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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29

he knew while a little lad in England.
He secured employment as an office,
boy in a store and at the same time
read his speller and arithmetic at
night.
At the age Of fourteen the youthful
Want was made manager of the store.
Instead Of scrubbing the floor and car
rying bundles, he did the buying and
had charge Of the sales department.
He read much and was determined to
become a lawyer. He came to Balti-
NOR at the age Of eighteen and en-
tered the University of Maryland.
The members of the class of 1908
remember well how the spare, studious
and quiet stranger learned the law
with astonishing rapidity. Judges Har-
Ian and Stockbridge, Gorter, Rose, the
late John P. Poe and other eminent
instructors of the university soon saw
that the youth was possessed Of more
than the average ability. 1t was with
considerable pleasure that they saw
him receive his diploma, for he had
the second highest mark in the class.
Want Is a modest, unassuming
young man and strongly objects to
talking about his own accomplish.
ments. He admits that he is a gradu-
ate Of the school Of hard knocks, and
this his path in life has been rather
rugged, but that is all he could be In.
duced to say. He is a broadly Guilt
waited young scholar. Besides having
an extensive knowledge of the law, he
Is a student Of the classics and for
eign languages. He is an omnivorous
reader and absorbs everything he
reads. He is married.
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SYNOPSIS.

Philip Cayley. accused Of a crime OF
which he Is not guilty, resigns from the
army in disgrace and his affection for
his friend. Lieut.. Perry Hunter. turns to
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude. where he
perfectB q flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions. he picks up q
curiously shaped stick he had seen In the
Assassin's hand. Mounting again. he dis
covers q yacht anchored In the bay. De-
tcending near the steamer, he meets a
girl on an Ice foe. He learns that the
girls name Is Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north to seek signs
explorer. A party from the yacht IS ma
k1ng search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped q GU
r.o~usly-shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew Of his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. A giant ruff
mar named Roscoe, had murdered Fielding
and his two companions, after the ex-
plorer had revealed the location or an
took command Of the party. It develops
that the ruffan had committed the MUIR
DER Witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
e capture the yacht and escape with Q
owner Of the yacht, about the visit Of the
Gky-nan and shows him the stick left by
Cayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
Eskimo throwing,stick. used to shoot
eearching party with q sprained ankle
Perry Hunter Is found murdered and
Cayley is accused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent. A relief party goes
to find the searohers. Tom processes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters an abandoned hut, and there finds
her fathers diary, which discloses the ex-
plorer's suspicion Of Roscoe. The ruff
nan returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
He Is intent on murder. when the sky
maj swoops down n the ruffian fees.
Jeanne. gives Cayley her fathers diary
to read. The yacht disappears and Ros-
Naat0 tn1onO ~ 20 xnft,rn ~ oro rnVnDIa6.
Jeanne's only hope is in Cayley. The
seriousness of their situation becomes ap-
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
ley kills q polar bear. Next he finds a
clue to the hiding place of the stores.
Roscoe is about to attack the girl when
he Is sent fleeing in terror by the sight
of the sky-man swooping down. Measures
are taken to fortify the hut.
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much with q rife; and he rsmembeN
ed the deadly revolver shooting be
had seen upon the body Of the bear.
Also, he would have to 90 into the
dark. with the firelisSs behind him
No. 1t wouldn't do He must wait
Well, he could afford TO wait-much
better than they could.
Reluctantly he rose, turned Sls
broad back to the gale, and began ma
king his laborious way back to the
cave.
1t was high time. His face was
frozen already. The intensity Of the
cold had already rendered his rife
useless, for the whole mechanism OF
the breech was frozen fast. His STRAIT
agem had failed in its ultimate !nten-
ton, for nature had laid her great icy
hand upon the board and for the pres
ent declared the game a draw.
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rags against the two who had banned
him and enjoyed immunity from him
so long, almost led him to attempt to
break into the hut then and there, and
settle matters; but his saner common
sense told him that the settlement
would almost inevitably be against
him should he attempt it.
He was still entertaining this mo-
ton, however, when a luminous idea
occurred to him. Around on the far
side OF the hut, the west side, which
looked toward the headlands, was a
good-sized heap Of 1re-wood, which
Philip had not been able to find
room for inside the hut. Roscoe had
with him a flint and steel and a
quantity of tow. He never Travelled
without them.
With infinite precaution against
noise he began laying a fire against
the windward wall Of the hut. Squat
ting, with his rife across his knees
! ready to use in Isl of an emergency,
he methodically whitfield a quantity Of
dry splinters OF a few Of the sticks,
ignited them and carefully nursed the
blaze, until, under the rising wind, 1t
grew to the beginning Of a fair-sized
confiagration. Then, catching up his
rife, he slipped around the other side
Of the hut, crouching down not more
than 20 PAGES away, and waited.
Already the fire was burning finely
and the ~silhouetted outline Of the hut
was plain against the glow of 1t.
His plan was a good n The peo-
pie inside the hut would have no
choice and, probably, No thought, but
Of escape When they rushed out, as
they almost certainly would, bewild-
cred and confused, and plainly visible
to him against the glow Of the fire be-
hind them, it would be easy, from the
safe shelter Of the darkness, to shoot
the man.
1t was only, indeed, by the merest
hairs breadth that Roscoe's plain
failed to work. The instinct of es
cape by the nearest way from a burn
ing building is almost irresistible, and
it led Philip and Jeanne to the very
edge of the destruction. which Roscoe
had planned for them.
Cayley had his hand upon the bolt
of the great door, whittier he had
sprung when Jeanne's cry had awak
ened him, before the saving SECOND
thought stayed him and held him
frozen where he was. For perhaps
five seconds he stood there, while the
memory Of the unexplained bullet hole
he had found in the body Of the grea'
bear, and the belated observation thai
the fire, which was destroying the hut
| must have been started outside Of 1t
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what once had been a shirt suficed
to put 1t into commission again.
Then, With the rife over his shout
der, he staggered out of the q
With his first glance abroad, he
started. His devil was being kind to
him today. There could be no doubt
of that. Only, was he being too kind?
Roscoe wondered a little uneasily.
For, stumbling along the ice, through
the thickening twilight, not 100 PAGES
away, was a big bear. Roscoe was
tired of walrus meat. The thought Of
a bear steak made his mouth water.
Three years disuse, however, had
made his craftsmanship somewhat
uncertain. He fred too soon, and
though he did not miss, the only eff
feet his shot had was to make the
bear turn about and go stumbling
down the glacier toward the beach,
with ungainly haste. Roscoe hurried
after him, and fired two more shots.
Whether they hit or not, he could not
tell. Certainly they did not serve to
check the bears flight. The next mo
ment he had rounded the corner of
the cliff and disappeared down the
beach in the direction of the hut.
Roscoe hesitated, but only for Q
moment; then, with an oath, he set
out in pursuit. It was not SO much
the protection which the rifle afforded
him that was responsible for this new
courage as II was that the mere feel
Of it in his hands brought him back
in touch once more with the every
day matter of fact world, and made
his visions and ghosts seem a little
unreal.
1t was fully dark down here in the
shadow Of the cliff. The numbering vel
low shape of the bear was indistin
guishable against the icy beach. That
didn't matter, for he could follow
along we'll enough by the bloody
tracks the wounded beast had left.
The last Of the twilight was still II
the sky, and half his glances were
directed thither, looking for some
thing which he told himself could no
possibly exist, except in his owl
fancy, yet fully expected to see never
theless, the shadow Of Cayley's grea
wings. And at last he saw 1t i'm
pending in the lower air, like a brood
ing spirit, Just above the tiny square
of light which marked the location o.
the hut.
Roscoe abandoned his pursuit Of thu
bear; all thought of it, in fact, was
gone from his mind; but he did not
as on a former occasion. drop dow
prone upon the ground, his face buriet
in his arms; nor did he turn and f1e'
Like one hap-riddan I'M the beach. HI
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CHAPTER XIX.
Roscoe.

ROSCOE.
Roscoe had never been able to clear
up his doubt as to Jeanne's Identity,
nor to solve the mystery of Cayley's
appearance in the air. The doubt
and the mystery tormented him worse
than any final conviction could have
done. When he thought, as he some
times did, that the cause of all his
terror, the thing which kept him
penned up here In the cave and de-
MED him access to more than the fur
tive edges of the beach, might be just
a rather d~efenseless human couple, a
man and a woman, and the woman
beautiful, young. alluring-when he
thought Of all that he would go OF
into transports Of rage, which left
even his gigantic body limp and ex-
hausted. If that we're the situation,
he might have killed the man weeks
ago and taken possession of the
woman.
The thing that kept him sane was,
in itself, a species of insanity, the pas
sion for gold which had led him to
murder Captain Fielding. Every day
he tramped up the glacier to the gold
ledge and there, while the light lasted,
he worked, cutting the precious metal
out of the rock, and with infinite labor
beating it pure.
AS the weeks and months dragged
along, this UNMARRIED routine more than
compensated for the solitude and the
terrors his superstition thrust upon
him, and gradually restored him to his
old normal, formidable, brutal self
On the day when he made the discovery
that was to terminate the long series
of golden days which Jeanne and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29
MADE HIS OWN WAY
Immigrant Boy Becomes a Law
School Professor.
Samuel Want Was Penniless When
He Came From England Ten
Years Aeo-Now an Expert
Commercial Lawyer.

Baltimore, Md.-At twenty-five years
country a penniless immigrant ten
years ago, has been appointed a mem
Der of the law faculty of the Univer-
sity of Maryland. Mr.. Want is also
an assistant editor of the American
and English Encyclopedia Of Law,
Lawyers Reports Annotated and sew
eral other legal publications. He is
instructor in commercial law at the
eastern high school, a member Of the
Maryland bar, and is engaged in other
activities and labors.
The appointment by the faculty OF
the University of Maryland, Of which
Chief judge Harlan is dean, is the
result of sheer force Of merit and
effort on the part of young Want.
He entered the university in 1907 as
q freshman and was graduated from
the school in June, 1908. He made
the t~hree-year regular course in less
than IL months and the faculty were
quick to appreciate the intellectual
and gifted qualities of the young man.
His special duties on the faculty are
! to instruct students in the selection
of books and authorities. The young
professor has had a varied and pic
turesque career made interesting be-
cause he came to this country penni-
less and without friends at the age
of twelve years from Newcastle, Eng
land.
Young Want knew a former En-
glishman who lived in Darlington, s.
c., and straightway made for that
southern town. He %astonished the
residents of that city when he ambled
from a freight train into the post
oHino md inn11irnd for the man WHOM
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That's why l sent you into the u
It occurred to me that he might be
following the bear, and that the light
ed windows might give him a chance
for a shot at one of Is. No matter
what superstitious fears he has, ne
could hardly be too much afraid to IRE
at us from a safe distance, II we hap
pened to offer a fair mark"
"But we must have offered him that
a hundred times in the last weeks,
that is, II his rifle had anything like
a modern range"
"That bullet Is certainly a modern
piece Of ordnance" said Cayley. It's
soft-nosed and steel-jacketed."
He laid it down on a shelf and went
into the storeroom to wash the stains
Of the encounter from his hands.
"After ALL" he said, TITS only n
more mystery, and I don't know that
one more can make any great differ
ence. Not in our way of life, GER
tainly."
Both tried to stick to that view OF
It and, for the present, to dismiss
conjecture upon the topic from
their minds, but they did not succeed
very well. The idea that forced itself
upon them, in spite Of their attempt to
discredit It, was that Roscoe's acqui-
sition Of a modern, long-range weapon
with ammunition to match did not
date back to the murder Of Captain
Fielding, mol to the disappearance of
the Aurora, but that he had found the
weapon, by some strange chance, only
very recently, perhaps within a day
or two. It was a disquieting thought.
at best.
1t was time for Cayley to turn in
and for Jeanne to begin her evening
watch alone, but before that happened
they paid an extra amount of alton
ton to the security of their doors and
windows.
1t was a little before IL o'clock
when Cayley came out Of a deep sleep
to find herr bending over him, shaking
him by the shoulder nj crying out
his name
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him: you come from Naples, gener-
ALI" yes, sire, | r~elinquished my com
mand to Marshal Perignon whom your
majesty sent to relieve me-" And
no doubt Q have leave Of absence
from tho minister Of war;" mo, your
majesty; but ! had nothing else to do
IN Naples" Unless you are on your
way to Naples within two hours. you
will be shot IN the plain Of Grenelle
at IL o'clock precisely" said the en-
peror, returning his watch to his
pocket.-Kielland, "Naroleon's Men
and Methods"
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steinfeld, Austria. has been identified
as the Fraga portrait, painted in 1644,
which 1t had been supposed had per
ished. 1t is now in London. where II
is TO be exhibited shortly at the rooms
OF the Agnews, who bought It. The
Times Of London says Of 1t;
ut Is q marvel Of p~ortraiture and q
marvel OF color and. absolutely, I'M
touched as 1t Is, 1t shows at every
point the unmistakablo hand of velas.
quez himself. When this haJ been
done (relining and varnishing) this
portrait o. Philip ~. viii impress all
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29

ability and the charm OF their grace,
affection for man, and ~adaptability to
human conditions so appealed to the
layman that one by one very gradual
ly their kittens we're permitted to
leave the temples and to become the
pets Of the nobility. After entering
the families Of the high officials OF
the Empire they won their way into
humber households.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29
The i4arshness of Napoleon

In the service and in the inter
course with his officers he was cold.
almost repellant, severe and infiexibly
just. One day Gen. Guvion Saint-Cyr
afterwards marshal, appeared at the
em~peror's morning audience at the
Tuileries. Napoleon said quietly 70
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29
CAT WAS REvEREr in Japan
She Lived In Temples and Was
known as the Guardian Of the
Manuscripts.

According to 4 Japanese writer, the
domestic cat appeared in his country
at 4 relatively recent epoch. having
travelled from China with the mis-
sionaries Of Buddhism. In the middle
the sixth century Of the Christian
era sacrifices were offered to the cat,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29

Montgomery. Mo.-Eating a large
quantity Of cheap. coiored candy,
which its parents had gotten. the 49,
month-oid child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Strain became Ill and died befora
a physician could be summoned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-29

who see 1t as being one of the most
complete and also one Of the most at
tractive Of the pictures left 70 the
world by the founder Of modern por-
traiture-"
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which was known by all as "the
vua rdian NJ tha manuscrinta"

which was Known by an as Inc
guardian OF the manuscripts"
"The guardian Of the manuscripts
kept away the mice, who otherwise
would have eaten the precious papy-
us. In some instances ~placards we're
set In conspicuous places among
manuscripts as a warning To the mice;
Bewarel The cat Is here. She drives
the mice. Portraits Of cats were also
placed In places freouented by mice,
The cats were revered. For a long
time they we're kept in the temples.
But their beauty. their general desir
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Treasure Added to Art World.
The lost velasquez, discovered late
" to the Castle Of schwartzau. near
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Get up cuicklyi- she said when she
cav that he was awake. Phillip, the
hut's on fret"
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
4 SIORk'SlnEST

The following details concerning
the structure and contents Of q
storks nest Investigated on the sum-
init OF tho Cathedral OF coimeI6 IN
Upper Aisace, may be OF interest.
The city architect has Just delivered
a public lecture there on "storksA And
Their Ways" He described n stork's
nest which was about thirty years
old: II measured six feet across ami
was hve feet in height; II weighed
over three-qusrters OF a ton. and 1.
was such a solid mass that II had 10
be broken up by using pickaxe.
The nest was made OF twigs OF wood
and clay. and the 'materialG Allied
twenty-four sacks. The walls of the
nest were found TO contain seven
teen ladies' black stockings. Ave fur
caps. two shirtwaists. one-half dozen
collars and two shirts that were az
white as snow and had evidently Just
been gotten from the New Method
Laundry company. 22s Main St.. Can
en- City. Colorado.
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
| MIRR COLORADO EDITORIAL lSS0QIQ@

po,nt to which excursion tickets.
round trip, we're sold directly to.
from all opints in the East Rr In
stance, instead Of a man in any city in
the East having to purchase ms s'found
trip ticket to Pueblo or Colorado
Springs, as heretofore. even though
his destination was Canon City, he
this year purchased a through trip
ticket and checked his baggage to
Canon City. instead Of getting on
the train. buying a ticket and re-
checking to Canon City. A mighty ad-
vantage over the old way. Further
more this places Canon City in the
list Of the points to be sold to in all
advertising matter that II issuec.
The Rio Grande also issued looo.-
900 copies OF its literature. most Of It
going east. all showing Canon City"
The Santa Fe did more this year in
helping to put Canon City on the tnap
than ever before. Also tiat company
established n daily train service be-
tween Canon City and Pueblo; d.
rectly due to the efforts Of tSis asso-
citation. Again. express rates on fruits
and berries were lowered to many
points. which means n saving to our
people OF many thousands OF dollars
per year.
Not less than 10000 people have
journeyed to Canon City this year. II
is claimed that not less than 5000
came via the auto route. and that
500 10 1000 auto loads Of people
made the trip TO the summit Of the
Royal Gorge. This Is perhaps not
more than one-third or one-fourth OF
the total number of people who made
the top OF the Gorge trip.
Again. ia II any wonderhhat people
say. 81 have heard 40 much about
Canon City. the Royal Gorge and the
Skyline Driver"
The Canon City Business Men's as
ISOLATION is putting Canon City on The
map. II cannot be done any other
way
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
HER WEIGHT INCREASED
FROM 100 TO I4O POUNDS.
Wonderful Praise Accorded
Peruna the Household ReHedd,, {,

Mrs. Marfa Goertz, orienta, Okla
homa, writes
"aIy husband, children and myself
have used your medicines, and We al
ways keep them in the house in case of
necessity ] was restored TO health by
this medicine, and DR.. Hartmen's in
valuable advice and books. People ask
about mo from t.inerent places, AMI are
surprised that can do all of my house
work slone, and that was cured by the
doctor OF chronic catarrh. My husband
was cured of asthma, my daughter Of
earache and catarrh of the stomach, and
my son of catarrh of the throat. When
1 was sick weighed 100 pounds; now I
weigh 140.
81 have regained my health again, and
I cannot thank you enough for your
advice. May God give you a long life
and bless your work"
Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
NEW COAL DEAF.

Canon City first-class. 800 per ton.
Royal Gorge. new vein. by wagon
'sads-Lump. $3.50: Nut. $500.
Call Merris' Feed Store. sso-wd-tf.