The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1913, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR “=eemes) “THE BUYER FROM CACTUS CITY” = [sere von a little anxtous, thinking that his customer might be inclined to! but I nee 1 mistaken : ; (Copyright by Doubleday, Page | try elaowhere, But Platt was only looking over in his mind the best Platt struck his fingers on the table with a gesture of enddem 9 Twenty tho nd people’ {n Cao a house hia wifetobe-—-who ¥ just then inthe dressing re t it he excla almon h Nichoiggs, tus City, Texas, scatter their sifver : ening cows lavender and t place, over on the side, There's a bik & © mks andy coin with Mberal h r the t time sald Zizzbaur r t over to-| Hat o, Th 1 houne od ac NeW One teh The bulk of Bs ‘a dull in} York, Mr. Pintt Put out M h / ke you metal goes t u the of th x, but ‘ ; you wtane Every An’t you It . r this evening? | rd r petted Ga 5 1B 89 You, partner Axher, ne { it agrees ‘ y t don't ¢ » find me in any of the ea on” to New Vhy, she doesn't kno i ¥ with: mabiot 4 th ‘ to ver? 1 yea b of ’ ao entnted | ye r ey 4 ike , vi doe now anything abou M Ashe Put t ay thal wi with her yon've got ‘e respect. They genera talk diame gees Would she go?” repeated Zizzbaum, with brows. “Bure, while yc mm, e tt 6 would go. 1 will Introduce you ire, whe How 1} Heler { n He called Mine Asber loudly Got m Ipporting myselt fF ner, “you 8 She came, calm and slightly contemptuous r white shirt waist eleht years > tr) amy buy the goods and plain black skirt I wa ‘ mode xas Man, dow i Two weeks later Mr. Platt would like the pleasure of your company to dinner this a t f ake th inner a ‘ dry” Texas full dress evening uid Zizzbaum, walking away t going to drink wine any more, dear & Awful coat, broad-brimr re id Miss Ashor, looking at ‘I'd be much | think I'll come to the store tomorrow ou. 1 weg il and lay-do pleased. Nine-eleven West Twentleth st you to pick out an automobile before we leave. all we need gi with black, wre ay 7 ock buy here entered the wholesale cloak and All right, but. ple don’t come ahead of time. 1 room with a ‘Ob, cut that out. If you knew how sick I am of hearing gue suit esta ft zbaum & act t er 4 whe t allow any gentler eall int m. | talk.” Son, on lowe ond way Thore t any } to wait $ hall, Wit ad linner they walked down Broadway and wpon Diana Old Zizzbaum had the eye of an| | At half-pnat Anher sat at a table in a Broadway | littl Jed par cau Platt's eye at once, and he tig osprey, memory of an elephant} " restaurant filmy bln Platt didn't kr turr th i th ‘| {ghts shone and a mind that tc ded from hi that ft was all upon two bright tears in the model's in three mov © the pus With the ! walter he managed to order a I don’t like that,” sald Platt V of the carpenter's rule. Ho rolled] ble d | Broadway preliminarte Don't 1 Miss Asher Ke —well, (9 to the front like a brur e polar her flashed upon b a dazzling smile didn't think you were that 1 when I first t you are a Dear and shook Platt’s hand | I have something to drink?” she asked alike. And now ou take me home, or to call a ¢opr “And how {s the good Mr. Navarro | rtainly,” said Plate Anything you want Platt took her to the door of her boardin They stood fo! in Texas?" he satd, “The trip was] A dry Martini,” she said to the walter. a minute in the vesti She looked with such scorn fp fer too long for him this year so? When {t wa yught and set before her Platt reached over and | eyes tha ven his he 1 was half way We welcome Mr. Platt inst nad. “A Dry Martini,” She Sald to the Waiter, ‘When It Was Set Before Her, Platt Reached Over) took it away around her waist, wh blow on the faeg “A bull's oye,” sald Platt, “and] .4q Took It Away.” “This Ie Liquor, You Can't Drink This. What is this?’ he asked with her hand Ya give 40 acres of untrrigated a A cocktail, of course.” As he od t voutded o Pecos county Jand to know howyou did tt.” Cactus City is better Ht up. | t it was some kind of tea you ordered. This 1s liquor,!the tiled fic Plat It was late in the afternoon andbusiness for the day. had Zizzbaum led him upstairs to show him the © of sults. ‘+ is. What is your first name? 1 Now, take your less diar 6 said, Zizzbaum lett P w a half-smoked cigar, and came out Ask Miss Asher to con ho waid to a ¢ LD RTC eLEAM ac aita Kener tebeinaly. “iis Helen Th a sega Texel - ets lon, who was efranging bi Mise Asher came, at of Navarro & felt for the first | : Umate friends,” eald Miss A om pd pstpicne tas Vpape rold the of his hand * private office A Son who was arranging Fits Core te Sere Listen, He sald Platt, lear over the tat For many years| ing nooth gold 4 on the palm BE Hie a. &@ mirror, ready to ave, tim ie won ul b ‘ome Le ever " 1 owe: rion d out on the pratr 1 got to Miss Asher’s eyes 1 bim in the half darkness. i “Abey," ho sa you will have to take Mr. Platt around tor him, He stood still as a granite cliff ubov ; th nkir abody. that 1"d nave seen ny haaid’ Of. L koaw 1 was Was that what y did you : and show him things, ‘They are customers for ten years, Mr vith his wideopen eyes fixed upon her n 1th that I saw you. I'm going back home t Boiahady ovehed t Pig aga § and 1 we played chess every mom sp when he flushed a little, which was contrary to her tne wae of /and you're going with me, I know it, for I saw {t in your eyes when Good night,” sald I I'll see you at the store tomorrow,” ‘ That {s good, but Mr. Platt {s a young man Mise Asher was the crack i del of coy Bo ats pid “4 1 first looked at me. You needg't kick, for you've got to fall Into up r room and shook the school teacher un to New York. Ho should amuse oastly.” : , ae the blonde ape unoen . Lope : and her measurements oven/ {n° "Here's @ little trick I picked out for you on my way over ready to screaun “Wire!” f Tea rapt we Atay, | Mere w ing a atiren and toe bead walter|Zlssbaum's tro years, and knew her besiness, Her oye wast bright, He flicked a two-carat diamond solitaire ring across the table. Miss she cried *Tll take him on, After he's seon the Flatiron s 1 want to know,” said the model. “You've studig at the Hotel Astor and heard the phonograph a, and you ought to know Where is a town calle | Asher fitpped {t back to him with her fork Don't get fresh,” she sald severely. ay ‘Under the Old but cool, Incidentally she knew buyers be half past 10, and Mr. Texas will be ready to roll Now, Mr. Platt aid Zizabaum, “1 want you to see these prin i ty 4 t nd Molle sald Plat o i isin | Gael sc—Caracas Cit think t it? Seite Wadia prea supper engagement at 11:30, but he'll be/cess gowns in the light shades, They will be the thing tn yuur cit] (Tm worth a hundred thousand dollars,” sald Platt, “T'll bulld you| Cac tae — cars en wake oR for thatt™ Sia the school teacher. all to the Mrs, Winslow before then.” mate. This first, if you please, Miss Asher he “Ton ¢ hie thst eg oe tea arta Aduae< ie) vias Bea an — ar wo bead jae r thi The next morning at 10 Platt walked into tho store ready to do Swiftly tn and out of the dressin the 7 flew Patine A Aan thee td hive to tall ad eee. Yeah hate kee. business. Ho bad a bunch of hyacinths pinned on lapel aum/each time wearing @ new costume and Ere Ors with look like the others to me at first, but I see you're all alike Why, It's princtpall y earthquakes and negroes and monkeys asf himself waited on him Navarro & Platt were good customers and every chan Sho posed with absolute self-possession the lAdl use’ lhied eats : oie malarial fever and vol nover failed to take thetr discount for cash Serlenen Mayes, Win, \Binod,. aeeetee em aes ba saint EMG wen Wa Gara cei th because we inoue set r Gone care,” bald Mise Asher, dilthety; “Tim pobig there te ‘And what did you think of our little town?” asked Zizzbaum,| baum orated ollily of styles, On 1 Wan Bee: fhint | e with yon on lose ene joke Eat reat sees with the fatuous smile of the Manhattanite impersonal professional smile that seemed to cover something | “{ shouldn't care to live in it,” said the Texan. “Your son and I| weariness or contempt ite a little last night. You've got good water, but When the display was over Platt seemed to hesitate | plense Well, forget {t. I thought you were 4 (THE END.) Ranger Gives Eyes to Save Uncle | Til iT aa ene Fen ae Pas 08 ae Tibor ond Nobady Coren] Met O01 for Rev. L WASHINGTON, _ 13.—Thal Secretary of the Isthmian Cans on a Commission in Washington has matls for frau¢ cabled to Panama the text of Sep indictment frogn § tor Poindexter's resolution, whic have today sufrendered him to the ssed the senate August 23, ¢ on the commission for informatie as to the amount, character api value of construction machi equipment and materials which wi available on the completion di the canal for transfer to Alaska fF ase in building Uncle Sam's roads, docks, and opening up eg] mines. authorities. This action is said to have fol lowed a report that Sar was disposing of his ext ders had preached here for eral weeks at the United Presby terian churct Taree FM HAD MANY DUPES v YORK, Sep Sept. 13- B erry Watt, who has operated National Authors’ Institute” two years, is under arrest on am dictment alleging fraudulent use the mails, and put under $2,000 for trial. The postal autho say Watt obtained $20,000 by ing hundreds of inexperienced story writers and moving playwrights into the false that he could impart Iterary cess to his pupils. He charged ranging from $2 to $50. MARATHON HERE That a Marathon race will & staged at Madison park in the i mediate future by the contestant in the recent Mount Baker Mam thon, is the word brought to Seatte by J. C. Hayes, a long-distance me} and a c n of Johnny Haye Hayes will leave for California a few weeks, where he is sche uled to race Paul Westerlund, Mount er winner, across i Mojave desert, Death valley, a d# tance of 60 miles. Where You Can Buy ‘Em 6 for a Quarter merchants have re to The Star's sugges tion, In spite of the traction company’s arbitrary withdrawal of the sale of tickets on cars you can buy six car tickets for & quarter at the following places Pant ma mn @ London, 1111 Second ugall - Southwick Second and Ptke. ck Bros, Se Woentinke Paper Ino., 164 Fourth and iden West Grocery, 65th and Bon Marche, Second and Seacamp, cigar nd of Rave afoteria, Third and eT uiti tc Grocery Co, Alki neon & Sons, Fre wing st yor Co, 1 Firnt New Year's card store (four stands) av. and v.. Third Amavanrat STAR LEAGUE = | The first games in the final rom Bickford grocery, 21st av, and Madinon at startet Olympian cigar store, Second for the championship of The and W ngton “He Beat Out the Flames With | tle Star league will be played Sw "i ~ - 7 “iw: Wet Blanke' day afternoon len, M7 Te d ~ ms Rattorsby & Smith, 906 Firet av There will be only one gaa) ti as Herman Blumenthal, 120 Se DARBY, Mont., Sept. 18—"Old} It was a dry summer. On July| played in Seattle, and that for ti if in| 4 there was a big thunderstor: right to compete in the final gaat Lightning started fires all over the|for the Class B title. The Asli oF Co., 405 Pike mountains and Majestics will play the ga armacy, 14th and || town. Tom's trouble started July at Dugdale’s old park at 2 p. m, The Tom {s lonely, poor, sick and| From a hilltop he saw the smoke| winner meets Rainier Beach & BLIND. and heard the blaze roaring to-|the championship the followitg That is what he got for saving) ward him with the noi f a| Sunday. Tom Running” lives by him a little cabin on the edge of the i 100,000 acres of Uncle Sam's best | hundred express tre ay big In Class A, two semi-final game forest timbe white pines and red firs crashed|will be played Bothell meets | re down and the flames whij-ped| Poulsbo at Poulsbo, and the Dickit h the tree tops at nearly a | Mfg. Co. team tackles Kent, # | Ten years ago there was no trap-| thr: er in the Bitter Root mountains | mile the equal of Tom Runni minute. And beyord and|Kent. The winners Sunday met was beyond were other smoke «louds. | the following week for the title yeacie Sam Dye Works, 1125 1/40 years old, tall, st Tom was “on the job,” as he had| It will not be necessary to Piko st. sundry, 6408 Ballard ||strong. He ilved the promised. For three months, day off the games for the Class ¢ av the mountains and fe G Nybo, 108 Firat ay In May, 1! Pheasant Restaurant and night, with little sleep, often | championship, as an error has beet without food, he fought the fires in| discovered in the standing of t® wher x his winter pelts to Hk City, Idaho, that vast, broiling wilderness, with-|two leading clubs. The n av. grocery, 40th and§!Homer EB. Fean, In ch of out ever seeing a human face, | Juniors won six and lost nine. TH a rest fet there, hired him as| In February three trappers came | gives them a one-game lead 0v@ th ing Co., 616 Firat \ tah’ Wha Wivet oO 1 ranger for the summer, Ile was|upon Tom's cabin in the woods,|the Tilikums. Frank Engquist & Son, tatlors, || to go back to his trappiig groumds They were Harry Shisseler, Fred ile 422 Ballard av a and patrol them, bulldin. trails. , his brother, and Billy NATIONAL LEAGUE Heroux Lunch Room, 6608 Du guarding against for fires | Won. Lost. br hia Cash Market, 81 W Tom was responsible for 200,000| They found mM. Running grop-|Paiadsiohia 2.) ae rH ¢ fo 3 ts ts co Os so nN | amas CUGIS COPS a) er et a K Bros. ol Lumber Exchang « etarian store, 122-124 || ———— jacres of big timber, He was abso-|ing helplessly around his cabin, lutely alone. }stone blin i if tata With Seattle’s First Fashion Show HI lg ee in pion Yee 1 ete war Go, 910 Secona || Ways and Means committes, as | crops up to Sept. 1 is 10.1 per cent| {a protest, has introduced in the| below the average for ten years,| New York 10, |house to a resolution creating |The figures are included in a pew} Washington 6, C AV eat Hill Pharmacy, 901 Madi-4|a commission to investigate legis-| Publication issued by the depart 18, Ds mothods and practices in| ment, the first issue of which ap-| peared today. The document is de. ATIONAL LEAGI raon declared this {s the| signed to furnish farmers with |, New York-Pittsbure game Av Cloemmer theatre, 1416 Second Are Ready for Your Inspection Today iz YOU WILL FIND THEM ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL FEATURES of this Important _ |/!{//|/ \ | | | n 7, Chicago § occasion, for they have been arranged to portray faithfully the correct style features for the coming season, and they a Grin, 160 have an educational as well as artistic value. te i ol COME DOWN TOWN AND SEE THEM, see the rich Autumn Millinery from Paris, the latest foreign styles In | w's Barbér Shop, HW te 4 mpler, | market news, It says \" oO stponel: tif 1 1] iW first step in a fight for simpler, ) Roston - Cincinnatt game po | beautiful evening gowns, the luxurious silke and dress fabrics, the exquisite drese garnitures.and many other lines of Hil ‘tix Usdane, Jowoler, 1112 Wiest |more efficient and more econom.| “Colheldent with the dectine in| rain ec HH MONDAY WE WILL BE READY TO WELCOME YOU to a most complete exhibit, a rloher and more elaborate ||| | “enanpent ciear co., 604 Second || leat methods in the house. The |crop prospects for the past month | COAST LEAGUE | display than we ever before atternpted, but for today the windows hold full sway. Hil | av. resolution demands a report on the prices of staple crops have in-] gacramonto 4, Oakland 5 Hill il | HII! “longer Market, 4128 th nv. wheth ny system, method or| cra the average level increas Venlco 4, Tos Angeles ae | i {{\ ih {tf {{{{! Hi | TT Re wey ' A PA Wee) pees vidal practice has been used, the effect | ing 8.7 per cent rtland 0, Sar wo 4, = II | HH | Tre “BO, N | ARG re NOVNALITHITANVUHIEAUUNTE Il| (WW) ‘Motor Dye Works, 1208 Yesler J{of which is to unreasonably de-| | Best "modern outeldatiaaaaae UHI mm NH Hi {il Hl Mill. a ris ) t Lf of. po we, ll Nill \| (MIMI \| \| Hi l | {|| | | way Y : 1 member of his rights and| Fills oth—-banishes Tooth-| Seattle, 25¢ to 50c. 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