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he was prepared to weather their laughter for would
be northumberland, besides the JOKE, would be
partly them, for could he not say fooled ye,
though every man jack OF ye!
But the strain of his duplicity upon him, and
Serbia grew so concerned about his silence his absrac-
ton that she wrote to John to come up and see what
the matter with his father. a
John came, and in answer to his questions Stephen
said: There's nothn' the matter with me- my son,
only amt got nothin' to do | miss the old place.
We'll, you are in snug quarters" John admitted, as
he looked about the little house It's all very nice,
mother, but it isn't bit like home"
Serbia was defiant did you s'pose I was gon'
to end my days in Wet Coolly, twelve miles from the
as he was But my stars Icouldn't stand the strain.
It's all right for you to talk you and go, but
l had to stay there Winter and Summer"
John generous enough to acknowledge that 1t was
a lonesome place for in Winter.
"Lonesome You might as we'll be buried"
81 s'pose you're, right mother It's all part Of
sorrowful exodus y" and leaving prescription for his
father he went back to the city, quite uninstructed in
the real cause of his fathers loss of health.
working was a grand house-warming on New Years
Day. and he wished to surprise John especially, for he
would certainly understand
1t was time of anxiety, but time of great
joy Each day the house took shape he rode by or
sat in the yard to feast upon it. From the porch in front
the little garden fence its roof it exactly like
the old house-the windows the same, the Chin
ney through the shingles at the point Some
times he went inside, but the litter there troubled him.
and, besides he wanted to wait until all COM
pleted in order that the impression might come to
him in fulneSs of power.
His notion ~ getting Jane and her husband in was
at first due t. H7 20 have some 70 put the
place to right, p.u ms rtession to Serillaa con-
fesson which became each day dificult-for as
the days slipped by and the house neared completion
he became absorbed the idea Of restcrHG the fur
nshing of the house as it was when Martha was alive,
an idea whcl to hi,u he sat with Amos and
his wife among their furnituGe Hc was surprised to
find a number of pieces of Martha's furniture which
he had gwen them after her DEATH and he asked Jane
to see if she could ind the armchair he had let her
sister have.
AS the day for warming the hearth drew Stephen
fairly trembed with joyous excitement. The builder
was paid up and gone the yard was slick whistle
and the big house stood cold and white and grand
under the bare branches of the ens The androne and
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don't care what it costs am worth thirty thousand
dollars and if it takes half of it want my home My
women folks will never go back to the Coolly with me,
and can't live there alone, you must bring the old
house-freplace and al-across the ridge and put 1t
up under the trees somewhere want 1t Just as 1t was
In this imagined conversation he was able to express
himself easily; he went to say, amt got but
little while to stay here and want to spend my days
in peace-I want to be comfortable in my hliHd-and
my mind amt easy in this little box; want roomy
room with shadows in the corners and hre to Watcn
when | don't want to read or talk want the old
And when his wife broke in on this magical revery he
looked up with eyes so scared and pleading that sne
wondered and sharply cried out What's the matter
Stephen? You look as if you'd a ghost"
There, mother-there! mebbe l have" he answered,
and turned away to hide the qulver OF his lips
One day he came in from his usual trip up town
vsbly excited and after he had taken off his coat and
hung up his hat he began:
wei, somebody has bought the Merrill place"
Serbia looked up from her sewing
Hiram said he heard that man from Tyre, con-
tractor had bought it and was going to build on specu
The Merrill place as it was called was the remnant
Of fine farm which had once been the pride Of old
Abner Merrill The house. standing among magnificent
elms, commanded ten acres OF and-all the rest had
decay and the yard was Uttered with rusty machinery
but it was beautiful site, and Stephen had long ad-
red it. lie never passed No %Gnt P plan claiming W@ %nat % ne
glad somebody is going to improve IL but wish you
had let me buy it"
To this Serbia made answer.
Stephen had been kind o dauncy" all through the
hot weather. but the work going forward on the Mer-
rl place seemed to interest him. He fell into the habit
of walking down there of a morning and Serbia
glad of it, though she took her fling at him and his
crones. .,
"Its wonder to me that you and Hiram and old
man Pitcher don't get tent and camp in the Mer
riiI yard Seems to if I that builder I'd order
you off the premises"
He considers our advice valuable mother"
"I11 bet he does" she scornfuly replied
A few days later old Hiram reported to the Com
mittee on the Universe that Mr. Hill, the builder, was
putting in big chimney and fireplace. He says all
the city people have 'en these days"
We'll. now, Steve" said Pitcher. you better go
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and homeless. Among all his fellows Stephen alone
began to perceive that seek comfort for the body
in new things left the mind filled with longing for old
thngs-lef it comfortless and unhoused
So, while outwardy he remained the same, nwardly
he was filed with recollectons which made him tremble
with their power He greeted his neghbors with smile
which grew each month little more absent minded
a little more wistful-and when he wrote to his son IN
Chicago he said: ." Our house is about big your
hat and it's nice and neat but can't have any Christ
mas this yearno place to set table for moren SIX
I'm trying hard to pass the time and as he wrote his
glasses grew misty with his tears.
But one day while he sitting alone by his Win
dow sunset when the buejays were in flight and the
self most heroic dream In imagination he said to
contractor, 81 want my old house across the hill
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is such suen sort o thing No, sir. You've got to
have the flames aleapin and acraclin I'll admit you
cold but just believe we'd all be healthier if we went
back to the drafy old repaces, 1t did keep the room
ventlatedthe bad air was all swept up the chimney
"Yes, long with the cat and the almanac and the
weekly newspaper" remarked Hiram. My stars but
the draft in our old chimney would draw nails out OF
oak panks We had to put stun on the Bible
q But we didn't have consumption in those days"
Eve had somethn' worse" piped Pitcher
"Whats that"
And then they all cacl1ed together, and the Com
mittee broke up
days later Has the owner of the Merrill place asked
Jane Kittredge to go into that house'
4 guess that's right, mother.
Serbia snorted "Well, that's fool thing to do
how come it? Did YOU advise it?"
well no-Mr. Hill was sort o nquirng round for
someone, and Amos was sick and Jane
"Well why not? Amos is my brother-in-aw-lve
a right to help himmand James good housekeeper;
you can't deny that" g.,
"adgewse" toward each other-partly because Amos
was Stephens first wifes brother and partly because
Jane herself was quite sharp-tongued as any one
Serbia had grazed her husbands larger secret, but
had not really touched and he went out to the barn
to think the situation over
The truth was that all this buying planning and
building were stanzas in poem OF Stephen lhurbers
his confederate, his blind. -
To the sympathetic young fellow he had gone (whlle
on visit Tyre) and to him had explained his needs
Now can't move the old house over from the Coolly
that's out of the question, but want you to go and
look it over and build another exactly like it Make
it just as it when went into it for the first time
so that when l sit down by the fire | can jest imagine
I'm home again" He paused there, for his voice failed
him.
This was his secret pain--a. sense of homelessne@ss @
All the subtle charm of his life, all the poetry OF the
past was associated with the home beyond the ridge
and the sense of loss grew in power of appeal day by
day as his palms softened with ideness and his cheeks
present and in consequence his face turned more and
more fully toward the lovet days of his youth The
thought of growing old ffty-foot lot in cramped
hgh-colored little house appalled, him; and so. after
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right down and give him little help-you beg' an ar-
thority on freplaces. We all hung our stockings IN
chimney corners back East but I'll be dinged if can
remember just how you put EN- in"
Its a funny thing to me-" said Hiram " In the
days when we all had frepaces we crazy for
stoves and now when we all pervded with furnaces
some people want hreplaces. You'd think family that
had nigh about froze TO death in front of hole IN the
wall would fight shy of 'em thereafter
But they have their good pints, said Stephen, eag-
erly "Recollec the mug o cider the hob, and the
chestnus in the ashes, and the apple parns and the
dances-I tell you there's nothin takes the place of
good old"
We'll you have hot cider and apple bees without
a hole in the wall you can sling yearlng through.
What's the matter with base-burner?"
Stephen was stubborn. Won't do. A base-burner
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RI HamI2n Sa,1and

weeks of burning desire and rresouon he had broken
ground.
No one suspected his connection with the building
his pan was too audacous too far removed from the
practical everyday life of Bluff Siding to be imagined
storm of shri astonishment and protest which would
encircle him when his secret should be disclosed
His hope and comfort lay in the belief that visit to
would subduc and win his wife. OF Cariss he had no
fear He also, coverty, depended upon the sympathy
and support of his Chicago Boy" as he called John
but Albert who was a hard-workng dentist in Tyre,
with large and annually increasing family (and who
was casting forward very definitely to- his share of the
estate )-Albert would look with disfavor on the ex-
pcndure of so much money in foolish fashion
As for Pitcher and old Hiram and the rest of the boys
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i TEPHEN THURBER had no notion of falling
in with a great sociologic movement when he
decided to sell his farm in Wet Coolly and move
into Bluff Siding; he merely yielded to the i'm
.f1. .Ln nl.nd
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Notice of Sale of Bonds of the
Independent School District
of Emmettsville.

Notice is hereby given that the
board Of trustees of the Independ-
ent School District OF Emmetts-
Vile, OF Canyon county, Idaho,
will, OH the 10Th day OF Septem-
Der, 1909. at their Office in the
Wardwell school building Emmett,
Idaho, at eight O'Clock p. m. Of
said day. sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, gold coin Of
The United States of America. the
following described negotiable
coupon bonds Of said school dis
trict, towit:-
Fifty(50) bonds Of the denomina-
ton Of FIVE hundred $500 dollars
each. to be known and designated
as School Improvement bonds, pay
able in twenty years C20J from
September 1st, 1909, or at any time
after ten years from said date,
at the option OF said school
district, in gold coin of the United
States OF America. Of the present
standard Of weight and fneness,
with interest thereon IN like gold
coin at rate not to exceed five per
centum per annum from date Of
bond until paid. interest payable
semi-aunually
No bid for the purchase OF said
bonds will be entertained unless
the same is for an amount equal to
the pa- value thereof, with &C
cumIated interest if any, at the
date of the sale, and is accompaai-
ed by certified check for FIVE per
centnm Of the amount bid therefor
as evidence OF good faith. Said
check 10 be made PAYABLE to the
IndeIendeut school district OF EN-
mettsville, without condition, and
such check to the successful bidder
to be forfeited as liquidatel dam
ages to said school district immedi-
ately upon failure to pay the re-
naming portion of the sum bid for
said bonds upon tender thereof.
Tine trustees reserve the night TO
reject any and all bids and 10 sell
said bonds at private sale if they
deem it best for the interests OF the
said district.
Bids NAV be directed to the clerk
of said district. at Emmett, Idaho,
and marked: SEALED bids for the
purchase Of school bonds .
Dated Emmett, Idaho, Aug 18th
1909.
Finley Monroe, President Board
of Trustees.
Attest:
V. T. Craig, Clerk.
(SeaIJ
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eriain Ct P.eturs PestaIs.

A few days ago it was mentioned
in a French newspaper that picture
postaI cards were originated by a
German. The French press has now
come forward in its characteristic
jealousy. of the French reputation for
invention. with the statement that a
French bookseller. Bernardesu, was
the inventor OF picture postals during
the Franco-German war.
fenardeau's cards were decorated
18th a picture OF the camp Of the
army of the Sarthe. and had the in
7crintion. Souvenir Of the National
Beneath were the words
Family. Honor, Fatherland. Liberty
The postals were sold mostly TO the
from Brittany, who through
them kept their family and friends in
formed as to their wherea bouts.
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AsPsRsIoN ON THE SECRETARY.
Serious Auditor Misinterpreted the vi
Vacfty of Bona9arte-

Charles J. Bonaparte. attorney. gen
aral Of the United States, was presid-
ing AT a meeting Of the civic reform
league in New York, Nay. 1905. where
4 sequence Of long. dull papers were
presented. Between papers Mr.. Bona
parte would arouse the faded interest
Of the audience with humorous refer
ences and jokes. Each was pu1ctuzt-
ed with a vivacity Of manner that in
Heated his French ancestry.
But-and here hangs the story
here was one in the audience TO whom
Mr.. Bonaparte's name and work were
unknown. who contemplated these
mannerisms with growing disapprov-
al He was a serious minded, be-s3ee-
5acIed man, tall and spare, with a
szgrant wisp of gray hair rising from
a much rubbed and wrinkled forehead.
and who seemed deeply Interested N
the overly dull papers until Mr.. Bona
parte began 10 enliven the dizziness
when his whole attention was directed
to the distinguished cabinet officer. He
glanced at his program and then back
to Mr.. Bonaparte. and finally turning
TO his nefghbcr. asked: Who is the
presiding ofbcsr"
"Aht Bonaparte. said he reflective
" upon being informed, and, after fur
Their grave contemplation, addressed
his neighbor thus:
rs that his usual manner or has he
been having too much dinner? Los
Angeles Times
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Notice for Publication

Department OF the Interior
L. : Land Office at Boise Idaho.
July - 1863
notice Is hereby given that the S0rtaern Pa
ciEc hallway Company whose po>to11ce ad-
dress = 1t. Paul Minnesota has this a'Jd cav
o. July 1863, Sled IN This once its ap-
plicatiOu TO select under the provisions OF the
Acr 81 Congress, approved july l. lsgS 80
stat 81. 6-Gi lot T. sec. :, To : a. p ". a.
Any and ali persons claiming adversely the
lands describs ii, or desiring to object berause
OF the mineral character OF rhs land or FOR any
other reason, 10 the disposal 10 the applicant.
should ale their a1idavits Of protest ia this Of
ice. on or before the 10Th day OF October sig
Nm BALDsB>EGN- ReElster.
z. Z. Garrett, agent for applicant
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ST. LOUIS NEW FIRST SAcKER
Manager moAleer Has a Promising
Youngster In Paterson.

The st. Louis Americans have new
first baseman. Paterson, who was
with the Pueblo club of the Western
league last season, is now full tledg-
ed Brownie. He was procured by Nc
Aleer last fall. and it was supposed he
would be taken ON the spring training
trip for trial, but for some reason he
was left out. and McAleer announced
he had been allowed to go back to
Pueblo.
He is big. raugy fellow and hard
hitter. He played first base for ru-
eblo last year, bur it is said he can
work equally wei at second. MeAleer
will give him a thorough tryout during
the long home series that win follow
the present trip. but of course there is
little chance that he viii beat Jones and
Williams cut of their jobs. Paterson
hatted second in the Western league
last year, .522 for 1l5 games.
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Nervous
Collapse

"I have travelled for thirty
Years continually. Host a great
deal of sleep, which together
with constant worry left me in
such nervous state that finally,
after having two collapses of
nervous prostration, / was
obliged to give up travelling al
together. / doctored continually
but with no relief. DIR. Miles
Nervine came to my rescue-I
cannot describe the suffering
which this Nervine saved me.
Whenever | am particularly
nervous few doses relieve me-"
A. G. c. LIBBY, Wells, Me.
There are many nervous
wrecks. There is nervous pros
tration of the stomach, of the
bowels, and other organs. The
brain, the kidneys, the liver, the
nerve centers are all exhausted.
There is but one thing to do
build up the nervous system by
the use of DR.. Miles Restora-
tive Nervine. It's strength
ening influence upon the nerv-
Gus system restores normal
action to the organs, and when
they all work in harmony, health
is assured. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all ac-
cording to directions, and if it
does not benefit he will return
your money.
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Notice for Publication
Department o. the Interior.

department 81 the Inferior
O > L2ad Once al Boise. Idaho
June - 1853
Notice Is hereby given thai joel Potter.
Of Ola Idaho who on kugasI I7tn 1904
made homestead entry No 75o3- serial No
y52le Tor va ne4s sstf ne54, ne54 se14 sec. q,
~ 10 Z. K Z, . " has HE'D notice Of IN
tentlon 70 Make maj year proof, 10 establish
claim 10 the land above described, before the
Register ana Receiver. At Eoise. IGzho on the
18th day OF August 1879
Claimant nal1rs Witnesses
Id I hOrntoa. Of star Idaho, Joseph Couzeus.
Thomas Glenn, Charles F. Hitter. al OF GA,
IoalO-
WA- EALDERsToS, Register.
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Notice for Publication.

Department OF the Interior
Land Office At Boise. Idaho,
July -. 1893
Notice j. hereby given that WhO5r 4 Crouch,
assignee q Isaac Bay. assignee q FiGsIIo
l5raJ Of Emmett Idaho VINO, OF March BID.
1870. made Desert ntry NO Isl. serial No.
uIt1li for Va seq s~ctlo1 p township y,
range " fOise Meridian, mas flied notice Of
inIeation % make NAL proof u establish claim
70 The iana aoOge described before me hegisler
and Receiver, at Boise idano, on he I7tn gay
Of september. 1868
Claimant nanle- as witnesses.
Harry WORKMAN, q. v. Crouch Ambrose
SherteL, W Il shane, all Of Emmett lasao
WIN BALDERsTOs, keg1sJsr
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Serial 10. O6s44
Notice for Publication.
yepartneuE d n Interior

l. =. Land Once. al roise. Idaho
August 2, 1913.
Notice i hereby given that the northern Pa
enc Rzilzvzy Company Ehose post Office address
= - Paul, Minnesota has this md day OF 4 T.
gust. Ist%, nlsd IA thus ONCE lis application 20
select under the provisions OF the Acrof Con-
gres~f approved July l. ISIS so stat So, 620i.
Ne5< u-sls, sec :, Up : n, RE B NJ ~
surveyed
any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring 70 object because Of
The mineral character OF En= land or for any
other reason 10 the disposal 10 applicant should
III tuelr al daFits Of protest IN TINS Office on OF
before TIE 18th dag Of September, go
wv. BALDEHSToS- Register.
Z z Garrett, agent fJT applicant
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Apple lion For Grazing Premits

NOTICE is hereby given that all applications
for permits to craze cattle, horses, and sheep
VI hin The PANETFE SATIOSAL FOREST
during season Of 1910. must D@ alrd IN Lny ONCE
AZ Emmett Idaho, " september !, 1873. Full
Information Ia reasarl 70 toe grazing fees 70 5e
charged AID blank forms 20 o. Used 10 making
applications viii BE- furnished upon request.
GUY ~ MAINS Supervisor .
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Notice for PubIfcatfon
Q. ). Land once a. Boise,

Z b Land ONCE at Boise, Idaho
August g. 1863
Notice j. hereby given that Edward "a las, Of
sweet, Idaho who on March q, 1894. made
homestead entry No ~, serial No o5oS3, for
el3 ne14. sT54 nel4. nwi4 se1.- section q. FOWL
ship : n range Z, Boise Meridian, has Fled
notieeof Intention 70 make huzl dye year proof
70 establish claim TO the Land ABOVE described
before the Register and Receiver, at Boise
Idaho, on the 18th day Of september, 1903
Claimant smes a. Witnesses
John II. Clark benjamin e Shepard, Charles
c D4rrah- Jesse EekruaI all OF sweet, Idzbo
WILLIAM BALDERsTOS Register
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Notice for Publication.
Department OF the Interior.
L : LarE Elril... ~ Rrl.a I.

Z. :. Land ONCE at Boise, Idaho
August > 1909
Notice Is hereby given that James H Knee,
OF Emmett, Idaho. VINO. on November I9, 1905
EaSde Homestead Entry No = Serial,
No 0ie22- Tor pwi4 sell ns44 Swt4 SCI nvI.
swla ue-s. see. B township n. rlnge W
Boise Meridian. has fled notice or intention 10
make tnal tFe year proof TO establish claim
70 the lard above describ d. before the Regfsr =
and Receiver, at BOISE, Idaho, on the 5th Cay OF
October. 1919
Claimant names as witnesses.
r.. L stray OF Boise. Lu8nO. A W CARPENTER.
Wm 6aulisJsr, VIM Tailegar. Of Emmett.
Idaho
WN. BALDERsEoS. Register.
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Notice for Publication.
Department 81 the Interior
limited STALL md Ct-.7.

:
United states Land Once at
Boise, Idaho. April q 1909
Noti@e Is hereby -lyeH that =Eisnlin z
Shepard, Of sweet Idaho, VINO Oh May 8 1904
made Homestead knt-y No. 75I7 serial No
J5I2ui for nW14. section q, Township " range
~, Boise Meridian. has 1led notfce Of intention
% make nnal nve year proof, 70 establish claim
70 the land above described. before Register and
Receiver, at Boise Idaho, OF the 6Lh day OF JaIy
1853
Claimant names as Witnesses:
Martin z FI-IG, kOcerI Clark, Charles viii
lisms4 Of sweet, Idaho Herbert Aldridge OF
Wm. BalGerston- Register.
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Notice for Publication
CFinaI Proof

4 maj 4UOlf
L Perry NJ. Spratt. assignee Of
Frank ". Hunt. OF Emmett. Ida
no. who made entry No. %. under
the provisions Of an act of the leg
lslature of the State of Idaho. COM
monty known as the Carey Act,
approved March 2. 1883, which EN-
braces lots 3 and and exc of sw
of section 81. of township IN, of
range l west Boise Meridian. do
hereby give notice Of nv intention
TO make FINAL proof to establish my
claim to the laud above described.
and that expect TO prove that I
have resided on. reclaimed and cuI-
tivated said land as required bv law,
before representative of state land
board of Idaho at Emmett, Idaho,
on 4th of September. 1909, By two
of the following witnesses.
William Z. Bell. Tohr Pr-Ge-,
John T. Booher, Frank E.Graham,
all of Emmett, Idaho
Perry NJ. Spratt. Eutryman.
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a
well laid
together especially
hail.
this
chimney still dea
floor trimmed
building trimmed soft wood and finished natural
Third
cellar which is hoored
s2200. Size p by with ten foot perch
LAGAN, Architect,