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but he broke away long enough to add
"been on the fritz-two days!'
mo bargain!" doomed Pericles. @And
you'll live to be hanged!' He put his hand
on the engine room telegraph.
@Put your hawser aboard! Let the courts
decided" snarled Sorensen.
AS his answer went down to the Electra
a cheer went up from the steam schooners
faxen-haired crew, which the Tikvah's pas
sengers sent back again and again.
Turning solemnly to Esther, Pericles said,
maybe they will keep that place for you"
"No-I don't care. l don't know enough
to teach" Couldn't he see tears in her eyes?
"But who is Virgil-who signed the tele-
gram?'
"My cousin, the only relative 1 have in
the world"
"Oh" was all Pericles said until he had
released her from her lashings and lifted her
down from the bridge. Then he added,
you are very brave woman"
But somehow Esther Kent felt, as she
stumbled into her room, that he had not
meant to say that at all. and she buried her
face in his muff1er and let the tears run.
IN brilliant November morning six days
~ later the steam schooner Electra la
bored through the Golden Gate, with the
Tikvah, ex-Nanaimo, at her tail. Hanging
to her TANKS were seven tugs. For three
days and three nights. ever since she had
burned her bunkers clean, they had followed
like so many wolves, ready to pounce upon
her should she falter in so much as one revo-
luton of her engines. Never had craft of her
kind passed through the Heads in sorrier
plight. The cargo of ties in the hold had
gone first in the furnaces when the coal gave
out and then Pericles began using the
Electra herself for fuel. Half of her upper
works was gone. Sailors were chopping
away the front of the wheelhouse as Pericles
rounded to off NIeiggs' Wharf and blew for
the Tikvah to let go his line and drop her
mudhook.
Pericles gave the order to heave in his coir
hawser, and then he turned to the girl stand
ing beside him at the wheel.
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ESTHER Kent said Pericles, his gray eyes
looking squarely into her brown ones,
you're good shipmate. love you-very
wonderfully. Won't you make the Big Voy-
age with me?"
"Yes-my Captainl" she answered, and
raised her lips to his.
Thus lost in the magic world which man
and the one woman may never enter but
once, neither saw John Laysan crawl over
the side from a launch. He entered the
wheelhouse, dancing fandango. Pericles
met him, not like a conqueror, but as a boy
comes out of jam cupboard.
3It's all right, Pericles! It's all right"
cried Laysan. Eugene told me it was
bound to happen. Eugenie'd be here; but
a fine boy came to us last night. Oh, Peri
Giles, you've brought young fortune home.
and we share and share alike. But get in
alongside the wharf before they get away"
"Who?"
GO in and see. Run her in"
TESS than five minutes afterward Pericles
- laid the Electra alongside Meiggs'.
There, haggling over the price of launch
to carry it to the Tikvah he beheld the di-
rectorate of the Gold Coast Steamship Com
and Creighton. They looked as woebegone
as the Electra herself. Suddenly they dis
covered Pericles gazing down at them from
a wheelhouse window. Rosenthal and Mill
son filled up as if they were about to explode.
Friedman knocked off his own hat bit
cigar in two, stepped on himself, and turned
ivid. Creighton stood. with his spindle legs
far apart, pushing his rabbit tail goatee into
his mouth and blowing it forth again.
what does Tikvah mean, anyway"
called Pericles.
The four started in silence to climb down
into the waiting launch.
dts Talmudic,~ whispered Esther at
means expectation
Pericles did not hear her. ooh, Rosen-
thai" he cried, "I'm going to get married."
"Pouf! Pouf! Pouf.' sputtered Rosen-
thai. Il wish you-wish you twins. Three
three, four times l wish it truly"
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north. and every officer and man about the
place advised concentrating all efforts in
this direction. Dovle said nothing; but
when the start was made he headed straight
south. All day long and all the following
night negative reports kept coming in from
the north. Doyle sent in no reports; but just
at dawn the next morning he telephoned:
Call in your men,
Two hours later he stalked into the build
ing, bringing the very detected fugitive.
1t was found later that the first clue as to
the man starting toward the north was cor
rect He had done so, and then doubled
back to the south to throw his pursuers off
the trail. Doyle suspected this; but just
why he couldn't tell himself
RUT of course even the great Doyle was
outwltted at times; once at least by the
simplest kind of ruse. A long term convict
known as Jimmy Ryan one day stepped out
side the gates with his keeper, as he had done
hundred times before, and disappeared as
completely as if he had been spirited away.
1t was only a short time ago that it was
discovered how he made his escape.
Ryan had been in the City for about two
years, and was considered too stupid to at
tempt an escape. As matter of fact, most
of his seeming stupidity was assumed for the
plan. He had come from prison, where he
had become morbidly melancholy. When
he was still convalescent, however, he con-
ceived the idea of pretending to remain insane,
hoping that when he had become a seeming
ly hopeless case and a well behaved patient
an opportunity to escape would arise.
Ryan had been stimulating insanity for at
least eighteen months when the first steps
leading to his escape were taken. This was
when he was selected to help about the
yards. The other patient working with
Ryan was convalescent named Davis,
whose term of sentence would soon expire.
For obvious reasons this type of patient may
usually be trusted absolutely. He had al
most completed several years of imprison-
ment, and as one of the worst misdemeanors
possible, one that cuts off the communication
time, is that of attempting to escape, it was
obvious that man having only three or four
months of his good time to serve would
not jeopardize his chances by running away.
Before Ryan and Davis had been working
together many days, however. Ryan had
persuaded Davis to act as his confederate.
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THE LAWS LONG ARM
Continued from page 7

His first service was to ask the keeper to
permit him to carry pocket comb, and let
his closely cropped hair grow out. These
requests are generally granted, SO that when
discharged the criminal may have hair of
regulation length, and look as little like
"prison bird as possible
There are no pockets in the clothing worn
by citizens; so Davis got permission to make
a sort of pocket in his coat just deep enough
SO that the end of the comb would protrude
and show that 1t was comb and nothing
worse; for if any of the guards were to mis-
take it for anything else they would be
likely to take it out. and this was the very
thing that Davis wished to avoid.
Soon he and Ryan began the work of turn
ing one end of the comb into KEY to dupli-
cate the ones used in all the doors about the
institution, working away with bits of glass,
tin and iron that they picked up in the yard.
1t was tedious process: but not so diff
cult, as both Davis and Ryan had seen the
keepers key hundreds of times and soon
they had made key that would work as
nicely as the superintendent own.
When not working on the comb Davis car
ried it with the end protruding conspicuously
from his pocket, Ostentatiously combing his
hair many times every day, but keeping his
fingers carefully over the key end of it. And
of course Ryan kept up his part of being the
same stupid clement as ever.
THE chance they were waiting for came
one day about week after the KEY was
finished, when the keeper took them to do
some work just outside a gate in the sixteen
foot fence thai formed the outer wall of the
CITY yard. They had been at their task only a
few minutes when the guard had to go inside
the yard to the blacksmith shop. He was
hardly inside the shop when Davis rushed in,
yelling that Ryan had made a break for lib
erty. Rushing back through the gate, the
guard found that Ryan was out of sight.
Five minutes later squad of bicycle guards
was scooting in all directions along the roads
leading from the City.
But all this time Ryan was actually inside
the City yards, with two strong locks turned
between himself and liberty. When the
keeper started for the blacksmith shop
Ryan slipped into the yard behind him, I'M
locked the door of a little Toulouse that
stood just inside the gate, and wormed HIM
self under some tools and rubbish in one
corner. Davis had followed him into the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
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ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
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and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out anysobliga-
tians made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, Ohio /.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
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and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c
per bottle Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
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Farmers, railroaders. mechanics,
laborers, rely on DIR. Thomas Electric
OIL Fine for cuts, burns, bruises.
Should be kept in every home. 25
and 50c.-Adv.
/ have quarter of bottom land in
Alfalfa county, Okla, to trade for
land here or live stock. HI. B. Hud-
SON. Wa-Keehey, Kans.-46-ady.
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Aeo DIS ssoille 'NssAA = oo.oss
Sleql - hlN0W Y oo'00lS 3XVW LON AHM.

Found-At Ross & Waldo's eleya-
tor-A pair of baby's shoes Owner
can get same by calling on Mrs. G. D.
Mayer, Route 2, by proving property
and paying for this notice.
Money! Moneyli Moneylti on your
farms When you want loan on
your farm call at the Wa-Keeney
State Bank p adv
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Wanted

Washing and Ironing. Will call
for and deliver work. Drop
a card or send word to
MRS. A. Ell. THOMAS
One-half mile south of town
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The parcel post business is picking
up.
H. NJ. Shaw was an Ellis visitor on
Monday
Subscribe for the World-oldest pa
per in the county adv
Henry Myer made business trip
to Hays, Wednesday.
Mrs A. L Marshall was indisposed
the first of the week.
reasonable rates. w. III. Swiggett adv
Miss Eva Whitton of Hoxis has ac-
copied the position of stenographer
in the Wa-Keeney State bank.
The Hartman Lumber company
unloaded a car of coal and shipped
out car of wheat, Wednesday,.
Wednesday the sad news was re-
ceived here of the death of Alvin
Law which occurred at his home near
Togo.
Miss Hazel Evans, who teaches
last Friday for several weeks vaca-
tion.
Wren Larrabee was head miller at
the Cox mill during the absence of
S. n. Cox, manager, the first of the
week.
Mrs. Oscar Guilbert of Banner, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
w. Purinton, at Manhattan, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Stelle of south
of town are the proud parents of a
bran new boy born Monday, January
20, 1913.
A. Maxwell is laid up with the
grippe and David Law has taken his
place as porter at the American
House.
Roy Marshall came up from the
ner, Wednesday, to visit his family
several days.
Chase Wilson spent Sunday in Rus
sell. Chase seems to think Russell
going there.
J. D. Nandewater, merchant of
Voda, has been appointed postmaster
of the thriving town of Voda. A good
appointment.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Beason and j.
f. Gunckel spent last Sunday in Yo-
cemeuto the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. c. Beason.
Gilbert Greenwood lost a horse last
Friday evening on his way to the
Pioneer Literary society. The horse
dropped dead in its tracks
G. NJ. Sites, of route /, returned
home the first of the week from Sa-
lima where he graduated from the
Wesleyan Business college
Chas Brown, one of the best porters
that ever trod shoe leather, is work
ing at the Cunningham hotel. Brown
is the most accommodating fellow we
ever knew.
For sale. Registered Clydesdale
stallion, three years old Also some
full blood white Wyandotte Cockerels
S1.0O each. B. F. Christy, Route /.
46 4t.-adv
Miss Nora Hall returned home the
first of the week from Arriba, Colo.
where she has been teaching school.
She is suffering with infiammatory
rheumatism.
The Presbyterian ladies held mis-
sionary tea at the home of Mrs. J. t.
w. Cloud Tuesday afternoon and the
proceeds amounted to $3.50. The at
tendance was large.
Peter Frank, = cousin of our towns
man, John Frank, left Hays last
week for the Philippine Islands to be
gone two years. Pete was at one time
might man at the depot.
Charlie Sellers is on the sick list
this week but as we go to press he is
able to be up and around. His broth
er Albert is looking after John D.
Rockefeller's interests during his ILL.,
ness
Mr.. and Mrs John Frank and fami-
ly will shortly take their departure
for Salina where they will make their
future home. John has good jot
on the road for the International
Harvester company.
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Attorney Schultz was up from
Hays. Friday, on legal business
in the Saur case
Glade Martin and Bob Briggs,
of Utica, were in town over
Thursday night.
o. L. Cooks first bill to refund
the taxes on horses that died
during the plague of last winter
was killed in the committee
room.
Mrs. HIS. Givler left Sunday
morning for Topeka where she
visited with friends and attend
ed the MidWinter Fair and the
legislature.
Chas. Delaney departed Wed
nesday evening for New Albany,
Kansas, to be gone six months.
The World will keep him posted
on Trego county doings during
his absence.
Representative Cooks letter
must have been sidetracked at
Rega as we failed to receive
same as promised last week.
Brother Cook get move on you
as the dear people are very
anxious to know what you are
doing at Topeka.
The county printing was divid-
ed between the two papers on
the same terms as before so that
all legal work will be printed in
both papers, but the Reville- New
Era was designated to be the of
fetal paper. We thank the Board
for this spirit of fairness in Civ
ing the publicity of county affairs
to all the people through both
papers. Hill City Republican.
The seventh and eighth grades
of the Banner school will put on
No Girls Admitted, little
costumed, three act play, Friday
evening. January 81. 1913. A
box supper will follow All ladies
requested to bring boxes and all
gentlemen silver dollars.
Irene G. Cloud, teacher.
E. A Courtney. who has been
manager for the Harlow Mercan-
tile Company of Topeka, has pur-
chased the stock of goods and
has taken into partnership FL. J.
Simpson of east of town. These
two young business men make a
strong team and with any kind
of a show will make things go, so
heres hoping this new firm does
good business during the year
1913. They deserve your patron
age~and we bespeak share of it
for them.
The bread baking contest con
Quoted by the Cox Milling Com
pany, was pulled off at their
store last Saturday. The lucky
winners of the prizes are as
follows: 1st, Mrs. Fl. E. McCor-
mick; End, Mrs. J. J. Michalies;
3rd, Mrs. A. J. McCollum. 1t
was success in every partic ular
and was winner in the way of
advertising their splendid -four.
We would suggest they get up
a contest for the old bachelors
of the county.
One of the prettiest weddings
solemnized in Riverside township
for long time was the happy
union of Mr.. Fred Keller. of Pal
co, and Miss Nina Saur of Ellis.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. John Hiltner of Ellis, at
the brides home on Thursday
evening, January Is, 1913, in
the presence of large concourse
of relatives and friends. Mr.
Keller is a prosperous farmer of
Rocks county, and is to be con-
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-03-28

What a vast difference exists in the
the appeasement of mems desire for
entertainment. One would suppose
that Portland and its environs would
afford many attractions for its country
visitors other than the exploration Of
minute cavities IN we'll seasoned Swiss
cheese, or promenade up Washington
street bedecked In soveneten Imitation
emblems of Ireland's shamrock green.
To be sure, it was on st. Patrick 8
day. 1t was ST. Patriok's day IN Ath-
ena but no one fell for gratt like
Wood did in Portland. His spurious
shamrooks cost him 10 cents per. ao-
cording to his own statement. but
that gag concerning seventeen differ
ent maidens don't 90 with us. 40
oording to friend who observed the
incident, it was the same damsel, who
getting ON to the painful greenness or
the colonel, appeared before him sew
enteen times and decked him In the
color best suited to his complexion.
10 seek seclusion in the basement OF
dago hootblack stand is but another
indication of the character OF enter
,ainment quite to the taste OF the
colonel,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-03-28
Two Tiny Books.

The smallest manuscript In the
Bodlei,tn library ry-where 1t has lain for
more than two and half centuries
measures three quarters of an inch In
length and three-quarters Of an inch
in breadth 1t Is bound in black leath-
er with silver corners and II is at
tachpd to chain and Ktlt in red
leather box. The pages are covered
with very minute shorthand An Ell
thusiastic stenographic expert, accord
ing to Notes and Queries. has iden
titled il as Il sermon transcribed by
famous seventeenth century practi-
toner of the art, jeremiah Rich, who
boosted that he could write so small
that his pen could scarcely be seen to
move
These feats were more common in
those days than in our own II ap-
pears that the same penman presented
Charles H. with another specimen of
his skill-a copy of the same sermon.
written on fine paper. bound In Grim
son with silver clasps and corners"
the book and its covers being LESS
than the nail Of bis little finger" The
location Of this curiosity is unknown.
London Globe
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-03-28
Rats to Fear.

Some of the East African rats are
monsters The largest variety of rat
the giant rat-attains alarming proper
tions These giant rats would give the
most earnest cat bad dreams, and q
rough time If she were to encounter
one of them on her marauding expedi
tions.
A. j. Klein, taxidermist, Nairobi. who
is collecting local specimens for an
American museum. has some half a
dozen examples The rat varies from
two feet to over thlrty-two inches in
length The body. which is half its to
tal length, is the color of an ordinary
mouse, but Is as large as that of a cat
The tail is sometimes an inch and a
half and more In circumference at the
base and varies from sixteen inches to
a foot long These rats frequent the
bush and are to be found In fair num-
.bers In Nairobi. llmurn and other To-
calities. -Potchefstroom Budget
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-03-28

OF course Wilson will be relieved at
Mexico City and democrat who can
discern a contraband shipment from
this county of arms and ammunition
from case of cigarette papers, VIII
relieve him. A great deal is heard OF
this Wilson's wise maneuvering III the
interests Of peace down II Mexcoi out
Huerta and his murderers continue 10
rder. This In the name OF peace
lad reconstruction. And rebel armies
continue to rise whenever aud wher-
ever required. and they are fuiiy
equipped with modern arms anc am
munitlon, despite the fact that tue
only arsenal of magnitude in Mexico
Is at Mexico City, under absolute con
troll Of Huerta. There is a leak some
where, and a plug is needed to STOP
it. Wilson, 1t appeals, while being
long time at the Mexican court, hhs
failed to Gud it. Now let a democrat
deal the ambassadorial deck awhile,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1913-03-28
With favorable weather conditions,

With favorable weather conditions,
high school athletics will now take
the attention OF The students who are
to participate in the county school
track meet. which takes place at the
Athena city park, Saturday, April 26.
There are some clever athletes in the
Athena schools, who are bound TO give
a creditable account Of themselves, no
matter who their opponents may be.
1t is understood that considerable in.
terest is being taken in the meet this
year by all the schools of the county,
an indication that a large number OF
entries will be on hand to contest for
bonors All of which is we'll and
proper. To hold this annual athletic
meet permanently, it will tehoove
Athena to see that the track is placed
in better condition than 1t was last
year. There was considerable dissat-
isfaction with the condition Of the
track last year. in the visiting teams,
aud now it is understood that Pendle-
ton is seek ing the meet for the Round
up grounds in that city after this year
using the poor condition of the Athena
track as argument for the change.
Athena, the originator and organizer
Of the county school athletic meet is
the logical meeting place for the an
uual event. for the reason that II is a
point Of central location and has the
advantages of splendid park. But
to have successful meet. and to give
satisfaction to visiting teams, the
track must be up to the standard az
forded in other places where meets are
held, A rough sward does not appeal
to sprinters who have trained ON
tracks OF standard requirements, and
their objections, timely voiced, Will
tend TO be of assistance to any place IN
the county that does possess track OF
proper character. The school needs
assistance in the preparation of the
athletic grounds and 1t is up to the
townspeople to lend this aid.
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One of our stand pat exchanges is
seemingly peevcd that the Wilson ad-
ministration did not see it to apprise
Britain that it had advised j. Pier
pont and bis lieutenants that the
United States treasury would not
stand sponsor for Morgan's part of the
six power loan. Said exchange will
no doubt have many peeves coming in
the future, for up to date, Wilson
gives every indication of tbe fact that
he is pesident, and that he will serve
the whole people as president, and
that criminal special privilege will,
during bis term of office, stand where
it never stood before--in the lime
light, with its greedy, grasping ten
tacles withheld from reaching into
The government Golfers.