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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-25

Ignoring the mob that followed
them, he lifted Misst Perkins down to
the ceiling of the passage and started
with her down the stairs. The Platt
building was forty-nine stories high,
he was glad they were descending
and not ascending. He was glad, also,
that the building was so high, for it
gave him a good time in which to
hold Miss Perkins by the arm and
exchange light conversation with her
that gradually grew more serious.
Cyrus HodgsOn had been aware for
some weeks that he loved his stenog-
rapher, but, being nearly forty, he
had thought himself too old to think
of marriage with her. Now some
thing in the way she leaned on him
gave him new courage. Almost he
proposed to her. However, just as the
words were trembling on his lips they
reached the top of the Plat building.
They were alone, for none had fol-
lowed them in that long journey.
They stood side by side beneath the
noble stairway, which lowered and
wound above them to a dizzy height.
Under their feet, some thirty feet,
perhaps, lay the magnificent dome.
And far overhead they saw the level
of Broadway.
The Platt building was resting on
its dome and there was no egress. It
had occurred to nobody to cut a door
in the dome because such a contin-
gency had occurred to nobody
81 think, Miss Perkins, the explana-
ton must be this" said Cyrus slow
ly. 'The earth, you know revolVes
at an incredible rate of speed through
space. Now, let us assume that by
reason of some etheric obstruction,
instead of carrying its buildings and
vegetation around with it it spun
without them. Don't you see that
they would remain .momentarily sus-
pended in space and then, being still
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:. "There. / didn't mean you
to see mo: but since you have I'm
not going to scare you to death"
You did. almost" sophy tried to
smile. but the blood was drawn from
her face.
The man looked at her consider
ingly. He might have been any age
from thirty to fifty; his hair war
grizzled. but there were no lines on
his face except around his eyes. A
black mustache hid his mouth. but
not his teeth as he smiled. They
were white as wolfB. and for a
moment Sophy was afraid again. But
his voice came with u sudden gravity.
"I've got to beg your purdon for
that. 1 don't beNeve In frightening
women; and you're IL lady" Ills eyes
had swept her face. not her clothes,
that were too thin and threadDare.
I'm Sophy Ridgcway." she SAID
simply. who are your
"kidgcway?' sharply. L thought
you'd gone with your father"
He couldn't take me. Would you
show me the way homer They'll be
frightened about me at camp"
"Who-Donkinf lie never was
frightened about any one. lie de-
serves to be. anyhow. for letting you
stray around alone"
'DonkinT Sophy stood up. There
isn't any Donkin. There's only Mr..
Hazard. and Rider. and me. besides
the men,"
well. didn't Donkin send your To-
ther Out here7"
n( In nj
Iife." The truth WIS SO evident that
even the strange man In the WOLF
skin lcgg!ngs and red shirt saw II.
Il don't understand" lie had
spoken all along like an educated man
and hts manner was suddenly tho
manner of gentleman. How did
you all get here II Donk!n didn't send
you?"
I'VE came" said Sophy. And we
-" She had not meant to tell him
and II was none OF has business, but
the whole story OF the misera Bile gold
hunting where there was no gold
came out OF her. with even tho reason
for the need Of hurry over 1t that she
had kept back from Hazard-the man
RidSeway had run from when ne
saw no chance OF paying him off with
l.astluck gold. Then ] struck It.
she ended simply. Just before 1t was
100 lite, but ndII tHt men nave run
away. ana we've hardly any stores"
Tut. tut!" said the man pitifully.
lie looked at her face, at the circles
around her eyes that were too sunken.
the pallor around her mouth. Il don't
care a straw for Ridgeway." he added
coolly. He shouldn't have left you
here. But I do care for YOU.
haven't happened TO meet many girls
like you. suppose you guess now
1t was I mado trouble with your
men and scared of tho lot that
wentY"
IL know nowe I didn't. What
don't see." wonderingly. ''is why you
choose to dress up In wolfskins to
frighten u.s."
"The why is the simplest part OF
It," For q moment his teeth showed
In the way that was not quite human
or quite sane. II imagined YOU were
Donkin back again"
II don't understand" cried sophy
impatiently. II told you we'd never
heard Of any Donkin. There's never
been any one here hut ps.''
x. 10 Tar - you &n6a." H aesos4 -
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ith. because 1t would be new


ground.
"Tm worried and miserable be-
cause I'm hungry. really" she said
to herself petulantly. what would
do me good would be shops, and an
electric car. and a restaurants good
warm restaurant where they had
tablecloths. I wouldn't think Of Ath-
erton then. even II it's true father
stole his maps" and In spite Of her.
self she laughed.
Black mountains to the east of her.
one spruce covered hill after another
to the south, and sheer cliff between
her and the sun westering over the
Ice of Lastluck Lake were not prom
ising for restaurants. There was no
sense In going homo to the rabbit
and hardtack coffee that had sick
ened her all day: she looked round
instead for cranberries, anything.
But tho only edible thing seemed to
be teaberry leaves.
Sophy picked some with half
frozen fingers. and chewed them dis
tastefully. I'm a fool to walk" she
thought, at only makes me have
more Of an appetite. And they're 80
good to me-.I can't say It makes me
thought l was greedy. but-oh, I'd
on somebody,s shoulder and ston
wondering II father's ali right. and
~ Atherton's going To get here and
being brave!" And before she knew
It she was sobbing.
Instead OF looking where she was
going she stumbled on blindly, care
less OF anything but that Hazard
might come after her. and see her
tears. She was a gallant slip Of a
and No womnn can live man'a ,i,c
very long n was not nm sha had
fought down her fooiishncas tho, aha
even wondered where she was. ana M
what iov before her she atarted ana
stopped short.
Shc had wandered into a oueer sort
Of gully. very dark and cold between
high rock walls. Tho oniy reason shc
had not .prained ter ankle long ago
was that she was on a path: narrow
but a smooth. worn path. In n place
where there were no people that very
smoothness frightened her. There
was 4 deathlike umet. too. the sound
Of the mems axes did not even echo
to her. and the very lie OF the place
was strange.
sonbv turn.d h,cx .ns -n,v =, ,,.
worn track shs must have enteraS
NV. and broupbt nm erainst a de,d
wal, OF ROCK: ran forward on thc
path ana came TO more rock, She
stood there, breathless.
"Pm a pcrfec+ fool" she said. aloud.
Where / got IN without even look
ing 1 must be able 10 get ONT" She
was suddenly sure some one moved
close by her. "Mr. Hazard" she
cried. furiousIy. how hateful OF
you'll"
But the rustls had not sounded
like Hazard. nor. for that matter.
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lCopyhshs. 1907. BY strest 4 smith.)
yYNorsrs OF PRECEDING cHApr

Psnl Hazard comes back 10 Lastiuck LAks
osn prcspcctins trp. to find his employer.
u1esway. has snsahed of TO the nearest settle
nsnt, leaving his daughter. Sophy. in camp 10
Issk efts his iuterests In the camp also Ia Q
saas ef Rhgsways miners. grown mutinous.
! nt4ss. ths foreman. alonc Il Trustworthy. He
ts0s HAZARD the men frightened because some
= " sAsa have ssen q mysterious creature which
3 ssns 10 b half woif half human. Hazard laughs
q Ms stou - prepocterous sophy shows him
sich sold deposit she has found by accident In
Q oesshg hillside. Hazard. who has fallen In love
VIM 6ophy, mskcs Q speech 70 the mutineers.
sshias to persuade them to say and mine the
80 eps her,
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hurt you. / didn't sec you w.r,

hurt you. didn't see you were
alone"
Sophy sat down on the frosen
ground In the sick revulslon that went
through her 1t was only a man--and
for n moment she could not sven Won
der how a strange man came to be at
Lastluck--a man who stood towering
over her. pulling of a wolfskin mask
with horribly natural ears on II. and
stripping Off wolfskin coat.
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stead Of ignoring II, II must he
hunger and nothing else that was
responsible for n frame Of mind COM
posed Of hateful memories and worse
forcbodings. She stood shivering on
the ridge that overlooked tho brand
new mine OF her own discovery. and
for the first time since her lucky
strike took no pleasure In II.
Lastluck Lake claim was not the
plain sailing Hazard took II for. "
no one but Sophy knew 1t. now that
Ridgeway was gone. Her thoughts
went back year past, to the days
when she had first met man named
AthertoL Who had flashed like a me-
.tsor into the little mining town
vhess sAl n Aar father Aa0psnsd
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CHAPTER VI.

. 'SS RIDGEWAY was hun
W. cry, there were no two
Az words about it--yet for
once she was trying to re-
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CHAPTER WI. .
OR n long nom

D OR n long moment the queer
pair looked ut each other
in silence. Then the
strange man spoke gently.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-06

Ion del gallo, Sc encarnicen sobre ella.
Sc vera que no es un combate huma-
no, el que tendra lugar en- el sitio don
de el Antecrist0 fabrica sus armas. Los
tres animales defensores del Cordero
extern3inaran en- ese punto, el 1ltimo
ejercito del Antecristo.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
LIGHT BLANKETS FOR
FLA. SUMMER NIGHTS

That light bankers ever are
necessary in Florida during the
summer is hard for the average
northern person to believe for
they have a notion that Florida is
a second edition of the internal
regions in the summer. Yet
blankets We're decidedly needed i'll
St. Petersburg night before last
and in fact almost every night
since the ARMY season started.
The air was decidedly chilly from
midnight until the sun was on
the Job, The air was comfortably
cool during the early part of the
evening and sleep came to even
the nervous without any effort.
Toward morning even the warm
est blooded man would be reach
ing for some covering. This is
not unusual in St. Petersburg.
1t is the normal sumner weather.
During June when there were no
rains the days and some of the
nights were hot but once the
rains were well started and the
daily storm cleared the atmos-
phere. there was no suffering
from heat. But there is only one
way to convince the northerner
that this is so; that is to have
him or her try the climate here
in the summer To tell them up
in that section that it is cool and
comfortable here in the summer
is a waste of time; they merely
put one down as a booster who
is also liar and let it go att
that. They take that along with
some of the fish stories and be-
iieve neither although both arel
really accurate and trutful.-St.
Petersburg Independent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
I,WARFIELD, THE OPTIMIST

| The Southen cotton grower is
quite able to look out for his own
affairs in the opinion of S. Davis
| Warfeld, chairman of the Sea-
board Aair Line. INV .rlrdfiae
board Air Line. Mr.. Warfeld,
who returned to Baltimore yes
terday after an extensive tour of
the South. said:
Il think it is rather unfortun-
ate that about this time OF the
year there is created. whether bv
politicians or not, | do not know,
the impression that something
must be done for the cotton
grower.
l have never seen crops il the
Southern countr ylooking better.
The corn crop of Georgia prom
ises to be the largest in the
states history. Diversifcation
OF crops so long discussed has
been realized.
The lumber movement is bet
ter and the general feeling of the
people is optimistic. New York
American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02

IoI5, and much of the education
al discussion that has ben going
on for several years crystallized
into law.
The Alabama legislature has
reconvened for thesumer session
and much school legislation will
be discussed, including a compul-
sorry, education law. The fact
that Alabama does not meet
again for four years makes it
likely that Georgia and Mississ-
ippi may get ahead of her in adj
opting compulsory legislation,
unless action is taken this year.
In the field of compulsory edu-
cation throughout the United
States it is believed that the
next steps will have to do with
the adoption OF statewide laws
where optional laws now pre-
vail; the raising of the age limits
in conformity with the best
principles in child-labor legisla-
ton: and more strict enforce
ment of existing laws.-Miami
Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
WHAT THE FARMERS CO.
OPERATIVE DEMONSTRA-
TON WORK STANDS FOR

A great many inquiries come
to the Office of the State Agen
Of the Demonstration Work re
garding the agent in the county
having a demonstration farm o
his own in the county SO thu
farmers could visit that and ge
pointers along the line OF crol
production, instead of the agen
visiting the farmers.
When one analyses this sug
gestion it is found to be per
fectly impracticable, because thu
soil in every county is so varied
and climatic conditions and 9th
err factors enter in to make {
demonstrate nfarm on any one
spot in the county of little use
to the farmers in general. The
demonstration farm on any one
carried on in the State. is really
one of the best methods OF get
ting instruction to the farmers,
because the farmer engaged i'll
this work under any agent is
working out the demonstration
right on his own farm.
The idea that DIR. Seaman A.
Knapp had in mind when he es-
tablished this work in Texas
more than twelve years ago was
to make every farmer his own
demonstrators under the instruc-
tons and supervision of the
county agent. That idea is be-
ing carried out today to the full
est extent possible. The farmer,
undertaking the demonstration
work under the county agent,
agrees to take an acre or two,
not more than FIVE in any case,
and produce one or more of the
staple crops that he grows on
his farm under the direction OF
the agent, working the balance
of the farm along the usual
In this way the farm
er has an object lesson right
there at home OF what it means
to adopt improved methods. :
The work of seed selection has
all along ben stressed in this
work. and it would be quite an
lmpossibility for the farmers of
any county to attend in a body
Or singly in any one place where
the demonstration farm was be-
ing conducted and get the prac-
tical lessons necessary in the Sc
ection of seed corn or seed of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
SOME GOOD ADVICE
Strengthened by Lakeland Exper.
fences

Kidney disease is too dangerous to
neglect. At the first sign of back
ache, headache, dizziness or urinary
disorders, you should give the weak
ened kidneys prompt attention Eat
little meat, take things easier and
use reliable kidney tonic. There's
no other kidney medicine so we'll
recommended as Doan's Kidney
Pills. Lakeland people rely on
them Here's one of the many state
ments from Lakeland people.
Mrs. P. Ottinger. 5o7 East Bay
ST.. Lakeland, says: I'VE have used
Doan's Kidney Pills in our home and
wouldn't be without them. When
ever feel that my kidneys are not
acting right, or | suffer from slight
in Inflammation of the bladder, | take a
few doses of this medicine and am
benefited | advise my neighbOrs ia
unse Doan's Kidney Pills, las they
live up to the claims made for
them"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Ottinger had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
ONLY THREE LEFT.

1t may be news to many read
ers. that up to the time the legis-
lature of this state adopted law
giving the counties the right to
say whether there sould be put
into effect in those counties a
law tending to eliminate litter
acy, the state of Florida was one
of the last four states of the
union that had not adopted COM
pulsory school attendance laws.
The action taken lifts the
state, in a degree, out of a dis
reputable list, so far as education
goes, and puts it in line with the
progressive states that are en-
deavoring to reduce the rate oil
illiteracy in this county.
Florida having joined the ma
joritv of the states, there are but
three, Alabama. Georfia and
Mississippi, that have not yet
taken measures to see that the
children of the state be given an
opportunity for education.
Officials of the United States
bureau OF education point out
that this years compulsory edu-
cational 'c"islation is part Of a
big educational advance all along
the line.
Nearly all the state legisla-
lures were III session during
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02

over 1900 boys were now inter-
ested in the corn clubs and that
they we're showing good results.
In this connection he stated that
the girls, canning clubs and cook
ing schools were doing a great
work for the state. In closing,
Mr.. McQuarie declared that the
land in Duval county was as
good as any in the state and
stated that the people of Jack
sonville were sleeping upon their
opportunities by not improving it
and having it settled up with
farmers.-Times-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02

The Tampa Times says: That
anti-business man United States
senator editorial published in the
Lakeland Telegram in behalf of
Governor Trammell is proving a
boomerang" Well, the returns are
not all in yet. We have heard from
Joe Reese of the Orlando Star-Re-
porter, Lambright of the Tampa
Tribune and Huffaker of the Tampa
Times, but there is still quite an ex-
tent of territory from which no
voice issues That business man
editorial in the Telegram was
mild and academic thesis, with no
high explosives in it; and. while
constructing it We were careful to
exclude from it's interior mechanism
any of that wierd Interior back-ac-
ton movement attributed to the
boomerang Rather does it seem to
have gone straight to the mark and
stuck like a well-aimed arrow, if
We may Judge by the thunderous
fusillade in reply from the three
brethren mentioned.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
OVER 1900 FLORIDA BOYS
IN CORN CLUBS

Prof. c. X. McQuarrie, state
agent for the United States
demonstration work in Florida,
and William s. Gilbreath, field
secretary, Dixie highway COM
mission, were the speakers at the
luncheon OF the Jacksonville
Real Estate Exchange at the
lSeminole hotel Friday. Both
gentlemen are good takers and
they were frequently applauded
during the course of their re-
marks.
| Prof. McQuarrie explained the
work he was doing in the state
and told of the results which are
now being obtained. He stated
, that the cooperative work was
started in Texas fourteen years
ago. In discussing the benefits
!. of the modern system he declar-
ed that every community should
raise all of Is foc'e..r:Hs in order
! that large sums OF money should
not be sent outside the local ter
ritory for such SUPPLIES.
The spaker maintained that
this could be done if the farmer
. would use modern methods. He
should understand crop diversifl-
cation and crop rotation. Mr..
McQuarie explained that the
boil weevil started in Texas and
travels eastward at certain
number of miles per year. The
only known way to kill it, accord
ing to the speaker, was the rota-
ton of crops. He explained that
where this had been done the
pest had been stamped out and
better cotton crops were being
raised.
Work New in Florida.
According to Mr.. McQuarrie,
the demonstration work was
started in Florida in 1900. Since
that time much good has been
accomplished. At the present
time over 1000 farmers are tend
ing their farms according to the
scientific rules laid down by the
experts. He exhibited a map OF
the state showing the counties
in which scientific farming is be-
ing carried on under the direc-
ton of agricultural advisors.
The speaker dwelt upon the
value of understanding the soils
and the manner of attending
crops. He stated that while the
yield for corn in Escambia coun-
ty was formerly but five bushels
per acre under old style farming,
ii was now fortyseven bushels
per acre under modern methods.
Mr.. McQuarrie declared that
every farmer should raise one
cop which he could easily sell
tor running expenses, he must
raise al lof his own food, he must
raise deguminous plants to fertil-
lze his land and he must produce
food for stock and feed it to Sc
cure animal fertilizer. If the
farmer will follow this plan the
speaker declared he would al
ways be successful.
Boys Much Inteesrted
Prof. McQuarrie said that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02
SHE is TOURING WORLD
ON MOTORCYCLE

"A most unique and interesting
character visiting Gainesville
yesterday was Miss Della Crewe,
Originally of Porto Rico. but now
claiming Racine, Wis, for her
home, who paid an agreeable call
at this office. Miss Crewe is
touring the country on a big
Harley Davidson motorcycle,
with side car attachment, in
which she carries her wardrobe
and supplies. Since last June
Miss Crewe has covered over
$500 miles on her Harley"
whose front and sides are COW
cred with inscriptions, showing
that she has toured not only more
than half the States, but Cuba,
Porto Rico, Jamaica and the
! canal zone.
| Miss Crewe is an artist and
magazine writer of some note
and carries her kodak along with
her. She said. Il wanted to see
| the real country, SO I'm making
it by motorcycle"
When Miss Crewe reached the
city she was slightly disabled and
had to use a stick when walking.
The accident occurred in some
way while she was attempting to
start her motorcycle, catching
her toe and bruising it.
Miss Crewe speaks in the high
est terms OF Florida, saying the
scenery in the Land of Flowers"
is the grandest she has exper-
fenced on her round-the-world
"Trip. From here she will go to
points in Georgia and will be one
of the first tourists to report to
the North the conditions of the
Florida end of the Dixie High
way. Speaking of the roads, Miss
Crewe said that the posting OF
the roads south OF Gainesville
had proved of much assistance to
her and of inestimable worth to
travellers, and that the Gaines
vile Board of Trade, as she un-
derstood they were responsible
for having this work done, were
to be congratulated. She said
that in one of the other counties
she came to road that divided
and there was no way of know
ing which road to take, she got
on a miserable one and as chance
happened she came to house
and asked her way. She remark
ed to the gentleman that the
roads ought to be posted and he
said there had been sign put
up but he supposed some school
boy had torn it down.
On her long trips Miss Crewe
is often accompanied by
Trouble" her pet English bull
dog. who travels in the side car,
which he claims as his own spec
ial province. She had to leave
"Trouble" in New York because
of quarantine laws in the West
Indies.
Miss Crewc will leave today,
San Francisco being her dcstina-
ton. She says after the war is
over she intends to 60 to Europe.
Miss Crewe had many words of
praise for the beauty of our city,
saying she was sorry she could
not remain longer in Gainesville.
Gainesville SIM.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02

The st. Petersburg Independent
is another paper which agrees with
the Telegram that Mendenhall's
statement to the public was an
inconsequential thing which might
better have been omitted. That
paper says:
why ]. j. Mendenhall waited SO
long to make a statement of his side
of the case and then gave out so
unimportant and stilted card to
the public is strange phase of the
case. If Mendenhall had made this
statement Immediately after his ar
rest, as the average man who was
arrested would have done, 1t might
have been q very good statement.
But coming as it does weeks after
the crime and the arrest, the state
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-02

ment Is of no value to anybody
Mendenhall kept silent for weeks
and then. when he did break his
silence, said nothing more than he
might have been expected to say
when the sheriff took him into GUS
tody."