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youth. and she spoke with a correct
ness and a precision which, although
marred by occasional idioms, still dis
tinguished her speech from the lingual
slovenliness of the Western farm
woman
"Oh. guess you'd git along!" A
dull, slow color had crept into his face.
It's goin' to be good year. Dick
could take my place"
Dick-take-his place! He was
thinking. then-he was going to
We've can't depend on Dick!" she
murmured. A vision of Dick rose be-
fore her-gay, pleasure loving, incon-
siderate Dick! She smiied-a sad
smile. II didn't think Chastina was
the kind Of girl you'd take fancy to,
Dan"
He swung around.
What" he demanded, shave you got
agin herr"
Her work fell on her lap. She
clasped her thin, knobby-j -jointed hands
upon 1t and looked up at her stepson.
She was a frail little body, gowned in
the everlasting print wrapper of the
prairie housekeeper. Her large hazel
eyes were bright - too bright. She
breathed quickly. She had lost two OF
her front teeth. To have them re-
placed would be an extravaganza not
to be considered. Frequently when
speaking she lifted her hand with q
nervous gesture and covered her
mouth.
shes frivolous, Dan. She likes aSe,
miration-and pretty clothes"
rs that all? What girl don't, moth
'Tt seems to me-" she went on hur-
rledly, that your-your marriage to
her would be IA mistakel Think It
over BIT"
Think 1t overt" he burst out. moth
er. you didn't use to want to stand In
my wayI Don't you s'pose / have
thought 1t over7 Do you think I'm
goin' to be dray horse for alTs here
two Of 'em as well able to work as me
all the born days Of my hull life?"
The hot May sun steamed down on
him. He could see his great chest ris-
ing and falling, and the muscles Of his
arms working under the worn sleeves
of his shirt.
You have more than your share of
the work." she admitted. Her voice
failed her again. A stray sunbeam
glinted On her needIe-an idle needle
just then. "And-T don't want to stand
in your way, Dan. Only-you've al
ways seemed like my boy-the only
boy ever had! Maybe I'm saying this
to you about Tina because-because L
@ @"ant 70 Keep YOU. der hungry eyes
never left his face. Perhaps Fm-Tm
just making excuses. Perhaps"
The scarlet blotches faded in her
cheeks. She picked up her sewing
again, but the hands trembled over the
coarse cotton cloth. She could not ply
the glittering little implement she held
Suddenly she went deathIy pale. She
lay back, drawing her breath in short,
soft gasps.
"Mother!" cried the young fellow.
"Mother!"
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'Its nothing" she painted Moth
ing"
But her lips took on blush tinge,
and after a faint shiver she lay quite
still. He dashed out to the well for
water. brought 1t to her. forced her
to swallow it. He watched her anx-
iously, all his sullenness gone, as she
shuddered back to consciousness.
II didn't mean TO rile you, mother"
to have you comm between. Chastina
an me-"
He had dropped on one knee be-
side her chair in bewilderment OF
dumb and clumsy penitence.
81 know it's hard for. you" she mur-
INJURED. You are young-and it's hard
for YOU"
The tired tears were slipping down
her cheeks.
TT amt dead easy for you, mother"
''Oh, don't think of me-"
I'VE don't. We've got out OF the
way of thinking of you"
Her little skinny arm lay near him.
1t never occurred to him to give 1t a
gentle touch. They are chary OF ca
resses-the prairie people. Perfunctory
kisses are given at the marriage feast
or before the burial-but even these
are few and far between. He stumbled
to his feet, ashamed of the compass
sionate impulse which had temporarily
mastered him. The woman rose, too.
ITS time to get supper" she said.
They'll be in soon."
But as she crossed the kitchen to set
her work aside she suddenly put her
hand to her breast-stood still.
One stride and Dan was beside her.
you're not forgittin what the doc
tor said?' he questioned. THAT If you
got scairt-or-or hurt, an had an
other heart spell you was like-like
To-
She flashed around on him. Sudden
Iy her face was young, yearning, eager.
"Oh," she cried breathlessly, "oh.
was forgetting! Do you think" But
as suddenly as it had come the brill
lance waned. She shook her head. mo
Il shall not die-not SoOn," she said.
She went on filling the little rust
red stove with cobs. Dan did not Of
fer to assist her. The attitude Of a
young Western farmer to his mother
is that of an Indian to his squaw. All
domestic drudgery properly pertains
to her.
'TII go out an take a look at the
young peach trees" he said. They're
comm on fine. This'n be the second
year of bearin'. There ought to be
enough made out'n 'em to pay dad for
the hogs the cholery got"
w Nat you tdAh41 dOouC' IdSpeu d
dolorous voice. Them peaches
They'll be some, maybe. But the nur-
sery man fooled me on the settin's.
He didn't give me the Baltimore beau
ties / bought offn hinl-on'y the COM
mon kind. An the common kind is
dreadful plenty. It's the best that
fetches the price. Every ones again
me. Every one cheats me. allus had
the worst luck Of any one I ever
knowed"
He sank into the only comfortable
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tie breeze. Then tiny spiraIs Of dust
rose in the country roads. Suddenly
the tawny spirals were as tall as wat-r
spouts. The increasing wind, below
ing up from Kansas, blew the dust into
a curtain-a wall-an encompassing,
enveloping fog. Dan, urging his horses
homeward, tried to protect Chastina.
lie pulled up the buggy top. He drew
the linen robe over her lap. He gave
her his silk handkerchief to tie over
her eyes.
But the man does not live who can
combat a Nebraska dust storm The
yellowish powder sifted in through the
joints or the canopy. 1t stung the flesh
like the bites of myriad infinitesimal
insects. 1t grimed the lap robe and the
gIrfS White gown. 1t maddened the old
farm horses until they were mettle-
some as pastured colts. 1t pierced and
penetrated and choked and blinded.
AND all the time the wind sent the
buggy careening, screeched in the ears
or its occupants, and howIed in its fury
after each rare pause to take breath.
All the time, too, the sun blazed down
"a great blotch Of deep orange seen
through saffron clouds.
Il shan't let you out at your house" I"
Dan shouted. "Pll take the short cut
to our place. There is something I
WdAL 10 tell yOus
The violence of the storm was spent
when they turned into the narrow road
that Zigzaggeds toward the desolate
house on the bluff. Dan sIackened
rein. At last he could make himself
heard
Tina" he blurted out, II asked you
to marry me- I didn't know then
anyways didn't think. But I s'posed
we could git married this fall. Now
Well, now we can't. I've thought IT
over gaed an hard-an' we can't. got
to stick by mother awhile longer. Maybe
this year-maybe all next, too. don't
s'pose now you'll want to keep COM
pany with me no longer. But" dog
gedly, Il got to stick by mother"
She tEFned her grave eyes on him,
The illimitable love In them dazzled
him. His heart plunged.
i wouldn't think much OF you" she
said, IF you didn't stick by your moth
er after all she's done for you. NV
mother often told me before she died
how strong and pretty Mis- Carney
was when she first came out to Ne
Draska. She said how nice she KEEP
you an Dick-always good clothes an
the pest OF everything for you, when
she didn't have a stuff dress to her
back. I'll wait for you, Dan.'
'Tina!" he cried. t''Tina!" he ven
tured again. But the pain In his throat
precluded speech. He yelled to the
horses. They forged ahead.
Suddenly Tina leaned forward -
clutched his arm.
Look. Dan; looki What's wrong?
The children are running down the
bluff. They're comm this way. An
your father-he's beckonin'! There's
Mis- Harrowsby-I know her cape-an'
Mis- Peterson. Hurry-hurry!"
"Oh, my God!' muttered Dan.
The world seemed to reel away from
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him. Tina's hand steadied him. Tina.s
voice recalled him. All at once he waa
standing up-was lashing the horses.
wish I'd. taken her!" the girl heard
hlm cry. wish to God I'd taken
all right" "a "
Some one was at the horses heads.
he hurled himself out of the buggy
was In the house.
we don't know Just how il haDnen-
ca. one Of the whispering group in the
kltchen was saying. She was alone
when the storm came up"
she went out to drive the young
calves under shelter" interposed an
other.
"A loose scantlin' struck her in the
Slde." volunteered a third ''She amt
been real strong Of late anyhow. That
heart troubles awful unreliable. The
DOCTOR? Can't git him. He's over I'm
kansas. Mis- Peterson knows well as
him, though. She lows there aIn't
anythfn' to be done"
Dan pushed by them into the little
poor best bedroom. His stepmother
lay In the pine bedstead. The patch
work quilt was drawn to her chin. He
Tell on his knees beside her. His head
dropped on his clinched hands His
shoulders were heaving She lifted
, one weak arm and laid It around his
neck.
Look at-me-Dan"
He lifted his haggard eyes to hers,
which were sweet and luminous.
Dan," went on the voice. which
seemed to come from q distance. I'm
I'm sorry for what said about Tina,
She is dear-she Is good-like her
mother before her"
"Mother-she is here"
YeS-T can see her now am GLAD
very glad. But-Dan."
A woman came in, insisting the suf-
ferer should not speak. The work worn
hand was fmperious then as any which
ever swayed scepter. At it's light mo-
ton the intruder left the room.
'Dan-where are you? Listen!"
I am listening, mother"
Don't make Tina's life-too hardI
Women are not fitted-to bear-as
much as men. They-must-bear
more. Men love women, only-they-
don't understand that a woman isn't
always-weli-or happy-just because
she keeps on her-feet-and doesn't
complain. And let her know-you-"
Grayness swept over her face like
an obliterating billow.
''Mother!" he sobbed hoarsely.
''Mother!"
The bed shook to the beat of his
breast.
Little Dan." she was saying softly.
''No-I can't think he's my stepson.
He's my boy" The hand on his head
moved caressingly. "Such pretty
curls! My boy-the only boy I ever
had"
Then she was whispering about
Ruby, the little sister who had died
when she wasn't but eight. The little
child who had loved all f1oWers-to
whom the weeds were flowers.
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with his wife. Fanny Moody and the
Moody Manners Opera company is at
DruFy Lane for a two months expert
mental season. AS was reported in these
letters when the scheme first was broach-
ed this is labor Of love with Manners
an honest attempt to foster English opera
AT the outset he announced that the prof
its of the season, were there any, should
be set aside as the nucleus of fund to
endow a national opera house. A feature
of each performance is a half hours talk
on the opera of the evening by Manners
As has been indicated. however, the pub
lie has not rallied to the impresario's s
support. Five performances have been
given thus far. each one of which has
showed greater loss than its predeces-
sor. Manners says he is prepared to lose
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plenty Of good fish in the sea- But the
bait, said I, isn't there danger of the
bait becoming stale?'''
q
Wilton Lackaye has been talking again,
and this time much to the point. 1.-THE
regular theater goers, especially in New
YORK, says Mr.. Lackaye, belong to the
class that has the bicycle eye for dollars,
and they don't want to think at night
They want to be distracted The man
who is accustomed to seek distraction in
chowder parties doesn't realize that cL ass
also may be distraction. There Is the
same dlfference between. musical comedy
and 1bsen. Musical comedy represents
the theatrical temper of New York. New
York Is not the dramatic capital of the
country, anyway. Most Of the successful
plays in New York this season succeeded
in Chicago first. People with the largest
hands have the poorest taste, as managers
often find to their cost when they take
typical New York success into the
smaller and proportionately more cultured
communities"
The Irish National Theater society has
strong card up its sleeve-a new play
author Of the "Quintessence OF Shaw"
1.-The Tanning of London - ''The Discovery
of Ibsen" and "A Tragedian in Motley"
(These are all published under different
titles.) Now that the Irish Moliere-how
absurd to call him the Irish Ibsen!'-
is at the very heyday OF his glory, when
Brentano's are reprinting his remarks
about 'Ibsen as Fabianite''-fancy Tbsen
a socialist, Ibsen who loathes paternalism
in any of its horrtd shapes or states Ibsen
the anarch!-and issuing his Man and
Superman," a new comedy will set the
London town agog. 1t is said to deal
with the Englishman In Ireland. a topic
bound to throw of much wit and satire.
If only G. B. s. could be persuaded to
visit America. he might write play deal
ing with the Celt In New York. and then
call it 'Tammany, My 10 John. New
York Sun.
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never do to allow London manager to
turn down the poet lanreate. But when
Bourchier's official reader came to the
anonymous manuscript of "A Lesson In
Harmony he found it so promising that
he at once commended it to the actor
managers attention. He also asked Mr..
Bourchier to note letter which accom-
panied the playIet, and in which the
nameless dramatist wrote: "Should this
little piece be accepted, the author makes
1T a condition that Mr.. Bourchier will him
self play the part"
Upon reading the piece, Bourchier liked
1t so much that he wrote asking the
anonymous one to call. and was electrified
at the appointed hour to find himself fac
ing the poet laureate. 1t was soon ar
ranged between them, however. that Mr..
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Austin's comedietta should be produced as
a curtain raiser TO w. s. Gilbert's "The
Fairy's Dilemma" which is now the at
Traction at the GaTrick. Hitherto the poet
laureate has not enjoyed great success as
a dramatist. His 'Flodden Field was
given lavish production by Beerbohm
Tree at special performance at His
Majesty's, but it was roasted by the
critics. and Tree has never thought it best
TO put it into the regular bill
Ladies and Gentlemen, the loss on
our production of this evening has been
fifty pounds" These words sum up the
result thus far of the heroic attempt
which is being made at Drury Lane to
provide London with grand opera in
English. They were addressed to a first
night audience by Charles Manners who
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DRAMATIC NOTES

Since the first rush a decade ago of
noted actors into vaudeville Of the con-
tlnuouS character there has not been such
scramble to get engagements In the con-
tlhuouS performance theaters as there has
Deen this year. The managers of these
theaters are willing to pay large Salaries
when they are certain that they will get
back their money in the receipts but
they are no longer eager to pay the enor-
nous prices once asked by the actors
The gallery Is supposed to be the main
source or boisterousness in the theater
but coIlegians really deserve this uues-
t1anable distinction. Many an actors
of the callous scholastics Richard Mans
held once had an experience with a box
fuli OF oxford students. Once bitten,
T fwlce scared 50 when he played later in
~ what happened. The opera was 1.-The
Mikado," and Mansfield was playing Ko-
Ko. There were students in every part
OF the house. Ko-Ko's entrance was
greeted by hurrahs from the boys and
the thrusting of half a dozen rosters on
TO the stage. Instantly there was bed
lam. Ko-Ko, however, stood his ground.
In a couple of minutes the students had
shouted themselves hoarse or tired, or
both. When quiet prevailed Mansfield in
his own robes as Ko-Ko. entered and be-
gan his song, as the super he had sent on
to take the reception grfnned at the sue
Off -
Annie Russell before she became one Of
the Frohman stars, had an offer from F.
T. Proctor to play a little one-act sketch
for ten weeks in his theaterS. She was
to receive $1,000 a week. which was for
those days the record salary She was
naturally tempted by the offer.
Don't you think Of 1t, my dear" said
Nine. Modjeska. Il have had many Of
fers to go into the vaudeville theaters
and I have declined them all And I am
much older than you are. I have very
few years more to act, and have lost
in artistic productions much of what
earned. But I want to leave behind me
the name Of an artistic career. So what
necessity should there be for young ac-
to take such a step? Be true TO your ideals
and don't sacrifice them FOR money"
That decided Miss Russell; and prob
ably that fidelity to artistic standards was
since Charles Frohman made her a star
and she has been one of the most popular
in the country ever since.
q
Joseph Jefferson believes in a compul-
sorry marriage law and abomfnateS bach
elors. He also believes in early marriages,
and did not hesitate to tell a group OF
them would marry as soon as they could
afford it.
.Bachelors-why, I have the utmost
contempt for the whole breed OF them"
conceited they grow. I took one down a
peg. though. the other day. He was
talking about this woman he had known,
and that woman he had known and these
women, 1T seemed, had married. Why,
you ! said. are in danger Of getting
left. Why don't you, too, get married
before 1t is too later Oh. said the
bachelor. with a chuckle. there are still
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$4,000 on his experiment, and it looks
as if he would do so.
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Cream Walnut Cake
A delicious cream walnut cake is made
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-03-11
OUR NEIGHBORS.
HAMPDEN. I
(F,om the Reporter.

- J. 10 .. = 49, - E. ! &. 81 MO-.
Ira Neidiinger returned Saturday
from few days visit with his
brother near Devils Lake.
At special election last Friday,
the people of Storlie township voted
to bond the township for 81, 200, fol
the purpose Of erecting two new
school houses.
School was started Mondav in the
Stoltz building so that the young sters
will not be obliged to grow up in ig-
norance. This is a good thing and
something which was greatly needed.
Gust Wallstad arrived from Leaf
Mountain, Mimi, last Saturday,
where lie went early last fall with
his threshing machine.
sold Dad - Sprague, who used to
own a claim near Morton post office
was in town one day last week on
business. He is new engaged in the
cigar business in Minneapolis.
The train did not get into Lang
don Tuesday, consequently there was
no mail yesterday to speak of which
was great disappointment to those
who are eagerly watching the result
of the war in the far east.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-03-11
Motto Of Mortgage Sale.

M9tise is hereby gysn that that certain
becker, his wife of Devils Lake, North
mott, 81 the city 81 Eau Claire, Wisconsin mort.
ss fs ahsy ocs e bs ss
of deeds of the county of Ramsey state Of
North Dakota on the 9th day Of September, A.
az page So viii Do forcioseu BY sale Of 81 e sse
scribed at the front door Of the Court Hoase
N the county ct Ramsey and State Of North
5th day 81 March. 1901 g satisfy ths amount me- mt
due T9 upon such mo!tgsge on the day of SALE
which will be sold to satisfy the same e are de-
scribetl as foliows: The east half E1s j 81 the
sixty vest; ana tie east half pfft tee
north. east quarter 1NEa Of section ~ Of
range sixty two l62 west Of the 9Th Praci pal
And, which mortgage contains provision
\ es made in the the
or interest, or the taxes or surance on thni ell
building, then and n that case the mortgagee
signs esston deosre shs prno
pal indebtedness due and payable; and there
being default in the interest which fell due
on said Indebtedness IN and there being de-
ance, the said mortgage does hereby elect to
declare the whole principal debt due and pay
due; and that their will be due On such mort.
gage on the day of sale the sum Of twenty one
hundred eighty dollars and ninety three cents
($21S0.9S) besides the expenses Of sale and the
costs allowed by law. Ia5I5l5 %sgTSl
Dated January 90 1904. #
THOMAS McDERMOTT,
Burke & Middaugh, q Mortpagee.
Attorneys for. Mortgage, e ~ hi 4
Devils Lake, North Dakota. 46.7 n
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-03-11
Notice of Foreclosure Sale.

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered BY j. w.
Mortgagors, to James o'Laas hiin. Mortgagee e
dated the 9th day Of September, 1902 ard fled
for record in the Office Of the Register of Deeds
8 e nGrsh
corded in book STD of mortgages, on page 1924
will be foreclosed BY a sale Of the premises il
front door Of the Court House in the, City Of
Devils Lake, IN the County of Ramsey and
State of North Dakota at the hour of 10o'clock
II the 3eo forenoon on the End day of April
mortgage on the day of SALE. The premises
described in such mortgage and which will be
sold to satisfy the same are described as fol-
lows:
ALI these tracts or parcels of land lying and
being in the county of Ramsey, and state Of
North Dakota, and described as the south half
OF section nineteen in township one hundred
and ffty-six, n''rth of range sixty three, west.
substance, that if default shall be made in the
payment of the indebtedness secured, or the
taxes upon the premises, or any or either Of
them, that then and in that case, the mortgage
might at his election; declare the whole of the
out notice to the mortgagor; and default hav-
ing been m ade by said mortgagors, in the nom
payment of the sum of $768 90 with interest
since September 9th, 1902, and the sum of S766.
with interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent
per annum since September 9th, 1902; and fur
Their default having been made by the non-pay-
ment of taxes assessed vi on said premises in
the year 1902, and the SAID MORTGAGE having
on the 18th day. Of February 1904 redeemed said
premises from the tag sale made by reason Of
the non payment Of said 1902 taxes; there will
be due upon said mortgage upon the day of
sale, the sum of $2s45 81 and interest on $500
snse ct h6 raa
thereof at the rate of l.! per cent per annum
since the 18th day of February 1904, besides tho
costs and Expenses of sale, and the attorneys
fees allowed by law.
Dated February 18th, 1904.
james O. Laughlin, Mortgagee
Burke & Middaugb, E.f.5 Ss. s Z. IS
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
Devils Lake, North Dakota 5O-7 4
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-03-11
Notice of Mortgage Sale by Ad-
Verf3SR1nAf1E

Notice is hereby given tina. that certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by Barnett
Ganter and Prada Canter, Mortgagors, TO First
National Bank Of Devils Lake, N. D., Mortga.
gee. dated the 18th day of February, 1903 and
filed for record in the office of the Register
North Dakota. on the 18th day of February.
1903, and recorded in book q of mortgages, at
page l89, will be foreclosed by sale of the
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter de-
in the city Of Devils Lake, in the county Of
Ramsey. and state of North Dakota, at the
hour eff o'clock, p. M, on the End day ofApril,
1904, to satisfy the amount due upon such
mortgage on the day of sale. The premises de,
scribed in such mortgage, and which will be
sold to satisfy the same, are described as fol
lows: Northeast quarter of section twenty
one, and the northeast quarter Of section
twenty two, in township one hundred and fifty
seven, north Of range sixty-three, west, con.
aiming three hundred and twenty acres. There
will be due on such mortgage at the day of the
SALE the sum Of Elk hundred and sixty.seyen
dollars and thirty-two cents.
Dated, February Is, A. D., 1904
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of DEVILS LAKE,
N. d Mortgage,
TOWNSEND q DENOYER .
Attorneys for Mortgage so-7
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-03-11

Townsend G. Denoyer,
Attorneys for MortSagee.