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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
The HEART OF A WOMAN
az BARONESS ORGY.
Author Of @The Scarlet Pirpsrnsi" "Psttieoat Rule" Etc.

Tom says they won't try very hard.
And. if Luke keeps his wits about him,
and has O. sufficiency OF money he'll
be able to get right through Ia Spain
and from thence to T'angiprs. With
money and influence much can be done,
and Ton says that IL Luke will only
get away tonight he himself is pre-
pared to take all the blame and all the
responsibility of having allowed a GRIM
inal to escape. It's very decent OF
Tom" added the colonel thoughtfully,
for he risks his entire future"
But the sorely troubled father did not
tell his daughter all that Sir Thomas
had told him in the course of the brief
interview. A0&
In effect the chief Of the criminal
investigation department had given a
brief alternative by way OF advice.
"A ticket to anywhere via Calais at
once-or a revolver" g
And he had added dryly:
II see nothing else for II. The man
has practically confessed,
But this Colonel Harris Would not adj
NIT, and so the two men parted. Louisa's
father, thinking a great deal of his
friend. but still more OF his daughter,
wanted above al things to have a final
talk with Luke.
Louisa In the meanwhile sat silent in
the corner Of the cab.
She was trying to visualize this new
picture: Luke-a fugitive from Jus
tice! i
The taxicab was making a slight de-.
tour as Whitehall and the Mall were
closed for road repairs. The chauffeur
was driving round by st. Martins lane.
At one OF the theaters there, a popular
play was filing the house night after
night with enthusiastic crowds. 1t was
only $50 now, and in a long queue ex-
tending over 200 yards away from the
pit n gallery doors of the lucky play
house, patient crowds waited for the
evenings pleasure. ~
People were going to theaters, they
laughed at farces, and wept at trage-
dies. Was there ever such a tragedy
enacted inside a theater, as now took
place in the life Of a commonplace man
and woman? @
Luke--a fugitive from Justice! Money
and influence could do much! They
could enable a wealthy criminal to
escape the consequences of his own
crinlel They could enable hir1 to catch
express trains untnolested, to fly across
land and sea under owe of the night,
to become, Cain-like. a wanderer or
the face of the earth without rest and
without. peace.
Could they prevent him from seeing
ever present at his elbow the grim an
gel of remorse, holding in one hand the
glass wherein relentlessly flowed the
sands Of time. and in the other, the in
visible WORD Of a retarded but none
the less sure vengeance? Could they
prevent his hearing the n word, Ne
mesis?
Luke-a fugitive from justice! Ac-
cused of a crime which he did not COM
NIT, self-convicted, almost self accused,
and fleeing from it's consequences as
he would from remorse!
And people went to theatres, and
laughed and cried. People ate and
danced and sang. News vendors
shrteked their wares, the latest sensa-
tional news; the gentleman criminal
who had money and influence and with
their help evaded the grip of justice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
Taking II Very Badly.

~ ASAN-H
A San Francisco motherinlaw went
to the Orient and, coming back, was
caught trying to smuggle n a lot OF
choice silks.
She had to pay her duty and a fine.
Then there vas talk Of a criminal ac-
ton to follow.
Her soninIaw called on the customs
officials. rs 1t possible" he asked, in
a severe tone, after my motherinlaw
has paid the duty on her stuff and her
fine that o contemplate criminal ac-
tion?"
I'VE arc considering it," the Gus
toms official replied gravely.
And If my motherinlaw were to be
convicted, as she probably would be,
h would have to go to jail?"
IT think So"
do you mean to tell me you in
tend to do this to a woman-a woman
who has already expiated her fault and
.r~ecompensed the government,
II do; but look here, old chap, don't
take this too hard. I've got to do my
duty, you know. Don't feel 30 badly
about It." -E IT. ..,. ,&~.t. =.
Badly shouted the soninlaw, "why
my dear sir, this Is the first CLEAN
Of sunshine that has entered nay home
In 20 years"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
AduIatIon Pleassd Rou,.eau.

Rousseau, whose ~bicentenary cele.
brationt occasioned a riot in Paris the
other day, created a sensation when
he visited England In 1865. Rousseau
and his Armenian dress wrote Lord
Charlemont, were followed by
crowds when he first arrived in Lon
don and as long as this species Of
admiration lasted he was contented
and happy. Garrick not only gave a
supper In his honor, but played two
characters specially to please him.
Rousseau was highly gratifed, but
Mrs. Garrick declared that she had
never spent a more unpleasant eve
ming in her life, the philosopher be-
ing SO anxious to display himself,
and hanging over the front Of the
box SO much, that she was obliged TO
hold him by the skirts Of his coat to
prevent him from falling over into
the pit"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
Continued Next week.)
Big INDIAN ARROW HEAD.

FTUIH tue OH-O bIdIt JOUTIldI.
After a search lasting eight years
the broken point of an Indian spear
head has been plowed up by a farmer
on the ground of Fort Ancient, War
rem county. The two pieces have
been Joined and show a spearhead IN
inches long, OF glistening white quartz
lite, the largest one of that material
ever discovered. 1t lies on a plush
cushion in the state archaeological mu-
scum on the campus of Ohio State
university.
w. c. Mills, curator OF the museum,
is proud of the oddly shaped piece Of
crystal. More than eight years ago
one part of 1t was found" he said.
AT that time I told the searchers to
hunt for the complement of 1t. They
tried and all these years nave kept
on the alert for the broker point, AS
restored, 1t has no equal for size in
any museum Of the country"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
German Farmer Good Business Mar

Under a seemingly generous offer
Of hospitality, a North German farm,
er has managed to include a good
stroke Of business for himself. In a
Hanover paper recently appeared
an advertisement that from fifteen to
twenty women and girls (not under
twelve years of age) who needed re.
cuperation could have free board and
lodging on a country estate. But in
exchange they would be required to
pick peas from eight to ten. hours
daily. Industrious pickers might also
be paid cash for their labor.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
The Love In Fiction and Life.

A periodical devoted to the drama
pleads for plays based OIL some emo
ton other than love. The diff in
producing such plays is that every
play must have a hero, and in max
ing a hero the playwright, as well as
his audience, almost inevitably adopts
the view expressed 1000 years ago by
a scribbler Of the dead wall of Pom.
peii: He who has never loved a
woman Is not a gentleman"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
sYNoPsIs.

sYNoPsIs
The story opens In Brussels. Louis
Nv. fren = sha arm English girl Of fam
wStking along the Boulevard Waterloo IN
: November rain. runs into a tragedy.
A man is found murdered In a taxi
car. Ms companion who had left h cab
some time before n told the chauffeur
~ uaive 70 a certain address, had disap-
The scene shifts to London. Luke de
and pnsIord Lonisa's ~affanced. the nephew
Tn ~ Ielr or n eccentric and Wealthy
dTspSnu radcliffe Is In cub An alleged
%S,LsSt heirs the unknown son OF another
CCiLsvs,,nnsr. mas notified Lord Radcliffe or ms
OF Luke, claims that he has examined the
papsrs and that the claimant Is an IN
suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
Appcars In London. After a snort III
az tsw with Lord Radcliffe his claims
S;anm0ut explanation Luke Is practlcalIy
Phillip seems to exert unlim-
nsvoian Ience over Lord Radcntfe WIZ.
4tor 10 friends n detes ulVestlsa
cne ~ "N
a year has passed since the tragedy IN
T a,aei Suddenly It is repeated In eysry
a. ~ London. The victim is Phlllp
a ye%rv anI Every circumstance S Sna
placed nephew, Luke. as the murderer;
N vain, Louise, in her blind faith, tried
ssobp rSys Luke innocent. Every investiga.
the co T,gnsens the chains Of syidenS Ssve at
TT5 4n mat n murdered man ls not
sn I'LL, dc Mountford but a common
SSounoreI denounced by his father y
son only complicates the situation, IL
noes not In the least upset the appalling
gg,nooSSls Oh Luke's guilt. A warrant Is rs y.
kktation In life the police secretly warn
rant y leave the country before the ~ war ar
LOUISE sees him n asks him pointedly
LOT the truth. He confesses his guilt.
Here the heart OF a woman discerns his
ne ana the real truth that he Is protect
herself,-Who? and intuitiveiy reasons
that Luke's love for his uncle must be
pound up with the solution. In the mean
pme the uncle has been STRICKEN n no
one permitted to see him. h demands
tnat she be allowed to talk to him.. Her
request Is denied but she insists, finally
me physician grants permission. Lord
understand what Is said to him Alone
with him for a moment she rehearses the
story TO him. although he Is apparently
unconscious. At the mention OF Luke's
name the fact that he Is accused OF
the murder Lord Radcliffe shows signs OF
indulgence When the physician returns
ne has spoken and demands that what he
has to say be taken down and Witnessed.
Phillip de Mountford who has been pass
Ing as his heir was an imposter. Such a
person had at one time existed n be-
gan the correspondence more than q
year before. Lord Radcliffe met him In
Brussels to examine the proofs which he
found correct. In his indecision between
his duty to the real heir and his passion
ate affection for Luke he invites the real
Phillip de Mountford to ride with him
through the streets Of Brussels. Suddenly
the impulse seizes him to solve the prob
lem then and there-hence, the murder In
the taxi-cab which Louisa had Witnessed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
Golfers Grand Army Score.

A golfer playing his first game of
the season reported downtown the
next day that he had made a Grand
Army score-he went out in 81 and
came back In 65.-Chicago Evening
Post.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
In Gotham,

II know a policeman who always
puts by something every week of what
he earns"
"Humph! l know one who always
puts by every week more than he
earns"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12
Subtle AdmonItIon.

why do you always ask that &
lar customer If the razor hurts him?"
asked one barber.
Just as a gentle reminder" replied
the other, that II he forgot the tip it's
liable to hurt him the next time"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12

II you would win LIES battle you
must be a hard hitter and a poor quit
Tar
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12

suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
rru appears in London. After a short an
~ aV,sW with Lord Radcliffe his claims
NJ. n he is installed as nell.
stsSS WnSu- Phillip seems to exert unIIn-
~ inuen over Lord Radcliffe wnlcE
],a~aeS MS friends and detles inVestlga-
e WN
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12

man L. found murdered In a taxi
CAP; his companion who had left the cab
time before and told the chauffeur
" orlve 70 a certain address, had disap-
peared and Is unknown.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-09-12

SYNOPSIH
.The story opens I'm Brussels. Louis
aarris, a charming English girl OF fam
Ily. Trends and wealth, while absently
walking along the Boulevard waterloo In
2 November rain. runs into a tragedy.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-12

less of who is nominated or elect
ed" declared Mrs. Rudy. eve
shall maintain our organization
and work forsthe welfare of the
laboring classes along strictly La
Toilette lines" ; -.
Woodrow. Wilson is being
doomed by "a, .Woman's Wilson
club headed by Mrs. Imogene w.
Huey. It has asIarge member
ship and is being. supported solid
ly blythe Daughters of the Con-
federacy. - - IT,.
Mrs. Huey declares that Taft
will receive the Republican nom
:ination through the. instrument
atty of Wall street,and,th office
holders; but that his election is
unthinkable. She declares her
club has the promise of support
.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
RIunders Of RoyaL Authors.

Royal authors sometimes need a
deal of editing. A glaring. instance is
Frederick the Great, whose spelling
and punctuation astounded Carlyle,
says the London Chronicle. "A steure"
for "a cette heure" was specimen OF
the former, and as for punctuation,
lie never could understand the mys-
terry of IL; he merely scatters a few
commas and dashes as If they were
shaker out of a pepper box upon his
page and so leaves it,
How, asks Carlyle, can such sloven'
illness De explained in a king who
would have ordered arrest for the
smallest speck of mud on mans buff
belt, indignant that any pipe clayed
portion of a man should not be per.
fectly pipe clayed?" He can only con.
clude that Frederick really cared lit
tie about literature after all. Also
'he never minded snuff upon his own
chin, not even upon his waistcoat and
breaches" II am a king and above
grammar" said another monarch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
THE SAFE LAXATIVE
FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE

Most elderly people are more or
less troubled with a chronic, per-
sistent constipation, due largely to
lack of sufficient exercise. They ex-
perience difficulty in digesting even
light food. with a consequent belching
Of stomach gases. drowsiness after
eating, headache and feeling of lassi-
tude and general discomfort.
Doctors advise against cathartics and
violent purgatives of every kind. rec
ommending mild. gentle laxative
tonic. like Dr. CaldwelI's Syrup Pepsin,
70 effect relief without disturbing the
entire system.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Persin is the
perfect laxative. easy in lction, Ger
tain in effect and. withal, pleasant to
the taste 1t possesses tonic proper
ties that strengthen the stomach. liver
and bowels and is a remedy that has
beer for years the great standby in
thousands of families, and should be
in every famils medicine chest. It is
equally as valuable for children as for
older people.
Druggists everywhere sell DR.. Cald.
wells Syrup Pepsin in SOC and s100
bottles. If you have never tried ii
send your name and address tC DIR. W
B. Caldwell, POI Washington St. idon-
ticello, H., and he will be very glad to
send sample bottle for trial.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
cRoWDlNG TO SEE TENNYSoN
Congregation Would Not Leave West
minister Abbey Without Glimpse
of the Great Poet.

Sir James Knowles accompanied Al
fred Tennyson to the funeral of Dick
ems at Westminster abbey and he de-
scribes in "Tennyson and His Friends
the scene when the crowd identified
the distinguished visitor. There was
an immense congregation that day in
the abbey and VIXEN the service was
over we stood up waiting a long time
to pass out through the rails. But In
stead of dispensing by the outer door
the people all turned eastward and
flocked toward the altar, pressing
closer and closer up to the saerarium.
The chances of getting out became
less and less, and | turned to Tenny-
son and said: i don't know what all
this means, but we seem so hemmed
In that it Is useless to move yet
Then a man standing by me whis-
pered: I dcp't think they will go, sir.
so long as your friend stands there.
OF course saw at once what was
happening-it had got to be known
that Tennyspn was present and the
solid throng was bent on seeing him.
Such a popularity had never occurred
to me or to him, and justified his
nervous unwIllingness to be seen in
crowded places.
Il was Obliged to tell him what was
going on, upon which he urgently in
sisted on being let out some quiet way
and putting an end to the dilemma.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
Stranger-Myl M!
NO WORDS WASTED
4 Swift Transformation Briefly De
scribed.

About food, the following brief but
emphatic letter from a Georgia WON
an goes straight to the point and is
convincing.
My frequent attacks of indigestion
and palpitation of the heart eul-
minated in a sudden and desperate i'll
ness, from which / arose enfeebled in
mind and body. The doctor advised
me to live on cereals, but none OF
them agreed with me until I tried
Grape-Nuts food and Postum.
The more / used of them the more
| felt convinced that they were gust
what / needed. and in a short time
they made different woman OF me
Ny stomach and heart troubles disap-
peared as il by magic, and my mind
was restored and is as clear as 1t ever
was.
Il gained flesh and strength so rap.
idly that my friends were astcnished
Postum and Grape-Nuts have benefited
me so greatly that I am glad TO scar
this testimony" Name given BY
Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
There's a r-2son, " and IT is explained
in the little book. The Road to Well
Vile" in Pkgs.
Ever read the shove .stters A nev,
one appears from tImsi 60 time. They
are genuine. true, nnsl fuli of humnz
laterest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
ONE sIX-YEAR Term
Congressman curIey Proposes
Change in Constitution.
MANY ARE IN FAVOR OF 1T
Strong Efforts Being Made to Stop o.
fensive acknowledgements Asked
to Acknowledge Services Of
Captain Ericsson.
Rx GEORGE CLINTON.

Washington. --Hepresenha tiVe James
VI. Curley Of Massachusetts, has intro
duced Joint resolution into the house
providing that Section one Of Article
two Of the Constitution OF the United
States shall be amended so as to
read, He shall hold his Office during
the term Of six years and. together
with the vice.president chosen for the
same term shall be eligible to serve
not more than enc term"
This resolution of Mr.. Curley's re-
fers. OF course. to change In the Con
stitution which viii extend the ime
Of the term OF the president to six
years and makes him ineligible for
reelection at any time. There Is
good deal OF feeling in congress
among both Republicans and Demo
Gratis in favor Of this constitutional
change. Speaker Champ Clark has
gone on record in favor OF this
change and 1t is said also that Presi-
dent Taft thinks that 1t would be adj
visable.
II has been humorously suggested
in Washington that the president
would like to make the change in the
Constitution retroactive and to have
the term fixed at seven years. virtual
ly the precise time which Theodore
Roosevelt held the highest office In
the land.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
Las, Of sebaotieoks Indians.

The few Survivors Of the Litchfeld
county Comm tribe OF Schagticoke
Indians own 500 acres Of land and
five houses, valued at $4,000. besides a
little personal property. They subsist
by selling potatoes and other products,
cutting railroad ties and wood and
working on nsighboring farms. The
tribe is reduced TO ignorance and pow
erty as a result of leading shiftless
lives and by intermarriage and mix
lures OF races. The great event at the
reservation is the annual rattlesnake
hunt in the spring. when the paleface
joins In the sport and furnishes all
the whisky antidote needed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
In a Bad Way.

Stranger lin train)-A man in your
business can't get home very often.
presume?
Concentration / should say
not. Why, sir, get home so seldom
that l can't remember half tne time
where l live. Have tc telegraph to
the firm to send me my address!
Stranger-You don't say So
Commercial-That true. Why. one
time was away so long that l forgot
I'd ever been married and | took
such fancy to a pretty woman met
in a strange town that / eloped with
her.
Stranger-My! My!
Commentaries 1t would have
been a terrible thing; but when l call
ed on the firm during my honeymoon
and introduced her the old man told
me she vas my wife before.-Londor
Tit-Bits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
Financial crinples.

They were taking the visitor fror
upstate around Manhattan, showing
him the sights. The big automobile
rolled past many wonderful buildings
all of which the host pointed out with
some feelings of civic pride At last
they CHANGED to pass by the Municipal
Lodging house.
What that placer" asked the rural
visitor.
"Oh, that's one of New York's home
for cripples." was the reply.
What kind of cripples," was asked
Financial" was the reply, as the
car sped on.-New York Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
Mar converses with Animals.

Charles kellogg of California has
started out to convince the Harvard
faculty of his ability TO talk with anil
mails. His life has been spent in the
Sierra Nevadas. and his studies in
clude the vocal sounds made by bears,
squirrels, lizards, rattlesnakes and
crickets Indeed, he claims prohcien-
cy in fifteen animal languages. He
has a peculiar palate, with no tonsils.
and entirely lacks the cord connecting
the teeth with the lips. To these Pc
culiarities he partly ascribes the ease
with which he initiates the sounds OF
insects and animals. Some of his OBJ
servations and ideas are. It is said. at
least interesting. If not convincing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
acKENS AS He WAS IN 1889
interesting Description Of Great
Writer Published in the Kniekee
booker Of That rear.

Ia person be is a Itt.e above the
standard height, though not tall. His
figure is slight, without being meagre.
and is well proportioned. The face.
that first object of physical interest. Is
peculiar, though not remarkable. An
ample forehead is displayed under a
quantity Of light hair. worn in a mass
on one side rather jauntily, and this
is the only semblance Of dandyism
in his appearance. His brow is
marked. and his eve. though not large,
is bright and expressive. The most
regular feature is the nose. which
may be called handsome; an epithet
not applicable to his lips, which are
too large. Taken altogether. the
countenance, which is pale without
sickness, is in repose extremely
agreeable and indicative Of great re-
finement and intelligence.
Mr.. Dickens manners and CONVERSE
ton, except Ierhaps n the perfect
abandon among his familiars, have nc
exhibition of particular wit. much less
Of humor. He is mild in the tones Of
his voice, and qiiescent, eyincing
habitual attention to etiquette and the
conventionalisms of polished circles.
His society is much sought after. and,
possibly to avoid the invitations press
ed upon him, he does not reside in
London, but with lovely wife and
two charming children occupies re-
treat in the vicinity. He is about rs
years of age, but does not look more
than % or "a Mr.. Dickens is en-
tirely self-made, and rose from an
humble station by virtue Of his moral
worth, his genius and his industry
From the Knickerbocker. August,
1889.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
serious Omission.

The new millionaire's banquet table
was spread, and the guests about TO
be summoned.
Are you sure there are no report
ers present." anxiously asked the host
OF the butler.
I've made &c, ain Of It. SIR
Then go out and get a few" re-
Joined the host-Canadisn Courier.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-03
In1nor.ant 10 MofI1are
Exposlne children to plsease.
Bears the

In an article on the treatment of
sick children in the Woman's Home
Companion the author, DR.. Roger H.
bennett, famous New York special
list on the diseases of children, says:
Never, never, never expose the
child to any contagious disease in Or
der that he may have it once and be
done with it. Even the so-called sim
pie children's diseases, such as meas
les or whooping cough, have a death
rate that is appalling"