for the newspapers will tie found on HE CHANGED HIS MIND WHY HE WORRIED desk. I've just completed it. Was smashed in collapse of market on the MODEL IS FOUND SLAIN 7oH.rfct.WY VjtSH VOu'tN board floor this afternoon No, OW SWQKtNQ FOK IT'S HMfe,feOT POLICE OBTAIN CLUE that's—and then, ironically. all I'LL C© »f FOR 'u bo it- cr* Happy New Year HfcR. S#\Kt NOv4 Afcfc YOU QUAt THAT Jf Body cf "Perfect Woman" Discovered your sake I'UV. RON His receiver clicked down on the i™£.01-0 »=»ONfc, in Philadelphia Apartment—Prominent AiNfc C/M-U ON MV UTTLt MAN hook, severing the connection in the Business Man Suspected. HfcR And 5WPVI midst of horrified abjurations from the HER t'VtCONGiwtRto other end of the wire. Simultaneously THE Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—Dressed in HK&IT Myrtle, the telephone girl, jerked the blue silk pajamas, the body of Grace metal loop from her head and sprang Soft* iT'b Colbert Roberts, 22 years old, art model A PHONOGRAPH down the aisle, disregarding the surprised ER. &IQ Rfe"EPTErAE and "perfect woman," has been discovered exclamations of her fellows and in her apartments here. She FOR EVERY HOME the imperative call of the supervisor. had been murdered. She grabbed her hat and shabby little In her role as a model, the slain Jacket from their peg on the lockerroom Ffc'KR. SOMEOD woman had posed for a silk stocking wall as she fled. EDISON PRO ad which "has been displayed in street POSt,CAoS£ A suicide? ... he was about to die car cards all over the country. Diamond I by his own hand And with that The name of the man who tortured Ain'T sweet-voiced wife waiting for him and then killed the woman 1b now in there at home with the dear little kiddie MAtm the hands of the police and, according AMBEROLA tucked up in bed and crying for his to detectives, will lead to a man standing $30.00—$50.00—$75.00 daddy's good-night kiss! It was wrong high in business circles of Chicago —all wrong! ... To stop him! Ah, and this city. Detectives followed the If only she could get there in time! trail to Chicago. There was a chance—a slim chance, Edison for it happened that the Stock Exchange won't "YOO Gwfc V\OVUNQ T*Kfr fcM AkLU. I'NJtSJVIORN) was directly next door to the Blue Amberol 4 minute FOR W VKKfc? OH? big gray telephone building. 8 American Republics Improve Finances. achieve­| Records Fortunately the night elevator man Washington, Jan. 2.—The had his car waiting there on the main ments of the International High com floor, while he leaned against the sid€ 8 50c—75c—$1.00 mission in promoting financial and WELU, of the cage gossiping with one of the If VIELL, commercial co-operation among the scrub women. Myrtle bounded in, startling WfcUJ 8 jg American republics are described as both nearly out of their wits. C. N. WIRT, Agent. marking a distinct success for the "Quick!" she panted, seizing his arn movement in a report presented to International Falls, Minn j{ with tense fingers, "The fourteentl NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS Piesident Wilson by the United States floor Not an instant to spare!", section of the commijsioi. "But it's against rules to let you gc Any day is a good time to make up there at this unholy time of nigh taKINQ W\V\ good resolutions but the advent of a unless you've got a permit," expostu "To oo th€t new year is one of the best times, because —o)L». .j)nW—• lated the bewildered elevator man THING it Is a mileposton the road of "You can't—" life. International Falls Abstract! Company Myrtle drove the motive lever hom Resolutions which cannot reasonably herself and the iron cage shot swiftlj be lived up to are better never upwards before the man could stoj made. Failure weakens character, her. It was a sickening breathless ris causes loss of confidence and leads Ah! the fourteenth floor at last BURDICK, KREMER & KING, Proprietors. the mind to a feeling of "what's the Precious moments wasted fumbling use?" with the mechanism of the elevato) Real happiness in life cannot be ABSTRACTS, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE floor Then through it and out bought with gold. Many of the humblest the staccato clatter of little high heels people are happier and more contented Collections, Conveyancing and Loans racing down the long dim, empty cor than a neighbor who dwells in NAHM'S ridor to where a blotch of light showec .. THt.V)5t? a mansion. through the transom of Suite 1478. I J. E. BURDICK, Manager. A HC CAN Cif One should try to make each day as For a brief second Myrtle's hear Another It comes the happiest day of one's life. suspended its pulsation and she hesi Plpfc: Minnesota. International Falls, Why waste one's life away living in $ tated with her trembling hand out anticipation of a day that may never stretched to turn the knob. What ii !$r -sSt come? Each day is like a mirror. One she should find—should find him al fl- side is bright and the reflections seem ready the victim of his own mad actlying even better than they really are. The there on the richly-carpeted flooi other side is rough and dark. Try to of the sumptuously furnished office* keep the bright side turned your way with a pool of blood slowly coagulating and at the end of the year may each around the bullet hole in his temple of us look back with a better feeling If— Border Wholesale Meat & Grocery at heart and a clearer conscience, that But Myrtle, the telephone girl, waited we have performed* our duties to the to conjecture no longer. She threw full extent of the opportunities given Company her weight against the unlocked door us. tt gave suddenly and precipitated hei E. A. YERNBERG, Manager inwards coincidently with her frenzied Do It Now. 2ry of: The Year*® "STOP!" man who waits till New Wholesale and Retail Meats, Groceries, Fruits and Feed 8: To swear off need not weep The man sitting at the long mahogany About the things he's giving ujj— desk with the ugly revolver already His swear-off will not keep. in his hand half started to his Home-Made Sausage and Hamburger feet, his face ashen stared at this Then came a woman voice—soft, most unexpected intruder, bulge-eyed. sweet and low. Give us a Trial and You Will Stay With Us He seemed unablfe to collect his Turning Over a "Hello Oh, is that you, Jim? I thoughts only passed his hand over I The Old Order had gotten quite anxious about you. I his mouth two or three times, muttering New Leaf Our Prices are Always Right and Our Stock Always Fresh expected you home to dinner tonight. in a half-witted way: "Who Changeth Sou promised, you know. And svho what ." •Snookuius' was so disappointed when Br LAURA JEAN LIBBEY Then he toppled suddenly and fell litis Block, Third Street International Falls, Minn I had to tuck him in bed without kissing Sat on his face to the floor. his papa good night. He was so "Dead!" groaned Myrtle, horrorstricken, (Copyright, by the McClure Newspaper excited by all the noise on* the streets Syndicate.) dropping to her knees beside and kept asking me if his bad daddy the inaminate form. Breathes there a man with soul so wouldn't come home early to him on "Naw!" grunted the elevator man, dead who never to himself hath said: New Year's eve. I really think you who just then joined her. "He's fainted "I'm going to turn over anew leaf this By DeLYSLE FERREE CASS 11 might have, Jim, because—" FIFTEEN —that's all, kid. Better go git me a year! I'll cut loose from the crowd of "Oh, I know! I know!" interrupted wet rag to sop his face with. That'll fellows I cannot get away from when I JOHN M. G1SH the man's voice impatiently, although bring him 'round in a jiffy." have plenty of money, but who get out (Copyright) he evidently was making a strong effort But Myrtle was already seated at of my way when they know I'm broke. to conceal his distraught condition minutes of twelve I the adjacent telephone, calling the I'll cut down my cigar bill one-half. It from her. "Business detained me at A brief quarter of an hour later aumber she so well remembered: Watchmaker and Jeweler cuts my pride to see my cigar dealer the office later than I anticipated, Edna, and all the town bells would be "Yes, yes, operator That's It, whisk by in his fine automobile, I trudging and afterwards afterwards madly ringing the factory whistles Riverview 4111. Hello! hello along on foot. The same resolution Harx*y Forbes dropped in and we went would be tooting horns would Is this Mrs. Thornton talking? shall hold good in regard to my tailor, out for a bite to eat together." shrill raucously the restless crowds No, you don't know me, but that who lives in a fine house of his own, I "But you'll be home right away now, surging aimlessly through the streets rloesn't matter. You hurry and wake Agent for Singer Sewing in a boarding house. I'll let others help won't you, dear?" pleaded the woman's would raise voices in the hysterical up 'Snookums put on all his things to finance him this year. I'll chum voice eoaxingly. "Please don't stay pandemonium that customarily wakes and hurry down here to Mr. Thornton's with a different set of men, choosing Machine Company and Wood­ any later. I've "promised 'Snookums' the dying year into extinction. office. He needs you Asked young comrades who insist upon paying that you'll be home to wish him a Happy "Then," said Myrtle the telephone me to call you up. Says he wants their share of the way, instead of stock Typewriter. New Year while the whistles are girl to herself, "then my busy time to begin a Happy New Year with you men older and more canny than I, still blowing." pommences. Every lunatic in town find the baby right down here. who never pay out a cent from their "I can't possibly make it now jjirill begin trying to get his or her You'll come right away All right, own pocket, but make my friendship there's a big deal we're talking over." friends on the wire to yell 'Happy thank you... Yes, I'll wait here too—" for them their support. New Year!'—everybody will be wanting "Jim"—reproachfully "I thought And just then a deafening racket of Also dealer in "As for the girls (God bless them!) you assured me you never would dabble their numbers at Jnce and all sore horns, whistles and bells burst forth, instead of avoiding them I'll turn over in the market again after that last because the telephone company hasn't while hundreds of little white lights a new leaf by picking out a nice girl Wear-U-Weil Shoes time when you risked all we had in the put in 5,000 extra wires for their especial began to flash here and there along to woo and wed. I find the longer a -X world simply on the chance of making convenience tonight." their great switchboard in the nearby man puts oif marrying the more he'll a few dollars without really earning The metal loop with the receiver at telephone exchange, and the girls' rue it. Life is unsatisfactory and incomplete It." her ear had grown irksome and heavy hands flew to the connections. And, as to a man who hasn't the love "Edna, I—I—" on Myrtle's head. Her hand raised to James Thornton slowly revived under of some good, noble woman, who loves, "Jim, your very voice sounds queerly. adjust it more comfortably just as the tender, solicitous ministrations of trusts, looks up to him, and has his Nothing has gone wrong at the office one of the little white lights flashed on the 'phone girl and the grimy elevator welfare at heart. I'll stick closer to there today, has there, dear?" before her. man, a white light illumined his soul business and see how much I can save I "No N no in am he "Number please" (plugging the hole) also. instead of how much I can spend, I'll man's voice wearily, soothingly. "Don't Grand 4354 What did you "Where's 'Snookums?'" he queried WE LOAN MONEY start by taking water instead of wine worry now ... No use any more, incuse say Yes, I know I 'have a sweet weafcly. by shaking dimes in my pocket, which me if I spoke sharply, little girL voice,' but my name don't happen to be are to stay there, instead of shaking iO •.)• WtOIiGX I'm tired out—that's all .'. Yes, yes 'Kiddo' There you are." dice. I'll make a firm resolve that Child Labor Law Effective. ,vbod biisb Good-by, dearest one." Just.then another light flashed in nothing shall break to write at least Columbia, S. C., Jan. 2.—South Carolina's The receiver clicked sharply and the Myrtle's section. one letter a week to my dear old mother, This bank loans money. That's the way we :mak'evoiiF^ new child labor law, prohibiting listening Myrtle experienced a sense of "Number please Riverview 4197 Ofhv -or.J whose anxious thoughts and prayers the employment of children undei improvident:Vf physical relief, the exact reason for living. But we don't loan money foolishly nor for ... Thank you What? Oh, I are always following me, as well 14 years of age in the textile establishments, which she would have been at a loss Deg your pardon 4111." as her motherly tear-stained missives, has just gone into effect and to explain. How strangely the man "Why don't you listen as you're paid begging for just a word from me now employment of about 2,400 children It is our ambition to see this community prosper and had intoned his good-bye—almost as do?" growled back a man's voice to and then. I'll make my old father proud automatically ceased, according to fig if he never expected to be able to say over the wire. His articulation was it is decidedly to our advantage to see that it does prosper, of me. I'll cut out costly dinners at ures of the State Department of Agri it again to the wife he loved. It was thick, hoarse. Evidently he was laboring restaurants, just to sec and be seen. because, if the community prospers, our'^positsf wiil !inci?e!ase culture. The old law made the mini as if— under some tremendous strain. The little cafe 'round the corner where mum age limit for employment 12 and we will have more money, to.lpanr It can i^a&ly, be "Yes, number please Oh—" However it is not for the mere telephone the food is good and costs much less years. It was the voice of the same man operator to resent, whatever her seen, therefore, that we canp^t, con^i^tentjy ^oan rmoney for will do me." speaking crossly over the wire. provocation. It's the best thing a man could do Expects War's End This Year. any purpose not conduct^ to the best-interests) oi t&eo cflm-r. ..n "Get me Grant 6212—quick J" he "4111, thank you," said Myrtle in to make such wise resolutions. The growled. "I'm in a hurry." munity in general and the bori*ower iW7 particular.. rOnbthfe ffiiv-- 4-ifV the same pleasantly modulated tone as point is, will, he stick to them, turning With the British Armies in Franco Wfkv lo eorroj^-: [i-i-jofneq -jriT She plugged the proper hole connecting before and made the proper connection. basis this bank loans rrionley gladiy:''fr'f over a new leaf which he would neverbe Jan. 2., (via London).—The arrival oi him and listened for a mo* •fiOltBi'fCfO'iqCf A I But not even then being certain fi_to Hot ,s£/bfro' srfj 1917 was welcomed on the western sorry for? If he does not backslide, ment. that she had correctly understood the -1- inir- •-r-n f--? front by the British and French sol the year will be full ot promise for "Hello! Grant 6212? the Morgue? man's thick directions, she cut in on diers as a beginning of the end of the him. He will be successful in business iioo oH .r.Kfa! :o •gniytWe Well, this is James P. Thornton talk* the line to listen for a moment and so Loa£ |i|paey •o^-.3^^!^ai^^,- j€all.^d '^ee..^s,_v S- great world war. There are varying and in love. By the time the next year ing. Yes, J-A-M-E-S Thornton of J. forestall further complaints from him. rolls around he will probably not be a views as to how the end is to b« P. Thornton, Inc. I'm about to com" With the receiver clamped tight to brought about, but there is no question bachelor, but will have a sweet and -V/ ft'isihsl 'to "M's 'Vrit rfjlV'''jfxf. S mit suicide in my office at 1478 Stock her ear she could hear the 'phone bell that throughout the Brlish army there gracious bride by his side, who will Exchange building. If you'll send your •and#, "fcatfp J*. ~^n-.Fca- jodl sifci hoops If buzzing faintly across the city-—in a help him keep his pledges and make is conviction that the next twelve men over here within. 15 minutes house, Myrtle judged, because the Riverview months will bring a victorious peace, his life and home happy. The man who 's.iincsb Ine ru'st National Bank they'll find my body here ... Door's exchange lay in the aristocratic Opinion as to bow tha war will anil has the grit to do this will lay the frfUi esrfoiib bio •jjrthsv/ol-bosJ srty rfjhv iysj/ioa sifimtiriE unlocked, ready for, yon. Statement residential section. Buzz—Bugz-^zrrZ I dividaC foundation of happiness tor life.