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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-4-7, Page 2Sud/9r Recipe goo/i, PREE/ old in sanitary, air-tigirt tins, the maker's package ,,,,,that guarantees purity. Packed at the factory, the contents keep indefinite- ly. Economical. 4/041,100aaultiot(iii4 The ideal sweetener for table use and cooking Tim CaNArra. srAsen Co., LahtiTau, rrioNtarekr.., 1 rhe (great Sweetener ru 28 By MERLIN MOORE rA7.15E (Copyright) Synopsis of •Preceding Chapters. weeds several miles beyond the c I,ouie Vogel, a notorious criminal, limits. He lay bound and gagg is offered $5,000 by Lebrun to kidnap upon a cot in the, moldy lissome :Fudge Graham, terror of evil -deers, while two huskies tif Vogel's cheo•si As Lebrun leaves. "Silver Danny's" mounted guard over the only exit saloon, he is observed by Ralph Marlton of the Department of Jest- tiee who has dubbed him "The Gray Wolf." Vogel takes the $1,000 given him to hind the compact to Stella Lathrop, a counter girl he had found starving in the city and befriended. Stella as now earning honest wages in a factory and refuses to marry Vogel unless he gives up his evil ways. Slee Tkae, however, fallen a convert Bolshevism. CHAPTER III. The Kidnapping of Judge Graham. Vogel turned the trick for which 'The Gray Wolf" had employed him on Saturday night, as scheduled, but it was not until Monday that the newspapers discovered and blazoned awn swiftly up to the curb, tee> abroad the fact that Judge Alonzo 'a Graham, of,',the Circuit Court, had dis- appeared. It was the juiciest morsel of news in months.. For Judge Graham was more then a local character. He was nationally known and talked about, and even hi foreign lands his name was one to conjure with. No man ever graced a Federal Court with more prominence. Abso- lutely honeat and fearless, lie was the terror of evil -doers who ran afoul of the Government. All defendants be- fore him. received absolutely the same kind of treatment, He fined law- breaking trusts millions of dollars with the same equanimity with which he gave out thirty day sentences to petty offenders. He had a bitin•g ear - at his command which he exer- cised with equal impartiality on all • of tiils country. It is not 1,;oolxceivAhle 1-1)Ti even milliene be effected, 'The men shall lacier "19 te prison. It.la within year pee cc saaalegasean be c apon them and to Pddce ett fine, The eta-. ttitlice'lera tingillbJ1.tu!s4e1P', otsi'leboUst.flc'Vnail, hear :it out, nal' tine may be the heavlett4 you may c. h oo se to impose It will be paid, gladly. cheerfully. In rearm for this concession you get— yo"L'IT do not elfoose to barter with you for ray life, sir." "Life is sweet, jedge, It is not to bp cast aside lightly. You are a men cemparatively in his prime, with imey years of usefulness before you.21 "No years could be useful to me if the price of them were the betrayal of my country. If that is all you have • to offer, proceed with your killing. of `me, And after me there shall arise other judges to de the thing you will eve prevented me -from. doing. Kill hem, tee, before they 11,,aye had the ppertanity -Co do it, and after them 'sill arise other judges and Still more judges until some day, the thing will have been. done. Behind me and them stands the long arm of tire Govern- ment. You cannot defy that arm with impunity, sir. It will reach to the arthest aardera, of the eal.T.th•an'd Sits- ained bY the powers'`Of'' ri'ght 'and ustice, it will smite you to the ground ad With you all others who speak as on do." • "Judge, a few moments ago I men- tioned that not only your life but the lives of hundreds, perhape, millions, are involved in this thing. Already, behind the voil, there has come :into ife a spirit'that is spreading by,leaps and bounds, a power that is mightier than the Government of this country ,„ or the •governments of all the world. It is for that power that I speak. n' Kings and potentates may well neg ttemble before it. If those men are sent to prison that power will be loos- ed in all its wrath to set them free again. Riots and bloodshed, govern- ments overthrown, a conflagration e- that will set the world afire again -may to well follow. And upon your head 'will 'eee- rest the blame for it all. Are you '" ready to accept the responsibility?" eY,, "Ready and willing," roared the 's" now engry judge, "You preach the am evil doctrines of Belshevism at me, the creed of murder and pillage and e" loot the law of tooth and talon, the gospel of Judas Iscariot. Man and 17 boy, I have __served my country for 0- nearly half a century and I -clo not r- intend to betray her now. Upon your he, head and not mine, rests the blame tel if the things you predict come to pats; at upon your head and those of the other ar traitors and rascals who gather under the red banner, ' "Holy Writ has it that, 'The foal bath said in his heart that there is no God? You are a fool, sir, a cl—n fool! Your mouth says that there is no. God to prevent the accomplishrnent of the things you predict. Your heart. tells you, that yen lie. No man can stack mself again-st that which is right sido atiMasa 44Nkair, either unloose ese cords and let -me go or go ahead ith your little murder. You cannot timidate me." "Iehad slight hopes of that, Judge raham. I may have expected to repel you to see the gravity of the matter the way that I see it, but I might have known. Yu are a brave mara Judge. Graham, . and bear the reputation of being one above re- proach: But it is arraxiorn that every It at e. is 1 It a O., 1 the place. The jurist had been trussed up 'lightly because it was desired to. keep him a captive and still not in-, jure ham% He had been gagged b cause his captors had no desire writhe under the blistering dentinal tier they felt sure would be the rest of his ability to utter a word. Th took further precautions, too, again his ever, being able to identify the by hiding their fasies behind ma's when they entered his dungeon to fe him. His abduction had been extreme easy. A big, high-powered extern bile, containing three men, had pti red along the street behind him as took his evening con.etitutional, un he had paesed along a dark spot the side of a vacant It. Then the ca men had sprung upon the Judge, muf- fled his head in a blanket thrown him into the car and it had Wed away, but well within the legal speed limit, to the shack. Not once during the ride or afterwards, had any of his captors spoken a word to him. When his gag was removed few administering food le the first time his keepers bad steeled a themselves for a tirade, but none'had th •come. The Judge -was a shrewd per- w Son and, realizing that they expected hi an outburst, none .had followed, 'He had outguessed them ' G . It was getting dark- Sunday evening CO when the Judg-e had a caller. The interview took place an the gloomy cellar after the guards had removed his gag and departed. "Judge Graham, yew werd of honor those to whom he -was intent upon that you will not attempt to escape bringing home their derelictions, will be sufficient to cause the removal Malefactors of great wealth and poor of your bonds," opened up the visitor. wretches who had made missteps Those acquainted with 'The Gray through ignorance shivered alike -when Wolf" would have recognized the Fate decreed Judge Graham should voice. try them, For they knew how useless "You'll not get it," snorted she ft was to lie to him, to try to excel- prisoner, pate themselves for smashing the "Just as you please," was the reply. statutes of the country. His keen -eye "I had merely thougrt to make you and keener intuition enabled him to more comfortable, and your word I single out the true from the felt* would consider just as binding as your with marvelous perspicacity, and woe ropes. It is -very important that you betide the unfortunate Who enmeshed do not return to the city for a few himself in faleehoods. days, and if your -promise is not foath- Disloyalty in any form was ana- coming to make no effort to escape, Olean to Judge Graham. Slackers guards end bounds must serve the and traitors, Bolshevists, anarchists same purpose." Cr I. W. W. could expect no mercy at Judge Graham did not deign to re - his hands. One daring group of agieopIy. He lay quietly upon has back, by tabors had cast a`homb- into his court- no means uncomfortable, for only his teem with intent to intimidate him,' hands and feet were tied, and the and he had scarcely halted the caselropes did not chafe bins. ' he then was trying, except to inquire VJudge Graham," went on Lebrene, if any one had been hint. "to -morrow certain men are to come His disappearance, of course, took before' you for sentence on charges of precedence over all other news of the (inciting sedition upon which they day, not only in the city where he; have been, convicted in your court, I reigned supreme, but all over the will not say that you dicl not give country. Of clews as to when and, them a fair trial as it is possible to where he had gone there was none.' give men when the court, the district He had left hfs home the usual , atteeney. the jurors.. the newspapers after-dinner unarmed and en -I and a great majority of the public guarded in spite of the fact that not generally are all prejudiced against a week palmed but that his snail, them. Their own attorneys, even, de - brought threats, all of will ch were fended them only half-heartedly, consigned to the wastebasket with The though, as some of us see it., their mere than a casual thought. /only crime was to speak openly, and It was no us -mos -mon thing far him I with the freedom guaranteed theist by to be out, for hours in the evening, the Constitution of this country, their wrestling- with, some mental problem beliefs upon certain matters." of the eases before him, then to return "The Constitution of this country home and retire without arousing the l does not give freedora of speech to test of the household. Hence no alarm those who vilify it," retorted the jur- was felt for him until long past his ist, hotly. "It does not permit free - usual lareakfast hems on Sunday when dom. of action to thoee who trample It was found that his bed had not upon the flag of Oldr country and been slept he Willie an hew be,th would substitute the red flag of police and Federal agents were in- a,n,archess'of terrorism, the emblem &nada- hunting for a clew that would that eanks on a par with the skull and Put them on the trail of his kidnap- the crossbones of the pirate," pers. For upon the theory that he Lebrune shrugged his shoulders. "I had been abducted, an were agreed. will try, and be patient with you, Revenge, it was advanced, slave could Judge Graham," he Said, be the motive, and both papers and "There is nothing to he gained by officials scouted the possibility that ,arguing tare aleasea, with you. yam. he had been slain. views and mine are as far apart as Per owe, both tewspapers and the poles. They ease never be dra-wn csflie. 8 were right. Even while the any closer. There is, bo-wceter, a neat - city waa being combed for bins, Judge ter that mutt be diseuesed with you. Alonzo Graham was being, detained judge Graham, these men must not he a tumble-alown'Shaelt that once had be fleet to prisenl" been a trapper's home, in a thick "Mast not! Those are words that no m.an can say to me when I am Pars 11 Rung my duty. S'Nevertheless, I repeat then. Those men must not be sent to prison. Thew h Man has his price. Name yours. will be paid without question." "I have no price, sir." "Hew about your son?" "My son! What about my so.n?" "Have you the right to decree cleat for him, a death lay slow, lingeein torture, a torture beside which of the Inquisition pales into insignifi canoe? We will bring your son her and before your very eyes, Judge Gra ham -he will suffer such agonies a mortal man never has suffered befor Youswillhear from his lips, the lip whieheyou kissetle'Valren- they were be minutes old, agonizing Cries and pleadings. What then?" "You have chosen my weak spot my eons I see," returned the Judge calmly. "But not even there, sir, ea you pierce my armor. Do as -you sa and my answer will be the same When his country -needed him. I cheer fully -gave that son to his country an my country, and I would have ,giye ten thousand sons had I had them. He could not have dried snore gloriously , on the field of battle than he could die 'thisrat-infested cellar if at is for Iris country. Bring him here, if you dare, and from his lips, as well as mine, you will get the same answer that you get now—you and all your dirty crew -case go to hell, air." He evastIled , in indignation and 'strove' hydeaue strength to cast the bindings from his arms while within e him torrential emotions raged with the mad desire to rise and smite the c beast wire had insulted his honor with s his proposals. Then he sank isack weakly upon his cot. But when he 0 raised his eyes in defiance again "The o Gray Wolf' was gone. t (To be continued.) 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Osse -of the Most oatetantling'ef the' massy 'addressee delivered by the Rt. u.0A. David Lloyd George- daring the. latterpant of the war, was that known:, -ashie "Health Speech" at Manchester,,. in August, a91.8, from whieh the fol- lowing extracts leave been taken: "As Semi as the unseen :hand :Caste, the rainbow of.peace. on the shiee, we must be ready. Anti to be ready is summarized in- one' counsel, We Must profit by the lessons' of the war. • "The first lesson it has taught Cis is the iniinense iinpartande of maintain. - 'lag the selidartty of the nation, Thee firitish Empire has rendered tl.'''Ser- Vice to humanity, the magnitude oli which will be greater and greater as.. this generation recedes into the "The. next gieae lesson of the war is' that it the State, it Britain in lee thertaigaly . &aliened to fa,see..-anye,. emergency of either peace or w'icd the State, insist take O more cons -tan( and Mora intelligent interest in the health. and fitness of the people. it the Dm- -pi:re is 'to be equal. to this task, 'the, men and women who maka the,Em-- :litre Must, be equal to theirs. Hoer ' does Eritain stand in the light of that - test? We have done great things- in this war. We could have accomplish- ed greater if this. country had been in a Sound condition, War, like sickness,. lays bare the -weakness of the consti- tution. What has been ours? Let us. talk quite frankly. • "Wei hay& had a Ministry of Nation- - al seivice, set up in this country, and since that we have had the most care- fully compiled -statistics as to the health of the people, certainly. be - Jaycee the. ages of 1.8 and '12. That is the ' age of fitness and the age of strength. What has it revealed? " Results Were Appalling. "You haa-e the three grades, your Al, your B2 aced your C3, and all I can tell you is this, that the results of these eituninatieris are, startling—I do ne,t mind using *the word apPalling.,, hardly dare to tell You what it is In some parts of Lancashire. The Man: her of B2 'and Ca most throughout time Kingdom is Prodigions so lunch -.So, that we have half suspected the dee-- tors. But there was a re-examination, which did not make very mu trIlf ferenee, and I apologize to the. doe here for. the first time. , 'What does (toes: it mean? When you , look at It, it means 'this—that we have used our human -material in this 'coun- try prodigally, foolishly, cruelly. I , asked.; the ,Minister of National Ser - Vice 'hew many men we .could leave put into. the fighting ranks if the health at the country had been properly look- ed after; and I was staggered.: at ,the reply. It Was. a Considered reply, Be Said at least' one million. If we had only had that member this war would have long ego ended triumPhantly for us and saved our country alone $3,- 01.1001,i0v060s.,000 and an midi -mous number "In fact, everywhere, a Virile race has been wasted by neglect. and want of thought; for : It is a danger to he State and, to the Empire, and un - es, Hits lesson is learned the war will lave been in vain. Our. 'schooling has cost us dear,. but if we are making the most of it I behave it will be worth it a3.i Intheend, and even in the saving if human life. Secret of National Efficiency. "Care for the health of the people s the- secret of natienak.effiCiency. It is the secret 'Of national recuperation, "I solemnly warn My falleW country- men you. cannot maintain an, Al em- pire with. a 03 population. "Ana man is the . mest delicately constructed of all machines. It is bad basineas .not to. look after the men, the women-, acid, if me.yesay so, above all, the children. . "War, :like sickneSs,' lays. hare the, weakness. of the edustituti On. . "You cannot maintain an Al nation critic, a 03 population,' "Care for the health of the people is the secret of natienal;efficieney. rokbri..* ':".re bp thoroughly equipped; to fa8e,,-, : any. emergency of either peace er war the ,State mast take a 'more constant and more intelligent interest in the health .and, fitness Of the people, :"If the. 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