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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
Il. LEoNoRA.

Together with the Faces, its win
dows made the Street, being of many
sorts, to each its own significant illu-
mination: hard plate glass masks of
saloons beaming false fellowship,
mean shop fronts Of ingratiating
shine. windows of hoTleIy golden glow,
others through whose latticed shutters
filtered sinister CLEANS bespeaking
the unspeakable, others again that
gave only dull reflections in begrimed
panes, Of naphtha flames flaring lurid-
~ above pushcarts arrayed in I'M
broken lines along the curhs
Through this weller of light and
shadow. in the sidewalk channels, the
Faces passed and repassed, lurking
darkly in forbidding doorways, seek
ing brazenly the brightest glare. com
ing and going without rest, In uncouth
carnival: kird and brutal, cunning
and naive. wicked and innocent,
swarthy, fair, unique. commonplace;
faces thai Disguised, faces that al
lured, faces that meant nothing, that
were mere empty mounting masks;
faces Of oriental cast, yellow and red
and brown; negro faces in every shade
of quartering.
She knew them all: they all knew
her. The sense of strangeness ebbed
WIFI every step. with every look
around, with every breath she drew,
she was losing touch with her other
Self which had so singularly renowned
its authority and faded into Impotence
nj the Dark Conner. but which still
kent step with her. chung to her more
closely than her shadow. and like a
wrath of the living, watched, noted
and compared while taking part in ac-
fions wholly foreign to its nature and
experiencing reactions obscure to 1t
and unintelligIble.
Now the girl moved swiftly, with
ease and holiness, even with a hint
Of arrogance: giving the Faces look
for look, smile for smile, frown for
frown; laughing impishly up at a tall
policeman who knitted black brows
over indulgent blue eyes; finging racy
retorts TO the banter of a knot Of
men emerging from a gin-mill; chill
ing with glance and word the ad-
vances Of those who should have
known better; chatting hucksters who
bawIed in her ears the tawdry virtues
Of their wares; pausing now and
again to exchange more kindly per
sifage with folk who held title to her
liking; cutting an impudent figure SIS
confident and unabashed as a colt
turned loose In home pastures.
Her sharp perceptions took in every
thing: not one considerable detail es-
capped their remark. And she liked f.
she liked it all, she was cariously per
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
M. THE MAN MARIO

On the far corner tall man. sim
ply clothed, composed of habit, stood
stirless, hands clasped lightly before
him In a gesture with which the girl
was well acquainted, head and shout
ders lifting above the crowd. Against
the tawny flames Of naphtha torches
his profile was sharp and black. the
silhouette Of an ascetic, gfavely fine !;
but none better than she knew how its
austerity was belied by haunted eyes
whose sincerity could wiring truth
from lips that moved to frame a lie.
And he was looking for her; she
knew that, too.
In furry so real that II touched
her anger, she swung aside into the
oy-street, a grim street that led any
where but the way she wished to 90.
Yet she welcomed its sullen gloom
and went swiftly, needless Of every.
thing but the necessity Of escaping.
knowing In her heart she could not
escape.
Her name was called in a voice Of
resonant timbre "Leonorai / beg
OF you II is /, Mariol'
She stopped and swung round with
specious show Of surprise subsiding
into Indifference. Tone and manner
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS

meated to her very marrow with de-
light in sounds and sights and smells
familiar TO her senses since time be-
yond their earliest record.
The Street, never wide. was the mar
rover for its double rank of pushcarts.
Between these an occasional automO-
bile or horse-drawn vehicle went gin
gerly to spare the multitude of
urchins, half dressed and less than
half washed, of every age and almost
every nationality. that swarmed upon
the asphaltum. Tenement houses
their fire escapes converted into bal
comics lavishly draped with candid
bedding and still more candid women
drew confidential heads together on
high. leaving visible only a slender
ribbon of cobalt sky. In between the
air was sluggish. thick with mnat-
ural haze. and rank with many odors;
an unholy alliance OF garlic, fried FISH.
boiled cabbage and stale beer main
tanning dehatable ascandcncy over the
native aroma of stratum Of society
which holds soap less necessity thnn
luxury. And the night was tumultuous
with screams of children at clrde
play. bowls OF babies wallowing 10
neglect, bawling of street vendors
each striving TO outyell his nearest
competitor, clatter of tinny pianos
blare and whine of faded phono-
graphs; all relieved against wholly
normal underione of inceSSant gossip
and pickering.
The girl Rugged to herself the JOY
of living; this was TO her the breath
of life; even more, it was enterprise,
adventure. the very stuff of Romance
She went her way smiling. with a
conscious smile bred of knowledge
that she was dressed in her best. In
her very newest best at that, garments
Of cut and cost and quality such as
the Street seldom saw.
Nevertheless, her show Of noncha-
lance cloaked circumspection; If her
looks were free and rowing, they were
likewise keen and watchful. Though
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

choly of which her mind knew moth
ing.
And insidiousiy the tranquil surface
or that contentment was Aawed by APP
pfehensionS of nameless danger, of
peril latent stealthy and implacable;
as though the swimmer surmised some
monstrous shape CT evil skulking un-
seen In those opaque deeps-or felt
herself subtly ensnared by a current
whose Irresistible set was altogether
toward destruction.
Now at length percelving what was
to come, panic paralyzed in her the
instinct of self-preservation though
horror brimmed the cup of being, she
made no effort to fight free but. as
one who knows that struggling must
prove vain, resigned herself and LEI
the baneful current work ils will with
her. Fascination, too. was at work,
deep within her mad desire to go
again that wild way she had so often
gone, and once more be. and do, and
see.
go It is. so It must be, with those
to whom a drug has made itself
thing of Life and Death.
On ahead. like bend in the river.
waited that turning in her psychic
life which she knew as the Dark Cor
ner: while she lay passive in the
grasp of that power which so obscure.
ly had its rise in her yet was rcpug-
nant to her, being at once her win
and her Necessity. And as the Dark
Corner drew momentarily more near.
the TRANSMISSION which she termed the
Change was effected by what may only
be described as a CONFUSION of her
very soul. after which came lassitude
a vast excavation in which all Iinger.
ing traces of reluctance were obliter-
ated.
Now she was no longer herself, but
another woman than the one she
knew. a strange woman clothed in her
own flesh but in no other way akin to
her Self of everyday, having no
thought, impulse or emotion with
which that Self could sympathize.
save such as may be considered con-
mon to all her sex. Yet, ineompre-
hensibly. consciousness of the old
self-identity survived; and though Gas
she conceived it) dispossessed from
its tenement, her Self continued by
her body's side. obseryant. critical. in
trigued. something amused. -.
In this wise rounding the Dark Cor
ner, she passed into that place which
she had named the Street of Strange
Faces: and the enigma of this confu-
sion of Self with non-Self was forgot
ten in the rush of exotic sensation
and emotion, excitement and lawless
joy, which invariably accompanied
definite and final commitment to re-
newed pursuit of these transcendental
adventures.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

the width Of the Street was between
them. she was well aware OF two
plain-clothes men who turned 10 stare
when she had gone by and conferred
together concerning her craftily. after
the absurd manner of their kind. out
of the corners Of their mouths.
But that was a minor circumstance.
more fun than reason for worry. They
couldn't jug a girl for wearing good
clothes. even IL they didn't know
where she had got them or how. :.
The stress Of her attention was due
to considerations far more weighty;
and when, of a sudden. at crossing,
she deserted its cause, she checked in
unfeigned dismay, with startled
pulses.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
Healing the Sick With
Bulgarian Blood Tea

Hundreds of thousands of sufferers
from stomach, bowels, blood and rheu-
matte ailments have been benefited
and made healthy and happy once
more from just one trial package Of
this remarkable pure herb preparation.
For constipation, sick headache, lost
appetite, sleeplessness, biliousness,
liver, blood and kidney troubles,
no remedy can compare with Bulgar-
ian Blood Tea. Every family should
have a package always on hand to
protect the family health. To assist
Nature to kill cold take it steaming
hot, add little lemon juice. Guard
against influenza, grippe and pneu-
monia. Ask your druggist or grocer
today.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

u have taken four Eatonic tablets
and they relieved me of sour stomach.
/! recommend 1t to everybody" says
Mrs. g. P. Hicks.
II stomach is not digesting your
food; If you have sourness, bloating,
food repeating, indigestion or acid
stomach, Eat0nic will remove the
cause by taking up and carrying out
the scidity and gases, bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion. Why suf-
Ter stomach trouble? Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
health? An Eatonic taken after each
meal win prevent discomfort and pain.
Make the test today and see now
quickly this wonderful remedy acts.
A. comes In handy tablet form. Garry
II with you. A big box costs only q
trine with your druggists guarantee.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
Youthful plscernment.

The teacher In one of the grades
asked her young pupils to write es-
says, character sketches.
Up went one little hand.
MAY write about you, Miss
Brown"
Certainly" said Miss Brown. POI
litely.
The essay when completed read as
follows
"She IS my teacher. She has am
ber-coored hair and green beads. She
Is smart, aud she Toes not like you
If you are not smart She has nice
manners, and pretty clothes and ls
soft of speech when not mad"
ANY man who is engaged 10 busi-
ness ia a fortune hunter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
CHAPTER ONE
The Street of Strange Faces,
/. THE DARK CORNER.


The way Of the thing was ever the
same: It befell without warning; or
rather. the girl had never learned 10
take heed of signs which seemed plain
enough in retrospect. when she sat
alone and puzzled her pretty head
with the dark riddle of this shadow
life which set her so widely apart from
every girl she knew and, indeed, from
an the rest of humankind.
She had day OF restlessness,
whose every hour brewed its new pc
culiar mood, whose every mood was
purposeless. with times of almost
feverish gayety, causeless, ftful, fugi-
tive, and other times when for no rea-
son In her knowledge she caught her
self signing long fiuttering slghs that
shook her strangely. So might one $
spirit sigh in WEAKNESS, rant WIN
the burden OF incessant strife WIN
some great antagonist Of unguesSaDie
identity.
Toward nightfall all these were
soothed away into feeling OF serene
noise and self-possession; ana sat
nrate with consciousness Of the rich.
strong wine Of vitality that quicKened
her she thought Of life In the likeness
~ wide placid river, wherein she
dr,ftod Ike a fearless swimmer
stream whose waters were warm
sweat and calm with q penetrating
ouaIlty Of delicious calm she never
dreamed could be disturbed, so abso-
lute {, seemed, so permanent 50 I'M
perturbable. 81.
- bcr shirt knew moments Of melan-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

From which it would appear
that Priscilla Maine, the fash
ionable young heiress, had had
a particularly vivid dream, in
which she had promised to be
the wife of one man and had
been rescued from the police
by another red-handed gun
man. But that doesn't entirely
explain things, because the en-
counter with the police in the
slurns was described in detail
in the evening newspapers.
And of course Priscilla hadn't
been there, though a girl just
like her had been in the fight.
In short, in "The Dark Mir
ror," Louis Vance, whose fame
as writer of mystery stories
is international, has told a
most fascinating tale of some
thing that resembles dual per-
sonality-but isn't. You will
not be able to solve the mys-
terry until the very end, for it
almost baffled a young physi-
cian-phychologist, who was do
ing his best since he was in
love with Priscilla and natu-
rally didn't want to give her up
to her dream lover. And you
will enjoy this exceedingly live
ly and quite unique story.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

Housing on an eIbow, Pris-
ella Maine found herself
aWake, NTH a racing heart, a
throat SwoIleN Nth a strangIed
cry of horror and a mind
through sOhoSe painted m1rk
the reflections of a womGn's
screams ran Ike a thread of
purple light ;. 1t t0ds true.
then; she wGs safely restored
TO her own intimate environ-
ment, where nothing reSem-
bIed euen remotely that frowsy
room where murders had been
done.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

A rattle of shots sounded
and, looking back, she SaaU the
platn-clothes man pitch for
ward on his knees, then fall
prone. The policeman, scram-
bling up pistol in hand, re-
ceiCed the balance of the clip
in Reds automatic and sank
sloscly down upon his side.
Screaming NTH horror, the
girl fell back from the min
dOtO. Red dragged her after
him, still screaming like a mad
Womdn.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

a report from Brazil says that new
steamship lines are contemplated be,
tween Italian and Brazilian ports.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
IF MOTHERS ONLY KNEW

Daring these days how many children are COM
planning of headache, fSYeFishneGB, stomach
trnnblHA ana irregular bowels n mothers only knew
what Mother Gray 9 Sweet Powders would d. for
their children no family Would ever be githoS>
thsm These powders are 50 easy and pleasant 70
takes1nd 80 effective In their action that mothers
who once use them always tell other mothers abouA
them. Sold By druggists eVerywhere.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

Don't let the badness Of your neigh.
boris worry you; they might do worse.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
MYSTERYl

Noao she pds in his arms,
and glad. His lips closed on
hers. For a long breath she
~as a mere thing of reeEing
senses.
You lore me
4 don't know," she mur-
INJURED. May be :. :"
Tomorrow gou tOilE marry
me, and we wiII go array"
I don't know-perhGps-
yeS, | UiH. Bat not tomor-
rO~-nOt right array"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10
Tomorrow you will marry
me, and we will 60 away"
New Ship Lines.

CrC BE CONTINUEDJ
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

Medium Perch. round. &c: Jumbo Perch.
round. &c; Sxinned and dressed Perch. lac;
Baynsh, round. &c: dressed, &c, skinned and
dressed. lac; Piokerel. round l0os heAdless
and dressed. 1Sci Carp. round, SC; dressed.
&c; skinned and dressed. Ice; Herring, round,
ehci dressed, she; skinned and dressed.
Use. Bullheads, sldnned and dressed. I4c;
Whiting dixie Pike). &c; skinned and
dressed, 14c: Yellow Pike. Ice; Blood-red
Salmon. Ice; Halibut, headless and dressed,
l6ci Lake Trout, ace; whitefsh. dressed.
2oc Steak Cod. l1c silver Eels 1sc; Floun-
ders. hesdless and dressed, lsc: Burbot.
hsadless and dressed. Sc ROUND means as
out OF the water. DRESSED means In
wards out.
Smoked nah in ten ID. baskets: Biuefns.
x.R0! Clubs. s2.0o; Chunk Trout. s2,0o.
Chunk Salmon, $40: Chunk Carp $3.50:
Whole whtehsh, $3.50; Bulihoads. 32.00.
(Smoked Biuenns are the only kind of nah
that can be shipped by parcel postD Salt
Fish In kegs; Holland Herring. mixers.
$i,l0; mixed, 800. Spiced Fish In ten 10.
pals; Green Bay Herring, sl26: Firefish.
$1.35. On frozen fish orders only include
40e per hundred pounds extra for package
charges ssInciose remittance with order TO
insure prompt shipment
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

WANTED MEN. YOUNG OR OLD
w - learn the Barber Trade
EanS 25to $40 per week;
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ing Jobs waiting. Call or write THE WISCONSIN,
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W6VAAV Big sales Rowe Co., PlhntaviLo Conn
THE FAMOUS INCANDEsCENT 500 candle
power gasoline lamp, at half price, $4.7b
Nm offering a bargain. There IL a reason
c. MaeKinnon 645b Greenwood. Chicago.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

ANY man who is engaged 10 busi-
ness is a fortune hunter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-12-10

Because of her rosy cheeks and
satin skin a woman attracts the
admiration of all men. When the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-14
BUSY DAYS AT POsTOFFICE SOON
Timely Suggestions To Persons Mall
ing Christmas Packages.

No indications of the Christmas rush
have as yet been seen in the number
of packages received and sent out by
the Bonners Ferry postoffice and the
condition is normal for this time of
the year, according to Postmaster
Wiley Judging from previous years
the rush will start this week.
He has issued the following set of
suggestions for those intending to send
Christmas packages
Always write name of addressee
and return of sender on the container
as we'll as on the wrapper. In case
the wrapper is lost the address may
then be found on the container.
do not depend upon tags as adj
dress cards only. They become de-
tached very easily
always endeavor to write addresses
in ink as pencil addresses become IL
Iegible with repeated handling.
Money or anything valuable should
be sent registered or insured.
"Do not place dependence on spec
Iial delivery as protection against loss
or personal delivery to addressee.
"In sending packages of fragile mail
it would be advisable to consult post
office employees as to packing them
This may avoid contention and delay
at time of mailing.
do not attempt to guess at re-
auired postage but have packages
weighed by postal employees and right
postage ascertained. Articles other
than first class mail will not go for
ward unless package is fully prepaid
Always put on return address.
During the holiday rush be sure tc
procure your receipts for mail regis
tered OF insured as these receipts are
essential in case of loss or damage"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-14
LOCAL FIVE WON GAME FRIDAY
Defeat Troy, Mont, Basketball Team
BY Score of 50 to 10.

The BOnners Ferry high school bas-
ket ball team defeated the Troy high
school in the first game of the season
Friday night at the local gymnasium
by the score of 55 to 10.
The second team of the high school
played the first fifteen minutes of the
game losing to Troy by one point
The teamwork of the second five
greatly excelled that of the Troy team
and equalled the team work of the first
team but the boys failed in many
attempts at the basket. Plato and
Charles played good ball for the sec
ond team.
From the time the first team entered
the game the contest was all one
sided as they piled up score after
score against their opponents with ap'
parent ease.
Considering this being Troy's frs
year at basket ball, and the difficult
les they were playing under, they
showed up exceedingly well.
Horace Clay, of Troy, referred tn,
game to the satisfaction of both teams
No comparative strength of the loca
team can yet be determined. The
local team plays Libby and Eureks
this week which are both strong
teams. Libby defeated Bonners Ferr!
on their floor last year, A to II. Th'
same teams playing the same men will
again meet on Libby's floor on Friday
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-14
is CHARGED WITH BOOTLEGGING
]. A. Humphrey Arrested Recently In
Libby With Suitcase OF Booze

]. A. Humphrey, a former Bonners
Ferry boy, was arrested recently at
Libby, on the charge of violating the
prohibition laws. He was given
hearing before Probate Judge Maiden,
bound over to the district court and
his bonds were set at $500, according
to the Western Libby News.
Humphrey was arrested by Special
Agent Ed Thompson, of the Great
Northern Railway Co. According to
the story being circulated here
Humphrey had ten quarts of Canadian
whiskey in suitcase and fair sup
ply under his belt. He was travelling
east on Great Northern train No. l.
week ago Friday, when he was ap-
pretended by the Great Northern spec
ial agent. The special agent asked
Humphrey if he owned the suitcase
which contained the booze but Humph-
rey denied the ownership. The spec
ial agent got off the train at Libby,
taking the suitcase. Humphrey got
off also, ran around the block near
the depot and on again meeting the
special agent, held him up and would
have again obtained the suitcase OF
booze had not the Libby marshal hap
pened along and relieved Humphrey
Of his gun and the booze.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-14
TO OPEN AUTO REPAIR SHOP
Messrs. Johnson and Peterson Secure
Lease of j. l.. Nave Garage.

L. J. Johnson and P. 0. Peterson
have leased the Jack Nave garage
building opposite the Boundary Cream
cry and will engage in a general
auto repair business. They plan to
be ready for business tomorrow and
state that they have considerable
amount of repair work already Sc
cured.
The business will be conducted un-
der the name of The Kootenai Repair
Shop. OF the proprietors, Mr.. John
son is well known locally, having lived
in this district many years and being
the owner of a we'll improved farm
on the south bench Mr.. Peterson
came here a couple of weeks ago from
Wild Rose, N. Oak, having recently
disposed of his garage interests in
that locality He is an expert in the
auto repair business and has followed
this work for the past eight years.
Messrs. Johnson and Peterson antic-
ipate good share of the patronage of
the county and expect to make friends
among car owners by giving thorough
work at moderate prices.