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only ask that you will accept this
chance"
Never p she cried, flushing angrily.
"Why not2"
Because love Jerry. And have
promised to be true to him"
"Jerry is dead There is not one
chance in a million Of his having sur
vived. Both the ships boats were
found, one destroyed one empty"
II will never give up believing in
him." said Leontine.
"In his survival"
"In that and In him. do not love
Sebastian"
John Walcott looked at her in his
aggrieved way. He did not pretend
to understand the obstinacy of his
daughters nature. But he understood
human nature well enough to realize
that she was not at present to be over
come.
He told Sebastian, who set himself
out to be as sympathetic as his nature
would permit. With the exercise of
good deal Of self-cOntrOl he discard
ed the lover and spoke Of his accept
ance Of her decision, and his wish
that they should be friends. Weeks
rolled on, turned into months, and
vanished. 1t was nearly year after
Jerry's departure that Sebastian lifted
not threw off-the mask.
He told her that, If he could never
win her love, he wanted her com.
partnership. Would she not marry him
as formality and nothing more? She
should be free, merely the gracious
mistress of his hacienda. He would
lay everything at her feet.
Leontine refused, but she was
touched by the mans offer. His seem
ing devotion had affected heart soft
ened by the death Of Jerry.
That night her father told her that
unless She married Sebastian he was
q ruined man. Otherwise he could not
bring himself to ask the loan which
would convert failure into success.
LeOntine was shaken. What did It
matter so long as she took only Sc
bastan's name, now that Jerry was
de9d7
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leased him and stopped to pick up the
forged receipt, which had fallen to the
ground. AS he did so, Diego, misin-
terpreting the action, and thinking
that Jerry was about to attack him
again, stumbled as he tried to escape,
slipped and fell backward, striking his
head upon the heavy ornament which
Jerry had thrown down.
His head crashed on the knobbed
metal. He threw up his hands and
struggled to rise. A singular change
passed over his face; he opened his
lips, muttered, and then fell back and
lay still.
Jerry stopped over the PROSTATE
man. Diego was dead.
Mortified, Jerry rose to his feet and
stood staring down at the dead man.
He picked up the iron ornament,
now stained and splotched with blood.
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Simply, senorita, that when man
gives note, or an |. .. u, or receipt
for moneys advanced on the strength
Of the existence of piece Of property,
how does one describe his actions in
afterward pocketing the proceeds In
stead Of paying his debit"
Are you insinuating anything
against Mr. CarsonY Leontlne asked.
Yes, senorlta," answered Diego
boldly. "YOu are aware that when
my brother was In New York last year
he took with him an Introduction from
Senior WalcOtt TO Mr. Carson"
mo, | did not know It," said Leon
tine "Well?"
MY brother knew Mr.. Carson well.
Mr.. Carson, in fact, borrowed a con-
siderable sum Of money from him in
order to detray the expenses of this
journey. And then-well, when the
property was sold the money went
Into the schooner instead Of going
back to my brother"
LeOntine could not help laughing at
the f1imsy trick.
"f you understood Mr.. Carson"
she said you would know that such
thing Is impossible"
Diego Navarro put his hand into his
pocket and pulled out document.
DO me the honor to look at that
senorita," he said.
1t was a receipt for large sum Of
money, advanced by Sebastian to Jerry
Carson on the security of the property
which he had inherited from his faith
er OF course, the signature was
fraud. Sebastian had never seen Jerry
in America, but John Walcott, who
did not understand the qualifications
Of the plot, had agreed to say that he
had given a letter Of introduction in
case Leoutine questioned him.
The signature was clumsy fraud,
too clumsy for Leontine, who had
half a hundred of her lovers letters.
ut is fraudulent" she said calmly,
handing it back to the man. "Mr. Car
son is not thief"
At that moment Jerry, in burning
anger. enter Il the room. Hot, dusty,
ave-staincd. his skin burned to q
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On the next day Sebastian renewed
his suit. This time he got a tentative
acceptance. LeOntine was weakening
she said that she would consider and
tell him later
Jerry Carson, picked up by pass
ing tramp ship from the rock on which
he had lived so long, landed at the
nearest port to Porto Delgado and
made his way afoot to the place which
held all his hearts aspirations.
The villagers stared in amazement
at the man who had seemingly returned
from death. They crowded round him.
"ln truth, Sebastian will not be
pleased, now that he will find himself
in rivalry again with this Gringo,
said an old crone to her neighbor.
Jerry heard and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. Soon he had It, Reluctant
ly-for the Spaniard hates TO retail I'M
pleasant news-they confessed that
Sebastian was daily visitor ut the
house of the merchant, and that his
engagement to Leontine was an ar
ticle Of faith in the village.
Burning with anger. which he stroye
to keep down because of his faith in
his beloved, Jerry made his way up
the street. The villagers watched him
and shrugged their shoulders. "A
woman is tickle they murmured to
one another.
Meanwhile the last act of the con-
spiracy was being performed in the
merchants house. Diego Navarro,
Sehastian's brother, was pleading Sc
bustanS cause. He had tried to dis
parage Jerry before. but had repent
ed quickly. Now he hoped to overturn
the last scruple in the girls mind.
This Mr.. Carson" said Diego, in
his soft, well-modulated voice, sin or
der TO defray the expenses of his
schooner trip, he sold some property
which had come TO him from his late
father, did he not?'
"Really, senior, why should you ask
me about Mr. Carsons atfairs?" in
quired the girl.
Nevertheless, it is true, senoritaf"
well, what if it is?"
"Well, senOrta you know my
brother is an honorable man, and
would never have taken an unfair adj
vantage. Let the blame OF what may
happen 70 your opinion fall on my
devoted head" he added patting his
sleek curls.
~ do not understand you" said Lee
ontine looking Diego straight In the
face
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FIRST EPISODE
Treasured

i'orto Delgado slept in the burning
afternoon. The white house fronts.
which reflected the suns intolerable
rays, looked down on the empty street
that wound from the brown grasses
of the Argentine pampas into the
pampas again. The green jalousles
were drawn fast. Nobody stirred, ex-
cept a few fishermen upon the wharf,
where lay trim, Yankee-built
schooner, the Portland Girl.
Upon her deck, patch of white
against the blue Of the sky, u girl
was standing. Beside her was a young
man, eagerly watching her face.
1t was great moment for each of
them. Leontine Walcott, the only
daughter of an American business
man settled In the little Argentine
port, had come to bid farewell to her
lover, who was about to sail on one
Of the strangest cruises that man has
ever made.
jerry Carson, who had chartered
the schooner, was successful Ameri-
can writer. He had met Leontine In
the United States two years before,
when her father had taken her there
on one Of his infrequent business
trips. He had always been interested
In marine exploration. A few months
earlier he had made discovery while
gathering material for d novel In the
Bahamas. On the strength of 1t he
had chartered the schooner and gOna
to Porto Delgado, which was not only
the starting point for his strange
quest, but also the home Of the woman
whom he had come to love more than
anything in the world.
II shall look across the sea every
day In the hope of seeing your ship
come sailing home, laden with treas
ure," said the girl softly.
Jerry Carson hung upon her words
eagerly. He took Eeontine's hands
In his.
you believe In me-" he said half
wistfully. ''Do you know you are the
only human being who does? All the
rest have called me fool. Even my
captain thinks / am fool. And your
father"
He looked at her questioningly. Lee
ontine laughed happily.
"My father Is man of business
she answered. 1T Is natural that he |
should put no faith in your idea"
II suppose it does sound impos-
sible," he admitted. But that bottle
with the message in it, which picked |
up on the shores of the Bahamas, was
unQuestionably genuine. 1t was signed |
by Joseph Dexter-the message | |
mean. You have heard Of him?"
mo, Jerry" said Leontine frankly. |
Dexter was big man in his day. |
His Ideas We're often derided as errat- |
ic; nevertheless, they sometimes |
proved practical, and he was recog-
nized as the master of synthetic chem
istry Even his worst enemies grant
ed that he knew more than the lot of |
them put together What they sneered |
at was his lack Of practically. Well,
perhaps they were right. Anyway,
he disappeared"
Dexter"
Eyes. Nine or ten years ago. You
wouldn't remember, but It made
great sensation at the time. He had
chartered ship-like myself-to ex-
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plore the South Atlantic. The ship
was wrecked. He was never heard Of
again. His will was probated, and
that was the end until l picked up his
message"
Jerry many people have sailed to
find Sir Henry Morgan's treasure, "
said Leontine.
"And failed to find 1t. But it Is
found, dear Dexter wrote that It was
found-found on the deserted South
Atlantic rock known as Ravengars
Ledge Not to be found, but found"
Leontine laid her hand impulsively
a. Jerry's arm.
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Francis Bacon there is given a cipher
which Bacon devised in his 1..early
youth when in Paris, called the BIZ
literal cipher; that the witness,
Elizabeth Wells Vallup, has applied
that cipher according to the direc-
tons left by Francis Bacon, and has
found that the name and character
of Shakespeare were used as a mask
by Francis Bacon to publish philo-
sophical facts, stories and state
ments contributing to the literary. re-
naissance in England which has been
the glory of the world.
The court further finds that the
claim of the friends of Francis Ba-
con, that he is the author Of said
works of Shakespeare, and the facts
and circumstances in the real biblio-
graphy of the controversy over the
question of authority and the proofs
submitted, convinced the court that
Francis Bacon is the author.
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: little places big bargains are often

in little places big bargains are often
found. -
High prices are here, and we as a
community can not prevent what a
whole nation must endure. .sBut-~we
can, and should, prevent the unneces-
|sary loss of pennies through CONNER
cial Indifference! and neglect.
This is not day of philanthropy,
and merchants are not advertising
for the sake of handing their money
over to the publisher. They are do
ing it, because they have the goods
and make the prices to back up their
advertisements, and it is to the finan.
cial interest of the consumer to dis
(sect every advertisement and take ad-
vantage of every opportunity thus
afforded
The expense of reading an ad is
nothing but a little time when not
otherwise engaged. The savings may
run into dollars.
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HIGH PRICES AND LOST PENNIES

In these days of high prices and
expensive living it behooves us to
guard the pennies with a far seeing
eye.
Bad pennies sometimes return, but
good ones seldom do.
1t therefore becomes our duty,
when we part with a good penny, to
secure the greatest possible returns
for it. Lost pennies soon mount in
to dollars, and the vanishing dollar
blazes the way to poverty and event
ual nowhere.
You can save the pennies and re-
tain the dollars if you will read care
fully each day the advertisements in
this paper. They will tell you at
which stores you can get the best
bargains, where quality is of the best
and price is at the minimum, where
your true interests lie when you go
out to spend the money that comes
to you from hours of heavy and un-
ceasing toll.
None of us may hope to save all
that we earn, for we must live, and it
takes money these days to even exist.
We must spend a good portion of
our earnings, often all Of them, and
the judgment and care we use in that
expenditure will determine in a con-
siderable measure the enjoyment and
pleasures of life.
If we buy at haphaZzard we too
frequently pay dearly for our in
difference and lack of economical
foresight, whereas if we are prudent
and assimilate the knowledge that is
laid before us we at least have the
satisfaction of knowing that we have
done the best that we could do under
existing circumstances.
Again we suggest, and emphasize,
that the wise and prudent course to
pursue is to read carefully each day
the advertisements in this paper.
Read them all, every one of them, for
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COMMENTS ON THE WAR.

It's passing strange that none of
those Floating mines" ever sink al
! lied battleships.- Times.
Captain Franz Won Papen has been
{ sent to Holland to "do similar to that
which he did in America" The
Dutch do have their troub1es.-New
York World.
The Italian press wonders why we
don't go to war with Germany. Why
doesn't Italy?-COlumbia State.
An international court of bank
ruptcy seems the likeliest future~de-
velopment at The Hague.-Wall
Street Journal.
DR.. Spathn, leader Of the Centerist
party in the Reichstag, says that
l"Americans of German descent have
indeed endeavored to create a senti-
ment for our view, unfortunately
without success" Why not also
give due credit to the German sub
marine commanders? - New York
World.
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BACONIZING SHAKESPEARE

Three hundred years ago Sunday,
Shakespeare died.
Saturday, Shakespeare was de-
priyed Of the authorship of his works
by a Chicago court of law and the
authorship of his works was given to
Lord Francis Bacon.
The judges decision is the out
come Of suit brought by motion
picture man for an injunction to re-
strain the publication of works at
tempting to prove the Baconian
theory. The Judge ruled not only in
favor of Bacon against Shakespeare,
but also awarded $4,000 damages be-
cause of the temporary injunction.
In his decision giving judicial
backing to the claims that Lord Ba =
con wrote the dramas and poems
commonly attributed to Shakespeare,
Judge Tuthill said:
That William Shakespeare was
born April %, 1864, that he went to
London about 1886 or 1887; that for
time thereafter, he made his living
working for Burbage; that he later
became an actor at Burbage's thea
ter and in travelling theatrical COM
panies that he retired about 1909 or
1910 to live in Standardization,
where he engaged in business to the
time of his death on April %, 1916,
and that Shakespeare was not an
the court finds true.
The court further finds that Fran
els Bacon was born Jan. rs, 1860;
that he was educated not only in
English, but in French, Latin, 1tal
ian, German, and had a general edu
cation equal or superior to any one
of his age; that he was a compiler
of book of 1900 axioms and phrases
selected from the greatest authors
and books of all time; that in his
youth literary people were frOwned
upon in England, but in Paris, lit
erary people were in favor of the
reigning powers and literature was
having a renaissance
Bacon went to Paris in his early
youth and spent several years in this
atmosphere.
The court takes judicial notice OF
historical facts and facts we'll known,
and finds that there has been for so
years controversy over the author
ship of certain works which were
published shortly after the death of
Shakespeare and attributed to Shake
speare; that the question has always
been an open question among schol-
ars of equal authority and standing
in the world of letters, literature and
knowledge as to the authorship of
the above mentioned works, and that
a vast biography estimated at by
those who are in position to know,
at 10000 volumes-has been writ
ten in discussion of the vexed ques-
ton. .:.-
The court further finds that by the
published and acknowledged works OF
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STATE GEOGRAPHICAL
NAMES AND THEIR HIS
TORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

prepared by the Mime
sofa Historical Society for the
X United Press.)
DAKOTA COUNTY
This was one of the coun-
K ties established by the first
territorial legislature in 1849.
K 1t was named for the Dakota
Indians who had several viii
lagos within it's limits at that
< time The word means alliance
or league and was applied be-
cause the Dakota people en-
< braced seven tribes or sub
< tribes. The popular name of
SicOux applied to the Indians
( is a contraction of of Ma
( douesioux, the name applied
( by the Chippewa and hence
( by the early French explorers
( and traders. This word
means an enemy, and natur-
( ally the Indians prefer to be
( called by their own name of
( Dakota.
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USE MILKWEED.

The lowly milkweed is being used
to spin fabric. The St. Paul Asso-
citation of Commerce has an offer of
500 a ton for milk weed fibre from
eastern spinning concerns who state
that they are forced to use milkweed
is found at lakes and there are over
10000 lakes in Minnesota. There
ought not to be scarcity of the weed.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-24O acres first class land
in Beltrami county, Minnesota. Lo-
Gated within 4 miles of two good,
live towns. rs acres in hay and
crops. go acres seeded to clover.
We will sell this in 40, 80 or 160-
acre tracts. This land is dirt cheap
at $50 per acre. Never has been
offered for sale before and at the
price we quote, $40 per acre,
should be snapped up by those in
search of a real snap. Terms Of
sale: One-half cash, balance to suit
at per cent interest. W. M.
Vail, Blackjack, MINI. dtf
Read the Pioneer want ads
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Having entered Mexico for good
and sufficient reasons, multiplied
thousand fold, we should not hesitate
to get out-when we get good and
ready
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X x X X X x X X X X X X X X X
x One-half cent per word per x
X issue, cash with copy. X
X Regular charge rate, one cent X
X per word per insertion. No X
X ad taken for less than 10 cents X
x Minimum charge, sc per X
X ISSUE Phone 81. X
X x X x X x X x x x X X x X X X x
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Villa has sworn to kill every Amer
|ican he meets, but he has himself
killed and buried every day to pre-
vent a meet.
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$500 MONTH. GET GOVERNMENT
Jobs. Men and Women Wanted.
List of positions obtainable free.
Franklin Institute, Dept. 1910,
Rochester, N. Y. 25d54
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POSITIONS WANTED.

WANTED-Refined woman, 35 years
of age, boy five years old, desires
position. Capable of managing
household duties or hotel work.
Apply 10O-H, Pioneer. 2d424
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WANTED-Lady cook. E. Jarvis
Hotel, Nymore. Phone 410W.
5d427
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WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Phone 33-F-2. 5d427
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Lady Solicitors. Made
tO-Order cOrsets, knowledge of
business unnecessary; intelligence
and responsibility imperative. St.
Louis Corset Co., St. Louis, Mo.
6d429
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-City property and some
of the best improved and unim-
proved land in Beltrami county. /
am selling my own property when
you buy from me; you pay no COM
mission and get very easy terms.
E. J. Swedback, Bemidji, MINI.
26d65
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FOR SALE - Five-passenger Ford
1915 model, run 200 miles,, good
condition; reason for selling want
to buy delivery truck. H. Carver,
Phone 237. 6d427
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FOR SALE-Five-room cottage on 80
it. lot, blocks from high school
and Central school, Herbert
Wood, S19 America Ave. tt
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FOR SALE-Five-passen Over
land, first class condition. l.. Laur-
itzen. 6d429
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FOR SALE-Piano, cheap, if taken at
once. Address No. 80, Pioneer.
Aft
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FOR SALE--Ten year old mare; three
year old mare, two year old mare,
one year old gelding. Can be seen
at Foley's Livery Barn. 6d429
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FOR SALE-Five acre lots in N.Y.
more, on easy terms. Tel. 249.
Mathew Larson. daft
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FOR RENT

LOST AND FOUND.
LOST the party who took the
child's roller skate from boat in
front of the A. A. Warfield resi-
dence kindly return same to sos
Bemidji avenue, or Pioneer office.
board of lumber wagon,
while collecting papers Saturday.
Finder please return to Pioneer Of
fce Reward offered. 2d425
Take advantage of a want ad.
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Read the Pioneer want ads.
The sun., 1916-12-07
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

ASSOCIATED OIL C0.-Declared quarterly
dividend OF lk%. payable Dec. 30 10 stock OF
record Dec. IS. This IL an increase Of IN
over quarterly rate for past years.
GOODYEAR TIRE 4 RUBBER Core
ports for year ended with October sross OF
$685. 800. inc. 81. ass. 1ti: net G.Oo3. 80. inc
1856. ?i7; surplus N.s77,7Ss. inc. N.os7.so7
MERRIMAC CHEMICAL co -stockholders
n q special meeting to be held in Boston
Dec. u will take action to authorize stock
dividend OF sos on the 1900 shares. par go,
outstanding.
NEW YORK sHIPBrIfDINa Co-Bsnker,
Offering this company's stock announced al
the close Of business yesterday amount Of
fered had been oversubscribed and subscrip.
ton list will be closed at noon to-day.
SMITH MOTOR TRUCK CORP.-At meeting
Of board the following were elected direct ors
A. d. Smith. r. I. Rosenfeld. A. c. Hanauer
j. NJ. Hoyt. C.. d. Little. Louis Hennock
This company has acquired entire capital
stock OF Smith Form.A.Truck Company.
Delaware corp.
sTEwART.wARNER SPEEDoMBTIR CO
Has applied TO list 80, 900. 80 capital stock
in Stock Exchange.
UNION IRON woRKS-Announcs contract
on hand which will require employment OF
l1.0oo men for two years. Contracts already
closed aggregate $s5! 000. 900,