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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-26

Singular perversion of language and
wild beasts that was fighting like men!
But let that pass" continued the
woman. II don't deny your physical
courage, but / am going tc appeal to
another kind of courage which l be-
lieve you possess. You have showed
your evil side here in this room, but
don't believe that's the only side you
have, else couldn't have liked you in
the past. You have made a charge
against two women; one dead and one
living. 1t makes little difference what
you say about me. ] need no defense
and no justification in the eyes of
those here who love me, and for the
rest of the world don't care. But you
have slain this mans confidence in
woman he once loved, and who he
thought loved him. AS you are man,
tell him that it was lie and that she
was innocent Of anything else although
she did love YOU"
What singular situation, an obser-
yer who knew all might have reflect
ed! Here was Enid Maitland pleading
for the good name of the woman who
had married the man she now loved,
and whom by rights she should have
jealousy hated.
"You ask me more than can"
faltered Armstrong yet greatly moved
by this touching appeal to his better
self.
Let him speak no word" protested
Newbold quickly. Il wouldn't believe
him on his OATH"
STEADY now, steady" interposed
Kirkby with his frontier instinct for
fair play, 'the mans down. Newbold.
don't hit him now"
"Give him chance" added Matt
land earnestly.
"You would not believe me, eh?"
laughed Armstrong horribly, well
then this is what / say, whether it is
true or lie you can be the Judge"
What was he about to say? They
all recognized instinctively that his
Forthcoming deliverance would be a
final one. Would good or evil domin-
ate him now? Enid Maitland had
made her plea and it had been pow
erful one; the man did truly love
the woman who urged him; there was
nothing left for him but chance that
she should think better Of him than
he merited; he had come to the end
of his resources. And Enid Maitland
spoke again as he hesitated.
20, think, think before you speak,"
she cried.
IF Il thought" answered Arm
strong quickly, II should go mad. New
bold. your wife was as pure as the
snow; that she loved me l cannot and
will not deny, she married you in a
fit Of jealousy and anger after quar-
rel between us in which I was to
blame, and when / came back to the
camp In your absence, / strove to
make 1t up and used every argument
that possessed to get her to leave
you and to live with me- Although
she had no love for you she was too
good and too true woman for that.
Now you've got the truth, damn you,
believe it or not as you like. Miss
Maitland" he added swiftly. IF had
met you sooner, might have been
a better man. Good bye"
He turned suddenly and none pre-
venting, indeed it was not possible, he
ran to the outer door; as he did so
his hand snatched something that lay
on the chest of drawers. There was
a flash of light as he drew in his arm
but none saw what it was. In few
seconds he was outside the door. The
table was between old Kirkby and the
exit; Maitland and Newbold were
nearest The old man came to his
sAnses first
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Becoming End.

"Why did you interfere?" asked
Newbold when at last he got his
breath again, of Maitland who still
held him firmly although restraint was
now unnecessary, the heat and fire OF
his passion being somewhat gone out
of him. 81 meant to kill him."
He'd oughter die sure nuff," draw
led old aKirkby, rising from where he
had been .kneeling by Armstrong;
Iside," but don't knows how you're
bound to. be his executioner. He's all
right now, Miss Enid" said the old
man. "Here"-he took pillow from
the bed and slipped it under his head
and then extending his hands he lift
ed the excited almost distraught wo-
man to her feet" faint f1ttin' for you
to tend on him."
"Oh," exclaimed Enid, her limbs
trembling, the blood flowing away
from her heart, her face deathly white.
fighting against the faintness that
came with the reaction, while old
iKirkby supported and encouraged her.
'~I thank God you came. don't know
what would have happened If you had
not"
HAS this man mistreated your"
asked Robert Maitland suddenly, tight
Iening his grip upon his hard breath
ing but unresisting passive prisoner.
mo, no." answered his niece. He
has been everything that man should
be-"
And Armstrong" continued her
uncle.
mo, not even he."
st came in time. thank God!" ejacu-
lated Newbold.
BY this time ArmstronI had recov-
cred consciousness. To his other
causes for hatred were now added cha
grin, modification, shame. He had
been overcome He would have been
a dead man and by Newbold's hands.
If the others had not interfered. He
almost wished they had let his en-
envy alone. Well. he had lost every
thing but chance for revenge on
them all.
"She has been alone here with this
man in this cabin for month";" he
said thickly. Il was willing to take
her in spite Of that, but"
HE made that damned suggestion
before" cried Newboli, his rage re-
turning. II don't know who you
are"
my name is Robert Maitland. and
/ am this girls uncle"
well, If you we're her father, /
could only swear"
ct isn't necessary to swear any
thing" answered Maitland serenely.
az know this child, and ! believe I'm
beginning to find out this man."
Thank you. Uncle Robert" said
Enid gratefully, coming nearer to him
as she spoke. mo man could have
done more for me than Mr.. Newbold
lhas, and no one could have been more
considerate of me. AS for you." she
turned to Armstrong, who now slowly
got to his feet, your insinuations
against me are on a par with your
charges against the dead woman, be-
meath contempt"
What did he say about herr" asked
old Kirkby.
"Yox know my story?' asked New
bold.
Eyes"
"He said that my wife had been I'M
faithful to me-with him-and that he
had refused to take her back. Great
Go6!"
And it was true" snarled Arm
strong.
II was all Maitland could do to
check Newbold's rush. but in the end
it was old Kirkby who most effectively
interposed.
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The Probability.

81 am sure when go to the city to
see my rich cousin, she will put me
under her own roof"
"You bet she will! Directly under"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-26

Much Grazing Ground Required.
It is computed that it takes twelve
acres of land to Craze on head Of
cattle on Texas range land.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-09-26
Real American Cat.

A New York publishing firm whose
premises occupy the sixth and sew
enth floors Of one OF the city's sky
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THE EGG.

~ G0s q. much served in the days news just now. ThOy como
mostly boiled. They como mainly high.
whstsvs. II costs, let us be grstoful for the egg. All
nauor TO che hen that hys Il.
! 1t b tho most wonderful Of all foods. It 10 tho safest. simplest,
puscst, most hcalthful, most faithful, most widely available article
hat man can put into his stomach. In whatever corner Of the world
pne finds ones~ef, however soilod the surroundings, however I'M
Inviting the inn. ono can always count on tho cgg. 1t ia sure to
eo,no At tho call with it, clean, wholesome, strengthening contents
n~:ly protected from dirt and germs.
Unlike other foods, the egg 10 not n carrier Of disease. One
esver hears II blamsd for infection. Milk may contain a hundred
osngcrs, bread may b unwholosome. but tho fresh cgg is q model of
sanitary sweetness and sntsopticizcd purity. Nor can is contents
Be tempered with without destroying is integrity and making plain
u al the world Ito fall.
Alono-boled. dropped, poachcd, shhrrcd-it offers itself always
With confident assurance. 1t secks no aid.
Yet 1t is an admirable "mixer" II will lond itself with gentle
willingness to almost any society. II improves and oleatcs what
ever company II enters. It Strengthens the bowl Of the invalid. II
tempcrs tho cup Of tho rcvcllor.
1t has one Of tho most beautiful shapes IN nature. It's oval has
teen the despair Of artists. Its surface Ia a Joy to tho hand.
Nc record or ancestry 10 moro ancient and honorable. Yet il
offers itself freely and impsrtiany to rich and poor. ls price is not
is fault.
All glory to tho egg. Whenever We meet her let NJ. TAKE Of our
bats to the hen.
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II seems to be becoming more and more the td Jr ~ to burn our fingers
tth the dune fre by experimenting With matvimony, but thus far nobody
from Broham Young to Ferdinand Pinnev Earle has discovered any salts
factory substitute for plain, crerpdap odiashioned mono0nmy-"the kind
Of marriage mother used to make
n the acreage man uomId study ornithoO0v perhaps he uould not b.
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fables of
Everyday Folks

Bv Sophie Irene Loeb

ishins Co. CThe New York World.
But as Is no unusual. circumstance.
the lady met ANOTHER good fellow
in fact. a better fellow (she 'thought).
and he too wal made'to believe HE was
the best fellow.
so It happened that the FIRST. good fsl-
low wa left out Of II. ~ Il we're. He
did not know WHY. He thought he
was at fault. For ne did moi believe
that thing about the female OF he
species" -
BY several condolences. - make .
long story short. the nrst good fellow
saw himself SUPPLANTED BY the
other good fellow. He accepted Il:
which was also his natural bent. and
held to his creed.
Yet by some more condolences. the
second good fellow saw the situation.
He too accepted II.
The lady o n the other hand would
NOT accept. She returned. TO the irst
and wanted to make him sec that As
was the best fellow. But even q good
fellow has feelings and. like the worm.
will turn.
He look his medicine. and was not On
kind to the lady. No. he did not lose
faith In the SEX: but no SAW himself
A. one woman nav him-a good fellow
for the TIME RTING. lie reflected.
MORAL: EVEN A GOOD FELLOW
OBJECTS T, COMING IN LIKE Al
LION AND GOING OUT LIKE A
sHORN LAMB.
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HEROES OF EVERY DAY.

NJ apparently was no thought Of himself. He raised
the woman to her feet, kissed her and cnspcd her in his
arms. So they went to their death"
On a cake Of ice in the midst Of the roaring niagara current,
after he had desperately tried and failed 70 fasten a rope about her,
man and wife died bravely in tho sight Of hundreds Of people on
the shore.
The newspaper account from which the above lines are quoted
describes the tragic loss OF three lives in the break OF the leo bridge
at Niagara Falls. For simple dignity, selfsacrifice and bravery in
tac face Of horrible death the story IL unrivaled. Tho other man
who was lost died because he earlier turned back to help tho exhaust
Cd woman.
These people were not soldiers with the excitement and drunk
cn,c.s Of war upon them. They were not adventurers used to facing
death. They were not hfcsavcrs trained 20 rescue. They were just
three ordinary sightsecrs caught in a terrible plight with every excuse
for yanic and scramble Of each for himself.
Yet they showed the highest courage. self -forgcHulncss and calm.
Tlcy did what they could for each other. They made a brave, hard
fight for life. Then they met death firmly. and. in tho case Of the
husband. with superb aud supreme devotion.
Such stories n good TO read. They restore ones pride in the
culinary man. After all, on occasion he can hold his own with tho
heroes 4 all time. May the simple nobility Of these three deaths
10 long remembered.
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AN EARLIER CHANCE FOR THE CHILDREN.

~ TLD-GARDENING pays better than any other known kind
of cultivation. ThN earlier the work begins and tho more
gentle and encouraging the care and pruning, tho armer the
st~n and the finer the flower. The country would do well to look
more closely at this end Of tho education problem.
In 1910 the colleges Of this country received 8 100000 In gifts
and requests. Yet 100000 children, about 30 per cent. Of the
t'al between the ages Of four and elk, have no chance whatever Of
early kindergarten training. Only in one State, Utah, 10 tho kinder
CARTON . recognized part Of the school system.
The National kindergarten Association Of this city. by circulars
oaling attention TO facts like the above, by prizes offered to kinder
gsrtcn teachers for essays on tho Value Of kindergarten work, and
BY organized effort 70 got tho matter before State Legislatures, is
doing ito best 70 arouse interest In the child at his most toachablc
s-oment.
All success to tho Association. kindergarten should not be
LIT to private or charitable institutions. As part Of the regular
school system, they ought to prove most valuable. The tcndercst
mind is the best for sowing habits Of observation, interest, industry
and consdentiousncss. Tho hard unattrsotiveness Of much primary
school work could be overcome and tho work itself made far moro
affective BY a gentle habtformng introduction.
Whom ono consider that in some parts OF The country children
average only three years In school, and that only about six and one
half per cont. Of school children 60 beyond tho high school, the value
II beginning carly and skifully tho work upon the child mind is only
- plain
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1.-THE Great Within"
Pv Cora M. w, Oreenieaf.
w ? HEN emergencies arise and +,
M don't know what 70 20,
w II 10 often with surpriss

W. HEN emergencies arise and n
M don't know what 70 %,
w II 10 often with surpriss 4
discover something new
In ourselves; some unknown trait WI
awaken and come to life.
When necessity 10 great epportunitiaa
are rife. -.
There are depths within each heart -
fathomet and unknown. y
For we only use . part Of the
wealth all our own.
Self-iimited and blind. content
dross and chan.
With DUH. somnolent mind. We ssN
wake to half n.
Our ability and strength. dod.givsl
our birth.
And ne'er know the depth and ass
OF our heritage on earth. NJ
Occasion makes the m&n?" Goo mai
him years before:
And on that same broad plan He nae
countless thousands more.
He gave u strength and power for Gee
like dsscS and bold,
But We waste away u hour until q
night falls cold.
Oh. billiards! None are ease. Lock thG
within and zee
The IMAGE Of His fses, thine thss'
eteSnlO.
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had many friends, which In one thing
a good fellow Is usually sure OF. But
there are various standards Of friend
ship.
This man was the good old RELI-
ABLE kind. lie could be called upon In
time OF PROBLEMS as well as Of
PLEASURE and not be found wanting.
Above all the good fellow had a rever-
ence for his mothers sex. And, wher-
ever he could. he PROVED 1t.
one Of his creeds in that direction was
worded by one Kipling and went ONE
thing like this:
And the brand OF the dog IL upon him
by whom Is the secret revealed.
II she hath written a letter. delay not
an instant, but burn It;
Tear It to pieces. o fool. that the wind
to Its mate may return It.
II there be trouble herward and a lie OF
the blacklist can clear.
Lie while thy lips can move. or a man
Is alive TO hear"
Now, strange to say. the same man
who wrote those words later wrote
"The Female of the Species Is More
Deadly Than the Male" But the good
fellow only believed the GOOD thing.
So It came to pass in the everyday
course OF events that. with his jovial
goodness, having been gracious to sew
eral women. he met ONE to whom he
was MORE gracious,
She KNEW he was a good fellow and
accepted all his grsciousness ACCORD
INSLY. But ] am sorry to say. as II
occasionally happens, she did many
things ort,lmes accredited to women IN
making him believe that he was the
BEST fellow on earth,
Now. there IL quito a difference be-
tween being a GOOD fellow and being
the BEST fellow. BEING worthy HIM
SELF, he Judged others accordingly and
tried 10 1--we up 10 being the best fellow.
He TRUSTED her.
And I. was not the least what the
lady meant. hut q good fellow must
follow his natural b~ent'-which he aid.
He told her many things-many beauti-
sul things. She ACCEPTED ALL
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apparently was no thought Of himself. He
the woman TO her feet, kissed her and clnspcd her
arms. So thew went TO their death"
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MIR. MRR'S ONLY SON
QUALITIES AS A HERO.

ASTER WILL JARR knew full
IVu we'll where the dentists Vas In
@v3 fact. he had been led up to the
door Of the neighborhood molar me-
chanic and bicuspid operator some sev-
eral INES.
Surgical, medical and dental ethics
are all the same. Representatives Of ali
these professions directly or Indirectly
advertise to pull trade. but professional
pride prevents them from comiag out
ana pulling In the fsltering n unwili.
ing at their doors.
Having refused to enter the dread Dor.
tails In the company of his mother. Ma
commands Of his father. had been cast
forth from the parental nat with IN ~.
plicit order to return with the affected
tooth in HIS hand or never return at all.
Mrs. Jarr watched from behind the
window curtains. wondering whether
her brave boy would be too brave to re-
turn home IL he wasn't brave enough to
enter the dentists torture chamber.
Mr.. Jarr had been determined to build
up the child's physical and moral cour-
age by this Spartan test. But II was he
who had suggested. In q whispered aside
to the fond mother. that the faithful
Gertrude SHOULD disguise herself In Mrs.
Dusenberry's old gray shawl and shadow
the son and heir OF the Jars to see he
did not. In desperation. run way to sec
or West to kill Indians or become q
drummer hoy and be slain in battle
rather than face the terror and torment
OF getting a tooth pulled.
Nfa,tar Tar hoidfo. st0ht - 49, loy-
lar bill to pay the %torturer. and sobbina
heart-brokenly. crept slowly down the
street. while tho ever faithful Gertrude,
who. like Mrs. Jarr. felt II was "a
shame"' lurked and followed on the
other side.
She was just about TO cross over and
kiss the unhappy child and bring HIN
back home In triumph with a dcclara.
ton that II the tooth muct go so would
she, when a group OF urchlns, led by
Master slavlnsky. came flying around
the corner. %assauiting Master Gussie
Bepier, the butchers overgrown and
somewhat fccbleminded son. with sticks,
This. In juvenile circles. Is called
playing Policeman
Hey. Bill, where yuh goin'!" cried
Master Bepler. hating In his flight.
''He's got n do.lar!" cried Master
Slavlnsky. who. through some stranGs
sort of second sight, could see through
Master Jars closed nst.
on meeting his young playfellows
Master Jarr drew himself erect. Al
trace Of pain and fear had vanished.
I'm gonna get null tooth pulled OUT
no sail proudly.
In an instant Playing Policeman
was forgotten. and the young savage
Of civilization had centred al! their at
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LIONS AND LIMELICHT,

MOVING PICTURE Aim showing a lion hunt in Africa with
the lion charging full tilt toward the camera only 10 be
a. brought down by o bullet In the nick of limo, was shown
n: a private entertainment in this city The other night. From
Versailles comes the story Of an encrprisne moving picture man
who arranged an open-ar act between Il lion and a lamb, using a
rial lion and a real lamb. but becoming terrified at the goings-on Of
the lion, left the latter In possession Of the field and the camera.
The moving-picture film seems likely to leave poor nature little
privacy, Widespread publicity Of doings In tho animal world will
soon be the rule, The jungle ought 10 put up a strenuous fight b.
tsss it consents to tall IN and lead the investigated Ito.
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'ntion on this interesting gsmbse q

tsntion on this Interesting essnbse -
their tribe.
Docs II Aurtf" thsy aSksd
'Nawr' asd NAstsr JArs. SceYnfun
1T would hurt anybody else but -
but I laugh At II. AaySody ~ ~
canAyf Tn 80 candy. Thst's hoW 0o14U
I care for that "a teoth!"
Nobody he'd any candy. NoSsoy -
the ~wher0wfthai 70 purchAse candy.
"why don't you buy candy snA 81
Il, sticky candy ike 'JswbssakseV Ell
hard candy like AN Day eueksrs7 Il
asked Master fssy slavinsky. 'You -
Q dollar. Buy . lot Of candy and 0sae
" ALL"
Master Jarr affected great indaRss-
ence.
''Candy's for KIDS" he ssid. 'rus{
going to chew terbacker. Anyway" -,
added. II got to 20 to the dcattsce
Haw! I amt afraid Of him. LIKE you sN'
iers I'd bel"
"Betcher are! Betchsr arei' crtsd he
dear playmates. sticking their tongues
out at the courageous lad. and making
derisive and. alas. even vulgar gestures.
A twitch Of excruciating pain struek
Master Jarr about this time. bat -
stirened up like a solder and smiled
like . stole.
"If It was hurting you feilsrs hks II
hurts me now. you'd DO screAmin' e.
runnin' home" he said proudly.
TN betcher holiered when % va
home!'' sneered Master Slavinsky.
And run cryin' to your mudder." sad
Master Guss,e Bepler.
IT, -N~Ax AasA. oAAaA f1af ltlAh WaD
his own procedure upon all painful ocea-
s,ons except when no ran from his
mother 10 escape them.
Jaw. He's a Abb lie amt got -
toothache." cried Master Slavinshy. ~
skeptic.
Amt I? Look Il 81"
And Master Jarr opened his mouth
and pulled the right hand corner down
and away with his forednger to dis
| close the horrihc cavity in tho second
maxillary molar.
you're afraid to let me stick . pin
In IT, said Master Johnny Ranglo. the
boy demon.
"Yes. Yes. He's afraid cried the
other dean little Zulus.
Master Jarr stood arm and proud.
Go ahead" he said calmly. Il kin stand
it,"
You'd be afraid to let me pull It With
~pinchers my papa's got In his shop. and
klve ne the dollar said Master eav.
insKy.
But tho pure oommNrcialism OF 4
proposition was repugnant to the rest.
and Master Rangle suggested they pull
the tooth but ahare the dollar.
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ItllOW 10 oiic WhS
V misses an
opportunity TO be
one. Neither does
ne have to prove
II.
However. q good
fellow does not al
ways get the
BEST OF 1t. Many
times = good fell
low Is the host
that Is FORGOT
TEN the morning
after.
h good fellow
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COPYRIGHT. 1919. by The Pns Pnbihians Go. Uhs New York woid,. ,
Matrimonial Number"
IN thc opsrd0e ndns opinion, the ideal wife should
b. both q thing Of duty and q toy forever.
When a man Morries noUdddys II 10 usually either |
because Ia hds met some uOman who has carried him
Of his Tcet or sows roman rho Is Wi1inO to set him |
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Copyright 1912. by This Pros
THE "GOOD FELLOW"

nee upon a time there was a GOOD
fellow. There are various kinds
- OF good fellows. Yet n real good
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Reflections of a Bachelor Girl
Rv HaIan RowIand
G
BY Helen Rowland

settle down into q modest, cooling, little dove.
Diana, the "rirgin Ooddess," probably remained an old maid because
she aIuays followed tho chase instead Of leading IT, and hunted pith q horn
instead Of wth q snare.
When a grass midOw remdrries she is opt TO discover that a change Of
husbands, like q change Of fats O boarding houses, merely means getting
used to q np set Of Inconvenience and troubles
The real hero OF modern he is the "a mho 0Oes right on pretending
to b. happy uth q u1e uMO hasn't any sense of humOr.
A marria0e Of convenience 10 tho safetypin rith uhich a womam tastens
on her pride nchcn the hooks Of love are lost.
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Copyright. 1912. by The Pres Putai6hins q.
THE New York word).