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Newspaper Page TextMTDFOTtT) MAIL TRTBTTNE, WEPFORD, Cmm(N. MOXDAY. OCTO'B'FIH 10. 19S8. -... j';. -.. .... I By MA SALTMARSH K-,- .,,:J The Character Hufo Stern, handiomt author, living on tht French Riviera. Archie Lumiden, mvitU, Hu go' t friend. Ben Gelu, head 0 0 murder tontpiracu. Tuterdayi Jtan-Tranfoit lo cates Baron Stahl't yacht and oeti a job aboard t Noah More triei to push me off a crowded bus, but an Arab working jor Dunning saves me. Chapter 35 Toothpicks For Two THE cafe was a vast sea of crowd ed tables, set out under a canopy of trees. Hugo was sitting at a taoie on the outer rringe. "Well," I said, as I dropped Into the vacant chair beside him. "I've had a quiet day, but the evening promises to be livelier. If one can Judge by the advance sample I've just Had. For answer he kicked me sharp ly on the ankle, motioning Im patiently towards a man seated with his back to us at the next table. I bit back an exclamation, for the fellow had raised his glass to his lips, and I saw that the In dex finger of the hand that held It was missing trom me nrsi loim. Hugo's eyes met mine, but neither spoke a word, and so for a matter of twenty minutes we sat there, exchanging the most ultra- banal of small talK. men, sua denly. things began to shift I noticed, gliding through the throng on the pavement, a tall Negress, in a crisp, white cotton dress, with a snowy muslin turban folded flatly about her small head. She was a splendid-looking crea ture. moving with a free uiv trammeled grace, but there was a purpose In her movements, for as I looked, she turned sharp left, threading her way among the tables, and with a murmured word of apology sat down In the vacant seat opposite mv neignDor. He glanced up at her without tup slightest sign or recognition. The Negress settled herself at the table, reached forward and helped herself to one of the little paper-wrapped tootnpicKS irom the china container oerore ner. For a moment she sat there Idly twisting it between her fingers: then, to mv surprise, instead of stripping off the flimsy covering, he started to thrust It Into the bosom of her dress, changed her mind apparently, and reolaced It In the little china pot. it was a pointless action, but its very mean Inglessness made me suddenly on the alert. I glanced at Hugo and w that he had noticed nothing. A waiter passed, scurrying, and the Negress called him and gave him her order. At the same mo ment the man opposite her threw a counle of coins on the table. yawned ostentatiously and got to his feet: but as he did so. he stooped and In his turn, with an absent-mindnd air. extracted a tnnthpick from the container. Then he turned and slowly saun tered away In the direction of the . harbor. "Come on," I said to Hugo. Tve had enough of this." He giancea up tharolv. caught the look In my eve. and rose to his feet. "What's the trouble?" he whispered as he followed me down the narrow aisle to the pavement. "The trouble." said I. "is walk ing lust ahead." and In half a doren words I told him what had happened. "It's mv bet that a mes sage passed from hand to hand, muitlv tucked away In that tooth pick" He whistled. "What do vou pro pose to do?" "Catch him In some dark spot and take the toothpick off him." I anwered blithely. 'That's coming out Into the open with a veniennee! If It could be arranged I'd prefer something more subtle" And even as he spoke. Providence Itself answered him. A Mission T CANNONED Into a dim figure In flowing white robes, which promntlv laid a hand on mv arm "Monsieur." It whispered, "vou have had nn further trouble?" It was the Arab carpet-seller and at sight of him I gave a gnso of relief 'Tell me." I said, catch ing him bv the shoulder and draw ing him on with us "vou work for Mn"Irnr Dunning?" "Indeed, vesl" he murmured "Clonrt enough!" said I "Now listen' Tve a Inb for vou You ee that man ahead In the white shirt and tromers. who Is ow crntVrt" the souare towards the lettv? Yon must follow him see where fce goes, and report to Mon sieur Punning. Tell him It Is the man without a flneer and lv will understand Also," broke off hesl fating how to broach s delicate siihlert. "there Is a small matter of a tonthnlrk which he carries In his rlcht-hnnd trnuer-norket Is It nosslhle that, under pretext of offering him a enrnet. one might Purloin tHnt tnnthniek am' eon Vev It to Monsieur Dunning'" He gnve me a swift nod and densrted "And where " said Hugo patient ly as 1 turned hack to him. "did vou find that addition to the te"ue of Nations?" "Drrw nn vour stool to Hncle's knee" 1 retorted henevolentlv "and Til tell vou " for I wa feel ing fnlrlv nleased with mvself Rut as we drove home and I unfelHert the tale. 1 detected a certain tin renonsiveness In Its rerention. "It's lmmenelv exciting." he inld. "hut all it establishes when boiled down la the fact that Gelss won't rest until he's done you in, and if you find that a comforting thought to sleep on. you may have it!" I did sleep on It very comfort ably notwithstanding, but at six next morning I woke to find Hugo sitting on the edge of my bed. "I can't sleep." he said abruptly, "and I therefore don't see why you should either. Look here, Archie. Do you realize that this is Satur day? In twenty four huuri the game starts, and we're as far as ever from knowing how they mean to play it I can't stand it I telJ you I" He broke off and stood up suddenly, as if the mere physical movement eased his nerves. "It's not only Virgoe Wills, but who knows what they may do to that fool of a girl, if she tries any mora of her precious detective work?" "Steady, old man," said I. "Try to realize that there's nothing we can do." But he shook his head impatiently. "If I don't do something, I'll go mad. I'm off to have another shot at finding out what Amourii is. I've f;ot an Idea that I can pick up some nformation on the other side of the frontier. It's just possible that it may be some place near Eakov sky's villa." "I think It's an uncommonly sound idea," I assured him. "Do you want me to come along?" . "No," he answered more calmly. "It's essential that someone should be here in case anything crops up. Jean-Francois may have stumbled on something, jr Dunning. 01 even" he hesitated "the girl. I'll telephone at midday and hear if there's any news, and I suggest that you call a conference for, say, , six thirty, here. I'll be back by then, and we can pool every pos sible shred of Information we have and try to work out a plan." The Message I ACCEPTED my orders the more readily because 1 could think of nothing better to suggest but when I tried to ring up Dun ning. I was told that he had lust gone out; Ottilie was not to be found either, and I had perforce to leave a message for the big man. Inviting him and Miss Wills to cocktails at the chale' at six thirty. Dunning's vast white figure lumbered round the angle of the terrace promptly at the time set "Where's Ottilie?" I asked, as I heloed him to a drink. "Hasn't she come vet7 She said she'd drive herself, for she was taking lunch with friends In Monta Carlo, but she surely won't be long." "Well." I said, "Hugo's not here either, so we're not wasting any time." But even as I spoke th telephone rang within the house, and when I sprinted to answer it I heard Hugo's voice at the other end. Tm here, he said, "and rm alive and well, to save you the trouble of anguished nuestionlng. but I'm no nearer finding what 1 came to seek, and I've had a darned near shave of being turned Into a -nrior kind of sandwich paste." "The deuce vou have." I gasped, and heard him chuckle. "Mv own fault entirely." he ad mitted. "All due to asking too many questions In the local Inn and not keeping an eve skinned when I drove on up the road to Rakovsky's villa. A very pretty avalanche of rock crashed down on the track, not five vards ahead of me. and If my brakes hadn't been working, It would have been farewell for me. As it was. I found I'd struck a boulder that knocked a hole In the oil-pan Even tem porary repairs wi ' take the devil of a time, and it'll he nearly mid night before I'm on the road ncnin so you'll have to do vour confer ring without me." I strolled bnck to Dunning. "We're resolved Into a commit- ' tee of two," I informed him 'Hugo's snent the last two day! running around after this orecioui Amoiirie." I added, "and what good it will do us when he finds It tht Lord may know, but I cortalnl? don't." He looked at me oddly. Trr not so sure of that." he drawled "Am I right In supposing that vou encountered an Arab on the ouas last night and gave him a lob tc do? Well he did the lob verr nicelv. He followed vour flngpr less friend out alone the lettv. Out gentleman naused opposite the goon sh n Renrierrntis and for a moment it seemed he was going aboard. The yacht was dark except for her riding-lights, and the rone was across her gangwav. hut he gave a hall and presentlv a heart bobbed up 'Master ahoard'' savs he or words to that effect, hut the head shook Itself 'Oh. well.' ssys he. 'If he wants his news he must cross the border fo It. I can t waif 'Mv henchman trailed him to the nlace bv the town hall where the cars are parked, and he saw hie man halt bv a hie limousine. He nattered no and 'Nice carpet, sar?1 savs he 'Go to Hades.' said the other, hut our Arah hung onto Ml arm. pleading with him. and all the time, under cover of the ear nets, his other hand was busy In the fellow's nockets. Next minute he received a wcll-nbce.l kirk but bv that time he'd got what he was after, and here It l " And with that he tossed a small rather bat tered ciulll on the table. I picked It un and emcerlv with drew the crumpled tvit of paper hat it contained, hut as I spread it out and stared at the single word ronehlv printed upon It. opce again T felt that old. hopeless sink ing of the heart "I 'Am tiHrV ICnrvrtaM t' Utll Dnllnimh) Tomorrow: IJrraktnf and entering I E AS IN 1920, CLAIM WAWINOTON, vt. in, (APt -Preint railway Irvfl. labor jfnrB titlflM today, Art nearly th timt u In 1920. Bert M. JrwcU. president of tht Amrrtcan FVdpratiun of Labor' rail way employes department, made trill statement In opening Inbor'i oaae be. fore the emrrenvy fact-ftndlim board aerXlnu to avert a nationwide railway strike. Almost 1.000,000 mil workers voted to slrlKr recently when their em ployera ordered a 15 percent wa reduction, Jewell told the board, appointed by President Roosevelt, present pny srnles "are Milwtflnl'nltv (he same n these, established In li?0 by a v. ernment board " J. Carter fort, counsel for tht nil- STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author, Inclosing a. stamped envelope for reply. Rex. V. 8. Pat Off. OhtEGLMi Vfo'NCH IN DAMBTER. TriRfiftt? Of i ISOMll&loNGf fLORMaoCK-r Fort Lincoln Cemetery, ft COWlttW PECKEP IN f LOWERS,.. a- Alied Vbrid VarfatepoJ, mvi 11 TRIPST FRANCE CAfRVlHfl fWRlCftN 40LDIER4 nFTSR HSR CnnNHfrllnrT , HfiP VEEN CUT tk 7HROU6H , & GERMAN $&3oTAGE U f fed Wfv$ NoT VMCWKZ0 mv AFTER THE WAR... MrJCublM lrefit. let I0'!03& V. S. S. Pe Kalb Strange as It seems on the strength of pounding crankshaft sawed four-fifths through by German sa botageura hung the fate of thous ands of American soldiers who crowed the Atlantic on the U. S. S. De Kalb during the World War. Formerly the North German Lloyd liner, "Prince Eltel F'deieh,,, built In 1004, 16,000 gross tons, the De Kalb was one of 120 German ships Interned In the United States at the outbreak of the war with Ger many. The skeleton crews aboard these Boul Together inthe weTToKK? (GsttctoJ five ?H$otiimiZhm... .ships attempted to put them out of commission so that they would be rendered unfit for transport ser vice at least until Germany had time to gain an advantage in the conflict. The United States Navy Depart ment consequently found itself with the task of repairing smashed cylin der heads, scored bearings and other mechanical defects resulting from the sabotage. Strange as It seems, a complete going over of the De Kalb refused to disclose anything wrong with her, so she was placed Into transport servic and made 11 successful cross ings to France, carrying thousands of "doughboys" to the Big War. Confident that all was well, men and officers alike were blissfully un aware that the pounding vibrating crankshaft that drove them through the ocean waters was ready to shear off at any moment. Not until the end of the war was the damage discovered the Germans had craftily sawed four-fifths of the way through the shaft and filled the cut with grease to hide it I Tomorrow: Why did Emperor Ti berius wear a laurel wreath in a' thunderstorm? roads, contended rail wages were ad vanced In 1020 because of large In creases In the cost of living after 1018, Fort also challenged compari sons of wage averages 18 years ago with those of today because "they were computed in a different man ner." Earlier, George M. Harrison, speak ing for a group of railroad brother hoods, contended the workres had public opinion behind them In their opposition to the wage cut. H. A. Enochs. Inst of the manage ment witnesses, told the board car riers were willing to be bound by arbitration under the federal rail road mediation act to settle the dis pute, but the brotherhoods declined. HeidForAuto Theft SALEM, Oct. 10 (AP) Three men charged with grand larceny In con nection with the theft, riddling with bullets, burning and sinking in the Willamette river of an automobile, were held here today. Nelson Gets Time COQUTLLE, Oct. 10. (AP) Henry Stanley Nelson, Portland salesman sentenced to nine years In prison for manslaughter, was granted 30 days In which to petition for a new trial yesterday when his attorney, George Mowry, appeared before Circuit Judge J. T. Brand. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken wtnduws reasonably Trowbridge Cab inet Works. NO USE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS I I..1. 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