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Girl of His Dreams
By IDA DONNELLY PETERS
Is a City of Magnificent Distances
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Tv th e ir clothes Just a s ch ild ren do.
W ashington was know n th re e -q u a rte rs
of a century ago as th e City of M agnif­
icen t D istances.
T h e W h ite H ouse
w as known as th e " P re sid e n t’s P a l­
ace,” and th e g o v ern m en t buildings,
planned on g en ero u s lines, w ere con­
sidered to be fa r and aw ay too g re a t
for th e business of th e cou n try . Now
th e national cap ital Is over 100 y ears
old, and has outgrow n e v e ry th in g th a t
w as planned for her. T rem e n d o u s
w ings w ere built to th e cap ito l even
before the war. T he W hite H ouse has
been rem odeled and rem odeled u n til It
p resen ts very sm all ap p e a ra n c e of the
original. W e have outgrow n o ur beau­
tiful tre a su ry building, our s ta te , w ar
and navy building, we have outgrow n
tw o postal d ep artm en ts, and we long
ago outgrew th e ten m iles sq u a re of
th e d istric t boundaries. In fact, th e
re sid e n ts of W ashington have lapped
over Into M aryland and V irginia a t a
Doctors prescribe very little,
any, alcohol these days. ThJ
prefer strong tonics and alter
tives. This is all in keepi^
with modern medical scienc
It explains why Ayer’s Sa
saparilla Is now made entire!
free from alcohol. Ask yo(
doctor. Follow his advice.
through the car to th e re a r platform
w hen H alstead stopped him.
Mr. H alstead had, It was plain to see.
been unsuccessful In re a ssu rin g his
wife, and he looked ex trem ely m iser­
able.
“Hello, D ayton,” he said ; "I have
Just been telling my wife th a t you
w • p u b ltik » o r fo rai.
a re as u n fo rtu n ate as she In being
w * bwatsh I
y t f m x o u r m ed io ij
tra in sick, and th a t I had to tak e Mrs.
urg« you,
D ayton Into luncheon for you. Now,
oo n au lt yonj
doctor
do not th an k me, old fellow, I was
glad to do It.”
Unless there is dally action of the I
And he turned to H e rb e rt w ith such els, poisonous products are absortj
a look of appeal In his eyes th a t the causing
headache, biliousness, , i__
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young m an’s n atu ral Im pulse to deny dyspepsia. We wish you would ask)
doctor about correcting your conatiptl
his sta te m e n t died a sudden death.
"I can n ever repay you for all you by taking laxative doses of Ayer’s I
and your fam ily did for m e w hen I w as ■——M ad* b y th « J . C. A y»» Co., X«owoll, Mai
111 In New Y ork," continued he, piling
It on In a way th a t he knew would be
In charcoal-burning stumps, if
Irresistib le to his wife. “I w ant Je n ­
lows are in them, these should be
nie to m eet Mrs. D ayton som e— ”
w ith d irt sufficiently to preven
Before this Ingenious p re v aricato r
d ra ft from coming through the hull
could say m ore, the tra in began to
and the h ea t escaping that
move slowly Into a station, and H er­
U sually cedar stum ps grow on
bert w as forced to m ake way In the
swampy soils, and we have foam
aisle for th e p assen g ers crow ding o u t
very hard to burn them, except m l
He had re tire d to his old v an tag e
very dry season, and then the
point outside the c ar w hen th e girl In
should be well drained before
blue. Instead of going forw ard to
tem pting it. I t is impossible to
alight from the car as th e custom Is,
into the w ater.
cam e to the door of the re a r platform .
She paused th e re u n til th e tra in
Dr. P ierce’s P leasant Pellets i
stopped. Suddenly she looked up, saw and invigorate stomach, liver and
H erbert and an expression of scorn els. Sugar-coated, tiny, granules, i
came to her face th a t m ade th e poor to take. Do not gripe.
fellow ’s blood ru n cold.
She had, he knew In stan tly , o v er­
Said an English clergym an: ‘
heard H alstead explain his form er girl triotism is th e backbone of the 1
friend to his wife, and of course she ¡sh E m pire; and w hat we have
m ust have guessed he bad been, ta c it­ is to train th a t backbone and brid
ly a t least, a p arty to deceiving a to the fro n t.” — C hristain Register!
tru stin g woman.
And was th is to be th e end of h is
P rofessor’s w ife—You haven’t
long search, his dream s, his d e a re s t ed me for a week.
hopes? Plain killing w as too easy a
Professor (ab sen tly )—A re you i
death for th e p rev aricatin g Mr. H al­ Then who— who the dickens hav|
stead. He sta rte d forw ard to give been kissing?
th a t gentlem an a generous piece of his
m ind w hen, glancing up, he saw th a t
he was again ad m in isterin g to his
wife, and th a t a look of peace and H tarh
est p ric e s p aid fo r S ilv e r, O ld Jewelry,
fh eet
F o rty yei
th , . Cl
C lc. U N C L E M Y E R S.
happiness had com e Into h e r face. T e e rth
P o rtla n d . 71 S ix th , b e tw e e n O ak and Pins, j
T his banished a t once and forever all
re g re t In him th a t he had been a
p arty to the fraud.
J u s t then th e slow ing tr a in stopped.
T he girl cam e out on the platform and
0. 0. MARTIN, *« »»»«
40« Chemb»r Commuro« Wrifa far I
w as passing D ayton w ith unseeing
POfc.TLA.ND, 0 * 1 .
W,,re
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eyes w hen th e tra in gave a sudden
lurch.
A N D KOD
She staggered and w as ab o u t to fall
S U P P L Ì
w hen H e rb e rt cau g h t her, b u t In do­
W rite fo r e«talo$ru«a a n d Itte ra tu re .
ing so he lost his balan ce and w as sind
p rin tin g . M ail o rd e rs irire n p ro m p t stt
th ro w n from th e car.
F o rtia n d P h o to S u p p ly Co.
PORTLAND. <
W hen be opened his eyes he w as re ­ 149 T hird S tr e e t
clining on a couch In a beau tifu l room,
and a kindly middle-aged m an w as
placing a bandage about his head.
"H e w ill be all rig h t by tom orrow ,"
M ost eoonom icai a n d e ffe c t rire fer houk« I
gan W aller Page, a rra n g e d to have
a n d school h e a tin g .
th is m an, evidently a doctor, w as say­
p ictu res tak en show ing th e effects of
ing, "and can safely proceed on his
good and bad roads. In th e case of
J. C. BAYER fURNACE 0
Journey."
th e la tte r, th e films will show th e I
Front and Market St».
Portland,
"T om orrow !" exclaim ed th e young
fa rm e r try in g to c a rry loads of prod­
S E N D F O R C A TA LO G U E.
man. "I sh all proceed on my Journey
uce o v er a bad ro ad ; how he becam e
to n ig h t"
sick ; how th e d o cto r Is unable to
At th a t m om ent a vision In blue ap­
reach him , and how, because of th e
peared In th e doorw ay.
mud ru ts, th e u n d e rta k e r finds It ex­
"Is he b etter, doctor?" asked the
Chronic, Nervous and FemaJ« I
ceedingly difficult to get him to his
d ream girl softly.
A r e c u re d w ith o u t t h e k n ife ,
g rav e A nother film will show a n o th er
eq u ip p e d S a n a to riu m , B e a u tifu l location,
“D ootor,” m urm ured Dayton, "I shall th e lo w est. W rite f o r lite r a tu r e .
fa rm e r c a rry in g his produce— tw ice as
not be able to leave tom orrow . I m ust
m uch—o v er a m odel road co n stru cte d
Meadow Glade Osteopathic !
first change a look of scorn Into kind­ Dr M»<1 C. ( w PtaidM
u n d er th e supervision of th e govern­
Battle Ground, W|
ness, th en to friendliness, then
m ent
"H e Is delirious," said a h ith erto un­
B itte r M u sin g .
T h e d e p a rtm e n t of ag ric u ltu re will
noticed w hite-haired gentlem an who
be ab le to show, in e n te rta in in g a - , tloned , t m ugt be , n fl n a tu ralIy ^
w as stan d in g n ear the couch on the
well a . in stru c tiv e style, th e effects c ld e n u l way to ^ to le ra te d by on<# opposite side from the doctor.
of p u re food and Im pure food; «h® 3o evhlently well bred
"N o," answ ered the m edical man,
se c re ta ry of w ar will be able to show | He w as so ab so rb ed In m aking and w ith a shrew d tw inkle In his eyes,
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th e a d v a n ta g e s of arm y life, a n .
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d iscarding p lan s to th is end th a t he “not delirious, only dream ing, but his
se c re ta ry of th e navy th e ad v an ta g es forgot all else. He even failed to b ear case has assum ed unsuspected com­
B A K IN S P<
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of life on th e bounding w aves, w hile the first call for lun ch eo n ; th e second, plications and he may not be able to
th e In te rio r d e p a rtm e n t will be show ­ how ever, succeeded In aro u sin g him.
just
leave tom orrow .”
ing how fo rest fires a re fought and
He Im m ediately passed through the
"T h an k you, doctor,” w hispered H er­
c u t se t a I
e u ^ m b e d m in ers a re rescued.
car, em pty now of all b u t th e sick b e r t
soarutsa 0*1-1
woman, to th e d in er Just beyond, only
T h e happy consum m ation of bis
to find every ta b le filled except th e dream of w inning the one girl w as In
one a t w hich sa t th e g irl In blue. He s ig h t and a beatific sm ile Illum ined
w as gazing longingly a t th e v acan t H erb ert D ayton’s handsom e face.
place when sud d en ly he becam e con­
luiSE FINIT m «EttW
H eroism to Be Recognized.
scious of a sobbing b re a th close be­
IN V i d i IV N S t U t *
In recognition of the splendid hero­
side him. He turn ed . It w as th e sick
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woman stan d in g th e re sta rin g s tra ig h t ism of a young m iner nam ed F ran k
I L I n o . fonr « I of Urine;
a t h e r husband, h er face colorless Sm ith, a m onum ent Is to be set up j
b e tto r prod noto: M
to h f o l « ■ f r f — I? L
m h . n o . p o o r p ro no r t f ' , m i t «
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with su rp rise and pain.
a t Otago, n ear D unedin, N. Z. Sm ith j
look b o tto , . l i p Hottor. to b r U - W* “ 1
H alstead w as seated beside a girl and a fellow m iner nam ed B ates w ere !
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with whom he w as h av in g an a n im a t­ a t w ork the o th er day sinking a hole j
m a k e (Çtiod fris tlo s «rsll
ed and confidential conversation. It In a d riftin g quicksand The hole had !
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was plain to any onlooker th a t, for to be co n stan tly pumped out as It I
especially men p riso n ers, be allowed th e m om ent, he had fo rg o tten every­ quickly filled with sludge. Suddenly |
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th in g and everybody sav e the one to to th e m en’s horror Bates slipped and
In th e w om en’s prison.
whom
he
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talking.
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was
The women will be k ept too busy
fell a t th e mouth of th e suction pipe. I
to think about m en, how ever, for upon evidently an acq u ain ta n c e of hta bach- H is toe entered the pipe, and his foot I
them will devolve th e m aking of all elor days.
w as quickly sucked In, and th en his !
th e bed clothing, tab leclo th s, tow els
His w ife stag g ered back to h er seat leg w as broken. Sm ith sp ran g to his j
and o th er things of th a t n a tu re used 1® th e o th e r coach, and H erb ert fol- com rade’s rescue, and w renched opqn !
In th e prison and th e re p a ir of th e lowed to re n d e r h e r any assistan ce the m outh of the pipe so as to relieve I
m en ’s clothes. They will m ake th e ir th a t m ig h t be necessary.
him. B ut th e drainage w ater had been I
own clothing, of course, although no
A fter Mrs. H alstead w as seated, he slowly rising around, and before th e i
ty p e of uniform has been decided sta rte d again eagerly, hopefully, for men could escape, ooslng slim e n r n
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upon. It probably will be a one-piece th a t v acan t place beside th e g irl of bis rounded th eir legs encasing them as T h e
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blue d ress, but w ithout nu m b ers or dream s, only to m eet h e r retu rn in g to In p laster of P aris m oulds It e v e n t .
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L earn a P rofession whew
a n y th in g to d enote th e w earer la a h e r se a t In th e p arlo r car.
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And though he had lost hie ap p etite ing shift discovered the flooded hole
T h e w om an will have th e ir own as well as his h eart, he kept on into
*nd pumped It dry, they found th e H onorable, D ig n if ie d ,
chapel and v arious en te rta in m e n ts th e d in er and did th e b est he could. young hero standing erect, quite d ead ,
W r ite f o r L i te r a t u r » en d m fo rw e ó " -
will be provided for thank
A fterw ard s he w as m aking his way •till holding hla com rade's hands.
b e to T O U R a d v a n ta g e .
H erb e rt Dayton w as feeling very
blue and low In his mind, so blue In
fact th a t as be stood on th e re a r plat­
g re a t rate.
T he tre a su ry building Is of an­ form of th e last car of th e fast flying
cien t G reek tem ple design, and simply express thinking of th e rapid ra te
c a n n o t be rem odeled. To add to o r at w hich he w as leaving the girl of
ta k e from It a single stone would be bis dream s. Indigo would have seem ed
to ru in It, a rc h ite c tu ra lly speaking. It Uly w hite In com parison.
Is said to be th e m ost p erfect exam-
W hen a m an has been ordered to a
pie of G reek a rt In th is country, but far off w estern te rrito ry to sell goods
th e tre a su ry d ep a rtm e n t had to have Just a fte r one glim pse of th e girl he
m ore room , and so they unpinned th e has been looking for the country o v er,.
roof an d shoved It up som e on th e the g irl for whom he will rem ain a
sides and m ade a little m ore room sky­ bachelor fo rev er unless sh e will con­
w ard. T he state, w ar and navy build­ sen t to m ake life an earth ly paradise,
ing alw ays was hideous, being w hat he has a rig h t to be low In his mind.
"Suppose In his ab sen ce som e other
Is called Ita lia n ren aissan ce, and not
a t all suited to the solid, last-forever fellow should—” he w hispered w ith a
n e c e ssitie s of th e U nited S tates gov­ shudder.
"B ut, a v au n t, blue dev ils,” added he
e rn m en t, and It looks as taw dry as pos­
sible w hen brought, as It Is, Into jux­ bravely, "In th a t d ire c tio n m adness
ta p o sitio n with th e W hite House and lies!"
A t th is period of his b itte r m using,
th e sim p licity of th e G reek tem ple of
th e gloom y mood began to pall on
finance.
W hen th e building was put up w hich young D ayton’s usually o p tim istic na­
w as to house th e U nited S tates poBtal tu re, and he looked a b o u t him for
d e p a rtm e n t and th e city post office som ething to d is tra c t his thoughts.
som e a rc h ite c ts planned a so rt of Col-
Inside th e car In th e c h air n e arest
ogne C ath ed ra l building, which Is a th e door reclined a d elicate, sw eet­
long w ays off from being big enough faced w om an, evidently unaccustom ed
for e ith e r d e p a rtm e n t and doesn’t to tra v e lin g and sick from th e m otion
m atch a n y th in g In the g o vernm ent of th e tra in . H er husband w as mln-
b uilding line In W ashington. A fter th is Isterlng to h er tirelessly , devotion In
s tru c tu re w as put up th ere was a re- ' his every touch, w hile she glanced up
form In Ideas for g o vernm ent build- at him freq u en tly w ith an expression
Ings, and sin ce then they have been of e x trem e te n d e rn e ss upon his face.
By Jo v e,” H e rb e rt exclaim ed aloud,
along th e stately , su b sta n tia l Une. T he
as th e m an tu rn ed for a m om ent to ­
w ard th e re a r of th e car, "If th a t
model B enedict isn ’t th e one tim e gay
and festiv e Ja m es H alstead . He m ust
have lately tak e n u n to him self a
wife.”
T hen D ayton’s eyes tra v eled to the
next s e a t And th e re ju s t behind th e
H alstead s s a t a g irl d resse d In blue!
H er beau ty , h e r d ain tin e ss, would have
of th em selv es com pelled a lingering
glance, but besides all th ese a ttra c ­
tions sh e w as th e g irl of bis dream s,
te r w ere In tr u s t funds. T hey w ere th e very g irl he had seen In his home
tra c e d to and co rralled In th e hands town th re e sh o rt day s ago. th e very
of re ceiv ers for th e e sta te of C ap tain Kiri of g irls he had been looking for
C arter. T hese tr u s t funds Included north, east, and south, only to find her
re a l e sta te , bonds, sto ck s and cash. I w here he le a st expected it in a train
T he g o v ern m en t m ade a tta c h m e n t In going w est!
T he color of his th o u g h ts changed
th is case. Of th e $501.855.39 recov­
ered from th e C a rte r concealed a sse ts In stantly to a m ore ro se a te hue. How
th e S uprem e C ourt of th e U nited can I m ake h e r acq u ain tan ce, he ques-
S ta te s allowed $111,054.28 for C a rte r’s J
counsel expenses.
All th e proceedings In th e co u rts In
th e C a rte r case have been term in ated ,
but all of the a ss e ts tu rn ed over to
th e g o v ern m en t have not been con­
v erted Into cash.
y ers
H.
DOW
hunt
Bulk of Concealed Assets Recovered
HE U nited S ta te s has recovered
nearly $750,000 from th e concealed
asse ts of Gaynor, G reene and C arter,
who defrauded the governm ent out of
$2,000,000 In S avannah h arb o r Im­
provem ent c o n tra c ts In 1897. The
a c ta a l am ount u n earth ed and attach ed
w as $630,966.69 T h is does not In­
clude $40,000 forfeited su rety of John
P. Gaynor. T his sum th e governm ent
Is endeavoring *o reco v er by civil suit
In the U nited S ta te s d is tric t c o u rt for
th e n orthern d is tric t of New York.
M ore th an half of th e recovery cam e
from the concealed a s s e ts of C a p t
O berlln M. C arte r, th e en g in ee r officer
In charge of th e w ork a t Savannah
h a rb o r and co-consplrator of G reene
an d Gaynor, th e co n tracto rs. The
to ta l assets of C aptain C a rte r seized
by th s governm ent am ounted to $501,-
855.39. From B. D. G reene $105.460.25
w as recovered, and from John F. Gay­
nor $29,651.05.
Most of th e a ss e ts of C aptain C ar­
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Government to Start Picture Shows
NCLE SAM him self Is going Into
the moving p ictu re show business.
W ith the au th o rity of P re sid e n t T aft,
a contract has been en te re d Into by
th e governm ent officials and a C hicago
firm for th e purpose of rep ro d u cin g In
m oving pictu res all of th e various ac­
tiv ities of th e nation. T he p ic tu re s
will be shown In h u n d red s of m oving
picture houses
M arines a t w ork on
battleships, Runners tiring a t th e hulk
•of an old battlesh ip , cavalry drills,
m ine and rescue work, p lan t an d a n i­
m al Industry, road building and every
single activity of th e g overnm ent will
be shown on the Aims.
In the United S tates office of public
roads, for Instance, the d irecto r, Lo­
WE BUY OLD GO,
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KODAKS
PRISON w ithin a prison Is being
built a t L eavenw orth, Kan., and It
will be th e first exclusive federal
prison for w omen In th e United States.
T he new Jail Is being built within the
w alls of th e U nited S ta te s peniten­
tia ry . but It will have a wall of Its
own and th e In m ates will be m ore se­
curely shut off from th e w orld than
th e m ore d e sp e ra te men confined In
th e m en’s prison.
T his Inside prison will have room
fo r about 500 women, th e re being now
about th a t num ber In th e various
s ta te p en ite n tia rie s In th e U nited
S tates, th e governm ent paying th e
s ta te s for th e ir keep. T h ese women
hav e been convicted m ainly of viola­
tio n s of th e postal law s, sm uggling,
co u n terfeitin g o r w hite slaving.
W hile th e w om en's prison will be
u n d er oontrol of th e w arden, th e re
w ill be a woman su p erin ten d e n t and
u n d er h er a corps of subordinates.
B ecause of being confined behind
double w alls no guards will be n e ces­
sary , 11 will be a rule th a t no men.
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