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Gilpin observer., 1919-07-10
CHAPTER XXI.
A Sunday Spectacle.

Trouble with the tribes was well
grown before 1t was recognized. Dis
affection was ripe. the bucks were
heady, the white mans silver acting
like wine. Few Of the braves had
dreamed Of ever possessing sums of
money such as they drew down each
Sunday morning. Rickard began to
suspect liquor again. In the Indian
camp Sunday was day of feasting,
followed by a gorged sleep; the next
day one Of languor, Of growing inco-
hesion.
Rickard spoke of 1t to Coronel.
Like small baby" hunched the old
shoulders. Happy baby. Pretty soon
STOP"
With the next wages went repri-
mand, then a warning. Still followed
bad Mondays. Rickard then issued a
formal warning to all the tribes.
"The situation with the Indians Is
serious" said Rickard to MacLean.
''They're getting liquor in here. some
way, the Lord only knows how. Any
way, they're not At for burning Mon
day morning. I've just sent them word
by Coronel that it's got to quit, or they
do"
Suppose they dor" MacLean was
startled. Not an Indian could be
spared at that stage of the game.
'Bluff!" Rickard got up. "They
won't take the chance Of losing that
money. I'm of now to the Crossing.
I'll leave you In charge here"
The next morning Wooster broke in.
to the ramada where MacLean sat
clicking his typewriter.
"Everything's up. Richards done Y
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-10
"Mr. Rickardl" she cried.


Rickard!'
She was trembling. Her fright had
flushed her; cheek to brow was glow
ing with startled blood. He saw an
odd flash of startling beauty, the veil
of tan torn of by her emotion. The
wave of her terror caught him. he
put out his hand to steady her. She
stood recovering herself, regaining her
spent breath. Rickard remembered
that this was the first time he had seen
her since the murder of Maldonado,
since the meeting with the Mexican
woman at his tent "Wkat was 1t
frightened your
'"The Indian, the murderer. Just as
they describe him on those notices. l
must have fallen asleep. I'd been
reading. heard noise in the brush
and there was his face staring at me"
Her breath was still uneven. II
screamed and ran. Silly to be so
scared"
He started toward the willows, but
she grabbed his sleeve. "Oh, don't"
She flushed, thinking to meet the quiz
zical smile. but his eyes were grave.
He, too. had had his fright. They stood
staring at each other. I'm afraid"
she completed. How he would despise
her cowardicel But she could not let
him know that her fear had been for
himi
He was looking at her. Suppose any
thing had happened to herl He had a
minute If nausea. If that brute had
hurt hei-and then he knew how it
was with himl
He looked at her gravely. OF course.
He had known II long time. It was
true. She was going to belong to him.
If that brute had hurt her!
She shrank under his gravity; this
was something she did not understand.
They were silent, walking toward the
encampment. Rickard did not care to
talk. 1t was not the time; and he had
been badly shaken. Innes was tremu-
lously conscious of the palpitating ST.
lence She fluttered toward giddy
speech. Her walk that day, Mr.. Rick
ard! She had heard that water had
started to flow down the old river bed;
she had wanted to see it, and there
was no one to go with her. Her SEN
tence broke off. The look he had
turned on her was so dominant, so ten
der. Amused at her giddiness, and
yet loving her! Loving her! They
were silent again.
"You won't go off alone, again." He
had not asked 1t, at parting. His in
Election demanding it of her, was of
ownership. She did not. his eyes.
Later. when she was lying on her
bed. face downward, routed, she tried
to analyze that possessive challenge of
his gaze, but 1t eluded words. She
summoned her pride, but the meaning
called her, sense and mind and soul
of her. 1t cried to hec: 81, Casey
Rickard, whom youG brother hates,
once the lover Of Gerty Holmes, 1 am
the mate for you. And I'm going to
come and take you some day. Some
day, when l have timer
Oh, yes, she was angry with him;
she had some pride. "Why didn't he
tell me then?" she cried in a warm tu-
mutt to her pillow. For l would have
given him his answer. l had time,
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-10
"ous Of the Mouths o, Babe,

Willie. to talkative callcr--"Well.
now that you've come, suppose I shall
have to go for the DOCTOR" Talkativs
Caller-"Why, Willie7" Willic-"Fath.
er says you always make him Ill I"
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-10
Dream Tears.

Far better to dream Of crying than
OF laughter. for tears in dream mean
JOY and merriment in real life; while
laughter, when H. is dream lasEAtse.
presages difBeult eireumstsnceA
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
The Soldier Bonus
tor of THE TIMES

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
have read with considerable in
terest some of the letters that have
been published in your columns about
the proposed appropriation of an ad
ditional bonus for soldiers and sailors.
In my opinion the idea is bad one
for the reason that il would have a
tendency to- reduce to a cash consid-
Grafton the debt Of gratitude that
every American oWs to those who
made possible the victory that was
ours.
Surely the young men of today.
after having acquitted themselves so
nobly upon the sanguinary battlehelds
Of Europe, are not now going TO pre-
vail upon their own countrymen for
some pecuniary remuneration on ac-
count OF the achievements and sacri-
fees they offered in the interest of hu-
manity. The idea itself is absurd.
Men fought. at least they should
have. because they were imbued with
a spirit OF patriotism. And let rs
hope that those who rallied to this
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To the Editor of THE TIMES

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Beautiful lessons are taught every
day on our street cars, IL We care TO
observe them. One rainy evening on
a Thirteenth and u street car. KIND.
fatherly man was sitting in the corner
of the car. with his little daughter.
when white-haired gentleman
boarded the car. The younger man
Immediately assigned his seat to the
older and the latter thanked him very
courteously. but refused to take the
seat saying that he had been sitting
all day. He was not going TO take a
seat and have some more tired worker
stand. Just then a young woman
boarded the car and the seat was as
signed to her. A third man. strap
hanger. made a few kindly remarks to
the other two. father and grandfather,
both kind and thoughtful men. about
men giving up their seats to girls.
They all three agreed. showing that
the Christ-Child is still in the hearts
of men. Every day is Christmas.
Their thoughts and acts proved that.
1t was only a little incident, but the
world is built on little deeds of kind
ness.
The next time you board a street
car. If you can't do a little kind act.
note the many happy. kindly incidents
that do occur, for they are not mir
aclesN AN OBSERVER.
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A Strange Occurrence.

To the Editor of THE TIMES.
On the night OF September last. Z
was awakened out of a sound sleep
by master" who. placing me under
strong magnetic power. said.
steady now"
| had no fear and offered no re-
sistsnce. He then spoke TO me con-
corning my diet. what ! should eat
and having finished speaking he re-
leased me from the magnetic power,
and while he evidenced his presence
by an occasional rap, with which 7
am familiar. he spoke no more. A
proper diet is one of the re-
ouirements for tho development OF
what ] seek. viz: the power OF astral
sight and hearing. For several years
past ] have been endcsvoring TO get
I'm touch with the subtitle world. but
only with spirits OF tho higher order.
those OF power and knowledge.
A8RA0 BUpD.
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Abas the Questionnaire
nf THY rIAtrS

To the Editor of THK TINES.
fhe Government clerks are fed up
on "Questionnaires," giving family
history. defendants salaries etc. So
much so. that We have a dread OF
seeing a paper being showed around
IL is not helpful. not getting US any
where, but Is making the clerks very
restless, dissatisfied and a feeling Of
defiance beginning TO CLEAN in the
eye.
Just after having had to go through
the most awful trials OF a world wide
war. strenuous conditions now in our
own country. why should there be q
need OF ''Questionnaires- reclsssifi-
cations or any thing but give the
clerks fair wage and cut out th-
extra expense OF commissions, bosrcs
or anything that calls for salary
ANOTHER SUFFERER.
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in the case being that the pedestrian
was in all probability reading a news
paper and for the time being totally
oblivious to anything on this earth.
Just let me cite an instance to
show how little attention is paid by
people to what is going on around
them: One day l parked near a cor
ner on + street and was sitting In
my car reading when street car
came along and stopped to take on
passengers. A lady leading a small
child came dashing madly out Of a
store. and. not noticing my car, ran
plum into ii, spilling her bundles and
the child. She was perfectly furious
and threatened to have me arrested.
saying that / had deliberately at
tempted to run over her. l explained
that the car had been there for at
least ten minutes. but she wouldn't
have it that way. No, indeed, i had
tried to run over her and she would
have me arrested and fined the limit.
Had ! been coming down the street
and actually hit her 1t would nave
still been her fault, but l would nave
had to stand the blame for her care
lessness just the same.
In concluding let me say that In
certain foreign cities II a pedestrian
is struck by a motor vehicle ne Is on
the public highway the liability Tor
the accident Is placed Where IL De-
longs-on the pedestrian and he may
be both fined and jailed for the Of
Tense. 1t isn't my intention to excuse
fast or reckless driving-they are in
excusable, but I'd like to enjoy the
spectacle of Mr.. Rogers trying to
cross r street about 4:3O some even
ing. I'll wager he would change his
mind about the Rights of Pedes-
trians" If he tried to follow out his
own advice and wait until they were
all safely on the sidewalks.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
More About Pedestrians Rights

Tc the Editor of THE TINES:
read with considerable feeling and
interest the article in today's Times
by Mr.. r. Rogers, entitled The Rights
OF Pedestrians" Mr.. Rogers writes
iearnedly, but he is not just in plac-
ine the blame entirely upon the shoul-
dcrs of the motorist. Mr.. Rogers evil
IDENTIFY does not operate car upon
the streets Of Washington or he would
fail entirely to see anything funny in
a traffic officers holding up an au-
tomoplie to let a pedestrian take his
own good time to cross the street.
In other large cities the traffic
rules apply to pedestrians as we'll as
to motorists and / have seen a man
arrested in New York city for at
tempting to cross the street through
the traffic, Notwithstanding that he
was crossing at a street corner.
The streets are reserved for vehicu-
lar trafnc and vehicles are not permit
ter TO run upon the sidewalks-they
are Tor the pedestrian and the motor
ISL must respect their right or get
himself into serious trouble Just
suppose drivers ran their cars up on
the sidewalks in the some careless
fashion that pedestrians step into the
streets. If they did that there would
be just cause for complaint. But they
DO not do it On the other hand, De-
destrians take advantage of the fact
that they are given the right of way
IN Washington and cross the streets
In any manner and at any place that
suits their convenience and pay abso-
lutely no attention to what may be
coming in their direction. II they get
nit 1t Is their own fault. but not one
In hundred will admit it. Most GER
ts'nly not the driver was intoxicated
and came tearing down upon them at
breakneck speed before they could
reach q place of safety-the true fscta
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From The Public To The Editor

cause never had in mind any rewarl
ia oollars and cents beyond the
meager compensation that was al
lowed them while in the service.
Patriotism is virtue upon which
there ~ no price. We viii not pre- ju-
dice or compromise the time-honorel
iraoltions OF our country by scat
,ering dividends among those who
stood by II in time of peril The pro-
tection IL offers and the principles for
winch its Government stands are. in
deed the real "spoils- that belong to
the Nictors. "J-
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Daffy.

Here's another problem which I
wish you'd pass on to the ever-in-
creaslng number of dopsters, mathe-
maticians. statisticians. ETC., who,
through your columns, solve perplex-
ing problems. Can some mathemati-
cal genius answer the following:
II it takes 1917 mules and Az
horses ~ hours to pull two sh
ton trucks, each loaded with s77h
ten-pound hammers, up a 3K-mile
hill in dry weather, how long will il
take half as many mules and twice
as many horses to pull two-thirds
the number of 10-pound hammers up
the same hill in one Ak ton truck
In wet, slippery, muddy weather?
GOLDBERG, JR.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
Cridcixes the Wen.KnOwn Larry

S~SSC sAAO VVhsAnVVH A0AAy
Sherman.
Having read in the paper today Of
what Senator Sherman would like to
do with the ''unfortunates who own
machines" l am forced to relieve
my feelings by expressing my
opinion. 1t is hard to believe that
the Senator runs a machine himself,
for the views he expresses are SO
cne-sided that such remarks could
be made by the pedestrian class.
am ready to admit that there are
many careless and irresponsible mo-
torists, but il 1t were not for the
greater number Of highly efficient
and expert autoists l am afraid the
daily death list from accidents would
hardly be gotten into a column of
your paper. / sincerely believe that
the majority of the accidents are
caused by the carelessness of the
walking public. This is not merely
an assumption but conclusion
reached after number of years ex-
perience behind the wheel" and
travel over the streets of Washing
ton. Volumes of regulations might
be made for traffic, but until pedes-
trians are made to use as much
care on the streets as the autoists,
accidents are bound to happen.
r. E. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
Nothing Cheap in Bo.ton

~0 NSAp II 0OBk00.
This from E. K, Washington
business man:
Was that article signed "A Bos-
tonian" intended for a joke! / am
most positive that part about "Bos-
ton not being in the game to get all
1t can" must be and should really be
quoted in Puck or Life.
Last summer, with my family of
Tour adults, we Travelled over 1000
miles through Canada and New
England, reaching the famous Par
ker House in Boston for our next
70 last stop, homeward bound. We
were all Of the opinion that no place
from the Great Lakes to the Saeu-
nary river or the short season re-
sorts IN New England and Canada
charged as much and gave as little
as dear old historic Boston; so we
decided to charge the extra to the
history, for that was about ali we
got, not even Cod.
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Labor Unions Should COnfine
Themselves to Organizing
Trades

In reply telegram Mr. Hearst has sent the following ne
~ oaane nus pie~s on the attempt to Apply trades unos p
Fses 70 ceoM cdungs which h0ve legitimate basis Of
,nionsm:
Decsmbsr z, 1sls
Jackson, president San Francisco Newspaper Wrttss
Union, No. Z; John 0'Connel, secretary Ban fronail
co Labor Council; p. a. Mccarthy president San I'm
cisco Building Trades Council; Paul Schaxrsuburu
secretary treasurer California State Federation 6f L
Dor, San Francisco California
Gentlemen: have always been in favor of legii-
mate trades mlonism, and have given many praca-
cal examples you phrase it. Of my sincerity in this
respect that it would b useless for to offer another
example merely to establish sincerity to people who %
quickly forget the abundant proof already at hand
MY advocacy OF trades uniouism has always bean
an expense to me, while the advocacy Of it BY many
profit to them. Therefore, it would sesm that my ad
vocacy was at least sincere that Of theee others
Furthermore, have not taken stands in favor Of
trades nionism to please other psops but to satiy
my own convictions and to further what consider for
the best interests of the community.
In advocating, therefore, what believe to Be for
the best interests Of the community have promoted 70
the best Of my ability labor organisations to protect The
proper interests Of their own class.
But have opposed such organisations - thaDs e
police and Of the editorial departments Of nsWspaps
because the obligations and duties Of such elsm sS
to the community whole and not TO any particular
class.
Newspaper controlled in its editorial policies b.
the labor union class any other class would gW
pie as whole have for class organs, and esnse
quently class organs are always failures.
There have been number Of general nsvgapaS
controlled and operated BY labor unions and tAsy xs
always failed and always suspended becanse nehR lie
public as q whole nor the labor union mm thsmseayu
want to buy newspaper which is not indsp~dsnt II
class control and factionAl bias.
The efforts Of some labor leaders to 20 to unrea-
sonable extremes in the application Of the principles of
labor unionism to callings which not trades, but
rather professions have to my mind greatly injured
the rightful cause of labor unioniSm-
The efforts to unioniSe the editorial departments of
newspapers have largely prjudioed the press Of the
country against the whole trades union movement for
the absurdty, if not the sinister purpose Of such %
tivty is self evident 1t is only step further to
ganzing the doctors of the country that they Win
not attend any unless he has union card and to
organizing the clergy that they viii not give any
absoution except during union hours.
Those who oppose such absurd extremes the part
of labor union leaders have think the interest Of
legitimate trade unionim udiciously and perhaps
more genuinely at heart than those who advocate
such impracticable measures
All the actual trades departments of my newspapers
are unionized you know, not only without oppo-
sition from me, but with encouragement from me-
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
But 1t Is Different Here.

STREET CAR VENTILATION.
The Motorman sat in his snug igloo
That was hot enough for a barbecue
The car was packed, and the smell,
oh woe,
Would have gladdened the heart of an
Eskimo.
The windows were closed in the long
foul coop.
And the atmosphere was as thick as
soup.
Conductor. cried, at Is close in
I'll have to have some air fear"
And the Con replied. as he took my
fare:
"It's against the rules TO admit any
air.
--Cihninnati Mouiren,
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

an &cre had several results. One
was TO make q lot Of people laugh.
Another was to scare lot of others.
A third result was the immediate
scramble OF q lot of little LAWYERS
20 cail up women and tell them thew
mad better engage legal talent right
away to protect their interests.
Ihat's ONE way of getting legal
business that doesn't bear SCRUTINY
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

# the Six-Day Racer Neglected Sleep and Wise
Lining While Off His Wheel You Would Call Him a
Fool, and Ask Him How He Could Possibly Expect
to VIM
Let Young Men Ask Themselves How Thew Can
Expect to Win if They Forget They Are Racing and
Gipe Themselves No Chance?
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

1t seems that the dollar a year
man as a feature of Washington
has been replaced by the dollar
an acre man.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
Handsome DrugTist.

Just wondering IL some of the
northwest folks have ever visited
Roches drug store, corner sth and G
Sts. 5. z. DOC SILCOTT, not only
handsome, but obliging and all
around good fellow. EN- w
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

Young Men Watch a Six-Day Race and Most of
Us Forget We Are All in a SEVENTY-YEAR Race
on Our Own Account
This Picture by Tad Ought to Make Young
Men Think Although With Many Young Men 1t Is
Difficult. The Idea of the Picture Is This!
The Washington times., 1919-12-14


the signs taken down. Else it will
become a joke like the seven square
feet ruling Of the Public Utilities
Commission. II the bridges are so
near to utter destruction and collapse
that you must crawl across at eight
miles an hour, or the eight mile
an hour regulation is useless.
You can bet on the National Press
Club picking an unusual man for an
unusual talk. It certainly excered
itself when it invited the commanding
OFFICER of the 38th U. s. Infantry to
bring his original battle maps to the
club and tell why that regiment was
called BY the French The Rock Of
the Marne."
COL. U. G. McALEXANDER is his
name-the U. G. standing for Ulys-
sess Grant-and there's evidently
something in a name. The 3sth III
fantry, composed of Oklahoma and
Texas men absolutely busted the Ger
man advance and held them back
from the road to Paris. while sup
ports on both TANKS weakened and
were driven back. The main reason
the 3Sth stood fast and spoiled the
German hopes was that each man
knew how to shoot; and secondly
each man had individually been in
spirited with q hankering to kill
every man in the Kaiser's army.
1t was the individuals in the army
that did the fighting and beat the
Germans. Colonel McAlexander had
a bunch Of supermen that stood fast
in their tracks and licked the enemy
AT THE RIVER BANK-the old
French habit of retreating at the
first sign of an enemy advance didn' I
appeal to Colonel McAlexander. If
we had gone into the war earlier with
few more McAlexanders there
would have been an earlier peace.
What DO you mean-Evening Work
Your very good friend, MR.. FRED
STECKMAN absolutely refused to
violate the new fuel conserving
order and therefore l learn he
purchased supply of candles to do
hls evening work by. This is the
spirit that will defeat Bolshevism
and we should congratulate Fred
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
New. I'LL,

The Shop Early" clocks on the
street cars have the Roman figure
~ for the hour of four. Should it
not be IIII?
G II
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

LARRY SHERMAN caught himself
looking like Lincoln one day and has
never dared drop the pose.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

FELIX MAHONY wants to know
how you get an ex commissioner to
write two columns on the front paga
devoted to pronouncing your name.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14
Any Day In Old Dominion.

WILLIAM n. STIEFEL contributes
this under the title, ANY Day on the
Old Dominion Line"
Wait 10 to 30 minutes for a
car. Car comes packed and you
just can squeeze in. II you can't
1t means another long wait Car
arrives at bridge and waits for
two or three cars to come across.
The first one generally breaks
down and ties up all the others.
Walk across the bridge. In the
evening, trying to get home, you
board another crowded car. Gets
safely across the bridge and
then power goes OF. Starts again
and creeps along for mile or
more. Arrive home for a cold
supper. In the summer when
crowds are going to the Falls,
they run cars every few minutes
There's SO cents in that. But in
the winter they run cars when
they please. When you pass the
barn, nine times out Of ten there
are four or five cars in there. 1t
is called a Railroad. HOW DO
THEY DO 1T?
]. w. w. nominates Eustis Meyers,
secretary to Congressman James
Young, as worth looking over.
Signs on bridges in Washington
ask vehicles to keep down to eight
miles an hour. have never seen any
vehicle heed the signs, especially
the heavy street cars. / did hear
of a man being arrested on Connec-
ticut avenue bridge across the
Klingle Valley. He told the police
man that he intended to remain there
all day and see to 1t that every other
vehicle driver violating the eight
mile regulation was also arrested
including street car motormen.
That discouraged the policeman and
nothing further occurred.
IL
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

HOWARD SUTHERLAND, the boy
Senator, is now an applicant for the
looks-like-Lincoln Club.
The Washington times., 1919-12-14

The only thing OLLIE NEWMAN
didn't tell us about Rev. Fists van
Skoyk was that he looked like
Lincoln.