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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-13
toil :uu how sorry | am"

81 you how sorry | am"
acnGcd gravely There's
10 te'!-but one thing to be done
nI1t"
and that?" Mr.. Barcus inquired
susl!cious!y.
To set rid of the lady," Alan an.
nounceo firmly. Make that fisher.
man present of the woman in the
case. You don't mind parting with
the dory in good cause-if l pay for
it?"
Take it for nothing" Barcus
grumbled. Cheap at the price,"
He took Alan's place watching him
with a sardonic eye as he drew the
tender in under tho leeward quarter.
made it fast. and reopened the com.
panionway.
As the girl came on deck with
out other invitation. in a sullen rage
that only heightened her wonderful
loneliness. Alan noted that her first
look was for him. of untempered ma
Lightly: her second. for Barcus, with
a curling lip; her third. astern. with
a glimmer of satisfaction as she rec
ognized how well the fisherman had
drawn up on the Seaventure.
Friends of yours. I infer7 Alan
inquired civilly.
Judith nodded
Then 1t would save us some trouble
yourself included-if you'll be good
enough to step into the dory without a
struggle"
Without q word, Judith stepped to
the rail and, as Barcus luffed. swung
herself oversize into the dory.
INN 'diately Alan cast off, and as
the little boat sheered off, Barcus,
with sigh Of relief, brought the Sea-
venture once more back upon her
course.
For sor,r few minutes there was ST.
lence betM on the two men, while the
tender drN"ned swiftly astern the
woman ply! brisk pair of oars.
Then. sue My elevating his nose,
Barcus shifted audibly Here" he
said sharply. relieve me for a min
ute, will you? | want to go forward
and have loo at that motor"
In the time th"t he remained invis-
ible between q 'rks the fisherman
luffed. picked ~ the dory and its
occupant. and cave round again in
open chase of the %2aventure.
When Barcus rcappeared it was
with grave face.
THE devil and IT, deep She" he OBJ
served obscurely, c"ning aft, from
all their works. good lord deliver u.s."
whats the trouble row?"
Nothing much-on'y your playful
little friend has been IN 20 another Of
her lighthearted tricks If you
should happen to want smoke or
anything to eat when yor go below.
just find mirror and Hiss yourself
good-by before striking tie match.
The drain-cocks of both 'ucl tanks
have been opened. and there are up
wards of a hundred and fiftv gallons
of highly explosive gasoline sloshing
around In the bilge!"
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% Rave Ground His Teeth /,
Evaporation.

Ehea they were congratulating
r. upon the approach of a
-eeF insanity of the whole
'e business!
Fun Wild a5surdity of it,
ma that this was America, this
-aeta century. the apex of the
urn OF civilization the world
haown-and SIN a man
Aunted from pillar to post.
WITH threats, harried with at
a. assassination in a hundred
a"u that by a slip of a girl
| cunning Of a madwoman, the
mug, the face of a charm
-the face of the woman that
we aim, duplicating its every
eature so nearly that even he
" tne one could scarcely dis
uer from the other but by In
kaioon, blind suesswork. .
ueo heavy-hearted confirm
'ermise slowly settling into
~ IN bis mind. that such cum
go purpose and pertinacity
~ssibly spring from q mind
ICED hat the woman, Judith
% tie Rose be loved %
a mad - that mooomAniac.
Who at halpasss IN his
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cHfPTE7 XII.
siU water

Anxiety at ll.s az acid al A y, ,
heart. il tris s.. e tae ss1 m's ~
he though, desperate venture. Is
rs I weatLerea saltwater nan anu
nn9;soav.d. nothing would haF9 oesn
more ~ 10 his liking than a BRISK co.'s ..-
, Mise cruise in n able boat-unosF
anspices less forbiiding so,a,
pn, when be re-entered tne N.Y. .
ore surprising thing happened tna :,
cav ave him new heart-momentarnys "a =
saemed almost as If his iaSA s na
.rrned. For. as he paused by ,n ne, ue ssa
. ~ .ss cashier to demand his BIZ, .ne
u elevator gate opened and hose g can aav
e, ', aassrIy to meet him with an eass -.
o o,u os hope that masked nsasnraO''
q Worried so couldn't - ~,
Ella him guardedly as he drew . us.
.o .,a.. so arose and sot rs -, ~. .nS
. . from the window 'in !
you drive up"
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worst cough or cold. Also excellent

worst cough or cold. Also excellent
for bronchial asthma, bronchitis.
Group, hoarseness and whoopin5
cough. One bottle will make enough
homemade cough medicine to prob
ably last the whole family the entire
winter. Children like It, it is so
pleasant to take and it positively
contains no chloroform, opium. NOR
phine or other narcotics as do most
cough mixtures. Keep 1t on hand in
case of emergency and stop each
cough before it gets a firm hold. The
above druggist has been authorized
to return the money in every single
case where it does not give perfect
or is not found the best
ever used. Absolutely no
risk Is run in buying this remedy
under this positive guarantee.
35ss
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Copyright, 1914. By Louis Josenh w..

cen OF silence and shadows IN v.n
.orh' Gay after day. eating his heart
ua' with Impotence for the word that
MS VENGEANCE had been consummated
oy the daughter whom he had insnired
to execute it. p'' Gu
All hour late, in dusk Of evening
.he train Numbered into Portland sta.
t,on; and. heart in mouth, Alan helned
Rose from the steps. shouldered a n,a y y
ior her through the crowd, and almost
iiiseu her into taxicab.
Best hotel in town." he demanded
ana be quick about it-for a double
tip" uouoie
ne communicated his one despera,e
scheme to the girl en- route, receiving
her Endorsement of 1t. So. having roc.
is'ered for her and seen her safely n
.he door OF the best available room in
.ne mouse within ready call of the pub.
TIC lobby and office, he washed. IN
euiped a hasty meal-which Rose had
oeciined 10 share. pleading faticue-
ana hurried away into the ;yht with
ohiv The negro driver of public hack
picAed up haphazard at some distance
from me hotel, for his guide.
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STOP BUYING EXPENSIVE
COIIGH REMEnIFS

Money spent for the old style.
ready-made cough syrups in bottles
holding only to ~ ounces is
very largely wasted, because most of
them are composed principally of
sugar and water. Yet you have to
pay the same price as if it was all
medicine. Stop wasting this money.
You can make better cough medi-
cine at home at 'one-nfth the cost
Merely go to Henley & Henley's
Drug Store and ask for ounces
(50c WORTH of Schiffmann's Com
centrated Expectorant Mix this
with one pint of granulated sugar
and one-half pint of boiling water,
which makes full pint &c
ounces. This new. simple, pleasant
remedy is guaranteed to relieve the
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he acora'r.ed ker bri,l! NJ. lis
fortune
r. SIC seemed Unable to e-'o rs
eohadt"ce or even to overcome the
HsaVlHcss nf he spirits when tEeir
Gao without Mise overture, set them
DOWN at the wharf.
Here. Alan had feared, was the cru.
cal point of danger-if the influence
q the trey of hearts was to bring
disaster upon them it would be here.
IN the hush ahd darkness of this de-
serted water front And he bore him
Sell most warily as he helped the girl
from the car and to the gangplank of
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CHAPTER XIII.
No Quarter.

yes, yes" said Mr.. Rarcus irdul.
gently. breaking long silence. VERY
interesting. Very interesting. indeed.
I've seldom listened to a more enter
tanning life-history, my poor young
friend. But | tell you candidly, as
man to man, | don't believe one word
of it. It's all d-n foolshness,"
His voice took on a plaintivc ac-
cent. 'Particuarly this!" he expos
tulated, and waved an indignant hand,
contrasting their plight.
The rest of your adventures are
reasonable enough" he said, they
won my credulity and I'm IA native of
Missouri. But this last chapter is i'm
possible. And that's fiat 1t couldn't
happen-and has. And there, in
manner of speaking, we are!"
Against the western horizon a long,
low-lying strip of sand dunes rested
like a bar of purple cloud between the
crimson afterglow of sunset in the
sky and the ensanguined sea that mir
rored it,
The wind had gone down with the
sun, leaving the Seaventure becalmed
her motor long since inert for want
Of fuel-in shoal water a mile or SO
off the desolate and barren coast that
Barcus, out of his Astounding knowl-
edge of those waters. named Nauset
Beach.
Still another mile further of shore
the so-called Gloucester fisherman
rode, without motion. waters as still
and CLASSY. Through the cleaning
with the aid of glasses, figures might
be seen moving about her decks; and
as It grew still more dark she lowered
a small boat that heretofore had
swung in davits. A little later faint
humming noise drifted across the tide.
Power tender" the owner of the
Seaventure interpreted Coming to
call, ! presume. Socable lot. What
! can't make out is why they seem to
think II necessary to tow our dory
back. Uneasy conscience, maybe
what?"
He lowered the binoculars and
glanced inquiringly at his employer,
who grunted his disgust, and said no
more.
Don't take 1t so hard, old top" Bar
Gus advised with a change of note
from irony to sympathy. Then he rose
and dived down the companionway,
presently to reappear with mega
phone and double tarreled shotgun.
No cutting-Out parties in this out
fit" he explained, grinning amiably.
None Of that old stuff, revised to suit
your infatuated female friend-once
aboard the lugger and the man is
minr,"
Stationing himself at the seaward
RAJ! r. his figure would show in
si"rp silhouette against the glowing
srnsct sky. he brandished the shot.
GrH - arm's length above his head,
a'aa b'iaacl stertorously through the
mora zone:
Keep of, Keep of. This means
YOU! Come within gunshot and I'll
blow your fool heads off!"
Putting aside the megaphone. he sat
down again. Not that I'd dare fire
this blunderbuss." he confided, with
this reek Of gasoline; but just for
moral effect Phew-wl I'd give q dol
lar for q breath OF clean air; I've in
hailed 80 much gas in the last few
hours I'm drycleaned down to my
silly old toesi"
Gaining no response from Alan, he
observed critically: -Chatty little Gus
toner. your are and resumed the
binoculArh
CONTINUED Next Wednesday,
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CHAPTER TX.
foPeWa

foreWaTnc0.
\. thing was managed with an In.
L,tv that Alan termed devilish-it
,ndisputably Machiavellian.
ke lovers had come down from the
n in hot haste and the shadow Of
n Two days Of steady travelling
|canoe, by woods trail, by lake
|mer-forty-eight hours Of fatigue
.train eased BY not one instant's
ration from the high tension of
lance upon which their very lives
lnded wore to a elimination
L,ph this tedious afternoon on the
from Moosehead-a trap Of phys
torment only made possible by
Is luck in securing. through sheer
seut. two parlor-car reservations
cd back at the last moment be-
leaving Kineo station.
matter-the longest afternoon
have its evening: the pokiest of
comes the more surely to its
nation; in another hour or two
would be in Portland-free at
10 draw breath of ease in a land
w. order and sane living.
If in answer to this thought, the
slowed down with whistling
es to the last hill-station, and as
rucks groaned and moved anew,
h of boy came galloping down
Bisle, brandishing two yellow en-
bes and batting like stray calf:
ista Lawr! Mista Lawr! TEL
for Mista Lawr!"
m had been expecting at every
bn a prepaid reply to his wire fer
Nations ON the night express from
and to New York.
why two envelopes superscribed
A. Law, Kineo train southbound,
bnd Sta.?"
tore one open, unfolded the in
re- and grunted disgust with it's
advice, opened the other and
BIT his breath sharply as he with
part way only-a playing card,
Of hearts.
fusting it back quickly, he clapped
envelopes together. tore them
a hundred fragments, and scat
them from the window. But
endish wind whisked one small
back-and only one!-into the
the woman he loved.
nly he prayed that she might
leep. The silken lashes trembled
n cheeks and lifted slightly, dis
e the dark glimmer of question.
ges. And as she clipped the scrap
aboard between thumb and fore
he bent forward and silently
it from heroine corner of the
bf hearts, but inevitably a corner
hg the figure 80" above a heart.
be Pullman agent at Portland
no reservations available on any
Yclh train in the next thirty-siy
he said with lowered voice.
uldn't We possibly catch the New
boat tonight ?"
sa9ok a glum head. mo
! lhat up first. 1t leaves before
i M
said, TOO bad" abstractedly
et her eyes, and apparently
anew into semi-somnolence-
|ithout deceiving him who could
guess what poignant anxiety
ID at her heart.
could have ground his teeth in
tration-the impish insolence OF
Farming, timed so precisely to Sc,
nerves on edge at the very mo
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CHAPTER X.


FOTluity.
lie wasted the better part az an
hour in fruitless and perhaps i'll.
ADVISED inquiries; then his luck such
as 1t was, led him on suspicion down
poorly lighted wharf, at the ex-
IRENE end of which he discovered a
loheiy young man perChed atop a pile.
hands in pockets, gaze turned TO
/ tide wherein, now black night had
fallen, pallid wraiths of yachts swung
Just visibly beneath uneasy riding.
! lights.
Pardon me-" Alan venturcd, but
! perhaps you can help me out
You've come to the wrong shop, my
/ friend the young man interposed
with morose civility; Il couldn't help
anybody out of anything way |
am now"
I'm sorry said Alan, but
thought possibly you might know
where | could find a seaworthy boat
to charter"
The young man slipped smartlv
4 uo"A iiohl HIS petCn. II you dOn
look sharp" he said ominously, you'll
charter the Seaventure" He waved
his hand toward a vessel moored
alongside the wharf: There she is,
and better boat you won't find any
where schooner rugged, fifty feet over
all, twenty-five horsepower, motor aux
Hilary, two staterooms-al ready for
as long a coastwise cruise as you care
TO take. Come aboard
He led briskly across the wharf.
down a gangplank, then aft along the
deck to Il comparionway, by which the
two men gained a comfortable and
rOomy cabin, bright with fresh white
enamel
Here Tie lirht Of the cabin lamp re
vealed TO Alan's searching scrutiny a
person Of sturdy build md independent
carriage, With a roughly modelled
good -humored face, reddish lair and
steady though tSinkling blle eyes.
Name, larcus, the young man in
troduced himself cheerfully; chris.
tened Thomas. Nativity, American.
State of life, fiat broke That's the
rub, he laughed, and shrugged, shame
faced Il found myself hard up this
spring with this boat on my hands,
sunk every cent had and then some
fitting out on an oral charter with
moneyed Brighter in New York, who
was to have met me here fortnight
since. He didnt-and here ! am, In
pawn to the ship chandler, desperate
enough for anything"
"How much do you owe?"
Upwards of a hundred"
Say advanced that amount-when
can We sail?"
The young man reflected briefly.
There's something so enGagingly idi-
otto about this proceeding. he OBJ
served wistfully. I've got the strans-
est kind of a bunch it's going to go
through Pay my bills, and we can be
off inside an hour That is
He checked with an exclamation OF
dismav. chapfallen u may have some
trouble soaring up ere" at snort
notice. | rad two men engaged d, but
last week they got tired doing moth
ing Tor nothing ard lett me nat
THEN that's settled" Alan said. =
know boats: I'll h. your crav-'.nd the
better satisfied to have nobody else
aboard"
M arss NJ Mr. BarCus ciouded.
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the Seaventure. But nothing hap
pened; while MIR. Rarcus was as good
as his word. Alan had barely set foot
on deck, following the girl, when the
gangplank came aboard with a clatter.
and the Seaventure swung away from
the wharf
Until the distance was too great for
even flying leap Alan fingered watch
fully on deck
At length, satisfied that all was well.
he returned to the cabin.
"All right" he nodded. we're clear
OF that lot, apparently; nobody but the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-17
NOn-InterC course
One Solution OF
German Trouble

and awaiting In silence for an
other blow. or of taking active
that is, warlike steps. to prevent
It,"
Embargo on Goods Effective.
Perhaps complete non-inter.
course commercially would be the
most effective of all steps. Amer
lean goods are still flittering into
Germany to some extent, and Of
ficials here consider that the
greatest moral effect could be OBJ
tanned by an embargo upon all
such goods.
The meaning of this" said
my informant, would be that the
United States held international
morality in such high esteem that
she was willing to protest against
violation of 1t even when her act
consisted in refusing to take he
enormous profits of selling goods
to the belligerent who was guilty
of the violation of the highest
laws of humanity and morality"
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BOARD
AGAIN UNDER FIRE

Charge of extravaganza and
the qualification of social ambi-
tions at the expense of the state
were made yesterday in a letter
written Gov. Lister by Ex-senator
t. b. Sumner Of Everett, In a
complaint against this states ex-
hibit at San Francisco.
He charges the women menu
bers of the board think of moth
ing but society, and that exhibits
showing the states resources
have been neglected while these
members busted themselves as
hostesses. Sumner asks Lister to
fire the whole exposition commits
sion. A few of the hot shots he
takes are.
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PYTMIANS GATHERING

Tacoma threw wide her gates
today to the Knights of Pythias
and their auxiliary order, the
Pythian Sisters.
Every train and steamer ar
irving in the city brought men,
bers of the lodge. coming from
all parts of the Northwest for the
grand lodge conventions Of both
orders, and by night 1t is expect
ed that nearly 1000 visitors will
have arrived. The city is gaily
decorated in the blue. yellow and
red flags of the order.
Official sessions of the grand
lodges commence tomorrow. The
local entertainment committee of
rs, headed by William II. Dick
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WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May IT.
The capital officialdom. both
American and foreign. felt nnani-
mously today that the answer OF
Germany to the United States on
the Lusitania matter would be
friendly In tone.
While no definite word was re-
ceived from Ambassador Gerard,
unofficial hints from embassies
friendly to Germany were that
the kaiser would waive for the
time his right to submarine war;
fare. and would attempt 10 bring
about a diplomatic situation by
which England would be forced
to:
Let food from neutral countries
into Germany for the use OF ci-
villains without molestation.
Disarm merchant vessels SO
that submarine commanders
might safely expose their vessels
while demanding a surrender.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May IT.
Lured directly from her high
school classroom to become the
bride Of. love pirate who, it is
alleged, already had two wives
and several children, and who in
addition is now being sought oy
the police on warrant charging
frogery, is the trick which an un-
kind fate has played on little Ida
Hamilton, until a few months ago
student in the girls high school
in this city.
Miss Hamilton, who became
Mrs. Samuel w. Tolar No. 3 at a
marriage performed in Fresno,
Cal, on Feb. Ii last, is now in
San Francisco with her mother
and sister, Mrs. j. B. Phillips, at
whose home the girls young
dream of love was rudely shatter-
ed by her husbands confession
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BY KENNETH w. PAYNE.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May II.
If Germany declines to acceot
President Wilson's views on the
Lusitania and the United States
declares for 'non-intercourse"
with that country, what will hap
pen?
What Is non-intercourse?
What would 1t mean?
| took my question to leader
to man high in the counsels
Of the state department. He said.
Effect Tremendous.
1T will mean ,reassertion OF
International morality. Non-ia-
tercourse will be singing re-
buke under whose ignominy no
people could fail to bow.
THE isolation OF Germany by
a policy of complete non-inter-
course" continued this statesman.
would have many unprecedent-
ed results. The moral effect In
iteslf would unquestionably be
tremendous. 1t would be the only
atcion short of war which would
bring homa wildly to one of the
belligerents .te adherence feat In
America for nj. disregard W neu-
ira! rights
A Precedent.
For this at least we have u
precedent In our own history. The
Italian government in 1897. ha,.
ing failed to obtain satisfaction
from the United States for the
lynching of Italian subjects in the
historic New Orleans riots, with
DIRE v its minister, and for two
years the Italian embassy at
Washington was deserted.
THE shame of this rebuke was
felt In this country, and many
advisers close to the president
believe such action on our part
today would produce similar
feeling In Germany.
First Step.
1.-THE first step In such policy
of non-intercourse," continued my
informant, would be the recall
of our ambassador and his staff
from Berlin. All our consular
representatives who are Ameri-
can citizens, would also be recall
ed, but In many smaller cities OF
Germany our consuls are native
Germans, who of course then
would remain, but not officially.
''At the same time our diplo-
matte representatives with the
other belligerents would refuse to
safeguard further the German In
terests in those nations, and this,
at least temporarily. would SER
iously incommode the German
government. We might hand these
interests over to one of the A B
G subsequently, Argentine -
and we ourselves might be rep
resented by Argentine at Berlin.
Might start Something.
Complete non-intercourse would
imply the dismissal of the Ger
man ambassador and his staff, as
we'll as the German consuls in
American cities. But to give
Count Won Bernstorff his creden-
tials. say high officials here,
might very probably be taken by
Germany in the light of a declar-
alton of war, for the two have
In the past generally been synon-
omous.
And non-intercourse," con-
tinued the statesman above quot
ed. would leave open no peace
able method of preventing rep
etition of attacks on Americans
such as took place on the LUST
tania horror, 1t would be a case
either or turning the other cheek
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son, Kept busy today meeting
trains and boats, welcoming the
delegates. Headquarters for the
Knights are located in the Olym-
pus hotel, and for the Sisters. at
the Stratford.
A spectacular minstrel show.
said to be a scream" from start
to finish, has been prepared by
the Tacoma women, and will be
staged this evening at Pythian
temple. Mrs. Ben Haverkamp,
Mrs. A. ii. Garretson and Mrs. f..
l.. Hiberly are In charge. To-
morrow there will be competition
drills in the Stadium, beginning
at 2:30 o'clock, with two military
bands in attendance. The public
is invited,
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MRS. HUTCHINSON
TAKES OWN LIFE

SPOKANE, May 17.-Suddenly
overwhelmed by a paroxysm of
melancholia, Mrs. Marguerite
Hutchinson. wife of State Sena-
tor r. A. Hutchinson, ended her
life with a revolver yesterday at
the family home. Her condition
was the result of periods of ex-
treme suffering in the last three
years, caused by a series of Sc
we're operations.
She came into the senator's
room for portion of the morn
ing paper, retired, and few mo-
ments later the shot was heard.