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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09

Nov that we've got you here, you
must all stay to luncheon" Mrs. Pur-
die determined.
1t looked as if they were about to
accept her invitation unanimously, but
Harry demurred. He had to be at
Montgomery street and Jackson by
one o'clock. Il hoped" he added,
glancing at Flora, that some one was
to drive me-part of the way, at
least"
Flora with an unruly sense Of dis
appointment. yet opened her lips for
the courteous answer. But Clara was
quicker. She rose.
Yes she said, "I'll drive you back
with pleasure.'
Harry's glimmer of annoyance was
comic
Il have to be at the house for lunch
con-" Clara explained to her hostess
as she buttoned her glove, "but there
is no reason why Flora shouldn't
stay"
ooh, / should love to- Flora MUIR
INJURED, not knowing whether she was
more embarrassed or pleased at this
| high-handed dispensation which placed
| her where she wanted to be.
But the way Clara had leaped at
her opportunity! Flora looked curl
ously at Harry.
| ,1l 81 hnipc ,onron1
upon, but that might be merely be-
cause he was baked of tete-a-teto
with herself. For while Clara went
on to the gate with their hostess he
fingered a moment with Flora.
MAY l see you to.night?'
Cali you have to do is to come"
She gave him an oblique, upward
| glance, and had pleasant sense of
power in seeing his face relax and
smile. She had a dance for that even
ing; but she thrust it aside without
regret. For suppose Harry should
have something to tell her about the
Chatworth ring? She wondered &
Clara would get it out Of him first en-
the way home
The four left on the veranda wOtc'a'
ed the two driving away with a SUD.
den clearing of the social atmosphere.
In vain Flora told herself it was only
the relief she always felt in getting
free Of Clara. For in the return Of
the majors elderly Establishments, in
> Kerr's kindlier mood, as we'll as in
her own lightened spirits, she had the
proofs that, with them all. some ten.
sion had relaxed. 1t seemed to her as
; if those two, departing, were bearing
L away between them the very mystery
of the Crew IDOL
(TO BE CONTINUED,)
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09

the name was a queer one' IL s'uoA
in my mind
But then" Clara insisted, what
became of him?'
"0h, gave them the slip" the judge
chucklcd. He always did. Keporteu
to have changed ships in mld-ocean'
Hal, is that another bottle?'
Harry stretched his hand for it, but
it STAYED suspended-and, Tor an III
slant it seemed as if the whole table
waited expectant Had Buffers cam
era caught the clear face OF Farrell
Wand, or only a dim figure? Flora
wondered if that was the question
Harry wanted to ask. He wanted
and vet he hesitated, as If ne ala not
quite dare touch it. He laughed and
filed the glasses. He had dropped
his question, and there was no one at
the table who seemed ready to put
another.
And vet there we're questions there,
in all the eyes, but some lmpassaple
barrier seemed to have come between
these eager people, and what, for m
calculable reasons, they so much
| wanted to know. 1t was not the gem
al indifference with which Butler had
dropped the subject for the approach
ING bottle. It seemed rather thelr
own timidity that withheld them from
touching this subject which at every
turn produced upon some one OF the
eager three some fresh startling e1ect
the others could not understand. They
were restless; Clara notably, even
under her calm.
Flora knew she was not giving up
the quest of Farrell Wand, but only
setting it aside with her untalllns
thrift, which saved everything. But
why, in this case? And Harry, who had
been so merry with the mystery al
dinner-why had he suddenly tried &c
suppress her, to want to ignore the
whole business; why had he hesitated
over his question, and finally let II
fall? And why, above all, was Kerr
so brilliantly talking to Ella, in the
same way he had begun at Flora her
self? Talking at Ella as if he hardly
: saw her, but like some magician Ting
ing out brilliant train Of pyrotech
MICS to hypnotic the senses, before
he proceeds with his trick And tn
way Ella was looking at him-her be
I wildered alacrity, the way she strug
gled with that was being SO rapid!
shot at her--appeared to Flora tn
prototype of her own struggle to ur
derstand what reality these appear
ances around her could posslbl
shadow.
Often enough in the crowds sh
moved among she had felt herse
lonely and not wondered at it. BIZ
p now and here, sitting among her close
/. intimate circle, her friends and ne
lover, it seemed like horrible obse
l. sion-yet it was true. AS clear as
it had been shown her in a revelatlo
she saw herself absolutely alone.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09
First Newspaper Had Short Life.

The first newspaper ever published
in America never got beyond its FIRE.
:ee1e. It was called Publick Occar.
rences and appeared in Boston, Sep
TENDER rs, 1890. 1t contained a prom.
Use to publish in its next issue the
names of III the liars In Boston, and
the authorities, taking cognizance q
the threat, wisely forbade the publ
cation. The Boston News Letter was
the first journal to be regularly pub.
lished on this continent It way start
ed in 1904 and was followed by the
American Weekly Mercury, in Phila.
delphia, in 1719. English journalism
is only IS years older than American.
the London Gazette, an official publ.
cation, having been founded in 1865.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09
CHAPTER III.
Encounters on Parade.


Flora, before the mirror, gayly stab
bling in her long hat-pins, confessed to
herself that last night had been queer,
as queer as queer could be; but this
morning, luckily, was real again. Her
fancy last night had-yes, she was
afraid it really had-run away with
her. And she turned and held the
hand-mirror high, to be sure of the
line of her tilted hat, gave a touch to
the turn of her wide, close belt, a f1irt
to the frills of her bodice.
The wind was lightly ruff1ing and
putting out the muslin curtains Of the
windows, and from the garden below
came the long silvery clash Of euca'
lyptus leaves She leaned on the
high window-ledge to look downward
over red roofs, over terraced green,
over steep streets running abruptly
to the broken blue Of the bay. She
tried to fancy how Kerr would look
in this morning sun. He seemed to
belong only beneath the high arti-
fetal lights, in the thicker atmosphere
of evening. Would he return again,
with renewed potency, with the same
singular, almost sinister charm, as a
wizard who works his will only by
moonlight. When she should see him
again, what, she wondered, would be
| h;e extraordinary mood?
It was Clara, standing at The foot of
the stairs, who belonged :: TIC morn
ing, so brisk, so fresh, so practical
she appeared. She held book in her
hand. The door, open for her imme-
date departure, showed, beyond the
descent of marble steps, the landau
glistening black against white pave
ments. 1t was unusual for this formal
vehicle to put in an appearance SO
early.
II am going to drive over to the
Purdies'," Clara explained. II have an
errand there"
Flora smiled at the thought of how
many persons would be having er
rands to the Purdies' now. 1t was re
freshing to catch Clara in this weak
ness. She felt throb of it hersel
when she recalled the GREATNESS mo
/. ment at the supper table last even
ing. ooh, that will be heavenl!
: drive" she said. please ask me tt
( go with you. My errand can wait
"Why, certainly. | should like t
4 have YOU said Clara. But if she hal
: returned fiat no." Flora would no
have had a dryer sense of unwelcome
Still, she had gone too far to retreat
Mischievous reflections of the doc
t trine the Englishman had startled he
with the night before flickered in he
I, mind as they drove from the doo1
t Was this part of the big red game,
9 not being accommodating, nor so yer
e polite? The streets were still We
/, with early fog, and, turning in at tn
It Preside gate. the expresses drippe
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09
Bath Street, Bath, In Danger.

Some time ago great indignation
wigs expressed by antiQuarias!s api
artists throughout the country at tbs.
threatened destruction Of one side of
Bah street, Bath, with its Georgian
colonnade, and it was hoped chat the
threatened danger had been gyerted.
sars the London Standard. On Satsr.
day morning, however, a firm of local
contractors, acting on an order from
the owners Of the property, BEGAN the
work Of demolition.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09

chief Harry, 1 believe you're out
here about the Crew Idol, tool"
He shook his head at her, smiling.
II wouldn't talk too much about that,
Flora. 1t f1icks poor Purdie on the
raw every time that" His sentence
trailed off into something else, for
Mrs. Purdie and Clara had come up.
The book had changed hands, to-
gether, evidently, with several expla-
nations, and Mrs. Purdie, with her
foot on the carriage step, was ready
to make one of these over again.
"The major'll be so sorry. He's
gone in town. It's so unusual for him
to get off at this hour, but he said he
had to catch a man. AS Mrs. Britton
and I were saying, he's likely to be
very busy until this dreadful affair is
Strengthened out. If you can only
wait little longer, Mr.. Cressy," she
went on, II am expecting him every
moment"
ooh, it's of no Importance said
Harry, but he looked at his watch
with a fold between his brows, and
then at the car that was coming in.
well, at least, you'll have time to
see the parade" said Mrs. Purdie. II
always think it's pretty sight,
though most of the women get tired
of it."
Clara's face showed that she be-
longed to the latter class; but Flora,
too keenly attuned to sounds and
sights not to be swayed by outward
circumstances, was content for the
time to watch, in the cloud Of dust,
the wheeling platoons and rhythmic
columns.
Yet through all-even when she was
not looking at him-she was aware OF
Harrys restlessness, of his impa
thence; and as the last company
swung barrackward, and the cloud
began to settle over the empty field
he snapped his watchcase smartly
and remarked, "Still no major"
"Why, there he is now!" Mrs. Pur
die screamed, pointing across the pa
rade ground.
Flora looked. Halfway down OF
the adjoining side of the parallel
gram, back toward her, the redoubt
!, able Kerr was standing. She recog
nized him on the instant, as If HI
!, were the most familiar figure in he
life. Yet she was more surprised t
7 see him here than she had been to se
| Harry. She felt inclined to rub he
> eyes. 1t took a moment for her t
!. realize that his companion was indee
4 Maj. Purdie.
The major had recognized his wife
SIGNALING umbrella. Now he turne
toward it, but Kerr, with quick MI
:, ton of hand toward hat, turned in tn
: opposite direction. In her mind Flor
> was with the major who ran afte
= him. The two men stood for littl
= expostulating. Then both walked t
!, ward the landau and the linen IN
. brella.
= The carriage group waited, watc
ing with tagging conversation, whic
finally fell into silence. But the tW
- approaching strolled easily and talke
Even in cold daylight Kerr still gay
II Flora the impression that the ope
was not big enough to hold him, b.
II She saw a difference in his mood,
70 grayer eye, colder mouth, and wht
he finally greeted them, manner tn
was brusk. 1t showed uncivil besi'
er the majors urbanity.
le The major was glad, very glad,
i'd see them all. He was evidently also
little furried. He seemed to knc
IS. they had all met Kerr before. Had
u ~
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-12-09

dankly on their heads, and hung out
cobwebs pearled with dew. She was
sure, even under their drippings, that
the "damnable dust was alive.
Down the broad slopes that were
swept by the drive all was green to
the waters edge. The long line OF
barracks, the officers quarters, the
great parade-ground, set in the fiat
land between hills and bay, looked
like childs toy, pretty and little.
They heard the note of bugle, thin
and silver clear, and they could see
the tiny figures mastering; but in her
preoccupation it did not occur to
Flora that they were arriving just in
time for parade. But when the car
riage had crossed the viaduct, and
swung them past the acacias, and
around the last white curve into the
white dust of the parade-ground, Clara
turned, as if with fresh idea.
Wouldn't you like to stop and
watch it,"
"Why, yes" Flora assented. The
brilliance of light and color, the pre-
cision of movement, the sound OF the
brasses under the open sky were an
intermezzo in harmony with her spir-
tied mood
The carriage stopped under the
scanty shadow of trees that bordered
the walk to the officers quarters.
Clara, book in hand, alertly rose.
"I'll just run up to the Purdies' and
leave this" she said.
"Then she really did want to be rid
Of me-" Flora unused, as she watched
the brisk back moving away; "and
how beautifully she has done it,"
Her eyes followed Claras little figure
retreating up the neat and narrow
board walk, to where it disappeared
in overarching depths Of eucalyptus
trees. Further on, beyond the trees
two figures, smaller than Clara's ir
their greater distance, were coming
down. Flora almost grinned as she
recognized the large linen umbrella
that Mrs Purdie invariably. carried
when abroad in the reservation, ant
: presently the trim and bounding fig
ure of Mrs. Purdie herself, under it
The Pur6ies were coming down tt
: parade-at least Mrs. Purdie was. Blu
; the tall figure beside her-that wa
not the major. She took up her lorgnol
: It was-no it could not be-yet surel
it was Harry! Lazy Harry, up an
, out, and squirting Mrs. Purdie to tn
review at half-past ten in the morr
ing! "Are we all mad?" Flor
! thought.
The three little figures, the one g
ing up, the two coming down, touche
: opposite fringes of the grove-disa]
: peared within it. On which sid
:. would they come out together? Flor
l wondered. They emerged on her sid
} with Harry a little in advance. H
L came swingingly down the wal
, straight toward her, and across tt
0 road to the carriage, his hat lifted, h
hand out.
! well, Flora" he said, "this
= luck!"
) What in the world has got you o.
: so early?' she rallied him.
T.. Game out to see Purdie on bu!
,r ness, and here you are all ready
81 drive me back.
i. That's your reward !"
!, :" He brushed his handkerchief ov
y his damp forehead. well, there's o.
ct coming to me, for l haven't -four
le Purdie."
d Her eyes were dancing with m
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SYNOPSIS.

At private view Of the Chatwortl1 per-
sonal estate, to be sold at auction, the
Chatworth ring mysterously disappears.
Harry Cressy. who was present. describes
the ring to ms iiancee, hl9ra Gl!sey, ana
ing like heather god, with beautiful
sapphire set in the head. Flora discov
ers an unfamiliar mood in Harry, espe-
cially when the ring is discussed She
attends ladies night" at the club and
meets Mr.. Kerr, an Englishman. 1t comes
out that the missing ring has been known
as the Crew idol
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
COST OF CHILDREN.

1t will be interesting to some to
know that the average cost of bring
ing to maturity is $500. To bring
child to the age of five years re-
quires on the average $500. In the
United States 35 per cent of the
males fail to reach the age of 20
years. OF course, the mortality among
infants is much higher than among
older children and adults. For every
person dead there are two persons
sick. 1t costs less to develop Nor
wegian than to raise to adult years
an individual of any other nationality.
There is less general sickness in
this century than in the centuries
past. Where the average age Of
a citizen is now so years, in the
days of ancient Rome the citizens
lived but 80 years. AS many live now
to be 20 years old as three centuries
ago lived to- reach, the age of 80
years.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
FOR SALE.

At Baker Bros. ranch, three
quarters of a mile northeast Of Pay
cite, the following:
Sideboard, Alaska refrigerator, Nor
ris Chair, Sanitary couch, Skirt
box, sectional book cases. eembinatio
book case and desk. 2 iron beds,
rocking chairs, high chair, cot with
mattress, fruit Jars, canned fruit,
table and many other household ar
ticles, l Winner ball-bearing lawn
mower, garden hose, roll, 10 rods,
new chicken wire. Racine Sattley
Surrey almost new, team bay horses,
wagon and many other farming i'm
plements, alfalfa. Phone Independ-
ent SAC.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24

Expert carriage painting. See
Brubaker, Main street.
After the show stop in and get
something warm at the Palace
Pharmacy.
For Sale.-Thorough bred Irish Set
ter pups. C. A. Berding.
Did you try that hot chocolate at
the Palace Pharmacy?
For sale-seotch Csllie pups, eligi-
Die to register, choice individuals
c. e. Dibble. Ind. phone. If
Who's Scott? Why scott's the
Dray man. Headquarters at Wells 4
Msule.
If you want to Sell or Buy Proper
~, See PAYETTE LAND CO., LIST.
National Bank Buil:na. payette. Ida.
A gold sign adds to the appear
ance Of your display window. See
Brubaker. Main street.
For Sale-Hay delivered or in the
stack. Ind. phone So F. st
For Sale-Four foot slab wood. In
quire of H. F. Lewis, Bell Phone,
Payette, Idaho.
For Sale-Four foot slab wood. In
uuire of H. F. Lewis. Bell Phone,
Payette, Idaho.
For Sale-Furniture beds, rugs, tab
les. chairs, etc. Cali opposite Episcc-
pal church, fourth house north.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
WELL DRILLING.

David Gascho will engage in the
business of well drilling in the Pay
cite Valley. He solicits the patron
age of all in that line of work. II
soft water is under the earth, he
viii have the proper machinery to
tap the same. He has had many
years experience in well drilling and
guarantees satisfaction. See him
before placing your order for a well
elsewhere. P. o. address. New Ply.
mouth, Idaho.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
H. C. BAKER.

FURi FURi Highest cash price
paid for all kinds of furs. C. s. Davis
Caldwell, Idaho. At
Neutrality-suspicious. in Payette and
vicinity to read the opening chap
tiers of the new serial by Robert
w. Chambers in the November num-
Der OF Cosmopolitan magazine. 1t is
the greatest novel Of the year and
is Illustrated by Charles Dana Glib
sen.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
SOME IMPROVEMENTS
SOUTHEAST OF PAYETTE

So steadily and quietly does this
old world move, that we do not real
ize the enormous speed at which II
travels; neither do one half of the
people know what the other half are
doing. In a short drive into tbs
country of three to five miles south
east Of the city it will be noticed
how quietly there has sprung into
existence, number Of substantial
and modern rural homes, etc.
The first to meet with on the jour
ney is a nice modern six-room house
erected this summer on the ranch
OF Mr.. Henry Sick. He has mod.
ern home with all OF the up-to-date
conveniences, ETC., the building be.
ing wired throughout for electric
lights. The people Of that section
expect by next spring to be enjoy
ing the pleasures of the electric
lights.
In connection with this he has
built nice large barn and other
smaller out-buildings. All of this
will represent an outlay of about
100000.
The next place We observe a num-
Der of minor improvements at the
home of Henry Hansen. New porch
es and summer kitchen. He is al
so mindful of the dumb animal and
has constructed a nice large com
modious barn In all, this will rep
resent value of about 100000 OF
improvements.
Our attention is then attracted to
some smaller improvements to the
home OF Anton Diederickson, con-
sisting OF some porches. In this
country there is nothing that can
be added to a house that is enjoyed
much more than screened-in porches.
While this improvement represents
but small outlay of about one humid
red dollars, the enjoyment is ines
Unable.
From here we proceed onj south
and we notice there has been two
nice large rooms and a bathroom add
ed to the home of VIII Short. He
has also put in pressure water sys-
tenn which is among one of the
greatest conveniences to any home.
This will call for about 100000 to
balance the ledger.
Now we will wander a little farther
south to the end of the lane and
near the Payette river, we arrive
at the premises of Max Garlach.
Here we find that he has made
some valuable additions to their home
This consists of four rooms, which
now make for them all in all, a nice
commodious S-room house, with all
the necessary smaller rooms, etc.
You will also find he has made pre-
parations for the comfort of the
stock and has had large barn con-
structed. We presume that this
has lowered the exchequer about
100000 or more.
From here we begin to retrace our
steps homeward, when we come to
the last but not least, one of the fin
est rural homes to be found in any
of the newer countries. This has
just been completed. Here we find
a large, 10-room house, two stories
and basement. Here you will find
all the modern improve
ments to be found in any city home
of which it is needless to mention.
This is the residence of Carl F,
Asmussen and family. This no doubt
has lowered the purse to s3,5O0.OO to
100000.
All of the above improvements
have been done since last spring.
1t speaks for this section of the
country, more than we can convey
in this short article.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
THE NOBLE DITCH COMPANY LII

Principal place of business, Payette
Idaho.
NOTICE.
There is delinquent on the followin
described stock on account of as
sessment levied on the third day of
October 1910 and assessments pre-
vious thereto, the several amounts
set opposite the names of the respec-
tive share holders as follows:
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24

Stray-Came to my place a
Fruitland, Wednesday, November 16
a grey horse. The legs are dappleC
grey. Age about years. Weigh
700 or 500 pounds.-A Grimes,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24
FOR RENT.

A good eight room house on
College Street near Front Street,
with a good barn and garden. Call
up Mrs. S. P. McCrary.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-24

And IN accordance with law, 50
many shares Of each parcel OF such
stock, as may be necessary, will
be sold at the office OF the company,
in the Payette Valley Bank build
ing, Payette, Idaho, on the 25th day
Of November 1919 at the hour of
two o'clock D. m. Of the said date to
pay delinquent assessments thereon
together with the cost OF advertising
and the expenses of sale.
r. z. HAYNES, Sec.
office in the Payette Bank Build
ing, Pay1tee, hfanc.
Milford chronicle., 1910-03-18
SUSSEX PETIT JURORS.

The following petit jurors for the
April term Of Sussex County Court
have been drawn by Jury Commission.
ers Cannon aud Rawlins: First Rep.
resentaiive District, David w. Mills.
Theodore p. Wilson, William Clendan.
lei Second, Thomas S. S.s5mith, James
W. Smith, Peter W. Conaway; Third.
Isaac Lesley, William H. Ellis, Fred
II. Jones Fourth, Arthur d Phillips.
Horace q. Sirman, George T. Wheat
ley Fifth, William Anderson. James
Alfred Cannon, + Thomas Kenney;
Sixth, Richard G Baker, Peter c. Short.
George W. d. Johnson ;Seventh, Jacob
+. Lynch, EDWARD J. Adkins, Joshua
W. McCabe; Eighth. Otis d. Joseph.
George E Howard ; Ninth, Noah Hur.
ey, David Rowland Ennis, Robert |
Short Tenth, William +. Cleudaniel,
Napoleon B Register, Hiram Fisher.
samuel J Wilson.