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Sure enough, along the edge OF the open
water. some sitting motionless, some waddling
to and fro in search Of food, some preening
their feathers and occasionally lifting tnelr
great wings as a man raises his arms wheh
he yawns, were fully twenty-five wild geese
The sight made Franks blood tingle IN his
veins Seldom had he seen 20 many OF the
b:g birds together in one flock. 1t was EVIL
dent also that they were not going to depart
that day, for it was already late in the after
noon and the sun was dipping toward the
western hills.
Frank sat down on a log to consider the
situation. He had brought his liye decoys
with him. but when and where and now 10
place them was the question.
He finally decided to get up, early the next
morning, launch his boat in the river, II the
latter was clear of ice, row down 10 tne
side, or as near as he could get to 1t with
boat. and set out his decoys ON the edge OF
the ice. r -.
but when Frank went over to his boathouse'
in the first gray light of dawn, he found the
channel clear, with only now and then small
cakes Of ice or bunch OF drlftwood noalihs
swiftly and silently along, :, -.
Launching his boat and placing IN " ms as
hamper of live decoys, with a stack OF ht-
teen prohledecoys, his box of shells and N his
gun, Frank. pushed off and rowed swiftly
He kept a good lookout ahead for ice and
logs, although once or twice in the dusk he
narrowly escaped collision. AT last, how
ever, he reached the mouth OF the river in
safety, and, whrling his boat around So as
to row facing forward, he began, to 'feel
his wsy" across the open water at the mouth;
The ice brought down by the riy,er had
now mostly sunk, and there was nothing to
impede the progress OF the little boat. Had
II not been for an increasing gloom, winch
he could hardly account for, Frank would
have had no difficulty in making his, way to
the edge of the ice near the point where his
hush blind was situated. But certainly the
Surrounding atmosphere seemed no brighter
thnn when he started and somehow the shore
seemed to fade from sight with amazing
q"N Not until he was well out in the open wa;
ter did Frank begin to realize that. one OF
those dense, chill fogs of early spring was
settling down over the lake Even then he
did not think it best to turn back, as; with
the rising of the sun, it was quite likely the
mist might clear away; -, =.
Rut there was another thing which partic
ularIv induced him to keep on. He could hear
now and then, the resonant "honk, honk,
nf some old gander out on the ice Perhaps
and his heart beat fast at the thought-per
hans he could get within gunshot OF the geese
in that dense fog before they became aware
of his approach. -.,,. -
So he rowed on as quietly as possible, and
kept steering his boat in the direction, iron
which the honking came; for he could see
absolutely nothing now, except lew yards
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their instinct avail where his reason was help
less?
With trembling hands, he drew forth the
old gander, fastened the customary leather
ioSop S Ia and long tether to its leg and then toss,
OF shc other end of the line.
with loud "honk," =. the gander started
Oh and flew to the end OF its tether. Then
Il i; attempted to swim straight on in the same
!, Quickly Frank tied the line about one of
Tn, thwarts and began to row along in the
wake Of his guide, taking care not to alarm
The bird was esdenfy t1G frightened SSss at the
grinding and cracking Of the ice. and instinct
warned it to escape as best it could, if not
Dy light, then by swimming
them, until nothing but the thick fog and
the dark, trackless water surrounded them.
But not for an instant did the sa9der stay or
Frank as steadily followed
Hall ar hour passed, and still no sight .of
land. Could it be the gander was leading him
out into the broad lake? No, for in that
case they would have met with other floating
Threequarters of an hour passed-an hour.
Then came sudden and welcome sound. It
was the unmistakable lap Of crisp little waves
stranded stump loomed up. Then the whole
indstnct outline Of the shore could be seen:
.Hurrah!" shouted Frank, jumping up and
craving the Oiu gander In Dy the cord.
Then he slipped the loop from the birds
leg and tossed his faithful guide into the air,
saying: sS.
"Go it, old fellow! You've earned your
liberty. il ever a bird did"
But, two minutes later, when Frank stood
on shore, with the hamper at his feet, the
gander came eircling back, alighted on tn /.
sand and waddled up to the basket, as much
"Ah, liberty might have been pleasant once.
but now,
he i ever SO humble. there's no place like
And that seems to haye been what Franl,
the floating ice, he concluded that he had
had enough of wild geese cunning for that
spring and the same evening found him safe
and snus and thankful in his own little room
, at home. =
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them at any moment; so he cooked his gun
and laid it across the thwarts in front OF him,
ready for use. . =.
BILE, and Frank turned his boat to the lett,
and began slowly skirting the ice-held In the
direction from which he had last heard. or
imagined he heard, the honking OF the
How strange everything looked in that thick
veil Of fog! Every little bay or bend In the
ice seemed to stretch away for miles; but
wheH Frank would push into it, he would find
that it was hardly deep enough to hold his
boat
Suddenly there was great commoton, so
near him that he fairly started with moment
crying out hoarsely and beating the ice with
their wings as they rose =,
Frank caught up his gun, but he could see
nothing save the melting snow in the gray
mist. Scarcely forty feet away when they
rose, the geese were out OF sight in the fog
even at that distance.
"No use!" sighed Frank, as he lowered the
hammers of his gun and laid 1t down again.
He looked at his watch. 1t was half-past
six o'clock. The sun must have been up some
time already, but the fog had rather in
creased than diminished in density.
The best thing for me to do will be to get
out of this as soon as | cap," said Frank to
lilnsef. II haven't the slightest idea where
/ am SO l suppose | must follow the edge of
the ice all the way around until l come to
land"
For a time the ice-edge was comparatively
even and easy to follow but soon it became
broken and irregular, with deep indentations
and points which jutted far out into the wa.
ter.
The fog had become SO thick that Frank
could scarcely see two boat-lengths ahead,
and not daring to give up the only clue now
left him, he was obliged to follow with the
greatest care all the bays and projections Of
the broken ice-feld
Bcfcle long, to his alarm and dismay, he
found that the ice itself was moving, that
the little bays and fssures were constantly
chonginp shape, opening and closing like the
Jaws oe some hungry monster.
More than once, as he worked his way along
the uneven margin of the ice. he found its
edges closing in upon him, and had only time
to push out again into open water when the
ce-blocks came together with a grinding force
that would have crushed his little boat like
an eggshell.
For once in his life Frank was thoroughly
frightened He did not know what to do.
If he stuck to the shifting ice, he might at
any moment be caught in those terrible crush
ing jaws; if he struck off into the open water,
he would surely be lost in the fog, and would
no doubt row in circle until exhausted or
hcmmed in by other floating masses of ice.
1t was a terrible predcament. If he could
only hear some sound from land that would
to row! But silence as dense as the fog
seemed to have wrapped the land in it's folds.
Suddenly thought occurred to Frank which
made his eye light with hope. There were
the decoy geese in the hamper. Might not
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field, and made sad havoc there TIE
farmer, not being willing that his future crop
should be destroyed. determined to drive the
boc marauders to their nests. Accordingly,
OF giving them, upon their next visit, q warm
reception. ss
Now the farmer had parrot, as talkatiye
and mischevous as those birds usually are,
ana, being very tame, 1t was allowed its free
dom to come and 60 at pleasure.
Strolhng around some time after the farm
er's declaration of war against birds in gem
eral and crows in particular. whom should it
sec but number Of those black bold robbers,
Busy in stealing the corn. Pretty Poll,
being a lover of company. without much car
ing whether good or bad. Hoped into the
midst of them, and was soon engaged in what
l suppose was an interesting conversation on
tas e mfhs &hs o. a county over city
prolonged had not passing wind waited u
to the ears Of the farmer, who was snokin:
his pipe by the coy fireside. Up started be,
breaking in his hurry the pipe Of peace;
his cornfeld at length, he saw at glance
(though he overlooked the parrot) the state
Of affairs. Levehng his gun, he fired, and
with the report was heard the death scream
OF three crows and a shrek from poor Poll.
As the farmer advanced to see what execn-
ton he had made, the unwounded crows arose
in the air, loudly pleading their cause as they
departed. On looking among the murdered
crews, great was his surprise to see stretched
upon the ground his mschievous parrot, with
feathers sadly rufhed and broken leg.
"You foolish brd!' cried the farmer; "ths
comes Of keeping bad company"
The parrot did not reply, probably because
it did not know exactly what to say; but it
looked very solemn. which answered Just as
well
On carrying it to the house, the children,
seeing its wounded leg, exclaimed:
What did it, fatherg what hurt our pretty
Poll?"
bad company bad company" answered
the parrot in solemn voice
"Ay. that it was" said the farmer. Poll
was with those crows when l fired. and re-
ceiyed a shot intended for them. Remember
the parrots fate, children, and beware of bad
company
With these words the farmer turned round.
and with the aid of his wife he bandaged the
broken leg, and in a few weeks the parrot
was as lively as ever, But it never forgot its
adventure in the cornfeld, and il ever the
ft riner's children engaged IN play with guar
relsome companions it warned them wita lts
cry, ''bad company! bad company!
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of the dark water about him and the alien
vcopng grsyness Of the fog.
For nearly an hour. as 1t seemed to him,
the young sportsman pushed his boat stead
ily along, peering anxiously forth for the first
glimpse Of the surrounding ice-feld. The honk-
ing of the geese was very confusing. Some,
times it seemed to come from one point, and
sometimes from another, and often Frank i'm,
agined that it came from all points OF the
compass at once. Still, as the sounds gradually
grew more loud and distinct, he knew that he
must be proceeding in the right direction.
By-and-by he heard the gurgle and dash of
water against the edges Of the ice-sure evi-
dence that he had at last reached the point
for which he was steering. But for some time
he had heard nothing from the geese, Their
danger and they had moved away. to differ
ent mart Of the ice-feld Still. Frank knew
that by skirting the ice he might come upon
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
CoPYRIGHT BY JAMES ELVERsoy

TUST before the ice breaks up in the
lakes Of some Of our Northern States
the wild geese begin to fly southwark
IN biR focks, stopping each night, and
W sometimes for day or more, wher-
ever they can find strip of open wa
ter; or, If open water is not to be had, they
drop down upon the surface of the ice itself
and take such cold comfort and scanty food
as nature affords them under the circum-
stances.
This is the best time of year to hunt geese,
provided the State ,game-laws allow it. for
they not only seem less shy then than in the
fall, and more easily decoyed, but pass over
III apparently grclter numbers, owing to the
fact, 10 doubt that they fly lower, and the
florkS move on over certain section in more
rapid succession.
In the State where Frank Perry lived the
gane-aws allowed spring shooting of ducks
and geese up to April 10, and, as the ice in
until after that date, the sportsmen would
build blinds" on the points and islands, and
set Their prohlc-decoys for geese on the ice,
with hive decoy or two to call the big birds
down.
Frank was keen lover of field sports, and
after the long winters abstinence from gun
ming, was always especially eager for this fort
night or so OF spring sport with the ducks
and geese
He owned small shooting box, or camp
house." as he called it, on the lake shore,
near the mouth of the Onion River, and here
he kept his huntlng.boat, decoys, shells, shoot
ing re. auu 'hihS hSNSsSdiy ioi spur \,
so that all he had to do was to mount his
bicycle at his fathers door in the city, ride
seven miles to the lake, and make himself
at home in his camp-house as long as he
pleased, for there were a stove and cooking
utensils in the "shanty," and supplies could
b. obtained at any of the farmhouses around.
One day early in April the Perry's milk
man, who lived near the mouth of the river
and was an invaluable aid to Frank as
news.bringer from that section, announced
that big flock of geese was roosting out on
the ice opposite the river mouth, and that the
river itself was rapidly breaking up. This
decided Frank to begin his campaign at once
The roads were hardly fit for a bicycle as
yet SO he made arrangements with the milk,
man to call for him on his return trip and
carry HIM out to camp. A start was made
soon after dinner, with supplies sufficient to
last for week.
As soon as he came in sight Of the river
Frank saw that it was indeed breaking up
very last Great masses of ice were floating
down toward the lake and grinding against
the banks.
A little island in the river near Frank.
boathouse was completely covered with bis
blocks OF ice hcaped together in all sorts O.
grotesque shapes; and wherever the crowd
ing masa in the river came to an obstacl,
which il could not move, it piled up against
it till a small mountain OF ice had beer
formed.
AS soon as Frank had housed his supplie.
and dressed himself in his warm shooting
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clothes. he took his gun and ield.glass and
walked to bluff overlooking the mouth of
the river, to see if the geese spoken of by the
milkman were still there.
the river was pouring muddy tide into
the lake and slowly melting away the ice
which obstructed its course. Blocks of ice,
logs and driftwood were tossing, whirling,
crashing against each other in the strip Of
that it would be useless to look for either
ducks or geese in such a mass, so he leveled
his glass on the broad, white ice-feld be-
yond.
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The farmers Parrot

VI beautiful spring, farmer, after
working busily for several weeks, had
sown one of his largest fields with
corn. But the neighboring crows
found their way to the farmers corn
field, and made sad havoc there. Tie
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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02

Gustav Frenssen's KLAUS Hinrich
Baas" reminds one of David Copper
Held" In its long deliberauve unwind
ing of life history up to middle age,
and a little, too. IN its general plan.
with its unhappy love marriage fol-
lowed by a more satisfactory union,
says the London Times But Frenssen
plows deep in the field of moral and
social problems. and his plot is con.
Yincing--we are not obliged to take
the facts on the honor of the narrator.
The hero Is peasants soma piece
OF tough, proud. full-blooded North
German humanity. In one moment Of
bitter establishment he asks himself
what his too great teachers. School
and Church. had done for him except
mislead him. They had given him
fables. impossible idealisms, two COS.
pels. the gospel Of the Savior and
the gospel Of Schiller. but of true,
genuine knowledge of life not a YES.
fise." How he gets this knowledge
10 the theme Of the book; a fine and
moving story which flows on in q
broad stream of incident and charac.
ter that gives singularly powerful
impression of the massiveness and
variety of life. ;
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02
Sale Of Land

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That under
authority of an order of sale granted by the
Honorable George vanArnam. Judge of the
County Court of the County of Richland, in
the State Of North Dakota. dated the 18th day
of October. A. d. 1911, the undersigned, the
Guardian of the Estate of Albert F. Bader
and Grace F. Bader, minors. of the City of
Wahpeton, county of Richland and State Of
North Dakota, will sell at private sale to the
highest bidder, for cash or equivelant subject
to confirmation by the Judge Of said county
court. the following described land. to-wit:
The undivided one half interest of said
minors. Albert F. Bader and Grace E. Bader
in and to the southeast quarter of section
fourteen t14l. in township number one hun.
dred and thirty-two 1881 North. of range
forty.nine l49l west of the fifth principal
meridian, of Rtchland county. North Dakota,
excepting therefrom three acres of land, de.
scribed as follows: commencing at the north.
west corner of the southeast quarter, run.
ming thence south thirty-three 1881 rods;
thence east ten l10l rods; thence north thirty.
two 1927 rods; thence east one hundred and
fifty rods. to the section line, thence north
one III rod; thence west along the quarter
section line one hundred and sixty rods, to
the place of beginning.
The sale will be made ON or after the l4.h
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02
Nuggets.

Clean schoolrnoms make SAN
itary homes.
Dirt and disease are friends
that stick closer than brothers,
Dampness and darkness 90
hand in hand in the develop.
ment of germ life.
A home fortified with clean.
liness, fresh air and sunshine
furnishes a fitting safeguard
against the inroads of disease
The influence of cleanliness
and purity in the schoolroom
is reflected in the sanitary con.
ditions and moral tone of the
home.
Train up a child in the ways
of sanitation and right living
and when he is old he will not
depart from them.-Board lot
Health Bulletin.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02
ALL TIRED OUT
Hundreds More in Wahpeton in
the Same Plight.

Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night
ard day.;
Back aches; head aches,
Allon account Of the kidneys.
You must help them at their
work.
A Wahpeton citizen shows
you how.
Mre. D. Brunkhost, lO2 Fifth
ST., Wahpeton, N. Oak, sayo:
ri knew that Doan's Kidney
Pills are a reliable kidney med
icine. For several months I
was bothered by dull, heavy
ache through the small of my
back. l felt tired all the time,
lacked ambition was miserable
in every way. / had reason to
believe that these troubles were
caused by weak kidneys and I
finally got a box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Keen's Drug Store.
They proved to be just the
remedy l needed and through
their use the symptoms of my
trouble we're disposed Of"
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the Cnited States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
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PURCELL & DIvEr,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Summons.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, }

County of Richand.
In District Court. Fourth Judicial District.
Paul strubel. Plaintiff
william G.. Mctcalf. IS. Metcalf, Emma Met.
calf. Anna Leila Metcalf, and Ethel Mary
Metcalf and all other persons unknown
claiming any estate or interest in or lien or
encumbrance upon the property described
in the complaint, and their unknown heirs,
Defendants.
The State of North Dakoa to the above
named defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer the
complaint in this action, which is on file in
the Office of the Clerk of the District Court at
Wahpeton. Richland county. North Dakota.
and to serve copy Of your answer upon the
subscriber within thirty days afterth service
of this summons upon you, exclusive of the
day of service; and in case of your failure to
appear or answer judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief demand.
ed in the complaint
Dated October 9, 1911.
PURCELL s. DIvET.
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
wahpeton, North Dakota.
Notice is hereby given that the above en-
titled action is brought to determine conflict
ing claims to real property and to quiet the
title Of plaintiff thereto, said land being de-
ecribed as follows, to-wit: The south half of
the southwest quarter of section thirtv-four
l34], township one hundred thirty-one 1871,
range forty.nine l49], in Richland county,
North Dakota. ~
PURCELL s. D1vEr,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
wahpeton, North Dakota.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02

Is your husband cross? An
irritable, fault finding disposi
ton is often due to a disorder
ed stomach. A man with good
digestion is nearly always good
natured. "A great many have
been permanently cured of
stomach trouble by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. For
sale by all dealers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02
KEEP THE WORLDS PEACE.

The United States. free Of entan.
Cling alliances with other great pow.
ers. powerful in point Of population
and natural resources, protected from
successful foreign invasion by dis.
lance and great Intervening seas, and
at peace with all nations, are in a pc.
culiarly favorable situation to take
diplomatic lead in the effort to make
the firm establishment of interna-
tional peace a great international un-
dertaking. says the Philadelphia Rec-
ord. The success of The Hague tri.
bunal in the arbitrament and final set.
Element Of long-standing, irritating
disputes. that had outlived years Of
Intellectual diplomatic attempts for
compromise. opens the way to the
adoption Of still more effectual means
Of abolishing future wars. The steps
which have been taken by our govern
ment in urging other powers to unite
in endowing The Hague tribunal with
the functions Of an arbitral court Of
Justice. and the further proposal. ap.
proved by Congress. to assemble an
international peace commission to
consider the advisability of using ex-
listing diplomatic means for bringing
about an international Limitation of
armaments and for turning the com.
bfned fleets of the world into an inter.
national force for the preservation If
universal peace. put this country in
the lead in peace championship.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-11-02
Legal Notices.
Sun,nions.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, /

$685.
County Of Richland.
In District Court, Fourth judicial District.
Paul strubel. Plaintiff.
We.
August Dill and Elieza Dill. his wife, some
times called Elizabeth Dill. Paul Dill and all
other persons unknown claiming any estate
or interest in or lien or encumorance upon
the property described in the complaint,
and their unknown heirs, Defendants.
The State Of North Dakota o tie above
named defendants:
You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the
complaint in this action, which is on file In
the Office of the Clerk of the District Court at
Wahpeton, Richland county, North Dakota.
and to serve copy Of your answer upon the
subscriber within thirty days after the service
of this summons upon you, exclusive of the
day OF service; and 10 case Of your failure to
appear or answer Judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief demand
ed in the complaint.
Dated October 9, 1911.
PURCELL & DIvET.
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Wahpeton, N. D.
Notice is hereby given that the above entttl-
ed action is brought to determine conflicting
claims to real property and to quiet the title
of plaintiff thereto. said land being described
ne follows, to-wit: The south half of the
northwest quarter and the north half Of the
southwest quarter of section thirty.four l34].
township one hundred thirty-one 1871, range
forty.nine 1897. in Richland county, North
Dakota.
PURCELL s. DIvET,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Wahpeton. North Dakota.