The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 17, 1914, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR U.S. Custom Officials Send Cheering Newz From Country Over (Following are expressions eral business sound to the purposes aigns of financial difficulty well, collector at St. Louis: All anything of financtal stri SOUTH CAROLINA—F. ¢ of U. 8. customs collectors In core. Kentucky the money we want, However, ney in North Carolina, Hur Peters, collector at Char various Important cities of the HAWAII, Malcolm Franklin the war is hurting the Sotuh #8 conditions generally are ton: No move tringe United States, giving thelr COLORADO—George B. He pollector at Honolulu: We MARYLAND-—N. A. Bryan, We want the war to end und. here views on the general financial mer, collector at Denver: Min don’t know what money special deputy collector at Bal and trade outlook, Money Is ing industry outlook exception stringency means here. Gen timore Money market not MONTANA—J J, O'Maho- NORTH AND SOUTH DA TENNES: Charles becoming more plentiful, they ally bright. War demanding eral business conditions fin greatly affected. Bustoess ney, special deputy collector KOT Judson La Moure, fr Quinn, collector at Men declare, and bumper crops are horses, Plenty of money avail conditions sound at Great Falls; Banks have collector at mbina Dd oO anks are reporting helping boost business cond! able ILLINOIS, John R. Ford, cot - plenty of money. Crops aplen Money {# easy and busine cash on hand than ever t tions. Not a pessimistic note lector of port, Chicago: Ranks MICHIGAN—Andrew Smith did, No complaint to make on — conditions all over the Dakotas Cotton situation Is, of course, is expressed In the returns of FLORIDA—Max N. Ober overflowing with money which fal deputy collector at De general business conditions are good badly affected this canvass.—Editor.) dorfer, special deputy collector is eastly secured, Abundant trot: No money shortage throughout Montana - at Jacksonville Imports not crops. symptoms here. Growing OREGON-—Thomas C. Burke VIRGINIA—Norman R. Ham CALIFORNIA—John RB, El hurt much, Fruit crop excel trade with Canada, Industrial NEBRASKA—Cadet Taylor collector at Portland: iu {lton, collecter at Norfolk Hott, collector of the port of lent. Money market not a bit INDIANA—George M. Haw plants going along as usual. collector at Omaha; 1 have no conditions here — are Hay t no acute depression | Los Angeles: The war has not strained, Business generally ts kins, collector at Indianapolin evidence of money stringency me h D ADVEH' mone | affected us at all, Record — good Crops splendid, No financial MINNESOTA—A, W, Ly. in Nebraska. Increased | “ crop. depression here, General out man, spectal deputy collector mand for foodstuffs RHODE ISLAND—Frank WASHINGTON — Henry | How the -Hour GEORGIA—Vivian Orr Kim look bright and promising at St. Paul Business condt kick” coming here. Fitzsimmons, collector at Pro’ Biackwod, special deputy col | CONNECTICUT—Wallace A. — sey, special deputy collector tions ale good through Minne. fence: There is an utter ab- lector at Seattle: Conditions Would it the Pe Smith, special deputy collector at Atlanta: Business condi KENTUCKY ‘arner 8. sota NORTH CAROLINA—W, 8, — sence of financial stringenc normal in the custome tine at Bridgeport: No sign of tions generally good. Mon Kinkead, collector at Loute. Clayton, apecial collector at We are well satisfied with 1 Have not heard ef any money By EDWIN J. a te D.S money stringency here, Gen not hard to et for legitimate —ville: Business 1s good. No MISSOURI—Foentain Roth Wilmington: We do not know — business outlook shortage. one thing that the interest * Majo y Rule, DEMOCRA! Power of the People.” Never atattintad » this state has this “Powel eeeeees RAs . . t atruggling to expr i so large on the pol IS THE PROOF: CANVASS. OF THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY! 22% fore « nyed fow excep. SEE IT'ON ‘MOVIE’ SCREEN; READ THE STORY IN THE STAR | | eg lt see i made to ure a reduction tn the PPP nner number of bours through political ’ as " n. The expl « bad @ monop= 4 T f }word. All A Fight We'll play at; When Norton arrived at the Hen-) Braine with tt t he dashed) opened, When Jones, not far be-|Siy'%" ene dell of political actions aS Continued F Page 1 Se ting TAPS FOL | that came ourneives. No. 1 shall|derson place, a footman tnformed | through the curtains, slammed the [hind saw hiss open the door, he| Time and time again. the workerl (Co! ued From Page 1.) be Mr. Norton. And if you fail| him from the veranda that Gen. | door, and fled to the street, very | started to call out a warning, but but it was on the industria | Norton Tl break you,” Braine added to| Henderson was at 49 Elm at. for| shaky about the knees, if the truth | thought the better of it. If Norton | ‘ Bmall groupe of fi ner France for 600 trucks; orders for} The Chicago printers find that] the ex-reporter the evening, and it would be wise | is to be told was walking into a trap it was far tain from. their employ. more than 1,000 trucks were pli business is picking up to such an “I'l get him,” sald the man sul-|to call there. Jim nodded his! Gen. Henderson's views upon the better that he, Jones, should re iitable portion of what ed with manufacturers’ representa-| extent that their tentative plan for CHAPTER XVII | lenly thanks and set off in haste for 49 | latest Balkan muddle were missing n outside of it. If Jim did not od, but again and fy tives at Bethlehem, Pa a fiveday week has been abandon-| The Black Hundred possessed Elm st. The footman did not enter! from the Blade the following mort ar after a certain length of eer at era” ater, be ne Hed fo ‘ ¢ was {other reports from that steel | ed, and nearly 4,000 union members| three separate council chambers, ‘dtetue ke a ppen,| th® house, but hurried down the| Ing. Norton, instead of re me, he would start an jnvestiga: | ribi iiering, brivation ad city indicate that 9,000 men are/are now finding steady employment rane ‘ - ere Were two atrikes | #teps and slunk off among the ad-/to the general's and fulfill bis | tion on his own accoun: ¥ On the side © Working in the plants, and 7,000|for six days a week ; walgragel eels so mrimemea ieee a4 Ee aprer grthA p hs Bi tra |Jacent shrubbery. His mission was | assignment Hke a dutiful reporte Mts pooner webster tal ie: Ball were the 'Solte am | There are still other and more| When the one in uso was burned On bend. and two or thres extra) CV ig hurried out to Riverside to acquaint | way than he was set upon and over- | juage s iS Gut with on tniaee general indications of the dawning | down, they transferred their com |Ty4 man from the lack Mon.| ‘The house in Elm st. was Braine’s| Jones with what had happened. | powered. They had in this house | tior by the sheriff and hig | prosperity to the second council/dred was given a temporary job| suburban establishment. He went | Jones was glad to see him safe and| what was known as the “punish-| 4 ealmpiosel ae The American Rallway associa | ¢ appointed identically the/and went by the namo of Gregg, | there occasionally to hibernate, as | sound ment room.” Here traitors paid | hired. or ganisen pala’ te Choe | tion's report shows that since Au-|samo as the first. As inferred,|As his first copy showed ext it were, to grow a new akin when| “That new reporter started the | the reckoning and were never more | strike, And besides the explott gust 1, over 65,000 idle freight cars| the organization owned consider-|ience, he was promincd a perm | close pressed. The caretaker was| game,” he said. “I overheard a heard of. Into this room Jim was} had the supplies. The workers |have been put to use, and the num-lable wealth, and they leased thelr place as soon as there was|a man rightly called Samson. He| word or two while he was talking | Uncermoniously — droppe Ween eee eet ctcnel betting a ber of idle cars is now less than | buildings in which they had thelria vacancy, Gregg smiled inwardly,| Was @ bruiser of the bouncer type.|in the booth. All your telephone | Braine found that he could get no! parties would settle down to @ lo! at any time, with one short excep-|counci! chambers, leased them for] it would be a fine thing to do; It was fast work for Braine to| booths are ramshackle affairs, you | !nformation from the resolute re sor Bg meg Be 3 tion, since January 1 a number of years, and refurnished/away with Norton and step into| get out there. If the man disguised | use them so constantly, 1 tried to | porter. nb owing to iach, This is one of the surest signs of|them secretly with trap floors,| his reportorial shoes as a footman played his cards bad-| find you, but you were out of sight.| The room did not look sinister, | the scene in shifted: # big business prosperity doors and p all that a For three days he worked falth-| ly, Br would have all his trouble | Now, tell me what bapp. but for ail t the is transferred to the Politieg The huge Western crops alone|paratus so necessary to men who /fully, abstaining from hie favorite for nothing. He disguised himself) “Sh!” warned Norton as he spied faculty of growin) m teal pa fonty ah | assure us unprecedented prosperity. |are sometimes compelled to make|Upple. He had never worked in| with that infernal cleverness which | Florence coming down the stairs, | smaller, slowly or swiftly, as the | se ie ee ae A famous New York financial ob-}a quick getaway New York, so his record was un-| had long since made him a terror I thought you couldn't come!” man above at the lever willed. jHoth sexes, stand together and stril | server has just stated that “there) When the Atlantic City attempt/known. He had told the city edt | to the police, who were looking for | she cried. “But 10 o'clock When Jim was apprised of this strike together by use of t% has literally been dug up out of the/was turned Into @ fiasco by Nor|tor that he hod worked on « Chi | ten different men instead of one.{ “I changed my mind,” he replied, | fact, he ran madly about im search | frlitical power, The word of Ie earth, in the form of farm products,/ton's timely arrival, Bratne 4: agO paper, aow detunct He knew that Norton would under- | laughing. of some mode of escape, knowing > WORLD UNITE.” The striid in the past season, $10,000,000,000/ mined once more te rid bimself Of] iq paid no attention whatsoever| stand instantly that he was not the| He caught her arm tn his and| full well in his heart that he should a different aspect. 9 y P Ith! nis mec t o knew i " 4 one. ¥ yon the job, @ new wealth |this meddling reporter, Ho kx Norton, a sign of no Httle acu-| Keneral; but on the other hand, he | drew her toward the library. Jones | not find on So on eettuan Gal ake More will soon be taken on. “This staggering sum is’now be-|too much, in the first place, an On’ the other band Norton! Would not know that he was ad-| smiled after them with that entg Presently the machinery began | Workers are forging a new wi Of our enormous wheat crop, it| ing turned {nto cash or its equiva nd place Braine wanted went forth on an assign. | dressing Braine matical smile of his, which might to work, and Norton's tongue grew Weapon of Democra fs estimated that $300,000,000| lent, and ts being distribute r the reporter bor hat Grae 46 ait katte « > the arch have signified irony or affection, | @ry with terror. They had him this | modern social tool—the vote is dew worth will be exported to the war-|and wide through the arter' harmed life or was just ordin Khere he was going. But ail| and 90 Norton arriv 4 was ush-| After half an hour's chat, Florence, time: there was not the least doubt paneer gregee of Wor ring nations. trade, imparting new { 0 | a luéky. He would attempt lihece stories kept Norton in town; | ered into the room ingie giunce | quite aware two meu }of it. And they had led him there | fhe exploiters All the millions and millions of| financial and commercial {nothing delicate, requiring finesse land it wou 4 altogether Was enough to satiety reporter, wished to by the nose into the bargain of Cay lem, now there is an a dollars that Europe must pay for| prises, which could not possibly ie would simply waylay Nort isky to at t to bandle him| always keen eyed and observant. | At the door Norton told Jones Twenty minutes passed, and/*tanding together. No violence these exports of ours will come|arrested by the depressing influ-jand make a commonplace end of|anywhere but outelde of town 1 wish to see Gen. Henderson,” | what had taken place at 49 Elm st.| Jones concluded it was time for | sivirec just, intelligent ae into the United States to stimulate | ences of a foreign war jhim. He would disappear, this re| Gregg had to abide his time. he naid politely | “Ah! we must not forget him to act. He went forward to| old standbys, the Boldier, the Mi Prosperity, or will stay in Europe! porter, that would be all; and! it came soon enow | “Gen. Henderson is doubtless at| number,” mused Jones. “My advice | try the door, but this time it was | «nd the Gunmen, like the Archel to build up a favorable balance for is By Dy a bre ss) might] Norton was idling at his deak| his own house is, keep an eye on this Gregg chap,| locked. Jones, however, was not | orn ee gy ba us there. . gn e. |when the city editor called him “Ah!” We may get somewhere by watch-| Without resource. The house next} brought into play, tod like an Tt isn't only the nations at war lane ry epnsry Be ceed a, up to the wicket | “De be alarmed—yet,” said | ing him.” door was vacant, and he found a discharges shells in the na\ id he ques went Which are coming after our goods. |and pamphiets, scattered into - “Gen. Henderson has fost re | Bratne, smoothly. “Do you know where Hargreave | ¥8¥ Into this, finally reaching the/ ot articles in newspapers, mags The Merchants’ jociation of over a number of expediencies, and jtumd to America. Get his opin-| “I am not alarmed, i is?” roof. From this he jumped to the/ioma New soldiers are bro New ‘York announces that orders| Dr. M. A. Matthews flayed ni | faa ngroed that the best thing |ion on the latent Balkan ruwpus.|ton, “I am only chagrined. Since| Jones scratched his chin reflect-| other roof, found the scuttle open, | onto the firing line, editors, wri ‘and inquiries for American manu-|congregation again at the First|to do would be to send @ man tO) prog out at his suburban home,| Gen. Henderson {# not to be found | tvely. and crept down the stairs, flight | ete factures have come in from 30 for-|Presbyterian church during last |the newspaper, ostensibly as ® re-| iere's the address here, I must be excused Norton tanghed. “I can’t get any-| after flight, till the whir of a motor], Th¢, Workers also use th " | porte: , a } sort of fire, but it not of the eign countries in about one week.| night's revival services porter looking for « sftuation. With How long will you held open| “I wilt excuse you, presently.” thing out of you.” arrested him. pressure or high caliber in etre * ple di-|this extuse he would be able to “ah! , . , i Electrical goods are demanded ‘There are people in this city, di-|t for aske: orton, meaning Ah! I begin to see. Much less any one else. Conspirators are often overeager, | Uon the Capitalist gun, for by Australia and South Africa; | rected by the devil, who are every hang around the city room for how long would the city editor Indeed!” mocked Bratne. | ercteing fond of you, my too. So intent were the rascals up-| W orkers are poor. The exploit : 4 e © or four day dea back "| with thet ; foodstuffs by India, and by Cana-|¢ay Droselyting and taking mem-|three or four days. The idea back| wait for the story “L have tumbled or walked tnto| You're a man.” on the business at hand that they | Tnu'bent gun, Tint ehots in the | 0 >. a ure Df his a ayle orton oO ~ j dian provinces; South America is age Or te Cuesetiie 6 gens Fs Ricaand wee 8 waylay ji Norton on Till onethirty. You ought to} a trap | “Thanks; and good night.” did not notice the door open slow-| of arguments range back and f buying our machinery, hardware|he ## sagan ey ol beatings Blythe orion -cngy mt which! be back by midnight. It's only A keen mind Ike yours must} When Olga Perigoff called ly. It did not take the butler more| The public, hearing only the 4 glass. John R. Silliman, Pres-|™ents of intellect and respectal ook him to the suburbs hye Poe iH vg til than a moment to realize that his| Plotters’ side of the conflict, orm ff and glass 0 in. fty, they have their headquarters Alt. this wae esraneed éowa to w ave rn nized that fact the next day Jones divested h B fair . and soon some of the m ident Wilson's personal represen im ‘hell. They are trying to ta the aisaliest detail 4 a All” right Henderson's ap-| ment you discovered 1 was his livery, donned a plain ¢ friend and ally was near certain | papers give the Workers’ version tative tn Mexico, states that close oe detail; and ® M&Q/\ proachable. 1 may get a good| general.” hat, and left the house stealthily,| death. With an oath he sprang/the battle. Soon the issues - |you, my precious friends, away|whom they were quite certain Nor- | : * i 7 nt 00) tightly drawn on the Bight to 100 per cent of Mexico's foreign | 2h, your church pew and hold/ton had not yet wan aclocten POY Ot of him 1 am indebted to the Black Hun-| ‘Today he was determined to learn | {nto the room, gave Braine a push | PRDtY Ata Dechadnaae as trade will soon be coming to the ‘ Maybe. thought Greg whe | dred ly eth! ¢ . ne this| Which sent him down to join the| ou mortgaged iu the place of the |ig pi eo i 4 bees 4 STORE, c ly something definite in regard to thi takes place in the intellectual United States [ener tog 44 Bey. the gait. | He has bora 4 mst nothing of this cone “Precisely. We do not wish you! suave, handsome Russian. When| Victim, and pitched into the other | where not superior physical force No sermon tonight. Tomorrow |thore Gab ak take ee bis oahen iil, Mr. Norton.” she left the house Jones rose from| two. It was a battle royal while | termines the winner as before. night closes the revival sa te teal Wk Gnd ce toe To be sure, no!” fronfeally.| his hiding place and proceeded to | !t lasted. Jones knocked down one od : . war, without bloodshed, takes pl , 1 " joned | follo The res o of them, yelled to Norton, and | Ang aaa Whaat elle Given «wean What with falling safes, poisoned | follow her, The result of this em, and mén, women and children argi | oF r 5 But | cigareta, and so forth, I can readily | espionage on the part of Jones will| Kicked the rope he saw down into| of the Science of Economics; the ation, i s' p | tle rages furiously. Facts, data FF ; 1 he | f dexks| see that you have my welfare at| be seen presently the pit. One end of this rope was|/ y. 1 want Norton, | want him bad 4 } tistics are hurled at one anothes JE ERS LEAVES ty" agelated takes ee ee did not| heart. What puzzled me was the| Meantime, Jim went down to the| attached to a ring in the wall. And | Wages, profits and cost of comm ts We tae Gee fl ye Pe scrutiny of | suddenness with which these affec:| office and Ned cheerfully about his| UP this rope Norton swarmed after | ties are peniy discus oe The you let booze pi hen ray ed i 0 igns ceased.” { » general ether the he had disposed of Braine. The/| ple shout, “We are in the Ag pen. you and the object of this|smom™ faced. gray haired man | tio aligns ceased. ia missing the general. Whether the | he had disposed of Braine. | The) fe, son, ‘where. antelilgence Union services of the Christian, | move.” ne side of Nor & man of heart,” said] city editor believed him or not is of ° Inat The pabiie letens wade Congregational Methodist and| ‘The man selected to act the re| (on desk awaiting the reporter’s| Braine with genuine admiration.| no matter. J went over to his | favor of the butler, and shortly the | both sides. Pre: s rche! neen Rn elected to act the re | rewrn “Th ffectionate *, you | des nornet C eye| fake reporter and his companion| It is to keep the people igi sbyterian churches on Queen | porter hung his head. Whisky had Why, Joues,” cried the surprised | @all the Paige an. vale d i Z the corr tof ite pate | Tae’ Tenet Oe eee that the Exploiter is enabi Anne bill will be held tomorrow heen the origin of bis fail from | one?’ ques arprised ause for he dould see Gregg scribbling away - Pa nitiet. g| maintain Bin atrong fortified night at the Methodist church |nonest living, and he was not so 42 What are you doing all) time being you ceased to be a men-| He neve sed his head as Jim Jones stopped the machiner: tion. And any effort on the p |when Rev, William M. Jeffers will 1 he was n this way from home? ce. You have become that once! sat down to read his mail could not bring himself to let his| the Workers to look behind the e |eay farewell to his congregation. |°r pumorse at. times, Often ha | 9, Orders” sald Jon ling | more, and here you are! awhile Gregg rose and left th enemies die so horribly. Later he| ‘in Is regarded ax Anarchistte sag Dr. Jeffers leaves Wednesday tolionged to leave New York, to start | MNUy ax he delivered a note to And what are you going to do/| fice; and, of course, Jim left shc knew he would regret this sentl-| ions But the Workers will I |take charge of a church in Pasa-|a i aitaehera: but this. man | the reporte with me, now that you have got| afterward. When the newcomer | ment And when they de Exploitation |dena, Cal. Rev. George S. King of “Anything serious? me? saw that he was being followed, he| When the police came, summon-| decline rapidly. @)South Pasadena comes “Not that I am aware of. Miss “There will be two courses.”| amiled and continued on his way, | 4 by some outsider who had heard what the hinbeer mantaeat ne | George F. Cotterill will address the Florence was rather ticular, She | Braine reached into a drawer and| This Norton chap was suspicious.|the racket of the conflict, there! civilization, ethics and law tells ‘congregation on “State-wide Pro wanted to be sure that the note| drew out a thick roll of bills.| All the better; his suspicions should | W&% No one to be found in the pit.| that every person should have # | hibition.” calloused as not to feel the sting Braine was lik a terrier outaide & rat cage fied with rodents. None “More,” went on Braine, “I want |" a 4 " right to. tabo: 0: Norton brought to 49. It's a little ere your hands safely “There are here something like) be made the hook to land him with. | Nor was there any visible sign of right t lab Fone 3 my tne off the beat, and we cen ‘handle nd do you mean to say that | $5,000. By and by the man turned into a| 40 exit ownership of our industrial instit But it {is not only the export him as we please, When wo get|7%,Came Away and left her alone! “Quite a tidy sum; enough for a| drug store and Jim loitered about| There was one, however, built] tions and production for profit business that has begun to throb rid of this newspaper . ferret, |‘ that hous: chap to get married on.” | tll he reappeared. Gregg walked Against such an hour and known | feat this maxim and render soel with new life. there'll be another to ollminate.| Again Jones «mfled. “I left her| The two men eyed each other! with brisker steps now. It was hia| only to the chiefs of the Black |!" tT ° "Me Ofesent owning ol From Cincinnati there come But he’s a fox, and a fox must) Yel! suarded, you may be sure of| steadily. And in his heart Braine| intention to lead Norton on a wild| Hundred who also own the government glowing reports of unusually liberal) 4 pig fair of St. Jamon ca-|be set to trail him jthat. She will never run away| sighed. For he saw tn this young| goose chase for an hour or so, long| And still the golden tinted bank | municipal, state and national, can orders for boots and shoes, placed| 10%. wit close tonight at the| “And who fs that?” again.” He waited for Norton to| man's eyes Incorruptibility enough to give Braine time to ar | Hotes reposed tranguilly in their|*o adjust economic and | politi iy Reslers all over the country pee oer ee Se Tomek, Sebee. Seuéet” thudter.| Oe. the tote “It !s yours on one condition,”| range a welcome at another house. | hiding p unity to crystallize their RUMI Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago) 0000 totiowing the children's pro-/¢4 Brain Ho's the live wire.|,, it ¥&8 nothing more than one of| said Braine, reaching out his foot| Norton kept perhaps half a block energy (labor power) into foo one love . { b To Be Continued.) sthing and shelte say that bookings of orders for|) 11 ‘this afternoon. Tonight's |But the reporter first. Jones de those love orders to come and eall| stealthily toward the button which|{n the rear of his man all the bind i = epee ne protit aysteen ga spring delivery are far ahead of |"itvsace sale will begin promptly |pends a lot on him. Take away | ®t One®. And #he had made Jones | would summon Samson while, But for this caution he would ker adequate for society's ni what they were last year. at 6:30. |this prop and Jones will not be| Venture into town with it! The | “And that is,” interpolated Nor-| have witnessed a little pantomime must be abolt: In the New York clothing trade, / so sure of himself. There's a|T@Perter smiled and put the no That, if an Eight Hour work dag ton, “that I join the Black Hun-| that would have put him wholly up @ R | ‘a : i a year's truce has been arranged Don’t let another sun set/™4" outside all this circle, and away tenderly. And then he caught | dred.” m his guard. Turning a corner, omplete eport ee 1 cores the bane cea between striking employes and the all these weeks of wartare’ have | J0nes smiling, too. “Or the great beyond, my Iad,"|Gregg all but bumped into th whereas they are now against arly with your WANT untold. Use |not served to bring him into the| “lM going to marry hor, Jones."| took up Bratue, his voice crisp and| countess. He was quick enough to of Market Today tooth and nail This means that close to 100,000 THe STAR, which reaches “Irle That remains to be seen," re-| cold. place a finger on his ps and mo alah “more Soba. ant tie chee workers will be kept busy in this Hargreave tn dead,” sald Vroon | Pited the butler, not unkind! Norton could not repress a shiver.| tion his head toward a taxicab. ‘ there are, the’ smaller the unemi line through the winte ‘over 45,000 homes every ¢ day. atolidly Well, anyhow, thanks for bring-| Where had he heard this voice be- | Olga hadn't the least idea who was exiyaciabgees --"anditates Nee and) nioved army of workers will be. @ eacotich athe “As dead as I am,” snaried|!9& the note, But I've got to dis-|fore? © * * Braine! He astif-| coming around the corner, but sho EDae. the erences oe Ste SYNOPSIS OF MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY iraine. “two''men seat aay ia | appoint her tonight. Tan oft inn fened | Balled the oab and was off In lk be | Sources 07. orem © Sn | Soe. eae besarte ae ee that balloon; and I'll wager my | deuce of @ hurry to interview Gen Murder in cold blood?” he man-| fore Jim swung around the Cal. sweet potatoes business is good, becat 0 o it eve, millionaires, after 0 | hut frien to venous her, to : r ny i | fore Jim » g around the corner asin Roo! ecause consum, enculow nog ei conagread “A the | led Florence saves |head that one man came back, Ij Henderson. T'll be out to tea to-| aged to say, Jones, who had followed the | Onlont tion Is greater, and needs are su mi adie ad the mes to the reseus|am beginning to put a few things|™orrow. You can find your way| “Indefinite imprisonment.| countess for something ove Senne salons eae of brliitent ‘tiieves knows together that 1 bave not thought out of this old fire trap, By-by!” | Choone.” , | Soon aed 2 halt. apes a doorw ny. | Garbage Hilack Hundred, lives the life of « recluse! Concealed above the rendenvous of the| of before. Who knows? Trar| ‘The moment he turned away the| “l have chosen.” What now?” he wondered, The | Seu ee Meath ten at the box af Jewels | ballon may haye been carried ont| Mile faded from Jones’ face, and| “H’m!" Braine rose and went over | countess knew the man. That was| imevte Miraine, lender of the Back, Hun- 4 of lin subsequent retarn (tO #ea purposely. The captain on| With the quickness and noisoless-|to the sideboard for the brandy.| evidence enough for the astute but ngpeeted expanet aot aa Sime ne cecapes from his own home by = that tramp steamer may have Hed | 2088 of a cat he reached the side| “I'm going to offer you a drink to| ler, But what meant the panto ha ‘ $ [county employes do not. com balloon, Before escaping he writes « let x io pemeel, a from beginning to end. I tell you,| Of the booth in which Gregg be-| show you that personally there are| mime and th ibsequent hurry? | Caulifiower, per dos about the people being robb: ter to the girls’ school where 18 years | ine wand. but before f Hargreave is alive, and wherever | leved himself to be secure from|no hard feelings, You are in the| He soon learned, The man Gregg | Local celery private Swnda: PUbUC SOreare mtoriously left on the do cavesienasize, ot pen ih ations caters in aly daughter, lorence Gray. | “Mined the box mysteriously disappears. |he 1s he has his hand on all the|®4¥esdropping. ‘The half dozen| way. After you, our friend, Jones.| went his way, and then Jim turned | P& coy That, when there are more fol Tet tiny Hurareae mine demo 81 00,00 Owing to the falling off of contributions wires He has agents, too, of words Jones heard convinced him | This brandy fs not poisoned, neither) the corner. Jones cast a Wistful | Local tomatoen the Workers are mote secure, a from the bank, but it Is report pat this whom we know nothing about.| that Norton was again the object | are the glasses, Choose either and| glance at the vanishing cab of the | Honey, now not #0 Hable to be cast aside fom ito the sea when the balloon he the million! of the < f “ " 7 ee oney, strained Jtrivial or, perhaps, political é aropoed into th ren Hang the million! I want to put of th Black Hundred's attention, | I'll drink first. We are all desper-| Russian, and decided to shadow the | Honey, strane bedience to the explolUng maken al Florence arrives from the iris’ school mi mares. (Zhroush the comntvance of the my pans. on Hargreave just to a come bg big tan’ face that| ate men, Norton; and we stop at| shadower—in other words, follow | cai. lemons, per crate ‘That, {f any working person bea Countess Olgn, Braine’s companion, visits countess the new head eroushiy|prove that I am the better man,| memorable night when the balioon| nothing. Your life hangs by a halr,| the reporter, to see that nothing | Cants Meves the bunk philosophy that th ' famfliated. fivaine pure 1 an air.| the reporter, to see that nothing y her and claims her as # relative. Two pursues He communicates with Jones, per.| Stopped for its passenge ° 01 , ere greave is?” Cooking apples eight-hour day will make more jo bogus detectives call, but thelr plot is| Plans pending restoration to power. Rae CTC eT te eee eee oe eine Ont ee eoger., Before | Do you know where Hargreave is?” | serious befell pim Jonathan and Increase the demand for lab faled by" Nortom. a nenmpapae mas.” |) | Finding himelt checkmated at every SD® throuEh the reporter; he has) Grege cai (of the booth, Jon E rton eyed his Hquor thought-| » Sometimes Norton was over-| Oregon Gravensteins ‘After failing in thetr first attempt, the turn Ine endew to eamesh the| bad me followed was he who| decided to overtake him and for: ually . Biack Hundred trap Florence, They ask Hargreave houschold © law in order |changed the boxes, bored the ers’ tine 1g lod line ts short, and th, ine long when’ the. Workpa line gets short That, those who complain al ee ce cs sack, ® dow. while at the same time It oa Sain tian. bat alee ager; several times during his | Concord rat pore ee eee ye! — hole | warn him, but unfortunately the re-| “Do ow where the mone: 1e Black dred he | Mal® sestees that person ia a mental defun her for money, but she encapes, again to gain free access to the ty Wat |i the cetiing of thé ottee! eres ‘Siatas tone aaathine ins » Boe De you know where the money | tilts with the Black Hundred he | Tixays ie reason fs bankrupt . folling them. limely discovers of the plot by Norton | 1 1) Mer quarters | port . re in alght is had gone outside the boundary of | Local peaches 4 4“ That, if the Elght Hour day tm Merion ad the conntees call om lo ein the pollen atthe healt of the puck, [404 learned Heaven known what.”| There was left for Jouos noth'y Norton smelt of the brandy, caution—and pad for tt. He did | Bananas 400 : onsen the demand for domeatic ence the next day, once more sate at |and results in w raid on the hat's the case,” sald Vroon,| else but to return home or follow| “ yorry,” pale “ite ey oe vants, no one bi 00) home. ‘The visitors having gone, Jones |desvous, whieh, however, peoves to bel “why hasn't he had uw sna’ | Ona ‘While De Aatie Ot. her aan ee ie oe 1) this very thing today, and but for |, euig prceseme ter ment sarees gitl peetne theoenaiae ne. we eving Sone, Seuss | denvous, which hy bie 8 apprehend: | G he came out, As this| should have liked to win over a| Jones he might have fared ex Fon ee. See crt Bankiaa Sea Mer aaae tae Feneel ty wectins| “Sotierinc s' tcteshene menege deuce |4" night he knew Florence to be ex-| hed like yours, tremely i Base . be hard to find, " of ie Black Hundeed ‘he rushes to | received trom a mysterious perm whom | Draine laughed heartily, “Have. | ceptionally well guarded, both with-| Norton nonchalantly took ont his aine swore that this time Nor-| (ue’over a Ibe IL That, If the exploiting class ater front, and sucered repping the |! coseek as war snd ‘aken ta you been able to see by this |{n and without the house, he decided | watch, and that bit of bravado per uffer, He would wring | Hens, 8 Ibs and under .. (reg OF el doe St ee Countess Ones cnvses an extrangement|san. Through Norton's daring and o tne wot Hie Ekta 4s Rovengo.| to walt and follow the shy haps saved his life, In the case of| the truth out of the reporter, the | Pucks old ea ang earn a livinge dalecon Mextes pnd Pamvenes, qh eviater tie fo sesened and pater: to ie does not wan © police to hen Braine received nay | his » saw ce be | tri ow r a Reed aise. . That the Bight Hot lAceomplices of ruins kidaap Florence |hher home in time te confront aa ageat of|moddlo only in tho smaller aftaira | sage he was plonsed. ‘Nottm nee | reg mae ati 8 brutal face be-| truth as far as he knew it. Braine |squaie. ond site. aos :: 2.0 unfite the difference beter while she Is shopping, and hurry her off | the Black Hundred Eragon Bg eee got leg tg Bor ae Dopo ne orton’s as-| hind him. Without a tremor, Nor-| was positive that Norton knew one | Qumes fom ive dor Verted’ ene: undermetkea one il to sea. She leaps overboard, and is picked | Through treachery in the Hargreave t Pokey +. = pe he h us one a nme A ; ted his purpose like a| ton took up his glass or the other of two things: Har-| Yea, 68 to 1201.0... Ke underted and. cverworned qadtel = ine condition by Mehermen,| houschold Florence ie dativered inte the | one; he wants to put terror in-| glove. Before midnight he would| “I am sorry to dirabpotnt you,"| greave's whereabouts and. whether | veal: \ree + 08 @ vais, so that gout and starvation Secon taamdect po F sogy egg ved ee oe oe a Bia treater, Who le|to the hearts of all of us. Keop| have Mr. Meddling Reporter where | ho sald; “but T shall neither Join | or not the mysterious box contained | Pork: Ke4 block hogs .. 10 @ not attend services so often at them her back tonen with film, Florence sets| the faithful Susan Norton learns that the | tii? Point in your mind when you) he would bother no one for some | you nor go to by-by." the militon tee teats tie areasari fire to the beat, and te rescued by = ship| doctor has declared that Ylorence in |%¢t. He'll never summon the po-|time—if hi tractable. if| Quick as a bird-shadow above| Tho lurer finally paused at a/Ps®* : loved’ at Daneee WOES. The Gna on which Norton has been sy | |ateickon with smalipox and that he ts|lice unless we make a broad day-| not, he would never bother any one| grass, he flung the brands over hie| door onened tt with at raahinets Ne red Tight dlatrict Will be eet Norton and Florence, safely ash Dropering to spirit her away. By noting |light attempt to get possession of| again. Braine gave. bi < Patel deme te Bes tap oeience ait | eiteaoueen Wa oe cee ttf 0 Ne with no longer any misunderstanding be-| quickly the reporter, with the mid of |\iiw daughter. And even then. } fy eraine eave his orders | shoulder into the face of the man| swung It behind him, very careful, | . creamery, brick . : Hour Caw. It wit ete Tee tween them, take the train for home, The | Susan, succeeds in extricating the young | id ke it al hen he} tersely nless Norton met with | behind. Sampson yelled with pain,| however, not to spring the latch bei yt Pe ian Sake Me nothing te vee bee fee Ee meromers £0 See iat Reunions | wormon Cones She Ganges atier on anesen- Yo ina. Wittalnach plain, caso of | unforeseen delay, nothing could pre-| Almost at the same Instant Norton | Naturally Jim was mightily pleased | asern brick ....cs.- should worry.” bie jared Ploreace to m desert e : 5 F ld worry carry a ping mination, that’s the| vent his capture, pushed over the table, upsetting] when he found the door could be! wisconsin tripleee RT ORO NGL oe sconain triplete = 718 First Av., Unton Block, eecessescoseo