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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Choosing a Father-in-Law

What do you mean?" cried the duke.
The Count Diego Domez de Villa
nera,' went on the doctor, ''is the last
scion of noble Neapolltan family trans
planted to Spain in the reign of Charles
v. His fortune is the largest in the
whole peninsula. He is 90 years old. has
a handsome face, a finished education,
an honorable character
ADD said the duke, 'and Mme Cher
mildly"
Yes went On lie Bris, 'and Nine.
Chermody For certain reasons the count
wishes to quit Nine. Chermidy and to
marry into one of the most illustrious
families of the faubourg
lie Will secure to his father-in-law
an income of $4,000 francs a year. The
father-in-law he has chosen is yourself
In short, the Doctors story was this.
Nine. Chermidy was the wife of a cap
tam in the French navy. When the cap
tain had been a young officer in the
merchant service he had taken Honorine
SaVenaze from behind a tobacconist's 8
counter at Toulon and married her.
Appointed to the navy, Chermidy would
be absent on foreign stations for years
at time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
The Only Chance


DR.. Charles lie Bris was one OF the
best loved young physicians in Paris.
He had attended The La Tour d dEmbleuse
family for year or two without pay
or the hope Of pay.
lie had recently told the duke that
the fair delicate Germaine had. in his
opinion, only about four months more
to live. Also he said that he thought
the lungs Of the duchess were becoming
infected.
a enange Of climate freedom from
care, good food and plenty of it. were
the only things that would save mother
and daughter
The duke wept to think that he would
then have no one to take care Of him.
It was 10 O'clock when the duchess
returned from pawning her wedding ring.
The duke was still in bed; his toilet was
not vet made and his face showed traces
of his 6S years.
The young doctor was again putting
before him the condition of Germaine
ana her mother, and the duke was la
menting ION what will become of me?''
Duke. said lie Bris, 'I bring you
nope for Your wife and daughter; l
bring you wealth You have only to
reach ont your hand and take them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
tcapyright, 1913. by Irving King. All
rights reserved

(Capyri ght, 1913. by irving King. All
rights reserved.)
Edmond Francois Valentine About
was one OF those rare men, an infant
phenomenon" who made good" in his
later years. He was remarked for his
talent in his school days and is de-
clared to have been more brilliant than
Taine Provost -Paraaol and Sarcey.
who We're his classmates al college,
At the age of % his fame as q writer
was established, and he was a power
In politics. His popularity as writer
he held throughout his life, but as u
politician his influence waned after tho
fall of the Second Empire.
About wrote on verything--politics
economy, art. politics--as we'll as being
farcical. His reputation. outside OF his
own country rests mostly upon his
novels of the class of which "Germaine'
is a specimen. As a young man About
spent a considerable time IN Greece,
and his picture of tho 1onian Islands in
'Germaine' is one OF the fruits of that
soiourn.
About was elected to the French aea-
denny in 1884. As is shown by Ger
maine" Paris and the Parisians were to
About an open book, which ne could
read understandingly and interpret to
all the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
A Flash of Genius

In this extremity the Chermidy was
inspired with flash of genius.
Marry she said: seek a wife among
the first nobility of France and prevail
upon her to acknowledge in the marriage
contract this child as her own.
by this means little Gomez will be
legitimatized noble on his fathers side
and heir to all your Spanish possessions.
Do not think of mel sacrifice myself"
Villanera was duped by this false res
ignation and thought he would be COM
mitting a crime by abandoning the Dos
SCISSOR of so much maternal love. Then
the Chermidy whispered. Marry for
little while-the doctor will lind YOU II
wife among his patients" Thus clearly
intimating that it was some dying wom-
an the Count was to marry.
The stern old dowager agreed to the
fraud. She was a good woman, n pious
woman, but she thought that the world
could not go on quite in the old way
IL the race of the Vilaneras should be
extermnated.
II was a matter OF state with her. like
deceit for perpetaatng royal line, and
such things might be done without sin
in high places, though the same would
be wicked in the ordinary walks of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
BY
EDMOND ABOUT

mildly and the former at Rome of ty-
phoid fever.
The dowager Countess Villanera and
the dowager Duchess de La Tour d'Em-
blease for many years shared the home
OF their son and daughter. managing
without jealousy the large household
and the education of a little grandchild
a girl.
Next weeks one-Page elastic will
be, Life Is a Dream" by Pedro CAL
deron de la Barca.
Copyright, 1913. by Irving King.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Calling a Consultation

DR.. Ee Bris heard of the Ionian
Islands as being a place where the eli
mate was especially beneficial to con-
sumptives.-
Resolved to save Germaine. If such u
thing were possible, he urged their
journeying to Corfu. Germaine listless-
ly consented. and to Corfu the party
went
A house, the Villa Dandolo. some
miles ouside the city and on the verge
of the sea. was taken and there, liv'
an out of door life in that equable and
healing climate. Germaine began to i'm
prove.
The news came to Nine Chermidy 10
Paris and she raved like mad wom-
an She called in for consultation a
cousin of hers, who lived in. the house
as sort of domestic.
She was person of enormous size,
and for that reason was known as lie
Tas. LIE Tas was devoted to her rich
relative. was as wicked as Nine. Cher
mildly and her counselor and inspirer III
all deviftry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
The Situation Saved

When Nine. Chermidy learned that
everything had been arranged she suf-
fered a revulsion of feeling.
This marriage which she had arranged.
this skilful contrivanee which she had
thought stroke of genius, might turn
out to be her ruin.
Nothing was needed but a caprice of
nature or the stupid honesty of physi-
elan to foil her best laid plans and frus-
trate her dearest hopes. She began to
doubt everything, the doctor, her star
her lover.
But it was too late 10 draw back now
So the marriage took place-and the
duke received his price.
But when it came to leaving Paris the
old roue ballSed-he would stay where he
was-and he could not stay without the
duchess TO take care of him.
DR.. lie Bris was exasperated at the sell
fishness OF the man and said: "WelI
stay then, and you can all die comfort-
ably together"
But the Countess Villanera saved the
situation. She would go to Italy and
act the part of a mother to Germaine-
She would Save the girls life il possible.
DR. lie Bris agreed 10 go along also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
One Play More

Ihat day Diego received note from
Nine Chermidy. declaring that IL he
did not come to her she would comn,it
suicide. He showed II to the doctor.
DIR. lie Bris showed him Nine. Cher
midy's letter written upon learning of
the death of her husband In it she
had SO completely unmasked herself that
the count saw her as she was
DO not be alarmed" said the doctor,
''she will not kill herself. She wants
money / will negotiate with her.
He went to the cottage and found
that Honorine was willing to be bought
Off But the count would have to pay
high
> This conversation the doctor reported
to Don Diego, and they both laughed
at the threat of suicide,
But Honorine was resolved to make
one play yet for the grand stalSe--the
possession of Don Diego. She was a
woman without conscience or mercy
She had never loved anybody-but she
could hate with fury. When Mantoux
came to her that night she said to him:
Your poisons have failed, but knife
makes sure work. You can obtain access
to Germaines chamber. On that mantel-
piece is a stiletto. Take 1t and use it,
Il have 100000 francs in the drawer
of the desk. ! will give you $4,000 10
kill Germaine. You can easily do it and
then escape in boat to Turkish terri
tory, where you will be safe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
A Martyr to Fate

30 the poor woman dried her eyes and
the duke awaited for eight years for
turn of fortunes wheel in the little
apartments over the stables of the Count
de Sanglie.
How they managed to exist all this
time; with what selling of furniture and
clothing; what cajoling of tradespeople;
what pinching and starving. only the
poor devoted, woman. her faithful SER
want and her sick daughter knew.
But whatever privations the others en-
dured, the duke always was Well fed
and asked no questions-gave tic matter
no thought In his selfish egctisn he
considered himself a martyr 10 fate and
entitled to be well looked after accord
ingly.
1t is a strange fact that these eu-
premeiy selfish cyclists who never in
AL their lives have been guilty OF an act
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
News from the Far East

DR. lie Bris received a letter from
Paris. Captain Chermidy was dead. as
sassinated by the Chinese. and his
widow rejoiced over three pages of let
ter paper and expressed imparience at
Germaine's delay in dying.
The doctor spoke not Il word of this
letter: the name of Nine. Chermidy was
never mentioned in the household
never had been.
But one night at dinner one Of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

out for the count a woman sure to die
as per contract in little while.
And, anyway, her son would be the
counts heir and have the second. title
of the family, that of Marquis de Los
Monies Hero.
When LIE Bris put his proposition be-
fore M. de la Tour d d'Embleuse the duke
at first pretended to be indignant-then
he wavered and asked questions, and
kept saying, 1T will give me an income
of $4,000 francs, and it is to save the
lives of my daughter and my wife, after
ALL"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
.Little-Luck Mantoux

Madame drew the conversation to poi
sons. and the chemist dlscoursed at
some length. He talked much OF ar
senic and it's use By poisoners. Madame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
OFF to Italy

So behold the Duke and Duchess de
La Tour d d'Emhleuse. settled in a luxu-
rious house In Paris, the duke plunged
Ing her solitary life OF piety aud good
works. still believing In the greatness
and nobility of her husband and ieno-
rant of or ignoring. his vices
Germaine. accompanied by Tic coun-
tess Went by easy stages 10 italy.
Count de Nillanera treated his wiFe
with the utmost courtesy, was accidu-
Gus in his attentions TO her comfort,
while the old countess watched over
her with the tenderness of a iaother
Gcrmaino developed a character en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
A CL A S S I G
IN A P A G. E

OF self-abnegation, whose whole nature
centers in themselves, always have wom-
en- around them who admire them and
believe In them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
What the Doctor Did Not Tell

DR. lie Bris, when the matter was
broached to him. thought of Germaine
and the poverty of her father. and had
come to make the proposition to the
duke.
What the doctor did not tell--what he
did not know. though he suspected it.
was that Nine. CarmoGy had visions of
becoming the Countess dc Villnnera
Aslatic fever. battle. shipwreciS might
at any time put an end to the incumber-
ing Captain Chernidy Then, pasbleu,
she would marry Don Diego and take his
name, wealth. station, son. all
Fer, OF course. the efdoctor woul1f pick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

tirely at variance with her previous
one. She was irritable, unreasonable,
exacting. She received all the atten-
tions of the count as a matter of
course; was distant and harsh with
him.
Sometimes she would sneeringly inti-
mate that she supposed he was disap-
pointed that she did not die at once.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08
PUBLIC SALES
Several Additional Auction Sales
Amounted t. Be
Held

Public sales announced this week
are Fl. Ct. Bennett, three and a half
miles northwest of Madison, Tuesday,
Feb. %. The property to be sold in
cluded 10 this sale comprises ten head
horses, four head cattle, and an I'M
usually long list of farm implements,
nearly everything in the line included
in the list. The horses comprise two
teams of males weighing $500 and
2E00, respectively, and two teams
~geldings weighing 2400 and $500,
respectively. The list of articles
also includes household goods. Col.
J. p. Nighbert will have charge of
the sale with d. M. Finnie as clerk.
The sale will begin at II o'clock a. m.
with free lunch at noon.
On Thursday. Feb. 27, f. j. Walsh
ley and JAS. s. Keegan will hold a
public sale at MI. Keegsn's farm il
Clarno. This is a big sale, including
twenty head horses. ranging in weight
from 1900 down to 1000 pounds, eight
mares among the number. Also four
milch cows and ninety hogs--ffty bred
sows and forty shoats. Other property
includes farm machinery, six horse
power engine, hay, corn and house
hold goods. DR.. W. Il. Kinney will
be in charge with Guy K. Mitchell
at the desk. Sale will begin at IL
o'clock a. M, with free lunch at 0
Other sales announced are S.. G.
Sherman, on the L. W. Ketcbam
farm, four and a half miles north
west of Madison. Tuesday, Feb. IL,
beginning at 10 o'clock a. m, with
free lunch at noon. Col. j. p. Nigh
bert will be in charge and d. M.
Fiunie will do the writing.
G. +. Robson announces sale to be
held Wednesday. Feb. 10, at his prem
Uses ten and a half miles southwest of
Madison, sale to begin at 10 O'Clock
under the direction of Dr. w. e.
Kinney with Guy E. Mitchell as clerk.
j. g. McBride's sale will take place
Monday, Feb. "a, beginning at 1
O'Clock p. ~. DIR. w. Z. Kinney will
be in charge with Guy e. Mitchell as
clerk.
The property to be sold at the three
latter sales includes horses, cattle, hogs,
farm implements, etc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08

in such a ann as to excite inter.
est in the discussion and to impress the
public with the Importance of religion
in every day life. The campaign has
resulted in widely extending the influ-
ence of the church and in charging the
congreg alton.
The following changes have been
made in the personnel of the official
staff of the enlarged Milwaukee sys.
tenn: j. T. Gillick. former superin.
tendent of the Hastings q Dakota divi-
sion, is appointed assistant to the gen
eral manager. q. E. Simpson, former.
ly superintendent Of transportation at
Chicago, is appointed general super
visor of transportation. g. L. Whip.
pie, formerly assistant superintendent
of transportation, is appointed super
intendent of transportation. p. G.
Hart. formerly general superintendent
of the operating department at Chi
cago. Milwaukee & Puget Sound limos,
at Seattle, is appointed general man
ager of lines east Of the Missouri riv-
er, including the Black Hills division.
W. H. Penfeld, formerly assistant
chief engineer at Chicago, is appointed
assistant to Vice President ID. L. Bush.
All of the above changes we're effective
on February 1, although the changes
have not been previously officially AN
nounced.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08
BURNED TO DEATH
Horrible Fate of a Minnehahs
County Farmer on Road
Home

Sioux Falls. Feb. S.-His clothes
burned from his body. Peter Seivert, a
farmer aged so, died from burns and
exposure on his way home after buying
groceries for his wife and FIVE children
at Humboldt, near here. A lighted
pipe in his pocket is believed to have
caused the file. The charred body
was found three miles north of Hum
bold, frozen stiff. Seivert left Hum
boldt with team and wagon. He dis
covered bis clothes were ON fire one
mile and a half ont, tore his sbeepskin
coat off and drove ahead a mile and a
half when, freezing from the bitter
cold, he got out of the wagon and
unhitched his team. He left the
wagon and dragged himself toward a
neighboring farmhouse, but fell ex-
hausted and is believed to have frozen
to death in the road.
Farmers discovered his body near the
abandoned wagon with only shreds of
bis clothing ~clinging to bis lower
limbs. Particles of burned clothing
found at the side OF the road led to u
trail to his partially burned overcoat
with a pipe in the pocket over a mile
toward town. His horses unhitched
probably while Seivert was crazed
with pain, were found at his home FIVE
miles ftom HUMBOLDT. His burning
garments ignited a dried stubble field,
which burned for nearly a mile along
the side of the road.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08

of its line now terminating at Faith,
but the conservative element here
dvubt If the branch will be extended
this year, as no indications to that
effect have yet been displayed. When
the line is extended, it is believed it
will be extended either 20 the Mon
tana or Wyoming coal fields. and
open a vast stretch of territory now
without rail facilities, causing the
building Of many e towns and a
great thrush OF settlers into victually
virgin territory, inhabited at present
almost entirely by the cattlemen and
his herds The extension would also
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08

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more tears, wiped away more diseases
and driven away more fears than any
other medicine. It's HOLSTERS Rocky
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druggist.
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force the Northwestern to build east
ward from Newell to hold its territory.
The Busy Woman,s Day.

It begins early, ends late, and is full
of work. She often has kidney trouble
without knowing it. Her back aches,
and she Is tired and worn out. Sleeps
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make her strong and we'll. They are
the best medicine made for kidney
and bladder disorders. For nle BY oil
druggists. Adv
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08
PARCEL POST

Parcel post brings my store as close
to Won as your mail box. Order your
shoes and rubbers by mail from this
store. Fit and wear guaranteed. Will
accept money order or personal check,
Aug. A. Kludt, the new shoeman.
Madison. s. d.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08
Mothers Can Safely Buv

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TO tho little nes when aifing and suf.
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Kings New Discovery changed our
boy from . pale weak sick boy to the
picture OF neaitn.' Always he lips.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08
R. R. EXTENSION
Speculation at Faith Regarding
the Plans Of the Mil
waukee

Faith, Feb. 8.--The people in this
section of South Dakota are still dis
c~ussing with much interest and great
optimism. the possibility Of the Mil
waukee railroad extending the branch
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08

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Dr.. Kings New Discoverv

Soothes irritated throat and lungs.
stope chronic and hacking cough. re-
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08
THE CITY.


Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer il
extreme east portion tonight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-08

Get my prices on drilling and repair
ing wslls.-l. +. Moran. 1adison. 8
phone 8sS green.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-27
OLDHOMESTEADER
Nathaniel Walker Filed on
Claim So Years Ago.
Veteran of Two Wars and
Pioneer of SunflOwer State.

Mcpherson, kan, June 27.-The old
est living Kansas homesteader, the
earliest to file on a Kansas claim yet
| living, is Nathaniel Walker, of Nc
Pherson.
Mr.. Walker now IS years of age, but
is still spry and active.
1t was in 1856, fifty-seven years ago.
that Mr.. Walker filed on a claim in
Doniphan county, 31z miles northeast
of the present townsite of Troy 10
be correct. he did not make the ming
until the landoffice opened at k1cKa--
poo the following spring.
when l took the claim the survey
ors hadn't finished making the sur
veys of the sections" said Mr.. Walker
today They had come through and
made the east and west lines. we
staked out our claims, and then run
the lines by guess. 1 paid $l.Zo per
acre for my homestead.
Before that there had been seVeraA
squatters who had located along the
river But they were driven out py
soldiers and their cabins burned. the
first claims were Staxed out IN 1900
the year I located my land and the nrst
official filings were made the next
spring at Kickapoo."
Mr.. Walker is a veteran of the Mexl-
can, as we'll as the Civil war He ran
away from home a boy under age, TO
enlist in the Second Illinois regiment
when the Mexican war broke out he
REPRESENTED that he was of age ana
was accepted.
He enlisted August Z, 1S47, went
with his regiment to New Orleans and
then to Vera Cruz with General Scott's
army. He served until July %, 1s4s.
To Kansas in 1850.
Mr. Walker came to Kansas in 1850,
first locating at Leavenworth and then
interested spectator and participant IN
the early history of the Kansas Dor
der.
He was well acquainted with Dr.
Stringfellow, Senator Atchison, Jim
Lane and other prominent men or
those days.
I'VE had no trouble in our county,
said Mr. Walker. There were none
of the massacreS, or shooting or set
tiers, or other troubles of that kind.
Nearly everybody in Doniphan county
was free state There were two kinds
of free state settlers, though. There
were the radicals who were known as
the underground settlers. who be-
lieved in helping the negroes to es-
cape. And there were the others who
did not approve of such methods, but
We're opposed to slavery and favored
a free state. 1 was one of those"
Mr.. Walker left Kansas when the
civil war broke out and went back
to Illinois with his wife. He had no
intention of enlisting, having been
through one war. But in August, 1867
the civil conflict lasting longer than
was first expected, Mr.. Walker en-
listed in the One Hundred and Twenty
second Illinois regiment and served
three years, mostly in campaigns along
the Mississippi river.
sAfter the war Mr. Walker came back
to Kansas, locating in Bourbon county
first, and then, in 1879 coming to NC
Pherson county. He has been resi-
dent of the latter county ever since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-27
RECORD LAND DEAL.
Senator Mahin and Brother Buys 30
Quarter Sections in Sherman Co.

Smith Center, Kan, June 27-One
of the largest land deals ever made IN
western Kansas was cOnSummateu
here when State Senator I. M. Mahin
and his brother. Frank w. Mahin,
came into possession of So quarter sec
lions of land in Sherman county The
land has been secured as an invest
ment proposition and will be sold in
small tracts to actual settlers. Sena-
tor Mahin has been interested in
western Kansas land for many years,
and takes up this new proposition with
a perfect knowledge of conditions.
For several years that part of the
state has played in rather hard luck in
the way of crops. but the new and
better knowledge of conditions opens
a way for a permanent prosperity
hardly conceivable by the oldtimers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-27
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