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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29
Finish Highways,
Al Terry Urges

The highway north from We.
nRichee 20 the border shouh 30 fin.
ishsd and people IN The omAk
okanoEAn. PA;sros. Brewster and
Msthov valley should be considered
when new road outlet 20 tho east
Is contemplated. according 10 Al
Terry. Of Seattle. who Ia after ths
q. o. p. nomination for state audi.
tor. The auditor IL automatically
a member OF the stat. highway
commission.
Highway programs have been
used too largely In tho past 10 get
votes Terry charged In a letter %
o. ", Woody. okanogan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29

Donald a. Mcdonald. former pro.
hibiti0n chief was appointed director
o. the state democratic campaign
Friday by Clarence D. Martin. Of
Cheney. State headquarters will be
opened IN Seattle within a few days
". a. Perkins Of Seattle was nam.
ed executive secretary Of the cam
paign COMMITTEES BY Mcdonald.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29
Invite Seattle to
Pendleton Roundup

Au invitation 10 seattle 10 az
tend the Pcndlltgn roundup thls
fan is hr.ng extended this week b.
Arthur =. Ruld 81 thc pendleton
Chamber Cf Commerce THO annual
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29
IN
HAIIINU N
TIE MONEY MAkER"

a shrimp net consists Of a long
boom with curved runners az each
end. which Is swung out over the
stern Of the boat and dropped by
a cable 20 the bottom Of the water.
Tho boom draEs AZ right angi's
TO the eouno OF the boat. pre-
vented By the runners from sinking
Into the mud. The net Is fastened
10 the boom and draEs behind e..
u IL mort Of sack affair with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29
BANDIT STEALS $40

Twenty dollars was the loot OBJ
tanned by a lone. mashed bandit.
who. Thursday night. vietimtSed a
Standard OIL station operator NJ
18th ave. and Republican st. Tho
man escaped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29

Baron ByHg. Of VimH goU-
eraor0eneral Of Canada. loill
be host TO the Prince Of
Wales during his highness'
stay in the provinces. He
i0H be ono Of those IL The
royal bor at the MeadoW-
brook matches.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29

- mls car Win D. held from
$ftembrr rs 20 20
Tiykct sales This ltar arc 81 10
h. running IN advance of tho 1888
gate A. crowd of 100000 Do expect
cd Ruda aays Roads 70 rcndlelon
from SEATTLE will be an good shape
for the trip.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-29

This = s9othsr insiallment ~
the sorry Of Linden ". Fentf
and his family. iournsyinE irpm
ssatthN 10 Alaska In a l6foot
open boat.
Evening star., 1924-05-16

them. u mint of hard, white teeth,
like the stee! claws of that tigre SIS
she resembied, sheathed in the vel
vet paw. Her eyes matched her hair
yellow. amazing eyes, long, with
heavy lids dropping over them, so
that they showed like lamps half
dimmed, somnoIentIy burning.
Elise knew she was great. Lon
don welcomed her, New York had
acclaimed her, Buenos Aires had
fiocked to see her, Paris worshiped
her. All that Elise knew to be true,
for I1olette was the premier danseuse
of the world, with the world at her
feet. often Elise had wondered what
thrills there must be in occupying
Lolette's position; a wonder she had
forgotten when listening to that
ominous prediction of DR.. Lapierre S
that always there comes the little
slip. the great temptation.
Il have watched you. Elise. long.
The strain Of your work at the thea
ter. of your endurance of that Wom-
an Lolette's bullying, and Of nursing
Marthe. is leaving its mark ~on you.
You are walking on the narrow edge
OF breakdown. ] warn you now"
His voice was gathering to itself a
quality of tremulous passion. Il have
protested within myself against it,
land against the fact that one like
bringing should" He stopped. as
though al a loss for words. as though
his own intensity overwhelmed him.
Should what. doctor" Elsie was
striving TO be calm.
THAT you should come to Paris
and live-eXiSt-amid foulness and
vice. who were born TO some thing
Evening star., 1924-05-16
CHAPTER III.
EIsSa


She was slightly above Tho .var.,,
iieisht' with graceful elegance about
her Whlch was smooth, like velvet
and in the still quiet of the old room.
WIN its faded furnishings, its somber
UNITS, its distinctive odor of medicines
interminSled with the close mustiuess
"hlch sat heavily on its atmosphere,
she was like lily Towering in shad-
oW. Her hair, looped low over her
ears, and dressed simply, was blue
black, with the sheen of ravens
plumage. In vivid contrast to it, her
eyes were blue-wide, frank eyes.
with steadiness in them which told
OF thoughts free from all tortuous-
ness. Her cheeks were delicate.
touched overmuch with palIor, but
clear and fresh. There was poise to
her head, sweep in the lines of her
throat, a repose, which told of breed
ing and heritage of pride no financial
misfortunes could obliterate
Through the chink of a partly
closed door came the subdued tinkle
self in his little dispensary on the
connecting of medicine for Marthe. her
sister. and, steadily, a monotone un-
der the otherwise heavy stiffness of
the room, she could hear the low
murmur of traffic from the nearby
Boulevard de Clichy. Across the way.
through the tall curtain drawn win
dow, she could see the louvre shutters
OF the old houses opposite thrown
back in an eager effort to admit some
or the spring sunshine which was
kissing Paris to wakefuIness
Dr. Lapierre opened the door of the
olspensary quietly, and stood for a
moment on the threshold regarding
her as she sat in the tall chair with
Evening star., 1924-05-16
THE yENING WASHINGTON FRIDAY. MAY 16 1924

her back toward him. He would be,
perhaps, forty-five or fifty, man
with whom years had dealt harshly,
Ior casual observer might set his
age at sixty. He was slight and small
Win rounded, narrow shoulders and
his hair. thin high up on the temples,
was gray above his ears. while his
sHlootn -shaVen face was more lined
than it should have been.
HIS eyes, kindly and inclined to-
ward retrospection, softened as he
studied the girl in the chair, softened
ana hlled with quick, eager yearn-
ing which died. He stepped into the
room.
We'll, Elise. l hope you haven't got
tired of Waiting?"
She got to her feet mot at all.
doctor. The same medicine and the
same doses?"
He handed the little bottle in its
neat. white paper wrapping across
to her Exactly"
Twice a week she came to this room
and fetched medicine for Marthe. and
twice a week DR.. Lapierre visited the
room in the Rue jacques where
Marthe had lain on her back through
three long years of suffering and
patient hope
handed over, they chatted for few
moments on Il diversity of common
topics. but this morning Elise sensed
something about DIR. Lapierre which
tHethtu htf 10 TAX anu
prompted in her a desire to leave.
They stood for ii second or two awk-
wardly; then she sa id: We'll, ! sup
pose / must go. Au revoir, doctor
You'll be along tomorrow"
She held out her hand and he took
it, ignoring her question and her fare
well. and holding her fingers so that
she could not release them. His eyes
were alight somnolently.
Don't go yet" he said. II want to
talk to you-about yourself"
She was trembling the slightest bit
vaguely apprehensive and vaguely
indefinitely protestant against stay
ing. She guessed what he was going
to talk about and she did not want
to hear it. not because il would be
offensive, but because, somehow-and
she could not gay In what way-it
would 10 distasteful, not right.
Lapierre broke the silence in which
she auuieSCed to his wish that she
should stay. He spoke disjointedIy,
nervouSly, like man avoiding the
one thing he wishes to discuss, but
gradually gathering his courage for
it's pronouncement.
AT last he walked quietly back
into the room and closed the door
with unconscious carefuiness after
him.
Evening star., 1924-05-16

| touches those things outside the pale
! of ordinary sheltered existence. On
| thiS last | have pondered much be
! fore putting it into writing. Yet be-
| cause II is Il page torn from life'S
book. because it tells Of real happen
/ iugs to = poor creature caught in>the
/ maelstrom of dread unSpeakable
which .wirls beyond the fringe of all
! great cities. think it is worth the
| telling.
These things are and always will
! be. There is lesson in them for
| those who wish TO find it; there must
at least be interest for those who
study humanity.
In presenting the story to YOU I
indulge in no argument. 1t is a plain
tale, as | have said. which endeavors
not to point IA moral 1T tells of Il
girls coming to surely the most
dreadful crossroads that ever could
be conceived.
make no comment. That she did
right or wrong is for YOU to Judge
when all the story is told.
That she suffered we none of Ms
can deny. That she paid cent per cent
for all the happiness she may have
Snaiched is beyond all argument.
Some Of YOU may say. when you
have turned the last page. that the
story Is narration of those things
which are tacitly left out of the daily
intercourse between ordinary, respec
table people. In this, alone, / would
argue with you
There are many daughters of men
in the world. We all of US know
some girl or other, sweet and fresh.
with her feet on the threshold of life
her eyes gazing ahead in innocence
ana purity toward the day when she
shall meet the man who will take her
and shelter her.
After all, Elise was only like them
In the beginning. She dreamt of
the beau chevalier, the .parfit. ger il
knight. So when YOU read of Elise,
when YOU are disposed to consider
her story questionable. think that
there. but for the grace of God, walk
ed that girl you know, that girl YOU
honor, that girl whose eyes have
seen only the sunshine and the roses
of life. and to whom the other side
lS a place unknown.
The paths of our lives are never
straight, neither can any of US saw
What the morrow may offer We can
not judge cur neighbors-we dare not
Judge. If only we stop to think awhile.
For what man knows his own weak
ness. or what woman her own frailty.
until the ultimate test is applieda
virtue Is easy to the yirtuous and for
those never tempted Righteousness is
gift.
So that we more fortunate ones can
Evening star., 1924-05-16

better and finer-that YOU should
nightly consort with that woman,
listen to her vile talk, her,
Elise interrupted him swiftly. "One
must live, doctor. Lolette pays me
for helping TO dress her, and the
money she gives me keeps Marthe
and me. What would you? And be-
cause one looks at vice one need not
be vicious"
He laughed. short and hard. THAT
holds for a time, Elise-for a time
the great temptation" He spoke sud
denly as though inspired, as though
he saw clearly that which he pre-
dicted and knew it to be true, and in
the seeing, following on the inspira- :
tion. came fear. sheer terror of what
he himself told. God. Elise. That
you should ever come to that, That
you should ever be like Lolette."
Elise's white teeth bit for a mo-
ment at her lip; then she smiled
wanly. you are too disturbed, doc
tor. You distress yourself unneces-
sarily. | am all right. And-we must
live, and until something better
comes along, / must stay with Lo-
lette."
She would have turned from him,
Something better has come along,
Elise, he said quietly, and with a
neWfound steadineSs. "At least,
hope you will consider it better
love you
He was sincere. His apprehension
for her well being. the simplicity of
his statement, showed Elise that; and
yct-she was filled, not with pain that
his love should be hopeless, not with
Evening star., 1924-05-16

pity for him, but with an iil-Gefineo
horror. an instinct to flee, the outcry
OF youth against age. youths protest
against the mating he proposed.
She "trove to speak evenly. m
sorry, doctor. | love you. too--but
don't think it could ever be. And
I'm sorry
Again his mood changed. His eyes
hared with a hint Of hardness in
them. ''Larierre is too old. eli? La
pierre may sc-ve you and your sister
without payment, but
Size cried, erect, quiyering, hurt:
Il will Pay you. 1t is just that now
] learn so little. But ] will LAY you
at oncc--I will, That you should say
that
His anger was swept away. and he
was Immediately suppliant, apologet-
ically SO.
ELISE, forgive me, | hardly know
what l said. Certainly ! did not mean
it She was walking toward the
door and he was following her Elise,
say you forgive me-"
She turned to him. Her eyes We're
nisted and her cheeks were paler
than ever: her agitation and pain
were obvious.
Il must forgive you. You have
heen SO kind. Only-that hurt me
your saying that. You will let me go
nown"
He held the door open for her. ven
turing one last appeal as she stepped
out to the barene&S Of the passage
way.
rs IT altogether hopeless You
have no thought of Marthe? That /
could inscre her future COMFORT
She shook her head. please let me
go. doctor Please
His head dropped. and she walk ed
past him and vanished down the stair.
LaEierre stood for &. few moments
after she had gone. and the expression
on his face was unreadable. II might
have indicated despair, anger, sorrow,
il might have shown an impulse to
surrender To some suddenly arisen
temptation. 70 adopt some suddenly
conceived idea: il might have shown
merely vac.llation and doubt; but
none Of these could be named with
certainty.
Elise was one Of Lolette's dressers.
and nightly she attended at the won
derful dressing room which, in the
great Theater Internationale, WAS one
Of Lolette's fads. Maurice Brunei,
the entrepreneur, had built the Inter
rationale. the most magnificent
theatre in Paris, on the slope of the
Rue de Clichy, and folk said that he
had built it for Lolette. Certainly he
had built this dressing room at Lo-
lette'S direction.
1t was great room. with two
cur dpdT IHl6nlS, one
at either end, one of which was a
bathroom and the other in the way of
being an immense wardrobe cupboard,
place where Lolette kept her price
less gowns and furs. The center main
chamber was almost austere in its
lack of ornate decoration. Its floor
was covered by a carpet of subtle
grays and rnauves, bordered heavily
with black. The upholstery Of the
few chairs was of the same pattern.
and the wood of them was ebony. as
was the wood of the lavish dressing
table with it's costly and glistening
articles de toilette. its morrors and
it's shaded lamps. The ceiling was
gray-pIain biue-gray. The walls
were draped heavily in black velvet,
soft and luscious. darker than night
its somberness, unrelieved except for
two great oval mirrors in gilt frames.
with d candle lamp to either side Of
them.
1t was clever room. for it set off
the yellow, fiaring brilliance of Lo
lette like a painted background, and
through its door had passed many
Evening star., 1924-05-16

| men-great men. famous men. mean
men, wealthy men. society parasitic
clever men, and fools--aii come to
worship at the shrine of Lolctte.
whose amf urS caused even Paris H.
lit its eyebrows sometimes and chat !
ter eXcitedIS all along the string Of
boulevard cafes.
On the night of that day when Elise
heard DR.. Lapierre's confession. Lo-
lette was in one of her moods. which
meant that she was exceedingly bad
tempered and vicious. She called IT
temperament She had twice declared
that she woGld not show: had thrown
scent bottle at Brunei and had
boxed the ears of Heloise, the oldest
and chief of her dressers. The others
she had sent weeping away. except
Elise To her she was cruel in dit
fereM fashion
They We're alone. for old Heloise, her
ears still tinglin2. had been pack ct
OH to the wardrobe cupboard. Elise
was standing behind Lolette, brush
ing out her hair. Before them was
the great dressing table, with its
lishtS, its silver and its glass, its
half dozen mirrors. and across Lo-
!ette head Elise could look into Lo-
letteS mirrored evil eyes.
They were watching her balefulls
and Elise tried to avoid their gaze as
much as possible. OF late she had
begun to ask herself if her position in
the dressing room was not rapidly be
coming untenabIe. LOlette was subtly
changing her attitude toward her
There had been time when the
dancer had ignored her as completely
as she ignored the other girls. except
when in the grip of one Of her fits OF
passion, but recently she had com
menced TO pay her some attention.
and the attention was Vindictiye
rather than kind
Elise could recall when this new at
titude of Ilolette's had made itself
evident, could remember the begin
ming of the savage. sideIong glances
at her from the strange, heaVy-lidded
feline eyes. 1t began on that daS
when first some of the men who visit
ed Iolette had noticed herself. From
then on their advances had becom@
more and more open, until there were
certain Of them. she was sure, who
came to see her as much as her mis-
tress. She admitted this to herself
without egotism-rather in fact. a
something TO be dcplored. vet true
There was the Count Mordac-Lo-
lette's fayorite-who always found i
smile foF her. Elise told herself thai
her stay with Lolette was rapidly
shortening.
Lolette having watched her in 81
lence for some time. suddenly saic
You will find your salary here none
too great-hein?'
Il live on il, mada m" Elise knew
at what Lolette vas limiting, for this
was not the first time the dancer had
mentioned the question Of her salary
Lolette sneered- THAT is almost in
credible in one so beautiful At least,
they say you are beautiful"
Elise flushed 1T is true. madam
"Tcha" Lnlette's white thumb and
forefnger snapped like q breaking
stick. Pink purity You stand and
tell me-
Elise stopped brushing and looked
into the reflection of the smolderine
eyes before her. and III the look she
understood something else Of Lo-
lette's enmity for her. something
above the favors Of the jackals who
hung about Lolette's heels and paid
cent per cent for Lolette's smiles.
Evening star., 1924-05-16
CHAPTER 3.-THE LIGHTED WAY

Iolette was an artistic.
Elise. when looking at Lolette, al
ways pictured n tigress, sleek and
yellow and fierce. brooking no guild
ance. going ever forward on her own
path. needing no mans word. The
vision of Lolette dwclt vividly in
Elise's brain.
She was. thought Elise. from the
top of her amazing head down
through the sinuous length of her, to
the toes of those feet which had
earned her d fortune, like a living
flame leaping high, burning swiftly
Her hair was yellow golden. and il
ringed her pink and white face in a
cloud like garnered sunshine. 1t was
too short to dress in the accepted
fashion and was always brushed
straight, SO that it stood out at right
angles TO her scalp. Her lips made
Elise shudder. full lips, redder than
any salve could make them; now smil-
ing, now inviting to kiss, now loose
and twisted in anger; with behind
Evening star., 1924-05-16

only watch and learn, and, in our
hearts. pity.
Elise has many friends now but.
except for one other whom YOU will
meet in her story, ] think that my
friend and myself, with the old houle-
Warbler, are numbered as her closest
and best
He and we two stand respect full be-
fore her knowing her, knowing what
sne has been. remembering ouiy what
she is; and our hearts are hers.
SO surely the story of such a wom-
ing.
For. after all, and in spite of all.
everything came right in the end.
Evening star., 1924-05-16
Tomorrow: "TarniShed Wings. /"

During the last twenty years car
ada's occupied farms have increased
by over zoos and their acreage IL
Il .nnn 600
Evening star., 1924-05-16

Copyright, 1924, in L. s and Canada 10y
North American Newspaper Alliance Al
rights reserved. Copyright in England.)
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23

Announce yourself, Mr. Candidatei
Attend the track meet here May 2-3.
Fire Insurance-Hovey & Tunisoni
Mack. the Salmon shoe man, was
here list Sunday
Ward Jones was in from Morgan
creek the latter part Of last week.
Chase 4 and Barzilla ". Clark Of
Mackay, were here Monday on bust
ness.
Frank skeels was in town Monday
On his way to Bayhorse from a trip
to Mackay.
L. a. Hansen and Bert Muffet of
Mackay, we're here last week on
short business trip.
John G. Jarvis was DOWN from his
ranch above Bayhorse creek the lat
ter part Of last week.
Roscoe Hamilton was here from
his home in Pahsamaroi Tuesday on
q mission Of business.
Quincy James and wife went down
to Salmon last Sunday for a visit
with relatives and friends
Beatrice Foley came up from Mac
kay last Saturday evening and spent
the weekend with her folks here.
Nj. Chapman. prominent Snake nv
er valley sheep man, was here last
Saturday eIroute 10 his home from
trip &c Salmon
I have a few 5 gallon cans OF honey
that 7 viii sell at 500 each. deliver
ed, while they last.-E. B. RAN
DOLPH, Salmon. Idaho A2o
Rev. c. S. Rice OF Boise. viii be
here for next Sunday. Mr.. Rice is
superintendent Of Congregational
Home Missions, and viii preach ar
the church that day. AL are invited.
Messrs. Fullmer, Swauger and West
of the Lost river valley. composing
the Independent Highway District
Board, were here last week for a joint
session with the Board OF County
Commissioners.
Mrs. Frank II. McKendrick Of Boz
Sc, was here last week on a short
mission OF business. Mr.. McKendrick
is well known 10 many Of our citizens
Who will be grieved to learn that he
is suffering from tuberculosis, con-
tracted while in the service Of the
during our recent unpleasant
ness with Germany and her allies.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23

School Annual-The Challis Public
School is gettig out the first Annual
ever published by the school. Three
hundred copies will he printed, giving
pictures of the graduates. views Of
the building and will also include ma
ny pages of history Of the Challis
Schools, description of the magnifi-
cent building. the subjects taught,
and will be a treasure for those
interested in our schools. It will be
very comprehensive book, a work
of mechanical art, and something Of
which the town and school may just
ly be proud. Professor Waters is in
charge Of the work Of compiling the
Annual and all those desiring one or
more copies should make their wants
known to him at once. Get~a few cop
les and mail them out to friends and
help advertise our schools.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23
Another contest-The Central Id

Another contest-The Central Ida
no Rod and Gun Club has another
contest on. The Club is divided into
two sides ad the losing side buys
dinner at the Beardsley Springs. The
points allowed for the different birds
and animals are: Sparrows. I jack
rabbits, 2; kinghshers, 3; crows. 4;
magpies, 5; owls, 6; hawks, 7; rattle
snakes. s; bobcats %; cougars 100;
while ten points are allowed for each
rev member brought into the organ
ization. The Club is growing very
fast and will soon have membership
of 100.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23

Joint Meeting-The Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners and the Board of
Commissioners of the Lost River indie
pendent Highway District, met in joint
session here last week, for the pur-
pose of taking up the matter of the
$500 contribution toward the construc-
ton cost of the bridge over the Sal
mon river to the Beardsley Hot
Springs. The matter was settled f.
nalIy, when each Board granted $500
toward such costs.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23

Order Books Audted-The Board Of
County Commissioners entered into
a contract with Byron Defenbach Of
Boise, to audit the county books back
for a period of five and one-half
years. The books of Custer county
have never been audited and while
no irregularities are anticipated, it
Is believed that a regular audit of the
county books is something that ought
to be done regularly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23

Surprise Party A large number
of the young friends of Miss Bernice
Kerr, gave her a surprise party at
the home of her grandmother in this
city last Saturday night. The occas-
ion was the anniversary of this pop
ular young lady's birth. A very pleas
ant evening was spent.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-23

Creamery Man Heretofore Bra
man and wife of Pocatello, were here
several days the fore part of the
week. Mr.. Braman is connected with
the Mutual Creamery of Pocatello and
was looking after the company's in
terests here.