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The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Their
Wedding
Eve
Blu HAROLD CARTER
Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.)

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Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman)
Nina Suf1itt sat in her bedroom and
cried over a letter.
It was nine in the evening. On the
morrow she was to become the bride
of an English nobleman. Viscount
Addisleigh was very estimable young
man, very shy, and obviously half in
love with her. But both had been
dragooned into the marriage.
The days had gone so fast since the
engagement that Nina had had little
time to regret. It was not until Jack
Tremont's letter came that the flood
tide of memory came sweeping back
on her.
Five years ago they had been all
but engaged. He was poor artist
then, and there had been a terrific
scene when her stepmother learned Of
her friendship for the young man, and
of the little suppers at Renti's, where
they had had such gay parties OF
young Bohemians. 1t had been a
glimpse into the wonderful world for
the girl, which closed down abruptly
when she had not the strength to go
her own way.
She had not seen Jack since that
last parting, when she had promised
to write to him. And all that was
five years ago.
Her fathers death had followed.
Her stepmother, a worldly woman,
only wanted to get the girl off her
hands. She had been touted shame
lessly in the foreign markets that
was the way with her set-and finally
the viscount, with an impoverished es-
tate, had bargained for her At
least, not he, but the family lawyer.
All had been very decorous, and
well, Nina was to marry him on the
morrow.
She read her lovers letter again
through binding tears. 1t was only
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a little congratulatory note, saying
that he was dining alone that night at
the little table in Renti's, which they
used to occupy, and that he would be
remembering her.
The house was very quiet. Every
one had gone to bed early in anticipa-
ton of the exhausting events of the
morrow. The girl peeped out of her
room. How easy it would be to es-
cape for an hour or two, to fly to Jack,
to spend one last short hour with him,
before the drab life ahead of her be-
gan!
+ She trembled; and then, with those
memories of the past, she could resist
no longer. She slipped on an old dress
and hat and coat, and softly made
her way down the stairs. She shud-
dered as she saw the roses that had
already been entwined along the ban
listers, heralds Of Joy that was never
to be hers.
Half an hour later she entered
RENTS. And her heart leaped as she
saw the well-remembered figure, soil
tary at the far table among the lights,
in the midst of the gay crowd. And
the years that were past seemed like
a dream to her.
He did not even start when she ap-
preached him, threw back her cloak
and sat down facing him.
"Nina, dared dream that you would
come to me-" he said. II willed it
with oil my power"
II had to come" answered the girl.
II could not start ON my new life after
I got your letter without letting you
know" =
''What?" he asked gravely. 80
"That I loved you In the old days"
she answered. ~ should not be say
ing this, but my marriage is not Of
love, on either side"
"And you will 60 through with it7"
Eyes," she answered.
He looked at her in appreciation.
"You never were a gutter, Nina" he
answered.
They dined together. 1t was as
merry as in the old days, for they re-
solved to Danish all care OK re-
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semblance OF the present evil from
their hearts. AID he told her Of his
success, and of his friends; some mar
ried, one dead, one travelling abroad.
After the meal he lit cigarette and
they sat closer together, needless OF
the passage of time. %.
IT am glad to have seen you, Nina"
he said at length. 1--WE had good
time together. This will refresh my
memory to carry it with me the rest
of my days.
She looked at him inquiringly. DO
YOU mean to say, Jack, that you still
care as much as that?" she asked in
credulously.
He nodded. ''But it's all right my
dear" he answered. '"The time to
fight was five years ago. lost you
then-I deserved to lose YOU"
She was thinking very hard. The
incredible thought went through her
mind that if she stayed here, If she
lust stayed with Jack, whom she loved,
nothing could ever harm her, nobody
would ever know. If she stayed
She glanced at the clock, and was
Mortified to see that it was midnight.
She sprang to her feet In alarm.
81 must go, Jack" she said.
He conducted her gravely from the
restaurant. They were the last to
leave. The yawning walters watched
them reproachfully as they went out.
The street was brilliant with revolv-
ing signs. Crowds hurrying from the
theaters blocked them. There came
the sound of music from the restau-
rants, and the voices of the diners.
ut was happy" said Nina wistfully.
eyes," he said. 81 shall see you to
your door, Nina"
She looked at him in alarm. mo"
she said. II must go in softly, Jack.
must steal in. T can get on car
and then get off in front of the house."
He took her hands in his, and at
the very last he lost his self-control.
"Stay with me, Nina" he whispered
"Stay! You have no one you care
for. Be my wife. I can't lose you
now, Nina. Will you?'
The temptation was terrible. She
fought it down silently before She
could answer.
"Only Jack, that never was quit
fer. as YOU said," she answered. III
wouldn't be honorable-that's ALL.
He let her hands 60, and she turned
away. Then q neWSbOy came racing
along the street.
"Great fire!'' he yelled. "All about
the Suf1itt fire!"
The headlines made her reel. She
snatched paper from the boys hand
The Suffit house was blazing. The
fire engines were unable to control it
The entire block was threatened
There was no further word betWeer
them. She sprang on car and JACK
took his seat beside her. But many
wards from the house the cars were
blocked in the jam.
The house was blazing ruin. Men
were searching within it vainly fo1
her. Nina heard the words that passed
among the crowd. GAIL safe but the
bride!" "No chance of finding hel
now in that furnacew "Poor thing
and on her marriage ever!
She reeled into Jacks arms. IN
recognized in the crowd, she tough;
out her problem. If she were dead
all would be well. The viscount, hon
orably released, as herself, her cold
hearted stepmother, hardly dis
tressed-
She chung to her escorts arm. Jack,
take me away!' she wept. '"Take me
away. I will go with you now. My
past life lies buried-somewhere in
there!"
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phe,.,nts Hear zeppeIins.

A Zeppelin raid over the east coasi
of Scotland was announced in q curl
Gus manner by pheasants. At mid
night a colony of young birds became
extraordinary clamorous, the sound
it is said, resembling long-drawr
wall. An old man who knows al
about pheasants was awakened out OF
his sleep by the noise, and remarked
"Something is gaun to happen" A
few minutes later the sound Of burst
ing bombs was heard, and the sky be
came infiamed. 1t Is Of course, a fac
of natural history that pheasants, like
all hunted creatures. great and small
are peculiarly sensitive Of hearing.
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Her Secret.

A witness, jolly, plump old wom-
an, in trial in the supreme court of
Massachusetts, was asked what time
certain train Of cars passed her house.
She replied that she began knitting ut
three o'clock and had knit twice
around the leg of a stocking before it
came along.
The next question, of course, was
how long it would take her to knit
twice around. The judge here, in his
usual quiet humor, suggested that that
would depend upon the size Of the
stocking.
TO this the witness remarked that
the stocking was for herself and they
could exercise their own Judgment as
to the size, and guess how long it
would take.
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LOGICAL Deduction.

,Afmee-Last night young Lovelace
said he would willingly die for my
sake, and this morning Jeanette told
me he said the same thing to her three
DAYS ago. Now what do you think of
"a man like that?
Hazel-Well, it looks to me like be
was leading a double life.
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Talked Too Much.

$50 you're home at last" said the
farmer as his wife drove in the yard.
ooh, yes" replied the wife.
to him?'
ooh, yes, talked to him all the way
home"
"Well, I'm afraid you've ovcrdone
it,"
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The Other Side Of. It.

The Lady-Why do they call the
class Of men you belong to tramps7
The Hobo-I guess it's cause we re-
fuses ter do q 5O-cent job fer a 10
cent handout, ma'am.
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EscapinQ Fire.

Church, see 5000 copies Of tho
| Bible have been placed >n the guest
rooms Of the hotels in Washington,
d. G..
Gothnm-Well, some consider them
the surest fire-escapes.
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Strap-Hangcrs.

Church, see Liverpool street cars
last year carried 144,0S5,9 1927 passen-
gers.
GOtham-Looks MS If straps were
plentiful over there, too.
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WHATS In q Name7

Bacon-I see they are advertising
,,new Zeppelin socks.
= Egbert-Isn't there danger Of their
coming down at the wrong timer
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Explained.

"Dick, what were the trenchers they
talk about that they had In Shakes
peare's day." -
.sWhy, the people who went into the
trenches, Of course, you boob" =.
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CALIFORNIA; mining properties last
year numbered 65S, Of which PIT are
gold mines.
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Very Likely.

Very Likely.
Bill-It is said the English channel
is nowhere more than 900 feet deep.
JILL suppose it seems lot deep
er than that If n fellow can't swim.
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Not Too Good for Her.

"Am l good enough for your sighed
the fond lover.
NO." said the girl candidly, you're
not, but you are too good for any other
New York Times.
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Sir Francis Elliot, the British min
aster to Greece, was q great oarsznan
In his day.
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King Victor Emanuel Of Italy spends
most of his time at the war front with
his soldiers.
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If q man has no show at home 1t -
ND to him to patronize a circus.
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son.
Mr.. De Gusnthsr did not speak.
He yisibly braced himself and was
visibly i'll 1t ease.
II have told most of the story,
Isabel" said he at last. Would
you not prefer to tell the rest T?
1t is at your instance that | have
undertaken this commission for
Mrs. Harrington. you will remem-
ber."
It struck Phyllis that he didn't
think 1t was quite a dignified COM
mission, at that.
Very well, my dear" said his
wife. and took up the tale In her
swift, soft voice.
you can fancy, my dear Miss
Braithwaite, how intensely his
mother has felt about it,"
Indeed, yes!" said Phyllis.
"Her whole life, since the acct
dent, has been one long devotion
to her son. And poor Angela has
finally broken under the strain.
She Is dying now-they give her
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The Flash" of a role of coun-
terfeit money, presented to him
by a mysterious friend on New
Years eve just as he was decid-
ing whether death in the river
would be easier than by the gas
route, brought Stephen Baird all
the ready money" that an i'm
poverished man could wish for.
That is the big theme OF
Ready Money" the clever COM
edy put on for the first time yes
terday afternoon by the Wilkes
stock company.
Baird is not only "broke" but
he is facing the loss Of big mine
because he cannot make a $780,
900 payment. The mysterious
stranger hands him counterfeit
money, merely advising him to
Flash" It before his friends.
Instantly Baird IL popular.
Everyone wants him to take care
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PROGRAM
is CLEVER

Among the headline offerings
of the new bill opening at the
Pantages theater this afternoon
will be Norine Garments Min
strels, one of the cleverest black
face minstrel tabloids in vaude-
vile. Grace Cameron, vicaeious
singing coincidence, will be one
of the premier attractions Of the
bNl. THE Duke" presented by
Andy Lewis and company, Is a
comedy riot in the form of a one
act farce. Capt. Belts Seals are
recognized as one of vaudeville's
best best animal acts. Ruth and
Kitty Henry are two dainty sing
ing condolences who have an
unusually attractive offering.
"The Girl and the Game" will
show Helen Holmes in another
exciting adventure.
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and II was set for the following
September.
ut must have been scarcely q
month" the story went on, near
ly a month before the date set for
the wedding, when the lovers
went for a long automobile ride,
across a range of mountains near
a country place where they we're
both staying. They we're alone
in the machine.
ALLAN, of course, was driving.
They were on an unfrequented
part of the road" said Mr.. De
Guenther, lowering his voice.
when there occurred an unfore-
seen wreckage In the cars ma
chinery. The car was thrown
over and badly splintered. Both
young people were pinned under
It,.
so far as he knew at the time,
Allan was not injured, nor was he
in any pain; but he was held in
absolute inability to move by the
car above him. Miss Frey, on the
contrary. was badly hurt, and
suffering. She died In, about
three hours, a little while before
relief came to them"
Phyllis clutched the arms of
her chair, thrilled and wide-eyed.
She could imagine all the horror
of the happening thru the old law
yer's precise and Unconditional
story. The boy-lover pinioned,
helpless, condemned to watch his
sweetheart dying by inches, and
unable to help her by so much
as lifting a hand-could anything
be more awful, not only to endure
but to remember?
But you said he was an in
valid?" she prompted.
Yes. I regret to say" answer
ed Mr.. De Guenther. You see, It
was found that the shock to the
nerves, acting on an already over
keyed mind and body, together
with some spinal blow concerning
which the doctors are still in
doubt, had affected Allan's pow
ers of locomotion." (Mr. DeGuen-
Their certainly did like long
wordsD Ills state of mind and
body has become steadily worse.
He can scarcely move at all now,
and his mental attitude can only
be described as painfully morbid.
Sometimes he does not speak at
all for days together, even to his
mother, or his attendant"
4 ''0h, poor boy!" said Phyllis.
How long has he been this way?"
Seven years this fall" the
answer came.
"Oh!" said the Liberty Teach
er with a quick catch of sympathy
at her heart.
Just as long as she had been
working for her living in the big
dusty library. Supposing she'd
had to live all that time in such
suffering as this poor Allan had
endured and his mother had had
to witness! She felt suddenly as
IL the grimy, restless Children's
Room, with its clatter of turbu-
lent little outland voices, were a
safe, sunny paradise in COMPARE
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maybe two month"; moro.

maybe two months more.
Her ono anxiety, of ooprse. 10
for poor Allan's welfare. You can
imagine how you would feed IL you
had to leave an entirely helpless
son or brother to the msrcles of
hired attendants, however faith
full. And they have no relatives
they are the last of the family"
The listening girl began to see.
She was going to be asked to act
as nurse, perhaps attendant and.
guardian, to this morbid invalid
with the injured mind and body.
She looked Questioningly at ths
pair.
Where does my part come in?"
she asked, with a. certain sweet
directness which was sometimes
hers. Wouldn't / be hireling
too Tiff l had anything to do
with it?"
NO." said Mrs. DeGuenther,
gravely. You would not. You
would have to be his wife,"
CONTINUED I'm our next issue.)
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LEGAL NOTICES


NOTICE OF EXAMINATION
IN accordance with Article XIV of
the City Charter and Ordinance
No. 4St2 the Tacoma Civil Service
Board announces examination to be
held for the purpose of securing
eligibies from which to make GER
Utilization for the following position
In the classified service of the City
OF Tacoma:
March 9Th, 1916. Carpenter.
Illumination will be held on the
day above set forth at 100 p. NJ.
Notice of place of holding examine
tion will be sent to applicants. APP
piication blanks and further infor-
nation can be procured at the Civil
Service office at City Hall.
The receipt of applications. which
must be filed with the clerk, will
close five days prior to ex-
animation.
FRANK b. COLE,
President
J. g. ELLSWORTH,
Clerk and Chief Examiner.
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NEXT WEEK's CoMPLETE NOVEL VILE BE JOHN REED

They had coffee in the long old
fashioned salon parlor, and then
Mr.. De Guenther Strengthened
himself. and Mrs. De Guenthsr
folded her veined, ringed old
white hands. and Phyllis prepar-
ed thrilledly to listen. Surely
now she would hear about that
Different Line of Work. :
There was nothing at first,
about work of any sort. They
merely began to tell her about
some clients Of theirs. a Mrs. Har-
rington and her son.
This lady, my client, Mrs. Har-
rington," said her host suddenly,
is the one for whom I may ask
you to consider doing some work.
She is absolutely alone, except
for her son. am afraid, / must
ask you to listen to \ long story
about them"
1t was comingi
There has always been just
the two of them, mother and
son." said the Master of the
House. And Allan has always
been a very great deal TO Afs
mother"
Poor Angelal" murmured his
wife.
'They are old friends of ours. y
her husband explained. "My wife
and Mrs. Harrington were school
mates.
well, Allen, the boy grew up
lowered with everything a moth.
er could possibly desire for hel
son, personally and otherwise
He was handsome and intelligent
with much charm of manner"
81 know now what people
mean by talking like book
thought Phyllis irreverently
And 1 don't believe any one
man could be all that"
There was practically moth
ing" Mr.. De Guenther went on
(which the poor lad had not. That
was one trouble, imagine. II hi
had not been highly intelligent HI
would not have studied so hard
II he had not been strong ant
active he might not have taken III
athletic sports 80 whole-heartedly
and when l add that Allan pos
sessed charm, money and socia
status you may see that what h,
did would have broken dowI
most young fellows. But he wal
young and strong, and might MOI
have felt so much Ill effects from
all that; tho his doctors said af
forwards that he was nearly a.
the breaking point when he grad
uated."
Phyllis bent closer to the story.
teller in her intense interest.
Allan could not have beer
more than 20 when he graduated
and 1t was a very short while af.
forwards that he became engaged
to a young girl, the daughter Of q
family friend. Louise Frey was
her name, was it not, lover"
Eyes. that is right" said his
wife, Louise Frey"
They were both very young,
but there was no good reason why
the marriage should be delayed,
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CHAPTER !.
A Rainy Saturday.

The Liberry Teacher lifted her
eyes from a half-made catalogue
card, eyed the relentlessly slow
clock and checked a wriggle OF
WEAKNESS.
II was four O'Clock OF a stickily
wet Saturday. As long as It is
anything from Monday to Friday
the average library attendant
goes around thanking her stars
she isn't school teacher; but
the last day of the week, when
the rest of the world is having its
relaxing Saturday off and coming
to gloat over YOU as 1t acquires
its Sunday-reading best seller, II
you work in a library you begin
just at noon to wish devoutly
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''READY MONEY" HAS
MOST UNIQUE THEME

of their money. Luckily, invest
ments made by him for friends
turn out successfully. He becomes
a rich man. And then the iden-
tity of the mysterious one Is re-
vealed.
1t is delightful play, and the
Wilkes company have never ap-
peared to better advantage. Rich
ard Vivian has the part of Steph-
en- Baird.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10.
When baby Ellen Wilson Me-
Adoo, infant daughter of the sec
rotary of the treasury and Mrs.
McAdoo, who was Eleanor VIII
son. wants to go to sleep, they
don't tuck her in a downy crib In
a darkened corner
They hang her out the window.
A box-crib crib is attached to
a window ON the fourth floor of
the McAdoos' house. 1t ID SO con-
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Don't be bilious, consti-
pated, sick, with breath
bad and stomach sour

Tonight sure! Take Cascare.s
and enjoy the incest, gentlcst
liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced. Wake up with
your head clear, stomach sweet.
breath right and feeling fine. Get
rid OF sick headache, biliousness.
constipation, furred tongue, sour
stomach, bad colds Clear your
skin, brighten your eyes. quicken
your stop and feel like doing q
full days work. Cascarets are
better than salts. pills or calomel
because they don't shock the liver
or grippe the bowels or cause in-
convenience all the next day.
Mothers should give cross,
sick, bilious, feverish children q
whole Cascaret anytime as they
can not injure the thirty feet OF
leader bowelA
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structed that after little Miss
Ellen is snugly esconsed in her
covers, the crib can be swung gu,
the window and the baby cal
sleep in pure, fresh air. without.
the constant care of mother OF
nurse.
Physicians who have inspected
the crib declare 1t ID particularly
adapted to crowded districts OF the
city whore II 10 difficult to find
healthful place for infants an
children.