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The Red Cloud chief., 1907-02-01

weeks. while no summons ana no Mn
cf remembrsn nee came from Chllcote.
His position was peculiarly difficult.
He found no action in the present, and
toward the future he dared not trust
himself to look. He had slipped the
OLD moorings that familiarity had rem
dered endurable, but, having slipped
them. he Ind found no substitute.
Such vas his case on the last night OF
the three weeks and such his frame Of
mind as he crossed Fleet street from
CIfo = inn to Middle Temple lane.
II was scarcely Z o'clock. but al
ready the dusk was falling. The great
or press OF vehicles had ceased, and
the light OF the street lamps cleaned
back from the spaces OF dry ana polish
ed roadway. worn smooth IN q mirror
By wheels and hOofs. Something OF the
soliture OF night that sits 80 Ill on the
strenuous city street was making itself
felt, though the throngs Of people on
the pathway still streamed eastward
and westward. and the taverns made n
busy trade.
Having crossed the roadway, Loder
! paused for a moment to survey the
scene. But humanity In the abstract
| made small appeal to him, and hfs
| glance wandered from the passcrsby
to the buildings massed like clouds
against the dark sky. As his gaze NOV
ed slowly from one to the other a
clock mean ut hand struck {, and an in
slant later the chorus was taken up
by a dozen clamorous tongues. Usually
he scarcely heard and never needed
these muumerable chimes, but this
evening their effect was strange. Com
ing out Of the darkness, they seemed
TO possess Il personal note, Il human
declaration. The impression was fan
tastic, but 1t was strong. With Il
species Of revolt against If" ""l his
own personality, he turned slowly and
moved forward in the direction Of Lud-
gate hill.
For n space he continued his G. O,
then, reaching Bouycrie street, he t" -
ed sharply to the right ana made h'1
way down the slight incline that leads
to the cmbankment. There he paused
and drew Il long breath. The of
space and darkness soothed him. Pull
ing his cap over his eyes, he crossed to
the river and walked on in the dlrec-
ton of Westminster bridge.
As he walked the great mass Of water
by his side looked dense and smooth as
oil with Its sweeping width and network
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cotc's surroundings had been altogeth-
or different. Unknown TO himself, he
had been in the position Of Il young
artist who. having roughly modelled in
clay, is brought into the studio of a
sculptor. To his outward vision ev.
crythins 10 new, but his Tuner sight
leaps to instant understanding. Amid
all the stransencss he recognizes the
one casential-the workshop the atmos
phcrc. the home.
On this first night ~ return Loder
comprchcudci something Of his poei-
ton, and. cornprehendins, he faced the
problem aud fought with n.
He had msde hin bargain aud must
pay his share. Weighing this, he had
looked about his room win a Qutet
gaze. Then at last. IS n finding the
object really sought FOR. his eyes had
come round to the m~sntelpiece and
rested Oh the pipe rsck. Tue pipes
stood precisely AZ he had left them,
He had BOXED at them for A long time,
then an irOnic expression that was al.
most Il smile had touched his lips. and,
crossing the room, he had taken the
| oldest ana blacklist from It's place and
slowly filed !, with tobacco.
With the first iudrawn breath Of
smoke his attitude had unbent. With
out conscious determination he had
chosen the one factor capable OF a
in" his mood. 4 cigarette ia for the
trivial moments Of life; n cigar for IL,
fulfillmcnts. its pleasant, comfortable
rctrospcctiOns: but in real distress-in
| the solving Of question. the lighting OF
diiiiculty-G pipe is mans eterna
Solace.
So he had passed the first night OIL
his return TO the actualities Of life
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r0NyiNuW.l

olilrote started: then. suddenly be-
~nnins imbucd with the otlcr's man
-. nc calocl the laugh.
Wy Jovc,'' lie said. you're right
NDu'r~ quite right. A man must keep
- feet in their owa groove" Raising
n tAM,d. he began 70 fMatSe with his
3'tt ISde4 kept the aai position.
0CaN find the CHECK book in rs uyual
(Gw~,' he said. I've made enc
{kv 81 fl0s. pay fer tte drst week.
Dc rsa can staaA ever mntit"- He
rsed abruptly.
fhiicotc shifted his position. '1oen't
k about that. It lr,scts me TO antic.
1htc- ! can make ont 4 check to
nt>rrow payable 10 John Lodcr."
Nc. That can wait. The name OF
AlG is better out Of the book. We
c~l't he too careful" Lodcr spoke
with unusual impctuosity. Already a
Aght, unreasonable jealousy was col
oring his thoughts. Already he grudged
tfc idea of Chilcotc with his unstable
glance and restless fingers opening the
drawers and sorting the papers that
for Ulc stupcndous fortnight he'd Seen
his without question. Turning aside.
h. changed the subject b~rusuucly.
Come into the bedroom" he said.
Its half past 7 if it's Il minute, and
the Csiarrington's show Is ut o." With
U~t waiting for u reply, he walked
a~oss the room and held the door
@sM.
There was no silence while they e
changed clothes. Lodcr talked centh-
se.lsiy, sometimes in short, curt sen
tonoee, sometimes with ironlc touches
OF humor; lie talked until Chilcote,
strangely affected by contact with al
cher personality after his weeks of
solitude, fell under his influence. his
excitement rising, his imagination stir
rang at the novelty of change. At last,
esrbed once more in the clothes of his
UVN world, he passed from the bed
Npm back into the sitting room and
tEre halted. whiting for his rom
raGion.
Almost directly LOder followed. He
Win into the room quietly and, NOV
Ing al once to the table. picked up thC
usshook.
Sim not going 10 preach" he began
80 you needn't shut me up. But II
SLY just one thing-a thing that vii
get said. Try to keep your hold
Remember your responsibilities ant
keep your hold" He spoke ~energetical
y booking earnestly into ChilcOte''
cxes. He did not realize it, but he wa
hoaning for his W career.
NMiicOtc paled Il little. rs he Away:
81 in face OF a reality. Then he eX
Sslded his hand.
my dear fellow" he said, with
1Alch Of hauteur, "a man can general
|be trusted to look after his OWL life.
.pxtricatinS his hand almost immedi
Afiy. he turned toward the door al
thout a word Of farewell passed int
lie lNtle hall, leaving ioder alone II
- sitting room.
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Next day his mind vas somewhat set
tjai; but, though facts faced him more
soiidiy they were nevertheless very
drab In shade. The necessity for
work, that blessed antidote to ennui,
no longer forced him to cndeavOr. He
was no longer penniless, but the money
he possessed brought with it no de-
sires. When 4 man has lived from
hand to moIrth for years and sudden
ly finds himself with f1OO in his pocket
the result is sometimes curious. He
finds with Il vague sense "a surprise
that he has forgotten how TO spend.
That extravaganza, like other artificial
passions, requires cultivation.
This he realized even more fully on
the days that followed the night Of his
first return, and with it was born Il
new bitterness. The man who has
friends aud no money may find life
difficult, but the man who has money
and no friend 10 rejoice in his fortune
or benefit by his generosity Is aloof
indeed. With the lcaven of incredulity
Wat WI n III hIA EAlNhE NN' 'T'NN'
distrusted the professional begGar;
therefore the charity that bestows cas-
lly and promlScuously was denied him,
ana Of other channels Of generosity he
was too self contained 10 have learned
the secret.
When depression falls upon Il man
Of usually even temperament 1t de-
seconds with n double weight. The
mCrcurlal nature has Il hundred coun'
tcrbalanclng devices to rid itself OF
gloom-a sudden lifting Of spirit, o
memory Of other moods lived through
other blacknesses dispersed by time
but the nan of level nature has none
of these. Depression when it comes
is indeed depression; no phase of MIND
to be superseded by another phase, but
a s%iackening of all the chords OF life.
It was through such a depression al
this THAI he labored during thret
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-02-01

OF reflected light. ON it's farther bank
rose the tall buildings. the chimncys,
the faring lights that suggest another
and an alien London. Close ut hand
stretched the solid stone parapct, Civ
ing assurance of protection.
All these things he saw with his men
tai eyes, but with hismcntal eyes only,
for his physical gaze was fixed ahead
where the houses OF parliament doomed
ont OF the dusk. From the great build
ings his eyes eve wavcrcd until the
~embankment was travcrscd ana West
minister bridge reached. Then he paus-
cd, resting his arms on the coping OF
the bridge.
In the tense quietude of the darkness
the place looked vast and inspiring.
The shadOwy terrace. the silent river,
the rows Of lighted windows. each was
significant. Slowly and comprehensive
ly his glance passed from II to the
other. lie was no s"cntimentalist and
M dreamer. His act was simply he
act Of Il man whose interests, robbed
Of their natural outlet, turn instructive
" toward the forms and symbols Of
the work that Is denied them. His
scrutiny was steady-cvcn cold. He
was raised 10 no cNaltation by the
vastness Of the building, nor was he
chilled by any dwarfing Of himself. He
looked ut II long ami thouchtfully;
then, again moving slowly, he turned
and rctraCed his steps.
His mind was fun as he walked back,
still obliylous of the stone parapct Of
the ~cmbaukmont, the bare trees and
the hariug lights OF the advertisements
across the water. Turning 10 the left.
he roglincd Fleet street ana made for
his own habltation with the quiet ac-
curaCy that some men exhibit in mo.
ments Of absorption.
He crossed Clirord's inn with the
same slow. almost l~istlcss, step; then,
MS his W doorway came into view, he
Stopped. Some one was standing in its
recess.
For a moment lie wondered If his
fancy were playing him Il trick. Then
his reason sprang TO certainty with so
fierce a leap that for an instant his
mind recOiled. For we more often
stand aghast at the strength of Jul
own feelings than before the enormlty
Of our neighbours actions.
"Is that you, Chilcote?" he said below
his breath.
AT the sound Of his voice the other
wheeled round. 'Hello!' he said: u
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thought you were the ghost OF some on
inhabitant. | suppose | am very upex-
pectcd?"
Loder took the hand that he extended
and pressed the fingers unconsciousG.
The sight Of this man was like the n
ing Of an oasis at the point where ths'
desert is sandiest, deadliest, most ~
bearable.
Yes, You ars-unexpectsd,' he -
swered.
Chilcote looked at him, then booke6
out into the court. I'm done up" h
said. I'm right mt the end OF ts
tether.' He laughed as he said 1t, but
IN the lin light OF the hall LOdaG
thought his face looked i'll aud harasses
despite the flush that the excitement on
the meeting had brought to It. Taking.
his arm, he drew him toward b stairs.
80 the o has run out, chr he
said. In imitation Of the others tone.
But under the quiet Of his II bs
own nerves were %throbblng with the
peculiar a~lertness OF anticipation, q
sudden sense OF mastery over life that
lifted him above surroundings II
above ~pcrsons-a sense Of stature,
mental and physical, from which he
surveyed the world. He felt as If fate
in the moment of utter darkness had
given him Il sign.
AS they crossed the han Chilcote
had drawn away and was already
mounting the stairs. And rs Lodcr
followed It came sharply to his mind
that here, In the slipshod freedom of n
door that was always open and stairs
that were innocent of covering, lay his
companions real nichc-unrecogni2ed
In outward ayowal, but acknowledged
by the inward, kcencr that mani
tests the individual.
In silence they mounted the stairs,
but on the first landing Chilcotc
paused ana looked back, surveying
Lodcr from the superior height Of two
steps.
81 did very well Mt first" he said. 81
did very well. | almost followed your
example for q week or 50. | found
myself on a sort Of pinnacle, and \
clurg on. But in the last ten days I've
I've rather lapsed."
"Whyf" Loder avoided looking at
his face. lie kept his eyes fixed de-
termlnedly on the spot where his own
hand gripped the banistcr.
Continued on Pake Six
- -
lat ana 80 thn.a o1n,Lc vv u,a civ
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-02-01
CHAPTER XII.

TN the night of Chilcote's re-
IA turn TO his own I.oder tasted
M the lees Of life poignantly for
I'll the first time. Before their
curious compact had been entered upon
he had been, If not content, ut least
Nathctic; but with action the apathy
had been dispersed. never again to re
gain IDS old position.
He realized with bitter certainty
tslat his was no real home coming. On
entering Chilcote's house ne had OK
pcrlonced none OF the unfamiIlarity,
J. ne OF the unsettled aw~kwardness,
that aSsailed him now. There he had
almost sccS ed the exile returning aft
or many hardships; hero, in the Amos
phere made common by years, lie felt
an alien. IT was illustrative OF the
mans character that sentimentalities
found no place I'm his nature. Sentl-
ments were not lacking, though they
lay out Of sight, but scntimentalitieS
he altogether denied.
Left alone in the sitting after
Chilcote's departure, his first sensation
was one Of physical discomfort ana
unfamiliarity. His w. clothes, with
their worn l|ooscness. brought no sense
of friendliueSs such rs some men find
in an old garment. LOunging and the
clothes that suggested lounging had NJ
appeal for him. In his eyes the garL
that implies responsibility was sym
solic aud even inspiring.
And as with clothes so with his
actual surroundings. Each detail OF
his room was familiar, but not n had
q ever become intimately close. He had
,sed the place for years, but he nae
used 1t as he might use a hotel, ant
whatever of his household gods had
come with him remained. like himself
- suffersnce. His entralce into Qhil
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Get one of those clocks W. are Civ
ing away.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-02-01

IN the night of Chilcote's re-
turn TO his own L.oder tasted
the lees Of life pOignantly for
j the first time. Before their
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
BLACKBIRD.
Box Social Which Was to have been Given In
the SchOOlhOuse Postponed

Special Correspondence to The Times
The Epworth League services were lead
on Sunday evening by Mrs. James A. Buck
son. The leader for next Sunday evening
will be Mr.. Stephen j. Keen, The topic
being The resurrection"
The Box Social which was to be held in
Blackbird School House Wednesday March
IA, 1907, was a failure, there being only six
boxes and no buyers it was decided to post
pone it until the roads We're better.
PERsoNALs;-Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Glib
bons and daughter Elizabeth, of near Town
send spent Sunday with his aunt Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Fenemore. Miss Eva II
Schafer spent few days of last week with
relatives in Smyrna Stella NJ Rich
ardsOn spent Saturday in Wilmington. Miss
Mamie E. Pierson has returned home after
spending quite a while with her sister Mrs.
Mary Pierson near Hockessin. Mr.. Man
love G. Davis of KirkwOod spent Sunday
with his mother Mrs Susan A. Davis.-Mrs.
Richard Fenemore spent Friday with her
aunt Mr.. and Mrs. William Fenemore.-
Miss Lillian West of Townsend spent part
of Wednesday and Thursday with Miss
Beulah BucksOn.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
Slimuiata The Blood.

Brandreth's Pills are the great blood
purifier. Thay are laxative and blood
tonic, they act equally on the bowels.
the kidneys and the skin, thus cleaning
the system by the natural outlet of
the body. Teev stimulate the blood
so as to enable nature to throw aft all
morbid humors and cure all troubles
arising from an impure state of the
blood. One or two taken every night
will prove an invaluable remedy.
Each pill contains one grain of solid
extract of sarsaparilla, which, with
other valuable vegetable products.
make it blood purifier of excellent
character.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century and are sold in
every drug and medicine store. either
plain or sugar-coated.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
CHESWOLD.
Sunday at the NJ. E. Church-LOcal Happen
ings and Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence to the Times.

Special Correspondence to the Times.
CHEswOLD, March, 19:-Pastor Derrickson
preached vigorous sermon Sunday morn
ing on ''the spirit of war or of peace inher-
ent in man which may be exerted for evil
or for good" Following the Discourse the
Lords Supper was administered. In the Ep-
worth League i'll the evening, Rev. J. L.
Cote gave very able forty minutes talk on
Immortality" Rev. w. c. Buckson will
preach in Cheswold Church next Sunday
morning
PERsoNALs:-Pastor Derrickson, Mrs. NJ.
j. Smith and Miss Lizzie Bishop will be en-
ten tanned during Conference, i'll Smyrna by
Miss Elizabeth Smithers-R NJ. Cooper,
on various committees of Conference, als6
Mrs Cooper and other friends of this vicin-
ity, will be entertained by Mrs. Rebecca
Faries.-Rev. A. W. Goodhand, former
pastor, on his way up the State, stopped
over night last Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Cantwell, and host of old friends
gave him cordial greeting.-L E. p. Den
mis-, of Crisfield, was with various friends in
town last Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs.
Slaughter entertained friends last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs James Lafferty. of Leipsic,
entertained Mr.. and Mrs D. H. BOyce on
Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
TOWNSEND.
Ran Rusty Nail in Ills FOOt-Flock of Wild
Geese-LOcaI and Personal.

Special Correspondence to the TINES
TOWNSEND, Merch 19;-William Miller.
while walking in the yard of his home be-
tween Townsend and Colt, on Thursday.
ran rusty nail in his right foot and blood
poisoning is feared.
A flock of wild geese flew so low through
the misty atmosphere over Townsend We'd
nesday morning that sportsmen sprang for
their guns but did not succeed in bringing
any down.
Miss Sadie Weldon was given surprise
party by members of the Y on the occasion
of her eighteenth birthday, on Monday
evening.
The trustees Of Townsend NJ. E. Church
have rented the Lattomus property for the
parsonage tor the ensuing year, and Rev
F. Or MacSOrley and family moved to their
new home ON Wednesday last.
PERsoNALs:-NIissE Ethelwyn Malonev has
gone to Syracuse, n. Y, where she expects
TO spend sometime-M Mollie Jacobs and
son, of MillngtOn, have returned home af-
ter visiting her father, Thomas Malonev.-
Miss Anna Jones and Lulu Ratledge, stu
dents of West Chester State Normal School
are home fer two weeks vacation. Miss
Helen Taylor who has been a visitor in town
during the last two weeks, has returned to
her home in Earlville, Md.-The Seven Cent
Supper which Glass No. gave for the ben
eft of the church bell fund was a great sue
cess, clearing about S2l14
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

Horace G. Knowles, who will leave
next week for Europe to represent the
United States as Minister at the Court
of Roumania and Servia, visited Wash
iugton Monday where he had an inter
view with President Roosevelt relative
to the duties of his new position. He
also visited the State Department and
while there wes informed that Bulgaria
would be added to his field of labor,
making three important counties
which will be under his direct jurisdic-
tion. Mr.. Knowles was accom- panied
on the visit to Washington by Mrs.
Knowles, who will share the European
residence of her distinguished husband
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
WILL NOT PERMIT NOISY pOsrOFPICES.
Government POstOffice Department Takes a
Hand and Makes an Example Of SeafOrd.

Patrons of the Seaford postoffice
were compelled to shiver in the cold
Saturday while the evening mail was
being distributed. The trouble came
about because at the evening mail the
pOstOffice is crowded and the noise be-
came so great that mistakes were fire.
qnently made by the clerks. Post
master Prettyman, after appealing to
the town commissioners to place an
officer i'll tie office, aud receiving no
satisfaction, wrote to Washington and
received information to lock his doors
until the mail was assorted. This be-
ing the first time that the office was
locked at evening mail, many went
away very angry.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

Harry Satterfeld, a Delaware rail
road conductor, well-known on this
division, but recently removed to
Moore, Pa, has little boy who closely
resembles little Horace Marvin, the
boy supposed to haye been abducted
from Dover. Mr.. Satter6eld went to
Philadelphia Sunday with the boy and
was surprised to find that two detec-
tiyes were shadowing him. Mr.. Sat.
terfeld stepped in a doorway in a
candy store and the sleuths at once be-
gan to ''sweat" the boy, but the latter
ran to his father.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

Death of Mrs. Mary V.Greeu. Mrs. Mary
V. Green, widow of Marion Green,
ate of Smyrna, departed this life on
Saturday, March 10Th. Mrs. Green
was born July 1st, A. ID. 1923, aud has
spent the most Of her life in this vi
cinitv. She was the mother of six
children, two of whom survive her,
Mrs. David Jones, of Clayton, and
MIR. Henry Green, of Delmar, Md.
During her long life Mrs. Green has
engaged in Christian work in both
the Methodist and Baptist churches,
and has declared her willingness to
depart at her Masters call. AS proof
that she was ready, we note that she
had made arrangements for her fun
eral, by selecting her pail bearers and
requested that the Rev. d. S. Clark,
Kenton, should preach her funeral
sermon. The funeral services were
conducted from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. David Jones, of Clay
ton, on Tuesday, March 18th, 1907, il
charge of Rev. ID. 5. Clark. Inter
ment at Bethel NJ. E. Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

Engineer Edward Nugent of the
Queen Anne's & Kent division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, is critically ill
at his home at Centreville, Md. He
was stricken at Townsend on Wednes-
day with what was supposed at the
time to be acute indigestion, but later
was diagnosed as tumor of the liver.
The engineer was taken to Centreville e
in critical condition. Engineer
Nugent succeeded David S. Reeder on
that division, who was fatally stricken
at the throttle of his engine at Town
send about two months ago.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has built platforms and established a
flag station at State College, just north
of Dover, because of the traffic with
the growing college towns caused by
the travel of the students and the mem
bers of their families, representing the
advanced element of the Afro -Ameri-
can race of the entire peninsula.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

Card of Thanks:--I hereby tender my
sincere thanks to my friends and
neighbors for the many kind acts and
sympathetic expressions extended to
me in my recent sad bereavement. -
Mrs. Emma j. CHM.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
This is Worth Remembering.

Whenever you have a cough or cold
just remember that Foley's Honey aud
Tar will cure it. Do not risk your
health by taking any but the genuine.
1t is in a yellow package. Sold bv
Benton n. Weldon, Smyrna, and W.
r. Keys Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

During the severe thunder and rain
storm of few days ago the residence
of Nathaniel Slaughter, on his farm in
st. Jones Neck, was struck by light
ming and one side Of the house torn
out. The family were asleep but were
quickly aroused when the house was
struck.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
Found at Last.

j. A. Harmon, of Lizemore, West
Va, says: cat last l have found the
perfect pill that never dissppoints me;
and for the benefit of others afflicted
with torpid liver and chronic constipa-
ton, will say: take DIR. Kings New
Life Pills" Guaranteed satisfactory
25c at Benton n. WeIdon's, Druggist.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

PersOnaI-Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Allen
spent Saturday in Wilmington. Vic
tor G. AtwelI, of Brenford, visited
friends in Clayton last week.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

The interior of ST. Paul NJ E. Church
is being improved and beautified with
a new carpet aud upholstered chairs.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

The Baker e Walls Canning Co.
have shipped the last of their canned
tomatoes from the Clayton factory.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20

Mr.. John Tingle, wheelwright for
Mr.. Holiday, has moved his family
from Hartley to Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1907-03-20
CLAYTON.
All orders for Subscriptions or Job Work
or any News Items left with NIL. Nudge
will receive prompt attention.

Mr.. VIM. H. Clark is confined t0
his home with la grippe.