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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
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SYNOPSIS.

At a private view Of the Chatworth
personal estate, to be sold at auction, the
Crew Idol mysteriously disappears. Harry
Cressy, who was present, describes the
ring to his hancee, Flora Gilsey, and her
chaperon, Mrs. Clara Britton, as being
like q heather god, with a beautiful sap
phire set in the head. Flora meets Mr..
Kerr. an Englishman. In discussing the
disaRpearance Of the ring. the exploits of
an English thief, Farrell Wand, are re-
called. Kerr tells Flora that he has met
Harry somewhere, but cannot place him.
$4,000 reward Is offered for the return Of
the ring, Harry takes Flora to a Chinese
goldsmith's to buy an engagement ring:
An exquisite sapphire set in a hoop Of
BRASS Is SELECTED. Harry urges her not to
wear 1t until 1t Is reset. The possession
OF the ring seems to cast a spell over
Flora IN becomes uneasy and appre-
hensive. Flora Is startled by the effect
On Kerr when he gets a glimpse of the
sapphire. The possibility that the stone
Is part of the Crew Idol causes Flora
much anxiety. Unseen, Flora discovers
Clara ra~nsacking her dressing room.
Kerr, n suspects him of being the
thief. She decides to return the ring to
Harry, but he tells her to keep 1t for a
day or two. Ella Butler tells Flora that
Judge Butler. Flora believes Harry sus-
poets Kerr and is waiting to make sure
Of the reward before unmasking the thief.
Kerr and Clara confess their love for
each other. Clara is followed by a China
knew. the ring was stolen. He attempts
TO take 1t from her. Flora goes to the
San Mateo place with Mrs. Herrick and
writes Kerr and Clara to come. Ella Bull
Ter brides Clara to leave the Judge alone.
oy giving her a picture of Farrell Wand.
Kerr and Harry unexpectedly arrive at
San Mateo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON

"My little son, when about a year
and a half old, began to have sores
come out on his face. / had a physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts Of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then /
called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end of about a
year and a half Of suffering he grew
SO bad that | had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
my aunt advised me to try Cutt-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. I
sent to a drug store and got a cake of
Cuticura Soap and a box of the ONT
ment and followed directions. At the
end of two months the sores were all
we'll. He has never had any sores
of any kind since. I can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. l used only one cake Of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
of Ointment.
81 am a nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lilies and 1t is always a pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, Litchfield, Conn, Oct. 20, 1909"
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CHAPTER xxII.--continued.

H - ..z4.
Good morning." she said, and,
pushing up her little misty veil, sat
down with her back to the deserted
breakfast table, and waited meekly
like one who has been summoned.
Il en- very glad you've come" Flora
said. Her wits were still all a-futter
from the appearance of that little
heap Of gold. She came forward and
stood in Harry's place. She was face
to face with the person and the ques-
ton, but before the great import Of it,
and before the marble front of Clara's
patience she felt helpless. There was
silence in the room, perfect silence in
the garden; but moving along the
hedged walk all at once she saw the
f1utter of Mrs. Herrick's gown, and
then in profile Kerr beside her. The
sight Of him gave her her proper In
SEPARATION. She turned upon Clara.
What are you going to do with the
picture OF Farrell Wand?"
For the first time she saw Clara
startled. Her lips parted, and the
breath that came and went between
them was audible. But she was her.
self again before she spoke. "Do with
it? Why, I don't know" Her fingers
drummed the table.
Whatever you do" Flora began,
s'please, oh, please don't do anything
Immediately"
Clara's eyebrows ose like graceful
swallows. "You seem to anticipate pref
ty clearly what / am going to do"
Il suppose you're going to do what
any one would who had a clew and
could bring a person to justice" Flora
candidly responded. But If ever I
have made angeSing easy for you,
Clara, won't you this time make it
easy for me? I'm not asking you to
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Have you lied to mel" he asked
in a low voice. Have you given it to
Cressy?"
mo, no, no." she cried in horror.
1T was there! I put it there myself
this morning." They looked at each
other now equally sincere and aghast.
But you have seen him; you've
been near him?" he demanded.
She gasped out the whole truth.
This morningi He left me. He
kissed me-"
Then, my God, where is he?" He
gave a wide glance around him. Then
raising his voice, "Stay where you
are!" he commanded, and began to
run from her through the trees.
She stood with her hand to her
breast, with the empty pouch spin
ming in front of her, hearing him
crashing in the shrubbery. Then, in
sudden panic at finding herself alone,
she fled back down the willow avenue,
and burst out on the broad drive in
full view of the house.
Kerr was not in sight, but there
was a tremor of disturbance where
all had been still. Clara's face ap-
peared at one of the upper windows
and looked down into the garden.
Then Mrs. Herrick came down the
stairs, and, showing an anxious pro.
file as she passed the door, hurried
away along the lower hall. There was
a futter in the servants quarter, and
from a side door the coachman ap.
peared hatless, in his shirt sleeves,
and ran toward the stable. All the
people of the house seemed to be run.
ming to and fro, but she didn't see
Harry. This struck her with unrea.
soning terror. She fled up the drive,
and Clara's small face at the window
watched her.
AS she came into the hall she heard
Kerr's voice. He was at the tele.
phone speaking names she had never
heard in sentences whose meaning
was too much for her stunned senses
to take in; but none the less while
she listened the feeling crept vel hel
that there was some strange revo
luton taking place in him. 1t might
be Transformation; it might be only
a swift increase of his original power
Whatever 1t was, he seemed to hel
superhuman. The house was full O.
him-full of his rapid movement, his
ringing orders. If he knew that the
sapphire was gone, what was the
meaning of this bold command? Was
he, knowing all lost, plunging gallant
ly into the clutches of his enemies? o.
was this only a blind, a splendid piece
of effrontery to cover his too long de
layed retreat? She sat like a joint
less thing on the fauteuil in the large
hall, and all at once she saw him il
front Of her. Z
She looked at his hat, his overcoat
his slim, g%littering stick-all symbols
of departure.
"Wait here" he said, and turnet
away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Tie COAST CHANCE

and the white aura of her veil, waited
as If she thought that by some ST.
lent agency of understanding Flora
would presently take up a pen and
write the desired figure in her check
book.
But Flora stood memorable, straight
and black, crowned with her helmet
of cleaning hair; and, with her hands
behind her, looked over Clara's head
through the window into the garden.
She would not help Clara gloss over
this ugly fact.
A curious grimace distorted Clara's
features, as if with an effort she
gulped something bitter, and then into
the silence her voice fell-a gasp, a
breath-"Fffty thousand"
All sums had become the same to
Flora, ever her years income. AS If
she were verify afraid Clara might
take it back, she turned precipitately
to a writing-table. But Clara had
risen, and though still pale, in a meas
ure she seemed to have recovered her
self.
walt. / can't give it to you now.
I will meet you here in two hours and
bring the picture. You can let me
have it then"
"Oh, two hours!" Flora objected.
But Clara was firm. mo, l can't
bring 1t sooner 1t will make no differ
nee in your affair" She was painting
in her excitement. "In two hours you
shall have the picture here. I prom
Use you"
Very well, in two ~hours-but take
this now. l would rather you did"
Clara reached the tips Of her fin
gers, touched the paper-and then II
was no longer in Flora's hand, and
Clara was walking from her across
the Dom
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
DRINK WATER TO CURE
KIDNEYS AND RHEUMATISM
The People Do Not Drink Enough
Water to Keep Healthy,
Says WeII-knoWn
Authority.

"The numerous cases of kidney and
bladder diseases and rheumatism r
mainly due to the fact that the drink
ing of water, natures greatest medi-
cine, has been neglected.
Stop loading your system with med
icines and cure-alls; but get on the
water wagon. If you are really sick,
why, of course, take the proper medi-
cines-plain, common vegetable treat
ment, which will not shatter the
nerves or ruin the stomach"
To cure Rheumatism you must make
the kidneys do their work; they are
the filters Of the blood. They must
be made to strain out of the blood the
waste matter and acids that cause
rheumatism; the urine must be neu-
tralized SO 1t will no longer be a
source OF irritation to the bladder, and,
most Of all, you must keep these acids
from forming in the stomach. This
is the cause of stomach trouble and
poor digestion. For these conditions
you can do no better than take the
following prescription: Fluid Extract
DaDdelion, one-half ounce; Compound
Kargon, n ounce; Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by
shaking well in bottle and take In
teaspoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime, but don't forget the
water. Drink plenty and often.
This valuable information and sim
pie prescription should be posted up
IN each household and used at the
nrst sign Of an attack of rheumatiam.
backache or urinary trouble. no mat
ter how hight.
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Builds Up All Business.

Money paid to workmen in a town
inds Its way through bushes chan
nels to those who will use 1t in furth-
or upbuilding the place. Every enter
prise that means the employment Of
labor is desirable for q town; but how
much more important than to bring
new industries into a place is the mat
ter OF building MP and protecting those
already established? A small fac
cory may have 3 payroll amounting
to SIT or $40 a day. II these $1b or
$40 are sent to A foreign city for goods
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

give up the picture, I'm only asking
you to- wait"
Clara nodded toward the window,
through which Kerr could still be
seen with Mrs. Herrick. ION account
of him."
son account of him."
For the first time Clara smiled. It
crept out upon her face, as it were
involuntarily, but she sat there smil-
ing in contemplation for quite ten
seconds. At last, "You want me to
suppress my information? My dear
Flora, don't you think you want me
to do more than is honest?"
"Honest!" Flora cried. The words
sounded hideous to her on Clara's
tongue; and yet what right had she,
she thought with shame, to judge of
Clara's honesty when she herself was
leagued with a thief? Clara" she
said humbly, before this upholder Of
the right, IT can't pretend I'm not
suppressing things. I've only asked
you to see me before you do anything
more. Now, you've come. Will you
tell me n thing-did you bring the
picture with you?"
Clara weighed it. well, If / did
This was the considering Clara, and
Flora realized whatever she could ex-
pect from her she couldn't expect
mercy. 1t was another thing she must
appeal to.
CLARA" she urged, wait three
days, and you shall have the whole
of it. You have only the picture now.
You shall have the jewel, too. Then
you can get the reward and still be-
honest"
She let the word fall into the ST.
lence fearfully, as If she were afraid
Clara might detect its sneer. But
this time Clara neither smiled nor
frowned.
TT isn't the reward I'm thinking
about. That's really very little, con-
s~idering."
Twenty thousand d~ollars!"
"Would that be much to you?"
mo-" Flora admitted; "at least I
mean I could pay it"
"Well, then" Clara triumphed, why,
the picture alone, If it's worth any
thing, is worth more than that" With
a bird-like lifting of the head she gave
a sidelong interrogative glance.
Flora, for a moment, steadily re-
turned the look. It was coming over
hos, what NIoro ppaap+. a MEANING on
| simple 1t was absurd she had not
thought of it before-so hateful that
it was all she could do to face 1t. She
felt a tightness in her throat that was
not tears. Shame and anger c~ontended
in her. Oh, for the power to have re-
fused that shameful bargain-to have
scorned it! She turned away. She
| closed her eyes. In her mind she
saw the figure Of Kerr moving quietly
about the winding walks with Mrs
Herrick. She faced sharply about
what is 1t worth to you?"
Clara put her off with the last
sweet meekness of her cleverness
Whatever it's worth to you
and him."
Flora was in command Of herself
now. There are some things / can
not set a price on. If this is what
you have come down for, we are sim
ply waiting for you to name it." She
looked over Clara's head. She hai
stood abashed when Clara had put
on the majesty of right, but now Il
was Clara herself who was abashed
not at the thing itself, but at the fac
Of having to utter 1t. She sat grasp
ing one of her gloves in her doubled
fist; and, leaning forward, with hel
eyes like jewels in her little pale face
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Little Mvra ExnVaJns,

Little Myra Lee had been in school
but a few days when her mother had
occasion to write a note to the teach
er, and signed herself Mrs. Kent.
Thinking she might hav0 misunder-
stood the child's name, the teacher
asked an explanation.
"Oh," said Myra, with a charming
ly confidential air, you see, my nam
ma got married again but : didn't
Lippincott's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
THOUGHT ONLY OF THE GAME
FIIIaI Affection Lost Sight OF by the
Small but Enthusiastic Lover
Of Football.

Among the spectators at a match
between the Blackburn Rovers and
the Olympic was a little lad about
nine years of age. Though the boys
knowledge of the game may have
been limited, his notion of correct
play was extremely robust.
go it, 'Lympic," he yelled. Rush
'em off their pins. Chatter EN-. Jump
on their chests. Bowl 'em over. Good
for yer. Now EN- down. Scatter 'em,
'Lympic."
When his parent neatly ~"grassed"
one of the opposing forwards, the
youngster expressed approval by
bawling, Good fer yer, ovid EN-" add
ing proudly to the spectators, "Feyth-
er 'ad i'm sweet"
"Yes," said a hearer, "but he'll get
killed before the games finished"
Il don't care a carrot if he does"
said the boy.-London Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Educate Customers,

If local merchants would all follow
the example Of the mail order houses
and educate their possible customers to
the fact that they have the same
goods, or better, at prices that
are as low or lower and guarantee
satisfaction or refund" the mail order
houses would be driven out Of busi-
ness, except Ii communities very re-
mote from sources Of supply.
It is within the power Of the adver-
Using man Of every retail store to
build ND the business of hts house by
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XIV.
The Comic Mask.

She listened to the sound of wheels,
first rafting loud on the gravel,
slowly growing fainter. Then stiffness
was with her again, and hamilton.
She looked around and up, and had
no start at seeing Clara's small face
watching her over the gallery Of the
rotunda. 1t seemed to her that ap-
pearance was natural to her existence
now, like her shadow. She looked
away. When she raised her eyes
again Clara was coming down the
stairs, and even at that distance Flora
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Malaria IL Rechrlstened,

Malaria, which has in the past been
attributed to poisonous gases from
swamps and decaying vegetation, has
now been officially laid at the door
Of the mosquito, and Is called .mosqui-
to fever" The international sanitary
congress changed the name formally
aid Officially
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Not Even Mother,

Little Bob was much distressed be-
nus the birthdays of his sister AIDE
laide and his baby brother were going
to arrive before his did.
"All the burfdays before mine" he
mourned, Couldn't you make mine
come first, muvver?"
NO." interposed Adelaide, decisive
ly, nobody can change your birth
day-not even mother!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Lincoln,s Wise saylnn.

Home-traders should always bear In
mind the saying Of President Lincoln.
III we bny a dress In London, we
have the dress, the Londoners have
our money; il we buy a dress here, we
have both the dress and the money"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
ooins Too Frequently Overlooked.

Point Tco Frequently Overlooked.
II five thousand people reside With
in a certain town or district, and these
people send away to some distant
place 500 per day, 1t represents a
loss that would not be offset by a lac
tory located in the neighborhood that
would give employment to 40E hands.
Here is a point that Is too often over
looked by commercial and booster
clubs. Efforts are made to secure fac
tories for a place, and the fact is over
looked that citizens who form the hab-
1t Of trading awav from home daily
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Dissatisfied with Results.

Brother Hardesty, how much are
you going to give to the missionary
cause next year?" asked the pastor
of the congregation.
II don't know, elder" answered
Deacon Hardesty. "T'm getting kind
O. discouraged. I've been giving
money for the benefit of the heather
for the last As years, regular. and
there seem to be more of 'em now
than ever"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

say she carried something in her
understanding fiat and small and
wrapped in a flmy bit of paper.
Out of the chaos of her feeling rose
the solitary thought-the picture
which she had bought that morning,
the picture of Farrell Wand. She
watched it drawing near her with
wonder. She sat up trembling. She
had a great longing and a horror to
tear away the filmy paper and see
Kerr at last brutally revealed. She
could not have told afterward whether
Clara spoke to her. She was con-
scious Of her pausing; conscious of
the faint rustic of her skirt passing;
conscious, finally, that the small
swathed square was in her hand.
She tore the tissue paper through.
She held a photograph, a mounted ko-
dak print. She made out the back
ground to be sky and water and the
rail of a ship with ~silhouettes OF
heads and shoulders, a jungle of
black; and in the middle distance
caught in full motion the single figure
of a man, back turned and head in
profile. He was moving from her out
of the picture, and with the first look
she knew it was not Kerr.
Her first thought was that there
had been a trick played on her! But
no-across the bottom of the picture,
in Judge Buffers full round hand, was
written, Farrell Wand boarding the
Loeb Ettive." She held it high to the
light. Clara had been faithful to her
bargain. 1t was the picture that had
deceived her. She studied it with
passionate earnestness. She did not
know the bearded profile; but in the
burly shoulders, in the set and swing
of the body in motion, more than all
in the lowering, peering aspect of the
whole figure, she began to see a ia
miliar something. She held it away
from her by both thin edges, and that
aspect swelled and swelled in her
startled eyes, until suddenly the fig
ure in the picture seemed to be NOV
ing from her not up a gang-plank, but
through a glare Of sun over grass be-
tween broad beds of flowers.
She al faint. She was going to
fall. She caught at the chair to save
herself, and still she was dropping
down, down, into a gulf of spinning
darkness. "Oh, Harry!" she whisper.
ed, and let her head roll back against
the arm of the fauteuil.
With a dim Of rising through
Unreasonable distances back to light
she opened her eyes. She saw Mrs
Herrick's face, and as this was con
nected in her mind with protection
she smiled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

just such methods. The merchant
who does not see the possibilities on
advertising properly done is a square
peg in a round hole and can offer no
good excuse for posing as a business
man.--Store News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

There are more opportunities than
there are young men to take advan-
tage of them.-James ]. Hill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

little benefits are gained by the town.
It is the keeping Of the earnings Of the
laborers and others at home that
counts In making a place wealthy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

send away perhaps fol- times the
amouai that would be paid in wages
by the factory,
Postmaster-Genera Meyer is almost
as enthusiastic for the establishment
of the parcels post as are the Chicago
big mail-order houses. which want to
get trade away from country and vii
lage merchants, -Newburgh IN. W
News.
--- --s-- ---.-
Preach %nroverb: A generous confes-
sion dIsarms SANDER
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

With a dim sense Of rising through
Unreasonable distances back to light
she opened her eyes. She saw Mrs.
Herrick's face, and as this was con-
nected in her mind with protection
she smiled.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-08

A commercial club and ladies whist
club form strong social features at Sarles
this winter
The Sarles Advocate is now six years
old and claims circulation of over 400
and still growing bigger.
According to the Munich Herald it is
reported that Fred Smith, the Langdon
attorney, plans to leave Langdon the
coming spring or summer and remove
to Oregon or Washington.
August Morltz of Dresden, Cavalier
county, was visiting relatives in Cavalier
the past week. Mr.. Moritz was elected
member of the legislature from his
(18th) district on the republican ticket
at the November election.-Cavalier
Chronicle.
The friends of Scott Cameron who
live in this county will be pleased to
hear that he was elected states attorney
OF Emmons county in the recent election
Mr.. Cameron is practicing law at Linton
IN said county and although Pembina
county boy has relatives and quite a
large acquaintance here.