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The Washington times., 1918-03-07
Suspicion.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
I am nineteen and me: a SOL
der who Is about four or hvs
years my senior. lie has proved
himself a gentleman and a good
friend After he left he wrote
newsy letters. which answered.
He is now bound for France. so
kindly tell me II It is proper to
write newsy letters or TO discon-
tinue the correspondence alto
Eether. A. Il
by all means write nswsy. CHEEKY
letters to your soldier boy. Dur
ing the time when men were sent
from all parts OF the country TO tho
camps, there were married men
who posed as single and girls who
wantonIy nirtsd with men regard
less OF possible home ties But since
YOUR friendship is established. I
ICY YOU must have known some
~ OF your friend from other SOL
uIcrs IN his company II cannot hurt
you u write friendly Isttsrh
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was that Of a woman. and II Ad-
yanred noiselesBly. its arms eX-
tended along the path where tho
grass had been beaten down thAt
led from the house to the church.
But when the strange being raised
her head Esther gave a little cry
OF surprise and Joy. What strange
FRANKS the moonlight can play. she
had been almost tricked into hyinB
in alarm from the very woman
whom she had come TO see. Tor
surely this was Lillian hersclf-Li'-
liam in a rather fantastic evening
dress with her fair hair loosened'
but Lillian without a doubt.
Esther ran forward to meet her
friend. Lillian, Lillian! she
cried. how foolish or me. ala
not recognize you at first. was
little frightened. too, but thls
strange place gets on ones nerves.
and the m""nlIGht-yet II was you
l came to see
She paused as she spoke, waiting
until Lillian should como up WIN
her. To her surprise tho Rdvanc-
ing woman made no answer, ana
there was no change in the eN-
preston OF her face. II was as II
she nau not seen ESlleI Hoi 49,
lied that any one stood in her pain.
Lillian" She Cried, Speak to Me-
Lillian cried Esther again. and
her voice sounded strange and I'M
natural in the silence OF tho night
The woman--Lillian. II It was she
was now abreast OF her and
seemed about to pass her by. She
made no sound as she walked eN-
Cept a faint fluttering Of the filmy
skirt. she wore thin, delicatcly made
white shoes. but they were discol-
ored and soddcn with moisture.
Esther felt no fear. There was
something pathetic rather than ter
ribIe in the appearance of the
dream-haunted figure that passed
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To My Sweetheart
SOLDIER
NV Precious Husband

y L
1t is with heaviness Of grief that
1 write you tonight. Little Sammy,
my souls brother, has gone to join
the "Innumerable Caravan" l
will tell you as best l can, but God
has laid His hand heavily upon
me. Ny soul answered to Sammy's
voice.
The telephone call came this
morning. | couldn't catch it all for
the voice was blurred with weep
ing. But could l go at once to
the Jones home? Sammy wanted
me. Could 1? l would answer
the call Of my souls brother to
the ends of the earth.
An air of tragedy seemed to
brood over Sammy's street, the chill
dren whispered in groups-a few
women with shawls drawn tight
stood solemnly talking together,
in porch and yard. Mrs. Jones
opened the door to my anxious
ring. Her eyes were red with
weeping, her apron was twisted in
her clenched hands. Sobbing. and
with breaking heart, she told me
the tragic story. Early In the
morning the wounded dove had
fluttered from Sammy's clasp, out
across the pavement into the
street. A big motor truck was
bearing sNiftly down and unmind-
full of anything but his precious
little companion, Sammy darted
out in rescue. When they brought
him in. crushed and broken, his
dove clasped to his breast, his one
anxious thought was for his pet.
Had he saved it, was it safe? But
the dove lay quiet under his ca
lessing hands-the sacrifice had
been in vain. The doctors said
from the first it was only a ques-
ton of hours-the spine was COM
pletely crushed. As l knelt by his
side he tried to smile-the old
look of love, the same loyalty,
flashed for a moment across his
face-"Give my love to Mr.. Jack"
he whispered. Gee how I'd like
to see that guy, | always hoped
I'd grow up to be like him. Give
him my love" And holding my
hand, while the waves broke
nearer on the other shore. and the
look of wonder deepened on his
face. little Sammy sailed away.
His last deed was one Of sacrifice.
his last work one of remembrance
and love. Oh, how much wiser he
is than We, The mystery of death
is solved for him-and from his
face | know that the kindness of
his we come, and the beauty OF
that home, not built with hands,
eternal in the heavens, is greater
-far-than his poor dreams.
All day l sat by that quiet
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OF
THE FAMOUS

An amusing story. Illustrating
the good Fellowship existing be-
tween English officers and their
men. is told by tho Rev. William
Ewing in From Gallipou to BaEh-
dad"
The rsvernsd gentleman accom-
panied Colonel Boswell Of tho Ayr
shire Yeomanry TO the sector held
by his men.
There was not ono Of them
writes Mr. Ewing but bright
.ned UP at the coming OF the Col
oneI. who had E word Of greeting
for each of them by name as he
passed.
Al the junction Of several trenches
he hailed a smilinEfaced young
ster as follows:
Halo, Allison. what's wrong?
You're rather white about the Eills."
"Ay. sir. hae Just washed
naseT." was tho reply. spoken in
all seriousness: followed by loud
laughter along the hollow ways
from men who knew how com
plstSly . good wash alters the az
PSet 81 tAS trORa6 dWSllaR
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

The following day Esther goes to Helm
Court. her new country home. She &C
cepts an Invitation to lunch at The Tow
ers the estate OF her neignbor, Mira.
Borradals She meets young Lord Bor-
rsdaIe. and they Immediately fall In love
Guy returns TO his old life. His friends
frame q newspaper syndicate whereby Guy
f. TO make $40 90 easy money Guy
who Is to inherit Esthers estate. IN
knowingly mortgages It, agreeing to ray
100 per cent Esther is marked for death
and The SluEGer" is told to shadow her.
As young BorradRle and Esther sit on
tho verandA they hear stealthy foot steps
and Harold pursues the hestinE ngure-
He overtRkes the man, a fight follows IN
which Harold knocks the thug out, but
f. badly stabbed himself.
Esther goes to see tho rector to see II
she il free to marry. but he refused help:
She goes TO New York to sec ''the lawyer
and Lillian. The lawyer warns Esther
she must not marry and refused to help
her. He tells her she can see Lillian at
Adderley at 10 o'clock that night. She &C
cordingly goes TO Adderiey that night and
while waiting for Lillian TO arrive shs
searches the Vestry Of the ruined church
for the register she signed.
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Read Right on in Today's Installment.

her unseeIng. She turned and fol-
lowed; she laid her hand gently
upon Lillian's arm.
Lillian" she said softly. This
time she whispered the word for
fear of unduly exciting the uncon-
scious wanderer. Her fingers felt
the warm flesh OF the bare arm, and
she was glad that she had not
Welded, even for a moment to tho
frst impulse OF superstition.
But the soft sound OF her voice,
the gentle touch OF her fingers. had
no effect such as Esther desired
She had hoped that Lillian would
awaken, with IA start perhaps. and
perhaps a little frightened at her
strange freak, but yet herself again.
But II was not so. Instead the
woman, with laugh that sounded
unreal, metallic, linked her arm in
Esther's and drew her quietly
along the narrow path. Esther made
no resistance. She had a feeling
that she must stand by Lillian: she
wondered. too, what could be pass
ing through the disordered brain,
and what might be the object OF
this moonlight expedition. Was she
thus Unexpectedly to learn soms
other secret of the RorradaIe in
heritance might II not even be
something affecting herself?
Come With Me-" She Commanded
The supposed Lillian spoke at
last. 1t was the voice of Guy Hook
inG's wife-Esther could not be
mistaken about It though its tone
was strained and expressionless.
Come along. l have something
to show you-why should 1t be for
me alone?" The voice rose and fell
in curious cadence-it was as II
the words were half sung and half
spoken.
Esther allowed herself TO be
drawn along. She made no fur
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Esther vasseII Is induced to being Sc
eretIy married for a large sum Of money.
All she knows OF her husband In name
only Is that he Is a convict and his name
il Basil.
The ceremony takes place in q rlined
church On her return she finds her SIS
ter and uncle both dead. the latter leaving
her sole heir to q large fortune. He DIS
Inherited his nephew. Guy Hooking. one
morning early Guy meets his friend In an
automobile and Tweedledee offers Guy
money to drive him whsTo no II going.
GUY accepts, and through an accident
finds that his cousin Esther IL the otnar
OCCUPANT OF the carriage. He forces the
man to take her hack to where she ives
and makes him give hack all he loet 70
him. They neIt meet at q masouerAde
ball.
TwesdIedee Is murdered in his boz AZ
the masquerade ball. Guy Hooking con-
nded 10 Esther the story OF his litc -thAt
he IA a married man and Esther discovers
that tho woman who was present AZ her
rnvsterlous marriage II Guys vile.
Hooking admits to Esther his secrrt
mysterious marriage with Lillian, that ne
does not love her.
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couch, trying as | might to com
fort the grief Of the broken
hearted mother; listening to her
pathetic testimony. That patient
monotone wrUng my heart, and
little Sammy with the sublime in
difference Of death, lay with his
dove upon his breast. How his
heart used to warm to any word
of praise; now, how meaningless
our earthly language, compared TO
the divine speech of God.
Tonight as | look at the radiance
upon the snow, the face Of Christ
shines with a tender light. In the
fields Of lilies, I seem to see
myriad of little children, and even
as | look Sammy takes his place
among the rest, with his dove upon
his breast. And the brooding eyes
of Jesus smile, ana He stretches out
His hands in loving welcome. "Suf-
fer the little children to come unto
Me, for of such is the Kingdom OF
Heaven"
Pray for us tonight, beloved. not
for little Sammy, because his en-
trance was triumDhant unto ths
Heavenly Home: but for the rest
of us. that in the midst Of death
and loneliness our faith shall not
fail. and we shall be @ble 70 feel
in every crisis the arms which are
underneath and sustaining. and the
heart which neither slum5c-s nor
sleeps.
Good night, nv lover.
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PUSS IN BOOTS,
JUNIOR
A Pleasing Good Night
Series by David
Cory

TT was very lucky that N
Ulysses had that reliable Eraph-
ophons on board ship. for q
n hadn't been for the music Eusas
those tired sailors would nsVeS
have reached land For thsJ were
% tired rowing that when they
landed on the beautiful green island
I mentioned in the story before
this. they had to lie down on the
sand and 70 to sleep for twenty
three minutes But II they haA
known what they were going -
nnd on the island I'm SurS they
wouldn't have slept At all but
would have Jumped back int thS
boat and rowsd away.
You see. this island was owned ~
= wicked magician. EhO v@ .
daughter Of the Sun Yes. she hAA
. magic wand and when she touch
Cd anyone with II. he turned int .
Big. Wasn't that dreadful
Now. NJ Ulysses wasn't going -
take any chances this time. Al
though of course. he didn't know
what you and I know So he went
forward with some Of his men Ia
charge OF an officer to md out EhS
lived on the island, and by and By
they came TO = palace, and all Of .
sudden they were surrounded By
lions and tigers. But these animals
were very tame. for they had onos
been men and had been changed int
animals by the wicked daughter q
ne Sun.
And then through the palace WIN
dows came the sound OF a sWOSt
voice So the onicsr sailor called
out and the daughter Of the Sun
came out of her palace and invited
them In and gave them a wonderful
dinner. And after that she touched
them with her wand. all except the
sailor officer, who ran back to the
ship. And, oh, dear me. All tha
sailors she touched with her mAEtS
wand turned into pigs, and she shut
them UP In stiles and fed them "a
acorns and other things which pigs
love.
And a soon As Mr.. Ulysses heard
the nswS he and Puss set out for
the castle to rescue their frfendA
and on this way Puss met a little
messenger boy named Mercury.
who had wings on his fest to make
him swift to deliver kilograms and
boxes Of candy. and when Puss told
him what had happened that wise
little messenger boy said he kne"
of little plant that had a magic
power. and he ran on and got
Bprig and gave Il TO PusA
And then Puss and Mr.. Ulysses
hurried up to the castle. and after
he and Puss had dined with the
Daughter Of the Sun. Puss touched
her with the magic spriT. and saidi
IF you don't change our sailor boys
back into their natural shapes. III
kill you with my sword" And she
was so frightened. because the
magic spriE made her powerless.
you know, to work further harm.
that she went out and changed the
sailors back into their natural
forms
And then shs gave Mr.. Ulysses
some rood Advics and directed thsn
to their home For on the vAy
there they had to pass some bsAa-
tituI islands where lived = band -
sea nymphH who sang such lovely
songs that sailors couldn't pass ~
without landing on the islHnAA.
which were surrounded By HhArD
rocks that broke their boAAs An -
pieces
And In tbs next story - A4
hear what Mr.. Ulysses al - -
not to hear those lovely Hnu
the Sirens. which was thu HAAs -
these cruel sea nymphA
Copyright Is1S DaEA o.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
Ink Not Yet Dry.

There was blot upon the last
page Esther lit another match from
the one which was Pickering out,
and. STOPPING low, examined the
mark carefully.
II was as she thought. the ink
was b. ely dry.
She sprang TO her feet and the
lid Of the chest fell to with heavy
slam which reverberated through
the length Of the deserted church.
A cloud Of dust blinded her. and
the frightened bats skinned in
panic from side TO side. The owl
s,reamed wildly from the nave: It's
cry was echoed by a hoOtiRg from
somewhere without.
Esther turned and Ned from the
vts,ry and from the church. she
felt. she knew. that someone must
have been there but n very little
while before her. might even be
lurking in some dark recess now,
watching her perhaps - perhaps
preparing To seize her as she ran.
II was not till she stood once
more in the long grass beyond the
uDrch that Esther bTeathed freely
again. Then. STOPPING, she ran the
fingers Of one hand through he
wet blades. and so mOistened
brow. which was hot and thro.
hing She glanced furtively about
her, but saw nothing to cause her
alarm.
She was about to move on in tho
direction Of the shrubbery when
a slight sound caused her to halt
and gaze fiXedly at the door OF the
house. Perhaps It was only bird
fIutterinC in the ivy-or was II true
that the door was moving?
A GhOstlike Figure Appears.
Yes. there WAS no mistake about
n. The door was opening. and a
faint streak Of light showed plain
" from within the house. Presently.
TOO a white clad figure appeared in
the aperture.
II was not the terror the pos
sssscd creature she feared SO much
Esther realized at once. Tho figure
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THE WOLVES OF NEW YORK

ther attempt to arouse Lillian from
her trance.
But now Esther drew back. Not
therer' she cried. "Oh. Lillian. you
are not going to lead me there?"
"Come-comew It was the same
sing as before. You will
see-amonE the dead-they are
here, the dead-my dead, your
dead-come. you will see" Her
grip on Esther's arm frightened.
NO, no; I cannot" The girl re-
coiIed and resisted the pressure OF
the arm, which had now clasped her
by the wrist. "Oh, Lillian" she
cried. passionately. "why won't you
awaken and be yourself? Then I
would follow you-yes. even down
there, II you said that you would
toll me something to relieve my
mind: but like this-oh; not like
this"
Tho shrill laugh rose again. and
the pressure on Esther's waist In
creased II was a force which drew
her downward. and now dimly she
realized that she was in the grip OF
a strength superior to her own.
With a faint cry she yielded and
descended two steps. There were
but three
The supposed Lillian stretched
out her disengaged arm and pushed
the door. It opened easily. and
as II It had been ajar. a black
space yawued before them, and the
staircase disappeared into the dark
ness
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
This Day in History.

THIS Is the anniversary of the first monoPane flight
from London to Paris in 1912. Henry Savey covered
the 222 miles in III minutes. Such flight would
be regarded as an extremely ordinary effort in view Of
the extraordinary development of arplaneS.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
Part One-(Coninued)

The old chest was in the corner
exactly as she remembered il. The
moon shining in through the long
narrow window gave her sufficient
light. She raised the heavy lid
with some difficulty-her great
fear had been that she should find
II locked-and she gave low cry
of pleasure. for the book she sought
for lay open before her
She propped up the lid or the
chest and lit match, by the aid
OF which she examined the book.
She looked IN vain for a recent On
try. for any sign OF her own name.
Then. examining more closely, she
realized that leaf Of the book had
been torn out, roughly, and as II in
haste.
The match she held in her hand
expired as Esther realized tho truth
OF the distracted page. The next
match was dying again when some
thing else attracted Esther'S at
t,ntiOn
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
Letters to the Front.

FEW people at home have idea of the number OF let
ters sent to the front. Recent figures show that
10000 900 week are TO the troops in France from
England. The French Post Office dispatches 100000
each week Letters from home the greatest boon.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
ADVICE TOTHE
LOVELORN
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
They Must Decide.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Ny daughter is engaged. Her
hance is in the draft. As he has
not been examined yet, he doesn't
know II he has to 60 but he eI-
poets 10 be called soon.
They are thinking OF getting
married before he goes away.
And as ! don't know what to sd-
wise them I am putting It up to
you. So please advise me.
Sincerely.
A MOTHER
or course. you don't know what
to advise them No outsider
can 1us,ifsbIy play Providence in
such a case. Put IT seems 20 mo
that since your daughters sweet
heart has not yet been called for
examination. their case IS vastly
different from those am generally
called on to consider viz. cases in
which tho soldier lad - already in
love IS well established and sincere,
and they feel ready TO face the long
separation and loneliness and risk
and sacrifice that such marriage en-
tails, 81 would be safe 10 proceed
But a mere engagement is safer
tie for the girl. and VIII stiH hold
them 10 each other - they are nat
UraIly faithful and loyal
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They Enter the Tomb.

In front OF her all was dark.
And stin they followed the broken
ay-down-down.
The steps ended at last in ourT-
ing passage, which still had a down
ward slope. Esther's guide relaxed
her hold of the girls waist, and
seized her by tho wrist instead.
you must follow me-follow."
she laughed. do you understand?
Where I go you must Go-if l run
YOU must run: n stop. you must
stop. 1t is good to be here. is II
not? Here among the dead live
Look about you" the woman
chuckIed. They lie tier upon tier
on either side, above and below
YOU, even at your feet. It is a good
place for the Iiving-who will soon
he dead. I come here often: I lie
here and sleep. 1 should like TO lie
in one OF these" She raped with
her knuckIes upon one OF the ahut-
ting coffins. at Is cool down hero
now-and warm in winter. oh. you
can sleep comfortably In the Bora
dale vault"
why did you bring me here?
asked Esther hoaTsely.
She hardly recognized her own
voice. She lifted her hand to her
throat. for she felt stifled by the
foul air that she was inhalinE.
Continued Tomorrow
ECopyriSAS ~ W. h HArstA
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01

Ernest \. Horsley has now been
Ina the county clerks office SIX years
and IL asking the voters ~ carbon
county to give him the job Tot another
two years lie has been the most
expensive officer for the taNpH,erH
that they have ever had In the place.
During his incumbbcncy he has spent
Thousands of dollars for printing
without ever asking for lids AZ IN"
statu,.a provide. Proposals from The
sun during this time presented 60
Horrley have always heen utterly
ignored and the work given Co an ins,i.
tuition In which Az BAllinger. county
treasurer. IL believed 90 own stock IN
the name OF one 81 his boys, ana
nm" Hamilton, county commits
sloner. In the name Of his wife These
four tcrmera not only want Ia mono.
poliEo the offices " appears, but all
business originating with che county
Again, Horsiey AZ purchaser 81 sup
plies for Carbon county potHiHi"nui
ignores most of the taNpaying Trims
of Price 20 turn business 10 con-
cern In which he himself - stock
holder. aud of which one OF the
county commissioners h an assistant
manager. Price merchants, regard
less uf politics. ar, going Ia resent
this monopoly ~ things next Tues
day
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01
siCtI MEN ~ non. WILLIAM ".
WATTS 30 THINGS.

Several ~ the close friends Of vii.
liam u. Watts, republican nominee
for congress In this (the First) dis
trict have been in Carbon county this
week In the interest Of his candidacy.
They are citing the fact that he Is
heavily interested financially here.
abouts and point 10 the coal camp OF
watts. one Of the newest o. come IN
a. "a shipper in this district. as one ~
his Investments While he lives IN
ogden. he may be called one ~ Car
ron county's men who do things Aside
from this he built the Utah railway
h. nt the head 81 the Soldier Summit
improvements and has other inter-
ests that make him o. friend ~ this
section ~ the state.
IN considering q man who D. capa'
hie uf doing Carbon county and al
Eastern I-tah much good. IL would De
we'll for voters locally 60 hear in
mind thu candidacy of william W
Watti- next TUESDAY. Eastern Utah
has never before had n candidate sol
rear home The people should there
fore consider what u possible Co
com, a. them with 10 close friend at
M. national capital We have irriga-
tinn matters 81 great importance
and numerous other things that may
be- put through W the right man g.
tb,re To- look after them IN this The
sun b. sur. the republican candidate
viii not be- found wanting Again
We like the public utterances of this
man watts. in one 81 witch he SAYS
This b. the first time that ms
name has come before YOU NJ q cnndi-
date for public office. but whatever
ynu find IN the record ~ my a,uvi-
ti.- a. merit approval. you may de-
pend upon ~ manifestation In the
interests at Utah " YOU honor me ~
"a representative In congress VI
am elected ! see. MS my first duty.
the support n every measure that VIII
sp.sdil, end the war with Victory
"a support that must he wholly above
workmanship Aud when the war u
over I shall expect 10 study closely wi
the great problems that are bound L.
arise during the reconstruction period
and o. apply ~ their solution with
my almost ability. the principles ut
snuud stntesmanship that are In
hcrent In the republican party.
4 shall stand fur tho protection of
American industry against cheap
foreign competition. which means. 81
course. that shall also work Tor the
host Interests ~ American labor. Ana
1 shalt count myself fortunate " !
am able t. employ to the advantage
81 our state the experience have
gained w reclamation work and stock.
raising Nv the West. when measures
affecting the agricultural ana live
stock Interests uf our section come 40
. for consideration.
While not In the least dctractinE
from th. ability and able service 81
Milton a. yelling. present rcprcsen'
tntive The Sun believes In consider
ing home Interests first. and the
closer r. representative az Washing
ton. ~. g.. " 10 his constituency the
more that constituency h. going q"
get william ~. Watts H. man
whom anyone may approach. Tie "
not above the coal miner the farmer
or tho everyday laborer. Such men
~ he do things.