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Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

London is the richest city in the
world, and her slums are the most dis
graceful
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

Be thrifty on little things like blulng. Don't
accept water for bluing. Ask for Red Cross
Ball Blue, the extra good value blue. ADV.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

The records show that 1923 valuable
pictures have been purloined from the
Louvre.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

Deep red shades are coutng more to
the front than was anticipated earlier
p ths season ~
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09
THE WORLD OVER

Nearly two-thirds Of the men of the
Transvaal states are unmarried.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

The way a woman can tell every
body she meets is making remarks
about her is maybe her petticoat
shows behind.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

II a man doesn't take his money
home he spends it, and If he does
take it home his family spends it.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

A girls estimate OF town Is based
on the number of eligible unmarried
young men who live in 1t.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

When a woman can believe in her
husband it's a sign she could in any
other man who was
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

II you try to kiss a woman she
probably will slap you, but she will
not place any insurmountable obsta-
Gle in your way.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

One thing. they need attention ever!
minute.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

We understand most men pretty
we'll 1t is the one who re-enlists in
the regular army that mystifies us.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

They should only be trusted with
careful nurses.
Daily public ledger., 1912-11-09

Mothers should guard their OWE
children rather than take risks.
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marry, and her husband will take her
name. DR.. Halifax, l mean to get
Constance under my influence. I do
not wish to commit murder, second
time, but must have Constance Pc.
rowne as my tool. II you dare to defy
me you will suffer-"
She stopped speaking and stared
past me toward the wall. Her express.
sion changed again. she looked at me
In a confused manner.
What have been saying!" she
queried. "Oh. yes, I came to tell you
to go away from hereto leave me
alone"
Here ! interrupted her and pointed
to the door. Leave me-" said
sharply. you have delivered your
message; now co."
She obeyed. backing slowly to the
door, and pausing on the threshold.
Il warned you." she said. From
now on you are In peril" She
waved her hand and disappeared. I
went back to bed. but my slumbers
were disturbed by unquiet dreams.
When the dawn began to break
dressed myself and went out The
day beginning was the one before
Christmas. Against my will I wander.
ed In the direction Of Miss Enderby's
house. Suddenly saw her turning q
corner and coming to meet me. She
approached and wished me Good
morning" In q pleasant. everyday
voice. came to the point without
hesitating.
Miss Enderby." said. why did
you visit me twice In the dead Of
night In the sitting room which is
connected with the panelled bed.
room!"
II never visited you." she cried, her
face turning pale. "Tell me what you
mean"
"On the first night Of my arrival"
I answered. you compelled me to
arise, you compelled me to 30 to my
sitting room. You were there wait.
Ing for me; again last night you Wis.
tied me. and on that occasion you
told mo" t-
"Told you whatr' she interrupted
In Q voice which was almost q hiss.
what did I say?"
"You told me the secret Of Lock
liverpool"
She uttered . low cry. n feared
this" she gasped. Something told
me that you were exercising an ewfui
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tor Louisa Enderby was standing
there. and smiled as | appeared.
Il have kept my word" she said.
VIII you please sit down"
| found myself impelled to sit. You
see," she said triumphantly, that to
a certain extent you are In my power.
You are wondering how | came here,
but that does not matter. warned
you that you would do yourself no
good by interfering with me. Yet
you have used your influence today
to put Constance against me. You
are doubtless aware OF the value Of
the young life which you seek to pro.
tect. !. as the only child OF my moth.
er, inherit nothing but miserable
plttance, and even that Is not mine
while my mother lives"
! made no reply, and she continued
to stare at me. IN order to infiu.
ence you." she said. 81 shall have to
tell you my story. My father died
when | was four years old; he died
in lunatic asylum, where | may fol.
low him some day. but not yet, II I
can help It After his death lived
for a time In this house with my
mother. but at the age OF seven l was
sent to France to be educated. The
lady who had charge OF me was a pro-
found student Of mesmerism. She
discovered that I was a medium, that
I had extraordinary occult powers;
she encouraged them and trained me.
l became. after year or two OF her
manipulat!ons, a very valuable clair.
voyant. Shortly after my eighteenth
year I came back to England; my
friend had died, my mother was anx.
ious that I should live with her, and
! came to the house which she now
inhabits. My uncle, my mothers step
brother. the heir to this vast property,
had Just been married. hated him
for living at all. But for him should
have been the heiress Of Queens Mar.
vel. Perhaps you have heard that
my Uncle Gerald died when out fish.
Ing, being found drowned In Lock
liverpool, which Is part Of our river
about two miles from here. Well. I
will tell you how ho really came by
his death"
She hesitated; q curious blank look
came over her face. a vague terror
that shone In her eyes and drew deep
line around her mouth. She crouched
slightly downwards. became rigid for
an instant a. II she were going to
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TT was about my father, Dr. Hall.
fax. He was my srandfathsrs only
son. He married when hs was only
twenty-one. and he died months b.
fore / was born. He was drowned
while fishing about two miles away
from Queens Marvel: he fell into
Lock liverpool. Mother nearly went
mad at the time, and grandfather
shut himself up and would not sec
any one for years. It Il only lately
that he has got over 1t. You sec, he
had no other child except Aunt Kate,
and for some reason she was not
favorite Of his"
Then who inherits Queens Mar
vel?" / asked.
AT some very far distant date l
do" was Constance's response.
Theevening which followed was all
that was gay and entertaining. Miss
Enderby was. Notwithstanding her
plainness and peculiar physiogomy,
the life and soul Of the party. In the
drawing room she gave US some
music. and I sauntered over to her
side. Suddenly she stopped in the
midst Of sonata, raised her full
greenish eyes to my face, smiled, and
rose from her seat at the piano.
II have played enough" she said,
and left the room. When l sought my
apartment again that night my mind
was still running on the strange per
sonality Of Miss Enderby. natter
myself that am not very susceptible
to the control Of other peoples
glances, but l could not conceal from
myself that there was something in
her eyes that exercised an odd innu.
ence over me. The admission annoy
ed me. and. ! went to bed resolved to
dismiss Miss Enderby and all her
works from my thoughts. I was not
long In falling asleep. but once again.
as "a hours before, l awoke suddenly
with the same odd impulse forcing me
to arise. There was no thought OF
resisting the impulse in my mind:
turned on the light. entered the sit.
ting room as had done on the pre-
vious night. and once more encounter.
ed the fixed gaze Of my sinister visi.
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CHILD SERVANTS HARD LOT
What the Little "sIavey" In England
Had to Accomplish In FIJI.
teen Hours.

The other day was In the north of
England. l was asked by a friend to
look up a girl who had written offer.
ing herself for situation. The house
that she was in at that moment was
a lodging.house with fve floors.
Gertie is aged fifteen and a half.
and here is her time table,: She
rose at six, lit the kitchen fire. and
did" the dodgers rooms. There were
two medical students lodging in the
house and a clerk, and the landlady,
with her four children, occupied the
basement
Gertie took up the breakfases'"
to the two young gentlemen" on the
third and fourth floors, and the
young fellow" on the fifth-it was in
this way she described the dodgers.
"All 'ad breakias' at eight o'clock"
Between 8 and $3.50, when the young
men went of. she went three times
up to the top Of the house, carrying
the breakfast In two detachments, the
boots. which she had previously
cleaned, and the newspaper, and
made the same number Of visits to
the third and fourth floors. Then the
children had to be seen to- given
their breakfast and set on the way to
school. Then she started on her own
meal. and after that did" the work.
1ndescribable were the household
crafts In her hands. But then. there
was mo time for doing things prop
erly." She had to make slx beds.
carry down trays. "tidy" bedrooms.
All the time Gertie. in shoes too big
for her. In which she slouched all
over the place. would be running up
and down to open the door to the dust.
man. to run errands for the landlady,
to find the gas mans card. and 30 on.
Then the evening program began
teas. babies to be put to bed, supper
to be taken up. and the crockery for
seven or eight persons use to be
washed up" as the operation wa.
called. between the hours Of . and II.
At IL the wearied little creature
usually managed to got to bed. II
must not be thought that 0ertie 10 an
exceptional worker. Child servants,
horribly overtaxed. are to be found
everywhere, and In all probability
their bitter experience colors not only
their subsequent attitude on tho rub.
5ect OF Service" but even more their
Interpretation Of home. marriage and
maternity.-London Mail.
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have . catsleptic at, but making .
great effort Strengthened hersslt once
more.
Why do you drag my soul from
mer she asked hoarsely.
Il ask for no condolences" l 70
sponded. "All the same" continued,
looking firmly into her eyes and real.
izing that her will was weakening.
you will tell what want to know"
"Yes." she painted. II cannot help
myself; the truth for the nrst time
crosses my lips. The uncle whom
hated, who stood between me and this
great property. did not meet his death
by accident l often went with him
on bis fishing expeditions. Although
no one knew 1t, l was with him on
that special day. He waded into deep
water. and l sat on the bank and
watched him Suddenly the demon
which seemed to have got into me at
my birth took mastery OF me.
Uncle Gerald l cried. I wish you
would get me that green fern which
grows right In the depths of the rock
above Lock Overpool.'
with pleasure he replied. He re-
turned to the shore. and without re-
moving his waders went along the
edge Of rock which jutted out over
the pool. His gan lay on the bank.
his back turned to me: followed
him neutrality-suspicious. doubtless
In my soul-and struck him a heavy
blow with tho iron instrument on the
back Of his head! He fell as II he
were shot, bounded against rock,
and sank like q stone to the bottom
Of the pool. threw his fishing rod
on the water and rushed home. No
one had seen me leave the house, and
no one had seen me return. Not the
faintest suspicion was ever attached
to my name. ! committed the crime
for the sake Of the property. but in
the end Fate went against me, for my
uncle's widow. unknown to me, was
about to give birth to child. Three
months after my uncle's death Con.
stance was born; she is In the direct
succession and will inherit the bulk
OF the property. By and by she will
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and regainsd my chamber BY means
Of the servants' staircase. ! went in.
shut the door, and sat for some time
thinking over the position Of affairs.
Whether Miss Enderby was mad
or sane. my plain duty was to %
quaint her relatives with the occur
renee which had Just taken place. II
was not safe to have such woman at
large. Doubtless even now she
thought was dead, Is I assuredly
should have been but for the discov.
cry Of the secret door at the back d
the safe. After resting for an hour
/ changed my dress and went down to
the ballroom. heard the merry
strains Of music. and entered the ball.
room by one Of the side DOORS. The
frst person saw was Constance.
She looked radiant in her white
dress; the light Of youth and happt
ness shone in her hazel eyes. When
she saw me she smiled; she was. Z
knew afterward. perfectly unconscious
Of the terrible deed she had just COM
mitted. did not trouble her with
any remark. but went further into the
room. l stepped up to an open win
dow. and partly concealing myself be-
hind curtain, began to look around
I was now able to watch Miss Ender-
BY without being seen myself. She
was dancing with q handsome man,
and talking to him brightly. But I
observed that Notwithstanding her as
sumed mirth. she was the victim Of
an uneasy terror. Seen closer. her
face looked haggard. l could not re-
sist the temptation to stretch out one
Of my hands and lay It on her shoul-
der. She was talking TO her partner
at the time. and they were In the act
Of resuming the waltz. She turned.
her eyes met mine. an expression Of
horror came over her face, and she
retreated backwards. gazing at me
with distended pupils. ! have not the
least doubt that she thought was a
ghost-it was impossible for her to
believe that I could have found my
way out Of my living tomb. With q
shrek she sank the next moment in
a sort Of fit at my feet. Some peo-
pie rushed forward and bore the faint
ing woman out Of the room. l fol-
lowed and did what could to restore
her to consciousness, but when she
finally opened her eyes l knew by
their wild glare that the woman was
mad.
Within a week from that date Miss
Enderby died. without ever having
one gleam Of returning sanity. The
shock Of seeing me when she thought
l had quilted the world had completes
ly overbalanced her ALREADY too-ex-
citable brain. With her death the ne
cessity for disclosing her frightful Sc
cret no longer remained. and was
my own counsel.
As to Constance, she Is my special
friend, and to her dying day she will
never know what q narrow escape she
had from taking my life.
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Success rhrouob Adv.r,,.l,s.

Why. the fact that advertising pays
can be as clearly demonstrated every
day a. that the sun rises. Select
the proper mediums, advertise intel.
ligently and your fortune IL made.
You must have new ideas for the
changes OF fashion. I spent $3.50, 900
In advertising In one year and It paid
Us well. Good goods. good advertis.
Ing and plenty Of H. 10 my advice "a
ambitious commercial men,-T / paN
rant
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but few minutes to live. would
swiftly absorb the air In this mar.
row chamber. and in q very short
time die Of asphyxia. felt in my
pocket. took out q silver case which
contained matches. and struck one.
Already the confined space OF my
cell was taking effect upon me; there
was buzzing In my ears. my heart
throbbed wildly. and painted as one
does N the throes Of sufocation.
Glancing dizzily around I saw Just
over my head and behind the iron
box what looked like bolt tapped
the wall at this spot; II sounded ,hol.
low. Desperately pulled the box
from its place. and flung myself saw.
agely against the wall where It sound.
ed hollow. It gave way: I felt q
breath Of cold air, and In less than q
minute was myself again. Lighting
another match, found myself on the
edge Of some deep steps which went
down into apparently bottomless
depths. and descended carefully. Very
charity got to the last step, and
then pursued my way along q very
narrow and winding passage, which
presently borught me to an old door
thick with cobwebs. Heising . bar Of
iron which happened to be on the
door, pushed back the hasp Of the
lock A breath Of cooler dir greeted
me. and ! found myself out Of doors
and In the direction Of the servants
part Of the house. Az quickly ~ pos.
sible ! once more entered the house
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-23
WOMAN WAS INSANE

NAPOLEON, N. D., April 22-Mrs.
Priita Koskey, wife of Albert Koske
Priita Koskey, wife of Albert Koskey,
living about ten miles northwest of
Fredonia became violently insane last
week and accompanied by her hus.
band and Robert Parvey, was brought
here on the train and taken before
the commissioners of insanity, who
committed her to the insane asylum
at Jamestown. Sheriff Balzer, assist
ed by the husband of the unfortunate
woman, took the patient to Jamestown
Mrs. Koskey is about IS years of
age and is the mother of six children
the youngest being about one year
old. She has had previous attack
of insanity .,but in mild form. In
her present satte she is very power;
full and the sheriff found great diff
Guilty in getting her aboard the train
and then off again. The cause of her
insanity is not altogether known, but
her husband states his belief that her
arrangement is due to religious fan.
cies. She has not talked for the past
week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-23

up at Martin" The ladies of Martin
are advised to 60 q little slow least
they break into print. The Gazette
holds that the fair ones Of Martin who
are interested in the affair must either
be in favor of the conditions as they
existed in Martin, or they must be
against those conditions. Two Of the
defendants plead guilty to rape in
the second degree, and are therefore
guilty of rape in the second degree.
Now, if the ladies Of Martin uphold
rape in the second degree, this paper
wants their names-the writer may
accidentally be compelled to pass a
night at Martin and would like a few
numbers to call up.
Rape in the second degree is when
the girl amt exactly willin' and when
this happens, according to the ladies
of Martin, the episode in a joke! In
the court here last week is was shown
conclusively that the crime of rape
in the second degree was committed
by different parties on one 15-year
old grill, two 16-year-old girls and one
'Uo1CIy - JVol0 olu AAC AAuAA6A
at court were published in this paper,
and the pub cation Of this news
caused the foment at Martin. The
Gazette will not 60 so far as to say
the willowy Amazons of Martin should
.instigate a municipal house-cleaning,
but it will state that within the last
two weeks there have been fled from
that town four complaints Of rape and
one of abduction for immoral purposes,
besides numerous complaints of the
same nature that have not been
officially filed and that it has been
stated a courtesan can't make enough
to keep her in cigarettes and caviar
in this beautific little berg on the
500, because rape in the second de-
gree has the sanction of the Culture
Cub! Should this case against the
be pushed, there's no doubt
but what the testimony of the Vitnes-
SEES will be absorbingly Interesting.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-23
LITTLE tot At MlNOI
HAS A narrow ESCAPE

MINOT, N. D., April 23-Dragged
under a disk, the sharp wheels OF
which passed over her face and head,
Florence Tollefson, the five year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tollefson,
had a narrow escape from death.
Florence and several playmates
were playing in coulee on the north
side, when they caught sight of a
steam plow rig, out of curiosity to
see the outfit they ran to the road.
In some way Florence got in front
of the heavy disc, which was followed
by a gang plow. The dress of the
little girl caught in the disc wheels
and she was pulled under the heavy
machines. The little tot was dragged
for several feet and finally was extri-
Gated. Then the plows ran over her,
causing a deep cash in the cheek an
bad bruises about the body.
The neighbors who saw the acct
dent thought surely that the little girl
was dead. The engineer did not know
of the accident until he had gone
several yards. an the friends of the
Tollefson girl say that he did not
stop the engine or offer any assist
ance.
Florence was carried to her par.
ents home, where her wounds were
dressed and everything possible was
done to make her comfortable. The
little one was badly bruised and was
covered with mud from head to foot
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-23
WORK IS RESUMED
ON north BRANCH

STANTON, April 22.-The railroad
ers are with US again and the dirt is
flying between Stanton and Deapolis.
Two big outfits of graders are camped
about one nile south of town A
number of laborers are busy surfac-
ing the track to FIT. Clark, and rails.
have already been laid third of the
distance from F. Clark to Deapolis,
and a large numbersof ties have been
showed out to this end of the line
AS soon as the track is surfaced to
Ft. Clark the laying of rails will be
resumed. After thoroughly investi
eating the work to be done and the
amount of men at hand, We doubt if
the rails will be into s. anton before
the middle of the summer, although
should they recei1 reinforcements
the work could be completed much
sooner.
We understand steam shovel will
be put in at Mandan Lake, in a short
time u
Considerable riprapping will have
to be done on the grade this side of
Deapolis before the grade will be
permanent.
The crews near here are under the
supervision of Mr.. McAulliff
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-23
kuhn FARMER NET
With TRAGIC death

KUHN, April 22.-This cdRmuniry
was greatly shocked when :it Became
known that Eric Larson, one of the
prosperous farmers living nortl Of
town has been instantly killed by be-
ing run over by disk. The accident
occurred about five o'clock but the
exact circumstances will never be
known. Mr.. Larson was discing in
his field and some were blasting rock
nearby. 1t is thought Mr.. Larson had
stopped to repair something about the
machine when the explosion occurred,
and ran to the horses heads to quite
them. He was q small man and the
supposition is that the horses knocked
him down and ran over him on a large
bolt Of the machine, and dragging
him several rods. The men saw the
accident and ran at once to the rescue
but Mr.. Larson was beyond all aid,
his death apparently having been in
Simultaneous. He was mangled in a
horrible manner, one leg being cut
off and one arm broken, and other
wise badly cut about the head and
body The men at once carried him
to his home where his family had
witnessed the whole sad tragedy, help
less to save or aid him in any way,