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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
him what h. chose. He wondered why

him what he chose. He wondered why
he had not tried to resist. The truth
was Underwood exercised a strange,
subtle power over him. He had the
power TO make him do everything he
wanted him TO do, no matter how fool
ish or unreasonable the request. Every
one at college used to talk about II.
One night Underwood invited all his
classmates to his rooms and made him
cut up all kinds of capers. He at first
refused, point blank-but Underwood
got up and, standing directly in front
of him, gazed steadily into his eyes.
Again he commanded him to do these
ridiculous. degrading things. Howard
felt himself weakening. He was sud
denly seized with the feeling that he
must obey. Amid roars Of laughter
he recited the entire alphabet stand
ing on one leg, he crowed like
rooster, he hoped like toad, and
he crawled abjectly on his belly like
a snake. One of the fellows told him
afterward that he had been hyp-
Noticed. He had laughed at 1t then
as a bOOu JUNG, DuI uOW hc N"AAV "
think of it, perhaps 1t was true. Pos
sibly he was a subject. Anyway he
was glad to be rid of Underwood and
his uncanny influence.
The train stopped with q jerk at his
station and Howard rode down in the
elevator to the street. Crossing Eighth
avenue, he was going straight home
when suddenly he halted. The glitter
and tempting array of bottles in .
corner saloon window tempted him.
He suddenly felt that if there was one
thing he needed in the world above
all others it was another drink. True,
he had had more than enough already.
But that was Coxe's fault. He had
invited him and made him drink.
There couldn't be any harm in taking
another. He might as well be hanged
for sheep as a lamb. BY the time
he emerged from the saloon his
speech was thick and his step uncer-
tain. A few minutes later he was
painfully climbing up the rickety stairs
of a cheap-looking fat house. AS he
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
The Subtlety of Him.

John, dear" said Mabel. as her lord
and master entered the house, Two
Just had letter from mother, and
she is coming TO visit us. 1t is q pref
ty expensive trip for little Muddy. and
| wondered If we couldn't help her out
a little"
"Of course we can" said John, Civ
ing his wife a generous kiss. Just
you write and tell her that I'll be only
too glad to pay for her railroad ticket
back home again as soon as she de-
cides to go."-Harper's Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
Critics.

only competent critics can give
competent criticisms" said Admiral
Mahan. at the Immortals' recent recep-
ton in New York. The ignobler the
critic the ignobler the crlticism-even
Of the very finest things-that he will
pronounce.
"A man in a bar was praising ia.
nous American journalist, Justly
famous journalist, journalist who
gets out a really fine paper.
YES the bartender agreed, his
paper is a good one. 1t picked two win.
ners last week."
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 50-cent bot
tie Of Greene's Warranted Syrup Of
Tar il 1t fails to cure your cough or
cold. We also guarantee 25-cent bot
tie to prove satisfactory or money re-
funded. Your Druggist, My Druggist,
Any Druggist in Michigan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

ney Pills came to my attention at that
critical time and l used them faith
fully until entirely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

constant inclination
for the kidneys to act
and the secretions
were accompanied by
burning and scalding.
The headaches and
giddy feelings that op.
pressed me were al.
most unbearable and
life soon lost al IN.
terest. Doan's Kid.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
True Humility.

II suppose you are tempted to put
on airs since you own a motor car"
II should say not" replied Mr..
Chuggins. "a man with a motor car
puts in most Of his life apologizing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
Climatic Conversation.

: THE weather is always a convent
ent topic OF conversation"
II don't think so. You are so often
compelled to think twice in order to
select polite phraseology."
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

1t is possible TO have too much of a
good thing. The dog with the shortest
tail runs the least danger of having
tin cans tied to Il.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

II mans wi-e can read about poll.
tics without wishing she were a man,
he will never experience the pleasure
of being henpccked.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

Garfield Tea purifies the blood. cleanses
the system, clears the complexion, eradi-
catas disease and promotes Good Health.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for Childrsn
teething. softens the gums, reduces innamma-
ton, allays pain cures wind collie, ESQ q bottle.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
A WOMAN'S KIDNEYS
Arc often Responsible for ustoId
Suffering.

Mrs. August Wittenberg, 1889 Hop
kins ST., Milwaukee, Wis, says: Kid
ney trouble came On me almost be-
fore / was aware of it. There was a
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

A girl is always sure her latest love
Is the real thing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25
SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jeffries. bankers son. under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood,
Asllow-student at Yale, leads life OF
ossipation. marries the daughter of a
gambler who died i'm prison. and is dis
owned by his father. lie tries to get
work and fails
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

ONLY ONE "BBoMO QUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look fog
tho signature of Il. W. GROVE. Used tho World
over 10 Cure Cold In Ono Day. &c.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

Dwellers In glass houses should
keep out OF politics.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

reached the top floor a cheerful voiC
called out:
rs that you, Howard, dear?"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-03-25

Peace with God without peace with
men Il an Ubiquitous thing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08
PAYMENT REGAINS STANDING
Wisconsin Supreme Court Makes an
important Decision Affecting
Fraternal Insurance.

Madison.-The supreme court
handed down a decision affirming
the lower court findings in case
of interest to holders of fraternaI
insurance. The case, which was
that of William Walter Ramsey,
respondent, against the Travellers
Protective association of America,
appellant, involved the question
whether payment of an overdue as
sessment in fraternal benefit So
ciety restores a member to good
standing and entities him to bene-
fit in case of injury. Ramsey, the
plaintiff, sales manager for the j.
l. Case Threshing Machine COM
pany, Racine, held a certificate in
the Travellers Protective associa-
ton. On July 5, 1909, he broke
his arm while cranking his auto
mobile. He sued in municipal court
to recover indemnity, alleging he
was in good standing, although his
assessment was four days overdue,
according to the society's conten-
ton. The fees were paid July 6,
after the injury. Ramsey claimed
this payment related back and COW
cred the risk from July 1, and set
up in justification that he had
often paid assessments when they
were overdue.
In circuit court, the plaintiff was
held to be in good standing and
was given judgment for $211.83
damages and costs. From this
judgment the defendant appealed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08
NJ NANARAS GIVEN
PRISON SENTENCE
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR JAMES
3. MNAMARA AND FIFTEEN
YEARS FOR JOHN j.
CONF ESSlON READ IN COURT
Younger Brother Declares Nonntent
to Cause Loss of Life in Los An
geles Times Bomb Disaster-Dis-
trict Attorney Asks Clemency.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Denouncing
James B. Mcnamara as a murderer
at heart and declaring that there was
no eXtenuating circumstance in his
case, Judge Walter Bordwell SEN
fenced the man who confessed that
he blew up the Los Angeles Times
and sent twenty-one souls into eter-
nifty, to life Imprisonment in San
Quentin prison.
Immediately thereafter the court
called John j. Mcnamara, secretary
OF the Iron Workers union, before
the bar and sentenced him to serve
a fifteen year term in the same
prison.
If the men live, however, and
prove exemplary prisoners, they will
come under the operation of the state
parole law within seven years.
The district attorney kept his
promise to the two prisoners given
at the time they made their confess
sions, and begged the court to ex-
ercise clemency.
District Attorney Fredericks, amid
absolute silence, read the following
confession of James B. Mcnamara:
Il, James B. Mcnamara, defendant
in the case of the people, having
heretofore pleaded guilty to the
crime of murder, desire to make
this statement of facts:
And this is the truth. On the
night of September 30, 1910, at 5:45
p. M, l placed in Ink alley, a por-
ton of the Times building, suitcase
containing sixteen sticks of so per
cent. dynamite, set to explode at l
o'clock the next morning.
ct was my intention to injure the
building and scare the owners.
did not intend to take the life Of
any one. l sincerely regret that
these unfortunate men lost their
lives. If the giving Of my life would
bring them back l would gladly give
1t. In fact, in pleading guilty to
murder in the first degree, l have
placed my life in the hands OF the
state. JAMES B. M'NAMARA."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08
SOCIALISTS LOSE BY $4,000
Job Hartman Is Overwhelming De-
feated for Mayor of Los Angeles
--Women's Votes Turn Tide.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Job Hartman,
socialist candidate for mayor has been
defeated after one of the most terrific
battles in the history of American
politics. The majority of Alexander,
good government candidate, is esti-
mated at $4,000. Hartman has been
connected with the defense of the Nc
Namara brothers, self confessed dyna-
miters. Fully $4,000 women cast bal
lots under the new equal suffrage law,
and their votes are believed to have
had great bearing on the result.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08
False Weights and Measures

Madison.-Reports coming from
the six scalers of weights and meas
ures in the field in various portions
of the state indicate to State Supt.
Emory that fully one-third of the
weights and measures so far found
in use are incorrect.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08
Bow Hunter Kills Self.

acknowledgement Robson. aged
10 years, accidentally shot and
killed himself while alone in the
woods. hunting.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08

The entire fOrelgn-SerV1ce organization
is being improved and developed with
especial regard to the requirements of
the commercial interests of the country.
The rapid growth of our foreign trade
makes it of the utmost Importance that
governmental agencies through which
that trade is to be aided and protected
should possess a high degree of eff
cheney Not only should the foreign rep
resentatives be maintained upon q gen
erous scale in so far as salaries and es-
Establishments are concerned, but the Sc
lection and advancement of officers
should be definitely and permanently reg
ulated by law, so that the service shall
not fail to attract men Of high character
and ability. The experience of the past
few years with partial application Of
civil service rules to the diplomatic and
cons liar service leaves no doubt in my
MIND of the wisdom of a wider and more
Dermanent extension of those principles
to both branches of the foreign service.
L therefore again commend to the IA
ment of a law applying to the diplomatic
and consular service the principles en-
bodied in section 1853 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United states, ,d In the civil
executive orders of June q, 1906, and of
November &c, 1909. In its consideration of
this important subject | desire to recall
to the attention Of the congress the very
bill for the improvement of the
foreign service by the foreign
affairs committee of the house Of repre-
sentatives Available statistics show that
the strictness with which the merit sys-
tenn has ben applied to the foreign serv
ice during recent years and the absolute
non-partisan selection of consuls and
diplomatic service secretaries who indeed
far from being selected with any view
to political consideration have actually
been chosen to disproportionate extent
from states which would have been I'M
represented In the foreign service under
the system which 1t is to be hoped Is now
permanently obsolete. Some legislation
for the perpetuation Of the present sys-
tenn of examinations and promotions upon
merit and efficiency would be Of greatest
value to our commercial and information
al interests
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-08

2e, 1909 of the rules OF international law
to be recognized within the meaning of
article seven of The Hague convention
for the establishment of an international
prize court.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11

citedly. Their manner had fallen all
at once into one OF intimacy and
confidence. Belingham never remem-
pered to have seen his wife so carried
out OF herself; her eyes were shining
The big man at the head of the
table watched 1t all sullenly from
beneath his lowered brows. Some
times he could hardly catch what they
were saying to each other. so COM
pletely by now had they shut him out
OF their conversation. Perhaps. too.
he was growing little deaf. No mat
ter: he could still watch-without
seeming to do so.
And slowly. as he sat there In
silence. the meaning of what he was
watching grew. and took possession
OF his mind. OF course. What kind
of a fool had he been not to realize
the truth before? That was the real
significance of it all. OF that quick
ened look in her eyes, OF the hostility
that he always remembered to have
felt against that puppy Hartland-of
everything! And they thought to fool
him-him!-with this story of a
chance meeting and a common inter-
est in the humbug of the spiritualists.
Well, thank God he had found out in
time! He could watch now-and plan.
He had forgotten his fatigue in the
excitement of such thought The creep
ing heaviness that had held his body bat
a few moments before seemed 10 have left
him. His pulse was beating fierce and
steady. he could hear the sound OF 1t in
his ears-wine and rage ran in his blood
like flames. Twenty times, in his imag-
inatIon, he rose up with a sudden oath.
and dashed the life out OF the guilty pair
that smiled and whispered together across
the table. He knew their quick terror.
the crash of the blows, and himself VIC
torious-the avenger whom they had
hoped to mock. But to all outward SEEM
ing he still lounged motionless in his
chair. a coarse. lethargic figure. broodlng
heavily.
After what might have been a long
or quite a short time-the watcher had
lost count of this-Mrs. Belingham
seemed suddenly to become conscious
OF her own conduct She stopped talk
ing. and glanced at her husband with a
look OF almost terrified apology. He
met 1t smiling.
NO matter!"-he was at pains TO
keep the knowledge out OF his voice:
1t sounded harsh. as usual, but the
words were unexpectedly mild, you
and Hartland must accept me for a
hereto in these matters I've given
my opinion. Don't mind me-"
Louise had risen: Hartland leaped
mp TO open the door for her. but the
host did not move. He was no longer
tired. but queer feeling was upon
him, as though it would have required
an impossible effort to stir his limbs:
so he sat where he was. watching and
smiling.
His wife seemed. however. TO notice
something unusual besides the suavity
OF his speech; for she stni hesitated.
glancing towards him e. rL-lE - Q
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heart of the house. The master heard 1t
vaguely. through the dulled confusion OF
his senses; it mingled itself with that
other noise within his own ears. marking
out the minutes that were left to him be-
fore. Again the Fear ran through
him: surely that must be what was nap
pening; he was i'll. Perhaps. after all.
Louise tthe foolD had been right When
she had told him so often during the last
few weeks that he was overworking, and
ought to take a rest.
Suppose, even, he were in danger OF
dying-not just yet, of course. but
soon. That was a queer thought; If 1t
were true, the obvious thing to do was to
get up and ring the bell; then people
would come, and doctors who would pre-
vent it happening-yet he sat there with
out moving; almost without fear, after
the first moment; only vaguely uneasy.
And tired. Most of all he wondered. with
idle curiosity, what Louise would say
afterwards.
Oddly-but then all the swaying to
and fro of his mind was odd tonight
these thoughts had already driven out
the anger that he had just now been
nourishng against his wife for her sup
posed announcement OF Hartland. Per-
maps the process had not really been so
swift as it seemed. The clock in the
hall had measured out a full hour since
he was left alone: half of another had
gone by before the lethargy into which
new feeling, stranger than any yet.
1t was as though all sensation were
very gradually slipping away from
Mr.. Belingham, little by little: leav-
Ing at last the final consciousness of
himself, the actual. unbodily self, alone
and utterly unsupported. in a kind of
anticipatory pause; moment in
whlch all his existence had been mar
roWed into one thin point of expecta-
ton He was still considering this
curiously. when all at once he became
aware that the rhythmic beating no
longer sounded in his ears
The clock must have stopped" he
thought, quite clearly At the same in
slant he heard his own name called.
The sound Of it, tenuous and remote.
yet with strange quality of in
sistence, seemed at nrst to rise from
nowhere in particular. He considered.
listening intently: and, after a moment
or two, II came again. This time Mr..
Belingham had no longer any doubt;
It was his wifes voice that was call
ing to him. But the tone of it was
strange, urgent, a blend Of gentle
command and eutreaty such as he had
never known Louise to use before.
Mr.. Belin CHAM did not stay to notice
this. He was only aware that she had
summoned him, and that he must reach
her. no matter how. at once.
He had forgotten everything: sus-
picion and anger had fallen away
from him like dreams-it was his wife
whom he loved who called. The
strangest change Of all was In his
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My God!"-Belingham heard his
cry. hoarse with alarm and aston1sn-
ment. "Louise-do you see--It?"
The table fell crashing over on lts
side, and Hartland and Mr.. Belingham
faced each other. Louise covering be-
tween them. Even to the man. the
husband knew then that he could feel
no anger. Things seemed to have gone
altogether beyond that--if only hs
could make them understand. too. He
tried to speak. but could not The
world seemed to be slipping away
from him; the hystericaI sobbing OF
the woman went through him with .
sensation like physical pain. rendiug
his whole being.
Hartland was still staring at him:
anger seemed to be getting the better
of his fear: his eyes blazed SO that
Mr.. Belingham could not meet them
I'm not afraid of you" he said. his
voice strained and quick. whatever
you are. man or ghost When you
were alive you bullied her. drove her
to me 1t would be like you to come
now. If that's what 1t means"
There was silence; a great fear was
breaking upon Mr.. Belingham- The
room faded. grew misty.
See" cried HartIand suddenly. He
bent towards the woman, taking both
her hands in his. Louise" he said.
speaking not to her but. ever her
ShohideAs 10 the otHeE. LOOK I'D and
listen love you! should never
have told you. but for this. I say II
now. so that That, whatever It Ia yon-
der. may hear. You're mine. now ana
always. in spite of him. Do you under-
stand?"
His voice grew steadier, more com.
manoing. We have done no Gin for
"h1ch 1t can harm us--we have no rea-
son 10 De AFRAID. There is nothing
there' II We will It so: or, at most. 4
SHADOW, no more. that our own foIfv
mas called up. We brought it here. un-
willingly. playing with things that W.
Doth only half believed Well nov
LouIse." ~ S' " :,
She heard. and sobbing, clunr "a
him more closely. He stopped then.
i 1--we, still. and very deliberately
Kissed her on the lips That IL ~
first time" he said. Iookinr hevorS
aer toward the Shadow
moment yet he could see It, watch.
Ing, knowing (but this he could NOT
sseo the truth. and the full bitterness
OK its own punishment Then-there
had come at last for Mr.. Belingham.
now. enveloping him. bearing him
away. out into the night. to nothing
ness 1t was the end.
And still. in one room Of the house
he left, two figures crouched together.
the woman sobbing ever more slowly.
the man staring with resolute eyes
toward the parted curtains.
had once been Mr.. Belingham sat at
a table Head
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Perhaps, even so. some memory Oh
the plans he had lately been forming
unconSciously Influenced him; but, run
of this overmastering need that was
upon him to obey the call. he had not
oeen aware Of it.
So it was with a faint bewilder-
ment that he found himself already
standing just outside the open win
dow of the room in which his wife
was. separated from her only by the
heavy curtains that We're drawn across
it. He had no memory of the way by
which he had come, and now that he
was there, some impotence, inexplica-
BILE. held him for a moment hesitating
unable to go forward.
1t was as though the actual command.
felt rather than heard, had drawn him
toward Louise. as Che had this momen-
tarv idea and smiled even then at the
incongruity OF it, something infinitely
light might be drawn upon breath OF
air and fall powerless until it is renewed.
Then, clearer than before, but with
now a tremble in it like fear, the call
came third time The sound OF 1t
strength, impeilng him forward irresist-
IDLY. He parted the curtains and en-
tered.
After this everything that happened
seemed to pass in one swift instant. To
his surprise the room was almost in
came. ne could not mark whence. he
saw before him the figures of his wife
and Hartland. They were seated together
at small table, their hands just meet
ing upon the surface; the faces OF both
seemed to bear a strained. expectant
look, though mingled in Hartland's with
his usual air of slightly unreal amuse-
ment.
So much he had already noticed, when
something caused Louise to glance to-
ward the window: and their eyes met
In that instant he saw them change and
darken. She bent forward staring. with
parted lips her face a white mask OF
terror.
Then Claude, Claude"-she was
screaming the words-had shrunk toward
Hartland. and caught his arm convul-
sively in both of her hands. still keeping
those agonized eyes on the face OF Mr..
Belingham- He himself thought that he
knew quite we'll the reason Of her fear
An hour ago. the cry. and her involun-
tary appeal to the other for protection,
would have confirmed his own worst i'm
aginings, and have dashed him to God
knows what fury OF rage. Now he wanted
to show her that all this was changed.
There was 60 feeling left in his heart
pity. He understood everything at last
save this. He Ionged to touch her, and
ment forward.
But now Hartland had seen too. and
leapt up. white-faced and staring like