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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20

necessary facts, the eventual dangers
He accepted them all with the Yhior-
des. l see nothing unfair in the deal.
since I risked my life in the first
place."
and why must you do these des-
perate things?"
"Oh, love excitement. Ny one idea
in life is to avoid the humdrum"
is it necessary to risk your life for
these excitements? Is your life moth
ing more to you than something to ex-
pertinent WITH"
Truth, sometimes 1 don't know.
Fortune. Sometimes I don't care.
When one has gambled for big stakes.
it is hard to play for penny points"
"a strong, healthy man like you
ought not to court death"
II do not seek it. My only tempta-
ton is to see how near can get to
the Man in the Shroud, as some poet
calls it, without being touched. I'll
make you my confessor. You see, it
is like this. number Of wearied men
recently formed a company whereby
monotony became an obsolete word
in our. vocabulary. You must not think
I'm testing; I'm serious enough. This
company ferrets out adventures and
romances and sells them to men Of
spirit l became a member, and the
trip to Bagdad Is the result. One new
er has to share with the company. The
rewards are all yours. All one has to
do is to pay lump sum down for the
adventure furnished. You work out
the end yourself, unhindered and I'M
assisted"
"Are you really serious?"
Never more so. Now, Percival AL
gernon has always been wanting an
adventure, but the practical side Of
him has made him hold aloof. l told
him about this concern, and he refuses
to believe in it. So I am going to I'M
dertake to prove 1t to him. This is
confidential You will say nothing.
know"
HE will come to no harm physical
ly?"
Lord, no! 1t will be mild and in
nocuous. OF course, If any one told
him that an adventure was toward
for his especial benefit, it Would spoil
all. l can rely upon your silence?"
She was silent. He witnessed her
indecision with distrust. Perhaps he
had said too much.
Wont you promise? Haven't l al
ways been kind to you, Fortune, times
when you most needed kindness?"
81 promise to say nothing. But if
any harm comes to that young man,
either in jest or in earnest, l will
never speak to you again.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20

young man who had purchased the rug
might be mildly peccable had not yet
occurred to her.
why not, Fortune?" Ryanne was
very earnest, and there was a pinch at
his heart.
Because -
Don't you like me just little?"
Why, do like you, Horace. But
do not like any man we'll enough to
accept expensive gifts from him.
do not wish to hurt you, but it is i'm
possible. The only concession I'll
make is to borrow the money"
We'll, then, let it go at that" He
was too wise to press her.
"And can you afford to throw away
ten pounds?" with assumed lightness
My one permanent impression Of you
is the young man who was always
forced to borrow car-fare whenever he
returned from Monte Carlo"
"A fool and his money. But I'm a
rich man now" he volunteered. And
briefly he sketched the exploit of the
Yhiordes rug.
1t was very brave Of you. But has
it ever occurred to you that it wasn't
{ honest?"
"Honest?" frankly astonished that
she should question the ethics. ooh,
say Fortune; you don't call it dishon-
est to get the best Of pagan! Aren't
they always getting the best Of us?"
If you had bargained with him and
beaten him down, it would have been
different. But, Horace, you stole it;
you admit that you did"
Il took my life in my hands. 1
think that evened up things"
mo. And you sold it to Mr.. Jones ?"
Yes, and Mr.. Jones was only too
glad to buy it. told him the facts.
He wasn't particularly eager to bring
up the ethics Of the case Why, child,
what the deuce is a Turk? shouldn't
cry out If some one stole my Bible"
Good gracious! do you carry one?"
well, there's always one on the
room-stand in the hotels l patronize."
Il suppose it all depends upon how
we look at things"
That's it. A different pair of spec
tacles for every pair of eyes"
If only he weren't in love with her!
thought the girl. He would then be
an amusing comrade. But whenever
he met her he quietly pressed his suit
He had never spoken openly of love,
for which she was grateful, but his at
tentions, his little kindnesses, his IN
oh iun x1rha
men were at the villa, made the read
ing between the lines no difficult mat
ter.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20

that she wanted no rough work. How
Ike woman! Here was a mans
game, a desperate one; and Giocon-
da, not forgetting that it was her
inspiration, wanted it handled with
gloves! 1t was bare-hand work, and
the sooner she was made to realize
this, the better. It was no time for
tuning fiddles.
Mahomed out of it, there was a GER
tain English bar in the Quarter Roset-
ii, a place of dubious repute. Many
derelicts drifted there in search of
employment still more dubious. Dregs,
scum; the bottom and the top of the
kettle; outcasts, whose hand and
animus were directed against society;
black and brown and white men; not
soldiers of fortune, like Ryanne, but
their camp-followers. In short, it was
there (and Ryanne still felt a dull
shame of it, that Wallace, carrying
the final instructions of the enterprise,
had found him. sleeping off the effects
Of shabby rout of the night before.
1t was there also that he, had heard
Of the history and the worth of the
Yhiordes rug and the possibility of it's
theft. He laughed. To have gone upon
an adventure like that, with nothing
but the fumes of wine in bis head!
For a few pieces of gold he might
enroll under his shady banner three
or four shining lights who would I'M
dertake the disposal of Percival. Not
that he wished the young man any
harm-no; but business was business,
and in some way or another he must
be made to vanish from the sight and
presence OF men for at least two
months.
AS for Major Callahan's unforeseen
danger, the devil could look out for
that.
Ryanne consulted his watch, a cheap
but trustworthy article, costing a dol
lar, not to be considered as an avail
able asset. He would give 1t away
later in the day; for he had decided
that while he was in funds there would
be wisdom in the purchase of a fine
gold Longines. A good watch, as ev-
cry one knows, is always as easily
converted into cash as a London bank
note, providing, of course, one is
lucky enough to possess either Many
watches had he left behind, in this
place or in that; and often he had
exchanged the ticket for small bottle
with q green neck. Wherever fortune
had gone against him heavily at cards,
there he might find mis- latest watch
And another good idea, he unused.
as he swung the time-piece into his
vest-pocket, would be to add the splen-
dor Of a small white stone to his mod
est scarf. There is only one we'll
defined precept among the sporting
fraternity; when flush, buy jewelry.
Not to the cause of vanity, not at all;
but precious stones and gold watches
constitute a kind of reserve-fund
against the evil day. When one has
money in the pocket the hand is quick
and eager to find 1t. But jewelry Is
protected by certain quality of
caution; It is not too readily passed
over bars and gaming-tables. While
the pawnbroker stands between the
passion and the green-baize, there's
food for thought
Having settled these questions to
his satisfaction, there remained but
one other, how to spend his time. It
| would be useless to seek the English
Rar before noon. Might as well ram
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20
SYNOPSIS.

George PercivaI Algernon jones, vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company of New York. thirsting 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 loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune to a 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 Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure COM
pany, a 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
Omitted Romance and Adventure company,
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs Chedsoye
his intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit 1t.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
Tor home. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
end cable dispatches. He wires agent In
New York. in Jones' name, that he Is
renting house in New YORK to some
friends. Mahomed. keeper OF the holy
carpet, is on Ryanne's trail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20
CHAPTER VlIl.-(continued.)

What to do? unused the rogue. On
the morrow Mr.. Jones would leave for
Port Said Ryanne shook his head
and with his cane beat light tattoo
against the side of his shin. Abduc-
rsion was rather out of his sphere of
action. And yet, the suppression of
'Percival was by all odds the most i'm
lDortant move to be made. He had
volunteered this service and accom-
TpIish it he must, in face Of all obsta-
Cles. or poof! went the whole droll
fabric. For to him It was droll, and
never It rose in his mind that he did
not Chuckle saturninely. 1t was
kind of nightmare where one hung In
mid-air. ones toes Just beyond the
flaming dragons Jaws. The rewards
would be enormous, but these he
would gladly surrender for the SUI
preme satisfaction Of turning the
poisoned arrow in the heart OF that
canting hypocrite, that SNUG church
deacon. the sanctimonious, the sleek,
the wellfed frst-born. And poor Per
cival Algernon, for no blame Of his
own. must be taken by the scruff Of
his neck and thrust bodily into this
tangled web of scheme and under
scheme. It was infinitely humorous.
He had had a vague plan regarding
Mahomed, guardian Of the Holy Yhi-
ordes, but it was not possible for him
20 be in Cairo at this early date. That
he would eventually appear Ryanne
never doubted. He knew the Oriental
mind Mahomed-ELGebel would cross
every barrier less effective than death.
It was a serious matter TO the Mos
lem. If he returned to the palace at
Bagdsd, minus the rug, 1t would mean
free transportation to the Arabian
gulf. bereft Of the most important
part of his excellent anatomy, his
head. Some day, if he lived, Ryanne
Bntended telling the exploit to some
clever chap who wrote: it would look
rather we'll in print.
To turn Mahomed against Percival
as being the instigator would be an
adroit bit of work; and 1t would rid
him Of both Of them. Gioconda said
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20

What shall you do if this Mahomed
you speak of comes?"
Turn him loose upon our friend
Jones'" with laugh.
And what will he do to him ?"
Garry him off to Bagdad and chop
OF his head" Ryanne jested
Tell me, is there any possibility of
Mr.. Jones coming to harm?"
"Can': say" Her concern for Perez
val annoyed him.
rs it fair, when he paid you gen.
erously?"
He did not look into the grave eyes.
They were the only pair that ever dis
concerted him. "My dear Fortune, it's
question which is the more valuable
to me, my skin or Percivals."
ct isn't fair
From my point Of view it's fair
enough. warned him; 1 told him the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20
CHAPTER TX.
The Bitter Fruit

Fortune had hearty contempt for
persons who ate their breakfast in
bed. For her the glory Of the day was
the fresh fairness of the morning,
when every ones step was buoyant,
and all life stirred energetically There
was cheer and hope everywhere; men
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20

Il see that, after getting Percival
Algernon into an adventure, I've got
to cicerone him safely out II it. Well.
1 accept the responsibility Some
days later he was going to recall this
assurance.
Sometimes l wonder :" PEN
sively.
Wonder about what?"
What manner of man you are"
II should have been a great deal
better man had / met you ten years
ago."
What? When was eleven?" with
levity intended to steer him away
from this channel.
You know what l mean" he an
swered, moody and detected.
She opened her purse and dropped
the pendant into 1t, but did not speak.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07
Pitney Named For
Supreme Judge, Has
Harrassed Labor
INDUSTRIAL NOTES

North Wheeling bottle house on in
full.
Central Glass house working steady.
Northwood Glass company working
steady.
Greek mill IL mills and tin horns
working steady with good prospects.
Top mill blast furnace on in full.
Belmont mill working steady.
LaBelle plate mill two high and
three high. Mills and nail factory
working steady.
LaBelle tin mill A. s. T. Co., eight
mills and time hours. Working steady.
Riverside plate mill and steel
works and t@ube works on in full.
North Wheeling potteries on in
full.
Wheeling Steel and Iron company
steel plant and tube mill, also pud-
ding mill. working steady.
wheeling Can factory working
steady.
Stogie factories working steady.
All the local breweries working
steady. ,
Center foundry working steady.
Wheeling Mould and Foundry COM
pany working steady.
BeIlaire, Ohio.
Bellaire bottle house on in full.
Imperial glass house working about
half of the shops; don't know when
will get on in full.
National Glass Co. working steady.
Doerr Foundry working steady.
Bellaire Stove foundry working
steady.
Novelty Works on in full.
| Bellaire Stamping works on in full.
Carnegie Steel works and bar mill
working steady.
Martins Ferry, Ohio.
Laughlin Sheet mills; three mills
on this week; all win be on next
week. s2Tsf
Laughlin A. s. T. Co.. twenty mills
covered time hour working.
Aetna mil, A. s. T. Co., partly on.
Spence Baggs foundry working
steady. s5' s
McDermott Tool works on in full.
abe low. .shtwentytSi5f
| steubenvIIle, Ohio.
Acme Glass, house working steady.
.ope Tin mills, twelve mills and
time house on in full.
LaBelle Mill, sheet mills on in full.
Plate mills, tube mills, steel plant
and open hearth mills working the
steadiest they have for two years.
| Steubenville potteries on in full.
L Follansbee, w. Va.
Sheet and Tin late mill, twelve
mills and time force. Steel works
and bar mills on in full. =.
Mingo Junction, Ohio.
Carnegie Steel plant and ten inch
mill working steady.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07
: PERSONALS

x
M. J. Snyder Of Bellaire is improv
ing at his home on Twenty=sixth and
Belmont streets. asa5x. XII 81 5t
M F. Koran is out of the hospital
The Majority wishes to thank the
members of Local No. g.. Steubenville
for courtesy shown to I heir repre-
sentative. Some day we will be
able to return the favor. I'D
r, D. Selaway, Of No. So, A. A., o.
Steubenville, Ohio. has returned from
washington. D. G.
Elab Rees Of South Sharon, Pa.
is now working at. the Pope mill a
Steubenville. s7
The o. IT. Z. A. will meet Sun
day, March 10. All delegates are ex
pected to be present.
John Shinkey won a little pig, Sc
you can look for an invitation to {
pig roast soon. (,
ID. ]. weekly. who has been visit
ing at New Castle, Pa, returned home ON
this week.
John Brannon, Of the South Side
who had. his foot mashed. IS improV
ing.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07
awE WILL SPEAK OUT"

washington, March 2- have
done no wrong. have violated no
law Of my country Or Of the District
Of Columbia. have exercised my
rights as an American citizen-the
rights Of free speech and free press,
we win speak ont: we win be
heard. though all earth.s systems
crack; we WIN not take 2 single
word, 4 single letter back" With
the utterance 81 these words Presi-
dent Gompers received vociferous ap.
plause at the testimonial dinner CIV
en- IN his honor. and that Of Frank
Morrison, By the Central Labor IN
ion OF the District Of Columbia e
tie New Ebbitt House recently; This
is his answer to the contempt pro
csedings now ID progress, which has
become Z famous case.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07
AGAINST lNJuNcTIoNs,. TOO

Washington, March 6.-Ehe mem
bers of the Michigan, railway com.
mission recently appeared before .
subcommittee Of the senate tudiel
airy committee in support of the Mel
son bill, prohibiting the issuance by
federal courts of injunctions re-
straining state officers from execn
ting state laws 1t seems that there
are others, aside from the labor Of
CARNATIONS, who protest against the
abuse Of the injunction by the Fed
eral courts.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07
CARPENTERS. GER AGREEMENT

Hamilton. Ont, March 6.-After
several conferences between the
building contractors and the carpen-
ters an agreement has been reached
whereby the men are to receive an
eight-hour day, forty cents an hour,
time and half for overtime and
double time for legal holidays. Last
year strike occurred in which the
carpenters were involved. but this
year, as noted above, an amicable
agreement was reached.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07
Talks ON TEETH
By 0rian Hedrick, D. D. S.
ARE YOUR TEETH GOING !?

. This Is q short but SEARCHING
sermon on the sins Of procrastinaeion.
ProcrastinatiOn Is the thief Of time. 1t
il more than that when 1t had to do
with the teeth-for then 1t is the thief
Of HEALTH. And when a thief robs
one of that most precious possession,
good health, he has despoiled him OF
something which he cannot repay.
Plenty OF pe0pie-YOU-peThaps,
are saying: OH, DEAR, ] must go to
the dentist-TODAY.
Put that idea that next week will
do as well as NOW. and remember
that next week Is q long way OF. 1T
NEVER ARRIVES. Let us give you
some advice expert advice: When
teeth begin to decay, they go fast.
lower set of plates what he would give
Ask any Wearer of full upper or q
for few teeth in either jaw, so the
ALVEOLAR teeth could be inserted
and heart what his answer Is.
He may. so, DON'T BE A FOOL as
I WAS, AND PUT OFF GOING TO
THE DENTIST. DON'T DELAY A
DAY, but go and save every tooth you
can. DO 1T NOW.
The Alveola method demands dem
lists Of first class-class A. No
charges for careful examination. We
can refer to an army Of people who
have had our work done and that is
the best sort Of proof
If you must wear plate; let rs
make you one Of our smooth suction
plates guaranteed never to drop In the
mouth. So up Gold Crowns, S. up
Porcelain and Enamel Crowns, and
all filings and treatment as well as
nrr snAcialfIea - -.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07

AMER those dynamite convictions are
really made. what IN the world VIII
the daily papers do Tor news
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-03-07

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Translation


T~ ENDERS are hereby solicited for the
- purveyanco Of the following articles
for Peters Farm Hospital for the period
from the LIST October II. {. TO. the 3lst March
1913.
The conditions can be seen at the Police
Office.
Cofpmeal about $50 lbs.
English peas " $50
Red beans 10
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-03-15

CNAPrER IN,-TTnsy can readily Hwear
~ crime on Keith The latter goes to
~ FULLY realizing the peril pf swift Dor
~ justice. A companion In his cell ~
eEo. who tells him he IL Neb and that
y hnsw the Keith family back IN Wiz
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-03-15


grabbed a picter out oh he's poc6et.
an says, Damn you; look at dat
What kind oh a fight can yo' make
against dat face?' De OIL man stared
at 1t while, sorter chokln up den
he say softer like: It's Hope; where
did 20; ebber get dat?' and de black
dobble he laughed an showed de pic
Ter back Into hes pocket Hope, hell
he say, It's Phyllis. an I'll put her
before any Jury yo're mind 10 get on
I've got yo' nailed, Waite, dis time. 7
WAS that any
"De o gin'ral he didn't seem ter
know what ter say he done SGT oar
lcokinl oil obef de prairie Ike ne was
clar iumesastea, lle sho did look
like dat black debble he'd hit him
mighty hard. Den he says slow like,
turnin his boss round Bartlett, yo.
am putin up a good blum, but. By
Gawd, I'm goin' ter call 70, Yo' don't
get a CEN oh dat money less 70 put
w de proof III meet 20 whar yo
say. but Ell can git hoi' oh some pa
pers dats Inissin III take dat grin on
yo' face. De odder one laughed, an
de oil gin'ral started 70 ter ride away,
den he pull up he's boss, an look
back. 70 sorter herd wild dat kind
oh cattle. Bartlett, ne say, sharp like,
maybe 20 know gambler roUn'
we're called Hawley?' Dc black debble
nebber chen lose he's grin DO yo'
mean Black Bart aawleyT OATS the
man, where is he? 'Dealin' faro 10
Mike Kenna In Topeka week ago.
friend OBJ yours? Oats none OBJ yo'
damned business. snorted de Of
gin'ral, givin mis- boss dc spur sho'.
Massa Jack, he nebber Snowed he VAS
talkin' ter dat same tIawfey, an dat
black debble jest laughed as he rode
on
When was all this. Neb?'
Bout de lime 20 all went up On
de hill, reckn | done come right
yere. and waited
Keith walked across the room, Sc
ieeted cigar ana came back his
mind busy with the problem. Hawley
had ID some manner, then, got inro
communication with Waite, and was