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noon dress, ready TO serve fou.
o'clock ten. like the photograph Of
n prim little girl all silks and laces.
Their pictures are never taken
when heaped with soiled china
and silver, doing truck duty from
the dining table to the kitchen
sink. They never are photographed
bearing the stacks OF clean clothes
from the ironing board TO the linen
closets. Nor are they ever
snapped bearing up ON cleaning
day under the Various assortment
Of polishing rags and powders
which must be taken from place to
place. Life Isn't all four o'clock
parties for the tea cart.
Write to Marian Moore, care OF
this newspaper, for advice or infor.
nation about home furnishing or
decorating. sending stamped. ad.
dressed envelope for reply.)
Question: Does the davenport
table still belong behind the dav-
export? What should the daven-
port face II there Is no fireplace?-
A. G..
Answer: A window, or group OF
windows, plano, phonopraph or 9TH
or center Of interest Yes, the dav.
export table still stands behind II.
Copyright, American Homes Bureau.
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his maIesty'a southern plantations.
Jamaica, Barbados, or any OF tho Lee.
ward Islands.
You are not 10 suppose that this
command was dictated by any sense
OF mercy. Lord Churchill was no
moro than Just when he spoke OF tho
kings heart as being as insensibe as
marble. IL had been realized that in
these wholesale hanglngs there was
taking place u reckless waste OF
valuable material. Slaves wcro urg.
entity required in tho plantations. and
a healthy vigorous man could be
rcckoned worth az least from ten 10
fifteen pounds. Then. there were at
court many gentlemen who had some
claim or other upon his maJesty'S
bounty. Hero was cheap and ready
way 20 discharge these claims. From
amongst the convicted rebels n GER.
tain number might be set aside 90 be
bestowed upon those gentlemen. 80
that they might dispose OF them TO
their own profit.
My Lord Hundorlnnda letter gives
precise details OF tho royal munifi.
cenco in human flesh. A thousand
prisoners were 10 DO distributed
among aome eight courtiera and 9th.
ers, whilst a postseriptum 20 HIS lord.
ships letter asked for a further hun.
drod Go 30 held az the disposal OF the
queen. These prisoners were 10 DO
transported at once 10 his majeHty's
southern plantations. and 20 DO kept
there FOR tho space OF ten years bo-
fore being restored 90 liberty. the
parties 20 whom they were assigned
entering into security 10 aec that
transportation was Immediately ef.
fcctcd.
We know from Lord Joffroys' sec.
rotary how tho chief justice inyclgh.
ed that night in drunken frenzy
against this misplaced clcmency TO
which his majesty had been persuad.
cd, We know how he attempted by
letter 10 induce tho king 10 reconsider
his decision. But James adhered TO
II. II was-Hpart from tho indirect
profit he derived from lt--n eissncncy
fun worthy Of him. lie know that TO
spare lives ia this fashion was TO
convert them into living deaths
Many must Euccumb in torment TO
the horrors ~ West Indian slavery.
and no be the envy OF their Hurviv-
Ing companions.
Thus Il happened that Peter Blood.
and with him Jeremy Pitt and An.
drew BayneH. instead OF being hang.
"a. drawn. and quar;ercd as their
sentences directed. were conveyed TO
Bristol and there shipped with some
fifty others aboard tho jamaica
Merchant From close confinement
under matches. DISBURSEMENT and
foul water. n Hlckncaa broke out
amongs, them. OF which eleven died.
Amongst these was tho unfortunate
ycoman from ogicthorpo's Farm,
britaily torn from his quiet home.
stead amid the fragrant cider orch.
ards for no other sin but that he had
practieed mercy.
Go Re Continued
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CHAPTER "
Human Merchandise

Mr.. polioxfcn was AZ ofto and tho
same timo right and wrons--a conGl.
ton much more common than Is gen.
orally supposed.
He was right In his indlffercntiy
expressed thought that a man whose
mlcn and words could daunt such a
lord OF terror as Jeffrcys, should by
tho dominance OF his nature DO able
TO fashion himself a considerable
destiny. Ho was wronE--tho justi.
fiably so--ia his assumption that
Peter Blood must hang.
have said that the trIbulatlons
with which he was visited as a result
OF his errand Of mercy TO Oglo.
thorpe's Farm contained--aitho aA
yet no did not perceive Il, perhaps
two sources OF thanif1iness; one that
he was tried az NIL; tho other that this
trial took place on tho 18th OF Sep.
tcrnbcr. Untii the 18th. the sen.
fences passed by the court OF tho
lords commissioner had been carried
out literally and cxpeditiously. But
on the morning OF the 18th thcro ar.
rived a, Taunton courier from Lord
Sunderland. the secretary Of state,
with a letter for Lord Jeffreys whore.
in no was informed that HIS majesty
had been Eraciously pleased TO com.
mand that 100 rebels should DO fur.
nishcd for transportation 20 some OF
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Now co on WITH TINE STORY

bound by our oaths and eonsciences
10 declare 20 YOU what IL law; and
you are bound by your oaths and
your eonsoienccs to deliver and 10
declare to us by your verdict tho
truth OF the facts"
Upon that he proceeded 10 his
summing.up. showing how haynes
and Blood wcrc both guilty OF trca.
son. the first for having harborcd a
traitor. the second for having sue
coured that traitor by dressing his
wounds. He interiarded his address
by syeophantic illusions 20 HIS nat.
ural lord and lawful sovereign. tho
king. whom God had set over them.
and with vituporatlons OF noneom.
formlty and OF Monmouth. OF whom
lin his own words-he dared boldly
affirm that tho mcanest subject with.
in tho kingdom that was OF ieglti.
mate birth had better title 20 tho
crown.
Jesus, God, Tha, ever we should
have such generation OF vipers
among US" he burst out IN rhetorical
frenzy. And then he sank back as
II exhausted By tho violence ne had
used. A moment he was sian. dab
hlng his lips again: then he moved
uncasily: once morn hts features
were twisted by pain. and In few
snarling. almost incohercnt words no
dismissed tho Jury TO consider tho
verdict.
Peter Blood had listened 10 tho IN.
temperate, the blasphemous. and al.
most obscene inveetlve OF that TRADE
with n detachment that afterwards.
In retrospect. surprised him. He was
80 amazed by the man. by tho rcac-
lions taking. place In him between
mind and body. and by his methods
OF bullying and ooerclng the jury into
bloodshed. that he almost forgot that
his own life was at stake.
The absence OF that dared jury
was brief one. The verde, found
the three prisoners guilty. Peter
Blood looked round the scarlet.hunE
court. For an instant that foam OF
white faces seemed 10 hcave before
him. Then no was himself again.
and a voice was asking him wha, no
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Catarrh Must
Be Healed

You'll never be free from catnrrh
until you heal those raw. inflamcd
patches In your nose and throat that
are out OF reach of liauida and
sprays.
step into any flrst-clnsa drug
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the famous Dennis Eucalyptus ONT
ment. Heat n spoonful OF tho oint-
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Etopped-up feellng-no buzzlnR In
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breathe better and sleep better.
The vapor deposits an antiseptic
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Co, makers. Berkeley. Chl.--Adver-
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TX was a SnrcWu, sharp thrust
aimed ut tho jury. and Il reveals, /
think. tho alertness OF tho mans
mind. his self.possession ever stead.
lest in moments OF dire peril. With
|any other jury II must have mado
the impression that no hoped 10
make. L may even have made It's
impression upon .Aeso poor pusillan.
imous sheep. But the dread Judge
was there TO etfaee IL.
He easped aloud. then flung him.
self violently forward.
Lord OF Heaven he stormed.
WAS there ever such eantlnE. i'm.
pudent rascal? But have done
with you. l see thee. villain. l see
thee already with a halter round
thy neck"
Having spoken so. gloatlngly.
evilly. he sank back again. and com.
posed himself. II was as IL n cur.
tain fell All emotion passed again
from his pale face. Back TO invest
Il again came that gentle melancholy.
Speaking after a moments pause. his
voice was soft, almost tender. yet
every word OF Il carried sharply thru
that hushed court.
II know my own heart Il Is not
in my nature 20 desire 10 htsrt OF any.
body. much less 10 delight in his
eternal perdition. II Is out OF com.
passion for you that have used all
these words-because I would have
you have some regard for your Inn.
mortal soul. and not ensure its
damnation by obdurately persisting
in falsehood and prevaricatlon. But
i SEQ that all the pains In the world.
and all compassion and charity are
lost upon you. and therefore / viii
say no moro 20 you" He turned
again to the jury that countenanee
OF wistrll beauty. Gentlemen. I
unjust tell you for law. Of which we
are the judges, and not you. that Il
any person be IN actual rebellion
against the king. and another person
who really and actually was not
In rebellion-docs knowingly receive,
harhor. comfort or succour him, such
a person Is as much a trIitor as he
who indeed bore arms. We are
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-27

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Nancy and Nick folloped Mrs ,Possum and her tamil,
tOlcard the persimmon tree
NO PERSIMMoNS TO-DAY

new voice said, Here. Blu. wen
pick this tree next before any
pesky 'possums get az t." And then
there were heavy footsteps.
Missez Postum stopped. rum
che commanded. sweeping all OF her
children off her back with ono
shake Of her tail. In a twinkling
they had scrambled off into the
bushes. but Missez Postum never
moved step herself. She Jus,
closed her eyes and sank down TO
the ground and rolled over and
never moved.
Nancy started toward her, but
she was too late. Tho man had seen
the little furry figure lying in the
grass.
Look here, Bill" he called, CIV.
Ing poor Misscz Postum a shove
with his foot.
But Missez Postum never moved
an eyelash. She lay huddled up in
little limp heap and never even
breathed.
rs she dead7" asked Bill curious.
ly. coming UP beside the man.
'Dead? Humph! No deader n ]
am" he answered. You don't know
'possums. BIZ. They're the best pre-.
tenders outside Of story books. They
can play dead better'n circus dogs.
This 'possum's alive and kicking.
See"
And he gave her another shove
with his foot. But nary n move did
Misscz 'Possum makcl She might
have been a door.mat for oil the
life she showed.
Say. BILL" said the man, stoop.
ing over and looking at her closely.
II believe this one IS dead. Yepl
Deader'n doornail."
a little while later. their basket
fun Of persimmons, Bill and the
other nnn left.
All this time Missez 'Possum lay
in lifcless heap. but no sooner had
the men gone than she jumped up
and called briskly out, 'Heah, hon.
eys. come TO nanny and well go
home"
"oh. I'm so glad you're all right"
cried Nancy coming out of her hid.
ing place. I'VE thought you really
were dead and we we're just going
to hunt up your babies and take
care OF them"
THANK you kindly laughed
Misscz 'Possum. as all OF her chill.
dren came a.running out OF their
hiding holes. But I'm fine and
hearty. Never felt better in my
lire. The only thing | regret" she
said ruefuIly, rs that wen have
no porslmmons today"
TO BE Continued
Copyright. 1923. by Seattle STAR
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Nancy and Nick followed Mrs.
'Possum and her family toward the
persim mon tree. Indeed, they
couldn't very well follow her with.
out following her family. for her
10 little 'posSum Riddles were strung
along her back and holding tight TO
her long tail Ike so many beads on
string. Mrs. Postum needed no
baby carriage, she didn't. or a go
cart
By and by she stopped. There
Is tho tree" she said. Those yel.
low things that look like oranges
are persimmons and they should be
extra fine, for Jack Frost was
around last night"
Before the Twins could answer.
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By Rafael Sabafini
o pAfAIL aABATINi
AppSI EEA SLpvicT nc

Pcr Hood bachelor of medicine
ng his pipe and watering the popuao
arm, Itself to battle for Monmouth clfacamcd
England His attitude others his town
he piaeidly keeps himself o the contro
IL was not fear that kept conflict
veteran OF many foreign
slept Monmouth attacked the royal sedgemoor
friend OF tho Is
attend TO him. lie II there victorious royal forces search
the house for rebels and Gdoy objects
10 inc seriousness OF his patients
and a youth named Pitt prisoners
Weeks later Blood
ordered 10 make his plea.
Blood pleads not guilty but he might
breath foe the Judge had decided began
e Jurors even tho they knew him
- y" -
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sister-in-law told me to take the Veg
etable Compound when began to
have the same old dreadful sickness
and headaches and was 30 worn out.
Since then / have only had two
headaches, had a good appetite and
scarcely lost a meal. have fine,
healthy baby girl who has never bad
q sick day. The incest part is that |
am healthy, too. II did me lot OF
good, and II | should ever have another
baby l viii take your medicine at
once. Mrs. BESSIE WARD, 1927
Park Avenue, Springfield, Ohio.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound IL an excellent medicine
for expectant mothers, and should be
taken during the entire period. IL
has a general effect TO strengthen
and tons up the entire system.
--Adyertissment
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TEA WAGON Is HELP IN
MANY HOUSEHOLD TASKS
fts Uses No, Confined to Serving at
Tea Partlea
BY MARIAN MOORE

The ten cart. like nm aspiring
movie star. needs n good press
agent. IL the publlc's knowledge
of II were enlarged. IL would really
be much better liked. which can't
always be said OF preSs-ngented
characters.
Too many women with the aver
age home get the idea that n tea
cart Is nice enough, OF course, but
an item which they can get along
without. goodness knows. when the
guest room needs a new rug so
badlyl
Most pictures OF tea carts. like
this one, show them In their after
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Piles Can Be Cured
Without Surgery

An instructive book has been pub
lishe1 by Or. a. s. Meclcary. tho noted
rectal speclalisst Of Kansas City. This
book tells how sufferers from Piles can
DO quickly aud easily cured without the
use OF knife, scissora, not" iron. cleo
tricity or any other cutting or burning
method, without confinement TO bed and
no hospital bills 10 pay. The method
has been a success for twenty-four years
and In more than eight thousand cases.
Tho book Ia sent postpaid free 10 per.
sons afflicted with piles or other rectal
troubles who clip this Item and mali II
with name and address TO DR.. McCieary,
5f7 Parlsview sanitarium. Kansas City,
Mo.--Adyertisemont.
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had 10 say for himself. why sentence
OF death should not bo passed. upon
him. being convicted OF high treason,
lilo laughed, and his laugh Jared
unoannily upon tho dcathly stiffness
OF tho court, II was all 80 grotoaquo,
such a mookory OF Justice adminin'
tered By that wiatfuloyed iackpud'
ding In scarlet, who was himself a
moolSory --tho vcnal instrument OF a
hrumlly Spiteful and vindictlve king.
His laughter shocked the uuatorlty OF
that mmo iaekpudding.
'Do you laugh, alrrah, with the
rope about your neck. upon the very
threshold OF that eternity you arc 30
suddenly 10 enter into7"
Aud then Blood took his revenge.
"Falth, It's In better case | am for
mirth than your lordship. For l
have thia 90 say before you deliver
judgment. Your lordship sees me-
an innocent man whose only offenao
IS that prnctIoed charity with n
halter round my neck. Your lord.
ship, being tho justioiar. speaks with
knowledge OF what IL 70 como 20 me,
l. being u physician. may speak with
knowledge OF what IN 90 como 10 your
lordshlp. And tell you that would
not now change places with you--
that would not exchange this halter
that you fling about my neck for tho
stone that you carry in your body.
Hstn dawtN 90 sr1,tak ,s,u faay anAFt.
me Is n light pleasantly by contrast
with the death TO which your lordshlp
has been doomed by that Great
Judge with whose name your lord.
ship makes SO free"
The Lord Chief Justice sat s,iff1y
upright. his face ashcn, his lips
twitohing. and whilst you might have
counted ten thorc was no sound In
that paraiyxcd court after Peter
Blood had finished speaking. All
those who knew Lord Joffrcys re.
garded this as tho iuil before the
storm. and hraccd themselves for tho
explosion. But none came. Slowly.
family. tho color crcpt back into that
ashen face. Tho scarlet figure lost
It's rigidity, and bent forward His
lordship began TO speak. In mated
voice and brielly-mnch more briefly
than his wont on such occasions and
in manner entirely mechanical. the
manner OF a man whose thoughts are
elsewhere while his lips arc speaking
Tho delivered sentence of death in
the prescribed form. and without tho
least allusion 10 what Peter Blood
had said. Having delivered Il. he
sank back exhausted. his eyea half.
closed. his brow agleam with sweat
Tho prisoners filed out.
Mr.. PollcSfen--a whig NJ heart
despite the position OF iudgeadvocate
which no oeeupled-was overheard
by ono of the Jurors TO muticr In the
ear OF a brother counsel;
"oh. my soul. that Swnrthy rascal
has given his lordship a scare. les
pity he must hang. For man who
can brighten Jclfroys should so far"
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CAPPY KICKS
He Discourses on the Burden of Command

Mr.. Skinner. general manager OF
tho Kicks i,oBging s LAUNDERING com.
puny, prldcd himself upon being of.
noleni, tirocss and Woodworking, In
fact. to such AN extent did he carry
his passion Tor work that, despite the
fact that HIS eminent position and "A
quarter century OF service under
Cappy Kicks should ana did ontitlo
him 90 take his Job as light yaa Cap.
by Kicks took HIS, MIR. Skinner was
always the first at tho office and tho
last 10 leave, II no 80 far forgot him.
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Cynthia Grey viii receive call
ers on Monday. Wednesday and
Friday from ! TO D. m. and on
Tuesday and Thursday from II TO
IL a. m. at her office in the Star
Bldg. 1909 Seventh ave.
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bpiebuiu HltuiCinc
for me before my
fourth child was
born. With the
first three ! had
been sick and
weak, andhad sick
headaches twice a
week. / couldn't
keep enough food
down TO do me any
good, and my work
was left undone
vpapx, a f;poa Nv
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Dear Miss Grey: / have been
noticing OF late. an increasing de-
mand in your column from people
who have pets 20 give away and
who wish to find good homes for
them. Recently lady writes that
she had 100 calls for her little dog.
Naturally only one person could
have this little doggie. thus leay-
ing the others tthe ninety and
nine) without the happiness, OF
having that best and truest Of all
friends. the dog.
Our Humane society IS usually
filled and overlooking with desert
ed animals OF all kinds, the dear
est dogs OF all varieties and sizes.
longing and begging for homes and
freedom. for the right TO be petted.
loved. and cared for.
God gave us all animals for us
TO protect and lovingly understand
and there Is no sadder sight in all
the world than lonely. deserted or
lost dog or cat. They are denied
the right OF speech TO tell us their
wrongs (not their own. for all
dumb animals are sinless) they can
only speak with their eyes and
there are so pltifully few OF us
who understand their language.
Visit the place, you dear people
who understand and want pets in
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Suppose you had n sweetheart and
men suddenly became fools enough
10 start wearing their hair down 10
their shoulders in curls and TO grow
boards and no was 10 fall in line
with the style. how would your at
titude toward him be affected.
Or suppose he were 10 say. We'll.
now that the girls are initiating
US men. smoking cigarets. etc, I
think I'll rouge my lips and bead
my eyelashes," Suppose Ire were 70
como TO you some evening reeking
with perfume and carrying a vanity
case. what would you thlnk2
You defend girls wearing trousers
while hiking and camping, altho
short khaki skirts arc far cooler.
more comfortable and. no more in
the way. Suppose your sweetheart
insisted upon carrying a vanity case
and WEARING lace handkerchief or
were TO show up al a picnic in
skirts?
In your exuboranee OF sympathy
ioT TINS EiIl ana your WTathful de-
nunciation Of her exswain. you say
she has as much right to smoke
clgarets as any Tom. Dick or
Harry. Sure. she has as much
right. SO has any man as much
right 10 rouge his lips as any Jane.
Mary or Lucy. A man earns to
smoke when "a boy because he
thinks It manly. A girl or woman
takes up smoking. not because she
thinks il womanly. but because she
thinks II tough or smart.
oh. you hens that want 10 crow,
why can't you understand that girls
who forsake their natural feminine
charms and take on masculine hab-
It's and faults are as disgusting TO
men as men would be to women II
they perfumed and rouged. kissed
each other and wore silken lingerie.
Yea. verify there Is limit 10 all
things. but women don't know II. If
those things concern themselves.
Ho. no. HUM
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TO EXPECTANT
MOTHERS
A Letter from Mrs. Ward Tells
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Helped Her

Springfield, Ohio. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound proved a
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your home-there are such dear 1T
tie kittens there. so many homeless
cats. whom people have cruelty
neglected and deserted.
The trouble in nv case was that
did so hate to choose and leave
the rest so sad, who are not there
thru any fault of their own.
am not loving children less be-
cause love and understand ami
mails 80 dearly, but on the contrary.
as my life will prove.
There is a crying need in the
world for more compassion and
love for all animals, whether wild
or domestic. Thank you,
THE ANIMALS FRIEND.
Second Wedding
Anniversary
Dear Miss Grey: Will you kind
ly tell me what the second wedding
anniversary is?
a READER.
The second teedding anniversary
Is paper.
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Get Rid Of Fat
Where II Shows

Do you. realize that nothing but
good. substantial food and plenty OF
y VIII build muscular energy. and
thnt you must eat and eat properly
IN order TO regain your strength7