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again with her impulses as he spoke.
IF you didn't do it, why don't you
help us?' She cried.
Help yo1T'
"Yes; tra us who you are and what
you are coing? Why did you take the
train because Father was on it, If you
didn't piean any harm to him? Why
don't ysT tell us where you are going
or where you have been or what you
have b.en doing? Why can't you give
the name of anybody you know or tell
US of anyone who knows about your
Il might ask you in return" Eaton
said, why you thought it worth while,
Miss Santoine, to ask so much about
myself when you first met me and
before any of this had happened?
Why were you curious about me?"
MY father asked me TO find out
about YOU"
"Why?"
Harriet had redeemed under Eaton's
gaze. You understand, Mr.. Eaton, it
was-was entirely impersonal with
me. My father, being blind, is obliged
10 use the eyes of others-mine, for
one; and he has Mr.. Avery. He calls
us his eyes, sometimes; and ii was
only-Only because / had been COM
missioned to find out about you that
l was obliged to show so much
! curiosity"
Harriet arose, and Eaton got up as
she did and stood as she went toward
| the door.
Avery had reached the door, hold
! ing 1t open for her TO go out. Sudden
| ~ Eaton tore the handle from Avery S
him and braced his foot against it.
Miss Santoine," he pleaded, his
voice hoarse with his emotion, ''for
Gods sake, make them think what
they are doing before they make a
public accusation against me-before
they charge me with this to others
not on this train! 1t will not be
| merely accusation they make against
met will be my sentence! l shall
be sentenced before / am tried-con-
demned without a chance to defend
| myself! That is the reason / could
not come forward sitter the murder
of Mr.. Warden. could not have
helped him-or aided in the pursuit
of his enemies-if ] had appeared;
merely would have been destroyed
myself! The only ching l could hope
to accomplish has been in following
my present course-which, / swear
| TO you, has no connection with the
attack upon your father. What Mr..
Avery and Connery are planning to
do to me. they cannot undo. They
will merely cOmrlete the outrage and
| injustice already done me-of which
| Mr.. Warden spoke to his wife-and
they will not help your father. For
Gods sake, keep them from going
further"
Her color deepened, and for an in.
slant, he thought he saw full belief in
him growing in her eyes; but If she
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they took her from the room and left
him alone again. But there was
something left with him which they
could not take away; for in the
moment he had stood alone with her
and passionately pleading. something
had passed between them-he could
give no name TO it, but he knew that
Harriet Santoine never could think
Of him again without stirring of her
pulses which drew her toward him.
The following morning the relieving
snowplows arrived from the East, and
Eaton felt ii was the beginning of
the end for him. He watched from his
about the forward end of the train:
then the train moved forward past
the shoveled and trampled snow where
rock and pieces of the snowplow were
piled beside the track-stopped
waited; finally ii went on again and
began to take up its steady progress
The attack upon SantOine having
taken place in Montana, Eaton thought
that he would be turned over to the
police somewhere within that state,
and he expected it would be done at
the first stop; but when the train
slowed at Simons, he saw the town
was nothing more than little hamlet
beside a side-track. They surely
could not deliver him to the village
authorities here.
1t made no material difference to
him. Eaton realized, whether the po-
lice took him in Montana or Chi
cago, since in either case recogni-
ton of him would be certain in the
end; but in Chicago this recognition
must be immediate, complete, and ut
terly convincing.
The train was travelling steadilr and
faster than its regular schedule; it
evidently was running as special,
some other train taking the ordinary
traffic; il halted now only at the
largest cities. In the morning it
crossed into Minnesota; and in the
late afternoon, slowing. it rolled into
some large city which Eaton knew
must be Minneapolis or ST. Paul. The
car here was uncoupled from the train
and picked up by a switch engine: as
dusk fell, Eaton, peering out of his
window, could see that they had been
left lying in the railroad yards; and
about midnight, awakening in his
berth, he realized that the car was
still motionless. He could account
for. this stoppage N their progress
only by some change in the condition
of Santoine. Was Santoine sinking.
so that they no longer dared to travel?
Was he. perhaps-dead?
No sounds came TO him from the
car TO confirm Eaton in any con-
clusiOn; there was nothing to be
learned from anyone outside the car.
Eaton lay for long time, listening
for other sounds and wondering what
was occurring-or had Occurred-at
the other end of his car. Toward
morning he fell asleep.
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CHAPTER vIIl-Gontinued.

Eaton had Sensed already what the
nature of the message must be,
though as the conductor held it out
to him he could read only his name
at the top of the sheet and did not
know yet what the actual wording
was below Acceptance of 1t must
mean arrest, indictment for the
crime against Basil Santoine; and
that, whether or not he later was ac-
quilted, must destroy him; but denial
of the message now would be hope
less.
'It is yours, isn't it?" Connery
urged.
"Yes; it's mine" Eaton admitted;
and to make his acceptance definite,
he took the paper from Connery. AS
he looked duly down at it, he read:
"He is on your train under the
name of Dorne."
The message was not signed.
Connery touched him on the Shout
der. Come with mel Mr.. Eaton"
Eaton got up slowly and mechan-
ically and followed the conductor. At
the uOoI NE udllSu anu lOohtu pdCh /,
Harriet SantOine was not looking !;
her face was covered with her hands !;
Eaton hesitated; then he went on.
Connery threw open the door of the
compartment next to the Mushroom
and corresponding TO the drawing
room at the other end Of the car, but
smaller:
you'll do well enough in here"
He closed the door upon Eaton and
locked it. AS Eaton stood staring at
the floor, he could hear through the
metal partition of the washroom the
nervous, almost hysterical weeping of
an overstrained girl The thing was
done; in so far as the authorities on
the train were concerned, it was
known that he was the man who had
had the appointment with Gabriel
Warden and had disappeared; and in
so far as the train officials could act,
he was accused and confined for the
attack upon Basil Santoine. But be
sides being overwhelmed with the hor-
ror of this position, the manner in
which he had been accused had
reused him to helpless anger, to rage
at his accusers which still increased
as he heard the sounds on the other
side of the partition, where Avery was
now trying to silence Harriet San
tome and lead her away.
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CHAPTER K
Publicity Not Wanted.

Basil Santoine dying Blind mill
lionaire lawyer taken i'll on train ~
The alarm of the cry came to
answer Eaton's question early the next
morning He threw up the curtain
and saw yagrant newsboy, evidently
passing through the railroad yards
to sell to the trainmen Eaton, hail
paper. He spread the news-sheet be
fore him and read that Santoine's con-
dition was very low and becoming
rapidly worse. But below, under a
Montana date-line, Eaton saw it pro-
claimed that the blind millionaire was
merely sick; there was no suggestion
anywhere of an attack. The paper
stated only that Basil Santoine, re-
turning from Seattle with his daugh-
ter and his secretary, Donald Avery.
had been taken seriously i'll upon a
train which had been stalled for two
days in the snow in Montana. The
column ended with the statement that
Mr.. Santoine had passed through
Minneapolis and gone on to, Chicago
under care of DIR. Douglas Sinclair.
Eaton stared at the newspaper with
out reading, after he saw that. He
had not realized, until now that he
was told that Harriet Santoine had
gone-for if her father had gone on
of course she was with him-the ex-
tent to which he had felt her fair
ness, almost her friendship to him. AT
least, he knew now that, since she had
spoken to him after he was first ac
cused of the attack on her father
he had not felt entirely deserted OF
friendless till now
But why, if Santoine had been
taken away, or was dead or dying
had they left Eaton all night in the
car in the yards? Since Santoine was
dying, would there be any longer an
object in concealing the fact that he
had been murdered?
He dressed and then paced back
and forth the two or three steps his
compartment allowed him. He
stopped now and then to listen; from
outside came the noises of the yard
but he made out no sound within the
car. If 1t had been occupied as or
the days previous, he must have heard
some one coming to the washroom al
his end. Was he alone in the cal
now, or had the customary moving
about taken place before he awoke?
Finally, to free himself from his
nervous listening for sounds which
never came. he picked up the paper
again. He read:
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CHAPTER TX
The Blind Mans Eyes.

At noon Connery came TO his door,
and behind Connery, Eaton saw Har-
riet Santoine and Avery. Eaton
jumped up, and as he saw the girls
pale face, the color left his own.
miss Santoine has asked to speak
to you" Connery announced; and he
admitted Harriet Santoine and Avery.
and himself remaining outside in the
aisle, closed the door upon them.
"How is your father?" Eaton asked
the girl.
"He seems just the same; at least,
/ can't see any change, Mr.. Eaton
"Can Doctor Sinclair see any differ
ence?" Eaton asked.
Doctor Sinclair will not commit
himself except to say that so far as
ne can tell, the indications are favor.
able. He seems to think" The girl
choked; but when she went on, her
blue eyes were very bright and her
lips did not tremble. Doctor Sinclair
seems TO think, Mr.. Eaton, that Fa-
Their was found just In time, and that
whatever chance he has for recovery
came from you. Sometimes Father
had insomnia and wouldn't get to
sleep till late In the morning; so +
and Mr.. Avery too-would have left
him undisturbed until noon. Doctor
Sinclair says that If he had been left
as long as that, he would have had no
chance at all for life"
'He has chance, then, now?"
'Yes; but we don't know how much.
Fl wanted you TO know, Mr.. Eaton,
that 1 recognize-that the chance Fa-
Their may have came through you, and
that i am trying to think of you as
the one who gave him the chance"
The warm blood flooded Eaton's
face, and he bowed his head. She,
then, was not wholly hostile to him
she had not been completely con-
WINGED bySAvery.
Her eyes rested upon Eaton stead
fly: and while he had been appealing
tn her. flush had come TO her cheeks
and faded away and come again and
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ON CROSS-CONTINENT FLIGHT
Five States Boosting Next Con-
vention City.

Starting on a cross-continent air
plane flight, on two hours notice,
would dampen the enthusiasm of most
advance agents, but ]. w. Jackson,
anxious to win the 1923 American Lee
gion convention for San Francisco, an
swered Lets Co." when the summons
came, stepped into a naval plane with
half dozen apples for provender and
started little air journey that COW
cred % states and part Of Mexico. And
San Francisco, exploited by his
achievement, did get the convention.
The San Francisco Legion commit
tee laid careful plans to capture the
majority Of the votes at the last Lee
gion gathering in New Orleans. Jack
son volunteered to travel to the Cres-
cent City by plane, provided pilot
and plane were furnished, and scatter
| S. F. propaganda, after the same fash
ion that aviators scattered leaflets
over enemy trenches in the late fracas.
The steering committee accepted
Jackson's tender Of services and set
about getting the plane. Nothing came
Of it. Jackson gave up the idea and
bought his round trip railroad ticket
to New Orleans. He was about to
leave his home for the railroad station
when a telephone message informed
him that Senator Hiram Johnson had
obtained the air equipment for the
| journey. Jackson gathered up few
apples, put on some fleecy clothes and
gave up his lower berth to a lady.
San Francisco swept the delegates
off their feet by its appeal and there
was no hesitancy about naming it the
convention city. Then Jackson, scorn-
| full Of railroads, decided to go on to
| the eastern seaboard, advertising his
native city by the Golden Gate, as he
went. The plane took him to Wash
| ington, then back through the Middle
| West, across the Rockies and back to
| the shadows Of Mount Tamalpais.
| Legionnaires of San Francisco have
! raised 100000 to entertain their COM
rades In October. Lieut.. Gen. Hunter
Liggett, former commander Of the
First American army, is In charge Of
arrangements.
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Welcome In the South American
Tropics.

"House-cleaning ants" are welcome
visitors in the South American tropics,
for they hunt and kill the cockroaches
which infest the homes there. Cock
reaches cannot be kept out of the
houses; they grow to unbelievable size,
and they eat everything. including
clothing. They even nibble at ones face
or lips while one Is asleep.
The ants appear In hordes at varied
periods, apparently from nowhere. A
strange fact in connection with their
coming is that tropical variety Of
blackbird with very long tall Is al
ways the forerunner of the foragIng
ants, appearing in huge fiocks. That Is
the only time that these particular
birds are seen.
The ants invade the houses in mil
lions on their cockroach hunt. Whole
punches will grab big cockroach and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-03-02
THE FLAG.

The following poem, written by
Stafford King, adjutaat Of the Mime
sofa department Of the American
Legion, is popular with Legionnaires in
all parts Of the country:
When the American flag was created,
God, in his infinite wisdom,
Blessed 1t as a symbol Of freedom,
Inspired 1t as thing Of beauty.
And wrote 1t deep within his book,
"a Melody of Service"
It In fashioned
With the gold and the CLEAN of the stars
Against the vaulted azure of q summer
sky;
It is spaced with the sheen Of silversd
moon
Upon the pure. sweet snow
Which CLEANS from the lily's petals;
And striped with the crimson flame
Which leaps and giances
From the baby's heart
Within its blue and white and red
Is EMBODIED all there is
OF liberty, justice and democracy.
Sanctihed to US by blood and tears:
Mothers tears,
Which shine through sacrifice
Like glistening pearls
Beneath the softly undulating waves Of
southern seas:
And blood of men who died,
As One who has died upon the cross.
That other men might live.
To such q nag Americans can say:
whittier thou goest, will go.
And whittier thou lodgest. will lodge;
Thy people shall be my people.
And thy God. my God"
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"DESCRIBE HIM"

Gabriel Warden, Seattle capital
list, tells his butler he is expecting
a caller. to be admitted without
question. He informs his wife OF
danger that 1 .reatenS him II he
pursues a course he considers the
only honorable one. Warden leaves
the house in his car and meets a
man whom he takes into the ma
chine. When the car returns home,
Warden is found dead, murdered,
and alone. The caller, a young
man, has been at Warden's house.
but leaves unobserved. Bob Con-
merry, conductor, receives orders to
hold train for party. Five men
and a girl board the train, the
eastern express. The father of the
girl, Mr.. Dorne. is the person for
whom the train was held. Philip
ID. Eaton, young man. also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his
daughter and his secretary, Don
Avery. to find out what they can
concerning him. The two make
Eaton's acquaintance. Dorne is
found nearly dead from a murder
Gus assault A surgeon operates.
Dorne is revealed as Basil San
tome, blind, and a power in the
financial world as the adviser of
big interests. Eaton is suspected
and questioned. He refuses infor-
nation about himself and admits he
was the caller at Warden's house.
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cane-Rrake ExplosIona.

Cane stalks being hollow. having
no pith, and being divided inside ev-
cry few inches into sections, are very
combustible when dried in the sun,
and the air confined within the hol-
low sections warmed by the external
heat explodes with very considerable
force, so that a cane-brake on fire
gives the idea of continued roar Of
distant musketry.
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Of life. Through grade, high school
and several colleges his aim has been
toward the peaks in educational af-
fairs. The outbreak of the war found
him nearing the top. He dropped
plans and enlisted; was sent to the
second officers training camp at the
Preside; was made captain and as
signed to charge of spruce production
in the Northwest. After the war Mr..
Marvin undertook business advising.
aiding several firms in Los Angeles
and in the East. He returned to his
chosen field when the post at the head
Of the University of Arizona was Of
fered to him.
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SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHILD'S COAT
WITH DIAMOND DYES"

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters,
coverings, draperies, hangings, everything,
even if she has never dyed before Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because Dia-
mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot,
fade, streak, or run Tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to dye is
wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton
OF mixed goods.-Advertisemen
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Medal. for School Children.

Garland w. Powell, director of the
American Legion's national American
ism commission, has received letter
from Lester d. Henderson, commits
sioner of education for Alaska, whose
office is in Juneau, acknowledging the
receipt of medals won by the Alaskan
school children In the national essay
contest which the Legion conducted.
Mr.. Henderson said the contest un-
doubtedly had done much good for the
schools OF Alaska. The medals were
presented with appropriate exercises.
oy the Legion posts of the districts
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of the Qualifica-
lions of Goyd
Heck M a rv n.
who has a string
of initials a foot
long after that
n a m e, b ut 1 8
proudest Of all Of
the Capt, Inf, u.
S. A, that he
once wore.
His Is a single
ness of purpose
that has carried
him far into his
ALsA -4A..
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CLEAR HOUSES OF cocKRocHEs
t.t+++++++++t++++++++++++4a

lug 1t Off bodily. They are like a pack
OF wolves in their pursuit Of prey.
Every closet, every bureau drawer,
every crack and crevice in every room
Is thoroughly .ransacked by the ants
until no more cockroaches are to be
found. One corps of ants will hunt
out the scampering reaches biting and
passing them to other ants, who seize
and drag them away.
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Naturally Part Of Him.

Mrs. Carol and her two-year-old
son, Jimmie. were calling on Mrs. st.
Claire. Mrs. st. Claire caressingly
took Jimmie on her lap, and looking
fondly into his eyes, asked:
"Where did you get those big brown
eyes?"
"Aw," responded Jimmie, "they come
with my face"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-03-02
Good to Hin EoIkx

''See here. Jones, why don't you
sprinkle ashes on your icy sidewalk"
Because / don't want TO deprive my
family of any pleasure. You have no
idea how it amuses the children to see
people slip and fall down. Boston
Evening Transcript.
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A Good Word.

"Thanks" Is a short word
1t can be pronounced by those who
are determined to try.
It costs little.
1t pays dividends.
Seems surprising that more people
do not invest.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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Plan Honor to ~Anzae.. |.

1t has been suggested In Sydney,
New South Wales, that the Tasmanian
sea, the waters of which touch Aus
tralia and New Zealand, be named the
Anzac sea, as a lasting memorial to
the soldiers of both countries who
took part Ia the landing at GallipolL
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Music in the Air.

New Boarder-See here, / thought
you said this was a ''walk-up' apart
ment.
Landlady-Sure l did; what's wrong
with it?
New Boarder-Well, from the noise
you hear in the morning, it ought to
be called "wake-up."
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Important to- Mothers
ones True Self.

The nOblest thing you ever did. the
noblest emotion you ever felt, the deep
est and most sef-sacriflcing love ever
in your soul, that Is your true self still,
through all the baser life into which
you have falien.-Phillip Brooks.
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could not accept the charge against
him, neither could she consciously
deny ii. and the hands she had been
pressing together suddenly dropped.
Tin afraid nothing could say
would have much effect on them,
knowing as little about-about you
as / dor
They dashed the door open then
silenced and overwhelmed him; and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-03-02

Coles Cerbolisalve Quickly Relieves
and heals burning. itching and torturing
skin diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain
of burns. Heals without scars. SOC and
soc. Ask your druggist, or send soc to
The ]. w. Cole Co.. Rockford, ILL.,. for q
Observation-Disclosures
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Ancient industries.

This art Of Thinning iron appears to
have originated In the Six'eenth CEN
fury, and tinplate was first manu-
featured in Great Britain In 1910.
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Gle
AMERICAN
@I.I:G|O|l@
LEGION MAN is sU' PRESIDENT
cloyd Heck Marvin Heads University
of Arizona; Proud OF His
Captains Bars.

Legionnaire and youthful president
Of the University Of Arizona are two
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In any business bad rule comes to
be ignored or it breaks the business.
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Flea IL a shorn Fly

The common flea is really wing.
less fiy.
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81 understand; of course.
Hugh! But you-you're here!
In his housed"
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eTo BE CONTINUED.)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-18
STRIKE ASSESSMENT
REDUCTION ORDERED

The strike assessment Or the Inter-
national Typographical union has
been reduced to 2 per cent by order
Of the executive council of that or
ganization. When the 44-hour strike
started two years ago the assessment
was 10 per cent. In its notice to sec
retaries of local unions, the council
says:
"Forty-four-hour conditions have
been established in the great major
ity Of jurisdictions, and 80 per cent Of
the members Of the International Ty-
biographical union employed IN the
commercial offices are now enjoying
its benefits. Consequent decreases in
the number Of members remaining
upon strike rolls and economies In
expenditures have enabled the execu,
tive council to reduce the strike as
sessment.
THE time has arrived, in the
opinion Of the council, when we can
assume In all but few jurisdictions
where it is necessary to concentrate
our efforts. the shorter work week
has been fully established as the rule
Of the trade"