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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
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ROYAL RIVALS MEET.
Empress of Russia and Queen of
Italy Renew Acquaintance After
Several Years.

For the first time in many wears
Helena of Montenegro, now queen of
Ita'y, and the empress of all the
RW'slas- met at the state banquet
given by Emperor Nicholas to the
visiting sovereigns of Italy on the
evening of July IA. The last pre-
vious meeting was upon the occasion
of the marriage of the young en-
peror to Princess Alix of Hesse.
That King Victor Emmanuel should
commence his visits to the foreign
courts by going to St. Petersburg is
probably owing to the fact that his
wife is sort of adopted daughter of
the dowager czarina of Russia, under
whose maternal care and at whose
expense she was educated at the
Muscovite court. Moreover, it was
the car who furnished her with that
sine qua non of all royal brides, a
dowry, upon her marriage to the
prince of Naples. For Queen Helena
the visit must have been a sort of
compensation for the disappoint-
ment and humiliation she was COM
PEELED to undergo when Alix of Hesse
took the place on the Muscovite
throne she had been brought up to
regard as her own. Indeed, while
young girl at St. Petersburg she was
regarded by court and the royal fam
lily alike as the future czarina. To
the now widowed empress she has al
ways been an object of peculiar af-
lection and solicitude on this &C.
count, while the late car was i'm
mensely fond of his ''little Monte
negron savage" whom he treated
with the same elephantine playful
ness and kindness he bestowed upon
his own daughter Xenia. Helena and
Nenia were as devoted to each other
as sisters, and no one resents more
bitterly the "usurpation," as she
terms it, of the Hessian princess
than the imperious and high-spirited
daughter of Alexander III.
When the moment came, however,
for Nicholas to fulfill the projects of
his parents, he raised such strenuous
objections that the cherished plan
of the car had to be given up. He
had paid visit to his aunt at Co.
burg, and fallen under the fascina-
ton of her niece by marriage,
Princess Alix. For more than year
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
CHAPTER TX.

In any conflict between duty and
inclination it is only the final step
which is irrevocable; and in Char
lotte's case this step was the mailing
of her letter. All through the long
afternoon she had tried vainly to
screw her courage to the sticking
point, and had failed. But when she
went to bed with the thought that
she would surely do it in the morn
ing, she had overlooked the fact that
an outraged conscience fights best
in the night watches.
That was why she had to get up at
midnight and dress, and 60 out to
have the dreadful thing over with be-
fore ever sleep would come, if haply
it might come then.
But once again fate INTERVIEWED.
While she was hurriedly dressing,
the whistle sounded for a landing;
and when she reached the Office, it
was again closed. AS before, she
stepped out on the saloon deck to
wait. The great electric searchlight
just over her head made the landing
as light as day, and when she reached
the rail the landing-stage was just
coming aboard for the departure.
Two men whose duty it was to cast
off ran out on the fitting platform
and dropped to the ground. One Of
them fell clumsily; but the other ran
up the bank and loosened the moor
ing line. The steamer began to
swing off. and the man ran back to
his companion. who seemed to be
unable to rise.
sect move on youse!" beloved
the mate.
Then Charlotte saw that the fallen
man was disabled in some way, and
that the other was trying to lift him.
The mate swore out of full heart
"Come aboard. or I'll skin We alive,
We skulkin'-''
Charlotte put her fingers in her
ears to shut out the clamcr Of pro-
family; but the man on the bank
was deaf to it. Running to the
mooring-post, he took a turn of tho
line around it. and snubbed the
steamers bow back to the bank.
Then, casting off. he darted back to
! the disabled one, lifted him bodily
to the guard. and climbed aboard
| himself.
Charlotte held her breath while Il
was doing, and was near crying ont
in sheer enthusiasm when it was
done. Then she saw the face of the
chief actor in the red furnace glow;
it was the face of the man she was
constrained to denounce.
She turned away at the sight, but
the harsh voice of the mate called
her back. There was trouble afoot
for the rescuer, who was facing tho
mate and trying to explain.
ITO Be Continual
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01

after the marriage of Nicholas,
Princess Helena lived in the seclu-
sion of her fathers palace in the
little capital of Montenegro. It was
not until two years after that she
gave her hand to Italy's present king.
The empress of Russia is called
the most beautiful royal woman in
all the courts of the old world, but
her loneliness and splendid state have
brought her very little happiness
Through no fault of her own she is
unloved by her people, and though
she has served them faithfully, they
are set against her as an English and
German alien. The fact that in a
land where women rulers are de.
tested she has given birth to four
daughters tells sadly against her.
The three principal parties of the
empire, the powerful clerical party,
the military party, at whose head is
Grand Duke Vladimir, and the fac.
ton headed by the dowager czarina
are all bitterly against her, though
she has used every effort to win their
kindness. And yet the czarina is a
woman of the marked ability and lib.
eral culture that one would expect
of a granddaughter of Queen Vic
toria; but she is a sad, unhappy
woman, whose pomp and splendor
are a bitter irony to her real lone
liness among those whose show of
friendliness masks deep-rooted dis.
like, not to say hatred.
Upon her right hand at the ban.
quet which followed the reception of
the royal guests there sat the WON.
an who by some curious trick of fate
had missed the throne and the hus-
band hat brought nothing but sor.
row to Alix of Hesse. An express
sion of deep melancholy has long
since settled down upon the beauti-
full face of the empress, while all
visitors to Rome comment upon
Queen Helena's radiant beauty; it il
we'll known that she has found far
more happiness with Victor Emman-
uel than usually falls to the lot OF
a royal consort. Truly, it would ap-
pear that most royal lives have more
than their share of tragedy.-Detroit
Free Press.
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A KnaVe Of
Conscience
Bv FRANCIS LYNDE.
copyright 1900, by Francis 1.H@S.s
Chapter V.-CoNr1NUED.

"By Jove! but she is a magnificent
ly strong type" he unused, lying fiat
on his back and staring absently at
the differing shadows among the
deck beams overhead. "Her face is
as readable as only the face of a
woman instinctively good and pure
in heart can be. Any man who can
put her between the covers of a
book may put anything else he
pleases in it and snap his fingers at
the world. If I am going to live
in the same town with her I ought
to iot her down in words before I
lose the keen edge of the first i'm
preston"
He considered it for a moment.
and then got up and went in quest of
a pencil and scrap Of paper. The
doing night clerk gave him both,
with sleepy malediction thrown in;
and he went back to his engine-room
and scrubbed his word-picture by
the light of the swinging lantern,
thus:
"Character-study: Young woman
of the type MISUNDERSTANDING the
daughter of aliens, but born in the
West of parents who have migrated
from one of the older States. Q'll
hazard that much as guess.) De-
tails: Titan blonde, with hair like
spun bronze; the complexion that
neither freckles nor tans; cool, gray
eyes with an under-depth in them
that no man but her lover may ever
quite fathom; a figure which would
be statuesque if it were not alto
gether human and womanly; fea-
lures cast in the Puritan mold, with
the lines of character we'll empha-
sized; lips that would be passionate
but for-no, lips that will be pas
sionate when the hour and the man
arrive. A soul strong in the strength
of purity, which would send her to
the stake for a principle, or to the
Isle of Lepers with her lover. A
typical heroine for a story in which
the hero is man who might need to
borrow a conscience"
He read it over thoughtfully when
it was finished, changing word here
and a phrase there with a crafts
mans fidelity to the exactnesses.
Then he shook his head regretfully
and tore the scrap of paper into tiny
squares, scattering them upon the
brown food surging past the engine
room gangway.
ut won't do" he confessed, reluc-
family, as one who sacrifices good
literary material to an overweening
sense of the fitness of things. 'It's
nothing less than cold-blooded sac
rilege. I can't make copy out of her
stands
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
CHAPTER VIII.

While Griswold was graphing
afresh with the problems of escape,
Charlotte was sitting behind the
locked door Of her stateroom, try
ing to write her letter..
She knew it would be hard, but it
proved much harder than she bad
feared it would be. Try as she mig ht,
she could not eliminate the factor
of personality. Truly, this man was
no more to her than any stranger in
the passing show, an impersonal unit
of class with which society is at
war; and yet, at the end of every
effort, the point of view suited, and
in the whole world there were but
two persons; a man who had sinned,
and woman who was about to make
him pay the penalty. i
Nevertheless, conscience was not to
be denied; and after many futile be-
ginnings, the Hateful letter got itself
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written, and she went ont IN wall -

written, and she went out to mail Il
at the office. As it happened, tho
"Belle Julie" was slowing for land.
ing, and the office was closed. And
since she would by no means entrust
the letter to the outside mail box,
she waited till the clerk should re-
turn.
The doors giving upon the saloon
deck forward were open. and she
stepped out. The crew was grouped
about the uptilted landing-stag and
he was there-this man for whose
future she was about to become an
swerable.
One glimpse of his face, haggard
and woe-begone beyond any imagin-
lngs of hers, slew her resolve on the
eve of it's accomplishment, and she
turned and ran back to the state
room, saying over and over to her.
self as she fled: ooh, 1 can't! I
can't!-and yet I must!"
1t was noon before she opened her
door again at the luncheon call, and
went aft to bring her aunt to the ia
bic. What she had endured in the
interval, none might know; not even
the sympathetic invalid, who more
than once looked askance at the
troubled eyes with their downcast
lids.
AT their end of the table, the talk
rippled about the bank robbery: and
when Capt. Mayfeld mentioned the
fact of the $4,000 reward which had
been offered, Charlotte was moved
to say:
''That seems dreadfully barbarous
to set price on the head of hui
man being"
A gentleman across the table took
it up.
"But, Miss Farnham, would YOU
have us turn thief-catchers for the
mere honor of it?"
For the love Of justice, or not at
all,' she rejoined.
The gentleman demurred and went
into details to prove his position;
and the details only served to af-
front Charlotte's sense of the fitness
of things.
do you mean to say that you
would accept the reward, Mr.. La
trobe?" she asked.
"Certainly should; anyone would"
She knew the frank admission
stood for public opinion, and went
dumb. She might call the reward
blood-money and refuse to touch it,
but only those of her own circle
would know and believe the truth.
And the wretched man himself would
always believe that she had sold him
for a price.
That evening, after dinner, she
sought the captain to ask a ques-
ton.
"Do you know the law in Louisiana.
Capt. Mayfeld? This man who robbed
the bank; what would his penalty
be-"
Il don't know, precisely. Twenty
years in the chain-gang, I should
say"
The "Belle julie was pausing at
a small hamlet on the west bank Of
the river, and the captain pointed
to squad of prisoners in chains,
repairing breach in the levee.
''That's where he'll land when they
catch him. he added. Hell have
to be pretty tough to outlive his
sentence"
And Charlotte turned away with q
sob at the catching of her breath.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
CHAPTER VI.

Charlotte Farnham's friends were
wont to say of her that she was as
sensible as she was beautiful. She
was, as Griswold had guessed, of New
England lineage. Her parents had
migrated for the health of the wife,
but the migration had been post
poned too long. The mother died in
the early Minnesota days, but the
daughter lived to grow up unspoiled
and beautiful.
She had been spending the winter
at Pass Christian with her aunt, who
was an INVALID; and for the inyalid's
sake the return passage was taken
on the "Belle Julie" On the morning
of the second day out, when the New
Orleans papers came aboard, the two
of them were sitting in the shade
of the hurricane deck aft. Charlotte
bought paper and read the account
of the bank robbery with a little
gasp of belated horror.
"What is it, Charlotte?" asked the
invalid.
Charlotte read the reporters story.
Dear me! How shockingly bold!"
commented Miss Gilman.
Eyes; but that wasn't what made
tue gasp. The paper says: "A young
lady was at the teller's window
Aunt Fanny, I was the young lady,"
"You? Horrors!" calculated the
invalid.
cts true. And I had no more
idea-why, it seems Incredible"
II should think it would
''There wasn't anything about it to
suggest a robbery" Charlotte went
on. ''The man was smiling, and he
had a good face-a face that one
would trust almost intuitively.'
"Charlotte!" exclaimed her aunt.
II do hope they can't trace you by
your fathers draft.''
"What if they could?"
Don't you see! You'd be dragged
into court to identify the robber.
And that would be simply dreadful"
II shouldn't want to be dragged.
It would be a. simple duty to 60. will
lingly. More than that, I think
ought to write to Mr.. Galbraith and
give him my name and address,"
But at this the invalid protested
with what authority there was in
her, and Charlotte agreed finally to
wait until the matter of duty had
been submitted to her father.
Here the subject was dropped, and
Charlotte went to her stateroom to
rot hoo1> fo,, lo~eo1f o~1
zine for the invalid. It was a full
hour later, and Miss Gilman was deep
in the last installment of the maya.
zine serial, when Charlotte gave up
the struggle with the book. Do what
she could. the scene in the bank
would thrust itself between; and at
length she let the thought have its
will of her.
From where she was sitting she
could see the steamers yawl swing
ing from it's tackle on the stern
staff. In the midst of the reminis-
cent thought. she saw that the ropes
were working loose; that the yaw]
would presently fall. When she rose
to 60 and tell some one, man came
aft to make the tackle fast, and she
stepped asid, to let him pass.
It was Griswo1d. She saw his face
as he passed, and there was some
thing strangely familiar in it. When
he had fastened the rope and was
returning, she had fair look at him
and for an instant was fain to grip
the back of her chair to keep from
crying out. For IN that instant she
recognized him. It'll 1 ...zs& /, \.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
PRINCESS OF WALES.
Eoeltsh People Are Glad That Thei1
Future Queen Is So Much
Part of Them

When Victoria Mary seats herself
in the gilded chair and receives tho
golden crown upon her head the in.
sigma will fall upon one of the most
Interesting personages of modern
history.
The world is so accustomed to the
thought of old Queen Victoria, with
her ways and her wisdom, and to
Queen Alexandra, with her bearing
and her beauty, that the younger
woman has heretofore escaped atten-
ton.
Yet none deserves it more than
she, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Her characteristics are more pro-
nounced, her personality more capti-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
NATURAL to Him

"Your husband" said Mrs. Oldcas-
tie, as she again .availed herself OF
the privilege of inspecting the SPLEEN
did library of the new neighbors,
seems to have particularly fine
taste for, articles of virtu.''
"Yes," her hostess replied, II know
it. But then it's only natural he
should have. Josiah's one of tho,
virtuousestS persons = for man
that I ever aeen.'- Chicago RaeeyA
Herald. .s =. =. |'. :*... =.@z>s$
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
Now, this young woman was wise

Now. this young woman was wise
beyond her years, and she knew
what she had to do. None the less,
she was true woman. with heart
full of tenderness and pity. So it is
not wonderful that for a moment
conscience turned traitor, and was
dumb. But it was only for a mo-
ment. The simple and obvious thing
to do was to 20 at once and tell
the captain what she had discovered;
and she was deferred from so doing
only by the reflection that less ter
rible alternative would be the send
ing of letter to the New Orleans
bank people.
This she determined upon, telling
her aunt nothing of her discovery,
but merely saying that upon second
thought she felt that she must write
to Mr.. Galbraith at once. Miss GIL
man withdrew her objections reluc-
family.
IF you must. Charlotte. But it
seems like a very dreadful thing for
you to have to do"
''It is very dreadful" said Char
lotte, with sob in her voice.. New
ertheless, she went away quickly to
write the letter which should set the
machinery of the law in motion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
CHAPTER VII.


In yielding to the impulse of the
moment which prompted him to bor-
row the identity of John Gavitt, Girls
void was not without some forecast
ings of the event. He knew that the
river steamers were manned by pick
up crews assembled at the last mo-
ment, and reasoned that the officers
of the "Belle julie would not vet
have had time to individualize the
members of the crew.
But, apart from this, he was not
unwilling to add another chapter to
his experience among the toilers; and
as to this, he Immediately found him
self in fair way to acquire the COW
eted need of it. From the hour of
his enlistment, it was heaped upon
him unstintingly. Without having
specialized himself in any way to the
bullying chief mate, he fancied he
was made to bear the brunt OF the
mans wrath. Curses, tongue-lash-
ings without mercy; contumely and
abuse, with now and then at the
night landings, when no passengers
were looking on. blows.
All these buffetings. or at least
his share of them. Griswold endured
as became man who had volun-
tarily put himself in the way of such
things. And, fortunately, he was not
hopelessly unequal to the physical
trial Physically, as intellectually,
the material in him was of the fine
grained sort in which quality counts
for more than quantity. None the
less, the first night with it's uncount-
ed plantation landings, tried him
sorely, and he was thankful wien
the second day brought fewer stop
ping-places and more time for rest.
1t was in one of the restful inter-
walls that he had been sent aft to
readjust the tackle of the suspended
yawl. He had come upon Miss Farm
ham and her aunt unexpectedly, and
so was off his guard; and he made
sure the young woman had recog-
nized him. If so. what would she
do? He recalled his written sum-
mary of her character, and decided
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
Far in the Future

'Why don't you work." demanded
the severe lady.
because, m%am," replied Wear,
Wattles, my job isn't ready YETI
"Your job," she sneered:
eyes, ma'am," he answered. "I've
the promise of job on the Isthmian
canal.*~--Brookly Life.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
A Word About Oilcloth..

Oilcloths should never be washed in
hot soapsuds; they should first be
washed clean with cold water, then
wiped dry with cloth wet in milk.
The same treatment applies to stone
or slate hearth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
Dycinr Ia an Ancient Art.

The art of dyeing was invented by
the Tyrians about 1900 B. C.. In Eng
land the art of dyeing was unknown
until 1910. DIR. Holman, a distinguished
German chemist, was the first to dis
cover and use aniline dyes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
New York ana Return 823. 40.

Special excursions via Erie Railroad, Chi
Good going Oct: 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9Th, with
liberal return limit. Full particulars on
application to Erie r. r. Office, COS West
ern Union Building, Chicago, or w. O. Nc
Naughton, T. P. A., Erie R. R., St. Paul,
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Sfimula finn RQnraRa1nn-

Clara-Is Mrs. Filter a good converse.
Gonalist?
Dorothy-Yes, indeed; she makes you
think of lots of good things, to. say, but
talks SO much that you don't get chance to
say them.-Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01

Diner-"You careless fellow, you have
spilled the soup on my coat" Waiter-"Beg
your pardon, sir, but it was not carelessness.
here IS my brothers card. He is a garment
cleanser" Transcript.
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whfxnQ,rAH.

q "Say, old man, what's summer
grip"
"A summer girl is rack to stretch
shirt waists on; inside is receptacle
for lobster salad and ice cream, while
outside is an attachment for diamond
Ein9s.'-Life. Il.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
Visit the Old Home in the East

In Indiana, Ohio and Western New York
and Pennsylvania after the harvest. Very
low rates via Erie Railroad Oct. 3rd to
9th inclusive. Return Nov. 3rd. Partic-
ulars by your home ticket agent, Erie Rail
road Company, Chicago, or W. 0. McNaugh.
ton, T. P. A., Erie r. R., St. Paul, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01

Takes the burn out; heals the wound !;
cIres the pain. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil,
tae household remedy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
No Chances for Him

She-Do you believe marriage is a
lottery? *s3=% :
i He--Yes; and what is more, I'm not
taking any chances onkers States
man. .5 ~ u:
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=, One Of natures remedies; cannot harm
the weakest constitution; never fails to
cure summer complaints of young or old
DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild StraWherrv.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01

won't you try the chicken salad, judge?''
said the boarding house keeper. Il tried it
yesterday, ma,am," replied the witty Judge,
and the chicken proved an alibi.' I-Phla-
delphia Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01

Every man is fortune hunter, otherwise
ne ne wouldn't be in business.-Chicago Daily
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CHIeUITA's LIFE IEsURvD
The Smallest Woman in the IT..
Takes Out a BIG Policv

my Chfquita. the smallest v-,-....
me world, has just insured her. . Iis1 IN
$250.080. --7. lie for
Chiquita is the well know, -+s
one Is tWenJy-siE inches bi,l s5-
weighs twenty-seven pounds. H. a-l
surance, therefore. is 81 fba -.. -i-
ss'z0s.-7 a Cound, and likewise fs s- a, VI
rate Of S95l5.3S per inch. Sha 10 r.. ,l7
ally worth her weight in gold. Sba ---
insured in Boston. I1 was
IT is strange. but true. thar tL.---..
searching examinations thar 81 2.
Boston's leading examining rb[--.lg. %
could give Chiquita failed ro fr5 '. -..-1
the slightest iuperfecti8n i'm hen ny. gu
steal condition. Her heart bas- i --
strong and regular and reeista-s7 e-
winch is normal Her renirarior .. o..
also normal ana the lungs and AM 90
organs were i'm perfect condition ~
bust measured nineteen inches ana ~
waist is sixteen inches. She h -
sicaLy a perfect woman. her o7r,. -.
cullarlty being her small size
Chtquita, though only a 1irfgt,.-- ,
the human race. is now ENJOYING my
usually good health. in all her H. ~.
has never been sick and has 49,
required medical treatment. She is IN
unusually good spirits this year and
sings and dances with great vivaeitv
She says that she has every intention
of living TO be so or even more.