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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01

different in quality from the old CEN
ter that still teemed-a region Of frail
wooden rookeries full Of foreign con-
tending interests, haunted with the
adventures of its feverish past. 1t
had built itself on the hopes of a mo
ment, and what spread from it still
was the spell of the new, the chang
ing, and the reckless.
And now, as they slipped down the
long decline into the foreign quarter
the pungent oriental breath of China
town was blown up to them. She
breathed it in readily. 1t was pleas
ant because 1t was strange, outland-
ish, suggesting a wide web of life be-
yond her own knowledge. She won
dered what Harry was thinking Of it,
as he sat with his passive profile
turned from her to the heather street
ahead. She guessed, by the curl of
his nostril, that it was only present
to him as an unpleasant odor to be
got through as quickly as possible;
but she was wrong. He had another
thought. This time, oddly enough, a
thought for her.
He gave it to her presently, abrupt,
m~atter-of-fact, material. THAT Chi
nese goldsmith down there has good
stuff now and then. How'd you like
to look in there before We go on to
what-you-call!'em's - the regular
placer"
"You mean for a ring?" She was
doubtful only of his being in earnest.
"You have so many Of the Shrove
kind" he explained. 81 thought you
might like it, Flora; you're so 70
mantic!" he laughed.
Like It'll" she cried, too touched at
his thought for her to resent the i'm
putation. II should love it! But ]
didn't know they had such things"
Now and then-though it is a rare
chance"
But that will be just the fun of it,
she h~astened, half afraid lest Harry
should change his mind, ito see If we
can possibly find one that will be diff
ferent from all these Others"
She kept this little feeling of explo
ration close about her, as they left the
car, a block above the green trees o.
the plaza, and entered n of the mar
row streets, that was not even a cross
street, but an alley, running to a bag
end, with balconies, green ratings ant
narcissi taking the sun.
A slant-eyed baby in a mauve blous'
stared after them; and a white fac
so poisoned in it's badness that it CAV
Flora a start, peered at them from
, across the street. 1t made her shrinl
, a little behind Harry's broad shoulde
> and take hold of his arm. The mer
: touch of that arm was security. Hi
n big presence, moving agilely besid
n her, seemed to fill the street with it
q strength, as if, ty merely flinging OF
/ his arms, Samson-like, he could burs
q the dark walls asunder.
CTO BE CoNTINUED.)
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CHAPTER v.
On Guard.

f. MI ~AAh 'u. | M.
He had so disturbed her, his pres
ence had so o~bliterated other pres
ences and annihilated time, that it took
an encounter with Clara to remind her
of her arrangement for the evening.
The dance? No, she had given that up.
She had promised Harry to be at
home. Clara wanted to know rather
austerely what she intended to do
about the dinner. This wal dreadful!
Flora had forgotten it completely.
Nothing to be done but go, and leave
a message for Harry-apology, and
assurance that she would be home
early. She wondered if she were los
ing her memory.
She appeared to be changing alto
gether, for the dinner-a merry one
bored her. What she wanted was
to get away from it as soon as pos
sible for that interesting evening.
When she had made the appointment
with Harry she had been excited by
the thought that he might tell her
wether he had learned anything from
the major that morning in the matter
Of the ring. But now she was more
~engrossed with the idea Of asking
about Kerr-whether Harry had real,
ly met him-if so, where; and, final
ly, why did not Harry want her to
mention that embassy ball?
Primed with these questions, she
left Immediately after coffee, arriving
at her own red stone portal at ten
But coming in, all a-f1utter with the
idea of having kept him waiting wher
she had so much to ask, she found heI
note as she had left it. She question
ed Shima. There had been no mes
sage from Mr.. Cressy. Her first an
noyance was lost in wonder. What
could be the matter?
She went into the drawing room
a dull-pink, stupendous chamber
knelt a moment before the flashing
wood fire, then rose, and crossing tt
the window, looked a~nxiously out. She
had a fight of fancy towards acct
dents, but in that case she would Ger
tainly have heard. The French clocl
on the mantel rang half-past ten. The
sound had hardly died in the grea'
spaces before she heard the fine snar
Of the electric bell.
She restrained an impulse to dar
into the hall, and stood impatient il
tha middle Of the room.
He came in hastily, his lips al
ready with words which hesitated a
sight of her.
why, you're going Quit" he said.
She had forgotten the cloak tina
still hung from her shoulders.
mo. I've lust come in. and all M,
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is that a promise?"
Harry, how you do dislike him!"
well, suppose 1 do?" he shrugged.
you've used up twice your 20 min
utes," she said, "and Clara will be
scandalized.
Now, really, you must go home"
she urged, trying to rise.
But look here" he protested, still
on the arm of her chair, there's an
other thing l want to ask you about"
And by the tip of one finger he lifted
her left hand shining with rings.
you will have to have another n
of these, you know. It's been on my
mind for a week. Is there any sort
you haven't already?"
She held up her hand to the light
and futtered its glitter.
"Any one that you gave me would
be different from the others, wouldn't
it?" she asked prettily.
"Oh, that's very nice of you, Flora,
but 1 want to find you something
new. When shall we look for it? To
morrow, in the morning."
Eyes, I should love It," she an
swered, but with no particular en-
thusiasm, for the idea of shopping
with Harry, and shopping at Shrove's,
did not present a wide field of posi-
bility. But I have a luncheon to-mor-
row." she added, 80 we must make 1t
az a9rlv as fen"
"Oh, you two!"
At Clara's mildly %reproving voice so
close beside them both started like
conspirators. They had not heard her
come in, yet there she was, just in.
side the doorway, still wrapped in
her cloak. But there was none Of the
impetus Of arrested motion in her at
titude. She stood at repose as If she
might have waited not to Interrupt
them.
Don't scold Flora" said Harry
rising. tits my fault. She sent me
away half an hour ago. But it is sc
comfortable here!"
Flora couldn't tell whether he was
simply natural, or whether he was Civ
ing this domestic color to their inter
view on purpose. She rather though
it was the latter.
Tomorrow at ten, them" he SAT-
cheerfully to Flora. The stiff curtain
rustled behind him and the two won
en- were left together.
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CHAPTER w.
Flowers by the WAY.

w ny tHG way
Flora liked this funny little dining
room with walls as frail as ~box-boards,
qow-ceiled and flooded with sun. It
recalled surroundings she had known
aater than the mining camp. but long
before the great red house. It seemed
to her that she fitted here better than
the Purdies, She looked across at
Kerr, sitting opposite, to see If per-
1haps he fitted too. But he was for
'eign, decidedly. He kept about him
still the hint Of delicate masquerade
that she had noticed the night before.
Out of doors, alone with her, he had
lost it. For a moment he had been
absolutely off his guard.
She rose from the table with the
feeling that in an hour all three Of
them had become quite old friends of
his, though without knowing anything
further about him.
I'VE must do this again." Mrs. Pur-
die said, as they parted from her in
the garden.
Surely we WILL" Kerr answered
her.
But Flora had the feeling that they
never, never would. For him it had
been a chance touching on a strange
shore.
But at least they were going away
together. They would walk together
as far as the little car, whose terminal
was the edge of the parade-ground.
But just outside of the gate he
stopped.
do you especially like board
walks 2" he asked.
1t was an instant before she took
his meaning. Then she laughed. mo.
\ like green paths"
He waved with his zane. There is
"a path yonder, that goes over a bridge,
and beyond that a hill"
And at the top Of that another
car" Flora reminded him.
"Ah, WE'LL" he said, there are flow
ers on the way, at least" He looked
at her whimsically. "There are three
purple irises under the bridge. l no
&iced them as I came down"
She was pleased that he had no
vticed that for himself-pleased, too
that he had suggested the longer way
The narrow path that they had
chosen branched out upon the mair
path, broad and yellow, which dipped
downward into the hollow. From there
came the murmur of water. Greer
showed through the white grass o.
iast summer. Sauntering between
plantations of young eucalyptus, they
game to the arched stone bridge. The.
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.L~LH
leaned on the parapet, looking down
at the marshy stream beneath ana at
the three irises Kerr had remarked,
knee-deep in swamp ground.
"Now that 1 see them / suppose
want them" Flora remarked.
"Of course" he assented. Then
hold all these"
He put into her hands the loose
bunch of syringa and rose plucked for
her in the Purdies' garden, laid his
hat and gloves on the parapet; then,
with an ~ for the better bank,
walked to the end of the bridge.
She watched him descending the
steep bank and issuing into the broad
shallow basin of the streams way.
The sun was still high enough to fill
the hollows with warm light and mel
low the doubles of trees and grass in
the stream. In this landscape Of
green and pale gold he looked black
and tall and angular. The wind blew
longish locks of hair across his fore
head, and she had a moments pleased
and timorous reflection that he looked
like Satan coming into the Garden.
He advanced from tussock to tus-
sock. He came to the brink of the
marsh. The lilies waved what seemed
but a hands breadth from him. But
he stopped, he reached oh, could
anything so foolish happen as that he
could not get them! Or, more fool
ish still, plunge in to the knees! He
Strengthened from his fruitless effort,
drew back, but before she could think
what he was about he had leaned for
ward again. flashed out his cane, and
with three quick, cutting slashes the
lilies were mown. 1t was deftly, del
icately, astonishingly done, but it gave
her a singular shock, as If she had
seen a hawk strike its prey. He drew
them cleverly/ toward him In the
crook of his cane, took them up
daintily in his fingers, and returned to
her across the shallow valley. She
waited him with mixed emotions.
"Oh, how could you'll" she muir
INJURED, as he put them into her hand.
He looked at her in amused as
constituent. why, aren't they right?"
They we're as clean clipped off and
as perfect as If the daintiest hand had
plucked them.
ooh, yes" she admitted, they're
lovely, but I don't like the way you
got them.'
81 took the means I had" he OBJ
jected.
g" don't think l like it."
His whole face was sparkling with
interest and amusement. "Is that SO?
Why not?"
you're too-too"-she cast about
for the word-"too terribly resource
full"
"I see," he said. If she had feared
he would laugh, it showed how little
she had gagged the limits Of his
laughter. He only looked at her rath
er more intently than he had before.
"But, my good child, resourceful
ness is a very natural instinct. I an
afraid you read more into it than is
there. You wanted the flowers, I hat
a stick, and in my youth / was taught
to strike clean and straight. ! an
really a very simple fellow"
Looking him in the eyes, which
were of a clear, candid gray, she was
ready to believe it. 1t seemed as |
he had let her look for a momen'
| through his manner, his ironies, hi
armor of Indifference, to the franl
foundations of his nature.
f "But, you see, the trouble is yol
don't in the least look it," she ar
gued.
Y $50 you think because I have a Ion!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
Pipe Gives Cadet Typhoid.
H4 SEosESMsE SHOES

Midshipman Smith, who was strick-
en- with typhoid fever on the Indiana
at Plymouth, England, contracted the
disease, it is said, from smoking a
briar used nearly a year ago by his
roommate at Annapolis who had a bad
case of typhoid. This theory is taken
as proof that concentrated nicotine
cannot destroy a typhoid germ. The
medical department of the navy Will
examine into the theory with the de-
suit that midshipmen of the future
may confine themselves to their W
pipes.
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face and wild hair that l am a sinister
person? My dear Miss Gilsey, the
most desperate character l ever knew
was five feet high and Wort mutton
chop whiskers.i 1t is an uncertain
business judging men by their ap-
pearance."
AS soon as silence feel between
them she saw that wave of preoccupa-
ton which had submerged him during
their walk from the parade-ground to
the Purdies' rising ove him again
and floating him away from her. He
no longer even looked at her. His
eyes were on the ground, and it was
not until they had crossed the open
expanse of the shallow valley and
we're climbing toward the venue of
cypress that she found courage to put
her question.
Have you and Mr.. Greasy met be-
fore?"
He raised his head with a jerk and
looked at her a moment in astonish-
ment.
do you mind If l answer your ques-
ton American fashion by asking an
other?" he said presently. What
put it into your head that we may
have met before?"
"The way you looked at each other
at the club, and again this morning"
Kerr shook his head. you are an
abcox,-aot o,,pp parsary The foof ic
I've never met him-of that I'm GER
tain, but l believe I've seen him be-
fore, and for the life of me, l can't
think where. At the moment you
spoke l was trying to remember"
WAS it in this country" Flora
prompted, hopeful of fishing some
thing definite out of this v~agueness.
mo, it was years ago. 1t must
have been in England" He looked al
her ~inquiringly, as if he expected hel
to help him.
ooh, Harry's been in England" she
said quickly; and then, with a flash
ing thought, came to her the one
scene Harry had mentioned in his
English experience. Was it at a ball
The question came to her lips, bu'
she checked it there. She remembered
how Harry had stopped her the nigh
before with a nod, with a look, from
mentioning that very thing.
$50 you're not going to tell me?'
Kerr remarked, and she came bacl
to a sudden consciousness of how hel
face must have reflected her thought
"No-not this time!" she said, smil
ing, though somewhat flushed.
He knitted his brows at her. The!
had reached the arched gate, and tn
car that would carry her home wa
approaching.
"Ah, then, / am afraid it will b.
never" he said.
Was it possible this was their las
meeting? Did he NEAR he was goinI
away? The question formed in he
mind, but there was no time for words
He had stopped the a with a fic.
of his agile cane, and handed her j
as If he had handed her into a cal
riage; and not a word as to whethe
they would see each other AGAR
though she hoped and hesitated to tn
last moment.
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out OF the crowd. The policeman
stopped her with:
MADAM, that dog is mad. He must
be shot. Look at the foam coming
out Of his mouth"
Foam" she said contemptuously.
,aThat's a cream puff he was eating
st. Louis Post-Dispatch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
SYMPATHY NOT in ORDER

had no desire to pay an e~xtrayagant
price.
Il want you 10 buy a new lace scarf
for Cousin Amelia" he said to his
wife. Choose something ~nice-some,
thing you would get for yourself"
The wife. however. had, her own
ideas as to generosity in buying pres
ents, and the purchase, when she
made It, consisted Of a very simple
article.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
either too mad Or too frightened %

either too mad or too frightened to
move.
At this juncture, the policeman ar
rived. A dozen voices began to tell
him that the dog was mad; that Y
must be killed; that 1t had been snap
ping at the children; that 1t began to
froth when 1t passed a pool Of water.
and howsbest to shoot.
A tall, quietlooking woman pushed
through the crowd and started toward
the dog A dozen men yelled at her.
two or three men grabbed at her,
She picked the dog w and started
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
Tie
SYNOPSIS.

At a private view Of the Chatworth per-
sonal estate, to be sold at auction, the
Chatworth ring mysteriously disappears.
Harry Cressy, who was present, describes
the ring to his fiancee, Flora Gilsey, and
her chaperon, Mrs. Clara Britton, as be-
ing like a heather god, with a beautiful
sapphire set in the head. Flora discov-
ers an unfamiliar mood in Harry, espe-
cially when the ring is discussed. She
attends ladies night at the club and
meets Mr.. Kerr, an Englishman. 1t comes
out that the missing ring has been known
as the Crew idol. Its disappearance re-
calls the exploits of Farrell Wand, an
English thief. Flora has a fancy that
Harry and Kerr are concerned in the
mystery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01

"H'm!" said the husband. is that
what you would have chosen for your.
self?"
Exactly" she replied.
Well my dear, keep It. mean It
for you'll" he exclaimed. with an anita.
Bile smile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
Most People VIII Agree That unsen,
erous Woman Got Merely Her
Just Deserts.

II seems a pity to attempt to point
out the moral OF the following story.
for its lesson SO much depends on the
experience of the Individual reader.
"A gentleman, says a writer In the
Philadelphia Inquirer. wished to make
his wife q present Of . lace scarf, but
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01

Simple Explanation That Made Crowd
Of Frightened Men Look Rather
Foolish.

A crowd gathered at Tenth and Bar
ton streets to watch a handsome fox
terrier that was running about. nose
in air. White froth vas running from
the dogs mouth.
Hes mad!"yelled a fat man.
The fox terrier stood in the center
of the group. with wide-open eyes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
Natures Work Perfect.

AS a weaver, nature is an exceed.
ingly neat worker. Certain tree barks
and leaves furnish excellent cloth.
such as. for example, the famous tapa
cloth used In the South Sea islands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
Get a Move On.

The Loafer-Alas! my ship doesn't
come in.
The Real Man-Then get a move on
and help some other fellow unload
his.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
The Reason Why.

Can you tell me why singers and
actresses make farewell tours?"
That's the reason-that they may
fare we'll"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01

1t takes a strong-minded spinster to
believe that the reason men don't pro
pose to her is that she never gives
them a chance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-01
The Powerful press,

The power Of tho press Is we'll ex-
empliaed when a young man breaks
his best girls pet rib by squeezing
her.
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There Are
Reasons

Why so many people
have ready : at : hand a.
package Of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

Go down and see these lots. Sat-
isfy yourself that they are just as
represented, and more.
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FOR SALE--Houses
FOR SALE
HOIJSES LIKE RENT

In Euclid Heights, where it is high ant
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SIO0O-4-room house, close in.
$50 cash. bal $40 mo.
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Corner East 4th and Evergreen Ave.
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1925 to $500

ONLY $25 DOWN, BALANCE
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HOLLYWOOD BUNGALOW


SMALL PAYMENT DOWN. S25 PER
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This is a brand new Groom modern house
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blocks from Hollywood Union high school.
Here is an opportunity to secure a home
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terms.
THE ALFRED z. GWYNN CO..
3O2 w. Second ST.
Main 1927 A1S55.
11-20-1t
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Call at our office for free trans
portation. Office open Sundays
also, to give out tickets. Sales
men on tract every day from 9:30
a. m. to 4 p. m.
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Two Car Lines

Two Car Lines
Manchester Heights is at the
southwest corner of Vermont and
Manchester avenues, high, sight
ly and beautiful; only Is min
utes from Fourth and Broadway.
Take Redondo car marked
strawberry Park" or Sunny
side," and get off at Manchester
avenue.
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$4,000 WORTH OF FIRST
CLASS IMPROVEMENTS
NOW GOING IN

Remember, this is all in Tract
No. 2. Tract No. l, adjoining, is
already sold out and we'll built
up with homes, church, school
and stores.
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Scent Fare to Residents

There is nothing at the price
and terms equally as we'll located
that can touch these large lots.
Prices
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c. T. MCDONALD & co,
315-317 Byrne Bldg. Third and Broadway.
11-20-1
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FOR SALE-Houses
$25(O()-

Clear, House and Two Lots,
NORWALK; SOME CASH; OR WILL AS
SUME FOR HOUSE, FLORENCE OR
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$4,000, FINE DOUBLE HOUSE
LARGE LOT. TO EXCHANGE FOR SAN
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ORANGE GROVE, RIVERSIDE, FOR
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10 ACRES. ONTARIO, FOR LOS AN
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LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US. WE
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See D. P. BEOUGHER,
With Albert H. Beach Co.. $50 S. Broad
way. Main 3172. F5903.
11-20-1t
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BUNGALOWS
SOUTHWEST
$500
BUY AT COST

Why pay extravagant prices TO make big
dividends for building corporations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

sanity faces. gone before her life
began. The lives OF honorable forbears
who were gentlemen, unafraid,'' and
the mothers, wives and sisters Of such
men, can in this way become a daily
stimulant to do the best we can with
s"the stuff" For is not "the STUFF
the sacred remnant of their lives-the
seeds of integrity. purpose, and useful
ness that they left us to carry on
toward perfection?
I know woman. who believes that
the greatest factor in her development
was the accidental finding, reading and
copying Of some letters exchanged be-
tween her great grandparents BY their
means she had revelation of their lives
for her to have attained In any other
way. No one would have spoken to
her-even they themselves had they
been alive--as those tender, passionate
letters spoke, first of the hopes of a
united life-then of the life itself and
then of age, peace and the final SUR
render of one by the other. To see
their noble aims set forth with so
much sweet and unassumlng hope in
the early letters then to witness their
struggles and disappolntments as they
bore the heat of the day together, and
finally the end achieved-all was a
lesson which went deeply into her
heart to affect her entire life and
ideals.