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The Red Cloud chief., 1918-01-31
The Rail Gave Way.

purser. Fine and dainty though she
was, Miss O'Neill gave an impression
Of radiant strength.
"What is she going to do In Kusiakf'
Again the purser grinned. "What do
they all do-the good-looking ones"
"Get married, you meanf"
"Surest thing you know. Girls COM
ing up ask me what to bring by way
of outfit. I used to make out a long
list. Now I tell them to bring clothes
enough for six weeks and their favor
lite wedding march,"
as this girl engagedT
"Can't prove it by me-" said the Of
ficer lightly. "But she'll never get out
Of Alaska a spinster-not that girl.
She may be going In to teach, or to run
a millinery store, or to keep books for
a trading company. She'll stay to
bring up Riddles Of her own. They all
do"
Three children came up the stair
way, caught sight Of Miss O'Neill, and
raced pell-mell across the deck to her.
The young woman's face was trans
formed. 1t was bubbling with tender
ness, with gay and happy laughter.
Flinging her arms wide, she waited for
them. With incoherent cries Of de-
light. they flung themselves upon her.
The two Oldest were girls. The
youngest was a fat, cuddly little boy
with dimples in his soft cheeks.
Il dwessed myself. Aunt Sheba.
Didn't I, GwenT
Sheba stopped and held him of to
admire. "All by yourself-just think
Of that"
1--WE helped Just the teeniest bit ON
the buttons" confessed Janet, the old
est of the small family.
"And I tied his Shoes" added Gwen
dolen, "after he had laced them"
Gwendolen Struggled close to Miss
O'Neill. "You always smell so sweet
and clean and violety. Aunt Sheba,"
she whispered in confidence.
you're spelling me. Gwen" laughed
the young woman. "You've kissed the
blarney stone. It's a good thing you're
leaving the boat today"
Miss Gwen had one more confidence
to make In the ear Of her friend. II
wish you'd come too and be our new
mamma" she begged.
A shell-pink tinge crept into the
milky skin of the Irish girl. She was
less sure of herself, more easily en-
barrassed. than the average American
of her age and sex.
Are your things gathered ready for
packing, Janet?" she asked quietly.
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light. You'd "a thought 1t weighed
about two pounds. That amt all, ell
ther. Mac used his brains. Guess what
was In that grip"
"The usual thing, I suppose"
"You've got another guess--packed
In among his socks and underwear was
about twenty pounds Of ore samples.
The purser told me. 1t was that quartz
that put Trelawney to sleep SO thor
ough that he'd just begun to wake up
when I passed a minute ago."
The young man turned his eyes
again upon the big Canadian Scots
man. He was talking with Mrs. NAL
Tory, who was leaning back luxuri-
ously In a steamer chair she had
brought aboard at st. Michael's. II
would have been hard to conceive a
contrast greater than the one between
this pampered heiress of the ages and
the modern business berserk who
looked down into her hooking eyes
He was the embodiment of the domi.
nant male--eficieLt to the last inch OF
his straight six feet. What he wanted
The Red Cloud chief., 1918-01-31
CHAPTER u.
The Girl From Drogheda.

Gordon Elliot was too much Of a
night owl to be an early riser, but next
morning he was awakened by the
tramp of hurried feet along the deck
to the accompaniment Of brusQue or
ders, together with frequent angry
putting and snorting Of the boat.
From the culver Of the walls he
guessed that the Hannah was stuck on
q sandbar. The mates language gave
backing to his surmise.
Elliot tried to settle back to sleep,
but after two or three Intellectual eff
forts gave 1t up. He rose and did n
or two settipg-up exercises to Timber
his joints. The first Of these flashed
the signal TO his brain that he was stiff
and sore. This brought to mind the
fight on the hurricane deck, and he
smiled. It hurt every time he twiched
a muscle.
The young man stepped to the look.
Ing glass. Both eyes were BACKED, his
lip had been cut, and there was a
purple veal well up on his left cheek.
He stopped himself from grinning only
Just In time to save another twinge Of
pain.
"Some party while It lasted. I never
saw more willing mixers. Everybody
seemed anxious to sit In except Mr..
| Wally Selfrldge." he explained to his
| reflection. "But Macdonald Is the
| class. He's there with both right and
left. That uppercut Of his Is vicious.
Don't wei get in the way Of It, Cor.
don Elliot"
He bathed. dressed and went on
deck.
Early though he was. one passen-
ger at least was up before him. The
young woman he had noticed last eve
ming with the magazine was doing a
constitutional.
Irish he guessed her when the deep
blue eyes rested on his for an instant
as she passed, and fortified his conjec-
ture by the coloring of the clear
skinned face and the marks Of the Gel
tic race delicately stamped upon 1t.
The purser came out of his room and
Joined Elliot. He smiled at sight Of
the young mans face. "Your maps
a little out of plumb this morning, sir"
he ventured.
"But you ought to see the other fell
low" came back Gordon boyishly.
"Tve seen him-several of him. I've
got to give 1t to you and Mr.. Macdon-
aid. You know how to hit"
"Oh, I'm not in his class"
Gordon Elliot meant what he said.
He was himself an athlete, had played
for three years left tackle on his col
lege eleven. More than n critic had
picked him for the All-America team.
But after all he was q product Of train
ing and Of the gymnasiums. Macdon-
aid was what nature and q long line
Of fighting Highland ancestors had
made him.
The purser chuckled. "He's q good
un, Mac Ii. They say he liked to have
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lows. None of that rough stun goes"
ordered the mate sharply.
The big Cornishmnn who had been
tossed aside crouched for a spring. He
launched himself forward with the
awkward force of a bear. The suit
case described a whirling arc of a cir
Gle with the arm of its owner as a ra-
dius. The bag and the head Of the
miner came into swift impact. Like a
bullock which had been poleaxed, the
man went to the floor. He turned v
with a groan and lay still.
The new passenger looked across
the huge, sprawllng bedy Mt the group
of miners facing him. They glared In
savage hate. All they needed was a
leader to send them driving Mt him
with the force of an avalanche. The
man ut whom they ragged did not give
IN inch. He leaned forward slightly,
his weight resting on the balls Of his
feet, alert to the finger tips.
"Next," he tainted.
Then the mate got busy. He hustled
his stevedores forward in front of the
miners and shook his fist in their faces
as he stormed up and down. If they
wanted trouble, by Jovei 1t vas wait
ing for 'em. he swore in apoplectic
fury. The Hannah was a river boat
and not a dive Of wharf rats!
The man with the suitcase did not
wait to hear out his TRADE. He fol-
lowed the purser to his stateroom,
dropped his baggage beside the berth,
and Joined the Kuslak group on the
upper deck.
They greeted him eagerly, a little
effusively. as II they were anxious to
prove themselves on good terms with
him.
"What was the matter3" asked Self
ridge. "How did the trouble start7"
The big man shrugged his shoulders.
1T didn't start. Some Of the outfit
thought they were looking for a row,
but they baked on the Job when IRE
lawney got his"
Gordon, as he watched from q little
distance. corrected earlier impressions.
This man had passed the thirties. He
had the thick neck and solid trunk Of
middle life, but he carried himself SO
superbly that his whole bearing denied
that years could touch his splendid
physique.
Strong had stepped to the wharf
to talk with an old acquaintance. but
when the boat threw out a warning
signal he made a hurried goodby and
came on board. He rejoined Elliot.
"Well. what d'you think Of HIM
Was I right"
The young man had already guessed
who this imperious stranger was. ~
never saw anybody get away with a
hard Job as easily as he did that one.
You could see with half an eye that
those fellows meant fight. They were
all primed for it-and he bluffed them
out"
"Bluffed them-huh! I was where
could see just what happened. Colby
Macdonald wasn't even looking ut Ire.
lawney, but you bet he saw him start,
That suitcase Travelled like q streak OF
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drowned Northrup after he had saved
him."
Elliot was again following with his
eyes the lit Of the girls movements.
Apparently he had not heard what the
officer said.
With a grin the purser opened In
other attack. "Don't blame you q bit,
Mr.. Elliot. She's the prettiest colleen
that ever sailed from Dublin bay"
"Who is she2"
1.-THE name on the books is Sheba
O'Neill."
"From Dublin. you say"
"Oh, If you want to be literal, her
baggage says Drogheda. Ireland II
Ireland to me-"
"Where is she bound fort"
"Kusiak."
The young woman passed them with
a little nod of morning greeting to the
The Red Cloud chief., 1918-01-31

The frozen north Is an inexhnustible mine of stories, on which
poet and novelist may draw to their hearts content. William Macleod
Raine knows his Alaska well; but he has peoped 1t, not with pros
pectors, good seekers and squaw men, though all these play their part,
but with city-bred men and women selfexned to the wilderness, as
they throw themselves heartily into the contest for which the qualif-
cation is energy, and the stake the future Of Alaska.
The Red Cloud chief., 1918-01-31
Guild Pro Quo.

Here's a theorist declares hens
think like human beings"
II don't doubt they think like the
human beings who cackle like hens"
The Red Cloud chief., 1918-01-31
Elliott obtains an Introduction
to Miss o'NeilI and while the
boat 10 taking on freight they
90 for q stroll and have an
amazing adventure together.
(To BE CONTINUEDD
Caste In Khaki,

Wayne Gas two officers pass without
a g~lance)-Gee, Cert, some army men
are 'ntirely blind to. the female sex.
Gert-Sure. I guess they must be-
long to that reserve c~orps.-Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
Kerensky Comes

We are to be told by Kerensky himself his side of the Russian
Try. He is coming to the United States for that purpose. He is
ing to tell America what America can and should do to help Rus
Il out of the clutches of the German conqueror and get back into
= great world fight for world wide democracy.
: Kerensky is the leader of the Russian faction or party which
hands in the midway ground between the Russian bureaucracy and
Y Russian Bolsheviki. His last words before dropping out of sight
kSaw@onths ago were a message to the allies telling them that
d fight on the east front no more Now he is quoted as
At Russia will again spring to arms against the Huns if
a distance by America, France and Great Britain. He prefers
tance'' rather than Intervention"
I'VE viii be interested in what he has to say about Japan and her
a to help keep German hands off Siberia and to protect allied in
rests there.
We will be interested in hearing him tell what his party hopes to
&for the people of Russia.
We will be interested in hearing him tell what his party will do
! establish democracy on a firm basis in Russia.
We will be interested in hearing him tell how he proposes to put
&nssia back into the ranks of nations fighting for the same high and
brious cause.
At the present moment the United States is standing on the
.nce, so to speak, prepared to jump to the side which promises
Istice and liberty to the Russian people and help for the nations
DO are fighting for justice and liberty for all people.
\ Czarism in Russia is dead. Bosheviki policies cannot last. Some
pg must be done in Russia and for Russia. 1t may be that we will
v what to do and how to do it after Kerensky comes to America.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
Today We Celebrate


Any person ha7fng knowledge of
the whereabouts Of Charles Brewster
Ross, aged forty-eight win confer q
favor by notifying-almost anybody,
anywhere. Charlie Ross was abducted
forty-four years ago today from his
home in Germantown, Philadelphia,
and his disappearance baffled the
best detectives and newspaper sleuths
in America and Europe. Charlie
Ross has never been found. Both his
parents are dead, but other members
of the Ross family continue to receive
letters relative to the mysterious case.
Charles Brewster Ross was the son
delphia couple. On July 1. 1873.
Charlie was playing with his nine
year old brother, Walter, near the
Ross home, when they were accosted
by two men in a buggy, who offered to
give them a ride. The lads we're at
first reluctant, but the lure of candy
oyercame their reluctance. After h
vehicle had gone a short distance,
Walter was given some money to buy
Fourth of July frecrackers. and was
told to get out. That was the last the
world saw of Charlie Ross.
The ~kidnappers demanded a ran
some of $40, 600, making their offers
by letter and through newspaper adj
vertisements. Mr.. Ross, with the aid
OF friends and Sympath1Zers
cut the world, managed to raise the
amount demanded, but the ~abductors
were frightened by the storm of pub
liz wrath they had raised, and, realiz-
ing that they could not get the money
without taking the risk of being ar
rested, they dropped the negotiations.
Most of the communications were
mailed in Trenton, Newark n Eliz-
abeth. but 1t was the belief of the po-
lice hat the child had eel taken to
Canada, or possibly to England and
Canadian and European police joined
in the search. Not a day passed with
out its clue, and the distracted father
made trips to Canada, Europe and Cal
ifornia to see boys who we're thought
to be his son.
In the December following Charlie
Ross's abduction two New York river
pirates were shot while engaged In a
burglary in Brooklyn. One of them
was instantly killed, but the other
survived a little while, and with his
dying breath said something of which
only Charlie Ross was ineligible.
II was then found that the police OF
New York and Philadelphia had sus-
pected these two criminals. Mosher
and Douglas, Of having kidnapped
Charlie Ross. Subsequent investiga-
tons seemed to ear out this theory,
but IL the river pirates were the kid
nappers they carried their secret with
them to the grave.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
Daily Horoscope

Copyright. 1918, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
Jupiter dominates this day fortu-
nately, according to astrology. while
Uranus shifts from adverse TO bene-
fc aspect.
1t is held to be a time for buying
and speculation. The sway Is favor
able for initiative. There is a prom
ising sign for new lines of business.
Legal matters are we'll directed
during this c~oniguration. Honors
will come TO a famous lawyer con-
hected with the government.
The stars presage sudden shifts of
public opinion n a period of violent
prejudice which may bring about
serious injustice to innocent persons
Warning is given against an in
clination to give false testimony re-
garding the political and religious
views of men and women. who are
not conspicious in war service.
There appears to be indications
that the summer will bring about a
capitalization and clarifying of senti-
policies. which will unity patriotic en-
dcaVor
The general prognostication is that
the United States will achieve great
things but In unexpected ways. 1t
would appear that. while both the
army ana navy are TO accomplish
brilliant deeds, there will be new in
~ventions and devices introduced into
warfare.
There is continued foreshadowing
OF heat and drouth that Will cause
less damage than Is to be feared by
farmers.
Some measure TO enforce national
thrift is prognosticated. This Will
affect all classes of men and women
The seers prophesy that the United
States will nave sufficient
OF money and food for all demands.
New n of national wealth will
be opened, IL is foretold.
Persons whose birthdate IL Is have
the augury OF travel and change that
will be beneficial. Business affairs
will be satisfactory.
Children born on this day are likely
to be generous and popular. These
subjects OF Cancer are likely to profit
by unexpected pieces OF good fortune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
Outdoors

here is no pain Of the human heart, no fever of the mind which
assuaged and healed by a day or an hour spent alone in quiet
Is and gardens, under the open sky.
" are at war and every heart is troubled and sad at wars
and every mind is weary with endless questiOnings. But sum
E has laid her gracious hands upon the earth and hung it with
Zen draperies of trees and grass, filed it with soft airs, and COW
ms all with tender skies.
To all the stately wisdom of the trees and wide fields there is
BED the homely comfort of the al~LenfOlding grass and of Our own
Adens.
No mother of a soldier may walk among her roses, clip the sweet
az honeysuckle, or touch any Of the bright children Of the
ut a tender thought of her boy and the flower he loved
Out a fresh resolve TO keep her house and heart sweet and
a garden for her sons sake.
father Of a boy in service can work among his thrifty rows
kbles without thanksgiving that II Ia In his power to make
1fth yield food for his fighting sOn aud all his brothers. These
per fwilights many a fear and heartAehe Is hoed under and
deep in a prosperous garden. and many a quiet thought and
us vision l. found by a tired man digging among his vegetables.
sow Is the time we may nnd the healing Of the outofdoon, q
or all the . rs~~oaDds TO mind and spirit
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
Fire AlaYm Boxes

22-Raritan Copper Works.
24-Market and Sheridan Streets
25-Smith Street and Central r. r.
2e-Market and First Streets
27-Madison Ave. n Paterson st.
28-High and Lewis Streets.
S5-Smlth and High Streets
36-New Brunswick Ave. and New st.
37-Smith and State Streets
42-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckingham Ave and Hartford st.
45-Commerce and Front Streets.
46-State and Washington SITS.
47-High and Washington Streets.
5l-State St. and Buckingham Ave.
65-Parker st. and Pulaski Ave.
56-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
57-State and Wayne Streets.
5s-Near United Lead Works.
59-Maurer.
62-Washington and First Streets.
6S-NeW Brunswick Ave. and Elm st.
645Smith Street and Watson Ave.
6b-commerce and State Streets.
T2-Front and Smith Streets.
TS-Water and Gordon Streets-
T4-Kearny Ave. and Gordon Street.
Sl-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
S2@Smlth and Herbert Streets.
Smear City Hospital.
S3-Amboy Ave. n washington St
s4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street.
S5-Sear city Hospital
s4-Nevil1e IND tombstone Streets.
Se-Cieyeland and Brace Avenues
s7-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
s2-Amboy Ave. and Inslee Street.
e3-LRwrence and Francis Streets.
S4-Nsville and tombstone Streets.
Street and Central r. R.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01

Luke McLuke says.
Why is 1t that the man who is al
ways abusing his home town is the
same Teller who never moves out of
1t?
Some fellows seem to make it their
business to find out what annoys you
most so they can persist IN doing it.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned clean novel, in which the hero
wasn't a passionate u and the he
roine wasn't an essential polygamtst?
Love has such hypnotic power that
when q fellow find himself engaged
to a girl he imagines hat he did IL.
You seldom hear a man Dragging
about his good health. But you can
bet that his aches and pains are al
ways well advertised.
Isn't 1t funny how you will ltake a
dislike to a man whom you nave never
metz And the betting Is that when you
do meet him you will ind thai you
will class him as a mighty decent
fellow.
Some men have followed the wrong
way so long that 1t seems right to
them.
The reason why a mother is 30 GER
tain that her son is going to be elected
President some day is ecaus she
knows that her husband couldn't be
elected Dog Catcher.
After a man finishes reading a good
story he often puts down the maya
zine and reflects hat he could write as
good q story as hat If he had the
time and didn't have to hustle for a
living.
What is the use of wasting time
telling a girl that she has tiny feet?
She is certain to reply. "Oh. these
shoes are a mile too big for me-"
When a mans wife finds a couple of
expensive tortoise shell hairpins and a
| perfumed, lace-eged handkerchief in
his pocket, and he manages to lie out
Of the jam successfully. he imagfnes
that he has the world by the tail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
Famous Women
Caude de Hector

Claude dc Bector vas the abbess of
st. Honore de Tarascon. and was emil
nent for her great knowledge and
style OF writing. She gave early in
dlcations of genius and a monk. Denis
Fauchier. undertook the care OF her
education. In time she equalled the
most learned lei OF the age. Her
Latin and French poems. letters and
essays have been classed with the an
cient philosophers. Francis l., King
OF France was sc charmed with the
letters OF this abbess. that he carried
them about with him. N showed
them as models worthy OF imitation.
Ito went with his sister. Margaret of
Navarro. 10 T~arascon purposely 10
visit this celebrated lady. She died in
II5T4.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-01
IENING News
NdrLabor

Employer with war business who has a force
RS win be permitted to recruit common labor
will be required to use the Federal Employ
BE it is proposed to extend the federal agencys
include skilled labor. 1t will from the beginning
oil employment in non-war work by governmental
materials, fuel and transportation.
No rsupply program will be conducted in accordance
Wing four cardinal principles:
work must have men at any cost.
ghdrawals of workers from non essential industries for
tries viii be equaEzed.
The volunteer principle will be followed in dealing with the
hl worker.
Only fit men will be sent to war industries.
This means that the labor resources of the country are going to
up the fighting resources in the most efficient and capable man
1t means the end of wholesale labor stealing and "poach-
g that has been largely responsible for the disorganization
Of the labor supply. No longer will pr rate labor agencies reap a
profit by tempting workers in one part of the country to leave their
Jobs and go to another section, often far distant, under promises,
many highly colored, of higher wages.
Inadequate as the immediate supply of unskiled labor is, from
IS to 40 per cent. of it has been rendered idle because it has been
rushed from place to place by the recruiting agents.
Farmers viii be one Of the essential producers to benefit. In
many sections, notably in the south and east, farms have been swept
#bare of labor by private recruiting agents. This practice will be
I ended and this year agents will be prevented from going on farms
and taking away harvest labor at the time it is most needed.
There will be no CONSUMPTION Of labor, nothing compulsory upon
the workers side other than as the "work or fight" order affects
\ those of draft ag and there will be no attempt made to prevent any
kvorkers from changing his job or applying for another one if he
knts to.
Another thing, if the workers receive labor appeals from the
SRHed States Employment service they will know that there is dire
Writing about the employment service, President Wilson
1t must also protect labor from insincere and thoughtleSs ap-
ais made to it under the plea of patriotism, and ASSURE it that when
is asked to volunteer in some priority industry, the need is real"
This is nothing more or less than getting our war labor prob
rs down to a real ~winthe-war efficiency, placing war work above
u others, where it rightly belongs and where it must stay until the
lay of final and complete victory.