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Show THE BKAVP.R COUNTY WEEKTV PRESS. BEAVER. tTTAII eruiae sn would uave" guarded njratnsf such "danger" fif discovery. Why,, that carelessneaa alone .might ruin every hojej(tf escape, might bring her to tlie eisctrtc chair U "was Vloa . 1 ' s damning evidence. I r dare not remain there- - la the presence of this grisly spectacle. To be found would fasten the hideous crime upon me, while such a story as I must tell would never be believed. I did not know even who she really was, or where she might be. I cared nothing for Alva's death; horrible as H was; I was conscious of inrregretTbut I must not be mixed ud in the affair. The only thing for met to do was to disappear, and leave the, police to make their own discovery. And the knife? the weapon which, had done the deed? What should I do, with . tv L j fy I yrr a f S tJxy author K or m f Illustration THS STRANGE OlSE tcr CAVZ7WIS3 r that? 5 L PARR13H EY RANDALL COPYRIGHT with an odd, fanciful hilt There were stains upon the polished steel; and the moment 1 saw It, I knew where It bad attracted my attention before aa a pin In Marather than a MURDER1 ' Synopsis. In a New York jewelry tore Philip Severn, United States consular agent, notice! a mall bos which attracts him. He purchases it. Later fc discovers In a secret compartment a writing giving a clew to a revolutionary movement In this country seeking to overthrow the Chilean government The writing mentions a rendesvous, and Severn decides to investigate. Finding the place mentioned in the writing apparently deserted, Severn visits a saloon In the vicinity. A woman In the place is met by a man, seemingly by appointment, and Severn, his suspicions aroused, follows them. They go to the designated meeting place, . an abandoned Iron foundry. At the rendesvous Severn is accepted as one of the conspirators and admitted. He meets a stranger who addresses him as Harry Daly. The incident plays into Severn's hands and he accepts it His new acquaintance la a notorious thief, "Gentleman George" Harris. Concealed. Severn hears the girt address the conspirators. She urges them to hasten the work of revolution. The girl discovers Severn listening. She accepts his explanation of his presence and asks him to meet her next day. He tells her his name is Daly. She is "Miss Conrad." Harris informs him of a schema he has to secure l,00O,O0, the revolutionary fund, and offers ts "split" with him. Severn accepts. Severn learns It was his new friend and a "Captain Alva" whs had lost ths bos which started him on ths trail. Harris tells him ths woman is Marie Gets-le- r. He arranges to meet Severn next day at Tom Costlgan's saloon. CHAPTER VI If to, rie Gessler's weapon hat CHAPTER VII. b 8sk Miss Conrad Ths Threads Be-come Tangled. . I grasped the thing In my hand, holding It up Incredulously Into what ever faint light I eouia nnu. mere was no question as to Its Identity; I could not doubt. This was the same peculiar ornament I had observed that evening In the girl's hat, or else Tts I recalled the quaint exact mate. shape of the miniature hUt too clearly to be mistaken. Then this car was the one In which she had departed with Gustave Alva two hours before. What had occurred In the meanwhile? Some thing serious evidently. The dagger on the floor would Indicate a struggle, or at least a hasty departure from the vehicle. I stood staring at It, slowly compre hending the probable meaning of those dark stain on the blade. Their na ture could not be determined In so dim a light, yet when I touched tbetti with my linger It became discolored. My God! could It be blood? Blood 1 it was blood ; then this had been a scene of tragedy, of. awful crime perhaps. The discovery alckened me( but I had Continued V Not Marie. Gessler, certainly, nnder - - ht . , tCevr R Long, Thin-Blade- d Dagger. to go on. I wrenched open the for ward door and peered fearfully within. I could not but know instantly what I aytw a dim, huddled form leaning forward across the steering-whee- l, one hand yet on the spokes, with bend dangling helplessly, upheld only by contact with the windshield. I knew the man was dead before I touched the cold hand; his very posture told that and how he had died; Instantly, from a stab In the back. I could not see his features, the (lurk-nes- s hid them, but desperation drove me to pass my hand over the concealed face; the upturned mustache, the exposed teeth, grinning Ironically In death, left no doubt aa to who he was the Chilean soldier and .attache. Captain Alva. The awful horror of It paralysed my very brain. She must have don this I That gtrl must have ts -- self-defens- e. t- ap- - n. mi in lA Commander of Body In Hw York Perfects Ons f ths Most ' Powerful Units. Believing that ths-- county rganixa tlon Is a vital part of the' American Legion; rmillamF, Deegan, first' vie commander of th Legion " in New York, has perfected in Bronx county one of the most Legion powerful units in the coun., try. Among tti accomplishments of the Bronx countdsliia- ty organisation is the placing of bronze plaques on 950 trees as a memorial to ths World war dead; employment provided for hundreds men by the emof ployment committee, and .relief to sick and wounded veterans In New York dty hospitals from the Legion's welfare committee. Mr. Deegan, when asked to give some of his working principles, said: "I Insist npon every post being represented at a county meeting held once a month. I visit every post at least once or twice a month and for the benefit of Legionnaires have arranged for a legal committee to take up the principal troubles of the boys, without cost I find that Legion men have absolute confidence" to their bfflcersv provided they know that they do not seek, political office at their expense. To that end I make every effort to keep the organization free from men holding appointive offices. "Personal contact with your post Is absolutely necessary telling them what Is going on, listening to complaints and abolishing wherever possible parliamentary procedure, because delegates oftentimes will come to meetings and fear to speak on a subject which is vital to the Interests of the organization, because they do not know whether they are In order.,, During the war Mr. Deegan was attached to the staff of Gen. George W. Goethals and was assigned to Inspect the army ' bases along the Atlantic coast and Inland army depots. He was discharged a major In 1919. 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Former doughboys will reflect long upon the sad case of Sergt Harley C S y 1 v e 8 ter, who likes the walking branch of the service so well that be voluntarily agreed to hike an average of 18 Vi miles a day for 40 days to tell the peace ful citizenry why they should learn to fight When officials I1 in it iM'llllllI of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., looked about for the representative type of American sol dler to advertise the citizens' military training camps to be held during the SAYS NO MAN HER SUPERIOR summer, they found Sergeant Sylvester, overseas veteran and member of Bright-Eye- d Sergeant and Vice Com- the American Legion at the military mander of Post Bluffed Mr. post still In the service. Sllver-EsgleSergeant Sylvester Is scheduled to cover 737 miles during the 40 days. Who else but a bright-eyesmiling He is visiting towns and cities in InAmerican girl could have gotten away diana, Ohio and Kentucky. He carTith It? ries light marching equipment and is Sergeant Minnie the guest of his buddies In the Legion Arthur of the Uniposts along the dusty route. ted States marine The American Legion will assUt In corps was on duty obtaining recruits for the citizens In a recruiting ofmilitary training camps, according to fice In Indianaporesolution adopted by the military lis, Ind during policy committee of the the war. The mamen's organization. jor In charge was nervous ; a colonel TRANSFERS PAY TO LEGION from Washington was coming to In Permanently Disabled Yank, Propped everyon spect ; Let, brushed Up In Bed, Signs Over Bonus up on Check t Post rules. of military condui-t- . In walked the austere colonel. Sergeant Arthur A striking example of the gratitude remained working at ber desk. Silver-eagl- e walked over to ber desk and of the nation's disabled veterans for those who 1 have frowned. "Cm-ev- er aided thsm m get up when an otucer their., hours -- of comes In the room, sergeant?", ha has suffering growled. come atto th . "Yea, sir, sometimes," Mis Three tention of Lee C Stripes replied. Prentice post of "Um and I suppose you salute your the American Le-glsuperiors, too, ehr tn Fair-mou- nt Sergeant Arthur smiled sweetly Minn. and then her eyes snapped. Cletus Lappln, Sir, fv never seen a man yet who a young soldier wss my superior severely wounded And th colonel passed it off with on th battlefields out a reprimand. of France and Miss Arthur, now of Robert E, Kennington pout of the now In hospital, rated totally and perAmerican Legion In Indianapolis, en manently disabled, received a check In listed for four years and served 18 payment for th state bonus while months. She Is still In the reserve, taking treatment In a sanitarium at Fairmount drawing $1 a month with which she Asking to be proppel up tn bed, buys hair nets. She is authority on Libert an golf snd plays a good hand tappln Indorsed the slip, good for several hundred dollars, to the Prentice at "blackjack." post of the Legion. -- When I needed help," said the boy who had given the On the Square. best of his life to his conntry, "the o -We had quite a game up to the boys stood by me. Now I'm g boarding house last night" to do my little bit to help them .1 .. "Pokerr . get those clubrooms they are after." "No. Tt landlady was going to Uck one or tne hoys for not paying his " Whsrs Is Bliss, board. I tried to check her, she "If yon readIgnorance mor you would kno Jumped me, crowned him and told us more." both to move." "Yes, snd miss all the sensations Tld you do by getting rejected for Jun Chess." American Legion Weekly Legion Weekly. afFRS. 4anufaetnrra aodomiaal. Matarnity appartoK Trou fitters. 8. U. Bowaiar Co., Brooki Arcaavl V ELDING. milt snd Weldinc AUTO RADIATORS Mack.? Best sad cheapest. 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Born In Spring-Hel- d, Vt, Mr. Spaftord was educated In the public schools. Ha received an apefik' pointment to the United States Naval academy in 1901. Assigned to the shin Washington, he became gun nery officer; at that time he was the youngest officer In the navy to hold this, position. .. While the Washington was lying off Cupe Hatteras a sailor was washed overboard In a heavy sea. Risking his life In the waves, Mr. Spafford plunged overboard and succeeded In Hla bravery reuculng the seaman. was recognized In a letter of com mediation from the secretary of the navy. He rose to the rank of lieu tenant commander. In 1914 Mr. Spafford resigned from the navy to study law at Columbia j university. With the start of the war Mr. Spafford offered his services to his country and he was made a lieutenant commander In the navy reserve He served for a time as coriw. member of the board of Inspection and survey, which was In charge of the selection of ships to be purchased by the government He directed the fit t sub ting out of the first 25 marine chasers built for distance serv Ice and established a submarine chaser base at New London, Conn. When the American navy became active In the Straits of Otranto, Mr. Spafford was sent to establish a submarine chaser base at Corfu, Greece, and later became chief of staff of Unit station. He was in charge of all operations and was on the first Amer ican submarine chaser which ds-strJrd an enemy ship after locating It by the process of sound contact When the Austrluns surrendered two battleships acd two destroyers to the United States, Lieutenant Commander Spafford took them over. Later, he investigated the situation along the Dalmatian coast and made a special report on Flume to the American He repence delegation at Paris. ceived the Distinguished Service Medal. Mr. SpaTwd Is a member of Manhattan naval post of the American Legion In New York city. ' . The morning papers contained no reference to the tragedy the body of the dead man had not been found In time. There would be noise enough when It was, no doubt for Alva must have been widely known and ranked as of some Importance. Even If his Identity was never established. 1f no suspicion was aroused as to his position, and secret work In this country yet the very mystery of the case would create a sensation. But perhaps he had rapers on his person of value. I regretted not having searched his pockets. Then the conviction came that possibly here might be the true solution of the murder a desire to se cure some documents the man carrie d I went down to Costlgan's plnce on foot, not being entirely certain of thu exact location. It was an ortllnan corner saloon, with a stairway lending to rooms above. In the morning Ixmn, the barroom was nearly deserted, but the man at the bar, looking me over cautiously, said that "Mr. Parker" had already gone out snd had left no word as to when he would return. I was rather glad, yet I left a tele phone number, with a request that I be called whenever he came back. I waited impatiently for the call In im " room, but none came. It dawned npon me that In all probability Harris was frantically endeavoring to find th whereabouts ef Alvs, as yet having no 1 CPlSlSll 1 1'l telephoned CWtlgsnV but "fir. Parker had not returned. t seat out for a noon edition, eagerly scanning Its columns, but finding nothing. Surely the deserted car. with tts grim harden, must have boes discovered before this. The police must have suppressed the news to enable them to work In secret; tht might have found some evidence In the dead man's pockets, or In the dart recesaea of the car, by which they stIU hoped to capture the asscsoin. I remember eating In n liasement restaurant where 1 was totally un. for the known, and then depart rendesvous on Le fWiptp street. 1 approached the number tiven with serious misgivings. If th. ix.lloe wer actually on the trail, son e knowledge ofthls place might le In tlelr poexos slon, and I could not be cautions son? for what purpose? Oould It have been In anCrtf to Insult? Had tne man dared to press sis advances once they were alone? and had she resisted? I would not question bis In clination, yet this was not possible. The knife lay on the floor behind htm. , from Just ss plucked, the woond. The girl, then, was not even tiding beside him ; she could not be to have dealt such a blow she must have been aloce In the rear seat There In the dark, unnoticed by the man driving, she had leaned forward, and driven that sharp blade unerring ly home to the heart He had sus pected nothing In tins to raise even an arm In Then( dated, frightened by her terrible deed, forgetful even of the knife In ber terror, she had dashed It to the floor and fled Into the darkness, leaving the rear door open behind her. That was the story; that must be the story. My mind pictured the scene In all Its horror. let what could acThere Is ae "IV , ConrtA" count for such sn act? What cause could transform this .. woman, this " smtllng-facegirl, Into a murderess? (TO HE CON Her leaving that weapon behind would seem to proclaim that the deed He that passeth M ,iud modiWC waa done In haste, on the spur of the with strife belonglnr r to hin H moment; that it had not been In any one that taketh a i iv me enr way premeditated and planned. Oth Blbl. blood-stained- newly Edward Klwell I would pointed chairman of the -American Legion's commit If I could ; sight It Wat Department Bappneo Lf News Berries. Edwatd Stafford, Chairman of Com. miltee on Naval Affairs, Has Climbed the Ladder. protect her from discovery at least until I was myself convinced of her guilt. Thens was no longer the slightest doubt In my mind but what this was her act Everything, pointed straight toward her. Yet there might be a reason, a worthy cause, and. In any case, she had done a service to the onntry.Thr world was better off with this conspirator dead; nor would I denounce the on who had taken hts life. I. hid the knife in a pocket of my coat and hastened down the side street toward the nearest car line, my only desire being to escape that neighborhood as swiftly as possible. By a quarter of three I was safely In my room at the hotelf for theflrst time feeling a sense of real security. Yet it was not to sleep. I did not even undress, except to remoTe my wet before flinging myself on the bed. My brain wouldn't rest, and I lay there staring np at the mind reviewed over celling, while-m- y and over again every Incident of the night and planned for the morning. How would the murder of Alva affect the plot I had started to overcome? Would It continue nnder some other leadership? Who? And the money? what would become of that? What readjustment of ptans would Harris consider necessary? Once I knew, his conception of the situation, I could better regulate my own action. Mean while the only safe course was to remain still, and profess ignorance. Then I had the engagement at 247 L Compte street that might reveal something of Importance to help m solve the problem. I got np, removed the dagger from my pocket and examined It in the electric light. It was a toy weapon, yet sufficiently dangerous, for all that and I looked at It with a sense of hor ror. How could s woman have ever thrust even that keen blade with one blow through to the heart? Yet the evidence was before me. Those dark stains were blood human bloo- ddried now, but unmistakable In their proof of crime. I washed the .rteel, leaving the blade bright and polished ; then wrapped it carefully, and hid it away at the very bottom of my bag, locking the latter against possible Inspection by a curious maid. I felt re lleved once X hod the weapon out of outer-garmen- This LEGION OFFICER KNOWS NAVY - hesitate long. fur ih. Amerce . who then was "Miss Conrad anqthec name, for she would have returned to Washington. There waa no doubt aa to that, for Alva had agreed to take her dlect to the depot In his own car, and would scarcely leave until she was Bafely on the train. Probably the other woman was a confederate with whom she would communicate by telephone. My clearer judgment told me all this, made me fully conscious of the danger of keeping this appointment yet never awerved we iruru aa mieuiiuu 10 ao so. mane Gessler's eyes were frank and honest ; they had looked directly Into my own, pleadingly I imagined, and I retained a blind faith In her no ordinary circumstances would overcome. She waa Involved In this criminal conspiracy .there could be no doubt as to that but ' why? nnder what conditions? What could ever have driven so womanly a woman to such an association? Was her appeal to me an effort at assistance? Was she blindly endeavor- . uig to learn m this way if I was worthy of trust and confidence? This Jiope would not down ; It remained Insistent, persistent; I would keep my word 5 I Would go to the place deslg natea, at tne nour set; i would go armed, prepared for whatever might orrnr nr rrpsrnprv nnr i wntiiii m Perhaps here waa the key to the whole mystery; and once I solved her con nwuun who mc ptui, particularly u It absolved her from blame, and the necessity of exposure, I could go forward with clear conscience? and land these others where they Justly be longed. I- must bare covered four or five blocks Immersed In such thought, al most forgetful of my surroundings, my head bent low before the rain, my feet carelessly slushing through the water In pools en the sidewalk. I -met , k no mam, nearu no suuuu to arouse me ; all about was dark, desolate, forlorn men suuueuij i Became cunscivus vi Some flffUSllJ Qbftruetlon just ahead. IMt frit I bos. It fel a wrecked wa'goA lying agalast tls curb, but tSblhftr step forward revealed the truth a de- art ad touring car, tts red taU-llgplastered with mad, and barely visible. I approaches witn a reeung or reuer; tt was not wrecked, no sign of accident was to be noticed. Even In that dim light I conld see the machine was no common car, a sedan. Its glass brll Want ta spite of the rain spatters, and tts paint gleaming brightly. I stared about wonderlngly, bnt could perceive nothing to account for the presence of such a car, or Ita apparent desertion. Up and down both streets not s figure., moved ; not sound reached me but the slough of the wind, and the patter of rain. shivered with the loneliness of It all. as curiosity led me to cross the muddy parkway to assure myself as to ,what this strange desertion meant. There was no one In the car. the could look straight through vdtrpraed windows, against the glare of a street lamp a block awy. One of the. rear doors stood half open, and tempted by It I bent over and felt within. My hand touched some ob- Jeot on the floor, and 1 Instantly wtralrfctened up with the thing ' gripped In my Angers. It waa a long, ornament tkln beaded dagger an " I did not ,1 IS EUSY LEGION, pROAKIZra i ltr ces duty."-i-Amerlc- 'WllllanrHwwaril Taft, former Tr-- , of the United 8tate, has besa appolntl chief Justice of th 8upreo. court by President Harding and con- -' firmed by th senat. Be U the ninth' nan to hold that high position. -- Went ; Thin Ech Blxty-Rsp- " A large room In the castle of iuw utiin i t,aa a' remarkabl echo. A pistol shot U reverbratsd sixty times.; .. fr Six Canary's Vlo Big 900 heard b man's toic could miles away If It had the same carry, ng power In proportion to his c'8nT as that of a canary. A ' World. Wld Cvpratlon. One th!ng we know and that Is hen men arc able to see their 'ntresla they will see that thtf not be securet except by world-vrUon. Samuel MeChord Crolh', - hj ra fn-- f :. . As Sh Saw the Elephant. IJttle Cutherlne, sged four, an " elephant at a circus for Ihe first at It, she exclnhnetl : "v with nammn, look st the fat horse all near his eyes." g ' |