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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-10-31
friend.'

Grace repeated with delicate re-
proof-"Your intimate friendi"
II know 1t was wrong for him to de-
sert his wife,"
"Wrongl" How inadequate seemed
that word from her pure lipsl
But" he faltered, 1--WE must make
allowances. My friend married Fran's
mother in secret because she was ut
terly worldly-frivolous-a butterfly.
Her own uncle was unable to control
her-to make her go to church. Soon
after the marriage he found out his
mistake-it broke his heart, the trag-
edy of it. / don't excuse him for go
ing away to Europe
Il am glad you don't. He was no
true man, but a weakling. I am glad
! have v been thrown with such
IA degenerate"
"But, Miss Grace" he urged plead
lngIy, do you think my friend, when
he went back to find her and she was
gole-do you think he should have
kept on hunting? Do you think. Grace.
that he should have remained 49,
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high stockings in-er-in the airy wal
such as they are by nature =
1t was hard to express.
YES" Fran said impartially, I'll
pleases others. and it doesn't hurt
me-"
"Fran!" Mrs. Gregory exclaimed
gazing helplessly at the girl with
something of a child's awe inspired by
venerable years. 1t was a pathetic ap.
peal to a spirit altogether beyond her
comprehension.
Fran's quick eye caught the express.
sion of baffied reaching-forth, of I'M
certain striving after sympathetic I'M
derstanding. 4You darling LADY," she
cried, ~clasping her hands to keep her
arms from flying about the others
neck, don't you be troubled about me.
Bless your heart, l can take care of
myself-and you, too! Do you think
I'd add a straw to your Now
you hear me: If you want to do 1t, just
put M in long trains with Pullman
sleepers, for I'll do whatever you say.
If you want to show people how tame
I am, just hold up your hand, and I'll
crawl into my cage"
The laughter of Mrs. Gregory sound
ed wholesome and deep-throated-the
child was SO deliciously ridiculous.
Come, then" she cried, with a light
ness she had not felt for months,
come, crawl into your cage!" And
she opened her arms.
With a flash of her 1.-THE body, Fran
was in her cage, and. for a time. rest
ed there, while the fire in her dark
eyes burned tears to all sorts OF rain
bow colors. 1t seemed to her that of
all the people In the world, Mrs. Greg
DRY wal the last to hold her In affec-
tomato embrace. She cried out with a
sob, as II in answer to her dark mis-
givings-"Oh, but l want to belong to
somebody"
you shall belong to mel" ex-
claimed Mrs. Gregory, folding her
closer.
"To your" Fran sobbed, overcome
by the wonder Of 1t. ITO you, dear
hearth" With a desperate effort she
crowded back intruding thoughts. and
grew calm. Looking owe her shout
der at Simon Jefferson-"No more
short dresses, Mr.. Simon" she called,
you know your heart mustn't be ex-
cited"
"Franl" gasped Mrs. Gregory in dis
may, "hushl"
But Simon Jefferson beamed with
pleasure at the girls artless ways. He
knew what was bad for his heart, and
Fran wasn't. Her smiles made him
feel himself q monopolist in sunshine.
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CHAPTER VIII.
War Declared.


The April morning was Drumming
with golden sunshine when Fran
looked from the window of her second
story room. Eager for the first morn
ing's view of her new home, she stared
at the h~alf-dozen cottages across the
street, standing back In picket-fenced
yards with screens of trees before
their window-eyes. They showed only
as bits of Misunderstanding, or gleam-
ing fragments Of glass, peeping
through the boughs. She thought ev-
erything homelike. neighborly. These
houses seemed to her closer to the
earth than those of New York, or, at
any rate, closer in the sense of broth
erhood. She drew a deep breath Of
pungent April essence and murmured:
What a world to live inl"
Fran had spoken in all sincerity
in declaring that she wanted nothing
but a home; and when she went down
to breakfast 1t was with the expecta-
ton that every member of the family
would pursue his accustomed routine,
undef1ected by her presence. She was
willing that they should remain what
they were. just as she expected to
continue without change; however,
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not many days passed before she found
herself seeking to modify her sur
roundings. If a strange mouse be Inn
prisoned IN a cage of mice, those al
ready Injured to captivity will seek to
destroy the newcomer. Fran, sudden
ly thrust into the bosom of a family
already fixed in their modes of thought
and action, found adjustment exceed
ingly difficult.
She did lot care to mingle with the
people of the village-which was for
tunate, since her laughing in the tent
had scandalized the neighborhood; she
would have been content never to
cross the boundaries of the homestead,
had it not been for Abbott Ashton.
1t was because of him that she acqui-
esced in the general plan to send her
to school. It was on the fifth day of
her stay, following her startling admis-
sion that she had never been to school
a day in her life, that unanimous opin-
ion was fused into expressed COM
mand-
you must go to SCHOOL,"
Fran thought of the young superin-
tendent, and said she was willing.
When Mr.. Gregory and the secretary
had retired to the library for the days
work, Mrs. Gregory told Fran, Il real
ly think, dear. that your dresses are
much too short. You are small, but
your face and and even your
voice, sometimes, old-quite
old"
Fran showed the gentle lady a soft
docility. WELL" she said, my legs
are there, all the time, you know, and
I'll show just as much of them, or
just as little. as you please"
Simon Jefferson spoke up-"I like
to see children wear short dresses
and he looked at this particular child
with approval. That day, she was
really pretty. The triangle had been
.b~roadened to an oval brow, the chin
was held slightly lowered, and there
was something in her general aspect
possibly due to the arrangement OF
folds or colors-heaven knows what
for Simon Jefferson was but a pool
male observer-that made a merit oil
her very thinness. The weak heart oil
the burly bachelor tingled with pleas
ure In nice proportions, while his mind
attained the esthetic outlook of a elias
sic age. To be sure. the skirts die
show a good deal of Fran; very good
they could not show too. much.
81 like" Simon persisted, ito SEE
young girls of fourteen or fifteen
dressed, so to say, in low necks ant
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else, and as mother had just been
taken from me, the money just natu-
rally came in my hands. But l didn't
need it, particularly"
But before that" Grace persisted;
s'before, when your mother was first
disinherited, how could she make her
biving?"
Mother vas like me. She didn't
stand around folding her hands and
crossing her feet-she used 'em. Bless
you, ! could get along wherever you'd
drop me. Success isn't in the world,
at's in me, and that's a good thing to
know-it saves hunting"
DO you consider yourself a sue
cess'?" inquired the secretary with a
chilly smile.
Il had everything I wanted except
a home" Fran responded with charm
ing good-humor. and now I've got
that. In a New York paper, l found a
picture Of Hamilton Gregory, and it
told about all his charities. It said
he had millions, and was giving away
everything. / said to myself, I'll go
there and have him give me a home
you see. I'd often heard mother speak
of him-and / said other things to
myself-and then, as l generally do
what tell myself to dot keeps up
confidence in the general manager-I
came"
Dear child" said Mrs. Gregory,
etroking her hair, your mother dead,
your father-that kind of a man-you
shall indeed find a home with us, for
life. And SO your father was Mr..
Gregory's friend. 1t seems-strange."
MY father" said Fran, looking at
Mr.. Gregory insorutably, was the best
friend o ever had. wasn't he? You
loved him better than anybody else in
the world, didn't your"
'T--yes," the other stammered.
looking at her wildly, and passing his
agitated hand across his eyes, as If
to shut out some terrible vision, yes,
Ell uaa-ar-fand ee-hs-
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REV, DEPREE
ENDS PAST0RATE
Closes Six-Year Passionate Last Sun.
day With Union Services at the
Presbyterian Church.
ACCEPTS CALL TO SIOUX CITY
Remarkably Fearless Minister and His
Friends Predict Brilliant Career
for His Future.

Rev. J. James DePree, closed his
pastorate of six years with First Pres
byterian church of this city on last
Sunday evening" AS token of the
friendly spirit felt towards him by
the congregation of the Baptist and
Methodist churches and their pastors,
churches but union gathering at the
Presbyterian church. Despite the very
disagreeable weather, the church was
we'll filled. The Presbyterian choir
had prepared a special song for the
occasion. The scripture lesson was
red by Rev. Williams, of the Bap-
tist church, and prayer was given by
DR.. Senseny of the Methodist.
Rev. DePree was visibly affected as
he arose to deliver his last sermon.
He called to mind that it was almost
six years to a day since he had been
with the church at Denison. Incident
ally, he said that the first time the
city of Denison became prominent to
Shaw, who resided here, became the
governor of Iowa. He feelingly ex-
pressed his appreciation of the kindly
treatment which had been extended
to him by the people of Denison and
his fellow pastors, and said that he
went to his new field of labor with
the utmost good feeling towards his
Denson friends.
Rev. DePree took for the text of
his sermon. part of the farewell words
of the Apostle Paul to the Ephesian
elders-Acts 20:32: "And now l
commend you to God, and to the word
of his Grace, which is able to build
you up and to give you the Inheritance
among all them that are sanctified'
He gave a most characteristic SER
mon, appealing to his hearers to stand
firm for the gospel religion, which he
had endeavored to preach during his
pastorate in Denison. Closing, as an
official of the Sioux City Presbytery
Ideclare the pulpit at Denison vacant
nc pastors upon the platform then
took, charge of the service and DR.
Senseny spoke in most eulogistic
terms of Rev. DePree, who had been
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Grocery Special IN; Week

Our extensive buying power enables
us to give you coffee this week at less
than the wholesale cost. Be sure to
take advantage of this great bargain.
Regular Csc coffee, specially priced
this week. per ID. at 16lac.
A 10c glass of German style mustard
for SC.
Good pink salmon. No. l tall cans,
special this week, per can, 11tec.
Oranges-Fancy California navels-
Sweet, delicious flavor Specially
. priced this week so that everyone can
eat oranges. Medium size. per doz.,
28c; large size. per doz., 38c.
Bulk kraut, per quart, 10c.
A large assortment OF Christmas
candies-75 different kinds. Buy your
Christmas candies early while the as
sortment is good. per pound 10c.
We have the largest and most COM
plete line of cookies and crackers in
Denison. The quality is unequaled by
any other line sold in Denison. Al
ways fresh and crisp. Specially priced
for this week in 20 pound boxes at,
per h., s 3-4c.
Ideal cookies, per doz., &c; 2 dozen
for 15c.
Be sure and get some of these cook
les with your next order.
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MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP HEARING
City Council Invites Mayor Sheldon
and Councilman Corlette, of Ames,
to Talk Municipal Ownership
LARGE CROWD HEARS THE TALKS
Mr.. Sheldon, Man of Extraordinary
Force Of Character, and Knows
No Such Word As Failure

Farley Sheldon mayor of the city OF
Ames, and Mr.. Corlette, manager OF
the electric light plant at that place
came out to Denison on Friday after
noon, upon the invitation of the city
council, to describe the working of the
electric light plant under municipal
control at Ames. Mr.. Sheldon was
known to number of Denison people
before he came here and Mr.. Corlette,
father of the new clothing merchant,
found cordial welcome on the part OF
the people.
The purpose of these gentlemen in
coming to DenisOn was of an educa.
tional nature, to furnish information
as to the practical working of plant
under municipal control. The object,
as stated, was not to 60 into an argu.
ment generally for and against mu'
nicipal control, but to describe the
manner in which the plant at Ames
which has attended it.
This plant has been operated for in
the neighborhood of eighteen or TWEEN.
ty years, during all of which time Par.
ley Sheldon has been mayor of the
city, and directly and intimately con
nected with the management of the
plant. 1t has been his good fortune
to have as his aids in the operation OF
the plant, good and capable assistants
who have been imbued with the idea
that devotion to the plant is relig'
ious duty and the only way to make 1t
succeed.
Mr.. Sheldon is a man of extraordin.
ary force of character and there is no
such word as failure with him. He has
lived to see his work rewarded and
one of the best managed electric light
plants in the country is the result. We
doubt if the success of the plant at
Ames can be duplicated anywhere else
in the country, and we attribute in a
large measure the success of the
plant to the superior ability and devo
tion Of Mayor Sheldon and his assist
ants in looking after the welfare Of
the plant and also to the fact thai
conditions at Ames have been. as fav
orable for making success of the
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plant as could be expected to be found
anywhere in the country.
This plant is located practically in
the coal district, where fuel can be
reached at very short distance and
! where the transportation charges from
| the" mine to Ames are less than fifty
cents per ton. Another factor which
| is favorable to the success of the plant
is the large number of students in at
tendance at the Agricultural college
there being in the neighborhood OF
$500, all but about eight hundred OF
whom depend upon the electric light
plant in the city of Ames for light.
We venture to assert that if MI.
Sheldon had been eliminated from the
domination of the plant at Ames dur
ing the twenty years past that the his
tory of it's success would have been
different from what it is now. We
think that with the superior manage
ment of the plant at Ames it would
make no difference in its success
whether it was run as municipal
plant or as privately owned plant.
We presume, however, the success of
the plant has not always been so
marked as during the last three or
four years.
At one time, according to the state
ment of Mayor Sheldon, such dissatis-
faction arose that movement was start
ed to have it abandoned as munich
pal plant and conducted as privately
owned one and this suggestion was so
popular with the people that the mayor
and his friends say that the PROPOSE
ton was liable to carry and to fore
stall it they induced number of the
leading business men to pledge in the
neighborhood of $4,000 or more as a
guarantee of improvements to be made
and even with this amount of money
pledged the proposition to abandon
municipal ownership was defeated by
only eleven votes. This is but an IL
lustratiOn of the unrest that comes in
to a community at times, and is illus
trated frequently by a desire for a
change without considering the reas-
ons for change. 1t would have been
a great mistake for Ames to have
turned over the electric light plant to
a privately owned company when it
was being operated as advantageous
ly, no doubt, as it was possible to op-
crate it.
In order to ascertain how far the
success of the plant at Ames, conduct
ed as municipal plant, would insure
the success of plant in Denison, so
conducted, must necessarily depend
upon whether conditions are or would
be similar to what they are and what
they have been at Ames, because as
the conditions are more favorable or
less favorable at Ames, the results
must be seen in the success of the
(Cortipuo1 m Dooo -Four
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ADJOURNMENT OF
DISTRICT COURT
New Trial Granted in Case Of Peabody
Buggy Co. VS. First National
Bank of Woodbine.
ROBERTSON OBTAINS JUDGMENT
Judge OverruIes Motion for New Trial
in the Famous Case Of Miller
vs. Harrison County.

District court adjourned on Satur-
day after a week spent on the equity
calendar. lAe case reported In last
week issue of the Review, the Pea
body Buggy company against the First
National bank of Woodbine, was up
for consideration the first of last week.
The court, after the case was conclud-
ed the week before, had found in fav-
or of the bank at Woodbine and had
discharged it as garnishee. On recon
sieration the court decided that the
evidence was such that new trial
should be granted and the judgment
renered in the first instance was set
aside and the case will stand for re-
trial at the next term of court.
In the case of Robertson against
Charles Hunt, which grew out of some
lot or land transaction at Deloit, judg-
ment was rendered in favor of Robert
son and required Mr.. Hunt to execute
a deed to the property.
In the somewhat famous case of
Miller against Harrison county, tried
at the beginning of the term, motion
for new trial filed by the county was
overruled and judgment rendered
against it for $4,000 and costs. This
case, we are told, is now up for appeal
to the supreme court. This will be no
surprise as it was expected the case
would be appealed whichever. way it
was decided.
There were several other matters of
less importance disposed of before
court finally adjourned.
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his near neighbor for so many years.
They had been close friends, as neigh
bors in all christian work DR.. Sen
seny spoke as father might to his
son, who was going away and well
expressed the sentiments of the peo-
pie of Denison towards Rev. DePree.
Rev. Williams expressed himself es-
pecially pleased with the gospel which
Rev. DePree had declared from the
pulpit and wished him the greatest
success for the future. The conclud-
ing hymn was that beautiful creation
of DR.. Ranh4n of Washington City,
God be with you till we meet again"
With the delivering of the bene
diction the people crowded forward
to give last word of greeting to Rev.
DePree and his wife, who was most
beloved by all who have known her.
He gave all cordial invitation to
visit him when in Sioux Clty and thus
closed one of the notable events in
the history of the Presbyterian church
of this city.
Rev. DePree has been remarkab bly,,
fearless minister of the gospel. He
has ever taken strong ground on behalf
of all things which would uplift and
make better the people. One of the
characteristics of his career in Den
ison was his accepting the position
of special policeman, at the time of
the street fair and no money, argument
or persuasion could influence him to
allow anything of questionable char
acter to take place, although, strong
pressure was brought to bear upon
him, by the manager of the fair, who
insisted at least on the last night that
the lid be taken off. We predict for
him brilliant career at Knox Pres
byterian church, Sioux City. The
churches of Denison have sustained
a distinct loss in his departure.
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Mr.. C. L. Voss received telegram
early Monday morning stating that his
mother, Mrs. Catherine Voss, had
passed away at her home in Freeport,
III. Mr.. Voss only last week visited
his mother and while she was in very
poor health, it was not thought that
her condition was so serious. Her son,
Dan Voss. has been with her the past
two weeks and was at her bedside at
the time of her death. Mr.. and Mrs.
Voss left for Freeport Monday eve
ming to attend the funeral. Mrs. Cath
crime Voss was SO years of age at the
time of her death and leaves five
daughters and two sons to mourn her
death. z.
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market. These coats are all made up
with the finest grade of tailoring and
are divided into two lots.
Lot number one-YOu will find this
line sold by dealers as high as $500.
They are we'll tailored and have
high grade lining. They are gar
ment that we would price to you at
$500 and you would not hesitate to
pay this amount for it. But in order
to give you merchandise at great
saving, We offer you the entire lot this
week at $19.85.
Lot number two represents coats
that are worth from $500 to $1,000.
They are highly finished and we'll tail
ored. They are specially priced to
you for this week at SASS and $16.48.
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INTENSEINTEREST
IN BIGC0NTEST
Big Event Will Close Promptly at
O'Clock on Evening Of Satur-
day, December 9Th.
BALLOT BOX is NOW SEALED
Contestants Must Have Their Special
Reports Deposited in the Ballot
Box Before Closing Hour.

Intense interest is being manifested
in every part of Crawford county over
the outcome of the Reviews great cir
culation contest, which will close Sat.
urday evening, December 9th, at s
o'clock. Contestants are rallying their
friends to their support and the re-
naming three days promise to be ex-
citing to say the least The prizes
are worth the effort and for that reas-
on the young ladies are putting forth
strenuous efforts to win one of the val
liable prizes.
The ballot box is now sealed and
voting from now until the close will
be secret. Young ladies have been
furnished with special report blanks
and these will be filled out with the
names of the subscribers and the cor
responding amount of money placed in
the envelope. These reports must be
placed in the ballot box before p. M,
Saturday evening. Each, contestant
may deposit as many special report
envelopes as she desires and friends
who wish to pay their subscriptions
at this Office may do so and receive
the ballot and deposit them in the bal
lot box themselves. Contestants Must
Have Their Special Reports in the Bal.
lot Box Before the Closing Hour for
the judges will not allow voting after
8 o'clock.
The Review Office will be busy
place all day Saturday as the greatest
newspaper contest ever conducted in
western Iowa will be brought i, to a
close that evening. Arrangements
have been made to have the Review
office, open until midnight Saturday
and interested people may call up the
Review Office and find out the results.
On account Of the large number of
votes cast during the contest It Will
very likely take the judges two hours
to make the final count Of votes and
theafresult should be known by 10
o'clock.
Eunice DObsOn ........ $50. .9144OO
Agnes -Brogan ..--.... .-SlAooV
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Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Gollmore were
called to Odebolt the latter part of last
week on account of the death of a
nephew of Mrs. Gilmore. Kenneth,
two year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs
George Hanson, passed away last
Wednesday afternoon after short i'll.
ness due to membranous Group. The
death of this child is all the more sad
owing to the fact that it was the only
child in the family. Funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon at
o'clock from the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Hanson, burial taking place in the
OdebOlt cemetery.
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$22, SIS and $30Coals

We offer for this sale only complete
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made to retail at $25.00 and $4,000.
These coats are all shown in the new
effects. Some are lined throughout;
others are half lined, while others
have no lining at all. Most of them
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They are made up in blues, browns
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