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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20

mot till have done. Out of the
patchwork, squares have been formed.
What of the men who used to come
to the villa and play cards with Uncle
George, the men who went away and
never came back? What of your long
disappearances of which / knew moth
ing except that one day you vanished
and upon another you came back? Did
you think that / was a fool, that l
had no time to wonder over these
things? You have never tried to
make friend of me; you have al
ways done your best to antagonize me.
Did you hate my father so much that,
when his death put him out of range,
you had to concentrate 1t upon me?
My father!" Fortune roughly flung
aside the arm. who knows about
him, who he was, what he was, what
he looked like? AS child, l used to
ask you, but never would you speak.
All know about him nurse told me.
This much has always burned my
mind: you married him for wealth
that he did not have. What do you
mean by this simple young man across
the corridor?"
Mrs. Chedsoye was pale, and the ar
tistic touch of rouge upon her cheeks
did not disguise the pallor. The true
evidence lay in the whiteness of her
nose. Never in her varied life had
she felt more helpless, more impotent
To be wild with rage. and yet to be
powerless! ThaG alertness Of mind
that mental buoyancy which had al
ways given her the power to return
a volley in kind, had deserted her
! This little fool, with turn of her
hand, might send tottering into ruins
the skillful planning of months.
Are you in love with him?" aiming
to gain time to regather her scattered
thoughts.
Lover" bitterly. 81 am in a finc
mood to love any one. My question
my question" Nehemently; my ques
ton"
II refuse Absolutely to answer you!'
Anger was first to reorganize it!
forces; and Mrs Chedsoye felt the
heat Of it run through her veins. But
oddly enough, it was anger directed
less toward the child than toward hel
own palpable folly and oversight.
"Then 1 shall leave you. l will g
out into the world and earn my owl
bread and butter. Ah," little brok
emily, "if you had but given me littl,
kindness, you do not know how loya
should have been to you! But no
am and always have been the chilli
that wasn't wanted"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20
sYNoPsIss

George Percival Algernon Jones. Vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company of New York, thirsting for
romance, Is In Cairo on n business trip
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel in
Cairo with carefully guarded bundle
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
Major Callahan and later is introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by n woman to whom
he had loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother Jones takes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune to n polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure COM
pany, concern which for a price will
arrange any kind of an adventure to or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye, her brother, Major
Callahan, Wallace and Ryanne, as the
United Romance and Adventure company,
plan q risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs Chedsoye
his intention to marry Fortune Mrs.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit It,.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
for home. Ryanne steals Jones letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent in
renting house in New York to some
friends. Mahomed, keeper of the holy
carpet. is on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as a result OF his
purchase of the rug. Mahomed accosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Ryanne tells him Jones has the rug and
merchant as q means of securing Its re-
turn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20
CHAPTER XII.
Episode.


Fortune had Immediately returned
from the bazaars. And kind of tor
por blanketed her mind, usually so
fertile and active. For time the
process of the evolution Of thought
was denied her; she tried to think, but
there was an appalling lack of continu-
ity, of broken threads. 1t was like one
of those circumferential railways; she
travelled, but did not get anywhere.
Ryanne had told her too much for his
own sake, but too little for hers. She
sat back in the carriage. inert and
listless and indeterminedly likened
her condition to driftwood IN the ebb
and flow of beach-waves. The color
and commotion of the streets were
no longer absorbed; it was as If she
were riding through emptiness,
through the unreality of a dream. She
was oppressed and stifed, too; harb-
niger of storms.
Mechanically she dismissed the car
riage at the hotel, mechanically she
went to her room, and in this semi
conscious mood sat down in chair,
and there Georges wish found her,
futilely. Oh, there was one thing
clear, clear as the sky outside. All
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20

beating. What had the love-lorn fool
said to the child?
He said that he was not q good
man, and that you tolerated him be-
cause he ran errands for you. What
kind Of errands?"
Mrs. Chedsoye did not know wheth-
er to laugh or take the child by the
shoulders and shake her soundly. HE
was laughing when he said that. Err
rands? One would scarcely call it
that"
why did you renew the acquaint-
ance with Mr.. Jones, when you knew
that you never intended paying back
that loan?"
Here was n question, Mrs. Chedsoye
realized, from the look of the child,
that would not bear evasion.
What makes you think never in
tended to repay him?"
Fortune laughed. 1t did not sound
grateful in the mothers ears.
Mother, this is a crisis; 1t can not
be met by counter-questions nor by
flippancy. You know that you did
not intend to pay him. What 1 de-
mand to know is, why you spoke to
him again, SO affably, why you seemed
so eager to enter into his good graces
once more. Answer that"
Her mother pondered. For once she
was really at loss. The unexpected
ness of this phase caught her off her
| balance. She saw one thing wildly,
regretfully: she had missed valuable
point in the game by not adjusting
her play to the growth of the child,
who had, with the phenomenal sud-
denness which still battles the psy-
biologists, stepped out Of girlhood
into womanhood, all in a day. What
fool she had been not to have left
the child at Mentone!
Il am waiting" said Fortune. There
are more questions; but 1 want this
one answered first
This is pure insolence!"
"Insolence of kind, yes"
"And l refuse to answer. l have
some authority still"
mot so much, mother, as you had
yesterday. You refuse to explain?"
Absolutely"
Then l shall judge you without
mercy" Fortune rose, her eyes blaz
ing passionately. She caught hel
mother by the wrist. and she was the
stronger of the two. Cant you un
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20

Shepheard's. When did Mr.. Jones
leave for America? What! on the NOR
row? The Major shook his head re-
gretfully. There was no place like
Cairo for Christmas.
George called carriage, drove
about the principal streets and shop
ping districts, and used his eyes dill
gently; but 1t was loves labor lost.
Not even when he returned at tea-time
did he see her. Why hadn't he known
and got up? He could have shown her
the bazaars; and there wasn't drago-
man in Cairo more familiar with them
than he. A wasted day, totally wasted.
He hung about the lounging-room till
1t was time to go up and dress for
dinner. Tonight (as IL the gods had
turned Georges future affairs over to
the care Of Momus) he dressed as If
he were going to the opera; swallow
tail, white vest, high collar and white
lawn cravat, opera-Fedora, and thin
soled pumps; all tn Sc habiliments
and demi-habiliments supposed to
make the man. When he reached what
ne thought to De tne glass VI ldsnlou
and the mold of form, he turned for
the first time toward his trunk. He
did not rub his eyes; 1t wasn't at all
necessary; the thing he saw, or rath-
er did not see, was established beyond
doubt, as plainly definite as two and
two are four The ancient Yhiordes
had taken upon itself one of the po-
tentialities of it's fabulous prototype,
that of invisibility; 1t was gone.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20
CHAPTER x.-(continued.)

Stubborn as the lock was, persever-
ance overcame it. George then, as q
slight diversion, spread the ancient
Yhiordes over the trunk and stared at
It in pleasurable contemplation. What
beauty 1t was! What exquisite blue,
what soft red, what minute patterns!
And this treasure was his. He leaned
down upon it with his two hands. A
color stole into his cheeks. 1t had it's
source in an old confusion; school
boys jeering a mate seen walking
home from school with a girl. 1t was
all rot, he perfectly knew, this wish
FMS business; and yet he flung into the
sun-warmed, sun-gilded space an ar
dent wish, sent it speeding round the
fast as light it travelled, for no sooner
had It sprung from his mind than 1t
entered the window of room across
the corridor. Whether the window was
open or shut was of no Importance
whatever. Such wishes penetrated and
went through all obstacles. And this
one touched Fortunes eyes, her hair,
her lips; 1t caressed her in thousand
happy ways. But, alas! such wishes
are without temporal power.
Fortune never knew. She sat in a
chair, her fingers locked tensely, her
eyes large and set in gaze, her lips
compressed, her whole attitude one Of
impotent despair.
George did not see her at lunch, and
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was not right; something was wrong;
and this wrong upon one side con-
cerned her mother, her uncle and
Ryanne, and upon the other side. Mr..
Jones. Think and think as she might,
her endeavors gave her no single illu-
mination. Four blind walls surround
ed her. The United Romance and Ad-
venture company could not pos
sibly be such thing in existence; 1t
was Jest of Ryanne's to cover up
something far more serious.
She pressed her eyes with hand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20
cTo BE coNT1NUED.)
Yellow Fever Germ

The theory that mosquitoes convey
the disease known as yellow fever
Is many years old, but it was not un-
til the year 1895 that ii was proven
to be true. During that year Major
Ronald Ross. working in India along
the lines of Sir Patrick Manson's the.
ory, demonstrated that mosquitoes Of
the genus called anopheles clarifer
conveyed the disease. In 1898 en-
periments in Cuba and other parts oG
tho world established similar con.
clusion. 1t is in consequence OF this
discovery that the dread disease ID
now being so largely checked in the
countries where 1t has hitherto been
so destructive of human life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20

derstand? / am no longer a child,
am a woman. do not ask. demand!"
She drew the older woman toward her,
eye to eye. "You palter, you always
palter; palter and evade. You do not
know what frankness and truth are.
Is the continual evasion calculated to
still my distrust? Yes, distrust you,
you. my mother. You have made the
mistake of leaving me alone too much.
| have always distrusted you. but /
never knew why"
Mrs. Chedsoye tugged. but inetfectu-
ally. Let Go!"
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The despair in the gesture that fol
lowed these words stirred the moth
er's calloused heart, moved 1t strange,
ly, mysteriously. "My child" she
said impulsively, holding out her
hands.
NO" Fortune drew back. "It Ia
too late"
Have 1t So But you speak OF 60
ing out into the world to earn your
own bread and butter. What do you
know about the world? What could
you do? You have never done any
thing but read romantic novels and
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consequently did not enjoy the hour.
Was she i'll? Had she gone away?
Would she return before he started?
He greeted the Major as one greets
long-lost friend: and by gradations
George considered clever indeed.
brought the conversation down to For
tune. No, tho Major did not know
where she was. She had gone early
to the bazaars. Doubtless she was
aunching alone somewhere. She had
tho trick OF losing herself at times.
MRS Chsdsoye was visiting friends at
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-12-20
Improved Letter Boxes.

Letter boxes have been invented fo4
office buildings and apartments which
deliver mail dropped into them on
the ground floor to their ownerR
rooms. even the weight OF a card start
ing the slevating machinery.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10
LOCAL ITEMS

Oscar Larson, formerly of Valdez. but now of Highland Park, Chicago will sue the city government for $7,000.OO he lost when his ice house was destroyed by fire last month. Os- car claims the firemen were at a business.
 Upon it's arrival here the Cutter Thetis will depart directly for Hono- lulu, there being no cutter in the islands. For that reason delay was made in the departure of the vessel from Unalaska, where a gen eral overhauling of the machinery wa made
 John c. Tolman, former game war den for the Kenai peninsula has been reappointed, succeeding Chris. Shea, the present wraden. The req son for the change in officials is not given.
 M g. Matt was married to Miss Louis Becker at Kenai by Commiss- toner John H. Brownlow on August 25th.
 Pinkus and his seven-piece orches- tra will play rag-timc music for the Eagle dance, eptember 18th. Re member the date.
 The launch Three-M will leave in the morning for Landlock and way ports with s. A. Temple, F. E. Spiers, c. F. Campbell and several others.
 E. B. Spiers will leave tomorrow morning for Landlock, Ellamar and other sound ports to post the notic- es of election as provided by law.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10
MORE LAW SUITS
 ON PENINSULA
PIONEER MINING COMPANY SUES ]. c. BROWN FOR $500, 900
 FOR DUST

The Pioneer Mining company re- gently filed in the district court a suit in ejcctment and, $80O,OOO dam ages against J. c. Brown, of Nome. The suit involves the operation of No. 1 below on Little creek which was worked by J.. c. Brown, and from which considerable gold Is alleged to have been extracted,
 This sensational suit will be | watched with interest in the dis trict court though when it will be heard Is q matter of some indefinite ness, MT. Brown having sailed on the Victoria for Seattle
 Some inkling of the filing of this suit must have leaked out for I'll, niors of it being about to be com. i menced were to be heard in the which attaches to the case is by no means lcssoned when it is known that the ground in question is closely iden , tified with the most prosperous per. iod of winter mining in Nome district and the alleged richness of the mine gave an impetus to prospecting all !! .a'ong the third beach line.
 ! It is on No. 1 below Little creek that the Little creek roadhousc is i located, the roadhousc being owned , by Jos. Kricek who has a regular stock farm located there together
 with a fine garden. Here it was where the third bcachline identified so closely with Nome prosperity es
 pecially for the lawyers was first struck and around this historic claim Is wrapped the secret of many . fortune lost, squandered, won ol hoarded following the boom in beach mining.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the United states Commission CTS Court, ex officio judge in Probate, Valdez Precinct. Ter. ritory of Alaska, Third Judic- ial Division.
 Louis Camicia, deccased.-Notice Co creditors.
 Notice is hereby given by tho undersigned administrators of the estate of Louis Camicia, deceas- ed, to the creditors of, and all per- sons having claims against the said estate, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within six (6) months after the first pub lication of this notice, to the said administrators at the office of c. E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this fst day of August, 1912.
 JAMES FISH,
 w. H. CASWELL, Administrators of the Estate of Louis Camicia, deceased.
 Fir publication Aug. f2, 1912. Last publication Sept. i2, 1912.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10
THE PERFECT SERVANT

w At last perfect servant Ina been house. mg iau with anything or anybody complaining
 illness ana never demanding evenings This iiIc o mat and costs almost nothing servant can De absolutely trusted and lives without growing sf win infrmtics The we
 mean IS the c0ppermusclrG wire. innnrd or men-thc electric motor.
 The electric nrh.,, mrH % are some hnSs nnt4I cannot dc" but il will household servant will the Ipor rugs fni- walls bedding barlc or dust and dirt Tn the kitchen perfect does all the rough work SuclaS atocs polishing silver sharpening ing oni grinding coffee and freezing harrl or servant water, ashes. the Wringor '' "''"
 By far the Gr"ais ruSrry about inc is weekly washing and r"nn In the olicn ,lay work was on" entirely by hand the task tedious Today in and wrings out the clothing, free for o duties pleasures Clothes made in sizes small enough o the his chine the clothing be drr1a me weather thus With tn" of and taking down the clothes. " o'"o
 The best mechanical and electrical of been TOT the last two or three f"cs"d solving of problem m the home. While nsT " devices we are still on tn" road {" perfection rrlhccsS DO truly aIrmc that today in variety practical utility houschod machines leave liiic n De desired Wccomc then, o the thrice willing of time and '''
 ALASKA WATER LIGHT &. TEL. co.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10

tlcc, only to meet the cmcrgcn- cics of the service. By order of Licut.-COl. O'Ncif.
 l.. A. KUNZIG, lSt Lieut.. 30ih Infantry, Quar- master.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10

Attorneys-at-Law. c. E. Bunnell. T. P. Geraghty. l.. V. Ray, Seward, Alaska. F.. F.. Ritchie.
 Assayers. George r. White. Cyrus w. Harrington.
 Banks. s. Blum & Co. Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
 Builders Material. Chas. R. Crawford.
 Breweries. Valdez Bottling & Brewing Co.
 Bakeries. Valdez Bakery.
 Baths-Ladies. Senorita Mendez.
 Bowling Alleys. Ingram & Bush.
 Coal. Valdez Dock Co. Valdez Transfer Co.
 Dentists. pr. H. Cockerille. pr. Charles Daggett. pr. German.
 Drug Stores. Valdez Drug Co.
 Furs. McMillan Fur & Wool Co.
 FraternaI Orders. Masonic Order. Odd Fellows. Fratcrnal Order Eagles. Arctic Brotherhood. General Merchandise. Beyers Cash Store, Golden. s. Blum G Go. ..... Fagerburg Bros, Nazina. Dougherty & Ferguson. Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.
 Hotels. Copper Block, Valdez. Coleman House, Seward. Hotel St. Elias. Rainier Grand Hotel, Seattle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10

Clothes cleaned and pressed by an expert at Carroll's next to Shy der's store. Give me a trial and my work will make you my steady customer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10

FOR sALE-New Underwod type writer. Will sell at discount. h. quire at Prospector office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10

Waffles ana money 25c at Val deg Cafe. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10
Schedule for Launch Donaldson.

Fort Liscum Ala,ka, Aug. ,, 19i2.--Onice of the Ouartcrmas- ter:
 The following schedule for the launch Lieut.. c. V. Donaldson will take effect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912. All orders in conflict herewith are revoked:
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-09-10
ADVERTISERS DIRECTORY

Laundrys. Independent Laundry.
 Life Insurance. w. H. Crary.
 Launches. Brighton. Three M.
 Moving Picture Shows. Majestic.
 Manufacturers. Copper River Lumber Co. Chas. R. Crawford. Alaska Water Light & Power Co. Valdez Sheet Metal Works.
 Newspapers. Prospcctor, Daily. Miner Sunday, Weekly. Pool and Billiard Rooms. Copper Block. Ingram 6 Bush.
 Roadhouses. Camp Comfort.
 ReaI Estate Agencies. Valdez Real Estata Agency.
 Restaurants. Valdez Cafe.
 Stamp MIIia. Seattle Drydock Construction Co.
 ManiourIng. 'Scnorita Mendez.
 Steamship Lines. Alaska Coast Co. Alaska Steamship Co.
 Shoot Metal Works. Valdez Sheet Metal Works. Transfer Comp panles. Copper River Draying Co. Valdez Transfer Co.
 Telephones. Alaska Water, Light & Tele- phone Co. .. Wholesale Cigar Merchants. Ingram & Bush. s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-25
Fables Of the Wise Dame
By DOROTHY DIX.

- nee upon a time there were two
Youths who were Rival Suitors
for the Heart and PocketbOok Of
q young Maid who besides being Beau
tiful and Good, owned Stocks Of Gilt
Edged Trust Certificates and had much
Mazuma salted down in Government
Bonds.
Admirable Crca lures who are always
Touted as The Real Thing by Elderly
Females. and who furnish a Working
Model of Industry and Correct Habits.
he did Sunday school Stunts with
great Assiduity, and as a SpIe.er Tor
the Y. N. c. A. he was the Boss Wind
TANNER.
Artist who had devoted himself to
painting things a bright NermiliOn
Hue and whose industry had exhausted
itself in sowing record breaking
Wild Oat Crop.
When the Maids Friends observed
these two Youths they made wild
scramble to get their Money Down on
the No 1 entry in the matrimonial
stakes before the books closed
I'VE opine." they said, that this is
too easy, for No. Is too heavily handi-
capped by his record to win. No Fe-
male would be fool enough to let
Good Thing like No. / get by her. As
a Matrimonial Proposition he is a
Cinch."
Being a discreet young Woman who
was on to her Business, the Maid dealt
out large Chunks OF solid encourage
ment TO both Of her Suiuors while she
played for Time.
-BeaUteous Creature" cried No. 1 as
he knelt at a Respectable Distance
from her. be mine. In Ne you viii
find a Husband who is an Una abridged
Edition Of all the Virtues, and one to
whom You can always look up 1 ap-
prehend that the Female Character IS
Weak and FIghty, but 1 VIII assist
you to Correct your Faults, and in time
Marry me, and we will give a Double
Team Exhibition OF the Higher Life
that cannot fail TO Attract Attention
and get Reading Notices in the
Papers"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-25
MAY MAKE PAPER
FROM BEAR GRASS
Pearson Plant Is Now Being
Fenced With Concrete
and Wire.

Fiber from bear grass, which grows
wild on the plains of western Texas
and on the desert west Of FL Paso, will
be used by the Pearson paper making
plant in FL Paso for making the finer
qualities of paper, if a sufficient sup
ply Of the raw material can be OBJ
tanned
The officials of ehe Pearson company
are now investigating the source OF
this paper making supply with a view
Of learning the extent of the bear grass
fields in this section OF the southwest
and the cost Of transporting IL to the
factory, which is to be opera ted in con-
neCtiOn with the FL PasO Milling CONF
pany's box factory and planning mills.
The work Of constructing the Pear
son plant is progressing rapidly and
the first story frames are now being
raised A force Of 125 men is al work
on the construction of the big planning
mills and box factory which viii Oc-
cupy a ground space 462 by 1905 feet
on the plant site along the river front
It IS expected to have the two auxiliary
plants in operation by August / 'and
the machine layout will be installed az
rapidly as the buildings are enclosed.
The lumber supply for the construction
work is not being interefered with and
is being sent through from the MADEIRA.
Chin mills in train load shipments.
A concrete fence is being built
around the Pearson plant site to Dre-
carried away by the residents OF the
Mexican quarter. The fence will have
500 concrete posts and will be strung
with barbed wire. An ingenious method
Of setting posts and stringing the wire
forms a trough OF wire on the TOP OF
the fence which viii prevent anyone
climbing over it. The entire plant site
viii be enclosed by the fence.