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| The Exploits of Elaine I
| A Detection Novel and a Motion Picture Drama |
1 1 By ARTHUR B. REEVE I
1 ThcWell-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Gaig Kennedy" St oriet a
| Presented in Collaboration With the Pathe Player* and :Jj
< the Eclectic Film Company
K Copyright. IVI4. by tS< ttw Com.iny All Fordm Klf hn Rntirc*
CONTINUED
SYNOPSIS.
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The New York police are mystified by
la series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal 1B the warn
ing letter which Is sent the victims,
•igned with a "clutching hand." Tin- lat
est victim of the mysterious assassin is
Taylor Dodge, the insurance president.
His daughter, Elaine, employs Craig
Kennedy, the famous scientific detective,
to try to unravel the mystery. What
Kennedy accomplishes Is told by his
Jrlend Jameson, a newspaper man. En
gaged at the determined effort which
JSlalne and Craig Kennedy are making to
put an end to his crimes, thi Clutching
Jiand, as this strangi criminal Is known,
tesorts to al! sorts of th most diabolical
pcheme* ti put ther out of the way.
Jsacli chapter of th- sto . tells of a new
flot against their live and of the way
he grea- detective uses all his skill to
pave this pretty girl and himself from
death.
SEVENTH EPISODE
The Double Trap.
Mindful of the sage advice that a
(time of peace is beßt employed In pre
paring for war, I was busily engaged
,ln cleaning my automatic gun one
jmorning as Kennedy and I were seat
led in our living room.
: Our door buzzer sounded, and Ken
nedy, always alert, jumped up, push- !
Ing aside a great pile of papers which
Diad accumulated In the Dodge case.„
Two steps took him to the hail,
•where the day before he had Installed
ia peculiar box about four by six inches,
connected in some way with a lens
like box of similar size above our bell
And speaking tube in the hallway be
llow it. He opened it, disclosing an ob
long plate of ground glass.
"I thought the seismograph ar
rangement was not quite enough after [
■that spring-gun affair," he remarked. |
'•'so I have put in a sort of teleview j
jof my own Invention—so that I can oe !
'down into the vestibule downotairs. I
Well—just look who's here!"
"Some new-fangled periscope ar
rangement, I suppose?" I queried, "nov
png slowly over toward it.
However, one look was enough to
(interest me. I can express it only j
[in slang. There, framed In the little I
(thing, was a vision of as swell a
rchlcken" as I have ever seen.
I whistled under my breath.
"Um!" I exclaimed shamelessly, "A J
jpeach! Who's your friend?"
I had never said a truer word than
jln my description of her, though I did
know it at the time. She was in
deed known as "Gertie the Peach" in
!the select circle where she belonged.
Kennedy had opened the lower
idoor and our fair visitor was coming
upstairs.
"Go in there, Walter," he said, seiz
ing me quickly and pushing me into
iny room. "I want you to wait there
and watch her carefully."
Kennedy opened the door, disclos
ing a very excited young "woman.
"Oh, Professor Kennedy," she cried,
all in one breath, with much emotion.
"I'm so glad I found you in. I can't
tell you. Oh —my jewels! They have
been stolen —and my husband must
not know of it Help me to recover
them —please!"
"Just a moment, my dear young
lady," interrupted Craig, finding at
last a chance to get a word in edge
ways. "Do you see that table—and all
those papers? Really, I can't take your
case. 1 am too busy, as it is, even
to take the cases of many of my own
clients."
"But please, Professor Kennedy—
please!" she begged. "Help me. It
means—oh, 1 can't tell you how much
it means to me!"
She had come close to him and had
laid her warm, little soft hand on his,
in ardent entreaty
From my hiding place in my room,
I could not help seeirs; that she waa
using every charm of her sex and per
sonality to lure him on, as she clung
confidingly to him.
Gertie had thrown her arms about
Kennedy, as If in wildest devotion. I
wondered what Elaine would have
thought if she had a picture of that!
"Oh," she begged him, 'please—
►lease help me.!"
Btlll Kennedy seemed utterly unaf
fected by her passionate embrace.
Carefully he loosened her fingers from
about his neck and removed the
plump, enticing arms.
Gertie sank into a chair, weeping,
'while Kennedy stood before her a mo
ment in deep abstraction.
Finally he seemed to mak» up his
mind to something. His manner
toward her changed. He took a step
to her side.
"I will help you," he said, laying his
hand oil her shoulder. "If It is pos
sible I will recover your Jewels. Where
do you live?"
"At Hazlehurst," she replied, grate
fully. "Oh, Mr. Kennedy, how can I
ever thank you?"
She seemed overcome with grati
tude, and took his hand, pressed It,
toven kissed it.
"Just a minute," he added, carefully
extricating his hand. "I'll be ready in
just a minute."
Kennedy entered the room where I
was listening.
"What's it all about, Craig?" I whis
kered, mystified.
For a moment he stood thinking, ap
parently reconsidering what he had
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just done. Then bis second thought
seemed to approve it.
"This Is a trap of the Clutching
Hand, Walter," he whispered, adding
tensely, ''and we're going to walk right
Into it."
"But, Craig," I demurred, "that's
foolhardy. Have her trailed—any
thing—but—"
He shook his head, and with a mere
motion of his hand brushed aside my
objections as he went to a cabinet
across the room.
From one Bhelf he took out a small
metal box and from another a test
tube, placing the test tube in hia
waistcoat pocket and the small box in
his coat pocket with excessive care.
Then he turned and motioned to me
to follow him out into the other room.
I did so, stuffing my "gatt" into my
pocket.
"Let me introduce my friend, Mr.
Jameson," said Craig, presenting me
to the pretty crook.
The introduction quickly over, we
three went out to get Craig's car,
which he kept at a nearby garage.
• ••••••
That forenoon Perry Dennett waß
reading up a case. In the outer of
fice Milton Schofield, his office boy,
was industriously chewing gum and
admiring his feet, cocked up on the
desk before him.
The door to the waiting room
opened and an attractive woman of
perhaps thirty, dressed in extreme
mourning, entered with a boy.
Milton cast a glance of scorn at the
"little dude." He was in reality about
fourteen years old, but was dressed to
j look much younger.
"Did you wish to see Mr. Bennett?"
i asked the precocious Milton, politely,
| on one hand, while on the other he
j made a wry grimace.
"Yes—here is my card," replied the
woman.
It was deeply bordered in black.
Even Milton was startled at reading
i it: "Mrs. Taylor Dodge."
He looked at the woman in open
| mouthed astonishment. Even he knew
: that Elaine's mother had been dead
j for years.
The woman, however, true to her
; name in the artistic coterie in which
, she was leader, had sunk into a chair
and was sobbing convulsively, as only
"Weepy Mary" could.
It was so effective that even Milton
was visibly moved. He took the card
in, excitedly, to Bennett.
"There's a woman outside—says she
is Mrs. Taylor Dodge!" he cried.
If Milton had had an X-ray eye he
could have seen her take a cigarette
from her handbag and light it non
chalantly the moment he was gone.
As for Bennett, Milton, who was
watching him closely, thought he was
aboiit to discharge him on the spot
for bothering him. He took the card,
and his face expressed the most ex
treme surprise, then anger. He
thought a moment.
"Tell that woman to state her busi
ness in writing," he thundered curtly
at Milton.
As the boy turned to go back to
the waiting room, Weepy Mary, hear
| ing him coming, hastily shoved the
] cigarette into her "son's" hand,
j "Mr. Bennett says for you to write
j out what it is you want to see him
I about," reported Milton, Indicating the
j table before which she was sitting.
Mary had automatically taken up
| sobbing with the release of the ciga
: rette. She looked at the table on
which were letter paper, pens and ink.
"I may write here?" she asked.
"Surely, ma'am," replied Milton,
still very much overwhelmed by her
sorrow.
"Weepy Mary" sat there, writing
! and sobbing.
In the midst of his sympathy, how
ever, Milton sniffed. There was an
unmistakable odor of tobacco smoke
about the room. He looked sharply at
the "son," and discovered the still
smoking cigarette.
I It was too much for Milton's out-
I raged dignity. Bennett did not allow
i him that coveted privilege. This up
start could not usurp it.
He reached over and seized the boy
by the arm. and swung him around
till he faced a sign In the corner on
I the wall.
"See?" he demanded,
i The sign read, courteously:
"No Smoking In This Office—Please.
"PERRY BENNETT."
j "Leggo my arm," snarled the "son,"
putting the offensive cigarette defl
| antly into his mouth.
There was every element of a gaudy
mixup, when the outer door of the of
fice suddenly swung open and Elaine
Dodge entered.
Gallantry was Milton's middle name,
and he sprang forward to hold the
door, and then opened Bennett's door,
as he ushered In Elaine.
As she passed "Weepy Mary," who
was still writing at the table and cry
ing bitterly, Elaine hesitated and
looked at htr curiously. Even after
Milton had opened Bennett's door, she
could not resist another glance. In
stinctively, Elaine seemed to scent
trouble.
Bennett was still studying the black
! bordered card when she greeted him.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 31. 1915.
"Who la that woman?" the asked,
■till wondering about the identity of
the nlobe outside. •
At first he said nothing. But finally,
seeing that she had noticed it, he
handed Blaine the card, reluctantly.
Blaine read It with a gasp. The look
of surprise that crossed her face was
terrible.
Before she could say anything, how
ever, Milton had returned with the
sheet of paper on which "Weepy
Mary" had written and handed it to
Bennett.
Bennett read it with uncontrolled
astonishment.
"What is it?" demanded Elaine.
He handed it to her, and she read:
As the lawful wife and widow
of Taylor Dodge I demand my
son's rights and my own,
MRB. TAYLOR DODGE.
Elaine gasped at it.
"She —my father's wife!" she ex
claimed. "What effrontery! What
does she mean?"
Bennett hesitated.
"Tell me," Elaine cried. "Is there—
can there be anything in it? No—no—
there isn't."
Bennett spoke in a low tone. "1
have heard a whisper of some scan
dal or other connected with your fath
er—but—" He paused.
Elaine was first shocked, then indig
nant.
"Why—such a thing is absurd. Show
the woman in!"
"No—please—Miss Dodge. Let me
deal with her."
By this time Elaine was furious.
"Yes —I will see her."
She pressed the button on Bennett's
desk, and Milton responded.
"Milton, show the —the woman in,"
she ordered, "and that boy, too."
As Milton turned to crook his finger
at "Weepy Mary," she nodded surrep
titiously and dug her fingers sharply
into "son's" ribs.
"Yell —you little fool —yell," she
whispered.
Obedient to his "mother's" com
mands, and much to Milton's disgust,
the boy started to cry in close imita
tion of his elder.
Elaine wai still holding the paper in
her hands when they entered.
"What does all this mean?" she de
manded.
"Weepy Mary," between sobs, man
aged to blurt out, "You are Miss
Elaine Dodge, aren't you? Well, It
means that your father married me
when I was only seventeen and this
boy is our son—your half-brother."
"No —never," cried F>laine vehem
ently, unable to restrain her disgust.
"Weepy Mary" smiled cynically.
"Come with me and I will show you
the church records and the minister
who married us."
"You will?" repeated Elaine defiant
ly. "Well, I'll just do as you ask. Mr.
Bennett shall go with mo."
"No, no, Miss Dodge—don't go.
Leave the matter to me," urged Ben
nett. "I will take care of her. Be
sides, I must be in court in twenty
minutes."
Elaine paused, but she was thor
oughly aroused.
"Then I will go with her myself,"
she cried defiantly.
In spite of every objection that Ben
nett made, "Weepy Mary," her son
and Elaine went out to call a taxicab
to take them to the railroad station
where they could catch a train to the
little town where the woman asserted
she had been married.
Meanwhile, before a little country
church in the town, a closed automo
bile had drawn up.
As the door opened a figure, humped
up and masked, alighted.
It was the Clutching Hand.
The car had scarcely pulled away
when he gave a long rap, followed by
two short taps, at the door of the
vestry, a ferret code, evidently.
Inside the vestry room a man well
dressed, but with a very sinister face,
heard the lniock and a second later
opened the door. .
"What —not ready yet?" growled the
Clutching "Quick —now —get on
*.hose clothes. I heard the train whis
tle as I came in the car. In which
closet does the minister keep them?"
The crook, without a word, went to
a closet and took out a suit of clothes
of ministerial cut. Then he hastily
put them on, adding some side-whisk
ers, which he had brought with him.
At about the same time Elaine, ac
companied by "Weepy Mary" and her
son, naa arrived at the little tumble
down station and had taken the only
vehicle in sight, a very ancient car
riage.
It ambled along until, at last, it
pulled up before the vestry room door
of the church, just as the bogus min
ister was finishing his transformation
from a frank crook. Clutching Hand
was giving him his final instructions.
Elaine and the others alighted and
approached the church, while the an
cient vehicle rattled away.
"They're coming!" whispered the
crook, peering cautiously out of the
window.
Clutching Hand moved silently and
snakelike into the closet and shut the
door. •
"How do you do. Doctor Carton?"
greeted "Weepy Mary." I guess you
don't remember me."
The clerical gentleman looked at
her fixedly a moment.
"Remember you?" he repeated. "Of
course, my dear. I remember .every
one I marry."
"And you remember to whom you
married me?"
"Perfectly. To an older man—a Tay
lor Dodge."
Elaine was overcome.
"Won't you step in?" he said
suavely. "Your friend here doesn't
seem well."
They all entered.
"And you—you say—you married
this—this woman _to Taylor Dodge?"
queried Blaine, tensely.
The bogus minister seemed to be
very fatherly. "Yea," he asserted, "I
certainly did so."
"Have you the record?" asked
Blaine, fighting to the last.
"Why, yes. I can show you the
record."
He moved over to the closet "Come
over here," he asked.
He opened the door. Blaine screamed
and drew back. There stood her arch
enemy, the Clutching Hand himself.
As he stepped forth, she turned wild
ly, to run—anywhere. But strong
arms seized her and forced her into
a chair.
She looked at the woman and the
minister. It was a plot!
"A moment Clutching Hand looked
Elaine over. "Put the others out," he
ordered the other crook.
"Now, my pretty dear," began the
Clutching Hand as the lock turned in
the vestry door, "we shall be joined
shortly by your friend. Craig Kennedy,
and," he added with a leer, "I think
your rather insistent search for a
certain person will cease."
Elaine drew back in the chair, horri
fied at the implied threat.
Clutching Hand laughed diabolically.
To Be Continued
CTVTXEWS
HORSES Al CHILE BURNED
Mysterious Fire Destroyed Cumberland
County's Largest Barn Yesterday
—Damage Was Heavy
Shippensburg, iMar-ch 31. —In a fire
of mysterious origin, four calves, three
lior.-i"8 anil some sixty valuable thickens,
with crops anil machinery, were de
stroyed yesterday morning' when the
big " barn on the farm of Harper P.
Mains, on the Stony I'oint road, two
ami one-half miles south of this ; lace,
was burned to the ground. The loss
will amount to some $3,000, practi
cally covered by insurance.
The fire broke out about 9 o'clock
yesterday morning and two 'hours after
nothing but smouldering ashes were
left of this structure, one of t'ho largest
and most extensive in the county.
ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE
Suburbs of Franklin County Town
i*ow Part of Borough
Wayne 'viro, March 31.—The <lreat
er WaynciiV.ro is now an actuality.
With yesterday there expired the ten
days which must elapse between the
time of publication of the ordinance an
nexing the outlying portions of land
and the go'.ng into effect of Phe ordi
nance.
All tho borough ordinances now ap
ply to t'ho now portion of the Greater
Wavnci'boro anil the new territory is
now governed b- tiie same borough stat
utes ns the "oM" town. ____
Poli."e protection will be afforded the
new additions and these additions will
regulate themselves by the borough or
dinances.
It hnd been said that exceptions to
the annexation would be presented to
(the court.
Barks Opsn Good Friday
Gettysburg March 31. Gettys
burg's financial institutions will depart
from their u-ual custom this year and
will bo open for business on Good Fri
day. The reason for their action is the
large amount of business which is sure
to be done the last three days of the
week. Tt is understood that the ma
jority of the county banks will take
similar action, while those in nearby
towns generally will follow the idea.
Accused of Woman's Murder
Cumberland, Md., Mardh 31. —The
police yesterday arrested John Grel
ler. aged 30. a suspc "t in the Margaret
Million murder mystery. When the of
ficers started into the yard of his fa
ther's home, less than half a block
from where the murdered girl's lK>dy
was found, Greller ran down an alley,
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and around a course of more than a inile
to get to .his back door.
He then o'bserved tihe officers com
ing up the yard, and, holding a brick in
eacih hand, remanded they go back. He
led t'hein a rapid chase to the hilltop.
»to-_'p.ing when Chief Eisenhauer point
ed his revolver. A shirt, said to be
Greller's, was bloodniarked at the
sleeves, and the otlicers claim to 'have
other evidence against him.
Farmer Died From Tetanus
Chamfoersburg, March 31. John
Kurtz, a farmer and stack dealer, of
near Orrstown, felt himself becoming
ill Monday while driving a two-horse
team to Shippensburg. He turned the
horses around and started toward home.
The animals stopped in front of the
farmyard gate Kurtz had died during
the trip. His wife, with the assistance
of neighbors, c-arried him into the
house.
Two weeks ago he ran a nail into
his foot. Because the wound gave him
110 pain he declined to have a surgeon
lance it. Tetanus developed suddenly
while he was driving his team and
caused his death. He was 30 years
old.
Holly Springs Resident Dead
Carlisle, March 31.—After an illness
of some months, George B. Snyder, a
well-known resident of Mount Holly
Springs, died on Sunday at midnight at
his home in that town He was 52
years old. Death was due to tubercu
losis.
He is survived by th» following chil
dren: Peter, of Mount Holly, N. J.;
Guy, Irene and Cecil, of Mount Holly.
The following brothers and sisters also
survive: Mrs. Marv Martin, Bowinaus
dale; Mrs Rachael Wise and William C.
Snyder, of Mount Holly.
New Postmaster Takes Office
Waynesboro, March 31. The
Waynesboro postoffiee will foe trans
ferred from H. C. Gordon, who has been
postmaster for the past four years, to
John W, Warehime, rrfneutly appointed
to the position by President Wilson,
this evuning after the close of (business.
To Erect Club House Along River
Marietta, March 31.—The Khetol
Roil and (tunning Club has been formed
here and it is the intention of .the club
to buy land along the Susquehanna riv
er, erect a commodious house, and
equip it up to date. There is consider
able sporting element in town, and as
this place is the mecea for people dur
ing the summer, it is the purpose to
push the building rapidly to comple
tion for the convenience of the summer
guests. John K. Miller was elected
secretary; Dr. W. Paxson,-treasurer.
Reunion of 1844 High School Class
- Marietta, iMarch 31.—Charles John-
I son returned last evening from Phila
i delphia where he attended the annual
[ reunion of the class of 1844 of the
! Philadelphia High school. Thero are
still 44 survivors and Mr. Johnson has
the distinction of being the only Lan
caster countian who survives. The av
erage of the class surviving is 69
years.
Recital to Initiate New Pipe Organ
Marietta, March 31.—A recital was
held yesterday in the Bethany Re
formed church, at Ephrata, when the
new Winger memorial pipe organ was
used for the first time. Dr. John W. E.
Ward, of Philadelphia, of the St. Paul's
Lutheran church, gave the recital, as
sisted by Mary S. Goukler, soloist of
the same church. The organ is a gift
to the church by Mrs. Clara A. Win
ger, as a memorial to her late husband,
Dr. Frank Winger, and cost $2,000.
"TAKES CAKE" OF (i 11 LTV
Judge Offers Protection for Men Whose
Testimony Aided Government
Indianapolis, Ind.,'March 31. —Judge
A. B. Anderson at the trial of the
Terre Haute ejection eases in Federal
Court said yesterday afternoon that he
felt it has duty "to take eare of some
of the defendants," after two Terre
Haute policemen, who had been called
by the defense, gave evidence favorable
to the- government.
The Court announced that he would
release the six defendants who have
pleaded guilty and who were taken
from the jail in Terre Haute and
brought to Indianapolis to testify on
a writ of habeas corpus and permit
them to return to Terra Haute.
"And 1 say now," added the Court,
"that there shall be nothing dune to
fuem over there. I have been informed
thut the defendants, Sheriff Dennis Shea
anil C'itv Judge Thomas Smith. while
they were in jail, tried to influence
these boys. They promised to take care
of them if they would tell certain
things. I shall take care of them, anil
I warn any policeman, sheriff or citizen
not to molest them."
Mother of Allentown Mayor Dies
Allen town, Pa», March 3'l. — Mrs.
Ellen 'Herbst, widow of Dr. William
Herbst and mother of the late Dr. 11.
Herbert Herbst, Mayor of Allentown,
died Monday night of pneumonia at her
home in Trexlerbown. A daughter of
David and .Mary Rupp ftchall, Mrs.
Herbst was a descendant of revolution
ary stock.
Minister Married in His Church
Lancaster, Pa., March 151.—JMiss
Jean M. Illerb, of Wilkcs-Barre, and the
Rev. Dr. 11. Franklin Schlegol, new
pastor of Bethany United Evangelical
church, were married at the church at
noon yesterday, the presiding elder, the
Rev. I'\ E. Erdman, officiating.
Frozen Feet Result in His Dearth
Reading, Pa., March 31.—Thomas 11.
Schildt, a trolley conductor, died at his
thome in Alsace, this county, 'of blood
poisoning, the result of frozen feet. lie
was on duty in a blizzard and suffered
so severely that he was disabled for
several months, gangrene following.
Slips to Death Under His Train
Mauch ('tinnlk, Pa., March 31. —
Samuel iSpoon, of Weissport, a Lehigh
Valley freight conductor, slipped and
fell under his train in front of the IJC
high Valley 'passenger station here and
was instantly killed. Ho was 40 years
old and was employed by the Lehigh
Valley virtually all his life.
Two Mahanoy City Pioneers Die
(Mahanoy City, Pa., M a rch 31.—Two
of M'alianoy City's pioneer residents are
dead. Richard Littlehales, former tru
ant, officer, died of miners' asthma. (He
was 77 years old. Charles KrCbs, identi
fied with the earlier history of the town,
died of age infirmities. He was 79
years old.
Pays 48<!ent Tax; Leaves Jail
Vork, Pa., 'M>arch 31. —finding jail
too irkson.e, John Robinson, who was
committed to prison because he refused
to pay a 48-cent tax, agneed yesterday
to comply witih the law and was re
leased. He was committed last Thurs
day night.
Her Predictions of Death True
Reading, Pa., March 31.7r-Predicting
her own death, Miss Lizzie IBoge.l), 55
years old. selected her own paWbearers
and her funeral raiment. She died soon
after completing her funeral arrange
ments.
WIFE KILLS FOH JEALOUSY
Shoots Husband She Accuses of Atten
tions to Another Woman
Blakelv, Ga., March 31. —Dr. T. B.
Sheffield, a prominent physician at t.'e
dar Springs, was siiot and killed by his
wife yesterday, jealousy being the mo
tive for the shooting.' .'.rs. Sheffield
is now hysterical and bent upon taking
her own life.
I>r. Sheffield had just entered his of
fice. when the fir • shot wa*. fired. The
physician ran cut of the front door, iiis
wife behind 'him wiih the smoking
Weapon j,, |,,, r i lam |. Jl TBi Sheffield
continued firing at 'her husband as ho
ran across the street, until she had
emptied t'he revolver. The physician
died within two minutes without being
able to make any statement. Ills wife
rushed to him as soon as he fell, and
went into hysterics over his body. Jeal
ousy of another woman characterized
Mrs. Sheffield's hysterical sialtmonU.
SHE'D RATHER KISS DEVIL
Husband Bases Divorce Suit on Wife's
Announced Preference
New York. March 31,—Supreme
I ourt Justice (iavegan was greatly sur
prised yesterday when Joseph S. Beran,
an attache of the United States En
gineers' Office in Washington, declared
on the witness stand that his wife, Julia
Scroggins Beran, liad taken all the
sweetness out of his married life by
telling him that "she would rather kiss
the devil than him."
Beran is suing his wife for separa
tion, and it was this outspoken pref
erence for a Watanie, kiss that brought
the couple into court. Otherwise, he
said, they might be living happily to
gether now.
"That's hardly anything to quar
rel about," said the Justice. "Are you
willing to live together again!"
The husband quickly replied "yes."
The wife was uncertain and hesitated.
Finally she said she wouldu't live with
him in New York.
Justice <lavegan gave her time to
decide where She would like to live by
continuing the trial.
Louisiana Sugar Crop Smaller
Washington, !>. o.,March 31.—Louisi
ana's sugar crop for the season just
closed totaled 242,000 tons, or 50,000
less than in 1913. A statement issued
'by the 'Department of Agriculture last
night says the trade conditions from
t'he beginning of August to tihe opening
of the grinding season has encouraged
the factory owners to prepare for an
active season.
EASTER EXCURSION
TO
Atlantic City
Cape May, Wildwood
Ocean City, Sen I«le City* AnKle
wn, Avnlon, Ntone Harbor
Saturday, April, 3 1915
$4.50 om iarrisburg I
25 cents additional to Atlantic
City via Delaware River Bridge
Route.
Tickets will be accepted on reg
ular trains and will be good re
turning within sixteen days.
Stop-over nlloneil at I'lillailrlphla
Full particulars of Ticket Agents
or A. Pi. Buchanan. Division I'as
senger Agent, Harris-burg, Pa.
Pennsylvania R.R.