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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

| life, giving her, as It did. an opportun.
ity for companionship with people of
greater mentality and refinement than
she had been used to, quickly brought
| about swift transition in the girls
nature. With the passing of the
coarse shoes and calico dresses and
the substitution of the kind of cloth
ing all women of Moira's instructive
refinement and natural beauty long
| for. the girl became cheerful, animat-
ed, and imbued with the optimism of
her years.
MORA worked in the general Office,
and except upon occasions when
Bryce desired to look at the books or
| Mora brought some document into the
private Office for his perusal, there
were days during which his pleasant
Good morning, MOira," constituted
the extent of their conversation.
Bryce had been absent in San Fran
cisco for ten days. He had planned to
stay three weeks, but finding his bust
ness consurnmated in less time, he re-
| a
was standing at the tall bookkeeping
desk, her beautiful dark head bent
over the ledger, when he entered the
office and set his suitcase in the
corner.
SIS that You, Mr.. Bryce" she
queried. -
"The identical individual, MORA.
How did you guess it was ~
She looked up at him then, and her
wonderful dark eyes lighted with
flame Bryce had not seen in them
heretofore. II knew you were COM
ing" she replied simply.
"You had bunch, Mora. Do you
get those telepathic messages very
often?" He was crossing the Office
to shake her hand.
'Tve never noticed particularly
that is, until came to work here. But
always know when you are return
ing after considerable absence"
She gave him her hand. I'm so glad
you're back"
"Why?" he demanded bluntly.
Sle HuSileu. II really QOnt
know, Mr.. Bryce"
"Well, them" he persisted, what do
you think makes you glad?"
81 had been thinking how nice 1t
would be to have you back, MI Bryce.
When you enter the office, it's like
breeze rustling the tops of the red
woods. And your father misses you
so he talks to me great deal about
you. Why, of course, we miss you;
anybody would" ~
AS he held her hand, he glanced
down at 1t and noted how greatly it
had changed during the past few
months. From her hand his glance
roved over the girl, noting the i'm
provements in her dress, and the way
the thick, wavy black hair was piled
on top Of her shapely head.
"It hadn't occurred to me before,
Moira," he said with bright imper-
sonal smile that robbed his remark of
all suggestion of masculine fattery,
"but it seems to me Pm unusually
glad to see you, also. You've been fix
ing your hair different Is this new
style the latest in hairdressing in Sc
quoia?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

I stock destroyed in the wreck, the lat
ter would have to be content with
half deliveries; whereupon Bryce ir-
rated the Colonel profoundly by pur-
chasing lot of secondhand trucks
from bankrupt sugar-pine mill In
Lassen county and delivering them to
the ColoDePs road via the deck of a
steam schooner.
''That will insure delivery of suffi-
cient logs to get out our orders on
file," Bryce informed his father.
"While we are morally certain our
mill will run but one year longer, I
intend that it shall run full capacity
for that year. To be exact, I'm go
ing to run night shift"
sour finances won't stand the over
head of night shift, 1 tell you," his
father warned.
Il know we haven't sufficient cash
on hand to attempt it, dad, but-Pm
going to borrow some"
"From whom? No bank In Sequoia
will lend us penny"
did you sound the Sequoia Bank
of Commerce?"
Certainly not. Pennington owns
the controlling interest in that bank,
and I was never man to waste my
time"
Bryce chuckled. 81 don't care where
the money comes from so long as I
get >it, partner. Desperate circum-
stances require desperate measures,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

Uncle Seth" she said soberly,
'what would have happened to us if
Bryce Cardigan had not come up
here today to thrash your woods
boSs?"
Wed both be in Kingdom Come
now" he answered truthfully. "But
before You permit yourself to be car
ried away by the splendor of his ac-
ton in cutting out the caboose and
getting it under control, it might be
we'll to remember that his own
precious hide was at stake also. He
would have cut the caboose out even
if you and had not been in it."
mo, he would not" she insisted, for
the, thought that he had done 1t for
her sake was very sweet to her and
would persist. "Cooped up in the ca
boese. we did not know the train was
running away until it was too late for
us to jump, while Bryce Cardigan,
riding out on the logs, must have
known 1t almost Immediately. He
would have had time to jump before
the runaway gathered too much head
way-and he would have jumped.
Uncle Seth, for his fathers sake"
swell, he certainly didn't stay for
mine, Shirley"
She dried her moist eyes and blushed
furiously. "Uncle Seth" she pleaded,
taking him lovingly by the arm, "let's
be friends with Bryce Cardigan; let's
get together and agree on an equitable
contract for freighting his logs over
our road"
You are now" he replied severely,
mixing sentiment and business; if
you persist, the result will be chaos.
Cardigan is practically a pauper now,
which makes him poor business risk,
and you'll please me greatly by leav-
ing him severely alone-by making
him keep his distance"
'I'll not do that" she answered with
quiet finslity that caused her uncle
to favor her with a quick, searching
glance. ......r r.as #.
He need not have worried, however,
for Bryce Cardigan was too well
aware of his own financial condition
to risk the humiliation of asking Shir-
ley Sumner to share it with him.
Moreover, he had embarked upon a
war-a war which he meant to fight
to finish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
An unknown person buys
the Valley of the Giants for
$780, 900.
(To BE CONTINUED
BROUGHT MEMORIES OF HOME
How Visitor to London Geological Gar
dens Held Converse With Lonely
Tibetan Yak

The shaggy old Tibetan yak at the
200" died some while ago and new
yak occupied his shed and Enclosure.
Yesterday a visitor stood watching
the yak munching at truss Of hay in
his manger. He called the yak and 1t
took no notice. Then, having read
Hooker's "Himalayan Journals" he re-
membered the calls of the Tibetan
maidens when they bring the yaks
home at sunset.
The visitor uttered the call. The yak
dropped a nouthful of hay, gave a
deep grunt, and came shambling to
the bars of its stable. The visitor pat
ted and fondled 1t, and grunted yak
language and it licked his hand, and
when he left the yak house 1t ran out
Of it's shed and followed him around
its large barred Enclosure.
He returned later and found the yak
still restless. 1t had deserted its meal !;
it paced the Enclosure and made plain
tive noises The visitor gave the Tibe-
tan girls call again, and again the yak
ran to him. "Good heavensw cried a
stranger, show do you tame ZOO anil
mails like thatT He was told the Sc
cret.
"Poor old yak, poor old fellow" said
the stranger. "How can we guess what
chords you have touched-what memo
ries of snow and ice, and praying
wheels and idols, of Tibetan girls with
turquoise ornaments in their braided
hair? Look how troubled the. old yak
is-it isn't fair to give inconsistencies
to prisoners at tho zoo !-London
Daily Mail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

you know. and the day before yester-
day, whom was quite ignorant of the
fact that Colonel Pennington controls
the Sequoia Bank of Commerce, /
drifted in on the president and casual
ly struck him for a loan of one hun
dred thousand dollars"
swell, I'll be shot. Bryce! What
did he sayT
''Said he'd take the matter under
consideration and give me an answer
this morning. He asked me, Of course,
what wanted that much money for,
and I told HIM was going to run a
night shift, double my force of men in
the woods, and buy some more logging
trucks, which I can get rather cheap.
Well, this morning I called for my
answer-and got it. The Sequoia
Bank of Commerce will loan me up
to hundred thousand, but it won't
give me the cash in lump sum. 1
can have enough to buy the logging
trucks now. and on the first of each
month, when I present my pay roll,
the bank will advance me the money
to meet it."
Bruce, / am amazed"
II am not-since you tell me Colo
mel Pennington controls that bank.
That the bank should accommodate
us is the most natural procedure i'm
aginable. Pennington is only playing
safe-which is why the bank declined
to give me the money in a lump sum-
If we run night shift, Pennington
knows that we can't dispose of our
excess output under present market
conditions. It's a safe bet our lum-
Der is going to pile up on the mill
dock; hence, when the smash comes
and the Sequoia Bank of Commerce
calls our loan and we cannot possibly
meet 1t, the lumber on hand will prove
security for the loan, will it not? In
fact, it will be worth two or three dol
lars per thousand more then than it
is now, because 1t will be air-dried."
"But what idea have you got back,
of such procedure, Bryce?"
Merely a forlorn hope, dad. Some
thing might turn up. The market may
take sudden squirt and go up three
or four dollars. And whether the mar
ket goes up or comes down, it costs US
nothing to make the experiment"
"Quite true" his father agreed.
'Then, if you'll come down to the
Office tomorrow morning, dad, we'll
hold meeting of our board of diree-
tors and authorize me as president of,
the company to sign the note to the
bank. We're borrowing this without
collateral, you know"
John Cardigan entered no further
objection. and the following day the
agreement was entered into with the
bank Bryce closed by wire for the
extra logging equipment and imme-
diately set about rounding up a crew
for the woods and for the night shift
In the mill.
For a month Bryce was as busy as
the proyerbial one-armed paper-hanger
with the itch. and during all that time
he did not see Shirley Sumner or hear
of her, directly or Indirectly.
MORA McTavish. In the meantime.
had come down from TIE woods and
entered upon her duties III the mill of
fee. The change from her dlfl, drab
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

the bumper Of the caboose, uncoupled
it from the truck, climbed up on the
roof, and managed to get the old thing
under control with the mandrake =
then | skedaddied up fnto the brush
because / knew you were inside, and
BY the way, Colonel bennington,
here is your axe, which borrowed this
afternoon Much obliged for its use.
The last up-train Is probably waiting
on the siding at Freshwater to pass
ithe late lamented; consequently a
iwalk of about q mile will bring you a
lmeans of transportation back to Sc.
3quoia. Walk leisurely--you have lots
3of time. AS for myself, I'm in a hurry,
land my room is more greatly to be
3desired than my company, so I'll start
now"
] He lifted his hat, turned. and walked
lbrislxly down the ruined track.
Shirley made little. gesture of dis
,sent. half opened her lps to call him
back. thought better of It, and let him
lgo When he was out of sight, it
ldswned on her that he had risked his
eifc &c save hers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
Queer Wedding Presents

The following are few of the man3
curious wedding presents that have
been received by those about to enter
the bonds of matrimony.
A well-known author received or
his marriage, from rival man of leo,
tiers, a scrapbook containing collers
ton of all the adverse criticisms hia
works had ever received; while &
popular artist was on similar occasion
presented with set of elementary
works upon self-instruction in drawing
and painting.
Unusually vexatious was the gift re-
ceived from his neighhors by an infirm
octogenarian who had married q
pieasure-loving woman more than fifty
years his Junior. 1t took the form OF
a large brass cage, "intended"-so ran
the accompanying note-"to restrain
the hayward flight Of a giddy young
wife who had married a decrepit old
fool for his money"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
CHAPTER VIII.-Continued.

At the sound of Bryce's voice. Shir-
ley raised her head, whirled and
looked up at him. He held his hand
kerchief over his CORY face that the
sight might not distress her; he could
have whOoped with delight at the JOY
that flashed through her wet lids.
"Well, since you insist" he replied
and he slid down the bank.
Bryce Cardigan" she commanded
sternly, come down here this instant"
"rm not pretty sight. Shirley. Bet
ter let me go about nay business"
She stamped her foot. "Come here ="
"How did you get up there-and
what do you mean by hiding there spy
Ing on me, you-you-oh. your
"Cuss little, if it will help any," he
suggested. Il had to get out of your,
way-out of sight-and up there was
the best place. I was on the roof of
the caboose when il toppled over so
all had to do was step ashore and sit
down." ~
'Then why didn't you stay there?"
she demanded furiously.
"You wouldn't let me-" he answered
demurely. "And when 4 saw ysu weep
ing because was supposed to be with
the angels, couldn't help coughing to
let you know l was still hanging
around. ornery as book agent"
"How did you ruin your face, Mr..
Cardigan E
"Tried to take a cast Of the front
end Of the caboose in my classic coun-
tenance-that's ALL" fs1
"But you were riding the top log on
the last truck"
Certainly, but wasn't haysced
this curve. | knew exactly what was
going to happen, so climbed down to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
NO QUARTER.

! Synopsis.-Pionecr IN the Califor-
MA redwood regjss, John Cardigan,
at forty-saTsE. is the leading citizen
OF Seqooia. owner of mills, ships.
and many acres of timber. a wild
over after three years of married
life. and father of two-year-old
Bryce Cardigan. At fourteen Bryce
makes the acquaintance of Shirley
Sumner. a visitor at Sequoia, and
his junior by few years. Together
they visit the Valley of the Giants,
sacred to John Cardigan and his
son as the burial place of Bryce's
mother. and part with mutual re-
.eret While Bryce Is at college
John Cardigan meets with heavy
business losses and for the first
time views the future with uncer-
tainty. After graduation from COL
lege. and trip abroad, Bryce Car
digan comes home. On the train he
meets Shirley Sumner, on her way
TO Sequoia to make her home there
with her uncle, Colonel Pennington.
Bryce learns that his fathers eye
sight has failed and that Colonel
Pennington is seeking to take ad-
vantage Of the old mans business
misfortunes. John Cardigan is de-
spairing. but Bryce is full of fight
Bryce finds burl redwood felled
across his mothers grave. He goes
TO dinner at Pennington's on Shir-
ley's invitation and finds the din
Ing room paneled with burl from
the tree. Bryce and Pennington de-
clare war. though Shirley does not
know it. Bryce bests Jules Rom
deau. Pennington's fighting logging
boss. and forces him to confess that
Pennington ordered the b0rl tree
cut. Pennington butts into the
hight and gets hurt. Bryce stands
off a gang of Pennington's lumber
men,. Shirley, who, sees it all, tells
Bryce it must be ''goodby." Bryce
renews acquaintance with MORA
McTavish, daughter of his drunken
woods-boss. Bryce saves the lives
Of Shirley and her uncle when a
logging train runs away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
HAD HIGH AMBITION FOR SON
Saw Him in Really Proud
Position.

An instructor in the military acad-
envy at West Point was once assigned
to conduct about the place the visiting
parents Of a certain cadet.
After tour of the post, the proud
and happy parents Joined the crowd
assembled to witness evening parade,
most imposing spectacle. The march
past aroused the father of the cadet to
high pitch of enthusiasm.
"There !" he exclaimed to his spouse,
"isn't that fine? But" he added, re-
fiectively, 81 shall not be happy till my
boy attains the proud position that
leads 'em ALL And he pointed in
rapt admiration to the drum-major.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
CHAPTER TX.

George Sea Otter, summoned by
telephone, came out to Freshwater, the
station nearest the wreck, and trans
ported his battered young master back
to SeQuoia. Here Bryce sought the
doctor in the Cardigan Redwood Lum-
Der company's little hospital and had
his wrecked nose reorganized and his
cuts bandaged. 1t was characteristic
of his fathers son that when this de-
tail had been attended to, he should go
to the Office and work until the six
o'clock whistle blew.
Old Cardigan was waiting for him
at the gate when he reached home
George Sea Otter had already given
the old man a more or less garbled ac-
count of the runaway log-train, and
Cardigan eagerly awaited his sons ar
rival in order TO ascertain the details
of this new disaster which had come
upon them. For disaster it was, In
truth. The loss of the logs was trifing
perhaps three or four thousand dol
lars; the destruction of the rolling
stock was the browning misfortune
Both Cardigans knew that Pennington
would eagerly seize upon that point to
stint his competitor still further on
logging equipment that there would
be delays-purposeful but apparently
avoidable-befOre this lost rolling
stock wosld be replaced. And in the
interim the Cardigan mill, unable to
get sufficient supply of logs to fill
orders in hand, would be forced to
close down.
'Well, son." said John Cardigan
mildly as Bryce unlatched the gate,
another bump, eh?"
"Yes, sir-right on the nose"
Il meant another bump to your
heritage, my son."
''I'm worrying more about my nose,
partner In fact, Pm not worrying
about my heritage at all. I've come to
a decision on that point: We're going
to fight and fight to the last; we're go
ing down fighting. And by the way, /
started the fight this afternoon. /
whaled the wadding out of that buckle
woods-boss of Pennington's, and as a
special compliment to you, John Cardi-
gan, l did an almighty fine job of
cleaning. Even went so far as to
muss the Colonel up a little.",
Wow, WOW, Bryce! Bully for you
II wanted that man Rondeau taken
apart. He has terrorized our woods
men for a long time. He's king of the
mad-train, you know"
Bryce was relieved. His father did
not know, then, of the act of vandal-
ism in the Valley of the Giants. This
fact strengthened Bryce's resolve not
to tell him.
Arm in arm they walked up the gar
den path together.
Just as they entered the house, the
telephone in the hall tinkled, and
Bryce answered.
''Mr. Cardigan" came Shirley Sum-
ner'S voice over the wire.
Bryce" he corrected her.
She ignored the correction. a
IL don't know what TO say to
YOU" she faltered. 81 rang up to tell
you how splendid and heroic your ac-
ton was"
Il had my own life to save. Shirley"
you did not think of that at the
time"
we'll didn't think of your uncle's.
either" he replied without enthusiasm.
I'm sure we never can hope to
catch even with you, Mr.. Cardigan"
Don't try. Your revered relative
will not; so why should you?'
You are making it somewhat hard
for me toto rehabilitate our friend
ship, Mr.. Cardigan"
BLESS your heart" he murmured.
THE very fact that you bothered to
ring me UP at all makes NE your
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
How About Your Catarrh?
Do You Want Real Relief?

porarily clear them away, they
will promptly re-appear until their
cause is removed.
S. S. S. is an antidote to the mil
lions of tiny Catarrh germs with
which your blood is infested. A
thorough course of this remedy
will cleanse and purify your blood,
and remove the disease germs
which cause Catarrh.
For free medical advice write to
Chief Medical Adviser, 101 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, ca.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
4 good bargain is a pick purse.
The cuticura Toilet Trio.

Having cleared your skin keep it clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume. No toilet table is complete
without them. 25c everywhere.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
Nutmea Once a Perfume.

In olden times the ladies in Eng
land used nutmegs as a perfume. The
nutmegs were set in silver and orna-
.mented with pearl and precious stones
and hung from lady's belt like mod
ern scent-bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17
Then Throw Away Your Sprays
and Other Makeshift Treat

Why? Simply because you have
overlooked the cause of catarrh,
and all of your treatment has been
znisdirected. Remove the cause of
the clogged-up accumulations that
choke up your air passages, and
they will naturally disappear for
good. But no matter how many
local applications you use to tenn
hn in, ic,n nioIr
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

When widower begins to take
dancing lessons, it is sign that he
means to grasp another opportunity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

There is always a chance that an op-
portunity may be connected with a
galvanic battery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

II is better to wear out tian TO russ
out.-Bishop Cumberland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-09-17

It's a poor Bostonian that doesn't
know beans.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-03-06
Brings Wonderful
Prescription to All
Eczema Sufferers.

EZemeriye. the latest scientific pres.
cription fur the treatment Of eczema
itch. and similar skin diseases is now
sold IN leadi' z drug stores Uatil tc-
Gently it was the guarded formula of a
good rh STEFAN and men have paid q
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it is within the react: IF every a"Fere-.
It's time to say cnsc'>ye to il 4 mcG
and burning akin fa7' we'll to itritaui
and unpleasant snrrs, snlolch.s. and
blots which mar your face anh make
you ST. uncomfortable Z ,mciine can
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Simple directions accompany eacn
bottle. Sold in Two Zns, 80 cents and
81. Start today and Iea,n wha, relief
.:-"ans If ."our druggist can't supply
you, the z merne thamiaal Co., Or
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1920-03-06
ART Gle VII.

SO that this Charter ilay also serve
the purpose of and as L subscription
list. the undersigned organizers Of lhis
corporation have, respectively, Oh =
seribed for stock therein for the num-
h,r If shares and amounts respectively
set opposite their signatures hereto. ana
the subscription to SAID capital stock %
Marx Silverman consisting. in who'e u.
property transferred, or to be transferr.
ed, by him to this corporation; there is
anne xed to this act of incorporation and
70 be read in connection Herewith. a
description of such property, together
with statement I'll lis value as ap-
praised by its Dir ctors.
Thus done and pass d at Frank In,
Parish of ST. MARY, State of Lou 8 ana,
on HE day and date first above written,
in the presence Of Mrs Alice Is. Oar
nal, and John G.. Lewis. two competent
witnesses, who have hereunto subscribed
their names with the said appearers aad
M, Notary after due reading Of tht
whole.
VI. Silvermau, Franklin. Louisiana,
2iO Shares
Louis Bernstein Franklin, Louisa.a,
$40 shares
II. Bratman, New Orleans. Louisiana.
20 Shares
Witnesses:
Alice B. Darnsll,
JOhu e.. Lewis.
HENE II. Il.MEL,
Notary iubIic