The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 11, 1909, Page 4

a CW PA AT CEO AY RN i TAF T’S GUARDS GIVEN A SHOCK Presidential Party Was! Surrounded by Bursting | Bombs and Other Fire- works in California. wg this morn clock, After deliver r yooh from the r platform of the Mayflower, cetved the member reception committee the ear. His train then was taken to San Pedro, where he inspected the municipal harbor and proposed for tiffcation sites. When Prosident Taft reached | hero he had covered 6,266 miles of | hie 12,57%mile trip, or about half of the journey that is to ond in Washington on November 10. Spoken to Millions. Tho speech, or sermon, he deliv ered before the people of Fresno} yesterday afternoon was the 127th he has made since leaving Beverly Daring that time he has spoken in 14 states to probably a million and | @ half of his fellow countrymen, all | of whom have seen him if they were not able to hear his words. | The secret service men with President Taft had the scare ee: STAR'S. DAILY SHORT STORY HIS LORDSHIP By Allan P. Ames. “If I were a man,” declared Mol-} ly with Intense conviction, “I'd be & reporter, and nothing else. Billy, | aren't you glad you're poor?” “Well, I suppose one could be a) reporter and have money, too,” sug-! gested Billy, “although I never heard of one. It isn't all beer and skittles, though. Evans, the city editor, told me today he wasn't sat- isfled, and that if I didn’t make good on this Kilmarytn assignment, he wouldnt answer for what would Bo you mean Lord Kilmartyn?” asked Miss Benson. “Yes. The one they say is fol- Jowing an American hetress every- body is guessing about. Do you) know him?” | “We met him last year in Scot land,” replied Molly, looking the! other way. “What do you mean by} “making good’ with him?” / “Mainly finding out the name of the girl,” said Billy. ‘Then they talked of other things. His lordship arrived on schedule | time and proved the same enigma | the London correspondents had of “WHAT! YOU AUTHORIZE ME TO ANNOUNCE YOUR MAR- RIAGE TO MISS BENSON?” found him. Billy Anderson, Ifke the | others, went back to his office and| wrote half a column of mildly en-| tertaining stuff about the titled Englishman's appearance and pecu-| then watched anxiously | papers next morning been “scooped.” | I paper contained anything more than a wild guess about the identity of the young) lady. | It was the next afternoon when marty: but to his intense surprise he was admitted. “You may be surprised at what I am about to tell you,” the Eng lishman said to the reporter. “But you are vouched for by a mutual friend in whom I have the utmost confidence. I learn from her that! One Dollar brings into your J off in the vicinity 1.—Prest- | ; like | few jand there would have | Mo” —stuttered Billy. | Rvans. | asked. aa lives last night at Rakers eld ‘8 spite of the request sent on head to local arrang nts mittees that no firework of his more boisterouk element of the }town turned the Sabbath Into a Fourth of July, and when the train bearing the president arrived at 7 lock, it rolled into the center of a blaze of rockets, roman candles and red fire Bombs Explode. Detonating bombs that sounded Linch guns exploded within la fow feet of the Mayflower, and badly ma 8 and roman | candle: x within a t's head as k platform. he appeared on Bunches of firecrackers and tmp ish “nigger chasers” were set off almost within arm's reach of the president and in the deafening din the e ative might have been shot by a whole regiment of anarchists been no means of ascertaining where the bullets came from. The president's secret guards aided the local pol much as possible, but were unable to do anything beyond forming a hollow square, within which he was hustled to and from the speak er’s platform, erected near the sta tion _— }tt will be of great personal value to you ff your paper is able to make the first announcement of our en gagement. Am I right “You certainly are,” said Billy. “But who, please, is the kindly lady?” “An old friend of your family, I | understand—Miss Mary Benson.” “What! You're going to marry You auth- orize me to announce your engage- ment to Miss Benson ? Then the reporter's instinct as | serted itself, and although all but the newspaper lobe of his brain was numb with the shock, he lis tened while the Englishman gave him the details, Still in a daze, he went back to his desk, wrote the “story” and turned it in to Por once this dignitary wns jarred out of his calm. “It's the best stuff ever,” he cried. Then Billy went out. He wanted alr and time to think. Half an hour later be came to himself with & start to find himself om the up town block where the future Lady Kilmartyn resided. There was Molly’s house, and, yes, there was Molly herself com- ing down the front steps. Heartsick at the sight of her beauty and what it meant to bim now It was lost, he was about to turn down a side street, when she beckoned. Of course there was nothing to do but join her and walk by her side. She did not keep him long in sus- peose. “Did he tell you?’ she “Yea.” “And what did that bear of a city editor say?" “Oh, he was delighted. course I am, too. you, Miss Benson course —- ship.” “It will be a fine ‘scoop,’ won't it? And there'll be another for you And of I congratulate That is, of I congratulate his lord- | when ft is broken off. “Broken—what?" gasped Billy, “I said “broken off,” replied Misa Benson calmly. “Goodness, Billy, you don't suppose I really mean to marry him? | fust wanted to give you a chance to ‘make good,’ as you call it, with your paper.” PROF. ci STEVENS his hall for =orsenaemeeceeensseenenenesaneesitenemusstanins ‘The Genuine HALLS a é LOCK CO’s Hersng- Hall -Marvin fe Co. MANUFACTURERS 212 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE. home a Victor from Sher- man, Clay & Co. Order one today! Nineteen Stores on the Pacific Coast ‘Man Man Tailors | | For amend of Beautiful FURS Very pleasing, indeed, is collection of the choicest varieties of fashionable furs; rich in qual- ity, newest of shapes, charming in finish and expert assembling by killful furriers. Our assortment la of Lynx, Black our is r, consisting \ , Mink, Fox, Ermine, Japa- nese Mink, Sable, Squirrel and Russian Pony; made up in nobby patterns; rug and pillow muffs, fur jackets, throws, collars, black sealskin jackets with brown col lars and cuffs, and fur-trimmed hats. Priced from $4.50 to $150. ‘1332. 34 Second Avenue WALLEABLE RINGES The pride of every kitchen; a splendid stove in every way Do you want to buy a home? The Star's classified real © columns. Today's Styles Today | Rich Showing EASTERN OUTFITTING CO. INC. Co 's Reliable Credit House’ ALBERT HANSEN, sewetery DOWNING, HOPKINS 4 RYER, tan Atocks, Grain and Privistons. Both Phones 279. Private Wires, THE STAR—MONDAY, CREDIT FOR YOU This valuable assist. ance we render you iil) maker buying easy, A Th! | 209 Union Street (SSS! First and Cherry. Optical Department (Batabiiahed 1893) BROKERS OCTOBER 11, 1909. THREE DAYS DISPOSAL SALE) rE ) Of Wholesaler’s Entire Surplus Stock of Woolens| « SHOP OF SWELLDO 503 UNION STREET The Seattle branch of one of the largest wholesale woolen houses in the country—we've agreed not to use the ir na overstocked, could not dispose of their goods and rather than carry over and stand the ensuing loss a change of styles wo entail, closed out their entire surplus stock. WE HAD THECASH AND THE TRADE TO USE THE GOODS}, And we bought the largest sing! ¢ order ever taken by a ladies’ tailoring house west of Chicago, at a saving of more than one-half the usual whole- sale price of these goods. The Latest and Most Popular Fabrics in All the New Shades and Colorings Are Here in This Stock, and Will Be Disposed of in a Gig: antic THREE DAYS’ SALE Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday When we will take orders for strictly man-tailored Suits, made to measure, the fit, style and workmanship guaranteed in every detail. to $100.00 values, for— Regular $45.00 30 Let us help you b; oung eyer—a pair o! will enable you to see ver, Satisfaction guarante rn methods, moderate prices. a Over Raven Drag Co. Open Saturday Evening. LOOK Only one Suit will be sold to a customer, but the entire stock will undoubtedly go during these three days, as this is positively the greatest opportunity offered the ladies of Seattle, by this or any other tailoring establishment. Man-Tailored Suits Made to Measure For Less Than Most Ready-Mades That's what this sale means to you, and tailor-made Suits of superior quality and workmanship at that, designed by the most expert cutters and fitters possible to secure in this country, and hand-tailored in every detail by man tailors, with linings guaranteed for two seasons and fronts guaranteed not to lose shape until the garment is cast aside. The same Suit, made by any other ladies’ tailor in Seattle, would cost you from $50 to $100. Look in any ready-made stock in the city. price that fits your ideas in every way will make it for you—as you want it You will not find a suit at any reasonable Come here during this three days’ sale and we ~and that at less than you could buy the ready- made Suit for when the alterations are paid for; and, best of all, it will fit and satisfy you, or we'll refund your money, SHOP OF SWELLDOM Cc. R. 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