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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04
WEST LAKE NEWS

West Lake, Dec. 2-Ole Rogen bot
IN automobile of Mr.. Irgens of kerk~
hoven last Wednesday, so as to be
able to make better time on the mail
route.
Miss Esther Holt left for Spicer to
spend THANKSGIVING with her folks,
She is teaching school in the Ram
5tad school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Rogen visited
With Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Bitterness
THANKSGIVING day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Evenson visit
ID with the f. Veltikold family Sun
lay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bitterness an(
Henry Bitterness visiter at John Ev.
enson's Sunday afternoon.
The young folks around Negarf
had a dance at the Ole SEinness HON,
Saturday evening.
Ole Solin Of Browns Valley is re
newing acquaintance in this neigh
borhood.
Miss Esther Holt returned from
Spicer Monday afternoon.
Harold Rustad is working for }
r. Bitterness at present.
Mesdames B. O. and Arthur Otter
ness visited with the H. G. Rusta'
family Of Kerkhoven from Wednes
day until Saturday.
A basket social was held in tn
Rhom school house Wednesday eve
ming.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04
Hielle-linduuiSt.

A beautiful Thanksgiving wedding
occurred at the Ole Hjelle home at
Arctander Nov. %, when the daugh
ter, Julia Otelia, was given in mar
rage to Mr.. Andrew Lindquist of
Mamre. The ceremony occurred at
the East Norway Lake church, Rev
Mons Sotendahl officiating. The bride
wore a veil and wore white messa-
line silk and carried white roses
She was attended by Miss Clara
Hjelle as maid of honor and thu
Misses Anphia Christopherson anc
Vera Westerberg. Mr.. Otto Lind
quist was best man and Otis Hjellt
and Edwin Hauge groomsmen. a
fine wedding dinner was served at thu
brides parental home to about ID!
invited guests. We extend our choic-
est CONGRATULATIONS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Colfax, Dec. Miss Elma Ger
harrison who is attending St. Cloud
Normal school, is visiting at her par
entail home here. -.@
Misses Anna and Clara Clauson If
Willmar spent Thanksgiving with
their parents here. IL
Miss Evalyn Evans will commence
a seven months term of school in the
Holum school house today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Thompson and
family visited at Martin Thompson's
on Thursday.
Miss Anna Gerhardson has reurn-
ed home from Norway Lake where
she has taught term Of parochial
school. :
Mrs. Page and daughters, Laura
and Muriel, after an extended visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Smith,
left for North Dakota on Friday to
make their future home. =
Mr.. C. T. johnson and daughter,
Della, visited with Mrs. johnson al
the New London hospital on Thanks
giving day. We are glad to report
that Mrs: johnson is convalescing
from her recent operation.
Roseland, Dec. 2-Miss Mamie
Anderson spent last Thursday after
noon at the l.. Strandburg home in
Fahlun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Johnson en-.
tertained large number Of relatives
and friends last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Oscar Olson and little daugh.
ter, who have spent the past month
in Willmar returned home last Tues
day.
Miss Amy johnson Of Whitefeli
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04
was an over Sunday guest at STRAIT
felda's wee kago last Sunday.

was an over Sunday guest at STRAIT
felda's a wee kago last Sunday.
Mr.. J. A. Engwall had the misfor-
tune Of losing one of his best horses
last week.
Miss Irene Lindblad assisted Mrs.
M. A. johnson last Friday and Sat-
urday.
The teacher and pupils of Dist. No.
80 gave Thanksgiving program last
Wednesday afternoon.
A number of young folks were
nicely entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Lindblad last Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson and
family dinnered with Mr.. and Mrs.
Aug. Anderson last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hockstra and
family from Priam visited at the
Carl Kohrs home last Sunday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04
New Fine School House, q,

The people OF school district No.
u in St. Johns township have a
school house that the, can be proud
Of. The building has just been COM
pleted at a cost of $4,000. It is a
frame structure and covers ground
space Of 35x36 feet. large and
handsome porch on the east covers
the entrance to the building. The
windows, seven in number, are all on
the west side. s. r. i #...-...
The school room is "a large one
and has room for so pupils. Forty
single seats have been put in and
more will be added as occasion de-
mands. The rostrum is z feet wide
and extends to the north end of the
room. This gives the teacher a good
view of the school and is also grea;
help in school entertainments and
other doings that often takes place
in a district school. The library is
roomy and we'll lighted. Two clothe;
rooms, and a pood-sized fuel room
occupies the remaininp floor space.
The school is in charge Of Miss
Julia Olson of Porter Mimi, a very
able instructor.
/ Every precaution has been used !:
make this an up-to-date school house
and in accordance with the state reg.
ulation.
A shadow social was held at ~:
school Wednesday evening, Nov. 81
The sum of $32 was realized, which
will be used for securing lights anc
door mat, the balance to go into {
fund for school bell.
Miss Mabel Geer returned to he7
home at New London Monday afte1
a visit since Wednesday at the home
of w. L. Geer.
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The Lebanon Bazaar,

The Sorosis and Willing Workers
Of the Swedish Lutheran church of
New London hold their annual ba-
zaar Thursday and Friday evenings,
Dec. IL and ID at the Young Peo-
pies Hall. There will be the usual
booths where fancy articles and re-
freshments will be on sale. A pro-
gram will be given each evening. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Misses Clara Nelson and Leila a.
son returned to their home at New
London yesterday, after visit since
Friday, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Nicholson.
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Musical Recital.

A musical recital will be given in
East Lake Lillian by Prof. N. B
Swain of Willmar under the auspic-
es Of the Norwegian Baptist Congre-
cation on Saturday evening, Dec. Z
at 7 80 o'clock Everybody welcome
By Committee.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Misses Hattie and Mabel Holm,
dahl returned to their home at Nos-
way Lake Saturday, after a visit
since Wednesday at the home Of their
uncle, Axel Hedin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Mrs. George Jonicks and little
daughter returned home Monda:
morning from their visit with Fargo
relatives. Mr.. Jonicks went down
Saturday to accompany them home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Mr.. and Mrs. I. R. Griffin left
Monday for a few days stav in the
twin cities, where Mrs. Griffin will
seek medical treatment for the re-
lief of some ear trouble.
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Licensed to Wed.

Nov. 27-Martin B. Lien to Miss
Nina 0. Finstad.
Nov. 27-Peter Oscar Melbostad
to Miss Ellen Person.
Nov. 29-Halvor Nelson to Miss
Bergitta Bratberg.
Nov. 29-Fritz Danielson to Miss
Mabel jacobson.
Dec. 3-William PETER to Miss
Anna Olson.
Ole johnson Of Eagle Lake visited
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Roy Cramer came home Saturday
night from Breckenridge to spend
Sunday.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Miss Esther Hort who teaches at
Kerkhoven, spent her vacation at her
home in this city.
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E@SAMkX|M=> SUNBURG
z=:@SUNBEAMS

Sunburg, Dec. 2-Services were
conducted in the West Norway Lake
church yesterday by Rev. M. Soften
dahl.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Storaker drove
over to Montevideo recently to spend
a few days among friends and rela-
tives at that olace.
Mr.. n. Gunnufson took his family
out joy riding in his splendid Buick
car last Thursday afternoon.
Albert Teige attended the Bjerke-
rud-Amundson wedding at Brooten
last Tuesday.
A Thanksgiving program was rem
dered by the school. children Of Dist.
No SO last Wednesday afternoon.
Several visitors were present.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Mrs. H. G.. Gordhamer and two
children returned to their home at
Kerkhoven Friday after a brief vis-
st at Mrs. Gordhamer's home, John
Youngberg.
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EliaSs0n-M edalen.

Immediately after the regular SER
vices yesterday, a bridal party en-
tered the church under the strains
Of the wedding march from the Or
gan, presided at by Miss Petra Ham
re. Rev. Sotendahl spoke the SOL
emn words which united Mr.. Tilfred
Medalen and Miss Gunhild Eliasson
as man and wife. The bride wore a
beautiful gown Of sky blue messaline
silk, also bridal veil and wreath of
natural roses. She carried a huge
bouquet Of bridal roses and ferns.
The groom was attired in a fine suit
Of navy blue. w.
They were attended bv Mr.. Theo.
Medalen as best man, and Miss Mary
Eliasson who was the maid of honor.
After the ceremony large num-
Der Of invited guests gathered at the
fine home of the brides parents,
where a splendid reception and a
sumptuous dinner awaited them. Both
the groom and bride have grown to
manhood and womanhood in this To-
cality and their many friends wish
them a long and happy life. .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04

Miss Mabel Geer returned to her
home at New London Monday after
a visit since Wednesday at the home
of w. L. Geer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-10-18

I clean boy like this one had not beer
sent to her In her youth. You see
the worldly-wise woman knows thai
II is invariably the lay-fgure and not
Prince Charming that a woman mar
ries. and that matrimony is blind
mans buff In grown-ups.
Many OF us lay the blame upon oul
| parents. We shift the burden of won
dering why We have this fault and
lack that grace to the shoulders OF
| our immediate forbears. We go tc
the office each morning denying that
we have any responsibility; we lei
the boss do the worrying. But George
never went prospecting in his soul fol
any such dross philosophy. He was
grateful for having had so beautiful
mother; proud of having had SC
honest sire; and II either of them
had endued him with false weights he
did his best to even up the balance.
The mother had been as romantic
as any heroine out of Mrs. Radcliff's
novels. while the father had owned
to as much romance as one generally
finds in a thorough business man.
which is practically none at all The
very name itself is bulwark against
the intrusions Of romance. One can
not lift the imagination to the pros
pect Of picturing a Jones In ruffles
and highboots, pinking a varlet in the
midriff. 1t smells of sugar-barrels and
cotton-bales, Of steamships and rail
roads, Of stolid routine in the Office
and Of placid concern over the daily
news under the evening lamp.
Mrs. Jones, lovely, lettered yet not
worldly, had dreamed of her boy,
bayed and decorated. marrying the
most distinguished woman in all Eu-
rope, whoever she might be. Mr..
Jones had had no dreams at all, and
had put the boy to work In the ship
ping department little while after
the college threshold had been crossed,
outward bound. The mother, while
sweet and gentle, had will, iron un-
der velvet, and when she held out for
Percival Algernon and decent knowl-
edge Of modern languages, the old
man agreed IL, on the other hand,
the boys first name should be George
and that he should learn the business
from the cellar up. There were sew
eral tits over the matter but at
length truce was declared. 1t was
agreed that the boy himself ought to
have word to say upon a subject
which concerned him more vitality
than any one else. So, at the age of
l. E
preparatory school, he was advised
to choose for himself. He was an obe-
dent son, adoring his mother and idol
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CHAPTER I.



To possess two distinctly alien red
corpuscles in ones blood. metaphor
ically IL not in fact, two characters or
Municipalities under one epidermis.
Is, In most cases. a peculiar disadvan-
tage. One hears Of scoundrels and
saints striving to consume one an
other In one body, angels and har-
pies; but ofttimes, quite the contrary
TO being curse, these two warning
temperaments become a mans ulti-
mate blessing: as in the case Of
George p. A. Jones, OF Mortimer &
Jones, the great metropolitan Oriental
rug and carpet company, all Of which
has dignihed, sonorous sound.
George WAS divided within himself
This he would not have confessed
even into the trusted II battered ear
OF the Egyptian Sphynx. There was,
however, no demon-angel sparring for
points in Georges soul. The difficulty
might be set forth in this manner:
On one side stood inherent common
sense; on the other, a boundless, ro-
seate imagination which was like
ination Of suitable modern pattern.
This alter ego terrified him whenever
II raised It's strangely beautiful head
and shouldered aside his guardian
angel (for that's what common sense
ls, argue to what end you wild and
pleaded in that luminous rhetoric un-
der the spell Of which our old friend
Sancho often fell asleep.
p. A., as they called him behind the
counters. was but twenty-eight, and II
he was vice-president in his late IA
theirs shoes he didn't wabble round
In them to any great extent. In
crowd he was not noticeable: he
didn't stand head and shoulders above
hia fellow-men, nor would he have
been mistaken by near.sighted per-
sons, the myopes, for the Vatican's
Apollo in the flesh. He was Of me-
dunn height, beardless. slender, but
tough and wiry and enduring. You
may see his prototype on the streets
dozen times day, and you may
also pass him without turning round
for second view. Young men like
P. A. must be intimately known to
be admired; you did not throw your
arm across his neck. first-off. His
hair was brown and closely clipped
about a head that would have gained
the attention of the phrenologist, If
not that OF the casual passer-by. His
bumps, In the phraseology OF that
science. were good ones. For the rest,
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| dog; but one can not carry dog
half way round the world and back, at
least not with comfort. What with
all these new-fangled quarantine laws.
duties, and fussy ships officers who
wouldn't let you keep the animal In
your state-room. travelling with four
footed friend was almost an impossi-
bility. To be sure, women with
poodles. And then, there was
the bitter Of acid in the knowledge
that no one ever came up to him and
slapped him on the shoulder with a.
Hello, George, old sport; what's the
good word?" for the simple fact that
his shoulder was always bristling with
spikes. born Of the fear that some one
was making fun of him.
Perchance his mothers spirit, hou.
ering over him this evening, might
have been inclined to tears. For they
do say that the ghosts of the dear
ones are thus employed when we are
near to committing some folly, or to
exploring some forgotten chamber OF
Pandoras box, or worse still, when
that lady intends emptying the whole
contents down upon our unfortunate
heads. II SO be, they were futile
tears; Percival Algernon had accom-.
pllshed Its deadly purpose.
Pandoraf Well, then, for the bene
ut Of the children. She was a lady
who was an intimate friend OF tho
NEUROLOGICAL gods. They liked her ap.
pearance 80 well that they one day
gave her box. casket. chest or what.
ever 1t was. to guard. By some mar
velous method, known only of gods,
they had got together all the trials
and tribulations Of mankind land some
of the joys) and locked them up in
this casket, 1t was the Golden Age,
as you may surmise. You recall Eve
and the apple? Well, Pandora was a
forecast Of Eve: she couldn't keep her
eyes off the latch, and at length her
hands-Fatal curiosity! Whirr! And
everything has been at skies and at
sevens since that time. Pandora ia
eternally recurring, now here, now
there; she is blonde sometimes, and
again she Is brunette; and you may
take 1t from George and me that there
Is always something left in the casket
George closed the book and consult.
ed his sailing-list. In a short time ha
would leave for Port Said, thence to
Naples, Christmas there, and home In
January. Business had been ripping.
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Ing white mustnche and imperial,
there was suggestion of militarism.
lie was Immediately followed by a
young woman Of twenty, certainly not
\ over that age. George sighed wist.
fully. He envied those polo-players
and gentleman-riders and bridge-ex-
perts who were stopping at the hotel.
1t wouldn't be an hour after dinner
before some one OF them found out who
she was and spoke to her in that easy
style which he concluded must be a
| gift rather than an accomplishment.
You mustn't suppose for a minute that
George wasn't well.born and well-bred,
simply because his name was Jones.
Many a Fitz-Hugh Maurice or Hugh
Ffts-Maurice might have BEEN But,
no matter. He knew instinctively,
then, what elegance was when he saw
1t, and this girl was elegant, in dress,
In movement He rather liked the
pallor OF her skin, which limited that
she wasn't one Of those athletic girls
who bounced in and out OF the din.
ing-room, talking loudly and smoking
cigarettes and playing bridge for six
penny points. She was tall He was
sure that her eyes were on the level
with his own. The grey veil that
dropped from the rim of her simple
Leghorn hat to the tip OF her nose OBJ
scured her eyes, SO he could not know
that they we're large and brown and
indefinably sad. They spoke not of
weariness Of travel, but OF a weari-
ness Of the world, more precisely, Of
the people who inhabited 1t.
She and her companion passed on
into the hotel, and If Georges eyes
veered again toward the desert over
which the stealthy purples of night
were creeping, the impulse was me-
chanical: he saw nothing. In truth,
he was desperately lonesome, and he
knew, moreover, that he had no bust
ness to be. He was young; he could
at pinch tell q Joke as well as the
next man; and II he had never had
what he called an adventure, he had
seen many strange and wonderful
things and could describe them with
that mental afterglow which still lin
gers over the sunset of our first ex.
pressions in poetry. But there was
always that hydra-headed monster, for
ever getting about his feet, numbing
his voice, paralyzing his hands, and
never he Topped off head that an
other did not instantly grow in It's
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izing his father. He wrote himself
down as George Percival Algernon
Jones. promised to become a linguist
and to learn the rug business from
the cellar up. On the face of 1t, 1t
looked like big job; It all depended
upon the boy.
The first day at school his misery
began. He had signed himself as
George P. A. Jones. no small dlplo-
macy for lad; but the two initials,
standing up like dismantled pines IN
the midst Of uninteresting landscape,
reused the curiosity OF his school.
mates. Boys are boys the world ever,
and possess finesse in cruelty that
only Indians can match; and 1t did
not take them long TO unearth the IA.
tai secret. For three ysars he was
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place. Even the sword of Perseus
could not have saved him, since one
has to get away from an object in
order to cut 1t down.
Had he really ever tried to over
come this monster? Had he not walt
ed for the propitious moment (which
you and i know never comes) to
throw of this species from Hades?
1t is all very well, when you are old
and dried up. to turn to worries and
metals and precious stones; but when
fellows young! You can't shake
hands with an ivory replica of the Tai
Mahal, nor exchange pleasantries with
a Mandarins ring. nor yet confide joys
and ills into a caskst OF rare emer-
aids; indeed. they do but emphasize
ones loneliness. II only he had had
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he observed the world through pair
or kindly, shy. blue eyes
Young girls. myopic through igno-
rance or Stiffness, seeing nothing be-
yond what the cyes see. seldom gave
him second inspection; for he did
not know how to make himself at
tractive. and was mortally afraid of
the opposite. or opposing sex. He
could bullyrag sheik out of his cam
els saddle-bags, but petticoats and
lace parasols and small Oxfords had
the same effect upon him that the
prodding stick of a small boy has
upon retiring turtle. But many a
worldly-wise woman. drawing cut with
tact and Kindness the truly beautiful
thoughts OF this young mani soul.
sadly demanded Of feta why a sweet,
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He would be jolly glad to get home
again. to renew HIS comradeship with
his treasures. And, by Jove! there
was one man who slapped him on the
shoulder, and he was no less a person
than the genial president OF the firm,
his fathers partner, at present his
own. II the old chap had had daush.
ter now And here one comes
at last to the bottom of the sack. He
had only one definite longing. g
healthy human longing. the only long
ing worth while In all this deep. wide
round old top; to love woman and
by her be loved.
At exactly half after six the gentle
man with the reversible cuffs arrival !,
and George missed his boat.
GAO Be CONTINUED, ;