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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
SYNOPSIS.

Enoch Wentworth. newspaper man. and
andrew Merry. actor. after the guestS a. ~
a poker party have departed, play last
hand, the stakes absolute control or the
future Of the loser. Wentworth wins ano
IL is decided to keep the naattsF a secret;
Dorcas, Enoch's sister. becomes 2nteresteo
in Merry. Knowing OF his shortcomings
from her brother. she tries to arouse the
actors ambition. He outlines the plot OF
q play he has had In mind and Sne urges
him to go to work on 1t. When he COM
paetes the play and reads 1t to Went
worth the latter demands II as the Tor
salt OF the bond won In the Poker game
Preparations for staging tho play are De
gun. but Merry. ~ho Is 10 play tho LEAD
Ing part, is missing. Dorcas ks asked TO
clay ''Cordelia," the leading female part.
IHhe quarrels with her brother for taking
All the credit for the piece and ignoring
his best friend. Dorcas finds Merry
among the down-and-oUts In q bread line
and takes him home with her prompted
by her interest he agrees to take the lead
In the play.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
CHAPTER x-cont7nued.

"Of course, In cases OF downright
genius it Is different There is Merry.
If we except tragedy. I believe he
could portray any character from gay
yese comedy to intense emotion. ! pre-
dict for your sisters 'C0rdelia' sue
cess that will stir New York to enthu-
siasm. but she could newer play any
thing but sweet, truehearted woman.
NO matter how hard she tried. she
would fail in the part OF false, I'm.
scrupulous adventures. DO you see
what am driving at?' U
Il think I do"
when you read your play to me
and John Esterbrook's' wife took
shape before my eyes. Zilln Paget
came to my memory. asked you then
no reserve the part for her. because.
~ can judge human nature, she Is
the woman's prototype"
Miss Paget must be a Rend incar-
mate II Mrs. Esterbrook is not bad
enough for her."
I'm not as merciless as that! Let
me tell you what Judge her by. Sea-
son after season she was cast I'm Lon
don companies for women OF the lower
type or Of bad morals. Sometimes
she was cold-blooded. scheming ad-
ventures, or a creature SO cruel, so
heartless and unwomanly that che
seemed a defamation ct the sex.
Miss Paget was making q name for
herself when an idiotic manager cast
her AZ a sweet, refined. home-loving
woman. never sat through such a
pitiful failure. She played 1t for two
nights, then she was thrown aside.
She had q long run of hard luck Man
agers forgot how remarkably she had
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
FOOD FACTS
What An M. D. Learned.

A prominent Georgia physician went
through a food experience which ne
makes public.
1T was my own experience that
first led me to advocate Grape-Nuts
food and I also know, from having
prescribed it to convalescents ana
other weak patients, that the food Is
wonderful rebuilder and restorer u
nerve and brain tissue. as well as mus
Gle. 1t improves the digestion ana
sick patients gain very rapidly, just
as I did in strength and weight.
IT was In such low state that l
had to give up my work entirely, anu
went to the mountains of this state
but two months there did not improve
me; In fact, I was not quite as well
as when / left home.
my food did not sustain me and
It became plain that must change
Then began to use Grape-Nuts food
and in two weeks I could walk mile
without fatigue, and in five weeks re-
turned to my home and practice, tan
ing up hard work again. Since thai
time I have felt as well and strong
as ever did in my life.
"As a physician who seeks to hell
all sufferers, consider 1t a duty to
make these facts public" Name giver
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Trial 10 days of Grape-Nuts, when
regular food does not seem to sustain
the body, works wonders. There's a
Reason"
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, 1.-THE Road to Welivilia."
Ever read the shove letterf a new
one appears from time 60 time. Thsy
are genuine, tyus, and fun 81 hunso
interest
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
~Are You SURE She is So sad?"

"Arc You Sure She ts So 6ad?"
played bad woman. The failure as a
good woman was laid up against her."
II thought she had a tremendous
success last winter"
She had. She came In, after drift
ing through the provinces In small
parts, and chance threw I'm her way
one OF the most dastardly female parts
ever put on the stage. She made it
90 real that, blase old fheaher goer as
I am, I longsd to throttle her. One
night happened to meet her socially.
Xilla Paget assured me Rhaf IN one
case at least my theory WAS right She
vas everything she portrayed on the
stage, and beyond this. She WAS abso-
autely drunken with vanity"
@Ars you sure she In 80 bad?"
Esnoch spoke coldly. she is one of
die most beautiful women I ever saw
hn my life
That makes her more dangerous. I
have actually doubted whether l did
night when brought her to a new
country and put her among decent
aOople-"
Have you anything against the
McMan except-theories.
Merely scraps Of her history, which
ARE authentic. She came from the low
isst stratum Of factory lie I'm Leeds
land married above her. The young
huxhand was dAvotad In 3aer hahv
came. little boy who vas blind. To
shat sort OF woman neifher child nor
husband tn . tie. Shs brnke loose,
. year OF two after hsr marriage and
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
CHAPTER xI
The voiks,


A city's electric lights were begin.
ming to blaze through the twilight
when Wentworth knocked at the door
of Merry's dressing room.
Comet" cried the actor sharply.
As Enoch entered he felt a throb OF
longing for the old warm friendship.
Andrews face paled for a moment as
he looked up at his visitor. He nodded
but did not speak. Kelly. who acted
as Merry's valet during his prosperous
seasons, lifted heap Of garments
from chair and set it before Enoch.
who took tt in silence. Andrew sat
staring into a mirror while he ex-
perimented with a makeup for the
broken-down convict In the third act.
He dashed line after line into his face,
blending each lightly into the grease
paint. Nobody spoke-even Kelly
seemed to have fallen under the spell
Of quiet. He knelt on the floor polish
ing shoes with stolid industry. Enoch
wondered curiously what the keen old
Irishman was thinking. He had known
nothing between them but a most fra
ternal friendship. The silence became
oppressive. At last Wentworth spoke.
"Are you going to be alone soon,
Merry? want to have talk with you
about business"
Andrew did not look up while he an
swered carelessly, It'll be alone in a
few minutes. Kelly has an errand to
do at the tailor's. You may go now"
he added, nodding to the valet; there's
no hurry about the shoes"
When the old man shut the door be-
hind him Andrew did not turn his
gaze from the mirror. The reflection
of wentworth's face was close beside
his own. He could see that his visitor
was i'll at ease.
"Well?" he said interrogatively.
Cant you turn round and face me
while we TALK" asked the elder man
impatiently.
Andrew wheeled about and his eyes
met Wentworth's calmly. Certainly,
I can face you"
The red surged into Enoch's face,
then hard lines wrinkled about his
mouth. His mood had changed. He
spoke with brutal consciseness.
Oswald and I have decided that
there ought to be few changes made
In the text of-the play"
"Of your play" corrected Merry.
There is one weak point in It,"
Enoch went on deliberately. Mrs.
Esterbrook' draws on the sympathy
of the audience for few moments
when 'Cordelia' leaves her. A woman
of that caliber could have no such feel
ing"
"No?"
"No." Wentworth repeated the word
almost furiously. He began to twist
his hands.
81 suppose that act ought to be re-
written"
mot rewritten, simply elaborated.
Strike out some lines. put in others"
why don't you do it,"
why don't do it," Enoch jumped
| tn his feet shaken by sudden impulse
of rage. That's nice question to ask
, me"
'It has never seemed to me there
WAS anything particularly nice in the
whole situation" Andrews tones
were on q calm level.
"We1l leave that out Of the question
l-altogether," growled Wentworth. II
should never have intruded upon you
Init for this reason. You can see the
exigencies of the case. You've got to
| retouch the play.
81 will not lay q pen to the play. "
Andrew turned as IL the conversation
| we're at an end and began to pencil
| rareworn wrinkles on his cheeks.
Enoch tipped his chair back against
| ,ne wall put his feet on the rungs. and
began to think Nobody knew % well
Il
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
What Hurt Him.

And you say, after they had black
ened your character, they found they
were wrong?"
Eyes. l was, you might say, injured
by a premature blast"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11

Lots Of fellows bave married fCf
money without being sble to collect
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
Intermittent.

Knicker-Any luck?
Bocker-No, the fish seemed to be
In part time schools.
Evening star., 1914-08-09

the six DAYS. The other half had been engaged by
a woman of whom she knew nothing whatever, not
SO much as her name
1t stateroom unusual in arrangement and
luxurious in appointment. Though designed for two
passengers it had upper BERTH twin brass bedsteads
stood end to end against the inner wall The other
furniture comprised capacious chest of drawers,
comfortable sofa and two wicker arm-chairs At one
end doors admitted to cramped but adequate
lavatory and a roomy clothespress. The woodwork
enameled creamy white, and the walls boasted
panels Of golden brocade-a color scheme conveying
effect at once Of warmth arness, and scrupulous
cleanliness.
With grave little nod the girl approved. If ex-
pensve,-and it horribly expensive for her slender
purse,-this stateroom well worth all it had cost
her Moreover she had been without choice of cheaper
accommodations: lacking audacty the to
engage this eabne de ure she would have been obliged
to take passage by another vessel sailing later date
for not another first secondcabn berth had been
available aboard the Asata.
Miss Carteret, however, accepted these fruits of
travagance contentedy enough (thee in her blood
the instinct for luxury at any cost) though now her
purse upon examination yielded but four golden
sovereigns, half-soveregn, hafcrown, shilling,
and few ponderous copper pennies, barely enough tor
the inevitable tips the end of the voyage. She would
land in New York practically pennless. But that
would be day the seventh Distant sufficient unto
it its potential mischief.
CharacteriStcalv Miss Carteret dismissed whatever
msgivings may have preyed upon her mood. matter
of immediate moment engaged her attention nsstenty,
she very tired the last few nights had brought
her little sleep, thanks the excitement engendered
by contemplation of step whose boldness unprec
edented in her history.
But now, with that the step successfully taken
citement yielded place to fatigue. Unlocking and in
part unpacng both bag and trunk, she appropriated
a fair half of the wardrobe accommodations, then
wrapped herself in dressing gown and lay down on
Evening star., 1914-08-09
CHAPTER 1

senger found her way by dnt OF persistence through
the pandemonum in the pershed to the Asata's first
cabin gangway.
This was young woman not far beyond her twentieth
year. with tall and slender body, face of uncommon
distinction, and at the time somewhat pale, and strik
ing abundance of hair the color of red gold Dressed
simply in dark travelling costume, with hat in excellent
accord she carried, in addition to light wrap and
tightly rolled umbrella, conspicuously Oxford
bag lettered in black d. C.-New York" Behind her
porter staggered beneath her only other piece Of lug
gage-a battered black-leather trunk of great age,
which, curously enough, bore the legend in letters of
white half obliterated, a. C.-London.'
Tipping and disrnssing the man, the girl confidently
assembled the gangway the saloon deck of the Asata
and asked steward conduct her to her stateroom,
displaying the same time ticket emitting 4Lucy
Carteret, Spnster" to a berth in Room IS, Deck B.
A shrewd observer would have in her one KEYED
to high pitch Of anxiety; but nothing in her manner
the expression Of her grave but alert eyes betrayed
she unmasked to the extent permitted by nature
prone emotional manifestations in private
She sighed profoundly and, sitting the edge of bed
her straight shoulders bowed her head dropping hands
stlessy half open her lap, let her entire being relax
with the passing Of an inordnate oppression.
For minutes she held this posture; then rising
she boted the door, fingered before ulllength mirror
to her hat eyng her reflection with shadowy,
puzzling sile and turned away review the cbice,
one-haf of which she entitled to call her for
Copyright. BY I-ousJ Joseph Vance.
Evening star., 1914-08-09

her maiden season the Alsatia, 3largest
steamship in the world of her day and
generation, was advertised to leave
Liverpool for New York via Queens
town, promptly at five o'clock in the
afternoon of every third Saturday.
At about one o'clock of a Saturday
ln4n ;r, Cnntnxnhnr ono fnrnhnndad 1,nc
Evening star., 1914-08-09

ruddv gloom within her closed eveds-of the life she
had dismissed of the temerarous adventure that
gagged her. of the life to which she looked forward.
CHAPTER II
IN time knocking sounded on the door of BIS
The girl stirred, moved her head mpatently then
again relapsed into benumbing languor.
But the knocking grew imperative, and the deeps OF
sleep disturbed by other sounds we'll by voices
Miss Cartcret fully to her in the act of
unasening the door, But of sudden she paused with
fingers resting nerveess upon drawn bolt eyes wide
with apprehension, and her face robbed of all that
gracious color with which sleep had mbued it. For
instant she stood So doubt and hesitation listening;
then reassured she drew the bolt clear and opened
the door,
This act disclosed two figures waiting beyond the
threshold,-a luggage-laden steward and lady of
abundant person and postmature years, in gown not
three days out the Rue de la Paix.
"Pm sorry" the girl apoogzed, standing aside. Il
quite sound asleep and couldn't seem to wake up
"But it is | who sorry to have disturbed you
With nod and smile of acknowledgment the speaker
sailed grandy into the stateroom; which lncontnenty,
for all its luxury and magncence receded to the rea
tive status of an inconsplcuous background tor her
somewhat overpowering Presence.
Submitting perforce to the necessity of travelling with
privacy Miss Cartere hadn't bargained for the
pany of Dowager Duchess and this Presence bodied
forth every redoubable inch of that high estate. Her
sixty years quick with the spirit Of forty She
her with the high patrician bridge. makeup OF
most excellent discretion supplemented charms by no
hopelessly passee An mpeccable taste in dress
achieved sobriey suit her age while escaping gloom
and stiffness. There evidences of vigorous tenn
per- dominated by lively appreciation of the humorous.
nvincihle self confidence seasoned acquaintance
with the world, and devastating curloSlty-a hand
some figure a personality to be reckoned with.
BY accent and mode OF speech true American this
Evening star., 1914-08-09

"A fine. thoughtful
wrinkle marred the
habitual serenity of Mrs.
Beggarstaffs forehead"
Evening star., 1914-08-09

one of the beds. Transient, odd visions painted the
ruddv gloom within her closed eyeldso the life she
had dismissed of the temerarous adventure that
gagged her. of the life to which she looked forward.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-16

with wooden leg.
We've eaten that kind of steak.
Well bet a bag of peanuts to a
smile that all those resolutions you
made the first of this month. are all
shot to pieces.
A play called when Women Are
Silent" is drawing big crowds in Bos-
ton.
No wonder, with a name like that!
. Prof. Armand Gautier of Paris rec
ommends dogs milk for weak babies.
Maybe it's strengthen them so that
they can get out of their cradles and
chase rabbits.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-16
THAW DENIED BAIL

Concord, NJ, H., Jan. 16.-Harry K.
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White and
fugitive from Matteawan, has been
denied bail in the U. S. district court
in an order issued by Judge Aldrich
until the general habeas hearing is
held !.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-16

thorities forced some strikers to sur
render by threat to blow up the hall
they were barricaded in.
They haven't got anything on US.
Look at Calumet. Rotten!
The chiVaIry of man is all shot to
pieces when when one boards one of
the street railway company's "sar-
dine cans" ....
An elbow in the eye is what any
woman is liable to receive from any
man when said man, himself four feet
around, is forced to stand in space
two feet square.
The correct title for railway mag
mates is packers" They sure pack
the people in.
And while on the subject, have you
noticed that about the only portion of
you that gets cold in the rush hours
is your feet?
That's because there are so-many
people jammed in so small space
and because the ventilation is rotten.
Everybody has to breathe the same
air over and over and naturally that
makes the atmosphere warm and
rank.
And especially so if somebody has
been eating garlic.
Governor Ferris has queered him
self.
He said in telegram to Wilson:
eff Rep. Macdonald has said that no
constitutional government exists in
the Calumet copper strike district, he
(MacDonald) is a traitor to his dis,
trict and to the state of Michigan"
Just where would you imagine Fer
ris stands? That's what we think.
DR.. John r. LittlefieId of Cumber-
land, Nd, says bedbugs cause can
Ger.
Mebby so. And they also cause
lack of sleep.
Someone suggests that we shake
off the yoke of the egg trust.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-16
MAN MAY DIE OF PECULIAR
PoISONING-QUEER CASE

Jacob Chapman, a Wells-Fargo
Express Company driver, who may
die in terrible agony before the end
of another week, smoked a cigar at
the roquois Hospital today and joked
with physicians in consultation on
his case.
Chapman carried an express pack
age, partly opened, to the city health
department Wednesday morning and
handed it to E. w. Sweeney, a clerk.
Sweeney opened the package and
found it contained tissues of a cows
lungs sent to the department for an
alysis. The analysis showed the
presence of deadly anthrax germs
and Sweeney was promptly vac
cinated.
A search was made for Chapman.
He had taken days vacation and
was not found until last night, when
physicians say they discovered symp-
toms of virulent poisoning. An anti
toxin serum was injected into his
blood early today.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-31

good, especially in the spring. Splen-
did, gamey trout Weighing from
eight to twelve pounds provide eX-
hilarating sport to the rod and line
artist. Numerous lakes in the noun
tains vie with the streams in their
angling attractions.
Other sections may offer better
big game hunting, others better field
bird shooting, still others better wa
terfowl sport, but where else can
ALL these be found in such abund-
ance? And that, too, within a few
hours ride of our largest cities.
Deer, elk, bear are found in the
mountains. The writer has started
two deer within the same half hour
less than a mile from Ashland, and
has seen both deer and bear within
six miles of Medford. Rabbits and
feathered game are plentiful in the
lowlands. The lakes TEEN with wa
terfowl at the time of the spring and
fall migrations.
Camping places, with an abund'
ance of spring water, firewood and
shelter, close to excellent fishing and
hunting and also to supply stores, are
plentiful. Life in the open is a de-
light for nine months of the year.
From the washed sands of the
Pacific coast to the snowy SUBMITS
of the Cascades, in forest or valley,
by lake or stream, in the bracing air
of an Alpine height or by the side
of health-giving mineral spring,
southern Oregon is the campers par
adise.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-31

called "the most beautiful sight in
America"
On the southern slope the noun
tain sides are less wooded and a. mar
velous panorama of lofty peaks and
ridges, undulating foothills and ver-
dant valleys stretches out as far as
the eye can see. The little towns of
Cole, Hit and Hornbrook nestle
against the foot of the mountain,
while old Shasta rears it's lofty snow
cap as a sentinel over northern Cali
fornia's thousands of broad acres.
From the foot of the Siskiyou
grade to Ashland, seven miles, is a
fine granite road connecting with
Ashlands splendid asphalt pave
ments. Between Ashland and Cen
tral Point, passing through Talent,
Phoenix and Medford, the Pacific
Highway has been made model
piece of permanent roadway, built
under the supervision of the state
highway commission at a cost of
about $4,000 per mile. The road
consists of a center section sixteen
feet wide of concrete and bitulithic
construction with four-foot macadam
shoulders on either side.
One must not imagine that this
high-grade road construction is linn
tied to the more cultivated sections
of the valley. The surrounding
mountain districts are well supplied
with good roads. New roads are be-
ing extended in every direction. The
county appreciates the value of Its
tourist attractions and is making this
asset available by good road con
struction in the more remote sec.
tions.
The wonderful S5-mile drive wind
ing up the slopes of the Cascades tC
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-31

nually, we'll scattered over the wear
1t seldom gets warmer than 100 de-
gress in summer, nor lower than 20
degrees above zero in winter. The
writer has suffered more from the
heat in one day in Minnesota than
through the entire summer in the
Rogue River Valley. The nights are
invariably cool. There are no epi.
denies; contagious diseases are re-
duced to the minimum no malaria,
no insect pests. Thunder storms are
almost unknown, winds are never Sc
we're, dust storms never occur.
Although the three winter months
constitute what is called the rainy
season, fully 40 per cent of these
days are bright and sunny, inviting
to outdoor life. Flowing is carried
on every week of the year. To sum
up, it is a good 365-day climtae with
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-31

couver, B. c., to San Diego, Cal. The
section covering the passage of the
Siskiyou Mountains is a delight, botE
to the road builder and the traveller.
For thirteen miles gradual, con
stant easy grade of less than 5 PEI
cent climbs the slopes, through ma
jestic forests of virgin pine, cedar
and fir. There are no steep pitches,
no sharp turns, no narrow places
On the northern slope, through gaps
in the sylvan border may be SEEN
stretching out for twenty-five miles
the beautiful valley of the Rogue
1t was this view--''the Rogue River
Valley form the summit of the Siski-
yous in spring Bishop Joyce
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-12-31

house containing three tubs was
built, and the patronage of the public
solicited. Three years later small
wooden swimming pool was construct
ed over a cluster of the springs, in
which the small boys sported "in the
raw" (behind closed doors) at ten
cents per head, while on ladies
day" (also with locked doors) Moth
er Hubbard gowns predominated in
colors and styles to suit the individ-
ual tastes of the swimmers.
But the spirit of the times
changes. The public demands for a
real" bath house and swimming
place became so apparent that in