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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
CHAPTER W.,

It was on the day that John Cardi-
gan received the telegram from Bryce
saying that, following four years at
Princeton and two years of travel
abroad, he was returning to Sequoia to
take over HIS redwood heritage-that
he discovered that q stranger and not
the flesh Of his flesh and the blood of
his blood was to reap the reward Of
his fifty years of endeavor.
For long time he sat there lethar-
gic with misery. Eventually he
reused himself. reached for the desk
telephone, and pressed button on
the office e1change-station. His man
ager one Thomas Sinclair, answered.
Thomas" he said calmly, you
know, of course, that Bryce is COM
ing home. Tell George to take the
big car and go over to Red Bluff for
him."
George Sea Otter, son Of Bryce
Cardigan's old half-breed nurse, was
person in whose nature struggled
the whites prediction for advertise
ment and civic pride and the red
mans instinct for adornment. For
three years he had been old man
Cardigan's chauffeur and man-of-all-
work about the latter's old-fashioned
home, and in the former capacity he
drove John Cardigan's single evidence
Of Extravaganza Napier car, which
was very justly regarded by George
Sea Otter as the king of automobiles,
since it was the only imported car in
the county. Upon receipt of orders,
therefore, from Sinclair, to drive the
Napier over to Red Bluff and meet
his future boss and one-time play
fellow, George Sea Otter arrayed him
self in pair of new black corduroy
trousers, yellow button shoes, a blue
wooden shirt with large scarlet silk
handkerchief tied around the neck, a
pair of beaded buckskin gloves with
fringe dependent from the gauntlet,
and a broad white beaver hat with a
rattlesnake-skin band. Across the
windshield of the Napier he fastened
an orange-colored pennant bearing
in bright green letters the legend ::
MY CITY-SEQUOIA. AS a safety
first precaution against man and
beast en- route, he buckled gun
scabbard to the spare tires on the
running-board and slipped a rifle into
the scabbard within quick and easy
reach Of his hand; and arrayed thus,
George descended upon Red Bluff at
the helm of the king Of automobiles.
When the overland train coasted
into Red Bluff and slid to grinding
halt, Bryce Cardigan saw that the
Highest Living Authority had de-
scended from the train also. He had
elected to designate her thus in the
absence of any information anent her
Christian and family names, and for
the further reason that quite obvious
ly she was very superior person.
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take BUSINESS
MAN FOR THIEF
Killed by Police Who Find Him
Locking His Office Safe.
is SHOT AS He FLEES
Previous Experiences With Burglars
Led Auditor to Believe II Another
visitation--PoIice Fire
Four Shots.

Chicago.-Charles G. Dietrich, for
ty-seven years old, the auditor and
former secretary of the Windsor Fur.
niture company, was killed in the of
fees of the firm.
A policeman, mistaking him for q
burglar, shot him to death.
The Windsor company had felt the
need of an inventory. Dietrich, sec
rotary of the firm for ten years pre-
vious to January i, 1920, had been re-
tanned as confidential adviser. The
new secretary, George Lyons, had
asked him because of his long famil-
iarity with the firms affairs, to ''take
Stock
Decides to Work Sunday.
With habit formed in 20 years
employment by the firm, he went to
the Office to work on Sunday. Through
out the afternoon and early evening
he toiled on the books.
Presently along the dark and de-
serted sidewalk outside came Elmer
]. Bradshaw, Waterman for the Chi
cago Protective agency. Bradshaw
paused before the window.
The glass was dirty. The old-fash-
toned electric bulbs gave only dim
light. And half revealed, half shad-
owed, Bradshaw saw a man lingering
the combination of the old-fashioned
safe. He watched him for moment.
Then he turned and softly ran to a
telephone and called police headquar-
tiers.
A f1ivver squad, armed for action,
rushed forth. They drove up to the
deserted corner
Meanwhile Dietrich had grown tired
of his work and started to lock his
memoranda in the safe.
There came tap on the window.
Dietrich looked up. Outside in the
gloom were several forms.
The Summons of Death.
"Come out here; we want to talk
to you; we're police officers" said De-
tective Sergeant Frank Lorenz.
Dietrich on another night months
ago had observed forms like that
while working late. They had been
robbers, bent on attacking the safe.
But at the moment they had shot at
him he had baked them by slamming
the door and fleeing toward the rear
of the place. And he tried that plan
again.
His hand reached for the dangling
chain of the light bulb that would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
Bryce Cardigan comes
home to his blind father.
tTO BE CONTINUED,
HONOR CLAIMED BY WELSH
try Were the First White
People In America.

In an amazingly interesting old
book, published by the author, John
Williams, Vale street, Denbigh, Wales
In 1856, entitled ancient and Modern
Denbigh," there appears the following
rare bit of information:
"In A. d. 1859, Madogap Owen
Gwynedd, and his followers, are said
to have left the Vale of Clwyd Tin
North Wales). and to have reached
America 300 years before Columbus
discovered that vast continent. Re
turning next year, they took many
more with them, and are said to have
founded tribe of Welsh American In
dians."
England had been conquered by the
Normans in the previous century, and
the sons of the great barons William
the Conqueror had brought with him
from France were taking possession
by force of the conquered kingdom, as
they could. They were not always
successful in their little individual
wars, and good many Saxon earls
and squires held their own against
them. Especially did the Normans
have bad time trying to GUST the
ancient Britons from their property in
Wales. 1t was not until 1888 that Da'
vid, last king Of the old British empire
was defeated, and King Arthur's royal
crown was taken by the Norman-Eng.
lish, as was the Welsh relic "croes.
enydd" made of the true cross and in.
closed in gold and silver, embossed
with Jewels by st. Helena, the British
princess through whom 1t may be said
that the Norman-English became
Christian.
The author fails to quote the docu.
mentary evidence of the discovery OF
America by the Welsh.
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Left WAITING at the Church.

Huntington, w. Va.-W. F. Scranton
met train here expecting to greet his
sister Lillian and her. husband on a
bridal tour. II. B. Whitman. the pros
pective bridegroom, left his b-ide-to-be
waiting at the church at Cambridge,
Mass, where the ceremony was to be
performed, but he couldn't help it
While on the way to train from a
Baltimore hote: a holdup man cracked
him over the head and robbed him.
When he awoke he was In Baltimore
hospital and the day for his wedding
had passed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
CHAPTER iI-continued.

OF all their adventures together
oowever, those which occurred on theil
frequent excursions up to the Valley
OF the Giants impressed themselves
imperishably upon Bryce's memory
How well he remembered their first
trip, when, seated astride his fathers
shoulders with his sturdy little legs
around Cardigan's necl: and his chubby
little hands clasping the old mans
ears. they had gone up the abandon
ed skid-road and into the semi-aark
ness Of the forest, terminating sud
denly in shower of sunshine that
fell In an open space where a boy
could roll and play and never get
dirty. Bryce looked forward with
eagerness to those frequent trips with
his father "to the place where Mother
dear went to heaven"
When Bryce was six years old, his
father sent him to the public school
In Sequoia with the children of his
loggers and mill-hands, thus laying
the foundation for a democratic edu-
cation adj too infrequent with the sons
OF men rated as millionaires. Bryce's
boyhood was much the same as that
OF other lads in Sequoia, save that in
the matter of toys and later guns,
fishing-rods, dogs and ponies he was a
source of envy to his fellows. After
HIS tenth year his father placed him
on the mill payroll, and on payday
he was wont to line up with the mill
crew to receive his modest stipend of
ten dollars for carrying In llindling to
the cook In the mill kitchen each day
after school.
This otherwise needless arrangement
was old Cardigan's way of teaching
his boy financial responsibility.
When Bryce Cardigan was about
fourteen years old there occurred an
important event In his life. In COM
mendable effort to increase his income
he had laid out a small vegetable
garden In the rear of his fathers
house, and here on a Saturday morn
fng, while down on his knees wedding
carrots, he CHANGED to look up and
discovered young lady gazing at him
through the picket fence. She was a
few years his junior, and stranger
in Sequoia. Ensued the following
conversation: "Hello. little boy"
"Hello yourself! l amt little
boy"
{ She ignored the correction. "What
are you doing?"
1 "Weedin' carrots. Can't you see?"
"What for"
I Bryce, highly incensed at having
been designated a little boy by this
superior damsel, saw his opportunity
to silence her. 'tCat's fur for kitten
breeches," he retorted-without any
evidence of originality, we must con-
fess. and for the space of several min
utes gave all his attention to his crop.
And presently the visitor spoke again.
81 like your hair, little boy. It's a
pretty red"
That settled the Issue between
them. To be hailed as little boy was
bad enough. but to be reminded of his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
First TELEPHONE inventor.

The earliest form of telephone is
probably that in which the sounds OF
the voices are transmitted over q
stretched string or wire and this form
is said to have been used by the Chi
nese ages ago. it being impossible to
give the name of the inventor. Alexan.
der Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh
Scotland, but then resident in the
United States, invented the electric
telephone at Boston about the same
time as Elisha Gray in Chicago, but
Bell was granted priority.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30

timber, he quietly moved south with
his Squaw creek woods-gang and join
ed the crew already getting out logs
in the San Hedrln watershed. Not
until then did Bill Henderson realize
that John Cardigan had called his
bluff-whereat he cursed himself for
a fool and poor judge of human ma
ture. He had tried hold-up game
and had failed; dollar thousand
feet stumpage was a fair price; for
years he had needed the money; and
now, when it was too late, he realized
his error. Luck was with Henderson,
however, for shortly thereafter there
came again to Sequoia one Colonel
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30

plunge the room into darkness. At
the same time he sprang to his feet.
But his hand never reached the dan
Cling chain. A shot shattered the win
dow, and as Dietrich ran toward the
rear door, leaving the light on, Lor-
enz fired second time.
Dietrich fell. Two more shots
passed through the rear door before
his body lay still.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30

crowning misfortune was adding insult
TO Injury. He rose and cautiously
approached the fence with the inten-
itlon of pinchiag the impudent strang-
Ter. suddenly and surreptitiously. and
Isending her away weeping. AS his
hand crept between the palings on its
wicked mission. the little miss looked
ht him in friendly fashion and queried !:
whats your name?"
[ Bryce's hand hesitated. Bryce
Cardigan" he answered gruffly.
| srm Shirley Sumner" she ventured.
I'1et's be friends"
"When did you come to live In
tSequola 7" ne demanded.
''I don't live here. Tn just visiting
here with my aunt and uncle. We're
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
HCRAZY-IIKE A FOX"

Synopsis.-Pioneer in the Califor-
MIA redwood region. John Cardigan,
at forty-seven. is the leading citizen
Of Sequoia. owner Of mills, ships.
and many acres of timber. Wild
over after three years of married
life. and father of two-day old
Bryce Cardigan. The redwood, with
fits cousin the sequoia. is the Oldest
and biggest thing on earth. 1t
grows nowhere but In California.
Most of the redwoods have gone;
those remaining are apparently
doomed to the ak and saw. The
sequoias are safe to future gener-
ations in Sequoia and Yosemite Ma.
tional parks. The Save the Red
woods League" has been organized
with the purpose of establishing a
Redwoods National park.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
important to Mothers
Travelled Far for Wedding.

Before the war, couple, both hall
ing from Auckland, New Zealand.
came to a little village church in
Cumberland TO be married. 1t was
the church where the bride'soparents
had been married just % years Zefore.
The couple had come 1900 miles to
be married in that church, and they
set off on their honeymoon back to
Auckland.-London Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
Other Mems Affairs.

every man should mind his own
business" remarked the severely in
dustrious citizen.
aBut what are you going to do" pro-
tested Senator Sorghum, when you've
got whole dot of constituents, every
one of whom thinks his business II
your business T.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
silk for Consistent Hindus.

Muga silk is a product of Assam. Fri
silk comes from caterpillars which feed
on the castor oil plant. It Is Of great
value in India, because II Is the only
SILK thut can be spun from cocoons
without killing the insects In the o.
coons, and 1T is sherefore2the only sfya
that can be worn By Q strict HIndoa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
American Tent & Awning Co.


tents and awnings, grain bags, thresher
belts, pauiins, wagon covers. horse covers
and blankets, auto covers. water bags can
aprons and bags. sleeping porch cur
tains. canoe and auto tents Cotton and
roll duck lawn folding furniture, cow covers
and blankets. feed bags. oiled clothing, sails.
Gags. umbrellas. waterproof covers and
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stand up and / have three healthy chill
dren. You can use this letter If you
wish, for your remedy is certainly won
derful for sick, run down women. -
Mrs. A. KwARcNsKI, 1927 w. Oakdak
Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
For forty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been making
women strong and well, relieving back
ache, nervousness, liberation, and in
f1ammation, weakness, displacements,
irregularities and periodic pains. Ithas
also proved invaluable in preparing for
Women a who ,s suffer aas are e. invited a to
write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. ICON
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. 1t is free and
always helpful.
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sinile-the sort Of smile worn by one
who through bitter years has sought
something very, very precious and
has at length discovered 1t.
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not KNOW WnaCC0 DO.
My mother advised
me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege :
table Compound and
use the So n a tive
Wash so / took her
a advice and used
these remedies and
cured myself. feel
fine and do all my
homework which /
could not do before,
"a I cnn1d hardly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
CHAPTER III.

Throughout the happy years Of
Bryce's boyhood his father continued
to enlarge and improve his sawmill,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-30
DO ALL MY
HoUSEWORK
Before I took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
| could hardly stand, says
Mrs. Kwarcinski.

Chicago, Ill.--"I suffered with dis
placement and irregularities and did
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-10
News of the Week !:
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

The number who died IN aato acct.
dents during the year was s.SOs
Before Mr.. Coachman's 200 or mere
guests IN speech at Haines CITY o.,
sunday Mr. Cary A. Hardee outlined
the principal feature Of his admins.
traitor a. the Executive OF the state
The =. $. Navy are said to have the
best fed men In the world.
ssss
twenty-five women have been elect.
90 members OF the various state leeis.
iatures. IL is the beginning of change
ia our political system.
The government on Monday won its
suit against the Lehigh Valley RMl.
road Co. and affiliated corporations.
Gainesville will appear in the census
az having G.s60 instead of 5,2s6 as
originally listed.
esaa
Not very much has been said con-
eerning the movements CT fruit from
the packing houses this season. as the
season has merely begun and none of
the houses were running to their full
capacity. The capacity OF the three
houses Is between twenty and twenty
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-10

Company 1900, the following smacks
being reported Mineola. 1000 pounds
of snappers and 5000 pounds group
ers; Clara G. Silva, $4,000 pounds
snappers and 1000 pounds groupers;
Mary B. Geer, 1000 pounds snappers
and $4,000 pounds groupers, all to the
Warren company. The Ida S. Brooks,
5000 pounds snappers and 5000
pounds groupers; Mary E. Cocney,
%, 900 pounds snappers and 1000
pounds groupers;. Louise F. Harper,
IS 900 pounds snappers, 10000 pounds
groupers, all to the Saunders Fish
Company.-Pensacola News. Dec. s.
A carload of lettuce shipped from
the Sanford section, brought its grew
er a profit of s2,455.45 after its sale on
the New York markets
Al special from Bristol, Va, Sunday
saws that one man was killed and sew
eral were wounded, when a mob
attacked the jail at Wise, Va. in an
unsuccessful attempt to obtain posses
sion Of a negro named Williams, ac-
cused Of having assaulted and robbed
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at about 100000 boxes. while the
estimate on the orange crop is about
100000 boxes.
The fruit is being packed this year,
$50 boxes to the car, making total
of 1,167,S4 boxes of GRAPEFRUIT, and
1851, 4S0 boxes of oranges shipped
since September 1st.
The rice crop in Baker, county
amounted this year to mere than half
million pounds.
The seven-cent street car fare for
Jacksonville has been authorized eff
fectfve December 18th.
It is stated that 125 persons, rep
resenting % different states, were
comfortably enconced at one time re-
Gently in Orlando's auto camp.
Congress reconvened Monday with
the customary brief and routine open
ing sessions. which were attended by
great crowds and marked by an adj
dress, in the senate, by President
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-10

Creed Robinett, a merchant near APP
palachia.
Prices of So, $40, SIS and $25 have
been set for the Dempey- Brennan bout
in New York, December IA by the
state boxing commission.
The district court Of appeals Mon
day set aside the injunction granted
by the district supreme court against
the shipping board in the suit of Will
liam Randolph Hearst to prevent the
sale of twenty-seven former German
vessels and directed the dismissal OF
the bill of Mr.. Hearst.
With the recorded shipment of b
244 cars OF grapefruit Dec. I and A.
1893 cars CT oranges it is estimated
that about 20 per cent of the grape
fruit crop and 1877 per cent of the
oranges grown in Florida have left
for the market.
While estimates of the crop vary, a
fair average, struck from the figures
Of the different prophets places the
Florida grapefruit crop for this year
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-10

elect Harding as unique and historic
feature. Senator Harding took his
seat, answered his name when the
Continued on rage nighD
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-10

Creed Robinett, merchant near APP,
palachia.
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The wear of two suits for much less
than the former price of one. Every
fabric is All Pure Wool and the gar
ments are Hand Tailored to order.
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4 FeU Suggestions
Which Mean Dollars

thfully advertised our large assortment of
and boy, and at reduction of from %
ow only directing your attention to the
re still in force, our stock is complete and
If an injustice by waiting longer. Many
OF this opportunity, and we have yet to
customer. This, however, is not Boosting,
f the goods we are offering and bought
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-15

a potluck supper preceded the
REGULAR business meeting OF the
Delta Alpha Sunday school class Of
the First Brethren church which
was held Tuesday evening al the
church Arrangements were COM
Dleted for the Thanksgiving and
Christmas charity work of the class.
The place for the next monthly
meeting has not been announced but
the date has been set for the first
Tuesday IN October.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-15
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. L. +. Collmer. 627
y Michigan St. have motored 70
Cincinnati and will return Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will II. Weaver left
Tuesday for motor trip 10 Column
bus. Massilion and Cleveland, o.
Miss Marcella Mitchell. 712 Lin
coin way L, has gone TO Bloom
ington, Ind, where she will attend
school at the University OF Indiana.
Miss Marjorie Hull. 1881 Forest
av.. left Tuesday for Bloomington,
Ind. where she will resume her
studies at Indiana university. Miss
Dorothy Huh has left for Roll, Ind,
where she has accepted a tea ching
position In the high school.
Miss Lucille Gerber. 1852 Wood
ward av. accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. +. A. Wells. left for 0tterbein
college at Westerville. O. Mr.. Wells
is a student I'm the theological sem
mary. Miss Gerber will be student
in the college.
Miss Helene Chard. 1oS4 Wood
ward av., has gone 10 Chicago where
she will attend the National Kinder
garteu college.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-15

ing went 10 one OF the vases Of
roses and looked at the blossoms
critically.
They really ought all to be
thrown away, she announced. II
should have attended 10 it before
I'll bet you haven't given them
a drink once" Mrs. Durkee pouted.
You win" Lillian answered even
". Katie attends 70 the flowers. -
"Oh. Katie!" The tone consign-
ed my little maid to the lowest
depths OF inefficiency We'll. I'm
glad my nice major can't see how
little you appreciate his flowers. I've
the biggest seven eighths Of no.
ton 10 tell him to send his next
batch 10 me-"
I think that would be a highly
desirable arrangement" laughed
Lillian. but I was sure that beneath
her popularity lay an aversion 70
Maj. Grantlands flowers. And she
had told but part OF the truth TO
Mrs. Durkee. Katie had attended
10 the flowers, but only under Lii
lian's direction. And while I had
heard my friend daily direct Katie
TO change the water IN the vase con
tanning Dicky's delphiniums, I had
heard no instructions whatever con-
corning Mai Grantlands roses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-15
RIRTHS.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney r Williams
1927 w. Ford st. daughter. Sept y.
Mr.. and Mrs Anthony Polgar,
So Hine ST., daugl ter Sept. L.
AR and Mrs. Clinton Rogers. SIS
VanBuren st. son. Sept Is
Mr. and Mrs. George NJ Kreigh-
baum. =. r. 5 daughter. SEPT IL
Mr.. and Mrs L W. Jones, SIC
Cleveland av, daughter, Sept 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shaw, 41e
LaMonte terrace. a son. Sept.
Mr. and Mrs Wesley Hath.
away. 7O9 Oak st. daughter, Sept
Mr.. and Mrs. John James Taylor
415 Paris st. son. Sept. g.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Miller Pane
743 Lawndale av.. daughter. Sept 9
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest John Seifert
4o1 z. Sample St daughter. Sept
Il.
sir and Mrs. Ernest wonisch
1901 Kendall st daughter, Sept u
Mr.. and Mrs. John William Hos
Ter. Ardmore, Ind. daughter. Sept
IS
Mr.. and Mrs Ira {. Hite. 252;
Linden av.. daughter. Sept Il