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Common Sense Only Need
to Win $4,000

There Is one quality possessed by
everybody and manifested with
strength or weakness according to
the frequency with which 1t Is exer-
cised. that is worth more money to-
day than II has been for many,
many years. Plain, ordinary. COM
mon horse sense is the quality, and
the reason II Is particularly valuable
today Is that II Is the only thing In
the world that viii give positive aid
in the earning OF the $4,000 that has
been offered to the person who
writes the 1eo-word solution of The
Million Dollar Mystery" which can
be used as the basis for the last
chapter of the story. All the spe-
cialized talent in the world can be
brought to bear on the problem and
fail in competing with some one who
applies common sense to the fol-
lowing of the clues and the deter
nination of the why and wherefore
OF the mystery.
OF course II Is necessary that the
person who wins should have read
every chapter OF the story. II Il
unnecessary to state that, because
II Is big story, written in a thrill
ing manner. providing entertainment
for the mind and exercise for the
wit. In fact, the very first evidence
of the possession Of common sense
lies In the manifestation of desire
to read every word OF the story.
And this Is totally aside from the
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Guthrie Boyd of the shooting Star"

| know, I'm bad. but you don't care. dc
you?'
NO, No! That's the strangest part
don't know what has come over me.
I do anything you want me to. Yes!
YOU. You're bad 1 know, but still I'd
| do anything. risk anything. yes,
everything for you-but not this:'
You must and you will-' Bardelrs
voice was hoarse and trembling with
| desire. The skin is at the lower
bend. Meet me here in an hour.
Well go away. You and I: You and
I alveys. II you fail me. I'll come for
you. and God help the man that inter-
feres" E~
Boyd heard her sobbirg Sigh al the
man crushed her to him and then her
scurrying FOOTBALLS. -, so
He stood closely ngainst the log
walls and as Bardell rounded the
corner he showed the muzz1e of re-
volver roughly into the others ribs.
Bardell's breath whistied sharply in
through his teeth but he stood rigid.
That's right" commanded Boyd.
Don't move till ring two bells and
Jingle" He linked his arm into
Bardelrs and showed the gun into his
coat pocket SO that the muzzle COW
ered the Others abdomen. 80
Come on. Make you rseasick to have
rs staring into your innards ?" he
questioned as they moved down the
trail. IT always calculate II brings
things home to a Teller more TO feel
he's going to get dishggered in the
bowels than in the brain"
What are you going to do ~ said
the prisoner. '-5 ~
"Just trade lasts and exchange phil
openas as it were Royd laughed
srimly. I'll keep meanwhile your
belly In range till we get past these
cabins. S'pose we look at that boat
OF yours"
Damn you'-broke in Barden vio-
lently.
Steady. You'll find these Colts make
an awful mess out of a mans stomach.
Don't force me to gailop him through"
When they reached the skiSf the mar
shall halted his man.
Now I'm going to make a PROPOSE
ton, Bardell. I know the reward that's
out for you from the Occur de Alenes.
and I know you tried to pot me the
other morning from the grove. too.
Them's trif1es. But you're trying to
bust a home and ruin good woman.
That's the outside limit What's be-
come of the girl in Spokane? Alive yet,
Ell? You'd leave this one, too. as soon
as you got tired Of ner.'
Nor cried Bardell. so help me
God. love this woman. and I'm going
to have her"
No you amt! When you see her
next II you ever do. she'll know what's
right. for she's a pure woman. Here's
my proposition. though God knows
ought to kill you like q reptile and kick
you over the. bank. You're 2 nervy
blackguard, and you saved that girl and
her husband all right. so I'm here to
let you choose one of two things
climb In that dory ana hit for st.
MichaeIs-or these"
He dragged out a pair Of handouts
and clanked them before Bardelrs eyes.
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you to come down here. You've got a
miserable poor show to last long around
this resort"
The three fled out, and Boyd turned
in, sleeping peacefully until Captain
White hoobled in at dark.
At the CHEEKY cabin Of Marks, the
purser. once Boyd began to get ac-
Quainted.- he found a pretty little slip
OF woman who had married the good
natured boy less than a year before,
forsaking her country school for the
fortunes of the mines with him.
Their home sat on the tiny Island mid
way OF the river, connected with the
settlement by a well-beaten trail across
the ice.
Here one day at supper Boyd spoke
Of Bardell:
We been trying to place him. He's
different from the rest. They're moth
inc but fools that have always felt the
halter of the law shutting off the wind,
and now they're butting round loose
like calves just turned out. He's a hard
man, though, and ! recalled him today.
| saw him up N the Occur De Alenes
at the time of the dynamiting. He got
playful and dropped a box of giant
down the chute into one Of the mills,
with results exceeding his expectations
killed quite batch. There's big re-
ward on him. and I guess I'll have to
take him in
Mrs. Marks Gun ratified in her saucer.
and she paled slightly. When the dishes
were done and the men had lighted UP
she nut on her furs saying:
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today" eritted Boyd through his teeth
and White started at the ugly discord.
ance OF his voice.
steamer the marshal inquired, Does
anyone beside Bardell wear rubber shoe
packs with star on the heel?"
Its more'n likely. But he's the man
that did 1t. You don't reckon that boy
Marks blabbed what you said last
night? II he did Bardell will get you
II you amt careful"
Il don't know. But the river II due
to open. up any minute now. and we II
know before long," said BOYD, scan
ming the mlle-wide stretch Of ice, STAIN
ed and notified with spots Of standing
water.
For DAYS the myriad streams from
the dripping hillside had swelled the
mighty river until It pulsed and muir
INJURED like a live thing, raising the
binding miles Of ice foot by foot.
One day even while the onlookers
were watching IT. a magic hand whip
ped the pinioned flood until its knew its
might, and. without a sound. the solid
field from bank to bank began to move
off at a crawling pace. that quickened
steadily. Where. a moment before. had
cleaned a mile of solid. rock-like white
ness now the eye grasped sliding des-
ert drifting past. Quietly 1t went. at
first, as II the Titan forces underneath
strained with GREATNESS effort to shake
free their burden and then the river
began TO speak. The swapping and
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The three men struck boldly across
for the island. the tall standing figure
of Bardell guiding the boat. They en-
tered the cataclysm with the cold dar-
ing that prompts strong men to haz-
ard their all on the turn OF = card.
lighting desperately into the rush Of
the ice-rip. Now backing from some
closing trap in the jam. now lodging
foes that fled by them dangerously.
Drifting with the stream, winding in
and out. tolling slowly upward. they
finally reached the slack water be-
low the island. and crept along its
sheltered banks u the prisoners.
Never had the watching people seen
n more daring rescue, not one fraught
with more strenuous effort and reck-
lessness.
With cheers and acclamations they
we're met on the return. half a mile be-
low the steamer. but no one save
Guthrie" Boyd saw Mrs. Marks trem-
BILE under the gaze Of her rescuer as
he bore her from the boat.
Three DAYS later the river was free
of ice and the steamer loaded. In the
darkness Of the evening Boyd walked
10 the warehouse to see that the cargo
Was indeed aboard. AS he nearcd the
corner he heard the voice OF Mrs.
Marks speaking rapidly.
oh I can't do It. You ask too
much"
The listener sunk his feet in the soft
moss and listened. He knew whose
voice would answer.
You must. Dolly" came the voice
Of Bardell. intense and dominant. Il
love you a thousand times more than
he does, and you love me. too. We
must 90 tonight. You told me that
id marshal was onto me- Well!
He'll get me sure II I stay another
day. ] can read II In his syeA
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equally observant and soor the ;ncamp-
rnent was in an uproar.
AS the village watched. the cabin was
seen to tsrn and tilt at the touch Of an
ice cake. and then gyrate slowly down
the current.
It guess they're gone" said White,
sadly. II told Marks not to stay there
till she broke. This streams been
known to raise sixty feet in three
DAYS"
BOYD called the crew % him.
VIII any Of you go after them with
me?"
mo. sir" answered the crew. There's
too much Ice running"
On the bank women cried, while men
gazed across the turgid, ice-broken
food and spoke wildly. -
Pardell swung himself aboard the
steamer, by the taut hawser at her
bow
II want one Of the small boats" be
said shortly and his voice shook. while
intense emotion burned IN his reckless
features.
Boyd studied him a moment.
"All right" he said. DO you want
another MANI
mo. Hadden and Nilsson are going
with me-
He trembled as he Ioosed the painter,
and Boyd thought
1T was her the other night at the
warehouse. She must have tod him.
God. Amt there any good wofrsenT
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rendins Of foes rose above the whisper
Of running water.
At the first stir the camp broke into
joyful riot. The banging OF guns. the
shouts and cIamor of the people, Joined
with the rising noises Of the stream
At last they were "old-timers" all. and
each "Cheechako'' had become a Sour
dough" entitled and expected to fabri-
cate with reverent mien and cheerful
Willingness upon all sub-Arctic matters.
All that day the rush of ice rolled
past. grinding and roaring like distant
thunder, choking the wide channel Till
great piles rose out of the boiling surge,
growing magically until the raging wa
tiers burst them with the noise of bat
ties 1t rumbled on through the night.
swelling constantly. while the Shooting
Star. with stacks ablaze and winches
clanking, chung tightly TO the shelter
OF the little bend which broke the force
of the bergs.
The sudden breaking had caught
Marks and his bride on their island.
and soon they were isolated from the
landing by a terrifying and impossible
barrier.
They watched entranced this sight.
the grandest of n lifetime. but on the
sec nnd day they noted that the creeping
waters had nearly reached the level
of their cabin.
That night the muddy tide crawled
high up on the walls OF their room and
they hurricdly weded to the loftier
ground behind the house.
At daybreak. Boyd. worn and tired
with two nights of sleepless struggle,
noted from his pilot housc the futter-
ine signal on the island. opposite; then
with the growing light spied the two
inha bitants. huddled upon the highest
point with the hungry river eating I'D
ward toward their feet. Others were
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prize offor. for the beneht to be d.
rived from the reading Ii valuable
in itself To follow the mental adj
: ity of the author through the series
Of adventures he has led his book
creatures Is good exercise for the tired
business man or housewife. And re-
taxation from the monotonous rou-
tine or everyday life SO that read
Ing the story Is most common
sense proposition TO start with
The solution of the mystery lies IN
q commcp-sense adjustment of the
facts to common-sense conclusion
That is all there Is to It. The three
chapters that have been published
In The Sunday Times have demon
strated Just how intensely interest-
ing an author can make q series OF
incidents In the lives Of imaginary
characters. The fourth chapter. 10
be published tomorrow. 10 Of even
more interest, because IL develops
qualities In the heroine no one has
suspected she possessed There are
some people who have not read the
story and who are anxious to do So
The Times has had inquiries every
day as to where the three former
installments can be, obtained The
Times is printing these on q eepa-
rate sheet for free distribution All
the news dealers have them Get
them today, and at the same tS.1e
order tomorrow's Times. 30 that
you will have them all.
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Tn goine to run across and see
Mrs. Collins for a while Tom"
An right. dearie," answered Marks.
I'm 20 over with MI BOYD and the
captain and bring YOU home
He watched her hasten across the
river toward the distant camp. fond
light in his bOyish ewes.
Still in love. eh," nueried Boyd.
You bet we are he answered ear
nestlv. 'We're the whole world to
each other. and ALWAYS will be. She
the best eirl in the world. too. Wouldn't
do a wrong to anv one. l don't know
what I'd do without her"
In the dusk that evening. as the men
climbed the steen bank at the settle
ment. Bovd saw a woman's figure fit
from behind the long warehouse. dis
appearing in the direction of the clus-
tered huts. II reminded him vaguely
of his hostess. then. as they reached
the building. the tall figure of Bardell
emerged from the shadows and brushed
past in silence.
IF II wasn't for him." said Boyd.
the rest of the passengers would be
like lambs. I'm looking for an out
break when the river opens.
The next morning. as he stepped from
his stateroom out upon the deck. he
heard the crash of A bullet in the door
casing at his cheek and the roar OF a
Winchester IN the timber. 200 yards
above the landing. wreath Of smoke
floated lazily among the tree trunks,
but no figure showed.
White burst out OF his room and fol-
lowed Bovd at a run I'D the bank and
into the grove. They found heavy
footprints leading through the scattered
snow patches back to the rear of the
settlement.
It's no use" said the captain You
can't follow that trail in the open
If there had been a fresh snowfall
last night you'd be burying somebody
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| And before you choose" he added
"let me state that there won't be no
gallant rescuing parties II you come
with me. I've been In the business
twenty-four years, an Guthrie Boyd
never lost q man. I'll hand you over
to the mounted police. You know the
rest"
Bardens' hands twitched hungrfly.
and he stammered In his rage. but the
small gray man watched him like q cat.
Il choose" he said hoarsely. max
ing for the boat.
Hold on One minute I'll take that
gun. Hands UP Good! Now, throw
me one Of them oars. You only need
one going down stream, and you might
tire yourself trying to get back before
we start in the morning. Now. on
you CO. . 49, 49, -
"oh. My day next time" frothed the
boatnan. "and when we meet I'll cut
your heart out, you He fouldered
of Into mire OF profanity.
"Them's my chances" replied Boyd
gravely. e..
He watched the boat as It swept out
into the whirl and disappeared in the
gloom
His footballs, muffled by the carpetinx
moss. brought him close to the ware
house before he was spied by the wait
In gisure.
stop where you arer' came the voice
OF Dollie Marks. And Boyd Inarvefed
at, its change
IT won't go! / can't go, Thank
God. I've seen the horror Of it in time.
Don't touch tG
That you. Mrs Marks?'' he broke in.
Can't see very well In this light Thought
was Marks, Ell 90
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The woman drew back against the
logs with cry. Boyd took her quaiins
arm and guided her back along the
trail toward the twinliins lights. talk
ing as he went. He spoke OF the COM
ing start and the varied incidents Of the
flood. "Barder just left he remarked,
casually. and at her frightened gasp
he continued: Yes. he got q small boat
and went down the river. I saw him
on. Amt II strange how. q bad man
always gets q good woman"
What do you nean?" she whispered,
stopping suddenly.
II know his wife we'll"
His wife, she repeated slowly. pain
fully.
Yes: she's living in Spokane, awful
sweet little woman. and working hard
to keep the youngster in school
The Marks woman shivered as IL the
nea-ed the village her husband met
them.
rs that you, Doilie?" he cried. anx-
iously II didn't know where you'd
gone" He placed an antectionate arm
Al the cabin she hurried inside with
out a word. her pallid face hidden In
the darkness. leaving the two men
without
Isn't she a darlingy' said the I'm.
pulsive husband, fondly. "A fellow can
always tell when a woman loves him.
and him alone. can't he? I tell You.
there's nothing like the honest affec-
don of q true woman l. know her
every thought. I suppose you think
I'm fool, don't you" he apologized
IRENE surprise. NO, stree. con-
slider you just as acute as the ma
tcopyrish,ed. 1914 by OTIS r wood3
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winter. Just gorsing on my
grub and saving their own to
take up river in the spring,
when it's worth 81 pound.
And mind you. every mans
ticket reads that I amt respon-
sible for delays.
l stood pat and wouldn't pay
EN- wages for building their
own houses. but Barden held
me with his gun while they
went through the purser's safe.
What was the rurser doing"
queried Boyd. "Is he a cripple? =
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Go to Church Message Twentieth Century
Method of Awakening Religious Fervor

70 TO CHURCH,
" In the brief time that the GO TO CHURCH move
widely heralded throughout the country
the attendance churches Clergy
men declare that RELIGION NEVER WAS DEAD All that it
needed awakening. AND 1T HAS AWAKENED
today who have not yet needed the
TO CHURCH call 1t is to these that this appeal directed
you believe Supreme Being? you do is he not worthy
worship? No matter how derec have been in the past
church you you haven't been church in decade
all the that you GO TO CHURCH now
AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN
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RELIGION REQUIRED AN AWAKENING CRY. THE GO TO
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
Elkins Rebecca Team
Was In BelingtOn
Twelve Candidates in this city were Taught
the Mysteries Of the Three Links

Thursday evening a spirit of
odd fellow enthusiasm pervaded
the atmosphere Of all three
mixers in Belington, Occasion
ed by the fact that IL candidates
were to be initiated into the
mysteries of The Rebecca De-
gree in Belingtcn Tygarts Val
ley No 1S1.
The affair was seasoned by the
presence Of the knightly form of
Willie Taylor, of Elkins, and a
full coterie of Elkins ladies viz =
Mrs. Carrie Mason, Mrs. Florence
Goddin. Miss Ethel Brown, Mrs.
Leah Bird, Mrs. Nettie Taylor,
Mrs, Hazel Sherman, Miss Stella
Sweetwood, Mrs. Edith Douglass,
Mrs. Laura Hedges, Mrs. Verna
Wilson, Mrs. Alice Hulderman,
Mrs. Nettie Reed, Mrs. Annie
Clifford, Mrs. Nora Knapp.
The staff work by these ladies
was high class and admired by
all. There were % members, 5
visitors and12 candidates present.
BY midnight all work was done
and refreshments were in order,
which affair had been we'll looked
after by the ladies; cake, ice
cream and coffee came in abund-
ance and all enjoyed the repast to
the full extent, well seasoned
with the social side of the even
ing, spent in good fellowship all
promised it a 'howling' success
and big evening for No 181
whose members help is fast tow
ering toward thd 100 mark. AS
the wee sma" hours were ap-
preaching good-nights were said
until another meeting. Welcome
to the Elkins, ladies come again
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
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of bowel complaint and is then cured
sound and well bv one or two doses of
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Dirrr-
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in his praise OF the remedy, and especially
is this the case of servere attack when
life Is the threatened. Try it when In
need Of such remedy 1t never fails
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13
Summer Constipation Dangerous

Constipation in Summer time. is more
dangerous than in the fall, winter or
spring The took you eat is often con-
saminated ond is more likely to fremont
in your stomach. Then You are apt to
drink much cold water during hot
weather, thus Injuring your stomach.
Collie, Fever. Ptonmaine, Poisoning and
other ills are natural results. Po Do. Fax
will keep you well, as it increases the
Bile, the natural laxative, which rids
the bowels Of the congested poisonous
watse Po-Do-Lax will make you feel
better. Pleasant and effective. Take
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13

The European situation and the
possibility of emergencies arising
in this country at any time have
made it imperative that a quorum
be maintnined at all times in Con-
grsss and Democratic Leader Os-
car Underwood made special re-
quest for members to remain in
Washington. The request was
not needed for Congressman Nee
ly and Brown for they have been
very regular in their attendance,
only leaving town when it was
necessary and then for but few
days at a time. +
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-08-13

Some months ago we announc-
ed our plans for teacher training
in the Barbour County S. S. In
that olan we stated that we want
ed $50 pupiles in teacher training
to receive their diplomas or GER
tificates at the County Conven-
ton which convenes at Belington
the 26th and 9th of this month
august.
The time is now here for US to
plan the program for the convsn-
ton, and it is very necessary that
those who intend 10 be present to
receive honors as stated above
should notify the undersigned in
order that arrangements may be
made on the program. We shall
try to arrange the exercise so that
those reporting may return home
the same day, if desire.
We are requested to furnish
the number of teacher training
graduates in the County who are
now living. Will S. s. people
give us report I?
Yours for big relults,
E.A. Hunt, Teacher training Supt.