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The Seward gateway., 1915-04-02

Visiting cards, invitations, anything pretty i done by the Gateway just as well as outside.
The Seward gateway., 1915-04-02

The classical legend Kilkenny relates that the two fenes up which Germany capturing Russians and capturing grand the miraculous beasts will probably repeat
The Seward gateway., 1915-04-02
SCHOOLS.

l believe it is the duty of the new council to complete the new schoo, building, during the vacation months, and encourage u every way possible the up building of the Public School
The Seward gateway., 1915-04-02
ANNOUNCEMENT.

l hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to the city council and pledge myself to support all measures that will tend toward the substantial advancement and development of Se- ward as a modern up-to-date city.
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tackle dragged the ground with its
ropes.
It was the work Of minute to con-
vince a thick-headed policeman that
the attempt was feasible and shosid
be permitted. 1t was the work OF less
than another minute to rig loop In
the line and fasten round his body
beneath the arms. Volunteers did not
lack: a couple of husky longshoremen
sprang to the ropes at his first call
They heaved with will. His feet left
the ground, he scared, he caught the
caves of the shed-roof, and shouting to
cease hauling, drew himself up on this
last. backed little ways down 1t and
calculating his direction nicely, with
a running Jump launched himself out
over the street.
The momentum Of his leap carried
him we'll out over the heads Of the
throng assembled in the street and
truly toward that window where Rose
was waiting. Then it's force slack
ened For an awful instant he be-
,ieyed that he had failed. But with the
last expiring ounce of impetus. he was
brought within grasping distance of
the window sill.
Hauling himself up, he gathered her
into his arms
A great tongue Of tawny flame licked
angrily out of the windows as he
swung her back to safety.
CTo BE CONTINUED1
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STIRRED UP BY THE SLOUGH
British Writers Still inclined to Oh
serve With Alarm the
Genus Nut.

Every age has its own name for
him, but essentially he remained the
same until a subversive twentieth CEN
fury produced this negative dandy,
whose dandyism consists in an affecta-
ton of the slovenly, denial of the
elegant. His very photography lacks
precision, for we know not whether
his initial is K. or n. Our nut" has
no style at all, only mannerism. which
is the death of style.
The loose drab clothing that came
in with speed. speed of earth or air.
may amount in some measure for the
nut. These brown husks, we know.
contain a kernel that is man; but his
godliks shape is disguised quite as
much as woman's has been revealed
by recent fashion.
Nuts are frequent devotees OF vica-
rious energizing, and their odd and
chronic roundness Of shoulder Is the
eternal sign of strenuous life and of
body perpetually arched over the
steering wheel. And his little soft
hat, jammed jealousy over his eyes,
tells of continual battling with the
breeze of speed. Set low. with hunched
shoulders and neck outstretched, IN
his gray torpedo OF racing car, he
has no use for elegance. He Is mere
ly concerned that his fioppiness be ex
pensive.-London Times.
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Ing up the rOlLlnS Wallpaper anu eas'
ing into decayed haseboards and stair
treads.
Still fighting like q mailman, con-
testing every foot of the way, Alan
was borne down tie hall and out OF
the front door. A scream of Fire"
greeted him as ne reeled out into the
open. 1t was echoed by dozen
throats.
The doorway vomited men and
women of the tenement They choked
it for time. blocking both egress and
ingress. By the time they broke out
and left the way clear solid wall OF
flame stood behind 1t.
Thrice Alan essayed to pass that
barrier of fire, and thrice 1t threw him
back. Then, struggling and kicking
to release himself and try again. he
was seized by a brace of able-bodied
policemen and rushed fifty feet from
the house before let 60.
Lack of breath checked him momen-
tarily.
He looked up, dashing from his
smarting eyes tears drawn by the
sitting clouds of smoke, and saw
vaguely at the second story window a
woman leaning out and shrieking for
help.
That 1t was hopeless to attempt the
staircase he well knew. Drawing
aside, he endeavored to come to his
sober senses, and cast about for some
more feasible way to effect the rescue
of his Rose.
The tenement occupied one corner
of a narrow street. Directly opposite.
storage warehouse stood upon the
other corner. Before this last was the
common landing stage for truck de.
liveries, protected by a shed-roof
And, suspended from a timber that
peered out over the caves, a hosting
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Copyright, 1914. hy Louis Joseph Vance

He converted q skeptic with the
mute eloquence Of his lips
Head upon his shoulder. the girl
chung passionately to him. "Tell me
again that you love mel" she prayed.
Promise me you'll never let anything
come between US. Promise me, Alan
promise me you'll be kind to me al
ways, dear!"
Can you doubt I will be kind?' he
murmured reproachfully.
Il am afraid :" she whispered.
How could be anything else, low
ing you as do?"
i am afraid
why should I be unkind to you"
at isn't that. I'm just
afraid"
"Of what?"
"Of losing YOU"
But that can never bel"
"You can't be sure. What II you
were to find you'd been mistaken?
She caught her breath and added
hastiIy-"That you didn't really love
me, mean"
"Oh, that's ridiculous!"
Il can't be sure. Nothing in life Is
permanent. What Is love? Illusion of
the senses! What Is happiness? A
will-o'-the-wisp! What is lief A
make-believe!"
"Dearest!" He held her more close
ly still. "You are nervous and over
wrought. You don't know what you're
saying. You can't mean what you're
saying. But say that it's So
that life Is all make-believe. Then
make-believe you love me-"
"Oh, but do, dol"
"And make-believe for little we've
caught the will-o'-the-wisp-Only for a
little-until you wake up and realize
that it's all real and true"
She closed her eyes again: Eyes, y
she breathed. you are right. Let's
/ make-believe it's all true for little
longer and forget :"
| He could by no means account for
this strange humor: but he did his
best to comfort her, none the less ten
derby because Of his mystification. And
for a long time she let illusion blind
her, resting quietly in his arms. max
Only on approaching the Twenty
third street ferry they must needs
rouse and sit apart constrainedly fol-
fear some one might glance through
| fha window and SurnrJS. thoir oacrat
AS If one needed the evidence of a
caress exchanged to know that they
were lovers, who had eyes to see the
flushed loneliness of the girl shrink
ing back in her corner or wit to inter
pref the radiant happiness that shone
in Alan's face as he bent forward and
watched warily from the window.
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girl who gave the alarm, suddenly
withdrawing her head from the win
dow to scream at Alan:
Hes fired the gasoline! It's fam
ing along the street, following the line
OF the leak-and catching up with us!"
Without pausing 20 put his hand to
the latch. Alan kicked the door open.
Jump" he cried. "For your life
jump! AS soon as that flame catches
up with the tank"
simultaneously the chauffeur, over
hearing, shut off the power.
The three gained the sidewalk bare
ly In time: the tiny trail of flames. al
most imperceptible in the sunlight,
was not yard from the jet that squirt
ed through the bullet hole in the tank.
In the futter of an eyelash the explo-
sion followed. Had the cab been load
ed with nitroglycerin its destruction
could have been no more absolute.
There was roar and then
heap of smoking ruins.
Without waiting to admire the spec
tacle, Alan caught the arm of the girl
and hurried her up the street, at the
same time calling to the chauffeur to
follow. And chance brought them tc
the next corner as another cab. fare
less, hove into view. Promising Its
driver anything he might ask. in OF
out OF reason, Alan gave him the ad
dress, and helped the girl In.
If Marrophat pursued Alan could see
no sign of him. The second car made
better time than the first. Unhindered
and as far as could be determined
without being followed. 1t covered the
brief remaining distance in a CRATE
fully short lapse of time.
The suburb dropped behind . mas
Of streets where dwellings stood shout
der to shoulder and dooryards were
scant. The car swept up to corner
house Of modest and homely aspect
Two minutes more, and Alan was ex
changing salutations with and making
his bride-to-be known to Digby's goot
friend, the Reverend, Mr.. Wright.
Embarrassment worked confusion
with the young mans perceptive facul
ties. As this moment approached
when two should be made one who ha,
gone through fire and food, literall!
as well as fguratively. for each 9th
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His touring car was within fifty
yards when they first were aware Of
It; and Marrophat, standing on the
running board, was shouting inarticu.
lately and flourishiug an imperative
hand; while the distance between
them was momentarily growing less
noticeable.
AS Marrophat's car drew abreast
Alan nodded and said quietly: Don't
be alarmed; can attend to this gen.
tleman single-handed."
And this he proceeded to demon
strate with admirable ease, even
though called upon to do so far soon
er than he had thought to be-thanks
to Marrophat's hair-brained precipi
fancy. For. failing to influence the
taxi driver by shouted demands or
threats. or to gain the least attention
from Alan, Trine's first lieutenant abb
ruptly and surprisingly took his life
In his hands and in one wild bound
bridged the distance between the two
flying cars and landed on the taxi's
Tuning DOdTu.
Stop!" he screamed madly. stop.
l say! You don't know what you're
doing! Let me tell you"
He got that far but no farther. In
the same breath Alan had flung wide
the door and was at the fellows throat
There was a struggle Of negligible
duration; Marrophat was in no way
his antagonists match; within three
seconds he threw out both hands,
clutched hopelessly at the framework
OF tho cab, and fell heavily to the
street.
The taxi sped on without pause, its
driver deaf to the halls of innocent II
indignant bystanders. Alan pulled
himself together and looked back just
in time to catch a glimpse of q mum
Der of loafers lifting Marrophat to his
feet and helping him to the sidewalk
of an unsavory-looking tenement, be
fore the cab took a corner on two
/ wheels :"
mot seriously injured, fancy" he
told the girl In response to her eager
look. Worse luck!" he added
gloomily.
But it seemed that he was to have
greater cause than this to complain Of
his luck, before that ride was ended
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CHAPTER xxvII.
The Ring.

.4. The Ring.
Theirs was the last vehicle to swing
between the gates before these last
were closed.
And this was quite as we'll; for Alan.
rising for one last backward glance
through the rear window, started in
voluntarily and choked upon an ex-
.clamation when he deserted a power
full touring car tearing madly toward
the ferry-house, it's one passenger half
rising from the front seat, beside the
driver, and exhibiting countenance
purple with congested chagrin as he
saw his car barred out of the carriage
entrance.
Quickly sensitive to his emotion. the
girl caught nervously at Alan's hand.
What is it. dear?"
"Marrophat," he snapped.
She uttered a hushed cry of dismay.
Don't be alarmed. however," he
FASTENED to comfort her. Hes lost
the race: the gates are shut--even the
passenger gates-and there must be
company spotter somewhere near by,
for the gateman is virtuously refusing
to be bribed by roll of money as
thick as my wrist!"
At that instant the taxicab rolled
aboard the ferry-boat; the deck gates
were closed; hoarse whistle rent the
roaring silence OF the city; winches
ratified and chains clanked; and the
boat wore ponderously out of its slip.
$50 much for Mr.. Marrophat!" Alan
crowed, sitting down. "Foiled again
He can't stop US now!"
Perhaps :"
"Why that perhaps? Why that
toner" he demanded sharply, struck
by the foreboding her accents CON
! fessed.
"This isn't the only ferry. There's
the Pennsylvania and the Lackawanna
and by hard driving he might even
manage to catch the boat that con
meets with this from the Christophe,
street ferry of the Erie!"
'Impossible! / don't believe 1t!
wont!"
Lets not" she agreed. But, Alar
"Yes?"
! promise me-if he should manage
to catch up with us-you won't let hin
talk to you. mean, don't let him"
mo fear of that" he asservatet
hotly. eff he tries to exchange on,
word with mel only wish he would!
She seemed satisfied with that; blu
the incident had served appreciably t,
chill their spirits. They accomplish,
the remainder of that voyage In
silence that was no less depressed be
cause they sat hand In hand through
out.
Nor was their taxicab three minute
out of the ferry house on the Jerse,
shore-though the chauffeur, stimu
later by Alan's extravagant promises
was doing his best to fracture tn
speed laws and escape arrest-whel
the girls fears we're amply justified
shout from behind drew Alan's hea
out of the window on one side and tn
girls on the other and proved to bot
that Marrophat had indeed found som
way to make the crossing withou
great delay.
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CHAPTER xxvi.
Make-Beiieve.

"dkC-oCuCs0s
For upwards of three-quarters OF an
hour of that golden morning which fol-
sowed the night Of his return to New
York, Mr.. Law was permitted to es-
seem himself the happiest of mortals
The beginning OF the period was
syuchronous with the Slam Of a taxi
cab door that shut away q superfuous
world from the company Of two who
soved.
The sound spelled safety as well "a
success In Alan's understanding.
The car slipped smoothly away from
she curb. pursued only by little gust
OF semi-ironic cheers from the little
company Of working men who had wit
messed as well as measurably partici-
pated In the putative eiopement from
the house of Urine.
Vigilant for any Indication that their
evasion had had witness In that
strange home of deathless hatred.
Alan watched 1t through the little
window in the back Of the cab until a
corner blotted out the vision Of it;
then with a sigh of relief sank down
by the side of the woman to whom his
every thought. impulse and emotion
we're dedicated.
"Rose!" he whispered. and tenta-
lively touched one of the hands that
hay clenehed in her lap.
She responded with never a sign to
indicate consciousness either of his
souch or his whisper.
And reminding himself OF the strain
imposed upon her by the experience
through which they had just passed
Alan excused her Responsiveness on
grounds of reaction, and for the time
felt constrained to let his sweetheart
rest and regain her normal poise:
there was bliss enough for him In the
consciousness that he had won her
safely away, that nothing now more
than a short hours drive across town
and by ferry across the Hudson stood
between them and the marriage that
should prove the consummation of all
their trials -. Barring accident
Alan had too often suffered the pen
atty OF disappointment for over-indul
gence in this failing Of his for depreci
ating the unforeseen, not to make the
mental reservation. Barring acct
dents!" with little shiver of dread.
Had any of Trine's household beer
cognizant of his daughters escape
Alan argued, interference must have
been instant.
Despite the reassuring aspect, the
preOccupation of his companion 81
wore upon him that he was present.!
no longer able to refrain from disturb
Ing her.
"Rose!" he begged again. closing
hand tenderiy over hers. "Deares
girl, don't worry another instant! d.
calm yourself: remember we are SAT,
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SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|lD'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force Rauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the DOSE mother insisted
on = castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the cid form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is wellfound-
ed. Their tender little 'insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only dell
cious California Syrup OF Figs. It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take 1t; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, aid that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick cAfld tomOr-
row.
Ask at the store for a 6ocent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
On each bottle. Adv.
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Three blocks further on tire blew
out with report like cannon-crack-
er, and the taxi lurclied perilously.
hesitated, slowed dowa, and limped
dejectedly to the curb.
Alan and the chauffeur piled out In
the same instant, the one standing
guard-with an eye out as well for
another cab-while the other assessed
damages.
Nothing for it but new tire, SIR"
this last reported alphabetically. 1T
must have been a broken bottle or
something like that-it sure did rip
the usefulness clean out of that shoe"
go to it," Alan advised him terse-
ly; land IL you make quick job of it,
I'll stand the cost Of the new tire"
"But If another cab comes along
while you're at it you'll lose US as
quick as wink Here's my card. in
case we have to desert you in hurry;
you understand this is matter of life
and death, and I'll have no time to
settle up with you. But you can call
things up to your satisfaction"
The man took the card and after a
glance at the name touched his hat
with more noticeable respect.
"All right, Mr.. Law" he agreed:
anything you say" And forthwith
got to work.
The rapidity with which he COM
pleted the change of tires proved him
an excellent chauffeur, an adept at his
craft: but the delay was one disas-
trous for all that. 1t worked together
with what Alan pardonably described
as the devils own luck to bring the
touring car in sight at the precise mo-
ment when the chauffeur was cranking
I'D and Alan on the point Of re-enter-
ing the cab. And though they were
off again before Alan could close the
door. the attempt was Sopeless from
the start.
| And yet-whether or not because
Alan's distaste for interference had
been too convincingly demonstrated
the touring car for the time being
contented itself with trailing about
fifty feet in the rear, while the taxi
fed the tenement purlieus Of the Ho.
boken waterfront and found It's way
into the broader streets OF an unpre.
tentious suburban quarter.
Not until they were well into the
suburbs. with few dwellings near and
no pedestrians to interfere. did Mario
phat's purpose become apparent. Then
however-and 1t happened while Alan
was looking back-the touring cal
drew in swiftly and easily and Mario
phat, rising in his seat, leveled re
yolyer over the windshield and fired.
The crack of his weapon was prac
tically coincident with a metallic thut
beneath the rear seat of the taxicab.
Not for some moments did Alan ap
preciate the yiciousness of the scheme
Surmising that the gasoline tank hat
been punctured by the bullet, he wa.
inclined to believe that Marropha'
hoped to stop the taxicab by depriv
ing it, In course of time, of its fuel
And with this in mind he was present
ly surprised, as the cab took corner
. to see Marrophat's car stop at tina
corner and Marrophat himself get
, down. The brow of hill interviewed
! shutting off sight of the BLACKBOARD a
he knelt and lit match. 1t was thu
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now: we fooled them handily-thanks
to your faith aud bravery. sweetheart!
and everything Is going to be well
with US from now ON. Over in Jersey
the minister is waiting now to marry
us; and down at the White Star dock
the boat Is waiting that Is to carry us
of to England the moment we're mar
ried. Think of that-and that l love
you. Nothing can possibly break the
strength of that combination!"
For another minute she rested as
she had ever since sinking into her
corner of the taxicab-moveless, taut.
unresponsive.
Then a long sigh shook her to her
very heart, and of sudden the small
fist In Alan's grasp relaxed and her
face turned to bis like flower to
the sun, face TRANSPORTED, its lips
now soft and yielding. its eyes un-
closed and smiling into his a smile
all misty with unshed tears.
Alan" she breathed gently. 1T
can't be true! I'm trying so hard to
believe-but all the while know 1t
can't he trusl"