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CHAPTER v.
Jim Blake

The man whose advent in the Kes
wick corridor caused more attention
among the loungers than would the ar.
rival OF a stage beauty, had at first
glance little about him to justify such
interest. He was long rather than
tall, thin with a w.ry compactness. and
Of a pleasant non-committaI face. His
age might have been fifty. But a
closer glance at his halfshut ewes al
ways gave an odd impression that they
We're fully thousand years oil. Per-
aaps this was why Jim Blake seldom
opened them wide.
Hello, boys" repeated Jim Blake.
glancing genially and inexpressively
from one to the other, from beneath
bis hanging lids. Seemed to me I
smelt something burning. How are
you, Standish? What's up, Tom?"
Why" answered Tom vaguely en-
barrassed nothing very much. Just
little political discussion"
so | gathered" yawned Blake.
Mark. you seemed to have been sup.
plying the fireworks for it. I don't sup.
pose it occurred to you that the whole
surrounding landscape Is fairly crawl.
ing with reporters? Nice little story
for the morning papers. hey? High
Words Between Speakership Aspirants
in keswick Lobby And a half col.
umn more Of what you both would
have said II you'd said what the re-
porters thought maybe you might have
said. Fine business. Especially at
this time"
He called me-" burst forth Mark.
And you showed your hand?'
hazarded Blake Good poker. Mark
But punk politics Mark, I'm afraid
we're keeping Mr. Standish from his
dinner"
Good night replied standish. TAX
ing the broad hint with no show Of
feeling
Good night-till the house meets
at ten o'clock said Blake. Il suppose
you'll lead your gallant insurgent co.
horts in person this EVENING""
yes"
Don't want to call 1t off and come
into the fold again, s'pose?" suggest.
ed Blake quizzically.
No, thanks. smiled the insurgent
and passed on toward the dining room
Hello. Van Dyke!" called Blake as
the lawyer with Neligan and Gregg In
tow, came along the corridor toward
them. from the bar. What brings you
TO Washington? What's up?"
That's what I'm trying to find out"
answered Van Dyke. shaking hands
with Blake and instinctively leading
the way to the adjacent amen corner
What is up? You're supposed to be
managing this fight, Jim. And here
we find ourselves in the very worst
hole we've been in since nine+v-s'
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CHAPTER vi.
A Family Row.

"This-~this story about Standish"-
began Tom uncomfortabiy; then
paused invo@untarily as Blake leaned
back with grunt OF relief.
That all?" asked the father. II
was afraid was going to get another
call-down from my wise son on my
follies and sins. Honestly, Tom,
don't know how | ever got through
the first quartercentury Of my lifo
without your holy guidance and cor.
rection'
rs that quite necessary" said Tom.
Il only wanted to ask YOU"
"Of course you did. You wanted to
ask me some question IN politics. And
instead of being glad that you are be-
ginning to show an intelligent interest
in my affairs at last, | made fun of
you. I'm sorry, son. I'm an old crank,
Go ahead with your question. You
were asking about this Standish
story?"
Yes. suppose 1t will give Liz the
fight"
Looks that way from where I sit"
replied Blake, Such pretty romances
have wrecked many man as strong
as Standish-and stronger"
"Oh!" exclaimed Tom, almost shud-
derIng. Il wish you wouldn't use black.
mail to win your fight"
"Blackmail?" echoed Blake slowly.
Then he paused. The rugged mask
OF face had not changed But the
pupils OF the half-shut eyes had sud.
denly contracted as though binding
light had been flashed before them.
Yet, a second later, when Blake spoke
again. there was no trace of pain or
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tonlghtl We've got TO have IT to
night. Before the Mullins bill come.
up. The names no use to us after
that"
But" asked Robertson, "even II VIZ
do get It tonight. what use caL We
make OF It? The house will ae-on thl
final debate of the bill by ten o'clock
by making use of every trick VIZ
know We can fix only few hours de
lay at most What good"
What good?" retorted Blake "Just
this; Standish's long suit is morality
A lot of us have had smirches on our
names from time to time lie never
has. So the clergy are for him and
the people swear by him. It's bis
chief pull with both church and pub
lie. Now--if we san get this story
properly authenticated, on the fioo- oil
x,e house tonight. it'll give lof OF
men-Gregs, here, or instance---an ex
cuse to swing over to US"
oh, we've got him! We've gos
him" muttered Robertson once more
his usually quick mind loafing blihsfui
ly over the single grand idea
Yes" amended Van Dyke dryly
we've got him-t we can get the
Wuman's name In time. 1t all de-
ponds on that w thout 1t, our story
is worthless, Thus far. II seems, nc
one knows her name"
Except Standish," corrected Blake.
What good does that do us? He
won't tell"
What one man knows" returned
Blake sententiously, another can find
out"
And" put in Gregg. lowering his
voice, speaking of finding out re-
minds me- That little devil cf telo-
phone girl over there--Do you sup.
pose she could have heard anything
we've been saying?"
IF she has whole pair Of ears"
answered Blake, sinking his own voice,
she surely could Especially what I've
been saying. For I've been strainIng
my voice to talk loud enough for her
to catch what said, ever since we sat
down here"
THE deuce you haveT exclaimed
Van Dyke What for?"
For the same reason I'VE been
laying down." returned Blake. Don't
worry over that. A man whose voice
Ia as tired as mine isn't straining that
throat unless It's for a good cause
And you can leave the finding Of the
Woman's name to me, too, guess.
Now trot along. all OF you. Mark, go
in and order dinner. I'll be- there In
five minutes. I've couple Of things
to attend TO first"
The group began to drift across the
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eorriaor IN the direction or the uln
ing.room. Blake detached himself
from the rest and started back toward
the telephone switchboard. But Tom.
noting his fathers move. intercepted
him, The young fellows face looked
worried and his manner had lost some
of itsfwonted buoyaacy.
Dad" he said
"Hey?" asked Blake. stopping and
turning toward his son
Reading Toms face, as he was &C
eustomed by instinct to read every
countenance that came into his range
of notice, Jim nodded and led the way
to the amen corner.
Nov. then" he demanded, half
guyingly, haIf-anXiously. whats on
your mind? Speak up. son. There
never yet was delicate subject that
wasn't the better for getting aired"
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honest, you know And he ana she
were going to get married on the quiet
and keep their marriage secret, But
she had to so to Europe. And for
some reason or other-the secretary
didn't know why and it doesn't matter
anyhow-the wedding was sidetracked
Instead, they took g notion to run off
to o little country hotel, for one OF
those honeymoons that--that never
came through the custam-house."
mol"
yes. And, as an afterthought, yes,
again. can show you the hotel reg,
lister with
THE fool didn't register under his
own name, did hep demanded Gregg.
No." said Blake. Registered un,
der the name Of Fowler. But any hand.
writing expert can prove he wrote it.
and the hotel manager can sweat
Standish was the man The manager
Is ready to swear Standish called the
woman his wife, too"
"Oh. the JAY" grinned Gregg, the
wording.
you see" went on Blake, "he real
ly expected to marry her They were
just taking time by the forelock AnG
then-here's the queerest tangle OF all
after that week there, ii seems she
backed out and wouldn't marry him at
all. No, Gregg, it wasn't he that threw
her over, This was the other way
around. The Woman Tilted him and
went back to her family. One week OF
Standish was about all she was up to
And she baked at making a life lot
OF it, don't wonder"
But didn't her family frd DUTY"
1T seems not. They thought she had
been away visiting a girl friend in the
country. She got home safe. and
everything looked proper as 6 rainy
Sunday In q grave yard Some wom
en- sure have luck"
Go on" rged Van Dyke.
That's about all," finished Blake
"She woke up, as | told you, to fine
1t was Observation-Disclosures
thank-heayen. And as far as | can
make out they haven't seen each 9th
err since | won't swear to that part
of it, But II they have, his secretary
doesn't know it, Nor"
Who was the Woman?" queried
Robertson.
THAT" answered Blake reluctantly
SIS the one thing left TO find out"
Van Dyke fairly groaned.
Then" he demanded, how is this
miserable story going to help us?"
Oh replied Blake, "the nets clos
ing around her, nope to have her
name tonight"
.-aaes "~~,
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FIRE PREVENTION.

Recently New York had ;. fire pre-
vention day" Officials and Insurance
companies co-operated to give demon
strations Of the various methods Of
safeguarding property and particular
" OF avoiding fires by the observance
OF the laws anc the exercise Of care
"a the part Of those In charge OF prop
erty. This educational work should
be continued without interruption
Every city should undertake to teach
the people the truth that fire Is
needless waste and IL every one is
caretai there is no occasion whatever
for these vistations In the case OF
wires and pipes causing the ignition
OF woodwork. the blame Is to be
placed upon those who are responsible
for the construction or the main
tenance of the building. II is possible
now to protect all electric wires so
that they cannot cause the heating OF
adjacent materials and all forms of
heating apparatus can be similarly
covered so that they are innocuous BY
keeping matches stored In tin boxes
and out OF the reach OF children they
are eliminated as possible cause
for fire. The fire loss In any city
would be materially reduced II every
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-07

HAIR century ago the world was
amazed by the discovery of spectrum
analysis. which gave astronomers al
opportunity 10 determine the physical
composition OF distant stars. Professor
WOOD OF the department of expert.
mental physics. has just discovered
a new aid to Investigations of this
character -- photographs taken by
means Of rays of light invisible 10 the
human eye-the ultraviolet ray, the
infra.red.
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JULY Z IN HISTORY.

l709--Russia defeated Sweden Al
Pultowa.
1s3S--Treaty of peace between
Russia and Turkey.
lS664--president Lincoln issuet
decree naming first Thursda.
in August as day OF praye
for preservation of Union.
1S96--Sir Charles Topper fesignes
premiership of Canada.
1S98--Coneord and Raleigh
Dewey's fleet, took possession
OF Isle GRANGE.
1912--The Camorist trial at yiterbc
Italy, ended with the conyie
ton OF twenty-six men, viii
Imprisonment from five Is
thirty years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-07

1t costs on an average s104.06 to
raise a horse to the age of three
years on the farms Of Indiana and
those of other states. This price has
been carefully figured by experts OF
the department of agriculture, who
based their figures on those furnished
by ten thousand correspondents scat
tered throughout the country. New
Mexico can raise horses cheaper than
the other states, or at an average
price of $3.50 In Massachusetts the
raising of colts is more expensive than
In any other state, the average horse
at three years representing an invest
ment OF s141S0.
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The American COW has a chas sion
IN the person OF a scientist who de
clares that the disease germs are mn,
communicated to the milk from tho
cow That meek and much maligned
animal can now chew her cud in
ruminativa and indicated peace
A thirty-four-year old grocery bill
was presented for payment when the
estate of a Philadelphia woman was
being audited. 1t Is to be asked If the
groceryman increased the price OF his
goods to meet the present scale OF
living
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serson were careful IN throwing away
q match after igniting It or in casting
aside burning cigar or cigarette
stumps. says the Washington Star.
Careful attention to greasy waste will
prevent spontaneo'.s combustion. Com
mon sense in the kitchen will elm
mate the danger W gasoline or oil
explosions.
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immense Antarctic Coal Vein.

Probably the most practical discov-
cry made by the Inflated Scott expedi-
ton to the south pole was a great coal
aeld. said to be at least $50 miles long,
Its width has not been ascertained.
Australian reports are to the effect
that the coal has been analysed and ~
declared to be OF workable quality
1t IL one of the largest deposits III
the world.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-07

A Boston woman announces thai
she will supply wives for bachelors
But statistics indicate that she wonts
go further toward meeting the local
demand II she could supply husbanda
for sptnsters.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-07

When Mr. Edison produces thar
talking moving picture will not most
OF the silent charm OF the movies dis
appear? How many have wished thar
ranters' were compelled to appear
only In the movies?
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-07

A football star attempted to kidpap
Pennsylvania girl whom he had IN.
successfully courted and landed in
lail- Probably he will have a chanea
now to compare the bars of the iail
with those of a gridiron.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l - CONGRESSMAN Standish
ana the Woman. belle sing themselves in
love, spend a trial week as Ran and wife
IN hotel In northern New YorR under
assumed names, The Woman awakens To
he tact that she does not love Standlsh
md calls theif engagement on StaRdisE
Protests undying devotion.
CHAPTER IE-~Wanda Kelly. telephone
siFi at the Hotel keswiCk y. ashington. IL
owed by Tom Blake. son Of the political
BOSS OF the house. He proposes marriage
and Is refused.
CHAPTER III-She gives as one OF the
reasons her determination to get revenge
on Jim Blake for running her father, Con-
gresham Frank K. Kelly. Congressman
Stsndlsh, turned insursent. Is fighting the
Mullins bill. measure IN the interests
OF the railroads. The machine is seeking
means to diseredlt Standish In tks hope
Of pushing the bin through.
CHAPTER IV-Robertsnn. son-in-law OF
Jim Blake and the latter's candidate for
speaker Of the house. tries TO win STAN
dish over, and failing. threatens to dig
into his past
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tWhen the attention Of The Bull
letin is called to any misstatement
Of fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections will
cheerfnlly be made.)
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chuckied Neligan. wildly

Mo-" chuckied Neligan. wildly
elated
THE story is long" said Blake; "hut
| can shorten 1t up considerably for
you. Along about Ave years ago fr'e.d
standish fell In love With 3 siri Eisat
sort of girl. you know Good family.
Father rich and all that Standish
wasn't very we'll off-he vas always
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
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I. A. DALEY, Editor and Gen'l Mgr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02

late There's something | want to do
here. Then Wen take the suit case
full of dough and 20 to Paris
You don't mean to say you still keep
100000 bundled up in a cheap suit
caseT
Sure. Why not? Who'd think OF
looking for it there? Besides"-
But why not bank itT'
I'm BorrOyina? II they knew there
was that much money In the country
they'd never let it get out III bank It
when we get TO Paris. Until then
A bare Of band music cut short mis-
words. The procession was nearing
the hotel In front rode Il file Of the
life guards. the only regiment in all
Borrovina on whose loyalty the king
could rely and incidentally the only
regiment that ever got even portion
Of its pay.
Next came the royal carriage Ia It
sat the king the princess and Prince
Vladimir. Ills majesty was stiff nd
correct in his gorgeous attire The
prince was IN Uniform.
Irma. looking very much like a fright
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02

ened iItI girl >nrank shyly back o.
one corue" Of the huge state vehicle
Well we'll. senator Ballard W
demanding of no one In particuar
''where's all the enthusiaSmy In Era
land there's Il lot of cheering when TIE
king appears in public And in New
York when
y sound went up from the crowd he
low rs the royal carriage approached
But ii haze :ar more the semblance Of n
groan than of applause.
His majesty doesn't seem exactly
popular" commented the senator
But isn't the princess beautiful"
exclaimed Kate. See. she's looking
straight up here. Why, Mr.. Haw-
thorne. it seems almost MS IL 1t were
you she's looking at. -
She broke off with little cry. There
was Il surGing. eddyng movement III
the crowd Just beneath them Then
from the thick of the press around the
royal carriage there came spit of red
flame, pun of smoke and the crack
of a pistol. Then II melee of Grass con
fusion.
The king" bG wlrd some one on the
balcony. THE king has been shot
No yelled another voice. "'rho
princess,
They have killed. began anothe;
shrieking voice amid the babel
But Hawthorne heard no more
With mighty spring hn had cleared
the balcony rail and had launched him.
self bodily downward into the strug
Cling mass OF humanity that surround
ed the royal carriage,
To be Continued next week
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02
sec Naples and Dia.n

The famous expression See Naples
and die" is founded on II play on words.
Is known only In tho United States.
See Naples and die" Is international.
But 1t does not mean what It appears
to mean. In the bay OF Naples there
In an island called Morrcai. which In
Italian means something connected
with death, The original saying was.
See Naples and Morrcai" but In
spirit of levity the English translated
tho saying. See Naples and die."-Ed
w. Howe In Travel Notes"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02
Avoid Sedative Cough Medicines.

If you want to contribute directly to
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The sheik and His House.

When the French came into contact
with the Bedouin in Algeria 1t was
thought that ready way Of ciyilizlng
him would be- to assist him to build
himself permanent habitation A
sheIk who was thus favored was full
Of gratitude to the French engineers
who had built him "A house.
since my house was finished" he
said, II have not lost a single sheep.
lock them up IN my house every
night, and next morning | find them
all in safety
Then where do you sleep yourselfT
asked an officer in Amusement
ION, for myself, shcik can live
only In bis tent" said the other, with
dignity
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02
"Oh," he pCotcS;c,

"Oh." he protc>;c,
do more for you II ra.,
And yet YOU say | Wah, u,"',,',
you, Why do you SAY ,bt}
IF tell you" She answered SLOW
will YOU 80 away ana not ty! IL -.
me agam2"
If muSt--it YOU want me 10 yes
Then" She returned You cant hvIN
me, because I've decided what must
do And you will make il harder Tor
me, because l-becnuSc love YOU"
princess" he cried, throwing his
arms forward in alteration
But she ciudcd his embrace
Remember your promise" She
warned him
Aud the next moment she was gone
During the next twenty four hours
Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne OF the
United States worked harder than ever
before in all his pleasantly lazy life
Certain idle queries Of his led to uucN-
rected clewS And these clews, with
the help OF a local newspaper man, he
followed to some surprising conclu
Sious
He learned. for instance that Prince
Vladimir had not the rcmotest intcn-
ton OF waiting for King Augustus to
die before declaring himself king Of
RorroVina He learned that by incen-
diary speeches and by promises Of
money in that bankrupt community
the prince had won over most of the
tiny Roroviua army. General uoheu-
Toe and number of other high OH
cialS.
Also" as Hawthorne claSSically eN-
pressed it. something was due to
break within the next day or two
Just what that something" might
be, the American resolved to find out
Blake had been reconCIed to staying
a little longer in Borrovira by the ar
rival at the hotel of senator Ballard
and of the latterS daughter Kate. Il
wide awake American girl with whom
Blake was hopeleSSly in love.
Blake and Hawthorne. with the Bal
lardS, were standing on the hotel bal
was due to pass the hotel few min
utes later-the betrotha procession Of
Princess lrma and Prince Vladimir.
And the street was black with waiting
people
Blake, noting HawthorneS unwonted
air of gloom. drew him aside from the
rest
Whats the troubleF" he asked his
chum. Another chap been making
love to the little girl in the gardeni"
Hawthorne nodded
'Cut him out"' eXhorted Blake
Cant be done. suppose you may
as we'll know who she is. Her royal
highness Princess Irma."
The deuce you sayr'
And then some" gloomily assented
Hawthorne. Il didn't know till too
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02
CHAPTER n.
"Remember your promise!"

GROUP of men IN court dress
were coming from palace
In the lead was n large, heay-
ily made man, with gross
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02

Mr. j. pierpont Morgan emphasized
character ms II bankers most important
asset, and recently Lord Cromer spoke
Indispensable qualification using these
words: 81 have always held that rs per
cent Of the influence OF British OH
Gals for good depends on character
and only 25 per cent on brains. Mis-
gcnce will generally admit of being
rectiiied, Those which are due to de-
fects of character are more often ir-
remedIablc."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-10-02
A Marvellous Escape.

My little boy had marvellous On.
cape" writes Z. r. Bastiams of Prince Albert,
Cape OF Good Hope. at occurred In the middle
of tho night, He got very severe attack of
Group. A. luck would have It. had large
bottle of Chamborain's Cough Remedy In tho
house. After following tho directions for an
hour and twenty minutes he was through all
danger" Sold by all dealers.
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Chronic Dyspepsia.

The following unsolicited test imonial
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years, and OF all the medicine | have taken,
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