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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-08

church, think nothing of beating
Unrte Sam out of few dollars. Here S
lines, for instance; he would have
tried to smuggle in that rug. Isn't
that right, Jones?"
"Of counsel" cried George eagerly,
though scarcely knowing what he
said. I'D have done it,"
"And you wouldn't call Percival a
thief, with forced laugh. Its like
this, Fortune. Uncle Sam wants al
together too much rake-off. He doesn't
give US a SC are deal; and so we even
up the matter by trying to beat him.
Scruples? Rotl"
1T is stealing" with quiet convic-
ton.
1T Isn't, either. Listen to me. Sup
pose | purchase a pearl necklace in
Rome, and pay five-tnousand for it.
Uncle Sam will boost up the value
more than one-half. And what for?
To protect infant indu1tries? Bally
roti We don't make pearls in the
States; our oysters aren't educated up
to it." His fiippancy found no re-
Spouse in her We'll, suppose 1 get
that necklace through the customs
without paying the duty 1 make
twenty-five hundred or so. And no.
body is. turt. That's all your mother
does"
ct is stealing" she reiterated.
How wan she looked! thought
George.
"How can you make that stealing?"
Ryanne was provoked.
"The law puts a duty upon such
things; if you do not pay 1t, you steal.
Oh, Horace, don't waste your time
in specious arguments" She made a
gesture, WEAKNESS personifed. st is
stealing; all the arguments IN the
world can not change 1t into anything
else. And how about my uncle who
1eeces the lambs at cards, and how
about my mother who knows and per-
mits it?"
Ryanne had no plausible argument
to offer against these queries.
Is not my uncle a thief, and is not
my mother an abettor? l do not know
Of anything so vile" Her figure grew
less erect. To Georges eyes, dimmed
by the rejecting misery in hers, she
dropped, as flower exposed to sud
den cold. 81 think the thief in the
night much honester than one who
cheats at cards A card-sharp; did
you not call it that? Don't lie, Hor-
ace; it will only make me sad"
81 shan't lie any more, Fortune. All
that you believe is true; and would
to God that it were otherwise And
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| No, | don't believe you have. Som,
ancestor of your fathers has been r.
incarnated in you. You are without
vanity and dishonesty; and I bav.
found that these usually go together
Well, at Mentone you had a little ey
| perience with men, You were YUda,
protection then; protection it was Of
a sort. If you go out into the world
alone, there will be no protection; and
you will find that men are wolve,
generally, and that the sport of thu
| chase is woman Must l make II
plainer?"
81 understand" her chin once more
-esolute. Il shall become a clerk in
shop. Perhaps I car teach, or be
come nurse. Whatever I do, I shall
never go back to Mentone. And all
men are not bad. You're not all bad
yourself, Horace; and so far as am
concerned, believe l might trust you
anywhere"
"And God knows you could" genu
inely. But l can't help you. If
had a sister or woman relative.
could send you to her. But have nc
one but my brother, and he's worse
scoundrel than l am. l at least work
out in the open. He transacts his
villainies behind closed DOORS"
George listened, sitting as motion,
less as a Buddhist idol. Why couldn't
he think of something? Why couldn't
h IN oiI Of h. L
loved in this her hour of trial? A fine
lover, forsooth! To sit there like
yokel, stupidity! Could he offer ia
lend her money? A thousand times
no! And he could not ask her to
marry him; it would not have been
fair to either. She would have mis-
understood; she would have seen not
love but pity, and refused him. Mel
Their she nor Ryanne suffered move in
spirit than he did at that moment
Jones. for Gods sake, wake up and
suggest something! You know lots
of decent people. Can't you think Of
some one?"
But for this call George might have
continued to grope in darkness. In
stantly he saw way. He jumped to
his feet and seized her by the hands,
boyishly.
Fortune, Ryanne is right. I've
found way. Mr.. Mortimer, the pres
ident of my firm, is an old man, kindly
and lovable. He and his wife are
childless. They'll take you. Why, it's
as easy as talking"
She leaned back against the draw
ing of his hands She was afraid that
in his eagerness he was going to take
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-08
SYNOPSIS.

George ParcivaI 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.
RyaHne sells Jones the famous holy Yht-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from Iasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later is introduced to
fortune ChedsOye by q 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 polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
Chedsoye appears to engaged in some
uiySte TtOuS enterprise unknown to the
dan glitter Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure COM
pany, concern which fer a price will
arrange any Mind of an adventure to or
der, Mrs. -ChedsOye, her brother, Major
Sa'lahan, wallace and Ryanne, as the
UUtt"d Romance and Adventure company,
plan risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. ChedsOye
his intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
EhefsOye declares she will not permit it.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
Eor nome. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent in
New York. in Jones' name, that he is
renting house in New York TO some
friends. Mahcmed keeper of the holy
carpet. is on Ryannes trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes tC no harm as a result of his
purchase OF the rug. MahOmed accOStS
RyanIe and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Rvanue tells him Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction of the New York
merchant as a means of securing its re-
turn. The rug disappears from Jones'
room. Fortune Quarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions. Fortune gets a mes
sas~ pIrporting to be from Ryanne ask
SCS her 70 meet him in a secluded place
f55at ey ening. Jones receives a message
ss4-iag him 10 meet Ryanne at the English
Bar the same evening. Jones is carried
on r&o the desert by Mahomed and his
RcCulUpiiCes after desperate fight. He
discovers that Ryanne and Fortune also
sRre captives the former is badly battered
can't GnconsctQps.- Ryanne RECEIVERS con-
seriousness and the sight of Fortune in
Captivity reveals to him the fact that
Nshoued intends to get vengeance on
him through the girl. Fortune acknowl-
clges that she stole the rug from Jones
room She offers to return it to Mahomed
az he will free all three of them. Ma
houned agrees to liberate Fortune and one
OF the men in return for the rug. A cour-
Ter Is sent to Cairo for the rug, but re-
turns with the information that Mrs.
Cybefsoye and her brother have sailed for
New York Fortune spurns offered free
dom which does not include her two COM
DaplOnS.
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CHAPTER XVI.
Mahomed Rides Alone.

MaNOFnSQ RIDES Alone
1t was as if the stiffness of the des-
ert itself had encompassed the two
men. In their ears the slither of the
brittle paln-leaves against one an
other and the crackle of the fire were
no longer sounds. They stared at
Fortune with that speeches. wonder
of men who had come Unexpectedly
upon a wrath. What with the faint
glow of the fire upon one side of her
and the pallor of moonshine upon the
other, she did indeed resemble mans
conception of the spiritual.
Ryanne was first to pull himself to-
gether
Fortune, am sorry; God knows
am. I'd have cut out my tongue
rather than have hurt you. / thought
you were asleep in the tent"
rs 1t true?"
yes" Ryanne looked away.
Il had not quite expected this: the
daughter of thief"
"Oh, come now; don't look at II
that way. Smuggling is altogether a
different thing protested Ryanne.
(Women were uncertain; here she
was, apparently the least agitated of
the fhree.) why, hundreds of men
and women who regularly go 70
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I've been a partner in many of their
exploits. But not at cards, Fortune;
not at cards. I'm not that kind of a
cheat"
Thank you. l should have known
some time, and perhaps only half a
truth. Now know all there is to
know" She held her hands out be-
fore her and studied them. q shall
never go back"
Good Lord Fortune, you must.
You'd be as helpless as a babe. What
could you do without money and com
fort?"
II can become clerk in shop. It
will be honest. Bread at Mentone
would choke me-" and she choked q
little then as she spoke.
MY dear Fortune" said Ryanne,
calling into life that persuasive
sweetness which upon occasions he
could put into his tones, have you
ever thought how beautiful ynn are?
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CHAPTER xv.-(contInued.l

When camp was made that night
Il found the captives untalkative. The
girI and the two men sat moodily
about the fire Fatigue had dulled
their bodies and hopelessness their
minds. The men were ragged now,
unkempt; a stubble of beard covered
their faces, gaunt yet burned. George
had lost bis remaining pump, and as
his stockings were now full Of holes.
he mad, in the last flicker Of personal
pride. wound about them some cast
OF cloths he had found. There was
not enough water for additions; there
was scarcely enough to assuage thirst
BY and by, Ryanne, without turning
his head, spoke to George. you say
you questioned the courier?"
yes"
"He says he showed the note to no
sne?"
Yes"
Aud so no one viii try to find us?
mo"
Ryanne had asked these questions
q dozen times and George had always
given the same answers.
Op and away at dawn, for they must
reach the we'll that night. 1t was q
terrible day for them all. Even the
beasts showed signs Of distress. And
de worst Of it was. Mahomed was
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-08

her in his arms She wondered why
of sudden, she had become so "e"n'
"Ill cable the moment we reaoH
port" he said, as if reaching port Ui
der the existing conditions was
thing quite possible. 'Win you % "
them? Why, they will give you ~,
cry care in the world. And they WI. ~
love you as as you ought u
be loved!"
Ryanne turned away his head
Fortune was too deeply absorDeu "
her misery to note how near Geo.s,
had come to committing Rinse.
THANK you, Mr.. Jones; thank pa
am going to the tent. | am t.S s[
And am not so brave as you 'n'HD
I am"
"But will you?" .h
81 shall tell you when We fea o.
port" And with that she fed 10 ~
tent.
To BE CoNTINUED@
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-01-08

| not quite sure of his route. Fortunate
ly, they found the we'll. They drank
like mad people.
Ryanne, who had discovered a pack
Of cards in his pocket, played patience
upon spot smoothed level with his
hand. He became absorbed in the
game; and the boys gathered round
him curiOusly Whenever he succeed
ed in turning out the fifty-two cards,
he would smile and rub his hands to-
gether. The boys at length consid-
cred him unbalanced mentally, and in
consequence looked upon him as q
near-holy man.
Between Fortune and George CON
versation dwindled down to a query
and an answer.
Can I do anything for yours
mo, thanks; am getting along
nicely"
Tonight she retired early, and
George joined Ryanne's audience.
1T averages about nine cards to the
play" he commented.
Ryanne turned over an ace. Ten or
fifteen minutes went by. In the sew
eral attempts he had failed to score
the full complement.
George laughed.
What's in your mind?" cried Ry-
anne peevishly. IF it's anything
worth telling, shoot it out, shoot it
Quit"
Il was thinking what I'd do to a
club-steak just about now"
Ryanne stared beyond the fire. "a
club-steHk. GriIled mushrooms"
Sauce Bordelaise. Artichokes."
mo. Asparagus, vinaigrette"
What's the matter with endives?"
That's so. Well, asparagus with
butter-sauce."
drilled sweets, coffee, Benedictine,
and cigars"
and a magnum of 1900 to start off
with" Ryanne, with a sudden change
of mood, scooped up the cards and
flung them at Georges head. ''Do you
want US both to become gibbering
idiots?"
George ducked. He and the boys
gathered in the futtering paste-boards.
You're right, Percival," Ryanne adj
mitted humbly. 1T will not hurt US
to talk out loud, and we are all brood
ing too much. am crazy for the want
of tobacco. I'd trade the best dinner
ever cooked for a decent cigar"
George put a hand reluctantly into
his pocket. He brought forth, with ex-
IRENE gentleness, a cigar, the wrapper
of which was broken in many places
1--WE saved this for days." he said
With his pen-knife he sawed it deli
cately into two parts. and gave one to
Ryanne.
You're a good fellow, Jones, and
I've turned you a shabby trick. l
shan't forget this bit of tobacco"
Its the last we've got. The boys.
you know, refuse a pull at the water
pipe; defiles EN-, they say. Funny
beggars! And if they gave US tobacco,
we shouldn't have paper or pipes"
81 always carry pipe. but lost It
in the shuttle I never looked upon
smoking as bad habit 1 suppose
it's because was never caught before
without it. And 1t is a bad habit,
since it knocks up a chap this way
for the lack Of 1t. Where do you get
your club-steaks In old N. W"
And for an hour or more they sol
EMMY discussed the cooking here and
there upon the face Of the globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
Then and Now.

When "St. Jacobs Oil" was
first painted on the rocks at Ma.
CARA Falls, the.ad was good
one; because it was AQxes = = = >.
When patent medivif AMMAN
aes were first issued sfalks. read
them-certificates and. an-be-
cause some of their jokes: We're
new and professional certificate
writers had not become known
of all men.
When circulars were first sent
to individuals through the mail,
they did not all reach the waste
basket unread, because people
had more vanity about being per.
sonally singled out and addressed
than they have now.
When the church fairs, and the
secret societies and the charity
organizations, and the labor uni
ons, and the individuals with "a
pull" first began to perpetratt
the programme" and the han
ger" on the defenseless business
man, black-mail had vague ter
rors for the adver tiser which
have well nigh all been dispelled
In truth, the unavailability-
not to say utter worthlessness :
of these forms of advertiser S
have long since been demonstrao
ed by expensive experience, anc
the advertising world is rapidly
turning to newspaper advertising
as the only practical, resultfu
kind
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
Mother OF Eighteen Children.

Il am the mother of eighteen child.
rem and have the praise OF doing more
work than any young woman in my
town" writes Mrs. G. j. Martin, Boone
Mill, Va. 81 Suffered for five wears
with stomach trouble and could not eat
as much rs a biscuit without suffering
| have taken three bottles of Chamber
lain's Tablets and am now well wom-
an and weigh l6S pounds. | en- eat
anything | want tn, and a. much az
want and feel better than | hive al any
time IL ten years. refer to any one in
Boone Mill or vicinity an tney vii
vouch for what say Chant orlain' :
Tablets are for safe h" all dealers adv
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

1913 Model, Motor eye es ard
Motor Boats at bargain prices, all
makes brand new machines. on
easy monthly plan. Get cur pro-
position before buying or you
will regret it, also bargains in
used Motor Cycles. Write us to-
day Enclose Stamp for reply.
Address Lock Box ii Trenton,
Mich.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
Killed Girl Because Of Love
Of Her SdQs Priest.

New York Murder Mystery is
|unfolded with arrest and confess
sion of the Rev. Hans Schmidt,
of ST. Joseph's Church. Victim
was Domestic at Parish Rectory.
Was married to Pastor and was
to become mother. Priest tells
gruesome tale of fendish crime.
Cut woman'S throat with butcher
knife, chopped body in six parts
and threw it into river. At
tempts suicide when police enter
his house. Detectives trace muir
derer through pillow slip wrapp'
about mutilated torso. In the
apartment, among other things,
the police found marriage Ii
cense issued in New York la t
February and bearing the names
of the priest and the murdered
woman This license has been
used According to Schmidt's-
confession he went thru a mar
Rage ceremony with the girl. In
this ceremony, Schmidt was both
priest and bridegroom; there
were no witnesses.
Now they have arrested a den
t'st with the priest as being his
partner In a count rfeiting
scheme. Dentists and priests
are bad mixture
Does any one know at what
hotel in Jasper a dentist and an
other mans wife occupied the
same room one night last week =?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY * Co., Toledo, O.
We, The undersigned, have known f.
J. Cheney for the first Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bus
mess transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by
his firm.
WALDING, KINFAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Tele'io, O..
Halls Catafrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting jirectly upon the blood and
mucous surface of the system. Test
monials sent FREE. Price IS cents pc r
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
:. Take l. allas Family Pills for censtipa-
ton. = adv
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INCORPORATED adv.

The Atchison Globe says; The
butcher business is the easiest
business in the world to enter,
and the easiest to quit. All a
man needs is enough capital to
buy a few tools, a ring or two of
sausage and a quarter of beef.
and he is ready for business.
When he finds he is losing mono y
he sells all the fresh meat he has,
on hand and quits. He never
has to invoice, and runs no rem
nant counters
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
Get rid Of the torment Of rheumatism

That you can do 10y Kidding yourself
of the cause. Weak and ina ,tive kid
neys allow uric acid poisons 70 remain
in the blood and rheumatic pains swol-
len and aching joints follow. Take Fol-
ey Kidney Pills to ease you of the pain
and torment. They will positively and
permanently build up the kidneys, re-
store their normal action and keep the
uric acid crystals out of the blood and
body. Try them. Att. A. Mehringer.
adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
Adenoids are a Menace to Children.

Adenoids result from succession OF
colds i'm babies and young children.
They s7oil the mental and physical lie
of a child. The condition that causes
them may easily be avoided by careful
par snts. Q1ickly AMI thoroughly cure
all colds and throat irritations by the
use of Foley's Honey and Far Compound
and adenoids will not develop. At D..
A, Mehringer. adv.
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Grand Low Rate Excur-
sion to Evansville, Ind.
SUNDAY September 2lst.

SCHEDULE
Leave Jasper z 81 A. Nj. Arrive
Evansville 1915 A. M Leave
Evansville go p M. Arrive
Jasper 8 20 p. Nj. Attractions:
Cooks Park-Vaudevllle Music;
Steamboat Excursion 10 Hender-
son, XIV. arc return 20 cents
For further information see
your ticket agent, or write.
j. G.. Beam, A. G. P. A.
St, Louis, Nc.
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Caught A Bad Cold.

last winter my son caught a very
bad cold and the way he coughed WAS
something dreadful, writes Mrs. Sarah
T.. Duncan, of Upton, Iowa. I'VE
thought sure LIE was going into con.
sumption. We bought just one bottle OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and that
one bottle stopped his cough and cured
his cold completely" For sale by all
dealers adv.
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Wedding Dance.

There will be a wedding dance
at the Opera House Tuesday
night September 23d, 1913 in
honor of the marriage Of Mr..
Joseph Klee and Miss Kiuemper.
Music by the Dubois Star Orches.
ira. Everybody invited.
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Facing a Serious Proposition.

The man or oman who has kidney
trouble is facing serious proposition,
where grave complications rea lily fol-
low d glect Foley Kidney Pills are an
hon Il curative medicine that once TAX
en- into your system mean restored kid
ney and bladder action, and return OF
health and strength. At j. A. Mehrin-
oar adv
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The public seems to find Whit

The public seems to find Whit
new Collins new comedy drama
"Sunbonnet Sue" entirely to its
liking. This play has establish
ed itself as the greatest success
of the season and is playing to
packed houses all over the coun-
try. The original company will
present this plav at the Opera
House Sept. 10. using the origin
al scenery and effects.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

a~ Mrs. Cummiskey will have on
display, a beautiful ne of fall
and winter pattern hat for
Ladies, Misses and Children, on
Thursday and Friday, September
25-26 All ladies of Jasper and
vicinity are cordially invited to
call and inspect them whether
ready to purchase or not. No
trouble to show goods.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

81 was taken with diarrhoea and Mr..
Yorks, the merchant here, persuaded
me to try bottle of Chamberlain Col
ic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. At
ter taking one dose of it l was cured. 1t
also cured others that i gave it to-"
writes NJ. f. Gebhart. Oriole, Pa. That
is not at all unusual. An ordinary at
tack of diarrh De can almost invaI lably
be cured by one or wo doses OF this
remedy. For sale by all dealers. adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

Rev. Bromley will preach at
the Trinity Church Sunday morn.
ing at 10 80 o'clock on 1.-The
Church as a factor in our Nation
al Life" and at Ireland Sunday
night at Z 80 o'clock on the same
subject. Choir Practice at Z %
o'clock Friday night.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

Mr.. Carl Fischer, the baker at
the Star bakery, and Miss Eliza
beth Denote, of Pike Co., were
married at the brides home
Tuesday. They will live in the
home purchased from DR.. John
CASPER on West Ninth St.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

Paul Steinhart has just finished
Irepainting his two dwelling
houses in the west end which he
rents to tenants.
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We know OF a number OF families ~ho
are regular readers of the Courier nj
are net subscribers, they bo-low the a
per from their neighbors. Wa are glad
10 know that the Courier is thus appre-
ciated, but why not subscribe? tie
p,iceis small and we would appreciate
having these names on orr mailing lst
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19

Foley Kidney Pills cure obstinate cas-
es OF kidney and bidder trouble, rheu-
matism and lumbago, because they re-
move the cause. You can not take this
hone curative medicine into your sys-
tenn without getting the right result.
Try them. At J. A. Mehringer. adv.
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Can't afford to have eyTrOubIe.

Ne man with family to support can
afford 10 have kidney trouble, nor need
he fear it with such remedy at hand as
Foley Kidney Pills. An honest medi'
cine, safe and reliable, costing little but
doing much good. Foley Kidney Pills
eliminate backache and rheumatism,
tone up the system and restore normal
action of kidneys and bladder. AT j
A. MehIingei. adv.