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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-22
When Both Masks Fell q SHERMAN by ~ JOHNSON
SHERMAN F. JOHNSON

reading her book and 1 walking up and down.
smoking.
tell you something"
suppose he told her to so ahead but ia got BY and
saving bu sa pas LOOKING
prised and kind of hurt. l thought, and she was
gazing harder than ever on over the ocean.
On the trip back got In hearing distance after the
parson had begun talking and all heard was 81 am
not bound by custom or convention" had good
mind to stop and back him up in that, but went
Coming back, l heard the parson say, surprised
like. But how did you know who ann" That nab
bergasted me- too. l didn't suppose she knew who he
any more than the parson had known It, With
out thinking what done, cut my up trip right on
where was and started back real slow.
She laughed little. when you wrapped that coat
about me the other night"-the "other night" and
this the next morning,-"I forgot TO give it back
and wore ii when returned to my stateroom."
had to walk little If wasn't going to butt In.
but tackled again safe and come back.
THE card" she went right from what hadn't
heard. was that Of DR.. Joseph Ames Gray and OK
course there is but Or. Joseph Ames Gray So
thought" she says sort of slow. and not gb-like.
Just what she thought / didn't hear, though was
walking awful slow W. Before ia made the turn
the elderly party had butted in and the game was
called. But 1 knew that rain checks had been dis
trbuted That conversation hadn't to the stopping
place.
For the last day of the voyage she and him didn't
seem to meet except when the elderly party In
their midst. The little groove between the parsons
eyes that there the night first met him and that
Ia seen on other occasions since was there all the
time and the looks he give the elderly party wasn't
pastoral. 1t wasn't nice ending CT what Rad been \
mighty pleasant voyage watched her well him.
and though she didn't have any groove between her
bright eyes and though to any net noticing par
ticular she might have seemed clipper as ever,
didn't think she real happy either
| tried to it out with myself. Course it's
best should end this way" says ID myself shes
nice little girl. but amt she "a actrcss?" says.
parsoa and actress amt cut cut to Get married
marry OF the profession. She'd want be get
thought heap of him. And does she think much
of him?" goes on to myself "ain't she actress.
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fancy when there wasn't anybody else to see. But
tastes amt all the They rushing this way
and that in the most useless and foolish of way
of the ladies letting screech whenever they
thought of ii.
One of the men passengers fellow in blue silk
pajamas located boat and made dive for it. almost
knocking over woman in his hurry. That particular
boat didn't have anybody guarding it, and the guy
would actually have climbed in and done don't know
what, IL hadn't uppercut him-gente of course but
sufficient for the purpose.
Then / seen the parson Scared? Scared stin Won
seen his staring eyes Part and mighty big part Of
my liking for the because had grit real
nervy grit, the kind that would make slender young
Teller stand up to big husky who depended on
his muscle and quick to make a living and take
that Teller by the back of the neck-even IL he was
being there-and stretch him fiat on his back But as
say when seen them eyes it made me feel all sort
of gone in my stomach.
All of sudden his eyes changed and his mouth
sort of laughed said Thank God" or did some
thing that mouth will all by itself when you're
thinking hard and quick about something and he
made a jump. Then seen, and laughed a little
too all to myself, because | understood.
The parson was standing by her. He wasn't scared
any more He hadn't been scared about himself at ALL
and he wasn't scared about now that he was where
he could take of her. And she? She looking
as comfortable could be expected, the doctors
say which, after all, isn't definite and
always wise to ask what ought to be expected Well
she was looking that way, anyhow, and twas a good
sight comfortabler than most of the other women
barring the elderly party, who didn't look IL she'd
turned in before the fire broke (Which fgura-
lively speaking, there being fire. and was still
holding her play-book thought, and still think.
though wouldn't it, that opened it once
as II to make sure of a line.
For wreck there about little doing there
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move number two was. not having been there when
it happened but the next morning when came out
on deck. there was the parson and her walking up
and down real sociable with plenty to say on both
sides.
An elderly party, who appeared to be sort of UNI
pire the lady got fair play wasn't in the
way at ALL She to have Partially for chair
and novel, which she read careful, as If she was
learning it by heart The young lady done some
reading too but like the elderly party, who dived
in early in the morning and only come up to feed
l smoked good deal and when the parson and her
was together generally sort Of in the suburbs.
And | liked to hear 'em talk. Not that was on to
all the curves but | amt of them who thinks
because you don't understand everything that's said
it amt worth hearing. The night aboard ship had
made her feel better about being away from land
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She looked at the water without seeming feel
so lost.
Its good to get away from people and from ones
work, after ALL she says. I'm beginning to wish
the voyage would be longer. It's Free" she
James,, says the parson to me, later, what do you
suppose her work is? Is she settlement worker?'
says he
why don't you ask herr" says I.
well, she amt asked who l am what am.
When got into this business suit before coming
aboard this steamer" he says 81 done it to forget
myself, who am, what l am; and let the cobwebs
get blown tired ecclesiastical BRAIN he says
as near / remember the words he used. when
my went down the passenger list as j. A.
Gray felt that / had shed by clerical personality,
and that for the next six days just ]. A Gray.
and not the Rev. Joseph Ames Gray. didn't care to
be identified with the Rev. Joseph Ames. Perhaps she
feels the way about herself" he says, "and
certainly shall respect her desire"
Not being particularly prying into other peoples
affars-at least since the time when my curiosity
into the affairs of the parsons house brought him
and together that night year ago-I will
ing to let things go the parson wished But, for
all that, found out who the young lady was, not
meaning to, either.
sitting deck that evening and the parson
was in his stateroom The young lady and sat
down by the elderly party who 1 mentioned already,
and not far from me.
Suzanne" says the elderly party 81 don't wish
to criticize, and 1 know you an awful quick
reader, she says, but there's only three more days
of the trip know you wasn't up in your part be-
fore we sailed Do you know it much better now?"
"Oh, I'm tired of parts, says the young lady, pout-
Ing. Ct could hear her pout if 1 couldn't see herr
Il wish never had to go into theater again"
could tell by the rustic that that speech made the
elderly party sit up.
why, Suzanne she says quite scared what has
that man been saying?"
He hasn't been saying anything. That is" she
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could be. Not that the screechng and the chicken
with-her-head-of chasing around of the passengers
didn't make enough excitement but the boat itself
wasn't doing anything except lay STILL The night
was calm enough and there wasn't, as said before,
any fire. although half the women smelled smoke A
real genuine woman can always smell smoke hear
burglars Finally things Gained down enough for the
officers to tell us there wasn't danger, that
thing had busted in the machinery and had brought
us up short, but we'd be all right in few hours.
I'm sorry can't make that shipwreck excit-
ing For itself it wasn't worth telling about
all seen that and good many sorry-so they
said-having always wanted to be in real But,
although as wreck it all to the bad, az part
of the lives Of the and the actress it had
siderable Importance
The next day, with the sun shining bright and the
boat skipping along them two deck, her lean
ing on the rail- looking OF and him half leaning
the rail and looking at her. The elderly party
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q crowd and study. She wasn't what you'd call an
outand-out beauty. but she had black hair, and big
lot of it, and black eyes that looked because of the
black eyebrows sort of sliding up down. if she
frowning But her mouth and the eyes them
selves showed she wasn't They big eyes and all
sorts of things going on in back of them; you
could see that.
don't think the parson had noticed her at ALL he
busy saying goodby to the ladies who had come
him of. She had her goodbyes, too, and one
Of em give her bunch of big red tied with
whopping big ribbon. She had the her arm
she sat there in the steamer chair looking back
little old New York. She looking hard and
blinking her pretty eyes if she could her
back the pier which she couldn't.
Then she sort of started if she was thinking
there wasn't any game in looking backward all the
voyage and the start jerked the roses out of her
arm on the deck She tried to pick em up and the
parson done the same and there was almost head
on collision, and he smiled his regulation parson
smile.
ALLOW me-" says he.
"Oh, thank you" she says shooting smile in his
direction. II she had aimed me- she'd have scored,
her eyes being that kind.
"They very beautiful" says the parson.
I thought at first he meant her eyes.
Aren't they?" says She
Then knew it the
81 hope they won't wither till get across she
says. they smell so lovely Somehow they remind
OF the subway they're cool and damp and, though
the subway's horrid it's land
You're not a sailor, then" says he.
I'm not afraid or anything like that only the
-cean makes feel lost" she says, and then she
gazes back toward New York. and neither said any
more.
A trip across the ocean is long short according
what's doing. For my part missed the telegraph
poles, which train you count when nothing
else left to do. The parson didn't to feel that
way; no more did the young lady. don't know what
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Copyrsza.. i3o-. oy Thomas II. Mckee.

COpyrj1h. ID. % ThonldS II. Mchee.
- = OW came to be sailing for Europe with the
- parson amt got anything to do with the
III u story. Perhaps you wouldn't have picked ne
out first guess as the running mate for a
DID. There was, just the same and as we
always had before got along bully. Not like
twins; but twins I judge, would be poor travelling
companions long trip I'd just settled down after
shaking dayday to the last Of the friends that seen
us off and located myself the tip Of my spine
and top of my shoulders, which is the most COM
Portable position read in just going to begin
article 1.-THE Graft Among Janitors" when
seen she had sat down close by.
amt led up very graceful to the lady, but III try
to put you next to who she was, far l knew at
the time She had the kind of face you'd pick out in
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always playing part? How will he know when shes
acting and when she amt? How does he know, and
how do know, that she amt been amusing herself
acting all along?"
Then got mad at myself. l amt OF them fell
lers that reads bumps on your head looks at you
and tells you what you're thinking about, but I'd
have staked my bottom dollar the fact that she
wasn't doing any playacting with the parson.
But she steered clear Of him right up smack to get
ting of time. was pretty busy towards the close
seeing to my things and the parsons and / wasn't
in for all the preliminary sparring. But was there
for the finish. That after we'd landed.
He come up as solemn IL he the of1ciating
clergyman at funeral She held out her hand and
looked up in his face with smile Of bright
and ordinary that 1T made me mad, and made
begin to think about acting again. Then her cheeks
got sort of red-no acting about that-and her eyes
dropped and he bent over and put his about her
and kissed her.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-03-15
Indian Lake.
Crowded out last week.

Crowded out last week.
The gun club had another interest
ing shoot last week. Geo. Saxon
was again champion, breaking 81
out of possible Is.
Miss Nellie John son came home
last Friday having closed a very
successful term of school in the
Blixt-Holm district. ~
Philathea realized about $50 from
their sale and supper last Tuesday
evening.
1.-The town board met last Tuesday
dispensing OF some very important
business pertaining to the welfare
OF the town. T.:
Miss Aida Loveless. of Worth
ington, spent several days the
first Of the week visiting with
Miss Alma Larson. ~
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Bigelow
From the Signal.

From the Signal.
Pete Henderson, of Round Lake
township, lost his barn and several
head Of stock by fire last Friday.
The Box Social for the benefit of
Ernest Carlton, last Saturday eve
ming, was well attended, the proceeds
amounting to SIG. -.
The Bigelow township caucus was
held on Tuesday afternoon and the
following received the nominations:
Supervisors, G. F. Modisett; Town
clerk, E. F. Clover; Treasurer, 81.
A. Voss: Assessor, D. A. Reynolds;
Justice of the peace, D.A. Reynolds
and Charles King; Constables, Owen
Hand and c.. J. Burnham.
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CORREsPO NDENCE
Round Lake..

From the Graphic. #
R. J.Hesser, of Holstein, Iowa, il
making canvas among the farmers
of this vicinity with view Of start
ing up the creamery. If he secures
enough cream to make it win, he
will start up. 1t is hoped that he
will succeed. e2 2ta5
An epidemic of measles is running
riot in Round Lake township and
some cases are reported to be- very
severe on account OF complications
with other diseases. sl.s9
Duncan Sutherland's parents re-
turned last Friday forenoon to their
home in Heron Lake after a short
visit with their son aud family here,
who will take up their residence in
Canada this spring. .&T@.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira P. Higgins de-
parted last Saturday morning from
Worthington bound for Linden, Ia,
to reside. Crawford Turner accom-
panied them, to Cherokee to visit
a week with relations. @ 49,
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The only secret in the household OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Amory, did not be.
long to them, but had been intrusteo g
fFisnS o. n neet DO Re charles ehar
ton, before he grew bitter USED .Sar to say
such SUCH a thing as luck in the world, that
there existed plenty Of bad luck; and his
career proved and it Is true that desplte
certain advantages OF olrth anu eoucaS '4 IN
have been born, under an unlucky star;
His father was yet rich man. an an
Charlie was his only child, yet the
sought to win his boys love and seemed
not to demand his confidence. The boy,
therefore, started handicapped In lie de-
spite material advantages. 49,. ~,
young man used to say. Il don't pelleve
my father ever knew whether went to
school or not He used to see me a.
Changed a dozen words with me at either
meal If it hadn't been for poor old
Margaret, who had charge OF the mouse
since my mothers death a,, ne wo p,S4
did go to Schools public school-pecause
all the other children in our block went,
and if had remained at home l should
have died OF loneliness. So never missed
a day. Much good my punctuality did
The elder Charlton was attorney for
Few SOBER ana Sllc COlpOIdIAOIIS, oA!O
nearly every night closeted himself IN
his library with a mass OF papers. AS
the railways and other institutions whose
interests he safeguarded had their cen
ters in the West, he was troubled with
very little company, and until a taste
for the theater developed in his son that
youth used to dawdle about the kitchen.
fall asleep in the dining room, and find
the hours between dinner and bedtime
distressingly long. During the period OF
his callow time Charlie began to try to
copy pictures from the illustrated papers.
and It was not long before he fancied
himself an artist. With the first
scratches of his untutored pencil old Mar
garet proudly proclaimed him a "born
painter" In fact. with considerable fear
of the result but with determination, the
faithful soul knocked at the library door
one night and showed Mr.. Charlton an
example of his sons talent. The result
justified her fear.
The rugged old man pooh-poohed the
effort, tore it up. and said:
Send him to bed; he, can't waste his
Shortly after this Charlie turned his
for him to come into the library. Marga-
ret was the messenger, and she found the
lad sprawling over the dining table, with
water colors mixed in the saucers. and
engaged in copying in color Da Vmc1
Last Supper'-nO less
''Your father wants you-what do you
be doin'?' said Margaret, all in one
breath.
Look at that" exclaimed Charlie, con-
6dently. isn't it good?"
Concluded in Sect
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4 SHREWD WIFE
Nv HELEN PHELPS WILLIAMS

paze, h' al. siS'n Margaret eSm1li 1a but:
a w tn gSa X TSs masssa wants
my fatherr
Yes s.! a. T. io think :. hen be wantin' 70
and in his excitement overturning . sau.
Ger Of paint on his coat: He wiped It
off with napkin, while Mergaret scold-
GO and change your coat. there's .
"what's e. e. use, M .9s,sc answered
Mr.: charlton's proposition was to take
Charlie into his law office.
Il suppose you can read and write"
6sai naia at e ri teaea y9o ss
Charlie, suilenly .(he was always At his
IN his f atne tbs
"What-to reason?"
mo, sir; to be a lawyer"
Probably you would like to 90 to COL
it. What do you want to make OF your
ia like to be an artist. said Charlie:
one Margaret showed me? Nonsense.
buy. your salt. -, II you don't want to &C.
at ' the high school for year longer, and
then decide on what you'll work at, for
promise you youu have to work.
This ended the interview. an unsatis-
factory one to both parties, for it con-
WINGED Charlie that his father hated him.
and it confirmed the father in tho i'm
preston that his son was Ounce. Its
worst effect, however, was to bolster up
Margaret's belief that her boy was born
painter. Charlie had some doubts about
this until his fathers rough speech; after
that he felt positive that nature and fate
erto he had made but little progress un-
sisted mainly in c9pyins fro. from pictures and
head.'' Now he decided to procure in
struction, and surreptitiously he did 20.
That was mistake number one In poor
Charlie Charlton's career. A little con-
sideration, little sympathy, might have
shown him the error he was making be-
fore too many years had been wasted.
but his father gave him neither, and at
twenty the boy had his way. Six months
afterward he opened little studio, fur
nished it with the queer fotsam and Jet
sam of an artists life, and began to
paint in earnest. Mr.. Charlton had
agreed to allow his son a small income.
and it was paid in to him promptly.
At this period Charlie, as everybody
called him. seemed to be perfectly happy.
1t is true that he never. by any chance,
sold picture, but this was only crum-
pied rose leaf, for Charlie used to laugh
and say frankly that his works weren't
worth purchase.
A couple of years Of studio Life. some
m T,so. Page one
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Browstor.
From the Brewster Tri bune.

r rOlu Cu0 0E0"6GoE 1E4UuAo. :"
Rudolph Geyerman is trying very
hard, but with poor success, to con-
ceal his joy over the arrival Of a
boy at bis home, on Monday Of tais
week. 1t is said to be an exact pat
tern of it's dad in build, behavior
and general appearance.
George. W. Voak and his bride re-
turned to Brewster on Sunday from
their wedding trip to Minneapolis
and other points in that vicinity.
On the night Of their arrival in the
city reception was held in. their
honor at the home of the bride 3
parents, and a number of valuable
presents were given them. Later in
the evening the explosion OF a
stove at the Johnson home set fire
to Mrs. Voak's clothing, but she
escaped with a few slight burns,
although her wedding dress was
practically ruined. W
c. B. Andrews, formerly an I'M
plement dealer and later a furni-
ture dealer at Rushmore,is now in
charge of the implement business
in this place, lately sold by n. A.
Arvidson to W. E. Roberts. 49,
At the village caucus held We'd
nesday evening at the Brewster Au-
ditorium all the members of the
present council were nominated to
succeed themselves, and Geore W.
Voak and Mike Mccall were again
nominated for treasurer and assess
or. John s. Randolp was nomina
ted to succeed himself az justice of
the peace, and b. 7. McChetney
was also nominated for justice.
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DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity Is Here Backed
by Worthinston Testimony.

Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on strangers state
ment.
Read Worthington endorsement.
Read the statements of Mrs. B. f.
Congdon, a citizen of Worthington.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it.
Mr.. B. F. Congdon, of Worthing-
ton, MIMI, says: ''Doan's Kidney
Pills seem like old friend to me and
I keep them in the house always.
My husband thinks as much OF the
remedy today as he did in 1902 when
it brought him relief from .backache
and kidney trouble. have never
had any occasion to use any kidney
medicine myself but from MIR. Cong
don g cure and from the fact that
my daughter has. . also used them
with good effects, do not hesitate
to recommend your remedy. Mr..
Congdon has not had to use any kid
ney medicine since 1902, though be-
fore that he had great annoyance
with his back and with an irregu-
larity of the kidneys secretions.
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United Estates.
Remember the name-Doane Sand
take no other.
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in town over Sunday and was NOV
ed..to his home: on the Mkenberry

in town over Sunday and was NOV
ed.to his home: on the Eikenberry
farm Monday. ..- ... :. - - -.-
The Lyoeum. held in Dist. No. 8
last Friday evening was we'll at
tended. A play will be given at
the same place March Is. ..~~~ -,.. X.
The funeral OF Martha Beulah,
the little daughter Of Frank and
Mary Williams occurred last Satur-,
day afternoon at two O clock, at the
Brethren Church. The body was
buried in tho cemetery across the
way. .
Mrs. D. H., Kellar, of Winona,
and sister of Mrs. Frank Williams,
came to attend the funeral of her
niece and will remain over March
10.
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Elk.
Crowded out last week.

Crowded out last week. a,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Studebaker
last Monday morning moved to
their new home north of Brewster
Mr.. W. S. Rainier, of Barnum,
this state, arrived here last Saturday,
with two cars of effects, remained