The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 5, 1916, Page 4

STAR—TUESDAY, S$ auuassssssnnassssnnnsassssszstsssggzasy guezsssaeatesssnanzsests Next Week Pandora's Box BY JOHN A, MITOHELL rad SERESERERERRRER GRINS Vacaaaasaaedtaticesstastessesatetesss (Continued From Our Last Issue.) E SEATTLE STAR)" oF senIres “NORTHWEST Raat © OF NEWsPAPERS A Week Uneited Freee Assectation Wash. Postoftice as Hecond-Ciaes Matter i : $1.90; year a —_——— ‘Telegraph News Service of | Entered at Seatt) ie ——— mail, out of city, bs - ‘ - © per month up mos a. BY carrier, olty ° 8S THE girls approac th Daity by The Star Pub: Ce, Phone Mata 600, Private A office the crowd of men 1 de megt around the doorway drew aside to let them pass. | At the far end of the room they fouhd the justice of the peace en-| Ithroned behind a long table Mt ‘or County Commissioners SAND THATS vfficials sm mpo oO , Hon Mr, James R. McAllister dust AS SL 0 other officials have as much importance in county af-/Honor, Mr. James h. McAlo as Mv War ¥ fairs as county commissioners. Their duties are many.|/Mac, was a ranchman on a sma | Their power to spend money is almost unlimited. This year #eale oi deere pa! “ 1 hs « weenlng con © had by ‘th gral to be levied will amount to a million more |, tina oF the pence for eevernl im last year and labe under the 1 For the past several years, the so-called “ring” has con impression that he knew m « he cour co! issio' s. The . law led a majority of itt ¢ county commissioner cand Rig oe Se TT eee Oe dual is at present in the hands of Lafe Hamilton and Krist|cjosely pefore the window nearest udsen. She owed this\ thought: | |the court EeZe BECcaUSS ent ON THE UNG You HAND OvT Cees n. It came like a thunderbolt |to the prosecution, It was not Black’s way of doing business, The accomplished by rallying to the candidacy of Herman m, who is just a farmer, not a politician. Nelsen never ran for office before or was ever appointed) outty attorney had looked for s @n office that held any salary. He is a capable, successful /pardfought defense—a shifting of tigen, who is anxious to give good service |the burden of responsibility for the In the city district names will the misbranding to another, who would, ant : ¥ : . be off somewhere on flot. They are the names of M. J. Carrigan, ta we ibaa 08 lien and Claude C. Ramsay b of time Carrigan is the present minority member of the com Hoes about the young i He has been, during the past two years, the inde- three appear on Frank P. of cour a in. se a attorney's mouth, Jesse Black was ie },|bound over under good and dent county commissioner who has done what he could /retent bond to ap Suppress the extravagances of the “ring” members. Given |regular term of the cireuit court tn aid of a man like Herman Nelsen, Carrigan will be able|December. That much accomplish give King county an administration of real efficiency, jed, now he could buckle down for the big fight S Fortunately, his principal opponent, Claude Ramsay,| “Unconcerned, grinning, Black also a man who, being of sound business sense, and |slouched to the door and out. The a f “ ow . t o give King crowd made way for him uncon Wowedly free of the “ring,” will also be able to gi g\° viet Mage Aa five eg n that day inty good service. ¢ third in this race, Frank P. Mullen, is really out of} His name will appear on the ballot, but he has publicly} m notice of his withdrawal. was a marked 1 His lawyer, Small, his chatr, radtat satisfaction, as tho he had but Ju gained a disputed point Site teiteteseets, “Langford PSOSTSTETTStrrtiiiisitisistiitiisrsiiiitiiitisiti ests eiteteSset ssn teas 1916. PAGE 4. EPT. 5, of the Re | e's | | Knudsen is a hold-over. Hamilton is automatically re |futse * to Gordon a ic h ar - 8 , 4 | he prisoner was broug! * _ from, that office, having already served four years,|.a.'4 familiar personality. He was is a candidate for sheriff known to most west of the The county “ring” has picked as Hamilton's successor, river—if not by actual acquaintance Smith, of Auburn. Smith is an old-timer. He had paige by pened fio be ‘ all, lean, slouching-whouldered fe Been commissioner before and sheriff—and in the palmy old|igw’ 6 bore himself with an eas days, Smith was not averse to getting his fat share out of] indifferent manner, and chewed to > n ° r soners, etc. He belongs to the old ward-|bacco enjoyingly — a oi Miiting ty . “ Nolltieiad y Then came: the fre great our Tecan Neck em GaIne <0 : hp te genoa . : prise of this affair of many sur i — GAING “Tc % Tn the south district, therefore, Lou Smith's defeat can|prises, Jesse Black waived exam USTEN To THIS MAN'S MONOTONOVS 1US A VAST_ IMPROVE = OF INANE CHATTOR SO, RUN ALONG : € belt’s the thin; men's fashion announcements CHAPTER V. coming that way and he was put'|in time to see a big, muscular fel- s fi 7 saying for years; but we never yet saw a tailor It was late. The August night (ing his horse to the limit, too. low swing a girlish form to the ng ving ba 1 he butt off trousers. | was cool and sweet after a weary |~~~ = vn ri Who the-—-deuce,” began Lang-| saddle in front of him. Quick asa who nou, ave the buttons ° ; rgpiond < - had nerve ¢ gh wore day of intense heat. Williston | self past staring eyeballs, crawling,/the first true shot, tore up the | ford It's Jim # cow pony a6 sure| flash he spurred forward, lifting his . was sitting just within the door |crawling, crawling; it might well| ground tn front of him and swerved - I'ma por habe e ry oa > heavy Colt’s revolver high over his Lan way. Mary, her bi s clasped/be that at any moment a sudden to one side. Instantly) Dome at that pace, wonder? Is|head brought ft down on the fel i D. je for Judge |idly around her knees. t on the /light flaring up from some corner dest confusion redgned—|he drunk low’s skull with a force that OTERS of King county seldom have the rare good) coor . thoughtfully staring out | would tell the tale of the end shouts, curses, the plunging of) Hep out indifferently. The] knocked him senseless without time ner ; é tk oudal ho|isto the still darkness All at once the gun play began horses, mingled with the sharp|"oofbeats rang nearer and nearer,|/for a sigh or moan. As his arms Opportunity to select a judge of the superior court who|'™h it oy uttie girl,” sald Wil-| again, sharp. quick, from thee of firearn he shooting|Clattered thru the stable yards 1 lax and he toppled in bis snd. bines in him, as W. D. Lane does, legal ability and|liston apring, from the sheds. For hour wild. The surprise was too fore they ceased, two or|die, Langford caught the girl and in feelin; Just a minute more, daddy. /it » © Mary, the little battle plete for the outlaws to recover|‘!ree revolver shots rang out in| swung her free of entanglement : ~~ f vard-looking, a t Must we have a light? Think how | raged % at once. They had hoard no sound | Tepid suc jon Jim had fired Poor little girl.” he breathed _ Lane is broad-minded, forward-looking, NO WOFSMIPPel| ine mosquitoes will swarm. Let's| —A sudden bright light Hashed up|of approaching hoofbeats, The/|!nto the air to arouse the house. | over her as her white face dro wrong precedent, courageous enough to look ahead in- g0 to bed in the dark darkness under the unpro roaring flames licking up the dry eee from ome jocking with orgs ear oe meg his ini i nd It 1 . °: cho, he ran quickly to the|big shoulder. “Poor little giri— remaining buried in the musty past. We will shut the door and next |tected wall to Mary's left. Almost ber had rendered the surround a need criges on the eke ay court bench. Each/*mmer, little girl, you shall have | simultaneously a kindred, lghtiing darkness the blacker for the|*ta>le and threw wide the door.| And I don't know where your father your screens. I promise you tha! siways providing, of course, Jesse Py " . , | prang into bel from the region is entitled to vote for nine candidates for judge. W. D 7 janes sb soar 29h eo reg should be one of the first in the list. Black leaves us alone.” jand spread. It dDecame a Sure, daddy,” she answered.) When the whole cabin seemed to a 7 heerily. “And I'll seo t youlbe in flames save the door—the Tip to Hughes: Charge those Western forest fires |‘ ° don't forget. As for Jesse Black.|dry, rude boarding had caught and 0 Wilson! he wouldn't dare, with the Three|burned like paper—Wiliston held Bars on his trail. Well, you hand to bis daughter, silent must have a light, you must,” ris {ng and rummaging around a shelf in search of matches. lently ehe put her hand, nor did Wit that it was her left, lest or Immodest? Modest, of Course!) N THE sporting page of a daily there appeared recently} on no! 4 4 Her hand touched the match | por how limply her right arm hung a half-tone of Annette Kellermann, international record |box at last. A light flared out. to her side vi , ¢ , “Shut the door quick, dad,” she| With firm step, Williston ad der as a female swimmer, and alse a half-tone of a Y. M Jeald, lMghting the lamp on thelyanced to the door Deliberately A. all-round athlete. Miss Kellermann was shown attired|tanie. “The skeeters'll eat us|\ha unbarred {t, as deliberately fa bathing suit which lacked about four inches of reaching|elive threw {t open and stepped over the ped to the door. | thresh They were covered on her knees, while the husky young athlete’s running suit! ther clear to right-thinking persons. Obviously no man who hopes to win in a running race posite wall. At that moment, the light was blown out lter is free to go?” he asked, his first words having met with no re ; Cie’ ; food, my dear!” 4 WILKS | enor res umber himself with a superfluity of clothing, Good, my dear!” cried sponse. meet encumb ‘t Aadeite J eIDBs leon, in low tones. Quick as |” "1 cuess not!” responded the und no girl or woman who enjoys swimming, or who is| the door was slammed shut|jeador, curtly.. “She's showed up ining to swim, should be hampered by more covering than bolted just as a second shot/tog much ke a man to let her Ommon sense would dictate as the proper thing. foul of {t z ; loose Back of everything lies the MOTIVE ; father ate - Mary His big, shuffling form lounged 7 a . |rroping her way to his side tn: hie. endian Sie tateed o ie Even the most prudish must admit that there is a vast} h, my dear! They missed | yt} pp xm ailekedaner oF pg erence between the enjoyment of so healthful a pastime| an. Don't lose your n ldifference. They. were to be shot They won't find it so easy fown where they stood jon the th homestead Williston bowed his head to the now, right Swimming and deliberately flaunting temptation, by un- " i al eshold of their burning mted and audacious exposure. here had been no third shot. A profound silence followed the sec-| $25,000 a|_ “What will you do, father?” she |tainly, then fallen nerveleas to his If so, please, when you die, DON’T leave to keep fresh flowers on your monument Tal the back window, girl ital Re peg Pepe) pred 5 BS Leave $25,000, or as much as you please, to keep fresh |he answered, briefly, “I'll take 1156 | inaieetaleninainicieniaembniantsotnidicons fers among the people—in the dingy streets we call the oi Ss (he aattighe oad death tet . in the charity hospital, in other places where your]anything creep up on you. The | it, once you leave this earth, will like to see them placed | mustn't get near enough to fire the house.” you have a million, or if you make a million, will you If you ha y everal heavy minutes dragged | this? away without movement, without sound from without. Each new war loan, the debtor nation assures us, is I think they're frightened off . said Mary at last. “They were the last. Yes, until the next one comes along. + dent ane, or tnes’é ‘net If It Were Possible | probabl have He knew he missed you, to Do Better Dental or he would not have fired again | Do think it was Jesse ne ons would not have missed Work the Union At that noment a i] soun brote the stillness, the whiney: at | Dentists Would Be a horse Reinforcements had ap. the First to Do It. proached within the shadow of the cattle-sheds Something moved Jout there at last Daddy!" ca ONE PounD 25 CENTS 1 Mary best of materials, in a chok ed whisper. “Come here—they are|f manipulated by the highest Williston stepped ‘to the back kill obtainable in the Den- window quickl profession, is the secret Change place e said briefly ae a vonderful No he euddkahel Waeeie of our wonderful success the so of stealthy creeping Our prices ar d Something moved directly in front R mrs within ee of him, but some distance away.|f teach of all |His was the ird shot of that 1 ; niet . All tk positively pain H-—! I've got it in the leg!”|f le cried a rough voice, full of intense anger and pain, and there were sounds of a precipitate retreat Guaranteed 15 Years Again the heavy minutes dragged awa At each of the two windows crouched a (ense fighre, brain alert, eyes in fron control It was al frightful strain, this waiting game.| Could one be sure nothing had es-| UNION | was deceptive, and one’s eyes must jneeds shift to keep the mastery Jover the horizon. It might well be 305% Pike St. that some one of those ghostly and 5 . hidden sentinels patrolling the|f Over Owl Drug Store, ‘lonely homestead had wormed him APRA URY AE Bab Just a moment he stood there in natant by four rifles somewhat shorter. Ate se |the doorway, outlined against the! “Drop your guns!” called the According to the finely drawn distinction of some prudes| brightly lighted room A sudden | chief, roughly critics, the athlete's outfit is entirely proper, while that| sharp Pinan the ly be pale] “t take it that 1 am the one} 4 . ‘ ; ; sang past Williston’s head, pertl-| wanted,” said Williston Miss Kellermann is immodest, altho wherein is not alto- ously near, and lodged in the op-| His voice was calm. “My daugh | sponded contrast. Mary bad sunk down at of the fierce, tho brief conMict, that ensued Afterward she heard—oh, many, many times In tse night watches— the eerie galloping of horses’ hoofs, growing fainter and ever fainter, heard {t above the medley of tramp-| jing horses and yelling men, and knew it for what {t meant; but to- jnight—this evil night—she gave but one quick, bewildered glance into a sinister face above her, and in a soft, shuddering votce breathed. “Please don't,” and fainted. | CHAPTER VI In Which the X ¥ Z Figures Some | what Mysteriously Jim Munson, riding bis pony over jthe home trail at a slow walk drooped sleepily in his saddle. It was a sleepy night, cool and soft and still, He could walk horse all the way There was no haste The boys} would all be in bed. They would not even wait up for the mail knowing his, Jim's, innate aversion to t A little short of where the Willix ton branch left the main tra half paused. If it were not so he would ride up and give hb But, of course, they were asleep. dark about the premises. blinked with the s shock Might |tlon ddenness of the ask you the same responded the other, with an laugh. “I'm for town to see doctor about my little girl n puny for a week.” “Oh! where you from?” asked |Jim, with the courteous interest of |his kind New Man on the X Y Z,”" answer ed the other, lightly Must be gettin’ on.” He touched spurs to his horse and was off with a friendly "S¢ long,” over hia shoulder. Jim rode on thoughtfully “Now, don't it beat the devil he was thinking, “how that there cow puncher struck this trail comin |from the X Y Z—with the X Y Z \clean t’other side o' tow | He kept on str ht ahead, and it |was well for him that he did so. It| | was not the last of the affair, Tho jold, prosaic trail seemed fairly bristling with ghostly visitants that night. He had gone but a scant quarter mile when he met with a |second horseman, and this time he would have sworn on oath that the man had not been)on the forward trail as long as he should have been to be nin the starlight. Jim was {not dozing now, and he knew |he was about | “Hullo!” the fellow accosted him, genially what | "Too pleasant—the whole bunch of ‘em,” found quick lodgment in Jim's active brain. Aloud, he re with ture, “Hullo!” “Where ye goin’ er, answering good na ?" asKed the oth if in no particular haste to If he had met with surprise, he carried it off well “Home; been to town.” Jim was n tenter hooks to be off “Belong to the Three Bars, don't as part company a ep.” “Thought 80. you.” Jim rode briskly along until he Well, good luck to See Sssssstccecccssstectey “|Judged he had gone far enough to{ time the rest of the then he halted sud his} if he wanted to./ Everything seemed atill and| He would} William M. Ding married Rose Lee Dang in Boston. [ond report. Whence, then, the |inevitable for a moment; then rais-|just plod along | dang, belle. shots . vq, [Od It proudly to meet the {nevita. | “Hello, there! Where'd you come Ding, fg: It took but a moment for Wil from?” he cried of a sudden, and q > liston to have the rifles cocked A rifle shot rang out startlingly | before he had had time to carry his all You Do Us a Favor? and ready. Mary took her own |ctear. At the very moment the| resolve into action i vi A = rom him with a han hat trem-|leader's eye had, swept the sight A man horseback had draw Py AVE you a million dollars? | bled ever so slightly his rifle arm had twitched uncer-| rein directly in front Ps allay suspicion denly. Very wide awake wan J a] SNAERSEREEgaEEagasaseseaessaegtatets sett Three Bars” 7" "=" FSisistis hisses tSPePCROSCSLLPCESTTLIS THM SS tEeECeSioeceoeg His hand rested unconscioun: | piiisectissestssssieg A Week boys came ping of the ranchhouse slamming the door behind them Langford took the trall fir Jins out im now % ly on the Colt'’s 45, protruding | had said but the one word, Willie from his loosely hanging belt. ton.” It was enough Nothiag was > heard but the rapid tho reg His impulse was to fide boldly to be heard <A back and up to Williston’s door, rong pound of hoofbeats on th ond thus satisfy himself as to | level trail hat was doing so mysteriously Langford, riding slightly in ad There waa not a cowardly drop |his head against the friction of the vir and urged his horse to the mad wildest race he had ever run a eee ee ee Paul Langford dropped one shoe Lervelessly to the wolfskin front of hin bed burning dimly on the tatble. T soot of many burnings adhered the chimneys Inner side “One would know it week by looking at that chimne: muttered the bons, eyeing the of ; ; fending chimney discontentedly as] The little cavalcade swept = he dropped the other shoe with increased speed, following the Sometimes I wonder if it] ead of the master. Soon the sound wouldn't be better for the bunch |! shooting was borne to them dis of us, {f one of the boys were to| Unctly thru the quiet night rarry kind bring his girl to the Thank Heaven, boys!” cried Three Bare. But I'll be hanged if| Langford, dicging in his spurs once I know which one I'd care to give} more. hey are not surprised’ up to the feminine gender. Be-| Listen! What a plucky fight! If tides, she'd wear blue calico wrap-| they can oniy hold out! pers in the morning—they all do.”| At that moment a tiny tongue of He began pacing the floor in his| flame leaped up away to the front stocking feet. “Wish I could get that bead tonight. Positively red-he ed. Well, call it auburn for ake of politeness. ference? She's Wonder why I her before? Wonder love with her? a winner, if Dick's He stopped for a moment at the open window and looked out into the otill, starry night Tho sound of galloping hoof beats on the hard road below ca: up to him a {tary hor | Here the bows, the first to gain the her | Outside because father’s feet, and had no cognizance |f0Und him hastily saddiing a fresh ques already mount tion Langford asked no That would come later. In an incredibly short space win for the FUL tising, you to SHIFT Should HIS CUS1 the strang vertised WORD and CHILLY, or the GOC BETTER than PATRON of your S Why? Because years agi and ing, and now in ayy \gain—there are Maine to Califor nondescript from or brand; An oll lamp was was Jim's blamed ttle girl of Williston’s out of my the What's the dif didn't know about Shouldn't wonder he stood at the win n Was dressed. stepped silently to Sadie's stall. ot Advertising is meant to sewhere of the soap that “floats,” go find that distinctive thing about one of the “FIFTY-SEVEN Now rISE it in THE S71 and PUSHING. You in was having a bad time with Jim's efreulation, But ff foul play His honor—his good abroad for Williston that honor, that he held so high and I he, Jim, of course, was spot- | stainless—-was his word not given lted and would never be permitted by {t that the Willistons might to reach the house, It would mean, count on his sure protection? 1 unolens gacrifice. Now, he need-| What had he done to merit this ed to be alive. proud boast? Knowing that Jesse He touched spurs Nghtly, bent Black was once more at liberty, fully realizing of what vast import to the state would brought to trial, he had sat stupidly back and done nothing And he had promised, Would Wil liston have had the courage with out that promise? And the girl “God! The girl!” he cried aloud “What did you say, Boss?” Jim, pounding alongside. “Nothing!” be in to y like a beacon light. Now were two—they grew, leaping heavenward in mad revel “Boye!” began Langford never gave the intended command ad ho.| For at that moment Williston and his daughter stepped out in full in | view of raider and rescuer. A man, the circle of lurid light Labsford raised his rifle quickly. see The flames were sinking. liston had disappeared were scattered in wild wil me pursuit is, either or have you only fainte wonder was hellish child, child, your arm! He honest—honest Jim rode up I'm sorry.” A Novel} be Williston’s | testimony when the rustlers should | sald Langford, curtly. | of them, gleaming in the darkness there spread, But he slouching in his saddle, rode up into The boys Wheeling bis horse, Langford was Are you hurt anywhere, I don't Why, It ts broken! Oh, Utthe girl, I didn’t mean to— nung, eyes blood- asked |" COLYUM LABOR DAY a Gay hepiern ber nan to letening pital is un- 4 family pic- are gradual! labor The canes bel preparedne the para ter on, w if-deten ay parade consists of ® carrying and marching # la foot, he ock of automobiles. "Thi don't carry auton trade they're everybody know! eee ASKING TOO MUCH “What's that thing, doctor?” “That's the medicine-ball brought you “Then there's no hope for me.” “Why not?” “I never can swallow that.” cee 1 “Now, Silas,” said the speakes, “I want you to be present when I deliver this speech.” “Yassuh.” “I want you to start the laughter and applause. Every time | take a drink of water, you applaud, and when I wipe my forehead ewith my handkerchief, you laugh.” “You better switch dem signals, boss. It's a heap mo’ Hable to make me laugh to see you standin’ up dar deliberately takin’ a drink o° wa ter.” eee DIPLOMACY “Who is you favorite composer?” “Wagner,” replied Mr. Cumroz “You must be a student of mu- sic! No. I mention Wagner for the sake of relieving myself of conver- sational strain, If the other man doesn't like Wagner, he won't want to hear me say another word.” “And if he does?” “He'll want to do all the talking himself.” shot. “We can't find him, Boss. They've carried him off, dead or alive. How's the gal?” “I don't know, Jim. I'll take her over to White's for tonight, anyway. Mrs. White will care for her. Then perhaps we will send for the ‘gal reporter,’ Jim.” (Continued in Our Next Issue) with progress—ADVERTISE! But do not think th The farmer first PI to work with his HO] GETS IT TO MARKET “LEST draw TRADI Making a Business Grow If you are in BUSINESS, and wish your business to GROW, get in line advertising is ALL a business needs to drive it ahead. “ANTS his corn, then he sets up a scarecrow, then he gets ; and he keeps right on caring for that corn UNTIL HE When you begin advertising your business you take a prudent step—adver- tising puts you in the way of BIGGER THINGS—but if y SUCCESS you must CO-OPERATE with the adver- it is an open bid for the STRANGER conclude to take you at your ad- OM to you er, after reading your ad, give your place TRYOUT, and IDS, the SERVICE, or the HOP? and then, THRU THE NEWSPAPERS, you must about that distinctive thing! Talk about as much else as you PLE on HAMMERING HOM] business around it! » this DISTINCTIVI part of the habitable globe. the answer would brands of you might many canned stuffs HESITATE nia VARIETIES,” YOUR AR r business will GROW! PRICES in how could you expect that man to become a steady You must manage to find some DISTINCTIVE thing about your busines: talk ASE, but all the while THAT ONE DISTINCTIVE THING! Build your There is a whole lot of SOAP on the market, but “Ivory Soap—It Floats.” There may be a dozen OTHER soaps that float, but nobody any soap that floats except IVORY . thing was thought of, talked about, in course of time BURNED on the public conscience by if you were to ask the name be TVORY! on about accepting an unknown but at once you feel easy in mind Then it .will be merely a matter of playing SQUARE our advertising is to should he find the air no important way LOUD and OFTEN you must keep is interested in means of advertis- the shelves of dealers when they hand you business, ADVER- and