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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25

descended upon Alans oyerwearied
Iaculties
He woke mutinousiy. with yawn
and shiver in the gray OF furnished
daybreak. to find that fog pressed
heavily upon the face Of the waters. a
mist so thick that from the stern the
waist of the vessel was almost invis.
ible, the bows completely so.
Barcus stood over him. at the wheel
fairly Keeling with WEAKNESS. his eyes
blood-shot. swollen. and half-closed in
a face like mask of fatigue.
Cant keep this up much longer"
he apologized thickly; stood It about
as long as | can. Take your trick and
give me forty winks."
Grateful solicitude brought Alan in
stantly to his side. though he himself
was sluggish and stiff and sore in all
his limbs.
You're brick!" he protested. why
didn't you call me sooner?"
mo good; knew the way-you
didn't. That is. did until this ac.
cursed fog closed down couple Of
hours ago. Now-God knows where
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25

self released. his captors leapins >
their lives 10 the taffrail
He caught an Instantaneous slim,..
OF the knife-like bow OF a great s,ss~
or towering above the two.mas,s,
sweeping toward 1t at speed whit,
raised d smart Jet OF white under ~
cutwater.
Someone aboard the schooner with
the voice OF stentor. beloved a 10,
rified appeal
stop your engines! Shut OF Won,
propeller! Stop your"
Then. like the wrath OF God m.
steamship overwhelmed the lesss,
ship; its bow seemed to slice through
the schooner as knife throuS,
cheese. And the two halves were fairh
driven under water by the frightn
force Of the blow.
Thunders deafening him. Alan wa
hurled bodily through the air full
twenty feet
When he came up he struck out q
random. blindly tormented by tn
vision OF Rose caught In the suck {
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25
CHAPTER XIV.


On Nauset Beach. in the shank OF a
midsummer night. two men sprawled
On the sands. some distance back from
the water. and listened TO the heavy
humping Of their overtaxed hearts,
and painted.
Now and again one would lift his
head and stare out over the black face
Of the waters at q little line Of red
dish flames about mile of shore, all
that remained 10 witness TO the fact
that, an hour since, these two had
been in command OF as trim q small
schooner as ever ventured the coast
wise trip from Portland to New York.
AS far out again shone the star
board light Of becalmed schooner.
whose people had been directly respon-
sible for the disaster which had over
taken the smaller vessel
In the course Of time, beginning to
breathe with more ease. one OF the
TWO marooned gentlemen said:
What ! cant Observation-Disclosures
is why these damned thugs out there
thought we'd be asses enough to stay
aboard the Seaventure and get burned
up"
The other replied: Did they"
Looks that way-doesn't il? II
they didn't. why were We permitted
to swim ashore at our elegant leisure?
There was nothing TO prevent their
rowing round TO cut US of"
Maybe they did, at that, and missed
US, Mr.. Law-and-Order.,"
But"
We were wee mite excited you've
got 10 admit. It's just possible We
didn't hear the noise OF their oars.
And it's black enough for them to
have overlooked US. A mans head
in the water isn't really a conspic-
uous object on a dark night"
Tell me, Barcus, what's the near
est symptom OF civilization"
Chatham village" said Mr.. Barcus,
six miles to the moth ards, and cut off
by an inlet a mile or so wide at that"
Mr.. Law groaned soulfully
Then there's the lighthouse on
Monomoy point" Mr. Barcus pursued.
three miles to the south"
Mr.. Law said nothing whatever 10
this.
"Of course" his companion reflected
morosely. this had to happen in mid
summer! A month earlier we'd have
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25

had the life-saving patrol to look to
for protection. But the service is sus-
pended in June and July"
A silence commenced eloquently on
this assertion, broken only when Mr.
Law voiced a thought bred OF long and
malignant observation of the schoon-
er's green eye:
I'D give a deal to know who's
aboard that vessel"
You don't mean you think your reg
ular young woman-?"
It's possible. Judith kidnapped
Rose in Portland. That's not SO far
from Gloucester; motor car could
have caught that schooner before she
sailed to waylay us, this morning. And
what better way to take care of an
able-bodied, full-tempered girl you've
kidnapped than to ship her somewhere
by sea. in the care of trustworthy
hellions?"
Don't ask me-I've done very little
kidnapping for one of my years"
For tuppence," ssid Mr.. Law, I'D
risk a swim off to that boat and see
for myself"
For two million dollars-I would
not!" Barcus affirmed with great de-
cision.
A moment or so later the line OF
little flames went out altogether and
unexpectedly; and the owner of the
late Seaventure fancied he could hear.
even at that distance, the hiss of
charred and smoldering timbers sucked
under and drowned out.
Exit" he announced plaintively,
exit Seaventure," with heroic gesture.
"R. l. P. good little ship"
Alan Law sat up, abstractedly scrub
bling crust of sand from his cheeks
and commented soulfully: oh
damn"
That goes double here" his COM
panion rejoined. And the way
see 1t, I've got a right to do all the
cussing at this juncture of our hero's
foolish. but fascinating adventures.
I'm the injured party-it was my boat,
and now it's gone. I'm broke for fair.
Geel" he pursued vindictively
"Oh, let up. can't youl" Mr.. Law
exclaimed peevishly. I'm sorrier than
you are-and after all, it's my loss;
I've got to buy you another boat. All
you've lost is your temper"
And my susceptibility to the charms
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25

we are-by my reckoning, somewhere
In Nantucket sound, west Of Mono.
moy." ''''''o
Grasplng a small brass handla
affixed to the wheel box, he ierked q,
Sharply three times, and the automatic
norm blared raucously a threefold ra
Spouse up forward.
Keep that going" he bepgoa
three blasts in a row and a minuta
lnterval-and II the devil takes caro
or his own we may possibly escape ne,
ing run down"
With a sigh. relinquishlng the whae,
ne collapsed upon the deck and was
almost Instantly asleep.
The wind had fallen until har.,,
enough air stirred to keep way on the
vessel; she moved in silence snao
tfal snip upon a spectral sea of long
oily swells and the complexion ~ Ions
Hitler and yon in the obscuritv soa
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25

second impact OF shoulders backed by
hundred and eighty pounds OF solid
flesh and determination, the lock splin-
tered away from its socket. the door
flew open with a bang-and Alan into
the room with a cry: "Rosel"
His sweetheart met him halfway,
her arms uplifted. her countenance
TRANSPORTED
And Mr.. Barcus turned and slowly
assembled the companionway, his nose
wrinkled with misgivings.
"Blest If know how he thinks he
can tell EN- apart" he remarked Not
that blame him for taking a chance;
1t wouldn't pain me any to find out
Id kissed the wrong girl by mistake
not, that is, unless she didn't care for
my technique.
I'm that case" he allowed, Il guess
the sequel would be apt to prove toll
cradle agonizing!"
Some ten minutes later a hail from
the deck broke the embrace OF the
lovers:
Below therel say-Lawl-wind
a-coming!"
"Right-o Half minutei"
But that stipulated delay was sew
eral times multiplied before Alan
showed up on deck to find Barcus
bending a laborious back to the cap.
stan.
Lend a hand. can't you?" Barcus
complained, blowing heavily. Il didn't
interrupt your amours just to get an
audience. The sooner we get this
anchor in"
Alan checked him with a hand on
his arm. What's that?" he demanded
In tone tense with apprehension.
The muffied running of d heavy.duty
marine motor drifted down on the
wings Of the sluggish wind.
Don't ask me-I'm afraid to guess!"
But they couldn't possibly"
Since when did you set up to be
Judge of possibilities? Nothing prob
able ever happened to you in all your
yong life-'s fairs | can make out AS
for mel know there are at least two
oeoN'Oho OH 4NduStl, DOM
with modern equipment-motor life
boats and all; and nothing will ever
persuade me that pack OF wolves
would stick at breaking In and confis.
eating one Of the same. It's as likely
as not-only more so. Our present
business Is to get the hi out of here
and not advertise our exit. either
Take that port light In and dowse IT,
while do the same by the starboard
Then duck below. warn your Dulcinea.
and put out the cabin lamp. That way
If this blackness and our bull.luck
only holds-we may manage an eva
sioni"
There followed an exceedingly busy
quarter OF an hour for two constrained
In pitch darkness to grope their way
about the decks and familiarize them
selves with the idiosyncrasies of a
strange two-master. Nevertheless. the
end Of that period found the schooner
with canvas full and sheets taut. a.
good easterly breeze abeam, swiftly
weaving a wake southwards-the light
on Monomoy point watching her curl
ously from over the starboard beam.
Hear anything more of that power
boat?" Alan asked, joining Barcus by
the wheel,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25

that gigantic wheel. drawn under,
crushed and mangled by the propeller
OF the vast black hulk whose lank vas
sliding past. like the face OF elf,
ten yards behind his shoulders
Aware OF several dark objects dot.
ting the surface within radius OF
several yards. he swan for the near
est, the head was womans. the face
turned toward him. the face OF Rose.
He gasped wildly Keep cool, Don't
struggle! Put one hand on my shout.
der and"
What happened then was never quite
clear to him. he only knew that he
was forced TO fight for his very life
that the woman. as soon as he came
within reach. flung herself upon him
Ike some maddened animal. clutchlng
MS throat winding her limbs round
his. dragging him down and down
Primitive Instinct alone saved him.
lie remembered later. most vaguely,
the elimination OF that duel beneath
the waters-remembe red freeing an
arm drawing 1t back. delivering a
blow from his shoulder. with all his
strength. finding himself free. strug.
CLING back TO the air.
Then a bOathook caught the back OF
MS shirt and dragged him for some
Instance. until two strong hands caught
MIN beneath the armpits and held his
mead above the water.
lie looked up witlessly into the face
OF Barcus. and. still bewildered. strug.
gled feebly
The others voice brought him back
TO MS senses. Easy. old topl Take
II easy! You're all right now-rest a
minute. then help me get you aboard"
lie obeyed. controlling his panic as
pest he might. and presently. with
considerable assistance from Barcus.
contrived to scramble In over the gun.
wales OF boat which proved to be-
the stolen lifeboat
ASIDE from Barcus and himself IL
neid ono other person only-the won.
an ne loved. crumpled up and uncon.
sclous In the bow.
ne strove to rise and go to her. to
make sure that still she lived. Barcus
restrained and quieted him.
lhere! Easy. say! She's all
right-fainted-that's ALI She and
look the water In practically the same
spot and luck threw this blessed boat
my way within half a dozen strokes.
~" TouDle at all-in a manner of
speaking"
but the steamer"
why fret about her? At the pace
sue was making she couldn't have
',opped within half mile. Well be
al right now-with power to fetch us
to land"
But the others-Judithi" Alan sat
up and leaned over the gunwale.
'earcnlng an oily. leaden expanse spot
su on'y with few spllnters and bits
VI "reckage. Il left her out there
'uoohsclous-shell drown. I tell youl"
And I'll tell you somethingl" said
' barcus severely. You'll lie quiet
lh smut up or I'll dent your dome with
o smart OF an oar. Let her drown
'ho u good Job. sayl Don't you know
."o meaning of enough? Merciful
LENS man. you're the most insa-
o'o siutton for punishment ever!"
Du' hian wasn't listening. His face
'"' as iishtless as the waters that
Rum Rum beneath his lack.luster gaze.
80 80 was horror in his heart that
Io', even the sense OF relief, OF
,La e'ance' that penetrated his being
'I n shock of mortal pain.
b. 'eau' Judith deadl Back there, In
lis handI u~' !"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-25
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-11

More Joshua Business.
 Master (retiringl-Wake me up at daylight. Tompkins-but see that the blamed sun doesn't rise too early.
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What Scandal 10.

Of scandal. the New Republic writes: There are few of us who do not enjoy this sense of really know. ing what's what. It extends our ex- perience. and gives us a vicarious i'm. portance. If we cannot live great passions, we can at least read about Mme Du Barry's btmdoir: if we Gan. not be smart, we can at least feel that we have an insiders knowledge Of the smart set. The moral earnest ness and deep attention which people will devote to discussing other peo. ple's domestic affairs suggests that gossip is perhaps a genuine ,primi. tive art in whica there is interest through pity and fear and pride and Toy. One woman leaves her husband: 1:
 Q hundred women chatter about 1t. and their passionate interest might make @ cynic wonder whether they arc not living through all the emo tons of great adventure without the risk of moving away from their own steam radiators. Gossip Is ex- perience without responsibility. It !s means of taking part in inter- eStirg or important events without any of the risk that comes of being sn actor in then. Gcssip. in short. is tho plaasuTo of kke spectator ct tho Cl-ilcSa e iifo."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-11
WILSON REQUESTS
 LANSING TO BRING
 HIM GERMAN REPLY
(Continued from Page 1.)

lit WIS stated at the white house af,er a telephonic conversation with the president at Cornish, that the "country may expect him to act with great deliberation as well as firm lness."
 Ii is assumed in official circles that the president had received the text of the note in the press and had concluded at once that the reply re- quired the fullest and most immedi- ate consideration.
 After reading the note as it appear ed in the paper officials of the state department declare that the salient feature of the reply is that it does |not disclaim any of the international i wrongs which we're charged against Germany in the two notes of the prs sident.
 O1i clals laid stress upon the fact that Germany has nou admitted re- accessibility to the United States for the death of American citizens on the Lusitania.
 Germany Ignores Demand.
 That she should admi responsi- bil.ty for the act, which this govern ment regarded as against all humane principles of warfare, was the main contention of both notes sent by the president. On the contrary, the state department holds that Germany, not only has not discussed the broad principles on which the president in- sisted, but has continued to attempt to justify the. sinking of the. Lual. tanla because of the wrongs alleged
 to have bsen committed by Great Britain and the wonders of the yes sels.
 These officials read the note as meaning that Germany is willing to discuss submarine warfare So far as it affects American lives andinteres S but not so far as it affe cts the cam palgn of Germany against the allies, They note also that even when con cessiiohs apparently are admitted to the United States, Germany has undertaken to suggest or impose re- strictiDns under which these condi- tions may be granted.
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"No CongratuIations."

When Otto Edward Leopold voD Bismarct Schoenhausen was born tho embarrassed parents wrote to their friends: Kindly dispense with con- gratulations." Why? Tbe event hap pened in Germany. where All Fools day was still significant But Bis narck was born to take the sting out of Der Tag. On one thing, however, he remained fool nearly his whole life long-his idolatry of beer. His reply to those opposed to him in this mat. ter would probably have been to pro- duCe huge silver jug and fill 1t with Bayarjan beer. "That is the head" he would say, "of Field Marshal Derf- finger, conqueror of the Swedes, and one of my ancestors" This Derftiinger. when buy. was apprenticed to 8 taili,x. His master sent him for 9 Jug of beer. On his way back he drank up the beer, and in terror en- listed-"with muck advantage to the Eatherland,' as Bismarck pointed out. But beer proved Bismarck's un- doing, and he had to abandon the hab 1t by medical advice.
 Chinese Salt Wells.
 Salt wells in China have been oper ated for hundreds of years. and in the Tzelinching district. especially, have built up prosperous commu- nity. In some cases the wells are 300 feet deep. Tho salt is obtained in the form of brine. which is raised in bam- boo tubes by raeaEs of crude derricks. the motive power for which is fur pishsd by water bn1alooa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-11

suggest that healtl and life should be given protection at leas; equal tC tfat gwen property and wealth.
 There gre some excellent financiers on the city council. The Graphic has enough confd nee ill their ablity to believe that way for financing the inspection of milk, and for the adop- ton of better sanitary measures, can be found if they will but apply them selves to the problem.
 Please lly it, gentlemen, and let it not be said that Pine Bluff cares naught for the lives Of it's people, or tEat it is so poor that ordinary health conservation measures cannot be adopted
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COUNTRY GIRLS IN THE CITY.

"All she can do is sing little and dance lot"
 This is the story tackled to a home less girl who went from small town to a large city. She found 1t difficult to get employment, possibly because she could furnish no kind of service fer which there was a demand. Soon she was thrown in the way of temp tation.
 1t would be better for such girls io remain in their nome town. Every year there are thousands too many who strike the trail to the bright lights. They arrive in the big city friendless and unprotected, anu halI the time they are not discovered until it is too late.
 It is the duty of folks in the coun- try and in the small places to give their girls a chance, so that they are not induced to think there is greater opportunity in those maels'roms oE civilization where the weak and in efficent. haven't chance ill the world to survive. ss5 It is on record that the great ma jority of girls in the large cities who fell by the waysido came from else where, a large proportion from the country.
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An Ancient Civilization.

Wasrs was the most ancient civ. lnzssslon known?" asks recent trav. eic- 1a Turkestan. Dr. W. J. parma lee, m tho Springfield Republican. Ex. pioraSions show that ten thousand years ago (twice the age of the Egypt. Ian pyramidsl people lived south. east Of the Caspian sea, about 1zo miles from the sea. who had brick houses, decorated pottery, convenient ana ingenious household articles and domestic animals; they raised and sro1essSNNhseat,i s N ana poksd athsir food DO n ns can bastold,s \ they. ssn nadSno \ weapogs:s and lived'in ! Ipeaace} with it thair eeishbors-a trait that may bestakan as eyidencing civilization, orslits sa,,.., Yence. according tto the point of view.
 Why encounter >fatigue and disan. continents hunting your wants, in person. when The Graphic "ciassified,i ads will do. the work better? i,
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Make Our Own Wrongs.

We make ourselves more inJurles !han are offered to us; they many times pass for wrongs in our own thoughts, that were never meant so by the heart of him that speaketn' The apprehension of wrong hurts more than the sharpest part of the wrong done.-Ecltham.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-11
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

'
 Unless the city council alters it's attitude, Pine Bluff will soon gain the unenviab1e reputation of being a place where little value is placed upon tie and health; where the tax pA. CTS and residents receive little reconsideration, insofar as measures preventive and protective are con 8cefned. gs.. x
 At the meeting of, the council Mon- day night, the proposed ordinance providing for the inspection of milk and daries was tabled. The action vas taken on motion of Alderman Tianey, who urged that the city is not now in position to take on any additional expense. Voting with MT. Franey, were Aldermen McGibboney. Simpson, Niven and Johnson. voting against the motion were Aldermen Veil, Bahlau and Hut.
 Everyone familiar with the affairs Ql the city is aware that 1t Is con tinuous struggle to make both fin ancial ends meet, but, despite thls, ! it seems the poorest kind of policy; entire needlessness of public life Ad health to refuse to take steps that will lessen the danger of disease
 it is argued that there is no evl- dsnce to show that any one has con tracted disease through dairy pro- ducts. This may be true, but just how much conditions would be bet tered; just what the decrease in the disease and death rates would be will never be known until preventive measures are adopted. The experience Of other cities would seem to prove that typhoid tuberculosis and other death dealing diseases are transmit ted by milk. The same objections being urged here, were urged Tn eVSry ether progressive city that has maae provision for the protection of heaith and life through the adoption of an ordinance requiring the inspection ol dairies and dairy products. Every where this has been done, community health has improved and the death rate has decreased
 We all know that the death rate Ill Pine Bluff is greater than Il shouiu be: that there is more sickness than even quack doctor could deslre. we know that typhoid has caused the deaths of persons, whose nome fur rcundings were the best; we know that eases of tuberculosis have de vfloped for which there was no eA' nlanation; we know that milk carries the typhus germ; we know that mix from tubercular COW is dangerous
 We may not know that there Is snarr in d keg of powder, but the lack of positive proof Of lmmiheh' danger does not prevent us iron taking ordinary precautions to pre-. yent all explosion.
 rho city fathers must quit weigh ing the value of money asaihst nu man life. It is more important .' .ro,sct health and life than 1t Is t nrotect property and wealth n' s Graphic does not suggest thae ,ne ~. flcencv of the fire and police depart
 r+s he decreased in the snshles ,s hecause# we believe there | s ,aca <s s For more men than are on ln' m oolics % payroll but The Graphic zoe
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7@.t .N'H7 lv THEY WRITE EVERY DAl'

Every day Foley &. Co.,, recelae e,,sr aa ters from grateful men and wons1 N, telling how Foley Kidney Pllis 'uIf stIf theml of backache, sore muscles, ,dssy Sb joints and other, kidney and plaua ,sye troubles. Is very quick to IsIJd sjd lumbago and rheumatism due l1 .s S ney trouble. No other remedy < nss n longer record of cures. Mann fne' acy.
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Not Good-Dlplomatic.

Our idea of gooc husband Is ono who strives to leave the impression upon his wife that, if his arm doesn't 20 quite as far around her waist as 1t used to fifteen or twenty years ago, It must be because his arm isn't quite as long as 1t was then.-Columbus (Oaio) Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-11

Katherine B. Davis, commissioner or correction of New York Clty' saws that in her t5 ears' eXper'ehce with female dclinquents she has never found college bred slFi among them. This, perhaps' aa ail argument that all girls should a'teno college.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-11

Another freak of fashion that threatens to make of every WoElan 4 perscn outwaidly more like sWaS- serjng Johnnie is the new feminips z fad of carrying canes. Women's COL lege towns are particularly upses about it. Funny part of it is the lad doesn't make it's devotees LOOK younger
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THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE.

THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE.
 Albany, \. r., July 10.-An open breach between John B. Riley, state superintendent Of prisons, and Thomas Mott Osborne, millionaire warden of Sing Sing prison, is expected at any moment, following their differences over the transfer of prisoners from Sing Sing.