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EDITORIAL
TKKiHTum \KKns
moi:i: I'l iu.KiTY
U.;t V Mel'onnell. of the editor
i.tl s" . i m" i •• Literary Digest, in a
letter to Viie Pathfinder, and more
> addressed to Alaskans
in .1 members of the Leg
islature iu particular, says:
"As a s.•.irJ.iusii who has been
from Alaska to the other
rid i ? w •■\;.ei ts sooner or later
to r.iai.e t. .• Territory his home. I
;>e that this session of
t! e i.-....- ire will provide for a
f i'li'lii:- Department.
: ::i whieii every Al
ask t. | ar nlarly the business man.
ested. and the Ueed
. >r .. , : ::.< !it probably was
never so great as it is today.
the editors of the Lit
::ad an excellent
during the past two
newspapers of the
entire country. In that time I have
«i>:iie to :• how little is known
Misstatements of
• 1:1 ;>r..■ ' ically every one of
more editorials that
1 ... i •••»! ill the past year:
• no wonder that the people
IS ates proper have an
si re -.-.u:: of Alaska!
.Most people have an idea that Alas
ka is a j:i>i>d place to keep away
is lit only for Eskimos
:»d i !ar ,rs The have 110 idea
of . a- Iturul. mining. fishing
and i>;;11> and paper possibilities—to
mention only a few.
Xo.v th.s is ail wrong:: it is a had
thing for Alaska. And only a cam
! aigu m education in American news
Pll rs anil i :agazines will help mat
ters. You u:id I may have the great
• st i.tiia i:. -v aska. but the people
down hero tre not mind readers.
In o dor to attract settlers and cap
ital to the Territory, the people
«liua you wish to attract must be
enlightened by a risk campaign of
education.
The ignorance prevailing here re
garding conditions in Alaska may
not he the fault of Alaskans in gen
••rul or anybody in particular. In
fact, much has.been printed about
Alaska down here ia the past few
years, but if the legislature fails to
provide fuuds at the coming session
for the purpose of advertising Al
aska. the blame necessarily must fall
upon the heads i.f the people of Al
aska to «h'-:.i ;:.is letter is address
ed.
You if. ay be surprised to know
that many newspapers have mani
• ■ fur good Alaska
■ written several arti
. . tory for The Lit -
t - try i - New York Times
and othe ..::.i magazines, ana
t:c>t only l ;..i- they been readily ac
cepted. i i' .'titer papers and maga
zines * 2 them in their
entirety or "jiso: <1 f-::rn them. All
i>f which n.ercly s!u>vs that there
is a demaad throughout .the coun
try for live opws stories of Alaska.
I might add that I got my "dope"
mainly from the present Publicity
Bureau.
1 firmly believe that the .members
of the present Legislature could take
no step that would do more to fur
ther the interests of the Territory
than would an act providing, say.
twenty thousand dollars for a cam
paign of general publicity in the
States. News and feature stories, as
well as purely informative articles
on Alaska would. I am sure, be "eat
en up" by the press. And there nev
er was a more opportune time than
the present for such a campaign, as
the general business depression is
causing a large number of people to
seek new fields.—Pathfinder.
NOME ASKS FOR
BKTTKK TRANSPORTATION
Nome,—Several weeks ago the Nome
Chamber of Commerce and the trans
portation committee of the city
council mailed to Legislators of this
division an urgent appeal for Terri
torial relief from the transportation
and fuel conditions that now threat
en the industrial and future welfare
of Seward peninsula.
Guided by the policies expressed
by former Secretary of the Interior
Payne, and lately by Senator Cum
mings and Secretary of the Interior
Fall, we believe the solution of the
Alaska problem must come through
federal aid in regard to water trans
portation.
The Territory must show the go\
ernment the way.
Nome appeals to the Territory to
establish this summer a steamer to
Nome and St. Michael from Seattle,
making one trip per month.
The territorial Shipping board
could use the fund now available
to finance the project. The Federal
Shipping board should be willing to
allocate a steamer for the experi
ment or award the Territorial ship
ping agency a contract.
Nome guarantees the literage and
a willingness to pay a reasonable
rate, allowing the Territory a profit.
Five thousand tons of coal from
Anchorage are needed for Nome and
two thousand tons for St. Michael
Please call attention to this tele
gram to the members of the Nome
Legislative delegates. Nome Nupget.
—From Juneau Empire.
ETERNAL VIGILANCE
Eternal vigilance being the price
of liberty, it follows as a natural
corollary that it is also the price of
progress. Unlike most other coun
tries progress in America is gov
erned by the activity of the whole
people instead of by a cut-and-dried
program fashioned by a ruling class.
Reduced to local dimensions this
spirit is the one that will make for
progress in Anchorage. A demon
stration of the necessity for this!
concert of action was shown Tuesday j
at the meeting of the chamber of
Commerce when every available seat
was occupied while the progressive
men of Anchorage grappled with a
vital question. And there is little
doubt but a sprag was put into the
wli«els of ambitious men, and if
Anchorage may not claim all the
credit it may at least rest satisfied
that it was in stride with other com
munities and also in harmony on
the question of the I'nited States i
railroad.
The chamber of commerce meet- |
ings should be considered as one of
the most important functions in our
civic life, just as attendance at coun
cil meetings be made a matter of
business if for no other reason.
It is at the chamber of commeroe
where questions affecting the entire
town may be considered and thresh- |
ed out and by an exchange of ideas
gain a clearer understanding of the
things that go to make for progress
and prosperity.—Anchorage Times.
HOl'SE FAVORABLE TO LAND
<J R A X T
The soldiers' land bonus bill has
passed the House and has a fair
chance of passing the Senate. Every
body concedes the force ot the argu
ment that some provision should be ;
made for the returned soldier. The
objection in the House was because
of the fear that large areas of pub
lic land might very soon get into
the hands of speculators. And real
izing that there's certain element in
Congress who have extreme ideas
on conservation, the bill in its pres
ent form might not meet a kindly '
fate. Much further delay would de- J
nv a benefit that is much needed!
now. If the soldier boys are to have
any material recognition the time is
now ripe and a bill should be pass
ed that it is considered will meet
with the least opposition in Congrss.
Representative Getchell. who has had
charge of the bill expresses every
confidence that if passed in its pres
ent form it will be endorsed by Con
gress. He may be right.—Anchor
age Times.
'tfve
Shadow
ofthe
5helfeimd|
, Piives ^
by GRACE
miller
WHITE
cavp/iW,s<i' sv f/rjmwwr
A Now Romanco of tho Storm Counlru i
The moment his gun barked, Rep- |
lnald, now sober, saw Uriah Devon i
throw up his onus and crumple in a
heap on the floor. He saw, too, the
girt stagger forward and sink down.
He had committed murder, perhaps,
and, for an awful moment, he Imagined
he was going mad. A scream rose
to his Hps as a pain shot through his I
head, but he bit savagely^pn his tongue ]
and held It back. If he was discov- I
ered he would be arrested, am) If
"Mummy," Said the Girl, "Oh, Godl
You've Killed Him!"
Devon died— He dared picture the
future no further. Shuddering, he
slunk back, crouched at the head of
the divan and remained absolutely
quiet.
Tony struggled to her feet, stared In
wild amazement at her father, then
at her mother, who was standing rig
idly speechless, the revolver hanging
from her fingers.
"Mummy," cried the girl. "Oh. Cod!
You've killed him, Kille darling!"
Still the woman didn't say a word.
She only gazed at the speaker un
seelugly. Tony snatched the gun
from her hand.
"Iidle," she groaned. "Mummy,
sweet, go right away, before any one
comes. You've killed Uriah. Uo
away, go away, I say."
She grasped Mrs. Devon's arm and
hurried her toward the porch door.
"Itun," hissed the girl. "Get back
to the boat quick. Don't ever say a
word to any one." Then Tony spied
the little black bag she'd si en so of
ten on the Dirty Mary. Picking it
up she thrust It into her mother's
hands. "Here! Take this, too. Oh.
mummy; kiss me, kiss me!"
She flung herself upon the woman
frantically, kissed the pallid, Impas
sive face again and again and then
shoved Edith out upon the dark porcn.
It was while Tony's whole attention
was centered on lier beloved that Keg
inald Brown seized the opportunity
to sneak stealthily from the room.
The nervous women in the upper
part of the house had not expected
to hear the piercing scream that came
to their ears, and, as it was repeated
more than once wltH such terrible in
sistence, Mrs. Curtis, followed by
Katherlne, fled down the stairs.
Tony heard them coming, and a
surging love for her mother brought
a resolution full-bora from the loyal
young heart. She was standing over
the prostrate Uriah wlieu Sarah Cur
tis and her daughter rushed madly in.
"I shot my father." gasped Tonnlbel,
looking at Mrs. Curtis, her fingers
locked tightly over the handle of the
revolver.
"Where's your mother?" came from
Mrs. Curtis' Hps.
Tonnibel didn't answer for a min
ute. then she shook her head.
"She hasn't been here!" she swal
lowed hard and contiuued: " Tww
my father, and—and I shot hlui."
Katherlne took a long breath of ex
citement.
"Don't you know you'll be arrested,
you wicked girl?" she ejaculated.
"And executed!" interposed Mrs.
Curtis. "Katherine, call the police."
As Katherine made for the tele
phone, a motor car driving up to the
house stayed her action. Her hand
dropped from the receiver when Phil
ip MacCauley came In. For a moment
he didn't see Devon. With a quick,
flashing glance, he noticed how pallid
and deathlike his Tony was.
"What hnve you two been saying to
her?" he demanded in deadening
tones. "I suspected something like
this, and—and got away as soon as I
could. . . . Darling girl, don't look
kt roe like that."
Mrs. Curtis was fully herself now.
"The wicked girl lias shot her own
father," she told Captain MacCauley,
making an efTort to keep the satis
faction out of her voice. "There he
Is, dead on the floor!"
Then Philln saw Devon. In borri
fled amazement and disbelief bis gaze I
came buck to Tonnlbel.
"Darling," he said, and he went
swiftly to her. "I don't believe a
word of It. It's all a lie!"
Tony flung out her "hand.
"Don't touch me, please don't!" she
mumbled." "I told her I did it, and
I—I—I—did."
She back?d away from the out
stretches snaa.
"Rnt >ou couldn't .-a**,* asoajr-'
the boy. "What happened? Oh, God!
Won't someone tell me whut hap
pened?"
"Mother has told you quite plainly,
Philip," pulped Katherlne, noticing
with a thrill that Captain MacCauley
had not covered, the few steps Tony
had retreated. "She said she killed
her father, and no girl admits such a
thing as that unless It's true. Heav
ens. there's Cousin John and—"
"Cousin Paul," fell from Mrs. Cur
tis, who looked as If she had turned to
stone.
Not another word was uttered by
that silent group of people until after
the two doctors entered the library.
For a moment everything was con
fusion. Doctor John forced Mrs. Cur
tis into ft chair when she tried to fling
herself Into his arms. With every
one but Tony talking at once, neither
he nor his brother could understand
the meaning of the seemingly dead
man on the floor.
"Will you all keep still, all of you?"
shouted Doctor John, In his bombastic
voice. "First, Paul, let's see about
this fellow here."
"Tony shot him. If you want to
know," Mrs. Curtis dared to fling out.
Doctor PmiI gave her such an awful
look that she quailed beneath It.
"lie's not dead." he suid after a I
hasty examination of Uriah, and one
dry, tearless sob burst from Tony De
von.
"You might as well own up the
whole thing now, miss." cried Mrs.
Curtis, after the wounded man had
been curried out by the doctors and
Philip. "It'll he better for you in the
end."
Tuny didn't reply, nor did she look
at the speaker. Her mind was follow
ing her mother along the boulevard,
yes, even down the lonely forest path
to the Dirty Mary. Through her tan
gled thoughts went the question. If
Crlah wasn't her father, who was?
How she dreaded to face Doctor Paul
with his infinite kindness, and the ap
peal she knew he would make. Never j
before had he seemed so dear; never
had Philip MacOaulej- been so fur
away as at this minute!
At length she lifted her head and
rested her troubled eyes on Mrs. Cur
tis.
"Please don't tell my father, I mean
Doctor Paul, about your saying my'
mother was here," she moaued.
Mrs: Curtis consldexd the request
quickly.
"Perhaps that would be best," she
answered. "I really thought she was,
01 I wouldn't have told you so. It
might bring trouble to her, and that
would be dreadful fur an Innocent per
son."
Doctor Paul went directly to Tony,
when, followed by his brother and
Philip, he came back Into the room,
lie tried to draw her to her feet.
"I'd rather stay here, please," she
said, without looking up.
"Who was in the room when the
man was shot?" askedx Doctor John,
staring at Mrs. Curtis and her daugli
ler.
"Just Tonnlbel. as far as l can una
out," Sarah Miswered. "Heaven knows
that Kuthle and I don't want to be
mixed up In such a thliig as this. It's
perfectly disgraceful."
"Then go upstairs," shot hack Doc
tor John.
Loath not to witness the vanquish
ing of their enemy, the two women
trailed out reluctantly.
In spite of Tony's resistance. Doc
tor Pi'ul placed his arm about her.
"Can t you tell your father about It,
dear?" he jileaded. "How did you hap
pen to have the gun In your hands,
and what did he do?"
"I just shot him," sighed Tony,
dully. She was too exhausted to say
anything more. What was there to
explain, after all? The only sure way |
to save Edith was to insist she, her
self, had fired the shot.
A strange, strangling sound came
from Captain MaeCauley. Then he
blurted out:
"Tony, darling, please don't sit there
that way. Tell us about it. Do, dear.
Oh, don't you know how much we all
love you?"
Did she know? Ah. yes and more!
Her own devotion to him was almost
forcing the truth from between her
chattering teeth. She glanced at him,
and then, I'dlth, pale, beseeching and
wan. came between tier face and his.
"There Isn't anything more to tell,
Philip," she choked hopelessly. "I sup
pose I'll be arrested. If he dies—"
She burst into buokeu sobs and
crouched lower.
"Hp's not going to die," Pn«l told
her softly. "lie only has a slight scalp
wound. So put that worry out of your
he(»d. . . . Tony, don't you love rae
nny more?"
Love him I The agony In his voice
ainde her fling her arms around him,
and she clung to him shivering, en
treating him to forgive her, not to
cease loving her, for she'd die If he
did.
"Child dear," he murmured, run
ning his fingers over her curls, "you're
going to Rteady yourself now and tell
your father just what happened ! Now,
bejrln 1"
He had not finished when his eyes
caught sight of the safe. He stared
at Its open door, and Doctor John's
gaze followed his. Then the latter
strode across the room, and for a long
moment peered Into the opening.
"It's empty! Everything's gone," he
muttered, turning slowly, and Philip
exclaimed:
"That's why she shot him, .Tack. He
was stealing! Tony darling," and the
speaker went down beside the girl,
"Tony, did you find your father here?"
"I didn't see him take anything,
Philip," she sobbed bitterly. Her eyes
nere looking at him, but their expres
sion told him they didn't Bee him i.t
all. Another problem was tormenting
her. Her misery was being added to
by the minute. So impatient was
Philip to have the matter cleared that
he spoke harshly to her.
"Tony, you know where those jewels
are," said he. "Tell us Instantly!"
Then he ejaculated: "That man has
them upstairs."
He was out of the room In a flash,
and an awful silence settled over the
three until he was with them ngaln.
"He hasn't got them," he faltered.
"I searched every pocket in his
clothes. But I found this wad of
money. There must be thousands in
It!"
He passed the money to Doctor
John.
"It wasn't In the safe," said the lat
ter, thoughtfully, slipping it Into the
table drawer.
His words struck a new terror to
Tonnlbei. Edith had robbed the safe,
then, Edith who never stole unless she
was forced to it The shudders that
ran over her brought a feeling of re
bellion to Paul Pendlehaven. Philip
groaned and began to speak, but the
doctor waved him to silence.
"Tony," he said sternly, "there's
something beneath all this, something
you must tell me. Do you know where
the things went that were in the
safe?"
To deny It would be the same as tell
ing that a third person had been there.
To admit It would forever place tier
beyond the pale of his love. Yet there
was Edith—and Uriah, whom she had
swqrn to protect.
"Yes, I know," she whispered. "Of
course, I know," she repeated louder.
"You'll tell me," begged Philip,
hoarsely. "Great Heavens, child, can't
you see how awful It looks for you?"
"Yes," was all she said, miserably.
Doctor John was wandering aimless
ly about the room. The mysetry that
had hung over Tony Devon ever siuce
she had been with them was deeper
than ever. He felt like shaking the
truth from her, for the sight of his
horror-stricken brother filled him with
rage which did for the moment obliter
ate the past two years lu which the
girl had been the one bright spot In
their home.
■"Then If you know, Tony," Doctor
John ejaculated, "just out with It.
Vour father evidently didn't take
•.hem—"
"I did," interrupted Tony.
"What for?" was his hitter retort.
"My brother gave you permission to
wear them whenever you wanted to!"
Tony couldn't answer. She was be
coming hopelessly entangled, more so
with every word she uttered.
"God, I'd rather have given them all
to you," mourned Doctor Paul. "I in
tended to, anyhow."
"If your father dies, Tonnibel," fat<l
Doclor John, sternly, "you'll be arrest
ed. Oh, Lord! What a mess!"
"It's awful," muttered Tony.
Simultaneous with her assertion.
Reginald Brown opened the door and
mlneed over the threshold. Perfectly
certain now that Uriah had but a tem
porary wound, and that for the love
they bore Tonnibel Devon, hl$ cousins
would hush the matter up. he had de
termined to make his plea openly to
the girl.
"Tony," he said, coming forward
with a magnanimous swagger, "I'm the
only one lu this house who loves
you—"
"You lie," flashed Philip, as Doctor
John took a step toward his young
cousin, but the girl's expression
brought him to a halt. She was look
ing at Iteglnald with eyes that seemed
to him to burn holes through him.
"I've never told any one here you
raivii for mo Itfir'.rle." she faltered.
drawing herself forcibly from Doctor
Paul, "and—and I took tlic things out
of tin* safe to help us along when—
when—" 1
Reggie stared at her, amazement
spreading over his countenance; he
felt a swelling in ids chest, an over
whelming awe and respect for her.
"X didn't lell you to steal," he blurt
ed.
"I know you didn't,"'responded Ton
nlbel, amid the terrible silence that
had fallen on her friends, "but we
couldn't get along without money, so
I took the—the—Cousin Paul's—"
During the broken statement I'hllip
MaeCauley had dropped into a chair
and covered his face with his hands.
Doctor John was gaping at her as if
she had struck him, but Doctor Paul—
well, he simply reached out in«l
.grasped her bands.
"You're lying again. Tony," he Inter
rupted her grimly. "I don't know why,
but I'm positive all you've said Is a
fearful lie. Reginald, have you ever
asked Tony to marry you?"
The boy smiled broadly. Everything
was working otit splendidly for him.
"Ves, and her father promised her
to me," he boasted, "hut I didn't know
until tonight she really loved me."
Tony shot him a look of hate, hut
she lowered her eyes Instantly. She
dared not risk Paul Pendlehaven see
ing her revulsion.
But It was to Reginald's credit that
he believed she spoke the truth. His
vanity wouldn't allow liim to think
otlierwise.
"I'd liko to talk to her alone," ho
said crisply, directly at Cousin Paul.
"Women are peculiar creatures. Why,
I've loved her over two years, and to
think she made Philip believe she was
going to marry him—"
"So she is," snapped Philip, raising
his head.
"When I've done my damnedest to
get her to kiss me even," continued
Reginald, overlooking MacCauley's
ejaculation. "Von remember your
self, Phil, ivliat happened that day on
the boat."
"Don't repeat It," cried Tony. "Oh.
all of you go away. J.et me alone. I
want to be by mysel '."
"You want to be with me." contra
dicted Reginald, and he whirled in ju
bilant ecstasy on one heel, then clicked
■ his feet together: "You love me, Tony:
You do, don't you?"
The dark head made an almost Im
perceptible nod, but Philip in lii.s jeal
ousy saw it.
He got up as if he were an old man.
The youth hail gone out of him.
"If she doeyn't love me anil never
has," he muttered dazedly, "then I'd
better go."
He waited for Jier !o speak, to deny
her words, but the fearful expression
in the gray eyes turned upon him con
fused him slill mine.
"Yes, go." Ti'iiy told Idm, rousina
herself, "and—ainl—never il.ink of uu
again."
[ There was sllencp in the room as he
went away, but no sooner had llie door
closed than Tony flung up her arms
and sank unconscious In a forlorn, lit
tle heap against Paid Pendlehaven.
CHAPTER XVII.
Payment in Full.
Edith Devon, with the small Mnck
hag In her hand. erept tail of the Pen
dlehaven garden, unapprehensive. Sin
had no power to think—no desire to £•>
anywhere or do anything. She lin
gered about I'endlehaveii place until
the morning dawned. I»urinu the hotiri
preceding daylight she studied over
the events of the afternoon and eve
ning. As her mind el eared, nil her
love for Uriah rose ti|> and clamored
to help him. She remembered leaving
him stretched out 011 the lloor as if he
I were dead. When ihe town below be
gan to show signs of day she walked
back inlo Pendlehavoii place and slow
ly up to the lmu«e.
It was a servant who ushered Mrs.
Devon into the library where Horror
John nnd Doctor I'aul still sat, strug
gling with the mystery that had conn
inlo their usually quiet home. Aite
valnly trying tu foree more than iimno
syllabic replies from Toniiibel, they
had put her t>> bed, gibbering wilh
fright.
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