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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-10-15
ks" returned Stairway.

your thanks" returned Stairway. 81
am waiting"
"Bueno. Now first I want you TO
remember this: 1 am in the position
to be the key to the situation, and
you must see that. If for any reason
the vaqueros in some sudden fit of
rage should seek to put a violent end
to my gay little existence" He
shrugged. "It would be like a man
in a prison cell destroying the key
to his liberty. senor."
go on. Needless to say 1 don't
understand"
You will In moment" He
glanced at his watch. at is almost
three. This you must understand: if
such thought should come into the
vaqueros' bloody minds 1 shall look to
you as my protector.
"NOw''-his air, his smile, his very
carriage eloquent of a laughing i'm
pudence, he stepped close to the
shattered window-"now something
Is going to happen"
Suddenly his hand shot out and a
pane fell from the window, broken
into many pieces, tinkling upon the
carpet. Tore put his face to the
opening he had so rudely made and
called out sharply, aloud:
"Ahora, companeroS! Striker
A revolver flashed into sight in
Stanway's hand; a revolver was in
the hand Of each vaquero in the
room. The air was charged with ex-
pectancy.
Watch him!" called out Stairway.
"Jerk him back from the window !"
While he was speaking he had
struck one of the candlesticks from
the table,. Gaucho had understood
and had put out the other lights. The
room sank into swift, impenetrable
darkness.
Three Of the cowboys had thrown
themselves upon Tore, dragging him
back, holding his arms pinioned at
his sides. Stairway, with no minute
lost, threw open the shutters, raised
the window and peered out into the
night.
It was very still. He could see
little enough, but his straining eyes
ran back and forth along the wall of
the house and were certain that there
were no lurking forms there. His
ears told him of the heavy breathing
him no sound Of men without.
Remember, senor," called Tore,
his painting voice telling of the treat
ment he was being accorded by men
who hungered to take justice into
their own hands. Remember about
the key!''
Stairway closed the window and the
shutters, calling to Gaucho for
light. The flicker of the match
showed him Tore in the grip of the
three men, his face looking a little
pale, his eyes very bright.
eff we are attacked" cried the
rancher sharply, sit is Tore who has
given the signal. Remember, he is
not to go free"
Fierce fires Ieaped up in the saw
age eyes OF the VaqueIOS, anu INC
big, brown, muscular hands corded
ominOusiy.
A clock somewhere in the house
struck-one, two, three. Stairway
counted, every sense on the alert, his
mind expecting, his heart dreading
he knew not what.
And then came the thing he had not
looked for.
1t was scream-a woman
scream, rising sharp through the
sudden silence, telling of sudden, rude
awakening, of blind, gripping terror.
1.-THE senorita I" shouted Gaucho.
''Madre de Dios! They are killing
the senorita p
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-10-15

Celestino,the vaquero who had spen,
the night at Pedro's side, was not tc
be seen.
Stairway, rushing up the stairs, his
revolver in his hand, bestowed only
one look upon the unconscious Pedro
and rushed at the door of Teresa's
room.
The door was locked. He called
There was no answer. Everythine
was perfectly still. He knocked al
the door loudly, calling again. AND
now, when silence answered him,
great fury swept through him, his
brain seemed to be ON fire, his voice
seemed to him to come from a great
distance as he shouted for an ak.
The ak came, but he had not waited
for it. A heavy chair had splintered
against the oak panels, but the panels
themselves were no obstacle to the
fury of his attack. They burst al
last, his hand found the key in the
lock upon the other side of the door
the door was flung @.
Nothing, nothing but emptiness and
wild disorder which told, had Ie
needed the telling, of the girls alb.
duction!
That cry Of hers had bespoken
struggle, brief and Intellectual.
And Teresa was gone with nothing
behind to show whittier.
Stairway ran through all the rooms
of her dainty suite, calling Silence
and emptiness were his answers. He
threw open the windows to her bal.
cony.
Horses" he shouted. "Gaucho,
run to the stables. They are taking
her across the bOrderI'
The vaquerO, too, heard the thud
of running hoofs out there in the
darkness beyond the oranges, under
stood, and sped upon his errand.
''Here is poor CeIestina, senor," said
Esteban. He was kneeling on the
little landing a few PAGES removed
from the spot where Pedro lay. 81
think that he is dead. They have
struck him on the head. Jesus Ma
ria! but it is nasty blow, and from
behind"
Stairway scarcely heard the man.
He was looking for a ladder, seeking
to see how Teresa had been carried
from the house.
There was nothing.
He thought that there had been
many men here; that a man below
had caught the girl in his arms as
she was dropped down to him; he
shuddered at the thought, and once
more was running, now down the
stairs, which he took almost at
bound, through the dim corridors, and
toward the drawing room.
"The senorita?" several voices were
clamoring at him. "Have they
harmed her? Blood of the Savior.
have they dared lay hand upon herr"
"She is gone" he answered crisply.
Listen, companeros. This is the
work of Tore yonder. You know that.
But you must not harm him-yett
There is time. See that he does noe
escape. If he does not bring the Sc
norita back to us safe, unharmed-
then we shall know what to do, shall
we not, companeros?"
They answered him by silence and
the quick turning of black, fierce eyes
upon the man who had this second
thing to answer to them for. Tore
summoned his old bravado and the
smile which went with it.
Tore did not speak, but, turning
away, made a cigarette, Captain Jul
arez, seemingly just awakened, threw
his blanket aside and sat up on his
couch, his eyes rowing from face to
face, coming to rest at last upon Tor
res as though he were awaiting a
leaders move. His eyes were as
grave as Torres, his sense of a crisis
as clear.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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.,,-rR vlll-Continued.

~ IN your ear, senor'" he
'''l ,iaa and manner gayly i'm
y, WI Tords low so that they
% y .ors but those he intended
twenty thousand dollars
.,siateIv. or I give you my
:. Gentleman that when the sun
u TiII rush to me, trying to
and I shall then answer
Is..-ending fifty thousand!"
s .s1, IN the mans voice again
y 81, StaDway. He had a feeling
!, sorld not entirely reason
>. Torre meant what he was
Tsan he looked at the half
featured, faithful servants,
~ tho De la Guerra as old
.s-ved q beloved sovereign;
F. ratchful, armed, eager for
:. 10 fling themselves upon
;, contiyes; and, frOwning at
fears, he went to his room.
,,sors faced westward and to
d.
and before one of them which
/, tBa border, half ready to ex-
r,h Of cavalry through the
res
ST +be olive trees sway to the
rm wind from the south;
his window curtains pulsing
,FEs one breathing; noted how
-mfght gilded the ripe fruit
amnge trees, and, with a last
7r5 the eastern wing Of the
J Ts,re q little balcony jutted
,-g roses, he jerked down his
listened his window, placed a
? mon the chair at his side,
E to bed.
hsistent rapping at his door
lisled him.
Z7 sat up in bed, a sudden
ktmeasineSS upon him.
i5ts?" he called sharply.
4 5 Lugo, senior. Senior Tore
he with a message. It is to
! the draWing-rOOm immediate
has something to say to you.
5tiS very important. He in
sl come to him before it is
lock-within fifteen minutes"
s his nerve" muttered STAN
TEL him to be more explicit or
she devil"
Gr'
iuckIed his approval, and
Eay through the still house.
lay back upon his bed and
BIS eyes, only to open them
70 stare into the darkness of
rs Remembering those forebod-
Ia had come to him with Tor
Id threats; he was feeling an
& which he could not drive
.Te had sent for him in the
d the night
ASat up, cropping for matches
l-5S,ick. In the little yellow
saw that it lacked but ten
Of three. He sprang out of
y On bis clothes hurriedly, and
70 the drawing-room.
l' you are very kind" Tor
Y Vas full of mOck-pOliteness.
Yourself so at the lightest
Z guest is"
@'n to business if you have
@lFay Interrupted bIuntly.
2h%
a word with you in pri-
~-e answered quietly. The
July dressed and now rose
"1cn upon which he had
There is no objection to
Oelng in the room, but at
@sla2d at the far side of the
" mat they may not hear"
/, nave !. anything to say, say
NanWay retorted. 81 am
" 5OlF way Of doing business,
WV !. What is itY"
2'Ogged.
shall be silent" he said
l think that you are max
sue, senOr."
Stanway didn't know. He
yO' the room. Juarez
We :, Sleeping heavily upon
|, >, ,, 'ne yaQueros, seven of
-ols the walls or lounged
y, o'1' each man of them as
!, y eyes as keen and sus-
III u the beginning of their
=, U spite of all this secur-
nv VI the fact that Stairway
"a Guerra servants wer-
Ieif two prisoners I'M
~. Sucner had the odd feel
A., NJ was a weakness in his
~n he could not see, but
~ s'y plain to the smiling
Uen his curiosity de-
!: said after a brief mo-
Sn again: Now, what
sped to the far corner of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-10-15
Federal Employees Union.

During recent weeks a con-
siderable number of congressman
have taken the position in public
addresses that the employees of the
FEDERAL government should not he per-
mItted to organize. In spite of the OPP
position thar has been voiced, the ma
donal fe1oratNA OF federal employees
Evening star., 1919-02-27
MISS \. j. ANDREWS
WINS NESSAY CONTEST
Award Made for Composition On
TEACHING Lip Beading to Deaf
Children.

MISS Harriet U. Andrews. who has
been for many months war worker in
Washington, was one of two winners of
a prize offered recently by the American
Association to Promote the Teaching of
Speech to the Deaf, with headquarters
in Washington, for the best essay on the
teaching of deaf children in the home
how to read the lips and converse like
hearing children
The other winner was Mrs Robert
Henderson of Des Moines, Iowa Miss
Andrews home is in Kansas City. Mo.
The essays of Mrs. Henderson and Miss
Andrews were considered SO nearly equal
in merit that the $500 prize was divided
between the writers.
Payment of the prizes was from the
income of a trust fund of $4,000 given.
the above association by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Grosvenor of Washington This
fund was established so the income
might be used in obtaining, publishing
and distributing written matter to aid
parents in the teaching of deaf children
in the home. The fund was recorded as
the Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor
memorial fund, in memory of the second
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor. who
died March 6, 1915, when he was six
years old
Evening star., 1919-02-27
ST0REKEEPER HELD UP
) BY MEN AND ROBBED
Purse Snatched on Street-Burg-
lars on Wisconsin Avenue Get
$1,000 Worth Of Jewelry.

Two armed colored men visited the
Island avenue, last night about IL
o'clock. and robbed him of between
$40 and SIS.
Ono OF the men entered the store
several minutes ahead of his compan-
! ion. made himself comfortable and
couversed with the merchant When
tho second one entered. Washington
stated. one Of them walked to the
counter and said he wanted a piece of
eAsesA
I don't want any cheese" he said
- the storekeeper when the latter
started to ill his order. 'Ifs money
that / want"
Washington said each man pointed a
pistol at him and compelled him to
surrender his cash
Police of the ninth precinct are
searching for an unidentified coIored
man who snatched a purse from Miss
Elsie Vale, 141s F street northeast,
near Florida avenue and Sth street
northeast early last evening. The
pocketbook contained only IL cents
pass to a public building and keys.
Private J. Bruno, Camp Meigs, re-
spooded to Miss Wales call for help
and pursued the robber, but did not
catch him
Alfred NJ. Reed. 271s Wisconsin ave
nue., reported the loss of jeweIry val
ued at about 81 900. He said burglars
visited his house between / and Z
o'clock. gained entrance by smashing
a glass panel in the door and ran
sacked the premises. A diamond pin
valued at $3.50 was the most valuable
article taken. A valuable diamond
ring was dropped in the house by the
burglars
James Mcclure, Alsxand drts, Va, was
robbed of his pocketbook containing
$40 in cash and draft on an Omaha,
Neh. bank for $50. He reported his
loss to the police when he returned to
. thfes city last night
Evening star., 1919-02-27
Themes of the Writers.
Miss Andrews essay was entitled

Miss Andrews essay was entitled 'sThe
Diary of a Deaf Child's Mother and
the subject of Mrs. Henderson's essay
was Problems of the Mother of the
Young Deaf Child"
The American Association to Pro
mote the Teaching of Speech to the
Deaf was founded by Alexander Gra-
ham Bell, who was its president for
many years, and who gave the asso-
citation its handsome building on 35th
street and an endowment exceeding
tS250. 600.
The associations headquarters is an
international clearing house for in
formation relating to the deaf. From
every part of the world parents of
deaf children as well as persons who
have become deaf in adult life apply
to the association for the latest ideas
and methods for the teaching of speech
to the deaf, which Information is sup
piled free of charge.
The superintendent Of the associa-
tion's work and it's librarian is Fred
De Land Gilbert Grosvenor is chair
man OF the executive committee of the
board OF directors, which includes Col
Charles w. Richardson, Secretary of
the Interior Franklin K. Lana, David
F'airchild Of this city, DR. A. L e.
CIouter of Philadelphia, president Of
the largest institution for the deaf in
the world; Dr.. T. c. Forrester, presd-
dent of the Maryland Institution for
the Deaf, at Frederick, Nd. and other
eminent educators OF the deaf in dif-
ferent sections OF the United States
Evening star., 1919-02-27
TO DEM0BILlZE AT ONCE
ALL BRITISH OVER Al
Industries on Which Trade Depends
First to Get Men Back From
the Army.

LONDON. February Correspond
ence OF the Associated Press) ).-In-
dustries on which all business de-
pends, such as coal mining. are the
first to get their men back from the
army. Pivotal men in all essential in
dustries will be the next to be demo-
bilized. followed by the men who have
definite jobs waiting for them proved
by agreements with their employers.
AS exception to this rule, all men over
forty-one will be mobilized at once
and also men who have been in hos
pitfalls more than one month
If this scheme is energetically pur-
sued it is expected that business viii
be well equipped with men by autumn
Evening star., 1919-02-27
HAS ~VOICE WITH SMILE"
President Gets Praise From Tele
phone Operator.

NEW YORK. February 27-Presi-
dent Wilson was characterized as a
man with the voice with q. sn,f1s~ by
Miss Martha Carren Of Fort Wayne,
Ind, who was one OF the telephone
operators on duty in the Murat man
sion. the American white House. in
Paris. and returned on the George
W asldn gton.
another operator. said '.if every one
was as oonsiderate and even tempered
in using the telephone as President
Wilson the long-sufferfng telephone
operators life would be a dream of
comfort and efficiency"
Evening star., 1919-02-27
Soviet Regulating Baths.

P4EIE February 25.-The soviet
government IN Moscow is regulating
the number Of baths each person Is
permitted to take IN various public
and private bathing places. It has
divided the population into three
categories. according to French refu-
gees arrived here from Russia Some
are allowed to battle twice a month,
il Is said; some once a month and
others never.
Evening star., 1919-02-27
BUSINESS MEN IN U. S.
PLAN FOR MEXICAN BOOM
Representatives Of Many Big In
terests Arranging for Branch
Houses in That Country.

LAREDO, Tex. February 26.--Amer =
lean business men have been prepar-
ing for a boom in Mexican business
since regulations governing exporta-
ton of food and general supplies to
Mexico have been modified. Repre-
sentatives of scores Of nationally
known concerns have passed through
this border city recently to arrange
for establishing branch houses or dis
tributing warehouses in Mexico.
Business interests here believe that
within the next three months all spe-
ciaI export restrictions win be re-
m owed and goods will pass into MexI-
co as freely as before the Mexican
disturbances began. Recent modihca
tions have been so extensive that the
embargoes now cover only few com
modities.
Evening star., 1919-02-27
Very Instructive IS
Demonstration
RENG0 BELT
CORSETS

Dy NI1ss ssfSfsH
Rengo Belt Corsets are not IN
tended for slender women They
are strong, sturdy corsets, for
mediurn and stout women, REIN
forced BY specially designed and
exclusive Rengo Belt feature for
Strengthening the abdominal line
Miss Anderson will be glad to
explain to you the different mod
els of Rengo Belt, which are now
ready for spring.
Third F1oor-Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1919-02-27

Fifty English girl carpenters en-
gTged for several years past in build
ing huts for the British soldiers in
France have returned home with the
intention of following their newly
learned trade
Evening star., 1919-02-27
Do Your Feet H,
Foot Talk, No. Id

Or perhaps we should say, did your feet hurt
today while standing to watch the parade or wfnie
parading?"
IF your feet did give you trouble, YOU probably
resolved right then and there to find out the cause
before another day went by.
We have specially appointed Foot Comfort
DEPARTMENT under the direction of skilled ortho-
nedic. where Wizard Foot Appliances are fitted when
necessary, together with footwear designed espe-
ciaily to relieve foot Ills
Consultation is. absolutely free.
Appliances are fitted only when necessary.
Second Iansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1919-02-27
FRIDAY STORENEWSJOFEANSBURGH&

n
Evening star., 1919-02-27
28c Yard

mothers should be thinking ABBOTT making the
big sister and mother herself In the lot
finish suing colored popn eabray and
printed voes madras eood og7ndi oae ana lawns Also
domet, First toor-AIansoursn & BIO
Evening star., 1919-02-27
Secret of Long Wear
In Shoes for Boys

Nothing could be more of a tax
on soles than the hikes and games
of the Boy Scouts, but for durabii-
ity, comfort and protection in the
rain certainly recommend NeoIin
Soles. have two pairs of shoes
equipped with them" Scout c. K.
Spaulding of Newton, Mass who
wrote this, speaks from experience.
Thousands and thousands of
other active boys who have shoes
with Neolin Soles vouch for their
long wear. Parents who pay big
shoe bills win be interested in this,
for Neolin Soles cut those shoe bills
down. Buy Neoiin-soIed shoes, not
only for the boys, but for every
member of the family. They come
in many styles
Have your worn shoes .re-soIed
with Neolin SoIes, too All good re-
pair shops have them. They are
made scientifically by The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio,
who also make Wingfoot Heels
guaranteed to outwear any other
heel
n~x1s~ C~f--
Evening star., 1919-02-27
New Lot of Dresses, $3.50
ART

45-inch Laee-trim med
White Scarfs, decorated
through center with hem
stitching. At 75c.
Odd sizes Children's Stamp
ed and Made-up Dresses;
some Of them formerly sold
as high as 225. Tomorrow
7Sc.
Fnnges and Lace Edging
for trimming curtains, scarfs,
pillows and bedspreads- At
1Oc, 15c and 2Se.
Boys and Girls Stamped
Hats, made up Of good quality
pique or rep. A Soc value, 3oc.
Third Floor-Lansbursh q Bro.
Evening star., 1919-02-27
SCORES KILLED FOR !.
RED GUARDS DEATH.
sRuss Peasants Hate Them
j Hundred Times More Than
l Former Cars Agents.
DESPERATE OVER BREAD

vNepTvosToK, January IS tCor-
fespondence of the Associated Press).
THE Russian peasants hate the red
guard hundred times more than they
ever hated the agents of the former
Russian emperor, according to a trav-
eler from Moscow, as quoted in the
Omsk newspaper Slovo. Perhaps. the
traveller says. this may account for
some of the ferceness and ruthless
ness of the bolshevik rule,
Under the enperor's regime. he says
tho murderer OF village constable
would have been shot and the execu-
sions would have stopped there; but
the bolsheviki will shoot scores Of
peasants for the murder of a red
guard.
All the way from Moscow to Tam
how could be seen people called sack
carriers-men and women who had
Jeff their towns or villages in the hope
Of finding elsewhere bread or wheat
Had Orders to Shoot to Kill.
The bo1sheviki had orders to shoot
an sack carriers, women, children or
old men, whether they were in quest
of bread for themselves and their
starving families or to sell at higher
prices. And they were shot. The trav-
eler claims to have seen some of these
people running along the tops of rail-
read cars jumping from one to an
other. with the red guards shooting
at them from the platform The moan
3ngs of those struck down were heard
far into the night
The train passed Tamboy. Atakar and
Balashev, all situated in a fertile corn
country. But nowhere was there bread
even for the Russians who had raised
tho corn It had been exported. no
body could say where.
Acting to Be Remembered.
4 student member Of the committee
TO tight counter revolution, who was
on the same train, admitted that he
ana his friends knew that the social
shsv1ki were not counter revolution
1stA bat the committee. he said, was
obliged to view them as such if they
wanted to continue to rule. IF COM
m0nism," he said, will not fit the
R1s5ian people We shall have to aban-
don the power; but in that case we
shah act IN a fashion to be remem-
bered for long time"
The train passed military trains go
ing to the 'front.' The soldiers appeared
gloomy and sleepy, principally sleepy.
The traveller saw some looking for a
plAce to lie down. but an officer carry
ing q whip motioned them out Their
grumblings were silenced by the whip
or BY the sight of a bayonet giistening
in the hands of a sailor who accom-
panied the officer.
Evening star., 1919-02-27

In Arabia the horse is a favorite ar
ticle of food
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-16
FIRST SUMTER
PEACHES SELL
AT S. CRATE

The first Sumter county peaches of
1919 season to be marketed were ship
ped from Maddox Station last evening
by j. e. Poole. Six crates were sent
by express to Jacksonville, for which
a price of So yer crate was offered.
The peaches were of the Mayflower
variety.
Sumter county peaches are expect
ed to be moving in heavy volume next
week. Mr.. Poole stated that he woulG
have only 400 or 500 crates of this
early variety fro mhis 1000 3-yearold
trees.
Fruit men from the Fort Valley dis
trict have been in Americas this week
and d number of deal for the crop of
large orchards are reported to have
been closed. The Southen Brokerage
company was said to have enteed into
several contracts, paying an average
of SO per crate-$175 for the earlier
varieties and 1925 for the Elbertas,
the price, being F. O. B. Americas.
Some offers for Elbertas of $3.50 have
been reported.