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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18

Colonel Anderson and Fort Sumter.
had a faintlng spell or something ear
lier in the evening? You are trembling
and excited even now"
my husband, there Is something
have to tell you-something very near
to your heart. It is about your SON.
~About Frank? Again.
"He Is here In Charleston
HE ought to be in prison. suppose.
But to me he Is nowhere
II am sending word to him: / may
see him later. Have you no word for
him2'
81 have told you be and his unfor-
tunate wife are provided for. Why
should you see him? shall not"
"At least had thought to convey a
warmer message than that from his
father"
Here the colonel paused moment
In silence and made his peculiar ges.
ture Of violently brushing something
aside from before his face.
Prank Is a man now he said at
last. II couldn't trust myself to see
him-and, anyway, he must now stand
on his own pins. We all must, for
these are desperate days and rebel
uous boys are not the only concern
by long way. But, here"-the colo
mel carefully took something from bis
breast pocket will send him some
thing to make man Of him II any.
thing can. He will understand. /
know he loves you as IL yon were his
own mother. Possibly he has some
little tenderness for bis father also.
II he has / think be will look tenderly
upon this picture and at the same time
remember me- .
"A miniature portrait OF mev' gasped
Mrs. Haverill as she received It from
her husbands hands. s=...
Yes; the one you gave me before
we were married. l.have never been
without It q single hour since. have
carried It through every campaign and
IN many scene Of danger on the
plant You see what a influential
old rpnianS ] am now, don't you New.
Ter mind. Frank Is q fugit tive from jus.
tice. God only knows what his future
will Be. :
Globe continued
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18
Charleston In 1861.

ShaT1SSeO1 III IoOIs
q number of representatives Of other
sections of the south as we'll as of
northern states, planned the Ellingham
ball for the second week in April.
Colonel Haverill Of the regular army
of the United States had been Mexi.
can war comrade of the late Colonel
EEllingham Of Virginia. When Elling-
ham died Hayerill became the guardian
iof his two children, Robert and Ger
trude.
Robert was duly graduated from
West Point and with his classmate,
IKerchival West of Massachusetts,
went. with the rank of lieutenant to
iDee active service on the plains in the
regiment of Colonel Haveriil. Ordered
to Washington, Colonel Haverill and
his wife were now travelling north
ward via Charleston, accompanied by
Iieutenants Ellingham and West. Ger
trude Ellingham had come on from the
family homestead in the Shenandoah
valley of Virginia to meet her brother
Bob. Likewise Madeline West had
come to join her brother Kerchival and
incidentally to enjoy her first acquaint-
ance with the fascination southern city.
Nothing less than ball-one Of the
famous dillingham; "levees'-could 1T
tingly honor the occasion.
The younger set, including the two
lieutenants, had practically no other
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18

dhey Met by the Battery Sea Wall.
comrade. If that don't make us enc
mics what does?"
Nothing can make me your enemy,
Gertrude. My services belong to my
country at call. l belong to the
north
"And am a southern woman.
There the fatal line is drawn
Here Thornton and Jenny Buckthorn
came up.
Pm glad the attack on Sumter is to
be made at last" declared Thornton.
Il do not share your pleasure in that
prospect" said serious voice over
Gerrude's shoulder. 1t was that of
her brother, Lieutenant Robert Elling-
ham.
"And you southern gentleman!" re-
torted Thornton, with the customary
shade Of insolence
"And you northern-gentlemanv
With the reluctant accent Bob gave
to the word ''gentleman" it actually
seemed to be in quotation marks with
an Interrogation point after it.
II am southerner by choice. shall
join the cause" said Thornton CURLY.
I'VE can take care Of our own rights,
sir. They will be safe in our keeping,
even If you should not find it to your
interest to run risks in our behalf"
You'll find me ready for any risk
you like" muttered Thornton, turning
on his heel.
At the same moment Colonel Haverill,
who had not participated in the dane
Ing, approached from the direction Of bis
wtfe's apartment. He held IN his hand
a white; silk handkerchief, which he i'm
medlately offered to Lieutenant West,
who took it. glanced at the initials
his own-thanked his superior officer
and passed out to the veranda over.
looking the lawn. where many coiored
lanterns twinkled. Here. almost as II
by preconcerted arrangement. Mrs
Haverill joined him a moment later.
Madam" said the young man. with
embarrassed solicitude. II beg to tel
you how happy am to see that your
indisposition has vanished-alsOk0 Of
fer humble apologies for my awkward
ness and -helplessness when | under
took to rush to your aid. You can al
ways depend upon me to act the part
Of an idiot in such an emergency
Fortunately l was able to find Miss
Gertrude and my sister and send them
to you in time to he Ut real service
Colonel Haverill has just handed me
back my handkerchief"
"Oh, thank you. lieutenant, for ev
erything. l suppose my husband had
been to my room looking for me. Some
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Charleston Was Preparing to Bernhard
Fort Sumter.
thing came up today that has upset
us both bit. And it is in regard to
that matter that l wish to ask you to
do me a favor-a great service. Will
your ~,. 49, =s5e
PRAY command me. Mrs. Haverill.' :
answered Kerchival with his heart
humping in wild, wondering excite
ment.
i. 1T Is about the colonel's son. Frank.
You know the trouble he has got into
In New York. He has escaped arrest,
and have just received word that he
is here in Charleston am the only
one he can turn to- His father is stern
and uncompromising in bis humilia.
ton. want you to lind Frank and
arrange for me to meet him as soon az
possible, II you. can do it with safety.
I shall give you a letter for him.
should like you to take It at daylight
IL possible. 1t is sad errand. and l
know Of none but yourself whom can
trust with II. 80 III.
I Lieutenant Kerchival West bowed
PROFOUNDLY. s...s.=
~ will get ready at once" he said.
Il can change my clothes in I've min.
5utes. ~
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CHAPTER II.
After tho Ball.

MO such concern seemed to hold
Edward Thornton back. He
was here, there and every
where. overacting if anything
the role of 1.-THE life of the party and
never missing dance.
Suddenly the coionel's beautiful wife,
f1anked by the two viyacious girls, and
herself looking the picture of health
and radiance in specially modish
ball gown of Powered satin, sailed into
the salon like the star of stage play.
1t was the official, formal opening
Of the ball.
do you know what Mrs. Pinckney
says" Gertrude Ellingham asked Lieu
tenant Kerchival West. "She has in
vited party Of friends to her house
to witness the firing on Sumter"
"How delightful" responded Ker-
chtval, In rather a forced tone Of gay
ETY.. II hope, however, that they won't
wait for breakfast until the fortress is
bombarded."
"Yoa think it will be long wait?
Well, Lieutenant West. I'll bet you an
embroidered cigar case against box
of gloves that the first gun is fred
before SUNRISE
Done. You will lose the bet, Miss
Gertrude, unless Major Ruff1n, unable
to curb his patience any longer, should
steal out and touch off a mortar on
his own hook. Not that shouldn't be
overjoyed to offer you the gloves, par
ticularly .if-well, in the hope that
that one of the little hands belonging
inside them shalP'-
They were In the shadow Of the ole
anders as he spasmodically seized one
OF the aforesaid little hands. She with
drew 1t almost as promptly, murmur-
ing: X" #
"Shall remain In my own keeping for
the present until some one comes
along who has good excuse for claim
Ing it. So you don't believe that Gen
eral Beauregard Is going to. open fire
on Sumter this morning?"
mo; of course not" :, 81 :zE .==s #:..s
swell, l happen to know that every
thing Is in readiness"
ut Is heap easier to have every
thing In readiness to do thing than
1t Is to do it. For instance, 1 have
been ready dozen times today to say
to you, Miss Gertrude, that that ~
"Well, STRIP rs: :.s al:
| "But didn't, you know"
Every likely General Beauregard has
more nerve than you have s@ B.
"Oh, It IS easy enough to set few
| batteries around Charleston harbor,
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But when It comes to firing the first
shot at woman
At woman! Why, what are you
talking about?''
mean at the American flag. "A
q must be a-must have the nerves
or . :.S5..
You northern men are SO slow to-
I Yes. ! know I've been slow. but
assure you. Miss Gertrude. that my
heart"
Aren't you going north to join in
the threatened invasion Of our south
ern Confederate states?'
Yes, that's our orders, l believe"
You are ready to fight against my
friends, against my own brother. your
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18
CHAPTER /,
Naughty Old Charleston.


~ HARLESTON always looks to
me as IL it had drifted bodily
" across the Atlantic from old
France or Spain," said Colo
mel Haverill as he stood gazing out
harborward from the pillared veranda
Of the roomy colonial mansion front
ing on the East Battery.
1t was early spring Of the year 1861.
Sky and water in that southern sea-
board cline were blue, but it was the
soft, dreamy blue of Mediterranean
shores. Nights Of yelvety dusk were
lit with strangely large, low hung
stars. The magnolias We're not yet in
bloom, but amid the moss yelled live
oaks already the mockingbirds sang,
or rather rhapsodized in language of
golden tone, as if confding thrilling
secrets that burst from stifled hearts.
Such were the enviable conditions,
heightened rather than restrained by
the political turmoil Of the time, un-
der which an oddly assorted group of
people Of various ages and conditions,
and including besides Charlestonians
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against the SKY That was no rocket
that was shell. It has struck the
fOrty'
At the same instant there was q loud
clatter OF horses hoofs outside and
Bob Ellingham dashed up the front
steps. &. =s
"Ruf1in has fired the shoty' he cried,
throwing. his cap into the air. 'Hark!
there goes another one. They have
opened fire on Sumter, sure enough!''
Where is Mr.. West? Mr.. Thorn
toni The doctor 2" demanded the
three women, all in breath.
'They are-Anderson doesn't reply
That's what rode back ahead to tell
you. It's all right. The second shot
hit Thornton, and Kerchival hasn't
scratch. He'll be along with the doc
tor directly. Ruf1n swore he would
fire the first
For heavens sake, Robert, what are
you talking about?" pleaded Gertrude,
selling him by the arm. do try and
compose yourself and tell MS what has
happened. You say that
"Kerchival and Thornton have had it
out, tell you. Beauregard has 5000
or 1000 men under arms, and it's a
chance If Anderson can muster a hun
dred. Well. as was saying. they met
in the gardens down at the bayou.
Sam Pinckney and myself loaded the
weapons, pair Of regulation navy
SKIES. Then we tossed up silver dol
lar for choice Of position at ten PAGES.
and Thornton won. But that made no
difference, for the sun wasn't up yet''-.
"Mercy! Was it duel?' Mrs. Ha-
verill interjected.
1T certainly was, madam. Kerchival
scored at the second fire. His bullet
plowed through Thornton's cheek,
branding him, but nothing dangerous.
The doctor Is with him. and old Ker-
chival is all right and coming along
after me any minute. Well. that tri-
fling affair ia over and well over.
Something more important has started.
thought you'd all be anxious to know
that
MADAM. ] have to beg your pardon
for my Unexpectedly prolonged absence
and to report for orders"
This last was the voice of Kerchival,
looking uncommonly pale and animal
Cd. addressing himself to Mrs. Ha-
verilI.
She grasped his hand without speak
ing and drew him aside.
II can only say God bless you. Lieu
tenant Vest" she said. with quivering
lips. 'eome happier day / hope to
thank you adequately and so will the
colonel. He knows even less than l do
at the present moment. But he knows
that Frank has taken refuge here. and
he will not see him or allow me to do
20. You will take these to the poor boy,
won't you-this letter and this little
packet? 1t is a sacred confidence, and
ask it. as l know you receive it.
freely"
Kerchival bowed profoundly and was
of in a second.
Mrs. Haverilrs envoy to her stepson
Frank had cost her another poignant
! scene with the colonel. Before the ball
had ended and the excitement of Sum-
ter fairly began. husband and wife
had met in the seclusion of the lady's
| apartment
my Desdemona," he had said in
| more than half serious bantering. Il
picked up Cassio's handkerchief here.
and I have returned it to its owner.
That is all very we'll. my girl. but
what is this hear about you having
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and experiencing the irksomeness with
out the companionship Of that parents
strict control. It was not to be won
dered at If Frank came periiously near
to being spoiled.
After graduation from Columbia
instead Of from West Point, as the
colonel would have desired IL such
choice could have been realized In the
natural course Of events-Frank Haver-
Ill entered the banking house of the
Towards, relatives of his stepmother.
This had seemed a promising connec-
tion-it might have led, possibly, to an.
other matrimonial alliance through one
OF the pretty daughters of the family
ON whom the young clerk was known
to have made most favorable impress
sion-when suddenly he ran away
with and married Edith Maury, a nice
enough girl. as 1t was said, but two or
three years his senior and the daugh-
ter of an impoverished southern family
whose home was in New. Orleans.
This was bad enough. Still rash
love match is not in itself an unpar-
donable sin. Frank was forgiven. At
least truce was patched up and the
prodigal son went back repentant, as 1t
seemed, to his stool at the bank.
Alas, the prodigal climax was yet
to come. Its beginnings had dated
back even to the college days. Edward
Thornton had been much in New York
then. He had first met the Haverills
at Saratoga. Handsome, reckless, a
social favorite and sportsman Of no
small pretensions, Thornton had i'm
mediately exercised over young Frank
an influence amounting to fascination
and hero worship. Those were flush
times of racing, of gambling, of drink
Ing and-south Of Mason and Dixon's
line especia1ly-of dueling. Thornton
took the eager, precocious boy in hand
and made man of him." 1t was
such a man" as the colonel, his ia.
Their, absent most of the time on west
ern duty, never dreamed.
Matters were in such strained rela-
lions now when the colonel and his
wife stopped at Charleston on their
way north. And it was at this Hateful
moment that the last stroke fell.
The day before the Ellingham ball
Colonel Haverill learned from the New
York newspapers and simultaneously
by letter from his lawyers there that
his son was an absconder and fugi-
tive. Under suspicion on account Of
Irregularities discovered at the Howard
bank, he had fed, no one knew With
er, to escape arrest, leaving his wife de-
serted and without resources.
Colonel Haverill's grief and rage
were fearful.
Il might have expected it," he said.
And yet, hadn't l enough else on nv
mind just now without being brought
to face thing like this? Well, let fate
deal with him. He deserves the worst
that can happen. am through with
him. l have always done my best by
him; now l have other and more i'm
portant duties to perform. 1 am an
officer Of the United States army"
Don't judge him too hastily, John.
May it not have been that it was only
after another was dependent on him
that the debts of thoughtless spend
thrift-for he was nothing worse
drove him to desperation-to fraud,
perhaps-1 will not believe crime"
His wife shall be provided for-my
lawyers have their instructions" re-
piled the colonel CURLY.
Mrs. Haverill stole softly out of the
room, closing the door behind her,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18
State of Minnesota,
County of KandiyOhi,

State of Minnesota,
County OF Kandiyohi,
We, A. E. Rice, President and F&G
Handy. Cashier of the above named bank do
solemnly swear that the above statement is
trueto the best of our knowledge and belief
A. E. RICE,
.1 President.
- FIG. HANDY, -
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day Of June, 1918. s4z=5z5E7s#=
N. S. SWENsON,
[SEAL] .-s ---... Notary Public
my commission expires July 9th, 1921
Correct ~
A 1Tw.f G. 2: Lien
Directors I'M. D. MANNING.
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The He; !. !, j: wing Picture.

THE: q Living Picture
is our idea Of a suc
cessful poi trait. This
. means a study of the
character and mood Of
the sitter-as well as of
salient features and
the facilities for inter
preting them.
Our studio equip
ment is up-to-date, and
the entire studio sur
roundings are designed
to put the sitter at ease,
enabling us to catch
the living, natural,
everyday expression.
If this is your idea
OF a portrait, you will
appreciate our work.
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Vanilla Sauce

Boil g cups Of sugar and cup OF
avater SIC minutes; add tablespoonfuls
Of butter and teaspoontul Of va,ailla
extract.
The K c Cooks Book containing this
and 80 other delicious, successful, recipes
sent free upon receipt Of the colored ceEti6-
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Powder. Write your name and address
plainly. jacques Mig. Co., Chicago. ~
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Marble Pudding

Steamed buildings will not be heavy if
made with &c Baking Powder and cooked
slowly to give the pudding time to rise be-
fore the dough is cooked through. Have a
low blaze under the water for at least the
first fifteen minutes.
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parts and add the
chocolateto one part.
Disposethe two parts
in a buttered mold
to give a marbled
appearance. Steam
forty five minutes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-18
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
BANK OF WlLLMAR

at Willmar Mimi, at Close of Business on
June 4th, 1918.
Date OF Call by Supt. June 4th 1918.
Date of Report by Bank, June 18th, 1913
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BRuNER'S
HOUSE BURNED,
Residence Of Commissioners
at Raynr DESTROYED Had
Rented 1t.

Rayne, La. Aug. 1.-The resi-
dence Of Il. .. Blnnei, Commits.
siOner or Agriculture and IMmi-
grafton, and one 81 the hands' ~
est homes in this place. was o.
stroyed by fire this morning about
40 The property was n"rnr'"''
by Mr.. j. ". MNres. who. with
his family. had 4 narrow escape.
The contents Of the building, con
aistiDg Of the furniture and be
ioneiDgs Of Mr. Myres w'r" Al
most u total loss, only the piano
and laArlor Auile and some cloth
ing helng saved. The building
was vaiued ut 5000, and the con
tents At s., 600
The origin Of the fire j. -
knows. When the inmates of the
hOuHp were awakened I'll. entire
back portion was ablazr Neigh
A,ors declare that the tire started
IN the kitchen. The loss il par
s,.ily covered by insurance.
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BIxBy'S VIEWS.
I'm Protection against RIVER
Fluols-l.evees and Revet-
mont the Surcst Way.

Scimltar building, Memphis.
Tenn July -, Iol:,
Mr. l.. i Milla,d, Editor. lbe;iaD
New Iberia. La.
Thinking that il would help onr
canse very mnclD to have some tx
preston from the Chief Of Eng,-
n"era uf the United States, Mr..
Caldwell and w,nte 4 letter tu
General Blxby and asked him 'u
give Ills views IN regard to the
whole question Of improving the
Mississippi River and he has
written Mr.. Caldwell letter
which | herewith enclose
| believe that such letter
ought to have wide circulation
aud 80 | had il sterrotyped and
have had one thousand copies
struck off 81 that can show an,
one who is doubtful what The
CHIEF Engineer ot the United
States Amy has to say on this
subject Perhaps it would be Il
good thug t. publish this consplc,
uousIy ana have some editorial
On il. Sincerely yours,
JNO. A. FON, Sect -Mang.
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Fresh Flower Seed for sale 1t
Nillard's News Depot. 1914 crep,
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SO-WN TRACTION
AND POWER COMPANY

At tic stnckhoHr,' mertjug u uRr
traction company, held about 'ht ndi
lie of last Jun. IL NIX Orleans. 4at
eral amendments ~ IA charter Wrtf
adopted among nhiVl Na4 thr foiluw
ing:
A,,i,l" " ~ anlh rhHtfrr Naa
amended .sn ~ ~ ftnd na tnilnWss
"AETltl Il IN
The .arinl STOCK M this corpora
,,un Is hr,ohy fixed ~ 'lhrrc Mutton
Dollars @NS 900 NuN nn diSniea intn
aud represented bs Thirty Thousand
~ .uNnl sl,at.a ni tl,r ppr value ~ One
Hundred llnilala slnO 90 cael WHICH
stock sh:,,l he an ii.d into twn classes,
known respectively na preferred ansl
common stock. aud ol which I'm
Thousand sl,nrrs lnnnnl ~ One MAJ
lion Dollars tsl GEO unn oul .hnil ~
preferred stock, and Twenty Thousand
nO,uunl slia,os q, Two Million nrl,ars
s2,nnu, 100 nai shall he common stock
''The lIlder4 of tIG preferred stock
shall he entitled io receive when aud
as declared from III" surplus ~ net
profits Ut the corporation, yearly ;liFi.
dends at The rate ~ aiN rer cent pef
annuIl. and no more, payable acnt
annually on dates ~ hc fixed Nv tire
D, laws If tho corporation The III
yidends Oh the preferred stock shall
he cumulative and shall ~ PAYABLE
bein,e any dividend on the common
stock shall y. paid ~ s.t apart ao
that, il III an, year dividends amount
ing t. aiN per cent shall nnt nave ", u
paid on The preferred stock, the dei'tt
ency shalt he payable before amy IL
vihcndl shall hc paid uron ~ 80
apart for the common stock.
'WLeneyer a1l cumulative dividends
on preferred stock ln' ~ previous
years have been declared aud shall
have become paN all. nnI the accrued
semi annual inatallmcnts ,nt tho cui
rent year shall have h.nu declared
and the corporation ah.ll have paid
such cumulative dividends fl, ptryt
nus years and such accrue semi lnuu
al installmcnta, ot shall have set aside
from it, surplus or net profits a snm
sufficient "a, tllr paNmsn, thereof thr
board rf directors ma, dsGtl,t ii,t
denda on tie common stock payable
then 81 thereafter. nut 1T Hns remain
rug surplus oi not profits
In the event nf nn, liquidation ~
dissolution ~ Winding ~ oi I'll. cor.
p0ratipn whether voluntary ~ tnvnl-
uu,a,y or II 4 d,strlluiinr Of the ~
sets Of the cotpuratinn, o. any portion
thereof, Nv WAY ut return nt capital
the holders ~ The preferred RtuGk \
shall be entitled ~ ~ paid IL full
I'M I, the nar amount ~ their shares
snd the unpaid dividends accrued
thereon, hut no more. before any
amount shall be paid 70 the holders 81
The common stock, and attet the pay
mcmt to the holders ni the rreleli ~
stock Of its par value and the unpaid
accrued dividend. thereon. the y"
| msining assets aud funds shall hc 81
vided aud paid to the holders 81 til.
common stock according to their re
aENactiyc ahares
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lSIFENS EEBIlLT or NEW.
Elicl, Cement Lime, Gravel.
Sand. Drainage Files, etc
BERTRAND LUMBER 90.
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det your JOB PRINTING
AZ the ID1kIAN Office,
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TIRED Or PROHIBITION

Ninety per cent Of the business
men Of Lake Charles have signed
the petition asking thai the police
Jury call q special election 70 dr
eide whether Or no. liquor licenses
can be issued III CaIcas'an parish
Al il believed that an election will
be called III 4 few months and that
!lay January ] Lake Charles will h'
issuing regular licenses. and that
ta,e blind tigers will he Il thing q
raee past. The petitions will 70
circulated III all parts Of the pa
isl,. aud the required numb q
Algn rs IL being obtained without
s..siy special tliMt.