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T )1 ? li D T 1 liü iilj flD Ul fP IID A D 7 fV i IlE l i l l x l l l I ll,V(’u l u r - Judge ttiter R lir Insinuated advocate-general, his th e U ie building, Now th a t she was ulouc eyes w ith Aduuis h e r reserv e rapidly m elt gleam ing In trium ph. ed, although th e disclosures of the H ad a bomb been exploded a t th a t P*st ho u r still troubled her. m om ent In th e room It is doubtful "You m ust tell me th e tru th , fo r I w hether anyone would have been m uch my own ponce of m ind—und yours. o Ulcer. T his had a com posing effect on frightened so spellbound w ere they in O ur fu tu re is a t stake. T here a re still Adums who Im m ediately stralgliteued the suspense preceding A dam s’ reply. several unansw ered questions.” I “T. O. Adam s w as th e m ysterious up and begged th e Judge’s pnrdoig "N am e them , g-girl.” he requested O rder being resto red the Judge ad- Inventor, Judge.” wus the sim ple aud trying to be culm under her piercing < vocate-generuf asked B erth a this ques- I • ye, yet Inw ardly quaking. tlo u : “T h e re is a personal reason, sm iling confession from th e w itness. “T h a t night on the G ranadian fron It w as out at l a s t ! A sigh of relief therefore, why you shield M ujor tier— was it you o r was It M ujor B rent escaped from one ami all. I'eurl lu ire with whom Toko fought and thought I 11 B e r t h a nodded b rig h tly . “Not shield hl r ««iktmw'edKed loyer in 'n totally new und not unpleasant In to lie the Silent M enace?” —defend.” “It was m in e . B ut M ajor B ren t terest. B len t uttered an ejaculation “Hus Miss P earl D are to whom M a indicative of keen disappointm ent in did m ask him self late r on as Toko jo r B ren t paid co u rt know n of y our affirmed. H e d-did it to try and fool which B ertha Bonn shared. p rio r acq u ain tan ce w ith him ?” the Silent M enace so as to cupture “ Why have you not m ade this con A t th a t B re n t winced, but B erth a him.” He sighed In a relieved way, fession before?” Inquired the Judge ad- prom ptly a n sw e re d : “H e d esired to indulging In the hope th a t h er other vocate-general not w ithout u little uwe inform her on m any occasions. I would questions would Ije equally sim ple to not have It so until a f te r th e unmusk- of tills uni a. “Because, Judge, because—” a vein answ er. ing of the S ilent M enace.” “No wonder Toko w as suspicious of “One m ore question. Miss Bonn. of m elancholy tinged Ids voice, “—I vou a fte r t h a t !" Since you know M ajor B rent so in gave my word to th e m an who died in "No w-w onder," ad m itted Adams, tim ately, can you inform th e court my arm s u-at the railro ad w reck th a t trimly. “Next!" I w-would git a t th e bottom of this w h eth er it is tru e th a t th e S ilent Men "flow w ere you able to Im personate ace or his thu g s drugged M ajor B ren t here Silent M enace b-business. It w as ihc Silent Menace on the m unition ship due him, Judge." And a fte r some hes nud stole from him th e chcm lcul w afers ita tio n : "It w as due C aptain Payne, if th e Foreign A lliance? Who put me necessary to In terp ret th e secret cuual n th e box w ith th e bom b?” Judge.” uefeiis“ plans on the night Miss D ure A dam s sm iled in an apologetic way. “P a y n e !” m urm ured half a dozen en tru sted th e ir re tu rn to you and you voices, including th a t of the presid 'I've gotten near t-tlie bottom of th at. in .u rn saw Colonel D are give them to In the flrst place I g-gnve you chloro ing officer. th e m ajor to be guarded against loss?” “It wus due him r.nJ ni-me,” the form so’s to keep you quiet while 1 ‘ 1 can an sw er th a t question.” re s-sneuked off to notify the colouel. w itness, reiterated , dully. plied B erth a Bonn, looking T. O. F o r several m om ents th e court wus Then 1 hid you in a s safe place In Adum s squarely la tin» face r.s she the hold of the ship. W hen I got back com pletely llubhergasted. »poke. “M ajor B rent w as not drugged “b id Miss B erth a Bonn know th is?” you w ere gone. 1 m-mighty n e a r lost by anyone except him self. 1 forced tin* Judge odvocute-geuerul usked. pull my nerve then. girl. I w as rum m ag him to re tu rn tlio chem ical w afers to ing him self together, determ ined to ing around t-try!ng to find you. nearly n.o. It was and Is his only offense for crazy, v hen I heard and s-saw the bring tin* case to a speedy ta d . which I alone am responsible. 1 w as “No. sir.” A dam s broke into a lit SiK nt Menace. H e saw me nt the In honor bound to re tu rn those w afers tle laugh. “Miss B erth a Bonn thinks sam e tim e and b beat it and the next t > the person from whom they w ere th a t I'm t-the Silent Menace. So does : hing I knew the m unition m anufac originally received.” M ajor B u n t, p probably fo r th e sam e tu re rs arriv ed and I had t-to play tin "L et m e u n d e rsta n d th a t d e a r ly ! " • a r t. V h .-rf you stepped out of th a t reason.” th e judge advocate-general exclaim ed “But you a re not th e Silent M en !i-l ox w ith th e bomb in your hand lean in g forw ard, for h e re w as a m a tte r 1 v s never m ore taken back la in-my ace?” of vital Im portance. "T hese w a fers lire.” He paused rem iniscently. ” 1 certain ly a-nra not.” w ere deliver >d to Miss Pourl D ure by “B ut who put me th ere?” she In “ Nor Is M ajor B ren t?” T. O. Adam s la th e c e lla r of th e Chem sisted. “ lie certainly n - a ln 't!” ical building on the nig h t th e F oreign lie looked at her curiously. "Think T hen again his a u d ito rs held th eir A lliance abducted h e r in o rd er to ob b reath. “ Who Is th e Silent Menace, h bard. girl. T h ere’s only o-one p er ta in possession of them . W ho gave son uu e a rth could lutve p u t you A dam s?” th« m to T. O. A dam s?” A dam s locked a t the Judge advo th ere.” "1 did," confessed B e rth a w ith u cate-general w ith th e can d o r of a child. "T he Silent M enace?" smile. lie shook his head. “H e couldn “1 don’t exactly know. Judge, b-but 1 "From whom did you receive th em ?” got a notion. 1 d o n 't w-want to do aud d-dldn't." T hen with u little lau g h : “I laid them m an u factu red by a no one any harm and now th a t you “ You did it yourself. D-don’t you re chem ist ou u prescription w hich T. O. know s-som ething about me, I reckon m em ber an y th in g about It?” Adam s gave to me.” P earl gasped. "I rem em ber a te r you can tru s t me a little m-more. c a n 't T he room w as In an In stan t u p ro u r you? I g-got an Idea th a t we can bag rible s l e e p i n e s s ...................... gettin g and B erth a w as h astily und tinully the m an we w ant before ni-moruing, p a rtly aw ake and craw ling out of a excused by th e Judge advocate-general dark h o l e ..................of hearin g noises If you give me enough r-rope.” who w hispered to h e r w ith a sm ile full 'I Ids u tteran ce, delivered In a mild and hiding m y s e l f .....................some- of m e an in g : " I ’m beginning to believe and wholly uudrum utic m anner, ■ w h e r e ....................som eone approach- th a t you und M ajor B rent will lie mur- brought every persou to th e ir senses. 1 lug c l o s e ................. then 1 f ill usleep rled before tin* day Is over. Miss Bonn. | again.” “ W here?” dem anded the Judge. Indeed, I hope s o !” And no one could A dam s chuckled. “By golly! You "H ere la W ashington.” m istake th e sincere ad m iratio n In the T he Judge advocate-general hastily luu-t have craw led Into tliut b-boi and look he gave tiie girl as he ugalii es tablished order, calling to th e stan d cxi used A dam s und requested M ajor : B rent to rise. “ Not g u ilty ’” lie t i e - , th e chief of th e arm y staff. creed with a p leasan t uod to th e re- i “O eneral,” began he, assum ing th a t tone of deference d u e th e highest m ili lIcNcd officer. B rent tu rn ed Im pulsively to th e chief ta ry official la th e land w hose d istin guished figure held everyone am id u of stuff. "G e n e ra l!” he exclaim ed, ein* sudden and resp ectfu l silence, “who tlonully. “ I d esire here und now to Invented th e secret cutud d efease ten d er my resignation in th e sincere feeling th at 1 have dishonored the p lan s?” ”A m ysterious person who d isap service which lias so honored m e !” “T ut, tut. M ajor B r e n t!" brusquely peared ap p aren tly off th e face of the retu rn ed the gray haired ran king of e a rth leaving no nam e n o r tra c e .” "W ho Invcutcd th e chem ical w af ficer. “T h e circum stances a re ex ten uating, sir. You will be all tin- b e tte r ers?" • oldier a fte r this. 1 ><»n’t talk tommy- "T he sam e person." “ Who possesses th e m a n u fa c tu rer's rot when th e thing for you to do Is to go look up a m in ister of the gospel,” prescription for those w a fe rs? " "T hat Is a se c re t we h av e n ever lie concluded w ith a shrew d tw inkle and a wave of the hand tow ard blush- j been able to solve.” T he Judge advocate-general now o r leg B ertha Bonn w ho w ith P earl D are j dered A dam s to stan d upright. T o the aud h er fa th e r had Joined th e group i w itn e ss; “Does A dam s resem ble the aud w ere laughing at the discomfit» d ; officer. m ysterious Inventor?" B rent saluting, flashed a m erry look A bright light daw ned In th e eyes of th e Chief of staff. W ithout looking til ou Hi in all, took B erth a ’s arm uud a t A dam s who stood still a s stone, his p araded h er out of th e room. T h ere face Inscrutable, th e aged g eacru l w as no question b u t th a t the g en eral’s th e Silent M enace sh u t th e l-Ud on would be im m ediately you w ithout know ing you w ere In It! c lap p o i Ids palm upon his k une in th e suggestion W h at’s your n-next question, girl?” first excitem ent he hm l ever jshown la . adopted. She looked at b ’m In am usem ent. n public place. "T h e in v e n to r w ore a j A dam s now stepped up to Colonel reddish 1>.-.id. O therw ise A dam s Is \ l hire. "I g gue<s my resignation goes. "Is your stam m er a n a tu ra l one?" "No,” w h s b i s laconic response. Ids e \ . t double. I re a lly th in k th e ■ colonel, ev» n if t-lhe m ajor’s don’t." “T hen for goodness sake stop It!" follow stam m ered 1” | h e draw led, ra th e r soberly fo r Adams. , lie w itness w as d isc h a rg e d and A slight co n strain t fell among hi> j she exclaim ed, vexatiously. "You ure Adam s v. as recalled. By th is tim e th e h earers. It " a * broken by th e c.iief not na Iguoraat man. nre you?” i >tr. w as charged \v*,th su p p ressed ex- i **f stall chuckling to h lrn s c l.. Who- j “No." “ You a re college bred, a re n ’t you?” i cm it. I h nrl lh rro w as U w lldered. e v e r h eard of a p riv ate re sig n in g !” »hocked and o n c e r ulti of h t r finding* ! “T h a t's a subj < r for fu tu re discus- I “ Very m uch so.” H e laughed. tow ard the m an Xuountlug t Ue w itn ess 1 »Ion. Adums," rejoin« 1 the cMot. 4. of- j “ Who Is Señora V endre aud w hat lo x who a p p e a le d to be i< p e rfe c t I flclouaty, w ith a aide glance at his i Is j e u r relationship th ere? Is your s.ru u g cr one inufnent. A dam a th e uext. d a u g h ter stan d in g nervously a little real nam e Señor V endre?” Sector V endre iff O ruuad'.an m em orie* a p a rt. “M eanw hile you will ta k e Miss j T his question took him hack to the * t«eM und .* uln «opironff else, -he D itre home. A fter th a t you m ay be « Incidents on the G ranadian fro n tier und a soft light cam e into Ins eye-s. knew not w Isv H e r fuLhc-C w«* as free as long as you wish.” "S eñora Vendre Is a woman w ith u Adam s touched his hut und politely | a tn p 'fle d ns she. h e a rt to whom I told my life story. ■'V' du t \ . Ialini ! tb e Judge ad salu ted Miss D ure. “ I am ready," said she In n queer She agreed to help me. H er tw o sons vocale gen irul, focusing hi* whole ut t«-utb<n upon th e w itn e s s wdu> w as tiie voice us though she w ere addressing ure a celebrated diplom ut an d a chem ist abroad. I m erely jk m i I lu the only person at e ie v In th e iffumS “ H ave u stra n g e r for the tlrst time. T he colonel and his com panions place of one In o rd e r to obtain adm is you ever w orn a b earti?” "1 h i t A la ta s Lodtlrd y.ud sm iled In silence w atched tln-iu d ep art. 'Tf sion to th e secret council of the For he w eren't so Infernally ig n o ra n t!’’ eign A lliance posing you as th e other tit his Inquisitor. groaned the colonel, voicing a common in un effort to obtain possession of the "W as it red d ish ?” s e n tim e n t "|^ut he’s all there, gotitle- canal defense p lan s.” “Sort o of.” She looked up quickly. “Thos* “ W hoa «till ,v«>o h av e It sY aved off?" meti. H e's all m an !” plans? W ere you really responsible P earl and A dam s stood a m om ent "I did It inyevlf w ith t ay b a rb e r tiH«l* on th e d-dr.jr a f te r th e cantil de on the W ar buiUtiug step s before de fo r them — and the w afers?" “ I w as th e p arty , Mi-** T'aro—P earl." fense pinos gut Into th e haudl ' of t-th u t scending to the stre e t. It w as nearly “ But you a re nut n barber, o r a tele dusk. T h e stre e t w as full of people th e re Silent M enace." hom ew ard bound a fte r a hot aud graph operator, o r a w a ite r in a re s “ Why did you sh av e I t e í l * ta u ra n t. or any of thorn coratni»o "I w anted to g g it th is i» ptiuis hack su ltry «lay In office nud store. “ Shall 1 c-cnll a tax i?” A dam s In- things you have p retended to b e ; ur< un i had t.» disguise l a y s if to tl-do It.” you?” * ’You w anted to get il * p lan s back? quired, ill at ease alone w ith her. “ I guess not." I "O ne mom ent, please." Pearl tno- r - ¡ lain th a t !" "O r # cow boy ?" tUmcd him to ate; Hslde o u t of the ” I hey U longed t-h* I “N ever 2 ” “O T, C*. A i..' .» - gi tlt\' 0 1»!v<.b'h* Une of peonie pus lug la and out of Co.i tinned troni first pag • "la your nam e really T. O. A dunisi Do you come from M o n k s Corner. Neb.?” She placed her han d on his shoulder looking earn estly into hi: eyes. “ Who is the Silent M enace VVliar« n a m e d >r*eialista w ith m o d er n l a b I am positive th a t you know.” o r a t o r i e s a n d ada<iu *to e q u i p m e n t gi ee in- Adums w as about to an sw er these . t r u i t i o n l e a d i n g to collegiate d e g r e e s in t b s leading questions, w hen fo r th e flrst (biin<aing «shoot*: tim e they observed a large an d turbu-J A G R I C U L T U R E , w i t h I S d e p a r t m e n t s ; lent crow d of citizens nud soldiers j -COM MERCE, w ith 4 d e p s r t i a e n t * ; E i i C T N E E K I N O , w i t h « d e p a r t m e n t s , in- collecting w ith loud o u tcries and oaths. | ! u d i n r Civil, E le ctrical. H ig h w ay , i n d u s t r i a l All stood w ith faces tow ard the f r o n t , A rts. I m p a l i n o , an d M cch u n icsl E n g in e e r i n g ; peak of the building. P earl and Adam- j r O R E s T B Y , in c lu d in g L cg g .n g E n g in e e r- run down the steps to see w h at the t . excitem ent w as about. HOME ECONOMICS, with 4 major depart- T hey took one look. A m an was mrr.t«, including training in the Practice clim bing up th e flag pole, one hand | Home: M I N I N G , w ith t h r e e d e p a r t m e n t s , i n c l u d o u tstre tc h e d to w ard the emblem flut terln g In the evening breeze. Ills f a c e ! ing Chemical E n g in e e r i n g ; PHARMACY. w as covered w ith a thick black muf-1 T I I E S C H O O L OF MTJSIC. offer* in atru e- Her. lion in t h e p r i n c i p a l d e p a r t m e n t * of vo cal "T he Silent M enace!” fell from the j ^ iB“ tT^ , rrKt,i' music. lips of both P earl and Adams. T I I E M I L I T A R Y D E P A R T M E N T , en ro lled T hey flew Into th e building, m ount 1085 c a d e ts ;n IV26 17. a n d won t e r e n n n e n - ed to the roof and raced acro ss the in d u liv n for O. A C. fruiu the W e s t e r n D ep art- ar D e p a r t m e n t *« a* m e of of tervening space, followed by a num ber I »••'>« of th« u. . s S. W War Department one | the f ifteen * *dif.tinguiah ed i n a t .t u t n s ” of of uniform ed atte n d a n ts. “D ro p !” cried Adams, levelling his h ig h er learning- All cadet* w.U be f u rn i s h e d co m p lete u n if o rm s by th e U. S. G o v e r n m e n t revolver at th e m an on the pole. And a n d th* j u n i o r an d se n io r cadet*, en ro lled in th en they saw th a t, the outstretch ed the R. O. T. C.. will be given romiDUtat on for han d w hich had grasped the flag in a su b s iste n c e , as well as all t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ai d fra n tic effort to te a r and d estro y it s u b s i s t e n c e at th e s i s w eek » ’ S u m m e r cam p. REGISTRATION BEGINS C C TC PER 8, belonged to a broken arm carried in 1917. Inform ation on request. Actdresa, a sling. B u llets from below whizzed around R e s iitra r, Oregon A gricultural College. th e m an on th e pole. T he Silent Men C orvslllt, Oregon. ace lo st his hold and tum bled In a heap on th e roof, dragging the flag w ith him. “T he flag m ust p a y !” he sn arled like a m adm an as Adam s and Pearl pounced upon him and sta rte d to te a r off his m ask. "The u p sta rt flag !” Diploma from- the Chicago ♦ ( E $ n O F FO U R T E E N T H E PISO D E.) ü Musical College The Oregon s Agricultural College I Lelacd B. Erwin | ! PIANO INSTRUCTION ! «•♦«AJ-tfeC« 4 ® > ti♦**•«*•« **•• TAKE j I THE WMF ' f • T Will be in C ioverdale on T hurs- day of each week. Those desiring to take les- • sons p le ase en g ag e a l%->on p eriod • J now. Leave word at the C ioverdale H otel or w rite me a t Tillam ook. Terms SJ.CO Ter Lesson. AUTO S T AG ,! i - Tillamook- I Cioverdale P R O F E SSIO N A L fe CAF.DS ?, T illa m o o k A b str a c tin g Co ____ - FOR- T h o s . C oates . P r e s id e n t . COMPLEXE SET OF ABSTRACT BOOKS OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. TILLAM OOK CITY . OREGON T.H. COYNE, - a n d - ATTORNEY AT LAW AII W a y P o in t s Conveyancing. Etc Safi- anil Comfortable Opp. Court House, f Leave Cioverdale daily at * 7:30 a. d i , arriving at Tiila- * monk at 10 a. nt.—in time for morning train to Portland. Leave Tillamook at 3 p. m . arriving at Cioverdale at 6 * p. m. I J M. TRAXLER, Prop Tillam ook, ('re. L i t . BEALS REAL ESTATE < * Ì t W rite for L iterature. (TILLA M O O K . - - OREGON A. C. E V E R SO N TILLAMOOK. ORK. The Todd H otel, J Monev to Loan 1 Estate Agency See me for realty deals. Tiilanook, Ore. L. S. HUSEEECF, Fro;rietcr. Office G round Floor Bell Plum e 53-J N ational F.!d. P. O. I’»ix 147 W ith Rotlie W atson Dining Room run on Family Style Meals 2.*>c. Abstracts on Short Notice by the ______ PACIFIC ABSTRACT CO. Ro jits 50 and Ï5 Cents, Special Rites by the Week. Comí ’-. te Set of A b stractsof the Record* of Tillam ook C ountv, Oregon. TILLA M O O K . - - OREGON C*> e 1 . V. E B E R H A R D . M anager. ~ « ss L E a w t " } :i HIS war u awakening men to the truth about a let o f things besides Preparedness—and chewing to bacco is one o l them. Soldiers are strong for W -B Cut and the facts are right before you. T hese shreds are e ll tobacco, no gummy sweetening*— rich tobacco—more sap in the leaf than in ordinary tobacco by a long shot. That’s why it’s so satisfying and so economical— a little bit goes a long way. T *.<U Vy VFnSA’I • RRUTO’I roWANT. 1107 Br>*4w*y. Nr* T*ck CHy I