The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 17, 1921, Page 9

The Wreckers| w ° Francis Lynde ecnemnene (Capyright, 1980, by Chastes Berth . eee wer's Bene) Girl Considers _Jilting Worthy Man Because He Doesn't Make a Hit With a Lively Crowd of Friends. noe Dear Miss Grey: For the past Fear I have kept steady company | With a young man whom I like very} much, But I am always embar| Faseed when we are out in company, | Decause he is a quict—some of my ‘Priends say “stupid"—altho this ts ry, true, as he hokis a very respon position. When anyone else is a good time, he alts still and opens his mouth I have to him about this, but he he cannot help it It makes) #o mad that I just feel like giv whim up. You perhaps will not eve that I have puzsied over this) Some time past, and I can come © nO definite decision, What do you bink about it? a J. You con make your choice between Man, a reel, regular, he-man, who Capadic of making his own wey, se of what a few empty- tea-hounde think of him, friends(?f) who haven't ¢ of character to appreciate ma worth while. And when make your decision, don't forget talk is the cheapest thing on (Continued From Yosterday) CHAPTER XVTL The Man at the Window Of course, the first thing T did the morning after that adventure tr the coal yard, was to tell the bors all about it, and I was just foxy enough to do it when Mr, Ripley was present. Mr, Norcross didn't say much; and, for that matter neither did the lawyer, tho he did ask the bors a question or two about the real facts in the Midland rightof-way squabble But I noticed, after that, that our man Tarbell was continually turning up at all sorts of times, and in all sorta of odd places, #0 I took it that Ripley had given him his tip, and that he was sort of bodyguarding Mr, Noreross on the quiet; tho I am sure the boss didn’t know any thing about that part of it—he was such a square fighter himself that he prebably wouldn't have stood for it if he had. Meanwhile, things grew warmer and warmer tn the tussle we were making to pull the old Short Line out of the mud; warmer in a nun ber of ways, because, in addition to the fight for the public confidence, we began just then to have @ per fect epidemic of wrecks. The boss turned the material trou ble over to Mr. Van Britt and de voted himself pretty strictly to the} public side of things. Everywhere, and on every at at the different chambers of com merce, and public banquets given t this, that, or the other visiting big wig—he was always ready to get on his feet and tell the people that the true prosperity of the country car ried with it the prosperity of the railroads; that the two things were Jone and inseparable; and that, when }it came right down to basic facts, | the Fallroads were really a part of the progress machinery of the coun him up, he will not be long in| try at large and «ty be regarded. Ing one who will de more conm-|not as allen tax-col but as of his peculiarity. contributors to the general prosper aA ce ity and welfare T went with him on @ good many of the trips he made to be “among those present” at these gathering» 4 so, by the way, did Tarbell In to be ween that the you ere so easily and so eiolent- eased, doudtiess it would de for the young man if you were Pealese him. It is the casiest thing | fn the world to find young men who #0 much that they never have te do any thinking at all. The} man very often has a busy! even tf he is not eternally re- what he thinks, what he has) @nd what he is going to do, he has and what he spends 1@ ts not so inferior as to deserve 2 wrath, Some women like if and reserved men If you occasion dinners Unrest of Divorce? Miss Grey: One can't help ‘amused at some of the letters |** on the divorce question. jand it was pla! Bh we know of the social unrest |¢W iden was gradually Tall walks of life, why can't we! headway. By this the blame of the divorce on this} Red Tower Consolidated w ning to find out what it meant poeet? hav ve competition. Tt OF sgeieg nS his |bave active petitio ne has certainty changed & W. people were hammering their of business Who would h ‘any dosiness or in-|°¢W Plants into working shape, and aged lan of 1,000|t2a7 were getting the patronage, = both of the producers and consum ago? thie ts fest the way man|°™, band over fist. Engineered by Billoughby, the rail his martiage relations carried He invents conveniences for his|"ad was simply playing the part of the good big brother to these nm then raves because his wife | Ho insixts | Middlemen. Track facilities and yard service were granted freely; and while no discrimination waa per- mitted as against the Red Tower people, the friendly attitude of the read counted for something, as it was bound to; hence, the © 4! W. got the business right from the| Jump, enlarging its field as it went) along, and gathering In all the little side monopolies like the toe plants, and city lighting installations, and so on. This, by the way, was in Une with the new slogan put out by the boss and his boosters: “Own howi! your own utilities.” From my own observations I} A# to the politfeal struggle which 4 my ninetenths of the women|was now ripping the state wide save dollars every month,|open from end to end, the boes was the men barely break even.|steel and fron on the aide of non Sgome of these disgruntied hus-|interference. He never allowed him would only broaden just a wee|self to say a public word on either! Sand care for their wives as aci-|side; never spoke of the campaign pnt! ‘as they care for theirjat all except to assert everywhere) 4 stock, we would rarely ever|and at all times that the railroad of divorce was not in politics, and never would A FARM-WIFE. [be asaing | | ce This the key-word given to the different members of the staff to be passed on down the line to Nothing every official in authority. We were Mins Grey: My cousin and/., be nike Cacmr's wife—above sus | hata about two months} viion We were neither to mak Her hat was valued more, but| oof meddle in the campaigm and op rie aggre sg reser PSE department head or other offi-| Engberd Fe ty re hers Cer_OF employe canght trying to] orn. 1 refused, because it was or se railroad vote would be} ? 7 - fired on the spot mer See task, be + goa On one of our tripe over the road) iy cousin at once spread the news! we had a call from Mr. Anson Bur- | fae Peewares that an, act 5 rell, the gubernatorial candidate who my pore aig ag Jac | was making the racp against the| I did the right thing by re-| me hine. He was a cattle magnate | or should I send her the |°% the modern sort; a big, viking: | 1 will await your opinion, |0oking man, with a “Yale degres,| svivia, [8nd with a record ae clean 4s 8] hounds poth. en he came into Mieet ots casos on corewr soit private car he seemed to fill it, | ae the winter het {,|not only with his presence, but with | isis, Site $5 toe Shorts neng (the fresh keen air of the grazing| the hat with your apologies for |" Plands. And, a8 @ last word—profit| “1m «iad Z eur experience. Trading apparel|™eet You on your own ground, Mr your relatives or your beat girt| NF ue anld, gtying the boas ie rarely ever satisfactory.|* handgrip that looked mighty one or the other will be dis-|Dearty and sincere. “I've been walt coupes ing for an opportunity to tell how much we appreciate the stand you have taken. For the first time in its history, the railroad is keep ing out of the political fight; Ca a of her to some other woman has double the income, then Decause the bills are so high expects her to be entertaining. on all subjects, proficient music, art and literature, then because she spends several a Gay purely on herself. then, his wife tries to hetp her out fmancialy by working her home while, at the same} doing the work of the average in her own home—oh, what oe a do aK. 7 to have a chance to find it out, too, You may it that way card you could play. You need just legislation, and there is no better! way to get it than by not trying to influence it.” The boss met him half-way on that, of course, and said what he} ought to; and they talked along that line for the full half-hour that our! special stopped in the town where Mr. Burrell had caught In way, it was a sort of temptation to take sides. Mr, Burrell made “They WORK while you sleep” ‘an You at you need is one or two Cascar Pets tonight sure for liver bowels, Then you will wake up won ering what of your dizzi Meus, wick headache, bad cold, eet, gasny No gr inconvenience. Children love Cas ‘ela, tuo, 10, 25, 60 conla not mean | us if the uld be tinued to behave Itself, and reform party got in, there w easier legislation, and perha of the old hard-and-fast rate laws repealed. But wasn't the man to drop hi in the dirt, and he kept right laying down the law to everybody in the service; we were to campaign absolutely alone, was to vote b int th candy man as best. As time went surprised to see on I was that Hatch partners under no further mo gunmen | si Clanahan made least, not toward keeping eas Mr. Norcross, Tho Tarbell etill went everywhere with him, we aw no more shadowers. I put it up that perhaps they were lying are constipated, billous, and quiet because they knew that some. body had overheard their talk in the 4 wcale-house and they were ing for the thing to blow over a little. All of us who were on the or up-|inside felt the move was only jpostponed, and that when did come it would be @ shot Blu there was nothing we could do. your became pat stom, it center pretty plain that if. the railroad con-|—_ hiainaeinnisabaingiganaiall INDIGESTION | CANT STAY WHY NeS, SHE {COULD LEAVE LITTLE EDNA | Cay play WIT AND | GOTO A es FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS anne VETTER, DoT vA WAMBO??? YESS: EGGY clapped her hands as If the bandage had but just been removed from the bead of the Im dian child. giad an I can bet dians did think the white settlers were pretty good, and pretty won- Gortul, ‘cause they could téuch the Indians such a many thi “I'm so giad™ she cried. “Bo I ‘apect the In Mra. R de. al aid “Lt people were fumt and kind| he went striding down the trail and worked hard on what railed ra) “Well,” ahe answered, “that depended a good the white people the Indians Movie P f ‘S “Bo he kept a lookout when he would see a lot of Indians, and finally picked out a pretty Indian girl and deciied to marry her. ‘How pleased she will be,’ he | thought, ‘to have @ good-looking white husband and live in a white man’s house I'll just teach her everything I can remember, too, about cooking and housework.’ “He felt quite pleased with him self and quite happy about tt as which led to the Indian's hut He learned to trust and honor and| was giad the sun waa shining; love them. “If they tried to cheat the In @ians and trick them, the Indians soon learned to be afraid. “You know hei “You” Perey answered, “But ‘cept only the little Elsie girt 13] ren years old.” “Yen, Elsie and a few others,” agreed Mrs. R——~ “So the men would sometimes marry squaws. | how the first set- tlers had hard times finding wives because there were so few women gind the girt he had chosen was so pretty; glad his house wan ready, and very glad that he wouldn't | have to go back to it alona “So he came up to the girl sit | ting by her hut, her moccasined feet cronsed under her and long black braids hanging to her waist in front of her, “The young man amfled end |held out his hand. ‘Come? he said. ‘Come to my lodge with me, 1 will be your hustand.’ “She raised her eyes and looked “There was one handsome young | him over from head to foot, then man who alon®. He took up his claim, built | haa come West all slowly she shook her head. “No? she mid. ‘What do I his little house, then he wanted @/ want with a husband? I can’t wife to keep it for him. even support myself? * —— ee ee During from President an o¢ the number of wre tho the |down, point by point tree could see, ing, ama the h We casional up no were turning all our mon-| into betterments as fast as it Stomach wi } tof-order once! you b food. pain, hearth instant Just as ses, and Acidity ended 2ape’s Diapepsin” th When leh When lump: yarn or relief. New York hea wire Dunton it, and the people are beginning to/sharp eye to windward. those few petered ra compl ks we stock was ttem rpt to nothing I know | We could enty hang on and keep @) cam pre-election end of com- more | worse than out jaint were till show Pain, Sournes ston me act nach you of di he on as or two of Pape dyspepsia, distress caused These of ok, at drug on plea upset OF Gi, dig by ant ep noid tre adache you 6 Diaper acidity harmie in tomach feel fine pt reation 1 stomach | tablets | ways in order and they cost wo litte at) going and, #0 far a we were end. ein. I knew that couldn't go on. Without a furry of some sort, the New Yorkers would never be jable to break even, to say nothing of a profit, and I looked every day for a howl that would tear things straight up the back. While all these threads were weav. ing along I'm sorry to way that I |hadn't yet drummed up the courage to tell the boss the truth about Mra. Sheila. He kept on going to the major's every chance he had, and | Maisie Ann was making life mixer able for me because T hadn't told him--calling me a coward and every. thing under the gun. I told her to tell him herself, and she retorted that I knew she couldn't; that tt was my job and nobody else's, We fussed over it a lo and because I most always contrived some excuse out to the Kendrick house at the how hetle—merely help \Tarbell Koop cases on him—there plenty of chances for the fuss mut ave to chase to were jing | (Continued Tomorrow) We dye your rags and old carpets and weave them into handsome rugs. The Fuzzy Wuzzy Rug Co. Phone Capitol 1233 ted ‘|| CHAS. SCHWARTZ Pree Heained und G Reasonable, 287 Epler Wik. put | | Don*y Wave, To mm You! You am’y ad HELLO MABEL, WAIT A MINUTE Now DELIEVE me IF THAT LITTLE EDNA WAS MY (0 Teacn HER AFew THNGS: TWAT WAY WHEN WER MOTHER is YouneSTER LITTLA Gik Awan! ARowD! SURES T READ “W’ QECEIDT, AN’ Ir SAID “To AUX TW’ In the center of the light | Ishtu took the twins to his hut }and treated them kindly. He made |w warm fire of mom, and when the |children finally crept into the warm ? Nancy saw a Fairy Queen. jae back. Then you and Nickie jmay continue your Journey to the | South Pole to get Santa's toys back |from the bad Snitcher Snatch. The 1 Than You So Much mes. DUFF! 1 HOPE EDNA WAS A Good L WHILE WAS OW, SHE WAS Fie mes BALEY |EVERETT TRUE— ier Hol Der ON THS A PUBLIC OFFIce vEeRv YOu'RS NOT ACTIVE JOB, BUT HOUIRG Exe TREMGLY SPEEDY PLAYING PouTICcs, So LET'S HAVG a A UTTLS GANS |bed of skins that lay against the | wicked Bobadil Jinn will return in | wall, they dropped off to sleep and|the morning to see where you are slept until morning while Ishtu kept|and what you are doing. Be on the wateh, | wateh for him. You will know when But Nancy had a dream. At least | he is near by the smell of hyacinth she thought it was a dream, but really it must have actually hap: pened. How else could certain things have taken place as they did after ward? A bright light appeared to the little girl and in the center of it Nancy saw the smiling features of a beautiful Fairy Queen. “Don't worry,” sald the queen with |an encouraging nod of her head, “I know that you have lest all your charms in the carved box which the tobadil Jinn stole from you, but if you do what I tell you, you may get |perfume, As soon as you smell this |scont, wave your left arm three tt from right to left and say | these words: ‘Oh, Bobadil Jinn, come hither, Wherever you are, or whither, You're going from here to thither’ “Instantly he will become visible. |The carved box is in his right | pocket. Grab it, slip on the Magic Shoes quickly and wish yourselves away.” Then Nancy woke up. (Copyright, 192 RB. A) TRACIC END OF MARION PRAGUE An she mentioned the name of Marion's father, Martha tur and stood where she could keep her eyes upon her husband's face. “Marion—one?’ She repeated dis. |tinetly the words which came to her jover the phone. “Gone since this morning? She took, her baby with |her? Do you mean to say she has been wandering with that child all day in this awful blizzard?” | With accusing eyes and a face white with scorn, Martha held Evan Palmer's gaze. The man stood lke one fascinated by 4 danger which he could not escape. “Oh—you've | found Sprague? I'm &o glad ‘Then with a little ery which chok- jed in her throat, a cry which chilled my own heart, and made her son run to her and cling to her skirts, Martha dropped the receiver and it cluttered her, Mr. 40 gl" | euessed what the rest of the tragedy on the table. Bob rushed to Mar tha's side and picked up the phon and would have listened to the re mainder of the message from Marior Sprague's father, but Martha took the receiver from him, pulled herself together very bravely, placed a hand on her obild’s head to quiet him, and repeated the words that came over the line “Dead! Dead! A suicide™ IT ran to her and snatched up Lor rie “Her child? Marion's child?” 1 whispered, for instinctively, as any other woman would have don might be “Dead! Dead, also! |large bottle, $1.00. ‘moment Zemo is applied. |time usual; \tetter, pimples, rash, blackheads and Martha did not need to tell us any mora, By sheer force of her will she kept ber voice on an unemotional level and answered the old father: “You have just And your poor wife bas collapsed! found the bodies? ere CONFESSIONS OF A BRIDE... Yes, Mr, Sprague, I will come right ver myself and take care of her. I STOP ITCHING ECZEMA Penetrating Antiseptic Zemo Will Help ‘ou Never mind how often you have tried and failed, you can stop burning, itching eczema quickly by applying Zemo, furnished by any dr ist for 35c, Extra aling begins the . In a short every trace of eczema, similar skin diseases will be removed. For clearing the skin and making it vigorously healthy,always use Zemo, the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. It is not agreasy salveand itdoespot stain.When s fail it is the one dependable tment for skin troubles of all kinds, ‘The E W. Rose Go., Cleveland, Q. 4 THE BOOK OF MARTHA will attend to everything!” Martha hung up the recetver, turm , ed to us and said dully: “You have heard—you have all heardr’ And she did not look at Evan again while they were in our house. I coula not see Evan's face for he had picked up Lorrie preparatory to carrying him out to the machine, and had hidden his own features in the shadow of the child’s big coat. From. the glimpse I caught of him as he reached for the boy, I concluded that he was less moved by the tragedy than Bob appeared to be. And I asked myself why Martha should continue to live with @ man |} who had been revealed to us all scamp. | (To Be Continued) OPPORTUNITY STARBWANTADS ‘