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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26

the way ne USED TO cnucKle over the
thing when first sprung it on him.
He saw a joke somewhere. Let's go
into the smoke-room for peg. 1t
won't hurt either of us. And that
poor little girl! It's hell of a world,
eh?"
The Major admitted that it was;
but he did not add that Fortunes vel
fare or ill-fare was of little or no con-
Germ Of his. The little spitfre had
always openly despised him.
They were drinking silently and mo-
rosely, when Mrs. Chedsoye, pale and
anxious, appeared in the companion
way. She beckoned them to follow
her down to her cabin. Had Fortune
| arrived? Had Ryanne? She did not
answer. Arriving at her cabin she
pushed the two wondering men inside,
and pointed at the floor. A large
steamer-roll lay unstrapped, spread
out.
81 only just opened it." she said.
ct never thought of looking into it
! at Cairo. Here, it looked SO bulky
that was curious"
'Why, it's that damned Yhiordes!"
eclaimed the Major wrathfully ''What
the devil is it doing in Fortunes
steamer-roll?"
"That is what I should like to
know. If they have been kidnapped in
order to recover the rug, whatever
will become of them?" And Mrs.
Chedsoye touched the rug with her
foot, absently. She was repeating in
her mind that childish appeal: you
! don't how loyal I should have been!"
They took the first sailing out Of
Naples. Twelve days later they
landed at the foot of Fourteenth
Street. There was some trifling diff
Guilty over the rug. 1t had been de-
clared; but as Mrs. Chedsoye and her
brother always declared foreign resi-
dence. there was a question as to
, whether it was dutiable or not. Being
copy, it was not an original work
! of art, therefore not exempt, and so
forth and so on. 1t was finally decid-
ed that Mrs. Chedsoye must pay
duty. The Major paid grumblingly,
! very cleverly assuming an iritability
well known to the inspectors. The
way the United States government
mulcted her citizens for the benefit of
the few was a scandal of the nations.
A smooth-faced young man ap-
preached them from out the crowd.
els this Major Callahan"
eyes. This must be Mr.. Reynolds,
the agent?'
eyes. Everything is ready for your
occupancy. Your butler and first man
have everything ship-shape. l could
have turned over to you Mr.. Jones'"
mot at all, not at all,' said the Ma
jor. '"They would have been strangers
to us and we to them. Our own serv-
ants are best"
"You must be very good friends of
my client?"
ct have known him for years." said
Mrs. Chedsoye sweetly. cit was at
his own suggestion that we take the
house over for the month. He really
insisted that we should pay him moth
ing; but, of course, such an arrange
ment could not be thought of. Oh,
| good-by, Mr. Wallace" tolerantly.
eve hope to see you again some
day."
Wallace, taking up his role once
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
CHAPTER XVII.
Mrs. Chedsoye Has Doubts.

Mrs. Chedsoye Has Doubts.
Mrs. ChedsOye retired to her room
early that memorable December night.
Her brother could await the return
of Horace. She hadn't the least doubt
as to the result; a green young man
pitted against a seasoned veterans du-
plicity. She wished Jones no harm
physically; in fact, she had put down
the law against it. Still, much de-
pended upon chance. But for all her
confidence of the outcome, a quality of
restlessness pervaded her. She tried
to analyze it, Intellectually at first.
Perhaps she did not look deep enough; ;
perhaps she did not care thoroughly
to examine the source of it. Insistent-
ly, however, it required; and by re-
peated assaults it at length conquered
her. 1t was the child.
Did she possess, after all, latent
sense of motherhood, and was it STIR
ring to establish itself? She really
did not know. Was it not fear and
doubt rather than motherly instinct?
She paused in front of the mirror, but
the glass solved only externals. She
could not see her soul there in the
reflection; she saw only the abundant
gifts of nature, splendid, double-hand-
ed, prodigal. And in contemplating
that reflection, she forgot for a space
what she was seeking. But that child!
From whom did she inherit her Pc
culiar ideas of life? From some Puri-
tan ancestor of her fathers; certainly
not from her side. She had never
bothered her head about Fortune, save
to house and clothe her, till the past
forty-eight hours. And now it was too
late to pick up the thread she had
cast aside as not worth considering
To no one is given perfect wisdom /;
and she recognized the flaw in hers
that had led her to ignore the mental
attitude Of the girl. She had not even
made a friend of her; mistake, bit
of stupidity absolutely foreign to her
usual keenness. The child lacked
little of being beautiful, and in three
or four years she would be. Mrs. Ched-
soye was without jealousy; she &C.
cepted beauty in all things unreserv-
edly. Possessing as she did an incom-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
nust You Be RaldY

What have you done to stop youF
hair from faIIingP Have you tried
RexaiI "o3" Hair TOnicP If not, we
want you to try it at our risk.
If you have dandruff; if your hair is
falling out and your scalp is not
glazed and shiny, if you use Rexall
"93" Hair Tonic according to direc--
tons for thirty days, and at the end
of that time you are not thoroughly
satisfied with the results and will tell
us so, we will Immediately hand back
your money. We won't ask you to
promise anything. We won't evsn
question you. We will take your
mere word and return your money.
Doesn't it stand to reason that
Rexan "93" Hair Tonic must be q
mighty good remedy and have given
great satisfaction to our customers If
we endorse it like this? We know OF
no similar remedy that is as good. 1t
is because of what Rexal "93" Hair
Tonic has done for others that we
back it with our own money.
Why suffer scalp and hair trouble
or be bald, when Rexall "93" Hair
Tonic will remove dandruff, make
your scalp comfortable and healthy.
promote hair growth and tend to
prevent baldness-when we wilk
pay for the treatment should it fail
to please you?
We don't obligats you to any
thing. You simply buy the treat
ment; use it, and if not pleased
come back to us empty Ianded-an6
we will hand back what you paid US.
Two sizes, Soc and $1.00 q bottle.
You can buy Rexall ''93'' Hair Tonic
IN this community only at our store:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26

parable beauty OF her own, she could
we'll afford to be generous. Perhaps
the true cause of this disturbance lay
in the knowledge that there was one
thing her daughter had inherited from
her directly, almost identically; IN
deed, of this pattern the younger pos
sessed the wider margin of the two:
courage. Mrs. Chedsoye was afraid OF
nothing except wrinkles, and Fortune
was too young to know this fear. SO
then, the mother slowly began to COM
Iprehend the spirit which had given
life to this singular perturbation. For
tune had declared that she would run
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
Copyright 1911 by Bobbs-Merrill Company


Mortimer & Jones? You don't say!
Well, if this doesn't beat the Dutch!
Why, if you're Robert E. Jones' boy,
I'll sell you every carpet in the pack at
COST" He laughed; and it was laugh
ter good to hear, dry and harsh though
it was. "Y0ur dad was a fine gentle
man, and one of the best judges Of
his time. You couldn't fool him a
knot. He wrote me when you came
into this world of sin and tribulation.
Didn't they call you Percival A1gernon,
or something like that?"
''They did" And George laughed,
too
You're sight. Any one sick? Got
a medicine-chest aboard?"
mo. only banged up and discour-
aged. I say, Mr.. Ackermann, got an
extra pipe or two and some 'baccy?"
Flanagan, see what's in the chest
Shortly Flanagan returned. He had
half a dozen fresh corn-cob pipes and
a thick bag of tobacco. George and
Ryanne lighted up, about as near con-
tentment as two men in their condi-
ton could possibly be.
Said Flanagan to Fortune: "Do you
chew?"
Fortune looked Mortified.
ooh, I mean gum!" roared Flanagan.
No, Fortune did not possess that du-
bious accomplishment.
mighty handy when you're thirsty"
Flanagan advised.
They built up the fire and sat round
it costly. They were all more or less
happy, all except Fortune. So long as
she had been a captive of Mahomed,
she had forced the thought from her
mind; but now it came back with a
full measure Of misery. Never, never
would she return to Mentone, not even
for the things that were rightfully
hers. Where would she go and what
would she do? She was without money
and the only thing she possessed of
value was the Soudanese trinket Ry-
anne had forced upon her that day
in the bazaars. She heard the men
talking and laughing, but without
sensing. No, she could not accept
charity. She must fight out her battle
all alone. The child of thief
for never would her clear mind accept
smuggling as other than thieving.
!. Neither could she accept pity ;
and she stole a glance at George, as
he blew clouds of smoke luxuriantly
from his mouth and nose, his eyes
| half closed in ecstasy. How little it
| took to comfort a man!
Ryanne suddenly lowered his pipe
and smote his thigh. 'Hell!" he NUT
tered
whats up?" asked George.
II want you to look at me, Perci-
val; l want you to take a good look
at this thing I've been carrying round
as a head"
ct looks all right" observed George,
puzzled.
Empty as dried cocoanut! /
| never thought Of it till this moment.
I wondered why he was in such a
hurry to get out. I've let that copper
hided devil get away with that nine
hundred pounds!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26

more, tipped his hat and rushed away
for one of his favorite haunts.
F'Bounder!" growled the Major.
well, well; ships deck is always
Liberty-Hall."
''You have turned your belongings
over to an expressman? asked the
agent. These were charming people;
and any doubts he might have enter
tanned were dissipated. And why
should he have any doubts? Jones
was an eccentric young chap, anyhow.
An explanatory letter (written by the
Major in Jones' careless hand),
backed up by a cable, was enough
authority for any reasonable man.
Everything is out of the way said
the Major.
'Then, if you wish, I can take you
right up to the house in my car. Your
butler said that he would have lunch
ready when you arrived
Every kind Of you. How noisy New
York is! You can take our handling
gage?" Mrs. Chedsoye would have
made st. Anthony uneasy Of mind;
Reynolds, young, alive, metaphorically
fell at her feet.
PLENTY Of room for It" Q
(TO BE CONTINUED
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
Better than Spanking

Spanking will not cure children
of wetting the bed, because it is
not habit but a dagerousdiseas
The G. III. Rowan Drug Co.. Dept.
B SO Chicago, ILL.,, have discover
ed a strictly harmless remedy for
this distressing disease and to
make known its merits they will
send soc package securely wrap
ped and prepaid Absolutely Free
TO any reader of the Grant County
Herald. This remedy also cures
frequent desire to urinate and in
ability to control urine dun ing
night or day in old or young.
The G. Fl. Rowan Drug Co. is an
Old Reliable House write them
to-day for the free medicine.
Cure the afflicted members Of
your ia lily, then tell your neigh
bors and friends about this rem
edy. 5Oy1c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
JOSEPH T. BENNETT

AancasIer The uJssakA St0rs Wisconss1
There d Rexall Store in nearly every town
and city In the United States, Canada and
Great Britain. There is different Rexs8
for which it is recommended.
The RexaIl Stores are Anaerica's CEsakoeA
Drug Stores
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
ReconcilabIe.

The Duke de Roquelaure was told
that two ladies of the court had a
quarrel and had cast all kinds of in
vectives at each other did they call
each other homely?" asked the duke.
mo, my lord!" "All right; then 1
will see that they become reconciled."
Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26

Feverishly Mrs. Chedsoye prepared
for the journey. She was irritable to
Celeste, she was unbearable to her
brother, who took a seat in forward
compartment to be rid of her. It was
only when they went aboard the
steamer that night that she became
reconciled to the inevitable. At any
rate, the presence of Jones would
counterfeit any influence Horace
might have gained over Fortune. That
the three Of them might suffer I'M
heard-of miseries never formed
thought in her mind. 1t appealed to
her in the sense of a comedy which
annoyed rather than amused her.
They were greeted effusively by
Wallace, he of the Dubious nose; and
his first inquiry was Of Ryanne. Brief
ly the Major told him what had hap
pened and added his fears. Wallace
was greatly cast down. Hoddy had
so set his heart upon this venture that
1t was shame to proceed without
him. He had warned him at the be-
ginning about that internal rug; but
Hoddy was always set in his dare
devil schemes. So long as the Major
had the plans, he supposed that they
could turn the trick without Hoddy's
assistance; only, it seemed rather
hard for him not to be in the sport.
He told me that nothing would give
him greater pleasure than to stick his
fist in the first bag of yellow-boys.
There was something mysterious in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
Where tke Need came IN.

Here's doctor who says hundreds
Of appendices have been removed
needlessly."
"Of course, he's wrong. The re-
moval wasn't needless as long as the
doctors needed the money"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
snAentIfic Gardeninn.

Brown has already started to plant
seeds in his garden"
$50 early?"
Eyes. He says he wants to get Il
done while his neighbours hens are,
busy setting"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26
Why Not Be Allowed to Sleep?

A patent has been granted New
Yorker for burglar alarm that awak-
ems person by spraying him with
water as he lies asleep in bed.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03
"ENDLEss CHAIN" SYSTEM
Origin OF the Scheme That Proved
Such an Annoyance. Government
Put a Stop to Il

The first of the endless chain"
schemes that have proved source of
annoyance to the postal ofncials OF
all countries was launched fifteen
years ago today, June 81, 1898, ty a
Young girl, Natalie Schenck, CT Baby
!on, Long Island, Desiring to raise
fund for the aid OF the American
soldiers then fighting Spain, she OH
g!nated the endless chain" idea as
an adaptation OF a scheme that had
3ad n vogue in Englnd until stopped
by an act OF parliament.
The chain" was started with four
etters written by Miss Schenck to
Girl friends. Each was asked to con-
tribute ten cents and to write four
similar letters A couple of days la
ter steady stream OF letters contain
ing dimes began to trickle in to tie
Babylon postoifice and by the Fourth
Of July, on which date 5000 letters
came in, II had become food. In Il
little while an extra staff had TO be
sent TO the assistance of the postmas
ter, and mail was delivered to Miss
schenck by truck loads. Before the
tide receded Miss Schenck was dis
tracted and a total of quarter OF a
million dimes had been received.
The success OF the scheme caused
fakirs over the world to take II up
until the postal authorities put an en1
10 It.
The famous endless chain" prayer
which threatens endless punishment
% y? person who breaks n link has
zen one Of the hardest of all.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03

cess in Africa by George Bruce, who
vas born 1872 years ago today. Stere-
otyping was first used for printing
the London Times in 1856 and the
Jcocess Is now general in all newspa-
per offices, as the rapid perfectins
p-esses of today render II impossible
to print direct from types. The name
Of stereotype was given to the pro
cess by a Partisan printer Didot, in
1898.
The stereotypes Of William Ged
were used only in printing books and
several of his plates are displayed at
the Royal Institution IN London.
There also Is to be found an edition
Of Salust with an inscription which,
translated reads. Printed at Edin-
burgh by William Ged Of Edinburgh,
goldsmith not with movable types as
Is commonly done, but with cast tab
ets or plates.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03
FOR THE iNQUISiTlvE

Should a hare Drained man carry
rabbits foot in his pocket?
Does 1t follow that a self contain.
ed woman is full of herself?
Does h traffic policeman receive
standing orders?
Does man who wears a cutaway
coat harmonic with the girl in a
slashed skirt?
Are skyscrapers guaranteed to re-
move sun spots?
Can they also demolish moonbeams?
Did the breeze use a palm leaf
when It famed the child's heated
brow?
When her eyes overfiowed did she
shut down the lids?
Did the woman who led her hus.
band by the nose take command at
the bridge?
Should sickly geranium be sprink
led with we'll water?
Is a cook panhsndler?
Should a saddle horse be we'll pom.
meled?
Was the girl all keyed up when her
beau played on her heart strings?
Was it the barn door that the horse
"bolted?"
Does the girl without penny
count her fortune in round numbers
Should the bookworm beware of the
"Compleat Angler?"
Did a smile play over the features
that had worked with emotion?
Is hasty pudding served at quick
lunch counter?
Wren the father got wind of his
lsushter's elopement, did his anger
soon blow over?
| Does an editor write leading arti.
Giles with lead pencil!
Did the woman lose her mind after
II was unhinged2
Is a BARRIERS son little shaver?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03
BOYS INJURED
BY EXPLOSION
Five Park City Lads Injured When
Explosive They Were Carrying
Goes off

Park City, June 30.-Five lads
were seriously hurt here today, NC
so badly that death may result as tie
result of an escapade with a box Of
DIS Mantle caps. The two most serious
! IS hurt are Clarence Mills aged ~
son OF John Mills, and Ernest Stan.
Icy, aged 10 son of Bert Stanley. Tnc
others are David Orr, aged 10, son
of Thomas Orr; John Clarke, aged
IL son of Peter Clarke and Franz
Burrows, aged IA, son of T. w. b.
rows.
The five boys were playing In Steel
tunnel, prospect hole about a quar-.
G: Of mile below town which has not
heen worked to any extent for three
y, ars. II is believed that they found
he box OF dynamite caps there al
though the lads refused tonight tc
tell Just where the box was secured
At any rate they carried 1t to Mount
Masonic and then started to amuse
themselves with It.
In some manner not explained by
the boys the whole box exploded 6
once. Wounded painfully about the
head and face the boys, except tho
Stanley lad started to run away. lie
was so badly hurt he was unable 10
move away All received powder burn
and wounds in the face from flying
pieces Of brass covering of the caps.
Word was taken to town and the in.
jured boys were brought to surgeons
for treatment.
Mills condition first convinced the
physicians that the accident might
have fatal termination. He as well
as the others refused to say much
about how the accident happened.
Stanley's face was cut in many places
over twenty pieces of brass being TAX
EN- from it by physicians, one parti.
cularly long piece being taken from
his eye.
Late tonight the attending physi.
clan DR.. A. A. Browning, who with
DR.. f. r. LeCompte and DR.. W. J.
had dressed the boys wounds
declined to say positively now seri
Ous the condition of Stanley and Mills
was although he said that the other
lads were not in bad shape unless
blood poisoning set in. This Is not
much feared, as they were not seri-
Dusly cut.
However, DR.. Browning admitted
that he feared the copper in the caps
would set up poisoning in the wounds
Of the two other boys. Careful atten-
lion Is being given both Stanley and
Mills.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03
EiCRTy-0NE DEAD
HEAT WAVE TOLL
Chicago Hospitals Filled Win Ner
sons Stricken in Streets;
Temperature is 1902

Chicago, June 80 .--Iteports recei'
ed up to late tonight showed that az
least eighty.one persons died today
40 result of the heat wave in the
central west.
The heat wave which has continued
uninterruptly for six days extended
from Denver to Pittsburg and as far
north as Lake Superior. From 30 de-
prees at Pittsburg, the temperature
through the whole middle west rang
ed well into the nineties. Marquette
usually cool, on the shores OF Lake
superior recorded 90 degrees. win
102 degrees, Chicago was the hottest
place in the United States today eX'
cept for Tucson, Ariz., where the tenn
perature was the same.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03
mer senator from Illinois, VINO was
horp hora

mer senator from Illinois, who was
born here.
/ scna or Lewis referred to President
| Wilson's relations with the senate,
comparing them with conditions when
President Buchanan and Senator Dou.
glas jointed issues. He said in part:
Senator Douglas signalled his en-
trance to the United States senate by
break with the president of the
United States, James Buchanan. The
reasons for this break were of ma
ture now paralleled by the events
encircling President Wilson and his
senate. Douglas demanded the distri-
button of public Office in support of
his policies. President Buchanan diff
fered from Douglas and permitted the
patronage to be used against Douglas.
President Wilson presents the OPP
posite attitude. He puts the public
good above the public office and de-
clines either to give out offices to
senators as compensation for their
support, or to penalize those who op-
pose him by denying them public pa
tronage. Buchanan went to defeat in
trying to retaliate on senators who op.
posed his policies and went to politi-
cal disgrace in trying to destroy sen.
ators because they would not support
his policies. President Wilson is at.
tempting to inaugurate the system
that James Monroe put into effect
with success in the era Of good feel
ing in 1928 and seeks to emulate the
course Of George Washington in rec
ognizing no party organization as
having any right to urge its existence
as mere agency Of political Offices.
James Buchanan was on trial under
the assaults of Douglas to test whe-
Their the doctrine of retaliation on sen
ators could succeed. 1t failed.
President Wilson declines to allow
his personality to be put on tria', ,
but under exactly similar conditions
as surrounded Buchanan on the slav-
cry and admission of new states IS.
sues. President Wilson with his cur
rency and tariff policies is putting the
to test"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-03
Electricity and Plant Life

The theory has been advanced and
backed up by experiments which. are
at least interesting, that pc ted
leaves standing up at the top of grow.
ng plants attract electricity from the
atmosphere and that such electric
forces aid materially in the growth of
plants so equipped by nature. One in.
vestigator, r. Z. Dimick of Almena,
Wis, reports that vegetables which
were well cultivated have SHOWN a
smaller growth than the normal when
they had pointed wires stuck up
among them to act like lightning rods
in drawing off the electricity which
Mr.. Dimick believes to be attracted
by points and needful to plant life.
I'm doing my best to get ahead, as.
serted Cholly.
Well, heaven knows you need one I!
assented Dolly New York Times.