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The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

The Masons of Ebert, Elizabeth,
Kiowa and surrounding country au-
toed to Colorado Springs and had one
of their picnics Sunday
The Ebert baseball team went to
Peyton to play ball Sunday, but they
did not play. Score was 2 to 13 in
favor of Peyton.
Mrs. Curtis Dittemore came down
from Denver Saturday evening, re
manning until Monday.
d. II. Burnside and family, and Mrs.
Evelyn Barnes autoed to Canon CITY
and return Sunday.
Tom Cantrel has rented house in
Denver for the school year and John
Epler will move to Loveland to send
his daughter TO school.
Six cars of cattle were shipped from
Ebert Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Connarroe left
Wednesday morning for Calhan,
where Mr.. Conarroe has employment
and will make his future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed orin autoed to Den
yer Tuesday.
Miss Violet Hutsel spent Sunday
with Miss Anna Orin.
We are grieved to report the death
of Mrs. George Blakely which occurred
n 1lalF
ely had been very sick recently, but
was much better and thought to be
recovering. Sunday she was up and
around. Wednesday night she was
taken violently i'll and soon passed
away The bereaved ones have ~ur
heartfelt sympathy
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Mclean and little son were
both on the sick list last week.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Epler spent Monday afternoon
sewing Kat Mrs Gresham's and Hazel
Drury and Mrs. Clark helped sling
hash. By the way, anyone wanting
to know what good hash is ask ye
scribe. We do not dare publish it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Roy Carver has decorated the ga
rage with a new sign, The Rice Motor
and Tractor Co.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

The Ebert baseball team went to
Peyton to play ball Sunday, but they
did not play. Score was 2 to 13 II
favor of Peyton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

We were shocked Saturday morn
ing by the news that James Hobbs.
an old-timer in this vicinity, had died
very suddenly at his home in Colora-
do Springs. He had spent Friday at
his ranch near Easton, and seemed
weil and in good spirits when he re
tired. AT 8 O'Clock In the morning he
wakened, saying he was i'll and died
within the hour. He was laid to rest
Monday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Gates Company's new lumber shed
is beginning to loom up conspicuously
1t will be the largest of its kind II
this section of the country and viii
hold an immense amount af lumber
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

The Masons of Ebert, Elizabeth,
Kiowa and surrounding country au
toed to Colorado Springs and had one
of their picnics Sunday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. Sexon is entertaining an old
time friend from the East.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Curtis Dittemore came dow
from Denver Saturday evening, r.
naming until Monday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. George Kathren visited his
daughter Mrs. Albert Wight, last Sun
day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Brother Light was a pleasant visi.
tor at Mr.. Drury's last Sunday and
A. r. Arton on Monday
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr. and Mrs. Gresham and family
went fishing at Palmer Lake last Sat
urday, and George, Mr.. John Rhudy
and Ed. Clark took in the sights in
the Capitol Tuesday; also took in
some cucumbers and melons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Jewell and Welt went
to and from Denver Sunday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

A. Oberquil, the reliable well driller,
is putting down well for j. e. Mayer
on his ranch this week.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Miss Nellie Williams is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Charles Crosswhite, al
Cherry for a few days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Walter Black. one of our own boys,
has accepted a position with the Rus
sell Gates people in their Denver of
flee. Walter has worked at the store
for three years, and has made many
friends, who win miss him, but wish
him all success in his promotion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Connarroe left
Wednesday morning for Calhan
where Mr.. Conarroe has employment
and will make his future home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. j. d. Hart has returned to
Elizabeth after his prolonged stay in
Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed orin autoed to Den
yer Tuesday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Ida Elsner returned to her
home in Denver after weeks visit
with her sons and daughter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Ali is entertaining her brot
er from Nebraska.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Miss Violet Hutsel spent Sunda,
with Miss Anna Orin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Cheer-up Club meets with Helen
Clark this Wednesday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Jewell spent Sun
day at Parker. at Mr.. JEWELS moth
er's home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Floyd Oaks left for Denver Tues
day. having received the call to go
into training for the navy he has been
expecting for a couple of months.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. Theo. Neuman took the train
for Elizabeth Tuesday. where she was
to meet her brother, Ernest, and auto
with him to Denver. Ernest shipped
a lot of cattle from Elizabeth that
day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mrs. VIM. Lowe returned from Den
yer last Thursday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Cornforth re
turned from fishing trip to the south
western part of the state Friday. Re
port a fine time, but not many fish.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Mr.. George McKimmie and family
took quite trip Sunday, going to
Colorado Springs, visiting the places
of interest there and to Denver and
took in a show, returning the same
daY.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

d. r. Burnside and family. and Mrs
Evelyn Barnes autoed to Canon Cit
and return Sunday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Tom Cantrel has rented a house in
Denver for the school year and Johr
Epler will move to Loveland to send
his daughter 10 school.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-08-31

Six cars of cattle were shipped from
Ebert Monday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-08

a
= 'ssssiiy'" ne. protested snsrliy. Y
"Fsease. 60 on" said Miriam to her.
taking NO heed Of him. ~.
+. II an going on" said Molly. II
want to know what It all means. ]
want to know what Chris is to YOU
!. "One OF my very oldest friends
replied Miriam calmly. 4.
Chris! And you told me that 20,
had never met Mrs. Lee before
"lie told you that because I asked
him TO-
Il was speaking to you Chris" went
on Molly. Cant you answer for your.
seize"
Il shouldn't advise IT," said Miriam
III you want to hear the truth"
You mean he'd lilo TO me- dom,
believe he would-not now. Would
you still lie. Chris"
I'll" began Brent. "Of course
wouldn't
Hes lying now" remarked Miriam
in an amused voice. Your ftance
Miss Pollock. IL one of those men who
would commit almos, any erin,
sooner than give a woman away. They
call that the one objectionable sin
Funny. isn't II? And rather rare. bu,
don't know where women like IN,
would be without them
pnN ~ N
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Continued From Yesterday
MOLLY INVOLVES MIRIAM.

Chris, ,ou don't quite realize what
has happened this evening she be-
gan, land I can't help you unless you
tell me the truth. For one thing, YOU
told me you had never met Mrs. Lc"
before
Yes. | did tell you that" admitted
Brent. though suppose you don't
believe it after this afternoon. LOOK
here. sweetheart, let's understand one
another. You think that I'm in Mrs
Lees power. as you put ii, and that
she's a German spy. What makes you
think thaf?"r-. -
Il know it,
How do you know it,"
Molly slipped her fingers down in
side her frock and brought out the
folded paper. Chris took it. 1t was
still warm from It's contact with her.
but Chris was too absorbed with the
business in hand to notice other than
mechanically what normally would
have been q sweet detail for a lover.
DO you know what that Isl" dc
manded Molly.
Looks like a map
ut is map. It's the one that
Charles Sanderson lost. found it in
Mrs. Lees ROOM
You found it? You stole it. you
mean said Brent rather harshly.
And then his sense of hnmor prickins
at him again, he remembered that he
himself had stolen II from Fritz and
that Charles Sanderson had stolen it
from the admiralty.
"E.verythinG's fair in love and war,
defended Molly. and this is both love
and war
Diamond. Diamond. what hast
thou done?" quoted Brent half to
himself How do you know anything
about it," he added.
Il saw Mrs. Lee slipping n paper
into her handkerchief sachet as was
passing her room on my way to dress
for dinner. l shouldn't have thought
anything OF it,. although there was
something odd about the way she took
II out of her dress and slipped it into
the lining Of her sachct. but when
father told me about Mr.. Sanderson'
loss | wondered if perhaps this had
anything 10 do with it, so ran up
and stole il, as you say
Il sec. You say cvcrNthing,s fair in
love and war, Molly. Nearly every
things fair in war though not quite
all, by n long chalk. but the same prin-
ciple doesn't apply to love. You can't
he too scruplous about that because
the things ceases to be worth having
if yon tamper too much with thu
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IutuuteS WHITNEY, SssOutsste W. ssso' 'Satsas
alton swiftly and fn silence. Even
MORE than he, she cared nothing for
the personal issue. since she had moth
ing 10 lose in. that respect except q
!, temporary diminuttonin the regard Of
some people she hardly knew and, nd
mot care about. Hrent's was the mas
ter mind in their schemes. st was OF
vital Importance. then, to kAG& him
free to continue them. and she saw her
| way at the same time toward clearing
matters for him and Molly. She gave
a little hard laugh and so completely
was her outward semblance in train.
ing and at the command OF her mind
that. with that swift decision. she he
came to all appearances u complete
adventures.
Brent maryelled AS he watched her
Here was department In which Miri-
am was ahead Of him: there was NO
flaw in her acting.
Il see." remarked Miriam. land you.
turning to Brent. '.you dear, chivalrous
person, you let 1t be thought that you
have stolen them" Her eyes signaled
to him and he saw her game. 1t was.
he knew, the only one to save the situ-
ALTON. and though hating himself for
the necessity, he reluctantly followed
her lead. 1t was not very difficult,
under the circumstances. for him to
look down and appear embarrassed.
How perfectly delicious Of you!"
continued Miriam. and how exactly
like YOU! Who says that chtvalry Is
dead"
Molly looked straight at her.
MIR. Brent has just told me-" she
said. that he took the papers and that
he gave them to you and you had no
idea at all what they were."
Yes. I'll bet he has," replied Miri-
am. strolling slowly across the room SO
that the gold threads woven in her
dress caught the light. now here. now
there. and gave an impression Of un-
dulatlon. which helped her effect I'm
Intensely and gave the true snaky
touch.
What do YOU mcan?" demanded
Molly. why do you talk OF him Ike
that? You speak AS though ne be-
longed to you"
Brent began to feel supremacy ridic-
ulous. as a man always must when
he Is the object OF contention between
two women. Reverse the situation and
the woman Is an object OF admiration.
both to herself and the two men. But
for some strange, far back, biological
reason. the same does not hold true Of
the position in which Brent now found
himself. He was what he looked--su
premely uncomfortable. and for the
first time his foolish expression ceased
to be assumed and became the genuine
article.
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Is ccsnSost hss. ~ remained silent
ItsSud11 hlyst though d Is Nurfor in Molly
fsnaindsG sudden ssIash .,of inspiration
/ why, bow silly phe had been "A ia
imagine that this terrible thing Chris
said of himself eouEisspe sr,,c S There
could be only one reason for his say.
ing It: The old -cefxcntionf,l mans
reason. lie was adins Il to shield a
woman. 10 shield Mrs. Lee. She
~whlrled round and catching him by
the shoulders locked into his eyes
Chris, don't believe a word of it,
she declared. You are not TELLING me
the truth. I'm just beginning to under
stand. How long have you known Mrs.
Leo
At that moment the door opened and
Miriam came into the room.
Miriam had heard Molly's last words
by the simple expedient of listening at
the door, This was one of the disad.
vantagcs OF her profession hat in
stnctiveiy she now always applied
hcy ear tns thr'rracE -of.a door before
puttih.. her fingers to the handle She
now saw, rs she Thought. iA.tt Molly
was mailing 4 scene about her tMiri-
am.s) behavior with Brent. and an,sTous
e. hs,p him. lest jealousy should set
fire. to their tninS..s,she came To the
rescue.
Are you talki,sfabout me?' she
asked casually and with her charm
ing. friendly SMILE.
Molly made no attempt to tidy the
disordered hair She had pushed back
from her forehead or 10 dry her wet
checks. She just sat looking MP at
the other woman.
Yes" she answered: II was asking
Mr.. Brent to tell me truthfully exactly
how long he had known YOU.
Brent tried to signal Miriam with
his eyes TO keep to their erigtna, story
of only. having met the day before.
hut Miriam not nnnaturaily took him
to be 'imploring her TO help to back
him IN in 1t.
II can answer that" she said gayly.
Lets see. now and she began to
count on her fingers. 'One. two. three.
four, five. six. yes, twenty -four hours
That's not true. said Molly.
20" said Miriam, at loss, and
flashing an anxious look at Brent.
What is it? Is anything the lnatter"'
"a good deaPs the matter" replied
Hrent. Mr.. Sanderson's lost some
valuable papers ana they've been
traced to one OF us
They were found in your ROOM
Molly told her.
Yes" countereds, Brent. quickly.
They were those ] gave YOU"
Miriam. as Chris had done a few
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|. ~ t1a1 ~ I'll Molly. H
Ml0& just A. wen shoae slnAs1eero1
Pa1m the housotOpe. He ouuldghaedly
help smiling a. he irpAgtned how. M,
-Rellock would think ne was behavias
as il4uhl to the Sandersons. while all
l.u,e .;tine the glare OF bis eye. the
trnple of his coufitenance, and his sur
prise. Indignation and alarm woaki be
as plain for the Sandersons 10 read as
one of their own ciphers.
There was only one chance. and that
was to play on Molly's love for him.
If he could make her think that he,
and he alone. was in the game she
might shield him. anyway ua,il to-
morrow, when all could be made plain.
1t was unfortunate that he had been
trying to teach her the sacredness of
IAN idea over any individual tic. and he
could only hope that her instinct would
triumph over counsel so alien to her
habit OF mind and so newly admins,
tered.
Ftr.'-fiave you said anything to Mrs.
Lee. Moliy?" he asked. No
Not yet.
Then you mustn't. I'll tell you why.
/ gave that paper To Mrs. Lee. l
thonght ] or my room might be
searched. <&e
Molly gave q little cry and snatched
her hands from under his. You gave
Il to her knowing what it was:''
/ Knowing what 1t w:,s. She. Of
course. is quite ignortnt about it.
Just asked her to take charge of ii
for me-"
Molly sat looking at him with all tho
pretty color vanished from her face.
At last the truth OF his teaching had
penetrated to her brain. She had told
her father. and pennicuik only that
afternoon that however much in the
wrong Chris might prove to be. she
would only love him all the more. Now
she, knew II was not true. that there
are some things which love cannot
survive. because they destroy the very
essence OF the person who was loved.
She realized now that she had wor-
SHIPPED Chris because he had always
seemed TO her above every other man
she had met. Now he was immeaslr-
ably lower than her absurd. pomrous.
but honest father lower than Percy.
with his nice, ordinary. well meaning
nature. In a flash she Jaw that she
would have preferred even an intrigue
With Mrs. Lee to this.
Brent saw, and in that moment OF
comprehension. although it made his
task more difficult, he realized that
unknown to itself and to him until
now. Molly's spirit was after all. akin;
to his. She. too. could prefer personal
unhappiness to the loss of an idea. !,
Molly cried convulsively, leaning
over the arm of the chair farthest
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I u 81 sledf y
By J. E. Harold Terry and Lechmere Warail.
s;.ses sxNoes.s,

The ivopy oppssnsi'l In che West
crsst pt;vats hSisf ii Al e ndsish'
ssaeoast town ~hsn England has
bsen at war one month. Mrs.
eandssson, the prop(ietrsss; her
con, Charles, serving in the Eng.
lish admiralty; Mr.. Pollock, the
justice Of the peace; his daughter,
Molly, 10; Christopher Brent,
Moiiy's f;ance; Nsrs. Miriam Lee,
. widow Of IS, the latest arrival at
the hotel; Miss Myrtle, a spinster;
Fraulsin Schroeder, q German
woman claiming twenty years Of
English naturalization; Penn;cuiIs,
. young English soldier, and
Fritz, - servant in the heuae.
Brent ;s looked upon by ali the
other hotel occupants, excepting
Molly and Mrs. Lee, a. an irre-
spons;ble idiot. A young English
girl breaks in on the hotel party
one morning carrying basket Of
white feathers, one Of which she is
going to present to every man she
meets who has mot enlisted. In
the presence of almost the entire
hotel patronage she asks Brent il
he is not going to enlist, and why
not. He says he is not, but his
reasons are evasive. Molly cringes
under the disfavor Brent thus
brings down upon himself by what
her father calls coward;ee. Brent
tries to gain Moliy's absolute faith
in him without disclosing the ma
ture Of his real business. But
partly because Of his lack Of faith
in keeping things from her and be-
cause Of his seeming filtration and
constant attendance upon the wild
ow, Miriam Lee, Molly wavers.
Brent examines the fireplace and
discovers a secret Marconi install
tation. Miriam discovers Mrs.
Sanderson to be the widow Of
General Won Mantle. Brent finds
that Frauiein Schroeder has made
. comprehensive drawing Of these
points. Brent instalIs a dictaphone
in the living room Of the hotel,
and hears the entire conversations
held therein by the German spies
He learns Of an intended plot to
signal q German submarine from
the hotel by burning the hotel to
the ground. the occupants along
with Il. In the meantime the spies
try to find out who is spying on
them. The ptotters devise a
scheme Of bringing Pollock into
conference and telling him that
Brent and Mrs. Lee are German
spies, and as justice Of the peace
re should arrest them.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-08

Western tulnh : I I
Abss,g lihelf I J !! y =!

Spokane. Dec. s.--I1umbeSnnAn u
Oregon, Washington 1daho. an 0oae
tana, in attendance ate meetlne g the
Western Pine Manufacturer asA0ciA.
ton here today. discussed labor cCndi-
tions In the lumber camps nf their dis
trtct and continued the meeting tomor-
row. when 1t was announced that It
was hoped some definite conclusion
would he reached.
DIR. Henry Suzzalo. president OF the
university Of Washington and chair
man Of the State Council Of Defense,
and Professor Z. II. Parker. head OF the
department Of economies at the univer-
si,y, participated In the discussion.
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REJECT NAruRAC,zEu GERMANS.

Billings. Dec. Establishment will be
refused to naturalized citizens Of Ger.
man and American birth at the local
recruiting office for the United States
army today upon Geographic advices
received from the war department.
Four reflections resulted from the or
ders More than so recruits were re-
ceived for various branches Of army
service In Billings during the day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
Here and Elsewhere

building yards at Olympia vote 70
return To work.
Frank Bergen IL arrested By
sheriff for issuing $40 check on
National Bank of Tacoma when
he had no funds there.
Figures complied by State Fire
Warden Pape show that lumber
ing operations are responsible for
majority of forest fires started In
state. -
Salads-alI kinds-at Duon-
wald's, lie broadway. adv.
Tom Murphine, assistant ~.
torney general. writes opinion
that II is unlawful for person to
hold shellfish during July. Au-
gust and September, though they
were caught previous to that time.
Ambulance corps recently re-
cruited on Grays Harbor In Or
dered to report at once at Fort
Lawton.
Shinglc holt cutter sets fire 10
hornets nest and as result fire
is now raging, threatening large
tracts of fine timber OF Reliance
Lumber Co. and Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co. and government re-
serve In Lewis county.
Third annual pilgrimage to Mt.
Tacoma and sunrise initiation on
Alta Vista by Commencement
lodge No. Z. Knights OF Pythias.
postponed to Aug. 20 and rs.
Cy Noble, former football star
at University of Washington, now
student at reserve officers train
ing camp at Preside, will marry
Miss Doris Smith of Portland In
San Francisco next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
MOTHERS WILL MEET

OF Tacoma artillery
school Tuesday
auxiliary keep the companies them
ind
yidualy
probably send her boy what she knows
likes said the South End mothers Friday and he VIII
% Others to send
whole they will belong equally to
all he boys mothers not
artillery live the South
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04

Not until he kicks door of
house in is Constable Mitchell
able to arrest Benjamin wilkins,
1897 East Howe ST. wilkins
wife didn't want to let the con-
stable in.
Tacoma real estate men hold
special meeting in Commercial
club.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY a
PRINTING 60. Main AIT. adv.
Forty-seven cents raised by
bad Words Fund" at Foss
Launc Co. office. One cent pen
atty for cussing, chewing gum or
yarn telling.
Napkichi Matsunaga, japanese
consul at Seattle, says Japan will
protest IL japanese citizens are
accepted for military service in
u. S.
DIR. Cozza, dentist, 2O3 Provi-
dent. adv.
Watermelons drop two cents q
pound on Tacoma market.
Horse OF Prince George, for
mer crown prince of Serbia, is
shot from under him while he is
inspecting troops on Macedonian
front.
Hofstetter's has your fishing
tackle. 1903 Pacific ave. adv.
j. J. Higgins, chief of pure food
division of state department of
agriculture and father OF pure
food law, dies in Seattle.
Six hundred men who have
been on strike in wooden ship
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
ENDORSE 8-HOUR DAY

Prediction within all retail the city will
be o'clock Saturday gifts made following meet
ing Tacoma retail merchants the Commercial club Saturday
night.
the eght-hour
/ should worked Department
furnishings
the week order
Saturday nights.
Henry of his probably
would Saturdays matter what the other stores
conferred following
m decided at 6.
organized for the eight
organized labor will patronze merchants
a o'clock helped in the decision.
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BY VIRTUE OF duly issued by the city Clerk city
City Hail. South 7th Street Pacific
of sale.
n
ment OF Local Districts Nos 6 SS and $50 the eighth
gether with interest. penalty and costs attached
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Fourth Annual Installment
CAKES ADDITION.
CONDEMNATION CASE NO. 4O776

IBY
door
m o ing
said Said
the Superior Court OF Pierce County, No. o77s