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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-30

She burst into a fit of laughter that was horrible
to hear, and saw that she had reached the limit
of her endurance.
l put my arms around her and assured her as
much as | could that not even ten faithless men should
make us forget the good old men we had known,
and presently she was weeping with her proud head
humbled like that OF a little child, and lying on my
breast to be comforted.
| pressed her to me, and babe her remember her
own father and his greatness Of character. And
then reminded her of her grandfather, who had
pioneered across the plains in the good old days OF
40 and how he had wrought in those early days
to help in the building of the state of California.
began to tell her of what l had seen with my own
eyes, of the prowess of the men in those bygone
times.
TOLD her of my father who had been a great
! crony OF her grandfather's. l described to her the
gulch where l had lived in childhood, and how it had
been the bed of a river, till my father had come that
way and had converted it into a road-bed instead.
upon which great mule and ox-teams could pass.
bearing material for the building of quartZmills.
And then 1 told her how the SHOWS on the Sierra
peaks would melt suddenly. and tearing new chan
nels down the mountain-sides would savagely wrest
away the road he had constructed, and turn it into
a raging river, full of %boulders, and wipe out any
semblance of a passage-way between those great
shoulders of earth.
| assured her that when my brother and l used
to go forth, hand-in-hand, and gaze on the awful ruin,
where were chasms as big as a house, dug out by
the devastating flood, and heaped up masses Of rock
where before had been none. we used to be fright
ened to think OF living where such a mighty force
could burst out at any spring time. and wonder
where my father would move to, now that every
thing had come to an end.
But" l said. my father was greater than the
mighty force of Nature. He would lead his men out.
Just as ii he were going to fight a terrific battle;
and he would drive that river before him, like a boy
drives a COW to pasture. He would command it to
lie in the new bed he had made for it, and cut out
a new road from the opposite side OF the mountains.
just as if he had been a god at work. l saw it with
my own eyes"
Yes. go ont" She was listening with all her soul
in her eyes.
And think. Rosamonde," l continued, glad to
change her thoughts, "think of the superb prowess
of those beings who have cut through and broken
the back of old Winter, up at the summit OF the
mighty Sierra mountains, where the SHOWS are fiji
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where it used to take six months to reach the Pa
cifc. And don't you want to go back with me, next
week, to California, and stay there with me for a
while? You are like one pining in captivity, here
you know you belong there, you know that is your
land, your home. No wonder you are dying OF long
ing for it,"
The tension was relaxed. She smiled with her old
time infantile expression of grace, and tried to
shake the diamonds from her lashes.
oh, yes, it would be delightful anywhere out
there! Like going to heaven!" she exclaimed just
to smell the salt of old v.cifc, out at Seal Rocks
again! o. to go to the top OF glorious old Tamal-
pals! Dc you know 1 walked up once before there
was a railway? Or to live in the country and see
the brown velvet hillsides. You know 1 love it when
it is like that. And then, when the rains come i'll
December, and the green velvet and the budding
things are everywhere. And then the poppies come
the dear yellow poppies!" The happy tears fell
down her cheeks unreStrained.
1t was at this moment that her husband returned.
for a drizzle had put an end to his ride. He seemed
surprised to see his wife showing such emotion over
the memories of her childhood, and laughed at the
idea of such a thing. When | suggested taking her
home with me, he assented at once. When l urged
him to take a vacation from mis- business cares and
go with us, he shrugged his shoulders and smiled. 1
could begin to understand the implacable will that
lay beneath all that pleasantness of manner.
Why do you not move to California and settle
there?" l demanded; 'f only for Rosamonde's sake?
You have fortune enough to last the rest of your
life, if only you would be prudent. You could have
a delightful home out there"
Rosamonde was gazing at him fxedly with all her
soul in her eyes. But he broke the spell by holding
up his hand in protest, Cfrom which the diamonds
IdSHeu DIS II III mocheiyJ, III saying III IHdI as
sured way of his from which there was no appeal.
None OF that for mine! Why there are no roads
out there, and life would not be worth living if 1
could not speed my way about and know everyone
as l do here. But let Rosy go-she'l soon be want
ing to come back again. There is no place in the
world like good old New York" And that was his
ultimatum.
WIE were preparing for our overland journey, Ros-
W amonde and l. But l found her in such a state
of panic, the day before we were to leave, that l
doubted if she were strong enough to attempt it.
HE is acting very strangely" she said.
His manner means only this:
Il don't believe he wants me to come
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battling. Despite the clrnging folds OF her orange
satin gown, the jewels that flashed about her throat,
and the splendor of her piled-up rav%en's-wing hair,
there was still that infantile look about her, that
l had known when she was a child going to school
in San Francisco. She was a New Yorker, now, liv-
ing in lavish luxury, and l, as usual, was a wander
er upon the face OF the earth.
Her husband came running back for something he
had forgotten. He was a handsome fellow. as fair
as she was dark, cleanshaven, with a mop of curl
ing hair, and with a manner, confident and assur-
ing. Again he kissed her thrice. in farewell, and
went off. with a wave OF his hand to me, that emit
ted a glorious flash of diamond light. AS the whir-
ring sound of the automobile filled the air, outside,
and then diminished in the distance, 1 could feel the
space about us hurtling with invisible arrows of re-
sentiment, and see the flash of fire in Rosamondes
eyes.
Life has treated you very well,' l ventured.
Life is nothing but a Greek tragedy she re-
turned, with suppressed passion.
My dear child" | exclaimed, you are morbid;
you need a change. 1t is only because you are so
young, and you find it so hard to give up your H.
lusions, that you speak so! But you know ws
women all have to pass through that stage OF feel
ing. The day will come, however, when you will
learn to laugh over the things that now make you
weep"
II doubt it," she returned. mot as long as there
are men on the earth. l hate them all. They were
simply put into this world to make us suffer. All
the women l meet here have the same story to tell
II am not the only one"
But you have no cause; he Kissed you three
times" l protested.
"Oh, that's just a habit-just as he puts on his
hat before he goes QUIT doesn't mean anything.
ION, Rosy, don't talk ike that! You are not Wen.
mo, and l don't think l ever shall be, again. There
is nothing to live for" she said with a sigh. How
ard no longer cares for me-not half as much as he
does for his automobile
1t was the American tragedy that she typifed-
love flying out of the door as wealth came in at the
window. Bit by bit l CLEANED the tale of Howard
vivid climb up the modern beanstalk OF Fortune, via
Wall street. He was so engrossed in his daily eX-
elements of business and speeding, that he had be-
come a changed man. She felt she did not know
him, that he was as far away from her as ii he We're
dwelling in another world.
81 keep thinking of the poor queen in the story,
she said, mournfully; you remember Damayanti,
whose husband was a king OF the early Hindoos. and
how he fell under a spell, and while suffering from
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his madness gambled away every
thing he had? | remember that
his throne was lost to him. his
Jewels, his very clothes and hers,
till they had but II garment be-
tween them, and finally, even
that was ventured on the throw
of the dice and lost, and in
shame he "a away and deserted
her. | often think OF her-that
Door who acted just as
we would do. How she followed
and sought him, all in vain for
wears, till she learned at last that
he was among the gods, dis
guised as IL of them, and serv-
ing as a c%harioteer; and how II
went to him and broke the spell
that held him and got him back
once more. Little did | think
when used to read that story
that | should know how she felt.
myself. But Damayanti was more
fortunate than there is no
breaking the spell OF an autOmO-
bile"
Out | began.
Yes, l know" she said, re-
sentfully, I'VE have everything
that heart could wish" Then
she arose and paced the room
like a panther in a cage. Don't
you see that it is true, what l
say? Don't you agree with me
i'm your heart? Isn't life a Greek
tragedy? And aren't the men all
devils?" she asked, pausing a
second.
..Rosamonde, don't be SO weird
/ protested, "of course not! Life
is a very pretty and interesting
little game. AS for the men
we'll. | have known some OF them
who were more like gods in dis
guise than devils"
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r LOOKED at Rosamonde.
There was something in
the expression of her
stael.hlack ewes that WAS
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teen feet deep, and how they
have thrown the way open TO
two rails and a magic engine
to carry one over in five days
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
DEATH OF CHAs. II. McCOLLUM.

Charles Henry McCollum OF Lawrence,
who was taken i'll at Kalamazoo about
five weeks ago, died at his home last
Sunday, aged "a years and 3 months.
Typhoid fever was the cause OF his
death.
Mr.. McCollum was born in Batavia, n
T., March 81, 1886, aud has been resi-
dent of Van Buren, county for the past
60 years. He has been married three
times, having been married 10 his pres
ept wife October 81, 1906. or the first
union there were born three children,
two OF whom survive him. No eulogy is
peeded for the deceased. as the life he
has lived speaks for itself lie will be
missed by large circle of friends and
neighbors.
He leaves a widow, Two daughters, an
aged mother, three sisters and three
brothers to mourn his death Mrs. h.
G.. Drown of this place is a sister. His
mother, who is "a years old, also resides
here. A brother, Adelbert, OF Elnira,
n. Y, was present at the funeral
The funeral was held from his late
home 10 Gliddenburg on Tuesday, Rev.
l. p. Bates officiating. Burial was at
the Wildey cemetery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
A fine Recipe for Cream Sponge Cake

Beat the yolks of four eggs until thick
and lemon colored, using a Dover egg
beaten. Add gradually, while beating
constantly, one cupful of sugar; then
add three tablespconfuls of cold water
and one teaspoonfll Of lemon extract.
Put one and one-hslf tablespoonful OF
corn starch in a cup and ill cup with
pastry -four. Mix and sift corn starch
and -four with one and one.half tea
epoonfuls Of baking powder and one
fourth OF tablespoonful OF salt. Add to
first mixture; then cut and fold 10 the
whites Of four eggs beaten until stiff.
Turn into two buttered and Toured
seven-inch-square tins and bake in
moderate oven twenty minutes, or bake
in buttered and Toured gem pans.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar before
putting into the oven, IL q crust is de-
sired.
This mixture is delicious baked In
Washington pie tins and put together
with whipped cream sweetened and
favored with vanilla.-From Womsn's
Home Companion for September.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
MRS. DIES YoIGNs VERY ILL.

Word comes to Paw Paw friends that
Mrs. l.. Burget Des Voignes is very i'll
for several weeks, and last Thursday the
trouble developed into Gastric Entritis.
A trained nurse is caring for her, and
everything possible is being done for her
comfort. Her many Paw Paw friends
are hoping for speedy recovery to
health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
INTERESTED IN FLORIDA.

G. G. Young and SOD, G. l.. Young,
have each purchased Florida lands of
the general agent, L. E. Shepard Of this
place. Mr.. Shepard has some attrac-
tive propositions to make in the Florida
country and many are becoming inter
ested. An adv on page 6 of this issue
is of special interest.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
PUSHING FLORIDA LANDS.

L. E. Shepard made business trip to
Port Huron, Flint, Owosso, Durand,
Battle Creek and Detroit last week, in
the interest Of his Florida lands. He
has appointed agents for the company in
each OF the above mentioned places.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-08-26
HAS AuSP|C|OUS OPENING
Continued from page l.


Tuesday afternoon, Hon. Walter M
Chanler OF New York held the splendid
audience speloound with his eloquence
and splendid diction. His lecture on 1.-The
Trial Of Jesus from Lawyers Stand
point" was a masterpiece. Mr.. ChaDler
is one of the best attractions on any
chautauqua platform. Tuesday even
ing, Lucian Edgar Follansbee addressed
a large crowd on "Genius and Gump-
ton. The applause with which his re-
marks were greeted showed that his eff
forts were appreciated. de spoke of the
"gumption" which had transformed the
tangled ruins of the chautauqua tent of
the morning to perfect order in the aft
ernoon. he also paid a nice compliment
to little boy by the name of Fish,
who had been courteous TO him in the
morning.
Wednesday, the Midland Jubilee Sing.
ers were the musical attraction, and the
applause and repeated encores proved
them to be prime favorites. DR.. Homer
c. Stuntz held sway in the afternoon
and Everett Kemp in the evening Both
entertainments were thoroughly appre-
cated and enjoyed by the crowd which
greeted them.
Mr.. Kemp is az entertainer of the
highest class. His Interpretation Of
" Seven Oaks I" that splendid literary
production of j. @. Holland. was simply
grand. Mr.. Kemp is a leader among
chautauqua attractions, and it is to be
hoped that he may be on next years
program in Paw Paw.
On account of going to press early this
week we will not attempt to comment on
Thursdays program, but will give it due
attention in our next weeks issue
The program for to-day Friday and
the balance of the week is as follows.
Some of the best thirgs are yet to come,
and the tent should be crowded at every
program:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

Madame Liza Lehman AMI quartet viii
be presented at the Brandeis theater on
December as the second event in the
d. H. NJ. concert series.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
TIPS ON DocToRING TREES
Simple and safe Directions for Treat
ing Cavities While They
Are Small.

The city forester OF Chicago gives these
directions on the care Of trees; Many Of
the so-called tree doctors, as well as the
people who employ them, have become 50
elated over the idea of tree surgery that
they find some cause for treating almost
every and any tree, regardless Of its
necessities or the results Of such treatment
or whether It is worth while to spend
either time Of money upon them.
A word OF caution is therefore not out
Of place. If you feel that your trees need
attention, look into the matter OF tree
doctoring so that you may know something
about IL, and then call a responsible man
with a good reputation to do your work
Where the tree has been neglected and
cavities have formed In the trunk Of
the tree something should be done to
stop the increase OF the opening, for, after
Il has become so large as to encircle the
greater portion OF the tree. or where the
entire center has been destroyed, It is
not worth the time and money II takes to
properly treat these trees. In cases where
the trees can stiIl be treated the cavity
should be scraped and cleaned of all the
dead wood. then give the cavity tho
rough washing or spraying with solution
OF copper suiphate This solution. applied
to all parts OF the cavity, will kill all
the remaining rot spores. Now the cavity
is ready to be filled with a cement mixture
using one part cement to three parts Of
clean. sharp sand. This Is packed into the
cavity, filling it 10 one inch OF the finished
surface. and then apply covering OF one
part sand. This Is put on so as to bring
the filling to q smooth surface, making IL
conform to the contour OF the tree trunk.
coating Of coal tar may be applied To
diseoloF the cement and aid in making the
filling water tight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

As4t4el as ~ ~ 80 ~ 20 TCg 2,l17
last season, when 1t enjoyed a very sue
cessful forty weeks tour, will be the at
traction at the Krug theater starting Sun
day matinee. with the usual matinee on
Wednesday. The cast is headed by Estha
Williams and includes Edwin Walter and
many others equally we'll known and we'll
liked for their dramatic worth. The pro-
duction is a most elaborate one and is
complete in every detail
Lovers of Meredith Nicholsons novels
are waiting the dramatization of '"The
Port Of Missing Men," which Is to be pre-
scented this season by Messrs. Rowland
and GasIIill. with Hugo B. Koch in the
part of the hero, John Armitage. The play
that has been made from the Nicholson
novel is in four acts, by Edward e. Rose.
Messrs Rowland and Gaskill have given
"The Port of Missing Men" a most charm
ing scenic equipment. each set being
painted from photographs taken in the
exact spots where the action is laid, Mr..
Koch will appear IN THE Port of Missing
Men" at the Krug theater for a three days
engagement, beginning Thursday evening,
with a matinee Saturday. THE Port Of
Missing Men" has met with the greatest
success this season in Detroit, Cincinnati
and st. Louis, where throughout the week
capacity audiences have been the rule
%
The patrons Of the Gayety theater viii
have q chance to see Mr.. John G. Jer-
mons new company, ''The Columbia Bur
lesquers," for the week beginning this
afternoon. The vehicle employed is a two
act comedy with a plot entitled "A Pa
risian Temptation" The cast is strong
and includes such people as Nellie Florede,
some singer with some songs; Bert Swor.
a son OF rest date of Nat Wills company
Mile. Marguerite Chabautty, the French
chansonette; the four Banta brothers,
hlgh-class musical entertainers Gate fea-
ture with Brown of Harvard" company;
Helen Jessie Moore, the statuesque Call
fornia contralto; Leo Stevens, the man
with the sneeze, and Frank OBrien, the
gentleman Of leisure formerly OF the
Ham Tree company. There are TWEEN
ty-flve chorus girls, whose costumes are
dreams of loneliness. The scenery and
electrical effects have never been equalled.
The usual ladies' dime matinee will be
given daily, starting tomorrow.
Madame Liza Lehman anu quartet will
be presented at the Brandeis theater on
December 6 as the second event in the
b. H. NJ. concert SERIES
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
In spite OF the Handicap.

where were you when the fire broke
out Nan?"
"On the ninth floor"
"And the elevators had stopped runningl
Howe IN the world did you get out OF the
buiiding7'
You forget that there was broad stair
way"
'No. I don't; but you we're wearing a
hobble skirt"
Yea Il was a hObbie skirt when / started
doWn-but you ought 10 have seen II when
/ got 70 the boston, " the stairs" -Chicego
Trlbun&
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evoked with the aid Of many doors. The
generals wife is finally rescued from her
embarrassing Imprisonment Three dupli-
cate hats have been secured by as many
persons. One by Harry, one by the count
and the last for Mrs. Blases. incidentally
all is explained-Mrs. Blazes gets her hat,
Lucy gets one and Cuddls the other--and
Harry wins his little Quaker sweetheart
Johnny Hyannis, Leila Mcintyre and a
splendid company are producing the play.
On next Saturday afternoon every child
attending the performance Of 1.-THE Girl OF
My Dreams" at the Brandeis theater, will
be presented with a beautiful toy, with the
compliments of the management.
Classmates" the very romantic melo-
drama in which Robert Edeson made such
a success a couple OF seasons ago, has been
selected for the bill at the Boyd during
the coming week, and will give the Wood
ward players a fine chance. The story is
a gripping one in every way, the audience
following the fortunes of Duncan Irving
with intense interest The great third act
is one of the most impressively realistic
ever staged. The scene in the mazes Of
the Amazonian jungles is one that claims
attention, and the contact of the hero
with his rival, the latter dying and the
former, all in, and buoyed up only by his
great determination, is one of the finest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

With q record OF thirty weeks in two
cities Chicago and Boston, ''rhe Girl in
the Taxi" that most remarkable OF all
laughing entertainments, comes to the
Brandeis theater for an engagement of
four nights. beginning Sunday, October 16.
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things ever offered. The play has other
strong points, it's comedy vein being
very well developed. All the characters
are we'll drawn, and Mrs. Harris, Mr..
Evans, Mr.. Ingraham and Miss Lang will
be especially we'll suited in their parts.
Director Brown has given the play very
careful rehearsal and has provided tine
setting for 1t. 1t will be offered first at a
matinee this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

The Girl Of My Dreams" which comes
to the Brandeis on Thursday Friday and
saturday nights and a matinee on Satur-
day is by Wilbur d. Nesbit and Otto
Hauerbach with music by Karl Hoschna
The play relates the adventures of Harry
Swtfton, bachelor motor enthusiast, who
has a mania for breaking speed ordinances
Some time before the play opens, he Is
injured In an automobile accident on
country road and carried into the home of
a Quaker, whore he is nursed back to
health by the daughter of the household
Lucy Medders. All his bachelor ideals are
shattered by Lucy, for she has captured
his heart She and her father make Harry
visit. Just before their arrival at his
country home, Dove Crest, he has had an
other accident with his motor, for on his
way to the station to meet his sister
"Cuddle" Swifton and her, friends home
from boarding school on their vacation
he has bumped into another automobile
containing a lady and gentleman. The
lady's hat is blown off and lights on the
steering gear Of Harry's machine and is
destroyed. He returns home to find "Cud-
die" and her friends there. Cuddle is
angry az him and her sweetheart, Pigeon
Williams, for their apparent neglect. While
they are giving their excuses, the lady.
Mrs. Blases, whose hat it was had been
destroyed in the accident, and her husband,
General Blazes. who happens to be Harry's
lawyer, come to the same place. Mrs
Blazes and the count are hidden'rin rooms.
There is also a miliiner, Daphne, who
has been phoned for to take hat, and
she turns out to be an old flame OF
Harry's- she also is hidden. At this i'm
rive. There is much obvious comedy