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The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
"can You Tell Me Where Mark Is9

he learned that Mark had called sev- eral times on a pretty miss at Platts- vile. Mark. after that last moonlight auto rite with Lois, however, did not revisit Plattsville and Durham began to feel easy again.
 One day a brisk, smiling man en- tered the office of Durham at Rock vile.
 I'm the man you sent for he an nounced placidly. "'Gyp' Dalziel, you know"
 Why. you don't look q bit like de- tective," exclaimed Durham.
 That is the highest compliment you can pay the profession. if you only knew it." replied Dalziel. No. l mustn't, indeed" suggested the de tective "or my usefulness in your be- half would be destroyed. You wrote for good man. I'm that individual. Whats the job?"
 Watching certain relative of mine day and night for the next six weeks to see that he doesn't get married"
 "H'm.' stared Dalziel explain"
 'It's simple A cousin of mine, Mark Davenal. Is heir to a fortune that will come to me if he should fall to get married before the first day of the next year"
 And then Durham gave the detective all the details of the case in hand. And then "Gyp" Dalziel started out on his six months commission. He gave him. self out as an artist. and made a pre-. tense of sketehing the scenery around Rockville. He was bland, clever and was shrewd enough to keep his eye closely and constantly upon the move. ments of Mark. without in the least exciting his suspicious. Every now and then he reported to Durham.
 "I'll guarantee your cousin never thinks of woman" announced Dal ziel decisively "I think he is going to forfeit the. fortune. Why. the fellow is absolutely call0us as to the wiles of the gentler sex. He seems wrapped up in reading. fishing and his duties as manager of the estate' But week to the day before the two years were up the detective came to his patron with a far differen, story.
 Something up, the situation has chsnged,' he reported to Durham.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
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 "I must obey my mother" spoke Lois Griscom firmly.
 .'Yes, dear" admitted Mark Davenal, young. ardent but sensible, 'she IS wise and knows best, and still sighed longingly, as he gazed at the lovely face near to his own.
 Mother says I must not think CT an engagement until l am full eight cen"
 "A whole year to wait :" spoke Mark as gloomily as though he were being sentenced to prison.
 ..In the meantime you may write to me once a month and l may reply. We are not to meet during the year. At it's end she-well, she will speak with you again. Good-by. l shall live my lonely life day by day. just as you will, knowing 1t will all turn out hap oily at the end"
 Bless you." uttered Mark Davenai fervently. Tt shall be as you say. al though the ordeal is a severe one,
 Then he turned, kissed the only girl he had ever loved and left. the sunlit garden. A sudden thought stayed his steps, He went back to where LOIS stood, her eyes moist and tender.
 svDear," he said softly, there is something I should tell you. Will you give me two hours of your time to listen to it this evening? A last auto ride as far as the next town and back our last tryst for year."
 Lois hesitated, then she assented. Her mother thought her upstairs in her room, while Lois was speeding away to Broeton and back with her lover. A sweet secret made her face radiant as she quietly stepped back to her room. her absence undiscovered.
 At Rockville, fifty miles away, Davenal resumed his old life, attend who had died year since. The old man had left Mark his sole heir condi- tionally Unless within two years from the death of his uncle Mark married the estate was to go to his second cousin. Bert Durham. What had actuated old Robert Tilden was the fact that Mark had never cared much for the opposite sex. Literature was his great passion, and often he had laughingly told his uncle that his great aim in life was to be a bachelor re- ciuse. But that was before he met Lois Griscom.
 As to Bert Durham, he became a positive villain at heart at the thought of losing the fortune he craved. He was delighted as year went by and Mark kept up his old bachelor life and routine. He became uneasy when
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Tn what way?s demanded Durham.

Tn what way?" demanded Durham. on nettles of fear and suspense.
 Young Davenal is up to something. He has ordered two new suits of clothes from the city. l know that he has purchased a lady's diamond ring. He acts preoccupied. as though there were something urgent on his mind"
 You must find out what" snapped Durham Say, the prize must not es- cape me, even-even if we have to use force"
 Tut tut now" voiced the de tective, but not with any great fervor.
 "Oh. I don't mean foul play" de- elared Durham Look here, it's only six more days. Cant he disappear|
 q think he's bent on doing that thing for himself" observed DalZiel. He is certainly preparing for trip somewhere"
 Don't let him make it. Here" and Durham thrust a roll of money into the hand of his employee. "kidnap him for week and I'll double the fee we originally agreed upon
 What the precious pair did was to overtake Mark in the woods one dark night and convey him to an old house ten miles away, where they made of him a fast prisoner.
 The last day of the old year came, the first of the new one arrived. Bert Durham was iubilant Mark remained unmarried The fortune was sure for the spacious plotteri
 Durham had paid Dalziei his fee and the detective was to release his captive and disappear. Late in the afternoon Durham was advised that q young lady wished to see him and she was ushered into his private office.
 Lois. for it was she, was dressed in mourning. Her mother had died two weeks previously She was free now to do as sue chose and naturally Mark was her first thought.
 .'I am seeking for MT. Davenal." she advised Durham. 'and l cannot find him. They tell me you are his near
  for advice. Can you tell me where Mark iS?"
 Mark :" Durham experienced pe- culiar thrill. Who could this forward, familiar young creature be?
 ''You-er-you know my couI4N, then2'
 Why, of course" replied candid Lois with blue, open eyes. He is my husband We were married secretly nearly year ago-are you i'll. MT. Durham|
 Was he i'll He was crushed. and when Mark Davenal, set free by Dal- ziel, arrived upon the scene. the baffied schemer vanished summarily and de- parted for parts unknown.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
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The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

ookma sold the late explained that enjoyed midnight barrel in alley of the wholesale business district
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would and to relations with them
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The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

The charger" of the Bible was a shallow vessel for receiving water or blood. also for preserving offerings of fine flour with oil Plumbers, 7:79).
 When St. Paul addressed "Epicu- reans and Stoics" (Acts IT :1S) at Attn ems the philosophy of life was practi. cally reduced to the teaching of these two antagonistic schools.
 In the United States only one farm in seven, of more than 20 acres, now supports sheep, and consequently we import nearly third of billion ] pounds of wool yearly.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
4 Double Header.

Wesley had been told that two en- zines pulling one train is called double header. Recently he attended wedding where two sister. married two brothers. both brides being given away by their father As the wedding procession advanced with the brides in the lead he excitedly exclaimed '"Oh, look, mamma Here comes double header of brides"
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Had Orpheus Beaten Mile,

Dad" said the eight-year-old of the family. here's a book that says that Orpheus was such q fine musi- clan that he made trees apd stones move." "son," said father, )solemnly. your sister Bess has Orpheus beaten. Her piano playing has made twenty families move out of this building in the last three months"
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
FROM NEAR AND FAR

A Winnipeg man was married the other day on a license to hunt deer.
 It is not generally known that for a time the ex-czar served in the Russian army as a common soldier.
 On the first cast in bait, in casting for black bass. the angler should reel in slowly for about five feet, then fast
 The Babyionian bricks were more commonly burnt in kilns than those used at Nineyeh, which were sun driedv like those of the Egyptians.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

publishes all manner of practical books which tend to raise the physical, social and financial standards of the people throughout the country. You may even secure a book from them telling how to make flytraps. What have flytraps to do with their produet-plows and harrows? Nothing at all except that their venom-covered feet may bring death to those who buy blows and har- rows. Good advertising? No! just good humanity.-Adapted From the Etude.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
To Establish War Zone.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Attorney Gen eral McAllister filed report with Governor Gardner relative to condi- tions at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis. and suggests that the governor ask the War Department to estab- fish a war zone of 500 yards about the barracks.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

"IBET has had for centuries fas- cination which has led many
 explorers to their death. It oc-
 cupies an immense area of the oldest of the continents, and 1t is in- habited by strange Monoloid people who have vainly tried to live hermit existence. Several centuries ago a law was enacted and made part of the Tibetan religion prohibiting any Euro pean entering the country. and this law was rigidly effective until the Brit 1 ish expedition under Colonel Young husband captured the capital of Tibet several years ago. The remoteness of Tibet the hardships to be met in cross ing the immense ranges of mountains, the hostility of the barbarous tribes of the country and the jealousy of the lamas or priests aided in keeping this region unknown to the rest of the world, writes Henry l.. Peterson in Grit.
 Tibet is practically treeless and bit terly cold. for the mountains here reach great attitudes and nature pre- sents her widest and most repellent moods. The ruggedness of the land scape is reflected in the people them selves who are very low in the scale of civilization. One explorer of this lit tle-known country says in describing the inhabitants:
 Among the varying scales of hu- mankind the Tibetan is entitled to the lowest position: it would be impos- sible to imagine people more unen- frightened and barbarous, savage and degraded in all the terms savagery and degradation imply. One who has never seen a Tibetan nomad on his native heath can have no conception of his unpleasant appearance; the swarthy complexion, long black hair. piercing eoal-black eyes, half-naked figure with an enormous spear slung on his back and rusty matchlock in his hand, makes the best figure for painter l ever saw. When opportunity presents itself to attack and plunder small caravan without chance of resistance he is perfect embodiment of vain- glorious bravery, but at the first show of aggression, or even the feebleSt of real dangers he is the veriest cow ard"
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Car Drops To Street.

New York.-Twenty-five persons were injured, F seriously. when a four-ear train on the Broadway ele- yated line in Brooklyn collided with an empty train. The first car of the passenger train fell off into the street below and was crushed, while the second car was suspended from the elevated structure.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Endurance Test.

Wealth is honorable. and may be used most blessedly when men regard themselves as being what indeed they are-stewards of 1t. and not the own CTS; when they know how to acquire without avariee. and how to spend without grudging. Far TAT.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

A. Leff as immigration secretary.
 For Mrs. Jeff has history.
 When Marie" as she calls her self, was a little girl, her father, a French attorney practicing in Ger many, died. Marie was sent to Rus sia under the care of her uncle, then German consul in Russia. In Russia Marie attended a private school.
 Meantime strange society had sprung up in the universities and schools of RuSSia-the "Order of So-
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Food Conservation.

She was of the stage. That was plain. For she had certain curls. cer- tain hues of cheek. and certain looks of the eye which told this story. Then too. she had a dog. which sat behind her chair. as she ate her meal, brought from the bread line which passes the steam tables.
 Oscar-why call all dogs Fido?-s behind the chair and waited very pa fiently. He evidently was trained Then, suddenly he was waited upon There dropped from above, where the debris had been carefully collected and placed in a piece of paper, quite a meal. Oscar set upon it, and raven ously gorged 1t down.
 Then. led by his mistress. he left the restaurant as if something very un usual had happened.
 Food conservation v murmured the fat man, who was starting upon his record variety of pie.-Columbus Eve ming Dispatch.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Object To Suppression.

Chicago.-The National Executive Committee of the Socialist party at a special meeting here decided to pro- test to Washington against interfer- ence with Socialist publications. It was said that one paper had been suppressed entirely. and various is sues of six others have been held up by postal authorities.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

this swnder wealthy a another.
 
  fellows the requisites. fnd You find him. her haunting making advertisement samples himself of
  medicines. particular complain makes
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headquarters. The boy hermit left the new home of his parents some time ago and after visiting the business dis trict was unable to find his way back.
 When night fell he perched on the East Seventh street bridge, watching the crowds returning to their homes from work. He said that he believed his father might see him. But darkness found him alone. unclaimed. Hungry and tired, Max says that he returned to the bright lights of the streets and pafhered m discarded neMSnaners.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Prnhihition in Enoiand.

Topeka, Kan-Dr. Charles M Shel- don, pastor of the Central Congrega- tional church here, and widely known throughout this country and Europe as writer on religious subjects, has accepted an invitation to visit Eng land this fall and participate in their nationwide campaign for prohibition.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Shipyard Is Burned.

East Booth Bay. Me.-The ship building plant of Rive Bros. burned. together with a halfcompleted light ship, several trawlers and half a dozen yachts and launches. The loss was estimated at s150,000. No evi- denee of incendiarism was found.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Wilson Saves Detraetor.

San Francisco.-Intervent of President Wilson through United States District Attorney John W Preston saved Henry Ruhl. a hotel man. from jail sentence for making slurring remarks about the chief ex- ecutiye.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

south. IT WAS thlS embhrraSsment tHHI awoke the Greenville section of the city with the dread that there had been another munitionS disaster when big Charley "busted" five hundred plates, cups and saucers over their heads while they were at breakfast in freight ear.
 Hughes, a negro, weighs exactly 220 pounds, so when the boss told him he was "canned' and he saw his friends giggle and whisper to one an other, he decided to let them know that he was going to remain with them
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
At the Wild West Show.

Surprised to see me here. Smith ! I'd rather have quiet smoke at home, but my wife bullied me into coming to take care of the boy. you know"
 Hes fine little fellow, aren't you, son?'
 Jumping Jupiter, that's not my boy. Where in thunder is that kid"
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
The PsychoIooicaI Moment.

She-"Now is the time to ask papa. !" He (with cold feeO-"Why now?" She -"The cook talks of leaving because our family Is too large. Pa'll do any thing to induce her to stay"
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

seems HkeIy that the managers or the big stores will put their heads togeth- CT and make mutual agreement to no longer send anything out on ap- proyal.
 Women customers are the worst offenders. They go to shop. make a few trifing purchases so as to get themselves on the list of customers, and then they begin ordering things "on approval"
 One day it will be hat. the next a scarf. and the third a jacket, Each
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Many Small Tribes.

The Tibetans are composed of many small tribes, varying in customs, man. ners and even language, but held to- the Dalai Lama, for in government Tibet is theocracy almost pure and simple. Their habits of life are inde- scribably filthy, and morals, according to Western standards, have no exist ence. Says one writer who has lived among them for time:
 "The love of eating is common to all Tibetans. For many months I lived among them to bear witness to their dipping their hands up to their wrists in one dish. eating sheep's insides, and sleeping under tents crawling with yer min engendered by their filthy habits. They are gluttonous and will eat at all times until gorged, then lie down and sleep like brutes."
 The pest of vermin Is widespread. for their religion, particularly among the more educated, forbids the taking of life. and to kill louse is considered Il moral sin which may condemn the slayer's soul to an eternity of horrible punishment
 Wretched Lot of the Women.
 The traveller cannot fail to be struck by the hardness and misery of the Iii betan woman's lot, says the writer just quoted. Although, owing to the dispar- ity between the sexes, a woman is a valuable commodity. she is treated with contempt and her existence is in definitely worse than that of domestic
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Oversubseription 52 Per Cent.

Washington.-Libe Loan sub scriptions totaled s3,O35, ,226,S50, an oversubscription of nearly 52 per cent.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19

Paris.-Training bases for Ameri- can troops in France are ready for occupancy. They include aviation. artillery, infantry and medical bases.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Rnnt 1n Return Soon

Washington. Americas commits sion to Russia. headed by Elihu Root, practically has completed its work and will start for home soon.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Good Humanity,

One of the largest American indus trial concerns has regularly or ganized educational department which
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Bad Man. Proved Handy With the Crockery

JERSEY J other who with him the
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Woman Has Had Her Full Share of Adventure

mother husband through Her It than this however that has led iha A amIAoyM Mrs Maria
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Holland landlords are prohibited by law from raising rents during occu- pancy by tenants.
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
Gales of GOTHAM
 ;;lah'd6 B d6henCITIES
Youngster of Eight Proves Himself Wonder

CAHow Max Factor aged eight eked out remarkable
  recently California told by the boy police detective
The Monticellonian., 1917-07-19
To Shut Down on Goods Sent on Approval

NEW YoRK"Goods " The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-29
Editors Mail
SPOKE FOR IRELAND


Editor The Star: | understand
that my speaking for the Peoples
council has been the subject of
some criticism and misunderstaad-
ing. | am In the United States
solely for tho purpose OF propa-
ganda on behalf of Ircland's com
plete Independence and OF her sep
arate representation at the peace
conference. The right OF all ua-
lions TO choose their own form OF
government n one OF the planks
In the platform of the Peoples
council, and the subject OF my ad-
dress was on the Rights OF Small
Nations" with special reference 10
ireland. | welcomed the invitation
extended me by the Peoples coun-
Gil to plead tho cause OF ireland
before that body and am duly crate
full for the privilege afforded me OF
specially emphasizing the claim OF
my small nation.
While | am particularly interest
ed In the cause OF peace and OF
labor. being a profound believer in
true democracy. and In world fed
Grafton. have made IL a rule not
TO interfere in matters relating to
internal American affairs and not
10 identify myself with any partic-
ular group In domestic labor con-
troversles. As guest In this coun-
try. as a friendly alien" | should
deem II improper TO do so.
HANNA s.. SKEFFTNGTON.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-29
A Great Impetus to Real
Democracy

One of the most useful byproducts of the has been
the political socktakng now made possible IN the United
States
In the furnace OF crisis the lighter dross OF our
political life has risen TO top in scum and chatter while the
real metal flowing into the mods OF national reconstruction
The work of the real democrats the fundamental pro-
ercssves ouruare leaders of organized labor and the
honest America which have since the days OF
Mark blasted hoary abuses and preached the
citadel OF putoccy in this country will eventually be iae
The progressive movement suffering because OF the
adherence OF selfseekng demagogues addists vsonaes
done dseredt the OF democracy by their ex
Thought and speech and their ignorance OF history
economics the facts OF life
Always noisier than the who have really achieved
results the against Special Privilege these poll parrots
have retarded progress. -.
But the has come and they are committing SUICIDE
like the moths about the electric arc.
The anarchists the birth control cranks the addsts
the free lovers. the impossbiss OF the l. w w and us
kindred clques the professional reormers have lost their
bearings account OF the war.
They have rushed vagaries OF pacism and many
Of them avhe paid agents the iatuous dupes
Of the German spy system All have revealed their lack OF
vision their incapacitv for understanding world politics
social evolution manifested in the epochnakng events OF
Their lack of fundamental knowledge weakness OF
character have become manifest the time Their
inability practice teamwork sacrifice their fads
ing notorey the general good have demonstrated that
Their political influence has been reduced the
result OF their antinaona and ansoeial activities which
favor German imperialism
1t is all for the best Democracy is we'll rid of them
Organized labor is well rid of the blowhards and
crooks who rendered its task difficult.
Out of the there is coming national political inn
pulse This force in the OF the food BILL in
the for the OF profits and the
government control of materials shipyards, railroads,
mines, and prices.
The vesges special privilege in America being
Slapped by the OF control business
While these revolutionary changes being carried out
~ the Wso administration with quiet power and the back
Ing OF the forces of democracy and organized labor the
bowling and chatteng of the assorted cranks only
minor an-ke the buzzing of the horseflies about
he striving stranng horses which blowing deep and
sowing the seed of American democracy-industral and
politcal.