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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-26
DIVORCE DAY!
15MORE HOME
TIES BROKEN

DIVORCE !
II was IN the divorce court. Judge
Tailman was caught flirting. The
little girl saw him wink. and she
winked back.
The Judge smiled. The child
smiled
They we're having great old
time. the judge and the fairhaired
iassic And the girls mother was
saying:
"He never took me or the little
girl anywhere. lie shut US out OF
his life"
The mother was IN tears.
The face OF the little miss was
wreathed in smiles. as she stood.
her mouth open, looking at the
Judge.
II was not a new story the mother
told II had been told many. many
times In the divorce court.
Daisy A. Pople and George r.
Pople simply couldn't get along to
gether Her cooking didn't suit
him. the way she dressed didn't suit
him nothing suited him. she said
She was granted "A divorce aud $50
a month alimony, the custody Of the
child, and $500 cash.
The hired man did the proverbial
act. He eloped with Mrs. Louise
Bischofberger and babe adieu TO
farm life In Ohio
In fact. she told John. her hus-
band. she Was going TO do what she
did.
Gave him advance information.
And she kept her word.
so. after waiting several years.
John yesterday obtained divorce.
". II. Durnpprobe stayed In mar
ried bliss for seven days. from May
20 10 May 30. 1913.
He was then seized by the wan
derlust. and was next heard from
in Mexico. according to Mrs.
Blanche NJ. Durnpprobe.
". II. sent her $50 shortly after
ward. Then there elapsed long
time before the next letter. and
when IL came Il informed her she
must shift for herself
Divorce granted.
Gustaye Gildhaus had nerve. but
he Was no hustler.
lie didn't do much work, accord
ing TO Mrs. Margaret Gildhaus. but
he didn't lack nerve TO ask her for
money OF her earning.
She got tired giving him money
after a while. and yesterday she got
a divorce.
There were Is divorces granted
yesterday. as follows:
Gertrude r. Taylor from r A.
TAYLOR. Edith C. Holloway from
Charles W. Holloway. Norine u.
Gall from Elliott NJ Gall. Anne
Lott from George Lott, John Bisch-
ofberger from Louise Bischofberg-
er. Daisy A. Pople from George f.
Popie, Matte Brugher from J. c.
Brugher. Wilhelmina Bertha Per
ant from William r. Perant.
Blanche NJ. Durnprope from w n.
Durnpprope, Margaret Gildhaus
from Gusiave Clidhans. Title A.
stottman from Granville stottman.
w. l.. Hamilton from Jessie w.
Hamilton. Elinor Stringer from
Cleveland Stringer. Hattie Tillman
from Frank c. Tiilman.
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TEAMS IN ACTION

NEW YORK. Sept 26.-Yale.
Princeton. Harvard, Carlisle. Penn
sylvania, Dartmouth and other big
Eastern college elevens will open
the practice season this afternoon.
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o.-Please tell me who Is at the
head OF the Greek Catholic church.
Thanking you In advance, ! remain,
a SUBSCRIBER.
The czar OF Russia is the nominal
head OF the Greek Catholic church.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-22
CHAPTER XIV.
The Masked Voice.

For matter Of twelve hours the
able as the dominion of evil, had
wrapped the world in an embrace as
foul and noxious as the coils of some
great, gray, Shiny serpent.
Through its sluggish folds the pom
derous, power-impelled lifeboat erept
at snaiPs pace, its stem parting and
rolling back from either flank heavy
hearted sea of gray.
In the bows young woman rested
in a state of eemi-exhaustion, her eyes
closed, he head pillowed on a cork
belt lifepreserver, her sodden gar
ments modelled closely to the slender
body that was ever and again shaken
from head to feet with the strength
Of long, shuddering respiration.
Seated on the nearest thwart, Alan
Law, chin In hand, watched over the
rest of this woman whom he loved
with a grizzly hopeless solicitude. He
was In no happier case than she, SO
far as physical comfort went-he was
in worse, since he might not rest
Premonition Of misfortune darkened
his heart with it's impenetrable
shadow.
In the stern Tom Barcus presided
morosely over the steering gear; and
Law was no more jealousy heedful of
his sweetheart than Barcus of the
heavy-duty motor that chugged away
SO purposefully at its business of driv-
ing the boat heaven-knew-where
Lacking at once a compass, all no.
ton whatsoever of the suns bearings,
lifting or chance bringing them either
to land or to rescue by some larger
and less comfortless craft, Barcus
steered mainly through force of habit
the saltwater mans instructive feel
ing that no boat under way should
ever in any conceivable circumstance
be without hand at the helm. 1t had
seemed impossible that it could long
escape repetition of the disaster, but
somehow, it always did escape, and
that by a wide margin; never once
had it passed near enough to another
vessel to see it.
And now for more than an hour the
silence had been uncannily constant,
broken only by the rumble of the mo-
tor, the muted lisp of water slipping
down the side, the suck and gurgle of
the wake.
Forebodings no less portentous than
Laws craWled in the mind of Barcus.
It was as likely as not that the life
boat was travelling straight out to sea-
And gasoline tanks can and oftentimes
do become as empty as an official
weather prophets promise of fair
weather for holiday
More than this, Mr.. Barcus was a
confirmed skeptic in respect of ma
rine motors; on terms of long and
intimate experience with the ways of
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Island.

The Island.
Not more than twenty seconds could
have elapsed before Barcus recovered
from the shock of the motors treach-
cry sufficiently to reverse the wheel.
throttle down the carburetor and jump
out of the engine-pit-
But in that small space of time the
lifeboat and Alan Law had parted COM
pany as definitely as though one of
them had been levitated bodily to the
far side of the earth.
1t could not have been more than
minute after the accident before
Barcus was guiding the boat over
what, going on his sense Of location
and judgment of distance, he could
have sworn was the precise spot
where Alan had disappeared, but with
out discovering a sign Of him.
And for the next twenty minutes
he divided his attention between at
tempts to soothe and reassure the
half distracted girl and efforts to
educe reply from Alan by stentorian
hailing-with' as little success in the
one as in the other.
"Alan!" he shrieked at the top of
his lungs Alan! Give hail to tell
US you're safe!"
There was little pause; he was
racking his brains for some more NOV
ing mode of appeal when the answer
came in another voice-in the voice
of Judith Urine, clear, musical, effer-
veseent with sardonic humor:
BE at peace, little one-bleat no
more! Mr.. Law Is with us-and safe
oh, quite, quite safe!"
In dumb CONSERVATION Barcus
sought the countenance of Rose. Her
eyes, meeting his, were blank with
despair He shock his head helplessly
and let his hands bangle idly between
his knees.
With no way on her, the lifeboat
drifted with current of unknown set
and strength.
What can we do?" Rose implored
I'VE must do something. We can't
leave him =. Oh, when | think
of him there. in her hands, | could go
mad!"
IF only I knew" Barcus protested;
! 'but my hands are tied, my wits are
as helpless as my eyes are blind.
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vafnly with his bonds. AS for Rose.
she wasted no strength in struggling
perhaps had none-to waste. When he
looked her way he saw her exquisite
profile unmarried by any line Of fear or
doubt, sharply relieved against the
darkness of the rising food. Her level
gaze without a tremor traversed the
shining food to its far horizon.
He noted that already the waters
had risen more than an inch.
Humbled even in his terror by that
radiant calm that dwelt upon her, he
ventured difhdently: Rose - Miss
Urine"
She turned her head and found the
heart to smile. "Rose," she corrected
gently.
I'm sorry" he said-which was not
at all what he had meant to say, 1--WE
done my best. l suppose it's wrong
to give up-but they've made it too
much for me, this time"
II know" she said gently.
"You"-he stammered-"you're not
afraid?"
There is nothing to fear" she said,
"but death. :"
Then" he said more bravely, after
a time-the water now was near his
chin-"go by-good luck!"
mot yet, dear friend" she returned.
mot yet"
But the sun was perilously close
upon the rim of the world. But little
time, and it would be night.
He closed his eyes to shut out the
vision Of it's slow, implacabIe descent
The water was now almost level
with his lips; it seemed strange that
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-22
Copyright. 1914. by Louis Joseph Vance
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

There's nothing to go by-except the
bare possibility that the reef she
spoke Of may be Notions. 1t doesn't
seem possible, but we may have made
that much southing In that case
we're about three miles off the main
land. somewhere in the neighborhood
of Katama island. little, rocky, DESC
late bump Of earth, inhabited mainly
by fishermen"
The girl wrung her hands. ''But
how could Judith get there-and with
her men-and ammunition
Don't ask me. Going on my expe-
rience with the lady, I'd be willing to
bet that she was picked up by the
steamer that ran us down, and pro-
ceeded to make prize of tor try
to. One things certain-she must
have found or stolen boat from
somebody; they couldn't have made
Norton's reef by swimming-it's too
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deft bitches of rope and a stanch
knot, made fast in that position-sub-
merged to his chest
This accomplished, the men turned
attention to Rose, flashing her in SINH
lar wise at Barcus' side.
Standing just above the water-line,
with every sign of complete calm and
sanity other than that ominous flicker
ing in her eyes, Judith superintended
the business till it's conclusion, then
waved the men away.
Quietly, like well-trained servants,
they turned their backs and marched
off,
And again, after a brief wait, the
woman laughed her short and mirth-
less laugh.
THE tide will he high" she said,
precisely at sunset. You may time
your lives by that. When the sun dips
into the sea, then will your lives go
down with it"
She turned on her heel and strobe
swiftly away, with not so much as a
backward glance, overlook her men,
and passed quickly from sight around
the farther point of rocks.
For some time Barcus struggled
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far. That's the answer; they were
picked up, stole boat, and piled it
up on the reef"
"And there's no HOPPE
"Only of the fog relenting II we
could make the mainland and get
His accents died away into a discon-
solate silence that was unbroken for
upwards Of an hour.
So slowly the current bore the life
boat toward the beach and so still
the tide that Barcus never appreciated
they were within touch Of any land
until the bows grounded with slight
jar and a grating sound.
With cry of incredulity he leaped
to his feet Land, by all that's
lucky!"-and STOPPING, lent hand to
the girl, aiding her to rise.
Hardly had Rose had time to COM
prehend what had happened, when
Barcus was over the side and wres-
thing with the bows, dragging the boat
farther upon the shoals.
She was, however, more than one
man could manage; and when her
stem had bitten a little more deeply
into the sands, Barcus gave over the
attempt and, lifting Rose down, set
her on dry land, then climbed back into
the vessel, rummaged out her anchor
and cable, and carried them ashore,
planting the former well up towards
the foot of the cliff
And as he rose from this last labor
he was half blinded by the glare of the
westering sun as 1t broke through the
fog.
In less than five minutes the miracu-
lous commonplace was an acorn
plished fact; the wind had rolled the
fog back like scroll and sent it spin
ming far out to sea, while the shore
on which the two had landed was
deluged with sunlight, bright and
beautifully warm.
He showed thoughtful and consid-
crate countenance to the girl.
You're about all in?"
She nodded confirmation of this,
which was no more than simple truth.
w mere are We. she duu6u.
He made her party to his own per-
plexity
You're not able to travel" he pur-
sued. do you mind being left alone
while l take a turn up the beach and
have a look round2 We can't be far
from some sort of civilization; even
if it's an island there are no desert
isles along this coast. I'll find some
thing soon enough, no fear"
By tacit consent both avoided men
ton of Alan, but each knew what
thought was uppermost in the others
mind
There's niche among the rocks
up here" Barcus Indicated, almost a
cave. You'll be warm and dry enough,
and secure from observation overhead.
Maybe you can even snatch few
winks Of sleep. -
She negatived that suggestion with
weary smile; no sleep for her until
sheer exhaustion overpowered her, or
she knew OF Alan's fate.
And SO, reiterating his promise to
be gone no longer than absolutely
might be needful, he left her there.
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his throat could be so dry, so
He opened his eyes, shuddering.
tits good-by now" he faltered
mot yeti" her voice rang beside
him, vibrant. Lookup there-along
the cliff"
He lifted his gaze
Two men were running along the
cliff-and the man in the lead was
Alan. But his lead was very scant,
and the man who pursued was one of
Judith's, and stuck to the trail like
bloodhound fresh from the leash.
And now the water was at his lips:
Barcus could no more speak without
strangling.
Of a sudden he groaned in his heart;
though there was no passable way
down the cliff, still the sight of his
friend alive and unframed had brought
with it thrill Of hope; now that hope
died as he saw Alan stumble and go
to his knees.
Before he could rise the other was
upon him, with the fury of wolf seek
ing the throat Of stag.
For an instant they fought like mad
men, then, in trice, the sky line
Of the cliff was empty; one or the
other had tripped and fallen over the
brink, and falling had retained hold
of his enemy and carried him down as
well.
BY no chance, Barcus told himself,
could either escape uninjured.
Yet, to his amazement, he saw one
man break from the others embrace
and rise. And he who lay STILL
crumpled, inhuman heap upon the
sands, was Judith's man.
With violent effort Barcus lifted
his mouth above water and shrieked:
Alan! Alan! Help! Here-at the
end of the point-in the water-helpi"
A precious minute was lost before
Alan discovered their two heads, so
barely above that swiftly rising food.
Then he ran toward them as he had
never run before, and as he came
whipped out a jack-knife and freed its
blade.
Even so-since it was, of course,
Rose whom Alan freed the first
Barcus was half-drowned before Alan
helped him in turn up to the beach.
And as this happened the last blood
red rim of the sun was washed under
by the waves.
Two minutes later the lifeboat was
afoat, and Mr.. Barcus, already recov-
cred, was laboring with the fywheel
Of the motor, stimulated to supreme
exertion by the sight of a party, led by
Judith, racing madly down the beach.
But it was not until well out from
shore and on the way to the safety
promised by the mainland-now read
lily discernible on the horizon-that
any one Of them found time for speech.
Then Mr.. Barcus Strengthened up
from his assiduous attentions to the
motor, and observed:
"You bear a charmed life, my ad-
venturous friend. / want to tell you
that when saw you go over that cliff
| made up my mind your usefulness
would be at least permanently i'm
paired. As it is, don't mind telling
you that if ever get out of this affair
alive, I'm going to have try at your
Life myself, just once, for luck!"
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Col John Biddle Of the general staff
Of the United States army, detailed as
military observer with the Austrian
army, has arrived at Vienna He will
go to the front to observe operations
in the Austrian campaign against Rus
sia.
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the demon of perversity that tenants
them one and all, he knew that the
present sweet tempered performance
of the exhibit under consideration
good behavior, that when such COM
plicated contraption was concerned
there was never any telling
In view of all of which considera-
tons he presently threw open the bat
terry switch
And the aching void created in the
silence by the cessation of that uni
form drone was startling enough to
rouse even Rose Urine from her state
of semi-somnolence
With look of panic she sat up,
thrust damp hair back from her eyes,
and neryously inquired:
Whats the matter?"
Nothing" Barcus told her. 81 shut
the engine off-that's ALL"
Tempers were short in that hour,
and Alan was annoyed to think that
the rest of his beloved should need
lessly have been disturbed.
What did you do that for?" he de-
manded sharply
Because / jolly well wanted to, .
Barcus returned in tone as brusque
oh, you did-eh?'
Yes, dio-eh! / happen to be
bossing this end of the boat and to
have sense enough to realize there's
no sense at all in our wasting fuel the
way we are-cruising nowhere!"
Well" Law commended, struck by
the fairness of this argument, but I'M
able to calm his uneasiness-"just the
same, we might"
Yes of course, we might" Barcus
snapped. I'VE might whole lot We
might, for instance, be heading for
Spain, for all you or know to the
contrary. And in such case, for one
respectfully prefer to have gas enough
TO take Us home again If ever this
da-blessed fog lifts!"
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Placards are posted nightly in the
suburbs of the German capital de-
handing peace and containing threats.
they always appear the next night,
and the authorities do not seem anx-
ious to catch the offenders for fear of
drawing further attention to the peace
agitation.
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And for several seconds longer the
stiffness strangled their spirits in its
ruthless grasp.
Then of a sudden cry shrilled
through the fog, so near at hand that
| it seemed scarcely more distant than
over the side:
Alloy! Help! Alloy there Helpi"
So insistent, SO urgent was its ac-
cent that, coupled with the surprise,
1t brought the three as one to their
feet, all a-tremble, their eyes seeking
one another's faces, then shifting un-
easily away.
What can it be?" Rose whispered
aghast, shrinking into Alan's ready
arm.
"A woman" Barcus put In harshly.
Judith" the girl moaned.
Alan shook himself together. "Im-
possible!" he commended Il saw her
go down
THAT doesn't prove she didn't come
up" Barcus commented acidly.
Alloy! Motorboat aho-o-oy! Help"
"And that" Barcus pursued sadly,
Gust proves she did come up-blame
the luck! Alive she is, and kicking;
stand clear An ab1e-bodied pair of
lungs was back of that hail, my friend;
and you needn't tell me I don't know
the dulcet accents of that angelic con-
traltoi"
Without needing him, Alan cupped
tn
ing cry ringing through the murk:
"Ahoy! Where are you? Where
away?"
Thereon the reef-half-6rowned-
perishing with chill
How does my voice bear?" Alan
called back
What the dickens do you carer"
Barcus interpolated suspiciuosly.
ITO port" the response rang through
the fog "Starboard your helm and
come in slowly!"
"Right-o! Half a minute!" Alan re-
piled reassuringly.
Like hell" Mr.. Barcus muttered in
his throat as he jumped down into the
engine pit and bent over the f1y-wheel
Leaping on the forward thwart and
balancing himself perilously near the
gunwale, Alan strained his vision
vainly against the opacity of the fog.
Cant make out anything" he
grumbled, looking back start her
up-but slows the woodland ware
reef"
Nothing doing" Barcus retorted
CURLY. "The motto is now Full speed
astern!' as you must know
20 come! We can't leave woman
out therein fix like that"
Cant we? You watch!" Barcus
grunted malevolently, rocking the
heavy fiywheel with all his might; for
the motor had turned suddenly stub
born.
"Alan!" Rose pleaded, laying hand
upon his sleeve. Think what it
means! know it sounds heartless of
me-and it's my own sister. But you
know how mad she is-wild with ha-
tired and jealousy. II you take her into
this boat, it's your life or hers!"
IF we leave her out there" Alan
T0tOFteu, SHAKING MS arm lmpdIlently
free, cts her life on our heads!"
At this juncture the motor took
charge of the argument, ending it in
summary fashion. With a smart ex-
plosion in the cylinder, it started up
Unexpectedly, at one and the same
time almost dislocating the arm Of
Mr.. Barcus and precipitating Alan
overheard.
1t was not given him to know what
was happening until he found himself
in the water; he struggled to the sur
face just in time to see the bows of
the lifeboat back away and vanish into
the mist.
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Six United States army officers, head
ed by Col. ]. z. Kuhne, are on their
way to Berlin to be official war OBJ
servers with the German armies in
the east and western fields. In the
party are Major Williams, Major Ault-
mann, Captain Sharpe, Captain Burt
and Captain Rockenbach Colonel
Kuhne said he hoped to receive per-
mission from the kaiser, through the
United States embassy, to observe the
lighting with the German armies.
Every branch of our army is repre-
sented in the party
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CHAPTER XVII.
This Mortal Tide,

She was very certain she would
never sleep before her anxiety was
assuaged by word of Alan's fate; but
she reckoned without her host of
trials that had bred in her a fatigue
ANONYMOUS even to her mental an
guish.
For a time after Barcus had left
The Irish standard., 1914-12-05

bacon type of hog; and, finally, excel
lent markets near at hand in the
cities and especially in the stock mar
ket of South St. Paul.
Manufacturing had it's beginnings
in the earliest days of the States his
tory and has enjoyed healthy and con-
tinued growth, owing largely to natur-
al water power, the nearness of raw
material, and favorable transportation
facilities. There remains, however,
the possibility of developing iron and
steel manufactures. Heretofore, the
iron ore has been carried to the coal,
because it took several tons of coal
or coke to smelt one ton of ore. But
at present it requires only about three
fourths of ton of coke plus some
limestone to smelt a ton of. ore. In
the near future, it may become more
economical to ship the coke to the
ore. If this occurs, northern Mime.
sofa, and especially the city of Duluth,
will experience an industrial develop
ment of unequaled magnitude. In
deed, the beginning is already made
in the construction of the new twenty.
million-dollar steel plant at Duluth.
The Irish standard., 1914-12-05
BELGIUM THE ANSWER.

1t has long been favored argu-
ment among the members of the Prot
estant Alliance to say that all Catho-
lie countries are priest-ridden and con-
seQuently become decadent because Of
their religion. This favored argument
was used in pointing to the progress
of the countries where Professionalism
prevails and where Professionalism was
pointed out as the cause of the tenn
poral prosperity. The conflict In Eu-
rope has given to the world one of
the most noted answers to this false
hood that history records. Catholic
Belgium is the answer. The arts, the
sciences, the education, and the re-
ligion of Belgium is under Catholic in.
fluence. Belgium was a Catholic
country and no people in the world
have yer given better account of
their faith, their patriotism and their
bravery than the poor, unfortunate
Belgians, who, for these long weary
months have protected England from
invasion and France from destruction
Had it not been Antwerp 1t would
have been Paris, had it not been Bel
GUM it would have been England, and
when Belgium protected Calais she
protected London.