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FOR SALE

ANIDEAL HOME.
Contains nine large rooms and bath: new
plumbing: new heating plant: excellent condi-
tion open firepIaces: extensively papered and
decorated throughout beautiful square: large
lot. alley: house contains parlor. large library.
dining room. buffers pantry and kitchen. Five
bright bedrooms. each of which has large
closet The property cost S7.250. Would make
a beautiful home or an excellent investment.
Price, So, 400 Terms $500 cash and $50 per
month. VIII give immediate possession or
lease II for $42.sn per month. Address
OWNER T.. Star office no26-tf
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FOR SALE-SMALL BUSINESS PROPERTIES,
renting to prosperous permanent. yearly ten
ants. One $500: rent. $500 year: Il 500 trust
at 5T. One 81, 300 rent $420 year: $4,000 trust
at so: LARGE; SAFE; SIRE pet cent:
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HOUSEPAINTING.

WE DO ALL KINDS OF PAINTING; iXTR.
r1or and interior painting. gralnine. marble
ixink and aignmakins. NATIONAL DECORAT.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR SALE = BIG SNAP: PA. AVE. NV.
four stories, with store and stable. renting Tor
$50 per month s.. 900. Address OWNER. Box
10. Star office. deS-2t
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BEFORE YOU BUILD, REPAIR OR BUY A
facts about all the roofs; the HE o youP
building depends on the roof; write for Il.
GENUINE BANGOR SLATE co..
Glover bldg, Eastou, Pa.
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FOR SALE-RENT, $218 PER YEAR--PRICE
5000. for Groom brick on street in north
west section.
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FOR SALE--MOuNT PLEASANT-ONLY IS. 25o
for an attractive Groom and bath bay window
of Connecticut ave car line. South front
de6-3t Z. 8. LIPSCOMR. 612 14th ct. M.
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AUL CO.. It'll 81 NV.
& b.. $500 and $40. 50
926 F NV. Sd a. 1000
400 N Cap. 4r.ad g. 20. 90
POT r NV, Ar, b. 1850
40 9TH w.3r. 21.17.O0
7l3 18th NV, 3r. .16. 90
1928 Dean ne.4r.b.l2.5O
$40 Morton ne, 4r. b. 1880
1910 7th NV, IT.. 90
1906 7th. Sd v. 5r.10.00
7l6 r NV. 2r. .....4.5u
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FOR hENT-uNFCRNISHED.
1917 sv.$T5 per mo gl2 NJ NV ..&f3 per mo
1917 Biltm're. S1a per mo SIP 18th 49, S45 per md
1913 NJ. SO per mo IT'S 18th. :. $40 per n0
1892 Jsrn pl 80 per mo AT I Sc. 80. SIT per ma
few desirable furnished houses.
OFFICES.
Second floor. sis 14th st.......... .S55 per mo
Third 6oor sl5 l4th st............-..$35 per mo
OLYMPIA APARTMENT HOUSE
Apartment, rooms and ba 18th. ....... .360 per mo
Apartment rooms and bath $40 and S43 pes mo
STONELEIGH COURT.
few very desirable apartments vacant In
Stopeleigh Court at from $50 TO $165 per month
FITCH. FOX 4 BROWN.
sel1-tf 14QA G at. NV.
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FOR RENT-BY b. r. S
Juniata. 1924 W. 5 & Or
512 e NV. 14r. 3b.4l.O0
The Lafayette. 1907
7th, Or. b. ...... 80. 90
842 O NV, Or. b. .25. so
1916 7th NV. 5r. BIS. 90
7l3 nth NV. Sd d.
front. 3r. b. .22.50
1854 Willard. 5r. b.22. so
LdO6 LIST ne. 81, 5r,b.
$500 and q 90
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-09-27
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
CHAPTER Thomas Erichesen, a Young
Enslishman, has lost the money with which he
WAS 10 pay his passage out to India. lie lends
Captain Blsydes f35. the amount of his passage
money, and IN return gets worthless check.
error to Claire Harding, his boyfood sweet.
heart. II-James Edward William Daintree il
in love with Claire. llI-TOm finds out that
ind 10 to lie at her house that night. He vows
to have satisfaction from Baydes, but promises
Claire that he will not seek Blsy des for two
weeks. Tom meets Blaydes few moments
later and demands his f35. IV-Blaydes draws
a sword cane on Tom, who smashes it with q
heavy stick which he carries. Blaydes has not
the money. but gives Tom his gold watch, and
Tom signs an agreement to pawn the watch and
give the ticket to Blaydes. Tom leaves and is
accosted by q defOrmed man, who asks the
brutally murdered beside the stile where he had
been talking TO Tom V-Blaydes has been
robbed of everything. among which the news.
papers mention the gold watch which was really
given TO Tom. Tom had stopped for the night
ut the house of the man who was driving the
co..ch at the time Tom met Blaydes. lie Is ac-
He escapes and disguises himself. but is afraid
to pawn the watch. VI-Tom spends the night
In boathouse and next day 10 Invited into the
house of small. fat gentleman the owner, who
does his best to make him feel at home. He is
betrayed by this man into the hands of the pc
lice for the murdec Of Blaydes. VlI-CIsire be-
to see Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty
and insults him in his cell Tom throws him
out. NIII-Claire gets Daintree to retain Bas-
sett, one Of the best criminal lawyers in En-
land, to plead Toms cause. IX-'rOm is he'd
for the next criminal sessions court. X-Claire's
maid has overheard the conversation between
Claire and Tom on the night of the murder,
when Tom swore he would get even with Biay.
des If he had to kill him to do it, The maid
compels Claire to give Ter some of her jewels MS
hush money. XIST0m is convicted OF murder
in the first degree. XII-Tom is placed in the
condemned cell XlII-Toms sentence 10 com
muted to transportation for life. XIV-Claire's
engagement to Daintree is announced. The Ia
ter's father warns Clsire's father against Dain-
tree. XV.-rOm, as a convict in Australia, Is
bound out to the Sullivaus, q peculiar and harsh
family, who live far in the interior at q place
dubbed Castle sullivan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-09-27
Chapter XIV (Continued.)

"Aha! said the soldier. That's q
Tom fool who's got turned into gov
mcnt, you see! They're carrying I'm
across to the 'Orspital. cause the cats
been scratching of i'm"
1.-THE cat?" cried Tom, who was
trembling all over:
"Ay, my lad: the one with nine
tails. IT'S the commOnest breed out
here"
Tom never knew how his legs carried
him through the barrack gates, and
when the draft were drawn up within
and formally addressed there by the
deputy governor he caught but little
OF the harangue. He felt deadly sick;
his heart ached like a tooth, and for
hours to come those piercing screams
pursued his tinglIng eays. However.
be supposed the punishment must have
been timed expressly as salutary
warning for the newcomers. DevOutly
he hoped 80, but he soon knew better
Next morning there were two flog-
g1ngs. and one again the morning aft
OF. 1t was, In fact q daily detail ct
VIC hS0C Z IA OdkIdChS, WHICH WERE,
on the other hand. the headquarters Of
several hundreds Of the most desper.
ate felOnS In New South Wales. Tom
and his draft were only to remain
there until assigned into private serv-
ice, but the rest had all been turned
Into government" rs unmanageable by
their masters and were in barracks for
repunishment Their days were spent
In road gangs or In other organized To-
Dor about the town, and not few of
their nights in depredations winked at
by the barrack officers
For the corruption Of the place was
as fragrant as the discipline was harsh.
The very first night, when Tom was
driven from his hammock by the fetid
heat Of the Overcrowded dormitory, he
witnessed an instructive incident from
the window. 1t was the return Of such
q depredator and the division of his
epoil with the officer on duty. Tom
soon learned that burglaries and high.
way robberies were nightly occur
rences IN Sydney, and rs often the
work Of convicts under nominal lock
and key as that Of the assigned serv-
ants who infested the streets after
dark.
Meanwhile he was himself assigned
70 resident In urgent quest Of "spe-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-09-27

n the Superior Court of the State of Washing
1 ton in and for Thurston county.
In re the estate of Wesley Davis, deceased.
Notice for Bids.
Notice is hereby given that I will receive bids
Tor the following described l.rupufiy of the said
estate In Thurston county. Washington, 10 wit:
The utheast Quarter Of the SOU beast qua rtcr
OF Section ii, ant the southwest quarter OF the
southwest quarter OF Section Il, all in Township
10 North OF Range l West, W. NJ, ON and after
September 80, 1907. The said bids must he in
writing aud must be for cash and may be dcliy.
cred to me personally, or to my attorneys, Troy
4 Falknor, at Olympia, Washington, or filed
with the Clerk Of the above entitled Court
NErTIE DAVIS,
Administrative of the estate OF Wesley Davis,
deceased.
First publication, Sept. l3, 1907.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-09-27
TN the Superior Court OF the State of Washing
! ton for Thurston county.

TN the Superior Court OF the State of Washing
ton for Thurston county.
Probate No. 1881.
In the matter of the Estate and Gnardianship
OF Charles De Long, q minor.
Notice Of Sale.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order OF the above Court, made in the above.cn.
Titled matter. on the 9th day of September, 1907
the undersigned, as guardian of said minor, will
sell q premises hereinafter described. at public
auction TO the hig hest bidder for cash. on Satur-
urday. the 18th day of October, 1907. at the hour
OF O'Clock in the afternoon Of that day, at the
front door of the court house of said Thurston
equity facing Fourth street in the city of Olym-
pis. State of Washington, subject only to the
G0nnrmation OF said sale as provided by law.
The property herein referred TO IL particularly
described as follows. tO-wjt:
The equal undivided One-eighth interest in
Zee simple of the southeast quarter OF block If
teen (l3). Ayers Addition, In the city of Olym-
pia, Ihurston county, State of Washington.
Dated september 18th, 1867.
HARRIET DE LONG
Guardian OF the person and estate of Charles
De Long, minor
First publication, Sept IL, 1877.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

very tough. sir. A piece Of wood ncw
up and struck me-"
TOO bad." ! said with sympathy.
You'd better rest a bit this after
noon"
Thank you. sir; but It's only q
small matter.-only. you might think
the cut tribe disfigurins."
He struck a match for my cigarette.
and left without looking at him
again. But as crossed the threshold
OF the library formulated this note;
Bates Is a liar. for one thing. and a
person with active enemies for an
other: watch him.
All things considered the day WAS
passing well enough. I picked up a
book. threw myself ON q comfortable
divan to smoke and reflect before con-
tinuing my explorations. As ! lay
there. Bates brought me a telegram. u
reply TO my message To Pickering. II
read.
yours announcing arrival received
and filed"
II was certainly queer business.
my errand to Gienarm. ! lay for q
couple OF hours dreaming. and counted
the candles In the great crystal chan
delier until my eyes ached. Then !
iosk my cap and was soon trampins
toward the lake.
There were several small boats and
naphiha launch In the boat'house. !
dropped canoe into the water and
padded OF toward the summer colony,
whose gables and red roofs were plain
iy visible from the boat-housc.
landed and roamcd Idly over leaf
Htrewn walks past nearly n hundred
cottages. to whose windows and
y.randas the winter blinds gave a
dreary and inhospitabie air. There
was. ut one point. n casino. whose
broad vcranda hung over the edge OF
the lake. while beneath. on the water
side. WAS u boat.housc.
walked back to the wharf. where
had left my canoe. and was about Ia
step into Il when ! saw. rocking Mt q
similar landing place nearby. another
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
sh. wor. /. Red r.m-o.sh.n.er.

tuously. what n clever person he Isl
And how unclevcr I am" said the
Clergyman. laughing. We'll. nj any
rate. I thank you for giving M" the
opportunity to present his message.
She smiled. nodded and turned swift.
~ toward the school. The chaplain
looked after her for few moments.
then walked soberly away toward the
lake. He was young fellow. clean
shayen and dark and with n pair of
shoulders that gave me twinge OF
envy. could not guess how great a
factor that vigorous figure was to be
In my own affairs. As swung down
from the wall and walked toward
Glenarm House. my thoughts were not
with the athletic chaplain, but with
the girl. whose youth was. reflected.
marked by her short skirt, the uncon-
cern with which her hands were thrust
into the pockets OF her coat. and the
IRRESPONSIBLE tilt of the tam-o'.shanter.
There is something jaunty. sugges.
tion of spirit and independence. in
tam.o' .shanter. particularly red one.
IL the red tam-o'.shanter expressed. SO
to speak, the keynote of st. Agatha's.
the proximity of the school was not SO
bad thing after all.
In a high good.humor and with
sharp appetite went in to luncheon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
TWO BIG QUESTIONS
THE MORAL OBLIGATION" AND
.poEs IT PAYT
SHOULD Be CONSIDERED
An Honest Answer to These viii
Keep the Trade with the
Home Merchant Every
Time.

,copyrlghtei. isci. by Alfred C. clark)
When the thrifty person or his wife
sits down for the first time-or any
time-with the mail order catalogue
and Its temptations. there are two.
and only two. points to be taken Into
consideration.
One OF these is moral obligation.
and the chances are that that will be
dismissed as sentimental nonsense.
The other is-will II pay, and to
that the thrifty person will be In
clined TO Interpret an answer from the
prices quoted In blaek.faccd figures In
the catalogue.
Neither OF these questions should
be lightly dismissed. Moral oblisa.
tion Is not sentimental nonsense. and
black'iaced figures sometimes lie.
The duty man owes to his own
community and his obligation to trade
at home are so often reiterated In the
country press that. possibly like some
OF the preaching. II has tendency
to harden the hearts Of the sinners.
WHAT has your neishborins town
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

given you. Mr.. Farmer? A market for
your produce. What has made % Ia
SO per cent. OF the present value oil
your farm? The accessibility OF a
market. You know what your grand
father did on that same farm? Drove
his hogs and hauled his grain 30. 90.
maybe 15 miles to the nearest market
town. and received prices for them
that would make you howl about the
trusts And he hauled back the fam.
lily supplies for which he paid what
you would consider monopolistic
prices. Do you happen to know what
the old farm was worth then? Well.
II lacked good deal OF being $15 or
500 an acre.
Yes. the home town. with It's handy
market. has advanced the value OF
your property and made you worth
several thousand dollars more than
your grandfather was worth. The
home town affords schooling for your
children. and perhaps social and
church privileges which your family
would not otherwise enjoy. The rural
mail routes and telephone systems.
radiating from the home town. as
spokes from a hub, bring to your
home the greatest conveniences OF
modern times.
Have you ever noticed that the first
thing the settlers of newly.opened
reservation do is to send for wagon
load OF mail order catalogues? Well,
haven't. They lay out u town site
trl, ctr ~ nr
three general stores, build school
house. a church, n blacksmith shop. a
grain elevator. petition the depart
ment for post office. and start n
newspaper. They know. from former
experience that. with these things
close by, life will be endurable. what
ever hardships may come. They know,
also. that without them they must live
lives OF isolation and endure an exist
ence that is contrary to all natural
human instincts.
On the other hand. 1t goes without
SAYING. that the average country town
cannot exist without the support of
its tributary territory. Then, II that
town affords the advantages for the
rural citizen that have been enumerat-
ed, there exists what we may call an
interdependence and moral obliga.
tion between the two. Are you. Mr..
Thrifty Farmer. living up to that OBJ.
legation when you do your trading
with the mail order house?
To this line of argument the farmer
may answer that his greatest obliga.
tiol, his first duty. is to his immediate
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

and. huggIng the wall close. ran
toward the lake. Instantly the pursuer
broke into view. II was Bates. evi'
IDENTIFY much excited and with an ugly
cut across his forehead. He carried
a heavy club. and. after listening for
q moment for sounds of the enemy. he
hurried after the caretaker.
II was not my row. though ] must
say It wakened my curiosity.
straightened myself out. threw my
legs over the school side of the wall
and lighted a cigar. feeling cheered
by the opportunity the stone barricade
offered for observing the world.
As I looked on toward the little
church l found two other actors ap
pearing on the scene. A girl stood In
a little opening Of the wood. talking
to a man. Her hands were thrust Into
the pockets OF her covert coat; she
wore red tam-o'-shanter. that made
a bright bit Of color In the wood. They
were not more than q dozen yards
away. but wild growth of youns
naples lay between us. Their profiles
were toward me. and the tones Of the
girls voice reached me clearly an she
addressed her companion. He wore a
clersyman's high waistcoat. and ! as
sumed that he was the chaplain whom
Bates had mentioned. am not By
nature an eavesdropper. but the Girl
was clearly making plea of some
kind. and the chaplain's stalwart fis
ure awake In me an antasonism that
held me to the wall.
III he comes here I shall go away
50 you may as well understand II and
tell him. I shan't see him under any
circumstances. and I'm not going ia
Florida or California or anywhere else
ON u private car. no matter who chap
erones IL
Certainly not. unless you want to
certainly not" said the chaplain
You understand that I'm only sivinr
YOU his message. He thought Il
best"
Not to write to mo or TO Sister
Theresa broke In the Girl contcmp
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03
CHAPTER VI.
The Girl and the Canoe.

Bates did not refer to his encounter
with the caretaker. and resolved to
keep my knowledge OF 1t to myself.
always prefer to let rascal hang him
self, and here was case. l reasoned,
where, II Bates was disloyal to the
duties Pickering had imposed upon
him, the fact of his perfidy was bound
to disclose itself eventually. Glancing
around at him when he was on guard
I surprised a look Of utter detection
upon his face as he stood with folded
arms behind my chair.
He flushed and started, then put his
hand to his forehead, where strip of
plaster covered his wound.
81 met with a slight accident this
morning, Mr.. Glenarm. The hickory's
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

household, and that among the duties
to his family and to the heirs OF bis
estate Is that Of practicing judictous
ecoL0my-buyins where he can buy
the cheapest and to the best advan'
tage. And this brings MS to the sec
ond point In the argument-the para
mount question In this commercial
age-''Will II pay?"
by most people an Affirmative an
swer to that question is accepted as
the call OF duty. As matter OF fact.
''Will Il pay?" is good test to apply
to any project or proposition. There
are commercial. as well as political.
demagogues. and the man who In ap-
peaied to on the score OF patriotism
or profit. duty or dollars. can scarcely
do better than to sit down by himself
and submit that question-"Wiil II
pay?"-to his own best judgment.
Provided always. that he goes To the
very bottom Of II.
What are the relative advantages OF
buying at the local store and ordering
from u catalogue house7 Advantages.
understand. that figure In the ques'
tion. "Wiil II pay" Don't get away
from that question. II certainly IL
very comfortable To sit down by your
own Arcside and select a dress pattern
or n sulky piow from u printed des'
crIption and n picture OF the article:
much more comfortable. In fact. than
hitching up and driving to town on d
raw day.
A consideration more important.
perhaps. is that the printed pric. In
the catalogue seems. In some cases Mt
least. to be lower than the price
quoted ut the local store. Isn't that
conciusiveT Let's see. The catalogue
describes the goods and quotes .
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

price: maybe II gives picture OF the
article also. but you don't see tins
goods. The local merchant shows you
the goods: you may examine them
critically; he may allow you to test
you. Is II fair to conclude that tho
catalogue article is the cheaper Just
because the price is lower?
An element that must enter Into the
comparison OF goods and prices Is.
that in any attempt to fool the Gus
toner. the local merchant is decided.
ly at n disadvantage. lie must show
the goods. not merely describe them.
His business depends wholly upon tho
limited trading area OF his town and
his ability to inspire confidence within
that circle. He cannot AFFORD to make
a practice of misreprcsenting his
goods.
The mail order house Is not SO tied
down to the maxim that Honesty Is
the best policy" II has no neighbors.
no fellow citizens. no mutual interests
with its patrons. Its trade area is
wide and always shifting. Naturally
tHese wv ilot uehihhu NNti"
ordinary vigilance in supplying hon
est.made goods. And where Vigilance
is not needed employe in the bust
ness he is generally taken of the pay
roll. which makes a saving in expense.
as well as in the cost OF the goods. II
lower prices are quoted by the cata.
logue house. may not this account for
1t?
''will It pay?" Is 1t matter OF
economy to buy inferior and damaged
goods when the same money, or even
n little more. will pay for goods of the
best quality? Which course does a
mans first duty to his own household
dictate?
But to get at the bottom Of that
question, we must consider the far
reaching general effect vi mail order
trading. If single catalogue houses
are to be capitalized at $4,000. 900.
they must be reckoned with along
with Standard OIL, the beef trust and
railroad mergers. If they are allowed
to suck the blod from our country
towns. your grandchildren will find
conditions much the same as those of
your grandfather's time. Their mar
kets will be 30. so or 75 miles away.
The towns and villages will be de-
serted. and the hubs will be too ,lis-
tant to send the radiating spokes of
rural mail. telephone lines and other
modern conveniences far into tho
country.
CHARLES BRADSHAW.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-05-03

"II'ahonf hesitation i Teyise 10 thank
yon for the great vs!Irf ! have found !"
yoar paiaabLe medicine. PrInHa. and
rrW eaR the ay>-tis- II az my .f,feHds
suffering ssi.h salayyh TO that fat. Be-
sides I6hoo1niiy recommend IL 10 al sa,-
Isriss .cith oa.ayyh IN any .Jo,m.'-
Mss Dora Haysirn. S.2 oth ST.. S. ~,
WashiaSson. u. c.
A Case Of Spsias Cstsrrh.
Mrs. n. r. Lawicr. ts5if n. .I.roaivny,
Pittsbnrg. Kns., writes: Last spring
caught severe cold. which developed
into n serious ease of ca,arrh. l felt
weak and sick. and could neither eat
nor sleep well.
"a member of our club who had been
cured Of catarrh through the uss of Pc-
rnna advised me to try II. and did NJ
at once. ! expected help, but nothing
like the wonderful chang, for the better
observed almost rs soon as l started
taking It. In three days ! felt much
better. aud within two weeks wa, In
I'm. health. Pcruna Is u wonderful
medicine"