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VANCE Each Episode Suggested by a Prominent Author Serialization by HUGH WEIR and JOE BRANDT Produced by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company [Copyright. 1MB. by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company.! VANCE

The Tenement House Evil Suggested by LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE | Author of "The Lone Wolf" And "Nobody" 8YTJOP8IR Dudley Laxnigan, dietrict attorney of New York, attgckB the liquor and vice truata. He is killed by an agent of a secret society, the committee of His eon, Bruce La ml gen, la elected district attorney and takes jjp the fight. Bruce is in love with Dorothy Harwell, whose father is bead of the insurants® trust. BRUCE LAKMGAN had won the first battle in his fight against 1 the fifteen, a mysterious graft syndicate which, composed not of cheap i-olltitians. but of great business men. had strangled New York In its nefarious grip and was planning to spread its activities to cover the whole country. But Bruce had no illusions. country, out — - »

A final and despairing attempt to beat him on election day Itself by attempting i to prove that he had accepted a bribe from the liquor Interests to secure lax ; enforcement of the law had failed. 1 thant v partly to his own cleverness and ; ; partly »> the help of Dorothy Maxwell. , his fiancee. But Bruce knew that the real fight i i was only just beginning. The graft j ; syndicate was intrenched in power. It ; , had warned bis father. Dudley Larui- j ] put. that death would l>e his reward if ! be did not desist from his efforts to ex- i pose its corruption. It bad made good j the warning, and Bruce had sworn uoi only WfinTsh his father's uncompleted work, but to] avenge bis Heath as well. . To Bruce. Stanford Stone appeared : So be a great capitalist, a distinguished , faancler, a man justly honored by the community and worthy of respect and confidence. Yet Stanford Stone was the head of gte graft syndicate. It was Stanford 8tone who had decreed Dudley Larnigan's death and Stanford Stone who had led the assault upon Brace himself. Moreover— and this Brace did not suspect, either— a personal motive lay behind Stone's enmity for him, for Stone was in love with Dorothy Maxwell. Brace had determined that his first move must be to strike at the evils of the .tenement house district, which his : father bad been planning to take up. j "1 want the man higher up," he told bth mother. "1 know there Is one. anil

, , It is be that I must get. 1 don't know h yet who he Is. but I'm going to find < ■ He was at home when he said that. | e leaning over his mother's chair. And . 1 even as be spoke-a tiny dart whistled ] by his ear and was buried lii the back i 1 of his mother's chair. So faint was the j 1 sound, so tiny the missile, that his , 1 mother knew nothing of it. Bruce got * It out and found that around the dart was wrapped a note. He road It. It 1 was. brief: -Warning: Stop investigating the tenements. The Fifteen." I « Bruce smiled rather grimly; there « was a drawing of a skull on the note, t He stepped to the window, hoping that I whoever had thrown the dart might be within sight. But no suspicions character of any sort rewarded his search- 1 ing glance: Instead be jsaw Dorothy Maxwell and Stanford Stone approachhog the bouse. They looked up sad waved to him. "I certainly didn't expect to see either of yon!" said Bruce, laughingly. "Have you seen any suspicious looking char- < ecter around 7" -No one except yen yen look pretty SMI1' l iu- laughed Stone. "Why T

' "Nothing— no matter." said Bruce. "Come 1n anil see mv mother, won't you?" • "I'll tell you why I asked you that ; question. Mr. Stone." said Bruce when • they were alone, "i.ook at this.'* I lie banded him the note, first drawi lug a line through "The Fifteen." j "Only fourteen now." he said. "I got | rid of Murphy! Ill run them down and get even with my father s murderers!" Outside they separated. Bruce and Dorothy to go downtown. Stone to hurry to his office, his face set In lines of grim determination. He strode rapIdly toward his office. And there he called a meeting of the fifteen. Anton Dow. head of the tenement house trust • appeared, angry because of newspape: 1 stories abont Brace's determination ti get the man higher np in the tenemen evils. Dow knew, as Bruce did not that he himself was the man blgbe up. and his nervousuess was uncon cealed. "We've got to strike at him before h i -an hit us!" said Stone angrily. "Ou whole iiosltion Is menaced by this on 1 man. Dow. you are the one chiefly In 1 terested. You own some property ft ' the tenement district of a — well, questionable sort?" "I suppose 1 do." said Dow. "I'm nc

responsible for my tenants." "Well, trap Lanilgan with a woma in one of jouiNjousea." 1 "Ye-es— that rttn be done." agree Dow. after a moment's thought. "We' j plan the details later. Stone." | There was more talk, and then Do' I bad to hurry home to luucli. Dow ws ' model father and husband. He ws i devoted to his wife, and his love f< two children. Harold anil TAlllai ' knew no bounds. { And meanwhile, even while Dow I played with his own children In his iy I

I luxurious home. Bruce and Dorothy | were seeing other cblldreu In a house s that was also owned by Dow. But this a house was a tenement that disregard- I ed law and decency alike. There were no fire escapes; the beating system was «■ out ef order, and there was running ' water from only one tap on each floor. Dorothy and the woman's two children went to look over the building. Bruce, sickened, went to the street, i Other children came to talk with him. 1 and be sat down on the stoop and ' • played with them. Across the street1 was a saloon, and from this emerged a i buifcr. 111 favored man. at the sight of i whom the children shuddered. ( '

"Hey. vouse! Beat it! We don't' , want no dude reformers down this way ( ■ — eee?" said the fellow, whom Bruce ' recognized as a cheap ward politician ] named Black, j Brace smiled, took out a pad and ] made a note. Black shook his fist in his face and, turning, made a signal that set several roughs across the street In motion. Bruce started to rise; Black knocked him down, and the gang < ame tearing over. "Kick him till he's a stiff!" yelled Black. But a sudden aud remarkable Intervention came to Brace's aid. As If by instinct the children flung themselves upon him. covering blm with their soft bodies. The gang stopped: even their brutality shrank from attacking the children. Brace had time to draw his revolver and rose, the weapon In his hand. Black turned and ran: the gangsters drew guns and looked for shelter. But the children's screams had brought the police, and Brace was safe for the time. From that moment Brace went to work with redoubled energy. And Dor othy, painfully impressed by what she had -seen, had helped by trying to do , what she could for the tenement chllB . dren. She knew she could not do much j tor the whole city, but in tbat one r house she improved conditions vastly. house conditions vastly.

night she was visiting the Dows. old friends of her family, and described the class she had established for the children of the tenement house. | "And tonight." paid Dorothy— "to- | night we're going to have a Christmas | tree for them down there. I'm going I down now to give ont the little presents." I "Mother, can't we go and see?" cried Lillian. j "Oh. yes — please!" echoed Harold. , Mrs. Dow hesitated. But they plead- ; ed so eagerly that she gave In at last, and Dorothy teok them with her. On I the way the stopped and telephoned to tell Brace and usk him to Join her. His voice as he answered was excited. "Ill come If 1 can— as soon as I can." he said. "Dorothy. I'm on the trail at last. I do believe! Tonight I've got a chance to get the evidence I need." What lud happened was that that afternoon a woman had come to Brace In his office, a woman whose profession no oue could mistake. "Say." the said, when she was with him alone. "Yon- want to get the goods an all Uda-wuentefit staff, don't yew?

yon eonW^tfwn to my place to- j - night, and' W see that you get it | You've got to come to the bouae." j Brace laughed at her. "Do I look as easy as all that?" be said. "Do you suppose 1 can't recognize as obvious a trap as that?" -I m "Aw, 1 knew it wasn't any use!" she I th said. "I told them you wouldn't come. T| But rn get the devil — the main guy's j goln' to be there"— .. .. "Wbat^" said Brace sharply. "He Is. eh? Well that might make a differ- al enee"— He hesitated, questioned her sharp ly. But in the end he decided to go- n taking certain precautions. The time came, and Brace, still besi tating a little but determined to face the risk that be saw could not: be avoided, went with the woman to her bouse. The whole thing tilled him with « disgust; the woman herself and the n girls he saw in her bouse revffited bin). •) "You sec. you pan find out what's going on here" said tbe woman. "It's (. plain enough — my God, what's tliat?" There was a "thunderous knocking at the door. Heavy blows fell against it. ' 1 nud it came crashing in. A squad of ; police followed. a i "They double crossed me — the joint's pinched!" screamed the woman. () Abruptly Brace saw what had been planned and went white. But just as : a policeman stepped up to him another I mab in plain clothes appeared. c "Officer, leave ,Mr. Larnlgan alone." c I he said. "He's here to get evidence. > Arrest the woman— no one else." , i "Y'es. Mr. Commissioner." said the ( - man, saluting. 5 This was Brace's counteratroke. He 1 l had arranged for the police eommis , \ . it

' siouer to accompany any raiding party and bad told him his plans In advance. His reputation was safe. But now a new factor came into sight. Anton Dow. furious at the fras- ' ration of his plans, suddenly appeared. -Arrest both those men!" be cried. "1 demand it!" "Anton Dow!" cried Brace. "So you are-tbe main guy' here! You are one of tbe Fifteen— one of my father's mur- ■ defers!" I Dow realized bis mistake. But he tried desperately to secure Brace's arrest. Only a sudden commotion outside tbe bouse checked him.

' "l'ire!" yelled some one at a win- . Uow. "In tbe house across the street!" Bruce tore over to look. Flames were pouring from the door and the lower windows of the house, which bad no fire escapes! He understood the full horror of it In a moment. Dorothy was there! He turned frantically to Dow. "There's one of your houses— burning , up!" he cried. "No fire escapes! Dorothy Maxwell is there, trying to help the children you oppress! And with her are your owu children!" Dow. stricken, never doubting, col lapsed. Bruce raced to rfie street The policemen followed. Firemen were ar riving. Ladders were going up. Bruce knew the window where Dorothy must be.: He was up the first ladder an., j fouhd her with the two Dow children | He brought them to safety and then j helped in the work of rescue, lion j stammering. Incoherent, came to Bruce* j "I've beeu wrong — I've been a slufu j man!" he said. "But I see my nickel uess. I will reform every building I • own. And tomorrow moruiug I will give you the evidence against the rest!" "Come to my office at o'clock." said Brace. , Neither saw tbut Black, lurking near by, heard. Neither knew that Black. got word to Stanford Stone. ' Bruce was up all nigbj. On Christmas morning, when he bad done all he could for the fire sufferers, be went to his office to wait for Dow. He looked at tbe clock — 8:30. His mother called him up. She begged him to come to her at once — said that she must see ' him. He hesitated, then scribbled a note. "Dow," It read. "I will lie back at 830. Wait." Outside his office be met Dorothy. "I was afraid," she said. "I wanted you to come home." "Come with me." he said with a ' laugh. "I must "hr.rry hack, but I'll | ' have breakfast at home with you and j * . mother." 1 Dow cdhic. found tile note and sat I 3 down to wait. He had gone to pieces. 1 1 . The escape, of his children bad un- j . nerved him. He glanced at tbe clock, j Nine o'clock. * In his own office Stanford Stone, too, , 5 looked at his clock. He watched the minutes pass slowly till five had gone. And at the fifth minute, when, as 1 Stone supposed. Dow would Juet be ■ • beginning bis revelationa to Brace, a* explosion shattered Brace'a room. A boi»r> connected with tbe clock waa ' net off. and Dow waa inetantly kille*- • Only an accident had aaved Brass * fMoaoharitg hlstoto

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'Look at th!#," said Bruca, shewing Stone th« letter.

" j "There's one of your houses— burning j up!" he cried. j

GREENCREEK ma at Joseph Gamp, Ralph Scbellenger, Tru- w man lliokmah and J. E. Brown attended r0 the farmer*' meeting at Cold Spring. Mrs. May Kylcock and sou of New ^ spent last week with C. £. Loper ^ and wife. She went to Cape May City on Thursday. g| Mrs. Mattic Hand,- of Cape May City, b , -ailed on her father and sisters Wed- b ii.--.lny between trains. ^ M- M. .Selover, Ca'pe May, is painting the home of Alfred Crease. f, Mrs. Thomas Ix>per and daughter. w who spent the first of the week with , friends at Wild wood, returned home I Thursday. : b Some of our farmers were at Rio|t Cm mle Saturday afternoon contract- j a ing to grow tomatoes for "the Keystone |(1 'Company for ten dollars per ton. | „ Walter Watson has purchased an automobile. -j There are more than seventy men in j our school diatrict that belong to some ' -i-c ret organization. We wonder what 0 effect their lives would have on the t community if they lived up to their obligation#. j uuilgauuiuf.

Mr. Charles Holt of Camden, who has w( spent two weeks at the' Wildwiod no pumping station, returned home Saturday. He is a beautjful artist. Bt The third degree •Will be» conferred on -p, : three candidates next Saturday night ^ I ji the Eagles, which will be followed y, by a clam chowder luncheon. All members urged to be present. Rev. W. A. Ellis spent last week with frienda in New York. Rev. William A. Ellis of the Methodist Church, closed the revival meetings at Burleigh Sunday evening after a several weeks sucoesful effort. Sev- q eral joined the church Sunday. He is ^ busy with his conference reports and preparing to move to his former home in Delaware. He is wanting to buy L some incubators as he will extensively y engage in the poultry business. There were thirty members out to see the second degree conferred on two s candidates in the Castle of K. G. E. on p Saturday evening and enjoyed on ice j vream social after the session. c. I Captain Joseph James and wife entertained at tea Saturday evening Mr. diaries Soffe and wife, son Clifton and g Somen Soffe and wife. Dias Creek, and j. B Lewis Conover and wife. While the j women done up the work the men at- ( y ] tended lodge. !- : Clement Selover was at Rio Grande , and Wild wood last week looking for a 0 j horse for his spring and summer work. ^ ( Joseph Camp ha4 his teams hauling L i cordyood to his home which he had cut ; this winter. 1 u • After being compelled to stay out of « e high -cliool several weeks by sickness, t r' • Arthur Hollingsead started in again I ie i Monday. As this is his fourth year it I p. • makes it hard on him as he wants to |

graduate this spring with his class. -1" The lumber was placed along Fishing jCreek causeway for the new railing ii soon as the freezing weather lets up work will be begun to complete the 1road by the contra toors. ' Mr. Charles H. Loper, who had the a misfortune to run a nail in his foot i weeks ago is still under the care of i tbe doctor hut is improving. it Edward, and Gilbert Holmes of Pierces I having their sloop, "Friendly" re-|< built ou the Maurice River. She will I be rigged into a schooner and Save I installed for their oyster trade, j William Conover, who came home from Pennsprove last week threatened I with pm-umonia. has recovered sufficient to return to the plant.* Tbe Richard Conover homos^pil has repaired and is now being papered ! throughout by Charles Soffe and son, and has been rented to lYm. Wheeler of Ocean City, who will move into it in I short time.' Mrs. Lillie Johnson went to Rio Grande after some store ducks. She one of our largest poultry raisers. T. Hickman called on his sick sister at Court House Tuesday finding her much improved. Charles H. Loper, who had the niis-uurit-s *1- izopci, Z1IU 1I«W •*•'

fortune to ran a nail in his foot two weeks ago had the wound opened, and seems in a fair way to recovery. Abe Miliskey of Woodbine, who has in the stock business was here j looking up trade. Abe has doing business here for several for Max Potashnick. ^ Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR1A

Rain Spouting, Gutters and Tin Roofs. I work at eonsistant prices. Jesse M. Brown, 110 and US Jackson St. Rubber sUmp^padt, rubber stamp ink • and numbering i^aphine ink at Star and Wave Stationery Department Gummed Labels In fancy cut out designs, or eolors at very low prices. A H postal will bring full information. 1 Star and Wave Publishing Company, 1' Oape May, N. J. Gummed Labels in fancy cut out de- 1 signs, or colors at very low prices. A 1 postal will bring full information. 1 Star and Wave Publishing Company, 1 May, N. J. ' THE WAR AND THE AEROPLANE 2 INDUSTRY. 2 j Rail a* we may at the standing arm- 5 iea of Europe, there would be no 2 healthy aeroplane industry today with- 2 out their support. French and German 2 aeroplane manufacturers would have - haled to the bankruptcy courts |2 ago had it not been for the orders , • placed by governments always more or ^ •

• leas cm the verge of war and always matching one another in milstrength and equipment. If the United States qf America has than thirty army aeroplanes, of which not more than twelve -are fit for active service at the present moment, is the fault of Congress. We, too, might have had an induKlry if tbe army ; were permitted to exenmae its discre-" Ition. When the war came and military orders poured in upon us ao fart that they eonld not be filled, a real Amerindustry sprang into being. Neither European nor American builders of flying machines could hope to prosper long by collecting money from the promoters of races and county fair*. — From "The Aeroplane of Today," by Waldemar Kacmpffert. in the American Review of [ Renews for March. 1816. When Your Child Cries i at night and tosses restlessly, you feel worried Mother Gray's Sweet Powders ■ for Children break up colds fai 24 hours. • Relieve Fcvcrisbnesa, Constipation, teeth ing disorders, and destroy worms. Used r by mothers for 28 years years. All r Dniggists, 25 cents. Sample FREE. Mother Gray Co., Le Roy, N. P. 2-12-A

TIDE TABLE FOR COLD SPRINU INLET To estimate tide at foot -ef Decatur ■Street at 14 minutes to the high tide, and 10 to the low tide. Those who copy should give credit to the Star and Wave. MARCH High Low High Low AM A.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. A.M.

Wednesday 5.14 11.41 5.48 1141 2 Thursday 6.10 1240 6.36 .... 3 Friday 6.59 00.44 7.29 1.13 4 Saturday 7.47 1.34 8.15 2.00 5 Sunday 841 243 H.38 2.40 6 Monday 9.14 3.06 9.30 3.24 7 Tuesday 946 341 1 0.2 1 4.03 8 Wed p ii-day 1048 445 11.02 4.45 9 Thursday 11.21 5.22 11.47 5.25 Friday 12.09 0.13 ... 6.12 Saturday 0046 7.07 1.02 7.09 Sunday 141 8.05 2.03 8.10 13 Monday 2.31 9.09 3.06 9.12 14 Tuesday 341 10.13 4.05 10.08 Wednesday 4.22 1043 4.58 11.03 16 Thursday 5J4 11.37 5.45 11.49 17 Friday 5.59 12.18 0.28 .... 18 Saturday 6.41 00.34 7.08 55 Sunday 7.21 1.16 7.46 1.35 20 Monday 8.02 2.40 9.03 2.28 21 Tuesday 8.42 2.40 9.05 2.48 Wednesday 9.24 3.21 9.48 3.26 23 Thursday 10.09 4*.1Y 10.36 4.09 24 Friday 11-91 5.0ft 11.31 5.08 Saturday 12.02 -«.Op 6 04 20 Sunday 34 7.11 1.12 7.17 27 Monday 1.43 8.20 2.25 8.29 1 28 Tuesday 242 9.23 344 9.39 1 29 Wednesday 347 16.22 4.35 10.41 ,30 Thtirsdp- 445 11.17 441 11.07 31 Fridav 5.49 12.02 6.20

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