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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
Copyright 1910. by w. G. Chapman.
Copyright In Great Britain.
SYNOPSIS.

Archibald Terhune, a popular and In
doient young bachelor OF London, re-
ceives news that he has been made he'll
to tho estate Of his Aunt Georgiana, with
m income Of $4,000 year, on condltion
that he becomes engaged to be married
within ten days. Failing to do so the
legacy will go to a third cousin in Amer
lea. The story opens at Castle Wyckon.
where Lord Vincent and his wife, friends
OF Terhune, are discussing plans to nnd
him a wife within the prescribed time. 1t
beems that Lady Vincent is one Of seven
persons named Agatha, all close girlhood
chums. She decides to invite two Of them
to the castle and have Archie there as
one Of the guests. Agatha Sixth strikes
Archie as a handpainted beauty. Agatha
First Is a breezy American girl. Lady
Vincent tells her husband that Agatha
Sixth already cares for Archie. He gains
from Agatha Sixth the admission that
she cares for him, but will require
months time fully to make up her mind.
Agatha First, neglected by Terhune, re-
ceives attentions from Leslie Freer. Four
days of the precious time have passed
when Terhune is called to London on
business. Agatha First, on the plea OF
sickness, excuses herself from a motor
trip planned by the Vincents. Later they
see Agatha First picking flowers with a
strange man. The vincents discuss
Agatha's seeming duplicity. The follow
Ing day the party visits the ruins Of an
old convent. Terhune continues his at
tentions to Agatha Sixth. Then suddenly
he transfers his attentions to Agatha
First. Vincent scores him for his appar-
ent flckleness. The last evening Of the
time allotted in which to become engaged
arrives.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09

tears at any moment. She certainly
looked as If she'd cried all night as it
was, and there was hardly trace of
her splendid color left.
Cad! If ever girl had the appear
ance Of having been run through q
wringer, she had. I began to feel
more sorry for her than I did for
Agatha Sixth, even though her con-
duct had been more open to criticism
After all, soliloquized. the poor
thing had as much right to be in love
with Terhune as Agatha Sixth did,
and perhaps it wasn't quite fair of
Dearest to side so entirely with the
latter. Of course 1t was true, as Dear
est had explained to me often enough.
that Agatha Sixth had cared for him
months before Agatha First had ever
thought of such thing, and suppose
had therefore a sort of first claim up
on him. And Of course the point
that she should have seen how things
were from the beginning and not al
lowed herself to get interested, was
good, though didn't argue with them,
that she had deliberately tried to
ALLEVIATE Terhune from his acknowl-
edged preference for Agatha Sixth
The girl had never seemed to me to
be aware Of such state of things in
regard to Terhune and Miss Lawrence
and had always gone about hAx bust
ness with the air Of sleep-~alker,
or as II her mind were on other things.
However, whether that was true or
not, 1 must confess l made rather a
mess of my efforts to converse with
her and frankly abandoned them for
an attempt to get her to eat, but
failed also in that. She steadfastly
refused everything, even though Dear
est, who can't bear anyone to go hun
cry, however displeased she may be
with them, urged her with the utmost
cordially. Dearest makes the pref
test hostess imaginable. and it's only
recently that I've been half able to
eat for looking at her Today In hon
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
(CHAPTER IX.-Continued.)

The conclusion was obvious and we
fell away from our point OF vantage
at the door and looked at each other
with scared and troubled faces. Our
attempts to make match for Agatha
Sixth and win Terhune fortune were
certainly going wrong with ven
geance.
But the worse was not yet Before
we had time to more than breathe a
new complication presented itself In
the shape Of the sudden appearance of
Agatha Sixth upon the scene.
We met her at the foot of the stairs
Just as we were going up. wrapper
clad and with long black braids hang
ing over her shoulders. l felt myself
grown quite cat-like in regard to see
ing in the dark, and had perceived
who she was and the vital necessity
of keeping our discovery secret from
her, before my wife had time to more
than gasp greeting.
'Is that you. Agatha Lawrence?"
she inquired.
Eyes. What is it," whispered back
Agatha Sixth. peering at us from the
stairs, and by Jove, I felt so sorry for
the poor girl If she should see what
we had just seen that I rather lost
my head.
Dogs" said, my voice quite hoarse
with whispering, lone Of ems got
shut in the drawing-room some way,
md he's knocked over vase!"
did he also light the lamp" de-
handed Miss Lawrence suspiciously,
as she came and stood beside us. And
cursed myself for blunderer as
she said 1t. Then Dearest had a go
at the situation, and felt that if this
attempt failed we could do nothing
more to save the girl from the certain
misery she seemed so eager to bring
upon herself.
II lit the lamp, darling" she said,
standing directly in front of the doors
so that Agatha Sixth's view was cut
on, ito see If there was much damage
done. We forgot to turn 1t out, but
Wilfred will do 1t now if you'll come
along upstairs with me and not both
err" But the girl was not to be turned
from her purpose so easily. Some in
stinct seemed to tell her that what
lay behind those closed doors con.
cerned her nearly.
LET me look-Dearest," she said.
using my name for my wife for the
first time, as she's usually a cold lit
tie thing, and Dearest, as If convinced
that 1t was for the best after all,
stepped aside.
It didn't take long, the delivery of
the blow, and Agatha Sixth took it
like a martyr. One glimpse was
enough. Then she turned and silently
led the way to the stairs.
At the door Of our guests room
which we passed before reaching our
own suite. my wife stopped.
"Good night, Wilfred," she said.
agatha, DEAR" to the girl. and taking
her hand, you must let me spend the
rest Of the night with you" And as /
stumbled on to my own room couldn't
help thinking that If anything in the
world could comfort her, If consola.
tion was to be found, Agatha Sixth
would find it in those dear arms.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
"Grev" and "Gray."

What is the difference, If any, be-
tween grey" and gray" aside from
the matter of spelling?
The editor Of the Oxford Dictionary
some years ago made extended inquiry
rs to usage, and found that opinions
in London varied. Replies to his ques-
lions showed that in Great Britain
the form grey is the more frequent
in use, despite the authority of Dr.
Johnson and later photographers, who
give the preference to gray. Many
correspondents said that they u,ed
the two forms with a difference Of
meaning, or application, the distinc.
ton most generally recognized being
that gres' donates more delicate Or
lighter tint than gray. Others COR
sidered the difference to be that gray
is a warmer color or that 1t has a
mixture of red or brown. Another
group held that grey has more Of
sentiment, gray more Of color, which
may mean that grey is a suggestion
rather than a positive outline.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09

One Thing That VIII Live Forever,
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, first box sold in
1907, 100 years ago, sales increase yearly.
All druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo, NY.
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| For all the world as II the day It her
| aided was not critical one for one Of
its members. and an axious one for his
two friends, Dearest and myself, who
| had invited Terhune to the castle sole.
| ly to further his interests and welfare.
| At least that was the way felt about
| IL. Dearest may have had some other
object in view. l hadn't seen her
since last night, by the way, and
own 1 felt alarmed for the success of
our plans when thought of the events
Of that evening and the shocking dis
closure of Terhune's Inconsistency, to
the very one of all others from whom
| it should have been hidden.
Poor old Arch!" said to myself as
I sat down at the breakfast table and
began to read the paper until the
others should join me. I'm afraid he's
gone and done It now! He's made a
bally mess of 1t this time, as sure as
eggs!" And yet even in spite of ap-
pearances, secretly l hoped. If Agatha
Sixth were really as daffy about him
rs my wife had seemed to think
But the entrance of both the young
persons my thoughts had just named
interrupted my meditations and rose
as they seated themselves and with
an amazing calm began a common
place little chatter about unimportant
things, just as if nothing had happened
at all. Nor did the appearance OF
Agatha First and Terhune one after
the other at all disturb their beautiful
serenity.
Strange to say, Terhune gave no
evidence Of any inward disQuiet or
cause for alarm. He showed not the
faintest symptoms of a guilty con-
science, but laughed and chatted with
his customary sociability. If 1t had
not been for his persistent avoidance
Of conversation with Agatha First
should have been convinced in spite
Of the evidence Of my own eyes that
he was not the traitor and double
dealer we had every reason to think
him, but an upright and innocent gen.
tleman deeply in love with Agatha
Sixth and Agatha Sixth only, his
straying toward Agatha First having
been but temporary swerving from
the path Of loyalty. born only of his
conceit and thirst for fattery. I'm
bound to concede, however, that he
made no sort Of Roadway with Miss
Lawrence, who met his advances with
unfailing courtesy, it is true, but a
pillar Of ice could scarcely have been
more unyielding and the look on her
little white pansy face was rather pitt.
fully hard. Dearest was only little
more cordial herself, and 1 pitied the
poor old boy as l saw an expression
that could almost have sworn was
hurt and bewildered growing upon his
face.
But didn't get chance to observe
them much longer than first glance
beforegI plunged myself into the duty
of entertaining Agatha First, which
naturally devolved upon me. The
poor girl wasn't game for much con-
versation, though, I could see that.
And by Jove, If Agatha Sixth looked
badly, Agatha First looked worse.
Never saw such hopeless wretched
looking young woman in my life. II
1t hadn't been for the presence of the
footman, who was in the room, l be-
lieve she would have given way to
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
Saying Grace.

own that l am disposed to say
grace upon twenty other occasions in
the course of the day besides my din
ner. l want form for setting out
upon a pleasant walk, for a moon
light ramble. for a friendly meeting,
or solved problem. Why have We
none for books. those spiritual repasts
"a grace before Milton-a grace be-
fore Shakespeare-a devotional exer.
else proper to be said before reading
the "Faery Queen?"-Charles Lamb.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09

All measures of reformation are ef
fectiye in exact proportion to theil
Thickness; partial decay may be Gu
away and cleansed: incipient erro
corrected; but there is a point a
which corruption can no more b.
stayed. nor wandering recalled.
has been the manner of modern phi
anthropy to remain passive until tina
precise period, and to leave the sic!
to perish, and the foolish to stra,
while 1t spent itself in frantic exc:
lions to raise the dead, and reform tn
dust.-RuSkin-
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
His Awful "Break."

The little god of bad breaks is ever
seeking victims. He made a young
man at a social gathering the other
evening blush for week. The yaung
man had been introduced to a young
woman. why. 1 know lady Gy the
same name in Kansas City" hs re
marked, "only she's beautiful girl
The young woHan froze him to t&s
spot, and he was glad of "a exossS &,
leave the gathering.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09
PART Three.
CHAPTER x.

The following morning dawned up
on the Castle Wyckhoff house party
dear and balmr anA typioaHy June
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09

Mrs. Wins1ow.s Soothing syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces in.
Hammation. allays pain wind collie Csc bottle
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09

The coldblooded are hotheaded
when you hit their pride.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1910-12-09

Shrinking from suffering may be
fleeing from strength.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02
PROHIBITION DOESN'T PROHIBIT

Parodoxical as it may seem in view
of the apparent progress of restrictive
Legislation, the government statistics
disclose a steady increase in the
manufacture and consumption of in
toxicating liquors in this country.
The nation consumed last year-that
is the fiscal year ending June 30,
l910-163,000, gallons OF distilled
liquor an increase of 30,000,000 gal
Ions over the preceding year, and
59.4S5, III barrels of fermented liquor,
a gain of 100000 barrels. Even
more discouraging to the sue
cess of the restrictive measures is
the revenue departments statement
that illicit distilling and manufacture
of other moonshine goods is on the
increase, especially where there
are statewide prohibition laws The
greatest increases of this kind have
been made in North and South Car
DINA. Alabama and Georgia. The
Omaha Bee has some judicious COM
ment on this showing which is worthy
of serious consideration The Bee
says;
1T is not gratifying TO any law
abiding citizen to discover that any
statute is being violated, for that
tends TO bring all law into a certain
disrepute and contempt But the
fact remains. as established by Of
fetal test of an impartial government,
that prohibition is not succeeding in
keeping down the aggregate amount
of beer and whiskey consumed either
in states that have enacted prohibi-
tory laws or those that have not.
The internal revenue officers during
the year confiscated 1911 illicit plants,
200 more than The year before. We
have not, apparently, solved this greas
problem yet. Many good people be
lieve we will never solve it with pro-
hibition, while, of course, many 9th
ers contend we will. These perhaps
have some way of accounting for
this present situation which is no;
plain to everybody. The government .
reports ought to have a very heavy
bearing and very careful hearing
Possibly this may lead to a better
way yet OF handling the liquor bust
ness"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02
Waited Political wisd m.

st. Ayr Record-News: II the excess
OF political wisdom in our land,
which runs 10 waste, could be con
served and turned In the direction Of
our homes, farms and shops, the
yawning gulf between demand and
simply would soon be equalized and
the world made happier. Men would
be busy making living instead OF
talking about the cost OF living. In.
stead OF spending the time and
strength in Grating to the Lime
Kiln club" they would be assisting
wives and daughters at the washtub.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02

A composite statement of the banks
of Davenport, just issued. makes a
splendid showing of the financial con-
dition of that city. Ten banks are in
cluded in the summary-two national
and eight savings institutions. The
total of loans and discounts is $685.
4e2 525.71. The amount on deposit is
S25,75S,659.71, and The aggregate of
capital, surplus and profits is $780,
1864. The total of the last two items
is nearly s30,000,e00 or more than
5000 per capita for every man, wo-
man and child in Davenport. The de-
post account alone would allow ev-
cry resident in Iowa the sum of s12
If it should be divided per capita. 1t
is safe to say that no other commun-
ity in the state or the west can ad-
duce evidence of equal individual
thrift and prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02
PENNINGTON
= = . . . . . . . = = .

Mr. and Mrs. n. j. Haynes return
cd Tuesday from Hannibal Mo-, where
thew we're Thanksgiving guests OF
their son, J. L. Haynes and FANNY.
w. Fl. yornkahl and wife left wed
nesdav for a visit with relatives IN
st Joseph. Mo. and Pittsburg, Kan.
Mrs. Margaret Carr left Monday
for Philadelphia, where she will spend
the winter with her son, W. A. Cart
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ID. Carr accompanied
her as far as Keokuk.
Mrs. n. ]. Reesman left Iuesaay
for Keosauqua, where she VIII WISH
her sister, Mrs. Isiah Woolam.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Barton have
gone to Chicago for visit with tnelr
son. Ralph Barton, and niece, MIS-.
Lew Taylor and family.
Mrs. w. H. Gentner returned Mon
dav from visit with relatives In st.
Louis.
Elmer Price, of Glidden, arrived
Monday for a visit with his parents,
J. r. Price and wife.
Miss Ripple Cleave was hostess 70
the Kensington club on Tuesday eve
ming. A two course luncheon was
served.
Mrs. c. ]. Wendt of TT. Madison
visited over Sunday at the home OF
her daughter Mrs. Minor Cummings
4 Mrs. Ellen Bailey returned saturda!
from visit with relatives in Ben
| tonsport.
Mrs. w. l.. Berkheimer of Kahoka
/ is the guest of her son. H. E. Folkel
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. vestal have re
turned to their home in Keokuk af
ter a visit with Mrs. Vestal's grand
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Q. q. Good
enough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02
lnfantile Paralysis.

Carthage Republican, Alma, the I
wear old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John c. Mulch, OF the vicinity az
suffer, died Friday. Nov. IL, OF IN
fantlle paralysis, after an Illness OF
only FIVE days
Edward Michael Hoppe, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. T. S. Hoppe, after an III
ness of a few days, died OF infantiie
paralysis Monday, Nov. IA. He was
born in Warsaw, Sept. %, 1896. An
other son is i'll with the malady.
owing 10 the prevalence of infantile
paralysis. Elm Grove school IN Walk
er township has been closed for the
present and he teacher, Miss Carrie
Raich, ig at home.
Homer Miller's boy three years
old, died ~ infantile paralysis aftel
three months illness, at Evasion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02

The drouth appears to have been
even more pronounced in Missouri
than in Iowa aud Minnesota. Here
is what an editor In the first named
state says concerning conditions
there:
1T is so dry here that wagons are
going around with their tongues out,
ice has to be soaked in water all
night before it is wet enough to
make lemonade The catfish kick up
such dust inthe bed of the Gas
conade river that the river has to
be sprinkled before you can go fish
ing. A spark from an engine set fire
10 pond and burned up lot of bull
frogs before the fire could be extin-
guished and the ground is so dry and
hard that crawfsh holes in the low
places are being pulled up and ship
ped off for gaspipes."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02
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I want any person who suffers with
biliousness, constipation, indigestion
or any liver or blood ailment, to try
my PawPaw Liver Pills. ! guarantee
they will purify the blood and put the
liver and stomach into healthful
condition and will positively cure bill
iousness and constipation, or ] will
refund your money.-Munyon's Home
opathlc Home Remedy Co., 53rd and
Jefferson SITS, PhiIa, Pa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02

A paragraph in the news columns
of The Cate City few days ago an
nounced that the X. & w. was having
difficulty in getting water for its en-
gines The Burlington is experiencing
the same trouble on It's main line
The Mt. Pleasant News reports as fol-
lows
Locally water is so scarce that
water is allowed only for the way
freight and the X line. New London
is entirely out so that there is nothing
for through freights between Burling-
ton and Fairfield The result is that
men are now hard at work putting
in a temporary pumping station on
the creek at the bridge west of town
Freights will stop on the hills cast
and west and send the engines down
into the hole 10 water Over In Hi
nois the situation is quite as bad. Al
New London water is being brought
from the river in tank cars and rur
into the company reservoir.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-02
AFTER the Saloons, What?"

Iowa City Republican: According
to reports made by the Citizens AS
sociation in Des Moines Saturday
night, Des Moines saloon doors swung
open for 1885 men between the
hours OF S and 10 o'clock.
Ninety-five of the 103 saloons in
the city were under surveillance,
the watch beginning at $ simultan
eously over the entire city. At )
o'clock there were $50 men in saloons
and during the two hours following
until the doors closed on the last
man out 12,245 men entered the vart
Gus places where liquor is solo,
making a total OF 1885.
Young men who were apparently
minors TO the number OF l9S were
seen in the saloons, those watching
counting only youths about whose age
there seemed TO be no question. Eigh-
ty-five women were counted in The
different liquor dispensaries, and
/ DRINKS to the number of $50 were
jotted down. A drunk with the
sleuths on watch was man who
showed visible signs of being under
the influence of liquor. Two thous-
and six hundred and eighty poorly
dressed men were seen to enter the
establishments.
The object of those watching the
saloons was to find out how many at
tended such places, with view OF
emphasizing the saloon evil and pre-.
/ venting the renewal of permits.
/ OF course there are more people n
saloons Saturday night than other ev
enings, but the number any evening
is large. 1t is easy to condemn the
/ saloon. but is the saloon the most tc
1 blame? Everything that exists has
! logical reason for it's existence. ane
i there is logical reason for saloons
Men want places to go where they
can meet their friends socially. ant
\ at present the saloons and amuse
ment halls are about the only place:
where an open invitation is extended
There was time when De:
Moines had prohibition, and somt
praised it, but men like Senate
iCummlNS So HdESuiy SohuSiuASu 49,
conditions that they entered into
political combination to defeat tn
party held responsible. About tina
time the writer went to Des Moine'
as the representative of Chicago
newspaper, and after an investigation
covering two weeks, located 70
places where liquors were being sold
/ It seems to the Republican tina
what is most needed is a great cam
paign of education. II people wer
educated not to drink. the saiool
problem would solve itself.
Many years ago James Wilson, nos
secretary of agriculture, wrote an
I published series of articles in
> Traer paper. entitled, After the So
loon, WHAT" He discussed the seN
eral phases of the saloons and hi
: conclusion seemed to be that it woui
]. be impossible to abolish the saloo
without providing something in II
place, and SO far his position see N
J. to have been correct.