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The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-28
CHAPTER XXXV.
Mr., and Mrs. Little Jimmie.


Mrs. Sammy WhitComb had longed
for the sweet privilege OF squaring
matters with Mrs. Jimmie Wellington.
Sneers and back-biting, shrugs and
shudders of contempt were poor com
pensation for the ever-vivid fact that
Mrs. Wellington had proved attractive
to her Sammy while Mrs. Yelling
toms Jimmie never looked at Mrs.
Whitcomb. Or ii he did, his eyes had
been so blurred that he had seen two
of her-and avoided both.
Yesterday she had overheard Jim
ME vow sobriety. Today his shining
morning face showed that he had
kept his word. She could hardly wait
to begin the Irritation which. she
trusted, would render Mrs. Wellington
helplessly furious for six long Reno
months.
The Divorce Drummer interposed
and held Jimmie prisoner for time.
but as soon az Mr., Baumann released
him, Mrs. Whitcomb apprehendcd
him. with smile that beckoned and
with eyes that went out like far-cast
fishhooks, she drew Leviathan into
her net
She reeled him In and he plounced
in the seat opposite, What she took
for bashfulness was reluctance To
add the last charm to her success.
Mrs. Wellington arrived to see 1t.
Mrs. Whitcomb Saw the lonely Ashton
rise and offer her the seat facing him.
Mrs. Wellington took It and sat down
with the back OF her head SO close to
the back of Mr.. Wellington's head
that the feather in her nat tickled his
neck
Jimmie Wellington had seen his
wife pass by. To his sober eyes she
was a fine sight as she moved up the
aisle In his alcohol-emancipated
mind the keen sense OF wrong en-.
dured that had driven him forth to
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CHAPTER xxxIV-Continued

Seeing them together, Mrs. Temple
watched the embrace with her daily
renewal of Joy that the last nights
quarrel had not proved fatal She
nudged her husband:
See. they're making up again"
DR.. Temple was moved to a violent
outburst for him: We'll, that the
darnedest bridal couple-I only said
darn, my dear"
He was still more startled when Mr..
Baumann. cruising along the aisle,
bent over to murmur: Can fix you
nice divorce?"
DR.. Temple rose in such an attitude
of horror as he assumed in the pulpit
when denouncing the greatest curse
of society, and Mr.. Baumann retired
AS he passed Mallory he cast an ap.
preciative glance at Marjorie and
tapping Mallory's shoulder. whispered:
NO Wonder you want marriage IL
cense. I'll be in the next car should
you meet me" Then he went on his
route.
Marjorie s.dred after him in won
der and asked: What did that person
mean by what he said?"
It's all right. Marjorie" Mallory
explained. in the highest cheer: We
can get married right away"
Marjorie declined to get her hopes
up again: You're always saying that"
But here's the liCense-see?"
What good is that" she said;
there's no preacher on board"
But that man is a justice OF the
peace and he'll marry us
Marjorie stared at him incredulous-
ly: That ature,-before all these
passengers
Not at ALL" Mallory explained
Wen go into the smoking room"
Marjorie leaped to he: feet. aghast:
"Elope two thousand miles TO be mar
ried in smoking room by Yiddish
drummer. Harry Mallory. you're
crazy"
Put Just that way, the proposition
did not look so alluring as at first
He sank back with a sigh: Il guess /
am. resign"
He was as weary Of being "foiled
again" as the villain OF a cheap melo
drama The two lovers sat In a twi-
light of deep melancholy. till Mar
jorie's mind dug up new source OF
alarm.
Harry. I've just thought OF some
thing terrible"
Lets have it," he sighed, drearily
we reach San Francisco at mid.
night and you sail at daybreak. What
becomes OF me-"
Mallory had no answer to this prob.
lem. except grim. I'm not desert
you"
But well have no time to get mar.
ried'
Then" he declared with iron re.
solve, then m resign from the
army"
Marjorie stared at him with awe.
lie was 80 wonderful, so heroic. But
what vii, ~. country do without
You7"
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SYNOPSIS.

Lieut., Harry Mallory is ordered to
the Philippines He and Marjorie New
ton decide to eiope. but wreck OF taxi
the way to the train. Transcontinental
train is Naking on passengers. Porter
and Ira Lathrop. Yankee business
man. The elopers have an exciting
time time getting to the train. Little Jim
divorce boards train in maudlin con-
dition. Later Mrs. Jimmie appears. She
IS also bound for Reno with same OBJ
Latter blames Mrs. Jimmie for her mar
ital troubles. Classmates of Mallory
decorate bridal berth. Rev. ard Mrs.
Temple start on a vacation. They de-
eide to cut loose and Temple removes
evidence Of his calling Marjorie de
train starts while they are lost in fare
we'll Passengers join Malory's class
n1 mates In giving couple wedding hazing.
woman hating bacheior. discoverss dii I;ersrPP; en
old sweetheart Annie Cattle. a fellow
passenger. Mallory vainly hunts for
Wellington hears Little Jimmie's voice
Later she meets Mrs. Whitcomb. NAL
find preacher. They decide to pretend
n quarrel and Mallory finds a vacant
berth: Mrs Jimmie discovers yelling
an unsuccessful hunt for preacher.
Pr: Temple poses as physician. Mrs.
a station platform raises Mallory's
hopes, but he takes another train. Miss
Ing hand baggage compels the couple
to borrow from passengers. Jimmie
gets cinder in his eye and Mrs Jim
ME gives first aid. Coolness is then
resumed. Still no clergyman. More
borrowing. DR.. Temple puzzled by be-
havior of different couples. Marjories
jealousy aroused by Mallory's baseball
Jarson. Marjorie suggests wrecking
the train in hopes that accident will
produce preacher. Also tries to induce
conductor to hold the train so she can
shop. Marjorie's dog is missing She
pulls the cord. stopping the train Con-
ductor restores dog and lovers quarrel.
Lathrop wires for n preacher to marry
him and Miss Cattle. Mallory tells La
throp of his predicament and arranges
to borrow the preacher. Kitty Level
lyn. former sweetheart of Mallory's
appears and arouses Marjorie's jeal-
ousy. Preacher boards train. After
marrying Lathrop and Miss Cattle the
preacher escapes Mallory by leaping
from moving train. Mallory's detection
moves Marjorie to reconciliation. The
last day on the train brings Mallory
the fear of missing his transport NAL
ory gets Nevada marriage license
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WEEKS EVENTS
COLORADO
Western Newspaper Union Nows Service.

January 20-25-Eishth Annual West.
ern Stock Show-Denyer.
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HAS MARRIED 1000 COUPLES
Tennessee Minister Builds Hotel Es-
peciaIIy for EIoPing
Couples.

Bristol, Tenn.-Rev. Alfred Harrison
Burroughs of Bristol, now in his
eightieth year, has married 1000
couples in the last twenty-three years.
e had no thought Of making this a
business" said the aged minister Il
was licensed to marry people many
years ago, and when the first runaway
couple sought me in 1889, consented
to marry them more as a matter Of
accommodation than anything else.
Some of my friends were present
and witnessed the marriage. They
complimented me and told me that I
ought to make marrying a business.
After that I did not decline to offer
my services whenever a couple came
my way. Month by month the bust
ness grew until 1 sometimes married
from three to six couples a day"
So rapidly did the minister's mar
rying business increase that he built
a hotel designed especially to accom-
modate clipping couples.
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AN EGG SHOW IN YOUR COMMUNITY
WOULD BOOST THE POULTRY BUSINESS
Prof. Lppncott the State Agricultural College, Believes
and Producer Should Be Brought Closer Together---
Both Sides Need the Education an Egg
Show Would Give

0ERSONS of wealth. east and
west, are in the habit of buy
ing whatever suits their fancy,
regardless of cost. In the East pre-
miums above the highest market
price are paid for eggs that, besides
being the best quality, are large, uni
form in size, even in color and per
fectly clean. In New York a premium
is paid for white eggs. One OF the
reasons given is that the shells are
not so tough and the eggs are more
conveniently handled. In Boston
brown eggs are preferred, because, it
is said, a brown egg has richer fla
VC~. San Francisco, also, prefers brown
eggs. The well-to-do people OF Kan
sas take any kind of an egg that is
showed at them if it tastes all right.
This is not because they do not ap-
preciate a good thing when they see
it, but because they have never been
shown. Their taste is as keen as
any New Workers.. When once they
see how much more attractive a
breakfast table looks when the eggs
are all the same size, type and color,
they are going to be as keen as any
one for eggs that are really tip top.
Where can they be shown more con-
clusively than at an egg show?
There is necessity of education on
both sides. The farmer fails to pro-
duce eggs of first quality, for two rea-
sons. In the first place he does not
know But more important still he
thinks there is no demand for a better
product. The consumer, on the other
hand, takes the eggs that are given
him because he in turn does not know
any better. He is not aware that there
is anything better to be had. There
is the greatest need of the producer
and consumer getting acquainted and
finding out what the other wants and
has. Where could this be done more
quickly and easily than at egg shows?
Not a single big show, but many
smaller ones throughout the state.
The present competition between
the breeds and varieties of chickens
is largely confined to the fancy points,
as beauty of marking or elegance OF
type and carriage. In the Saturday
Evening Post, recently, I noticed an
advertisement by a Holstein-Freisian
association setting forth the merits OF
Holstein COWS. Nothing was said
about their size or color markings
Instead the emphasis was put upon
the fact that the fat globules in HoI-
steam milk are much smaller than
those found in the milk of other
breeds and are therefore more easily
digested. turned over the page and
there was an advertisement of the
American Guernsey Cattle club. They
had nothing to say about the beauti-
full fawn color or the attractive type
of Guernsey COWS. Instead they were
harping on the fact that the butter
from Guernsey is so highly colored
that no artificial coloring matter is
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needed as in the case of other breeds.
In both cases utility points were en-
phasized. This does not injure the
cow for showyard purposes. 1t does
bring before the public the things
they are interested in.
Every breed Of chicken lays eggs
that are peculiarly and characteristic
ca1ly its own. Some are white. some
light and some dark brown. Some
are more even in color than others,
some are larger, some are more uni
form in shape, some have lots OF
bloom, some are shiny, some are rough
and freckled and some are smooth
and even. These are the things the
great American public is anxious to
know. They care little about the
type or color or the prizes the hen
that laid the egg may have won. It's
the egg itself they are interested in.
Stimulate the demand for the product
of any breed and the demand for the
breed will take care of itself When
this fact is realized by the breeders
and these facts are really put before
the public there will be an improve
ment of the breeds, and increase in
between breeders that has hardly been
dreamed of.
The premium list of a first-class
egg show should include classes for
all breeds and varieties of poultry
whose eggs are sold upon the open
market Besides there should be
classes for white eggs, dark brown,
light brown, duck, goose, turkey eggs,
etc. These classes should. be judged
according to their weight, shape, uni
formity of size, shape and color, shell
texture, and condition and quality.
The last named should be valued at
least 40 in a scale of 100. 1t is the
appearance that gets the trade and
the quality that holds it.
By way of adding interest special
prizes might be offered for the largest
turkey egg, the smallest hen egg. the
smallest egg Of any bird, etc. Then
there should be prizes for the best
display, showing methods of produc-
ton, packing, shipping and marketing.
Displays of dressed poultry could be
made and eventually classes for eggs
of the different breeds put in the
premium list. New ways of dressing
and drawing as well as boning birds
should have a place, and a picking
contest would add interest Exhibits
of shipping crates, poultry boxes, lay
ing houses, egg cartons, shipping re-
frigerators for fancy trade, the market
grades Of eggs, and egg crate ma
chimes would be of interest and great
educational value
Egg shows in Kansas would mean
more money for eggs, better eggs,
new methods. greater consumption,
more people in the poultry business
and an impetus to the poultry bust
Eess all along the line
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WANTED TO BE GOOD LOSER
Defeated Candidate Wanted 1t Under
stood He Was Net Complaining,
but, All the Same

John H. Lucas, general solicitor for
the Metropolitan street railway, re-
Gently was accosted by a young law
yer, who warmly grasped his hand
and exclaimed:
Perhaps you do not remember me,
but I once appeared as one Of the
opposing counsel in a case in which
you were retained by the winning
side, and 1 have often wished to ex-
press my admiration for the manner
in which you handled that case"
81 suppose" said the veteran law
yer deprecatingly, that was one of
the rare occasions upon which 1 was
not getting the worst of it,
I'D be willing to swap records with
YOU" laughed the young man, but
tell me, does a lawyer ever get used
to losing cases?"
81 can't say, sir" responded Mr..
Lucas, 81 really can't say, but as
for myself, I am very much in the
same fix as the man from Osceola
who had been defeated for Office. He
was telling me about it, and in order
to acquit himself of the charge of
being a bad loser, kept interfering
the remark that he was not COM
planning. Tt doesn't pay to complain,
said, agreeing with him.
No, sir, it doesn't he exclaimed,
and 1 won't complain, but at the
same time 1 want you to understand,
sir, that 1t makes me darned sick -
Kansas City Journal
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FOR SAFETY TO THE DRIVER
Mirrors Installed on Streets of English
Towns Have Proved of Material
Benefit.

Mirrors at street corners to provide
for the drivers Of vehicles a view OF
the cross streets have been installed
in at least two towns in England In
Folkestone there is an acute angle
street crossing where one corner is
built up close TO the curb On this
corner i placed a 24x24 inch mirror
supported on gas pipe standards at
such an angle that drivers OF vehicles
coming toward the built-up corner
from either Of the two opposite streets
can see up the streets at right an
giles to their path.
The engineer in charge states that
owing TO the impossibility Of motor
lists seeing any on-coming traffic sew
eral accidents and narrow escapes
have occurred at that point Since
the mirror has been fixed he has not
heard Of anything approaching an &C
cident The damp, mist, rain or frost
have no i'll effect on the mirror,
which is occasionally cleaned by a
passing IampHghter when cleaning his
lamps
At Malmesburg, in Wiltshire. a mir
TOR five by eight feet in size, support
&c on standards so that its top is Is
feet above the street, occupies an an
guiar position at the apex of a closed
right-angle curve The engineer in
charge says: The mirror requires
scarcely any cleaning; only a wipe
over once in about three months
Engineering News
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tied old bachelor and ready to present
her to society"
Ten years from now you will be
fifty years DID," murmured Gordon.
you will still be good looking, Dick -
"Humph!"
And will undoubtedly marry Miss
Weldon"
81 never suspected you of romantic
ideas" returned Dick dryly.
Gordon's round, fat face grew pink.
Il may marry your ward myself
I'm five years younger than you are -
he protested.
''She isn't an heiress-no fortune
hunter need apply" leased Dick. you
need a rich wife, Gordon-you're a
spender."
Its the high cost Of living" groan-
ed Mr.. Amherst.
You mean the cost Of high living. -
Gordon laughed. when shall I see
the infant-wonder If she wouldn't
like to go to the circus?"
iii have you around tomorrow
night to take dinner with US if you
like"
"All right I'll come-perhaps I can
When Dick was alone he smoked
several cigars before he retired. This
guardianship Of a young girl had In
troduced new element into his quiet,
comfortable, bachelor existence. He
told himself reassuringly that with
Elizabeth at school nine months out
Of the year it might make very little
difference in his life, and yet there
were holidays and vacations to be con-
sidered. The thought of making this
unknown child happy stirred unusual
wormth in the region of his heart.
He blushed unaccountabIy when he
thought Of the coming OF Elizabeth
Wendell. ct won't be unpleasant" he
admitted as he turned out his light. IF
1 had married 1 might have had a
daughter Of her age-but somehow
I've never felt the CALI
The next day he went to the hotel
where Miles WendelI's daughter was
staying with her companion, a Mrs
Armstrong
Miss Wendell will join US at once, u
said Mrs. Armstrong, after she had
greeted him. She has been shopping
all the morning and is rather. tired. u
Mr.. Betting stared. 'E-yes.
suppose little girls need plenty OF
new frocks and so forth. I may have
to call upon you to help me out in
that respect don't know much
about fripperies."
It was Mrs. Armstrong; turn to
! look surprised and then amused
Elizabeth will not take kindly to our
| n cI4
! chosen her own clothes ever since she
/ was ten years Old
"Oh!" stammered Dick blankly
| conscious that he was talking at cross
purposes with EhZabeth's companion
Deity he changed the subject and
waited for the appearance of this pre-
cocious Elizabeth. who was undoubted.
II little older than he had had rea,
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Chinch Bugs.-It wouldn't have been
very hard work to pillow two burrows
around your corn and drag a log
through them until a dust formed. Il
wouldn't have cost very much-wheH
you think of the corn vaIue-to get a
barrel or two of crude oil to use on
top of your bug barrier in case rain
fell and spoiled the dust. But so many
farmers neglected to plow the fur
rows, and the bugs hustled from the
wheat fields into the corn, and the
old story was repeated The corn
at the Experiment Station was saved
with these barriers this year. No
more horses or men were used than
any farmers have. No more money
was spent doing the work than any
ordinary farmer has to spend.
Better think this over
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PRISONER, FREE, COMES BACK
Workhouse Trusty Returns After Trip
TO Town for Sup
plies.

ST Louis, Mo.-Alexander Hunter.
who still had sixteen months of a
workhOuse sentence to serve, is pur-
suing plan of behavior which will
via for him probably an early parole.
When the city authorities decided
to turn Chesley island into a farm
where inebriates could be kept, its
superintendent, Calvin J. White, de-
cided to send Hunter to the farm as
a trusty to supervise the work
Hunter cheerfully accepted the task
and began TO build a fence. The posts
having been put down, he found him
self in need Of a wire stretcher.
Taking a boat, he rowed alone and
unmatched down the river to Kimms-
wick, but could not find what he
wanted there. He then took a train,
came to ST Louis, bought the wire
stretcher and returned.
How in the world did you get
he-e?" Superintendent White asked
when he stepped OF the car and went
to the workhouse. Game up on the
train" Hunter answered
What do you want?" White asked.
Hunter explained and was returned
the money he had spent for car fare
He went back to the island and now
reports that he has most of the wire
around the new stockade put up.
Hunter was sentenced to a two
years term in the workhouse on four
charges of larceny, six. months on each
count
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sexsntx.Einht Pills nax

A case that was tried in London In
1917 gives some idea of the pill-tak-
ing proclivities Of the time An apothe-
cary sued one Samuel Jessop for pay
ment of a long-standing account The
bill extended to 55 closely-written col
umns, and showed that in 20 years he
took 226, 934 pills, beginning with the
modest number of 20 a day, and ad-
vancing by easy stages to a daily con-
sumption Of Is. During the same Pc
Rod he consumed 10000 bottles of
mixtures, besides juleps, eIectuaries,
and other infallib1e specifics. The
apothecary won the day, but Jessup
died soon afterwards, at the age OF
So, no doubt from stopping the physic.
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Birthplace of Thomas R. Marshall.

with his brothers in managing the big
gest store OF this locality at that time
As time went on they disposed Of
this store, and after the war broke
out the doctor moved with his family
to Pierceton, when the future COVER
nor was slightly over six years of age
Men who have grown gray remember
Thomas Marshall as a boy, but he was
too young when his folks left for him
to build a new home to take the place
The building in which he was born
was moved from its first location to
give room to a business building, and
was occupied for several years by
John H Shively, but when he wanted
TO build a new home to take the place
Of the old building, it passed into new
hands, being sold to Bart Krisher, son
Of D. W. Krisher. He moved it to its
present location, made a few repairs,
put on some fresh paint and the house
is as neat and attractive in looks to-
day as many of the newer buildings
around it
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WOULD INSURE MOTHERS
Ohio Man Thinks Wage-EarnIng
Wives Would Welcome This
Form Of Policy.

MassiIIon, Ohio.-Frederic Donahoe
of this city, who believes that the loss
of income incurred is the cause OF
many salary-earning wives stunning
motherhood, has evolved q plan Of in
surance by which the women would
be reimbursed He has outlined his
plan TO several large insurance com
panies- This infancy disability insur-
ance would be payable to the mother
during the period she is incapacitated
from pursuing her vocation Donahoe
cites the loss incurred by actresses
and other professional women Of large
earning capacity as ar argument for
his n1an-
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The Modern Aesop.

A dog, who was accustomed to over
eat, held piece Of meat in his mouth
as he crossed a placid stream by
means OF a. plank Looking in, he
saw what he took to be another dog
carrying another piece of meat. Snap
ping greedily to get this as well, he
let go the meat that he had and lost
it in the stream. As result his indi-
gestion felt much better all the rest
OF the day-Life.
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other study. There viii be examples
of good leads and bad ones. The only
complete and authentic history of agrf-
cultural journalism in America will
occupy three chapters, contributed by
Gilbert NJ. Tucker of Albany, son Of
the late Luther Tucker, founder of
the Genessee Farmer, the second farm
paper printed in this country-now
the Country Gentleman. ]. D. Rick
man, superintendent of the school of
printing at the college, is to have a
chapter or two on "A Cost System for
Country Papers,"
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A TEXT BOOK BY CHAS. DILLON
Head CT Department of Industrial
Journalism at K. S. A. c. to
Publish His Ideas.

A text book to be called Journalism
for the Industries" by Charles Dillon
of the Kansas Agricultural College, is
to be issued next fall by D. Appleton
& Co., of New York 1t Will be the
first book of the kind written. The
arrangement of material will be the
same as that in the schedule of studies
and work in Professor Dillon's classes
and in the local room. Il viii, indeed,
be book for teachers and students.
Every chapter will be followed with
questions and problems as in any