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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
blue elastic sprinkled with those batty look

blue elastic sprinkled with those batty look
ing characters-what in
as it possible" broke in Mrs. Boykin,
"that you don't recognize pair of suspen-
ders when you see them?'
"Ah, you're trying to have fun with me!
You're pulling my leg. Suspenders!7
eyes, and sterling silver catches ex-
claimed his wife proudly. Il embroidered
them. Can't you read the line running
through the daisies, He loves me; he loves
me not ~
Suffering snakes!" calculated Boykin
"They are far too beautiful for me- A fairy
prince might wear such things
"Ah, there's that wonderful key chain and
knife!' cried his wife, paving over the chest.
II thought you d lost it. Did you ever know
all the fixtures there were in that knife?'
~ tried to count them one day." admitted
her husband; "but had to give it up. AS
remember there was ShOehOrn two button
hooks, manicure set, safety razor, self
wh1rllng COrkscrew, a set of hypodermic
needles, magnifying glass, shears, cigar
cutter, surgical instruments, besides the
regular thirteen blades
dts wonderful knife, commented Mrs.
Boykin admiringly.
"Yes-it should be in gunroom some
where, said Boykin: at S not safe. Do you
know that it opens up sometimes all byitself?
That's why they keep it on chain"
"You We never carried it, she reproached
him.
"Just once answered Boykin. Il was
making an after dinner speech and the thing
went off in my pocket. All the blades
opened, and it began to buzz like an alarm
clock"
"And all these lovely neckties!" she said,
holding up a bunch of varied hues "And
you wear that ugly black one all the time"
"This one said Boykin, would make an
admirable pattern for hall paper in a bun
galow. I've always thought that. It's
charming design"
"How perfectly lovely these pajamas are"
gushed Mrs. Boykin, "and this stunning
crest and monogram! How l loved you
then, Teddy! l wouldn't work over thing
like this now. Besides. you don't care for
embroidery, it seems. Why don't you wear
them?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
Continued from page IL

Il wore them once" admitted Boykin,
"at house party given by millionaire.
The crest and the monogram kept me tossing
about all night. Toward morning l fell into
fitful sleep. When | woke l thought I'd
been shot in the spine. 1t was only the
monogram and the crest. l bore the brand
for days. | prefer the painless pajamas,
Betty"
81 think I'll take them and wear them
myself, suggested Mrs. Boykin. They're
terribly cute!"
Take them with my blessing and a bottle
of witch hazel, Betty"
ooh, thanks, Teddy. See? Here is that
pair of riding gloves | got for you at the Buff
falo Exposition. They're all the rage in
London this year"
Bright yellow channels with diamond or
naments," commented Boykin. Suppose
we send them to some orphan asylum? They
will amuse the children. | confess | am not
a dressy man, Betty: am merely good, la
faithful hound crouching at the threshold
of his home"
"Where did this pink satin slipper come
FROM" inquired Mrs. Boykin trif1e sharply.
dts quite new"
"Now we are getting right down to date"
laughed Boykin, "from the dim past to the
here and now! And you forget-so soon!"
"What are you talking about?' asked Mrs.
Boykin. Her color had risen somewhat.
"Don't you remember the night the Feath-
erlys dined with us?8 he jested.
A light cold and wintry came into Mrs
Boykin's eyes. "Yes,' she said freezingly
"The Featherlys had gone" went on
Boykin, "and we were in the dining room
together. was showing you how to do that
Omar Khayyam dance on one foot. Sud-
denly you kicked your slipper off. l secured
it just as joke and hid it. Then the Feath-
erlys came back for something they had for
gotten"
Teddy Boykin!" began his wife "This
is Cora Featherly's slipper. They came to
look for it, and | had to lend her one to get
home in. We all thought it awfully strange
the way it disappeared. You were teaching
her to dance, not me. And Jack Featherly
waited half an hour in the hall wondering
why she didn't come. I'm going right to the
telephone to let him know it's been found"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
LITTLE JENNIE WREN
Continued from page 8

my hair off-see?-short. Prue cried when
she came home and l cried afterwards; but
l wasn't sorry. And it made lots of real
hair wigs, and they sell well. When my
hair grows long again III sell it again-if l
live"
"But-but doesn't your sister make
enough to live on?" asked the reporter.
"She makes three dollars proudly as
serted Jenny; "but it takes two to live and,
when I'm sick, more, and then we have to
save up for it.
"What is 'it'?" asked the man.
"My funeral
The reporter recoiled.
you see, | am not going to live long,
the charity doctor says so,-and Prue SAYS
when die | must have a funeral to be proud
of. I'm to have the grandest one ever had
on the Side. There's nothing like a big
funeral to be respectable. You'll be sure
and write it up, won't your
The reporter assented as heartily as the
strange feeling in his throat would permit,
and Jenny went on:
did you ever read Mrs. Burns cook
book?" she asked.
Unfortunately, the man had not.
"It's grand" said Jenny. dts as good
as food when you re hungry, and on Christ
mas and Thanksgiving and Fourth of July.
On Christmas, Prue reads how to stuff tur-
key, and pretend I'm doing it while she
reads. We get the room SO full of things we
don't hardly know where to put them,-
pies and plum pudding, then on
Fourth of July we have icecream the same
way. l tell you, cookbook grand! 1t
talks of using whole eggs and real butter,
just as if they were nothing. It's most as
good as goin' to sea. Did you ever go to
sea? But maybe you haven't 'scape in
your house.
She hobbled to the fire escape to illustrate.
The small, dirty court into which the escape
opened was filled with crisscross lines of flap
ping clothes.
do you see those clothes?' pointing.
well, if you stand out on the 'scape and
lean over the rail, just as if it was boat
like Prue went in to Coney once,-and shut
up your eyes bit, it just seems as if the
'scape was movin', and the waving of the
clothes is like waves. Over there's London
where Jenny lived. We go lots, after the
works all done" The pinched little face
was illuminated with the great incandescence
of content.
"You II come back, won't you? There's lots
be walking before then, you'll be sure and
write up the funeral, won't your"
AS he hurried on he pondered over her
allusion to walking. What had she meant?
A week later he learned. 1t was the little
cripple's way of alluding to the Place where
"all ills are cured"
She was walking" before he saw her
again.
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
SYNOPSIS.
~ CIV DlLLiNGhA1 COMPANY

Howard Jeffries, bankers son, under
The evil influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Yale leads a life of dis
sipation, marries the daughter of a gam
bier who died in prison, and is disowned
by his father. He is out of work and In
desperate straits. Underwood who had
once been engaged to Towards step
mother, Alicia, is apparently in prosper.
Gus circumstances. Taking advantage of
his intimacy with Alicia, he becomes
sort of social highwayman Discovering
his true character Alicia denies him the
house. He sends her a note threatening
suicide Art dealers for whom he acted
as commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good Howard calls at
his apartments in an intoxicated condi-
ton to request a loan of $1,000 to enable
him to take up a business proposition.
Underwood tells him he Is in debt up to
his eyes. Howard drinks himself into
maudln condition, and goes to sleep on
divan. A caller is announced and Under
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands
promise from Underwood that he will not
take his life. He refuses unless she will
renew her patronage. This she refuses.
and takes her leave Underwood kills
himself The report of the pistol ava
kens Howard. He finds Underwood dead.
Realizing his predicament he attempts to
flee and is met by Underwood's valet.
Howard is turned over to the police:
Capt. Clinton, notorious for his brutal
treatment of prisoners, puts Howard
through the third degree, and finally gets
an alleged confession from the harassed
man. Annie, Howards wife, declares her
belief In her husbands innocence.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
KANSAS TOPICS
Wheat to Bread In Half Hour.

Beloit, Kan.-What is thought to be
he worlds time record in harvesting,
hreshing, milling and baking into
bread was made the other day with
wheat from the w. S. Gable farm, two
miles west of town. The time consum,
ed in doing this was exactly thirty
minutes At 3:14 the team statred in
% the field with the header and one
minute later the harvested wheat was
At the thresher. At 1928 Mr.. Gable
irove his touring car up to the mill
loor with grist and at 1923 flour
had been made from the wheat by the
regular process employed by the Be-
oft Millinm company. At $3.50 the
llour was delivered at Walker Bros.
Bakery and their baker, G. H. Mills,
made biscuit that were taken from the
)ven at 3:44 thirty minutes from tho
lime the header went into the field
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
CHAPTER XII.

The American dearly loves a SEN
sation, and the bigger and more blood
curdling it is the better. Nothing is
more gratifying on arising in the
morning and sitting down to partake
of daintily served breakfast than to
glance hurriedly over the front page
of ones favorite newspaper and see it
covered with startling headlines. 1t
matters little what has happened dur
ing the night to shock the community,
so long as it satisfies ones appetite
for sensational news. 1t can be
fatal conflagration, a fearful railroad
wreck, a gigantic bank robbery, hor-
rible murder, or even a scandalous
divorce case. All one asks is that 1t
be something big, with column after
column of narrowing details. The
newspapers are fully alive to what is
expected of them, but 1t is not always
easy to supply the demand. There
are times when the metropolis Ian
guishes for news of any description.
There are no disastrous fires, trains
run without mishap. burglars go on a
vacation, society leaders act with de-
corum-in a word the city is deadly
dull. Further consideration Of the
tariff remains the most thrilling topic
the newspapers can find to write
about
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07

From what hear" he said, "old
man Jeffries won't raise a finger to
save his scapegrace son from going
to the chair. He's done with him for
good and all"
Chuckling aloud and talking to him.
self rather than to his vis-a-vis, he
muttered:
THAT alone will convince the jury.
They'll argue that the boy can't be
much good if his own go back on
him"
Annie's eye flashed.
PRECISELY" she exclaimed. But
his own won't go back on him. I'll
see to it that they don't" Rising and
turning toward the door. she asked;
Have you anything more to say to
me, captain?"
NO." replied the captain hesitat-
ingly. you can go. OF course you'll
be called later for the trial. You can
see your husband in the Tombs when
you wish"
No man is so hard that he has not
soft spot somewhere. At heart
Capt Clinton was not an unkind man.
Long service in the police force and
a mistaken notion of the proper
method of procedure in treating his
prisoners had hardened him and made
him brutal. Secretly he felt sorry
for this plucky, energetic little woman
who had such unbounded faith in her
good-for-nothing husband, and was
ready to fight all alone in his defense.
Eyeing her with renewed interest, he
demanded:
What are you going to do now?"
Annie reached the door, and draw
ing herself up to her full height,
turned and said:
I'm going to undo all you have
done, Capt. Clinton. I'm going to free
my husband and prove his innocence
before the whole world. don't know
how I'm going to do it, but I'll do it
I'll fight you, captain, to the last ditch,
and I'll rescue my poor husband from
your clutches if it takes everything
/ possess in the world"
Quickly she opened the door and
disappeared.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Life Imprisonment for Pierce.

Garden City, Kan.-For the first time
m the history of the Thirty-second
judicial district, there is conviction
ior murder in the first degree. This
IS the case of George l.. Pearce, OF
Stanton county, second smallest in the
state. The jury was out but five hours
.his time, though at the first trial in
Nay it was out five days and five
Nights. The case, which had the great
est array of legal talent any southwest
Kansas case ever had, has been ap
pealed to the Supreme court. Mean
while Judge William H. Thompson de-
MED retrial, sentenced the man to life
Imprisonment, and fixed the bond at
$25, 900 pending determination of ap
peal and returnable September 8.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Life Imprisonment for Pearce.

Garden City, Kan.-For the first
time in the history Of the Thirty-sec'
ond judicial district, there is convic'
ton for murder in the first degree.
This is the case of George l.. Pearce
Of Stanton county, second smallest in
The state. The jury was out but five
hours this time, though at the first
trial in May it was out five days and
five nights. The case, which had the
greatest array of legal talent any
southwest Kansas county ever had, has
been appealed to the supreme court
Meanwhile Judge William H. Thomp-
son denied retrial, sentenced the man
to life imprisonment, and fixed the
bond at $4,000 pending the determina'
ton of the appeal and returnable Sep
tember g.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
EltzoeraId's Summary.

Edward Fitzgerald. the translator OF
the Persian poet. Omar Khayyam, was
a more or less genial opponent OF
matrimony as a state.
One day he said to his friend Miss
Ellen Churchyard Of Woodbridge:
do you know. Nell. what marriage
ISL"
Miss Churchyard thought not
Then I'll tell you" said he. Mar
riage is standing at ones desk. nicely
settled to work. when a great big
bonnet pushes in at the door and asks
you TO go for a walk with IT,
Youths Companion
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Bad Fire az Mayetta.

Mayetta, Kan.-Five of the principal
business buildings of this place were
burned, causing loss of about sos,
700 Fire started in the Masonic hall
but no one can find out its origin
There is no fire department in May
eta and a company was brought down
from Holton over the Rock Island as
soon as the alarm could be sent ill.,
but the apparatus arrived too late 70
do much good
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Kansas City Appeals Tax Payment

Topeka Kan.-The case in which
Wyandotte county is trying to compe
Kansas City, Mo-, to pay taxec on its
waterS forks which are located in Kan
sas, will be appealed to the supreme
court of the United States. The Kan
sas supreme court held that Kansas
City, Mo-, must pay taxes in Kansas or
the waterworks. A. L. Berger repre-
scented the Missouri city in the case
and his brief contained copious bibli
cal quotations, laying down the Mosaic
law as to how a stranger within the
gates" should be treated. Notwith
standing the Mosaic law the supreme
court decided against Mr.. Berger ane
Kansas City, Mo.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Farmer Prevents Wreck.

Wichita, KAMA heavily laden
Missouri Pacific passenger train due
here at 9:55 from Kansas City, was
saved from dashing upon a burned
bridge near Reece by J. B. Malcomb, a
farmer residing along Spring creek
Malcomb saw the bridge on fire and,
knowing that the train was due, picked
up lantern and hurried to the rail
way, arriving just in time to stop the
train from plunging down an eighteen
foot embankment.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
CHAPTER xI.-Continued.

"Not this lady" said the boy. "The
other lady. l think she said Jeffries,
or jenkins, or something like that"
The captain waved his hand toward
the door.
That's all right-go. Well find
her all right"
The boy went out and the captain
turned round to Annie.
It'll be rather a pity II 1t isn't
YOU" he said, with a suggestive smile.
"How so?" she demanded.
The captain laughed.
"Well, you see, woman always
gets the jury mixed up. Nothing fools
a man like pretty face, and IL times
is IL. You see if they quarreled
about you-your husband would stand
some chance" Patronizingly he
added, Come, Mrs. Jeffries, you'd bet
ter tell the truth and l can advise
you who to go to-"
Annie drew herself up, and with
dignity said:
Thanks, I'm going to the best law
yer can get Not one of those court
room politicians recommended by a
police captain. l am going to Richard
Brewster. He's the man. He'll soon
get my husband out of the Tombs."
Reflectively she added: "If my father
had had Judge Brewster to defend him
instead Of a legal shark, he'd never
have been railroaded to jail. He'G be
alive today"
Capt. Clinton C1ffawed loudly. The
idea of ex-Judge Brewster taking he
case seemed to amuse him hugely.
Brewster" he laughed boisterous'
". You'd never be able to gel
Brewster. Firstly. he's too expensive
Secondly, he's old man Jeffries' law
yer. He wouldn't touch your case
with a ten-foot pole. Besides" he
added in q tone Of contempt. Brew
ster's no good in o case Of this kind
He's a constitution lawyer-one ol
them international fellers. He dom
know nothing"
Hes the only lawyer I want" she
retorted determinedly. Then she wen
On: "Howard's folks must come to his
rescue. They must stand by him
they must"
The captain grinned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Major Griffith to Coach Rifle Team.

Wichita, Kan.-Major Bruce Grit
fifth, inspector small arms practice, oil
the Second regiment, Kansas National
Guards, of this city, has been ap-
pointed coach for the Kansas rifle
team. which is to shoot against the
best teams of the country in the shoo'
to be held at Camp Perry. Ohio, Au'
gust 20. The state competition shoot
opens at Leavenworth July II. The
Wichita marksmen are not training as
hard as usual this year aud will moi
be sent with Major Griffith from this
place.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Couple Kiss at Prison Door.

Leavenworth, KAMA husband and
wife kissed each other in the Office
of record clerk Of the state peniten
tiary at Lansing. Then they separated
each to begin sentence of five years
At the end of that time they may kiss
again, but not before. They are Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Barby. convicted OF
stealing from a neighbor in Winfield,
Kan.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
New Hotel at Liberal.

Liberal, Kan.-The new hotel Cimar
ron has been opened here under the
management of the Grier Co., with the
new station. both buildings being
owned by the Rock Island The new
hotel was erected and furnished at 6
rost of $4,000 and is said to be the
finest between Hutchinson and f.
PaSO
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07

Those who discourage US the most
IN an undertaking are the first to tell
us II knew you would succeed, when
we have attained success.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-07
Jehovah's Suffering
Servant
Sunday School Lesson for July ., 1911
Specially Arranged for This Paper
LESSON TEXT-Isaiah 52:l3; 53:l2.
MEMORY VERSES-53:4-6.
Specially Arranged for This Paper

GOLDEN TEXT-"The Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all."-Isa. 1916.
The lesson Is from the second part Of
the Book of Isaiah.
Whenever written it belongs 10 the time
of the exile, just before the return.
1t brought hope, inspiration, instruction.
life, and light in the darkest period in
the history of Israel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-24
worth quoting again:

One may account yariously for
the "a men who did not report the
amount of their incomes. Perhaps
some felt they were getting so ntsie
that they kept silent out of pride. Put
class records are VIGOROUSLY loose,
and it is probable that of the "a most
OF them were well up to the average,
but had disappeared or ignored the
census for various reasons. 1t Seems
extremely unlikely that the average
for the entire 100 could be below So
600. 1t is more than likely to prove
Well above.
How representative such a poll
would be of college men in general
of the vintage OF 19OO-it is some
what harder TO say, says the Evening
Post. Dartmouth is one of the col
leges which have sent an increas-
ing number of men into business
Other institutions which have main
tanned the old drift toward the min
istry would certainly reveal a much
lower average. But since the controY
ersy has never been over what the
college-bred minister gets, but rather
what the college-bred business ran
gets. the local conditions at Dart
mouth merely add 10 the availability
of the figures
Fifty-seven of these men in 10 years
OF effort are still snort OF 1000 per
annum. Nineteen men have secured
incomes greater than that figure. Fhat
is TO say, three out of every four men
are below $4,000 and every fourth man
has got something above, for the most
part something very handsomely
above.
Most men, we think, would agree
that that was a very satisfactory
showing. Compared with the non7coi-
lege meG-if such an awkward con-
paTison could ever be worked out--ths
results surely demonstrate the fnol-
ishness of the notion that college pre-
paration units" g man for hiGheF
executive work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-24
June "a in American
History

I4yT-John and Sebastian Cabot dis
covered North America. probably
the coast OF Labrador.
1753-General William Hull. soldier.
born; died 1925: surrendered De
troit To the British in 1901.
1S13-Henry Ward Beecher born at
Litchfeld. Conn; died 1887.
1s33-John Randolph Of Roanoke, Va,
statesman. died; born 1878.
1910 - Senator Gore Of Oklahoma
charged that a $4,000 bride had
been offered to him TO permit vail
dalton by congress for the sale Of
Indian lands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-24
that can be kept reasonable that is
what they want.
Earnings of College Men.

Highly suggestive, indeed. we're the
statistics quoted by the editor of on
the College Campus, in the Chicago
Evening Post showing the annual in
comes achieved by the members of a
single class at Dartmouth college.
out of the hundred men who gFadI-
sse.. from that institution in 1900 the
class secretary was able to secure con-
fidential income reports from 76.
Their incomes, # was found, ranged
from one of $3.50 to one of $4,000, and
the average was "a very handsome one
indeed-$2,6 $50. The SUMMARY is
worth ouOting again