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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
CHAPTER XIII.

Sophy Gerard sat In the little back
room Of Louise's house, which the lat.
ter called her den, but which she sci.
dom entered. The little actress was
looking very trim and neat in simple
blue serge costume which fitted her to
perfection, her hair very primly ar
ranged and tied up with q bow. She
had a pen in her mouth, there was q
sheaf Of bills before her, and an open
housekeeping book lay on her knee
She had been busy for the last half
hour making calculations, the result
of which had brought frown to her
face.
"There is no doubt about it." she de.
cided. Louise is extravagant
The door opened, and Louise herself
in gray morning gown Of some soft
material, with a bunch of deep-red
roses at her waist, looked into the
room.
"Why, little GIRL" she exclaimed
show long have you been here?"
Gall the morning." Sophy replied. 81
took the dogs out, and then I started
on your housekeeping book and the
bills. Your checks will have to be
larger than ever this month, Louise,
and don't see how you can possibly
draw them unless you go and see your
bankers first"
Louise threw herself into an easy
chair.
"Dear mel" she sighed. 81 thought
had been so carefull"
"How can you talk about being care
full" Sophy protested, tapping the
pile of bills with her forefnger. "You
seem to be overdrawn already"
II will see to that" Louise promised.
''The bank manager is such a charm
ing person. Besides, what are banks
for but to oblige their clients? How
pale you look, little grill Were you
out late last night?'
Sophy swung around in her place.
II am all right. spent the evening
in my rooms and went to bed at eleven
o'clock. Who's lunching with you? I
see the table is laid for two"
Louise glanced at the clock upon the
mantelpiece.
"Mr. Strangewey," she replied. II
suppose he will be here in a minute or
two"
Sophy dropped the housekeeping
book and jumped up.
"Td better 60, then"
"Of course not" Louise answered.
"You must stay to lunch. Ring the
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again what have asked you this after
noon. In the meantime, may be your
friend, may not? You will let me
see a great deal of you? You will
help me just little?"
Louise leaned back in her chair. She
had been carried off her feet, brought
face to face with emotions which she
dared not analyze. Perhaps, after all
her self-dissection, there were still Sc
cret chambers. She thought almost
with fear of what they might contain.
Her sense Of superiority was vanish
ing. She was, after all, like other
women.
eyes," she promised, II will help.
We will leave it at that. Some day
you shall talk to me again, if you like.
In the meantime, remember we are both
free. You have not known many wom-
en-, and you may change your mind
when you have been longer in London.
Perhaps it will be better for you If
you dol"
'"That is quite impossible" John said
firmly. "You see," he went on, look
ing at her with shining eyes, 81 know
now what half believed from the first
moment that saw you. I love you ~
Springing restlessly to her feet, she
walked across the room and back
again. Action Of some sort seemed i'm
perative. A curious hypnotic feeling
seemed to be dulling all her mowers
of resistance. She looked into her life
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II am sorry!" he said. "And yet 1
am not" he added, drawing his chair
close up to her side. II am gladl You
knew that / loved you, Louise. You
knew that it was for you had come"
She was beginning to collect herself.
Her brain was at work again; but she
was conscious Of a new confusion in
her senses, new element in her life.
She was no longer sure Of herself.
Listen" she begged earnestly. "Be
reasonable! How could I marry you ?
Do yeu think that / could live with
you up there in the hillsY"
"We will live" he promised. "any-
where you choose in the world"
"Ah, mol" she continued, patting his
hand. "YOu know what your life is,
the things you want in life. You don't
know mine yet. There is my work.
You cannot think how wonderful it is
to me. You don't know the things that
fill my brain from day to day, the
thoughts that direct my life. I cannot
marry you just because-because-"
Because what?" he interrupted ca
gerly.
Because you make me feel-some-
thing don't understand, because you
come and you turn the world, for few
minutes, topsy-turvy. But that is all
foolishness, isn't it? Life isn't built up
Of emotions. What I want you to I'M
derstand, and what you please must
understand, is that at present our
lives are so far, so very far, apart.
do not feel could be happy leading
yours, and you do not understand
NINE"
II have come to find out about
yours" John explained. '"That is why
I am here. Perhaps I ought to have
waited little time before I spoke to
you as did just now. But I will serve
my apprenticeship. I will try to get
into sympathy with the things that
please you. 1t will not take me long.
AS soon as you feel that we are draw
ing closer together, I will ask you
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
Louise comes to have a secret
horror of the prince. GraiIlot
gives John some very sensible
advice. The next instaIIment
brings important developments.
(TO BE CONTINUED1
Some Prussian Orders chear

Mention in the recent debate on the
enemy princes bill in the British par
lament, that Lord Middleton possessed
the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
led that nobleman to intervene with
the remark that when it was offered to
him he wished to decline it, bat was
forced to accept 1t. 1t is cheap, and
for this reason coveted by the Prusssan
bourgeois, whereas the Order of the
Black Eagle is almost as exclusive az
the English Garter. Red Eagles are al.
lotted generally in January, along with
other similar distinctions, at festival
Of orders, which includes truly demo
cratic banquet where the chancellor
may find himself sitting side by side
with station master, or even his local
postman. In the January before the
war some 1000 orders were handed OUT
at this annual festival, no fewer than
1000 of which were Of the Red Eagle
brand.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Tho romance of spinster is apt to
be one-sided.
The right kind of q doctor leaves
well enough alone.
Speech that is too flowery should be
nipped in the bud.
Blunt language is often used in
making sharp retorts.
We can die only once-much to the
regret of the undertakers.
Women seldom or never admire the
life work of Father time.
Absence makes the heart grow fond
er. The wise young man goes home
early.
Many an untimely grave has been
filled by the emptying of the wrong
bottle.
It takes more than an eye-Opener to
make the topper see the error Of his
ways.
It's easy to please a woman after
you find out what she wants-but
there's the rub.
It's a safe bet that girl doesn't
enjoy the first kiss she gets from a
certain young man unless she pretends
she doesn't.-Chicago News.
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payne. Tell me, why you are so silent?
And my dancing-that pleased your"
He felt the words stick in his throat.
"Your dancing was indeed wonderful"
he stammered.
ut was for you" she whispered, her
voice growing softer and lower. ut
was for you danced. Did you not feel
it?"
Her arms stole toward him. The un-
natural calm with which she had fin
ished her dance seemed suddenly to
pass. Her bosom was rising and fall
ing more quickly. There was a faint
spot of color in her cheek.
"It was wonderful" he told her. 81
will get you the champagne"
Her lips were parted. She smiled
up at him.
$50 quickly" she whispered, land
come back quickly! I wait for you"
He left the room and passed out
again into the picture gallery before
he had the least idea where he was.
The band was playing waltz, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
IS CURIOUS TRADE MONOPOLY
Making of Missionary Boxes in England
Has Been in Hands of Same Fam
lily for Many Generations.

It is curious how certain trades and
occupations remain peculiar to certain
families. There is one occupation
employing large number of men to-
day which Is in the hands of the same
family that has been associated with
It. for many generations. 1t is the max
ing of missionary boxes, says London
Tt-Bits.
1t might be supposed that any car
penter could knock together a suitable
receptacle for contributions to mis-
sionary and other charitable funds !;
but the fact remains that every mis-
sionary society, every church organ
ization, that requires collecting-box
goes, as matter of course, to this old
established firm whose speciality it Is
to make such boxes.
It is a thriving business, and one
which has profited rather than suffered
through the war, for the institution Of
flag days and other means Of collect
ing funds has led to an enormous in
crease in the demand for boxes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
Their Appetites Were Poor.

It was the boast of a certain famous
gourmand about New York that he
counted a full-sized tenderloin steak
surrounded by half-dozen lamb chops
merely as the foundation of fail
meal. Another celebrated bon vivant
and host, taking his preprandial cock.
tails, invited his guest Of honor to men.
ton his preference in the way Of an
appetizer. The guest, food worship
er and running true to form, allowed
as how three dozen cherry-stone clama
might start him of right. And the
hideous part Of 1t is none of the party
regarded the order as in any way un.
usual.-Exchange.
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ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

Probably $4,000 women in the
United States are now making surgical
dressing for the allied armies.
Including cable and postal censors,
there are now over $4,000 women en-
| plOyed in the British war office.
Mrs. Wellington KoO wife of the
Chinese minister to the United States,
was educated at Barnard college.
The Mohammedan law gives woman
better status than she has in any
country except the Urited States.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium recently
made an airplane trip over a section
of Belgian territory under German con-
| troll.
Nine. Seller is the leader of the
Male Symphony band Ia New York
| city and has so skilled male musicians
under her.
male cooks and walters in the 200 or
more army camps located in various
parts of England.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. wife of Food
Dictator Hoover, is a real partner Of
her husband, whom she assists in all
OF his undertakings.
DIR. Ida NJ. Ogilvie, professor of geog-
| raphy at Columbia university, is dean
| of the new wOman's agricultural camp
near Mount Kisco, N. Y.
To receive bachelors degree and a
lawyers degree in three years, to be
| mistress of French and Spanish and
| all points Of corporation law and to
make it rule to sleep only four hours
| out Of "a, is record held by Miss
Helen d. Falkner of Cleveland, o.
In Korea women occupy place in
society which has no parallel elsewhere
in the Orient. They are both better
and worse off than in China or India
or Japaa-better off because there are
| more fields open to them, worse be-
| cause they are overworked, often ILL
treated and until recently were actual
ly enslaved.
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A Story About an Ex-
pertinent With Life

one or two couples were dancing. The
people seemed suddenly to have be-
come like puppets in some strange,
unreal dream. He felt an almost fever
ish longing for the open air, for a
long draft of the fresh sweetness of
the night, far away from this over
heated atmosphere charged with I'M
namable things.
As he passed through the farther
doorway he came face to face with
the prince.
'Where are you going?" the latter
asked.
'Mademoiselle Calavera has asked
me to get her some champagne" he an
swered.
The prince smiled,
II will see that it is sent to her at
once" he promised. "You are in my
sanctum, are you not? You can pursue
your tete-a-tete there without inter-
ruption. "You are very much envied."
"Mademoiselle Calavera is there"
John replied. AS for me, I am afraid
shall have to 60 now"
The smile faded from the princes
lips. His eyebrows came slowly to-
gether.
"You are leaving" he repeated.
81 must!" John insisted. II can't
help it. Forgive my behaving like a
boor, but must go. Good nightp'
The prince stretched out his hand,
but he was too late.
John found himself, after a few
minutes hurried walking, in Picca-
dilly. He turned abruptly down Duke
street and made his way to st. James
park. From here he walked slowly
eastward. When he reached the
Strand, however, the storm in his soul
was still undated. He turned away
from the Milan. The turmoil Of his
passions drove him to the thoughts
of flight. Half an hour later he en-
tered st. Pancras station.
"What time is the next train north
to Kendall or Carlisle?" he inquired.
The porter stared at him. Johns
evening clothes were spattered with
mud, the raindrops were glistening on
his coat and face, and his silk hat was
ruined. It was not only his clothes,
however, which attracted the mans at
tention. There was the strained look
of fugitive in Johns face, fugitive
flying from some threatened fate.
"The newspaper train at five thirty
is the earliest. sir" he said. 81 don't
know whether you can get to Kendall
by it, but it stops at Carlisle"
John looked at the clock. There was
an hour to wait. He wandered about
the station, gloomy, chill, deserted.
The place sickened him, and he strolled
out into the streets again. By chance
he left the station by the same exit
as on the day Of his arrival in London.
He stopped short. ,a
How could he have forgotten, even
for moment? This was not the world
which he had come to discover. This
was just some plague-spot upon which
he had stumbled. Through the murky
dawn and across the ugly streets he
looked into Louise's drawing-room. She
would be there waiting for him on
the morrow!
Louise! The thought of her was
like sweet, purifying stimulant. He
felt the throbbing Of his nerves
soothed. He felt himself growing calm.
The terror of the last few hours was
like nightmare which had passed. He
summoned taxicab and was driven to
the Milan. His wanderings for the
night were over.
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Baby Was Developing.

Johnny was small boy of about five
years, and he had baby sister who
was Just learning to walk. One day
Johnny saw his little sister stand alone
and take few steps for the first time.
Johnny ran hurriedly to his mother and
said, "Oh, mamma, come here quick
Baby's walkin' on her hind legs"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
Not So Hard as Livinu.

All say 'How hard it is that we have
to die"-a strange complaint to come
from the mouth Of people who have
to live.-Mark Twain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
Where EIoouence Has Value.

"Eloquence," said Uncle Eben, ~
what enables man to do ten minutes
work an den lecture on it in a way
dat makes it seem worth a day'a
wages"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09

Several million acres Of land in Cal
ifornia are shortly to be irrigated at a
total cost Of 100000 900 or $4,000. 900.
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THE PRINCE OF SEYRE AND cALAvERA, THE DANCER,
coNsPIRE TO ENTIcE JOHN sTRANeEwEY FROM HIS
HONORABLE LOVE OF DAINTY LOUISE MAUREL

SynopsIouse Maurel famous making motor tour Of
rural England Obliged when spend the
night the ancestral Stephen bachelor
haters the Cumberland day
she Three months later London and
looked She introduced friends Graot
playwright and Sophy Gerard LITTLE actress john
the bohemian life the city with
prince Seyre
hand Of Louise Sophy also loved John
secretly.
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HIT AND MISS

Pay as you go, but save
enough to go back on.
Many q man who is sure he Is
right lacks the energy to go
ahead.
Men who drink to drown their
troubles meet misfortune with q
smile.
The girl who is popular with
the men is apt to be unpopular
with the girls.
A girls idea of ringleader is
the first man who arrives with
solitaire.
Nothing pleases the average
girl more than to be mistaken
for an actress.
Occasionally the world loves
J lover, but more often it sympa-
thizes with him.
Some men decline to look upon
the wine when it is red because
they prefer another color.
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Nobody ever was so wonderful as
some men think themselves to be.
Nobody ever thinks it worth while
to save dime out of his last dollar.
The trouble with the spendthrift is
that he thinks it is never going to rain
on him.
When you waste mans time you
are not only costing him money, but
you are costing yourself friend.
People are peculiar, and one of our
peculiarities is never to wear clothes
were not afraid to spill little gravy
on.
A patriot is q man who isn't sore
because his country doesn't pay him
more than four per cent for the use
Of his money.
The man who will go out and skin
everybody to get money will come
around after he has it and wall
that all that he wants in this world IL
friendship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09

Nobody ever thinks it worth while
to save dime out of his last dollar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09
FLASHLIGHTS

Nobody ever was so wonderful as
some men think themselves to be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09

It's easy to please a woman after
you find out what she wants-but
there's the rub.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-11-09

1t takes more than an eye-opener to
make the topper see the error Of his
ways.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-12-01
AIRMAN
MAKES ESCAPE
FROM KAISER

LONDON, DEC. 1--lieut. Patrick
O'Brion, first American member of
the British flying corps, who reach
ed this city yesterday after having
escaped from the Germans, relates
that he secured his liberty by leap
ing through the window of a speed
ing train. He had many narrow es-
capes from death and capture during
the ensuing two months and when he
finally reached the Dutch frontier,
he narrowly missed being electro
cuted by the charged wires which
are maintained by the Germans on
the border He was a fugitive for
72 days. He formerly resided in
Illinois &c.,. -. -:
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-12-01
GERMANS LOSE MANY MEN

London-The Germans are report
ed to have retaken a small portion
of the ground lost to the British to
the south of Cambria, but their adj
vance was accomplished at terrific
cost in men and equipment. The
main British lines in that sector are
still holding, General Byng's forces
having successfully withstood many
violent assaults during the past
three days, during which time the
killed and wounded on both sides
were greater than during any pre-
vious period of equal length. The
British have taken many prisoners
in that time.
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GERMANS CAN'T BULGE
BRITISH AT CAMBRIA

LONDON, DEC. 1.-The repulse
of fresh German attacks southwest
of Cambria, is reported by the war
office this afternoon. The report
states that the Germans were fought
to a standstill in their great counter
drive along the entire Cambria
front and their efforts to roll back
the British from the positions during
General Byng's offensive, resulted in
complete failure. The Germans
made an attempt during the night to
press forward at the extreme south
ern of the British salient, but that
movement also resulted disasterously
to the enemy.
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IIILIANS SINK
BOATS; DROWN
MANY TEUTONS

ROME, DEC. MANY Teutons
were drowned today while attempt
ing to cross the Piave river. The
boats were sunk by the Italians as
fast as they appeared on the water
and it is believed tonight that the
advance of the enemy at that point
has been definitely checked. Heavy
cannonading is in progress this
afternoon along the entire Italian
front. The war office announces
that the Italians are now prepared
to resist any attack that may be
undertaken by the Teutonic forces.
The Northern zone was the scene
this week of one of the obldoiest en-
counters recorded since the COM
mencement of the invasion of Italy.
The battle took place back of Asiago
between opposing regiments, the
struggle lasting until both forces
were practically exterminared.
During the attack on the Italians,
a regiment of Hungarian Czechs be-
came engaged with regiment of
Galician Poles, both wearing differ
ent uniforms and speaking different
dialects. The fought first with rifles,
then with bayonets and grenades and
finally engaged in a hand to hand
struggle, fighting that way during
the greater part of the night. When
the two regiments were finally dis
entangled and made known to each
other, it was found that the mistake
had been fatal to the major portion
of the forces involved.
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ENGINEERS HAVE
CLOSE CALL ON FIRING LINE

With the British Army in France
A large number of American army
engineers, who were engaged on the
British railroad work in Northern
France, were caught yesterday in a
German turning movement, and only
escaped by lying in shell holes while
the British fired over them. They
remained thus until the British had
near enough to enable
the Americans to join the fighting
forces, with whom they fought val
iently throughout the remainder of
the engagement.
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H|NDENBURG TAKES
CHARGE IN ITALY

LONDON, DEC. Reports re-
ceived from the Italian front state
that General Won Hindenburg is in
personal command of the invading
Teutonic forces. Information OBJ
tanned from captured German offic-
ers indicates that Germans are pre-
pairing elaborate Notifications on the
Tagliamento river, on the left bank
of the Piave and also along the
Brentna.
Violent air raid are of frequent
occurrence on the several Italian
fronts.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-12-01
THREE KINGS SAY
MUST Be NEUTRAL

CHRISTIANIA, DEC. 1.-The rul-
ers of Norway, Sweden and Denmark
have reached an agreement, follow
ing a several-day conference in this
city, to adhere to their present pol
icy of neutrality, no matter how
much longer the war continues.
1t was also agreed by the three
kings to maintain cordial relations,
and mutual confidence and to aid
each other by the exchange of mer-
chandise.
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TEUTONS CHECKED
ON ITALIAN FRONT

WASHINGTON, D. c., DEC. /
Official advices received in this city
today from Rome state that the ad-
vance of the Teutonic forces in TIA
ly has been definitely checked and
that the invaders are now engaged
in digging in" for the winter.
along the Tagliamento river They
are forcing the civilian population
to assist in preparing the entrench-
ments. -~-..
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new WAR TAX
ADDS MILLIONS
To TREASURY

WASHINGTON, D. c., DEC. /
War stamp taxes which become eff
fective today are expected to pro-
duce annually the sum of one humid
red million dollars. The new taxes
include customs house entries, steam
ship tickets, powers of attorney
playing cards, parcel post packages,
drafts and checks payable otherwise
than at sight or on demand, and
promisory notes.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-12-01
CHILDREN ENTERTAINED
BY MRS. ROTHENBURG

The school children of Nenana
were entertained on Wednesday af-
ternoon by Mrs. Oscar Rothenburg,
at the Rothenburg home in the upper
end of town. The young folks were
escorted by their teacher, Miss Helen
Kobe, and all report a most enjoy
able afternoon, with an abundance
Of ice cream, cake and candy. Mrs.
Rothenburg was assisted by Mrs.
Diven, Mrs. Oldsfield and Miss Kobe.
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SEATTLE CITIZENS DEMAND
IMPEACHMENT OF MAYOR

SEATTLE, DEC. THE mass
held last night to discuss ways and
means for disposing Of Mayor Gill,
was attended by more than three
thousand citizens and resulted in the
adoption of resolutions demanding
the impeachment of the mayor for
his failure to comply with the re-
quest of General Greene that the
city be cleaned up.
Gill is unmoved by the action of
the mass meeting. He continues to
assert that he will not vacate his Of
fee and announces that he will be a
candidate for reelection.