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motloned him to wait, but he pre-
tended not to see. He was some
distance ahead when | came out.
He glanced back and saw me;
then quickened his pace. But l
ran after him and caught up.
did | hurt you very badly?" |
asked.
"NO-not very" he answered,
eying me narrowly. I'm afraid
you're giving yourself too much
concern over a little accident. :"
He was, saw, beginning to won
der which of us was following
which!
NO" said | quietly, I'm not
giving myself the least concern
over your stepped-on toe-Im
simply using II as an excuse to get
a good look at you in various
lights so I'll know you again in
any possible disguise you may as
sumo"
i have always regarded that
episode--and those last words-as
a stroke of genius on my part, II
] do say 1t!
1t came to me on the spur OF
the moment without thinking
about it, and nearly bowled Mr..
Man over. Before he had decid-
ed what to say, l bolted across the
street, diagonally, ducked between
two trolley cars, one of which hid
me from view long enough for me
to get into the corner drug store,
where | dashed into the telephone
booth and called up Mrs. Delario.
My detective man was lurking
about somewhere looking for me,
and ] rather guessed Mrs. Delario
had one watching her. My sus-
picions seemed confirmed. for the
moment she recognized my voice
she said, Il cant talk to you"
Wait" | shouted perempt-
orily. why can't you. talk to
me? Are you watched? Is every
thing you say overheard"
Yes"
by a detective?"
Yes"
"All right-then I'll do the
talking. You can answer yes
and no, cant your"
Yes"
well, we're both in the same
boat-I'm watched too-followed
by a detective. Is your house
wached?"
Yes"
Gould | run the blockade?"
mo-" This was fairly shouted
at me.
lis there any way | could get
those articles back to you to-
day."
"No-none whatever now"
"Why?"
ASK me yourself"
SIS there a detective in the
house?"
Yes"
felt she was about to ring off
and shouted at her: "Here-hold
on! l don't know what to do
you'll have to advise me-"
"But I can't! You must do as
you think best-you understand
it."
II don't. That's just the trou-
BILE. Listen. There are some
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LEGAL NOTICES
CALL FOR BIDS.

ed by the Board of County Commits
sloners OF Pierce County, Washing
ton. until Saturday the 18th day OF
April. A. D. 1914. at the hour OF
ment of Permanent Highway Ro. "a
or the Mt. Tacoma Canyon Road In
Pierce Couny. Washington.
Beginning at the end Of the ex-
listing concrete road on the north
line of Sec. S3, Township 10 North,
Range 3 East. w. NJ, thence South
erly and southeasterlv g distance
Of six and thirty-four hundredths
$50 miles, to point near the s.
y. corner of the N. Il. 4 of the N.
w X of Section 25. Township Is
North, Range East, w. M.
Said Improvement to consist of
grading and paving with concrete
according to plans and speeifica-
flee of the County Engineer of
Pierce County. Washington.
Plans and specigcations may be
obtained upon making a deposit Of
Five Dollars.
Bids to be submitted in a lump
sum.
All bids to be directed to the
County Auditor and marked PER
MANENT HIGHWAY NO. "a" and
shall be accompanied by a certified
check made payable to the County
Treasurer of Pierce County, Wash
ington, In a sum equal to ten per
cent of the amount of such bid.
which check shall be forfeited to
the County upon failure of the sue
cessful bidder for a period of TWEEN
day days after contract Is awarded
to enter into a written contract
and furnish a satisfactory bond.
The right is hereby reserved to
reject any and all bids.
J by Order of the Board OF County
Commissioners of Pierce County,
Washing ton. this 2eth day OF
J. L. wADswoRrH.
County Auditor and Clerk Of this
board Of County Commi ssionsrs.
(ssalt BY A. J. Weisbach,
Deputy,
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VII.
A Prisoner.

n PRISONER.
Alone at LAST That was my
first feeling as | sank into my
easy chair to collect my thoughts
alone with million dollars
worth of diamonds-alone on the
sixth floor with monsieur occu.
pying lawfully the flat directly un.
der mine! And what was | to do
Obviously. my real problem lay
in barricading myself SO that mon.
sieur could not get in again. Re-
member. he had the use of the
same fire-escape and dumb waiter
shaft, to say nothing of the hal
stairs-he could come and go IL
the house as he pleased.
The dumb-waiter | counted out
because | could easily wire up the
catch and make Il impossible fol
anyone to open the door from the
shaft side without actually break,
ing the door off It's hinges
most unlikely thing for monsieur
to attempt. So with a bit OF pie.
ture wire fastened the catch III
and dismissed the dumb-waitei
from my calculations.
Fortunately. keep a kit oil
tools in the house not one
of your helpless women who cant
drive q nail or sink a screw---and
my next act was to take the small
chain-bolt that had been on the
front door and put It on the hall.
side of the kitchen door. Then
changed the keys on this and the
bathroom doors to the hall side.
From the fire escape, monsieur
could enter only those two rooms
and with their doors locked-and
one chain-bolted-on him, he
would have to break them of
their hinges to get at me that way
The bathroom window didn't
give me much concern. The sash
was stuck fast by the last paint
Ing and | couldn't raise It myself
the glass was too thick to be cut
readily and | didn't believe mon
sleur would advertise himself ia
the neighborhood by breaking II
in. And even so. the window was
so tiny he could hardly craw
through; and IL he did, he'd only
find the door locked. But | drove
couple of nails above the sash
and then gave my attention to the
kitchen window.
l. Since he'd gone out that way
he'd very likely try 1t to come
back by. The glass was thin
he could cut IL out easily; he could
even smash 1t and come through
so quickly that nobody would see
him. But all right, monsieur,
thought I, I'm going to give you
your moneys worth-Ill make
you stand on the fire-escape long
enough for the neighbors to get a
good look at you.
had a couple of rolls of pic
ture wire and tackled this across
the sash--not across the frame
because / didn't want to find my.
self wired in while he was wired
out.
The wire made a considerable
network, almost impossible to get
through without a pair of wire
nippers, and l doubted very much
If he'd be carrying such things in
his pocket; and when | had nailed
down the sash as have said in
the bathroom | felt secure In my
retreat.
There was now no way for a
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the car door without answering.
Mrs. Jimmson was through her
work and reading my morning
paper. | had a fleeing idea of
Keeping her with me for the
night; but couldn't think of any
explanation for so unusual a re-
quest. | said goodby to her, lit
tie realizing she was the one hui
man being who stood between me
and monsieur's Vaccinations, and
that when she closed herself out,
she closed me ina prisoner!
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No QoAA

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 9244
In the Superior Court of tho State
of Washington. for Pierce County
In the Matter OF the Estate of Doro-
thy Danhauser Johnson, Deceased
Notice Is hereby given by the UNI
dersigned. duly appointed admins
traitor of the estate of Dorothy
Danhauser Johnson, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, said deceas-
ed, to exhibit them, with the neces-
sary vouchers, within one year aft
er the first publication of this no.
tice, to the undersigned at 800
Equitable Building, Tacoma, County
of Pierce, and State of Washingto
being the place for the transaction
of the business of said estate.
Date OF issuing and first publica-
ton of this notice, April LIST, 1914.
SIDNEY LEE JOHNSON,
Administrator of said Estate.
CRAM Err 81 MASON,
Attorneys for Administrators, 302-
304 Equitable Building, Tacoma,
Washington.
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IL anybody has been tamperine
with my lock-"
l flung on my wraps. telling
Mrs. Jimmson / had an errand
out, and In less than fifteen min
utes l had a locksmith putting
on a new Yale lock and exchang-
ing the small chain-bolt for the
heaviest In the market.
The locksmith had no sooner
gone than the front bell rang. II
was the special delivery" boy.
stepped out and signed for the
letter.
AS | closed the messenger cut
| looked at the addross-the writ
ing was unknown to me. Then,
before I had time to open the en-
velope, the bell rang again.
1t was a boy with a telegram.
| found his sign here" line,
scrawled my name, and opened
the wire first.
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ATHLETES dine

Twenty-eight athletes and In
structors In the Y. M. G. A. ath-
letic department sat down to a
banquet last night celebrating the
close of the indoor athletic sea
son. Medals were presented to
men who had won local cham
pionships for wrestling and boy
ing
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JAIL CHINESE

Charged with practicing medi-
cine without licenses, n. Vow,
1892 1-2 Pacific, and zee Wo
whose office is on G street, were
arrested yesterday and released
on $500 bail.
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SERIOUS CATARRH
YIELDS TO HyOME|

Be wise In time and
USE the Hyomei inhaler
at the first symptom OF
catarrh, such as fire.
quent head colds, con-
slant shifting. raising
of mucus, or drop
pings in the throat. Do
not let the disease be-
come deep-seated and
you are in danger Of a
serious II not fatal all
ment.
There Is no other
treatment for catarrh,
head colds, husky
voice or bronchitis,
like the Hyomei meth
cd, none Just as good,
so easy and pleasant
to use, or that gives
such quick, sure and
lasting relief. You
breathe it-no stom-
ach dosing. Crown
Drug Co. sells 1t with
"a ornament ~ rafun.I
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CONVENTION HERE

Delegates of the Degree OF Hon.
or are holding convention In the
Odd Fellows hall today They
came from all parts of Puget
Sound. A dinner was served at
noon, followed by speeches and a
business session.
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your money IL you are not bene-
fitted.
Try Hyomei at once and see
how quickly IL clears the head,
stops the shifting, and banishes
catarrh. Hyomei will help you
to enjoy good health. All drug
gists sell it. Ask for the COM
plete outfit-$1.O0 size.
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LOOKS LIKE WAR

LONDON, April 15.---All the
principal London dailies came out
today with editorial statements
to the effect that they believed
the United States was on the
verge of armed intervention In
Mexico.
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LONG RETURNS

George s. Long, secretary OF
the Weyerhaeuser Timber com.
pany, returned home yesterday
after attending the funeral OF
Frederick Weyerhaeuser at Rock
Island, Ill.
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SEEKING SITE

The United States postoffice
department has advertised for
bids for the rental OF building
to house the South Tacoma pos
tai sub-station. The lease will be
for 5 or 10 years.
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And with that Billy marched
straight to the kitchen and back
to me in a flash. Our mysterious
burglar had vanished.
| swayed. Billy grabbed my
arm.
| remembered then that Billy
had come for papers--George
would be looking for some evil
dence of my truthfulness - and
/ snatched up the first STABLE
book l saw-my German diction-
airy, though | didn't notice what
it was-and bunch of old pa
pers and thrust them into Billy'S
hand and got him out in spite OF
his protests that | ought not to
stay alone.
| closed the door and put III
the chain-bolt. Then l rushed tc
the hyacinth bouquet. The dia'
monds were safe.
awoke in the early dawn
With a rush it came to me that
Mrs. Jimmson, who could GOSSIP
as well as scrub, was coming tc
clean.
Heaven help us!" I cried, hop
ping out of bed and slipping on q
kimono. IF she gets hold Of
this robbery I'm done for"
With feverish haste l got the
books back in the cases, hit OF
miss as they came to hand; the
pictures hung and the rooms il
order.
| had barely finished with the
kitchen when my dear Jimmsor
rang.
AS | turned to enter the dining
room, followed by her, l caught
my breath. There on the kitchen
table lay long thin dagger, as
sharp as a razor-Mrs. Jimmson's
eyes went rolling.
l managed to say carelessly
"Yes-my new paperknife.
was wondering where I'd dropped
lit"
l swallowed some coffee Mrs
Jimmson made me and tried Il
eat few morsels of roll, but they
stuck in my throat. She tagged
me when / went to my bedroom
to know If she hadn't better tele.
phone the doctor to look in-just
as a precaution.
smiled at her-a pleasant and
deceiving smile to prove that she
was wrong-and she Immediately
went back to work.
had been standing by the
bureau while we spoke and some.
thing to my eye seemed missing
on it. She hadn't more than left
the room when l knew what-my
revolver was gone. 1t lay always
on the corner where ] could put
my hand on it in the night in the
dark. | knew l hadn't seen II
when | cleared up the room;
knew monsieur, whom l now be.
lieved to be the burglar, couldn't
have helped seeing it when he
cleared out the bureau. And by
the token / knew that he had
taken it.
At that moment / heard the
sound of latch-key working in a
door. thought it was my own,
mad dashed out and threw it wide
1t was the lady in the adjoining
flat. She said, How these keys
do stick, sometimes. I wonder
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VI,
The Detective.


Now 1t Is a habit of mine to
read the signature before the
message. The signature was my
brothers name.
My brother is not a tele2raphy
person, except for bad news, and
the sight of his name gave me a
shock, and for good half minute
| could not 90 on with the mes
sage. But when | got tle courage
to face what had happened in the
family, this is WHIT appeared:
II am obliged to ask you
to come to Philadelphia to-
morrow on urgent business.
Take the train leaving New
York at | a. IN. will meet
you at Broad street station"
! think the first thing that
struck me as queer in IL was the
large number of words--words
that no experienced business
man, using telegfaphic communi-
cation all the time, would have
put in-the "to's" and "the's";
and then. Il am obliged to ask
my brother would say, Must ask
you COME or Please come"
The second queer thing was
saying he'd meet me when his Of
flee is just around the corner
from the station and he knows l
don't expect him to waste time
standing about waiting for train
that may be late.
The third queer thing was that
there was no business of mine he
could be needing to see NE about,
and If it were business of his, he'd
ask it as favor. 1t was then
THAT my eve slid up to the date and
saw 1t had been sent from New
York. Well, if he were in New
York, why hadn't he telephoned
me or come up to the house?
While | was still wondering,
opened the special delivery letter
and started to read:
Madame was seen by two
witnesses to carry away the
packages containing the
jewels referred to. If ma
dame desires to return them
to their owner, telephone
Hotel Imperial at 9 a. m. The
owner gives madame this one
opportunity to rectify her
mistake without further
trouble or publicity. Failure
to comply with the request
to telephone will prove ma
danes intentions and neces-
state active measures for
the recovery of the jewels"
So I was to phone at nine
o'clock! By rights-and mon
sieur's calculations should
have received the letter before the
first delivery; instead, it had
come after and by accident
hadn't read II till noon. The
telegram was timed nine forty
five.
1t was then that I began to see
through a hole in stone. | had
not telephoned-which proved
meant to keep the diamonds. My
next move, obviously, would be to
get them out of the city-to my
brothers, of course.
The telegram gave me the ex-
cuse for doing it; also told mon
sieur by what train and station
should leave, for he had set them
himself.
But why had he set day train
Why not one at night? 1t puz-
zled me at first until | saw his
reason. Who would notice. among
hundreds of women going through
the Pennsylvania station, a woman
as simply dressed as /? Probably
no one. 1t would be like this:
Two men would step up to me
while l am buying my ticket. One
says, "You are under arrest, If
you come with me quietly I'll not
put handouts on you and you may
ride to the station-house like a
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BUY LAND

10 acres of fine shot clay land,
level easy cleared, 81 miles from
Tacoma and only Is minutes walk
from Kapowsin, where there are
good schools, churches and general
stores. Also saw and single mill.
so far We have secured work at the
mills for all who have purchased
10-acre tracts and we can do the
same for YOU You can work in
Kapowson and live on your 10-acre
tract at the same time for $40 per
month. This is cheaper than rent.
Several families now located. More
locating this week. There are only
s of these tracts left. Get busy.
See owners at 521 Cali
fornia Bldg. Phone Main
$40.
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IN THE TIMES.

come over In the meantime, I call
ed on Mrs. Delario. She showed
me seven diamonds worth a mil
lion dollars. Just then a detec-
tive appeared on the scene. She
thrust the diamonds in my hand,
and | fled with them to my own
flat.
had no wish to be responsible
for million dollars worth of dia-
monds, SO the next morning |
took them back to Mrs. Delario.
But she insisted l keep them, so
for a second time | left her house
with the jewels.
On my way home | happened
to buy some hyacinths, and later,
for want of a better place, hid the
diamonds among them.
Upon reaching home l received
telephone from M. de Rayenol
that Mrs. Delario was i'll and want
ed me, so | again fastened to her
house, only to be confronted by
monsieur, who accused me, at the
point of a revolver, of having
stolen the jewels from his daugh-
ter.
| finally escaped, and on the
way home luckily met Bill Rivers,
a former pupil of mine, then re-
porter. l told him nothing of the
diamonds, but said | had feeling
that my flat had been robbed. He
went home with me, and found
the flat ransacked, with $500 |
had left in my bureau drawer
spread out on the bed!
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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wANTED-AN OFFER
Wanted, offer for 5-room, modern
house and ~ lots. Must sell ac-
count of leaving town. See owner
at 4125 So. j, or phone Madison 400
At bargain, 100 TT. front, part
ly cleared, city water. Watt, So.
i2d and Orchard.
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THE NO COMMISSION co.
1886 so. c st. Phone Main 4795
We list and advertise all classes
of property. Why not sell, rent or
you want?
WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION.
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REAL ESTATE
MIR. WORKINGMAN
READ THIS

Lots near the Mckinley Hill car
line, only a short distance from
center of city, SC car fare, in one of
the fastest growing residential sec
lions of Tacoma, good soil. free
wood and water. no rent, plenty of
land to raise your own garden,
fruit. chickens, etc.
Remember, you can buy or more
of these lots at sS5 per lot and on
terms of $40 cash, balance at IS per
month. 1t is better than placing
your money in the bank. Make ar
rangements to see these lots. Call
on or write the
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A house on No. Frace st. Will
sell on terms or trade for farming
implements or stock. 1922 No.
Frace st. Take PIT. Defiance car
to 5ist st. and inquire for Ben
Carlson.
Mr.. Workingman, look at this:
Almost one acre of ground, best of
soil, 7-room house, nice orchard,
berries, garden, chicken houses, city
water, electric light and phone. Ten
minutes ride from center of city.
Any reasonable offer accepted. Must
sell. Tel Main 2i19.
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Read This Item From the
Tacoma Daily Press-This
Tells the Tale
WHY!
BIG CLOTHING DEAL


Two Large Oregon stores.
Mr., William Herzog. local manager
Tor ID. Sondheim, present owner of the
former Menzies & Stevens store at s18-
s1o faefffc avenue, announces that Mr.
Sonqneim Just contaminated a deal for
the Bafde q Leavitt merchandise stock
OF salem ore, also for the Boston Store
stock OF Portland. Ore. These two
stocks of merchandise. Consisting of
apparel. including shoes, and amount
ing to many thousands of dollars have
been shipped to our Tacoma store"
stated Mr.. Herzog, and will be placed
On sale here. 1t will take US several
DAYS to get the stock marked and ar
closed two or three days this week.
But We expect to be ready and open
Tor business by Thursday morning
The fact that Mr.. Sondheim has located
IN business in Tacoma permanently
VIII certainly prove a boon TO the peo-
PIE OF moderate MEANS. added Mr.
Her1og. We are going to bring down
buys everything for cash. and only
then, If he can buy, as in this case. at
between 40 and SO cents on the dollar
of wholesale cost This enables us 10
sell our merchandise far below what
the average merchant has to pay, or
wholesale price. and still make fair
Mr.. Sondheims health has not been
very good of late, but 1 hope he will
speedily recover" continued Mr.. Her
cog; and we expect to build up a very
large patronage in Tacoma. For judg-
ing from past experience. the people
are quick to realize the advantage of
trading in place where they can get
dependable merchandise at far below
the market price"
The Harrison times., 1914-08-15
FACE COVERED WITH
PlMPLES-RESlN0L CURED

Atlanta, Ga, April 24,-"My face
was covered with pimples which de.
fed creams, soaps and cosmetics,
They were a source Of constant hui
initiation to me- BY the time | had
finished a cake Of resinol soap and
half Jar OF resinol ointment, my skin
was soft as velvet, and as smooth.
My friends were stunned, and every.
one asked me what had done, When
! told them, | think they hardly be-
lIeyed It, for the transformation was
simply wonderful, Since then / have
been using resinol soap and shall new
er be without It again, for | have
learned the delights Of clear, soft,
beautiful complexion that may be at
tanned by It's constant use" (Signed)
Miss u, p, Gaddis, 2S4 South Pryor St
Resinol ointment and resinol soap
stop itching instantly and speedily
heal eczema, and other skin humors,
dandruff, sunburn, sores, burns and
piles, Sold by every druggst-Ady
The Harrison times., 1914-08-15
STRAW ON ROADS A SUCCESS
Successful Experiment Made on High.
ways In Minnesota--SaWdu5t and
Glover Also Used

For S25 n mile year the state high.
way commission can take the most
sandy road In the state and turn II into
q highway which can be worked with
q road grader by the use Of straw,
sawdust or clover whichever Is the
most convenient II has been doing
this IN yO,loua parts Of the state for
the last few years, paying for the im'
proved roads from the expense found
Of the commission but It will ask the
legislature for more money to extend
this work to other parts Of the state
and win extend It just 40 far AZ the
legislature sees At TO permit It by tho
limit on the appropriation
Near Cambridge an experimental
road was made with sawdust several
years ago, but the supply ut the local
sawmll gave out and straw was used
during the past season and with bottor
results, The straw works into the
sand, forming n vegetable loan which
can be handled by the ROAD grader
and viii also support heavier loads
than are possible with the Gand In lt8
natural condition
q, w. Cooley state engineer also
has shown the people what can be ac'
complshod by constant watch Of the
roads as ls done IN foreign countries,
by maintaining q man on stretch Of
road all OF the time Last season a
road nix miles south Of saltwater was
under experiment. The year before a
road leading from st. Paul into Dako
Ia county was watched For t2j q
mile for the season these or other
roads can bo kept IN such condition
that they may be used every day dur
Ing the oypcrImont=st Paul Pioneer
Press