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out of reach Of It. I expected it, too,
but hardly so soon as it came.
MRS. Dimes and Miss Winstanley," !"
the Office boy announced.
My eyes fixed eagerly upon Ankony.
He went as white as chalk as he
turned toward the door and saw them
there. and his jaw took an ugly set.
Mrs. Dimes was as pale as she had
been when she came down the gang
plank Of the Cambria. but she was
quite composed. Beside her little
Miss Winstanley looked like an agi.
tated moth beside q placid robin. l
was nearer the door than Ankony, and
in sweeping me with her glance Mrs.
Dimes bowed curtly, then let her eyes
travel on at once to him.
She overlooked the hand that he ex
tended rather hesitatingly, and, sit.
ting down where I had sat beside hia
desk, motioned him to his chair.
II have heard of your engagement
to Miss Hemingway" she said at once
He murmured a conventional reply
and I took up my hat.
"Don't 60, II you please, Mr.. Twin
Ing" she said. without so much Al
turning to me. 1--WE shall probably re
Quire your services, If you will be sc
good as to remain"
The scent of battle was thick in the
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17
CHAPTER x.

At an unearthly hour the next morn.
Ing Ankony sent for me to 60 over
some last company affairs with him.
He looked as If he had slept as little
as l, and was exceedingly nervous.
miss Hemingway wrote you that we
are to be married at noon." he said.
I'VE sail by the Deutschland. This
business which is taking me will ad.
NIT Of no delay. It is awkward, com.
Ing just at this time. There are sew.
sral affairs shall have to leave un.
settled here, but I'll explain them to
you. and you can keep an eye on them
while I'm away. We expect to get
back as quickly as possible. tried
to ind you yesterday, but you were
out. However, have as much time
now as had then-which isn't a great
deal, you will understand"
"Yor came to this decision yester.
day." asked. looking at him with de.
liberate inspection.
He nodded. "Annoyingly sudden all
round: but, fortunately, Miss Hem.
ingray can make herself ready to go
with me. Nothing but this very neces.
sary business in London could make
me change her plans so completely
I looked at him curiously, and, Civ
Ing me quick glance. he moved to
his desk.
I'VE must get to business" be said. F."
by all means" answered.
~
boking ct his watch and glancing to-
ward the door. - IL he feared an In.
loerupt3o1 and wanted to put himself
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

between tho two nations. 1t was the nrst
time in the history OF South America that an
official visit was paid by one president OF
republic to another. squadron at the navy
escorted President Roca to Rio Janeiro.
where the Brazilians were lavish in their hos
pitality. The city was en- fete tor days, and
the enthusiasm of the people was the best
evidence Of the success OF the hitherto un-
tried event. The Argentine Republic, not to
be outdone in a display Of hospitality and
friendship, made even more elaborate prepa-
rations for the return visit Of President Cam
DOS Sales the following year. Buenos Aires
was decorated in all the perfection Of which
that beautiful city is capable The people
demonstrated that their friendship and hos
pitality was as sincere and spontaneous as
that of their neighhors and the impressions
of good will left on each other, however much
it may be founded on sentiment, have un-
doubtedly carried far.reaching consequences
in the hearts Of the citizens Of these two
republics.
Visits of courtesy of an informal nature
are becoming more and more frequent as
good-fellowship spreads from nation to nation.
An instance well in point is seen In the pro-
posed call at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Of Presi-
dent Montt of Chile. who will pay his respects
to the president Of Brazil when he returns
from Europe early in the coming year.
Meetings on the boundary between nat1ens
are Of somewhat different character and
cannot, from the very nature Of the locality,
be surrounded with the elaborateness Of cere-
mony attainable in a nations capital. They
have worldwide significance, however, since
they show that presidents can shake, hands
across the border and that what they like to
do in brotherly affection the neighboring
people will do ALSO. Another good result Of
such meeting is the direct benefit upon the
people of the region through which a presi-
dent travels. for it brings him into touch with
many persons and conditions he might not see
otherwise, and carries evidence to I'll alike
that he is their executive official az well a.
that of the residents of the capital of the
nation.
Consequences Of great benefit, for In.
stance. followed the meeting. in 1899, between
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

two years, when you had become an!
ply able to do so, and did not, he real
lied that you had grown secure in the
belief that your peculation was not
discovered, and that you were without
even the semblance Of honor. He ad-
mitted this with singular reluctance.
Mr.. Ankony, for think you know that
he trusted you az not many men trust
their fellows"
She paused, her eyes on his face
His muttered reply was not coherent,
and she went on at once:
when he saw you at last 90 you
really were, he determined to prose-
cute you: but there came his last lonG
illness and his death. and aft<rward
my heart had softened little to you
and had not the mind beside to put
shame and sorrow upon your mother.
SO l did nothing. But when I heard
! the amazing news that you had pro.
posed to marry girl like Barbara
Hemingway, came back to America
to tell you that you must give her up
or the delayed prosecution will begin
at once"
Then he spoke. You understand
what this 10 you ask Of me?" he said
thickly.
Perfectly" she nodded. and her
tone was less unkindly. II did not
know just how sweet and lovely and
full Of grace and innocence she is,
might perhaps have stayed sway and
left you to y0ur.W0oing."
There was long silence.
"You demand large interest, Ma
Dimes" he said.
Accumulated interest y always
large" she retorted. But do not
wish to humiliate you any moro than
is necessary. You must, Of course,
bring to an immediate end this unfor-
tunate engagement-1 believe yor
were to have been married at noon
were you not?" She glanced at tho
clock. "You have not much time.
Some part Of the truth Miss Hem
ingray must know. But you may mako
your own explanation aside from that:
I only exact that she shall be made to
understand that whatever sense OF
obligation she may have entertained
for you is dissipated." /.
Ankony colored painfully and made
no reply.
(To BE coNr1NuED.)
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United States. and so cordial was his rscsp-
tion here that his government made this event
tue subject Of a special communication TO tho
government of the United States
former president of the United States
was also traveller into foreign land, al
tnough 1t was at the time favorite subject
OF argument whether he stepped on foreign
SOIL. In November, 1906, President Roosevelt
made his trip of inspection to Panama. He
was formally received by President Amador.
by officials of the government and informally
he met the president of Panama on several
occasions subsequently.
What might be called return visit of
presidents was made shortly after this by
President Amador of Panama, who came to
the United States in November, 1907. He was
not In good health, however, and could not
receive the attention which would otherwise
have been given him. Whatever meeting took
place between him and President Roosevelt
was OF the simplest possible nature.
These occasions have not lacked in cere-
mony, although In most cases 1t has been the
individual travelling in quasi private capac-
ity rather than the representative of a nation
who was the recipient Of the honors bestowed
by nation upon distinguished guest. Al
though the personality of president has
always been factor in his reception the cere-
mony has been doubly impressive when he has
been formally and by premeditation invited
to visit foreign country and a different
people from his own. Such visits have been
rare even in America, and when they occur
are of more than passing interest. Especially
IN Latin America. too where the people take
delight in ceremony and where their artistic
instinct appreciates the value Of the event. an
occasion of this kind becomes wonderful
agent in increasing friendship and mutual un-
derstanding.
1t is pleasant, therefore, to record two
brilliant instances Of the meeting Of two great
presidents Of American republics, arranged as
an affair Of state and carried out with all the
pageantry for which the scenes were so well
fitted. Reference is made to the visit paid to
the president of Brazil by the president of the
Argentine Republic in August, 1899, and to the
return visit paid to the president Of the Argen-
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prove to you. But you have forceu mo
to act. You have violated all sense
Of homer and right, and you have
brought upon your head precisely the
thing you would most eagerly have
averted. II you thought ! would stand
by and see you marry Barbara Hem
ingray, knowing you to be the sort Of
man you are, you greatly lnisjudge
me. But I am inclined to believe that
you did not think me to be my hus-
bands confldante, and that you felt
yourself secure, your ignominy buried
with him."
Ankony arose and held open The
door into the inner ONCE.
II must insist upon discussing this
matter in private" he protested hotly.
in voice that quavered.
Mrs. Dimes sat still, an imperative
hand held out detainingly to US. "The
time is past for that" she told him:
If you had sought me out long ago
it might have been very different
But understand that mean to make
no public disclosures II you accede
to my demand. It remains with you
to decide whether or not the very un.
pleasant facts 60 forth"
He continued to stand across the
room from her, his hand still upon
the door. He did not reply. and I
could feel, rather than see, that ho
was terribly shaken. Mrs. Dimes
turned her chair till she faced him.
"That we may come to an under.
standing at once. think should tell
you in the beginning that know that
when you were my husbands agent
some years ago you hypothecated So
curities that were his-not yours.
You were hard pushed then, and he
knew Il to be the crucial period Of
your whole business career; SO he
waited, believing that his confidence
in fou had not been entirely misplaced
ana that when you could you would
mike good the amount you had
stnlen. But you did not. And after
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

air. Ankony had lost his pallor and
was turning gray; he is always gray
or choleric under emotion. I began
to believe in Mrs. Dimes, even as Hen
rietta Winstanley did. There was that
about her which seemed to denote Ger
tain victory.
Poor Miss Winstanley, however,
looked decidedly uncomfortable, in
spite of the fact that she felt she was
about to witness the elimination Of
this engagement which she held to be
so monstrous. She too was a gen.
eral, and good one-one whose rec.
ord none could assail-but her mode
of attack differed widely from that
of her friend Mrs. Dimes. She was q
stategist pure and simple, while one
could see with half an eye that Mrs.
Dimes had been born to the hammer
and-tOngs method. She scorned STRAIT
egy as some illustrious generals scorn
latter-day war tactics.
She leaned toward Ankony across
his wide desk.
II have come from Africa to tell you
that you must break the engagement
at once," she said, making no pretense
at lowering her full. steady voice.
Over the gray of his face dull red
spread and his lip curled slowly into
an ugly downward curve.
"The statement is amazing, as well
as amusing, madam" he observed.
meeting her eyes steadily enough.
But she refused to skirmish. Her
attack was to be open and direct, with
no foolish beating about in the
bushes.
"You know precisely why I make it,
and how l can compel you to comply
with it," she said.
He answered her with smile Of
bravado.
1T has been a long time since this
thing happened to which refer, Mr..
Ankony," she went on quickly: "but
the sense of injury is not short lived.
may seem to have forgotten, as did
my husband, no doubt. But he re-
membered. and so do I. Shall 60
further?"
I'VE must speak in private" he
said.
Miss Winstanley and I arose 1T
once, but Mrs. Dimes motioned us to
remain.
miss Winstanley is equally inter
ested with me in the establishment q
justice" she said to him. "and Mr..
Twining may be required to distin.
guish for you between the illegal and
the merely dishonorable. They must
both remain. I should have been dad
to spare you this. 90 think my co..
tnued inaction in the matter nnGk
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17
COURAGE HAS BEEN PROVED

burglar. or smashes masher, we at
once go into high panegyrics over her
her0ism. In the impulse of enthusi.
astic admiration we magnanimously
admit that women. on occasion. may
be a. brave as men are.
At the head Of this type Of woman.
ly intrepidity stands the famous Ida
Lewis Wilson, the heroine of Lime
Rock lighthouse, who has saved
scores Of lives In adjacent waters,
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

Close to her in the admiration Of the
public are the noble women who go
as nurses to the battlefields and into
fevef-infected places.
These are brave women. indeed. and
admiration for them 10 genuine and
irresistible.
But hold on Q moment!
10 the selection Of such instances
az these types Of woman's heroism
fair to women in general?
Not all women are lighthouse keep
ers. Not all women can be army an
GELS or fever nurses. Most Of them
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

dragged from the bedside of their dy.
ing dear ones?
Who has ever counted the hours
that the mothers of the world have
spent in lonely vigil, when despair
pressed upon them and closed around
about them like the midnight gloom I?
All! these things are so common
that we take no note Of them.
We are so used to heroism in wo.
men that we think nothing about it
until it presents itself spettacularly in
some unusual FORM Memphis Nevs
Scimitar.
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

must be home keepers. Are we to ig-
more the heroism with which they per-
form their everyday tasks?
Let us 60 into eulogies of these who
go as nurses to the fields and hos
pitfalls. That 10 right. But what about
the many more women who bravely
send husbands. lovers. brothers. sons
to the battlehelds to be shot?
All praise to the noble nurses who
60 to the fever spots and heroically
stay to the end. But what Of the mil.
lions Of mothers. wives. sisters. sweet
hearts who would rather die than be
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17
MR.. PLAZAZUS' RECORD
One Of the Reasons Why He Couldn't Get Ex'
tension Of Credit.

"We're pretty nearly sting proof" said
banker the other day. ANY time any ons puts
one over on us he'll have to operate with
mace Nowadays no bit of information about
a clients personal character is considered too
pennyroyal for us to notice It,"
The statement was called out by the pres.
ence on the bankers desk of large roll OF
manuscript reports, pinned together. The un'
fortunate who had been made subject of an
antemortem had always thought himself
pretty fair sort of citizen. He hadn't done
anything very Objectionable, beyond getting
stewed now and then. riding bit too fast in
autos and acting as chronic host for Broad
ways chorus girls, the New York correspon
dent Of the Cincinnati TimesStar says. It so
happened that he wanted an extension of
credit and had applied to his bank for it. And
the credit man did the rest.
I'VE have here" said the banker, "the
usual Dun and Bradstreet reports on Mr.. Pla-
zazus. We have highly entertaining series
of clippings in which our late client appears
as the leading man in lot of funny doings
by electric light. We also have statements
from every man he has ever worked for and
so far as possible every man he has ever done
business with. And still we haven't enough. I
have asked for special report upon certain
phases Of his activity that are not shown here
Every bank in New York has been victimized
at various times by men who offer us an ap-
parently clean bill of health. We don't find
out until it is everlastingly too late that they
are sufferers from a moral pip. Nowadays a
man to get credit standing at New York
bank must pass an examination that would
senS the average deacon bowling to the
woods"
In Mr.. Plazazus' case his request for loan
was refused and he was asked to take his &C.
count out. Not that it wasn't sound 6nan-
cially. but two years ago he had been jobbed
by bunch Of shell workers. "A man" said
rhe bank president, "who tries to get ,ecaey
IN that way expects to profit by dishonest
game. He's apt to try to hand us a queeu
check next time he gets hard up. That expe-
rience Of his proves him to be not merely
= fool, but dishonest fool. We can't afford
TO waste time on either class
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

President Roca q 3o
Argentine Republic and
President Errazuriz of
Chile, in the Strait Of
Magellan. They dis
cussed practical affairs.
the administration Of
their respective omces
and the mutual relation
of their governments to
the peoples welfare. but
more than that the visit
furnished an object les
son to each president Of
the needs and require
ments Of the growing
territory through which
he had to pass.
The inhabitants Of the
south and southwestern
United States never
cease to be grateful for
the presidential visit
maid to them In 1901.
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17
CHAPTER lx.-continued.

one Regarded me curlOuSly there In
the dim light of the old doorway
then bent her head distractingly until
could see only her lips and her
rounded chin. That the lips trembled
little could have sworn, but her
voice was steady, although It was so
low I could scarcely hear it.
"The seal was set long ago." she
said. And for just an instant we stood,
her fingers in mine; then she with
drew them and went in and left me.
hailed cab and went at once to
Henrietta Winstanley. found her
going over her charity accounts in her
brothers study, looking miserable and
down-spirited.
"Have you heard?' I demanded at
once.
Nothing. Not a word. What is
there to hear?" she cried, with kind
ling excitement.
':She sent you a note, too. sup
pose. It must have been delayed"
''Who sent me a note? Do try to be
little lucid, won't you? What has
happened?"
Nothing yet. 1t all happens to.
morrow. Ankony is to marry Bar
bara at noon and sail with her by
the Deutschland in the afternoon.
have just seen her. How is Mrs.
Dimes? Dare we hope"
She caught me by the arm and
shook it in her agitation.
Dean has warned him! Don't you
see? I told Hannah that he was
Ankony's friend before he became her
agent. That's exactly what he has
done. You see, she sent for him yes
terday and made him bring a packet
of papers that she went over with
him. Those papers incriminate Ank
ony. And Dean has warned him. II
he marries Barbara, he knows that
Mrs. Dimes will not prosecute him
He'll be safe forever as Barbara.
husband. And so he has the double
motive in carrying her of; he wants
her, and he wants to stop Hannah
But we'll see whether he can do it OF
not. Well see. Wait for me.
must tell her at once"
She ran from the room and patteret
up the stairs. heard the excited
babble of their voices from room
above, and her brisk steps as sh'
paced the floor over my head.
I was as excited as she and impa
tient of any delay, but they did no
keep me waiting long, and when sh
came again her cheeks were burninI
like girls. ...
"she'll stop him." she declared, in
high-pitched voice that trembled in it
own elation. "She says she can do II
You leave It to her. She'll atten
to it."
But is she able? Isn't she abed ?
She laughed out sharply.
my dear, If she were dead She
send her spirit back to outwit hin
That's what she'd do"
What has she come armed with?
I mused.
She shook her head, smiling.
Something that will do the work,
she declared; you may rely on that.
And she put her hands in mine an
smiled flashing smile up at me.
!: With her assurance ringing in m
ears and all my nerves throbbing,
left her, and went home and tried t
dine, and then to sleep, but could d
neither.
Willmar tribune., 1909-11-17

Sales had assumed the
presidency of Brazil in
1898. His early life had
been passed under the
empire, but the spirit OF
the age had fired his re-
publicanism, and, despite
all the traditions of an
hereditary aristocracy, he
had devoted his genius and
his energy to the establish
ment and perpetuation of
the new republic.
The Argentine Republic
and Brazil have long been on
friendly footing, but, sepa-
rated as their capitals are by
1000 miles of ocean, or by
an equal number of miles of
almost untraveled forest,
they have not always been
able to find opportunity to
meet in intimate friendship.
For this reason, and be-
cause the times seemed ia
vorable for expressions of
personal and national regard,