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TO see the slender creature let go, to
fall. crushed. to the rock below her.
But Helen did not let 60 Hanging
on with a desperation born of the re-
alization that she must save the i'm
prisoned men. she shot across the dan
gerous declivity from top to bottom
and without mishap. jumped in safety
to the foot of the aerial and dashed
away for help, She ran toward the
little railroad. tagged the engine, got
into the cab, and struggling fer breath,
appraised the crew of the accident. The
engineer hurriedly started the engine
back to their own mine. Forcing all
the speed that he could get, and with
Helen urging him to spare no effort.
he made the engine bump along over
the joints as it never had done before.
A dozen times, before they reached
their destination. il seemed as IL the
sturdy little machine must turn tur-
tie. Never in Its history had It been
called on to make such an effort. and
when at length they approached help.
Helen was so excited she sounded the
alarm whistle herself By the time the
engine had reached the works. men
were looking from all directions to
learn what the excitement was
Jumping from the cab the moment
the Shay stopped, Helen told of the
disaster Men ran in from all quar-
tiers, and their foreman--an active
fellow-gave directions about getting
the stuff they should need tc work
with at the cavein- With the least
possible loss of time, these neces-
saries were assembled and the train
loaded with men started back.
In the interval, the news telephoned
to Las Vegas had stirred the town.
At the hospital motor car was placed
in waiting. and doctors answering the
hurry-up call jumped into the machine
with their emergency bags and head
ed for the mine. One of the surgeons
recalled that Earl seagrue was the
owner OF the Superstition Hating on
the way, he dashed up into Seagrue's
room and told him what had happened.
The main tunnel of the Supersti-
tion mine has collapsed" he cried.
We're on the way out in a car.
Rhinelander. Storm and a crew of the
men are caught inside"
Sorry to hear that" said Seagrue.
shortly. GO on. Don't lose any time
I'll follow" He called to his servant
for his coat and hat as the doctor
ran out. Putting on the coat he hest
tated, changed his mind, and decided
not to go. He threw his hat and coat
on the table again and sat down.
In the tunnel the men had been
caught like rats in a trap. Without
the slightest warning a great body Of
rock had shot through the roof, cut
ting them off in an instant from the
outer world.
Serious as their situation was, none
Of them lost their heads. and Rhine
lander and Storm, in PARTICULAR
neither Of them unused to great peril
were calm But what to do In cir
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spend a million dollars and never pick
it up"
well. we don't have to spend the
million all at once. do we?"
The foreman admitted they did not.
Very we'll" continued Rhinelander.
sharply. "How's the first part of that
money to be spent?"
The foreman scratched his head and
looked up and down the wall. He Sc
lected a place that looked to him like
a possibility. Pointing, he said:
"Cross-cut through there and we might
pick up the VEIN"
Rhinelander asked further ques-
tions; the hard-headed miner seemed
to have, he thought, some good ideas,
"All right" said Rhinelander. at
length, "cross-cut right there. just
as you say. Well see how we come
out If we get beat, Wen try some
thing else"
Under the impetus of new hope. the
work went rapidly forward. Every
man in the mine took courage. So
long as there was a possibility of do
ing anything they were glad to work
to save their own Jobs. The crew at
hand went vigorously to work under
the foreman's directions. In a short
time a hole had been primed for a
blast. the fuse lighted and the men
rushed out. The explosion followed
and they went back.
Work was proceeding in this fash
ion when something occurred that
drew Helens attention. She was look
ing into the tunnel when she noticed
that one wall near the roof seemed
to be weakening. A large piece of
rock had dropped from it. The men
were called out and Helen. with
Rhinelander, Storm and the foreman,
went over to examine the break. All
waited on the old miner for a verdict
as to the condition of the roof He
made pretty careful examination and
seemed satisfied there was no danger.
That roof" he declared. will never
cave in"
If that is So" said Rhinelander,
and you ought to know, If anybody
knows-send the men back to work"
Blasting their way into the wall
where the foreman had indicated, the
men. busted with their work. failed to
notice a gradual weakening of the
tunnel roof. Helen, outside the mine
and occupied with other matters.
heard the blasting within, but gave
the subject no further thought. II vas
not until a moment following one of
the heavy explosions that she heard
a great crash behind her. and. look
ing back. was Mortified to see a mass
of rock crashing through the roof Of
the tunnel She ran forward in dis
may. The disaster was complete.
Where the tunnel had opened. a great
cave-in now raised a solid barrier.
Men on the outside ran up. white
faced, to where she stood. Questions
flew back and forth. A roundup was
hastily made to determine who had
been caught on the inside. Rhineland-
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sr and Storm were nowhere to be
found-they had almost certainly been
caught with the crew in the tunnel.
Srasmodic efforts were made to
clear the opening. Men. losing their
heads, rushed hither and thither, ac-
complishing nothing and adding to the
panic that possessed everyone at the
thought of the tragedy within the
closed tunnel Bidding a man to stop
his useless efforts to tear away the
fallen rock, she gave him directions
as to what to do. Telephone for doc
tors" she said hurriedly. while / go
over to the Neighbor mine for help.
Both fastened away. Helen reaching
the edge of the cliff. where the aerial
railway ran from the mountainside
down to the valley below, stopped. 1t
would take her fifteen precious minutes
to run down the trail. Could she, by
any possibility, ride down the aerial
cable? On this railway the bags of
high grade ore were sent down to be
loaded into the wagons below. II
would take so long time to get down
the trail, and those moments might
mean life to the men imprisoned in
the tunnel
She grasped the hook of the frail
aerial carriage and clinging to it with
both hands. pulled the release. Like
a bird on wing. Helen shot far out
from the mountainside and dropping
at a sharp angle down the line. sped
suspended between heaven and earth.
AS she dashed at dizzy speed along
the spider-web cable, she caught con-
fused glimpses of rock and stunted
cedars shooting past underneath 1t
seemed as If the solid earth were fly
ing in one mad film away from her in
her fight. A great wind reared in
fury at her ears and tore the breath
from her frightened lips.
At a distance on the desert, the
Shay engine of the Neighbor mine was
toiling slowly along when the engineer
saw the figure of woman clinging to
the aerial carriage of the Superstition
mine as it shot through the air down
to the valley. Breathless. he watched
the wild fight. expecting every instant
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oheciient Man

The other morning one OF the regu-
lar patrons boarded the car at the
usual pisce. but instead OF taking a
seat he started to walk back and forth
ia the ;ar. There we're plenty of seats
and the action Of the regular patron
attracted the attention of one of his
business associates.
What's tho matter, Dan? Why
don't you take a seat?" he was asked.
Serving two mastersl" came back
the reply. You see. when | started
out this lorning my mother-in-law re-
minded me that 1t was such a fine
morning that should walk to the Of
fee. WHEY. more considerate of my
well-being, told me to ride | am try
ing to obey them both so that when
| get home this evening from the Of
fee | can truthfully say that ! won't
have TO lie to either Of them" and
the regular patron kept On walking
back and forth.-Columbus Dispatch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-07-05
TWELFTH INSTALLMENT
BURIED ALIVE

Seagrue's sale to Rhinelander of the
Superstition mine did not go through
as smoothly as he had expected. Meet
ing Rhinelander at the Office of an at
torney in Las Vegas, the details of
the transfer were arranged without
much difficulty. Rhinelander's only
care was to be sure that the convey
ance should give him a clear title to
the valuable property, and having sat
isfied himself on this point, the minor
details were easily arranged.
While the attorney was embodying
these items in a supplementary agree
ment. Rhinelander wrote out tele-
gram to Helen telling her that he was
completing the transfer of the mine
and would come up or No. s. When
the final draft of the contract had been
made in duplicate. and signed by the
two parties, in due form, Rhinelander
handed over a second check to Sea-
grue. and putting the agreement in his
pocket. left the Office.
Seagrue watched him go with some
thing of relief and a great deal of
satisfaction. The whole scheme he
had so successfully compassed looked
to him almost too good to be true, and
ne had hearty laugh with the at
torney before they left the Office to-
gether
But, Unexpectedly enough. opposi-
tion developed in an unlooked-for quar-.
te., namely, among minority stock
holders of the mine itself. Rumors
few thick and fast, and at Oceanside
Seagrue was openly accused of under
handed work in parting with the prop
erty. To afford clear understanding
of his position, meeting of the stock
holders of the mine was called, and
Seagrue, when the time came, adj
dressed the gathering in explanation
of the sale.
Il have understood" he began,
there has been some criticism of my
action in disposing Of the Superstition
mine to the Copper Range and Tide
water people. Some of our stockhold-
ers have been unkind enough to hint
that there was treachery in my part
of the proceedings. / have called this
meeting to explain without any nine
ing of words why was forced to act
as did on my own responsibility and
to act quickly"
He related in detail the story of the
sudden word received from the mine
foreman announcing the petering out
OF the vein. In more yelled language.
but still making himself plain enough
20 be understood, he disclosed the
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sounds" she replied. very much Ike
Mr.. Earl Seagrue."
What do you think. George?" de-
MAI ded Rhinelander.
Storm shook his head. 1T may
be" he admitted. that he's slipped
one over on you"
Rhinelander seemed not seriously
disturbed. 1T wouldn't be the first
time. If be had" he observed quietly.
But In going to have a look into this
thing, and If that vein is really gone.
I'll know why before I get through
with The subject.
Followed by his companions, he
Joined the foreman. They examined
the rock in turn and held a long dis
cussion. The foreman suggested call
ing in an expert.
No" said Rhinelander, stubbornly;
Il just bought this mine on the recon-
mendation of an expert; all | want is
a little hard-headed. common sense
here. and l am going to have it. The
hest authorities in the mining world
told General Holmes he had a prop
erty here that would last as long as
these mountains lasted"
But Seagrue must have known all
this" interposed Helen.
He thought it time to unload, be-
yond a doubt" answered Rhinelander
Helen" he exclaimed, Il know Sea-
grue better than you do. know how
full his head is of schemes and all
that. But | want to tell you it is
fact that Earl Seagrue is gutter.
He gives up too quick and starts a
new scheme. Now. am not going to
quit on the Superstition mine until
I've made a thorough investigation of
this trouble. ! am not a miner" he
said, speaking to the foreman; I'm
just plain, everyday railroad man.
But I've heard that things can be done
even when vein pinches out Now.
you get busy" he said to the listening
foreman, land tell me, now and here,
what's the first thing to do to try to
pick this vein up again"
You might pick it up" responded
the foreman. for a song, If you're
lucky. 1t all depends. You might
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saIvlnl,s Descendants.

Salvini. the great Italian tragedlan.
made II a condition that none of his
sons should act in Italy so long as he
remained on the stage. So GustavO
was banished to the other countries
Of the continent and acted In Russia
and Austria with some successes. Alex
ander learned the English language
and played in this country until he
died at an early age. Tomaso is now
an actor in Italy and is said to have In
herited to greater degre than any OF
his brothers the talents of his father.
Salvini was married twice; first 10
Clementine Cazzola, an eminent Italian
actress. who died. leaving him three
small children. Many years later he
married an Englishwoman named Lot
tie Sharp, by whom he had two chill
dren. His grandchildren have attract
cd attention In art and other circles
in Italy.
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Had Her safe.

At the amateur operate perform
ance of 1.-THE MlstIetoe Bough"--in
which, as you remember, the heroine
hides In n cellar chest and is smoth-
cred TO death-the lady who played
this part was. vocally. a terrible fias-
co. Nevertheless. they struggled
along until the scene where she
climbed into the bbx--a real "9rop-
erty" kindly loaned for the occasion
by John Smith, president Of the local
safe-deposit company The lid snapped
down with a click that was only too
realistic.
A frightened stage manager rushed
out TO where the owner of the box
sat and whispered.
Gimme the key The lid Of your
blooming box has sprung locked"
as that woman going to sing any
more?'
Sure. she comes in as a ghost In
the next act and sings two songs"
"That settles it." muttered old Jones
Smith. "She can just stay there"
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ting the mine ready for sale by sailing
it, and of his subsequent success in
unloading the property on Rhineland-
er without serious loss to any of the
shareholders.
In spite of his explanation, protest
was heard almost at once against his
summary action in selling out without
authority from the directors. Seagrue
met the criticisms firmly. IF | had
stopped to ask the directors for au-
tncrity as to what to do, the news of
the failure of our principal vein would
have been all over Nevada. It would
have been too late to sell the property
at any price to anybody
eff the vein could be recovered,
what difference would that make?
asked one of the disaffected share
holders.
1T would make the difference that
you void be holding the sack instead
of the other fellow" retorted Seagrue.
bluntly.
The chairman, one Of the larger mi
nority stockholders, proved one Of the
least tractable Of the dissatisfied. He
rose to reply to Seagrue's address
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AUTHOR OF WHISPERING
SMITH" ~THE MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF
GREAT RAILROADS" ETC.
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes, daughter OF Gen
eral Holmes, railroad man, is rescued
from imminent danger on a scenic rail-
road by George Storm. a newsboy. Grown
to young womanhood. Helen saves Storm.
now fireman, her father. and his friends
Amos Rhinelander. flnancier. and Robert
Seagrue, promoter, from a threatened
collision. Safebreakers employed by Sea-
grue steal General Holmes survey plans
OF the cut off line for the Tidewater, ia
tally wound the general and escape. Her
fathers estate badly involved by his
death, Helen goes to work on the Tide
water. Helen RECEIVERS the survey plans
from Seagrue. and though they are taken
from her, finds an accidentally made
proof of the survey blueprint. Storm. is
employed by Rhinelander. Spike. be-
friended by Helen. in his turn saves her
and the right-ofway contracts when Sea-
grue kfdnaps her. Helen and Storm win
for Rhinelander q race against Seagrue
Tor right-of-way. Helen, Storm and
Rhinelander rescue Spike from Seagrue's
men. Spike steals records to protect
Rhinelander. and Storm and Helen save
Spike from death in the burning court
house Vein in Superstition mine pinches
out Seagrue salts it and sells it to Rhine
lander.
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Storms hand and the next moment
the halfcons2ious men we're being re-
vived by him.
Nerved, despite exhaustion. to 8
final squirt of energy. the rescuers rap
idly enlarged the hole until Helen.
eager at the foremans elbow. said she
could get through. and against his
protestations OF danger crawled first
through the cave-in, closely followed
by the chief surgeon who once In
side. began to treat the most helpless
of the suffering men.
The condition of the uncertain en-
trance called for the greatest care on
the part of the rescuers. Great masses
of rock. suspended by not more, II
would seem, than a thread. hung
threateningly over the ragged passage.
But time was too precious to wait for
further safety and the moment the
men could be passed out, they were
turned over to the hospital staff.
Rhinelander had refused TO leave
until the last OF the miners had been
taken out TO safety. Storm followed
him Helen was the last to come
through.
A great crowd had gathered about
the mine and as the imprisoned men
were revived, and the chief surgeon.
covered with dust and debris, an
nounced that no lives would be lost.
cheers went up again.
Seagrue, elbowing his way through
the bystanders up to Rhinelander.
congratulated him on his escape.
Rhinelander smiled grimly THAT
was a close squeak. Seagrue. Helen. ;"
he exclaimed. addressing his words to
her. we came near losing out, girl.
but we ln't-quite. I'm all right
and so is George Storm, here" lie
laid his hand on his stalwart foreman s
shoulder. The rest OF the men," he
added, will be as good as ever by to-
morrow. But that isn't all, Seagrue.
We've relocated the vein!"
Seagrue started what do you
mean?" he cried.
Il mean. we have found the vein
again" exclaimed Rhinelander. "and
that we're going to take a million dol
lars in quartz out of the Superstition
in the next three months"
Seagrue refused to credit his hear
ing. He started for the tunnel and
despite the warnings Of those about
him, crawled through the opening and
made his way to where the final blast
I'D ag.nf0pna tfo e,fFstap{uO vain Ha
picked up the ore thoughtfully and
looked from 1t back 10 the rock wall
II was vision TO dazzle the sight Of a
prospector Untold wealth was sym
bolized in that great deposit. The
stormy scene with his shareholders in
the directors room rose in the semi
darkness before his eyes. He stood a
moment in deep study.
At the mine entrance the men we're
getting on their feet and telling listen
ing comrades their experiences.
Storm was dismissirg the men for
the day and. released from further toll.
they slowly fled away. Turning from
them. he joined Helen and Rhineland-
er. Together the three discussed their
great new fortune.
Within the gloom of the tunnel stood
Seagrue. He had taken out his con-
tract and was looking intently at it
Something II suggested seemed to ap-
peal to him; some hopeful idea. per
haps, occurred TO his mind. for he
smiled.
ITO BE CONTINUEDD
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lander almost felt they could see the
work. in another instant shaft OF
light, cleaning like a star, greeted the
staring eyes of the two men and they
cried out together to greet the man
on the other side. A second and larger
piece of rock fell and was dragged
away and more light shot into the
prison house.
''Water!" cried Rhinelander. For
Gods sake, boys. push in a canteen."
Helen heard the cry. Half-dozen
willing men ran foI The precious fluid.
A bottle of water was pushed into
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-07-05
Notloed the Extra Llnht.

My neighbor was giving a dinner
party for some friends, and. after
careful advice concerning his be-
hayior. allowed her young son to sit
at the table with the guests. She
was looking at him proudly as he
stood at his place awaiting the prop
er time to be seated, when he glanced
up at the lighting fixture and said.
Huh, two gases tonight. Chicago
Tribune
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The Magic Washing Stick

The Magic Washing Stick is just
fine. II did just what you said IL would
do. and the clothes were so nice and
white with all that hard rubbing left
OF" writes Mrs. Sarah Goodale. Pres
ton. Texas. The Magic Washing stick
is not a soap nor a washing powder.
Fifteen washings Csc Sold by all gro
Gers everywhere, ROundy, Peckhnm q
Dexter Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Distrib-
utors--AdV
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-20
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT WILSON
Cache Greek Men
 Praise Road Work

James c. Murray, the man who did more than any other man to deyelope the Cache creek country, expressed the desire when he was passing through here the other day to have the Alaska Road Commission thank ed for the prompt attention given to the request for roads into that dis trict. A fine bridge was built over Cache creek this summer and a sur yey has been now completed for the road which will enable the miners of the district to ship in their supplies Mr. Murray says Colonel Richardson has showed every disposition to aid them. While speaking of roads, it may be said that the fifteen mics of good wagon road through the Moose Pass district have also been complet- ed. A road is now being built also from the Willow creek road to Arch angel creek.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-20
WOULD-BE SHAVER DRAGGED FROM
 AUTO CARRIED A LONG KNIFE

PITTSBURG, Oct 2O-Richard Cullen, a machinist aged was arrested by secret service men today after he had attempted three times to board the automobile in which President Wilson was riding. The President had gone for an hours ride and had proceeded distance when Cullen jumped the running board. He failed twice and the third time he dragged down by the secret service men, search revealed that he possessed knife with five inch blade and also bottle of fluid which has yet been anayzed The prisoner vaguely replied to Quesonngs but it understood that he dsked the foreign policies of the President and it is believed that he intended to assassinae Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson was not disturbed by the incident and afterwards in front of great crowd at the depot he met William Jennings Bryan shook hands with him and both engaged in conyer sation for a couple of minutes
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-20
.SuII0F Comes West
 on the FarragHt

JUNEAU, Oct. 2O.-Charles Sul2e" closed the First division campaign last night with the largest and most satisfactory political meeting ever held in Juneau. Mayor Stewart pre- sided and urged the voters to sup 'ort the Democratic candidate for con gress. His campaign has been the most complete ever conducted in southeastern Alaska, not single pre- cinct having been overlooked. It is conceded that only three are not sure for him. These three are doubtful and Sulzers majority in this division will be more than one thousand and may reach nearly two thousand. He leaves on the Farragut for the west ward and will speak at Seward.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-20
RESTORATION TO ENTRY
 OF LANDS IN NiATANUSKA

Department of the Interior, Alaskan
 Engineering Commission, Land and
 Industrial Department, Seward, AL
 aska, October IT, 1916.
 On septumber 20, 1916, President Wilson, on the recommendation of Secretary Lane, restored to entry all lands included within Alaska Town site Withdrawal No. 4, in sections 22, 28, 26 and 27, T. r N, R. 1 w., Sew ard Meridian. This land was with drawn at time when it was thought that it would be needed for railroad and townsite purposes. The line of the railroad has now been definitely located, and it is found that there is no need for the land. It is located in the Matanuska Valley, about one-half mile from the main line of the rail road and within two miles of the new town of Wassilla on the Knik-Willow Creek wagon road, and most of it has agricultural possibilities.