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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

Fred-Yes, the old gentleman. am
sorry to say, will soon have another
wife to support.
Henry-What? You don't mean to
say he IS going to marry another wife
while your mother is alive?
mo; I'm going to get married" :-Ex-
change.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

A. H. Sperry has for sale some of
that 100 per cent in growing quail
ty and variety seed corn. 1Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

Seed wheat, oats. barley, fax, corn
at tho New Lo"do" Milling Company
Elevator. 2.u
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05

self. passively watching for the room
to be filled again with his presence.
He was back after long minute, and
this time took up his stand at the door,
where. pushing aside the tightdrawn
curtain a little, from time to time he
looked out into the street. Sometimes
eyes followed the cracks of the plas-
tered wall, sometimes he studied the
floor at his feet; every moment she
saw he was alert, expectantly watch
ing and waiting; and though he never
looked at her sitting behind him, she
felt his protection between her and the
darkening street. She sat in the shadow
of 1t, feeling all around her, claiming
her as 1t would claim her henceforth,
from the world. glimpse of light
glimmered along the curtains of the
window, and stopped. quivering, In
the middle OF the curtained door. Then
he turned about and beckoned her.
Sheer weakness kept her sitting. He
went to her, took her face between
his hands and looked into 1T long and
intently.
You don't want to goI' The words
fell from his lips like an accusal. His
sudden realization of what she felt held
him there dumb with disappointment.
You have won me-" her look was say
ing, "and yet I have Immediately be-
come a worthless thing, because I am
going; and L don't believe in going"
She felt she had failed him-how cruel
ly, was written in his face. But 1t
was only for a moment that she made
him hesitate. The next he shook him
self free.
Well come" he said.
She felt that all doors would fly open
at his bidding She felt herself swept
powerlexs at his will with all the
yielding in her soul that she had felt
in her body when his arms were around
her He had taken her by the hand
he was leading her out into the gusty
night, where all lights fared-the gas
lights marching up the street over the
hill into the unknown, and the lights
cleaning at her like eyes in the dark
bulk of the carriage waiting before the
door. It all glimmered before her
a picture she might never see again
might not see after she passed through
the carriage door that gaped for her.
The will that had swept her out of the
door was moving her beyond her own
will. as It had moved her that morning
in the garden. beyond all things that
she knew. There was no feeling left
in her but the despair of extreme sur
render.
She found herself in the carriage
She saw his face in the carriage door
as pale as anger, yet not angry; it was
some bigger thing that looked at her
from his eyes. He looked long while.
as If he bade her never to forget this
moment. Then, I'll give you "a hours"
he said. This man will take you
home" He shut the carriage door
shut 1t between them. Before she had
gathered breath he had Strengthened,
fallen back, raised his hat, and the car
riage was turning. Flora thrust her
head. straw hat and ribbons out OF the
window
"Oh, 1 love youI" she called to him.
She sank back in the cushions and
covered her face with her hands.
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lust be that man was running at her

must be that man was running at her
wheel.
The warm lights or her house were
just before her, offering succor,
stiffening courage. 1t would be
but dash from the door of the
cab to her own door. There was no
second course, once the cab stopped.
She felt that to lurk in its gloom would
mean robbery, perhaps death. She
thought without fear. but with an in
tense calculation. Her hand held the
door at swing as the cab drew up.
Before 1T should stop she must leap.
She gathered her skirts and sprang-
sprang clean to the sidewalk The
steps of her house rushed by her in
her upward flight. Her bell pealed.
She covered her eyes.
For the moment before Shima opened
the door there was nothing but dark
ness and silence. She had never been
SO glad of anything in her life as of
the kind. astute, yellow face he pre-
sented to her distressed appeal
"Shima." she painted, pay the cab;
and II there's any one else there say
that I'll call the police-no, no, send
him away" There was no question or
hesitation in Shima's obedience.
Through the glass of the door she
watched him descend upon his errand,
untl no disappeared over the edge or
the illumination Of the vestibule. She
waited, dimly aware of voices going
on beyond the curtains of the drawing
room. but all her listening power was
concentrated on the silence without
a silence that remained unbroken, and
out of which Shima returned with the
same impertubable countenance.
s'He wants ten dollars"
'Oh, yes, give him anything" Flora
gasped. If that was all the Chinaman
had followed her for! But her relief
was momentary for instantly Shima
was back again.
II gave him ten dollars. the cab
man."
Now she gasped indeed. "Oh, the
cabmani But the other onel" For an
instant Shima seemed to hesitate:
glancing past her shoulder as If there
was something that he doubted behind
her. Then as she still hung on his an
swer he brought 1t out In a lowered
voice.
Madam. there was no one else
there.1
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drawing room Harry. and be-
hind him Clara. looking out at her with
faces of amazement, and, she fancied,
horror Harry came straight for her.
why, you poor child, what's hap
pened to your"
She gave him look. She couldn't for
get their scene In the red room, but the
mixture of apprehension and real con-
cern in his face went far toward melt
ing her. She might even have told him
something, at least part of the truth,
but for that other standing watching
her from the drawing room door. With
Clara there was nothing for 1t but to
ignore her disordered hair, her hat In
her hand, her ruffle torn and trailing on
the floor.
She put on splendid nonchalance, as
II 1t were none of their business. "Oh,
am sorry IL kept you waiting
1t was Clara who spoke to her, past
Harry's blank astonishment. why, we
don't mind waiting few moments more
while you dress"
II shan't have to dress" Such a state
ment Flora felt must amaze even Shima,
waiting like an image on the threshold
of the dining room. But II these people
were waiting to be amazed she felt her
self equal to amazing them to the top
of their expectations
"oh, but at least go up and let Mar
rika give you some pins Clara pro-
tested. hurrying forward, as II fairly
to drive her.
Thank you, no, this will do Flora
said On one point she was quite clear.
She wasn't going to leave those two to-
gether for a moment to discuss iher
plight-not till she could first get
at Harry alone. Then and there
shs turned to the mirror and
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ows. She pressed her face against the
window glass in palpitating doubt. It
was Harry.
She covered in the corner of the
carriage. In moment the risks Of
her situation were before her. Had he
seen her? Oh, no, at least not yet. He
had been too intent on whomever he
was talking to. She peered to make
sure that he was still safely on the
street corner. He was just opposite,
and now that the eddy of the crowd
had left little clear space around
him she saw with whom he was talk
ing. It was a small, very small, shabby,
nondescript man-possibly only a boy,
so short he seemed. His back was
toward her. His chothes hung upon
him with an odd unAnglo- Saxon air.
He was foreign with foreignness
no country could explain-Italian.
Portuguese, Greek-whatever he was,
he was a strange foil to Harry, so
bright and burnisheu.
The hack was turning. She realized
with dismay that it was turning
sharp aro1nd that very corner
where they stood. Suppose Harry
should chance to glance through
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
CHAPTER XIX
The Face in the Garden

The Face In the Garden
Az I ITH her hand at her distressed
A forehead, she turned and saw
wv between the curtains of the
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CHAPTER XVIII
Goblin Tactics

r OR a little she kept her face hid
den, shutting out the present,
jealously living with the wonder
full thing that had happened to
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CHAPTER XvH-Continued

:=5 I: e: 7: !: =: =: I'll; e. i; Il:
TOO Glad +o do IL for Won and
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a better offer for II since"
He couldn't have put 1t more mildly
and yet that temperate phrase brought
back to her In a flash a windy night
full of raucous voices and the great
figures in the. paper that had covered
half a page-tfie reward for the Crew
idol Could It be that-that sum SC
overwhelming to human caution and
human decency which Harry had
better Offer? What else could he
mean? And what else could the blue
eyed Chinaman mean by his strange
pursuit of her?
Some one must have wanted 1t aw-
fully" Flora tried again, keeping ster
with his mild admission.
Harry covered her with an impress
siye stare. There's something queer
about that ring" he nodded to her. He
was going TO tell her at last She
gazed at him In expectation, but pres
emily she realized that nothing more
was coming. He had stopped at the
beginning. She tried to urge him on.
Queer. what do you mean?" She
was feigning surprise
He looked at her cautiously. Why
you must have noticed 1t yourself when
we were at the shop And now. to-
night. his having followed you"
She could see him hesitate. choosing
his words. She knew well enough her
own fear of saying too much-but,
what was Harry afraid Of? Did he
suspect her feeling for Kerr? Was
that why he was holding back. leaving
out, giving her the small expurgated
version of what he knew. She tried
again, making it palmer.
you think the ring Is something he
ought not to have had; something that
belongs somewhere slser'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

Bell went to the room, called his
wife-who was dressed only in a
short kimono-out of the room and
then emptied the contents of a
heavy five-cylindered revolver into
Dury's head and body. Dury died
instantly.
Bell went to the police station
and surrendered. He had the con-
tract between his mother-in-law
and Dury in his pocket
Il did right. He had the little
girl going. He hypnotized her. I
saved her. I'll get out and make
a happy home for her"
But, after a week of examina-
tions, the coroner's jury has held
Bell for trial.
The young wife is in Jail as n
witness.
Bell borrowed money from re-
porters, to ad dto his last cent. to
buy her flowers on New Year day.
She said, II like his flowers, but I
don't like him."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11
JOHN u. BUILDING
MANSION IN LONDON

LONDON, Jan. 11.-John d.
Rockefeller is pulling down two old
houses. in the most fashionable
quarter of London, and on the site
will erect a home for himself.
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward
Grey, War Minister Haldane, the
president of the board of trade,
Winston Churchill-these will be
his neighbors. A couple of hun
dred yards away King Edward
resides, in buckingham palace.
The location is in a quaint old
thoroughfare, known as Queen
Anne's Gate. The old houses were
built in the time of the queen of
that name, and statue of her
stands just opposite John DIS front
door. The street is most charac-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

teristic OF the architecture of that
period, and every street door Is
encased by a wooden porch, carved
in the quaint style of those days.
For this reason the inhabitants
of the neighborhood are up In
arms at the spectacle of these two
old-world houses being destroyed
in order that modern palace may
be put up in their stead.
The house Is two minutes from
the houses of parliament and West
minister abbey. 1t is three minutes
walk from Marlborough house, the
residence of the prince of Wales,
and four minutes from buckingham
palace and st. James palace. And
from two sides it looks out onto
st. James park-the loveliest spot
in London.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

peror and empress dowager, issued
an edict ordering Yuan to vacate
all his offices and return to his
home, a step which would be in a
way paralleled in this country IL
President Roosevelt were to COM
mand Secretary Root to at once
resign his portfolio and leave
Washington. supposing Roosevelt
to be weak ruler and Root a.
strong premier. =
Yuan Shi Kai has been known.
as the ablest man in China since,
the death of Ii Hung Chang. He
is progressive. fearless and abso-
lutely incorruptible. The reason
for his unexpected and unmerited
disgrace is generally believed to
be that he was too strong a man
to suit Prince Ching and his fol
lowers. They feared him and his
influence over the more Intelligent.
class of Chinese. and wanted him
out of the way. a.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11
TAMARACK ON JUMP

The important movement In
Tamarack this morning in large
measure verifies the supposition
that there Is going to be something
doing in this stock before long,
Rumors have been rife for the past
two or three weeks that operations
would be resumed on an extensive
scale and arrangements made for
large shipments. Sales today were
made at $105, or 20 cents above
the last sale, and orders seemed
to be quite plentiful around the
dollar mark, while offerings OF
scattering 100 share lots only were
made.
Rambler Cariboo was dealt in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11
SUNDAY
FOR SUNDAY
MORE CONVERTS RESPOND TO
HIS APPEAL AND TOTAL OF
$4,000 IS REALIZED IN COL
LECTiONS OF DAY.

The special effort to raise funds
for the Sunday meetings yesterday
Melted total of S3,40O, which with
what has already been collected
brings the total in hand up to ap.
proximately $4,000, leaving some
thing like $4,000 to be realized in
order to meet the $4,000 expense
estimate Of the meetings. Jimmy
Durkin helped things along to the
extent Of $56.@-l
The number of converts yester-
day in all meetings reached 233,
bringing the total up to 391, not
including children.
Sundays evening sermon was on
Christ before plate, and among
other things he said:
"A novel called Letters from
He'll shows Plate eternally wash
ing his hands in a stream of water.
Of all fool novelistic ideas / think
a stream of water in hell Is the
limit"
God doesn't keep a halfway
house for anybody. It's Jesus
Christ or nothing-take him or re-
ject him." !
There are people in Spokane
who'd murder Jesus Christ just as
quick as his crucifiers did. That's
because they've got the same old
devil in them"
81 want you to 60 home and get
ON your knees and ask God, Why
did we have to send to Chicago and
get an ex-ballplayer to come here
and stir up the people of the
church? Why didn't they keep up
the church themselves?'
"If God had to depend on Gers
tain gang in the churches of Spo-
kane to save this Old whiskey-
soaked town she'd have gone to
hell long ago." Y Y
"One reason why the churchsfs
not blessed is because it is trying
to treat God on sort of free
lunch counter basis, dealing htN
out a few plugged counterfeit ceAte
when he has asked for the b{&
! you've got" H
There are a good many churf
| members l know whose lives ~
so rotten and shrinking that a az
cent sinner has to hold his node
when they pass on the other side
of the street"
The afternoon sermon was to
| men only and in that Sunday train
| ed some of his heaviest guns on
swearing. His remarks were. not
lined with velvet In any subject
he took up, and his range coverea
about all the sins men are apt to
mix in.
Mrs. Muirhead spoke to women
in the afternoon yesterday at the
First M. e. church. She pleaded
for help and sympathy for the
working girl especially. Forty-two
responded to her call for converts.
There are no services today or
tonight, aside from prayer meet
ings. but the usual program will
be taken up Tuesday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

When they met at the coroner's
inquest the girl refused to look at
her husband.
Il hate you," she said, you have
disgraced me. I'll never speak to
you again"
Bell will probably be tried for
his life at the next term of court.
Mabel says she doesn't think she
will testify for him because it will
be too sensational. and that he will
be acquitted without her help, any
how.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

at 1914 to the extent of some 1000
or 5000 shares. Canadian Consol-
idated Shelters has fluctuated
very much for over fortnight
and at times has sold close to
$4,000 per share. These fluctua-
tons are hard to account for. The
price on this exchange is largely
governed by the Montreal quota
tons. The market seemed to be
in the hands of the professional
element most of the day. With
the exception of Tamarack no i'm
portant movements were noticed,
The coal issues continue strong,
due entirely to excellent business
in this line.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11
MARKETS
FURNISHED by Walter ]. Nichols
& Col

Wheat receipts: $4,000 against
$4,000; corn, $4,000 against L.
2e9 900. Shipments: wheat, 1884,
900 against $4,000; corn, $4,000
against 100000. Total clearances:
Wheat and -four, 100000; corn,
24S,0O0.
Wheat close: May, $1.06; July,
97%c; September, $3.50.
Corn close: May, 611sc; July,
61Mc; September, 61Hc.
Oats close: May, 515sc; July,
46Ac; September, 39Nc.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11
HIS DISGRACE MAY
START REVOLUTION

Revolt in China is feared as a
result of the deposition of Yuan
Shi Kai, grand councillor and COM
mander in chief of the army ana
navy.
Prince Ching. who has been re-
gent since the death of the en-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11
LOOK OUT FOR RHEUMATISM
PAINS THIS WEATHER.

If you feel the first twinge of
rheumatism, get something to cure
it. Medicine won't help you, but a
good Turkish bath will. Everything
modern and clean at the Turkish
Bath Parlors. First and Stevens. H..
Nichols, prop. Main 1241. Bath and
bed, 500. *@*i
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

Dickson-Dobbins formerly op-
posed my views, but now he, agrees
with me in everything. Wickson-
How do you account for It? Dick
son-Give it up. I'm not sure
whether I convinced him or only
make him tired.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-11

HAVE YOUR SHOES REPAlRgO
IN THE NEW WAY.
Women's half soies ssWed for SOC
Mems half soIes sswed for. .76e
Phone 1885 and We will call for
and deliver your repairing.
LIZ CLAIRE SHOE CO.
e23 Riverside.
The Press. IS cents month.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
PanIeres and crInoIine.

silks, satfns and brocades are at
once suggested by the newest models,
and not the soft, clinging fabrics so
wonderfully adapted to the graceful,
close fitting designs. Materials that
can stand alone. the old-time standard
Of excellence. will once again be in
demand, and unless there is a more
concerted plan of action among all
women where taste in dress stands for
authority, there is really grave dan.
ger of paniers and even crinoline be-
ing seriously considered. This has
been threatened time and again, but
has always at the last moment failed
to materialize; SO 1t is to be hoped
this time again the fashion will be
killed before it becomes established.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
Force Of Habit.

In spite of the impediment in his
speech the fervent lover had nerved
himself up to the point of proposal.
''Mum-Mum- Maud. he began. II
mum-mum-may call you Mum-Mum-
Maud, may nun-nun-not?y
why, yes, if you wish to, Mr.. Chat
terton-Harry."
That's rah-rah-right. Call me Ha-
Ha-Harry."
"Ha-haH Harry"
Thank you, Mum Mum-Maud, there
is sus-sus-something very nun-nun-
near my heart that concerns yuh-yuh-
you. Can you gug-gug-guess what
it is?"
Why, no. Harry
Then I'll tut-tut-tell you. My dud-
dud-darling. l lullul-love you. Wuh-
wuh-will you bub-bub-bub-bub-be my
uh-wuh-wuh-wife?
"Oh, Harry! This is SO student"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
APPOINTED TO HAWAIIAN POST
George w. Woodruff Named for Dis.
trIct Judgeship by President, But
May Be Transferred.

Washington.-Georg W. Woodruff
has been named by President Taft to
be United States district Judge for
Hawaii. but some objection having
arisen the appointment is being re-
considered and may be withdrawn.
Mr.. Woodruff was noted football
player at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and his strenuousness in athlet-
les recommended him to President
Roosevelt SO greatly that he was ap-
pointed to a position in the bureau of
forestry, and later became assistant
attorney general for the interior de-
partment.
When the department of Justice was
reorganized President Taft appointed
some one to take Mr. Woodruffs
place. But MIR. Woodruff's friends
brought pressure to bear. and the
president named him to the judicial
position in Hawaii. The appointment
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08

james L. Arnold OF Covington, Mrs
James H. Mulligan of Lexington and
Mrs. John l. Woodbury. of Louis
Vile fought hard to. prevent its ac-
ceptancs.
The objections of these members
were based on a statement made to
the committee by Gen. Basil Duke of
Louisville. who contended that the fig
une of the man was wholly unlike
Gen. Morgan in life, as it made
him appear too weak chested and
more like consumptive, while as a
matter of fact, Gen. Morgan stood six
feet in his stockings, was a man of
large build. with broad shoulders and
massive chest.
Local and visiting horsemen who
spent much time at the studio during
the past few weeks, pronounced the
model of the horse the most perfect
they had ever seen. The Daughters
OF the Confederacy are now engaged
in raising $4,000 to pay for the work,
which is expected to be cast in bronge
and placed in position some time in
the coming Tall.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
Princess HIp Yoke.

The cuirass or princess hip yoke ef.
feet which has been conspicuous in
imported gowns since the first open
ings Of the season is being brought out
in many unexpected ways One Of the
newest is the entire princess gown with
the lower part of the bodice and the
hip portion Of the skirt covered with
embroidery, which makes them one in
line and treatment. In this way It is
possible to turn two-piece gown into
a princess. the simple process Of COW
ering the waist seam with embroidery
or braid being all that is needed. Some
of the trimmings Of this kind are put
on in Jacket or coat shape.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
PackIna wItb Earn.

1t has recently been discovered that
the leaves of the fern plant. which
grows almost anywhere, is an excel
lent preservative for packing articles
of food. fruit and even meat. It is
said that on the Isle of Man fresh
herrings are packed in ferns and ar
rive on the market in as fresh a con-
dition as when they were shipped. A
number of experiments have demon
strated that potatoes packed in ferns
keep many months longer than those
packed In straw. In fact, potatoes
packed In fern leaves are as fresh In
the 9pringtime as when they were
nrst dug In the fall.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
Upside Down.

Women. indeed, are clever, but the
one who saw hat-brim decoration in
her unbecoming lace veil was more
than ordinarily farseeing.
Now, the ornate and bordered veil
has We'd with the real lace fichu a
hundred times for place on the sum-
mer hat, but 1t has not done duty as
q face veil and hat trimming until
this unusually resourceful woman
turned the straight edge down and
then spread the bordered part over
the brim of her large leghorn hat
This brought delicately scattered
sprays and dots over her face in a
more becoming scantiness and gave
place on the hat for the full display
of the handsome pattern on the bor-
der.