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able when you consider the fact that you will receive 

 twice the amount of service. The collector will have 

 twice as many opportunities to secure goods and the 

 dealer twice the opportunity to dispose of his goods. 

 But we must have advertisers' copy at hand on time 

 if we are to make a success of the fortnightly service. 

 Trade and display "Ad" rates will remain the same. 

 Special rates for contracted spaces. 



Why not try an "Ad" in our Trade column? One 

 party on a 69 cents try has sold $80.00 worth of mate- 

 rial. You can do the same if you have the goods and 

 offer them right. 



The Witch City Mystery 



By Rudolf C. B. Bartsch, Roslindale, Mass. 



One Saturday evening last August the Police de- 

 partment of Salem, Mass., received an urgent call 

 for help from a distracted woman living on the out- 

 skirts of the city. The woman was so excited that she 

 failed to state clearly just what she wanted but the 

 chief succeeded in getting enough words ; "automobile, 

 picks and shovels, body, woods," etc., to set the whole 

 machinery of the Salem police department running 

 at highest speed. An automobile of "Bluecoats" 

 (Salem's bravest) was rushed to the scene some three 

 miles distant. With drawn clubs and guns they ad- 

 vanced in solid column on the dark and silent grove 

 of trees. With tense nerves and muscles they entered 

 the grove. No sound but the croaking of the frogs 

 in an adjacent creek and the chirping of the crickets 

 greeted their ears. Suddenly the noble minions of 

 the law found their shoes several sizes too large for 

 them, for an unearthly shriek rang out in the still 

 night. Rushing forward to prevent the murder which 

 they now felt sure was being committed, they finally 

 came to the end of the grove of trees. Not a person 

 had they seen and still the shrieks issued from the 

 grove. After rushing back and forth through the grove 

 several times without capturing their quarry, visions 



