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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19
MATHEWS0N SAYS GIANTS
HAVE WINNING TEAM

Christy Mathewsou, the idol of New
York fans. steamed W. Broadway YES
terday looking the picture OF health after
quiet winter at his home in Lewisburg
Pa. "Matty" called at the office of the
champion Giants in the St James build
ing. IT feel bigger and stronger than ever
in my life said the twirler, land / hope
to have faster team than ever and l am
satisfied the club that beats as will win
the flag. All or us want to take part in
a world championship series. and il seems
safe to predict some OF the games for
bail will be pfayey7 at the Polo grounds -
MatheWsen. DAMIEN. Wltse. McEwen,
Bo~erman and several others Of the team
were aboard the steamer City of Macon
which sailed for Savannah. Active train
ing work will be begun tomorrow. Man
aEer McGFaw. Donlin. Gilbert and Me-
Gam will 20 to Savannah from Hot
Springs. ATnes and DeVlin will 20 from
Washington, while the other players will
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19
INCOME ASSURANCE.

Banks pay depOsitors 2 per cent TO g
per cent. per annum, while the stock
holders receive 20 per cent to 100 per
cent We offer you an investments
which will place you on the same level
as the bank stOckhOIder. Absolute
safety and a large regular monthly in
come guaranteed Write for par
ticulars and receive our booklet entitled
Income Assurance" describing our
methods, which are meeting with great
success with all classes Of investors.
The Loan & Savings Co, Incorporated.
Capital $3.50, 900 Home Offices, 20 st.
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FEW FIGHTERS
EVER COME BACK
PugiliSt Once Defeated Usually STAYS
Down.
CONFIDENCE CUTS FIGURE
ONCE BEATEN MAN FEAzED BY
HIS CONQUEROR.
New York SUM


Time and again the question has been
asked Dy followers of the ring whether a
pugl5st can come back" That ~. can a
fighter who has been once on TOD retrieve
his lost laUrels by defeating the man who
has already whipped him. Many scrap
perS have tried TO upset the theory that
Such a thing is impossible, but somehow
nave failed As recent Illustration OF
this fact, there * the bout between Young
COrbett and Battling Nelson at San Fran
CISCO when COrbett was NanQulShcd the
first time he cOntended that Il WAS his
poor condition. and the fact that he had
treated the Danes fistic ability too light
y that resulted Ia his undoinE. SO
C0Tbett secured another chance. trained
harder than ever for the fray. according
10 his own assertion. but. as in the pre-
NlouS encounter was cunDcilcd 10 Dite
the dust. and in quicker time, too than
in his first effort.
Confidence in puSlllSnl- when every thinS
else is considered equal. is a great help
70 the man who possesses it And II IS
dOubly so when Shc DOsseSsor is going
conquered. The fighter who is trying 10
regain the hOnOrs he has already lost is
in dhject fear of a repetition of q defeat,
especially if it happens that he has al
ready been knocked out by his rival.
ton of some fighter who, in past days,
has been at the top of his division. By
mending some of his mistakes he may
succeed in winning u number of hard bat
ties against opponents whom he had never
faced before He may show his Oldtime
skill in these mills and give his friends
ability that made him the best of his
weight and a champion.
But somehow as soon as he tackles the
man who has succeeded first IN GethrOn-
ing him all the dash and cleVerness he has
displayed in his march to his former goal
disappear and he is once more back in
the place where he started after his star
had set.
After Jim Jeffries won the champion
ship from Bob FitzsimmOnS at COney
Island he proved himself a good fighter
But there was some doubt as TO his real
greatness. and he was forced to convince
the critics as to his real ability by taking
Fitz on again. and again he beat him
And when this did not suffice ne went
over the list Of the other men he had
met and polished them off once more
He gave every one of his competitors a
chance TO come back Bus they all
, failed. And today Jeffries is the kingpin
in his class and is waiting for the chal-
! ienger to send him back. never perhaps
10 return. George La Blanche. the Ma
rine.'' was first whipped by Jack Demp-
sey. but the Marine reIaliated by whip
ping Dempsey. But La Blanche beat
Dempsey by the SO-called pivot blow. an
unfair punch Although La Blanche
came back in this mill, his victory was
n questionable one because of the tricNl-
ness of the punch which did the trick
Nevertheless. the reverse had its effect
on Dempsey, for he in turn was put away
by Bob Fitzsimmons at New Orleans and
was never of much account pugilistically
after that.
When Jim Hall and F1tZSfmmOns
fought again in America the match was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19

The Merchants Protective Association of
Salt Lake has the record for higher per-
centaee of successful collections on bad or
delinquent accounts than any similar in
stitution in the country. The Association
is thoroughly and completely organized,
with ramifications in every section of the
United States. 1t is thoroughly Conversant
with every method of collection and has in
many instances collected accounts of sixteen
years standing. AS an instance, in Febru-
airy we collected $lO7.2O for Barnes, Hardy
& Co. that had ten years mildew on it.
The reputation of this Association for
successful collections is a byWord among
Salt Lake business men. "Send it to Luke"
means virtually that an account will be col
Iected. To get the greatest good of the
organization, become member. The Rat
ing Book is gratis and in addition members
are entitled TO free collections.
To understand this better, get line on
us by mail or phone. When you know.
you'll be with US. Some people don't like
us---because we make them pay.
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Cured of Piles
After Suffering More Than Twenty.
Five Years.
TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE.

ntil about two years ago / had had
piles for about thirty years, at times
bleeding and very painful. 1 ..ot q fifty
cent box Of Pyramid Pie Cure at the
drug store, and used ii and was entire
~ cured; got another box in case + needed
u and as the piles did not return in six
months gave the remedy to a friend OF
mine VINO wanted the doctor to operate
10 cure him. Ny friend said he would
use inc pyra mids' but ne knew they
would do him no good hut they cured
NIh OF piles of twenty-five years stand
ing. 1 am free from piles toda.C and ba &c
peeh since using Pyramid Pile Cure. I
tTvas captain in the civil rar" Jaues
adams soldiers homo. Cal
The majority OF people tabor tlndar the
impression that All operation is necessary
in severe cases Of piles. or hcmorrhoIds
and are very skepticai regarding, tbe rem
eaial virtues OF any medicinal compor1nd
Testimony like the above should certafu-
" have a tendency to dispeI fbfe i'm
preston. although ii is odd that such a
fallacy should prevail and still more I'D
that so many people shouId think an ON
Grafton effects a permanent cure where
as the contrary is more often the case
Pyramid Drug Co, 1S4S Main St Mar
mail trial package in plain wrapper.
painless and inexpensive way. In the pri-
ture No doctor and his bills
All druggists. 80 cents. Write today for
y free package.
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INDIAN QUITS FOOTBALL
TO PRACTICE LAW
Especial Sporting Service.)

Carlisle, Pa. March 1S.-EdwaEd
Rogers. coach of the Carlisle Indian
football team and a fuIl-blooded Chip
pewa Indian, has resigned his position
The resignation viii take effect on
June so, and new coach viii have
to be secured for next fail. Rogers
has formed a law partnership IN Min
neapolis, and win begin bar practices
next autumn.
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Patronize the CoiIendeF
Bowling Alley and Billiard ParlOr.

The report is circulated that the man
agemeGt of the Palace Bowling alleys
has found business increasing TO such
an extent that negotiations are pend
ing FOR certain property near the pres
ent location with a view of extending
and accommodating the increased patron
age. If plans are carried out new,
alleys will be put in and handsomely
fitted up with plenty of audience ROOM
1t will be an addition to the present
alleys on South West Temple street.
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travel to the training quarters from their
various homes
promises TO be an event long to be rcmem-
bered. and indications point TO record
breaking throng at the historic Polo
grounds. The pennant will be raised 10
the inspiring music of a band
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-THE<
MERCHANTS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION

SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS OF eAo DEBTS.
GENERAL OFFICES:
Top Comne Nation
Don't Like U.s.
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TWlRLERS SAY SPIT BALL
is NOT THE ONLY ONE
Detroit News-Trtbune.D

Some OF the big twIrlers have sent
details of their new curves to the nos
pitaL The spit ball is put 10 iouI oy
the following specimens:
Rubc Waddell-I have devised a terror
called the tooth-curIer 1t = Il hiSh nall,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-19
TRAINS MOVING ONCE MORE.

Los Angeles. Cal, March 1S.-The rail-
road sit uation in southern California has
greatly improved during the past twenty
four hours and all trains are moving to-
night though somewhat behind schedules.
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tered me. who had my part in all this
story. More, it was foolish but Illness
and wonder had killed nv reason.
Yes. she saw me watching them. and
such fury seemed to take hold of her
that ] thought my hour had come.
Man. have you dared she said.
In an Intense whisper. and snatching at
her girdle. Now in her hand shone q
knife. and l knew that 1t was destined
for my heart. Then in this sore danger
my wit came back to me. and as she
advanced I stretched out my shaking
hand. saving:
"Oh, OF your pity. give me 20 drink
The fever burns me. 1t burns" and ]
looked round like one bewildered who
sees not, repeating: Give me drink,
you who are called guardian" and 1
fell back exhausted
She stopped as a hawk stops in its
swoop. and swiftly sheathed the dagger
Then taking bowl of milk that stood
on a table near her she held il to my
lips. searching my face the while with
her flaming eyes, for. indeed, passion.
hate. and fear had lit them till thew
seemed to flame. ] drank the milk in
great gulps. though never in my life
did find it more hard to swallow.
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know her. surely there would be no
room for doubt
Back she went again to the bed
kneeling down beside Leo, and in the
intense silence that followed-for he
had ceased his mutterings-I thought
that I could hear the beating OF her
heart. Now she began to speak. very
low and in that same bastard Greek
tongue mixed here and there with
Mongolian words such as are com
mon TO the dialects of Central Asia
could not hear or understand all she
said, but some sentences I did under
stand, and they frightened me not a
little.
Man Of nv dreams" she nurmur-
cd, whence come you? Who are YOU?
Why did the Hesea bid me meet your
Then some sentences could not catch.
You sleep: in sleep the eyes are
opened. Answer and say what is the
bond between you and me? Why have
I dreamed Of you? Why do I know
you? Why-?'' and the sweet. rich
voice died slowly from whisper into
silence, as though she were ashamed
to utter what was on her tongue.
AS she bent over him a lock Of her
hair broke loose from it's jeweled hllet
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b H.ElI)N6 | TIAGGARD

Indeed. is it 50? 1 thought other
wise. / thought they woke
What have you heard. Shaman2''
she asked. angriiy.
y? Obi l heard the grating Of a
dagger in its sheath and the distan,
having OF the death hounds.
And what have you seen. Shaman.'
she asked. again, looking through the
gate you guard2'
Strange sights, Khania, ny niece
But-Tnen awake from swoons- "
"Ay." she answered, so while this
one sleeps. bear him to another cham
Der. for he needs change. and the lord
yonder needs more space and untainted
air
The guardian. whom she called ''Sha-
man." or Magician. held a lamp in his
hand, and by its light it was easy to see
his face. which I watched out of the
corner of my eve. / thought that it
wore a very strange expression. one.
moreover. that alarmed me somewhat
From the beginning / had misdoubted
me of this old man, whose cast OF coun-
tenance was vindictive as it was able:
now I wss afraid of him.
TO which chamber Khania?" he said.
with meaning.
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You trembie" she said: have
dreams haunted you?"
cay. friend" l answered, dreams of
that fearsome precipice and of the last
leap"
"Aught eIse?" she asked.
Nay; is it not enough? Oh. what a
journey TO have taken to befriend
queen!'
TO befriend a queen she repeated,
puzzled What means the man? You
swear YOU have had no other dreams?''
"Ay. l swear by the Symbol of Life
and the Mount of the Wavering Flame.
and by yourself, queen from the an
cient days.
Then I sighed and pretended 10
swOon, for ! could think of nothing else
TO do. As | closed my eyes / saw her
face that had been red as dawn turn
pale as eve, for my words and all that
might be behind them had gone home.
Moreover, she was in doubt. for l could
hear her lingering the handle of the
dagger. Then she spoke aloud, words
for my ears if they still were open.
Il am glad, she said. that ne
dreamed no other dreams. since had he
done so and babbled OF them it would
have been ill-omened. and / do not
wish that one who has Travelled far TO
visit US should be hurled to the death
dogs for burial; oae. moreover, who al
though old and hideous stil has the
air of wise and silent man"
Now while / shiVeTed at these nm
pleasant hints-though what the death
dogs in which people were buried
might be. I could not conceive-to my
intense joy ] heard the foot of the
guardian on the stair heard him. too
enter the room and saw him bow be-
fore the lady.
'How go these sick men. nlece'?' he
said. IN his cold voice
They swoon, both of them, she an
swered.
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CHAPTER WI.
The First Ordeal.

The Shaman advanced to my side and
asked me courteously how I Jared.
answered: Better. Far better. Oh.
my host-but how are you named2"
"Simbri," he answered, "and my title
is Hereditary Guardian OF the Gate. By
profession I am the royal physician IN
this land"
Did you say physician or magicIanr>
I asked. carelessly, as though I had nos
caught the word. He gave me a curf<
Gus look
IT said physician. and It IS wen for
you and your companion that I have
some skill n my art Otherwise think.
perhaps, you would not have been alive
today, o my guest.-but how are YOU
named?'
Holly I said.
"Oh! my guest, Holly
Had 1t not been for the foresight
that brought you and the lady Khania
TO the edge OF yonder darksome river,
certainly We should not have been alIve.
venerable Simbri. a foresight that seems
to me TO SAVIOR OF magic IN such lonely
pace. That is why I thought you might
have described yourself as q magician.
though it IS true that you may have
been fishing in those waters"
Certainly was fishing. stranger HoI-
ly-fOr men, and caught two
Fishing by chance. host Sinbri?''
NAY. by design. guest Holly. Ny
trade OF physician includes the study OF
/ future events, for am the chief Of the
/ Shamans or Seers of this land, and,
/ having been warned OF your coming
quite recently. 1 awaited your arrival.
Indeed. that is strange. most eour-
teous also. So here physician and magI-
| clan mean the same
You say it," he answered. with a
grave bow; but tell me. if you viii,
how did you find your way 70 a land
whittier visitors do not wander2"
"Oh." l answered. perhaps we ara
but travellers. or perhaps we also have
studied-medicine."
Il think that you must have studied
it deeply. since otherwise you would
not have lived to cross those mountains
in search of-now, what did you seek2
Your companion, I think, spoke of a
queen-yonder. on the banks OF the
river"
Did he? Did he. indeed? Wen. that
/ is strange, since he seems TO have
found one, for surely that royal-look-
4 ing lady. named Khania. who sprang
+ into the water and saved Us, must be
a queen"
a queen she is. and a great one. for
in our land Khania means queen. though
how, friend Holly. a man who has lain
senseless can have learned this, 1 40
/ rot know. Nor do 1 know how you
come 10 speak our language
THAT is simple. for the tongue you
talk is very ancient. and as it chances
in my own country it has been my lot
TO study and to teach it. 1t is Greek,
but how it reaches these mountains,
( cannot tell"
Il will tell you. he answered. Many
| generations ago great eonqueror OF
the nation that spoke this tongue fought
his way through the country TO the
south Of US. He was driven back, but
Continued on Page Eleven. this Seetionl
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ST think she answered slowly, "to
ono that is healthfui. where he viii re-
cover The man has wisdom. she add
ed. as though in explanation; moreover.
having the word from the mountain. to
harm him would be dangerous. But
why do you ask?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
Il tell YOU l heard the death hounds
bay. that is all. Yet, with you I think
that he has wisdom. and the bee which
seeks honey should suck the flower
before it fades. Also as you say. there
are commands with which it is i'll TO
trifie. even if we cannot guess their
meaning"
Then going to the door he blew upon
his whistle. and instantly I heard the
feet of his servants upon the stairs.
He gave them an order and gently
enough they lifted the mattress on which
I lay and followed him down sundry
passages and past some stairs into an
other chamber shaped like that we had
left. but not so Irge. where they placed
me upon a bed
The guardian watched me a while to
see that / did not wake. Next he
stretched out his hand and felt my
heart and pulse; an examination the re-
suits of which seemed to puzzle him, for
he uttered a little exclamation and
shook his head. After this he left the
room. and I heard him bolt the door
behind him. Then, being still very weak.
fell asleep in earnest.
when / awoke it was broad daylight
Ny mind was clear and I felt better
than had done for many day. signs
by which l knew tEat the fever had
left me and that ] was on the high
roed 10 recovery. Now I remembered
all the events of the previous night and
was able to weigh them carefully. This
to be sure 1 did for many reasons,
among them that 1 knew / had BEEN
and still was. in great danger.
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and fell across his face At its touch
he seemed 10 wake, FOR he lifted his
gaunt white hand, and touched the
hair, then said, in English:
Where am ~ OH / remember -
and their eyes met as he strove to lift
himself and could not Then he spoke
again in his broken, stumbling Greek:
You are the lady who saved me from
the water. Say. are you also that
queen whom have sought so long and
endured so much to hnd?"
4 know not she answered, in a
voice as sweet as honey, d low, trem-
bling voice; but true it is L am a
queen-if Khania is n queen.
Say. then, queen. do you remember
me?"
We have met in dreams" she an
swered; I think that we have met in
a past that is far away. Yes; I knew
it when I saw you first there by the
river. Stranger with the wcll-remem-
bered face, tell, me. I pray you, how
you are named?"
Leo Vincey'
She shook her head. whispering:
Il know not the name. yet YOU /
know"
You know me! How do you know
me- he said. heavily, and seemed TO
sink again into slumber or swoon.
She watched him for a while very in
tently. Then as though some force that
she could not resist drew her. I saw
her bend down her head over his sleep
Ing face. Yes and / saw her kiss him
swiftly on the lips. then spring back
crimson TO the hair, as though over
whelmed with shame at this victory Of
her mad passion.
Now It was that she discovered me.
Bewildered, fascinated. amazed, l had
raised myself upon my bed not know
'nG 1t. / suppose that / might see and
hear the better. 1t was wrong. doubt
less, but no common curiosity overmas-
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I had seen and heard too much. and
this woman called Khania guessed THAI
L had seen and heard. Indeed. had Il
not been for my hints about the symbol
o. Life and the Mount OF Flame. after
I had disarmed her first rage BY my
ar;ifice. I felt sire that she would hrsys
ordered the old guardian, or Shamaas
TO do me to death in this way or the
other sure also that ne would not have
heSitated TO obey her. had been
spared partly because she was afraid
TO kill me for some unknown reason,
ana partly that she might learn how
much 1 knew. although the death
hounds had bayed,' what that might
mean Wen. up to the present 1 was
/ safe, and for the rest [ must take my
ehsnee. Moreover, IL was necessary to
De cautious, and If need We're. TO feign
Ignorance. So. disrsissing the matter of
ny own fate from my mind, I fell 70
considering the scene which 1 had Wit
messed and what might be its purport-
Was our quest at an end? Was this
woman Ayeska2 Lea had so dreamed.
but he was still deIirious. therefore
here was little light. What seemed
more to the point was that she herself
evidently appeared to think that thers
existed some tie between her and this
sick man. Why had she embraced hirn2
1 was sure that she could be no wanton,
nor indeed would any woman Indulge
for its own sake IN such folly with a
stranger who hung between life and
death What she had done was done
because irresistible Impulse. born OF
knowledge. or at least Of memories,
drove her on, though mayhap ths
knowledge was imperfect and the mem-
ores were underlined. Who save Ayesha
eoUld have known anything Of Leo in
the past? None who lived upon the
earth today
And yet. why rot. IL what Kou-en.
the abbot. and tens Of millions OF his
fellow wOrshipers believed were true?
II the souls Of human beings were ia
tact strictly limited in number and be-
came the tenants OF an endless sue
cession of physical bodies which they
change from time TO time as we change
our garments why should not others
have known hin2 Fer instance. that
daughter of the Pharaohs who caused
him through love to break the VOWS that
he had vowed knew certain priest OF
Isis whom the gods cherish and the
demons obey" even Amenartas, the
mistress Of magic
Oh. now a light seemed to break upon
me--a terrible light What II Amenar-
tas and this Khania, this woman with
royalty stamped on every feature.
should be the samee Would not that
magic OF my own people that ! have
of which she wrote upon the Sherd. en-
able her to pierce the darkness OF the
past and recognize the man whom she
had bewitched to love her, snatching
him out OF the very hand OF the god
dess2 What If it were not Ayesha. but
Amenartas reincarnate who ruled this
hidden land and once more sought To
make the man she loved break through
his vows? II so. knowing the evil that
must come. I shook even at its shadow
The truth must be learned, but how2
While I wondered. the door opened.
aud the sardonic, fnscrutable old-faced
man whom this Khania had called Ma
gician, and who called the Khania niece.
entered and stood before me.