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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

FOR LANDINGS ON WEST PASS
Leave Seattle. Pier a. foot of Spring
Street. Daily except Sunday. $3.50 p. m.
Leave Tacoma Daily except Sunday,
6:lo n. m, Saturday GAS p. M, for Seattle
and way ports. Municipal Dock
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

Sundny ScheuuIe. Leave SeattIe YNO
a. m. and 600 y. m.
Subject to change without notice.
WEST PASS TRANSPORTATION CO.
n. q. CHRISTENSEN. Mgr.
Phone Elliott 222l. Pier L.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27
School Election

The Board of Directors would
remind the patrons of Vashon
schools that next Saturday, March
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

Nothing would be gained by a
change in the personnel Of the
yashon school board. Vote for g..
s. Bonnell for the three-year
term.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

Vote for the l6-mill tax levy
because il is necessary.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

ing several months in Uncle
Sans service.
Letters from Hugh Miller re.
port having had delightful 10
day trip TO the Southern coast of
France and one hour over the
line in Italy. His company has
been issued q fleet of big Mack
trucks and they are at work ON
the roads.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27
GRAND CONCERT

Burton High School Auditorium
Friday, Feb. %, 1919
800 p. M.
PROGRAM
Trombone Solo
(a) mflamatus- Rossini
(b) Because Love You. Dear
Prof. Fred WasterIain
Plane Solo,
(a) Valse Caprice, Newland
(b) Grand Concert de Polka,
Newton Bartlett
May jenkins
Violin Solo
(a) Serenadc, A Major, Drelia
(b) Faust, Sarasti
Viola AMSTERDAM
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

The Record is Informed that the
road west from Center to the GEM
etery is in bad condition, That is
a section of highway that should
be kept in passable condition.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27
STEAMER TYRUS
for Landings on East Pass Of
VASHON ISLAND
WINTER SCHEDULE

Eilcctive Nov. I, 1918,
Leave Seattle pier ~ daily except
Sunday AT I.3O u. IN.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

NO newspaper can succeed with.
=. out advertising, therefore we
solicit the patronage OF our readers
for those who by their advertising
help 10 make this paper possible.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

In advocating one high school
for the Islands The Record was
not opposing the consolidation of
Vashon district and Columbia. On
the contrary that seems to be the
reasonable thing to dc at this
time. BY all means let's vote unan-
imously for consolidation. While
the question of one high school
VIII not down, there are numerous
things, the districts Indebtedness,
for instance. that must be wiped
out before a workable plan can be
evolved. SO the time for such a
contamination is remote and the
school patrons should not lose
sight of the immediate advantage
in this consolidation Of Vashon
and Columbia.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27

Look over the ads. carefully in
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-27
SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Leave Seattle for East Pass Points
100 n. m. and 5.4h p. m.
The Arvada enterprise., 1919-10-30

tie spot Or not He owns an tAsss
buildings now, you know"
didn't you. when You were here1
Like uncle, like nephew" ~.
"Tm sure I didn't have Il % badly
at his age" Anderson said rshsctively,
a. they strolled on through the COM
mencement crowd.
Eugene laughed. 'You neea only
three things to explain all that's good
and bad about George"
"Threer
"He's Isabel's only child. Hes an
Anderson. He's . boy"
"Well, Mister Bones. Of these three
things which are the good ones and
which are the bad onesr'
"All Of them" said Eugene.
George took no conspicuous part In
either the academic or the social cele-
brations Of his class: he seemed to re-
gard both sets Of exercises with toll
Grant amusement, his own "crowd"
mot going in much for either Of those
sorts Of things" ~ he explained TO
Lucy. What his crowd had gone In for
remained ambiguous; some negligent
testimony indicating that. except for
an astonishing reliability which they
all seemed to have attained In matters
relating to musical comedy, they had
not gone In for anything. Certainly
the question one Of them put to lucy.
The Arvada enterprise., 1919-10-30
CHAPTER x-c...,nu.s.

"Pootl" Aunt Amelia was evidently
b Q passion. "You know what's been
going on over there, well enough,
Prank Bronson! thought you wsrs
. man Of the world: don't tell ~
you're blind! For nearly two years
labels been pretending to chaperons
Fanny Minafer with Eugene. and all
he t1ms she's been dragging that poor
fool Fanny around to chaperons he-
and Dussasi Under the circumstances,
che knows people will get to thinking
ranny's q pretty slim kind Of chap
sfooe. and Isabel wants to please
George because she thinks thers1l be
lsss talk II she can keep her own
brother around. seeming to approve.
Talk shed better look outi The
whole town. win b talking the mt
thing she knows! She"
Amelia stopped, and stared at the
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Lab: eos . !sv ~ y I've vouM = 1000 ts
b.: spssss.c e.a n yssshf = $1,000 sss ..s
soss eesss = Ao not conceal IT. ef Tia: ~
h hs b returns e eosss oses nenosens Ly Norsa.
b at oong Dg
the Alys fa4hsF 1n
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in response to investigations Of hers.
seemed to point that way: "Don't you
think" he said. REALLY. don't you
think that being things u rather better
than doing thingsr
He said ''rahthuh bettuh" for "rathe,
better" and seemed to do 1t deliberate.
~. with perfect knowledge Of what he
was doing. Later. Lucy Knocked him
to George. and George refused to
smile: he somewhat inclined to sucS
pronunciations, himself. This inclina,
ton was one Of the things that he ha1
acquired in the four years.
What else he had acquired, It might
have pushed him to state, had any.
body asked him and required q direct
reply within 4 reasonable space Of
time. He had learned how to pass a.
aminations BY "cramming :" that 10. u
three or four days and nights he COM
get into his head enough Of q ssleeAs1
fragment Of some scientific Of pAlle
sophlcal or literary or Linguistic ~.
ject to reply plausibly to six questions
out Of ten. He could retain the inSce-
nation necessary for such q feat jusl
long enough to give q successful Per
Torrance: then It would evaporats ut.
terly from his brain, and leave him IN.
disturbed. George. like his "cFoWd,"
not only preferred ''beins things" 70
doing things" but had contentsd him.
self with four years Of ''bslns things"
as . preparation for going on ''beins
things" And when Lucy rather shyiy
pressed him for his friends probable
definition Of the "things" Il seemed %
superior and beautiful to b, 0eoees
raised his eyebrows slightly. meanins
that she should have understood WITH
out explanation; but he did explain:
"Oh. family and all that-bsing gen.
tleman. I suppose"
Lucy gave the horison Q long look,
but offered no comment.
"Aunt Fanny doesn't look much be,.
ter" George said to his mother, Q fsv
minutes after their arrival. on ~
night they got home. "Doesn't she ri
over Il at ALI I thought she'd feel
better when we turned over the insur-
ance to her-gave It to her absolutely,
without any strings to II. She looka
about . thousand years oldt"
"she looks quite Eiriish. sometimes,
though" his mother said.
"Has she looked that way much
since father"
mot no much," Isabel said thought.
fully. "But she will. - time goes o."
"Tme1l have to hurry. then. Il seems
to me-" George observed. returning to
his own room.
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1.-THE idea Of being q pro.
fesslonal man has never 40.
pealed to me-"
CTo BE cONTiNUED.I

Raising Fexss ~ Ranches.
Raising ranch.hred foxes 10 40 H.
dustry that In being carried on q.
tensivsly In all the Canadian PROMISES,
10 ct least q dozen Of the noethesn-
most statss Of the United States, ~
beginning In Japan and Norway. ali
lying 10 much the sams climate ~,
sdaptsd to dosnssticatins he baaek
tcL uo6og The 0ooe favorable eon1e
t1a0A -
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| and without. the emotion he had ex.
hibitsd during the recital to his uncle
Fanny was the one who showed aSita.
ton during this interview, for she
grew hssy red, and her eyes dilated.
what On earth do you want to bring
such trash 70 mo fort" she demanded,
breathing fast.
II merely wished b know two
things: whether 1t 10 your duty or
mine to speak to father Of what Aunt
Amelia"
Fanny stamped her foot. "You lit
tie fool I" she cried. "You awful little
fooli Your fathers q aek man, and
you want to 90 troubling him With IN
Anderson family rowi It's Just what
that cat would love you to dor"
swell. +"
Tell your father II you liksi It
viii only make him q little dcker to
think hes got q son silly enough to
listen to such cra1inessi"
~Then you're sure there isn't any
talkr'
Fanny disdainsd q reply In words.
She made q kissing sound Of utter con-
tempt and snapped her fingers. Then
she asked scornfully: "What's the
other thing you wanted to k1owr
Georges pallos increased. whether
It mightnt b better. ander the cir
cumstances," he said. III this family
were not 70 intimate with the Morgan
family-at least for . time. 1t might
b. better"
Fanny stared at him incrsdulously.
You mean you'd quit seeing Lucyr
Il hadn't thought Of hat side Of II.
but II such = thing were necessary On
account Of talk about my 0other. l.
+" He hesltated unhappdly. II suS.
rested that II oil Of us-for q time
perhaps only for q timo-it might bs
better If"
"Sss here" she interrupted. wen
settle this nonsense right now. II M.
gene Morgan comes to this house, foe
instance. to ~ me-. your mother can't
got up and leave The place tAs minute
he gets here, can shsf What do yoa
want her 10 Do: insult himf Or Peg
haps yoa'd prefer she'd insult LueyS
That woald Do Just ~ well. What b
II you're up to. anyhowf Do you really
love your Aunt Amelia 20 much that
yoa want to please herr Or do you
really hate your Aunt Fanny - much
that you want to-that you want to-
eAs eAoked md sought for hse hano'
kerchise; soddsnly shs began TO az.
SOh. ses hare" 0eorgs said. T dont
hate yoa. Aunt Fanny. That's shy. ]
doet-
"You deI Yoa DOL Yoa want To-
you waAe b destroy the only thtAS-
that THAT svse@" And. unable to
continue. she became iAaudtbls In her
handkerchief.
George feit remoesefui' ana his swa
troubles were iientened: al % once II
became Gear 20 MN tnet No mao peen
wosty'es ABOUT notnine. no pereesvso
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Lucy NorganI Let me sec: I seem
to remember the name. Didn't I know
some Lucy Morgan or other. once upon
. timer Then you'd shake Jour big
white head and stroke your long white
beard-you'd have such q distinguished
long white beard and you'd say. NO.
I don't seem to remember any Lucy
Morgan; wonder what made me think
I didr And poor mel I'd be deep In
the ground. wondering II you'd heard
about It and what you were saying I
0oodby for today. Don't work too
hard-dearl"
George Immediately ssised psn and
paper. plaintively but vigorously re-
questing Lucy not to imagine him with
q beard. distinguished or otherwise.
even in the extremltiss Of age. Then.
after inscribins his protest In the mat
tor Of this visionsd beard. he con-
cluded his missivs in q tone mollihed
to tenderness, and proceeded to read q
letter from III mother which had
reached him simultaneously with
Lucy's. Isabel wrote from Asheville.
where she had Just arrived with her
husbands
II think yo1r father looks better al.
ready, darling, though we've been here
only q few hours. It may b we've
found Just the place to build him up.
The doctors said they hoped 1t would
prove to be, and II 1t Il. 1t would be
worth the long struggle We had with
him to get him to sivs up and come.
I'm afraid that In my anxiety to get
him to do what Tie doctors wanted
him to. wasn't able 10 back up Broth
q George ~ I should in his difficulty
With Sydney md Amelia. I'm % sory I
George u more upset than I've ever
sssn him-thsy've got what thsy want
"a. and they're sailing before long. I
hear. to live In Florence. Father said
hs couldn't Stand the constant per
suading-Tm afraid The word be used
WAS 'nagsins.' can't understand pso-
PIE behaving like that. George says
they may b. Ambsesoos, but they're
vulgarl Tn afraid almost asfee With
him. At least, think thsy Wsee in
eoosidesate.
We plan to stay six weeks Il the
plaes agrees with him. It doss really
sssn b already Hs's Just called IN
he door to say he's waiting. Dso't
smoke too much. darling boy.
"Dsvotsd1y. yo1r mother.
"TaABBI."
Bat she did not kssp her husband
theee for tie six weeAs ~ ANTICIPATED.
Shs "a not kssp hin anywhere that
long. Three weeks aftse writing this
lsttse. he tslsgraphsd suddenly to
George that they were leaving for
home at ooes; and four days later.
when ~ and q friend came whistling
into his study. from lunch ct the club,
he found another telegram upon his
desk.
He read II twice before b. eompes-
headed IL import.
PAPA lsft o. At ten this morning.
Dearest
MOTHER"
The friend saw the change In his
faes. mot bad nswsf"
George lifted utterly dumfounded
eyes from the yellow paper.
my father" he said weakly. "She
says-she says he's dead. I've got to
20 home"
His Uncle George and the
Major met him at the station when he
arrived-the nrst time the Major had
ever come to meet his grandson. The
old geatleman nat IN his closed car.
riaes (which still needed paint) at the
entrance 70 the station. but he got out
and advanced to grasp GEORGES hand
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trs@uioualy. when the latter appeared.
Poor fellow I" ~ said. and patted him
repeatedly upoa he shoulder. "Poor
fellow Poor Oeoryie!"
George noticed that The Majors
trsmuiousncss did not disappear. ~
they drove up the street. and that he
sse0sd much fsebler than durinx the
so00se. Principally. however. George
~ 0ooeeeasd With his ewn swotioa.
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nausea. bot under his uncie's encour-
agement h. was able to be explicit
'She said my mother wanted You to be
friendly to her about Eugene Morgan.
She said my mother had been usinS
Aunt Fanny ~ a chaperone"
Anderson emitted Q laugh Of dis
gust. ats wonderful what tommy-rot
Q woman In Q state Of spite can think
of suppose ysu don't doubt that
Amelia Ambefson created this speci-
; men Of tommy-rot herself OF all Tie
damn nonsenssi"
George looked at him hagxardly.
you're sure people are not talkingr
"Rubbishl Your mothers on my
side about this division because she
knows Sydney's q pig and always has
bses . pig. and 70 has his spitsful
wife. I'm trying to keep them from
getting the better Of your mother -
well ~ from getting the better Of me.
don't you supposed Well. they're in Q
rage because Sydney always could do
what be liked with father unless your
mother intsrfered. and thsy know I got
Isabel to ask him not to Do what they
wanted. That's all there 10 to It."
"Bat ahs said" George persisted
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nor hon.e nm .,.In M 4 Aon.t kncv
that 7 hI.ms her mv..,f A. nIn.
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shout mi. n vsrs vou Fanny h.sn,t
vot mnch IN nor me-. In tact 7 don.t
nov NJ .nvthIn, much that nanny
h.. mt .rcsnt her TesIins shout ~.
van. Sh.,. .,vsv. h.A u-..A vhet..
runnv IN N. 4. nr.ttv much Iis..anA.
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denv that EUGENE Moran /. sttr.cted
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other c..e NJ .slv.v. vas ; hnt I knov
him ana he.s . kni.ht Geor..-a
cr.,v one n.rh.n. ~ von.v. re.d Nm
Ouirote. Ana + th,nt vour mother
ike. him better than me like snv
man outside her own family. and that
he interests her more than anybody
else-and always haa.' And that's ali
there In 10 n exeent-.
.Except what r. 0eores asked ouick.
". M he psused.
"Except TINT I susnect-~ Amher.on
chuckled. and besan over: .I'u tell
Won In coincidence Fanny uses vour
mother for a decov duck. shs doe
everything In the world she can 10
keen your mothers friendship vitA
Eugene roInx. because she mimi
that's wha, keeps Eugene about he
place, 10 t. sneak. Fanuy's always
with your mother, you zee and when.
ever he sees Isabel he sees Fanny.
Fanny thinks he'll get used TO the idea
Of her being around, and some day her
chance may come There! D'yos
seeY'
"WclI-l suppose so." GEORGES
brow was still dark. however. III
you're sure whatever talk there L. y
nbout Aunt Fanny. II that's So"
Don't be an aes." his uncle advissd
him lightly. moving away. "rm OF for
n weeks oshius 70 forge, that woman
Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-19
l, Mead and Company, Inc.
Copyright by Dodd,

q mean just what I said. What do you know about this business?"
 "How should know anything about it?"
 "Well, we don't know who you are, nor what you're doing up here, nor what your real profession is. That's why I ask the question:
 q sec" said Barnes, after mo- ment. He grasped the situation and he admitted to himself that Jones had cause for his suspicious. Tt has oc- cured to you that I may be detec- tive or a secret service man, isn't that the case? Well, I am neither Did you know any more about these two men, MT. Jones, than you know about mel"
 'I don't know anything about 'em."
 ''What was their business?"
 'Mr. Roon was Iookin' for a place to bring his daughter who has con sumption. He didn't want to take her 10 a reg'lar consumptive community, he said, an so he was lookin' for a quiet place where she wouldn't be as-
Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-19

rest or even detention, you would have nasty time defending yourself in a civil suit for damages. I shall remain here, as you suggest, but only for the purpose of aiding you in getting to the bottom of this affair.""
 Standing on Jim Conley's front porch little after sunrise, Barnes made the following declaration:
 "Everything goes to show that these men were up here for one of two req sons. They were either trying to pre- vent or to enact a crime. The latter is my belief. They were afraid of me. Why? Because they believed I was trailing them and likely to spoil their game. Gentlemen, those fellows were here for the purpose of robbing the place you call Green Fanny."
 ''What's that?" came rich, mellow voice from the outskirts of the crowd. A man pushed his way through and confronted Barnes. he was q tall good-looking fellow of thirty-fve, and it was apparent that he had dressed in haste. My name is O'Dowd, and I am a guest of Mir. Curtis at Green Fancy. Why do you think they meant to rob his place?"
 "Well," began Barnes dryly, it would seem that his place is the only one in the neighborhood that would bear robbing. My name is Barnes. Of course. MT O'Dowd, it is mere specu- lation on my part''
 But who shot the rnan?" demanded the Irishman. 'He certainly wasn't winged by anyone from our place. Why, Lord love you, sir, there isn't a soul at Green Fancy who could shoot thief if he saw one. This is Mir. De Soto, also guest at Green Fancy. He will, I think, bear me out in upsetting your theory"
 A second man approached, shaking his head vigorously. He was a thin, pale man with singularly scholastic face. Quite an unprepossessing, un- sanguinary person, thought Barnes.
 "Mr. Curtis chauffeur, I think it was, said the killing occurred just above this house." said he, visibly ex. cited. Green Fancy Is at least mile
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sociatin' with lungers all the time. That was his business, Mir Barnes, an guess you'd call it respectable, wouldn't you?"
 Perfectly. But why should he be troubled by my presence here if" Miss Thackeray put an end to the discussion in a most effectual manner. "Oh. for the Lords sake cut it out :! Wait till he's dead, can't you?" she whispered fiercely. You've got all the time in the world to talk, and he hasn't more than ten minutes left to breathe unless that rube doctor gets here pretty soon. I think he's going now. Keep still, all of you. Is he breathing, Mir. Barnes? That awful cough just now seemed to" Her eyes were fixed on the still face. "Why-why, how tightly he holds my hand! I can't get 1t away-he must be alive, Mir. Barnes. Where is that silly doctor?"
 Barnes unclasped the rigid fingers of the man called Andrew Paul, and, shaking his head sadly, drew her away from the improvised bier. He and the shivering Mir. Dillingford con- ducted her to the dining room, where
 a single kerosene lamp gave out a feeble, rather ghastly light.
 "Would you like little brandy?" inquired Barnes, as she sat down limp ly in the chair he pulled out for her. q have flask upstairs in my"
 q never touch it." she said. "Pm all right. My legs wabble a little but Sit down MT. Barnes. I've got some thing to say to you and I'd better say it now, because it may come in pretty handy for you later on. Don't let those women come in here, billy.
 ''This afternoon I walked up in the woods back of the tavern to go over some lines in new piece we are to do later on-God knows when! l could see the house from where l was sit ting. Rooms windows were plainly visible. I saw Roon standing at a window looking toward the crossroads with a pair of field-glasses. Every once in awhile he would turn to Paul, who stood beside him with notebook, and say something to him. Paul wrote it down. Then he would look again, turning the glasses this way and that. Suddenly my eyes almost popped out of my head. Paul had gone away from the window. He came back and he had a couple of revolvers in his hands. They stood there for few minutes carefully examining the weapons and reloading them with fresh cartridges. Just as was about to start down to the house-it was a little after six o'clock, and getting awfully dark and overcast-Roon took up the glasses again. He seemed to be excited and called his companion. Paul grabbed the glasses and looked down the road. They both became very much excited, pointing and ges-
Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-19
"Bedad," Said O'Dowd, "It Beats tie
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from here. isn't it? You don't shoot burglars mile from the place they are planning to rob, do you?"
 "Fll admit it's a bit out of reason" said Barnes. "The second man could only have been shot by some one who was lying in wait for him."
 'Bedad" said O'Dowd, "it beats the devil. There's something big in this thing, Mir. something long shot bigger than any of us suspects"
 You'll find that 1t resolves itself into a problem for Washington to solve," said De Soto darkly. Nothing local about it, take my word for it. These men were up to some interna- tional devilment. There'll be a stir in Washington over this, sure as any, thing"
 'What time was 1t that you heard the shots up at Green Fancy?" ven tured Barnes.
 Lord love you," cried O'Dowd, i've didn't hear sound. Mir. Curtis, who has insomnia the worst way, poor devil, heard them and sent some one out to see what all the racket was about. The man, 1t seems, made such devil of racket when he came home with the news that the whole house was up in pajamas and peig- noirs.'
 T think have slight acquaintance with the chauffeur" said Barnes. "He gave me the most thrilling motor ride Pve ever experienced. Cad, I'll never forget it."
Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-19
Immense Dock for London.

With the object of regaining for Lon don her former proud position as pre- mier port of the world, new and enormous dock, capable of acco1nmo- dating the worlds liners, is being con structed on the south side of the Royal Albert docks It's water area is to be 64 acres and, by means of a floating caisson, it's normal length is capable Of extension to 910 ftet--large enough for a bigger boat than even the 86S,- foot Aquitania.