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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
CHAPTER xII.-contInued.

Hat tilted over his eyes, one elbow
on the chairback, another on the table,
fiabby jowls quivering as he mumbled
the indispensable cigar, puffy hands
clasped across his ample chest, he
sat for many minutes by the side of
his unheeded drink, pondering, turning
over and over in his mind the one
idea it was capable of harboring at a
time.
HE c'u'd we wrote that letter to
himself. He's wise enough.
Yeh can't fool Hickey all the
time. I'll get him yet. Got
tub make good r it's the sidewalks
f'r mine. Me, tryin' hard to
make an ,onest livin'. Nd
him with all kinds of money!"
The fat mottled fingers sought a
waistcoat pocket and, fumbling there
In, touched caressingly little pellet
of soft paper. Its possessor did not
require to examine it to reassure him
self as to its legitimacy as work of
art, nor as to the prominence of the
INOlldu ~ Ill It's Va Sb
graved arabesques.
"a century," he reflected sullenly;
zone lonely little century for mine.
Nd he had wad like ham on
him. Nd might We had it
all for my very own if :" His
brow clouded blackly.
"Sleuth!" Hickey ground the epi-
thet vindictively between his teeth.
And spat. "Sleuth! All hell"
Recalled to himself by the very
vehemence of his emotion, he turned
hastily, drained to its dregs the tall
glass of lukewarm and vapid beer
which had stood at his elbow, placed a
nickel on the table, and, rising, wad-
died hastily out into the night.
1t was being borne in upon him with
much force that If he wished to save
his name and fame somethin had got
to be done about 1t.
81 hadn't oughtuh LEFT him so long,
I guess" he told himself; but F..
I'll get him all right"
And turning, numbered gloomily east
ward, rapt with vain imaginingS
squat, swollen figure blending into the
deep, meaner shadows of the Tender
loin; and so on toward Mditland's
rooms-morose, misunderstood, malig.
nant, coddling his fictitious wrongs;
somehow pathetically typical OF the
force he represented.
On the corner of Fifth avenue he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

Not one person in hundred has the
slightest notion of how many parts or
pieces there are in a violin. Here Is a
list of them: Back 2 pieces, belly 2,
coins and blocks 6, sides 5, side lin
ings II, bar /, purnings "a. neck /,
finger-board /, nut /, bridge /, tail.
board 1, button for tailboard 1, string
for tailboard 1, guard for string i.
sound post i, strings 4, pegs 4, total
SO pieces. Three kinds Of wood are
used-maple, pine and ebony. Maple
Is used for the back, the neck, the
side pieces and tie bridge. Pine Is
used for the belly, the bar, the coins
and blocks, the side Innings and the
sound post. Ebony Is used for the
finger board, the tailboard, the nut, the
guard for string of tailboard. the
pegs and the button.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

from Anisty, not alone from the shame
of Imprisonment, but from herself as
wellEfrom herself. as Maitland knew
her. The burglar out Of the way, by
ruse, evasion, or subterfuge she would
be secreted from the prylng of the po-
lice, smuggled out of the house and
taken to a place of safety, given a
new chance to redeem herself, to clean
her hands of the mire of theft, to be-
come worthy of the womanhood that
But now-she thrust f1nger-nails
cruelty into her soft palms, striving
to contain herself and keep her tongue
from crying aloud to those three
brutal, blind men the truth; that she
was guilty of the robbery, she with
Anisty; that Maitland vas-Maitland; ;
a word synonymous with man of
honor"
In the beginning, indeed, vi that re-
strained her from doing so was her
knowledge that Maitland would be
more panied by her sacrifice than glad
dened or relieved. He was so sire OF
clearing himself. 1t was in
conceivable to her that there could be
men so stupid and crassly unobserv-
ant as to be able to confuse the iden-
tity of the two men for single in
stsnt. What though they did resemble
each other in form and feature? The
likeness went no deeper; below the
surface, and rising through it with
every word and look and gesture, lay
a worldwide gulf of difference in
every shade of thought, feeling, and
instinct.
She herself could never again be de-
ceived-no, never Not for second
could she mistake the one for the
other. What were they saying
The turmoil of her Indignation sub
sided as she listened breathlessly, to
Maitland's story of his adventures;
and the Joy that leaped in her for his
frank mendacity in suppressing tvery
incident that involved her, was all but
overpowering. She could have wept
for sheer happiness; and at later
time she would; but not now, when
everything depended on her maintain
Ing the very silence Of death.
How dared they doubt him? The
lnsolents! The crude british insol
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
EnaIlsh Beef Pattles.

Make good pie paste or rich bis.
cult dough; roll very thin, as for pie.
On half Of this thin paste cut small
pieces of fresh beefsteak, turnips, car.
rots, potatoes, onions, small bits Of
fuet and butter, salt and pepper. but
no water, as beef makes plenty of
Juice. Fold other half of paste over
this and edge as you would a pie.
Bake In slow oven one hour. You
can make as many as there are peo.
pie for dinner. These patties. served
with coffee and fruit, are sufficient for
4 meal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Baked TapIoca Pud ding.

Five tablespoons Of tapioca. one
quart of milk. two ounces of butter.
cup of sugar. four eggs. favoring OF
yanille. Wash the tapioca and lei
stew gently in milk on the back part
of the stove for quarter of an hour,
occasionally stirring 1t, then let II
cool. Mix with 1t the butter. sugar
and eggs, which should be well beat.
en-, and flavor with either Of the
above ingredients. Butter a dish. put
In the pudding and bake In q moder.
ate oven for an hour.
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CHAPTER XIII,
Fliuht,

In the alcove the girl waited torn
In the throes Of incipient hysteria. at
first too weak from reaction and re.
vulsion of feeling to do anything other
than lean heavily against the wall and
fight with all her strength and will
against this crawling, shuddering
creeping horror of nerves, that threat.
ened alike her self-control, her con-
seriousness, and her reason.
But insensibly the tremor wore II.
self away, leaving her weary and worn
but mistress of her thoughts and ac.
tions. And she dropped with gratitude
into a chair, bending an ear attentive
to the war of words being waged in
the room beyond the portieres.
At first, however, she failed to grasp
the import of the alteration. And
when in time she understood its trend
1t was with incredulity, resentment.
and a dawning dread lest a worse
thing might yet befall her, worse by
far than aught that had gone before
But to be deprived OF his protection,
to feel herself forcibly restrained from
the shelter of his generous care!
A moment gone she had been so
sure that all would now be well with
her. once Maitland succeeded in rid
ding himself of the police. He would
shut the door and-and then she would
come forth and tell him, tell him
everything, and, Withholding naught
that damned her in her own esteem,
throw herself upon his mercy, bruised
with penitence but serene in the as.
surance that he would prove kind.
She had such faith in his tender
and gentle kindness now. She
rad OWNED so clearly the motive that
had permitted Anisty's escape in or
der that she might be saved, not alone
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
ThInas to Know.

To remove oil from white woods
Place the article in basin. sprinkle
over the stain powdered borax, then
pour boiling water over same. Let
remain few minutes, then take out
and rinse and the article will be free
of oil stain.
To remove tight glass cork-Hold
neck Of bottle over steam few SEQ
onds, then take dry cloth and turn
and the cork will clip easily.
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Liberty-Principle and Sentiment.


No theory Is of much service in the
matter without character respondina
to the theory-without feeling which
prompts the assertion of individual
freedom and is indignant against az
gressions on that freedom, whethe
against self or others. Men care moth
ing about principle, even If they un
derstand 1t, unless they have emotions
responding to 1t. When adequately
strong the appropriate emotion
prompts resistance to interference
with individual actions, whether by an
individual tyrant or by tyrant major
ity; but at present. In the absence Of
the proper emotion, there exists al
most everywhere the miserable super
stition that the majority han right to
dictate to the individual about every.
thing whatever.-By Herbert Spencer,
In letter to M. d. Conway.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
AT MODERATE COST
HOUSES MAY BE FURNISHED IN
ARTISTIC STYLE.
Special Attention Is Now Being Paid
to the Designing Of Moderate
Priced Fabrics Of Every
Shade and Color.

A woman who Is furnishing a re-
cently-built house told friend that 1t
was now the easiest thing in the world
to get furniture covering of the style.
the color and the grade preferred.
says the New York Sun.
In the store where l placed my or
DER said she. there were hundreds
OF varieties to- select, representing al
most as many grades Of price. AS a
result think | will have a very artis-
tic house at relatively small cost"
At the store where she shopped
man who has been handling the up
holstery goods for 80 years said that
manufacturers and retailers now paid
special attention to the designing OF
moderate priced fabrics, for the rea-
son that the demand for them was far
ahead Of the demand for the cheapest
or the costliest. AS an illustration he
showed jutes, cotton reps. mercerized
reps and cotton tapestries. all of which
he said are in great demand at this
time Of the year, which included de-
signs and colors as good as those in
Ihigh-priced goods.
Cotton tapestries, for instance, used
extensively for bedrooms and plain liv-
lng-rooms may be had In nearly any
shade Of art green, in old Venetian
red. old rose, ecru or brown, both self
toned and two-toned. One design in
Jasper effects showed small French
wreaths Of old rose on an ecru ground.
One OF the newest patterns had five
inch long. very narrow bars of cham
pagne or cream color on a green, red
or rose background.
Some OF the jutes look like and feel
like oriental fabrics and they cost only
from 81 to 50 yard and are so inches
wide. The ground color In the most
beautiful is champagne, patterned
with inch and half stripes in tiny
flower design done In Persian colors.
Between these stripes. which are Ave
inches apart, are small oblongs Of
Persian colors. Other designs in oval
have stripes. wreaths or oblongs OF
beautifully blended colors on a smoke
color, gray or a cream ground. Some
charming French wreath designs are
self-toned.
The mercerized cotton rep, which
like the others is stout, strong and a
good wearer and has silk-like finish,
is shown in three wales, the widest
nearly quarter of an inch, and the
greens and reds and ecrus are the
most effective.
New basket weaves and colors dis
tingulsh the arras cloths, classed also
among the inexpensive upholstery fab
RIGS and more popular perhaps than
any for use In dens and studios In
town and In foyer halls and living.
rooms out Of town.
Going up the scale, the expert said
that woolen rep In plain colors was
one Of the best wearing and for the
time being best liked fabrics for up.
holstering foyer halls and living.
rooms both in and out Of New York,
the paler green's and yellower ecrus
being popular shades.
Plain colors are the rule for II
brary. sitting room and parlor, tapes.
try colors and effects being reserved
for drawing rooms and the costlier
grades Of goods. that is II purchasers
want to follow the trend Of fashion
and the most artistic weaves.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23

paused, startled fairly out of his dour
mood by the loud echo Of a name al
ready become too hatefully familiar
to his ears, and by the sight of what
at first glance. he took TO be the be.
ginning of street brawl.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-23
Dissectinu a Violin.

(To BE CoNTINUED.)
The evening world., 1911-09-28
A Cement Gun"

-HE cement gun" . device for
putting concrete in place by COM
pressed air. Is being used by the
Quartermas,er's Department. United
States army. In tho Hawaiian Islands.
n Is proving OF value in the con-
struction Of the ordnance shop at Fort
Kruger, The following description OF
the device IN used In Hawaii Is fur
nished by Capt. A. II, Putnam. corps
OF engineers:
The cement gun consists OF an air
compressor. "a fou~r-cylinder marine gaso-
line engine OF twenty horsepower. a
one-inch wire-bound rubber hose with
walls three-eIghths inch thick for dc.
liyering dry sand and cement mixed,
an ordinary garden hose for delivering
water 10 the nozzle OF the gun, and tho
gun or nozzle itself.
"a mixture a 10 2l-2) OF cement and
fine sand Is delivered to the nozzle r,
thirty pounds pressure. and just before
being discharged is met by a circular
spriy OF water Of thirty pounds pres-
sure within the nozzle, so that the we,
mortar Is projected on the surface "a
be covered. The water supply is regu-
lated at nozzle to obtain the corr &c,
consistency. '-Government Consular Re.
Dort
The evening world., 1911-09-28
Memoirs Of a Commuter
By Barton Wood Currie
York World,

Ishing Co. THE New York World.
the furnace and then rushed on to the
town employment agency You can Nm
agine," he continued to rave. what the
perfection Of this drug will mean-noth-
ing less than putting the leisure CLASS
of the world to work and giving the
toiling masses a rest. II you feel at a.!
lazy to-day let me give you a drop.
I declined and then preached The sub
ject OF my dog. Brisket emitted a suo-
den gust OF laughter tina blew out all
the lamps under his various drus
cookers.
IT am laughing ne then explained
mot because you look so gloomy ABOUT
tho threats of his Love- four-rets
League. but because I had a similar
experience from which ! emerged WIN
the Big Smile. You may have nouceo
my mastiH, Bosco. Well. he was put
under the ban for no other reason than
that I couldn't get any record OF MS
Grandfather. This same Yellow Beard
agent OF the league, told me what
would happen to Bosco II I didn't turn
him over TO he palnlessly demolished
nv gas. Naturally / refused 10 be bull
lied"
And the dog catchers never both.
cred him and the constables never shot
at him.
.I should say not. All I had 10 DO
was TO tie n stick Of dynamite to Bos.
co.'s collar every time he went out. l
lahe,led the dynamite Dynamite ana I
put a sign on the dog which read.
DANGER: HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE
OF course. the dynamite was soaked
and couldn't explode, but those dos
catchers and the constables didn't
know h They couldn't arrest mo
on any charge, YOU see. FOR they
couldn't produce the evidence. Now.
II you wish, I will rig your dog up In
the same way"
Thanks" | replied. but I will have
10 think 1t over"
CTo BE Cont!nued.)
The evening world., 1911-09-28

This historic site Is in New Britain township, and it IL probable that
an imposing and permanent monument will replace the loose stones
piled there more than half q century ago to mark the spot.
The Tammany Society Of New York City was originally insi-
tuted in 1889 as the Columbian Order, with Columbus as it, patron
aint. But Columbus controlled little II no patronage, 90 a few
years later they adopted Tamsnend, whose name was popularity cor
rupted to its present form This big Indian is believed to have been
. contemporary Of William Penn. However, there were spocryphal
histories Of Tammany even q hundred years ago, and these represented
him as q friend Of Washington and a veteran Of the Revolutionary
War. On this basis It ought to be easy to figure out pension claims
for his descendants to-day.
II tho Pennsylvania meno.:a! docs not particularly .n.crcs. New
Yorkers, the Wanamaker Indian for New York harbor ought to, and
doubtle" will. Last month a Congressional bin passed the House
providing for the erection here Of such . statue by Rodman wsns-
maker as "a suitable memorial to the North American Indian" Tam.
many will hardly take more than the merest platonic interest in this
project, though, as the monument il to be erected upon q Govern
mcnt reservation without expense to tho Government, the site to
be selected BY the Secretary Of War and the Secretary Of the Navy,
and a Congressional committee win mperintend tho construction.
The evening world., 1911-09-28
Some Spook Stories
By Dapid oA. Curtis.


fishing Co. The New York World.
demanded that he give her the proof
she required. He touched her wrist and
Instantly the sinews shrank and all tho
nerves withered. Then he warned her
not to allow my one TO see the mark.
as Il would be sacrlege.
In the morning she bound a black rib
ron around her wrist and was never
seen again alive without such a cover
ing. asking her husband no. to de-
mand an explanation.
She also told him that Lord Tyrone
had died on the preceding Tuesday.
Letters that came by the next post con-
frmed this.
Time Wen On. and all the ghost Rad
told her OF the incidents OF her life was
fulfilled exactly until she reached, a.
she supposed, her forty-eighth birthday.
She imagined then that one portion Of
the prophecy would prove 10 b false.
But when she spoke 10 a clergyman
Of her acquaintance about her age he
declared that she was mistaken.
IT have often disputed with your
mother about your age" ne said, "and
I happened to go last week into the
parish where o were born. I was
right in the dispute. for you are Just
forty-seven to-day
The unhappy lady Immediately retired
to her ROOM. refusing to receive the
company she had invited to celebrate
the day. Sending for her son and Lady
Betty Cobb, a lifelong friend OF hers.
she told them all that Is here related.
Saying that she would inevitably die
that night she dismissed them, bidding
them remove h black ribbon after
her death; n then lay down to try 10
sleep.
In an hour h was dead; and, the rfo-
bon being removed. her wrist was found
to be In the exact condition she had
described.
The evening world., 1911-09-28

ssso htCA 80 AhoAA 49,
Of her natal debut had been strewn
with orchids and real lace-so. when
II came to a question Of her marriage
much was expected OF her.
There was q man she had met. . cer-
tain Lanciotto Gates. He was any
thing but be~autifui-that was tho con-
sensus OF opinion.
1ie had tho pale blue e~yelashesless
eyes that remind one Of those strange
.nshes that aren't good to cat. Besides
which. he was short M stocky and
.pigeon-toed and had rather a curtailed
nose that pointed skyward. not to
speak of a detected underlip!
BUT. Francesca had been told that he
owned pretty nearly all the railroads
in America and that within a few years
he would be tho little god to whom all
great financiers. the world over, would
salaam.
Al the time ot the wedding she was
eighteen and he forty-four.
Francesca made a ravishine bride and
an she stood at the altar people
thought what a pity 1t was that Ian
ciotto didn't look n bit like his brother
Paolo, who had como on from the West
to be best man.
Directly after a short honeymoon
Lanc!otto was called to the scene OF
n great railroad strike and he left the
wlllowy Francesca In Paolo's care.
See that She isn't bored" he or
dered; take her to lunch. tea and din
ner; take her to the theatre. opera and
balls-spare no expense"
And Paoio did as he was commanded
to do On he Avenue, OF an afternoon,
his fine stalwart figure. sitting In a
white touring oar beside the beautiful
Francesca. who was beginning to affect
fiat, droopy hats and pendulum ear
rings. became quite a thing to be point
ed out to sightseers.
People began to talk-as people al
ways willard some slight wind OF Il
got to I.anclotto's ears. He took the
first train for New York and, arriving
At the mansion, sent for Ninstts.
y~xsnsAass's Preach nAAA. e.
The evening world., 1911-09-28

bad ones" said Mrs. Jarr. He may
be all YOU say and ye: he is erudite and
his conversation has great charm. You'll
have to admit that"
1T charms me out OF the price OF a
drink every time he gets at me and UNI
loads It on me-" admitted Mr.. Jarr.
But l don't see how this conversation
gets sidetracked from something I've
been trying to say. When I said this
town was fun OF boobs and s!mps I
wasn't abiding to Michael Angelo Dink-
ston any more than I was to Gaby
Deslys or Beulsh Blnford or Cora Hlck-
EFT or Clara Mudrldge Smith or anybodv
else whose names and doings We see
quoted In the fashionable intelligence
pages OF the Sunday papers"
We'll. what great matter OF moment
were you about to pronulyate concern
ing the boobies and simpletons OF this
great city. since you are dying to tell
lt?' asked Mrs. Jarr.
"Oh. that's II. Is ~" was the reply.
You thought I wished to say something
and you just wouldn't let me say ,t?"
II was mott" cried Mrs. Jarr, indlg-
nantly. All I did was to object TO your
using slang In the house. Possibly you
are so used 10 It that you do not no.
tice 1t, but the children pick It up and
embarrass mo before people who doubt
less think they get such expressions
from me. Just to-day. Mrs. St-yver
stopped Willie as he was passing her
house and asked him TO tel me 70
come over as she wished 10 see me about
something. And when she repeated her
message. knowing how ~forgetful chill
dren are, Willie replied: Y gotcha, Steve.
I g~otcha""
How DO you know ne did," asked
Mr.. Jarr.
Because she told me about II. SAID
she thought It sounded so cute,' replied
Mrs. Jarr.
well. that harm wa. there IN 4. II
Mrs. Stryver thought It was cute?"
asked Mr.. Jarr.
II am not wholly IN sympathy with
Mrs. Stryver's idea OF cuteness," retort-
ed Mrs. Jarr. "a minute later she told
me she thought little pigs cute. too"
We'll. I'm sorry that / am not moro
guarded In my expressions,' said Mr..
Jarr. But what | was going to say. II
you want to hear Il. was that the hat
check tipping In the big hotels and res
tanrants In this town has become an In
to,erable nuisance, l tell you !, for one,
intend to keep out OF them until the
br!gandage OF the courtroom liz stopped
for good and all!'
'Is that the reason you don't take me
out to dinner" asked Mrs. Jarr. II
thought 1t vas because We couldn't af-
ford the dinner. You only need give the
hat boy a nickel. you know"
well. the principle Is the same!'
growled Mr.. Jar.
The evening world., 1911-09-28


happened TO be OF irregular lineage and
therefore was not worthy OF a license.
Being unwilling TO go into these har-
rowing details and TAKE ounsel OF my
wife. l sought advice In the emergency
Of my eccentric neighjor. Timothy
Brisket. I found Inventor Brisket In his
study. hard at work or n chemical
formula. and with two retorts and a
strange looking kettle sizzling beside
him. Before l could present my diflcult
case to him ne opened up oil me- with a
fen weird allegations concerning tho
stuff he was mixing.
"I've got here he said. pointing 10
The pink liquid in one OF the retorts, "a
dope that will revolutionize society.
One drop OF It i~ns!nuated in a cup OF
coffee vii, cause the drlnker thereof to
be smitten with a mad desire 10 work.
So far | nave tried II on our tramps.
three VI whom are quite III IL the hos
pital. The fourth one went unasked
into the cellar and split three cords OF
wood, whitewashed the walls, cleaned