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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

wash one pound II rrunes two or
three times IN warm slater Put them
into an sahmaivd stswpan with hair
a cup u water Cover clasetS and
let them atean Until me watsr 10
absorbed and tho ffils sNniira 20 Ia
original sizs Do not stir af hfask
the fruit WHEN reol place In . glass
dish and gratis oneahAif the seat OF
outer skin and also squeeze tho
Juice N a lemon Of orange over
them, sprinkle with sugar and cover
with whipped cream
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21
A raw WAYS TO COOK PR0nts


Wash thoroughly Put In q fruit
kettle. cnvdr with cold water DO not
have the tire too brisk 90 NJ no time
must tho prune- boil Let them come
slowly 10 tho sealding point aud
scald for 10 10 IS mlnuioa. hemove
from the fire, pour off tho hot wnier
and cover with cold water ~ that
tho pfunaa may b. easily handled
Slip the skins ef and replace
prun0s In tho kettle cover win isill-
ing water and simmer slowly 80 o.
% minutes Tee NJ sugar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

Pare aud slew your apples we'll
Place a layer Of tho apples In pud
ding dish then cover with thlHlf
Sliced bread. then apples. eie, until
you have . layers of bread Nos
taiss and beat together the yolka u
on ] eAgr and 2 cups n sugar Add
2 cups " milk Mis- we'll pour over
pudding and at IN oven 10 bake
When we'll bakra spread over II the
stiffiy brhisn whites and return %
oven to brown. Vanilla may b. add
I'd n wished
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

To make kafdsnc blood tsnlr and
liver resa~dy take ounce 81 kar.
dpns, mix Il Wtth y cup u sugar
and add y pint u aicahal and ~
pints n hot sssef Ne sure TO set
The kafdcne 10 an original i-ounee
package. This formula makes falt
quart n tonic. Of which you should
take Tablespoonful minutes h..
FIRE each meal and bcfofe retiring
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

Rubbing vassiins In the eypanws
and oYolanhea win make them arrow
out heavier aud darker Nsenris 30
vaaollne elsewhere on the faces Tor
II tnda 20 promote the growth NJ
hair. A saad fare cream Jelly can
be made BY disEoisins ! ounce u
emollno IN y pint n cold waipf and
adding ieaspoanfiis NJ rlyeefine
Lot stand far maaaasinE apply
and ioi remain for a minute on Tho
face, thon rub we'll with the finger
tips. Il olsanacn the pores thorough
~ and The ART easily comes out and
of tho face
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

The Temperature Of an ,.,...
bath ought always 10 b.
mined BY a bath thernomsss, !, Z
bath should be- given Al q I. \.
degrees Tor the first few go
DO not lower the tempen,s.s J.
The bath because The dny 49,
10 be warm Put baby hi n
bath. using plenty Of water M
much more rapid and eiieeii,. n,
any Hponring process. Glye "a, !,
second dip 10 the evening ~. 4
IL put 10 sleep Never fail . ~.
Ia warm weather.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

on the other with baby lila,
docs avn Elih he bas.,. "
which b. often uneom,sT ~, ~
small babies and also t ,a1's \
ends from getting where ~ y
chew thom ne they aOme,is, =
them IN their mouths.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

SAY Liazie get the makinsf
"Uh-uh Christina; | Just busted
out koi a paper, though
So neilhar Elizabeth queen n
Raumanla. nor Queen Mother Marie
Christina Of Spain suaked-iuai
then
According 70 London Sketch.
which proudly prints testimonials
o. character from Kins Edward. the
majority Of the crowned women u
Europe Do smoke eigarvts.
but they don't U.S. them In public,
II Carmen syiyt and King Aiphpn-
soc mother were TO exchange such
question and reply, Il would be- In
tho privacy II their hoadolfs How
ever. many women of birth smoke
In the public restaurants Of Lon-
don. Vienna. Madrid and 81. Peters
burg. according to the veraripua
Sketch.
Conspicuous among the royal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

Wash. then soak ono quart u
rfunar sssF nisht In Vafer enough 10
eoy~r them. add ans-third eupful "
sugar and half an orange o. lennon.
thinly sliced and cut In quarters
Nrst morning stew gently two hours
The flavor and color will be rich.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

After cooking until tender and
- olicn Ia original aiss lel eaai eur
In two remove pit plare half pecan
nieat o. dslIcaleiy Drowned almond
In each pr,tne half and serve Ice cold
with whipped seasoned cfram
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

A an all-found tonic mi. has no
superior Il WI lrestoro your ioa,
appetite and tend "a strengthen aud
huiid you up, II pnflfiea Tho blood
and plmplos and ugly bloioheu win
aonn disappear 10
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

Tbs tes, and cheapest shampoo
known = made from purr. plain can.
throx- Simply dissolve . teaspoon.
fui q eanthFpt ha toe sHp n h.st
waller and stir sell until al Is dts.
solved then pfaeeed % siiafnpoa By
ypurinE y on The hair and rubbing
veil This makes a fine iathrr and
cleans the scalp relieves irritation
and makes The hair safl and fluffy.
and such a shampoo cnsts lees than
I cent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

pdh coats ~ TAN ana Hfaf arc 70
be much worn.
Figured mhflea are 10 be tho fad.
even IN the mudlsh sergea ana kin.
drad matofialh
Goats fof girls suits are plain and
almost straight,
wtsaths aud sarlanda are among
the fanciea u the day
Figured, as well "a striped, hens
fieltas are In the shops
Many corduroy walking suits are
seen lh the new shades
There are waists n eoiofnd llnsn
10 match the eluth skirt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

For soft painful corn. try bind
ins 4 nightly tn camnoa baking
soda. fnoistsnsd with q little water.
This will take out the anfenesa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

Are YOU loeklne Ter 4 ~.
housed See our business ~
column -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

Coafae net and satin faced henri
eta are used for this charming
ffock III beauty Is dependent on
Tia cut and graceful lines a BIT Of
fringe and ssife0gerod buttons are
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

and face with the palm n the hand
and continue rubbing the asin where
applied uniii dry This il com.
plvsipn bcautifier that whltens the
skin II h also Eood fof eaid aorrs
Pine auinins hair TOMS can be-
made a. folioNsi To ! ounce of
quinaiA add \ pint n sicahal and :
pint d cold water YET stand until
The quinaia IL dissolved. Ruh In urii
nniu absorbed THIS wtii remove
dandfHff. aud stop failing hair. re-
lisve Itching stnlp hssp the scalp
In hraithy condition. aud promote
the growth o. hair. Il gssd snce or
isiee . week Shampoo the hair
twice a month
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-21

MANY corduroy walking auitn are
seen ih the new shades
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09

sic" he said, "but it need not apply
here" He took the bundle, unwrapped
it and disclosed a battered violin. Let
me explain" he continued. For the
owner of this you fought a battle yes
terday. You tested its tone a little
later. 1t seems that you are a master
of the most difficult of instruments.
There was a time, l believe, when the
old man was its master also. He was
once, they say, the conductor of an
orchestra in San Francisco. Drink and
the devil finally brought him down
For three years past he has lived in
Smoky Mountain. Nobody knows his
name. The town has always called
him old Despair You did him what
is perhaps the first real kindness he
has ever known at its hands. He has
done the only thing he could to requitt
it."
Harry had colored painfully as Eel
der began to speak. His voice was un
steady as he answered:
81 appreciate it. | am deeply grateful
but it is quite impossible that | accept
1t from him."
'You need not hesitate" said the
lawyer. 'Old Despair needs it no long
er. He died last night in Deylin's
dance hall, where he played when he
was sober enough for his lodging. ]
happened to be neal by. and l assure
you 1t was his express wish that l give
the violin to you"
Rising. he held out his hand. "Good
night" he said. 81 hope your memory
will soon return, The town is much in
terested In your case"
The flush grew deeper in Harry's
cheek, though he saw there was moth
ing ironical in the remark. II s%carcel.
hope SO much" he replied. 81 am
learning that forgetfulness has its ad.
vantages."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09
Etruscan $.

The famous Etruscan vases were
wrongly named, for, though made in
Etruria. they were the productions of
Greek genius. They are elegant in
form and enriched with bands of beau
tiful foliage and other ornaments, fig
ures and similar subjects of a highly
artistic character. One class has black
figures and ornaments on a red ground
the natural color of the clay; another
has the figures of the natural color and
the ground painted black. The former
class belong to a date about 600 B. c..
the latter date about a century later
and extend over a period of some 300
or $50 years.-New York American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09
1.-THE rest Is only suspicion"


nightfall. Harry had put the warning
elements under. When Prendergast re-
turned at supper time, the candle was
lighted in it's wall box, the dinted tea
kettle was singing owe a cracking
fire and Harry was perspiring over the
securing of the last utensll.
Prendergast looked the orderly inte-
contemptuous amusement. almost
thought / was in church." he said. He
took off his coat and lazily watched
the other cook the frugal evening meal
EXCUSE my not volunteering" he OBJ
served. You do it so nicely I'm al
most afraid you'll have another attack
of that forgettery of yours and go back
to the old line"
Presently he looked at the bunk.
clean and springy with fresh out spruce
shoots. He went into 1t, knelt down
and thrust an arm into the empty
space beneath 1t. He got up hastily.
"What have you done with that?" he
demanded, with an angry snarl.
with whatY" Harry turned his head
as he set two tin plates on the bare
table.
"With what was under here"
'aThere was nothing there but IN old
horse skim" said Harry. at Is hanging
on the side of the cabin"
With an oath Prendergast flung open
the door and went outside. He re-en-
tered quickly with the white hide in
his arms. wrapped it in a blanket and
thrust 1t back under the bunk.
HAS any one beer here today since
you put it out there?" he asked quick
~.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09

No" said Harry. surprised. "Why?"
Prendergast chuckled. The chuckle
grew to a guffaw. and he sat down.
slapping his thigh. Presently he went
to the wall. took the chamois skin bag
from its hiding place and poured some
of Its yellow contents into his palm.
That's why. Do you remember that,
eh?"
Harry looked at 1t. "Gold dust" he
said. Il seem to recall that l am
going to begin work in the trench to-
morrow. There should be more where
that came from"
~Prendergast poured the gold back
other had asked for no share of 1t.
At that moment he decided to say
nothing of the evening before, of the
girl or the horseback journey. lest
Hugh. cudgeling his brains. might re-
member he had been offered a half.
There's plenty more where that
came from. all right" he said, "and
I'll teach you again how to get 1t one
of these days"
Prendergast said little during the
meal. When the table vas cleared he
nt his pipe and took from a shelf a
board covered with penciled figures
and scrutinized it.
"Hope you remember how to play
old sledge?'' he said.
Harry did not move. AS they ate
he had been wondering how long he
could abide that Sinister presence. As
he was about to speak a knock came
at the cabin door, and Prendergas
opened it.
The visitor Harry recognized in
stantly. 1t was the man who had
called for fair play at the fight before
the saloon, who had drawn him into
the hotel.
Fielder carried a bundle under his
arm. He nodded CURLY to Prender-
CAST and addressed himself to Harry.
81 am the bearer of a gift from
some one in the town." he said. Il
have been asked to deliver this to
you" He put the bundle into the
others hands.
Harry drew up one of the chairs
hastily. "Please sit down." he said
courteously. He looked at the bundle
~curiously. "Et eos dona %ferentes." he
said slowly. "a gift from some one
in the town."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09
Continued from last week

b leaned closer, listening to the in
coherent words and broken phrases
borne on the turbid channels of fever.
But she could not link them together
into meaning. Only one name he spoke
clearly over and over again-the name
Hugh Stires-repeated with the dreary
monotony of a child coming a lesson.
She noted the mark across his brow.
Before her marriage, in her blindness,
she had used to wonder what 1t was
like. 1t was not In the least disfigur-
ing. 1t gave a touch of the extraor-
binary. 1t was 10 small she did not
wonder that in that ecstatic moment of
her brides kiss she had not seen it.
Slowly, half fearfully, she stretched
out her hand and laid 1t on his. AS If
at the touch the mutterings ceased.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09

huN lOlQ VI int HAOluS VI IluSu VII
the mountain road in a sort of crazy
fever and enlarged upon the part the
girl on horseback had played. Hugh
was all right now, he said, except that
he didn't remember him or the cabin
or Smoky Mountain.
What Prendergast had said Mrs
Halloran told Jessica in a breath. Be
fore she finished she found that Jes.
sica had not heard of the incident in
sae saloon which had precipitated the
fight with Devlin. and with sympa.
thetic rhetoric Mrs. Halloran told this
too.
"Why does Smoky Mountain hate
him so? What has he done?' asked
Jessica.
Mrs. Halloran shook her head. 81
never knew anything myself" she
said judiciously. 81 reckon the town
allus counted him just a general low
down. The rest is only suspicion an
give the dog a bad naaA."
There had been comfort for Jessica
In this interview. Mrs. Halloran's
story had materially increased the
poignant force of her pity. What had
seemed to her a vulgar brawl had
been in reality a courageous and I'M
selfish championship of a defenseless
outcast. Thinking of this, the self
blame and contrition which she had
felt when she listened to the violin
assailed her anew, till she seemed a
very part of the guilt, an equal sinner
by omission.
Yet she rode homeward that day
with almost a light heart.
.
As Harry stood in the cabin door
way looking after Prendergast toward
the town, glistening far below in the
morning sunlight, he thought bitterly
of his reception there.
"They all knew me-" he thought.
EVERY knew neon the street. In
the hotel. They know me for what ]
have been to them. Yet to me 1t is all
a blank. What shameful deeds have ]
donep' He shrank from memory now.
what was l doing SO far away, where
was l going, on the night when was
picked up beside the railroad trackf ]
may be a drunkard," he said to him
self. mo, in the past month ! have
drunk hard, but not for the taste of the
liquor. may be a gambler, | may be
a cheatAAthief-Yet -how is 1t possible
for bad deeds to be blotted out and
leave no trace? Actions breed habit If
they do not spring from II, and habit
automatically repeated becomes char
acter. | feel no inherent propensity to
rob or defraud. Shall 1? Will these
things come back to me If my memory
does?"
In the battle that he fought now he
turned, ever in his weakness, to man.
ual labor, striving to dull his thought
with mechanical movement. He clean
ed and put to rights both rooms and
sorted their litter of odds and ends.
But at times the inclination to escape
became well nigh ~insupportable. When
the conflict was fercest, he would
think of a girls face once seen, and
the thought would restrain him. Who
was she? Why had her look pierced
through him? In that hateful career
that seemed so curiously alien could
she have had a part?
He did not know that she of whom
he wondered In the bitterest of those
hours had been very near him; that on
her way up the mountain she had
stolen down to the Knob TO look
through the parted bushes to the cabin
with the blue spiral rising from its
chimney.
Though the homely task to which he
turned failed to allay his struggle by
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09

CJC6s " We 6Ok
through with me-" he glowered, sand
you think you "a go 1t alone" The
old suspicion leaped in the malicious
co~untenance. Well. 1t won't pay you
to try it yet. I know too muchl Do
you understand / know too muchg'
Harry went out or the cabin. At the
door he turned. '"If there is anything
you own here" he said, take it with
you. You needn't be here when come
back"
His fingers shaking with the black
rage in his heart, Prendergast gath
cred his few belongings, rolled them in
the white horse skin which he drew
from beneath his bunk and wrapped
the whole In q blanket. He fastened
the bundle in a pack strap, slung 1t
over his shoulder and left the cabin.
He settled his burden and went rapid
ly down the trail, turning over in his
mind his future schemes.
AS 1t CHANGED, there was n who
saw his vindictive face. Jessica,
crouched on the Knob. had seen him
come and now depart, pack on back,
and guessed that the pair had parted
Her whole being famed
with sympathy. She could see his
malignant scowl plainly from where
she leaned, screened by the bushes.
1t terrified her. What had passed be-
tween them in the cabin? She left
the Knob wondering.
All that evening she was Ill at ease.
At midnight, sleepless, she was look
ing out from her bedroom window
across the phantom peopled shadows,
where on the face of the pale sky the
stars trembled like slow tears. AM,
iety and dread were in her heart; a
pale phantom of fear seemed lurkins
in the shadows; the night was full Of
dread.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09

days. Perhaps you expect to get the
town to take up with you and to make
love to the beauty in the green riding
habit that brought you here on her
horse the night you were out of your
head"
Harry started. what do you mean?"
he asked thickly.
Prendergasts oily manner was gone
now. His savage temper came upper
most.
81 forgot you didn't know about
that" he scoffed. 81 made a neat story
of it in the town. They've been CAB
bling about it ever since"
Harry caught his breath. As through
a mist he saw again that green habit
on the hotel balcony-that face that
had haunted his waking consciousness.
1t had not beer Prendergast alone,
then, who had brought him here. And
her act of charity had been made. no
doubt, a thing for the tittering of the
town, cheapened by chatter, coarsened
by jokei
81 wonder If she'd done 1t If she'd
known all / know continued the 9TH
er malevolently. you'd better go up
to the %sanitarium, Hugh, and give her
a nice sweet kiss for It'll"
A lust of rage rose in Harry's throat.
but he choked it down. His hand fell
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09

She bent and touched her Tips to his fore
head.
The eyes opened, and a confused, trou.
bled look crept to them. Then they
closed again, and the look faded out
into a peace that remained.
A thrill ran through her, the sense
of moral power of the weak over the
strong, of the feminine over the mas
culine.
A rising flush stained her cheeks
With a sudden impulse and with a
guilty backward glance she bent and
touched her lips to his forehead.
n drew back quickly, her face
flooded with color, caught her breath.
then, drawing her hood over her head.
went swiftly to the door and was lost
In the darkness.
When toward midnight the fever
ebbed, Sanderson had fallen into a
deep sleep of exhaustion, from which
he opened his eyes next morning upon
the figure of Prendergast sitting, pipe
In mouth, In the sunny doorway.
He lifted himself on his elbow. That
crafty face had been inexplicably WOW
en- with the delirious fantasies of his
fever. Where and when had he known
it? Then In a great tide welled over
him the memory of his last conscious
hours-the scene In the saloon, the
fight, the music. the sudden appalling
discovery of his name and repute. He
remembered the sickening wave of self
disgust, the fierce agony of resentment
that had beat in his every vein as he
walked up the darkening street. He
remembered the thrown quartz. No
doubt another missile had struck home
or he had Deer set upon, kicked and
pommeled into insensibility. This old
mana miner probably, for there were
picks and shovels In the corner-had
~succored him. He had been i'll, there
was lassitude in every limb, and shad-
owy ~recollections tantalized him. He
retained a dim consciousness of a wo-
mans face-the face he had seer or
the balcony-leaning near him. bring.
ing into a painful disorder a sense of
grateful GOODNESS, of fragrance and of
rest.
AS he stared again at the seated fig
ure, the grim fact reared like a grisly
specter, deriding. thrusting its haggard
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-09
8&Auu&Amlpsw

"How long have l been lying here?'
asked Harry.
aaOnly since last night. You've had :
fever
where is my dog?"
"Dog?" said the other. 81 eve
knew you had one."
Harry's lips set bitterly. 1t had Jared
more hardly, then, than he. 1t had
been a ready object for the crowd to
wreak their hatred upon. because it
belonged to him-because it was Hugh
Stires' dog!
as this your cabin, my friend?"
The figure bending Owe the hearth
Strengthened itself with a jerk, and
the blinking yellow eyes looked hard
at him. Prendergast came close to the
bunk.
''That's the game you played in the
town." he said, with a surly sneer.
ITS all right for those that take 1t
in, but you needn't try to bamboozle
me. pretending you don't know your
w claim and cabin! I'm no such
fool!'
A dull flush came to Harry's brow.
Here was a page from that Ubiquitous
past that faced him. His W cabin,
And his own claim! Well, why not?
"You are mistaken" he said calmly
81 am not pretending. l canno re-
member you"
P%rendergast laughed in an ugly, de-
risive way. 81 suppose you've for
gotten the half year we've lived here
together and the gold dust we've gath
cred in now and again-slipped it all.
have your"
Harry stood up. The motion brought
a temporary dizziness, but it passed.
He walked to the door and gazed out
on the pleasant green of the hillside
On a tree neal by was nailed a rough,
weather beaten board on which vas
scrawled, 1.-THE Little Paymaster
Claim" He saw the grass grown
gravel trenches, evidence of abandon
ed work. He had been a miner. That
in itself was honest toll.
1.-THE claim is good. then" he said
over his shoulder. 1--WE found the
payY
Prendergast contemplated him a mo
ment in grim silence, with a scowl
You're either really fuddled, Hugh
he said then, cor else you're a stal
play actor and up to something deep
Well, have-it your own way-it's al
the same to me. But you can't pull
the wool over my eyes longi"
There were mockery and threat in
his tone; but, more than both, the evil
intimacy in his words gave Harry q
qualm of disgust. This man had beer
his associate. That n hour in thu
town had shown him what his own
life there had been.
What should he do? Forsake for
ever the ne~ighborhood where he had
made his blistering mark? Fling all
aside and start again somewhere and
leave behind this dlsgraceful present,
with that face that had looked into
his from above the dusty street?
If fate intended that, why had it
turned him back? If such was the
bed he had made, he would lie in it.
He would drink the gall and vinegar
without whimpering. Whatever lay
behind be would live it down. This
man at least had b%efriended him.
He turned into the room. perhaps |
shall remember after awhile" He took
the saucepan from Prendergast's hand
"Tll cook the breakfast" he said.
Prendergast filed his pipe and watch
ed him. 81 guess there are bats in your
belfry, sure enough, Hugh" he said at
length. "You neve offered to do your
stint before"