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little, standing with back toward
her on the top of the ridge-her
grandfather.
well, my dear, you're here, are
you? Where's your friend from the
train?"
He SAID to thank you; he'd call
later. He wanted to go first to the
Rock
so he'll call later, Ell? Now who
Is he? I'll know all about that fell
low"
Ethel gazed into her grandfather
eyes-little, blood-shot but keen un-
der his low, bushy, white brows.
She said nothing aloud as she closed
her lips; but to herself defiance
spoke
No from me-" the unutte.rd
words determined. Never from
me-"
CHAPTER ".
When she was obliged to reply,
she only repeated the tact of her
meeting with Barney Loutrelle as she
had related it over the telephone.
Every one was we'll at the house,
Lucas assured in reply to Ethers
questions.
The persons whom he grouped un-
der every one" were his wife and
Miss Platt' and "Miss Platt's hus-
band. Miss Platt had been his
private secretary for many years.
Her salary was sufficient to enable
her to attract lazy, good-looking
youth named Merrill Kincheloe,
seven years younger than herself.
She married him and thereafter sup
ported him, to her employers ex-
ceeding disgust.
Lucas never let her marriage
change her name to him and, when
he had been obliged to refer to
Kincheloe, it had been always as
Miss Platt's husband"
All but Miss Platt's husband were
at the door as the sled drew up be-
fore the porch; and Ethel felt a rush
of love as she saw her grandmother.
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She WAS little woman, thin and
shrunken now bul erect, with spirit
unbroken by her many years.
Later in the day Ethel had her
business talk with Lucas.
I've come for money, grand
father" she confessed at once. "A
good deal of money, some of which |
need Immediately"
"Well, how much?"
I've the total here; the dates
mean the time when I ought to have
tae different amounts" she ex-
planned, trembling in spite of her
self.
Those are the names of irrigation
and development companies and
water-power plants in Montana and
Wyoming. ! want the money
marked Immediate to complete the
first five and get them running. If
| do not do that, the leases-or the
purchase contracts-will lapse"
He only grunted as he glanced
over it and stopped chewing his
cigar "All right; what happens Il
they lapse?"
Fathers interest my interest
now" Ethel said quietly, "of course,
is lost. But that's not most inn
portant. It's to see that father S
friends and our neighbors out west
get their money back. They thought
he was going to live and see every
thing through"
$50 you came to work upon nv
natural affections for your"
Yes" Ethel said. eyes; I sup
pose you may say I've done that"
Her grandfather slowly drew his
leg back from the desk drawer; sud
denly he kicked the drawer shut
and with his hands upon the desk,
he pushed himself up to his feet.
He was still a towering man in
spite of the slight stoop watch took
more than an inch from the stature
which had distinguished the days Of
his great vigor.
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reproduce, Eow, the iadulgcnt man
ner he used to take with her LONG
ago when she was a little girl and
came to him for dimes and quarters
and half dollars for children's trink-
cts.
He patted Ethers arm fondly.
snow, my dear, tell me about that
fellow Loutrelle"
She drew back little from him.
Then it was his sight of the Rock
which, the minute before, had
changed him!
why, grandfather" she said, q
just met him on the train this morn
ing"
He seized her, as the passion which
he had with difficulty put down rose
to mastery of him again.
"That's a lie-a liei" he charged.
you're friends; you know all about
him. You're-friendsr'
She struggled to break the hold OF
his hand upon her shoulder, thc
blood hot within her. II don't lier'
she defied him. 81 do know more
about him than l told you; but what
I said was true. told you he was
going to the Rock"
Are you going to tell me about
him?"
mo"
TWha{,9O
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~ IN WITH THE STORY.

r w. sYo, only a little lower to the
lug WAS glaring down upon the
Wv, s',y and as the road reached the
hoO' - ridge the smooth ice-sheet
|o W. Lake Huron came INTO view
''T The western rise cf the rock, upon
..i ID, tbp sun wa SHINING, seemed
S S.s, and towering; oily about the
sa,s where the lake h'd tossed up
g Sasos and humn.ocks of ice, ard
' 'oo the top mad snow gathered.
'' Resurrection Ro,'," Erhel said,
-,,ing Al it with NJ need to point
:. thew stood apOn the t0p OF the
fridge.
mo a little as he tried to see it better
through the glare.
why's the house there?' ne de-
manjed. He had asked this before
faf not with the present amazement,
.0f course it's quite different in
SUMMER
But you said it's never been oe-
upied, summer or winter"
mo never
Except possibly" he said, glanc-
inc at her and away to the house
,Gain, "by the dead"
he spoke in a queer, neutral tone,
neither quite seriously nor at all
lightly.
Ethel went ahead slightly to guide
the way.s The rock now was CON
stantly insight; and, glancing again
and again at it, Ethel felt it dominat-
ing her mood.
They entered woods again and
son heard a whip cracking and the
4 voice of a man calling to straining
Swqs.
That Sam Green Sky" Ethel in
amed; and they came upon a
bite and roam team.
"BJOu, Miss Ethelw Sam hailed
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-uc1N HERE TODAY.

Dn sent to Resurrection
' y by a communication from rom t ! :
BE- Df philip Carew, an American
pr, o. tii,ed in France, Barney Lou a !,
pre- . r' in Northern Michigan ga
fe, I'D, ~, TO the spot in Lake nu-
Hf ..rs he learns the island is To-
' b T'' There he meets Ethel carew y
| |'ls5, Of the slain officer IT,. VINO 2n IS
E'a9o' I'll visit her grandfather, Lu-
E.' g,i ~ senior. the grim and har-
~ J''r man. who struggled success,
E,ry IN days Of violence for IN ml mon,
F'ly H ~ ,G timber. Loutrelle learns ;
|soI'n resurrection ol Rock IS an island
Do ; Mystery Dt the symbol Of a 81 gfea A.
J nsst IN = the past and that on 1t
Fl0p esa ~ erected a house never oc-
hi ,.a o1'' IN some way he feels that
lP, su,o mysterious life, his obscure e
hl' OWL his life as white child
1 1.,,ai'i By IN indians, Is linked wi With
nI'''n,raGfion Rock ana with Ethe''
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7HESTANDARD

NOTE PARTICULARLY MANY
TW0.DAY VALUES ESPECIAL
LY PLANNED FOR THE LAST
DAYS OF AUGUST.
This has been a month of excep-
tiOnal bargain-giving all@through the
store Wednesday and Thursday Of
ferngS are some of the best. Nearly
all items quoted are brand new fall
goods just opened.
At 35c. Misses Boomers, made of
serTiceable Satteen; all sizes.
At 65c. Misses Sol. Satin Bloom
eT; wear guaranteed; all sizes.
AT $3.50. Ladies All-Silk Jersey
Petlcoats; all colors, including black.
At SIPS. New style MILDLY
BIouses; sizes SO to IA.
At $3.50. Misses and Children's All
Wool Slip-Oyer Sweaters; all sizes.
At $2.9S. New fall Bingham
Dresses; long sleeves trimmed with
Organdie.
At Doc Misses Muslin Night Gowns
o. good muslin trimmed with emf
brOdery.
At Soc and 98c. Misses Night
towns of standard muslin and crepe;
all sizes.
At $l,OO. Ladies' Imported Kid
lioyes; perfect samples; values $3.50
to $500.
At 1925. Genuine Pequot I'm.
preached Sheets; good sizes; none bet
ter made.
~ $4.95. Misses Blue Serge Mid
W suits, new fail models; all sizes.
n Al $o'95. Misses Blue Serge
A'dy Suits, new fall models; values
Up 10 $40.
u, Al $3,45. Crex Squares; beautiful
t t','T'ns' plain borders; sizes exc
MA. a, 1913. Crex Squares; fancy or
pam borders; size 8xlO feet,
t,1 a, $0'45. Crex Squares; plain OF
''sy centers; size 9x12 feet.
7. NJ sIS' l5' Alexander Smiths Wool
> bts' ~ SQUARES; beautiful designs.
w.. $3.50. Alexander Smiths
Or o,;, squares; size 9x12 feet; floral
,o,.,s sa'a' designs. Twenty patterns
too3, so''O. Mems Black Calf Shoes.
ssoo' ''i "elts; English lasts; value
al H. S4 A. Ladies' Satin and Mes
Walnut ,bus e., F9eltticoats; beautifully made;
A., At SIC Dozen. Twenty case.
loe si pa'enE Glycerine Toilet Soap;
aon s Zoe for 10 Bars. Armour,s "a
Al l I@ Soap; regular Sc size.
hi .t t5l YARD d.. One big table Of
aiss standard Bingham, plaids and
saNdard Dry Good. Co.
'"'''A ST. Mex. s.at Of c.a..,s.
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the house and, knowing that she was,
dismissed, she went out, meeting
Miss Plat in the hall
Beautiful afternoon Miss Plat
said agreeably.
Beautiful Ethel acqaiesced ana
returned to her bedroom.
ITO Be Continually
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and waved his arm, while he set
about turning his team back into
the tracks they had just cleared
He was younger man than Red
bird, not more than thirty and fat
and swarthy.
"Old man pretty well; pretty mad
this morning; old lady we'll too"
Green Sky vouchsafed genial infor-
nation without urging. Somebody
come to Wheedon's yesterday; and
go out to Rock Old man want to
know about it; damn mad"
Ethel glanced at LoutrelIe whom
she found gazing at her and waiting
for her to ask the question.
1.-The name of the man-Sam?"
Mr.. Bagley. That's ALL
Ethel gazed at the Rock again and
felt the blood running a bit colder
within her. She looked back to Lou
trelle who had pulled of his glove
to offer his hand.
"B'jou, Miss Carew," he said, his
eyes meeting hers. "YOu've been
might good to me-
He turned about once and waved
at her; then, proceeding more swift
", he soon vanished in a ravine
A few hundred yards further on, she
heard the distant echo of vigorous
voice singing the lively tune of an
old French song of the time of Ma
poleon:
e. Paris, a Paris
All, j'y etais mousquertairew
Danger! No fear for him if the
danger were honest and open. She
glanced ahead and suddenly saw a
dark figure, tall and broad but bent
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
THE RIGHT THING
at the
RIGHT TIME
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
CONVENTIONS

0D ONT you think 1t is perfectly
~ splendid the way we are get
ting away from conventionsT a gush-
ing young married woman asked the
other day. "Why, my mother would
have thought 1t was a disgrace TO
serve dinner without table cloth
and linen napkins, and she would
have thought we were going to land In
the poor house If we had had break
fast in the kitchen. But we have
given up table cloths entirely, laundry
is so expensive. and we never use
anything but paper napkins. What's
more. some of the most aristocratic
people | know are having breakfast
hooks in their kitchens and don't
ever intend to have breakfast In the
dining room. Isn't 1t perfectly Won
derfulF"
And. of course, | agreed that it was
well that we could alter our customs
to suit the times without actually
lowering our standards. And she
went on:
Anu II II just tue SdlNt viii plltfI
things. Tom doesn't in the least mind
having me have my men friends, and
| suppose he keeps up with the girls
he used to know. | go TO dances
without him If I choose and accept
invitations from men To lunch-it Is
all part of this new disregard for
conventions. It's just like paper nap
klns-mOther would have been shorrl-
fed at the idea of either, but mother
wasn't advanced"
And | suppose that there are some
other people who have this same
hazy notion of the conventions" but
there really is a vast difference be
tween the slight innovation thai
changes our precise mode of having
breakfast or dinner, and another limo
walton that means radical change IL
our notion of married life.
So we may change our manners viii
regard to shaking hands; we nigh
give up hand shaking entirely, bu
that would not mean that we nigh
change our basic ideas Of friendship
and loyalty toward our friends.
If you have the gift of thinking
clearly you won't confuse these TIVE
sorts of unconventionality
(Copyrlght)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
BUSINESS BOOM LOOMS

Complaints from steel manufacturers
that they cannot secure enough labor are
one of the most interesting features Of a
business situation which is improving so
rapidly as to suggest the possibility OF a
boom of no mean proportion in not dis
tant future.
A gratifying accompaniment of the re-
vival in the mining and manufacturing and
transportation industries is the improve
ment in the farm markets. As long as the
farmers were not prospecting there were
experienced judges who doubted the
permanence of the Improvement in other
directions. But notably higher prices for
grains and cotton have been established
during the past week. These higher prices
for agricultural products are regarded by
good judges as being, for the moment at
least, even more significant than the
marked activity in steel and the other in
dustries Wheat has sold during the last
week at the highest price in two years.
The recovery in cotton is even more note
worthy.
Soft coal production continues at the
rate of 100000 tons a week-a rate
removing all fear of coal shortage this
winter AS for steel, the mills are now
operating at IS per cent of their full
capacity, and prospective buyers predict
confidentially that such rate of produc-
ton will bring an early exhaustion of
orders and lull. Their confidence, how
ever, has not prevented the Steel Corpora
ton from raising prices for certain prod
ucts. Bank clearings continue notably
large at Pittsburgh, having been $17000,-
900 last week, as against $92,000,0O0 at
Baltimore, S1O4,OOO,OOO at Detroit, $43,-
100000 at Kansas City, and $152,00O,-
900 at San Francisco.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
RELIEF HAS BEEN GIVEN

In dealing with domestic problems, the
administration efforts have met with con-
spicuous success. 1t found the nation la
boring under depressed economic condi-
tons and speedily set about relief. One of
the first acts of the executive was the call
ing of congress in session for enactment of
Legislation necessary to the restoration of
abnormal conditions to normal, with
special reference to revision of taxation
and tariff. Since that time the admins
tration has never slackened in exertion of
proper pressure to this end. 1t has con-
sistently championed and urged legisla-
ton for rehabilitation of agriculture and
other purposes of national import and pro-
motive of the public good. And the long
list of constructive and remedial congress
sional enactments bear testimony to the
efficacy of such pressure. Refreshments
in governmental expenditures to be cred
tied to the administration aggregate an
enormous sum, which represents cores
ponding tightening of the burden on the
taxpayers. It's Inauguration of the budget
system has marked the beginning of an era
of business-like handling of public affairs
that is destined to work incalculable bene-
lift to the nation at large. The proof of a
pudding is in the eating and proof of the
efficacy of the administrators dealing
with economic problems is in the improve
ment of conditions.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
EARTHWORMS-

It is not man who has made of this
earth Towering paradise.
1t is the earthworm.
Man enjoys what he has not provided
reaps where he has not sown.
Vegetation is what makes human life
possible Plants consume the nitrogen Of
the air, leaving the oxygen for man, re-
plenishing the store of it fer him.
But never could vegetation have sur
vived upon the earth's crust if the earth
worm had not been here, burrowing the
ground, softening it, aerating it, enriching
it. In an acre of soil, ten tons of earth are
distributed by earthworms in a year.
What a wonderful function they per-
form
But it is pleasanter to be human be-
ing than to be an earthworm.
We know the world at large, not the
small compass of few square feet.
Let us be assured of one thing. We are
here for purpose just as definite as that
of the earthworm. 1t blindly follows in
stinct. We have been given minds, souls
and awarded a choice of action and
careers.
The responsibility increases with the
additional gifts.
We are not earthWorms.
We have no right to accomplish less in
proportion than they do. How many of
us are accomplishing any more?
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
SHIPS FROM THE SEA

NV ship is in from sea.
Men come and bear away her
wares. at, ,,.t.,,a In
Yet greater and more splehoio u''ne'
me =. IL.
From far bazaars and distant p9fts sie
bears.
Along the great resounding dock theie
drifts -
The subtle scent of sandalwood anu
nard. ,,t..
The harbor vanishes, the dream goa mus
The curtains of Romance ehehe
ard starred
Night in the silken East hath come again,
Kashmiri wales and roses iou"sa''
sprayed,
I.ute music. cool and soft as April faih'
The murmured love song OF 'ehpie
And valiant days of swift. free handed
might:
Battle and conquest. lance and torch
and fiame
And love and youth and feasting through
the night
In Jamshids court before the Mohsois
came.
Let whose will take profit of the fleets;
The gold and ivory. corn and oil ana
My treasures dock with every tide that
beats
And every ship come In from sea Ia
mine.
C. T. Davis in Arkansas Gazette
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
Something to
Think Ab0uf
THE REASON WHY
Ry r. Il. WALKER

TN EVERYDAY contact with such
lens as regularly come up lor
solution in the home 0r the oiilce,
adopt process og reasoning them Out
in your own way.
You will find IL you steadfasily per-
sist IN such course that YOU will
soon reach a higher stage of think
ing, necessary always to higher state
of efficiency.
Accepting some ones say-so with.
out giving serious thought to the
answer or inquiring MS to the reason
why, is an unwise thing to do
In spite of whatever innate clever
ness you may have If this dependence
on some one else IL continued, there
will never come To you an opportunity
to show this ability.
You win form the harmful habit
of leaning an others instead of stand
ing alone in your own strength and
trusting unreseryedly in self
Those upon whom you rely for adj
vice viii keep ahead of you just as
long as you court their company and
assistance.
BY pursuing such a course you ad-
nit incompetence and lack of force
which disqualfy you for leadership
and advertise to your employers that
you are a second grade man or woman
incapable of forming judgment without
help from others.
To observe, reflect and apply ought
to be the high purpose of every man
and woman in the stern battle of life
Observe as child and keep obsery
Ing until you find the reason why.
If you will reflect, sift out the chat
from the wheat, you will in a shori
time be qualified to judge the gooc
from the worthless and pick out the
best every time you are called upon
to make a decision.
With this newly acquired ability
you will know unerringly how IL
choose the right course and follow 4
with strength and assurance.
Instead of being weak dependent
wnverlng uncertain and timld, you vii
grow steadily into a strong. bold leader
capable of shouldering great response
bllities.
Keep your eyes open, use the mine
given you by the Creator, figure the
value of everything that has a direct
bearing on your work, apply the usefu
and yon will encounter no real Difficult
~. q. Al. II. q
piercing the bulls eye Of success witt
an arrow of your own making.
tcopyright)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
THE UNTAXED BONDS :

It is understood that President Harding
will urge congress to adopt resolution at
the coming short session proposing to levy
tax on future issues of municipal bonds.
Treasury officials estimate the amount of
such securities now outstanding at from
twelve to fifteen billion dollars. Their
sale was greatly stimulated by the onerous
taxes imposed by the Democratic admins
tration. Persons of large incomes made
haste to convert their taxable holdings into
state, county, and city bonds, the income
from which has been held by the courts
to be-eXempt from federal taxes under the
constitution.
The annual income from those bonds
is almost $60,O00,O00, probably third of
which would flow into the federal treasury
if they had been sold subject to income
taxes and surtaxes. But the loss of rev.
enue to the government is not the only
reason for asking a constitutional amend
ment. Under the present system the de-
mands for municipal issues has been so
great that states and their subdivisions
have been induced to issue securities be-
yond their normal needs, thus greatly in
creasing public indebtedness and adding
to the burdens of the taxpayers.
Productive industry has also suffered
from the flow of capital into municipal
projects. Manufacturers in search of new
money have been forced to sell bonds
bearing an Unfortunately high interest rate
and the development of American industry
has suffered accordingly. The proposed
change in the organic law is in keeping
with the spirit of taxation as expressed in
the constitution, namely, that taxes shall
be uniform. There appears to be nc
adequate reasons why those who do not
care to pay their fair share of taxation
should find an avenue of escape through
investment in more tax-exempt municipal
bonds.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
Classical Music as Cole Cure.

A young father was walking the
floor with his four-months-old daugh-
ter who had collie and didn't care who
knew 1t. Perhaps to drown the noise,
his next-aoor nelghbor started his
photograph, the record being a cornet
solo of the Miserere from "Trovotore."
AS soon as the music reached the
baby's ears she stopped bowling, only
to start with renewed vigor when it
ceased. Her father then started his
own machine with a fox trot. which
had no effect on the offspring. He
substituted a Mlscha Elman record !;
that worked like magic and he went
on playing strictly classical records
until baby dozed off with a cherubic
smile on her face. He now recon-
mends classical music as collie cure.
New York Evening Post.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
WAS BARNUM RIGHT

Advocates of government or municipal
ownership are constantly agitating the
people to expend public funds in develop
ment of industrial undertakings.
In spite of most costly experiences the
people seem to be periodically carried
away with arguments or prejudices adj
vanced for carrying out such schemes.
Detroit, Michigan, is now furnishing an
object lesson. The street railway was
made the goat in that city and politicians
succeeded in influencing the people to pur-
chase the private system thus loading the
city with heavy financial obligations
Promises were made that the line would
be self-supporting and that the taxpayer
would not be further obligated.
What is the result? Six short months
after election the voters are asked to re-
lieve the street railway lines from paving
between street car tracks and load this ex-
pense onto the general taxpayer. The pri-
vate company formerly paid for this paw
ing
Also the voters are asked to authorize
a new $5,O00,O00 bond issue to cover cost
of extensions and to help pay for 200 new
street cars which the campaign argument
said would be paid out of earnings of the
system.
The people of Detroit are "stung" just
as the poole of numberless towns have
been "stung;;" and just as the people of
the United States were "stung" by political
management and operation of public utili-
ties and transportation systems.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
Smiley Fruit Cake

Take one-half cupful of New Orleans
molasses, one cupful Of brown sugar,
cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg to taste.
one egg beaten well; add one cupful
Of sour cream. a teaspoonful of soda
and three cupfuls Of flour. Mix well
and add one-half cupful Of nuts with
raisins. figs and dates chopped and
mixed to make one half cupful Bake
In q loaf In slow oven.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-21
Motorists Narrow Escape.

Police of Yonkers, n. Y, report a
strange accident to an automobile OPP
Grated by New York man. While the
car was taking turn at high speed
It skidded and dashed thr~gh bar
rier Of boards inclosing street ex-
cavation. 1t fell with a crash % feet
into the hole. There we're two oc-
cupants who we're taken out OF the
wreckage unlnjured.