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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
AN ELECTION IN CALIFORNIA
 OF INTEREST
Eleven Congressman and 117 State Officials Will be Elected the
 Present Year

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. IT, Eleven congressman and TIT state executive, legislative and judicial officials will be elected in Cali fornia this year. The primary election will be held August 27 and the general election will be held November 5.
 Congressmen will be elected in each of the eleven districts of the state.
 Twenty state senators are to be elected, including one for each of number, and a successor to the late Henry l.. Lyon, of the twen- ty-ninth district.
 Terms of all of the eighty as semblymen expire this year
 The state executive offices to be filled include; governor, lieu tenant-governor, secretary of state, controller, treasurer, attorney gen eral, suryeyor-general, superinten- dent of public instruction, and four members of the state board of equalization.
 In the state judicial department the terms of the following expire this year: Supreme court asso- ciate, Justice Curtis D. Wilbur and William G. Lorrigan; Associate Jus tice. John E. Richards, first dis trict court of appeal; Associate Justice William P. James, second district court of appeals; Presiding Justice Norton P. Shipman, third district court of appeal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
Children's Bloomers, 65c

Made of black sateen, with band or elastic waist. For girls 4 to 16 years of age, and particularly wanted at this time, because they give so much warmth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25

TOKIO-Japan's determination to act as policeman of the Far East was expressed by Premier Terau- chi today before the Diet. Japan" said Terauchi, holds herself respon- sible for the peace of this part of the world, and if it is endangered she will not hesitate to take prop CT measures"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
JAPANESE LABORERS
 ARE BURNED ALIVE
 IN BUNkHOUSE FIRE

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25. - Four Japanese laborers were burned to death in a Southern Pacific bunk house car. The fire started from an oil stove.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
Wool Blankets
Flannel School Middies, S3.5O

Made of navy flannel entrusted with white braid. Will serve all winter instead of a more expensive serge school dress. Too a middy is much more serviceabe as as you can wash it as often as you please.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25

Drowning men clutch at straws, but with the chauffeur the clutch doesn't always work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25

Make hay while the sun shines. Also buy your umbrella then. They always go up when it rains.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25


 Almost every person who knows that Enrico Caruso is one or the worlds greatest tenors knows also that Mir. Caruso is an artist with pen or pencil e with clay, as well as with voice, and that he brides nim- self almost as much on his skill as cartoonist as on his art as a smger' That Mir. Caruso has a proper con ception of at least the external cnar- acteristics of an artist is evident here and now, for herewith appears . reproduction of Mir. Caruso's own sketch of Flammen-or, ratner' or himself in the role of Flammen.
 -Ths \. !. H. Special
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
Umbrellas for Women and Girls

These are in the regular sizes in an at tractive variety of handles. The umbrellas at these prices are of heavy taffetas on S. rib steel frames. You will be particularly impressed with the fact that although very strong they are light in weight and con- venient to carry.
 PRICED $500 TO S9.5O
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25

It's the unexpected that always happens. If you don't believe it ask the weather man.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
High or Low Collars, Choice of [. ither

As you know, there are as many women who pre- fer the high collar as the low this season; so we have arranged to take care of both these tastes with ample assortments. They are made of nets as well as fancy laces and priced 75c to $2.00 each.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
VEILINGS BY THE YARD OR THE MADE UP KIllD WITH ELASTIC
By the Yd., 25c to Sl

It would pay you to buy several lengths while these veilings are crisp, new pieces, and the price so reasonable; new heXagonal and fancy e m prof q e r e d ideas, some with the border only and plain center; come in black, white and navy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25

A great many women prefer them to the veil ing by the yard, for they are easy to put on, eith- CT over the hair or over your hat, and always stay in place, regardless of the hardest wind; in black, white, brown and navy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
Table Oil Cloth, BOG Yd.

There is no reason what ever to have a soiled, cracked up oil cloth on the table or wash stand, when you can buy a new fresh length at this cost.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
27-in. Dress Cingham, 20c

It is the time of year most women like to make their house dresses, and chil- dren's wash dresses for spring and summer wear.
 These ginghams come in good patterns and will launder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-08
CHAPTER xvII-continued.
--11-


Morning looks down into KhinJan
hours after the sun has risen, because
the precipices shut it out. But the
peaks on every side are very beacons
OF the range at the earliest peep OF
dawn. In silence they watched days
herald touch the peaks with rosy jew
eled fingers-she waiting as if she ex-
pected the marvel Of it all to make
King speak.
1t was cold. She came and snug
gled close to him, and it was so they
watched the sparkle of dawn's jewels
die and the peaks grow gray again, she
with an arm on his shoulder and
strands of her golden hair blown past
mis- face.
"Of what are you thinking?" she
asked him at last.
"Of India, princess"
"What of India?"
"She lies helpless"
"Ah! You love India?"
"Yes."
"You shall love me better You shall
love me better than your life! Then,
for love of me, you shall own the India
you think you lovel This letter shall
go!" She tapped her bosom. ut is
best to cut you off from India first.
You shall lose that you may win!'
She got up and stood in the gap,
smiling mockingly, framed in the dark
ness of the cave behind.
'T understand !" she said. "You
think you are my enemy. Love and
hate never lived side by side. You
shall seew
Her hands slipped into his, soft and
warm; her eyes fastened on his and
held them. And as they did so King
sank, like a sack half-empty and top
pied over sidewise on the floor asleep.
He neither dreamed nor was con-
scious Of anything, but slept like a
dead man, having fought against her
mesmerism harder than he knew.
Statesmen, generals, outlaws, all
make their big mistakes and manage
TO recover Very nearly always it is
an apparently little mistake that does
most damage in the end, something
unnoticeable at the time, that grows
ia geometrical proportion, minus in
stead Of plus.
Yasmini made her little mistake THAI
minute In believing King was utterly
mesmerized at last and utterly in her
power. Whereas in truth he was only
weary. 1t may be that she gave him
orders in his sleep, after the accepted
manner of mesmerists; but if she did,
they never reached him; he was far
TOO fast asleep. He slept so deep and
dong that he was not conscious of mems
voices, nor of being carried, nor Of
time, nor of anxiety, nor of anything.
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gagged him. At a word from Muham-
mad Amin they loosed him; and at
| threat the hairless one gave signal
that brought the great stone door slid
| ing forward on it's oiled bronze grooves
Then, with a dozen jests thrown to
the hairless one for consolation, and
an utter Indifference to the sacredness
of the mosque floor, they sought outer
air, and Muhammad Amin led them up
the Street of the Dwellings toward
Khinjan's outer ramparts. They
reached the outer gate without Incl
dent and hurried into the great dry
valley beyond it. AS they rode across
the valley the mullah thumbed long
string Of beads. Unlike Yasmini, he
was praying to one god: but he seemed
to have many prayers. His back was a
picture of determined treachery-the
backs of his men were expressions Of
| the creed that she shall keep who
can" King rode all but last now and
had good view of their unconsciOusly
vaunted blackguardism. There was not
hint of honor or tenderness among
the lot, man, woman or mullah. Yet
his heart sang within him as If he
were riding to his own marriage feast !!
Last Of all, close behind him,
marched his friend, the Orakzai Pa
than, and as they picked their way
among the powders across the mile
wide moat the two contrived to fall a
little to the rear. The Pathan began
| speaking in whisper and King riding
with lowered head as if he were study
ing the dangerous track, listened.
| "She sent her man Rewa Gunga to-
ward the Khyber with a message" he
whispered. "He took few men with
him, and he is to send them with the
message when they reach the Khyber,
but he is to come back. All he went
| for is to make sure the message is not
/ intercepted, for Bull-with-a-beard is
growing reckless these days. He knew
what was doing and said at once that
she is treating with the British, but
there were few who believed that.
There are more who wonder where she
| hides while the message is on its way.
None has seen her. Men have swarmed
intosthe Cavern Of Earth's Drink and
| howled for her, but she did not come
Then the mullah went to look for his
ammunition that he stored and sealed
in a cave. And it was gone. 1t was
all gone. And there was no proof Of
who had taken it
| 'Hakim, there be some who say-and
Bull-with-a-beard is one of them-that
she is afraid and hides.
"His men say he is desperate. His
own are losing faith in him. He
snatched thee to be bait for her, hav-
ing it in mind that a man whom she
hides in her private part of Khinjan
must be of great value to her. He has
sworn to have thee skinned alive on a
hot rock should she fail to come to
| terms!"
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CHAPTER XVIII.

When King awoke he lay on COM
yet seen, but there was no trace of Vas
mini, nor sof the men who must have
carried him to it. He had no idea how
long he had slept 1t did not matter.
He had probed Khinjan caves, and
knew the whole purpose for which the
lawless thousands had been gathering
and were gathering still. Remained, to
thwart that purpose. He began at
the beginning, where he stood.
Behind him in a corner at the back
of the cave was a narrow assure, hung
with leather curtain, that was doubt
less the door into Khinjan's heart; but
the only way to the outer air was along
a ledge above a dizzying precipice, q,
high that the huge waterfall looked
like little stream below. He was In
q very eagles aerie; the upper rim Of
Khinjan's gorge seemed not more than
q quarter ofSa mile above him.
Round the corner, ten feet from the
entrance, stood a guard, armed to the
teeth, with a rifle, sword, two pistols
hlQ IL 1OuS CuIVSu AAyUCA hl111C SLuGh
handy in lis girdle. AS he looked, a
little procession Of women, led by a
man, came up the ledge. The man was
armed, but the women were burdened
with 3is own belongings-the medicine
chest-his saddle and bridle-his UNI
rified mule-pack. They came past the
dumb man on guard and laid them all
a 60 - rcks rc do ho
He smiled, with that genial, face
Transforming smile of his that has so
often melted road for him through
Suilen crowds. But the man In charge
of the women did not grin. He Was
suffering. He growled at the women
and they went away like obedient ant
mails, to sit halfway down the ledge
and await further orders. He himseif
made as If to follow them, and the
dumb man on guard did not pay much
attention; be let women and man pass
behind BIN, stepping one pace forward
towaru the edge to make more room.
That was his last entirely voluntary
act in this world.
With suddenness that disarmed all
opposition the other bumped himself
against the wall and bucked into the
damb mans back, sending him,
weapons and all, hurting over the
pcecipice to the caverns into which the
water tumbled thousands of feet away.
The other ruffian spat after him, and
then walked back to where King stood.
SHOW heal me my boils % he said,
Erirning at last, doubtless from pleas
are st the prospect. He was the same
man who had stood on guard at the
~Suast-cave'' when Ismail led King
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midst of cluster of a dozen sentries.
close to a tamarisk to which a mans
body hung spiked. That the man had
been spiked to it alive was suggested
by the body's attitude.
Without a word to the sentries the
mullah led on down lane through the
midst of the camp, toward q great
open cave at the far side, in which q
bonfire cast fitful light and shadow.
Watchers sitting by the thousand tents
yawned at them, but took no particular
notice.
The mouth of the cave was like q
lions, fringed with teeth. There were
men in it, ten or eleven of them, all
armed, squatting round the fire.
"Get out! grOwled the mullah. But
they did not obey. They sat and stared
at him.
'Have ye tents?" the mullah asked,
in voice like thunder.
"Ayer' But they did not go yet.
One Of the men, he nearest the mul.
lah, got on his feet, but he had to step
back pace, for the mullah would not
give ground and Their breath was In
each others faces.
"Where are the bombs? And the
rifles? And the many cartridges? he
demanded. 1--WE have waited long, Mu-
hammad Amin. Where are they nowf''
The others got up to lend the first
man encouragement. They leaned on
rifles and surrounded the mullah, SO
that King scould only get glimpse OF
him between them. They seemed In no
mood to be treated cavalierly-in no
mood to be argued with. And the null
lab did not argue.
"Ye dogs ~ he growled at them, and
he strobe through them to the fire and
chose. himself good, thick burning
brand. 'sYe sons of nameless mothers r.
Then he charged them suddenly,
beating them over head and face and
shoulders, driving them in front of
him, utterly reckless of their rifles.
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CHAPTER XIX.


The march went on In single file I'm,
I'll the sun died down in splendid fury
Then there began to be wind that
they had to lean against, but the WON
en- were allowed no rest.
AT last at place where the trail be.
gan to widen, the mullah beckoned
King to ride beside him. It was not
that he wished to be communicative
but there were things King knew thai
he did not know, and he had his own
way of asking questions.
Cd hakim" he growled, "Pill-
man! PoulticerI That is sweeper's
trade of thine! Thou shalt apply it al
my camp! have some wounded and
some SICK
King did not answer, but buttone6
his coat closer against the keen wind
The mullah mistook the shudder fol
one of another kind.
did she choose thee only for thy
face?" he asked. did she not con
slider thy courage? Does she love thee
well enough to ransom thee?"
Again King did not answer, but he
watched the mullah's face keenly In
the dark and missed nothing Of its ex.
preston. He decided the man was in
doubt-even racked by indecision.
Should she not ransom thee, hakim
thou shalt have a chance to show my
men how man out of India can die
By and by will lend thee messenger
to send to her. Better make the mes.
sage clear and urgent! Thou shalt
state my terms to her and plead thine
own cause in the same letter. MY
camp lies yonder."
He mOtiOned with one sweep of his
arm toward valley that lay in shadow
far below them. AS they approached
it the rock Glove in two and became
two great pillars, with man on each.
And between the pillars they looked
down into valley lit by fires that
burned before thousand hide tents
with shadows by the hundred fitting
back and forth between them. A dull
roar, like the voice of an army, rose
ont of the gorge.
"More than four thousand men r.
said the mullah proudly.
'What are four thousand for raid
into India?" sneered King, greatly
daring.
''Wait and sect" growled the mullah
DGt he seemed depressed.
He led the way downward, getting
off his horse and giving the reins to a
man. King copied him, and PARKWAY
sliding, part stumbling down they
found their way along the dry bed of
a water-course between two spurs of a
hillsidA until they stood at last in the
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out to see the Cavern Of Earth's Drink.

out to see the Cavern Of Earth's Drink.
The temptation was to fling the
brute after his victim. The tempta-
ton always is to do the wrong thing
to cap wrath with wrath, injustice with
vengeance. That way wars begin and
are never ended. King beckoned him
into the cave, and bent over the chest
of medical supplies. Then, finding the
light better for his purpose at the en-
trance, he called the man back and
made him sit down on the box.
The business Of lancing bOils is not
especially edifying in itself; but that
particular minor operation probably
saved India. But for hope of it the
man with the boils would never have
stood two turns on guard hand rum
ming and let the, relief sleep on: so he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-08

His Bronze Mail, EhI"
His own rife lay on the ground behind
him, and King kicked It's stock clear
Of the fire.
''Oh, shall pray for you this night !"
Muhammad Amin snarled. "What a
curse / shall beg for you! Oh, what
a burning Of the bowels ye shall have
What a sickness What running of the
eyes! What sores! What boils What
sleepless nights and faithless women
shall be yours! What prayer I will
pray to Allah!"
They scattered into outer gloom De-
fore his rage, and then came lack to
kneel to him and beg him withdraw his
curse. He kicked them as they knelt
and drove them away again. Then.
silhouetted in the cave mouth, with the
glow of the fire before him, he stoOC
with folded arms aud dared them
shoot.
After five minutes Of angry contem.
platiOn of the camp he turned on
contemptuous heel and came back to
the fire, throwing on more fuel from
! SAOn1 PIC IL q NO1ACAs 4ACAO was az
iron pot in the embers. He seized
stick and stirred the contents furious
", then set the pot between his knees
and ate like an animal. He passed tne
| pot to King when he had finished, but
| fingers had passed too many times
through what was left In it. and the
very thought of eating the NESS made
his gorge rise; so King thanked him
and set the pot aside.
Then, '@That is thy placer" Muham4
mad Amin growled, pointing over his
shoulder to g ledge OF rock, like shelf
in the far wall. But though he was al
lowed to climb up and lie down, he was
not allowed to sleep--nor did he want
to sleep-for more than an hour to
come.
The mullah came over from the fire
again and stood beside him, glazing
like a great animal and grumbling In
his beard.
docs she surely love thee?" he
asked at last, and King nodded, be-
cause he knew he was on the trail OF
information.
$50 thou art to ape the Sleeper In
his bronze mail, Ell? Thou art to come
to life, as she was said to come to life.
and the two of you are to plundeE
lndia,2 Is that it?"
CTo BE CQ9STNUEDl
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MS DearQ mOnOtOnOuSIy with one HdHu.
The rifle, that he pretended to be hold
ing. really leaned against his back and
with the free hand he was making sig
nails.
nails. But he knew too that in Yas-
minis power, her prisoner, he had no
chance at all of interfering with her
plans. Having grounded on the bot
tom of impotence, so to speak, any tide
that would take him off must be good
tide. He pretended to be aware OF
nothing, and to be particularly I'M
aware that the Pathan, with q rifle
in each hand. was pretending to come
casually up the path.
In minute he was covered by a
rifle. In another minute the mullah
had dashed his hands. In five minutes
more the women were loaded again
with his belongings and they were all
halfway down the track in single file.
the mullah bringing up the rear, de-
scending backward with rife ready
against surprise, as Il he expected Vas
mini and her men to pounce out any
minute to the rescue.
They entered a tunnel and wound
along 1t, stepping at short intervals
over the bodies Of three stabbed sem
tries. The Pathan spurned them with
his heel as he passed. In the glare at
the tunnels mouth King tripped over
the body Of fourth man and fell with
his chin beyond the edge Of sheer
precipice.
They were on ledge above the wa
terfall again, having come through a
projection on the cliffs side, for kim
jan is all rat-runs and projections, like
sponge or hornets nest on a titanic
scale.
They soon reached another cave, at
which the mullah stopped. It was a
dark ill-smelling hole, but he ordered
King into 1t and the Pathan after him
on guard, after first seeing the women
pile all their loads inside. Then he
took the women away and went of
muttering to himself, staggering,
swinging his right arm as he strobe, in
a way few natives do.
'Let us hope he has forgotten
these!' the Pathan grinned, touching
the pile of rifles. weight for weight
in silver they will bring me a fine
price! He may forget. He dreams.
Tor mullah he cares less for meat
and money than any ever saw. He is
mad, ] think. 1t is my opinion Allah
touched him."
'.What is that. under thy shirt r.
King asked.
The Pathan grinned, and undid the
button. There was second shirt I'M
derneath, and to that on the left breast
were pinned two British medals.
"Ob, yes!' he laughed. II served the
raj: I was In the army eleven years"
"Why did you leave it?' King asked,
remembering that this man loved to
hear his own voice.
ooh, had furlough. knitted a man
this side of the border. It was no af-
fair of the British. But I was seen,
and entered this place. It is devil
of a place."
Now the art Of ruling India consists
not in treading barefooted on scorpions
not in virtuous indignation at men
who know no better-but in seeking
for and making much of the gold that
lies ever amid the dross. There is
gold in the character of any man who