length of the ri>om. " u -n that bas
k et!" he exclaimed. "Can’t 1 ever see
you without I-?”
“ Dan!” Mary's gasp of amazement
was the only sound in the room. It
was the first time he had ever been
harsh with her. She shrank back hurt
and frightened.
"W hy, good Lord,
Dan, you never did that before.”
Then, with quiet dignity, she began
to pick up the basket, the hated darn
ing cotton, the needles and scissors,
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and the little worn thimble. Slade,
watching her slight, stooping figure,
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ought to have been ashamed, but hie
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was flaming hot and he didn't
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as much as offer to help.
O o p rrlg h l, ISIS llM ttlk u h a Ulgloa l k » n a ) by U u vu l Uoliuoo.
With Small Ceremony.
Mary's mood changed, too.
have a game ot euchre, We haven't
8YNO PS I8.
“ 1 believe you're dolug It to get your
played for ever so long."
own way,” she sputtered, “ but you
Slade looked at her, his eyes drawn
D an iel Slade su d d en ly a d v a n c e s fr o m a
Washington, D. C.— A fter nearly 19 pen
ain’t going to get it. I've got as much
n iless m in er to a m illion a ire an d b e Into a deep frown.
It was true he
right to my life as you've got to yours.”
months o f continuous session, the long co m e s a p o w e r In the p o litic a l a n d b u s i
ness w orld. H e h as his e y e on th e K over- wasn’t angry with her, but he was
As she came up to him, he stood
est ever taken, the Sixty-third Con n o r ’ s ch a ir. H is sim p le, h o m e -lo v in g w ife angry at the thwarting circumstances
fa ils to rise to the new c on d ition s. S lade
grim and silent, suddenly determined
gress adjourned its second session Sat m eets K a th e r in e , «la u gh ter o f S en a tor that were hemming him In. Her very
that If she wouldn't go he would. If
la n d , und s ees In her all that M ary
manner Irritated him now—her quiet
urday, after the collapse o f prolonged S Is trick
she refused his offer of a home In the
not. W e s le y M erritt, ed ito r o f a lo ca l
contentment,
her
calm
acceptance
of
efforts to procure cotton growers’ re paper, th rea ten s to tight S lad e th r o u g h
country, then she could have this great
the c o lu m n s o f h is pap er and S la d e defies her failure to meet hie guests and fill
house to herself and he would live at
lie f legislation.
him .
her place as mistress o f his home mad
Leaders in this movement agreed to
dened him. He was all the more de the club.
“ There ain’t anything you could ask
C H A P T E R III— Continued.
termined to fight for something else—
adjourn, however, only on the condi
o f me I wouldn’t do— except— ” Mary's
to
begin
hts
campaign
for
a
governor
tion that pending cotton relief meas
Suddenly Slade's eyes lighted with ship and another woman that moment. troubled face was looking Into his.
Citadel of Cracow, on a cliff overlooking the Vistula, which the Austrian armies are trying to reach for a last ures would have the right of way when*
"Except what I ask,” he finished, sar
the tire of decision. His mouth be
"You can amuse yourself after I'm
stand against the Russian armies. Cracow was the capital of ancient Poland and is very strongly fortified.
came a firm, straight line of deter gone,” he answered over his Bhoulder. castically, and hurried from the room,
congress reconvenes December 7.
"Then you are going out?" Mary’s curtly ordered bis dressing bag packed
Not more than 50 members of the mination. There was something im
and then, hat In hand, hie overcoat on
Caring tor Belgium’s
house and less than a quorum o f the placable and grim In his very attitude voice echoed the disappointment she
hls arm, came back into the room.
as the reeolve to win Katherine Strlck felt.
senate
were
in
attendance
when
the
Refugees Serious Problem
"Did It ever occur to you, Mary, that
"Y es.” Slade continued to be mono
gavels fell in adjournment without day. land became fixed In his mind. He
you're a mule?" he asked. ‘'You're
London— The plight o f the Belgian
The end was accomplished through a longed.to hurry after her— to tell her syllabic. “ But I want to have a talk
sweet and good tempered and amiable
concurrent reslution, ending the ses of his decision to fight, If not with, with you. Mary— we've got to come
people, both at home and in Holland,
but you'd have given the mule that
then for her. He was eager to show to some understanding."
sion
at
4
o
’clock
in
the
afternoon,
but
England and France, is stirring the
"W hy, what— T” Mary began, and came out of Noah's ark points on how
clocks were ahead, actual adjournment her just how much they two together
hearts und minds already distraught by
to be stubborn.”
occurring at 3:22 in the house and at could make out of life, a big, fine fight then Btopped. For the first time she
"How often have I failed you In
for position and power.
the horrors o f war.
noticed his changed manner and his
3 :27 in the senate.
Even the thought o f being governor averted eyes. She started to fumble these years, Dan?"
Figures are necessarily vague, but a
As the altered hands o f the house
"You're failing me now You won't
clock drew near 4, while the senate was left In the distance us plan after with her workbasket.
conservative estimate is that 1,500,-
"I can't put It off any longer. I— look at things with my eyes."
was winding up the legislative busi plan raced through his mind, of greater
000 Belgians, out o f a population o f 7,-
"W e’re not one person, we're two,
ness, Speaker Clark arose at his desk, conquests and bigger achievements, er—” Slade stopped short. Ho was
possible only with a woman like Hath finding this attempt at an "under I Dan," she reminded him, quietly.
000,000, have been expatriated. Lord
and,
facing
the
scattered
attendance
Stock Exchanges in New York and Gladstone’s committee says 70,000 ar Over 700,000 Civilians In Need of
"Well, that’s the trouble, we ought
erine Strickland for his wife. So ab standing' much more difficult than he
on the floor, said :
I to be one. That’s Just what I'ni get
Ijondon Not to Open Before
Necessaries ot L ite- Califor
“ This is the longest and most labor sorbed and Intense were his thoughts had anticipated.
rived in London during the last week
First o f Coming Year.
nian in Charge o f Work.
"W hat is it you're trying to say, ting at. We ought to be of one mind.”
ious session that congress ever has of the future with her for the moment
and the women’s relief committee,
"W hose? Yours?” and Mary’s sweet
known.
I contratulate you most he forgot completely the woman who Dan?” Mary’s voice was firmer than
which sent a ship to Holland last
heartily on being able to adjourn at for 30 years had kept her place as his his. "W hat's In your mind? You keep mouth puckered Into a very little
wife. In all his dealings he bad never hinting at something lately and you smile.
week, reports that in eight cities o f
Washington, D. C.— Financial forces
London — An American commission last. I wish to thank the house
"I’m done," Slade decided, hope
Democrats, Republicans, Progressives considered obstacles, except to sweep never finish It. What is it?”
Holland the refugees number nearly
o f the government, the wisdom of
headed by Herbert C. Hoover, o f Cali
"You're a rich woman In your own lessly.
and Independents— for uniform cour them from his path. As he remem
500,000; in other words, they are
"I can remember the time when you
some o f the most prominent men in more numerous than the native popu- fornia,
will feed 700,000 Belgians tesy shown to the speaker. Now, in bered the present and Mary, he never name, Mary. Are you satisfied with
hesitated or faltered from his newly what I’ve settled on you?”
would have thought that was cun
the American banking world and the lation.
who are on the verge o f starvation as the language o f Tiny Tim : ‘God bless
made resolution.
“ Why, yes," came the quick re ning," she reproached him.
us— everyone.’ ”
The Folkestone committee alone has a result o f the war in Europe.
friendly counsel o f representatives of
Mary could go It alone. He would sponse, as Mary's puzzled eyes
"I'm going to my club, Mary," ho
Ï
T
h
e
senate
adjournment
was
prob
the
names
of
16,000
refugees
on
its
Great Britain, were turned Saturday
An agreement to this effect has just
see that she had everything that searched his for a reason for the announced, disregarding her playful
ably the most undemonstrative in its
lists, some among them having little
money could buy. He would make her strange question. Then she added: attempt to smooth things over.
toward a solution o f the problem o f a money and only a few having winter been reached after weeks o f diplo history.
Democratic leaders and a
readjustment of the foreign exchange «w iTîl, Z '
Mary gazed at him, bewildered by
matic negotiations in which Walter few Republicans were sitting behind comfortable and take care of her. That "You’ve been mighty good tome, Dan."
market to meet conditions which have 1 Kolkestone already haa established a Hines Page, the American ambassa closed doors, confirming nominations, she should be further considered never
"How would you like to go and live hls swift changes of mood, hurt by
entered his mind. Always ruthless in in the country. Mary?”
hls attitude, almost angry because he
arisen as a consequence o f the Euro- maternity bome and two ho8pitala.
dor, acted as intermediary between when word came that the house had his methods, he was equally cruel even
Glad surprise filled the woman's was so unreasonable.
pean war.
There are many gentlefolk among
carried out the adjournment resolution.
Belgium, England and Germany. Mr. Senator Kern, the majority leader, at when the obstacle to his advancement eyes. Her thin cheeks flushed as she
For more than three hours the Fed
Then love came rushing up Into her
these fugitive Belgians who are not
was a fragile little woman who had
eral Reserve board, Sir .. George Paish
heart. After all he was her Dan. What
.,
used to labor and who accept charity Hoover has been acting as chairman o f once moved to open the doors. When given him the best of her love and claeped her hands excitedly.
and Basil B. Blackett, representing j r e ] u c t a n t | y
"Oh, Dan. you know I’d like it. did this crossness or hls nervousness
the American relief
committee in this was ordered, the doorkeeper hur
years and who would gladly have laid You're awfully good, father. I knew matter? She went up to him, pulled
the British treasury, and some o ,.r f the
.v,„
Alexandria palace is being used as London.
riedly set the clock ahead and Senator
More
than
$1,250,000
will
down her life to save bis.
hie scarf a bit closer round hls throat
best known bankers in New York, dis the central point for the committee
Swanson, o f Virginia, presiding in the
It was not as if a sudden flame of
cussed the situation in all its aspects. work. Lady McDowell and Lady Em- be placed at hiB disposal for the relief absence o f Vice President Marshall and
and as he turned away with a mut
intensive, overwhelming love for Kath
According to those present, there was mott head committees for collecting of the stricken nation.
tered word, waited patiently. Then,
President Pro Tempore Clarke, an
laying her hand on hls arm—such a
not a note o f pessimism heard to mar clothing for which work is done by boy
Early in the negotiations regarding nounced that the senate was adjourned. erine Strickland had surged through
his heart. It was nothing as decent
thin little hand, with hls wedding ring
the harmony o f the conference, and scouts.
Senators who had remained for the
means to relieve these people Germany
or as fine or as blameless as that. His
hanging loosely on It—asked: "Shall
there was every reason to believe that
Belgian wounded are scattered in declared her willingnes to assist, but finality hurriedly left the chamber.
whole attitude toward the girl was
I wait up for you?"
all the problems which loomed so large British hospitals.
The announcing o f the abandonment
Their whereabouts
on the financial horizon a few months has been registered and this informa she declined to give the guarantees re o f the filibuster for cotton legislation one of cold-blooded acquisition. He
Slade’s face worked convulsively.
ago would be solved without great tion is available at the Grand Hotel in quested by the British foreign office followed a conference held early in the had determined to have her just as he
She didn't understand, poor little soul.
had determined only last week to out
difficulty.
He was going away for good, for all
until the latter lifted the embargo on day. Senator Hoke Smith, o f Georgia, bid every other man at the rug auc
London.
Here are the salient points discussed
time, and she was asking If she would
and Representative Henry, o f Texas,
foodstuffs.
tion. He wanted her to take a place
in the conference and the results an
wait up for him. More than once be
told the senate and houBe it was ap in his life because he knew what her
The situation was becoming des
ticipated :
fore she had asked that question ot
parent no quorum could be procured value would be to him. He wanted her
American bankers Btand ready to
perate when Ambassador Page pro for consideration o f cotton legislation
him, the question that from a wife's
beauty,
her
brain,
her
savoir
falre,
as
pay their obligations to Great Britain
lips, carries with It unspoken, tender
posed that Mr. Hoover undertake the at this time, and that further filibus
so
many
stepping
stones
by
which
to
in cash. The $100,000,000 gold pool
pleading. For a space he was torn
tering might injure chances o f ulti mount higher and higher in the affairs
Washington, D. C. — That 18,000 work. Germany immediately acceded
already formed and $80,000,000 raised
with emotions he could not define, had
mate success.
to
this
plan,
saying
that
they
would
of
the
state
and
the
nation.
by a New York syndicate to meet New additional men would be needed by the
hardly expected himself to feel. Some
Representaive Henry expressed his
In spite of the fact that he criticized
York C ity’ s obligations probably will American navy to man all o f its ships extend every possible aid to such a conviction that congress would be con
thing bade him turn back upon ambi
his
wife's
lark
of
social
graces,
he
suffice to satisfy Great Britain.
Pay
tion and pride and clasp Into his arms
commission, and England as promptly vened in extraordinary session by the
for
war
was
set
forth
in
a
statement
was
wise
enough
to
know
that
he
was
ment o f this total, may not be neces
this little woman who had worked for
removed the restrictions on food ex middle of November, when the fight
issued by Acting Secretary Roosevelt,
far from a finished product himself.
sary
him, with him. who had had faith in
ports.
could be resumed.
supplementing
Secretary
Daniels’
re-
In
spite
of
himself,
traces
of
the
par
The New York and London stock ex-
him when he was poor, and who had
Mr. Hoover already has bought with
One of the last acts o f the house venu occasionally showed through the
changes will not be opened possibly be- cent reply to published criticisms of the funds supplied by the Belgian re
struggled and cooked and slaved for
was the adoption o f a resolution au veneer of bluff and arrogance. With
fore the beginning o f 1915.
A con-1 the navy's preparedness.
While ad- lief committee $150,000 worth o f food,
him that be might rise to hls present
thorizing the appointment o f a com a wife like Katherine he would soon
ference between committees o f the mitting that 1*2 o f the 33 battleships which w ill be sent to Belgium.
position.
mittee to investigate cotton conditions com e to know all the fine points o f the
two exchanges will consider reopening cannot be put in service on account of
But he struggled against the feeling,
The food situation in Belgium is be in the South and to report possible
social game. A wife like Katherine
beforehand.
the shortage o f men, Mr. Roosevelt
fought It back and conquered.
coming absolutely critical.
Already measures for Federal aid by December
would cover up a multitude of his lit
The cotton exchanges in New York, declared that in regard to ships and more than 500,000 persons are being
"No, don't wait up for me."
15. On the committee were Repre tle sins o f commission and omission.
New Orleans and Liverpool are to be equipment the navy is in excellent assisted by means o f bread lines, ac
"All right,” Mary agreed. "I won't,
sentatives
Mann,
Austin,
Henry,
opened as soon as possible. The New shape.
if you don't want me to,” and then,
cording to the com m ittee’s reports, Lever, Heflin, Bell, o f Georgia, and
York exchange probably will confer
Like Secretary Daniels the acting
with a roguish smile, "but I will wait
there being upward o f 300,000 o f these Langley.
C H A P T E R IV.
through a com mittee with the Liver- secretary maintained that battleships persons in Brussels alone. The supply
up for you all the same.”
pool exchange before such action is still were paramount factors “ in any o f food for the bread stations, it is
Slade was touched, but he stiffened
“ Such Didoes; You Kiss Me.”
Slade wanted Katherine Strickland
taken.
war *n which the belligerents are sep-
estimated, will not last more than a Swiss Officials Imprison
for bis wife much the same as he you'd back down and give In. This his shoulders. Wealth he had won,
---------------------------
arated by great distances o f w ater.”
honors he meant to have— and Kath
week longer. It is expected that the
and Fine German Spies would have desired a wealthy, clever, Is no place for us.”
7 WO Sedro- Woolleu Bank
The value o f submarines in their number o f persons requiring relief will
erine Strickland.
influential man for a partner. It was
,,
. .
present state o f development for coast
"You leave me out of the question."
Geneva
—
Three
German
spies,
hav
“ Good night, Mary," he called, coldly,
R ob bers Slain by Officers defense purposes and for offensive at increase to 1,000,000 within a month. ing headquarters in Geneva, were sen to be a union of ambition. There was And to his credit the man became as he hurried out of the room.
A stream of specially
chartered
no tenderness In his thoughts of her. shamefaced.
tacks
within
short
radius
was
cohced-
tenced
by
the
third
military
tribunal
Left alone, Mary stood watching
Bellingham, Wash.— Deputy Sheriff
steamships will soon start for Holland
He was actuated purely and simply by
"I can't leave you out of the ques him, a forlorn little figure.
Wilson Stewart, of Whatcom county, | ed
with their cargoes consigned to officers here Saturday. The three a re : Lieu the lust for power and the greed of
tion,”
she
protested
quickly,
not
an
tenant
Colonel
Otto
Ulrich,
o
f
Berlin;
shot and killed two o f the Sedro-Wool-
“ Why, he didn’t kiss me." She hur
o f the commission at various places in
glory. All the softer, better things in inkling of her husband's real meaning
Man in Quicksand Two Days.
ley bank robbers at 12:20 Saturday
ried to the door. “ Dan, you forgot
Belgium. These officers will be under Dr. Wohllander and Herr Kohr, a the man's nature were swamped by
having
entered
her
head.
In
her
per
Ware,
Mass.
—
A
fter
48
hours’
im
chemist.
They
were
charged
with
something.
D an!"
morning as they were endeavoring to
direct control o f the commission.
this torrent of craving for worldly suc fect love and loyalty she was Imper
creep across the Great Northern bridge prisonment in quicksand, 25 feet below
Slade, hastening to the door, halted,
Speaking o f the work o f the com plotting against Engand and France cess that was sweeping him on to com
vious to any hint of neglect or disloy
the surface o f the earth, Maurice Al mission, Mr. Hoover said:
and thereby viollating Swiss neutral
at Ferndale.
mit the most dastardly act in his long alty from him. Had she known his hesitated, turned back.
Deputy Stewart had rigged up an len was rescued Wednesday by a gang
"You cqme right back here and kiss
"T he chief supplies required will be ity.
career
of
trampling
over
the
heads
thoughts her first care wuaild have me," Mary demanded, affectionately.
Colonel Ulrich was not present, hav
electric flashlight in expectation that o f 50 firemen, policemen and citizens wheat, rice, beans and peas. The com
and
hearts
of
adversaries
and
oppo
been to soothe him as one whose "Such didoes; You kiss me.” She
the robbers would attempt to cross the who had dug a ditch 50 feet long and mission expects to conduct innumer ing gone into hiding, presumably some nents.
brain, overtaxed with affairs beyond raised her face for the kiss she thought
where in Switzerand.
He was sen
bridge some tim e during the night. 30 feet deep to reach him
able soup kitchens.
Even
when
he
was
a
boy
Dan
Slade
her understanding, had
suddenly was "good night" and which he meant
Hearing cautious footsteps on the , Allen was conscious when rescued,
“ Beans and peas are especially tenced in default to serve tw o years had always set hie teeth at “ You can't
clouded.
bridge, a Hums detective by the name
very weak. He said he had been needed. We have been unable to pur in prsion and pay a fine o f $1000. Dr.
as "good-by." 81ade stooped and laid
do it,” or "It can’t be done." The very
For an Instant the man jvas silent. his lips on hers, gently, reverently,
o f Slater called to the men to halt and unable to help himself as his feet were chase more than 200 tons o f these Wohlander must serve three months
difficulty
of
a
thing
strengthened
his
throw up their hands. Stewart turned held firmly by a piece o f planking. A cereals in the London markets and we and pay a fine of $200, and Herr Kohr determination to do. All his life long His face was turned from hers and he then hurried out, almost as if he were
on his light and as the robbers drew bit and saw which were lowered to urgently need 5000 tons. We can ar must remain in prison tw o months and his success had been punctuated by was looking out the doorway through afraid to stay a minute longer.
which the stately figure o f Katherine
A ll three were
their revolvers the deputy and his him enabled him to work one o f his feet range for the handling o f any amount pay a fine o f $100.
"Such didoes," Mary laughed to her
the ruin of other men. He had not
aides opened fire, killing two o f the free, but another cave-in buried the o f food to Belgium by way o f Holland sentenced to expulsion from Switzer advanced so far without pushing other Strickland had just passed and through self. She looked around the great
which he hoped to walk some day— empty room. It suddenly struck her
tools and left him as helpless as be on account o f the facilities extended land for life after serving their sen
men instantly.
men back. Now that a woman instead governor.
that she had never really been happy
Both men carried large amounts of fore.
by the Dutch and Germans. Aus tences.
o
f
a
man
stood
In
the
way,
the
result
"I— I— wouldn’t go with you, Mary," in this room. Riches had proved a
An improvised diver's helmet made tralia, which is sending 7000 frozen
gold suspended about their waists in
was
the
same.
Hla
methods
might
be
he finally turned and looked her burden rather than a pleasure. They
from a barrel was lowered into the sheep to Belgium, already has arrang
money belts.
Maritz Is Driven Back.
quieter, more merciful, but the answer squarely in the eyes.
hole and Allen was supplied with air ed for us to distribute them.
had robbed her of Dan's devotion, his
London — “ Lieutenant Colonel Mar would be the same. Mary's sterling
"W hy— where would you be? Where
by a pump.
“ War Tax” Felt Promptly.
“ The commission hopes that the sit itz, the head o f the rebellion in British worth, her long years of devotion and would you live? Where would you?” confidence, hls gaiety. She hastened
to turn out the lights, shuddering as
uation may be brought urgently before
Washington, D. C. — No time was
South Africa, attacked Keimos, Cape sweet tenderness counted for nothing She stopped and then finished. "Pshaw. she did so. She grabbed her work-
Farmers Told "Baise Hogs.”
the American people, that this charity
once
he
became
convinced
that
Mary's
lost by the government Saturday in
That's
all
foolishness,
Dan.”
Province, at 5 o'clock on the morning
basket from the table and suddenly
Washington, D. C. — Wealth will to a liberty-loving people may take the
"M ary." Slade was firmer now. His overcome with fright in the great
o f October 22 with a force o f more dowdiness, her standpat policy and her
preparing to collect the taxes imposed
. , ,
practical form o f food supplies and
arrested
development
were
stop-gaps
voice
bad
a
ring
of
finality,
but
Mary
than 1000 men, including several hun
under the war revenue law. The fob come more (lu|ck|y to the y °unK farmer
silent shadowy room, fled to the lighted
that the American organization, al
dred Germans and artillery and ma in his own opportunity for progres didn't understand. "I can't gu on apol hall, calling: "Susie, Susie— "
lowing telegram was sent to all col-| w^° embarks in the business of raising
ready soliciting for. the Belgians, rill
sion.
He
Ignored
the
fact
that
the
lit
hogs
than
any
other
branch
o
f
farming
ogizing
for
yon
eternally!
You
can't
chine guns," says an official statement
lectors:
“ Beginning with Saturday
(T O B E C O N T I N U E D .)
co-operate with the com mission.”
from Pretoria. “ Our casualties were tle brown-eyed, patient woman was as have a headache every night! I must
tax accrues on all wines sold; 2 cents he may choose. E. T. Cash, of St.
much
a
part
of
him
as
were
his
eyes
Louis,
made
this
assertion
before
700
either
have
a
wife
who
can
be
the
10 wounded. The enemy left two, one
a quart on still wines; 20 cents a quart
Applied Advice.
Beige Printed in I.ondon.
a German and the other a native.” A or his arms or any other very essen head of my household or noqe.”
on champagne, other sparkling and ar mem liera of the American Meat Pack
Some time ago an Alabama lady
tial
part
of
his
being.
ers'
association
attending
the
ninth
London—
LTndependente
Beige,
the
Into
the
woman's
heart
there
leaped
previous dispatch from Cape Town said
tificially carbonated wines; 6 cents a
kindly undertook to advise one of her
It was at juet this point In Slade's a sharp fear, followed by the childish
There is more foremost newspaper o f Belgium, pub in a battle on October 22 a defeat was
quart on liquors, cordials and similar annual convention.
negro maids as to certain rules of
pitiless
reasoning
that
Mary,
peering
money
in
raising
hogs
than
in
other
Idea
that
perhaps,
because
she
wouldn't
compounds.
Until stamps are fur
propriety that always should be ob
lished in Brussels and later in Ostend, administered to Colonel Maritz.
over
the
baluster
and
seeing
him
branches
of
farming,
Mr.
Cash
said,
go
to
the
opera,
she
was
to
be
pun
nished, require dealers who sell to con
served by young women to whom at
made its initial appearance in London
alone, hurried down the stairs.
ished sent away alone— until she was tentions are paid
because they can be fed more cheaply chiefly for the benefit o f the thousands
sumers to keep account o f sales.”
by
gentlemen
British Staff Chief Dies.
"Thank goodness, they've gone," she forgiven.
and the demand in the markets o f the o f Belgians marooned in England. The
friends. One evening the lady, won
London — General Sir Charles Wit- declared as she came Into the room.
world
is
daily
increasing.
"Y
ou’re
tired
of
me."
she
suggested,
dering whether her seeds of advice
French Sorely in Need.
issue carries a letter from Prime Min tingham Hoursely Douglas, chief o f Then seeing the numerous side lights
“ If that were true and you filled the had fallen upon rocky ground, sta
ister Asquith, who says he hopes that the imperial general staff and first mil burning she hastened to turn one
Paris — The greatest problem for
bill,
we
could
put
up
with
each
other,"
Doyle’s Bad Luck Holds.
tioned herself In a rocker near the
before long the paper again will be itary member of the army council, died after the other down to a glimmer.
France this winter probably will be to
he returned brutally, “ but it isn't so." kitchen door, where she was enter
Chicago -John Doyle had just cele published in Brussels and that the Monday.
General Douglas was ap "I'm so glad you're not going out," she
take care o f the people at home. The
“
Don't
you
love
m
e?"
she
half
tained by the following dialogue:
army will have the first call on the na brated his 50th birthday without ever valiant Belgian people once more pointed chief of staff o f the British went on, coming over to him and rub
breathed the question timidly.
"Look here, don't you try to git
will to restored to their country in full army April 1 last, follow ing the resig bing her cheek against his sleeve. The
tional re
The 37.000,000 peo having any luck.
For
a
brief
instant
something
caught
fresh w-lf me!
Mah name’s Miss
Wednesday he decided to end his enjoyment o f the freedom for which nation o f Sir John French, the present little movement was a pathetically
ple at home must get on as best they
at
Slade's
heart
a-
1
tugged
and
tugged.
Smith—not Mary Ah don't 'low mah
commander of the British expedition mute appeal for some caress. • What d
can. A wonderful spirit o f gentleness life, he was so tired of being unlucky, they made such splendid sacrifices.
He turned with a look of Infinite ten best an' most pa'tlc’lar friends to call
and kindness is moving the French | He tied one end o f a clothes line
ary forces on the continent.
Sir they say?" she asked, suddenly, as
derness and said, simpiy: Yes, Mary, me Mary.”
Charles was bom in 1850 and served in she realized that her tender yearning
people to create a community o f inter around his neck, the other end around
France to Develop Boys.
I do." His tone was genuine and sin
"Ah beg your pahdon. Miss Smith.
all
Great
Britain’
s
wars
since
1879.
est in everything they have, in which the rails of the Chicago, Rock Island
met with no response.
Bordeaux -T h e French government,
cere.
But say. Miss Smith, would yo’ Jes's
every person shall share.
All private A Pacific road at the Seventy-third through the minister o f public instruc He had been inspector general o f the
But her husband was in no com
Mary
laughed
a
little,
happy
laugh.
soon shift to de Oder knee? This
interests have shriveled up. Never street viaduct.
municative frame o f mind
tion, |has directed Baron Pierre de home forces since 1912.
At the sound Slade’s mood changed yere one's tired."
Then he squirmed between the ties, Couberlin, president o f the French
theless, contributions from the outside
"You're not mad with me, are yer?” like a flash. It grated on his already
prepared to drop to his death, when a Olympic games committee, to organize
world are sorely needed.
Adventists to Extend Missions.
she questioned, wistfully, very much overwrought nerves. It seemed to dis
switch engine came along and rut the the physical and military training of
Trade Secret.
Washington, D. C .— Missionary ex like an eager child who has been re miss the controversy, to end the argu
rope.
"Now the flrst thing to learn shout
Negro Seeks State Office.
the youths o f France, especially' those tensions to new parts o f China, Japan, pressed.
ment. to ring the death-knell ot the the shoe trade Is this As soon as a
Sacramento, Cal. - For the first time
who would come normally into the the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands,
"N o," Slade replied, briefly and with dream that had come to him. The
customer comes In take off hts shoes
British Submarine Sunk.
in the history o f California a negro ia
army in 1916. These young men are Cuba, Manchuria, the Malay Islands out much Interest.
careless way In which she apparently and hide 'em."
a canditdate for state office.
He ia
Berlin— (By wireless to Sayville)
now 18 years old and they number be- and sections o f the Bahamas and South
Mary breathed a quick sigh of relief dropped the discussion of going away
"W hat's that for "
George W. Woodby, .Socialist from It was said officially here Wednesday tween 275,000 and 300,000. They are America were determined on at the
"Ah, then, we'll have a nice, quiet, nettled him. Prompted by a sudden
"Then you can wait on 'em at your
Southern California, and he has the that the new British submarine E-3 | to swim, shoot, walk, run and box to fall council of the general conference pleasant evening." she declared, add Impulse, he snatched her workbasket
Socialist nomination for state treas was sunk on Sunday, October 18, by a j develop their muscles and give them o f Seventh Day Adventists in Takoma ing coaxlngly: "Let's go upstairs and from her lap and flung It the fall convenience, my boy They can't walk
° « t —Louisville Courier- Journal.
German warships in the North Sea.
j endurance and courage.
urer.
Park.
CRACOW, WHERE AUSTRIANS ARE CONCENTRATING
CLOSES
Longest Session in History Comes
to End Without Quorum.
WILL PAY IN GOLD
WILLFEED BELGIANS
Foreign Debts to Be Paid Off With
Much Ready Cash.
Americans to Alleviate Desperate
of
AMERICAN NAVY SHORT
OF ABOUT 18,000 MEN
The Governor s
T
J—
f
AN ovclization of
A lic e B ra d le y 's P la y