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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-21
CHAPTER XVI

And now a man fights to retain con-
seriousness. He fights to keep his eyes
open, to stifle the buzzing in his head,
to down the nausea which grips his
vitaIs.
He shouts warning; he shoots
again; he hears a harsh laugh. -.
Something strange about the window,
now; something moves there. :. Or
are his eyes up to tricks again? No,
something coming across the sill, pok-
ing out, long and dull. A rife bar
rel, thrusting toward him, and the sill
beneath it splinters as he squeezes the
trigger of his own weapon.
The other gun is hastily drawn |;
West curses breathlessly.
Then a long silence, with no sound
but the weakening pound of pulses
in his ears. After a time, another
sound, steady, distant, small noise.
s. Then a silver appears at the edge
of a log below the cabin window.
Fresh wood CLEANS in the sunlight. .
Kerry waits and watches, reused to
a measure of keenness. He shuts one
eye again to stop seeing double. Yes,
it is the glitter of knife blade, work
ing in the wood. Soon the hole it
makes will be large enough to let the
rifle muzzle rest there.
He takes deliberate aim, this time,
and a great chunk flies from the log
hands breadth from where West was
cutting. He hears a scramble and a
succession of oaths.
you can't last, YoungI" West calls.
''Will you trader"
"To hell with you'll" he cries, trying
to put strong seorn into the words, but
Tod West laughs.
"Your voice is a whimperr' he says.
"I give you another half hour.
But, your gun in the clearing and
you'll have your chance, same as me ~
"No, neyer!" Kerry cries, and knows
his words are a weak falsetto. -.
He sat at the telephone in Mans
office.
Sergeant Parft, Commissioner" he
said over the long distance wire. Yes,
sir; we've got everything cut OFF, ex-
cept to the northwest. We're organ
izing a posse now to work that way.
No. I'm sorry, sir. Yes, sir
if he's gotten into that country it'll
be tough going for US. I'm sorry,
SIR" flushing. How he got the tip.
off, we don't know. Yes, sir. I've got
the best trailers in the country. What
-. We're nearly ready to start. Yes
sir. Of course. :"
He hung up, the flush caused by re.
buke still staining his cheeks.
Now, coroner" he began as he rose
and stopped.
He bent to stare through the win.
dow.
whats the matter with that dog?'
he muttered.
He had come a long ways; he had
come slowly. His one leg dragged be
hind him, now. His eyes were glazed
and his lips caked with mud where he
had licked wet earth from the ruts
His head weaved from side to side and
his tail tip moved in circles as he
tried TO hold it bravely up!
Ezra showed up his spectacles and
stared.
81 declared" he said. ST declare, of
ficer, that's Young's dOgi"
The sergeant of police was outside
with long strides.
Others were running toward Tip, col
lapsed in the road, now. Jim Hinkle
was there, chattering in excitement.
"Wha's matter, Tip? Wha's matter?
"Mad!" someone warned. 'Stay
back! Look out p'
ITO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XIV-Continued


We'll, this mOrnin' them detectuffs
was up early" the boy continued. "'Nd
whatd they do?" Cunningly, he looked
about, enjoying immensely this moment
of Importance "They start blOwin'
powder on that box md BLOWN powder
on at ole crowbar, md stickin' black
tape over tn powder nd shown it to
Ezra.
TIL sergeant, he's tn boss. Nd he
says TO Ezra; tn Teller who handled
tn crowbar s tn feIla who left his
thumb print inside tn box. Men they
picked up at OF tin cup nd went to
work on it, blowin' powder n they
says TO Ezra at if tn prints on at
OF cups tn same's tn others, they en-
git their man by reachin' out fer him."
He looked around again.
Jus now, AT was" he declared.
Jus now, they're BLOWN powder on
at OF tin cup. e. :"
The group pressed close and closer
but il had one less member, now; one
less, because Tod West was walking
blindly, staggering a bit, toward his
house. And as he glanced across the
river 10 where two tall young men
walked on either side of Ezra Adams
toward the restle, he began to run.
The spruce forest grew close TO the
back door of his house. 1t was but a
moments work TO secure his rifle,
supply of ammunition, and then dis
appear through the trees. Painting, he
fed upstream and crossed in gravel
shadows and plunged through the bush
northward.
He had a gun and food for its cham
Der. He knew where he could get an
ak. With an ak and gun a man may
live in the woods for long, provided
he knows the woods and their ways.
Tod West knew that vast country be-
yOnd TOwnline lake better than did
any other. He could hide there, could
remain in safety for weeks, for months.
He could not, of course, stay forever;
and when he did emerge he would need
more than an ak and a gun. He would
need money. On his way up TO his first
sanctuary he could retrieve money. Z.
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Indians Are Threat,
but Lajoie's Jinx
Seems Sure to Win

Unless the more panicky citizens
~ really have their hearts set upon
it, there is no imperative need for CIV
ing the country back to the Indians.
The most dangerous tribe to scour
these parts in recent years will settle
for considerably less. Like Hiawatha
and those other naively noble red men
of the past, all they want off the world
that for so long has misunderstood and
mistreated them is one little strip of
bright-colored cloth.
Chief Steve O'NeilI will tell you that.
1t is his well-considered opinion that
even the Oklahoma oil tribes would be
pikers by comparison If his Indians
ever return to Cleveland with an Amer
lean League pennant.
It Is a question though whether the
Tribe can do it. There are reasons for
doubt. One of them is the jinx which
first arrived in the Forest City along
with Larry Lajoie.
This broad-shouIdered Rhode Island
er, who hoped off the drivers seat
of a horse-drawn cab to sign his first
contract on the back of an envelope,
was one of the greatest of all hitters
and second basemen. During all save
perhaps one or two of his IS seasons
of active service he was on teams
which, man for man, were proclaimed
the best in the league. Yet, even though
Billy Hamilton, Elmer Flick and Ed
Delehanty performed by his side on one
of the best of all Philadelphia teams,
that club could never finish better than
second.
It was the same when he came to
Cleveland. He led the league in hit
ting, drew a tidy salary as player and
manager and put the club on paying
basis. But not even such stars as Bill
Bradley, Flick and Terry Turner could
help him overcome his hard luck.
Year after year the Maps, so. called
In honor of Lajoie, whose first name
was Napoleon, would be labeled as
sure winners. Perhaps they would even
get past mid-season that way. Then the
hoodoo would start acting up
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O'Neill Has the Tribe
Hustling at Fast Pace

There would be an injury. Then an
other. No matter if he did carry a full
team Of substitutes, something always
was happening. Even in 1908 when
they turned upon their misfortunes and
made a September rally almost as
pulse strumming as that of the Cubs
week or so to go Fate again took hold
Of the club and played it as though it
was an accordion.
So il was that a man who was a
king of the game retired at last after
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tore at his wound. So that was it.
West had confidence. Desperate, he
would be defiant. The only means of
exit were on this side: the door and
the one window. So long as he could
remain in this position and keep his
eyes and mind clear, West could not
emerge. But how long would that
be?
Tod West spoke again.
'rll wait you out, Young!" he taunt-
ed. when you've bled enough, I'll
finish the job!'
He shut his teeth and tried to pray
because he could feel a renewed trickle
of blood down his side.
"Oh, Cod" he began, mumbling, give
me strength TO scotch this snake! Oh,
God, let me hold out to save for Nan
what's hers! Please, Gcdi"
Tip, beside him, moaned and trem-
bled and began licking at his leg again.
Thereafter was no speech, no move
ment for long interval. The shadows
shifted beneath the march of the sun.
A fly droned about his head. His tongue
was so parched that it seemed it would
crack
Then suddenly he was aware Of faint
STRINGS within the cabin and some
thing flashed across the doorway. West
had crossed TO the window end of the
cabin and Kerry fired again, aimlessly.
-Still awake, eh?" West jeered
"Look your last. d. Or, I'll trade with
you. Throw your rifle into the clear
ing and I'll give you my word I'll not
come near"
Kerry fired again and window pane
pulverized. He heard the other cursing
sharply and knew he had not been
wrong: the suggestion of shadow
against the glass had been West, eau
tiously peering out -.
1t was agony to pump in another
cartridge. His left arm lay cold and
lifeless beside him but his shoulder
burned and throbbed. He got a box
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-21

1T PROBABLY is Just as well that
the Congressional Record keeps the
more pious fretters about the nations
naushtness so busy that they have
no time for the sports pages. Other
wise there might be considerable trou-
BILE because Of the immoral manner in
which certain athletes sought to inn
prove their teams chances Of winning
recently.
I refer to doings in Cleveland and
Philadelphia. In one of these towns
Catcher Earl Grace twice brushed his
mitt against the bat while a Brooklyn
player was up there swinging. In the
other fortnight and energetic Johnny
Allen kicked the ball out of RalstOn
Hemsley's hands on a close play at
home plate. Since each of these Of
lenses against the baseball law occurs
almost daily, though, 1 do not mention
them in any highly moral dudgeon Of
my own. I merely place them in their
proper relation for the guidance Of the
ethical preceptors of the nation.
Ever since David found a way to
beat the weight in his weII-pubiicized
contest with Goliath the rules of sport
have been subjected to considerable
monkey business. No doubt this part
ly has been due to the fact that healthy
young men land women) engaged in
rough and vigorous competition have
no time to be bothered with the strict
letter of some code. No doubt, there
also have been other reasons. make
no comment now. Instead, | recite
some Incidents from the crowded lives
of those who compete for gold, for
glory or for both.
There was, for instance, the old
Oriole device of persuading runners to
linger at third base. John McGraw,
probably the best mind ever produced
by baseball, was the originator of that
one. He merely grabbed the runner
by the belt and held him while the um-
pire's attention was elsewhere
There also are certain episodes which
may be mentioned in connection with
purely amateur sports affairs, lest il
be considered that too much stress is
given here to the earryings-on of the
pros.
When Don Meade initiated a regi-
ment of Cossacks, while winning a
norhv GOV.
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Nauru, Former German Island

Nauru, former German island pos
session in the North Pacific ocean,
midway between the Marshall and Sol
ONION islands was captured by the
Australians in 1914. At the close of
the World war Great Britain, New
Zealand and Australia had by agree
ment, in July, 1919, acquired joint con-
troll of the phosphate deposits, which
constitute the sole value Of the island.
However, after the mandate of the
Versailles treaty became effective Aus
tralia was given complete domination.
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have to 60 to work as chief of Tribe,
automatic in baseball that it is almost
Impossible for team to look good
when it is not hitting. Yet they have
not appeared at all bad.
Those paIe-faced Indians of a new
diSpensation-such as Joe VoSmik, Bill
Knickerbocker and Hal Trosky-hustle
as they did not hustle while feuding
among themselves in recent seasons.
Trosky, is pounds heavier than last
year, stands straighter at the plate and
is a better hitter even than on that
May day in 1884 when he was so for
tunate as to crash three successive
home runs against the White Sox.
AverIi, vosmik and Bruce Campbell,
who lis back again after an illness
which would have caused most men
to forsake the game for life, function
as one of the best of outfields.
The flaming tempered Johnny Allen
seems once more the pitcher he was
when the Yankees were chanting their
praises of him as winning teammate.
Willis Hudlin, who has been tossing
his double-play ball ever since he joined
the Indians in 1926, is another hurler
of real merit.
Yet-even as was remarked at the
start-there are reasons for doubt.
Cleveland is one of the better and more
excitabIe baseball towns and it is high
time it is given another opportunity
for dance of triumph. But ! greatly
suspect that this is not the band of
Indians to bring back the bunting in
the fall while showers of gold and
glory descend upon them from the
tepee tops of Euclid avenue.
After all this is springtime and an
old and successful jinx is much like
a veteran pitcher. 1t never gets in its
best licks until the sun really starts
bearing down.
Not in the box score:
There is gossip that Max Carey has
been offered big-time umpiring job If
he will spend one preliminary season
in the minors. -. Most of the Giants
call their young boss, Horace Stone
ham, by his first name. 4. New York
will have a third major hockey team
Git will be located in Brookiyn) within
two years
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gals had chance. The two took their
duties seriously. For the first furlong
they tried to ride one another onto
the rail. The next quarter was enliv-
ened by each miss endeavoring to re-
tard the speed Of her opponents horse
by tugging at the saddle.
After that they really got down to
business. They finished the race whip
ping. But, for once, both horses got a
break. The two sportswomen were US
ing the whips on one another.
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tsSNa tiO NhhS St III
a pennant winner. So
also it seems that a
hoodoo has continued
upon the town save
for that one year of
1920 when another de-
termined king named
Iris Speaker managed
TO m axe it yield.
O'NeilI, descendant of
kings who ruled Ire
land with never a
thought that one day
n A
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eral s e a sons ago,
there were numerous
high-class folks who
deeply deplored such
tactics. 1t was a high
~ enlightening sight
but scarcely as enter
tanning as a hunts
meeting once held in
an Eastern state. One
Of the events was for
lady riders and it was
evident from the start
RI Of an1v tuo of tho
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at every move, the dog made his way
slowly through the brush. Shortly he
came out to the road he had travelled
before. He stood there and gave a long
look backward. Then he limped gin
gerly across the first rut and, painting
from the effort, set out to do his mas
ter's bidding.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-21
Uncle Mi6
Says: ~
That's Advancement

As men in a crowd instinctively
make room for one Who would force
his way through it. so mankind
makes way for one who rushes to-
ward an object beyond them.
Always practice thrift. no matter
how freely you spend. That is, don't
waste money.
Nothing is more wearying than the
honest opinion" Of a man who
doesn't know"
A mans wife is his best guide
book on etiquette"
Early Habits Tell
What can old men in a village do?
Well, they ought to have cultivated
a taste for reading with gusto when
they were twenty. If they "jes set"
that's what they'll do when they're
old
Beware that continually scolding
about daily irritations be not just an
other one of them. Be cheerful ar
least part of the time.
A word out Of the dictionary
makes a lowbrow suspicious; but he
pick up greedily all the slang words
going.
Beware of Idleness
Many of the wrong things men do
are done in idle moments because
they can't think of anything else TO
do.
If diamonds could be found by the
bushel, they would still be as beau
tiful as when they cost $1,000 apiece.
And if thou wouldst be happy,
learn to please.
Admiration is a form of longing
for something we need.
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Beware of Idleness
BOYS! GIRLS!

Read the Grape Nuts ad in another
column of this paper and learn how
to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and
win valuable free prizes.-Adv.
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Wisdom Sets In

When the thrills cease to thrill,
then philosophy begins.
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Set Beaver Strawberries for Profit. Wiscon-
sins outstanding variety. $3.50 per thou
sand postpaid. Write for special offer and
general strawberry information
HARLAN M0SELEY. WARREN, Wise.
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No Need to Suffer
Morning Sickness"

Morning sickness" caused by an
acid condition. To avoid it, acid must be
offset by aLkaLis such as magnesia.
Evening star., 1936-07-21

was little, there were ticks found on
the dogs during the Summer months
on the farm. But they never seemed
to cause any great excitement among
the older members of the family
they were just another necessary evil
like mosquitoes, and every Sunday
morning before church we youngsters
had to spend some time removing
them from the dogs, and dropping
them into cans Of kerosene. Neither
we nor the dogs enjoyed the process,
but it was just one of those chores
that had to be done.
In those days no one ever heard Of
ticks carrying dread diseases to hu-
mans. We weren't even made to wash
our hands after our work on the
pups-usually, however, natural
squeamishness sent us running for
soap and water. Nowadays, we are
warned to attend TO any similar op-
Grafton with forceps, and to thor
pughly disinfect our hands afterward.
X X II
OUT of the great variety of ticks in
~ habiting the United States, the
ones which we most frequently en-
counter around Washington and vicin-
ity is the one known as the American
dog tick. This is cousin of the deadly
Rocky Mountain spotted fever tick,
and has been known to transmit the
disease in certain isolated cases. These
ticks abound in underground, such as
long grass. vines, bushes, ETC., from
where they are picked up by an ami
NAL or human who brushes against
Evening star., 1936-07-21
The
HOnOrGueSt:
Invitations
Sending Formal We'd
ding Announcements
While in Mourning.
Insert photos c
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Will you please
tell me the proper arrangement
for seating the guest Of honor at a
dinner, when the guest is man and
the POSTMASTER is also man. Are
men ever seated next to each other?
Answer-At a public dinner, where
the number of men usually exceeds
that of women, they might sit to-
gether; otherwise a woman would be
seated between them.
X X X
Dear Mrs. Post: When invitations
to q large tea include r. S. v. p, does
the fact of having sent a reply obvi-
ate the necessity for leaving cards at
the tea?
Answer-Yes. In any case, leaving
cards at teas suggests a formality
that in the present day Of casual
ness is not often exacted.
Dear Mrs. Post: My daughter Is to
marry soon and at that time it will
be just four months after the death
of her father. We are in mourning
and are having very quiet wedding.
My sister thinks it will be improper
for me even to send engraved an
nouncements Of this marriage?
Answer-On the contrary, this Is
the only engraved form that would
be proper under the circumstances.
(These announcements should, of
course, have no black border.)
Dear Mrs. Post: I have accepted
for both my husband and me an in
vitation from casual friends to the
wedding reception OF their daughter.
Now my husband tells me he will
have to be away. Ought write again
or simply 60 and say nothing?
Answer-You simply 60, and at the
reception tell the brides mother how
sorry you both are that your hus-
band was called away at the last
minute.
Dear Mrs. Post: What can a guest
say when she has to leave and her
hostess keeps urging her to stay a
while longer?
Answer-She says she Is sorry to
have to leave, but she husband
goes!
Dear Mrs. Post: My husband has
had to refuse to be an usher in q
friends wedding. Some Of the at
tendants are giving parties for the
bride and bridegroom and have in
vited us. Do you think we should
decline these invitations because my
husband cannot be in the wedding
party?
Answer-Of course not.
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Anxiety And
Tension Are
H a r m f u |
Calm and Pois e
Necessary When Dis
cipling Child.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

~DLEASE tell me how I can make
Clara behave. She doesn't 90 q
thing I tell her to do without a fuss.
II I say she can't do something she
wants to do she lies down and yells-
maybe right on the street 50 I have
to give in to her. She even kicks and
bites me when I try to make her
mind"
rs she perfectly well? Eats well7
Plays well? Sleeps well?"
1.-The doctor says she Is In perfect
health. But her temper is awful, and
she does not mind me at all"
Does she mind anybody else?"
"Oh, yes. She is a good child, ex-
cept for me. Maybe it Is my fault,
but I try so hard. I am 50 nervous.
I want to do the best for my child.
And I can't do anything. I do try
SO hard. I lie awake at night trying
to think up things to do to her to
make her better. I even pray. But
it Is all no good"
There Is such thing as trying too
hard, caring too much. The person
who tries too hard, who lives anx-
iously, and in fear, passes his fear
and anxiety to the children; and
these emotions are poison to the body
and mind of a child, trouble is bound
to come Of them.
But I must care. There Is no.
body but me to care. can't let my
child go to the bad while I forget
about her, can ~"
That is like asking, Which would
you rather have to eat, a dose OF
poison or a ton Of ice cream? Either
will kill you. There is always a saner
way out of a difficulty than the ex-
tremity. The nervous, anxious moth
er should have herself treated for
fear. She needs treatment more than
the child does As long as she is
tense and rigid, quivering as she
hovers over an active child, she will
create disturbance in the mind and
body of the child and so set the stage
for tantrums, rebellion, scenes OF all
sorts.
The best way for such a mother Is
to learn to relax. Learn to lie on the
bed with every muscle loose. every
nerve relaxed to the point of airiness.
That is not easy to do, and few people
can do it without the help of a
trained attendant under the super
vision Of a physician. I have seen
mothers so tense that their presence
seemed to send sparks into the air,
trying to relax. The harder they tried
the tenser they became. Il will re-
lax" was their way Of doing it.
Willing" hard always causes ten
sion. Instead Of willing" to relax try
accepting relaxation. Try just let
ting it come Try thinking Of the
pleasantest things possible; try re-
peating some favorite passage, but
always without effort. Effort is what
causes the trouble. Take it easy,
move slowly, gently; as Gerald STAN
ley Lee says, "Rest working" and this
strain will pass, and with 1t the tan
trums Of the child who has suffered
under it will disappear.
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