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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-06-10
CHAPTER XIII.

In Which W. Board a Derelict.
l saw the s~leepers last of their GOV.
erings and rise up startled and staring,
but l could only gaze dumbly at the
apparitiOn before us, doubling the ev1.
dence OF my W eyes and unable to
utter a sound. At that first glance !
believed the thing illusion, q mirage Of
the deep, a shadow-ship hooking us
with semblance Of reality. The cold
silvery light played along her glisten.
ing side, causing the whole extent OF
the vessel to CLEAN back into our eyes
like a great mirror, while the very
shape and form Of the silently gliding
specter appeared a survival from out
the dead past, a CHASTITY relic of cen.
turtles gone uplifted from those som.
Der depths below. The silence, gloom,
the dim outline of the great hull, the
strange glimmer of it from bow to
stern; all combined to make it seem
a ghost-ship, sported with by the
waves. 1t moved slowly under the
impelling power of the wind beating
against the broad high stern, the
blunt bows scarcely ripping the wa.
ter, passing almost directly across our
track, appearing more like a painted
picture than anything constructed OF
wood and iron. Out of the night, dim,
visionary, it swan before us, a weird,
uncanny thing. chilling the blood with
it's ghostliness. | rubbed my eyes,
staring at the silyery reflection, my
heart pulsing with a horror which set
me trembling.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER xxlI.-contInued.

"oh. l know you do. It In because
know you do that ! wish to tell you
my story. 1t IL my love which makes
No 20 anxious that you should under
stand. 90 when the end comes we can
- together. loving each other, n not
afraid. Do YOU recognize ne! Have
5 ever realized who I am?"
could only shake my head. wonder
M It the strange question.
1lgo? And yet l have known you
nxor since that first long talk we had
tonother In the cabin. It seemed 30
800. such I strange freak Of destiny,
tnnf you should have been associated
y 3 way with my old life. and yet
~ very fact that you were. f1rst Gre
81 the bond that has since drawn US
tceother. You were no longer . mere
aooraAyenturer, but an old-time friend
nnA equal. From that day all was
dfHorent. / could fight 1t back, but
ccnId eve conquer what that discov-
~ meant. Oh, how small this world
III Did. you ever hear Of Doris Wins
IoW3"
i moment the vague, clouded mem
or .eluded me, tantalized me. Then
II ! nash the revelation came.
my sisters chum at Wellesley"
The tears sprang ~glistening into her
eyes. her handclasp tightening.
Eyes: does It g possible? Q
VI knew me, except by that name.
NY father died during the second year
81 nv attendance there; then mother
ana / went abroad. and my education
va completed on the continent. am
not finding fault, ,but-but 1t was all
most unfortunate; 1t brought me into
real Inc with = false understanding OF
everything - wrong ideals, wrong
standards. We were known to pc
wealthy. many considered me beauti-
full; my mofher's one ambition was
TO achieve recognised social standing
"a Europe. and from the hrst ! was
destined to be 1 to that end.
NY education, surroundings. social en-
vironment, were All shaped with this
purpose ID view. In spite OF myself
tn result was accomplished.
r. VA merely ! girl of 4. desiring
litt1e but = good time, end accustomed
Al my life To tho guidance q others.
] kn1id Darlington Joined ON party IN
Iko111y, ana ~ purneyed together Tor e
xsek through ~ Italian APP, hnally
og ~ board his yacht ~ invited
11111yl ior ! cr91le a ~ 1eedifers
BToMenn IA Nas M66ok atkenkfNo n ~,
~ Il sc0rcelV : ftlIGIUntghk
n realixed NhSENasstno1ng ro9oe
8E&&S&*H $500 &X5ASS - ~ X#xH1&xfNMa
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u w ."S "
I Love You"

dream, yet yielding to the inevitable.
Whatever l suffered vas borne alone;
not ever my mother ever heard me
complain"
She sat looking forth over the crests
of the sea. the moonlight rejecting
back into her face. The sail swung
in and Swallowed her.
within a month we went to Eng
land, to Darlington hall, where every
thing was at my command, and later
to London, during the social season. l
had all that the world seems to value at
my feet and at first l managed to be
happy after a fashion. The excitement
and exhilaration kept me alive and in
terested, but in time the glitter and
Artihciality of 1t all wearied me; more
and more deeply l realized the sordid
manner in which I had been sold, and
l grew to hate those things which had
purchased ne. 1t was not Lord Oar
lington-he was more father than hus-
band, humoring me in every way, and
secretly regretful for his part In the
transaction. ! became i'll, begged for
the sea, and we went aboard In his
yacht. He was not unwilling, but to
my mother it proved . constant hard
ship. Only her anxiety to prevent any
rupture between US caused her to go
on board. Yet even when l had re-
covered health I would not go back;
that life would have killed me. Out
In the open l could breathe and live;
1t yielded me courage to continue "a
I was"
She bent forward, bringing her face
once again into the revealing moon
light. her eyes frankly open to mine.
Il only wish I could make you re-
alize how drearily lonely that life be-
came. There was no knowledge of
love to complicate the situation, and at
first I wen felt a sense of gratitude
toward Lord Darlington for many acts
of kindness and the consideration
| shown me-. This changed, however, as
I began slowly to comprehend the self
ishness of his motives-that his &C.
tons arose merely from a certain
| pride in my youthful appearance and
the advantages to be derived from my
wealth. My mother soon alienated my
affections by always allying herself
| with him. Finally l had no one to
| whom / could turn for comfort or ad.
| vice. / felt entirely alone, and grew
silent, suspicious, and adverse to all
social pleasures. The vows of mar.
rage rested lightly on Lord Darling
ton, but for that | did not greatly care,
except that the knowledge snapped
the last weak bond between us. Al
most wild to escape from Europe and
its torturing memories | finally
planned an extensive yachting trip
around the world. l vas impulsive,
headstrong, even hopeful that | might
be permitted to invite a few congenial
friends and sail alone. To my surprise
Lord Darlington expressed pleasure
In the idea, and even persuaded my
mother to accompany u.s."
Her face sank suddenly into her
hands, her body trembling.
4 bore 1t ali smilingly. and enjoyed
the -. But I was . woman now. bit
terly resenting the manner IL which
Mad been bart6red IN the matri-
monial market ! knew nothing az
- oscept - 4 perceived It q tho
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lives of others, but l was hungry,
starving for it. We arrived al Val
paraiso; this strange adventure &C.
Her hands went out again to me,
and l caught them eagerly.
"That-that day in the cabin, +
l knew you for one Of my own class;
l knew you for a true man, a gentle
man; IL read the love in your eyes,
and I should have been an angel not
to have welcomed it. Oh, God knows
l tried not to do SO! 1 prayed for
help to resist my own heart, but the
help was not given me. Now I COM
prehend it was not meant that I should
resist. The end was in sight even from
the beginning. Love is more than
ceremony, and can make even death
sweet. l have no sense of evil as I
look into your eyes; I have come into
my Inheritance, the rightful inheri-
lance of every woman-love. Even II
it is only for a day, it is mine-mine
by the gift Of God. Oh, Jack. Jack, I
have waited so long, SO long, and now
all I can say. all l desire to say, is. I
love you!"
Oh, that scene! that desolate,
dreary, God-forsaken, hopeless scene
the heaving waters, the cold sky, the
ice-gleam, the awful expanse of bar.
renness all about. Did ever love come
to mortal before or since in such a
spot, or amid such utter helplessness?
But l forgot all, though even as l
bent to her lips she begged me, falter-
ingly, not to touch her yet. There, in
the heart of that Antarctic sea, cast
Always, drifting to what seemed GER
tain death, we found in this confession
a happiness that the world without
would have sternly denied us. Ay!
and we were stronger for it, Drawer
for it; our eyes aglow, our hearts pulls.
ing to the n great music of the
universe.
Tell it to me-" she whispered smil-
ingly.
Il love you"
"And I am happier than in all my
life before"
We spoke but briefly as we sat thus,
my hand firm upon the tiller, my eyes
never forgetful of those great surges
shifting us. Indeed, there was little
to say, for we had no future to dis
cuss, no plans to formulate. We
could only live out the night, with the
morrow a blank before us. Yet there
was nothing of all this in the girls
face upturned and happy, no did
permit my eyes to mar her happiness.
We were together, understanding each
other, and for the m that was
enough. Yet in some way my pulse
beat stronger, my will to conquer this
demon sea became mighty. God help
ing me, this lOvs-life should not end
here-end in mystery and oblivion:
those restless waters should not over
come us forever. ! would fight them
for her sake and my own! The stars
and waves defied such determination,
yet l only stifened in my seat, a new
strength animating my body, a new
faith stimulating my soul. Fifteen
hundred miles! Father Of Mercy,
guide us! Yet 1t had been done. and
1t might be done again.
'What 4 It, Jack?" she questioned
softly. "Of what we're you t~hinkingis'
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His Pull,

Does that ere thin, stoop-shoul-
dered, dyspeptic-lookin' drummer that
you bought SO much from today sell
any better or cheaper goods than the
tat one We turned down SO hard yester-
day." inquired Hi Spry.
ID know as he does" confessed the
Squam Corners merchant, "but his
views on the criminal ~rapacity of the
trusts are a whole lot sounder."-
Puck
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-06-10

When a man dries up like a mummy
he usually thinks he is a saint.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-06-10

Whitewood-Anthrax, the dreaded
disease among cattle, has appeared
among a bunch of stock north of here
on the line between Lawrence and
Meade counties, and some a%pprehen-
sion is felt among stockmen as to its
spread. The discovery of the presence
of tire disease was made by G. F.
Smith, a rancher living there, who
found that some of his small herd of
Angus and Herefords had developed
the anthrax, one having died and 9TH
ers displaying we~ll-develcped symp-
toms. The deputy stock inspector was
notified and, owing to the Sc iousness
IF the disease, summoned State In
snector S.. E. Cosford, who came at
onca. Drastic measures are being a X
en- to confne the disease, and no trace
of its spread has yet been found.
Pierre-The state treasurer's once
this morning received a postal money
order for $3.50 from a Texas town, the
writer asking that it be credited to
the general fund of the state as a re-
fund of money paid him by the state
which he did not earn. He says he
worked at the e%ncampment grounds
at Lake Kampeska several years ago,
and when his voucher was brought to
him for his signature he did not read
It. and when he received the money,
he got pay for a day when he did not
work. His conscience will not allow
him to keep the amount which he
says he has fraudulently, and he wants
tie STATE. to have Il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
POPULAR ENLARGES
ON BIG SCOPE
VIII Have a Rest Room on
the Second Floor of the
Building.

Forced to expand to accommodate its
growing business. the Popular Dry
Goods company Is building a second
story on the rear OF its store in the
Masonic temple building. and is also
having the partitions taken out of the
second story of the temple TO make
room for the ready TO wear and milli-
merry departments.
The one story building in the rear OF
the Popular, which was formerly used
by the Watson GroSery company and
later as part of the Popular. Is being
rebuilt and second story viii be add
ed and rest room and reading room
installed on the second floor to con-
meet with the departments which are
70 be moved from the first TO the Sec
ond floor Of the building.
The room in the rear is 6Ox45 and
will add 200 feet TO the floor space
on the second floor of the building.
An elevator viii ne Installed in the
center OF the store to carry passengers
to the second floor departments and
rest rooms.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
TO REBUILD THE
SHELDON SHORTLY
Arrangements Are Now I'm
der Way-Lower Floor
Is All Leased.

The Orndorff Hotel company is the
title of the new company which is to
take over the Orndorff and new Shell
don hotels and operate them as soon
as the present Sheldon is remodeled.
The president Of the company is
Charles DeGroff, and Burt Orndorff is
to be the manager of the new company
and will also have the active manage
ment of the new Sheldon as well as the
general control of the Orndorff, for
which a manager is to be secured.
1t is expected to have the new Shell
don ready to occupy before Christ
mas. refurnished with new furnishings
throughout.
The most of the Sheldon block sur
rounding the hotel proper, has already
been leased, and there are number
of applicants for the remaining rooms
in the building
The Ell Paso Bank and Trust COM
pany will take the northeast corner
extending back so feet. and will have
an entrance on the corner of Oregon
and the new Mills streets Rob A
Moore has released his present store
room, as have Kelly & Pollard. The
Texas &, Pacific is planning to take
the room now occupied by the Rock
Island city offices.
Work on the new Sheldon will begin
as soon as ]. W. Fishers lease expires,
in August
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
Ell PASO'S PROGRESS
NOTED BY EDITOR
Fewel Building on Ell Paso
and San Antonio Streets,
Occasions Comment.

Don Kedzie has the FL PasO boosting
fever Over Lordsburg way the right
honorable Don is editing the Western
Liberal for all he is worth. which is
going some even for editors, and has
broke into song about Maj Bill Fewels
building on the FL Paso street corner.
Don Kedzie's plant runs thus:
Mai. Bill Fewel is preparing TO erect
on the Fashion corner, al the corner
Of FL Paso and San Antonio streets, in
e. Paso, an eight story structure. The
top will be a broad platform, and is
TO be used as landing place for the
flying machines. AS il is necessary to
have this landing place higher than the
top of any other building the major has
arranged his plans so that he can keep
building it up higher. if other buildings
are made high enough to interfere with
the machines The interior of the
building VIII be devoted exclusively TO
elevators to carry the people from the
ground TO the landing station, and de-
pressors to carry the people from the
landing station TO the surface OF the
earth, where they will be given trans
fer ticket, and can connect with the
street cars.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
CLYDE HOMES TO
BUILD DYE PLACE
Purchases the Property and
VIII Erect Own Building
on Texas Street.

Forced to vacate his present quarters
in order that the building may be torn
down to make a park in the downtown
district, Clyde Holmes has purcha sed
the lots on the corner of Texas and
Octavia street, where he will erect a
reinforced concrete fireproof cleaning
establishment this summer
The building will front on Texas
street and will be built Of a sufficiently
heavy foundation and first floor 70
permit second story to be added when
the business demands 1t.
Mr.. Holmes will leave soon for the
east to inspect the cleaning establish
ments in Chica go. New York and other
cities, and will incorporate a number
of new ideas in his new plant, includ-
ing a machine for pressing suits by
steam and gas. Work will begin on
the new structure as soon as the plans
can be drawn.
Mr.. Holmes has been given 80 days
notice to vacate the Mesa avenue To-
cation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
Ell PASO MAN
BUYS 4 Bic
RANCH
L. e. Booker Takes Over the
Hacienda de Torreon and
Pays About $50, 600 Pesos.
RUNS ALONG A
CHIHUAHUA RIVER

Chihuahua, Mexico. April 3O.-This
week saw closed the deal for the pur-
chase OF the 10000 acre ranch known
as the Hacienda de Torreon at Galeana
in the district of Galeana, this state.
The deal was made by J. P. Robertson,
of Ell Paso, representing L. E. Booker.
of the same place.
The purchase price is not made pub
lie, but is supposed TO be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 pesos. as the ranch is
one of the best in the state, and extends
up and down the Sta Maria river for
20 miles, about a mile on each side Of
the stream.
1t surrounds the town of Galeana.
There are many springs on the properly
and considerable of the land is under
irrigation.
The ranch was formerly part Of the
Enrique Miller estate, but had passed
to E. c. Douglas, Manuel Gameros and
AUgustin Domingue1, all Of Chihuahua,
and it was with them Mr. Robertson
made the deal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
TEXAS STREET STORE
ADDS IMPROVEMENTS
Realty Office Is Fitted For
Jewelry Establishment
In the Hammett
Building.

The front of the Hammett building
on the corner OF Texas street and Mesa
avenue is being torn out and will be
replaced by hardwood and plate glass
front The entire corner room, includ-
ing the room formerly occupied by the
Loomis Bros realty Office will be con-
verted into a jewelry and diamond store
by Silberberg Bros, who will move into
ii as soon as it is completed Loomis
Bros. who have temporary quarters on
the corner of Stanton and Mills street
will occupy the room in the First Ma
tional bank building now occupied by
Silberberg Bros.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30

Things are up and doing in the La
Union district of the Mesilla valley.
Land has been changing ownership
there with the rapidity of horse deals
AT a county fair. and a number of new
ranchers have invested in the upper
valley property.
Fred W. Freeman, of FL Paso. has
bought 172 acres in the La Union dis
trict near Canutillo, paying SO per acre
for the land.
DR.. 'rl fray. "t san Antonio. has also
purchased tract of - ;,crA< II the lis
trict, and T. ]. Hall, of Deming, has
acquired 204 acIes, paying $50 for the
Ind, which is un'ler ditch, hut IS rot
under cultivation.
Sam Gilman has bought 80 acres in
the La Union section of the valley.
Most of this land is 10 be put into
alfalfa cultivation at once, and the low
er Mesilla valley is expected to be in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
MAKES MONEY ON
WRECKED BUILDING
Purchaser of Mills Building
Disposing Of Junk
to Advantage.

Paying s2500 for the building as T.
stood. Edward Sidebotham is due to
make a nice little investment out of his
purchase of the old Mills building.
which he is now wrecking.
This was exclusive Of the heating
plant, which was removed from thu
basement by Gen. MilIs's agent here
before the work OF wrecking the build
ing began. The plate glass in the front
brought the contractor $500, the Bed
ford stone columns on the Mills street
side brought $3.50. and number of
these yet remain TO be sold on the Ore
gon street front.
The steel beams in the building, as
well as other steel work. has been sold
to the foundry, and the brick has been
disposed OF for backing in new brick
buildings and walls. Not only have the
heavier materials sold at a good price
but the lumber is being shipped TO New
Me leo to build hotel at Columbus
and to Cloudcroft TO make cottages for
the summer reSorters.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
KOPF BUILDfNG IS BEING
REBUILT OF CREAM BRICK

cream brick front with a native
copper balcony is what the visitors will
see at the head of West San Antonio
street, when the new street is opened
and in use as the main thoroughfare
to the union station.
The Kopf building, on the east side
OF Ell Paso street, has a new front of
cream co1ored pressed brick, surmount-
ed by q gallery covered with copper
and with an art metal rail around it.
This building faces the new street
opening and will be seen from the low
er end of the new business street when
it is opened up and widened through
TO the Santa Fe reservation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
MUCH ACTIVITY IN
THE UPPER VALLEY.
Numerous Sales Have Been Made Of Late in the Vicinity
Of La Union Bailey and Bailey Will Put in Large
Acreage in Cultivation in Short Time-Wheat
Growing Popular.

the same state of cultivation as the Las
Cruces section within the present year
P. H and H. H. Bailey have bought
335 acres of the La Union land near
the Canutillo bridge from John Ray
nolds, paying s16,75O. The land is to
be put under cultivation and the con-
tract for the sale requires that ii shall
be in cultivation within two years
Wheat growing is becoming strong
rival to alfalfa as the staple industry
of the upper valley. There are more
than 1000 acres in wheat planted in the
lower Mesills valley this year, accord
ing to H. H. Bailey, who owns large
amount of land in the La Union dis
trict.
The demand for wheat, which was
created by the construction OF the
Globe mills in Ell Paso. is given as the
cause for the increase in the acreage
OF wheat and more OF the cereal is ex-
pected to be planted next season
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30
BUILDING PERMITS
NET BIC INCREASE
May Record, However Elk
pected to Su1poss Month
Just Ending.

April ended with an exceedingly
good record for building improvements,
IS permits being issued during the
month for structures to cost s199,072.
OF this amount, seven permits were is
sued for buildings valued at s119,250,
which shows an increase over the pre-
vious week of s103, 202.
The real estate transfers recorded
during the past week totaled s53,505.
which show decrease of s132,377 over
the previous week, though during that
period one deal alone was for s150,0OO,
being the sale Of a morning newspaper.
Several large permits will be issued
during the month Of May, and it is
considered proba BILE that the month will
show a total larger than any previous
month in the city's history, for the Mills
building is still to come in and several
other structures will be erected.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30

FEWEL TO BEGIN
WORK ON MAY 20
Cannot Get Possession OF
His Property Before
That Time.

Maj. Fewel cannot begin work on
his new Fewel building until May 20,
when the leases on his Ell Paso street
buildings expire. The major expected
to get possession of these buildings by
May /, but the tenants were unable to
find other quarters in time to move by
Monday, so they decided TO stay until
their leases expire After that, Maj.
Fewel says he is going to make an
awful muss around the San Antonio
FL Paso street corner getting those old
buildings out of the way for his new
Fewel building, with life saving sta
ton on every floor.