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point-till the nerves of craving lie
bare!
He put the bomb into its waiting
sheath and moved his switches with
soft touch of his finger ends. like a
caress. He went quickly to his chair.
The trickle of tiny waterfall, joyous
little arpeggio: the tender light of SUM-
rise, budding rose of day; sweet breath
of waking spring, ecstatic cry of crea-
ture at the urge of natures first con-
Germ, and woman--the Creators master
touch in world made for man! Wom-
an, a-Search for Lowell
What was the meaning of such words
as prudence. folly, wisdom, rashness,
right. wrong, reason. madness? Life
itself was law. obedience was wisdom.
resistance. folly! Happy the man who
used its laws and made no attempt to
upset! The only right was joyous
yielding; the only wrong, the attempt
to thWart!
Alone. covered away from the world
surveillance, gloriouSly free of worlds
restraints. the man threw wide the
doors of his nature that he might not
lose one exquisite pang of rapturous ex-
perience. She was like the selected i'm
age in that rare realm of bliss where
non essentials are blotted out by the
kindly veil of opium! She was like
something seen through parting clouds
She was the perfect complement of all
that to him was incomplete! She was
consummation!
He did not taste, he did not drink;
he did not enjoy, he did not reyel He
lived Outside of his moment there
was nothing. Behind it no retrospect
beyond, no expectation! No memory Of
denial and defeat no anticipation of
fIt
new-only the perfect noW
On her knees she called to him and
stretched out her arms. He did not
move; she had come to him-she had
come all the way! He had only to
wait. Haste, too eager seeking, only
could destroy He waited.
But suddenly. echoing through the
high forest arches, beyond the leafy
screen, came call full-throated, COM
handing unWavering. sure; no cry of
wandering uncertainty-a glad shout
that heralded approach! The Sprite of
the Sunrise Sprang alert: she leaped to
her white feet on the velvet turf, her
answer was like note of the winds
own harp at the winds own touch; she
listened The summoning shout came
again, nearer-neari
She turned and dashed up the stair
case of root and rock and plunged at
the leafy wall: 1t opened, and from the
dim recess an arm came out and caught
her in! And all was as still as the end
of thought-the trill of the tiny foun-
tain dying as that woodland paradise
slowly dissolved and was gone!
The man struggled up. his own cry
filling the siX-square space of his secure,
little muff1ed room. He rushed at the
sheer gauze Of the curtain and snatched
it aside. as if it could conceal in it's
transparent folds the solid substance of
the vision that had fed. He shrieked
at the emptiness of his grasping hands.
He sprang at the converging walls be-
You'd, and tore at them with fingers
that merely scraped fabric away and
barred the plastered face of steel and
stone. He threw himself upon it.,
crazed to the conviction that at his
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master touch 1t must melt and yield.
He crushed the flesh on his hands.
Blood flowed from his bitten lips.
And then frenzy spent itself against
cool. old, calm facts. Painting and Whis-
pering. he turned, his back against the
wall. his broken hands dropping at his
sides. and stared-Stared into the empty
white light!
After a time his gaze roved slowly
about the white room, the muffled door,
the glimmering chairs. the stout little
mechanism of steel and brass that was
his condenser. the switchboard The
door of his bomb closet was half ajar,
as he had left it in his haste There
rested his trays in ordered sequence,
containing assorted, selected, listed and
labeled morsels of life. In one little
steel shell--juSt one--WaS imprisoned
the one shred that remained to him of
his hearts delight, unmarked, unlisted,
undescribed. One more draft of the
ineffable-and the last!
But he knew now what he had not
known before. Previous drafts had
gone to his head before he had reached
the bottom Of the cup. Now he knew
that the draft itself was but bubbles of
gas at the lips, the dregs alone were
real
That hand which had drawn his
Dawn Maiden away out of his sight was
the symbol of Fate itself, the hand that
locked his door of doors and put the
key into the grasp of his enemies!
Denial was the only fact he had-like
the ditch across the path of the Will-o'-
the-Wisp!
He did not reason out what he could
do. Heavily his mind went over the
history of his eventful night. He had
not stepped beyond his doors, yet he
had uncovered his enemy, he had killed
a man, and won and lost, and won and
lost again, in the great, still moves of
his desperate game.
When the deep trembling in him sub
sided at last enough to permit, he
dragged himself back into ordinary con-
facts for a few hours To secure means
of renewing the fight!
his injured hands. Then he turned to
the completion of his multiple-con-
Genser. For days he worked perfecting
that. Events came and went about
him, reports of a country ablaze with
excitement over the Vicarion-Van
Wrinkle begging him to spare himself;
a riot and panic in a theater, where
people fought to get in, not out-and
Phyllis looking at him with frightened
eyes; fire that destroyed in q night a
great block of the studios he had
bought-and Miss Arden bringing him
basket of fruit and a wreath of smiles ;
sober threat of State interference in
his affairs-and Carol repeating broad
jests she had from the lips of a GER
tain red-haired English queen: a show
mans demand for records of San Fran
| cisco's f1re-and another's request for
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hurry and quite without leaving a

out hurry and quite without leaving a
traceI
But the search itself was fruitless.
In sheer WEAKNESS he turned to Nor
timer and followed that gentleman
through his activities of a week. which
involved as little physical action as
was practicable for Mortimer. And he
tired of this. Tired, tired. tired, 1t &C.
Cured to Brainard that he was him.
self the one who was being run down.
Were Mortimer and Ballard shrewd
enough to foreSee how he would spend
himself in this useless trailing?
OF course they were! Patiencel Pa
tient waiting! 1t was weapon that
he had not even considered.
When in the whole course of time
had there been such duel-and with
such weapons
And then one day, when he had idly
turned to look at the partners together,
with no calculation of time or season,
he heard Jerry Ballard dictate letter:
MY Dear Mr.. Brainard
IF you are not already familiar with
the contents of this letter before it
comes into your hands, this is to in
form you that we are holding for sale
a piece of property bequeathed to us
by the late Jeffry Homer, whom I be-
lieve you knew. We understand that
you have personal reasons for being
interested in this property. and We are
more than willing to oblige you by Of
fering it to you first for a reasonable
consideration. We frankly admit that
if our willingness to serve you in this
matter would form a basis on which
to reopen recent negotiations regarding
The Vicarion, We are ready to renew
them.
"Yours very truly
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Continued from yesterdays starr
INSTALLMENT XIV.

Ut was like respite from hand-to-
hand fighting. For the moment the
advantage seemed to lie with him.
4 Brainard turned from his long
nights work with every fiber in him
calling for rcfreshment. His fingers
shook as he disconnected the clectrlc
current from his condensing machine
His face felt stiff. as if too long drawn
in strained lines of emotion
His mind was still racing, but now
In speculation as to what Mortimer ana
Ballard might attempt IN the way OF
making something visible TO the eye
without making it visible to the con-
denser. They would take elaborate pre-
cautions. 1t was quite possible thai,
though in possession of Honer'S secret
indexes. they still did not know just
what they had that put Brainard IN
their power. Until they did know they
would be working blindly. And how
were they to learn?
Could an instrument be constructed
in which Honer'S memorandum might
be placed at such a distance from the
lens as TO cause its record to be visible
only at an exact point of focus through
that lens. and concealed from any other
point of view? And could Jerry Ballard,
say, with his eye pre-empting that SIN
gle point of view, illumine the interior
of the instrument by means of an in
closed light, long enough to memorlze a
few simple figures?
It was all possible enough But what
was to prevent the operator of con-
denser from placing his viewpoint
within the instrument itself and there
awaiting the light when they might
choose TO use it, And that MONOGRAM
dunn, once lighted, was forever available
to the condenser 1t could be destroyed,
the instrument with which it was ex-
amined might be destroyed; the men
who examined it might die; years might
come and go-tre, flood, earthquake
pass: worm and decay might do their
worst; it might pass from memory, yet
there it would remain. written, I'M
dimmed by time, untouched by all Ma
lures destroying forces, forever open TO
the eye which merely retained the trick
of looking back upon the past!
Whatever was or had been visible to
the eve was visible to the condenser.
It would be quite possible to place the
condenser's own viewpoint within the
eye itself-Ballards eye, for instance!
Just back of the lens. Where there
was light. why should not one eye see
through the lens of another?
This opened whole unthought-of
field Of possibilities. One might look
within the human body at will-with
the X-ray to light the way. But Brain
ard did not care to pursue the course
Of thought.
The fact remained that his enemies
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In the year 1885 Radley Brainard has in
vented the Vicarion. device with which it
is possible 10 recreate scenes out OF the
past The invention is a sensational sue
cess, with all the theaters installing It IN
place of motion pictures. Complete lllu-
Sions, Inc. which at that time controls 81
the Improvements on the movie. faces rum
but when Ferdinand Mortimer and Jerry
Ballard. heads OF the company, call on him.
Srainard refuses TO make terms.
BrainardS records OF the past are con-
tanned in bones which hold LIQUID ar.
and while he is protecting one OF the
bombs" which was unmarked. he sees
beautiful, soSsameF-clad eirl with whom he
falls in love. although he is enga@ed TO
Phyllis Norman. During the hrst Demon.
stration Of the Vicarlon, with Phyllis ana
her family looking on. a strange man Stas-
gers in the studio. He is unable TO tell VINO
he is. and Brainard names him Van WIN
kie and makes hirl his aid.
Brainard calls in the operator who mace
the unmarked record. but gains 10 infor-
nation from him. He orders Van Wrinkle
10 investigate the making Of the bomb.
Brainard projects one OF the three remain
Ing bombs containing the woodland scene
in which the girl with whom he is infatu-
ated appears, and decides the records were
made by Jefry Homer criminal whom he
has employed. Honor dies of fright while
listening to the voice of his dead nrother'
which Brainard projects by means OF the
Vicarion. and Honer's secret OF the bomb
which contains the sunrise nymph passes
into the HANDS of Mortimer and Ballard
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historic councils of Tammany Hall: an
inquiry from the Department of Justice
in Washington as to a certain publicly
exhibited cabinet meeting in the White
House-and Rex yelling. head of his
condenSing room, mysteriouSly i'll; de-
falcation in bank where he had heavy
deposits-and perfumed letter impreg-
mated with an irritant poison, fortui-
tously detected.
The new machine was a triumph of
ingenuity, even for him. Fifty bombs
could now be filled at once. DialS could
be SO set that the condensers could Sc
cure SO records about the same immc-
diate locality at given time; or so
records of events in the same locality
at so different times, successive or scat
tered: or SO simultaneous records in
widely separated localities. When it
was complete and installed in the
small studio, where it occupied only the
space along the wall behind the chairs,
Brainard sat down before its control
board with sense of entering the
switch tower of the world.
That night he threw out his dragnet
over the affairs of Jerry Ballard. He
looked at the doings of the man in his
office, in his home, in his bank, in his
club in his bed, in his bath. He lis
tened to his words, he watched his
moods, he compared his habits of one
day with those of another. he inter-
cepted glances at his partner, at his
wife He listened in at both ends of
telephone conversations. He read his
kilograms He went into the partners
private vault with him. he looked over
his shoulder when Ballard opened the
safe. He watched the shift of papers
from pocket to pocket when the man
changed his clothes.
He pried into pgeonholes In his desk,
when the sun shone into them or the
incandescent light. If Ballard was
grave, Brainard uncovered the reason;
if Ballard laughed. Brainard discov-
cred the cause. When Ballard was
gloomy, Brainard understood; when
Ballard was complacent, Brainard knew
why. At the end he felt that he knew
Jerry Ballard better than the man knew
himself. Few men analyze themselves
to obtain total effect. Brainard
wanted to know whether Ballard did
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Famous Bookman Dies.

BATH. England, January 80 Rl.-
Frederick Chivers. aged rs. who is re
puted to have revolutionized the art q
bookmaking. died today. He had fac
tories here and in Brooklyn, N. Y. Nj
ChiverS started operations in Americ
in response to requests from librarian
there and made 100 trips across tn
Atlantic. He is reported to have visite
more public libraries in the Unite
States than any other man. He wd
MAYOR of this city six times.
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Ten Smart Spring Models Illustrated

|. Ne,0 MILDLY blue crepe frock
aDith triangle scarf collar.
2 Peasant style shocked dress
1Uith GU-dround pledted skirt.
Z. Youthful bolero jacket dress
1Uith fared skirt, printed
blouse.
4 Raspberry crepe Surplice-
TERED effect frock.; printed
crepe ruching.
s. Birch tan crepe frock, ruf7eS
back and front: Shirred hip
line.
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f. Tailored georgette Nth a
prim collar and matching cuff
OF georgette.
+ Red crepe trock. featuring
scarf collar and fared skirt.
9 Smart black and 10hite dotted
crepe, combined NTH black
crepe.
g. Simulated t1oo-piece peplum
trock OF a gay light-colored
print.
10. Blue crepe NTH smart diago-
nal tucking; collar OF creamy
georgette.
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(To be continued tomorrow
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-10-10
Eureka Local

Carpenters have been busy this
last week repairing the Montana Ho-
tel. The building has a new balcony,
is re-roofed and is now being painted
James Sinclair of Standpoint, who
has been visiting in Eureka, returned
last week accompanied by his mother,
Mrs. Ida Sinclair.
Lawrence Beutell, who has been
driving truck for the Mountain State
Engineering Co. of Noxon, was
home for a few days last week.
Mrs. Robert Kramer and family
have moved to Kalispell.
A car loaded with 5000 quarts of
nitro-glycerine to be used in the Shell
by oil fields passed through the
Ropseville port last month in the
custody of f. B. Coombs and G. |.
Sutherland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Sampson have
returned from Spokane where Mr..
Sampson has been in the hospital for
the last three months. Mr.. Sampson
says Eureka weather feels pretty
good after the cold damp winds of
Washington.
Warren McGlenek of Wrhitefish WAS
visiting in Eureka Friday.
Hazel Schagel, who is teaching
school in Leonia, Idaho, was visiting
her parents over the week end.
Russell Zook, who has been work
ing on the signal gang for the Great
Northern, spent few days in Eu-
reka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kenehalla of
Columbia Falls expect to winter at
the Kinshella camp in the Fortine
district.
Doctor Craig reports to Eureka
friends that he and his wife are do
ing very well in Circle although they
miss the beautiful Eureka scenery.
Mrs. Cora Waller entertained four
tables of bridge at her home Wednes-
day evening in honor of Mrs. Robert
Waller. The guest of honor received
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Jaqueth & Charnholm

on all lands sold for installments on
interest and principal on the unpaid
balance of the purchase price. Tho
lands will be sold subject to all right
Of way easements obtained in the land
prior to the date Of sale.
Lands located within the limits Of
any town or city, or within three
miles of such limits which have not
been laid off into blocks and lots, win
be sold in alternate lots of not moro
than five acres each
A person holding an agricultural
or grazing lease in good standing ON
state lands has the right to purchase
the land at the highest bid made by
any other person if he attends the
sale and actually bids while the bid
ding on such land is in progress.
Every purchaser must in addition to
making the other payments, make
settlement with the owner of the i'm
provements on the land as provided
by law.
In the case Of lands under lease,
the purchaser shall be given posses-
sion by the state ON March 4 next
succeeding the date OF sale and not
before, unless the lease expires prior
to that date, except through special
agreement between the purchaser and
tn lessee. The state will refund to
the lessee any rentals paid by him
beyond March /, 1890.
(SeaD l. M. BRANDJORD,
Commissioner of State Lands and In
vestments of thes State of Montana
s26-o17-4t
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Page 131 in the office of the Clerk
and Recorder of said Lincoln County,
in order to hold said claims under the
provisions Of Section 1924 of the Re-
vised Statutes Of the United States
and the amendments thereto concern
ing annual labor on mining claims be-
ing the amount required to hold said
lode claims for the period ending De-
cember 81, x. D. 1928. And if, with
in 80 days from the personal serv-
ice of this notice or within 80 days
after the publication thereof, you fail,
or refuse, to contribute your proper
ton of such expenditure as co-own-
er, which amounts to $45000, your
interest in the claims will become
the property Of the subscriber, your
co-owner. who has made the required
expenditure by the terms Of said sec
ton.
jl25-oc24-14t JOE TETRAULT.
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for less than the appraised value and
in no case, except mortgage lands, foc
less than $40 per acre. The purchaser
is required to pay in cash on the day
of sale not less than 10 per cent Of
the total purchase price, and in case
the balance on the purchase price is
not an exact multiple of $25, then he
shall pay such additional sum as is
necessary to reduce the balance to an
even multiple of $25. He may at his
option pay larger portion of the
purchase price. He is also required to
pay the sum of S. as a fee for each
certificate of purchase to be issued
to him. The entire balance of the pur-
chase price draws interest at the rate
of per cent per annum and will be
payable on the amortization plan in
3333 annual installments. Under the 80 3
year plan, each annual installment. in
Guiding interest, amounts to practical
ly 81 per cent on such balance.
All sales are made subject to the
approval and confirmation of the
State Board of Land Commissioners.
No sale shall be deemed completed un-
til after such approval and confirma-
ton and the issue of the certificate
Of purchase.
The state reserves all minerals in
the lands sold, except that in the case
Of mortgage lands the purchaser ac-
quires part or all of the minerals,
depending upon when the state OBJ
tanned title and the statutes appli-
cable thereto. The state will have a
lien on the crops and improvements
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-10-10
II Was the Garage
Man Lucky Day

> Two accidents and one near-acci-
dent taking place on Main street hill
last Friday provided the garages
with plenty of business.
Fred Lederer lost control of his
car in front of the bank building run
ming into fire hydrant and side
swiping the Mccullough delivery
truck and in that manner started the
ball rolling. Damage to the truck was
slight but it was necessary for wreck
ers to unwrap the Lederer car from
the hydrant. Later in the day Ford
coupe backed down the hill into
Chevrolet sedan; and a large Frank
lin started downhill, luckily running
up on the curb beforeit gained enough
momentum to damage anything. Nor
al: Set your brakes
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-10-10

George McGlenn is stocking his
root-cellars with first class potatoes
from the Jerry Filiatreau farm.
Pearl Champion, the four month old
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Champion, passed away October, af-
ter a short illness. Funeral services
were from the home, Rev. Howard d.
Simpson officiating.
The Royal Neighbors will have an
annual COED party October Is. All
members are cordially invited to at
tend and bring a package for the
grab bag. For ten cents a grab you
may get the latest styles in fall hats
or dresses.
w. R. Smith is shipping q carload
of potatoes to the Somers Lumber
Company.
The Farmers Club meeting which
was scheduled for Saturday has been
postponed because Of the Plains Eu-
reka football game Saturday after
noon. The meeting will be postponed
one week.
Miss Violet McKidde of Kalispell is
visiting with Myrtle Johnson in Eu-
reka.
ALI Hunsinger and family have
moved to Rexford where he has a
position in the Ed. Madden store.
Mrs. G. A. Keyes entertained two
tables of contract bridge at her home
Friday evening. 1t was surprise
shower in honor of Miss H. Inglis
who was most agreeably surprised.
Mrs. Keyes served very delicious
luncheon.
Mrs. Herman Mills Of Cascade is
here visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Millegan.
Mrs. Fred Johnson was in kalispell
Friday While there Mrs. Johnson
Joined the Spanish-American Auxil-
larry. Mr.. Johnson was the delegate
from Eureka and attended the ma
tional convention of the Spanish War
Veterans held in Denver, Colorado.
Mrs. Minnie DE Malignon Of Min
neapolisy Minnesota, is making an in
definite stay with her sister, Mrs.
j. F. McGlenn.
Mrs. John Koehler was a Great
Falls visitor last week
Ed. DeMers and Albert Ibeson are
down from Big Greek for few days
Mrs. M. E. Hunsinger accompanied
| Mrs. Ed. Madden and her daughter
Ruth to Kalispell Saturday. -
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.H.S.NewSN Notes
Kalispell Beats Eureka 6 to 0.

Last Friday the Lincoln County
High School eleven demonstrated how
greatly they could improve with one
weeks practice when they held Kali
ispell down to score of to 0 in
the Kalispel vs.. l.. c. H. S. football
game. Kalispell's single score was
made during the first quarter of the
game before the Eureka boys tight
ened up their line. The game was a
hard fought battle up and down the
field, the advantage passing suddenly
from one side to the other. Eureka's
most consistent yardage gamer was
Jack Marin.
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Old Time Friend Of
Roosevelt Dies

Mr.. w. A. Mortified of Lake Side,
Flathead county, passed away at his
home Friday morning, October 4. He
and his wife were old friends of
Theodore Roosevelt and Mr.. Merrifield
was at one time the foreman of our
former presidents cattle ranch in
North Dakota. In their possession
were many beautiful gifts and curios
presented to them by Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt. Mr.. and Mrs. O. ?. J. Mos
by of Euteka were old friends OF the
family.