Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1921, Page 2

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And so you learned why we are so to the proverbial bow-wows as many of s0.—Hibbing Daily Tribune. cosl trade.” one’s lips would be “Ouch!” tion is not worrying about business. Times. Colpmbia. (S. C,) Record. KRR KKK KRR KK H|L ¥ COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES * I AR TS S S ERER RSN Mrs. Florence Hanscom, chairman of the health committee of the patri- otic league of teachers has received “ replies from a large number of teach- ers te whom she sent a health ques- tlonaire. These replies indicate that !/ there 13 a united effort being made x the teachers to correct all bad postures of the body of the children, and to establish the best, sanitary spend all of their time visiting “conditions of the school room. The|schools to the advantage of the amswers ‘also show that the adjust-|schools. Then the work could not! .ment of window shades does not re- celve tle attention it should. Some school houses do not have the win- dow shades, and-of those which have, tco often they are up full height with the sun sending fits bright rays into the room so that pupils’ eyes are “injured. by the reflection. Again on eloudy days and when the rays of the sun do not enter the school room, i some teachers have the shades down £0 a3 'to- shut out one-half of the needed 11ght. “"We hope that the el- fort put forth by Mrs. Hanscom and ‘the othér members of her committee ‘may be the means of correcting this! . condition. Ventilation, humidify- . ing the wmir, organizing the play at fntermissfon, and teaching children ‘¢ivic responsibility are some of the other subjects broughy to the atten- e teachers thru this com- & ti ‘Mrs. Mary Pratt of Willlams re- Ports that at a recent entertainment given by her schvol $55.00 was rais- ed with which a book gase and a number of library books will- be bought. Mrs. Ida Chisholm. has given an ‘entertainment at which' $11.60 ‘. was raised for the purchase of a globe, ESuch entertainments are not only gobd for the community financi- Bernice Wallace ‘who has been ‘ THE ‘ WEREKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, .publbhed every Thursday sent postage paid to any address fcr, in -d'vnco, ROUND UP TAX EVADERS ) The salaried man or the industrial worker can hope for little success in evading his personal income tax.. The govern- ment requires that his employer shall make a statement of the for tax collectors to ascertain whether the individual has re- The fact that certain persons are qble to obligations to the government gives no the fullest possible compliance with the laws be made. Many persons who earned large incomes in industry in 1919 and the first half of 1920 find their earnings have greatly fallen off on much revenue on this account, and it becomes the more neces- sary that tax evaders be brought to an accounting. The complicated system of collecting taxes on salesand on excess profits, which gives opportunity for tax evasions, should give way to a more simple method—a method so direct that eva- sion will be difficult, if not impossible, and one which will give the individual who pays on salary or other direct earnings-bet- bing prospered under the Power administration and it will contniue to do Senator Calder told a senate committee that the American people had been “mulct” out of a billion and a half dollars.last year by “men.in the That sounds big but it doesn’t hurt near as much as the extra " dollars that were tacked onto the coal bills.—St. Cloud Daily Times. The appropriate salutation on raising a glass of home-brew hooch to Or if it happens to be the wood alcohol sort, “Here’s lookin’ at you—for the last time"’—Little Falls Daily Transcript. Shrewd buyers nowadays shop through the. newspaper. ‘who puts his message to the buying public in a newspaper of general circula- Little Falls Daily T}anscflpt. Republican aspirants for postoffice jobs are said-to average 10 for each office, which shows that an eight-year fast. will do.—St. Cloud Daily | One by one the big breweries of the country are liquidating their affairs, but the owners would rather liquidate the thirsty.—St. Cloud ‘Daily Times.! Turtle Lake township has resigned. dent of schools, left yesterday morn- ing for Baudette. He will spend three | weeks visiting country schools in the north end of the county. Lilleskov, aseistant county Superin- tendent, will be in the office nearly every day during his absence. work in this office requbres constant attention, vet in a county the size of Beltrami, be supervised, but inspected. nurse, who has spent the past two weeks examining children northern part of the county, will con- | month, and expects to reach a num-| Dber of school which have not been | visited by a county nurse. $2.00. ‘ CITY 'PROCEEDINGS * { each.employe, and it is easy The government does owe an due on or before! the government to insist that on. The government will lose _— optimistic about Hibbing. We just can’t make ourselves believe that the best little village in the world has gone our dear friends would have it. Hib- The merchant| What avails it to be champion boy chess player of the world, if the boy never does anything but play chess?—Little Falls Daily Transcript. | Many persons appear to have the idea that a dollar is r'lot doing anything | for them as long as it is unspent.—St. Cloud Daily Times. ‘What chance would a Western tenderfoot have now in the Wild East?— (vontinued, Krom ‘Last issue) She jieed not have worrled. It re- quires a strong man to be dictator of a roman candle republic for 15 years, | and ‘whatever. his sins of omission or commission, Sarros did not lack ani- mal courage. Alone and unattended he liniped away among the graves to the wall on the other side of the ceme- tery and placed his back against it, negligently, in the attitude of a devil- may-care fellow without a worry in life. ' 'The sergeant waited respectfully until'Sarros had finished his cigarette; when he' tossed it away and straight- ened to attention, ‘the sergeant Knew he whs ready, to ‘die. At his'command therd was a sudden rattle of bolts as ‘the cartridges siid from the magazines intothe breeches there followed a,mo- ‘mentary halt, another,’command;" the | obligation to honest taxpayers, though, that it use every avail-| squad was aiming’Wwhen'Ricardo Rifey able means to bring the slackers to account. Reports on incomes for 1920 will be | eallkd sharply : “Sergennt, do_not. give the order, t fret| L i T vere lowered andithe men gazad wonderingly at Ricakds. “He's'! i Ricapdo,, complained.. too riuve, “D—— him, T ¢an’t 7U him s T'wonid a mad dog. “I'ver‘got to give him a chance.” . The sergeant raised his brows ex- pressively. Ah, the ley fuga, that'pop- ular form of execution where the pris- oner is given a running chance, and the firing squad practices wing shooting. If the prigoner mannges, miraculously, to eseape. he is not pursued! A doubt, however, crossed the ser- geant's mind. “But my general,”" he expostulated, “Senor Sarros cannot ac- cept the ley fuga. He is very lame. That is not giving him the chance your | Excellency. desires he should Have.” “1 wasn't thinking of that”” Ricardo replied; “I.was thinking I'm ‘Killing him without a fair trial for the rea- son that he's so infernally ripe for the gallows that a frial would have been a joke. Nevertheless, I am real- 1y killing him because he killed my father—and that is scarcely fair. My father was a gentleman. Sergeant, Is your pistol loaded?” “Yes, General.” 2 ¥Give it to Senor Sarros.” As the sergeant started forward to cguply Ricardo drew his own service revolver and then ‘motioned Mother Jenks and the firing squad to stand aside while he crossed to the center of the cemectery. “Sarros,” he called, I am going to let God decide which one of us shall live. When the sergeant gives the command to fire, I.shall open fire on you, and you are free to do the same to me. _Sergeant, if he Kills me and escapes unhurt, my orders are to escort him to the bay in my carriage 2 [ S—, | and put him safely aboard the steam- *The allies would feel more like. putting Germany and Austria on t:heirl‘ % feet if they were not afraid of a kick from behind.—St. Cloud Daily Times. | ern . Mother Jenks sat down on a tomb- stone, ~ “Gord's truth!” she . gasped, |-“but there's a rare plucked "un.” Aloud she croaked: sir” “Silence!” he commanded. The sergeant handed Sarros the re- volver. “You heard what I said?” Ri- ‘eardo called. Sdrros bowed gravely, i “You -understahd your:orders, Ser- “Don’t be a bally ass, | geant?” —— ] _ eaching the Silver Lake school in J. C. McGhee, - county superinten- Miss Mary The both workers should Mise Linnea : Anderson, .county in the inue her work there' for nearly a —_— THE WEST HOTEL || MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA Following the, downward || trend in prices is now offering rooms at $1.75 to $2.25 —without bath $2.50 to $6.00 —with bath Moderate priced Cafe in | connection. 1 “Yek, General.” '{ F “Yery well, Proceed. :If thls pris- oner fires before you give the word, have your squad riddte -him." - The sergeant backed away and gazed owllshly from the prisoner 16 his cap- tor. - “Ready!” he called. ‘Both revol- vers came up. “Fire!” he shouted, and the two shots were discharged si- multaneously. Ricardo’s cap flew off his head, but he remained standing, while Sarros staggered back ngainst the wall and there recovering himself gamely, fired again. He scored n clean miss, and Ricarde's gun barked three times; Sarros sprawled on his face, rose to his knees, ralsed his pistol haltway, fired into the sky and slid forward on his face. Ricardo stood be- side the body until the ‘sergeant ap- proached and stood to attention, his attitude saying: “It i over. What next, General?” “Take the squad back to the arsenal, Sergeant,” Ricardo ordered him coolly, and walked back to recover his uni- form cap. He was smiling as he ran his finger through a gaping hole in the upper half of the crown. “Well, Mrs. Jenks,” he announced ! when he wejoined the old lady, “that was better than, executing him with o firing squad. T gave him a square deal. Now his friends can never say that ¥ murdered him:" He extended his hand to help Moth. er Jeaks to.ler feet. . She stood evect and felt again that queer swelling of the leart, the old feeling of suffoca- tion. . “Steady, las: on to we, sir. Gor'—I'm—chokin'—" He canght her in his arms as she Turched toward him. Her face was purple, and in her eyes there was a “queer fierce light that went out sud- denly, leaving them dull and glazed. When she commenced to sag In his she mumbled. “'01d Pefer B.Kyne df the Giants,” Etc. It's my bally haneurism. ’ DALY FIONEER uthor of “Cappy icks” “The Valley AW R Xyss { and Iaid heron hier back in’the grass. *“The nipper’s safe, ‘Enery,” he’heard her murmur. * “Ive raised ’er ‘a’ lydy, s’elp me—she’s back where—you found ‘er—'Enery—" 5 She quivered, and the light came creeping back into her eyes before it faded forever. . “Comin’, 'Enery—dar- lin’,” she whispered; and then the soul| of Mother Jenks, who'had a code and’| lived up to it (which is more thanthe majority of us de), had departed upon: the ultimate journey. Ricardo gazed down on the hard old mouth, softened now by a little half-smile of mingled yearning and gladness: “What a. won- gerful soul you had,” he murmured, and kissed her, In the end she slept in the niche In. i#he wall of the Catedral de la Vera: Cruz, beside her sainted ’Enery.- | CHAPTER: XVIII. ¢ Three days passed. -Don Juan Cafe- | tero had been burieil with all the pomp" l.and circumstance of a national hero; Mother Jenks, too, had gone to her.ap- pointed - resting place, and El Buen Amigo had been closcd forever. Ricar- do had issued a proclamation announc- ing himself provisional president of Sobrante; a convention of revolytion- ary leaders had been held, and a provi- | sional cabinet selected. A day for the | national elections had been named; the.| wreckage. of the brief revolution had been cleared away, and, the wheels of government were once more revolving freely and noiselessly. And while all of this had been going on, Johu Stu- art Webster had Iain on his back, stur- ing at the palace ceiling and absolute- ly forbidden to receive visitors. He was still engaged in this mild form of gymnastics on the third day when the door of his room-ofiened and Dolores looked in‘on him, " ; i “Good evening, Calfph,” she called. | “Aren’t you'déad yet?” It was esactly the tone she should have adopted to get the best resuits, for Webster had been mentally and’ physically ill since she had 'Seen him last, and needed soiié such pleasantry as this to 1Ift him'Put of his gloomy mood. Ha grinneéd:t her boyishly, “No, I': not dead. On the contrary, | rm feeling..real chirpy. . Won't you come in and Visit for a while, Miss Ruey?” 4 “well, >y invited me, 1 shall aceept.” Entgring, she stood be- side his bed'nnd topls the hand he ex- | tended toward her, #THis i3 the first opportunity I've. hddy'Miss Ruey,” he began, “to a[ga:l; for the ‘shock T v 0f | steaq of gemng.fi'vfo' a fight and scar- | Ing you half to death. I hopa yowll | forgive me, becatsé: I'm paying: fun now—with Intersst.” ¢ | “Very well, Caliph. Tl forgive'you ! —on’ one condition,” A |~ “\Who am I to resist having a ‘cohdl: tion imposed upon me? Name your | terms. I shall obey.”" for my { “Im wenry of-ibelng called .Miss |’ Ruey.' 1 want {o be Dolores—to you.” “By the toe nailg of Moses,” he re- i flected, “there is ng escape. She's de- termined:to rock the boat.” Aloud h¢ said:- “All right, Dolores. T guessffi won't mind.” o “Billy hasn’t a word to sy nbout it.? she retorted, regarding him with that calm, impersonal, yet vitally interested look - that always- drove him frantf with' the desire for her. % “Well, of course, I understand that.” he: countered. . “Naturally, since” Bill is only a-man, you'll have to manage| him and he'll have to take orders.” “Callph, you're a -singularly persist- ent man, once you get an fdea into your head. - Please understand me, onco for all; Billy Geary is a dear, and it's a mystery to me why every girl in the world Isn’t perfectly crazy about him, but every rule has its exceptiohs—and Billy and I are just good friends. I'd Iike to know where you got the idea we're ehgaged to be married.” “Why—why—well, aren't you?” ertainly not.” “Well, you—er—you ought to be. I/ expected—that. is, I planued—I mean Byl told me. gud—and—and—er—it | never. occurred to me you' could possi- bly have the—er—crust—to refuse’ him, "Of cotrse, you're going to mar-| ty himi when’he asks you?": = . “Of ‘course I am-not.” “ARh-h-h!” . John Stuart, ;‘Webster‘ gnzed= at her .In frauk nmazement.| “Not going to marry Bill Geary!” he cried; -highly scandalized, « R '5 “I know you think I ought'to, and I'! sappose it will appear quite lncompre-‘ hensible to you when I do'not—="" | “Why Dolores,”my dear girl! This| is most amazing. Didn’t Bill ask you ' to marry him before he left?” { “Yes, he did me that honor, and I} declined him.” ¥ “You what!” i She smiled at him so maternally that | his hand ltched to drag her down to! him and kiss her*cutving lips. “Do you ‘mind telling fie just wh, you took this extraordinary attitude?”| “You have mo right to ask, but I'll{ ——— /! 'nrmg he eased her geifly to the ground | tell you. I refused Billy because 1 4:you..» Dolores, do you figure Bill’s case ipretty ‘woll ‘éonvinced I'm'out of!the | and gentler.” ~ask You to marry me, but I want to dln'E Tove 'him ~enongh—that Tway. What's more, I never could.” . * ? He rolled Iis hend ‘to one side and) softly, very. softly, whistled ‘two bars of “The Spanisn Cavalier” through his teeth. ¥e' 'was properly : thunder-| struck—so much so, in fact, that for a moment he actually forgot her pres- ence the while he pondered this ‘most incredible state. of affairs. “I see it #ll‘now. -It's a8 clear as mud,” he anngunced finally, “You re- fused poor ‘old ~Bill ‘and 'broke his heart, and so he went away and hasn’t had the courage to write me'since. I'm | afraid Bill and-I beth: regarded this fight as practically. won—all over bat the wedding march, as ome might put it. I might as well' confegs I hustled the boy down from the;rine; just so you two.could ‘get married and light out on your honeymoon. I figured Bil could kil two birds with ‘one stone— have his-honeymoaen and get rid of his malaria, and return’ here’ in ‘thiee or' four months to religye me, after I had the mine in operation. Poor boy: That. was a frightful’ song-and-dance you gave him.” “ suspected you were the match- maker inlthis case. T must say I think you're old enough-to know: better, Ca~ | liph John.” ‘ “‘You did, eh?- Well, what made you think 502" She chuckled. “Oh, you're very ob-. vious—to a woman. “I forgot that you reveal the pnsf and foretell the future.” “You are really very clumsy, Caliph, You should never;try to direct the de tiny of any woman,”_ ¢ “I'm on the sick'list,” he pleaded, “and it isn't sporting of you to discuss’ me.:You're healthy—so let us discuss to he nbsolutely hopeless?” “Absolutely, Caliph.” . - 1 “Hum-m-m1” . 0 ‘Again Webster had recourse to med- itation, seeing which, Dolores ‘walked to the pier glass in the.corner, satisfied herself ‘that her.coiffure was just-so and returned to his side, singing softly. a little song that had floated out over the transom of Webster's Toom - door inte the hall one night: A~ Spanish cavaller 1 - TWent out to Tope a steer, Along . with 'his ‘paper 'cigar-r-rol “Caramba!” sald he. v *“Manana you will be 5 Mucho bueno carne por mfol” He turned bis head and looked up at her -suddenly, searchingly, “Is there anybody ‘else in Bill’s ‘way?” he de< manded. ' “T admit it's none of my business, -but—-" “Yes, Caliph, there is sonie one else.” “I thought so.” This rather vicious- 1y. . “I'm willing to .gamble 100 to 1, sight unscen, that whoever he is, he isn’t half the man Bill is.”. y “That,” she replied cdldly, “Is a mat- ter of personal opinion.” \“And Bill's clock s fixed for keeps?™ - #Yes, Caliph, 'And he never had & chance from the start.”” “Why not?” % “Well, T met thé other man first, Ca- Jiph” R “QOh! . Do you mind telling me what this other man does for a living# “He’s a mining man, like Bflly.” “All'right! Has the son of a horse thief got a ming like Bill's? That's something to consider, Dolores.” “He has a mine fully as gocd as Billy’s. Like Billy, he owns a hslif interest in it, too.” '~ “Hum-m-m! . How {long have ynu known him?” - “Not very long.” “Be sure you're -right—then . go ahead,” John Stuart Webster warbed her. “Don’t marry in haste and repent at leisure, Dolores. Know your wan before you let him buy the wedding ring. There’s a heap of difference, my dear, between sentiment and sentimen- tallty.” “I'm sure of my man, Caliph.” “_He was sllent again, thinking rapi.* y. “Well, of course,” he began agal presently, “while there was the slight. t possibility of Bill winning you, 1/ ve . died before saying. thai “whicli T améiaboiit to say to you now: Dolores, becange Bill 18 my friend, and} T'd never double cross him. With ref- _erence to- this other. man, ligwever, 1! “have no- such code to consider. I'm| ‘Tunuing, but 191 giye that 1ad a rugeilt it's the last act.of my fite. He's a stranger to me, and he Isn’t on the job | to protect his claim, so why shouldn’t I stake jt If T can? But are you guite certain you aren’t making n grave mis- take in refusing Billy? He's quite a boy, my dear, ‘I know him from soul to suspenders, and he’d be awgully. good to you. He's kind and gentle and considerate, and he's not a molly- coddle, either.” “I'can't help 1t, Caliph, Please talk about him any more. I know somebody who -is kinder -and nobler She . ceased - abruptly, fearful of breaking down her rescrve ll}l(l saying too much, Lot “Well, if Bill's case Is: hopeless”— his hand came groping:for hers, while he held her with his sm’n‘,!flpk, wistful glance—*"I wonder ‘what mine looks like. That is, Dolores, I—I—" “Yes, John?" £ ““Tve played fair with.my friend? whispered eagerly. “¥I'm not" going ‘to tell you that to me you're such a very wodderful woman I cai’'t help loving you with my*whele heart and soul.” | “I have suspected thig, John,” ‘she’ replied gravely. " 7 TUAT T a0 “I suppose so.* Pm-such an obvious old fool. T've had my dream, and I've put it behind me,. but I—T just want syou to know I love you; <o long as I ive, I shall want to serve you. When you're married to this other man, and things do not break just right for youn both—if I-hgve something he wants, in order to make you happy, I want you to know it’s yours to give to him. e iy don't|. to Know flils mhan 1m Zolug t67mar o, “Yes, I think I'd llke to congratulate the: scoundrel.” 3 ) , “Then I'll- introduce you to him, John. “T first met him on a train:in-Death valley, Californin. ‘He was a:shagey’ old .dear. all whiskers andyrags, but his whiskers couldn’t hide his smile, ‘and his. rags couldn’t hide his man- hood, and when he thrashed o drom- mer because the man ‘annoyed me,”T Just _couldn’t help falling in love. with him, “Even when he fibbed to me and disputed my assertion that'we had' met before——'" S T R T K . “Gooc iand of love--and the’calves get loose!” he almost shouted as he heltl up his one sound arm to her.:*My dear, my dear—". “Oh, sweetheart,” she whispered lay- ing her hot cheek against lp%s, “it's ‘taken you so long to say it,-butil loye' you all'the more for thé dear’thoughts that made you hesitate.” g .« He was,silent a few moments, digest- ing his amazement, speechless with the @reat happiness that was “hls—and then ‘Dolores was’kissing the back of the hand of that helpless, bandaged arm lying across his breast..' He had a tightening fn his throat, for he had not expected love; and.that sweef, be- nignant, humble little kiss spelled ado- ration and’ eternal .surrender; when she looked at him again’the mists of Joy were in his eyes. % . “Dear- old Caliph . John!” she crooned. “He’s never had a woman to understand his funny: ways -and ap- preciate them and take care of him, has he?' She patted his cheek. “And bless his simple old heart, he Wi to his friend. Yes, indeed. 'Johnny Webster respects ‘No, Shooting!- signs {when he sees them; but he tells fibs, | he really isn’t. _So you wouldn't be falseto Billy—eh, dear? 'T'm glad to | knowsthat, because the man who can- | not be false to his friend can never be false to his wife.” ) - ¥e crushed her down. to him and held her there for a long time, *“My dear,” he ‘said presently, “isn’'t there something you have to say’to me2?” *J love you, John,” she whispered, and.sealed the sweet confession with a true lover's kiss. “All's well. with the world,” John Stuart Webster announced when he could use his lips once more for con- versation. “And,” he added, “owingz to the fact that'I started a trifle late in life, I believe T could stand a little more of the same.” The door opened and Ricardo ldoked in on them. g 2 “Killjoy !” Webster “growled. “o1 Killjoy ™ the . Thirteenth, King ‘of So- brante. Is this a surprise to you?” “Not a bit of it, Jack, “was due.” 4 2 “Am I welcome in the Ruey family?” ‘Ricardo came over and kissed his sister.. “Don’t 'be a lobster,. Jack,” he | protested. ~ “I dislike. foolish ques- tions.” ‘And he pressed. his:friend's | pleasure. |.1ike tos, Jack,” he continued, with a hug for Doloves, “but Mr. What-you- may-call-him, the American consul, has called to pay his respects.. As a fellow citizen of yours; he is vitally interested in your. welfare. “Would you, care to receive him ‘for a ‘few minutes?” “One minute will, do,” Webster de- clared with emphasis. “Show the hu- man slug up, Rick” . |/ *-Mr. Lemuel Tolliver tripped breezily | In with outstretched hand. “My dear Mr. Webster,” he began, but Webster cut him short with a peremptory ges- | ture. g . “Listen, friend Tolliver,” he “sald. | “The only reason I recelved you was to tell’you I'm going to remain in this country awhile ‘and help develop it. {1 may even conclude to grow up witt | it. I shall not, of course, renounce my American citizenship; and of course Qg an American citizen; 1 am naturally Interested“in the ' man 'my country { §ends to Sobrante to represent it. li i mifsht as well be frank. and: tell you that you won't do. I ealled on you once to do your duty, and you weren't there; I told you then I might have something to say about your job later on, and now I'm due to. say it Mr Lolliver, I'm the power behind the throne in {his. little Jim-crojy-country; and to quote your own elegant phrese- nux vomiea to ‘the Sobrantean ‘gov- ernment; Morcover, as soon as the Sobrantean ambassador reaches Wash: ington, he’s going to tell the president that you are, and then the president Will be courteous enough to remove You. Tn the meantime, fare thee well, Mr. Consul.” * “But, Mr, Webster—" L “Vayal” _AIr. Tolllver, appreciatirg; the utter futility of argument, bowed atd de- parted. 2 passing - day,” - Webster ‘nfurmured | whimsically. . “Rick, old man, I think you had better escort ‘thé consul to the front door.’ Your presence is nux Vomica to me also. ' Sce that you baek me up and dispose of that fellow Tol- diug—can- he; sweetheart LI .. When Ricardo had taken his depar- ture John Stuart Webster looked upi| quite seriously at his wife-to-] “Can you expliin to me, Dolores,” fie asked, “how it happened that your relatives and ‘your father’s old friendd. here in ‘Sobrante, whom you met shorlly atter your arrival, never informed Fou that Rieardo was living?” ; “Fhey didn’t know any more about ! him than I did, and he left here as a | mere boy. He was seargeiy acquainted | quite submissively to the‘Sarros yoke. | Tudeed, my . fallier's Lalf-broiher, An- T—T—T—guess that’s all, Dolores,” tenio Ruey, actually accepted a port- ! folio undér the Sarros regime and held | you, John. Would you like | It un to hIs death. Ricardo las a|Adv. 1d rather give up his ove than’ by Zdse +and pretends to be very stupfd when | I knew it} hand with a fervor that testifled-to hisq' (., “I'm sorry to crowd In-at a time | clogy, you, as American consul, .aref | “Verily, life grows sweeteriwith each liver, or'you can’t eome‘to our wed-V’ with his reiatives, ail of whom bowed ! hoTesome' confempt’ for RIS Telatives, and as for his (father’s’old friends, none of them knew anything about his plans. Apparently: hig ‘identity -was known only.to the Sarros intelligence burenu, and it'did not permit the:infor matjon to'leak out! " i Co T “Funny, mix up,” he ‘commented. “And by-the! way, where did you’get, all the inside dope” about, Neddy Je- rome 2 Rty She Jaughed and related details of Neddy’s perfidy.. “And you actually agreed er ‘me, hog-tiea and helples old schemer, Dolores?” “Why net, dear, I laye ways meggt to marry you, to him the dellv= yous. I ale 1£ you'd'I I | { | | | B Alwayi”Mear‘xg t6 Marry Your | me; and $10,000 would have lasted me for pin-money a long time” . “Well, you and Neddy have both lost out! RBetter send the old pelican a ca- dream.” . : “the cable yesterday, John: “T’ sent dear.” “Extraordinary woman ! i “I've just received an answer. Ned- dy has spent nearly $50 telling me by cable ‘what a fine man ‘you are and how thankful I ought to he fto.the good Lord for permitting you to’/m:\rry e i “Dolores, you are perfectly amazing. 1 only proposed to you a minute ago.” “T know you did, slow-poke, but that is not. your fault. You would have “proposed. to me: yesterday, only I thought “best not to disturb.you until you were a little- stronger. ~~This eve- ning, however, [ made up my mind to settle the matter. and so-T——" “But’ sappose 1'hadn't proposed to Arter a2 ien, John, I should have proposed to you, I fear.” % “But you were running an awful risk, sénding that telegram ‘to Neddy Je- rome.” 28 4 2 She took one large red car in.each little_hand and shookhis head loving- ly. “Silly,” she whispered,. “don’t be a goose. I .Knew you loved .me;’I 1 would have known if, ever if Néldy Jerome hadn't told ‘me so.': 8o T played ‘a_safe game all” the Hay through, afd oh, dear Caliph Joln, I'm s0-happy I could ery.” “God bless my mildewed soul,” John Stuart Webster murmured helplessly. The entire matter was quite beyond- his comprehension! [THE END.] |THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS LEVI SUFFERED TEN LONG YEARS Minnesota Man Says Tanlac Overcame His Troubles and He Has Gained 26 Pounds. “Tanlac has actually built me up from one hundred and forty-five pounds to one hundred and seventy-/ one pounds in weight and I now feel just as good as I did when I was twenty: years old,” said J. S. Levi, of 160 W. Third St., St. Paul, Minn., gell known machinist for Armour & 0. “However, before I got Tanlac I suffered for ten long years all the misery that goes with a bad case of stomach _tronble and disordered kid- neys and was in a terribly run-down {condition. Everything I ate caused indigestion and I bloated up until I wasn’t able to get a good long breath. My batk pained me nearly-every min- ute of the day and hurt.so‘bad-it was Jjust agony for me to attempt to bend over. In the morning I was so stiff and sore I'could hardly gét'out of bed, and it Jocked ‘as if T'¢onldfind foth- ing that would Fn'!l]p‘l_n\!: g, “Well, sir, I finally. fan across Tan- Tac and that proved to be the turning Fhoint in my suffering, for it has sim- ply made a new:man of me, That awful stomach trouble has. entirely disappeared, my kidneys no,:longer Bother: me and I never have an ache or a pain. I have picked up twenty- |six pounds in weight, feel fine all the time and can truthfully say Tanlac has donc ‘me more good than every- thing else I've ever taken put to- gether.” Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by City Drug Store, Knutson & Lilja at Graceton, V. M. Owen & Co. at Hines, James Taylor, Tenstrike, and by the - leading druggists in every town.— v ble_and” wake him out of his day. . ( e ES A