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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
His Time Is Money.

rs he man of much Importance
In this community?
q should say he is! A caller has
to pass through six ground glass doors
and explain his mission to three secre.
taries before he ever gets a glimpse
of that man"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
LITTLE DISSECTION PUZZLE
Trick Is to Cut Piece Of Cardboard
Into Four Pieces of Precisely
Same Shape and Size.

Cut out piece of paper or card
board of the shape shown In the illus.
tration. 1t will be seen at once that
the proportions are simply those of a
square attached to half another SINH
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21

Cooperation when practiced at the
proper time is one of the prime factors to
success, When in large institution the
officers and employees cooperate in their
various capacities such efforts are bound to
aid the institution or corporation in its
growth and future success.
Cooperation, however, is like the mech
anism of watch; lit is very delicate sub
iect and must be handled tenderly and care
fully looked after by the superior officers.
A watch, you kaow, is liable to get out of
order, and if the difficulty is not remedied
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
PLAYING With Fire.

First Bachelor Maid-Miss Single.
ton is playing with fire again.
Second Bachelor Maid-How is
that?
First Bachelor Maid-Going with
"a "old fame" of hers.-Judge.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
@s~-s a.-<---

Bis dat qui otto dat That's Eye.
Italian, guess. What's it mean? Do
'yoa know"
Literally. He gives twice who
gives quickly A freer translation
would be He who gives quickly gives
twice as much as he would If he
stopped to think it over"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
Ladies' and Ciaarettes

My wife made me promise to Quit
smoking before she would marry me, /"
remarked Mr. Meekton
And now"
I'm doing my best to get her tn
promise not to begin"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
The Terrors Of English.

II an and an and an o and an
With an Y at the end spell Su,
And an E and a Y and an E spell Z
Pray what is a speller to do?
Then II also an S and an 1 and q
And II E d spell side,
There's nothing much left for a spellp
to Go
But 10 commit siouxeyesighed,
Success Magazine
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21

Mrs. Jones-Why are you goins
home so soon? Surely your husband
can get along without you.
Mrs. Smith know It. But dom
want him to find out that he can.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21

Regarding the English sparrow, let me
quote from some authorities The "Ameri-
can Dictionary and Encyclopedia" 1900,
says IN part, regarding the house sparrows
winch are our common sparrows: 'They
differ from the country bird in being dir
tier, and, if possible, more daring. From
high antiquity their great fecundity, their
attachment TO their young, their extreme
pugnacity and the large tolls they levy on
the farmer and market gardener have been
commented on by writers on ornithology.
But opinions differ on the subject of their
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
Dissection Puzzle.

lar square, divided diagonally, The
puzzle is to cut it into four pieces all
of precisely the same size and shape.
The solution to this puzzle is
shown in the second illustration. Di.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
Factor
In
Making
Ultimate
Success
BY OTTO J. kRaMPlkOWSkY

stop running 1t is the thing with
large institution The moment through lack of
the the employers the welfare of their employees there
ultimate disaster failure co-opera
the part of the employees
prevailing wrong which could easily looked
by the superior officers.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21

vide the figure up into twelve equal
triangles, and it is easy to discover
the directions of the cuts as indicated
by the dark lines.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
Winter
Crime
Annual Waves
Disgrace to
Modern Cities
By HENRY MANNERlNG. CHICAGO

Y HEN Indian the of
M blow the praires and the
the sof the newspapers
and there the seeker after great significant
will that there has crime during the first months of
winter every year for twenty years.
When winter has
uon OF spring in the air then begins
fewer burgar and highway robees petty petty wndng
becomes less frequent
These facts that any newspaper any experienced policeman
any careful observer will verify. when the cold days
come and decreases with the advance of spring
With winter living becomes harder
needed clothing demanded Thousands
In the summer time and with the change of the of find
that selpeaon drives them charity
for poor person. and that is theft in form.
The and children men 90 to charity The
stronger men, finding the honest living barred by
conceive be lnsurnountabe obstacles, become robbers
When the warm days again and employment the farms,
the shops and building easier secure
In times of panic the crime rises higher.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21

No boy decides to be criminal, to 90 to prison
by trying to live without work Youth is naturally
ideaistc and the lads of Chicago raised under favor
able conditions, want to be good and useful men The
strongest of them overcome all obstacles and achieve
their ambition, but the weaker become law
breakers
More police, more prisons, more repressve laws
VIII not reduce the annual crime waves Organized
society must do better than that for its people or some
OF them will run amuck and we shall continue to have
these annual crime waves that disgrace modern civil
zaion.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21
Impure
Air
Found
in, Many
Places
BY T. A. WELSH, Chicago

you would would all be poisoned indeed they
The been particularly beautiful the air is
charged tie heath-givi qualities in the world it's
breathe and strength but thousands of people that really
should bete would rather breathe every germ the than
cold, fresh air
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-21

Editor-You made an awful mistake
n setting up that poem.
Compositor-What poem?
Editor-"Polly's Dimples;" and you
set 1t up 'Polly's Pimples"
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24
CHAPTER XVII.

The Mountebank and the Hunchbaek.
Up the Mount with shambling step,
head down-bent and the same stupid
expression on his face, the mounte-
bank went docilely, though not silent
ly. To one of the soldiers at his side
he spoke often, voicing that dull ap-
prehension he had manifested when
first ordered into custody.
do you think they'll put me in a
dungeon?"
Dungeon, indeed" the man an
swered not ill-naturedly. For such as
you! No, no! They'll keep the
oubliettes, calottes, and all the dark
holes for people of consequence-trait-
ors, or your fine gentry consigned by
lettres de cachet."
"Then what do you think they will
do with me?"
wait, and find out!" returned the
soldier roughly, and the mountebank
spoke no more for some time; held
his head lower, until, regarding him,
his guardian must needs laugh.
Here's a craven-hearted fellow!
Well, if you really want to know,
they'll probably lock you up for the
night with the rest of rag-tag," indi-
eating the other prisoners, a short
distance ahead, Gin the cellar. or al
monry, or auberge des voleurs; and in
the morning, if you're lucky and the
Governor has time to attend to such
as you, it may be you'll escape with q
few stripes and warning"
"The auberge des voleurs!-the
thieves inn!" said the man. What
is that?"
bah! You want to know too much!
If now your legs only moved as fast
as your tongue" And the speaker
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24

For some distance they continued
along the narrow way, the mounte-
bank bending lower under his load
and observing the injunction put upon
him, until the path, broadening, led
them abruptly on to a platform where
stone house Of ancient construction
barred their further progress. But
two stories in height, this building,
an alien edifice amid loftier piles,
stood sturdily perched on a precipi-
tous cliff. The rough stonework Of its
front, darkenod by time, made it seem
almost a part Of the granite itself, al
though the roof, partly demolished
and restored, impaired to it an anom-
alous distinctness, the bright new tile
prominent as patches on some dilapi-
dated garment. In its doorway. be-
meath a monkish inscription, well-nigh
obliterated, stood a dwarf, or hunch-
back, who, jingling a bunch of great
keys, iI-humoredly regarded the ap-
preaching trio.
What now?" The little mans well
come, as mountebank and soldiers
came within earshot, was not reassur-
ing. Isn't it enough to make prison
ers of all the scamps in Christendom
without taking vagabond players into
custody?"
Orders, good Jacques!" said one Of
the soldiers in a conciliatory tone.
"The commandant's!"
"The commandant!" grumb!ed the
grotesque fellow. at is all very we'll"
mimicking: "'Turn them over to
Jacques. He'll find room If this
keeps on, We'll soon have to make
cages of confessionals, or turn the
wine-butts in the old cellar into oubli-
ettes."
'If any of our ancient flavor fingers
in the casks, your guests would have
little reason to complaint" returned
the other soldier. But this fellow,
he'll make no trouble"
"Oh, suppose we'll have to take
care of him!" muttered the dwarf. "In
the thieves inn there's always room
for one more!" Obeying the gesture,
at once menacing and imperious, that
accompanied these words, the mounte-
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24
The aands1n said the man. Cursed

'The sands!" said the man. Cursed
the day 1 set foot on them!"
To this malediction the other did
not answer; stepped down and, again
seated in his corner, waited, while the
light that had grudgingly entered the
narrow aperture grew fainter. With
the growing darkness the atmosphere
seemed to become closer, more foul;
but although he breathed with diff
Guilty, the mOuntebank suffered no
sign Of impatienee or concern to
escape him; only more alertly looked
and istened-to night bird cleav-
ing the air without; to muttered
sounds, thieves patois, or snatches Of
ribald mirth within; and, ere long, to
new complainings.
"Our supper! What of our supper?"
'The foul fiend take the auberge des
voleurs and it's landlord?"
'Vrai dieu! Here he comes!" as
the footsteps were heard without.
And the door, opening, revealed, In
deed, in the rushlight, now dimly illu-
minating the hall, the hunchback,
not laden, however, with the longed-
for creature comforts, but empty
handed; at his back the commandant
and a number of soldiers.
''You fellow with the dolls!" Blink
ing in the glare of the torches, the
dwarf peered in. Where are you?
Come alongl" as the mountebank
rose, 'you are wanted"
"Wanted?" repeated the player,
stepping forward. "Where?"
"At the palace" said the comman-
dant
''The palace!" stopping short. "Who
can want me there?"
"Who?" The dwarf made grimace.
who" he repeated mockingly.
"Her ladyship," said the command
ant, with a reproving glance at the
jailer.
"Her ladyship!"
Haven't you ears, my man." The
commandant frowned and made an
impatient gesture. Come, bestir your.
self! The Governors daughter has
commanded your presence"
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24

The words died away; her glance
fell; fingered on the hand he had
extended. Muscular, shapeIy. it
seemed not adapted to the servile
gesture; was most unlike the hand
Of clod or clown. Moreover, it was
marked with a number of wounds.
half-healed, which caught and held
her look.
"Of course, am so poor, your Lady
ship" he began, in yet more abject
tone, but stopped, attracted in turn
by the direction of her gaze; then,
meeting it, quickly withdrew the hand
and thrust it into his pocket. Not
In time, however, to prevent startled
light, swift gleam of recollection
from springing into her eyes! The
very movement itself - ironically
enough!-was not without precedent.
"You!" She recoiled from him. "The
Black"
AS man who realizes he has be-
trayed himself. he bit his lips; but at
tempted no further subterfuge. The
shambling figure Strengthened; the
dull eyes grew steady; the bold self
possession she remembered we'll on
another occasion again marked his
bearing.
Your Ladyship has discerning
eyes," he remarked quietly, but as
he spoke glanced and moved a little
toward the window.
My lady stood as If dazed. He, the
Black Seigneur, there, in the palace!
Mechanically she raised her hand to
her breast; she was very pale. On
the balcony the nightingale, grown
confident, burst into a food Of varia-
tions; a thousand trills and full
throated notes filled the room.
II understand now," at length she
found voice, why that fancy came to
me below, when was listening to the
play on the platform. But why have
you come-to the very Mount itself?"
Her voice trembled a little. you!
On the beach the people tried to stop
you"
you saw that, too?"
"And you knew the play would
make trouble! You wanted it to-"
quickly. For what purpose? To get
into the upper part Of the Mount? To
have them arrest-bring you here?"
She looked at him with sudden ter
ror. my father! Was it to"
A low, distinct rapping at the door
she had entered, interrupted them.
She started and looked fearfully
around. At the same time the noun
tebank stepped back to the side of
a great bronze in front of the balcony,
where, standing in the shadow, he
was screened.
''Elise!" voice called out.
The flower the girl had been hold
ing fell to the floor.
My" she began, when the door
opened and the Governor stood on the
threshold.
(TO Be CoNTINUED.)
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24

bank, who had been eyeing his pro-
spective host not without visible
signs Of misgiving, reluctantly entered.
But as he did so, he looked back;
toward the soldier who had displayed
half-friendly interest in the play.
"If you care to know more about the
piece" he began, when the maledic-
tions and abuse of the misshapen
keeper put a stop to further conVer-
sation and sent the mountebank post
haste into the darkness Of the cavern
like hall intersecting the ground floor.
On either side closed doors, vaguely
discerned, hinted at the secrets Of the
chambers they guarded; the atmos-
phere, dark and close, proclaimed the
sunlight long a stranger there. At the
end Of the hall the dwarf, who had
walked with the assurance of one well
acquainted with that musty interior
and all 1t contained, paused; shot
sharply a bolt and threw open a door.
The action was the signal for a chorus
of hoarse voices from within, and the
little man stayed not on the order Of
his going, but, thrusting the mounte-
bank across the threshold, leaped
nimbly back, slammed hard the door,
and locked it.
Cries of disappointment and rage
followed, and, facing the company that
crowded the dingy little room almost
to suffocation, the latest conner found
himself confronted by unkempt people
who shook their fists threateningly
and execrated in no uncertain man
ner. A few, formerly spectators Of his
little play, inclined again to vent their
humor on him, but he regarded them
as if unaware Of their feeling; pushed
none too gently to tiny window, and,
depositing his burden on the stone
floor, seated himself on stool with
his back to the wall.
As a squally gust soon blows itself
out, so their temper, mercurial, did
not long endure; from a ragged coat
one produced dice, another cards, and,
although there were few sous to ex-
change hands, the hazard of tossing
aud shutting exercised it's usual
charm and held them. The minutes
wore away; motionless in his corner,
the mountebank now watched; then
with his head on his elbow, seemed
sunk in thought. Once he rose; stood
on his stool and looked out between
the heavy bars Of the narrow window.
mot much chance to get out that
way" observed a fellow prisoner.
"What did you see?"
"Only chasm in the sands"
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Mountebank and W. LADY,

The Mountebank and NJ Lady.
'The Governors daughter!" Had
the light been stronger they mus
have seen the start the mountebanI
gave. "Impossible!"
"Eh? What?" Surprised in turn
the officer gazed at him. "You dare
out with him!" To the soldiers.
But in a moment had the mounte
bank recovered his old demeanor, and
without waiting for the troopers to
obey the commandant's order, walked
voluntarily toward the door and into
the passage.
"Our supper! Our supper!" A num-
Der OF the prisoners, crowding for
ward, began once more to call Justify,
when again was the disk-studded
woodwork swung unceremoniously to,
cutting short the sound Of their lam
entations.
"Dogs!" Malevolently the dwarf
gazed back. "To want to gorge them
selves on a holy day"
"Pious Jacques!" murmured the
commandant. But 1 always said you
made a model landlord"
when not interfered With" grum.
bled the other.
"At any rate he doesn't seem to ap-
preciate his good fortune" with a
glance at the mountebank.
NO." jeering. "A gallant cavalier
to step blithely at great lady's COM
mand! your Ladyship Overwhelms
mel" bowling grotesquely. Your
Ladyship's condeseension'-"
"Why, then, need you take me?" in
terposed the mountebank quickly.
"Can you not tell her ladyship l am
not fit to appear in her presence-an
uncouth clown"
bah! I've already done that" an
swered the commandant.
But how came her ladyship to
know of me-here-?"
"How indeed?"
"And what does she want of me?"
"That," roughly, "you will find out!"
and stepped down the hall followed
by the soldiers, mOuntebank and
dwarf, the last of whom took leave Of
them at the door.
Clear was the night; the stars, like
LIQUID drops about to fall, caressed
with silvery rays the granite piles.
In contrast to the noisome atmosphere
Of the prison, faint perfumes, borne
from some iowery slope Of the dis
tant shore, swept dangerously in and
out the open aisles and passages Of
the Mount. In such an hour that up
per region seemed to belong entirely
to the sky; to partake Of its wondrous
stiffness; to share its mysteries and
Its secrets. Like intruders, penetrat-
ing an enchanted spot, now they trod
soft shadows; then, dangerous, beat
beneath foot delicate laceworks Of
light.
Here We are!" The officer stopped.
At the same time upon a nearby bal
cony a nightingale began to sing, ten
tatively, as if trying the scope and
quality of it's voice. You are to go
in" he announced abruptly.
Such a fine palace! II would
rather mott" muttered the fellow, as
they crossed an outer threshold and
proceeded to mount some polished
stairs.
Stubborn dolt. Now in you march"
pausing before a door. But, hark
you! l and my men remain without.
So, mind your behavior, Or" A look
from the commandant completed the
sentence.
Alone, in an apartment Of the pal.
ace, some moments later. the mounte-
banks demeanor underwent a quick
change; he glanced hastily toward the !
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24
RekADYWHz..ElI, &,
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bv FREDERIC g. ISNHkM H.
o@NUThOR Of THE STROlLERs5S' DhD[R TfE ROL~LcI
ILLUSTRATIONS BY 7]44I IOA<7=RS

For If there's a croaR,
For you'll be the stroke,
From no gentle hand"


A merry little tune, it threaded the
act; it was soon interrupted, however
during a scene where a comical-look
ing devil on a broomstick, useful both
for transportation and persuasion
came for something which he called
the peasants soul. Again the bad
peasant protested; would cheat even
the devil Of his due, but his satanic
Majesty would not be set aside.
you may rob your MASTER" he saidr
in effect; "defraud him Of banalite,
bardage and those other few taxes
necessary to his dignity and position;
but you can't defraud Mel" Where
upon he proceeded to wrest what he
wanted from the bad peasant by force
and the aid Of the broomstick!-ac-
companying the rat-a-tat with a we'll
rhymed homily on what would certain
ly happen to every peasant who
sought to deprive his lord Of feudal
rights. At this point a growing rest
iveness on the part of the audience
found resentful expression.
'That for your DEVILS stick!"
'"To the devil with the devil!"
Down with the devil!"
The cry, once started, was not easy
to stop; men in liquor and ripe for
mischief repeated it; in vain the
mountebank pleaded: "My poor dolls!
My poor theater!" Unceremoniously
they tumbled it and him over; few,
who had seen nothing. out Of the or
binary in the little play took his part;
words were exchanged for blows, with
many fighting for the sake of fighting,
when into the center of this, the real
stage, appeared soldiers.
What does it mean?" Impressive
in gold adornment and conscious au-
thority, the commandant himself came
down the steps. "Who dares make riot
on a day consecrated to the holy
relics? But you shall pay!" as the
soldiers separated the belligerents.
"Take those men into custody and
who is this fellow?" turning to the
mountebank, a mournful figure above
the wreckage Of his theater and poor
puppets scattered, haphazard, like vic
tins of some untoward disaster.
1T was his play that started the
trouble" said one Of the officers.
"Diable!" the commandant frowned.
What have you to say for yourself?"
a." began the mountebank, q" he
repeated, when courage and words
alike seemed to fail him.
The cc-nmandant made a gesture.
Cup with him! To the top of the
Mount"
mo, mol" At once the fellows
voice came back to him. Don't take
me there, into the terrible Mount!
Don't lock me up!"
Don't lock him up!" repeated some
one in the crowd, moved apparently
by the sight Of his distress. 1T wasn't
his fault"
mo; it wasn't his fault" said 9TH
ers.
''Eh?" Wheeling sharply, the COM
mandant gazed; at the lowering faces
that dared question his authority;
then at his own soldiers. On the
beach he might not have felt so Sc
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24

cure, but here, where twenty, we'll
armed, could defend a pass and a
mob batter their heads in vain against
walls, he could well afford confident
front. "Up with you!" he cried stern
1y and gave the mountebank a con-
temptuous thrust.
For the first time the mans apathy
seemed to desert him; his arm shot
back like lightning, but almost at once
fell to his side, while an expression,
apologetically abject, as if to atone for
that momentary fierce impulse, over
spread his dull visage. "Oh, I'll CO."
he said in accents servile. And pro-
ceeded hurriedly to gather up the re-
mains of his theater and dolls. I'm
willing to CO."
Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24

door the commandanf had closed in
leaving, and then, with sudden bright
ening gaze, around him, as If making
note Of every detail of his surround
ings. Set with columns of warm
hued marble, relieved with ornate
carvings and designs, the spacious
chamber presented an appearance at
once graceful and charming. Nor