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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
4 Romance OF Busy City Life
Agnes Takes Some Letters From the Partner Of Her
Employer.
Employer.

Agnes entered. Agnes. going te the
closet TO hang up her coat and hat
noticed that Mr. Bainbrid-es own
stenographer was not in her usual
place and that the door Of MS office
stood open As the newcomer passed
Annie the latter commented on this
fact
odd hard-face isn't coming back
this afternoon. ] guess. she OBJ
served she had headache and
asked the tHSS TO let her off. He
told Larry Just now that he'll have
To- get on" of the other stenographers
10 take some dictation from him
bet I won't Toe the one TO do it,
Before Agnes could reply she heard
her name spoken. and. turning. saw
that the red haired officehoy was at
her side
/ New Ea:;ssoyer-
Miss Morley he announced. Mr..
Bsinbridge says that if Mr. Hale is
not come back Yet he wishes you'd
tiers for him. Miss DU-kee. his stem
ographer, you know. is gone home
~I-I-think perhaps Mr. Hale-s
haven't been IN his office Yet. and
] am late already Please explain
that 10 Mr. cambridge. Will you?"
Yes, Joe. You go tell him just
that Miss Rooney struck in with de
cision- You give him Miss Morley's
message straight"
lie won't like it." Joe warned
her And Mr. Hale's not in yet any
how"
You're all TO the good Annie
murmured IS the boy moved off
Don't You let old Bainbridge boss YOU.
Hes sure got a cast-iron nerve and
he keeps 1t right with him all the
time"
Agnes hurried away without ack-
noWledEiue these comments Enter
ing Mr. Hale's office she found il
empty. as she had known il would
be. II was not Yet the hour at which
he had said he expected TO return.
She closed the door softly behind
her and. crossing the room hastily.
seated herself at the machine and
slipped into il q slip OF paper Then
she began to work fiercely. as T she
had not moment TO spare.
No sentence would come TO her head
but the one that is often used by
operators To test the condition of =
machine
Vow Is the time for all good men
10 come 10 the aid of their party" she
pounded out with feverish speed.
Again and again she wrote II until
quarter of the sheet Of paper was
covered with the Inscription. Then
she started another test sentence
This Is the type Of work done by
this machine"
This line had been written hut three
times when the door into the outer
office opened and Mr.. cambridge en-
tered.
To Re Continued
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07


GNES MORLEY ate little lunch
a con that noon. She had thought
L y that she was hungry before she
left the office. but when she reached
the street she appreciated that she
had gone past the time when she was
m the habit OF eating and really WAS
conscious OF no desire for food -
she knew it would be foolish 90 at
. tempt to get through the afternoon
without any nourishmeut
She paused in the doorway of the
great office building and looked down
the sunlit street. She rememhere9
that the restaurant TO when Sh' dllu
Annie Rooney had gone toSelist vas
some eight block away
II was now half past one and Tue
new employe did not want 10 1CtIi !
to her post later than me pIheI !, u - -
She decided that IL would be wen lor
her to seek an eating place near d.
hand
where in this neighborhood- she
oueried one Of the elevator start
ers~ who was Just returning from
his own luncheon
sure there is ne repheu- -
UP TO the next corner then turn To
the left and walk half a bloc%--
She followed his directions ana
entered a place displaying heaps OF
withered strawberries IN the WIN
dow.
Externally it resembled many other
lunch rooms bearing names IN huge
white letters across their glass fronts
\ Inside the door the resem blance ceased
The tables were covered with worn
oilclOth. much splashed with coffee and
onther beverages
Mattresses in soiled dresses and
spotted aprons called out their orders
in stentOrian tones 10 a chef on the
other side Of the open slide at the end
OF the room Smells OF cooking now
going on mingled with odors of the
dead and gone lunches Of many EeSter-
days.
Agnes seated herself at table and
ordered a chicken sandwich rms d.
least might look clean. she hoped
II looked clean enough, but was
made OF stale bread and dry. taste
Poor Meal.
'Whatu You have TO drink the
waitress asked.
said somehow the idea OF drinking
milk here was not pleasant. and she
did not want such tea or coffee as this
esta blishment might afford
. The water was brought IN a ihlc
\ glass with p generous lump of ice in
IT, She regarded II gratefully L looked
clear and refreshing
But as she lifted the glass toward
her lips her glance fell upon the rim.
This bore the distinct outline Of nu-
merous greasy lips. She realized sud
denly that the tumbler had only been
refilled. not washed. after each using
today she set il down with I sick
Qualm-
Give me my check, please" she told
the waitress family
Reaching the street again. she smiled
At her own disgust 1t cost me ten
cents 10 learn 10 avoid that kind Of q
place hereafter she unused Il would
rather go without food than risk "a
repetition Of that experience
It would have been better, shc
reflected. 10 have gone 10 drug
store and taken an ecg-and milk
shake, Yet there was no drugstore am
nearer than was the restaurant she and
Annie Rooney had visited
Miss Rooney was already in the
outer office and al her desk when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
100 Rooms of Solid Comfort

Hotel Savoy. Overland and Stanton;
everything new. strictly modern: cam
be beat for price; $3.50 week uD.-AdV-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
Little Bobbiie Spa

By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

w e o5 Mas "a" ea eaa@ was ass sa s:
he is a yunS man MANNED
Henry Hale. he calm from Ohio. lie is
going TO he a CRATE ritter. he sed.
Well. Henry sed Pa. wen Ma in-
terduced him * Joala about his rite
ings. I am glad you have picked out
man sized job. Beeius a crate ritter
is sum job. You wont ever feel like
YOU are on vacashun wen YOU set on
that job.
I know sed Pa. beekaus I have
did sum riteins myself II is hard
JOB. eeVen for brite mind like mine.
I often have riter-s hed-ake. sed Pa
witch Gums from deep thoughts. May
be you wont git that sed Pa.
I have every reeson TO think 7 shall
succeed. sed Henry Hale I Won three
prizes i'm skool for rlteing ESSAYS one
of them ESSAYS. he sed- called Doe
the Soul Fly Hitler. Won the praise Of
the whole skool hoard. he sed- Thay
eeven sed II was too deep for them
You dOant want TO be so deep II
You are a ritter. Sed Pa You want 10
remember that the tired bisness men
d thare untIrcd wifes don't want -
reed things TO maik them think Th2T
want TO read things TO maik them
Iaff
Ihat Is Jest ware liiIer from l'--
sed Mister Hale. The peepul Of today
must be made to think 7 propose TO
n,aik them think They will have 70
think after thay read one of my
books
,larbe tIar VIII think heefoer tnay
buy yure books. sed Pa 7 have me-
several reform rirers that rote novels
* then happened To find our thar they
ouddeat sell them The peepul are q
funny lot Of reeders. sed Pa. rote
grand book onst * 90 dideut sell al an
IT IL had sold. sed IA. the whole world
u nd have known Of my fame 10y now
II IS good thing ir didsur sell. sei
Ma. The cririCks that reviewed il sed
that ii VAS plot so vague that spy
glass cuddent find T.. q thay eeveu
sed tine dicll-shuu was rerched-
That shows YOU now much crlticks
know about books. sed Pa II criucks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07

know so much about riteinS books.
why doant thay rite a few themselfs2
one of the criticks sed you was
spelling n possibel blacksmith to maik
a vary poor novelist. 7 toad Pa
That viii do from you, Bobbie. sed
Pa. ] doaut want TO hear any moar
from you. Pa was kind Of red in the
face
Yer win fame2 sed Mister Hale
Not unless You jump off Brooklyn
Bridge or talk sum new kind Of drug
to croak yureself. sed Pa. That way
YOU mite git yure naim in the paper
After Mister Hale was gone Ma sed
10 Pa now. deerest luv. You see how
ridiklus IL sounds TO peepul Wen you
say you are a ritter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
IIEBERG COUNTY JUDGE
DRIVES HERE WITH FAMILY

Judge 3 ". wilson. county judge OF
KIe1er- county. Texas. and resident
OF Kingsvillc. arrived IN the city Satur-
dav morning driving Maxwell tour
iuE car
M Wilson was accompanied by MS
% f. and four children and VIII he the
guest OF his fatheriulav- W \
,-Dad-l Waruock. ar ms home on Ma
coffin avenue for some time The trip
Of 500 miles from Kinesville 10 III Psso
was made without incident accordinS
20 judge Wilson. VINO states that the
roads are fu an excellent condition a
present and there is much travel
present and there Is much OF travel
Success cafe. special dinner @5c--
Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
Use "Tiz' for aching, burn
ing, puffed-up feet and
corns or callouses.

Goodbye, sore feet, burning feet,
swollen feet. tender feet. tired feet
Goodbye. cOrns. callouses. ounions
and raw spots. No more shoe tishtness.
no more limpinS with pain OF drawing
M YOUR face in agony. "Tiz' is mag
icaI acts right off. "Tiz'' draws out all
the poisonous eXudatiOns which puff Up
the feet Use "Tiz' and wear smaller
shoes Use 'Tiz' and forget your foot
misery All. how comfortable your feet
feel
Get a 25-cent box Of "Tiz' now at
any druggist or department store Don't
suffer. Have good feet, glad feet. feet
that never swell, never hurt. never get
tired. A years foot comfort guaranteed
or money refunded.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
MEXICAN JOSTLES PATTERSON:
FEELS FOR WATCH; is GONE

!. p. Patterson. Of 212 Mills street.
reported 10 the police department Sat
urday night that his pocket had been
picked OF a gold watch while walking
In the business district Saturday af-
ternoOn.
Patterson did not miss the watch I'M
I'll affer he had been jostIed by a Mexi-
can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07
$1,000 Makes a Round Trip
On Tucson Car Untouched;
Moiornan Gets s. and Hug

Tucson. Ariz.. Aug "A small satchel
containing $4,000 in good United States
currency made a round trip by itself
on a seat Of a Tucson street car. un-
touched TIL the motorman, James Whit
tiuctou. happened TO spy IL on his next
trip. at the center of the city ne was
accosted bv four excited MeXicans. VINO
satisfied hum that the satchel and its
contents Were their property For re
ward ne was embraced and given 50
He believes the NexiCans were refugees
from across the line
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07

AUTOMOBILES CANNOT BE
PARKED IN PLAZA AT NIGHT

Pioneer plaza as a parking place for
automobiles n night has been banned
by police chief 3. J. Zabriskie. and
saturday night all motorists who left
their cars there were told 10 move
them Many drivers Of automobiles
have made a practice of leaving their
automobiles IN the plaza overnight
where they VIII not be disturbed This
practice will be discontinued. as al
drivers caught with their cars standing
over 20 minutes viii he arrested.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-07

meeting OF the Current Events
club occurred on one of the rain
Il lest days OF the season. Every
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21

studying his desktop. Then with his
grim mouth fixed he crossed to the
rear door and opened it, stepping out
into the hall and peremptorily called
for his butler as he did so.
Manley, returning from his errand,
at the same moment stepped into the
room from another door. He stared at
the girl as he stopped to pick up his
pocket camera.
"Who are your" he pertly inquired,
as Golden re-entered. the room.
But his eyes. the next moment, were
on neither Golden nor the girl. His
gaze passed beyond those two strange
ly diverse figures to yet third, the
crouching figure of an eavesdropper
clinging to the wistaria vines that
framed the huge window on the far
side of the room.
Manley, crossing the room on the
run, took the window, glass and all, in
one leap. He landed on a hydrangea
bush even as the burly eavesdropper
dropped to the grass beside him. The
next moment the two men clinched.
The fight was an uneven one, but
Manley stuck to his man. He stuck
to him until that worthy, with a sud
den blow on the jaw, sent the 1.-the
bodied young secretary staggering to
the ground.
Before Manley could recover him
self, the mysterious eavesdropper
broke away, vaulted to the street and
signaled to waiting automobile.
Then Manleys senses came back to
him, and rolling over into the open
roadway, he took the camera from his
pocket and held it between him and
the disappearing touring car. He
pressed the spring. knowing that
his telescope lens would carry to the
waiting film the secret of that mys-
terious cars license number.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21
councIlwoman at Work.

A fight against the unsightly, I'M
sanitary and value wrecking billboards
of Los Angeles has been reopened by
Estelle Lawton Lindsey, councilwom-
an of that city. Mrs. Lindsey an
nounced recently that she would at
once renew the fight to bar the bill
boards from the residence districts
and would ask the council to pass the
ordinance barring them. This meas
ure provides that the consent of
majority OF the property owners in
the same block must be obtained be-
fore a billboard nay be erected in a
residence district. The Chicago ordi-
nance was the model for this Los An
geles bill and the supreme court of
Illinois upheld the measure in Chi
cago, but the billboard posters ap-
pealed to the Supreme court of the
United States and the case is still
pending.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21
Home bwT||
! Y Helps Y !
HAVE LAWN CENTERS OPEN
Proper Placing of Trees and Shrubs
Should Always Be Made an I'M
portant Consideration.

Let your lawn centers remain open
and clear that the whole yard may
appear as large as possible; generous,
yet well framed with plant shrubs and
trees on all sides. II you must have
a Phoenix Canariensis on 40-fOot
lot, place II in the rear where 1t may
also serve as a shade tree, though the
same rules properly should obtain in
the back yard as in the front yard.
Better TO use fan palms If you will
have some, or the beautiful columhar
cocos. Do not plant in the center
or centers so that one or two large
objects may alone be viewed by you,
but frame your greensward or picture
with shrubs, even trees, so that you
will have n little privacy and snug
ness, a limited seclusion, so that you
feel as though on your own property.
This open-face, look-at-me type of gar
dening so prevalent is not at all con-
elusive to home life, and is founded
not on generosity and unselfShness,
but on false pride and a desire to
"show OFF," Every true plant lover
has at least a part of his grounds Sc
cluded; and somewhere on the prem
ises may be found. if of sufficient ex-
tent, some suggestion of intricacy OF
design, without which no garden is
very interesting or attractive unless
IN a spectacular sort of fashion, and
the latter is debasing to the art.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21
DEMAND FOR SHADE TREES
Massachusetts Journal Recognizes the
Value Of Proper Adornment Of the
City's Streets.

A real good hot summer day brings
nome to Bridgeport the shame Of
shadeless streets. In this case il is
burning shame. and no mistake. We
wonder what administration will devel-
op the foresight and public spirit TO
take the steps necessary at the present
for the assuring Of shade trees for the
future?
Shade trees add TO the value Of prop
erty They help TO keep the city cool
in summer. They conserve public
health and comfort. They please the
eye and are one of the greatest fac
tors in the Identification of a city.
People have an instructive apprecia-
ton of trees-all the world knows that
New Haven is a city of elms, and the
most famous street in Germany is'"Un-
ter den Linden" Poets have rhapso-
died over trees, and Handel wrote his
famous Largo" in celebration of a
plain tree, which afforded grateful
shade to the composer. And the prac-
teal advantages of trees are equal to
the esthetic advantages. But it is un-
necessary to cite these facts, because
practically everybody agrees. What
is needed is the taking of definite steps
TO assure shade trees in the future and
to counteract the lack of such a prOvi-
sion in the past.-Bridgepor (Mass.)
Telegram.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21
Wild Rose Hedqe.

Wherever there is wild rose hedge
It should be retained and encouraged,
if the blossoms are of a good shade.
Otherwise one should try to get in Il
more pleasing variety. Wild roses diff
Ter enormously In their color tints,
ranging all the way from very pale to
u very deep and beautiful pink. Evil
IDENTIFY there are great many varie-
ties among wild roses. There is
fixed belief that wild roses will not
stand being picked. The writer one
Sunday morning attended church in
Minneapolis, where wild roses were
twined in great profusion about the
pillars and balconies of the church.
They were there by the thousands and
had been there for many hours. They
retained their freshness throughout
the day. The secret of their retaining
freshness was TINT they had been
gathered very early in the morning be-
fore sunrise and while covered with
dew. Some varieties of wild roses
seem to bloom till very late. The writ
or has picked wild roses as late as
September, and in Cook county, too
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21

one OF the largest windows commsn-
deered for the installation of a
strangely complex apparatus used in
Stems electric .waVe-projector (which
was announced to be the latest i'm
provement on wireless). but the upper
and lower floors of the suites were
connected by a smooth-walled shaft
which. II was explained, would make
easier the passage back and forth OF
chemicals and apparatus needed by
the illustrious Doctor Stein In his
carefully guarded experiments.
Equally we'll prepared was Legar's
second base of activities, the secret
subcellar beneath the Owls Nest. This
second warren, deep as IL stood I'M
foreground, was also provided with
secret passageway leading into a wa
ter-gate opening on the East river IT,
self.
II was from both these points that
Legar was conducting his campaign
against his old-time enemy Enoch
Golden. And both of these points
might have remained as we'll hidden
as their user sim dreamed them to be
had il not been for the casual agency
of a pocket camera. For less than an
hours work in the Office of the regis
ter of automobiles had duly shown
Manley that license No. 6249 belonged
to one Prof. Herman Stein OF AZ Maple
avenue. Yet Manley, armed as he was
with the knowledge Of this cars iden-
tity, showed no undue haste in inter-
fering with its movements. For still
another hour of cautious shadowing
on the part of Golden's private secre-
tary provided him with the knowledge
that Doctor Stein was in the habit Of
motoring from Maple avenue to the
Central Tower building, and from that
prosperous skyscraper to an humble
point within block OF the Owls Nest
itself. Thirty minutes later found
Manley in a telephone booth, talking
to his employer.
Have you received any message
from that man Legar?" asked the
younger man, after impatiently ex-
planning who he was.
Il have received a message, but l
don't know it came from Legar"
Then how did you get it?"
1T was thrown through my house
window folded up in beer bottle"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21

az the milk-white skin. Then a groan
OF disappointment broke from his
throat.
mo the mark is not there!"
what mark?" asked the wondering
girl.
my daughter carried a scar on her
right arm. My men, when she was a
child on Windward island. caught and
killed a shark. The child, when no one
watched her, thrust hand in between
the bru:e's jaws. Those dying Jaws
closed on the flesh, and an iron bar
had to De used to open them again.
And they said that scar would always
stay with her."
The girl, wide-eyed, dropped back
into the armchair.
why, / seem to remember" she
said. staring before her. 81 seem to
remember years ago. rows and rows
OF sharp teeth and the sudden pain as
those teeth came together"
But the scarf" cried Golden.
There is no scarf"
Il seem to remember about that
too. II was long ago, after Legar had
brought me across water. and then
miles and miles in railway train. |
remember him taking me to man
who wore round eyeglasses, and show
ing him my arm. This man gave me
something to make me sleep. But
when l wakened my arm was sore
again, for weeks and weeks. And
when 1t healed the scar was gone.
remember" But she stopped sud-
denly, for the telephone bell close be-
side Golden shrilled out a sudden call.
Mechanically the man at the desk took
up the receiver, his eyes still on the
girl facing him.
This is Eastman of the central Of
flee speaking" said the voice over the
wire. "A short while ago a young
woman was seen entering your
house."
well, what of it?" was the impa-
tient inquiry.
Our office merely wants to warn
you that the girl is Blonde Casey, the
come-on for the Cookson gang. She's
the smoothest swpdler in the bust
ness And as long as that baby-eyed
she-crook is in your house. Golden,
your house will be in danger!"
Golden hung up his receiver and sat
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21

"Will you please read me that mes
sage. And quickly. for this is impor-
tant"
Here 1t is" answered the bewil-
dered voice over the wire. "'You are
keeping Blonde Casey a prisoner in
your house. Unless you liberate her
within an hour your house will go up
in flames. And after that house, your
next house, and the next 1t is signed
The Cooksoh Gang But what am l
to believe? What am / to do? And
what is the answer to all these mys-
teries?"
Whatever you do, don't let them
get that young woman away from
you'll"
Family the listener could hear the
sound of sudden calls, of quick ques-
tions and answers and counter-ques-
ton. Then the voice of Golden was
once more frantically calling him over
the wire
"Manley, Manley, is that you?
You've spoken too late. Wilson, my
butler, has just hurried in to me here.
len minutes ago a stranger claiming
to be a meter inspector got entrance
to the house. Do you hear me, they've
taken that grill She's gone!"
Gomez" echoed Manley. Then /
haven't time to stand here talking"
Yet, Enoch Golden, even as Manley
himself, had little time for talking
over that strange abduction. For two
minutes later his still flurried butler
announced the arrival of James Girls
void, the president of the Union
Traders bank, on urgent business.
Golden" began that visitor almost
as soon as he had crossed the thresh-
old, Il have counted myself among
your friends. But when l receive a
note like this, threatening me and my
business, regard 1t as about time to
see you, face to face"
Golden took the sheet of paper from
the bankers hand. He stood regard
ing it with troubled eyes. For it read
you are a friend of Enoch Golden,
the oppressor of the poor, the scaven-
ger of unclean gold. The blow that is
about to fall on you and your bank
falls because of this alliance with evil
doors. You are warned"
The grim-jawed millionaire turned
on his visitor.
THAT is not ALL" declared the bank.
or. Nor is this afternoons paper,
with its bitter attack on you and
your tenements all. But three hours
later my fellow banker, Gresham II
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1916-09-21
The Arrows Of confIaoration.

Jules Legar, in his role as master
of underworld activities, was both
adroit in his engagement of the serv-
ices of others and painstaking in the
preparation of the field wherein they
should labor. Like the humble weasel,
he held that every warren should have
both an exit and an entrance.
So when Legar and his scientific
friend, DIR. Herman Stein, engaged
their triple-fioor Office suite at the top
of the Central Tower building, they In
sisted ON certain structural altera-
tons I'm those Offices. Not only was