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me. Monte Carlo is such place! But
1 must present my daughter. 1 am
Mrs. Chedsoye."
Il am glad to meet you, Mr. jones'
and In the sad eyes there was a glim.
mer of real friendliness. More, she
extended her hand.
1t was we'll worth while, that hun.
dred and fifty pounds. 1t was we'll
worth the pinch here and the pinch
there which had succeeded that loan.
For he had determined to return to
America with a pound or two on his
letter OF credit, and the success OF
this determination was based upon
many sacrifice in comfort. sacrifices
he had never confided to his parents.
1t was not in the nature OF things TO
confess that the first woman he had
met in his wanderings should have
been the last. AS he took the girls
hand, with the Interior intent of hold
ing 1t till death do us part, he won,
dered why she had laughed like that.
The echo OF 1t still rang in his ears.
And while he could not have described
1t, he knew instinctively that It had
been born OF bitter thought.
They chatted for e-a=tar OF ap
hour or more, and managed famously
1t seemed to him that Fortune Ched.
soye was the first young woman he
had ever met who coulS SuY away
sudden barriers and open up pathways
for speech. who, when he was about
TO founder into some cul-de-sac, guided
him adroitly into an alley round it.
in the weather, that perennial II
threadbare topic. He was truly aston
ished at the ease with which he sue,
tanned his part in the conversation
and began to think pretty well OF
himself. IL did no. occur to him that
when two clever and attractive women
set forth to make a man talk (sE
ways excepting he is dumb, they new.
er fail to succeed. To do this they
contrive TO bring the conversation
within the small circle Of his work.
his travels. his preferences. his ambL
tons. To be sure, all this is not fully
extracted in fifteen minutes. but
woman obtains In that time a good
idea of the ground plan.
Two distinct purposes controlled the
WOlutu III lulS iih idute. ODe desired
to interest him. while the other sough,
to learn whether he was stupid or onil
shy
At last when he left them to aSsrg,
his clothes and hurry down to Cooks.
10 complete the bargain for the hiop
des, no had advanced so amaze1s7T
well that they had accepted his inu
tatiOn to the polo-match that after
noon. He felt that invisil8a Mercurr
al wings had sprouted from his heels
for in running up the stairs. he wa1
aware Of no gravitative resistance
That this anomaly Gan acGuaintancs
with two women about whom he knew
nothing) might ba looked upou
askance by those who conformed to
the laws and bylaws OF social usages.
worried him not In the least On the
contrary he was thinking that hS
would be the envy Of every other mas
out at the club that afternoon.
CTO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER Iv.-(continuedA

Some light steps, rustic. and he
wheeled in time to see a woman opsn
door. stand for a minute in the full
light. and disappear. 1t was she.
George opened the door OF his own
room, threw the rug inside, and tip
toeo along the corridor, stopping for
mo ortefest time to ascertain the
number Of that room He felt vastly
more guilty in performing this harm
less act than in smothering his men,
tor.
mere was no one in the head-por-
ters bureau; thus, unobserved and I'M.
embarrassed, he was free to inspect
the guest-list. Fortune Chedsoye. He
had never seen name quite like that
It's quaintness did not suggest TO him
as It had done to Ryanne. the mas.
torai, the bucolic. Rather II remind.
cd him OF the old French courts, OF
rapiers and buckles. OF powdered wigs
ana furoelows, masks. astrologers.
iove-intrfgues, OF all those colorful
mutable scenes 30 charminely de-
Scribed by the genial narrator OF the
exploits Of D'Artagnan. And abruptIv
out OF this age Of Lebrun, Vatican
moliere, reached an ice-cold hand n
that elderly codger wasn't her father
who was he and what?
The Major-for George had lookad
him up also-was in excellent trim for
his age, something Il a military dandy
besides: but as the husband OF SO
young and exquisite creature, On,
upon the thought! lie might be her
guardian, or. at most, her uncle but
never her husband. Yet 90 poisonous
doubtD, at the table size had ignored
the Major, both his jssts and his al.
tentions. lie had gen many wives
joyfully from SAFE distance. act To.
ward their husbands in this fashion
oh, rot! If his name was Callahan
and hers Chedsoye, they could not
possibly be tiod in any legal bonds lie
dismissed the ice-cold hand and turned
again 70 tho comforting warmth OF his
aTdor
lie had never spoken TO young WON.
en- without presentation. and ON those
rare occasions he had preached tho
weather. suggested the possibilities nj
the weather. and concluded with an
apostrOphe on the weather al LARGE II
was usually n valcdlctory. For no wac
always positive that lie had acted like
a fool and was afraid 10 sneak fo tho
girl again. Never 1T failed, ten minutes
after the girl was out Of sight. tho
brightest and cleverest things crowd
I'd upon his tongue. TO be but wasted
on the desert air. lie was not partlcu.
larly afraid OF women older than
himself. more's the pity And yet. had
he been as shy toward them as toward
be girls. there would have been no
stolen Yhiordes, no sad-eyed maiden
no such thing ns The United Romance
and Adventure Company, Ltd: and he
would have stepped the even tenor OF
his way, unknown or grand passions
FEift adventurs. Ike.
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blushing was another of those uncon-
trollable asininities OF his. 1t was
really she. come out OF a past he had
hoped to be eternally inresuscitant;
the droll, the witty woman, to whom
in one mad moment OF liberality and
Galahadism he had loaned without Sc
curity one hundred and fifty pounds at
the roulette tables in Monte Carlo;
she, for whom he had always blushed
when he recalled how easily she had
mulcted him! And here she was, Sc
rene, lovely as ever, unchanged.
My dear" said the stranger George
couldn't recall by what name he had
known herr; my dear" to Fortune
Chedsoye, who stood a little behind
her. this is the gentleman I've often
told you about You were at school
at the time. borrowed a hundred and
fifty pounds Of him at Monte Carlo.
And what do you think? When went
to pay him back the next day, he was
gone, without leaving the slightest
clue to his whereabouts. Isn't that
droll? And to think that / should
meet him here!"
That her name had slipped his
memory, IL indeed he had ever known
It, was true; but one thing fingered
incandescently in his mind, and that
was, he had written her. following
minutely her own specific directions
and inclosing his bankers address in
Paris. Naples and Cairo; and for many
passinss Of moons he had opened his
foreign mail eagerly and hopefully.
But hope must have something to
feed upon, and after a struggle lasting
two years, she rendered up the ghost
. . It wasn't the loss Of money that
hurt; It was the finding OF dross metal
where he supposed there was naught
but gold. Perhaps his later shyness
was due as much 10 this disillusion-
ing incident as to his middle names.
Isn't It droll, my dear?" the en-
chantress repeated; and George grew
redder and redder under the beautiful,
grateful eyes. II must give him draft
this very morning"
But Why, my dear Ma
dame" stammered George. you must
not 49,"
Fortune laughed. Somehow the oual-
ity Of that laughter pierced Georges
confused brain as sometimes a shaft
OF sunlight rips into a fog, suddenly.
stiletto-like. 1t was full OF malice.
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CHAPTER v.
The Girl Who Wasn't Wanted.

ne olrl VINO Wasn't Wanted.
II any one wronged George. defraud.
cd him of money or credit. he was al
ways ready to forgive. agreeing that
perhaps half the fault had been his
This was not sign OF weakness. but
Of sense OF Justice too well Ieavened
with mercy. Humanity errs i'm the one
as much as In the other. doubtless
with some benign purpose in perspec-
tive. Now. 81 fright be that this charm
ing woman had really never received
his letter; such things have been
known to 90 astray. In any case he
could not say that he had written
That would have cast a doubt upon
her word. an objectionable rudeness.
so. for her very beauty alone, he gave
her the full benefit OF the doubt.
You mustn't let the matter trouble
you In the least he said, his helmet
now nicely adjusted under his arm.
1t was so long ago had really for
gotten all about it," Which was very
well said for George
But J haven't. \ have often won
dered what you musS have thought o.
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George was determined to meet For
tune Chedsoye. and this determination,
the first OF It's kind to take definite
form In his mind. gave him novel
sensation. He would find some way,
and he vowed to best his old enemy,
difidence, IL it was the last fight he
ever put up. He would vancouver to
get IN the way Of the Major. He never
found much trouble in talking to men
once he exchanged a word or two
with the uncle or guardian, he would
make II point to renew the acQuaint-
ance when he saw tho two together
II appeared to him as a bright idea,
and he was rather proud of It. Even
now he was conscious OF clenching his
teeth strongly. It's an old saying that
he goes farthest who shuts his teeth
longest. He was going TO test the pre-
cept by immediate practice.
He had stood before the list fully
three minutes. Now he turned about
face. singular citation tingling his
blood. Once he set his mind upon a
thing, he went forward. He had lost
many pleasurable things in life be-
cause he had doubted and faltered.
not because he had reached out to-
ward them and had then drawn back
He was going to meet Fortune Ched-
soye; when or how were but details.
And as he discovered the Major him
self idling before the booth of the East
Indian merchant, he saw in fancy the
portcullis rise and the drawbridge fall
20 ~
strolled over leisurely and pretended
to be interested In the case containing
mediocre Jewels.
This Is a genuine Bokhara en-
broidery?" the Major was inquiring.
"Oh. yes. sir"
How old?"
The merchant picked up the tag
and squinted at It. 1T is between two
and three hundred years old. sir"
To Georges opinion the gods them
aelves could not have arranged a more
propitious moment
You've made a mistake" he inter
posed quietly THAT is Bokhara. but
the stitch Is purely modern"
The dark eyes Of the Indian flashed
The gentleman q an authority" sar.
casucally
Upon that sty'e OF embroidery. alb.
solutely." George smiled. And then.
without more ado. he went on to ex.
plain the difference between the an.
tique and the modern. you have one
good piece OF old Bokhara. but II isn't
rare. Twenty pounds would be a good
price for H."
The Major laughed heartily. And
Just this moment he asked "a hundred
for e. I'm not much OF a hand in
Judging these things I admire them.
but have no intimate knowledge re
gar1ing their worth Nothing tonight ."
be added TO tho bitter-eyed merchant
The Oriental Is like the amateur fish.
erman; truth is not in him You seem
20 be a keen Judge" as they moved
away from the booth
81 suppose les because I'm inor
dinately fond Of the things. I've really
a good collection OF Bokhara en-.
broideries a. home in New York"
You live IN New York;" with mild
interest The Major sat down and
graclously motloHed for George TO do
the sane. II used to live there: TWEEN.
ty-odd years ago. But European travel
spells America; the rush there, the
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SYNOPSIS.

George Percival Algernon Jones. vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental Rug
company OF New York. thirsting for ro-
nance, is in Cairo on a business trip
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel in
talro with a carefully guarded bundle
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
erom pasha at Bagdad.
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Chsmpaane Bottles

Great skill is required IN mauufao
turing champagne bottles. which mort
be almost mathematically even Ia the
thickness OF the glass. The glass must
be perfectly smooth and the nocks go
act IN every particular TO insJa pas
feet cOrking.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21

It is up to the men at Carson
City to decide.
But if there is wide open gamb-
ling at Golfeld. or Tonopah. or
Reno how easy it will be for the
professionals to use those towns
as a base from which to send out
tin horn missionaries to convert
Lovelock, Winnemuca. Elko. Carson
City and Austin to the roulette and
faro idea of life.
These progressive centers would
serve as bacterial cultures from
whi:n II the rest of the eastt
could speedily be noculated with
the prohibiting pus of ping pong
prosperity and grace and greed,
and graft would brand Nevada as
the outlaw steer IN the bright con-
stellation of Uncle Sans Sunday
school Of states. Austin Reveille.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-02-21
THE CA FOR MORE CATTLE

Secretary of Agrlcultu - Wilson
emphasized a few days ago!t the need
for more beef cattle. He argued
in particular that the south should
thus use some great idle tracts.
Any man who has the enterprise
in thi section or in any other to
start in the cattle industry with
the present high cost of land. may
feel sure that prices will never 20
lower.
The spread of the irrigation
movement, the cutting up of Indian
re ervations and the ~parceling out
of railroad land have dealt so heavy
a blow to cattle raising in the
northwest and southwest, that the
American people will be extremely
lucky if beef eve remains as low
as the present high prices.
Eastern farm papers, are urging
their readers to do their farm work
with oxen instead of horses. Their
arguments sound good. The OK not
merely pulls the farmers cart but
he is salahle for market. Pleg-
matte by nature. he does not stand
on his hind legs nor does he attempt
to climb a tall tree merely because
the cart hits a rock or tree stump.
But the horse will remain the
chief burden bearer Of the Eastern
farmer, as he has been for fifty
years. The old.time farm family
which used oxen for its f rm work
was satisfied to go~to bed after the
slow patient steers had been fed
their evening ration. The children
occasionally want To drive into
town Tor grange NEE ting or band
concert which they can do if old
Dobin has taken the place of the
steers. But old Dcbin can't be
sold for meat, at least ought not to
be.
Never again. then. will the great
markets Of the east be fed by the
fat steers from the hills. Wher.for
the west and the south must pro.
duce the beef. II is up to scientific
agriculture to SHOW how It can be
done at reasonable rates with a fair
profit. - Exchange.
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HOW TO MAKE POTATO BAGS
oeleetahIe Dish That Is Prepared
with Grated Potatoes and Chop
ped Salt Pork.

Crate five or six large potatoes. Add
three t~sbiespoonfuls Of milk. four IN.
oiespoonfuls OF -four. and three- fourth.
cup r%aisins.
Have ready one-half pound ssI,
PORK; cut up in pieces about he sI,,
OF a hma bean: also a kettle OF boil
Ing water and two small bags. sal,
pass do very well. Wet the bags in
cold water, then put into them. frs,
a thin layer OF the potato dough. theu
ABOUT Six or seven pieces OF the salt
PORK. which press down n little into
the dough. Half I'LL the bags in THU
way. finishing with a layer OF IN.
dough. The bags must not be mora
than haif full, as space must be al
lowed for the dough to swell. Tie this
tops OF the bags securely and put them
into the boiling water and cook two
hours. Care must be taken that tina
boys do not stick to the bottom OF tho
kettle.
At the n OF this time remove m.
bag from no water and allow them
to cool slightly. then strip from the
loaf.
Cut the LOAF in thin slices and fry
brown. This makes q delicious break,
fast dish.
The recipe just ms Il is make.
enough Tor seven or eight persons.
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DEFEAT TYPHOID

A naval officer in an interview
in the East the other day stated
that since compulsory lnation
was started in thu navy DOT a man
had died of typhoid fever. Every
enlisted sailor and officer who had
not had Il severe case of typhoid was
forced TO undergo the vaccination,
which W S not a pleasant process.
Ii is far more severe than the vac.
cination to prevent smallpox and
more nearly resemb les In severity
the operation used in India to ward
off the bubonic plague.
The navy's record. fine as il is in
this respect, it is fairly matched by
that of the regular army during its
recent mobilization on the Mexican
border. says the Nv Y * Ameri-
lean. Always in former years
typhoid was the great foe Of every
army encampment. Who does not
re all the hundreds of cases in
single regiments of volunteers dur
in the mobilization of troops at the
time of the Spanish war? But there
was scarcely a Ease OF typhoid in
I'll the big army VIII h was sent to
Texas by President Ia t.
American doctors have put the
mosq lirOs daa lily partner. yellow
fever. completely out Of business.
The Panama Canal zone is now
almost as free of this plague as San
Francisc, itself. But if the army
and navy of Uncle Sam have be-
come immune from typhoid as a
result of vaccination. are thy not
an object lesson for hte rest of man.
kind?. This disease is e ponsible
every year for thousands of deaths
in the United States and a vast
amount ot uff ing besides, while
the financial loss reaches many
million .
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LOCAL OPTION GAMBLING

In justice to the communities
that would rather pay for costly
murder trials and give county up
port Of the widows and orphans of
suicides. than to contribute by fair
taxation to the legitimate expenses
Of government. the local option
gambling bill should pass.
in justice to business men in
sporty counties, who would rather
carry store accounts indefinitely,
in order that laboring men, clerks,
and patrons in general may have
an opportunity of tossing their
monthly pay in to the LAP Of Dame
Chance the local option gambling
bill should pass.
Out Of respect to those noble
citizens who would like to see all
new CO MFRS, tenderfeet and green
horns, stril ped Of their last cent,
that the county treasury may hav
a pitiful percentage of the haul,
a local option gambling law in
Nevada should be enacted in fam
ing words of the Holy Writ.
In behalf Of those counties that
desire q class Of parasites to prey
upon the people until stolen for
tunes have been accumulated for
investment outside Of Nevada.
some relief is due from the legisla.
ture and the local option gambling
law may be just The sweet smelling
ointment that will properly salve
their ulcerous sores.
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WHAT THE MAID SAID

MRS. Dalton had become very
ired from shopping, and slipping
on her kimono, prepared herself
for a peri d of rest Her 'olured
maid appeared at this point an
announced a caller.
mo, Annie," said Mrs. d lton,
J cannot see her. Please tell her
o excuse me as | am in negliEce."
When the message was delivered
Mrs. Dalton heard hrr visitor laugh
10 heartily that it even penetrated
20 her bedroom.
Calling Annie she asked the maid
The cause of the hilarity.
81 dunno, ma'am. | really dun
no." answered Annie.
What did you tell herr" ,sked
Mrs. Dalton.
"Why ] done tole her to please
excuse you. as you was naked as a
jay"
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DON'T DO IT

There comes a time in the history
Of every people when it becomes
their duty to rise above fractional
strife and join hands for the pre-
servation of their liberties. This
is also true in lesser matters that
effect the future welfare Of a people.
Just now an organized effort is
being made in the legis lature TO
fasten upon Nevada the curse of
licensed gambling. For two years
the click Of the roulette wheel has
been -ilent in Nevada. There has
been no open percentage games,
such as cursed the state for years.
During that time. there has been
less of poverty, distress and crime
ard more happy homes than ever
before in this state.
While the present law may not
be perfect, it has accomplished much
good and should not he interfered
with by our legislators unless it be
to make its terms clearer so that it
can be NOR e easily enforced.
No member of the legislature who
believes in protecting the youth of
the state can conscientiously sup
port a measure that would open the
avenues of crime. Gambling may
be inbred in the human race but
there is no necessity of opening a
school for teaching its vices to the
young. Instead let US curb this
innate passion for gambling by wise
and wholes me laws. Don't encour-
age the vice by Haunting it in the
face of the young.
There should be a united effort
in Nevada to defeat any meaures
that opens the door to vice. When
the present anti-gamblin9 Jaw be-
come effective. the step took a long
step forward. The last in the
Union to set its seal of disapproval
on licensed gambling Nevada should
not be the first st ate to invite the
gambling fraternity to reopen
their business within its borders.
No matter under what disguise
they come they breed poverty, dis
tress and crime.
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CRULLER PARTY GREAT FUN
n Most Pleasant Evenings
Entertainment.

II you are looking for an easy way
% plan an evening OF pure fun. then
have a cruller party. Word the invi,
tauons thus: Who likes crullers? II
you do, then come help make them al
the homo OF -, on the evening OF
-. and be prepared for the kitch.
en-" This 10 written on the back OF
a c~ruller. made out Of water-color pa
per and tinted brown.
The guests gathered quietly on the
porch and when tho door was opened
1t revealed a group OF kitchen maids
and chefs, much to the delight OF the
hostess. Tho guests were ushered
Immediately into the kitchen and the
FUN began with tho mixing OF ingredi
ents, particular work. and one sug
sested that he see that every M elas
old their share. as a large sign hung
over the table. mo WORK. no eat"
When the frying was nearly com
pieted each was given some dough
and told to design the most artistic
cruller possible and fx II absolutely
without help. Such fun AS this ere
ated. especially to those who knew
O DuI "oiO HOl peIUnl' Lel 10 tell,
that a particularly nne design was
destined to come out an u~nsightly
mass or a too frail affair would be re-
moved In pieces. A late arrival was
handed q plate OF ~feArfully and won
derfully made objects and told to de.
eide which was the best form and
general appearance. The hostess had
collected & number OF suggestive ad
Vertisements. such as a four grill. a
dish OF crullers. n pail Of lard. a
oookstove. These were mounted on
gray cardboard and passepartouted In
plaid, making unique and attractive
s~ouvenirs. While the coffee Wal be
Ing made ready those who had chosen
d~ishwashing were kept busy Al the
table. The dishes were large repro
auctions Of tho invitations and the
tavors were tiny coffee pots such az
come In doll sets. As the crullers
and coffee were enjoyed each one old
a Joking story In some way ect
ed with cooking.