PAGE 8IX INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. E,QHT PAQEt - i - II I St I 1 ... -"Ml fc- . ly; r I Vi-YJl t----.::.;.:-l r t t-z.-- i r- Thfpml OFfZMtiC TJWf BsatrzE sell; the black rs.o" 'ttte bxass &ovr.. II IIIIMBMIHIIMIWM Suppose that you, aroused tonight by the stealthy presence of a masked prowler In your bedroom, covered him with your pistol Just as he was about to plunge a long knife between your ribs and discov ered he was an old friend. Would you turn him over to the police and prosecute him, or would you assume he was crazy and have him sent to an asylum? Perhaps you will find an answer to such a prob lem In this installment. Previous installments told how Hugh Whitaker, thinking he was about to die, married an innocent girl to save her honor, and left the country immediately. Five yeare later he returned to New York, healthy and wealthy, and found the wife, now a famous actress known as Sara Law, engaged to marry Drummond, his old friend. She disappeared. Drummond supposedly committed suicide, as her1 previ ous lovers had done. Whitaker was assaulted In the dark, and while recuperating at the country home of his friend, Martin Ember, discovered spies, fought them,- and was helped by a charming and mysterious young lady living nearby. rpOOOOOOOOOOOPPOQO 0 000 0 OOCOOQOPPPQOOPPOOOOOOOOBOflOOoa CHAPTER XI Continued. 13 Ember pushed back his chair and, rising, strolled to the door. "Moonrise and a fine, clear night," he said, star ing through the wire mesh of the screen. "Wish you were well enough to go riding with me. However, you won't be laid ud long, I fancy. And Til be back day after tomorrow. Now I must cut along." And within ten minutes Whitaker heard the motor car rumble off on the woodland road. He wasn't altogether sorry to be left to his own society, but in spite of his half-hearted perturba tlon and dissatisfaction, the weariness of a long, full day was so heavy upon him that he went to sleep almost be fore Sum Fat had finished making him comfortable. Extinguishing the candle, the China man, moving with the silent assurance of a cat in the dark, closed and latched the shutters, then sat down just out- Bide the living-room door, to wait and watch, sleeplessly alert An hour passed In silence, and an other, and yet another. Sum Fat sat moveless In the shadow, which blended so perfectly with his dark blue silk garments as to render him almost In distinguishable a figure as patient and imperturbable as any bland, stout, graven god of his religion. But in time there fell upon his ears another sound, to which he stirred, If Imperceptibly drawing himself together, tensing and flexing his tired muscles while his eyes shifted quickly from one quarter to another of the darkened living room and the still more dark bedchamber. And yet apparently all that had roused him was the drowsy whistle of a whippoorwlll. Then, with no other presage, a shadow flitted past one of the side win dows, and In another reappeared more substantially on the veranda. Sum Fat grew altogether tense, his gaze fixed and exclusively focused upon that apparition. Cautiously, noiselessly, edging inch by inch across the veranda, the man approached the door. It was open. A full, long minute elapsed. Even Sum Fat held his breath throughout that Interminable reconnoissance. At length, reassured, the man slipped Into the room. Another minute: no sound detectable more untoward than that of Bteady respiration in the bed room ; with a movement as swift and sinister as the swoop of a vulture, the man sprang toward the bedroom door. Leaping from a sitting position, with a bound that was little less than a flight through the air, the Chinaman caught him halfway. There followed a shriek, a heavy fall that shook the bungalow, the report of a revolver, sounds of scuffling . . . Whitaker, half dazed, found himself , Standing In the doorway, regardless of his injury. He saw, as one who dreams and yet Is conscious that he does but dream, Ember lighting candles calmly apply ing the flame of a taper to one after another as he made a round of the sconces. Sum Fat was kneeling on all fours, above something that breathed heavily and struggled without avail. Whltaker's sleep-numbed faculties cleared. "Ember t" he cried. "What in the name of all things strange" Ember threw him a flickering smile. "Oh, there you are?" he said cheer fully. "I've got something Interesting to show you. Sum Fat" he stooped and picked up a revolver "you may let him up now, if you think he's safe." "Safe enough." Sum Fat rose, grin ning. "Had plenty." He mounted guard beside the door. For an instant his captive seemed reluctant to rise. Ember moved to his side and stood over him, balancing the revolver in his palm. "Come," he said Impatiently. "Up with you I" The man sat up as If galvanized by fear, got more slowly to his knees, then, grasping the edge of the table, dragged himself laboriously to a stand ing position. ' Whltaker's Jaw dropped and his eyes ' widened with wonder and pity. He Uouldu't deny the man, yet he found It hard to believe that this quivering, shaken creature, with his lean and pasty face and desperate, glaring eyes, this man In rough, stained, soiled and shapeless garments, could be identical with the well-set-up, prosperous and confident man of affairs he remem bered as Drummond. And yet they were one. Appalling to contemplate the swift, devastating course of moral degeneration, that had spread like gan grene through all the man's physical and mental fiber . . . "Take a good look," Ember advised grimly. "How about that pet myth thing now? What price the astute sleuth eh? Perhaps you'd like to take a few more funny cracks at my simple faith In hallucinations. "I had a notion he'd be hanging around," Ember went on ; "I thought I saw somebody hiding in the woods this afternoon ; and then I was sure I saw him skulking round the edges of the clearing after dinner. So I set Sum Fat to watch, drove back to the village to mislead him, left my car there and walked back. And sure enough I" Without comment, Whitaker, unable to stand any longer without discom fort, hobbled to a chair and sat down. "Well?" Drummond demanded harsh ly In a quavering snarL "Now that you've got me, what're you going to do with me?" There was a high, hysterical accent in his voice that struck unpleasantly on Ember's ear. He cocked his head to one side, studying the man intently. Drummond flung himself a step away from the table, paused, and again faced his captors with bravado. "Well?" he cried again. "Well?" Ember nodded toward Whitaker. "Ask him," he said briefly. Whitaker shook his head. It was difficult to think how to deal with this trapped animal, so wildly different from the cultivated gentleman he al ways had In mind when he thought of Drummond. The futility of attempting to deal with him according to any code recognized by men of honor was wretchedly apparent. "Drummond," he said slowly, "I wish to God you hadn't done this thing." Drummond laughed discordantly. "Keep your mealy-mouthed compassion for yourself," he retorted, sneering. Whitaker gave a gesture of despair. "If you'd only been content to keep out of the way ... I If only you'd let me alone " "Then you let Sara Law alone, d'you hear?" The Interruption was little short of a shriek. Ember motioned to Sum Fat, who quietly drew nearer. "I swear I don't know what to do or say" "Then shut up" "That'll be about all," Ember inter posed quietly. At a glance from him, Sum Fat closed in swiftly and caught and pinioned Drummond's arms from behind. A disgusting change took place In Drummond. In an instant he was strug gling, screaming, slavering; his face congested, eyes staring, features work ing wildly as he turned and twisted In his efforts to free himself. Sum Fat held him as he would have held an un ruly child. When a break In Drum mond's ravings came at length, together with a gradual weakening of the man's struggles, the detective turned to Whitaker. "Sorry," he said. "I didn't dare take any further chances. He'd have been at your throat In another minute. It Isn't as if we had simply an everyday crook to deal with," Ember went on, approaching the man. "He's not to be trusted or reasoned with. He's just short of a raving morphomanlac, or I miss my guess." With a quick movement he caught Drummond's left arm, pulled the sleeve of his coat back to the elbow, unbut toned and turned back his cuff. "Hmm yes," ho continued, bending over to inspect the exposed forearm, in spite of Drummond's efforts to twist away. "Deadly work of the busy little needle. Good Lord, he's fairly riddled with punctures!" "That explains . . . Whitaker muttered, stekenod. m "It explains a lot," Ember readjust ed the sleeve uml turned away. "Ami It shows us our piilh of duty, clour," lie continued, despite Interruptions from tho maddened drug ilond. "1 think a nice little sojourn in a sanatorium I what?" "Right," Whitaker agreed, relieved. "We'll soo what a cure does for him before we indulge in criminal proceed ings shall we?" "15y all moans." "Good." Kmber glanced at his watch. "I'll have to hurry along now must bo In town not later than nine o'clock this -morning. I'll tako him with inc. No, don't worry I can handle lilm eas ily. It's a bit of a walk to the vil lage, but that will only help to quiet him down. I'll be back tomorrow; meanwhile, you'll bo able to sleep soundly unless " He checked, frowning thoughtfully. "Unless what?" Ember jerked his head to Indicate the prisoner. "Of course, this lsu't by any chance the fellow you mixed It up with over on the beach and so forth?" "Nothing like him." "Queer. I can't find any trace of hlni the other one nor can I account for him. He doesn't seem to fit In any where. However" his expression lightened "I daresay you were right ; he's probably only some idle, light fingered prowler. Id keep my eyes open for him, hut I don't reully believe you need worry much. Within ten minutes he was oft on his lonely tramp through two miles of woodland and as many more of little traveled country, at dead of night, with a madman in handcuffs for sole com pany. America's Greatest Army Fighting Fo,c NwiTIiWM. A MJ WW Ten Moulin Time i . ... n America has 2,13!..W1 mot, im.l an,,,, .mm to h - -noumvd by Koprosontalive Chart,- t'a Jr. of IW at tho annual mooting of tho Port Washing,, (!, I.) Men's aviation. Koproseulative (Ulwoll the hjujv. t ty learned ua a member of tho Iioiiho i-oin- govcriiinont'a urmoi. CHAPTER XII. Offshore. "You ask me, I think very excellent quick cure." Sum Fat tenderly adjusted the can vas brace, and then with infinite care inserted the foot in a high-cut canvas tennis shoe. He stood up, beaming with benevo lent interest. "You take it easy one day or two no walk much Just loaf no go see pretty ladles " "Go 'way, you heathen go clean your teeth I ' cried Whitaker, indig nantly. " and I think be all well and sound," concluded Sum Fat. He waddled away, chuckling. Whit aker got up, and with the aid of a cane made a number of tentative experi ments In short-distance pedestrlanlsm. were thoso which he luul reeen mitteo on military affairs: A.,,..i;,r hi hVnrosonlativo Calilwoll, tho strength is divided as follows: Engineers' corps, 11!,-ITG. Ordnance corps, 20,000. Signal corps, 151,717. Quartermaster's corps, 110,000. Medical corps, 15,000 oflioers. Medical corps, 7,005 enlisted men. Veterinarian's corps, 10,000. Sanitation corps, 3,915. Staff, 52,129. Staff officers, 63,851. Enlisted men, 1,479,25!). Called under the draft and clue to report, 7I,70(. Of this number, tho speaker asserted, 605,010 were drafted men and the remainder volunteers. "The great exponents of preparedness," cimtinuod the represent.! ive, "went through the country declaring that tho administration would l-e able to raise an army of a million men in a your. Imports .how that inside of ten months wo have more than two million men under arms and that we are in this war and that we are going to see it through to tho fin. hi. "We have the men, we have them under shelter at fifteen cantonment of wood, fifteen under canvas and twenty training whoola for aviators. A job that equals in labor tho building of tho Panama canal. And wo did it all in ten months. "Our reports show wo have tho best engine for the airplane and that before many days we will be turning them out as fast as one every minute. "Every man who goes to Franco bus four suits of clothes, four pairs of shoes, and is well provided for." Use Less Soap By DR. SAMUEL C DIXON Commiuioner of Health ol Penmylvtrua The Chinaman Caught Him Half Way. The results were highly satisfactory; he felt little or no pain. On the other hand, he felt the advice to which he had just listened was sound ; it would be unwise to attempt a neighborly call within at least another twenty-four hours. He resumed his chair on the veranda and sighed. It was late afternoon, and he was lonely. lie inclined to sulks. The trouble with him was (he began to realize) that he had lived too long a hermit. For six years he had been practically isolated and cut off from the better half of existence ; femininity had formed no factor in his cosmos. But now, of a sudden, he had been granted a flash of insight into the true significance of companionship between a man and a woman who had some thing in common aside from commu nity in their generation. Not two hours altogether of such intercourse had been his, but It had been enough to in fuse all his consciousness with a vague but Irking discontent. He had lashed himself into a very re spectable transport of resentful rage when, chancing to lift his eyes from their absorbed study of the planks composing the veranda floor, he dis covered a motor boat at the landing stage. At once a smile of childlike serenity displaced the scowl The woman made the little vessel fast and, turning, came swinging up the gentle slope to the veranda, ease and strength and joy of living Inherent In every flowing movement. No imaginable consideration, how ever selfish, could have kept Whltacre any longer in his chair. In this season and at this time when thousands of our young troops are be ing mobilized for the National army and are, of necessity, exposed to un usual conditions often producing nerv ous chills, is the wise time to econo mize on soap. Again, when the cost of living is so high all along the Hue, it will be an economy to use loss soap as It Is a much-abused article. It is not necessary, as so many seem to think, to have a stiff, creamy lather in order to dissolve the dirt that is filling up the pores of the skin. On the contrary, very little soar) pure soup Is re quired to break up the dirt and per mit the water to remove it from the pores so that the glands may perform their normal duty. The pores are the openings on the surface of the skin of the sweat glands and must be kept clour and free from either dirt, soup or any matter that would tend to Interfere with their uc tlon in the elimination of perspiration. Imperfect action of the sweat glands Is a source of disease, various matters accumulating In the system, which would otherwise be eliminated. Therefore, economy In soap would not only be a saving in money, but would help in saving human life, by cutting down respiratory diseases. nra-a 'a o a g o m-a'a'o a a a o a a a g s j What do you think was Drum, o mond's purpose in killing Whit- 2 U akerT Is there any connection g between Miss Fiske and Drum. 2 mond? a gQQQOOPOOOOOOOooflg p pft Cotton and Soy Beans Fat Producers Giving America Advantage Over Germany "The Germans, with their colossal military preparedness, failed miserably at one point. They had soldiers and guns galore, but they were short of fat, says Milo Hastings In Physical Culture writing on "The Extravagance of Meat." No provision had been made In their domestic economy to produce home grown vegetable fats. When im portations were shut off and the quan tities of live stock were reduced as a matter of economizing grain food, the Germans both Industrially and dletetl cally suffered acutely from fat priva tion. "Their laboratory food scientists had told the military authorities that car bohydrates were dietetic equivalents of fat. Through the means of most pain ful experience the Germans found out the scientists had been mistaken, and smuggling fat into Germany today is as profitable as shipping whisky the week before Christmas. "In America we have no such prob lem of the shortage of fats. As a by product of our cotton Industries we have an annual production of 150,000, 000 gallons of oil, and we have the soil and climate suitable for the production of other vegetable fats. , Among the most promising of such fat producing crops Is the soy bean. "The soy bean is a sort of vegetable live stock. All the arguments In favor of live stock apply to this distinctive plant. Its growth enriches the soil by the extraction of nitrogen from the air, hence It is a source of actual gaining in soil fertility. The soy bean in our Southern states yields thirty bushels to the acre one-third of the product be ing oil and another third protein. Both elements are excellent human foods, and It is only a question of learning how to work them up into a palatable Prime Minister of England Asks an Extra Hour a Day to Help Beat the Germans While American fanners are being urged to do everything possible to help feed the nations engaged with Ameri ca In the war, they should not got the notion that those nation1) are not do ing their utmost to feed themselves. Lloyd (Seorgo, prime minister of Great Iirltiiln, has Just Issued an ap peal to the agricultural workers of Kngland, which could also have been very properly made to American farm ers. Ills letter wuh as follows: "I ask all workers on the land to do their very utmost to help to grow more food. There is a shortage of food all over the world, and we may have to feed our army and navy, as well as ourselves on what we can grow at home. They cannot fight on unless they are properly fed. Kvery full day's work that you do helps to shorten the war, and brings pence and victory nearer. Kvery Idle dny and all loiter ing lengthens the war and lessens the chance of victory. "Your comrndes In tho trenches are under fire every hour of the day and night. Will you not help them to win by working an extra hour each day? That Is the way In which we can beat the Germans." Right to the Point. You will lie surprised to Nrid out how much good there is In tho world if you will sit up and take notice. The surer a girl Is about a man's being In love with her tho loss sure she Is about being In love wlih ,l in. Nothing is more exasperating than u fool friend who Is always reminding you of your faults for your own good. Of course men are not vain but just toll a man over fifty that he doesn't look n day over thirty and watch the effect. Many more men would ' buy heavenly shares If they could be had on the installment pm Rheumatism Yield Only rheumatic sufferer. I the a agony of its darting D7' Hut sonic (ew Iinvn n,t t .. SWFS1 i i .i . nus ueni currccunp; lim Wi when other treutmenU C utterly failed. 1 Scott it esse-ntinlly bloody t n-n vwri ........ , , i (lint it oil Win into tU- LI. . - w - uiv U100Q t alleviate thii stubborn rnitlt Get a bottle of Scoff ' friend. No alcohol, The Norwrnlmi oxl Unitfl itl't Emulsion I. how ''""lurid , H-l( (I llownr, IIUnnBrUI ... " J-IF- 1 I T I Scoll1 Emulsion U now own AmrrUmt U!,ri Biko II I'utc anil pat, J. A OMTIFIl IB Mil lake tablespoon!" ill of Salts if Hack hurts or Madder bothers. ") Wo re a nation of mat ettcnit our blood ! filled with uric cU. bt, a well known authority, who wtnuj to be connt&miy on guard Malnit noy trouble. The kldnya do their utmost toh the Mood of tlili IrriUtlni ac!o,k becomo weak from the OTerworkjtti; got BluKgloh; the (diminutive Uun clog and thus the waste It retained i the blood to polion the entire ijiUi When your kldueys ache and (it like lumps of lead, and you bare itlni lng palm in tho back or the urint k cloudy, full of eedlment, or the bill dor Is Irritable, obllginc you to Kti relief during tho night; when yon bin severe headache"., ncrvoui and dto epulis. slerplenMiPim, uclil stomach t rheumatism In bad weather, get trtt your pharmacist about four ounc Jad Salts; tako a tableipoonml u glass of water before breakfast etc! morning and in a few diyi tout kit nnys will act fine. This famous itlti is mado from the acid of grape ul lemon Julco, combined wHhlltbla,iU has been used for generation! to f.ml and stimulate clogged k'dneyi, to m trullzo tho acids In urine io It li u longer a source of Irritation, thus end ing urinary and bladder disorder!. Jad Salts ia Inexpensive and cannot injure: makes a delightful effena? cent llthla-watcr drink, and nobodj can make a mistake by taking a Uttli occonlonally to keep the kidneys eleu and active. Adv. Won Her Over. First SuffraKOt So you lucceedeJ n convincing Mrs. Fickle? Second Huff racet Yes ; I designed I perfectly fetching campaign costutm and showed it to hor. Brooklyn Citi zen. It Won Him. FranroH I'm afraid you don't Ilk my came of bridKO. Francis I am bound to like any thing that costs mo aa much as that Siirlnc (Irons in now and then to see If tho country Is as green as it's palnt- ed. Atlanta Constitution. Nice Little Job For Him. Sho Oh. Jack, dear, I'm so glj you've como! Fathor is so eicuw and disturbed. Do go in and calm him. He Very well. But what's the mat- tor with him? Sho Why or I just told him yoa wanted to marry ;no. Boston Tran script. Seven Important New Food Rules Are Now in Effect The federal all unl7l,IS grants and boarding houses tS 1- Wheatless Monday. 2. Wheatlesa Wednesday 3. One whentless meal every duy 4. Meatless Tuesday. y' 5. Porkless Saturday C- One meatless meal every dy L""Vfut!n'lsr every Z'. "iieuuess" now menni tn whent- in w..., "ns t0 use no soup or gravy or to 177 10 U,,cken other ceSl leads " T "Meatless" means no beef , mutton, veal or inmtTi ' pork- fresh or pressed nTd ll h"7 frm' or lard no bacon- ham 20,000 South Africa Nearly 20,000 British T' can natives w South Afri -v'ce behind th for and No Older Than Your Fee. Is true In most enses. Then keep your face fair nnd young with Cutlcura Soap and touches of Cutlcura Oint ment as needed. For free samples a dress, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Poston. Sold by druRRlsts nnd by mall. Soap 2,r), Ointment 25 and CO. Adv. Plunkvllle Society. "no you want a bit of society news. "I gezso." "You know the lady you stated was coming to vinlt me last week." "Yes, madam." , . "She's gono." Louisville Courier Journal. To reBtore a normal action to Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels, ' Garfield Tea, the mild herb laxative. All druggists. Adv. I ) A BAD WRECK of the constltuu disoraw ed Bystem, due to impure Mod,orn'" active liver. Don't run the risk! W tor Pierce's Ooldon Medical Discow euros all disorders and affections to Imnnni ki j i liver. J a" Kerms of disease circulate througn Wood; the liver is the filter which W mits the eerms to nnter or not. J". liver active, and the blood pure, aw you escape disease. , ,.. When irnn'n AUIIItntaA nnfl I01" weight below a healthy standard, regain health and strength, by mo "Discovery." It builds up tne uu Sold in Tablet or Liquid form. your flp.nl or ,I t V,oa t seHU " cts. for the Tablets. Dr. V. M. Plflrce' uurralo, N. Y. Dr. PiRrc.fi'q PioooQTif Pullets res11; late and invigorate stomach, liver y bowels. Snwr p--jf-fl tiTIT rnsM-