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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25

rounds one midnight and had sat down
to my accustomed lunch. I fell to
thinking OF Miss Virden-SteIla, as 1
called her In my secret thoughts.
took out the faded rose she had given
me. kissed it, murmured her name.
A shadow fitted across the lanterns
rays. l looked up to view a dusky
figure garbed in the conyential min
er's costume and wearing the usual
eye and mouth mask. It was removed.
Miss Virden stood before me.
I deemed it a fancy an apparition,
until she spoke She must have
guessed my loyalty, my devotion, for
she spoke as an enVironed woman to a
brother, friend.
She had stolen from the house
where they were bound to marry her
to the man Beale the day previous
She had hidden in the mine, disguised
She must get far away from Desaba-
Would 1 help her?
1 made the poor, hungry girl partake
Of my lunch. I dared not telephone
for the cage, for she might be recog-
nized. There was one route left out
side Of that-an abandoned slant shaft
now used as a ventilator.
Oh, it was dear work helping that
sweet being over rocks that bruised
and cut, and at last carrying her in
my arms up the last incline. her
breath sweeping my face, her jeweled
eyes glowing into minel
It was the Canadian border and the
home Of married sister that we made
for, and then the law invoked, and
Stella safe.
Because she needed my protection
fingered near her new home. a good
position offered, and when the legal
end of her trouble was settled 1 could
not go away, nor did Stella wish to
have me do So
1t was when. one starlit night
spoke out my soul into her willing ear
that 1 said:
Il have something to give you, and
something to keep, love"
You mean?" she inquired in her
fiuttering, enhancing way.
For answer 1 placed on her finger an
engagement ring. Then 1 pressed to
my ips-a faded rose.
Copyright. 1913. by w G. Chapman.)
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
SMOKED CIGARS TO BE STUFF.
Miss Amy Lowell. Sister of Harvard
President, Wanted to Prove
Equality to Man.

DISTINGUISHING that she was
merely putting her theories on WON
an suffrage to practical uses. Miss
Amy Lowell, sister of DR. Abbott
Lawrence Lowell, president of Har-
ward university. and a widely known
poetess, on the arrival of the liner
Laconia, defended her actions in
smoking cigars on the trip across.
ct am a sufrragist on general prin-
cipIes," said Miss Lowell, and /
firmly believe that women have al
the rights and duties OF men If /
chose to smoke on the vessel I don't
think It was anybody eIse's business.
The men were all smoking and /
would be false to my theories If /
didn't do so. merely to observe the
conventions"
Miss Lowell said she was unaIter.
ably opposed to English nflitancy.
The attitude OF the English suffra-
gfsts. she declared. was hurting the
cause.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
His Usual Custom.

Mark Twain in his lecturing days
reached a small eastern town one aft
ernoon and went before dinner to a
barber to be shaved
You are a stranger in town, sir?''
the barber asked.
Yes, 1 am stranger here" was
the reply.
We're having a good lecture here
tonight, SIR said the barber, "a Mark
Twain lecture Are you going to it?"
Yes, think WILL said Mr.. Glenn
ems
Have you got your ticket yet?" the
barber asked.
No, not yet" said the other.
Then, sir, you'll have to stand"
Dear met" Mr.. Clemens exclaimed.
1T seems as if 1 always do have to
stand when hear that man Twain lee
ture''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25

whinny of fierce pain he let down on
his speed, dragging his mate also to a
halt
Twice my head had struck the shaft,
1 was dizzy, the damp of blood where
the trembling steeds. I family heard
a little cry of Joy and thankfulness
from the lips Of the imperiled girl
huzzas from the crowd on the side
walk
Then the man Beale, who had play
ed the coward, came rushing up. He
seized the bride from my hand
81 am Rodney Beale." he said. Call
at my Office for a check"
1 could have struck him, but just
then noted the girl in the seat.
Eagerness, gratitude in her sweet ami
mated face, she was reckoning to me.
Her little hand rested on my arm as
I backed away towards the vehicle.
Her eyes looked down into mine.
You grand hero," she spoke, the vi
brations of her musical tones strik-
ing rapturous chord in my heart of
hearts. How may I thank you.'
realized not my holiness. I was
blind to all save the spell of her magic
perfumed presence she wore a rose
at her breast. 1 pointed to it.
Give me that" I said simply.
She handed it to me with smile
and a blush I lifted it to my lips.
Then the team was led away and
stole down passage way between
two houses to escape the plaudits of
an excited mob and because I was
faint from excitement-and the need
Of food
The latter drove me to seek. work
four days later. I never went near
Beale for that check. I stole many 3
glance at his fancee, however, at a
distance. When my little store of
money gave out I found work in the
Desaba mine
Meantime 1 had learned all about
Miss Virden. Desaba was a rough
town and her uncle, an unprincipled
money maker, Jacob Virden, practical
~ owned it She was an orphan, he
her guardian; the man Beale a part
ner of Virden, running the gambling
bells about the place, where he took
away from the miners the money Yir-
den paid them. Some one told me
that Beale had the rich miner owner
IN his power for some past crime and
had demanded the hand of his niece
as a bribe
/. knew nothing about practical
mining, but 1 knew enough to do patrol
service as a night watchman inside
the diggings. Every night 1 was let
down in the cage. Until daylight it
was my duty to watch out for fire
damp or caEings in. to the dull awe
some accompaniment of the ocean
beating against the sea end of the
nine
vas resting from my routine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarThoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good '.inE1de cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for q So
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
Travelling superstitiona.

1t is very lucky to meet in the street
"a a cross-eyed woman; (2) a piebaId
horse; 80 man walking towards the
west. but looking back over his Shout
der so that he faces the east; C4) the
following three people in the order
given: A woman followed by Grip
pie. If you meet other people in be
tween these three the luck does not
hold good. When you are out it is
very unIucky to do these three things:
% Pass under a ladder; (2) recog-
nize a friend who looks at you through
glass (if the friend is looking from
an open window, no bad luck viii oc
cur; go turn round when you have
crossed a street and go back to the
pavement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
BUDDHA BUILT CITY.
Great Brahman God Constructed
Town of BenareS.
Mysterious Place of Marvellous Tenn
pies, Terraces and PaIaces-HardIy
a Ruling House in India but Has
Helped in Their BUILDING.

LOndon--Five hundred years be-
fore the Christian era, Budha came
from Gaya to Sarnath, four miles from
the present Benares, to establish
there his religion The great "tope,"
a huge upright cylindrical mass OF
stone and brick work, which rises
10 feet above the surrounding one
Of the Buddhist dagobas at Anurad-
hapura in Ceylon, stands in the mid
die of what was called the deer park
The story is that Buddha struck by
the loneliness of the gazelles, took the
form Of one and becoming king Of the
herd A certain raiah, hunting one
day with cheetah, saw this splendid
creature, and ordered the cheetah to
be loosened upon him Just as the
leather hood was about to fall from
the cheetah's eyes, the mind of the
rajah became enlightened, and, pros
trating himself in the dust, he cried
out: "Oh, sublime master, truly thou
are man-and what a mani-in the
shape of a beast, whereas 1, that
wickedly sought tc' kill thee, am a
beast-and oh, how stupid a beast
hidden under the shape of a man"
Sarnath became a great place Of
pilgrimage, and the remains of the
monastery and other buildings which
were erected in the deer park have
now for some years been in the
course of excavation. Among 9TH
er details 1 specially noticed a square
chamber surrounded by short columns
connected by rows of wide rails of
stone. lozenge-shaped in section, and
on some of such cross-bars circular
medallions carved with patterns
Perhaps the most remarkable among
the finds at Sarnath is a large quad
ripartite lion capital and the column
it surmounted. These are of polished
granite, and the column, which was
found in several pieces, must have
been As feet high.
In the tenth century Of our era,
Buddhism was crushed out by the
Brahmins-the votaries of the very
faith from which Buddha had seeded
and at Sarnath, the great monastery
was destroyed by fanaticaI fury, and its
surprised monks were burned in a
gigantic holocaust.
Not far away from these ruins, along
a great crescent Of the bank of the
Gauges, Benares, the mysterious,
spreads out today the marvels of its
temples, its terraced entertainments, it's
vast flights of stone steps, and it's
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
! Il !.
SOMETHING TO GIVE.
BY MILDRED eoopRIpeE.

WnaI q handsome young LADY,
l turned at the words and glanced
at carriage passing in the street
and lost my peace of mind thereby
What was 1, to view and send my
heart out to a lady of evident wealth
and fashion,, Norman Earle. out at
elbows, out Of work and very nearly
out of money!
Still, could not refrain from look
ing and realizing that at last that
which comes to all mankind had set a
torch aflame in my heart-love.
Who is she?" I heard one Of the
two men near me ask
Miss Stella Virden-the niece of
the big mine owner"
And the man with her?''
''Blaekleg, gambler-Rodney Beale."
The man who held the reins OF the
/ spirited steeds attached to the light
elegant spired trap looked it. From
the first I hated him-worse than
ever as 1 noted his evil eye gloat over
the angelic creature at his side, who
shrank from him in fear or dislike,
could not distinguish which
Then 1 sighed as the horses grandly
curved into the next street, for never
expected TO see the girl again. And
then changing bell rang out, shouts,
the clicking of iron hoofs and a fire
engine crossed the intersection, and,
alarmed by it and driven to wild
flight, the melted horses came dash
ing into view again.
I saw in an instant what had hap
pened-one line had snapped at the
bride ring and was useless to guide
or control in the hand of the driver.
In furious flight the team swept the
fran trap across the cobble stones
like whip lash. The man showed his
teeth in vicious rage for a moment.
Craven that he was, he leaped from
the vehicle, leaving his charge help
less and in peril saw her face grow
white, but her compressed lips told
Of infinite courage as she held to the
side of the seat and stared ahead.
Don't try it,"
Sure DEATH"
Nothing daunted me. In the nick
Of time 1 was swaying from the car
Tiage pole. Once I was half down IN
der the cruel grinding feet of the
horses. Then a grasp of the bit strap
of the off horse, a jerk, and with a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
MUST PAY TIE FULL PRICE
Too Prevalent Idea of Getting Some
thing for Nothing Is Sure to
Lead to Disaster.

A government inspector who was
investigating a fraudulent mail or
der scheme recently questioned many
women who had been robbed by the
company. Some of the women ex-
pected sympathy. They received in
stead sharp rebuke, says the Youths,
Companion.
Didn't you know" the inspector
asked, that you couldn't buy an ar
ticle like that for a dollar? You
know the value of such goods in relia-
BILE shops You know that the price
is about the same everywhere. How
did you expect a mail order concern
to sell you the same at a fifth of the
regular price? Were you trying to
get something for nothing?"
The question was a fair one. A
writer on economic subjects has de-
clared that the desire to get some
thing for nothing is the "fundamen-
tai Immortality of life Every wom-
an should remember that remark. AS
far as shopping is concerned, there
are sometimes legitimate bargains
if the shopper is willing to pay the
price for them in time and strength.
Al Tie emu I'll Tic SOdoOn anu DIT SlOCA
taking time almost every large store
has clearance sales at which goods
that are left over are sold at reduced
prices; occasionally, also, special op-
portunities' arise and the shopper
who watches for them and who buys
only of trustworthy firms can get good
value for her money.
The immortality of trying to obtain
something for nothing is just as real
in the other activities of life as it is
in shopping. There are no short cuts
to intellectual success-there are not
even any stock taking or end-of-the-
season sales there! A person must
pay for each requirement by months
and years of toll. There are no bar
gains in friendships A girl who
would have friends must show her
self friendly There are no special
opportunities for fullness of life. 1t
is won only by greatness Of service.
Not bargains, but honest values,
honestly paid for, in any department
of Hfe-that should be the object of
any girl or woman who wished to
make a success of living.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
Seek missing Link"

The missing link is being search
ed for in the vicinity Of Teneriffe, At
riea. A station for the scientific
study of the habits of anthropoid
apes has been established at Orotaya.
A close study viii be made not only Of
the anatomy OF the animals, but also
of their psychological development to
determine, as nearly as possible, in
what respect the various species OF
apes are differentiated from the hu-
man race. Seven chimpanzees at
present constitute the available estab-
lishments. As. however, the climate
of Teneriffe is admirably adapted to
their standardization, it is proposed to
import a number OF gibbons, goriIias
and orangoutangs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
On the Banks of the Gauges.

palaces, one beyond another, till in
the far distance, their forms seem to
dissolve in dusty air of R<lpitating
gold. Hardly a ruling house Of India
but has helped in their building For
four miles, from Ash Chat at one end,
to the old Raj Chat at the other by
the Dufferin bridge, the west side of
the river presents this great irregular
facade of the chief city of the Hindu
religion, which claims today more than
10000, 900 adherents.
The mighty river has played strange
freaks in .hood-time, and. as my boat
went slowly past the towering cliE
Of buildings, here and there saw huge
masses of masonry sloping at all an
gles and broken from the foundations
as if by earthquake; carved friezes
fallen into the water, old inundated
hastions thrusting decrepit heads
above the tide, while the very steps
of some of the most crowded CHATS
were rent and Fiven
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25

Nero's fddling while Rome burned
has a modern parallel in the action Of
a crowd that kept 'turkey-uotting"
and 'tangoing" by the light OF 3
burning hotel at Horseshoe Lake. H.,
until the dancing pavilion also
caught fire, relates the St Louis Re
public
Not until the heat and smoke be
came uncomfortable did the strains Of
the ''trot' and the tango" cease.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
The Present

Mr.. .Gotham-My blonde typewriter
is going to give up her position
Mrs. Gotham-Tndeedi
Yes: she's going to be married"
rs that SOP
Yes; says she's goin' to give up her
position for the present.
What a nerve! Whas sort OF q
present does she think you're going to
give herr"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
Selfish Ewes

A New York theatrical manager
said:
American ragtims Il sweeping Eu-
rope, but the american ragtime COM
posers get no credit and no cash
either
Hence our composers can't help
looking at this ragtime furore with
sad and perhaps selfish eyes.
I'VE look at everything, you know,
selfishly. We say, with the million
aire:
Poverty is no disgrace, provided
the victim doesn't owe US anything"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
Safest Way.

There's a man who went around the
world without tipping"
That's the only way to work it
comfortably. You don't have to come
back over the same route
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25

Our idea OF a true heroine is a
woman who could talk back but
doesn't
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve

promptly the suffering due TO weak in
active kidneys and painful bladder action
They offer a powerful help 70 nature
IN building up the true excretIng kid
ney tissue, IN restoring normal action
and IN regulating bladder irregularities
Try them
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25
Expensive Girl.

q have saved up $1,000" said the
young man; "and all for your sake
Do you understand what 1 mean?"
Let me see," responded the fash
ionable girl. rs it that you wish to
take me out to lunch?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25

When a conceited youth gets mar
ried he feels sorry for lot of Othe
girls
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-25

It makes some girls weary to do
anything but visit
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-23
VIRClNIAN'S GREAT CONTEST
ENTERING ON THE LAST LAP
coun,s Must All Be in By Midnish. SaturdayEour Days
Including Today--Not Too Late For Beginners Who
Wish to Take An Easy Chance

The virginian's big puzzle contest
10 getting down to the last lap. In
GLIDING tomorrow there will be only
four days left. and at midnight Satur-
day the contest will be over.
The coming four days offers the
same opportunity to contestants as
any earlier period. not only to enter
the contest, but either to revise solu-
lions by sending In new ones or to
increase payments with any solutions
with which the limit has not already
been paid.
No Chance for Loss.
In this contest there Ia no chance
OF loss because all amounts paid with
solutions are. credited on your sub
scription to The Virgin!an. There 10
q chance to win up to 5000. The
only ones who do not stand q chance
to win this or other of the attractive
prizes are those who either can't add
up figures in the chart or do not
wish to take trouble. And this
trouble II regarded by the majority
Of those who have undertaken It as
an enjoyable paStime.
Remember, there is no limit to the
number Of solutions a. contestant may
turn in, and from 81 to IS may be
turned in with each solution. II you
are not sure about one addition, this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-23

will enable you to submit several, but,
of course. the more you pay with
each solution the more you stand to
win. However. 1t is better to send in
several than to send one that you are
uncertain about.
Handy Cash for Vacation.
There H. no cause to doubt the
promise made that the contest will
come to speedy close. and that
those who will be entitled to them
will receive their prizes. Another
Ave days will find those who will be
the lucky ones in very easy distance
Of their awards.
The Virginian does not want any
body to neglect the opportunity to be
in line, SO the fact Is emphasized that
there are but four days more to add
'em up"
Remember all solution have to be
in the Virginians Office by midnight
Saturday, July rs, 1918.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-23

the determination Of time and place
for the next supreme session. Tho
representatives from Buffalo did what
they could to turn the tide toward
the Queen City OF the Lakes. but the
cry ION 10 Richmond" was too much
for US. Their statement Of pre-
paredness backed by Governor Mann,
the mayor. OF Richmond, tho board
Of trade, merchants and citizens was
complete and although your humble
servant attempted to paint . word
guarantee not being sufficient. we lost
in the perspective"
The paper also tells of the ION to
Richmond" clubs that are already
organized and calls attention to the
fact that although the time Ia nearly
a year of 1t Is not too much In which
to prepare for the big event that 1t
la expected to be.
Local Committee at Work.
The local committee. which will
have charge Of making the arrange
ments for the entertainment and re-
ception Of the prophets, is already at
work. That the members OF the
committee have a large order on hand
is fully realized by them and they do
not intend to be unprepared. Under
the leadership OF Monarch Pelouze a
tentative program. which includes
some real novelties, which will be
greatly appreciated and enjoyed by
the prophets and their ladies' on their
first visit to the South, has already
been arranged.
This program will be added to and
rearranged from time to time until
II IL made to provide the most enter
tainment for every minute OF leisure
that the visitors will have. Southern
features will predominant and II is
not unlikely that a real old fashioned
Virginia barbecue. such as Is seldom
had In these days even in the South.
will be the principal feature.
with the river and Richmond's
many points Of interest II can be as
sumed as an assured fact that there
will be 40 lack OF entertainment pro-
vided.
ION to Richmond" IL now the cry
OF more than 1--WE thousand prophets
throuEhou the North. East and West
and II is certain that more than that
number will constitute the army OF
invaders on next June sth---and they
will discover no obstacles In the path
OF invasion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-23
BLO WS HIMSELF
INTO CITY JAIL

Blowing for fun" was the only ex-
PLANTATION which w. H. Wright. col
ored, would offer Justice Crutchfield
in Police court yesterday morning as
the reason why he serenaded those
living in the vicinity of the Jefferson
hotel the night before with a regula-
ton police whistle.
But how do you explain the pos
session Of the brass injector?" Ques-
toned the Justice.
II amt got nothin' TO say" the
negro declared, land would rather
go to Jail till judgment day than to
tell anything about it"
williams preference was recognized
by the tuetice to the extent OF a ten
day Jail sentence. during which time
Bicycle Policeman J. ]. Traylor. who
made the arrest. will endeavor to
learn more Of the mystery Of the
brass injector. and the regulation
police whistle.