The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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The Adventure* of
Kalhlyn
HAROLD MAC ORATH
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'•' • * uf KalMfn ami ilia . oU.hel and
.he fugliltaa are Jl*mn .h.u.r in i|.. p«|
"• ' Uata Khan UupplleO *1111 . * .<-la
>d Mna«ll by lhal 1-oat.ilal.le prince.
• ha Mill endeavors la h IM «mM.
<Mii la ot.rp-.w.red by • band of brl-
Wto. and iha ano>unlar fault* in iha
n>-l being daUvarad lu t'mballa. Katti
if* •««! Ufa.a aerape frum ihiar cap'.-ra
and raiurn to Alia'.*. where Kathlyn
t-araa lhal bar father. while nominally
king. la In reality a prla i.<-r Kathlyn
"•« I'll*, and onca n...ra they ata«|
••ay from Al'aba. but raiurn whan iha*
leara lhal Winnl*. Kaihlyn • young ala-
l r. ha* route In India Unil.alla makee
K'f * PMaonrr Rha la rrownad ijuaan of
Allaha Kalliljrn. In dlagulaa. aaina ad
niiaai n iu Wlnnla'a ruum. but la dla<-uv-
•fad bjr I'mlialla. who ordara lhal al.a ba
m n Ml*|n Iha* fo*t iu«or>
fi^ui Nli« ii r* 4'tj«*«| by the «*olon«l ant
Me friend*. Kathljru. iftifulMMl m un «ni-
« •! iretrief. lake, part In n publlf ethl-
blflua. rher Idrntlty to ct «* p«<«p}e
and M.-UH her slater. Knthlyn. Winnie,
their father And Bruc« find m M<llng place
I# the home of liamaUl The Tatter's
wire. Pundlta. la the lawful queen of
Allaha and puhltr aentlment In her favor
'• «r*iwlrnr. The paopfe at laat. weary of
URiballa'i misrule, rlee airalnat him The
^•bela St flrst are defeated, hut Kathlyn'a
timely sppesrance Inspires them and ths
tide turns in their favor. The arena lions
sacap# and Kathlyn seek* eafety In a da-
aerted house 8he la dlac6v«r#d by lfm-
balla. who la fleeing with the rebels Mad
for revenge ha asts Are to lha housa.
CHAPTER XXI.
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Tk* aigbi of ika al**| a*Mr«d kin a
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l.iatan io ma. Itorca Ham. loorh
mm acain and > « akall 4to' fan >« «i
nol a** I am trying to aav* yo« M
rauM my alaiar m> mill* u* Tk* flr*
will aprt>ad. for Ui* wlad baa rUan
Savad From tha Flamaa.
When the lions sniffed the acrid
amok* the two of them fell to roaring
thunderously. They reared and at-
tempted to climb the ladder, only to
fall back Jarringly. The ran up and
down the hall, struck with that Inborn
terror of Are. They dared not de-
scend In face of that lurid smoke
which rose from that sparkling magic
which thay had feared alnce .the be-
ginning of time.
Alas, Kathlyn could have descended
now without fear of the beasts mo-
lesting her; but it was too late. Finally
ahe threw down the trap and the
amoke cleared a little, but the Inferno
below went on crackling merrily.
The houaes on each side were single
storied. She would break every bone
In her body If ahe Jumped. There were
four cartridges in the revolver. She
held It In her hand and studied It In a
curiously detached manner. She could
face wild beasts, men. steel, and lead;
but Are. tba most horrible of all tor-
tures. . . . Why hadn't she killed
blm aa ha leered up at her from tbe
■treat T
Pour cartridges, three for help and
one for heraelf If help came not. She
ralaed her arm and flred three shots
with Interval# between that might
suggest a call for aid. Then she moved
to the farthest end of the parapet,
farthest from the smoke and the Are.
Suddenly the roof shook and quivered
aa if an earthquake had disturbed the
foundations. She understood. The low-
er staircase had toppled.
From the lions the denizens of this
part of the bazaars had fled inside
their bouses; but the sight of the Are
and Its nearness drove them terrified
into the street. They began taking
out their valuables. The household
goata bleated, and children acreamed
and women shrieked.
But none of them could help the
white goddess upon yonder doomed
roof. And why should they inake the
attempt? Did she not bear a charmed
life? Was she not the reincarnation
of some ancient goddess? She had
done something In heaven to offend
the gods, and these things were her
punishments. The gods would liberate
her when the proper moment arrived.
But Are! The gods themselves
could not control that; that was tbe
right hand of Siva. Al, al. al! The
walling roae to the girl on the roof.
Al, al! The bazaars were doomed.
There was neither water nor men who
knew how to use it. Besides, who
among them would offend the terrible
Siva by meddling with his plaything?
The painted dancing girl In the
bouse where UmbaMa had taken tem-
porary refuge began to gather her
trinkets, her amber and turquolae
necklaces, bracelets, and ankleta.
These she placed In a brass enameled
box and tucked It under her arm.
Next ahe shook the sodden Umballa
by the aleev*.
"Come!" she cried.
"I would aieep." he mattered.
"Durga Ram, I rlak ray life in offer-
ing you aheltar; but I refuse to rlak
It In Are. Come! There la a way
through the rear, to tbe houae of
friend of mine
Kathlyn Reacuad From the Fire.
What! Am I one of your slaves that
you lift your hand agalnBt me?" She
seized a bowl containing aome flow-
ers and caat the contents Into bis
face. "Fire, Are, and death!" ahe
shrilled at him.
The douche brought tbe man out of
bla stupor.
"Fire?" he repeated.
"Come!"
This time he followed her docilely,
wiping his face on his sleeve.
They heard the great ahoutlng In
the street, but did not tarry to learn
what had caused it.
One of Umballa's bearers, upon real-
ising what bla master had done, had
run down the street for aid. He had
bad two objects In view—to aave the
white goddess and to buy hla freedom.
A few hundred yards away. In an
other atreet. the colonel, Bruce, and
Ahmed were dragging a net for the
purpose of laying It for a Hon at bay
in a blind alley. Into their preaence
rushed the wild-eyed bearer.
Save the white goddess!" he cried.
Bruce seized him by the shoulder.
"What Is that?"
"The white goddess, sahib! She Is
on the roof of a burning house. Durga
Ram. my master, set Are to It. He Is
drunk and hiding in a house near by."
"The man Is mad," declared tbe
colonel. "Kit would not have loat her
way this far. He la lying. He wants
money."
Ahmed spoke. The bearer fell upon
his knees.
Three shots, at intervals!
The colonel and Bruce stared into
each other's eyes.
"God in heaven!" gasped the colo-
nel; "those are revolver shots!"
"Bring the net!" shouted Ahmed. To
the trembling bearer he Bald: "Lead
us; we follow. And if you have
upoken fhe truth you shall not only
have your freedom but rupees for your
old age."
A lion's net Is a heavy affair, but
with the aid of the keepers the men
ran as quickly and lightly aa if burden-
leas. Smoke. There was a Are. The
hearts of the white men beat painfully.
And the same thought occurred to
both of them; they should have gone
to Ramabai's home first, then turned
their attention to tbe lions. And Um-
balla was biding in a house near by!
Well for them that tbey entered the
doomed quarters as they did. Kath-
lyn saw them, and the muzzle of the
revolver which she was pressing to
her heart was lowered, the weapon
Itself slipping from her hand to the
roof. God was not going to let her
die like this.
"Spread out the net!" commanded
Bruce. "Kathlyn. can you hear me?"
he ahouted. cupping his hands before
his mouth. Faintly he heard her re-
ply. "When I give the word. Jump Do
not be afraid."
Kathlyn atepped upon tbe parapet. A
great volume of smoke obscured her
for a moment Out of the windows
tbe vivid tongues of Aamea darted.
flashing upward. She summoned alt
The Ar* will not j her courage and waited for tbe call
reach there And tonight you can seek j of tbe man she loved Inside a floor
«ti Alter In tk* Jungto. or where you gave way witk a crash and the eol-
wtU." i lateral walla of tke building swayed
-Lm ba; I would sleep " ' ominously A deapairing roar aoeom
"Fool! TkoM wko remain bar* wttl j pasted the thunder of falling
lk*y tuuad Uto ko«a* amply atrapl tor
a r haiierlag ma*bay and a a* learning
Mrrakaoi both altorMd to * 4 Mi
Mreltoe Uruc* 11 Mr* lad ik*« aad r
tort.ad to Ik* rotoMl
"Oom? Wall. 1*1 him bid* to Ik*
Juagl*. a prmf io f"*r and hunger
Al toasi w* ar* lid of blm itoi I
•hall die unhapfr if la tbl* Uto w*
I wo fall to km again Kit!"
'Joba"' Mb* withdraw from b*r
father a arma aad • ought tboa* of tb*
man who loved bar and bom ak*
lo**d. aa youtk will and must "IM
bim go. Why should w* car*? Tab*
iu* io my atator **
Ahmad smll*d as ba and bla m*n
rolled tba n*t This wma as It should
b*. For what man wm a b tt*r mat*
for bis golden halrad memsahlb? And
then he thought of l<al Singh, and be
choked a little For Lai Singh and
h« bad sp*nt many pieaaant hours to-
gether They bad worked togetker In
play and In war, shared danger and
bread and glory, all of which wm
written In the books of tbe lliitlab raj
In Calcntto.
It wm the will of Allah; there was
but one God. and Mahomet waa his
prophet Then Ahmed dlmnlssed Lai
Singh and the past from his thoughts,
after tbe philosophical manner of the
Asiatic, and turned to the more vital
affairs under hand.
At Ramabai'a house there was
happy reunion; and on her knees Pun-
dita confessed to her lord how near
she had been to Christian damnation.
She had fallen from grace; she bad
reverted to tbe old customs of ber
race, to whom suicide was not sin.
Ramabai took her in bis arma and
touched her forehead with his lipa.
And now," said tbe colonel, "the
king!"
Ramabai's head sank.
"What Is the matter? Is he dead?"
"If I knew that" answered Rama*
bal. "I would reat content"
"But you searched the royal
prison?"
"And found nothing, nothing!"
"What do you believe?"
"I believe that either the Council
or Umballa has forestalled us. We
shall visit tbe Council at once. They
are prisoners. If tbey have had no
hand In the disappearance of tbe king,
then we are facing a stone wall over
which we cannot leap. For Umbalia
has Aed, wither no one knowa. and
with him baa gone the aecret Come,
we shall go at once to tbe palace
prison.'
The Council which had ruled so long
In Allaha wu very bumble Indeed
They had imprlaoned the king be-
cauM he had given many evidences of
mental unbalance. Perhaps unwisely
they had proclaimed his death. Durga
Ram had discovered what they had
done and had held It over their heads
like a sword blade. That the king was
not In his dungeon, why and where-
for, wu beyond their knowledge.
They were in the power of Ramabai;
let him work his will upon them. Tbey
had told the truth. And Ramabai.
much as he detested thentt believed
them. But for the present it wm re-
quired that they remain incarcerated
till the king was found, dead or alive.
In tbe palace soldiers and servants
alike bad already forgotten Umballa.
To them It was aa if he had not ex-
isted. All in a few hours. There was,
however, one man who did not forget.
Upon a certain day Umballa bad care-
lessly saved his life, and to his bene-
factor he waa now determined to de-
vote that life. This man was the ma-
Jordomo, the chief servant in the
king's household. It was not that he
loved Umballa; rather than he owed
Umballa a debt and resolved to pay It
Two days later, when the Ares were
extinguished and the populace had set-
tled back into its former habits, this
majordomo betook himself to Um-
blla's bouse. It was well guarded,
and by men who had never been close
to Umballa, but had always belonged
to the dissatlsAed section, the frankly
and openly mutinous section. No
bribery was possible here; at least
nothing short of a fabulous sum of
money would dislodge their loyalty to
Ramabai, now the constitutional re-
gent No one could leave the house
or enter It without scrutinty and ques-
tion.
The servants and the women of the
zenanM remained undisturbed. Rama-
bai would have it so. Things had been
put in order. There had not been
much damage done by the looters on
the day of the revolt They had looked
for treasure merely, and only an oc-
caslonal bit of vandalism had marked
their pathway.
On the pain of death no soldier
might enter the bouse
Tbe majordomo waa permitted to en-
ter without question He passed the
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learned what *aa taking Mara la IM Tk* <|«*Jl aad l>M**aat Ik* fruit*
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lla *a* vary wall aatUtoM II* had hall Mwine d***n*d alno*i la
bad kla rMMi*. and nor* ibM Ikla. dtetoly To ik* king IfH. I
ba was runKttonI *k*n IM Un* ran* hint' Tk* I'nkalla akould t*
ba would also gala bla liberty II* dab*
bad * raaaon to my lb* blag kin Tk*y found tk* poor klag to tk* |
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ktoag aad a*u pa* *> "tk* kr**rb la
Ik* lartV Mrrlead* " Mow It M m
M* for m tienurrato to dodg*. facia
ar* tana W* nlgkt m **U tmf
Utoto ll*r* go** to gas* a* Uto t"a*
d*r*ood lanC al Its worst
la May. laid, our mp r!aiio*s *era
M«.M**oe gr**ie* <k*a tMy had M*a
| und*r %m l*a>n* Aldrick tariff to tb*
but la a pitiakla eoadlttoa H* laugh-d «"*ei<l*g noaiku* Ik* ymmt b -
Ramabai fait it thrum • and babbled aad emli*d aad ••* m [**•• *" '*• g**a *e •*«••• «
b*nt oa blm io bold a banquet m tk* tk*y l*d blm away Hut la ik* mm ia* p*nod Mors tk* war. Ul aa
palace, ther* to stat* to bla frlaada. rkamber oblek *m to have Mid Uto •• •*«* It a Hill*.
aatlve aad obit*. JmI what be latood balla there was no living Ifclas i 'ke I3l.uoo.oeo *i«m |I4.0O#.#«I
m to do And on lb* night of this For I mbalU bad. at Ik* departure j to accounted for by increased Impor.
sober occasion ba sat In tb* tVoo* of lb* majordomo. ronr*ived a Ua toilooj of food la ! ll tbla country
room before a deek littered with dort*. j for rebabllltaiioa so old* la Ite rani-1 *aa tlattad by general drought aad
meata Aa b* Rnlshed writing a not* Bcationa. so powerful aad wMlmiag. ik* en>pa of tke four principal graiaa
he summoned tb* majordomo. that nothing could atay It ooce it wm ekort of tk* Itll yield by a fttU
"llave this delivered at one* to liar* s*t la motion Tb* priests, tk* r*al, blllloa buakels Result a greatly
Sahib, whom you will And ni hla bna-, rvtera of Asia, tb* wIm aad p%U*al , kort*a*d Cood supply ud b*avy In-
galow outsid* tbe city. Tell bin also j gurus, who held tb* moat compelling portatious ia tke apriag of IBIi. Mora
that be must be preMBt tonight b*. of all aceptora. superstition' J oubl* , "one of tk* lt*ms of laeraaM:
bis friend, nnd his daughter* It to fool that b* bad b*ea not to have Pood animals. 1446.000; fresh meat*
of vital Importance " , thought of this before' H* know that *ad dairy product*. U.fOO.OOO; cora.
Pundlta. who wu staring out of tba I tb*y bated Ramabai. who In r*ttgjoo *"W.000. /Several millions of tkto
window, turned and naked her lord wea aa outcast and a parteb, who rr**m wm In commodities which bad
what be wm sending tke Colonel 8a- worshiped but a jingle God wtiom none taken off the dutiable list by tk*
hlb hat be could not give blm at the had ever seen, of whom no Idol had tn/lerwood tariff and made fr**.
banquet. ! been carved and Mt up In a tempi*.
"A surprise, aa agreeable surprise." | Superstition!
Umballa threw off his robes aad
donned his candy Mller's utters, left
The majordomo cocked his ears; but
Ramabai Mid nothing more.
At the colone|;a bungalow there wm j the houae without Ming questioned by
rejoicing Ramabai had written that | the careless guard, and sought tb*
since the king could not be found b* chief temple.
would head tbe provisional govern-
ment aa regent, search for and arrest
Umballa, and at any time tbe Colonal
Sahib signlffed would furnish him
with a trusty escort to tbe railway,
three days' Journey away. He added,
however, that be hoped the Colonel
Sahib would be good enough' to re-
main till order waa ea tab lla bed.
The majordomo contrired to tarry
long enough to overhear m much of
the conversation as needed—for he
understood English—and then re-
turned tk the city to carry the news
to Umballa To him Umballa gave a
white powder.
"Tonight, you say, Ramabai gives
a banquet?"
"Yea, husoor."
"Well, put thla in his cup and your
obligation to me Is paid.
The majordomo stored a long time
at that little packet of powder.
cold aweat formed upon hla brow un-
der his turban.
"Well?" Bald Umballa, Ironically.
"Huzoor, It is murder!"
Umballa ahrugged and held out his
hand for the packet
The majordomo swallowed a few
times and bowed his head, 'lit shall
be done, huzoor. My life Is yours to
do wltb as you pleaae. I have said It'
"Begone, then, and bring me tbe
newa on the morrow that Ramabai Is
dead. You alone know where the king
Superstition!
To cow the populace, to bring tbe
troops to the msrk, with thrMts of
durses, famine, plague, eternal dam-
nation! Superatltlon! And tbla Is why
Ramabai and his followers found tk*
empty chamber.
CHAPTER XXII.
Will Tall All. I Am Dylngl"
Is. Should they near the hut in which
have hidden him, see that he ia
killed. He Is also useless."
The major domo departed with
heavy heart Ramabai was an honest
man; but Durga Ram had spoken.
At the banquet, with Its quail and
pheaaant its fruits and Aowera, lta
rare plates and Its rarer goblets for
th* light wines high castes permitted
themselves occasionally to drink. Ra-
mabai toyed idly with hla goblet and
thoughtleasly pushed it toward Kath-
lyn. who sat at his right
Imbued with a sense of graUtude for
Ramabai'a patience and kindneaa and
assistance through all her dreadful
Allaba's Real King Killed.
In the rear of the temple Umballa
sought was a small chamber wblcb
was uaed by tbe prleata when they do
sired to rest or converse privately!
which wm often. Tbe burning tempi*
lampa of braaa emphasized tbe dark-
neas of the room rather than dis-
pelled It. A abadow occasionally Bick-
ered through the amber haxe—an ex-
ploring bat A dozen or more priests
stood In one of tbe dim corners, froq
which their own especial idol winked
at them with eyes like coals blown
upon. The Krishna of the Ruby eyes,
an Idol known far and wide but Men
by few.
In tbe temple itaelf there wag a
handful of tardy worshipers. Tk*
heat of the candlea, tbe amell of tk*
eternal lotus Aower and smoking in-
cense sticks mad* even tbe huge vault
stifling. Many of tbe idols were bo-
Jeweled or patched with beaten gold
leaf, and many bad baen coveted by
wandering white men, who, when
their endeavor became known, dis-
appeared mysteriously and were never
more known In the haunts of men.
A man In tatters appeared suddenly
In the great arched doorway. His tur-
ban came down almoet to his eyes
and a neckcloth covered his mouth.
All that could be seen of him In the
matter of countenance waa a pair of
brilliant eyes and predatory nose. He
threw a quick, piercing glance about
assured himself that such devotees m
he saw were harmless, then strode
boldly if hurriedly toward the rear
chamber, which he entered without
ado. Instantly the Indignant priests
rushed toward blm to expel him and
give him a tongue-lashing for hia im-
pudence, when a hand was thrust out
and they heheld upon a Anger a great
green stone. They stopped u sud-
denly as though they bad met an In-
visible electric current
Tbe curtain fell behind tbe man In
tatters, and he remained motionless
for a space. A low murmuring among
the priests ensued, and presently one
of their number — the youngeat —
passed out and stationed himself be-
fore the curtain. Not even a privileged
dancing girl might enter now.
The man in tatters stepped forward.
He became the center of tbe group;
his gestures were quick, tense, au-
thoritative. At length priest turned to
priest and the wrinkled faces became
more wrinkled still: smiles.
"Highness," said the eldest, "we
had thought of this, but you did not
make ua your conAdant"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Joya of a Farmer'a Life.
A gardener just outside Boston bu
a magnificent Aeld of green peaa.
"Do they toste as good as they
look?" I asked him Jokingly.
"Bles# you," be replied, "it would
ordMle. Kathlyn sprang up suddenly j be Ilk* vating money for n* to oh
*nd without looking reached for what * them o* my own table. I haven't
she supposed to be her own goblet but! tested a pea. except out of a can. for
inadvertenUy her hand came la con- Ave years
We respectfully uk our Republican
friends whether, if they kad tbe pow-
er. they would restore tbe tariff oa
these tblngs. so that the food supply
of tke aation should be scarcer and
fclgher in time of drought and sbortaga
at home?
Of tbe $34,000,000 Increase more
tbdn 911.000.000 wm In the four Itema
of coffee, bides, manufactured rubber
and raw silk. Tbe amounts were:
CoffM, $2,429,000; bides. M.145.000;
unmanufactured rubber, 11,758,000;
rear silk. $2,745,000. All four of tbeaa
commodities were free under both tar-
iffs—the Payne-Aldrich and the Under-
wood. The change of tariff had no
more to do with this increaM than
tbe aurora borealis had.
More than $13,000,000 of the lncreaaa
In this awful month was in the impor-
tation of crude materials for manu-
facturing. Of theM, raw cotton—free
under both tariffs—Increased nearly
$1,600,000, and raw wool—made free
by the Underwood tariff—$6,789,000.
Tbe tariff bad. therefore, nothing to do
with the Arst IncreaM. As for tba
wool, the greatest wool-producing
state in the Union Is Montaaa. Tbey
grow about 40,000,000 pouads a year
there. These blighting wool importa-
tions were In May. In November they
bad a little election out in Montana.
Tbey elected two Democratic con-
gressmen—there are only two con-
gressional districts—by pluralities of
about 10,000 each over their Republl-
can opponents, and over Republlcana
and Progressives both of about 4,00k
each; and they sent a legislature to
Helena Democratic on joint ballot by
eight members. And before we leara
this painful subject we should like to
Inquire what um American wool
manufacturers could have had for all
that raw wool In view of the fact—
which every Republican knows*—that
the woolen business had been para-
lyzed by Democratic onslaughts oa
schedule K In the tariff law which
went into effect In October of the year
before?
We ask the Republicans whether
they would change the tariff on wool
If they could? If so, why?
Manufactures ready for consumption
Increased in this month $6,517,000.
How large a percentage of this In.
crease was in goods free under both
tariffs we do not know; but lncreasea
In tbe two somewhat dissimilar ltema
of fertilizers and works of art amount
to nearly a million dollars, and both
were on the free list under both tar-
iffs. Before any charge can be brought
against the Underwood tariff on ac-
count of this IncreaM It is necessary
to show that it took place In the cue
of items affected by tariff reduction
and that industrial depression fol-
lowed at home In consequence.
Republican denunciation of the Un-
derwood law to shallow. Ignorant and
insincere.—St Louis Republic.
Hardly!
The Income taxes paid by individu-
als have increased so much this year
that the indications are that the indi-
vidual and corporation tax will not
only come up to the original estimate
of $80,000,000, but will probably ea-
coed that amount That doesn't look
M if the country had been suffering
Mriously from bard times.—Boston
Globe.
tact with Ramabai'a What she had in
mind to My waa never apoken.
Tbe majordomo stood appalled. This
Ob. tbe Joy of a farmer's Ufa!—Boa-
ton Po*t
guards humbly But one* inside, be- ] wonderful white woman ov*r whom
yood observation, b* became a dif ,he goda watched as tbey watched
ferent una For to Umballa a bouse. | tbe wind* and tbe rataa. of whom M
m In Ramabai a. there were secret bad not dared speak to Um holla. 8b* *
chambers, aad today th* najordoaao I No! H* aaw that
A Great Disseminator.
"I admit that my wLf* and I quar-
rel occasionally, but It la soon over "
"Ye*, soon all over the neighbor-
J hood. Mrs. Naxtdoor attends to thai"
One Point of View.
If you don't know just what caused
this national prosperity listen to tha
Republican politicians of Chicago.
They are tolling you that It Is hero
bpfss Mr. Thompson (whoever ha
la) beet Mr. Sweitser (whoever h* is>
for mayor.
Rank Mersey.
Tke Globe-Democrat is in danger at
having ito party regularity questioned.
It says the future of trade looks nsr*
encouraging than ft Ma tor nan*
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