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Of the chase, so I contrived to loosen
a screw and let go rod, then called
Coolidge and told him I'd have to stop
the engine few minutes and fix 1t or
the thing would break US up. II I
hadn't been necessary to him he would
have killed me right there, but instead
he told me he'd give me just five min
utes to fix it after stopping and held
his watch in one hand and pistol in
the other.
II kept asking him the time, blunder-
ing as well as l could without his Sec
ing me do 1t, until he called four min
utes. Then screwed her up and
started on. l hadn't more than done
so when a shot went skipping before
our bows, and made up my mind
we'd be overhauled. heard Coolidge
come below and 60 into Mr.. Chippin-
dale's stateroom, which he'd appropri-
ated to his own use. and In a few min
utes there was the report Of pistol.
I went to the room. looked In and saw
the pirate giving his last gasp.
II hurried on deck, and there In the
distance was a feet Of war vessels,
and the cruiser that had been follow.
ing us had turned to Join them. Self
ing Gooledge's glass lying on one Of
the quarter deck wicker chairs, lev
eled It and saw the flagship Of the
fleet signaling the cruiser to come in.
when 1t was known that the cap
tain had blown out his brains, two Of
the crew came to me and said they
had been taken when Coolidge was
short handed and had Joined to escape
walking the plank. They said they
would have hard work to get clear II
taken. The others were tired Of the
business. They proposed that II ]
would run the yacht ashore and de-
stroy her might go free. A. there
was nothing else to do and I was in
the same boat with the others. con-
scented. A few days after Dewey cap.
tured Manila we landed ON the island,
burned the yacht and, making our way
to Manila. enlisted In the American
army"
II see." said one Of the listeners,
why the affair never got into the
newspapers
"Just So" remarked the narrator.
~And mind you keep dark about It."
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SUMMONS.

In the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington in and for the County OF
Thurston.
Rebecca b. Hinchcliffe, plaintiff, VS..
Elizabeth Ann Doherty, Mason Hinch-
cliffe, Thomas Hinchcliffe. jr..- Aba
Hinchcliffe. June Henson: ArDie Jacob
son, Ma5le Bilea, Harold Hinchcliffe,
George Hinchcliffe and Mildred Hinch-
cliffe, defendants.
State Of Washington to the said Abe
Hinchcliffe. defendant:
You are hereby Summoned to appear
within sixty (60) days after the date Of the
frst publication Of this Summons, to-wit,
within sixty (6O) days after the l4th day OF
June, 1919, and defend the above en-.
titled action in the above entitled Court.
and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff,
and serve . copy of your answer upon
the undersigned attorneys for the PIafnt-
1T ct their Office below stated; and in
case of your failure so to do, Judgment
the DC 81 fhe xhc
has been filed with theClerk OF the above
entitled Court.
This 10 an action brought bv BY the
plaintiff 70 correct the description in Q
deed Of Thomas Hinchcliffe, now deceased.
70 her real estate s and you are made 1 2
therein by reason Of your being q son and
q heir at law Of the said Thomas Hinch-
cliffe. deceased. The said real estate az
fected by this action IL situate follows. TO
wit:
The west half of that certain tract Of
land conveyed by Rebecca B. Hinchciiffe
and Thomas Hinchcliffe to Elizabeth
Martha Ann Doherty by deed dated Feb
ruary 9Th. 1888, and recorded in Vol. l6 Of
deeds 1t page S4S. records Of Thurston
County; the tract OF land hereby inten:ed
TO be conveyed IL more particularly de-
scribed ~ follows. 70 wit: Beginning 1t
point three chains and ninety links
g 80 chalns) north and thrce hundred and
sixty $500 feet east OF the southeast corner
OF the Edmund Sylvester Donation Claim
IN Section twenty three (2O Township 10
N. II. 2W. from which point running
North liz feet to the southwest corner OF
the said land conveyed to the said Eliza
beth Martha Ann DOherty. for q starting
place, thence north liz feet; thence east
60 feet; thence south liz feet; thence west
60 feet TO the place Of beginning.
TROY i STU RDEYANT,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Postoffloe address, Box SIS, Olympia,
Washington.
Office address. Suite 4. Byrne building.
Olympia, Warrington.
First publication June IA. 1919. u.
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He Was No sh;rIs.

In an Illinois town you can find on
the map the fire department has an
excellent record for conscientiousness
and devotion to duty. One night the
church bell rang out clearly an alarm
with the code taps that indicated 'fire
north Of square,"
In nm instant response the fire de-
partment jumped on his horse and
galloped to the rescue. He had not
gone far when second alarm an
nounced q second FIRE, this time to the
south. An anxious citizen speeding
toward his south side property called
out to the passing marshal:
"Hi, Jake! You're headed the wrong
way! There's a big blaze at Gren-
ings."
The fireman was no shlrk, keep
It a-goin', Edr' he shouted. 'Tll be
over in less ZEN ten minutesr'-Every-
body's Magazine. "a
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had finally saved the plantation and
home by pledging the interest on the
mortgage. There was one more child,
a boy of sixteen. The brother and sis
ter were keeping him at college now
and had planned that he should Take
the course In law after his academic
studies were completed. Was there
more courage 10 New England won
dered, and was II not the blood Of the
cavalier that was telling nowY She
had given me her confidence without
restraint, for she believed me then to
be one with the Kentucky palmers.
and |. weak creature. dared not dis.
abuse her mind for fear of losing that
confidence and friendship which this
fictitious relationship had inspired.
"And now, Mr.. inquisitive." she said.
.'if you have finished your catechism,
I will mix the batter and sou wifi go
for a long walk and get an appetite for
breakfast
She had rolled up her sleeves In order
to knead the dough, and with her arms
barred to the elbow she pointed out to
me road which she advised me to
take, telling me 1t would bring me to
the old Oglethorpe bridge.
but your father promised that you
should take me there" / said, "and
that is debt Of honor you must pay"
Every WE'LL" she laughed, as IL pre-
pairing to go, -but you will 60 without
your breakfast, and, what IS worse,
Bud will call you out for making him
lose his, for he comes from the fields
hungry and cut of temper sometimes"
Il would not mind going without
mine," said, but heaven forbid that
10 fine fellow should 90 without his"
Tears came into her eyes, but she
soon brushed them away and with a
smile said:
"You touched weak spot then. Bud
is the salt Of the earth, and he deserves
to find diamonds In this dull soil in
stead Of fighting out his life for few
pounds of cotton"
l started down the road which she
had pointed out, wondering what had
come over me when my life in Boston
had seemed thing forgotten In few
hours and my work and literary career
become a secondary matter with me.
l passed through an old orchard, where
the opening apple buds lent their fra
GRANGE to the air, and by my side it
seemed to me that the unseen presence
Of Miss Ellen walked.
The dogwood was poisoning down
by the branch, and when l reached the
pine trees their crisp needles. stirring
In the breeze, seemed singing some
blithesome air instead of wailing
mournfully, as they had done the even
Ing previous. saw her little rose
garden and. picking the only flower
then In bloom, hid 1t away beneath my
waistcoat There was an impassioped
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ITO be Continued
CRUISE OF THE
YACHT HILDA
Why Her Disappearance Re-
mains a Mystery.
mans a Mystery.

Tell US about the Hilda, Brownlow."
ut isn't safe to spin that yarn. Some
Of you might get me into trouble"
A promise Of secrecy was made, and
the yarn was spun.
1.-THE Hilda had the newest thing In
engines, and as soon as she had been
tested her owner, Mr.. Chippindale.
started in her for a trip around the
world, with me AZ engineer.
"A great many people think the days
OF pirates are past and gone. Don't
you believe 1t. Ships 60 out and are
never heard from-gone down In q
storm; more likely their crews are
murdered and the ship Is plundered
and scuttled. Well, we were steaming
westward somewhere between Hong
kong and Manila when we met q sailef
wearing British colors coming through
the water, turning the white before
her. heading right for US and signaling
us to slow down. Thinking she had
something important to communicate,
we stopped the engines, and boatload
of men came aboard. As soon AZ they
were on our deck the ship they came
from hauled down the British fiag and
raised the skull and crossbones.
I'm not going over the doing away
with every man Of us That's what
keeps me from sleeping
Weren't you one Of the yachts
crew."
Sure. But was the engineer, and
not one Of the pirates could run an en-
CINE. Coolidge. their captain, said to
me: Run them engines, and SO long as
you run them right you live. When
you run them wrong
II knew what he meant without his
finishing, and you bet l ran the en-
gines right. This wns the time when
the Spanish war was coming on, and
we'd learned oil about It from speak
ing an American cruiser. especially
that Dewey was soon to. sail from
Hongkong. Besides, oil the nations
were sending men-of-war to the Phil
ippines to see fair play. Coolidge had
been lodging vessels that were cal
culated to give him this information
and did not know anything at all
about 1t. He came to me and asked
me what kind Of craft we'd been meet
ing, and l CONGO ted a story. l told
him that couple Of hundred miles
east of Manila we'd passed a small
steamer, capable Of making eight knots
and no more, that carried express mat
ter. Coolidge suspected that a money
safe belonging to the express compa-
MES might be aboard and was itching
to get at 1t. We would have to 20
back between Hongkong and Manila
to reach the steamer and were likely
to fall in with cruiser.
"Sure enough, one morning we saw
black line on the horizon to. the
northward. then another ami another.
It was Dewey's fleet. but we didn't
know 1t.
''As luck would have it, we were
steaming across tire line of scout
ship. looked out and saw the smoke
north by northeast and made up my
mind that the stranger would pass
astern Of us Kept an eye out the
portfolio, and when she came within
sight saw signal flying for Us to
heave to. Coolidge didn't dare risk
an inspection and paid no attention to
It. The cruiser came ON, but was only
two knots better than US and gained
slowly. l didn't know that she was
ordered to overhaul everything she
met, and I was afraid shed get tired
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el;na a,,;mmers.


It b . standing puzzle that all blind
swimmers are able to. hold an almost
perfectly straight course for very con.
siderable distances. though no more
guidance b given to them than some
species Of call or whistle coming from
the winning goal. A blind man. IN
fact, deEiring to 60 In straight line
possesses the curious power Of being
able to do 90 almost exactly. A pro-
vincial mayor instituted a series OF
contests In an open lake between blind
men and ordinary ones Of about equal
skill and strength. and the result We
marvellous 80 far AZ the straight steer
ing Of the blind was concentration
don Globe.
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Order to Show Cause Against Sale.

Date of first publication June q. 1919. 81
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-07-26

No. 1910.
In the Superior Court Of the State of
Washington in and for Thursto coun-
~.
In the matter of the estate Of Miles
Fowler, deceased.
It appearing to this Court from the Petit
ton this day presented and flied by @. II.
Guiberson, Executor of the Estate or Miles
Fowler, deceased, praying for an Order of
sale Of certain real estate belonging to
said Estate, that It il necessary that such
real estate should be sold.
II Is hereby ordered that the next of kin
Of the said Miles Fowler. deceased, and
all persons interested in said Estate, ap-
pear before this Court on the 22d day of
July. 1912, ct 10 o'clock a. nl., In the court
room Of this Court, at the Court House in
the City OF Olympia. County of Th1rston.
State OF Washington. then and there to
show CO use why an Order should not be
granted for the sale of such real estate.
And It Is further Ordered that COPY Of
this Order be published at least once each
week for four successive weeks before the
said day OF hearing, In the Progressive
democrat, newspaper printed and pub
lished In Pierce County, WASH, and in
the Washington Standard, q newspaper
printed and published in said County of
ThurstOn.
June Is. 1912
JOHN r. MITCHELL.
Judge Of the Superior Court.
! Date Of first publication June 81, 1912
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-07-26

IN the Superior Court Of the State Ut Washing-
ton. In and for the county Of Thurston.
In re tho estate OF Annabelle Farquhar.
deceased.
The petition Of r. ]. Axtell, the admin
istratrix Of the above entitled estate pray
ing for leave to cell the east 46 feet OF lot
Block Of Maple Park addition to Olym.
pia. Washington. being the real estate Of
Of the estate Of the above named deceased.
for the purpose Of paying the debts OF the
said estate. and i appearing from the said
petition that it IL necessary that such or
der be entered, it 10 therefore ordered that
all persons interested In sid estate be and
they are hereby required to show cause
In the above entitled court ct Olympia,
Washington, in the court room Of the
court house Of Thurston County. therein.
on the 22d day of July. 1912. at the hour OF
2 o'clock p. m. why the prayer ofsaid peti-
ton should not be granted. 1t is also or
dered that copy Of this order be pub
lishcd for four consecutive weeks prior to
the said date.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1919.
JOHN r. MITCHELL,
Judge.
Date Of first publication June q. 1919. st.
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picturesqueness in the unkept lawn,
and out of the cedar and underbrush l
might have expected to see some dryad
come. l found the bridge by the path
Miss Ellen had pointed out and for
an hour sat reclining upon its ivy
colored arch conjuring up such scenes
as imagined had been enacted here
when its owners lived In aft1uence and
when women In silks and satin and
powdered hair sat in the oaken dining
hall and danced the stately minuet on
rich carpets and under many lights
In my mental vision | thought ] saw
one with the features of Miss Ellen
who glided past all others and stood in
gay colored brocade waiting to be
wooed like q princess. The picture
faded, and saw the real Ellen. none
the less regal. but in place of the scorn
the other wore upon her lips there was
a gentle patience. and about her form
there hung simple cotton gown more
beautiful than the stately gown woven
in my dream picture. must have
been asleep, then. after all, l thought.
looking at my watch. for it was past
the time when she told me to be back.
Hurrying home the way came.
found them seated at the breakfast
table. and 1 pleaded guilty to an early
morning nap among the woods.
"And your dream7" she asked. as II
reading what was In my mind.
"Was of beautiful woman clad In
Silks" I said, land she stood In an old
ball waiting for a prince to come"
"Ah, what a sad awakeningg she
said. laughing sweetly.
But wait until l tell you Of the
change that came DER the spirit Of my
DREAM" l added.
"And will some day show You the
first scene Of your picture" she said
softly.
"And the last partT
81 do not know what 1t IL. and you
have not told me-"
"But I will some day, and" looking
into her deep brown eyes and almost
speaking In a whisper. II like It better
than the first portion Of my picture"
/ did not see Miss Ellen alone again
that day. Squire Hawkins called IN
the afternoon and stayed to dinner.
He was a kindly looking man, not over
fifty, I should say, and he wore pros
porous air, and he seemed to me to
have seen a good deal Of the world.
Miss Ellen did not play for Us that
evening, for she and the squire took
long walk In the moonlight, and when
she came home she went to her room,
only stopping to say good night as she
passed US on the porch. The squire
stayed awhile longer and entertained
US with stories Of his university days
In Germany. where he had been edu-
Gated. He seemed to treat Miss Ellen
when he was with her In such gen.
tie. fatherly way that laughed at the
Idle gossip that l had heard about his
counting her. enjoyed his company
and laughed heartily over his stories.
which were good and well told. He
had some good cigars, which Bud and
I enjoyed, but the colonel would not
smoke one. for he said they would up-
set his nerves and make him "hanker
after the hcshpots of Egypt" The
squire tried to banter him out Of his
resolution. but the colonel was obdu-
rate and stuck to the plpe.
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0NuPlOs U0S 600oUyuols
Rising Author = ID my manuscript
hard to edit! Editor-No. Il requires
only Q seconds work to every other
page Rising Author Erasing q word
on 1T Editor-No: putting Il n quo
tetion marks
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-01-25
Unanimously Elected.

A rising and promising young politician
in an adjoining county recently made ap-
pliea.ion for the hand of his sweetheart in
the following unique manner:
My Dear Mandy: I hereby announce
myself as candidate for your heart and
hand, and shall use all fair and honorable
means to secure the nomination. l know
there are many candidates in the field, and
l hesitate before entering the race, but
now am in to Stay. My views on love
and matrimony have been expressed in
your hearing, and know l favor the gold
standard of love-and the maintenance of
that standard after marriage. If you de-
eide to confer the honor seek, please fix
date for caucus with your mother. l
have no objection to her acting as tempo
rary chairman of the permanent organiza-
ton. Should the result of the caucus
prove satisfactory, We can soon hold the
preliminaries and select the date and place
of the convention. [ never believed in
long campaigns, so if you decide to honor
me will ask you to make the convention
day as soon as possible. Devotedly, -
The young lady's telegram answered it
thus: Caucus unnecessary. Nomina-
ton unanimous. Come at once and fix
date for fication.-Mnndy."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-01-25
Form Split-Loe Drag Clubs.

They are organizing split-log drag clubs
in Texas. There are as many as seven
clubs in one county. The idea is spread
ing like prairie fire. The following is
the plan:
''Each club covers and becomes respon-
sible for about six miles of territory. The
club membership memberships
composed of farmers living along the roads
in a given district, and the dues are so
cents per month. All money collected is
devoted to paying expenses of dragging
the roads at such times as repairs may be
needed. But in addition there are con-
tributing members, consisting of the mer-
chants and other business men in the towns
and villages, who also contribute the regu-
lar monthly membership assessments of 30
cents to the club treasurer. '-Neav Or
leans Item.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-01-25
An Ordinance

Ordering an election in School District No. Ii to
take the sense of the qualified voters and tax
payers of said District No. II on the question of
disseminating the present special tax of 10 mills
voted for building purposes.
Whereas, petition signed by more than one
third of the property taxpayers of School District
No. II has been presented to this body asking that
the building tax of 10 mills the dollar be discon-
tinued Therefore,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered that special election be held in District
No. IL for the purpose of taking the sense of the
qualified voters and taxpayers the question of
disseminating the special tax of 10 mills the dol
lar for building purposes
2. That said election be held under the general
election laws Of the State of Louisiana except as
hereinafter specified.
8. That the election shall he held at Tyler on
February 3, 1912.
4. That the ballots used shall read, esTo continue
the tax Of 10 Mills To discontinue the tax of
10 Mills
5. That all legal voters who are property taxpay-
ers shall be entitled to vote, provided that women
who are property taxpayers in their own right may
vote, either in person or by proxy.
6. That the returns Of said election shall be made
to the Parish School Board within three days after
holding said election.
7. The following commissioners and clerks are
hereby appointed to hold said election: G. w.
Tyler, w. A. Green and E. M. Coyle Commits
sioners, and S. NJ Mcdonald Clerk.
8. That the returns Of said election shall be pro-
mulgated by the Parish School Board at its next
regular meeting to be held on Thursday, April 4,
1912. N. w. SENTELL, President
Bosser Parish Board of School Directors
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-01-25
An Ordinance.

Whereas, in pursuance to an ordinance Of the
School Board Of Bossier Parish ordering an cleo
ton to be held in School District No. 49, for the
purpose of taking the sense of the qualified voters
and taxpayers OF said District No. Is on the ques-
ton of levying an extra tax of mill on the dollar
Of the assessed valuation of the property situated
in said District No. 13, to be used for general
school purposes, said tax to be first collected in the
year 1912 and expire with the present tax of ~
mills; in said election the vote cast for the tax was
IL, and none against the tax, and in property for
the tax s15,31O and nothing against same; there
fore,
Be it ordained by the School Board of Bossier
Parish, That mill tax be and is hereby assessed
on the assessed valuation OF the property in School
District No. 49, said tax to be first collected in the
year 1912, and to expire with the year 1916.
N. w. SENTELL, President
Bossier Parish Boasd of School Directors
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-01-25
Should Elect Good Men.

The Advocate is not in politics, and it is
not our purpose to champion in its columns
the cause Of any man now seeking Office
in the State of Louisiana. But we confess
to desire to see clean and upright men
elected, and we urge our readers to vote
only for candidates who possess good
characters and who are regarded as trust
worthy Platforms and fair speeches
amount to little; the aspirant's antecedent
life is the main thing to consider in deter
mining who to support. We need quite a
good deal of reformatory legislation in the
State, and we shall never be able to obtain
it at the hands of bad officials. From the
governorship down, let US strive to secure
officers who have wholesome ideals and
who have the conviction "that public
office is public trust" And especially
do we need to guard against vesting with
power those who are under the domination
of the liquor forces. That the whisky in
terests will seek to elect Legislators whom
they can control, we need not for one mo-
ment doubt; and the moral element of the
commonwealth ought not to be less vigil
liant and aggressive. It is the duty of
every good man to go to the polls and vote,
and also to exert the full measure Of his
influence to promote the cause of civic
righteousness.-Neu Orleans Christian
IRgOcute