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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17

Like flash the truth dawned on JOS active
mind. Arnold Percival was the uncle of his
father, whose name his dying mother had for
gotten.
There, undoubtedly, his father had now
gone-there, at least, he would be able to
learn something of his long-missing parent.
He was all a-tremble with excitement and
INDIGESTION.
He glanced at the distant town. at Nat, at
tho letters.
1t seemed as if he must fly to the far city
that he could not rest day or night till he
knew If his father lived and was in safe
hands.
"Nat! Nat! he cried, impetuously. "Help
me out of my trouble. You were my enemy;
you have proven my best friend Listen. Let
your quick thought and strong will direct me;
but oh, try to direct me aright"
Nat, was strange confdant TO take up,
that needless. headstrong boy, but 10 was
deeply moved and sorely in need of a capa-
BILE adviser.
The story of his father fell in torrent of
rapidly uttered words from his lips, and
wondering, Nat listened in sympathetic
"Do?" cried Nat, when 10 had concluded
your father if he's anywhere, I'd go if !
were ID your place if whole regiment OF
sheriffs and constables blocked the way. Don't
be fool, 10 Morris. Don't get things mixed
up and delayed, and me in trouble by staying.
III guarantee to. set you right in Newton.
There, take that.
Nat s;1 ?1 l.; 10 by pressing twenty
Take it." reiterated Nat Its yours"
mo, it's your uncles."
tits yours. I tell you," persisted Nat:
Didn't my uncle cabbage your twenty, and
This dead old town would Kill the ambition
of any boy, and you've learned what you
came here to find out. haven't your"
1t was peculiar position for 10. He hesi-
tated. he debated with himself, he argued with
'Tll co. he sad at last, resolutely. 'If
I go back to town. no matter what you say.
your uncle will keep me locked up, for he's
s wosd In y go Soq to york try
to find my father, and then I'll come back
here, if things amt Strengthened out right,
and explain everything Yes, it's the only
GO down to Grsedm S and .g{ tske the the
you here. and you'd better be lively for
they'll soon find out that, you're gone. Tell
III Tangford Terrace, New York city,"
Good, and good-by. Say, 10, have l acted
square%
asticaliy. MAT don't think me selfish or
ungrateful, and, oh, work this affair out in
all truth and honor. and III come back, and
If you're square quar-, and straight, I'll stand by
Over the hill toward Creedmoor, with a
parting wave of his hand, and despite him
self tear of gratitude for his strange, way.
ward friend, went 10 Morris to meet events
that were destined soon again to lead him
into the company of Nat Davis and many
marvellous and stirring adventures.
Through the woods toward the town, carry
ing the squire's portfolio in his hand, trudged
Nat.
"Don't finch. be true to yourself, Nat
Davis" he. said, with grim determination. as
he hurried on. you've made fair start
to be honest don't spoil it. Eobody's lost
ANYTHING with all the fuss and row, and il
Uncle William don't do the graceful and act
decent, why. I'll light out and follow 10
Morris, that's all"
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO

ome familiar object or scrap of writing that
nay tell me of the fate of my father"
JOS hand trembled as he seized a. stone
and with its aid drove the chisel into the soft
wood, intent ON cutting his way TO the IN
terror cavity Of the dead tree-trunk.
6rst gray streaks Of early dawn were just
visible
"Say,. Jo," said Nat, after a monotonous
spell of silence, I'm going after something
I'll be back in ten minutes"
"All right" replied engrossed Jo
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
CHAPTER VII.
THE MYSTERY OF 1T.

7OS hands and his brain were busy i
IxU the work. that ensued. 1t seemed t
him as if he were digging his way t
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
THE END

curiosity and She gave hesltatIng consent.
on the agreement that it should he tried only
once But you'll have to put message on
the box, or he'll know there's something
wrong she said.
Turn to Psalms 1oc I think that viii not
compromise her too much" Astro said.
My heart is smitten, and withered like
grass; 50 that forget to eat my bread. Ops.
Io2:4)
80 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:
for thou hast lted me up. and cast me down
CPS Io2: 10 ~
THE ruse succeeded. Shortly after eight
O'Clock. Chester came walking down the
street spied the box which Astro had placed
Conspcuously on the sidewalk examined IT
quickly and walked hurriedIy away. Fifteen
minutes later. Ruth's box dropped from the
window. Astro secured it and took IL 20 "A
nearby lamp post. looked at the figures and
then consulted small Bible which he drew
from his pocket.
This is too bad" ne said to Valesl,a. who
had accompanied HIM Il didn't think she'd
message, poor chap Here. read IT"
Deliver me not over unto the viii of mine
enemies Tor false witnesses are risen up against
me. and such As breathe out cruelty. ops.
27.I2l
have not sat with VAIN persons. neither
viii go in with di-senblcrs. CPS 20 ~
But as for me, VIII walk in mine integrity.
redeem me. and be merCiful unto me. OPS.
20: II9'
I'll tell YOU whatu do: Wen send this
down To his house by a messenger boy He
won't know what 20 make of IL. but he won
be able To ask her how it was delivered till its
all over
The message was sent at once: then. as A-trc
walked with Naleska t. her home, he said
We can't do this again. il viii make too
much trouble You'll have 10 see If YOU can't
get into his studio somewav and find out what
messages he Is receiving. You can 60 and offer
yourself as a model. That VIII give YOU plenty
OF time to look about in, and YOU may manage
10 find the bottoms of the boxes every dav
II | know the Young Man in Love. he won't
destroy them.
Naleska consented to attempt the adventure.
and accordingly set out the next morning
after entering on her list the following message
deClPhered from Chester's advertisement in
The Star
Let the living bps be put Q, silence which
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

condition and the CHASTITY expression OF those
people
W/HEN I sat down it was with a heart
w which had long ceased to beat | shall
never be as dead again as | was then l shall
never be as miserable again as | was then
speak now as. one who dOeSn I know N.'ar the
condition of things may be in the next world :
but in this one | shall never be as wretched
again as | was then. Howells, who was near
me. tried to say a comforting word, but cOuldn
get beyond gasp. There was no uSe-he
understood the whole size of the disaster lie
had good intentions; but the words froze De
fore they could get out. 1t was an atmosphere
that would freeze anything. II Benvenuto
Cellini's salamander had been in that place.
he would not have survived to be put into
Cellinis autobiography. There was a trght-
full pause There was an awful silence,
desolating silence.
Then the next man on the list had to get
up-there was no help for it. That was Bishop
Blank Bishop had just burst handsomely
upon the world with 4 most acceptable novel,
which had appeared IN The Atlantic
Monthly" a place which would make any
novel respectable and any author noteworthy
In this case the novel itself was recognized as
being, without eXtraneouS help, respectable:
Bishop was away up in the public favor, and
he was an object of high interest; consequently
there was a sort of national expectancy in the
air We may say our American millions We're
standing, from Maine to Texas and from
Alaska to Florida, holding their breath. their
lips parted, their hands ready TO applaud
when Bishop should get up on that occasion.
and for the first time in his life speak in public
1t was under these damaging conditions that
ne got up to make good, as the vulgar say
had spoken several times before, and that IS
the reason why l was able to go on without
dying in my tracks, l ought to have done;
but Bishop had had no experience. He was
up facing those awful deities,-facing those
other people, those strangers; facing human
beings for the first time in his life. with
speech to utter. No doubt it was we'll packed
away in his memory, no doubt 1t was fresh
and usable. until l had been heard from. L
suppose that after that, and under the smoth-
ering pail of that dreary silence, it began to
waste away and disappear out of his head like
the rags breaking from the edge of a fog. and
presently there wasn't any fog left. He didn't
60 on-he didn't last long 1t was not many
sentences after his first before he began to
hesitate, and break. and lose his grip, and
totter, and wabble, and at last he slumped
down in a limp and mushy pile.
Well the program for the occasion was
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Continued from pQgs s

rrobabIv not more than one-third finished.
but it ended there. Nobody rose. The next
man hadn't strength enough TO get up ana
everybody looked 50 daZed, so stupehed. para
lived it was impossible for anybody TO DO any
thing. or even try. Nothing could 60 on IN that
strange atmosphere HowelE mOurnfully. and
without words hitched himself to Bishop and
me. and supported us out of the room. 1t was
verv kind,-he was most generous. lie tOWed
us tOttering away into some room IN that bu1id-
ing and we sat down there. don know what
my remark was now; but | know the nature
of it. 1t was the kind of remark YOU make
when you know that nothing IN the world can
help YOUR case But HOwelS was hOneet,-he
had to say the heartbreakIng things he d1d say
That there was no help for this calamity,
this shipwreck. this Cataciysm; that this was
the most disastrous thing that had ever hap
pened in anybody'S history; and then he
added That IS for YOU. And consider what
you have done for Bishopl 1t IS bad enough
in Your case; YOU deserve to suffer. You have
committed this crime. and YOU deserve to have
all YOU are going to get But here Is an lnnO-
cent man. Bishop had never done YOU any
harm, and see what YOU have done to him
He can never hold his head up again The
world can never look upon Bishop As being a
live person. He Is a Corp-e!
That is the history of that episode of twenty
eight years ago which pretty nearly killed me
with shame during that first year or two when
ever it forced its way into my mind
NOV, then. take that speech up and eN-
anime it. rs | said, 1t arrived this morn
ing from Boston I have read it twice, and
uness~I am an idiot. it hasn't a single defect
in it from the first word to the last 1t IS just
as good as good can be. 1t Is smart; 1t Is
saturated with humOr- There ism I a suggeS-
ton of coarseness or vulgarity in it anywhere
What could have been the matter with that
house7 1t is amazing, it is Incredible, that
they didn't shout with laughter, and those
deites the 1oudest of them all Could the
fault have been with me? Did lose courage
when | saw those great men up there whom |
was going to describe in such a strange fashion
If that happened, ii | showed doubt, that can
account for it; for vCu can't be successfully
funny If You show that you are afraid OF It
Well, | can't account for it; but if i had those
beloved and revered old literary inmortals
back here now on the platform at Carnegie
Hall, ! would take that same old speech
liver it, word for word.-and melt them till
they'd run all over that stage. oh. the fault
must have been with me: it Is not IN the
speech at all
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27


note thrown from the window would be too
dangerous and too hard to find. It's rdicu-
lously simple! | think I'm growing fond OF
that girl
NEXT day Astro appeared at the studio
~ with the information that the young
mans name was indeed Chester; that he was
an artist or illustrator Tor magazines; and
that he lived on the south side of Washington
Square.
Valeska. Did YOU read his advertisement
this morning. 1t was under Lawyers this
time"
81 haven't had time to look over The Star
What Is 1t ?"
Valeska read from her list the last addition
90 For thou hast made him most blessed for
ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with
thy countenance. OPS. 2I:69
Thou hast given him his hearts desire. and
hast not Witholden the request of his lips.
Selah. (Ps. 2I:2)
e. Yea. they opened their mouth wide against
me. and said, Aha, aha. our eye hath seen It.
81 am troubled; am bowed down greatly.
60 mourning all the day long. OPS. IS: o.
Poor devil" Astro grew serious Il
did see a paragraph in Town Gossip this
morning about a yd-St. belle who it was re-
ported was about To- make a brilliant match,
1t Wa, thinly disguised and evidently referred
% Ruth LOrsSon.
lie tNldtflIN ptitNtN sHt n thSiStu' A,tld
Valeska but don't No girl would give up
such a romantic lover
Now" said Astro the question is, How
are We going % get hold of her side of the
correspondence, I'm getting interested in
this affair as If | was paid for It. The fact that
there Is a misunderstanding does alter the
matter too. and don't see but that well have
to straightcu it out if we can. I've thought ot
a way 10 get hold of to-night's message by
trick II NAV work, and It may not. OF
course its rather low OF us to interfere with
their private postotfice; but We may be able
to make that up to them later. Anyway, it
will make 1t exciting tor them I'm going tn
bait a box myself" he went on. and place il
on the sidewalk at a quarter of eight Chester
will arrive and think that for some reason she
had already thrown it out, and he'll take it
and make off Then when she throws her own
box out. we'll grab 1t
The temptation was too great for Valeska's
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
FACE CULTURE

Don't be deceived There Is only one joni
Woodbury., Pioneer and Originator Of cOrrec-e
and reparative facial operations. He has remOH.
TO 81 West I'D St, y. Y, and 3, now Prsslz
of The Facial CuItivatinS Co He has 10 O..
uectIon with any other otflce Of DermatOl0g
this or any other city except as above.
By the lines OF your face the story OF y0ur
is told. These can be removed and your n
put right If you have thick skin you don'tV-
honeGpathiC treatment. II vCu have tim 81
YOU don't want allopathiC treatment. Tel
what il Is YOU wish to accomplish and We 81
advise YOU how to proceed lu----lgently with
charge. Should You have scalp 1r hair tror1s
send a lock of your hair
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
The Lorsson Elopement

Confined T on, plgs :
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

fond of candy" Naleska said to herself. y
note thrown from the window would be too
dangerous and too hard to find. It's ridicu-
lously simple | think I'm growing fond of
that girl
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

condition and the CHASTITY expression OF those
people.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
SEVEN CENT RESTAURANT.

The 7-cent restaurant in the base.
ment of the six-story apartment house
known as the Mayflower, in Clinton
street, New York, now furnishes even
ing as Well as morning meals. There
are twelve long tables in the restau-
rant. at which 100 people may be seat
ed or ten to each table, and the places
are occupied from a. m. to 1 p. m.
and again from to 1880 p. m. The
7-cent meal IS wholesome and clean,
and the undertaking is receiving so
much encouragement from men who
derive benefit from it and save money
by going there that the managers hope
to make it self-supporting in a short
time. similar establishment in
Chrystie street, where over 400 meals
are served every day at 6 cents a meal,
has been in existence nearly three
years and is now self-supporting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
All SAM IS
LOSING WEIGHT

Jockey Willis did all his training
yesterday morning. as he had to ride
a couple of horses at the track yes
terday afternoon. He put the gloves
on with Peanuts whom he declares
is a very promising little fellow with
the gloves.
Today he will take a long tramp and
will spar in the afternoon for a short
while. He is letting those who box
with him give him as much punish
ment as they can, for he realizes that
All Sam has a punch and wants to be
able to take all that comes his way
without being worn down. The little
rider is in splendid condition right now
and could go into the ring tomorrow
We're it necessary so to do.
All Sam put in a good hard days
work yesterday in view of the luau of
the Aala Athletic Club last night He
is a prominent member of the Aalas
and had to be on hand. He took the
best of care of himself, however, and
stated last night that he had come
down to 124 pounds and felt good and
strong.
Willis is a slight favorite. but there
are many who fancy the Chinaman's
chances of coping the long end of the
purse. All sam is known to possess
quite a walIop. and if he lands a few
of his best on the tiny jockey, it is
extremely probable that something
will have to give.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
BAND AND
GOOD BALL

Today's baseball on the Aala Park
The Hawaiian band will play during
the games and this win add a good
deal to the pleasure of the afternoon.
In the first contest the Banzais will
face the Kaalas, who are the leaders
of the league. The second game will
be a scrap between the Hawaiian boys
and the little men of the Celestial
Empire.
Manager K. Yasumori of the Banzai
team is confident of defeating the
Kaala nine. The other team is just as
confident of winning from the Nip
pons.
Jack Flores and Kaipo Togosan will
form the battery of the little brown
men. and Medeiros and Makanui are
to perform the same functions for the
Kaalas
The second game, between the Chi
nese A. C. and the Palamas, looks like
keeping everybody guessing as to the
result. Each of these teams knows
what the national game is and can
give a good exhibition of it. Last
season is took the Palamas five games
to win the championship of the River
side League. The year before that the
Chinese lads won it, and it is proba-
bic that these two clubs will fight ii
out again this season
Chinatown will line up in force TO
root for the Chinese team, and every
Hawaiian who has any aloha for his
country is sure to be at the park TO
cheer the native sons On to victory.
Bert Bower will umpire the games.
His decisions last Sunday gave entire
satisfaction to the boys.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
WON
AUTO CONTEST
Big Crowd Witnessed the First
Bubble Race Hawaii
Has Had.

a very large crowd visited Kapio-
lani Park yesterday afternoon to wit
ness the first automobile race ever run
in Hawaii and a couple of match horse
races which We're also on the program
A surprisingly large number of rigs
were out and interest in the race was
remarkably keen.
The starters We're E. H. Lewis 25-
horsepower Franklin and C. H. Behns
40-horsepower Tourist.
Each car carried four passengers, as
follows:
Franklin-S. r. Jordan, c. Lutz, J.
Colburn, Gus Schaefer.
Tourist-C. H. Behn, Sr., c. H. Behn,
Jr., ]. A. Mcleod, w. j. West.
E. H. Lewis drove the Franklin and
NJ. c. King handled the Tourist.
The race was driven under chariot
rules, and the distance was five miles.
Each car was required to change po-
sitfon at the corners, the run in being
from point little past the half
mile. pole.
Until the run in, the race was an
endurance affair, the cars having to go
four and half miles wide open The
last half mile was the race proper.
The idea of changing positions at the
turns was to avoid accidents by in
surfing control of speed.
The track was in very fair shape,
having been worked for the occasion
by Alex Harris. who did a very good
job considering the short time at his
disposal. The only bad spot was be-
tween the half and three-eighths pole
The cars started on the run with the
Tourist in the lead. The Franklin led
the first time round and also passing
the starting line the second time. At
the completion of the third circuit
Chauffeur King was leading, with
Lewis in close pursuit
The end of the fourth mile saw the
big Tourist a length to the good and
the cars rounded the first turn nearly
on top Of each other.
The Franklin passed the half-mile
pole the last time well in the lead and
entered the home stretch half a dozen
lengths to the good. Coming down
the stretch King made a desperate
effort to catch Lewis. but was unable
to do so and lost the race by
length.
After the race Chauffeur King stated
that his carbureter refused to work
properly in the last half mile, prevent
ing the grandstapd finish which he had
planned.
He wants 10 race Lewis again next
Saturday straightaway without chang
ing positions.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
WILLIS RODE
TWO WINNERS
makaala and Sure Shot Won
the Purses at kapioIani
Park.

Two interesting match races were
run at Kapiolani Park yesterday af-
ternoon after the auto contest had
been decided.
The first was a three-eighths of a
mile dash between f. II. Lewis Sham
rock and NJ. J. Rodrigues Makaala.
opiopio was up on the sorrel and
Willis had the mount on Makaala.
Shamrock had the pole. After sew
eral false breaks. Starter Grindell got
the horses away nicely, with MakaaIa
shade in the lead. The black in
creased his advantage to a length. but
soon after rounding the turn tried to
turn out, thereby losing a couple of
lengths. Willis got him going again
cleverly, however. and overhaulfng
Shamrock he won pretty race by
three-quarters of a length, with both
boys at the bat. The time was 40 1-2
seconds.
The second race was a three-eighths
or mile affair between w, Beckley's
Duke Spencer Jr. and Walter Macfar-
lanes Sure Shot. Willis rode Sure
Shot and Opiopio was up on the other
The Duke horse had the pole
George Weight acted as starter
Sure Shot led all the way and won
under strong pull by an open length,
in 80 t-2 seconds. Sure Shot is a very
speedy horse at the distance and
should be heard from in better COM
pany
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
BOBBY MISSES
HIS CENTURY
Scores SO in Cricket Game
Against visitingssShip's
Team.

An interesting game of cricket was
played at Makik yesterday afternoon
between an eleven representing the
Honolulu Cricket Club and team
made up of men from the British
ships Hollywood and f,lvaston.
The II. c. C. inflicted "A crushing
defeat on the visitors, wiRning the
match by 154 runs.
The ships team were all out for 50,
of which number c. NJ. Mace contrib
uted % not out.
Gait was the most successful
trundler for the home side.
The II. c. c. totaled 204 before the
last wicket fell Bob Anderson was
in rare form and scored so before be-
ing bowled by Burke. 1t was only the
hardest OF luck that prevented Ander-
son from securing the coveted GEN.
fury.
Other good scores by the winners
were: McGill, 80: c. p. Morse %.
Burke. for the ships. took eight
wickets. No bowling analysis was
kept
The score:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
SAINTS IN
THEIR STRIDE
Beat the PunS---The Jewels Won
From a Strong Kan
Nine.

The big league baseball games yes
terday afternoon were of an interest
ing nature, particularly the first, be-
tween the Saints and the Punahous.
The Champions won by the score of
to 2. Bushnell twirled nice game,
only four hits being scored off his de-
liveries.
Barney Joy was there with the Dig
stick, knocking out a couple of two
baggers.
In the second game the Jewels beat
the Kams to the tune of to 8. The
Native Sons had strengthened up their
team a whole lot, but Bill Chilling
worth pitched a we'll nigh perfect game
for the Diamond Heads and carried
too many guns for the Rams.
The weak spot in the Kan nine was
Miller, who officiated at short. This
young man contributed three to an
error list of five.
Louis, for the winners, did good
work at bat, being credited three base
hits
Reuter- had another off day, being
touched up for ten hits and walking
six men.
Mahuka held down first for the Rams
and put up star game.
Summaries: