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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-11-24
THE DENrsoN REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, NOV ~. 1915.

The officer leaned forward. His
mind was at work. His memory trav-
eled back over some thirteen years.
He nodded.
"1lington," he repeated. "A child
IA baby girl. remember now"
THAT baby girl, senior. boarded the
ship-they took her out OF all her
party-her and her native woman serv-
ant"
The officer slapped his thigh. II re-
member now" he said, II remember
all about 1t. Let me see. 1t was com.
mon talk aboard the Eaglet. This
child came aboard with the wife Of
the Princess captain. She had two
boys with her and this little girl. !
don't remember the girl, but she was
young, say five years old. The cap
tain's boy l remember well-he slept
in my hammock the first night he
came aboard. remember him. But
there was something about the girl
wait. have 1t. A bag of gold-Span-
.ish pieces most Of them. think-or
maybe French. A bag Of gold--and
something else. Some note or pack
age-some mystery at any rate, as
recall
Hernandez knocked the ashes from
his panetela. "You don't say so, SEN
Or" he replied, with show Of inter.
est. "A bag Of gold and mystery
knew nothing. Of all that. I wonder
what has become Of lrngton. BY the
way, senor what became Of the sur.
vivors OF the Princess?"
The officer nodded. I'VE landed
them at Brooklyn navy yard. They
were people from the North, New
York or whereabouts. Curious about
this little girl. had almost forgot
all about her. will have to look her
up somehow some day and see what
her history Is and what the mystery
was"
Hernandez shrugged his shoulders.
Like looking fora needle in a hay.
stack, Officer" he suggested.
ooh, no." said the officer. they've
got tho record in the Brooklyn navy
yard. l can easily ind out" He rose
and held out his hand. "sorfy to
trouble you. Mr.. Hernandez. Duty IL
duty and the government 10 no re-
spector Of persons"
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SECOND lNsTALLMENT
THE YELLOW PACKET
CHAPTER VI.
The WhlpIash.

Hernandez stepped out upon the
porch Of the low.roofed bungalow. He
moved with lazy strides He was pros.
porous apparently, this Portuguese,
Hernandez. Here was no evidence OF
adversely nor OF hard luck. Years be-
fore he had escaped from the eruption
of Mount Pelee in Martinique.
Now it was the year 1915. 1t was
January Of that year. He was located
nay, comfortably established-on his
own plantation in the southern waters.
For months or years--who knows? ?
he had lived life of ease upon this
island just off the coast of Porto Rico.
Hernandez strobe to the table and
tapped bell.
.'Inez," he cried sharply, s'bring me
drink" He was a Portuguese, this
Hernandez, tall, slender, dark. The
expression on his face was sinister,
and across his face was an old.time
scar planted by a saber stroke.
Within woman had been humming
--hummins little snatches of familiar
Spanish songs. At his command the
humming ceased There was an ex-
clamation of rage-ot feminine rage.
Inez' Castro stepped out upon the YER
anda,
81 am no servant" she exclaimed
angrily, ito be summoned by bell
Drink" said Hernandez sharply,
give me drink"
She poured it out for him and hand
ed him the glass. May l hope 1t
chokes you.' she exclaimed, stamping
her foot
stop your snarling there, you Span
ish cat" exclaimed Hernandez, "and
listen to me. have an order from
Porto Rico that I must fill-and I'LL
tonight"
Inez was all attention in moment.
"How much do they want??" she
asked.
Fifty pounds Of gum opium" said
her lord and master, "and twenty
pounds Of fake cocaine"
He strobe into the bungalow and
approached a rude fireplace at the
farther end Of the apartment. He
stopped and threw back the corner Of
mnny-colored rug that partially con-
cealed the tiles. The tiles were loose
ly set. He removed a dozen OF them
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CHAPTER x.
a eaner.l .j,,l ,oe,ivee

! A General Jail Delivery.
+, Meantime Neal, incensed at the as.
sault, either intended or accidental,
upon Annette, was following his man
across country. Hernandez was lean
and agile and he kept we'll in the lead.
At the railroad, obeying some sudden
impulse, he turned and rwung on down
the tracks. Here he was at disad.
vantage. Neal was accustomed to leap.
ing railroad ties. two at leap.
! BY this time, however, they had
reached the bridge-a bridge over the
inlet to the north Of the town. Her.
inandez darted out upon 1t with Neal
Immediately behind him. but just as
Neal was about to clutch him from
behind, Hernandez twitched aside and
leaped to the waters Of the inlet far
beneath.
Neal followed suit. Both men swan
to shore and Hernandez, realizing for
the first time that he was followed by
one man and not two. now changed bis
tactics. He stood upon the shore. and
waited until Neal came up. Then
with q sudden rush he darted forward
and planted murderous blow in the
direction Of Meals chin.
When the blow was delivered Meals
chin was not there. nor was Neal. but
he was not far away. He ducked and
countered with his left. striking Her
nandez full upon the throat.
At that instant something small and
dark and fat leaped out Of the dark.
ness. drew a poniard, and before Neal
could even turn, had cut a gash-a
deep gash-in Meals shoulder.
This new assai!ant was Ponto.
And then all three heard sound
upon the bridge. All three looked up.
There in the moonlight. running full
tilt toward them. was squad Of uni
formed men.
Ponto and Hernandez took to their
heels and ran, but Neal In that instant
leaped upon them fror, behind.
clutched each man with Ola hand.
Come on. boys" he yelled, painting.
1--WE go. them. Come"
Meantime Mrs. Hardin nad succeed
ed in getting Annette back into the
cottage. Annette had been somewhat
injured by the violence Of her fall,
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SYNOPSIS.

On the day OF the eruption of Mount
Pelee Capt. John Hardin Of the steamer
Princess rescues three-year-old Annette
Ilington from an open boat, but is forced
to leave behind her father and his COM
paaions. Ilington is assaulted by Her
nandez and Ponto in a vain attempt to
get papers which Ilingtop has managed
daughter, papers proving his title to the
lost island OF Cinnabar. Ilington's injury
causes h!s mind to become blank.
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An influential Son Of the
Netherland. Tell. Of Hi.
Experiences

Mr.. X. NEYENEscH. one OF the
group of sturdy Holtanders that set.
tied Pella many years ago, and who is
one OF the best known and most infiu-
ention citizens OF Marion county, be-
came very much concerned about the
condition OF his eyesight. He says:
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Flash Flare.

Neal Hardin Of the United States
life-saving service at Seaport, N. j.,
swung down the narrow lane toward
the beach. Before he reached the in
tervening railroad tracks train
pulled ina shore train from New
York. Its last two cars blocked Meals
progress toward the beach--and he
was forced to wait until the train
Pulled out again. Meantime, while the
train was stationary, single passen-
ger alighted-a smartly dressed young
woman.
She stopped, once she had alighted
and glanced about her in uncertain
ty. She caught sight Of Neal and
started toward him.
~ you. don't MIND. Is said the young
woman, in dulcet tones-and with just
the trace Of foreign accent in her
voice--'if you do not mind, ! should
like to- find the post ofRce-if you
have one here"
Neal nodded. II 60 past there" an.
swered Neal, I'll take you to it,
Come with me-"
Neal liked her-but she didn't ring
true.
"This is the post Office" he ex-
claimed at length.
Neal passed on toward the beach.
He had not gone far when he heard a
woman's scream. He looked back. In
front Of the post Office a crumpled
heap turned out to be the pretty won,-
an.
II slipped-I Notwithstanding"
she exclaimed. "and. oh-the pain-the
pain"
"Where?" queried the postmaster.
my foot, my ankle" returned the
young lady; 1T is bad-bad."
She fell back. half fainting. In Nears
arms. The postmaster nodded to Neal.
%"She was going to your mothers,
Neal" he said. q.
my mothers" gasped Nes'. docs
does she know my mother?'
The postmaster shook his head.
"she wanted q quiet place-not q
boarding house, nor nothing Of the
kinda quiet place for her and her
old father. l gave her your mothers
name. didn't know. ! thought may.
be your mother might take EN- in"
Nea. clutched her in his strong arms
and staggered to his feet.
TIL take you to my mothers" he
said aloud; ''thaSs where you were
bound-I'm Mrs. Hardin's SON."
Meals mother. Mrs. Captain Hardin.
had spent good part of the last hour
in the attic OF her coy little house.
She was delving into the depths Of an
old leather trunk-and that meant
that she was delving into the past.
At the very bottom Of the trunk
where she had placed them years ago,
was . newspaper package, carefully
tied up. She opened it and spread Its
contents on the lid Of the trunk. They
consisted Of the clothing-all the
clo.hing-of a little girl-the dress,
and the linen articles had turned
slightly yellow-even the thirteen
years had left their mark upon them.
But this was not all-there was
bag of gold-the bag of gold that the
little girl had brought aboard the Prin-
cess during that day Of terror back at
Martinique. And pinned to the tiny
dress was still the note-hastily pen.
ciled by an unknown hand:
am Annette liinston, heiress Of
thu lost Isle Of cinnabar. ! will be
very rich some day. Save my clothes
and the oiIskin packet until my father
comes for me, or until am eighteen.
! must look out for a man with a sa5er
cut upon his face. For Gods sake,
keep me safe.
She was startled by Annette's cry
from below. Hastily she slowed away
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The question is asked what has be-
come of the Old Timer who used to
put his money into government bonds
because the savings banks were too
risky? Well apparently he has be-
qreathed a modest estate to his son
who has promptly invested in war
stocks at top prices.
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Il have been a great reader, and as
editor OF newspaper and with other
work l have asked too much of my
eyes. in consequence whereof they
have of late bothered me greatly. They
rained me- considerably and my sight
vas blurred. heard about DR. N'ab-
er's ability. and made up my mind 70
have him treat my eyes before 1t
should be too late. He found that in
enc of my eyes was nearsighted and
IN the other Just the reverse, together
with astigmatism and irritation of the
nerve OF vision. With DR.. Weher's
specially prepared glasses and treat
!nent my sight was speedily improved.
and now, at the age Of 50, l can use
my eyes as much as wish and have
not the slightest inconvenience
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21-The river Is
rising rapidly and all the suburbs are
flooded, causing the people to fee
into the city to escape the rising wa
tiers, and because of the danger from
fire and the inability to secure drink
ing water. There are thousands and
thousands of homeless people and all
the public buildings are being used
to house them, and tent colonies are
arising in the parks. The governor
and the mayor of the city will
take charge of the offering of aid
and food to the sufferers. Over. five
inches of rain fell in the last sixteen
hours.and there is four feet OF water
in the subway. The Union Station Ia
flooded and the trains have stopped
ruuing. The same situation is AFFECT
ing the street car system. many OF the
important lines having had to dis
continue. A.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
WIRE DRAG NEEDED IN ALASKA

The strong appeal made oruse of the drag in Alaskan
waters by Dr. E. Lester jones' superintendent of the United
States Coast and Geodec Coast Survey address before
the Pacific Fisheries Society will be approved by every shipping
man in Seattle
'Te wire drag he Declares sis necessary to
insure absolute horoughness and safety the waters of Alaska
and in the harbors and bays of the Pacific coast
The last named waters may be assured of reasonable at
slope have votes Alaska however, has been and being
neglected.. 1t hasn't sufficient votes to command aentonas
yet
STILL it is certain anything be that 1916 will
increase in shipping of all kinds the Northand that will
render important than is the case the charng
Of every dangerous rock
Experts have declared after each accident where vessel
has been torn by mpaed sharp submerged pinnacle
while voyagng that section that the wire drag the only
certain of safeguarding ships, lives and property
The danger is recognized the remedy is apparent Western
dmand for speedy action.-Seattle Times
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
Representative OF lane

E. 2. Bowen did not not come here to
take any position or anything else
with the Government Engineering
Commission. The Gateway yesterday
printed story taken from the Juneau
Empire in which it was stated that Mr.
Bowen came to conduct the commits
sariat department of the railroad con-
struction work. 1t is also stated that
Mr.. Bowen is personal friend of
Secretary Lane. Mr.. Bowen denies
the first allegation but pleads guilty
to the second indictment. He came
on the same boat as Mr. Smoot who
was also accused of being connected
with the government in some respect,
particularly as representative of Sec
reary Lane. Some man came ON that
boat to represent the Secretary of the
Interior department and we may yet
discover him If we can only keep up
the guesses. One thing Is certain, and
that is that Mr.. Smmot takes an I'M
usual interest in the railroad subject
and has come well supplied with maps,
charts, etc, of routes and other sus-
picious things. 1t is also known that
he knows Secretary Lane rather init.
mately. On the other hand Commits
Smoot is here for the Interior depart
ment. Will the man, If there is such
a man, who represents Secretary Lane
here, come forward and confess?-
Seward Gateway.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
"BUSINESS SUICIDE"

The man who stops his little ad
Is not so very wise, bedad; Y
Because his advertisements tell /
The public what he has to sell, 7
And if his ad is not on deck,
The people pass him up, by heck;
And none of them will hesitate
To trade with mercants up.to-date.
To stop your ad, we would remark,
Is just like winking in the dark;
You may know what it means, but gee
Nobody else can ever see.
So do not for a moment think
That when you cut out printers ink
You're saving money on the side;
IT'S merely business suicide.
At OF the Reel
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
W|L[IbU|LD TRAIL -
:: :. TO T0LOVANA.CA|MF

!, The merchants of Fairbanks have
raised $4,000 for the construction of a
road to the Tolovana district. The
money has been turned over to the
Alaska Road commission as 1t Is re-
allied there by the business men that
the commission is better able to do
the work than the merchants them
selves. The work of the commission
in the interior has secured the COM
mediation and support of the miners
and prospectors benefited.
The work will start tomorrow and
the route from Dimes has been selected
The Tolovana camp is showing up
well and considerable gold will be
taken out this year. On the Patter-
son claim $4,000 has been taken out
with a small outfit.
Discovery. the new town in the
Tolovana. is growing rapidly X
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
BUDGET Of NEWS
FROM THE WESTWARD

SEWARD, Aug. 16-There was a
rumor around town that the good
steamship Dora would be back on the
westward run for the October trip.
Agent Mcdonald of the Alaska Steam
ship Company thinks that there is no
foundation for this statement. He
says he has heard nothing about the
contemplated change and believes that
the Dora is too small a boat to handle
the westward run In either the winter
or the summer.
Miss Alma Brooks, sister of Mrs.
Robert Johnston of Mile Six, and Mr..
Thomas B. Drayton were united in the
bonds of holy matrimony by Commits.
sioner M. J. Conroy. Mr.. Drayton is a
journalist, and is the gentleman who
started an anti-dance agitation. They
left this morning on the car for a trip
out the line on their honeymoon.
Happy days.
In the Office of Deputy Clerk
Weaver, Henry Oliver has filed suit
for divorce from Jessie B. Oliver to
whom he was married at Nome on
August Is, 1903. Charles Polk Davies
is named as correspondent and the
charge is the obvious one. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver have been living for some
time in the tent colony near Lowell
creek and have little girl whom was
born the year following their marri
age.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
LOCAL GLACIERS
NJ. CHARM FOR
FA|RbANKSAN

On yesterdays incoming train was
one passenger whom the Childs and
Miles glaciers did not seem to make
such deep impression as the con-
ductor Of the dining car thought that
they should. That man was w. r.
Taylor. Billy lives at the foot of
Mt. Mckinley, and is the first man
who ever saw Alaska from the sum-
mit of Mt Mckinley. One spring
just before work began same old
timers gathered in Bill McPhee's place
were discussing the controversy then
raging as to whether DIR. Cook had
really reached the summit of Mt. Nc
Kinley. Billy Taylor and Tom Lloyd,
whose mines lie at the foot of Nc
Kinley, were in the crowd, and they
knew from the description of the climb
and from the point where he said he
had "skelped the rise" that Cook never
climbed Mckinley. and finally Tom
Lloyd hazarded the suggestion that
almost any old timer could reach the
summit if he cared to try. Bill Nc
Phee offered to bet the drinks that
Lloyd couldn't do it, and Tom took the
bet. Taylor and Lloyd, and two hus-
kies working for them, Anderson and
McGonigal, made up pack of a dozen
pounds and started. They made it.
From timber line to the summit of
Mckinley, Billy Taylor and Anderson
packed 30-foot section of a huswy
pine tree on their shoulders, and 1t
still stands on the summit of McKin-
ley as a flag pole. Arcdeacon Stuck,
whom Harry Karstens carried to the
summit of Mckinley a year or more
ago. reported the flag pole as still
there. On the trip Billy covered
glaciers that make the Child glacier
look like mudpuddle, and he named
glaciers larger than the Cordova one
That is why glaciers have so little
charm for him This was Mr. Taylor's
first trip in an automobile and his
only trip out in ten years. He will
attend the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
GEORGIA MAY D R
WARNS SLAT0N
NOT RETURN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1S-Mayor
Woodward, Of Atlanta, Georgia, who
has been visiting the fair here, was
the guest of honor at banquet given
in celebration of Georgia Day at the
exposition last night. The principal
address was delivered by Mayor
Woodward, and the fact that earlier in
the day Leo Frank had been lynched
in the home state of the mayor caused
peculiar interest to be felt in what the
distinguished visitor would have to say
The mayor came up to expectations
and commented freely on the lynching
and the details of the murder trial
in the course of his remarks.
In referring to yesterdays lynching
the speaker asserted with great earn
estness that Frank had met with a
just reward, and that the dead man
fittingly punished for the horrible
crime he committed. The penalty
melted out to Frank by the mob was
indeed poetic justice, and the mayor
said that nobody in Georgia at all
familiar with the facts of the case
could feel the slightest tremors of
regret over the death of the slayer of
Mary Phagan.
Woodward warned Ex-Governor
Slaton not to return to Georgia for at
least year, and said that perhaps it
would be better If he never came back,
as his act in committing Franks death
sentence to life Imprisonment, might
result in violence to the former chief
executive of the state. He said that
the people throughout the United
States had gained a wrong impression
of the evidence submitted at the trial
of Frank, and that this wrong impress
sion was carefully nurtured and en-
couraged by the rich friends of Frank,
who had subsidized the press for that
very purpose.
AS to the trial itself and the details
of the evidence submitted by the
prosecution. Mayor Woodward vigor-
ously contended that common decency
prohibited the publishing or telling of
the revolving circumstances surround.
ing the death of the little factory op-
erative. The truth was so repugnant
and unspeakable that nobody who was
not present in the court room could
realize or believe that anything could
have been SO degraded as Mary Pha-
CAMS murder. According to Wood
ward every member of the jury, which
convicted Frank, firmly believed the
prisoner to be guilty.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
BEDS RICH
AND PLENTY
Of. THEM

After spending three days in the
vicinity of Hinchinbrook Island, pros
pecting the clam beds, with view to
establishing factory at Cordova, H.
A. Sprague, president of the Light
house Packing Company, of Warren
ton, Oregon, returned to town today
and is much encouraged at the outlook.
He reports having found rich and in
exhaustible beds Of CLAIMS.
When questioned ny representative
Of this paper as to what his plans were
Mr.. Sprague stated that he would
leave for the states on the steamer
Watson to consult with his associates,
but from the optomistic tone of his
conversation there is no doubt but
that his report will be a favorable one
and result in the erection clam fac
tory here.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
SORRY TIMES INzALASKA. /

Now comes the that the builders of the gov
ernmen railroad Alaska actually allowed cut trees
Shades of Clifford Pinchot!
The sacred idol of conversational conservation bounced
from America is able to find safe refuge Alaska
Common sense coming back into it's despite the Washing
ton bureaucrats.
governments Alaska railroad been constructed
in the good old days the late officially amented Gift
would have been russed up with red tape
wise that they like enough would have had
ish Columbia for all the timber required Thus the territorial
supply would saved for unborn generations which
probably will follow in the footsteps of Edison and make
crete do the work of wood.
Some evidently has emancipated ordinary good udg
the shackes Of Washington theories The first thing
the country knows order will be issued allowing individuals
to NINE ship, sell and burn Alaska coa-Seate Times.
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24
MINING SHARES OF NO PAR. VALUE

The Kenneco Copper Corporation the shares of which
were recently introduced to the public unique in having
capitalization OF shares which have par value This
good idea to follow In the organization of mining companies
In former times it used to be the capitalize mining
company at 500 per SHARE let say offer stock
$40 share the promoters and the public both hoping that
development in the mine might the stock grow up
its par value Sometimes it did, but often it did not
causing the stock to look rather ridiculous aerward
In the modern of the pophyr coppers the idea
capitalize at the real value in the young days the mine
of developed and the shares SIS par value AS
the known of the mine gradually increased
about 100000 on the value of the stock increased more
less in proportion thereto and IN company is
ing dividends at the rate of So share per which
per the par value This experience hat Of Utah.
Chino Ray and the rest Of the pohyry coppers similarly
persons inexperienced in mining to wonder In fact
par values of these securities ceased long ago
The Chitina leader., 1915-08-24

Is it trouble sniff from the high places the democratic
paryY Is there to be rift in those placid surfaces?
At the last session of congress- Senator Kern admins
traon LEADER was in the vanguard fighting for all the Wilson
measures And his services effective.
But now this Hooser seems to be straying away The
Wilson administration had announced its loyalty
for army and navy increases But with splash that sounds
very much like cold water Senator Kern says:
Congress is not going wild the subject of prepare
tons thing should avoid in this country the cuva
ton of the war spirit
Senator Kern Mr.. Bryans running mate on the
democratic national ticket They have been than close
political frends personal friendship has been
for years.
If few more democratic leaders like Senator Kern follow
him in opposition to Wilson defense program there III be
aplenty right in Washington, D. c.