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will now see their way to yield
to his present urgent appeal.
The striking shopmen. although
conceding the wage cut. and, like
the railroads. pledging themselves to
obey the Labor Board, did not spe-
ciflcslly state they included shop
rules in their acceptance. but such
inclusion, 1t may be said. is implied.
Moreover, It Is probable before
bringing out a. new proposal the
President received some sort OF as
surance 1t would not be turned down
by the striking shopmen.
The dividing issue has become a
narrow one. In the meantime, not
only because of the railway strikes
direct effect. but because of its
bearing on the coal strike and the
growing need for coal for indus-i
trial use and for household warmth
this winter. the public is highly de-
sirous of a settlement.
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In carrying its construction program this the
Delaware Democracy suffers greatly from lack Of
available timber with few noteworthy exceptions
the state Committee finds itself confronted by light
political spners rather than by heavy logs and panks
In fact no how earnestly Chairman Isaacs and
his associates may desire to do things, they
barassed all sides by their parys inability to supply
the human material needed for the carrying Of the
enterprise
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President Harding, refusing to be
discouraged, yesterday addressed
this appeal 10 both parties to the
railway shopmen's strike:
Mindful Of the pledge of
both the executives and the
striking workmen to recognize
the validity of all decisions by
the Railroad Labor Board,
am hereby calling on the strik-
ing workmen TO return to work
and calling upon the carriers to
assign them to work, and calling
upon both workmen and car
riers under the. law to take the
question in dispute to the Rail-
road Labor Board for hearing
and decision. and a compliance
by both with the decision rem
dered."
The striking shopmen having
agreed TO accept the - per cent
cut in wages and both the striking
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tray these men. The Governments
may have the power to take over,
the roads and do what It likes with
them, but 1t has not the power to
take from men their sacred honor
Throwing up their jobs Is open to
the railroad heads as a means Of
escape from dishonor.
Getting this view OF the situation,
The New York Herald Is satisfied
that the United States Government
will not ask the railroad executives
to put themselves in a position that
would make dishonor possible to
them through the action of the
Labor Board in any effort at oom-
promise.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

The girl about 10 marry knows she is going to Give
happy after" while the widow about 10 marry
hopes with luck, she may comfortably ever after
.-:--s-.
Nearly everybody believes that II he should fail at his
present business he could take up writing make
good living at It without any work worth mentioning
:-:--.-.
What every business man knows is that life Just
one drive" after another.
-:
The biggest liars, like the biggest Ash, usually get
away .
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and keeping the roads running as
1t would have the power 20 do under
the proposed plan. the pledges of the
railroads would be violated quite as
much as If the railroads themselves
had violated them. The men that
stood by the roads in good faith
would be betrayed just the same.
Even II the United States Govern
ment itself were to force a situation
that should result in throwing these
loyal men out of the places guaran-
teed TO them by the railroads the
railroad heads would still be culp-
able-quite as culpable as IL they
of their own initiative should be-
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And after all has been said done, there few
Wilmington men whose wives away vacation
trips who do not wish heartily that they
home again This MY wife's gone to the country
hurray hurrayl" business does pretty well song
sheet but it doesn't work well in the household.
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VOLUNTEER TO
PROTECT BATHErS.

CHESTER. Pa, Aug. IA cam
paisn has been started TO increase
the Chester Life Saving Corps. which
now has Ia members. The corps ia
affiliated with the American Red
Cross. and its officials propose TO es-
tablish life guards at the Flower
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daughter, Mrs. James r. Jardine.
1928 shallcross avenue, yesterday,
will take place from the Shallcross
house, Friday afternoon. Interment
will be private. Mr.. johnson was
formerly a resident OF New York,
coming to this city about three years
ago.
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Too many folk lose sight OF the sociological
value Of the philosophy which says III you would have
friends you must be friendly Strive meet the
other fellow at halfway and life will be better
worth the living.
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For the benefit of two Democratic members Of
City Council call attention the sdsge that the
man who talks too much does It wen''
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That Vancouver judge who ruled that poker is not a
game chance played according TO the rules
which prevail in Dover and Milford
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Gompers declares that fellow Dean straw
man" Possibly But most wilmingtonians will
agree that President Harding certainly handed him
hAymaker
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That Chicago man who asserts that he has been in
he'll must have found things exceedingly homelke.
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street bathing beach and other sec
tions where hundreds of bathers con-
gregate.
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Let the Railroads Stand Straight

(From the New York Herald).
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DEATH TAKES MIR. JOHNSON.
The funeral Of Olaf Johnson, s6,
who died at the residence Of his
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Some Hope of Settlement

(From the New York Trlbune)
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Republican Strength in South

(From the washington Post. }
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The NelO appeal

CFrom the New York Trlbuns.)
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Fairchild Snished his meal and
waited. But Harry talked on. Boze-
man and Bill left the dining room
again to make a report to the narrow
faced Squint Rodaine. Harry did not
even notice them. And as long as a
man stayed to answer his queries, Just
so long did Harry remain, at last to
rise, brush a few crumbs from his
lightning-like suit, press his new hat
gently upon his head with both hands
and start forth once more on his
rounds of saying hello. And there
was nothing for Fairchild to do but
to wait as patiently as possible for
his return.
The afternoon grew old. Harry did
not come back. The sun set and din
ner was served. But Harry was not
there TO eat II. Dusk came, and then,
nervous Owe the continued absence Of
his eccentric partner, Fairchild start
ed uptown.
The usual groups were in front Of
the stores, and before the largest Of
them Fairchild stopped.
do any Of you happen to know a
fellow named Harry Harkins?" he
asked somewhat anxiously. The an
swer was in the affirmative. A miner
stretched out q foot and surveyed il
studiOuSly.
"Ain't seen him since about five
o'clock" he said at last. "He was just
starting up TO the mine then"
ITO the mine? That late? Are you
sure?"
"Well-I dunno. May have been GO
ing to Center City. Can't say. All l
know is he said somethin' about goin'
to tn mine earlier in tn afternoon,
an long about five | seen him starting
up Kentucky gulch."
"WhO's that?" The interruption
had come in a sharp, yet gruff voice.
Fairchild turned to see before him a
mar he recognized, a tall, thin, wiry
figure, with narrowed, slanting eyes,
and a scar that went straight up his
forehead. He evidently had Just
rounded the corner in time to hear the
conversation.
81 was merely asking about my part
ner in the Blue Poppy mine"
"The Blue Poppy" the squint eyes
narrowed more than ever. You're
F%airchild, amt you? Well, I guess
you're going to have to get along
without a partner from now on"
Get along Without"
A crooked smile came to the others
lips.
THAT Is, unless you want to work
with a dead man. Harry Harkins got
drowned, about an hour ago., In the
Blue Poppy shaft !"
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"It'S his ~parrEer~

It's MS partner"
She moved forward then and Fair
child went to meet her.
"Tm sorry" she said, and extended
her hand. Fairchild gripped 1t ca.
gerly.
THANK you. But 1t may not be az
bad as the rumors."
II hope not" Then quickly she
withdrew her hand, and somewhat
fiustered, turned as her companion
edged closer. Maurice, this Is Mr..
Fairchild," she announced, and Fair
child could do nothing but stare. She
knew his name! A second more and
1t was explained: my father knew his
father very we'll"
II think my own father was ac-
quainted too" was the rejoinder, and
the eyes of the two men met for an
instant in conflict. The girl did not
seem 10 notice.
II sold him a ticket this morning to
the dance, not knowing who he was.
Then father happened to see him pass
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CHAPTER VII

1t came to Fairchild then-the SEN
eence in his fathers letter regarding
someone who would hurry to his aid
when he needed him, the references
OF Beamish, and the allusion Of Moth
er Howard to a faithful friend.
Again the heary voice doomed:
"You know me now, ehT'
"You bet! You're Harry Harkins y
",Arkins it is! came just as soon
as I got the cablegram!"
1.-THE cablegram?"
"Yeh." Harry paved ut his Won
herful mustache. "From Mr.. Beamish,
YOU know. e sent 1t. Said you'd
started out ere all alone. And
couldn't stand by and let you do that.
So ere / am"
"But the expense, the long trip
across the ocean, the"
SIRE I ami" said Harry again,
saint that enough?"
They had reached the veranda now
30 stand talking for a moment, then
20 60 within, where Mother Howard
awaited. eyes glowing, in the parlor
Harry eng out both armA
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Blu Courtney RYleY Cooper
Copyright By Little. Brown 1 @.
'ARRYl

SYNOPSIS.-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been a dark period In
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret ia limited at In a
document left by the elder Fair
child. which also informs Robert
he is now owner of a mining claim
In Colorado, and advising him to
see Henry Beamish, a lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim, a
silver mine, Is at Ohadi, thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against a certain man,
"Squint" Rodaine, his fathers en-
envy. Robert decides to go to Ohadi
on the road to Ohadi from Denver
Fairchild assists a girl, apparently
in a frenzy of haste, to change a tire
on her auto. When she has left,
tbs sheriff and a posse appear, in
pursuit of q bandit. Fairchild, be-
Wildered, misleadS them as TO the
direction the girl had taken. At
OAadi Fairchild is warmly greeted
nv Mother" Howard, boarding
house keeper, for his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchild.
learns something of the mystery
connected with the disappearance
Of "Slssie" Larsen, his fathers CO.
worker in the mine. He meets the
girl he had assisted, but she denies
her identity. She is Anita Rich
mond, Judge Richmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim, Fairchild is
Swallowed by a man he recognizes
49,, Iacnr;nfinn nc IaC,,,;a.,' u.
dame.
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and inconseQuential as the mastodonic
ching before him swooped forward,
spread wide the big arms and then
caught him tight in them, causing the
sbreath to puff over his lips like the
exhaust of q bellows.
A release, then Fairchild felt him
self lifted and set down again. He
pulled hard at his breath.
whats the matter with your he
exclaimed testify. you've made a
mistake!"
"Im blimed if 1 'ave!" beloved a
Aornado-like voice. "Blime! You look
Just like i'm"
"But you're mistaken, old man."
"Blimed If l ami" came again.
you're your dads own boy! You look
just like i'm! Don't you know me?'
He stepped back then and stood
grinning, his long, heavily muscled
arms hanging low at his sides, his
mustache trying vainly to stick out in
more directions than ever. Fairchild
rubbed a hand across his eyes.
you've got mel" came at last.
SI-"
"You don't know me? 'Onest now,
don't you? I'm AIRY! Don't you
NOW now? AIRY from Cornwall"
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CHAPTER Viii

The news caused Fairchild to recoil
and stand gasping. And before he
could speak, a new voice had cut in,
one full Of excitement, tremulouS,
anxious.
Drowned? Where's his body?"
"How do 1 know" Squint Rodaine
turned upon his Qu%estioner. "Guess
it's at the foot Of the shaft. All /
saw was his hat. What're you so in
terested FORE"
The questioner, small, goggle-eyed
and given to rubbing his hands, stared
a moment speechlessly.
"He-he bought a diamond from
me this morning-on the installment
plan!"
Rodaine smiled again in his crooked
fashion.
That's your own fault, SAM" he
announced CURLY. IF he's at the bot
ton Of the shaft, your diamonds there
too. All l know about 1t is that |
was coming down from the Silver
Queen when | saw this fellow go into
the tunnel of the Blue Poppy. He was
all dressed up, else l don't guess l
would have paid much attention to
him. But as 1t was, i kind of stopped
to look, and seen it was Harry Har-
kins, who used to work the mine with
this"-he pointed to Fairchild-"this
fellows father. About a minute later,
l heard a yell, like somebody was in
trouble, then a big splash. Naturally
l ran in the tunnel and struck q
match. About twenty feet down, l
could see the water was all riled up,
and a new hat was floating around on
top Of it. That's all l know. You can
do as you please about your diamond.
I'm just giving you the information"
He turned sharply and went on
then, while Sam the jeweler, the rest
Of the loiterers clustered around him,
looked ~appealingly toward Fairchild.
"Whatll we do?" he walled.
Falrchild turned. IL don't know
about you-but I'm going to the mine"
at won't do any good-bodies don't
float. 1t may foat-if it gets
caught down in the tlmbers some
where's"
"Have to organize a bucket bri-
gade." It was q suggestion from one
Of the crowd.
"Why not borry the Argonaut
pump? They amt using It,"
"Go get 1t! Go get It'll" This time
1t was the wall Of the little jeweler.
"Tell 'em Sam Herbenfelder sent you:
They'll let you have It."
Another suggestion, still another.
| Soon men began to radiate, each on a
mission. The word passed down the
street. More loiterers-a silver miner
spends a great part of his leisure time
In simply watching the crowd 60 by
hurried to join the excited throng.
Groups, en- route to the picture show,
decided otherwise and stopped to
learn of the excitement. The crowd
thickened. Suddenly Fairchild looked
up sharply at the sound Of q feminine
voice.
"What's the mattefT
Harry Harkins got drowned" All
too willingly the news was dispersed.
Fairchild's eyes were searching now in
the half-light from the faint street
bulbs. Then they centered. It was
Anita Richmond, standing at the edge
Of the crowd, questioning a miner,
while beside her was a thin, youthful
counterpart Of a hard-faced father,
Maurice Rodaine. just n moment Of
queries, then the miners hand pointed
Ito Fairchlld It's he turned toward her.
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'Oward. Won't I knock 'er eyes out,
now?"
And he doomed forward toward the
dining room. to find there men he had
known in other days, to shake hands
with them and to bang them on the
back, to sight Bllndeye Rozeman and
Taylor Bill sitting hunched over their
meal in the corner and to 60 effuslvely
toward them. larry" was playing
no ~favorites In his Homecoming"
Jovially he leaned over the table Of
Bozeman and Bill, after he had dis
played himself before Mother Howard
and received her sanction Of his selec-
tons in dress. Happily he doomed
forth the information that Fairchild
and he were back 70 work the Blue
Poppy mine and that they already
had made a trip Of inspection.
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''y''S ~ ''SS's w. os'S
the house and pointed him out to me
as the son Of q former friend Of his.
Funny how those things happen, isn't
it2"
Decidedly funny ~ was the caustic
rejoinder Of the younger Rodaine.
Fairchild laughed, to cover the air OF
intensity. He knew instinctively that
Anita Richmond was not talking to
him simply because she had sold him
a ticket to a dance and because her
father might have pointed him out.
He felt sure that there was something
else behind 1.-THE feeling Of a debt
which she owed him, q feeling of COM
~panionship engendered upon q sunlit
road, during the moments Of stress,
and the continuance Of that meeting
in those few moments in the drug
store, when he had handed her back
her ten-dollar bill. She had called
herself a cad then, and the feeling
that she perhaps had been abrupt
toward q man who had helped her out
OF a disagreeable predicament was
II OlIlllHS HCl dNtlOi IoN IalINIllu
felt sure Of that. And he was glad OF
the fact, very glad. Again he laughed,
while ROdaine eyed him narrowly.
Fairchild shrugged his shoulders.
I'm not going to believe this story
until it's proven to me-" came calmly.
"Who brought the news?"
Fairchild deliberately chose his
words:
"a tall, thin, ugly old man, with
mean squint eyes and a scar straight
up his forehead"
A flush appeared on the other mans
face. Fairchild saw his hands con
tract, then loosen.
"You're trying to insult my father!"
"Your fatherT" Fairchild looked at
him blankly. "Wouldn't that be a
rather difficult job-especially when I
don't know him?"
"YOu described him."
"And you recognized the descrlp.
ton"
Maurice! Stop tt" The girl was
tugging at Rodaine's sleeve. Don't
say anything more. I'm sorry" and
she looked at Fairchild with a glance
he could not interpret-"that anything
like this could have come up"
II am equally Soft 1t has caused
you embarrassment"
you'll get q little embarrassment
out Of 1t yourself-before you get
through !" ROdaine was scowling ut
him. Again Anita Richmond caught
his arm.
"Maurice! Stop It! How could the
thing have been p~remeditated when he
didn't even know your father? Come
let's go on. The crowds getting
thicker"
The narrow-faced man obeyed her
command, and together they turned
out into the street to avoid the con-
stantly growing throng, and to veer
toward the picture show.
Carbide lights had begun to appear
along the street, as miners, summoned
by hurrying gossip mOngers, came for
ward to assist in the search for the
missing man. High above the gen.
eral conglomeration OF voice could be
heard the cries Of the instigator Of
activities, Sam H~erbenfelder, bemoan.
ing the loss Of his diamond, ninety per
cent Of the cost Of which remained
to be paid. Hastily he shot through
the crowd, organizing the bucket bri-
gade and searching for news of the
Argonaut pump, which had not yet
arrived. Half-disgusted, Fairchild
turned and started up the hill, a few
miners, their carbide lamps swinging
beside them, following him.
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CHAPTER Vl-Continued.

Quickly he made the return trip,
crossing the little bridge over the tur-
bulent Clear creek and heading
toward the boarding house. Half a
block away he halted, as a woman on
the veranda Of the big, squarely built
'hotel' pointed him out, and the great
figure Of a man shot through the gate,
shouting, and hurried toward him.
A tremendous creature he was, with
.red face and black hair which seemed
TO scramble in all directions at once,
and with a mustache which appeared
to scamper In even more directions
than his hair. Fairchild was a large
fnan; suddenly he felt himself puny
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When the Kina "Backslides."

Not everyone knows that whenever
the king visits Balmoral he changes
his religion and becomes, temporarily,
a Presbyterian. This change" Is 'of-
fetal" for the Act of Union provided
that, when in Scotland, the sovereign
must he q member Of the Scottish
church. At Crathie, where the royal
party invariably worships, some OF
Scotland's foremost preachers are usu-
ally invited TO ofliciate.-Passing Show,
London.
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any n who is younger and as / am a
farmers wife / have plenty to do for l
cultivate my w garden, raise many
chickens and do my own housework.
You may publish this letter as ! am
ready to do anything to help otEer
women as | have been so well and happy
since my troubles are past. Mrs. EFT.
GALLOWAY, Carter's Creek, Tenn.
Most women find plenty to do. IL
they are upset with some female ailment
and troubled with such symptoms as
Mrs. Galloway had, the smallest duty
seems a mountain.
If you find it hard to keep up, if you
are nervous and irritable, without ambi-
ton and out of sorts generally, give the
Vegetable Compound a fair trial. We
believe it will help you greatly, for it
has helped others.
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AT least I'm thankful to you
for being the man you arel"
CTO BE CONTINpED.)

Silence Ia golden--also scarce.
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Italian Telephones.

The largest five cities in Italy
Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin and
Palermo-with an aggregate popula-
ton of we 100000, have all to-
gether fewer telephones than Omaha,
Neb., with a population of only a lit.
tle oyer 100000.
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half of my time I'm
bed, being afflicted
with a trouble which
women of a certain
age are apt to have.
/ took Lydia +.
Pinkham'sV V Vegetable
Compound Tablets
and used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. / am a well
woman now and have
for two years.
Ii can work as well as
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SPENT half HER
Time IN BED
Farmers Wife Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made Her a Well Woman

Carter's Creek, Tenn. Three years
ago l was almost an invalid. / spent
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Unhandicapped

North-Did you have any trouble
learning to drive your new car?
West-No: / left my wife mt home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-01
Purebred Cattle
Assigned Owners
Fine Grade HoIsteins Are Turned
Over To Those Who Had
o. Ordered Them

The first carload of fine grade
Holstein dairy cattle, brought into
Mankato district by the Blue Earth
County Dairy campaign, arrived
here last night and we're distribut-
ed this afternoon from Mankato
fair grounds to the farmers and
dairymen who had ordered them.
Several of the local dairymen have
seen the cattle, and acknowledge
the animals to be the best lot OF
grades eTer brought to this city out
of the seven hundred already in the
county.
Those to whom the cattle were
consigned were: Martin Ulman,
Nick Kleinschmidt, Ernest and
Clarence Saylor, Robert Heintz :
mann and c. T. Williams.
Many of the bankers and others
interested in dairying were at the
fair grounds this afternoon 10 see
the cattle allotted to their purchas-
ers. Any person in the county who
would like to purchase some of
those cattle should apply to any
member Of the Blue Earth County
Dairy Campaign consisting of w. A.
Streater, ]. c. NARROW, II. Sails
bury, A. H. Spaulding, Charles
Brooks, w. R. Adams, Louis Yae-
ger, L. f. Mcmillan, F. K. Meagher,
e. A. Boie and M. Fl. Nicholson.
The present lot of cattle was
purchased through H. E. Brush and
Hubert Salisbury Of the Holstein
committee.