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care you sure that he saw her

care you sure that he saw her
before?"
Elizabeth started, and a hand
went up to her head.
GOOD heavens" she breathed.
Exactly" said I. "I'l lay he's
never set eyes on the Duchess of
Whelp. Your father saw her-and
knew her: but the younger son-the
bad hat'-was not at Brief when
she came. He can't deny her visit,
because he knows it took place. It
was great occasion. Brief was
delighted to honor so rare a guest.
And so your uncle is bound to pre-
tend he was there. But he wasn't
because he isn't the man he pre-
tends to be: and all he knows of her
visit is what he's picked up from
the staff"
"That's right" said Elizabeth,
slowly, still pulling the grass. what
fool you must think me for not
having seen it myself"
"How can your" I cried. "I've
known the truth for a year, and you
for less than a week."
At eleven o'clock the next day
stood with my hat in my hands at
the foot of Tracery's steps. Eliza
beth stood at their head, some ten
feet up. We were waiting for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Sports Attendance

THE fact that women are paying
l. more and more attention to
sports each year is by no means a
new or startling discovery. But that
the fair sex accounts for almost so
per cent of the attendance at five
major sports is, to say the least,
surprising.
According to a recent statistical
survey, woman patronage at tennis
has gone from IL per cent in 1919
to 81 per cent in 1885. Their pat
ronage at football games rose from
4 per cent in 1925 to AZ per cent in
1886; at golf from per cent in 1922
to 81 per cent in 1886; baseball,
from 2 per cent in 1920 to 80 per
cent in 1886, and racing from per
cent in 1914 to 48 per cent in 1885.
These figures give clear cut pic
ture of the Importance of women to
the sports world. Far sighted pro-
moters have offered many an in
ducement to increase feminine at
tendance at various sporting events,
and are beginning to realize profits
which were almost non-eXistent but
a few years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Introduced as Pro Sport

Before the turn of the century at
tempts were made to introduce
hockey as professional sport. But
the attempts were not successful
until the advent of artificial indoor
Kinks in 1905 and 1906. ~
Following the war hockey didn't
regain its place in the sun until the
opening of the new Madison Square
Garden in New York in 1925.
Big league professionals are a
strange group. They're more inter-
ested in winning games than they
are in pay checks. Few are the
big timers who don't bear many bat
tie scars as evidence of fiercely con-
tested encounters. Hockey, to them
as well as the dyed-in-the-w0ol fan,
is more than game, it's almost a
religion.
This winter will see one of the
most complete hockey schedules in
the history of the sport. Big league
hockey is still played mostly by Ca
nadians, but the United States has
done much to steal the Canadian
pastime. The National league is
composed of seven teams, five of
which represent cities in the United
States. The two Canadian teams
are the Toronto Maple Leafs and
the Montreal Canadiens.
Typical of hockey players is Ching
Johnson of the New York Rangers.
Johnson, in IL years of big league
competition, has had q accidents
in which broken bones resulted or a
surgeons stitches were required.
It's not gentle sport.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Turf Remuneration

The American trotting turf, now
= that it has decided to merge all
five parent associations into one
central governing body, predicts a
modern version of harness racing
that will easily surpass that of the
good old days" of so years ago.
Looping off many hidebound re-
! stricti0ns self-imposed in other
years, the harness sport has decided
to experiment fully this winter with
handicapping horses by weight in a
saddle, in somewhat similar fashion
to running horses.
The driver will still be in the
sulky, as usual, but extra weight
will be used in a saddle. This step
Will do much to help keep great
American horses in this country by
providing more races for them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

in the tying runs in two others that
the Senators won in extra innings.
Only two other players in the
league, Roy Cullenbine of Detroit
and Pitcher Red Ruffing of the
Yanks, won as many as two games
in pinch batsman's role.
Only IL pinch home runs were hit
in the league in 1888, as against IA
in 1887. The composite batting aver
age fell from .248 to .215. Boston
led with a .265 average, and the
world champion Yanks, with 1872
average, did their best to keep the
average down.
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door to be opened, in some sus-
pense.
At last the door was opened, and
man all in black, with knee
brooches, inclined his head.
His manner was ceremoniouS and
very polite, but left in my mind no
doubt that he did not mean to adj
NIT ''The Lady Elizabeth Virgil or
anyone else.
When he had finished speaking,
saw my lady nod. Then she held
out the little packet she had in her
hand. A salver appeared from no
where i.
/ do not know what she said, as
she laid the packet down, but after
little saw the man bow and turn
and Elizabeth cross the threshold
into the hall.
At least, she was in: but, as the
door was shut and I turned to the
car, ! confess I felt far from sure
that she was to be received. And
if she was not, what then? The
packet contained no less than the
kings great ring, with which she
was hoping to gain the access she
so much desired. If the Duchess
of Whelp was scrupulous, well and
good: but if she was not, Elizabeth
would be dismissed-and the ring
was gone. And "Old Harry" might
well be hostile to girl that made
bold to remind her that the bearings
which Tracery Haunted were rightly
hers.
I sat down on a step of the Rolls
and lighted a cigarette, while Win
ter stood like statue beside his
charge, determined, think, to show
that he could maintain the pace
which the major-domo had set.
The house was imposing, but
grim, and plainly had not been
cared for for several years. Mas
sively built of stone, wind and
weather could do it but little harm,
but rust was corrupting the bars to
the lower windows and the stain of
roof-water showed where the gut
tiers were choked.
This I found peculiar, for rumor
had it the Duchess of Whelp was
rich. But I think the truth was this
that when she had closed her
Court, she had determined to let its
residence go. What was the setting
to her, when the jewel was gone?
Nearly an hour had gone by, when
the door was opened again and the
major-domo appeared and began to
descend the steps. Expecting some
message, I rose and went to meet
him, and then I saw that he was an
Englishman.
AS I approached, he stood still.
"Sir, he said, with a bow, "Her
Grace desires to see you. If you
please, I will show you the way
to her private rooms"
His announcement took me aback,
as well it might: but, though the
summons shook me, my heart
leaped up, for it meant that "Old
Harry's" interest had been aroused.
And that was everything.
To my surprise, three footmen
stood at the door, but the echoing
hall within was that of a house
whose owner has gone abroad. Fur
niture and pictures were shrouded
and carpets rolled, but the marble
floor was spotless and there was no
sign of dust.
We passed up glorious staircase,
the carpet of which was gone, by
draped or hooded statues and sheet
ed tapestry, to enter sunlit gal
lery down which three four-in-hands
could have passed abreast. AT the
gallery's farther end woman-serv-
ant was standing beside door. To
her was delivered and at once
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
indie Set and Day
Dress Easily Made

THE undie set goes so quickly
I and easily, in fact, that you
can finish it for a gift in time for
Christmas-and you'll certainly
want to make it for yourself. The
house frock is a diagram design
that you can finish in few hours.
The Undie Set.
Slip, panties and brassiere are
all included in this one simple de-
sign that even the inexperienced
can make with no difficulty. Make
it up in fine quality materials
satin, crepe de Chine or fiat crepe
and you'll save money not only
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

field hockey, the parent of the ice
game, goes back through the cen
turtles, the latter game is only about
SO years old. A Canadian, seeing
field hockey in England, returned
home in the seventies with the idea
Of putting the game on ice. R. F.
Smith, McGill university student,
whose college teams are usually the
worlds best, wrote set of rules,
using rules of field hockey, Rugby
football and his imagination. The
first game, in 1879, was played
with nine men on each side. This
was reduced to seven, and after the
war, six men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Best Pinch Hitter

MOST successful pinch hitter in
AZ the American league last sea-
son was Taft Wright, freshman out
fielder of the Washington Senators,
whose 35 times at bat netted him
II hits for an average of .314.
From a standpoint of averages,
however, Lou Finney of the Athletics
led the field of pinch hitters. Finney
made hits in Is tries for 1853
average.
With the heat on Wright pounded
out triple, four doubles and six
singles to account for six runs.
Washington was indebted to him
alone for two games, and he drove
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

and plaque and mirror; silver,
dusky crimson and mellowed green
made up a stately harmony of love-
ly things. In their midst, command
ing them all from its dais, a great
state bedstead stood with its head
to the wall. And sitting up in the
bed was Her Grace the Duchess of
Whelp.
The room was full of light, and I
saw her well. A highly elaborate
couture attired her head, and a
richly embroidered vesture swathed
her from throat to wrist, but once
I had seen her face, I had no eyes
for anything else in that room. That
this was painted was nothing-mot-
ley could not diminish the light Of
her countenance. Her cheeks were
raddled, her lashes were stiff and
laden, her lips were a scarlet
blotch: but the visage thus over
laid was above these things. It was
handsome as an eagles is hand
some-with cold majesty of fea-
ture, needless of the sense of mi
nority which it imposed.
I understanding awkwardly,
dirnly aware of Elizabeth sitting be-
side the bed and smiling at me to
tell me that all was well.
Old Harry inclined her head.
'How d'you do, Mr.. Exon. Come
here, if you please"
stepped to her side, and she
put out hand which was blazing
with three magnificent rings.
took the fingers in mine and put
them to my lips.
81 am told you're a man of &C
tion," she said, "and so it seems.
But you're not very quick off the
mark" She tapped the papers that
lay on her delicate quilt. "This Ger
ing business. Why did you wait so
long?"
"For two reasons, madam" said
I. First, for several months was
not myself. I found life hard to ham
die and had no brains to spare for
anything else. And then I shrank
from interference with state of af-
fairs which had been established so
long"
"And then you saw Percy vir-
gil?"
eyes," said I. "He's-he's not
nice-looking man."
He'd look very well from a gal
lows" observed the Duchess of
Whelp. She turned to Elizabeth.
''What made you allow Mr.. Exon
to carry you OFF,"
'That," said Elizabeth, sis what
keep asking him."
"Sex," said Old Harry, firmly.
'You liked subjecting yourself to
the strength of the male. It's been
done before. The Sabines kicked
and screamed for the look of the
thing: as matter of hard fact,
they were tickled to DEATH" She
turned upon me. "And what do you
mean, Richard Exon, by hiding this
lady at Raven for over a week."
Her attack was so sudden that I
was taken aback.
Madam" said I, cit seemed the
best thing to do.'
"Did it, indeed?" said Old Harry.
swell, God preserve us all from
your benevolence. The Lady Eliza
beth Virgil, for whom the cities of
Europe are being surreptitiously
secured, sharing two young mems
lodgings ten miles from her fathers
house! And who's this Herrick per-
son? I knew Naseby once :"
"He's one of the BEST" said I.
"And he pulls far more than his
weight. AS matter of fact, he's
the present Lord Naseby's heir"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Famous Left-HanderS

Among the famous men who were
left-handed were Tiberius, Michel
angelo, Sebastian del Piombo, File
CHER, Nigra, Buhl, Rapael of Monte
lupo, Bertillon, and President Gar
field. Also Leonardo da Vinci
sketched rapidly with his left hand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

boy Lou Little,'
Columbia's football
coach, always has
an ace in the hole
he is an expert land
scape gardener
The University of
Michigan's mark of
3:31.4 for the 400
yard swim relay
was accepted by the
International feder-
alton as the worlds
record That
1oro rnL1NJ xr,,11 ha
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

host to the 1899 western junior golf
tournament Great Britain will
send a picked track team to the U.
S. Immediately after the British IT,
tie events in July, 1899.
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK. - In the pre-war
y years, about the only sure
enough newspaper man who COW
cred Europe was Henri S. De Blow
itz, the Bohemi-
U. S. Scribes an who became
Set Pace for a Frenchman
British Bows and scooped the
world with the
full text of the treaty at the con-
ference of Berlin, at the end of the
Franco-Prussian war. Although he
did this for the London Times, Eng
lsh journalists - distinctly that,
rather than newspaper men -
seemed to think it wasn't quite
cricket and they went on wearing
spats, carrying canes, and lodging
leg-work. I remember citing to an
English friend the De Blowitz book,
published posthumously in 1903, in
which he told how he got that beat
on the treaty-an exciting newspa-
per yarn if there ever was one.
"Bit of rotter, don't you Think"
said the Englishman.
After the war, the English cor
respondents started shaking
leg, but, with all this Chauvin-
ism loose in the world, we may
boast that it was the American
lads who set the pace. One
press association and a few of
our newspapers sent over to the
big war some news beagles who
began retrieving stories right
under the nose of the morning
coat scribes. They've been get
ting better all the time, and one
of the bell-ringers is Frank
Smothers of the Chicago Daily
News, the tenth correspondent
to be bounced out of Italy for
faithful reporting in the last
year.
Mr.. Smothers was fast-stepping
and fast-thinking reporter in Chi
cago for nine years before he went
to the Orient, as correspondent for
the Chicago Daily News and the
Boston Transcript. He was close
in when the Japanese made their
first grab for China and pegged
home some of the best stories from
that beat. In Italy, he made SIM
liar record.
A keen analyst, as well as
news-getter, he is one Of num-
Der of American foreign CORE
spOndents who have told the sto-
ry of world catastrophe faster
and better than any others at
any place or time. He grew up
in ROseville, ILL.,, and finished at
the University of Wisconsin, aft
er two years at Northwestern.
He is 81 years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
RUNS Differ in Taste

Rum is the great West Indian
drink. It was invented in the is
lands. There are many varieties of
rum. The different islands make
runs that differ widely in taste.
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in the first place, but in the long
run, because the indies will wear
and wash so long and so well.
The slip has a beautifully fitted
line over which your doll-waisted
clothes will look their best. The
brassiere provides support and up
lift that you need for a definite
bustline, and the panties are I'M
usually smooth-hipped, because
they fasten with Upper.
The House Dress.
This full-skirted frock is such a
pretty thing that you'll be wise
to make it up in flannel or challis
for shopping as well as in calico,
Bingham and percale for around
the house. The bodice has darts
just above the waist to create be-
coming fullness over the bust, the
sleeves are pulled high at the
shoulders, and the neckline, out
lined with a double row of braid
or ribbon, is extremely fiattering.
This is one of the most satisfac-
tory house dresses that anyone in
the IL to 20 size range can posi-
bly, choose
The Patterns.
No. 1649 is designed for sizes Il,
16, Is, 20, 40, AZ, A and 46. Size
16 requires, for the slip ga yards
of 39-inch material; for the pant
les, rs yards; for the brassiere,
~ yard.
No. 1850 is designed for sizes II,
IA, 16, Is and 20. Size IA requires
42s yards of 35-inch material; IL
yards of ribbon or braid to trim.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Gin
| coins) each.
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
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Lesson No. 8

This diagram shows shot com
monty played.
Frequently in shots as shown
above, the novice will miss the shot
because of his overanxiety to break
the balls. When playing any shot
always concentrate on the ball yol
are to pocket-and you will have
better success. This applies to any
game on the billiard or pocket ia
BILE. Again, in the above shot hole
your cue as level as possible EJ
resting it on the rail of the table
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Sport Shorts

WILLIAM SMITH, Penn State
W cross country runner, never
has been beaten since he took up
the sport as Philadelphia school
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
.Speaking of Sports
Flashing Speed
Makes Hockey
Sports Thriller
By ROBERT McSHANE

10y xbODA24SA 4'4SoAAx12NA
IN A world gone wildly enthusiast
1 tic over sports in all its forms,
hockey stands alone as the speedi-
est, most exciting game of them all.
Take the word of thousands of fans
who pack arenas in large and small
cities throughout the north. The
cold, driving, fierce speed of hockey
makes it unlike any other game.
This speed and smash are the
reasons for hockey's popularity.
Whether a dozen schoolboys are
playing on frozen Minnesota pond
or a topnotch professional team is
playing under the lights of huge
arena, the game is fast and furious.
It's a simple game to watch and
understand. There are six men,
including the gOalie, on each team,
and a black disk of hard rubber, all
out in front of the spectator. Play
ers on one team try to poke the
puck into the net of the other team
to score winning goals. Roughly,
the teams are divided into three for
wards, two defense players, and the
padded goalie who is the last line
of defense.
theoretically forwards are the
fastest skaters, best stick handlers
and the best shot makers. Defense
players are usually bigger men,
brawny enough to withstand terrific
mauling. Goalies are a race unto
themselves. They learn to move
with mechanical precision, using
their built up equipment to the best
advantage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Penalties Severe

Rules are concerned chiefly with
offside play. Lines are drawn across
the rink, and players must not cross
ahead of teammates who carry the
puck on the attack. Forward pass
ing is not allowed once a player
crosses the last line between him
and the opponents bOal. Other rules
are more or less safety measures,
keeping roughness in check as much
as possible. Offending players are
sent from the ice for varying peri
DDS, and during their absence their
team carries on short handed.
Ice hockey is little more than an
infant, albeit tough one. Though
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

Is U6S6t WITH CnOUSdnQ plans
for taking care of European politi-
cal refugees, as he heads the Ameri-
>, can efforts in
George Rublee this humane un-
Vet of Delicate dertaking. His
Negotiations fame rests upon
his achieve
ments as an international lawyer.
of the firm of Covington, Burling &
Rublee, of Washington He was a
strong supporter and ally of the late
Robert La Toilette.
Whenever they have had oil
trouble anywhere in the Western
hemisphere, they have sent for
Mr.. Rublee. He has straight
ened out snarls over oil rights
in Colombia, Mexico and other
countries. He was friend and
associate of the late Dwight w.
Morrow and helped him settle
q number Of oil and banking
arguments in Mexico.
He is a native of Madison, Wis,
and an alunnus of the Harvard law
school. He began the practice of
law at Chicago.
THERE was news story the
L other day about a thwarted art
list, who came through and had a
glorious revenge on his thwarters.
>. :. The Fine Arts
EUens Things citation, in be-
With BopDers half of teachers
fiunked by the
New York board of examiners, gives
an exhibition by which the public
is to judge whether the board
bopped them unjustly. Among the
exhibitors is Max Weber, dis
tinguished artist, represented in the
Metropolitan museum, who was
among those fiunked by the board.
With his picture goes note to the
board in which Mr.. Weber tells what
he thinks of it and cites his sue
cess as proof of their incompe-
tence."
Mr.. Weber, a native of Rus
STA, here at the age of 10, was
mOdernist, SO far out of bounds
that the academicians would
turn in riot call whenever any
body mentioned his name. He
has been marked up more by
the critics probably than any
other man in America.
The turn in Mr.. Weber's fortunes
came in 1925, when a discerning
New York Sun critic, among 9TH
ers, piped him up as thoroughly
competent artist. His pictures sell.
He has nice home at Great Neck,
Long Island.
Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

THERE was news story the
I other day about thwarted art
list, who came through and had a
glorious revenge on his thwarters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

GEORGE RUBLEE, 70 years old,
- is beset with a thousand plans
for taking care of European politi-
cal refugees, as he heads the Ameri-
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can efforts in
this humane un-
dertaking. His
fame rests upon
4 l.
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The Fine Arts
Substitutes aSso-
citation, in be-
half of teachers
funked by the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

NEW YORK. = In the pre-war
y years, about the only sure
enough newspaper man who COW
cred Europe was Henri S. De Blow
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-24

A week of. spiritual emphasis being
conducted under the title of a
'4preaching mission" VIII begin to-
morrow at the First Congregational
Christian church. Plans for the
preaching mission have, been in pro-
gress for three weeks, and it is the
opinion of the pastor, Rev. ]. Everette
Neese, that there will be a. good at
tendance. ...
Local ministers will conduct the
services throughout the week. The
preachers in charge, along with their
sermon subjects, are as fol-
lows: Sunday morning, Rev. j.
Everette Neese, "Show Us the Faith
err. Sunday evening, Envoy Luther
Morton watch and Pray; Monday
evening, Rev. T. j. Worthington,
"The Necessity OF the New Birth:
Tuesday evening, Rev. J. D. Crawford,
Emissions in the Changing Times" ;
. Wednesday evening, Rev. T. J. White
head "The Christians Supreme
Loyalty Thursday evening, Rev. A.
S. Hale, Forget Not; Friday even
ing, Rev. James A. Jones, Doing
Your Part. It is. regretted that Rev.
II. H.. BfCWn Will. De uHdple 70 snare
in these services.
Special music for the week will be
furnished by the. choirs Of the Meth
odist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant,
Presbyterian and Baptist choirs.
Services will begin each evening
promptly at 7:3O o'clock, and close at
$3.50 o'clock.
Purposes Of the preaching mission
are, according to Mr.. Neese's, an
nOuncement, to stress the reasonable
ness of the Christian faith in the per-
sona1 God, and its power in leading
| a Eewildered society towards the
standards and ideals of the Kingdom
of God; to teach and preach Christ's