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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-10
Special Notices.

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MODERN furnished apartment house for
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NINE roous. wei furnished, cheap rent;
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VERY hes, room and board; private fam
reasonable. 1119 n. Fl paso.
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HW1fs 70 Herald Want Advertisements ara
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HANTED-HOMES
II you have any bargains l-r
them with US now as we have
some actual buyers call
WHEELDCk. with
ANDERSON-E FILLER.
200 Mesa ave. Phone 1861
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80 ROOMS. CENTRAL LOCATION
Rent $3.50. going at half price
81 ROOMS. WANT BUNGALOW
8 ROOMS AND PORCHES, $3.50
WELHlS-PEU Gil.
6l1 Martin bldg. Phone 1888
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WANTED Expert comptometer operator;
no other need apply. Main office. Popular
Dry Goods Co.
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FIFTEENTH EPISODE
The Sting of Victory.
DARK HOURS.

1t was shortly after sunrise when the
first shots signaled the attempt of
Patria Channing's little handful of pa
triotic adventurers TO stem the inva-
sion of American soil by the allied
force of Mexicans and Japanese COM
manded by Baron Huroki.
Patria's first move. then, was to dis
patch telegrams to the nearest post of
the United States army as well as to
Washington. giving notice of the inva-
sion and asking for help.
Within an hour. Japanese field bat
teries, shelling with shrapnel the ad-
vanced trenches which commanded the
international boundary line, had rem
dered them untenable and japanese
infantry had swarmed over them in
pursuit of the retreating defenders.
At the same time Baron Huroki and
his staff. taking possession of Patria's
hacienda. had converted it into field
headquarters. From its patio Huroki
directed the efforts of his troops to
overcome the resistance of the de-
tenders.
The latter had meanwhile occupied
their main intrenchments, far strong
er position furrowing the ridge of
range of low hills lying back of the
hacienda and something slightly less
than a mile north of the border line.
Here they took root stubbOrnly. De-
spite the disparity between their num-
bers and those of the invaders, they
threw back charge after charge of
japanese and Mexican infantry. with
ering and blasting them with the ma
chine-gun fire which sprayed the ter
rain with death as garden hose
sprays lawn with life; while their
batteries, cunningly secreted back of
the hills and directed in mastery fash
ion, kept the guns of the invaders too
busIly on the move to permit their do
ing much damage TO the trenches.
But If the defenders fought with un-
shakable determination and fearless
ness, they fought with despair in their
hearts. For their commanding eleva-
ton permitted them to overlook all
the land between them and the bound
ary. and they could hardly help being
appalled, by the flood of allied troops
which was sweeping across the bor-
der and arraying against them.
Again urgent prayers for aid were
dispatched 70 the authorities.
AS before. they gained no acknowl-
edgrnent OF any sort.
Failing TO take the main line
trenches by assault. Huroki ordered
his forces to fall back and dig them
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n,.nded the wandering interest OF ni'
il tagged stan with single glance, M'
pose gestureless. With single I'M
pulse they stiffened to attention.
| After a moment he addressed tnv..
In a level and toneless voice, WIZ
the manner of one impnrtlng inforinh
tion concerning a person OF partieu'"'
unimportance. ,.,
"Gentlemen," said Baron Huroki' u
becomes my duty to impart to you ee'
tain advices. l have here mess"s'
from his majesty, the emperor.
He paused to make obeisance to he
efiigy symbolized by that name.
'I need hardly remind you that up
on the untimely death, day before yes
terday, of the late commander IN ch'ei
| Count Nogi, i, acting ON huthorit!
vested in me by his imperial maJes.s'
assumed the functions of coinihahue'
in chief, and In my supreme discretion
Initiated that invasion of the ohiteu
States which was the ultimate pur-
pose of our presence in Mexico. roi
this action l assumed. professed' ana
accept full responsibility.
"That my action was ill-adHised Is
beside the point. | alone was, ana an''
liable for its consequences. Inc ohus
of failure rests upon n single hehd'
my own.
"By my lnck of sound judgment, my
haste and rashncSs. l have Drought
down defeat upon nur forces, nave
necdlessly sacrificed uunumbered fel-
low servants of his majesty. the en-
peror, l have wrought confusion win
his imperial designs, l have set at
naught his ends.
$50 be It. explain without attempt
to eXtenuate the consequences OF my
madness. l accept without protest
the penalty of failure.
"The command of our scattered ana
shattered forces | resign to your
capable hands. You are Instructed
to reorganize them as quickly as
possible and withdraw from this
part of Mexico, marching westwards
to effect n junction with the army en-
campcd at Magdarua Bay. This you
will do not only with all possible eX-
pedition. but with all feasible secrecy.
81 have one request to make of your
pity; If it be within your power, l
would like my dishonored body to be
conveyed to Nippon for burial.
Gentlemen, I go to join my fore
fathers, in full confidence that the
honorable fashion of my death Will
secure for me the freedom of their
company"
Huroki ceased to speak, drew him
self up, and saluted his staff. That
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clamor of the pacifists, contending at
once that to prepare to resist ngres-
sion was to invite aggression and TINT
the defeated Invasion had been mere
ly n minor skirmish between cow
punchers and Mexican rniders, an af-
fair exaggerated beyond reason; the
simmering down OF popular interest;
the return of the common apathy; the
renewed reign of lethargic indiffer-
ence to the need for preparedness T"
And so she began to understand
that the victory Of that day was but
barren one; that she had fought ana
endured and sacrificed lives and hap
piness and treasure to no end what
ever, but only to be n beginning; that
the battle, the battle Of her country.
the battle of common sense patriot-
ism was merely beginning; that he
who would save his country In spite
of itself undertakes n labor as unend-
ing as it Is thnnkless.
Nevertheless, 10 this plough she had
set her hands; and there could be no
turning back.
She must fight on and on and on,
shoulder to Donald's shoulder, his
hand N hers.
Bending forward Patria tenderly set
her lips to the lips of Donald Parr,
dedicating anew her life and his, that
was hers to do with as she willed, to
the service of their country, that It
might be saved.
(THE END.)
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At the Weddlnu Feast.

In some parts of the country 1t is
the custom to send congratulatory tele'
grams to friends Mt a distance who are
being married. That Is, the message
is timed to arrive just after the cere-
mony, and during the feast which us
ually follows.
Now, n certain man, large farmer,
was about to be married, and shortly
before the time he heard that one OF
his cattle had strayed. 1t being a
valuable animal, he told his bailiff to
let him know at once when it was
found. The bailIff, being an econom-
ical man, combined the two affairs.
and the happy bridegroom received the
following message just as they all sat
down to dinner:
Congratulations. The beast is
caught"
1t Is fair to conclude that the tele-
gram afforded at least as much graft
fication to the assembled guests as to
the actual recipient hlmself.-Tit-Bits
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swiftness of an angel of death into
the great valley devoted to the allied
encampment, and drew up sharply, as
If checked by some invisible but i'm
movable barrier, before the adobe
building dedicated TO the uses of the
commander in chief and his staff.
Half a dozen men, worn. haggard, ST.
lent. in uniforms stiff with sweat and
dust. alighted from the car and weari-
ly threw themselves, rather than
walked, up the steps to the veranda
in front of the headquarters building.
Deepest dlsconsolation was the key
note of their common demeanOr.
In the lines that furrowed their dust
masked faces, in those red-rimmed
eyes which stared out of them. despair
was written plainly-the despair of
gamblers who have staked all on a
single throw and have lost.
Foremost in their number was Baron
Huroki. that arch-conspirator, that
gambler incurable-a presence of COM
manding distinction even in the shad-
ow Of defeat, disgrace. and death.
! At his heels moved his shadow, that
one whose devotion and loyalty to his
mnster passed even that devotion and
/ loyalty which was the due Of his en-
/ peror-Huroki's aid de camp of today,
/ his body servant of yesterday, his IA
milIar spirit of all days, that japanese
I who answered to the name of Kato.
Their four companions were officers
! Of high rank, subordinate only to the
/ commander in chief of the army which
Japan had thrown into Mexico to CO.
operate with the native troops in that
great drive" designed to split the
+ United States asunder by invading the
Mississippi valley via the Southwest.
er1l states. leaving the Pacific slope de-
fenseless against invasion by way OF
Lower California and the sea.
AZ Huroki moved toward the door OF
the adobe building, japanese orderly
came out. paused, sa1uted stif1y, with
a eountenance expressionless, and
prohered a folded paper.
Huroki recognized the form OF
which, incoming telegraphic dispatche,
were Transcribed. He could hav,
hazarded shrewd guess at the ma
ture Of this communication If pu
to II, could have foretold It almos
word for word.
} None the less he extended a stead,
hand to accept II, unfoIded the papes
read It without permitting the siight
J eat phase Of his emotions 70 ~ n
Aeeted II his fhes, and d1lIbe9af1y y
fss6sd n
's = ,sss Iss' 70
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| OF that little room ln the adOOe pvNu.
ing In the mountains Of Mexico.
There was neither hesitation nor
mutiny In his temper, but only rep'n.
ing that his efforts In the service OF
his emperor had been SO ill-fated.
He would have been glad OF long
or life II that permitted him to repair
the errors of which he had been guilty.
But he had had his chance. anu hhu
failed.
What must be. must.
With sudden, swift turn OF his
hand this unhappy gentleman OF ia
pan reversed the point of the dnHger
and drove 1t in toward his diaphragm.
THE COST.
When Patria appeared In the door
way the nurse rose and with friend
ly and reassuring smile slipped out of
the room.
Donald Parr lay moveless on his
cot, asleep. The girl sat down on the
chair by his side and gently dropped
her hand upon one OF his that lny
outside the sheet. dark. strong hand
that seemed. In her sight. to dwarf
and render altogether puny and In
significant the slender white grace of
her own.
Still Donald did not stir. She was
content with that. Sleep was what
he needed. the best of all medicines
for his hurts. She asked for herself
no more than this, that she be per-
mittcd to rest little by his side, to
touch his hand. to know that, though
his wounds were griev0us, he would
live and in n day to come be whole
and sound once more-and hers.
She was very weary. The need to
rest oppressed her like heavy bur-
den. Yet she did not dream of clos
ing her eyes in sleep. She had too
much to think about, the victory of
the day to contemplate, its cost to
reckon. Her brain seemed to burn
with thoughts, doubts, fears regrets.
memories; the screen of its vision re-
hcctcd in endless succession flashing
scenes from the splendid. awful
pageant of that day and night of
fighting.
1t was three o'clock In the after
noon. The last shot at the routed and
fleeing armies of invasion had been
fired hours ago. The last fugitive had
long since disappeared. The last
stricken horse had been killed, the last
wounded man had been found and
cared for, the last dead man buried.
Remained only the stricken field,
bloodied and defiled and trampled and
furrowed almost beyond recognition;
the consciousness that the day was
won, the invader disastrously defeat
ed, the country saved in spite of IT.
self; the bitterness of victory.
Sitting there In that close little room
that reeked of iodoform, with her
hands touching the hand of her be-
loved, the girl abandoned herself to
reverie. her dark eyes fathoming i'm
measurable depths of thought.
Unconsciously she began to con the
toll of victory: Donald wounded nigh
unto death, Rodman Pillsbury and
Bud Morgan dead-and these but the
beginning, names that headed the hum
dreds upon the lists of casualties
merely because they were most intf-
mate to Patria; the hacienda wrecked
beyond repair, the fair countryside
that surrounded 1t turned into n stink
ing shnmbles, Il great treasure expend-
ed in ammunition and the business OF
war.
And all to what end?
She foresaw quite clearly what
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1.-THE grimest determination on both
sides. But wherever the tanks
moved-and nothing served to swerve
one Of these from whatever course II
chose to take-the rnnks Of the enemy
melted into disorderly rabble of panic
stricken fugitives.
shell from the howitzer found the
Charming hacienda and laid 1t In
flaming. smoking ruins about the ears
of Hlroki and his staff.
Thirty minutes after the tanks had
inaugurated the offensive. the inva-
sion had been turned into rout. The
roads beyond the border were choked
with fugitives. Huroki and his per-
sonal aides forced their armored motor
car through the milling mob upon the
bridge at the border and reSained
Mexican soil bare minute before an
other howitZer shell destroyed the
bridge utterly, and with it hundreds of
fleeing MeXicans and japanese.
The last action of the battle was an
engagement between American rough
riders and Mexican cavalry, in which
the latter, attempting to cover the rear
If the defeated army, were vanquished,
dissipated. sent scurrying into the
south in disorder as great rs that of
their comrades and allies whom they
had sought TO save.
But in this engagement Rodman
Pillsbury fell, killed instantly in ac-
ton.
Ordering her batteries up to the
boundary line, Patria instructed them
to shell the fugitives mercilcssly. Fur
ther than this line she would not per-
NIT them to move. Nor would she per-
nit one of her decimated little army
to carry the war into Mexico.
In defending her own property
against aggression she had acted with
in her rights as n private citizen. IT
reprisals were to be visited upon the
aggresSOrs. that was the prerogative
of the government of her country-not
her prerogative.
Thus the invading army of Baron
Huroki and his dupes and allies melt
ed away into those sun-baked plains
and arid hills of Mexico, and was no
the army of dream.
sAMURAI.
In the heat of that breathless after
noon the armorcd motorcar, a grim |
gray unit of mechanism rendered only |
the more grim and gray by its heavy |
coating of AIst and the evidences of |
hard usage 1t wore, lunged heav- |
ly around the wide curves of the |
road penetrating The secret |
hnart of those Mpyicnu maintains de- |
Douched on downgrade with the
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salute returned, he executed an about
face and strode into the adobe build
ing.
After him went Kato.
For an hour he sat In the office of
the commander in chief, industriously,
methodically putting in order all his
affairs, official as we'll as personal.
When there was no more to do, he
rose without hesitation, and strobe in
to the adjoining room, which had been
his sleeping quarters.
Here Kato was awaiting him-Kato
translated from the trim and soldierly
nese army into a figure that might
have been conjured from some Japa-
nese print, n servile. fawning. obse-
quious figure in the iobes of his race
and humble caste.
Upon the plain canvas cot which
had been Huroki's bed were laid out
the magnificently embroidered robes
of Samurai.
Beside the cot stood the steel trunk
which had contained these robes, and
which for many years had formed an
essential adjunct to Huroki's travel
ing gear.
Assisted deftly by Kato. Baron HUI
roki divested himself of his soldiers
clothing, bathed and dressed in the
robes of his nobility.
Throughout neither uttered single
| word.
And in silence Huroki turned and
entered the room beyond. leaving his
| footwear at the threshold.
The door closed behind him. On its
other side Kato, the imperturbable
knelt and ground his forehead into
the dust Of the floor.
In one stride Baron Huroki had
| passed from Mexico to Nippon. Paper
screens masked the earthen walls ant
the matched roof of the room. The
floor was covered with a clean white
cloth. In the middle Of it rested &
small rug Of glowing, sanguinary scar
let. At the edge Of this small rui
was a low stand on which rested /
jeweled dagger in a jeweled sheath.
4 Kneeling on the rug. Baron Hurok
swiftly denuded his body to the waist
Then taking up the dagger and draw
ing It from its sheath he tested It
edge and point upon the thumbnail.
i Satisfied, he held the dagger b.
fore him on his two hands, outstretch
ed, open palms uppesmost: and "a thi
n posture femainsd uassicniess for 11an
( minutex his Gsnva. lnts1lieeat ~
lAke9 = nlSoltp1lea feus . pot1 I
! 81 "A 1 =! :! 4 u n! a! !! y \ \ (! II L!
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Proverbs.

Proverbs have not always been an
unmixed benefit to the world. There
are several very mean and malignant
proverbs embodying the wit of one
man and the ill-nature, not the wis
dom, of many men. One of the worst
of these proverbs is, "There is no
smoke without fire"-n proverb which
has lent Its aid to thousands of gross
calumnies. Perhaps we might ven.
ture tosadopt counteracting proverb
which has ut least as much truth,
physically and metaphysically, as the
foregoing one. 1t Is: "The less fire
the greater the smoke."-SIr Arthur
Helps.
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The Kind Of Floor. He Wanted.

would you like the floors in mosa-
ic?" asked the architect.
The Springfield man looked dubious.
would you like the floor in mosaic
patterns?"
II don't know SO much about that"
he finally said. II amt got any preju-
dice about Moses as a man, and maybe
he knew lot about the law. AS re-
CARDS laying floors though, kinder
think I'd rather have them unsectar-
ian."-Harper's Weekly.
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serves in-which they did with trained
expedition and efficiency, throwing up
. line Of intrenchments roughly par
alleling those on the hillcrest.
And their batteries, presently finding
shelter, raIned shells upon the Ameri.
ems to keep down their fire. until Pa.
tsia's guns again searched them out !;
whea the battle passed into tempo
ny phase Of big gun dueling, and the
l16nnfry had little time 10 breathe
- ta1e account of ~ iosses.
1nese IsS& pkUyed astonishineiy
Slaeht ~ nsaS tlhe less terrible IN Pm
4 N - sta4eing. Already ne Assd
~ 49, 1sfa4tcns w1leA -
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would happen within re nsxt ~
dsvr and weeks; the storm OF popular
Indignation; the masslng OF troops
along. the border; the interexchange
OF Diplomatic amenities: Japan's stu
dlously polite tilsavowal Of Huroki
and all his alleged works; Mexico's
dlsavowal Of the part its troops had
played In the conspiracy and the at
tempted invasion; the administrn-
tlon's grudging acceptance Of both;
demands for measures of prepared
ness" voiced In congress; the shrtll
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Touchy People.

lOuCHy ESoplSs
Beware Of touchy people! There
are always some about. ready to poster
you in some way. Hurry on past, so
you cannot hear them, and above all,
refuse to deny what they say. Just
keep sweet and go ahead, and let their
unkind words swelter in the cleaning.
How.much time and patience are vast
ed on touchy people. And yet such
people think they are the salt of the
earth and everybody else dirty water.
1t is real wickedness to be touchy.
1t Is as bad as lying and cheating.
1t does the world as much harm. 1t
spoils more religion than swearing. If
you find touchy person in your
church, turn him out as soon as pos
sible; If not, he will infect the whole
brotherhood and sisterhood with his
sin. We knew touchy person one
time whose loneliness struck in on
him and he died. We hope all our gem
tie readers will escape SO sorry fate.
Ohio State Journal.
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THE CAST.
SYNOPSIS.

Anticipating the threatened Japanese
Aexican Invasion of the Southwestern
States. Patria Claiming, American
Girl of great wealth, with the assistance
OF her fiance. Capt. Donald Parr date u
8. AZ. converts her vast border ranch
lands into what is virtually an armed
camp. Baron HurolSi. commanding the al
lied Japanese-MeXican forces. learns of
Patria's preparations, and thinking to nip
them in the bud, orders his troops to at
tack in force.
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correetlx Defined

The women were discussing their
marital troubles, when one asked: "By
the way, what is your husband doing
now2"
"Oh," said the other, "he's a-settin'
round tellin' what's goin' to happen
next election"
"Then he's prophet7"
mo, he amt. So far as this family
10 concerned. he's dead loss"
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HIDES AND PELTs.
DR., Hides.

FLINT butcher, ID. .,.,.,....'''i !,
Flint fallen, lb. ....... .......'.'' Z,
Flint bull and stag, Id: ......' !,
Flint culls and glue. ID. .,...''
Salt hides, &c TO &c 10. less. -
Horse hides l/2 to 2/S price Oh ~
salted.
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Resented lnsalt.

The Judge-You say that snroushs
ont this affair ron acted like : psr.
feet ladyf NJ.
!. Ma Casey -ibasss ysss k1nuetsSIAe
- tips NJ III g 81 nilsfs =; ~ r
! ! =
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al, md Kin, Green Saltel
Green Sailed Peits'
Dry Flint l'elts.

Wool pelts ........''.'''..''' v
short wool pelts ...,,..';'''' n
Butcher shearlings,. NO. .'' II
No. murian sheariliies -. al yslIs
Bucks, saddles and pieces ~ r.
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Green snl,ed Cured Hides, IT,

over 40 lbs, Id. .............''' Il,
Under 40 lbs, Id. .......'''"' II
Bull and stag :.....''..'''" ii
Glue hides and skins ....'..''' .
Part cured. 1c less.
Green &c less than cured.
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Natural Process,

"what do you think of having a
woman on the floor In congress7"
"Why, naturally, I regard It as
sweeping change"