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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23
Lost Young Son
BEARS.

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Yarwood of Madi-
SON township are mourning the death
of their three months old son Lester
who passed away Sunday. The fun
eral services taken place today and
burial will be in the Madison ceme-
terry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23
Double Breasted

all wool sport overcoats at $500.
Really great coats for the price.
Fully as good as any we sold last
year at $40. Come to this store for
values, that are real, and guaranteed
clothing.
BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23
Ladies' Hair Dressing ParlOr

Shampooing, massaging, manicur-
ing, switch weaving, stems and ear
puffs made to order. A full line of
Marinello Creams and Powders. OPP
posite City Hall. Phone Blue 272.
41tf MRS. M. w. HARTMANN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23
q DENEE "Pick o the luorld"
% ENEO Photo Plays

WEDNESDAY-Special-A Brady in "out of
the Chorus reels. All Star Cast A drama of love
and sacrifcewhch prove that character does not de-
pend upon aristocratic birth. Hurricane Hutch" 3
reels with Charles Hutchinson-the thrill minute
stunt king. This serial is such big attraction that
just had to put it Every place il is running it is
record breaker. There only 10 episodesso don't
miss any of them. Matinee $3.50. sc and 15c p. IN.
Zoe and DC.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23
Underwear

of every kind, both in union suits as
we'll as two piece. Marked way
down, fully 25 per cent less than
last year. We meet the demand of
the trade. Come to this store for a
strictly square deal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-11-23

Mrs. Adolph SSwenson of Calmar
was shopper here last Friday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10

"But-father! Father, Lis,en,
give you my word OF honor that :,
Your word of honor? You-you
chcat-you swindier-you dare sneak
of honor? But don't you be afr,n
The world shall never know. For
God pity me'-you are my frst-born
son! You arc the future Earl Of
Dealle"
Then. after he had pushed the
stammering, protesting, almost hv,.
terical Tollemache across the thres.
hold and bolted the door, he repeated
his last words:
The world must never know. Hec-
tori"
You don't think Higgins can be
persuaded to keep mpm?"
Not his sort of cad. He hates
u.s. our class. You must play tho
game. Tollemache is my hrst.born
son. Some day he will be the Earl OF
Deailc. And it must never be said
that an Earl of Dealle cheated a,
cards."
Hector stood quite stni. He stared
at his father out or his black, OPAQUE
eyes.
You mean" he asked slowly, half.
insly "that-because am tho
younger son
1T is our tradition. Hector! The
tradition of England; service, cour.
| age. sacrifce!"
Sacrifice. I s'pose I'll stand rho
gam when it comes to sacrificing INV
blood. my life. But-my pride, NV
honor?"
Yes! Even that"
I'll do it. father" Hector said and
| left the room
He rushed out past the Queen Anna
garden. the coursing field and tba
racing paddock. and stopped in front
OF weather-beaten sixteenth CEN
tury building that dead generation,
of wades had used for a banuuetinx
| hall
Hector opened the door. bolted 1t
behind him. lit couple OF grear
wrought-iron lanterns that swung
from brackets. and walked straight
to the farther wall.
1t was covered with trophies from
| many lands; all silent. steeIv vii.
nesses to the warlike prowess OF
many generations of the wade.. Of
| Dealle
| In the center. sheathed in moth.
eaten crimson velvet Sudden with
uncut. semi-precious stones, there
was a short, broad blade with q Sill
YER hilt. Hector took it down.
IL was about foot long, Ieaflike
in shape. and nine inches across half
way between hilt and taperinE point /,
Hit as we'll as blade were covered
with delicate. inlaid gold pattern
that the hand of time had wiped into
an indistinct blur.
That night after his return To
town. Mr.. Preserved Higgins told the
tale to his favorite barmaid at tho,
downstairs Criterion. She repeated ~
to junior captain OF the Blues. Hes
told his mother. who told the old
Duchess OF Clonmonnell. who told cilI
the world.
Thus the beginning. and. two days
later Hector Wade's letter to the
| War Office asking permission to re-
sign his commission crossed a letter
from his colonel. asking him to send
in his resignation.
Late that afternoon he left the
house of his ancestors and walked
out on the SUSSEX Downs. Then he
turned down the blue gravel path to-
ward the railway station.
To be continued In The Ev.n,,r
Dispatch Monday.
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From taboret. she took the
straight. simple sword that had rested
across the knees of the dead Amccr.
THE old prophecyr she whispered.
"'out OF the West he will come TO
save Tamcrlanistan! Twin brother
to the Gcngiszkhani through the mat
ing OF the blades"
"Out of the wcst.'
Yes, m'iud," replied Temps, the
butler. with a certain quaking COM
placency
II know it's bit rough" con-
tinued the old Earl Of Deaile out of
the depths of his armchair. Rather
rouGher on you than on me-" he
went on. For have only to eat
with the creature while you have to
walt on him. what? But-well-the
creature has money and he may
rent"
IT understand. m'iud.'
Therefore. treat him as II he were
the Double Duchess herself, even
though his name is say.
Temps. what is the bounder's namc?"
Preserved Higgins. mlud,
Mr.. Preserved Higgins was re-
markablc man in more ways than
one.
His reputed father had been a sar-
donic NAVY who had given him his
Christian name of Preserved in a
r.otous mood because every one OF
his many children had died n week or
two after they had opened their lungs
to the greasy SCOT of Hog Lane Fate
kindly or otherwise. had preserved
him. and the name had turned out to
be singularly appropriate.
For. running away from home and
board school at the ripe age OF
twelve and sailing before the mast to
the Azores, afterwards to South
Africa, he had arrived at the latter
place at the high tide of the DeDcers
diamond boom.
Since then he had reserved and
caused TO grow and multiply every
farthinG that had ever come his way.
Everything he touched seemed to
turn into gold.
He was shutting the cards with
agile fingers. dealt. looked at his
hand, and slapped the man at his left
on the shoulder with crude famili-
arity.
Come on in. cookie" he said, the
waters fine. Ten-and ten-and a
pony. wot?" registering his bet with
chips and markers.
The one addressed as Cookie"
whose real name was the Honorable
Hector Wade. second son of the Earl
of DealIe. winkeh mcanIngly at the
third man. his older brother, the
Honorable Tollemache Wade, who.
like himself and their father. was
dark and lean. with angular
jowi. high cheekbones. thin
lips that subtended auixotic
nose. and keen. black eyes; altogether
un English.
Both brothers knew why Mr. EIig-
gins was an honorcd guest at Dealle
Castle and lent themselves to their
share OF the entertaining with good
enough grace.
Too, in the case Of the older
brother. there was more strictly
selfish reason.
For he was head over heels in debt.
a thrce-cornered combination OF race
horses. cards and chorus lady who
called herself Gwcndolyn de We're.
had eaten into his resources like acid
and bankruptcy, disgrace. cashiering
from the army stared him In the fac,
Sorry. my boy" his father had told
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
CHAPTER I.

Thus. on un suspicious day i'm tho
Ozark half OF the sacred month of
Dhu'l Hijja. did they bear to his
last resting place Syyed Mira Naz-
redeem Ginsiskhanl, Ameer OF Tanner
lanistan and thirty-ninth OF his dy-
nasty while the women walled aud
beat their breasts. and the tomtoms
sobbed.
Bolt upright. as during life. the
corpse sat on chair OF state that
eprcad UP and out like the tail of a
peacock. He was attired in his most
splendid costume. with naked,
straight. six-foot blade across his
knees. Simple It was. biue-gray.
without engravings or ornaments of
any sort.
Everybody was there. except the
late kings only child. the Princess
Azizza Nurmahai who. according to
the ancient custom, was sitting alone
In the tower room Of the palace ha-
rem. mumbling endless prayers and
clicking Off the ninety nine holy
names Of Allah on her amber rosary:
ond the Amccr's best. Oldest friend
and prime minister. Haiti Akhbar
Khan. on whom. year before his
death. nc had confercrcd the honora-
bic title OF Grandeur OF the State"
The cortegc passed on. out to the
willow frinSed banks OF the Ghulan
River that lay across the mauvc and
rose mosaic Of tho town like rib
bon OF watercd silk.
On the rivers farther bank stood
the mausolcum.
And there they buried the last male
member or the Gcngizkhani family,
while the Princess Aziza Nurmahal
cried her heart out. md while. in an
opium shop near the bazaar OF the
mutton butchers on tho northern out
skirts OF the town. the Babu Bansi,
"a typical Bcngali. from his round.
greasy. chocolate brown face to his
opcuwork white socks. patent leather
pumps. and striped cotton umbrella
beat over the prone form of his coun-
tryman. the Babu Chandra.
lie made sure tina, tho latter had
succumbed completely to the bland.
poppy drug. stole "a key
as fast as his wobbly calves would
let him. he ran To tho Office OF the
hnrIo-Asian Cable Company, OF
which his countryman was manager,
clark. dispatcher. messenger and IA
totun in general. opened the door
with the stolen key. and busted him
self with the telegraph board for hal.
an hour.
Click clack -clicketty-ciack went
his nimbie fingers. sending trium-
rA"-i massage across land and sea
and land again.
After which he drew a sharp edged
h;ichct and smashed the delicate
telegraph instruments into chaotic
mass Of wooden spiinters and twisted
copper wires.
Six hours and twenty minutes later.
in Il d.ngy. cobwcbbS office on the top
floor of an architectural infamy on
Upper Thames Street, ,ust beyond the
FishmOngers' Hall. in the reeking
heart Of the city or London. short
man stepped away from the fly
specked window where he had hcen
admiring the deceptively romantic
outlines of Poultney's Inn.
Half a jin." nc called in answer
TO the insistcnt knocking OF red
faced, red-capped. impudent messen-
ger boy.
''Cyble. sir" said the latter, for
right oh!--party by name OF Gloops"
Right you are. young fellow my
lad That's our cable address"
"Gloops, London, England" he read:
and the message continued. in typ
ical Babue tumble OF mixed meta
phors and martyrized slang:
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BY Achnrraed
AbdullaEa

him that very morning IL can't help
you. Everything's mortgaged except
the family ghost. Play up to our
cockney visitor. IL he takes our
place for season or two I'll help YOU
out"
And the game continued while the
Earl dotted over odd Etonlan's" COM
ment on the county cricket averages
when sudden exclamation from Mr..
Preserved Higgins startled him wide
awake:
"Go'blyme: No wonder I'm losin
my pants. S'y-these ere cards q"
What's the matter with them?"
sneered the millionaire "I'II tell you
wot's the bloomin matter with them
Gully! They're marked! Somebody's
been chcatin!'
Cod"
Hector was on his feet He looked
like panther about to pounce ana
tear.
Tollemachc threw himself between
his younger brother and the Lon
doner.
Keep your shirts on. both of you"
he said. "You"-,o Hcctor-'.un-
clcnch that hstof yours, and you
TO the Misunderstanding take back
what you said and see what sort of an
apology you can make, or ="
"or-prove it. that wot you mean,
Well, will prove it,"
And he did.
On both the pack of cards they had
been using the kings. queens and aces
had been carefully marked on the re-
verse side with tiny needle pricks.
Silence dropped like n shutter.
Then the Earl turned TO the
financier
Would you mind stepping out Of
the room for few minutes?" he
asked. bowling and speaking In n very
low voice. Il wish to speak to my
sons. Presently ! shall endeavor to
make you a suitable apology"
Then. as the door closed on Mr.. Pre-
served Higgins:
Hector. you are ruinedv
Outside on the terrace Mr. Pre-
served Higgins asked Temps, the but
Ter. the way to the nearest telegraph
station; jumped into his roadster,
hatless. coatless ana was off to dis
patch u cablegram to Mr.. Ezra w.
Warburton. sob Pine Street. New
York City, U. S. A.. which read:
Got you licked to n FRAGILE. What
price Tamerlanistan now?
(Signed
"PREsERvED HIGGINS"
Inside the Earl of Dealle faced his
two sons.
You are ruined. Hector" he re-
peatcd, in n strangely detached voice.
stating it as fact-a rcgrettable
fact. but fact
II beg your pardon. sir" replied
Hector. Il Father fancy you are
making mistake"
And you will play the camel" the
Earl cut In. For you are my dear
son. blood of my blooh and bone Of
my bone. am-oh-the word is go
trite. so damnabiy inadequate-but
I'm proud of you. my boy!"
"Proud-of me. sir? And momen.
ago you said that was ruined, didn't
you? What ="
Suddenly Tollemacho burst into
speech. hectic. siurred. rather bitter.
IL don't understand. 1 don't know
what 1t is all about They were nv
cards. took them from my room.
a brand new pack with the seal un.
broken, and
"Silence!" Numbered his father.
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Regret TO report old Ameer jolly
we'll popped underground But rip
ping old silver lining TO proverhiai
thunderstorm. Have discovered
bloody cinch OF pinching whole baliy
swag II Gloops uses gray matter. Do
not cable here as have smashed ex-
pensive Instruments into smithereens
and cooked hat to annoy and harass
the competition. Cable Instead to
Tehcran using code. Am hot-legginc
1t there like a sizzling whirlwind.
Am writing particulars. Tell Gloops
meanwhile should look up Burkc.s
peeragc find bally old nobility fam
lily whose escutcheon is double.
headed lion and establish them with
jolly old social relations.
(SiGncd) "BANsI"
My sainted grandaunt Priscilla
Mary Janet" murmured the sandy.
haired man. but what i'm the name
Of the three-cornered dooce does that
Bansi lad mean by his allusion to
Burke's peerage? WE'LL fancy the
guv'nor will know.
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tSiSncu) 'BANSI."
MY sainted grandaunt Priscilla
Mary Janet murmured the sandy.
haired man. But what i'm the name
Of the three-cornered dooce does that
Bansi lad mean by his allusion to
Burke's peerage? WE'LL fancy the
guv'nor will know.
"Hcavenborn." whcezcd the Babu
Chandra' squirting through opium
Redeemed eyes. ''Sevcnty-sevcn times
seventy-seven bundles of indisnity.
Injustice and evil abuse have been
heaped upoH my head. appeal to
the Heavcnborn. the Protector of the
Weak and Pitiful!-and he bowed
before the Princess Aziza Nurmaba,
She looked at him. undecided what
TO say. Then her eyes swept about
the audience hall where the diEni
taries OF the palace, from the com
T.
were squatting on mats, attended by
servants who famed them with sill
ver-handled yak tails. Directly at
her feet crouched her old nurse.
Aycsha Zemzcm.
'Heavenborn" the Babu com.
menccd again
She bit her lip. She blushed.
Ill"
There was now neither whine nor
whimper in his voice as he addressed
the princess:
Il demand Justice! Here. In thy
town. o Aziza Nurmahal. was I drug
Ged by a shameless dancing girl and
By one Bansi When finally was
myself again ] discovered that Bansi
had stolen the key to my office and
smashed all the so expensive instru-
ments of the Anglo Indian, Gable
Company. Of which am<the de-
ssrvealy trusted servant demand
justice, Heavcnborn!" x
Thou art Babu," ,,,n. 80 . :,
even. passionlcss voice. III" State late
who wo,,d h.Iiovo N him tho h
tho temper a
would keep meat ON tnhnvitantsE
jackai?" ,le toward
Away, all OF ye. Out
once of the Heavenborn. rdcr to obt;
cockroachcs. Out-before inc measu
and defenseless woman-"rc,on did ~,
They did not wait 10 he dine with
Richmond.
nd the nat,
room stumbling over exc attended
while Ayesha Zemzem, ss'sned to
console her mistress, fount
latter had burst into peals lis you WI
ter
srs. oTut
"Ahee. Ahoo!" she laughedigton q
not the commander-in-chief teiiTee, :, -
that Tamerlanistan needed a strong
hand and strong mind to rule my
turbulent subjects? He was right
by Allah and by Allah! And it is
thou who shalt be prime minister
while Haiti Akhbar is away"
Thus IL was Ayesha Zemzem who
shared the princess peacock throne.
IF only the Hail would return"
the princess said that night to her
old nurse.
The words choked in her throat,
and Ayesha Zemzem folded her in
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clam
Yes" said the princess. 81 remcm
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10

piece OF my SOUL" she crooned. IRE
member the ancient prophecy of thy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10

her withercd old arms.
do not give winss 70 grief. little
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ANOTHER $1.5O NOVEL FREE
"Clipped Wings by Rupert Hughes

Will follow The Mating of the Blades"
ginning next Saturday. In this charming
really great writer's Of the day, reveals tn
actress who, at the summit of success, abar
ness in marriage. Mr.. Hughes splendid
9lary Anderson. who at the zenith of her
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-02-25
CO-Operation.

How we need it! Nothing can
stand without ii. You all know the
quotation. Omitted we stand. divided
we fall" and it applies nowhere else
50 well as IN the school and especial.
~ in student government. No one
person or no two persons can make i
thing 90 but it takes everyone and ali
working together to push things
through. We have started a big
thing in our L. H. s. and let us finish
it well. We are capable of it and
everyone knows that we are begin
ming to make student government a
real factor, but we must not slacken
our efforts.
In most points we are doing very
well but have we forgotten our
"Blat - The editor begs of you to
note that our last issues have not
been worthy of our school and whose
fault is it? Think it over! We need
cooperation in this matter and then
watch the results. A few are doing
well and deserve praise but you 9th
ers, where are YOU? Students. help
your reporters and others, on the pa
per and we Of the staff twill strive to
do better in the future"
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EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITORIAL BLATS.


The pendthrift Of time is the star
razer. He does not work. neither
does he invent. The one definition Of
star gazer is one who looks aloft
not in inquiry but because he IA.
nothing else to do. This appeuation
is used in disdain but we must re-
member that there are some star ga~-
ers who do amount to something.
The first class Of star razers and
the one which is most commonly
thought Of is the idler He sins
along through life in the line Of Least
resistance looking aloft often at
those Who have succeeded but not a.
enc who wishes TO climb hut in lazr
Indifference. He is like the literal
star gazer who walking along the
street on star-lit night gazes intent
ly upward and while doing so stubs
his toe and falls.
Another type Of star gazer Ia
which name could apply is enc who
looking at those above him patterns
after them and follows. Think ov-r
which kind Of star gazer YOU are and
in looking at the stars do not say
that you have not had their chances
but pick up your pack and follow.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-02-25

Not long ago the basket ball eir's
of the first team arranged themselves
in all their spIendor on the school
grounds and had their pictures taken.
They We're in full recalia, their black
and orange ties which have caused 90
much praise, being conspicuous. The
results of the adventure are not
known but we expect the pictures to
be attractive to say the least The
girls having their physiognomies pho
.ograDhed We're Meta Tyler, Mary
Wheeler Julia Biles, Edna BarcIa
Dorothy Ercsch, Lois Ruth, Josephine
Ouren and Clara Jones.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-02-25

We must admit that this is the name
Of a book but did you ever think how
odd 1t sounds? Do You ever cal
your enemy dear?
After beating your enemy up prop
erly do you turn around and helping
him up say, Get up. dear" In
other walks Of life and in other cir
cumstances no matter where we are
we would not think Of doing this. We
know We have not tried to be funn
and failed but if it causes a new train
Of thought in your mind we viii feel
repaid for our untold efforts.
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Saturday the Basket Ball pirs
went down to Ephrata. After the
hard game Friday night they wera
ready to try their luck again. This
time it was BOYS rules. The girls
had never pr&cticed bows rules so it
was rather tough The floor was
small and surrounded by cement
walls, In the game, when someone
would knock the ball from theit
hands or push them over. the Leaven-
worth girls would almost stop. think
ing it foul. It was hard for the
girls to get rough. In the seconl
half the Leavenworth girls kept
Ephrata's score down. They had to-
work for what they got. Several of
the girls got hurt but none seriously.
Once during the game. when the bal
had been flying around pretty furious.
two girls grabbed it. One who wa-
trying to guard held the other in a
tight lock The other couldn't move.
They were waiting for the whistle to
blow Suddenly, wondering why all
the silence, looked up at each other
and-Julia Biles was holding Lois
Ruth! Then everyone did laugh.
A fat and lean mans game was
played afterwards After the game a
dance was given for the teams. Just
the young set of people were Their.
They danced until train time Ever
one who was there accompanied us to
the train and long chat was held be-
fore it arrived The Ephrata BOYS
now want a game up here because.
From the time our team stepped
from the train until on again. thev
had the best time ever. The Fphrata
girls and boys sure know how 10
make YOU feel at home, The girls ar
rived home tired but ready for work
next Friday. Be sure and see the
game with Wenatchee girls. The
lineup:
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Leavenworth VS.. Wenatchea.

Friday Feb. 25 CtonighD the Leav-
enworth H. s. basket ball girls will
stand up against the Wenatchee girl.
1t promises to be an interesting game
and all who witnessed the game last
Friday between Leavenworth and
Cashmere, in which both the boys and
girls teams of the L. H. s. were vie
torious by large scores, should be
present. Come one, come all.
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BLATS.
Work.

Work was wished upon man as a
means whereby he should live by tn
sweat of his brow. A more effective
sweating method is to look for work.
try to escape it or tell other people
how to do it.
There are two kinds of people n
this world; those who work and those
wo do not. Also there are two kind
Of workers-you and I-and second
story workers. The chief difference
is that the latter get away with it.
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SPORTS
Basket Ball Game

HeaVenwo1rh Hi boy jouneyed 70
the coast and took Snohomish on for
q game. bat Leavenwolth bit of more
than they good chew.
The public in general OF Snohomis0
are what IS known in slang as good
sports" They treated the boys t.0c
all the while they We're there. The
Snohomish boys 5utclassed our boys
in size weight and shooting b. kcts,
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sw He satisfaction guar

- HE "satisfaction guar
u anteed' to be found in
this shop doesn't cost You
any money, but it is your
protection against the pur-
chase Of any inferior food
stufs. All Of our meats
must come up to the quality
qualification and be in
q prime, choice condition be
fore they find their way
across our counter.