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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21

sounds absurd, yes; but ten years ago
they'd have locked up, as insane, a
man who said that he could fly. But
think of last summer at Paris, at
Rheims, at Frankfort; the Continental
air was full of fiying-machines. Bah!
It's pretty difficult to impress the av-
erage mind with something new. Why
shouldn't we cater to the poetic, the
romantic side Of man? We've con.
Germs for everything else. The fact
is, mediocrity is always standing be-
hind the corner with brickbats for
the initiative. Believe me or not, Mr..
Jones, but this company exists. The
proof is that you have the rug and
have the scars"
But in these prosaic times!" mur-
INJURED George, still skeptical.
"Prosaic times!" smiled Ryanne
There's one of your brickbats. They
swung 1t at the head Of the first print.
er. Prosaic times My friend, this
Is the most romantic and bewildering
age humanity has yet seen. There's
more romance and adventure going
about on wheels and steel-bottoms
than ever there was in the days OF
Drake and the Spanish galleons
There's an adventure lurking round the
nearest corner-romance. too. What
this organization does is to direct you;
after that you have to shift for your
self. But, like first-rate physical IN
structor, they never map out more
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21

tritely. But l have already told
them"
The devil you have!" Ryanne drop
per his cigarette into the ash-tray. "lf
| remember rightly, you asked me to
say nothing"
II know" said George, visibly en-
barrassed. II forgot"
We'll, the fat is in the fire. l dare
say that I can get round it. 1t was
risky. Women like to talk. I expect
every hour to hear of some one ar
riving from Bagdad."
There's no boat from that direction
till next week." informed George, who
was a stickler on timetables.
There are other ways of getting
into Egypt. Know anything about
racing-camels?"
You don't believe ?"
my friend, believe In all things
that haven't been proved impossible.
You've been knocking about here long
enough to know something Of the
tenacity of the Arab and the East In
dian. Given a just cause, an IDOLS
eye or holy carpet, and they'll fol-
low you round the world ten times. IL
nesd be. never worry needlessly,
but / lay out before me all the points
OF the game. There is one man in Sag
dad who will never cease to think Of
me. This fellow is an Arab, Mahomed.
El-0ebel by name. the real article.
proud and savage, into whose keeping
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21

her to give was good enough for me
to keep. 1t is simply that have been
foolish about 1t, supersensitive.
should have laughed and accepted the
thing as a joke; instead, | made the
fatal move of trying to run away and
hide, But, taking the name in full"
lightly, ut sounds as incongruous as
playing Traumerei on a steam-piano."
He expected her to laugh, but her
heart was too full of the old ache.
This young man, kindly, gentle, intel
ligent, II shy, was loye-child. And
she? An offspring, the loneliest of
the lonely, the child that wasn't want
ed. Many time she had thought of
flinging all to the winds, of running
away and hiding where they never
should find her, of working with her
own hands for her bread and butter.
Little they'd have cared. But always
the rebel spirit died within her as she
stepped outside the villa gates. To
leave behind for unknown prlvations
certain assured comforts, things of
which she was fond, things to which
she was used, she couldn't do 1t, she
just couldn't. Morally and physically
she was little coward.
Let us go in." she said sharply.
Another moment, and she would have
been IN tears.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21

the Holy Yhiordes was given; Ma
homed-El-Gebel, the Pasha's right
hand, a sheik in his own right"
But you haven't got the rug now"
mo, Mr. Jones, l haven't; but on
the other hand, you have. So, here
we are together. When he gets
through with me, your turn"
George laughed. Ryanne grew
thoughtful over this sign. Percival
Algernon did not seem exactly wor-
ried.
Aren't you little afraid?"
81? Why should be?" inquired
George innocently. Certainly, what
ever your Arab friends arguments
may be, moral or physical, I'm going
to keep that Yhiordes."
Was he bluflng? Ryanne wondered.
Did he really have nerve? Well,
within forty-eight hours there would
come a test.
Say, do you know, l rather wish
you'd been with me on that trip--that
is, II you like rough game" Ryanne
SAID tDlS IN all sincerity.
T have never been in a rough game,
as you call 1t; but I've often had a
strong desire to be, Just to find out for
myself what sort of duffer 1 am"
Ryanne had met this sort Of man be-
fore; the fellow who wanted to know
what stuff he was made of, and was
ready to risk his hide to find out. His
experience had taught him to expect
nothing Of the man who knew just
what he was going to do In crisis.
did you ever know, Mr.. Jones" "
said Ryanne, his eyes humorous, that
there Is an organization in this world
of ours, company that offers a try
out to men Of your kidney?"
Whats that? What do you mean?"
What say. There is an established
concern which will, upon application
for a liberal purchase Of stock, ar
range any kind Of adventure you
wish"
"What?" George drew in his legs
and sat up. What sort Of jolly is
this?"
You put your finger upon the one
great obstacle. No one will believe
that such concern exists. Yet 1t is
a fact. And why not?"
Because 1t wouldn't be real: 1t
would be going to the moon a la
Coney Island"
Wrong, absolutely wrong. II
told you that am stockholder in
this company, and that the adventure
of the Yhiordes rug was arranged for
my special benefit, what would you
say?"
"Say?" George turned serious
countenance toward the adventurer.
why, the whole thing is absurd on
the face of it. AS joke. it might go;
but as a genuine affair, utterly impos-
sible."
NO" quietly. "I admit that 1t
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21
CHAPTER VII.
Ryanne Tables His card,.

hyanhe IapIes his CARDS.
During this time Mrs. Chedsoye, the
major, Messrs. Ryanne and Wallace,
officers and directors in the United
Romance and Adventure Company,
Ltd. sat in the majors room, round
the boudoir-stand which had tempo
rarily been given the dignity of a
table. The scene would not have been
without interest either to the specula-
tive physiognomist or to the dramat-
list. To each 1t would have represent
ed one of those astonishing moments
when the soul of person comes out
into the open, as one might express 1t,
incautiously, to be revealed in the ex-
pressions of the eyes and the mouth.
These four persons were about going
forward upon a singularly desperate
and unusual enterprise. From now on
they were no longer to fence with one
another, to shift from this topic to
that, with the indirect maneuvers Of
a house-cat intent upon the quest Of
the Friday mackerel. The woman's
face was alive with eagerness; the
oldest man looked from one to the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21
CONTENTION WAS ALL RIGHT
Lawyer, However, Qualified Admission
With a Remark That Had
Unkind Sound.

The jury was hearing the closing
arguments in damage suit before
Judge Ben M. Smith, in which slander
was alleged. The attorney for the
plaintiff had been directing his broad
sides against the defendant for his
show of ingratitude, when the latter's
counsel objected.
Gratitude is inspiring but not
constitutional requirement" interDos-
ed the objector, who had borrowed sew
eral law books from the other lawyer
some time before.
"One look at your face convinces me
that you are right" said the first law
yer. 'If gratitude were constitutional
requirement you cauldn't be citizen"
Chicago Evening Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21

Smuggling" said the major, with
prudent lowering Of voice. evidently
continuing some previods debate
smuggling is fine art, keen sport
ing proposition; and the consequences
of discovery are never serious. What's
fine of q thousand dollars against
the profits of many successful excur'
sions into the port Of New York;
Nothing, comparatively. For several
years. now, We have carried on this
business with the utmost adroitness
Never have we drawn serious atten'
ton. We have made two or three
blunders, but the suspicious Of the So
cret-service were put to sleep upon
each occasion. We have prospered,
Here is a gem, let US say, worth on
this side a thousand; over there we
sell It for enough to give us a clean
profit OF three or four hundred. Forty
per cent. upon our investment. That
ought to be enough for any reasonable
person. Am l right?"
Mrs. Chedsoye alone was unrespon'
SlVe 10 LnlS dppoaA'
IT continue, then. We are making
enough to lay by something for our
old age. And that's the only goal
which never loses its luster. But
this AFFAIR.""
Talk. talk" said Mrs. Chedsoye i'm
patiently.
my dear Kate, allow me to relieve
my mind"
You have done so till the topic Is
threadbare. 1t is rather late in tho
day to 20 over the ground again
Time is everything just now"
Admitted. But this affair, Kate, Is
big: big with dangers. 'lg with pit
falls: there is hidden n.Enace in ev'
ery step of it. Mayhap Death: who
knows? The older grow, the more
cling to material comforts. to enter
| prises of small dangers. However, as
you infer, there's no going back now. y
NO." assented Ryanne. his mouth
hard; mot If have to proceed alone
She smiled at him. you talk oI
danger" speaking to the major. What
danger can there be?"
"The unforeseen danger, the dangel
of which We know nothing. and there
fore are unable to prepare for 1t. You
do not see it, my dear, but it is there
nevertheless"
Wallace nodded approvingly. Ry
anne shrugged.
Failure is practically impossible
And I want excitement; crave 1t 81
you men crave your tobacco"
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CHAPTER W.-(contlnued.)

Some one was sitting down beside
him. 1t was Ryanne, in evening
clothes, immaculate, blase, pink
checked. There are some men so hap
PLY framed that they can don ready
made suits without calling your atten-
ton to the fact George saw at once
chat the adventurer was one Of these
fortunate individuals.
Makes a rather good picture to
look at; eh?" began Ryanne, rolling
\ flake-tobacco cigarette. Dancer"
NO. Wish I could. You've done
quick work" with admiring inspection
Not a flaw anywhere. How do you
do it,"
Thanks. Thanks to you, l might
say. did some tall hustling, though.
Strange, how we love these funeral
toggeries We follow the dance and
we follow the deaS. with never a
variation in color. The man who IN
vented the modern evening clothes
must have done good business during
the day as chief-mourner."
Why don't you send for your lug
gage?"
Ryanne caressed his chin. my
luggage is. believe, in the hands of
the enemy. 1t is of no great import
ance. never carry anything of value,
save my skin. I'm not like the villain
In the melodrama; no discriminating
documents, no lost wills, no directions
for digging up pirates gold"
81 suppose you'll soon be of for
American" George asked indifferently.
II suppose SO, BY the way. saw
you at the game today"
mo! Where were you?"
TOP row. | an going to ask a
favor Of you. 1t mTy sound rather odd
to your ears, but / know those two
ladies rather well. l kept out of the
way till l could find some clothes.
The favor | ask Is that you will not
tell them anything regarding the cir
cumstances of our meeting. / am
known to them as globe-trotter and
a collector"
That's too bad" said George con-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21
Salt Put to Varied Uses

embroidery cottons soak them In
strong salt water.
An excellent tonic for nervous peo-
pie is to take salt rubs twice a day.
As sea salt dlssolves slowly, some Of
1t can be kept in solution in a glass
jar to be ready when needed.
When a child is inclined to bow
legs or to have a weak back. rub 1t
night and morning with strong salt
water.
A faded carpet Is freshened II
wiped of with wet cloth wrung from
strong salt water. Sprinkle floor with
dampened salt and sweep well.
Bad dyspepsia can be Helped by dis
solving plnches Of salt on the tongue
after eating, or when there is sense
Of oppression.
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Invaluable to Mankind Though az q
CondIment II Should Be En-
pIoyed Sparlnuly.

II food is tasteless without salt. 1t Is
ruined with too much. Unappetizing
cooking is often due to guesswork.
A level teaspoonful of salt is sufficient
for a quart Of soup. sauce. or vese-
tables.
Salt used once day is an excellent
deutrifrice, tending to keep off tar
tar. It is said to retard receding
gums.
A half teaspoonful OF salt added to
a cup of hot water-which many per
sons take each morning-wil make 1t
palatable.
Do not gargle with salt water.
Throat specialists consider 1t injuri-
GUS to the tender mucous membrane
Of the nose.
Salt water rots the hair. SO never
fall to rinse with fresh water after
sea bathing.
80 set color In wash materials and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21

The new colored domestic. fresh
from Kentucky, took her first Thurs.
day afternoon of" and failed to re-
turn to prepare the seven o'clock din
ner for the family. Next morning she
reappeared rather "donsie." "Why,
.Sibbie." said the lady Of the house.
you look sick. What is the matter?"
"Yes'm, done been sick, awful
sick, but 1t was wuth It. Dat dollah
you given me. spent every cent Of
1t an done had de time Of my life.
What done with 1t? Well, missus. /
tell de truf an no more'n de- truf.
bought ten glasses of soda and went
to ten OF dose movable pictuh shows.
My, my, one cain't have no sich time
In Observation-Disclosures News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21
SYNOPSIS.

George PeEuval Algernon Jones, vice.
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company Of New York, thlrsting for
romance, Is in Cairo on a business trip
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
Cairo with a carefully guarded bundle
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from a pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later Is introduced to
Fortune ChedSoye by a woman to whom
he had loanes $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some monthI previously. and who turns
out to be Fotune's mother. Jones takes
Mrs Chedsoye and Fortune to polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
Chedsoye appears TO be engaged in some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-21
in Sat Berth.

Towne-No: Grafton doesn't work
at all now.
Browne-He doesn't? Why, when
knew him he seemed to be a young
man with considerable push.
Towns - All that's changed now.
He's young man with considerable
pull and doesn't have to woclk---CatAe
lie Standard and TimeA
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Shop Talk.

The Inventor was talking to himself.
What with my heatless light, my
leakless fixtures, my invisible ash
can and my disappearing bed, l have
made the life of the urbanite we'll
worth the living"
Wrong" corrected the down.
weighted Benedict. You have yet to
perfect the footless meter and the
vanishing gas bill."-Judge.
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Suppose were to, ask you to con-
tribute hundred dollars to my cam
palgn fund.-" said the ambitious young
man. what would you do?"
THAT isn't the important question"
replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. IF should
help to elect you, what would you do?"
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Terms.

There is one thing I've been won
dering about"
What's that?"
How racing men take Joy rides in
q sulky."
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Tact.

Tact.
He (tired of dodging) Would you
marry a one-eyed man?
She-Good gracious, no!
He--Thcn let me carry your umbrel-
Bits.
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And there we are, Kate. 1t really
isn't the gold; it's the excitemens OF
getting 1t and coming away unscatAed,
If could only get you to look at all
sides of the affair! It's the Rubican." +"
. (TO BE CONTINUED.)
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other with earnest calculation; Wal
lace no longer hid his cupidity;
Ryanne's immobility of countenance
was in itself tacit admission to the
burning Of all his bridges that he
might become a part of this conclave.
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Counsel Of DESPAIR.

II want a piece of meat without any
bone. fat or gristle." said the bride.
on her first trip to market. "Yes,
luaam," replied the butcher. "T
would suggest that you take an egg"
Youths Companion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-07
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FoREcLos.
uRE SALE.

Default having occurred in the herein
after described mortgage by virtue OF the
ia lure Of the mOrtgagor to make the
payments due thereon in accordance with
the terms thereof on account of which the
mortgage hereby declares the whole sum
secured by said mortgage Immediately
due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that that certain mortgage made,
executed and delivered by Ellen S.
Thorpe, widow, of Burleigh County.
North Dakota, Mortgagor, to the Red
River Valley Mortgage Company, Of Far
go, Cass County. North Dakota, Mort
gagee, dated on the 2lst day Of Novem-
Der. 1908. which mortgage was filed for
Deeds in and for Burleigh County, North
Dakota, on the 25th day of November.
1908. and was recorded in Book % of
Mortgages on page 266. will be foreclosed
gage and hereinafter described at the
front door of the Court House in the
City of Bismarck, County of Burleigh
and State of North Dakota, at the hour
of 2:10 O'Clock p. M. on the 18th day of
September, 1872 to satisfy the amount
due on such mortgage on the date Of sale
The premises described In such mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are described as follows, to-wit
The South Forty (40) feet Of Lots Nine
90. Ten Q0), Eleven QD. and Twelve
Q2) of Block Thirty mine G. }. originar
kota. according to the certified plat there
of on file and recorded in the office Of the
Register of Deeds in and for said Bur-
leigh County.
Said mortgage by virtue of the provis
ions contained in said mortgage has paid
prior liens on said premises covered by
said mortgages as follows:
The sum Of $1,000 on December l, 1911,
and the sum of $27.00 on June l, 1912.
said premises being past due interest on
the first mortgage covering said premises.
There will be due on such mortgage on
the date of sale the sum Of $113.20, in
Guiding the past due interest on the first
mortgage above mentioned paid by the
MORTGAGE. ....
RED RIVER VALLEY MORTGAGE
COMPANY, Mortgage.
ENGERUD, HOLT & FRAME,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Fargo, N. Oak
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-07
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FoREcLos-
URE SALE. ,

Default having occurred in the herein
after mortgage by virtue OF the failure
of the mortgagors to make the payments
thereon in accordance with the terms
thereof, on account of which the mort
gagee hereby declares the whole sum
secured by said mortgage Immediately
due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that certain mortgage made, ex-
ecuted and delivered by Ellen S. Thorpe.
a widow, of Burleigh County, State Of
North Dakota, Mortgagor. to the Red
River Valley Mortgage Company of Fargo.
Cass County, North Dakota, Mortgage,
dated on the 21st day Of November, 1908,
which mortgage was filed for record in
for the County Of Burleigh and State Of
North Dakota on the 25th day Of No
vember, 1908, and was recorded in Book
% Of Mortgages on page 267, will be fore
closed by sale Of the premises IN such
mortgage and hereinafter described at
City Of Bismarck. County OF Burleigh
and State of North Dakota. at the hour
or two o'clock P. M, on the 18th day of
September, 1912, to satisfy the amount
due on such mortgage at the date OF sale.
The premises described in such mort
same are described as follows, to-wit:
All of Lots Eleven Q1) and Twelve
Q2) except the South Forty (4O) feet
thereof, in Block Thirty mine $50, orig
inal plat Of the City Of Bismarck. North
Dakota, according to the certified plat
thereof on file and recorded in the office
OF the Register of Deeds in and for said
Burleigh County.
Said mortgage by virtue Of the provisions
liens on the premises covered thereby as
contained in said mortgage has paid prior
follows:
The sum Of $500 on the first day Of
December, 1911. and the sum of $500
on the first day Of June, 1912, the same
being past due interest on the first mort
gage covering said premises: and also
the sum of $3.50 on the 18th day Of
July, 1912, the same being the insurance
premium on the policy insuring the prem
ises covered by such mortgage.
There will be due on, such mortgage on
the day of sale the sum Of $16742, in
Guiding the past due interest on the first
mortgage and the insurance premium
above mentioned paid by the mortgage.
RED RIVER VALLEY MORTGAGE
5 4. COMPANY. Mortgage.
ENGERUD, HOLT & FRAME.
Attorneys for Mortgagee
Fargo. N. Oak.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-07
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FoREcLos.
URE SALE. :.

Default having occurred in the herein
after described mortgage by virtue OF
the failure of the mortgagor to make the
payments due thereon in accordance with
the terms thereof, on account Of which
the mortgage hereby declares the whole
sum covered by said mortgage immediate
Iy due and payable, NOTICE IS HERE
BY GIVEN, that that certain mortgage
made, executed and delivered by Ellen
S. Thorpe, widow, of Burleigh County,
River Valley Mortgage Company. of Far
go, Cass County, North Dakota, Mort
gagee, dated on the 21st day of November,
1908, which mortgage was filed for rec
ord in the office Of the Register Of
Deeds in and for Burleigh county and
State of North Dakota on the 25th
Recorded in BoSR IS 'V' Of anu Mo %as
cages. on page 265. win be foreclos-
ed by sale Of the premises in such
front door of the Court House in the
City of Bismarck, County of Burleigh
and State of North Dakota, at the hour
of 220 o'clock P. NJ on the 18th day Of
September, 1912. to satisfy the amount
due on such mortgage on the date of
mortgage and which will be sold to salts
fy the same are described as follows,
to-wit:
All Of Lots Nine (9) and Ten uO) ex-
CepC tHe south fOrty (4U) Ieet thereO1, or
Block Thirty-nine (39), original plat Of
the City of Bismarck, North Dakota, ac-
corling to the certified plat thereof on file
and recorded in the o. zee Of the Register
of Deeds in and for said Burleigh County.
Said mortgage by virtue of the provis-
ions contained in said mortgage has paid
prior liens on the premises covered by
said mortgage as follows:
The sum Of $27.00 on December 1, 1911,
and the sum Of $27.oO on June 1. 1912,
said payments being past due interest on
the first mortgage covering said prem
Uses.
There will be due on such mortgage on
the date Of sale the sum Of $113.20, in
Guiding past due interest on the first
mortgage above mentioned paid by the
mOrIEagee. :.
RED RIVER VALLEY MORTGAGE
COMPANY. Mortgage.
ENGERUD, HOLT & FRAME,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Fargo N Oak