GOOD ROADS,
GOOD HOMES,
BEST CHEESE
CLOVERDALE COURIER
7 0 L . j 2 .
NO. 46
CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY. OREGON, JUNE 14.1917
“N o!" exclaim ed som e one. “P ayne’s
sw ift and sum m ary punishm ent w as
j Im perative to s a tia te a public d esire to
; criticize ev erything p ertaining to th e
■ arm y and th e adm inistration. Fur-
| therm ore, I beg to differ with th e presi
dent on one point. T h ere is a way, I
| think, to m ake him talk."
T he presid en t raised his evobrows,
inclining bis bend tow ard th e speaker.
”I b ' w orships P earl D are, lie will
talk to h er if she urges him ."
“1 know her well,” w arm ly respond
ed th e chief of staff to th at. “She
loves o r loved him. 1 understood from
H Sto?y o f '14ìli enea
F irsty” U iimasking
simciica s Secret Foes
AEMY
K o vt/ize d from the Motion Picture
Scria/ of the Same Harne
Released by Pa tie
1116, h C m , W M k V m MV
Gay Wile Connell
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being discussed by a group secretly
S .N O P S I8 .
assem bled in th e lib rary a t th e resi
dence of th e se c re ta ry of w ar in the
C a p t. R a l p h P a y n e , U. S. A., Is g i v e n s e
city of W ashington.
H ere n ite r an all-
c r e t p l a n s o f d e f e n s e t o d e li v e r t o P a n a -
m e H e a t t e n d s a b a ll a t t h e h o m e of his night conference a t th e dep artm en t
sw ee th ea rt.
C olonel
D a re s ’ d au g h ter.
P e a r l. A s a c l i m a x t o a s e r i e s of m y s cam e th e chief of th e arm y staff to
t e r i o u s i n c i d e n t s h e is a r r e s t e d f o r tr e a - . rep o rt to the p resid en t and several
son T h e a m b a s s a d o r o f G r a n a d a is f o u n d
d e a d a n d t h e p l a n s m i s s i n g f r o m P a y n e s m em bers of his cabinet.
coat. M a j o r B r e n t , P a y n e ' s r i v a l , e n t e r s
The th oughtful (vim tennnce of the
Into s u s p i c i o u s n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h B e r t h a
country’s chief m a g istra te reflected
Bonn. P e a r l D a r e fo l lo w s a b u r g l a r f r o m
h e r h o m e ; is d r u g g e d a n d l e f t i n a field,
the serious im port of th is m eeting.
and la te r o v e rh e a rs plo tters, w h o a lm o st
l a p f u r e h e r. P a y n e is s e n t e n c e t o l i f e im-l “T he m an you say w as supposed to
prisonm ent.
be dying?”
“D eath wr.s only a question of
hours,” replied the w ar se c re ta ry to
THIRD EPISODE
v.hom th e question w as addressed.
“And th ere is no clue?”
“H e h a s seem ingly d isap p eared off
T o w ard su n rise on th e follow ing day the fa c e of th e e a rth leaving no tra c e .”
“Y our conclusion is th a t h e h as
a corporal of th e g u a rd e n te re d C ap
tain P a y n e ’s room a t th e W ashington been stolen by an enem y w ho in some
b arrack s.
H e found th e celeb rated way gained know ledge of his discov
priso n er fu lly d ressed and a w a ilin g ery o f o u r w eakness in defense of th e
the p u n ish m en t ab o u t to be his, w here canal and his stra te g y to overcom e
by he w ould becom e one of th e lost It?”
“W e b el'eve th a t a fte r P ayne dis
citizens of th e rep u b lic w hich, acco rd
ing to th e findings of th e co u rt, he posed o f tn is m ysterious a u th o r’s in
was g n ilty o f conspiring a g a in s t w ith vention to th e Gi inndian am bassador,”
interposed th e chief of th e arm y s ta f f ;
a so u th ern neighbor.
“or
before he did so, e ith er his o r De
P a y n e gazed w ith p o lite q u estio n in g
at th e h e sita tin g figure on th e M ira's lie u te n a n ts m ade aw ay w ith
him fe a rin g th a t he m ight recover
threshold.
"C ap tain ,” w h isp ered th e la tte r who consciousness and tell everything,
had serv ed w ith him in th e P h ilip p in es which u n d er th e circum stances, doubt
and also in th e B oxer re b e llio n ; “ I’ve less he would have done.
""‘‘P ay n e adm itted a t the court-m ar
got to p re p a re you fo r som ething
nasty .” F o rg e ttin g him self fo r a. mo tini th a t he w as in the neighborhood
m ent, his eyes flashed and h e sw ore. w hen th e stra n g e r disappeared. Nor
“T hey h a v en ’t done it since th e ’70’s! did he deny thr.t he talked alone w ith
T ou’d th in k it w as w a r tim e s ! T h e th e am bassador short! * b e/nre the la t
te r's dead bod,' w as found. It w as
good of th e s e rv ic e !"
then,
we believe, th a t P ayne gave him
A cold lig h t g litte re d in th e cap
ta in ’s eyes.
“You d o n 't m e a n th a t th e canal plan« and the locket con
th ey 're going to drum me out. S m ith y ?” tain in g th e w afers necessary to th e ir
De Mira, a fte r pos
P ayne unconsciously fell a t th a t u n in terp retatio n .
sessing
o
u
r
secret,
m ust have lost his
guarded m om ent in to b a rra c k 's m ess
nerve and poisoned him self. lie doubt
vernacular.
less th ought th a t P ayne would a t the
T he corporal nodded slowly.
“T h a n k s !” g ru n ted th e officer, n fte r la st m inute break down and confess
n ten se pause. “Y ou've h elp ed m e a his g uilt.”
A shade of re g re t stole in to the
lot by th a t tip .”
“I'd do m ore th a n th a t fo r you. cap h a rrie d fe a tu re s of th e p resident.
ta in ,” quickly in sin u a te d C orporal “P erh ap s we h istened Payne s tria l,”
he pondered. "K eilectlon might have
Sm ithy.
We cannot ex
“G et rid of y ourself, s ir ! ” slxarply brought repentance.
pect him now, sullen and stubborn, to
reto rted his superior.
“Som ebody will w ak e up a b o u t you aid n s in u n e a rth in g th e one m an, if
when it ’s too la te ,” m u tte re d S m ithy. he he still alive, w ho holds th e key
“Y ou're no m ore g u ilty th a n I b e .” to th e safety an d secu rity of our canal
possession, llu v e w e blundered, gen
Then ho w ent out.
tlem
en?"
At th a t m om ent th e P ay n e ca se w a s'
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h er f a th e r tonight th a t they w ere on
th e point of announcing th e ir engage-
I m ent when th is th ing happened. T h ere
j are, therefore, o th er th an p atrio tic
m otive» why she should u n d ertak e to
i g e t a t th e bottom of the m an. T he
! D a re 's—”
He
stopped
speaking
; listened Intently a second or tw o and
tii -ioed to a window. They i'll h eard
a throbbing noise on the stie c t. H e
tu rn e d w ith an ex p ira to ry e.u lam a-
; tiou. “H ere she is now in her a u to
mobile !”
A curious hush fell upon the grout)
I and th e w ar se c re ta ry hastened from
, the room. W hen h e retu rn ed , a fte r
an Interval, Pearl Dare, dazed and
dishevelled, leaned w earily upon his
arm .
H e r eyes a t once caught th e figure
of tlie president. Sho to ttered tow ard
him dropping on h er knees. H e raised
h e r gently, m otioning the o th ers aside
to give h e r a chance to collect h er
self fo r it w as a p p a re n t th a t she w as
deeply agitated.
"C ap tain P a y n e !” p resen tly h u rst
from h er lips. She g estured dum bly
to w ard the telephone. “A greut mis-
tako lias been m a d e ! Stop it—h e’s
in n o c e n t!”
T hen sfie becam e in a rticu late and
grew very pale. A clock on th e m antel
w as strik in g the hour of six.
P e a rl slowly bowed her head, chok
ing back te a rs. T hrough a slit in th e
window blinds filtered u streak o f sun
light.
“God forbid If w e have e r r e d !” m u r
m ured th e se c re ta ry of w ar, a t the
conclusion of the sixth stroke, his eyes
fixed upon th e clock. "T he sentence
of R alph P ayne has bqen executed.”
P e a rl tu rn ed upon them furiously,
crying o u t: “ You Id io ts!”
Then she fainted. They enrried her
to a sofa and sum m oned the colonel
from the b arrack s. To him. when she
had sufficiently recovered, she related
In r wild and lncom prtliensible adven
ture.
*
T he colonel listened doubtfully to
h er tale. H e culled In the chauffeur,
Toko, Inquiring w h eth er any of ihe
D are serv an ts had m entioned burglars
in the house d u ring tin’ night.
Toko nodded. "Mlmi she smell of
chloroform . Say som eone knock h er
out J”
T he colonel dism issed him, m ore
perplexed th an ever, fo r th is m uch of
P e a rl's sto ry w as corroborated. B ut
he could nol wholly believe th a t a
band of gentlem en such as she de
scribed the foreign alliance to be w as
secretly p lo ttin g lo overthrow the
governm ent by castin g the guilt upon
De M ira and th e fo rm er officer R alph
P ayne. R a th e r from her ap p earan ce
and condition, an d the fact th a t she
could b u t vaguely recall the rendez
vous and not a t all designate its
w hereabouts, w as he inclined lo the
opinion th a t she had fallen into the
b au d s o f common ruffians of D e Mira
o r Payne, escaping in som e m iraculous
m an n er u fte r being drugged.
P eurl stuck to h er testim ony, how
ever, repenting it c b u rly and concise
ly to th e presid en t and Ids counsellors.
To her em phatic reiteratio n flint the
lender of lid s m ysterious group of
political crim in als w as a m an of d is
tinguished rank and g reat personality,
j ilie president gave spldnxiike a tte n
tion.
“ You would recognize his figure—
I h'S voice you th in k ?”
P earl hesitated . “ I am not sure.”
1 She i in h e r band w earily across her
j forehead. “ I'm so confuse«!."
A fter a silence, the president w ith
i a significant glance ut tie others, look
P e a rl kindly by th e hand. "P erh a p s
y«m would be w illing to do me a p«-r-
s«»nal s« rvlre. Mis* D are, and tbits sat*
, Isfy your «»w-n p* e re of mind In th is
j w hole m a tte r? ”
Colonel D are's d au g h ter flushed un
d er the Implied confidence of the n a
tio n 's executive. She nodded eager as
sent.
“Suppose you carry from me a no te
| to Air. Payne. A fter reading it. If he
' Is Innocent, he will tell you so. And
If he is guilty as the facts u n fo rtu n a ’e-
' ly point. I th ink th a t he will confide
i in you. Is th is req u estin g too m uch?”
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She gazed ticim inuisly into tho p res I be crush of glass, stool dem olishing
id en t's eyes. They wore very hum an. steel, an explosion o r tw o and an o u t
“.'11 1 ask is th a t o u r interview be a burst of hum an cries. A little la te r
p riv a te one,’’ sh e replied, simply.
she clim bed o u t of tho debris of h er
T he presid en t scribbled tt few w ords conch an d leaped u n h arm ed to th e
upon a sin et of p a p e r and gave It to ra ilro a d tra c k s below.
Below h e r ap p alled gaae lay th e
h er. Peurl rose, bowed d eferen tially
and left th e room on her f a th e r’s arm gnarled, tw isted an d telescoped ruins
F ire s w ere
follow ed by a b a tte ry of a tte n tiv e and j o f th e lu x u rio u s tru ln .
| b reaking o u t arid in th e risin g steam
adm iring eyes.
she cau g h t glim pses o f disfigured dead,
T hen began a long discussion.
T h at evening P earl, accom panied 1 'Iving and wounded tra v e le rs and p a rt
only by Toko, took the “lim ited” south. ly clud people ru n n in g ubout wlldiy.
At th e W ashington b a rra c k s a spe She realized th u t she w as In th o
cial stop w as m ade and tw o federal m idst of a frig h tfu l railro ad c a ta s
g u ard s hustled P ayne up the step s and trophe.
Im m ediately she th o u g h t o f both
Into a p riv a te com partm ent. Knowing
th a t th e trip would consum e th e bet P ayne and Toko and! hegnn a fra n tic
te r part, o f forty-eight hours, P earl search fo r th e form er, blindly follow
postponed tho dreaded Interview un ing th e lead of trainm en w ith lan
til m orning in th e hope th a t n night terns.
A th u n d ersto rm which hnd been pre
o f much needed repose would steel her
heart to th e trial no m a tte r w h at th e vailing now censed, hut th e night re
outcom e; and she did not notify tho m ained inky black, illum ined only by
th e conflagration of the w reck. A fter
priso n er th a t she w as on th e train .
Few of th e passen g ers w ere aw are a fru itle ss ho u r the bodies of first one
of Ihe celebrated com pany they w ere and then the o th e r of P ayne’s guards
m th a t n ig h t; not even B ertha Bonn, w ere found lying fully n e a r's length
who, dism ayed to find h erself mixed a p a rt. At th is point P earl discovered
up w ith Payne, bad delayed h er de ft womnn seated o i som e broken
p a rtu re for the la s o del N orte w ith rucks. H er clothing w as t o r n ; her
the packet am i locket pending furtln r in lr w as stre a m in g , and she w as act-
developm ents. Nor did B ertha know ng qtieerly. In one hand she held
th at tlm girl, to m arry whom M ajor lom ething taken o u t ol' a sm all tra v
B rent sought to silence her, occupied eling case. P e a rl saw h e r stuff It info
the draw ing room in the couch ahead. he bosom of her sh irtw a ist nnd
O therw ise in h e r a g itated fram e of •aught the gleam of u gold locket
mind she m ight have gone and told tangling at her neck.
P earl won-
her everything about the m ajor. She | It w as B erth a Bonn,
• ill m ost of Ihe n ight studying lim e 1 red w here she had seen tills person
tables and w ondering w hat secret the before.
packet in h er (raveling case conti lned. | T hen in th e avalan ch e o f Junk he-
P earl sat alone In h e r uiuunde b erth m ill th e woman, I’enrl, a man w ith a
until a very lute hour, unable lo re ¡intern h ith e rto unnoticed, nnd Toko,
stra in a n a tu ra l cu riosity concerning who suddenly ap peared from some
th e im port of the m essage site carried where, sim ultaneously saw a huddled-
form In arm y c l o t h e s . P earl ut-
from th e p resid en t to the disgraced ex-
Toko m uttered
ollieer.
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Mito
A dì
P a y n e on His W ay to Life Im prisonm ent.
She w as in a sen se glad fo r th e
tra in ridp fo r it gave h er an oppor
tu n ity to relax. She fourni h e rs e lf
tak in g a pnsslng Interest. In scenes and
incidents noticeable from th e c a r w in
dow. H er m ind began to grow slug
gish and h e r eyes to «Iroop nnd she
• ns on th e point of calling th e vestl-
hule p o rter to p re p a re h e r be«l.
T hen to th e sw iftly-speeding “ flyer”
cam e a series of terrific shocks, hurl-
ing her to th e floor Ju st as th e lights
w ent out and the c a r began to pitch
and roll.
A portion o f Ihe to p b e rth fell bare
ly missing w here site h alf lay, h a lf
crouched, stunned, nnd a s all th e
world seem ed to sta n d still, she heard
som ething unintelligible. T he women
rose nnd follow ing•their fla re s, stifled
a choking sound. P earl, draw ing n ear
to the still figure seeing In it th e only
too fnm lllnr outlines, gave a little
shudder.
T he stra n g e r w ith the lan tern stern-
j |y v lived h e r back, but to o late. In
the fitful light sh e observed a hideous
| ly crushed and unrecognizable bearded
, face.
Hhe stooped trem bling nnd exam ined
lfie m an 's clothing. Jerking a slip of
p ap er from th e co at pocket.
H er eyes fl!Ie«l, fo r th e penciled
scraw l she rend w ith the la n te rn 's aid
C ontinued on la tt page.