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whats the matter AZ sne mine!
she faltered, but all saw was tie
papers"
well, We'll have a look-see for pa
pers," responded the detective amiably.
When the officers had gone away
Ruth turned and greeted the cook OF
the Master Key" with unfeigned Ut
lection and delight.
.'Tom. whatever brought you here!"
she demanded ut last.
Kane scratched his head and glanced
hastily at John. Then lie looked at
Ruth, SO fair in the moonlight, and
said gently: why, Ruthie, just
thought couldn't stay away from old
San Francisco when knew you was
here. So came right up"
"And the mine:"
1.-The mine? Why, amt John told
ye? The boys are already workin' ON
that new lead. Everything is fine! ie
don't suppose old Tom Kane would
have left if everything hadn't been all
right?''
She impulsively threw her arms
about his neck and Rugged him.
"You are the best old dear that ever
was, and have Il thousand things to
tell your
How did you get up here?' asked
John curiously.
Kane laughed and looked at his
rusty hands. They told me Ruth was
in her room. and when l got there |
found the door open and the window
open. and when looked out l saw her
climbing aud heard her calling. So l
just saunterel up myself"
We'll" said John, ''as Ruth says she
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CHAPTER N;Ii.
The Second Story Man.

III Y(EAN sDARNELL paced back
M and forth in the miserable
sSSks23 room where Harry Wilker-
son had lodged her and her
mud pending the outcome Of his wild
plotting to set possession OF Ruth Gal
Ions precious papers. Her handsome
and cruel face was clouded with slow
wrath, and size clinched her hands
now and again till the knuckles were
white.
For one thing, Mrs. Darnell loved
the plush of life. Physical luxury was
iler highest wish. the goal OF her lofti-
est ambition. the one price she had set
on her soul. The dull surroundings
she had been forced to accept nauseat-
ed her. She hated Wilkerson for max
ing her uncomfortable.
So when he came in, walking very
slowly and quietly. she turned on him
like q wildcat
Take me out of here" she painted.
IL won't stay here another hour. Ruth
or no Ruth"
Wilkerson flinched. "l'm sorry" he
raspcd, "but Drake made mess Of
the whole afftlir, the police are after
Sing Wah and that girl got away"
Mrs. Darnell stopped in her almost
lysterical walk about the room and
stared-at Wilkerson with burning eyes.
! lie returned her look deliantly. I'D
never had to do all this if you had
done your part long ago and got the
papers when she was in your charge,
lie said. but there is no use in cry.
ing over what can't be helped"
at this moment Drake entered, pre-
senting himself sullenly. He had al
ready received Wilkerson's acrid COM
pliments on his astuteness in failure,
and he expected nothing less from
Mrs. DarneIl. He was ready to quit
the conspiracy.
jeans quick instinct did not fail her.
and she instantly smiled on Drake and
murmured: You poor boy! Now tell
me all about IT,
When lie had finished his relation Of
the mornings experiences, with much
emphasis on the shooting and his mar
row escape from Sing Wah's den. she
looked at him thoughtfully.
1T was madman's scheme" she
said. She turned to WilkersOn. liar.
ry. you used to do things better. Use
your wits! This isn't the desert. Force
won't avail and time Is getting short.
We must have those papers immediate
~ and raise the money on them and
get enough capital ahead to tind the
old plan to the mother lode Of the Mas
ter Key mine. Use your wits!"
For a long moment the three Of them
stood in silence. Then Wilkerson
smiled sarlonically.
"Ali right. Jean: 1 think understand
you. I'll see .wilntsI can do today.
First ! must find out II few things.
Drake and will so together"
Thanks said the young man drily.
II have notion that I'm about fed
up with your plans and plots"
Before Wilkerson could respond with
the bitter reproaches ready on his lips
Mrs. Darnell interposed, curbins her
own unruly temper
George" she said. looking at him
with suddenly soft eyes. "I.know just
how you feel. But it means everything
to me-to all of us. have trusted you
SO. and if you fail me now She
threw out her arms in Il gesture of
pleading. Then she came closer to him
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odv freed himself and darted away

body freed himself and dartcd away
Dorr sped after him instantly.
The chase was short one. John
caught him near the edge of the roof.
tackled him low, and they crashed
down together. The thief put up Il
furious fight, managing to get on his
feet again in spite of his captor's eff
forts to bold him till help came. See
n.; that he was about to escape him,
John made one last desperate grapple.
caught him fairly and threw him heav-
lily, but not upon the roof.
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Unless the state legislatures satisfy
the popular demands by increasing the
appropriations and reducing the taxes
they can't possibly satisfy the intelli-
gent American electorate.
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CHARTER XIV.

iLKERsON did not follow Pell.
After all Pell was a danger
GUS customer and 4 man who
worked secretly and IN his
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and whispered, "And are you going to
give up the stake you are playing for?
You are in love with her!"
That's but little reason why should
help Harry here out with all kinds of
preposterous plans. That one of last
night nearly did for us all Ii she
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-23
Local Lodge Directory

STEVENS I.on0E No. 40. X. or q,
Meets every "Wednesday e,enlng'
y, II. English, e, q, Clark Woodi
4, Of H. \ y.
WESTON LODGE NO. Oh, a. Y, 4 a.
NJ. Meets every second and fourth
Saturday In each month Richard
Morrison, w. N. l.. u, Davis, See
WESTON LODGE No. az, 100. y.
Meets every Thursday evening. w.
II, Could, N, q. A, A, KEGS, Rec.
Sec; ~ q. neAloss, Fin, Sec.
WESTON CAMP No. iis, W. O. W.
Meets the first and thlrl Saturdays
ot each month. AlonOe Turner q,
G, J, J. Beelcr. Clork.
EUREKA ASSEMBLY No. -. IN.
tied Artisans Meets the hivt and
third MONDAYS In each month, Mel.
lie Maybee, NJ, A. Frances q. wood.
Secretary,
ulAWATHA REnEkAH LODGE
No. ~. Meets the second aud fourth
Tuesdays oi each month, Anna o.
Harra, n. q. Odessa Kirkpatrick,
Rec. Sec. I.otlle brandt, Fin. See.
CHAPTER No. Al, o.
v. \. Meets the second and fourth
Fridays ot each month, Mary y.
Barnes, w. NJ. Alice y, Price, SEQ.
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white sNee to tho Martian chariot and
freed the Yellow PERIL
The United States viii want friends,
We say. And the logic Of events should
impel us 10 seek them among the
powers OF the Triple Entente. Desplte
the sueeessof the German arms against
Russia her chance for ultimate victory
against all her foos IL small, The war
is moro likely to end h an lmpasse
through mutual exhaustion or IN Ger
many's defeat In either event the
good win Of the allies win be worth
more TO us than that Of Germany.
Not having developed his muscles.
Uncle Sam has reached point where
he must use his brain TO the best pcssl-
bic advantage II he would retain his
,wn place In the SUM-
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The following suggestion from an
exchange Is reprinted as illustrative Of
a certain type Of boosting that may
conceal boomerang. II Is evidently
based upon tho assumption that Oregon
land Is easy TO get. and that by sing
Ing song or two the tired tenderfoot
may acquire place TO his liking. set
tie down and prosper. This Is not true
Of Weston. nor Of the major part Of
umatilla county.
''The State Of North Dakota has and
Il Is now up TO the people Of Oregon 10
put into operation plan which should
bring thousands Of new settlers within
the next year or two. This paper, al
ways alert 20 serve the state aud the
county and towninwhich il is published.
suggests that the newspapers In the
state request their readers 10 write
personal letters to old friends back
home Those farmers who are well
situated and who have prospered are
urged to write their friends In the older
states. telling them Of their success, Of
the resources OF the state, how they
raise wheat, alfalfa. cattle, hogs, etc,
and In fact, TO try and induce those
friends to break away from the cities
and the older communities and settle in
Oregon. Any prosperous rural COM
munity can benefit itself II it's energetic
men and women win help TO spread the
gospel Of country life. Almost every
one of our readers can think Of some
friend or relative now struggling along
In some town or city who, IL trans
planted to a modest ranch, would be
healthier. happier and more prosperous
than they are at present. Write to
your friends, tell them what you are
doing and what you mean TO do. Point |
out to them that farming today Is not |
what Il was 20, 80 or even ten years |
ago. Write to your old home town |
newspapers and let your old friends |
and neighbors know how well you are
getting on. Pass n good thing along. |
You will be doing your friends favor
and viii be helping the community"
About all that Weston people can
write to their friends is that IL the latter
have money enough 70 buy good wheat
land at 500 to $3.50 an acre they can
find safe investment hereabouts, but
that II poor they are apt to continue
to be as poor here as anywhere. We
nave a fine climate here. to be sure:
out it isn't negotiable at the bank.
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Germany's manner Of fighting for
her life" IL not unapt 10 convince un-
Gle Sam that she could have chosen a
better cause.
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THE CRISIS APPROACHES.

| Germany seeks to make her own con
ditions under which United States ma
tionals may travel the high seas with
out forfeiting their lives.
The United States uphoIds the right
of its nationals to travel the high seas
under the hitherto we'll established rules
of maritime warfare.
The right of Germany to sink enemy
merchantmen carrying contraband Of
war is not denied. Her assumed right
to destroy the lives Of American ma
tionals who may chance to be on board
is denied, and firmly SO. Unless she
chooses to adopt the role Of the great
est pirate in history it becomes her
absolute duty as a civilized power to
first remove them to q place Of safety.
The Germans virtually murdered 100
American citizens on board the Lusi-
tania, and expect us to remain passive.
They sought to murder 20 more on
board the Orduna, British liner bound
for our own shores and free from any
question as to her peaceful identity.
Germany seems to have become OBJ
sessed by the notion that her flight for
life" absolves her from any respect for
humanity in general or the rights Of
Hon-combatant nations.
IL we have become as the Chinese
Indifferent, supine, poweriess-we viii
perforce submit. Otherwise the note
which the administration is now pre-
pairing is likely to be our last friendly
communication to the imperial govern
ment. War may not follow. But the
Of our countenance from
Germany, and like action by other
neutral powers that now await our
move, viii have almost as pronounced
IN influence.
Moreover, we viii need friends when
he war is over. We will need Eng
and's friendship in opposing the bound
ess ambition of Japan, fed upon the
ruits of its cunning opportunism in
pening the Chinese door to itself !
lone. Japan hates US and when she {
Gems the hour as ripe viii strike, If
My to humble us. II the probable !
ruth were known she would have s
truck before now, but for the restrain J
g hand of her English ally. In so
sterminedIy seeking her own. place i
the SUM- Germany has bound the t
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Billy Sunday says that "more men
of solid mahogany are needed, but
we move to amend by conceding to
Fred Boyd the further use of an
ivory top.
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THISTLEDOWN

Rex Laurpman says editorially in tn
Saturday Evening Alibi that he couI,
never indorse the Diet Of Worms, ans
we infer that caterpillar must hav,
lodged in his wind-pipe.
The kaiser would jolly well better
sue for peace. now that Mrs. pank,
hurst has offered her aid to England.
"The still. small voice Of the soul
speaks on forever" asserts the es-
teemed oregonian, with as much assur-
ance as though it held its own ear TO
the receiver.
At the risk Of encouraging back door
callers at the Wood mansion mot that
Hy Cohen "went around the house J
we are going to reprint this paragraph
from the Saturday Evening Alibi, as it
refers to really capable and deserv-
ing woman:
"With Hy Cohen back from giving
the wheat crop Of the northwest the
annual oiice-0ver, II may now safely
proceed to fill its kernels and fulfill his
prediction, as in years agone. Hy says
Clark Woods mother, at Weston, 10 a
regular Rembrandt Of cook, and Hy
knows art like cookbook. =
We are glad to note that President
Wilson doesn't attack "big business"
simply because it is big, the LEADER
Office having even escaped an investi-
cation.
With its Secretary Lansing, the adj
ministration may cut rather deeply
this time into the German hide.
Plans have been drawn for an ice |
house at Wallula to cost SIS, 900, and it
will sure be a nice house to have in
that torrid locality.
ITO the pure all things are pure"
but not TO Anthony Comstock.
Billy Sunday says that more men
# solid mahogany" are needed, but
We move TO amend by conceding to
fred Boyd the further use of an
worry top.
Editor Bobo of the StanfieId STAN
ard doesn't follow the discreet and
alubrious practice Of the average
ountry editor in letting his home town
lone while bombarding at long range
uch hot-beds of municipal maIfeasance
nd corruption as philadelphia and
lew York. He boldly says:
"Of all the loosely kept business
scords produced by !, republican form
government, the City Of Etanfeld y
Is Exhibit A. From its books and :
counts to It's minutes of council
eetings there is a disheveled lack of
stem which would make a Hebrew
nix yard seem national bank by COM
lrison. These minutes and records :,
I'VE been kept on scraps Of paper,
Icks Of envelopes and on every known
ing which would hold pencil mark
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With its Secretary Lansing, the adj
ministration may cut rather deeply
this time into the German hide.
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We are glad to note that President
Wilson doesn't attack ''big business
simply because it is big, the LEADER
Office having even escaped an investi-
CATION.
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Plans have been drawn for an ice
house at Wallula to cost SIS, 900, and it
will sure be a nice house to have in
that torrid locality.
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ITO the pure all things are pure
but not TO Anthony COmstock.
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Warsaw About 10 Fall.

WASHINGTON, July % The Ameri-
can consul has taken over the Belgian
and Serbian interests At Warsaw and
It's capture by the German forces Is
considered imminent. Berlin reports
that the Russians are preparing 10
burn the city prior 10 It's abandonment
A great battle Is In progress south.
west OF Lublin.
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aud they have been ~ bard TO ilnt
when needed ~ the oknjl IN the hear
Of unexplorcd New Guinea. For this
'slipshodness' the city has paid sib.Qt
per month and has done u for sis
\ years,
| II In order. We now take pleasure IN
nominating Brother Bobo for the stan.
field recodershlp.
In the orluna incident the Germans
have added enough insult TO sufficient
injury to show their supreme contempt
Of international law.
A New York bad boy was made good
by excislng the ,ousIls. but IN Athena
or Milton they'd probably have TO OK.
else the boy,
Despite their prolonged hoetili,iea,
Mother Boyd nor Wood has ever been
able to negotiate war loan.
A Philadelphia nature faddist who Is
walking 10 San Francisco says that
'elothing Is immoral" but " no dis.
cards his he win find that Il will not be
the clothing that enlIsts the attention
Of the police,
Huntington, w. Va. Because his
wife ehewed tobacco IN bed, Francis
E,lgell was granted divorce and the
custody Of their four children.
Divorces are too easy TO get, She
didn't even try to use hts ear for a
cuspidorl
III You Don't Want to Pay the In.
come Tax Don't Read This Letter,
were the words displayed In red ink on
the outside Of circular we received
the other day.
We didn't want to pay the income
tax and We didn't read the letter until
curiosity got the better Of us.
And then we found that the other
fellow wants US to help increase his
income.
And mebbe wen do it-when Satan
sails mn ice boat.
A friend and patron suggests town
picnic on the shores OF Limpid lake
shove Weston.
He moves that town folk 90 up
here with lunch baskets and astomo-
,iles and dedicate the lake and get
acquainted with Il but not too inti-
nately acquainted. as Il is the source
II the towns water supply, rs
body Of water. and while gaz.
ng upon II we have been often inapircd
With the enchanting reflection that Il
would be a lovely lake to drown Boyd
n, II we could do SO without polluling
he aforesaid supply.
Anyway, we second the motion
II somebody win furnish the lunch
askets and the automobiles.
It's your move,
Germany's manner Of fighting for
er life" Il not unapt 10 convince un-
le Sam that she could have chosen a
ctter cause.
Truth and candor bid us tell that for ,
ie past few nights It's been hotter NJ
eli cnnai1inrnhlu hotter Than nannI
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Truth and candor bid US tell that for
the past few nights It's been hotter'n--
well, considerably hotter than usual.
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THANKS FILL BELGIUM,
SAYS SCOTT, KANSAN
Tells of Deep Feeling Of Craft
tudc to This Country
for Relief.

Charles + scott. a memhcr Of tn"
Belgian Relief Commission. who has
been in Belgium locking over tho dis
trihutiuu Of Eaunas'S contribution 10
tho needy, returned yesterday 10y TIE
Whit. star liner Cymric. He travelled
over most Of the devastated country n
an automobile. and says he found
the administrative pari 81 the relief
work in splendid shape. Actual dcsti-
tuition was At A minimum h~cui,ls" Of
the generous Hood of American con
trihutions. The universal expression IN
Belgium was THANK God for the
United states"
MIR. scott said the RcigiaHs were alert
to SOC that none Of the supplies sent
to them wcr, diverted elsewhere 50
far as Mr.. Scott could learn there
had boon only ore diversion, and that
was 10y the German skipper Of = Lighter,
who was punished. The Germans, Mi.
Scott said. had not taken any supplies
intended for the Belgian sufferers.
Additional contributions totallinG
$3.50 have hooIl acknowledged by the
New York committee Of the American
Womcn's War Relief FUND,
Connections is one OF ~" latest East
cru States to he organized for re,icf
work by the Commission for Relief Of
Belgium. E:N-Gov Simeon +. BALD
win win act as chairman OF the CON
necticut committee, with Arson r Nc
cook OF Hartford as secretary and
Charles c. Russ as treasurer
Connecticut - to be thoroughly can
vassed for tho purpose Of loRdinG n
Connecticut ship, The work Of assem-
bling the contributions preparatory t.
4I L. IT, .N.. -.-.IF --. $500 .--.t = IL
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r. oil, - ,,dy.1 nov REGULARLY
ji,rs ~ tho hic chateau. guard
-, ,,Iis ~, nnir,s along the mark
uS'"'' 'rs r. u,,Ia orn,,ps Of four.
IN unsi ms Al door. on
w r ~, TOAD nm inside or in a
ii '.n,h IL vItboui Guard"
.,anI,.y L.re with every nerve
$50. ", ,hc dnrk world ont side re-
I,.s at,.iur hrJIIod in a L'auke, near
L. .tttinS, 49, .nd down % shak. of
Js, 800 or s,a mining the feet TO drive
-. 49, Ia
~, ,,an, y star light makes II nos.
sibI. ,o 500 some distance into the
ar,r ,r d uo,, ny grove outside his lon
80 ,a, l., had Hut when tie sky j.
naval and counlr,, darkness draws
80 l,rkinr menace down to within q
,ow n,,tors or us most then tho sentinel
,ro,tss rn. himself a thousand !macin-
a,,. d,,-.rs
mo nigh, wears on the tension
hoaIrs 70 ,n,I Tho senses of sight
ard h.ar;rr Income subject 10 strange
hal,urir,+Lnns surely some one ia
- sn.rj,, on, thero in the darkness.
az disc /, is a low whistle. or such
s;gra,s az mass between tho members
,, ,,,,,l HACK sDot in the might
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shot as Tie Called "<rmes."

\ little iucrcdulouS. Tie old solder
buckied on his equipment. took his ril',
and preceding tho sentinel. walked up
the path toward the harrlctde. Before
he had time to arrive another fuse APP
peared spinning over the wall at the
same spot. RealiZiug the danger. no
cried out Il the sentinel. who had re-
NAMED 10 save himself. lie had hardly
spoken when the bonlh burst with q
terrific explosion, Turning ONWARD the
petit post the CORPORA shouted Aux
armes - These were his last words
Almost simultaneously with the cN-
ploslon OF the grenade the enemy burst
in the harricade, fired down through the
smoke, and We're OFF again before IN.
hewildered men inside had time to an
swer. They shot well, for almost win
the first ball the old veteran OF Morocco
and Tonkin fell, struck in the temple.
and never moved AGAIN,
That night there was not much DIFF
ference AT petit poFts" between the Two
hours on guard and the two hours off
Every one was on the alert, keyed up
with apprehension. But nothing hap
pencd. as indeed there was no reason to
suppose that anything would only
about midnight, from far up on the hill
side. a diabolical cry came down, more
like an animals than a mans, a blood
curdling yell Of mockery and exultation.
In that cry all the evolution Of CEN
turtles was levellcd. seemed to hear
the Yell of the warrior OF the stone age
over his fallen enemy. 1t Was one of
thos. antidotes 20 civilization of which
this war can offer 80 manv to the
searcher after extraordinary sensations.
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PREDICTS COLLAPSE
OF GER IAN EFFORT
English Professor Believes
TcutOns Lack Confidence in
Their Own Men.
CITES NAVAL DEFEAT

Au expression of the opinion Of
learned men of England concerning TO
progress of tn" war and Great Brit
aims demands in the event Of q pro-
posal for peace IL made IN a letter from
Prof. T. ~. Hisch OF Cambridge. leo
turor in physics at Kings College. 70
his nephew. benjamin Harris. record.
ing clerk in the County Clerks Office.
Tho letter says in part;
81 can give YOU SOM impression of
passing thoughts and opinions. for here
I'm Cambridge We get them in great va
rietv and of tho best quality. Tho main
theme at present is tho terms on which
We ought to settle with Germany. First.
however. you have to notice that no
responsible person has gone beyond
the expulsion from Belgium and the
restoration of the Rhine frontier Thee
Is an obv Gus disadvantage In lay luc
down conditions of peace before the
peace ida has taken any hold Of the
German view ono Is ant to harden the
attitude Of their opponents
There is a maxim attributable 90
Naroloon = wise Genera will always
provide q golden bridge tor a Tying
enemy Norcov'r. pcople arc ant to
ak Of Germany as "a kind of inari-
mate unit. Independents or the human
beings which conn, So H.. SOher Eng
land believes that The humane Germans
VIII have no chance of making them
selves heard until tho prestige of mil
-ary Germany Is broken. Then we
shall he astou,shed. no, hv its presence
for OF this W are Sure-but hv -
volume.
There is too To- England a small
number Of people ~ the polo opposite
20 the tngoes They express their
views In the phrase Not q yard ~
territory, not "A pound OF Indemnity.