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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-01-07
A purely Personal Article.

are taxing exception to the attitude Of 81.
A L." on the matter Of suffrage, and who
are expressing themselves in letters of yari-
Gus sorts, it will be only fair to state that
IL. A. L." is woman; her full entitlements
are Alice Louise Lyle, and the pen name of
"Lal" was bestowed on her number of years
ago when she first took up the real work Of
newspaper writing, and entered the field
OF bread winning which she knows SO
thoroughly, from the inside"
The attitude Of any one who endeavors to
express an opinion, should be taken only after
thorough knowledge, gained at first hand,
OF the matter about which the opinion is to
be expressed It is because of the fact that
IL. A. L." tried to be two things at one time
"a hame-keeper and bread winner, that she
knows so thoroughly that the dual role is one
no woman can keep up, be she never so
interested healthy and ambitious.
1t IS utterly impossible for the woman with
salaried position, to cook, look after
children, keep house tidy, attend to the
thousand and one details of home and give
to her employer the quality of work he is
entitled to, If he is paying her salary, or
wage, or whatever name one wants to call it.
Personally, the need for entering the bread
winning class was an urgent one; it meant
the neglect of a home, even though every
meals at restaurants, and it finally meant the
sending off to school, the child for whom all
the effort was made.
It meant countless humiliating make-shifts
at substituting for the home atmosphere, that
soon began to show as lacking. in the few
hours that could be snatched from sleep or
from the demands Of the work for which
man was paying wage and who was en-
titled to the best effort Of the brain he had
hired.
We were told long ago that no man could
serve two masters; there has been no radical
change In the makeup of the human form
from that time, and it is utterly impossible
for woman to serve the home, and business
which makes demands on her worthy of pay
The home is the place to build all the re-
forms and the foundations which are to loom
SO large in the future. It was recognized by
Il. A. L." early in the struggle to maintain
the home and the job, that The Boy would
suffer; he did. His character which was then
at the most plastic age, was left mostly to
the mercies Gender and otherwise) Of paid
teachers. That some of them were not fit to
be the trainers of prize pigs, is a truth many
mothers will agree with me In saying. To
have child knocked on the head, or E'boxed"
on the ears because it did not know it's lessons,
was hard to bear. And to realize that the
mother was too tired to aid him at night,
after her days work was done and her efforts
at housekeeping were over, made it still
harder.
Right then and there was GA A. L.'s' an
tagonlsm to suffrage under whatever name or
guise, born strengthened and developed She
was the one living example which proved to
her own absolute satisfaction, that the two
roles were impossible.
Also, most intimate view of the inner
works of the exalted ballot box was vouch-
safed, early in the career of the newspaper
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

knew / meant It, and sent his wife
and son abr0ad. Then he died sud
denly, of some common ailment-they
said; but | knew better He died OF
fear of me"
Urine smiled a cruel smile: Il had
made hi life reign of terror. Ever
so often would send Law, one way
or anotb.f-mys teriously always
trey of hearts; it was my death-sign
for him; as you know, our name
Urine, signifies a group of three And
every time he received a trey OF
hearts. within twenty-four hours an
attempt of some sort would be made
upon his life. The strain broke down
his nerve.
Then ! turned my attention to the
son, but the distance was too great,
the difficulties insuperable The Law
millions Knocked all my efforts; their
alliance with the Rothschilds placed
mother and son under the protection
or every secret police in Eurone. But
they dared not come home At length
| realized | could win only BY playing
waiting game. | needed three
things: more money; to bring Alan
Law back to America; and one agent
/ could trust, one inccrruptible agent.
| ceased to prosecute mother and son,
lulled them into a sense of false Sc
curity. and by careful spnculations
repaired my fortunes. In Rose had
the lure to draw the boy back to
America; in you, the one person I
could trust.
Il sent Rose abroad and arranged
that she should meet Law. They fell
In love at sight. Then wrote inform.
ing her that the man she had chosen
was the son of him who had murdered
all of me but my brain. It fell out as
l foresaw. You can imagine the scene
of passionate renunciation-pledges
of undying constancy-the arrange.
ment of a secret code whereby, when
she needed him, she would send him
a single rose-the birth Of a great ro-
mance!"
The old man laughed sardonically.
well. there is the history Now the
rose has been sent; Law is already
homeward bound; my agents are
watching his every step. The rest is
In your hands,"
The girl bent forward, breathing
heavily, eyes aflame in a face that had
assumed wayen pallor.
What is it you want Of me?"
Bring Alan Law to me. Dead or
alive, bring him to me. But alive. II
you can compass 1t; wish to see him
die. Then I, too, may die content"
The hand Of hot-blooded youth stole
forth and grasped the icy hand of
death-in-life.
Il will bring him." Judith swore-
dead or alive, you shall have him
here"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

within q hundred yards Of the spill
way. The dead Indian in its bow. the
living woman helpless in Its stern
it swept swiftly onward to destruc'
ton.
His next few actions were wholly
unpremeditated. He was conscious
only of her white, staring face, ner
strange likeness to the woman that ne
loved
He ran out upon the bridge. threw
himself down upon the innermost TIM
Der. turned, and let his body fall back
ward. arms extended at length, and
swung, braced by his feet beneath
the outer timber.
With a swiftness that passed con-
scious thought. he was aware OF the
canoe hurting onward with the speed
of wind, its sharp prov apparently
aimed directly for his head. Then
hands closed round his wrists like
clamps; a tremendous weight tore at
his arms, and with an effort OF incon'
ceivable difficulty he began to lift,
to drag the woman up out Of the foam
ing jaws Of death.
Somehow that impossible feat was
achieved; somehow the woman gained
a hold upon his body, shifted it to his
belt, contrived inexplicably to Chamber
over him to the timbers; and some
how he in turn pulled himself up to
safety, and sick with reaction sprawled
prone, lengthwise upon that foot-wide
bridge, above the screaming abyss.
Later he became aware that the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
CHAPTER ~.
This Trail of Ireaehe.u

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But young Mr.. Law was sole agent
of his own evanishment; Just as he
was nobody's fool. least of all his own
The hidden meaning of the trey OF
hearts perpleXed him with such dis.
trust that before leaving London. he
dispatched a code cablegram to his
confidential agent in New York.
What do you know about the trey of
hearts? Answer Immediately.
The answer forestalled his arrival
in Liverpool:
Trine's death sign for your father. Fer
Gods sake. look to yourself and keep
away from America.
But Alan had more than once WIS.,
TIED America inL.6uito anu unknown
to Seneca Urine via a secret route of
his own selection.
Eight days out of London. a second
class passenger newly landed from
one of the C.-P. steamships. ne walked
the streets of Quehec-and drnpped
out of sight between dark and dawn.
to turn up presently in the distant
Canadian hamlet of Bale st. Paul ap-
paren,iy very tenderfooted American
woods-traveler chaperoued by taei-
turn Indian guide picked up heaven
knows-where.
Crossing the St Lawrence by night.
tie two struck of quietly into the
hlnterland Of the Notre Dame range.
then crossed the Maine border.
On the second noon thereafter,
trall,worn and weary, as lean as their
depleted packs the two paused on
ridsepole of the Wilderness an back
Of tie Allagash country, and made
their midday meal in a silence which.
II normal in the Indian, vas one of
deep missivings on Alans part
Continually his gaze questioned the
northern skies that lowered porten.
tously. foul with smoke-a country.
wide confagration that threatened all
northern Maine. bone-dry with
drought.
Only the south offered a fair pros
pect. And the fires were making
southwark far faster than man might
bone 10 travel through that grim and
stubborn Land
Eyeu Is he st.rci. t,-1 saw fresh
columns of dr. cs.cred stoke spring
up in the northwest.
Anxiously he consulted the impas.
sive mask of the Indian. from whom
MS quesiiors gained Alan little cop.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

thumb. Then he jumped up from the
chair and glared suspiciously round
the room. 1t was true that a prac-
tical joke in that solemn atmosphere
were thing unthinkable; still, there
was the rose.
There was no one but himself in
the library.
Perplexed to evaporation, Alan fled
the club. only pausing on the way out
to annex the envelope he found ad.
dressed to him in the letter-rack.
1t was a blank white envelope of
good quality. the address typewriter,
the stamp English. and bore Q Lon.
don postmark half illegible
Alan tore the envelope open in alb.
sent-minded fashion-and started as
IL stunS. The enclosure was a sim.
pie playing card-a trey 0f hearts!
AS for klan Law, he wandered
homeward in a state of stupefaction
He could read quite well the message
of the rose. He would not soon for.
get that year-cld parting with his
Rose of the Riviera: You say ycu
love me but may not marry me-and
we must part. Then promise this
that If ever you change your mind
you'll send for me And her prom.
Use: q viii send you rose.
But the year had lapsed with never
sign from her, so that he had grown
accustomed to the un6attering belief
that she had forgotten him.
And now the sign had ccme-but
what the deuce did the trey of hearts
mean?
Wnen morning came, London had
lost Alan Law. No man of his &C
ouaintance-nor any woman-had re-
ceived the lest warning o. is Dis
appearance. lie was simply aud SUI
hcienty removed from English Aca.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
Copyright, 1914, BY Louis Joseph Vance
CHAPTER !.
The Message of the Rose.


Tapped deep in the leather-bound
luxury of an ample lounge-chair.
walled apart from the world by the
venerable solitude of the library of
London's most exclusive club, Mr..
Alan Law sprawled largely on the
nape of his neck and, squirting dis
contentedly down his nose, admitted
that he was exhaustively bored.
Now the chair filed so gracelessly
stood by an open window, some TWEEN
ty feet below which lay a stable
walled garden, an old English garden
in full flower. And through the win
dow, now and then, half-hearted
breeze waited gusts of warm air,
sauve and enervatng with the heavy
fragrance Of English roses.
Mr.. Law drank deep of it. and in
spite of his spiritual unrest, sighed
Slightly and shut his eyes.
An unspoken word troubled the
depth of his consciousness, so that
old memories stirred and struggled to
its surface. The word was Rose"
and for the time seemed to be the
name neither of woman nor of a
flower, but oddly of both, as though
the two things were one. His mental
vision, bridging the gap of a year, con
1ured up the vision OF a 1.-the, sweet
silhouette in white, with red roses
TT her belt, posed on a terrace of the
Riviera against the burning Mediter-
ranean blue.
Mr.. Law was duly conscious that
he ought to be sorry about something.
But he was really very drowsy indeed;
and so, drinking deep of wine-scent
of roses. he fell gently asleep.
The clock was striking four when
he awoke; and before closing his
eyes he had noticed that its hands
indicated ten minutes to four. SO he
could not have slept very long.
For some few seconds Alan did not
move, but rested as he was incredu-
lousy regarding a rose WI j,,l h"d ma
teralized mysteriously upol she little
table at his elbow. He was cute sure
1t had not been there when he closed
his eyes, and almost as sure that it
was not real.
And in that instant of awakening
the magic fragrance of the rose-garden
seemed to be even more strong and
cloying sweet than ever.
Then he put out a eingerly hand
and discovered that it was real beyond
all question. A warm red rose, fresh
plucked, drops OF water trembling and
sparkling like tiny diamonds on the
velvet of Its fleshy petals. And when
impulsively he took 1t by the stem, he
discovered a most indisputable thorn
which did service for the traditional
pinch.
Convinced that he wasn't dreaming,
Alan transferred the rose to his sound
hand, and meditatively sucked his
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

ton, to find that the Indian had
thoughtfully touched match to the
pyre before departing. At Alan's feet
the twigs were blazing merrily.
It would have been easy enough,
acting on instinct, to snatch his limbs
away, but he did not move more than
to strain his feet as far as their bonds
permitted. Conscious of scorching
heat even through his hunting boots.
he suffered that torture until tongue
of fame licked up, wrapped itself
round the thick hempen cord and ate
it through
Immediately Alan kicked his feet
free, lifted to kneeling position, and
crawled from the pyre.
AS for his hands-Alan's hunting
knife was still in its sheath belted
to the small of his back Tearing at
the belt with his hampered fingers, he
contrived to shift it round until the
sheath knife stuck at the belt-loop
over his left hip. Withdrawing and
conveying the blade to his mouth. he
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

grippcd it firmly between his teeth.
and sawed the cords round his wrists
asainst the razor-sharp blade.
Before Alan could turn and run he
saw vanguard of flames bridge so
yards at bound and start dead
pine blazing like a torch
! And then he was pelting like a mad
man across the smoked-filled clearing,
, and in less than two minutes broke
from the forest to the pebbly shore Of
a wide-bosomed lake, and within a
few hundred feet Of substantial
dam, through whose spillway a heavy
! volume of water cascaded with a roar
rivaling that of the forest-fre itself.
Two quick glances showed Alan two
things: that his only way of escapo
was via the dam; that there was a
solitary canoe at mid-lake bearing
swiftly to the farther shore Judith
Urine and the Indian-the latter WELD.
ing the paddle.
In the act Of turning toward the
dam he saw Jacob drop the paddle.
The next instant bullet from a Win.
chester 80 kicked up squirt of peb-
bles only a few feet In advance of
Alan.
He quickened his pace, but the next
bullet fell closer, while the third &C.
tually bit the earth beneath his run
ming feet as he gained the dam.
Exasperated. he pulled up, whipped
out his pistol and fred without aim.
At the same time, he noted that the
distance between dam and canoe had
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
CHAPTER Nv.
Many Waters.


Overhead. through a rift in the
foliage. a sky was visible whose rhon
darkness called TO mind a thunder.
cloud
The heat was nearly into'erable.
the voice Of the fire was very loud
A heavy, broken crashing near bv
made Alan turn his head. and he saw
a brown bear break cover and plunge
on into the farther thickets-forer,n.
ner of mad rout of terrified fores.
iolk, deer. porcupines. a fox or two a
wildcat, rabbits. squirrels, partridees
"a dozen more.
'vo minutes - ressaI Of ,ra -,
Ah'ti ing ncs dig Ur.cc -.f,.-.,l,f,.
ia'o Alan's right hin-the automatic
pistol in his hip pocket. of whicb
Jacob had neglected to relieve him
Zen a sharp. sp:teful crackling
brought him suddenly to a sitting posi.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

woman had cfawled to safetv s
farther shore. and pulling him' ~
gether. initiated her examnIa
earth underfoot. he rose ana s0|
swaying. beset by a great vs,. ~
Through the gathering darkra.l
CHASTITY twilight in which the e.
forests on the other shore bur,as
an unearthly glare-he discoro,s,
wan, writhen face Of judith
close to his and he heard her vi.
scream barely audible above tbO
mingled voices of the conAa,I
and the cascades:
you fool! Why did you saw
I tell you. have sworn your a'
The utter grotesqueness NJ .
broke upon his intelligence n.
revelation of some enormous =.
mental absurdity in Mature
laughed little hysterically
Darkness followed. A flash ~,
ming seemed to fame betvea,
like a fiery sword. To its ora
thunder. he lapsed into uncons1
ness.
When he reused, it was With IL
er and a shudder. Rain was n,
in torrents from a sky the 4.
slate. Across the lake dense Jurl
of steam enveloped the fri N
tainted beneath the deluge n
Kissing noise filed the worldtnut]
even the roar Of the spillwaJ
He was alone.
But in his hand, tattered d 5u;
by the downpour. he found rosa
Continued WpdnesI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04

iessened percentibly. thanks to the
strong current sucking through the
s2illway.
lis shot few wide, but almost in.
s'inctively his finger closed again
upon the trigger. and he saw the mad
ole snap in twain. its blade falling
overheard. And then the indian arsd
asain. his bullet droning past Alas,s
ear. =
AS he fired in response Jacob start.
e. dropped his rife and crumpled nm
IN the bow of the canoe.
simultaneously earth and heavens
rocked with terrific clap of tbun.
der. VI mum
he turned arein and rar swiftly
s4eh t'e dan toward two heavy rim.
oess that bridsed the torrent of the
spillway.
inen a glance aside brought him un
with a thrill of horror: the suck 81
'Re overflow had drawn the canoe
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
CHAPTER n.

The Sign of the Three.
lytof-doors, high brazen noon, a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
j. E 8 I" r e a !" {
CoMTTA<. TOR : MO BUlLY@

Having had twenty-one years experience in building
ard cnGtracti-g :; Lakeland and vicinity, feel completes
to render the best services in this line. If Contemplating
building NH e pleased furnish estimates az all tr
nation All work guaranteed.
Phone r6o. ]. B. yTREATER
- 81 ~ ac,aa
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
eooMs FORD FOR PRESIDENT

Henry Ford is being doomed for presi-
dent Of the United States. His hacker
Is James Parker. president Of the Paige
Motor company Of Boston, who insreted
the following advertisement in recent
issue Of local newspaper:
Il sincerely believe that Henry Ford
should be elected president of the Unite'
States. I will pay IS for the best letter
telling why he should receive the nomi-
nation"
According to Parker, he has received
a large number Of letters from business
men from all over the country indorsini
the proposed nomination of the Detroit
motor car maker. In advocating Henry
Ford for president, Parker claims that
the manufacturer philanthropist is bet.
ter fitted to put the government Of the
United States on business basis thar
any other man eligible for the office.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
GOOD NEWS
Soma Phoebe Readers Have Heard Il
and Proflted Thereby

Good news travels FAST and ths
many bad back sufferers in this vicin-
ity are, glad to learn where relief may
be found. Many a lame, weak and ach-
ing back u bad no more. thanks to
Doan's, Kidney Pills. Thousands upon
thousands OF people are telling TIE
good news Of their experience with the
tested remedy Here is an exampla
worth reading:
A. w. Clark, 140S Carson St, Cars IL
CITY; New. says: II used Doan I
Kidney Pills and am glad to say tina
they did all that was CT aimed
nhey would do. They rid me O
backache and made a great improve
ment In every way. II l didn't thinl
tnts medicine worthy one nothing
could make me recommend It,"
THOROUGH WORK
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
SUCCESSFUL IRRIGATION
BY MEANS OF PUMPING


Harry Van Drillen this morning was
worrying over his gasoline pump down
at the ranch six miles below town. me
pump was not working. However, TINS
is not the first time that gasolie motor
has gone on a strike.
These warm days are making irriga-
ton necessary on Mr.. Van Drillen's
forty-acre alfalfa patch. Already the
leaves are beginning to wilt. And the
owner found he must get busy with
that pump If he would save the crop.
Mr. Van Drillen is making an expert
ment of growing alfalfa on the bench
| lands by irrigation. 1t Is well known
that the land will produce alfalfa in
this valley. The only experiment is
In the cost of the undertaking.
or Mr.. Van Drillen it, also solves
the water problem. He would not be
allowed to put his pump into the river
and lift the water onto his farm. But
| by sinking a well half a mile back tC
depth of nineteen feet and letting
the river water seep through the stratuI
| of gravel he gets a valid water right
The well was sunk on the upper
part of the tract. Thus by a lift o
twenty-five feet the alfalfa field Is ir
rigated by gravity.
The amount of the flow In the wei
Is also question. But the water cam
In SO strong at a depth of 10 feet II
that the further sinking was out Q
the question.
, Mr.. Van Drillen has 80 acres undo
: lease to Ralph Brown. He Is so con
fdent that the pumping will prove
success that he expects to put the re!
Of the land into alfalfa next year. TT
a crop this year will determine the maj
, ter.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN

ever receive the proper balance OF food
to sufficiently nourish both body and
brain during the growing period when
natures demands are greater than in
mature life. This is shown in so many
pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds,
and lack of ambition.
For all such children we say with
unmistakable earnestness: They need
SCOTS Emulsion, and need it now. 1t
possesses in concentrated form the very
food elements to enrich their blood. 1t
changes weakness to strength; it makes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohol.
Scott & Bovine, Bloomfield. N. ].
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
Girls Win From the Men

The base ball game between the Kewp
Klub nine and picked nine OF Would
BIS mad Has Beens, last Sunday o.
ening resulted in favor of the g.A.s in
a score Of IL to Is Imagine, If you
will, of Judge Nudge Horsey, E. Kahn
and Bill Orr being disgraced in such
a manner
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
Governor Honor. Ploche Man

DR.. T. o. Duckworth of this city has
received commission from Gov. Boyle
naming him as delegate to the Mis-
issippi Valley Conference on Tubercu-
losis to be held at Indianapolis. The
commission came as surprise to the
doctor, who states that he will attend
the meeting Of medicos.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03
We Can't Get Away

Gov. Boyle has appointed Lewis Fl.
Beason of the Record as one of the
two delegates from Nevada to the
international Press convention which
convenes at San Francisco next week.
We regret that 1t will be impossible
to attend this great gathering of ed
itors. 3I4ltulu
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-07-03

FOR SALE-160 A land, one and
three-fourths miles from Phoebe. Land
Is held under state contract. Price,
so cents an acre for possessory right.
Address E. A. Waterman, postoffice
Box PA, Pomona, California