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Later she is warned bv a little old man to be careful •#f Del Mar. This warning came just in tims to prevent Del Mar from currying out his plans. At last Del Mar succeeds In pelting the torpedo, only to have it destroyed by the little old man. Jameson Ib captured by Del Mar's men while on bis way to mail a letter to the U. S. se­ t-rot service. Elaine rescues him. Lieu­ tenant Woodward and his friend attend a •arty given at the Dodge home, at which Del Mar is present. Unknowingly Del Mar drops a note which gives Elaine a clue. In her attempt to prevent his cut- . ting the Atlantic cable she is discovered and made a prisoner on the boat, which afterwards is wrecked by Woodward and the old man of mystery. Jameson arrives In a hydro-aeroplane Just in time to- save Elaine' from drowning. Elaine, disguised 'es a man. discovers the entrance of Del liar's wireless cave at almost the same time Professor Arnold by a "radio detec­ tive" has discovered the wireless station. Elaine's discovery nearly proves fatal; tihe is saved by Jameson, both aid Profes­ sor Arnold and Lieutenant Woodward in destroying the wireless station, but Del Mar escapes. Making his way to a de­ serted hotel in the woods, he directs the •taking of a number of gas bombs. Elaine discovers Del Mar's man at work, is cap­ tured, but escapes. When the hotel is later attacked the men retreat to the woo^s, where they explode the-^as bombs, nearly causing the death of Lieutenant •Woodward and his attacking party. THIRTY-SECOND EPISODE v.- THE SEARCHLIGHT GUN. "I don't Understand it," ^remarked Blaine one day as with Aunt Joseph- Ihe and myself she was discussing the gtrange events that had occurred since disappearance of Kennedy, "but, ijomeliow, It is as if a strange Provi­ dence seems to be watching over us." "Nor do I," I agreed. "It does seem that, although we do not see it, a ihysterlous power for good is about us. It's uncanny." "A package for you, Miss Dodge," Jpmotinced Marie, coming in with a tmall parcel which had been delivered %y a messenger who did not wait for •n answer. V Elaine took it, looked at it, turned it |rrer, and then looked at the written *4ddre3S again. "It',3 not the handwriting of anyone rhich I recognize," she mused. "Now, suppose I ought to be suspicious of It Yet. I'm going to open it." ' She did so. Inside, the paper wrap­ ping covered a pasteboard box. Sge Opened that. There ^ay a revolver, Which she picked up and turned over. It was a curious looking weapon. "I never knew so much about fire- :#rms as I have learned in the last few ;%eeks," remarked Elaine. "But what <Ao you suppose this is--and who sent ft to me--and why?" fessor Arnold, had been standing with the long-barreled gun in his hand, ad­ justing the tube which ran beneath the barrel. In one hand he held the gun; In the other a piece of paper. • As he brought the paper before the muzzle' and pressed a ratchet by gripping the re­ volver ~ handle, a distinct light ap­ peared on the paper, thrown out from the tube under the barrel. Having adjusted the tube and sight­ ed it, Arnold wrote a hasty note on another piece of paper and inserted it into the barrel of the gun, with the end sticking out just a bit. Then he wrapped the whole thing up in a box, rang a bell, handed the package to a servant with explicit instructions as to its delivery to the right person, and only that person. Down in the submarine harbor, Del Mar was in conference with his board of strategy and advice, laying the plans for the attack on America. "Ever since we have been at work," lie remarked, "Elaine Dodge has been busy hindering and frustrating us. That girl must go!" Before him on the table he placed a square package. "It must stop," he added ominously, tapping the pack­ age. "But how?" asked one of the men. "We've done our best." "This is a bomb," replied Del Mar, continuing to tap the package. "When our man--let me see, X had better do it--arrives, have him look in the se­ cret cavern by the landing place. There I will leave it. I want him to put it in her house tonight." He handed the bomb to one of the men, who took it gingerly. Then with a few more words of admonition, he took up his living helmet and left the headquarters, followed by the man. Several minutes later, Del Mar, alone, emerged from the water just outside the submarine harbor and took off the helmet. He made his way into the rocks, carrying the bomb, until he came to a little fissure in the rocks, like a cav­ ern. Then he hid the bomb carefully. Still carrying the helmet, he hurried along until he came to the cave en­ trance that led to the secret passage to the panel in his bungalow library. Up through the secret passage he went, reaching the panel and opening it by a spring. In the library Del Mar changed his wet clothes and hid them, then set to work on an accumulation of papers on his desk. That afternoon Elaine decided to go for a little ride through the cotm- try in her runabout. As she started to leave iter rooin, dressed for the trip, it was as though She held the gun up. From the - a premonition of danger came to her. ; barrel stuck out a little Tolled-up l>lece of paper. "See," she cried, read- -fng and handing the paper to me, "there it is again--that mysterious " jfower." Aunt Josephine read the note: •Dear Miss Dodge: ; "This weapon shoots exactly into the center of the light disk. Keep it by ton. A FRIEND." ~I<et me see it," I asked, taking the eSure enoygh, along the barrel a peculiar tube. "A searchlight | She paused, then turned back and j took from the draWer the searchlight | gun which had been sent to her. She slipped it into the pocket of her skirt and went out. Off she drove at a fast clip, thor­ oughly enjoying the ride until, near a bend in the road, it swept down toward the sbdre, she stopped and got out, attracted by some wild flow­ ers. They grew in such profusion that it semed no time before she had a bunch of them. On she wan- jmn," I exclaimed, puzzled, though still i dered down the rocks, watching the |ny suspicions were not entirely at fe«t. "Suppose it's sighted wrong," I :.^»nld not J^ejh> considering. "It might 3 l>e a plant to save someone from be- f$£.$ng shot." "That's easily settled," returned ;. ISlaine. "Let's try it." "Oh, mercy, no--not fcere," remon- rated Aunt Josephine. '• \ "Why not--down cellar?" persisted ^laiue. "It can't hurt anything there." M.?> "I think it would be a good plan. A agreed, "Just to make sure that it is »5. * jp.ll right." Accordingly we three went down f "i^icellar. There Elaine found the light f . j . i' ywitch and turned it. Eagerly I hunt- 'lied about for a mark. There, in some \ *, Rubbish that had not yet been cart­ ed away, was a small china plate. I set it up on a small shelf across the room and took the gun. But Elaine playfully wrenched it from my hand. "No," she insisted, "it was sent to me. Let me try it first." Reluctantly I consented. "Switch off the light. Walter, please," she directed, standing a few paces from the plate. I di(l so. In the darkness Elaine pointed the gun and pulled the little ratchet. Instantly a spot of light showed on the wall. She moved the revolver and the spot of light moved with it As it rested on a little deco­ rative figure in the center of the plate she pulled the trigger. The gun ex­ ploded with a report, deafening, in the contmes of the cellar. I switched on the light and we ran forward. There was the plate-- smashed into a hundred bits. The bul­ let had struck exactly in the center of the little bull's-eye of light. "Splendid," cried Elaine enthusi­ astically as we looked at each other in surprise. Though none of us guessed it, half an hour before, in the seclusion of Ids yacht, Woodworth's friend, Pro- restless waters of the sound. Finally she found herself walking alone along the shore, one arm full_ of flow­ ers, while with her free hand she amused herself skimming flat stones over the water. As she turned to pick up one, her eye caught something in the rocks and she stared at it. There in the crevice, as though it had been hid­ den, was a strange square package. was only a tew minutes before Ldeu tenant Woodward himself appeared. "What ts the trouble, Miss Dodge?" he asked solicitously, noting the look on her face. "I don't know what it is," she re­ plied dubiously. 'Tre found some­ thing among the rocks, perhaps it is a bomb." Woodward lfeokfcd at the package, studying it "Professor Arnold is in­ vestigating this affair for us," he re­ marked. "Perhaps you'd better take the package to him on his yacht. I'm sorry I can't go with you, but Just now I'm on duty." "That's a good idea," she agreed. "Only I'm sorry you can't go along with me." She started up the car and di^ove off as Woodward turned back to the fort with a lingering look. Del Mar was hard at work in the library when, suddenly, he heard a sound at the panel.. He reached over and pressed a button on his desk, and the panel opened. Through it came the diver still wearing his dripping suit and carrying the weird helmet un­ der his arm. "That Dodge girl has crossed us again!" he exclaimed excitedly. "How?" demanded Del Mar, with an oath. "I saw her on the rocks just now. She happened to stumble on the bomb which you left there to be placed." "And then?" demanded Del Mar. "She took it with her in her car." "The deuce!" ejaculated the for­ eign agent furiously. "You must get the men out and hunt the country thoroughly. She must not escape at any cost." The diving' man dove back into the panel to escape Del Mar's wrath, while Del Mar hurried out, leaving his valet in the library. Quickly Del Mar made his way to a secret hiding place in the hills back of the bay. There he found his picked band of men armed with rifles. As briefly as he could he told them of what had happened. "We must get her this time--dead or alive," he or­ dered. "Now scatter about the coun­ try. -Keep in touch with each other, and when you find her, close in on her at any cost." The men saluted and left ia vari­ ous directions to scour the country. Del Mar himself picked up a rifle and followed shortly, passing down a secret trail to the road where he had make walking on country roads som«» what haxbrdous nowadays. As I did so. someone in the ear waved to >m.f I looked again. It was Elaine. "Where lira you going?" she (jailed. "Where are you going?'/1 returned, laughing. 'Tve just had a very queer experi­ ence--found something down on the rocks," she replied seriously, pointing to the square package on the fldbr of the car. "I took it to Lieutenant Woodward and he advised me to take it to Professor Arnold on his yacht I think it is a bomb. I wish you'd go with me." Before 1 could answer, up the hill a rifle shot cracked. There was a whirr in. the air and a bullet sang past- us, cutting the red feather off Elaine's hat. "Duck!" I cried, jumping into the car. "And drive like the dickens!" Shis turned and we fairly ricocheted down that road back again. Behind us a man, a stranger whom we did not pause to observe, rushed from the bushes, and fired after us again. Suddenly another rifle shot cracked. It was from another car that had stealthily sneaked up on us--coming fast recklessly. 'There's her car," pointed one of the occupants to a man who was masked in black. "Yes," he nodded.'"Give her i a little more gas!" 'Crouch down," I fluttered, "at .low as you can." We did so, racing for life, the more powerful motor behind us overhauling us every instant. We were coming to a very narrow part of the road where it turned, on one side a sheer hill, on the other a stream several feet down. If we had an accident, I thought, it might be ticklish for us, supposing the square package really to be a bomb. What if it should go off? The idea suggested another, instantly. The car behind was only a few feet off. As we reached the narrow road by the stream, I rose up. As far as I could back of me, I hurled the infernal ma­ chine. It fell. We received a shower of dirt and small Btones, but the cover of the car protected us. Where the bomb landed, however, it cut a deep hole in the roadway. On came Dei Mar's car, the driver frantically tugging at the emergency brake. But it was of no use. There was not room to turn aside. The car 'Let Me See It," I Asked, Taking the Gun. a car with a chauffeur waiting. StiU carrying the rifle, he climbed in and the man shot the car along down the road. On the top of a hill one of the men was posted as a sort of lookout Gaz­ ing over the country carefully, his eye was finally arrested by something at which he stared eagerly. Far away on the road he could see a err in which was a girl alone. Waving in the breeze was a red feather in b«r hat. He looked more sharply, »t was Elaine Dodge. The man tiirned and waved a signal She reached down and picked it up. j frith a handkerchief to anot-ier man V\hat could it be? J far off. Down the valley another of While she was examining it back i Del Mar's men was waiting a.i<i vatch- of her, another of those strange be- j |ng. As soon as he saw tha g-ignal. helmeted figures came up out of the | he waved back and ran ulong the water. It watched' her for an instant, road. then sack back into the water again. Elaine, holding the package in her hand, walked up the shore, oblivious to the strange eye that had been fixed on her. , ! "I must show this to Lieutenant Woodward," she said to herself. In the car she placed the package, then Jumped in himself carefully, and started off. " A moment later she was gone, the diver reappeared, looking about cau­ tiously. This time the coast was clear and he came all the way out, tak­ ing off his helmet and placing it in the secret hiding place which Del Mar and his men used. Then, with another glance, now of anger, in <the direction of Elaine, he hurried up the shore. Meanwhile, as fast as her fast run­ about would carry her, Elaine whizzed over to Fort Dale. As She entered the grounds, the sen­ try saluted her, though that part of admission was purely perfuactory, for everyone at the fort knew her now. "Is Lieutenant Woodward in?" she inquired. j "Yes ma'am," returned the sentry. I "I will send for him." i A corporal appeared and took a I message for her to Woodward. It As Del Mar whizzed along ne could see one of his men approaching over the road, waving to him. "Stop!" he ordered his driver. The man hurried forward, "i've got the signal," he panted. They have seen her car over the hill." "Good," exclaimed Del Mar, pull­ ing a black silk mask over his eyes. "Now get off quickly. We've got to catch her." They sped away again in a cloud of dust. But even while Del Mar was speed­ ing toward her, another of his men had discovered her presence, so vigi­ lant were they. He . had .been keeping a sharp watch ony the road, when he was suddenly all attention. He saw a car, through the foliage. Quickly I his rifle went to his shoulder. Through | the sight he could just cover Elaine's j head, for her hat, with a bright red | feather in It, showed plainly Just over j the bushes. He aimed carefully and fired. I had been out for a tsemp gv^r the hills with no destination in particular As, I swung along the road, I heard the throbbing of a car coming up the hill, the cutout open. -I turned, for cars crashed into the Ipole, like a gigantic plow. It took a header over the side of the road and down several feet into the stream, just as the masked man and the driver jumped far ahead into the water. Safe now in our car which was slackening its terrific speed. I looked back. They've been thrown!" 1 cried. "We're all right." On the edge of the water, just cov­ ered by some wreckage, the chauffeur lay motionless. The masked man crawled from under the wreckage and looked at bim p. moment "Dead!" he exclaimed, still me­ chanically gripping a rifle in his hand. Angrily he raised it at us and fired. A moif.ent later, some ot^er men gathered from all directions about him, eacc armed. "Don't niind the wreck," he cried, exasperated. "Fire!" A volley was delivered at us. But the distance was now apparently too great. We were Just congratulating our­ selves on our escape, when a stray shot whizzed past, striking a piece di­ rectly out of the head of the steering post, almost under Elaine's hand. Naturally she lost control, though fortunately we were not going so fhst now. Crazily, our car swerved from side to side of the road, as she vainly tried to control both its speed and di­ rection. On the very edge of the ditch, however, it stopped. We looked back. Tnere we could see a group of men who seemed to spring out of the woods, as if from nowhere, at the sound of the shots. A shout went up at the sight of the bullet taking effect, and they ran forward at us. On') of their number, 1 could see, ho had been in the wrecked >led forward weakly, until iwn. of the others ran to him. he must, have urged vehe- One of you is enough with ONLY WOMAN VIOLIN MAKER prenticed herself to an old violin tn»k- who had made a success of his CaUfomian Apprenticed Herself Old Violin Maker and Learned AH the Tr|cks. er who had made a success work, and learned all that he could teach her of the craft. I So far Miss Barstow has made nine ----- | violins, all of which are said to be Grace Barstow of San Jose, < unusually fine instruments and have Cat, is safd to be the ©nly woman vio- i sold at high prices. In her seventh tin maker In the world. Miss Barstow j violin she struck a new trail by using got her training as a violinist in this ! redwood. Though her friends, many country and Europe, and was so sue- | of them skilled violinists, protested eessful that at one time she Iplayed ( against her wasting her time on sucn In concerts. Then, feeling that she Ian experiment, she secured a slab of rnmSA llke to galw> a violin, she ap-1 redwood heart that had heen season- s4b •• .... \ . . *'• ing for thirty years as a plank on her grandfather's fence. The wood was so beautifully grained and so perfectly seasoned" that she stuck to her plan and made a violin of it. The result was so satisfactory that she has been offered a much higher price for it than for any ether instrument of making. Vermont's Oldest Library. Just as Arlington was about to tf off the palm for having the oldei library in th# state, organised In 180; me. I'm going back to the submarine harbor, The rest--go qn--report to me there." * As the rest ran toward us there was nothing for us to do but to aban­ don the car ourselves and run for it. We left the road and struck into the trackless woods, followed closely now by two of the men who had outdis­ tanced the rest. Through the woods we fled, taking advantage of such shel­ ter as we could find. "Look, here's a cave," cried Elaine, as we plunged exhausted and about ready to drop, down into a ravine. We hurried in and the bushes swung over the cave entrance. Inside we stopped short and gazed about. It was dark and gloomy. We looked back. There was no hope there... They had been overtaking us. On down through a passage we went. The two men who were pursuing us plunged down the ravine also. As ill- luck would have it. they saw the cave entrance and dashed in, then halted. Crouching in the shadoof we could see their figures silhouetted in the dim light of the entrance of the cavern. One stopped at the entrance while the other advanced. He was a big fellow and powerfully built, and the other fellow waa equally burly. I made up my mind to fight to the last, though I knew it was hopeless. It was dark. I could not even see the man advancing now. Quickly Elaine reached into her pocket and drew out something. "Here, Walter, take this," she'eried. I seized the object. It was the searchlight gun. Hastily I aimed -it, the spot of light glowing brightly. Indeed, I doubt whether I could have shot accurately otherwise. As the-man approached cautiously down the passageway the bright disk of light danced about un­ til finally it fell full on his breast. I fired. The man fell forward in­ stantly. Again I fired, this time at the man in the cave entrance. He Jumped back, dropping his gun, which exploded harmlessly. His hand was wounded. Quickly he drew back and disappeared among the trees. We waited in tense silence, and then cautiously looked out of the mouth of the came. No one seemed to be about "Come--let's make a dash for it," urged Elaine. We ran out and hurried down the ravine, apparently not followed. Back among the trees, however, the man had picked up a rifle which he had hidden. While he was binding up his hand with a handkerchief, he saw us. Painfully he tried to aim his gun. But it was too heavy for his weak­ ened arm and the pain was too great. He had to lewep it. With a mattered imprecation, he followed us at a dis­ tance. Evidently, to us, we had eluded the pursuers, for no one seemed now to be following, at least as far as we could determine. We kept on, how­ ever, until wo came to the water's edge. There, down the bay, we could see Professor Arnold's yacht. "Let us see Professor Arnold, any­ how," said Elaine, leading the way along the short. We came at last, without being mo­ lested, to a little dock. A sailor was standing beside it and moored to it was a swift motor boat. Out at anohor was the yacht. "You are Professor Arnold's man?" asked Elaine. "Yes'm," he replied, remembering her. - ----4--, 1- "Is the professor out on his boat?" we asked. He nodded. "Did you want to See him?" "Very much," answered Elaine. "I'll take you out," he offered. We jumped into Uie motor boat he started the engine And we planed out over the water. 1%ough we did not see him, the man whom I had wounded was still watch­ ing us from the shore, noting every move. He had followed us at a dis­ tance across the woods and fields and down along the shore to the dock, had seen us talking to Arnold's man, and get into the boat. From the shore he continued to watch us skim across the bay and pull up alongside the yacht. As we climbed the ladder, he hurried back the way he had come. , Elaine and I climbed aboard the yacht where we could see the pro-" fessor sitting in a wicker deck chair. "Why, how do you do?" he wel­ comed us, adjusting his glasses so his eyes seemed, if anything, more opaque than before. I cold not help thinking that, al­ though he was glad to see us, there was a certain air of restraint about him. Quickly Elaine related the Btory of finding the bomb in the rocks and the peculiar events and our eecape which followed. Once, at the mention of the searchlight gun, Professor Arnold raised his hands and coughed back of it. I felt sure that it was to hide an involuntary expression of satisfaction and that it must be he who had sent the gun to Elaine. He was listening attentively to her, while I stood by the rail, now and then looking out oyer the water. Far away I noted something moving over the surface, like a rod, followed by a thin wake of foam. "Look!" I exclaimed. "What's that?" Elaine turned to me, as Arnold seized his glasses. "Why, it seems to be moving di- I rectiy at us," exclaimed Elaiae. J "By George, it's the periscope of a | submarine," cried Arnold a moment later, lowering his glasses. He did not hesitate an instant. "Get the yacht under way," he or­ dered the captain, who immediately shouted his orders to the rest > juickly the engine started and we plowed ahead, that ominous-looking periscope following. In the submarine harbor to which hi had been taken, Del Mar found that tale had been pretty badly shaken up ty the accident to his car. His clothi s were torn and his face and body* scratched. No bones were broken, however, though the shock had been great. Several of his ^nen were en­ deavoring to fix him up in the little submarine office, but he was angry> very angry. > At <uich a juncture a man in * drip­ ping diving suit entered and pulled off his helmet, after what had evi­ dently been a hasty trip from the land through the entrance and up again Into the harbor. As he approached, Del Mar saw that the man's hand was bound up. "What's the matter?" demanded Del Mar. "How did you get that?" "That fellow Jameson and the girl did it," he replied, telling what had happened in the cave. "Someone must have given them one of those new searchlight guns." "Where are they?" he asked, "I saw them go out to the yacht tif that ProfesBor Arnold." "He's the fellow ih&t gave her th# gun," almost hissed Del Mar. ."On the yacht, are they?" An evil smile seemed to. spread orer his tece..^"Then we'll get them all, this time. Man the submarine--the Z99." All left the office on the' run, hurry­ ing around the ledge and down into the open hatch of the submarine. Del Mar catne along a moment later, giv­ ing orders sharply and quickly. The hatch was closed and the ves­ sel sealed. On all sides were elec­ trical devices and machines to operate, the craft and the torpedoes--an intri-' cate system of things which it seemed as if no human mind oould possibly understand. Del Mar threw on- a switch. The submarine hummed and trembled. Slowly she sank in tho harbor until she was at the level of the underwa­ ter entrance through the rooks. Care­ fully she was guided out through this entrance into the waters of the larger, real harbor. Del Mar took his place at the perl- scope, the eye of the submarine. Anx­ iously he turned it about and bent over the image which it projected. "There it is," he muttered, picking out Arnold's yacht and changing the course of the submarine so that it was headed directly at it, the planes turned so that they kept the boat just under the surface with only the peri- scope showing above. Forward, about the torpedo dis­ charge tubes men were busy testing the doors and getting ready the big automatic torpedoes. "They must have seen us," muttered Del Mar. 'They've started the yacht But we can beat them, easily. Are you ready?" "Yes," called back the men forward, pushing a torpedo into the locklike compartment from which it was launched. "Let it go, then," bellowed Del Mar. The torpedo shot out into the wa­ ter, traveling under her own power, straight at the yacht. ^Elaine and I looked back. The peri­ scope was much nearer than before. "Can we outdistance the submarine?" I asked of Arnold. ^ Arnold shook his head, his face grave. On came the thin line of foam. "I'm afraid we'll have to leave the yacht," he said warningly. "My little motor boat is much faster." Arnold shouted his orders as he led us down the ladder to the motor bbat, into which we jumped, followed by as many of the crew as could get in, while the others leaped into the water from the rail of the yacht and struck out for the shore, which was not very, dis­ tant. "What's that?" cried7 Elaine, horri­ fied, pointing back. The water seemed to be all churned up. A long cigar-shaped affair waa Slipping along near enough to the sur­ face so that we could just make it out --murderous, deadly, aimed right at the heart of the yacht . "A torpedo!" exclaimed Arnold. "Cast off!" » •* We moved off from the yacht as swiftly as the speedy little open mo­ tor boat woujd carry us, not a minute too soon. D The torpedo struck the yacht al' most exactly amidships. A huge col­ umn of water spurted up into the air as though a gigantic whale were blow­ ing off. . Below la the submarine Del Mar was still at the periscope directing things. "A hit!H he cried exultingly. "We got the whole bunch this time!" He turned to the men to congratu­ late them, a smile on his evil face. But as he looked again he caught sight of our little motor boat skimming safely away on the other side of the wreck. "The deuce!" he muttered. "Try an­ other. Here's the direction." Furiously he swore as the men guided the submarine and loaded an­ other torpedo into a tube. As the tube came into position they let the torpedo go. An instant later it was hissing Its way at us. "See, there's another!" I cried, catching sight of it All looked. Sure enough, through the water could te seen another of those murderous messengers dashing at us. ^ Arnold ran forward and seized tire wheel himself, * swinging, the boat around hard to starboard and the land. We turned Just in time. The torpedo, brainless but deadly, dashed past us harmlessly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) St. Albans Messenger, with ment that during a recent of an attic in a law office it lace a book of records was l^hich showed that the WU- L boclal library was organized |rr 21, 1795, with a constitu- -laws and a list of subscribers, tfoo!* has been presented to sent Wilmington institution, ttee Memorial library, to be a relic. of the entries in the book are teresting; Israel Lawton fined 17 cents for dropping tallow on j book No. 93; Timothy Castle was fined ' six cents for getting one drop of tallow on book No. 16; Levi Packard was fined 60 cents for tearing the binding on book No. 106, and several others, were fined for turning down leaves and for finger marks. May 8lng of Love m% ̂ Wisely ruled the New York Judge who declared that a woman was not mentally unsound because she sang lore, songs at the age of •Ig&tJT*. sLrvv.-.v. ....' Eighty years in* looking backward are not many, and easy it is to pick up the thread of the songful past. Then again, who can sing without singing of love, for isn't love admittedly mu­ sic's greatest inspiration? No, we are not crazy when we sing of love at the age of eighty, if the heart Is young; and but for the fe#r of arous­ ing adjacent dogs to yelping melody and starting envious phonographs, many more of us might Join the re­ juvenating jubilee.--Philadelphia Reo- . -'J" •' "Sr'-\ .V MISER DIES LEAVING ,J»riyNEflF|15; Begged Day Before He Died ami Had $1,000 in CasbWhaa "Found.. -Face downward Iff Toledo, Ore heap between pieces of his crude!? homemade furniture, the body of Tor«* gen O. Svendsen, aged seventy-four, al. - \'4 Norwegian miser, was found In hi^ lonely "house on Olalla slough a few%- . ^s'.^l- days ago by Jupder Olson, a neighbor^-*, j Dr. R. D. Burgess, county physician | ^ and Sheriff Geer found the houstf; locked and barred and the window^ ~Ji iking nailed with heavy spikes. i necessary to lu ak in a door. In the bottom of Svendsen's trunl^, were two tobacco sacks containing; $1,000 !n gold, on his person was ^ $20 gold piece and some small change] sv, fA* * •> • i,h "K-17 \t ¥ .«? iNg. '>•: vltoDed Downward in a Heaffcr •: :l He had ordered $1 woirth of "cough-.,?;.;•* medicine charged at a Toledo drugf ^,'jj store last Saturday, saying he had no 1 a .J money with which to pay for it. His estate includes property worthy' more than $1,000, and he has beeri-'f_ known to have lent some money, j - is said he also has property in Ore^-/^"^;i»gi gon City and in Salem. His friends M estimate his wealth at $15,000. v Little is known of Svendsen her^f"'^ except that he came from Gudbraus-- r dalen, Norway; that he lived for * long time at. Boring, .Or*. GETS ANGRY BULLFfidfc Girl Wearing Red Bathing Suit, tacked in Water, Afterward Using , ^ Costume for Decoy. . , Winsted, Conn.--Frog parties ar4" < 1 likely to become popular with bathenf -*£;'•• ;1 at other inland water resorts wheii^-" the experience of a girl clad in bright red bathing suit becomes gen»\^ ,.y orally known. The girl in scqrlet was bathing ii^. shallow water at Highland lake wheifR.";/ ».;M s h e f e l t s o m e t h i n g s t r i k e h e r r e p e a t * * A g edly. She wondered what it coul(| be, but a quick glance into the lakdt-:.-;- explained all--she saw frogs of alj^'- ^ sizes chasing and jumping at her scar»1^v . let suit. • " J . % Being a great lover of that delect*; / , able dfsh, frogs' legs, the girl turned her experience to good account. She n-V repaired to a cottage, sewed about j,,* fifty fish hooks in the bright red bathf.^-V; ing suit, and then re-entered the lake.,£';""-"5 When she. emerged from the water " ? nearly ajery hook held a bullfrog. SHOT A C00N? HERE'S ALIBI- Two Men Fired at It All Night, but It Was a Crow's Nest Instead of a Coon. - Ashtabula, O.--Hale Britton o* Rich*^; mond Center started down his pastur^;" lane a few night ago, vjhen his dogf"1 * - ' zkA struck a coon trail and soon landed ^5- ^ the coon up a tree. ff ^ Britton went to the house for a shot- -l gun, and when he returned he could S ^ just see the coon high up in the top of ^ | the tree. He shot at the animal sev- | eral times, then decided the shotgurf ^ . v was too short range to reach him. Aftijt? 'y er telling his dog to keep a clos«. a ; A w watch, Britton went over to D, Tink|f:?^i|s ham's house, and the two returned " >> with Tinkham's rifle. From then oil * | until one o'clock they took turns firing at the coon. ^ Finally they built a fire and waited : 'J> ; until daylight. Then they learned th#>;#f ^ coon they had been shooting ^ alfc»f night was a crow's nest. v ^ ARM SEVERED; DRIVES Chauffeur, Injured on Farm, GtUdss His Vehicle Two tpi , ~ Surgeon's Office. .Danbury. Conn.--With his right arm severed near the elbow and the flesh hanging "in shreds, John Calkins^ twenty-four years old. a chauffeur; drove his automobile with his remain^* ing hand two miles to get surgical aid^ Calkins Is employed by John Ei Bates, a New York hat manufacturer^ • and while assisting in operating an en*' stlage cutter on Mr. Bates' countr^l place at Lake Waranaug. caught hi«f| right hand In the knives and the ar was drawn into the machine. Far employees improvised a tournique which prevented him from bleeding t< death before his ride to the surgeo ended. Calkins was so wAk from los ,)f blood that he barely was able finish the Journey. He is In a hospital here and will recover. if? la Called "Meanest Man." f'y- Portland. Ore.--Portland's meanest man. according to the police, is John , M. Haberley, manager of a drug «tore^> who was charged with stealing clgare^1^^!1- anjfji -Chewing gum from blind Tomci^lP Long's stand. $ ' Daily thefts for over six montlM^^^ii have totaled a loss of more than for the biind man. * «£?v:-