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ij The Exploits of Elaine
;; A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama
- By ARTHUR B. REEVE r
\ I **% Th, lVell-Known Noetlist and iht
* ► Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories
J J Presented is CoUaboration With the Pathe Players and the Eclectic Film Company
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Copyright. 1914, by the Star Company. All Foreign Right* Iteserrad
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' On it was a small dark discolorn-
Hon, around which was a slight red
ness and tenderness.
"That." he said slowly, "is the
mark of a hypodermic needle."
As he finished examining Klaine's
arm he drew the letter from nis pock
*L Still facing her he said in a low
tone, "Miss Dodge—you did write this
jletter—bat under the influence of the
mew twilight sleep.' "
"Why. Craig." 1 exclaimed excited
fly, "what do you mean?"
"Exactly what I say. With Miss
{Dodge's permission 1 shall show you.
fng me that you don't want me to con
inue investigating your father's death,
land not to try to see you again
(about —"
He stopped. I could hear the reply.
"Why—no—Mr. Kennedy, 1 have
[written you no letter."
The look of mingled relief and sur
prise that crossed Craig's face spoke
[volumes.
"Miss Dodge," he almost shouted,
'"this is a new trick of the 'Clutching
EHand.' I—l'll be right over.'
' Craig hung up the reeciver and
kurned from the telephone. Evidently
!he was thinking deeply. Suddenly his
fcface seemed to light up. He made up
Ella mind to something, and a moment
ater he opened the cabinet—that in
exhaustible storehouse from which he
deemed to draw weird and curious in
struments that met the ever new prob
lems which his strange profession
tin-ought to him.
I watched curiously. He took out a
[bottle and what looked like a little
hypodermic syringe, thrust them into
this pocket and, for once, oblivious to
Jmy very existence, deliberately walked
lout of the laboratory,
i I did not propose to be thus cava-
Klerly dismissed. I suppose it would
lave looked ridiculous tc a third par
ky, but I followed him as hastily as it
hie had tried to shut the door on his
(own shadow.
We arrived at the corner above the
(Dodge house just in time to see anoth
er visitor —Bennett—enter.
"And, Perry," we heard Elaine say,
as we were ushered in, "someone has
(even forged my name—the handwrit
ing and everything—telling Mr. Ken
nedy to drop the case —and I never
Iknew."
j She stopped as we entered.
' "That's the limit!" exclaimed Ben
"Just then the 'Clutching Hand ap
peared. He came stealthily through
that window, which he had openeu A
moment he hesitated, seeing Elaine
asleep. Then he tiptoed over to the
bed, let us say, and for a moment
looked at her, sleeping.
A second later he had thrust his
hand into his pocket and had taken out
a small glass bulb with a long thin
neck. That was ethyl chloride —a
drug which produces a quick anesthe
sia. But it lasts only a minute or two.
That was enough. As he broke the
glass neck of the bulb —letting the
pieces fall on the floor near the bed —
he shoved the thing under Elaine's
face, turning his own head away and
holding a handkerchief over his own
nose. The mere heat of his hand is
enough to cause the ethyl chloride to
spray out and overcome her instantly.
He steps away from her a moment and
replaces the now empty vial in his
pocket.
"Then he took a box from his pocket,
opened it. There must have been a
syringe and a bottle of scopolamin.
Where they came from I do not know,
but perhaps from some hospital. I
shall have to find that out later. He
wett to Elaine, quickly jabbing the
needle, with no resistance from her
now. Slowly he replaced the bottle
and the needle in his pocket. He
could not have been in any hurry now,
for it takes time for the drug to
■work."
Kennedy paused. Had we known at
the time, Michael —he of a sinister
face—must have been in the hallway
that night, careful that no one saw
him. A tap at the door and the
"Clutching Hand" must have beckoned
him. A moment's parley and they sep
arated —"Clutching Hand" going back
to Elaine, who was now under the in
fluence of the second drug
"Our criminal," resumed Kennedy
thoughtfully, "may have shaken
Elaine. She did not answer. Then he
may have partly revived her. She
must have been startled. 'Clutching
Hand,' perhaps, was half crouching,
•with a big ugly blue steel revolver
leveled full in her face.
"'One word and I shoot!' he prob
ably cried. 'Get up!'
"Trembling, she must have done so.
'Your slippers and a kimono,' he
would naturally have ordered She
put them on mechanically. Then he
must have ordered her to go out of
the door and down the stairs. 'Clutch
ing Hand' must have followed, and as
he did so he would have cautiously put
out the lights."
We were following, spellbound, Ken
nedy's graphic reconstruction of what
must have happened. Evidently he
had struck close to the truth. Elaine's
eyes were closed. Gently Kennedy led
her along "Now, Miss Dodge." he en-
See "Exploits of Elaine,"
In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, Feb. 27
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' ; HARRTKmrfftt A T?.Tvr>ypENT)ENT. THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 25, 1915.
couraged, "try—try hard to recollect
just v. hat it was that happened last
night—everything."
As Kennedy paused alter his quick
recital, she seemed to tremble all over.
Slowly she began to speak. We sto«d
awestruck. Kennedy had been right!
The girl was now living over again
those minutes that had been forgot
ten—blotted out by the drug.
And It was all real to her. too—ter
ribly real. She was speaking, plainly
in terror.
"I see a man—oh. such a figure—
with a mask He holds a gun in my
face—he threatens me. 1 put on my
kimono and slippers, as he tells me.
1 am in a daze. 1 know what I am
doing—and 1 don't know. 1 go out
with him, downstairs, into the library."
Elaine shuddered again at the recol
lection. "I'gh! The room is dark,
the room where he killed my father.
Moonlight outside streams in. This
masked man and I come in. He
switches on the lights.
" 'Go to the safe,' he says, and 1
do it—the new safe, you know. 'Do
you know the combination?' he asks
me. 'Yes,' I reply, too frightened to
say no.
" 'Open it then,' he says, waving that
awful revolver closer. Ido so. Hast
ily he rummages through it, throwing
papers here and there. But he seems
not to find what he is after and turns
away, swearing fearfully.
"'Hang itl' he cries at me. 'Where
else did your father keep papers?', I
point in desperation at the desk. He
takes one last look at the safe, shoves
all the papers he has strewn on the
floor back again and slams the safe
shut.
" 'Now, come on, he says, indicating
with the gun that he wants me to fol
low him away from the safe. At the
desk he repeats the search. But he
finds nothing. Almost I think he is
about to kill me. 'Where ejse did your
father keep papers?' he hisses fiercely,
still threatening me with the gun.
"1 am too frightened to speak. But
at last I am able to say, "I—l don't
know!' Again he threatens me. 'As
God is my judge,' I cry, 'I don't know.'
It is fearful Will he shoot me?
"Thank heaven! At last he believes
me. But such a look of foiled fury I
have never seen on any human face
before.
"'Sit down!' he growls, adding, 'at
the desk.' I do.
" 'Take some of your note paper—
the best.' I do that, too.
" 'And a pen,' he goes on. My fin
gers can hardly hold it.
"'Now —write!' he says, and as he
dictates, I write"—
"This?" interjected Kennedy, eager
ly holding up the letter that he had
received from her.
Elaine looked it over with her drug
laden eyes. "Yes," she nodded, then
lapsed again to the scene itself. "He
reads it over, and as he does so says,
'Now, address an envelope. HimseU
he folds the letter, seals the envelope,
stamps it, and drops it into his pocket,
hastily straightening the desk.
" 'Now, go ahead of me —again.
"I've Got Him, Kennedyl"
Leave the room—no, by the hall
door. We are going back upstaira.
1 obey him, and at the door he
switches off the lights. How i stand
it I dc not know. go upstairs me
chanically into my own room—l and
this masked man.
" 'Take off the kimono and slip
pers!' he orders. Ido that. Get into
bed!' he growls. I crawl in fearfully.
For a moment he looks about —then
goes out—with a look back as he
goes. Oh! Oh! That hand—which
he raises at me—THAT HAND!
The poor girl was sitting bolt up
right, staring straight at the hall
door, as we watched an(\ listened.
fascinated.
Kennedy was bending over, sooth
ing her. Bhe gave evidence ot com
ing out from the effect ot the drag.
1 noticed that Bennett had sud
denly moved a step in the direction
of the door at which she stared
"By heavens!" he muttered, star
lng, too. "Look!"
We did look. A letter was slowly
being inserted under the door.
1 took a quick step forward. That
moment 1 felt a rough tug at my
arm, and a voice whispered: "Wait,
you chump!"
It was Kennedy. He had whipped
cut his automatic and had carefully
leveled it at the door. Before he could
Are. however, Bennett had rushed
ahead.
1 f6llowed. We looked down the
hall. Sure enough, the figure ot a
man could be seen disappearing
around an angle. 1 followed Ben
nett out ot the door and down the
hall.
Words cannot keep pace with what
followed. Together we rushed to the
back stairs.
"Down there, while 1 go down the
front!" cried Bennett.
1 went down, and he turned and
went down the other flight. As he did
so Craig followed him.
Suddenly, In the drawing room. 1
bumped into a figure on the other side
of the portieres. 1 seized him
We struggled. Rip! The portieres
came dotvn, covering me «ntlrely.
Over and over we went, smashing a
lamp. It was vicious. Another man
attacked me, too.
"I've got him —Kennedy!" 1 heard
a voice paut over me
A scream followed from Aunt Jo
sephine. Suddenly the portieres were
pulled off me.
"The deuce!" puffed Kennedy. "It's
Jameson." ,
Bennett had rushed plump Into
me, coming the other way. hidden
by the portieres!
If we had known at the time, our
Michael of the sinißter face had
gained the library and was standing
in the center of the room. He had
heard me coming and had fled to the
drawing room. As we finished our
struggle in the library he rose hastily
from behind the divan in the other
room, where he had dropped, and had
quietly and hastily disappeared
through anothei door.
Laughing and breathing hard, they
helped me to my feet, it was no
joke to me. I was sore in every
bone.
"Well, where did he go?" insisted
Bennett.
• "I don't know —perhaps back there."
I cried.
Bennett and I argued a moment,
then started and stopped short Aunt
Josephine had run downstairs and
was now shoving the letter into
Craig's hands.
We gathered about him curiously.
He opened it. On it was that awe
some Clutching Hand again.
Kennedy read it. For a moment
he stood and studied it, then slowly
crushed it in his hand.
j Just then Elaine, pale and shaken
| from the ordeal she had voluntarily
I gone through, burst in upon us from
j upstairs. Without a word she ad
! vanced to Craig and took the letter
j from him.
Inside, as on the envelope, was i
that same signature of the Clutching
Hand.
Elaine gazed at it, wild-eyed, then
at Craig. Crtig smilingly reached for
the note, took it, folded it, and un
concernedly thrust it into his pocket.
"My God!" she cried, clasping her
hands convulsively and repeating the
word' of the letter, "YOUR LAST
, WARNING!"
To Be Continued Next Week
CHURCH "SENTRY" ARRESTED
Gives Bail and Resumes Pulpit Vigil
With Shot Gun
Kokomo, Intl., Feb. 25.—After keep-]
i ing members of the Church of Christ,
ten miles east of Kokoino from their i
house of worship for ten days because
a j iano was installed in the church,
James McKillip submitted to arrest
Tuesday on a charge of trespass. Mc-
Killip placed a cot in the pulpit and
began guard with a loivled shot gun,
when he learned that some young inein
| bers had moved the instrument in.
He obtained bail soon after being ar
rested and returned to his vigil to keep
j possession, he said, umtil a eourt order
ed him to vacate.
Cut This Out Now
I If you don't want it to-day, you may
| next week. Send this advertisement and
: 5 cents to Foley & Co., Chicago, 111.,
I writing your name and address clearly.
You receive in return three trial pack-
I ages—Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for coughs, colds, croup and grip
pe; Foley Kidney Pills, for weak or
| disordered kidneys or bladder; Foley
| Cathartic Tablets, a pleasant, whole
. some and cleansing purgative, just the
thing for winter's sluggish bowels and
torpid liver. These well known standard
remedies for sale by -George A. Uorgas,
16 North Third street, P. R. R. Sta
tion.—Adv.
Crayon Luxury Spares Her Jail
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 25.—Touched by
| Annie Grego spending foer last sl2 to
i have a crayon enlargement made of her
! two-year-old son, whom the United
| Charities tcok from her. Burgess Davis,
<yf Freeland, «• hanged his mind about
j sending the woman to jail for running
a disorderly house and ordered her to
j leave town.
Hundreds at Priest's Funeral
•Shamokin, Pa„ Feb. 25. —Hundreds
of sorrowing men and women and chil
dren attended the funeral of the late
Rev. C. J. Galligan, at Locust Ga.;>,
I yesterday morning. High Mass of Re
| quiem was celebrated at 7.30 an.il again
lat 10 o'clock. The Rev. P. J. MeGbee,
j jastor of the Lancaster Catholic church,
i officiated at the early services, while
[ the tatter service was conducted by the
j Rev. A. J. MeOann, of Danville.
IMPORTS FROM GERMANY
Figures for January, 1015, Show Mo
Falling Off From Those of Same
Month Last Tear
Sy Associated Prr.it.
New York, Fe!>. 25.—Imports from
Germany to the port of New York for
January remain practically unchanged
from the figures for January 1914, ac
cording to custom house statistics made
public yesterday This was accom
plished through the large shipments of
aniline dyes from Germany, which
have increased materially in "t.he past
few months Total imports from Ger
many in January were $10,070,016,
against $10,626,463 last year.
foal tar colors were received at New
\ork from Germany during the month
amounting to $1,019,808, as compared
with $385,207 in January of 1914.
Ilojs, kid gloves and manufactures of
flax were considerably increased in vol
ume over January, 1914.
The heavy falling off in the imports
from Franch which amounted to more
than sixty per cent, was mainly in art
works, laces and cotton and woolen
goods, especially dress gooods.
The ten-day statement of exports of
foodstuffs fo<- the first ten days of Feb
ruary showed wheat ' exports for .t'he
period to be ipore than three times the
quantity exported in the first ten days
ot January. Italy was the largest taker,
with 2,2G1.2i(i bushels.
WILL TASK IX < 01RT
Heirs of Scranton Coal Operators Con
test Mtnual Training School Bequest
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—A contest
over the bequest of upward of $1,500,-
000 made by the late Orlando 8.
•Joluisog, u coal operator of Scranton,
for the establishment of a manual
training school for girls and boys in
that place Was reviewed by the Su
pnme Court yesterday on tiie appeals
of Corn J. Thompson, a niece, and six
other heirs and next of kin, from the
decision of the orphans' court of Lack
awanna county, sustaining the will.
Mr. Johnson, under his will, dated
January 1, 1912, left the residuary of
his estate foi t'he founding and main
tenance of the school, after making
ample provision for his widow and sub
stantial bequests to relatives. Mrs.
Johnson elected to take under the will,
at first, but when the other relatives
attacked the validity of the charitable
bequests, the widow also attempted to
contest tne will, but she was not per
mitted to do so by the courts after
she had made her election.
The sole question in dispute is wheth
er Arthur H. Christy, a witness to the
will, and who was also named by Mr.
Johnson as a member of an advisory
committee of five for the establishment
for the school, is a disinterested wit
ness under the act of 1855. The resi
due of the estate had been left in trust
with the executor, the Scranton Trust
Company, and the committee, of which
Mr. Christy is chairman, was to re
ceive no compensation other than nec
essary expeness.
The hearing will be concluded to
day.
CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS
Uncle Sam Will Hold Examinations in
This City to Fill Vacancies
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
announces the following open competi
tive examinations to be held in this
city. Persons who meet the require
ments and desire any of the examina
tions should at once apply to the sec
retary, Third civil service district,
Philadelphia, or the local secretary, for
the necessary papers:
Junior chemist, $ 1,200 $ 1,440,
March 10-11; trained nurse, female,
Panama canal service, $63 per month,
March 17; fireman, Bureau of Stand
ards, S9OO to $1,500, March 17; aid
ill poultry and egg handling, male,
$720, March 17; agriculturist, male.
$2,500-$3,000, March• 23; chemical
engineer, explosives, male, SI,BOO
- March 30; sub-inspector, elec
trical, male, $4.16 per diem, April 7;
'laboratory aid in technical agriculture,
S6OO-S9OO, April 7; cadet officer, male,
S6OO-$720. April 14; scientific assist
ant in library science, SB4O-SI,OOO,
April 14-15;' ship draftsman, male,
$3.28 to $S per diem, April 14-15;
teacher, male and female, April 14-15.
JAPAN'S DAY AT FAIR
Naval Hero Helps Dedicate Nippon's
Exhibit at San Francisco
San Francisco, Feb. 2'3.—N esterday
was Japan's day at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition. The Japanese
pavilions and gardens were dedicated.
Assisting in the dedication was Ad
miral Baron Sotokichi Uriu, a hero of
the Russo-Japanese war, and Baroness
! Uriu..
Examination by the police of what
was believed to be a stick of dynamite
found in the .lap.inese exhibit in the
1 Palace of Manufacturers has disclosed
| that it was a Japanese toy.
Major P. G. Mark Dies at Lebanon
Lebamon, Feb. 25. —Major P. G.
' Mark, a former District Attorney of j
Lebanon county anil for thirty years
1 prominently identified with local news
pajier work, died Tuesday, following an
attack of kidney trouble. Major Mark
! was 71 years old and served through
out the war, participating in twenty
| six battles. He enlisted as first sergeant
| in Company D, and was appointed' by
I President Johnson a "brevet major for
; gallant and meritorious service before
i Petersburg in 1865.
Whirled Around a Shaft
South Bethlehem, Pa„ Feb. 25. —
Patrick Maroney, 18 years old, a popu
lar athlete, who started to work last
Monday at the Bethlehem Foundry and
(Machine Company's plant, was fatally
injured yesterday. While adjusting a
belt his clothing caught in the ma
chinery and he was whirled around a
shaft. His sikull was fractured.
| HOT TEA BREAKS
A COLD -TRY THIS
Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, "Hamburger Brust Thee," at any
pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of the
tea, put a cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink a
teacup full at any timq. It is the most
effective way to break a cold and cure
grip, as it opens the pores, relieving
congestion. Also loosens the bowels,
thus breaking a cold at once.
It is inexpensive and entirely vege
table, therefore harmless. —Adv!
HOW A MAGICIAN AMUSES •
Some Interesting Tales Which Thurston Tells of His Experience While*
On Tour Around the World
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B"* arMwiNt* iMtti WW# (JVITATION <CT MOW QIO IHI at T »«?
II HXI \ HWI»
H -Lin I IMty- «nn»«A»'t COAT.
It was in one of those old fashioned
southern hotels where negro waiters
are still employed. At one of the tables
a serious looking man, dressed in black,
sat perusing the menu. He might have
been taken for a doctor or a lawyer, or,
with a collar of different cut, for a
clergyman. A grizzled negro approached
him and put down a glass of water, and
turned away to get the cutlery needed
for the table.
"I say, waiter." called the diner, "do
you usually serve fish in the drinking
water?" I
To the waiter's amazement two tiny
goldfish were swimming about in the
tumbler he had juM* placed on the table.
"I suttenly doesn't know how dat
happened," said the astounded negro.
"I'l take dem right away."
With trembling hands he removed
the glass with the fish to the pantry
and brought another one, making sure
this time that there were no fish in it.
He sat it down before the man in
black and started to move away again,
when he was recalled by a sharp note of
reproach.
"Waiter, I did not order any wine.
Take this away at once. I never drink
wine. It is bad for the nerves."
With bulging eyes the waiter stared
at the glassful of wine. He was sure he
had put it there filled with water only
a seeond ago. Where could have the
wine come from?
"I wish you would take it away,"
continued the diner calmly but firmly.
"Wine always has an unpleasant effect
on my nerves. It makes me see things
that do not exist; tor instance, that
snake on your coat."
As he spokp he reached out his hand
and plucked the waiter's coat, taking
from it a live, wriggling little snake.
With a screech of terror the waiter
fled to the manager, declaring, "De
debbil is in the dining room!" His
terror was so abject that the manager
decided to investigate the cause of his
fears. He took just one look in the
dining room and began to laugh.
"It is Thurston, the magician, having
his dinner," he explained to the curious
crowd that had gathered.
The Czar's Mirror
In making magical mischief these
jesters are no respecters of persons. It
was Thurston who on one occasion was
invited to the palace of the Czar to
entertain his guests. After his per
formance he was playing Milliards with
some of the attaches of the court, and
the Czar tymself was & spectator.
Thurston in making a play sent a
billiard ball spinning off the table, and
it crashed against a tall plate glass
mirror extending from floor to ceiling.
The glass was shattered into fifty
pieces, and on every face, including the
magician's, there was consternation at
his awkwardness.
The Czar courteously remarked that
it did not matter and ordered the game
to proceed; but Thurston asked permis
sion to examine the broken mirror.
"Why don't you restore it by magic?"
facetiously asked one of the officers
present, little dreaming he was giving
the cue Thurston was anticipating.
"Bring me a black cloth and I will,"
said Thurston impressively.
The cloth was brought and spread
over the broken mirror, where it re
mained for perhaps ten minutes, while
Thurston went through some mystic
incantations. When the cloth was re-
ACQUIT WOMAN OK MURDER j
Court Refuses to Admit Alleged Con
fession Under the Third Degree :
Mays Lan'itinß, N. J., Fefo. 25.—The]
refusal of Supreme Court Justice Black i
to admit statements purporting to be l
confessions of Mrs. Nettie Salins, an
Assyrian woman, of Atlantic City,
weakened the State's case and brought
a hasty acquittal on the charge of mur
der yesterday afternoon.
The State charged that Mrs. Salins
administered poison to her husband, j
Alexander Salins, December 21 last, so
that she could collect $1,0)0 insur
ance.
Before the Court refused to allow
the statements offered by Captain
Whalen, of the Atlantic City detective
force, ami which he said had been
made to him by Mrs. Salins .on the,
night of her arrest, Whalen was obliged
to admit "third degree" tactics.
In his charge to the jury Judge
Black warned the jury bo exclude from
their minds any thought of confessions,
so called, unless they believed Mrs.
SaJins had volunteered a statement.
Attorneys for Mrs. Salins brought
her mother, 82 years old, into t/he court
room at the closing minutes of the
trial.
Scalds Husband and Babe Is Taken
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 25. —Althoujjfh
scalding her husband when he came
home drunk at midnight caused lnim to
leave town, it reacted upon Mrs. John
Smelgas, from whom officers took her
one-year-old son, John, yesterday. It
was charged that the child was the fa
vorite of the father, and that since he
left he was neglected. ' -
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moved, to the amazement of everyone,
including the Czar, the mirror 'was
found to be whole and without a flaw,
and there was no sign of the broken
glass that apparently had littered the
floor.
This • illusion, for illusion it is, was
first exploited by Anderson, a Scottish
magician.
An Impromptu Royal Audience
Perhaps, however, the strangest ex
hibition of magic ever given before
royalty occurred one ddV on the plat
form of a railway station in Copen
hagen. Thurston, returning from his
three years' trip round the world,
espied a group in which were King
Christian of Denmark, King Edward of
England, King George of Greece, and
various members of their suites. It
was too good an opportunity ror
American enterprise not to take ad
vantage of, and Thurston approaching
the groupe as if by accident, knocked
off the hat of one of the attendants of
the royal party.
With a courteous apology Thurston
stooped to pick up the hat ; but uttered
an exclamation of surprise. From the
hat he drew forth a struggling white
rabbit and held it up.
The royal party, laughing at the
amazement on the face of the owner
of the hat, quickly gathered round, as
Thurston with dexterous celerity drew
forth from the hat two ducks, yards of
ribbon, paper roses and a dozen gold
pieces.
For half an hour an impromptu ex
hibition of magic followed, in which
all the monarchs participated, testing
the magician's powers with all sorts of
tricks with cards and coins.
On tliis journey round the world
Thurston played many pranks on per
sons of many nationalities; but on one
occasion he found the tables turned.
He had been giving a performance in
the Fiji Islands. In one of his tricks
he uses two ducks, a white one and a
black one. They both are placed in a
bag, and when he draws them out again
the white duck has a black head and the
black duck a white head.
This trick seemed to delight the chief
of the province, and at its conclusion he
asked through an interpreter if Thurs
ton would net repeat the trick.
At the conclusion of the second per
formance there was an animated con
jversation between the chieftain and
[the interpreter, and finally the inter
preter asked for the duck trick for the
third time. At its conclusion a long
conversation between chief and inter
preter followed. The magician could
not imagine what was the matter, and
was beginning to wonder whether any
thing in the performance had offended
the chief. His curiosity was soon sat
isfied. The interpreter approached with
this request:
"His Majesty have black slave and
yellow slave. Him think it very good
you change slave like duck, —put yel
low head on black slave, black head on
yellow slave."
As best he could through an inter
preter Thurston explained that the
trick could be done only with ducks;
but the royal party withdrew far from
pleased.
Trouble in Making Change
A simple palming trick often enables
Thurston to have fun with conductors.
jAMERICA VOLUNTEERS IN JAIL|
Two Young Women, Captain and Lieu
j tenant, Refuse to" Pay Fines
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 25. —'Mrs.
I Ida M. Hiity, staff captain of the Vol-1
j unteers of America in this city, and j
I Lieutenant Mary Rush, of the same or 1
j ganization, were sent to .jail yesterday j
• j for a period of 30 days because they
I refused to pay a fine of $lO each for]
I soliciting aims in the city without a li
cense. As Mrs. Hiltv was led away to j
prison she declared "The Lord has ta-1
j ken the yellow streak out of me and 11
' t ! don't fear jail."
Both officers of the Volunteers will 1
have to serve the full sentence units*
they change their minds and agree to
pay their fines.
| During the holidlay season Mayor
John V. Kosek investigated the work
being done by the Volunteers of Amer
| ica in this city and claimed that he
discovered that money given the officers
for charitable purposes was converted
to individual use. Mayor Kosok then
ordered Captain Hiity and her officers
' to stop soliciting aid, and he even d»-
1 nied them a license for sudh work.
No attempt was made to solicit until
Tuesday night, when Captain Hiity and
' Lieutenant Rush visited a saloon and
1 solicited funds.
Our Advice Is:
When you feel out of aorta from conati
, pation, let us say that if
■ jtexaft&fftdefrCiea,
do not relieve you, see a physician,
because no other home remedy will.
i Bold only by us, 10 cents.
George A. Gorgaa.
When the conductor on a street car
come round to collect his fare, Thurs
ton hands him a ten-dollar gold piece.
"I can't change that," says the con
ductor indignantly. "The company
doesn't expect us to' change anything
over two dollars."
"What's that?" asks Thurston in
amazement, looking at the coin in his
hand.
The conductor looks too, and the
coin is now a half dollar. "Excuse
me," he savs. "I must be getting
dotty. I thought that was a gold
piece."
He reaches into his pocket for the
change for half a dollar; but as ho
extends his hand for the coin it has be
come a silver dollar. He reaches for
more change, and by that time it has
become a ten-dollar gold piece. Gen
erally then he wakes up to the fact that
he had a magician for a passenger.
Indian That Turned the Tables
But all tricks with coins do not turn
out so well. While playing in Phoenix,
Arizona, Thurston visited the reserva
tion of the Navajo Indians nearby and
decided to have ' some fun with the
bucks. Snatching the sombrero from one
of them, he began filling it with silver
dollars which apparently dropped from
the air. Finally the magician, tiring of
the sport, began scooping the silver
from the hat into his pocket.
"My money!" exclaimed the owner
of the sombrero, grabbing Thurston's
arm and protesting vigorously. "My
money! You take from my hat!"
"You don't understand," Thurston
tried to explain. "It is all a trick.
This money is mine."
"Mine!" said the Indian stolidly, and
the upshot of it was that the magician
had to go away leaving behind in the
sombrero nearly twenty dollars.
A Discomfited Card Sharp
To be a magician, one has to have a
quick eye and keen perception, and frt»-
quently the magician is able to put his
knowledge and skill to some practical
though unexpected use. On one occa
sion Thurston was traveling from Con
stantinople to Bombay by steamer.
There was a nightly game of cards,
most of the money going to a handsome
French woman called Madam Mareelle,
a brunette whose matchless complexion
was somewhat marred by the smoked
glasses she wore constantly. Some of
the players became suspicious of her
good luck and requested the magician
to watch her to see if he could detect
her in any fraud.
Thurston watched the game for one
night, and the next night took a hand
himself. He wore a pair of smoked
glasses when he sat down to the game.
In a few minutes he astounded the
players and Madam Mareelle herself in
announcing: "This lady is a card sharp.
She is in the habit of marking the
cards with a small quantity of luminous
paiut which she carries in her hand
bag, transferring it to the cards she
wishes to recognize with her finger
nails. In electric light the paint is
invisible unless you wear smoked
glasses."
Readers of the Star-Independent will
have the opportunity of enjoying one
of Thurston's performances under very
favorable circumstances, when he ap
pears here next week. By clipping the
coupon, which will appear in this paper,
they will be given a dollar seat for the
coupon and 25 cents in cash.
JIDtiE RICE DETERMINED
Superior Court Jurist Reiterates Inten
tion to Retire
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 25.—81|
| forts of lawyers and friends of Presi
| dent Judge Charles E. Rice to persuade
! him to reconsider his decision to retire
J tropin the bench have been of no avai'l.
i Many lawyers and friends of the jurist
have appealed to hijn in person and in
letters to reconsider tihe matter, but the
Judge is deaf to all appeals and de-
I dares that, his mind is firmly set. The
| decision nf Judge Wilson, of Philadel
, phi a, to retire and claim half pay un
der the act of 1!> 11 brings to light
that Judge Rice must be entitled to half '
pay under the same act.
Mayor John V. Kosek, who has an
nounced that a public mass meeting
will be held with the hope of getting
, Judge Rice to change his mind and
! again become a candidate has not fixed
a time for the meeting, but declares lie
will go ahead with the plans and will
( probably hold the meeting next week.
EVICTED PRIESTS SAFE
1 Banished From Mexico City, They
Finally Reach Vera Cruz
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 25.—Catholic,
priests, detained at Mexico City by the
Carranza officials, arrived yesterday at
Vera Cruz, according to official Car
ranza advices Teccived here. The newß
bulletin convoyed the following version
of the affair:
"The priests were expelled from
Mexico City for failure to contribute
$500,000 for the relief of the poor.
They are being criticized for not mak
ing this contribution, though they gave
Huerta 40,000,1(00 pesos."
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