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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23
Tary DAILlEp 0vras TEA lassdrR. Than Usual

Jarvis was embarrassed. IL was a
great opportunity, but IL he seized ii he
might get Daisy into trouble. Luckily
for him. Mr.. Bennett blundered into the
breach unconsciously.
But surely / have seen you, too, be-
fore" turning TO his hnancee's younger
sister, whose face had cleared wonder
fully now that she knew the explana-
ton of the young journalists presence.
Were you not In Lyons this after
noon also, having tea with our friend
here RI
Having tea with him?n said the old
man. rs this gentleman a friend OF
yours, Daisy?
Your daughter ana 1 are very old
friends said the journalist promptly.
My name Is JARVIS I'm on the Daily
Budget. Your daughter. goes to the
|Guildhail and I-eh--rm a great lover
lof music, you know"
That settled ii. Mr.. Smethwick
seemed to regard the explanation as
quite satisfactory. and rang the bell for
a further supply Of glasses.
There Ia one question I would like
70 ask remarked Mr.. Jarvis. Where
IS my hat"
m me hall. said Bennett briefly.
II wore tt here.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23

/, How do you dor" he said heartily,
~grasping Jarvis's hand with the utmost
| confidence H-y'- a. vbgkuj bgkqj b
friendliness. IL am very pleased indeed
to make your acquaintance, but / think
you are a COMPOUNDED young scamp TO
carry off my property like this. o.
course / wish Il had never happened
II can't agree with o there" re-
piled the young man. IF It had not
happened I should not have had the
pleasure OF meeting YOU"
VERY kind OF you 10 put it like
that said the old man with a sly wink.
"But / believe there are other reasons.
OF course l quite understand how 1t
happened. / was a young man myself
once. and / don't mind telling you that
/ had an eye for a pretty girl"
Mr., Jarvis sat back in his chair and
closed his eyes. Was he dreaming?
He heard as in a dream Mr.. Smeth-
wick say. "Of course / can't give my
consent to your engagement right
away" :
He was In a state OF mental collapse
when he heard a ring at the front door,
a light, girlish step trip down the hall,
the opening OF the door, and q mans
voice followed q significant silence
gested kissing.
Mr.. Smethwick was evidently sur
prised also, and stopped TO listen. The
drawing room door was flung open and
In came q young lady c%uriously like
Daisy in the face, but somewhat older
In appearance.
Here he Is. papa" she said b~lushing,
and then catching sight of a stranger
stopped In confusion.
Here who is?" roared Mr.. Smeth-
wick Justify.
"Mr. Bennett" replied the girl.
MIR. Bennett 2" shouted the old man
angrily as he turned to Jarvis. Then
who the dickens are you. sir ?"
Daisy herself had entered the room
and all four looked at the young jour
nalist inquiringly.
But Jarvis had quite lost sight OF his
w identity in the confusion.
X don't know" he stammered. Upon
my word | don't know who | am, but l
think | came here TO fetch my hat
ITO fetch your hat?" said the new
conner. by lingo, your the man whose
hat snapped Up by mistake In Lyons
this afternoon"
cot curse you did" said Jarvis
warmly, thinking IL was time he got
indignant with somebody. "And you
left d hat with a card In 1t so / thought
1t belonged here"
BLESS my soul. said old Mr.. Smeth-
wick. II thought you We're Bennett,
the man who has been making love to
my daughter down at Bournemouth.s
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23
The Reason why.

Drummond, Wis, Sept. l9.--(Spe
cial.)--Whole families in Bayfield,
County are singing the praises OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills and the reason
why is given in experiences such as
that OF Mr.. T. L. Void, a well-known
citizen here.
Il had such pains in my back that
i did not know what TO do" says Mr..
Void, land as | came across an adyer-
tisement Of Dodd's Kidney Pills | sent
for a box. That one box relieved me
OF all my pains. My wife also used
them and found them just what she
needed. l recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills as a sure cure for Backache and
other Kidney Troubles"
Backache is one OF the earliest
symptoms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's
Kidney Pills cure it promptly and per-
manently and prevent 1t developing
into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23

They didn't even know each s<ker's
names. for they had never been cor
rectIy introduced according to the rules
prescribed by Mrs. Grundy. But, per-
hapx, that was half the charm OF II.
II happened one afternoon that her
lesson at the Guildhall School Of Music
concluded, she went int0 Lyon'E the
little shop in Fleet strsy& wfscS is
much loved by Journalists. IL Nap
pened too, that he vent There soon
afterwards, and ~perceiving the pretty.
shy looking girl who sat al The table
in the corner with her violin case be-
side her. ne had the audacity to take a
seat at the same table. instead7o seek
Ing the smoking room below.
The succeeding stages were simple
and commonplace. He automatically
kicked over her umbrella and she
graciously forgave him. He hazarded
the remark that II was raining heavy.
and she went so far as to admit that
fx was very wet"
Conversation trickIed demurely. He
recommended the hot tea cakes, and
she laugningly acknowledged a weak
ness for the same
They met again the following Tues
day. and again and again.
He discovered that her Christian
name was Daisy.
on this particular afternoon they
dallied oyer tea longer man usual. II
was the last day of the Guildhall term,
and they would not meet again for
some weeks.
With a sigh of reluctance he reached
FOR his hat and picked up her violin
case. They sought the busy thorough
fare side by side, and he saw her into
the lucky bus that had the privilege OF
carrying her 10 the paternal suburb.
Then at last he returned TO the office,
Here he was met with a chorus OF
trreverent exclamation. Look ar his
hiatt Where did you get it," and the
like
II there was one thing that the
Magazine PAge Editor prided himself
upon ii was his hat. II was shining.
polished, immaculate. the latest cut, the
best make, an example and a model to
the whole OF Fleet street.
He took II off. Heavensi IL was not
his W hat. but a strange alien article
or h~eadgear. which needed ironing, and
was obviously rising two years.
What had happened? All, he had
hung up his hat In Lyons and must
have been SO occupied watching spark
ling eyes and slim fingers that he had
walked out OF the shop with somebody
eise's headgear.
perhaps the brute has left his name
inside" he muttered, Good luck here Ii
Is. Smethwick. The Lindens, High
bury Wood, M"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23
German Element il the United States

Harper's Weekly: Al German writer
says that In 1890 German blood ran in
the veins Of about one-fifth OF the pop
ulation of the United States. In 1890
the Anglo Saxon-Puritan element
numbered 2,964,717; the German eIe-
ment 2,695,167; and the American pop
uIation, In which the several European
strains had already become SO thor
oughly blended as to be no longer east
" distinguishable, 4,S52,717. AT the
century's end he finds in the United
states 25s4Il.5S3 Germans, as COM
pared with 12,71S.036 descendants OF
the American" inhabitants In 1880. and
12.118.640 Anglo-Saxons. The Teutonic
element tGermans, Scandinayians,
Dutch n Beigians) Is given as "a per
cent. of the total white population. bit
very little reflection upon the f~oregoine
f1gures Will be required to convince orr
readers that in the course OF q century.
a large part OF the German element
which was important even at first. and
mas Teen increasing so rapidly that II
now holds the first position numerical
~, and IL Indeed. twice as strong as the
Anglo Saxon In that sense-~mus have
become by intermarrfage thoroughly
a-malgamated with the descendanfa ~
British colontsts and the nineteenfh
century e~migrants from Great Britain,
~ ~ a fair presumption thar the inf,1-
Of German blo0d-the inheritance
OF the best Of the German nationalifvs,
may be traced III the more Or less
useful careers Of very many 81 fhc
prominent Americans whose names .ius
certain indication OF their Csrrnon
ORIGIN, or Of German blood derfvcX
txou4n noxnt 1nceofreoA
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23

Success: What color is least easily
seen at d distance? One would nat
uraliy 4 some dull neutral tint. a
scniber gray or brown. This has been
the conclusion Of most military men.
and u brilliant uniforms have given
way for practical campaigning to kha-
ki and other dull colora. Ks this .
mIstAke?. PossIbly 30, according "a the
results obtained In recent experiments
In England. Il has been found there
that masses Of duh colors are much
more conspicuous at q distance than
mixtures Of bright tints. For instance.
a battery Of field artillery whose car
|ria6es ana caixaong were decorated
with stripes Of red, blue and yellow
cQuId be made OUT with dildcuI<y "a 4
th0us&nd yards, while. other batteries
point4d - uniform brown OK drAb were
|easily peeu ~ great Dis n would
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23

He had found q plain card with the
above address written on Ii tucked
carefully IN this lining. rL shall give
myself the pleasure of calling upon you
tonisht MI smethwick. he growied.
~ WAS nearly 5 o'clock in the evening
when 1T last he was able 60 present
himself at the Lindens. Highbury
Wood. IL was d large and very hand
some house. n MT. Jarvis with jour-
nalisfic self confidence, set down the
owners income as being s"two thousand
= year or perhaps three.
The maid servant opened the door
and Welcomed him With q smile OF
benigfity. Come In SIR she said with
IN air that betokened q hearty welcome
from b servants quarters at any
rate.
she lea Inc way Into the drawing
room.
'sthe family have not quite finished
dinner, sirs 3f you wouldn't mind taking
q seaf, she said. *But + expect one
% the young ladies Will come 70 see
HE heard d light step at the door.
* was pushed open and III came
paiay~~. the hefolne Of the tea shop.
IN Fact. his particular heroine.
When she entered the room there
was q book of shy mischief On the girls
fuce, y upon catching sight OF him
Mixtl1fe of disdain, nstonyshment and
naughty ~inuignation.
~ this where you live r. he asked.
telleve So.H she said frigtdly. MAY
4 ask you huH ypu come 10 be here.
Wei, the tact IS, began Mr.. Jarvis
picked up the wrong hat ~and-and'
Pray don't trouble 20 expiain.s shs
Before Id could speak sir ..s44ef1
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Waggs-I refused a suppIicant won
ans appeal for money, and as a result
i didn't sleep any all last night. Her
voice was ringing in my ears all night.
Wiggs-You felt remorse at your
hardheartedness, Ell? who was the
woman?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23
The Difference.

Detroit Free Press: Miss Gasoline to
Miss Benzoin-'Oh, you're not so
muchI"
Miss Benzoin-"Im better than you
are, anyway. I'm more refined"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-23

The Earthly Remains Of
Major General Arthur st. Clair
Are Deposited Beneath
This humble monument, which is
erected to supply the place OF a
nobier one due from his country.
He died August 81, ISIS, In the
Saith year Of his age
The old cemetery In which General st.
Clair Is buried. at Greensburg, has been
named ST. Glars cemetery, in his hon
or. The little plot Of ground however.
in which his remains lie is overgrown
with rank weeds. and the wooden rail-
ing which Enclosed II has long since
fallen In decay. Great slabs Of sand
stone have crumbled from the Masonic
monument. and I'M q few years even the
lettering Will have been ob;iterated by
the tooth Of time. leaving his name IN
written, save IN the history Of his coun-
try.
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elceks4 end naunasd 70 the ears. trottsd
swhsas up BE hailed froura matte. Of
:sn ysraP Ar What are you shCTns
The runners kept silence; we heard the
click Of pistol lock.
sTn the kings name" Lillywhite shouted.
.'get on that nag and lend a hand! We've
fhe horseman gave an incredulous whis-
tie, and then began to shout his voics.
winding mournfu1ly uphill Halo: Halo
90" An echo stole back Halo! dAno-
o-o;" then q number Of voices. The horse
stood. dropping his head, and the man
turned in his saddle. ''Runners." he shout.
ed, BOW street runnersi Come along:
come along boysI Wen roast "em.
The sound Of heavy horses at 3olting
trot came to our ears.
"We're in for IT," Lillywhite grunted.
"D-n this county Of Kent"
lar. At the steep Of the hill the men ana
horses came into sight against the white
sky. confused crowd Of ominous things.
Turn that lanthorn off'n me-" the horse
man said. Don't you see you fr1ghten my
horse? Now. boys, get round them. -
The great horses formed an irregular
half-circle. round us; men descended clumsi-
ly, like sacks Of corn. The lanthorn was
confused hubbub. caught my own name.
Eyes. I'm Kemp John Kemp =
called. "Tm true blue"
The horseman rode up to me and caught
me by the collar.
Hold your tongue" he said roughly He
began to make a set speech. anathematiz-
ing runners. He moved to tie our feet and
hang us by our finger nails over the quarry
edge.
"Blindfold 'em. lads" he cried. and turned
me sharply round.
Don't struggle" he whispered in my ear;
his silk handkerchief came cool across my
eyelids. felt hands flmbling with knot
at the back of my head. You're all right,
he said again. The hubbub Of voices ceased
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said the young mayor. "The unions dis
claim all responsibility for acts of violence.
will say, however. that we can hold and
do hold every hot-head among the strikers
1t REQUIRES the whole police force of the
city. In our last great railway strike the
leaders Of the unions came to me before the
strike was declared and said that IL would
be run on peaceful methods. Nevertheless
soon found that certain hot-heads we're
attacking the cars and trying to prevent
their moving.
Il then called out the police force put
clothes in each car, and they went with
such passengers or non-union men as rode
on the cars to their homes to insure their
protection. The property owners, the pub
lie and the non-union workmen certainly
had the protection of the city in that strike
It was the same in the Kellogg Switch
board Company strike, where We prohib-
TIED any outside teams coming within a
certain distance of the factory"
But do not the courts here discriminate
In favor of the trades unions?'
The trades uniOnists are always claiming
that the contrary is the fact" said the
mayor. NO, don't think SO. We have a
bad system of punishments here, allowing
the Judges to give indeterminate sentences
that is, they send a man to prison for a
term based upon good behavior, and this
opens up chances for influence, or pull as 1t
Is called, to aid in his release That, how
ever is an evil of the law and not of the
executive.
Need the Golden Rule.
"One of the great troubles in these con-
nicts OF labor and capital Mr. Harrison
went on, is that both laborer and capt.
talist are too often illiberal brutal or.
to say the least. too inconsiderate of the
rights of the other / wish I could show
you the letters / get from both sides. 7
nave some from the men denouncing their
employers; and 1 have some from the
employers advising me to quell strikes
py means of Calling guns. rifles and cold
steel. Some of them ask me to have the
police fire at the mob and shoot to kill
Such men are worse than the worst of the
strikers. 1t does me good to write them
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| 70 live It down. There's nyk.and-forty war
rants out against me-bJt they dursent
serve m, But he's not me-
voice Of Carlos came through the mist in
little"
.For Gods sake hol9 yoestonguer. Ralph
He shall 60 to France
that now there was q chance for me to
find my world Of romance And Ralph did
his best for me: he borrowed good number
OF guineas from Rangsley, who travelled
with bag Of them at1his saddle-bow. ready
to pay his men their seven shiilings head
for the run. -
Ralph remembered, too-or I remem-
bered for him-thatahe HAD estates and
an agent in Jamaica, and he turned into
the big INN at the function of the Lon
9on road to write a letter to his agent
bidding him house me and employ me as
an improver.
"Oh. it's all right" said. TITS fine
It's nne. I'd have given fifty guineas for
TINS cnance this mornfng-and Ralph, I
say you may tell Veronica why I'm go
ing, but keep shut mouth to my mother.
Let her think I've run away-eh? Don't
spoil your chance"
He was In such a state OF repentance
ana nutter that he could not let me take
q decent farewell
hangsiey was waiting to conduct us
INTO the town, where we should find q
man 70 take us three fugitives out to the
expected ship. We rode Gathering ag-
gressively through the silence of the
long, narrow main street Every now and
then Carlos Riego coughed lamentably,
Dut Iomas Castro rode In gloomy silence.
On the blind of an inn the shadow of a
bearded man held the shadow Of q rum
mer to Its mouth.
NATL be my uncle RangsIey said.
Hell be the man to do your Grand" He
Gaiie9 TO one of the men behind. Here,
JUG 1EC0Gr, DO into the Whifa
Hart and drag my Uncle Tom out. Bring
I'm up to me- :
An abnormal scuffling intermingled with
snatcnes OF jovial remonstrance, made it.
self heard. voice called: Here's your
uncle, SQuahre Jack,
BE you drunk again, you old sinner ~
IIIanSsiey asked. Listen to me.
Heres three men to be set aboard the
inames at quarter after eleven
A grunt came in reply
Rangsley repeated slowly
Inc grunt answered again.
dere three men to be set aboard the
1hames at quarter after eleven" .
Rangsley said again.
s. Here's cop three men
to be set aboard Thames at quarter after
eleven" voice hiccoughed back to us.
ell see you do it, Rangsley said.
He's as drunk as a king he commented
10 us; but when you've said thing three
times, he remembers-hark to him.
we went across the silent street, through
q narrow passage, and down to the sea.
Ola Rangsley reeled ahead of us swiftly,
mutterlng, Three men to be set aboard of
Three men to be set aboard . and
In few minutes we stood upon the Single
beside the idle sea, that was nearly at the
full. NV
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welt will lead the republican party"

welt will lead the republican party"
But / mean the democratic candidate.
Who will lead your party?"
II can't say" was the reply.
"Will you?"
NO" said Mayor Harrison. II have no
such ambition. l am not chasing rainbows
and that dream has not entered ny head
We have a Congressman. ]. r. Williams,
who will probably be the candidate OF ILL.,
nois. AS for me, / am not anxious for any
thing but to do my work here and to retire
at the end of this term. The chief thing
that troubles me now is to get enough
money to run the CITY,
How much do you want?'
I'VE want lot more than we can get,
but our charter and the state laws are
such that We cannot get what we ought
to have. We need just now about fourteen
million dollars for the city alone
THAT is not great amount for Chicago"
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CHAPTER III

Between moonrise and sunset I was
stumbling through the bracken OF the lit
tie copse that was like tuft Of hair on
the brow Of the great white quarry. / made
the circuit Of the copse. whistling softly
my three bars Of 'Lillibullero." Then I
plunged into It.
My pulse was dancing with delight-my
heart, too. 1t was like a game Of hide
and-seek, and yet It was life at last
I moved forward again. getting back
toward the road thought caught the
outlines of a mans hat down among the
tossing lines of the bracken. / whispered
loudly:
Carlos! Carlosi''
A shaft of blazing yellow light darted
from the level of the ground into my dazed
eyes. A man sprang at me and thrust
something cold and knobby into my neck
cloth. The light continued to blaze into
my eyes, 1t moved upward and shone on
red waistcoat dashed with gilt buttons. I
was being arrested. 'Tn the Kings
name" A hand was clutching my
windpipe.
Castro" voice whispered in my ear
The lanthorn light suddenly died out,
and heard whispers
Get him out on the road: TN
tackle the other. Darbies. :
Mind his knife
From far above US came a shout, then q
confused noise OF voices. The moon began
| To get up; above the cutting the clouds had
. fringe OF sudden silver. A horseman
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reflection Of myself in the tall glass, won
dering mfserably why I seemed to be
such an oaf
The voice of Rooksby hailed me sud-
denly downstairs. 'Hey, John-John
Kemp; come down. I say!"
He wanted to talk to me. he said. and
followed him out to the soft road that
climbs the hills to westward. The even
ing was falling slowly and mournfully:
1t was dark already in the folds of the
somber downs.
II know what you've got to tell me-.
said. You're going to marry Veronica.
Well. you've no need of my BILE ssing
Some people have all the luck.
"Confound it," / continued, IT shall run
away to sea! 1 say. Ralph, give me Carlos
direction. I'll go after him. Carlos il the
only soul know outside five miles from
here. He's friends In the Indies. That's
where want to go, and he could give me
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IL good friend and faithful dependent
Of my family's He certainly had that
mans watoh-the man We met By evil
chance at Liverpool. q man who came
, rom Ja Jamaica Hs nad bought nmof pao
your police wished to take. But I, bon
Dieu, do you think would take watchesT'
certainly did not think he had taken .
watch; but did not reliIlquish the idea
that he, in a glamorous, romantic way. had
been pirate. Rooksby had certainly limited
as much in his Irritation.
(To be continued)
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My Task.

To love some one more dearly every day.
To help wandering child TO find his way,
To ponder Ger a noble thought and pray,
And smile when evening falls.
To follow truth blind men long for light
To do my best from dawn of day till night.
To keep my heart 1t for His holy sight
And answer when He calls.
-MAUDE LOUISE RAY,