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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02

turned slightly towards the mass of
papers-''the crowd waits.'
The man that this soldier saved"
she said, simply, was a-kinsman OF
mine-one to whom l am greatly in
debted."
And is that all?"
THAT is ALL she answered. Butun
der the playful, knocking gaze of the
president she felt her face grow GRIM
son. He smiled and bowed gravely from
his chair when he noticed the tell-tale
blush.
'That is ALL" he said. One line upon
sheet of official paper and the touch
of a handbell, and Frances found her.
self under the guidance of a messen-
ger on her way to the war department.
At the door of the department she met
raymond Holbin in new and glitter
ing uniform. He was coming out, but,
seeing her, stopped in surprise.
You here!' he exclaimed.
"Nhy not?' She gave him but
glance, sarcastic smile playing about
her lips.
1T is no place Tor women; you
should be at home"
1T is no place for men; you should
not be at home, Capt. Holbin." An
angry reply arose to his lips, but he
checked it.
You know why I am not" he said;
Il have been unfairly treated; but
say the word, and I will go even as
a private soldier-if you will prom
Use"
1T is immaterlal to me whether
YOU go or stay" she said, and passed
in. Holbin waited a moment and fol-
lowed her. keeping out of her sight.
'Nhat was it the young woman
Wanted?? he asked of a clerk &C.
Quaintance. with careless indifference.
when she was gone.
An order for the parole of a pris-
oner and pass through the lines"
AS Raymond walked away in deep
thought, messenger pointed him out
to hotel porter, and We latter hand
ed him a sealed envelope. Within this
was card bearing the name LOU
ise."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02

papers in certain receptacle to which
I had been directed. II there is an an
swer I shall find it in the same place
at an appointed time" Holbin walked
the floor in great excitement.
'lknow both the place and the time,' -
he said; II took your messages; but
there never would have been any an
swer except for this meeting. alone
can supply the information which is
desired, and I shall not let it &c
through the usual channel. It is the
chance of my life. I have facts that 10
other human being could have accumu-
lated, facts of vital Importance. My
God, Louise A million dollars is a
small price,"
"Give them to me-" she said; II will
deliver them upon one condition."
Zone condition? Name it,
THE price shall be paid to me-" Hol'
bin stood in deep thought.
''No," he said, as if dismissing some
mental argument, ''it is too dangerous
a mission for any woman. Capture
would mean for you certain DEATH
my child!" she said, simply; and
then: Il shall find way to get
through"
Then make the trip safely, and l
swear to you will surrender the child
and come to you, too"
"Oh, Raymond, promises, promises!
1t would be inhuman to deceive me
now
''You will control the future if you
deliver my information and collect the
price," She knew him we'll enough to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02
Old Soldiers Experience.

M. M. Austin, civil war veteran. Of
Winchester, Ind, writes. my wife
was sick long time in spite of good
doctors treatment, but was WHOLLY
cured by Dr.. Kings New Life Pills.
which worked wonders for her health. y
They always do. Try them. Only 25c
at c. A. Jacks drug store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02

OF all her experience, gave way to a.
sudden panic. But only few moments
was she absolutely helpless. Habit and
the calm face before her restored her
presence of mind.
I what is it we can do for this woman
who has been SO badly treated? She
has no cause to doubt me. Tell me
how l may serve her. Her voice was
calm and insinuatingly conciliatory.
She demands a public marriage,
madam. Until this year she has be-
lieved herself less than the legal wife
OF Raymond Holbin, though God knows
she never intended to be less than that.
She was his wife abroad, openly &C.
knoWledged as such, and now she has
proof OF that fact-absolute, undoubt-
cd proof of the highest character
athdavits of acquaintances, registers,
letters addressed to her in his own
handwriting and photographs. All
TINS mass of evidence is properly GER
titled to in duplicate, and she has one
copy OF each in the hands of her law
yers IN Washington and one copy here.
Madam, your son has lived with this
woman as his acknowledged wife, and
L am assured that under Virginia law
she is his wife and would inherit his
estate"
An! She wishes money?'
mo. She wishes to have her child
restored"
Her child? Raymond's child ?"
Alas. madam, one word answers
you-yes!"
lie has not told me this" said the
mother. 1T is all that he had left to
tell; his life has been a great, a pain
tul disappointment to me-
1T is likely that he has not told you
other things. He is preparing for
| transmission information which he
thinks is good for vast sum of money;
and there is the trouble, for I believe,
as you sit before me, madam, that,
having given me his sacred promise,
his sworn promise to send it by Louise.
join her later and right all her wrongs,
ne IS really planning to desert her
again. And in that event, madam. he
would leave desperate woman be-
hind"
what could such woman do then ?
VINO would believe her-a self-con-
fessed spy?"
That thought has already impressed
me deeply. 1 am satisfied now that
the Woman's safest plan is to see that
ne doesn't leave until he has met her
demands. And, madam, you have the
power to control him. At six o'clock.
unless l see you both earlier, shall
address an anonymous communica-
ton"
will you take tea with US a six, in
stead-in my own apartments I
think that better.''
AT six then. I like the idea!'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-05-02

In the privacy of her own room Mrs.
Brookin gave unrestrained expression
TO rage that was consuming her. No
one who knew the cool, suave. tactful
woman of affairs would have recog-
nized her at that moment She paced
the luxurious apartment with the fury
and abandon of tigress entrapped,
hem crushed parasol and the emblems
OF her mourning beneath her feet. Re-
sPoasive to her furious ringing, Will
liam came running to the room at in
tervals of five minutes to answer over
and over:
'No, ma am, Mr.. Raymond amt come
in YETI and returned to tell below
stairs that "Mistis is done gone plum
mad over some'p'n!" Raymond came
at last. AS he entered his mothers
room such storm burst upon him as
he had not dreamed could emanate
from the heart of a woman She had
been Inundated, outwitted and BELT.
tied by an adventures. she declared;
she had been threatened and would be
forced into a compromise with a crea-
ture ofthe cutters, and if they carried
out their contract, what triumph for
Brodnar and the jealous. envious peo-
pie who had resented their entrance
into Richmond society,"! At the mo-
ment she hated even her son; she
blamed him for his insane disregard of
her wishes; he had been a marplot,
she declared, baking her efforts to
advance his fortunes, winning disgrace
where she had opened the path to
honor; and now nothing was left for
him but marriage with a low woman,
and the loss of all for which she had
striven.
Take her" cried the despairing
woman, land out of my sight forever.
Go down to her level-starve and leave
your miserable offspring to wretched-
ness.' She gave way at length under
the strain, and Raymond for the first
time in his life beheld his mother
abandon herself to tears. He stood
moodily looking from the window un-
til she grew quieter. When he turned
she was carefully righting the room,
her face was pale, but her old express
sion of resolve had returned. and a
dangerous light shone in her eyes.
You spoke of MARRIAGE" he said
do you think Louise will insist upon
that? Will she not be satisfied with the
child o
"She will dictate the terms, not you.
She is desperate enough for anything;
and know what desperate woman
will do to save herself" Raymond
turned quickly and looked at his moth
er. She did not avoid his questioning
gaze. "She will denounce US both to
the government if you do not marry
her and give her back the child. 4
should if I were in her place. And she
will make public announcement of her
claim to a common law marriage with
you"
He waited in silence a minute, as
though to weigh her words.
whether or not Louise substan-
tiates her claim, proof of your immoral
life would kill the will of my husband,
for public policy would not compel
Frances to marry you to inherit her
property. It will not compel young
girl to condone immoral conduct for
which it would grant married wom-
an DIVORCE
''Then we are ruined!" said Ray
mond. II shall look out for myself.
Promise her anything tonight" The
selt1shness of the decision would have
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11
One of Them Didn't Get On.

Visitor docking at the photograph ia
bum)-You have a fne-looking family
of boys, Mr.. Bilkerson. And they all
seem to have turned out remarkably
well. This is Henry, isn't it?
Mr.. Bilkerson Uroudly)-Yes, that's
Henry. He's in the music hall line.
Gets EGO a week for merely singing
what they call topical song. Henry
a good deal of genius. That next one
is Christopher. He's a jockey. Made
E7,000 out of it last year. The one on
the next page is Oliver. He keeps a
Stock Exchange "bucket-shop." Built
a fine house out Of what he made out
of it last year and the year before. Yes,
my boys are doing pretty well. Come
out with me to the stables. l.
Visitor-But you have another son,
haven't you?
Dir. Bilkerson (reluctantly)-Ye-e-s.
His names Gabriel. He's a professor
of Greek, or theology. or something of
that sort in a college. Gabe is a good
enough fellow in his way, but he doesn't
seem to get on. Come out to the sta
bles, Mr.. Swackhammer. l want to
show you my new pair of grays. Lon.
don Tit-Bits.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11

An interesting experiment is being
made in the country schools of Iowa
the result of which will be looked for
anXiously by other communities. What
the educators hope to accomplish Is the
abolition of the little white school
houses which dot the hills of that -four
ishlng State. The idea is one of econ
omy, and it would seem that the plan If
carried out successfully would result in
a great saving to the taxpayers. 1t has
been found that in Iowa as elsewhere
there are in the country districts too
many school buildings and teachers for
the population and that in many places
the cost of educating the pupils was
much greater than it should be. As a
trial a central school has been built in
each of about fifty townships, and all
the little district schools done away
with. Transportation is furnished for
pupils living at remote distances and
the teachers, in reduced numbers, are
gathered in the main school. The cost
of transportation Is said to be only $50
month for each township, which
seems ridiculously small sum, and the
plan has proved so far as the expert
ment goes a great success. These cen
trail schools are built at an average cost
of $1,000 and the average number of
pupils in attendance at each is said to
be LOCO. The townships are enabled to
hire better class of teachers at a
slight advance of salary, and there are
fewer of them. The pupils have had
no trouble in getting to or from the
schools, and aside from educational
there are other advantages in the plan.
1t is proposed to extend the system now
to several counties in the State, and so
far as can be learned there has been no
serious opposition to the move from any
quarter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11
A Safeguard Against Curiosity.

When a prominent picture dealer of
New York starts the topic of woman's
curiosity, his wife always laughs and
bushes for she knows the story that
is coming.
zone day" the picture dealer be-
gins, Il decided to close the small ex-
hibition studio which leads from the
gallery and put Private on the door,
just for an experiment. There was an
important collection of water colors by
one of our best artists in the gallery.
sat at the desk just outside the en-
trance, and presented to each lady a
fresh catalogue of the paintings. When
she took it | politely requested her to
leave it as she went out.
This request was complied with in
every instance, and | was enabled to
notice a most interesting series of CO.
medicines. On every catalogue save
one there was in one place or another
u little smear of gliding transferred to
the paper from the carefully prepared
knob of the door marked Private"
When the story has been accepted
with laughter by his listeners, some
body is sure to ask: How about the
one catalogue that was undecoratedY'
To this query the picture dealer has
one invariable answer:
1T was the catalogue carried by the
young woman who afterward became
my wife. She told me that the other
women turned the knob merely to see
If the door was locked, but she knew
that sort of gliding rubbed off, and she
had on light gloves"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11
An Enemy of the Trusts

THE deyil.' exclaimed the president
of the rubber trust crumplmg up let
ter and viciously thrusting it into the
waste basket
What's up now?" asked the secre-
tary. bad newsT'
NO; cheerful news" answered the
president disgustedly. i've been cor
responding with some idiot in Texas in
regard to the purchase of his rubber
plant, and in my last letter asked him
where ii was situated"
Yes" assented the secretary, "ano
where was 1t situated?"
''Why, his letter says it is located in
the rlght-hand corner of his parlor."
And the office boy had hard time OF
1t the remainder of the day.-Indianap.
oils sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11

\ Roman Catholic Clergyman in New
Jersey recently advised the young men
and young women of his congrega ton
to marry early. They made mistake
a serious mistake-he declared in wait
ing until late III life to settle into mat
rimony. An early marriage, in the
deans opinion, is the best guarantee
that man will be confirmed in his
habits of industry, sobriety and moral
living. He advised all young men to
begin as soon as they become workers
to lay aside a part Of their earnings, so
that they may adequately support
wives without waiting until the hey
day Of life is past to take on family OBJ
legations. The girls he admonished to
qualify themselves early as homemak-
ers, so as 10 make the burdens of the
young men by whom they may be chos-
EN- as light rs possible. In Chicago, al
most at the very time this advice was
being given, an Obdurate father was
waiting his 17-year-old daughters 80
year-old husband over the front steps
and advising him never to show his
face in that precinct again There may
be personal reasons for this fathers
objection to early marriages that are
sufficient for him. and, indeed. it may
be said that people in general, if they
have children of their own, seem to
have an unalterable opposition to early
marriages except in other families
Nearly every man is willing that some
other mans son or daughter should CON
tract an early marriage, but he wants
his own children to hang around the
hearthstone until he can be sure that
they have reached years of discretion
Dean O'Grady'S idea may be the right
one. 1t is undoubtedly true that a good
many men by waiting until they are 81
or 40 years of age before getting mar
ried rob themselves of a happiness that
can never be recovered. More than
this, they Increase the crop of old
maids, and no community can be at its
best with high percentage of old
maids. But it seems impossible to adj
just these matters according to the
calm judgment of dsinterested observ-
ers Matrlmony is. and probably al
ways Will be, largely a matter of indl.
vidual inclination or convenience. save
in cases where girls have opportunities
to marry titles. Age then ceases to be
Il matter for consideration. SO it may
be as Wen to preach about something
else
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11

have painted and decorated the walls
and carved and inlaid the wood of the
chapels. The abbot's croZier, formed
of thousands of pieces, was made by
one of the monks.
Among the monks the various trades
and callings are represented, and you
see men in brown frOcks turning or
planning wood, setting type, sewing,
mixing drugs, mending kettles and
shoeing horses as well as tilling the
fields gathering vegetables, tending
swine, milking cows and driving teams.
There are two classes of Trappists-
the choir religious and the lay brothers.
Their mode Of life is the same in its
essentials, but the first named are
bound to perform duty in the choir and
have longer litany but shorter hours
of l2lcr. The choir monks are general
ly lnen of education, with a knowledge
of Latin in which most Of their ser
vices are read. Some of them are
priests who have resigned their pulpits,
some are lawyers. some are teachers,
but under the rule Of silence it may be
that no man knows his neighbor,
though he stand elbow to elbow with
him in the choir stalls for twenty
years. 1t is said that some of the
monks of Gethsemane have not heard
of the Spanish war, and that, as an
affair of an outside and far-off world,
it would not interest them if they did.
There are about eighty monks in the
Abbey of Gethsemane and it is said
that there is a slow increase.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11

A New York woman is suing for a di-
that she cannot induce him to talk to
her. The plaintiff is taking long chances
In introducing the matter of talking or
not talking as furnishing reason for di-
vorce If wife can get divorce from
her husband because the latter does
not talk enough it is to be presumed
that a husband could get Il divorce
from wife who talked too much
From a feminine point of view, all
wiser not to try to establish a prece-
dent in the premises.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11
USE OF TOBACCO IN EUROPE.
1t 1s Three Hundred and Fifty Years
Since the Weed Was introduced.

SluCe tine NccO WaS introduced.
Three hundred and fifty years ago.
according to the allegations, Jean Moot
introduced tobacco into Europe 1t was
from his name that the word "nico-
tine" was derived. The French gov
eminent has just made an appropria-
ton for the erection of bronze statue
to Moot. 1t is to be set up in front of
the main government tobacco factory
in Paris. This French claim to the in
PRODUCTION of tobacco into Europe is
somewhat at variance with the general
supposition that Sir Walter Raleigh
first carried the fragrant weed across
the water to the old country. Raleigh
smoked his Virginia tobacco in the
presence of Queen Elizabeth in or
about the year 1885. Thirty-four years
earlier, however, Jean Moot, while
French ambassador to Portugal, pur-
chased some tobacco seeds that had
been brought over from Florida and
sent some of them to France. year
later he presented some of the plants
to Catherine De Medici, and together
luey SuIOheu TIE uIlcu leuNeS III pipes.
1t is interesting in this connection
to recall that when tobacco smoking
was first introduced into Europe, first
by Nicot and later by Raleigh, it was
extremely unpopular. 1t was called
''the sinking habit" and at least two
popes, Urban VIII. and Innocent XII,
issued DEGREES against it. A Sultan of
Turkey-in which country smoking is
now almost universal-made it crime
punishable by the offenders having
their pipes thrust through their noses.
In Russia the noses of the smokers
were cut off. King James |. of En-
gland characterized smoking as "a GUS
tom loathsome to the eye, hateful to
the nose. harmful to the brain. danger
Gus to the lungs, and in the black, stink
ing fume thereof nearest resembling
the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit
that is bottomless. Savannah News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11


doubt that the Prince of Wales sets
the fashion for London and that we
follow the London fashions in general
1t is hard to say, however, whether the
crease viii go or not. We are largely
elastic in our modes. The crease IS
without question desirable and pretty.
| should say that if we wish to we can
have creases in our trousers without
the consent of any other nation. But
If the business once gets good starr
1t is more than probable that the rounu
leg will come into vogue again. Mean
while l would advise my friends in the
words Of Pope:
"Be not the first by whom the new are
tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11

ty as picture, and for three years has
earned her own way in the world as a
stenographer. Mrs, Otis objections
were overruled Young Oft slipped
away from the military school at Ashe-
vile, n c., to which his mother had
bundled him, and he married his hearts
idol. His mother refuses to forgive
him, and he is now working for So a
week, but happy, while his bride will
hold her position until his income is
larger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11
WALES SETS A NEW STYLE.
Heir to England's Throne Eschews
Creased Trousers

Heir to England's Throne Eschews
Creased Trousers.
This is the new photograph of the
Prince of Wales, which has caused
CONSERVATION among the chappies Of
New York. It is the proof indisputable
of the fact that his royal highness is
wearing his trousers without creases
and has been wearing them so for some
little time, The Princes trousers are
pressed 'even all around so as to give
the leg perfectly cylindrical 'set." A
Chicago exquisite was asked what eff
feet this change of fashion on the part
of the Prince would have on swelldom
in America. He said: "There is no
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-05-11

King Edward has declared that no
more Populations in frock coats will be
received ut court. And in this his
majesty shows that sound sense of the
fitness of things which is said to be
his leading characteristic. The absur-
dity of maintaining Il -million-dollar
court to be made free of by persons in
$50 suits will at once strike all thought
full minds If you can drop in on a
king just as you leave the office, with
your trousers wrinkled and your neck
tie under your ear, what in the world
is the use Of having Il king? Any com
petent stage manager will say ut once
that Ed" is right