The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1916, Page 4

Next THE SEAT Rntered at Seaitic, V BY mail, out of city, dbo per month up te « A Novel A Week Pandora's BY TLE STAR LEAGUE OF NEWsraruns United Prese Assectation (Continued From Our Last CHAPTER X Fire Hk wind arose | midnight, It window casings in the hotel along toward rattled loone : a bik that eople turned ! t _ Nationalizing an El Dorado 0 that people turned unesally | IFN OPIES of an official decree just issued by Gen, Carranza! Louise was awakened by a sud a i hriek of « awep nr have found their way to the United States and are cau by cr Lie vaigge hy es ' Ming beads of cold sweat to form upon the fe 1 brow of /ratsed window and sent somethin he oppressed capitalists who have about “hogged” the oil (Crashing he coche lay My ; ; a mo drowsily wondering what Midustry in Mexico. ‘The decree concludes with the follow-\had fallen. The neat. thine of very significant statement |which she was conaclous, Mary was % “The production of petroleum is to be exclusively a shaking her excitedly Mational matter. The industry shall hereafter be directed! .[VMU Is IT she asked, sleepils By the Mexican authorities for the benefit of the Mexican|where! Listen!” people.” Some one rushed quickly thru iq Right or wrong, in a moral sense, Carranza has sure | hall; others followed, knocking Ait upon th rlutios h ble Th he (A&#inat the walls in the darknoss ? pe ¢ solution of most of his ‘problems. If he!the girts sprang to the floor. The ean obtain control of the producing wells, pipe lines, re-/thought had found swift lodgment Fineries and other sources of wealth belonging to the oil in-/! the mind of each that the he Wdustry in Mexico, he will have a bonanza unequalled by [2% 0" fire And in that moment @ny government in the world Loulse If he turns this wealth back: mea that had once been served te @o the people, he may right half the wrongs from which some archenemies of the gang Mexico suffers. | whose chief was now on trial for his liberty. So quickly does the Of course, the oil operators over here—John D. and his|yrain work under stress of great friends principally—will howl, They are already howling. |crises, that, even before she had ne big Los Angeles oif man remarks that the oi! industry her shoes and stockingg on, she Bhould be taken out of Mexican politics; that it has been back b sca Leonard ne pag ns bse aad fight which has been going on in Mexico these/wiiiston—ne was dead, Not Gor ive years ¢on—he slept in hisown room back You bet it has. The enormously rich oil fields of Mexico Of the office, | Not re peg tape n ® v4 fond tn t stolen from the people of Mexico. Diaz, and every) ine peome” Jinn Mameetn et gn that y ruler—excepting Madero possibly—since Diaz, has the judge the proseribed one? He rich concessions from which the government and the could not be bought. It might be| le received but paltry returns. Pes ere AP ge oe lo fader But for the oil fields of Mexico there might never have|leo — art house!” ‘een a revolution down there. American capital, British cap-| “My note books!” ered Loutse, in German capital are rushed into Mexico to bribe and/& flash’ of comprehension. She| the rulers of Mexico and ravish the Mexican people |dremeed. hastily. Shirtwalst was . : rs ntricate, so she threw on al! lof their choicest possession. If that capital now los¢s out|Japanese kimono; her jacket. and will be little sympathy wasted. We are not upholding walking skirt concealed the limita za in any unjust or arbitrary action. Even grafters "100" of her attire b They hastened out into the hal Out into th have some rights, w@ presume. ; way. down the stairs. But he is surely upon the right track in attempting to) bleak and windy night “nationalize Mexico's oil industry. It'll burn Ike paper in thie "4 wind” some one cried, as a bunch a < of men hurried past them. The] for Sheriff words were literally whipped. out of | war * . * . his mouth, “Won't save a thing.” F the various republican candidates seeking the nomina-|" Fiames werd bursting out of the tion for sheriff, John Stringer is entitled to the votes|front windows upstairs. The ak ie ; jwas all allght. Sparks were tonsed people. 4 ; ‘ “a |madly “southward by the wind Stringer is experienced in the duties of that office. He|There was grave danger for build has served there as chief deputy for seven years. His record Inge other than the one already 3 Ps ’ , doomed. The roar of the wind and _ 4s untainted. the flamen wan we Stringer is not a politician. He is a man ed by ex ice and competent to be sheriff. His chief opponent, M Hamilton, is a politician and nothing more. Hamilton to be sheriff not because he is qualified to be sheriff, it simply because he wants public office. Anti-Hamilton votes should not be scattered. | should be centered for John Stringer. In telling why she goes to war, Rumania leaves out » the “holy aspirations.” There may be honest real _ estate speculators, after all. The bac ed clear Hurry Mary, hurry!" erted ulse, above the roar, and pressed forward, stumbling and gasping for the breath that the wild wind cov They eted. : As the girls came within the crowded circle of Mght they over- heard something of @ gallant at tempt on the part of somebody to save the county records—they did not hear whether or not the attempt had been successful. They made jthetr way to the rear. It was still This is a real live century. A band of gypsies has [1)°/' just passed thru Austin, Tex., in eight seven-passenger | “Le autos and an auto truck carrying 10. ea ulse! What are you going to y. in consternation ~ |There were few people on thin side. arnaise put her hand deliberately to door knob. It gave to her Pressure—the door swung open Some one stumbled out blindly, ang leaned against the wall for a mo is hands over his eyes “I can't do it,” he said, aloud. “I can't reach tho vauits.” © slipped past him and was One Pound 25 CENTS | RESCENT BAKING Wi raise the dou , ry —up the smoke-wreathed stair Outside the girls waited. It seemed hours. Fire at last broke out of the back windows simulta ‘neously with the sound of breaking glass, and huge billows of released jblack amoke surged out from the new outlet. Louise started forward |She never knew afterward just |what she meant to do, but she| sprang away from Mary's encircling arm and ran up the little flight of steps leading to the door from which she had been so uncere- moniously thrust. Afterward, when they told her, jshe realized what her impulsive action meant, but now she did not think. She was only conscious of some wild, vague impulse to fly to the help of the man who would even now be safe tn blessed out doors had it not been for her and her foolish woman's whim. The wind had slammed the door shut She wrenched it open. The clouda| within the doorway, closely fol lowed by the frantic Mary The man cried out sharply, and stretched out a ¢ “Are you crazy? Come back! | Mr. Gordon!” cried Louise, with a little sob of relief, “is {t really you? Let mo go—quick—my note books!” A thick cloud of moment came r down the back stairs. The man, throwing an| arm over the shoulders of the der girl whf had started up a the first shock of the smoke ha passed away, pushed her gently but firmly outside. “Don't let her come, taining hand poke at that | t | | Mary,” he UNTIL SATURDAY you can buy from Aronson at real rock-bottom prices, forced by notice to vacate. This store closes for good Saturday night, and we are offering you big $550.00 * National Register price conces- ay smoke that met her, rolling out Cash sions to help },0f their imprisonment ike pent-up $175.00 sions to help pier iy choked her, blinded her, beat ee move thel]jher back. She strove tmpotently e fe against it. Now Mary had firm Remarkable Reductions on |_sto<*- pe al eae aorta a £0. She struggled desperately and |tried to push her off, but vainly, for | Mary had twice her strength | Mary, I shall you--" She did not finish her sentence, Carpenters’ Tools Garden Tools Kitchen Utensils never forgive | Nails Heavy Hardware for at that moment Gordon stag. gered out into the alr. He sat! Screen Doors 3c Lb. down on the bottom step as if he Chicken Wire Paints and Varnishes 1. aon Paint and Other Brushes Lawn Mowers, Rubber Hose Shoes and Furnishings were dronh co but Nttle darts of flame 4 the surging smoke here and the in weird, splotches and, aud denly calm now that there was| |something to do, Mary and Louise led him away from the doomed | | building where the keen wind soon blew the choking smoke from his “and throat » swallowed a ton,” $33.50 Furniture Set $10.39 And a large assortment of articles for the housewife. he said ee ne Between Pike and Pine { |recovering himself quickly, “T| i | couldn't get them, Louise.” He did| ' not know he called her so | 1419 “Oh, what doen it matter?” cried | Louise, earnestly, “Only forgive| me for sending you.” | First Avenue] MERCANTILE ba Laseanites td santiavastt \sald Gerdon, with a humorous smile. “and, Lam afraid, tumbled one little {eirl rather unceremaniously dowa! —==C0,——— ‘ JOHN A, MITCHELL Esirirtizicitiiii1: speMnrnrennnrrnniiiiiMniiit it MMM s cociinti tic tire lesue) | STAR—THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1916. Week Box ’ ee for THE LOve or MIke, JUST FOR ONCE, STOP TALKING ABOUT MONEY It JUST FOR THAT I'M GOING TO SVE YOU FOR £50,000 |! ae STILL TACKING ABOUT Money lL! PAGE ¢ the staira, Did I hurt you?’ There as a caressing cadence in the question that he could not for the life of him keep out of his voice. 1 did not even know I tumbled How did you get back?” said Louise, remulously “Who opened the door?” counter questioned Gordon, remembering The wind must have blown it shut 1 was blinded—I couldn't find it—1 couldn't breathe. I groped for it as long as I could without breathing Then I guess I must have gone off a little, fur I eprawied on the floor of the lower hall when I felt a breath of alr playing over me. Somebody must have opened the door—because I Am pretty sure I had fainted or done some foolish thing.” Loulsee was thankful—thankful! very good to her to do th She had not meant to do it not known what she did; that it was done. “It was Loulse,” spoke up Mary, “n I—tried to hold her back!" So she accused herself. “But I didn't do ft on purpose,” sald Louise, with sbining eyes, “I 1 “Yes you prompted ooking at her with new atlent. She was God had been thing. shehad enough Gordon, tender intent 1 guess 1 was after you she confessed. very foolish Gordon drew a long breath. I thank God for your—foollsh- he said simply, smiling the © his friends loved him for. Ax the flames broke thru the roof, Langford came running up where the group steod a little apart from the press. “Dick! I have been looking for ou everywhore,” he cried, hoarse ly “What's the trouble, old man? asked Gordon, quietly. “I have something to tell you,” said Langford, in a low voice. Come quick—let's go back to your rooms. Why, girls—" “We will go, too,” said Mary, with quiet decision. They could not ask the protection of Gordon and Langford back to the hotel then, when Langford’s handsome, tanned face was white with the welght of what he had to tell "It will be bes unexpectedly, “Com trying to come It was he we agreed, must hurry!” |the teeth of the galo which blew with a foree that kept Mary courthouse holocaust. Gordon felt for his keys wind,” whispered Louise. ed an a natural sequence, biack. * in a low voice. Gordon complied, eurprised, but asking no question. ed a lamp that stood on his desk. Langford stepped to the win dows and drew the biinds closely. old woman's scare. that, as long as you are not, strictly and this being such an all-round Ja little.” moment had = heard-—or than he intended to tell—the | “You are an old duffer, Paw said, in pretended annoyance. treat mo like a child, Some day I'll rebel—and—then—" “Meanwhile, Vil just trot ladies back to the hotel,” sald Lang ford, “But you keep your head Inside. We're fix tures until we have that promise.” “What, lock me up and run off] with—-all the ladies! I guess not! Why didn't we round up that way, I'd like to know?” Paul meant for him to He low,| ‘as also in a hurry to/ Evidently the There was a then. He get the girls away, danger lay there. tightening of the firm mouth and an ominous contraction of the pu pila of the eyes. But Paul made no movement to jo. Then he, Gordon, had not un |derstood his friend menace was not here but outside. ‘A GOOD STOMACH (MEANS BETTER HEALTH harmony your - improved. As soon there BITTERS Everything conducive to better health is encouraged by keeping the stomach normal, the liver active and the bowels regular. With these organs working in keen—your food will be properly digested—your blood will be en- riched and your general health from the above conditfp try HOSTETTER’S STOMACH appetite will be is any deviation An Excellent Tonic and Appetizer They stepped within. It was inky “Lock the door,” said Langford, Then he lHght-| It came to me speaking. on kind and loving terms with—-every one west of the river— nasty night anyway, why, I'd just) spirit you home and give the charg-) @4 atmosphere a chance of clearing | Gordon looked at him steadily a Ho knew that Langford suspected—more | these must promise to Maybe the “Langford «. Three Bars” =" yright, Cure & Co | 28837 SS TRRTTRSTTSCOTIOTTETTECTI SOT TOT TOOT MMESSCLSScSSeESEESUOWOCETSLLISSPSTOWSETISC MMR SoC CCooS Log } | It was Williston’s “little girt”| here the wind would soon have She could be light-hearted now: whom he took under his personal | '! protection, diving up the street in| flames ifthe time off her feet. All was dark ing in front of him, himself threw as naturally as steel to a magnet.|from some English feller who was around the premises, Everybody |!t open. It was no new dodge, this He shrogged his big shoulders and! skipping the country—starved out |was dancing attendance on the|durning a man out to shoot him. laughed a little. and homesick—and hadn't put ‘em | “How good It ts to get out of the! This pro ceeding amacked so much of the|then—ff one had meant to. mysterious that whispering follow-| only knew that deviltry had been | |too—was not |the Inner room bring out a batter-) fine, fey snow was swirling thru SUUELSESsensstsssstSSSSRAESRESUUESREAS {ISTSSTESESSEREEEETE | By Virgil Boyles A Novel A Week JIf #0, he muat ¢ » to keep histyour undoing.” guests Interested o Ve went I'm not worrying, Judge,” re-| COL UM back to bis Hyving room re-|sponded Gordon, grimly, “I intend turned, bearing two heavy bugsy|for some one else to do that hity| LEAVE IT TO THE DONKEY robes Hellity damn, Dick, he ‘ 4 ae You will find my bachelor way|damn!” exploded Jim Munson in| “Sandy a eaeae ae an of living very primitive,” be sald,|his ear key were nown in the coum with his engaging «mile. 1 ar Gordon, with a set face, plunged | try which gave them birth, and anged the robes over two of the|back into the room—already fire|iwe were on very friendly terme, hairs and pushed them clone up to|licked, Langford and Munson fol Sandy” would not have exchanged he stove. “I haven't an easy chair|lowed, There sat the little tea “pater” tor the: beet’ ti in the house, Take these, do,” he|service staring at them with dumb | bis “euddy” for ber orobred rged, “and remove your coats.” pathos. The three succeeded tn/in the land rolling the safe with all its precious arrange’ within, out you are very kind,” ald Louise. “No, | won't take off | documents my jacket,” a spot of color staining |into the street. Nothing else mat her cheek when she thought of her|tered much—to Gordon, But other kay kimono. Involuntarily, she|things were saved, and Jim gab felt of her throat, to make eure the|lantly tossed out everything he muffier had not blown awry We|could lay bis hands on before Gor: Going out for a ride one day me cently, he resolved to make hig |"moke” jump @ stream, He applied — the whip and the animal galloped — to the edge of the bank and thes | stopped suddenly that “B: Thank you shall be going soon, shan't we, Mr.| don ordered everybody out for g00d| was thrown to the other side of the Langford? If Mr. Gordon is In|and all, It was no longer safe to! water. danger, you must stay with|be within. Gordon was the last) When he had sufficiently recor and let us go alone. It is not|one out. He carried a battered lit-|ered from ..6 shock, he rose apd far. tle teaw-kettle fn his hand. Hel jooked the donkey in the face. “Surely,” said Mary, with a big|looked at it in a whimsical surprise page Aas sinking of the heart, but meaning|as if he had not known until then “Verra weel pitched,” he salé, what she sald that he had it in his hand. Obe€y-| 44+ hoo are ye gaun tae get ower “Not at all,” said Gordon, decid-| ing a sudden impulse, he held it out) sq) j edly. “It's Just his womanish way|to Louise. one “Please take care of—my poor Little dream,” he whispered with a strange, intent look But be You of bossing me. Just wait! fore you go, I'll make tea |must have gotten chilled thru.” He would keep them here a while| Before she could comprehend the and then let them go—with Lang-| significance or give answer, the!” s. . r 1. The thought made him feel|Judge had faced about. He bore Bn med pnogge Ba SR “ heap, and cowardly, and sneaking. | the girls back to the hotel, scolding| ... ' Far rather would he step out bold-| helplessly all the way as they scud. oee 3 ly and take his chances. But if|ded with the wind. But Louise - ¥ ‘ there ‘was to’ bo any shooting, 1t{held the litte tia Kettle firmly. | A, KING IN THE HAND i must be where Louise—and Mary,| Men knew of Richard Gordon y i that night that he was a marked The secret workings of a “What's that plece of cord tied around your finger tor?” “My wife put it there to remind me to pdst a letter.” “Now, | want this and I expect “Oh, no, that will be too much | man HMkewise so and 80,” declaré trouble,” gasped Louise, in some) secret clan had him on their pro- the cook. alarm and, thinking of Aunt) scription list. “That will 6o for you,” sald tam “Thanks, old man, we'll stay,” CHAPTER XI. bao Paden pegged bce Bho spoke up Langford, cheertly, “He The Escape the pai y of the United @ makes excellent tea—really. I've| The little country seat awoke in ———— that the fire roaring in the [stove in the middle of the roo was allowed to sink {n smouldering tried it before.” the morning to a strange eight. Silently he watched his friend in The wind was still blowing and ed tea-kettle, fill it with a steady|the cold air. Buildings were dis- hand and put it on the stove in the, tinguishable only as shadows show-|quiet. The heavy air had been um office, coming and going carelessly,|{n¢ faintly thru a heavy white veil.| bearable else. Jesse Black was) seemingly conscious of nothing in, The thermometer had gone many |¢ ng his story the world but the comfort of his un-| de * below the zero mark / long toward the first of last expected guests | An immense fire had been built/ July, 1 took a hike out into the But tea was never served in those in the sitting-room. Thither Mary|Indian country to buy a few head bachelor rooms that night. Who/and Louise repaired. Here they|of cattle, 1 traded considerable first became conscious that the| were joined by Dale, Langford and| with the half-breeds around Crow tang of smoke was gradually filling | Gordon. Creek and Lower Brule. Well, I thelr nostrils It was hard to tell.| “You should be out at the ranch|tanded at John Yellow Wolfs It was Langford who discovered) looking after your poor cattle, Mr.|/shanty along about noon and found that the trouble was in the rear,| Langford.” said Mary, smilingly.|there was others ahead o’ me. There was Charlie Nightbird, Pete into since a little secret had been whis-| Monroe, Jesse Big Cloud, and two pered to her last night at a tealor three others. We all strolled party where no tea had been drunk.|/out to the corral. Yellow Wolf Langford had gravitated toward her| said he had bought a likely bunch the whole building fanned Gordon unlocked the door quietly He said nothing. But Paul, spring He need not have been afraid. The “Honest, now, did you think this|on tho range yet. alarm had spread. The street in/trial could be pulled off without front was rapidly filling. One/me?” would hardly have dared to ager 28 “But there can be no trial to He) day.” “We have gone back to the time when church and state were one ond inseparable, and court convenes at 10 o’cock sharp in the meeting house,” he said He said J R was the English feller’s brand. I didn't suspicion no underhand dealin’s. Yellow Wolfs always treated me white before, so I bargained for this bere chap and three or four others and then pulled out home, driving the bunch. fed at home for a spell and then . I decided to put ‘em on the range. If the fire-bugs had thought to}/On the way I fell in with Billy postpone events—to gain time—|Brown here. He was dead set on id nothing, but gave his friend|by Inst night's work, they would| havin’ the lot to fill in the chinks an filuminating smile that Langford find themselves very greatly mis-|of the two carloads he was ship understood. Neither ever spoke of|/taken. The storm kept few at! pin’, so 1 up and lets him have ‘em. it, neither ever forgot it. jhome with the exception of the|I showed him this here billo’-ssle Outside, they encountered the people from across the river.|/from Yellow Wolf and made him judge in search of his delinquent| Standing room was at a premium.|out one from me, and that was all charges | So all the work of yesterday was\there was to it. He rode on to “Ym sorry, Dick,” he said. “Dead| gone over again. Velpen, and I turned on my trail.” loss, my boy, This beastly wind isi So close was the pack of people (Continued in Our Next lesue) in the alr for Gordon that night He had suspected more than he had overheard, but ft had been in the alr. - Gordon saw the action and under. stood it He never forgot it. He Shortest Path to Bigger Things To the man of business the shortest path to BIGGER things is the NEWS- PAPER Suppose you were to start out tomorrow on a campaign of direct personal solicitation—suppose you made up your mind to TALK TO TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE A DAY, and tell that many individuals something about your BUSI- NESS, and why they should GIVE YOU SOME TRADE. Suppose you were to work faithfully; fain or Shine, every week day, holidays and all, only laying off Sundays At this rate, just how long do you think it ought to take you to S one of the people in this community who will read THE STAR tonight? every Why, man, if you were to keep on going, and checking off CALLS at the rate of twenty-five cach week day; in order for you to get up close enough so " tyou could talk into the EAR all the people who PAY for, and will tonight READ, THE SEATTLE STAR, it would take you more than 8 years, just to make the rounds ONCE! ) At the rate of TWENTY-FIVE personal calls a day, you would be old, and worn and limping along, weary and footsore, your task still unfinished, in the year-of-our-Lord 1924!! But fortunately, we live in a much BIGGER world than our fathers lived in. Forever we have left behind us the impossible task of keeping up to the busi- ness procession by word-of-mouth. In the advertising columns of TH| TAR we have a DIRECT MEANS OF CONTACT with EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY,.and at so slight a cost withal, that it amounts to WASTEFUL EXTRAVAGANCE not to avail ourselves of it! We are able to tell our business story to 60,000 people, all in ONE DAY, and can afford to repeat it OFTEN, with the SAME assurance of safe delivery that we have when we drop a LETTER in the MAIL BOX! 4 These are the days when the people READ THE NEWSPAPERS—A AND ALL! ee ‘ {