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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-04-22
JUDaM MI.
state Of Louisiana. Parish Of TeRssss
Tenth District Court.
MRS. ALICE NJ. STEEN
vs.. No. sssl
MRS. ALICE NJ. sTEEN
VIZ. J. sTEEN. Her HUSBAND.

This cause coming up regularly for
trial, after iasue Joined by answer Of the
defendant, by reason OF the law and thu
evidences being In favor Of the plaintiff
and against the defendant, It II Or
dered, adjudged and decreed that the
plaintiff, Alice Moore Steen, have and
recover Judgment against the defend
ant, william James Steen, deereeing
. separation Of property, an1 6issolUr
ton OF the community Of acquets and
gain heretofore existing between the
plaintiff and her said husband, and
that defendant pay all costs,
Read and signed In open Court this
18Th day Of March, 1910.
JNO. 8. BOATNER.
District Judge.
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I've lived hard life with hard peo-
pie. Since the Gay l shipped before
the mast in north Pacific sealer I
learned what cuff and blow was;
what rotten grub, the scurvy and all
them things meant. and knew that
the only thing between them things
and comfort, decency and the respect
Of folks was money. I started to get
money. and maybe l have been a lit
tie hard-iust little hard"
mo one would call you easy, cap
tain" agreed Smith.
Anyway. Mrs. Brooks" continued
Williams. "Joe keeps his job, and it
amt going to make bit of difference
between U.S."
mot the loast?" she asked. with
wonder.
"Certainly not" said Mrs. Harris.
"Joe." declared Beth languidly, twas
absurd. He quite bores me-"
Smith smiled at her and injected a
good deal of irony into his tone as he
said:
Eyes. you looked as if something
was wrong. Beth"
The captain approached Mrs. Brooks
with an attempt at gallantry that was
elephantine and grotesque and seized
her hand, which she suffered to re-
main Imply in his clasp.
'Wcll. Mrs. Brooks" he said. ''if
it's all squared you will come riding
with us, won't your"
mot tonight. You will excuse me-"
she replied.
"Certainly," he assured her. warmly
shaking her hand as though it were Il
pump handle. Good night"
Good night" she answered.
Then she advanced to receive the
parting kisses of her mother and sis.
ter, which were a good deal less cor
dial than those with which they had
greeted her OH their arrival Their
osculatory reserves seemed to have
been kept in cold storage during the
interval.
The fact that in the engrossing cere-
mony of leave taking with Mrs. Brooks
everybody forgot to be polite enough
to say good night to Smith did not
ruffle his equanimity in the least.
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you put on the best dress you've gos
and fix yourelf up the best you can.
and I'll take you to a show. and IT,
Jimsy wants to come he can come ~,
my guest. I'm still man. and lis
just as right should take care Of my
wife and let her have a little fun as It
Is for the Astors and Vanderbilts and
all OF them to spend money on their
families. I'm going to do it. and I
don't care whether I can afford it or
not. I can find a way all right. Hurry
up, Emmar'
Mrs. Brooks would much rather have
stayed at home. She was worn out
with the constant quarreling and ex-
citing happenings Of the evening. but
she did not want to be accused of con
trariness. So she said:
If you think we can really afford n
I'd like to 60. I haven't seen show
in nearly year. Do you think Id
better 60, JimsyY
"Why, surely, my GIRL" was Smiths
reply. There's no use Of sticking
around here all the time and getting
into more rows. Go ahead!'
"Then I'll hurry and get ready" she
said. Fastening to her room.
Brooks had seated himself and was
gazing before him with a determined
expression. his hands clasped between
his knees. Smith went to him and
rendered bill to him.
"Joe." he said kindly, you'd better
let me slip you the ten that will be
necessary to pay for this business.
You know Emma don't need to know.
and you amt got the coin to blow in"
Eyes, have" he asserted. pushing
the note from him. land I'll pay for it
myself"
"All right. Joe. But. take my tip.
when you 20 into the borrowing bush
ness you'd better borrow from the fel-
low who knows he's giving it to you
and amt in a hurry to get it back"
Look here. Jimsy" exclaimed
Brooks holly, jumping up. Don't You
butt into my business! It's none of
your affair! And. by the way. it
might be just as well to remind you
that Emma's my wife-my wife. you
hear? She married me, no one else
just mccullough I've been told she
had other chances at the time
Smith gazed at him without any
trace of offense. but with look CT
pain in his eyes.
''I'm sorry you said that, joe" he
answered in his slow. quiet voice.
eyes, l know Emma's your wife and
that she chose you after I asked her
to be mine. ard it is just because I
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HEN the door had closed
1V behind the visitors Mrs
Brooks and Smith sat
down and gazed at each
other in silence for some minutes.
"Well?" exclaimed Emma, intcrrog-
atively. at last.
well" he replied. "between you
and me, Joe came rs near getting
skinned alive rs any one ever saw"
ut was terrible!
ut was terribly true. You saved
him."
IL know"
'The captain must like YOU never
did think he could like anybody"
II hate him." she declared, with q
grimace of disgust. ugh. what q
beast"
Smith reflected.
"Mayhe. and maybe not" he unused
II can't just make him cut"
At this iuncturc the front door
opened ard Brooks entered
~ saw them drive off," he said, drop.
ping into a chair 81 hope they will
stay away in future That mother
and sister Of yours make me tired.
can't stand for them. and. what's more
won't! Tney'd drive saint to drink,
and I'm no saint and don't purpose to
be, either" .....
His wife began to reproach him for
his attack upon Captain Williams and
for his general i'll humOr during the
evening, but he cut her short sharply:
1--WE won't talk about that! Not a
word. you understand? Not from you
or any one else. That's finalv'
Every well: it's dropped" she said
and. angry ut last in turn. rose and
went to her room.
Indifferently he watched her 60, then
turned to Smith.
Got anything to smoke. Jimsy?" he
demanded.
NO." he replied. fumbling in his
pockets, las usual, I'm just out. but
I'll run around to the corner store and
get some cigars"
Left alone. Brooks began to give way
to the uneasiness and apprehension
that had followed upon his scene with
Captain Williams.
II wonder if Williams will fire me"
he muttered. IF he doesn't it's on ac-
count of Emma. He acted as if he'd
go long ways for Emma"
He was anxious TO know what had
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do know that that don't want you
to go wrong. and for just that same
reason I want you to understand that
If you ever get into a tight hole you
can gamble on me for help, and L.
amt always been a spendthrift
Good nightv'
you're not going, thenY inquired
Brooks as his friend moved toward
the hall, but there was nothing in tbs
tone of the query designed to enc0ur-
age the great hearted fellow to accom-
pany them.
mo; you two had better go togetA-
err" he replied as he passed out.
When he had gone Brooks drew
quickly from the inside pocket of bis
waistcoat the pocketbook containing
the collections in checks and bills that
he had not had time to turn In to the
company. extracted bill of $40 and
returned the wad to its hiding place.
Emma emerged from the bedroom
with her hat and jacket on.
"Why, where's Jimsy?" she asked
"He went home. He said he guessed
get up early. or something or other"
lied Brooks.
II wonder why he changed his mind
SO suddenly" she said.
1t was O'Clock when they found
themselves in the street. and Brooks
decided on u vaudeville show as being
the only possible place Of entertain
nent they could go to at that hour
1t had been so long since they had
permitted themselves the extravaganza
Of night out that Mrs. Brooks en-
joyed the change to the full. Watch
ing the actors and laughing at their
jokes and antics. she forgot for the
time her worries, and the painful i'm
preston of the early evening was COM
pletely dispelled. As the performance
progressed Brooks also underwent q
change Of mood. and by the time the
curtain fell he had softened to some
thing of his old self and was tender
and attentive.
(Cont'nu next week.
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up her pretty nose. Really, I should
die in one.''
well, Beth" remarked Smith, with
his quiet drawl. you never can tell
Maybe you will"
Beth made Il grimace
81 would, if l had to do my own
work, washing dishes-ugh!
Il don't see how Emma stands it,"
declared Mrs. Harris. IT'S just drudg-
>ry!".
well. mother, please remember it's
Emma who does stand it, after ALL" re-
torted that little woman patiently, $50
please. please. don't you mind"
II think it's a great little nook. Mrs
Brooks" opined Williams.
THANK you, captain" she said CRATE
fully.
"And fixed up nice and comfortable
Can't say as anything looks cheap"
THANK you again. Perhaps it isn't"
"You know. captain. you amt the
nnly one who's found out the secret
If making dollar produce 500 cents"
laid Smith. with his whimsical smile.
HAS he done that?" inquired Mrs
Harris. affecting surprise and admira-
ion.
''Flguratively speaking. I presume ?"
chimed in Beth primly.
II always thought 500 was figura-
lively speaking" said Smith.
Captain Williams had produced his
pipe, filed it and lighted it without
asking permission.
''Smith says I'm close. I'm not" he
declared. ITO me business is bust.
ness If I've got money nobody gave
it to me. earned what earned. ard
then ] made that earn more"
You sure amt given it no yaca-
tons, captain" commented his surer-
intendent dryly.
"And that's right" affirmed Mrs.
Harris with some heat. IL believe in
men getting money. Mr.. Harris was
one Of those soft hearted men who
never made the best Of his opportuni-
ties-always trying to be fair and
square with other men. and what
thanks did he get:"
Mother. please!' demonstrated EN-
ma.
ITS true" went on her parent. IF
he hadn't been that way. Emma. do
you suppose you'd be here doing your
own work?''
Mother. insist-you must not
Mother is perfectly right" inter-
rupted Beth. Emma. you don't de.
serve this kind of life.''
But have complainant" demanded
Mrs. Brooks desperately. "Why do
you say such things?"
Because I've got myself to think
Of" snapped her mother You're
wasting yourself-tied up to the house
all the time-and everybody-all my
friends know just how you're fixed
You're never invited anywhere any
more"
completely forgotten" said Beth.
Brooks. who had let himself in ST.
emily ard unobserved. stucd il the
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PA | D
Novelized From
Eugene Walters
Great Play -
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-Introduces Captain
Amos Williams, president of the Latin
American Steamship company, in very
bad humor over threatened strike of
ibis dock laborers. Joseph Brooks, UNI
derpaid accountant and collector for
Williams, expresses his sympathy for the
strikers and is ridiculed by his fellow
clerks. 1.-THE president sends for
James Smith, superintendent of the
campany's docks, and instructs him to
spare no expense in crushing the strik-
ers. Smith advises pacific measures, but
is overruled and prepares to obey orders.
III-Mrs. Emma Brooks, the handsome
young wife of the discontinued clerk,
tries to encourage him ON his return to
their bandbox apartment, but he is BIT
ter against his employer and also against
his wife's mother and sister, who dislike
him on account of his inability to gain
position. In his desperation he turns on
his wife and suggests that she must re-
greet her choice of him when she might
have had Smith, who had offered him
self. IV-Smith. who is the intimate
friend of the family, makes his appear
sance on the scene, and Brooks continues
his bitter arraignment of his employer
and violent protest against his own i'm
poverished condition. The discussion
becomes rather personal, and Brooks
takes his hat and leaves the premises.
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W " husband that she did not
understand her mother
any more thau her mother understand
her SIZE had expressed c-acty the
mC"trl i9i"ti~r in which t''sr stood
\ toward each other. Mrs. Harris was
INare Of those women occasionally to be
\ met with who continue to treat their
\ e,rowICp sons, and espe; tally their
\ G:oUnup daughters. rs children ard
| feel it incumbent upon them nay. con
seer il their boundcn Guty-to inter
| fore with advice and comment in the
ratura! progress Of domestic scpLis-
! tica.ion Of their young welded off,
\ spring. Moreover. she was Il woman
= holly lacking in tact and depth of
'ni:d and rcs:csscd to an exaggerated
Lcgree THAT ''qui ksamd of reason"
VANITY.
Mrs. Harris ard Mrs Beth Harris
were cut for 4 ride with Captain. vii.
HAMS. who accompanied them. and all
Ev'ere in automobile tenue. Her mother
Vrnd sister greeted Emma e:fiisiveiy
Their escort extended his hand. but
HRS. EroCks was tCo much occupic(
fer once in responding to her parents
embraces TO notice it, lie s.a,kc,l in
with rude familiarity without rcnov.
i.g his automobile cap. upon which he
had pushed up his GOGGLES ard found
himself face to face with Smith.
Hello! You Eere:" lie said by way
Icf greeting. greatly surprised to sec
his superintendent there on that above
AL rights
"Ya-as." replied Jimsy. "l'm here
||acain."
Ought to take berth here" crunt-
ed his employer. looking round for the
most comfortable chair and ilsta!lin.
himself in it. you're always around"
"Much as possible" admitted Smit
TRANQUILITY. remaining standing, GLOW
90 you find your new car?"
Coed enough. Cost SIS 600 ought to
be gcod-ought to be-"
Mrs. Harris and Beth hustled in,
throwing open their automobile coats
Ind disclosing very handsome gowns
hat contrasted strangely with Emma's
poor little cotton frock.
"Why, good evening, Jimsy!" cried
Mrs. Harris. where's Joe?"
"Gone out for walk, guess" he
answered. "Howdy. Beth?"
'Very well. thank you, Mr.. Smith,"
responded that young person some
what frigidly.
"Mr. Smith," he echoed, looking at
her curiously.
The girl raised her eyebrows and af-
ected surprise.
'Isn't that right?" she inquired.
'Yes-Smith is the name," he replied
1t amt that I've forgot it-no-only
remind you that the first one-Jim-
y-ain't been changed"
mo, dearie; Jimsy wouldn't know
What it meant to be mistered," OBJ
erved Mrs. Harris with an information
4 disdain.
"Mc NEITHER" put in Williams, 'but
mans got to get used to it,"
'Have you got used to it. captain?"
sked Emma.
Eyes and no. never had it given to
ne until l came east-always used to
% Cap'n Bill or something on that Or
er-but with eastern airs and a bit
prosperity your old ways have got
o change"
Mrs. Harris had been gazing about
Fer deprecatingly. She wanted to
now why they should stay in the din
lg room. Emma explained that they
ad succeeded in inducing the janitor
have the sitting room papered and
nat it was all upset.
''This amt bad" commented Captain
Villains. Its real coy, and you can
pc woman's had a hand in the ar
hngement'
but it's little bit Of stuffy four
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Typewriter ribbons, carbon paper
and typewriter paper for sale at
his office.
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CHAPTER Y.

~ \ broad minded Nre
Ss AySy HrGcks observed to her
" " husband that she did moi
NM hwy q nd hnr NM Lnr
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CHAPTER vi.

CHAPTER vi.
a HEN the door had closed
A~ behind the visitors Mrs
Brooks and Smith sat
down and razpd at each
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CHAPTER Xl.
The Name of Sullivan.

l had my arm done up temporarily
in Baltimore and took the next train
home. / was pretty far gone when
stumbled out of a cab almost into the
s~candalized arms of Mrs. Klopton. In
Is minutes I was in bed, with that
good woman piling on blankets and
~blistering me in unprotected places
with hot-water bottles. And in an
hour l had had a Whit of chloroform
and DR.. Williams had set the broken
bone.
l dropped asleep then, waking in
the late twilight to a realization that
| was at home again, without the pa
! pers that meant conviction for Andy
Bronson, with a charge Of murder
hanging over my head. and with some
thing more than an impression of the
girl my best friend was in love with,
a girl moreover who vas almost as
great an enigma as the crime itself.
"And I'm no hand at guessing rid
dies" l groaned half aloud. Mrs.
KloptoD came over promptly and put
a cold cloth on my forehead.
EuplGll1d, Sic Sdlu W oOhiC olC
outside the door, telephone the doc.
tor that he is still rambling, but that
he has switched from green ribbons
to riddles"
There's nothing the matter with
me, Mrs. K%lopton," I rebelled. 81 was
only thinking out loud. Confound that
cloth; it's trickling all w mel" ]
gave 1t a fling. and heard it land with
a soggy thud on the floor.
Thinking out loud is delirium,'
Mrs. Klopton said imperturbably. "A
fresh cloth, Euphemia."
This time she held it on with a firm
pressure that l was too weak to re-
sist. / expostulated feebly that l was
drowning, which she also laid to my
mental exaltation, and then / finally
dropped into a damp sleep. 1t was
probably midnight when / reused
again. I had been dreaming of the
wreck, and it was inexpressibly com
forting to feel the stability of my bed,
and to realize the equal stability of
Mrs. Klopton, who sat, fully attired,
by the night light reading Science
and Health.
Does that book say anything about
opening the windows IN a hot night?'
l suggested, when l had got my bear
ings.
She put it down Immediately and
came over to me. If there is one
time when Mrs. Klopton is chastened
and it is the only one-it is when
she reads Science and Health. Il
don't like to open the shutters, Mr..
~Lawrcnee,n she explained. -.:i1et since
the night you went away"
But, pressed further, she refused 20
explain. "The doctor said you were
not to be excited" she persisted.
Here's your beef tea"
mot a drop until you tell me-"
web there's nothing the matter gith
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the telephone that you had brought
home a grip and / hoped-wsll, Lord
knows we ought not to complain.
You're here, damaged, but here" He
lifted his glass. Happy days. old
mani"
IF you will give me that black bot
tie and teaspoon, I'll drink that in
%arnica, or whatever the stuff Is;
Rich-the notes were gone before the
wreck"
He wheeled and stared at me, the
bottle in his hand. Lost, strayed or
s~tolen?" he queried with forced light
ness.
Stolen, although ! believe the theft
was incidental to something else"
Mrs. Klopton came in at that. mo-
mert, with an egg-rog In her hand.
She glanced at the clock, and. with
nj addressing any one'in particular.
she intimated that it was time for self.
respecting folks to be at home In bed.
Mcknight, who could never resist Q
fling at her back, spoke to me In .
--~r,~~y
Cro BE CONilNUEDl
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Slightly Confused.

All of us become confused and all of
us mix our language sometimes, but
the preparation Of an old negro
preachers sermon was the greatest
confusion of metaphors l ever heard,
says a traveller. When the lengthy dis
course was nearing its close and he
had reached his "Twenty-third and
lastly. brethren" he wound up by the
following elaborate figure;
"Everywha, bredren, we see de Al
mighty-all down de ~untrodden paths
of time, we see de footprints Of de
Almighty hand-"-Human Life.
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mo FRIlLS"
Just Sensible Food Cured Him.

Sometimes a good, healthy CONNER
cial traveller suffers from poorly Sc
lected food and Is lucky If he learns
that Grape-Nuts food will put him
right.
A Cincinnati traveller says: About
q year ago my stomach got in a bad
way. l had a headache most OF the
time and suffered misery. For several
months l ran down until l lost about
10 pounds in weight and finally had to
give up a good position and go home.
Any food that l might use seemed to
nauseate me.
my wife, hardly knowing what to
DO, one day brought home a package
OF Grape-Nuts food and coaxed me 10
try 1t. / told her it was no use but
finally to humor her | tried a little,
and they just struck my taste. It
was the first food | had eaten in nea
ly a year that did not cause any suffer
ing.
We'll, to make a long story short, I
began to improve and stuck to Grape
Nuts. ! went up from 1875 pounds in
DSNSlibOA W LOT pOuluS Ino
October.
MY brain is clear, blood all
right and appetite too much for any
mans pocketbook. In fact, / am thor
oughly made over, and owe 1t all to
Grape-Nuts. / talk so much about what
Grape-Nuts will do that some Of the
men on the road have nicknamed me
'Grape-Nuts,' but | stand today q
healthy, rosy-cheeked mana pretty
good example. of what the right kind
Of food will do.
"You can publish this If you want to.
Il is a true statement without any
frills."
Read the little book. "The hoad to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
-pAs-AAHsasS-fEnm u~e~aa-xxae-- yhex.
SO geauine, trsSes -asf full Of huaaA
interest
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opportunlty Of suhraalst.

Baroness Aletta Korff tells In one
OF the magazines how the women Of
Finland came to vote. The fact is
that women had to show that they
could meet an emergency before the
vote came to them. They have not
had many opportunities to take the
initiative in the worlds history and
they have not always responded when
the opportunity came, but when a
crisis, such as that of 1904, when the
strike and the revolutionary outbreak
In Russia took place at the same time,
occurred, they proved they could
make peace by doing 1t. Not until
England and the United States find
the ONE helping them to bear some
great trouble will they give them the
right to vote.
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Yesterday the inhabitants Of Lewis
ham were provided with a specimen
Of that curious phenomenon known as
"globular lightning" 1t Is what Is
commonly called the fire ball." and
as it persists for several seconds 1t Is
obviously of a totally different charao-
ter from any other form of lightning.
1t is much less brilliant than ordinary
lightning, and it's brightness appears
to be that Of iron at the red hot"
stage.
1t is not, as some accounts might
lead n to infer, a solid missile, but
it IS always spherical and appears to
fall from a thunder cloud by it's own
gravity, sometimes rebounding after
striking the ground.-London Globe.
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There Is more Catarrh IN this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together. and until the last
few years was supposed 10 be incursble. For . great
many years doctors pronounced 10 n local disease and
prescribed local remedies. and by constantly falling
10 cure with local treatment, pronounced " fncurabla
Science has proven Catsrrh 70 be q constitutional dis
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Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by Y, j. Cheney
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Dor circulars and tssumoniak
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