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Tbp handsome woman tn the
valid chatr bad been talking angrily
M. JONQUELLE. greatest of Trench
entered the beautiful,
oman tqtro
detectives,
Italian terrace
duced her compan
MARTIN PILL ARP. an .American
and learned that the great detective
thf house inTranct 1 "owned''bs DU
lard had burned to the Jcround.
Fhe explained that the bouse was
filled with priceless etchings
Dillard was copying. During Dillard s
absente, when she was la charge, ahe i
me«.w.™Lto*rèd r " h ' r *
The flame of her candle ignited the |
cobwebs m the cellar and in a moment |
the whole place was in flames.
which
CHAPTER III.
"In terror, I let myself sut of the ,
flaming house." the woman cot)-,
tinued.
"As the basement of this house
was without windows, the fire was
not discovered until I had gotten en
tirely out of the neighborhood of the
Faubourg St. Germain.
•ercome. po numbed by
* I was #p
this incredible disaster that 1 did
1
pot atop to consider any result.
to con
iühed tn escape from Tari
1 thought
somewhere.
©f this villa, hut I did nor dare to
take the train from Gare de l.yon.
I traveled in a motor, winding south- I
ward from France, not directly, in
order to confuse anyone who might j
endeavor to follow."
Again she touched her mouth with
the lace handkerchief. There was a 1
faint red stain on It. She looked at I
the etain. but without emotion, and
presently added.
"But I did not succeed.
Monsieur
Hillard and Monsieur .Tonquelle have
been able to trail me here with an
equal facility, it seems, and within
almost the same period of time,
can not have managed
with discretion."
my travel
8he stopped abruptly. For a mo
ment there was silence.
The
two
men beside her did not move, hut
rhelr aspect changed. The
icsn seemed to relax; his
Amer
tense
energy to ehb. The menace in him
changed to an aspect
f dimmer; on
ntrarjr. there came into the
posture of Monsieur Jonque lie a
certain tensenens. He spoke, ad
dressing the American.
"Monsieur."' he said, "is it f
that the basement room of this
house was thus hung with cn/h
U*erhs ?*'
The man replied as though hie
jaws were ssjff.
"Ye*." he raid, "the whole rotten
... . - ... . .
ceiling was hung with them. I al
ways went In with an çleçtrlç flash
— a çandle.- -«nod God! What
acridant!"
Monsieur Jonquelle arose.
"Monsieur," he said, "tht* was no
an
•ccMcnt. I will show you."
Thei vlba had been long closed. 1 n
sects had had their will with it. He
w.nt«v.r .o » *hu(t»r, unhooks It
,
swung it a little open, removed an
T ._. . . . .
immense cobweb, and came back to
Tb# border of the terrace.
The. American amazed and in a
profoilml lnt-rwt. m*v*d to whorr
h* toned on th#> border of the terraoe
of ore the women in the rhatr. Thf
roman alone eeemed beyond any
ed nor
She neither
She emlled vastiely, main
I concern.
I spoke,
Itaining her .posture of repose.
■ American could not conceal his pro
The
found Interest.
"Not an accident!" he said. "What
\ do you mean?"
Monaimr Jonquelle held the web
k a m^trh. and
with the flame.,
The fllamente
web shrive ed a little under
touched the web
There was n° flash.
»of th»
(the hoai
» "I m»nn." wtid Monairur Jon
'itliipllf, "that a apldpr-wfb ia not in
' flammahlr. and. th-rrforr. th* ha»*
ent ®f thta hou»* could not hav*
the flame
of a
After that two events seemed to
happen as though they were timed
The woman laughed, and the infur
iated American hinged toward her;
hut Monsieur Jonquelle's foot caught
his ankle with a swift outward turn
and the man plunged headlong on
the terrace. He got a heavy fall, for
^nken Are from
|c»andie."
all the vigor of the infuriated crea
rture wao in action
I Wh*t followed seemed to attend
with an equal swiftness. The two
of the Princess Kitzenof
ver* the prostrate figure. In
stantly his hands and fret were se
fcured; a gag was in his mouth, and
*! h p v had removed him.
[»font m'
* It was all like a flawlec* scene In
drama, rehearsed to a perfection
detail. In thirty seconds it was
ended
"Monsieur." «aid
.
the woman In
I'-the chair, "you are very clever, and
» your agents are perfect."
r . 8he did not move during the whole
gylolenre of the vr*. n e. and her voire
*was now in no whit changed. Tt
y he same detarhed,|
voice. She
unemotional ,
loved her hand« from
was
"MORE DIRFXTORIES
FAP C AFT IfDDADV
run Vs Ur u Linn An I
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b Tw« l»*sr* parkin* *»»*» flllrfl
with volume» for th* library of rity
pdlremori** maintained by the Cham
ber of Commerce at It offic*» In th*
dstPnnt Buildin*. w*re re**lv*d
"today.
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of th* dlr»*torl*». all of
im* from R. I., Polk * Co.,
which
Inc., publl*h*rp. New Vnrk. will r*
0 place other* of earlier date already
on file, hut a number of them are ;n
tirely new
The dlrertorie» kept by theCham
«l>er *f Commerce, includin* those
la-eceivpd today/, cover T21 cltie* and
gfon« of th* country. They ar* open
for ue* by th* *»n*ra.l public daily
. ?*»*pt Sunday Th* cito* repre
".*nt*d by the directories received
°:odav are a» follow»:
n
Atlantic .City, Bridge
Akron p
teport. Conn. Carpden. N. J ; Colum
>us. O ; Dayton O.; Duluth, Minn :
^5up*rior Wi#.; Harrisburg. Pa.; 1n-i
lianapoli# lnd.. Kansas Ciry, Mo.
i the arms of the chair and extended,
{''-'them. the slender wrist.® together,
j , Do me. also to accept
the (fay# d amour of the Serv*ce de
j a g ure te?"
once rep!'
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lighted a clgaret. and he remained
1 for some moments like a man at
i vou destroy this house In the
Faubourg St. Germain""
| The woman replaced her hands on
| the ann8 of <he cha r
Monsieur Jonquelle did not at
He went back to hie chair. He
ease Then he spoke.
"Tell/me, madame " he said, "why,
"Monsieur." she »raid "at the end
of life, in the facj of n death that is
, inevitable I have suddenly come to
realize a thing that has been an In
! scrutable mystery to me."
She extended her hand, on which i
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Instantly
Were Secured.
Ills
was a plain, narrow, worn,
hand
gold
This bra I
•let." she said, "worth
a dozen francs.
t the,
perhap*
•as given
me by ran
Verla in, a boy who
He was killed
|
ved
Marne."
She
moved her hand,
an immense
t a k n g
of pearl«,
p
neeklai
matched
nd priceless, thn*» hung al
her knees.
"was
He
"This
given
necklace." she said,
e by Fount de l«amare.
was killed In the great allied ad
vance on the Somme."
tVyo . -
place about her
villa" said
She extended her hand to include
warn
me by the Marquis d« Nord,
died ait Verdun."
given
He
"Monsieur." she said. "!. a child
of Mont matte, an
She paus'd.
I pa ehe
called
' from the effect of mv
'Casque d'<
H B|
' "L'^' .'l'" up ," 1 n, ° , " rh " »«£
tne head-dreps of Minerva- !
. . , ...
had faith m nothing.
vhi
realized tha*
these men—Paul Verlnl
me, and who also lov*d life; C
I de [«amare. who loved
loved pleasure; the Marquis dej
I Nord, who loved me. and wh
loved power—these men loved
thing more than me.
pleasure, or power; loved it tnfln te
wh.
loved
nt
rt , hn
•
j
nie»
ab
SOI
life
ly more; l
ved it beyond any
imparlson. for they
these things and w<*nî~~ eagerly
death for it.
tire of
left
to
"I thought ahmif it, monsieur,
obsessed me."
n
X-^Rir*. »» tho.iç^ eh*
Iift*'ii t
She suddenly rose a* with a single
been
had
her feet bv invisible hands./
'Then suddenly, monsieur. with/
a flash of vis on on that night when
I was alone in the house in the
Faulhnurg Ht. Germaine, I under—i
that the !
*tood (hi* thin» -I »aw
work in which Monsieur Hillard was'
engaged--fhat the prints with which |
the house was literally
would help to destroy the very thing
which these men. Paul Verlatn
Count de l»amare, and the Marqui«
de Nord had given their lives to j
save." %
she spoke with a sudd«
vigor,
packed —
l. eager
"If would help fn
—and therefore. 1 t
flestrny Kr^'nc* :
k » candi* in
my hand and burned it.
Ho you
what the valuable prints were
kno
with which this house in the Fati
bourg St. Germain was crowded on
that- night ?"
"I do.* replied Monsieur Jonquelle
"Or T should not have taken these
elaborate precautions to .secure the
American. Dillard.
"The house ii
the Faubourg Ht. I
Germain was packed with counter-!
feit notes of all the h ich -denomina- j
tion paper currency of the French
Republic, printed, by thi« man. from,
plates etched ^hv the German en- |
graver. Wagetthelm of Munich."
"The Girl in the Picture." another
brilliant triumph nf M. .*»»nquelle.
will begin in our next Issue.
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held Mass.. Wilmington. N r. and
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I.ICF. AND GOOD RAYS:—
that will love life and
aee *ood day», let him refrain
hl» ton*ue from evil, and his
lips that they »peak no guile.
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STANLEY
YOUJt LAST NAME
Cspyrlght, 1920, by The McClur» Newspaper Syndicat*
BY MARY MARSHALL 1)11 IKE
VOFR LAST NAME
IS IT RODGERS?
Though Rogers and Rodgers are
identical in derivation there is s
distinction
Rogers
Hies, n
p in New England, while
spelling
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borne by several fa
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followed hv a North f'arolinA family,
vas
of note.
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members of the family
brothers. George Washington Rod-!
and John Rodgers, sons of »
army officer. John
born in Hartford
in 1771, and
vn
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Bpvolutiona r>*
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county.
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ras different than
why they call this Mix-up Gave,
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it brightly lighted. The first thing he saw was a big pnrrot.
4« id. "Hello, Polly," and the btrd turned around. You can »
how surprised Jack
A noise at a big door suddenly startled the
turned and scampered away. The noise wa« a
he had lack thought maybe eome poor animal
animals, so he derided to open the door.
for him. Continued.
parrot-cat and he
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drfwnqo of Baltimore in 1814. He
was »»ffered the position of sccretarv
of the navy by President Monroe in
ISIS, hut declined.
the Mod it errs nen
the senior
States Navy.
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squadron for
vhen he died ho was
offlci •• in the
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and died i
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Washington
Rodgers
was
pher Raymond Perry Rodgers, horn.
In ISRi. He was a naval
mander active in the Civil War.
Of the same family was James
Webb Rodgers horn in Hillsborough.
ln ihn CnnfpdPi-ate army
L-on . 1 », r.dk H»
removed to England, where h»
rr'Vlr 'ï;z:
and on his return 1 *ame a iaw\er
and practiced law with success In
Washington. He was also a promt
n nt promofore of telegraph expan
eion and an author of considerable
Uy was
served
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Bishop
note.
Of a different Rodgers fa
John Rodgers, who
Boston in
Th»mas
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in
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Rodgers, who. with
tfe Elizabeth, came from London
land. in 1721.
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Pennsylvania.
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Rodgers bevante n clergyman. He
spent some time in Georgia and
a chaplain in the Revolution.
was
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ADVENTURES OF THE
TWINS
Fy Olive Roberts Burton
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»Imped Ihmim* «lion* Mother lived.
I It turned out that Scarecrow did
! not have Mother Gooao'a broom af
ter all.
For when Nancy and Vick flew
thrir Green Shoe« to the rhoco
:ofr i
; late drop shaped houae where Moth
i er Gnose lived on a very hiirh hill,
and told her that Scarecrow had a
new supply of arms and
new backbone, all made
broomsticks, she shook her head.
"You say his arms a
of a blue broomstick, and his back
bone out of a red one and hia *un
°ut of a yellow broomstick with
srreen stripes!" repeated the old
lady. ^
e?s and
out of:
made out
"That's
He
• Yes,"
right.
answered Nancy.
And he feels awfully,
said to tell you that you could fiave
it hack if it
st him his life."
Mother Goose smiled kindly,
She
(To He Continued)
(Copyright. IÎ) 22. NKA Service.)
patted her black
t and lifted her
biggest irons* up onto her knee be
* DEEP WATERS
AT W
• A Lawyer or a Lover
07 dii 1 .
By Zoe Beckley
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After 19 years of married life the
tedium of matrimony had become in
joHN b BARRETT, amcesaful architect
He decides that the breaking point has
been reached Vow. middle-aged, he
must be freed of ties if he is ever to
enjoy life to the full. He announces |
this to his wife.
ANITA, and tells her that he loves ;
MYRA DKAN. a woman of the world, j
s that Anita has I
one too pleased with life in the past
After counter-accusa
tions of lack of sympathy and ap
Barrett 1 rs
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tion found his. house in ruins and
<*burch demolished, as it had
been used as a barrack for soldiers.
His
,, ... . . .
•if* Elixaheih, <ta<ivht.r Of
His second
Fnlonel
P**ter Bavard.
ridow. Mary Grant.
v i f -. a
fore replyi
".Vo. nor
ng.
e of the hroomatirks that '
Scarecrow has can be mine." «he
said.
"For. being magical, my
hroomatick tlirna every color of the ■
rainbow.
It take* on the color of ;
the sky wherever I happen to he. ao
that I cannot he seen from the,earth
a'and mistaken for a bird by some
venturesome hunter. If the sky is
If It la blue.
gray, so is my broom,
my broomstick instantly becomes
the same shade.
"If I am out in a glowing sunset,
the broom becomes crimson, and if
it storms, my steed becomes black
as night.
not to worry about his poor bones.
He may keep them ail, for none of
them belong to me."
OfT went »he Twins to tell;Scare
crow the good news.
Go and tell Scarecrow
P rec,x,,o„. Rar re„ B „„ ,« hl . *.<
torne.v to arrange for a divorce.
. — -
w ' ,h his wife's words ringing in j
his ears, John Barrett taxied to town
and ascended to the skvserane* of
r . r . of , Vlrl . pn a ** P , . nf
? f fx * " a ^ rp o. attorney-at-law. ;
^rren was a man you instinctivfly
thought of as attorney-at-law rather
word. I
than plain 1;
'.ver. He never per-,
mitt*»d "motion to expre*
k or ma
strongly about «o
often, he
until he could do «
he did it
iiself in.
nner When be felt
mething. which was
id nothing • but
vaited
lething. Thtvn
Warren and Barrett had been
"Jack" an-1 "R*x ' ,hro„ Bh rh* yoar, |
of their after-college intimacy. Rut
now. as Barrett was ushered Irfto
the lawyer's office the atmosphere
chilled.
"Warren—you will want to be my
wife's attorney in our—divorce ac
tion."
evident,
glance, but
prise.
"Only If your wife asks me, Bar
Barrett's embarrassment was
Warren shot him a keen
showed no other sur
"She will—after I've cleared the
ground for it. There's a lot of clear
in* to be done. Under our benefi
cent laws. If two people decently
want to part.'that's not enough. One
of the two must make a scoundrel
of himself.''
"And you want me
'to help you make—a
Tou
I take It,"
said Warren,
ant me
scoundrel of yourself,
to connive at collusion '
to help—Anita."
"I want you
"Someone ha? to Mart this thin?,
and it's sot to be me.' said Barrett
• alked it over.
Anita Just told me she
"We've
harshly.
never fear
wouldn't change things If she could.
I. I should
She'd don*».
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"Will you explain—the rnipltasls
on th«* you?"
think you'd want to make ft as little
distressing for her as possible."
Warren rose.
y „,. VPl and , nçappd
"VfirUinly,'' «aid BarroN
rlnr.ly, -I m p ;in that you will not '
grieve t„ Anita , r „ p nf mp ..
w h . t i , h mk
y°u. that s correct."
"And equally correct."
gave a „hört, mirthless ' laugh, "of
*' hat >'° ,J fppI ^°r her.
as well fare things."
The la «ver v>x,ia u. i Ä i ,
™ hi? look steadily
as if measuring blows
characteristic
awav
"Will you e T pi a | n —the emphasis
nn the 'you?'"
•The two
•ere standing close, their
dls
Barrett
We might
Then with
.self-control, turned
"|f M
Barrett should ask
to act for her." he said, seating him
self at' the desk, "f shall do
for what
so. A S
you say—Whether true .
lie—I shall do all I can to hinder
this divt
"Fa ir
enough, perhaps," snapped
Barrett, and the door closed sharolv
behind him. P J
(To Be Continued)
( Copyright.