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Brothers of the Left Hand Path
By FRANK LOVELL NELSON
Carlton Clarke's Master Mind Delves Into Depths of the
Modern Black Art
x It'll AKI> KING, wuulthy
R1 clubman, eiiguKed lit
I Dr. Wutroua' daiiKhtor,
■ hud lmrn uiIhhIiik for
wenks, The luyatciioua-
iiumh of |i all waa on
every ion mm. Clarke and
I were leisurely discussing |( lu our
rutirim one evening,
Just then there won a quick ring at
Ihe door bell. I answered It, ami
admitted a tall gentleman with a
drooping black mustache and dark,
Intelligent eyea thai shone through
glaaaeH of a very high power.
"Ah, L)r. Watrous! I wan expecting
you thle afternoon." aald Clarke, rla-
Ing and extending his hand.
"Expecting me?" Jerked out our
caller. "Thai'a moat remarkable!
Why. I only learned your name thla
afternoon. Perhaps you can also tell
me the object of my visit."
"Most assuredly," answered Clarke.
"You have come to tell me of some
rather extraordinary occurrences which
have taken place In your family re-
cently. Am I not right?"
"You doubtless have heard rumors
of the disappearance of Mr. Richard
King and that he was engaged to be
married to my daughter Hosalie, who
la our only child," he began.
Clarke nodded In assent.
"Well, his strange action In drop-
ping out of sight only a month
before the wedding day nalurally
would be enough to upset us had It
not been followed by events even more
Inexplicable. My daughter Is a young
woman of considerable erudition. I
have been able to guide her studies,
which I am glad to say have tuken
,the direction of languages. Mr. King
is also a man of considerable learning
but his knowledge was acquired. 1 fear,
through travel rather than by serious
effort and application.
"During the morning of the wedding
day the postman brought, among other
mail, a letter addressed to my daugh-
ter In a hand with which I was unfa-
miliar. She took It eagerly and went
to her room to read It. In a few min-
utes she came down a changed person.
She was as gay and light-hearted as a
girl of 15. She evaded our In-
quiries, however, and would give no
reason for the remarkable change.
"The next day ray wife, while per
forming some household dutieB in my
daughter's room, found the letter
which she had received. We boih
feel that it is not strictly honorable to
take advantage of evidence thus ac-
quired, but In the light of subsequent,
events I believe that my daughter's
happiness is at slake, and without her
knowledge I have taken the letter and
similar ones which she has received,
from the hiding place where she keeps
them, and will show them to you in
their proper order.
"Here is the first. You see, the en-
velope contains nothing except a card
upon which are crudely drawn some
strange hieroglyphics, the nature of
which is a mystery I am in hopes you
may be able lo explain."
Dr. Watrous took the card from the
envelope and laid it before us. We
saw there was upon it the following
diagram:
the doctor As you see by Hie post-
mark, II came three days ago. She
has not been out of her rooin since,
She weeps ail the time. She la on
the verge of nervoua prostration, yet
slip refuses to allow a doctor to be
called and files into a rage when we
speak to her. I fear, Mr. I'larke, that
unless you ure able to aid us, we shall
have lo place the poor girl In an asy-
lum."
"No, no, doctor; you muat take no
rash steps with her. Simply let her
alone, but wutch her carefully and by
no means let her go out of the house
unattended."
"My heavens, Mr. Clarke, la she In
danger? What la Hie meaning of II
Clarke snatched up the card and
studied it intently, while an expres-
sion of absolute amazement spread
over his dark Countenance.
"Ah. Mr. Clarke, it tells you some-
thing."
"Perhaps, but go on with the story.
You say your daughter has received
other letters."
"She has," answered the doctor,
reaching into his cavernous pocket.
"Here is one which I Judge from the
postmark arrived two days subse-
quent to the first."
"Dy the way, the addresses of these
letters," interrupted Clarke. "The
hand is evidently disguised, but does
it resemble that of King?"
"I have never seen his writing."
"Wait a minute," I suggested. "I
have an application for membership
in the club upon which he joined as a
reference. I'll get it."
I took the paper from my desk and
handed it to Clarke, who compared the
. writing carefully. I could see a re-
semblance. and he pronounced them
by the same hand.
Clarke then took from the envelope
a card similar to the first but bearing
the following diagram:
was your daughter's
the receipt of thla?"
"And what
attitude upon
aiked Clarke.
"We did not know when she re-
ceived It. 8he received three or four
of which we knew notblngat the time,
aad I did aot determine to seek advice
la the matter until the great change
In her dating from the receipt of this
laat one," and the doctor laid atlll a
third envelope before us. The dla-
«ram on tbe card *u aa follows:
' She Is In no dungor In her own
home. Don't let her go out. I wish
you would leave me all these cards
that I may study them at my leisure.
Until I have done so I do not care to
puss an opinion on the case. Say
limbing about the matter to anyono,
especially to your daughter. Now,
doctor, you will pardon me if I ask
you to let me get to work Immedi-
ately and after my own methods."
Dr. Watrous left, and from where I
sat I could see him jerking his way In
the direction of the car line, still twist-
ing bis fingers and cracking his bony
joinls."
"A most remarkable case, Sexton.
Tbe moHt remarkable caBe I ever have
met," mused Clarke. "I trust it will
prove an example of the value of
varied reading In the detection of
crime. What would these p'ot hooks
mean to a central station detective?
It is surprising the professor does not
see it. It shows that his training has
been along one line and is superficial
in others. Did you ever hear of the
Brothers of the Left Hand Path? No.
Then you are In the class with the
central detective and the professor,
as far as this case Is concerned."
Here I was forced to break my rule
and ask Clarke directly what it all
1 meant.
"It means," he replied, "that we
have fallen upon unmistakable evi-
dence that the art of black magic is
practiced still in this most enlightened
age and country. I have heard ru
mors of it. here in Chicago, and this
accounts for my surprise on seeing
these symbols which are very ancient.
"These symbols Indicate that
are dealing with a worker or workers
of magic, as laid down In the Leme-
geton or Lesser Key of Solomon,
which is said to have been written by
King Solomon but which has not been
traced back farther than seventeenth
century France."
"But do these pot hooks tell you
anything?" I queried.
"Yes, they tell me all that I have
been telling you. They also tell me
that King sent three messages to his
sweetheart. He sent them, for the
addresses were in his hand. They
were messages, for she understood
them and they had an effect upon her.
The first two were hopeful; the third
hinted at disaster. These symbols,
Sexton, are the seals of three of the
72 spirits which Solomon shut up In
a brass vessel and cast into a deep
lake, and which were afterwards re-
leased by a Babylonian fisherman.
"The import of King's messages I
gather from the offices of the spirits
whose seals he employs. Here they
are according to the Grand Grim-
oire,'" and Clarke took a large vol-
ume from the shelf.
"The first is the seal of Agares. His
office Is to bring back runaways. This
seals says to Miss Watrous, who must
be quite a learned young woman to
carry on a correspondence in this
fashion. 'I will soon be back.' The
second la the seal of Saleos. He pro-
motes love between the sexes. This,
evidently, is a simple love message.
But the third has a darker Import, and
I do not wonder it terrified her. It
is the aeal of the dread spirit Glasy-
alaholas, who appears in the form of
a dog winged like a griffin, who incites
to bloodshed and is the animating
spirit of murder. King evidently fears
violence."
"Hut can't *we do something to save
him?" 1 cried.
"Ah, that's the question. These
theories of mine, which astonish you,
are simple beside tbe task of fitiding
in this great city a man or band of
men whose training for generations
has been in the arts of secrecy."
"Why did you warn Dr. Watrous to
keep his daughter at home?"
"Because I am not sure but that
these messages were sent under com-
pulsion and that the purpose Is to en-
tice her to come to him."
Here Clarke gave a start, paled
slightly, and seemed to be listening
Intently. My long companionship with
him told me that his sensitive brain
had recorded an Impression from with-
out and that be awaited a crisis. Just
then the telephone bell jangled on
the silence. Clarke sprang to the re-
ceiver and I knew the message he was
hearing was of great Importance.
"No! No! Not the police for her
aake. Your daughter's lost If you do.'
"Yea, Yea." Clark continued, "I'll do
all In my power. Stay at home and
console your wife and leave it all to
me. I'm sure I'm on the right track.
Yea. Good by."
Clarke hung up the receiver and
turned to me.
"What do you think. Sexton? Wa-
trous' daughter la missing; gone when
be got home."
"Gone!"
"Yea, and a note on her dreaaer
says: 'Do not follow me. I go to find
Richard.' Now, Sexton. I am going to
take the trail. Keep within reach of
the wire, and when I want you I will
call"
Mine was the hardeat task Tbe
boar* dragged into the night without
a word of Clarke. Abont half pa* taa,
When I reached pollen headquarters
I found Clarke In (he squad room
engHged 111 a rapid Are conversation
with a small, beady-cyed man of
swarthy mien. Clarke, who was en
veloped from head to foot In a t'hea
terlleld coat, nodded to me and then
resumed the conversation which was
carried on In a tongue with which I
was totally unfamiliar, although I am
uble to distinguish, If not to under
stand, nearly all the languages of cos-
mopolitan Chicago,
"Ah, Inspector Sliippe, are you
ready?" Clarke turned to the Inspect-
or who had Just, entered the room.
'Zlngaro. here, thinks he can lead up
to the place. We should start at onco
to arrive on time."
Our course took ua deep into that
part of the great west side which car-
ries the name of "Ghetto," although
Greeks, Poles, Indians, Lithuanians,
and In fact almost every nationality
under the sun finds lodgment there
as well as the orthodox Jew, When
we left the car the little dark man,
Zfngaro, took the lead. We followed
down devloua and uninviting streets,
turning now to the right and now to
the left until our guide stopped before
a dark, four story building of frame.
Clarke held a whispered conversation
with him.
"He says this Is the building, In-
spector. The east half of It Is all
vacant, and from the fourth floor
Zlngaro thinks we can see into the top
floor or the west, half," said Clarke.
"Are you sure it isn't a plant, Mr.
Clarke?" queried the police officer.
"I will answer for him, Inspector."
Not a soul was stirring on the
street. We were not. disturbed while
we forced the lock and ascended the
rickety stairs. At the top we entered
a small bare room. Into this place the
light streamed from a window oppo-
site which was so close that Its brok-
en panes might be touched with the
hand. On our knees we crept to the
window and peered Into the room
from which the light streamed from
a window opposite which was so close
that its broken panes might be
touched with the hand. On our knees
we crept to the window and peered
into the room from which the light
came. The sight we saw froze my
blood with horror.
On a board supported by two chalj-b
lay the body of a beautiful girl. Clad
In spotless white, the pallor of her
countenance matched In paleness her
flowing draperies. She lay on her
back, her arms folded across her
breast and her black hair falling In
great waves to the floor. The room
was bare except for two cheap chairs.
The walls were hung with charts bear-
ing cabalistic designs.
Was she dead? I glanced at Clarke
and the Inspector but their eyes,
riveted on the scene across the nar-
row court, gave no answer. In the
background, Zlngaro stood silent with
folded arms. We dared not speak
even in whispers, but Instinctively I
knew It was Miss Watrous.
Suddenly, while we watched, a door
opened and a figure stole silently Into
the room. It was that of an old man,
tall, gaunt, and with flowing beard and
hair of white. His eyes were black
and deep-set. He was clad In a robe
of black velvet, broldered with gold
and adorned with fantastic designs:
triangles, circles, half moons, and oth-
er figures which have been for cen-
turies the pet property of the occult.
The figure of the old man advanced
toward the outstretched form of the
girl. Then, with a quick motion of
his hand, and while my heart stopped
its beating, he drew from beneath the
folds of his robe a glittering scimitar.
Quick as a flash the inspector
whipped out his revolver and dropping
on one knee sighted along the barrel;
but a restraining movement of
Clarke's hand stopped the fire.
The old man laid the sword gently
across the breast of tbe girl and began
a weird Invocation. Mumbled In his
beard at first, the words were lost to
us, but as his inflexion rose with the
heat of his fervor they floated through
the broken window. I give the words
as Clarke afterward wrote them out
for me:
"I Immolate this victim to thee. O.
Lucifer, master and prince of rebel-
lious spirits. I adjure thee to leave
thine abode, In whatsoever quarter of
the world it may be situated, and come
hither to communicate with me. 1
command and I now conjure thee to
appear without noise and without any
evil smell, to res|>ond in a clear and in-
telligible voice, point by point, to all
that I shall ask thee. Venlte! Venite!
Submlritillor Luclfuge. or eternal tor-
ment shall overwhelm thee, by the
power that Is given unto me."
Immediately after the beginning of
this wild Invocation I missed Clarke.
The Inspector atlll stood guard with
hla revolver. Zlngaro, with folded
arms, had not changed his position. I
knelt at the window sill but Clarke
was nowhere to be seen.
When the ranatlc finished he again
lifted and held aloft the gleaming
blade, seeming to await aome terrible
crisis.
Then a moat astonishing thing hap-
pened. I know my heart stopped for
full Ave seconds. The Inspector ac-
knowledged afterward that though he
expected the denouement he would
have Bred had not hla forefinger been
nerveless.
Into the room, and before the as-
tonished gaxe of the fanatic, apraag at
a bound as near a perfect Incarna-
tion of the devil aa I care to see either
In thla world or the next. Clad from
head to foot In glittering reptilian
scales, his arms extended Into gans?
wings, his mustache and beard of Inky
buck, curling defiantly, hla bead-dreae
sodding, hla em biasing, be stood
wltb avenging finger outstretched ba-
ins heap before the awful glare of
the apparition's eyes.
The tableau was complete. In my
soul I knew It was Clarke; I knew too
well dial blaze of thuse ayes, hut
Itow he got there, how lie hud ex-
ecuted aMeh a lightning change, and
what It all meant, I was ut u Ions lu
fathom.
As the form of the fanatic settled
to the floor the appurltlon changed
Its steady pointing to rapid passes.
After a few aeconda (he old man lay
still, and hlgtl'y trained mentality had
triumphed over fanuliclsm. Then
Luolfer, In his own proper person,
came to the window and Clarke's
oheery voice called: "Come on, men!
Through the windows you can muke
It."
Wo scrambled Into the room, and I
had another surprise when I saw
Clarke, unuoth shaven as usunl, clad
In his Immaculate Chesterfield and
without a suspicion of the Satanic or
of opera Imuffo, working to revive
Miss Watrous, whose sleep proved not
to be that of death.
The Inspeotor had slipped the hand
cuffs on the atlll Inanimate fanatic,
and Clarke hid so far succeeded In
arousing Miss Watrous that she
breathed normally, when our atten-
tion was attracted by a peculiar nolae.
At first I thought It was rats work-
ing In the walla of the ancient struc-
ture. Clarke'a aharp eyes, however,
detected two amall holes In the walna-
cotlng about three feet from the floor.
He began feverishly to work at the
Joints of the wainscoting with the
point of the scimitar which ho had
picked from the floor. Finally he suc-
ceeded In prying up a board sufficient-
ly to admit the fingers of myself and
the Inspector. With a quick pull the
boardB came off one after another.
There, crouched In a niche con-
cealed In the wall, bound so that the
slightest movement Was impossible,
gagged, and with his head held by a
rude clamp so that his eyes must look
through the two holes, was Richard
King!
Terrible must have been the wrong,
I thought, to merit such a revenge, to
see hiB sweetheart cruelly murdered
before his eyea, and then to be left to
die a lingering, torturing death with
the picture In his brain.
"You wore Just in time, gentlemen.
My compliments to you," said King
when his bonds were removed. Then
with a cry he dropped on his knees
at the side of the still Inanimate Miss
Watrous, seized her hand, and covered
It with'his kisses. Then, overwrought
by the terrible ordeal, he fell Into a
passionate flood of weeping. My sym-
pathy for him returned. He had both
courage while the danger lasted and
feeling when It was past
No time was lost In getting Miss
Watrous to a hospital for, though
Clarke pronounced her in no danger,
he feared a reaction when she re-
gained consciousness. The fanatic,
now apathetic, was bundled Into a
patrol wagon with the Inspector and
Zlngaro as guards. Clarke, King, and
myself were seated in another, and
between our knees the girl was made
as comfortable as possible on a
Btretcher. Whe - the wagon started,
roused by the Jolting, she opened her
eyes and gazed around at us in as-
tonishment through the half light af-
forded by two police lanterns. King
bent down and kissing her, whis-
pered :
"Why did you come, darling? You
risked your life for mine and It would
have been useless but for these men.
Why did you do it?"
"I got your message, Dick, dear, and
1 went."
"But I sent you no word to come."
Here Clarke Interposed and declared
ihat In the absence of a regular phy-
sician. he advised that Miss Watrous
should be absolutely quiet. She closed
her eyes and the swaying of the ve-
hicle soon threw her into a natural
sleep.
"Now, Mr. King," said Clarke, "I
think we can talk without disturbing
Miss Watrous, and I suggest that you
relieve the tedium of the ride by tell-
ing us who this fanatic is and how
you happened to fall Into bis power."
The narrative which follows was
broken by the arrival at the hospital
and continued later at the station,
where we all went to arrange the
commitment of the fanatic, but I give
It uninterruptedly.
"There is no doubt, Mr. .Clarke." be-
gan King, "that your timely arrival
saved me from a torturing death and
Miss Watrous from perhaps worse. I
dq not yet unders* -nd who you are or
how it all happened, but my part of
the story Is soon told. This old man.
Vladimir Stephanovltch, is my heredi-
tary enemy. I can scarcely blame him,
when I think that through iny father
his five sons and his daughter are in
Siberia. If they have not already died;
that his wife died on the road and
that he himself spent 15 years in
the prison camps of Sagahlin island;
that through my father his compan-
ion were scattered and deported, and
one of the most dangerous plots
against the czar waa thus frustrated.
"Stephanovltch is of noble birth,
the most noble In Russia, being relat-
ed to no less a personage than tbe
Little Father hlmaelf. Early In life,
so I have heard my father tell, he
became Infected with the dangeroua
bacilli of black magic, which atlll
flourishes to a large extent in south-
ern Russia. Aa the ruling prlnclplea
of tbe black art are greed for power
and wealth, luat for revenge, It waa
bnt a etep to nlhlllam. Stephanovltch
gathered together a formidable band
Like the magicians of old, they called
thernaelves The Brothers of the Left
Hand Path,' and they were bound by
the moat terrible oaths to encompass
ky any meana, natural or supernatural,
the end of existing authority.
"Nlhlllam baa uaed the dagger and
tbe bomb, but Stephanovltcb added to
theae the poisons of tbe Borglas aad
tbe capacity for leadership which nl-
hlllam baa lacked.
My father had mllllona Invested
la tbe Mines of southern Russia He
waa also deeply Interested aa a stu-
dent in anything which savored of
the occult. Hearing rumors of a pe-
culiar sect In his neighborhood, he
Investigated quietly and la the cad.
partly through the Information of
waa his clear duty am] gave them up
to tho government. That la the
itory."
"Hut how did you fall Into his pow-
er?" queried Clarke.
"After my futlier's death we re-
moved to thla country. About five
years ago I learned from Ruaala Ihat
Htephanovltch had escaped ami had
come to this country, Boon after, I
began to receive threatening letters
from him. At first I feared him, hut
after be Imd culled on me several
times uud as his attitude seemed to be
that merely of u cringing beggar, I set
hUn down as a harmless, dlaappolnted
fanatic. I thou lust track of him.
"I suppose I Inherited from my fa-
ther a love of the occult, as It has
been nty favorite study since youth.
When I saw un advertisement In the
l>ai>er that a genuine x«irker of black
magic, os laid down In the Lcmegeton,
had located In Chicago, and offered hla
services to whoever required them, I
lost no time In looklug hint up. I did
not altogether like the locality the
addreas took me to, but I've been In
many a worae one In Calcutta looking
up a fakir who was aald to perform
the mango trick better than any of his
fellows.
"I found a typical maglclan'a den
on the top floor of an otherwlae va-
cant building. At first I ,ild not recog-
nize Stephanovltch in tlw person of
the magician, There were aeveral
peraona lu the room and he dlamlased
them In turn and left me until the
laat. Then I aaw who It was. Thai
Is the last 1 remember very clearly up
lo the time you gentlemen reacued me.
I must have been hypnotised or
drugged or aomething, and I suppose
I have been a prisoner In that house
ever alnce.
"Twice I was permitted to aend mes-
sages to Miss Walrous, but b.v Stcph-
anovltch's orders they were limited to
the seals of the spirits. I used two
which I was pretty sure Miss Watrous
would know, as we had studied black
magic together, but without her fa-
ther's knowledge. Hr tides, she had a
Grlmolre and oould look them up.
"About two days ago Stephanovltch
came to me and said: 'You will now
send to the young woman who Is
called Miss Watrous the seal of the
dread spirit Glasyalabolas that she
may know that ere the sun rises on
tho third day from now you will be
dead.' I did so and 1 remember no
more until I awoke bound, looking into
his eyes which were peering at me
through the holes In the wall. The
rest you know.
"But how, Mr. Clarke, do you ac-
count for the other message Mies Wa-
trous received telling her to come to
me?"
"You have cleared that up for me,
Mr. King, as well as several other
points which bothered me. Stephano-
vltch'a sole reason, probably, in per-
mitting you to write was to obtain her
address, so that he might at the prop-
er time send her a decoy letter. But
I do not understand why he should
have delayed bis revenge for a month
when he had you in his power and
had the means to find Miss Watrous."
"I think I can explain it," said King.
"What date is this?"
We told him.
"Ah, I suspected so. It is 20 yean
ago to-day that 'The Brothers of the
Left Hand Path' were broken up. Bui
Mr. Clarke, I am interested to know
how you found us ai d how you ap-
peared just at the right time."
"That is simple enough," answered
Clarke. "Tho clu to the case plainly
lay In the seals which you drew. This
put me on the right track. When I
found it was black magic, I went at
once to the one man in Chicago who
would know every worker of the art
who might be in the city. This man
Is Ramon Zlngaro. I'9 Is a gypsy and
Muckogaa Primary.
I, L. Reeves, a retired army offi-
cer, was nominated by the republi-
cans for mayor of Muskogee at the
primary election. A. F. McGarr waa
Ihe democratic nominee.
Livery Sam Burned.
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed
A. W, Groves' livery burn at Tisho-
mingo. Six horses were burned
Heavy loss In feed and Imggles.
Cut the Salary.
The Morrison Council at the laai
meeting following the regular rou
tine of business adopted the propo
sltlon to cut the marshal's salary t(
15 per month, same to take effect
on April 1, 1900.
McAlester Commercial Club.
The Chamber of Commerce has re
organised at McAlester and will be
known aa the Commercial Club from
thla on. A large sum of money was
raised and renewed activity will be
noted on the |iart of several com-
mittees which were also reorganised
Monday.
Death of an Aged Man.
After a prolonged illnesa J. F. Rob
erts died Monday at the age of 8E
years. Funeral aervlcus were held
at hla late home, conducted by J.
Collins, an old-tluie friend and for-
mer pastor of the Congregational
Church of Kingfisher,
Railroad V. M. C. A.
The Railroad Y. M. C. A. at 8a
pulpa now numbers 600 membera
and an effort la being made to In
creaae the memberahlp to 800. Then
the Sapulpa association will stand
fifteenth among 240 railroad Young
Men'a Christian Association* in
America.
Conduotor Joe Baaaett Injured.
Joe Bassett, conductor on the
Frisco, has met with an accident
which has made It necessary fot
him to give up hla position, which
ho has long filled. While hunting
for rabbits/ near Sapulpa, his gun
was accidentally discharged and shot
off a hand.
KEEP BABY
HEALTHY; FREE
No child run be well and strong
Unless Its buwela move regularly
every day at the same hour. Such
regularity promotes good health, one
passage Is absolutely neces.tary, while
two are not too muny.
There Is one remedy that la espe-
cially adapted to the needs of children,
and which thousands of Amerlcau
mothers are using to-day, and that is
Ilr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, the great
herb laxative coiuiiound. Its gentle
action, ao free from griping, Its tonic
effects, and Ita perfect purity, vouched
for to the United States Government,
makeo It an ideul children's laxative
tonic.
Mrs. M. K, fash, of Webb, Okie., Is an
old-iliae friend of this wonderful child's
Kmndy and she says she could snarculy
'op housw without It. film became ac-
quainted with it through Dr. Caldwell's
offer of a free trial bottle, which she
found so effective on her halty tiiut she now
always keeps It In the house. Mrs. K. L.
gtout, of Louisville, Ky„ slso Hrst used It
In a tree sample, then bought It of her
drufslst ut tne regular pride, which Is
only BO cents or II a bottle. It gave her
little girl a splendid upprilte and a vigor-
ous stomach. Where Dr. Culdwi'll's Byrup
Pepsin once Amis lis way Into the home
It makes a lif«-long friend, They soon
discard salts, pills and powders.
Thoae who have nevor yet uaed Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin should begin to
8° ,0L Kr . , ^ «rC missing a valuable
household friend. In order to acquaint
you with Its merits at no expense to your-
•elf .the doctor will send >ou a free test
ho"!'o > receipt of name and addreee. It
h" b«n Justly called ihe nation's safe-
guard to health In the cure of constipa-
tion, dyspepsia, heartburn, liver trouble,
elck headache, sour stomach and similar
digestive ailments.
If there Is anything about
your ailment that you don't
understand, or If you want
any medical advice, write
to the doctor, and he will
answer you fully. There Is
no charge for this aervlce.
,Tlie address Is Dr. W. B.
Caldwell, 201 Caldwell bldg*
Montlccllo, III.
oics neaaacne,
5
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Will TO NIAGARA.
Street Car Crew Robbed.
Burglars held up Conductor J. Wal
lace and Motorman Parriah of atreet
car No. 36 at Oklahoma City and
robbed them of $12.50 and a gold
watch. The robbera took charge ol
the car and run it a distance ol
one-half mile and escaped.
Riot at Primaries.
In a riot at a primary election al
Oklahoma City Tuesday John Man
nlng, a negro preacher, waa bidlj
beaten by officers with clubs, and
other negroes were arrested for al
leged maintenance of a joint neal
the polls. When arrested the ne
groea resisted.
Must Install Telephone.
By an order issued by the Corpor-
ation ComlSBion, the Santa Fe Rail-
road muBt place a telephone In tbe
Btatlon at Orlando. There was a tel-
ephone in that depot for about three
yeara, but the railroad had it re-
moved. The commiaslon holds that
the telephone will be of great value
to the patrons of that road.
Organise New Sank.
Al Schwendener and Leonard
Kuntz, two former Kingfisher boys,
with O. J. Helton of Shattuck, have
organized a banking company and
will open a bank at Goodwin, Okla.
Helton is president, Schwendener,
vice-president and Kuntz cashier of
the bank, which will be named the
German State Bank.
Inatructlona to Burglara.
The safe at the office of the Wal-
do Coal & Wood Co. was tapped by
burglars last Monday night, but noth-
ing valuable was found. The safe
Ib kept unlocked with a card at the
door giving instructions how to open
so there will be no danger of blow-
ing the safe. Papers were scattered
about but no damage incurred.
to tha Nai aad
is an adopt at the art himself,
have Romany blood In me and I apeak
his language. Besides, he is beholden
lo me for many favors. He was one
of the persons who also answered the
advertisement and was in the room
when you came."
"But your disguise!" I exclaimed.
"That, I am afraid, was a bit of
harmless vanity on my part, but I am
now convinced that It was fortunate,
for nothing elae would have been as
safe or as effective. It was only this.
Black Magic for something like a
thousand years has been striving to
call forth the devil. It Is safe to aay
that never before to-night haa an In-
vocation been answered. I waa a lit-
tle curious to know just what effect
would be created 8hould his Satanic
msjeety appear In his own proper per
sou."
"But the costume?" I ptrslsted.
"Oh. that waa simple. A Chester-
field coat covers a multitude of sar-
torial sins. Beards and mustaches
are easily carried in the pocket and a
little chewing gum does the rest."
When we had seen Stephanovltch
safely deposited in a cell and the ex-
planations had been concluded, King
said:
"Without putting you gentlemen un-
der the pledge or absolute secrecy, I
ask that nothing of thla be given to
the papers and that no names be di-
vulged. My reaaon for thla la that
my mother Is of the lAost noble birth
in Russia and Is Intensely proud.'
"But," said the Inapector, "you will
have to appear against this man.'
"Cannot that be avoided?"
"Well," said the Inapector thought-
fully. 'if it's a matter of great Import
tance to you we can book him oo
vagrancy charge. That will hold hla
for a year.
"That will do nicely. Long before
the time Is up. Miss Watrous
will have been married and wUI be
awsy on my oeeaa yacht Tbea I will
defy Stephanovltch to find us. Now,
Mr. Clarke. I know there Is no ada
quste return I can make to you, bat
Is there anything I can dor
"Mr. King," aald Clarke drawing a
small book from hla pocket, "if I may
be allowed to keep thla I shall be more
than repaid. No; do not think I aa
foolishly generous. This book Is price-
It la an original edition of tha
Grlmolre of Hoaorina printed in the
seventeenth century. I found it la
the magician's quarters." •
"I know no one more entitled to It
than yon," answered King, extending
his hands to Clarke and myself. It
a small pay meat tor two Uvea
bnt my Ute-loac friendship and graft,
tads to both of yoa go with ft."
Officers Go Begging.
It begins to look as through there
would be no election In Lahoma thla
spring. In order to have the names
printed on the ballot 'a petition had
to be filed with the election commis-
sioners at Enid Saturday, but no
steps were taken toward getting ouf
the ticket.
Rain Benefits Wheat.
C. V. Topping, secretary of tha
State Mllelrs' Association at Guth-
rie, says: "Oklahoma wheat Is just
beginning to grow now and with no
further cold weather prospects fot
a bumper wheat crop will become
brighter each day. Wheat produc
tlon in Oklahoma Is such nowadays
that we are exporting with profit
Our shipments go south through the
Galveston gateway.; Grain freight
ratee are very aatlafactory In this
state, and aalde from a general Inter-
est which millers and grain men
have In tbe recent Katy rate reduc-
tion the grain men do not expect to
reap a direct benefit from this or fu
ture general rate reduction."
Cade Mentioned for Governor.
In an address, delivered In Waah-
Ington before the organization of pri-
vate secretaries, Vernon W. Whiting
of Oklahoma, private secretary to
Congressman Bird S. McGulre, took
occasion to place Cash Cade, mem-
ber of the National Republican Com-
mittee. In nomination, as the choice
of Oklahoma Republlcana for thli
state's next governor. Cade is a res-
ident of Shawnee.
Teacher—Johnny, can you tell me
the most remarkable thing about Ni-
agara Falls?
Johnny—Yeaaum; tbe price 'they
aoak you for everything without going
to jail.
Laundry work at home would ha
touch more satisfactory if the right
Btarch were used. In order to get tha
daalred stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to uae so much starch that tha
beauty and fineness, of the fabric la
hidden behind a paste of valine
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear-
ing quality of the goods. Thla trou-
ble can be entirely overcome by ualng
Defiance Starch, as It can be applied
much more thinly because of Its great
ar strength than other makea.
Caught an the Rebound.
The old man waa lecturing hla more
or less wayward son on the evils of
getting up late In the morning.
"Remember." he said, "that It was
the early bird that caught the worm."
"But how about the worm, dad?"
queried the youth, who thought he had
hla aire up In the air. "Where did his
reward for getting up early come In?"
"I am informed," replied the old
man, gravely, "that the worm was on
hla way home—hadn't been in bed at
all."
And there being nothing more to
aay, the .young man said nothing.
Couldn't Convince the Judge.
"I have heard of the soul kiaa and
klasea of other kinds, but I never heard
of a man biting his wife as an evidence
of hla affection for her," remarked Jua-
tlce O'Neill of Baltimore, Md„ when
George Phoebus, aged 27, of East Bal-
timore atreet, endeavored to explain
the biting of his wife, for which of-
fense ahe had him arrested. Mrs.
Phoebus aald her husband deliberate-
ly bit her on the cheek, and, though
the pain was excruciating, he said that
it was a "love bite." The justice fined
him five dollars and gave him tea day*
In jail.
Artificial Wanta.
Many a one. for the aake of finery
on the back, haa gone with a hungry
belly and half-starved their families.
"Silk and satin, scarlet and velvets."
aa Poor Richard says, "put ont the
kitchen lire." These are not the nec-
essaries of life; they can scarcely be
called the convenlencea; and yet only
because they look pretty, bow many
want to have them! The artificial
wants of mankind thus become more
numerous than the natural; and as
Poor Dick aaya: "For one poor person,
there are a hundred indigent."—Ben.
Jamln Franklin.
_ _ in Reck laland Office.
Several changes ware made Tuea
day in tha office of Claim Agent
Brady of tha Rock laland at B Seao
T. I. Hart resigned hla position aa
ad <ter aad waa succeeded by F.
M. Short, who will aow have the
territory along the main Una from
Caldwell to Terral. Joha Fargo,
who baa been stenographer to
Claim Agent Brady aiace laat Jaly,
haa beea promoted to the
of chief clerk. Harry A. Blake haa
beea promoted from night yard clerk
to the poeltioa of the file stork la
thla
turned With Cloctrtelty.
Mr. aad Mrs. McBride, parwata of
Henry McBride, claaa ti at tbe A. *
M. college, have raedved word of
aa accident to their aoa la the Onaa-
ajaato Power ft Electric Compaay'a
plant la Mexico. Ha came la eoa-
tact with a live wire cairylac IMO#
volts at electricity, which burned hla
leg ao aertoaaty la twa ptacae that
tt had to be amputated above tha
•L Mr. McBride wot man ta
ib or *
y.
SICK DOCTOR
Food Put Him Right
The food experience at a physician '
la hla own caae when worn and weak
from sickness and when needing nour-
lahmeat tbe worst way la valuable:
"Aa attack of grip, so severe it came
near making aa end of me, left ay
atoaach la auch condition I could not
ratala aay ordinary food. I knew of
coarse that I muat have food noarlah-
aaat or I oosid never recover.
1 bocaa to take four tablespoonfnls
of Orape-N Aa aad cream three tlmea a
day aad for 3 weeks thla waa almost
ay aaty toad; It taated ao dellctoao
that 1 eajoyed It Immeaaely and ay
atoaach handled It perfectly froa tha
•rat aoathfaL It waa ao nouriahlag I
waa (sickly built back to aoraal
health aad strength.
"Orape-N at s is of great valae aa
food to aaataln life durlag eerioaa at-
taafca la which the stomach la ao da-
ft caanot digest aad assimilate .
"I aa convinced that war* Grape-
Mate more widely aaad by physfcdaaa,
II would save aany lives that ara oth-
erwise lost froa lack of nourishment"
Abaoiotely the most perfect food In
the world. Trial of drape-Nuts !• daya
Leak to pkr tor the little book, The
" 1 to WoDvnia."
Al
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