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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23

the young ladies he called upon, Du' who the hadcs will deny him a littI" diversion. And his wife is coming hack He k as true to his wife a. anJ wife k to her husband, but just be cause she has gone away, the goSS'p" VI ho perhaps have never been caugh; in their damnably scum duggery, talk and talk and chew the fat. CuSS them for it, for they are too old pcrhap# to enjoy really congcnial company.
 And again, single girl, is seen up on the streets with a man, pcrhapS h' is married. Holy horrors, she is doom cd and he V. damned, by the goSSir '. And take i, straight, the single %'| and the married man ar" straight. than those G'ScuSsirC it, the g"',iri the holy terGcrS seen 3pd he.n 'n every town
 Or agai7- q 'nrIc ri' a"i sin&." man are ,cen togcthcr. Then t"" r's- sips believe that they a"H Hng2g".. HcllS fire possible both aye crg'g'd to some one on the outside" SG; has she or he got to seal themselves uo from all social intercourse? Th" CcS- sips say yes who the --- - az" 'h" gosSips? Men and women married or single. arc only human.
 Or, two gosSipS meet on the "roc; and here iS the conversations
 "Oh. do you know that | saw Mr.. So and So going to the Movie show last night with two men and neither were her husband? ?"
 "You don't say"
 Yes, and I don't believe that he" husband knows that she did, for he i- in his place of business until after thc show, and she gets home before n" does"
 . "You don't say so?"
 "Ycs, and the other night sa" Mr. So and So, a married man leav" the dance and go to the home of married woman and escort her to th" dance.'
 Great hivinS."
 Yes, and I could say morc' -- h'' thank "hivin" the gossip had to grasp foi breath.
 And the goSsips really hadn't q thing to spill, except between them selves for the above mentioned mcr. chant knew all about it, why his wife went to the movie. and the huSbanl had the consent of his wife, or rathc' consent of both the wife and the afor' mentioned husband, absent from th' city perhaps, to see that no social plcasurerS were denied.
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THOUSANDS DIE OF FLU

COLONGE, May 22- According to estimates made in an article publish ed in the German Medical Journal of recent date 100000 deaths were causcl by Spanish influenza in Germany in the last eighteen months.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23

CThc editor of the Petersburg Re port, a weekly newspaper is M. S. Perkins, who iS also U. s. Commission. CT at that city, on Wrangcll Narrows. He is a clever and thorough newSpaD- or man. married man, but man after Bobby Burns definitiOn.)
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23
SEATTLE AGITATOR
 MUST SERVE SENTENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, May % The United States circuit court of appealS has upheld the conviction of Hulet NJ. Wells of Seattle for conspiring to ov- clthrow the "onScription act durinc the war.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23

And ain't it the Truth, you Peters, burg folks?
 You know t, the same as any man or woman, in any Alaskan town knows it"
 Gossip never investigates, nevcr looks for facts. never recognizes the truth, but is like a vampire, Suckir- it's life blood from the filthy thoughts it.
 of it's authors and those who listen 'o Filth k the life of gossip and if thoughts are clean, gossip can not live
 Petersburg Report.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23

Eyenrude motors and repair parts a J. l.. Graef's.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23

Elaine EOgene and pearl oil at J. l.. Graef's. tt.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-05-23

Gasoline and distilate at J. l.. Graefs
 H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-19
Cherries and Berries
WHEN THEY ARE AT THEIR BEST

" mixed and sifted, and the milk
alternately. a little at a time, until
a soft bought is formed.
Care must be taken not TO get
this mixture too sort. Roll into a
rcctangIe about one-fourth of an
inch thick. Paint over with melted
butter Sprinkle with well-sweet-
ened fruit and roll like a jelly roll.
Steam for three hours tied in a
muslin sack or enclosed in covered
lard pail. This rOly-poly may be
boiled. Serve it with hard sauce
made by rubbing half a cup OF
powdered sugar into quarter OF a
cup OF sugar. This may be favored
with a few drops Of vanilla and a
grating OF nutmeg.
Tarts are simple to ma Ike and
easier, perhaps, 10 serve than pic.
Mix cup of flour with 4 teaspoon
of salt. Chop in six tablespoons Of
shortening and wet to a rather dry
paste with ice water. Roll out as
for pie. Invert a gem or muffin pan.
Grease the outside of it. Cut the
paste to fit, taking care to prick
each tart several times with fork.
Bake in a hot oven about five
minutes. When removed these are
hollow shells. Fill with fresh Der
rics or cherries and pour a syrup
made by cooking together y cup
fruit juice with ! cup sugar. 4 cup
water and ! tablespoon Of corn
starch together for five minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-19
When a Girl Marries
STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Betty Is Found, and Jim Informs
Anne That He Is One Member
of a New Firm

side to her beauty and-spIendor.
Don't grieVe too sorely over Betty"
Then strangely enough 1 found
that it wasn't Betty but Anthony
Norreys over whom was grieving.
For he was wounded and manned.
and he had neither beauty nor love
to compensate him. So went over
and laid my hand on the wrist
above that gloVed wooden substi-
tute for the right hand.
What a friend you are! What
q friend"' I said.
What a friend you are! Betty
Is rich. in you and Wee. Whatever
comes you girls must make sure
that Betty sees nobody can be Grip
pled-except in his own mind. The
wounds that have come out Of the
war are going to secure for life's
tep-children-the lame and the
deformed-their rightfuI place at
LIES table. Don't pity Betty.
Promise me you won't do that.
whatever happens Just love her"
We promised. And then. after ar
ranging to have the car in readi-
to start as soon as I heard from
Terry, Anthony Norreys took Vir-
ginia home. AS she kissed me
good by I noticed how tired and
wan she looked
Now what am I going to dO?-
1 found myself asking OF space
when they had gone.
1t was only 5 o'clock-and the
prospect OF the hours until Jim
should come home and I could talk
it all over with him seemed IN
terminably long. I had so mucn
to tell him, running the gamut
from our discovery Of Betty's
whereabouts to the loving fare
well kiss Virginia had given me.
So il was with a shock like the
bered that Jim had said he might
not be home to dinner.
Then the phone rang. It WAS
Carlotta Sturgess inquiring for
Betty. told her our news.
weren't you going to let me
know she asked almost re-
proachfuIly.
Remembering all her kindly in
terest, I answered her that I would
have phoned her. and 1 think I
meant it in spite Of my discovery
that her fathers company had
ruined Jim's father. After all
vengeance was not mine. And in
spite of her fathers business meth
DDS and her own friendship with
Pat Dalton, Carlotta SturgeS had
won a right to my kindness
A long, lonely interval after Car
lotta's call, and then the telephone
again. 1t was Jim. blurted out
that we had found Betty.
Great! Bully! Didn't I tell you
so?, he cried. almost absentminded-
ly. Now you'll be in a mood to
celebrate my forming a new firm.
Meet me at the Occident Theater At
Sis"
But. Jtm-must I have dinner
alone?' I cried
ooh, cheer up; that won't hurt
you. Just think how happy you are
about Betty and cut out the whim-
pering. Meet me at SIS and
mind you look sweet No crouch.
now"
"An right" promised But you
haven't told me who's in the new
firm. Jim-Jim"-
But Jim had rung on.
CTS he Continually
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By Loretto G. Lynch.

y ONE folks get it into their
heads that certain food is
- expensive and therefore never
to be INDUCED in by the family OF
modest means. Then, too, some
folks think OF certain foods as in
expensive, suited to the purses of
poorer folks, and purchase these
whether they are or not.
Il simply don't see how. they do
it," remarked a woman having
luncheon with a friend at a tea
shop serving a table d'hOte meal
for 80 cents. Take the dessert
alone" she continued. "Thcy serve
A large slice Of sponge cake and
strawberries nodded in gelatin.
Now everyone knows that sponge
cake is an expensive dish, and
Strawberries in the market today
are 80 cents q quart"
Yet. with the best butter at so
cents a pound and milk at 10 cents
a quart, the little tea room was
making a cheaper, cake when they
made a five-egg sponge cake that
served twelve portions than had
they chosen to scrve butter
cake, considering that eggs were
but 80 cents the dozen.
straw DtIIltS WIZ III s'ehH''iAs - "a
they were a bit high in price, and
the thrifty manager OF the tea
shop served only three or four Der
ries 10 each portion. but extended
the flavor by the use Of gelatin.
II berries seems little high.
even though they are in season,
try some Of these flavor-eXtcndinE
desserts. Slice two or three large
berries and mould them in little
individual Eelatins. One berry
may be saved to garnish the top.
This is especially attractive If the
mould is topped with a generous
spoonful Of whipped cream or melt
ed marshmallOw.
Press a CupfuI Of blackbcrrics,
raspberrics, bIueberries or logan
berries through a fine Strainer. Add
one or two teaspUonGuIs OF sugar
and cook the juice for five minutes.
The quantity of sugar viii have to
depend somewhat upon the sweet
ness of the berries. Sweeten any
leftover breakfast cereal. oatmeal,
cornmeal, wheatena, mould il in
teaCupS, pour the berry juice over
il and serve hot or cold as a little
pudding, garnishcd with fresh Der
Ties.
Do YOU know how to make a
good roly-poly? Any kind of ber-
ries, pitted cherries, peaches or
plums Snay be used in this.
All measurements level. stand
ard half-pint measuring cup is used
One quarter cup shortening. 4 tea
spoon salt, . teaspoons baking pow
der, and about n cup milk. Cream
shortening, add sugar gradually,
then the egg, we'll beaten. Add
flour and baking powder, previous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-19
The Palmist Puzzled.

examining a lady's hand, described
in glowing terms the future await
ing her. Nothing but success and
happiness will be yours for years
to come" he said. "Conquering all
your rivals, you will marry the man
Of your choice, a tall, dark, hand
some man OF distinguished ances-
try" "You don't really mean it,"
Yes" was the TeassurinS reply OF
The fortune -tclleT-"young and
rich" "How splendid" commented
The young woman. But how am |
to get rid OF my present husbaud?"
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A Striking Illustration.

Or. Abernathy once visited a
crusty old laird who was laid up
with the govt. He wanted to get
out with his gun and was in a tenn
per. and while the doctor was look
ing at his foot asked complaining
ly, "Why don't you strike at the
root and get mo bcttcr?" Solemn
~ the doctor got up, took his walk
ing stick, and smashed TO pieces a
dccanter Of wine which was stand
ing on the table. The astonished
laird sprang up and demanded an
explanation. oh" said the doctor,
Il am only striking at the root"
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Puss in Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

~ arriving in the little town
of Derby. Puss drew rein
~ before a small eating house
and after fastening the feed bag 10
his horses head. went inside to or
der something for himself.
But Puss was a wise little cat.
He did not intend to have her in
suit him, or to let her imagine for
an instant that she could poke fun
at him. So he asked her whether
she had eyes in her boots. and this
so embarrassed her that she
dropped the salt cellar on her foot
and overturned the pepper box.
And then every one began to sneeze.
Well. just - Puss was about to
begin his lunch. q man entered the
dining room and picked up the food
in front of Fuss and ran away.
"a little old man OF Derby,
How do YOU think he served me-
He took away my bread and cheese,
And that is how he served me-
said Puss to his good gray horse.
I'm not going to stay in this town
another minute"
"Well. then. little master. get on
nv hack. Wen soon leave it be-
hind us" said the faithful steed.
So off they went, and as they passed
tho market place, they saw the man
and his ram in the midst of great
crowd.
There is our friend, the man
whose ram is such a wonder said
Puss. The man was having good
deal Of difficulty in tying the rams
tail to the market bell. for the ram
wouldn't stand still. He evidently
didn't care about being a bell ring
er. and | don't blame him.
"At length the tail was made fast
and then! Well. sir, the people in
Derby had never heard a Dell ring
the way that one did.
He nuIIed it UP and down, Sdr'
He pulled it back and forth.
He swung il cast and west. sir,
He rolled il south and north,
And then he pulled 1t down. SIR
From off it's beam OF oak.
And yanked it down the street sir
Until the old thing broke.
"Ha. ha." laughed Puss, and he
rode out Of the town on his good
gray horse and went merrIly on his
tourney of adventure.
And next time I'll tell you what
happened after that.
DOWNRIGHT. 1919, David Cory.
To BE Continued.
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nneznected Testimonial.

"Na wants two pounds OF butter
exactly like what you sent us last.
II il amt exactly like that, she
won't take it," said a small boy.
The grocer turned to his numerous
customers and remarked blandly:
Some people in my business don't
like customers who are particular.
but I do. It's my delight to serve
them and get them what they want.
I will attend to you in moment,
little boy" BE sure and get the
same kind" said the small boy.
"A lot of pas relatives are visiting
our house, and ma doesn't want en-
to come again.!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-19
BY Anne Lisle.
Copyright, 1919. by King Features Syn
dictate, Inc.)
CHAPTER CXXXVIIL

Copyright, 1919. by King Features syn.
dictate. Incl
CHAPTER CXXXVIIL.
NVyHEN Virginia seized the
w telephone from Anthony
Norreys and insisted on
being the one to speak to Bet.y's
companion, Miss Moss, felt that
my sister-in-law's character had
come to a grave test Would Vir-
ginia think coldIy and selhshIy in
terms OF herself? Or would she
visualize the situation warmly and
generously for Betty'S greatest
happiness.
But when she talked over the
telephone to Miss Moss, Virginia was
wonderful She said that Of US all
it was only I who'd been inspired
to discover this way OF reaching
Betty, and that some Of Us would
come down in the morning. Tn IN
she gave herself to catechizing
Miss Moss. When she turned from
the telephone her face wore an ex-
preston that was almost sheepish.
1t was easy to see that Virginia
wasn't in the habit OF giving in to
any one, and was rather ashamed
Of what she evidently thought was
her own weakness
Betty didn't want to worry u.s."
Virginia said. "She was going to
have Miss Moss phone tomorrow.
There was just little operation on
her arm. and she preferred to have
it nicely over before she told US
about it. It's all right now, Miss
Moss assured me. She won't lose
the use Of her arm. It's her right
arm. Oh, Betty's too good to be
true"
Betty Bryce is a glorious wom-
an" said Anthony Norreys rev.
erently.
A glow lighted his thin face, and
my eyes turned very humbly to the
glove that showed beneath his right
sleeves. I seemed to hear again
the simple words he had spoken at
our first meeting.
They got the good old right hand
back in the days when Terry and
1 were together at Verdun."
ana now Betty OuE OCd0IAAAA
proud Betty. That gesture OF hers
as she had stood so often before
me with her SCARED white hand
against her lips. Wars aftermath
is so cruel. 1 sent up quick lit
tie prayer that 1 might see Betty
again with her hand against her
lips, and then came the thought OF
the pain and the fear that gesture
must have indicated. What fear
had Betty SCARED white hand
pressed back from screaming its
way out Of her throat in terrified
plea for help?
NOFFeys II Hopeful
Then, precisely as IL he had heard
my chaotic thoughts. Anthony Nor
reys answered me:
"Anne, our Betty will win through.
She's been enduring more pain. no
doubt. They'll cure that. And sears
don't matter. Betty'll learn that
soon-when Terry's love teaches IL
to her. She has a big love to bless
her. And love comes from every
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CHAPTER v.

It was in the mid afternoon, and
Henry, at his barred cell win
dow, stared out into the street
and wondered il any sort OF a
breeze would ever begin to blow
from old Chiriqui lagoon and cool
the stagnant air. The street was
dusty and 6lthy-flthy because the
only scavengers 1t had ever known
since the town was founded centur-
les before were the carrion dogs
and buzzards even then prowlinS
and hopping about in the debris.
Low, whitewashed buildings Of
stone and adobe made the street a
furnace.
The white OF IT all, the dust, was
almost achingly intolerable to the
eyes, and Henry would have with
drawn his gaze had not the several
ragged mozos, doing in a doorway
opposite, suddenly aroused and
looked interestedly up the street.
Henry could not see, but he could
hear the rafting spokes OF some
vehicle coming at speed. Next it
surged into view, a rattle-trap
light wagon drawn by a runaway
horse. In the seat a gray-headed,
Eray-beared ancient strove vainly
TO check the animal.
An Odd Accident.
Henry smiled and marveled that
the rickety wagon could hold to-
gether, so prodigious were the
bumps and jumps impaired TO it
by tho deep ruts. Every wheel,
half dished and threatening to dish,
Vobbled and revolved out Of line
with every other wheel. And If the
wagon held intact, Henry judged,
II was a miracle that the crazy har-
ness did not fly TO pieces.
When directly opposite the win
dow the old man made a last effort,
half standing up from the seat as
he pulled on the reins. One was
rotten and broke. AS the driver
fell backward into the seat his
weight on the remaining rein
caused the horse to swerve sharply
TO the right.
What happened then-whether a
wheel dished, or whether a wheel
had come of first and dished after
ward Henry could not determine.
The one incontestible thing was
that the wagon was a wreck The
old man, dragging in the dust and
stubbornIy hanging on 10 the re-
NAMING IttI- SN ullB the morse IN 4
circle until it stopped facing him
and snorting at him.
BY the time he gained his feet q
crowd OF mozos was forming about
him. These were roughly shout
6ered right and left by the
Eendarmes who erupted from the
Jail. Henry remained at the win
dow, and, for a man with but few
hours to live, was an amused spec
tator and listener to what followed.
Giving his horse to a gendarme
10 hold, not stopping to brush the
fifth from his person. the old man
limped hurriedly to the wagon and
began an examination OF the sew
eral packing cases, large and
small, which composed its load. or
one case he was especially solicit
Gus, even trying TO lift it and seem
ing TO listen as he lifted.
He Strengthened up on being ad-
dressed By the gendarmes and made
Volublo reply.
Me? Alas, senors, I am an old
man and far from home. I am Leo
poldo NarvaeZ. Ny father was Bal
tazerde Jesus = Ceryallos Mar
vaez, son OF General Warualz, OF
martial memory, who fought under
the great Bolivar himself. And
now ! am half ruined and far from
home"
Prompted by other questions, in
terlaTded with the courteous ex-
pressions OF sympathy with which
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HEARTS OF THREE
By JACK LONDON.
LeOnCia and Francis Plot to Rescue
Henry From Hands of His
Enemies.

CSyHOpsiG Of Preceding ChaPterS-)
Francis Morgan. descendant OF Sir
Henry Morgan, historic buccaneer! de-
while and plans a fishing trip. To
Thomas Regain stock operator, comes
Alvarez Torres, South American: who
announces he has a tip on the location OF
treasure buried by Morgan in the old
pirate days. Regan has an idea
Young Morgan sails for South Amer
lea In pursuit Of the treasure. Upon
landing he encounters a strange young
woman who appears to mistake him for
some one else. He is fred upon by three
SCI. the AngeliQue.
Francis learns he and HC-ry. the mys-
terious islander, are both descendants OF
Pirate Morgan.
Francis discovers his resemblance to
Henry was responsible for his peculiar
greeting upon first landing on South
Torres again Francis IS saved from
death on gallows and Henry rs arrested
in his place Leoncia finds her fancy
has strayed from Henry 10 Francis
Nothing" was the answer, ex-
cept that we do not need him and
that I'm not exactly infatuated
with him. He is a fool and would
spoil any plan. Look at the way
he fell down on testifying at my
trial Maybe he can't be trusted.
don't know. Anyway, what's the
good of trusting him when we don't
need him? Now his plan is all
right Well go straight to the Jail
and take Henry out, If all of you
are game for il. And we don't
need to trust to a mob of unhung
rascals and beach-sweepings. If
the six men of US can't do It we
might as well quit"
There must be at least a dozen
guards always hanging out at the
fail" Ricardo, Leoncia's youngest
brother, a lad Of eighteen, objected.
Leoncia, her eagerness alive, again,
frowned at him. but Francis took
his part
well taken" he agreed. "But
we will eliminate the guards
"The five-foot walls" said Marti-
Rez Solano. twin brother to Alvado.
GO through them" Francis an
swered.
But how Leoncia cried.
That's what I am arriving at
You, Senior Solano, have plenty OF
saddle horses? Good. And you,
Alexandra, does it chance you could
procure me a couple OF sticks Of
dynamite from around the planta-
ton? Good. and better than good!
And you. Leoncia, as the lady Of
the hacienda, should know whether
you have in your storeroom a plen-
tiful supply Of that three-star rye
whiskey? All! the plot thickens!"
he laughed on receiving her as
surance. Now, listen-But wait.
J want to talk to you, Leoncia,
about private theatricals-
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BY FoNTAINE FOX.

Copyright 1919 By tn. wn..I.r sysn eats InaI
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At the Bazaar.

why don't you buy something at
my stall" demanded n girl at a
charity bazaar. Because only
buy from the homcly looking girls"
said the man. They find it harder
to make sales"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-19
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the signing at Runnymede in
1915 of the Magma Charta, the great foundation Of
freedom in England The document signed by King John
assured the supremacy of the will of the people the
will of the King. Charles tried to override these princi
Piles over 400 years later and lost his head.
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"@Knocked Into a Cooked Hat"

THE meaning of this expression is not generally known
cooked hat" was variety of the game of ten pins
in which only three used set up angles of tr
angle. When in bowling at ten pins all knocked
down except the three at the corners the set said
be knocked into cooked hat"
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Cigarettes are sometimes made
Of leaves of the coffee plant. Many
who have tried them prefer them to
tobacco cigarettes.
It Is believed that Z, Iriest place
in the world is that portion OF
Egypt between the lower falls
of the Nile. Rain l. - never been
known to fall there.
To keep patent leather shoes in
good condition. rub them with a lit
tie olive oil occasionally and then
polish them with a soft cloth; this
will keep the leather from cracking.