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FFRIDAY EVENING, MAT 16, 19H.
THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT
The proposed flight of American naval men across
the Atlantic in seaplanes lacks something of the spec
tacular nature of the flight In airplanes which the Brit
ish pilots have been waiting a month to undertake. The
seaplanes are to essay the flight by way of the Azores,
along a course marked at intervals of fifty miles by de
stroyers. The seaplane is so constructed that it can
alright upon moderately calm water, so that in case of
need a "landing" can be effected anywhere unless the
water is very rough, and there is the possibility in such
cases of making at least minor repairs and resuming the
journey. Provided the air craft is not forced out of its
course it will at no time be more than 25 miles distant
from a destroyer, and, except perhaps in case of fog, a
destroyer will always be in sight. The use of destroyers,
too, solves the problem of fuel supply, as tanks can be
refilled at sea under ordinary conditions. The crossing
of the Atlantic in this manner may, therefore, resolve
itself into a series of short flights, each of which is no
longer than many that have been taken over land.
Far different is the attempt to cross in a craft which
cannot even alight on water without grave danger of
immediate destruction to both plane and passengers,
where the course is unmarked and aid not at hand—
where, in short, the feat must be accomplished in one
long flight or not at all.
The world awaits, of course, the non-stop flight
across the ocean, and that flight will be made, although
perhaps not before some lives have been lost in the at
tempt. The plan adopted by our naval aeronauts is the
less spectacular, the safer, and probably the more serv
iceable of the two. Experience will be gained in this
flight, and that experience will aid in the complete so
lution of the problem. If the Wrights had chosen to
make their first glide from a mountain peak they might
have been acclaimed as daring men, but the world
might have had no flyers today.
THE WINNIPEG STRIKE
The city of Winnipeg is tied up in a strike which,
at this moment, seems to be increasing rather than
diminishing in magnitude. Most of the people who have
quit work have no grievances of their own of which they
complain. The strike had its origin in disagreements
between certain employes in specific lines of industry
and their employers. Settlement was not reached, and
a general sympathetic strike was called. The majority
of the strikers h/ivc ceased work in order to enforce
the demands of persons in other lines, demands with
the justice or injustice of which the vast majority of
the strikers must, of necessity, be utterly uninformed.
Yet the activities of a great city of a quarter of a mil
lion petple are brought to a standstill and incalculable
loss and suffering are entailed because of a disagree
ment of whose merits most of the strikers know noth
ing.
It is easy to recognize the deplorable features of
such a strike. It is not so easy to point the way to a
remedy. Aside from the peculiar economic features of
the case, we have the fact that, just as in international
relations we have to contend with men who urge war
because they fatten on war, so in the field of industry
there are those who cncourage strikes because they fat
ten on striken, or because they are so constituted that
they can breathe best in an atmosphere of turbulence.
That adds to the difficulties of the problem. To accept
as a solution the application of the doctrine of force is
unthinkable. It matters not whether it is the force that
would deprive the wage earner of the right to present
his demands and to have them granted if they are found
reasonable, or that which would compel the granting
of those demands regardless of their reasonableness.
Kelief must lie in the development of methods by which
demands and grievances will be automatically investi
gated by persons whose character will command respect,
and the prompt acceptance of the judgment of such
persons when their decisions are made known.
DESTRUCTION SOT THE FIRST STEP
The address delivered by W. G. J/ee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at Columbus is full of
sound sense and straight Americanism Mr Lee, speaking
for his great organization, says that it believes heart and
ooul in the American government, and that it has no
sympathy with that school of thought which holds it
necessary to destroy a nation in order to improve it. The
address was vigorous slap in the face to those voluble
persons who pose as friends of the working man and of
the common people who maintain that the world is all
wrong, the nation is all wrong, the government is all
Wrong, and everything has gone to the devil, and that
the- proper course to pursue is to smash everything that
exists and begin all over again. Mr Lee does not main
tain that we have reached a state of perfection, but he is
convinced that we have developed some things that are
worth ^keeping. Expressed in forceful language, his
thought is, In substance, that the course of wisdom is to
make the best of what we have, and to improve it as
**pWly and safely as possible. ,- $
FOCH OH THE JOB
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The dispatches tell u* that Marshal Foch baa been
making a tour of the various army headquarters on the
yeoman front, with a view to taking such military meas
Vgjjpr aa may be necessary in case the Germans'refuse to
-s the poacs treaty. The military terms oftlM armtt-
Vara arranged by Marshal Foeh. in oonferaneo with
repreosptatlv^Sotthe'otliir
approbation of the
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meant German annihilation. The Germans wished to
avoid that, and they were accommodated. If they wish
the fighting to be resumed, they can be accommodated'
again.
THOSE FOURTEEN POINTS
On January g, 19 lg, President Wilao- enunciated his
now famous fourteen points, which he d"«cribed as con
stituting the program of peace for which the United
States fought, and in support of which It was associated
with the great democratic nations of the world. Accept
ance of the principles then declared was subsequently
made by the representative men of the major nations as
sociated with us in the war. Germany asked for peace
negotiations on the basis of the fourteen principles, and
in making her specific request for an armistice announc
ed her full acceptance of that program. An armistice,
the terms of which were dictated by the Allies, went into
effect on November 11, and is now in force, having been
renewed from time to time while terms of pcace were
being considered at the Versailles conference. The victors
in the war have agreed on the terms, and have presented
them to Germany. The German public men (and two
North Dakota papers) denounce the peace terms as cruel
and inhuman, and specifically as a breach of faith in that
they are alleged to violate the principles set forth in the
president's fourteen points. The assumption is that the
United States, and its associates tricked the Germans into
an armistice by pledging themselves that they would con
clude a permanent peace on the basis of the fourteen
points used the interval to render their victim physically
and economically helpless and now propose to her a
peace in which the principles on which Germany relied
have no part, but which is a peace of conquest, of re
venge, and of practical annihilation.
Let us see. Without going into the precise language
of the fourteen points at this moment, they may be de
scribed as follows:
1. Relates to open covenants.
2. Refers to freedom of navigation.
3. Provides "so far as possible" for the remov
al of economic barriers.
4. Relates to the reduction of armament.
5. Colonial claims. Provides that in arrang
ing for the future of colonies the interests of the
populations affected shall have equal weight with
the claims of the government whose title is to be de
termined.
6. Provides for the evacuation of Russian ter
ritory and declares that the other nations must aid
Russia in the work of rehabilitation.
7. Declares for the independence and complete
sovereignty of Belgium.
8. Provides for the evacuation sf French terri
tory, the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine, and the
righting of the wrong done to France.
9. Relates to Italian frontiers. Declares that
these frontiers must be fixed on the basi-, of nation
ality.
10. Provides for the freedom of the peoples in
the empire of Austria-Hungary to enjoy autonomous
development.
11. Relates to the independence of the Balkan
states.
12. Deals with Turkey and declares for the
opening of the Dardanelles.
13. Provides for an independent Polish state,
'•with free and secure access to the sea."
14. Declares for a League of Nations.
There we have enumerated the fourteen points
which were presented as the essential program of peace.
But the democracies of the world were fighting, not for
a program, but for a principle. That principle has been
stated repeatedly, and in various forms, by the statesmen
of our own nation and its associates, and while the lan
guage was varied, there has always been entire agree
ment as to the substance. In the very speech in which
he listed his fourteen points President Wilson set forth
that principle in. these words:
What we demand in this war, therefore, is noth
ing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be
made fit^nd safe to live in and particularly that it
be made safe for every peace-loving nation which,
like our own, wishes to live its own life, determine
its own institutions, be assured of justice and fair
dealing by the other peoples of the world as against
force and selfish aggression.
That is the principle for whifch we and our friends
fought, and for which the Germans had ample notice
that we fought. The fourteen points were, as they pur
ported to be, essential terms of a program by means of
which this principle should be given effect. If the prin
ciple be accepted such additions to the program must be
made as may be necessary to carry out the purpose.
Before the armistice was signed, even before its
terms had been prepared, President Wilson served notice
on Germany that no conditions would be considered that
would in any way impair the military advantage possess
ed by the Allies. The fourteen points do not cover that,
and the Germans were at liberty to sign or not to sign,
as they saw fit. Yet the Germans signed, with their eyes
wide open, and accepted terms which not only did. not
impair, but which vastly increased the military advan
tage of the Allies. They knew the full purpose and effect
of the armistice terms, and they accepted them.
Let the reader glance over the list of fourteen points
given above and determine with which of them the peace
terms recently presented are at variance. The position
of the Germans seems to be (and they have th® concur
rence of their North Dakota newspaper supporters) that
they wish to-constitute the fourteen points as a full and
complete peace treaty. They are willing to accept—or
they say they are—every specific item listed in the four
teen points, but nothing that is not included in them.
That would be charming—for Germany. In that case
there would be no return of loot, no compensation for
wantonly deatroyed property,! no trial of men responsible
for outrages, no assumption by the Germans of any pgr
tion of the war coats thus far borne by Germany's vic
tims, and, above all, no assurance that Germany would
not immediately begin effective preparations for anottter
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ward each other, is used in
principla. which is sought to ba •stabli*tied.
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We moat bave a peace which gives full effect to the
principle enundkted'fer th« president in introducing the
fourteen points. But we will not bave a peace in w'hlch
that particular list of items, intended largely as a *«Tit
for the conduct of respeotfd^ and resp«wtable nationa to
order to defeat the vary
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Synopsis qf PreTiooa Chatpers.
Pauline Carrington, rich, ugly and
dlsapirainteAMjith life, quarrels with
her niece /Pauline Stuart, and her sec
retary, Anita Frayne. After a walk In
the conservatory with Count ChaTller,
with whom she is infatuated, there are
more quarrels and she orders the girls
to leave the house. She, then, prepares
for bed. Her valuable jewels are left
on the dressing table.
The next .morning Pauline finds her
aunt dead. The body is seated before
the dresfiing' table dressed in an Ori
ental robe. When the doctor arrives, bought.
he .says the woman was-killed by a
blow on' the head. Anita apparently is
anxious to insinuate that Pauline did
the killing. Later it! develops that
death was due to poisoning.
At the inquest. Pauline is called as a
witness, but. does not incriminate her
Breathlessly, Fleming Stone waited
the answer. Miss Carrington had
said this to the person who was with
her behind* her closed door at one
o'clock! Could the Count be going to
incriminate himself?
"Not to me only. She said it to all
who were present, it was while we
were playing bridge."
"She said it,again to the man who
killed her!"
"Of that I "know nothing." said
Count Charlier politely.
"Bother!" said Fleming Stone, in
audibly.
XV.
PAULINE'S PURCHASE.
Alone, Fleming Stone wrestled with
the problem of the giving of that poi
son.
The library at Garden Steps had
been turned over tq him for a study
and no one entered the room unless
summoned. Stone sat At the ma
hogany table-desk, but his eyes rest
ed unseeingly on the beautiful fittings
of polished silver and glass. On a
memorandum block he wrote down
the names of possible and probable
suspects. To be sure, he thought,
every one in the house might be
deemed possible, as well as some who
were not in* the house. But each one
must be taken into consideration.
To begin with the most important.
Miss Stuart It was possible that she
poisoned her aunt, but so improbable
as to'make it exceedingly unlikely.
True, she-was heir to half the for
tune, but well-bred, well-nurtured
young wpmen do not commit crime to
inherit their money sooner. Except
for that conversation reported by An
ita Frayne, there was not a shred of
evidence against Miss Stuart. And
Stone did not place implicit confidence
in that story of the talk behind closed
doors. He had discovered that the
two girls were not friendly and he
knew Anita capable of making up or
coloring a tale to suit herself. Paul
ine had told him that she was in the
hall-window seat at one o'clock that
night and had seen Anita coming
from Miss Carrington's room. 'Or, to
put it more carefully, she had seen
her with her hand on the door-knob,
in the act of closing the door after
her. This Pauline had told to Stone,
with an air of such verity and truth
fulness that he was fain to believe
her. However, in all honeBty, he had
to admit to himself, that Miss^ Stuart
could have given the poison in some
secret way, had qhe so desired. The
same was true, though,, of Miss
•Frayne, of Haviland and of the vari
ous. house servants. But where could
any of them get it?
Again there were the Count and
Mrs. Frothingham to be considered.
In fact, there, were too many suspects
to decide among, without further evi
dence.
"Any luck?" Stone asked of Hardy,
who came in to report.
"No, Mr. Stone. I've raked the
drug shops ^thoroughly, and there's
no trace of a sale of aconittae. It's
practically impossible to buy such a
substance. I mean, for the ordinary
customer."
"Yet somebody did."
"I suppose'so.- -But. doesn't it limit
the field of search to t-ealise that it
couldn't have been a servant or either
of the young ladies?"
"Why neither of th«t young ladies?"
"But how could they gat it?'.'
"Why not aa well as any one else?
And somebody did."
"Theft somebody stoW^ft. Nobody
bought it. I'm positive of that, now
I've learnefl bow impossible it is to
make such purchase
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self or ^anyone_else.^i Estetle. the maid, ing to the doctor's statements. Well,
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is questioned regarding bromide found
in the milk. Gray Haviland fails to
throw any light on the crime. Anita
told of hearing voices in Miss Carring
ton's room She thought it was the
count. Pauline doubted, whereupon An
ita said she saw Pauline come 'from the
room. Pauline denied this and said An
ita came from the room.
Bates told.of going in through the
window Esteele had opened for him. He
went there to steal the jewels, but
\yhen he saw Miss Carrington's body Garden Steps, and 1 was never invit'
in the chair, he thought she was awake
and struck her over the head with his!
Stone begins to unravel the poison
mystery. After a talk with the family
physician, he comes to the conclusion
And bow
could those -'girls steal 'it?"
"I don't know, Hardy, but my point
is, why couldn't they steal it if any
body could? You're denying their
ability to steal the poison, because
you don't want to suspect them. And
neither dp I, but we must look this, the next steamer,
thing squarely in the face.. Somebody
managed to gat that aoonitlne and ad.
minister to Miss Carrlnjrton secret
ly, and-it la for ua to find out who did
It—who could do lt, irt the face of al
most insuperable obstacle!. But It Is
sale let's'Uttrt (rtfR-sama other point
•orety, tfela «aae, With its unique cir
cumstaaea* «feife masy ways ta look
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"THE CURVED BLADES"
By CAROLYN WELLS, Author of "Vicky Van," Etc.
for evidence. What strikes me most
forcibly is the costume of the lady.
Not so much the gown—I believe she
was fond of elaborate boudoir robes
—but the array of jewelry, the glit
tering scarf and the snake. Most of
all, the snake. That, of itself, ought
to point directly to the true solution,
and I believe it does, only we're too
blind to see it. I'm going to work on
that snake clue, and to help, I wish
you'd go at once to all the possible
shops where It might* have been
It may not be traceable and
then, again, it may. And. the strange
fact of her sitting idly before the mir
ror when she died! Whoever gave her
the poison was there on the spot,
must have been—for it's sure enough
that she didn't take it herself, accord-
tjle mur(jerer waa
Charlier denied being the room. He
did not know that Miss Carrington's
will left him $10,000 in bonds. Mrs.
Prothlngham tells of seeing a burglar
leave the house, and, after Stephen II
Isley had testified, she admitted going
into the Carrington home on the night
of the murder. A glove found on the
body is found to belong to "the count.
in oeiong 10 ine couni. Thneo
The .iury fails to fix the blame for the! served it was fresh and new. Those
flimsy paper things show handling
mighty quickly. Find out who bought
the thing, and we've a start in the
right direction."
murder.
Hardy, the detective, thinks the count
is implicated despite Anita's protesta
tions. Haviland does not think the
count was the murderer. Fleming Stone
the great detective, is given the case.
After an investigation, he seemed con
vinced that the murder was done by an
ordinary thug. In questioning Estelle,
Stone secures an admission to the effect
that a man named Bates was in Miss
Carrington's room that night. Estelle
admitted letting Bates in and out and
also to fixing the milk, which Miss
Carrington did not drink. Bates was
found at the boarding house. He pro
tested his innocence, declaring the wo
man was dead before he reached her.
right there with
her, and she not only made no out
cry but continued to look smiling and
happy, it was surely some one she
knew and in whom she had all confi
dence. Perhaps this person urged her
to eat the sandwich—oh, pshaw,
that's all plausible enough—but, the
snake! That's the bizarre clue that
must lead somewhere. And it shall!
I'll ferret out the mystery of that pa
per snake or my name's not Stone!
Go to it. Hardy! Rake the Japanese
shops and department stores, but find
out who bought it. It isn't old. ob­
Hardy went off on his errand and
Stone went over to have a talk with
Mrs. FrothinghanV.
The widow was amiable but non
committal. She was highly incensed
at the arrest of the Count, but felt
confident he would be liberated in a
few days. She replied warily to
Stone's questions, but admitted licr
presence in the house on the fatal
evening.
"You see," she said, in a confi
dential way, "I was lonely. The
Count had gone so often of late to
ed, that think was a
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]itt]e jealous."
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black-jack. Then, he discovered she Miss carrington. askea btone,
was dead. He '(fed without taking any
jewelry. Stone, Haviland and Hardy
discuss the count's connection with
the crime. Haviland thinks his guilty.
Stone starts to determine who pur
chased the poison.
that the poison was placed in the sand- The great door stood a little ajar and
wich which Was served Miss Carrington
in her room. Suspicion points tq Count
Charlier or teome member of the fam
ily. Stone questions the count, who
admits that he walked with Miss Car
rington in the conservatory the night
of the murder. He admitted hinting at
marriage. It was on that walk that
Miss Carrington told him of bequeath
ing him $10,000.
CHAPTER XIV—(Continued.)
"What did she mean by saying
'tomorrow all will be different'?"
"That I do not know. Could she
have meant
"She did say it, then? Tou admit
she said it to you?"
askod
Stone
Of Miss Carrington?
quickly.
"Yes," said Mrs. Frothingham.
frankly "and of Miss Stuart, and of
the Count's intimacy over there. I
had never even been in the house. So
I went over there and looked In the
windows. I saw them playing cards
and later strolling about the rooms.
I cautiously stepped inside. It was
vulgarly curious, but it was no crime.
As I stood in the hall I saw some one
approaching, and stepped up a few
steps of the staircase. It was all
so beautiful that I looked at the
tapestries and decorations. I remem
ber thinking that if any one chal
lenged me, I should tell the truth,
and say that I came in to look, as a
neighbor ought to have a right to
do."
"Never mind the ethics of the case,
Mrs. Frothingham, stick to facts. Did
you go upstairs?"
"No, indeed, only up four or 'five
steps, just to the turn of the stair
case."
"But Mr. Illsley saw you coming
down."
"Only those ffew steps. He couldn't
have seen me coming from the top of
the stair, for I didn't go up so far."
"You spoke of being jealous of Miss
Stuart. Why?"
"Because Count Charlier is in love
with her."
"With Miss Stuart?"
"Tes he was making up to Miss
Carrington for her money, but he is
really in love with Miss Stuart."
Mrs. Frothingham shook her head
doggedly, 'as if determined to tell this,
even though it should redound to the
Count's discredit. And it did.
"Then,"
said
Fleming Stone, "that
adds motive to the theory of the
Count's guilt. If he is in love with
Miss Stuart, might he not have been
tempted to put Miss Carrington out of
the way, that Miss Stuart should in
herit the fortune, and be the bride of
his choice?"
"Ineed, yes, that is a possibility,"
and Fleming Stone saw at last, that
this woman either suspected the
Count's guilt or wished to make it
appear so.
Again, the sudden thought struck
him, suppose she was so jealous of
the Count's attentions to Miss Car
rington, that she went to Garden
Steps with the intent of killing the
lady. Suppose she did go upstairs,
although she denied it, and put the
poison in the sandwich. Surely, she
had opportunity. Surely, she would
now deny it.
Fleming Stone sighed. He hated a
case where the principal witnesses
were women. One never could tell
when they were lying. A man, now,
was much more transparent and his
evidence more easily weighed.
However, if this woman desired to
turn suspicion toward Count Charlier,
it was either because she suspected
him, or was Implicated herself. In
either case, her word was not worth
much, and Stone soon took his leave
to hunt a more promising field.
Returning to Garden Steps, he
found that Pauline had received a
letter from her cousin in Egypt.
"I am afraid," she said, as she
handed Stone the letter to read, "that
my cousin Carr will think we are not'
accomplishing much. Read the let
ter, Mr. Stone, and if you say so,- I
will asjc Mr. Loria to come homei"
Glad to. read the' letter from this
half heir to the Carrington fortune,
Stone took the sheet. It ran:
Dear Polly:
The awful shock of Aunt Lucy's
death leaves me without words to tell
you what I feel for you in your dark
hours. What can I say in the face of
such a horror? I wish I were there
with you to help you bear It all: For
on you comes the brunt of the pub
licity and all the harrowing details
that^muat be attended to. If you s&y
so, I will return to America at once.
But unleaa I can be of definite assist
ance or real comfort to you, personal
ly, I vfould rather not go over jus't
now. I'm Just starting on a wonder
ful piece of work here. No less thsin
excavating—but I won't take time to
tell of It now. I'll write you about it
later, if I don't go to you. This is a
short note to catch the mail, and
reach you aa soon aa possible. Re
member, aa I write, I have only your
first twp cables, and know nothing of
details. I eagerly await your letters.
Why don't you follow out your plan of
coming over hart in February?. Leave
till business matters in Havl!and*s
hands, and gef away from.tbe scene
of the tragedy. Of course, aa I cabled
Gray, get the beat poaslble detective
experts on the case. gpar£ no ex
pense, apd charge all to me. Surely,
we want to find and punish the slayer
of Aunt Lucy, and I repeat, if yop, for
any reaaon, want me to, I will come
over at once. Cable, and I will take
kTj
you doh't do
this, do write ma long letters and tell
line everything that la' happening..
Poor Aunt Lucy, know your lire
With Her waan't ail a bed of roses, but
I know how. saddened you are now,
and my heart goes out to you. Dear
Polly, command'me jAjuiyavJnr. -Jam
entlibljria^yw there.
If you come over here. I sJvVm Havi
land to stay there and- look after
things, know the balk of Am
Ioey'i fortfane ls divided between you
IfpjijjiWISflBMSjll
and me, and I want Gray to see to all
blatters connected with my share.
When he gets around to it, he can
send mo some money to further this
work I am engaged on here. But let
me know if you want me to come to
you. With all loving sympathy and
affection, Carr.
Fleming Stone pondered over this
letter. He had felt a certain curiosity
concerning this absent cousin, who
was heir to half the great fortune, and
so would have had a possible motive
for a crime that would seeure his in
heritance to him at- once. But there
was no possible way of connecting a
man in Egypt with a deed committed
in 'the victim's boudoir. Vague
thoughts of Loria's employing some
body to do the deed for him formed
themselves in Stone's mind, but were
soon dismissed as untenable. The
man Bates could not be a tool of any
body, and beside, he didn't kill the
lady. The poison did that. The
Count couldn't be a tool of any one.
He was too evidently his own master,
and whether guilty or not, was entire
ly on his own initiative. Oh, the
whole idea was absurd. The letter it
self was sufficient exoneration for
Loria. He was absorbed in his re
search work and ^though thoughtful
enough of Pauline's wishes, he was
apparently not anxious to have his
plans over there interrupted. He
wrote like a good all round chap, and
Fleming Stone could find no peg on
which to hang a suspicion in his case.
"A good letter," he commented, re
turning it to Pauline "what's your
cousin like?"
"In looks? A little like me, but
bigger and darker. He's a fine-look
ing man, and a kind-hearted one. I
shall advise him not to come home,
for I know how interested he is in his
work, and he can do no good here.
Can he, Mr. Stone?"
"Frankly, Miss Stuart, I don't see
how he can. 1 may as well admit to
you, the case seems to me a most
baffling one. The, assault with the
black-jack is, of course, accounted
for, but we have made no progress in
the matter of discovering the poison
er. I feel that the solution of the
mystery is closely connected with that
paper snake. Can you give me any
idea where the thing could have come
from Do you think Mks Carrington
bought it herself?"
"1 am sure she did not," returned
Pauline, but her voice and intonation
were such that Stone turned quickly
to look at her. She had gone pale,
and her eyea looked frightened. "Oh.
no," she went on, hurriedly, "Aunt
Lucy would .never buy such a thing.
She hated snakes."
"I know that, but she must have
gotten it somewhere. It is easier to
think she put it round her throat her
self than to think she let some one
else do it."
"Why do you say that?" and now
Pauline looked angry. "It is incredi
ble that she should have put that
thing round her own neck! What
could have induced her-to do it?"
"There seems to be no theory to fit
the f&cts," said Stone, wearily, "so we
must try to get some facts that may
suggest a theory. You think. Miss
Stuart, that you saw Miss Frayne
leaving Miss Carrington's room late
that night?"
"I know I saw her with her hand
on the doorknob," returned Pauline
steadily, and just then Anita herself
burst into the room.. "That is a
falsehood!" she crieci, and Her big
blue eyes flashed angrily "how could
you see me, when you were yourself
in Miss Carrington^room?"
This was what Stone had wanted, to
get these two girls at variance and
he helped along by saying, "Were
you, Miss Stuart?"
"Certainly not!" crlred Pauline.
"You were!" Anita flung back.
"Miss Carrington was talking to you!
She said she wished her face was as
beautiful as yours! To whom else
could she have said that? Surely not
to the Count! One doesn't call a man
beautiful. And we all know that Miss
Carrington admired your looks and
lamented her own lack of beauty."
"All that applies equally well to
yourself," and Pauline grazed steadily
at the blonde .beauty of Anita "Why
wasn't all that speech a dressed to
your own attractive face, and you re
peat it to incriminate me?"
Here was an idea. Stone wondered
if it could be that Anita was in the
boudoir and to turn suspicion from
herself tried to pretend she had heard
Pauline in there.
"And she said you were fond of
pearls!" went on Pauline. "Your ad
miration for. my aunt's pearls is an
open secret!"
It was. Often had Anita skid how
much she preferred the soft lustre of
pearls to the dazzling sparkle of other
gems.
"And she left you ten thousand dol
lars in her will," continued Pauline,
more as if thinking these things over
aloud than as If accusing Anita of
crime.
"Wait, Miss Stuart," cried Stone
what are you doing? Implying that
Miss Frayne had anything to' do with
the tragedy?"
"I am Implying nothing. I am try
ing to see how far the accustions she
makes against me will fit her own
case. You remember she said my
aunt proposed to leave my share of
the fortune to some one else, but
Carr's share must remain untouch
ed. Well, to whom else could sh^
think of giving my share, but to this
scheming girl who tried her best to
get my portion, but did not succeed?"
Anita struggled to reply, but words
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"V"' V*f'« .THE F.yiTiKn DO ttGHBOVS WISH, '1
I want to gef home where the skies are fair:
I want to get home to thefolks I know
I've had enough of this foreign air.
And the army life with its pomp and ahow
r? I'm glad I'came when the fight was on
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And I'd come again if they asked me to,
But I'm sick of the sights I must look upon,
I want,to get home now the war Is through.
1
'v Don't want to travel to Rbme or Nice.
iU' D®I*H want -.to gp .on a 'Irieaaur* -trip
I.may come back in the Vays o* peaoa^
4 .-^But I'll pay mg.way on a tony, ship.'
•ft':, There isn't a thing that I want.to do,
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EVENING EDITION.
would not come. furious, thaffel
could not articulate, she gurgl^p hj1
terically, when into the room? MPi°
Haviland and Hardy. Both looked ex
ceedingly grave, and Gray "St
once to Paulina a^ndVput his hand
kindly on her shoulder. Then he
suddenly caught sight of Anita-a«d
her evident distress, and MaVftrg
Pauline he went over to the othe^Mnd
put his arms gently round, her/
"What is it. Anjta?
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"What has upset you so?"
"Pauline!" was all Aiiita could sftlf,
when she was Interrupted by Hardy.
"Let mo speak first," he said, lor
he saw there was dissension betw^Mp
the two girls. "I have, made' a-NlU*
covery. At Mr. Stone's direction I
have been investigating shops where
the paper snake might have be«!Ti
bought and I have, learned that"One
was bought at- Vantine's recently, by
Miss Stuart."
"Ah," said Fleming Stone gravely,
"did you buy one, Miss Stuart?"
Pauline hesitated. She was white
as chalk, and her lips quivered:-^
"Of course she 'did!" screamed
Anita! greatly excited "she did/ and
she was in there talking to Miss Cat
rlngton, just as I said! And she^ni
that thing rouhd her neck to frighten
her! And then she gave her the-poi
son, and then she came away and 'left
her to die! All alone by herself! The
fiend!"
"There, there, -Anita,- hush," and
Haviland tried to soothe the frantic
exclamation of:the girl.
Pauline stood waiting, in silence.-At
last she said, ."When you remove -that
ranting woman, I will'answer your
question, Mr."Stone."
"You'll answer it now!" cried-Ahitlt.
"In my presehce, and at once.1'
"T think you must answer,.
Stuart," said Stone, gently. "Did yfau
buy a paper snake?"
."I did'," said Pauline, and added ..in
a'low tone, "A long'time 4go—
can't be the same one."
"The date of 'the. sale is about. it
week before the death of Mihs Car
rington," went on Hardy, merciless in
his statements. -v
"For what purpose did y.ou purr
chase it?" asked Stone, a little stern
ly.
Pauline .now drew herself up,
proudly. "I bought it," she said, ip
clear, distinct tones, "because my aut^t
instructed me to get it for her."
There was a silence and then, "Oh,
cpme now, Pauline,-you can't expect
us to swallow thajt!" Gray Havilatld
said, with a tolerant smile at her.
"Try again." -fr
"That's the truth," said Pauliae,
but her voice trembled, and wltl
half-stifled exclamation
she ran out of the room.
"Stop, Pauline, where are you gto'r
ing?" cj-ied Haviland as he ran after
her.
"Don't topch met" she. cried. "I'm
going to cable Carr to come home!
He's the only one who can-'.help me!
You're so wrapped up in Anita that"
you* can't teft truth from falsehood.
Carr will know what to do—and I
shall send for him."
"Wait, Miss Stuart" said Fleming
Stone, gravely "you may cable Mr.
Loria, if you choose, but for a few
moments I must claim your atten
tion. It is, to .my mind, of the great
est importance to learn the details of
the purchase of that paper snake, afjll
I must ask you to tell us the circum
stances of your aunt's request for If
"There Is little to tell," said Paul
ine, in a hesitant way. "It was one
day when I was going over to New
York that Aunt Lucy just said, casualt
ly, to get her, one of those Japanese
paper snakes from Vantine's, and .1
did."
"That's enough!" cried Anita. "Miss
Carrington never sent for a snak^J
never in the world! You'll be sayini
next she told you. to get her so'me
aconite to poison herself with!"'
Continued la tomorrow
where I wait t04g0,
J)»t ope thought now the war la through
I want to get hoQ^e to the folks. I know.
w' It wasn't'so bad in the ear^y days
1 When 'We were fighting the gray-clad
An' hammerip'at him in forty ways.
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But lt'a different now that the job is dona.
I'm sick .of FYance an' its customs queer.
I'm tired of people that parley voqs
I'm all fed up on the slghU round here.
I want to get homo now" th^ war ls «hraukh
I want to nt haclt to tho little town „41
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OLIVER HQCiM SfiUU.„ 1
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Sydney, AustralK. A»rfl 2.—(MalM
—Major Oliver Hogue of Sydney, tm
man who is generally credited .witt
having first given publicity to Up
name "Anzac," is'dead. He was him
self an Anzac. After having Conie
through the Gallipoll campaign an'd
the Palestine campaign without
scratch, he died, of influenza in Lew
don early in March. When the war
began Major Hogue was a newspaper
man, being on the stall of .the Sydney
Morning Herald.
During the Gallipoll campaign
Major Hogue wrote for his paper
counts of the ill-starried efforts
take Constantinople, in which he a]
plied the word "Anzac" (Austral]
and New Kaland Army Corps)
the soldier from the South Pacific.
The Herald Mail Big
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Paulson, 'N. D., Hay ll
Editor Herald:— -1
Please print the following "open
letter." I am an honorary member of
Fargo T. U. and formerly conducted'
the Crosby Review.
An Open Letter to the Grand
American.
For somQ months your paper( mUf
named the Grand Forks America^
has been sent to me, by what author
ity I do not know, as I have not sul"
scribed for it Being an old newspa
man I have readily' recognised
Hearst ear-marks in your-sheet—bi
the editorials in your issue of the 9t
inst.. headed Seeds of War1* an
"Getting Out of Russia," are tq
much for me, so I must ask.you
please discontinue sending me yo«|
sheet any longer. And I want to su|
geBt that you change the name froi
"American" to "Bolshevist," "Aii
archist," or "Socialist." The abo^i
named editorials prove that there i,.
not an American hair in your heaa,
must less American brains.
Respectfully,
Paul Paulson*,!
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Is to start once .more on the homeward
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