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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

IN life flocked about her, why, 1t Is
the eternal tribute demanded of beau
ty. Here and there the men were not
all the daughter might have wished.
| Often they burnt sweet fiattery at her
shrine, tentatively; but as she coolly
stamped out these incipient fires,
they at length came to regard her as
one regards the beauty of frosted
window, as thing to admire and
praise in passing One ache always
ablded; the bitter knowledge that had
she met In kind smile for smile and
Jest for jest, she might have been her
mothers boon companion. But deep
back In some hidden chamber Of her
heart lay secret dread Of such
step, dread which, whenever she
strove to analyze it, ran from under
her Investigating touch, as little balls
OF quicksilver run from under the
pressure of a thumb
She was never without the comforts
OF life, well-fed, welldressed, we'll
housed, and often her mother flung
her some jeweled tTinket which (again
that sense of menace) she put away,
but never wore. The bright periods
were when they left her in the little
villa near Mentone, with no one but
her old and faithful nurse. There,
with her horse, her books and her
flowers, she was at peace. Week into
week and month into month she was
let be. Never letter came, save
from some former schoolmate who
was coming over and wanted letters
Of introduction to dukes and duchess
es. If she smiled over these letters
it was with melancholy; for the dukes
and duchesses, who fell within her
singular orbit, were not the sort to
whom one gave letters of introduction.
Where her mother went she never
had the least idea. She might be in
any of the great ports of the world,
anywhere between New York and
Port Said. The major generally dis
appeared at the same time. Then,
perhaps, she'd come back from a
pleasant tram-ride over to Nice and
find them both at the villa, maid and
luggage. Mayhap a night or two, and
off they'd 60 again; never a word
about their former journey, uncom-
municative, rather quiet. These alb
sences, together with the undemon-
strative Temperatures, used to hurt
Fortune dreadfully. 1t gave her a
clear proof of where she stood, exactly
nowhere. The. hurt had lessened with
the years, and now she didn't care
much. Like as not, they would drag
her out of Eden for a month or two,
for what true reason she never could
quite fathom, unless it was that at
times her mother liked to have the
daughter near her as a foil.
At rare intervals she saw steel-eyed.
grim-mouthed men wandering Up and
down before the gates Of the Villa
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

began George, who was no longer the
shy, laundering rec!use. They were
on the way back to town.
Tell It me-" said Mrs. Chedsoye.
He leaned over from his seat beside
the chauffeur Of the hired automobile.
(Hang the expense on day like
this!) "A fellow brought me rug
last night, one of the rarest outside
the museums. How and where he got
1t I'm not fully able to state. But
he had been in violent struggle
somewhere. arms slashed. shins bat
tered. He admitted that he had gone
in where many shapes Of death
lurked. It was a bit irregular. /
bought the rug, however. Some one
else would have snatched It up II I
hadn't. I wanted him to recount the
adventure, but he smiled and refused.
l tell you what It is. these eastern
ports are great places"
How interesting." Mrs. Chedsoye's
color was not up to the mark. HE
was not seriously wounded?'
"Oh, no. He looks like a tough in
diyidual. I mean, a chap strong and
hardy enough to pull himself out OF
pretty bad holes. He needed the
money"
Did he give his manner" asked For
tune.
"yes: but no doubt It was assumed.
E-.nno, ana he spelt It with an me-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

which of the four was by al. odds the
most popular theme. All agreed that
she was handsome in bold way. This
modification invariably distinguishes
the right sort of women from the
wrong sort, from which there is no ap-
peal to higher court. They could
we'll afford to admit Of her beauty,
since the dancer was outside what 10
called the social pale, for all that her
newest escort was a prince incognito.
They also discussed the play at bridge,
the dullness of this particular season,
the possibility OF war between Eng
land and Germany. And some one
asked others who were the two we'll
gowned women down in front, sitting
on either side Of the young chap IN
pearl.grey. No one knew. Mother and
daughter, probably. Anyhow, they
knew something about good clothes.
George was happy. He was proud,
too. He saw the glances, the mods OF
approval. He basked in kind OF
sunshine that was new. What an ass
he had been all Ids life! To have
been afraid of women just because
he was Perciyal Algernon! What he
should have done was to have gone
forth boldly, taken what pleasures he
found, and laughed with the rest OF
them.
There weren't two other women IN
all Cairo to compare with these two.
The mother, shapely. elegant, WIN
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

the dark beauty of a high.class Span.
lard, possessing humor, trenchant com,
ment. keen deduction and application;
worldly, cynical, high-bred. The stu.
dent of nations might have tried in
vain to place her She spoke the
French of the Parisians, the Italian
of the Florentines, the German of the
Hanoverians, and her English was the
envy Of Americans and the wonder of
the Londoners. The daughter fell be,
hind her but little, but she was more
reserved.
AS Fortune sat beside the young col
lector that afternoon, she marveled
why they had given him Percival AL
gernon. Jones was all right, solid and
substantial, but the other two turned
It into ridicule. Still, what was the
matter with Percival Algernon? His
tory had given men of these names
mighty fine things to accomplish
Then why ridicule? Was 1t due to the
perverted angle Of vision created by
wits and humorists in the comic week
lies, who We're eternally pillorying
these unhappy prefixes to ordinary
cognomens? And why this plllorying
She hadn't studied the subject sui
ficiently to realize that the business
of the humorist Is not so much t
amuse as to warn persons against be
coming ridiculous. And Percival Al
gernon Jones was all of that. 1t re
solved itself into a matter of values
then. Had his surname been Mont
morency, Percival Algernon would
have fitted as a key to its lock. Sht
smiled. No one but a fond mothel
would be guilty of such crime. Ant
If she ever grew to know him vel
enough, she was going to ask him al
about this mother.
What interest had her own mothe
in this harmless young man? Oh
some day she would burst through thi
web, this jungle; some day she woult
see beyond the second act! Wha
then? she never troubled to ask her
self; time enough when tho momen
arrived.
II had an interesting adventur
| last night, a most interesting one,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24
SYNOPSIS.

George Percival Algernon Jones, vice.
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company Of New York, thirsting for
romance. Is In Cairo on a business trip,
horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel in
caro- with a carefully guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later is introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by woman to whom
ne had loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously. and who turns
out 10 be Fortunes mother.
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Fanny, but they never rang the bell,
nor spoke to her when she passed
them on the street. If she talked Of
these men, her mother and the major
would exchange amused glances, moth
ing more.
II, rightly or wrongly, she hated her
mother, she despised her uncle, who
was ever bringing to the villa men Of
money, but of coarse fiber, ostensibly
with the view of marrying her OF.
But Fortune had her dreams. and she
was quite content to wait.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

armor, and she never denied herself
the thrust. Mrs. Chedsoye enjoyed
these sharp encounters, for it must
De added that she gave as good as
she took, and more often than not her
tnrusts bit deeper and did not always
heal.
fortune never asked questions rela.
i've TO the family finances. II she
narbored any doubts as to their origin,
TO the source of their comparative lux.
ury. she never put these into speech
She had never seen her father but
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

and humorously explained why he did
So"
rs he young, old, goodlooking, or
WHAT"
Mrs. Chedsoye eyed her offspring
through narrowed lids.
Il should say that he was about
thirty-five, tall, something OF an ath-
lete; and there remains some indica-
tons that in the flush Of youth he was
handsome Odd. He reminded me OF
a young man who was on the varsity
eleven-foot-b aller-when | entered
my freshman year. didn't know him,
but was great admirer Of his from
the grand.stand. Horace Wadsworth
was his name"
Horace Wadsworth. Fortune had
the sensation Of being astonished at
something she had expected to hap
pen.
Just before going down to dinner
that night. Fortune turned to her
mother, her chin combative in its
angle.
Il gave Mr.. Jones a hundred and
fifty pounds out Of that money you
! left in my care. Knowing how forget
full you are, took the liberty OF at
tending to the affair myself"
She expected storm, but instead
her mother viewed her with apprais-
ing eyes. Suddenly she laughed mel
lowly. Her sense Of humor was too
excitable to resist so delectable sit
uation.
You told him, Of course, that the
money came from me-" demanded
: Mrs. Chedsoye. when she could con-
troll her voice.
Surely, since it did come from
you"
my dear, my dear, you are to me
: like the song ip the Mikado;" and she
hummed lightly
!, To make the prisoner pent
Unwllingly represent
t A source of innocent merriment,
OF innocent merriment"
Am prisoner, them"
Whatever you like; it can not be
3 said that l ever held you on the LEASH"
y taking a final look into the mirrer
What Is the meaning Of this rugf
You and l know who stole It,"
Il have explicitly warned you. my
child, never to NEEDLE with affairs
that do not concern you"
Indirectly, some Of yours do. You
are in love with Ryanne, as he cali'
himself"
my dear, you do not usually stooI
to such vulgarity. And are you Ger
tain that he has any other name?"
IF l were l should not tell YOU"
"Oh!"
"A man will tell the woman hi
loves many things he will not tell
the woman he admires."
"As wise as the serpent" bantered
the mother; but she locked again into
the mirror to see If her color was still
what it should be. "And whom does
he admire?" the Mona Lisa smile how
ering at the corners of her lips.
"You." evenly.
Mrs. Chedsoye thought for a mo-
ment, thought deeply and with new
insight. 1t was no longer a child but
a woman, and mayhap she had played
upon the taut strings Of the young
heart once too often. Still, she wan
unafraid.
"And whom does he love?'
me. Shall get you the rouge
mother?"
Still with that unchanging smiles
the woman received the stab. NY
daughter" as If speculatively, you
will get on. You haven't been my pu-
pill all these years for nothing. Let
US 20 down to dinner
Fortune, as she silently followed.
experienced a sense Of disconcertion
rather than q citation: s,...;....,.s.llss
rHApTER VI
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-01-24

CHAPTER VI.
MOONLIGHT and Poetry.

Moonlight and Poetry. ~
A ball followed dinner that night:
Wednesday. The ample lounging-
room filed up rapidly after coffee:
officers In smart uniforms ard spurs.
whose principal function in times Of
peace is to get in everybody's way,
rowel exposed ankles, and demolish
lace ruffles. Egyptians and Turks and
sleek Armenians In somber western
frock and scarlet eastern fez or tar
boosh. women OF all colors tmeanlng.
as course, as applied) and shapes and
tastes, the lean and the fat the tall
and short, such as Billy Taylor is said
to have kissed in all the ports, and
tail-coats Of as many styles as Jo-
sephs had patches. George could dis
tinguish his compatriots by the fit Of
the trousers round the instep; the
Engllshman had his fitted at the
waist and trusted In Providence for,
the hang Of the rest. This trifling de-
tective work rather pleased George.
The women, however, were all Ewes
to his eye; liberal expanses Of beauti-
full white skin, the bare effect being
modified by string Of pearls or dia-+
monds or emeralds, and hair which,
might or might not have been wholly
their own. He waited restlessly for
the temperance Of Mrs. Chedsoys
and her daughter. All was right with
the world, except that he was to sail
altogether too soon. His loan had
been returned, and he knew that his
former suspicious had been most I'M
worthy. Mrs. Chedsoye had nevsG
received his note.
(TO BE Continued .--.~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20

One note dated August 28th.
1909, due October 1st, 1910, for
1925. 90.
One note dated August 28th,
1909, due October LIST, 1911, for
$4,000 and which deed was
duly filed in the Office of the
register of deeds of Botttineau
county, state of North Dakota,
on the 7th day of September,
1909, at 8: OF O'Clock a. M. and
which default is of the follow
ing nature, to-wit: Non-pay-
ments of notes, and that there
is claimed to be due on said
mortgage at the date Of this
notice the sum of Three Thous.
and Two Hundred Sixteen and
9O-1OO ($3216. 0O Dollars for
principal and interest.
And that said mortgage will
be foreclosed by a sale of the
property in such mort
gage and hereinafter described,
at public auction, agreeably to
the statutes in such case made
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
NoiIee Of Chamsl{ Sale

Notice sis thereby given that
default has been made in the
conditions of that certain mort
gage made by Chas. Davis. of
Bottineau, county of Bottineau
and state of North Dakota.
mortgagor, to Advance Thresh-
er Company, of Battle Creek,
county of Calhoun and state Of
Michigan, mortgage, and duly
assigned to NJ. Rumely Co., a
corporation of LaPorte, county
of LaPorte and state of Indiana,
dated the 28th day of August,
1909, to secure the following
Indebtedness, to wit:
One note dated August 28th,
1909, due October 1st, 1909, fol
$3.50. GU.
One note dated August 28th,
1909, due October LIST, 1909. fol
1926. 90.
One note dated August 18th,
1909, due October 1st, 1910, fol
$3.50. 90.
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Reused the judge.

When Judge Gaynor was On the
bench in New York he had a Ease
where the attorney for the defense
was e%xhausting the patience Of every
one in asking absurd questions of a
witness whose mentality was Of ex-
tremely low order. He kept this up
for half an hour to no purpose at all
and at last explained:
''Now. of course. you don't know
that the defendant here is a manu-
facturer?"
please don't address your questions
to what this witness does not know"
lnterposed Judge Gaynor. 1T opens
such a wide range of possibility. It is
patent that il you persist in finding out
what he does not know we will never
finish this case. Please therefore try
to find out something that he does
know"
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Gene In Verse
OLD FAyoRITEs.

FAITH.
- NCURELY cabined In the ship BE-
low,
Through darkness and through
storm / cross the sea.
A pathleas wilderness Of waves to
me.
But yet I DO not fear, because I know
That he who Suides the good ship o'se
that waste
0ses In the stars her shining pathway
traced.
Blindfold I walk this lifs's bswtldertng
Up dinty steep. through frozen mountain
Through thorn set barren and through
deep morass:
But strong in faith I tread the uneven
And bare my head u~nshrinking to the
blast
Because my Fathers arm 10 round me
cast.
And II the way seems rough I only clasp
The hand that leads me with q frmer
grasp.
Anne c. Lynch Botta.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20

4 Road THAT NEEDS A GOOD DUST BINDER.
plication. are capable Of appreciably
reducing the formation Of dust for at
least one season. Water. salt solutions,
certain light oils and tars and oil and
tar emulsions constitute the first class.
while the heavier oils, tars, semisolid
and solid materials represent the Sec
ond class.
1T u undoubtedly true that thou
sands Of dollars are wasted annually
in a repetition Of experiments which
have time and again proved costly mis-
takes. On the other hand. experiments
which have given good results in some
places have also proved failures when
tried in different localities. 1t is neces-
sary. therefore. not only that the ex-
perience of others be considered. but
that some thought be given to the prob
able effect Of local conditions upon the
results obtained elsewhere.
I'm many instances the selection of q
dust preventive may be Influenced by q
combination of conditions which would
be impossible to foresee except in indi-
vidual cases. Sometimes q choice Of
p~reventives may seem to be equally
divided among q number Of materials,
and experiments alone will determine
which, IL any. is the most suitable. In
many cases the experimenter is handi-
capped by lack Of funds, 90 that the
most suitable material cannot always
be obtained. In these cases q less suit
able material win have to be employed,
although In the long run this will Of
ten prove more costly. Except in rare
instances economy IL the most impor.
tant point TO be considered, and while
permanency Of results ID often synony.
NOUS with economy 1t 10 not always %,
among the permanent dust proven
lives coal tar and the asphaltic OF
semiasphaltc oils are the only onea
which can b used under ordinary con.
dttdons on account Of expense. In til
case Of hard roads 4 choice Of thesl
two materials WIN exist. but In treat
ing soft roads oils only have % fal
proved successful.
aAThe choice between oil and tar foI
) On i rural macadam road Will do
pend upon several conditions. The 6rs
of these would ordinarily be the rela
i've cost Ct the given location. Othe'
factors. such % relative quality Of Ii.
savailable materials, climatic condi
hons condinons q the road, characte
Of IL road trsated. stc.. sshoul1 =
carefully considere1.s
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The Literal Mind.

All orders to native servants in India
must be literally given. for in that
manner they will be received. A mis-
sionary once took a country lad as q
servant when going out on a bbatine
journey. As there are no lavatories
on board the country boats. ones ablu-
tons have to be performed in q very
simple manner an ordinary bucket
serving as q wash bowl. The boy was
told to bring some water and in doing
60 happened to spill a little on the
door. "Why don't you throw it all ove'
mer' asked the missionary loosely,
"Aha," said the lad. and Immediately,
to his masters establishment. he took
up the pail and emptied It over his EN-
ployer's head.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
DUST PROBLEM IS
GROWING RAPIDLY
Question a Troublesome One
IN All Sections.
GOVERNMENT HAS REPORT.

Various Binders For Different Kinds OF
Surfaces Are Studied by the Office Of
Roads and Means Suggested Fer
Rsmsdyins Country Wide Evil.
The question Of dust on the roads at
this season Of the year Is a trouble
some one. and on the solution Of this
problem and it's study the Office Of pub.
lie roads, Washington, recently made
an interesting report Concerning the
means Of overcoming the dust evil the
report says:
'The dust problem as 1t stands to-
day seems to be open to two methods
Of attack-irst, by applying materials
to the road which will hold down the
dust formed and. second. by methods
of construction designed to reduce the
formation Of dust and therefore the
wear Of the road to a minimum. Dust
prevention has so far been mainly con-
fined to the treatment Of old macadam
surfaces, and many preparations have
appeared on the market during the last
few years for which great claims have
been made.
There are also two general methods
Of preventing dust on finished surfaces
first. keeping down the dust formed
on the road and, second, reducing Its
formation to a minimum. With this
classification in mind, a corresponding
division of dust preventives may be
made, and the different materials may
be classed as temporary binders and
permanent binders. It will be found
that this classification readily lends It,
self to a logical comparison Of the ella
tive merits of the different materials
when considered in regard to their ap-
plication and suitability for different
kinds Of roads as well as to various
conditions Of traffic and climate. The
essential requisite for any dust pre-
ventive is its binding power, or. in 9th
er words. its power of holding together
the fine material produced on the sur
face Of the road. In order to keep
down the dust the temporary binders
from their very nature will. Of course.
have to be applied with more or less
frequency according as their properties
approach those Of the permanent bind
ers. The term permanent as here
considered is only relative and applies
to those materials which. upon one ap'
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-20
C~oNsTANCY.
Out upon 1t. ] have loved
Three whole days together
And nm lila A0 l0lso fhnoo ~nAn

~ Three whole days together
And Am like to love three more
II it prove fine weather.
TIME shall mott away his wings
Ere he shall discover
In the whole wide world again
Such a constant lover.
PUT the spite on t 10, no praise
Is due at all to me.
Love with me had made no stays
Had 1t any been but she.
HAD 1t any been but she -
- And that very face
There had been at least ere this
A dozen in her place.
Sir John Sucking.
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and provided, at the Southeast
quarter of section eighteen. in
the township of one hundred
sixty-two, range seventy-fve
in the county of Bottineau state
of North Dakota, at the hour
of 8 o'clock p. m. on Tuesday
the End day of July. 1913. That
personal property which will
be sold to satisfy said mortgage
is described as follows, towit:
One Advance So horse power
engine No. 044O.
One Advance A" Cylinder
64'' rear separator No. 1878.
One Advance A Self Feeder
No. 8O13.
One set trucks.
One Advance wind stacker,
No. 6442.
One Heyran wagon loading
elevator.
NJ. Rumeley Company,
Assignee of mortgage.
June 2O)
Subscribe for The Courant.
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Another Process.

Little Tommy won't wash his face
and hands. What shall ! dot"
"You might have him dry cleaned
BY one Of these vacuum wagons" sug-
gested the head Of the house.-Nx.
change.
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A Conundrum.
What IL that which il always found
in place, yet always out Of order3 The
letter &C."