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The Ely miner., 1913-07-25

Give me some money and let me go.
I'm beaten"
She lowered her head still farther
and burst into tears. So unexpected
were they that she had no prepara-
tons for them. Her handkerchief was
in the bead purse that hung on her
wrist, and, blinded by tears, she could
not find the clasp. Her fumbling
hand tried for possible reserve sup
ply in her belt, and then in despair
went up to her face and lifted her
veil trying to brush away the falling
drops. The Bonanza King stared at
her amazed, as much surprised as If
he had seen a man weep. Finally he
felt in his own pocket, produced a
crisply-laundered square of white
linen and handed it to her, observ-
ing soothingly:
Here, take mine. You're all broke
up, aren't your"
She seized his offering and mopped
her cheeks with 1t, shifting and gasp
ing. while he watched her in genuine
solicitude.
Whats wore you down to this
state?" he said. You're the nerviest
woman I ever saw"
'Tt's-it's-all this thing" she an
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SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon. the bonanza king, and his
daughter, Rose. who had passed up Mrs.
Cornelius Ryans ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father, arrive at Antelope.
Dominick Ryan calls on his mother to
beg a bali invitation for his wife. and Is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
70 recognize her daughter-in-law. Dom
inlck had been trapped into a marriage
with Bernice 1verson, a stenographer.
several years his senior. She squanders his
money, they have frequent quarrels. ana
ne slips away. Cannon and his daughter
are showed in at Antelope. Dominick
Ryan is rescued from the storm in uncon-
Scious condition and brought to Antelope
hotel. Antelope is cut off by storm. Rose
Cannon nurses Dominick back to life.
TWO weeks later Bernice discovers In
paper where husband is and writes letter
trying TO smooth over difficulties between
them. Dominick at last is able to join
1eLloW snowbound prisoners in hotel par
Ior. He loses temper over talk of Buford,
an actor. After three weeks. end II i'm,
arrive. Dominick gets letter from wife.
Tells Rose he doesn't love wife and never
I'D. Stormbound people begin TO depart.
Rose and Dominick embrace, father sees
them and demands an explanation. Roses
brother Gene is made manager OF ranch.
and is TO get it IL he stays sober year.
cannon expresses sympathy for Domi-
nick's position in talk with Rose. Domt-
nick returns home. Berny exerts herself
10 please him, but he is Indifferent. Can
non calls on Mrs. Ryan. They DISCUSS
DoHlnlCh s marriage QlrncultleS, ana IAN
non suggests buying off Berny. Dominick
goes to park on Sunday with Berny and
family, sees Miss Cannon, bows to her
and starts uneasiness in Berny. In Mrs.
Ryan's name Cannon offers Berny S5O,OcO
10 leave her husband and permit divorce.
She refuses. Dominick sees Rose. Cor
nelia Ryan engaged to Jack Duffy. Can
non offers Berny 100000 and is turned
down. Berny tells sisters of offer: Bu-
ford. the actor. makes a hit in vaudeville.
Rose tells Dominick that he must stick
TO wife. and first time acknowledges that
she loves him. Cannon offers Berny $780,
600 which she refuses. saying Cannon
wants Dominick for Rose. Gene wins the
ranch. Berry accuses Rose of trying to
steal her husband and tells her of the Of
fered bribe. Rose tells father what she
learned about the attempt to bribe Berny
and declares that she would never marry
Dominick. should he ever be divorced. EX-
acts promise from father to let Berny
alone. Stranger sees Berny in restaurant.
apparently recognizes her. and follows
her home. The stranger, who is Buford.
the actor, calls on Dominick. Declares
that he married Berny secretly some years
before. Berny comes in and he recognizes
her. Dominick packs belongings to go TO
mother
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lndeIlcate,

Washington's cosmopolitan society
contains many members whose dol
lars came too late to supply the ad-
vantages of early education. An illus
tration of this occurred last winter,
at a dance given by one Of the cap
ital's most opulent dowagers. The
lady's debutante daughter appeared in
the ball room in an ultra decollete
gown.
isn't it rather imprudent for your
daughter to wear so low a gown on so
cold a night?" remarked a "catty"
young matron. "She's quite delicate.
isn't she?"
Mercy, mol" exclaimed the mother
of the fair bud. "She's one of the
most indelicate girls you ever saw"
Yes; 1 observe she's dancing the
grizzly bear" said the young matron
with incisive sweetness.
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clothes. One day my husband got the
neighbors in to see what the matter was
but they could not help me. My first
thought was for Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and / sent my hus-
band out for it and took it until / was en-
tirely cured. am woman of perfect
health and my health and happiness
came from Lydia E. Pinkham's medi-
cine. You may rest assured that do
all can to recommend your wonderful
medicine to my friends. - MRS. FRED
STONE, Route No. 8, Malone, N. Y.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling, fatulency, indigestion, dizziness,
or nervous prostration. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the STAN
dard remedy for female ills.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
The Clocks We Wear.

The three marks on the back Of
glove and the clocks on the stocking
are due practically to the same cir
cumstance. The glove marks CORE
spond to the fourchette pieces be-
tween the fingers, and in other days
these pieces were continued along the
back of the hand, braid being used to
conceal the seams. A somewhat SIM
liar origin is assigned to the orna-
mental clock on the stockings. In the
days when stockings were made OF
cloth, the seams occurred where the
clocks do now, the ornamentation then
being used to conceal the seams. The
useless little bow in the leather band
lining a mans hat is the survival OF
the time when hat was made by ia
king a piece of leather, boring two
holes through it and drawing it up
with a piece Of string.-Harper's
Weekly
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and telling her the whole story. You
did the one thing you knew I'd never
forgive; and you ended the affair,
hammered the nails in its coffin and
buried It, Now you come flourishing
Into my office as If nothing had hap
pened and say you'll take the money
1t beats me how you've got the nerve
to dare to show your face In here"
Berny listened with the hand hold
ing the veil pressed against her
mouth and her eyes staring over it.
Its all straight enough" she burst
out. what you say about telling your
daughter. did 1t and I was crazy.
III admit that. But you'll have to
ADMIT on your side that it was pretty
rough the way was treated here,
ordered out like a peddler I was
sore, and it was you that made me so.
And I'll not deny that l wanted to
nit you back. But you brought 1t on
yourself. And, anyway, what does 1t
matter If l go? Maybe your daugh-
ter's mad and disgusted now, but
women don't stay that way for ever.
II get out, drop out of sight, the way
intend to do, give Dominick his free
dom, isn't she going to forget all
about what l said? Wouldn't any
woman?"
The Bonanza King made no answer.
He had no intention of talking with
this Objectionable woman about his
daughter But in his heart hope
sprang at the words They were an
echo of his own desires and opinions.
If this woman took the money and
went, would not Rose, in the course
of time, relent in her attitude of iron
disapproval, and smile on the man
she loved? Could any woman hold
out for ever in such position?
See here" Berny went out, "Ill
leave statement. I'll put in in your
hands that l changed my mind and
voluntarily left. I'll draw 1t up be-
fore notary If you want And it's
true. She needn't think that I'm be-
ing forced out to make a place for
her. Pm glad to CO."
She had leaned nearer to him from
ner of the desk to emphasize her
words. Scrutinizing her as she spoke,
he became more than ever i'm
pressed with the conviction that she
was held in tremor of febrile excite
ment. Her voice had an under note
of vibration in it, like the voice Of
one who breathes quickly. The orchid
on her breast trembled with the trem-
bling of her frame.
Look here" he said quietly, 81
want to understand this thing. What's
made you change your mind so sud-
denly? A few days ago you were all
up on fiddle-strings at the suggestion
of taking that money. Here. this
morning, in you pop, and you're all
of tremble to get it. What's the
meaning of it?"
Il can't stand it any more" she
said. when you said 1 couldn't the
other day, that I'd break down, you
were right. 1 can't stand It, Nobody
could. It's broken me to pieces.
want to get away from it all. l want
to go somewhere where I'm at peace,
where the people don't hate me and
hound me"
Her voice suddenly grew hoarse and
she stopped. He looked at her in
surprise. She bent her face down,
biting her under lip, and picked tremu-
lously at the leaves Of the purple
orchid as If arranging them.
you've beaten me-" she said in a
suddenly strangled voice; you've
beaten me. l can't fight any longer.
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head to foot with excitement. She
was not afraid they would refuse to
cash the check. Her sole fear was
that Cannon, as soon as she was gone,
might have regretted bis action and
telephoned from his office to stop the
payment on it. She knew that once
the money was hers he would not
make any attempt to get 1t back. His
own reputation and that Of his daugh-
ter were too inextricably bound up
with the transaction for him to dare
to apprehend or punish Berny for her
deception.
Her heart gave wild leap as she
saw the teller returning, and then
pause behind the netting Of his golden
cage while he counted out the bills.
She tried to speak lightly to him as
he laid them one by one on the glass
slab. She was hardly conscious Of
what she said; all she realized was
that the crisp roll of paper in her
fingers was her possession, If not of
great fortune, at least of something
to stand between her and the world.
When she left the bank she walked
forward slowly, the excitement which
had carried her on to this point hav-
ing suddenly left her feeling weak
and tired. She entered the railway
Office and bought her ticket for New
York for that evenings train. Then
once more emerging into the sun
shine she directed her steps to the
car which would take her to her sis.
ters. She had decided to spend her
last day in San Francisco with them.
AS the car whisked her up the hills
she carefully pondered on how much
she would tell them, where truth was
advisable and where fiction would
serve better purpose.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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If you don't trust me send one of
your clerks with me to buy my ticket,
send one to see me off. I've left my
husband for good, for ever / can't
live here any longer. Give me the
money and let me co.
Il don't see that I'm going to have
any security that you're going to car
ry out the whole plan. How do I
know that you're not going to New
York to have a good time and then,
when you've spent the money, come
back here?"
She sat up and sent despairing
look about the room as If in a wild
search for something that would con-
vince him of her sincerity.
II swear, promise" she cried with
almost frantic emphasis, that I'll
never come back I'm going for good
and I'm going to set Dominick free.
Oh, do believe me. Please. I'm tell
ing the truth
He was impressed by her manner,
as he had been by her tears. Some
thing undoubtedly had happened
which had suddenly caused her to
change her mind and decide to leave
her husband. He did not think that 1t
was what she had told him. Her ex-
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
swered in a stifled voice. I'm Jus

swered In stined voice. I'm Just
worn out. | haven't slept for nights"
"a memory of those miserable nights
OF perturbation and uncertainty swept
over her and submerged her in a wave
OF self-pity. The tears gushed out
again, and she held the old mans
large handkerchief against her eyes,
uttering small, sobbing noises, sunk
in abandoned dependence in the hol-
low of the chair.
The Bonanza King was moved. The
him, but the tears of this bold, hard,
unbreakable creature, whom he had
regarded only as an antagonist to be
vanquished, stirred him to sort of
abashed sympathy. There was some
thing singularly pathetic about the
completeness of her breakdown. She,
who had been so audacious an adver-
sary, now in all her crumpled finery
weeping into his handkerchief, was
so entirely and utterly feeble,
crushable thing.
Come, brace up" he said cheer
ingly. 1--WE can't do any talking while
you're acting this way. What's the
proposition again?"
Il want some money and l want to
CO." She raised her head and low
cred the handkerchief, speaking with
strained, throaty insistence like a
child. Il can't live here any more I
can't bear it. 1t would give prize
| fighter nervous prostration. I can't
bear it." Her voice grew small and
high. Really can't" she managed
to articulate, and then dissolved into
another flood.
The old man, high in his swivel
| chair, sat with his hands in his pock-
cts, his lips pursed and his eyes on
the floor. Once or twice he whirled
the chair slightly from one side to the
other. After pause of some min
utes he said:
Are you prepared to agree to any
thing Mrs. Ryan and I demanded?"
After the last outbreak she had
completely abandoned herself to the
hysterical condition that was beyond
| her control. Now she made an effort
to recover herself, sat up, swallowing
and gasping, while she wiped her
eyes.
I'm ready to do it all" she shifted,
| "only-only-" she paused on the
verge of another collapse, suppressed
| 1T, and said with some show Of re-
turning animation, "only 1 must have
some money nova guarantee"
"Oh," he said with the descending
note of comprehension. "As l remem-
Der, we agreed to pay you seven thou
sand dollars for the first year. the
year of desertion."
She lowered the handkerchief en-
tirely, presenting to him a disfigured
| face, all its good looks gone, but show
ing distinct signs of attention.
Il don't want the seven thousand.
I'll waive it. l want sum down,
guarantee, an advance. You offered me
at first fifty thousand dollars. Give
me that down and I'll go this after
noon"
"That wasn't our original arrange
| ment," he said to gain time.
Deduct it from the rest. / must
have 1t. 1 can't go without 1t. If you
give me the check now I'll leave for
New York tonight"
Her reviving interest and force
seemed to have quenched the sources
of her tears as suddenly as her ex-
hausted nerves had made them flow.
But her disflgured face, her figure
which seemed to have shrunken in it's
fine clothes, were extremely pathetic.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-25
City VS.. Country.

I'm glad springs coming, so 1 cin
live out in the country again." re-
marked a man on the car. Now I'll
get a chance to read the papers and
magazines again and know what's go
ing On in the world. feel ashamed
of myself for being as poorly in
formed as ] am"
"But l should think you'd have less
time than ever at home" suggested
the other man. You'll have to leave
home earlier to get to your Office in
time"
"Yes, that's Just It," said the first
one I'll spend more time on the
cars then. That's why the people who
live at the end of the car line are usu-
ally better informed than those who
live only half-way.-New York TimeA
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w. N. u, Minneapolis, No. 3o-1e13.
We make friends not by explaining
things to them but by allowing them
to explain things to US.
Alone Twenty-Four Years.

1t was stated at an inquest on a
woman at Newington, England, recent
ty that she had been tenant of Pom
sonby buildings, Blackfriars, for "a
years, and the porter said he had new
er known her to have visitor. Her
sister happened to call, and at her re-
quest he burst le door open and
found the woman dead. Further evil
dence showed that the cause of death
was bronchitis, and that the woman
had been dead for two days.
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IN SUCH PAIN
WOMAN TORE
HER CLOTHES
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound.
Malone, N. Y, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has Ger

talnly done me a lot
of good. first heard
of it when / was q
girl and1 always said
that if / ever had fe-
male trouble I would
take it
81 suffered from
organic inflamma-
ton and would have
spells when / would
be in such pain that
i would tie ar my
The Washington times., 1913-06-16
BOOSTERS GATHER
IN BIG MEETING
Gayety Theater Will Be Scene
OF Big Gathering of Capt.
~
tai Fans. z>as ~~..-

Tonight is the big night at the Gayety
Theater- At s o'clock Bob Young. presi-
dent OF the Amateur Association, will
call to order the newly formed Boosters
Club. and indications point to a packed
house and plenty of enthusiasm.
President Ben Minor, of the Climbers
Manager Clark Griffith, Germany
Schaefer. George Mcbride, Boss Boos-
ter Bill Hoover. Cy Cummings, Tony
Gallo. the Pennsylvania avenue barber
'Frenchy." prince of rooters, and sew
eral others connected with the national
game Will make short, stirring addresses
urging the tans to get together and
make TOMORROW the biggest day in the
history or baseball in the Capital.
HAT pahqs and buttons are on sale.
and II is expected that fully 5000 fans
tomorrow, each bearing the insignia OF
the Original Boosters Club. Pistorio's s
Band will head the parade through the
gates and out upon the field for a tri-
umphal procession, showing the CIeye-
land Maps what they are up against in
the way OF rooters and roofing,
A half holiday has been declared by
many stores in the city. allowing en-
ployes TO attend the game, All signs
point to one OF the biggest crowds ever
seen at the ball park
Tonlghts meeting at the Gayety Is
free to all, Manager Peck gladly do
mating the use Of his theater to the
fans. So II you're not there Yourself
tonight. plane yourself. nobody else. It's
The Washington times., 1913-06-16
Probable Lineup,

We've got Cleveland's number, that's
ALL" says Manager Griffith. explaining
yesterdays great victory over the Map
landers. I'm willing wager my
right eye that well beat 'smeout Blu,
that's nothing new. for I said that ever
when they beat US three out of -four
there this spring. - They ireIcraclxins
now under the strain of their battles in
the East. and when they get here to-
morrow they'll find us ready for
them. &F,s.ss
II want to say something good about
Joe BoehliRg.-It-Mas a very warm day
in Cleveland yesterday. and this took a
lot of strength out Of him. He knew
he was in there to make good. ard put
everything he had on the ban. Ths re-
suit was that when I told him to let
UP and go along easy, he lost control.
But old Tom Hughes was right on deck.
and acted like a wet blanket on the
Maps.
. "Boehling looked good to me, In spite
of that blow-up of his. He has lot
of stuff, and he showed everything yes
terday until his team had got a long
lead over the Maps. II II had been a
close game, say, he'd have shut them
The Washington times., 1913-06-16
One Bad Inning Settled the
Hash for Cleveland, the
Climbers MauIing KaIer.

On second, and he was giving . first-
class imitation Of a man asleep at the
switch. Olson stabbed one that swung
viciously along the ground. 1t looked
like a sure hit, and meant a couple of
runs, and perhaps the break that
would have shattered the ruins Of a
Washington victory all over the land
scape. ."r
Mcbride was on the job. He saw
that he couldn't get Olson, because he
wouldn't be in position to throw after
he got the bali. So he stuck out his
naked I'm, knocked down the clout,
and stopped the ball like draw shot
in billiards.
Johnston, whose mental wheels
were woozY, figured that he would
have plenty of time to connect. He
loafed along the trail and Mcbride
spotted him Bent over almost double,
George hurled the ball at LePorte and
smothered Johnston, as well as the
rally. 1t stopped Boehling from top
pling into the precipice. He fell in the
next inning, and Ashes" came to his
rescue. Once Tom Hughes got in the
box, the Maps looked like a collection
of Teddy Bears trying to bat in a
raincoat.
The Washington times., 1913-06-16
EXPECTS FALKY TO
BETTER RUBE'S MARK
Should Finish Season With Bet
ter Average Than Marquard
Since Streak Is Broken.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. June 16.-Proo'
ably it's ! st as well for Cy Falken-
berg that lie did not come anywhere
near approaching Rube Marquard
nineteen straight victories record. Ruoe
was Of little use to the Giants once he
had been defeated last season, winning
Seven and losing eleven games the re-
mainder Of the year.
Rube, a high-strung fellow, was re-
ported te be on the verge of a nervous
breakdown before he had ever reached
his nineteenth victory, and when he did
lose one game he lost much of his ef-
fectiveness. What games he did win
from that time on were due more to the
Giants good batting than Marquard' s
pitching.
Falkenbergs defeat came before he
had time to worry over a string Of vic
tories. SO Cy will not have to bother
with eclipsing any records, but can go
ahead about his business OF winning as
many as possible for the Maps. And
with Falky's good start It will be sur
prising, indeed. II he does not do better
than .7os. the percentage with which
Marquard ended last season.
The Washington times., 1913-06-16

out. Gandil's error gave them their
only run Boehling was the real thing.
and from now on he'll take his turn in
the box" .'..
Manager Grifith will attend tonight's
meeting of the Boosters Club at the
Gayety Theater. and is prepared to de-
liver one OF those speeches that made
him famous all winter. Through con-
slant practice, the Old Fox has become
quite proficient in the art Of addressing
a large gathering. He knows what to
that he should make a hit with the bugs
tonight ctTthe Gayety.
Artie Holman. three years ago one OF
the greatest utility. players in the game.
has been released by the Pirates. He
viii probably 60 to the Pacific Coast
League. In his prime Holman was con-
sidered the best all-around player in the
National League, at home In both the
infield and the. outfield. Lack OF careful
training has brought him down to the
common ruck.
A year ago today the Griffmen were
in third place, winning thirty three and
losing twenty -one games for an average
Of GIL The Chicago White Sox. begin
absolutely. Today they are in third
place with no team tied with them. The
return of Eddie Foster to the battle line
means a decided impetus to the attack
ing strength of the team and Is real
ly the cause for the optimism Of Man.
ager Griffith.
A year ago the Red Sox were leading
today with. thirty-three games won and
nineteen lost for a percentage of :oSS.
They copped the pennant because they
met with no injuries. If the Athletics
have the same luck, they are likely to
do the same thing. But IL the Mack
men have Injuries to valuable PLAYERS
or their two standbys in the box. Ben
der and Plank, they may slide back
rapidly, as the young pitcners do not
show sufficient class to arouse the
neighborhood after dark.
Last season the Griffmen finished in
second place. This year they are bound
to finish in the first division and there
Is yet a chance of their winning the
pennant. The return of Foster means
the old battle line that disturbed all the
gray hairs in the league last year and
Manager Griffith and the writer are
willing to pin their hopes on the boys.