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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-12
SYNOPSIS.
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Brouillard, chief engineer OF the Niquoia
Irrigation dam, meets j. Wesley Cort-
wright and his daughter, Genevieve, and
explains the reclamation work to them.
Cartwright sees in the project big
chance to make money. organizes a COM
pany and obtains government contracts to
furnish power and material for the dam
construction. A busy city springs up
about the site. Steve MasSingale threat
ems to start a gold rush If Brouillard does
does not influence President Ford to build
q railroad branch to the place, thus open
ing an easy market for the ore from the
Little Susan" mine. On visit to Amy
Massingale at her fathers mine Brouil-
lard tells her of his need for money to pay
off his dead fathers debts and that to be
free he would sacrifice anything save his
love for one woman. Though his influence
is vital to the building of the railroad ex-
tension she tells him to be true TO him
self. He decides for it. Mirapolis, the
city of numbered days, booms Cartwright
persuadeS Brouillard to become consult
ing engineer of the consolidated electric
power company in return for $1O0 900 stock,
Permanent building in Mirapolis and
real estate boom are in full swing when
the stoppage of work on the railroad
threatens panic. Brouillard spreads the
Massingale story of placer gold in the
river bed and starts gold rush The gold
rush promises to stop the reclamation
project. Amy tells Brouillard that her IA
Sher has incorporated the Little Susan"
and Is in Cortwright's clutches financial
ly. He tells her he has made $1o0, 600 and
declares his love.
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~ CHAPTER XIV RSsss
The Feast of Hurrahs

Mirapolis the marvellous was a hus-
Ting, roaring, wide-open mining camp
of twenty thousand souls by the time
the railroad, straining every nerve and
crowding three shifts into the 24-hour
day, pushed its rails along the foothin
bench of Chigringo. tossed up it's tenn
porary station buildings, and signaled
it's opening for business by running a
mammoth excursion from the cities Of
the immediate East.
Busy as it was, the city took time
to celebrate fittingly the event which
linked it to the outer world. BY proc
lamation Mayor Cartwright declared a
holiday. There were lavish displays
of bunting, an impromptu trades pa
rade. speeches from the plaza band
stand. free lunches and free liquor
day of boisterous, hilarious triumph.
ings, with, incidentally, much buying
and selling and many transfers of the
precious front foot" or choice cor
ner."
Yielding to pressure, which was no
less imperative from below than from
above, Brouillard had consented to
suspend work on the great dam during
the day of triumphs, and the recla-
nation service force, smaller now than
at any time since the beginning of the
undertaking, went to swell the crowds
on Chigringo avenue. Mr.. Cartwright
had been inexorable, and Brouillard
found himself discomfortingly empha-
sized as chairman of the civic recep-
ton committee.
1t was after his part of the speech
making. and while the plaza crowds
were still believing their approval Of
the modest forensic effort. that he
went to sit beside Miss Cartwright in
the temporary grand stand, hopping
his face and otherwise exhibiting the
after effects Of the unfamiliar strain.
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and the location of the one-half inch
holes for the bowels, which should
extend entirely through the pieces.
Coat the ends of the bowels with glue,
and fasten them with finishing nails
driven through the edges of and B..
Fig. 4 shows a unique rack for dish
towels, with the back board so hinged
that, when the towels hung upon them
have dried and been put away, the
arms may be dropped out of the way
as in Fig, 5.
Fig. 6 shows the dimensions for
board A. Fig. the dimensions for
board B. and Fig. the length of the
broomhandle arms c. The holes in
board B must be of the exact diameter
of the broomhandles. Coat the ends
of the arms with glue, and drive q nail
through the edge of board B into
each.
One pair of hinges is sufficient for
Ringing board B to A. They should
be screwed to the edges as shown at
d Gig. 81. Screw eyes e and F Zig.
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out OF the pocket of the coat, and the
next moment the door opened and
closed and the photographer was left
alone.
Having been planned before there
was city to be considered, the gov
eminent buildings inclosed three sides
OF q small open square. facing toward
the great dam. In the middle of this
open space Brouillard stopped, kicked
up little mound of earth, and stood
the two paper cylinders on it, side by
side.
The tempered glow from the city
electrics made soft twilight in the
little plaza; he could see the wrapper
colors of the two signal fires quite
well. A sharp attack of indecision had
prompted him to place both of them ON
the tiny mound. With the match in
his hand, he was still undecided. Amy
Massingale's words came back to him
as he hesitated: Light the blue one
when you are ready to send me my
message of cheer. :" On the lips
OF another woman the words might
have taken a materialistic meaning:
the miraculous gold discovery would
bring the railroad, and the railroad
would rescue the Massingale mine and
restore the Massingale fortunes.
He looked up at the dark bulk Of
Chigringo unrelieved even by the tiny
tieck of lamplight which he had so
often called his guiding star. Take
me out of your mind and heart and say
which you will have. little girl" he
whispered, sending the words out into
the void of night But only the din
and clamor of city gone wild with
enthusiasm came to answer him. Some
where on the avenue band was play
ing; men were Shouting themselves
hoarse in excitement, and above the
shouting came the staccato cracking
of pistols and guns fired in air
He struck the match and stopped
over the blue cylinder This is your
message of cheer, whether you take it
that way or not" he went on, whisper
/ ing again to the silent void. But when
the fuse of the blue light was fairly
/ fixing he suddenly pinched it out and
held the match to the other.
/
! Up on the high bench of the great
mountain Amy Massingale was pacing
to and fro on the puncheonfoored
porch of the home cabin. The girls
gaze never wandered far from a dark
area in the western edge of the town
the semicircle cut into the dotting
lights and marking the site of the gov
eminent reservation. 1t was when a
tiny stream of sparks shot up in the
center of the dark area that she
stopped and held her breath Then.
when binding flare followed to prick
out the headquarters, the commissary
and the mess house, she sank in de-
spairing little heap on the floor with
her face hidden in her hands and the
quick sobs shaking her like an ague
chill. 1t was Brouillards signal but
it was not the signal of peace; 1t was
the blood-red of revolution and strife
and turmoil
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-12
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: HANDlCRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
!
: A. Nicely HALL DOROTHY PERKINS
an 10
mt by A. Nicely Halll
CORK TOYS.

II you will save the cork from every
empty bottle before 1t is thrown out
or disposed of to the ragman, you
viii soon have enough shapes and
sizes to provide an afternoons fun
OF toymaking. If you do not want
to wait until enough corks have accu-
mulated by this means, you can get
what you will need at drug store.
In addition to corks. you must have
some cardboard. some worsted, beads,
toothpicks. burnt matches, pins and
glue. For cutting the corks use
very sharp knife.
The horse Zig II has a body made
OF two tapered corks, with the small
ends glued together Use the pat.
tern in Fig. 2 for the head, and glue
this in a slot cut across the end of
the body. The legs may be toothpicks
or matches; glue them into holes in
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ttig. 81 sticks upon the end of the
toothpick neck, and the toothpick legs
have beads glued upon their ends.
The duck Gig. 81 is one of the
many floating toys which can be made.
Fig. 10 shows the head and neck, Fig.
II the tail, and Fig IL the keel fas.
tened to the under side of the body
to prevent upsetting. The keel should
be of cardboard coated with paraffin.
Tapering corks make splendid pots
for toy plants for doll house Gig.
15), and plants can be made OF paper
or pieces of artificial ferns.
II you have never made a cork jaVe-
lin to toss at a target, you have missed
lots of fun. Fig. 16 shows how to
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81 are provided for pin II to slip
through when the arms have been
raised, to hold them in that position
Zig. a..
Screw one screw eye into the edge
of board 3 &c, Fig. 81, and two screw
eyes into board A Of, Fig. 81, in the
right positions so when the arms are
raised screw eye e will come between
screw eyes F. Screw eyes G Gigs. 4
and 81 are provided for hangers.
The purpose of the bread-slicing
board Gig. 81 is to make it easy to
slice a loaf of bread so each slice Is
of equal thickness on all edges.
Fig. 10 shows the dimensions for
base A, and Fig. II the dimensions for
uprights B. Block c will keep up
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something; have not the same
promptings; things that / used to
loathe no longer shock me. And there
is no cause. Nothing different has
broken into my life save the best OF
all things-a great love. And you tell
me that the love is unworthy"
No, ] didn't say that; 1 only meant
that you had misconceived it. Love
Is the truest, finest thing we know.
1t can never be the tool of evil; it may
even breathe new life into the be-
numbed conscience"
Again silence came and sat be-
tween them; and, as before, it was the
man who broke it,
You lead me to conclusion that
| refuse to accept Amy; that l am
dominated by some influence which is
stronger than love-"
you are" she said simply.
What is it?"
Environment"
THAT is the most humiliating thing
you have said today"
mo. However much others may be
deluded, am sure you can see Mirap-
oils in its true light. The very air you
breathe down there is poisoned. The
faint is in the blood. Mr.. Cartwright
and his fellow bandits call 1t the Mir
acle City, but the poor wretches on
lower Chigringo avenue laugh and call
it Gomorrah."
"Just at the present moment 1t is a
city of fools-and |, the king of the
fools, have made it So" said Brouillard
gloomily. From his seat on the porch
step he was frowning down upon the
outspread scene in the valley, where
the triangular shadow of Jacks noun
tain was creeping slowly across TO the
foot of Chigringo Something in the
measured eye-sweep brought him to
his feet with hasty exclamation:
Good Lord! the machinery has
stopped! They've knocked off work
on the dam!"
why not?" she said. did you imag-
inc that your workmen were any
less human than other people?"
mo, of course not; that is, but
l haven't any time to go into that
now. Is your telephone line up here
in operation?"
mo, not yet"
Then must burn the wind getting
down there. BY Jove! if those un
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speakable idiots have gone off and
left the concrete to freeze wherever it
happens to be-"
"One moment" she replied, while he
was reaching for his hat. This new
madness will have spent itself by
nightfall-it must. And yet / have
the queerest shivery feeling, as If
something dreadful were going to hap
pen. Can't you contrive to get word
to me, some way-after it is all
over? I wish you could"
"IIl do it," he promised. I'll come
up after supper"
"No, don't do that. You will be
needed at the dam. There will be
trouble, with a town full of disappoint-
ed gold-hunters, and liquor to be had.
Wait a minute" She ran into the
house and came out with two little
paper-covered cylinders with fuses
projecting. Take these: they are
Bengal Iights-some of the fireworks
that Tig bought in Red Butte for the
Fourth. Light the blue one when you
are ready to send me my message
of cheer. / shall be watching for it. :"
''And the other?" he asked.
at is a red light, the signal Of war
and tumults and danger. If you light
it, / shall know"
He nodded, dropped the paper cyl
inders into his pocket, and a moment
later was racing down the trail to
take his place at the helm Of the aban-
doned ship of the industries.
Brouillard descended upon his dis
heartened subordinates like whirl-
wind of invincible energy, electrifying
everybody into instant action. Glass;
man was told off to bring the Indians
who alone were Loyalty Indifferent to
the gold craze, down from the crush
ers, Arson was dispatched to impress
the walters and bellboys from the
Metropole; Leshington was sent to the
shops and the bank 20 turn out the
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NJ CHAPTER XIII On
(L\Tunults and Dangers
- ~ ~ 10y

Brouillard turned on his heel and
choked back the sudden malediction
that rose to his lips. She had called
Mirapolis city Of knaves and dupes;
surely, he himself was the simplest of
the dupes.
I see-after so long a time" he
went on. ''Your brother merely salt
ed few shovelfuls of sand for my
especial benefit. Great heavens, but
was an easy mark"
"Don't!" she cried, and the tears
in her voice cut him to the heart
don't make it harder for me than it
has to be. have told you only what
I've heard my father say, time and
again: that there is no gold in the Nj.
quota river. And you mustn't ask
me to despise my brother. He fights
his way to his ends without caring
much for the consequences to others;
but tell me-haven't you been doing
the same thing?"
Yet you condone in your brother
what you condemn in me-" he COM
planned.
My brother is my brother; and you
ere--let me tell you something, Vic
Tor: God helping me, / shall be no
mans evil genius, and yours least of
all You broke down the barriers
lew minutes ago and you know what
Is In my heart. But / can take it out
OF my heart IL the man who put it
tnere is not true to himself"
Brouillard was silent for a little
space, and when he spoke again it was
rs enc awaking from a troubled dream.
know. There is a change. 1 am
got the same man was few years,
q even few months ago. have lost
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the cork body. The tail is made of
several strands of worsted tied to a
pin Zig. 81, which is stuck into the
body.
The funny little porcupine Gig. ~
has a tapered cork body Gig 81.
toothpick legs, a cardboard head
Gig. g., and toothpick quilts,
Because cork birds and animals are
funny creatures at best, 1t is proper to
devise varieties other than those
found in zoos Fig. 7 shows a pc
culiar specimen Isn't he a dandy
with his ornamental neck? Five
glass beads strung upon toothpick
form the neck, the cardboard head
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(To BE CONTINUED.)
Not the Teapot's Fault.

Pat was very fond of strong tea. He
always praised housekeeper accord
Ing to the strength of the tea she
made. Last Saturday the woman of
the house where Pat worked was pour
ing out the tea for his breakfast. It
was coming out very slowly, and the
good woman asked Pat to excuse the
teapot as 1t had bad spout. Pat mot
liking the look of the teal said sadly:
oh, begor, ma'am, don't blame the
taypot, because anything weak must
go aisy."
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CHAPTER xlI-continued.

He was abashed, confounded; and at
the bottom of the tangle OF conflict
fng emotions there was dull glow of
resentment
Il did it, as / say-for love of you,
Amy; and now / have done a much
more serious thing-for the same rea-
SON"
Tell me-" she said, with a quick
catching of her breath.
Your brother put weapon in my
hands, and have used 1t. There was
one sure way to make the railroad
people get busy again. They couldn't
sit still if all the world were trying
to get to a new gold camp, to which
they already have a line graded and
Qearly ready for the STEEL"
"And you have-?"
He nodded
She had retreated to take her for
mer position, leaning against the porch
post, with her hands behind her, and
she had grown suddenly calm.
Don't look at me that way, Amy"
ne pleaded. you wanted something
and wanted to give it to you. That
was alias God hears me, it was all.
You believe that, Amy? 1t will break
my heart if you don't believe it."
She shook her head sadly.
You don't understand, and can't
make you understandable is the keen
misery of it. If this ruthless thing you
tried to do had succeeded, should be
the most wretched woman in the
world
IF it had succeeded? It has sue
ceeded. Didn't say just now that
the town was crazy with excitement
when left to come up here?"
The girl was shaking her head again.
God sometimes saves us in spite of
ourselves" she said gravely. 1.-THE
excitement will die out. There are no
placers in the Niquoia. The bars have
been prospected again and again"
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rights B the right distance apart for
the slot for the bread knife. Nail up
rights B in place. then slip a saw
through the slots. and cut a small
groove in base A ID. Figs. and ~ 30
the knife will cut through the bottom
bread crust easily.
Strip e Gig. 81 is nailed to the far
edge of base A, to push the bread
against when cutting, and strip +
Zig. 81 fits between uprights Is, on
the end of base A, and should be OF
the proper width so there will be ex-
actly fve-sixteenths Of an inch space
between its inside edge and slot d.
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HANDY THINGS TO MAKE FOR
MOTHER.

For the sleeve board Gig. y you
will require wood three-quarters or
one inch thick, out of which to cut
pieces A and Gigs. 2 and 81, and a
carpenters "dowel'' stick about two
feet long from which to cut four
pieces FIVE inches long for connecting
A and B. Figs. and show the meas
urements for cutting pieces A and B,
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Just imagine feelings of a man
who has blunted his conscience
and turned a questionable trick
in finance in order to please the
girl he loves, and then has been
severely judged by the young
lady when she discovered his
handiwork. What steps will
RrouilIard take to square him.
self in Amy's eyes?
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make one by inserting a needle in the
bottom of tapered cork, and feath-
er in the top.
Enough cork furniture can be de-
vised to furnish a dolls house COM
pletely. Fig. II shows bed. This
has cardboard mattress, cork feets
and pillow of two tapering corks.
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Victor 5rouilIard knows that
he cannot win Amy Massingale
until he pulls from his feet the
nire of this financial trickery.
Hcw will he extricate himself
with clean conscience and a
pccketfuI of money-or can he
do it2
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down there. BY Jove! if those i
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
Marshall Returns for
Notification Ceremony

Indianapolis, September 13.-Vice
President Marshall returned here to-
day from Missouri in readiness for the
ceremony at Tomlinson. hall tomorrow
night at which he will be notified for
mally of his denomination for vice
president by the democratic national
convention at st. Louis last June. The
vice president, who was accompanied
by his wife, was met at the station by
a reception committee Of 25 local dem
ocrats.
The event is expected to bring to-
gether a large number of the demo-
cratic national leaders. Martin H.
Glynn, former governor of New York,
who will deliver the notification speech,
plans to arrive tonight, with Vance
Mccormick. democratic national chair
man, while word has been received
that United States Senator Thomas T..
Walsh, manager of the western demo-
cratic headquarters at Chicago, will
arrive in the morning. In addition 40
Of the So members of the notification
committee and 20 members of the ma
tional committee will attend, accord
ing to kilograms received today. ia
During the day the national lead
ers are expected to hold important po-
litical conferences.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
EPIDEMIC STILL
SHOWING DECREASE
Federal and State Authorities Not
Agreed as to Opening of New
York Schools

New York, September 13.-Federal and
state health officers were not agreed
tonight on the wisdom of again post
poning the opening of the city's public
schools. set for September rs, as a pre-
caution against the epidemic Of infan-
tile paralysis. The federal authorities
were pessimistic, but City Commissioner
Haven Emerson declared he saw no rea-
son why they should not open at the
time set.
Commissioner Emerson announced that
the total of deaths was still under Is per
cent of the total number of cases re-
ported. The number of cases continues to
decrease, but the death rate increased
during the last few weeks
There was decided decrease in the
epidemic of infantile paralysis during
the "a hours ending at 10 a. m. today.
There were only nine deaths, one-half of
yesterdays toll. and 81 new cases. seven
fewer than yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
COAL OPERATORS MEET
AT EMPIRE SATURDAY

The executive and operating Off
Gals who are members of the Ala
bama Coal Operators association will
meet at Empire mines Saturday. A spe-
cial train will be run by the asso-
citation to take out the members and
some invited guests. The day will be
spent in inspecting the properties OF
the Empire Coal company and in hear
ing brief addresses on matters of in
terest to the operators.
The special train over the Frisco will
leave Birmingham Saturday morning
at o'clock and will reach Empire at
1920 o'clock. The return trip will be
made in the afternoon leaving Empire
at 430 o'clock and arriving at Bir-
mingham at $3.50 p. m.
1t is announced by the committee in
charge of the arrangements that per-
sons living on the Southern railway,
west, will find it convenient to get off
the Southern train at Burnwell and
board the Frisco special at Wyatt,
which Is near that point
Some of the ablest Industrial leaders
in the district will take part in the
programme at the meeting Saturday
and large number Of the operators
will be present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
New Orleans Negro Runs
Amuck, Killing Prominent
Man and Wounding Others

New Orleans, September 13-Armed
posses Of citizens and squads of po-
licemen and sheriffs deputies late to-
a negro who shot and killed prom
inent local merchant and wounded four
ether persons. one police sergeant,
following a quarrel with a street car
conductor over transfer.
The dead: Fortune Jaubert, aged 10,
wholesale dry goods merchant, shot
through the heart.
The wounded: Sam Milazzo, street
car conductor, slashed across the face
with a knife.
Police Sergeant John M. Dunn, shot
through the left arm.
Charles Mcbride, private Waterman,
shot through the left hand
Joe Smith, negro boy, shot through
stomach; may die.
According to Milazzo, the conductor
Clay slashed him across the face when
worthless transfer was refused. The
negro then jumped from the car while
IT was in motion and although pursued
by several passengers and the motor
man. managed to escape to his home
several blocks away from where he
soon reappeared with rifle and opened
fire on the crowd.
Mr.. Jaubert rounded the street cor
ner in an automobile accompanied by
his wife and granddaughter just be-
fore the negro started to shoot. 1t was
believed the first bullet fired by Clay
struck the merchant. The others We're
wounded when Clay. from behind a
telephone pole, fired several rounds
into the crowd.
The shooting occurred in the up
town residence section of the city.