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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-12-12
CHAPTER XXI.
THE


A couple of weeks slipped ~unevent-
fully by so far as / vas concerned. /
played my part, though 1t cost me a
tight rein on my every waking move
ment. 1t was so easy to make a slip,
SO impossible to stitch up my mask If l
ever made the slightest rent.
Ends eyes grew troubled az the days
went by. SO grieved was she at the
monotonous, orudging life / led that
she wished us to take the Dad once
more, under pretense of return, and
seek out some place where l could be
myself again.
She also had her own to
undergo. 1t had pleased Jack Postgate
TO assume the position of her sworn ad-
mirer, and poster her with attentions.
Jack, of course, received every snub
which could be politely administered,
but the thickness of his kin was sue
that ne drew not back an inch.
One afternoon l was sitting at table
in the kitchen, where a meal had Just
beer concluded, when Siani came In
gave me n slip Of paper. accom-
panying it with voluble directions OF
which / understood never a word. L
stared ~vacantly at the paper as she
talked away among a litter of my fell
low servants, h always took a huge
delight in hearing Welsh spoken, and
discovered it was q request from Roger
to the andlord OF the village inn for a
measure OF Canary wine to be sent by
bearer. This sound as If my cellars
had not been indlfferently stocked, yet
the truth is that short as was the time
troops had been quartered on the place
it ha1 sufIlced them TO drink all dry,
and Roger was in no mind to show he
possessed cash by restocking.
/ nodded when Siani paused, put the
paper in my pocket n marched at
once.
1 found Adam Bell, the landlord, in
his kitchen and delivered the paper.
He gave me n glass Of ale and bade me
sit down for a moment, for he was busy
at the time. / drank the ale readily
enough, out o no notice of his invi-
tation till his wife called out:
1.-THE man understands We not, Adam.
Point 20 the %settee; he'll know what we
mean, them
My old acquaintance conducted me to
a seat in dumb show. and hustled off
about his business. He a company
in the parlor, and I heard Jack Post
gates voice.
"Confound the fellow" thought 7,
he's forever hanging about Butley."
Then 1 caught his words, for Adam
had left the doc open. What, land
lord, tina man here! The very fellow
1 want to come to speech with
This puzzled me a little. 1t sounded
as IL Adam had been talking OF me, yet
how Jack Postgate should speak SO
confidently of winning speech with me
was not easy to divine. Another scrap
Of conversation came across the pas
sage, and my blood leaped up and
drummed furiously in my ears.
You ear get all l want out of him.
cried Jack.
CONTINUED Next Weekly
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Meaning Of the Linen Rectangles
Which Men and Women Carry.

Meaning Of the Linen Rectangles
Which Men and Women Garry.
Denver Republican: 1t it is indeed
true, as the French writer says, hat
one needs handkerchief for the MORN
ings, handkerchiefs to walk with, hand
kerchiefs to go to church with, hand
kerchiefs to lose and give away. hand
kerchiefs for washerwomen-and for
lovers to steal, and, he might have
added, handkerchiefs to leave behind
to furnish a clew to the mystery: hand
kerchiefs for an Othello to find and rave
over. In Egypt the handkerchief was
counted as an amulet, and among the
Moors as a love OXEN. Grecian women
appear on their vases musing pen
sively with a large cloth in the right
hand, and among the Romans the utili-
tartan use of handkerchief was de-
plored by Juvenal. With Elizabeth OF
England the handkerchief, like all ar
ticles of the toilet, was much to be con-
sidered and was trimmed with lace and
decked with embroidery. Tiny squares
of finest lawn, finely wrought, edged
with gold lace and folded neatly, were
made purposely for love tokens and
were given by court ladies to their low
ers, who wore the dainty tokens in
their hats.
ANON NAlS NliACA 10 Il Nlllll6 IL
sentiment, from which one may read a
little Of my lady's character, for the
dainty woman always has a delicate,
snowy bit Of linen, edged around with
lace, d~elicately perfumed and with a
certain freshness about it as If it were
never used but once. Indeed, Japanese
ladies' never do use a handkerchief
more than once, any more than they
use a toothbrush the second time. A
tinV hit of paper handkerchief is that
affected by my lady of chrysanthemum
land. 1t is tucked into her sash or obi
and used If necessary and thrown
away.
For morning there are fine and thin
grass linen squares, with q faint bit
of color in the border, and very smart
they look peeping from q pocket, and
for the afternoon there are sheer
squares of the lawn, most d~elicately
embroidered in fine and close rather
than elaborate patterns. For evening
the tiny squares are edged u with
real Valenciennes lace, and very tiny
they are. too. For there is never n
pocket in an evening gown, and it is
well to have the handkerchief small
enough to be tucked away in small
places.
For some reason a fine and pretty
handkerchief will almost redeem an old
or commonplace toilet. Somehow, in the
eyes Of her sister women, the girl who
is always dainty enough to carry some
thing nice for a handkerchief, even
with plain attire, rises several degrees
in regard, and to the lover there is a
great mount of sentiment attached to
the little filmy trife he finds in her
book or beside her chair, redolent of the
perfume she always exhales and warm
from the touch of her hand.
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q Fable for the Spouse Who Envies
MaRouline prerooatives.

London Truth: Once. at the Fag end
OF the Shooting Season, a Hen Pheasant
said to Her Mate:
ut strikes me, Sir, that 1 have been
subservient to your Majesty long enough.
After all, 1 am as good al you, 1 can
Strut as proudly" CHere she suited the
Action 10 the Word.) II can get up In
tie Coverts with as loud a 'Wh-r-r-r.
and, in short, there's Nothing you can
do that i can't do as well-or better. L
decline, therefore, to be q crushed Worm
OF a Hen any longer. From henceforth
/ live the free. independent Life of a
Cock"
In the Woods, they were disturbed by
the Cock with a loud Wh-r-r-r. and the
Hen, not to be outdone, faithfully imi-
tated his Uoise and Flight as she rose.
Deceived by this, the Sportsman (whu
was out for Cocks let fly at her with
both Barrels and wounded her, not,
however, so badly but that she managed
to get away, and presently to rejoin heI
Mate In a Place of Safety.
did you ever hear the Like?" SHE
clucked, IN furious Indignation. "Wher
1t IS the Immemorial Privilege OF us Hen:
to be exempt from Powder and shot a
the end of the Season."
Her Mate replied:
This is unreasonable, my dear Part
let. You cannot expect. while claiming
the Status Of the Cock Bird, TO retain ais,
the Immemorial Privilege OF the Hen
Moral: Women cannot be both Femi
nine and Masculine.
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Indians and Shoes.

Sioux Falls Press: Did you ever no.
tice the Indians feet, or rather have
you noticed the size shoes they wear?
1t is a rare thing that you will ever
see an indian with shoes that are large
enough. Last evening a reporter of
the Press spoke of the fact to Jones,
the shoeman. "Oh, yes said Jones.
Indians never have their shoes fitted
and they buy the smallest size they can
find If they think they can get their foot
into 1t. One time we bought a bargain
lot of shoes for a certain purpose and
advertised them at 81. In came the
Indians. Guess they read the Press.
Well, sir, they rushed in and said, Give
me six give me five and a half give
me five We sell a good many shoes to
the Indians and we seldom sell q shoe
to h longest redman that is larger
han a No. g." Mr.. Jones confessed
that to him the fact was very percept-
ible for he himself wear a No. IL.
Some time" said Mr.. Jones, these In
dams come in here with their big toes
extending through a hole in the uppers
almost full toe length"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-12-12
Brieht,s Disease Cured.

Whitehall, H., Dec. IA case has
been recorded in this place recently,
which upsets the theory of many ply
sicians that Bright's Disease is incur
able. 1t is the case of Mr.. Lon Man.
ley. whom the doctors told that he
could W ecoyer. Mr.. Manley tells
the story of his case and how he was
cured in this way:
~ began using Dodd's Kidney Pills
after the doctors had given me up.
For four or five years l had Kidney,
Stomach and Liver Troubles; l was n
general wreck and at times / would
get down with my back so bad that L
could not turn myself in bed for three
or four days at a time.
II had several doctors and at last
they told me l had Bright's Disease,
and that l could never get well. L
commenced to use Dodd's Kidney Pills
and l am now able to do all my work
and am all right. l most heartily rec
ommend Dodd's Kidney Pills and am
very thankful for the cure they work
ed in my case. They saved my life
after the doctors had given me up"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-12-12
A Remarkable Shot at Antelope.

outing: Perhaps more remarkable
shots nave been made at antelope than
at &ny other American game. This is
natural, Of course. since, being usually
In plain sight. they were often shot at
from great distance, and many a mar
making a lucky guess at distance and
holding just right, has been enormously
proud OF a very long shot that killed.
OF such long shots few were successful:
but those that were so, often made for
the rifleman who fired them a great
but wholly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. /
myself made the most extraordinary
shot at an antelope hat l ever heard
of, which, however, has nothing to do
with good shooting, but rather with the
erratic course that q rifle ball may
take. With several scouts, white men
and Indians, l rode over a hill to see
three or fou buck antelope spring to
their feet, run q short distance and
then stop and look. L made a quick
shot at one, which dropped, and on 60
ing to him found him not dead, though
desperately wounded. The animal had
been standing, broadside on, his face
toward my left. The ball had struck
the left elbow, splintering the olecran-
OH, passed through the brisket, broken
the right humerus, turned at right
angles, and gone back, cutting sew
eral ribs, broken the right femur, then
turned again at right angles and came
out through the inside of the leg, and
struck the left hook joint, which 1t dis
located n twisted off, so tina it hung
by a very narrow string of hide. / new
er again expect to see so extraordinary
a course for a rifle ball.
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Why German oMoers Are unh.pov.

Berlin Correspondence OF Golfers
Weekly: Lieutenant Bilsc, at the mo
ment talked OF I'm every officers casino In
the empire. Is the author of a roi.ance
picturing German army life so merciless-
ty and truly hat he is In arrest pending
n court-martial 2or disclosing military
secrets. The accusation rests upon in
dfscret.ons of statement that are not OBJ
vious to the civilian eye. Bilse's book is
really an analytical study Of the depress-
Ing effect OF the profession of arms on
men OF heart and lively minds In II may
be found an explanation OF the frequent
suicides In the officers corps.
The officer who fails to qualify for the
general STAFF or to obtain an appointment
In the household troops must endur che
amending tsdiun of garrison duty. Bilse
served In a small post an the French
frontier. He describes the unchanging
routine, the gossip of every day with the
same persons. the limited social l,fe be-
cause OF caste prejudices, the deadening
of aspiration stimulated only by hollow
loyalty to the wn- alone represent
Ing the n~ation-and by decadent ideas of
honor.
The unutterable WEAKNESS of such a life
after the man has reached 80, heightened
by a marriage for money, reduces one Of
sensual temperament to a life of ease and
indulgence or irr,tates the man OF sensi-
bility to mental revolt sometimes ending
In suicide. This Is also why the socialists
receive secret aid from many officers.
Bilse's work has been suppressed as tend
Ing to bring the military profession into
iScredit.
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ABOUT FEAR.

Often Comes from Lack of Right Food.
Napoleon said that the best fed SOL
diers were his best soldiers, for fear
and u come quickly when
the stomach is not nourished. Nervous
fear Is a sure sign that the body Is not
supplied with the right food.
A Connecticut lady says: For
many years l had been a sufferer from
indigestion and heart trouble and in
almost constant fear Of sudden death,
the most acute suffering possible. Diet
ing brought on weakness, emaciation
and nervous exhaustion, and 1 was a
complete wreck mentally.
81 tried many foods but could not
avoid the terrible nausea followed by
vomiting that came after eating until
l tried Grape Nuts. This food agreed
with my palate and stomach from the
start. This was about a year ago.
Steadily and surely a change from sick
ness to health came, until now 1 have
no symptoms of dyspepsia and can
walk ten miles a day without being
greatly fatigued. 1 have not taken a
drop Of medicine since l began the use
Of Grape Nuts, and people say / look
many years younger than I really am.
my poor old sick body has been
made over and 1 feel as though my
head has been, too. Life is worth liv-
ing now and l expect to enjoy 1t for
many years to come If 1 can keep away
Prom had foods and have Grana Nuts I"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each package for a copy of
the famous little book, THE Road to
Welville."
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RothsohiId,a MaxIma.

New York Herald: The following
twelve maxims form part Of the will Of
Mayer Anselm Rothschild, the founder
of the great banking house at Frank
forth. They are now attracting atten-
ton In Europe and are recommended to
those who desire TO succeed In life:
I. Seriously ponder Over n thor
oughly examine any project TO which
you intend TO give your attention.
2. Reflect a long time. then decide
promptly.
3. Go ahead.
4. Endure annoyances patiently ard
fight bravely against obstacles.
5. Consider honor as a sacred duty.
6. Never lie about a business affair.
Z. Pay your debts promptly.
s. Learn how to sacrifice money
when necessary.
o. Do not trust too much to luck.
10. Spend your time proftably.
IL. Do not pretend to be more inn
portant than you really are.
IL. Never become discouraged, work
z~ealously and you will surely succeed.
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Ten Layers of History.

Harper's Magazine: For the first tim,
the whole history of. one of the great ma
tional sites of Egypt has been opened be-
fore us; dating from the beginning of the
kingdom, and ending with almost the last
of its native k.ngs-from Mena, about 400
B. c., to N~ekht-horheb, $40 b. G.. History
Is here laid out for US in strata, from
which the past can be read as we lift
them away one from another.
In order to read, however, one must
know the alphabet of the subject; and
that has only lately been learned, from
the pottery, the fints, the beads, which
show, each, the age to which they be-
long. Excavation on a site with a long
history Is mere destruction If each stra-
I'm Is not read and interpreted intelli-
gently as it is opened; unfortunately, this
has never been don before on any such
site. On the earliest sacred site of Aby-
dos. the first capital Of Ee ypt, temples
had been piled on the ruins OF another
until ten ages of building stood stacked
together In about twenty feet depth Of
ruins. Each temple had become partly
ruined after a few centuries, and the at
last was pulled down, leaving a foot v
two of the walls and foundations: anG h
new temple of a different plan was tn. n
erected on the ground. America is X t
old enough for this to be dore even ont J.,
but London stands on a mound OF ON n
twenty feet of ruins. from which it's pa II
will some day be read as we now re d
that OF Egypt.
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aching in my back and sides. For a
time l was unable to walk at all, and
every makeshift l tried and all the
medicine | took had not the slightest
effect. My back continued to grow
weaker until l began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills, and | must say l vas
more than surprised and gratified TO
notice the back ache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or by mail on receipt of price,
80 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo. n. Y.
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which would avert suspicion. yet an ig-
norance entirely natural when the in
frequent communication was consid-
cred.
excellent turn. A party of my friends,
taking the alarm upon the first arrests
that were made, had ridden northeast
TO Boston in Lincolnshire. There, they
had hired a fishing lugger and escaped
safely landing on the shores of France;
and, upon all sides, my name was con-
fidentially given as n of the party. /
could ave wished for nothing better.
and this was the story to which Enid
referred.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-12-12
catarrh Cannot BE Curea

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood
or constitutional disease, and In order to cure 1t
you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
is not a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians In this country for
years. and is a regular prescription. 1t is COM
posed of the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, actin. directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination OF
the two ingredients Is what produces such Won
derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for tes-
timonials, free.
FL. CHENEY s. CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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John Alexander Dow is opposed to
the bankruptcy laws, which he regards
as dishonest. Mr.. Dowie holds that If
q man owes a debt, he owes it till it is
paid, and no law on earth can abb
solve him from it.
In his hotel one afternoon during his
New York campaign Mr.. Dowie told a
reporter a bankruptcy story.
In Scotland, where l come FROM"
he said, there used to live an old man
named Fergus MacGregor. Fergus car
ried the bankruptcy law to it's logical
conclusion, and proved. unconsciously
its ~failacy.
THE old man was a chandler. He got
into difficulties, failed, went through
the bankruptcy court, and was let off
at the rate of 5 shillings to the pound.
Permission was given him, that Is to
say to liquidate each just debt of /
pound by the payment Of only 5 shill-
ings.
well, Fergus was a happy man when
the order of the court was announced
to him. He paid all he owed at once.
He said he saw his way clear to grow
ing rich. And next morning he started
out to do a little shopping for his wife.
HE went to the grocer's n bought
potatoes, tea, oatmeal, sugar, eggs and
so forth to the extent of 2 pounds. At
the end, taking up his parcels, he laid
down 10 shillings in payment.
Fergus, man, this is not right said
the grocer. Your bill is 2 pounds, not
10 shillingS,'
ooh, yes, that's all right said Fer
gus. L have permission from the judge
to pay 5 shillings in the pound
Fergus, see, thought that the
judges order was to hold good for the
rest of his natural life, and it was a
hard business to convince him to the
contrary. What 1 say is, why shouldn't
the order nave held good? Why isn't
it as right to pay future debts at the
rate Of 5 shillings to the pound as to
pay past ones?"
In the Matabeleland campaign of
1867 Colonel, now Major General
Plumer, raised and led a battalion Of
mounted ri1lemen, and he used to re-
turn to Bulawayo in the evening as
clean and spruce as though he a just
come in from a stroll down Bond street.
AS an example of his u~nvarying draw
ing room manners" as a brother officer
once styled them, a story is told of him
that during the Matabele campaign his
small force found itself in a very hot
corner, n men were falling rapidly in
all directions. Plumer had two ma
chine guns with him land these, he on
sidered, were not doing as we'll as they
might be. He called up an orderly,
therefore, and said to him: Twill you
kindly go to Captain Blank (who COM
manded the guns) and tell him that [
think he might do better if he would
please move his guns a little further to
the right? Thank YOU" And then he
calmly went on with his direction Of
the fight in the same quiet, easy man
ner. Again, he vas rather badly hit
while in command of a column during
ALo ~AaoNf CDt1th African xryar on1 cant
a message to his second in command to
the effect that he vas rather badly
scratched, and he would be greatly
obliged If Colonel Blank would take
over the command of the force pending
further orders"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-12-12
WATCH AMID CHAIN

A lady's gold filled watch will Elgin.
Waltham or Hampton movement. Case
warranted for 20 years. Gold filled long
guard chain with solid gold slide complete
for SIS, In fine plush case for mailing or
express. prepaid, with my personal guar
antee. Will II Beck, The Sioux City
Jeweler. Sioux City, Ia.
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Carthaoe's Escape,

New York Sum-: Cato was demand
ing that Carthage should be destroyed.
Then why not send 1T to the laun-
dry?" asked an irate senator.
Appalled, at the total humiliation
implied, they voted to order out the
ships instead.
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Also Matches for Servants.

Detroit Free Press: Yes, pa'am,'
said the obsequious grocery clerk to
Mrs. Bridey, who was ordering her
first bill of supplies. i've put down
parior matches: what next?"
We'll, er, l suppose l ought to have
some kitchen matches, too, oughtn't
~"
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Every Walk in Life.

A. A. Boyce,
n farmer, liv-
ing three and
Il half miles
fro N Tren-
ton, Nj o
says: "a Sc
we're cold set
tied in my
kidneys and,
developed so
quickly that
l was obliged
to lay o fl
work on ac-
count of the
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TRYING Times.

ut must be very trying for a mod
est girl" he remarked.
"Why?" she asked.
"She cannot turn from the naked
truth without running into a bare lie."
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"Geoffrey Heathcote. Esq"
BY JOHN FINNuM0RE. Copyright 1899. by s. 8. Mcclure Co.

drank, then sat in an unnoticed corner
In a doing attitude. until Roger babe
me by s~igns-whereat there was much
merriment-to follow him, n he as
signed me, with excellent Judgment, a
cherries garnet as q sleeping apart
ment.
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Bride (disconsolately)-Half my we'd
ding presents are cheap plated things.
Mother-Never mind, dear, no one will
suspect 1t. / have hired two detectives
to make themselves conspicuous watch
ing them.
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Lucky Woman.

New York Times: If Cleopatra's nose
had been half an inch shorter 1t would
have made considerable difference to
the world. but the world would not
have felt it half so keenly as Cleopatra.
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Keats.

He dwelt with the bright gods of elder
time,
On earth and In their cloudy haunts
above
He loved them; and in
sublime,
The gods, alas! gave him their fatal
love.
William Watson.
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st. Louis Lumberman: A patient in a
hospital had to be fed on a daily diet of
egg and port wine His physician asked
hin how he liked it.
ut would be all right, DOCTOR" he said,
'if the egg was as new as the port and
the port as old as the egg!"