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CHAPTER xIx-continued.

Smith did Ills various errands quick
~ When he reached the fourth-foor
suite again, Jibbey was out of the
bath: was sitting on the edge of the
he'd wrapped in blankets, with the
steaming pot of coffee sent up on
Smiths hurry order beside him on a
tray.
"It's your turn at the tub he bub-
HE'D cheerfuIly. 81 didn't have anv
glad rags to put on, so I swiped some
Of your bedclothes. Go to it, old man,
before you catch cold"
Smith was already pointing for the
bath. "Your trunk will be up in a
few minutes, and I've told them to
send it here" he said. "When you
want to quit me. you'll find your rooms
five doors to the right in this same
corridor: suite number four-sixteen."
1t was a long half-hour before Smith
emerged from his bathroom once more
clothed and In his right mind. In
the interval the reclaimed trunk had
been sent up, and Jibbey was also
clothed. He had found one of Smiths
pipes and some tobacco and was
smoking with the luxurious enjoyment
of one who had suffered the pangs i'm
posed by two days of total abstinence.
Gust hangin' around to say good
night" he began, when Smith showed
himself in the sitting room. Then ne
returned the borrowed pipe to its place
on the manteI and said his small say
TO the definite end. "After all that's
happened to us two tonight, Monty,
hope you're going to forget my crazy
gappings and not lose any sleep about
hat Lawrenceville business. I'm sew
snteen different kinds of a rotten fail
are; there's no manner of doubt about
that; and once in q while-just once
in a whlle-Pve got sense enough to
know it. You saved my life when 1t
would have been all to the good for
you to let me go. 1 guess the world
wouldn't have been much of a loser
If / had gone, and you knew that, too.
VIII you-er-would you shake hands
with me, Monty2"
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we couldn't do a thingl We'd have
no legal rights, and no money to fight
WITH
Starbuck pushed his chair away from
the table and drew a long breath.
Good glory!" he sighed. 81 wish to
goodness it was day after tomorrow !!
Can you carry it any further, JohnT
Eyes: a step or two. For a week
Stanton has been busy on the paper
railroad claim, and that is what made
me buy a few cases of good lilies
and send them out to Williams 4 was
afraid Stanton might try fee. He
won't do that if he can help it; he'll
90 In with some legal show, if possible,
because our force at the dam far out
hunters any gang he could hire, and
he knows we are armed"
"He cans work the legal game" said
Starbuck defnitively. I've known
Judce Warner ever since l was knee
high to a hop-toad, and squarer man
doesn't breathe
.'That is all right, but you're forget
ting something. The paper railroad is
or was once-an interstate corpora
ton. and so may ask for -elief from
the federal courts, thus going over
TrdrA Warmers head. I'm not saying
ANYTHING against Lorchins, the federal
iudge at Red Butte. I've met him, and
he is a good jurist AID presumably an
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IN. Last night, again. he stood to win
out. But man fell into the river, and
stanton lost out once more"
Starbuck glanced up soberly. you're
talking in riddles. now, John. don't
sabe."
1T isn't necessary for you to sabe.
Results are what counts. Barring acct
dents, you Timanyoni High Line
people can reasonably count on having
me with you for the next few critical
days; and, may add, you never
needed me more pointedly."
Starbucks smile was face-wide
Il hope I don't feel sorry" he re-
marked. "Some day, when you can
take an hour or so off, I'm going TO
get you to show me around in your
little mu-Zeeum of self-conceit, John.
Maybe can learn how to gather me
up one"
Smith matched the mire owners
goOd-natured smile. For some unex-
plainable reason the world, his particu-
lar world, seemed to have lost its
malignance. He could even think of
Stanton without bitterness; and the
weapon which had been weighing his
hip pocket for the past few days had
been carefully buried in the bottom of
the lower dressing-case drawer L efore
he came down to breakfast.
''YOu lnay laugh, Billy, but you'n
have to admit that I've been outfgur-
ing the whole bunch of you, right from
the start" he retorted brazenly. But
let's get down to business. This is
practically Stantons last day of grace.
If he can't get some legal hold upon
us before midnight tomorrow night,
or work some scheme to make us lose
our franchise, his job is gone"
"ShOw me-" said the mine owner sue
cinctly.
'It's easy. With the dam completed
and the water running in the bitches,
we become at once a going concern,
with assets long way in advance of
our liabilities. The day after tomor-
row-ff we pull Throughout won't
be able to buy a single share of
Timanyoni High Line at any figure.
AS natural consequence, public senti-
ment, which, we may say, is at pres
ent a little doubtful, will come over
to our side in a landslide, and STAN
toms outfit, If it wants to continue the
fight, will have to fight the entire
Timanyoni, with the city of Brewster
thrown in for good measure. Am 1
making it plain?"
Fright you are, so far. Go on"
"Billy, I'll tell you something that
I haven't dared to tell anybody, not
even Colonel Baldwin. I've been
spending the company's money like
water to keep in touch. The minute
we fail, and long before we could
hope to reorganize a second time and
apply for a new charter, Stanton's COM
pany will be in the field, with its char
ter already granted From that to TAX
ing possession of our dam, eitbar by
means of an enabling act OF the leg
islature, or by purchase from the pa
per railroad, will be only a step. And
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Peat Boas of ireland.

Ireland possesses 25,00O,000 acres of
peat og-One-seventh the total area
of the island. Much Of this peat is
concentrated In the center of the coun-
try, in the Bog of Allen, but there are
also large tracts in other localities.
To utilize this peat, not merely for
domestic use, but also for power pur-
poses, is a problem which has exer-
clsed the minds Of prominent Irishmen
for many years, and the department
of scientific and industrial research
appointed a committee, with Sir John
Grilliths of Dublin as chairman to In
vestigate the whole question. Some
successful attempts have already been
made in Ireland to deal with the sub
stance on commercial basis, but any
efforts TO utilize the deposits must al
ways have regard to three circum-
stances-that peat contains and re-
taine n large amount of water; that,
compared with other fuels il has
low calorific value, ana that it is ex-
tremely bulky, Involving = high cost
Of carriage.
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CHAPTER XXI.
The CoLoneIs "Qeh.n

Though it was only eight o'clock,
Smith sent his card to Miss Richland-
er's rooms at once and then had him
wait for her. She came in a few min
utes, a strikingly beautiful figure of a
woman in the freshness of her morn
ing gown, red-lipped, bright-eyed, and
serenely conscious of her own re-
splendent gifts of face and figure.
Smith went quickly to meet her and
drew her aside into the music pa7lor,
Already the need for caution was be-
ginning to make itself felt.
II have come" he said briefly.
"You got my note?" she asked.
"a few minutes ago-just as was
leaving the breakfast table"
"You viii leave Brewster at once
while the way is still open?"
He shook his head. II can't do
that; in common justice TO the men
who have trusted me, and who are
now needing me more than ever,
must stay through this one day, and
possibly another"
"Mr. Kinzie will not be likely to lose
any time" she prefgured thoughtfully.
HE has probably telegraphed to Law
renceville before this" Then, with a
glance over her shoulder to make sure
that there were no eavesdrOppers:
But not one of these Brewsterites can
identify you as John Montague Smith
of Lawrenceville-the man who is
wanted by Sheriff Macauley. My ia
Their, in his letter, after telling me
that he viii be detained in the noun
tains several days longer, refers to Mr..
Kinzies request and suggests"
The fugitive was smiling grimly. 'He
suggests that you might help Mr.. Kin
zie out"
"NOt quite that" she reJoined. "He
merely suggests that am to be prudent,
and-to quote him exactly--'not get
mixed up in the affair in any way so
that 1t would make talk
81 see," said Smith. And then: "You
have a disagreeable duty ahead of you,
and I'd relieve you of the necessity
by running away, if could. But that
is impossible, as have explained"
She was silent for a moment; then
she said: when / told YOU a few
days ago that you We're going to need
my help, Montague, l didn't foresee
anything like this. I shall breakfast
with the Stantons in a few minutes;
and after nine o'clock if you
could contriye to keep out Of the way
until l can get word to you; just so
they won't be able to bring US face to
face with each other"
Smith saw what she meant; saw,
also, whereuDto his wretched fate was
dragging him. 1t was the newest Of
all the reincarnations, the one which
had begun with Jibbey's silent hand
clasp the night before, which prompted
him to say:
III they should ask you about rAe,
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you must tell them the truth, Verda."
Her smile was mildly scotnful.
rs that what the plain-faced little
ranch person would do?" she asked.
Il don't know; yes, I guess it is"
Doesn't she care any more for you
than that?"
Smith did not reply. He was stand
ing where he could watch the comlngs
and goings of the elevators. Time was
precious and he was chatting at the de-
lay, but Miss HIGHLANDER was not yet
ready to let him go.
Tell me honestly. Montague" she
said; SIS it anything more than a case
of propinquity with this Baldwin grill
on your part, mean"
1T isn't anything" he returned so
berry. Corona Baldwin will never
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GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been household panacea all over
the civilized worl1 for more than half
century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is a most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming of up food, palplta-
ton of heart and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. 1t is a
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist,
Sold in all civilized countrles.-Adv.
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German Salmon ared in Thames.

Some good things come from Ger
many, and one Of them is the German
salmon, which is now being bred on n
large scale in the Thames and has the
advantage being non-migratory. At
least it is non-migratory In it's native
waters. but it may change it's habits
here, says a London correspondent as
happened with the English and Amer
lean brook trout which were planted in
New Zealand. In English waters the
brook trout is never migratory, but in
New Zealand they rapidly developed
into confirmed sea rOvers, and have
now become a fine and healthy race Of
sea trout, affordlng excellent sport
and attaining unusual size.
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CHAPTER Xxx.


Smith made an early breakfast on
the morning following the auto drive
10 the abandoned mine, hoping thereby
70 avoid meeting both Miss Richlander
and Jibbey The Hophra cafe was
practically empty when he went in
and took his accustomed place at one
Of the alcove tables, but he had barely
given his order when Starbuck ap-
peared and came to Join him.
You're looking a whole lot better
this morning, john" said the mine
owner quizzically, as he held up a
finger for the waiter. "How's the
crouch? %
Smiths answering grin had some
thing of its former good-nature in it.
"Today's the day, Billy" he said. "To-
morrow at midnight we must have the
water running in the bitches or lose
our franchise. It's chasing around in
the back part of my mind that Stanton
will make his grandstand play today.
I'm not harboring any grOuches on the
edge of the battle. They are handi-
cap, anyway, and always"
That's good medicine talk" said the
Older man, eying him keenly. And
then: you had us all guessing, yester-
day and the day before, John. You
sure was acting as if you'd gone plumb
lOcoed."
81 was locoed," was the quiet adj
mission.
What cured your"
IT'S too long a story to tell over the
breakfast table. What do you hear
from Williams?"
"All quiet during the night; but the
weather reports are soaring him up
a good bit this morning"
Storms on the ranger
Yes. The river gained four feet
last night, and there is flood water ana
drift coming down to beat the band.
Just the same, BARLEY says he is
going to make good
Smith nodded BARLEY is all right;
the right man in the right place. Have
you seen the colonel since he left the
Offices last evening?'
Yes. l drove him and Corona out
10 the ranch in my new car. He said
ned lost his roadster; somebody had
sneaked in and borrowed it."
i suppose he told you about the
latest noove-our move-in the stock-
selling game?"
No he didn't; but Shllings did. Yon
played it pretty fine, John; only hope
10 gracious we won't have to redeem
those options. It would bust our little
inside crowd wide open to have to buy
II all that stock at par"
Smith laughed. "'Suficient unto the
gay Billy. 1t was the only way to
oiock Stanton. It's neck or nothing
win him now, and he has only one
more string that he can pull"
The railroad right-of-way deal|
fes; he has been holding that in
'eserve-that, and one other thing.
What was the other thing?" Star
oueK was absently fishing for d sec
o ,L lump of sugar in the sugar bowl.
mas it got anything to do with the
oOnch Of news that you won't tell
us-about yourself, John?"
II has. Two days ago, Stanton had
'7 ialriy, but friend of mine stepped
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SUNKEN SHIPS BEING RAISED
War Brings Day Of Resurrection for
Many Vessels for Years Listed
as Discarded Wreck.

Certainly the day OF resurrection
has come, for ships. Hulks long since
sunk, all but forgotten, rise In their
very bones, take on renewed bodies
and with the rhythmic heartbeat of
new engines feel the blood coursing in
their veins once more, observes the
Boston Transcript Abandoned coal
barges, pulls of whale ships. Of little
cargo carriers that have lars at dis
manGled wharves for half a century,
struggle from their graves In the ooze,
! feel again the measured clipk of Caulk-
ing iron, lift proud topmasts and 81 out
with joy from the very diaphragms Of
| their swelling sails as the forefoOt
thrills to the blare of blue water.
Wrecks of the ancient slde-wheelers
rise as well and with a vigor of en-
CINE life such as aid not exist In their
day, go down to the sea.
The sea shore is probed for these,
and the very lakes send their quota.
AT Ashland. Wis, for instance, on Lake
Superior, the side-wheeler Emerald,
sunk at the slip "a years ago, is on
her way up. The ore-carrier Sevona,
which broke in two on shoal six
years since, is to be raised and put to-
gether again. And SO the reports come
from slip and Shoal the world oyer.
If the war, with all its menace and
It's heartache, can give up once more a
mighty merchant marine and revive
the proud traditions of American sea-
manship, as it bids fair to. it will have
done one great thing for the country.
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marry any man who has so much to
explain as l have"
you didn't know this was her home,
when you came out hereT"
/ mo"
"But you had met her somewhere,
before you Gamer"
Once; yes. 1t was In Guthrieville,
over year ago. l met her there at
house where she was visiting"
Il see," she nodded, and then, with
out warning: "What was the matter
with you last night-about dinner
| timer"
"Why should you think there was
anything the matter with me?"
Il was out driving with the Stantons.
When l came back to the hotel found
Coloae, Baldwin and another mana
lawyer, l think he was--waitlng for
me. They said you were needing o
friend who could go and talk to you
and-'calm you down. was the phrase
the lawyer used. l was gOod-natured
enough to go with them. but when we
reached your offices you had gone. and
the ranch girl was there alone, wait
ing for her father"
THAT was nonsense 2" he comment
ed; their going after you as if were
a maniac or a drunken man, / mean"
This time Miss Richlander's smile
was distinctly resentful. 81 suppose
the colonels daughter answered the
purpose better" she said. There was
an awkward little conretemps, and
Miss Baldwin refused, rather rudely, /
thought, to tell her father where you
had gone"
Smith broke away from the unwel.
come subject abruptly, saying: There
is something else you ought to know,
Jibbey is here, at last"
Does he know you are here?
"He does"
'Why didn't you tell me beforel
That viii complicate things dreadfully.
Tucker will talk and tell all he knows:
he can't help IT,"
This is one time when he will not
talk. Perhaps he will tell you why
when you see bin"
Miss Richlander glanced at the face
of the small watch pinned On her
shoulder.
you must not stay here any longer"
she protested. 1.-THE Stantons NAV come
down any minute, now, and they
mustn't find us together. am still
forgiYing enough to want to help you,
but you must do your part and let me
know what is going or
William Starbuck's new cur was
standing in front of Judge Warmers
house in the southern suburb when
Smith descended from the closed cab
which he had taken at the Hophra
House side entrance. The clock in
the courthouse tower was striking the
quarter Of nine. The elevated mesa
upon WI ch the suburb was built COM
manded O broad view Of the town and
the outlying ranch lands, and in the
distance beyond the river the Hillcrest
cottonwoods outlined themselves
against q background of miniature
buttes
Smiths gaze took in the wide, sunllt
prospect He had paid and dismissed
his cabman, and the thought came to
him that in a few hours the wooded
buttes, the bare plains, the mighty
mountains, and the pictured city
spreading maplike at his feet would
probably exist for him only as a mem,
DRY. While he halted on the terrace,
Starbuck came out Of the house.
''The judge Is at breakfast" tina
owner announced. you're 70 go In
and wait What do you want me To
do next7"
(TO BE CoRJTINnEDO
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-09

One of the city judges, who was up
for reelection, made a speech in New
York, and after he had touched on
patriotism and the various questions
of civic virtue and the keeping of a
good man on the bench, he said at the
close of his speech that he was ready
to answer any question propounded
At this point one of the members of
the club arose. Judge" began the
quesdoner. there's one thing that has
always bothered me, and | hope you
can settle it for re so that the other
members of this club will see that [
am right. This is it: Does or does
not straight flush beat four of a
kind under any and ell circum-
stances?'
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Ceaseless Worry.

a. you still planning to move to
the country"
mo"
81 thought you said that was an
ideal way 20 spend your declining
years in peace
II used to think SO, but / notice
that a great many people who move
TO the country for that purpose are
continually wrought up over the in
adequate transportation facilities for
getting back to town, birmingham
Age-Herald.
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Manchus Have Beans to Burn.

Bean-cake Is cheaper than coal at
Hardin, Manchuria, and the Chinese
there are now using it as fuel, says the
japan Chronicle. Coal costs 30 kopeks
pood and bean-cake only Is kopeks,
while it is contended the latter throws
ont more heat. AS all tine bean mills
have large stocks on hand and are in
creasing them daily, there is ten
dency for it's use as fuel to spread.
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4 Handy Story.

Daughter-Tm ashamed Of you, pa.
saw you kiss the parlor maid as you
went out.
Pa-Don't be ridiculous. dear. I've
missed two or three bottles Of Scotch
lately, and, as 1 suspected Nellie, l
took the opportunity of smelling her
breath, that's all.
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Crushed Possibilities.

Jones, the cub reporter, was fat, but
he looked as melancholy as d fat man
can when he entered the city editors
Office.
''V'hy was my story killedT he
asked gloomily.
Gan act Of mercy" said the editor.
sFYou fell down on it first
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His Choice.

isn't it terrible the way prices
keep going up?"
at is. My husband said If it kept
up he'd either have to work harder
and make more money or eat less"
What do you think he'll decide to
do?"
Knowing him as well as l do, my
guess is that he'll decide it to be easier
to eat less"
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Natural End.

"What has become Of Professor Fa-
kems balloon SCHOOL,"
81 hear II has gone up"
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Buffalo viii provide recreation for
selective draft soldiers in New York
state camps.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-18
NEWSPAPER MEN HAVE
FEED AT THE MARION
Youth, Beauty and Talent
Gather and Water VIII
Flow Free

The Marion Grill was filled last night
with members of the newspaper frater,
nifty, all parts of the state being repre-
sented. Youth and beauty were gather.
ed there, c. Y. Tengwald, of the Med
ford Sun representing the youth and a.
Phil S. Bates was there it is unneees-
sary to say anything about the beauty,
he being its AVIATOR so far as Oregon is
concerned. His fatal beauty is what
makes Phil always a chaperone foI
every Bunch OF female loveliness Ore.
gon sends to startle and delight the
effete East. The girls take him along
so as to attract the attention of all
the eastern girls and leave them "a free
hand in crushing the 'mere males.'
Someone has said that "good com
pany, napkin and something to eat -
were the three things necessary to a
good dinner, and as the Marion fmn.
ished the first two and the newspaper
men were gathered, the combination
was perfect, Carlc Abrams Of the States
man was tOastmaster and picked out
his speakers with keen Judgment and
epicurean taste. The applause that in
terrupted each and every talk was the
very best proof of this. Chapman was
so glad he could hardly restrain his
tears as he woke the boys up with a
good talk about business and some
other things. Carl Shoemaker gave a
pot porri of sense and nonsense, and
Brodie, of the Oregon City Enterprise
did the same thing with the lighter
vein Emerged. Jim Stewart, the sole
remaining sample of the race that made
Fossil famous by leaving its bones in
that neighborhood regretted that We
were getting so little Scotch" " and
so gave Scotch story and several 9th
ers that he will put in the Fossil Journ
al and send the boys as souvenir as
soon as he gets home. Phil Bates spoke
in an "airy' vein, and Elbert Bede 5
too brief talk was ga dream. The
boys were at the table two hours which
is record for the fraternity
Those present were: C. c. Chapman
Oregon Voter, Portland; James S
Stewart, Journal, Fossil; +. j. Jones
Times, Oswego, Or; G. Y. Tengwald
Sun, Medford; Ted Lansing Telegram
Portland; Perry Reigleman, Journal
Salem; J. H. Cradlebaugh, Journal, Sa
lem; Thomas A. Sweeney, News, Port
land; Ebert Bedc, Sentinel, Cottage
Grove; George A. White, Mercury, Cal
hand; viii r. Kirk, journal, Portland
D. II. Upjohn, Oregonan, Salem; Shat
| 0. Krantz, Oregonian, Portland; vii
liam f. Lowell, Tribune, Pendleton
Lair II. Gregory, Oregonian, Portland