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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

angry red surged under the brownish
pallor OF his skin. She had taken his
daughter, he said. his daughter who
earned Tor him. Now he had come to
ferra dessa away. She would not be
round second time.
=, 4essa was staring at a window at
lne otner end of the room, as IL she
olu not hear Grinaldo's words; but
Mss Mss 1rayson's eyes were on the thin.
| keen knlfe that fiiCkered in his hand.
IF the lady sereama or Gala the po-
nee L strika now" said Grina1do soft
~ with a threatening gesture.
Oh, no you don'tl" cried Branton
Ridgeiy. crashing in the window with
els walking stick, and vaulting over
the sill with the jump that had won
MIN medal at college Beyond were
the amber-like lamps of his waiting
nansom, the cabman whistlinR shriIly
Tor the police. Miss Grayson saw as
through maze the things that fol-
lowed. Ridgely's arm striking out and
Grinaldo SPRAYING. She heard
Tessa's cry of relief, the startled voice
of Miss Eliiston, who, panic-stricken,
was descending the stairs. Lastly
came the police. 1t was Ridgelv who
told them the necessary details; it
was Ridgely who Gained the excited
Miss Elliston and half-hystericaI
Tessa. 1t was Ridgely who came to
Miss Grayson when it was all over
with a fervent Thank heaven, was
in time
How did you know
why, after you were gone felt
premonition, so took cab and fol-
lowed"
Miss Elliston had discreetIy turned
her back. Miss Grayson lifted a bunch
of violets from a bowl on the table
and held them out to him.
Instead Of laurels,'' she began
TREMENDOUSLY.
81 Couldn't can't-you see-that
is" stammered Ridgely, colorIng to
the roots of his hair.
Their eyes met.
"Oh." cried Miss Grayson, with
deep breath. "Then 1t was you who
sent them? And the money, too"
"But the initials? 2" she questioned,
perplexedly, after a moments silence.
stand for Earnest Trifier,'" he
said lightly. "I thought I'd like to
help, but I'm pretty much of a thick
headed blunderbuss, and didn't quite
know how. You see, a trif1er wouldn't
stand much of a chance with you,
would he. Miss Grayson?"
AN earnest trifler would" she an
swered. looking down at the violets
she still held in her hand.
'Really?" cried Ridgely, with a de-
light half boyish in it's impetuosity.
Yes, reallyi" said Miss Eleanor
Grayson in a tone that made RfdgeIy's
heart skip at least three BEATS
Copyrighted, 1907. by P. c. East
ment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
HU1MOR or THE Day

Teacher-What Is a coal magnate, Tom
mie?
thought those things come in cheese!-
Sketchy Bits.
Missionary-And do you know nothing
whatever of religion?
CannibalT7Wen. we got a taste, of it
Cleveland Leader.
when I goes to de cot house." said
Uncle Eben, cit sometimes looks to me
like de jury was committee to award a
prize to de smartest lawyer. Washing
ton Star.
do you keep the beer that made Mil
Waukee famousF asked the stranger In
mo, Sir, the beer that made Milwaukee
with quiet dignity.-New York world.
Redd-I see roller skates were invented
before that.-Yonkers Statesman. ''''
do you find it more economical to do
your own cooking2''
'iOh! yes. My husband doesn't eat half
so much as he used to.'-New York Mail
He--Yes, I may truly say that I have
Shea regular Don Juan; Ell?
He-No: I was a ladies' shoemaker
Bon Vivant. =
Little Tommy was very quiet during the
first courses and every one forgot he was
there. AS the dessert was being served,
however. the host told a funny story.
When he had finished and the laughter
had died away his little son exclaimed
delightedly: Now, papa, tell the other
one.''-Everywhere.
did 1 understand you to say that my
appearance had improved?'
mo. 1 said you looked more like your
self. Life.
Dear Robert, intend to share all your
cares
But, my pet, have no cares"
II mean after we are married. File
gende Blaetter.
do you know my husband had a ter
rible habit of sleeping in church, but he
broke himself of iti'
-How?''
Gave up ing.''-sSetchy Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The Wichita man who made $150,O0O
gambling in wheat was Mr.. pauline,
but when you are tempted to go and
do likewise you should say, Nay, nay,
Pauline"
- o. GsC1
This department notes that it's old
friend, D. Y Wilson, will move to Ok
lahoma, and we are watching the Ok
lahoma papers to discover what office
Mr.. Wilson will run for the coming
fall.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding,
fewer people are reading the Haywood
case than read the Thaw trial.
Bill Doolitt1e advances another the
DRY why President Roosevelt does not
wish to run again. The president has
been given a pass for life to all base
ball games, but while he Is president
he is too busy to use 1T.
We note that in this degenerate age
most of the youths who play catch"
insist on having a catcher's mitt. When
this department was young, the boy
who dreamed of catching any way but
barehanded was looked upon as
sissy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago News.I

EFrom the Chicago News
Many married man is a silent
hero.
It's a pity that poets can't live on
food for reflection.
Drivers of delivery wagons are al
ways there with the goods
1t isn't always the cheerful man
who does the most cheering.
Music has charms in the country
where the houses are a mile apart
A mans idea of a close friend is
one who will loosen up occasionally.
We would never suspect how good
some people are if they didn't tell US.
A pawnshop where we could hook
our troubles would fill a long-felt
want.
There's one good thing about being
poor: you don't have much business
with lawyers.
AS long as the average woman's
instinct is in good working order she
doesn't have any use for brain power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
FROM OTHER PENS
ENJOYMENT OF PARKS.

Parks are desirable and necessary
adjuncts to any city. They add ma
terially to municipal adornment. tend
ing to break up that solid mass of wall
and masonry which shut us in to a
more or less bleak perspective and
keep the country out. They substi-
tute instead an open breathing space
and contribute to the pleasure of the
people by presenting to their view evil
dences of horticultural art supple
mented by spacious grass plots, which
are vigorously kept in their virgin
eenness.-Baltimore American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

With something over $50 million
dollars in it's banks. Kansas will man
age to keep the wolf several blocks
down the street whether the green bug
and the dry weather continues or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press

rFrom the New York Press.
It's gambling on a sure thing when
it's an open-work shirt waist
A woman wears things to match her
complexion even when she hasn't any,
The most fun woman gets out of
being rich is looking down on those
who aren't.
A man could afford a lot more
necessities if his family couldn't AFFORD
so many luxuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
KANSAS COMNENT

TEMPERANCE VS.. PROHIBITION.
me Times desires to be regarded as
an ADVOCATE of temperance. Liquor
generally is an enemy to society. But
II IL is an enemy that may not be de-
stroyed, then it would appear to be
the pest course to surround it and its
use with the greatest possible num-
per or limitations While the enemy
IS present, its Vaccinations must al
ways be taken into account, and this
some OF the prohibitionists fail to do.
Despite the fact that it is and will be
present.
The Times will venture that in the
course OF a year it breaches as much
practical temperance as does the aver
age minister. Possibly more. For in
tho news or editorial columns there
are mentioned many cases where en-
drinking of intoxicants, not because
such a practice is degrading or
damning, but because it is the wise
and sensible thing to let liquor alone,
because it pays in good hard dollars
ana cents and in health.
Prohibition exhorters too often APP
peal to passion and prejudice. So long
as the sentiment which they have
aroused exists the hatred for liquor
many continue, but as the influence
dies out, increased Indifference de-
velops and soon the situation is quite
as bad as it was before. The preach
ment of practical temperance is far
preferable. even if it's results are less
Immediate and obvious. Every con-
vert to practical temperance remains
loyal, because his gain is a material,
tangible, enduring one. But the zeal
inspired by the exhoFters is rarely
very deep or lasting.
Prohibition speakers have an emil
nent right to address meetings and to
give whatever counsel they choose. It
will be admitted that a wave of law
enforcement is sweeping over the
country, and opinions and sentiments
are changing. This is no less appar-
But if the best fruits are to come from
a readjustment, that REIMBURSEMENT
must be made by the people of Leav-
enworth along thoughtful lines
Leavenworth Times.
TAKEN THE PLEDGE.
AS we understand the recent an
nouncement, the weather bureau,
after protracted jag, has climbed
upon the water wagon and promised
to do better ereafter.-Lawrence
World.
VERSATILE KANSAS.
A weather expert was recently
quoted as saying there are but two
kinds of weather-hot and cold. This
will be accepted with a grain of salt
here in Kansas, where we have had at
least six or eight different kinds of
weather, all in one Hutchinson
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
CLINIATIC vAGARIEs.

All eagerly we wait,
An anxious throng;
Weak playthings of a fate
That oft goes wrong.
1mpulsively we start,
Then we refrain,
Discouraged, sick at heart
Rebuffed again.
Man is a creature frail:
His fondest schemes
Are like1iest to fail,
Like passing dreams.
Now sorrow bids him scoH,
For life seems flat
Just putting on and of
His new straw hat.
-Wasfaington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

Uncle Joe Cannon has gone home
for a vacation from carrying his boom
around over the country. Mr.. Fair
banks is trying to keep his boom at
work, but it is insisting on a perma-
nent vacation IN spite of him: while the
Taft boom works right along. although
Taft doesn't care whether school keeps
a. not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

ton can do it, One thing is certain,
and that is that a corporation that
undertakes to light the city isn't going
to do it as a matter of philanthropy
or pastfme. There is a profit in the
business or else the corporation would
Mt do TT A McNea1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

1t looks as though Pittsburg is try
ing to fill the places vacated by both
Wichita and Leavenworth as violators
of law. and it is doing its best to hold
up under the job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

1t showed in Ohio this week, and the
sweet girl graduates are wearing their
Jackets and furs instead Of fluffy white
gowns. 1t doesn't seem fair for the
weather to act that way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

A Ponca City man will try to sail all
the way from Oklahoma to Norfolk by
water to attend the jamestown exposi-
ton, going down the Arkansaw and
Mississippi and around through the Gulf
and up the Atlantic. Perhaps he will
reach his destination by the time the
Exposition is completed-but not in time
to attend it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
VERSATILE KANSAS.
WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

The Topeka Journal wonders
whether the railroad magnates got the
comfort they were expecting from the
presidents Indianapolis speech. Well,
whether they did or not, it is certain
that the arrangements of legitimately
operated railways did. And that is
all that really matters.-Leavenwor
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The superstition that there were not
enough people in Idaho to make VI
that Haywood jury appears to- have
been erroneous, after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
EDUCATION BY POST CARD.

There's a lot of folly about this mat
ter of postal cards, but its good is more
than compensating. The picture pos
tai is an educator not to be considered
lightly 1t is often a work of art, and
this added to its authenticity, inn
proves the receivers taste as we'll as
his ACKNOWLEDGMENT Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The Hutchinson News advises taking
certain theories with a grain OF SALT
Hutchinson can always be depended on
to boom home Industries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

Little is heard these days of the fight
in Ohio. Perhaps Senator Foraker has
decided that discretion is the better part
of valor after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The president favors an eight-hour
day for housewives. Some of them
work on an eight-hour schedule now
eight hours in the forenoon and
eight in the afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

At last, at last. A hen has appeared
In Ohio that lays eggs with Taft
clearly written on them. This is the
Arst hen reported as laying Taft eggs.
although Foraker has been laying for
the Taft boom for months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

Those who have been expecting the
millennium to arrive in a few minutes
will be surprised at President Roosevelt s
declaration that it is a long time off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

General Kuroki says he likes our
honorable country" Concerning the
dishonorable part of it he maintains a
discreet silence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

That Texas tentacle of the Standard
OIL octopus was chopped off. but it is
expected that a new one will grow in
its Mace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

Nature Writer Long apparently wish
es the president to initiate the Psalmis'
and admit that he said 1T in his haste.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

There is this to say about the White
House bulldog: Although he got
licked he was no mollycoddle-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

It's lucky thing for the HAYWOOD
trial that the Gould divorce case does
Mt come up at the same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

Texas, which has just fined the oil
trust Ger a million dollars. besides
kicking it out of the state, is not so
sure that the states are unable to deal
with the trust problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

DR.. Snow reports five white frosts at
Lawrence during May. No record
was made of the pinks and yellows and
urcona
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

Leavenworth, according to the Times.
Is experiencing a wave of law enforce
ment the same as other portions of the
country. Think of that-in Leaven-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The waters-Pierce Oil company has
been kicked out of Texas, and in
state the size of Texas this is no small,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
LISTEN TO THE GRADUATES

II the people VIII only be patent
and wait there are any number of
young graduates who will make
speeches during the coming month
stating just what is the matter with
the government and things generally,
and setting forth the correct remedy
and the way to apply it.-Buffalo
Commercial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The saloons in Leavenworth are clos
inE-and the militia hasn't been called
out either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED -PRfsSS'

"Gently, Gentle Spring" sweetly eau
items the Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The Council Grove Appeal appealed in
vain. It has gone into newspaper his
tory. while its editor has gone to Colo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

There is no reason why the city
can not light the town as well and a
little cheaper than a private corpora
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
SHOULD FORM A MERGER.

Black hands, not from Italy, but OF
domestic origin have taken to the high
way in the neighborhood of Jamestown.
BY all accounts the keepers of hotels
and restaurants in and around the ex-
position have reason to complain of this
competition.-Phila Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
MAN IN AN AUTO

Isn't Foraker somewhat behind the
times in talking about the man or
horseback" The man in the automo-
bile is the man of the hour--Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
Which Was Correct?

The late Ambrose L. Thomas, the no.
ted advertising expert of Chicago, once
told in an address on advertising a
story of two doctors.
TO illustrate my point" he said,
apropos of an advertising error, "rll
tell you about my friend B.
B was taken suddenly i'll, and,
his family physician being out of town,
a specialist was called in.
But the family physician unexpect-
edly returned, and he and the specialist
entered BIS chamber together. They
found the man in a high fever and
partially unconscious Each put his
hand under the bed-clothes, to feel
BIS pulse, and each got hold of the
others hand
g He has typhoid said the first phys
ician.
Nothing of the kind said the other.
He's only drunk The Reader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
ARE THEY?

Prices are on a higher level than
they have been for seventeen years, ac-
cording to the bureau of labor. We
are glad to know they are on the level,
even if it is higher.-Chicago Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
IDENTIFIED.

Congressman ]. A. Hughes must be
mighty popular down in Kentucky.
The Ashland Independent refers to
him as a brother of Ed Hughes. the
well-known shoe man." Such is
fame.-Charleston CIV. va) News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
Easy Moving.

A Hartford man tells this story of
Mark Twain:
One day a friend met the humorist
on the street. He was carrying a cigar
box under his arm. Stopping Mr.. Glenn
ems the friend said:
Clemens, I am afraid you're smok-
ing too much
ooh. it isn't that" explained the hui
morist; 1.-The fact is, I'm moving again.
-Lippincott's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
POPE UP TO DATE.

Mergers are monsters of so frightful
mien that to be hated need but to be
seen; but when they're seen, despairing
of cure, the public has to whistle-and
endure.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
Struck Them as Funny.

An amateur artist contributed a
painting to the academy for the first
time. With natural curiosity he said
to the carrier: Did you see my pic
ture safely delivered?"
Indeed I did," replied the man,
land mighty pleased they seemed to
be with it-leastwise, if I may jedge,
sir. They didn't say nothin', but, Lor'i
how they did laugh when they got a
light on it.''-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
Naming the Future President.

Some time since a new baby arrived
at home in this city, and when Johnny,
the little 5-year-old brother, was sent on
an errand to one of the neighbors a few
days afterward the good lady, of course,
the gladful event. at understand,
Johnny" said she, that you have a
little baby at your house." Yes,
ma'am," was the pleased reply of
Johnny. HE has been there nearly
older you must bring him over to see
me,'' returned the neighbor lady. by
the way, has he been named YETI" mo,
ma'am," answered the youngster, ''but
1 guess there will be something doing
looking over the list of presidents,
mother was going through the Bible
and the nurse was hunting around in
a history of the United States. ''-Scran-
ton Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
MEANS THE SAME.

They are charging John d. with
'publfc-be-damned" attitude. Incredi-
BILE John is a good church member.
The public be dingled" would be his
way of saying it.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
IS THE DARK HORSE A SORREL?
Somebody guesses that Col. Waiter
sons mysterious candidate is ]. Ham
Lewis.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07

The charge of the straw-hat brigade
tor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
FINE

A fine exhibition of American man
ners was given at Fortress Monroe b,
the despoiling of foreign war vessel
of souvenirs by visitors.-Portlan
(Ma) Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-07
TAKEN THE PLEDGE.

nouncement, the weather bureau,
after protracted jag, has climbed
upon the water wagon and promised
to do better hereafter.-Lawrence
World.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-19

Tie ms benefit de Wick from the
so-ealIpH Parliament. He was very
kini fo rIf and he knew his place;
bur ON mv Iaith nearly lost my
sen-es hps saw him sitting In my
fathers rra#f Wei then [ am now
i'm oua1o and an r. ads lead from
/ ordau shsIi inst ronoar snoil nv
ewes .5r rho Fen country BUT oh.
Iana tha upIareholt Dnse country,
The b4pE aal9nrbDIs Ouse with its
sullan 4.atsr ana muddy hanks No
wandar ulsn tn.p,d fr,jfors IN II
- =, tt..,5 ,5I.,.r 81 ,,n
..t5,..t..5 ~. -. - ,,sf.,
10. ~, ',i, p.''.-
" 80 -
hear The burden So Tho short after.
noon wore avav fe James tender min.
istrnf,ops without one cross word
Early IN aer 9isit she had Welded To
Nstilda,ss entresties had sert borna
her earriaaa and nra,oisaa +, remain
All niebt she dismissed Dalia and
herself un,lra4sea her friend 40 tandar.
IN AS mother could have done. and
whea lie tired head was laid on tho
pillow she put her arms under II and
Kissed and drew the bappv grateful
girl to her hear. and said some of
those sweet. foolish words which
alas! too often become forgotten
tongue. Matilda answered them in
tue same tender broken patois- Dear
heart Sweet heart, Darling Jane.