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dispatch to Spike and asked him to
meet Storm at the station.
When Spike had gone. Rhinelandcr,
who had been telling Helen of his
plans for the future, resumed his SUBJ
ject. And Hclcn,' he said, at length,
I'm going to make a request of you
now that may seem very peculiar. You
know, as well as I do, how my nephew,
Earl Scagrue, has treated both you
and me. He has been about as lnca
as a man could be, in spite of our Of
forts to treat him fair. But tho fight l..
over and we have won. II is my only
sisters child. She died when he was
mere boy and asked me, OH her
death bed, to look after Earl and be to
him what she would have been, had
she lived. You know. whether I've tried
to carry out her Injunction; you know
what it has cost wo in more ways
than one; you know as we'll as anyone
that have been patient with him."
Helen regarded her friend intently.
"Scagrue is going to pieces Rhine.
lander went on. II cannot tell you
all know; but know enough to dis.
tress mo very much. I want to help
him for my sisters sake, to make q
man Of himself again, il he will be
one. And for this reason-and to
show his associates in his prosperous
days that his own relatives arc not 60
ing to turn him down. want you,
when your friends whom have in
vitcd are here today, to invite him to
come, also.'
He saw tho grave look on Helen's
face. Il know that you don't like to do
it. It's almost an impossibility to ask
you to do it; but Dor my sake Helen.
wish you would He said no more,
but left her alone. 1t certainly was
rather bitter thing for her. But she
knew she owed moro than that to her
benefactor.
Rhinclander was quite right. Sea-
grue had been rapidly going to pieces.
He was comforting that day with Ward
and with Adams, his servant, concern
ing their unsuccessful attempt to OBJ
mine. The slightest mishap to Sea-
grue's plans served now to infurate
him, to q degree of anger such as
he had never previously given way to.
He upbraided both the men roundly
and dismissed Ward with abuse Hard
ly moment afterward. man ap-
peared at the apartment door with a
note. Seagrue opened it impatiently:
My dear Mr.. seaarue:
shall be at homo today to -,
my friends. There will be ten.
mis- and tea.
HELEN HOLMES. /.
He studied the note i'll some sur;
prise. It certainly was not oyercordial,'
yet. it might mean an opening In d.
rection in which, he would be glad to
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both that though they had long antici.
patcd the moment. they could not have
anticipated the happiness now upon
them. He drew her, ulrcsisting, into
his arms and placed upon her finger
his engagement ring. This isn't the
conventional way of doing it, Helen.
but this ring mas been waiting for two
long weeks for it's place on your tin
ger"
They wandered some distance from
the house. But unfortunately for their
tete-atcte the guests were arriving.
Rhinelsnder, meeting these as well as
he could, was compelled to dispatch
Spike on a search for Helen. '
Spike, who had lost none of his apti.
tude for situations, found her with
Storm among the oaks, and in spite
! of Storms Disguised expression he de-
livered his imperative message. And,
conscicncc-stricken at having neglect.
ed her duties as hostess, Helen hurried
away.
Storm, in an eXuberance OF happi-
nes:,, watched her 60. But another
than Spike had seen the happy pair
from distance and watched with en-
vious eyes some of their exchanges of
affection-tEat was Seagrue.
Smoking cigarette, he walked de.
liberately to where Storm stood gazing
after his departing fiancee. The young
railroad man, aware of the sheer on
Seagruos face, the moment the lat
ter greeted him: You appear to be
becoming very friendly with Miss
Holiness" he remarked with touch of
insolence. .att
Storm fired instantly. why shouldn't
I?' he demanded with equal. assurance.
Rather ambitious" sneered Sea-
grue, for discharged locomotive en-
gineer.' ae
"Seagrue,' exclaimed Storm, his
neck swelling in anger, IF you knew
what l thought of you, you'd be glad
to be a discharged locomotive engi-
neer. So you're jealous, are you?
Well, Helen Holmes is going to be my
wife. and if you say another word
about her or about me" ayerred Storm,
without casting about for fine words,
III knock your Internal block off,
Seagrue strobe toward him in fury.
You impudent rascal! What do you
mean by threatening me? Get back
to your cab and keep your imperti-
nence to yourself
Storms arm shot out. The next mo-
ment the two men were engaged in a
pitched battle. Spike, at g distance,
saw the mix-up, ran to Helen to warn
her of the disturbance and fastened
away to separate the pair
Helen, in her excitement, started af-
ter Spike. Rhinelander and others fol-
lowed. Storm and Scagruo were at
it hammer and tongs. Tho men tore
them apart. Storm, furious at his en-
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SYNOPSIS.

: Little Helen Holmes. daughter Of Gem
eral Holmes, railroad man, is rescued
from imminent danger on scenic rail-
road by George Storm. a newsboy. Grown
to young womanhood. Helen saves storm.
now a fireman, her father. and his friends
Amos Rhnelander, financier and Robert
Seagrue. promoter, from threatened col
lision. Stockholders employed by Seagrue
steal General Holmes survey plans Of
the cut OFF line for the Tidewatcr. fatally
wound the general and escape. Her ia
Tiers estate badly involved by his death.
Helen goes to work on the Tidewater.
Helen RECEIVERS the survey plans from
Seagrue, and though they are taken from
her, finds an accidentally made proof Of
the survey blueprint. Storm Is employed
by Rhirelandcr. Spike, befriended by
Helen. IN his turn saves her and the right
Of-way contracts when Seagrue kidnaps
heC~Helen and Storm win for Rhineland-
er race against Seagrue for right-of-
way. Helen. Storm and Rhineiander res
cue Spike from Seagrue's men. Spike
steals records to protect Rhnelander. and
Storm and Helen save Spike from death
in the burning court house. Vein in
Superstition mine pinches out. Seagrue
salts 1t and sells it to Rhineander. The
mine is relocated Rhinelander gives Helen
and George each third of the Super
stition mine stock. Seagrue's scheme to
prevent payment for the mine is spoiled.
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FOURTEENTH iNSTALLMENT
HELEN's RACE AGAINST TIME

A fortnight spent at the Hotel Holly
wood went very rapidly for Helen
Holmes. The princely muniflcence of
her foster uncle, Amos Rhinelander,
in making her again through his gift
of a substantial interest in the Super
stition mine, a young woman Of large
maans, had restored her to social re.
sponsibilities. These were hers by
right of birth and inheritance but she
had been deprived of them by the un.
timely death OF her father.
Nor was her benefactor a man to do
things by halves. During the time
that Helen was his guest in the city,
he seemed an unusually busy man. Al
ways fully occupied, his time now was
hardly his own, SO frequent were his
dashes in ard out of town, and so
many his engagements. And during
this time something of an air Of mys
terry surrounded his movements despite
all he could do to make them appear
as Of ordinary routine imposed on him
frequent queries as to what he was do
ing day after day, Rhinelander re
turned answers which no doubt seemed
to him to satisfy her. But Helen per-
ceived these were mere evasions cal
culated to put !ser off and kept her in
ignorance of what he really was doing
What ostensibly was most on his
mind was that Helen should make all
preparations for resuming social
state Of life to which she had been
for some strenuous time a stranger
He had already restored to her serv
ice, after diligent inquiry, the faithful
maid with whom Helen had parted
when she left her fathers house.
On the morning that Helen walked
with her maid out OF the hotel and
stepped into Rhinelanders car, the sun
was shining in clear sky. Helen was
driven from the city rapidly north
along the Santa Barbara boulevard
until the party entered the country
familiar to her for many years-the
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canyons and foothills Of the San Pablo
valley.
l"Why, Uncle Amos she said sud
denly, where are you taking me?
We are getting close to Signal?"
!"We are going to Signal ne re-
piled quietly.
What, pray, are you going to do at
Signal?" demanded Helen.
"I've number of things to do
there" returned Rhinelander upper
turbed. But can't do them until we
get there, so why worry about it?
Rhinelander only looked straight
ahead and preserved an unrutfled ST.
lence: silence that Helen, herself,
was not unwilling to break as the car
sped on toward the iron gates that
guarded the entrance to her fathers
former estate. Would it turn in there,
che asked herself, or continue on up
the bay road?
The great gates were wide open and
q lodgekeeper busted himself close to
one of them. Helen was not left long
in suspense. Apparently, Rhinelanders
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meant to do. She had decided ana
told MIN her plan. He protested, say
ing she must not attempt what she
proposed. You will only get killed.
he insisted, land do nobody any good. ;
No. she replied, 81 can do it and
I'm going to. 1 know that train can
be saved and I'm going to save it,
Its all right to try anything you'd
have any chance of succeeding in,
but you'd only be going to your death,
tell you, he persisted.
Unwilling to waste more time, Helen
tried to open the car door to get out.
Seagrue caught her arm: you shan't
co." he declared
II will CO. she cried.
Before he could restrain her. she
jumped out of the car and running
swiftly to the edge OF tho bridge
caught hold Of it. The next moment
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gain advantage andshe decided at once
that he would accept. He gave or.
ders for the trip to Signal, resolving
to drive out. and told Adams he was
to accompany him. They left the room
together a little later and getting into
q new roadster, started for Signal.
Spike, in tho meantime, had gone to
the station and was talking to the
agent when the local passenger pulled
in and Storm got off, saw Spike AMI
the two left for tho house.
It was delightful moment when
Storm greeted Helen and Raipelander
under tho old oaks. Tho young rail
road man seemed bubbling over with
happiness and Rhinclander, percciv-
ing his great anxiety to scgregate
Helen for q little talk, summoned Spike
and left the couple to themselves.
Storm led Helen to tho shade Of one
CT the big trees. Il was coming up to-
day, anyway, Helen" he began, "evcn
IL 1 had not got your note. You know
what have been doing for two weeks
about five mems work" I
Il Know" returned Helen happily,
but the best Of it is, you are equal
to it,
I'm not so sure Of that. But do
know It has been the hardest two
weeks work | hase ever done il my
life to keep away from YOU He looked
at her evenly. Her eyes fell under his
gaze. L think you realize, Helen" he
went on, speaking RAPIDLY and not 81
ways connectedly, how I've felt to-
ward you for long, long time. The
trouble has been. I've never felt in a
position to speak until now. You
know 1 love you; think you under
stand why I've held my pcacc--t had
nothing, it seemed to me, to offer you.
But Mr.. Rhinelandcr has put mo i'll a
position where need no lcngcr be
afraid or obliged to keep silence. I
want to ask you, Helen, to De my
wife,"
She could not speak. 1t seemed to
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Local.
the local dashed through below and
Helen jumped to the top Of the box
car underfoot.
Scrambling up from the deck she
ran to the end, hurried down the side
ladder and getting between the two
cars, she cut off the air and pulled the
pin.
The train, torn abruptly il two, sep
arated, the head end Jerking on toward
the Junction crossing, just ahead,
while the hind end slowed down. Num-
Der Eight had already whistled for the
junction and as the front end of tho
parted local dashed over the frogs, the
heavy passenger train swept swiftly
across almost at right angles to it.
Fast as it went. its observation car
barely cleared the hind end of the
local as this followed over the cross
ing in pursuit of its severed head.
The local engineer, looking back.
saw what had happened and applied
the dir. AS he slowed down. the pas
sengers now awoke to what had hap
pened, turned out of the coaches and
ran forward. Helen fell fainting from
the sido ladder; she lay unconscious
ON the ground as the passengers
crowded up.
Seagrue, who had followed to the
Junction in his car. ran toward Helen.
but as he approached, an arm shot
out before him as barrier. George
Storm whirled him half way around
and himself kneeling, lifted Helen
from the ground.
Dazed by her fall and opening her
eyes slowly on her surroundings,
Helen-while Storm anxiously asked
if she was hurt and reproached her for
leaving him-gradually pulled her
senses together.
Take me away. George" she muir.
INJURED family. who are all these
people? What has happened?"
At Storms elbow. while he tenderly
cared fer and redoubled his efforts to
revive Helen, stood Spike, like a
watchdog. He kept TIE circle OF pas
sengers from crowding in and when
Seagruo again attempted to interfere,
Spike escorted him over to his ma
chine and invited him in such I'M
nistakable terms to continue his jour
ney that Seagrue thought best not to
rouse Spikes anger further.
Returning hurriedly to the focus Of
interest about Helen. Spike continued
to push the passengers back. When
Helen spoke to Storm again, as she
soon did. she was able to rise to her
feet and those passengers who re-
fused to leave the young couple to
themselves were hustled away by
Spike to give privacy to the little
scene being enacted between Helen
and Storm in the foreground.
Il am desperately sorry, Helen. I
forgot myself this morning. George
was saying to his offended sweetheart.
." know ought not to have given
way, but when that fellow spoke to
me-, as he Cid-after all his mcanness
Il felt as if nothing but good beat
ing-up would do him justice. l forgot
you III it, Helen-that's all. Can you
forgive NEE"
She locked up into his eyes. Whcth-
or he found forgiveness there or not,
he could detect nothing Of anger:
Take nue. home, George she said
sorrowfully. I'm awfully bruised up.
You've nothing Oh me at that,
laughed Storm. Hc slipped his hand
into the pocket OF his wais.coat and
Helen, Id better put this back whore
it belongs Taking her un:csisiing
finger into his own, he s!inpea thc ell
gagement ring over ii again.
tTO BE CONTlNuED)
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PAGE SEVEN

Senator Norris. of Nebraska, a pro-
sressvc but in the ranks of the repub.
lican party, gave an amusing account
of the democratic record on the Pana-
ma tolls question a few days ago. He
recalled the fact that ever since the
question first came up he advocated
charging American ships the same
tolls as ships of other nations. Demo
cratic editors denounced him as
railroad senattf3 and pointed to
President Wilson's campaign speech
advocating free tolls. When Wilson
changed his attitude on the question
the democratic members changed their
votes the democratic editors became
advocates Of the very policy Norris
lad been pursuing, but they failed to
commend him.
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President Wilson says that he is
kept awake by tho problems OF his
office, but the vice president has not
registered any complaint Of this. kind.
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If you give your entire time eve
nings, Sundays, holidays and Saturday
afternoons, you may be able to take
care of an automobile as the instruc-
ton books recommend
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Just about now gasoline looks very
much like 80 cents.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21
Militia to Play important Part
in Defense; Guardsmen
Must Receive Pay

Speaking at supper given Satur-
day night at the Young Hotel in hon.
or of himself and his staff, Brig-gen.
John p. Wiser said that in his expe-
rience as an army officer he had re,
viewed militia organizations in almost
, every state in the country and had
never found so efficient and enthusi-
astic body as that of Hawaii. Gen.
Wiser and other army officers and
many members of the National Guard
were present. at the supper. .,.
In the course of an address Govern
or Pinkham insisted that the National
Guard II Hawaii must be paid, and
said il tie national government would
not pay the full amount proposed the
territory stood, ready to pay half, and
IL necessary, to do even more. +
Governor Pinkham pleaded for pre-
paredness even more strongly than in
previous addresses. He said the Unit
ed States lis unable to transport its
own citizens safely on the sea and is
helpless to enforce its legitimate
rights as neutral. a.....A ...s- :
Here are some striking extracts
from the governors address:
Ndtue ~ Strate9lc. .1ssfs.. ..-....- . q
However much Hawaii may flatter
herself as to the preeminent impor-
tanee Of her local concerns, her recog-
nized and imperative value to the uni
ted States has not been and is not
commercial, but strategic.
The United States government, as
rapidly as the national legislature will
provide, is to, make of this island.
Oahu, the most notable military and
naval mid-ocean outpost in the world.
do not propose to discuss here
our capacity for producing Subsistence,
but | do emphatically assert = that
should our freight carriers be driven
away and a blockade be established,
and there, is nothing to prevent it,
starvation of Dur population would en-
sue within six weeks, with an inter-
vening scramble for such food sup
plies as we ordinarily have on hand.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21
WEDNESDAY LUAU
To BE REGULAR
AID CLUB Event

That luau at the Hawaiian Village
on Wednesday at noon will be an Ad
Club event. The Ad Club will hold
its weekly session at the village and
every good Ad Club man and Ad Club
woman will. eat good luau .....
1t is to be Berger Day. Berger is
the man who made the band and the
band made Hawaii famous. In honor
of the occasion Dr. Dinkenspeil will
be on hand with his class
= Cal Stone, the Great Northern man,
has been invited to be there, and with
him will be the captains of the Great
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21
NAB BOYS IN ACT OF
ROBBING RICE MILL

While rifling the Japanese rice
mill at Queen and Cooke streets SUM-
day evening, Willie Andrade and two
boy companions attracted the atten-
ticn of some Japanese men and police
were summoned. Andrade was arrest
ed but the other two boys escaped.
When the policemen arrived An
drade had stolen everything loose in
the place and was trying to open the
safe When searched he had eight
pocket knives, two pockets full of
steel ball-bearings, six brass orna-
ments. two punches of 'phoney" keys
and S195. He also had most of the
interior of the rice mill wrapped up
and ready to carry away. Andrade is
held in Jail. He is about 16 years old.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21
NO FAvORITISM
in GUARD Since
HE'TOOK Charge

Brig. gen. Samuel |. Johnson denies
that there are any politics in the Ma
tional Guard at present, or that any
favoritism has been shown in select.
ing officers, but as to the guard as it
existed before he took command he
had nothing to say today.
4 do not know anything about it,
said the commander of the guard.
Lieut.. Whitener's report was an of.
ficial report, and in a measure con.
Germs my work. It'would be very bad
taste, at least; for me to say anything
about it | have nothing to say either
about charges that politics ruled the
guard before took it. have tried to
bring the National Guard to the high
est possible. efficiency: Whether /
have done so the guard will show.
Gen. johnson was willing to speak
of his own policy since taking com
mand.
Where have found men not suit
ed for company officers, they have
been removed" General johnson said
"Of those who commanded companies
when L took command, only two or
three now have companies. A num-
ber of officers have resigned at my
request, because they had not time for
their work or did not get the highest
efficiency One company commander
was summarily Semoved, and ten of
his men followed him out of the guard;
where the company then
had 2S men il now has 81.
One. company commander Was. re.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21
OAHU TOBE GREATEST ARMED :.
POsTIN WORLD, SAYSG0YERNOR

Il have, in the most forcibfe and
dramatic language at my command.
told you and the highest military au'
thorities in Washington our situation,
and / now repeat: Hawaii cannot
be compared with the mainland. In
case Of war we can qheither depart
therefrom, retreat nor hide and every
one who can shoot must shoot and the
rest Dig and + will add, There will
be no time to pariey for we must
keep communication with the main
land open or starve.' = ~ g..
. Our altruists and pacifists may go
into the mountains, If they can find
a spot the enemy cannot hit, and ar
que out their theories. -
I'VE believe our National Guard
should be paid and permanent or
ganization." u
Some speakers sftsgsvenfng were !
w. w. Thayer. territorial secretary,
who responded to the toast, The
President Of the United States;" Maj.
Arthur Neely, in response to che toast,
National Guard of Hawaii" Capt
Paul B. Malone, Col Lincoln and Capt
Charles r. Forbes. >.. ... ...> =.
Those present were Governor Pink.
ham, BRIG. gen. Wiser, Brig. gen.
Johnson, Brig-sen. Stnpgs Secretary
Thayer, Col. Lincoln, Col Short, Capt.
Massee, Col. Atkinson, Maj. Johnson,
Maj. Dougherty, Capt. Mettler, Lieut..
Kimball. Capt Blaekman, Lieut. Lar
rison, Sol. Ebert, Capt. Stone, Lieut..
col. Campbell, Maj. Conklin, Maj. Red
ington, Maj Nicely, Lieut-col. Houston,
Maj. Russell, Capt. Kolb, Capt Schae-
fer, Maj. Camara, Maj. Eenihan, Capt.
Ware,s Col Reilly, Capt. Keller, Capt.
Forbes, Capt. Gieson, Capt, Malone,
Lieut.. Frazier, Capt Super, Lieut..
Johnson, Capt. Hampton, Capt. Benz,
Capt Atkinson, Lieut.. Reeves, Lieut..
Shedd, Lieut. Lowrie, Lieut. Noggle,
Lieut.. Morgans Capt Dougherty, Lieut.
Caldwell, Lieut.. S. NJ. lLowrey, Maj.
Stainback, Lieut.. Houghtailing.. Capt.
Boswick. Chaplain Valentin, Lieut..
Wayne. Lieut. Evans, Lieut.. Amona,
Lieut. Sing, Lieut.. Souza, Capt. O'Sul-
liyan, Lien Kane, Capt. Hopkins.
Lieut. Baker, Lieut.. Judd and Capt
LoYrey. z.-... .<. =. <
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quested to resign in my office. in the
presence of two other officers, because
he wanted control of his company
without interference. One of my own
close personal friends, who did not
command his company as well as
thought he should, was relieved from
command and placed in another posi-
tion. have made many transfers of
this kind for the good of the regi
ment.
There is no politics in the guard.
have guarded against that SO jealous
ly that recently | even refused to al
low the armory to be rented as a
place for reception for public off,
cial, because | thought it would smell
of politics. 1t is absolutely against
the rule to talk, politics in the armory.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
Is IN THE EATING

What the sick want is to get we'll.
They do not care whether they are
cured by the most scientific physician
or the most unlearned neighbor-they
don't care how they are cured. If only
they get well.
For forty years women suffering
from female ills have been taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and have been getting we'll; and
because they get well. that great medi-
cine continues to have a sale equaled
by that of few proprietary prepara-
tions.-Adv. s[9T
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-02-21

New significance has been given
the phrase sweet and clean" by the
German who has discovered process
whereby soap is made from sugar
Scholem Aleichem is the name
chosen by a man known as the Yid.
dish Mark Twain. The two words
Llean peace and welcome unto you"