crowded armind her. In that
same familiar handwriting was
scrawled across tho face of the card
these few words: j
To Sanford Quett:
You have etcaped thla tlm by a
The Hands
"Where did you get It?" Quest de
manded. "That's the point the whole point!"
the professor exclaimed excitedly.
"He's done us! He's landed! That
paper was pushed Into my hand by
a tall Arab, who mumbled something
"Where's
quickly.
"I rang down for Ihe chief atenard,"
the captain continued, "and ordered
llrowa lo be tent up at once. The
chief steward came himself Instead.
It aeema llrowa went off without bla
wagea, but with a huge parcel of bed
ding, on the first barg thla mora'
Ing. before anyone waa about."
Quest groaned aa he turned away.
"Captain." he declared. "I am
ashamed. He haa been her ill th
tlm and wa'v let him altp through
our fingers nirla," be went on brisk
ly, turning towarda laura. who had
Juat come up, "India off We ll
j ralch thla barge, If there'a limn. Our
luggage can be put on shore when the
boat docks."
The captain walked gloomily with
them to the gangway.
"rrofeseor." Queat asked, "how long
would It lake ua to get to thlt Mongar
village you spoke about?"
"Two or three daya. If we can get
camelt." the other replied. "I see you 1 In lo
agree with me, then, aa lo Crtig'a
probable destination?"
Queat nodded.
"What eort of fellowa are they, any
way:- be asked. "Will It be eafe
for ua to push on alone?"
With me,' the profcttor assured
him, "you will be tafe anywhore. I
(peak a little of their language. I
have lived with them. They are far
more clvlllied than aome of the In
terior trlbet."
They disembarked and were driven
to the hotel, Kill discussing their
project. The profeisor had disap
peared for tome time, but rejoined
them Inter.
"It It all arranged," be announced.
"I found a dragoman whom I knew.
We ahull havo four of the best camels
and a small escort ready to start to
morrow morning. Furthermore, I
have news, An Kngllshman, whose
description precltcly tallies with
Craig's, started off only an hour ago
In the same direction. This time,
at any rate, Craig cannot escape us."
They made their way back to the
hotel, dined In a cool, bare room, and
suuntered out again Into the streets.
Tho professor led the way to a little
building, outaldo which a man was vol'
ubly Inviting nil to enter.
"You shall see one of the sights of
Port Said," he promised. "This la a
real Kgypttan dancing girl."
A girl, who teemed to be dressed In
llttlo more thnn a winding veil, gilded
on to the stngo, swaying and moving
slowly to the rhythm of tho monoto
nous music. Eho danced a measure
which none of them except tho pro
fessor had ever seen beforo, coming
now and then so close that they could
almost feel her hot breath, and Lenora
felt somewhat vaguely disturbed by
the glitter of her ev.es.
Suddenly Lnura leaned forward.
"Look at the professor," sho whis
pered. They all turned their heads. A queer
change seemed to have como Into the
professor's fuco. Hfs teeth wero
gleaming botween his parted Hps, his
head was thrust forward a little, his
eyes were filled with a s'.rango, hnrd
light. Ho was a transformed being,
unrecognizable, perturbing. Even
while they watched, the girl floated
close to where he sat and leaned to
wards him with a queer, mocking
smile. His hnnd suddenly descended
upon her foot. She laughed still more.
There was a llttlo exclamation from
Lenora. Tho professor's v.holo frame
quivered. He snatched the anklet
from the girl's ankle and bent over It
"The Veedemioo!" Quest shouted.
"My Ood! full yourself together,
Laura. Hold up for a mlnul "
II dashed back to their little en
campment and reappeared almoat Im
mediately. He threw Iiura'a bead
back and forced torn liquid down ber
throat
"If camphor!" h cried. "You'll b
all right 1-aura. Hold oa to yourself."
II swung round to wher th drago
man was lying, forced bla mouth open,
but It waa too lat th man waa dead.
He returned to I-aura. Bha ttumbled
lo ber feel. Hhe wtt pal, and drupe
of perspiration wer standing on her
.forehead. Bha waa able to rla to ber
feet, however, without assistance.
"I am ill right now," tha declared.
Queat felt her pulse and her fore
head Tbey moved bark to the Are.
"W ar within a doien mile or ao
of th Mongar village." Queat aald
grimly. "Do yon auppoa thtt fellow
could hav been watching?"
They all talked together for a tlm
voice. Tb professor waa In-
"Cralgl" She Cried, "Cralgl I 8aw
HI Face There."
cllned to scout the theory of Craig hav
ing approached thorn.
"You must remember," ho pointed
out, "that tho Mongars halo those fel
lows. It wai part of my arrangement
with Hassan that they should leave ut
when we got In tight of the Mongar
encampment. It may bave boon meant
for Hassan. The Mongars huta the
dragomen who bring tourUts In thla
direction at all."
Thny talked a llttlo whllo longor and
finally stolo away to their tents to
sleep. Outside, tho camel drivers
talked Btlll, chattering away, walking
now and then around Hassan's body In
solemn procession. Finally, one of
thorn who scorned to have taken tho
lead, broke Into an Impassioned slreum
of wordB. Soon they stole away a
long, ghostly procession Into tho
night.
'Those follows teem to have left off
tholr Infornal chattering all of a sud
den," Quest remarked, lazily, from In
side tbe tent
The professor made no answer. II
waa asleep.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
honor; we wish to stand selfishly in
I the way of the development of not
nation. It Is not nretentlon
navy officers, army officers and civil- 0n our part to say that we are priv-
lans what the country ana its navy Heged to stand for what every nation
stood for. hTe great battleships that
lay In the river, he said, were "en
gines to promote the Interests of hu
manity." "The rJfcpirine; thing about Amer
ica," the president asserted, "is that
she asks nothing for herself except
what she has a right to ask for human
ity Itself. We want no nation's prop
erty; we wish to question no nation's
would like to stand for and speaking
for those things which all humanity
must desire."
The spirit which brooded over the
river today, said the president, was
"Juat a solemn evidence that the force
of America is the force of moral prin
ciple, that there is not anything else
she loves and that there is not any
thing else for which she will stand."
Whooping Cough.
"When my daughter had whooping
cough she coughed so hard at one time
that she had hemorrhage of the lungs.
I was terribly alarmed about her con
dition. Seeing Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy so highly recommended, I got
her a bottle and it relieved the cough
at once, liefore she had finished two
bottles of this remedy she was en
tirely well," writes Mrs. S. F. Grimes,
Crooksville, Ohio. Obtainable, every
where. Adv.)
E
E
REPORT FAVORS CONSTRUCTION
UNDER SUPERVISION OF
ROAD ENGINEERS.
TILLAMOOK, Or., May It. Radical
changes In state road administration
were recomended by the state grange,
in session here today. Removal of
authority from the state commission
and engineer and placing It In the
hands of the county courts wero urt?eJ
Bond Issues also were opposed, but
federal, state and county aid wero In
dorsed. The following report of tho
committee was adopted:
We believe in good roads, but are
opposed to any bonding Issue. Build
only such roads each year aa we can
pay for. We are In favor of federal,
state and county aid, making the rood
dlHtrlct the unit, same to be pnld by
the state to the county and thence to
the road districts. We believe that
the Htato road funds should be taken
out of the hands of the state highway
commission and paid to the county
courts, and that tho stale highway
hoard and engineer should have no au
thority In the selection of roads to he
Improved.
We believe that our road laws
should recognize the rights of the
people in selecting the roads upon
which their money Is to be expended
for permanent work and we firmly be
lieve that the construction of our
roads should he done under tho abso
lute supervision of competent engi
neers. The committee recommends that
when roads are to be hard-surfacod
concrete should bo the material used,
as this material Is the safest, easiest
riding, Is serviceable 365 days a year
and requires the least maintenance.
"The greater Salem commercial
body will aim to put everybody to
work putting everybody to work." It
the way the Statesman puts It,