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..Oirended?" / repeated. puzzled.

offended" ! repeated. puzzled.
You see, / have been living out Of
the world SO long, and never seeing
any women but Indian squaws"-so
there were no Spanish girls!--"that
I'm afraid ! say what comes into NIX
mind without circumlocution. And
them did not know you were mar
ried."
mo. oh. no." / said hastily. But.
of course. the more a woraan is mar
ried-I mean, you cannot say too
many nice things to married women.
They-need them, you know"
I had ~foundered miserably, with his
eyes on me, and / half expected him
to be shocked, or to say that married
women should be satisfied with the
nice things their husbands say to
them. But he merely remarked
apropos of nothing. or following a line
of thought he had not voiced, that It
was trite but true that a good many
men owed their success in life to
their wives.
"And a good many wv their wives
to their success in life," | retorted
c~ynically. At which he stared at me
again.
1t was then that the real completely
of the situation began to develop.
Some one had rung the bell and been
admitted to the library and a maid
came to the door Of the den. When
she saw us she stopped uncertainty.
Even then it struck me that she look
ed odd, and she was not in uniform.
However, / was not informed at that
time about bachelor establishments.
and the first thing she said, when she
had asked to speak to me in the hall,
knocked her and her clothes clear out
OF my head. Evidently she knew.
Miss McNair," she said in a low
tone, there is a lady in the drawing
room, a yelled person, and she is ask
ing for Mr.. Wilson"
Can you not find him." l asked.
He is in the house, probably in the
studio"
The girl hesitated.
Excuse me, miss, but Miss Caruth-
ers-'
Then l saw the situation.
Never mind" l said. Close the
door into the. drawing room, and !
will tell Mr.. Wilson" {
But as the girl turned toward tho
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howled with mirth/ over the feeblest
Jokes, and when Max told a story
without any, point whatever, they all
had hysteria. Immediately after din
mel Aunt Selma had begun on the
family connection again, and after two
bad breaks on my part, Jim offered
to show her the house. The Mercer
girls trailed along, unwilling to lose
any of the possibilities. They said
afterward that it was terrible: She
went into all the closets, and ran her
hand over the tops of doors and kept
| getting grimmer and grimmer. In
the studio they came across a life
study Jim was doing and she shut
her eyes and made the girls go out
while he covered it with a drapery,
Lollie. Who did the Bacchante dance
at three benefits last winter and was
learning a new one called "Eye!"
When they heard Aunt Selma on
the second floor, Anne, Dial and MAJ
sneaked up to the studio for cigarettes,
which left Mr.. HARRISON to me. was
in the den, sitting in a low chair by
the wood fire when he came in. He
hesitated in the doorway.
Would you prefer being alone, OF
may l come in?" he asked. Don't
mind being frank. I know o are
tired"
Il have a headache, and I am sulk'
ing" 4 said unpleasantly, but at
least / am not actively venomous'
Come in"
So he came and sat down across
the hearth from me, and neither Of us
said anything. The freight fiickered
over the room, bringing out the faded
hues of the old Japanese prints on the
walls, cleaning In the mother-of-pearl
eyes Of the dragon on the screen, set
ting a g~rotesque god on 9 cabinet t.
nodding. And it threw into relief the
strong, clear profile Of the man across
from me. as he stared at the fire.
Il am afraid / am not very inteiest'
ing / said at last, when he showed
no sign Of breaking the silence. The
the illness Of the butler ANDY iss
C~aruthers' arrival. have been upset.
ting.
from q brown reserie.
Il beg your pardon" he said. r
III. III course not! / Was wdnderine
Iii lii you we're ofEended atl Whit;
I'D esrllef ~ ~ eyoninGf kt
Brushwood Boy. W kpow, 81
&
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WHEN MAN
M 49, !aI!!||![! ;;;,,.,,,,,,& +
cHUW7OR.% TIE. CIRCULAR SIAlRcA5-
Tit NAN 1N LOWER TEN, ETC.
3~O515-NERRXL 'OoMe4N,

the four of you, and have your game
They looked guilty. But | will block
that right now. / am going to stay
here. If Aunt Selma wants me, she
can find me-here!"
The first indication those men had
that Mr.. HARRISON didn't know the
state of affairs was when he turned
and faced them.
MRS. Wilson is quite right" he
said gravely. We're a selfish lot. II
Miss Caruthers is a responsibility, let
us share her"
ITO arms!" Jim said, with an affec'
tation of lightness, as they put their
glasses down, and threw open the
door. Dals retort, "Whose?" vas lost
in the confusion, and we went into the
library. On the way Dallas managed
to speak to me.
IF HARRISON doesn't know, don't
tell him." he said in an undertone.
He's a queer duck, in some ways:
he mightn't think 1t funny"
Funny" / choked. Its the least
funny thing l yer experienced. De
ceiving that HARRISON man isn't SC
bad-he thinks me crazy, anyhow,
He's been staring his eyes out at
me"
81 don't wonder. You're lovely to.
night, Kit, and you look like a vixen
But to deceive that harmless old
lady-well, thank goodness, it's nine,
and she leaves in an hour or So"
But she didn't. And that's the story
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Time for Stiffness.

Mrs. MacLachlan vas kind to her
American boarder, but she did not pro-
pose to allow her to overstep the linn
it's of a boarder's privileges, and she
made it very clear.
One Sunday the boarder, returning
from a walk, found the windows of
her roof, which she had left wide
open, tightly closed.
ooh, Mrs. MaoLachlan. 1 don't
like my room to get stuffy," she said,
when she went downstairs again Il
like plenty of fresh air."
"Your DON will ma get stuffy In
one day" said her landlady firmly.
Twas never our custom, miss, to haze
fresh air rooshin' about the house on
the Sawbath."-Youth's Companion.
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doorway, the person in question ap-
peared in it, and raised her veil. /
was perfectly paralyzed. 1t was Bella!
Bella in a fur coat and a veil, with
the most tragic eyes I ever saw and
entirely white except for a dab OF
rouge in the middle of each cheek.
We stared at each other without
speech. The maid turned and went
down the hall, and with that Bella
came over to me and clntched me by
the arm.
who was being carried out into
that ambulance?" she demanded.
glaring at me with the most awful in
tensity.
'1m sure 1 don't know, Bella" /
said. wriggling away from her fingers.
What in the world are o doing
here? / thought you were in Europe"
"You are hiding something from
mel" she accused. 1T is Jim! / see
1t in your face"
well, it isn't" I snapped. Tt
seems to me, really, Bella, that you
and Jim ought to be able to manage
Your own affairs. without dragging
me in" It was not pleasant, but II
she was suffering, SO was I. Jim Is
as well as he ever was. He's upstairs
somewhere. I'll send for him."
She gripped me again, and held on
while her color came back.
You'll do nothing Of the kind" she
said, and she had quite got hold OF
herself again. II do not want to see
him: / hope you don't think. Kit, that
/ came here to see James Wilson.
Why, I have forgotten that there II
such q person, and you know It"
Somebody upstairs laughed. and !
was growing nervous. What II Aunt
Selma should come down. or Mr.. Har
bison come out of the dent
why did you come, then, Bella!'
II inquired. He may come in"
Il was passing in the motor" she
said. and / honestly think she hoped I
would believe her, and ! saw that
am She stopped and began again.
r thought Jim was out Of town. and
/ came to see Takahiro.n she said
braxenly. HE Was devoted 70 me,
ana Evans Il going 10 leave. I'll tell
You What ~ 40; KIT T1 81 back ~
|th6 d11ln~ oom anA yoa aena 1ahe
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LONDON N BETS

a single penny. But he has to pay
for the privilege by submitting to a
severe handicap, which, although Of
fering the bait of a proportionatsly
large prize, places nearly all the
chances in the hands of the bookie.
This handicap is embodied in
what Is known as the composite sys.
tenn. That is to say, the boy is COM
PEELED to spot three placed horses in
three separate races. He is not al
lowed. when betting in coppers, to
win by backing one horse only. His
task is, of course, a much harder one,
and his chances of losing his money
far greater.
I'm spite Of this, however, the lads,
with wages averaging from 5s to los
a week, most Of which goes to their
parents, literally swarm around these
pestilent tempters, who haunt the en-
frances to the big warehouses and
printing establishments. At the
crowded dinner hour, when the streets
r fullest of hustle, the youngsters
pass their coppers and slips of paper
into the ready hands of the tout, dart
ing away with their heads full of the
prospect Of a win Or the tip for some
fresh race which he tout has conf,
dentially impaired.
"Only a little while ago a friend of
mine was standing idly at a street
corner looking about him. when sud
denly a small dingy-looking lad thrust
something into his hand and instantly
bolted. My friend found he had been
presented with a couple of coppers
wrapped in a piece Of paper inscribed
with the anne of three horses en-
tered for as many forthcoming races.
| He had evidently been mistaken for
some street bookie who-the infer.
ence is-must have been in the habit
| Of appearing In a very decent guise."
The ingenuity Of these street book
makers in bathing the police is de-
scribed as beyond belief. They and
the other parasites. the small money
lenders, who advance sums from IL
cents up, are responsible for the ruin
Of thousands of young lives, turning
promising boys into street loafers,
hooligans and wastrels.
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HEREDlTY
Can Be Overcome In Cases.

The influence of heredity cannot, Of
course, be successfully disputed, but
it can be minimized or entirely over
come in some cases by correct food
and drink. A Conn. lady says:
For years while / vas q coffee
drinker I suffered from bilious at
lacks of great severity, from which l
used to emerge as white as a ghost
and very weak. Our family physf-
clan gave me various prescriptions for
improving the digestion and stimulat-
ing the liver, which 1 tried faithfully
but without perceptible result.
HE was acquainted with my fam
lily history for several generations
back, and once when / visited him he
said: If you have inherited n Of
those torpid livers you may always
suffer more or less from its inaction.
We can't dodge our inheritance. you
know
II was not 90 strong a believer in
heredity as he was, however, and, be-
ginning to think for myself. I conclud-
ed to stop drinking coffee, and see
what effect that would have. / feared
it would be a severe trial to give it
up, but when / took Postum and had
1t well made. it completely filled my
need for a hot beverage and I grew
very fond Of It.
II have used Postum for three years,
using no medicine. During all that
time ! have had absolutely non OF
the bilious attacks that / used 10 sui
fer from, and ! have been entirely
free from the pain and facilitating eff
fects that used to result from them.
'aThe change is surely very great,
and / am compelled to give Postum
the exclusive credit for It." Name
given BY Postum CO., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read 1.-THE Road to Wellville." In
pkes. There's = Reason"
Uver rsa1 1he above lettert A new
- opDe11o 4eo0 t1me % time. They
- m@4u4nqs txuos on4 1ull a. humnm
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CORN NOT PELLAGRA CAUSE

sion and empowered them to make q
thorough inquiry:
DR.. Frank Billings of Chicago, presi-
dent; DR.. j.. L. Greene, alienist Of the
state board Of administration; DR.. H.
Douglas Singer, director of the state
psychopathic institute; DR.. H. 8. Grind
ley, DR.. George w. Webster. president
state board OF health; DR.. Howard T.
Ricketts,, DR.. ". j. McNeal and Or.
Oliver s. Ormsby.
There are Official estimates from the
boards Of health Of 81 states IN which
they acknowledge the presence Of at
least 1000 well defined cases. North
Carolina reports 1000. Georgia 1000.
Mississippi 800. Virginia 400 Tho NOR
tally is estimated At 50 per cent
Dr.. George A. zeller, superintendent
of the hospital for the insane at Pe-
orfa. sees q dark future. With no Ger
tainty that We may not have to deal
With pel1agra = = national health
problem As says. a hase Seen moth.
irx ~ nv study AZ tn dieesae here d
1bgoed that a reassnrinK GA I ~
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Much Gambling Carried on BY
Poorest of Children.
Boys Deprive Themselves OF Neces'
stiles of Life to Place Wagers on
Horse Races - Youngsters
Pass coppers to Tout,

London.-T. H. Manners Howe con-
tributes an article to the Graphic
which he heads "Demoralized BOY
workers and which contains a pain
full account of the gambling that goes
ON among the poorest Of the children
Of this city. 1t is a subject that pre-
yiously has been little investigated
and Mr.. Howe's article has q
an unpleasant sensation.
Mr.. Howe describes how a fr1end Oh
his. the of a large london
warehouse. found one Of the boys en-
Moved in it in a dead faint. He made
an investigation, and found that the
how was earning less than two dollars
a week. He lived with his parents
who took the greater part OF his earn
nps. and allowed him SO cents q 9
for his car fare and midday meals.
Instead of spending the So cents for
these purposes, however, the boy
walked to and from the office. ate
nothing away from home, and spent
every penny he obtained In backing
horses and in repaying the gutter
usurer'' to whom he had been driven
when he got into debt.
This boy, says Mr.. Howe. was only
a type OF umerou others-self
starved, worried young weaklings,
with lives necessarily exposed to the
persistent attacks Of those evil
geniuses Of the street, the penny
bookie and petty usurer OF the gut
ter" Mr.. Howe goes on to say: Il
have studied this question Of juvenile
betting for some years, and have seen
the evil Of 1t working among the lads.
It has become such q profitable bust
ness that there are bookies who de-
vote themselves to 1t exclusively. The
transactions are entirely in coppers,
and a boy is allowed to have a bet In
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Not for Mortal Understanding.

What fond mother has not, at some
time, said: my child, you are much
too young to ever understand; you will
find out when you get older-all you
wish to know will be explained" And
how many of us are still waiting for
the reason, for some one to explain
are we still too young? Perhaps we
are, and again, perhaps we are not
perhaps it never shall be explained to
us; there are things wrapped in voice
less mystery.
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Decrease In Yale students.

New Haven, Conn.-The general
university catalogue Of Yale. just pub
lished, shows a decrease In the total
number OF students to 3.2S2, as COM
pared with 1912 last year. The largest
losses are in the departments Of med
icine and law, due to the more strin-
gent examination system adopted two
years ago. The academic department
remains about stationary while the
Shefield Scientific school and the rrad.
uate schools show increases.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17
Hatpin Law for Gotham.

New York.-New York city will join
the list of cities which have legislated
against the long hatpin evil. If an
ordinance now before the board Of al.
dermen becomes a law. The ordi-
nance provides a fine of not more than
$50 for any woman whose hatpin, un-
less suitably guarded, protrudes
more than half an inch from the
crown or other portion of the hat"
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plain as Day.

A man recently visited the art
museum in Chicago and wandered
about looking at the paintings with
more or less interest. He finally
stopped in front of a portrait which
showed a man sitting in a high-backed
chair. There was a small white card
on the picture, reading:
"a portrait Of E. H. Smith, by him
SELF"
The man read the card and then
chuckled t himself.
What fools these city folks are!"
he said. Anybody who looks at that
picture would know Smiths by him.
self. There amt anyone else in the
picture."-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17
New Wireless Tested.

New York.-A new wireless appa-
ratus designed for use in aeroplanes
was given a successful test here. The
instruments were set up In the head
quarters of the United States aeronau-
tical preserve and In an Office at So
Fifth avenue, five doors away. A num-
Der of messages were transmitted back
and forth through the fire walls sepa-
rating the keys.
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only offer congratulations that Illinois
is the first to give official recognition
to 1t, with q view of determining its
cause and the means of prevention"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17
Caution.

II have a remarkable history" be-
gan the lady who looked like a possi-
BILE client.
ITO tell or SELF" inquired the law
yer Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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CHAPTER ~.

The Door Was Closed.
1t was infuriating to see how much
enjoyment every one but Jim and my
self got out of the situation. They
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17
Quarter Million Dead Rats.

London.-Rat catchers reported at
the last meeting Of the Tendring dis
trict council that they had killed $780,
600 rodents in the crusade started by
fear of cholera.
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COLDS
80
& mdNA

Munyon's Cold Remedy Relieves ths
head. throat and lungs almost immediate.
". Checks Fevers, stops Discharges OF
the nose, takes away all aches q pains
stinata Coughs and prevents Pneumonia.
Write Prof. Munyon, 53rd and Jefferson
SITS. Phila., Pa. for medical advice aD-
solutely free.
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USE AILEN,s Foor-EAsE

the anuseptic powder TO be shaken into the
shoes. 1t makes your feet feel easy and com
Portable and makes walking a delight Sold
everywhere, 25c. Rsfus< subsfffrxes. For free trial
package, address Allen s. Olmstead ,LeRoy,N.Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17

The Cynic with incipient mustache)
Poof! Lady footballers, indeed! Why,
l don't suppose half of you know what
"touch down" means
Young Lady-Your best girl does II
you eve kissed her.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17

The saint VINO says he cannot sin
may be an earnest man, but 1t 10
wisest to trust some other man with
the funds of the church.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-17

on foot bnngb bach to London that famous hae of tn Ode Thep mea already has the support Of
lover Of historic London and seem likely tot take tangible FORM 1t has bens suggested that Temple Bar might
we'll reeuedm front of tn Adephi with flights of steps connecting with me Tpm terrace anu 10
historic houses When Temple Rrw was torn down. 1873 as an obstruction ram, it was purchased by us
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-07
RUNAWAY GIRLS
FOUND At ALTON
Left Sacred Heart institute Sunday
Night And Went to Their Former
Home at Alton.

Sophia and Mabel Thomas, aged Is
and IL years, respectively, who ran
away from Sacred Heart Institute Sun.
day night, were found last night, at
Alton where they had gone, en- route
to their home at Grove.
Mrs. Mary Thomas, mother of the
runaway girls arrived here yesterday
in search of her daughters and insti.
tuted the search that resulted success.
fully.
The girls formerly lived at Alton and
when they tired of school life here
they made for that place. The two
girls left the Sacred Heart Institute
about ten o'clock Sunday night and
no trace of them was found until last
night.
It is not known whether or not they
will re-enter the Sacred Heart school.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-07
TO GIVE DECISION
NEXT THURSDAY
Supreme Judges viii Go From Guth
rie to Oklahoma City to Render
Removal Finding.

Guthrie, Okla, Feb 7-Offieial an
Inouncement was made Sunday that the
state supreme court will, next Thurs.
day, hand down its decision on the lie.
gality of the removal of the state cap.
ital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City
The judges will go from Guthrie, where
they are still living, to Oklahoma City
to give the decision.
Following the action of the special
legislative session, called in Oklahoma
City on December by former Cover.
nor Haskell, in enacting a capital re-
moval bill, the attorneys representing
Guthrie challenged the legality of the
law in the state supreme court alleg.
ing the legislature an illegal body be-
cause the men comprising it could not
take office until after January l, that
the governor had no authority to call
the special session in Oklahoma City
after the supreme court had designat-
ed Guthrie the legal seat of govern
ment; that the legislature, even if legal
could not change that provision of the
enabling act locating the temporary
capital at Guthrie until after 1918, but
such change, even though the enabling
act be not binding, must be made by
a vote of the people the same as con-
stitutional amendment and that the
capital removal bill is a special or local
law and not advertised as such as re-
quired by the constitution.
The Guthrie attorneys again declare
that the enabling act provisions are
binding and on this question, if neces
sary, they will appeal to the United
States supreme court.
In November, with only Justice
Kane dissenting, the supreme court
held the enabling act not binding.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-07
DEMOCRATS WILL
AID RECIPROCITY
Vote on Resolution in Democratic eau
Gus to Support Proposed Agree
ment Is Made Unanimous.

Washington, d. c., Feb Favor
able action of the house on the Can
adian reciprocity agreement was as
sured last night when a caucus Of
democratic representatives formally
pledged the party to vote for the agree
ment.
The resolution endorsingthe Can
adian agreement was carried 80 to %.
On motion of Mr., Clark of Missouri.
the action Of the caucus was made un-
animous.
The 20 who voted against the reso-
luton, it was explained later, were
those who had voted for free lumber.
lefc., and their action in the caucus
was to make the position consistent.
I, 1t was said that they would vote with
the party.
The resolution as adopted by the
lcaucus follows:
Whereas, the Canadian reciprocity
agreement negotiated by the reciproc-
ity commission in Canada and the
president of the United States, while
not formulated in accordance with
what the democratic platform demands
is reduction of some of the prohibi-
tive schedules in the Payne tariff law
and will tend to expand the trade of
the United States in Canada, and is In
part recognition of the principles
which the democratic party has con-
tended for in congress and in its plat
forms. Therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That this caucus endorse
the Canadian reciprocity agreement
and bring ourselves to vote for the bill,
carrying it into effect"
The causus unanimously adopted
resolution by Mr.. Cantrill, of Kentucky
declaring that the caucus believed
every American farmer should have at
his disposal "the information of the
production and stocks on hand of agri-
cultural products and we pledge our
selves to attempt to bring about that
end by legislation"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-07
Revolution Spreading.

Tucson, Ariz., Feb. THE first in
formation that the insurrection in Mex
leo has spread to the state of Sinaloa
on the gulf of California, Immediately
south of the states of Sonora and
chihuahua, was received here yester.
day in a dispatch from Culican, capital
of that state.
The telegram stated that band of
revolutionists had appeared at Tam
azula, town on the border between
the states of Sinaloa and Durango,
and by threatening the merchants of
that city had forced them to the pay
ment of bounty of $500.
The insurrectos, numbering about
eighty men. the reported to have
struck out toward Culiscan. Governor
Redo, of Sinaloa, has sent out 100 fed
eral troops to meet them.