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silk dress with the white lace collar, one
she had worn for ten years. All these
things she made into a bundle with the
intention Of burying them In the plowed
field.
While she was thus busylng herself,
and trembling In every limb (but praying
to her God, in whom she trusted, a
voice spoke to her suddenly from the
doorway. Mrs. Jones. fires comm.
Here, get ready quick an come with
me-"
Mrs Jones turned to see '.Plain Pete
standing at the door, his freckled face
serious, but brave. Come. don't waste
moment" he urged.
But where am l to go?' asked the
old woman. Have you a wagon here?
You see, my son John went to town
this
II know-I saw him drlvin over the
long HILL" interrupted Pete. dad has
gone to town, too, so we're without
bosses or wagon. I'll have to be both
for you, Mrs. Jones. Here-don't stop
to talk. Smell that smoke? Golly! We've
get no time to fool away! Come, git on my
back. I'll hold my arms behind me to
make a saddle. You'll set safe enough.
You're not bigger'n gal of H. You're
SO spare. Come-or we'll be too late.
Golly! l can smell the smoke aud see
cinders fyin'!"
For a few moments the old woman was
uncertain about trying to ride into safe
ty on Plain Pete's broad, strong back,
but fear Of the coming fire. and trusting
the strength of the big boy. she soon
complied with his orders and was on his
back, hanging about his neck with Der
trembling old arms. She did not weigh
more than 90 pounds. for as Pete had
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hair gently as she said: "Thank you,
dearie; thank you SO sincerely. Mother
knows Just how you feel in the matter.
and shall take the money and get the new
hat, for that will afford you much more
Joy than the candy could have done. But,
darling. neither you nor mother have
made a sacrifice. ! gave to you because
1t afforded me more pleasure to make you
happy at your party than to have the new
hat, and you, In turn, gave to me through
your deep love. You want mother to
enjoy the matinee, and mother wanted
you to enjoy your party. We have won
together, haven't we?'
& eyes, mamma, for you are to have the
hat and the matinee. and l am to have
the party. And as for the candy-well.
1t will be Just as nice to have tatfy, after
all. And 1t will be something new, too,
for none of the girls have had a taffy-
pulling yet
And the party did go off beautifully
and each little guest declared she had
never before enjoyed a party SO much.
for the taffy making and taffy-pulling
gave just the finishing touch" as they
declared, to the evening. And after the
guests had departed, Agnes. Flora and
the little mother sat talking 1t over. ooh.
wasn't 1t great funf'' asked Flora. And
just to ethink-the molasses cost only
twenty cents, and the candy in the boxes
would have cost two dollars and a quar-
ter. And the taffy was such fun in max
ing and pulling. and the box-candy could
only have made us a bit Ill eating 1t. for
1t was SO rich and heavy"
Yes, and there would have been no
jolly exercise on the back porch pulling
taffy had you INDUCED In the box candy"
said Agnes.
2 "And mamma, dear, would have had to
walt for her new hat" said Flora.
whereupon tears came into Mrs. Deans
eyes and she declared fervently that two
such girls as her daughters never lived
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looks cheap and old-fashioned. In vain I
have tried to make her see that 1t will
be awfully nice to have a taffy pulling.
She insists on having three one-pound
boxes of fine candy, like Stella May had
at her party last week"
Well. Flora, dear, If the success of
your party depends on your having the
fine candy from the confectioner's you
shall have it., promised the little mother.
And she went to her room and got her
purse. from which she took some money
and gave to Flora. "There is the amount,
dearies," she said. "And perhaps you'd
better run along and get 1t now. and
then everything will be supplied for the
party"
"Oh, thank you, mamma" exclaimed
Flora, jumping up and hugging her moth
er about her neck. "You are dear, gen.
erous mother. Yes, I'll run along and
get the candy at once. I'll be SO, happy
to know 1t Is on the shelf in the pantry,
all ready for my party" And Flora ran
off to get her hat and jacket.
The next morning all was hustle in the
Kitchen for Mrs. Dean agnes and Floras
mother) ssas anxious to have the party
pass off in a most happy manner. She
and the maid7of-all- work were busy pre-
| pairing a delicious salad, baking a fine
chocolate cake, making sandwiches and
preparing the lemon juice and sugar
syrup for nectar. And Flora was fitting
hither and thither, as happy as could be.
Agnes was also busily employed about the
rooms decorating the mantels and tables
with great clusters of lovely flowers
picked from their own garden. The party
was to be a small one. including only
nine little girls; but the preparations
were as carefully carried out as though
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her little foot impatiently on the
floor as she sat uncomfortably
perched on the arm of a big library chair.
"But, Sister," protested Agnes, Flora's
elder sister, don't you know that man.
ma hasn't the spare money just now to
give you for so much candy? There has
been such an outlay already on our spring
clothes. and mamma hasn't yet gotten
half the things she needs. And when we
talked over having the little party for
you on your birthday mamma said you
should have taffy-that you girls should
make it yourselves. And that would be
just heaps of fun, you know"
But Flora still pouted and looked dis
satisfied. mo- she declared, Il don't
want taffy pulling. 1t is old-fashioned
and cheap.,tI want three boxes of fine
candy, just like Stella May had at her
party last week. There were nine of us
girls and the three boxes supplied plenty
and some was left over shall have the
same crowd of girls, and I don't want
to give them plain molasses taffy. I'd
rather not have the party at all than to
have 1t cheap and common"
"But taffy isn't cheap or common" ex-
planned Agnes patiently.
Eyes 1t is" protested Flora.
Just at that moment the girls mother
entered the room. She caught the last
few words of her daughters conversation
and asked what 1t was about.
"Why, mamma" explained Agnes,
"Flora says she doesn't want taffy at her
party tomorrow night. She thinks 1t
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next months allowance comes In, for
Papas business expenses are very large.
this month, and l cannot ask him to In
crease my allowance"
Now, when Mrs. Dean confided this to
her elder daughter she did not know that
her younger daughter was just about to
enter the room, and that her words had
caused her to stop and listen. Then,
overhearing what the little mother said,
Flora ran to the pantry, reached to a
shelf and took down the three boxes of
fine candy-stll wrapped just as the
confectioner had wrapped them for her
and hurried uptown with them tucked un-
der her arm. She went to the confec-
toner's shop and asked the dealer II he
would refund the money on the candy,
explaining that she needed the money for
something very much more important
than bon-bons. The confectioner, know
ing Flora very well, did not ask single
question, but took the boxes of candy. re-
placed them on the shelf, and from the
money drawer took the amount they had
cost and handed it to Flora.
Mrs. Dean and Agnes were still In the
library, chatting when Flora came run
ming In. She went directly to her mother,
and fiinging her arms about her neck,
cried: you are the dearest and sweetest
mamma In the world, and have been
very selfish girl. But you shall not sac
rifce yourself for me any longer. Here
this Is the money you gave me to buy
candy with. I'd rather have taffy. after
all. And-now you can have your new hat,
and go with Mrs. Grey to the matinee"
IF took faU words of exclamation bp-
fore Mrs. Dean and Agnes quite under
stood what Flora was talking SO excitedly
about, and how she happened to have
the money In her hands, since they had
both seen the three boxes of candy on
the pantry shelf.
But soon everything was clear. and
Mrs Dean stroked her little daughters
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Plain Pete Becomes Hero Story Western Prairie Fire

said. she was spare" to cancellation.
''Now, is this to go along?" asked
Pete, grabbing up the bundle
''Oh, yes, If you don't mind" said the
old lady And she hung it over one arm.
Then off set Pete, not stopping to close
the door Of the shanty. ITS all the
same to the fire, whether the doors open
or not" he said philosophically. 1T
don't stop to knock anyway. An Mrs.
Jones, l reckon it's good-by to that ole
house forever. That fires coming pell-
nell down the valley, and this place is
In Its path; the winds helping 1t. too"
As Pete talked he ran across the prai-
RE, not going out Of his way to gain the
road. On and on he went, his strong
large feet as sure as those of a deer
And the sinewy arms held the trembling,
frail old form on his back. Otherwise
the poor old woman would have fallen of
The run between the farms of Ander-
son and Jones was one and a half miles.
and Pete had the advantage of the fire,
as he was going east, the direction the
fire was travelling. So he had that much
In his favor But twice he was obliged
to slacken his pace, for the burden on
oNn oe."e 'e's ne"'!' anu o"eo ue
,eaieu ne inhen. De unaoie 10 get through
Du' puiins aii MS young strength .ose'n-
er, and making a vow to reach his own
home In safety, with the dear old woman
on his phcA' nc inahaseo 70 gam the
dooryard just as the fire behind him was
on'e,ins Tue JONES shahty' eh'ins up 'ne
iu.ni.u'e anu cio.nins 'nere'n.
A lew hours AFTER the hre had passed
over and had died from want of more
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The Jamaica FREELY.
The Wildwood study,

~ HE Jamaica freely, a species OF in
sect over an inch in length, emits
~ very brilliant light, which comes from
the sides of the head and beneath the
thorax. The light is a fuctuating one and
not the steady glow of the glow worm.
A very remarkable fact is that this fluc-
tuating or pulsating light may continue
after the death of the insect. If 1t Is
supposed that the light of the living In
sect is due to oxygen supplied under its
control to the luminous matter, concln-
sion may be reached to the effect that
after death the oxygen of the air might
obtain access to it and produce like
effect 1t is difficult, however, to &C.
count for the pulsations in the light of
the dead freely.
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I" CLEVER boy who loved to be out of
doors, and who also loved to en-
y d loy much of his time in study and
miscellaneous reading. decided to build
for himself wildwood study" When
the hot days Of June should arrive, this
hoy knew that the house would he almost
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@OURpUZZLE
NCORNER
LETTER ENIGMA.

LETTER ENIGMA.
My frst is in mount. but not in ride;
My second Is in groom. but not in bride;
My third is in you. but not in me;
My fourth is in nature. but not in tree;
My ifth is In tune. but not in song;
My sixth is In narrow, but not in long
My seventh is In idle, but not In play;
My eighth IL In night. but not in day:
My whole forms thing
That is great and tall;
It's In every country.
And admired by all.
CHARADE.
My first is seat,
AS all people know;
You see 1t almost
Every place that you go;
Sometimes IL Is large,
Sometimes 1t Is small;
1t is made in all sizes
Tint it may suit all.
My seconds a creature
We all often see,
He's a friend to you,
He's a friend to me;
And he helps to make
This world a success
But I'll tell you no more
Or you'll surely guess.
My Two joined togetuer
Make an officer grand
And he calls you to order
With gavsl in hand;
He holds forth in public
All over the land.
ADDITIONS.
sFr
1. Add a breeze to girl and get a
machine used for lifting weights. 2. Add
a certain kind Of evergreen tree to rela-
tives and get small wooden vessel 3.
Add that which one pays when riding
on railroad train to ,place from which
drinking water is obtained and get an
adieu.
CONUNDRUMS.
why are house-builders like novelists?
Both construct stories.
When Is a wheel like a fly?
When II Is fUioheeI
What ships are more common on lane
than on water?
COurt-ShfDS
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Answers to Last Weeks PUSHES.
fruA PA Rafferd,I lRufter.d.A

CHARADE-Butterfv (Butter-fv).
LETTER PUZZLE = Walnut. l.. Want.
2. Nat. 3. Lac.
ZIGZAG PUZZLE - ChGrGde Cross
cords: /. Curl. 2. Ohio. 3. Flat. 4.
Fear g. Trap. 6. Idle. Z. Ears.
CUR1AILINGS-1. Sillv-siH 2. Cldmor-
clam. 3. Wrench-cren.
BEHEADINGS--1. Gl0re-lore. 2. Flute.
lutte. 3. Clash-l0sh.
ley's comet.
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Moving picture shows at present form
be most scught-after amusement In
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autocratic qualities of the Hohen-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06
CONVICT HANDS
STATE A LEMON,
GETS A PARDON
Life Termer Crafts Fruit to
Be Grown in the Cold
North.

st. Paul. Mimi. Jan. IA Christ
mas dinner given by Warden Wolfer at
TIE Minnesota state prison in SILVIA
ter. has started a pardon on foot for
"Sindbad the Sailor life prisoner, on
the basis Of his service to the state OF
Minnesota and general scientific knowl-
edge"
A party of the .warden'ss guests,
among whom was a member Of the
state pardon board, commented on an
immense fruit, resembling o lemon In
general characteristics, but weighing
three pounds and measuring 1879 inches
In circumference, resting on a dining
room sideboard.
Excited by the warden's story. the
guests pressed Mr.. Wolfer to bring for
ward the fruits creator. The prisoner
explained to h guests h result OF
his work.
"The fruit before you is a lemon he
said, which may be grown in Mime
sofa or any other portion of the world
where like conditions prevail. 1t is a
graft Of the tropical lemon and the
pompom, or grape fruit. The grape
fruits qualities have been gradually
changed. This Minnesota lemon is fitted
for all the uses of the tropical fruit,
1t can be made into pies and lemonade,
some of each of which will be served
tOday."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06
PUGILIST WANTS TO
FIGHT demon RUM"
Battling Nelson Hates Liquor
and Volunteers to Take Plat
form Against It.

Chicago, Jan. 4-"Demon rum in Chi
,ago is going to be knocked out" IL
Battling Nelson. lightweight champion,
can do it.
Il have made nearly $3.50. coo with my
hands since I have been in the fight
ing game, but neither of them has ever
lifted a glass of liquor to my lips, and
they never will
Ais Is what the champion told Will
liaEa A. Brubecker, county chairman of
the prohibition party, in a letter to the
dry leader, asking to be given d chance
to Ahght the booze" from the lecture plat
form. The Chicago anti-saloon campaign
will begin shortly after January /.
Nelson. who prides himself on being
the only living pugilist who does not
smoke, chew nor drink, declared that he
would be willing TO take the lecture plat
form with any others the prohibition
party might name. at is this way" he
said. the fellows that are hitting the
booze are not going to any temperance
meeting where they can be warned about
drinking, and ! think that il I spoke at
a gathering maybe they would come.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06

Paris, Jan. Earl Percy (Henry
Algernon George), of London, a mem
Der of h British parliament and for
merly British under secretary Of state
for foreign affairs, died here today from
acute pleurisy.
Death occurred at a second class no.
tel situated opposite the railway sta
ton, and the fact that the earl had
occupied these humble lodgings created
the impression that there was some
his illness. 1t is rumored he vas shot
In a due @ ltside of Paris a few days
ago. These stories are denied by the
attending physicians.
The hotel management says that Earl
! Percy arrived here last week in perfect
health, having engaged rooms in adj
vance. It was his custom, 1T was said.
to stop st this hotel whenever he Wis
tied the city.
Earl Percy was the eldest son and
heir Of the seventh duke Of Northum-
herland. He had represented South
Kensington in parliament since 1895. In
1929 he was under secretary of state
for India. and In the two succeeding
Years under foreign secretary. He was
born in 1871, and was unmarried. His
home was in London
Despite assurances of those who
should know the runlor persists today
that the earl received mortal wounds
in a duel with pistols. His challenger
is supposed to have been an English
mar in whose family the earl had been
| received as a friend.
The story continues hat the two
men became bitter enemies and left
England to settle their grievances
quietly on the outskirts of Paris. A
bullet, it is said. passed through the
earl's lungs.
Sir H. Austin Lee. counsellor of the
British embassy here, declared that the
| cf0f>x~ ~ n AI1tnJ x-nc =. 49, To-
v%ention. The physicians state that
death was Immediately due to heart
failure following an acute inflamma-
ton Of the lungs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06
WOMAN CONVICT
CLAIMS EUGENE
AS Her MOTHER
Nine. Humbert Throws Wanton
Aspersion Of Ex-Empress
Of the French.

Paris, Jan. 4-Therese Humbert.
la Grande Therese,'' who conjured up
the mythical Crawfords and defrauded
the public of several hundred millions,
had nothing to show to sustain the
fraud but a bit OF worthless paper
which she kept locked. In a safe. h
impudence Of the fraud passes all
bounds.
This famous woman is now about to
publish her memoirs" She served a,
term in priscn-flve years. This an
nouncement follows fast upon the
forthcoming publication of Nine.
Steinheil's memoirs. Thus two heroines
of two celebrated lawsuits are ready to
tell scme tales out OF school.
Therese Humbert promises some gen.
uine revelations. Among other things
she makes the wild promise to prove
by documentary evidence that h is
the daughter of the Empress Eugene,
She further makes the shameful decla-
ration that she a prove that Marshal
Bazaine, who betrayed France at Metz,
Is her long lost father. h adds, by
way of whetting the appetite of an ex-
pectant public, that she receives an an
nual pension from Eugene, paid her
regularly by M. Pietri, who Is the sec
rotary of the empress.
She goes further still and proclaims
herself sole heiress of Eugene. promis-
course it goes without saying the book,
If it is allowed to be published at all,
will not be given to the public until
after the death of the venerable en-
press. Eugene is SO. Perhaps we shall
not have long to wait.
But it is a little late in the day to
attack the blameless reputation of Eu-
genie, who, when Napoleon III. asked
how he could win her. replied: b
leading me to the altar, sire"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06
ELECTRIC CURRENT SENT
CLEAR AROUND WORLD

Washington, Jan. 4.-Precisely at
midnight an employee of the navy de-
partnnent pressed a button in the ma
from it a spark that encircled the
globe. 1t lasted only a comparatively
few seconds, which did not discommode
those who heard the news that a new
year had been born. New York got the
word. both starting from Washington,
and a few second after it a encir-
cled the globe.
For the last 10 days the telegraph
companies and the wireless stations
have been preparing to assist the
United States government in flashing
the New Years spark around the globe.
Instructions had been issued to all
agents. operators and others to quit
their wires five minutes before mid
night.
CT the navy department to standardize
time among the ships of the navy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06
COUSIN OF La TOILETTE
WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS

Spokane. Wash. Jan. Nv. L. La
Toilette. a wealthy rancher and or
chardist in the Palouse country, living
at Pullman, and cousin of United States
Senator Robert L. La Toilette of Wis
consin, probably will be a candidate at
the primaries next September as sue
cessor to Congressman Miles Poindex-
ter, of Spokane, who seeks Senator
Samuel H. Piles seat.
Mr.. La Toilette is a pioneer of Whit
man county, where he settled 30 years
ago with nothing but a lot of pluck
and youth, and he has since then ac-
cumulated a fortune estimated at $780,
900 by farming and o~rcharding. He
has been a member of the state legis-
lature of Washington. He is a leader
in republican politics in Whitman
county, an 'insurgent" by instinct and
has much of the lighting spirit of his
famous cousin.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-01-06
CEMETERY TRUST
BECOMES ODlOUS

Atkinson, kan, AIN. 4.-Lot Owners
In Oak Hill and Mount Vernon Gene
places are controlled by what is virru-
ally a trust, which has been exploiting
the dead for profit, contrary to the laws
governing cemetery associations in
Kansas.
At a meeting of h lot owners In
Mount Vernon cemetery steps will be
taken to reorganize that institution.
A board of directors will be elected,
which in turn will elect new officers.
These officers, unless the present ones
turn the property over to them, will
bring suit in the district court for
possession of the property.
Both cemeteries are owned by prac-
tically the same persons, and the lot
owners in Oak Hill assert that that
property is being neglected, while those
who own lots in Mount Vernon declare
that exorbitant prices are asked for lots
and that the charges for maintenance
are entirely too high.
The Mount. Vernon lot owners also
say that, despite the plain provisions
of the Kansas laws, which make ceme-
terry organizations mutual associations
not for profit. the stockholders have
been paying themselves dividends of
from Is to IS per cent out OF money,
which should have beer expended on
the Improvement and maintenance of
the property.
The stockholders Of Mount Vernon
cemetery are A. G. Otis, the Forbriger
estate, the Storch estate, Charles Craw-
ford and Matt Noll, the latter having
been secretary and. manager of the as
ISOLATION since 1902. Mr.. Noll says that
all he ever received from the associa-
ton was 10 per cent of the proceeds of
the sale of lots in the way Of compen-
sation for his work. and that he paid
half of it to an assistant. He says that
since 1906, the association has lost
$1,000. He says h only dividend paid
was 6 per cent last year as a remun-
GRAFTON for services. The last time any
of the stock was sold the price was
$1,5O0 a share, which Mr.. Non paid
under the impression that it had a RICH.
in the control of the property.