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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-03-09
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"And he's really nappyc' went on
Id doubtingly. Him as always had
Q sable Of FLIES spendin' his coin.
G6's happy with one wife| ... .s...
The assistant cashier gave vent to
q burst Of gayety at the establishment
q the Waterman, who probably would
Avo understood the process of refor-
llatSon in any one but Bill Avery.
But a few minutes elapsed after Val
0nttns answered the telephone call be-
IN the door opened, and in came a
0an whose iron gray hair curled be-
ooath the rim of his high silk hat.
onartngly bright yellow hid gloves
oDDrned his hands. His frock coat, OF
Ae latest make. was a bit worn on
0e edges, and it was for that reason
0at the secondhand dealer had made
q reduction in price to Mr.. Croni1.
The newcomer laid q handsome gold
hDoAed Indian bamboo walking stick
oeFoss chair. took off his gloves and
6csd Valentine and Red.
"Nr. Randall?" he said.
Yes, Mr.. Cronin.'
sCronin be bowed" cried Red. start
~ forward It's Bill Avery. How
aDpat you, old pal?" I'll. "
Avery. pleased at the enthusiastic
welcome and at the sight of both Of
- old friends. shook hands with
GDcA. Then he drew back and looked
o00 one to the other. Think Of us
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ID. CRoNIN' FACED VALENTINE AND RID.
three bein' left alone together like this
q q real bank" he said significantly.
nd his two hearers could not restrain
haGhter at the thought of what the
circumstances would have meant to
1lsm in days now put behind them.
did you get the picture?" asked
Avery Of Valentine. You told me to
osac it. hut wanted to see you. That
Gyuble veg; i've Is wonder"
Valep ne looked understandingly at
Nm. + ! rose from his chair, picked
- tn telegram from his desk and
sEtenf I'd it to Avery.
~Yea; it's all right" he said. and
8 came Just in time. Today is the
ny Ill need it." pointipG, TO the tele
0Eam. -Reld that"
Avery read the message The pal
~ OF unnerving fear came upon him.
Hts bead dropped forward and he
13anced apprehensively about him.
His hand trembled as he laid the pa
pr on the desk. He sank hopelessly
into a chair. Doyle" the old man
ehoked- "Doyle! He said he'd slough
me, and now he'll do tor else he'll
make me pay blackmail. You never
can tell how much copper wants for
Asepin' quiet
'tOh. don't get blue" encouraged
Valentine He doesn't want you fell
hws It's me that he il after" he
examined large photograph which
Avery had sent him. It showed the
tables and guests at a large banquet
II q luxuriously appointed restaurant
Yes, think this saves me-" he re-
nAarked He held It before Red. ask,
~, whats thisy'
"Flashlight of a banquet"
''Who is this on the right Of the
tDastmaster?' pointing at face in
TIE picture.
ssYou.''
APipe the date" went on the Assist
mt cashier. Feb. 8. 1906. Do you
Domember where was on that date?'
He gazed curiously at Red Avery
watched the proceeding with rare in
terest.
The Waterman became thoughtful
~ last a puzzled wrinkle marked bis
1Brehead why why you were-ir
sling Sing prison on that date
- replied confnsedly.
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FIER few moments Vdlen-
II tine again glanced at the
I photograph Of the dinner
Z I group. Next he opened a
drawer at his left and took out
square green book with the legend
''scrap Book" in fancy green letters
q its cover.
He placed the volume in q drawer at
~ right Of his desk and on top of it
lid several other books taken from
another drawer. He slammed the
lEawer shut, Strengthened himself and
walked across the Office to the table
= which was laid ths nv q OoA.
a1lver and greenbacks.
I'm going to beat you. Mr.. Doyle"
u said fiercely. half aloud. TIN 90
hg to beat you, and I'm going to
make you like t."
He seated himself before the tray
and began counting the money AZ the
1oor opened to admit Mr.. Lane fol-
oowed by Detective Doyle.
Valentine looked up.
aMr. Randall" began Roses father,
s'this is Mr.. Doyle, a detective. who
has been asking me some questions
about you that feel you can better
onswer."
Indeed" looking at Doyle. what
= the name" Valentine asked inno-
gently.
His attitude made Doyle snort with
anger.
"Doyle." the detective grunted i'm
hnown as No. 1889.
Valentine rose and shook hands with
Doyle. "Glad to know you. Mr..
Doyle"
He seated himself before the tray.
'sWell. what can do for your he
asked.
The detectives mouth gaped Open.
He gJared at the smoothly speaking.
lndinerently acting ex-convict before
him. then at the tray containing thou
sands Of dollars in bills and coin
Valentine went on counting the money
o. unconcernedly as though playing
Q game OF jackstraws with Bobby or
Kitty. @
II "What can you do?" exploded Doyle.
sYOu can do nine years fOr''
"You will excuse me-" interrupted
Mr.. Lane. stepping toward the door.
II have no interest In the CONVERSE
Uon. am sure. And. Mr.. DOYLE" he
0aid pointedly to the bewildered de-
1sctive. II want you to thoroughly I'M
nerstand that i have every confidence
= Mr.. Randall, as also have all the
Sehse directors" The door closed be-
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~ knSwn far year ara yeass ~
80 eolns 70 masE1."
He caught her into ~ arms once
more.
II love you. 1t will never end" 10
whispered fondly.
The telephone bell rang at bis desk.
A he released her and placed the
Seceiver At his ear she encircled his
neck in her arms and kissed him.
rHello!' he called As the response
came she felt tremor run through
him. Haggardness came into hts eyes.
He seemed almost to forget her pres
ence.
Eyes. yes" he answered; TN see the
gentleman in few minutes"
He hung up the receiver. God"
he groaned. "Doyle!
Valentine turned toward the GIRL.
who surveyed him anxiously.
'What is it"' she asked. She saw
that he was deeply worried.
Il don't know" he stammered, ':but
It Ia most important-most important"
"Well. III run downtown; the car is
waiting" she said happily. '"Then I'll
come back and get you and dad and
take you home"
that marked the visages of men who
came from Warden Handlers game of
solitaire.
Eyes. but should this man have bust
ness which would take me out of
town
But you mustn't go out of town
now hear me-" She. Of course. had
not the slightest suspicion Of the true
Importance of that telephone call.
'1won't if there's way out"
well. just don't-just DON'T" plead
ID Rose. Il am going to leave the chill
dren here to take care Of you. !"
"Rose," he cried, going to her. "Rose.
II was chance that brought - togeth-
q: 1t was chance that brought you to
Q prison one day. Chance h uncer-
tain. capricious. and that same chance
may separate us suddenly
Nothing can separate u.s. conf
IDENTIFY.
LET that be our prayer to all the
gods. But this | want you to remem-
my soul love you Now
CO."
She kissed her hand and waved it
toward him as she went out Of the
door.
''Goodby, Rose"
he stood moment; then, taking
down the telephone receiver. 10 said
into the mouthpiece:
Hello. All right. Send the gentle
man in" After a pause: What?
He's gone into Mr.. Lanes officer The
telephone receiver fell to the desk
with a crash. Doyle gone into the Of
fice of Mr.. Lane. Roses father! Here
was a new complication, a new dan
ger, one which Jimmy Valentine had
not included in his calculations. Well
come what may, he must face the situ-
alton.
Miss Taylor Miss Mabel" he called.
6king up the receiver and asking for
tie central" Of the banks private
exchange give me Mr.. Lanes once.
Hello. Mr. Lane. Oh. now regarding
hat Germond note, he says that he
Oh. you are coming into my Office now
With a Mr.. Doyle? All right III be
here Very well. Goodby.''
The receiver clattered into its won't
q position on the hook, and Jimmy
Valentine stood at his desk awaiting
the arrival of Rose Lanes father and
Detective George Doyle.
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= his arms and kissed her again and
again. "How have longed for you
yeafs-years. Her words were
0nothered In his kisses.
There Is no end to the happiness
Teu bring murmured Valentine at
~ nrst moment he thought he could
spare his lips for conversational pur-
Dpses.
ooh" exclaimed Rose. drawing away
at arms length temporarily. q want
- tell you something. Lee. something
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CHAPTER KIN.

"Y TOOK-some of-that money" Az.
cry finally managed to say as he
saw his two friends before him
= And you put it back" smiled
Valentine. THE minute you touched
I you found you couldn't"
That's it" put in Avery eagerly
a. he arose and proceeded to aid Red
IN restoring the scattered money to
its place. II couldn't take II then
Now can 20 out Of here and know
that I'll never steal again.
"You mustn't 20 until Doyle comes
=, for be might 80 you % ~ street. &
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CHAPTER XIV.

i FTER a few moments Valen-
II tine again glanced at the
Il photograph Of the dinner
= I group Next he opened a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-10-05
HOW BIRTH WAS ESTABLISHED
Calls Birthday Was Recorded, Thus
the Age Of the Human Being
Became Known.

DIR. Cressy l.. Wilbur, chief statistt-
clan of the bureau of census in Wash
ington, tells a story taken from court
records which, according to the Wo-
mans Home Companion, fairly typi1es
the national attitude toward vital sta
tistics.
Farmer Hadley," he said, "of In
diana on dying left his valuable farm
in trust to his unthrifty son, to be-
come the property of his ~granddaugh-
ter on her twenty-1rst birthday.
"The girl had been told the date Of
her birth and when her twenty-hrst
anniversary, as she supposed, came
around, she claimed her inheritance.
But her father refused to surrender
the farm, asserting that she was only
nineteen.
"The dispute was taken into court.
The family Bible was appealed to, but
the page for births and deaths was
blank. The father had rendered no re-
port to the town authorities; the FAM
lily doctor vas dead. Finally a neigh
Dor remembered that a certain cow,
much priced by the grandfather, had
given birth to a calf on the very day
when the girl was born and he could
swear to it.
perhaps, the court opined, the
grandfather had recorded the birth of
the calf! The old farm book, careful
1y preserved in the family strong box,
sustained the judges theory; all the
circumstances of the calf's birth were
fully recorded. And thus the birthday
of the human being was at length es'
tablished.
'sTalk about the registration Of
| births in the United States!" exclaims
DR.. Wilbur, why, for not much more
than one-half Of the total population Is
there a fairly accurate registration OF
deaths, to say nothing of births, Of
which we have nowhere in the country
reliable or complete information, and
many Of the states are SO little con.
cerned about human life that they
make no more account of the deaths
Of their citizens than of the trees they
burn to make clearings."
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mains, and all the residents have been
compelled to install it in their homes,
it will mean a revolution in the hab-
It's and the life of the people, and, it
is hoped, a revolution also in the mat
ter of personal cleanliness.
Where Foreign Governments Interfere.
In order to meet the expenses of
the installation of the water. system,
the government decided to take, as a
special tax, the hides of the animals
slaughtered within the city. A com
mon sight is a sheep tethered on the
sidewalk outside the butcher shop,
awaiting it's turn. AS this bore hard
ly upon the butchers, many Of whom
are registered at the various consul
ates as citizens of foreign countries,
these representatives of the powers
objected, so some other means of
financing the new water system will
have to be found, Men seeking the
concession are on the ground, and
the government seems determined to
carry the project to an early settle
ment.
Allied to the water question is that
Of sewage. Jerusalem has something
IN the way of an antiquated system of
sewage. but the visitor would never
suspect it. Travellers talk Of the
flthiness of the streets of Jerusalem
and the listeners understand them
in the terms of the west, which gives
no inkling of the real situation. The
proprieties of western life do not per-
NIT one to speak freely on this point.
But the streets of Jerusalem are as
bad as those of the Chinese cities, if
not worse. The marvel is that pesti-
lence has not swept away the popula-
ton. If, along with the proposed new
! system Of sewage, there go vigorous
police regulations, a most welcome
change will be effected in the sights
and smells of Jerusalem.
Down David Street by Trolley.
Until recently it was impossible to
travel anywhere in Jerusalem by wheel.
ed vehicle, but various streets have
been widened, thanks largely to the
visit of various royal personages. But
o. the whole, the streets of the city
are narrow and unfit for vehicle traf.
fc. Many of them are vaulted, sc
that they are really tunnels, and while
picturesque to the last degree, they
do not lend themselves to the purposes
Of modern streets.
Now the reform government pro
poses to install four or five lines OF
electric trolley cars, all of them. cen
tering at the sJaffa gate. They viii
connect the neighboring villages witt
the city, so that one may go to Beth
lehem for q nickel, and in less thar
kalf an hour. One line will invade the
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tian shrines.
A Nazareth Carpenters Views.
The changes mat are bound to trans
form Jerusalem and Palestine are al
ready to be seen at work. In the ba-
Ears Of an older day Z exhibited for
eign styles of dress, and goods OF
American and European manufacture.
The stream of tourists from the west
has effected changes in fashions. The
economic conditions of the land have
altered gravely.
That this has penetrated to the
smaller towns and villages, I learned
in Nazareth. Here, seated amid-the
fragrant chips of an old fashioned car
penter's shop. I talked with the car
penter, at work on the floor, hewing
out q wooden pillow. He complained
| bitterly of the general advance Of
prices of living, so that the 80 cents a
day, which used to be a good wage for
a skilled carpenter, is now made
quate. Some Of his relatives have
! solved the problem by emigrating to
| America, and he inquired concerning
the feasibility of doing likewise.
The world currents of today are
pouring the warm stream of TRANSFORMS
ing life against the ancient east. All
that centuries have failed to do in
Palestine, the present decade seems
destined to accomplish. Periodically,
the Holy Land has furnished the awak.
ening motive that has made western
civilization; but the land itself has re.
manned largely untouched. Now Pal
estine's turn seems to have come.
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bow1es.)
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Grace Gas clock strikes 12)-Gra-
cious! Twelve o'clock. How the hours
have flown.
Tom-Yes; and your father has
helped EN- some, too. I've heard him
tinkering with the clock in the library
for the last ten minutes.
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Exits From Every Room.

A school building in which every
room has a direct connection with the
ground, without first entering the
main hall, has been built just beside
the site of the famous Collinwood CO.,
school in which IT'S children persisted
by fire in 1908. It represents many
unique features of construction and is
said to be as freproof and panic-proof
as it is possible for a school to be-
Popular Mechanics.
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Keeping Busy.

We are told that at New York's ON
ing municipal budget exhibi bells Will
IA rang and lights flashed to show q
BaFgA every four minutes, a death ev-
cry eleven minutes.
Jast what sort Of demon stration is
shade every time a cafe bottle pops, or
q Ae1lhoy is tipped, we are not told.
Wheaher from Colds, Hest, Stomach or
Nervous Tronbles. Capudine will relieve you.
RS -liauid-pleasant to take@acts immedi-
aaesy. Try Ia 10c., 25c., and 50 cents at drug
Ar 1pp~ uc fhoro ara nonnlo In tho
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old bazars. widening the Street OF
David, carrying passengers past the
Mosque of Omar, which is the site of
the ancient Temple Of the Jews. Imag-
Inc the worshipers of the Temple dis
turbed by the clang of the bell of the
electric carl
At present most Of the streets are
as narrow as .footpaths. When the
so~ft-stepping camel comes along, as he
does every few minutes, all pedes-
TRANS must stand aside in the re-
cesses of the bazars, or against the
walls, to make way for his passage.
Even the plodding donkey, who, still
as of yore, is the favored beast of bur-
den, takes nearly the whole street
when he passes.
These electric lines will vastly en-
nance the comfort Of the city, but they
will play havoc with its historical as
pect. Can sentiment survive the con-
ductor's call, "All out for the Holy
Sepulcher!" This way for the Jews
"Wailing Place" "Next stop the Tenn
pie Area" 'aThe Damascus Gate" and
via Dolorosa!"?
New Lights for Old Streets.
Jerusalem is not so dark as some
Oriental cities, for the municipality
placed a thousand kerosene lamps
| along the principal highways. Now it
is on the program of the government
to install an electric lighting plant for
the streets, and for the stores and
houses.
/ A telephone system also is on the
docket. At present practically all the
modern business of Jerusalem is done
outside of the city walls. Messages
can be carried from one part to an.
other only, as in the time of David,
by foot messenger. Soon the tinkle
of the telephone bell will rival the
more musical notes of the camels'
bells.
A Pauperized City.
Religion has blighted Jerusalem.
The Apostle Paul could repeat here
his famous words: II perceive that in
all things you are too religious" One
looks in vain for the s~mokestacks OF
modern industry, and for great
warehouses, or temples of business.
He sees scores of expensive modern
buildings, but all in the name OF sec.
tartan religion.
Old Jerusalem, as viewed from the
hills, presented one outstanding build
ing, the Temple of the Jews. Today
the approaching traveller is confused
by the multitude of the spires and tow
ers and noble edifices. Missions oil
all kinds, and hospices and converts
and monasteries and asylums abound
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HraCL1ca1y ALI Oh these are uppOfte
from abroad. Concerning the Jewish
organizations and Jewish problems
here I shall write in another article.
At present I deal only with various
Christian churches: The Greek, the
Armenian, the Roman Catholic, the
Syriac, the Coptic, and the Protestant.
There are literally hundreds of relig-
ious institutions In Jerusalem. One
sect alone spends 100000 francs
every year for the upkeep of it's mon
asteries and other institutions.
The Rivalry for Sacred Sites.
Every holy sight imaginable has
been possessed-and many beyond the
Imagination of a mere student Of the
Bible. Some have even been manu-
featured, SO keen is the rivalry of the
old churches to possess the holy places
that attract the pilgrims. The situa-
ton has come to such a pass that Wis
itors are scarcely shown the real antiq-
uites Of Jerusalem, SO popular with
the professional guides are the legend
airy ones. There is now afoot a plan
for an American Institution of popu-
lar Biblical archaeology, supported and
controlled in the United States, which
will provide visitors from the west
| with the information they really de-
/ sire.
The overlap of superstition and COM
mercialism and professional ecclesias-
teal rivalry which one finds in Jeru-
salem is quite as bad as may be seen
at Benares. It has become necessary
to station Turkish guards in the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre and in
the Church~of the Nativity at Bethle-
hem, in order to keep the rival
churches from coming to blows. The
standing guard In the birthplace of
the Prince Of Peace strikes an Amer
lean visitor with greater force than
any sanctity the spot may possess.
The vast pilgrimages from Europe
and Asiatic Russia are very profitable;
and as they promote national prestige,
they are encouraged by the various
governments which have a stake in the
future of Turkey. Russia maintains a
huge system of buildings, including a
large hospice for visitors. There are
also Austrian, German, French and Ital
ian hospices.
Many of these pilgrims are ignorant
peasants, who see nothing discordant
in the hanging of paper flowers and
giided glass balls amid the carvings
and ornamentation OF the Holy Sepul
chre. The simplicity, dignity, wor
s%hipfulness and real beauty of thu
Mosque of Omar, which IS in th1
keeping of the Moslems, present /
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HooDoos OF WALL STREET
Men Who for no Apparent Reason
Do Not Make a. Success in
Business.

Wall street people are superstitious.
They will deny it when told so, but If
you ask any one in the street if he
ever knew a hoodoo he will say, eyes,
many a me-"
Such a n was a cotton expert who,
highly recommended, applied for a
place with a Stock Exchange house
that had bought a cotton exchange
membership and needed a man to
open a new field of speculation to its
clients.
The applicant was in every way de-
sirable save for the fact that three
houses with which he had been con
nected had failed, though not one for a
dishonest reason. He vas rejected as
a hoodoo.
Shortly afterward he made a connec-
ton with another house to fill a SINH
lar want and proved a very valuable
man in his sphere, but within a year
the fourth house failed.
The hoodoo is often a man whom
everybody likes, speaks well Of and
recommends to every n else, with
the one reservation-he is a man who
unaccountably has not succeeded.
There is nothing whatever against
him: he is honest and shrewd and all
that. but-unsuccessfu1.
Once the hoodoo becomes known as
such he must attach himself to the
newcomers-those who do not know,
| have not been warned or who are so
| new and confident as not to care. Each
| connection he makes is a little less de.
sirable, until he finally reaches the
| stage at which he is ashamed OF bis
| associations.
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