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yelled, laughing and crying with joy
at seeing Cherry again. Peter, she
explained between kisses, had had to
go to Los Angeles three days ago, had
been expected home last night, and
was not even aware yet that Cherry
was definitely arriving.
'Of course, he knew that you were
coming, but not exactly when," Alix
said, as she guided the newcomer
along the familiar ferry place on to
the big bay steamer for Mill Valley.
Cherry drew back to exclaim, to mar
vel, TO exult, at all the well-remem-
bered sights and sounds and smells.
''Oh, Alix-Market street she ex-
claimed And that smell of leather
tanning, and that smell of bay water
and of coffee And look-that's a
eable-ear! !"
wen come over to San Francisco
soon, and you'll see the new hotels,
Alix promised when they were seated
on the upper deck. with the blue wa
tiers of the bay moving softly past
them. Cherry's happy eyes followed
a wheeling gull; she felt as if the
world was suddenly sunshiny and sim
pie and glorious again. But now, ]
thought the best thing was to get you
home" Alix went on, ''and get you
rested"
ST can't get used to the idea of you
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born were laughing IKE children
again.
1t was here that Peter found Cher
~. She came up to him, and he took
both her hands and, after a second of
hesitation, kissed her. She freed one
hand to put it on his shoulder and,
standing so, she seriously returned
his kiss. For a moment his arm en-
circled her waist; he had forgotten
how blue her eyes were, with just a
film of eorn-colOred hair loosened
above them, and what husky, exquis-
tie, childish notes were in her voice.
"Cherry-this is the incest thing
that has happened for long, long
while I" he said
"You and Alix are angels to let
me come ~ Cherry answered, as they
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Beooar DivuIues Hiding Place.

In 1914, years later, a Mr.. Howe
was accosted on a Sydney street by an
aged beggar. Howe gave the man
few shillings and was surprised to
hear the man ask his name and adj
dress. Some time later Howe re-
ceiyed an urgent summons to a sgd
ney hospital There he found the beg
gar, who told of how he and three
others had buried their treasure, had
sailed on to Australia and had set out
overland for Sydney. Blacks had at
tackled them and killed two of the
sailors. The beggar and his surviving
companion, Brown, tried for years to
get a ship to 90 for the treasure, but
never obtained money enough. Brown
finally disappeared. and he, Killrain,
had fallen into misfortune and knew
his end was near. He gave Howe a
map of the island, begged him to be-
lieve the story and to search for the
treasure. The following day the beg
gar died.
Since then Howe has been search
ing for the treasure, and lately an
nounced that he had found it in a
shallow lagoon on Pinaki. Lately he
chartered a schooner at Papeete to
go to lift the gold after making a
contract with the colonial government
as TO his rights in the matter. 1t is
said the treasure is worth several mil
lion dollars.
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turned, and with laughter and eager,
interrupted talking went back to the
house.
Cherry, Peter saw at once, was diff
ferent in every way. Cherry was full
of softness, of ready response to any
appeal, of sympathy and comprehen-
sion. She had been misunderstood,
unhappy, neglected; she had devel-
oped through suffering a certain timid-
ity that was almost a shrinking, a
certain shy clinging to what was kind
and good.
Her happiness here was an hourly
delight to both Alix and himself She
seemed to flower softly; every day
of the simple forest life brought her
new interest, new energy, new bleom
She and Alix washed their hair again
damned the creek again, tramped and
sang duets again. Sometimes they
cooked, often they went into the old
senseless spasms of laughter at moth
ing, or almost nothing.
One evening, when in the sitting
room there was no other light than
that of the fire that damp July eve
ming made pleasant, about a week
after her arrival, Cherry spoke for
the first time of Martin. She. had
had a long letter from him that day
ten pages written in a flowing hand
on ten pages of the lined paper OF
cheap hotel, with a little cut OF the
building standing boldly against a
mackerel sky at the top of each page
He was well, he had some of his DIN
ners at the hotel, but lived at home
he had been playing little poker and
was luckier than ever. He was look
ing into a proposition in Durango
Mexico, and would let her know now
it PANIED out
Peter had been playing the piano
laziIy when the letter was tossed &c
Cherry by Alix, who usually drove
into the village every morning after
breakfast for marketing and the mail
He had seen Cherry glance through
1T, seen the little distasteful move
ment of the muscles about her nose
and seen her put it carelessly under
a candleStick on the mantel for later
consideration. At luncheon she nae
referred TO it, and now il evidently
had caused her to be thoughtful anc
a little troubled.
Mart may go to Mexico| she said
presently, with a sigh.
ITO stayT" Peter asked, quickly.
Cherry shrugged.
"As much as he stays anywhereF
she answered, drilys
"Hml Does that mean your Alb
asked.
Continued Tomorrow
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Sisters
BY
KATHLEEN
NORRIS
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER I.-With his two daughters,
Alix and Cherry the latter just eighteen
years old, and his niece, Anne, Doctor
Strickland. retired, is living at MIL VAL
ley. short distance from san Francisco.
His closest friend Is Peter Joyce. some
thing of a reelnse. Visiting in the vi
cinity, Martin Lloyd, mining engineer,
falls IN love with and secretly becomes
engaged to Cherry
CHAPTER I-Whi1e the family Id
specializing as to Lloyd's intentions. Cher
~ brings him TO supper, practically an
nouncing her engagement to him.
CHAPTER III.-Doctor strickland feels
Cherry Is too young TO marry and urges
her to wait all least a year but the girl
coaxes him into agreeing TO an immaculate
wedding and the ceremony takes pace,
the couple leaving at once for I'll Nidos
where Martin Is employed
CHAPTER Iv.-The honeymoon days
over. Cherry begins to feel vague dls-
satisfaction with Martin and the monot-
ony of her daily life.
CHAPTER Vat Mill Valley, Justin
Little, lawyer, becomes enga ged to Anne,
the wedding being set for September.
some months distant. Alix visits Cherry
at FL Nido and the two girls coax Mar
tin into allowing Cherry TO go home for
Anne's wedding
CHAPTER Win her fathers house
AIeITy CONTRASTS the PEACEFUL ndppy lie
there with her rather sordid existence at
Ell Nido and realizes that her marriage
has been something of failure Doctor
Strickland feeling that Cherry is not be-
ing fair to Martin, il that she is unduly
prolonging her visit after Anne's we'd
ding, urges her to return to her husband.
She makes preparations for her departure.
CHAPTER VII.-Peter Joyce tells Cher
ry he has had one grand passion" in his
life, but the woman was not for him. He
does not reveal her name. Cherry rejoins
her husband
CHAPTER VIII.-The young wife's dis
satisfaction increases and there is an al
most open break. Martin has a brief spell
of sickness and something of her old feel
ing for him returns to Cherry.
CHAPTER Ix.-Doctor Strickland is
stricken suddenly with what all perceive
is fatal illness. Alix summons Cherry
to her fathers deathbed After the doc
tors death 1t is discovered that years ago
he had borrowed money from Annes ia
Their and seemingly the debt was never
discharged. With accumulated interest
the amount practically consumes all the
money the doctor left. Justin Little
makes it manifest that he will insist on
his wife's claims. 1t means that the two
girls are left with practically nothing.
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CHAPTER XII.

Cherry had fiat now in Red Creek
Park" It differed from an apart
ment because It had no elevator, no
janifor, no steam heat. These things
were neither known nor needed In the
crude mining town; the fat building
itself was considered a rather dues-
tionabIe innovation. 1t was a wooden
building, three stories high, with bay
windows. Cherry had watched this
building going up, and had thought il
everything desirable. She liked the
clean kitchen, all fresh white wood
work. tiles, and nickelplate, and she
liked the big closets and the gas-log.
She had worried herself almost sick
with fear that she would not get this
wonderful place, and finally paid
twenty-five dollars for the first
months rent with a fast-beating
heart She had the center floor.
But after the excitement of moving
in died away, she hated the place
She had enough money to hire a maid
now. and she had a succession of STAT
ternly, independent young women in
her kitchen, but she found her freedom
strangely fat
Now and then play, straight from
"a triumphant year on Broadway
came TO town for one night; then
Martin took his wife, and they bowed
TO half the men and women in the
house. lamenting as they streamed
out into the sharp night air that Red
Greek did not see more such produe-
tions.
The effect of these plays was to
make Cherry long vaguely for the
stage; she really did not enjoy them
for themselves. But they helped her
to visualize Eastern cities, lighted
streets, restaurants full of lights and
music, beautiful women fifty gowned.
After one of these performances she
would not leave her fiat for several
days, but would sit dreaming over the
thought of herself in the heroines
role.
One day she had letter from Alix;
it gave her a heartache, she hardly
knew why. She began to dream of her
own home. of the warm, sweet little
valley whose breezes were like wine,
of Tamalpais wreathed in fog, and of
the ridges where buttercups and pop
pies powdered a childs shoes with
gold and silver dust. She began to
hunger for home. Nothing that Red
Greek could offer shook her yearning
for the remembered sweetness and
beauty of the redwoods, and the
great shade of the mountain. She
wanted to spend a whole summer with
Alix.
She was athirst for home, for old
scenes and old friends and old emo
tionsi She had only to hint to Alix
to receive a love letter containing a
fervent invitation. So it was settled.
With a sort of feverish .brevity Cherry
completed her arrangements Martin
was to use his own judgment in the
matter of boarding or keeping the fiat.
Some of their household goods were
stored; Cherry told him that she
would gone down in September and
manage all the details of settling
afresh, but she knew that her secret
hope was that she might never see
Red Greek again.
Alix met her sister at the ferry in
San Francisco on a soft May morning.
She was an oddly developed Alix,
trim and tall. prettily gowned and
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Her voice fell TO dreamy note, and
she watched the gulis. wheeling in the
sunshine, with thoughtful, smiling
eyes. The man glanced at her once
or twice, in the silence that followed,
with something like hesitation, or COM
junction, in his look.
Look. here Alix-lets talk. l
want to ask you something. There's
never been anything anything TO tell
you-or your father. if he was here. "
Peter said, flushed and trifie awk-
ward. "I'm not that kind of man.
But there has been that one thing
that one woman"
Flushed, too, she was looking at
him with bright. intelligent eyes.
"But thought she never even
knew"
No, she never did"
Alix locked back at the gulls.
"Oh, well. then" she said. indif-
ferently.
'Alix, would you like to know about
her?' Peter said bravely. Her name
-andseverything?
"Oh, no, please, I'd much rather
notl' she Intercepted him hastily, and
after a pause she added, Our mar
riage isn't the usual marriage, in thai
way. mean. I'm not jealous, and I'm
not going to cry my eyes out because
there was another woman-is another
woman, who meant more TO you, or
might have! I'm going into it. with
my eyes open, Peter. know you love
me, and / love you, and we both like
the same things, and that's enough
Three weeks later he remembered
the moment, and asked her again
They were in the valley house now
and a bitter storm was whirling over
the mountain. Peters little cabiI
rocked to the gale, but they were warm
and comfortable beside the fire; the
room was lamp-lighted. scented by
Alix's sweet single yiolets, white and
purple, splitting themselves from q
glass bowl, and by PSs rs pipe, and
by the good scent of green bay burn
ing. The Joyces had had a happy
day, had climbed the hills under q
lowering sky, had come home TO dry
clothes and do cooking. for Kow was
away, and had finally shared an cpl
curean meal beside the fire.
Peter was wrapped in deep content
the cCmpanionship of this normal
pretty woman, her quick words an6
quick laugh. her music, her glancing
bright interest in anything and every
thing, was the richest experience OF
his life. She had said that she woulc
change nothing in his home, but hel
clever white fingers had changed
everything. There was order now
there was charming fussing and dust
ing, there were flowers in bowls. anC
books set straight, and there was jus
the different little angle TO piano ant
desk and chairs and tables that made
the cabin home at last. She wanted
bricks for path; he had laughed a
her feFvent. do give me whole car
load OF bricks for Christmas, Peter 7
She wanted bulbs TO pot. He hat
lazily suggested that they open I'll,
town house while carpenters ant
painters remade tie cabin, but sh.
had protested holly. "Oh, do let's keel
1t just as it always VAST Smiling, h,
gave her her way.
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Surgeons Sew Up Cut
Inch Long in Heart

New York.-FOur stitches
we're taken in the heart Of Frank
Farino. sixteen. stabbed acct
dentally. The wound was an
inch long. After the operation,
performed through an opening
made between two ribs, Farino
asked to sit up. Doctors are
hopeful for his recovery. The
operation required 80 minutes,
stitches being taken only when
the heart was contracted DR..
James NJ. DOWner and Dr.
Geroga Doyle performed the
operation. said to be the first Of
its kind.
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DROWNED in swimmina HoIe.

LewistOwn, nl.-AIrs. Dave Shaw
thirty-fiye. her two children, Ruth,
fourteen, and Dorothy, twelve, and
Charles Lofiey, an elderly man, uncle
of Mrs. Shaw, were drowned in a pool
on the Shaw farm, six miles west Of
Canton
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04
FINDS PERUVIAN
COLD ON ISLAND
Man Who Befriended Beggar Is
Rewarded With Key to
Buried Treasure.
ROMANCE IS NOT YET DEAD
Locates After Search Of More Than
Seven Years Gold Hidden Half Gen.
fury Ago-church DespoiIed
by Four Sailors.

Papeete, I, hiti.-ROmanee is not
yet dead. Tales of buccaneering. muir
der on the high seas, buried gold on
lonely, uninhabited islands and charts
and cryptograms of hidden treasure
trove are not all inventions of mag
NATIVE minds or legends of a day
which is long past.
Such tale is that of the treasure
of the island of Pinaki, whose hiding
place, after a patient search of more
than seven years, has at last been
discovered. And now a schooner from
Tahiti has been dispatched to bring
away the gold.
Sailors DespoiI the Peruvian Church.
A half century ago four sailors, de-
sertcrs from a cOastwise vessel.
joined revOlutionists in Peru and
learned Of a vast treasure of jewels,
plate and ingOts, the property of the
church, which had been hidden in Peru
TO prevent it from falling into the
hands of one of the warning factions.
Secretly, the sailors searched for the
treasure, found it concealed in
church and moved it to another hiding
place on the coast.
Going to Panama, the seafarers, at
night, boarded a small schooner. muir
dered the crew and, after putting the
treasure aboard. set sail across the
Pacific intending to make some Eu-
ropean port later TO dispose of their
wealth Recalling that they had no
clearance papers and probably could
not enter European port safely, they
decided to hide the gold on some I'm
inhabited island and then get it later
in a vessel they would charter at sgd
ney, n. S. w, for trading purposes.
Across their path lay the island of
Pinaki, in the PaumOtu archipelago of
the south seas, and at this uninhabited
spot they stopped and hid their loot.
Oae native, who observed them from
a neighboring island and rowed across
to see what the men from the strange
schooners were doing, was killed and
his tribal brothers, who crossed later,
found only his empty canoe and
strange markings on the trees.
Sailing on to Australia, the four
scuttled their vessel a few miles from
shore and, rowing to land, told of a
storm at sea which opened the seams
of their ship. Not all believed them,
for some residents had seen the ship
approaching and had witnessed its
mysterious sinking. There were no
police. however, in that section, and
as the four looked desperate, they
were permitted to strike out overland
| for Sydney unmolested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-02-24
a Notable Program

The ashington-Lincoln program
given at the First Congregational
Church last Sunday evening under
the auspices of the Mems Brother
hood was a most commendable and
notable undertaking. The pulpit
platform was scene of patriotic
beauty and splendor with life-size
portraits of Washington and Lincoln
in positions of honor, draped with
bunting and flags, and set in the
midst of flowers of many colors. The
exceptionally large audience listened
with wrapt and reverent attention as
the different speakers brought les
sons from these two pillars of our
Republic and made plain the fact
that for this nation to endure we
must live according to the principles
laid down by them. The selections
by the quartet and chorus of mems
voices were appropriate and pleasing
and the entire program was one of
real worth and meaning and reflects
with credit upon the ability and gen
uine Americanism of the Brother
hood.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-02-24
United Catholic Campaign

Monday, February 21st, has been
selected as the opening day of the
final period of the United Catholic
Campaign.
The final period will end when the
$5,0O0,O0O fund, fixed as the quota
of the campaign, is fully subscribed.
Since organization work began
several months ago, campaign work
ers have been looking forward to
final period.
Already a substantial amount of
the total fund has ben secured and
according to present indications the
original quota will be oversubscribed
by at least $500,000
The money will be used as a Cath
olic Charities Foundation fund for
the benefit of twenty one institutions
in the three dioceses of Milwaukee,
Green Bay and Lacrosse, comprising
a territory of fifty-nine counties in
Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-02-24

article on his experiences as a COM
mon laborer g Full Up!' The
Precious Job, The Pub, and the
Three RS" In England he says that
the corner saloon-the public house
is the meeting-place, the club-room
of the working people and the centre
of public life for men, women, and
even children. 1t is very illumina-
ting revelation of the contrast be-
tween the laboring element and
their methods in England and in
America.
Japan has become a headline topic
these days in our newspapers, and
many will read with profit j. 0. P.
Bland's article on Tokyo Revisited" i"
in which he describes the wonderful
development of that city, and pic
lures the sense of unrest and desire
for progress and advancement among
the nations that seems to permeate
the whole japanese people.
The short stories of the number
are Recall" by Thomas Jeffries
Belts, in which the chief character
is an old army sergeant who had
served as a major during the war.
He tells some interesting things Of
the way he acted during a strike, and
of the influence and romance that
took him back to said old army.
"Dude-Puncher Steve" by Fred
Copeland has as background one Of
the big Western ranches where
guests are taken during the season.
1t has some amusing incidents of a
stage Indian, and ends with a di-
verting love-story. "Cheating the
Jungle" by Blair Niles is a story Of
young man and his experiences, in
South America.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-02-24
hood.

1t gives us pleasure to announce
that Charles Burghardt has come
back to The Democrat office, to assist
us in our printing and publishing
business. A good many years ago
Mr.. Burghardt learned the printing
trade in the office. From here he
went to Madison, and developed into
an excellent printer and a right
worthy citizen. Of late years he has
held a good position with a printing
firm in Kenosha. He will give his
best endeavors to keep all produc-
tion in the printing line up to the
highest standard; and together we
will try to give the community first
class service in the way of country
newspaper.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-02-24

Eliza Mitchell was born in Cam
borne, Cornwall, England, Feb. 1st,
1916, the fourth child of family of
eight children. At the age OF eigh-
teen years she was married to Joseph
Thomas and three children blessed
this union. VIM. James Thomas who
died July 26, 1892, John Thomas of
Lacona, Iowa and Jacob Thomas of
Sioux City, Iowa. Her husband, Mr..
Thomas was taken from her few
years before she became the wife of
James W. Stephens, and to them was
born one son, Albert, M. Stephens or
this place. Mr. Stephens passed from
this life June %, 1897; and she re-
manned his widow till Oct. "a, 1900.
when she united in marriage to
life until Monday, Feb. ID, 1921, at
1915 p. M. when death claimed her.
She united with the NJ E. church in
early girlhood and lived faithful to
the end She leaves to mourn host
of friends in this vicinity, besides the
w. r. c.. of which she was very ac-
tive member. Three sons survive:
John NJ Thomas, Jacob Thomas and
Albert NJ Stephens, five grand chill
dren and one great grand child. Mr..
John H. Thomas, Lacona, Ia, Albert
M. Stephens, Mineral Point, and
all grand children including one little
grand daughter were present be-
sides her aged brother, Mr.. James
Mitchell of Ottumwa, Iowa. She also
leaves one brother, Mr.. VIM. Mitchell
of Emily, Mimi, and an aged sister,
Mrs. Nicholas Johns of w. Moshan-
non, Pa, who were unable to attend
burial services Revs John Hardcas-
tie of Kewaunee, ILL.,, and John Bfr-
rell, performed the services at the
home together with the w. r. G. The
family of her husband also remain to
cherish iler memory.
Card of Thanks
We take this means ito thank all
friends and neighbors, ministers and
singers and floral contributors, also
Father O'Reilly for his beautiful
written tribute of respect, and all
who extended sympathy or helped in
any manner during the illness and
death of our beloved wife and
mother.-James A. HOare and fam
lily; Albert M. Stephens and family;
John NJ Thomas and family and
James Mitchell.