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or selecting the dishes and giving the
waiter minute directions for the chef,
I envied him.
you must come over to my rooms
after dinner, and give me some
music" | said.
Thanks" he replied. but I've
promised to go home and play bridge.
Mothers got a few in to dinner. and
more are coming Afterward, believe"
Then I'll go with you, and talk to
your sister-she doesn't play"
He glanced at me in a way that
made me pass MI hand over my face.
I learned at leaat part Of the reason
for my feeling at disadvantage before
him. l had forgotten to shave, and
as my beard is heavy and black it has
to be looked after twice a day. "oh.
l can stop at my rooms and get my
face into condition in a few minutes"
said L.
"And put on evening dress, too" he
suggested. you wouldn't want to &c
in a dinner Jacket"
can't say why this was the last
straw" but 1t was.
"Bother!" said l, my common sense
smashing the spell of snobbishness
that had begun to reassert itself as
soon as I got into his unnatural, un
healthy atmosphere. "Ill go as / am
beard and all. I only make myself
ridiculous, trying to be a sheep. I'm
a goat, and a goat I'll stay"
That shut him into himself. Wher
he remerged, it was to say: Some
thing doing down town to-day, eh?"
A sharpness in his voice and in hi
eyes, too, made me put my mind OF
him more closely, and then I saw wha
I should have seen before-that HI
was moody and slightly distant.
Seen Tom Langdon this after
noon?" I asked ca~relessly.
He colored. "Yes-had lunch witt
him." was his answer.
/ smiled-for his benefit. AHA!
thought I. 80 Tom Langdon ha
been fool enough to take this paroque
into his confidence" Then | said t
him: SIS Tom making the rounds
warning the rats to leave the sinkinI
ship?"
What do you mean. Matt?" he d.
manded, as if l had accused him.
looked steadily at him, and / imal
inc my unshaven jaw did not max
my aspect alluring.
What did Tom say about mel"
inquired.
"Oh, almost nothing. We were tall
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ing chiefly of-of club matters" he
answered, in a fair imitation Of his
usual offhand manner.
when does my name come up
there?" | said.
He flushed and shifted. Il was just
about to tell you." he stammered. But
perhaps you known"
know what?"a
"That-Hasn't Tom told you? He
has NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have to
get another second-if you think
that is-unless you'll suppose you'd
have told me, If you'd changed your
mind?"
Since had become SO deeply inter
ested in Anita, my ambition-ambi-
tion!-to join the Travellers had all
but dropped out Of my mind.
Il had forgotten about it," said l,
But, that you remind me, /
want my name withdrawn. 1t was a
passing fancy. 1t was part and parcel
Of a lot a damn foolishness I've been
INDUCING In for the last few months
But I've come to my senses-and it's
me to the Wild where l belong, Sam.
my, from this time on"
He looked tremendously relieved,
and q little puzzled, too. / thought
was reading him like an illuminated
sign. He's eager to keep friends
with me-" thought I, until he's abso
lutely sure there's nothing more in il
for him and his people," And that
guess was a pretty good one. 1t is not
to the discredit Of my shrewdness
that | didn't see it was not hope, but
fear, that made him try to placate me
then what the Langdons had done. But
Sammy was saying, in his friendli
est tone:
Whats the matter, old man;
You're sour tonight
Never in a better humor," l as
sured him, and as I spoke the words
they came true. What l had been say
Ing about the Travellers and all it rep
resented-all the snobbery, and smirk
ing, and rotten p~retense--my final ant
absolute reconciliation OF It all--actef
0n bic = rive seen religion net ~
the fellows chat used 70 80 up 10 til.
mourners hench at the reFtvals.
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The Shopper.

When Annabal goes shopping
She rises with the lark
And scans the morning papers
The bargain sales to mark.
She hurries through her breakfast
And ties her veil in haste,
And leaves her mail unopened
No precious time to waste.
She looks at silken blouses,
And parasols and gloves,
And lingerie and laces,
And hats-such perfect loves!
She tries on frocks from Paris,
And prices chiffon wells
And muffs Of mink or sable
With half a hundred tails.
She does not stop for luncheon,
But flies from store to store,
And nightfall finds her weary,
And sick and sad and sore;
And home she goes, with camphor
TO bind her aching head,
And proudly shows her purchase.
"A spool Of cotton thread.
MINNA IRVING.
(In Munsey's)
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Home Trade Hints.

A dollar spent at home stays around
home and may return to you after a
few days.
If you want to make your own town
prosperous you will spend your money
in your own town in preference to
some bigger burg a long way off.
The way to start a wagon out Of the
mire is for all the horses to pull to-
gether. One way to pull together is
for everybody to patronize home indus
tries whenever possible.
Money in circulation around the
town you live in is much better for
your interests than the same money
In circulation in a city hundreds Of
miles away. Your dollar is lonesome
In q big city, but 1t has friends around
home and is therefore more useful.
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TEN GOOD REASONS.
Read Them and P%atronize the Mer.
chants of This Town.

Here are ten good reasons for trad
ing with your home business people,
as given by an exchange.
Because: You examine your pur-
chase and are assured of satisfaction
before investing your money.
Because: Your home merchant is
always ready and willing to make
right any error or any defective arti-
Gle purchased of him.
Because: When you are sick or for
any reason it is necessary for you to
ask for credit, you can go to the local
merchant. Could you ask it of a mail
order house?
Because: If a merchant is willing
to extend you credit you should give
him the benefit of your cash trade.
Because: Your home merchant pays
local taxes and exerts every effort to
build and better your market. thus in,
~creasing both the value of city and
country property.
Because: The mail order merchant
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win also increase the school teachers
salary next term"

VIII also increase the SCuOOl UtdCneI >
salary next term"
"a 12-page paper this week. | see
Anything special doing?"
Not at all. That's to be the regular
size of the Record in the future. The
increase in business warrants 1t. The
campaign of advertising being conduct.
ed by the merchants forced me to in
crease the size or encroach upon my
reading matter columns, and so in
creased. Then, too, my subscription
list is growing. People who never took
the paper before say they want it now
IL for nothing more than to keep post
ed on the prices the merchants are
quoting. Business in the Record office
is booming all around. ! have had to
advertise for two more job printers,
and have just ordered a new printing
press. BY the way, is that horse you
offered me some time ago still on the
market? If so you can bring him
around. l want him for a birthday
present for my wife"
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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does mol lighten your taxes or In n

does not tighten your taxes or In any
way hold the value of your property.
Because: The mail order merchant
does nothing for the benefit of mar
kets or real estate values.
Because: If your town is good
enough to live in it is good enough to
spend money in.-Gov. Folk of Mis-
souri,.
Because: The best citizens in your
community patronize home industry.
Why not be one of the best citizens?
Because: If you give your home
merchant an opportunity to compete,
by bringing your order to him in the
quantities you buy out of town, he will
demonstrate that, quality considered,
he will say you money.
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Z22ZZ OZZ2zYS

had been betrayed by some one of
those tiny mischances that so often
throw the best plans into confusion. =
Tom Langdon," l said satirically.
ut was he that warned you against
me?"
1T was a friendly act" said Corey.
HE and | are very intimate. And he
doesn't know how close you and 1
are"
Suggested that you call my loans,
did he?" | went on.
you mustn't blame him, Blackjack;
really you mustn't" said Corey ear
nestly, for he was a pretty good friend
to those he liked, as friendship goes
in finance. "He happened to hear.
You know the Langdons keep q sharp
watch on operations in their stock.
And he dropped in to warn me as q
friend. You'd do the same thing in
the same circumstances. He didn't
say a word about my calling your
loans. Ito be frank-I instantly
thought of 1t myself. l intended to dc
it when you came, but"-a sickly
smile-"you anticipated me"
II understand" said l good-hu'
moredly. Il don't blame him." And ]
didn't then.
After I had completed my business
at the National Industrial, l went back
to my Office and gathered together the
threads of my web Of defense. Then
1 wrote and sent out to all my news
papers and all my agents a broadside
against the management of the textile
trust--it would be published in the
morning, in good time for the opening
of the stock exchange. Before the
first quotation of textile could be made
thousands on thousands of investors
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WITH THE MAGAZINES
MEMORIES

The hours I've passed from thee
Seem like so many days to me,
All fraught with discomfort.
But in each tender shimmering star
/ count a record from afar
OF hours I've with thee spent.
"A. MARY WILLIAMS.
lin June Lippincott's.)
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and selling, buying and selling.
Seems like nothing stays in the store.
Have hired two more clerks, and
they're everlastingly telling me we're
out of this, that or the other thing. l
found that telling the people what
you've got and what you are willing
to sell them for pays. I've paid off
that mortgage that's been hanging
over us for the last ten years, and
gave $500 to the new church building
besides, and it's advertising that
did it.
You'll stay over Sunday, won't
you? I've got to get to the store
now"
Zones ordered a new delivery
wagon this morning, Jane. Said
since the folks around here had
started to trade at home and quit
sending so much money to the mail
order houses he simply had to have it.
You can have what ! make on that
wagon to get that new dress with that
you've been wanting. Wish you'd
buy 1t of Jones though for he always
trades with me-"
Eyes, sir, l figure I'm ahead a little
more than the freight on that buggy,
besides getting a better buggy than
you got. l intended to send away for
mine, too, like you did, but I saw
Browns advertisement telling the
kind Of a buggy he had and the price,
and | concluded I'd look at it first.
He's making better prices than the
catalogue fellows, and he's paying the
freight besides. l figure that I saved
just about enough on that buggy to
par the doctors bill for Molly's sick
ness, and then, besides, Brown or
dered his hay Of me, and he's paying
a good price for it, too"
Now, my dear, you may engage
Miss Herman to give Princess music
lessons for the wave of prosperity in
the community has struck the minis,
ing they voted me a raise in salary for
the coming year. In a talk made by
Brother Jones he explained that this
was possible because the people were
keeping their money at home rather
than sending it to the catalogue houses
Of the cities. Brother Frank (the post
MASTERY explained that the money or
der business Of his office had dropped
to almost nothing within the past sis
months. He said that less than a yeai
ago he was handling more than $1,000
each month In the shape Of money ar
ders, and that now the total is aot one
fourth Of that. + understand that the,
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Huqo and Lies Miserables."

The June Century will print a letter
of Victor Hugo's-believed to be pub
lished now for the first time-setting
forth at some length the authors OBJ
ject in writing Les Miserables" and
it's relations to social problems. The
letter is taken from a manuscript
version in Italian, probably the trans
lation by Victor Hugo's secretary, and
was written in response to an in
quiry from Count Victor A. Pope, of
Italy, as to Hugo's purposes in writ
ing his great romance. 1t will be en-
hellished by drawings by Andre Cas-
taigne of three Of the most dramatic
scenes from Les Miserables," which
will be shown in full-page reproduce
lions.
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The Allahabad Pioneer quotes an
East Indian doctors death certificate:
II am of mind that he died for want Of
~foodings, or on account Of starvation.
Maybe also for other things of his
comfortables, and most probably he
died OF drowaing.' It is a careful,
omnibus opinion. and reads like a
weather prediction that cannot miss
and runs the whole gamut CT meteoro
logical possibilities.-N. Y. Tribune.
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For Bows and Girls.

st. Nicholas for June is eve better
than for June one year ago, and that
is saying a good deal. Fact is, st.
Nicholas is always good. The June
issue contains prose, poetry and draw
ings galore by twenty-six well-known
writer's. The first page is done in
colors and represents four little tots
swinging in a hammock, and with them
their dolls, p%laythings and a meek
eyed kitten.
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Putnam,s Monthly.

Putnam's Monthly for June contains
many good things, among others an
exceptionally well written article by
Frederick Trevor Hill, entitled Legal
Defeaters of the Law" 1t is a story
that holds one from start to finish and
leaves a lasting impression.
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coRWERs

| passed the fairies gypsy camp
Beyond the wood at dawn,
And saw their filmy garments spread
To bleach upon the lawn
White in the rosy glow of morn,
Dew-dampened and sun-kissed,
Upon the green each lacy piece
Lay like a bit of mist.
FREDERIC F. SHERMAN.
CIn June Lippincott's.)
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a Gar;baldi Sketch,

The hundredth anniversary of Gar
ibaldfs birth next July will see the
dedication, by the Italian organizations
of America, as a permanent monu-
ment, of the house in Clifton, Staten
Island, New York, occupied by the
Italian Liberal in the early SOS. The
June Century will contain an account
of G~aribaldi's life on Staten Island and
of his four years in America, from the
pen of Henry Tyrrell, with a number
of interesting illustrations.
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ONE ROOM IN MY HEART SHALL
BE CLOSED.

One room in my heart shall be closed,
| said;
One chamber at least in my soul shall
be secret and locked!
l shall hold 1t my holy of holes, and
no one shall know it!
But you, calm woman predestined,
with casual hands,
You came with this trivial key,
And ward by nbdurate ward the sur
rendering lock fell back,
And disdainfully nov you wander and
brood and wait
In this room that | thought was my
own!
ARTHUR STRINGER.
I'm Everybody's)
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Miss Anteek--lf YOU we-e me would
you marry q man who proposed to you
by telegraph
Miss Pert-Yes, md ia catch thu
NEXT train IN order TO meet him haug
waS,-chiaa&c nsc1rd.E5stala.
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CALUM NY.

Column and column, lifted high,
Raised my temple into the sky;
Column and column, shaken low,
Lie where charnel grasses blow;
Column and column shattered lie,
And between the stones the vipers go
JAS. E. RICHARDSON.
(In Everybody,sl
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XVII.


| had asked Sam Ellersly to dine
with me; so ~preoccupied was l that
not until ten minutes before the hour
set did he come into my mind-he or
any Of his family, even his sister. My
first impulse was to send word that
| couldn't keep the engagement. But
I must dine somewhere" | reflected,
"and there's no reason why | shouldn't
dine with him, since I've done every
thing that can be DONE" In my Office
suite | had a bath and dressing-room,
with q complete wardrobe. Thus, by
hurrying a little over my toilet, and by
making my chauffeur crowd the speed
limit, | was at Delmonico's only
twenty minutes late.
Sam, who had been late also, as
usual, was having a cocktail and was
ordering the dinner. / smoked a Gig
arctic and watched him. Al business
or at anything serious his mind was
all but useless; but at ordering dinner
and things Of that sort, ne shone.
Those small accomplishments OF his
had often moved me to a sort OF
plying contempt, as If one saw a man
of talent devoting himself to engray.
ing the Lords Prayer on gold dollars.
That evening, however, as | saw how
comfortable and contented he looked
with not a care in the world, since no
was to have a good dinner and q good
cigar afterward; as saw how much
genuine pleasure he was getting out
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and spectators throughout the coun-
try would have read my letter, would
be believing that Matthew Blackjack
had detected the textile trust in a
stock-jobbing swindle, and had
promptly turned against 1t. %preferring
to keep faith with his customers and
with the public. As l read over my
pronunciamiento aloud before sending
it out, l found in it a note of conf
dence that cheered me nightly. I'm
even stronger than l thought" said
i. And I felt stronger still as I went
on to picture the thousands on thou
sands throughout the land rallying at
my call to give battle.
Fair play., 1907-11-16

ruhlr road Report of commissioners
filed aud parde- given 3 months 10 re.
move fences
Petition nf Dnunh Isiumondiere rt.
a.. tor rnhd - Comui-si"m"rs rcp"ri
flied aud cnu.r continued until next
term.
Order to release school fund mort.
gage OF i"hn u Danielll
DranHhop licru-e- issued 10 o..
R.hm, Louis Ma,Ljs, T.. l.. SrSauer,
Chm. Don, WuL Srxnurr aud Wm
Bsuinsiatk.
Clerk ordered iu certify 10 Secretary
Of Safe matter at sale ~ school land
to Mua- Tie Go.
Allowed Chas Mever- S2b services
this term nud hUnrd equalization. lij
iiefz"g $25 for same. Joseph ii"gen.
miller, Joseph Lalumrndier and y
A. BRYAN S5 each .crviccs board
equaliza,iun Mr-. Philip S'aab 81
temporary reliet
Settlement II Henry V"gt dat,
with bal. of &49 80 approved aud wat
raut ordered.
Quar-. settlement OF Max Bader sp'
proved and quar-. salary aud dishnrSe
ments, $10l so, allowed.
Allowed Henry Klein Sl07 20 ser
| vices aud disbursements. ID. lhuci
$S5 tor services rendered psuper.
Adjourned TO meet Nov 18th.
| Wednesdat's Proceedings
Allowed State Tton-. $o 81 snppor
of Hy. Nations at Sanitsrinn.
Bond aud sc, ,tlemeut oi Simon Bay
er o,erseer dist. 8 approved and war
ran, ordered.
Settlement Of Aug. Naeger dist.
with bal. of Sl06o approved aud war
rant ordered.
Sel,emeu, of Frank Naeger dist.
approved aud warrant ordered.
Quar-. settlement of collector ~
proved.
Allowed Joseph Maurice 100 70
plastering at poor farm Chas. Me'
} era and Henry Herzog 500 each an
Henry Klein 2 90 for services this day
Fair play., 1907-11-16

The first snow of the season
fell Tuesday morning The air
was frosty and biting and brisk
and the first faint evidence of
wintrr's virgin mantle came in
tiny fakes to be followed in q
moment aud for n moment with
the big puffy feathers which long
ago gave rise to our childhood's
expression Of "ihe old woman is
picking her geese" Everyoue's
heart felt y thrill at the beautiful
sight and cherished the hope that
many more would fall. Also this
is n s'gn that the holidays will
soon be upon us aud that now is
the time to advertise all the
handsome Xmas gifts which are
to be sold aud bought aud given
in the happy Ohristmas tide
And everyone will he glad to
read the inviting Offers in the
FAIR PLAY
Fair play., 1907-11-16
Order of Publication.

STATE OF MISSOURI,
Counn oi STE. Genevievr,
in the Circui C"uri TO April term.
1908.
The STA q nf Missouri, ~ the r4ls
'ion aud :" ID" use nt Jane. + Berry,
ColIec'or # the Revenue OF ST.. Gen
avi-ve COUNTY Mi.-"uri, piainlfi ".
Vermont Il Alien, hi. unknown hel,-
aud l"g'l representative, deirmdrnt-
Now, at this day comes the plaintiff
herein, ,bN her nt'nrpe, C !. stanton.
aud flies her petition, alleging among
other 'hingS, that defendant ,V"ruirri
II Allen, his heIrs unknown or
legal representatives are delinquent
tor State aud Count, tnxes ou the
undivided one halt OF the southwest
quarter nt the rOuihss-t Qunrirr ot
section 81, township SO n ranges II.
continuing 20 n"r--. Also the undi-
vided "ne hnlf Of the n0rthwe.t quAr-
ter at the Uorihrns' quarter ot section
"a, town.hin SO, N. range 9 f. con
,nining 20 rcre-, agxreya'ing 40 acres
10 Ste. acuevirve County, Missouri, +,
aud that iney are non residents OF the
State If Missouri.
Wh"rcnp"n, " Ia ordered b' the
clsrk, in vacation. that said defend
ants be notified hy puhlicaii"u that
p'a'n'," IN. c"''i'henc'" sun aeH'""'
.ne'' W 'n's ."",,, ne ""Jer' nv" 2"n
e'"' "s'"'t :" ""'ch o, ,Io recover DICK
nr' ,onr 'o' w" y"1 i'os ''o' 1873,
i'o' NV" i'oo upon 'ne "h"'V'"eu
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W '"H uo.'n""" q"a'''r o' 'he h"r'n'
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nvyrey,,i,,g 40 zero. snd s,,>,,,n,i,,
in nil ia Se 20 and ,h., ,n,io.s Ia
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C,n",v ~, " IN. ~ :" '"''
zTH DAY OF APRIL
"eA' .A"n u" ., "''"'e W" MIRA "n' "'
sa'u "e,"' 10. 's'" s'A' y" '"h2
Fair play., 1907-11-16
l will visit Cape Girardeau Co.
Monday, Nov. l8, to remain until
Monday, Nov. %.
Respectfully,
j. B. ROBERTS, Dentist.

Josephine Cecilia Rigdon, nee
Kirchner, born in Baden, Ger
many, Sept. 29, 1919, emigrated
to America thirteen years later
and was married to James A. Rig
don March II, 1885, died at River
aux Vases on November 9TH, aged
81 years, l month and 8 days.
She was the mother of fifteen
children, two, the first and third
born, died in infancy. Those
living, all of whom attended the
funeral, are Mary j., (wife of
Val. GisD Louis D., Ellen
NJ. (wife of Vim. Rudloff) Jose
phine E., (wife of John Harter)
John L., Joseph f., Peter A.,
Mary A., (wife of Tobias rhom-
uie) Felix j., Rosalie E., (wife of
Joseph Gisi) Julia L., (wife of
Charles 3auer) and Francis A.
and Benjamin M. There are So
grandchildren and 35 great great
grandchildren.
The subject of this sketch was
a devout Catholic, in which faith
she died, receiving the last rights,
and was buried in the River aux
Vases Catholic cemetery Nov. 9th.
She leaves one brother, Law
renee kirchner, living, Catherine
and Regina, sisters, having pre-
ceded her to their future throne,
as also did Peter, Joseph and
John, brothers, who went to their
resting places years ago.