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TUESDAY; JUNE 3. lflia.
SYNOPSIS.
Ibi7 Page, actress, la accused of the
, murder of James Tollock and la defended
by bar lover, Philip Langdon. Pollock
r waa Intoxicated. At alary 'a trial ah ad
" jnJta aba had the- revolver. Her maid
' i teellfiea that Mary threatened Pollock
with it previously, and Mary'i leading
mail Implicate Lansdon. How Mary dis
appeared from 'the scene of the crime la a
' mystery. Brandon telle of a t range band
' , print he aaw on Mary 'a shoulder. Further
. evidence aliowa that horror of drink pro
duces temporary insaimj m ami j.
' defense Ja "repressed psychosis." Wit
- oeasea describe Mary a flight from her ln
- Uxxtcated father and her father's suicide.
Kurae Walton describes the kidnaping of
Mary. ty i ollocK ana Amy canon ieu
ef Mary's straggles to become an actress
and Ponock's pursuit of her. There is
evidence that Daniels, Mary's manager,
threatened Pollock. Mary faints on the
' aland and again goes Insane when a po
Ilceman offers ber whisky. ' Daniels testi
fies that Pollock: threatened to kill Mary
and Langdon and actually attempted to
Ml the . latter. Two witnesses describe
Mary'i flight to the street from the hotel
and her abduction by men from a gam
Wing place near by. Further evidence
. teeou to incriminate Daniels.
MAGGIE HALE
'HAT Is your name?"
"Maggie Hale."
"And jour occupation?"
For a fraction of a minute
she hesitated and then answered light
ly. "1 am out of employment just at
present , I Was private secretary to
Theodore Barker."
., A flicker of mutual amusement shot
from Langdon's eyes to those of the
Prosecutor,- and the spectators with a
whispering rustle of interest leaned
forward to stare, for "Texas" Barker
waa a striking figure in the city.
His millions amassed by the mascu
line love of "taking a chance" would
have made him notable anywhere,' bat
"Texas" , the gambler enlarged that
notability to the spectacular, though
Mr lie kef 9f Amusement Bhot ' From
. Langdon's Eyas 1 to These of the
Prosecutor.
h1 constant jclasbea with the police
had recently robbed Mm 'of some of
ils more exclusive patronage. ,
To Mary Page alone the paine Bark
er meant nothing; and the sudden eat
rmesa (a her maimer was due not to
' e expectatioa ef a bit of sensational
tliaony, bnt "becanse this was the
- an she had been snpposed to be
the night when the police dragged
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The Strange Gasie of
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The Great McCture Mystery Story, Written by
FREDERICK LEWIS In Collaboration With
JOHN T. M'INTYRE. Author of ' the AsKtod
Kirk .Detective Stories. Head t S'tory
and Ss the Esjanay Moxfing Victor
... Copyright. 191S. y McClure Puellcatfoa
' This new withes was. however, not
a woman to briug from Mary anything
but an uncontrollable shudder of aver
sion. For she wa of the bard-mouthed,
bold-eyed type whose profession
it is to make herself attractive to men.
She was the decoy of the great gam
bling hell back of the Hotel Republic,
and Mary wondered vaguely what on
earth she could possibly kuow of the
tragedy, that after so many weeks
seemed no nearer a solution.
The Prosecutor wondered much the
same thing, and the Judge made a
"Somebody tipped me off that the air
was fresher at a cabaret."
mental note to warn Langdon that
witnesses whose characters were not
beyond reproach detracted from rather
than added to a case.
And lie made that resolution In the
face of the twinkle of amused recog
nition that Maggie Hale bad shot him
when she took the stand. For all
kinds and all classes met at Barker's,
and it was with this famous place that
Langdon's first question dealt.
"As secretary to Mr. Barker you
mnst hare been frequently at his es
tablishment back of the Hotel Repub
lic, were you not 7"
"I was," the witness answered read
ily. "But mostly in the daytime. I
had my evenings free."
"There were evenings when you were
there, though, were there not?"
"Oh, lots!" Her tone was freighted
with easy amusement. "Sometimes 1
met up MltU a party for dinner or a
show, and tuen we'd drift about to try
and bank at The House."
She ttmilcd. and several men in the
courtroom smiled too.
"Miss Hale, were you a friend of
James Pollock '!"
"I knew him; knew him pretty well
He was at Barker's a good bit."
"Were you at Barker's on the night
that he was shot ?"
"Yes, but eaJy. Somebody tipped me
off that the air was fresher at a caba
ret." A snicker of repressed mirth filtered
through the room at this hint of the
big raid, but Langdon frowned.
"Had jou seen Mr. Pollock thnt
day?"
"No. Not since the night before."
"Miss Hale, isn't it true that you
were to have Joined the supper party
for the company that Mr. Pollock and
Mr. Daniels were giving?"
"No, I wanted to. but he said it was
purely theatrical. Then I bet him I
would come anyway."
"Why were you particularly anxious'
to attend that party on Mr. Pollock's
acconnt?"
"Not on your life! I knew that there
was going1 to be some crooked work
pulled off, but I couldn't prove it I
I had a grudge against someone who
was In on It, and I wanted to queer
the deal."
"Will yon tell ns please what that
deal was?"
The woman twisted ber hands to
gether nervously, and her eyes darted
among the. spectators as If searching
for a menacing face, then she said
slowly: i
"The the deal wasn't nulled off. and
I'd rather tell it without any names.
if Pro got to ten ' It A I'm . not been
bout snitching on people."
"I think you may tell It as too
please. Should it become necessary to
reveal the name I win ask for it" ,
"That's the ticket ' Well, you see ft
was this way.?, cf i
Miss, Hale settled bsck fat her chair.
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! f as hough she'reaily 'enjoyed 'the Inter
est she was creating.
"Barker knew a fat lot of crooks of
all kinds, and he had one pal called
Budge Dudley who wasn't all he
might have been, but Texas stuck to
him because he'd helped him once a
long time ago. It was the same with
Larry the Josh. Larry had a soft job
at The House, and Texas kept blm for
old time's sake.
"Well, that's got nothing to do with
it except that these fellers cooked up
a plant by which they were to get a
girl into Jim's party. This girl is
abou,t the cleverest dip In New York,
and she was to lift the Jewels and the
watches and the money and everything
she could get those swift hands of
hers on. when the party got warmed
up.
"It was a part of the game for her
not to be seen going in or coming out
of the hotel, so it was fixed to get the
fire-escape down and let her go up it
When she came down again she was
to le swung up into Barker's in
swing that Is used sometimes to get
important people out of the way if
unexjtected visitors arrive."
She smiled grimly.
"And then she was to walk Iwldly
out the front door. Now this girl"
"Sadie!" breathed Mary Page sud
deuly, and at the uauie the witness
paled nud. swinging hIkmU stared at
Mary.
"How do you know" she began, but
Langdon Interrupted quickly:
"You say that the girl failed ta carry
out her part of the plot. Will you tell
us why, please?"
"Why? Why. because Jim wasn't at
the banquet and she couldn't get In
There wasn't nnylxnly else there who
recognized her, and she was counting
on Jim. It was fixed with him, but
I guess he forgot, so she was left out
In the cold. She stuck around till
pretty late, hoping to havo a chance
to get in on the game iyway, and
then when slip triel to go down the
tire-esrape slie found it about as quiet
as Broadway around eight o'clock. I(
was full of bulls and peopleayd lights,
so she had to go downstairs and out
Hie regular way with nothing to pay
(or a wasted evening." .
"Were you in the hotel that night?"
"I was. But not at the banquet."
"Where were you?"
"In the ladles' writing-room on the
second floor." the witness answered
You' say that tfce girl failed to carry
out her ' part of the plot" :
without the slightest hesitation.
"That's around the corner from the
banquet room." . -
"How near is that to what Is known
as the 'gray suite,' do you know?"
"Of course I do. It's at the end of
that corridor.'
"Can yon reach the fire-escape from
ftr : : .
"No. There's a Are tower at the
ether side of the building that yon are
supposed to ose. Bat 'I didn't know
that when I was seized with a desire
Jo writftJetters In that room." f' -.u
"What time did yon-go In there?"
"Ob, ' I don't know round about
eleven 'o'clock or so." '
'j "Did ypu look out the window H
"Sure I did. lots of tim !.-1 had to
do something Uo prevent death Troni
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"It was then that you found you
could .not reach the flre-escape. was
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r"Yes. Ruti I ccald seellt and that
was Just about as Important .for me.
All ,1 wanted wns to have the goods
on a woman that ,budbeen blabbing
too much about me." v ' - ' J
n"Mlas Hale, did you at any time when
you looked out at the fire-escape hear
any conversation ? V 1
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;-"Well,v I wasn't wearing my ' wrist
watch that night so 1 can't tell you the
exact time. It was pretty late, lifter
midnight I had about decided that
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Jamea Pollock, Mary Page and Philip
Langdon.
the game was due t,o come off pretty
quick or not at all, and had leaned out
of the window to take a last look when
I saw the lights flush up in the next
suite."
"Were the windows open?"
"Yes."
"And you could hear talking?"
"Yes."
"Was it a man and a woman?'
"No; two men. One was shouting
pretty loudly and the other seemed to
be promising him. something or reas
suring htm. One voice seemed kind of
familiar, but I didn't place it then be
cause It was thick, like a man with an
edge on. The other voice 1 didn't rec
ognize. At any rate. I heard the lush
" 'Now beat It, and don't you let any
body butt in this time. Stay where I
told you to. and for the lord's sake
don't get run In as a sneak. Do you
get me?'
" 'I got you the first time,' growled
the other fellow. 'What the dickens
has got Into you tonight, Jim? I be
Heve you've got something up your
sleeve you're not tellin'.'
"'Well,' says the drunken voice.
'you've been keepln' a few things up
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your sleeve for a long time. I haven't
bad sn accounting for that money yet' .
At that the other growls something
and they both came to the window."
'Could you see them I" . Langdon's
roice shook a little In his excitement
"Nee "I" couldn't see anything' but
their shadows. 'A tall one' kind of
wavering, and a shorter one.
"Did yon bear any more rT , ,
"No.- Because Just then I beard
mWim
someone laugh In the corridor; and I
know the bar-Muet must be arriving.
and I wanted ' tq keei tabs ou the
guests. v " , f - , '' i ? :
- "Did you see 3be defendant, Mary
Page, pass?" "
"Von ' . f . , y
V'-Ww she alone? ; " , ' ' .' f's
'A "No; - DanieLs. . the ; theatrical feller.
was with her." ,
There was a slight pause. ' ;
"Now, Miss nale," Langdon's voice
was serious, but deep wtb an emotion
that stirred the bewildered spectators
with , the sense of something big and
important even though they could not
grasp It, "did Mr. Daniels show any
emotion when he passed the door, of
the gray suite?" '
"I don't know as you would call. It
emotion exactly. Ha acted like a man
that hears a familial voice. To come
down te facts, be i stopped short and
listened, and it wasn't till he noticed
that Miss Page had stopped too that
be laughed loudly as . if to cover up
something and hurried her along to
the banquet room." :
"Did you see Mr. Daniels again?"
"Yes: a little later. I went across to
the window to get .an eyeful of what
was going on out there, but couldn't
see a thing, and after waiting a bit I
went back to the door." .
"Was anyone in the corridor?"
"Yesi A kid was walking along fo
rwards the stnlrs and Daniels was
standing by the door of the gray suite
with one hand on the knob and with
his ear flat against the panel."
."How long did he stand there?"
' "Oh, a minute or so. At first I
thought be was going to open the door.
Then be shrugged his shoulders and
walked a step away. Just then I
thought I heard the sound of a window
being closed and I ran towards my
window. Before I got there, though,
there M as a scream -and a shot and I
ran out into the hall Instead. Old
Daniels was beiltlug it down the cor
ridor and Mr. Lnugdon here was
Standing at the door of the gray room."
"Did yon Join the crowd about the
door?"
"Of course I did. I was one of the
first to get into tle room." '
"Was the window still open?"
"No." The witness was very em
phatic. Her mouth shut in n tight
Hue.
"Now be careful. Miss Hale are
you sure of that?"
"Sure? Of course I'm sure. One
window was open. yes. The one to the
left baud side of the room, but the
other one, the one through whieh I had
heard the talk, was .closed. I'm dead
sure of it dead sure."
"Miss Haje, you say you were one of
the first to enter the room. Will you
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"Mr. Langdon was lifting her up in
his arms."
describe exactly what you saw?" Lang
don moved nearer to her, and himself
listened attentively.
, "I saw the body of Jim Pollock ly
ing face down on the floor with a drib
ble of blood coming from under him.
and a little, ways off Mary Page lying
in a dead faint, with her face all twist
ed up, like a person with a stroke. Mr.
Langdon was lifting ber up in bis
arms. Daniels was there, and the pret
ty hoy that played the lead In the Page
company. There was one of the hotel
officials, too..
. The memory of the ghastly scene did
not disturb her at alL She was as
calm as though she had been entertain
ing visitors at home.
, "But, you did NOT see, did you, the
abort man whom Pollock had been ha
rangulng a few moments before?" The
question wss sbsrp and direct ' -
"No. Unless it was either you, Mr.
Langdon, or Mr. Daniels. There was
no other man there whom It could have
been. , ,"" : '' '
.. "Was the voice you beard mine?
8peak frankly.". ' 1 .
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elocution teacher.' " There was a slight
titter: "It was kind of thick; and na-
Would you recognize It again if you
heard Itr ' - : . ? -,".
"Tea. But I haven't heard it since."
"What did you do during the excite
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T was tod horrilled to do anything
for minute. Then people kept push-
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in In and ma T n( aernaa tub
another slant at the fire-escape.",-
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"Not on the fire-escape "Itself, but
two men were In the alley staring up
at the hotel I could see their faces,
k "Two menf-are you sure there were
two?-;.' '';7' ''J:3J,i: Vv'..
Yes. Of course ! am. 1 could see
tbem plain. One was almost Under the
arc light"; :t :-
. "Miss Hale.", said Lanedon fv ,
anil mtlmlv , mlrhlnv'Harr bai .
though he knew the sensation his ques
tion would create, "was that man who
stood under the arc light dressed In a
light suit with a red tier , .-
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Tj be continued.)
Avoid Catching Cold.
r Colds are catching mostly from oth
ers. Therefore avoid 0600) who have
colds. Avoid people who have recently
bad pneumonia, (within two years).
Avoid crowds. Avoid hot places.
Avoid badly ventilated places.
Colds can't be caught from oneself.
Therefore keep the mouth," nose and
tonsils clean. Avoid gorging with food
or drink. Avoid alcoholics.
The germ is a factor, but the human
body Is also. Therefore avoid getting
overwarm or overcold in the entire
body or any part thereof.
Colds cannot be caught when resis
tance is high. Therefore build up heat
making powers by sleeping out taking
cold baths and eating moderately. Ex
ercise dally in the oen air.
If you have contracted a cold do not
spit carelessly. Do not sneeze or cough
carelessly. . Destroy all nose and
mouth secretlous.
If the attack is accompanied by
aches. and fever avoid pneumonia by
going to bed, decreasing eang and
by taking a purge. Take medical coun
sel. Care of the Hands.
To keep the hands smooth, soft and
white wipe them until they are per
fectly dry after washing them. The
neglect to dry the hands Is the com
monest cause of the redness and chap
ping of the skin. If the hands have
got Into a condition .where treatment
is needed rnt them thoroughly at bed
time with a mixture composed of tinc
ture of benzoin, one toaspoonful
glycerin, four ounces, und rosewuter.
three ounces. A similar treatment is
to rub n small portion of cold cream
well into the skin. This may be done
duriug the day several times, and it is
protective treatment against chapping
when aUiut to go out into the cold.
Wear loose kid gloves on the hands
during the night after applying the
lotion, as It aids in the softening and
bleaching work. A tcaspoonful of
lemon juice, two tenspoonfuls of
glycerin and six tedspoonfuls of water,
all mixed together, make a serviceable
daytime application for the bands
after dishwashing, sweeping or scrub
bing. Wear rubler gloves when do
ing this work, j
Nebraska In Ancient Day.
In late tertiary times what is now
Nebraska was a low lying and swampy
region, covered with vegetation similar
to that now growing In most climates
much farther south. Camels and lla
mas were nbnudant. and during the
pliocene epoch great ground sloths and
glyptodonts. whose relatives now live
in South America. Inhabited western
Nebraska. Mastodons with tusks on
loth the upper and lower Jaws, much
like those of the miocene epoch, still
persisted. Short legged rhinoceroses re
mained abundant and there was a
great variety of wolflike carnlvora.
Saber toothed tigers and true cats.
some of them considerably larger than
the modern tigers, were also abundadt
Three toed horses were still numerous,
but the modern genus equus was not
among them. One of the most curious
animals of the time in Kansas and
Nebraska was a gopher-like rodent that
had two large horns on his nose. Its
enormous claws indicate good burrow
ing iMjwers. and its horns also may
have been used in digging. Argonaut.
Professional Secret
Tramp Thankee, mum. That is the
best meal I've had for two days. But
I knew I'd get a good feed here.
Housekeeper You did? Is there any
mark on my fence?
"No'm. Marks don't go any more.
People rubs 'em out or paints 'em
over. .
"Then how do you knowr
"I hate to give awway the secrets
of the perfesh, mum."
"Then I'll make you an offer. Tell
me how you know you'd get a. good
meal here and I'll give you another
every time you pass through the town." ;
"That's fair. mum. : I knew by the
appearance of the yard."
"The yard r r' " f
"Yes, mum. It has s; mossed up.
slipshod look, aa if the folks was the
shiftless sort that's too laxy to keep
themselves from beln' fooled by any
vagabond that comes along. Good day.
mum." Pittsburgh Press, .
What Word Rimes With Slamf
"Hello, sweetheart," said a voice as
she took down the Dhone.
; "Is that you, honey T. the answered.
"You bet it is. How are your
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"Well, you were looking mighty fine
when I saw yon last. s- -
Now you're nattering." ;
"No, rm not"
"Tell me, Jim, what are yon calling
me for this time of dayr '? ' f
1 . "Jlmt I ain't Jim! Arent yon Flot.
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