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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-12-12

TheYellowetonet trail throup Fl
Hettineer and six miles to tn
east and the west, is now wei
marked. Large boulders wer
placed along the highway a
short intervals and each on,
was painted a bright yellow.
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"Then there came a silence mat was

Then there came silence mat was
longer than ever. Waiting outside,
trembling In the anticipation of the
working out of my plans. believe
prayed a little that one or the other
would find way of telling what was
In their minds. that they would have
it out and then settle things forever.
But no word came FROM within; they
perhaps were sitting there, thinking
sadly of the happy days of the past.
inwardly blaming each other for the
fact that those happy days were ap-
parently over, and sure, each OF them,
that the other was to blame. I stood
1t as long as I could, and then-well,
then walked to the door OF the state
room, found that the catch turned, and
walked within. They started at he
sight of me. Their faces seemed to
grow pale.
"You!' they both gasped. You
planned this?'
Eyes l answered, I planned it. Mr.
Douglas, I was hired by your wife to
get divorce evidence on you. Mrs
Douglas, l was hired by your husband
to get the same thing on you. Don't
answer me. l have a few things to
say that want to get off my mind.
know that right now you are thinking
that l tricked both of you some way.
did. I tricked you into a situation
where you could see yourself as you
were before you let outsiders come be-
tween you You've both been foolish.
You have allowed those who have not
one millionth the interest in you that
you should have in yourselves to make
you believe lot of things that are
| not true, that have never been true
and will never be true. AS you are
now, you are turning back two years
TO when you were first married. Why
not wipe out the past, start right
where you started once and make life
over again? Mrs. Douglas, you are
| foolish for listening to the advice OF
your mother. There is nothing wrong
with your husband, except that he is
working his life out for you. Mr..
| Douglas, you are an idiot for listening
to your so-called friends. Should what
you planned have come to pass, they
would have been the first to condemn
you All your wife needs is a little
| of the petting and happiness that you
once gave her before you tried to
make a human machine of yourself.
Now, you are in a stateroom that is
arranged as for a bride and groom.
Do you want to play the part, just for
| old times sake? Or are you going to
leave the train at the next station and
make yourselves miserable for the
rest of your life? l have had faith
enough in you both to go to this ex-
| pense. feeling that 1 would be REIN
bursed. But if l am not"-I spread
my hand-"I am game enough to lose
on case had lot Of interest in!
81 stopped and looked at them. Long
the surprise showed in their faces;
they merely gazed at me out of wide
| eyes. Then, slowly, Brent Douglas
turned and held forth his arms to his
wife. She smiled at him. He clasped
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Everybody's Doing 1t.

The premier of Servia once upon a
time had a round of official calls to
make in the ministry building. His
first visit was at eleven o'clock and
he had allotted Is minutes to it.
He called on a certain high official
stood talking to him for what he
thought was his Is minutes, and then
proceeded across the hall to the office
of another minister.
On the way there he sought to look
at his watch. 1t was gone. He burst
into the other minister's office and
exclaimed:
This is too much. Here come to
this place and call on high official
and when / come out my watch is
gone l will not stand it,"
"Excellency," said the other minis
ter, pray be calm! / will see what
/ can do"
Presently the second minister re
turned and handed the premier his
watch.
What did the thieving rascal say
when you made him return my
watch?" asked the premier.
"Oh," replied the other minister. "he
did not know / took it,"
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moment. II suspicion was stronger
than memories, then my plan had
failed. But if the environment of the
stateroom, the fact that everybody in
the car took them to be a young mar.
ried couple, if all these things could
work harder than the new things
which had been born in the minds
and which l had forgotten to foresee
at all-then my plan would work And
minute after minute l waited there
while from within there came only
silence.
Brent, tell me-, came at last in
the voice of the wife, were you really
going to st. Louis on business-or was
| it something else?
"He waited a moment before he re.
piled.
ono, I wasn't he said. I was go.
ing down there for something can.
not tell you about, but something
want you to know was not dishonor.
able nor unfaithful Somehow or other
jeanette. since I've been sitting here
looking at you, and thinking-well
thinking about another time when you
and I were like this-well, I've made
up my mind to try something again
and to see if-oh, l. can't tell you
what it is, but -
do you mean she began, and
stopped. l could imagine the look on
her face
cannot tell you what l mean he
answered. Only l have had my rea
sons for believing it a long, long time
And now
"'Oh,' she said, half to herself. Then
came that which I was waiting for
She attempted to change the subject
She believed that she had almost trod
on dangerous ground, that he had al
most confessed to her that he really
did care for another woman, and II
hurt. That ribbon is pretty, isn't II?
she. asked. Something like the one
that Mary tied on our suitcase the
night we were married.
EYES, he answered. thought ]
detected little catch in his voice
1t is, isn't it?'
Didn't they have fun with US
thought
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no one believed them Their faces grew
redder than ever.
"'What names was this stateroom
taken out inf? Brent asked.
"'Mr. and Mrs. Douglas the porter
answered. That's you, amt it?'
"'Yes, they admitted dazedly. But
there's a mistake somewhere-there's
got to be a mistake
"No, they amt the porter an
swered.
For Just minute they both stood
there as angry as they could be. Then,
little by little, the humor of the situa-
ton began to break in on them.
don't know what 1t Is, but there is
something about weddings and honey
moons that gets into the heart of
everyone. And even Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas. much as they believed they
wanted to be separated from each
other, were affected. / saw Mr.. Doug
las smile a bit-and his wife smiled
too. Then he turned to her.
well, Jeanette he said, I don't
think there's anything for us to do
until the train stops the next time, and
then we can get off. l guess we've
got to be honeymooners until then
"She laughed bit. She looked at
him, snd he looked at her. I could
see that in their minds there was
flooding forth the memories of another
time In the past when there had been
white ribbons and old shoes and rice
and happiness. And l knew that
sooner or later, left to themselves,
those memories would overwhelm the
things that had come between them in
the last two years-the gradual break
ing away, the influence Of friends and
of the mother-in-law. l listened to
| them as they went back into the state
room and l waited for them to speak.
MAYBE we'd better take this stuff
down; what do you Think Brent
asked after a pause No, don't think
so, after all. What do you suppose
this means, JeanetteT
"I guess it just means that there
were two staterooms reserved on two
trains for two Mr.. and Mrs. Dou-
glases.' she said, and the friends of
the other couple became mixed up and
decorated the wrong place. Either
that Or
"'But how could that be, when /
didn't know you were going to get on
| the train and when you didn't know
was going to be on the train? Brent
asked suddenly. BY the way, might
l enquire where you were going?'
Certainly, was going down to
| st. Louis-to see my aunt there
Didn't know you had an aunt
"'Didn't you? Might l ask where
you were going?'
d. Brent hesitated, Il was
going down to St. Louis on some bust
| ness
"'Oh,' said Jeanette, I didn't know
you had any business
| Then there was long, long
silence, in which l knew that each was
studying the other, that each was won
dering what other one was up to.
worried then for that was the crucial
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81 turned my head to the window
so that she would not notice me. Then,
when she had passed, hurriedly
turned and watched. l saw her open
the door of the stateroom, start back
down the aisle and then jump back
again. She had caught sight of her
husband issuing from the passageway
He had not seen her.
"He came straight on down the aisle,
neither looking to the right nor to the
left and headed for the stateroom
door, didn't tell you that had got
ten the tickets for the same state
room, did II" Miss Clement asked
with that noncomparable, mischievous
little smile of hers. well, did. That
was part of my little game, and let
me tell you, as I watched Mr.. Douglas
going down the aisle toward the door,
my heart was humping mighty hard,
and l was wondering what he would
say when he got in there, found his
wife and everything else l had ar
ranged for him. The temptation was
strong within me to follow him, and
l did. 1t was not second after he
had opened the door and closed it be-
hind him that l was standing by the
little window in the passageway,
where by leaning close, l could hear
what went on within. The curtain
shielded me from the rest of the car
knew l had no one to fear except the
porter, and l had paid him enough
money and told him enough of the
situation to make him my ally.
For second there was deep
silence from within the room. l knew
just what was happening. They were
standing there, staring at each other,
looking at the decorations on the
walls, at the signs l had arranged
there, wondering what 1t all meant
and what on earth / had beef up to.
At least, in my guilty little way, felt
that they were suspecting me. I was
hoping though, for the sake of the
scheme that 1 had fostered, that they
were not At last came voice.
"Jeannette'
"'Well?' answered the voice of the
woman. I don't see what right you
have in here
81 might say the same thing in re-
gard to you. But I assure you I have
no desire to intrude. l shall go into
the smoker until we reach the next
town and then get off the train
Every WE'LL answered Mrs. Douglas
in matter of fact way. Then came
the voice of the husband. / could feel
pique in it. He felt that in some way
he had blundered and that the best way
to do would be to stir up some kind of
quarrel that he might leave the
traina And Mrs. Douglas, in the light
of the fact that she was there to find
evidence against her husband, felt the
same way. Yet neither of them knew
exactly what to DO. If the husband
left the train, Mrs. Douglas was sure
that the evidence she sought was lost.
On his side, Mr.. Douglas believed in
some vague way that 1 had known
Mrs. Douglas was to be on the train
and that 1 had arranged some kind of
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a trap for her, which he had bungled.
And so he hesitated by the door.
Might 1 ask he demanded, what
you are doing in a stateroom with
white ribbons hung all around, with
rice and old. shoes on the floor and
with signs proclaiming the fact that
someone has just been married.
"'You said you had a ticket for this
stateroom and so l can ask you the
same question: came the voice of the
WIFE Perhaps you've turned bigam-
ist.'
Il didn't like the sting in those
words and fear began to creep up
within me. l was wondering whether
or not my little plan was going to fail.
There was silence moment and
then:
"Tt is true l did have ticket for
this stateroom, but l assure you !
know nothing of the newly-wed decora-
tions. 1t may be there has been some
mistake. If you'll allow me, I'll find
out for you and see that you are put
III plOpCl ptdICIOoh oSlOlc i
leave the train
THAT is very kind of you,' she
said somewhat coldly. / heard him
turn the key of The door and open it.
Then I pulled a string that I had paid
more good money to the porter to
conceal. An outpouring Of rice fell
upon the shoulders Of Brent Douglas
as he walked from the stateroom door
His wife was behind and she got it,
too. For a moment, they stared in
CONSERVATION then anger fared in the
faces of both of them as they looked
at the laughing passengers. Mr..
Douglas reached to q window and
pushed the button for a porter vicious.
ly.
"What do you mean by giving us
this stateroom?' he demanded.
"'Cause hits yours, that's why the
negro answered with grin.
'Mine-ours?' They both spoke at
once. why, we've been married for
two years
There came laugh from the car
and Douglas and his wife swept an
angry glance around. They saw that
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her to him, tightly and forever. That's
about all Of the story"
NO" / said as the hurry of the
coach told me We were nearing Raw.
mia, there's little more. That night,
a certain little woman 1 know went
out to her apartment, took her kiddie
on her knee and whispered to her that
it is whole lot better to create little
happiness in this world than to own a
thousand fortunes as great as those of
Croesus. Isn't that right?"
Miss Clement looked at me with
twinkling eyes.
How did you know" she asked.
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lese-M a jeste,


A post card recently mailed at
Karlsruhe, Germany, bears the pic.
lures of the German emperor's daugh.
ter, Princess Victoria Louise, her in.
tended husband, Prince Carl August
of Cumberland, and Prince Oscar.
The picture was taken in the palace
park at Karlsruhe and shows the
smiling princess walking between the
two uniformed young men, who also
looked pleasant" for the camera. The
card probably would have been confis-
Gated had a German official read
what was written on it: isn't this
real German? Not that the young PEG,
pie walk hand In hand-that's right
for this is real love match-but that
two men walking with young girl be.
tween them should both be smoking.
Well, maybe it's all right these days,
but we should be satisfied to see the
third party smokeless."
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Barren Soil.

Apropos of the ravages that time
has made in the faces and forms of
the veterans of the Civil war, Walter
S. Morton, president general of the
Union society, said at a dinner in
New York:
"A veteran, talking to his great
grandson, a little lad of eight or nine
years, remarked:
Nearly a generation and a half
ago my head was grazed by bullet
at the battle of Chickamauga.'
THE little boy looked at the
old mans head thoughtfully and said:
There isn't much grazing there
now, is there, sir?'"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-13
New Idea for Snapshots,

Aeroplanes have made bird's-eye
view photographs extremely common,
and now comes the fireworks" snap
shot made by camera sent high into
the air as a part Of rocket. The in.
ventor of the apparatus, Alfred Maui,
is said to have attained perfection for
his new device after twelve years o,
experimenting. The German military
authorities have accepted the inven.
ton because Of it's usefulness in time
of war when aeroplane scouting would
be impossible.
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THE cocA-coLA COMPANY. Atlanta. Ga.
Sick-Room Iiuht.

If there are electric lights in the
sick room they will generally be
found too brilliant, hurting the eyes
of the patient, and not every sick room
has the electric lights that can be
turned up or down. Make little
green silk bag and fasten it over the
incandescent bulb and it will give
good but subdued and harmless light.
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important to Mothers
Saloon Closed by Cat,

CLOSED on account of the loss of
Scotty's cat Niger"
This sign on the door of Scotty's
saloon at Ninth and Elm streets, Gin
cinnati, caused much comment. Two
days ago the cat disappeared.
When the cat did not put in an ap-
pearance, Scotty hung out a sign
draped in green tissue paper and Dor
dered by carnations to tell his Gus
toners that he had closed the saloon
in mourning for his pet.
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Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning

is quickly relieved by bathing the af-
fected parts in solution of two tea
spoonfuls Of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to pint of water. 25c. at all
druggists or sample sent free by ]. S.
Tyree, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
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Jealous.

Jack-Your friend Alice has the
prettiest teeth l ever saw in a wom-
ans mouth.
Ethel-Yes, the dentist guaranteed
that there should not be finer set in
town.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-13
Cheese in QUANTITY.

This country last year imported
more than $2,S72,O0O worth of Swiss
cheese, and the amount is constantly
being increased.
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State Lands Sold.

Minnesota in 1912 has sold 1900
acres of state lands at prices ranging
from five to twenty-one dollars an
acre.
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Aim at independence of mind.
There are some men who go in lead
ing strings all their days.-Rev. j.
StOughton,
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
Best Medicine for Colds

When a druggist recommends a
remedy for colds, throat and lung
troubles, you can feel sure that he
knows what he is talking about. G.
Lower, Druggist of Marion, Ohio,
writes of DR.. Kings New Discovery (:
II know Dr. Kings New Discovery
is the best throat and lung medicine
| sell 1t cured nv wife of a severe
bronchial cold after all other RENE
dies failed" 1t will do the same
for you il you are suffering with a
cold or any bronchial, throat or lung
cough. Keep a bottle on hand all
the time for everyone in the family
To use. 1t Is a home doctor. Price
soc and $l00. Guaranteed by All
Dealers.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
What Tom L. Johnson Whispered to the
Young Mayor Of Toledo

In the June American Magazine
Magyar Brand Whitlock, OF Toledo,
Ohio, writing his autobiography
tells the following story:
~ had gone into the mayors Of.
fee feeling that 1 was about the
most ill-prersred man for such 8
job In the town. Naturally had
turned to Tom Johnson, who had a
tremendous reputation as an execu-
tive; even his worst enemy, as the
saying lie, would not deny his won.
derful executive ability. / went tn
him In sort of desire, and he laugh
and whispered:
It's the simplest thing In the
world; decide every question quick
ly and be right half the time. And
get somebody who can do the work.
That's all there is to execute abb.
ity."
~ looked at him In smszement,
He had crown quite serious
"There's another thing he added.
Don't spend too much time In
your Office. A quarter of an hour
each dsv is generally too long, un-
less there are a whole lot OF letters.
or course he went on refiectively
You can get clerks who can sign
your name better than you cam
HE that hath ears to hear, let
him hear"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
For the Weak andqNervous

Tired-out, weak, nervous men aud
women would feel ambitious euer-
getic, full of life and always have a
good appetite, IL they would do the
sensible thing Tor health-take Flee
trio Bitters. Nothing better for the
stomach, liver or kidneys. Thou
sands say they owe their lives to
this wonderful hume remedy. Mrs.
Y, says: Il regard Electric Bitters
a. one of the greatest Of gifts, ]
can never forget what it has done
for ms" Get a bottle yourself and
see what difference it will make in
your health. Only soc and $l.00
Recommended by All Dealers.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
FOR SALE.

Cod five room house, good
water and out houses. Price
100000 Apply to J.E. Fawcett.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
Asbestos.

Asbestos is a mineral of fine
lbrous character, the fibers being
easily separated. elastic, flexible, and
Of a whitish-gray color. It Is COM
posed chiefly of silica, lime, magnesia,
and oxyde of iron. The ancients con-
verted 1t into kind of cloth, in which
they wrapped the bodies of their dead,
while preparing them for the funeral
pile; the cloth being indestructlble by
fire, enabled them to preserve the
ashes. Asbestos is found more abun-
dainty in Corsica than in any other
locality.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
look Mother literally.

Marian pointed to the glass or
cup when she wished a drink, utter
ing inartlculate sounds intended to
convey her desire. She was old
enough to talk some, but she had
never been taught - ask for drink.
Mother said to her: "When you want
a drink, Marian, You say, Mamma, or
papa, or Hazel, or Mildred. drink :"
The next time Marian wished drink
she pointed to the cup and said:
Mamma, papa, Hazel, Mildred, dink-
dink-inky-ink-inkl"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
$4,000 4 YEAR
SQUANDERED???
Teachers 10 Teach Teachers
10 Teach" Needed Today.
HEARD At COUNTRY STORE.

Two Old Timers Express Their Views
on Up to Date Educational Methods
and Expenses Of State Normal School
sold Fashioned" Training No Longer
"oood Enough"
"Say, did you ever notice how easy II
is to spend the states money? That
school, the one they call the normal
school, uses about $4,000 a year,
hear That $4,000 Is for just the nor!
NAL school In this end of the state too"
mighty different when we were
boys, Bill. We didn't have to have
teachers to teach teachers to teachv'
The two old dodgers in front of the
country store shook their heads sadly
over the follles and the extravagances
Of the present day. A young man who
had been industriously whiting O
stick and listening attentively at the
same time laughed, and then asked,
"How much of the $4,000 does this
county pay"
II dunno" answered one of the men
"Well, 1 do" snapped the youth
"a little less than 500, that's ALL"
"Well, what do we get back for it?
An what do the other counties In the
state get for what money they put inT
"You get a number Of trained teach.
ers, and so do the other counties in
the state"
eve don't need 'em. The OIL fash.
Toned kind are good enough"
"Hold ON a moment! Think! When
you men were boys a bright young
ster could go into any doctors office
for couple Of years, then hang out
his shingie and practice medicine.
He did the best he could. but you
wouldn't think Of having that sort of
physician for your family today.
"I'd like TO know what that's got to
do with teachin' school"
"Just chis-that your ideas about
school and teaching are about fifty
years behind the times. If you must
have q trained man to look after your
child's body 700 certainly must have
a trained man or woman to look after
the child's mind"
81 get mighty dred of you young
sters with all your newfangled ideas
for spending money. tell you what.
you're tryin' to do things too fast"
There" snapped the young man
again. 81 told you you didn't stop to
think. Two years ago In front OF this
very store heard both Of you cussin'
the Boys Corn club movement You
said that nobody could possibly grow
100 bushels of corn on an acre Of land
in this neighborhood or In the state of
Kentucky for that matter"
"weiir'
"In this state during the past sum-
mer fifty-six boys. boys in the country
schools, boys yet under eighteen. grew
100 bushels or much better. Do you
two men know that this movement has
been handled by the very school you
are fussing about? Four thousand
boys in this state grew an acre Of corn
apiece In the Boys Corn club contest.
I'd be willing to bet that each one of
the 1000 earned SO more than he
would have earned If there hadn't
been any Boys Corn clubs in the state,
wouldn't he?"
81 reckon So"
"Well. then, 1000 boys earning $40
each makes $4,000 of that $4,000 the
state is spending on that school, don't
IT? Seems TO me as if it was a rather
good investment for the state if it does
happen to be newfangled."
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-23
erevltY In correspondenee.

For brevity nothing can beat the
correspondence between Victor Hugo
and his publisher on the issue of Les
Miserables." Very busy but anxious
to know how the book was selling,
Hugo sent the publisher a card mark
ed simply 30" The reply came back
81"