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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
Nell of the
Mountains

BY LOUISE MERRIFIELD

where's NELLY" Burt Sims refined
up shortly at the wide mill opening.
Old Farley waited till the saw had cut
through the heart of the great cedar
before he came forward.
Been up ter the house?"
"She amt there. You seen her 60
by. Tinkum?"
Tinkum lay fiat down in the saw.
dust, making roadways. "Mebbe she's
after laurel" he vouchsafed. "She
goes down to the gap after some every
night after supper"
Burt pressed his knees against the
sorrel mares sides and she sprang
forward over the rough wooden
bridge and down the road to the gap.
On the rock embankment above the
railroad he found her, sweet and
dainty as the mountain laurel that
grew in great shrubs Of pink bloom
in the gray rock crags and crannies.
And he told her why lie had come,
point blank, roughly, without hest
fancy or doubt as to the outcome,
while Nell dropped her head and smil-
ed. Lately she had become somewhat
Of connoisseur in love-malSing.
$50 | thought I'd better tell you"
finished up Burt. I've got this call
down to Rocking Stone, and l won't
be back soon, and your father thinks
we'd better marry before ! go"
well, I reckon | won't marry you,
Burt, not yet awhile" Nell laughed.
Before he could ask why, there had
come the long call of the engine
whistle down the gap, and she lifted
her head as If to meet it.
Burt watched her, saw her color
rise. and her eyes shine, rs the ex-
press Numbered into view, and he
also saw the engineer lean out of the
cab window, and toss something at
her feet.
1t was a small box, we'll wrapped
and weighted with a lump of coal.
"You might as we'll open 1t up,
Nell" he said roughly. You're found
out"
II don't care" flashed back Nell.
II amt bit afraid OF you" She
broke the cord and opened up the box.
Inside lay a dark leather case. and
under its cover-Nell gave gasp of
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The Ivory Box
lCopyrisht, 1913, By Associated Literary 1
By TEMPLE BAILEY

When Capt. Caleb Bridge came
home nobody expected him. He wal
officially dead. Nearly two years be
fore his vessel had been run down
by great steamer which was MAX
ing a record trip. Two of the crew
were saved. 1t was supposed that the
captain and his men were lost. Capt
Caleb's widow mourned, but hoped.
Finally, as ship after ship came in
with no news, she adjusted herself
outwardly to the situation. She
opened a little shop and sold meat
pies and baked beans. She owned her
house and garden, but taxes had in.
creased and her income was small.
Hence life became increasingly hard.
Her pies were delicious and her beans
melted in the mouth, but customers
were few, and when there was long
rainy season sales were slow and
there were often meat pies left on
hand.
Caleb Bridge arrived home at night
and walked straight to his house.
He stopped short at the gate. Be.
fore the front door burned a feeble
light in an iron lantern. In the
window was sign-"Hot Beef and
Pork Pies"
"Well, Of all things" calculated
Capt. Caleb.
In the fifteen months of his en-
forced absence, he had thought of his
wife as comfortable. He had known
that her wants were few, and he had
conceived her income adequate.
And now she was selling pies! II
did not seem like Sarah to sell pies
A feeling Of faintness came over him
What If Sarah were dead? What II
she had married again? He clutched
at the fence. Other women had mar
ried, when their husbands had moi
come home. He had read a lot Of
verse like that once, and the husband
had gone away. That would be the
only kind thing to do-to go away.
He saw plainly that he must moi
walk in unannounced. He must frs
find out whether his coming would
embarrass Sarah. He cast about II
his mind for some method of proof
He could not ask the neighbors. HI
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On, ana then ne saw ner turn back.
He saw her face, too, with its look OF
wild rapture. She opened the front
door and stood under the nickerins
light Of the iron lantern.
Caleb" she called loudly, ''Caleb
ARE you there?"
He came forward out Of the dark.
ness, his face lifted to hers ~ she
stood on the step above him.
"sarah," he said, Sarah"
Laughing and crying, she drew him
into the farm room. you are wet,
dearest DEAR" she said, "and cold.
But there's hot fire, and the
chowder-to think / should have your
favorite dish on the night that you
came home, Caleb"
He dared not ask her about the
man in the kitchen. OF course she
could explain-but he hated to think
that her constancy had admitted even
a friend or admirer.
Unconscious of his thought, she an.
swered it. It'll call Uncle Anthony
she said, ''you know-on my moth.
er's side, Caleb. He's blind and he
lives with me-"
In that moment Capt. Caleb wept
like child on his wife's shoulder
There had been so much that he had
feared. and now the fear was gone.
What did you think?" he asked
when he sat later. at the table, with
the steaming chowder before him, his
wife's face in placid content, "what
did you think when you saw my
ivory box?"
ooh, Caleb" she said, 81 was afraiu
to touch it. It seemed to be a mes
sage from the dead, and I was afraid
to go to the door and CALI was
afraid it was your ghost out there
in the garden-I couldn't believe II
could be you-that it could be really
you, Caleb"
II thought I ought to break my
coming gently" said Caleb. His
doubts had receded to the back OF
his mind. He wondered If he had
really had them. "you see," he said
Il didn't have chance to get word
to you, for was picked up by boat
That was carrying arms to the rebels
in South America, and they didn't
want any one to know. And the,
took me with them to the Andes, ani
kept me until they dared to send me-
back. But I'm here now, and weir,
going to live happy ever after
Sarah"
Sarah came around and kissed him
Then she set the little ivory box con
spicuously in the middle of the man
tel shelf, f1anked BY two tall bras,
candlesticks.
It'll make you bag for your to
bacco tomorrow, Caleb" she said
but that box ia going to stay III
there to the end of our days SOS W.
shan't ever forget, what we have tt
be thankful for, dearest DEAR"
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almost frightened delight when sh.
saw the ring imbedded in the white
velvet. 1t was not q diamond, bu
three pearls, large as early peas they
seemed to Nell, and beautiful MS thu
dawn that she loved to watch nell
the mist wreaths up and down the
long valley.
How'd you get to know him
Nell?"
Nell's chin went up defantly.
carried medicine for mother down tt
old Mis- Haynes An it was late
An took the railroad bridge wa,
coming home. An the train cam'
along. an I'd been killed If h
hadn't seen me, and slowed up il
time"
"Then what?"
"Then, then I always watched TO
him."
watched for him, an you dom
even know his name"
II do so, Burt Sims. It's Net
Rowan. He's Nashville fellow"
How do you know so much?"
"He told mel mean wrote it t.
me-"
Il always told your pa it'd brinl
mischief letting you go down the val
ley to school. Give me the letters"
II won't You and all the men w
here are just the same. A woman ain't
no more to you than your hound, moi
as much as your horse. Amt I seer
my mother slave and grow old with
out a decent word from month end tt
month end? Amt seen her licked
sometimes, too, before l was old
enough to fight dad? Suppose I'm go
ing to stay here in these mountains
and be the wife Of one of you? Hell
young laughrang out triumphantly. She
slipped the ring on her third finger
and held 1t to her lips. "lm going tc
marry Ned Rowan, and mighty soon
too"
The tall, lean young mountaineel
watched her with half-closed eyelids
and closed lips.
Are you? You'll have to be quick
about it, Nell" He turned the mares
head. "'Cause he amt going to run
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A Lady unafraid
BY LOUISE oLNEY
0kI ~ 80 ~ EsfTs325 llllnI
Copyright, le1a, by Associated Liter.r1 Prs.

She was little enough and slight
enough and with great enough bur
den upon her. But she carried her
sell with gallant lift Of the head
ana squared shoulders. In boyhood
her father had begun by hard work
70 make fortune. If in old age he
aad suddenly lost 1t, his daughte,
thought she could begin at the foot
10 he had done. Regina Frank was
equipped with youth and health and
ner courage was even better than her
fathers, because through her arts.
tocratio mother she inherited a thor.
oughbred strain. She was even thank.
ful that the mother died just before
the crash came.
This hot morning she came to the
Office prepared for nothing but the
usual routine which her years steady
work had mastered. And the un.
usual happened.
Zant's real estate office was quiet
enough and as vacations were on and
business hopelessly dull, Jared Zant
stayed at home that day and sent his
son to the office. Junior would have
preferred golf or dawdling about sum
mer verandas where pretty girls were
to be found, but he knew that after
an elaborate college education and
several years abroad at dads expense
1t was necessary for him to do office
duty on request. Therefore, he went
Tor the first time in two years.
And he saw Regina. Regina was to
all appearances almost oblivious tc
his gay presence. He could feel that
her steady brown eyes marked his en-
trance, took stock Of him in general
and then attended to the days CORE
spondence, lifting for another lool
only when their owner heard herself
addressed.
She took a few unimportant let
tiers for him, wrote few important
ones on her own initiative and go
him to sign them, and generally
minded her business with extreme
concentration. In which trait she
was like her father, John Trant.
Just before luncheon young Fan
wondered whether he dared try con
versation with her, and irritably de
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
Tho Bathroom.

. A small bathroom will display ev.
cry inch to advantage by being treat
ed in the following way:
Paint the Dashboard and side walls
light gray up to the height Of four
feet, and finish by a wooden molding
painted the same color.
Paint the ceiling a light blue. Pa,
per the side walls above the mold.
ing. A blue paper with design of
upward flights of swallows suggests
height, and with good perspective the
effect is noticeably light and free.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
SOME OLD FAv0RITESi
Dishes WITH HEALThFuL AND
APPETlzINo RHueARp,
Excellent Mould for Luncheon or oup.
per D'sh-Made In "Frlars' Pud-
ding" style, II Will 30
Greatly Appreciated.

There are now many ways Of send.
ing up rhubarb for table besides bek.
Ing in tart or boiling with crust.
Not that these are to be despised, but
skillful making of the pastry is neces.
sary. To stew 1t, peeling the stem
and cutting into lengths. cooking slow.
ly in syrup. Is the next most ordin,
airy plan, and II rightly done-cooked
neither too little nor too long-it is
welcome enough and a wholesome
spring dish. served with cream, Gus.
tard or cold mold OF some kind or 9th,
or.
Rhubarb. in fact, is very nice used
similarly. An excellent mould for Z
luncheon OF supper dish Is made d
rhubarb cut into lengths and boiled
until sufficiently liquid to pass
through jelly bag. Then tho liquid
30 procured is sweetened and stitfen
ed with a little good gelatine. Thti
should color quite nicely of itself, but
II it does not seem quite Of an appe
THING pinkness few drops Of car
mine can be added. This is cooked
till Of the necessary stiffness to "jelly'
we'll and then poured into a mould
and set aside to cool. Whipped
cream should be served with It.
A more homely hot dish 10 made
after the style Of friarB pudding, with
layers Of rhubarb and bread crumbs
The rhubarb should be fresh, Of
course, and cut into rather short
lengths, and II layer be placed at the
bottom Of a. pie dish, we'll sprinkled
with Demerara sugar; then a layer Of
bread crumbs on which a few bits Of
butter are placed, then rhubarb again
and so on, brend-crumbling coming
ut the top, plentifully buttered, so al
to brown nicely and crisp little In
the baking.
A most delightful preserve can b.
made Of rhubarb and oranges Need
less to say, 1t has to be earlier IN
! the year than the old-fashioned rhu
barb jam. 80 as to secure cheap or
nnges. The rhubarb requires more
cooking than the other fruits, which
are fairly sweet by the time the 9th.
err Is ready. The stems are prepared
as usual and cooked for Il short time
| The oranges are peeled, seeds taken
out and all the white removed. Then
cut up in thick slices and stir into
| the rhnbarb. Sugar may be added,
one pound to one pound of fruit, un.
less It is decided to have rather sharp
favored jam, when three-fourths of
pound may be enough.
Few indeed are the households
where homemade wines are concoct.
ed in these days. Perhaps few people
are aware what Il delicious and attrac-
tive looking sparkling wine can be
made from rhnbarb. The process,
however, is long and toilsome, not
lightly to be undertaken. and, there
fore, scarcely possible in our hurried,
busy times. Moreover. the product Is
decidedly "hcady," so for temperance
sake IT is as we'll, perhaps, not to give
the recipe.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
STILL A DAY OF REJOICING
Fronchmen Never Forget to Celebrate
tho Anniversary Of tho Fall
2 - Of the !Bastiile.

The anniversary Of the destruction
OF the Bastille. that grim old fortress
identified with royal tdespotism and
cruelty, which took place July Il,
1883, was enthusiastically celebrated
throughout France. When the Bas-
tile was stormed and its defenders
beaten, the victors expected to re.
lease large number of prisoners, but
under the gentle rule of Louis XVI.
the old prison was all but empty. The
vaults restored to light only seven
prisoners.
Three of these" says Lamartine,
"gray-haired men, were shut up legiti-
mately and had been from family mo-
tives withdrawn from the judgments
of the ordinary courts of law. Taver-
nier and Withe. two of them, had be-
come insane. The third was the Count
deSolapges, 80 years before sent to
this prison at his fathers request
Whether he had been guilty of some
crime or was the victim of oppression
was an inexplicable enigma. The 9TH
er four prisoners had been confined
only four years. They were arrested
In Holland on the requisition of the
bankers they had defrauded. These
seven prisoners of the Bastille releas-
ed, caressed, even crowned with lau-
rels, carried in. triumph by their lib
orators like living spoil snatched from
the hands of tyranny, We're paraded
about the streets and their sufYerings
avenged by the peoples shouts and
tears. The intoxication Of the victors
broke out against the very stones Of
the place and the embrasures torn
from the towers were soon hurled
with Indignation into the ditches."
The site of the Bastille Is now1nark-
ed by a lofty column of bronze dedi-
Gated to the memory of tho patriots
of July. 1889, and 1880.
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cided that he didn't know what tc
say to her. He meant to ask dad
where he got her. He hadn't known
that girls like that worked in Offices.
His keen blue eyes followed her
every line and color and movement
with a sort of surprised approval.
She might have been college queen
and with that thought he dawdled
out to lunch.
Along the middle Of the afternoon
came breezing into the Office Maidie
Perkins, her fat mother and her
fatter father. They had heard that
q picturesque, old-looking place on
the lake was for sale-the old Trant
place. Did Mr.. Zant handle it? Old
Perkins thought so, and gave a side
wise look of admiration at Regina,
who made no sign until the young
man turned to her for help.
I'm only here for the day, you
know" he said helplessly. "Miss-
the lady here will tell you.' He look.
ed at Regina.
I'VE have the place-it's for sale.
Have you looked at it?"
Maidie began raving about it, her
eye on young Jared Zant
"The dearest grounds, and the
house so romantic Rockingham you
let us see it? Does any one here
know all about it," They all looked
at Regina-but Maidie. Jerry Zant
turned to Regina.
"Could you go out with thine? Do
you know the place." She gave a
queer little SMILE Did she know the
place which her father had built for
her, dear in every stone in brick,
every nook and corner?
II know it WE'LL" she said. II will
go If you like" Her steady eyes met
young Zant and all their deep beauty
was for an instant his.
I'VE have the car out here-we can
bring her back" said Perkins. "My
daughter thinks she wants the place,
and If 1t isn't too steep for my pile
she can have it-what do you want
for it," John Zant, Jr., turned to
Regina and consulting a card cata-
logue she coolly named the price.
Then she put on her hat mad gloves
and prepared to go. At the door she
heard a little call, and waited for
orders.
''Miss-Miss--you needn't come
back tonight" She gave him = lit
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
Lobster Sandwich.

Chop the lobster meat till pretty
fine, quite TO paste, stir in mayon-
naise, hint of onion, few drops of
sherry or brandy, mix, then spread on
lettuce leaves between two thinly cut
slices of bread. in the usual way.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
His Cook.

whats the matter, Younghubby?"
asked Oldboy. "You look pale around
the gills."
II guess it's lack Of nourishment,>
replied Younghubby. "My wife knows
100 ways to use chatting dish, but
she can't boil an egg"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
She's Not That Old.

II once saw Bernhard play Cleo.
patra. She played Cleopatra in q
superb manner. l wonder sometimes
where she got her IDEAS"
From seeing the original. maybe"
vas the ungallant response
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
Lemon PIE With Two crusts.

Into double boiler put one gener
Gus cup Of suaar and two heaping ia.
blespoons of flour Mix and add one
cup OF hot water, three eggs we'll beat
en- and Juice and rind of one large
lemon. Cook in a double boiler, stir
ring until thick. Cool and line your
plates with nice crust, put in filling,
wet edges and put on top crusts az
usual. This makes two small pies.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03
Asparagus Salad,

Drain the asparagus, after taking Il
from the can, or, If fresh, boil 1t I'M
til tender in sailed water, and dress
like string bean salad, either with
French, vinaigretts or mayonnaise
1ressinE
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-03

"WeiI, ! Reckon ! Won't Marry You
Burt"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20

THE second choice feature of the
new primary law showed up as a
most unpopular measure at the Tues
day contest, being used by compare
lively few. This was doubtless for
two reasons, the flrst being that the
provisions of the SECOND choice"
were little understood by majority
of the voters and the second and
more palpable reason being that most
voters have no second choice"
When a man ia "for" man he is
for him, and is going to vote for him
alone-not cast a half ballot for
someone else whom they do not
know or do not want to secure the
office. 1t may be that the SECOND
choice" provision in the new primary
is a good thing, but the chances are
that before it comes into general use
in this state its advantages will have
to be demonstrated in a practical
way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20

IF the actions of public officials
in the United States, from pound
master to president, were not based
on political apd vote-getting lines to
the exclusion of all consideration of
the justice Of things, those Mexican
across the border as often as they
have been doing the past few weeks,
and American citizens in the IRE
public" to the south would be given
that protection to which they are
justly entitled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20

WITH the last issue of the
Northome Record "Old Man Atkin-
son" dissolved his connection with
that journal, the reason assigned be-
ing that he found the business de-
manded too much attention to give
him his proper time for hunting and
fishing. 1t is few in the editorial
realm who can do with their time
as they may see fit. the most of the
boys being compelled to stay on the
job in order to keep their grub
stake good. but none will deny the
right Of Brother Atkinson to get his
nose out Of the space-box after some
thirty years Of industry, and all will
wish for him an enjoyable existence
In his chosen life with the rod and
gun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20

S.V DEL the direct primary Sld not
seem to make any appreciab BILE diner
ence IN the personnel Of the republic
can state ticket, altar 81 Almost
looks o though Adoiph Q. Ebsrhart
and Knute Nelson were the choice
OF the people Tor their respective po-
sitions. despite the assertions 90 Oft
repeated that they held son only
through the grace of the "macnine."'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20
SOME people are mighty sensitiv

SOME people are mighty sensitive
about the way their names appear In
the newspapers. II it is boost, it
is all right, and there Is no objec-
ton to the truth being stretched a
point or a dozen points; but If it is
the plain truth that is being stated
there is usually HI to pay. That
is one reason why the name Of GER
tain individuals in Virginia whose
official positions might be deemed to
entitle them to free advertising
space are so seldom seen in the
Enterprise, for we have a faculty of
telling the truth or saying nothing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-20
UNORGANIZED SCHOOL Dis
TRICT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY

At the present time in the Unor.
ganized School District Of St. Louis
county there are 80 school buildin q
in 81 Of which school will be con.
Quoted during the present school
year. These thirty-one buildings are
located In various parts of the coun.
ty, and are under the supervision OF
the county board of education. com.
posed Of Neil McInnis. chairman OF
the board of county commissioners,
George H. Vivian, county treasurer,
and N. A. Young, county superin-
tendent OF schools, who are empow-
cred by law to conduct the schools In
these unorganized districts in the
same manner as the schools in COM
mon school districts are conducted,
Mrs. NJ. B. Holmes has been en-
ployed to act as principal teacher for
the present school year, and the fol-
lowing teachers have been employed
to carry on the educational work and
assigned as follows:
Gudrom Haakons. school No. 1:
Gladys Sarff, school No. 2; Kate
Callaghan, school No. 3; Anna Hetu,
school No. 4; Gertrude O'Neil, school
No. 6; Katherine Neubauer. school
No. Z; Mabel Erickson, school No. g.;
Anna Rosenbloom. school No. g.;
Lydia Carlson, school No. 10, upper
grades; Ethel Denton, school No.
10, lower grades; Stephania Polasky,
school No. IL; Josie Anderson. school
No. 10; Anna Hetu, school No. II;
Alice Burgher, school No. Is; Viola
slavick, school No. 16; Sophia Tan
Gig, school No. II; Annie swenson,
school No. 10: Helen Whelan. school
No. 10; Signie Anderson, school No.
20; Nellie Donahue, school No. FL;
May McDougall, school No. %;
Grace Maxted, school No. "a; Ethel
Rothschild, school No. Is; Amanda
Lang, school No. &c; nigga Dahl.
school No. ~; Grace Caulkins. school
No. %: Mabel Hesselgrave, school
No. 20; Mabel O'Neil, school No. 30;
Emma Anderson; school No. 81; An
ma Erickson, school No. 81; Mar
jorie Morgan, school No. 80. 1
Schools Nos. 1 and % may not be
opened during the present school:
year. The salaries Of teachers en-
ployed vary from $55 to $3.50 per.
month, and the total enrolment Of
pupils will be approximately 1000.
Six new buildings were constructed
the past year and thus lar this sysar
seHen nov onsa h&Ha - built