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CHAPTER ni--contlnued.

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She was alone-alone! Beyond law,
Justice, mercy even. without a friend.
a hope; a mere atom left to perish at
the win Of a brute. Even God had de-
serted her.
Her wrist watch had stopped, and
she possessed no knowledge Of the time,
vet surely II must be late. The respite
now would be short those who We're
coming to carry ont this mockery
could not be delayed much longer.
She even hoped now they would come;
anything was better than this uncer-
tairty. this horror OF waiting.
She wondered where Bob Meager
was, and what he was doing. There
was no movement about the house,
except that Of the cook In the detached
kitchen. The fellows regular work
would have been completed long ago
no doubt he was busily preparing
some sort OF feast with which to cele-
brate the wedding. The wedding Her
wedding There was the harsh mock
cry Of laughter In her voice as she
hUEtutEu ONCi utOuu INV tVht& NVthos
Her weddingi Girl-like she had o
dered often what Il would be like.
And now II was here she was actually
waiting the hour. the moment. And
the husband; the man whom Fate or
the devil had brought to her? He
was waiting. too. no doubt. alone in
the front % yonder. drinking him
self into a reckless courage. becoming
b greater demon with every moment
OF delay. II was too much, too much.
The very heart seemed to 20 out OF
her, and she buried her face In her
arms on the sill. her body shaking
with the sobs which could no longer
be restrained
Suddenly her ears caught the dis
tant sound Of horses hoofs through
the silence, and she sat up. gasping
for breath, once more clutched by fear.
Yes. they were actually coming. the
end was already at hand he had not
lied to her, not merely threatened
he was really brute enough to carry
out the mad scheme. She was upon
her feet, standing. motionless and
rigid, back beyond view, when the
little party rode up to the main door
or the rench house. which opened at
their approach. q startling beam Of
Hight flashing within.
There were but three in the com-
pany, all men. Two Of the faces she
could not distinguish at all, one a
rather trim figure, sitting his saddle
like a cavalry man; the other a hump
sux. decidedly ungaIniy fellow. topped
with a broad Mexican sombrero which
completely shaded his features. These
two remained mounted. but the third
man swung instantly down from the
saddle. noisily greeting Meager as he
stepped into the open doorway. He
was q heavily built American. with
coarse bloated face. and ore a
xcraggIy beard. When he spoke he
croaked like a frog.
"Hulio. Bob" he called out. wad-
dling forward. WELL. I got here all
right
$50 1 see,v with no special cordially
m the voice. which was hoarse from
SsFs sAnd you didn't come alone.
Clarity !; who the hi Is with your"
"Alonei" He sputtered out q laugh.
sDld you think I'd ride across that
id desert at night alonef Not for
sll the money you got, Bob Meager.
Arvan csme along with me. an out
here &c Silver Springs we run int
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cutIcura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Cur
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This fs
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
IL Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet Observation-Disclosures
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FRISCO KID"

SYNOPSIS.-On the isolated
Meager ranch. on the southern
border. Deborah Meredith, trained
nurse. 10 in attendance on Mrs.
Meager. whose husband has re-
Gently been killed. Immediately
after the death, Bob Meager. Mrs.
Meager's stepson. arrives and
takes possession. He Insults
Deborah and she resolves to
leave. but there seems no posi-
bility of her getting away. Mea-
ger gloats over Deborah's plight.
He tells her he has sent for a
justice OF the peace. who will
marry them tomorrow. Horri-
ned. the girl secures "A revolver.
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won,t Chance womsn,s Dress.

Scientist-SOme day the earth wiig
become so cold that man will not be
able to live upon 1t.
Fozzleton-Yes, but I suppose the
women will go on dressing just about
the same as they do now.-New Bed
ford Evening Standard.
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BABIES CRY
FOR ~"CASTOR|A"
Prepared Especially for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been In use for over 30 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for Cas-
tor Oil, Paregortc. Teething Drops and
Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot.
les. Proven directions are on each
package. Physicians recommend 1t.
The genuine bears signature OF
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More Likely.

More Likely.
Newspapers make s of some
very strange expressions" remarked
Mrs. Snaggs.
do they?" replied her husband.
'For instance. here is an article
which speaks Of SPECTATORS poeketing
fheir losses, when I should suppose
that they really unDocketed them."
We worry too much about the x
pected that never happens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-22

The kinds of beads women are
buying for making beaded hand
bags. etc. in large assortment of
beautiful colors--very specially
priced at 10 punches for soc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
SAM in ACTION


Mrs. Horace Hignett, world
famous writer on theosophy, au-
thor Of "The Spreading Light"
etc. etc. arrives in New York on
3 lecturing tour. Eustace, her
son, is with her. Windles, ances-
trail home of the Hignetts, is his,
30 her life Is largely devoted to
keeping him unmarried. Enter
her nephew, Sam, son OF Sir NAL
laby Marlowe, the eminent Lon
don lawyer. It Is arranged that
Sam and Eustace shall sail to-
gether on the Atlantic the next
day. Enter Bream Mortimer,
American, SON OF q friend of an
insufferable American named
Bennett, who has been fostering
Mrs. Hignett TO lease Windles.
Dream informs her that will
helmina Bennett is waiting for
Eustaca at the Little Church
Round the Corner. Bream him
self Is In love with Wilhelmina.
Mrs, Hignett marches or to Eus-
\ tace's room. The scene shifts
TO the Atlantic at her pier. Sam,
heading for the gangplank. meets
q glorious, red<headed girl. with
whom he Instantly falls in love,
though her dog bites him. Eustace
appears. heart-broken. 1t appears
that his mother had punched his
trousers" and delayed the cere-
mony, whereupon Wilhelmina had
declared the wedding on.
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By P. G. WODETIOUSE

the dock sighted the girl She gesticu-
lated at him. He gesticulated at her.
She appeared helpless and baffied. but
he showed himself person Of re-
source, Of the stuff Of which great gen.
erals are made. Foch is Just like that,
bird at changing preconceived plans
to suit the exigencies Of the moment.
The man on the dock took from his
pocket a pleasantly rotund wad of
currency bills. He produced hand
kerchief, swiftly tied up the bills in
II, backed to give himself room, and
then, with all the strength of his arm,
he hurled the bills in the direction OF
the deck. The action was greeted by
cheers from warm-hearted populace.
Your New York crowd loves liberal
provider.
One says that the man hurled the
bills in the direction Of the deck, and
that was exactly what he did. But the
years had robbed his buckingham Of
the timber strength which, forty sum
mers back, had made him the terror
Of opposing boys baseball teams. He
still retained fair control but he
lacked steam. The handkerchief with
its precious contents shot in a grace
full arc toward the deck, fell short by
good six feet and dropped into the
water, where 1t unfolded like a lily,
sending twenty-dollar bills, ten-dollar
bills, five-dollar bills. and an assert
,ment of ones floating over the wave
let's. The cheers Of the citizenry
changed to cries of horror. The girl
uttered q plaintive shrek. The boat
moved on.
1t was at this moment that Mr.. Oscar
Swenson. one OF the. thriftiest souls
who ever came out Of Sweden, per-
ceived that the chance Of lifetime
had arrived for adding substantially
TO his little savings. By profession he
was one of those men who exc out a
precarious livelihood by rowing dream
lily about the waterfront in skiffs. He
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Put ono on : tlss pain e gone
PortuoaI,a National Epic.

The national epic Of Portugal is the
"Lusiad," written by Luis Vaz de
Camoens (1524158O) and published in,
1872, says the Detroit News. The great
poem which has been translated into
many languages, was begun by
Camoens while he was in exile in In
dia and was completed shortly after he
was allowed to return to Portugal.
Before 1700, 80 editions of the "Lusiad"
were printed in Lisbon. Although the
"Lusiad" was. as piece Of literature.
tremendous success, it netted Its au-
thor little financial gain. for. as his
epitaph. destroyed in 1775. read, "He
lived poor and neglected and so died"
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was doing so now and, as he sat medi-
tatively in his skiff, having done his
best to give the liner good send-off by
padding round her in circles, the
pleading face of twenty-dollar bill
peered up at him. Mr.. Swenson was
not the man to resist the appeal He
uttered sharp bark of ecstasy,
pressed his derby hat firmly upon his
brow and dived in. A moment later
he had risen to the surface and was
gathering up money with both hands
He was still busy with this con-
genial task when tremendous splash
at his side sent him under again; and
rising for a second time, he observed
with not little chagrin that he had
been joined by young man in blue
flannel suit with an Invisible stripe.
"Syensk I" exclaimed Mr.. SwensQn
or whatever it is that natives of Swe-
den exclaim in moments of justifiable
annoyance. He resented the advent of
this newcomer. He had been getting
along fine and had had the situation
well in hand. To him Sam Marlo.se
represented Competition, and FIR
Swenson desired no competitors in his
treasure seeking enterprise. He trav-
els, thought Mr.. Sweuson, the fastest
who travels alone.
Sam Marlowe had touch of the
philosopher in him. He had the ability
to adapt himself to circumstances. 1t
had been no part Of his plans to come
whizzing down off the rail into this
singularly soup-like water which
tasted in equal parts Of oil and dead
rats; but, now that he was here he
was prepared to make the best of the
situation. Swimming, it happened, was
one of the things he did best, and
somewhere among his belongings at
home was furnished pewter cup
which he had won at school in the
Saving Life" competition. He knew
exactly what to do. You get behind
the victim and grab him firmly under
his arms, and then you start swim
ming on your back. A moment later
the astbnished Mr.. Swenson, who, be-
ing practically amphibious, had not
anticipated that anyone would have
the cool impertinence to try and save
him from drowning, found himself
seized from behind and towed vigor-
ously away from ten-dollar bill
which he had almost succeeded in
grasping. The spiritual agony caused
by this assault rendered him merci-
fully dumb; though, even had he con-
trlved to utter the rich Swedish oaths
which occurred to him. his remarks
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"But suppose all brave men
are modest"
GRO BE coNTINUED.)
New Use for Motor Truck.

Any tive-ton motor truck. measur-
ing approximately nine feet from the
rear of the drivers seat to the CEN
ter of the rear axle, can be converted
into a locomotiye-type crane for serv.
ice on many construction Jobs, by
means of equipment now available.
The new attachment is built mostly
of steel and has four-cylinder gaso-
line engine. developing 30-horse power.
for swinging and raising the boom and
for operating hoisting hook. or any
standard half-cublc-yard grab bucket
weighing not over 200 pounds. The
crane, unmounied, weighs six tons, and
outrigsers with jacks insure its stabil-
ity when handling loads.
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MY DOG

The beautiful movie queen was OBJ
durate.
Il will not jump off that cliff"
Her press agent attempted to reason
with her.
why, you have risked your COM
plexion thousand times in worse
jumps than that"
but this director is a brute" she
explained.
"Huh?" he asked.t s
HE wants me to jump with my dog
in my arms"
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At the Antiouarlan's.

Customer What? One thousand
dollars for this chair? Last time /
asked the price it was only $500.
Shopkeeper-That's true, sir; but
remember labor and material have
gone up great deal since then.
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An EXCLAMATION.

A new suburbanite was asked why
he didn't make a garden.
II prefer" he replied, ito depend on
the grocer for my vegetables. When
ask him for beans he doesn't give me
Unison weed instead"
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face, Sam shot to the surface. Some
thing hard and sharp prodded him in
the head. Then something caught the
collar Of his coat; and, finally, spout
ing like whale, he found himself
dragged upward and over the side of
boat.
The time which Sam had spent with
sfr. Swenson below the surface had
been brief, but It had been long enough
to enable the whole floating population
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Modern complexities.

"John, our new maid is leaving be-
cause we don't like the things she
likes"
"Good heavens! It's got so that
one has to consider not only a girls
references, but her preferences as
we'll"
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A Sufficient Task.

do you enjoy playing the new
Chinese gamer"
II haven't thought of learning the
game" replied Miss Cayenne. II am
merely trying to master the vocabu-
larry and the scoring system. Wash
ingtOn Star.
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Trouble.

"Oh, myi Isn't it awful!'
The worried woman rubbed her head
frantically.
whats trouble?" asked her friend.
"Oh, Eve saved up just enough
money to get divorce, but it'll take
at least six months to get it, and then
I'll need fur coat!'
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Moi Much.

Mame-I don't know whether 1
ought to recognize him in the city or
not. Our acquaintance at the, sea-
shore was very slight.
Madge-You promised to marry
him, didn't you?
'Mame-Yes, but that was all.
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Lonc skirts.

Il hope the women won't let their
skirts mop the sidewalks"
Ssh! Don't irritate 'em. First thing
we know every wife will wear street
train, and every husband will have to
quit work to carry It." 4
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Mysteries OF credit.

A man whose credit is n. 6.
Is sure to pine and fret;
With too much credit. soon he'll be
In grief because of debt.
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ought to Be.

Ought to Be.
An irascible artist was busily en-
gagged in painting bit of sky when a
young lady set up an easel not far
from him. With palpable hostility he
moved to distant spot.
She said: Il am sorry l disturbed
you. l thought there was sky enough
for everybody"
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Its Size.

Bob-She was born with q silver
spoon In her mouth.
Bob ttaking good look at her)-
Rather looks as if it had been ladle.
london Answers M
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IOMEN! DYE FADED
THINGS NEW AGAIN
Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Gar.
nnent or Drapery.

Each 15-cent package Of diamond
Dyes" contains directions SO simple
that any woman can dye or tint any
old, worn. faded thing new. even if
she has never dyed before. Choose
any color at drug store.-Advertise-
ment.
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TOO PERSONAL.

/. 81 TOO PERSONAL.
My personal property was great
~ over taxed this year, was yours ?'s
Yes, the doctor told me had q
severe case Of over taxed nerves."
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AFTER THE STORM.
Shipwrecked Bug-Ah. saved at
last There is the light housed
The Jolners.

The Joiners.
In curiosity we turn
To hear each novel shout.
And keep on joining things to learn
Just what they're all about.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-12
FUTURE POLICY.

Representative industrial is the goal of Amer
unonsm Service and production must be substitute
private profit the dominating in industry
These declarations outstanding features of the policy
report executive council of the American Federation OF
Labor The executive pointed out that hitherto
has of necessity mainly concerned itself with securing
larger opportunities for life by restricting the arbitrary and r-
responsible control industrial and workshop con-
ons But its mission the promoter of the general welfare OF
imes to important field Labor now
participates fully in the decisions that shape human life
than before and full in America than other
ton earth Labos present program includes vastly more
the Commanding of better and better conditions of
work, vital as those and have BEEN"
Henceforh the organization of the workers into trade
the conscious organization of of the most vital
functional elements for enlightened participation in democ
racy of industry whose must be the extension of free
DOM the eanchsement of the producer suc the of
industry chaos profeerng and purely individual whm in
GLIDING individual ncapacy and the of industry also from
the domination of incompetent political bodies declares the
ecutive council.
The operation of industry for the sole of producing
profit has led many abuses and by establishing democracy in
industry much of this abuse be eliminated and has been
industries but is the mission of the American Federation
of Labor to make exceptions but to make the rule general
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-12
EMPLOYERS OPPOSE
SHORTENING HOURS

by Federal Council of churehes)
On October Is the citizens Of Maine
will be called upon to vote on leg
islative proposal to limit the hours
of labor of women employed In indus
try in that state to 4S-per week. At
present there is a fifty-four hour
hour legal maximum.
The Enlarged Committee of Asso-
ciated Industries, representing the
employers, has been declared in ex-
tensive newspaper advertisements that
the passage of the law would put
Maine as an I'll per cent disadvan-
tage with every other industrial state
in the United States making cotton
and wool goods and shoes, except
one" They also state that the law
will tend to throw women out of work,
lower the values OF farm property.
increase the danger of Southern COM
petition in cotton-mills, increase the
present movement to the shoe indus
try towards the middle west, prevent
new industries from coming to Maine,
etc. They claim further that the a.
hour law If put into operation will cut
production IL per cent. On what this
estimate is based is not shown. Au-
thoritatfve fatigue studies show in
some instances that production is
maintained on shorter hours and in
other instances that 1t is even in
creased. The statement that the 49,
hour law in Massachusetts has "driv-
en- machinery and capital out of that
state" Is hardly consistent with the
fact that when a bill was itroduced
into the recent session of the Massa-
chusetts legislature to repeal the 49,
hour law is was defeated and 1t was
shown that the number of spindles
and looms increased more than the
number in any other New England
state. The further claim that the law
will reduce wages II per cent be-
cause machinery is now speeded to
the limit" is prediction which ap-
pears to be unsupported by evidence.
An Old Agreement
The influence of Southern competi-
tion has been proved to be greatly
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-12

oser-estlmated by the reports made
anrins the New England Textile
strike q last year ana By brief sab
mitted TO the Rhode Island Legisla-
ture during its recent session By the
Consumera' League Of that state. This
brief analyses government reports
and concludes on The evidence that:
because Of the more rapid decrease
in hours IN the South than IN the
North. because Of the more rapid IN
crease in Southern wages. because of
the decrease In rate Of growth of
looms and spindles, because Of scant
advantages in raw materials, because
Of lower productivity for Southern
operatives the alleged advantages of
Southern manufacturing have been
over-rated.'
The final argument Is: Under the
proposed Law women would be oblig-
ed to work eight hours In the same
surroundings In which they now
work nine. VIII they so employ the
extra hour as to improve their health
or morals?" This contention is iden-
teal with one of those put forward
last May by the steel manufacturers
who defended the 12-hour day They
argued that it was doubtful II the
leisure afforded men by shorter work
ing hours was actually spent at home
This argument, the three church bod
les in their widely published joint
statement pronounced unworthy and
untenable" and one that would be
bitterly resented by the millions Of
home-loving workingmen In Amer
lea"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-12
CONVICT STAYS PAL
Knitting Follows Chapel at WaIIa
WaIIa PenItentIary.

Knitting Follows Chapel at WaIIa
Walla Penltentlary.
Walla Walla, Wash. = One convict
was killed and another fatally injur-
ed at the state penitentiary Sunday
by Thomas Walton, 40, who Ieaped
from the line emerging from chapel
and drove a knife into the heart of
S. P. Burt, his former pal. He fatally
wounded George Mcdonald, 81, Burt's
cell-mate, and was then knocked down
and disarmed by E. P. Gregory, prison
guard. Mcdonald died Sunday even
ing.
Walton and Burt were old pals.
They escaped from San Quentin
prison, California, where they we're
serving first degree murder terms.
They got into trouble in Spokane.
wounding Officer cashatt. After COM
ing here Walton accused Burt of tell
ing Mcdonald things about him which
led up to Sundays affair.