The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 14, 1916, Page 4

Next Wee STAR—THURSD. SEPT, 14, 1916, PAGE EEELE “EEESUSESU SEI EEEITE asussssssy guzzassseesrsazery | Sittuesteesiis ies By ‘ A Novel THE SEATTLE STAR) 4 vovct-ne ‘smicac «DANDORA’S BOX” Atel A Weak | Copyriant, 19 ‘iis a nenncoe BY py John A. Mitchell MEMBER OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEWSrArURS A Week ELLA MIDDLETON TYBoUT oF een ne — rome - ‘ se er Pate eb beedsdbes, . poeeess Fevavectaraveravens TCovccesuvvsvanawbansvecsvesteedaaanead —Trevvveasvsvipravavaieensstosavasevessvvsdtvavd0astiaisassentiaaniataseinonaiietagaaannannntanavveena vent ean? ‘TREAT AER von een daughter was rece c nto e * : (Continued from Our Last Issue) ee - lDrumworth family, and espectal otty, ase per month up te ¢ mos. CTAVIA moved tmpatiently | 4 *y ‘oC 7" A f fe ¥ |by your two great aunts.” By cortices, Sty O Those tales I have heard 4 aN frail fr» BBN VRE vt wunte?” ' They are tnteresting namples "Your great aunts, Frances and of what tgnorant people can be} Georgiana, Hoth were living at the ie —a a oles All that we know te thie: ) tle hen | came ; i : Yoars ago, grandfather's second 4 ou can imagine the happy . Admission Free! wife, a mere girl of eighteen, was , =f ; ran 1 here | * TEP up, ladies and gentlemen! The big top is pitched, Se famil ab ag cop oa ( OW, MISSUS JONES) y 4 thin a year on ent most of| i , , ' of the family in the . TEACHER PD IF You SEE bis tine ia Lon other Ia-| the big show is now going forward the castle, when she lald down her ( VT Re PLAYIN me in Landon—with other Ie ae , ride ' 5 ng ‘oom with her | CLOSET TODAY 4 her face, “Do you see @ scar just} yy, Mature has produced. It's as wide as the horizon, for it’s the) were sitting tn the room wi HIM ‘To Come. saw my grandfather pass thru the That was made by fy) Sky itself. And the wall cf this colossal tent, ladies and gen bove the eye? FER WHISPERING : hall, a moment afterwards, as If ye HOME - | WANT ihe knuckles of your grandfather, | Blemen, is a ring of trees, of a green as deep as is the blue of! oiigwing her, She never returned Ly T SEE HIM gentle husband the top, with only here and there an off shade that, beautify-\ She was never seen again by any , Sie an yc simple and #enal 3 a ; : [ ; of the family; nor by anybody we I ¥ tive: he nts were olders,|_. Y'know, George, | was r tng by contrast, proclaims the advance of autumn, {0 : | , Pda ee nee eect’ the paper the ether day al Inside this monster tent is the show, fostered by the hand | *2o¥ | ONT CHA . eee. | Rockefeller taffin’ out loud iq aay “When my grandfather returned, | 1 yw now, looking : F : e SF Of man, but designed and im the prodigality of its broader| SaLoos ieon taste. he 98 iC CARE WALT Ae Ge ) wan thet ohurch durin’ services in N‘ Yawty | i ' : : two or three how hes ‘ es z " , tha was the The papore onld it was eon ie lines executed by the gods themselves a different man. He had lost all f SHE'S TELLIN? ” 10 drive | @ to some come] oe Beemon that elid on his 18 Before your gaze as you enter, ladies and gentlemen, will! power of speech, Ar , MY MOTHER ule ng act. No two womes ida A Priest Rage hd gist wich. 4 m5 i : {9 r on 5, had an easter victim 6 morn Gp) stretch fields of golden stubble where but a short time ago| 3? Years and more t Oh, yes, it wi }lowed ho has never b ing I went off to a corner of # gar-| Was the wheat now stored in barns that groan with plenty. You an’ me know what made him 4 smile.” den, merely to escape the aunts, 1) ~ 4 i f , , " , n't the funn, Hi In other fields you'll see tall upstanding corn, every stalk! «ghe was your grandmother?” happened to notice in the wall a pot hiegs an hype sper rhe capped by a tassel for beauty and bearing an ear for use “Ob, no! She was grandfather's eee ced clan Cae’ cores |they say at afterncen seas), Yonder, constituting one of the main attractions, is an/ second wife—and much younger and rame out into this garden | The merry guffaws from orchard, wherein trees burdened with apples, peaches and | than himself From that window above us, which Me out more than once when “Was she pretty, this runaway | t a half.N plums do the strong man act. And note that bordering the I heard the voice of a| think how he's got le was open ay ; muing fragments of acne. (on the public with his gas orchard is a garden patch whose cabbages promise to amend Oh pretty! Her nage Rha vas : ne vd oye tte the phrase “corned beef and cabbage” to “cabbage and corned! portrait hung over the table making drawings of the| Yeh, but go easy on him, mantel in my chamb It was a] didn't he raise the price of gas fi 1 ntleme on-| Seatie. lovable face | Octavia, in amazement, rose from |12¢ to 24¢ a gal., and ain't he t fail, 1 ad itlemen, to remain for the con Octavia rece as if to ge Cota i © wally getting Kindnpaihed eert. Mus: unless it be the music of smacking lips Please tarry—just a little 1 Me what you have just|ing it down @ cent every ys experlence—pr Oh!—we didn't know that. way | came to|take back them harsh woidi . . SUBSTANTIAL SHINGLES have something of great Importance to say to you, I have a strange pre sentiment, an unaccountadle, over mastering conviction, that Pandora over there has a precious communt- A regular symphony of food, that’s what this concert You'll feast on sweet corn, squash, fresh-dug potatoes and other vegetables so delicious you'll wonder why you never turned vegetarian. And for appetizer, relish and dessert) is Yes; exactly the °.” you'll drink deep bowls of pasture milk. : peace be and che ts waiting/ |g Mastoat ccleclaaman, fee ar Bg borin ggg OF al chingiey | Step up, ladies and gentlemen, the big show is now) Receting Feaching up a band, tm murmured Mrs, Lovejoy es porch, electricity for ‘iehtng os concert, surely you have a farmer friend who'll see you thru fyrih. Vier smile departed as. | the window and watch him as he| EXIT i . Sy Prageure, OF wereneg, you oat : 7 : betes involuntarily, Octavia| ste-is ahare he oie al Honestly, Mr. City Man, wife and family, don’t you Fiabe he straightened up. But with asinere forme? bod ee think you better take the barker’s advice? Out in the coun ani parting never, & nervous little laugh) Chief clerk—Yee, sir, right be try it’s the season of fruitfulness, when use and beauty meet of all earthly hopes and blisses, ’ 4 1 didn't mean} ping you. to interrupt you. ; : 4 f tly Pind y he c vite ms.|To @ Supercilio ngel, Sitting { But I also used one e on mu can’ S y Of all dreams the sweetest this is, | little house of Sa Pindar jey The silence invited ms.|To a Super is Angel, ng in and are one. You can't afford to let September slip by Sek cue Models ‘Sense With! Maliv, tile aiteraton, was Weted | Voloes from tha gerden foamed! 4. Window jto ait in the window and watch] gonmiat sued Jones for slander, without a few hours spent on the old farm and a meal moonlight | upon couch, bandages |her ears, She had forgotten the) DEAR SAINT | your son as he worked.” alleging that Jones had called Ma plucked fresh from the old farm's garden! And a garden breathing kisses, around her neck and hands, suf-| tourists. Glancing swiftly about See the mountain kis | Fe ye summer evening 1{%,bippopotamus some six months a From her False Poet, but fering more from shock than from |her in the forlorn hope of oe _And the waves ¢ eu, before. Of this time item, Jones’ . ‘Trew Laovir,” | the serious burns Thet the con-|she made a decision No sin would be fc | was witting in the drawing room attorney made capital, saying Playing the Great Game | B. 1, |versation should turn to her res! Along the length of the Hall she! If it disd its brother; with the two sisters-in-law—| scornfully " i hur 4 the t » of And the au clasps the earth,| Frances and Georgiana—both old “Why " 4 . 9 wage 1 cver Was not surprising urried. Toward © statue f “ Why, you haven't got any case, HE year 1916 will remain a most immemorial year in} win purning cheeks she rose| “fie lodged with ua, 28 your ledy-| ora, still holding her fateful) And the moonbeams kiss the rea sh to be my mother. My hus.| ir Schmidt. If your feelings ' politics. In no previous stage of the history of the United from her seat. The paper dropped | rhip knows, perhaps jo casket, she gave a passing |W Bat pre ail thee iis ings worth ou kn ihe bape grt Dy screed so badly hurt, why didn't you i fron fingers. Instead of reach or &: pane lly “ f thou kiss not me ark Oo) an 1, and his sis eth is mouths 7 States has the great game been so trickily played by every ogy tengo % fettened tate thelece ee en eae, lactis ead: at ihe Yours truly older than he. That evening I pre ro 2 7 tae ee eerct ockallll Protected interest which is opposed to the interests of the garden basket on the bench beside Hine gg ran a heavily 7 ; BASEBORN tended to maa bey Pig ‘easily, “but I never saw a hippo) . her. She stoo< n t, OFC, | forent ’ . Phe uppe ’ a had read this let ey kne pust, to their con- | © 7 gaat ie : P nat: ome we colby peers Alrond ad pper hag a, srepontaroue tase: of Sac verentiod. Thay. whte . dagleitan potamus ee bac: ago. Such widely distant and diverse issues as the peace of a very muc F beloved Shelley—she laughed. The! the h fon of a certain noble > and sensitive spirit was in high re - b acreen, el : ne laugh 5 a : Europe and religion in Mexico have been added as trumps to Joie. "in a low voice, with a slight Has he lett you the gallery behind, Al-laugh was hysterical, half-sup-| family whose son had become en- Bb LLU bec TO | such cards as the war between railway magnates and brother-\tremor, sho asked, still hoping Y very suddenly. He mustiing Octavia had not visited this wressed, but of Joy at the knowledge | gaged to a person of ignoble birth B ct RED, hood: ff hibiti 4 ity d| there was some mistake have received bad news from | gajery in recent years, she remem-|of Ethan Lovejoy’s escape from the|—Itke mine. After a while, with aah weet sp or roekt Reewmenccmere. Proeperuy sf Did you write tt? |home, for he packed up last Bight. bered well the secret door that/Charge against him. The Jaugh| burning cheeks, I Jaid down my LOOKING AHEAD platitudes. These are all carefully stirred together by adroit ign speakers and then handed on to the consideration of the INTELLIGENT voter! Evidently the intelligence of the average citizen is at last @etually on trial. fe face with so hard a test Certainly it has never before been put face We are all honestly glad that this nation is not | quickly ended, however, by a tight ening of the throat as she recalled his punishment. book and went out Into the garden to ery by myself. To my surprise I found here—dreaming of myself he said—my éraughtseman. “Hopeless, helpless, weary of the struggle, crushed in spirit, 1 waiked into his arma, “After our meeting, after walk- pair of arme—as I have THE FOLLOWING MARRI, LICENS'! HAVE BEEN /88UEI BY JUDGE BERRY: WILLARD MYER AND LUCi! % O'BRIEN, AND BERTHA DEW. ALD, BOTH OF BILLINGS—AL LIANCE (NEB.) HERALD, “Does not the signature tell who| And this morning he—he went.” | oooned upon the narrow stairs wrote it?” | Then the visitor departed | She pushed a little fron button, In silence Octavia took up her/ The month of June and a part/partly hidden between two mold baske' Her sorrow—her disap-/of July Octavia spent in London.!ings. Easily the door opened }pointment in this man-—-was even| Late In July, about a week aft-| Since her last vielt, a dozen deeper than her anger. She suf: er Octavia's return, a conversation years ago, this gallery, lgbted by a fered—keenly suffered—under the) cccurred ir the library between |row of narrow, Saxon windows,| adden realization that, after all,| Lady Georgiana and the old earls had become a refuge for discarded was not a gentleman, that he CHAPTER VII The Mysterious Visitor A sound from the window awak ened Octavia from her dismal re flections. It was the sound of a | fingers things A LOT ABOUT A LITTLE 4 at war. Whether words or deeds have kept us out, knew no better, and that she her the lady, “I hare never| Octavia ntarted. For an instant |s0b, restrained, but distinct an Lovejoy and Isat upon! 4 mall explosion occurred at mo man really cares. We are grateful as a people ls@f was to blame in permitting » Octavia so vivac and she thought she was looking Into) Octavia came over and stood be.| this bench. It was paradise—efter |ine creamery on Tuesday in one of ; for this era of extraordinary prosperity. uch advances. Without further hearted.” tthe tha. neat Yine eres of Et oreier pope bade bee pag yd - Wee ee oak Gash hapey, pac he paeumonia tanks. Ma Soe " al « ich 1 es olong ve Words she waiked away at Umes. sald the fin pon the wall in front her hung | nc a tefl y : ~ fj quite lucky in having a A presidential vote whi h will best prolong these de Hastening to ber she suere are other moments a once fam It was lof inserting her fingers in Pan-| with @ breaking heart, Ethan Love-| paired by an expert of the compaay ost excellent conditions will indicate that the people! grooped inic nearest chair. y she is—different. Something |t rtralt of But the dora’s box and drawing forth a joy asked if I bad taken my letter! who happened to be at Keosauqua, | if ’ has the intelligence to eliminate foreign complica-! Then, with a yw on the table.jon her mind eyen were the eyes of the absent | communication quite different—as| that afternoon from Pandora’s box.) putting in one of the! i asa whole ellig & p n her p | 7 Y a, 46 ned Pannute’s ips « e ir dons from internal issues, and has the wish and ability to| her chin in a 1, she thought Again, In August, also In Octo: /architect This portratt, in its now divulsed- trom that apprised pabe h T ytshadte He rags [plants ges of the met ee “4 ’ t d thought ony ations, ubstantially | ov frame, had hung in Octavia ”y e le ut how does it “4 there. ‘here was not mu dam \ deal directly with problems involving the general welfare) *®2\DOORDY oo in cuent, the more les junac, Were chioaciad ¢ e@bamber until Auntie George came |happen,” she asked, “that the in.| get the letter, but he held me back, a ie, 4 uh Ls e 4 af the nat tee tmp ot | cranatathes pokey : itlals “EL he| saying it would keep until tomor-|S¥° Caused by the explosioa. ¢ nation |ahe wavered. Then, like an Imp Of| grandfather still in doubt to live at the castle =. Is’ on your note are the | Sayin “| Stockport, Ia, New \ To see thru the cloud of foreign affairs and the smoke evil, came dancing thru her head.) On a certain November after Meanwhile, about a dozen tour. par * of the man who wrote this | For Msn ta Ge Haas cee and fog of domestic differences will prove a triumph of sanity breathing kisses. _ |noon, with absent mind and Jan-|!ste, ¢ Bayliss, an old serv.jother note 30 years later and signed | pgpencecr tated: <The THWARTED AMBITION “| Octavia made serious efforts dur) puiq step, Octavia entered a fa- ant of the castle, had entered the |{t ‘Baseborn’t? “When I was a said ~ for the average voter. the day to think no more of ib sockn bear tho°sain (Sail “These are the initials of my hus aye ing y miliar litte room near the mal y It will prove that the masses have at last learned how/this depreciated Amorican, this hail of the castle Octavia looked absently thru the band, Ethan Lovejoy.” sray-haired physician, who : ‘TEUTONIC POWERS ; 4 r |pened to be tn iscent % to play the great game of politics successfully against the|hero of common clay 4 | It was here that Octavia had al- screen, down upon the tourists. The afternoon light in the Old| P LKAN or wate ge he papery Bergen 7 :. i | In the afternoon, she walked to! ways kept her garder id bas-| She discovered, gradually, that her Hall was now fading. When Oc lense” aasieated pec ay p. classes. the village tu attend a little meet-| ior apron. eyes were following the movements ‘Avia suggested that they go out eat bis, Focavanat % 4 Ti BES ing of the committee, 4 s she was ooking, this afternoon, into the garden, the visitor at once] Rowe, Sept 14—A . great| en all” i A Cincinnati society worker says she has proved as ceria tht ee noes caver Ser .s coraia mee 4 Meg Po Narras cane there is « bench Balken offiasive by. the ‘Teutonte | thetic druggist, “euch ts life, Mem 7 “SRGRE See ee ae Pdi * ¢\for allowing th of this tie, her eyes were drawn to a piece joved away from this/out there where we can sit.” owers is bein planned at th | 4 : That’s nothing. / Jhioan recently fasted thoughts garden basket. The basket had) bly behind, And when/ stood, for a momer reading | kniser's headq r “ C1 45 cents. That's nothing An n : : rom these self reproaches she| ’rerd used since her last visit all backs were tarned she quietly| the quaint {nscription kalser’e headquarters, according to tall business. not been A h P 70 days—only on the 70th he died. the feports ‘Kenthing Bere ORE a was suddenly awakened, on to the Old Hall, that final morning pressed the hidden bolt and opened| Then the lady told her story The tentative plan ee Gant / the main onto of the Maras rg in the month of June. She took bo panel thru which Octavia her ; “Knowing your people, you can cane sending 200,000 me Austin (ite HAS Ae That CAvene 5 Smnte . ¢ f “ j js|the unexpected appearance of the | out the paper and unfolded it, then self had entered the gallery, Oc-|imagine with what joy and with | 100,000 rf } A If the Illinois man who spent only four cents in his) iM* ger himself. ‘Both he and Oc moved to the window for better|tavia, in amatoment, held her| what a hearty welsone annernmitt 108 n to the Balkans, it is [A MAN TO FIGURE IN A OF face for congress is elected, some mean guy is sure to) tavia, in their surprise, stopped |itgn, When she saw its contents | breath | short, and only @ few feet apart. |For an instant they confronted leach other in silence. Then the lady, with her perfunctory smile and a polite but formal word of greeting, started forward, He took a backward step, still standing {n her way. Octavia, raising her eye brows as if in mild surprise calmly into his face—such an the queen of Sheba might bestow | upon a puddle in the street, or any other obstacle of similar import Looking thru the screen she saw the woman walk rapidly across the hall to the statue of Pandora. And Octavia's eyes opened yet wider in astonishment as 1p and she started slightly, and the color came to her checks—then left them a trifle paler. She was reading Ethan Lovejoy's letter the wretched v from Pandora's box. Again came a feeling of re ent at the words « marble casket our Kosyie Benche with t moonlight, And a garden breathing kisses But now, six months later, the re. sentment at their familiarity was mingled with other emotions. tefer to him as a jitney statesman. eh saw the wom insert a hand in For an {nstant Outbursts of EverettTrue an reac Does It Pay to Advertise? arch someth forth a folded The lady walke great window ing fingers this ToDAY NOON 1 SAW YOU IN WOUR CAR IN THE a look ATS RIGMT, MR. TRUG, EL I WAS THERE tg opened with quiver. bit of paper and ance. But the tactless American) 44 her eyos rested upon the writ-| bent eagerly over ft, then Octavia ne stood undismayed. He looked &8| ton words, she began to notice, aft |made a swift decision, She ran é ‘ : a calmly into her own eyes as he lor the first surprise of her discov- down the stairs, pushed open the There are still a few good people in the into -and spoke: ery, that the sheet of note paper panel and advanced toward this ‘ raat oy Sie - . nf | “It surely is not impertinent,|setwoen her fingers was yellow ¢nigmatic being. The woman look world w ho in all seriousness ask—does it PAY h |lady Octavia, to ask what I have) with age: also that the ink had|ed up in surprise, and took a back to advertise? jdone to offend you.” faded, Sbe remembered now that, Ward step Brae esti a nenie when unfolding the note, months Do you wish to speak with me?” Does tt pay to FERTILIZE the LAN m my 5 cal ago, she was struck by its apparent asked the lad > ‘ > fo} b— “Then you never will know." | S80: sl Tt Waban intima’ eaten, ke cit frre ig SYERCICE bg ra ASA stepping ptt the narrow. lit-|""HOE Ass sive gated upon allow Aud anoet nemteatin ie ih d es it PAY to EXERCIS _ your GIFT of s tle sidewalk into the street, she|.idden resolve. She would inves:| But even then Octay SPEECH—does it PAY to EAT BREAD? be rapidly away discoveries might result stranger's face, the mor eling nat fertilizing is to soil—what s| + The following morning, how-| tive minutes later, with the/her memories, until, at last, she ex SR soil hat speech is hhh! | THAT'S THE TROUBLE, ‘ou DIDN'T see ANY. “ee OU IMAGINED YDU were Generac Brussivore CONDUCTING A RUSSIAN DRive!!! ever, she opened the little gate~ or door—passed along the cloister- ed archway and stepped out into the neglected garden. Now, she must be |distant—even cruel maintain a decent architect was to ly that the pre severe and perhaps —to dignity. This understand clear t visit was pure. ly architect merely to in spect the drawings of the castle. Thus braced with firm resolve, she passed beneath the ancient portal, As she placed a foot upon the lowest of the five steps that led up to the door of the Old Hall, sho stopped, tn surprise door was closed Had he the engry’? Was he within? Gently she tried the door, and found it locked, ‘Then, after an- other look, she straightened up, and for a time, in this dimly lght- ed place, Octavia stood—and re flected. CHAPTER VI With No Good-bye When Auntie George, at lunch that da asked Octavia if she were not feeling well, the niece re plied leas amiably than usual: “Of course | am! Why should you ask such a question?” That afternoon she went to the The} Was this a hint?| impertinence to be} clumsy key of the Baronial Hall in her hand, she entered the Garden of the Sleeping Beauty. There, to her surprise, she found the door of the Old Hall wide open. But the surprise was brief, for she remem- bered that this was Wednesday, the Jay when tourists were admitted to the castle. Slowly along the Hall Octavia |moved to the great window and dropped into her old seat. Then, with a sigh, she leaned back Jagainst the wall and closed her RESCENT: BAKING “\. POWDERY Will rage the doyadf MARIE MELEE AREY wre Ti id Ge SHAM TH claimed in Suppressed excitement “Ab, how stupid! 1 know you now! I know who you are! I think you were my grandfather's second wife—the Countess of Drumworth And now,” anid Octavia, “have read the note you just took m Pandora’s box, and was it the one you expected? Tam not asking what is in the note--merely if it is what you ex pected, For I, too, took a note from that box » months ago, and 1 can't help thinking there has been? of some kind & mistake : 1 took @ note from Pandora's | box Octavia nodded, and drew forth | the fateful verse, The ex-countess | bent eagerly forward, looking quick ly from the paper in Octavia's fin-| gers to the one in her own, then| back again | “May [ read {t?” she whispered | Octavia smiled How imperti-| nent wo both are!” | I beg your pardon, He She! unfolded her paper and Octavia, in exchange her own The slightly other nye it up. delivered two wor nway, t n, both turning ir ba to each | read their respective notes: now in Octavia’s | sion was written in pencil she read was this: The one posses: | bedor | to UNDERSTANDING—what food is to the BODY, advertising is to BUSINESS! The value of advertising is now almost universally conceded — were this not so, there is no dearth of credible witnesses who will tell you that IT DELIVERS THE GOODS. Advertising is a RECOGNIZED, ESTABLISHED, FORTIFIED FEA- PURE OF THE TIMES—it has PROVEN ITS FITNESS TO LIVE! \bout everybody now believes that it pays to advertise—but some who approve the general IDEA, hesitate to apply it to THEMSELVES, 1am a believer in advertising, all right—for the other fellow—but would it PAY ME? The TRUE answer to this is—if your calling is SQUARE—if you are engaged in a business that would stand to GAIN by letting people KNOW about it, then that business can be PROFITABLY advertised. lo be sure, not every method would fittingly apply to YOUR partic- ular case, but you can safely bet all you are worth, that there is A RIGHT WAY FOR YOU—AND IT’S FIFTY TO ONE, THAT THE RIGHT WAY ae Se IS THE DAILY NEWSPAPER — AND IN SEATTLE IT’S : 7 STAR.