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that's true. But that blew up when
lack Sanders was found dead. ! swear
to you, Kentucky-my theory is dead
utterly impossible now"
THAT isn't the point" he insisted.
The point is that you did have a
theory. That theory was based on
something. Something that you saw?
Or maybe something that you heard. or
knew. Now want you to tell me what
that thing was"
She turned toward him, but defend
sively; and as she met his eyes her
own were tormented. "You-I-"
His keen gray eyes fixed her I'M
waveringly. I'm not going to let you
evade me any MORE" he said.
Suddenly some resistance within Jean
Ragland seemed to break. She swayed
against him, and turning, hid her face
against his shoulder. She was breath
ing in long quavering drags; not sob
bling, but as If very close to sobs.
For moment Kentucky Jones sat
motionless. Then he took the girl into
his arms, gently, as If she were a
weary child.
Her hands chung to him as he drew
her into his arms. She said in small
voice, Hold me tight, Kentucky. The
night is so still, so cold. / keep think
ing of how Jim Humphreys is lying to-
night down en- the Pan" Presently she
turned her face upward to him with
closed eyes and he kissed her.
They sat there for some time, there
in the corner beyond the stove, in
silence except for the soft cracking of
the emberS of the fire. AS he sat with
the girl in his arms the GOODNESS and
the bleak sense of disaster seemed to
go out of the night, and the quiet lost
it's hostility. That brief hour in which
he felt against his body the faint beat
ing of her heart seemed illimitably
precious; as if he were here serving
as utility for little while in a des-
tiny immeasurably beyond and above
his own.
Yet he had no illusions concerning
the part he was playing here. He be-
lieved, as definitely as he had ever be-
ieved anything in his life, that she had
put herself in his arms as last resort
-silencing his questions in this way
when she could not longer otherwise
evade him. But some grim factor with
In him humbly bowed its head, waiting
for different day.
Jean stirred at last, and freed her.
self lazily from his arms. She smiled
at him family, her eyes dreamy, misty
with sleepiness. "I'm dead for Sleep"
she told him; II think can sleep now
better than I have been, these
nights"
He let her go, and when she was
gone he smoked in curiously mixed
mood, half softened, half grimly ironic.
Presently he went to lack Sanders
bunk, and lying down without taking
off his clothes, was almost immedi-
ately asleep.
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Only Few Writers Among
Presidents of the u. s

1t is rather astonishing how few Of
our Presidents have neen writer's. The
record is rather slim, says writer in
the Washington Post.
Washington, Jefferson, John Quincy
Adams, Madison, Polk and Lincoln
kept diaries.
Jefferson wrote a book on Virginia,
and, like most of our early Presidents,
was a voluminous letter writer.
Madison kept the minutes of the
debates in the constitutional conven-
ton of 1856, and the Madison papers
are the most valuable record we have
that are concerned with the founda-
lions of our government.
j. @. Adams's diary in ten volumes
is precious record. Chief Justice
Taft spent the last years of his life
reading it and laughing over it.
Van Buren, wrote his autobiography,
| which has never been published, and
an Inquiry Into the Origin and Course
| Of Political Parties In the United
| States" actually compiled from 1t.
Polk kept diary during his Presi-
dency, which has been published. 1t
| is document historians value greatly.
Buchanan wrote history of his own
administration, which was published
| in his lifetime.
Lincoln, in his youth, wrote a life
Of Christ, which was destroyed; and
during his Presidency kept a diary,
which also may have been destroyed.
Cleveland wrote delicious book on
| fishing and hunting.
Benjamin Harrison wrote small
| book on our government.
Theodore Roosevelt was a volumi-
nous writer in the fields of history,
| biography and nature.
| Woodrow Wilson wrote great book
on congress and a popular history OF
the United States and a biography OF
Washington.
Coolidge wrote a book on Massa-
chusetts, and an autobiography.
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Relative Humidity

Humidity has to do with the damp
ness of the air. Absolute humidity
is defined as the actual quantity Of
moisture present in a given quantity
of air, and it may be expressed as a
certain number Of grains per cubic
feet or of grams per cubic meter. The
relative humidity, expressed In per
cent, Is the ratio Of the actual amount
Of water vapor present in the atmos-
phere to the quantity which could be
there, at the given temperature. A
method Of determining the relative
humidity at any time Is to measure
the drying power of the air with a
wet and dry thermometer. The wet
thermometer has its bulb covered with
muslin that Is kept damp. The diff
ference In the readings of the Their
mometers, referred to a chart, gives
the relative humidity.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25

THE forthstanding note in summer
L fashions is the increased interest
in femininity. Wherefore the glory of
diaphanous materials Of rapturous
loneliness once more, as in the pictur-
esque days of old, hold sway in the
realm of pretty summary apparel. Ev-
erywhere dotted swisses, embroidered
or plain organizes and nets, chiffons
and dainty sheers of multi-type fiatter
the summer landscape. The call for
white Is insistent in these weaves of
elusive ethereal beauty with new and
delectable colors putting forth rival
claims.
First and foremost among the new
sheers is mousseline de sole. The inn
portant message about these voguish
mousselines is that modern science has
succeeded in producing a washable
type-comes from a Tubing as fresh
and lovely as ever was. Every woman
who heretofore lamented the fact of
the un-washability of the exquisite
mousselines which are so dear to her
heart will rejoice at the good tidings
that there Is new mousseline de sole
which actually can be Numbered.
And here's some more good news-a
mousseline de sole which is shadow
patterned in self-color. You'll love it
Makes up adorably over taffeta foun-
dalton. Comes in white or pastels,
with first honors going, however, to
white, since white keynotes to summer
chic. For that zone more" party frock
to add to your summer collection, why
not choose plain or shadow-patterned
mousseline de sole?
The lovely, white frothy, flmy, va
porous frocks in the picture are typi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
BY CHERIE NICHOLAS

Quaint, old timey frocks are new
fashion for garden party wear. This
one is Of white mousseline de sole Ga
favorite fabric this summary. 1t is
piped with mulberry. The broad
brimmed violet colored bally buntl hat
is Powered in violet shades matching
the corsage bouquet. 1t is very
pretty custom which has been revived
that of wearing flowers to match the
posies on ones hat. Imagine soft
white straw encircled with a wreath
of real African daisies with a necklace
of the same daisies about your neck
mounted on a velvet ribbon or a stiff
old-fashioned bouquet posed at the
front of a navy straw sailor, with a
matching boutonniere in your button
hole. And here is the real thrill to
this story-the very fashionable set
Is wearing real flowers In this way.
fresh plucked from the garden or the
florist shop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25

eat. After they had eaten, Kentucky
supposed that Jean would leave him to
his own devices, or turn in; but she
fingered in the kitchen, reluctant to be
alone.
II don't know but what I'll sleep In
the lean-to tonight, here off the kitch-
en-" Kentucky suggested.
Eyes, do" she said instantly. 81 don't
know what's the matter with me. The
night seems so still, and so empty, and
so cold ="
Jean sat down upon low blanketed
settee that stood between the stove and
the corner wall, and Kentucky came
and sat beside her. There were circles
under Jean Ragland's eyes; she was
beginning at last to show the effects
of the strain which the last ten days
had placed upon her. But as she turned
to look into his face, he learned again
that her blue eyes could be deep and
unreliable. He wondered what lay
within those eyes which could look so
silently, so secretively wise.
JEAN" he said, do you want me to
find out who killed Mason?"
She shot him curious but untrans-
latable glance. He thought that she
was not going to answer him; but
after a moment she said, Eyes"
For no reason that he could name
he wondered instantly if she had lied.
1.-THE facts are beginning to add up
little bit now,' he said.
"What are you waiting for?" she
said. whats keeping the answer
from your
He hesitated. She looked so pitt
fully tired that he could hardly bring
himself to bear down upon her now.
Yet he knew that he would be unlikely
to have as good chance again to per-
suade her to tell him what she knew.
Already he knew that Lee Bishop was
in danger, that Bill McCord had tried
to draw Bishop into fight that would
almost certainly have ended Bishops
life; and he was sure that Jim Hum
phreys had been killed because he had
posed as boss-and hence was perhaps
taken for Bishop. He had a durable
bunch that others were in immediate
danger as an aftermath to the killing
Of Mason. And he sincerely believed
that he had no more right to turn away
from the trail than hound dog has the
right to swerve or break ground, once
he has put down his nose.
"What is holding me up?" he re-
peated. "You, JEAN"
APP she said sharply.
Don't you think" he said, @that
you know? You didn't take the bullet
at the inquest without having definite
reason, definite theory of this crime"
She said almost inaudbily, "Yes
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
Little Lights ON
LIVING
WITHOUT WAX
By MARIA LEONARD
Dean of Women, University of Illinois
q western Newspaper Union

WYE WERE talking Of antiques,
w when the Florentine gentleman
of high birth said: "COme, let me
show you my marble table in the gar
den." followed him through the
dark hall. stone paved. out into
beautiful sunlit Florentine inner court
garden with great dark expresses wav-
ing their tips In the breeze. Around
the roots of these dignified old trees,
centuries old, were little flower beds
Of bright posies confined by stone
edges between which, In formal fash
ion, were inviting little paths.
1t was a surprise garden in the rear
of an uninviting looking stone resi-
dence set uncompromisingly on a none
too wide side street in the city of
Florence. Florence, Italy. is surprise
city anyhow, with its wealth Of his
tory, its tragedies. its bloody climb &c
light, its sacrifices in the name of pow
er and religion, its wealth, its art and
literature. What panorama Of hui
man achievements and failures, Flor
ence presents to sympathetic heart,
as one recalls the de Medicis. SavOn-
arola, Fra Angelica, the Brownings
and the host of others too numerous
to name. When / am in Florence 1
never really know in what century
am living, for these old memories press
persistently into my heart.
We have wandered far from our
sunlit garden into which | had fol-
lowed my host to see his marble Ia
BILE. SIS 1t an antiquer" 1 inquired
as ! noticed great cracks across the
beautiful marble slab. ''No, it is not"
my friend responded. Listen to this
story!
''The marble cutters Of Florence are
willy old fellows" he continued. "often
when their chisels slipped too far
they cracked the marble slabs. Into
these cracks they poured soft wax
After the wax had hardened the slabs
were polished and the tables sold for
solid marble" The Florentines soon
realized the deception and began ask
ing when buying tables for those "sine
cera"-(without wax.
Interesting it is to note that our
word sincerity comes from the little
phrase "sine cera," without wax, which
is precisely what it means-fOr TO be
sincere Is to be genuine, whether it
be table or an individual.
"To be without pretext or show
Exactly what men think / am"
If this be a good working rule for
Florentine tables, to be genuinely sin
cere tables of solid marble, isn't IL
also a silver rule for you and me to
follow in daily life, to be found always
"sine cera"?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
CHAPTER VIII

Not more than half an hour could
have passed when he was jerked broad
awake by luttering knock upon his
door. Before he could answer it, the
door opened half hurriedly, half In
stealth, and Jeans whisper came to
him through the dark. Kentucky, are
you there?"
"Here, jean" He jerked a match
out of his pocket and struck 1t into
flame with his thumb nail.
AS he stood up she came close to
him, her eyes very big and dark in her
pale face. She was wearing mecca
sins, and without the high heels of her
riding boots she looked less tall than
he was accustomed to think of her, and
somehow Infinitely softer and more
easily hurt.
"Jean-what is it?"
"Kentucky-somebody is walking all
around us-just as quietly as-one Of
Joe st. Marie's ghosts"
"All around us? What do you
mean?'
II mean around the layout here
near the house."
'How many of them?"
II only saw one. He was providing
through the shadows saw him plain
ly, not more than ten horse jumps
away. He was carrying something on
his shoulders. Then I thought 1 heard
walking horse"
"Where did you see this?"
From the window Of my room. I
couldn't stand it alone there any more
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy"
"Let's have a look" Kentucky
picked up his gun belt.
"Be quiet" she cautioned him. "Who-
ever 1t is doesn't want to be seen
that's certain. If we're going to find
out who it is, he mustn't know that
he's been seem"
20. K"
She CROPPED for his hand and led the
way through the cold dark of the long
ranch house.
Jeans room had two windows, one
Of which was wide open. At this win
dow she knelt, peering out. and he
dropped to one knee beside her.
81 first saw him from my bed," she
whispered. HE went behind that
dwarfed spruce. For a while he stood
there behind it-as If he was watching
the house. Then he went on, walking
as quietly as-as nothing human. AS
he went out of sight got up and came
to the window; and I watched him
until / couldn't see him any more. He
went toward the pump house, and out
of sight"
81 don'r see apy sign of him now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
London Fashions of 1910
Influencing II. 6. St1

Fashions of 1910, arriving via Lon
don and the silver jubilee, are influ-
encing the styles of 1885 in the United
States
Flowers, feathers, silk ribbons, laces,
lingerie touches, are being worn in
the 1910 manner. The vogue for out
door dining has transformed the aft
ernoon dress and garden party frock
Of 1910 into the daylight dining en-
semble of 1885.
Cartwheel hats, reminiscent of
Merry Widow" days, accompany dain-
ty printed silk suits, with the most
feminine of blouses. Black silk taft
feta slips rustic under cream-colored
lace daytime coats and dinner gowns
Accordion pleated silks in the manner
Of Fortuny make hostess gowns to be
worn against tufted sofas and modern
Victorian interiors.
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BN ALAN LIE MAY
Copyright by Alan LeMay
WNU Service.

for moment" Jean said. II told him
this was the time to fight, IL ever he
meant to. Kentucky. as sat on the
rim and heard the guns and saw Jim
Humphreys keel out of his saddle-oh,
l was plenty sick. But something way
down inside of me wants to hang onto
the range and won't let go. If they
fight-I can see we've got to stand our
ground"
"You told him that?"
"NOt all that-but other things. 1t
was enough. l guess it was too much"
what did he do?"
HE told me to get in the house and
stay there. He said it plenty forceful
I'd give anything In the world to know
what's got into him.
Campo convinced himself" Jean
went on, "that it would be an irrepa-
rable hurt If Waterman-and the rim
rock-got the idea that we meant to
make gunfight. The upshot of it was
that Dad finally jumped into the other
car and went ripping down the road to
Waterman after Harry Wilson, to coun-
termand your call for men,"
There was a light in the bunk house
as they came into the Bar Hook lay
out, and Kentucky looked at Jean ques-
tioningly.
81 guess Joe st. Marie has come in,"
Jean said. "He wasn't here when 1
started out with the horses. Let's let
him stay where he is. I don't under
stand that boy anyway, very WELL"
"Does anyoneT"
~ doubt it."
Together they rebuilt the fire in the
stove, and warmed up something to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
WINTER RANGE

Jean seized his arm, and he heard
her breath I'm her teeth. whats that?
There, close in the shadow of the
pump house?
Kentucky looked hard where she
pointed. AS he stared, straining his
eyes against the bad light. he pres
emily began to believe that he could
make out the crouching figure of a
man.
For what seemed a long time they
knelt there, their eyes fixed upon the
shadow against the pump house. Once
Kentucky was certain that he not only
perceived the whole outline of the
crouched figure, but had seen it move !;
and his hand moved toward his gun.
But the shadow blurred and lost out
line, again, and he waited, insure.
When the telephone broke into abrupt
cutlery in the house behind them the
sudden burst of sound struck across
their tense nerves like the crack of a
whip against fiddle strings. Jean
jerked violently; then, pulling herself
together, whispered, "D-n!" The tele-
phone continued to ring.
Kentucky whispered, Zone Of us will
have to answer that. I think you'd
better go. I'll stay and watch the
shadow here. If it's for me, please
take the message"
Jean Ragland hesitated, then silently
obeyed With his eyes riveted upon
their mark, Kentucky listened for what
seemed long time to the low murmur
of jeans voice, two rooms away.
Presently, alone, and with his eyes
accustomed to their work, he saw the
secret of the mysterious shadow dis
solve, so that he finally recognized it
for what it was-a bush, a wagon
spring, and a broken blackboard wheel.
Whomever Jean had seen prowl the
layout, and wherever he might be now,
he was no longer in the shadow of the
pump house-and had not been, since
they had watched that shadow to-
gether.
Disguised, Kentucky rose, straight
ening his cramped knees. One long
step from the window stood Jean Rag
lands bed. He sat down upon it,
careful to avoid creaking Of the
springs.
Her bed was still warm to his hand,
where Jean had lain and tried to
sleep; and for a moment he marveled
that the toss of circumstances should
have brought him so near to this girl,
even for so little time. Then-he no.
ticed something else.
Something was wrong with the mat
tress upon which he sat. Unmistak-
ably, there was something within that
mattress that had nothing to do with
sleep. Suddenly Kentucky dropped to
one knee beside the bed and thrust
his hand between the mattress and the
sheet.
Buried in the mattress his fingers
found the polished wood Of rifle
stock; and beside it, dismounted, the
cool smooth steel Of the barrel. For a
moment his hand rested on these while
something turned over in the pit of his
stomach and refused to go back into
place. He withdrew his hand, and
sat down Imply on the edge Of the
bed. He was not ready to say what the
discovery meant; but he knew instant
ly that Jean was more deeply involved
than he had supposed-perhaps far
more deeply. "Dear Cd" he whis-
pered, "what have we here? What
have we here?"
ITO BE CONTINUED
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
FROG FASTENINGS
USED EXTENSIVELY

Frogs have hoped into the middle
Of the fashion swim this season.
Frog fastenings are used ON every.
thing from evening gowns to summer
suits, and lend an opportunity for orig
inal color contrasts and a new casual
air for more or less formal costumes.
Time was when the field Of the frog
fastening was limited to pajamas, but
that time is no more.
You'll be seeing them on the newest
shirtwaist frocks this season, on suits
of wool and linen, on blouses and
summer coats, on beach frocks and
evening gowns.
Schiaparelli uses gold frog fasten-
ings down the front of green dinner
gown, in a manner both decorative and
military.
Evening gowns often employ one
huge frog fastening at the neckline, and
lightweight wooden coats for summer
are shown with frogs all the way down
the front.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25

cal of smartest midsummer trends. AT
the top to the left cape and ruche
Of crisp white net, which is really more
of tulle than a net, with two wax
white camelias, lend enchantment to a
gown of the same tulle posed over
white MORE. A cluster of camelias
snuggle in among the tulle flounces
Of the skirt.
The young girl seated below is wear
ing a darling ingenue gown. For this
dainty frock Chanel uses yards and
yards of ruffles edged with fine val
lace on the cape and skirt Of white
mousseline de sole.
The pretty creature sitting opposite
is gowned In finest of cotton net. The
bodice top is modishly shirred. The
bolero of matching net ties with big
casual bow at the throat. The volu-
minous skirt Is the very picture of
grace, walking, dancing or sitting
down. There is belt trimmed with
gold kid leaves with garland to match
In her hair.
Speaking Of embroidered net, for
party frock which goes formal, who
could think of anything more entranc-
ing than the ensemble worn by the
charming girl standing to the right in
the group! Dots embroidered In deli
cate bonbon colors, pink blue and vel
low, look confetti-like on their sheer
white background. Pink satin ribbons
tie the throat and the waist. In the
graceful matching wrap with full cape
sleeves, Mainbocher revives the 'fasci-
nator fashion" which Is making big
hit with debutantes this season. The
dainty tulle hood frames the face with
an aureole Of crisp little ruffles. 1t
can be thrown back off the head with
perfect ease.
G Western Newspaper Union.
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A Faucauit Pendulum

The ball suspended from the roof
Of the National Academy of Sciences Is
a Faucault pendulum. The action of
this pendulum depends upon the fact
that according to the laws of motion
freely swinging pendulum tends con-
stantly to move In the same plane. The
experiment proves that the earth ro-
tates eastward and the rate of deyia-
ton of the pendulum proves that the
relative motion of the earth, with respect
to the stars. is due entirely to Its
rotation and not to the motion of the
stars around ii.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25

White shoes and white hats mean
white hand bags
There are organizes striped or polka
dotted In gold and silver.
SEARCHED lace dresses are having
their inning, In white or pastel.
Paris reports that for evening wear
the yelled head is the dernier cri.
Henna, rust and capucine viii be
popular colors for fall, according to
Vogue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-25
What Women Want to Know About Fashions

The latest jubilee gloves have red,
white and blue gauntlets.
Spotted bottle-green satin Is the new
vogue for evening gowns.
London women are wearing footlight
hats similar to mems ''toppers."
Paillettes worked In new fashion
add glamor to Lelong's dinner outfits.
Buttoning down the front-many
new frocks win have a gay old-fash-
toned air.
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THE STORY FROM THE OPENING CHAPTER


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The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-11-15

This year, due to his leaving the staff before the end of the basket ball seasin, he asked to be relieved from coaching and Ralph Mize is now handling the job well.
 In charge of the school office and the business department for the past two years, Mir. Sharn- broich has aided a number of stu dents in their work along this line. Although it was quite a burden at times because of the small number of students interested and capable in newspaper work. MT. Sharn- broich sponsored the Zimovia Re porter and the Institute News for the past three years. This issue of the Institute News will be the last one under his guidance as adviser of the Newspaper club.
 And so, again. we, the students of Wrangell Institute solemnly shake our heads and say, Well miss you, MT. Sharnbroich, but We are wishing you the best of luck in the laundry business"