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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-05-23
HER "BEST FRIEND"
A Woman Thus Speaks of Postum.

We usually consider our best friends
those who treat us best.
Some persons think coffee real
friend, but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that it is one OF the
meanest Of all enemies, for 1t stabs
one while protesting friendship.
Coffee contains poisonous drug"
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets
up disease In one or more organs OF
the body, If it's use is persisted In.
II had heart palpitation and nerv-
BUSINESS for four years and the doctor
told me the trouble was caused by
coffee. He advised me to leave it off,
but / thought l could not" writes
Wis lady.
ION the advice OF friend I tried
Postum and it so satisfied me did not
care for coffee after few days trial
of Postum.
"As weeks went by and I continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from SO to 118 pounds, and the heart
trouble left me. / have used it year
now and am stronger than ever was.
can hustle up stairs without any
heart palpitation, and l am free from
nervousness.
"My children are very fond OF Post
um and it agrees with them. My sister
liked it when she drank it at my house:
now she has Postum at home and has
become very fond of it. You may use
my name IL you wish, as / am not
ashamed OF praising my best friend
Postum" Name given by Pustum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes In new concen-
trated form called Instant Postum. IL
is regular Postum, so processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
are retained.
A spoonful of Instant Postum with
hot water, and sugar and cream to
taste, produce Instantly delicious
beverage.
Write for the little book, 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE"
There's Reason" for Postum
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TransmisslbiIity of Genius.

The sale of relics of Robert and
Elizabeth Browning by executors Of
the estate of their son, the late Robert
Weidemann Barrett Browning, which
began May 1, again calls attention to
the fact that the child Of union so
richly lowered, from the literary
and artistic standpoint, failed to show
traces of the genius of either parent.
He was an artist, but did nothing ex-
traordinary. 1t would almost seem
that genius not only has a way of
sometimes consuming it's possessor
but also of consuming itself, as far
as the immediate offspring are con-
cerned. At any rate, the evidence as
to it's transmissibility is still lacking
although, of course, there are plenty
Of facts to justify belief as to the
transmissibility of special talents.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-05-23

mol" She added rather wildly, ut
can't bel mean-but say you are
not Mrs Gregory
Il am Mrs. Gregory" the other re-
peated mystified
Fran tried to hide her emotion with
smile, but it would have been easier
for her to cry, just because she Of the
patient brown eyes was Mrs. Gregory.
At that moment Hamilton Gregory
re-entered the room, brought back by
the fear that Fran might tell all dur
ing his absence. How different life
would have been If he could, have
found her flown!-but he read in her
face no promise of departure.
His wife was not surprised at his
haggard face, for he was always work
ing too hard, worrying over his extern
sive charities, planning editorials for
his philanthropic journal, devjsing
means to better the condition of the
local church. But the presence of this
stranger-doubtless one of his count
less objects Of charity-demanded ex-
PLANTATION. =.
Come" he said bruskly, addressing
neither directly. 1--WE needn't stop here.
l have some explanations to make. and
they might as we'll be made before
everybody, once and for all. . :"
He paused wretchedly, seeing no out
look, no possible escape. Something
must be told-not lie, but possibly
not all the truth; that would rest with
Fran He was as much in her nouor
as if she, herself. had been the effect
of his sin.
He opened the door, and walked
with a heavy step into the hall. Mrs.
Gregory followed, wondering, looking
rather at Fran than at her husband.
Fran's keen eyes searched the apart
ment for the actual source of Hamil-
ton Gregory's acutest regrets.
Yes, there stood the secretary.
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CHAPTER VII.
A Family Conference.

Of the group, it was the secretary
who first claimed Fran's attention. In
a way, Grace Noir dominated the
place. Perhaps it was because of her
splendidly developed body, her beauty.
her attitude of unclaimed yet unrec-
ognized authority, that she stood dis
tinctly first
AS for Mrs. Gregory. her mild aloof-
ness suggested that she hardly be-
longed to the family. Hamilton Greg
DRY found himself instinctively turn
ing to Grace, rather than to his wife.
Mrs. Gregory's face did, indeed. ask
why Fran was there; but Grace, stand
ing at the foot of the stairs, and look
ing at Gregory with memory of her
recent dismissal. demanded exp!ana-
tons.
Mrs. Gregory's mother, confined by
paralysis to a wheel-chair, fastened
upon the newcomer eyes whose
brightness seventy years or more had
not dimmed The group was complet-
ed by Mrs. Gregory's bachelor brother.
older than his sister by fifteen years.
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This brother, Simon Jefferson, though
stockily built and evidently well-fed,
wore an air of lassitude, as If peren-
nially tired. AS he leaned back in a
hall chair, he seemed the only one
present who did not care why Fran
was there.
Gregory broke the silence by clear
ing his throat with evident embarrass-
ment. A peal of thunder offered him
reprieve, and after it's reverberations
had died away, he still hesitated.
This" he said presently, sis a--the
orphan-an orphan-one who has
come to me from She says her
name is Frances"
Fran" came the abrupt correction;
"just Fran"
There was general feeling that an
orphan should speak less positively,
even about her own name-should be-,
as it were, subdued from the mere
fact of orphanhood.
can orphan!" Simon Jefferson ejac-
ulated, moving restlessly in his effort
to find the easiest corner of his chair.
81 hope nothing is going to excite me-.
l have heart-disease. little girl, and
I'm liable to topple off at any moment.
I tell you, I must not be excited"
Il don't think" replied Fran, with
cheerful interest in his malady, chat
orphans are very exciting"
Hamilton Gregory resumed, eau
tiously stepping over dangerous
ground, while the others looked at
Fran, and Grace never ceased to look
at him. "She came here tonight, after
the services at the Big Tent. She
came here and, or should say, to re-
quest, to ask-Miss Grace saw her
when she came. Miss Grace knew of
her being here" He seized upon this
fact as If to lift himself over pitfalls.
Grace's eyes were gravely judicial.
She would not condemn him unheard,
but at the same time she let him see
that her knowledge of Fran would not
help his case. Tt did not surprise
Mrs. Gregory that Grace had known
of the strange presence; the secretary
knew of events before the rest of the
family.
Gregory continued, delicately pick
ing his way: "But the child asked to
see me alone, because she had a spe-
cial message-a-yes, a message to
deliver to me- So asked Miss Grace
to leave us for half an hour. Then I
heard the girls story. while Miss
Grace waited upstairs"
"Well," Simon Jefferson interposed
irritablys Miss Grace is accounted for
Go on, brother-in-law, go on. if we
must have it,
"The fact is, Lucy" Gregory at
this point turned to his wife-for at
certain odd moments he found relief
in doing sO-"the fact is-the fact is,
this girl is the-er-daughter of-of
very old friend of mine-a friend who
was-was friend years ago, long be-
fore moved to Littleburg, long before
I saw you, Lucy. That was when my
home was in New York I have told
you all about that time of my youth,
when I lived with my father in New
York. Well, before my father died,
l was acquainted with-this friend. l
owed that person a great debt, not of
money-a debt of-wnat shall I say?"
Fran suggested, Honor"
Gregory mopped his brow while all
looked from Fran to him. He re-
sumed desperately: 81 owed great
debt to that friend-oh, not of money,
of course-a debt which circumstances
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English Averse to Change.

There is nothing more amusing In
all the quaint and curious customs Of
the English house of commons than
the strange ceremony which marks the
termination OF each session
The moment the house is adjourned,
loud-voiced messengers and policemen
cry out in the Hobbies and corridors:
who goes homer"
These mysterious words have sound
ed night after night for centuries
through the hall of parliament.
The custom dates from time when
it was necessary for members 10 go
home in parties, accompanied by men
carrying links or torches for common
protection against the foodpads who
infested the streets Of London. But
though that danger has long since
passed away, the question who goes
homer" is still asked, night after night
during the session Of parliament
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DOn'C Lney say CnaC the hlnSQOm
Of God may be taken by force? But
you know more about the Kingdom
than /. Let them believe me the
daughter of some old boyhood friend
-that'll make it easy. AS the daugh-
ter of that friend, you'll give me a
home. I'll keep out of your way, and
be pleasant nice little girl, Of any
age you please" She smiled remotely.
He spoke duly: "But they'll want
to know all about that old college
friend"
will you enjoy home that you
seize by force?"
Naturally. Well, just invent some
story-I'll stand by you
"You don't know me-" he returned,
drawing himself up. What! do you
imagine I would lie to them?"
II think" Fran remarked imperson-
ally, that to person in your posi-
tion-a person beginning to reap what
he has sown, lying is always the next
course. But you must act as your
conscience dictates. You. may be
sure that if you decide to tell the
truth, I'll certainly stand by you in
that"
Helplessly driven to bay, he flashed
out violently, Unnatural girl-or
woman-or whatever you are-there
is no spirit of girlhood or womanhood
in you"
Fran returned in low, concentrat-
ed voice, IF I'm unnatural, what were
you in the Springfield days? Was it
natural for you to be married secretly
when the marriage might have been
public? When you went away to
break the news to your father, wasn't
it rather unnatural for you to hide
three. years before coming back?
When you came back and heard that
your wife had gone away to be sup
ported by people who were not re-
spectacle, was it natural for you to
be satisfied with the first rumors you
heard, and disappear for good and all :?
spirit of girlhood nor womanhood, for
Pm neither girl, nor a woman, I'm
nothing" Her voice trembled. Don't
rouse my anger-when I lose grip on
myself, I'm pretty hard to stop. If l
let everything rush on my mind-how
she-my 'friend'-my sweet darling
'friend'-how she searched for you all
the years till she died-and how even
on her death-bed she thought maybe
you'd cOme-yOu-"
Fran choked back the words.
'Don't!" she gasped. Don't reproach
me, or I'll reproach you, and mustn't
do that. / want to hide my real heart
from you-from all the world. want
to smile, and be like respectable
people"
For Gods sake" whispered the
other frantically, hush! I hear my
wife coming. Yes, yes, I'll do every
thing you say, but, oh, don't ruin me.
You shall have a home with us, you
shall have everything, everything"
Except a welcome" Fran faltered,
frightened at the emotion she had be-
trayed Can you show me to a room
-quick-before your wife comes? I
don't want to meet her, now, I'm ter
ribly tired. I've come all the way
from New York to find you; reached
Littleburg only at husband I've been
pretty busy ever sinceI"
"Come, then" he said hastily. "This
way-I'll show you room. It's
too late" he broke off, striving desper-
ately to regain composure.
The door opened, and woman en-
tered the room hastily.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-05-23

well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. I feel very grateful that
/ found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish.
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-05-23
Its ORIGIN.

Miss Elsie De Wolfe, in one OF the
reception rooms of the Colony club.
was talking about the new servant
trust.
1T originated in the Philippines"
she said, among the army servants
there. 1t travelled west to Honolulu.
1t is now spreading. they say. on to
San Francisco.
This coming trouble reminds me
Of story.
Who originated the proverb about
rolling stone gathering no moss?
one man asked another.
'The other man quietly replied:
THAT. my dear fellow, is a quota
ton from an eloquent but vain appeal
to suburban cook to stay on one
month more.'"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-05-23
Sound Reasoning.

'Sambo," said the owner Of coun-
try place to his gardener, concerning
that tree l wanted you to cut down,
my wife thinks it had better be al
lowed to stand"
We'll, All think it ought ter come
down, Massa Brown" was the reply.
What are your reasons for thinking
so, Sambo?"
we'll, sab, de first reason am dat
de tree done keep de light off de green
house; de secon' reason am dat it's
gettin' old, and de third reason am dat
I cut it down las night"
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prevented me from paylng-frOm
meeting-which I still owe to the
memory of that-er-of that dead
friend. The friend is dead, you under
stand, yes, dead"
Mrs. Gregory could not understand
| her husbands unaccustomed hesitan-
cy. She inquired of Fran. "And is
your mother dead, too, little girl?"
That simple question, innocently
| preferred, directed the course of flu
ture events. Mr.. Gregory had not in
tentionally spoken of his friend in
such way as TO throw doubt upon the
sex. Now that he realized how his
wife's misunderstanding might save
him, he had not the courage to unde-
ceive her
Fran waited for him to speak. The
delay had lost him the power to re-
veal the truth. Would Fran 5etray
him? He wished that the thunder
might drown out the sound of her
words, but the storm seemed holding
it's breath to listen.
Fran said quietly, "My mother died
three years ago."
Mrs. Gregory asked her husband.
did you ever tell me about this
friend? I'd remember from his name;
what was it,"
1t seemed impossible for him to ut
ter the name which had sounded from
his lips so often in love. He opened
his lips, but he could not say Jose
phine." Besides, the last name would
do. Derry" he gasped.
Come here, Fran Derry" said Mrs.
Gregory, reaching out her hand, with
that sweet smile that somehow made
Fran feel the dew of tears.
Hamilton Gregory plucked up spir-
it's. "I couldn't turn away the daugh-
ter of my old friend. You wouldn't
would. Now that I've explained ev-
erything, I hope there'll be no objec-
ton to her staying here in the house
that is, if she wants to stay. She has
come to do it, she says-all the way
from New York"
Mrs. Gregory slipped her arm about
the Independent shoulders, and drew
the girl down beside her upon divan.
do you know" she said gently, you
are the very first of all his New York
friends who has come into my life?
Indeed, am willing, and indeed you
shall stay with us, just as long as you
will"
Fran asked impulsively as she
clasped her hands, "Do you think you
could like me? Could-you?"
Dear child'-the answer was &C
companied by gentle pressure, "you
are the daughter of my husbands
friend. That's enough for me. You
need home, and you shall have one
with US. / like you already, dear"
Tears dimmed Fran's eyes. "And
just love you," she cried. "My! What
a woman you are!"
Grace Noir was silent. She liked
Fran less than ever, but her look was
that of a hired secretary, saying.
with all this, have nothing to do"
Doubtless, when alone with Hamilton
Gregory, she would express her sim
cere conviction that the girls presence
would Interfere with his workout
these others would not understand.
Fran's unconventfonality had given
to Mrs. Gregory's laugh girlish note,
but almost at once her face resumed
it's wonted gravity. Perhaps the
slight hollows in the cheeks had been
pressed by the fingers Of care. but it
was rather lack of light than presence
of shadow, that told Fran something
was missing from the woman-heart.
(TO BE- CONTINUED.)
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ang," Fran said, still pityingly. when
you sang those words, it was only a
song to you, but music Is just bit
OF life's embroidery, while you think
it life itself. You don't SOW, or reap
in choir loft You can't sow deeds
and reap Words
II understand you, now" he fall
tered. You have come to disgrace
me. What good will that do you, Or
or my first wife? You are no abstrac-
ton. to represent sowing and reaping,
but fiesh-and-blood girl who can go
away II she chooses"
"She chooses to stay" Fran assured
htm.
Then you have resolved to ruin ne
and break my wife's hearti"
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cough, but not for long, and as a
rule in such cases the next fit of
coughing is all the more severe.
The nervous cough is particularly
frequent between the ages of twelve
and seventeen. It then often as
sumes the character of barking
cough. 1t is unattended by any seri-
GUS danger, and does not induce any
emphysema. Change of climate ap-
pears to have most effect upon it.
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my breath was
short and I had
chills and back
ache. I took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
palpitations. Am
now GO years old,
able to do lots Of
manuel hNr oyn
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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

Fran regarded him with somber in
tensity. 1--we asked for a home with
you on the grounds that your wife
was my best friend in all the world.
and because I am homeless. You re-
fuse. | suppose that's natural. l have
TO guess at your feelings because l
haven't been raised among respect
able people. I'm sorry you don't like
it, but you're going to provide for me
right here. For girl, I'm pretty in
dependent; folks that don't like me
are welcome to all the enjoyment they
get out of their dislike. I'm here to
stay. Suppose you look on me as a
sort of summer crop. I enjoyed hear
ing you sing, tonight
1--WE reap what we SOW.
We reap what we SOW
Il see you remember"
He shuddered at her mocking holy
things. Hush! What are you say
ing? The past is cut off from my life.
have been pardoned, and I will not
have anybody forcing that past upon
me-"
Her words came bitingly: you
can't help it. You sowed You can't
pardon a seed from growing"
81 can help it, and / will. The past
is no more mine than hers-our mar
riage was legal, but it bound me no
more than it bound her. She chose
her own companions. I have been
building up a respectable life, here in
Lttleburg. You shall not overturn
the labor of the last ten years. You
can go. My will is unalterable. Co.
and do what you cant"
Instead of anger, Fran showed sor-
row: How long have you been mar
ried to the second Mrs. Gregory--the
present one?"
He turned his back upon her as If
30 go to the door, but he wheeled
about: Ten years. You understand?
Ten years of the best work of my life
that you want to destroy"
Poor lady," murmured Fran. "The
first Mrs. Gregory-my 'friend-has
been dead only three years. You and
she were never divorced The lady
that you call Mrs. Gregory now--she
isn't your wife, is she?'
81 thought" he was suddenly
-ashen pale-"but thought that She
believed her dead long ago-I was
sure of it-positive. What you say is
impossible"
/ "But no one can SOW without reap
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Paying Well.

Were you satisfied with the work
on your place, digging for oil?"
Eyes, it was well DONE"
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JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLE.

I took about boxes Of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which I had suffered for 5 years. T
had dizzy spells, my eyes pulled,
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If the tired spirit was bracing itself
for battle.
The lady wore her wavy hair part
ed in the middle after that fashion
which perhaps was never new; and no
impudent ribbon or arrogant f1ounce
stole ones attention from the mouth
that was just sincere and sweet. It
was a face one wanted to look at be-
cause-well, Fran didn't know why.
"She's no prettier than l." was Fran's
decision, measuring from the natural
standard-the standard every woman
hides in her own breast.
"And who is Franz" asked the mild
voice. The lady smiled so >tenderly,
it was like a mellow light stealing
from fairy rose-garden Of thornless
souls.
Fran caught her breath while her
face showed hardness-but not against
the other. She felt something like
molly wrath as her presentment sound
ed forth protestingly-"But who are
your"
'T am Mrs Gregory"
ooh, no." Fran, with violence,
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Monteneorin National Dress.

The national dress Of Montenegro
is very picturesque, consisting OF
bright and varied colors. The head
gear is a becoming cap.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-01-23

FOR R.RENT:-A furnished room In
quire at the Herald office.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-01-23

most able LAWYERS in the entire west and
has grown up with that country. He
has given our state splendid admins
tration, and has broad grasp of public
affairs nationally. He has travelled ex-
tensively and has wide acquaintance
with public men of the nation. His ap
pointment would insure wise and just
administration OF the laws and be de-
served recognition of the great west" I"
What shame it is that with so many
good men endorsing Mr.. Hawley that
the west cannot unite on the selection
of westerner and all get out and work
in harmony for those things that means
so much for them. And OF all the dad
blasted" rotten, foolish, pig-headedness
and ignorance the Idaho legislature
should be handed the prize bunch.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-01-23

the interests of the home builders. Ac
curste Information regarding the needs
OF that section and the hardships inn
posed upon those who are striving to
make homes on the public land which
will insure just application of existing
laws cannot be acquired from books,
nor from the reports of emissaries; nor
from. observation through parlor car
windows. Those who execute the laws.
as well as those who make them, should
have been upon the ground and made a
study OF the conditions, and the people
who are striving to settle up the public
domain, in order to know how to wisely
enact and apply the laws affecting the
public lands, the mineral resources, the
forests, the Indians, and to solve the ir-
rigation problems, and other great ques-
tions which are constantly arising