The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1914, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR ft le 1 «| = ° | yright, 1 the Newspaper | « y 1 me answered . " i wants to wt wer ed Ra | a photographer ‘sparkled at the suggestion that s Association 1 t ! i ted. 5 y Sunday at o it, t ‘ old) Wellington!” erfed| might have her bhare in the atc ¢ t Well, w 1 and excitement. “I shall be read ot" thundered Blatce ne ; t Do you want ar she and I out for t 4." tone day already, What t#| matrimor \ Tell 10 | anked 4 ne! Weil, re at Newton, anyhow, that ' » the tt letine oD ake ewspaper man's @ir ean't have } nkos It so interent i ore & newspap man’s langhe q Raines M ov iney w hin de t tor with another t at Wellington's girl, 1 belleve,” re ) t Newton,” Raine a right Do your best,” she urged, and | operator Blake himself remained at the! she kissed him he certainly was |ing on four v him by wire Instructed |, ne and took her bulletins, [a puzeling girl |, & thrilt Blake angri he's a prize!” be exclaimed as| Kittle’s brother, Jack, was wild to| the more laid en te returned Ratney. "He lhe finally got up from the telephone | go. He was college boy, bright|the long Md he was leaving for Ne | ae Tear up that note on Wel-|and quick, and he said he could get| man nerved | When we wi od it - he # ‘y" llington'’s desk,” he added, as an|another youth who had some news hs Oe Se Tee B t @ hotel, at e ¢ ' ' naton knew that he wa Get hit instructed Welling gic NTT AT TTA Se ay (MUS yas sl a " trouble b elf wher 1 Take a carriage and hustle. | Blake t he b saciarnenties ’ sion r h Lat . cra a Bae GE A Joe me 1 believe It to be erious (on the way to the station, But don’t! furnace a few min avty can chaere tute tea "make {t, and besides he wa te Jack appeared at the station with as Gu hin aur whee he bet x, |t he girl back with him. So|two assistants, no the party, with red there and that the reason 4 [he took the risk and disobeyed or. | the photogr r, numbered five. | nd she wants cata ders Right or miles from High te I Phe letter wan whitten end. put Blake,” he tol must be wood they had to leave the train e | Welling de ind there.|Mad enough to tear One wire was working that far, and ” “ He a es uh t | just had they we »id there might be a sec Hello” sald the girl; “is it i] | baring se Me and ond by evening 4 hl fei ly hg H us if it] From this point they pushed On four wires,” said the jubila p a ie | mber of |Were ® matter tha ited of no|by wagon, making the last two miles 4 : the xtaff when a startling Ane ake foo ta ‘ tai eee wer iy : bar ht ean te naging editor. He Co was prepared as opportu-| Proudly but ungrammatically ay. There Wate others who t stop over nity « 4, a box or a board on What | next | next day could handle big stories qu well, if not better, and this was I got the wires n for the extra oper ak self, and wen tore with a car f him!” she | one’s own knee serving as desk, but » wire” was eve he Inughed. “He'll be present. One man was sent back e - : t the story started Good old Wellington's ¢ g that the slighting of te ‘ but I guess | ean ex-| early, to try to I'pork cofaget ; ever Ww wuld be no-| plain it all when I get back.” Later the othe followed, und|Commended Blake, that being his s toed I'd like to tell him what I think|found the temporary telegraph | favorite form of commendatior | The bulletin read Cloudburst |of him,” she sald office in a state of siege. | “And I had the typewriter jin the mountains, Town Hie I'd like to he p ansured » here for what we've ready.” wood troyed. Through passen- her with cheerfu That's got lington’s decision. Bully om Wellington's ¢ in Highwe t lost. why I want to take you back with 4 be lucky to get a thousand dx through Don't talk like that!” sai e with you! In Its Newton for us," exclatmed | srl sharply give We ton. We can get wires | ‘he fast mail — here 's that er No train,” said the station agent Mr. Wellington said you'd | ven approached May be one| Some things for the fast mail ed d, shaking her later, but it's uncertain m that wouldn't get througe in » us an engine!” sald Well He made notes of them, com 2 on the engine, a mile a min- You ought to see him! He's k and dirty and torn wet and—and—sple nd that now dn't call you up, because reisted, “I'l I won't to think fed, Let's t without orders,” returned got to!” insisted Well-|#" got a railroad wire headquarters that the} He ce he’s dictating,” the girl persisted ION , had been # an engine to Ne tool tu think that'be fs . 0 New| The pictures go by mail colinh as tc nk that be fully un ie = “ derstood girls, but he bad thor not as the re es, yes, 1 know e der od gt but houg was the re) ee em a «© knew a little about this one, and much of my job| from phone a mo se was the nore t red In con Two men here, quick! Take t way at a time] 1 this by relays and write lit-second schedule 1 Let her slide.” began to talk lightly her things, and hi ram to your super have to go through, ut you refuse ton the this perplexed :tate of |intendent wil the news of the cloud-|and I'l! Instantly, the news-/an t became dominant. | Express parkled, his mind was Hold on cried the # 1K all the | agent, as Wellington began vo w reniized | his me Vil wire him my were gone, the wires | self. Give me the fa:t mall story ‘Oh yes.” from the notes before gave him the facts, even iting them with details aught as Wellington and rs dictated to typewriters a difficult story, appened , Blake >| were down, the 5 was ‘teola Wellington hurried back the 1 Wellington to call me up d when he was fi Ve, “aitieale tn tolegraph of and fought his When his story's finished,” said wton wante rom anywhere, and he way to the ¢ ‘One word to| Blake when her work was done. on a We, . the nearest upon wh Newton,” he pleaded ust one All right she replied But— | atatuandl it was hao could rely. A train would | Word! Sandwich it in anywhere!” 0h, Mr. Blake ¢ that came te Aime ean’ take him part way, and he could| There was instant outery and| “Yes.” } vole eaalt. Cah: Witte bends. or. ba dot protest. He won his point finally,|, “I don't want you to think this 4 Do shu stat tte, Wellinaten? That's my story!” he announced 4nd sent the single word “Com.|'* 9° dreadfully improper. My fi I I Dn jubilant ing” to Kittie. There was a pro-|>rother's here, you know : Aut you're not going to run test that this was no time for love| Blake laughed. To think of chap- away from me," she protested. messages, but he insisted that this |Tlus at such a moment seemed Why, you've bardly more than got | 4s strictly business. And it was.|t? him amusing and delightfully Bah Rg RR pe ypagren |e! | “It's the best I ean do” he com, (feminine. He liked the girl; she Pe ta nald the joerit’a my story,” he repeated, as|fided to Jack “It will be nearly |bad feminine inconsistencies and « for him with a taleeram {if he had not heard ker. Indeed, | midnight before we get there, and |Y*#aries, but she could do things aee.'3. aot thin talenrans ond j|he was already planning for a pho-|We'll want wires and typewriters, H¢ told Wellington so when the her and wondering whether|! hope shell understand.” latter called him up. | “Do I want He broke off short and demanded sharply Where is he? Why—why, yea, I belleve 1, the spot—almost. No one else from |Fragmentary reports of the cioud.|®*¥¢ ® qick little gasp of compre- » office can reach it. You don’t | burst they had, but there was no | »ension A t me to fall down on the chance |Complete story and not a line of}. “°™t come.” repeated Blake. lifetime, do you? You don't |“special” except what had been! You stay there at office expense k? This is a big|#ecured from surrounding towns. juntil you get her. She's a masco’ it. Then they told me you'd been | tof , telephoning, too, and 1 thought he could get any local assistance You get your engine, and the petag ber tack with: you" ie | “Are you Wellington's girl? 1 won't let you go!” she de-|track’s clear!” the station agent Re wan't come.” rested Meal ANA ny! r . Blake ted out thoughtlessly, | Clared called ow She n ne,” rep ell. \ \ KN R\’\ WN i hy) . -- and heard a gasp at the other] “Won't me go!” he exclaimed.| In the office of the “Express” in&tou, whereat the girl, who could \ pari c = end of the wire “Why, Kittle, it's my story; I'm on | there was anxiety and excitement, |DCa™ this end of the conversation, ; ie 71 3 . : ‘ mR reply » telephone get him te quick 1 can’t; he isn’t here me to at Not there! Ob His enthusiasm was infec-|Blake himself was nervous and|'t come! Huh. Don't you be- | mombered that he w tious, and she anxious when the hour hand of |/!¢¥e it! Why, she told me over ]& Woman just fn thme to chop off thing of the thrill of tt. “I couldn't |the clock slipped past eleven jthe telephone that she was your } the last word away from it if I tried, And,| “With the wires, clogged and |S!t'—yours, mind you! Just remem- No,” xaid Wellington's girl, “he | perhaps, you can help |Working badly, he can’t get much ery ie really “that?” enked id she really say that a i MOAT it rt Prt mann 1 MT ee isn’t here. He left for Highwood What can I the asked. of a story in now anyhow,” g: K ked ome mn i nc Hi i mf HAH i iI Hi wn HK qT HATH] | , hen : aan Gon : atl Whak the-oteeditiiin | boda Bloie. “Wont aes igi gram. Wellington joyfully, whereat the Wd HT WEA | ng—ra m me when | wi vund here xplained, | without him. jsirl tried to think what she nad ave to| At 11:30 he gave instructions to| $id and remembered =A AACA rapidly I may Ge » Highwood!” cried Blake. | come k here to *. I may|use the emergency introduction She backed into a corner when } Oh, good Wellington pewriters who can take from 11:40 he was calling Wellinaton |"® 8Ung Up the receiver and turned ; WILL BE UNVEILED T ? HT © took three men with dic on the machine. I'll be|names and swearing at everytody |t *ard her. He followed. 6 i] « na hurry, you know Hjint ffice; at 50. ne yes, I go,” she said, Come down town and see them, in all their ver em, decorated |||}]Il} J ty ellington!” was all tg ph or telephone 0 ou.” on joopin to the office! surrendering. s, formir tly executed color | | : : : same JB Ld BB oe ope (THE END.) cont lovely for Sprir f In one window are the latest Gowns—c: tly exoti France. Another contains the Paris Hats, beautiful be In others are artistic displays of rich siiken stuff nt Come and see them and get an inkling of what t day morning. | You AreCordially invited to Attend The Bon Marche’sSpringFashionDisplay | By Nixola Greeley- smith| ae ye og 7 Rowrgnme —— Ninth, oo and Eleventh (Written Especially for The Star) WOAEOTTELIVOALSAE ETAL TELL TP EPE ELECT TT TE Sens premaey | Sanita Mr Margaret Davis, the am wife 1 laborer, and eight of ing in age all stricken isease which rreat gue ich is re ° f z you, Ma that Mary Dur moet and the grea i} ap is the girl Tam goin hame of the human race > ear enough to supp 1420 Second Avenue. fo. hoagie The poverty of the Davis Opposite Bon Marche. DICK OP ENS MY MAIL In the meantime she has to!) family forced the girls and earn ° living, ar he boys into child slavery an at her only talent is for And that unholy slavery CHAPTER XCVI ult my friends’ a¢ ex a good girl, Margie, and! {nto""" consumption. Doctore | when I got back fr more th a tee A es me and I8| are inclined to think that two esterday after bac f as tel t t me or three of the nine MAY five . . ! T at r , 7 } ot show this The Da echt en tarted to 4 : tl are t i etter to Di r h work for iving when they were i nm were th children, all working to f r atte 1 oa Dick Did you * ejudice of & mar | maint the home in Dich cine ire to me on the table, and at John wrote me pret ly sirls € fi Pa., got $60 a month hte eve AEs had be Ih n't n what anybody" He : ’ Girl Works in Mill | ‘ o I r furious and| wrote me yet t it ery prot ge, 1a king on you Tw boys, Ralph and Joseph I grew 1 when Dic ed|able If brother wanted you to] and I know you will like Mary, {f| worked in a.coal mine, one as to hur h wa née h ivqnned it to Do this for my sake. auer The at ait; Etelans wee em: | a. ‘ see : F ner 4 d ) Mare “JOHN.” | noyed ina alle mill, Working ten| Mrs, avis and Seven of Her Children. Photographed. & Dick hat Nice kin a serape for JobN! pourg a day she got $4.50 a week.| Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Mont Alto Pa. Next a) ap Mother Stand teen he a enene hs I dema to let you into,” said Dick, who!” rhe windows of that silk mill| Disease Germs Home From the Silk Mill . se an ; j;came into the room just as T had! were always closed so that the ¥ ity | finshed tut TH wire him that| nds of silk might not be blown|S° to Mont Alto and continues at} when the baby used to get chills|mill.’ And then she'd fall to cough Examins though here's nothing dol | Spout and injured. From the base.| is work, and to the 3-yearold baby|and say, ‘Mamma—baby #0 cold,’ |ing again, men Gold Cr and ee 09‘ I t You'll do ne ng of the kind,” | nent great vate full of dye sent up| Richard, who was too young to be| even when | had him in my arms, I Well, when Martina got so bad rer ac ate Phis Is my business) gouy fumes all day long. tn that| ken along Kot really worried. Then Martina | and the medicine the doctor gave $5, 09), uty) and Tl take care of It In my OWN | vile, overheated air on tong, hot All Get a Cough she's 10—began to get a good for pleurisy didn't do her and way. T consider your interference] afternoons, frail young girls bent| The two boys who worked, one|deal worse and I sent for the doc-| good 1 was real scared and P $i, 09 on a par with your opening of MY| frantically over the whirring looms| down in the mine, the other on the | tor. body sa Take her to the Dick great | Private mal }and no matter how faint or tired| coal breaker, coughed a little worse Called It Pleurisy pensary Gold Fillings $1.50 uP rt In with (To Be Continued Monday) | they were, no matter what the tem-| than the other One boy thought ‘That doctor said Martina had} “1 took her and the doctor exam: True-to-Nature Teeth, @ anyone open Elsie Ja will be in you H ae ____.| perature, they KEPT ON WORK-|the cough was due to the damp air] pleurisy, Helen, the oldest, had! ined her and looked solemn 1 tificial Teeth In 1, pe hy h here next week and won't |ING WITH THE WINDOWS )of the mine, the other to the coal} been coughing for more than two/then he asked me if T had any oth« r wet M tuttered Di 1 tithe bully pa CLOSED. dust from the breaker years. She'd come home from the or children with and Leaia ; $5. 00, $15, 00 know yc ere 80 touch t allittle attention? Poo: are, She bata One girl who sat next to Httle} As lsat by Mrs, Davis’ bedside| mill, crawl in the door and tie! ‘Yes—all of thom’ And he told me hi oo je that. 1 mu | ery much alone t TO BAT Helen Davis had a cough. And aft-|she told me how she and her chil-| down on the sofa or the bed. to bring them in All Work Guaranteed lid not , of ’ Visit This Mome-Like Mestanrant. Hl er two years of work beside her, n werd stricken with consump: mate cried terribly and sald, | ate brought Mrs. Davis Teet t that J ou would go and secrete yes | Helen Davis, too, had a cough on ‘Mother, | don't know what's the children here Paces, any ell, Sf yc WARREN’S LUNCH [| | And soon the ‘cough had sproad| “I had noticed that everybody in| matter with me, but | just haven't| ite beet (eee pore ad will a hess mer 1 | than I k Te ou are Formerly Wheeler's 218 Union. ‘through the entire Davis family the family, from father to the baby,/ any strength any more. | can’t) health—an impossibility in most of @enerally, Do not think f for I don’t mind even to the father, who refused to was coughing,” she began, “and jeven get through my work in the| their cases, , ;