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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
CHAPTER VII.
Milford DjssDpears.

we must nave got nome to-
gether. felt sharp pain In my
shoulder, and my assailant stag
gered back and fetched up against
the wall with a bang. AS he did
SO, there was a clatter of foot
steps, and down the pavement
came the figure of a man, sprint
ing toward us.
The gentleman who had dis
turbed me did not wait for fur
Their developments. He set off
like a hare, disappearing from
sight before the newcomer could
reach us.
Directly the latter came under
the full glare of the nearest cleo
trio lamp, | saw it was Billy.
Burton" he cried. Cad!
might have known it.
A sharp pain flickered through
my shoulder. 81 believe I'm pune
tured," | laughed. Give us an
arm and let's get back to the
house"
We toddled up the pavement as
far as my gate. The front door
was wide open.
"Hullo, Billy" | said; "have
you been entertaining in my alb
sence?"
I'll tell you all about it in a
minute" he replied as We entered
and shut the door.
What Billy doesn't know about
knife-wounds may be regarded as
superfluous information. A brief
examination removed the frown
from his brow.
Its nothing" he said: only
a small vein. I'll dodge that up
in no time" He grinned, and,
taking out his handkerchief, tied
it tightly round my arm.
Now get your yarn off first
and then I'll talk" l said.
Billy shrugged his shoulders
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a few days?" inquired Billy.
"Oh, yes, SIR" replied the lady
behind the bar.
! had agreed to slip out from
Ashton next morning before
breakfast aud meet Billy in the
main road to Woodford. In the
meanwhile he was to pick up all
the Information possible about
Maurice and his belongings.
IN leave the car with you,
Billy" ! said. and take a cab on
to Maurice's Then, In case we
want the auto in a hurry, we can
be sure of getting it,"
We ordered cab, In which
placed my belongings. and then,
giving Billy a few bank-notes in
case of emergency, | clambered In
and set out on my journey to
Matrices.
Ashton proved to be good
sized, half-timbered house, stand
ing back in its own grounds some
way from the road. AS my cab
rumbled up the drive. | caught
sight of two men sitting on a seat
In the garden, and, drawing near.
err, | saw that one of them was
Maurice.
Halo" said Maurice. 81
thought you were going to motor
down."
80 | did," answered. but
left the car In Woodford. The en-
CINE was working all wrong, some
how"
Brought your chauffeur" in
CURED Maurice.
! shook my head. No" | said
didn't think he was necessary
this time.
II may have been my magma
ton, but fancied | saw a gieam
OF satisfaction pass across my
cousin face. well, come
along into the garden" he said
Aunt Mary's about somewhere
DO you know where she is, Vane?'
His companion pulled his mus
tache. "Waterin' the roses" he
observed laconically. Miss York's
with her"
Our discussion was cut short by
the sudden appearance of the two
ladies'. Aunt Mary" was "a mid
dle-aged, quiet-looking woman
with gray hair-her companion g
tall, handsome girl of about
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"Another Mans Shoes"
VICTOR

said, do YOU know what's hap.
pened to Mr. Milford? He went
away last night. sir, soon after
you left the house, and he's never
come back. A boy brought a note
for him, and he went away al
once In cab--a taxicab. sir"
Shortly after the maid had with
drawn, Billy came In, blinking. in
his pajamas. | told him of MIL
ford's disappearance.
There's no monotony about
this job" Billy observed.
At ten-thirty heard the ear
roll up to the door, and looking
out OF the window, saw the
faithful Simpson preparing to dis
mount. While my belongings
were being placed In the car
routed out couple of Northcote' :
best coats-one for Billy and one
for myself.
"How's the car going, Simp-
SOM" | asked. as the chauffeur
opened the door.
Very sweetly, SIR" was the re-
ply.
Mr.. Logan's steering her."
said. I've hurt my arm"
Billy climbed into the driving
seat. Then, starting on the switch
and sliding in his clutch. set the
car moving gently. down the street
We stopped only to send this
message to Maurice:
Don't trouble to meet
train. Am motoring down.
Arrive dinner.-Northcote."
Then. with a triumphant foot
we slid off upon our journey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
N. T.. WINS POINT

Judge Clifford late yesterday
afternoon decided that County
Assessor Cook had made an error
in taxing the new Point Defiance
tunnel of the n. Z. as personal
property, and ordered the asses
sor and other county officials TO
get together" on fair and
equitable assessment OF the rail-
roads new waterfront line.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Socialists May Get
Together Soon

Because the socialist party IN
the Northwest has split into
red" and yellow" factions, a
committee from the national So
cialist party will meet in Seattle
within n few days ard attempt to
bring the two factions together
again under one banner. Taco
ma will be Represented by Homer
I. Bone, yellow" socialist and
candidate for mayor at the last
election.
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NOW GO on WITH THE STORY

Continued From Yesterday
AS fate would have it, almost
the first person | saw as we re-
entered the ballroom was Mercia
A sudden determination seized me
and | turned to Lammersfield.
You know everybody" | said
who's that pretty girl over
there"
He looked across. "Ah, yes!
charming, isn't she? She is a
discovery of Lady Tregattock'
believe Miss de Rosen. Picked
her up somewhere in South
America. / will introduce you to
her."
With the memory of Francis
still fresh in my mind, this in
formation about Lady Tregattock
was, to say the least, a trifle
startling.
We'll. If it's not bothering you
too much" | said carelessly, and
followed him across the room.
Miss de Rosen," he said, may
l have the pleasure of introducing
a friend of mine-Mr. Stuart
Northcote."
Can we get out of this and find
a couple of seats somewhere"
asked the girl as Lammersfield
strolled away.
She accepted my arm, and we
made our way to a conservatory.
In the far corner / found two fair
ly secluded chairs.
II have been wondering If |
should ever see you again."
said.
She looked up at me with a sud-
den flash of anger.
Aren't you satisfied YETI" she
said bitterly. DO you suppose
that | can ever see you without
remembering that | have betrayed
my father"
eff you mean that your would
have pleased your father by put
ting a bullet through my head" |
returned, II think you are mis-
judging him."
She leaned forward. 81 wish |
understood, she said Some
how, | cant believe you are lying
: to me. and yet | pray that after
tonight we shall. never meet
again"
There is a good chance of
your prayer being granted" /
remarked-"at least, If one may
judge of my experience yester-
day"
She looked up quickly. what
do you mean?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
TIE LAT LINK.

When electric current was
turned into the new luminous are
lights on' A street last night, the
last link of the $4,000 street
lighting system for Tacoma's bus
mess streets was completed. A
street, Pacific avenue and C street
are now brilliantly Illuminated
with the new luminous ares.
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CUPERTINO, Cal, May 81. -
With the same artistic strain, but
directed into a more feminine
channel, Mrs. II. s. Fairchild, sis
ter of Charles Dana Gibson, the
famous pen-and-ink artist, is liv-
ing quietly on a secluded ranch
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Lane Will Visit
Alaska in July

Word received here today
through Gov. Strong OF Alaska is
to the effect that Secretary of the
Interior LaA will visit Alaska
In July and will spend 80 days
there Investigating the tidewater
terminals for the government
railroad. He is to leave Puget
Sound on July 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Mother" Jones to
Speak in State

SEATTLE. May a1.-"Mother''
Jones. the militant old champion
of the miners in Colorado and
Trinidad. Will speak here Satur-
day at the memorial services tor
the victims of Ludlow. She will
then leave for Roslyn. Gle Elum.
Wilkeson and British Columbia.
speaking as International organ
izer for the United Mine Workers
of America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
No More Free Light

Declaring that II was not fair
to other merchants to give free
light and water to owners of stalls
at the public market. 18th and ID
streets, Mayor Faycett announc-
ed today that yhe market men
would hereafter pay the regular
city rates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

Better telephone Main 12
and order the Times to
come to your home regu-
larly. You'll get four high
class novels complete, with
the Times, each month
hereafter. A novel will
start each Monday and
finish each Saturday. No
long waiting. You get a
complete novel each week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

near here engaged in designing
ladies dresses.
AS an avocation she raises pure
bred cocker spaniels. Her ken
mel of over score of valuable
pups is famous, and her time is
divided between her work and
caring for her sleek, shaggy pets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

thriller That's what this novel is Victor Bridges
"a is new author but he's dandy You've got to ad
init that. If you've missed it before, you can begin
today.
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Err
room,
llleIlt,
lots.
h and
lt'S 2
sold
H.. $50
: So.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
JAPANESE BABIES, WOMEN AND
CARPET BAGS.

There were number Of japanese
babies among as. They are chatterlng'
yivacious little things, good deal more
lively and intelligent than the Chihese
infants. The Japanese women carry their
odds and ends i'm pretty lowered bags
win mixtures Of storks and frogs in water
luited nonds. where the wives Of the
coloneIs and majors travelling first class
i, siberia and Central Manchuria would
hsve hideous linen bags striped in clash
100 urinary colors our old friend OF
Gftv wears ago. the carpet BAG Is CONNIE
into some vogue with the Japanese
MANY of the young men use them
THE night drew on. and we prepared 10
Itch little uneasy slumbcr \ Jap
aneee drew from his bag an air cushloh
and munching one corner blew IL up
THE operation interested The Nh'"eSe
greatly With wide open eyes anu
n,,tea Inns they watched the opera'io"'
trying 70 realize the theory ana prac'''e
&c tbe air cushion idea, obviously per
- to account for the successful nina
ton. o.oss-
rrbc Chinese and Japanese squat cIoSS
ioqood on the seat-an Accomplishment
,,on envy them. And the short stature"
Ianapese. when they get tired, have COM
s1r,ohle rom, 10 curl up along seat ior
two. ar
Had an artist passed through tne Ca
and sketched the snoring humans III INC
attitudes taey were all unconsciousy az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
THE SToKER'S PROTEST.

Another stokers suicide! There.
hardly liner that makes passage nov.
adays without the suicide OF a stoker or
two. It's a kind OF protest"
The speaker was a steamship agent
TITS a kind of protest he continued
against the stokers hard lot. The stok-
er, you sec, works i'm temperature OF
$40 degrees. lie works in that temper
ature eight hours a day. 1t takes a young
man to stand it,
~ on ought to see stoker at the end
or his four-hour spell He's limp. wet
black snome, clad in few wet black
clinging rags-with eyes as rcd as blood
from the scorching Of the fires.
1T takes a young man TO stand stok-
ING. stoker lasts only about six Years
young, strong man. turned in six years
into worthless wreck-it's not right, Is
it,"
The steamship agent sighed
Heaven grant he said, that oil fuel
VIII be adopted soon. oil fuel is the only
hope for the poor stoker. But to try To
hurry the coming of oil fuel with suicide,
AS If the stoke hole didn't kill them off
fast enough"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
THE VISITOR is POLITELY IN
SPECIFIED.

Before the visitor quite discovers
himself in the Office Of the Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury he must IN
dergo certain processes at various doors
Of the Treasury Building. He must, as
the phrase is, send up word.
While under observation the visitor
begins TO appreciate the fact that the
Treasury Building is, indeed, the heart
Of the Republic. Its veins and arteries
extend to every part Of the body po-
little. Numerous 9ray-haired men step.
forward and ask questions concerning
the visitors intentions. They must see
that no person is permitted TO inter-
fere with the perfect action Of the sys-
TEN, thereby paralyzing the whole.
Finally word comes that he is to 20
up. An interminable corridor is point
ed out. They tell him TO walk 10 the
end Of it and take a certain elevator.
II is while he is engaged in treadlns
meticulously along the upper indoor
marathon course that negro dressed
in the refined splendor Of bank presi-
dent-you learn afterward that he has
been in the department twenty-seveA
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Up rom he 0on OEsERT
| 4 TIA CARAVAN TRAVELLING INTO
MANeaunlA. wzM bncE l5A
| 6r RUSSIAN CONsUMpuOA

upon the Chnaman opposite us to seek
fresh woods and pastures new for his
slumbers, spread our blanket rugs on the
floor and went to sleep there, with head
and shoulders under one seat and legs
under another
When dawn came up We were among
the mountains of the peninsula of Lao
tung. They are bare, green elevations.
from 700 to 1900 feet high, often SCARED
with gullies and ascarps OF rock Proba-
bly, you have seen those scale plaster
casts OF hilly countryside, and you
have remarked the boldness with which
the mountains stand from the plain be-
low. That is the general aspect of the
foot OF South Manchuria The little
mountains seem to have been split out
heller SHELTER, thickly scattered way off
to each horizon, north. south cast and
west.
Pretty villages nickered by. villages that
reminded one of the villages at home,
every tiny homestead hemmed i'm by a
wall OF uncemented ironstone fragments.
Then few minutes after o'clock sill
yer glitter through the fork of a low
saddled hill-the Pacific; and after skirt
ing the bay for half dozen miles the
train drew into the station OF Dafren.
Japan across the-Seas.
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THE INcONsolABLE WHOEVER

There is only one inconsolabIe widow.
or and that is the ostrich" said John
Love, the Zoo keeper. The ostrich. II
his mate dies. never remarries.
He is also the most faithful of hus-
bands, sequence not always inevitable
Kings and such mate only once. as A rule
but they are apt TO flrt clandestinely A
good deal, None of that, however for
the ostrich. He scorns such doings as
beneath him.
He waits on his wife like A cheyal,er
lie digs the nest for her. OF the forty
days setting he does the hardest chare !.
he does the night work. covering tho eggs
from sunset till late the next morning.
Sometimes. naturally. domestic com
plications occur, and the ostrich kicks.
He kicks. I'm fact, his wife to death.
But what a consolation 1t must be 10
her. as she passes away. 10 think that
he will remain true and constant 10 her
memory and never. never seek another
mate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
AFRICAN SOIiCIIODe NNo
DREAMS OF THE SOUTH.

t,c PRODUCES huge brass key with
which he opens the door leading H'to
the Office Of the man who, among n'S
many other duties, buys for the gov
eminent q great deal OF everything
that is manufactured and not a il'''s
Of everything that grows.
BETTER res yo' hat an coat Sus
gestg the negro. outside it is SHOWING
INT the music in the voice, tho wnite
teeth. the smile. the air OF sollcltouS
Guardianship, bring TO the VISITOR cur
tho rustic Of a magnolia In fun doom
and transform the snow into gently
falling white petals.
And then. upon gazing down ma
hoRany vista, the caller lamps sec
rotary Newton behind the most I'M
presslve looking pair of spectacles tha'
the Treasury Department has ever
seen.
Until Mr.. Newton was twenty-five
years old he never saw a city. BEFORE
that he spent considerable time plough
ing the side Of hill with yoke o.
oxen six miles from a railroad. lie
was born, he does not say when III
Allegany County. Township of Wir''
state of New York, between Wellsyiue
and clean. The job Of Assistant Sec
rotary Of tho Treasury is the highest
position, by the way, that any man
from said county has ever held.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
JAPANESE, WITH A SPRlNKLIN1
OF CHINESE.

There we're no Europeans ~ our car
we were japanese with a sprinklinS OF
k.binese We were not an undressing
bflreo.rv Even Americans, with theh
Sncanny wisdom and shrewdness couid
vhave learned a lesson from some OF us
vide the little japanese merchant VINO
carried with him, for internal lubrica-
ton. beer TO him. one bottle was utterly
inadequate. SO he had procured four ana
bound them firmly together with gay
ribbons Alike a cruet stand. -Four large
bottles/of beer are quite heavy You have
tc llfIthem with both hands. like FalstaH
OF old qUaffing his huge and satisfying
Elizabethan fagon. When the bottle at
the northwest corner was empty our
friend corked it TO avoid subsequent drps'
and moved his attention around. clock
wise. TO that at the southeast; and IN
turn. as the small hours or the morning
drew on, 20 the southwest and the north
east.
Many OF the japanese read newspapers
and magazines: none OF the Chinese. II
was odd to see a dapper young Jap,
rigsed out in irreproachable English
clothes, produce a little wicker handled
copper teapot. and, having brewed tea
over spirit stove. sip it IN a tiny doll
! house earthenware bowl. Al wayside sta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
EXAMINATION OF A PUNCTUReO
HEART.

He was on the staff Of THE New
York Herald" from 1902 until he en-
tered the Wilson campaign.
They tell a story Of how he came %
write one poem that has been reprinted
countless times. A grewsome story was
wired from a small town in Connecticut
six or seven years ago about man
who shot himself six times in the heart
and lived.
That was the news. Of course, and not
the fact that the seventh desperate ana
determined attempt was successful 30
persistent were the reports-all veri-
fed by the neighbbrs-and so amaz-
ing the theories deduced therefrom a.
to the probable composition OF the poor
chaps heart that The Herald" said:
send Newton to the inquest; tell him
to get the score on those holes in the
heart"
It was bitter cold and the wind shook
the old shack where the villagers, who
trailed in with the coroner, held two. or
three tallow candles. while Newton
shivering and sick with cold struck
match after match ito get the score
When he plunged through the wind
and snow at midnight from the Grand
Central Station back to the Office again
Newton was stcl<er and colder. The
noisy. gay crowd jostled him aside. lie
was blinded by the millions of dancing
lights. cut by the beggar's For the love
Of God, sir" and all but swept away
by the rush of 42d street.
a sdurming herd. = squlrmins
herd" he thought, and "a squirming
Continued on sixth mage
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The Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury Has
Poetic Ideals but Is Sionily Practical
When Discussing Money Be-
longing to the People.

vicinity Of hundred million dollars,
Before giving expression TO this
thought AIR. Newton had played the
Niolin-and played Il well-for half an
hour. 1t relieves him after a hard
days work. i'm the solution OF such
deadly practical things as crop up in
the Division OF Government Bonds.
His toneS-we are referring to the
violin--are hard and brilliant, some
thing like his features when some poi-
tician tries TO douhle-cross the govern
ment in the matter of postofilce site.
To him music seems to he Just one wall
tunes. Thunder is the only thing which
exceeds Secretary Newton's violin
playing in grandeur. and only an incor-
rigible optimist could listen for two
hours to splendidly well exc
cuted though it be-possessing such n
high degree OF emotional expressive
ness as his without suffering perma-
nently from brooding hypochrondriasis.
He plays pieces Of the type that Ib-
sen would have written il he had had
time for music.
At the age Of sixteen the present Sec
rotary wrote the following lines:
TO Ny FIDDLE.
Queen If the Heavenly Muse, my magic
she'll
In over varying strain thy chords doth
swell.
Whether I'm major Joy or minor riddle
First out doth come an oath, and then
my fiddle.
When mirth doth reign, | play the A
or G.,
For in this voice thou we'll doth make
a sUreC,
But if my mood demands the sadder
Clef.
| drop thee down to solemn c or f.
But sad or solemn. soft, or high or low,
Thou art the same old catsut, pitch
and bow;
Entranced the world doth hear thee,
great and small,
In every cabin ana in every hall.
would TO God it were not aught OF sin,
Id wish myself Remenyis violin.
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Richardson l.. Wright and Bassett Digby.
l~HE japanese are a pleasant people
and passing courteous 10 sran-
gers within their gates. The porter
|Mukden. learning that We had not yet
hight our tickets. went 10 call on 4
Ind Of his in the ticket Office. and
ne back with two very nice pink sec
class tickets to Dalny-clipped, how
r.. in two places-and offered them %
greatly reduced rates. "Why deal
Tho South Manchurian Railroad
ny when will sell you this for %
mt Iess?" But. though the destina-
was lettered I'm English characters,
4 date was in Japanese. SO we re-
y,sntly declined
80 O'Clock in the dusk Of the even
e moved out OF Mukden, bound
for the Pacific.
train gGns over a well metalled road
Al brisk speed. The Russian rail-
Manchuria runs over ties that
erely dropped on whatever sort of
damp or dry, sand or stone, hap
b lie underfOot There are three
Taking the second class as
I'd. the first, in comparison, offers
alIy the same accommodation but
rdckeled rails 10 the end platform
naughty, exclusive desoladon for
80 cannot bear TO travel with the
mon herd The third class IS con-
.abIy cheaper and considerably more
Portable, in that it affords the Rus
convenience Of shelf berths Tor Steep
Ytbe night through. However toute Ia
,nde goes second.
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u, EARL y. rl>pLEy.

oETS do not handle much money,
generally speaking. IL is a novel
u experience, therefore, 10 sit I'm the
private office Of Byron r. Newton. who,
besides being Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury, is the only poet of the
Wilson administration who has been
allowed 10 remain where English is
read The logs cracklo In the marble
fireplace. The surroundings are rich,
made up largely Of mahogany furnish
ings. Mir. Newton has both feet on the
Lcarpet, in this case an Oriental rug.
he signs vouchers for millions OF dol
|ars which he is spending so rapidly
hat two negroes, expert hlotters, stand
,y TO dry his signature.
II is inspiring.
Now and then Mr.. Newton has done
her work But poetry 10 him is the
j Ieathing room of the heart lie
puld rather write four lines Of il
an spend S40,O0O.000 for the most
istic postofice ever seen in Pitts
gh. And Pittsburgh cannot get a
Nv postofiice without Mr. Newton's
nsent
The Assistant Secretary OF the Treas
y received his first money for piece
loctry on April -, 1856. The piece
Jared in THE Christian Observer ~
was entitled The Toad and the
rrow." II netted the author So.
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WALTZ AND TANGO.

Apropos of the Church's condemnation
Oh the tango and make. it is interesting
10 consider the reception which the waltz
Itself had on its introduction to the world
ninety years ago.
A Paris newspaper the "Fleur de Lys.r
said of the waltz on June 4. 1924
lNTOLERABLE INDECENCY.
"A dance, called the Walter or waltz
imported from Germany. Is now finding
favor In aristocratic circles. Many waltz
balls have been given recently. and in the
salons OF the most exclusive society Chris
tan women. the mothers of families. have