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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24
CHAPTER X
A Race Into the North.

That Meleese loved him, that
she had taken his head in her
arms, and had kissed him, was the
one consuming thought in How
lands brain for many minutes aft
ef she had left him bound and
gagged on the snow. That she
had made no effort to free him
did not at first strike him as sig
nificant. He still felt the sweet,
warm touch of her lips, the pres
sure of her arms, the smothering
softness of her hair. 1t was not
until he again heard approaching
sounds that he returned once
more to full consciousness of
the mysterious thing that had
happened. He heard first of all
the creaking of toboggan on the
hard crust, then the pattering of
dogs feet, and after that the
voices of men. The sounds stop
ped on the trail dozen feet
away from him.
With a strange thrill he recog-
nized Croisset's voice.
You must be sure that you
make no mistake" he heard the
half-breed say. Go to the water
fall al, the head of the lake and
heave down big rock where the
ice is open and the water boiling.
Track up the snow with a pair of
M'seur Howland's high-heeled
boots and leave his hat. tangled in
the bushes. Then tell the super
intendent that he stepped on the
stone and that it rolled down
and toppled him into the chasm
They could never find his body
and they will send down for a
new engineer, in place of the lost
NJ seur."
Stupefied with horror, How
land strained his ears to catch
the rest of the cold-blooded
scheme which he was overhearing,
but the voices grew lower and he
understood no more that was said
until Croisset, coming nearer,
called out:
Help me with the M'seur be-
fore you go, Jackpine. He is a
dead weight with all those raw
hides about him"
AS coolly as though he were
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Now" she cried. "Now!"
and at that signal Howland's arms
were seized from behind, and in
another instant he was struggling
feebly in the grip of powerful
arms which had fastened them
selves about him like wire cable,
and the cry that rose to his lips
was throttled by a hand over his
mouth. For an instant he caught
a glimpse of the girls White face
as she stood in the TRAIL then
strong hands pulled him back,
while others bound his wrists
and still others held his legs. Ev-
erything had passed in a few sec
onds. Helplessly bound and
gagged, he lay on his back in the
snow, listening to the low voices
that came family to- him from be-
yond the bushes. He could I'M
derstand nothing that they said
and yet he was sure that he rec
ognized among them the voice of
Meleese.
The voices became fainter; he
heard retreating footsteps, and at
last they died away entirely
through a rift in the trees
straight above him the white,
cold stars of the night cleaned
down on him, and Howalnd
stared up at them fixedly until
they seemed to be hopping and
dancing about in the skies. He
wanted to swear-yell-fight. In
these moments that he lay on his
back in the freezing snow a mil
lion demons were born in his
blood. The girl had betrayed
him again! This time he could
find no excuse-no pardon for
her. She had accepted his love
had. allowed him to kiss her, to
hold her in his arms-whife be-
meath that hypocrisy she had plot
ted his downfall a second time.
Deliberately she had given the
signal for attack, and now
He heard again the quick, run
ming step that he had recognized
on the trail. The bushes behind
him parted, and in the white star
light Meleese fell on her knees at
his side, her glorious face bend
ing over him in grief that he
had never seen in it before, her
eyes shining on him with a great
love. Without speaking she lift
ed his head in the hollow of
her arm and crushed her own
down against it, kissing him, and
softly sobbing his name.
"Good-by," he heard her
breathe. "Good-by-good-by-''
He struggled~to cry out as she
lowered his head back on the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24

not more than a chunk of stove
wood, Croisset and the Indian
came through the bushes, seized
him by the head and feet, carried
him out into the trail and laid
him lengthwise on the sledge.
Il hope you have not caught
cold lying in the snow. M'seur,"
said Croisset, bolstering up the
engineers head and shoulders and
covering him with heavy furs.
I'VE should have been back soon
er, but it was impossible. HooIla
Woonga!" he called softly to his
lead-dog. Get up there, you
wolf-hound"
AS the sledge started, with
Croisset running close to the lead
er, Rowland heard the low snap
ping of a whip behind him and an
other voice urging on other dogs.
With an effort that almost dislo-
Gated his neck he twisted him
self so he could look back of him.
A hundred yards away he dis
cerned a second team following in
his trail; he saw a shadowy fig
ure running at the head of the
dogs, but what there was on the
sledge, or what it meant, he
could not see or surmise. Mile
after mile the two sledges con-
tinued without a stop. Croisset
did not turn his head; no word
fell from his lips, except an occa-
sional signal to the = dogs. The
trail had turned now straight in
to the North, and soon Rowland
could make out no sign of it, but
knew only that they were twist
ing through the most open places
in the forests, and that the play
of the Polar lights was never over
his left shoulder or his right, but
always in his face.
They had travelled for several
hours when Croisset gave a sud-
den shrill shout to the rearmost
sledge and halted his own. The
dogs fell in a painting group on
the snow, and while they were
resting the half-breed relieved his
prisoner of the soft buckskin that
had been used as gag.
1T will be perfectly safe for
you to talk now, M'seur, and to
shout as loudly as you please, -
he said. After have looked in
to your pockets / will free your
hands so that you CAM smoke. Are
you comfortable?"
"Comfortable-be damned"
were the first words that fell
from Howland's lips, and his
blood boiled at the sociable way
in which Croisset grinned down
into his face. 80 you're in it,
too, eh?-and that lying girl
The smile left Croisset's face.
DO you mean Meleese, M'seur
Rowland ?"
Yes"
Croisset leaned down with his
black eyes cleaning like Goals.
"Do you know what / would
do If was her, M'seur?" he said
in a lowNvoice, and yet one filled
with a threat which stilled the
words of passion which the engi-
neer was on the point of uttering.
do you know what 1 would do
l would kill you-kill you inch
by inch-torture you. That is
what | would do"
For Gods sake, Croisset, tell
me why-why-"
Croisset had found Howland's
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The Market
RETAIL PRICES,

hL.hIh IL IblNEsos
Meats.
Round steak, 12hc; lion, tic;
pcrtorhouse, zoe; pot roast, 10c;
mutton steak, 12hc; chops, 15c;
pork steak, 1Sc; chops, zoe; ham,
zoe; liver, SC; veal chops, 1Sc;
stew, Toe; chickens, hens, 23c;
springs, 25c.
Vegetables.
White potatoes, $1.25 sack ;
sweet potatoes, Z lbs. for Csc;
onions, 2 " C ID; cabbage, sc head
tomatoes, sc lb; squashes, 2hc
lb; pumpkins sc lb; green corn,
zee dozen; celery, SC; caulifiower
&c lib; lettuce, hot house, sc head.
Fr::its.
Apples, 85c to $1.25 box; pears,
1925; oranges, 35c to 40c; ba-
nanas, Csc to Soc doz. huckleber-
ries, 71ac lib; pineappaes, Acc
apiece.
Dairy Products.
Eggs, CSC 'doz.; cream cheese,
20c; cottage, 15c;. swiss imported,
35c; domestic, csc; butter, 35c to
Acc lb.
Eish.
Halibut, &c lib; salmon, 4c and
7c; smelts, &c; black cod. &c; sal
mon trout, 16c; rock cod, f0c lib;
clans, $3.50 a sack; eastern oys-
ters, $1.25 to So hundred;
ScrimnS Ike. crabs S125 to 50
a doz.
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they are nearly all that way
around here. The mothers worK
right up to the day before they
are born
And that is the reason, "
Mother oJnes flashed out between
tears, Il am doing all | can do to
the terrible conditions
here in America. 1t is for the
sake of the children-the yet UNI
born children"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24

WASHINGTON, Oct. "a. = Sur
rounded by friends, Mrs. Belva A.
Lockwood, candidate for presi-
dent on the Equal Rights party's
ticket for president in 1884 and
1888, is celebrating her eightieth
birthday today. Letters and tele-
grams of congratulation from all
over the country are reaching
Mrs. Lockwood's home in F
street NV.
Although her years now num-
Der four score, Mrs. Lockwood
continues her law practice before
the United States courts, and her
enthusiasm in behalf of women's
suffrage is undated. She is presi-
dent of the Woman's National
Press association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24
City Briefs

Edward Leonard, High school
student and companion named
bert Lewis. were yesterday ar
rested for hunting in the city linn
its.
An unknown man, carrying a
roll of bedding, was killed Aon the
Northern Pacific tracks where theh
county road crosses the river. He
is described as being about so
years of age, of dark hair mixed
with gray and a gray mustache.
He is five feet five inches in
height and weighs 1870 pounds.
C. A. Peter and his wife Eliza
beth, will be tried in Justice Ora
hams court next Tuesday and
Wednesday. Peter and his wife
are accused of practicing medicine
without having passed the requir-
ed state examination.
j. w. Reese is in the st. JOS
eph's hospital suffering from in
juries which he received last Sat
urday by being struck by the fem
der of the Great Northern train
at the Pacific avenue crossing.
AS the result of a push car rum
ming down hill backward, Tom
Marjiro is in the st. Joseph's hos
pital suffering from a fractured
bone in the right arm. The acct
dent occurred Saturday in a log
ging camp near Buckley.
The Olympia g. Tacoma Navi-
cation Co. S steamer, the Nisqually,
which is being built at Quarter
master Harbor, will be equipped
at the expense of $4,000 with
Tacoma made engines and machin-
cry by the Phoenix Engineering
Co. The steamer is expected to be
completed about May 1, at the to-
tai cost of $4,000.
In order to observe the seventh
anniversary of the Tacoma Sea-
mems institute, an open house and
interesting program will be given
Thursday evening. All citizens
who are interested in the institute
are invited to be present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24
HAS SUGGESTIONS
ORPROTECT|ON
FROM FIRES

10y UHItFU ITVsS IIVdsVU "HV'I
OLYMPIA, Oct Par. E..
Benedict, supervisor of the Olym-
pia national forest reserve, in his
report for fhe year outlines plan
ior protection iof the forests in, the
future which calls fer the cree
len of 269 miles of telephone
wires to connect all the cabins OF
,orest rangers with each other
and with the cities With this
method of communicated it is
believed help can be summoned at
the start of fires and they can be
checked before doing serious dam
age.
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HICHWAYMAN is
CONVICTED

C. c. Brach was Saturday con-
victed of highway robbery by a
jury. The eleven men of the jury
out for almost day
waiting for one man to struggle
with his conscience. Theodore
Rush who was convicted the day
before and his companion Brach,
held up an old man named Chas.
Willard last labor day at Buckley,
relieving him of about $25.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24
DEBS COMING

Eugene V. Debs, four times
candidate for president on the so
sialist ticket and recognized as
he most eloquent socialist orator
in the country, will speak in Ger
mania hall to the people of Taco
ma Tuesday evening, October 25,
ut Sis.
The socialists are making am
especial effort to get votes for
their congressional candidate.
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Am erican trains.

The French railway system Is
no SLOUGH of system. Ever
when compared with our crack
American lines the French lines
show up we'll. OF course their
restaurant cars" don't quite
equal ours in point of service, and
their wagons Its" don't class
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snow, to free his hands, to hold
her with him-but he saw her
face only y once more, bending
over him; felt the warm pressure
of her lips to his forehead, and
then again he could hear her foot
steps hurrying away through the
forest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24
MORTALITY NOTES

Andrew J. West, who died in
one of the local hospitals yester-
day, was an old civil war veteran
and a member of the G. A. R. He
was SO years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Healy mourn the
death of their year-old son. He
died at the family residence yes
-terday.
Mrs. Adelaide Lawrence,
prominent member of the w. G. T..
u, died in one of the local hos
pitfalls Saturday.
See the blindfolded clock at the
Donnelly Billiard Room, %$*
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A FRENCH EXPRESS TRAIN.

with our Pullman sleeping cars,
but for ordinary service they can
show us a thing or>two.
You can get trains oftener on
the average French road than you
can in this country and you are
pretty certain to be on time at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-10-24

roads of late have been running
express trains, or trains rapides,"
as they call them, that outstrip the
best of the crack English ex-
presses and are fast enough to
give the American used to Yankee
limited trains all the speed that
he can desire
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Sincerity Clothes

If you expect more than moneys WORTH we don't
expect you III. We deal in clothes, not promises
We can deliver satisfactory suit or overceat
with Sincerity Label, and the label guarantees that
the garment delivers satisfaction
We don't claim what we can't guarantee For in
stance, overcOat for 500 which will look the same
next spring as it does this morning
suit for 500 which will hold its shape and it's fit
until you're tired of it. You can't lose anything by
looking over Sincerity Clothes and you may by
overlooking them.
size for every age. little bit better, not a lit
tie bit more
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Wanted-.Boys TO sell papers
on the most prominent corners of
the city. Good pay. Apply to
Mr.. Perkins. Tacoma Times, or
phone A1733-Mair 1873. ss%
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Reaching the Top

in any calling OF life, demands o
vigorous body and a keen brain
without health there is no sue
cess. Bat Electric Bitters is the
greatest Health Builder the world
has ever known. 1t compels pen
feet action of stomach, liver, kid
neys, bowels, purifies and euriches
the blood, tones and invigorates
the whole system and enables you
to stand the wear and tear of your
daily work. After months OF
suffering from Kidney Trouble"
writes w. M. Sherman, OF Cushing,
Me-, "three bottles of Electric Bit
tiers made me feel like a new
man." soc at Ryner Malstrom's,
Mr.. WedelI Foss, formerly with
the Foss Boat House Co., desires
to announce that he has taken Of
fices with Louis I. Lefebvre, at
Suite 217-1s-19 Bankers Trust
building, for the general practice
of the law. go
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The Tacoma Times Want Ad
Offer.

On next Friday and Satur-
day the Times will give away
tickets to the Grand theater
with every Want AID amount
ing to Csc or over that is
handed in over the counter
of our office, at 76s Com
meree street.
The Times will give you a
ticket that may be used DUR
ing any night-next week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-22

It is through this judicious policy of
Gregory that We still term the days
of the week by their Saxon appella-
tions derived in every instance from
heather deities. Christianity sue
ceeded to paganism, Norman followed
Saxon. Rome gave way to Canterbury:
yet the names of Odin, Thor. Tuisco,
Saeter and Friga yet remain in the
English calendar
This Difference to paganism may be
seen in Augustine. The first Christian
temple that he consecrated was dedi-
Gated to st. Pancras. According to the
legend Pancras was a noble Roman
youth who, being martyred under Do
cletian at the early age. of fourteen,
was subsequently regarded as the pa
iron saint of children. Ethelbert, the
Saxon king, was baptized by August
inc, June ,, A D. 597, and this. with
the exception of that of Clovis, OF
France was the most important bap-
tismthe world had seen since the con.
version of Constantine. The lesser
chiefs and common people soon follow
ed the example Of their king and it is
said On the authority of Pope Gregory
that on Christmas. A. D. 591. ten thou
sand Saxons were baptized in the river
Swale, near Sheerness.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-22

general increase along its passenger
tariff rate. This mode is generally ac-
cepted as being the one which will be
most effective. and at the same time
cause very little public agitation.
To meet the general increase grant
ed to workmen. railroads of the coun-
try are filing almost daily with the In
rerstate Commerce commission new
tariff schedules both passenger and
freight. Increases that have been
filed come chiefly from New England.
New York, the middle and far west
ern states. They are anywhere from
13 per cent. to 45 per cent higher than
schedules that have formerly been in
operation during the past three years.
It Works Both Ways.
In every line of railroad, depart
ment increases in wages of employees
are looked for by members of the In
terstate Commerce commission" said
an official of that body today. When
a railroad voluntarily increases its
wage scale you can say that it con-
templates an increase in either its
freight or passenger departments to
meet the added expenses. The freight
rates are not juggled with as much
one the passenger rates and for two
reasons. One is. that it directly af-
fects large shipping industries. They
are generally large patrons of a par
ticular road and should rates be in
creased a reduction of tariff might re-
suit. In any event, a complaint would
be filed by the shipper with the Inter-
state Commerce commission. The mat
ter would then be taken up and inves-
tigated. If the railroad is decided
against. it is usually a source of ma
terial benefit to competing lines. hence
these rates are only increased as a
last resort. But to meet the condi-
ton no hesitancy is left by the roads
in increasing the passenger rates
The traveller pays the expenses and
incidentally for the increase to the
wage Garner.
Very seldom in the history of the
Interstate Commerce commission has
a complaint of excessive passenger
rates been filed by private individual.
The commissioner can only take cog
nizance of complaint and as they
are rarely filed, the railroads can do
what they please with the passenger
rates. 1t is the same old story: the
ultimate consumer pays the freight.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-22
BY RODERICK CLIFFORD

Washington, May 21.-Personal
popularity counts many points in the
scale of equation when it comes to Sc
curing consent of the house for the
consideration of a measure of national
importance.
1t is doubtful if any Republican in
the house could have done what Rep
James r. Mann. of Illinois,
did in securing the adoption of a reso-
luton by the house, practically by
unanimous consent, by which the rail-
road bill, was given the right of way.
For years the custom has prevailed
of requiring special order from the
committee on rules to bring up in the
house any measure not of privileged
character, while special orders always
required the crack of the party whip.
But in this instance Representative
Mann, who Is termed the Treasury
Watchdog did not go to the rules COM
mittee for any special order; he sim
ply appealed to the house. and to the
usrprise of every one secured the
adoption of a resolution making the
railroad bill the special order without
theslightest effort. 1t was a general
tribute to the personality of the mem
Der from Illinois.
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His Personality Wins Consent
How the Pleasing Personality Of Rep. R. Mann of Illinois
Secured Adoption of His Resolution by the House.

away with the building of further
dreadnaughts.
Representative Hobson regards the
experiments with the outside explos-
i've shells as of the utmost Importance
in that if they are successful the gov
eminent can have the benefit of them,
while if they are a failure, then the
navy can act accordingly. An effort is
on foot to have the experiments made
in public.
Causes Much Comment.
Much comment has been INDUCED in
by the house insurgents who voted for
the presidents railroad bill on it's
final passage, because of the fact that
Speaker aCnnon did not avail himself
of the opportunity to vote for the bill
for the effect such vote woul have on
the progressives in the senate. The
insurgents say the failure of Uncle
Joe' to vote for the bill on it's pass
age convinces them that the speaker
is not in sympathy with the presi-
dents legislative program.
There is no rule that requires the
speaker to vote except when the vote
is a tie, but it is a fact that last year
Mr.. Cannon had the clerk call his
name when a vote was on the passage
of the tariff bill.
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WANT THE PUPILS
To MAKE A STUDY
OF THEIR COUNTY
Continued From Page One)
Continued From Page One.)

S. Social events-Parties. singing
schools, spelling schools. husking bees,
quilting bees, apple bees,
8. Courtship, weddings. cradle
songs, nursery rhimes. children's stor-
les in pioneer times.
10. Signs and omens relating to the
weather. to planting and building for
good luck, health and the preservation
of life
IL. Religious life-Reviyals. camp
meetings. organization of churches
and congregations, dissentions and di-
visions. noted church trials. noted
church workers.
Il. Stories of the odd schools.
teachers and pupils.
Is. Military life prior to the Civil
War-lndian wars, militia musters,
Mexican wa-.
IA. Good stories and we'll told.
Many such stories are told which are
good as stories though not of any spe-
cial historical value.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-22
SONS OF VETERANS.
Executive Committee Held an
important Meeting
Last Evening.
DISCUSS MEMORIAL DAY

At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Sons OF Veterans last
evening. several important matters
were considered. but the committee
was unable to announce the program.
However. at a meeting Monday even
ing, G. A. r. hall, court house, all COM
mitteemen will be present and final
adjustment of all matters will be
made.
The executive committee was well
pleased with the report OF the chair
men of the different subcommittee
made, last evening. These reports in
dicated that the celebration, this year,
would be far superior to those OF the
past. Col. Harvey. of Danville. Ind,
will deliver the principal address.
County Clerk Harry e. Penny will pre-
side at the meeting to be held at the
coliseum, Monday afternoon. May 80.
The parade, which Is to proceed the
memorial exercises will be marshall
ed by Frank c. Kibbey. commander OF
the Spanish war veterans, OF the state.
The executive committee has a
large number Of flags which it will be
glad to distribute to those in charge
of decoration of the old soldiers
graves In neighboring cemeteries.
Those who desire the flags should call
at the court house.