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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-04-13
CHAPTER XIV.


l have been asked by my dear husband
to conclude the story Of which he has
placed the greater part before you.
should have preferred that he had not
tried to recall details which know he
cannot remember without suffering; but
having once yielded to the persuasion OF
his friends, l am ready to take every
share Of the burden that he will yield
to me.
Ny father and l, with Reski, the man
that Sir Henry had summoned from Po-
land, arrived In the Engadine without
any incident that Is worthy Of descrip-
ton. We had engaged rooms in the prin.
cipal hotel under the name of Jackson, ne
had been suggested. My father stood
the Journey very well. But this neces-
sity for giving false name annoyed
him extremely. II was the first time in
his life that he had done so, he said, and
had some difficulty In persuading him
not to confess the whole circumstances
to the manager on the day after our ar.
rival.
1t was on the fourth day Of our visit,
about ave In the evening. that we re.
ceived telegram from London. 1t readi
We are coming at once.-Graden."
As can be imagined. we were very
puzzled about It. We had sent no mes
sage, and We could not think what was
the reason for their sudden determine.
ton. Resh behaved in a most curious
fashion when told him. 1t might have
been the news Of some great good for
tune that had reached him.
at is very well, very WE'LL" be kept
on repeating in German language
which. fortunately, l can speak, though
not very correctly.
What do you meant" l asked him.
ZACH. Fraulelnl If the two English.
men are coming, does II not mean that
Marnac is here7"
| suppose | turned rather pale, for the
fear of that dreadful man was always
In my heart. though, indeed, l pretend.
ed to father that had forgotten he ex.
listed. But the next instant Reski had
dropped down on one knee, taking my
hand and kissing IT,
81 am a dog, Frauleinr' he said sim.
ply. 81 did not tnink of what spoke
But 1t is the thing for which forget
all else-to meet this man who killed
my son. For your father and yourself,
have no fear. Ii Is | that will ever
watch. You trust me, Fraulein7"
Indeed. Reski, do" | answered him;
and so we parted.
Ito be continued.)
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YOU ARE OUT OF PLACE

II you are a clerk and hate the yard
stick.
II you are not growing broader.
deeper.
II you are being dwarfed In any part
OF your nature.
II your faculties are being stunted,
your Ideal dulled.
II you do not love your work and are
not enthusiastic In II.
II you work mechanically and with
out heart.-Success Magazine
II you do not long to get to your
work in the morning and hate to have
the time come to leave It
II you do not see something more in
your work than making a Eving-n
you do not see the making OF a life.
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sPLINTERS.

Those who don't count their money
shouldn't go back the next day and
raise kick.
The man who owns an automobile
doesn't worry a whole lot about his
walk In life.
No one will help you build for
tune, but plenty of people will help
you tear 1t down.
When a man has to howl to be heard
1t is a clnch that his hearers are 90.
Ing to be disappointed.
Great minds can run In the same
channel. but you often see one OF them
taking up a whole car seat.
Franklln-Wonder why all the ladies
speak so sympathetlcally when refer
ring to Mrs. Smith? Penn-She has
got a halt in her speech.
Boyce-Do you really think that
money talksf Joyce-Yes, but 1t makes
such a short call at our house that It
doesn't have time to say much.
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I rs FL sfa 4 FEOPE

daughters that Thy desire shall be to thy husband
and he shall rule thee" and since In the vast
majority Of excepting during the period of court
ship and often then, 1t has been the woman who has
sriven hardest to please the man. who has sought to
mold herself according TO his IDEAL to conform to his
standard In all things Rudyard Kipling says: Men
speak the truth they understand IT, they
think would like to understand IT. then they all
act lies which would deceive Solomon and the result is
a hearrendng muddle which half dozen plain, open
words would put straight" CAS- the husband is the wife
Is" or course, there exceptions, but in the main
there truer word spoken.
Among the pungent aphorlsms in clever brochure
Gently published About Men. Women Fools" is this:
"Never marry to reform him.
Reform him first, and then don't marry him"
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short suggestions.

To open a fruit Jar place warm
fiatiron on the cover for few mo-
ments.
Toast should always be cut thin and
be baked until It is crisp without being
burnt.
Always dry table salt on piece Of
paper in the oven and crush 1t finely
before filling up the salt cellars.
For seasoning soups try one ounce OF
long pepper and always scald 1t In
boiling water and drain before adding
to the soup
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Sour Milk Wames.

This recipe is adapted from my great
grandmother's cookbook, and the waf-
fles are famous for their lightness {:
Two cups Of flour, one teaspoon Of
soda, one and one-third cups Of sour
milk or buttermilk, one tablespoon Of
melted butter or dripplngs. one scant
teaspoon of salt and three eggs Mix
the flour and salt, dissolve the soda In
the sour milk, add to the flour and
partly stir together; now add melted
butter and one egg, beat up; add an
other egg, beat again; then add last
egg and beat well.
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Two pounds Of lean beef boiled and
chopped fine, one pound OF suet chopped
to a powder and freed from strings
FIVE pounds of peeled and chopped
apples, two pounds OF raisIns halved
and seeded, two pounds Of cleaned cur
rants, one pound OF sultana ralsins
stemmed, three-Quarters OF pound of
citron minced, two tablespoonfuls each
OF cinnamon and mace, tablespoonful
each Of cloves, allspice and salt, one
teaspoonful of ground nutmeg, two and
half pounds OF brown sugar. Mix all
well together and stir In a quart Of
sherry and pint OF brandy. Jack in
n stone crock until wanted.
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you want to know" growled my cousin
from amongst his wraps. ALSO, l wish
you would have the goodness to shut
that window"
But the remembrance Of what he had
told me about the dangers Of the place
sent my eyes to the drivers box. As /
was leaning from the left-hand window,
did not expect to see more than the
fellows hat; but, to my surprise, there
he was well in view, his coat huddled
about his ears. As we moved forward.
the mystery explained itself. The man
l saw was not driving.
We've taken up a passenger, Cousin
Graden," said l. pulling in my head.
whats thatT' he asked sharply, for
my voice had been lost in the loud COM
planning of the brakes as we trotted
down the decline.
THE drivers giving friend a lift"
cried. leaning towards him. II suppose
he picked him up at the last village,
where"
reached no further, for at that in
slant there rose from without cry Of
such utter terror that l sank back into
my place as il struck in the face by
crushing blow. l saw a falling body
flash by the rlght-hand window; the out
cry Of the brakes ceased with a grating
clang. And then, with bound like that
Of leaping horse. the great post-car-
rage rushed roaring down the hill.
thrust out my head, clinging to the
stills Of the open window.
The man upon the box seat was lash
ing the horses so that they sprang for
ward In furious bounds. Even as
watched, he cast away his whip with a
peal of wild laughter that sounded high
above the turmoil of the flying hoofs and
the heavy wheels. He turned his head,
bending sideways, the reins held loosely
In his right hand. Ii was the face Of
Marnac that stared down upon me.
His hat had gone. his white hair
streamed backward In the wind. And
he was mad-mad with an open insanity
Of which | had observed no trace be-
fore He shrieked at me IN triumph
waving his hand now to the horses, now
to the chasm beyond the four-foot wall
that guarded the road. He cursed me
with furious gesticulations. Even as |
write, l seem to see those eyes staring
at me out Of the white paper-eyes Cog
Cling with the lust of murder. Heaven
send that time will wipe that remem-
brance from my brainl
/ shrank back into the carriage, that
rocked and swung and danced beneath
me. Graden's huge shoulders almost
blocked the other window; but l caught
sight of the CLINT of his revolver in the
moonlight. Was it to be man or horsei
One or the other, if we were not to leap
the precipice at the first sharp turn. Sud-
denly he shouted, and again l struggled
to my post. In the darkness down the
road was the glimmer of lights. Nearer
and nearer they drew, and l, too, raised
my voice In a scream Of warning. The
last fifty yards we took In one bound
or so 1t seemed. l saw a carriage grow
ut of the shadow that the cliffs above us
rev across the road; saw our leading
Aorss swing to the left and leap bllndly
at the low wall that hid heaven knew
what frightful depths below; and then,
with q tottering slide that seemed to
wrench the heart out Of me, we curled,
as q motor skids, into one thunderoua
crash that blotted out the world
MRS. HARLAND's NARRATIVE.
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Lit.Ie Sentiment Among Animals.


Animals experience no grief what
ever over the death of one Of their
number, according to John Burroughs
possibly the most astute student OF
animal life in this country. He de.
clares that when a bird seems to
mourn its lost mate its act is prob
ably the cutlery OF the breeding Instinct
which has been thwarted. He saws
that all creatures understand the Ian
guage OF distress and he has observed
that birds have often warned four
footed animals Of danger. but, he saws
this, too. Is Instinct and not because
OF sentiment sympathy as we
know IT," he says. "the keen appre
citation OF the suffering and misfor.
tune OF another, which implies power
in a measure to put ourselves In that
others place. hardly exists, even in
its rudlmentary form, among the lower
orders" or all animals. Mr.. Bur
roughs has the best opinion OF the
dog. There are few OF our ordinary
emotions he thinks, that a dog does
not share.-Kansas City Star.
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One and one-half cups Of sugar, one
half cup OF butter creaned with the
sugar, the well-beaten yolks of two
eggs, one cup OF water and two cups
OF -four. Beat for five minutes, add
three teaspoonfuls OF caramel. a tea
spoonful of vanilla and another half
cup OF -four. Beat again thoroughly.
stir in three teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder and the well-beaten whites OF
two eggs. Bake In two layers In mod
crate oven.
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A physician, partisan OF the cure by
suggestion, met the son OF friend and
asked how his father was.
Not at all WELL" said the child "He
says he is very ILL.,"
What nonsensel Tell him from me
that he only thinks he Is III"
Some days after the doctor met the
same boy. well. how is your fatherT
"oh, doctor, he thinks he is dead
II Monde Umoristico.
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ing lasting grud9e against her friend for
attempting to bonnet gown In imitation OF her
original But in the field OF moneymaklng imitation
tinues to be the "sincerest haery" accepted with
smile by the whose methods to be copied. In
general, however, the Initiated In his moneymaklng
methods afford to SMILE Already he has proved his
judgment and has reaped the ready upon He
may have exhausted the possibilities OF that particular
line Or all else favorable to the mitaor. this
full has wide margin Of chance that In his hurry to
fall into line OF imitation the mtator has missed
true principles at bottom of the speculation.
Take any farming community where the simplest lines
laid for the local business world. In certain
ton perhaps wheat has been years no pota-
toes planted perhaps any OF dozen crops been
neglected In the planting until the neghborhood
field for of these neglected crops plants Only
idle interest is attracted though the planter may
expended his best judgment upon crop reports
and the chances OF favorable season. Not till all Of
these have been realized In great harvest top prices
however does the spirit of imitation spring up
neghborhood 1t Will be late that seasons ven
ure but In the following year the adventurlng farmer
may count upon OF followers in this line whereas
he himself has dropped the Idea for another.
In the degree, with far greater complications the
mltaor of financial methods In the cities led asray
Not until has made notably successful
in certain line is attention attracted Yet in
all probability before he has made his first move as an
mitator the whose example he trying to follow
switched to altogether different field of opera
tons
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CHAPTER xxIII-(Continued)

CHAPTER XXIII.-(C ontinued.)
1--WE shall soon have news" he said
quietly. For information that will lead
TO his arrest, / have offered the police,
here and on the continent, a reward Of
Eve thousand pounds"
He spoke the truth. News came soon,
indeed.
We were lunching together In Graden's
chambers on the fourth day after their
departure, when the telegram arrived.
My cousin opened II. AS he read, l saw
the line Of his jaw set and harden. Then
he handed 1t across the table. This was
the message:
"Fear we are In great peril. Come at
once. Weston"
The realization Of those words must
have come to me slowly, for 1t was Ora
den's hand on my arm that woke me
from the stupor into which had fallen.
Even then | could hardly understand.
There Is a train at two-twenty," said
he. Can you be ready in five minutes ?"
"But how can the msn-how can
Marnac have discovered where they
areY l stammered.
"In five minutes, l said" he barked
out. You have no time to waste"
W hd1 bNAlA quarter VI an muir 10
spare when our cab ratified over the
cobbles Of the station-yard. While my
cousin took the tickets, l stood Mt the
bookstall, staring at the backs of the nov
els, with that call for help twisting in a
dreary chant through my head. an
great peril. Come at once" so 1t ran,
over and over again. Several passing
strangers turned and regarded me curl
ously over their shoulders.
do not think we spoke more than
once before reaching Dover. l asked If
he had telegraphed a reply. He had done
so, he said, at Charing Cross.
There was brisk sea running in the
Channel. but felt no sickness. Indeed
the passage did me good; for l behaved
quite sanely as we passed our bags
through the Calais customs.
Into the train again, and on into the
night that had fallen. had a sleeping
berth reserved In the wagon-lit, but | did
not visit It, Sometimes a fury Of i'm
patience seized me, so that | paced the
corridor, peering out into the moonlit
country that went sliding by, in Its never
varying sequence Of plain and woodland
and steeple-crowned village; but, for the
most part, sat huddled in my chair
thinking. Heaven help usl What tor
ture an active mind innicts upon poor
humanity! Grant a man the magma
ton of an OK, and many are the woes he
will be spared
Dawn stole out on us at Basic, and
we stood upon the platform, our faces
showing pale In the tinted curtain Of this
sky that hung above the snow-clad ridge
to the westward. The air was very cola
but not with the English bitterness In it'
breath.
We had half an hour to wait. Grader
despatched a second telegram to Pontre
slna. marking the progress Of our jour
ney. He also wired to Thusis, ordering
carriage TO meet our train.
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Have the hallbut steak cut an inch
thick and larded by drawing matchllke
strips OF firm salt pork through, so that
they will stick out on both sides OF the
fish. Heat a frying pan, put in the
fish, and as the pork fries the fish will
cook. Turn once and serve on a hot
platter. Sprinkle with lemon juice and
spread with a little butter which has
been creamed and mixed with a tea
spoon of finely chopped parsley.
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Boil In a porcelain-llned saucepan a
pound of graduated sugar and a gill
of water. Do not stir, but test by dip
ping a fork prong carefully into the
liquid. When a drop put into cold
water is brittle add a tablespoonful Of
lemon juice and remove from the fire.
Have the nuts shelled and take each
in a pair of sugar tongs or run a long
pin through each and dip in the strip
until thoroughly coated, then lay on
waxed paper to dry.
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Select tart, rich-favored apples and
cut them into thin small slices add an
equal amount OF crisp white celery, cut
in thin slices, and moisten with a may.
onnaise dressing. Serve In handsome
red pepper cups ON crisp blanched let
tuce leaves.
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Prepare and cook sweetbreads in the
usual way. Tear apart the small sec
lions Of which they are composed. Have
ready the same measure Of chilled Gu
cunbers cut into cubes, which mix with
the sweetbreads and sprinkle the mix
ture with mayonnaise.
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One egg, one-half cup maple sugar,
one-third cup OF butter, one cup of
milk, three teaspoontuls OF baking pow.
der in enough flour to make a stlff bat.
ter. Bake in hot gem pans In hot
oven.
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A clothes line on pulleys, from kitch-
en- porch to q post or another building,
saves going out in wind and snow to
hang up clothes, and trouble OF shovel
ing a path under the line on wash
days. 1t Is also very convenient to
have a line OF this kind up between
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buildings where there is no dooryard
space. To put It up, run the line over
the pulleys, draw tight and splice the
ends together so they will run over the
pulleys easily.
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Henry" said Mrs. Meeker, as she
laid aside the paper, Il don't see the
point to these everlasting Jokes about
a man being henpecked."
mo, | suppose not, my dear" re
piled Mr.. MeekSr; neither does the
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them last night When you find out their view on any
public question you may know what newspaper they
have read minutes before There is much foliage
the top but roots at the bottom. They talk fair be
fore dinner side OF the question but after dinner
they talk fair the other side They the victims
OF the last book they read Any faddst along
and get hold Of their ear and In hours time change
their religion their politics. their phlosophy-their any
thing Not adventurer In philosophy religion but
pick their pockets In Ave minutes Of all the convc
lions OF their fathers
Great fathers-they Puritans We will
not betray their faith their honor their
liberty and Justice Our fathers also scholars They
loved literature founded schools of learning enriched H.
braries will not desert the higher education put
things before thoughts wealth before manhood, posses
sons before life o, all young hearts, fealty
to the faith of your fathers that greatness
OF the Victorian epoch In England and the golden
OF scholarship In the republic Of
purpose 1t is the serious note that lent beauty and
strength to the canvas of Watt to the poems Of Tenny
the essays Of Emerson, and the eoquence OF our
statesmen And whenever the serious note departs
glory will leave colleges and halls OF learning
The work of this generation must be with the work
OF fathers
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Occasionally a woman makes her
husband ridiculous by treating him In
child
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woMAN's POWER OVER MAN ovERRATED.
By Helen OIdReId.

There are few things which more generally
are overrated than the influence which WON
en- exert upon men. That II is great none can
deny. That In many cases It has changed the
destiny of men, the fate of nations is matter
OF history. Nevertheless 1t is not universal
neither is 1t all-powerful, nor yet can 1t be
depended upon as sure to exist, still less to
endure the vlclsstudes of time and circum-
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stance. The who marries man, fondly imagn-
ing by OF his love for her she Will be able
mold him according to her ideas, makes In 10000
times OF 100000 great and often disastrous
take. Comparatively few possessed Of hyp-
motto power the who In love with
Them and usually who not only be subdued
but dominated by feminine influence is of too unstable
quality retain the Inression In Its strength when
the controlling presence Is r1moved.
Tradition and custom since the beginning of time have
prescribed that the shall be the head Of family
1t part OF the doom pronounced upon Eve her
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IMITAToRs SELDOM MAKE MONEY.
BY John A. Rowland.

By JUHH n TUWTdHu,
Moneymaking is keynote Of the times.
Any method Of any man showing markedly
successful results in moneymaklng will COM
mand a million lmitators In day. In almost
any other world of endeavor imitation is
frowned upon The artist and the profess
slonal man are frowned upon In a moment be-
cause OF initiating. One woman may be hold
ing a lasting grudge against her friend for
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II man is really in love with a girl
th~ redness of her hair 20 lrv-'s'hi~
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RISING GENERATION GOING AsTRAY.
BY Rev. Newell Dwight INNS

Society Is cursed with young men
and women who are driven by every
wind and tossed. would as soon
think Of anchoring an ocean liner to
a fog bank instead of q rock as to
anchor n reform, a useful club. a
great movement or church to their
lives and leadership. You never
know what their politics is, because
Won do not knovv what man called on
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Four Aces No Good There.

There never was poker player who
has not had "hard luck" at some time
or other in his experience, but the story
told by Col. Jim Butche of Hatcliff, w.
Va, who was a guest at the Bellevue
Stratford last evening seems to eclipse
them ALL
II was up in the West Virginia
Mountains couple of weeks ago look
ing after some timber and coal lands
and entered into a friendly little game
with party y5e 9f e'2HtfasfSfsi gaf Suspicious Of you
they do not always wait to have their
suspicious verified. .--.-.-
ut came my turn to deal and when |
looked at my hand l found l had given
myself four aces. Of course, I quietly
raked in the pot. AS l laid down my
hand l noticed queer look come over
the faces Of my opponents. Under
stand, was a stranger in the locality.
"By and by it came my turn to deal
again. shuffled the cards awkwardly,
grew nervous and seemed to feel that
the crisis was approaching. When |
looked at my own hand l found | had
dealt myself four aces.
81 just looked around the table, sized
up my friends and sadly discarded those
aces. It was the safest play ever
made. Philadelphia North American.