The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 9, 1923, Page 11

‘ { ¢ 4 not ‘nilitary men, so I © you ‘with army ether ho managed in a position of over me not at in accord with our purpose or our n. jons, I swallowed my re for it seemed rather pet ty, rather selfish, in a time like ny at n from k in hand to quar You understar nd It making good ought tim rouble, He ciated my feelings he persisted in abusing he began finally to rea! © with me, to call me off t task and humiliate me his powers assign: and I re reatened with This may patr ruined many a I had to, or be m I warned hi:a, privately man. He tgnored prepared a com plete report showing by the coples of his orde the r of our respecti omplishme by ¢ how he had corresr sys tematically maliciously en- deavored to y my work and—| and the | It waa not a pretty report to read. I turned it in to him for submission higher up. ‘Then it was that he outgeneraled me. Ho was furtous, of course, but he adopo t—abjectly He admit ted had been wrong; that he had tmp me. He promised to play fair if I'd permit him to port, and—I was de > man likes to be thought Those w eventful ts were n ter—not with its founda. re we worked In har. with a callings having ‘to do tr ed with ex about it, t A very I assure you. I with some of the der surveillance. One of them was a woman, extremely at- tractive—thoroly unscrupulous, My avenue of approach was thru her. Nelson, of course, knew what I was doing; he was about the only one me « w d 1 worked a long* while and 1 was upon the verge of success—it have been « real accomplish- without apparent cause, the gan the whole thin blew up. ¢ work for nothing! T had tse than a failure this accuse Henry of— that sort?” Swope not all. Out charges were pre. me. Outrageous woman fig- Gray had but now his words became “I was amazed! firs Sort of was, charging ence, ex: dishonesty— ‘Those were least— a! Being sensitive, my Henry Nelson. the charges would be taken seriously “Well, the 1 investigation and ING I became eugaged in an in-' took warning, scat- | ed myself the woman. nh every sount that one I Bhe turned the trick. gullty, for about found spoke 1 was back men. extent of dingraced, sent By n tho you are not military the you can appreciate my dishonor “Ther gentlemen, & few worda an unc ot long and yone that I detest tellin, However, I could no’ permit you t sit with the directors’ tal f this ng who why I have mary me at bank without & what I am, and t rat into h >wi Am, th Colone he a pers mat Tt ts so purely per said this was purely ter between us. sonal that I was willing to spar humiliation to his father—leave Old Bell in control of his bank and end our fight—tf he'd right that old ms. But you heard him refu § th ust both fal He said I've been persecuting him” Gra smiled grimly Let me te at dingrace cost nd what mone: for ng and earnestly to « » got a rehearing, to enter gaged ea tld say That's all be damned!” Martin almed. Henry played in jth betray. your secret Gage said, cold) “Oh, I meant to tell you that he lidn't dare betray me, for he, too, came back tn disgrac The 5 uldn't very well talk about the What?" Hen Nelson?” “Impossible TI mean exactly what I say. No man of his type could have lasted over there, Then, too, the story of quarrel leaked out, that old re. of mine turned up— Yes, he the same medicine he gave mo. he had influence tn Washing-| and he managed to delay final up to the day of the then h } covering wr ceeded 1 doesn't know been a t hero, said Gus Briskow, Af ho addreased the other men, “Mr. Gray told me this, an’ I wanted him to tell it to you. I dunno what youell think of his story, but I know him an’ I believe every word of it. What's more, I believe this bank {s goin’ to be run as well as ever it was even if I am President. A man can be president an’ stay at bone, tf he's got folks him that know more than he What d’you say if wo start that meetin’ we beer talkin’ about? I'm willing to seo Mr y nettin’ in yonder at Henry's desk if you are.” “I don't seo that {t makes much Aifference whether we're willing or not,” Swope confessed. “You have| the vo between you, to do about as you choose.” “Of course we have, but, with Bel! an’ Henry gone, \t seems ike some of thelr neighdors ought to « 4 look out for what potaters they've left in the groun¢. What d’you say Bwope eyed his companions brief. then he nodded. “We'll stay Then, Mr. Secretary, let her go!" CHAPTER XXIX One morning, several days r the annual meeting, Gus Briskow opened the door between his and Gray's office and inquired, “Busy? The new vice-president of th curity National raised a preoccupied face to the new president and said. “I'm never too busy to talk to you. I was o martialed I disproved] What is it?” &@ good dea think I'd have exon- “Nothing! I'm* just kinda lone ¥ ADVENTURES |[ S “Come on, fellows, we've After Nosey had left them, Mister Bow asked Nancy and Nick if they would like to see where the Sky the es Uved “Are they some more of the odd people who live in Rainbow Land?” anked Nancy “Yes,” nodded the little fairy man, “and a happler crowd you er saw, altho they are not very ndsome.”* So they went along past several queer houses and other queer things and by ’n’ rd a noise, “Tan't that awful!’ remarked Nancy. “What is it?” “It's the Earsies singing them- selves to sleep,” sald Mister Sky Bow. “We'll have to hurry.” fo they hurried as tast as they could Ke And on to the turning a corner they came But all place was a hundred this way and they saw inging mocks “Helio!” called Mister Sky Bow loudly. Instantly all the Earsies stopped OF THE TWINS & Olive Roberts Barton THE EARSIES the Karsien were, | got company,” called one swinging and singing and sat up But they looked so funny the Twins could hardly keep from laughing. For the ears of theso queer little |tolk were so large they stuck out each side of their heads like { | } | jon ome on, fellows, we've got com. pany,” ealled one, and with that levery little Karsy jumped out of his | hammock bed and came up to shake hands. “Where are your ears?” asked one when everybody'd said how d’ do to the visitors: “Here under our bobbed hair,” sald Nancy, showing him “Too badt maid the Karsy. There Jare so many things you can’t hear with such little ones | ‘But it's better in thunder storm,” said Nick, laughing. “And when Jack Frost ts around, |ndded Nancy “Oh, we don't mind them," sald the little Karsies, running back to their hammocks, “Good-bye.” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1923, by Senttle Star) | | | | | | | { | {PLEATS OR | RUFFLES? The pleats p and down—that makes for w c Pleats may be used for panels or whole dres They aro meant for the five-foot-four or The ruff ur g° roun der. and round, cuts one’s height. The! for flounces, trim. rons, The the five-foot-fives and some; kinda lookin’ bright about things I don't savy G seated himaelf and crossed his t legs. “Folks give an ow! r bein’ wise just because he in| mouth shut, Prob'ly he's got noth ing of interest to aay hapa But you can say quired one-third of the shares of this and that's about all the , which shares formerly be- age banker is called upon to ray to German interests, The Um The elder 4 nodded! concessions in Asia Minor thus od 1 heard t & CAD) tained confilct with the Chester stry that a f Al anal fe iven to the Amer n pink w he did his he t sa ay the 4 anc n’. Now me, I'm ¢ nf . situation te ¢ pmpit nanas. I keep a bag em t by reason of fh eer desk. I ‘most killed |tain French interests question the bananas when our we validity of the shares acquired >; never thought I'd be ab to Of | the British interests, and a confer- ford all I wanted. How's the bank?™| ence has Been called in London to “Why, it's still here, as you 8¢*."| determine what participation shall T know, That's the remarkable) yo piven French and Italian interests | tage ond Blenvenido M. Alba. I keep thinkin’ it's goin’ to a It's all_right, tw it?” 1 put an accountant k on the books and he sh to report any time now { Boll jon throw ere? He's in Dallas well make a failure of th “Wer Gus smiled qutzsically “You won't fail. Folks around tow are talkin’ about how quick you're takin’ hold, an’ they're beginning to think youll make a better banker than the Nelsons. Funny, aln't { how easy reconciled folks is to ®& coupla prominent ¢ Looks about the ke He only that Bell are an ones that take it hard.” Gray what pumes mo. No o Thit’s not like h Gus agreed to this. pectin’ him to cut I been I banana I worry I peel for you go out alot The youn man and ner. vously paced the floor. “I'm com: pletély mystified,” he admitted, “The whole affair has been a great disap. pointment to me. 1 thought I'd sprung a coup, but—I'm at a stand a Henry I peel an eye wheneve: rose still, I'm stumped—checkmated.” ‘About that trouble between you an’ him, eh? THE SEATTLE STAR Cynthia Grey: Words of Cheer for the Girl Who Was Jilted in Midst of Wedding Plans—Woman Who Passed} Thru gotten,” was BY CYNTHIA GREY Here's a little encouragement planning matrimony u Similar Ewperience Has “Completely For-| for “I the “only lane,” the girl whol ith man she ever) loved,” only to discover at the last minute that he loved an-| other Following is a letter from a thru a similar experience and who ha gotte De. girl n” the man: ar Miss Grey: young woman who passed | now “completely for- | lane’ has her little sorrows, but she does not know what the other fellow has gone thru. There| are hundreds of such types of men; no doubt, women also. I had two years’ experience with a man I thought I loved, and was planning also for a future with him. My friends} were all against him, as they considered him not near my | equal, but love is blind and I was completely happy in this | love were tried to make him see very unkempt, It was teach him After helping him for two years, putting him on his feet in bu siness, etc,, we quit, thru things that he did which} a hopeless task, tho, trying to One month afterward he married. | | think my burden was heavier to bear than yours, “Elane, as your lover at least had the principle to tell you that he was in love with another—but my awakening came like a bolt from a clear ky. I have completely forgotten this man, and you will forget| your sadness, too, The firs t few months, of course, are lonely, but you will gradually pick up the old thread of your existence withe nut your bidding. id new interests will come into your life, even | I have met a man now that any girl would be proud to call | her mate, and I am happy and contented, and if I ever do chance misery I was freed from. cheer up, the Are wh The to think of the other « are lots of snails used for food? ome? snail ds Are they used extensively for food in many European countries, ea- peciall te a delica van y in France., It ie considered y. For various reasons cepted by Americans in ma fuct the Sapiinas iu no ac a Ae me of the cle ly and ts atri vegcterian, food consisting of the most delicate getadles only soe What ts the status of the Bagdad railway? It is exceedingly complicated. A firm 0 f English capitailats has Meanwhile the road ts operated when I mean blow up an’ disappear. | possibte, I wake Up nights dreamin’ It's §008-| trol, port wader British, ond other | dam, and what are its dimensions? } parts have been torn up by raiding | Arabs. Whore te t why | its din Part is under French con eee ° Mont Cents tunnel, : » and what are is it 4 ne This tunnel thru the Alps was the first t mount from a pol under miles into Italien territory Bardonecchia abo 0 place France in direct com- with Italy, It passca nt near Modane, in France, the Cot de Frejus, about 18 tesat of the actual Mont Cents, a polut near jb miles oth of tha from The unnel is me, it is only to be glad of the Eventually you will do the same good men in the world. LOUISE. Miss Grey will receive o: in her office Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1 to 2 p. m. and on Tueadayy and Thursday || from 11 a. m. to 12 m. each week. Please do not come at other times, as it seriously inter feres with her w lers ting about 7.6016 miles. The side walls| are & feet, @ inches th thruout. The work was begun in 1857, and for | throe years hand labor was used en- | tively, but it was planned to intro- duce machinery ultimately, In 1861 pwor drille were put to work and in 1872 the tunnel was open for traffic. cares | Has any Filipino been graduated | from the Naval academy at An- ia. Yes, Jose E. Olivares of Motto, P. 1.,| rec He atood first in mud- | jest of modern languages in a class f 414 oraduates and 09th in order of general merit in this class of 414, al tho he was handicapped by mon s of serious Winess during his course. here are two other Filipinowat the Academy at present, Bmaio M. Ba What and where is the Keokuk | Across the Misstesippi river be- | tween Keokuk, Jowa, and Hamilton, TIL; tt was complated for use in 1913. it ts @ relatively low concrete dam of | great length, extending 4,878 fect to-| dt the lowa shore, then changes an abutment 290 feet long, then cam in the form of a power house 1,700 feet tong, and finally continues as a lock dam, 700 turns do fect long, at the lower end of the| forebay. Tha masonry is 24 feet! ove normal water level and the! stop planks 11 feet more, or 35 feet in all, me—pore as dirt an' scarcely enough to eat! I used ay for a mir. acie; pray for money enough to do something f Ma an’ the children for th Hero I am, wide but Ma's A can't wo have helped . I ain’t sayin’ I'd trade!" Gus head, “I get my shined every two hours be- nice place to look at the trom. | I sot there an’ tell myself I'm preat dent of it the biggest 1 ‘ five shines Ho's any J ‘Tt "Good heavens! Why, wo took your|his restless pacing and turned an/| have put me so deeply in your debt yeaker that bootbiackin’ stand ts e bananas I Fiat’ ts the word.” smi affectionately at the “At ping his dividends, if can I'm igger he's in love again.” Gray paused in least Buddy is happy.| it costs, Anyhow, if Buddy wants t woman, I won't say a word.| | She's turned out pretty good, an' people speak well of Buddy's ®& man, an’ some men fust have to} get married—the 00 it's ft, the better for ‘em. He's ike that.| But what's more 'n ali that ve between two young people is a pi ty sacred thing, an’ when old folks keep Interferin' it seems to’ me they're settin’ themselves up to be} j wiser than God. Ma's folks didn't |care much for me." | “I feel @ rebuke in your words,”| Gray sald; “and no doubt I've earned for it has always been my weak-| ness to rearrange the lives of those! I love. But—who am J, after all?] |If I were so divinely wise, why is} |my own life what it is? When I marry, aps I shall have to ask B—ask tho girl to ignore {n me | things as—as disagresable to think| about as those which Buddy will have to ignore in Margie’s past.) | ‘That boy, in fact all ‘ou Briskows, word for that.” |expression of almost comic dread) that I'm afraid I shall have to ‘Unfortunately, that didn’t help| upon his father. “With that wom-| Conquer my meddlesome Instincts.” me very greatly. Other people|an, ch? Well, 1 refuse to inter-] The speaker looked up suddenly aren't so easily convinced as you|fero again. I haven't fully recoy.|"You'll never know, by the wa and Swope and Gage and Damnation! I thought my wero over,” "Well, your over “They're the smallest go back and start all over again if I could clean up that—that army record, It's a pretty flat triumph.” “Humph! Most triumphs {s. A} feller has a dream—a longin’, an'} he bows his back an’ works his lite away tryin’ to realize it. If he does,/ Murphy. | troubles money troubles {a| part, 14 the chances ix he's disappointed. He finds he's ke'p’ his back bent #0] long he can't straighten it. Look at| ered from his first infatuation for} how deep is my debt of gratitude. her.” I ¢ I felt court “He something for a week, but I've been| Proof that he's— an tell the boy's symptoms. the same way when I was Ma, I acted just like him. has been trying to tell me in’ too busy and too worried to listen Briskow's kindly face had settled} Whe into spoke take | what people was r graver lines when next he “You prob'ly wonder why I} t so easy. Well, I remember! you told me once @hout Jud I don’t know. Mebbe A ight, too, when she said a lit nuine happiness is worth all Children Cry for p~7, ' CASTORIA MOTHER := Fletcher’s Castoria is especially prepared to re- | pause Tieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; arising therefrom, and, by regulating the S aids the assimilation of Food; giving natur aying Feverishness tomach and Bowels, 1 sleep. 7 To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Cophidan Absolutely Harmless—No_Opigtes. , Physicians Mrywhere recommend it. rhe auditor shrugged, “Lt you dn- | When a vainglorious; supersensitive jman finds himself under a cloud, | it is pre nice to know that there |is somebody whose faith js .unshak- | able; some body who. needs no legal Proof! Here I jam, back again right where I was | you came in; back to my own! se'fish concerns, I can't get away! |*om them. What to do next? The| elyons aro on thelr Inst legs. Tho | loss of this bank. will certainly de-} stroy what credit remained, and even | | good well now would xcarcely tide them over But—damn it, Gus, I can't kick a man if he refuses to} stand up! I can’t beat a corpse!'! There came a rap at the door,| and the accountant whom Gray} had put to work upon the bank's! books entersd. “I'd Ike to talk to you about this report,” the man| began. | “Don't go," Gray nald, as Briskow unfolded his legs and rose. But the president of the Security| National shook his head, saying:| | ‘Bookkeepin' is all Choctaw to me.| T paw statement an’ I thought liquid assets’ meant that bottle of| whisky Bell left In his desk.” “Mr, Gray,” the auditor an. nounced, when they were alone, “I | wish you'd ask somehody else. to take this Job off my hands,” “why Well, somebody else could prob: ably do it better.” ‘hero was a “I've Known Bell Nelson all one life "That's engaged you You've been over these books be my why i fore Aguin there was an instant of silence, then into Gra fy flashed a curious i, ome!" he Is ity" “rm cried, sharply sorry to be the ono to—" | didn't.” PAGE 11 FTER fifteen years of married life many wives are older than their years—housework will age anyone, It isn't necessary to be tied down day-in and day out. Washing, the most aging of houschald tasks, can be done in one-third the time and-with no back- ache whatsoever—with a Hurley Thor. 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They say|the day of reckoning had come.| figures don't lie, but you and I|Henry’s behavior was now easily cringing, cowering in anticipation| “Have you caught them lying, | of a second blow. Weill, the whip} here?" |was in Gray's ha’ and he pro-| BY BERTHA E. SHAPLEIGH “1 have a made me| posed to use it ruthlessiy—to sink] 7 Kacaee tre ieena. beck prepare|the lash, to cut to the bone, to Of Columbia University ec py Wiggs tanh |leave scars such as Henry had left) Cut the bread a little thicker than “It was nearly an hour later that|Upon him. Nor was that his only|for the usual sandwich. Trim off Gray telephoned to Senator Lowe,| Weapon. There was, for instance. outer brown crust. Cut American Old Bell Nelson's honor, If coercion| the bank's attorney, and to Bennett | cheese in thin slices and place be- + y ied, ¢ wa! 5 ce- Swope, the latter doing the only! failed, there were rewards, Induce-| 1401 two pieces of bread. member of tho board available at/Ments. Oh, Henry would have to short notice. This done, ho wrote| "Pak! The Nelson fortune, orwhat| Have ready one cup of milk, to |remained for salvage from the| Which ts added one well-heaten egg, wreck thereof, the bank Itself, they | one-fourth teaspoon galt and one tea- were pawns which Gray could, and| spoon sugar. Dip each sandwich in q| Would sacrifice, if necessary. His/ this, allowing it to remain long a note to Henry json. In spite of his effort to control his hand, shook when he signed his nam and on second thought he des the missive, ‘Thera. ts, something| unger for a sight of “Bob” had be-|enough to become thoroly coated, ominous about the written word, 1f/COme Unbearable, Heeedom to de-/ but not softened. | Nelson grew suspicious, he'd nover|“lt"e his overwhelming love—and/ Into a frying pan put some but- pote | that love he knew was no imma-|ter, and when it is hot, but not Gray stepped into Gus Briskow’s| ‘Ure Jnfatuation, but the deep-set! browned, place the sandwiches in it office and asked him to call the|D’sson of @ full-grown man—wasl and fry to a golden brown, worth any prige he might be called! former vice president, first, however.) tion to pay. Yes, | explaining exactly what he wished! Gus say The ruse su ceeded; | o¢ them, at least, there would be} then Gray returned to his own of-/an end to the feud. fice, He drew a deep breath. With-| (Continued Tomorrow) ! 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