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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-05-05

| sight, except to go to the Kitchen for
| something to eat for her. That very
day Bella got the doctor to order ale
| for Aunt Selma (oh, yes; the doctor
| could come in; Dial said 1T vas all a.
! coming in, and nothing going OUT
and she had three pints of Bass, and
learned TO eat anchOYies and caviare
all in one day.
Bella's conduct 10 Jim was disgrace
full. She snubbed him, ignored him,
tramped on him, and Jim vas growing
positively fabby. He spent most Of
his time writing letters to the board
Of health and playing solitaire. He.
was a pathetic figure.
Well, we went to bed fairly early.
Bella had massaged Aunt Selina's face
and rubbed in cold cream, Anne and
Dallas had compromised on which
window should be open in their bed
| room, and the men had matched to
see who should look at the furnace.
l did not expect to sleep, but the cold
night air had done its work, and !
was asleep almost Immediately.
Some time during the early part Of
the night l ~wakened, and, after turn
ing and twisting ~uneasily, l realized
that l was cold. The couch IN Bella's
dressing room was comfortable
enough, but narrow and low. / re-
member distinctly Chat was what was
so m~addening: Everybody thought
dreamed it)-I remember getting an
eiderdown comfort that was folded at
my feet, and pulling 1t up around me.
In the luxury Of It's warmth / snug.
gled down and went to sleep almost
instantly. 1t seemed to me l had slept
for hours, but 1t was probably an hour
or less. when something reused me
The room was perfectly dark. and
there was not a sound save the faint
ticking of the clock, but l was wide
awake.
And then came the incident that IN
it's CHASTITY, horrible absurdity made
the rest of the people shout with
laughter the next day. 1t was not
funny then. For suddenly the elder
down comfort began to slip. l heard
no footstep, not the slightest sound
approaching me, but the comfort
moved; from my chin, inch by inch, II
slipped to my shoulders; awfully, in
evitably, hair-raisingly it moved. l
could feel my blood gather around my
heart, leaving me cold and %nerveless.
AS 1t passed my hands / gave an in
voluntary clutch for it, to feel 1T slip
away from my fingers. Then the full
horror of the situation took hold of
me; as the comfort slid past my feet
l sat up and screamed at the top of
my voice.
OF course, people came running in
In all sorts of things. l was still sit
ting up, declaring l had seen a ghost
and that the house was haunted. Dali
las vas struggling for the second arm
hole of his dressing gown, and Bella
had already turned on the lights. They
said l had had a nightmare, and not to
sleep on my back, and perhaps / wal
taking grippe. 5
And just then we heard Jimmy run
down the stairs, and fall over some
thing. almost breaking his wrist. 1t
was the eiderdown comfort, halfway
up the studio staircase!
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CURE THAT CATARRH

Our climate with it's sudden changes
is conducive to catarrh-which is
a chronic Inflammation of the mucous
membrane surface OF head-nose or
throat.
One months local treatment with
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is not a palliative but a specific for all
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Paxtine is a perfectly harmless an
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which contains all of the antiseptio
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Just a little In a glass Of water as
needed-used as a spray and gargle.
will not only remove the accumulated
.secretions, but heals the Inflammation,
destroys the germs Of disease, and dis
pels the disagreeable odor caused by
chronic catarrh.
For sale at all druggists, ESQ and
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price. The Paxton Toilet Company,
Boston, Mass. Send for a free sample.
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next, Jim third, and the HARRISON boy
not IN the running.
II was just after dinner that the
surprise was sprung on me. Mr.. Har-
bison came around to me gravely,
and asked me If I felt able to go up on
the roof. On the roof. after last
night! had 10 gather myself togeth-
er; luckily, the others were pushing
back their chairs, showing Flanagan
the liqueur glasses TO take up, and
lighting cigars.
Il do not care to 60" ! said icily.
THE others are coming he per
sisted, and IL could give you an
arm up the stairs"
Il believe you are good at that, |
said, looking at him steadily. Max
will you help me to the roof?'
Mr.. HARRISON really turned rather
white. Then he bowed tremendously
and left me.
Max got me a wrap, and every n
except Mr.. HARRISON and Bella, who
was taking a mass Of indigestibles to
Aunt Selma, went to the roof.
Where is Tom" Anne asked, as
we reached the foot OF the stairs.
Gone ahead to fix things" was the
answer. But he was not there. At
the top Of the last flight l stopped.
dumb with amazement; the roof had
been transformed. enchanted. 1t was
a fairy-land of lights and foliage and
colors. l had to stop and rub my
eyes. From the bleakness OF a tin
roof in February to the brightness
and greenery of a July roof garden!
You were the immediate inspira-
ton. " Dallas said. HARRISON thought
your headache might come from lack
of exercise and fresh air, and he has
worked US like nailers all day. I've
a blister on my right palm. and Har-
bison got shocked while he was wiring
the place, and nearly fell over the
parapet We bought out two full
sized florists by telephone"
II was the most amazing transfer
nation. At each corner a pole had
been erected, and wire crossed the
roof ~diagonally, hung with red and
amber bulbs. Around the chimneys
had been massed evergreen trees in
tubs, hiding their brick-and-mortar
ugliness, and among the trees tiny
lights were strung. Along the parapet
were rows of geometrical lockwood
plants in bright red crooks, and the
flaps Of a crimson and white tent had
been thrown open, showing lights
within, and rugs. wicker chairs, and
cushions.
Max raised a glass of benedictine
and posed for a moment, melodra-
matically.
ITO the Wilson roof g~arden!" he
said. ITO Kit, who inspired; to the
creators, who perspired; and to Taxa
hiro-may he not have expired"
Every one was very gay; l think
the knowledge that tomorrow Aunt
Selma might be with them urged them
to make the most of this last night Of
freedom. tried to be jolly, and sue
ceeded in being feverish. Mr.. Harbi-
son did not come up to enjoy what he
had wrought. Jim brought up his
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cOVyriEhtIa by the BObbs Merrill Co
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he Is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition I'm life was to be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused 10 do so. his
art IL considered a huge Joke, except 10
himself, II he asked people 10 dinner ey-
eryOne expected a frOlic. Jimmy marrtes
Bella Knowles. they live together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the first anniversary
OF his divorce. The party is In full swtng
when Jimmy receives a telegram from his
Aunt Selma, who will arrive In four hours
10 visit him and his wife. He negIeCts to
tell her OF his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
into his confidence. he tries 10 devise
some way so that his aunt will not learn
that he has no longer a wife. He sug-
gests that Kit play the hostess for one
night. be Mrs. Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Sc
lima arrives and the deception works out
as planned. Jim's jap servant Is taken
I'll Bella, Jimmy's divorced wife. enters
the house and asks Kit who Is being ia
ken away In the ambulance? Bella insists
II Is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is we'll and Is
In the house. HARRISON steps out on the
porch and discovers a man lacking q
card on the door. He demands an ex-
PLANTATION. The man points TO the placard
and HARRISON sees the word Smallpox"
printed on it. He tells him the guests
cannot leave the house until the duaran-
tine Is lifted. The guests suddenly real
lie their predicament, the women shed
tears, the men consider It a good Joke.
The all important question arises as to
who is TO prepare the meals and perform
the other household duties, HARRISON fin
ally solves the matter, After the lifting
OF the quarantine several letters are found
In the mail box undeliyered. one is ad-
dressed to Henry Llewellyn. Iquique,
Chile. which was written by HARRISON.
He describes infinitely OF their incarcera-
ton, also OF his i~nfatuation for Mrs. Will
son. Aunt Selma is taken Ill with la
grippe. Betty acts as nurse. HARRISON
finds Kit sulking on the roof. She tells
hin that Jim has been treating her out
~rageously. HARRISON fully believing that
she Is Mrs. Wilson. tells her that she
doesn't mean the things she is saying
about her husband. Kit starts down.
stairs, when suddenly she is grasped in
the arms OF a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that Harbiscn
did IL and is Inundated. Aunt Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles Of jewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty OF the theft. The fol-
lowing morning Jimmy was I'm a rage.
The papers printed a story about the In
generation OF the party. and hat one OF
the guests had attempted TO escape by
means OF laying a board across the roof
TO the adjoining house. but was frus-
trated by a detective who fired a revolver
at him.
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CH|NA'S GREAT WALL
Wonder of World Is Literally Wal
of Blood.
For T~weney-one Centuries II Has Re
manned the Most Amazing Con-
struction Of Human Hands
Builders Name Cursed.

Pekin.-Best known by repute OF
all the wonders Of the world, the great
wall of China has remained for 81
centuries the most amazing construc-
ton Of human hands. Ruined and
broken as it is, II is clear at first
sight that the amount OF human labor
required to build this majestic barrier
is without parallel on earth. Fifteen
hundred miles long. with additional
loops that add another 1000 miles,
there were originally $4,000 watch
overs upon 1t.
third century before Christ by the
first, and perhaps the greatest, Of all
Chinese emperors. Che-Hwang-te,
prince of Tsin, succeeded as a boy to
the throne Of a comparatively small
kingdom and at once began to put
into a state Of order and defence a
territory that long had been allowed
to degenerate into a mere prey to IN.
nual northern invaders. After a few
years the young king assumed the
style Of emperor end organized the
forces of what for the first time in
history was China. For he at once
gave to the whole Of this new empire
the name of his own small state. He
then marched out against the Tar
tars, his hereditary and perennial
enemies in the north. After routing
these marauding pests he was re-
called for the usual oriental need of
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guitar and sang love songs In a beau
tiful tenor, looking at Bella all the
time. And Bella sat In a steamer
chair, with a rug over her and q
spangled veil on her head, looking at
the boats on the river-about as soft
and as chastened as an ~acetylene
head light.
And after Max had told the most
improbable tale, which Leila advised
him to sprinkle salt on, and Dallas
had done a clog dance, Bella said 1t
was time for her complexion sleep
and went downstairs, and broke up
the party.
III she only gave half as much care
to her immortal soul" Anne said when
she had gone. "as she does to her
skin, she would let that nice Harbi-
o boy alone. She must have been
brutal to him tonight, for he went to
bed at nine o'clock At least, / sup
pose he went to bed. for he shut him
self In the studio, and when I
knocked he advised me not to come
in."
had pleaded my headache as an
excuse for avoiding Aunt Selma ell
day, and she had not sent for me.
Bella was really quite extraordinary.
She was 9 In the habit Of putting
herself out for any one, and she al
ways declared that the very odor of q
sick-room drove her to Scotch and
soda. But here she was, rubbing Aunt
Selina's back with chloroform lini-
ment--and you know how that smells
getting her up In a chair, dressed
In n Of Bella's wadded SIX robes,
with pillows under her feet. and then
doing her hair In elaborate puffs-
braiding her gray switch and bringing
II. coronet-fashion. around the top OF
her head. She even put rice powder
on Aunt Selina's nose and dabbed VIC
lets water behind her ears, and said
she couldn't understand why she
(Aunt Selinal had never married. but.
Of course, she probably would some
dayi
The result wan. naturally, that the
old LADY wouldn't let Bella out Of her
I.L
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AS He UNDERSTOOD THEM
Employer, but the Result
Was Sad.

NOW, william" the old farmer said
to his new apprentice, q" want tkee to
mind what I do say to thee, to be
sharp and attentive and to delay not
in carrying out my Instructions"
cay, ay, zur," replied William.
First, now, I want thee to take
out the old white mare and have her
shod."
"Ay, ay, zur," said William, and de-
parted.
He returned two hours later and the
old farmer questioned him.
Thee hast not been quick, lad
he said, reprovingly, "but II thee hast
done thy work as I ordered thee thou
shalt be forgiven. Didst thee have
the mare shod, as I telled thee?"
cay, ay, &zur!" replied William.
beaming. "Didst thou not hear the
gun? l shot her myself and I've just
buried her."-London Answers.
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CHAPTER XII. (contInued.)

Il wish you would all go out" / said
YEARLY. IF every man In the house
says he didn't try to get over to the
next roof last night, well and good.
But you might look and see II the
board Is still lying where 1t fell"
There was an instantaneous rush
for the window. and a seconds pause.
Then Jimmy's voice, incredulous,
Rwed:
We'll. I'll be-blessed! There's the
board"
| stayed in my room all that day
My head really ached and then, too, I
did not care to meet Mr.. HARRISON. II
would have TO come; / realized that
a meeting was inevitable, but | want
ed time to think how / would meet
him. 1t would be impossible to cut
him, without rousing the curiosity of
the others to fever pitch; and 1t was
equally impossible to ignore the dis
graceful episode on the stairs. As 1t
happened, however, I need not have
worried. / went down to dinner, lam
b0AuAJf WACA ONUlJ Ou0 was 6tdlCus
and found Max at my right. and Mr..
HARRISON moved over beside Bella.
Every one was talking at once, for
Flanagan, ambling around the table
as airily as he walked his beat, had
presented Bella with her bracelet on
a salad plate, garnished with romaine.
He had found 1t in the furnace room.
he said, where she must have dropped
it. And he looked at me stealthily, TO
approve his ~mendacity!
Every n was famished. and as
they ate they discussed the board in
the area-way, and pretended to deride
1t az a clever BIT Of press work, to re-
viye a dying sensation. No q was
deceived: AnDe's pearls and the at
tempt at escape. coming Just after,
pointed only to one thing. / looked
around the table. dazed. Flanagan.
almost the only unknown quantity.
might have tried to escape the night
before, but he would not have been
In dress clothes. Besides, he must
be eliminated as far as the pearls
$3.50 ApAf natiuk OcCQ lOCNeO
In the furnace room the night they
were stolen. There was no one among
the girls to suspect The Mercer girls
had stunning pearls. and could secure
all they wanted legftimately: anil
Bella disliked them. Oh. there was No
question about 1t. / decided: Dallas
and Anne had taken a wolf to their
Dosom--or 10 It q viper?-and the
HARRISON man was the creature. AL
though must say that, looking over
the table, at Jimmy's breadth and not
very imposing personality. at Maxss
lean length. saliow skin and bold
dark eyes. at Dallas. blond. growing
bald and f1orid, and then at the Harbt
son poy, tall. muscular. clear-eyed and
lRuupurncd. one would have taken May
|At first choice as the villain. with Dial
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CHAPTER Kill.


~
Aunt Selma got UP the next morn
ing and Jim told her all the strange
things that had been happening. She
fixed on Flanagan, of course, al
though she still suspected Betty Of
her watch and other valuables. The
incident of the comfort she called
nervous indigestion and bad hours.
She spent the entire day going
through the storeroom and linen
closets, and running her fingers over
things for dust. Whenever she found
any she looked at me, drew a long
breath, and said, Poor james," 1t
was maddening. And when she went
through his clothes and found some
buttons off (Jim didn't keep a man,
and Takahiro had stopped at his
boots) she looked at me quite awfully.
His mother was a perfect house
keeper" she said. James was brought
up in clothes with the buttons on, put
on clean shelves"
Didn't they put them on him?" I
asked, almost Historically. 1t had
been a bad morning, after a worse
night. Every one had found fault
with the breakfast, and they struggled
down one at a. time until / was fran
tic. Then Flanagan had talked at
me about the pearls. and. Mr.. Harbi-
son had said, Good morning" very
stifiy. and nearly ratified the inside of
the furnace out
Early in the morning. too, ! over
heard a scrap of conversation be-
tween the policeman and our gentle
man adyenturer from South America.
Something had gone wrong with the
telephone and Mr.. HARRISON was fuss
Ing over 1t with q screw driver and a
pair of scissors-all the tools he
could find. Flanagan was lifting rugs
to shake them on the roof-Bella's or
der.
Wash the table lnen!" he was
grumbling. I'm do what / can that's
necessary. Grub has to be cooked.
and dishes has to be washed-rn adj
NIT that. If you're particular, make
up your bed every day; / don't object.
But don't tell me we have to use 80
table napkins a day. What did folks
do before napkins was inventedf Tell
me thati"-triumphantly.
What's the answerT MI. HARRISON
inquired absently. evidently with the
screw-driver In his mouth.
Used their pocket handkerchiefsi
Wash clothes / will not"
@Well. don't worry Mrs. Wilson
about It," the other voice said. Elan
nigan Strengthened himself with q
grunt.
Mrs. Wilson," he uald. "A lot she
would worry. She's been a disappoint.
ment to me. Mr.. Harrison, me think.
Ing that now she'd come back 70 him,
after lcayin' linn the way she did.
they'd be like two turtle doves. Lord
the cook next door,
Gro BIZ coNTINUED.l
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SCRATCHED TILL BLOOD RAN

when my boy was about three
months old his head broke out with a
rash which vas very itchy and ran a
watery fluid. We tried everything we
could but he got worse all the time,
till it spread to his arms, legs and
then to his entire body. He got SO
bad that he came near dying. The
rash would itch so that he would
scratch till the blood ran, and a thin
yellowish stuff would be all over his
pillow in the morning. l had to put
mittens on his hands to prevent him
tearing his skin. He was SO weak
and run down that he took fainting
spells as if he were dying. He was
almost a skeleton and his little hands
were thin like claws.
He vas bad about eight months
when we tried Cuticura Remedies. l
had not laid him down in his cradle
in the daytime for a long while. I
washed him with Cuticura Soap and
put on n application of Cuticura
Ointment and he was SO soothed that
he could sleep. You don't know how
glad l was he felt better. 1t took one
box of Cuticura Ointment and pretty
near n cake of Cuticura Soap to
cure him. / think boy would have
died but for the Cuticura Remedies
and / shall always remain a firm
friend of them. There has been no
return of the trouble. / shall be glad
to have you publish this true state
ment of his cure" (Signed) Mrs. M.
c. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario, May 27,
1910.
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ARE YOU FREE


Headaches. Colds. Indigestion.
Pains. Constipation. Sour Stomach.
Dizzinessa If you are moi. the most
effective. prompt and pleasant
method Of getting nd Of them IS to
take. now and then. a d~esertspoon-
ful Of the ever refreshing and truly
beneficial laxative remedy-Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA. II q
well known throughout the world
as the best Of family laxative reme-
dies. because ifacis 50 gently and
strengthens naturally without mn
tadng the system IN any way.
To get its beneficial effects il il
always necessary to buy the genu-
inc. manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. bearing the maize
Of the Company. plainly printed on
me front Of every package.
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crushing out the seeds of rebellion at
home. 1t was probably in order that
he should not again find himself thus
between two enemies that he con.
celved the gigantic defense of which
the larger part remains to this day.
Undeterred by the magnitude Of
the task and the terrible loss of life
that its construction must involve,
Che-Hwang-te gave the word and the
huge structure slowly forged it's way
from many centers at once along the
entire northern boundary of what was
then the Chinese empire. Che-Hwang-
tie enlisted the workers in many ways
and from many quarters. Some of
his press gang work was hardly cred
table, for 1t Is on record that the
mere possession Of a book condemned
the wretched owner to four years
hard labor on the wall.
But as the Chinese proverb has It:
"The humiliation of one generation
has proved the salvation of others
and for many centuries the great wall
served lJS purpose We'll.
Disappointment generally awaits
the mortal who has heard much
about some celebrated object and
does visit it; so seldom does the
reality come up to expectation. But
the great wall is not overrated. Be-
hold 1t by starlight or moonlight,
gaze on 1t In twilight or In sunlight;
view it through the haze of a dust
fog, or the spindrift of a rain shower,
or between the flakes of a snowstorm
ever Is the wall one great. gray,
gaunt, still specter Of the past, crest
ing thefmountain peak or reposing In
the shady valley. So vast is It that
perhaps alone of all mans handiwork
1t could be discerned from the moon.
So vast Is 1t that were its materials
disposed around the earth at the
equator they would provide a wall
eight feet high and three feet thick.
When we reflect on the labor need.
ed to erect II we slowly divine the
toll exacted from countless thou
sands, the sweat and tears and blood
that must have been shed and we are
prepared to hear that after two mil.
lennia the name of Che ID cursed all
along the wall by the descendants Of
those who were driven to the hateful
task, who lab0sed in deathly fear lest
when flesh ard blood failed to re-
spond to the naskmaster's scourge.
flesh and bED5d should be hurled into
the mass o. concrete to provide more
material for the all-devouripg mon.
ster. 1t s q wall of blood
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A HEREFORD Rnn Mot.

Oliver Herford and a friend were
strolling through a section of town
that was plentifully strung with pull
ley lines On which many a family
wash" was waving in the wind. Mr..
Herford's companion called attention
to the n In which these gar
ments shut out the sky and otherwise
disfgured the landscape. Mr.. Herford
gazed at them thoughtfully and then
gently murmured: "The short and
simple f1annels of the poor"
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II Was Mnfflnn-

Bugs Raymond, the handsome and
brilliant pitcher Of the New York Gil
ants, is a great wit on the field" said
a sporting editor at the Pen and PEN
ell club in Philadelphia.
Raymond was disguised n day at
his teams wretched o%utfelding. Bat
ter after batter sent up high flies, and
these easy balls were muffed alter.
nately by left and center.
Bugs at the sixth muff threw down
his glove and stamped on 1t.
There's an epidemic in the out
field he said. but, by lingo! it isn't
catching"