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11 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 28, 1915. Th Romanee of the Beaver. r.j- A. Kad clytre rjuRmore. Illustrated. f'i.SO. J. . lPPineoit Co., Philadelphia, Fa. Oregon readers ought to display rpecial interest in this book, as they belong to the Beaver state. Illustrated with 9J photographs from life and drawing's by the author and 11 . diagrams in the text, the book is prob ably the most complete on the subject, within its compass of 225 pages. It is written with the stamp of authority and experience. The beaver is shown as possessed of almost human intelli gence. The book tells us of the cutting down by beavers of the giant trees and how and why they are cut; of the building of dams, which are sometimes 1000 feet In length, and how they are built: of the well-constructed lodges or houses: f the marvelous canals, the planning of which involves the extreme limit of animal intelligence; of the beaver's re markable home life, which is a model of all that domestic conditions should be; of the far-reaching effects of all that the beavers do in the way of form ing great fertile meadows for the use of man. and conserving the water sup ply so that freshets and floods are pre vented and waterways made for the use of the explorer and canoeist. The author says that in October. 1S00. he undertook a long canoe Journey, ac companied only by "a silent smoky In dian." into the then little-known coun try northwest of Lake Temiscaming. with the intention of making some drawings and studying the beaver. which was then tnreatenea wiiq ruination owing to the activity of the trappers. The work proved of such in terest that a book was planned, in which the subject could be treated with comparative thoroughness. "From that time until November of 113 every available opportunity has been de voted to gathering material, each year has revealed fresh evidence of the im portance of the beaver, and each trip to th wilds has added to the fascina tion of the undertaking. The hundreds, even thousands, jf miles of travel: the countless nights spent in the solitude of the woods studying the animals and endeavoring against untold difficul ties to secure photographic records or the shy creatures engaged in their va rious tasks; the numbing cold of North ern Canada and Newfoundland: the days of trudging through dense forests and swamps are now but memories.' It is well worth while to note that ome of the flashlight pictures taken of the beavers at work show that the beavers "touched off" the flashlight by stepping on a thin cord placed there on purpose. What does a beaver look like? "An Inconspicuous creature which re sembles something between a large rat and a squirrel, weighing up to 65 or 70 pounds, about 45 inches long when fully grown. The tail is thick, flat and closely covered on both sides with Bniall modified scales. The ears are Bhort. dark and round, covered with in conspicuous short hair, the front teeth are long, curved and extremely sharp and strong. The body is covered with thick fur and hair of a general dark brown running into chestnut and grays. The legs are short and the front feet are small and more like hands, while the hind ones are long, broad and com pletely webbed, thoroughly adapted to the animals' aquatic habits. This gives a general idea of the beavers' appear ance, a fuller description of which will be found in another chapter. In swim ming only the hind feet are used, the great spread of which enables the ani mal to maintain a surprising speed whether at the surface or below water, where it can stay for eight or nine minutes without fresh air. The tail Is employed to a very limited extent. Its principal use being as a rudder. I have never been able to make abso lutely sure that it is employed as a propeller, though I have watched beav er swimming on every available occa sion. What appears to happen is that the tail is used in starting, to give the first impetus by means of several quick strokes, after which, under ordinary conditions, it does not seem to move. When a sudden burst of speed is re quired the tail again comes into play, but only with a few strokes so far as I could judge." The common food of the beaver Is tree bark, and the eyes of baby beaver are open from the time of birth. In less than three weeks baby beavers make their bow to the great outdoor world and swim about seemingly with out effort or fear. Contents: The beavers of North America, their habits of life and their wonderful engineering feats; the life of a beaver colony: results of beavers work, in what way man derives bene fit from the engineering feats of the countless generations of beavers, and methods for their protection; beaver and Canadian history, showing some thing of the part played by them in the development of the country; the beaver as a species. It is the Canadian beaver that is pictured. This book is printed in Eng land. The Seetch-IrUh in America, by Henry Jones Ford. 2. Princeton LnHersity Press. Princeton, X. J. He would be a bold person and some what lacking in discretion were he not to become an admirer of that race known in history as the Scotch-Irish. They are people of strong wills, muscle and courage, and lo! to those who dis agree with them. Bv Scotch-Irish Is meant that Tace f Scotch people from Scotland who. mostly in the reign of James I of England, received gifts and made pur chases of land in the extreme northern part of Ireland and became colonists there. Of course, they left descend ants and the latter are known today as the Scotch-Irish, to distinguish them lrom descendants of other races in other portions of Ireland. From the Scotch-Irish race many of the most prominent of native Amer icans are descended. In the opinion of Lecky, regarded as an impartial his torian, the issue of the American Rev olutionary War once rested upon the action of'the Pennsylvania line, whose "private soldier . and non-commissioned officers consisted chiefly of immigrants from the North of Ireland. No troops in that army had shown themselves more courageous, more patient, more devot ed." In 1781 these men. with their pay a whole year in arrears, nearly naked and destitute of provisions, rebelled. They were nearly 1300 strong, with muskets and six fleldpieces. The Brit ish General tried to win them as mil itary recruits, but they were faithful - to the cause of the American Revo lution. Congress was so delighted with these Scotch-Irish warriors that it of fered them a present of money, but the nearly penniless men refused to ac cept the present, saying they had only done their duty. The whole affair was characteristically Scotch-Irish. "This book," says our author, "tells the story of the Ulster Plantation and of the influences that formed the char acter of the people. The causes are traced that led to the great migration from Ulster, and the Scotch-Irish set tlements in America are described. The recital of their experiences involves an account of frontier manners and customs, and of collisions with the In dian tribes. The Influence of the Scotch-Irish settlements upon Amer ican institutions is traced, particular ly in organizing and propagating the Presbyterian Church, in spreading pop ular education and in promoting the movement for American National In- A TRUE Is this a fast to fceep The Larder lean , And clean From fat of veals and sheep ? To shorn a heart grief-rent; To starve thy sin, . Not bin And lliat's lo keep thy LenL dependence. In conclusion, there is an siderable frankness and ever-fresh. ln appreciation of the Ulster contribution terest. An unusuallv able book of to American nationality." actual experiences in our Civil ar, Our author, who is professor oi oolltics at Princeton University, thinks that the Ulster settlement was essen tially a migration from the Lowlands of Scotland. "The elements of the popu lation to whom the opportunity ap- 1 -J . 4t.nl.u1 Kv thn firjlt list of ucAiru ai u umwiaj j - . . . . . . 1 n. - mJ the unaertaKers tinai i. mo th iTnriertukers ithat is. the immi- - , , - , - , , via grants who undertook to keep the CrauLB W 44U kl Jut 1 i u u 11 ,w - - ' 1- legal obligations concerning the set tlnmuOTt In I lflr,,l. IT WHM II1H1U1V posed of sons and brothers of lairds, landed proprietors, sons oi minmiciB, and burgesses or sons of burgesses in SA'tIIW'' -o "d Practical manual of " v ' I and nearly ail were lrum mo tier of those shires rrom nainouieu it shires from JMlinDurgn io Glasgow. Afew names appeal - from the-border snires tcoun.ie. c- i 1 . 1 IPnM.nfl Chapters: roe uisicr rmui"", T -J l ,V. -Pen-lie." "SeOtC "I1",1 a7dheth. People" B5h Land and the People. .."coicni Migration to Ulster," "Formative In 'Tmi cm t inn to America, "Scotch-Irish Settlements." "On the New England Frontier." "In New York and the Jerseys," "Pennsylvania the Scotch-Irish Center." "The! Indian Wars." "Planting the Church, On Stony Ground," "The Source of Ameri can Presbyterianlsm," "Expansion South and West." "Some Pioneer Preachers." "Scotch-Irish Educational Institutions." "The Spread of Popular Education." "The Revolutionary Peri- i M,.k. nii-th nf the Nation." and A Survey and an Appreciation." As a final estimate, inis mu fairest, most illumining and educative nf the entire subject. 80 pruBeiiioiiw" " ' ' - far as the present reviewer is aware. An F.mperor to he Dock, by William De Veer. $ i.xo. i uuu wv- ---, York City. At nr. pr a. laughable and nearly im- ,u,. ....I Honietinir A ludicrous happening to Emperor William, of Ger many, in his conuuci.ui mo war In Europe. In fact. Emperor ill- . . . i Aunr, in this re- markably clever novel, which is llKel to be resented Dy Germans wm C"J by British people and peoples allied with them. Douglas Gordon and his cousin, Harry, two Englishmen, are in Norway, on va cation, when word arrives that the big European war has broken out. The two tourists find in Christtania that they cannot return to England, as regular sailing dates are canceled. Dut mey contract with a Mr. Westra, owner of the motor yacht Cornelia, to carry them to Amsterdam, from whence they hone to sail for Engiann. rt-t Hn . tnrtpr1 and too late it is discovered that there is not enough petrol on board to complete the jour ney to Holland. The shortage of petrol has been conceaiea oy " j nf the shin. Peters man, imu " - . planned to steer the Cornelia to the nearby German fleet, although later h? denies this. The Cornelia narrowly escapes capture by a German torpedo boat destroyer, and shortly afterward a German war yacht sailed past the supposed Dutcn vessel, aim wm " up by a floating mine. Westra and his men save two half drowned Germans from the wreck, and to the surprise of all on board, it is discovered that one of the rescued is none other than Emperor William of f- . whA hH he.en on his Way to join the German fleet. Westra fits the Emperor in borrowea cioinms. nu mo Emperor recovers, arrogant and boast ful The otner reiugee, -born leads an attack for possession o the v-ht. but the attack is quelled by Westra and his friends. Hederborn is shot and killed and reiers jumps mj the ocean and is arowneu. What is to be done with Emperor William? Kill him as a mutineer r on the suggestion of Air. t-rysion, an American artist and friend of Westra, -k i. ni,,,rl nn trial before IDS Jj 111 l-i IT J ri " " a courtmartlal. charged with being a a courtmartlal, cnargea wnn uwng " world nuisance and a man who, for the -. .uA ..m.irl h aA better ha dead. I peace of the world, had better be dead. rifAnfiH his war meas- ures In Belgium and his aeairo xo con-1 X 11V v -' ' - - . auer the whole wona as apecitti 1 every conceivaoie piaue wa uocu w n fho Aimiehtv. He makesLu' nA vom BCllltlLl -"- - - - i . M Ino, oneerheft a serioa w - . v. . . -1- .i n.,nf ohment metfd OUt tO the Emperor when tne court onus " fr0m Calais pacicea run oupoor cuilty, is of & cruBhlns yet ludicrous! follt all 0f whom had fled for their . I.. a v f.r.Athor HmA r TTi a hundreds nature. Personal Memoirs of John M. Brlnim, mil- ltarv surgeon. 2. The Neale PublUhin fir" Ronton was a great surgeon in our Civil Wan T sefvel m mSS? on Zr stiff V Genera, U. 8. Grant, and founded the Army Medical Museum, mi Washing,,,. P. C. He was a cousin of mo wuv. . . Clellan. These war memoirs have con- LENT. It is a fast from strife, From old debate And hate circumspect thy life. To Robert Herrick. wmcn ousm iu a.j students of history. Fran re and the Next War, by Commandant J. Colin. SI. George K. ltoraa Co., New York City. W.ttan wh,n F,qnro 1T9S rPCP.ntlV at ""," , v.... i,aii peace, mis ict-nuitai urn 6in.ii,ii-."j interestinKly written book of 306 pages is by a French army officer, specializing in general tactics, teach ing in the French army school, where tlv hAn Introduced French methods or iignung. anu ano French methods of fighting, and army tnntinm Thn hnolc is authorised by the , ., fl,n c- F;ench Dasic theories of making war. which differ as much r war, Whicn airier as the German theories as the Prch democracy differ- from the The military ad- from i, fiirnuhnff 1 Tinw being worked out on the actual field of war, where the supreme test of tactics is. A new edition of a military estimate of much value. i - - u i-knron nn 7S. p w York City. An enjoyable novel of the land ' Cornwall. England, in which a Pfodiga 1 ra"me merry' beroa tale isc ly planned andpresented that it is a mental treat. The fishing folk are de lightfuL A Drop in Infinity, by Gerald Grogan. J1.25. John Lane Co., New York City. n i- 1 1 1 .1 , 1 1 pnnir,nHnT1l)litV rfUpit. U'CU " 1 11 11 1 1 WW..."--- in fiction will welcome this novel of nlacid but interesting mo in i-ii"""i England. The writing has piquancy and charm. The Home of the BlLzard, by sir Douglas J. B. LlDDincott Co.. Philadel- phla, Pk This book of adventures and ex ploration on the Antartic Continent south of Australia was reviewed in The Oregonian of last Sunday. A pleasant love story of Scotch and English types. jusn.rM Slum Workers Married. CHICAGO, Feb. 23. A romance in I the slums, but not of the slums was WOUNDED FILL ENGLAND WITH SADNESS, IS TALE Letter Says That 20,000 Refugees Were in Small Town at One Time. 30,000 Soldiers Billeted and More Expected, Is Report. .ONDITIONS in England as a result, nf triA war are depicted in an in tei-entincr manner by a letter re ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lough ridge, at McMinnville, Or., from Mrs. J. Todd, of Folkstone, tsngiana. mrs. t. teii nf the many refugees and wounded in the city and of the soldiers having been quartered at tnat place. The letter in part follows: "Since the beginning of this destruc tive war we 'seem to have been in the midst of much sadness, sickness and suffering. To begin, our season was a complete failure. Then the poor ref ugees began to arrive. This is the only open port for all the boats. At one time we had more than 20.000 refu gees here in Folkstone. The place was so full tnat tney naa 10 """ distributing them over the country. n it. thio th,v enntinued to come HCBUllC liii - - J . ii.ii The Kstlvntion Army Barracks, the Drill iaii, xne scnoois. mora mu ,i". w. - Barracks, the Drill Hall, the schools. 3UCUCI m.s- lie lucm. c f Via nrnrat t .TTlfiH were When 12 fishing boats arrived one morning: from Calais packed full of poor fisher ilVOSi Ai X. auv s. t came in an old mud boat used with the dredger when the harbor is cleaned. the poor "J,..,rm nI 'bat day. the poor tnings nao wuj tanding room and had to be hauled out of the vessel. They were cramped and In a most pitifully dirty condition Hundreds of them had only the clothes in w'V , 1t-nrn We still have a lot coming now from ii.n i v.. . rav nf Flushlnar. "And then when the wounded first revealed by the receipt of cards an nouncing the marriage In Calgary, Al berta, of Miss Effie Olive Chatterson. one of the best-known social workers In Chicago, to Walter Davidson, of Ed monton, Alberta, a prominent philan thropist and sociologist of Western Canada. , ' Their romance began here last Sum mer when Mr. Davidson came to Chi cago to study sociological conditions. He is president of the Edmonton Wel fare Society and the Edmonton Peace Fund. His investigations naturally led him to the Mary Crane Nursery at Hull House. , . , , There he was, of course, introduced to the person in charge of the Infant Welfare station. He found in her the highest type of social worker; a re markably capable executjve, cool as ice in a crisis but with a heart just overflowing -with sympathy. Her ef ficiency was easily 100 per cent and her charm well, Mr. Davidson soon found that his research work neces sitated frequent visits to the Mary Before he finished his studies here an "understanding" had. been reacneu. Miss Chatterson had been with the In fant Welfare Society for several years. She was in charge of the Infant Wel fare Station at the Chicago Commons. She lived at 4332 North Winchester avenue. The couple will live in Edmon ton. ' Egg-Laying Contest at Fair Is First of Kind on Coast. Pen of White Wyandottes. Entered From England, Wins Klrat Month Witb lie corn of WO. THE Panama-Pacific International Exposition egg-laying contest is the first of its kind to be conducted on the Pacific Coast. It is the first con test of the kind that ever has been at tempted in connection with a great ex position and under the conditions which surround such an enterprise. It has a larger number of birds entered as par ticipants than are now entered in any other contest of which we have knowl edge, and the results obtained should be of permanent value not only to the utility poultrymen and the farmer in every region, but especially to those located In the Pacific Coast area, where contest problems never before have been tried out. , The fowls partlclDa'-ing In this con test come from widely separated re gions where they were grown and handled under widely varying condi tions. In these pens are birds from British Columbia, California. Canada, England. Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michi gan. Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York. Ohio. Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wis consin. Birds from such widely separ ated sections naturally bring their - . - i 1 nt mniiiHnir and of nauiia ul ittjiiioi " - . brooding with them to some extent, and a change in feed rations, by which a dry mash is added, or the fact that the moulting period nas intervene explain in some cases the irregularity in the record thus far made. These conditions, however, will average up during the year and in this fact lies the value of a 12 months' contest. The winning pen for this month is No. 32, White Wyandottes, entered by Tom Barron, of England, with a record of 1S9 eggs. This also constitutes the record for this period. The winning pen of White Leghorns is No. 53, with .3 . : A (I atra-a find thlS ifl followed by pen No. 30, from New York, with a record oi si eggs, as n. second. The winning pen of Rhode Is land Reds is No. 109, with a record ot 49 eggs, while the winning pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks is No. 13, with a record of 72 eggs. The leading pen in the contest thus far is pen No. 25, White Wyandottes, entered by George D. Adams, Victoria, B. C, with a record of 276 eggs. This is followed-closely a ' TirVilta Wvandottes. Dy pen ino. an, su , entered by Tom Barron, of England, with a record, or -v egsa. The highest individual hen for the muum ------ x v t s. C. White Leghorns lml" Ztl.t 1 J. ... m 4441. T T I J III WIl l1 "- " " with 28 eggs to her credit. The highest Individual White Wyandotte for the month is No. 6592. from pen No. 3-, with 24 eggs to her credit during the month and 44 eggs to her credit during the contest. The Winning Barred Rock - ... . tx. t Mn Ei Ti it K from nen tor mo wwii. o - . . pen No. 13. and the highest individual Rhode Island Red record was made bv No. 5713. from pen No. 109. championship prize for the hen J"" ,h,thest record in egg pro- The 8plendid sliver cup iwv.ucu. S?-r I Sf St i. S-r o u . n ofICO of Chief D. O. exnitJlLlua 4(1 mw vn.vv Lively, of the department of livestock. This cup is or silver, height and of artistio design. It is mounted upon an ebony Dase Inches in height and is the product of wwu the country ne of the most ramous iuiauuu TOES WIGGLED FOR SLEEP Employe Tells of Methods rsed to Quiet Millionaire. mi-M.T TTt.i. Thot he "wie-erled" it. i . ti... late T.nllis CabOt. Of tne luea tii. mi ii- . , . t i Milton, many times a night to put Cabot to Bleep-was testinea to nero uj """f" Vernon, Brlggs. wno s trying m ' ',vr":i ". ... "wie-rfine" occurred S L luo i i .i " Chandler was in Cabot s employ. . Chandler also testiriea uui tervals every screamed. begar , to 1-1tWtooacam:foletr,mon UllO UUak nil kim . - 1 1 m X3 ii ill anrl thft CoUntV Rink All tne lower pan vi I iXVlllllll 1 1 II 1 i.i - opposite were commandeered to receive them. Afterwards the Hotel Metropole and the Grand were commandeered for the same purpose. The County Rink Is still retained as a first receiving place for them before being sent to the different hospitals. And now, the last few weeks, we have had a fresh excitement There are about 30,000 soldiers in the camp and 10,000 or more were billeted in the town. We arranged to take from 15 to 20 here.' Instead of soldiers they sent us all officers. We would have pre ferred to do something for the men. Since beginning this epistle our offi cers are gone and now we are expect ing a fresh consignment since a regi ment of artillery is to be quartered in this section of the town. "The bonjbarding of Yarmouth has caused quite a panic in many seaside towns. Many people have moved in land. Also the bombs in Dover were a biff fright. You would scarcely recog nize Folkestone by night now, for ev erywhere it is darkness. On January 27. the night of the Kaiser's birthday, there were special orders for not a light to be seen either in shops or pri vate houses between 5 P. M. and 7:30 A. M., as everyone expected the Zeppe- llI,,The prices of food are going np vry much with -us. I am afraid there will be great distress among our poorer classes here before the Winter Is over, for there is little fishing, as the gov ernment will allow them to go out only a short distance owing to the mines." PHOTOGRAPHIC HALL OF FAME IS ENTERED BY PERSONS OF AFFAIRS CamiHe Desoppet Is Next President Draws Gam Its Dss-oppst. ' NEW YORK, Feb. 27. (Special.) CamiHe Dewoppet will be President of Switzerland next year. He has just been elected Vice-President of the little Republic, and it is the invariable cus tom to make the Vice-President the President in the following year, t Baron Stephan Burian is the new Premier of Austria-Hungary. It. is re ported that his appointment is only temporary and that Count Tisza may succeed him. One of the exiles of the royal family of Belgium is Prince Charles, the sec ond son of the King. Charles was born October 10, 1903, so he is not quite 12 years old. Lord Londonderry, who was Viscount Castlereagh until the death of his father, February 8, is one of the richest peers in Great Britain. His proper title is Marquis of Londonderry, but it is commonly rendered Lord London derry. His father was and he has now become one" of the great landed pro prietors of Ireland. He possesses more than 50,000 acres. He has three coun try houses and a town house In Park Lane. He was born in 1S7S. Robert Lansing, the counselor of the State Department, is the man who drew up the letters to Great Britain and Ger many in the crisis created by the dec laration of the German "war zone." Mr. Lansing was associate counsel for the United States in the Bering Sea arbi tration ana later was counsel ior tne i United States in the Bering Sea Com- THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE tCOSITISrED FROM PAGE TEN.) though there might be some unknown peril in the very air. He had now it open. Then be had gazed out as drawn back from the window and was considering. He was actually trem bling. Should he flee7 . He whistled softly to himself to keep his shaking fears under control. Then he started to pace up and down the room in nervous impatience and irresolution. As I looked at him nervously walk ing to and fro, I could not help ad mitting that things looked safe enough and all right to me. - Kennedy folded the periscope up and we left our room, mounting the remaining flight of stairs. In 59 we could hear the measured steo of the footman. Craig knocked. The footstep ceased. Then the door opened slowly and I could see a cold blue automatic. "Look out!" I cried. Michael in his fear had drawn a gun. "It's all right, Michael," Teassured Craig calmly. "All right, Walter," he added to me. The gun dropped back into the foot man's pocket. We entered and Michael again locked the door. Not a word had been sookpn bv htm so far. Next Michael moved to the center of the room and, as I realized later, brought himself In direct line with the open window. He seemed to be over come with fear at his betrayal and stood there breathing heavily. "Professor Kennedy," he began, "I have been so mistreated that I have made up my mind to tell you all I know about this Clutching" Suddenly he drew a sharp breath and both his hands clutched at his own breast. He did not stagger and fall in the ordinary manner, but seemed to bend at the knees and waist and liter ally crumple down on his face. We ran to him. Craig turned him over gently on his back and examined him. He called. No answer. Michael was almost pulseless. Quickly Craig tore off his collar and bared his breast, for the man seemed to be struggling for breath. As he did so, he drew from Michael's throat a small, sharp-pointed dart. "What's that?" I ejaculated, horror stricken. ' "A poisoned blow-gun dart, such as is used by the South American Indians on the upper Orinoco," he said slowly. He examined it carefully. "What is the poison?" I asked. "Curari," he replied simply. "It acts on the respiratory muscles, paralyzing them, and causing asphyxiation," The dart seemed to have been made of a quill witn a very sharp point, hollow, and containing the deadly poison In the sharpened end. "Look out!" I cautioned, as he bandied it. "Oh, that's all right" he answered casually. "If I don't scratch myself, I am safe enough. I could swallow the stuff and it wouldn't hurt me unless I had an abrasion of the lips or some internal cut." Kennedy continued to examine the dart until suddenly I heard a low exclamation of surprise from him. In side the hollow quill was a thin sheet of tissue paper, tightly rolled. He drew it out and read : To know me is DEATH. Kennedy Take Warning! Underneath was the inevitable Clutching Hand sign. We Jumped to our feet. Kennedy rUBhed to the window and slammed it shut, while I seized the key from Mi chael's pocket, opened the door and called for help. A moment before, on the roof of a building across the street, one might have seen a bent, skulking figure. His face was copper colored and on his head was a thick thatch of matted hair. He looked like a South Ameri can Indian, in a very dilapidated suit of cast-off American clothes. He had slipped out through a door way leading to a flight of steps from the roof to the hallway of the tene ment His fatal dart sent on its un erring mission with a precision born of long years in the South American jungle, he concealed the deadly blow gun in his breast pocket with a cruel smile, and, like one of his native ven omous serpents, wormed bis way down the stairs again. ' ' , t My outcry brought a veritable bat of Switzerland Baron Buvian Is Up Letters of Prottest to Britain and .' ... ron Stepten &ur-d3ri mission. He represented this country also in the Alaskan Boundary Tribiinl. North Atlantic Const Fisheries and nt talion of aid. The hotel proprietor, the negro waiter and several others dashed upstairs, followed shortly by a portly policeman, puffing at the exer tion. "What's the matter, here?" he pant ed. "Ye're all under arrest!" Kennedy quietly pulled out hrS card case and taking the policeman aside showed it to him. "We had an appointment to meet this man in that Clutching Hand case, you know. He is MIhs Dodge's footman." Craig explained. Then he "took the policeman into his confidence, showing him the dart and explaining about the poison. The offi cer stared blankly. "I must get away, too." hurried on Craig. "Officer, 111 leave you to take charge here. You can depend on me for the Inquest." The officer nodded. "Come on, Walter." whispered Craig, eager to get away, then adding the one word, "Elaine!" JI followed hastily, not slow to under stand his fear for her. Nor were Craig's fears groundless. In spite of all that could be done for her, Elaine was still in bed, much weaker now than before. While we had been gone, Dr. Hayward, Aunt Josephine and Marie were, distracted. More than that, the Clutching Hand had not neglected the opportunity, either. SnriHoniv Inst hefofe our return, a stone had come hurtling through the window, without warning ot any Kinu and had landed on Elaine's bed. ii i. i ,i in a wo leurned some time aft erwards," a car had drawn up hastily and the evil-raced croon wnom mr Clutching Hand had used to rid himself e tho infnrmer. "Umnv Red." had leaped out and hustily hurled the stone through the window, as quicaiy ing back into the car and whisking Elaine had screamed. All had reached for the stone. But she had been the first to seize it and discover that around it was wrapped a piece of paper on which was the ominous warn ing, signed as usual by the Hand: Michael is dead. Tomorrow, yon. Then Kennedy. Stop before It l too lute. Elaine had sunk back into her pil lows, paler than ever from this second shock, while the others, as they read the note, were overcome by alarm and despair at the suddenness of the thing. It was Just then that Kennedy and I arrived and were admitted. "Oh, Mr. Kennedy," cried Elaine, handing him the note. Craig took it and read. Miss Dodge." he said, as he held the note out to me. "you are suffering from ar senic poison, but I don't know yet how it is being administered. He gazed about keenly. Meanwhile, I had taken the crumpled note from him and was reading it. Some how. I had leaned against the wall. As I turned, Craig happened to glance at"For heaven's sake. Walter." I heard him exclaim. "What have you been up against?" He fairly leaped at me and I felt him examining my shoulder where I had been leaning on the wall. Some thing on the paper had come off and had left a mark on my shoulder. Craig looked puzzled from me to the wall. "Arsenic!" he cried. He whipped out a pocket lens and looked at the paper. "This heavy, fuzzy paper Is fairly loaded with It, powdered." he reported. I looked, too. The powdered arenle was plainly discernible. "Yes. here it Is" he continued, standing absorbed in thought. "But why did it work so effectively?" He sniffed as he had before. So did I.; There was still the faint smell of garlic. Kennedy paced the room. c.iHHenlv nausing by the register, an idea Feemed to strike him. "Walter." he whispered, "come down cellar with me." "Oh. be careful!" cried Elaine, anx ious for him. "I will," he called back. As he flashed his pocket bull's-eye about bis gase fell on the electric meter. He paused before It In spite ot the fact that It was broad daylight. I zl o y 111 r'v'';'y'v-';t.i'i"r" & ' Austrian Premier Uobort Germany. Lansing liilOIOC jiiiomi i The Hague txrbltrntlon. lie h li'rij rounxel for tlio t'hlnrpe Iranlion and the M-xh-nn Kint'nyev nt W nf.lilniil"n. it was running. His fa.-e purkered. "They are unlng no current at prra ent In the house." lie ruminated "rt tho meter la running." He continued to examine llio meter. Then he beKan to follow the rhrtrlo wires along. At last he dlKcnvered a place where they had been tampered with and tnpped by other wires "The work of Hie Clutching Hand." he muttered. ICa nelly he followed the wires to the furnare nnd around to Ihe bark. There they led rlnht Into a little water tank. Kennt-dy yanked ihem out. Aa he lil so he pulled something wtlh them. "Two electrode the villain plaeed here!" he exclaimed, holding them up triumphantly f'r m to see. "V-yes." I replied dubiously, "but what does It all mean?" "Why, don't you see? t'nder the In fluence of the electric urrent the water was decomposed nnd pave lf oxygen and hyilroaen. The free hydro gen passed up the furnace pi' and combining with the arsenle In the wall-paper formed a deadly arsen luretted hydrocen." He east the whole improvised wlee. trolysls apparatus on Hie Moor and dashed up tho cellar step. "I've found It!" he cried, hurrying Into Elaine's room. "It's In this room a deadly gas arsenlui el ted hydro gen." He tore open the windows. "Have her moved." he uliotile.l to Aunt Josephine. "Then have a vac uum cleaner iro over every Inch of wall, carpet and upholstery." Standing beside, her ho breathlessly explained his discovery. "That wail paper baa been loaded down with ai Kcnic. probably paris green or Hchwein furth green, which Is aceto-ainciiito of copper. Every nilnule you are here you are breathing arseniuretted hdro gen. Tho Clutching Hand baa cleverly contrived to iiitnxlucc the nascent gut Into the room. That act on the ar senic compounds In the wallpaper and hangings and sets free the K;ia. 1 thought I knew the smell the moment I got a whiff of it. You are slowly being poisoned by minute quantities of the deadly nas. This Outthlng Hand Is a diabolical genius. Think of It poisoned wallpaper!" No one said R word. Kennedy reached down and took the two Clutching Hand mcssOKcs Elaine had received. "I Khali wont to study these notes more, too," he said, holding them up tn the wall at the he.id of the bed as he flashed his pocket lens at them. "Vou see, Elaine. I may be able to net some thing from studying the ink. the paper, the handwriting " Suddenly both leaped back, with a cry. Their faces had been several Inches apart Something liad whizzed between them and literally Impaled tho two notes on the wall. Down the street, on the roof of a carriage house, bark of a neighbor's, might havo been seen the uncouth fig ure of the shabby South American In dian crouching behind a chimney and gazing Intently at tho Iwidge bouse. As Craig had thrown open Elaine's window and turned to Elaine the fl uro had crouched doner to tin chlin nev. Then with an uncanny determination he slowly raised the bloKun to his Jumped forward, followed bv Ir. Hayward. Aunt Josephine and Maria. Kennedy had a peculiar look as he pulled out from the wall a Mowgun dart similar in every way to that hlch had killed Michael. "Craig!" gasped F.lalna. reaching up and laying her soft white hand on l.la .rm In undisguised fear for him. "Jou you muBt give up this chase for the Clutching liana. "filve up the chase for the Clutching Hand?" be repeated In surprise. "Never! Not until either ho or I la dead!" There was both fear and admiration mingled in her look, as ha reached down and patted her dainty shoulder encouragiitvly. (Continued Next Sunday.) yeast and Pariaae Hunter. Philadelphia 1-edKer. "She had money to burn when aha married the Count." "Yes. and so he made light of her fortune." Moras ( a Dilemma. I,nutMVllle (Ky.) Courier-Journal. "What do they mean by tha horna of a dilemma?" "Two autoa, I suppose. bonking at you at once.