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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

IT. a grey wush d aeMS ~ starboarn.
Some navigatin'. SHAFT" A%ppleyard
observed complacently. Coast watched
Appleyard shift the spokes until the
Echo swung upon a course at a salient
angle to that which she had been
holding. And now where?"
Appleyard looked up from the bin.
nacle. Moth by east" he said alb
stractedly; then, rousing: "Quick's
Hole. and it please you. | venture to
recommend the spot. It's quiet, re-
tired. charmingly salubrious: quite q
cosy corner for a days loaf"
Loaf" exclaimed Coast in exas.
peration.
Tut" said the little man In a tone
of mild reproof; land again tut. Eft.
soons | will a tale unfold that'll shed
a heap of light upon the plot OF this
issue of the Half-Dime Library. Know
you not that Desmond the Dachshund
Detective Is on the scent?
Les see: where'd l get OFF,"
You were on the point OF making
some interesting discoveries." Coast
prompted patiently.
10 be sure. AS l was
about to say, l felt my way along.
lost 1t. and presently stumbled onto
what seemed a pretty raw slice OF
melodrama. The first thing |
struck for was the farmhouse. Last
| heard of the island. it was Inhabited
by a single family, a farmer. his wife
and a couple of kids. Must've been
a bit lonesome, but they didn't seem
to mind. They do say the man once
petitioned the State Legislature to
build a school-house on the island to
educate his offspring, on the ground
that as a taxpayer be was entitled to
their schooling at the expense of the
as l recall 1t he nominated himself :or
the job of %janitor and his wife to be
school-mistress. both on salary! . 4.
had it in mind to pump him. you
see, but somehow | missed the farm.
house, the first cast. And when |
pulled up to take soundings l heard a
curious sort of noise-singular in
that locality. at least: one of those
noises that, once heard, is never for
gotten; as nearly as l can describe it.
a sort of ripping crash-very irregular
in duration and much mufled by dis
lance and fog. | picked up my ears
and tried to mark down the quarter it
came from. Then | followed it up as
best l could. After two or three false
turns | fell over what seemed to be
a wire stay, CROPPED round and found
a mast. The noise had stopped by
this time, but l knew what had made
it without doubt; that mast was an
aerial. and I'd been listening to some
body operating a wireless station.
Next thing, l made ont a glow of light
hat led me to a window. BY now |
was interested and laying very low.
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
French invention Applies the Princi
pie to Vehicles Which Move at
High Speed.

Long ago the patent Offices of the
world came to the conclusion through
experts that few basic principles are
embodied in new inventions. Adapta-
tons Of old and well known laws Of
physics merely are applied in a new
form in mechanical c~ontrivances.
What shall be said Of NJ. Constantin,
a French inventor who has applied a
windmill wheel to the front of We
hicles which move at high speed, or
which have to move against heavy
head winds? To the end. too. of con-
serving the energies which drive the
vehicle.
AS we understand it. the inventor
has gone no further than the build
ing of a small model wagon. The
wagon is OF aluminium and we!gla
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
Like Father, Like Son.

Bishop Weldon, dean of Man.
chester, speaking at the annual con
ference Of the National Association OF
Head Teachers at Manchester recent.
ly, said that when Eead-master of
Harrow he once wrote to a seer about
his sons betting habits. The peer
replied: Il am much obliged for your
letter, but | think l ought to tell you
| am much worse myself" Another
parent wrote to DR.. Welldown;
Whenever you find it necessary to
flog my son at school l shall give him
another flogging at home" This the
dean described as a somewhat unin.
telligible support Of the school by the
home which might not be altogether
Observation-Disclosures Mail.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
NO MANS v
LANDA N@MMNGE
RE5L0UI$ JOSEPH n
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in through any regular port OF entry.
All we were certain Of was that it
was getting In duty free-though we
couldn't prove even that. . . . So
then, ! was turned loose on the prob
lem. and I've been puzzling over it for
six months"
He was briefly silent, apparently in
reminiscent mood. EARLY in the
game" he resumed. Il had cause to
believe that most of the stuff was
seeping in through New England. So
i sat me down and tried to figure it
u from the other sides point of
view-supposing | wanted to turn
the trick on my own account. See?"
CLEARLY. Go on"
Being a product of this neck O.
the woods made it some easier; l
know the coast pretty thoroughly. 1t
struck me how ALFRED easy it would
be to establish a depot for the re-
ception OF goods on one of these little
islands hereabouts-Or even at some
retired point on the mainland. Then
one could ship the stuff over by any
old unlikely tramp. trans-ship it to a
smaller vessel at some agreed point
off the coast, and stow it away for
distribution practically at ones own
convenience. With such a central
station, the stuff could be smuggled
to the railroad through any number
OF small harbors-a trunkful here. a
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
SYNOPSIS.

Garrett Coast. 2 young man Of New
rork CITY. meets Douglas Blackstock. h
invites him to a card party. He accepts.
although he dislike Blackstock, the rea-
son being that both are in love with Kath-
crime Thaxter. Coast falls to convince her
mat Blackstock is unworthy Of her
friendship. At the party Coast meets two
named Dundas and Van Tuyl. There Is
= quarrel; n Blackstock shoots Van
Tuyl dead. Coast struggles to wrest the
weapon from him, thus the police dis
cover them. Coast Is arrested for murder.
lie Is convicted. but as he begins his SEN
tence. Dundas names Blackstock as the
murderer and kills himself. Coast be-
comes free. but Blackstock has married
Katherine Thaxter and fed. Coast pur-
chases a yacht and while sailing sees a
man thrown from a distant boat. He res
cues the fellow who is named Appleyard.
Ihey arrive at u lonely island. known as
NO dams Land. Coast starts out to ex-
plore the place and comes upon some de-
serted buildings. He discovers a man
dead. Upon going further and approach
ing a house he sees katherine Thaxter,
who explains that her husband, under the
name Of Black. has bought the island.
ie IS blind. a wireless operator and has
her husband murdered Van Tuyl. Coast
eees Blackstock and some Cinnamon
purifying a man. They fire at him. but he
IS rescued by Appleyard. who gets him
10 the Echo In safety.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

of speech II couldn't i~nsid,uusiy talk
you into going where I wanted to-
No Mans Land, Muskeget, Tucker
muck. Chappaquiddick. or wherever"
I'm ready to certify you're quail.
fed to talk the hind legs off the do
nestle mule" Coast averred with en-.
thusiasm.
Don't worry; I'm a merciful nan
. . Rather cheap, that-what?"
Extremely"
Your fault: you fed 1t to me. I'm
beginning to think you must be the
only original. perfectly -pasteurised
mascot. Since we met the very stars
have seemed to battle in their course
for me. Even the fog helped-shunt-
ing us off to No Mans Land"
YES"
II had no particular notion of in
vestigating that island first Of all; but
a number of circumstances made me
suspect we were in its neighborhood.
| had figured it out that the variation
of the magnetised compass must have
carried us sou'west, for one thing;
and the absence Of fog signals made
me think we must have got we'll south
OF the main-traveled routes: finally,
| knew that, once south of Devils
Bridge, the set Of the tide would
snake us out toward No Mans Land.
So, when we ran aground and | went
ashore, leaving you asleep. | wasn't
surprised to recognize the place."
you could-in that fog?"
i've an excellent memory. and had
visited the islano a good many times
on fishing trips when l was a boy in
these parts. That abandoned fishing
village made me sure Of my ground;
In the days when the bluefish ran in
these waters there used to be quite
a settlement there. However.
I'm fortunate in the possession OF a
sense of locality something above the
average, and though it was pitch dark,
at first, and thick as mud. | wasn't
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
SHE QUIT COFFEE
And Much Good Came From Il.

It is hard to believe that coffee will
put a person in such a condition as it
did a woman of Apple Creek, 0. She
tells her W story:
81 did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said | liked
1t so we'll I would not quit drinking it,
ever if it took my life, but ! was a
miserable sufferer from heart trouble
and nervous prostratiOn for four years.
Il was scarcely able to go around at
all. Had no energy, and did not care
for anything. Was emaciated and had
q constant pain around my heart until
l thought l could not endure it. l
felt as though | was liable to die any
time.
Frequently / had W chills and
the least excitement would drive sleep
away, and any little noise would up.
set ME terribly. l vas gradually get
ting worse until finally one day. 1t
came over me, and l asked myself
what is the use of being sick all the
time and buying medicine SO that !
can indulge myself in coffee?
80 I thought l would see il I could
cult drinking coffee, and got some
Postum to help me quit. I made it
strictly according to directions, and
| want to tell you that change was tho
greatest step in my life. 1t was easy
to quit coffee because | had the
Postum which l like better than ]
liked the old coffee. One by one the
old troubles left, until now I am in
splendid health, nerves steady, heart
Ell right, and the pain all gone. Never
have any more nervous chi.ls. don't
take any medicine, can do all my
housowo:k, and have done q great
deal besides.
MY sister-inlaw, who visited me
this summer had been an invalid for
some time, much as l was. ! got her
to quit coffee and drink Postum. She
gained five pounds in three weeks,
nd ! neyer say such a change in any
les health"
There's a reason
Ever read the above letter. A new
80 appears from time to time. They
}'rr genuine. true, anu full OF human
.N1crest.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

trunkful there, all disguised as pas
senge baggage; and these waters are
SO thick with small craft that their
comings and goings attract practically
no attention. Plausible, tea-
sible--yes?"
"%lngenious, certainly"
ITO cut it short, | finally satisfied
myself that the schooner employed
for the trans-shipment was the fisher.
man that, as you saw, preferred my
room to my company. took a chance
there. like a fool-lucky to get OF
with a whole skin. But by the time
| hit the water | felt pretty sure they
had some sure enough good reason
for not wanting any strangers hang
ing round"
I'D think you Justified in assuming
that much"
The worst Of it was, that mishap
made me a marked man; I'd been a
wee mite too indiscreet. For a while
| thought Id have to fade into the
background and let n of my brother
sleuths polish off the job. You can
fancy how that would have CALLED.
Fortunately you offered yourself--"
Il like that" Coast commented.
Anyway, my magnificent magma
ton offered you to me-" Appleyard
pursued without loss OF countenance.
Il began to see how easy it would be
to snoop along the coast as your crew
-inconspicuous. unsupported. You
C0Np,n<1 q, hur@ r1vy ~ l~-
Of what you wanted to do, where you
wanted to cruise. And I'd begin to
suspect myself OF failure of the parts
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
Transformer Of Heat.

A singular phenomenon is to be
noted in iron working establishments.
A bar of iron is taken by the end
and the other end is plunged into a
fire, heating it strongly, but not SO
much that the hand cannot retain it's
hold. The he; ed end is then
plunged into a T. i of cold water.
Immediately the her end becomes
SO hot that it is Impossible to hold
it.. This phenomenon. familiar to
workmen in iron. is Inscribed by them
to some repellent action they suppose
the sudden cold exerts upon the heat
contained in the iron, which is thus
driven to the opposite extremity.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

Women to Wear MantiIIas In Church.
Women of st. Francis De Sales
Cathedral will introduce into this
country the custom of wearing in
church the graceful lace headdress of
the Spanish women in place Of hats.
The innovation was suggested by Rev.
DR.. O'Connor to the members Of the
Altar society and at the general COM
munion Of the society the scarfs will
be worm.
The hats Of today have become a
monstrosity," says Rev. DR.. O'Con-
nor. addressing the society.-Toledo
Correspondence Cleveland Leader.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19

afraid of losing myself. So | struck
out boldly. and by daylight had made
a number Of interesting discoveries.
Twenty-seven!"
The little man got up and bowed
profoundly. as to a valued acquain-
lance, to a black can buoy conspicu.
ously numbered "27." swimming past
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-19
Sad Case.

II hear your husband has lost his
public job"
YES"
What does he expect to do now"
well. he told me this morning
that unless he could get reinstated
pretty soon he would have to go to
work somewhere."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
An Extensive Luxury,

Richard Harding Davis, who knows
South America intimately, told at a
luncheon at the Philadelphia club a
South American story.
1.-THE Florida In Buenos Aires" he
said, as very elegant and charming,
but in the past the young men were
too prone to accost the beautiful WON
en- shopping and promenading there.
Accordingly a law was passed which
imposed a fine Of $50 on any one who
should dare to accost or annoy In the
slightest degree any lady in BuenOs
Aires"
Mr.. Davis paused.
"Since the passage Of that law" he
said solemnly, 'the Florida has become
quite safe. but when a beautiful wo-
man walks in 1t the young men hover
near her, murmuring in low and ardent
tones. 4 wish had $50"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Algerines at Law.
Real Estate Transfers.

Third District Bldg. and Loan Assn
to Mrs. Edwin Mahoney, 2 lots Eliza
Bouny. Evelina, Opelousas and Pow.
der, 1910, terms.-Zengel.
Albert n. Robelot ct ais to Yupon
Realty Co., I lots, Patterson, Whitney,
Pelican and LeBoeuf, lots Whitney
Pelican, Alex and LeBoeuf, tract Eve
lima, Whitney, Newton, Viaduct and
other property, s11,SOO cash.-Puig.
Thomas Hadley, ct ais to AntoninC
Palisi, lot Brooklyn, DeArmas, Teche
and Lamarque, s615 cash.-Gautier.
Joseph w. Lennox to Widow Jos
Lacoste, lots Sumner, Homer, New
ton, Olivier's property, 1890 cash.
Sinai.
Daniel H. Simms ct ais to Geo. F.
Simms, interest, etc, in and to LOT
Newton, Franklin, Monroe and Homer
s414.50 terms-Renaudin
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Carefully WeIqhed.

In the Dana days on the New YORK
Sun a young Cornell graduate was put
at work reviewing books. One OF the
flrst books handed him was a massive
life Of Napoleon" by q college pro
fessor.
The Cornell man had specialized on
Napoleon at his university under
great authority and thought rather
poorly Of this new biographer OF Napo-
leon, who was a professor In another
university. by the way. He glanced
casually over the illustrations and wrote
his review as follows:
life of Napoleon by Professor So
and-so. The work weighs nine pounds.
Mr.. Dana read the review and sent
for the young man.
"Did you write this review be
growled.
Eyes, sir"
did you read the book" growled
Mr.. Dana again, f1ercer than before.
mo, sir; weighed IT,"
"That'll dor growled Mr.. Dana again.
Then he sent word down to the cash
fer to raise the reviewers salary.-Sat
urday Evening Post.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Civil District Court.

Succession of Emma Vossler, wife
of Henry Godpied Dihlmann, posses,
sion.-P. f. & ]. Hennessey.
Succession of Mrs. G. H. Dehlman,
judgment putting husband and heir in
possession.
DR.. Charles V. Kraft, etc, VS.. Uni
versal Concrete Tie Co., judgment, SIS.
The Crigler & Crigler Co. vs.. 10,
seph Rumore, s246.SS, open account
Hall, Monroe, Lemann & Leverich.
Succession of T. Finegan ct ais. VS..
B. o. Finegan. etc, submitted.
s S. McNeely ct ais vs.. II. p. Nc
Nicely ct ais, judgment signed.
+. Lame VS.. Algiers Ry. & L. Co.,
judgment rejecting plaintiffs demands.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Skeleton of the Skyscraper.

The skyscraper is taller when build
ing than when built While the red
steel columns are being set one upon
the top Of the next by the long arm Of
the erector they seem to be climbing
upward and upward without end, says
the Chicago Post 1t Is as II they
had set out to reach the clouds and
man was helping them to realize their
aspirations. And while the unfinished
tops stick manfully into the air realiza-
ton appears perfectly possible. 1t Is
only when the horizontal line OF the
caves is drawn at right angles to the
vertical lines Of the pillars, when the
roof Is put on and the climbing steel
boxed in. that the building loses its
aspiration and becomes as limited as
the rest of us
No Parallels In Mature.
The wise men say there are no paral-
lels in nature, that no one thing in the
wide universe exactly mates and
matches any other one thing, that each
cloud has differed from every other
cloud form I'm any hour Of the day and
night or day or yesterday, and so on
back through the forgotten centuries,
and no two leaves In form, color or
texture lift the same faces to the sun
on any day of the millions Of years;
that no wave on any beach curves and
falls as any wave has curved and fal-
len before, not since this planet cooled
And so 1t is with the whirls and the
crystals of driving snow, with the sand
and splash OF rain and so. too, with the
flight of birds. the dash and tumble of
the restless brook and the roar of law
less thunder and the cry Of birds.-F
Hopkinsop Smith.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Writs.

Provident B. and L. Assn. vs.. I've L.
Mangrum, seizure and sale of lots
Newton, Odeon and Decatur, $500,
subject to a credit of S399.73.
Whitney Central T. and S. Bank VS..
Joseph Amann, seizure and sale of 10
lots, Ptolemy, Lawrence, Numa and
Nelson streets, S243.35.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Not the Rioht Kind.

A young bachelor who was beset by
a sewing machine agent told the latter
that his machine would not answer his
purpose.
why" said the agent, with voluble
praise, ut is the best on the market In
every respect"
THAT may be-" replied the supposed
customer, ''but the sewing machine
am looking for must have fiaxen hair
and blue eyes."-New York Journal.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
A Happv Paraphrase

The retort courteous in the para.
phrase ingenious has seldom had better
illustration than in the story that after
the signing of the treaty Of Berlin Herr
Won Kiderlen- Waechter presented NJ
Jules Camoon, with whom he had ne
gotiated the treaty, a photograph bear.
Ing the inscription, ITO my amiable
friend and terrible enemy" To which
NJ. Cambon responded by presenting
his photograph inscribed. "To my terri
BILE friend and amiable enemy"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Tempests.
Money.

Bacon-Money will do almost any
thing.
Egbert-It won't take a blot from
your escutcheon.
Perhaps not, but 1t will buy a lot
more escutcheons." - Yonkers States
man
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Contracts.

Widow and children of Joseph La
coste, owner, Joseph w. LennoX. con-
tractor, one-story raised frame double
cottage, Newton, Sumner, Homer and
Olivier property, S3,14O. j. Bodenger,
surety.-Sinai.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
One Was Enough.

Hub-You say I've only one fault.
Well, II that's all, can't be such a
bad husband. william, a quar-
ter with a hole In it has only one fault,
but what use Is it?-Boston Transcript
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Catherine Stones For Teeth.

Upon the rocky coast Of Normandy
between Havre and Dieppe are to be
seen numbers Of men and boys Of all
ages walking slowly up and down the
shore and occasionally picking up a
pebble and placing 1t carefully In sacks
which they carry. When these sacks
are filed they are carried to foreman.
who examines the pebbles carefully
and pays the collector. The pebbles
gathered are not very abundant. but
the washing Of the shore produces
more each day. and the work goes on
while the business-for 1t really Is quite
an industry-seems to pay those en-
gagged In it, These small stones or peb-
bles are shipped across the sea to the
United States. where they are reduced
to a fine powder, which Is afterward
converted into a very fine grade Of por-
celaln, from which many Of the best
false teeth are made Exchange.
Tempests.
Science attributes tempeStS to q gen
eral internal movement of detached
masses of aerial proiectiles, which
traverse the general mass Of the at
mosphere like the discharge from a
mitrailleuse.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
MIGHT Do Worse,

whats the trouble, old man? You
look worried"
Il am. My son wants to start a
chicken farm"
"Oh, well, try to throw 1t OF! He
might be wanting to buy or sell stuff
on margins. "-Chicago Record Herald.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Conventional Mortgages.

Mr.. Foster Jefferson to II. F. Ben
nett, $435, notes, , ears, s per cent,
9 lots, Bringier, Nunez, Lawrence and
HermOsa.-Vidrine.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
But She Doesn't.

"Of all inappropriate names I ever
heard our landlady takes the bun,"
said the Fat boarder.
You mean her first pamer' asked
the thin boarder.
Sure! It's Phyllis" - Yonkers
Statesman.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Improving.

"She went crazy over bridge"
"Sad, very sadv'
'Oh, no great harm done. Her fam
lily placed her In a fashionable sanl-
tarium, and she's playing a better
game than ever now."-Washington
Herald.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27

Instead of wishing for q million
dollars to give a friend give him the
S. you have.-Howe's Monthly.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
Hard 70 Choose.

Walker Hike-De lady gimme a piece
Of angel cake and a pair Of shoes.
Toddle Awn-Which are yer going t
eat-Chicago News.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-06-27
CHART Err.

OF NEW ORLEANS & WESTERN RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.