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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-03-28

Rev G. H Powell general mission
AIRY OF tho Episcopal church In the
district of Eastern oregon, will hold
services In Masonic hall next SUNDAY
at s ., m, The subject OF the sermon
viii be, "Resurrocton, All are cor
daily welcome.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-03-28
FOR sHERIFF.

hereby announce myself as q can
didats for the office Of Sheriff OF Mall
heur eounty. Oregon, subject to the
viii OF the voters Of the Democratic
party at the primary nominating
election TO be beld in Malheur county.
State OF Oregon. >on the ssvsntssnth
day OF May. 1918.
~ II. LEE NOE.
(Paid Advertisement.)
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11


the Inn where Mettlich had spent his
uneasy hours
She had expected to go to the lodge
but ut nine o'clock that night Kari
came to her, knocking at the door OF
her room and entering without writing
for permission.
The room was small and cozy with
freight. Her scarlet cloak, flung over
a chair, made dash OF brilliant color.
Two lighted candles on high carven
chest, and between them plaster ng-
ure OF the Mother ana enid Duiit-in
bed with white curtains-that was the
room.
Before the open IRE Olga Loschek
sat In her low chair. she wore sui
her DARK dress ana Veii' ready tc DE
uonhed ut the summons oi messnge
rom hnri, .ra,ie'i uciosS nei Ahee. Ill
the hreiient she iooKed very young
souns unu wea.' ur' VIM niu
soe i'". 'eeu :" se.' iou'u 'e'
'r e.
is Inei "ne. anu' "i,e'
o.. ino IL SUNRISE sinl'eu ,a,ii.'y'
,n,,, ha hod its,aa e. 20 No., 80
bonds ana hrnshad ~ viii, he ,,ns
nyyor,r he eta m.ud LIT,
Olpor,
"Ouce araip."
She looked IN Mt him Yes he was
changed. The old Karl would have
taken her In his arms. This new Karl
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER XIV.
The Crown Princes Pilgrimage.

The day when Olga Loschek should
have returned to the city found her
too ill to travel. No feigned sickness
and burning eyes, and of mutterings
in troubled sleep.
Minna was alarmed. She was fond
of her mistress, In spite of her oc-
casional crueltles, and lately the
countess had been strangely gentle.
She required little attention, wished
to be alone. and lay in her great bed,
looking out steadily at the bleak noun
tain tops, to which spring never
climbed.
'She eats nothing" Minna said
despairlngly to the caretaker. "And
her eyes brighten me. They are al
ways open, even in the night, but they
seem to see nothing"
On the day when she should have
returned, the countess reused herself
enough to send for Black Humbert,
fretting in the kitchen below. He had
believed t 1t she was malingering I'M
til he saw her, but her flushed and
hollow cheeks showed her condition.
you must return and explain" she
said. 81 shall need more time. after
all."
When he hesitated. she added
There are plenty to watch that do
not escape. l could not, If 1 would.
have not the strength"
"If madame Wishes l can take let
ter"
She pondered over that, interlacing
her fingers nervously as she reflected.
II will send no letter." she decided,
but will give you message, which
you can deliver"
yes, madame"
Say to the committee that 1 have
reflected and that I will do what they
ask. AS far" she added. "ns lies In
my power / can only try"
THAT is all the committee expects"
he said civilly, and with relief that
was not lost on her. with madame's
intelligence, to try Is to succeed.
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an try. I'm not very good. do a

"1'll try. I'm not very good. do a
good many things, you know"
Here, strangely enough. 1t was the
chancellor who fumbled for his hand
kerchief. A vision had come to him OF
the two of them kneeling side by side
at Etzel, the little lad who was mot
very good" and he himself with his
long years behind him of such things
as fill mans life. And because the
open door was not so far ahead for
him either, and because he believed i'm
pllcitly in the great record within the
gate he shook his shaggy head.
So the pilgrimage was arranged.
With due publicity, of course, and due
foot of the mountains, and then on
foot for the ten miles to Etzel.
The crown prince went through his
preparation in a sort of rapt solemn
ity. So must the boy crusaders have
looked as, starting on their long jour
ney, they faced south and east. toward
the far distant Sepulcher of Our Lord.
The kings council went, the chancellor.
the mayor of the city, wearing the
great gold chain of his ,fiice around his
neck. and a handful of soldiers-a
simple pilgrimage and the more affect
ing. There were no streaming banners.
no magnificent vestments. The arch
bishop accompanied them, and a flag
bearer.
They went on foot to the railway
station through lines of kneeling peo-
pie, the boy still rapt, and looking
straight ahead, the chancellor SEEM
ingly also absorbed. but keenly alive
to the crowds. AS he went on. his face
relaxed. 1t was as If the miracle had
already happened. Not the miracle
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11

for which the boy would pray, but a
greater one. Surely these kneeling
people, gazing with moist and kindly
eyes at the crown prince, could not,
at the hot words of demagogues, turn
into the mob he feared. But it had
happened before. The people who had,
one moment, adored the Dauphin of
France on his balcony at Versailles.
had lived to scream for his life.
The countess, standing on her bal
cony and staring down into the valley,
beheld the pilgrimage and had thus
her first knowledge of it. She was
incredulous ut first, and stood gazing,
gripping the stone railing with tense
hands. She watched, horror stricken.
The crown prince. himself. come to
Etzel to prayl For his grandfather,
of course. Then. indeed, must things
be bad with the king, as bad as they
could be.
The church doors closed behind
them.
Olga Loschek fell on her knees. She
was shaking from head to foot. And
because the religious training of her
early life near the shrine had given
her faith in miracles, she prayed for
one. Rather. she made bargain with
God:
If any word came to her from Karl,
any, no matter to what it pertained,
she would take 1t for sign, and at
tempt flight. If she was captured she
would kill herself.
But, If nc word came from Karl by
the hour of her departure the next
morning, then she would do the thing
she had set out to do, and let him be-
ware! The king dead. there would be
no king. Only over the dead bodies
of the Livonians would they let him
marry Hedwig and the throne. 1t
would be war.
Curiously, while she was still on her
knees, her bargain made, the plan
came to her by which, when the time
came, the terrorists were to rouse the
people to even greater fury. Still
kneeling, she turned it over in her
mind. 1t was possible. More, 1t could
be made plausible, with her assistance.
And ut the vision 1t Observation-Disclosures
horror and rage, Hedwig's pulling
tears, her own triumph-she took a
deep breath. Revenge with a ven
geance, retaliation for old hurts and
fresh injuries, these were what she
found on her knees, while the bell In
the vaiiey commenced the mass, and
small boy, very rapt and very earn
est, prayed for his grandfather's life.
Yet the bargain came very close to
being made the other way that day,
and by Karl himself.
On the day of pilgrimage Karl
found himself strangely restless and
uneasy. Olga Loschek haunted him,
her face when he had told her about
the letter, her sagging figure when he
had left her.
Something like remorse stirred on
him. She had taken great risks for
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11

said. "a republic will be declared.
The republic of Livonla The crown
prince will never reign"
$50 you came today to tell me this "
She glanced up. and catching his
eyes, colored family. These are
things you should know"
He knew her very well. A Jealous
woman would go far. He knew now
that she was Jealous. When he spoke
1t was with calculating brutality. you
mean, in view of my impending mar
ringer"
So it was arranged! Finally ar
ranged. Well. she had done her best.
He knew the truth. She had told 1t
fairly. II, knowing 1t. he persisted.
1t would be because her power over
him was dead at last.
Eyes. / do not know how far your
arrangements have gone. You have
ut least been warned"
But she saw. by the very way he
drew himself up and smiled, that he
understood. More than that, he
doubted her. He questioned what she
had said. The very fact that she had
told him only the truth added to her
resentment.
"You will see." she said sullenly.
Because he thought he already saw,
and because she had given him a bad
moment, Karl chose to be deliberately
cruel. "Perhapsi" he said. But you
leave out of this discussion the one
element that L consider important,
Hedwig herself If the Princess He'd
wig were tomorrow to be without a
country, should still hope to marry
her"
She had done well up to now, had
kept her courage and ner temper. had
taken her cue from him and been quiet
and poised. But more than his words,
his cruel voice. silky with friendship.
drove her to the breaking point.
Bitterly, and with reckless passion.
she flung at him Hedwig's infatuation
for young Larisch. and prophesied his
dishonor as result of it.
In the end she grew quiet and sat
looking into the fire with eyes full of
stony despair. She had tried and
failed. There was one way left. only
one, and even that would not bring
him back to her. Let Hedwig escape
and marry Milky Larisch-still where
was she? Let the terrorists strike
their blow and steal the crown prince.
Again-where was she?
Her emotions were deadened. nll
save one, and that was her hatred of
Hedwig. The humiliation of that mo-
ment was due to her. Somehow, some
day, she would be even with Hedwig.
Karl left her there at last huddled in
her chair, left full Of resentment, the
nshes of his old love cold and gray.
There was little reminder of the girl
of the mountains In the stony-eyed
woman he had left sagged low by the
fire.
Once out in the open air, the king
of Karnia drew long breath. The
affair was over. 1t had been unpleas-
ant. 1t was always unpleasant to
break with a woman. But 1t was time.
He neither loved her nor needed her.
Friendly relations between the two
countries were established, and soon,
very soon, would be ratified by his
marriage.
1t was not of Olga Loschek. but Of
Hedwig that he thought, as his car
climbed swiftly to the lodge.
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CHAPTER xllI-contlnued.
-12-


Inc candle was Ut iast isn.eu II
burned huuily' Illuminating ohiy 'ily
zone III eiie uhrhhess.
need iahterh' bopoy ooseiNeu'
ihere uruil ~ .o -, ~
'he olher erauns. ooine 'iiue' "nen
you nave tiine' ia lke 10 see VIVA. ,
beyond IT, was KIM Vi nervous
about gong alone.
II was the old passage then, OF
course. Old Adelbert stared as BOBBY
took the candle ana heid IL to"aru II
second grated door, Ike the hrst, put
taller
close examination revealed to old
Adelbert two things; First, that a
brick-lined passage, apparently In good
ond. that 1t had been recently put IN
order. No unused passage TINS put
one kept in order and repair. for
whntf
That evening Adelbert called to see
his friend, the locksmith In the uni
verslty place He possessed, he said,
paddock OF which he had lost the
key. and which, being fastened to n
chest, he was unable to bring with MN
large ana heavy pauiock, perhaps
the size OF ms paih'
When he ieft, ne carried with MN
bundle oil Keys ueu In brown
paper.
nu' ne uiu no. oaeA " mo eA',
re "ea' 'ns'eau ~ 'ne .ne I'M a.n,a,,
.ne az SUI 49, s wa" -, ,,,nro
w. -. -, ',,,,,ad h,s In
..' ..,a - ~
sssusa' f
-, .,~,..
....n 49,. - &c -. .,nss .,t,,,a na,r,o,
49,, 80. $500 ..',.ar MA L., h,s
shoL,n. bonds tho fote Of the King.
dou
+.
n. ~.
~ M.
.,~ -. 20 No.. ua,,,,,s, ua-
$50 -. ~. g.. 80 go,
. ~ ,'n..,n 20 ~, tou,n ~
Ar.onAr ond thara 70 hire motor
haa haar a,.arad nv Tho arr,vo, ,t the
nas,,a short,v .ft.r Tho nerm;ss,on
,,"s o,uan go ,nacn,na
A.
~ pass s.. Dial,
uo'us o.
un'oe'' 'o'u ne.'
muse Ivy own p"''po'''' QUO e"''
proeuiy'
Ihey Will NOT ne necessary.
Il VIII have this Interview at my
destination alone or not at AL
He drew himself to his great height
and regarded her with cold eyes. las
you WISH" he said. But 1t is prob
ably not necessary to remind madame
that, whatever Is discussed at this
meeting, no word must be mentioned OF
the committee, or Its plans"
Although he made no threat, she had
shivered. No, there must be no word
of the committee, or OF the terror that
drove her to Karl. For, II the worst
happened, II he failed her, ana she
must do the thing they had set her to
do, Karl must never know. Ihat caro-
she must play alone.
Everything hung on the result OF her
visit. If Karl persisted, II he would
marry Hedwig in spite of the trouble
it would precIpitate, then indeed she
was lost. If, on the other hand. he
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11
COUNTESS L0ScHEK, STARTING ON WAY ACROSS
BORDER, WARNED TO KEEP COMMITTEES
PLANS SECRET.
PLANS SECRET.

synopsis-PrInce of
a
Kingdom for
o
attachment formed for
the king of Karna
the
his king Without Knrs the
Ferdin discussed.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11

by one. No one knows where. but all
suspect. Student meetings are pro-
hibited. The yearly procession OF
veterans is forbidden. for, they trust
none, even their old soldiers. The
council meets day after day in secret
session."
But the army"
'They do not trust the army"
Karl's face was grave. Something
of the trouble In Livcnia he had
known. But this argued an immediate
crisis.
ION the kings DEATH" the countess
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-10-11
King Karl becomes acquaint-
ed with the troubled state Of
the country in the next INSTALL
ment.
cTo BE coNTINUED)

Japanese are planning to link two
of their Islands with a railroad tun-
mel. 1000 feet Of which will be under
the sea.
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she had most truly and unselfshly
loved him.
Very nearly did he swing the scale
In which Olga Loschek had hung her
bargain with God-so nearly that In
the intervals of affixing his sprawling
signature to various documents, he
drew sheet of note paper toward him.
Then, with shrug, he pushed 1t away.
So Olga Loschek lost her bargain.
At dawn the next morning the
countess, still pale with illness and
burning with fever. went back to the
city.
THUS" said the concierge, frying
onions over his stOve-''thus have
they always done. But you have been
blind. Rather. you would not see."
Old Adelbert stirred uneasily. $50
long as i accept my pension"
"Why should you not accept your
pension? A trifie in exchange for what
you gave. For them, who now i'll use
you, you have gone through life but
half man. But one use they have
for us, you and me, my friend-to tax
u.s."
old Adelbert.
There are some who find them So"
The concierge heaped his guests plate
80
Oio Aueipeie pia9eu VIZ" @
iorh was soou Pu.iio'' u. "
ser'eu ne,'ousiy' un'ii 'ne' in"ue NO
oeiier"ise'
81 will make you better. A patriot
is one VINO is Jealous ior MS country
ana its "eIare. Ihat means nuch.
1t means that when the estaDhsheu
oruer IL pao Ior country II mus.
be changed. NOT that you anu 4 may
oeneht- God KNOWS we may NOT nVe
TO dement, But that LiVohia may Tree
her neck from the Ioot Oh the oppres-
sion ana raise her heau anohe In
TONS
From which IL may pc seen that oio
Adelbert had ut last joined tne reVo-
luuonary party, an uneasy ana I'M
happy recruit 1t Is true Dut-a recruit
III only some haii measure wouiu SUI
fice,' he said, giving up all pretense
of eating. This tax OF rousing the
mob, of riotng and Violence DO not
ike them"
Then has age turned the biood IN
your veins to water J. SAID the con-
cierge contemptuously. Halt meas
ures Since when mas haf measure
been usefuiF DID halt measures win
In your boosted Dattiesf ANA what
half measures would you propose|
Old Adelbert sat Silent NOW ana
then, because his mouth was dry he
took sip OF beer from his tankard.
The concierge ate, taking huge mouth
fuls of onions and bread, and survey
| Ing his feeble-hearted recruit with mp
praising eyes. To win him would
mean sonor, for old Adeibert, decorated
for many braveries, was power
among the. veterans Where he led,
Others would follow.
Make no mistake said Black
Humbert cunningly. I'VE aim at no
bioodshed. peacefui revolution, II
possible. Inc King Deihg dead. VIII
suirer not even Illumination. Let the
royal famiiy scatter where IL Will. we
nave no designs on women. Inc
chancellor however must die.
II make no plea Tor him' said old
Adeioert bitterly. wrote TO MIN also,
wheh iosl my positioh' ana received
no reply. we passeu tnrough the same
campaigns as REMINDED him' out ne
diu mourning,
AS Ior tne crown prince, observed
tne concierge eyeihg tue oiu man over
'ne euee vi MS 'anhaiu' 9ou Know
our pun ior mn. ne VIII oe cureo
.oi 20 ny wv einu' UNI, we Ss' ni, ~,
pe'onu .ns communities men ne WIN
oe ' 80 eeu ~ ',,oee Mno mn"
's VI ,s vi H. a p,'".e iunu
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
A Desert Railway.

The Australian government has un-
dertaken the construction OF a trans
continental railway that will cross the
largest desert of that great country.
The land is so level that no tunnels,
deep cuts or steep grades and few cul-
verts and bridges are required. Sand
dunes are the greatest distractions,
and the amount Of excavation in one
belt OF dune twenty miles wide is
more than half Of the amount neces-
sary for the whole 1868 miles Of new
track.
The remarkable thing about the rail-
way, says a writer in the National &C.
ographic Magazine, is that il lies in a
desert inhabited not even by aborig-
ines, where the real task OF an engi-
neer is to provide water. Grading
and track-laying are incidental.
The returns that the government ex-
poets to get from the traffic on the
transcontinental line are an insignifi-
cant fraction of the building and up
keep, but the political and strategic
values Of the railway are immense. II
shorteHs the distance from London TO
Melbourne or Sidney by nearly week,
and likewise decreases the time be-
tween West Australia and New Zea-
land or America. II brings the west
ern half Of the continent in touch with
the eastern by converting strenu-
Gus two-months overland journey
from Adelaide TO Perth into a comfort
able ride OF two days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
No Time For Loafing.

Governor Cornwell, of West Virgin
ia, has asked us 10 publish the follow
ing:
With the advent of spring will come
the greatest demand for labor this
country has yet experienced. The last
quota of the first draft are going 10 the
camps. Another draft will come only
too soon. Crops must be planted and
cultivated and food must be produced
in America most abundantly or the
world will Starve.
We have State statute against idle
ness that is being adopted in modified
form by almost every State. Some
benefit has been derived, considerable
benefit, in fact, but is not being
properly enforced. have prodded the
officials in the cities and towns time
and again, often only TO be reminded
that no one will file a complaint
against the offenders. The law should
and must be enforced vigorously.
Nothing but public sentiment will
bring about a proper enforcement.
cannot create this sentiment in favor OF
its enforcement The newspapers can
Won't you help There arc able
bodied men idle all over the State who
will continue to be idle unless the Law
is enforced.
Another thing: A considerable pet
cent of labor is idle by reason of the
tendency to drift from place 10 place
in search OF still higher wages. They
( are walking the streets of every in
dustrial city and one finds them or
every through train-going TO ship
yards uncalled or gravitating TO some
new plant widely advertised. This
unnecessary and il-advsed migration
should be discouraged. We should
urge every man to stick TO his job un'
til he is called to a better one, and those
who have volunteered for ship-build'
ing must stay at their post until sum
moned.
The newspapers, which have done
so much already, can aid greatly by
giving emphasis TO these things.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07
Trrrs~sN cp"0tF1D
ithr5gl? S.stLl1M
Suffering Descri5e& As Torture
Relieved by D.ack-Dgar Ii.

Rossville, Ga.-Ml5. Nate Lee Able, OF
This place, writes: "My husband is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he in
iured himself with a piece Of ncavy ma
chincry, across The abdomen He was
so sore he could not bear to press On
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed l65 lbs, and iell off Until he
weighed 1l0 lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and it looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed TO act He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle Of castor oil, and drink
il two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was Swol-
len terribly. He tod me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
sent and bought ThediorG's Black
Draught. made him take big dose,
and when it began 10 act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he 60. relief and
began to mend at once. Hc got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught iiheIp you
to keep fit, ready for the days work.
Try it! NC-l3l
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-07


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