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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-05

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A Dutchman was relating his q
vellous escape from drowning when
thirteen Of his companions were lost
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CHAPTER xi.
Episode.

6pisoolc.
Fortune had Immediately returned
from the bazaars. And kind or tor
DOR blanketed her mind, usually so
fertile and active. For a time the
process OF the evolution OF thought
was denied her; she tried to think, but
there was an appalling lack OF continu-
ity. OF broken threads. 1t was like one
of those circumferential railways; she
travelled, but did not get anywhere.
Rvanne had told her too much for his
own sake, but too little for hers. She
sat back in the carriage. inert and
listless. and indeterminedly hkened
her condition to driftwood in the ebb
and flow of beach-waves. The color
and commotion OF the streets were
no longer absorbed; it was as II she
were riding through emptiness
through the unreality of dream. She
was oppressed and stified. too; harb
niger of storms.
Mechanically she dismissed the car
rage at the hotel, mechanically she
went to her room, and in this semi
| conscious mood sat down IN a cnalr
and there Georges wish found her
futilely. Oh, there was one thinf
clear, clear as the sky outside. AL
was not right; something was wrong
and this wrong upon one side con
cerned her mother, her uncle ant
Ryanne, and upon the other side, Mr.
Jones. Think and think as she might
her endeavors gave her no single illu
mination. Four blind walls surround
ed her The United Romance and Ad
venture company-there could not pos
sibly be such a thing in existence; Il
was a Jest OF Ryanne's to cover VI
something far more serious.
She pressed her eyes with a hand
They ached DULY, the dull pain OF be
wilderment, which these days recur
red with frequency. A sense of tins
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SYNOPSIS.

George Percival Algernon Jones. vice
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company of New York, thirsting for
romance is in Cairo on business trip
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
Cairo with a carefully guarded bundle
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy fhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from q pasha at Bsgdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later Is introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman 10 whom
he had loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously. and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother. Jones taxes
Mrs Chedsoye and Fortune 10 polo
game. Fortune returns 10 Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs
Chedsoye appears 10 be engaged In some
mysterious enterprise unknown TO the
daughter Ryanne interests Jones In the
United Romance and Adventure com
psny. a concern which for price VIII
arrange any kind OF an adventure to or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye, her brother. Major
United Romance and Adventure company.
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
his intention to marry Fortune. MIS-.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit IL.
Plans are laid 10 prevent Jones sailing
for home. RyRnne steals Jones letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent In
renting house In New York TO some
friends Mahomed. keeper OF the holy
carpet is on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes TO no harm as result or his
purchase OF the rug. Mahomed accosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Ryanne tells him Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction OF the n W York
merchant as a means of securing Its re-
turn.
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nat a Beauty II Was.

was lacking; for luncheon hour came
and passed without her being definite
ly aware of it. This in itself was
puzzle. A jaunt. such as she had Ia
ken that morning. always keened the
edge Of her appetite; and yet, there
was no craving whatever.
Where was her mother? II she
would only come now, the cumulative
doubts of all these months should be
put into speech. They had treated her
as one would treat a child; It was
neither just nor reasonable. II not as
child, but as one they dared not
trust, then they were afraid OF her.
But why? She pressed her hands to-
gether, impotently. Ryanne. clever as
he was, had made slip or two which
he had sought to cover up with Jest
Why should he confess himself to be
a rogue unless his tongue had got the
better of his discretion? II he was a
rogue, why should her mother and her
uncle make use of him, IL not for
roguery's sake? They were fools. fools
II they had but seen and understood
her as she was, she would have gone
to the bitter end with them, loyalty
with sealed lips. But NO: they had
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cTO BE CONTINUED)
Dental Training.

Fifteen years from now II ! ha'o
any teeth left for anybody 10 iooi
with | shall hire a certain Chinese boy
70 do the fooling." a New York sales
man said. He will be grown up 'neh'
saw him the other day down IN
CHINATOWN. He was pulling pegs out
or a board with his fingers. the pegs
had been driven pretty tight into noles
in the board, and it took gooo ue"'
of strength to get them out
".Tbat is a funny game for MIN 10
nIav' said to a white man VINO
knows the quarter.
Game said he. Ihat ~ hos
game. The boy is going to De a uen-
tist His folks have made up 'ne"
minds about that. and he has COM
menced early to strengthen his ringers myers
They train them that way III ~" IL
hacause there they pull teeth with me
ayers He will not pull with DIS I'M IN,
gers here but the strength ana sAii'
e SIN come in handy. just the same
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consequently did not enjoy the hour.
Was she III? Had she gone away!
Would she return before he started?
He greeted the Major as one greets q
long-lost friend; and by gradations
George considered clever indeed.
brought the conversation down to For
tune. No. the Major did not know
where she was. She had gone early
to the bazaars. Doubtless she was
lunching alone somewhere. She had
the trick Of losing herself at times.
Mrs. Chedsoye was visiting friends at
Shepherds. When did Mr.. Jones
leave for America? What! on the NOR
row! The Major shook his head re-
gretfully. There was no place like
Cairo for Christmas.
George called a carriage, drove
about the principal streets and shop
ping districts, and used his eyes dill
gently; but 1t was loves labor lost
Not even when he returned at tea-time
did he see her. Why hadn't he known
and got up? He could haze shown her
the bazaars; and there wasn't drago
man In Cairo more familiar with them
thar he. A wasted day t-::slly wasted
- Asns about the lounging-room TIL
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CHAPTER x-(Continued.)

Stubborn as the lock was. persever-
ance overcame It. George then. as a
slight diversion. spread the ancient
Yhiordes over the trunk and stared at
Il In pleasurable contemplation. What
a beauty II was! What exquisite blue.
what soft red, what minute patterns,
And this treasure was his. He leaned
down upon It with his two hands. A
color stole into his cheeks. It had its
source in an old confusion: school
boys jeering a mate seen walking
home from school with a girl. 1t was
all rot, he perfectly knew, this wish
ing business; and yet he flung into the
sun-warmed, sun-gilded space an ar
dent wish, sent 1t speeding round the
world from east to west Fast as heat,
/ fast as light It travelled, for no sooner
/ had II sprung from his mind than It
/ entered the window Of a room across
the corridor Whether the window was
open or shut was OF no Importance
whatever. Such wishes penetrated and
went through all obstacles. And this
one touched Fortunes eyes, her hair
her lips; it caressed her in a thousand
happy ways But, alas! such wishes
are without temporal power.
Fortune never knew She sat in a
chair, her fingers locked tensely. her
compressed. her whole attitude one OF
impotent despair.
George did not see her at lunch. and
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it was time 10 go up and dress for
dinner. Tonight las II the gods had
turned Georges future affairs over TO
the care of Momus) he dressed as II
he were going TO the opera; swallow
tail. white vest. high collar and white
lawn cravat. opera-Fedora. and thin
soled pumps: all I, Sc habillments
and demi-habiliments supposed TO
make the man. When he reached what
he thought to be the glass OF fashion
and the mold of form. he turned Tor
the first time toward his trunk. he
did not rub his eyes; It wasn't at all
necessary; the thing he saw, or rath-
er did not see. was established beyond
a doubt, as plainly definite az two ana
two are four. The ancient fhiordes
had taken upon itself one OF the po-
tentialities OF its fabulous prototype.
that of invisibillty; It was gone.
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And | refuse to answer. have
some authority still"
Not SO much. mother. as you had
yesterday. You refuse TO EXPLAIN
Absolutely!
Then | shall Judge you without
mercy" Fortune rose. her eyes blaz
ing passionately. She caught her
mother by the wrist. and she was the
stronger OF the two. Cant you I'm
derstand? | am no longer child. |
am woman. | do not ask. demand"
She drew the older woman toward her.
eye to eye. You palter, you always
palter, palter and evade. You do not
know what frankness and truth are.
Is the continual evasion calculated to
still my distrust? Yes. ! distrust you.
you, my mother. You have made the
mistake of leaving me alone too much.
have always distrusted you, but J
never knew why"
| Mrs Chedsoye tugged. but ineffectu-
ally. Let Eo!"
Not till have done. Out OF the
patchwork. squares have been formed
| What of the men who used to come
TO the villa and play cards with Uncle
| George. the men who went away and
never came back? What OF your long
/ disappearanCes of which knew moth
! ing except that one day you vanished
and upon another you came back? Did
YOU think that | was a fool that
had no time to wonder over these
things? You have never tried tC
make a friend of me; you have al
ways done your best to antagon!ze me
Did you hate my father so much that
wlsen his death put him out Of range
you had to concentrate II upon me
My father" Fortune roughly fluni
aside the arm. who knows abou
him. who he was, what he was, wha
he looked like? AS a child. | used t
ask you, but never would you speak
All | know about him nurse told me
This much has always burned m.
mind: you married him for wealth
that he did not have. What do yOr
mean by this simple young man acros
the corridor"
Mrs. ChedsOye was pale, and the al
tistic touch of rouge upon her cheek
did NOT disguise the pallOr. The tru
evidence lay in the Wilderness of he
nose. Never in her varied life ha
she felt more helpless. more impoten'
To be wild with rage. and yet TO b
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,,,,r,.o,.or sbo was distinctly alarmed.
This little fool. with turn u He'
land. might send totterins nv ''"'
the skulrul planning of months
Are Won I'm love with him Ai'''hs
- cain ,,ma 70 regather her scattered
thoughts.
"Toya7" bitterly. 81 am in line
NOD - love any one. My question.
nv. o,oetion" vehemently; my ques-
ton"
q refuse absolutely to answer you.
Anger was first to reoreani,e ''
forces. and Mrs. Chedsoye lei' me
heat ~ # run through her veins hul,
oddly enough It was anger direct ed
loss toward the child than toward her
own palpable folly and oversight,
Then shall leave you. wiz ~
on, into tho world and earn my own
brc,d and butter. All" little orok
enlv. III YOU had but given me NIUE
kindness. YOU do not know how ioya
should have been TO you! bu' no,
| am and always have been the o"'io
that wasn't wanted.
The despair IN the gesture tnaI ioi
lowed these words stirred the nlo'n
er's calloused heart. moved II strange
ly. mysteriously. My chilu' DIV
said impulsively. holding out ne'
hands.
No" Fortune drew back. II II
too late"
Have II SO. But you speak OF 20
ing out into the world to earn you
| own bread and butter. what 40 yo'
know about the world? What coul'
YOU do? You have never done any
thing but read romantic novels an
moon about in the flower garden. Foo
/ ish chit. Harm Mr.. Jones! why
For what purpose? | have no nor
| interest in him than IL he were on
! of those mummies over In the muse
um. And | certainly meant to repa
| him. ! should have done so IL 20
hadn't taken the task upon your ow
broad shoulders. | am in a hurry
| am going out to Mena House to tee
I've let Celeste off for the day,
please unlock my waist and do nc
bother your head about Mr.. Jones. Sh
turned her back upon her daughte
quite confident that she had for tn
time suppressed the incipient rebe
lion. She heard Fortune crossing tn
room. What are you doing" pet'
lantly.
Il am ringing for the hall-maid
And Fortune resumed her chat
picked up her Baedeker, and becam
apparently absorbed over the map
Assuan.
Again wrath mounted to her mot
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Prosperity Came in Jumps

some years ago named Bill Jones'
BIZ had a brother Bob, who had gon.
TO Texas quite while before. and
reports said that he was enjoying a
fair share of worldly Prosperity
When a Texan, from the town In
which Bob had located. came 70
TupeIo, he looked up Bob. who said
TO him:
Tell Bob that have a large fam
ily. and things are against me sorno
how. and if he can give me a l,t,I.
assistance it will be greatly anne
ciated."
He continued on this strain n,
some time so that the Texan to 70
lieve the situation proposed that ,bav
have a drink. The drink was dts-
possd of. and Bill was cheered un coz
siderably; veSsy tn tell whs. a rood
crop he would have this year. s,c
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Good Story From Which Private
John Allen Drew Rule to
Guide His Conduct.

Private John Allen. during his long
service as representative Of Mississip-
pi In congress. was importuned on
one occasion to make an after-dinner
speech at banquet at which he was
to be a guest.
mol" said the private" IL will
make a before-dinner speech but none
after dinner:
When reminded that before-din-
ner speech was quite out of the or
binary, and was asked for his rea-
son for desiring to make his speech
before dinner. he told the following
story:
There was ne'er-do-well that
lived near Tupelo. my home town
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Hnprldle her tongue. much as she
.o"sed to do so. sue was beaten Not
=" agreeable sensation 20 ono who
counted only her victories
Fortuns. later YOU will 3a sorry for
,nls spirit" she said. when she felt
throat.
fortune turned PAGE. and iotted
uo"h some notes with n pencil Sad
DIS she was at heart. tragic as she
knew tho result OF this outbreak TO
De- she could hardly repress smile
a' the thought OF her mothers dis
comfture.
Ahd so the chasm widened. and
went on widening till the end OF time.
MIS-. Chedsoye was glad that the
hall-maid Knocked and came In Just
then. II at least saved her the ig-
nominy OF retreat. She dressed.
however, with tho same deliberate
care that she had always used. Moth
ing ever deranged her sense OF pro
portion relative to her toilet. nothing
ever made her forget It's importance.
Good-by dear" she said Il shall
be In at dinner" II the maid had
any suspicion that there had been
quarrel, she should at least be i'm
pressed with the fact that she. Mrs.
ChedsOye. was not to blame for 1t.
Fortune nibbled the end Of her pen
ell.
The door closed behind her mother
and the maid She waited for time.
Then she sprang to the window and
stood there. She saw her mother
driven of. She was dressed in pearl
grey. with Reynolds hat of grey
velour and sweeping plumes. as hand
some and distinguished woman as
could be found that day in all Cairo.
The watcher threw her Baedeker, her
notebook. and her pencil violently
into a corner II had come TO her at
last, this thing that she had been
striving for since noon. She did not
care what the risks were. the storm
, was too Ligh in her heart to listen
t to the voice OF caution. She would
3 do e.: for she judged It the one thing
., in Justice to her own blood. she must
3 accomplish She straightway dressed
= for the street; and II she did not give
e the same care as her mother to the
+ vital function, she produced an effect
! that merited comparison
i She loitered before the porter's bu
,. reau till she saw him busily engaged
Q in answering questions OF some WON
Z en- tourists. Then, with a slight bu
friendly nod. she stepped into the bu
l. reau and stopped before the key-rack
She hung up her key. but took
| down again. as II she had changes
| her mind. At least, this was the poi
| ter's impression as he bowed to he
| in the midst Of the verbal lombard
| ment. Fortune went upstairs. Tel
| or fifteen minutes elapsed, when sh
returned. hung up the key, and waike
brisklv toward the sideentrance
the very moment George. in his frui
less search of her, pushed throug
tho revolving doors In front And
tho time she was wondering how
was that her knees did not given III
dor It was terrible. She balance
hetween laughter and tears. hyster
| cally.
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u.lInm Fever Germ.

,.,o theory that mosquitoes convey
-, d,saase known as yellow feVer
,"o anv years old. but it was not I'M
I'll the year 1895 that 1t was p ,,",or
70 be true. During that year m n,nUa
~ ronald "a Ross. working in India along tss'
toha ,,oa ~ Sir Patrick Manson's the
the ii annonstrated that mosquitoes OF
Dry inns called anopheles clarifer
conveyed the disease IN .,a lo' narts Of
Derlments in Cuba and other h'1,I paf' co =.
the oo It is in consequence OF TINS !.
GiuclUn that the dread disease rs y
dlscot Sa,Dg 80 largely checked In the
no" O.ino ubere It has hitherto been
co destructive Of human Ire
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

The University OF Chicago professor
who says that when the temperature
goes up morals go down has yet to
reconcile his saying with the fact
that waves OF crime occur most fire.
ouently in the winter.
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Ear IjnbeIlevers.

~vbv did you cover that board wl, WIZ
"ns ma lean It against your gate
pam. .. THAT" replied Mr.. Growcher'
posi- pc sample for the benefit OF 'ne
is a Sa rsn wont believe paint -
poop until they have rubbed their
iresh Un aoroes it'-Washington star
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- drink was taken with iiSe
n rasuJt and after about the tOI ,sn T n%r
r In disposed s Of. he slapped the Tex
an on tn' rou see Bob. you tell him
"hen INV Of his friends need any
:, mo ne just draw on me iOf IT, A"'
- viII get II.
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..oued Latter Boxes.

r-.,or boxes have been inverted ioI
Le'' sr,Idings and apartments "hicn
ONCE Ou maiI dropped into them on
del ground floor to their owner" me :.
the siO ovsn the weight of card star"
room ,Ss eIeyatinx machinery.
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Report has 1t that Tampa woman
who has been iting thirty-eight
years for a NUS is beginning to
grow discouraged. Funny how some
people are so easily discouraged.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

A good many people are dissatisfied
with the new nickels. Perhaps they
expected them to buy more than the
old ones did.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

No wonder there are professors Of
physical culture when all the exer-
else many a tired business man gets
IN writing checks for his family.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

A Paris artist is coming over to
paint New York society people. But
not the way some of the New York
society people paint.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

In June Harvard university will be-
stow the degree Of doctor Of philos-
ophy upon Norbert Weiner. eighteen
years old. Not so wurst."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

Time is not far off when the para
graphers can again spring that old
one about frying eggs on a hot pave
ment."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

A scientist asks: How was man
distributed on the EARTH" II he
wishes to ascertain how he Is distri-
buted now. all he has to do is to at.
tend big aviation meet.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

II is said that Queen Mary spends
$4,000 annually for dress. She doesn't
stand ace high with some of our Amer
ican queens.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

Did you ever notice how some wom-
en- will fidget about when they run
across a newspaper out of which some
thing has been clipped?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

The squirting Of an extract taken
from q consumptive turtle into a con-
sumptive human being is an unsolved
problem. Why does a turtle come In
20 the case at all7
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

An eastern woman recently paid
$4,000 for several bulldog pups. And
she never even growled about the
price.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

The oldest undertaken in the world
has Just completed his one hundredth
birthday. His ambition is to bury the
last man on earth.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

when a girl decides to go away
and have her voice cultivated 1t is
an indication the young men In her
community aren't biting very well.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

, A New Jersey poultryman is trying
to develop a wingless chicken. II he
should succeed what will the boarding
house keepers do?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

To relieve her from pinching want
the New York courts have increased
the income OF ffteen-year-old girl
rom $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

A Chicago student earned his tuition
by selling horse radish. Now. II he
could only qualify as the strong" man
on the athletic team.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

Making a garden is a mighty inter
esting vocation. especially when there
is a kids ball game on the next lot
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

II Friedmann's turtle serum will
cure tuberculosis, a serum made from
diamondback terrapin ought to make
a man live forever.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

The Airedale is said to be supplant-
ing the bulldog, but it will be long
before he gets into a comic picture
with a tramp.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

Referring to "Engliah as she Is
spoke" did whoeve- put the cab IN
cabaret expect it to rhyme with cab
met?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

A Chicago professor announces that
the human race will soon be toothless.
At least that's one way OF getting
back at the beef trust.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-03

Americas champion show a girl
IA reported as being very sick from
fit A misfit probably would lave been
fatal