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He cou!a not resist tho ~areSJ, nor
the tear-stained. appealing face.
So engrossed were they in their
reconciliation that they did not hear
q blackboard rattls up to the gate.
Only a draft OF outer air told thom
the cabin door had been opened. They
turned to see Leila's father and moth
er standing on the Threshold.
With q cry Of welcome, Leila ran
forward to greet the newcomers.
In the pleasure and excitement OF
the reunion she did not notice her
mothers cry evident repuIsioa at her
surroundings. Not until Tom had car
ried Mr.. Austin of to look at the mine
did the older uni speak her mind.
Leila" she began, IF / had
dreamed this was the way you had to
live I'd never have had a peaceful
nights rest"
Il have everything I need de-
clared her daughter, Loyalty.
You have u hundred times less
than any longshoreman's WIFE," posi-
lively denied Mrs. Austin.
IF l al bear IT," returned Leila.
with forced gayety, you ought to be
able to-"
But you can't! You're coming back
home with US. This very day"
To fight back the craving to cry
out, Yes! Yes! Yes!" the girl
turned to the tub and began her neg
lcctcd weeks washing.
Tom Carter, with Mr.. Austin, came
IN from their visit to the mine. Mrs.
Austin raj 20 her husband.
II want Leila to oue back with
u.s." she exclaimed. Help me per
suade her"
My place is here" fsltered Leila.
Your place will bs in bed with "A
dangerous Illness" returned her moth
er, IF this sort Of thing goes on. Tom,
can't o see how worn out and mis-
cradle she is? You'll let her go back
with us for a visit, won't you! It
will do her worlds OF good"
She EAR CO." vouchsated Tom, after
q moments unhappy reflection. "Shs
can go. But only for a visit. Let that
be understood. AZ soon as | get on
my foet she IS to come back to me-"
Yes. indeed" promised the delight
ed Leila. I'll always come back to
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yoU. Tom. Always. Whenever yoz
send for me"
-Four weeks later Tom Carter strobe
into His cabin. shoulders erect. face
ngiow. Straight across to the table he
went. found q s~cratehpad among some
Odds and ends, and sat down to write
to Leils- His hand fairly shook With
Joyful excitement - he began his last
scrawled letter.
"Sweethesrt-my " s~wssthssrt."
he wrote. Great newp! Glorious
Rows! Wonderful ncwsi I haven't
written before because / vowed I'd
walt till l could send good news.
You've had too much Of tho other
kind from me.
after you left for New York /
called thu mel together and had q
hs.rtto-hcsrt Dutch uncle talk with
them. told than ! hadn't = cent. but
that J was enough of y mining expert
10 know thsrs was gold somewhere
In the Leila A. IL only We cosli
blast our way through to It. asked
them to take a chance with me for
three months. without pay; promising
them double wages for the whsls
time. II VIC should strike gold.
They accepted, aftsr = lot of ps~-
suasisn. And for the past four weeks
we've worked as We never worked
before.
"Todsy-just one herr age-we
blasted eur way into . vein that's
fairly SristlinE with higs quality ere.
It's = bonanza. sweetheart! The Big
gegt strike Of the decade.
It'll be a matter Of nfllioos fer 40.
There's no longer a shadow Of doubt.
It's the real thing"
Then, folding the letter, he looked
about for an envelope. He could And
aoas. His search brought him at last
to tee dresser.
He aid not find the ~cnvsleps he
sought, bat no found something else.
In the top drawer. among sone cloth.
Ing, Leila had LETT behind in her hur'
riea packing. no happened upoa q
crvmpied halt sheet Of raper-<Ae silly
postscript OF Nellie Colllas' letter
.ho postscript tAat told q Fiaissy
Drent's GOOD fortune.
Toms Ns va caugAt hy No vor6ss
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your old sweetheart. haIsey
BRENT"
He read and re-road the whole
scrawL Long he stood there, move
loss. the scrap of paper in his hand.
He was reused from his gloomy
reyerie by the jolting Of the rural
free delivery buggy as it drew up at
the gate.
Leila's thrice-a-week letters had
been the only bright spots in Toms
loneliness. Eagerly he seized the one
letter the nOstInan left for him today.
AS he looked at its superscription his
expectancy turned to chagrin. For
the letter was not from Leila, bat
Nom her mother.
lie opened it and read:
My Dear Tom: I am writing his
on my own responsibility and without
Leila's knowledge. She Is slowly rs
covering from that horrible life out
there in tho wilderness. But the doc
tor agrees with Us that she must
never, never go back 10 Il. That Is
why / am writing you.
L assume that you are not alto
Eether salfah and that you rave Lei
las welfare at heart. Her experience
in tho West proves how iil-rt.sd she
is for tho brutality rough existence Of
n poor mans wife. And. now hat
the mine has failed. you are hOpelsSS-
~ poor and are likely to remain so.
Are you going TO farce my fragile.
deliCately nurtured daughter to go on
sharing FOUR poverty and hardships7
II you do, she will die; or At the very
leaSt. she will become An invalid.
or are you man enough to give
your wife her freedom. 80 that she
may sometime be able TO marry q
man who can give her the care and
tho luXuries she Craves7
"Tt you truly lovs her-if her best
welfare means anything at ell 70 you
there can De SGt one reply 10 these
questions. Tou will give her up and
allow her 10 retrieve her ons mtser-
able mistake. by marrying AZ her In
tere.t and Il think) her heart dictate.
Think thlS over. very c~arsrully,
and let yoCr better nature guIGe you.
Tho letters contents seemed to
scar themselves into poor Tom Car
ter's brain In words OF Are. He tore
the paper into q score OF fragments
in his first outburst Of indignation.
Then his eye fell once more upon tho
postscript Nellie Collins had written.
And ut once he saw the impulse be-
hind Mrs. AustIn's cruel letter. Among
them these SNUG relatives Of Leila's
were trying to mako her forget him
and to marry her to = richer man.
He flung q few clothes into a bat
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FIFTH STORY.
Sold Out.

Leila Austin, during her % sheltered
years as a well,to-do mans only daugh
ter, had never known an unqualified
wish. Poverty" and struggle" were
mere words to her-words that car
ried no real meaning.
Perhaps that was why she refused
Halsey Brent and accepted Tom Car
ter. Brent was rich and was grow,
ing richer day by day. Carter was a
mining engineer, boundlsssly rich in
energy and hope-and all but bank
rupt In everything else.
Mrs. Austin spent long and profit,
less hours in pointing out TO Leila the
advantages Of marrying Brent and the
hardships she must face as the wife
of a man who still had his way to
make.
Leila listened patiently-and mar
ried Tom Carter.
Her fathers wedding gift to Leila
vas a check for $40, 900, more money
than Tom Carter had saved In all his
Woodworking life. She Endorsed It
over to her husband and, with It,
Tom bought tho controlling interest in
an Oregon gold mine.
This investment was not an rash az
Leila's parents and Brent thought. Tho
mine was one which Tom himself had
helped to develop and in which he
had boundless faith.
IT'S a gamble, dear" he told Leila.
"But then, 80 is everything in life. l
know the region and know the mine.
There's a lot OF pay ore under those
gray rocks and It's only a question OF
time when someone will strike II. I'm
going out there and be my own uper-
intendent and manager combined.
With the money I've laid by from my
salary l a keep the pay roll going.
Any day We may strike the right vein.
And when we do! Well, little sweet
heart, Easy street will look like a slum
compared with u quarters. I'm 20
ng to rechristen tho mine. too. I'm
going to call II the Leila A."
Leila's eyes danced. Already she
was beginning to build air castles az
the wife OF q multi-millionaire mins
owner
IT'S only fair to tell you that it'll
be hard shedding for . while, dear.
Life out there in the wilderness is in
the rough You'll have to do all your
own work. and"
1T will be just like one long pic
nic!" she declared. I'll love it,"
The westward journey was n do
light To them both
With a will. she set herself &c learn
ing her new duties rs frontier house.
wife. 1t was, as she had predicted,
lone long picnic"
Then, imperceptibly-day by day,
week by week-came n subtle change
In both bride and groom.
Toms fiery enthusiasm for work
was not proof against months Of dis
couragsment ut the mine.
Leila, too. was finding that "one
long picnic" may in time bear a
strange resemblance to "ons long
nightmare" The tasks that had at
first seemed q joke were now . dreary
reality.
SO matters stood, one spring morn
ing. when q long-delayed letter reached
the cabin. 1t was addressed to Leila
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tered suitcase. rpn to the mine to
give nnAl Instructions and swung
aboard An essthouad train three hours
later.
Tom Carriers Evsss a. to the state
of affairs was amazingly near to the
truth.
LsilA's homscoming had besn as the
return Of . loved one who has mar
rewly escaped . t~orturinx death in
some accident Her parents and her
friends had showered her with atten-
tions and had sought in a thousand
ways to make up to her for what she
Mad undergone.
One OF Leila's frst and most fro
quent callers, at her fathers home,
! wan Halsey Brent.
Leila had never loved Halsey Brent.
She did not love him now. And she
was not evon inclined to Gtrt with
him. But she found II mildly pleasant
to be- singled out for attentions by
this young Napoleon Of finance for
whom q score Of girls were angling.
Wherefore she allowed him to call
Whenever he cared to-which was
very often.
Mr.. Austin. more werldfy-wfse than
her daughter, was not minded to give
people aus for gossip about Leila.
80 one day. when Brent called, sho
| contrived to snatch . few words with
hin in private. before Leila cane iats
the living room.
"Nr. Brent" she began abruptly, as
she greeted tho caller. Yen ars csh-
Ing here rather frequently Of late. As
Q man Of the vsrld you must under
stand that nay daughter cannot arard
to b pat in . false positien IT. the
eyes Of our tieada"
MRS. Austin, ] have always loved
your daughter. You know that.
love her now mere than eVer. Don't
misunderstand me. rye spoken nc
word If this to her. And / shall not
until she is legally s.d nasrsi,y tres
to listen to me-"
you would have nay approval and
her fathers" reciied Mrs. Austin with
ELUSIVE heartinosA Il will write today
to TelA Carter aad plead with him to
sSt her fres for Asr own saAal"
"yAAAk ys& ~ thousand times!"
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Che Found Il Mildly Pleasant to BE
Singled oxt for Attentions BY This
Young Napoleon u Finance.
and was tron Nellie Collins. the girl
hood chum who had bsea her brides
maid
As she road. the cosby scrawl OF
her chum sesmsd to LIT the tired
woman oat Of her dull routine and
70 watt her bach 70 the ASH-brained
myety Of earlier days.
She read slowly aad with morbid
relish the entire rambling spistle,
Then, 1t lest. she came 70 . ribbed
~postscript q . separate haIf-sAest.
The spostgcxfpt rsn:
~ hear yssr old s~sstheart Hsiscy
Ensnt. has Cleaned - Q nsit.ien In q
yar nsunitisW deaf. Everything he
touches turss - ssi1-s
The sffiy lines b1Dsz ts~szaseivsa
into Leila Cutsrs beNta- In . rush
tAsy brought back vtsssss Of VIA!
n1eht have been hers, II sAs ha4 nss
rajockst dis rlshsr suestAsast
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The stock you sso!o from u GIye
it back! Give 1t back, l say4"
But Leila. l."
Here is the telegram you dropped"
she hurried on that VII eapo JON
the trouble Of O. falseheoA. l know
the whole vile trick. And / want
back my stock"
Her voice had risen AZ she retter-
ated her wrathful denasfs. It's SQUAD
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the Treasury and Mrs. Peters were
hosts al such, entertaining at a lunch
con at Dover House, which was also a
rendezvous for other parties later in
the week.
One of the largest luncheons of the
week was that given by Mrs. Harris.
wife of Rear Admiral Frederic l.. Har-
ris, when the decorative scheme for
the table was carried out in Mrs. aaron
Ward roses, a rose that has played a
prominent part in many social gather
ings the past season. at dinners. lunch
cons and teas. to say nothing of we'd
dings. the dainty yellow tea rose being
prime favorite with bridesmaids so
that society matron and maid have
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more than a passing interest In the
opening at Willomere of the wonder
fu! rose garden of Rear Admiral Ward,
L. s. n. and Mrs. Ward, for whom the
lovely rose was named.
hundreds of roses will be in fun
bloom next Thursday, when the cen
tury-old garden Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Ward are the proud possessors of
at Roslyn, Long Island. will be thrown
open to the public for the benefit Of the
American Ambulance Hospital in
France. At similar rose show last
year over a thousand persons visited
the old garden, and the sum raised
purchased an ambulance, which was
most appropriately named in memory
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Many to Remain Here
The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
in taking n house in Chevy Chase for
the summer are demonstrating their be-
lief in a prolonged session of Congress.
a belief seconded beyond a doubt by the
Secretary of War, who this past week
installed for the first time his family
in their new home here. a home which
has been chosen in the suburbs. too,
not the only reason OF it's location being
4 desire TO give the children plenty of
breathing and playing space, but be-
cause it. too. is to be a summer home,
where the Secretary and Mrs. Baker
can be comfortable for what the dlplo-
mats call the heated term"
Though Senator and Mrs. Swanson
own big farm down in Virginia, not
80 many miles away. they purpose to
keep open their home here on r street,
for where the senator is there Mr.
Swanson elects to be also. and the SEN
ator expects to be in Washington.
The solicitor of the State Department
and Ars. Cone Johnson have taken an
apartment at the Dresden for the sum
mer. another significant fact, and Mr.
and Mrs. Hampson Gary have also de-
clared their intention of remaining in
town
staying on in town will surely sim
plify life for many a busy hostess and
housewife. for the perplexing question
and wrestled with. and just remaining
home with all the conveniences of ones
own home does not seem such a terri
BILE thing to many. who agree with the
freshman. who. hanging on to a street
car trap. with several tired and sleepy
children hanging likewise on TO him,
remarked on a return trip from Coney
Island. Sure life would be all right IL
II wasn't for our pleasures"
The prolonged cool spring has given
TO vegetation in Washington such a
start that its chances for remaining
green and fresh throughout the sum
ner are of the best. and every season
the gardens in the city and in its sub
urbs offer more and more attractions
TO the home-lovers. Apropos of the
growing beauty spots Of Washington,
Nine. Vignal. wife of the military at
tache of the French embassy, who, by
the way. Is also to be a resident of
Washington this summer with her
husband. is one Of those who note the
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the wedding, but Miss Mcmillan will
remain in the west all summer.
Mrs. Imogen Moore Detweiler of
Herndon, Va. and Washington is
spending the months Of June and July
visiting friends and relatives at Phila-
dephia, Camden. Georgetown and
Laurel, Del.
Miss Margaret Lyddane has returned
to her home in Rockville, Nd. after
visiting her sister-inlaw, Mrs. Charles
B. Lyddane, in Wardman court.
Among those from Washington who
attended the June ball at the Naval
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Items of Interest.

Mr.. Raymond Mcmillan and his sister
Miss Madge Mcmillan, left Thursday
for Camden, Mich, to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Eva Woolfe and Mr..
Thomas Rogers, June -. Mr.. Mcmillan
will be best man at the wedding.
Mr.. Mcmillan viii return just after
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!:
" YHIIE partisanship of favored high and
the chief OF drawing and
~ clubs all other places, the
big S % be held, the
" " be determined weather bureau with
calm impartiafty, melting to republican and
democrat the capital the delight
full weather making Washington
Ofcialdom
universal belief Washington
whether weather
the authority the belief " gentlemen who
the hll all
good old houses
being furnished with being
taken the suburbs o m o the Situate
taking itself the the parks
and along the Speedway delightful
while the Club
where the President Mrs Wilson
hall dozen other clubs, offer diversified
country has % IS credit.
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evening. June :. on account OF serious
illness in the family OF Mr.. ami Mrs.
John y. Sweeney, VINO were to Ice
guests Of honor.
Miss Mary Frances Shuford OF Asie-
vile, y. G. is the house guest Of MISC
Glennic Long Tomlinsou, at 3f33 14th
street northwest. She came from
shorter College. Georgia, and from this
point goes 10 Chicago University for 4
special summer course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04

Academy were Miss Ethel DAY. Miss
Virginia O'NeiIl. Mr.. Frank 1den and
Mr.. Harold \. Long.
Miss Agnes Repplier will give the
commencement address to Miss Madeira S
School. at Rauscher's. Tuesday after
noon. June 9Th. at > o'clock. Her SUBJ
ject is The Gospel of Amusement"
Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Ruckmau have
recalled their invitations for Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04

Of Claude Pernet, son of the well
known rosarian of Lyons, who lost his
life for his country
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Dinner Parties Hold Sway.

The formal dinner still continues to
hold sway over the social program, and
the Spanish ambassador and Nine. RI
ano played the parts of host and
hostess at a notable assembly at the
embassy the beginning of the week,
but while formality still plays its part
In things social. the Informal affairs
night. in popularity. thus giving the
spice of variety to the program. Motor
parties to some suburban retreat or
wayside I house are much in
vogue. and ~ assistant secretar. OF
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Miss Williams Engagement.

The engagement of Miss Francise
Williams, third daughter of Col. John
r. Williams. L. S. A.. and Mrs Will
OF peculiar interest to Washington, for
she has grown up here and her family
has for many years been closely asso-
ciated with the social life Of the capt
tai, her Two elder sisters having been
married here, one to Mr.. Joseph Letter.
the other 10 Mr.. William F. McCombs,
and while Mr.. Pitney is not Washing
ton man. the fact that he is nephew
of Justice Pltney of the supreme
bench gives him claim to the inter
est or affection of A large circle of the
CAPITALS representative circle
The arrival of Mrs. Bryan, the for
mer chief lady in the cabinet circle, in
Washington for a few days gave rise
to round of entertainments. which.
though small and most informal, were
none the less enjoyable.
Mrs Burleson. wife Of the Postmas-
ter General, was hostess to Mrs. Bryan
a an al fresco luncheon at the Pierce
mill. in Rock Creek Park. when the
company numbered several other wom-
en- associated with Mrs. Bryan when
she was recent resident of the cap
ital. including Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Nc
Adoo. Mrs. Houston, wives of her hus-
bands former confreres. Mrs Carl
Vrooman. also a guest, was later Mrs.
Bryan's hostess at an impromptu din
ner at her hospitable home on I street.
Several of those who broke bread with
Mrs. Bryan during her brief stay In
town will meet her again shortly at
Chicago and st. Louis. for she will ac-
company Mr.. Bryan to the conventions
Another visitor to Washington with
in the week for whom other social
gatherings have been called together Is
Mrs. Post Wheeler, wife of the secre-
tary of the American embassy in
Tokyo. who has been visiting Senator
and Mrs. Ollie James.
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MRS. JOHN BREWER.
Formerly Miss ROsnlind Dccripg CaId-
well. whose marriage took place last
evening Mt the home of her mother,
Mrs. n. a. Caldwell.
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great difference in the city of today as
compared with what it used to be
some dozen years ago. when her hus-
band was before accredited to this post.
AS Nine. FignaI remarks then there
was only grass surrounding the homes
of Washington, now there are shrubs
and flowers and trees planted, all to the
greater beautifyns Of the city
Dan Cupid Is no respecter of persons
nor conventions nor politics, and the
returns of his activities along his own
peculiar line keep coming in to to the
absorbing great interest of those in
whose affairs he takes hand. and to
the pleasure Of their many friends and
their social confreres
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-22
SEN. sULzER HERE
 REPORTS BUSINESS
 GOOD ON WEST COAST

Reporting that the entire district along the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island is unusually prosper ous this year. Territorial Senator Chas. A. Sulzer. arrived from his home at sulzer yesterday afternoon on the Spokane to attend the Demo cratic convention here He is at the New Cain.
 The Sulzer mines are being worked steadily with full crew of men and regular shipments of copper ore are being made to the Tacoma shelter. According to Mir. Sulzer the Rayalli and Curacao are making regular calls at Sulzer and taking ore south at the rate of 2OOO tons month
 The entire West Coast section will be prosperous and busy this coming summer according to Mr. Sulzer. All canneries are preparing for large pack and the mild cure stations are expecting a large catch of fish. The King salmon have just started to run and the trollers are getting a
 flat rate of a dollar apiece for red salmon this year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-22

 IS BEING
 FATHOMED
Two Women Missing for Years Are Traced to DawsOn-Two Relatives Have Been Perse- cuted for Their Murder Regular Thriller.

SEATTLE, May 2a.-hlrs. Eloise Dennis and her sister Miss Beatrice Nelms, of Atlanta, Ga. mlssIna from their southern home for several years have been traced to Seattle, Snohom- lsh, and thence Into the KIondke. Mrs. Dennla was known In snohom- ish as Mrs. Patrick Buckley. She left for Dawson last summer. Dan Tel Buckley went there a year earl Tor.
 For the alleged murder of these women. Victor E. lnnis and his wife, sister Of the two, were tried in the Texas courts last year and have just been removed to Atlanta for trial in connection with alleged frauds in connection with the han ding the property interests of the missing women Buckley is known to have operated a saloon six months in Snohomish. From Dawson, he wrote his attorney NJ. J. McGuin- ness several times last August stat Ing that he and his wife were going into the mines nearby
 The unravelling of the story Is like Jules Verne novel Why the sisters have allowed Innis and wife to be prosecuted and why they have never revealed their Identity Is one of the mysteries of the case which has occupied much space in the newspapers for two years