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GRAHANf--IEF.

Mr.. John Lee, Of Suffolk, Va. wish
es to announce the marriage Of his
daughter, Gertrude, to Mr. w. Grahm
Friday evening, December Z, at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lottie
Perkins, 1401 w. Leigh street.
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For Sale.

Drug store, best location in Rich-
mond for colored trade and doing
fine business, we'll stocked. Cash
proposition.
Address, DRUGGIST, care Of The
Planet.
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Its Long Way to Tipperary" but
n short way to The places where you
can purchase goods. The holidays
bring much JOY to those who receive
presents and some Joy to those who
give them. This life at times Is q
hard road to travel, but at others, 1t
is as smooth as glass to the cheerful
liver. When in need OF furniture and
household supplies even If you are
getting ready to marry or you are al
ready married, you win find coico
assortment at
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AND NEW YEAR
GREETINGS.

Let us make 1918 more happy
and prosperous year for you. We
have pleased and satisfied large
list Of patrons with our Golden Rule
Service which means that we give
prompt, fair, confidential attention
to all business entrusted with us.
Rents-Sales--L oans--Insurance
Let us provide for you in any OF
these departments.
BROWN AND ROBINSON,
ISt. Luke Bank Building.
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, must happen. Nothing now remains
but to make the best OF 1t. Wonder
full things have been achieved al
ready considering that we started al.
most from zero.
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CHAPTER u.
I Meet tho Mystery.

Before the even, Ag meal had ended
the party still9lfngering In the cozy
quarters below yer their coffee and
cigars-the yacht once again got under
way, and steamed slowly eastward down
the Sound. 1t was already dusk when
we returned to the deck and resumed
card playing beneath the awning, cleo
trio lights sparkling'overhead. never
recall a softer, sweeter air. The men
behind me were again discussing the
war news. but their voices scarcely
reached my ears. Once l leaned for
ward, observing the red and green
lights of an approaching steamer, as
our siren spoke, but was altogether too
negligent to cross the deck and watch
the stranger pass by.
The fact was could not Danish en-.
tirely from, mind the recollection of
that woman whom l had seen in this
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I "You seem very confident as to the
truth Of your advices."
II am; know the men who have
reported to me-" g.
Il see; and consequently there are
, no women on bOard2" 'o1
"Women?". He made swift, expires.
sive gesture. Certainly not. 1 wrote
you to that effect, believe; at least
so instructed my secretary. This
voyage is primarily business affair
Why should you ask that question
Hollis? You have met all my guests
hesitated, yet determined to put
him fully to the test. If he knew, Ell
ther his face or manner would betray
him, irrespective Of his words.
II imagined 1 saw woman on the
deck last night, when l ventured out
to learn why the engine had stopped.
No doubt it was an illusion."'
1T surely must have been," his voice
evidencing surprise, "for give you my
word there is not woman on this
yacht. What, to your mind, did the
creature look like?'
Nothing at all definite, mere out
line in the CLEAN of; the stars. 1t may
have been an odd combination Of
shadow, but at the time, I felt con-
WINGED the vision was actually flesh
and blood" '."
Darlington laughed heartily.
"Dismiss it, my boy" he said, his
hand gripping the brass rail. "We
may indeed have ghost women on
board, but no flesh and blood ones.
Better join us on deck, and let the sun
and wind clear your brain-perhaps
the champagne caused the mischief"
Hardly" I answered, adopting his
mood, "as I did not touch any. How
ever, I will join you presently
watched him disappear through the
companion, stirringbmy coffee noncha-
lantly enough. Yeti was not satisfied;
Darlington did not know, possessed no
suspicion; nevertheless l remained
convinced there was q woman on
board the Esmeralda.
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"EARS, VET We HEAR MOTT"


"A Greensburg, Pa, man claimed ex-
.emption from the national army on
these grounds:
my sense of hearing is so acute
fear heavy cannonading would impair
1t, If not cause total Deafness"
!; War does deafen. 1t has not We:
'deafened Americans. Yet some have
ears and hear not--hear the warning
of this war
Cannonading in America would be
louder, and would deafen more Amer.
leans, than cannonading in Europe.
And those with ears so acute as to
hear the farreverberating sound of
the guns Oh the battletields of France
have also hearing delicate enough to
-sehse the lesson that in the contest
with Germany one American serving
now in France is better than 10 Amer.
leans serving a few years from now
on new battletields on American soil.
in defense Of their very hearthstones.
And-war does more than deafen
1t destroys-sometimes all. It is far
better that some of us be stunned
temporarily by going to the scene OF
the cannonading, while all the rest OF
us work like Trojans at home to SUD-
.plement their efforts, than that all OF
us be not only stunned but SCARED
and crippled and crushed by more
deadly and costly struggle in our own
front yard. -.s
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AUTHOR of-ftYLADY otAeNORTH" rAo e/M< FOREST" ETC.

very spot the night before. I had &C
| tually seen her-it was no vision, IN
dream. No doubt Darlington had faith
In what he said, and possessed no sus
| picion whatever Of her presence on the
| yacht. But she was here nevertheless
why, how, for what purpose, by
whose help could not conjecture-but
that she actually existed and was hid
+, den somewhere aboard, I had not the
slightest doubt, and ! must solve the
! mystery alone.
But how could I prove the vision
true? how establish, at least to- my
own satisfaction, her identity, and pur
pose? thought 1t all over again and
again. If Darlington was unaware OF
her presence-and Of this really nc
longer felt any doubt-then she must
have slipped aboard unseen, or, per.
chance aided and abetted by one Of the
crew. Somewhere below, where discDv-
cry was not probable except through
| accident, she was kept in hiding. Yet
TO accomplish this she would need as
sistance. She must have had aid IN
getting aboard unseen someone who
knew Of a vacant cabin, and who could
| supply her with food. Only an off,
Ger could hope to do this without
arousing suspicion. Except for the en-
gineer, Gault, whom I had not seen,
but who was hardly In a situation to
render such service, there were three
who might be accOmplices-the cap
tain, Turner, and the first and second
ofticers-Hatch and Seeley. dismissed
all thought of the first two almost in
stantly. Turner was an old sea-dog, a
former naval officer, unapproachable,
and an extremely strict disciplinarian;
while Hatch was a tall, lank. slow.
spoken individual, never guilty Of the
slightest civility to anyone. Neither
of these would ever aid and abet q
woman under any conceivable circum.
stances.
OF the second officer, Seeley, re.
membered Darlington had mentioned
the fact that he had been in his EN-.
ploy for over ten years. He was the
one most likely to listen to the plea of
a woman, and to be deceived by her;
and besides, as suddenly recalled, 1t
was during his watch on the bridge
that the girf had ventured on deck
seeking the fresh night air.
Before the party finally broke up I
had, Oullined my plan. I was in no
haste to retire, having slept more or
less during the afternoon; would re-
main alone on deck, and see what hap
pened. We were steaming right gal.
lantly now, and stars were finding RITA
In the clouds Though which to silver
the waves Of the Sound. The first OH.
Ger was still on the bridge, but Seeley
would relieve him at twelve; there
was nothing for me to do but wait until
then.
I could better my position, however,
and Immediately did so. II the second
officer really proved to be the accom-.
plice of the girl, he would very prob
ably take a rather careful survey of
the deck aft before permitting her to
venture forth from concealment. If
his search disclosed my presence, the
young woman would doubtless be or.
dered to remain below. My choice Of
position was easily determined. The
flag locker was unusually commodious,
as one OF, Carrington's hobbies was to
dress the ship handsomely on every
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The RIGHT SPIRIT.

There lives in Rock Island, ILL.,, an
American who was born in Germany:
but having been naturalized, considers
himself loyal citizen OF the United
States
His name is NJ Stephany, and he
formerly lived in Berlin. In letter
to the Chicago Tribune he gives the
following as his Berlin address, For
merly Berlin C, Breite Str. 8, Redac-
ton der Vossischen Zeitung."
Chicago being a part OF Germany,
many so-called German-Americans
write more or less reasonable letters
to the papers in that city. NJ Steph-
any saw one in the Tribune by Ger.
tain G. F. Hummel, who sneered at
America, said the German citizens of
America are q Part Of the German
people and eul{ gizsd the crown
prince Wlere9fon Mr.. stephany
psnne' the }eptvl"s letter to the
Tribune: &
The letter df G,F. Hummel cannot
pass unchallen ia: we who were
born in Germany and are now citizens
o; the United States are not, as he
says, still part of them" (the Ger
man peoples). And thank God for
that, Neither are we German-Ameri-
cans, for there amt no such animal"
Either he is an American or a Ger
man. Take your choice. The term
"German-American" is today so close
ly related to treason that it is well
to fight shy of all those who designate
themselves by that hated appelIation.
He speaks of the Germans admira-
ton for the crown prince. Again
there amt no such thing" can tell
him. from recent and personal observa-
ton that the people in Germany hate
this fellow with the same intensity
with which they defy the emperor
He is beyond question the best hated
man in all Germany.
Concerning the German press he is
also wrong. At the outbreak of the
war | subscribed to German paper,
Die Westliche Post" assuming that
thus l would get some real war news.
Alas had to stop the damnable trea-
son sheet within less than six months.
mo such paper can come into my
house where am raising my Ameri-
can children whom | want to teach
love for the United States and execra-
ton for that land of barbarians in
which their father is ashamed to con-
TESS that he first saw the light of day.
There is no room here for a Ger
man newspaper. Hummels apology
for it is not based on sound reason,
nor is it consonant with facts, when
he speaks Of their truthfulness. There
is about as much truth to be found in
German newspaper, no matter where
published, as in a German diplomat
or German government official. Ger
man schools, German churches, Ger
man newspapers belong in Germany,
not over here.
If anyone has any doubt as to the
real character of the German people
let him 60 to Berlin and study the
(. Bserliner,a polizei. A Berliner schultz
mann is the expose of a real German
minus his thin veneer of kultur.
Let us hope that before long our
government will stop dilly-dallying
with these so-called German-A
cans and put them into concentration
camps until the end of the war, which
end would be materially fastened by
such action, especially if coupled with
the entire suppression of the German.
American press.
NJ STEPHANY,
Formerly Berlin C, Breite Str. ., Re-
daction der Vossischen Zeitung.
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TEN for the impending war. No nation
ever before organized base hospitals
until it was at war and the wounded
lying on the ground needing attention.
But so vigorous has been Colonel
kean's work that the country now has
AZ army and S may base hospitals, IS
hospital units and SO ambulance CON-
panies ready for service, before a sin
gle regiment has reached the trenches
This organization has cost the Red
Cross $24OO,OOO.
The successor of Colonel Kean as
director general Of military relief Is
John d. Ryan, president of the Ana
cOnda Copper company.
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THE DAILY GRIND.


The highly systemized home run by
a naggcr and the unorganized home
run ,by complainer produce about an
equal amount of misery. However,
men seldom run away from the dust
less house, while they frequently de-
sert the home which is never clean.
Between the female tyrant and the
shirk is many a comfortable path.
Therefore it seems queer that brides
so often expect husbands to provide
home which they themselves are not
at all prepared to take care or.
But the queerness isn't half SO i'm
portant as the unfairness. To too
many girls roof, the bigger and
higher the setter, and loads of fine
furniture, and much leisure to adver-
tise her state to her friends are the
measure of her home" Housew0rk
she looks upon mainly as something
to evade
But the young husband seldom con-
siders his home in terms of princess
mirrors and parties. For him Is the
vision of an orderly table and "a fine
shower bath-comfort and freedom
I'm considerable contrast to the scant
accommodations of the bachelor s
boarding house.
= But hone of the comforts OF
home are ever to be had except
at the cost of some woman's la.
..bor-and willing labor It must al.
ways be. The wife, new or old,
; who refuses to make her home
run smoothly and economically,
cheats her husband.
Her beauty and coquetry may de-
fend her from his criticism for while,
but one day the married woman who
refuses to do her bit of drudgery is
bound to come in for some deserved
domestic discord.
OF the things man will keep with
him after the war are keen appre
citation Of order and system which he
has learned as a soldier. And girls
who would fulfill the soldiers ideal
cannot afford to conduct their homes
in the careless and expensive ways
peculiarly the product of twentieth
century fashion
Only she who accepts the daily
grind as man accepts his army dis
cipline is good sport, and a salts
factory mate for the carefully trained
army man.
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GOOD WORK WINS PROMOTION
Colonel Kean Goes to France-John q
Ryan Succeeds as Director Of
Military Relief.

Washington.-The splendid work OF
Col. Jefferson Randolph Kean, medical
corps U. S. A., in organizing the base
hospitals Of the army and navy for the
Red Cross, has brought him promotion.
He has been ordered to France to take
charge of the $50 United States drmy
ambulance sections on the French
front.
Colonel Kean is a great grandson Of
Thomas Jefferson. He has been the
director general Of military relief Of
the Red Cross since June Is, 1916,
when he was detailed from his army
duties to make ready tie hospital sys1
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REJECTED 10 TIMES;
ARMY NOW, TAKES HIM

New York.-Nothiug is so sue.
cessful as persistence when a
man really wants to help Uncle
Sam "Can the KAISER" Like
the young Brooklynite who re-
Gently ate his way into the naval
militia, f. J. Fitzpatrick, reject
ed 10 times by the army, navy,
Marine corps ana National
Guard, for physical unfitness, has
finally exercised himself into the
First battalion Of the Signal
corps. Immediately after being
accepted he was placed on ex-
hibit in the midday minute meet
ings for recruiting In Chambers
street.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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goods on me- and denial would Be use
less. OF course, I might have told q
falsehood. i am perfectly capable OF
so doing, and had been cOnversing
with some others on board, would
have chosen to do So" = o
(which would seem to imply that
YOU possess measure of confidence tn
me?" 81
II do, Mr.. Hollis" quietly.
"Seeley must have given me q most
excellent reputation. and deserves re-
ward" -
Mr.. Seeley gave me your name a.
one of the passengers, nothing more.
/ cannot at present explain when, or
how, acquired my information regard
Ing you. To you am o perfect
stranger, and must remain 80, but, by
some good fortune, chance to know
enough Of you to trust you thoroughly
as gentleman. You understand what
! mean?" go.
Her eyes met mine frankly; they
were clear, honest eyes, and felt that
I read their direct challenge. &c.,.
"Perhaps &c." answered with feel
ing of disappointment. you mean l
am to ask no further questions2 to for
get, If possible, your presence on
board?" !" 2 .
"Ycs; can you do this7"
swell, to be perfectly frank, am
not altogether certain that I can, or
that ought, I am MIR. Carrington's
guest, and owe him certain loyalty
you admit .that?" ~,
"Yes." .,.~...
slave ! right to CONCEAL from my
host the knowledge which have dis
covered, that strange young woman
has been hidden on board his yacht by
one of his ofiicers?" 'f@.
'That must depend altogether on
your sense Of duty to both Mr.. CARING
ton and myself" she returned calmly.
DO i appear like Q thief? conspira.
tor? or In any way desperate charac-
teri" .n.,,.. s's. 5.-. 81. 49,
"You appear most charming young
woman, whom should be very glad to
know" ".'''" s..E :.
"Thank you," and her lips smiled.
"Then my case Is not quite hopeless.
AS a most charming young woman
unreservedly yield myself to your pro.
lection. cannot tell you who I am.
nor why I am on board the Esmeralda
secretly, but I give you my word OF
honor that no harm shall result from
my presence to any of your friends,
and l only request you to remain 81.
lent for few hours longer"
"You intend later to reveal yourself
to Others?" p,
"As soon as the yacht is safely at
sea- beyond oil possibility of putting
me ashore" g. @."' e.
l confess l was. puzzled, uncertain;
my duty to Darlington seemed clear
enough, and vet there was that about
the girl which gave me faith in her
pledge. She read my hesitation.
50 You still doubt me, Mr. HolNs?' a.
mo, it is not doubt, yet know 30
little. You will at least trust me with
your nameY' ,..,...... ..1..'..
Her eyes fell, Swallowed by their long
lashes. For. q moment she looked out
across the rail, at the dark water be- !,
,yOnd.t IN ',4sv Hwy t43 aHrat aino7
$50 far as can-yes," she answered
soberly. you may call me Vera"
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PARS0N RECRUITS FIVE
T.. At A GERMAN PICNIC

Superior, Minn.-Rev. A. M.
Hardness, SuperiOr's "Fighting
Parson," attended German pic
mic at Fergus Falls, MINI. Ac-
cording to recruiting officers he
induced five recruits for the reg
ular army.
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Billy Sunday found one of John D.
Rockefeiler's shirts in his grip. A
tribute to the responsiveness of an
evangelist who can take the shirt off
mans back.
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CHAPTER III.
Wa. and 4 coppsr Pool.

"ObI OsO = SOHHOe VOss
~Vera," echoed. In some way
vaguely conscious. of a strange famil-
iarity with the word, yet. utterly un-i
able to Immediately recall the associa.
ton, that must be your given, not
your family namer'' ''.'.'''
"And you are not even satisfied ut
this evidence of my trust?" she >ques-
toned lightly. Usually 1t is consid.
cred quite a compliment to be permit
ted to call a lady by her given name
yet I grant you. q stranger, this prtvi-
lege." .@%;..sp, :. -: !, ,..>, >st
'To which am not insensible;
yours is not a common appellative. yet
I have known someone % named BE-
fore."' .s'',, -.
''Indeedl A friendf'. ...y~.,, ~
''Well, really, I cannot say E; I haven't
quite figured II out yet; only the mem-
DRY haunts me oddly. a. something !
ought to remember" - t,'.'
cor else forget" she interrupted
quickly. ,"What do you say IL We blot
out all this mystery, and just be natu-
raj for while? Have you the. slight
est knowledge Of where we are, Mi.
Hollis? What 10 that light flashing
out yonderf' Il -. ~ =, d,
''Montauk point" I answered, in
stantly recognizing the peculiar fash.
~rhe eastern extremity Of Long island.
We shall be breasting the Atlantic BY
daylight If all Is we'll. I have good
reason to remember .NOntauk." ~ -
"Yes7 You were there?" :.
'Once; why, 1t was sixteen years ago
at the close Of our war with SPAIN. I
served on the st. Paul, and we came
up from Cuba loaded with sick and
wounded, soldiers - Michigan troops
mostly-and put them ashore at Mon.
tauk. l was little more than q boy
then. and the suffering witnessed made
Z deep impression" -. .s.:ss.,,, We.
''You were sailorr' n.y.
Il was twelve years at sea !; my Fl.
Their was large ship owner. I left
the sea when I was thirty: had
arisen to command, my father died,
and l decided l had had enough. Sud
pose l seem quite ancient to you2" e.
Indeed you do not. I think It 10
wonderful for you to fight your way
like that, when your father was rich.
1t was mans work. Tell me about
It. Your sea Life, mean"
The eagerness Of her voice must
have touched responsive chord. for
almost before 1 realized my purpose. I
began speaking. I began at the nrst,
relating my life as cabin boy, and a.
man before the mast, my first voyaro
as mate, and the experiences Of my
earliest command. I told of shipwreck
10 the South seas: Of q battle for life
10 the Indian ocean: of strange peoples
met In every quarter of the earth:
OF lighting windy gales of the Allan.
tic coast. and the silent desolation Of
tropic seas. Breathless with interest,
she questioned me, and 1 answered,
feeling the magic Of her eyes, On my
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WHEN DEALERS FALL OUT
People of Sanish Get Cheap Lum.
Der During Local War

Sanish, N. D., Aug. 14.-Sanish is
in the throes of a lumber war be-
tween its two principal concerns, and
building boom is in progress as a
result, thrifty folk taking advantage
Of the falling out, which has cut
prices to the bone. sisssr
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Robsrt Hollis, one-time
sea captain, who tells the story. is a
guest on Gerald Caring ton's yacht. Es-
meralda. It Is supposed to be q stag
party and Hollis is surprised on discover
ing a woman, who evidently wishes to re-
main unknown, aboard.
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Chicago stores are employing WON.
en- floorwalkers. Fair enough! Won.
en- walk the floor by day, fathers walk
It, by night.
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AT last the time has arrived when
patriotism may he pleaded as defense
in breach of promise case.
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X X 4 4 X \ X 4 n 4 .
= A mans greatness can be mea- '
= sured by his enemy.-Piatt {"
L * \: X X X 4: 4: 4 4 r + r ~
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Boasts as Lanuuaues.

Cleveland, O.-Cleveland often has
been referred to as the ''melting pot
because Of so many foreigners here.
A tabulatlon Of school census reports
shows that As languages are spoken
in this city. ,..
Reconciliation.
No matter how serious may seem
the quarrel between the leading man
and the "heavy" during each perform
ance, they are sure to make up before
the next one.
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REPORT

WEATHER REPORT
for "a hours ending at noon Aug. IA:
Temperature at 700 a. IN. ....... ~
Temperature at noon .......'... 81
Highest yesterday ............... 81
Lowest yesterday ................ 55
Lowest last night .............. %
Precipitation ................. None
Highest wind velocity ....... SE-lj
Forecast.
For North Dakota: Generally talr
tonight and Wednesday; cooler We'd
'fiesday and in northeast portion TO-
night.
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Temperatures

ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Meteorological.
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