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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-16

The girl had stolen some money to
send her consumptive brother to
Arizona. She is about to be arrested
when her little sister in a remarkable
scene pleads for her. and the result
is happiness for all. 1t makes an ap-
in memory.
"a Happy Family" Imp. Com
edy of modern life, in which two fam
lilies broken up by divorce are
united crosswise. so to speak. Fate
threw them together in the same
house and some laughable situations
develop aided by mother-in-law who
claims jurisdiction over both unhappy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-16
a LESSON FROM OUR ANCESTORS

In the good old fashioned days Of
our grandmothers they depended up
on the roots and herbs of the field
to relieve disease.
Years have passed by, but science
has never been able to improve upon
the medicinal efforts of these same
roots and herbs which are Natures
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-16

Yellow complexion, pimples and
disfiguring blemishes on the face or
body can be gotten rid of by doctor
ing the liver, which is torpid. HER
BINE is a powerful liver correctant.
1t purifies the system, stimulates the
vital organs and puts the body In fine
vigorous condition. Price soc. Sold
by A. c. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-16
cure for disease

Lydia T.. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, that successful remedy for
female ills, had its origin in this way
and today tons Of roots and herbs are
consumed annually in making II.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-09-16

households. The climax is unusually
funny
Coming Wednesday, Florence Law
renee and owen Moore in strong
dramatic production, "a Chance
Shot"
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toopyrisht ial0, By The sobDs.Nsrriil Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair. the 2-yesr-old son of tho
ffty-million- dollar copper king Of Blair
town. Mont. 10 guest at the English
homo Of Lady GaIorey. Dams father had
oeen courteous to Lord Galorey during
his visit to tho United States and the
courtesy 10 now being returned to the
young man: The youth has an ideal girl
e his mind He meets Lily. Duchess Of
Snakwetef. beautiful widow. who Is
atRacted BY his immense fortune and
az tanss liking to her. When Dan was a
he had never forgotten her. The Ca
ioreys. Lily and ban attend a London
fheater where one Lefty Lane Is the star.
Dan recognizes her as the girl from his
Town, and going behind the scenes intro
quces himself and she remembers him.
ne ne learns that Prince Poniotowsky is
,r ,sut0r ana escort to. Lefty. Lord Ga
!orey and friend named Ruggles deter
mine 70 protect the westerner from Lily
sna otner fortune hunters. Young Blair
but Lefty and this angers the Duchess.
The westerner finds Lefty iii from hard
YORK but she RECEIVERS and Ruggles and
Dan invite her to supper. She asks Dan
70 ouild home for disappointed the
Atncal people. Dan visits Lily, for the
ume forgetting Lefty. and later an
1ounces his engagement to the duchess.
Letty refuses to sing for an entertain
ment gwen by Lily. Galorey tells Dan
that az Lily cares for is his money. and
4 y disclosed that he and the duchess
nave peen mutually In love. for years.
Dan escorting her home. Dan confronts
Galorey and Lily together. Later he In
toIms Lefty that his engagement with
LILY is broken.
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room the night after the row on the
river, the night after the long idyl
In the sunset room Of the inn, some
thing like prayer came to his young
lips. and. when Its short form was fin.
ished. a smile brought It to an end
as he remembered the line in Lefty
Lanes own opera:
"she will teach you how to pray In an
Eastern form Of prayer"
The ring he had given the duchess
Of Breakwater had been her own
choice, ruby. He had asked her,
through Galorey. to keep 1t and to
wear It later. when she could think Of
him kindly. In an ornament Of some
kind or another. The duchess had
not refused. The ring he bought for
Lefty Lane. although there was no
engagement announced between them,
was the largest. purest diamond hs
could with decency ask her to put
on her hand! It sparkled like a great
drop Of clear water from some foun.
tain on magic continent. In an.
other shop strands Of pink coral, set
through with diamonds. caught his
fancy and he bought her yards Of
them. ropes Of them. smiling to think
how his boyhood's dreams were come
true.
He never saw Ruggles except at
meals, hardly spoke to the poor man
at all, and the boys absorbed face,
his state Of mind. made the older man
feel like death. He repeated TO him.
self that he was too late-too late.
and usually wound up his reflections
by calculating:
Gosh almighty. I'm glad ! haven't
got q son!"
cTo BE coNTINuEp)
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CHAPTER xxlll.
In tho Sunset Glow.


He lived through a week OF hliss
and OF torture. One minute she prom
issd to marry him. give up the stage,
30 around the world on yacht, whose
luxuries. Dan planned. should rival
any boat ever built, or they would mo-
tor across Asia and see. one by one,
the various coral strands and the gold.
en- sands of the east. He could not
nnd terms to express how he would
spend upon her this fortune Of his.
which. for the first time. began to
nave value in his eye. Money had
been lavished on her. still she seemed
dazzled. Then she would push 1t all
away from her in disgust-tell him
she was sick Of everything-that she
didn't want any new Jewels or any
new clothes. and that she never want.
ed to see the stage again or any place
again; that there was nowhere she
wanted to go. nothing she wanted to
see-that he must get some fresh girl
10 whom he could show life, not one
whom he must try to make forget 1t.
Then. again. she would say that she
loved the stage and her art-wouldn't
give 1t up for any one In the world
that 1t was fatal to marry an actress
that 1t was mad for him to think of
marrying her, anyway-that she didn't
want to marry any one and be tied
down-that she wanted to be her own
mistress and free.
He found her a creature Of a thou.
sand whims and caprices, quick to CRY,
quick to laugh. divine in everything
she did. He never knew what she
would want him to do next. or how
her mood would change, and after one
OF their happiest hours, when she had
been like girl with him, she would
burst into tears, beg him to leave the
room. telling him that she was tired
tired-tired. and wanted to go to sleep
and never to wake up again. Between
them was the figure Of Poniotowsky
though neither spoke Of him. She an.
peared to have forgotten him. Dan
would rather have cut out his tongue
than to speak his name, and yet he
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As they neither called for their 40.
count nor to have the tea things taken
away, after while the woman stealth
lily opened the door and, unknown.
looked at one Of the prettiest pictures
ever within her walls. Lefty Lane
sat on the window seat. her golden
head. her white form against the
glow. and the boy by her side had his
arms around her. and her head was
on his breast They were both young.
They might have been white birds
blown in there. nesting in the humble
inn, and the woman of the house, who
had not heard the waters Of the
Thames dow softly for nothing,
judged them gently and sighed with
pleasure as she shut the door.
Here at Maidenhead Dan had left
his boat and the motor took them
back. Nothing spoiled his bliss that
day, and he said her name thou.
sand times that night In his dreams.
Jealousies-and, when he would let
himself think, they were not one, they
were many-faded away. The duties
that life with her would involve did
not disturb him. For many long
year, come what might. be what
would. he would recall the glowing Of
that sunset reflected under the inn
windows, the singing Of the thrushes
and the flash Of the white dress and
the fine little white shoes which he
had held in the palm Of his ardent
hand. which he had kissed, as he told
her with all his heart that she should
rest her tired feet forever.
There grew in him that day q rever.
ence for her. determined as he was to
bring into her life by his wealth and
devotion everything Of good. His Low.
Ing plans for her forming In his brain
somewhat chaotic and very much fe-
vered. brought him nearer than he
had ever been before to the picture Of
his mother. His father 1t wasn't easy
for Dan to think Of in connection with
the actress. He didn't dare to dwell
on the subject, but he had never
known his mother. and that pale ideal
he could create as he would. In think
ing Of her he saw only tenderness for
Lefty Lane-only love; and in his
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was there In the mind Of each. Dur.
ing the fortnight Dan spent thousands
Of pounds on her. bought her jewels
which she alternately raved over or
but half looked at. He had made his
arrangements with Galorey peaceful.
ly, coolly and between the two men
It had been understood that the world
should think the engagement broken
by the duchess. and Dams attention to
Lefty Lane. already the subject Of
much comment, already conspicuous.
was enough to Justify any woman In
taking offense.
One day. the pearl Of warm May
days, when England even In spring.
time touches summer. Blair was SO
happy as to persuade his sweetheart
to 20 with him for little row on the
river. The young fellow waited for
her in the boat he had secured. and
she. motoring out with Higgins. had
appeared, running down to the edge
Of the water like a girl. gay as child
let out from school. In a simple frock.
In marvelously fetching hat. white
gloves, white parasol. white shoes. and
as Dan helped her into the boat.
pushed It out, pushed away with her
on the crest Of the sun.hecked waters.
spring was in his heart, and he
found the moment almost too great
to bear.
The actress had been a girl with
him all day. giving herself to his
moods, doing what he liked without
demur, talking Of their mutual past.
telling him one amusing story after
another. proving herself an ideal COM
panion. fresh. varied. reposeful; and
no one to have seen Lefty Lane with
the boy on that afternoon would have
dreamed that she ever had known an.
other love. They had moored their
boat down near Maidenhead, and he
had helped her up the bank to the
little Inn. where tea had been made
for them. and served to him by her
own beautiful white hands. He had
called for strawberries. and. like a
shepherd In q pastoral. had fed them
to her, and as they fingered the sun.
set came creeping steadily in through
tho windows where they sat.
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told, that reveal
God to us besides
the Bible; g. g.,
the book Of ma
ture, and the book
Of providence. We
admit that nature
reveals God to US.
That the heavens
declare the glory
Of God, and the
armament shows
his handiwork, we
do not for a mo-
ment deny. Ma.
ture is vocal with
t h g ology. Nor
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CHAPTER xxIl.-cont,nued.

The boy laughed aloud, the laugh of
happy youth. He held her so close
that she might as well have tried to
loose herself from an iron image of
the Spanish Inquisition as from his
young arms. This slender, delicious,
wfllowy thing he held was Lefty Lane,
the adored star London went mad
over; the triumph Of It! 1t flashed
through him as his pulses beat and his
heart was high with the conquest, but
1t was to the woman only that he
whispered:
I've said lot Of stuff and am
likely to say lot more. but l want
you to say something to me. Don't
you love me?"
The word on his lips to him was as
strange. as wonderful, as though It
had been made for him.
Il guess must love you, Dan. I
guess must have for long time"
God, I'm so glad! How long,"
WIZ SVCi oiuSC yOu ubtu " COIlS
to the soda fountain and ask for choc.
olate. You don't know how sweet you
were when you were little boy"
She put her slender hand against
his hot cheek. "And you are nothing
but little boy now! think must
be crazy!"
As he protested, as she listened In.
tently to what his emotion taught him
to say to her. she whispered close to
his ear:
What will you take, little boy?"
And he answered: 'I1l take you
you'll"
At a slight sound In the next room
Lefty Lane started as though the In.
terruption really brought her to her
senses. put her hand to her disheveled
hair, and before she could prevent 1t.
Dan had called Mrs. Higgins to come
in," and the woman. In response.
came into the sitting.room. The boy
went to her and took her hands ca
gerly. and said:
IT'S all right. all right. Mrs. Hig.
gins. Just think Of It! She belongs
10 mel"
"Oh, don't be perfect lunatic. Dan."
the actress exclaimed. half laughing.
half crying. "and don't listen to him.
Higgins. He's Just crazy"
But the old woman's eyes went
bright at the boys face and tone. n
never was so glad Of anything in my
life."
"As Of what?" asked her mistress
sharply. and the tone was so cold and
so suddenly altered that Dan felt a
chill Of despair.
why. at what Mr.. Blair says. Miss"
"Then." said her mistress. you
ought to be ashamed Of yourself. He's
only twenty-five. he doesn't know any
thing about life. You must be crazy.
He's as mad as a March hare and he
ukht to be in school,"
Then, to their CONSERVATION. she
burst into passion Of weeping: threw
herself on Higgins breast and begged
her to send Dan away-to send every
body away-and to let her die In peace.
In utter despair the boy obeyed the
drosser's motion to 90. and his trans.
port was changed into anxiety and
dread. He hung about downstairs In
the Savoy for the rest OF the after
noon. finally sending up to Higgins for
news In sheer desperation. and the
page fetched Blair note In Letty's
own hand. His eyes blurred 80 as he
opened the sheet. he could hardly read
the scrawl which said:
ut wns perfectly sweet Of you to wait
down there. I'm all right-just tired outi
Better get on q boat and 90 TO Green
lands Icy Mountains and cool on. But
u you don't. come In tomorrow and have
lunch with me. LEFTY"
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(TO BE CONTINU
Awkward,

This Is how salvation" was being
brought about A captain in the
Army noted for bis erudition and
enthusiasm. said: III you look to the
hens they never 20 much a. take q
drink Of water without raising their
bills In token Of gratitude. Oh. that WI
were all hensl" To which there was
an unanimous response Of "Ameni"
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A better thing than tooth powder to
cleanse and whiten the teeth, remove
tartar and prevent decay is a prepara.
tion called Paxtine Antiseptic. At
druggists, 25c box or sent postpaid
on receipt Of price by The Paxton
Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
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II You Arc a rrlf1e Sensitive

About the size of your shoes, you can
wear size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder, into them.
just the thing for Dancing Parties and for
Breaking in New Shoes. Sample Free.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
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All Interested.

"Is your bookkeeper's heart In his
Office work?'
"Eyerybody's heart is in the office
work since the blonde stenographer
came"
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Health Is the fashion. Take Garfield Tea,
the herb laxative which puri6es the blood
and brings good health.
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About once month the average girl
OF Is meets the only man she could
ever love.
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THE BIBLE:
| WHAT IT is
By Rev. William Evans, D. D.
Dase,a Bhse coan. osMoaa, B;bs. la..iu,..
Chicago

TExT.-All scripture is given by in
spiration Of God. and In profitable for
doctrine. for reproof. for correction. for
instruction in righteousness.-2 Tim. 3-l6
The Bible is the Book Of God and re-
ligion. There are other books, we are
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Some men never brag about them.
selves-and don't blame them.
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Rivals In Culture,

Professor Enoch Dubber is going
to read a very learned paper before
the Mental Research society tonight.
Do you think you will be there?'
DO you suppose the Gibbits will
attend?"
Yes. l hear they are going
We'll, I'll be there. My wife never
lets Mrs. Gibbit 60 to anything Of a
high-browed nature that she doesn't
attend herself"
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Red Gross Bag Blue makes the laundrcss
happy. makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers.
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Have heart that never hardens,
temper that never tires. and touch
that never hurts.-Dickens.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have a nice
sewing machine and don't know how
to sew. Where could 1 learn sewing +?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
WHY SHE WANTS TO VOTE.
Mary e. Brown Tells TerseIy the
Suffrage Argument From the
Woman's Viewpoint.

! want to vote because need the
strength a united purpose brings to INV
home. '
| want to vote because need the power
OF the ballot to arouse interest in subjects
that mean something to each one Of us to
strengthen the interest In my home.
/ want to vote because | am q woman.
and. as a woman and a mother, / want to
add my motive in the government to bal
chinery and politics above men and wom-
en-.
| want to vote because ! need to use my
intelligence to make better conditions fol.
my children.
/ want to vote to make this mighty
country. in which I was born and bred. a
democratic country. a true government
Of the people. for the people. by the peo-
pie. / am one of the people.
want to vote because Of It's humanizing
effect upon men,. upon politics and me.
1 wan to vote because need to he
trained to a higher sense Of civic respon-
sibility. and such sense develops by use.
want to vote because I need TO be
trained to a higher sense Of social re-
sponsibility. and such sense develops by
use.
want to vote because I an a business
woman. a consumer and a taxpayer, and
should have equal representation with my
brother
1 want to vote because should have
something to ray about making the laws
I must obey.
/ want to vote because / am a Christian
woman. living in q Christian country.
where ''all men are born free and equal.''
and the woman who bears these me1, must
be born as free and equal ~ her IONS.
Together We have paid the cost OF every
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
TRAGIC EVENTS CROWN
CAREER OF TRACK MAN

San Observation-Disclosures tragic event
in the career of William Pratt Nc
Comas, wealthy mining engineer OF
MeNlco. took place in this city when
mis- beautiful young Wife. Jean w. Nc
Comas. died from the effects of a bullet
wound. h coroner has instituted Il
thorough investigation.
McComas declares tina his wife did
the shooting after having had a "A
rel with him.. AT first the authorities
belleved his story and released him
AFTER he had spent "a hours in Jail.
NOW they are not quite SO sure.
tour years ago McComas shot and
Killed Mrs. Charlotte L.. Noyes in Los
Angeles. She had been quite intimate
with him. and the two had become no.
torious figures at the races. Coming
IN 1fom the track on the night of Feb
fuary rs. 1908, McComaS and the wom-
an had a violent quarrel. 1t was re-
inewed late that night in the woman's
nome. She threw sulphuric acid upon
him. according to his story. and he shot
and killed her i'm s%elf-defense. He was
tried. h jury disagreed n subse-
quently the charge of murder was dis
missed by the district attorneys Of
flee.
Some time after the killing OF the
Noyes woman the police detectives Of
100 H6S'S "a leu tIdl MCSOI10S Il
killed a Mexican in Arizona before
making Los Angeles his home.
Two years g McComas secured a
divorce from his first wife and mar
ried the woman whose death occurred
last week. She was "a then. he SO.
McComas explains the shooting Of
his wife by saying that she shot her
self by mistake and intended only to
brighten him. we had just had a
quarrel" he says. Il left our apart
ments and old her that 1 intended
to rent other apartments for myself.
just as ] reached the elevator l heard
what 1 thought was a muffied shot. 1
was so peeved with her that / thought
If 1t was a shot II was just for a blum
n that she was trying to fool me.
Later wlen l went up i'm company with
a detective we found her lying on the
floor and 1t "a al awful blow to me-"
In searching the couples apartment
the detectives discovered a notebook
of McComas' containing the names Of
several hundred women. Some of the
cisco.
women are we'll known i'm San Fran
McComas is a we'll known character
i'm southern California. He had the
reputation of being a crack pistol shot
and always carries q revolver.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21

battle we nave won. Together we have
truth and of love. Together we stand in
the Frightening dawn Of a new century.
We cannot go back. II we would. We
to man and woman alike nothing 10 as It
was. and all things are assuming new
SHAPES and relations. where aver the
base from physical force to mental power.
All IS changed but this-our Relationship.
one to the other-man and woman. We
were heipmates in the ages of struggle
women. We want to be helpmates in this
day Of freedom. Together we came from
God. together let us go back to God. with
a new home, a new race and a new world.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
AGED SUFFRAGET STILL
HALE DESPITE YEARS

Observation-Disclosures 600, 900 women
STEPPED up to the polls the other day
n voted for president 1t is hardly
likely that many of them stopped to
think that they owed more to one wo-
man in Washington than to any other
person or group.
Yet such, indeed, was the case. and
the one woman to whom they should
have felt 80 deeply indebted was Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood, of this city.
Mrs. Lockwood, now 81, commenced
her light for equal rights away back
In the early ~fifties, when she was twen-
ty-four years of age. She has Kept 1t
Ill ever since.
Il have not rested since tina day
says Mrs. Lockwood. 1.-The fight has
been a hard and furious one against
great aodds. and at times dr%eadfully
uphill, but we have fruits to show for
the scars of battle.
w v made great progress. The
story of my hard and long fight for
woman's rights-equal rights-gives a
fair idea of what women in this coun-
try have had TO do.
In 1873 l was admitted to the bar
OF the supreme court. after a great
struggle. 1 was the first woman in
the world to have that honor. Forty
nine others AVE a 1t since
Mrs. Lockwood has not confined her
efforts to securing the ballot for wo-
men. Il have always fought for equal
rights for women she says. feeling
that the ballot wou naturally follow.
Il am encouragement of the Amer
lean Woman's Republic. with 1880
paid up members. Nearly every wo-
man in this organization is for the fol-
lowing things:
Woman suffrage.
Peace nj arbitration.
Education of the masses.
Equal rights to all.
Prohibition that prohibits.
Not pledgfng u support to any
party until we IA turn the tide in a
national election
Mrs. Lockwood is not old and de-
crepit. She is agile and happy and al
most as active as when in 1884 she ran
for president Of the United States as
the candidate Of the Equal Rights par
~. Her brownish- colored hair is
flecked with gray and her thin hands
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
To Tie . Comforter.

When tying a comforter, use this new
and rapid method. Instead of setting
n tying one stitch at a time. set
the stitches the who'll distance across
before tying once. After chalking tho
line take a double thread longer than
the width Of the quilt. proceed to
set stitches h whole distance across,
carrying the thread along unbroken.
are ready to tie. unhampered by the
constant change from thimble to scis-
sors. The work is fully as neat as
by the Older method. and much faster.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-21
"
MRS. sELvA A. LOCKWOOD.

are wrinkled, but not feeble or palsied.
EVERY q she is seen at her law office
I'm the Lockwood building. which she
owns.
Her mind is clear. her conversation
Instructive n entertaining. Her
nome Ia headquarters for struggling
women.