The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 20, 1916, Page 4

‘Meuter of the of Newspapers Pubitehed Dafty by The Stor Publishing Oo. Thene Mein coe SLOW RAPIDNESS Lockhart has re- turned from the Gloversville hos and ts slowly recovering from illness rapidly.—The eee Vittie daughter had been each evening at bed- a baby sister. other morning her reading the paper, ex- ul 47 Mra, Smith has a |it- iter.” do you know that?" Hd. ful i fad iid thought a moment, said: know what I'm going to Um goin FEF LF My Lookit the collar tight I should imagine it cireutation amd keep the window and than "e left, antews i That night he) sets away back | ushers bummin, s eee SPIRITUAL BUT IMMATERIAL A feligious ‘tebate is scheduled the Christian church for next! The discussion is over the| and a few other imma- subjects —The Gentry (0.) e' ‘The River Clyde has been _ Brought up to its present navigable | condition by means of dredging, _ and the Glasgow people are very) proud of it, One day party of} American sightseers tarned up| their noses at the Clyde. “Call this a river?” they said “Why, it’s a ditch in comparison, with our Mississippi, or St. Law- Tence or Delaware.” ] “Aweel, mon,” said a Scotch by- @tander, “you've got Providence to thank for your rivers, but we made this oursels.” | Most kicking is in vain because most people do it in the wrong) ce! . . | At a banquet of notables an as- young attorney spied an in-) Mluential judge at the head of the) table and slipped a half-dollar into) &@ waiter's hand, whispering “Pat me next to Judge Spink.” However, he found himself se ed many politicians below. He call- ed the waiter to explain. “Fact 11 said that individual, “the judge gave me a dollar to seat you ‘way down here.” Bertppe Northwest League STAR—THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916. EDITORIAL PAGE OF Sleeping in an Upper Berth OST of the railroads have got their medieval notion of repeating in deeds old Vanderbilt's slogan, “The public be damned!” But we still have with us the Pullman company. If you think the sleeping car trust loves the dear public, we suggest you revise your opinion, Buy a ticket and lower berth, for instance, from San Antonio to Cleve- land, changing at St. Louis. Chances are your berth from St. Louis on will be filled out in blank. “We'll wire your number later—or you can get it at St. Louis,” the clerk will tell you. No wire comes en route. berth has been reserved. “Then | have a rebate coming,” you venture, remembering that the interstate commerce commission recently forced the Pullman company to lower the price of upper berths. “Take that up with the conductor,” the clerk at the ticket window tells you, “You take it up with the conductor. Does he give you a rebate? He does not! “How do | know you paid for a lower?” he inquires. to show for it?” You have not! It’s a fine little game of passing the buck! “Who shall | complain to?” you ask, forgetting your grammar. “The general passenger agent.” “General passenger agent of what?” And that’s as far as you get. For this have we Pullman cars! At St. Louis you inquire and discover an upper “Got anything The N. G. Hungry S ‘EN HUNDRED hungry militiamen from Eastern states, passing thru Cleveland, O., raided nearby stores and commission houses, taking food and merchandise and destroying what they did not carry away. The National Guard is evidently out to break the rather unsavory record A Novel «Goon INDIAN” A Week! (Continued from Our Last Is DID not go with when he visited the nor dared | venture any tempt to get a word with my lady The company which had come to the castle consisted almost entirely of men from Varna, and they quick- ly seemed to take possession of the place, | met them wherever I went. In this dilemma, I must put my trust tn O'Connell, and I contrived presently to get a few moments with him alone. He was to go to my lady in my stead as soon aw the banquet was served. I wrote a hasty line for him to give her. The kitchen maid would guide them to the secret door, and they would make for the frontier with all the speed they could employ “Steal horses, O'Connell, if you can. Some farmstead or some woodcutter’s dwelling may be your opportunity. Keep to the forest. It is a desperate venture, but % must be made.” “Will she go without you?” “She must. You have my written “THE LITTLE Ka ry Ts ht.p hind my actions there hax ever! the ftw [Irishman O'Connell comes to go at once » _ Bo 1} worth a been the consideration of ture,” he went on slow “To further my plans for the peaceful settlement of this land, I have de cided to bind Captain Heselton to us by the strongest bonds I can forge. He shall be ennobled, shall) be made a Prince in this’ land,| bound to {t as a native is bound to! it; so rank and patriotism shall| render him worthy of the high place I purpose for him.” Very deliberately he signed to a servant, who stood behind him, to) fill bis glass. | Gentlemen,” and he turned to- wards “Gentlemen, you will drink with me once again to Cap- tain Heselton, who is forthwith to © the husband of the Princess Suzanne. I know not whether any were taken by surprise at this annoence- ment, or whether they were all in the plot, or whether they were too We were only men at the board. |far cone in liquor to comprehend ‘The Count was at the center of the its full meaning. They tose as one tabie, and 1 had kept a place at| man; even Father Anthony, | noted, the end nearest the door for my-|held a brimming glass in his hana. | message and you must persuade self. Father Anthony sat with us, Heselton! Heselton!” they her. I shall follow you to the fron-|againat his will, I fancy, for the | shouted. tler. I shall see to it that the wine|Count urged him to drink wine| In a moment I was on my feet. | circulates freely tonight; you shall | enough to put some merriment Into Stop!” 1 cried, bringing my; have many good hours before por his face. clenched fist down npon the table) suit is thought of. If! can so con-| “The wine Is with a savage blow trive it, I will help to lead that pur-| from a full cellar,” | aaid to those! There was a sudden silence. suit myself and every hole that/about me. “King’s property, no ‘One thing forget, Count— might serve as a hiding place shall’ doubt, but for tonight | am sene-|my consent this hideous bar be searched as we go, 80 that we|echal and hold the keys.” gaining. may be delayed as much ax pom) This was the spirit that appealed; As I spoke I Mung my glass into sible.” to them the air, and its «mashing to frag It suited me to be seneschal as| “A*toast,” cried the Count ments on the stone floor sounded well as Captain that day; my move | Highness, Princess Susanne.” strangely boud and ominous. ments occasioned less comment In an instant we were all on our You hear it,” 1 ered. “Your than they otherwise would have/ feet to honor the toast, one or two | foul scheme is shivered to atoma, done. I bullied servants Into activ-/@ little unsteady in their ristng, || even as the glass yonder. There is) ans ting their as far as 1 ald. A things might »pen which it was impossible for me to foresee, but as twilight ath- ered, I could think of nothing I had left undone. | Tt was a large hall in which the Danquet was served, the tables oc- cupying only the upper end of it. “T called Fou cuest, | should more| rightly have called you host,” said the Count, as he entered the hall, “and a most excellent host, indeed.” “I fear, wir, it is after all only a ‘rough festival with which Syere welcomes a king and a lover,” 1 answered Again a puseled his face. I was schemes, but he evidently not quite certain that | was powerless to upset them. I was conscfous that he watched me all thru the feast jook came into oO. orant of his good and com “Her ity to which they had jong been un-| .ceustomed; I set men of the Guard to work for which they were never intended, always with a view that) the way of my lady's escape might | be as free as possible that evening And I ordered them extra drink to compensate for thetr increased labor, confident they would far overstep the license | gave them The castle should be a scene of orgy tonight if I could make it #0, and I played the good comrade to! the Guard as I had never done be- fore. I also got a word with the kitchen maid and sent her to her mistress. “Have you the key?” She tonched her dress near the waist, “Keep it safe, and when the Take Iron, Says Doctor, if You Want Plenty of “Stay There” Strength Ordinary Nexated tron Will Make Delicate, Nervous, Rundown Peo- ple 200% Stronger in Two veeks’ Time tn Many Cases. BREW YORK, N. Y—Most people foolishly seem to think they are go- fng to get renewed health and strength from # medicine, secret cotic drug, well-known specialint studied widely both in ané Europe, when, asf a mat- fer of fact, real and true| neth ean onty come from the you eat. But people often fall get the strength out of their food use they haven't enough tron In| ir blood to enable it to change into living matter. From their ened, nervous condition they ig is wrong, but they ne o has this country me oth ‘of fron in the blood go on for years, tient «uffers untold agony not strong or well you owe it to| ourself to make the following tent: | Bes how long you can work or how Ree you can walk without becom Next take two five grain tab-| ordinary nuxa e #0 This thing while for two wee! y strength again for yourself how ch you have gained. I have seen ne of nervous, rundown people who were ailing all the while, dou- bie their strength and endurance the | wel If you| 7 Like an Athlete rid of Mver and entin toma of dyap: troubles { om 10 to time simply by taking the proper form, and this aft et sta, had in some cases been doctoring for| months without obtaining any bene- fit. But don't take the old forms of reduced iron. tron acetate or tincture of fron simply to save a few cents, You m take iron in a form that amily absorbed and assimi- ated tron if you any good, otherw pro’ worke than wu Many an athlete or prize fight the day «imply beca knew the secret of great « and endurance and filled hin bloos with iron before he went Into the affray, while many another has mone down to tnglorious simply for the ack of tron. OTH —~Nasated Iron © by Dr Saner ts one of the newer ‘on compounds. Unilke ante tren profucts, it in eastiy teeth, edy in nearly ail fori ndie as for nervous, run-down manufacturers have gic fidence in Nuxated Iron that the » forfeit $100 to any if they eannot charitable Inst ve | iron three | in least double strength durance in 10 days’ time It tn 4 in this city by Owl Drug Co., Drag Co., Swift's Pharmacy and ali other drugeiate, defeat | . believe, how rg aap ell-being in the future.” the | noted with satisfaction, and we roared the Princess’ name until the cried the Count again. “Captain Heselton, who proves him self as good a Captain of the G Now my name was rolling jn ‘ne vaulted roof, Please heaven they would find the wine so much to their liking that toast would follow toast, and morning find thene rict ers sleeping amongst the ruins of the feast “Will no one call @ toast to the King?” I shouted That 1 called him King raised his followers to enthusiasm, But the Count silenced them with a gesture as he rose in his place Gentlemen, that toast must wait Before many days have passed [ hope to be almost deafened by the shouts with which you will answer it, but we are at Syere for another | purpose, as some of yor ware.’ There was silence round the |table, but I warrant no one pres ent there listened more eagerly than I “To come tothe throne peaceably and with the good will of oll is my | ambition,” he went on, “but there are still many difficulties in my path which are only to be over come by address and careful diplo: macy. One difficulty has been Princess Suzn this dif fieulty which us Syere ie, and itt has brought He paused for a moment, and the was trying Happily, there |than | had anticipated. I have | spent some time with Her Highness today, and have convinced her, I desirous 1 am for her silence He paused sgain, and there was |# murmur of satisfaction, Had the | Princess promised to marry him? “Not alwaya have you with my methods,” the Count went tho you have been loyal to One instance 1 may give | Many of you were against me when 1 appointed Captain Heselton to command the Guard, yet A good Captain. A most excel lent Captain I took no notice of these answers which came {rom either side of the able; | was watching the Count “So you will understand that be. on } me. PA BARTERI | is leas difficulty \ no power that can make me hus-| band to Prineess Suzanne.” CHAPTER VII The Penaity of Failure | The Count slowly replaced his glass upon the table, showing no} anger. 1 saw the Count give no sign, un-| less the setting down of his glass) were one, but I was suddenly seized | from behind, and my sword was/ taken from me, Possibly | might! have remained submissive, resery ing myself for a better opportunity, had not a volte hissed in my ear “We change places, Captain, and it shall be the same dungeon.” It was the seneschal. The Count} had deceived me, and the sight of | this man put fire into my brain and| steel into my muscles. I bent and| twisted my body to free my cap ors, and looked into the very eyes of disaster—O'Connell. This villain a8 Irishman had betrayed me, My lady was still in Syere. “To the dungeons cried the seneschal. “There shall be no es cape while | am jalle PAGE 4 second claws THE SEATTLE STAR {t made during the mobilization period in ’98, For utter incompetence in the staff and absence of discipline in the line, the state militia of today is in a class by itself. There are exceptions, of hining unples which tand out so brightly that they but emphasize the generally demoralized con dition of Uncle Sam’s reserve army. We are friends of the National Guard; we believe in the system, but undoubtedly there must be some dras tic reforms before the country will feel safe in trusting its future to troops whose military training has not taught them even the first principles of dis- cipline—self control. Certainly a few weeks on the border, under regular army authority, will do the guard a lot of good, and we may have the consolation of knowing that the money spent for mobilization is not entirely wasted. And the scales will drop from the public's eyes like Autumn leaves each day the Na- tional Guard remains in camp. All Excited in U-Boat Exploit (5 ERMANY has pulled off the greatest advertising stunt in history in send- ing the giant U-boat across the Atlantic. Some of us will get hysterical about it, but mostly mensely interested because of the romance of the thing. Incidentally, let’s give the so-called phlegmatic Germans great credit for their vision and daring. ' But the arrival of the Deutschland in Baltimore in war in Europe. Nor does it the British sea power. And the fact that the submarine had to make a detour of 800 miles proves that it paid the highest compliment possible to British control of the seas. Whether or not the presence of the U-boat in our port is a hint or subtle threat, is for diplomats to decide. If one U-boat can do it, so can 20, or 200, or 2,000. The success of the trip may warn us to take certain precautions in our preparedness program. Or it may make us insist on an international treaty for the policing of the seas. Clever advertising, “at the psychological moment” is the great outstand- fact in the present admirable exploit. course; we will be im- settles the break GRAY SHOE” MAK) A Novel A Week! by MMKAMEA AR KRMR MRA RA RAARA OD lonly awoke thoroly ax! followed | her across the room, to a corner of ft hung with t t but was flu Then the Count spoke You made a mistake, Heseiton, you should have the seneschal He smiled as he turned to an/ plece sto: officer beside him, who immedirtety | The hole I looked int left his piace and assumed con | uninviting as « vaalt mand of the Guard. | “There is a leht below,” sald the 1 was thrust into a room not far/child. “The ladder in on this side; from the banqueting hall, and the | your foot will touch the top of it stout door was locked upon me. :/ at once. : first. I must follow felt my way to a chair and sank | because I know how to close the into tt, as near broken by despair | trap.” stuns we came te Gyeret” as a man could be, But after onty| Without a word I put my foot| The lantern was slowly raised & moment the door opened. A ser |npon the ladder which was clamped | Util the dim light of it fell full vant entered carrying candies, As perpendicularly to the wall, and|%P0n his face. More closely still f be withdrew, the Count and three | went down slowly, A miracte had looked into those eyes. others came in, and the door was|happened. There had opened for, “You?” and this time I spoke in closed. mea war of ereape a whisper He looked at me for a moment CHAPTER Vil “Yes, ytain Hewelton, it is 1.” and then laughed quietly as tho Sentry O'Connell It wes my lady some humorous idea had fitted thru) A descent of & dozen rungs of| “There ts no time to bis brain | the ladder, end | was standing at) now,” she said. “Danger “1 am going to honor you with| the entrance of a narrow passage every moment of delay an explanation,” he began. “Prin-|cut in the thickness of the walls.| My lady led the way into the cess Suzanne has a following in| The opening above was sharply de. | darkness of 1 passage which opened Saxe-Oldenburg, tn numbers small, | tined against the dim candie-licht in from this end of the room. We in influence formidable. These fol-| the room | had left. 1 saw the gtri| came to a halt suddenly lowers demand that I shall marry|step on to the Iadder, come down| “Listen!” said my Indy Her Highness three or four rungs, then pause.| She held the lantern low. Before “She has no desire to ascend the | Her upstrecched arm drew the/ us the open mouth of a well yawned throne, either as my wife or alone! | tapestry ‘into place again, there fol-| wide, and seemed to whisper of yet, since she has an important fol-jlowed a low rolling sound ending enormous depth. Across the circle lowing, sh must always aj with « slight thud, and then there! two planks were thrgqwn. danger to me except under two cov-| was blackness, The mechanism of| “No one wenld gy ditions, By marrying her 1 could/the trap must have worked easily, passage beyond the well,” she sato escape the danger, but charming as | for the child had no great strength. | “Come.” she is, | have no desire to marry) The next moment she was besidc| She crossed the boards, walking her. That condition is, therefore, | me | firmly; the kitehen maid followed out of the question. The other con |quickly; then I passed over, not dition ts that she should marry 1 let her go and followed her.| without a thought of the frail some one whom her followers would| The passage must bave run | planks which) held me, and the bor- not countenance, even as her con-| straight as @ ruled line, but with|rible death which might come to sort on the throne. If such a mer-/a slightly downward tren & traveler this way riage is accomplished, there ts not “There is a decor here,” said my For that the lantern was neces- & man amongst them who would | guide. sary, but we must not use it any uphold her rights, That ts why i She pulled it open, no key more,” said my lady, and the next have chosen you for her husband.| necessary, and we came to a moment we were in darkness, Have you considered how much you | | Upon the floor near op: | Give me your hand, Captain Hesel stand to win, Heselton?” posite wall was a horn lantern.)ton, and give your other to the “! do not bargain, even with my-| The dim Mebt revealed a figure child. The way is intricate.” self,” I answered | whieh puzzled me for a moment i was; turr to right “What I said in the hall just now, 1 will perform. You shall be aj power in the State, a Prince of the realm, & man I shall honor as a friend. Such a chance comes to! few. It ts all gain surely, wealth | and power, and a wife whose beauty | no man can deny.” | I answer with your own words Count, Charming he is, I have no desire to marry her, Issue your orders, Let death come soon, and let it be a death that befits a soldier. I have some knowledge of the seneschal's deviltry and would not be left to his tenderness.” | if you die, you shall die as a You!” I exclaimed It was the page. He was dressed exactly as he ad been that night nd showed that & when we journeyed from Dravetadt was missing. the same heavy cloak was wrapped © was black.) bout him. Was he not the Count’s tepy? If he were to have a hand tn my escape, he was Ifkely to deceive {me and bring me to disaster. | “Yout” I said, going close to him. “Where have you hiéden yourself Captain hanged now explain is in be Shall | ge firet, sir?” Vas nam | uly | soldier. I thank you.” Iie rose slowly from his chair,| j still no anger showing in hie face. but the smile had given place to a grave expression | “At least my mission ends—a fail-| ure seemingly, Father Anthony ts in Syere, 1 know not why, unless | it be as your accomplice, and one eS tt sy in Ask the fee Cream Man ust how the Quality made and pat into ‘Cream of Creams” fy just what is it He's an impartial judge, be cause he could bu several other kinds if he wanted to, It's his anxiety please you that makes him a cus tomer of the Seattle lee Cream Compan le, 4 Ice GREamCo, LT | FR SY AE AY HH of two offices he must presently perform, Either he shall marry you | to the Princess, or help you make | your peace with Heaven, You have} until noon tomorrow to decide.” He made a sign to his compan ions und they followed him out of the room Then the shat again, bolts shot home and the key was turned in the lock. I was alone, should be left alone probably car noon tomorrow, Then Father Anthony might come to help me make my peace with Heaven. | My labors, worthy or not, were | over, finished. There was no more | need to scheme and plan. I could} be {dle and dream, Tomorrow-to: morrow at noon 1 must have slipped low in the chair as sleep overcame me, for my next conscious effort was in struggling to drag my self out of some deep hole into which J had fallen, while a voice| was urging me to hurry | “Quickly! Quickly! I staggered to my feet, Stwnding| before me was the little kitchen ‘Come, sir, come, counts tonight.” door was until Every moment] s there wat aj of city, one your, a per month ap vier, city, See Kintorsd at Penttle, Wash, posteffies as matter 'Bliss Will Probe Militia Affairs On Mexican Border Because of severe criticism dl rected at the war department re ative to mobilization of the Na tional Guard thruout the country, Gen. Bliss has been ordered to the Mexican border to make a thore investigation of all conditions there. He will also report on the treatment ine militiamen received en route DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS SHOT; HIT IN HEEL Police are Thursday mystified over the peculiar shooting in the heel of Private R. E. Fitzgerald Fort Lawton Wednesday night It occurred at W. 56th st 22nd ave. N. W walking along the street were heard, and he was uncon- scious of being injured until he looked at his foot and saw blood streaming from it It is believed Fitzgerald was bit by an expended’ bullet shot from a , high-powered gun some distance | away. | and left, a few steps upward, them a step dowoward, the passage se pad in places that there was barely room for fall grown map to pass. We crept In single file alo the wall of the passage, to- war shafp turn in it, from which point we should be able to see into the ball, A murmur Of sound was n OU distant, the undertone full of lifes I stopped short a& we reached the turning. There was a sudden clatter of feet upon the stairs, and the sound of voices coming Bearer. | “Truly | was born under @ |star. Could anything bave better?” |. It was the Count who spoke, laughter came with the question. | “Sir, we shall set the bells ring- jing in Dravstadt before noon tomor- row,” was the answer. | “To saddle, gentlemen, and good | speed to you,” said the Count, and jthen, after a pause, during which }two or three men passed thru the entrance into the courtyard, he went on: “Plague take this fellow | Heselton.” | “You cannot—” but the voice was lowered so that I could not catch | what was said. “Let tomorrow care for itself,” said the Count. He crossed the hall and went up the stairs laughing. What new de | velopment was there im his schemes | that he should send to the capital in such haste at this hour? “Come.” I said, tarning to my jady when the footsteps had died way on the stairs, “escape is not | likely to be easier than it is at this | moment.” | I knew this passage well. From the end of it only a corner of the | hall had to be crossed to reach the | door which shut off the stairs lea! jing down to the dungeons. This | door was of no particular solidity, |and since I had been at Syere had not been locked. There were no | prisoners below. Had it been fast- jened tonight? The door was closed, whether it was locked or not I could not tell, but on a stool beside tt sat sentry—O'Connell, (Continued in Our of a plac CHICAGO, MARK REG