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FOR THK PEOPI.K—In his Gettysburg address Abraham Lincoln x. •! '
that this Is a "government of the people, by the people, for tbe 'people."
'I hat ;s a conclss statement of a great fact. It will cease lo*be a fact, ,io.v
••i«r, if those .n control of the government ever permit a millituiit minor
ity to dictate uational policies. President Harding has a clear apprecia
tion that the government is "for the people." and lie will see to it that ev- j
er> means at the disposal of the government Is used to protect the people
in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinesn. Two es
sential* to that enjoyment are fuel and transportation, and when s nail por
lions of our cltiaenship seek to deprive all the rest of us of either It be
comes the duty of the government to prevent them from carryiug out Lheir
e^.l designs. The people pay taxes to support an army not only to make
themselves safe fro mforeign invasion, but to protect themselves from radi
cal minorities among them. The army is subject to the orders of the Pre
sident. its Commander-in-Chief, and it is his bounden duty to issue such
erders to it as will prevent the suffering and inconvenience that certain
:■>r> es seek to indict upon the publ.c. The President correctly gauges tho
situation, dud it is apparent that he will not hesitate to do everything in
bU power to vindicate the judgment of the voters who made him their lead
.\ KAK1) Koll.El) SKIPPER—Tiie British owt.ers of tic Holt steam
ship line deny that there is any obligation on the part of a ship captain to
respond to the SOi call of another vessel in distress. At tiie time of the
sinking of the steamer Egypt, it was claimed that one of the Holt vessels
v. as in the vicinity and heard the SUS from ihe Egypt, but did not go .to
tier a.d. Fortunately American ship owners subscribe to no such heartless
rule ot the sea. Prospective voyagers may well hear that fact in mind
when discussing the Kepuhl.can men natit marine legislation that will keep
our ships in commission and assure that the American carrying trade will
be duue in ships lly.ug the American hag.
A SHAMKKll. KKCOKU—The record of lynch ings in the South has
nothing more horrible thau wuat transpired at Hen in, w,.ere defeuseless
prisoners of the mob were lied together in bundles and ruthlessly mass
acred. The Kedrtal ant.-lynch bill now pending in Congress has been vio
lently opposed by certain Southern Congressmen ou the theory that it was
directed at their section of the country. They may rest assured that if
tuat bill were a law today it would be vigorously enforced against those
utlicials who failed to make any effort to prevent the Herrin outrage in
Illinois. The laws of the Culled States apply with impartiality to ever}
dilate and to etery citiien.
• FIKHIV AXl) THINKI.N—The Italian foreign minister declares the
"tragedy of the world" is 111 the interallied debts. He says, "The situa
tion today may be described as Waiting for the worst and hoping for the
best"." That is probably a fair enough description, bat if the peopms ot
hurope would get away from tae.r waiting and hoping and apply themsel
ves to working and saving, tl.e "tragedy of the world" would soon disap
pear.
TUK BOODLEKS—Apparently Uus.ni has everything to gain and noth
jug to lose from the conference at The Hague First and foremost I.er de
muud is for credits, after which the soviet delegates will discuss debts, the
i.guts of private property, and other related subjects. T..e Russians are
a*king for a big bribe to do what would be only the simple duty of any otu
er nation.
SALT IN 10— 1—T..e United States Ueolog.cal Survey reports that the
production of salt in the United States In 1921 was 4.941,154 tons, valued
at l24.i5T.966, a decrease of 27 per cent, in quantity and IS per cenL in
value as compared with 1920.
A doubting Thomas might retort that the Japanese are getting out of
Siberia only to get ready to go somewhere else.—Boston Transcript.
mu IN ON BOOK OF HOISE
Jl MI'S OFF ONTO
WOMAN ON UKOIM)
Vancouver. Wash., July 18.—
When .Mrs. Metta Wilson, living near
ituriu Bridge creek on the i'ac.ac
highway, went out early Sundat
morning to investigate a noise on the
root of her bouse, a large black bear
leaped from the roof, striking and
knocking her dowu, tearing her dress
and 'lacerating her right leg above
the knee but not injuring her ser
iously.
Mrs. Wilson leaped to her feet and
made a dash for the door, while the
bear ran off in the opposite direction,
she declares she did not scream, as
she lived in the wilds of Nebraska
where bears were plentiful and is not
afraid of them, but she will not soon
forget the feeling of the bear's cold
nose on ber neck.
Fires Id the foothills are driving
wild animals to the settlements and
several hate been seen uu*r Vaucou
ver
Itl-XOED < \\K<;<> CS TAKKX
FOK LOW Kit RIVKIt
A record cargo of Mayo silver ore
and merchandise left Dawson s ortl.v
before 6 o'clock, this morning. It
was taken by the steamer Alaska,
and totaled 1.106 tons, of which 934;
tons was silver ore. and the re
maining 170 tons merchandise. #The
ore will go to St. Michael, and there
lie transferred to an ocean steamer,
for t!ie haul to the smeller outside.
The Alaska took much of her
and the Moose.—Dawson News^July
20.
An electrician claims he '-au pro
duce tliuinler anil lightning at will
So fur. so good. Now lei him try hi.«
iiund at set tine up something by
which lie cau stop the two at will.
People do not always maintain
wooden shingle roofs becuuse they
prefer them. In many cases the cost
of fireproof rooting and Its application
liu much to do with the status.
INDIAN DRUM
b.|William AVdcHarg and KWinBalrnejr
^ 111xxsirations by
Irwi* iHyei-.r -
(bfxjriqhf by Edwif\Balmer v
Horror and amazement (lowed lit up- .
on her with tier realization of Hits In
tlie tiuin she h:nl promised to nu»rry.
For an Instant slit* stared at him, all
her body tense: then, a.s she turned
and went out, he followed her, calling
w name. Itut, seeing the seamen In
r' o larger ofllee, he stopped, and she
understood he was not willing to urge
himself upon her in their presence.
"I'm willing to go home now, mother.
If you wish." she said steadily.
V, I:eti they hud gone down to the
stive, nd were in the car. Constunee
leat'ci. back, closing her eyes; she
fiuivd her mother might wish to talk
with her.
Toward three o'clock, the office
called her, hut only to report that they
had heard from Mr. Shcrrtll. lie had
wired thai he was going on from Man
Istlque and would cross the straits from
St. Ignace; messages from him were to
be addressed to Peloskey. There was
uo oilier report except that vessels
were still continuing the search for
survivors becnase the Indian Drum,
wliieh had been beating, was healing
"short," causing the superstitions to
be certain that, though some of the
men from Number 'J5 were lost, some
yet survived.
Constance thrilled as she heard
that. She did not believe in the l>rum ;
at least she had never thought she
had really believed In It: she had only
stirnil to the Idea of its being true.
Hut if the Drum was heating, she win.
glad It was beating short. It was
serving, at least, to keep the lake men
more alert.
A little later, as Constancc stood tit
the window, gazing out at the snow
upon the lake, she drew hack suddenly
out of sight from the street, as she
saw Henry's roadster appear out of
tin- storm and stop before the house.
She waited In the room wh-re she
was. The strain be was under had
not lessened, she could see: or rather,
If she could 'rust her feeling at sight
of him. It had lessened only slightly,
and al the sane time his power to
resist It had been lessening too.
"1 thought you'd want to know. Con
nie." he said, "so I came straight out.
Tli.- Kichardson's picked up one of
the boats of the ferry."
"Cncle Benny and Alan Conrad
were no' In It." she returned: the trl
urnpli she had seeu In him hud told
her that.
"No: It was the first boat put off by
the ferry, with the passengers and
i "Were They—Alive?" Her Voice I
Hushed Tensely.
rnhln maid ami some Injured men of
| the crew."
. "Were they — nltve?" Iit'r voice
hushed ten set.v.
"Yes: tlint Is. thoy wore nhle to re
vive them all: hu* It didn't seem pos
sible to the Richardson's oflienrs thai
anyone could be revived who had
lieen exposed much longer than that;
so the KIchnrdson's clven up the
search. in d some of the other ships
that were searching have given up too,
| hikI gone on their course,"
"1 see; huw many were In the
hna'?"
"Twelve Ponp'e."
"Then nil the v. Jsels up there won't
give up yet!"
"Why not?"
"I was just talking with the office,
Henry: they've heard a win from the
other end of the lake. The\people up
there say the I>ntm Is healing, hut It's
heal Inn si.or* still!"
"Short!"
She saw Henry stiffen. "T« s," she
[ sold swiftly. "They sny the Dn rn be
gan sotindltie lust nlsht, and that nt
first It snundi-d for only two lives; It's
i kept on I e-tlug. hut still Is heating
only for four. There were 'lilrt.v-nlne
on the ferrv—«ev*i ;>!issen'.re's» nnd
I tMru-two crew. Twelvp have ooeu
saved how; so until till'"Drum raises
the heats to twenty-seven there Is still
u chance thnt someone will lie saved."
Constance watched hint with wonder
at 'lie effect of what she hnd told.
The news of the Drum hud shaken
him from his triumph over Alan and
Uncle Benny and over her. It had
shaken him so that, though he re
tnnlned with her some minutes more,
he seemed to have forgotten the pur
pose of reconciliation with her which
hint h rough* him to the house.
She dined, or made pretence of din
ing. with her mother at seven. Her
mother's voice went on and on about
trifles, and Constance did not try to
pay attention. Her thought was fol
lowing Henry with eversharpenln-,' ap
prehension. She called the oir.ee In
mld-evenlnfc; It would he open, she
knew, for messages regarding Uncle
Benny and Alan would he expected
there. A clerk answered: no other
news had heen received: she then
asked Henry's whereabouts.
"Mr. Spearman went norlh late tills
afternoon. Miss Stierrlll,'' the elork
Informed her.
"North ! Where?" * ,
"We are to communicate with him
this evening to Crand Kaphls; after
that, to I'etoskey."
Constance could hear her own heart
heat. Why had Henry gone, she won
dered ; not, certainly, tc aid the
search. He had gone to—hinder It?
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Watch Upon the Bench.
Constance wns throbbing with deter
mlnatlon ..<..1 action. as she found1 her
„nd counted the money " "•
She never In her life hnd f'-ne nlono
upon an extended Journey. u'n,'hle*
heeu alone upon a train o^rn.ght.
shl. spoke of «t.ch a thine now. she
would he prevent.-.!: no occasion for
id Ik* reon^nl/fM: she would not
It wotiln m* reto^ui/.t ».
I,p allowed to go. even If property ac
companleil" She could not. thor*
for*. r1>k taking n handbag from th®
house; so she thrust B°J
toilet articles 4nto her muff and the
roomv pocket of her fur coat. hh< de
scended to the shl.- dv»r of the house
cnlned the str.-et and turned «st
ward at the first corner to a Mr.
cur which would take her to the rail
*?TSS-r * <*»• ■ f ™
ticket and of engaging a berth wer
unknown to her-there had been «rr
ants always to do these tiling
she watched others and did as
did. She procured a telegraph b nk
nnd wrote a message to her motln-t,
telling her that she had gone north to
Join her father. When the trainl had
started, she yave the message to the
porter, directing him to scud It fr
the first large town at which they
Constance could not, as ^et
Ilenrv's part In the strange clr.um
stances which had b(P.n to revea
themselves with Alan's coming tt.CM
capo; but Henry's hope that tn
Benny and Alan were dead
Ding to make that clearer. She lay
without voluntary mcvemcnt n her
berth, but her bosom was s.mklng with
the thoughts which came to 1,er
Twenty years before, some dreadful
event had altered Uncle Benny s Hf«S
his wife had known—or had lMrn<*1
enmigh of that event so that she ha
left hlra. It had seemed to Constance
nnd her father, therefore, that It must
have been some Intimate and prhate
^Cncle Benny had withdrawn him
self from men: he had cPfi<od to e
active In his business and delegated
*o others. This change bad been
strangely advantageous to Henry.
Henrv had been hardly more than a
common seaman then. He had been a
mate—the mate on one of Incle Ben
ny's ships. Quite suddenly he had
become Uncle Benny's partner. Henry
had explained this to her by saying
that Uncle Benny had not trusted
Henrv; he had been suspicious of
him: he had quarreled with him. How
s* range. then, that Uncle Benny should
have advanced and given way to a
man whom he could not trust.!
Uncle Benny had come to her and
warned her not to marr\v Henry ; then
he had sent for Alan. There had been
purpose in these acts of Uncle Ben
nv's; had they meant that tncle Ben
nv had been on the verge of making
explanation—that explanation
Henry feared—and thnt he had been
—prevented? Her father had thought
this- at least, he had thought that
Uncle Benny must have left some ex
planation in his house. He had told
Alan '.hat. and had given Alan the
key to Ihe house bo thnt he cou
find It. Alan had gone to the house
In the Iiousb Alan hnd found some
one who hnd mistaken him for a
ghost, a mnn who had cried out at
sight of him something about a « P—
about the Mlwaka. the ship of whose
loss no one had known anything «
eept by the soundings of the I ■
What had ibe man been .•».«»
house? Had he too been loolclng tor
the explanation—the explanation that
Henry fen ret!? Alan ha<1 described
the man to her; that description had j
not had meaning for her before; but i
now remembering that descrlp'lon she
could think of Henry as the only one
who could have been In that bouse!
Henry had fought with Alan there!
Afterwards, when Alan bad been at
tacked upon the street, had nenry t
anything to do with 'hat?
Henry had lied *o her about being I
In Duluth the nfght he had fought
with Alan: he had not told her the
true cause of his quarrels with Uncle
Benny; he had wished her to believe
that Uncle Benny was dead when the
wedding ring and watch came to her—
the watch which had been Cnptaln
Stafford's of (he Mlwaka! Henry had
urged her to marry him at once. Was
that because he wished the security
that her father—and sne—must give
her husband when they learned the
revelation which Alan or Uncle Ben-j
ny might bring?
At Petoskey she went from the train
directly to the telegraph office. If
Henry was In Petoskey, "hey would
know nt that office where he could be
found; he would be keeping In touch
with them.
(Continued on Saturday)
SUNSHINE FOR SOURDOUGHS
John Helferwork, Happy Hawkins'
hired man, was being examined pre
paratory to taking out an Insurance.
"Ever had any accidents?" asked
the doctor.
"Nope."
"Never had an accident In your
life?"
"Nope, 'cept maybe last spring
when Happy's bull threw me over
the corn crib."
"Don't you call th,at an accident?"
"Gosh, no! He did it on purpose."
A former socialist, who is now
very anti, is known for his ready
wit. Recently he was harranguing
an open-air meeting and referred to
our boys who fought "over there." A
stout suffragette asked him in an
; acrid tone: "Will you tell us why
j you didn't fight with the boys 'over
there'?" "Yes, madam," answered
the ex-socialist, "for the same reason
i you are not with the Foll.es—physi
cal disability!"
Pat was the man who did all the
ndd jobs about the place, and. owing
lo potty thieving, his employer in
structed him to get a good yard dog.
Pat was out all day and in the
evening lauded home with a dasli
' hound.
| "What on earth have you brought
along. Pat?" queried his employer.
"Well, sir," said Pat, "he's the
I nearest 1 could got to a yard, he's
I two feet elivin inches long."
The physician was giving an In
formal ta'k 0,1 Physiology.
"Also," he remarked, "it has re
cently been found that the human
body contains sulphur."
"Sulphur!" exclaimed the girl In
the blue and white sweater, "And
how much sulphur is there 4" a
girl's body?"
"Oh, the amount varies," said the
j doctor, smiling, "according to the
girl."
"Ah," replied the girl, "and Is
j that the way some of us make better
matches than others?"
I The yoting man who had been
| calling so frequently on Helen came
I at last to see Helen's father. Final
ly the suitor made this announce
ment: "It's a mere mormality, I
know. sir. this asking for your
daughter's baud, but we thought It
would be pleasing to you if it were
observed in the usual way."
I Helen's father stiffened.
"And may I Inquire," he asked,
"who suggested that asking my con
sent to Helen's marriage was a
mere formality?"
"Yes, sir," replied the young man.
j "It was Helen's mother."
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Visiting brothers cor
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DAN MCDONALD, E. R.
F. J. VA.VDEWALL, Secretary.
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M. No. 113, meets 2nd and
4tU Saturday evenings ot
earli month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
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v inning memuers welcome.
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lived for many years In the At
lin country, and can guarantee
hunting parties fine sueclmens.
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for lake hunting and fishing. .
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