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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
THE UNAFRAID

night. Delight started up. cryins
out 30 sharply that Ir~nya sprans
from her own bed in the nert room
running TO her mistress.
What n IT. Countess D~IIce
what Is ~ Are you then M
Trembling and shaken. Delight
ciung to the girl. gazing With wlds
dark eyes into tho shadows OF the
, room beyond.
Someone 10 gu, there she
painted Give me something 70
wear: take ono OF my gowns. your.
self. and ws will sc. LAght the
lamps. No. bring the tall one. Gu,
here"
But the blue room was empty
when tn. two ziris crossed the
threshold. Ireuya set the lamp on
a table and lighted another.
See" she smiled. There IL
nothing"
Delight seized her companions
arm. as she would have gone for.
ward.
"Nait--they are on the balcony"
In fact. the long window opening
on the balcony was swinging back
Delight greeted tho visitor.
and entered with the assured bear.
ing OF one consciously welcome.
1T In only !. belle annie. Why, yon
are not afraid OF mey'
This time II was Trenya who
cried out I'm wonder and indixna.
ton. Delight uttered no sound. but
there was n meaning in her atti.
tude which halted Michael Baisic's
advance.
A warm greeting TO your chosen
husband" Michael commented.
What do you want OF met" De
light demanded ut last.
What want yourself: tho
woman who came here TO be my
wife. ! am leaving this country to
morrow. do not ask you 10 70
with me. But will you follow and
join mo In your own land7 In New
York We will meet and have this
marriage undone 10 make way for
our own. We win never come here.
never SEQ these people we both
hate-what are their petty outcries
TO us7 Are you content to come ?"
No" she said.
You rcfuse7"
We are too different: there IL
too much between us. am sorry.
Forgive me. and find another wife
who does not know your people"
He moved swiftly and caught her
wrists in his angry grasp.
Say. rather, that you have a new
sweetheart Who Is it-Stefan or
Danilo?f
Let me go" Delight painted. in
anger equal 10 his. DO not touch
me. If Irenya opens that door and
calls. his men will XIII you as they
did the Albanian"
His men, 1t is Stefan.
them
But Michael read his defeat in
the clear. steady eyes. Mockery
flashed up In his expression; across
modification he drew the cloak OF
light Indifference.
"All my compliments, Madame
de Balsicl take no Erudred
kisses. ! have never lacked others.
Goodnight"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
CHAPTER XXI.
The Dream OF a Tsar

Delight swoke very late next
morning Irenya came In, carry.
ing the chocolate they always drank
together. Her blue eyes we're aiight
with the importance OF one bringing
news.
Countess Delice. imagine that
Mr.. Rupert went away In the All.
tomobile last night while all sleptl-
The day was very long. Delight
spent II on her balcony. watching
for the return OF the automobile.
But the afternoon shadows crept
down the mountains, and brought
no Rupert TO the castles gates. De.
light welcomed the dinner hour.
u was very pleasant to linger
thru tho meal with Stefan. very
pleasant to find this relief from
the days solitude.
When coffee was served Delight
glanced at Stefsns silver goblet.
and shivered.
II wonder Won can drink from
IT, she exclaimed.
i Will tell you the story OF the
silver cup" Count Balsic offered
Centuries ago. madame, when
this land gave birth 10 the great
Servian tsar Stefan Dushan, the
family OF Balsic ruled r.. Their
government stretched far. into
Herzegovina, so that modern Mon.
tenegro Is but a small portion of
the old. DO YOU know the great
dream that made Stefan Dushan
great and that he brought near &C.
compllshment? lie dreamed OF
huge Servian empire. formed Of our
united Balkan countries and snatch.
Ing Constantlnople from the Mos
lens for our capital There was
one OF the Balsics who had dreamed
with Dushan, lived and loved and
fought with him In that magnifi.
cent failure, and died on the scarlet
field OF Kossovo. The tsar loved
this comrade no less than he was
loved, the legend tells; and I'm his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19

A girl In dlnEy flnery met ths
two mon al the door and ushcree
them into an untidy room.
Good morning. Mr. Rupert ant
cousin" greeted light voice
You are early. but welcome.
Michael Balsic had entered from
the other side and stood smiling al
them In the doorway.
More trlckcry. Michael Lessen
dra questioned.
why. perhaps returned his
hinsman. But You wrong me. In.
deed you wrong me. cousin' am
here to sell the letters you desire
as agreed. only. take charge o.
the bargaining myself instead OF
leaving !, to my good Josef"
What Ia your price~
There vas n pause. Michael
studied his adversary. and Rupert
looked az the two.
You would not pay II. yet.
cousin" said Michael softly. My
price is--information want 10
know where Stefan Bslsic has set
his snares A fa~ sentences.
cousin. five minutes speech ~
which no one will ever hear--and
you may carry your vindication
home to Stefan"
Iesendrs regarded the other
with wonder rather than wrath or
disappointment.
Have you gone mad ?" he asked.
"HaE much plotting made vow dull,
Michael. that you have brought me
across the mountains TO answer
thisi"
Not so fast. cousin. said you
would not buy--yet"
Nor ever
Not after a few hours with
josef"
Lessndra's blue black eyes CLINT.
ed naked danger Ills answer was
a movement which Michael cuun.
tered by snatehing open thu door
beside him. As n at prcarrangef
signal. stream of men poured in
at each OF the rooms three en-.
frances and hurled themselves
upon the visitors.
Rupert went down first, fighting
like a cat with men who refused
TO inlure him. overpowsred hy
sheer weight and strength. Lessen.
dra fired twice, then tie gaudily
dressed girl stole behind him and
struck like man, with = d-canter
seized from the table. Straight
forward. the officer pitched and
lay at the feet OF his enemies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19

I days OF power once presented him
wlth tho silver cup from which th,
two Missionaries had pledged faiti
20 the vision.
when rule In STEAMBOAT. civ,
me back this cup and demand o.
me what you viii said ste,Ar
Dushan.
"of prince and noble. the nohls
died firxtA The claim vas nevei
made. eu, the cup was guarded. ir
tho Venetian vars the Ralnio fam
iiy shrank TO one branch. In tbs
long warfare win the Turks wealth
vanished and possessions were lost
but Stefan Dushan's cup was kept
From eldest son TO eldest son II
has descended, TO end here
That would have been 4 won
derful power IN Europe. all these
centuries-the power OF united
aervian enpir. instead OF the Turk
ish Influence" ventured Delight. Il
am sorry the dream died"
1T In not dead" asserted Stefan
Balsic quietly.
"Sot--tesd.'
NO. Take serviAn In It's fui'
meaning. Serb. and in each country
OF that race YOU will find some
man or men In whom tho dream
lives. perhaps some who work for
Il: certainly many who would die
for II"
Her pulses lesp.d with a thrill OF
conviction.
"Yon are one Of them'- she al.
vined. You are one who works
That is what you fear. the death OF
that dream. That IL what you
feared my money would do"
Yes" he confirmed tho hazard.
Delight wlimpsed at last her com.
panion's lofty ambition. that dared
grip the map OF Eastern Europe
and crumple another empire into
ruin to make their own.
1t would bs war;" abe breathed
hut. your Serb countries are 40
small. compared with your enemy
Turkey is powerful. enormous.
rich'"
DO you recall Japan and Russia,
madameg There is no strength In
immensely II Its core Ia rotted."
You would VIM oh, do be.
lieve e. And then. the new EN-.
pire, Who" she halted before a
new thought. who then would
rule the united people7"
III II comes for this generation.
there is one man fitted above all
rivals he slowly answered.
You mean
"Nikolas of Montenegro"
She had faneied no planned for
himself She stood rebuked BY
finding the man towering above
where she would have placed him.
Near dawn, at the close OF that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE SEATTLE STAR
Allen and Will Humphrey

n NE hardly blame George W. Allen for seeking candidate
~ SenaorShip.
Allen belongs the standp element the republican party
lite him. chance the world Win L. Humphrey
the candidate Poindexter candidate
In this opinion, Allen joined by other wise politicians
Seattle
They the unpoputy of Congressman Humphrey
especially after his poSoce' craftsmanship and his negligent exhibition
connection with the Bremeron yard appropriation and his general
labor.
quite natural then that George Allen and his associates should
candidate the naorp Who tho meeting the standpa quali
cations will have the anes petty dealings that harac
terze Humphrey.
that Humphrey being forced upon them by
andpckers and Allen and his rather inclined
traditional piece of sandpat business.
In which Allen quite right and shows that he's progressing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
Next Week
Nothing But the Truth"
Blu Frederick Ishom
(contInued From Our Last issusl
CHAPTER X.
sasrdrz QIdes Aoaln

AftAf F.H y.
Lsssndrz Rides Again
A week later Jack Rupert awok-
one night to find L~.endra stand.
ing beside his bed.
En-" the American raised him
self on his elbow. blinking What
VIII you rise and listen to me-
Lesendra repeated. MY time Is
short have failed In the mission
you saw me ride away 10 under.
take for Count Baisic. Let me put
II better. Michael has bought me.
with a woman.
Are you expecting me to be-
iievs you
IL Is true. Now. look: ~ I came
here. this note was put Into my
hand. brought in BY a peasant boy.
II may be a snare think II Is
but I shall answer Il"
Lesendra watched Rupert scan
the lines. They were peneiisd with
apparent haste. but in Mlehael's
usual tone OF mockery.
Dear and ch.ri.hsd Cousin;
! need money. In view 81 your
4
fancy you win buy my rorrespon-
dence with the lady In our case. Ynu
will find Josef In my house Of Bal-ic.
to deliver and receive He knows
the price. My cousin
Your Cousin.
Even to Rupert's powerful motor
the journey TO Michael Balsic's
house was not short or easy OF
achievement. But the driver was
learning the mountains. he bored
steadily thru the magnificent co.
lossi. made beautiful by the night
And as he drove. he heard Lessen
dra's story.
You remember the day rode
away" Danilo said II went to
Vienna and finished my errand: on
guard against everything except
the thing that attacked. The day
before ! started home. I received
letter from Russia-irom my
mother.
she wrote frantically. Michael
had trapped her in an intrigue
against the Russian government:
an intrigue that would have sent
her and her husband 10 Siberia n
discovered. She had believed
Michael one OF themselves until too
late. Now. cornered himself by
Count Baisic's work in Montenegro,
he set q price on her safety. He
would give her the papers that con.
victed her. II she could obtain my
promise not TO carry home to the
castle the Information that convict.
ed him. That information had
successfully gathered IN Vienna"
The moon sank while they drove.
Dawn was at hand when they
reached the village. Up to the door
OF Michael Balsic's house the car
rolled, and stopped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
Happening the Octopus

. ROGRESSNlSM in California is going TO "hut Big Business
hurt right in its very gizzad.
Pipe lines carrying crude oil from wells refner having been de
cd be thought that gasoline be designated
public utility and thus under control prices etc. OF state
commission.
And the Standard Octopus can't California "An right wen
quit business and leave without oil and gasoline
well that Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and all other
ducng take notice OF this proposition California fields under full
development pretty nearly supply the whole country
II gasoline be produced potaby for, II cents in California
the Standard has already demonstrated and California commission
fixes that price there will be such thing as 90 IS or 3ocent prices
back East
The price in the East will be II cents plus the cost of shipment
OH but this business OF competition is tough on octopi!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
Bad Driving Can Spoil Best Horse

THERE painful evidence nicncy than that of unnte
driving knowing The spectacle unframed
driver taking IS minutes 10 back trained horse into driveway
attract the notice of the casual paery but
10 people with ordinary business
the msmanaged
impotence and wrath OF the driver.
And the and employer lose by both.
As the OF gasoline and the military demand horses
these valuable animals
painful make expediency for cruelty animals but
should be driven
that they properly driven saving money
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
CHAPTER XII.
Count Balsic's Wife

When morning came. Delight
would have told Stefan OF Michael's
visit. Torn by conflicting emo.
tons. she would have announced
Michaels intention OF leaving the
country and asked permission her.
self to 70 to her aunt and uncle, In
New York. But Stefan during the
night had ridden into the noun.
tains.
AZ Delight leaned from her bal.
cony, seeking to trace the course
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
What Will You Name the Baby?

ROWNUP folks sensitive about their Christian
" More especially the happens be fancy
planness
We know whose is Eli He hates ii.
We know couple who called their fsbom Job They
have rich relative who glone in the name)
We middleaged who wrihes under o
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19

Edna Doty. head usher at the Al.
hA0brA. says cripple felt so fine
sfse1 seeing Charlie Chaplin I'm
The F7oorwaiker" that he forgot
- tnlxe his clutches when he left.
OH. EDNA,
"a borrowed limerickl
"A leopard. when told that henrine
! 2emOved spots and impaired q
sheen.
lust TO try. drank q stein:
Lat a match. and no sign
OF . spot--or a leopard--was seen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
0uR OWN THAvEIoeuEs

NEW YoRK--ons of the peculiar.
1ttoo OF this city IL that everybody
Who lives there came from some
who're else. and everybody you meet
eomewhere else came from New
York. The chief product Of New
York H. Broadway. which folk. from
1GAYshsiitown, Ia. Puysliup. wash.
-'.Ths Great white way" The Litti.
OLD Alley" and such-like. The ad-
tuncts OF Broadway are caharsss.
whore they dance TIL a. m and
finish off the soiree with bacon and
eggs: tsxis: George EN- -cohan; Sub :
drinks: more drinks. The population
81 y. 7. T. made up OF actore, gun
men. miliionaires. head waters
chorus girls and policemen.
AMONG IiFE'e ETERNAL ENG
MAS. AMARYLlIs. NoeooY
KNOWS WHAT CoNsTI.
TuTEs THESE:
Genius.
Chop suey.
$3.50 shoes.
IngersoIls.
Hamburger.
Sense-ofhumor.
Military tactics"
Postoffice ponds.
HE WORE TORTOISE sPEcTAcLEs
VerSe LibreD
T.
! viii write an essay on Culture.
Cried Ravenswood Rock. the richly
Rewarded monographist
And he did so.
And the PopuIscs read ana N.
plauded.
Even tho some OF the seven-syflabls
words
Rocked their csreb eiium.
III.
Amt Won got no prunes rr supper
ternight7"
Demanded Ravenswood Rock Of his
wife:
Nav" she spelled. "whstcher think
this Joint IL,
ANYWAY boardin' house7H
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19

DO YOU KNOW THAI
Soap and water. sunshine ard
and fresh air. thoroIy applied.
are the best oisinfectsnts after
disease, ard the best prevent
ives before7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19

ana dtfDrmitieH 10 Nnlcn the DOnF
10 susceptible.
They point out the harmful
results Of Incorrect posture as
most apparent In the growing
period Of life. II 10 az this
period that the boys and girls
must be taught the Importance
Of avoiding Incorrect attitudes
whether at work or at play,
since they later result In III
health and even In deformity.
The principal cause Of these con-
dltions is the tendency of the
young Of both sexes to assume
slouching positions They sprawl
in chair rather than SIT upright
In II. They rest the weight on one
leg. allowing the spine to become
twisted or sit with stopped shouI~
ders. when they should be sitting
erect.
The "debutante SLOUGH" so fash.
ionable few years ago, was one
Of the chief causes OF I'll health
among young women.
The old school seat. fashioned
from one mold TO fit all sizes and
conditions OF children is a poten-
usl cause OF trouble.
One OF the commonest examples
OF faulty posture Is that Of round
or stopped shoulders II II usually
brought on by the slouching atti-
tude previously spoken OF, and is
first noticed because II 10 insight
ly. Slouching attitudes result from
fatigue and may be the first sign
that the child is working or play
Ing beyond his strength.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19

II Ia made I'D
Of a group ~ peo-
pie who are try
ing N educate the
masses TO realize
the Importance Of
a correct posture
I n preventing
many OF the Ills
s.ANlk So ke.Nw
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-19
aI7||alaIa
POSTURE

Ever hear ~ the American
Posture league?
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-01-14

Chamherialn's Cough Remedy Most
EffectuaI.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-01-14
FASHIONS IN THE JUNGLE.
Even Savage Natives of South Ameries
Like to Be In Style.

Even Savage Natives of South America
Like to Be In Style.
Trade Development is a fascinating
study. recall voyage up the Para
quay river when made the acquaint.
ance OF the Guarani Indian women,
brave and Industrious and the most
accomplished head balancers on the
globe 1t is quite the usual thing for a
woman to carry basket on her head
hled with FIVE struggling turkeys and
three chickens while she holds young.
ster under one arm, IL large bundle OF
frewood under the other, directs the
progress of three children, leads stub
born burro and smokes a long cigar.
One day followed bronze Hebe to
her humble home by the river shore
and saw her bring forth an American
sewing machine and stitch away mer-
r1ly. Her own garment consisted of
white creation resembling sheet,
worn Moorish fashion. but this new
creation was to be a skirt In latest
Buenos Aires style for little Maria,
who attended the mission school and
had never learned to smoke.
Women are the same the world over.
In metropolis and hamlet, In brilliant
court and forest wilds. they love adorn-
ment. Every woman covets the other
woman's clothes. In Bogota, Colon
bia, the aristocracy wear Partisan and
New York garments. but In the Atrato
river country the poor Indian girls
have nothing but fil'er bark skirts to
wear. One of these maids OF the will.
derness padded up to the frontier trad
ing post last spring in her fathers ca.
noe and saw corset and pair of
stockings in the window of the store.
They returned home, and week later
the most advanced fashions were re-
vea1ed to the denizens of the jungle
when the maid and her sister proudly
paraded their native settlement with
indigo blue corsets and bright red open.
work hose neatly painted on their choc-
olate cohred skin.-Harriet Chalmers
Adams, f. r. G. S.. in World Outlook.
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NATURE IN A BLAZE.
Gorgeous Spectacle of the Midnight Sun
at karungi.

gorgeous Spectacle of the Midnight Sur
at karungi.
l was glad / stopped at Karungi
Sweden, for I saw the midnight sun
the almost midnight sun, to be exact,
Tor although 1t was MONDAY bright all
night the sun did make a blur at set
ting. 1t went down at twenty minutes
TO IL and rose twenty minutes after IL.
The sun went down blood red, ana
the sky was crimsoned almost to the
zenith. 1t seemed as If all the north
were on fire. The river burned In the
glow, and the sky took ON tints that
ranged from cardinal to pink. Just as
the whole place seemed about to burst
into fame, the sun dropped out Of
sight. and the glazing reds began to
mellow into softer shades, the river
lost its glow Of fire, and the sky dulled
and dimmed until 1t looked like a great
inverted dome that had been white
hot and was cooling slowly.
There were no other shades than the
shades of flre-none of the usual ma
rooms and cerises and garnets that
come as the aftermath OF mountain
sunsets. Everything was carmine
The air quivered redly, and the trees
and the grass were rubescent. All
this softened gradually into a glowing
one toned mass of color. Then, at
twenty minutes past IL, at a point
that seemed not more than half mile
along the horizon from the place where
the sun disappeared, there came d
golden glory that spread evenly over
the Redeemed sky. The sun was rising
and soon was above the horizon. It
went down as red as fire. 1t came up
bright. glittering. cleaning. as If dur
ing the forty minutes 1t had been be-
low the horizon some titanic hand had
polished 1t for another days use.
asked In Stockholm and Christi.
anla:
when do you sleepT
"In the winter" they said. "Then
the nights are so long there is nothing
else to do."-Samuel G. Blythe In Satur-
day Evening Post.
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FOOD COMBINATIONS

How to put foods together TO make
meals that digest easily is the subject
OF the leading article In the December
number Of The Hygienist Magazine,
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cure copy of the magazine at your
news dealers or send ten cents to
The Hygienlst Publishing Co.,
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PRIZE.
Henry Rein iger
General Hard ware

1 give 25-vote coupon free with
each $l.00 cash purchase. Ask fer
coupon.
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The Habit of Taking Cold.

With many people taking cold is a
habit, but fortunately one that Is
easily broken. Take a cold sponge
bath every mlrnlng when you first
CT out Of hed-not Ice cold, but a
temperature Of about 80 deg. F. Also
seep with your window up Do this
and you will seldom take cold. When
YOU do take cold take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and get rid of It as
quickly as possible. Obta!nab,e
everywhere.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-01-14

81 have taken great many blttleS
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
every time 1t has cured me- l have
found it most effectual for a hacking
cough and for colds. After taking It
a cough always disappears, writes ]
r, Moore, Lost Valley, Ga. Obtain
able everywhere.