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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-02

FROM ANY CAUSE

n WNERS Of Horses and Mules are
" again reminded that I am pre-
pared to insure their stock against
death from any cause. No animal
over IL years Of age is insurable.
20 IT SAM NJ. GRIST
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-02

YOrkVille, S. c.,
March 25th, A. D., 1912.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
AID INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers
Association Pledges Members TO
Work for Passage of New Law.

Seleit.-Fighting with grim de-
termination until the final whistle,
Beloit and Lawrence football eIevens
played a 0 TO tie here in a game
that was expected to name the win
ner Of the secondary college OF the
state.
Eau Claire.-The Northwestern
Wisconsin Teachers association
adopted resolutions committing the
association to promote industrial
education by. perfecting the forces al
ready inaUgurated and pledging its
membership to the work of arousing
favorable legislation whereby gradu
ates Of approved training courses in
high schools would after 1915 be de-
prived of the privilege of teaching
without having attended for one year
a county training school or a state
normal department. officers we're
elected as follows: President, ". A
Clark, Eau Claire; president, A
G. Finley, Chippewa Falls; second
vice-president, Miss Mabel AhIstrom,
Rice Lake; treasurer, G. l. Apple
man, Baldwin; secretary, Miss Ma
thilda Miller, Eau Claire; member
executive committee, NJ. NJ Ones,
Stevens Point.
Among the resolutions adopted at
the closing session was one endorsing
wOman's suffrage, with only one dis
senting voice, said to be a male
teacher from Superior. Prof. E. G.
Ward, Of the University Of Wiscon-
sin, spoke on the schooIhouse as a
social and civic center, and Supt. Car
roll 9. Pearse of Milwaukee on elm
inatiOn and Tetardation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
GOT RICH IN
THREE YEARS
EXPERIENCES OF A BRITISH I'M
MIGRANT IN CANADA-WEST

The following straightforward state.
ment needs no comment to add to-
its force and effect. It appears in
recent issue of the Liverpool Mer
curry.
H. Patterson, of Nutana, Saskatehe-
wan, Canada, when he arrived from
Liverpool, had Six of US 70 support"
to use his own phTaseology, and his
funds were getting low. He secured
homestead 90 miles out from Sun
durn, and started living on it April
Is, 1907. The previous fall he put all
his money, $137, into a shack and lot,
making sure Of a home. AS cook and
caterer in a local hotel he made SIS
month, and out of this had some
savings out of which he paid his
breaking and improvements on the
homestead. The shack was sold to
good advantage. Then Mr.. Patterson
tells the story after he had removed
his family to the homestead:
For the first month life was so
strange and new that hadn't time to-
think of anything, only fixing up our
new home. I was so green to farm
life that I didn't know the difference
between wheat and oats q do now)E
Between working out, cropping my
place, and with my gun, we managed
to live comfortably for the three
years, which time was required to put
in my duties. l had accumulated
quite a stock of horses, cows. pigs,
fowls, and machinery in the three
years.
In October, 1909, I secured my pat
ent to my land, so took a few days.
holidays to Saskatoon to locate a
purchased homestead wiz, Us. per
acre) from the Government. Instead
of getting the purchased homestead,
1 secured a half section 1920 acresl
on the Saskatchewan River for SIS
per acre on easy terms, nine years.
payments with a cash payment Of
$1,000. l mOrtgaged my first home
stead, obtained chattel mortgages on
my stock, and on December gath.
1909, took possession; on June 10.
1910, sold out again for $40 per acre,
clearing, besides my crop GAO acres),
$4,000. / also sold my first home
stead, clearing $500 and two Saska-
toon town lots, which we value at
$1,000 each today. We placed all our
capital in another farm (river front
age) and some trackage lots (6O), also
a purchased homestead (river front
age). I remained as Manager of the
Farm l had sold on a three years.
contract at fine salary and house,
garden, and numerous privileges.
$50 by the time my three years have
expired, with my investments and the
increased value of my frontage and
lots, am hoping to have a clear
profit on my $137 investment of
$4,000 My land doesn't eat any.
thing, and it is nearly all paid for. !
hold a good position (and secure)"-e
ADV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
A Nice Distinction.

Senator Gronna, discussing a Knot
ty tariff problem, said in a speech:
There is a nice distinction involved
here. You don't notice it at first.
Once it is pointed out to you, however
you perceive its immense Importance.
Its the sort of distinction that
Gobsa Codes beautiful young wife
revealed to him during a conjugal
quarrel over a diamond tiara.
People say quavered the old
man, trembling with rage. People
say you only married me because / had
money
The young woman smiled superbIy
Rubbish she exclaimed. My pri
mary reason for marrying you was
that I had no money myself "
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
TAFT OPENS DAIRY SHOW
Touching Electric Button in Wash
ingtOn, He Formally lnaugurates
MIWaukee's Exh bition.

Automatically the pressing of
an electric button at the White house
in Washington, which connected with
a gong in the Auditorium, President
Taft formally opened Milwaukee's
dairy show. kilograms OF cOngratu-
lation were received from Theodore
Roosevelt, woodrow Wilson, Senator
La Toilette, John G. Karel and Gov.
McGovern.
More than 1000 persons crowded
the Auditorium and listened to an
address of welcome by Mayor Bad
ing, who congratulated the associa-
ton upon the magnitude and excel
Iency of the exhibits and called upon
the citizens of Milwaukee to CO.
operate in spreading Wisconsin S
dairying reputation.
There are displays in every de-
partment of dairying from all parts
of the country. The milk exhibit is
the largest ever assembled, and the
butter and cheese exhibits also have
never been equaled at any other
show. The cattle herds of the show
will total a value of over 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
TWlNE PLANT IN OPERATION
Product Of Wisconsin Convict Labor
Viii Probably be Sold Direct to
Farmers of Country.

Waupun. - The $4,000 Irvine
plant at the state penitentiary is now
in operation. The equipment, valued
at $4,000, has been installed and
1000 bales of Mexican sisal fiber,
which will make 100000 pounds
of binder Irvine. has arrived
For the present, the second floor
Of the new S6x25O foot reinforced
concrete building will be used for
the mill, the first floor being used as
a wareroom.
About 100 cOnvicts will be employ
ed and the output will be about 15,-
GOO pounds a day. 1t has not been
definitely decided as to how the prod
net viii be marketed, but it is ex-
pected that it Will be sold 10 the
farmer direct, so as to compete with
the other Irvine on the market in
cost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
BIG CALL FOR STATE AID
1912 Requests for Highway Work
Cash Nearly Double Total
Last Year.

>Madison.-Tbat the government in
Wisconsin for better roads has re
ceived a great impetus through the
influence of the state highway com
mission appears now fully in the
compilation just made by Chief En-
gineer A. R. Hirst of that body which
shows that towns and counties of
the state ask for state aid for high
way construction in 1913 in the sum
Of $811,150 as compared with $453,-
AZ asked for in 1912. Only three
counties have failed to file petitions
for aid-Ozaukee, Sawyer and Wash
burn.
Under the law, however, it will be
impossible for the commission to
grant all the petitions in full for the
reason that the amount available for
state aid is only $378,00O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Fond du Lac.-The mystery of {
third of a century has been cleared
up by advices confirming the dis
patch published recently to the effect
that Robert MentzeI, who disappear
ed So years ago, was alive and we'll.
He is now IS years old, is living at
Dayton, O. Mentzel was a corporal
in CO. D, 178th regiment, New York
infantry, and was honOrably dis
charged in 1864 after which he came
to Fond du Lac where he resided un-
til 1877, the time of his disappear
ance. Recently he made application
for a service pension. The pension
examiner discovered that Mentzel's
wife had been receiving a pension as
a soldiers widow for many years.
Now MentzeI will get his pension,
but that Of the widow will be cut
off.
aukee.-Albert H. Bitter, aged
"a, formerly of the Bitter Piano
company, plead guilty of abducting
Frieda Norman, aged IS, daughter
of a Milwaukee mail carrier, and
was sentenced to fifteen years in the
state penitentiary. Bitter deserted
his wife and children here over a
year ago and eloped with Miss Nor
man, the pair going to Europe A
few months ago they returned to
this country and were arrested at
Asbury Park, N. J. Miss Norman is
the mother of a baby now five
months old
Madison.-The Madison Woman's
club is again on the war path The
club recently threw a bomb into po-
lice circles by the announcement that
houses of i'll fame were being con-
Quoted here and that many young
girls were being ruined through a
traffic that was conducted unmOIest-
ed. Now the club has inaugurated
a crusade and makes the general
charge that many dealers in Madi-
son are selling cigarettes, tobacco and
cigarette papers to minors in open
violation of a state law on this sub
ject. The club claims to have enough
evidence to convict many business
men.
Baraboo-RingIing brothers cir
Gus will return to this city to spend
the winter, which possibly will be
the last that the circus will be in
Wisconsin. This decision was reach
ed at a meeting Of the brothers held
in Chicago. Charles E. Ringing has
returned to this city and is making
all arrangements for the coming of
the show.
BelOit.-James Henderson, a pris-
oner in the city jail, had his jaw
broken by the fist Of Patrolman Nc
Cauley. Henderson was sent to a
hospital and McCauley will pay the
bill
Madison.-Mrs. Mary Hunt, Mil
waukee, widow Of Florence Hunt,
who was electrocuted by a live wire
while working for the city. was
awarded $4,000 under the workmen' s
/ compensation act by the state indus
trial board. The city of Milwaukee
must pay her in weekly installments
of SLAP until the amount is paid.
CumberIand.-Elm E. Williams.
| proprietor of the store at Mound,
Polk county, had narrow escape
from cremation. While asleep in his
store the building caught fire and
was totally destroyed. Williams was
/ badly burned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
STATE INSURANCE is READY
Forms of Policies, Applications and
Schedules Issued by Com
missioner Ekern.

MadisOn.-The state of Wisconsin
is prepared TO take applications for
life insurance in the life fund which
was authorized by the legislature Of
1911, according to a report of State
Insurance Commissioner H. L. Ekern.
His report contains forms Of ap-
plications and policies, schedules Of
premiums, tables of costs of insur-
ance and reserves and other data and
forms for carrying out the provisions
of the law.
Applicants must be between 20
and so years old and may choose
any Of the following plans of insur-
ance: Ordinary life, twenty pay
ment life, ten year endowment, en-
dOwment at the age Of 65, or term
to age of s.. Medical examination
is required under the supervision Of
the state board of health and only
normal healthy persons may be ac-
cepted. Application may be made
through local offices or sent by mail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
TAX COMMISSION
Fixes VALUATION
Decrease OF seq, 782,436 from
Valuation Of Last Year.
TOTAL VALUE 81, 841, 63O.416
Real Estate Valuation Shows Increase
of SIO6. O76. 386. While Personal
Property Shrinks-VaIue of Col
iateras About $3.50, 900, 900.

Madis0n.-The Wisconsin state
tax commission announces that it has
determined the assessment or valua-
ton of all taxable property in the
state, except railroad and other prop
erty which pay taxes directly into the
state treasury, to be S2,841,
a decrease of $99,782,436 from that
OF last year. Chairman n. P. Haugen
Of the commission estimates that the
value Of moneys, stocks, bonds and
credits are about $150,0OO,0O0, or
more than one and one-haIf times the
amount Of the decrease in the total
assessment for this year.
The value of real estate for this
year is fixed at $2,3O8,301,611, an
increase Of $1O6,076,385 over that of
last year. The value Of personal prop
erty is fixed at $533,228,8O5, a de-
crease of $2O5,958,811.
The state assessment for 1912 by
counties IS as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
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Gathered Smiles
TEXAS ? RIDE.

G. a Jones, who looks after a por-
ton Of the Swenson interests in
Texas. was bothered by thefts of
wood from the Spur range. He sent
out a Sullivan. a cowboy, to catch
the thieves. Within a few days Al
brought one in-an old hester, dirty
and ragged. with his toes out of his
shoes and a tuft of hair showing
through the crown of his hat
i don't feel like sending you TO
Jail" said Jones, but you've got to be
punished. So Wen take a photograph
OF you for the rogues' gallery"
The human scarecrow promised
complete reform and they stood him
up and took his picture.
About a week later, still in his
rags, he stood beside the rancher's
desk.
What can I do for your" Jones
asked, looking up.
If you please, Mr.. Jones" said the
object, kin you spare me one Of
them pictures to send to my kins-
folks Popular Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
CAR SERVICE is RESUMED
Superior Labor Trol bles No Longer
Interfere With Running Sched-
ules, According to Of1c ais.

Superior.-The resuming of reg
ular car service apparently signal
ICES the defeat of the striking street
car men, who walked out here and
in Duluth several weeks ago, al
though the strikers will not admit
their defeat and claim that they are
as strong as ever. More than fifty
in this city and nearly double that
number i'll Duluth are still out
While the service here is practically
as good as before, serious Difficult
ties are still experienced across the
bay Men to fill the places Of the
strikers were recrU ted from the
Twin cities and othe outside points.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, Oct. 26. 1912

Butter - Creamery, extras, 29c;
prints, SOC; frsts, 81 @28c; seconds.
24@ 25c; renovated, "a 25c; dairy,
fancy, PC.
Cheese - American, full cream,
new made, twins, IT 017Ac; Young
Americas, liz @177a; daisies, II
OF &c; longhorns, 170171ac; lin
burger, lie; brick, 1910.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as
to quality, % @25c; recandled, ex-
tras, 8@30c; seconds, IS 19c.
Live Poultry Fowls, 121ac; roos-
ters, 9@9 &c; springers, 13c.
Potatoes Early Ohio, Minnesota,
Wisconsin or Michigan, SO O 42c.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, SO q SAC;
No. 2, northern, 92c; No. 3, northern,
88c; No. l, velvet, 9Oc.
Corn-No. 8, yellow, 661ac.
Oats-No. 3, white, 33c; standard,
33%c.
Barley-No. 8, $40 72c.
Rye-No. 2, 66 @71c.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 6150
S.35; heifers, 150735; COWS, $40
@6.85; feeders, 5.40@5.85; calves,
8.25 $3.50.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, SIS
Q9.15; fair to best light, SIS q
$50; pigs, 6.OO07.OO.
Sheep Lambs, sos @765; ewes,
3.65 @410.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Safe Betting.

Little Andrew had been repeatedly
urged to hasten his dressing. Sudden.
ly he kneIt, crossed and cIasped his
hands like a pictured angel and vOic-
ed this earnest petition:
ooh, God, don't let me dawdle. Or
God, keep me from dawdIing. But II
you want to- oh, God, make my
mother reconciled to my being slow!"
There, mamma" he exclaimed, ris-
ing, I've done my best, haven't II
Course, if God chooses to keep ma
from dawdling he will and if he don't
1 cant help it. But" with a sudden,
joyous energy, 'I'u bet you dollar
I'll be just as slow tomorrow as to
day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Out of Place.

When some Ohio boys were ferried
across the river at Cincinnati they &C
cidentaIly got on the wrong side Of
the boat with their pipes in their
mouths, and a grabbed old man called
out crustiIy: This cabin is for Ia
dies; you can't smoke here"
81 might have known it was not for
gentlemen when I saw you" was the
quick retOrt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Sacrifice Made for Dress.

Using the Log Angeles fashion show
for his text Dr. Alfred Jones, a distin-
guished nerve specialist of London,
now visiting the California city, made
the assertion that "dhess is causing
the ruination of more liS> in Ameri-
ca than malignant disease. - He said
the intense competition among Amer
lean women of all classes to keep up
the pace set by fashion was nerve
racking and Notwithstanding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Dynamite Treshing Machine.

Marinette.-A big crew of thrsh-
ers narrowly escaped death five miles
from Pound, this county, when the
big threshing engine owned by Matt
Stankiewitz of Pound was blown I'D
by dynamite early in the night. The
dynamite was first planted" in the
boiler aues of the engine and was
then exploded by means of a fuse. No
cause for the deed is known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
New Game.

What's the matter with thus mules
shoes?' asked the village blacksmith.
I put them on day before yesterday
and they look all right to me"
Never mind how dey looks" re-
piled Erastus Pinkley. You jest take
dem shoes off an put on yuthuh ones.
Me an Samson Smiley will stan de
expense"
What has Smiley to do with it?"
He's helpin' me finance a spo'tin'
proposition. Yves got a bet on how
many times 20 kin fool aroun' dat
mules feet befo' you gifts laid out"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Chance of Heart.

'Blinks has suddenly begun to take
a deep interest in the welfare of his
country
He used to say he didn't care very
much whether the snip Of state foun-
dered or not"
That was before he bought a sub
urban lot on terms of $50 down and S.
a month"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
An Exclamation

The steamboat came splashing
along her course, at full speed, and
the first thing the passengers knew
had crashed head-on into the pier.
Mercy" cried passenger, as the
bow crashed and the splinters few.
q wonder what is the natter"
'Nothin'," said Pat, one of the deck
hands "Nothin', ma'am-ut looks to
me as if the captain just forgot that
we shtop here. "-Harper's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
TELLS
WHERE HE STANDS
Will Not Vote for Taft. Roose-
Welt or Wilson.
IN INDEPENDENT POSITION
Wisconsin Senator. in la Crosse
Speech, declares He Desires 10 be
in Pace Where He Can Aid wilson,
If Latter Is Elected.

La Crosse.-Declaring that he
proposed to pursue an absolutely in
dependent position in respect to the
national political situation and that
he did not intend to vote for either
Taft, Roosevelt or Wilson for presi-
dent, Senator R. NJ. La Toilette made
known his attitude on this question
Tor the first time in the present cam
paign, in a speech in the La Crosse
theater.
Senator La Toilette compared the
administrations of Roosevelt and
Taft and said that neither had prose
cuted trusts to an extent that kept
pace with the growth Of the monopo-
lies. He further said
THE operation of separating the
Illegal trusts from legitimate bust
ness requires the highest degree OF
skill and a trained eye and master
mind. It is no job for a bull moose.
Judging by what has happened in the
last four years it doesn't seem to be
job for an amiable, easy going fat
man.
Il propose to pursue an absolutely
Independent position I do not in
tend to vote for any of these three
men. I am to remain in the United
States senate four years. I want to
be in position, if Wilson is elected
and shows the proper mettle, to join
with the other progressive republi-
can members to advance the interests
of the people in this country in sup
port of his policies.
Il also want to be in a position
where I can assist Mr. Wilson if he
should be elected president and not
be taxed with any responsibility for
his stand. Now you know where
~, -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Very MYSTERIOUS.

An old coIored woman had occasion
to call the doctor for her husband,
who was very i'll. The doctor made a
diagnosis and pronounced it a severe
case Of gastritis.
ooh, Lor', doctor" calculated the
old woman, how did he eber get dat
gastritis? l hain't burnt a ting but
coal lie in dis yere house, an power
full little oh at."-Harper' Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
essen Eronn the Past.

The uymph Egeria, on learning that
King Numa Pompilius was dead, melt
ed away in tears and was changed into
2 fountain.
This is better" she sailor the
fountain murmured-"than committing
hara-kiri!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Neatly RehIkeh

Rear Admiral Melville one stormy
morning at sea-" said a naval officer,
had occasion to rebuke a young Of
flcer for wearing soiled gloves.
But, sir" the young officer remon-
strated, "the men have been so over
worked in all this dirty weather one
couldn't well ask them to wash gloves.
Melville took a pair Of perfectly
clean gloves from his pocket.
Here, wear these, he said quiet
ly. I washed them myself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
There Was a Reason.

Caller watching Maj. Blood as he
approached a soIdierIy bear
ing your husband has, Mrs. Blood
He carries himself so very straight
and erect.
Mrs. Blood without looking
around)-I expect so. He has been
out all night with the colonel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Physical Connection ordered

NadisOn.-The railroad rate COM
mission has ordered the Clinton Tele-
phone company and the Bergen Tele-
phone company Of Clinton to re
establish a physical connection which
was broken in consequence of ina
biIity to agree on q new contract.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31

Mr.. and Mrs Whittier put on a
great, many airs since they have re-
turned from Europe"
Yes, they do, but while they were
away several people mistook the care
taker and his wife for Mr.. and Mrs.
Whittier"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31
Saving lime.

81 see you are carrying home a new
kind of breakfast food, remarked the
first commuter
Yes" said the second commuter.
Il was missing too many trains. The
old brand required three seconds to
prepare. You can fix up this new
kind in a second and a half"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-31

so our engagement is all over?"
he said moodily.
Il am afraid it is, darling"
There was a note Of triumph in her
voice.
You see" she explained, 81 told it
to my dearest girl friend as a great
secret"
Then, indeed, did he realize that it
was all over-Lippincott's