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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-30
CHAPTER cLxvln.
copyright. 1914, by the Newspaper
Enterprite Assoc iation,l

Do you know. little book. be.
lievc am actually Jealous Of Mary I
I know n speaks very badly Tor my
atreneth of character or my regard
Tor Mary. who IL one Of the sweetest
girls / have ever known. bat here
are the facts IN the case land !
would rather die than 10 tell them
10 any one but YOU. my dear diary /.
No one. N do say 70 myself.
could have been more sympathetic
and helpful 10 all Of Dicks family
than I. have given all of myself
not only TO Dick. but to Aunt Mary,
Mollie. Jack. Mother and Dad WAY.
erly. whenever they needed me, and
here Mary steps IN. and. because
she has lost her baby, which she
ought not 20 have had at all. the
whole family is ready 20 fall down
and worship her.
Jack is. ~ course, adoring, which
il as II should be. but he is much
more demonstratiye than DICK has
ever been. and sometimes II hurts
me little when ! think how al.
most always Dick takes everything
| do and say as n matter OF course.
while Jack seems to think that no
one I'm the world could ever do as
fine as Mary. who II Just lying In
her bed at the hospital and taking
everybody's alteration with very
sweet smile.
Mollle has not said much about
Mary yet have a feeling she
viii never be az great friends with
her as she Is with me, for, notwlth.
standing Mary has been on the
stage. yet she is singularly conven-
tlonal I'm her manner Of thought.
and Mollie. God bless her. is as
original as she IN clever.
Mollie has the making OF one of
the most splendid of women. or
she may bring about the greatest
of catastrophes. and Mary IL one OF
those lovable little women who new
er step on any ones toes, because
they never walk out OF the beaten
path or try 10 pass any one.
| am too Independent. too aggres-
sive, 20 gain universal love. Those
who love me. however. love me very
much. and those who do not like
me hate me. don't believe any
one IL ever indifferent 20 me.
Just now everybody ~ talking
about Mary's apartment and Aunt
Mary and Mother are both advising.
Poor Mary is lying back on her
pillows and smiling. and making
each woman believe that her advice
is tho one she will take, while /, Ia
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longer cared 60 eat lie chopped
loose the flooring Of his boat. the
cabin Sides, the upper part Of the
centcrhoard well. the ocnterboatd
itself. and the almost decking lie
had many pelta. but bis body gen.
Grated little warmth. and once
day he fed his fire freely TO drive
the temperature up few degrees
nearer zero.
The swollen knee Joint. had
ceased To- pain him At first he
was troubled by this fact aud then
be ala not care Could he have
seen his haggard. bony face. with
it's skin. tightdrawn from polat to
point. he would not have known II
for his own.
lie had grown very weak The
hot spark OF life within him was
turning al last 20 gray ash lie
felt no romoruo Had he. Gene
Lafargue. not played the game like
Il man 60 tho end7
The North had made OF hia
mighty effort n great Jest. The
man raised himself feebly on one
arm n laugh" he tried 10 cry
deflantly, but tho words we're just
a hoarse croaking. Cropping Tor the
chalk. the man raised irs hand and
uncertainty reached toward the
score board Opposite the word
Wolves be marked the figure 8.
lie fell back among his pcltn and
blankets with face turned toward
the aheetiron stove II still vas
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warm from the last charge ~ fuel
Ills eyes we're closed. but he
reached out aud pressed his hand
against the hot surface. a smell
uf AcOrched flesh was ln the air.
but he ala not know The stove
remained Ia place He pressed
harder II fell 10 In side and the
glowing embcrh scattered out Ills
eyes opened ht tho sound. and he
smiled with them. though his lips
remained set Foebly be- thrust to-
ward the nearest ombor a splinter
of wood aud watched iis ignition
with approval Then. more feebly.
be showed toward the flame q board
fragment aud saw the flame curl 40
about Il
The flames spread along the
cabin walls, Tho space within be
came smoke.filled The fire rose
upward aud ate ltH way through the
roofing
The man lay very Rtill as with
the placid languor OF utter drowsi.
ness. To his dlmmed conscious
ness sensations came but haltlngly
aud gently. as 10 the ear might
come faint. halfheeded sound
waves OF distant Sabbath bells
across lonely country side. sun
warmed aud Towering.
II was as though. like a thing
aloof, his soul departing. heHltani,
stood Off q space 10 watch the dis
earded meats cremation.
fTtE END1
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JOY OF ACHIEVEMENT
A Tale % Gene Lataraue and
the Ten Thousand lraots
ey Frank Hepburn Crawford
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teFprfsr Assostatton

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terpri-e Association
Day after day a lonely. naked.
brown-faced man desperately PLAYED
q strange game Ia the face OF the
desolate Huron shore. And the
wind and the ancient forest save
no sign of the lapse of time, but
watched the game With curious,
grim intentness. Far on into DC.
toher the man plued his puny
strength against the ipeNorahle ap-
preach OF winter
For him 20 dive from the deck
Of his sioon toward the skeleton
wreck OF the wooden steamer, ten
feet beneath his keel meant 90 cast
himself headlong into a cold that
squeezed the blood surging back in
10 his heart. that gripped his tense
muscles and wrung the life from
out them. that made OF his brain
lust a bruised center Tor recurrcnt
SENSING Of great physical shock
Each time he won again TO the sur
face. with straight black hair glist-
ening vet above his eyes he clsmh-
cred aboard his sloop with the stiff,
inAgile movements OF wasted,
weak old man. Yet he would ham
mer his purpled body and hang
above the glowing stove. stretching
out his arms above Il. then. glanc.
Ing toward his cabin wall az the
chalk record OF his work. still In
complete. would step to deck and
dive again.
Came at last. however. the night
when the tale Of the 10000 copper
ingots the man had sought was
complete And of this 10000 all
but a score were cached behind the
shore. while the rest lay stacked In
the water on the sandy reef by
which the wreck had grounded. and
the ciean.picked bones OF the skele-
ton Loup Garou we're left 20 rot
alone
Working with desperate haste.
each measure Of which marked a
paipahIe drain on his failing vital.
nv. Gene Lafargue loaded the last
Of his ingots. scraping the bars M
from the sand through a thickening
scrm OF ice that formed In the pool
ieft BY their removal and casting
them ice-sheathed down within the
cockpit
Now thew we're all HIS own He
stopped within his cabin 10 peer
exuitantly BY the light % an oil
lamp at the groups OF four verti.
cal chalk lines crossed diagonally
hy fifth. that had marked the
progress Of his lonely task Each
stroke had meant ten ingots raised
from the Loup Garou Each group
Of five with a ring around Il stood
for so loaded on the sloop. There
we're zoo circled groups. and At 20
pounds each. and lake copper scarce
At IS cents a pound. tho 10000
ingpss ravaged from the wreck were
4 treasure worth $50. 900
The man was cold and hungry and
utterly weary The skin. tight
stretched across his cheekbones.
was blaekened there by long ex-
posture TO water and wind and frost.
His eyes were sunken and his long
law lean and hairless But In his
eonl as be scanned the circled lines
~ chalk was the warming JOY Of
achievement. and he leaned forward
TO mark beneath that record. Las,
load. November To-
Now he would smash his way
hack 10 shore through the ice.
cache his last load. get out again
and try to reach Port Huron. far
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AN Interview WITH Gen. Villas Wife,
Villa, Her, Is Not Hero! He Is Nothing Less Than God
By Norman M. Walker.

Copyright 1914 Enterprise Association? -
CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, May 30, 1914. =
"Es guerro. senior. and Is always terrible!
But have / things in Mexico IN peaeef
Have little innocent girls carried off byhe
rurales Of Don Luis Terrszas who owned ten moubcres
ruled in Chihuahua like kng7 Have not this
tyrants tools ruin homes kill ruin women and STAY
even babes ??
SO said Sonora Luz Corral Villa when called
10 interview her for The Star-Senora Villa who IS the
patient little Of Villa the OF the north, the
twentieth century Napoleon OF the western continents
sHE's DECORATED WITH JEwELRY
well formed forehead complexion rich in color and texture
OF lmpd brown straight Casian nose set above
somewhat large mouth which is emphasized by thick lower lip and
a well formed chin.
a pendant Is
buckles bran jewele combs massive hair ornament
villa she back the leather couch In her apartments
THERE is BIT ONE MRS viI.iA~take my word for that
There could not be another for the mutual devotion that have
light the and I'M the OF these two children of the
Aztecs could be mistaken.
there bel know. But who in Mexico is
there who does not have eopauea in the camps and ae with
the troops That is Mexico and exIco Is not the United States
villa think Pancho villa
mother OF mountains her fathers rancho in San Anaeas and wooed
She when
Of 1900 and took from Felix Teazas all Of the federal which
had from Chihuahua bring
lie ia her Panchoher brave
husband. o he family who
home under her roof are her duties
Women OF her country know little of the affairs
she is daughter of Mexico
Il know something Of war she continued sadly
with but Of peace NJ
the poor.
Luoa might on.
AlEs SADDLE be made slave chihuahua
Sa in That was worse tia" death. But all that has
driven country and WOMEN AZ
no LONGER SLAVES am thankful that Pancho
thing TO do with It."
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GIRL HELD AS SLAYER
ENDS LIFE IN CELL

NEW ORLEANS. May 30.-Mlss
Augusta Edwards. aged "a. who last
July killed George Riehl. merchant.
on crowded street car here, after
charging that he had wronged her.
committed suicide In her cell here
today. The supreme court yesterday
confirmed her life sentence. She
was the only white woman ever con.
victed In the South for killing an
alleged betrayer.
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t.. missing the head. bat gnahins
deep IN the shoulder Tho wolr
reeled. but gained its poiHe again
and uugod toward itH antagonist
locking ita jaws about the mans
fractured knee cap with a grip like
a sprung steel trap The anguish Of
II turned the mnu weak and he
staggered back against the cabin,
ehoppius down al the head with
gray tufts above the ewes aud lines
of gray along the noHtril ridge hut
the yaWuing jaws fell open, aud
with final tremor The Drained
beast las proutratc across his feet
When the auhHidlng pain OF his
lacerated knee permitted. he limped
back. dragging the new wolf with
him. and scored one each for Man
and Wolves. at the same time eraH.
ing one OF the Mans marks Tor the
preceding day. leaving the score
two all
That day he dragged out more
ballast. replaced the square OF floor
ms. and. bringing out tho trap-door
Of the collarrt. dashed on top of II
the weights. and then propped Il M
on deck with a farol. 10 which he
had tied line reaching down With
Ia his cabin At night he placed
the entrails OF the last wolf beneath
the trap and waited p.ering
through the crack OF his partly
opened cabin door. Win the com,
ing OF the stars the six wolves
closed again about the sluop Three
leApsd lightly 20 the deck. and IA
one stretched forward Tor the meat
the trap fell aud crushed his head
Before the othorH could take al
vantage OF his death the man had
dragged him down and Ia the cabin
The game waa close. lie reached
for his chalk and marked another
score FOR himself Il stood now
tire. TO Two Ia his favor Hut five
of the original ten we're left A
savage within caused him 10 so out
again
I'm one ahead" he called aloud
Sulleuly they heard. aud. railhnE
their Eaunt heads 10 the taiturcd
clnuda. they howled their weird la.
meut
Again tho next might he set his
trap. and. hungcrhra one dared
again 80 enter This time the
weight fell va that u crushed the
beasts forelrgs. but when the man
limpcd out with his ak the oihera
fell upon the injured one. aud whiic
he Drained one. the remaining
fhr.s.. a..s.ssr.N a. 5000 s..f4fs -.
their own. and the score stood four
60 three against them
Il sas then that the mans sense
Of Justice showed him the unfair.
ness Of tho system ~ counting.
While each point he won lesaonod
their number aud increased his
prUYeuder. each point the wolves
son also leasrnrf their number.
while Sc food benefit 10 them was
a divided one For hours the man
pondered this new phase 81 the sit.
nation And then he addressed
them again.
II a Man dicu or you get him
first. Il counts you five. be an.
nounesd
Snow again vas falling In the
uiEht and tho three remaining
wolves lifted their voices In thln.
Ions drawn. hungry howl OF assent
O. The fairness 81 this scheme 81
things
Nov the man had food In plenty
% It's Kind Hut the unehangiax
diet ~ unsalfed fried wolf flesh
had become rrpsiirnf Ito no
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Wires HIS GIRL
PROPOSAL; AND
She TOOK HIM UP

Twenty-three Is lucky number
for alr. and Mrs Frank Douglas.
nswlyweds
Douglas. who rs cashier for the
New England Fish Co. became en-
gagged to Miss Ruby Gallagher be
fore he left the old folks. three
years ago back IN Winthrop. Mass
The other day he wired his lady
love that he had beautiful cot.
tage for two on the banks OF Puget
sound
I'm coming. she flashed back.
They were married yesterday
They are both %
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Ing. flooding tho frlgid midnight air
with palpitaut waves Il Was the
primal aud the ultimate yoiclng 81
the worid.old melancholy of all life
peering outward. the man saw
that the snow had ceased and the
stars We're far Elittoting points
above the world Aud he saw at
last the hitherto halfHensed pres
ence
Gaunt they we're. aud thoir eyea
were bright with the cmboldened
esgefness OF long hunger Occa.
sluually one would stand aud.
touching the snow with his quiN-
ering brush point his lean JAWS
TO the distant stars and break out
into the long wolf howl
THE man with the Injured kuee
crepi back into the cabin with some
titewuod
lelll" he remarked.
During the night he heard the
paddlng OF many feet on the deck
above him
At morning ho opened His door
quickly and limpcd out. AK IN hand
A gray form leaped. bui the ak
blow WAS quicker and u great wolf
plunged forward aud lay quiyering
In death ON the foottracked snow
beside the sloop
Brilliantly the man faced 90 the
north.
The iest was turned o, had
been wiiled that the wolves be-
siege him. and here ~ their mum
Der was one dead by his hand
and OF It's skin he would make a
covering. aud ~ SIS flesh his food
Hut even as he started forward
the pack Wer. upon the fallen
leader and Ia space he was not
The man. with reckless fury,
flung himself upon them as thef
fought for their food. and his nx
swung twice among them before
they drew away la the brains OF
one L sank. and anothcr's hack Was
broken. so that Il writhed con
vulsiYely al his feet. and he struck
d again to still IL
BEFORE the cold could stlifen their
forms he roughly skinned them and
dragged one red carcass within the
cabin for Immediate consumption.
while the other he chopped In sec.
lions and stuffed ia locker be-
meath the tlller
That nlght he slept with heavy
belly and dreamed much lie
dreamed Il was game the pack
aud he were playing. and each
wolf Sas point and death
scored one 10 the side that got the
meat When he awoke the next
day. With touch 81 grim humor
he ehalked a Hcoreboard on a bare
space 81 the cabin wall
lie wrote. Man. and beneath
thss. Wolves" and between the
two drew horizontal mne. To
the right Of tho words he drew
number ~ vertical lines 10 mark
tho days. and gne~sing al the
time. he dated them successfully
For the first day he scored two
points for the man and one for the
wolves Then he again threw open
his door
Two forms akulksd In the cock,
pit. but as he stopped through his
door and limpcd out. one flashed
hY him with a splendid leap up
through the uncovered part. while
the other. corncrrd beneath the
canvas top. sprang fun At his throat
to be met by the outihrust AZ head
Snarllng Il foil back. and with
quick recovery the man slanhed ut
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SLIT SKIRT WINS
IN "HOOPS" DEBATE

PHILADELPHIA. May 30
Turn back In the old family al.
buY TO those little gems OF pho
tographs, yellowed with age.
See the sweetfaoed women,
hands demurely folded. modestly
clad In the great diameter hoop.
skirts.
Then turn 20 the latest photo
album, with the snappy snap
shots Of slit skirts. sllken hosiery
and that air OF independence and
absolute confidence In ones own
destiny which 10 apparent on the
feminine faces.
The question at Issue In the de-
bate, the last OF the year al Bryn
Mswr college, which was held
few days ago, was:
Resolved, That the middle
Victorian women made better
wives than the modern feminist
does"
The hoopsklrt lost.
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THE STARS SATURDAY SHORT STORY


toward the south. lie would winter
there. and then IN the sprlnr the
ice would hrcGk he would return
Ia the spring and he would dig
up these lngots ana market thrm
with caution with very prCat
caution
lie awobe tn the gray HIGHT OF
early morning
To the south. from end TO end OF
the half.moou bay in which he Was.
the ice had bridgcd the lake,
Tentatively the man pounded ON
the Ice With his az head Il did not
break Cautiously be clamhered
out on H.
The man. with shouldercd AK.
trudged shorcward 10 the trench
he had dug beyond the ice eau
tioualN he iopped from q Young
pine its lower limbs. and these he
dashed into rough sled form
More cautiously. for On this tenn
perature his az would be- scarce
tougher than a blade Oi grass. he
chopped much nrcwood, hauling
IL back to the sled across the ice
to the sioop ga two loads Tn
nrline the sail from the boom and
stretching It's doubled fold across
the open cockpit as a Kind OF roof
he erept within his tiny cabin that
might aud slept
When the man. unrested. woke
aud forced a passage beneath his
sail through the snow 20 the boat =
deck. he saw that his world OF an.
other day was turned from one oi
black lee 20 one 90 endless white
Taking what tea and food were
left. and bis blankets and kettle.
he left the sloop and trudEcd west
ward through the loose snow In the
face OF the tirrless wind. That daY
he won score OF miles, aud slept
az night. dog Ike, In a snow hole
behind sheltered corner OF the
shore Rcsumlug his way In the
gray morning. ne clamhercd across
a projecting fiugcf % land 10 make
his way down again toward the
frozen lake edge. where the footing
was less rough u was here that
he slipped among the shore rocks
and pitched sideloug down The
sharp decnyity. Clawlng In the
snow. he rose again on his right
foot. stepped forward. and Tell IN a
helpless huddls a. though he bad
trusted his weight 10 an alder
staff
The man turned. and. hobhiing
with great caution. came At last 10
the ending OF his halfobllterated
trail Of the day before by night
fall he had retraccd Il ten miles
All day long an uneasy sense OF
some other presence had been with
him like an obsssion. All day Ions
he had failed 10 justify the dread
Cunningiy he would hobble on. and
then without warning. pause,
whirl In his tracks 20 stare 70 rear
ward Ever there vas nothing.
That night he slept uneaslly and
in pain. One time he came alertly
conscious and listened With intent
usss There was no sound.
Through all the painful toiliug OF
the ensuing DAY the man was
logged stu hy the sense Of an an
seen. silent presence that watched
his way from afar and followed y
with steaithy mcnacing That night
he won again and through the deep
ened snow 10 the shelter OF the ice.
bound sloop.
That night. too. he heard again
the fuli.toned voicing 81 IRE
medlable fault Hlgh up In the scale
I II commenced. like a demoniae
shrek. aiurring then slowly down
to the qulvering moan OF last des
pair. aud cadeneing In It's mournful
course through all the mingllng
moods OF fury. terror. anguish and
Hi.rnnr RlaIrr falling rlalnR fnlI
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PEDDLER WAS A
CLEVER FELLOW
With HIS HANDS

He wore old clothes that hung
loosely upon his gauni frame, An
old derby slouched low over his
head. His face was half-obscured
behind a black beard. and his bright.
heady eyes cleaned as Mamie Ran
dell opened her door at i3i4is Sew
enth av.. yesterday.
you have any old clothes. may
be-" he asked. but the woman shook
her head
HIS Whiskers laughed.
Well. | show YOU some tricks.
ya7"
And then he performed gracefully
several sleight-of.hand tricks.
After he had gone Miss Randell
missed 50.
She notified the police.
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CHIEF GRIFFITHS
TAKES ANOTHER
RAP AT CHARTER

Aside from several other reasons.
| am opposed TO the new charter be-
canse Il makes the head OF the de-
partment the court Of last resort in
suspendlnE men" said Police Chief
Griffiths today
As e Is nov. suspended officer
MAJ appeal to the civil service com.
mission for a hearing and the com.
mission may rcinstate him. The
"Hlnky Dlnk charter would take
this power out ~ the commission =
hands. making II merely an advisory
body
II II a reactiouary principle. ="
says Griffiths
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VETERAN Clasps
ANDDIESDURING
TALK ON SCHOOL

This IL pretty stiff climb for
me. but | know the children will be
n don't come said
75year-old Henry Fry, a Civil War
veteran. as he faced the long stair.
way to the second floor Of the Cas-
cade school yesterday afternoon A
few minutes later he was dead
lust az he was being introduced
to the pupils. 10 whom he was TO
have made a Memorial Day address,
the old veteran collapsed
lie had lost a leg In the war. aud
used a crutch.
lie lived nj 1915 Howell ~. lie In
survived by n widow. active In Re
lief Corps work
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NEW YORK. May 80 Anna
F'itzhugh. grand opera star. was a
chorus girl in THE Wizard OF OF
when David Montgomery made his
starring debut as the droll tin.
mar" In the same play.
Miss Ftzhugh IL now n grand op.
era singer with a European reputa.
tion and she'll return from Paris
soon to become the "tinman's''
bride
This IL her second matrimonial
venture. but Montgomery has been
looked upon by the theatrical pro.
fession az confirmed bachelor.
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REFUL, BOYS

Anybody who leaves his auto
standing before the entrance TO any
public building will get In bad with
the police. according TO a general
order 10 the force from Chief Grit.
fiths.
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MABEL GETS $40

Mabel Twede OF Ballard high won
the SO prize in the Seattle high
school defamation contest at Broad
way last night.
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Cal strawberries .... rEs 80
Local tfffifa sssssss..a. = 90 Rxra
Prices Paid Producers for fsutt~y 49,
Poultry. Veal aud Pars
EHEe .--rss+.r- st.-...-. -s
Hens fat ............. -
Old roostcrs. 1.-Two .... AZ
EFess '-s'----'.'--s.. Ia
DUCKS ---sssssss ssssr--. If
squads good size. dor =. .es
Guinea fowl. live. doz. - a a.
Belgian hares .....-.... a.
old pireona Eood size dz "a
Veal IS 70 i2o-ih .-. Il. q isu
Veal lafker '.'.-,.---s.. .oe q II
Pork. good block hogs aS q a.
Corrected daily by the Bradp~r "a,
Butter
Native washinEton
creamery. brick ...... .k
Native WRshln Eton
creamery. solid pack "a
Fresh Eastern creamery.
brick ................. sS
Eggs
Fresh ranch ..,...-..... sc
Cheese
Wisconsin triplets ..... sex
Wisconsin twins ...... 70
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