The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 5, 1917, Page 4

1 STAR—FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917. PAGE 4 | stretrgearersrenaney geetreaersteatatareneeeaeaeeetesaeseE etgeerseegeteteenenenee ress rit paststs1 3 sAbasagaeaaseaear teres seaeassseees tees A Wee ost “THE GREEN SEAL” omictévan A weak A Week HERBERT KNIBBS i p. A Wee a a they Her eyes searc itr my face, then her lips curled in a secret little Member of the Sorters North weet League of Newepapere Entered By mail, out of city, (Continued From Our Last teaue) | wae him w | itin’ in place o' the guy {it straight. I've n wo franticy “Then | Then shortly came the Chinaman, | they'd hired.” | all night, #0 torn with dread and | face all @ 1 fell into his w und we Insued At this moment, in the distance janxlety over you--Oh, Lois, Lois!” | loo ened hp thra a side door into an alley-way. woman acream a MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES SOLD DAILY | emile. ———_—_$___ Jor oll,” she said qu We'll never mention it again.” In there rose @ | When the note came,” she sald Her hand » was iidec ever-to-be teat - st 0 ed to death hers Here a touring-car was waiting | There was one hideous, neverst |" hadn't the slightest suspicion . ceitiadithe an unetteued war tat ae . with a dim blur of a figure sitting | forgotten pause, during which Wwe | that I was not to meet you, When . wes aivoD on * a el | putes pat ee af held her H l C urt motionless at the wheel, The old | #tood petrified, In another second | wo met the man they call Maguire, | ®t! Serealf, I know how 1t|mouth up tome: “ites Seinen umor ina ea e Oo aoe entmnbed ie beta the bind | We were th the autamoblles tearing lena be ciimhea ta celine the chaut, (all over berse , vit {mouth wp Yo burns, for { couldn't the ne Goodby yadly toward the frantic, insistent four, | was just a bit dubious, but Pe ‘ + ’ feur, I opened the tonnean door | ching m0, ant handled it} One must excuse a chortle at the peculiar ‘justice’ and stepped in }call for help. 1 didn’t really suspect that any-|Pricking me, and she handle CHAPTER XIV Wah ik: takisio sis. to: Lolae 1 In our frenaied haste each | thing was wrong ssp dges | | t i mes Stran| turned mechanically to the car| “nally we turned off in # lane About the time she was thru I James a worked in the case of two young women, subpoenaed yester- i i i h d with Not a word had any of us ut | nearest him. Thus it happened |and in a few minutes we came to|got my chance. The naman| The next morning I went te my i day in a case against a local cafe proprietor, charged wi tered, So when my gulde broke | that Btruber and I were paired 10 | entice etre ie hone hand was kakging ie forgot [ff tate. No Lois was in seb . . . a M the long silence by addressing the | ong mach nd Farlt d Strang opal - ee 4 fo himself an instant, and in at in-| but hardly hac oon conducting a public nuisance. Or is it too serious to laugh hapsloss Ghitery Bid: the: tier lin he, other, GAME PORMSNIOE | cicnia Tor ech eeee Cotce ce stant, my teeth came + tn | my desk when a messenger brought bout? grun an tnarticulate ly, T}inust have gone wrong with the | apprehonsl it a door opened, | ane o fingers, He ar at og about: ‘ . i started to listen, Nothing more| other motor’ for we aulckly out apprehension. aut e d0Or Openet |gelt loose with a shriek. hurling | 1 shall not put on paper for other The court, after hearing many points of law regarding wan said; but 1 knew that the |givncuen lotting out an oblong of dim light. | Mey others aside and sending the eves to read what she bad writtem driver, anyhow was not Chinese, and this, for cause, afforded me & grain of comfort The road was bordered upon ove| Fu on the threshold | was reas-|table holding the dim light eraeh- |!" sp poe ob yd Pe — side by an immenng Irrigating-ditch. | sured; 1 concluded that he was one |ing against the bunks, For a sec-|!t I understood what she meant On our right was an olive orchard, | of your party ond everything was noisy confu.|When she sald the night befor . the right of the state to make the young women testify to a condition of affairs that might incriminate them, held that 1 tha ould not ta bout her . Next the machine stopped. resently a vineyard; on our left Well, an hour or more must | sion The place was pitch dark, | that we w a not talk @ - they need not testify. Suddenly the Chinaman leaped | acres of truck-garden |have elapsed before 1 was disil-| But somehow I got outside and | being Steve Willets’ daughter any ‘“ + : * ee to his feet and peered backward,| In that wild dash perbaps thirty jon tut thi s after Lao| went plunging the | Are you afraid your testimony would incriminate you the way we had come, 1 knew |sacoals were Godbursed Petwean lining’ ms cod T has talked, He|scresining at the : In that letter she refuses am asa disorderly woman, which is punishable by law? state’s ; hi ad : ar 2d hin I bad the : me } hears Un pa aae r ented erat 0 . M ring; met Y t r reid a root Paya yeen sensible of the cessation of | moment Lo joom suddenly in |\the diamond Then rave me Only @ minute or two more, and Ly age attorney asked each of them? a faint sound, Somewhere, back | the glare of the headlights, running |io understand that before I left} we drew up at Mre. Fox's. My - apr pag” nach wine oan § Fy . * on the road, anoth omobile | toward us, Her wonderful hair was | him 1 must submit to having my | wate ad ¢ end sseleas | PROHOG Her de “ Each replied in the affirmative, whereupon they were had halted, eve as ours Bad tng, her face was as white as|tattoo-mark obliterated b i been rendered useless like to see her as well as myself : * % rhe ght ahead of us, pe 9 | death, he 08 were wide and sta my aehdahanne 20 girl! ge at my office that afternoon, She immediately arrested. “ : a ' Laas Ss pe pan geared ie pith hinkd ltl eles I Maly Lot refain fr BS ‘raanan Z “A*)naid she realized Strang’s stoi In the vernacular of the day, they had them “coming and spark of light. It gleamed a sec-| The brakes were jammed on.|in “for » sir! like you, Lois! My| na. machine moved away,| YM® one she should hear, and sal ” a y, then vanished./We came to a sliding, slithering | brave darling he was coming, putting me on my four nudged the China-| stop crosswise in the road | “Den't—oh, don't! he whis be with or to make her enforced pres . was st standing and 1 was on the ground before the| pered | distressed wa Ay—-soon as we | Chee 48 free from embarrassment . - _ |looking with fixed attention toward; machine stopped, running to meet | What else happened” asked as possible . es, 8 x saa stecamessnmmaaneene . ie the rear her. She came straight into my|with what I tried to make only a When we were alone on the walk She just put the whole thing up ; An optimist might reason that the burning of 12. | Hey, John,” he growled, “the | outstretched arms, and with a little | natural show of interest ogether, with a recollection of the |t° ™@ #0 1 was tied hand and Toot, autos in a Pike st. garage may keep the owners from | Nght Mashed again—{f t what | sound that was half sigh and half| “The chief things center the | rebuffs 1 had met during our ride | "4 the hours rise between * thei: . fe + f . | you were trying to see sob, fainted story Lao tried to tell me but never | gti1l tingling in my mind, I hesitat-|Teading of t letter an e tell- : being outraged any further by the high price of The Chinaman now opened the} I swept her up and strained her |finished. ‘The tu St polis) Melad She pel. dn Gade say temenas| Strang’s story are also some- ¥ 9 door and climbed out upon the/|to me, imploring her with frantic! nearly as 1 could gather them, are|jution, Pausing with one foot on «& 1 can't write about. I never The Divorce Habit 9 ,|road. He went ahead at a trot and | incoherenctes to open her eyes and the first step, she looked back and | med how much it is possible | resent wan swallowed } the |recognize that it was who wa med that the ring be , ‘ {for a man to love a woman until ; I « ox t ‘ d Noes SELBY, you may have noted, has been divorced agalt caiin where the Hakt bat Guan 5 | ocean Her head fell back to him, and that he must a egy gre then If you don’t happen to recognize the name Norman Selby, you'll All at on the vufteur wahtike ai 1 the 4 BLT PG agg ear Ra Nlahe 4 Lois appeared just a moment or remember his other monicker, Kid McCoy, under which be won | twinted nd toward «me and] pallor ovaty: faee toocnaa ite noua: Of Citheba GECHt Soke eee the! two after the two mes, Jookiaie lam siderable renown in pugilistic circles col UM whispered a terse »mmand: | ghost gloom. 1 pressed | cic ; cic Se aap tndnsesh Saban 1 in| Dewutiful and sweet that {t took tt to biffing other gentlemen in the most vital spots available, Not a w not a sound from | kiss om the parte Then he claimed that the dia-| mine and we want an the grand JD | every bit of strength I had to get an’s worst habit is getting married and divorced } +0 you—if you want to get out of this|as if her eslvation depended wana aug ie Mea geaeane gt ttre lee tM There was something i, |% grip on myself. She chose # light times he has marched to the altar to the organ’s tum-tum. | @— ees wae fire of my love and the to think [ had it, and when he be attitude thet mystified ang {chair not far from mine, and Stru- eee the latest judicial scissoring of the marital knot also ts } a We cars, tho . of nee in upon} ts f on penetr came convinced that I hadn't e\eluded me. Despite her graciously | oe abruptly fired a question at 5 2 ee ee Ae sat start in of consciousness med disappointed and chagrine ender mood, something | ™* hree times fn succession he married the same tady! Preas operator at The Sta . faction I toward the ma ioc utd tha that: ba hneer uous . depen : rth nee | Say, when you were in the auto: ere are the rounds he ge maton Ns heoiagtig gat?—a gun?” the fellow | ct n her just as Parlin and|my tattoo-mark, He dumfounded : meno O | with Parlin, didn't your scrap witha Married. Divorced, “ed pom sgl now flung at me may need & toured | t king if 1 wouldn't : 1 a ae or, te Chinks end mighty sudden?” le Pieht 1895 hairs are growing out again ee : josed =the parlor do ‘ sen Pr ‘ “Charlotta Sent 1897 What was the use of bis shay . : Preah in removed. I round and placed her| | Wb», 1 rete ee shy seb bared / tcc ae ray ing it assured him T had voice shrill dead no, and de ak MAO Say pulser suddenly as it began.” Julia Crosseiman = 1900 ir oe did 8 ain, and quite irrelevantly, he Ihave a dim ction of back to town at once Brice.” at a in & vou ae Uh-huh, 1 see. Now, then, .Julla Crosselman 1901 Nidan | *%ore under his breatt ing unsteadily ang and Fa ed me a Wontertal softnenn, “He would aT ene’ te ae 7 Julia Crosseiman bb | ee The dirt Chinks They*ve | and Struber leaping down and r et that you do not fi diotic to pretand'that | don t kne w Not since the episode at the d ..Indianola Arnold = 1 | found out in some way that we're toward me, Then 1, too,|in with fesires in this respect : F ® |ivory booth had { once thought of 5 Mrs Ellis 910 =} yeing tratled 4 x. [am sorry because You piest and the wretchedest. girl|it My gaze fell mechanically tom | eee . . sess Edna Valentine 1916 While events w piling up lady and I am a gentleman. | aijve my bands. The ring was gone. me idding the Kid ,are we making light of the marriage relation — with such wildering rapidity in CHAPTEB XIII But I will state a fact neither you You have told me tonight that Sull grinning, Struber nodded” ped; we are not! But the courts that grant suc’ the hing mani Lois’ Supreme Moment oO. r—that e.” she c inued, in the | Dis head. Mebbe it slipped off 4 Wespeciatly when the couples are not even sure they want to be fe ad gone wrong off there in] 1 came to myself in a perfect! bosom has to 7 peters want |your {inger—nit. Somebody yan! ‘= a p rilling voi I wan WO as witness the Kid's three marriages to a Crosselmar the darkr ere the Chinaman | satisfied frame of mind. Loin wae rand now in-—here—in | it off in the fight.” ~ : ¢ 87° Ssetves making a mockery of marriage. d 1. 1 could bear hare ca orine at hand,” he am looking Into| | 80t Up and went over to where e is nothing at al! funny about this situation gabbling excitedly in the neck tight she was f you acquiesce, yo on my light overcoat hung. if ? a Tipping good argument for uniform divorce laws, or for a ched mk of th : Cht head to her warm neithe scomfort nor 1p into miy arms. Y ‘The box, too,” T informed him, vorce law altho th 1 seem to be! p, pain will no shock to minutes later I was seated, | feeling the pockets. “It’s gone.” . ~ as M0, pnbitatton. |, A® soon as Lois perceived that | your sensibilities, for an ar eualvely beside ine. Do you get what that means?” - ‘ P : ‘ ow do ey've foun ‘ wos " ttle is ‘ 1 e lvery 2 ur idea of the most futile thing in the world is out eden Do you | |, ¥# lu possession of iy senses) woman will do the at le that she said, “do you tink | et now sont fa es Man 3 . 4 " 4 he underwe: ac equinite ust YC c e alone ever marry you?” how abo ™ ame B. McNamara’s strike in the San Quentin peni- mean to sa nd what poy tied ty ne ae Nerina bac conaear? / Ad ever marty you boxes, the ring, Miss Fi 4k tenti * : + be - 4 nade mo instantly # p and take | in this room. Wil you consen I tried to rise, but a hand upon | bxes, the ring, Miss Fox's tattoo- ie intiy laundry, where he is serving a life sentence for | ne eas quick notice of the rest of my sur| “I was frightened now, of course; | my head held me back. nark—an’' lao along with ‘em, ae dynarting the Los Angeles Times. hed rape here” —a0 | roundings | but I was enraged, too, 1 don't re Supposing, Brice, your brother | He's got what he wants, an’ until “73% nice ore eee Here. they |p V2, “ere in the tonneau of one|call just what I said, but 1 ve —{f you'd ever had one—or your|W@ Dail him we'll hear no more fe he Fatter Decisi : : ere they | of the automobiles, which Struber|that cheeky Chinaman a plece of closest friend, say, should come to| {rom him a er Decision ory perhaps © haltscore shad.| 8 driving rapldiy back toward mind. He clapped his hands) you and Inform you he was going| , !t was simply by a process of de- 4 WO pampt r ought to follow the ruling of the supreme edurt i 2 anes ® Heuecre noes town. twice. Two Chinamen seized me|to marry Steve Willets’ daughter; | duction that we were able to ar- 4 in Up Mat . in which a young socialist {s ordareé“jailed stant the old. trory carver, was|, V2ile the big machine gathered | and bore me into another room.|how would you advise him? rive at some of our conclusions. for six monthsfor “libeling the memory of Georg Washington.” standing ipoa the reaniag> whet headway, he said to us across his | There no windows—only the} ‘This time I was upon my fect | Por example, it have been Gov. Liste ought to pardon the offender-+for offender he f the others crowded around the | or” Harry an’ Strang’ll | door which we had come.| before she could stay me. I was | thru the instrumentality ef a plot Row is in the eyes ¢ the law. The youth's letter ge criticiam of the dias 7 TOWRSS BrOUns Whe | con along in the ear,|and the other, which was opened| frightened hatched by Lao Wing Fu that firet president michthave been unthinking and led for, but it cer- Vaiuvalhinabeaty tis wisind etasted |e bee 18 8 * “lonce or twice, disclosing a glimpse Lois! Do you imagine I even | Steve Willets’ escape from San Was not deserting of a prison term } }_ Simu an tonaly, the motor start ‘ Prisoners?” I ec of stars, A little wick thrust! consider that?” Quentin and his subsequent avoid- i Second, the iegblature ought to ame 7 7 Reeser ag gph soll rs poggbir three o Madame | thru a cork and floating in a com I know. But ance of the police were so success- x : on’ Yhe tn hich has been ne an aa ce wil ‘ kn) it try to put yourself fonstrued to cover this case rd ssc haga THE JANITOR wro i aa beh ao i Se her crooked son, Dave,|mon tumbler of of! afforded the only|in the adviser’s place. Come—be| fully and easily accomplished. It will serve grently to enhance t%o state's reputation for judicial, ALWAYS Gave you |swarmed into the tonneau. : Chink who gave prothise | light honest now—what would the ad-| (Continued in Our Next issue) ness that Jixiges Hanford ghd Humphries have established, 1f| PLENTY OF MEAT | “But 1 had my pistol out of respondin’ to third-degree treat Fut I could scream; and 1 did] viser say?” ——_—___—_——_——- hot promptiy reseinded. otal thn Guartere. were Tha ciAaa Tost thent until a third Chinaman clapped a I don't care a hang what he'd A detectaphone small enough to JUST LIKE THEY WOULD DO|to shoot, it proved to be a han car now deman his en-jhand over my mouth. Then they|say. Your question is unfair to me|be worn under a man’s shirt front The P pa IT IN VAUDEVILLE eolepone gy tg the ex: | Unt attention, and I turned to Lois, | forced me down upon a stool n inworthy of yourself. 1 simply | and record conversations on a cyl- ortiland mati who attempted to demonstrate | po hen the Please begin at the beginning,” | the spark of light. Lao stood | n't answer it or discuss the sub-| inder attached to his belt, has been . “Ch , uberance with w I laid about | { efficiency by ‘'awing a gun isn’t alone in that Chief Cha ngham ¢ gt I_begked, “elve I shall never get’ ing on. . teat farther” J patented. Doone th ht ae ligible to his efficiency club could in- c. Abe of W | In the same second I heard the — — —_——— Clude the kaisg King George, the czar, etc. Rheumatt jchauffeur's re i sf | cries . ++ es. Then qu ; ret No © ca { . | gan my own struggle ended joy Col. Roosevelt’s word describing the BB aledy ils LNs . car had t rated by the allies in Greece, after months of eee was making a th its German royalty. “Frazzle” doesn’t STILL AT IT s the rough, © Mise | eee ae cha with comple ; ewe oes “6 a. ard for any and all obstacles. | P Stephen, Austrian archduke, is nominated un- d king of Poland. He's no more Polish than W's pig, but he knows which side his bread is but- CHAPTER XII The Cry of the Night was, in truth, only by a Why You Should Do ast 0 ~<gg on, which suits the kaiser. rodir pulat the po EE OE | eae car ¥ nto the road < va Pleasure may perfect us as truly as prayer—Chan- |*5>-Wee covie is A? of n Ss t e ning. LAWYER HIMSELF ther Uusi e Ss | e : : Handcuffs for all mem we There’s no end to life so long as you have something bers of the state senate is nd ipon t to do. proposed by the associated where we had paused. and t ; — shorthand stenographers of have plunged right into the midst - If thou wouldst not be known to do anything, never ba A fag Putioech a ee eee ween More men come to my store regularly now e hey - ' man with ha do it!—Emerson. talk bo muon” wave Wi. | larlitled “& than came a year ago. and mustache as | badger, was sitting : “5 flam dennings Coyle, on a Chinaman who lay face | Success after failure is more to brag about than suc- known to fame for football |downward in the sand | cess without failure. | agility and a megaphone In another figure, to my amare niin —— voice. m I recognized 8 r. He Better be 10 minutes ahead of time than one minute 96 ®——————- - Oe ean er cele od th. the fons late. VE GOOSE THAT LAID YE GELD! At this juncture the chauffeur of — EGGS |our own car Joined Struber and me A long, steady plod is better than half a dozen spurts. e upon a tyme ye trusts had aland I had my first distinguishing goose public that laid| view of him, “Lane Advises Stern Policy in Mexico’—Headline. pelt exe ? laid ye average| He was a stockily built chap of 2 . " “ f usts every day, b h or such a m moo! Note: “stern,” a nautical term? fl waren’: aatigtiod: with SalUGAYES, WER RES ero eee a deve . fi &K every day | countenance. | That small group of independents in congress perhaps So they think to themselves if ye] Struber turned to me | never felt quite as independent. goose lays a gelt eae it must be! “Mr. Ferris, shake hands with my | | They come because their first experiences here were unusually satisfactory. They continue coming as their needs dictate, because repeated dealings have driven home the knowledge that here they always get a square deal, because they can absolutely rely upon ail representations made; because they get cour- teous treatment, and last, but not least, because they save money. nh you'r detect ive—a Keeps Her Children Figg EN i gh a SE ER ig started to get much gelt until ye| we shook hand How-how does | Eau L AEN, | to screech loudly Vl tell yuh. But first 1 want | This is a big store, and I carry a big stock. I have been fortunate in buying before prices went up, and in making contracts for future deliv- ery. This has enabled me to keep my prices down to old levels on most goods. It also accounts for my ability to maintain quality and to guaran- tee the fastness of colors. My policy for 1917 is a continuation of that of last year. It features Reliability, Courtesy and Economy. It is calculated to make friends of my customers—friends who will themselves come here and who will send their friends. These things have built my business to date, and will be the all-important factors in keeping it growing. * I thank all customers and friends for past patronage, and assure you all of continued satisfactory service. The stranger | cordially invite to inspect and compare and prove for himself the truth of my claim that when you trade here—you save. CARL SCHERMER Clothier, Furnisher and Alaska Outfitter 103-107 First Avenue South Ten steps from Yesler er crack three @ 8 abruptly as ( Ye cries of ye goose were heard! yuh by ye Humane societ ton, and they immed meet nother friend o° at Washing-| mine.” Struber walked over to the tely started| seated stranger Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, | the Family Laxative for | Many Years. | | made of gelt, so why not cut it open| partner, Mr. Parlin—Harry Farlin.’ e ye hyfore of ye Mr, F to investigs Mr. Farlin, shake | rris goose yowling |hands with Mr. Samuel \V Mrs. Aug. Doellefeld of Carlyle, Moral—A stitch in time saves an| better known as James Strang, late ) ML, recently wrote to Dr. Caldw | at Monticello, I!)., that sbe has| ‘f 4 Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin 4n her home for a number of ye and would not be without it, with it she has been able to keep her four children in perfect health Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a ) combinstion of simple laxative ‘i ya with pepsin that acts on the Dowels in an easy, natural v Siand regulates the action of this ‘fmost important function. Nearly all the sickness to which children subject is traceable to bowel on, and a mild, dependable tive, such as Ew. Caldwell's|tations and ineffective substitu | by hand, and followed that by ¢ up Pepsin shov¥® have a place|be sure you get Dr. Caldwell’s|ing them Jevery family meficine chest. It|Syrup Pepsin. See that a facsimile Pleasant to the taste and chil-|of Dr. Caldwell’s signe n like it, and take it readily,|portrait appear on the yellc fit is equally effective for|ton in which the bottle { investigation 0’ Johore. | | I was not unprepared for the | AND RAISED PIGS |, 29.0% yay cm wouldn't scoot e a lizard; but I'm none the less proud to meet tT. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 5.—Be-| Peter Ferris’ boy cause she stayed home from par 1 was at sea, I felt that 1 could ties and cared for her pigs, Miss/not go on without some sort of Ruth Cunningham, 16, is champion | immediate explanation | raiser of Minnesota today. The When T made known my desire s made by the University! Struber wheeled round V to me of Minnesota ricultural school We're in a tremendous hurry [4 here. Ruth raised high-brow pigs.|Mr, Ferris,” said he, “but Mil tell Each day she serubbed her pigs|/yuh this much, I found Mr | | revelation, and when James Strang | RUTH STAYED HOME |held up a hand he said, humorous: | /\ ! | Strang V-|right where | went lookin’ for him a shower bath. Then she|On the way massaged each pig with oi! daily.|to down we had @ heart rt talk, an’ as soon as I d his | Comfortable couches were arranged) could find a phone 1 called up the ear-|for the pigs in the shade of trees|chief an’ put ure him wise, He told had happened in town | dug up, how Farlin ise | eked.) on her father's farm. Her pig menu! me what " A trial bottle, free of charge, can|consisted of milk, timothy, clover,| what he'd Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is|be obtained by writing to Dr. W.|ealt ise he savvies Chink i drug stores everywhere for|B. Caldwell, 455 Washington St.,Jand all were served in individual]—took Chauffeur Dwight’s Mate. ts a bottle. To avoid imi-| Monticello, Mlinots Itroughi [ 1 lime, coal, green cetables bec place te Chinks never got next that it y. =———————SSSSSS S=