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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-05-06
CHAPTER. xT


One day Betty, tired OF watching the
seascope slip monotonously by, sam
pied putting her foot to the deck. The
touch of the timber Weakened ambition
within her, SO the second foot slowly
followed the first. Then Betty made
another try. and found that she could
stand erect-rather lottery. it was true.
Then she tried to walk. but hardly
had she gone half dozen steps when
Tyoga was with her.
Careful, careful" smiled the ne
gress. Don't try too much, and be
careful, mighty careful round this
boat This is a bad boat. Missy, 1t
ought to fly the pirate flag"
Betty shivered. She had grown to
like Tyoga, for the negress had been
devotion itself in the services she had
given to the young American girl.
Taciturn and commanding. Betty had
never been able to evoke from her
either the object or the direction of
their journey beyond what the negress
had told her that first morning. That
she had been very i'll. Betty knew, and
that LIE Malheureux was physician of
high skill she had shrewdly guessed.
Betty rarely saw him. never In bright
light, though when he played on deck
of nights. as he always did, the magic,
mystery and misery in the music made
her heart throb and her eyes fill with
tears. It was the wall of q heart and
of soul in prison. and in despair. All
endeavors to elicit any information
from her surroundings having failed
Betty had resigned herself to the inev-
table, postponed the finding Of the an
swer and estimating her own enfeebled
condition had got down to taking
things as she found them, reveling in
the salt and sweep Of Nature and the
sea lair and the willy-nilly voyage that
had fallen to her lot.
Time and it's reckoning had all been
lost. Betty. finding that the compto-
meter of the days had slipped from her
mind did not try to retain it. She
merely rested and waited. But there
were times, occasions and remarks
that Tyoga and lie Malheureux both
would ofttimes make that caused Betty
to shiver, and forced her once more in
to wonderment of the wherefore and
the why.
Don't. Tyoga!" she fretted now
you make me so unhappy when you
speak like that. I'm restless, anyway
and I want to be amused. Take me
some place."
DO you want to go into my kitch-
en-" suggested Tyoga. humoring her
Most little girls like to mess in the
kitchen. If you want to you may 90
down and make fudge"
'Tyoga," asked Betty, where did
you get that wonderful education OF
yours? Tell me, do. Your English is
perfection"
A shade of pain crossed the negress
face. and her features set in immobil-
ity.
do you want to go into the kitch-
en-? ?" she repeated.
NO." replied Betty, imperiously, q
want to go see LIE Malheureux ]
don't like him, Tyoga, he repels me as
much as if he were a horrid beast. But
feel sorry for him. Take me where
he is"
Ito be continued.)
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SHARKS EYE WAS ON HIN.

DOvvneast Skipper Got . Shoek
Which He Thinks Was Mermeric.
Ever get mesmerized by fish"
said the skipper, according to an e1
change. mo? Well, have been many
a time. It was a shark that did it
81 don't know the scientific name d
this particular variety of shark, but
1t abounds on the Nantucket shoals
When full grown they are from eight
to ten feet long and weigh from @a
to 700 pounds They have saw teea
five rows of them, about an inch and
half long, and they can flatten the la|
and chew their gums. But for a ntI
man being the peril is in the eyes.
IT don't believe in man-eating sharn
I believe that if a shark is in blo'ql
water he gets excited and will snap
at anything he sees. But let one q
those fellows get his eye on you an
you don't know where you are at
They have habit of coming "
alongside Of your live boxes and lylns|
there while you fish. Then when w
get anything on your line the shal|
has it of before you get chance =
pull.
81 remember the first time ~
one Of them. I was boy at the wv.
and one of these fellows had come "
alongside of my live box and ri !"
my hand out and touched his DaeA :
didn't seem to mind it at all w.
minute later when / stood up caas
sight of his eyes, or one ol - I.
Well. sir. / just tumbled back IL \.
boat and was as helpless as . -
fish out Of water. ;. a.
II don't know how to explain :" ~,
eyes of this fish are no olese. 49,.
the point Of your little finger ". .,s
is something that comes out Oh s :.
that makes you tumble all IN =
MANY a time after that did nA :,
similar experience, and ! Know :
lot Of men who have felt the s'I I'll
feet. The only explanation :. q
suggest is that the sharks -
some sort Of mesmeric powell
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MAsKERS.

Hope, the great explorer;
Love whom none can binds
Youth that looks before her.
Age that looks behind,
Joy with brow like summers
Care with wintry pate,
Maskers are and mummers
At Life's gate.
Pow'r with narrow forehead.
Wealth with niggard palm,
Wisdom old, whose boar mead
Vaunts barren calm;
Naughty overcomers,
In their pomp and state;-
Maskers all and mummers
At Deaths gate!
William Watson.
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Too Realistic.
A schoolmaster looked anxious and
worried.
What's the matter?' asked the
vicar
I'm worried about the boys in the
upper classes, sir. I've been teaching
them how to revive the apparently
drowned"
well, that should not worry you,"
replied the good vicar
Eyes, sir; but have caught some
of the boys trying to drown one an
other in order to practice what I have
taught them!"
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Frederick Mayer driver Of hook and ladder dying D.
yn hospital after performing splendid deed of herosm v
fire. His horses full %
standing panicscken crosswa On ono go,
to her. stood trolley filed with
the tall iron pillars Of the driver ta que
would have the by right he u
endangered lives yelled to the A nave
cred along the sides Of the truck mighty
full tilt pillar There
badly injured the Mayer was n
fractured leg crushed ~ unaa
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From Pittsburg.

From Pfttsburg.
Young gentlemen" announced the
professor in English literature, "to-
morrow l wish you to come prepared
to discuss this sentence from the
works of Henry James"
"The entire sentence, professor
groaned the class.
Well, take it as far as the first semi.
colon '-Pittsburg Post.
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CHAPTER X.

Betty Lancey came back to con-
seriousness and the world Of things as
mortals think they see them, with q
most monstrous smell of sulphur chok-
ing her. AS nearly as she could distin-
guish the room was filled with glass
globes the circumference of fair
sized musk melon, and every globe was
a-twitter with lemon yellow or pale
violet lights, bathing the room with
odd sputtered flashes.
Realities reverted slowly. Betty
made out ceiling, domelike and cor
rugated, later a floor, and eventually
deserted that she was nesting on a
couch piled soft and easy with pun
gent pillows. Barely had she discern
ed these facts when a swaddled per-
sonage confronted her. 1t was tall
and CARRIED in sombre swatchings that
left the outlines of it's great bulk all
in doubt.
"Ah, that is better" came the gut
ural comment, do you wish more
medicine?"
mo, indeed" she expostulated. 81
didn't wish any in the first place. Why
did you give it to me? Where am
II"
The being answered with a shrug
Pray. calm yourself. my dear Miss
Lancey. l only trust the machina-
lions Of this electrical apparatus will
not disturb you too much. Do be quiet!
Do not excite yourself unduly."
"Oh, but who are you? Where am
I? And why?" asked Betty. There's
such rushing in my head, such q
sounding in my ears, and that swish
and swash OF water-what does it ali
mean? Am I delirious or dreaming p
You've been both," replied the fiK-
ure, but you're better now. Wei
enough to go into the salon where Won
can rest far more comfortably than N
here. AS to who I am-well, Won ma,
call me LIE Malheureux IL you like,
suits me better than any other title
for am the unhappiest In all the
world! My baptismal name was Fran.
cis-Francis-the free-but freedom
for me-never!"
The figure sunk in a heap. Above
the sputterings of the electrical an.
paratuses Betty could distinguish thu
swirl Of waves. and the surge OF deer
water. She tried to rise but was tot
weak. and reclined once more upor
ner pillows. Vainly she endeavored tt
recall what had passed before. Even
after event raced through her brain
sne remembered dimly as q chilt
traces back the progress OF an evi
uream the incidents OF her last wal1n,
hours. The inquest Of Cerisse Wayne
Hne scene In the Directory Hotel, tn,
auest Tor the papers, her attempt t,
erVlew the mysterious woman, an,
as. OF all that shuddering fright, tina
S' struggling embrace With
loae furry being that held her Ia
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relieve Mrs. futile or some OF the
work.
This was conceded to be decidedly
clever arrangement, for there was no
use talking Hetty futile never could
manage the affair herself. Mrs. DR..
Sprong, who was given the post OF
chairman, began borrowing embroider-
ed lunch cloths of every one right and
left that very day. for she knew with
out asking that Mrs. Myron futile
hadn't couple of dozen laid by, as a
good housekeeper should.
Goodness knows" she mourned.
how we'll ever cook the chickens and
things in her kitchen!"
AS the time for the supper ap.
preached the members of the Culture
Club took to dropping in on Hetty
Tuttle with cut glass and silver in
their arms. They said they thought
maybe she would find such things OF
use in serving so many. Hetty Tuttle
accepted all these loans placidly. She
was the least concerned member OF
the club. Seemingly, she did not wor.
ry at all over this most important
club function Of the year, so every one
else fretted herself into a fever.
Minnie, the Tuttles' .19-year-old
daughter, seemed to catch the excite.
ment, however Her mother deferred
to her in worshipful way and hand
ed all the cut glass over to her keep
ing.
"You go right ahead. Minnie" she
often said in those days Il guess you
know what is right and can show
'em! guess ALI Kreeble will see your
folks can entertain and do things as
we'll as hts. even II they haven't got
so much money!"
At that Minnie futile would turn
away with reddening cheeks, for she
knew that the main idea behind hav-
ing the Culture Club supper at their
home was to dazzle Alt Kreeble and
urge him on trife faster. OF late
he had Jagged In his attentions and
Hetty futile could not bear to see her
daughter unhappy.
The women Of the Culture Club will
never forget the night Of that annual
supper. Amid all the hurry and tur-
moil Mrs. Myron futile moved calm
and undisturbed, while Mrs. DR..
Sprong III her black silk. Mrs. Lawyer
White in rafting Jet and half 4 dozen
others with red faces and glitterinr
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Ready to Bargain.

suitor Ito her father)-s Oh, ~
the very ground your daughter
on. .n,e ~
Father (grimly) We'll, yo ,. I'd
you amt the first party 'na. ,,e,er,
attachment for it. Howsous as j
YOU love it well enough to c. e0J 4 /
help pay up the mortgage :"
can marry Sarah. -Excnanso.
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Tactful Tactfe..

Miss Saphron-Do you sell anything
to restore the complexion?
Chemist Restore! You mean pre-
serve, miss.
IDEAL to the amount Of It's sd Inn
mediately executed. london Taller.
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Definition OF Tact.

Definition Of Tact.
Mrs. Pyne-Mrs. Blank certainly
possesses tact"
Mrs. Hyne- What is your definition
of tact?
Mrs. Pyne-That is womans abil-
ity to make her husband believe he
is having his own way.-Lippincott' s.
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CHAPTER IX.-(Continued.)

The visit of Mr.. Franz threw no
new light on the Wayne murder mys-
terry. AS to the disappearance OF Bet
ty Lancey and of the Man-Aperilia
these riddles were still at their battling
inception. The police found them
selves up against a polygonal enigma:
The murder of Cerisse Wayne; the
identity and whereabouts of Hamley
Hackleye; the unparalleled resem-
blance between Mrs. Harcourt and
Mrs. Wayne; the disappearance OF
Betty Lancey; and the appearance
and disappearance of the Man-Aperilla
all surrounding the death of Mrs.
Wayne.
Larry Morris grew thin and gaunt
as the days passed on, and no tidings
came from the missing Betty. Har-
courts wife had been taken to SAM
tarium and Harcourt was held in jail
pending her recovery and the clear
ance of the mystery. The copy of the
letter Harcourt had made was pro-
nounced by experts to be disguised
hand, and the signature of Harold
Harcourt on the hotel register was
found to be almost Identical with the
formation of the initials H. H. append
ed to the letters found among the eff
fects of the dead Cerisse Wayne.
Opinion was divided among various
speculations and some thought that
Harcourt had killed Mrs. Wayne, other
theorists held that Harold Harcourt
and Hamley Hackleye were the same;
others still, that Harcourt had been
masquerading as Hackleye, and in that
way explained the vanishing Of Hack
leye. This left still unaccounted for
the abduction of Betty and the mys-
terry of the Man-Aperilla.
Larry Morris persistently held to it
that it was only right that an expedi-
ton should be fitted up and sent to
Africa to see If there might be any
further clews picked up there. His
paper laughed at him, and one editor,
who guessed the condition of Larry's
heart, called him a '1ovesick fool"
Larry fumed until one night late in
August he had a dream about Betty.
He saw her in jungle, amidst horde
of libyans and hideous black men. And
she was standing there stretching out
her hands to him. Her voice, thick
with pain, called out to him, Larry!
Oh. Larry!" That settled Larry Nor
ris. He threw up his job the very next
day, and with Johnny Johnson in tow
left for New York. Five days later
Larry had made tie-up with press
syndicate to go to Africa, along with
Johnny Johnson, and see what could
be done towards tracing out that end
OF the tale. They had no charts, moth
ing but a few half obliterated post
marks torn from letters found in the
safety deposit box kept with Double
day, Franz & Co., but on these Larry
was pinning much faith. 1t was the
mustard seed he hoped would move a
mountain.
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Business Il Businesl

Count Ito the matrimonial agent D.
One other point. am living out Of
the country; my intended must be
shipped to me. Are your terms I. o. b.
or do you pay the freight -Fliegende
Blatter.
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sailed on and on to the south, with
Betty fast asleep and all unconscious
Of the worldwide search for her. now
paralleling the mystery Of the murder
Of Cerisse Wayne.
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Step ~ step.

! believe in improving environments,
but when We have made the world at
for men to live In we shall still need
TO make men At to live II 4 Sir
James Duckworth. 81
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wise Little Boy

wise Little BOY :. M
The uncle is telling the VIZ
boy q fairy tale. ,,oser TOT
aThen the princess came , I'm On
sleeping youth and kissed him :
lips." little Z
.sGee!" cried the WISE &C
ssWasn't she afraid OF sei
land Plain Dealer.
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At the Reception.

Me no speakee Chinese velly vel"
explained the hostess on welcoming the
distinguished visitor from the Flowery
Kingdom.
mo matter" responded the latter. II
can converse in English. Kansas
City Journal.
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with wiles and Smiles,

Maud-There's no use trying your
arts on Jack. He is welded to his
profession.
Ethel (archly) / don't know.
think l could make him commit big
amy.-Boston Transcript.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-23
ENsLEY WE'LL PLEASED
Mcdowell and Rogers Are to BE Re-
elected Aldermen Without Opposition

The closing of the entries for candi-
dates for the various city offices Saturday
night was watched with interest by the
people of Ensley, though no one seemed
to think that the end would be other
than it was. No opposition in any part
of Ensley had been shown to the re-elec-
ton of Alderman M. II. Mcdowell, prac
tically every faction and every interest
joining in the demand that he again rep
resent this section. Since the commit
tee ordered that two aldermen should be
voted on in this ward, despite the fact
that long term and a short term al
derman had been elected by the City
Council P. j. Rogers, who drew the
long term, in answer to the general re-
quest of the people, qualified. Ensley Is
proud of its representatives on the City
Council, and feels sure that nothing will
be overlooked that promises the advance
ment of the ward.
Ensley has long been noted for the ex-
cellence of its city government, and the
type of citizenship that dominated its
affairs, and when the city was forciby
annexed to Birmingham two who had
long been prominently connected with
the government were selected to repre-
sent the new ward. Mr.. Mcdowell is the
local representative of nearly fifth of
all the tax-paying property in Ensley
and besides has various private interests
while Mr.. Rogers is superintendent of
mines for the Tennessee company, and
is large property owner in both Ensley
and Birmingham.
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FEAGIN WILL BE
IN RACE TO FINISH
Qualified May 10 for Recollection as Re-
cOrder-Race Promises to BE
Especially Interesting

1t developed yesterday that Judge N.
B. Feagin did qualify with the democratic
subcommittee for reelection as recorder
of the Birmingham police court filing
his papers on May Is.
That Judge Feagin will make an I'M
usually strong bid for his return to this
bench goes without saying. He has held
the place for long number of years and
has made an excellent record. During his
career he has been quite factor In the
development of the Boys Industrial
school, the Boys club of Birmingham, and
in other work looking toward the reform
alton of boys with criminal tendencies.
Running against Judge Feagin are
James Handy and F. d. Nabers, each of
whom is strong man, and who will make
the race exceptionally lively.
A. B. Sudduth is a candidate for COM
mitteeman from the Tenth ward, instead
of the First ward, as previously stated.
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cleveland. O., May 22.-Harry Morris
the young society man VINO was convict
ed last week of attempted blackmail'
left here in custody today for Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan, where he Will begin the
two-year sentence to which he has beer
condemned. Morris had been granted a
stay of execution, but he waived this pre-
ferring to commence his punishment al
once. Mrs. d. O. Caswell, the widow
of a wealthy real estate and club man.
was the complainant in the case. Nor
ris was convicted of having sent her let
tiers demanding $1,000, on pain of having
her house burned and her two children
killed.
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COMET WAS SEEN
AGAIN LAST NIGHT
SEEN IN EASTERN SKY A FEW
NIGHTS AGo-ECLIPsE of MOON
TONIGHT

Halley's comet was again visible in Bir
mingham last night and thousands were
out to see it.
The comet was first seen about 1850
O'Clock as soon as 1t had become dark
enough, and could be seen with the
naked eye until about $3.50 o'clock. 1t
was about As degrees above the horizon
and a little to the left of the path of the
sun, slightly south of west.
1t is expected that the total eclipse of
the moon tonight will make the comet
much palmer than it has appeared since
1t has been in the western sky.
The comet last night appeared to have
tail, but 1t was not a sixth as long as
the tail which was observable when the
visitor was in the eastern sky few
mornings ago.
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PATTEN SUPPLIES
COTTON ON DEMAND

New York, May 22.-James A. Patten
received an order yesterday for $1,000
bales of the cotton recently delivered to
him on May contracts, according to
statement which The Tribune prints to-
day, which says:
1.-THE order is said to come from for
eign spinners, who have allowed their
stocks to run low In the hope of getting
lower prices, and is believed TO be the
largest single commission ever placed
here. The cotton Is to be delivered at
10 cents a pound and 1t is understood that
Mr. Patten paid from 9 cents to Il cents
a pound for it.
His profit on the deal, which involves
50, 500, coo, is estimated at $l,500,0o0.
"opinion in the cotton trade is that
Is cents a pound was moderate, rather
than extortionate as price. Brokers
say that spinnefs must have the cotton
and that they would have paid almost
any price for 1t.
spot cotton is now selling at Is. 40 cents
pound. How much more May cotton
Mr.. Patten has left only he and his COM
fidants know"
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Texarkana, Ark, May 22,-Fire
which destroyed three business, houses
at o'clock this morning caused loss
of 100000. The flames originated In
the second floor of Il clothing estab-
lshment. The Norwood building, one
of the oldest landmark in the city,
was destroyed. The fire department
was hampered from the lack of water
pressure but heavy downpour of
rain at an opportune time prevented
the fire sweeping over one of the prin-
cipal blocks of the city. including the
city hall.