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Show READ DIME NOVELS List of Wretched Books Found by Clyde Felt's Parents. The condition revealed b) the confession of voung 1 elt and msnl- n fisteil In other )outhful cs npades brousht to light within the past .J. fen months Is enough to make the fr fathers and mothers of other bo)s shudder at the rolbllltles of temp- tatlon and the easy opportunities . for vice that beset their children .(. dally It Is only a fen months since the community wns shocked b) the .J. news that that twentl-yesr-old H- Kiy Kalghn had shot down Wll- ! lard llajnes With a dlspla) ot great Indifference, Kalghn lighted n -fr cigarette and waited for the offl- ! ceis to arrest hlm Scarcely out c r his teens his mini end body were ! so steeped with alcohol and nar- colics that he had apparent!) lost all sense ot moral responslblllt) It was not so long ago that the ! police discovered In the heart of Ihe h tiisbiiss district a secret cave In !- which were a number of )oung ! h bos In a drunken stupor bovs 4 4 who should have been Innocent bf ! 4 irlmn and vice In any form 4 In manv cases the basla and the 4 origin of this moral perversion b ma he traved to the twin evtls or 4 v clni elles and dime novels That -r Cljde I ell was a victim of at least .J- one of these evils was clearl) ! proved esterdav by the dlscoiery 4 at his home of a number of books r 4- with lurid titles and ttlll more In- 4 Ilarnmator) contents. The books were discovered by Mr Felt who 4-4 4-4 found them In a place of conceal- ! 4 men! 4. "A Monte Crlsto at IS, or from 4- Slavo to Avenger ' 'The Bral 4, 4 and Ihe Cross ltoade flang or the 4 l.reat Case In Missouri rhc 4-4 4-4 Ilrudys and the House of Mysler) , 4 or a Dark Mght s Work Dick 4" Merrlwell s Revenge or Fighting a 4, 4- Des crate Enein) Pan To) the 4-4- Opium Qjccn or the Ursdie and the Clilneso bmugglers are some 4 of the titles A healthlir qualll) 4. 4' of llleratuio Is fount In other dime noiels of the eni.,on in(! Lb. 4- ert) Ilo)s l.reat Haul or Taking 4. 4- l.ier)lhlng In Sljht n )arn of 4. Reiolutlonar) Times '1'rinkMcr 4- llnells 1'nergy, ' Trunk Merrl- 4" wells Pel Ion s ' ' I rank Merrl- 4. 4- wells oung Sur" are 11 collectloi 4. 4 of baseball stories, "lied leir- 4-4 4-4 not s Itoundup ' Is a stor) of n 4 4 lancb and Ihe Poorest ftoy In 4- New lork nnd Hon He Ilecnme 4-4 4-4 Hlch ' is 11 tale of heroic deeds b) 4 4- a )oungster 4- It Is In the first list thnt the 4- ilamnglng reading Is found 1 or 4 4 Instants In Pan To), the Opium 4" Queen " Is 11 pnssabe, tho denoue- 4 mint of tho stor), whleh In mm) 4-4 4-4 asiccts resembles the generalt) nc- 4 4 cepted theor) In the Hi) murder 4 4 case Ham Is In tho Tombd prls- ! 4- on and 'sullenly tells It "11 lie 4-4 4-4 gives the Queen' ana) as foi 4 Ions 'III tell )ou then lellx 4 4. llrnnt lent her a lorgo sum of 4- mono to start her In the opium 4-4i 4-4i den business nnl took her note 4- for It nnl a mortgage upon tho 4- business They tin illy h id 1 qiiar 4. 4- rel Grant was going to foreclose n 4 Ihe mortgage Bhe gren desperate 4. h at the prosiect of losing her for 4- tune and made 1111 appointment to 4. 4 meet him in the store where he mis 4-4 4-4 kitted (Irani arrived Unit night r 4- bhe toll him to bring the note nnd 4 she would pa) It anl clear off th 4. mortgage Instead of haling the 4" mono rcnly she gave me one bun 4 elm! dollars to run ni) knife Into 4. 4- bis Iwd) I dl 1 It 1 klllel 4. 4- hlm and Van To) took the mte 4. 4 nnd marthage nnu) front him n I 4. 4- i1estro)fd them As he had neg. 4. 4 levied ti register the moriange 110 4. 4 one ever tlnlmel it Bhe thus not 4. 4 full undisputed possession of the 4. 4 imlro litiflness As the crime uns 4. 4 not wltncssel we were 1101 found 4 4 out On the next page the 4. Queen tnkrs poison with results 4i sitlsfutori to all win survlie her, 4. 4 and Kim Is electrocuted .;-4- Pome Interesting sllellghts nn the 4. 4 chnracter of Clyde 1 elt are fur- 4. 4- nlshed b the remarks of hla pla- 4. 4 mites With tho Insilmtlte iovnl- 4. 4- tv of bos to (no unolher the) 4. 4 shrink from telling on him ' hut : 41 Ihev admit that he was somewhat 4. 4. addicted to tho reading of dime 4. 1 noiels .j, 4- Ho did not rea 1 moil) said one 4. of the bos but when he got hold J. 4. of one he woull hardls lay It down 4. 4i until he had finished It .j. f Dll )iu play at Indlnn hunting .(. nnd scoiiilng with him via 4. 4- i.ked Nan repled the Interviewed In 4. tln scorn we are too old for 4. v that 1- Did Clyde smoke clgarettei" 4, i No nol regular!) but he has v b smoked them once In awhile . . 4- nd ilrlnk u little" v i es he sometimes drank beer 4. His father had sums In the cellar 4. i- He sneaked out a boitlo 01. 4. t cisionull) dldn t he' e c s ho has dona that 4. nd given all ou bo)a a 4. drink" 1 ! Boyond these ordinary escapadea 4- of joiith Cl le seems 10 have been n fairly good bo) His fondness a I' fir money I. u limited hut on tho 4. other nan I hero Is no Indlcition T thai ho ever a qilred ll dlshon 4. I estl) und It Is plain that he wua 2. . liberal to 1 fault with his posses- 4. I slons . ! ( olllns, the liois say neur lust ... r ed liquor, nnd freq lentiy tn. ihem 4, ! thai ha would rather hnv 1 iirinx H of the mineral water from it- a a, I satka aprlngs than a keg or h r 4. . 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. a. . 4, j.j.1 |