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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

feathers"
Katie Croft walked over and shut
the door with a bang. Katie was
almost beside herself
The stage nov drew up before
the Raiaton house.
Miss Matilda quilted the window.
whero she had stood watching FOR
an hour. and went TO the gate.
Jane descended Her small trunk
came bang down beside her IN the
same instant. and tho driver was
paid and drove OFF. Tho aunt and
niece then turned to go into the
house.
Well. and 10 It's you" Ma.
tlldas tone and glance we're slight.
~ lnqulsitorlal. and more than
slightly dictatorlal. I'm glad 20
see you're strong. You'll need be.
She's an awful care. She ain't up
much now. Isn't up ut all some.
times for weeks. Sleeps consider.
able. Take Off your hat and coat
and hang them there. That's the
place where they belong"
Jane obeyed without saying any.
thing. But her smile spoke for
her.
Hungry" inquired Matilda.
"a little"
Il surmiscd you would be and
waited supper. Thought you'd see
how ! fixed hers then. She's eat.
Ing very little. Less and less all
the time. There's garden 10
weed. too. Awful inconvenient out
there across two stiles. But she
won't give IL up. She pays me TO
tend II. or I'd let tho dandellons
root Il out in short order"
They had gone into the kitchen,
where n kettle stswed feebly over
a half-dead fire. "Sit down." said
Matilda. TN fix her supper first.
She takes her tea cold. 30 save
It from morning and heat II up
with little boiling water. 30.
Then there's this bit OF fish |
saved from day before yesterday.
and cut n piece OF bread. No
butter. because her stomach's dell.
cate. You'll see that she'll hardly
eat this. Watch now"
Jane sat and watched. still smll.
Ing.
Mr.. Rath, tho artist, came down
in the stage with you. didn't he"
Miss Matilda went on. What kind
OF young man was he? Some
body'll tell you. 40 II might as well
be me. what's brought him here.
Mrs. Cowmull's trying to marry off
her niece. Emily Mead. There
aren't any men in town. 80 she ad-
vertlsed. She gave II out that she
wanted boarder. but everybody
sees thru that. There. that's your
supper"
Jane started slightly. Her own
cold fish and lukewarm tea sat be.
fore her. "Shan't take Aunt
Susan's up first7" she asked. rec.
olleotlng that she stlll had some
lunch In her bag. and that Matilda
would be leaving early in the morn.
ing.
mo need. She likes things
cold"
But | ought 20 20 MP and see
her. | think; she hasn't seen mo
since ] was such n little girl"
mo need. You 20 ahead and en-.
Joy your supper without bothorlng
over her. She knows you're here.
and aho isn't one that's interested
in things"
Jane-thus urged picked the
chilled fish with a fork and con.
sldered.
IN show YOU about the house
after you've done eating" the aunt
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Everybody Can Pull for 1t

TT HERES one feature about prepared
4 ness for which all good peaco-at-any-
price people should be as enthusiastic as
the most warlike element That is the
proposition for govcrnment-owned and
operated plants for procuring nitrate from
the atmosphere.
The better we arc prepared for war the
less likelihood 81 our firing of a gun at
an enemy. Our battleships may become
obsolete in few years. God grant that
worlds disarmament may soon make all
our present preparation for war clear
waste, tho necessary. But, il war were
killed for all time. il we never had to
make or use pound Of explosives gov
eminent nitrate factories would still be
a national advantage still be under neces-
sty 20 operate on full time, in producing
the prime essential Of fertilizer for plant
life and, hence, for human life.
II is 50 arranged in the chemistry and
economy Of nature that in nitric acid
there is both death and life. destruction
and growth. We have studied and de-
veloped the fatal property OF the acid for
years, but il has taken a great war 10
awaken us TO the beneficial character OF
il. War or no war, preparedness or no
preparedness we have got TO have nj
trates for fertilization and hence, even
the most peaceful people can consistently
pull for this government proposition re-
ferred to- Ii the government doesn't need
powder il can make fertilizer which the
whole country needs
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international Law Not Dead

TT IS singular that so little publicity
l. has been given TO the recent victory in
England OF that much-booted victim of
this great war-international law.
1t has grown TO be habit during the
past year or more for the apologists OF
the central power in this country 10 boot
at international law over and over again
editorial writers have spilled crocodile
tears over It's bier. carted the carcass TO
the cemetery. and buried IT,
Now comes England bowling before this
supposedly defunct law Of nations The
British government officially, definitely
and without reserve acknowledges inter
national law ABOVE the law Of the
greatest empire on earth.
The case in point is cargo OF copper.
alleged before the English prize court 10
be contraband. The prize court declared
il contraband and gave the order. under
the authority of an "Order in Council"
10 confscatc But the British privy coun-
ell now steps in and DEGREES that an APP
peal may be taken from the findings Of
the prize court Which means that an
"Order in Council" is not the last word
This has been the contention OF the
United States in It's protests 10 England
and we based our stand on international
law
The effect Of the decision is. therefore,
that England recognizes the laws OF ma
tions as power above her own laws
The American attorney in tho copper
cargo case declares that the new ruling
is milestone in prize cour, procedure
IN the present war"
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and under a Tapping curtain. an
down onto the sidewalk. Mrs. Cow.
null was standing on the porch.
Here" said the stage driver
suddenly delivering LorenEo's trunk
onto the top of his head--"and
here's the lampshade and the COD
fish-they get down here. too"
Lorenzo couldn't help laughing
EAU revoir." he cried. waving the
lampshade as the steps began 70
move.
Seemed nice young feller.
said old Mr.. Cattermole TO Jane.
Yes She tried to speak loudly
Hey"
Yes"
"I'l tell you" said old Mr. Cat
iermoie benevolently. you come
and see my granddaughter. Emily
and then wen talk. My grand.
daughters a great student We 70
very proud OF her. Only she don't
get married"
Then the stage stopped. and Mrs
Mead came running out. "oh. "a
Their. did you buy the new maya
zines-on the train, yon know
Old Mr.. Cattermols was descend
ing backward. It's my daughter.
he said 10 Jane. II can always hear
her because she speaks 40 plain
Yes. Emma. II was dusty. very
dusty"
And then they went on again
Madeleine now had space 20 turn
about. You'll come and see me?'
she asked Jane. earnestly; It'll be
so nice. We're both strangers
here"
IN try" Jane answered. but
shall be closely tied to the house
Aunt Susan n an invalid, you see
I'll not only have all the work. but
II 20 out, that poor sick woman
will be left helpless and alone up
stairs"
Il can come and see you. then.
said Madeleine.
Then the stage stopped at Miss
Debby Vane's. and Miss Debby
came flying down to embrace her
cousin. Thanks be TO God that
you're here safe, my dear. These
awful storms at sea have Just about
frightened me 10 death"
But ! was on land. Aunt Deb
orah." Madeleine, In getting down,
had gotten into warm embrace al
the same time.
Then Madeleine reached up and
clasped James hand. we shall be
friends" she said earnestly. DO
let us see all that We can OF one an
other"
Il want TO. know" Jane an.
swered, and then she was alone in
the stage, rafting down the long
green.arched street TO its farthesi
end
There goes the stage" Katie
Croft called out to her mother-in
law In the next room. Now Miss
Drew'll have her niece and be able
TO get away for a little res&.
IF II was daughter.In-l&w she
couldn't, maybe" said voice from
the next room; the rest In going 10
be poor. sweet Susan Ralston'g, any
how. Oh. my Susan Ralston, my
dear. sweet Susan Ralston. my low
ing Susan Ralston. where | used to
20 and call"
why, mother. you haven't -
much as thought OF Mrs. Ra!ston
for years" Katles voice was very
sharp.
Nobody knows what / think Of"
walled the voice from the other
room. MY thoughts ia music.
They fly and sing all night. They
sing Cav, Cav. and they fly like
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01
CHAPTER I.
Everybody Gets There
THERE was something pathetic
I'm the serene inconsistencies

TgERE was something pathetic
In the serene inconsistencies
OF the little village as the
sage came numbering down the
hillside. bearing its freight OF por.
tent. SO many things were going
10 be changed forever after-and
no one knew IL.
Old Mrs. Croft. clear at the other
end OF town. and paralyEed for 20
years. hadn't the slightest concep-
ton OF what a leading part was
being prepared for her TO play.
Poor Katie Croft, her daughter-in-
Law and slave. whose prayer was for
freedom. dreamed not that the an
swer was now at last coming near.
Mrs. Cowmull. sitting on her
porch awaiting the artist who had
advertised knew not who or what
or how old he might be or the In
tsrest that would soon be hers.
Poor Emily Mead. Smelling peas
on the bench at the back OF her
mothers house, frowned fretfully.
and, putting back her great lock OF
rich chestnut hair with an impa-
tent gesture. wished that she might
See "just one real man before she
died"-and the man was even then
1olting toward her.
Miss Debby Vane. putting last
touches TO the flowers on her guest
room table. where Madeleine would
soon see them, was also sweetly I'M
aware OF the approach OF momen-
tous events. She thought but Of
Madeleine. the distant cousin
whose parents wanted to see II alb
eence would break up an obnoxious
love affair, and so we're sending
her to Miss Debby, who was only
too pleased"
Meanwhile, Miss Matilda Drew
stood looking sternly out OF her
sister Susau's window. considering
II there were any necessary yet up
to now forgotten point TO be i'm
pressed upon Jane the instant that
she should arrive. Miss Matilda
was naturally as ignorant as all the
rest-as ignorant, even. as poor
Susan, lying primly straight on the
bed. Susan was a widow and an
invalid. not paralyzed. like old
Mrs. Croft. but pretty helpers.
Matilda had lived with her for five
years and tended her assiduously.
~ she grew more and more feeble.
Now Matilda was "abou- givo
out" and-"jist like a answer out
OF a clear sky" as Matilda said
their niece Jane, whom neither
had seen since she was a mite In
curls. fifteen years ago. had writ
ten to ask II she might spend her
holidays with them. They had said
YES" and Matilda was going away
for rest while Jane kept house
and waited on her poor old aunt.
Jane was one OF the passengers
now rafting along In the stage.
Jane sat on the rear seat with
old Mr.. Catternole. who was com
ing home to his daughter, Mrs.
Mead.
Ever been here before?" old
Mr.. Cattermole asked her.
mo. never"
"Hey?"
mo, never"
What"
Never"
I'm tell you what It a.. said Mr..
cattermole. beaming benevolently.
IT'S the Jolting. II keeps me from
hearing what you say
Jane nodded. smiling
! The next minute they arrived at
Mrs. Cowmulls. Lorenzo Rath. the
brtist, wrigslcd out over two boxes
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me with new asthma in my arm
from tending her and the house. &"
You'll get over all that very
soon" said the niece roothingiy.
Matilda glanced At her suspicious
iy. NO. I Hhan't it's nerve
trouble and can't never be com.
plotely cured. III have IL I'll /
die"
Jano was silent
you wrote that you were some
kind OF a nurse. What kind did
you say you werc7"
I'm n Sunshine nurse"
"A Sunshine nurse, what's
that Some now idea Of never
pulling down the ahadcs7'
Jane laughed. Not exactly. It's
an order just founded by a doctor
lilo picked out the girls himself
and no sends them where no
chooses for training"
What's tho trainlngT-
Jane looked at her and hesitated
a little II expect you'll laugh. :"
she said finally: 1T does sound
funny 10 any ono who isn't used
90 such ideas. We're TO see the
sun rs always shining. and always
shine ourselves. and our training
consists IN going whore there isn't
any brightness and being bright.
and going where there isn't any
happiness and teaching happiness 4"
Sounds to me Ike nonsense"
said Matilda. rising abruptly:
don't you 40 letting up the sitting
room shades and fadlag the up.
holstering-that's all I've got TO
say Come. now. and I'll show you
about locking up. and then well
90 TO bed"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01
CHAPTER II.
Jane Begins Sunshinlnq

Tho next morning Miss Matilda
Weakened Jane before 8 O'Clock. Tho
girl rose at once and was down
I'm the kitchen before her aunt had
the fire fairly started.
Miss Matilda again referred TO
the invalids diet This question
OF food seemed to concern her
greatly.
In tho morning she has tea" she
said. "one cup. Piece OF bread.
She eats very little and less all
tho time. The cat eats more than
she does. He's snooper. that
cat-you'll have TO watch out"
Jane didn't seem TO understand.
"A snooper7"
Steals food. Awful thief"
Where is she now7"
TITS he. Named Alfred for
her husband He's up In her room
now. Always sleeps on her bed
She will have him. and humor
her. She's my only sister and she
can't live long and she's left me
all her money. and humor her.
lts my pain duty.
rs II healthy for an invalid to
sleep with a cat?"
NO. IL amt. But | promised 10
do whatever she said about tho
cat and the garden. and | do
Where IN tho garden7"
I'll show you. II you don't mind
getting your feet wet. have my
rubbers on already. 10 travel, so |
can go right there now while the
fire IL hndllng.'
rs II wet?"
Most grass ls wet, at $500 in
tho morning"
Jane wanted TO laugh. Il mean.
isn't there a PATH"
Part way. and then you have TO
climb two fences"
Climb Twol" tho niece turned
In surprise.
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She paused TO climb the first
fence. II was three rails high and
very awkward. 'I'll 20 over first
she said. Think OF Il: I've done
this ak times day for five years"
They crossed the strip OF COW
pasture. and Matilda got over an
other fence. saying as she did SO:
Whom the Lord ioveth He chas-
teneth." leaving Jane 20 make the
application and follow her at the
same time.
Then they found themselves in a
trim little garden.
How sweet" said the niece.
You can see I've done nv duty
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by II. too" said Matilda; -thatsV
my way. I'm hard and I amt
pretty to look At. but I do my duty.
which II more'n most handsome
women do. ! don't boast but do
work"
Dear me. It's . long way from
the house." said Jane. forgetting
her higher philosophy for the min
ute.
ITS a good ten minutes TO get
here. A picking OF peas 10 a half
hours Job. And ten TO one. when
get back. the cats been at the
cream"
Continued In Our Next issue)
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Climb two fences. You never
saw such place. The strip be
tween ia rented for n COW pasture.
That's why there's two fenees.-
But why not have gatcsT'
Don't ask me. Find out n you
can. I've lived here five years. and
! Amt found out. You try and see
II you'll DO better. She's very SO
cretive. and so was he before he
died. Wen 20 now"
They went out the kitchen door
II was a clear. bright morning
"Weedy weather" commented Ma.
tilda. and led the way down the
uafh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01
Ought to Be a Boom

- KITTEN vessels passed thru the
~ Panama canal on April IS and the
waterway is again open to vessels with
a draft OF 30 feet
However. il is not TO be expected that
canal traffic will be restored 10 normal for
some months 10 come, for, with the
scarcity OF ships and the extraordinarily
high rates their services command at
present. owners will be loath 10 risk an
other te-up until complete confidence in
the canal IS restored.
The earth movemcn, by slides has. how
ever. been gratiiyingly small since the
last big caye-in. which leads to the belief.
prevalent among the canal engineers. that
there viii be no further large displaee-
mcnts
The greatest engineering feat in the
worlds history is thus practically com
pleted and the newest and greatest era in
ocean commerce inaugura;ed.
Watch the Pacific coast boom now, We
pcssimists Of little faiihl
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sites, and not considering at all the moral
effect OF our power as people. this coun-
try is we'll able to excel any other nation
in warfare And. being human. II will
do il. il necessary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

disease may DO more eifectFeRJ
checked.
This, then, tells you how:
Fold your handkerchief no that
Il IN about five inches square.
Place II fatty in the right hand. II
you are righthanded. and with
this hand hold 1t tightly over the
mouth.
Press the hand on the mouth.
since to hold It loosely over the
mouth Will not accomplish the pur-
pose. Now instead OF coughing
and trying 10 muffle the sound in
your throat or mouth, muffle It
with your handkerchief Practice
II until a person ten feet away can
rot hear you. The sound made in
coughing is due partly 10 ain
pressing over the vocal cords, part.
ly to air going thru the bronchial
tubes and trachea and partly TO
the resonance produced in the
chambers lying above the trachea.
This sound can be almost wholly
avoided and the irritation TO the
lungs and air passages prevented
by keeping the air passages open
and letting your handkerchief do
the muffling.
Now instead OF expellins 12i
cubic inches at each expiration.
you will expel smaller amount
with more comfort TO yourself and
10 those around you and with much
less harm 10 your lungs and less
danger OF spreading germs In the
air about you.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

II you have aches and pains,
neuralgia. so-callec rheums-
tlsnl. tender throat. attacks Of
tonsilitls, culnsy or other
forms Of sore throat. have
your tonsiis examined, also
your teeth and nose. There
are many lurking places for
body Infection. but the tonslls
and the teeth are the worst.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01
A Great Feature

nssiA~s al the Sshsv good
shtsGs this paper will give es~h
week . ssssdsrA-prses sevsi.
Nothfsg better for evestsg read
tsG.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

BOTH THE democratic and the republican
conventions will be held In North Yaklrns thls
week. Wonder either one Of them will find
time to give consideration 10 . Worthwhile
nothers pension law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

NO. INDEED. the county republican CONVEX
tlon did not irdorss Mayor CUTS plan to pro
hbt liquor sales In drug stores.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

THERE WERE more arrests for drunkenness
In April than any other month this year. II
probably was Intended az an April fool Joke.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

sEATTLE's CELEBRATING Bill Shakes.
pcaros death this week. That. however. won't
stop amateurs from numbering Shakespeare a,
other times.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

An irishman was reproved hy his
priest for eating sausages on Fri.
day.
"Sure, Father Tim. We don't call
sausages meatf" he protested.
Certainly they are meat" said
his reverence
The next day the frlshman ap.
peared at the priests house with a
load OF sawdust.
"But. Michael. did not order
any sawdnst; II was wood or.
dered."
And isn't It wood I've brought
ye."
NO. II isn't; it's suwdust"
hut. Father Tim. II sausage Is
meat. sure isn't sawdust wood -
Tit-Bits.
FINE NElGHBoRAooo
Doubtful Tenant-This house
would suit. but ! don't like that
heastiy factory opposite.
Agents Wartime Representative
oh. that's only a new gunpowter
works. II may blow up any minute.
The Passing Show (Londonl.
COULDN'T BE SAVED
The fire truck made a quick run
to the scene. but the fire had gain.
ed too much Roadway TO permit Of
anything being done TO save it.
The MADEIRA, Cal. Tribune
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01

eaFe Ffffnb afs
sprayed into the
air when a per
son coughs. peo-
Iple should now be
Instructed in the
art OF coughing
properly 80 that
the spread OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-01
HOW TO COUGH

Having had dinned into their
ears the fact that dangerous dis
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"SUNSHINE lane"
.rHg CRIME DOCTOR"
BY Anne
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-06
DAVENPORT HALL
DAMAGED IN FIRE
Janit0r. His Wife and Daughter Are
Rescued Through Window When
Trapped by Smoke.

Fire broke out in Lee hall on the
Trinity cathedral grounds, Eleventh
and Main streets, Davenport, at $50
yesterday afternoon. The alarm was
sent in by the teachers at Kemper
hall. At 8 o'clock the entire first
floor was in flames.
The damage, amounting to $1,000,
was confined to the basement and first
floor The janitor, Z. PAIL, his wife
and daughter, were in the building
at the time the fire started and the
smoke was so thick that they were
unable to leave their rooms and they
had to be rescued through window
by firemen. The building was re-
decorated at cost of $1,000 last sum-
mer, and this is a total loss. The
fire is supposed to have started from
an over-heated furnace.
Lee hall is one Of the landmarks of
Davenport 1t was built in Civil war
times and was for many years used as
a rectory OF late years Lee hall has
been the headquarters of the Cattle
dral Mems club, has housed a large
library and has served the parish in
other ways.
Through a mistake no insurance
was carried on the building, the par
ish having two policies on another
structure, the Barris hall, on the same
grounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-06

Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the following claims be
allowed, to-wit: Central City Chemical
company, $3.50; j. H. Murray, $6.75;
Superior Chemical company, 1896.
Carried by unanimous vote.
Mayor MCConOchie presented COM
munication from property owners
owning property in the vicinity of
Fourteenth avenue and Forty-frst and
Forty-second streets. giving their per-
mission TO the location of billiard
and pool hall at No. 4103 Fourteenth
avenue, and in accordance Herewith
he offered a resolution that Frank
Schieberl be granted license to con-
duct a billiard and pool hall at No.
4103 Fourteenth avenue, which was
carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the ordinance entitled
AN ordinance providing for the bet
terment of the equipment of the Tri-
City Railway company" be adopted
Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Juhl offered a reso-
luton that the plat of part of Thirty
second street in the city Of Rock Is
land. be adopted. Carried by unani-
nous vote.
Commissioner Juhl submitted a re-
port of the board of local improve
ments recommending the adoption OF
an ordinance providing for the con
struction OF a 10-inch sewer on Third
street from the sewer on Fifth avenue
TO a point 361 feet south OF the soutf