The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 2, 1916, Page 4

SEATTLE STAR 190T Seventh Ave. Near Ustos um OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEWSrarnns Telegraph News Service ot Next A Novel A Week By CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 per month up to ¢ mos; 6 mos $1.9 city 260 a month, 5 \ of such a thing. “We will say returned Mra. arose. }d-Off Lands (CH has been written and said about the logged-off land problem in this state. Now it is again proposed that the state give its aid , thru long time loans, to those who would clear ir lands. In 1913 a similar measure was passed almost unanimously iy the legislature. It was drafted by a nonpartisan commit- itee headed by Thomas F. Murphine. But strange to say, when the actual application of the came up for a vote of the people of King county at special election, special interests were aroused to the pitch of protest, and, following a vehement cam- the plan was voted down. As a result, that law has ly been a dead letter. At the ‘coming session of the legislature, a new bill, the same general plans, but somewhat different in detail, be presented. Perhaps, with the passage of the years, the community realize that the logged-off land problem of this state [5 a community problem instead of an individual one. If so, mew law will be valuable. If not, it will be another d letter. Tt isn’t the law, but the public attitude, which will lift De Peyster being properly close like to come with me went downstairs the ground foo: the house, “Did you know Jack is home?" My son back!” relief in Mra, De “When did he come ‘A few minutes ago. Mre. severe. for himself.” began to mount the stairs There % i} & second volee—and the voice was the volce of a man Resolutely she stepped CHAPTER I “Money talks,” said J. E. Chilberg as he plunked _ down $100,000 to start the ball a-rolling in Seattle's " program to capture Siberian trade. Talks? That much money is a regular Jim Ham Lewis. It Up he De Presently turn up Mra. he inquired eastly THE Chicago blackmail investigation it is announced, | Bon npn gfe One man told bim—and the United States department of justice, that the names wealthy, and more or less prominent, victims will a oe ay age tung hl bide j public “only as a last resort. Perhaps it would be better if the names of the victims) te all made public. As long as there are men who will sub- tt themselves to blackmail there will be blackmailers. The epa nt of justice may weed out the present crop of mulc-|stout admitter, §, but another will soon spring up to take its place. gloves on. All stepped tn | reception room. i Hail the Noodle! ton—! ) UR poetic friend, Sam L. Rogers, director of the census, to celebrate the noodle in song and statistics. Not ly the noodle, but the macaroni and the vermicelli are sub- cano?” “Yes—bub what of it? awered cheerfully. JOSEPH LINCOLN SUONEYSYSTESETEETINY TegeeeiTareaeaastdaaecatseaeitesete: | F too much of your position to think no more about it,” and “I think I shall take a turn about) the house to see that everything ts| Would you! Olivetta would; and, talking, they | As they neared Matilda came hur, rying up from the nether regions of | ma‘am | Matila fluttered, eagerly, “that Mr. | | vast Peyster's voice. De Peyster's voice became | “L shall see what he has to! She turned and Rut as she passed the library's closed door she heard Miss Gardner's voice and second | to the; door, knocked, and then entered, | Enter an Amiable Young Gentleman ror HS ~{ burden off the logged-off lands. Half an hour earlier, across tn) " “ Washington square, a young geatle RovaL HIGHNeEss !! es man was sauntering about. He was i fashionably but quietly dressed, and! the keenest observer never would have guessed purpose in his stroll.! noted three men) Peyater’a steps. The trio had no more than touched the bell when he was beside them “What papers are you boys with?" merging himself looked mo opened by a stout woman, hat, Jacket and black The three reporters started toward the But the young gen. jtleman remained behind with their “And after what I saw only today| in the papers about Thomas Pres-| Don’t you know you are| this moment standing on & VOl-| said Miss Gardner. he an- STAR—MONDAY, OCT. 2, 1916. PAGE 4 suasaesaessesesaesss "Easrsseseestesessesessssessrssesessests aassnssessesestsstesestesaeststeesasstsaeeastassesaeteta tees stestetesaateesas et estsa reas atsee assess tastiest “No.13 Washington Square” = Weer “MR. PRATT” sprttegtnaaaaasaasitaae sete isetts: — Outbursts of EverettTrue | WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BEING INCONSISTENT ¢ IN THE OV’ WORLD YOU INSIST ON EVERY BODY CONDUCTING THEMSELVES JUST . | _—— way DON'T You PPLY THe SAMe lror THE | RULES TO YOURS HERE ar —! Isimpce RGASON \ a it , THOME $I" (ruar IN MS Cun es HOMe A MAN i's A KING, — cE —— THAT BEING THE CAS®, HeRe'S A CROWN J Even a fat woman {s susceptible jto flattery, so it came about that a The “victims,” in the present plot, are only a few degrees | {0 Nation’, wo it came ® Miss Gard-| flung the card to the floor school,” was Jack's amiable ro-|ster, falling back. “And without os culpable than the Yictimizers. Both ape tarred by the |ner answered a summons to the ll-) It was at just this moment that | sponse jmy, knowing i! Who ts she?” ge brush. To inflict the penalty of publicity might dis-) brary, she went pale, then red, then| Mia De Peyster, ascending from| "Go to school! Why—why,| ad Morgan. . ad these poor. little rich men from falling into the next! pale again ‘ her scene with the reporters,| you've already had the best of ed gs omy —— beard oF ‘ “EMot-—Mr. Bradford!” she ¢x-| knocked on the door. jucations! Exeter—Yale—not to | her. oe her father laid for-them and thus do more to break up the bi | Fy Hi believe,” oy bas up t & | claimed. Then in a frightened whis Into the study,” whispered Miss | speak of private tutors!” | iret name Henry, I jeve. than would punishing the blackmailers. The Chicago] per: “How did you get in here?" |Gardner, pointing at a door, “and| “And what did I learn? That! ‘ 1 don't mean he same, But d-be-sports danced to a merry tune, according to the| “Via the cook,” he enamered watch your nee to get out! is,” he add ‘over and above be rent Ret lncrdl ‘amily—his “ae “But don’t you realize that this) In the same instant the door|ing a fairly decent half-back and | /manc fe. They ought to help pay the fiddler jhouse is one of the most dangerous | cjosed softly behind him. (nto the|learning how to spend money? Ob i gal “gael bees he jplaces in the world for you” she) \ibrary swept Mra. De Peyster, fol.|I'm tired loafing. I'd Mke to)" & ones Ete Sp Sale. Ham Lewis declares that Judge Hughes said (cried in & low voles. “Why, Judge jowed by Olivetta and Mat! plant ys gasped Mra. De sda about FO" ilroad in Ala . jHarvey himself is expected here) There was a lofty sternness in| His mother could only dazedly | “Oh And—and this—this—Mary the government railroad in ska simply inate!” 4 one pega +» | person he ts reegears ; ce jim Hi any minu 5 Mrs, De Peyster's manner. “Miss|repest. “Work! You go to work we dail tag tleds Waka serious irge, jim Ham. Judge Harvey The equable| Gardner, 1 believe | heard you| “Oh, not at once. No, thank|, “She plays the piano ¢ is Go Gov. H ? YOunE man gave & start |epeaking with a man.” |you! ‘I want to ask you to give me | !2& to be @ professional. pe “You did.” “Where is het” “He went out thru the window,” a little proper education first that will equip me to do something You've spent—how much have you spent on my education, mother? “Ah, he did not want me to find | Tens and tens of thousands, I out about you. But by chance 1] know. joverheard him say he was your|late about how much I could get ” “ . 4 y 4 “How dared you come here’ t of that vest -! fis for his enthusiastic adding machine. she Qamed st him ae te ‘Then with an effort: | “You jew le py ae Nearly $2,400,000 goes each year to pay the wages and| “I had to come, dear.” His voice| put husband or no husband, Mrs.| “I mean,” he eald pleasantly, Fies of noodle makers, who number 4,665. The capital in- Pleading. “You refused to an-| pe Peyster, I believe 1 would te|"I've been at work tn it is $8,674,234 swor the letters I wrote you, bes-|of equal value “At work!” Mrs. De Peyster 4 z gag grO . . |sing you to meet me somewhere| “| desire no scene, no argu-| gasped “You've worked—« Thank you, Sam. Since reading your figureful effusion |to talk things, over. 1 read that| ment,” interrupted Mra. De Pey-| what?” p a deeper respect—nay, veneration—for the noodle. | Mrs. De Peyster was sailing to-| ster “I believe you will remem- | We learn from Sam that $13,284,302 are spent in a year F the succulent and satisfying noodles produced in this na- § 395 noodle shops. “Some noodle bill, say we! jsailing with her. derstand, before she went, to seo my wife.” hh!" cred Mise Gardner. But, my dear, you married 3 Keep after that candidate for the legislature, and “be sure he tells you exactly whether he favors a square and fair mothers’ pension bill. days! how foolish a girl then gets a bit of a holiday.” “But, Clara—" “Understand this, HE gross tonnage of the world’s shipping at the begin- Ming of the war was approximately 47,000,000 tons. Dur- Mr. Oke of the world has been destroyed. But the loss in dol-|so bad fs and cents is even greater, for the ships destroyed were,| You may pidly. “I don’t thinic change your mind; thant vessels of the nations at war. Ninety per cent ithe total losses were ships of the entente allies. ‘the heaviest loser among the neutrals, Holland n third and the United States sixth. jeable me, wireless me. But, second, | You know. which he is staying.” Tacoma lawyers propose a minimum fee scale. But | lawyer will ever let his client escape with the ? hand. “Remember, dear, am your husband.” With an outraged gesture, The Talk Highways of the Land Millions of miles of Bell Telephone wire at your beck and call. When you’ve got to have quick action, re- _member that a word to the operator will clear the track, two miles or two thousand, day or night. Prompt, reliable and decisive! Consult the list of toll rates to cities hereabouts; it’s in the front of your Bell directory. “Ask for Pacific Long Distance” THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY night, and I knew that you were Surely you un- t had/two months ago, I “I refuse to recognize mywelf as | yloyes of any kind who were mar ‘es, after knowing you just two Oh, you can be charming | and plausible, but that shows jSust ean be when! you dec she’s a bit tired and lonesome, and | Bradford | m going to have nothing to do| desire to change her 'm led card Mr. Bradford had tendered # you think I am—-honest.| Misy Gardner Majority of cases, the costliest and most modern of | hope you do, dear; and if you do, | write me, phone me, telegraph me. c Norway | course, not to me direct; the polles, | Address me in care of | |the Reverend Mr. Pyecroft. Here's | \8 ecard of the boarding house at He thra at} the bit of pasteboard into her free | ber, Misa Gardner, that when you] applied for your present position | told you that 1 made it a rule to have no em- GAS,HEARTBURN, INDIGESTION OR A SICK STOMACH | ried | married » not.” nd I was not, at that time.” Indeed! If you had been what lared yourself to be, and rewained such, you could have I then asked you if yoh were You informed me you stayed with me indefinitely. Ms-|“Pape’s Diapepsin” ends all tilda there has been with me 20 i A years, as she will tell you, with no stomach distress in five minutes. the 25 months of war 3,125,815 tons of shipping has been] with you peso er ee a gay to the bottom. “Watt, Clara.” He canght her} Matilda hastily dropped her eyes,| Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will dt- Koy Thus about 7 per cent, in gross tons, of the merchant |"#"4 8% she turned to go. and) Mechanically she noted the reject-| st anything you eat and overcome pe sour, gassy or out-of-order Her long habit of |4ch surely within five minutes orderliness prompted her| If Your meals don't fit comfort- to bend over and secure this bit|®lY, or what you eat Hes like a of litter, She thrust {t into the|!"™p of lead in your stomach, or if |pocket of her black skirt you have heartburn, that is a sign Mra. De Peyster continued:.|°F indigestion Miss Gardner; since you are not| Get from your pharmacist a fifty- | what you declare yourself to be. 1/C@t Case of Pape's Diapepain and no longer require “your service.” take a dose just as soon as you 1] perfect i can. There will be no sour risin| ss Ga &. ¥ Pegg ong Ete pol ga Ae no belching of undigested food U teats , 7 mixed with acid, no stomach gas or + masoulinn sotet ae ae heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling | ~ pd — bd mother in the stomach, nausea, debilitating Lo cee ou m Mins |Readaches, dizziness or intestinal ne = doc swung open, Miss|griping. This will all go, and, be- rdner stepped out, and there en-/sides, there will be no sour food ed a young man of 22 or 23,| e left over in the stomach to ison | flawlessly dressed He crossed to | your breath with nauseous okies Mrs. De Peyster | Pape’s Diapepsin is a certain ‘Good morning, mother; glad tolcure for out-of-order stomachs, be- jset back,” he said, imprinting @/cause it takes hold of your food kiss upon her stately cheek. “Hel-/and digests it just the same as if lo, Oltvetta.” your stomach wasn't there Good morning, Relief in five minutes from all led Olivetta stomach misery ia waiting for you Jack slipped an arm across Ma-/at any drug store. tilda’s shoulders, “How are you,| These large fifty-cent cases con- Jack,” respond: | | Matilda? Glad to see you again.” |tain enough “Pape’s Diapepsin” to | “And I'm glad to see you again,|keep the entire family from | Mr. Jack,” returned Matilda, with | stomach disorders and indigestion | a look of stealthy affection jfor many months. It belongs in | “Please go, Matilda,” said Mrs.|your home |De Peyster crisply. “And now,| ———— Jack,” she continued with frigid jdrawn, “I trust that you will ex . | plain your absence, and your long silence.” Certainly, mother,” said Jack. | ° But I'd like to put a few leading questions to you first. And—u'm — alone, Olivetta,” he remarked : |pleasantly, “do you know that| It Darkens Gray Hair |Sherlock Holnies found it an in- Evenly | |structive and valuable occupation | petit to count the stairsteps in a house?| If your hair is gray, streaked Suppose you run out for five min-|with gray, prematurely or just utes and count ‘em. I'll bet you| turning gray, or if your hair is dry, |a box of—" harsh, thin or falling, simply sham | Olivetta had risen, somewhat in-|poo hair and scalp a few times | dignantly. “Oh, if you want me|with QBan Hair Color Restorer, out of the way, all right!” And|Soon every strand of hair (wheth- | with a rapidity that approached/er gray or not) becomes evenly instantaneity, she disappeared. “Weill, first of all, mother, dissatisfied.” “Dissatisfied!” She straightened up. “What about? Do I not allow you all the money you want? Have T not practically arranged a mateh dark, soft, flossy, fluffy, full of lite and health, full and heavy and fas cinating, and entire head of hairs #o beautifully and evenly darkened no one could suspect you had ap. 4 Q-Ban, It is absolutely harm. less and no dye, but Q-Ban acts on I'm between you and Ethel Quintard?| roots, restoring color glands. Sold Ethel will have three millions|on a money-back guarantee, 50c for some day. What more can you|a big bottie at Bartell's Drug Store, want?” Seattle, Wash, Out-oftown folks “Well, for one thing, to go to! supplied by matl.—Advertisement. STSSTSTTT ESERIES ASRS lei iaibiiiiiiseriiesrrocriciirittrsitsiitg Now I've been thinking of stom-| Bisistitsstisss tsetse esse eee LL SLE A Novel A Week ® y sasgeeaeseaascassieiasgisaesestessstasn) | Taagagaaegseateseeae Well, you see, mother, if | could] “Caroline bracing himself. have knocked out a home run, say | “there something—something | COL UM t Job as a rallroad president, when | you w perhaps not expecting to I stepped up to the plate in the |/hear—that I must tell you.” first inning, I suppose I wouldn't “L trust, Judge mie some-| A young man, an went Ne have backed away from the|what atiffly—"that you are not| tied against whee serial bow chance. But I wanted to find my | about to propose to me again.” Afterward, in telling a: Pal I \to break the news to them, he sald: onl no wore cheap I am not.” His face flushed; |, new n cing thee GE clothes and kept clear of my/then set grimly, “But I'm going ‘Start off by iy week ae friends, ‘What could 1 do?’ every|to again, some time, and I'd do it|#™ dead, and then gently w one asked me. You know my an-|now if 1 thought it would do any |t the climax nwe And their answer. But! good | . r finally | met a kind gentleman who It will not WISE 18 THE INSTRUCTOR gave me a chance | He rose abruptly, and with a| WHO LEARNS MORE THAN HB Jack Do P-eyater! I'm | groaning burst of impatience that | TEACHES. astounded at you!” had a tinge of anger: “Oh, for é am I thought you might bea little,"| heaven's sake, Caroline, why don’t END OF FRIENDSHIP he admitted |you throw overboard all this fash-| gi. sow did they ever come to | won't have it!" erled Mrs, De}jonable business, this striving to! marry? Bak joe Bob gi keep an empty position, and be) je—on, it’s the same old story. You really mean that you are|and be Started out to be good friends, you not going to add a few thousand And ultimately be Mra, Harvey | Started out to be moot caged thelr more to my hundred thousands no, thank you!” ghe replied, 10 | pinay worth of education?” a caustic voice. “But while you oe “T certainly shall not! Well, if that's the way you feel about it,” he sighed, “we'll drop the matter—temporarily.” “We'll drop {t permanently! said Mrs, De Peyster, decisively all this talk is utterly bootiess You seem to forget that |you are sailing with me to Burope tomorrow "That point. I mildly, brings me to the second wan boping,” Jack said that you would consent to! jtake my regrets to Europe.” “Why, your passage is paid for,| Jand my plane—you know Ethel |Quintard and her mother are sai} ing on the same boat. No, most certainly I shall not let you off!” Well, that brings us to the third point He drew a copy of the Record from his pocket and point 9 paragraph. “Mother, this is| the second time my engagement to! | Ethel Quintard has been in print. I| | must say that I don't think it’s nice of Ethel and Mrs, Quintard to let! those rumors stand. I would deny them myself, only it seems rather a raw thing for a fellow to do. Moth- er, you must deay them.” “Jack, this marriage is bound to come “It's all off.” And why, if you please? ‘Oh, for several reasons,” he re- turned mildly But one of the rea- sons is that I happen to be engaged }to some one el: Engaged!" gasped Mra. De Pey- For a moment Mra. De Peyster' |horror was inarticulate. She chok- ed with her words. Before she could get them out, Jack was on his feet and had an arm around her ders, ‘ome, mother, don’t be angry— please!” he cried with warm, boy- ish eagerness, “Before you say an- jother word, let me bring Mary to |see you. I can get her here before lyou go on board. The sight of her | will show you how right lam. She ho lis the dearest, sweetest—" | “Stop!” She caught his arm, “T jshall not see this—this Mary per- json! } “Nor “I shall never seo her! Never! And what is more,” she continued, “you are going to give up, yes, and entirely forget, all those foolish ithings you have just been speaking of!” “Pardon me, mother; mistaken,” he sald quiet going to give up nothin “Then—then—" she was saying thickly, in her outraged majesty, when Matilda opened the hall door and ushered tn an erect, slender man of youngish middle age. “I beg pardon; I fear I come in- opportunely,” he said, he nighted Mra. De Peyster's militant attitude. TN just wait—" | “Do not go, Judge Harvey,” Mra. | De Peyster commanded, as he start- jed to withdraw. “On the other jhand, your arrival {s most oppor- tune. Please come here.” | “Good-morning, Uncle Bob,” Jack | said, cheerfully Mrs. De Peyster glared at her son, then crossed to the safe, took out a document and returned to the two men. | “Judge Harvey, I do not care to |go into explanations,” said she. "But I desire to give you an order |and to have you be a witness to my you are “T am } act.” “Of course, I am at your serv- fee, Caroline.” ‘In the first place,” she said, striving to speak calmly, “I beg to request my son to move such of his things as he may wish out of this house—and within the hour.” “Certainly, mother,” Jack said pleasantly. “And to you, Judge Harvey, 1 wish my son's allowance, which is paid thru your office, to be discon- tinued from this moment.” “Why—of course—just as you say,” said the astonished Judge But perhaps if the case were—" “This paper is my will,” inter- rupted Mrs, De Peyster, holding up the document she had taken from the safe. “It gives the bulk of my fortune to my son here “Why, yes,” admitted the Judge with increasing bewilderment, His share amounts to two mil- lions, or thereabouts.” ‘Thereabouts,” Mrs. De Peyster took two rus- tling, majestic steps toward her fireplace. “Until my son gives me very definite assurance that lis conduct will be more suitable to me and my position, he is no long- er my 800 And so saying, she tossed the will upon the fire. CHAPTER III, A Slight Predicament For several moments after Jack {had withdrawn, Mrs. De Peyster stood in majestic silence beside the mantelpiece. “We will orget this incident, Judge Harvey,” she said at length, “But, Caroline,” he began hesi- tantly, “weren't you perhaps a It- |into the center of Judge Harvey's tle too stern with Jack?” “As I said, Judge Harvey, I do not care to explain the situation,” at It, have you any further sug- | Yow, this typewriter is equip- gestions for my conduct?” summer attach- Yes said he determinedly. ee Pkg te “You have been spending too much | «gummer attachments?” voney, and apending it on utterly! «4 gmail niffror, a miniature worthless social purposes.” clock and a thermometer; every- Speaking of money,” cnt 10 | thing a girl has to consult fre Mra De Peyater, “perhaps I should | quentiy.” have spent my money worthily, ee like Judge Harvey, upon a gift rd | THIRSTY Thomas Jefferson letters to the American Historical society.” At the junction of Schooner, land Otter Creek roads, the driv turned neither to the right nor tu ed to the left, but ran straight The shaft of sarcasm quivered sorest spot. Those recently dis- pao] Harbor, covered letters of Thomas Jeffer- | the sc feceiong trough. Bar | json which Judge Harvey had pre-| Me. Recon « rented to the historical society, | and which had been so widely dis- THE REASON cussed as throwing new light upon| “How long did your last cook * beginning of the United States | » public, had © month before been | pronounced and proved to be clev-| er, but arrant forgeries. y with you?” ‘Oh, about five hours.” “How did that happen “The afternoon train back to town has been discontinued.” (Continued In Our Next Iseue) Bk RTT sa MAN WANTS LITTLE EFFICIENCY WANTED—To sell my property, “Bridget, why have you put the/or man and wife to live with me, or fly paper ont on the graes?” \a pretty girl to marry me. Dr. Gal- “They ain't no more flies to ketch |loway—The Henderson (Ky.) in the house, mum.” New PATSS Shielding Shadow in fifteen episodes of MYSTERY ADVENTURE and THRILLS Who Is Ravengar? 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