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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

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ont tap fajid contents ana feeling in
one swift motion Of u thumb for any
hidden secretion Of the nacre. Nothing
was found whfe / was watching. and
as I did net much like the ad9r / drew
10 one side.
II think hes holding our on Us-"
Missed Jean LATTE. Time and again
! seen the varlet make false moves
Let him have a caret The eye OF Jean
LATTE is upon him"
For nav own part. / cared little for
anything beyond the sport in my pearl
venture, but no man likes 10 be done
SO I joined the guard over the pearl
fishing
They showed me a few pieces they
had saved. spliuters and slugs Of uacre.
misshapen and Of no lustcr. and sueer-
ed at the net results, worth at most uot
so much IS the days wages I was pay
Ing either. ! cared nothing for the re-
suits aud smiled and nodded as / took
them.
Thus the day wore on till midafter-
noon, when such bad been the zeal of
the c]ammers, the heap OF bivaIves was
exhausted They stood erect. straight
eniug their stiffeued backs, and griuued
as they looked at me
well" said the old bag. II reckon
ye're satisfied now that we know this
business beGter'u you do He told ye
there wasn't no pearl i'm this river"
No" added her hopeful son, Fan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

possible to keep the diver from steal
Ing pearls. just as it is hard TO keep
the Kafiirs from stealing the diamonds
they fad in the mines.
still was looking ut him closely
and now said 70 him mildly and ia a
low tone OF voice: 1T would Tee Of no
use. i should only beat you again.
and J would rather spare yoar mother.
Won see. added in .ouder tone Of
voice. the natives put pearls ia their
hair. between their toes. IN their
mouths-a1tbouSh they do NOT chew
tobacco as you do one who merely
put one IN the pocket Of his oyeraIls.
if he wore oyerallS, wonld be called
verv. clumsy indeed. especially If be
bad been seen 10 do it..
Involnutarify lie c!apned 81 hand on
his pocket What would have Geen
his next act do net know for as
thar momeaf | heard q voice call cut
sharply: HALE. Villain Throw ap
your hands or by. heavens you die!"
Turning swiftly. saw Lahtte. ais pas
tol aimed il u very serviceable fashion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31
@At last! There she lies, my heartiost'

AZ taSf! mere S1s tfGSv my ftS7i-'tOS'
salute to friends ashore. swing dain-
tily about and head out and down the
river
1T shall go hard, but we overhaul
you varlat yet, said L'Oi0anois grimly-
Ave" assented LATTE. We've bust
ed a plug and lie has showed us clean
pair Of heels, but its q long chase if
the Sea Rover does not overhaul him.
Wen have 10 overhaul our engine first,
though" he added thoushtfully- When
at last the Sea Rover was ready for
the sea again her chase might have
been a hundred miles ahead an she
liked
"Gee"' exclaimed Jean LATTE as we
were about 70 cast eff. "LOoky here.
de Cubs licked de G'ints to I today.
He pointed to figures in newspaper
which be had obtained So then it
might have been excitement Of rage
and not OF jog which had animated
Cal Davidson when he went aboard
Never mind, then" said !, for that
gives us q days start
How do you mean?" demanded
jean.
1T means that gouder varjet viii not
leave Natrbez tomorrow until late
evening. after the wires are in from
the northern bail games" I replied.
"Of course he'll stop there next"
felt now that the Lord bad, by impiant-
ing this insane lust of peIty baseball
news in his soul, delivered my enemy
into my band
Now. I visit not how or at what dig
nifed speed the Belle Helene swept
on down that mighty river through the
rich southern lands. nor DO 7 scarce
half remember the pa5ustaEing. per
sstent run we made with the Eriny
Sea Rover I'm pursuit hour after hour.
night or day We had Ho licensed pilot
or licensed engineer, we bore no lights
as prescribed by law and needed no
channels as prescrib by government
engineers. Pirates. indeed. we might
have been rs we ri3wed on down in
the wake of our quarry, along the an
Gent highway famous in fast packet
days. We cared nothing for law, or
der custom. conventions. PrecedeHts-
the very things which had cuslaved me
all my life now cast aside.
We made the due city Of Natchez
in the evening of the sweetest day
ON which. as / Thought, the sun had
ever set I caught sj1ht Of the long
low, graceful nun of tae EeHe Helenet
"Avast. jean LadJte" cried
shorten all sail and bear across west
4.y- 7,...-~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

at the h4arT ~ the csammer. about 'ile
same as IS hen hs. first aceosted Ine On
ms stream. Elaueiu= a"H5 the barrel
+. with an luminous gray eye again gone
three corneyed.
Before 1 could even cry out 70 Eln
ais warning WAS effective saw ny
clam fisher 20 wb.fe and PM bis hands
over ais bead. ybe waje his mother
ran zereau1iuEs toward Ebe tent Jimmy
Is0lonuois al her beeis. sword ID
band. and warning her not TO get a
gun. else her life's blood would dye
the strand.
In a moment or two I restored peace
! held out my hand to tile claHner
Il didn't know you seen Hle. s1ld he
sirn0fv and placed in nay hand three
pearls. either OF tbem worth more than
aU I bad paid him. and one Of them
the ARREST and best hHd ever seen
II is the pearl famous as the Belle
Helene. the finest ever taken IN fresh
waters 10 America
looked at him quietly. and handed
him back all but the one pearl. i am
sorry YOU were nor q better sport" said
I, very sorry. D.dar / play fair with
ygus"
Ne" said ne. Some folks have al
rhe HcE. You come along here, rica,
with ant sorts of things. and you'd rob
man ike me our OF what little be
can make"
I was opening my wallet again. II
am s0rry TO bear you say that said
Z. handing MIN two bills of hundred
dollars each Sorry, because It has
cost you S2.S00,"
Heavens. man. what do you mean 2
lee aasred. even mis- fingers SLOW to
take both money and contempt
THAT the pearl is worth to me that
much. since J have "a purpose for it /
have more money than ! want, and
fewer pearls like this than ] want 1t
would have given me the REQUEST sort
of pleasure to give you and your
mother q few thousand dollars. two or
. three. TO set you up with little launch
ana nm outfit enough to give you a
good srart-aud, perhaps, a good part
ner. You had good chance. and like
many another man who isn't good
enough to deserve success yon lost it
DO YOU know why YOU failedE
IT'S the luck" said be. y never had
none"
NO said J. ,.it is not that. So far
us luck goes. you are lucky you are
alive. Little do vou know our desper-
ara band Little do sou know You have
. escaped the wrath Of LATTE. of LOion-
gH- So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31
CHAPTER wi.

n Which We Board the Enemy.
f~w~A HE yacht lay-witH an audacjty
Of care'essness wairb ! ala NOT
like TO note hardly inside the
- edge Of the regular shipping
channel. but swung securely ana grace
fuzzy at her eahte. hrid ny an anchor
which had devised myself. heavy
enough for twice her tonnage Z man
leaned against the rail tdly smoking.
but this made out 10 be the engineer.
Williams. come mp 10 get the evening
air Billy. the deck band, John. my
Chinese cook and Peterson. the boat
master. were at the time OUT cf sight.
as well as Cal Davidson. who had her
under charter,
We lay Thus, separated 10y some dis
lance Of tile rivers food. each craft
at anchor. only one observed By the
other But to my impatient gaze mat
tiers seemed strangely slow GA board
the Belle Helene / was relieved when
at last the rather portIy bnt well
groomed figure of my friend Davidson
appeared on deck. He made his way
aft along the rail, and I could see him
bend over and call down the compan-
iouway of the after stateFooms. Then.
an instant later. he WIS joined on the
afferdeck by two ladies' The sight
Of one or these caused my heart to
bound
They stood for 4 moment. no more
than dimly outlined. but could see
them well enough. The older ladg.
witt the scarf abaut her head was
aunt Lucinda The sliahter figure in
white and wearing 10 head covering
WAS she-Heleua Emory. 1t was Hele-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

n When Show My true Coiora.
go HERE were many lesser adven-
uUes ia which Laftte L'OIou-
uois and { shared on our voy-
age through tile long water
ways leading down to the great river,
but of these Z make small mention
Two things grew ON me in conviction
FIRST. [ loved Helena Emory more
and more each day Of my life, and.
second. that ! must see her at the
first moment possible in spite of all
my resolutions to put Der out of my
life forever. And these rwo things be
ing assured. when We saw the rolling
yelt9wish food of the Father OF the
Waters at IasJ sweeping before us
realized that bound as I was in honor
TO hold CD with my faithful band. our
craft. the Sea Bover-sixteen feet long
she was and well equipped with
long tous and deck carr0uades-would
hHve no chance to 0veTtaEe the Belle
Helene. fastest yacht on the great
lakes, which might SO far as ! could
tell. III that very moment be cleavjng
through the Chicago canal to enter the
great river hundreds Of miles ahead
OF as.
Wherefore. leaving my bold mates 10
biv0Gac one day. ! made journey to
the nearest town. There ] sent Ger
tain messages 10 anxious parents and
left for them our probable itinerary as
tourists travelling by private convey
apce. I could not set oar future dates
and ports more closely together. for
before Iett town ! had purchased "a
sturdy power boat of OFT own, capable
of doing her ten or twelve miles an.
der her own petrol WIS in no mind
10 fa'i farther ana farther back of the
Belle Helene each day, and I counted
upon our nirafjcai energy 10 Keep US
going more hours a day than Cal Da-
wilson curses on fm.-vTuuid be ant
10 travel
This is q prize, ONT first capture"
I explained 10 the boys And since.
she has struck her colors let us mount
onr own ar her foremost and ship cur
hand to a bigger and faster craft"
The late owner who bore the name
of Robinson. looked ON much perplex-
ed. and, I thiuk. IN some apprehension.
for be must have thought us danger
Gus, whether sane or mad
Who'll run herr he at length de
manded Of me. looking from fue 20 my
TWO associates. Then forth and stood
Jean LATTE and answered a question
Z confess had not vet myself asked.
"Ho. ! guess - fellow who can run q
Gasoline pump iu "a eres merry can han
lle one Of them things So think not
fellow, 10 escape as
! treasured Robinson. who was ap-
uarcut]y ready TO make 81 ram for it.
and / explained TO Laftte and L'Olcn-
ooi> any plan
wen by no means discard our brig.
the original Sea Rover" said /. and
we'll tow her along as cur tender. But
well ehrisysn the prize tie Sen Rover
instead and hoist sur flag over her
and paint oH her name at the first
point Of call we make. Now. let US
hasten. for 2O01 miles of sea lie be
fore MS. and Robinson is also i've
miles from home
-'Yau,re 10 a. hurry. Black Bart
lyllat nla&es ysu .Assd even L'0loa
nols turned II searching gaze upOn me
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31
Statements That stay Be Investigated
Testimony OF Rock Island DitizeI's.

Statements That stay Be Investigated
Testimony OF Rock Island titizei's.
When a Rock Island citizen comes TO
the front. telling his friends and
noighbors Of his experience. you can
rely on his sincerity The statements
of people residing in far away places
do not command your confidence.
Home endorsement Us the kind that
backs poan's Kidney Pills. Such tes-
timony is convincing. 1nvestlgations
proves it, true. Below is a statement
Of a Rock Island resident. 30 stronger
proof of merit can be had.
J. H. Beseliu. 645 Seventeenth
street, Rock Island. says "a cold
which settled on my kidneys brought
on an attack OF backache could
hardly bend to put on nay shoes. The
kidney secretons were highly coLorel.
had dizzy spells and pains iu the
back OF my head I tried many m5di-
cines with no results until got D1ans
Kidney Pills. They completely cured
me"
Price soc, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doau's Kidney PHls-the same taat
Mr. Beselin had, Foster-AIiiburn Co.
Props, Buffalo y. Y-(Adv1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-31

room natcn mn Instant later assnrea
me that T.adfte had performed ihe
most important part OF the work as
signed 10 him. Forsoofh, ere l11g n.
had done all his work as laie out for
him. 1t CHANGED that as he sprang 10
the doors oe the forward saloon he
met John. the Chinaman. Reaching
for him with one hand, he closed thg
doors with the other with such prompt
ness and precision that the cue OF
John was caught in the door and he
was imprisoned below. where he howl
ed in much grief and perturbation, I'M
able 10 escape without the sacrifice OF
his cue.
Meantime 1 found Peterson, my Old
skipper. much as I had expected He
was a middle aged. placid. well poised
man, pessimist in speech. but a bold
man In soul He was fond Of an even
ing pipe. and he sat now smoking and
looking down the illuminated lane
made by our searchlight He turned
toward me. a sudden curiosity upon his
face, as he saw that I was a stranger
on tho boat. though not a strange. to
himself
"sir-AIr Harry he began, han
rising.
! reached out my left hand and
caught him by the shoulder Iu my
right hand / held a pistol, and this.
somewhat gayly. waved before Peter
sons face. Halt" said I. .or will
blow you out Of the waterr' q phrase
which I had found sufficient ina earlier
circumstances.
The cid man smiled pleasantly and
in mock fashion put Up both bis
hands. Had it been any one else he
probably would have knocked him
down. "AU right Mr.. Harry" aid
he; you viii have your joke. But,
tell me- what's up? We weren't exc
pecting you here. Mr. Dayidsou's gone
ashore"
Just a lark, Peterson" said T. I
had slipped down the mask SO that be
could see nae plainly.
by George. sir said he 81 ana glad
10 see you back ou the old boat asanl
Where have you Ueeu|
Just come on board, Peterson" said
/ 4 am going 10 run her now my
self Money not paid over" 1t stretch
ed my conscience d Bit, although the
truth was 1 had Dayidson's uncashed
check in my pocket at the time.
We've all had our pay regular" ne
rejoiued. "Why. what's wr0uEf'
But / haven't bad mine, Peterson"
said I. when the charter money
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
AT 100, FIGHTS "FRESH AIR"
New York centensrian Never Sleeps
With Windows Up-Says He
Never Swore.

Rome, N. Y.-Orvel s. Dorman of
this city, who has just passed his one
hundredth birthday, and is still hale
and hearty, says he has never slept
with the window open at night except
in the intensely hot weather, and then
simply to get cool air-not fresh.
He pities the "fresh-air cranks," as
he calls them, that they will not be
here to see him make good his boast
OF seeing two centuries.
Two years ago Mr. Dorman required
a physician for some slight indisposi.
ton. Arriving at night, the doctor
found the windows of the sleeping
room closed tight. The doctor opened
them, but Mr.. Dorman ordered them
closed again.
Mr.. Dorman never uses tobacco IN
any form, leans strongly toward prohi-
bition and says he never swore. He
attributes his long life to q clear
conscience, plenty OF hard work, abb
sence of worry and minding his own
business.
He received congratulatory letters
from President Wilson and Governor
Whitman on his birthday.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
EPITAPH ON STEPPING STONE
Found on Under Side of Slab Just
Turned Over for First Time
In SO Years.

Columbia, Conn.-Needing a fiat
stone for repairs that he was making
Edward Phillips pried up one which
for over fifty years had been used as
a stepping-stone near the farmhouse
back door. To his surprise he saw on
the reverse side, in fairly plain letters,
the inscription:
In memory of Emily, daughter of Mr..
Joseph and Mrs. Eunice Smith, who died
April 10, 1914, aged six months and fifteen
days.
Rest, thou, sweet slumberer in the peace
full grave;
Short was thy life; forgotten soon shalt
be,
Except the few who, drowned in sorrows
wave,
With painful pleasure still remember
thee.
Nobody knows where the stone had
been used or where 1t came from
Mr.. Phillips father bought the house
over fifty years ago and the stone was
at the back door then for a stepping
stone. 1t is five feet long and nearly
two feet wide.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
HOW THE KAISER APPEARS
Correspondent Writes Pen Picture Of
Emperor as He Saw Him
at Front.

Berlin.-A pen picture of the kaiser
appears in the Kreuz-Zeitung from its
war correspondent with the German
troops In Poland, who says: THE
kaiser appeared with General Macken.
sen, and passed along in front of the
officers and troops. l had not seen him
since the time when at the beginning
of the war he spoke to the crowd from
the balcony of the castle In Berlin.
For one moment | had formed the
impression that he had become ter.
ribly gray in the campaign. That
however, was an error, which arose
from the fact that his head protector,
which he was wearing owing to the
extremely cold weather, was gray.
"The supreme war lord appears, on
the contrary, extraordinarily fresh and
elastic, even though the seriousness
OF these last months has left marks on
his features, and a certain bitterness
which formerly was not present comes
into his voice when he speaks.
when / saw him l could not HELM
thinking Of the kaiser parade In 1896
on the Spandau drill ground. How
brilliant he then looked, how forceful,
how confident In the future and vic.
toryl"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
AUSTRIAN BAR IN PROTEST
Object to Restraining Refugee Law.
yers Of GalcIa and Bukowlna
From PractlcIna.

vienna.-A committee Of the Aus.
trian Bar association has recently
drawn up a vigorous protest against
the enactments of the government re.
straining the refugee lawyers of
Galicia and Bukowina from the prac.
tice OF their profession In lower Aus.
tria. The representations OF the com.
mittee. which has behind 1t not only
the prominent lawyers Of Vienna, but
of all the Austrian crownlands, re.
ceived instant and hearty Endorsement
from the bar. The Austrian Bar as.
sociation repudiated all sympathy
with the illiberal policy of the state
authorities, and by three-quarters
vote of its members, put itself on rec.
ord against the proceedings disbarring
its colleagues from Galicia and Buko.
wilma. Public opinion, too, keenly
alive to the fact that the government
is imposing disabilities on part of
its population which Is suffering for
Its sake, is In emphatic accord with
the stand Of the lawyers committee.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
HUNT FOR BURIED TREASURE
Spot obscurely Indicated by squaw on
Her Deathbed Falls to Yield
Up Gold.

Pendleton, Ore.-Farmers and In.
dams on the Umatilla reservation
spent day in hunt for buried treas
ure, the existence of which had been
asserted by Ko-ko-dye-a-lash, an old
squaw, on her death bed, Ploughs,
scrapers, picks and shovels were used
and scores of acres ploughed and dug
up.
Ko-ko-dyea-lash was told several
days previously that she was dying,
and she directed her son to a place
where he found can in which was
$1,100 in gold. This she buried re-
Gently, she said, but added that nine
teen years ago she had buried another
can Of money.
r. F. Kirkpatrick, who farms her
land, and his employees set to work
in the locality she described, but could
find nothing.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
SOLOMON" ENDS BABY CASE
This Time In Person of New York
Lawyer-He Foregoes
the Sword.

New York.-May a CHILD be held for
board unpaid?
The question was asked of Magis-
trate Barlow, when Mrs. May Berg
hard, whose baby was born last Au-
gust, summoned to court Mrs. Minnie
Curtis because she had refused to
give up the child until Mrs. Berghard
paid $40 arrears Of board for the baby.
On consulting the court Bible, Mag
istrate Barlow, In emulation of King
Solomon in a similar case, glanced
about for the state sword which
should have been behind his chair.
The court stenographer had taken 1t
away to sharpen his pencil, and in de-
fault of anything bigger than a paper
cutter Magistrate Barlow threw bibli-
cal instructions to the winds, and gave
the child back to Ito mother.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
NOW BUSTER DON'T JINGLE
He Used to Until "vet" Took a Hand
ful Of Marbles From His
Stomach.

Chicago.-"Buster" is back at home
again, romping and feeling much light
er in spirits and weight Buster is
a prize Boston terrier belonging to j,
Nahser Of No. 7949 South Peoria
street. One of the dogs tricks is to
retrieve a ball thrown by four-year-old
Earl Nahser.
Sometime ago Earl and Buster" be-
gan playing marbles. Earl would
throw one and Buster" would tear
through the house after it, But some.
how Buster" never brought them
back.
1t was noticed that when Buster"
ran through the house he made an odd
sound, like pieces of broken china
jingling, One day Mr.. Nahser rubbed
Busters" stomach. 1t jlngled.
Veterinarian T. A. Kragness was
called and removed nine marbles.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
ENGLISH ROOSTER AT WAR
German In ST. Louis ls Badly Wound
ed In Encounter With Eng
ilsh Chicken.

st. Louis.-Henry Hoehn, Of Ger
man descent, has some bad wounds
on his face as the result Of an en-
counter with an English chicken,
Plymouth Rock, raised by an English
man. The cock had been sold to
meat market where Hoehn worked.
and Hoehn was selecting some pull
let's from pen in which the cock
was imprisoned.
The cock, after seeing Hoehn cut
of the heads Of several pullets with
a cleaver, leaped at him and struck
him in the face with his spurs. Two
long gashes were made. When Hoehn
recovered from his surprise he threw
the cleaver at the fowl and killed IT.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

One of the youthful and extremely
promising novelists and dramatists Is
Miss Alice Gerstenberg. After spend
ing three years at Bryn Mawr college
she decided that she wanted some
real work." as she sincerely put 1t,
and launched into the literary field. AS
an author Miss Gerstenberg is not un.
known to the American public, her
"Unquenched Fire" and THE Con.
science of Sarah Plat" having been
favorably received.
In the dramatic field Miss Gersten.
berg Is known to the theater-goers by
her Alice In Wonderland" and the
Model Maid"
With all these activities In the lit.
erary field Miss Gerstenberg finds
time to belong to many clubs In her
home city, Chicago. Still she is the
most modest and unassuming little
person in the world.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29

Dean Virginia c. Gildersleeve of Bar
nard college declares that there are
fewer divorces among college women
than among any other class, because
the college graduate is apt to marry
purely for love and not for an occu-
patton or home Motherhood, she
declares, is really profession, and
good cook may be better one for a
knowledge of Greek. The greatest
value of college education for girls,
says Dean Gildersleeve, lies In just
this: that 1t gives them a better bal
ance, a more rounded outlook and a
truer appreciation of life's values. The
picture is from a specially posed pho
tograph of Dean Gildersleeve.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-05-29
SON TO DISPOSSEss FATHER
sternly Insists In Court That Par.
ent Must Pay Rent or
Move.

Yonkers, NJ Y.-Joseph Gillert,
thirty, had his father, Paul Gillert,
ffty-six, in court for nonpayment Of
rent and asked that he be dispos-
sessed. The son owns the apartment
house at 26 Croton terrace. His ia.
Their occupies three rooms there.
Judge Beall asked young Gillert to
be lenient with his father, but the
son said that II his father could not
pay his rent he would have to move.
All persuasion failed to shake the
younger Gillert. The court had to
order the father to pay rent or move. 4