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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-08
CHAPTER xlil.-(continued.)

But nevertheless am going to do
It, Soul and body / want you to pre-
vail, and your sacrifices to the COM
mon cause shall be mine. There will
be enough wine left for us when we
do not have to think of tomorrow.
Come. Let us go now" l looked
around and then glanced at my watch.
1t was IL o'clock and a steady stream
OF humanity was flowing towards the
exit, as we wedged ourselves into
ft. Once outside the enclosure
started the motor and taking my
place assisted her to her seat,
standing erect for a moment there.
after az allowed my eyes to
wander over the outpourlng stream.
Through the midst OF ii saw
n big man with q coarse face and
flowing mustaches blowing his way,
his small evilly set eyes riveted upon
me with ominous fixity. II was
Richard Mackay, and the malevolent
jealousy OF his expression filled me
with an unholy joy of triumph.
laughed point blank in his face as !
seated myself beside my fiancee and
tucked the robe close about her with
lingering and ostentatious familiarity
before throwing forward the lever. A
sidelong glance stolen at her told me
that she had not noticed him In the
press, and with no reference to his
having been present | sent the car
huInming homewaYd.
She asked me II ] cared to come
within for few moments and to.
gether we were lifted to her floor. In
her reception parlor ] seated myself
close beside her, gathering her hands
in mine. The first intoxication of
success had passed and great, quiet
Joy had settled upon me, soothing and
reposefuI. Never had | been filed
with better impulses than in this
hour In my victory the better side
OF my nature came uppermost in my
gratitude to the Infinite. Firmly !
resolved that my life in the future
should be one of which no man might
be ashamed, and for what | had done
I'm the past that was unworthy | ST.
Jently avowed amends. For the sake
of the woman by my side ! should
lead n life that our sons would be
proud TO emulate. 7 would command
hsr respect in all things. Speculation
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-08

done. | accepted this as the natural
solution f~her desire to refrain from
further comment upon the matter.
From my own standpoint l considered
myself invulnerable to him, except In
the case of treacherous physical at
tack, and that l could guard against
by watchfulness. Figuratively speak
ing, I snapped my fingers in his face.
OF Uncle Abner, still mumbling and
grumbling like a bear stung upon the
nose by n bee. l saw as little as I
conveniently could When I was at
home | kept myself pretty close
within my own quarters, and he sell
dom disturbed me beyond the occa-
sional opening of the door to glare at
me for a moment and then close it
with a bang. In fact, he seemed to
more and more consider me as respoI-
sihlc for his loss by reason Of my not
having been present upon the night Of
tho assault The few attempts
made to reestablish myself even par
TALLY in his favor met with such lit
tie success that | gave them up, leav-
ing matters to take their natural
course. The securities that he had
previously kept in the safe he had
now deposited in the bank, even going
to the extent of reposing his gold
watch among them and buying dol
lar timepiece for his daily use. The
experience of the night of the crime
had seemed to make an arrant COW.
ard of him.
had not seen LeDuc for several
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to his feet after several unsuccessful
efforts and stood rocking in his tracks
as he wiped the blood from his face
and glared at me. IF | don't get you
for this you will be the first one that
ever got away from me- he said.
wickedly. For the second time that
night laughed in his face.
AT any time and place that suits
you. Mackay. There Is beauty doc
tor a few blocks down the street
open day and night, ! believe. | wish
you a pleasant evening with the devil
for your partner" He picked up his
hat. coughed once in his peculiar way
and disappeared without reply in the
direction of the lighted street. Al
though | knew that l had made an
unforgiving foe, against whom 1t had
been charged and almost proven had
more than once hired professional
thugs to half kill his enemies; know
ing also that there was no reason
why he might not do the same In my
case, was still more than half glad
that the affair had happened. AT any
rate, If he had any status beyond that
OF business agent with the woman
who had promised to be my wife, this
incident would develop the fact Even
though he was her financial guardian
he would be seriously embarrassed
should he attempt to uphold himself
in what he had done this night; and
certainly II she cared for me at all
she would express her satisfaction to
me over the outcome. Nursing my
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-08

l did not consider a moral offense.
1t was but a battle of money and
wits, and to the victors of the earth
the spells legitimately belong.
l told her the general trend Of my
thoughts with much earnestness and
she listened without comment, her
face slightly averted and her hands
resting contentedly in mine. | kissed
her eyes and forehead and she sighed
softly as her bosom rose. Just what
the sigh meant did not know and
did not ask, but believed it was the
responsive chords of her nature sound
ing to my touch. She had told me
that she cared more for me than for
any other man, and that under condi-
tons which l appreciated were not
unreasonable, she would rather live
within my arms than those of any
other person. Neither had she made
my financial success an unqualified
condition of our marriage, but had
merely pointed out the great desira-
bility Of it as an added stimulus to
my endeavors. That the principal
she wished me to possess wealth was
that l might be able to be more often
at her side thrilled me with joy
whenever 1t required to me. Had she
not really loved me her desires in
this respect must have been Just the
reverse.
The buzzing OF the door bell aroused
us from our close communion with a
mutual start. It was an unusual sum-
mons, one sharp pressure upon the
button closely followed by two more
of some seconds duration each. At the
first alarm her hands involun-
tarily frightened in mine, and as
the longer notes hummed their
insistence | saw the color rush
from her cheeks in scurrying
tide. Her form Strengthened and
grew tense, and arising she glid-
ed with swift noiselessness across the
room and touched the button that
summoned her maid. As though she
had been waiting in the doorway
Janet slipped into the room. Her mis-
tress addressed her swiftly.
Janet, say that / am not at
home. Under no circumstance permit
him to enter II he says that 1t is
important, tell him that he may call
me up in the morning Beyond all
question greatly agitated she returned
to near where | sat, placing herself
before the piano in the attitude of
one about to play. Her face was I'M
naturally bloodless and thin, lair
like line about the corners of her
mouth seemed to be constructing her
lips. Altogether the change in her
appearance was not to my liking, and
the quick stealth OF her movem. ,nts
caused a most uncomfortable sensation
to run through me; mingled feeling
of guilt and doggedness as though
had been surprised in a forbit den
bower by its rightful lord. A totally
different type from the soft and per.
fectly poised creature of the MOI tent
before was revealed to me i'm those
heeting seconds of quick action and
swift sentences, and my breath tsme
faster before the contrast. In the
few steps that had been require TO
take her across the room and ack,
her face had become that of an des,
harder woman. The sensitive be luty
of her mouth had been lost IL it's
compression; her cheeks were like
polished marble; the soft luste of
her eyes had turned into the glinting
brilliancy of gems. Whether il was
fear or anger or blending of the
two that had wrought this magic
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-08
Got Back at Critic.

81 was walking up Sixth avenue In
New York." says Capt. f. j. Archi-
bald. accompanied by James Nielsen
of Sweden, who was over here on a
visit. There is big Swedish employ
ment agency up there about Fortieth
street, and the sign is spelled in Swed-
ish fashion:
'Helpj wanted
81 asked Nielsen what in the world
that extra j. was doing at the end OF
the word, especially as, even in Swed-
ish, it is not pronounced.
"'Oh, it is just there, I suppose
said Nielsen.
but now that you don't pronounce
the letter why don't you people drop
1t altogether? It looks so silly to have
a letter there you don't pronounce
well, said Nielsen, i suppose we
keep it there for the same reason
you hang on TO the 'p" in pneu-
monia.' New York Herald
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Reward Of Merit

go on, sab! Go on and blow 20
hawn bout who yo' is and what yo'
done!" impatiently said old Brother
Bogus. But femme specify dat Use de
on'y extinguished citizen o dis town
dat de president O. de railroad-dis
yuh road, right yuh.-paid any ten
ton to when he went th'oo in his spe-
cial kyah last week. Yassah, wuz
yuh when de train passed-right on
dis spot!-and dat ar polly white
man gimme a fine see-gyah; flung 1t
to me out'n de window O. de kyah,
and t wuz lit, too!"-Puck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-08
To Prevent Drafts.

A simple and practical way to pre-
vent drafts entering under a door that
has, through shrinkage, a wide crack
under it, is to fold three thicknesses
of paper together just the width Of
the door and two incnes deep and
cover it with serge or cloth as near
the color of the door as possible.
Sew to this three small brass rings.
one a quarter Of an inch from each
end and one in the middle. Fasten
into the bottom of the door three
small screw-hooks and hang the rings
to them. You will have perfect
protection from cold air coming under
the door and one that is easily re-
moved and kept busted.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-02-08
A COMPLETE CURE OF
BLADDER TROUBLE.

am pleased to testify to the merits
of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. which 4
had occasion to use for bladder trou-
BILE, which my physician was unable to
relieve.
Four fifty-cent bottles OF your rem
edy effected complete cure.
Yours truly,
PETER VAN DENSE, /
Greenville, Mich.
County OF Montcalm
State of Michigan '''
The foregoing has this 18th day OF
July, 1909, been subscribed and sworn
to before me Notary Public In and
for Montcalm County, Michigan.
FRED A. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
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| Letter TO
| DR.. kiImer a Co.
| BinFhamton, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send to DR.. Kilmer G. Co., Bingham
ton, N. y, for sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive booklet of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty.cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.
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Useless.

why don't you make up your mind
to cease permitting your wife to hen
peck you?"
IL have made it up half dozen
times, but it doesn't seem to do any
good at all. She refuses TO concede
that have a mind"
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An Interruption.
Gerald-With that end in view
Geraldine-Stop looking at my feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-11

four years hence were greeted with
cheers.
Plans were made for the national
committee to go into executive session
this afternoon and dispose Of business
relating to finances and the spreading
of the Progressive propaganda by lit
erature and speakers.
Editors of Progressive newspapers
today are considering methods for OBJ
tanning wider publicity for the party.
A committee was selected to wait on
the national committee and urge the
establishment of a publicity bureau.
1t has been suggested that a bureau
similar to that conducted in New York
during the last campaign be perpetu-
ated- Plans for the esta blishment of
a new party magazine also were dis
cussed.
Col. Roosevelt spent the morning in
his room receiving callers.
It was announced this afternoon that
the following committee had been ap-
pointed:
News service committee-Alexand er
C. Moore. Pennsylvania; @. B. Daniel,
California; n. T. Chorson, Nebraska;
James Ferris, Illinois; Henry J. Allen,
Kansas
Publicity committee-E- A. Dickson,
California; George Fitch, Illinois; Will
liam Allen White, Kansas; Hugh Abb
bott, New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-11
In Last Year One 0ffic~ Paw
roll Is Economical.
Topeka Realized Thousands
From Bond Methods.
OTHER CITIES COPY PLANS
Commissioners Receive Profit
From Contracts.
Paving Petition Time Limit
Saturday Evening.

The city commissioners of Topeka
have in the last year saved enough
money in the handling of paving pc
titions. contracts and bonds to pay
the entire salary of the employees of
the office of city clerk. This discov-
cry was made the other day when
Commissioner Bone was checking up
the methods used in Topeka compared
with the methods used in other cities.
This year the last day for the ac-
ceptance of paving petitions is Satur-
day evening, December IA. The city
will close up the petitions, allow the
customary twenty days for protests,
let the contracts and sell the bonds and
all the paving will be let in one set of
contracts, the bonds will be sold in
one block and the commissioners can
rest on their arms with the moth
ing to do until tomorrow sign above
them.
The Topeka methods may be adopt
ed soon by all of the cities in the
west The saving has made it unnec-
essary for the city clerk to employ
more than one deputy and one clerk.
In other cities this size the office of
city clerk is alive with employees.
Methods Used by Other Cities.
In other cities the contracts are let by
the commissioners at all times of the
year. Property owners can petition for
paving at any time and it will be consul
separate resolutions. separate ordinance
publications, separate I\inting charges,
separate advertising noticNs. separate as
sesSments- separate bond Issues and sepa-
rate contracts.
The expense of this work is tremendous.
The small contracts for a few blocks OF
paving at a time requires the cities to
pay big margins In Topeka with bulk
Contract for the entire work the city is
able to run up heavy competition for the
paving and realize on the narrow profits.
1t is necessary under the other city
methods for the municipality to forwart
first estimates to contractors on their
work. The city pays the interest on these
estimates until the returns from the tax
rolls come in In Topeka the bonds are
sold the first of June and no taxpayers
additional money is required to pay pre-
estimates.
The system used in Topeka is under tce
of Roy L Bone, city commits
s1oner, and C B Burge. city clerk. The
Burge bond abstracts are considered the
most complete and well kept in the coun-
try, according to bond company reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-11
AN AID TO CITY
Merchants Association Would
Increase Convention Fund.
Raise $4,000 to Entertain State
Wide Meetings in Topeka.

A campaign to increase the mem
bership of the Topeka Merchants as
ISOLATION, affiliated with the CONNER
cial club, will be waged after
Christmas. At the same time an effort
will be made to increase the convention
fund of that organization to at least
5000. There are at present but 80
members in the organization that fur
nishes S2,S0Q for the entertainment Of
visitors to the city.
We should have a convention fund
of at least s., 000,'' said ]. Win Kelley,
chairman of the association We could
do more effective work in entertaining
conventions, but even that would not
be much comparatively speaking.
THE association has proven its
worth in the last few years. 1t saves
the merchants who are members more
than $1,000 annually by protecting them
against fake advertising propositions,
and by attending personally to other
advertising For example, instead OF
allowing an organization to go out
and solicit IS or 80 dollars worth of
advertising for programs, the asso-
citation will pay for having the pro-
grams printed at q nominal sum
1.-THE grocers, real estate men, and
others will be asked to become mem
bers of the organization
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REAL ESTATE MEN.
Topeka Making Plans to Entertain
Them Next Week.

The Topeka Real Estate Dealers as
sociation and the Commercial club will
furnish entertainment for the 100 or
more land men of Kansas who will
be in Topeka January IA and Is to
attend the convention of the State
Association of Real Estate agents.
Just what this entertainment will be
was not decided at conference held
todav.
A committee Of the local realty as
ISOLATION was appointed to handle the
entertainment proposition. The mem
bers are w J. Rickenbacher. N B.
Burge and J. E Torrington.
A committee composed of Stanley
Medlicott. w. A. Neiswanger and L F.
Clearinghouse was appointed to look
into the question of having an up-to-
date sectional map of Topeka made
for the use OF the land men.
The association chose N. B. Burge as
the man to represent the organization
on the directorate of the Commercial
club in 1913
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-11
DESERT JOHNSON.
-torneys for Champion Disapproved
His Marriage.

Chicago, Dec. u.-Jack johnson at
torneys, W. E. Anderson and E H
Wright, both negroes. asked the Uni
ted States district court today that
their names be stricken from the rec
ords as counsel for the fighter
The lawyers said that Johnson's re-
cent marriage to Lucille Cameron,
white girl, was disapproved by them
to an extent that they do not care to
be any longer associated with him.
Wright and Anderson represented
Johnson in the white slave cases vet
to be heard johnson appeared in the
municipal court today to answer to a
charge of assault and battery. brought
by g newspaper photographers whom
johnson is alleged to have struck with
a cane when the photographer tried to
take a picture at the time johnson
was locked in the county jail. Hearing
of the case was deferred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-11
HONORABLE MENTION.
o. r. Olmstead Won 1t in City-Country
Essay Contest

The State Journal essay contest with
six box seats at the Grand for '-The
City, as the prize, was decided yester-
day and the winners announced. o. F.
OImstead won honorable mention in this
contest. The trouble with many of the
essays submitted, although they were
view of city's crime and too rosy view
of country's sunshine and waving fields
and baImy air. There are churches in
the city and also snowstorms in the
country. Mr.. Olmstead. however, is the
champion pessinist of the age He
viewed both places with mistrusJ and
humorous disapprovaL No doubt all
the troubles he saw exist in these
places. but for every one of them is
recompense. But the essay IS clever, it's
brevity makes it the soul of wit, and
the extreme view taken by the writer
leads one to believe he is a man who
would laugh at most of the ills he
meets in life.
By a Real PeSSinist.
The City-TaI buildings, bumpy
pavements. foul air, tainted water. dust.
smoke, grim, hurry, worry, hustle,
greed. graft, low gas pressure, false
promises. hard labor. small pay, high
living. rich, poor, rent. interest, debt.
judgments, expensive to live, more
expensive to die. that's the city.
The Country-Work early and ate.
crops fail. cattle and hogs die. boys
'-77--- 80 er-77 --o-+-a yes rent inter-
est, fleas, flies. mosquitoes, chinch bugs,
>, cave, VOL, Wis ~ uirt. buried IN
dirt, that's the country
o. F. OLMSTEAD,
1872 Fillmore street.
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FOUR YEAR TERM
General Demand for 1t, Say
County Officials.
They Are in Session Here To-
day From All Over the State.

The advisability of a four year term
| or office, not only for county officers,
| but for state and city officers as well,
formed the chief topic of conversation
at the joint meeting of the county
| commissioners, county clerks and reg
| listers Of deeds which was held in the
! rooms of the Commercial club TINS
| morning. The question was Informally
agftated and will be discussed at
| length and endorsed this afternoon at
the separate meetings of the three
bodies.
Everybody is demanding a four
year term observed Bob" Tasker,
Topeka register of deeds. 1T will be
an inestimabIe saving to the taxpay-
ers, and meets with the approval of
everyone
The joint meeting took place this
m morning at 1890 O'Clock, and the ad-
dress of welcome was made by J.
VIII Kelley, secretary of the Com
mercial club. Having endorsed the
four year program, he spoke in favor
of the good road movement, which is
to be taken up at the next meeting
of the legislature. Mr.. Kelley made
a most cordial talk, and, according to
one of the listeners, turned over the
town to the bunch
Mrs. Bertha PIummer, of Chase
county, secretary of the association,
and one of the many women present,
responded for the registers of deeds,
and was followed by W. B. Penny. who
responded for the county clerks and
the county commissioners.
A representative of the Voting Ma
chine company was present at the
meeting, and exhibited his machines to
a decidedly interested audience.
This afternoon the officers will meet
separately-the commissioners in the
second division of the district court at
deeds and county, clerks in the ''Ad"
room and assembly room at the Com
merciaI club.
The registers OF deeds will be ad-
by Mrs. Plummer and by George Nc
Dermott, who will speak on Early
Registration of Land Titles
The commissioners, who will consider
especially the four-year term, have
planned several interesting and general
discussions, and the county clerks have
assigned ten specific subjects to their
various members. The four-year term
under the head of Needed legislation
Among the other subjects are: Tax
Rolls Refunds, Rebates and Penal
ties Bonds of Country and Town
ship Officers Suggestions for Newly
Elected County Clerks The Relation
of the County Clerk and the County
Assessor and Discussion of Real and
Personal Property"
Owing to the large number of officers
retiring from county service, the at
tendance TINS year Is not as large as
usual, but is good. There are present |
about 80 registers Of deeds, 40 county
clerks, and 125 county commissioners
Among the prominent members of the
association who are scheduled to speak
are: W. l. Winans, president from
Riley county, Mrs Bertha Piummer.
secretary and treasurer, of Chase; G. /
R. Hurt, of ChanUte; A ]. Banks. of |
Sumner; Ed Busby. of Pottawatomfe, |
and O. B. Hunt, of Labette
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Police Don't Take 1t Very Seriously.

Chief of Police Morris C Jenkins
denies any knowledge of any person
who has a mania for hugging the girls
in the west or southwestern part of
the city. Reports have been received
at the police station of a man who is
in the habit of peeping through the
windows and other similar affairs but
none of the girls have said anything
about being Rugged, or an attempt
made to hug them
Several women have been frighten-
ed by lone men in various parts of the
city, but this is not regarded serious
". The police receive such reports
as this from all sections OF the city
and during all seasons of the year
The women often become frightened
as soon as they see q man but there il
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New York Money Nlarlc,.

New York, Dec --MONEY-Monev
strong, 4d5 per cent; ruling rate a. per
cent; closing bid IA per cent; offered at ;
per cent; time loans, weaker; 50 days. ca
per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, per
cent
business in bankers bills at 81 so 80 for 90
day bills and at S4-s4-s0 for demand. COM
nerciaI bills, s4S01z-
SILVER-Bar silver, SIC; Mexican dol
lars. 491zc-
BONDS-Governmen bonds steay, rail-
BONDS-Governmen bonds steady, rail-
road bonds heavy