I THE J TEETH OF THE TIGER L mauriciTleblano ' TRANSijkTEn nr ' -v 'ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS 1 II II 111 - II. II 1 ■ ..i-I II I mi. 1 V CHAITI8K FI FT K KM. (Continued,) | ‘‘Then, Monsieur le I’refet, you Inay tilled it that I am the culprit; and von have mllv to arreat me. i r mormugwn nt-irs. n it*, iiiiiuamy j v speaking, impossible that this | shoilbl not lie so. Consequently, the law will be satisfied in any circumstances. He or 1: tiie posi tion, is quite simple.” M. 11 team aliens was silent. He | gnawed his mustache thought fully and walked round and round the table within the narrow circle formed by the others. It was obvious that objections to the’ supposition were springing up in his mind. In the end, he mut tered, us though speaking to him self;' “No, no1. For, after all, how are we to explain that the man should have waited until now to claim his rights?” “An accident, perhaps, Mon sieur le Prefet, an obstacle of some kind. Or else—one can never tell—the perverse longing for a more striking sensation. And remember, Monsieur le Prefet, how minutely and subtly the whole business was worked. Each event tonic place at the very mo ment. fixed hv llippolyte Fan vilie. ('annot we take it that his accomplice is pursuing his method to the end and that he will not reveal himself until the last minute ?” M. Desolations exclaimed, with a sort of anger: * c w r i ■ ti * * No, no, and again no! It m not possible. It' a creature monstrous enough to commit such a series of murders exists, he will not be such a fool as to deliver himself into our hands.’’ “Monsieur le l’refet, he does , not know the danger that threat ens him if he comes here, because no one has oven contemplated the theory of his existence. Besides, what risk does he run!” “What, riskf Why, if he has really committed those mur ders ’’ “He has committed them, Mon ■ieur le l’refet. He has caused them to he committed, which is a different thing. And you now sec where the man's unsuspected strength lies! He does not act in person. From the day when the truth appeared to me, I have succeeded in gradually discover ing his means of action, in laying bafp the machinery which he con trols, the t ricks which he employs. He does not act in person. There you have his method. You will find that it is the same through out the series of murders. “In appearance, Cosmo Morn higton died of the results of a Carelessly administered injection. In reality, it was this man who Caused the injection to prove fatal. In appearance, Inspector Verot was killed by Hippolyte Fauville In reality, i! must have been this wan who contrived the murder by pointing out the neces sity to Fauville and, so to speak, guiding his hand. And, in the same way, in appearance, Fau Villc killed his son and committed suicide. Marie Fauville commit ted suicide: Gaston Sauverand committed suicide. In reality, it was this wan who wanted them dead, who prompted them to eom mil suicide, and who supplied thorn with the means of death. * There you have the method. BDvi d Mou«y'n~ !<• have s intervention that upset | jthe enemy’s plan's by eausipg [ Florence tq take to flight. The Prefect ebntinued: “So you are ignorant of the reasons why you received the pa pers?” “Yes, Monsieur le Prefet.” '‘ And evidently you are also •■j ignorant of how far they concern you?” “They do not concern me. Mon sieur le Prefet.” M. Desmalions smiled and, look ing into Florence's eyes, said, plainly: “According to the letter that accompanies them, they concern you intimately, ft seems that they prove, in the most positive manner, that you are descended from the Roussel family and that you consequently have every right to the Mornington inherit ance.” “I?” The cry was a spontaneous ex clamation of astonishment and protest. And she at once went on, In sistently : “I, a right to the inheritance? T have none at all, Monsieur le Prefet, none at all. I never knew Mr. Mornington. What is this story? There is some mistake.” She spoke with great animation and with an apparent frankness that would have impressed any Other man than the Prefect of Po lice. But how could he forget Don Luis’s arguments and the accusa tion made beforehand against the person who would arrive at the meeting? i “Give me the papers,” he said. She took from her handbag a blue envelope which was not fastened down and which he found to contain a number of faded documents, damaged at the folds and torn in different places. He examined them amid per fect silence, read them through, staided them thoroughly, inspect ed the signatures and the seals through a magnifying glass, and said: “They bear every sign of being genuine. The seals are official.” “Then, Monsieur le Prefet --?” said Florence, in a trembling voice. “Then, Mademoiselle, let me tell you that your ignorance strikes me as most incredible.” And, turning to the solicitbr, he said: “Listen briefly to what these documents contain and prove. Gaston Sauverand, Cosmo Morn ington’s heir in the fourth line, had, as you know, an elder broth er, called Raoul, who lived in the Argentine Republic. This broth er, before his death, sent to Eur ope, in the charge of an oltl nurse, a child of five who was none other than his daughter, a nat ural but legally recognized daughter whom he had had by Mile. Levasseur, a French teacher at Buenos Ayres. “Here is the birth certificate. Here is the signed declaration written entirely in the father’s hand. Here is the affidavit sign ed by the old nurse. Here are the depositions of three friends, mer chants or solicitors at Buenos Ayres, And here are the death certificates of the father and mother. “All these documents have been legalized and bear the seals of the French consulate . For the present, 1 have no reason to doubt them; and 1 am bound to look up on Florence Levasseur as Raoul Sauverand’s daughter and Gaston Sauverand’s niece.” “Gaston Sauverand’s niece? , • . His niece?” stam mered Florence. The mention of a father whom she had, so to speak, never known, left her unmoved. But she be gan to weep at the recollection of Gaston Sauverand, whom she loved so fondly ami to whom she found ^terself linked by such a close relationship. Were her tears sincere? Or were they the tears of an actress able to play her part down to the slightest details? Were those facts really revealed to her for the first time? Or was she acting the emo tions which the revelation of those facts would produce in her under natural conditions? Don Luis observed M. Desmal ions even more narrowly than he did the girl, and tried to read the secret thoughts of the man with whom the decision lay. Ami sud denly he become certain that Florence’s arrest was a matter re solved upon as definitely as the arrest of the most monstrous crim inal. Then he went up to her and said: "Florence.” She looked a him with her ear dimmed eyes and made no reply. Slowly, he said: “To defend yourself, Florence —for, though 1 am sure you do not know it, you are under that obligation—you must understand the terrible position in which events have placed you. tContluueO Next Week.) Major-General, Davidson, who was elected to parliament recently, left gen ' eral headquarters in France by air plane, motored from his landing place to Westminster.’took the oath and sat in tlie house of commons a while. Then he -.vent back as he had come. He was anxious to take his seat before recess. 1 could get only k few hours off, and l there was no other way to go. HUN HIGH COMMAND SHOWS UNEASINESS Superiority of Allied Air Force* Causes It to Make Ridicu lous Claims. British Air Force Headquarters in France (by mall)—There have been many signs recently of extreme un easiness by the German high command regarding the increasing asccendancy of the allied airmen on the western front. This has been especially evident since the American airmen have be gun to appear in force and have proved themselves of the same mettle as the French and British fliers. It has become a common place among British airmen that their op ponents will not face combat in the air unless in strength of three or four to one. and German prisoners have told of German airmen being punished by their flight commanders for returning to their airdromes still laden with bombs and ammunition which they had been ordered to drop over the British lines, it is becoming increasingly hard to find a German airman over the al lied side of the lines in thj daytime, as is proved by the Germans' own ad mission that when they do manage to bring down an allied machine it is al most always over ihetr own territory. Perhaps the most striking evidence of German official anxiety regarding the allied superiority in the air is to be found in the official German wire less news. This, while always imagina tive and rarely accurate, has of late been singularly wild and full of fic tion regarding the situation in the air. In an effort to counteract the depress ing effect of the real facts of the situa tion the German wireless editors make the wildest statements, bordering al most on humor. Thus a recent copy of the German wireless report says: "Superior meth ods of flying and greater skill have se cured for the German air force suc cesses on a scale such as were never known before.” The same statement refers in glowing terms of the “reck less attacking spirit” of the pilots of the German chasing planes—a phrase which provoked much merriment among British, French and American airmen, who of late have found that even one of the reconnaissance ma chines can rely on putting to flight any German machine which is not ac companied by three or four of its own kind. “If Germany is really pleased with her air record for the past few months,” remarked a British squadron leader to the correspondent, “there is no reason for us to complain. We ask nothing better than that Germany should go on having the same kind of success in future months.” He topfe as an example the report for May. which lay open on his desk. “This report," he explained, “deals with the British air fighting alone and has no reference to the fine air work of the French, Italians and Americans. Dur ing the month the British brought down 398 German machines in aerial combat and 20 by fire from the ground, while 100 mare were driven down out of control and probably destroyed. During the same period 128 British machines failed to return to their air dromes." ♦+♦4- 4-+++++♦♦♦♦-♦♦ 4-f ♦♦♦♦■♦-* ♦ VERDUN CITADEL { ♦ 4-+-4--» + -»»-»-e-»+-»* Elizabeth Frazer in Saturday Evening Post. Thanks to my classical education, I had no proper conception of what con stitutes a modern fortress. I had vaguely imagined it as a city ringed around with a very substantial stone wall, crenelated and Unrated, with dozens of peepholes for the doughty gunners to take pot shots at the enemy established outside. In the very heart of the city would be the citadel, which figured In my mind as .. big. round, Im pregnable stone tower bristling with teethlike rows of cannon, its founda tions naturally extending scores of feet underneath. Accordingly when we set out to traverse the long series of dimly lit reverberating subterranean passages, descended flights of slimy stone stairs to lower and danker levels, stopped in gun and ammunition rooms, electric plant rooms, kitchens, messrooms. in firmaries. chapels, tntiseex cinema and rest rooms, dormitories, cavernous abodes 20, 30 and 40 feet below ground. 1 began to wonder whet) we were going upstairs. "Blit there is no upstairs,” respond ed M. Martin, laughing in answer to my query—“not in this citadel. Here it all is. just as you see. underground. You observed those big Iron mush room affairs six inches or so above ground when we were up on the hill?” “But I thought they were the obser vation posts of hidden guns—like that of the Big Bertha." “So they are—they are our own Big Berthas. Nevertheless, those observa tion posts are all the upstairs there is to this citadel. What do you suppose would happen to the superstructure of a fort if it were hit by a shell which made a crater as large as the one we saw on the hill—50 feet across and 20 feet deep? Not much upstairs left, eh?” So much for a classical education! "And all tl.e French troops eat and sleep and pray ami drill down here? There arc none billeted In Verdun?" "There's nobody in Verdun." Looking For Him. Here is a story that is going the rounds; A negro trooper, put on duty for the first time outside the American commander's headquarters in Paris, had reason to know the authority of a corporal, a ser geant or a lieutenant, for tie had been hustled about by them, hut he was a bit hazy about other officers. A lleutc-na;.: :c,.i'Vi.,»cte;o aim t ne :i*u:!ii saluted. The lieutenant went Inside He came out in a minute or so and said to the sentry; "Watch out for General Per shing. I want to see him." ' Yessuh," said the trooper as he saluted. In 10 minutes the lieutenant was hack "General Pershlug inside?" he asked the negro. "No. sir; he ain't arrived," the trooper replied The lieutenant was angry and spoke rather forcefully to himself. Again he want away, only to return again in 10 minutes. "He ain't come yet," said the negro, sorrowfully. The lieutenant said a tot of things about men who kept him waiting and then de parted. A few minutes later a man. in khaki ap proached. The negro didn't pay particular attention to him until the man asked him sharply why he didn’t salute. The trooper saluted and expressed regret for his lapse. The white man was stern. "Don't you know me?", he asked “I’m General Pershing " "Is you General Pershing?" replied the trooper, looking at him closely Then a broad smile came over his face and he added; "General, you sure will get belt when that lieutenant gentleman katehoa up witli you." Suffered For Years Back and Kidneys Were in Bad Shape, But Doan’s Removed all the Trouble. “My kidneys were go weak that the least cold I caught would affect them and start my back aching until X could hardly endure the misery,” save Mrs. J). C. Ross, 97.3 Fulton St., Brook lyn, N. T. "In the morning when I first got up, my back was so lame, 1 could' hardly bend over and any move sent darts of pain through my kid neys. It was hard for me to walk up stairs or stoop, and to mova while lying down 3cnt darta of pain through “The kidney score- MRS. ROSS tions were Bcanty and distressing and • the water remained in my system, mak ing my feet and hands swell. There were dark circles under my eyes ami I became so dizzy I could hardly see. I had rheumatic pains in my knees and it was all I could do to get around. For years I was in that shape and I wore plasters and need all kinds of mediciug to no avail until I tried Doan'WKidney Pills. They rid me , of the trouble and strengthened mv back and kidneys. When I have taken Doan's since, they have always bene fited me.” Sworn to before me. ? L. N. VAUGHAN, Notary Public. Get Doan’, at Any Store, 60c m Bos DOAN’S FOSTER-MILBURN CO* BUFFALO. N. Y. HOME SEEKERS We have WILD and IMPROVED LANDS from S12 per acre up and in lota from 40 to 16.U00 acres. If von want a farm on a BEAUTIFUL LAKE, rich clay loam soil, surface level and prico right, w have it. JORDAN St SWIFT, Hay ward, Wla. BELIEVE IN “LUCK CHARMS” Fighting Men Have Faith in All Sort* of Things—Living Mascots Especially Popular. Jinny and various and queer are the “lurk charms” of fighting men. Tiny rabbits and black cat? made of “lucky” rnctai are found quite frequently. Among the French it is held partic ularly lucky to lmve a gold coin in one’s possession when going into battle. The British carry a lucky flower, the while heather. A piece of this heather properly tucked away Inside the hat band is supposed to save the wearer from a fatal wound. When it comes to living mascots, the fighters have a collection big enough to stock a zoo. Dogs—of almost every breed under the sun—cats, mon keys, birds, raccoons, while rats, goats, deer, lion cubs, bears, armadillos and what not; about anything that wan ders into camp or Is sent in by friends. “HARD SKIN" AND j FOOT CALLUSES J _ 7 Magic! Peel them off without | pain or soreness j *T5onT suffer' A tiny bottle of l'reez one costs but a few cents at any drug store. Apply a few drops on the toughened calluses or “hard skin” on bottom of feet, then lift those painful spots right off with fingers. Corns also! ~n~\ S w When you peel off corns or calluses with Freezone the skin beneath is left pink and healthy and never sore, ten der or even Irritated. Try Freezone •ure!—Adr. Ancient History. .Tack was unusually keen and quick wltted. All of the young women of the store in which lie worked teased him, but seldom with profit. “Oh, .Tack," said one of them one day. ,"il i* a good tVug you’re only firt o. —hl'e. i'm (went;- '' ' . or I'd set my cap for you.’’ “Yes, you’re twenty-three! You were twenty-three the year milk Was five cents a quart.’’ Soft, Clear Skins. Night and morning bathe the faea with Cuticnra Soap und hot water. If there are pimples first smear them with Outieura Ointment. For free sam ples address. “Cutlcurn, Dept. X. Bos ton." Sold l»y druggists and by mull. Soap 25. Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv. Don't'imagine your are a vocalist simply •'‘because the neighbors fall shoot at you when you attempt' •ting. True art does not Imitate nature. It represents her. ^ -— | When Your Eyes Need Car* Try Murine Eye Remedy No Smarting — los*, Ryo Comfort. ff> cent* o% Drutfijiath or ornU. wrtfA for Kwu ilte Book.