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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-03-03

While this paper is not prepared to discuss the
feasibility of F. M Spinning establishing bicycle
factory in Seattle, from an investment standpoint be-
that is the business of the man desiring to put
his money in such undertaking, but if he is willing
to risk his money in it he should be given all the
encouragement possible by the men who profess to
have the growth of the city at heart.
Everybody knows that the great drawback to Seat
tie is her lack of bucket brigade True enough she
ing their wares all over the country and which give
employment to quite army of workmen, but a city
the size of Seattle should have hundred an one small
industries, comparatively speaking, that would give
employment to multiplied hundreds of citizns While
it is not surmsed that Mr. Spinning is planning to es-
tablsh small industry, yet it will of necessity have
to start on a small scale and gradually expand The
business men of Seattle who grew rich out of selling
corner lots for the most part to think the selling
of corner lots at fabulous figures the purchase
price is going to go and without ceasing and
they will have to troue themselves about foster
ing infant industries to keep the city up to it's high
standard of business life, but in this they sadly
mistaken and unless such institutions that of which
Mr. Spinning is talking of establishing fostered
their lots and even their sky scrapers will not
be worth tinkers damn
Some months ago THE SEArTL REPUBLICAN called
Seatte's public attention to the harness factory that
Eugene W. Way struggling establish in Seattle
and pointed out of the why the business
of the city should render him financial assistance
and while Mr.. Way says some of them did, yet not
enough of them to his assistance to make it the
success within a few months that it could have BEEN
Hot air may be necessary for the heating of the big
sky scrapers after they have been erected but hot air
plays a mighty poor part in erecting such edifces
To do that it takes the money, the cold silent cash.
the almighty dollar.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-03-03
ABE RUEF'S END HAS COME

After months of battling against going to state
prison to serve fourteen year sentence, Abe Ruef
the notorious gobetween in San Francisco has lost his
case and now in prison cell preparatory to being sent
to state prison. It's long road that has no turn and
the fellow who lives by his wits will sooner or later
get his as Reuf will verify testify to- Detective
Burns was the butt of good deal of innocent amuse
ment on account of his San Francisco expose but he
did his work well and should not have been held re-
sponsibe for opinions of the judges on questions of
technical law The Wappensteincase in Seattle prom
ises equally long legal battle the Reuf case but
those who think they know declare the final outcome
will be the same
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-03-03
MET A DESERVED DEATH

Without warning the house of representatives of
the twelfth legislature of the state of Washington
dealt the county unit local option BILL that has been
agtated by the advocates of such measure in the
legislature ever since it assembled in January peath
blow and the bill is dead that qualification has
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-03-03

George F. Vandevere late prosecuting attorney of
King county, has returned from Oregon where he
has interested himself in some farm lands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
No Chop suey In China.

Il have just come from trip to
China" said the foreign agent, land
found everything to eat there except
chop suey. While seeing the sights
In various Chinese cities would occa,
sionally drop into restaurant to have
bite of native food An order for q
bowl of chop suey invariably was met
by mystical shake of the head. The
fact is that they don't eat chop suey
in China. An intelligent Chinaman
tells me that chop suey is eaten only
by pigs, cats and Americans. It Is the
American corruption of some Chinese
dish that probably was very good.
There Is legend to the effect that
it was invented by some practical
Joker In San Franchises Chinatown,
and from there is has spread over the
entire United States and most Of Eu-
rope. Even London, Paris and Berlin
now have their chop suey joints where
respectable natives go and consume
the stuff under the impression that
they are being wicked. Cinnamon In
American tell me that chop suey il
eaten only by the poorer Chinese, who
order it in the dingier restaurants be-
cause it is cheap"
J.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
SYNOPSIS.

Mad Dan Maitland, on reaching his
New York bachelor club, met an attrac-
tive young woman at the door. JanitOr
O'Hagan assured him no one had been
within that day. Dan discovered a wom-
ans finger prints in dust on his desk,
Maitland dined with Bannerman, his at
torney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to
get his family jewels. During his walk
to the country seat he met the young
woman in gray whom he had seen leav-
ing his bachelors club. Her auto had
broken down. He fixed it. By ruse she
lost him. Maitland, on reaching home.
surprised lady in gray, cracking the safe
containing his gems. She, apparently,
took him for well-known crook, Daniel
his safe, took therefrom the jewels. and
gave them to her, first forming a part
nership in crime. The real Dan Anisty,
sought by police of the world, appeared
on the same mission. Maitland overcame
him He met the girl outside the house
to- He had the jewels and she promised
to meet him that day. Maitland received
"Mr. Snaith," introducing himself as a
detective. To. shield the girl in gray,
els, supposedly lost, was felled by blow
from "Snaith's" cane. The latter proved
to be Anisty himself and he secured the
gems Anisty, who was Maitland's dou-
BILE. masqueraded the latter The
criminal kept Maitlands engagement with
after falling in love at first sight They
were to meet and divide the loot Matt
land revived and regretted missing his
engagement. Anisty, masquerading as
maitland narrowly avoided capture
through mysterious tip. The girl in gray
visited Maitlands apartments during his
absence and returned gems being dis
covered on return.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Lark Now I pest.

Assemblyman Struckenbruck, the
,farmer-blacksmith Of San Joaquin,
CAL, is devoting great deal Of hia
time to getting votes for his bin to
permit the shooting Of meadow larks.
He says that the birds destroy moi
only grain, but have lately developed I
fondness for melons that II proving
disastrous to the cantaloupe crop.
One Of the strongest bits Of evidence
cited BY Struckenbruck = that when
the agricultural demonstraticn train
Of the University Of California Va
sent through the state to teach the
farmers how to raise their CROPS On
scientific principles the meadow lark.
properly stuffed and mounted, occu
pied ! dishonored place among NJ ~.
'hibits q ! pest :
I Observation 81 the 1elds has AID
shown that the bird q too buSy p1cE.
.sng up the farmers grain "a dsvots
any time 70 singing H c1aims tAak
the lark whose ripping melody, whinh
wAs once the harbtnger az Spring an6
the Inspiration 81 rhynsstar1, haS Aov
become - ordinary tktes
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Latin America Can Defend Itself.


Only the uniformed regard Span
fish America as an easy field for alien
conquest. Napoleon, when at inc
height Of his power. deemed that inc
subsection Of Spain would be an easy
task. But the Spanish enterprise
proved his ruin fully as much as inc
invasion of Russia, and while IT II
true that British valor and the genius
Of Wellington were decisive factors IN
the result, the Spaniards themselves
struck telling blows for their own I'D
GRAFTON.
The Spanish-Americans share WIN
the people Of Old Spain that remark
able capacity for recovering from ~
parently hopeless conditions w1,c,
seems Inherent in the Latin and Csf
tic races. A strong invader might o0.
|cupy their cities. but he would De me-
on every side BY cruel guerrilla wa
fare that would make lasting occups'
ton impossible. The earlier scene
Of the Peninsular war would be reen.
acted on American soil.-ColumD'''
Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
Twilight and the MsadowIark.

ST.
It was at the edge Of dense sweet.
gum wood embroidered with golden
rod. asters and wild sunhowers-with
the reddish-golden sunset glinting on
the lower tree trunks-the hour Of
days passing. Of trailing mists on the
bordering meadows-that l saw and
heard him. / had come q long way
without . note Of bird song; with but
a glimpse Of hurrying wings (for most
Of the singers had gone south; and
felt that I could not 60 home with.
out hearing, his lovely flute call.
He has another call. diminutivs
rattle sounded usually when he first
takes flight. but his nute call, though
not . note Of it changed the year
round. IL his distinctive music-ten'
derer. softer In quality during the fall
and winter. Heard at twilight. then.
1t IL like strand of silver mist trailed
across the meadow; faroff voice OF
memory-a spirit call sad and ine1'
pressibly sweet.
When he saw me coming he
crouched In the grass. his yellow
breast almost bid, his tail fitting its
white, outer feathers in view; but as
waited patiently. perfectly still, ne
Strengthened up; his flute rang clear
and presently, out Of the sunset, ike
faint echo came an answer.-Out
Ing Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21

He had Just realized that IL was
flat-strapped for cash. He had given
his last quarter to the cabby. hours
back. He was registered 1t strange
hotel, under an assumed name. un.
able to beg credit even for his break.
fast without declaring his identity and
thereby laying himself open to suspi.
cion, discourtesy, insult.
OF course there were ways ont. He
could telephone Bannerman, or any
other OF half dozen acquaintance. in
the morning: but that involved expla.
nations, and explanations involved
making himself the butt of his circle
for many weary day.
There was money in his lodgings,
in the Chippendale escritoire; but to
get it he would have to run the gaunt-
let of reporters and detectives which
had already dismayed him in prospect.
O'Hagan-ah!
At the head of his bed was tele-
phone Impulsively. inconsiderate of
the hour, he turned to 1t.
"Give me nine-o-eight-nine Madison,
please" he said; and waited, receiver
to ear
There was a slight pause; q buzz;
the voice of the switchboard opera
tor below stairs repeating the number
to central: central's appropriately
mechanical reiteration; another buzz;
a silence; a prolonged buzz; and again
the sounding silence.
Hello" he said, softly, into the
transmitter, at venture.
No answer.
".Hello!"
Then central. irritably: go ahead
You've got your party"
Hello, hello!"
A faint hum of voices, rising and
falling, beat against the walls Of his
understanding. Were the wires
crossed? He lifted an impatient finger
to jiggle the hook and call central to
order, something crashed
heavily. He could have likened the
sound, without strain of imagination,
to chair being violently overturned.
And then a woman's voice, clear, ac-
cents informed with anger and pain:
mot" and then
Say, that's my mistake. That line
you had's out of order. had call
for them a while ago, andwhey didn't
answer Guess you'll have to wait"
Central! Central" he pleaded,
desperately. Il say, central, give me
that connection again. please"
"Ah, say! what's the matter with
you. anyway? Didn't | tell you that
line was out of order? Ring Off"
Automatically Maitland returned the
receiver to its rest; and rose, white
Tipped and trembling. That woman's
voice!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21

whistler. ths eccentric. the brirI,.
the man q cutting wit thai
neither foo nor friend, f,rurs.
largely "a the newspapers ana
axines q the day that It IA
ant change to catch glimpse !, s w.
In Lillian WhitinS's life Of I'm
Chandler M0ulton Just as Nv
the act Of giving pretty proof =, =
liking for = little girl
Among the schoolmates q, :,
Moulton's childish years was n. ~
who was aftsrward the artist N.Y..
tier, one year her senior.
As children they often walked h,-
r~m school together. and one MY,
the little girl was bewailing thai :.
could not draw q map like the 49,
tiful one he had displayed to A. :
miring group that day.
It was gorgeous creation IN =,
ored crayons. an arrangement" ~.
captivated the village school nv
much the same ardor that the futr,.
artist was destined to inspire ~.
the art connoisseurs of two emN
nents. A sad object. indeed, wa, y.
discordant AFFAIR that Ellen Im,..
held up in reimbursement while =.
poured out her enthusiasm on n.
achievement.
The lad received this praise viz
lofty scorn.
That's nothing!" he exclaim.a
You think this IL anything! Take \.
I don't want It: you just see what !
can do tomorrow! I'll bring you the,
something worth talking about"
With the precious trophy In her
possession. the little girl made h.,
way home. And, true to his word III.
next morning Jimmy" brought her ,
package whose very wrapping NJ
vealed the importance Of its contents.
and when she had breathlessly opened
1t, there was disclosed an exquisite
little painting.
Under Gothic arch that breathed-
no one knew what enchanted hints Of
'.the glory that was Greece and thu
grandeur that was Rome" or some
far-away dreams Of Venice, or some
other dimly prefigured marvel in the
child's fancy, was an old monk
through the picture were silver CLEANS
and vague CLINT Of purple, and alto
gether. 1t held some far prophecy Of
the brilliant future yet undisclosed.
All her life Mrs. Moulton kept tn,
gift. It had an unobtrusive place IL
her drawing-room, and even nguret
modestly at the great Whistler OF
hibition. which was held in Boston b.
the Copley society after the death O
the artist.-Youth's Companion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
9o7 e r.e eoeDs-%4eRNiLL Go.

potent, pillaf of the social order Sc
cure in its shelter, and see her bounded
and driven by the forces of the Law,
harried and worried like an unclean
thing, forced, as it might be, to resort
to stratagems and expedients unthink-
able. to preserve her liberty.
1t was altogether intolerable. He
could not stand 1t. And yeti was
written that their paths had crossed
and parted and were never again to
touch. Or was it? 1t must be so
written: They would never meet again.
After all, her concern with, her inter
est in, him, could have been nothing
permanent. They had encountered
under strange auspices, and he had
treated her with common decency for
which she had repaid him in good
measure by permitting him to retain
his own property. Their account was
even, and she for ever done with him.
That must be her attitude Why
should it be anything else?
''Oh, the devil!" exclaimed the young
man in disgust And rising, took his
distemper to the window.
Leaning on the sill, he thrust head
and shoulders far out over the garish
abyss of metropolitan night. The hot
breath of the city famed up in sitting
waves into his face, from the street
below, upon whose painted pavements
men crawled like insects-round NOV
ing spots, to each his romance under
his hat.
The window was on the corner, over
looking the junction of three great
highways of humanity: Twenty-third
street, with its booming 'crosstown
cars, stretching away into the dark
ness on either hand; Broadway, fork
ing off to the left, its distances merg-
ging into hot glow of yellow radi-
ance; Fifth avenue, branching into the
north with its desolate sidewalks oddly
patterned in areas of dense shadow
and cold, clear light. Over the way
the park doomed darkly, for all its
scattered arcs, black and silent
space, well Of mystery.
1t was late, quite late; the clock
in front of Dorlon's Che craned his
neck to see) made the hour one in the
morning: the sidewalks were com.
paratively deserted, even the pillared
portico of the Fifth Avenue hotel des.
titute of loungers A timid hint OF
GOODNESS, forerunning the dawn, rode
up on the breeze.
He looked up and away northward
for many minutes, over housetops
stenciled black against the glowing
sky. his gaze yearning into vast dis.
tances OF space. melancholy tingeing
the complexion Of his mind. He fan,
cied himself oppressed by q vague .un.
l'easiness, unaccountable as to cause
unless
From the sublime to the ridiculous
with vengeance, his thoughts tum.
bled. Gone the glamour Of romance
in a twinkling. banished BY rank ma
terialism. He could have blushed for
shame: he got slowly to his feet, II
resolute. trying to grapple with ! con
dition that never before In his exis
tence had he been called upon to con,
slider
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
CHAPTER Discontinued.

But not to rest. The portion of the
mentally harassed, sleeplessness, was
his; and for an hour or more he tossed
upon his bed upon which he had
thrown himself without troubling to
undress), bordering. to no profit of
his, the hundred problems, difficulties
and disadvantages suggested or Gre
ated by the events of the past "a
hours.
The gray girl, Anisty, the jewels
himself; unfiagging. his thoughts cir.
COMMUNICATED the world of his ro-
nance, touching only at these four
ports, and returning always to linger
longest in the harbor of sentiment.
The gray girl: Strange that her
personality should have come to domi
nate his thoughts in space Of time
so brief! and upon grounds of init
macy so slender! Who and what was
she? What. cruel rigor of circum
stance had impelled her to seek live
1ihood in ways so sinister? At whose
door must the blame be laid, against
what flaw in the body social should
the indictment be drawn, that she
should have been forced into the ranks
OF the powers that prey-a girl of he,
! youth and rare fiber, of her cultivation
her charm. and beauty?
The sheer loneliness of her, he,
grace and gentleness, her ingenuou,
sensitiveness, her wit; they combined
to make the thought of her, to him. 4,
least. at once terrible and a delight
Remembering that once he had held he,
In his arms, and gaxed into her starli1
eyes. and inhaled the impalpable fra
GRANGE Of her. he trembled. was botl
glad and afraid.
And her ways so hedged about viii
osrils! While he must stand aaida 4,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-21
CHAPTER X.
C0ncAri:AnceS

breathing cOnVulS1vely, wide eyes a
little wildly fixed upon his face in the
lamplight. the girl stumbled to, her
feet, and for moment remained cow
ering against the wall, terribly shaken,
a hand gripping a corner of the pack
ing box for support. the other pressed
against the bosom of her dress as X in
attempt forcibly to quell the mad ham
mering of her heart
In her brain, turmoil of affrighted
thought, but one thing stood out clear
ly; now she need look for no mercy.
The first time 1t had been different;
she had not been woman had she
been unable then to see that the adj
venture intrigued Maitland with it's
spice of novelty, new sensation, fully
as much as she, herself, the pretty
woman out of place, interested and at
tracted him. He had enjoyed playing
the part, had been amused to lead her
to believe him an adventurer of met
tie and caliber little inferior to her
own-as he understood her; unscrupu-
lous, impatient of the bubble of
meum-et-tuum, but adroit and keen
witted, and distinguished and set apart
from the herd by grace of gentle
breeding and chivalric instincts.
How far he might or might not have
let this enjoyment carry him, she had
no means of surmising. Not very far,
not too far, she was inclined to be-
lieve, strongly as she knew her per-
sonality to have influenced him; not
far enough to induce him to- trust her
out of sight with the jewels. He had
demonstrated that, to her humiliation.
The flush of excitement waning,
manlike soon had he wearied of the
game-she thought; to her mind, in
distorted retrospect, his attitude when
leaving her at dawn had been insin-
cere, cOntemptuous, that Of man re-
lieved to be rid of her, relieved to be
able to get away in unquestioned pos
session of his treasure. True, the sug-
gestion that they, lunch together at
Eugene's had been his. But he had
forgotten the engagement, If ever he
had meant to keep it, if the notion had
been more than within of the moment
with him. And O'Hagan had told her
by telephone that Maitland had left
his rooms at one O'Clock ample
time to meet her at the restaurant.
No, he had never intended to come:
he had wearied; yet, patient with her,
true to the ethics Of gentle man, he
had been coptent to let her go, rather
than to send detective to take his
place.
And this was something, by the
way, to, cause her to revise her theory
as to the manner in which Anisty had
managed to steal the Jewels. ]. II Matt
land had gone abroad at one, and with
out intending to keep his engagement
at Eugene's, then he must have been
despoiled before that hour, and with
out his knowledge Surely. IL the
jewels had been taken from him with
his co&nizance, the hue and cry would
have been out and Anisty would not
have dared to linger 90 long In the
neighborhood!
To be just with herself, the girl had
not gone to the restaurant with much
real hope Of finding Maitland there.
Curiosity had drawn her-just to sea
IL But It MAS too preposterous =
credit that he should have cared
enough. Quite too preposterous! 4
was her cup. her bitter cup, Is know
that she had learned to care eaouxh