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CHAPTER TX.
SkirmishinQ.

Fran made no delay in planning her
campaign against Grace Noir. Now
that her position in Hamilton Greg
ory's household was assured, she re-
solved to seek support from Abbott
Ashton. That is why, one afternoon,
Abbott met her in the lower hall of
the public school, after the other pu-
pills had gone, and supposed he was
meeting her by accident
Good evening, Nonpareil," he said,
pleased that her name should have
come to him at once. His attentive
look found her different from the night
of their meeting; she had lost her elf
fsh smile and with 1t the romance of
the unknown and unexpected. Was it
because, at half-past four, ones charm
is at lowest ebb? The janitor was
sweeping down the hall stairs. The
very air was filled with dusty realism
Fran was no longer pretty; he had
thought
Then you haven't forgotten me-"
murmured Fran.
NO." he answered, proud of the
fact. you have made your home
with Mr.. Gregory. You are in Miss
Bulls classroom. l knew Mr.. Gregory
would befriend you-he's one of the
best men living. You should be very
happy there"
: No" said Fran, shaking her head
decidedly, mot happy"
He was rather glad the janitor was
sweeping them ont of the house. You
must find it pretty hard" he remarked,
with covert reproach, ito keep from
being happy"
ct isn't at all hard for me-" Fran
assured him, as she paused on the
front steps. Really, it's easy to be
unhappy where Miss Grace Noir is"
1t happened that just then the name
Grace Noir was a sort of talisman
opening to the young mans vision the
interior of wonderful treasure-caves;
it was like crying 'Sesame!" to the
very rocks, for though he was not
in love with Gregory's secretary, he
fancied the day of fate was not far
ahead.
He had no time to seek fair and ro-
mantle ladies. Five years ago, Grace
Noir had come from Chicago as if to
spare him the trouble of a search.
Fate seemed to thrust her between
his eyes and the pages of his text
books. Abbott never felt so unworthy
as when in her presence; an unerring
instinct seemed to have provided her
with an absolute standard of right and
wrong, and she was so invariably right
that no human affection was worthy of
her unless refined seven times. Within
himself, Abbott discovered dross.
CRY to be a good girl, Fran" he
counseled. BE good, and your asso-
citation with Miss Noir will prove the
happiest experience of your life."
BE good" she returned mockingly
land you will be Miss Noir." Then
she twisted her mouth. "She makes
me feel like tearing up things. don't
like her. l hoped you'd be on my
side"
He came down the steps gravely
''She is my friend"
I'm a good deal like you" Fran
declared, following. Il can like most
ANYTHING and anybody; but | can't &C
that far. Well, don't like Miss Non
and she doesn't like me-isnt thai
fair"'
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KILLED MAN AND SKINNED HIM
Death of DR.. Isaac c. West in Texas
Recalls Sensational Delaware
Crime.

Dover, Del.-A tragedy that created
the greatest sensation In the history
of Delaware was revived when word
was received here of the sudden
death at Dallas, Tex, of DR.. Isaac C,
West. On December 2, 1872, he kill.
ed Henry G. Turner, alias Couch Tur.
ner, a negro. in Dover, skinned him
completely, and then set fire to the
building in which the crime was com.
mitted. His purpose, 1t was claimed
was to secure $4,000 life insurance
by substituting the negro's disfgured
body, and making it appear he had
been killed by an explosion of medi'
cinal gas that he manufactured.
The case was tried here in April.
1873. West was acquitted on the
ground of insanity, but subsequently
was convicted of arson, and served a
term in Dover Jail. He left Delaware
after completing his sentence, and
had not ben heard from for years I'm.
til word reached here of his death.
The tragedy was one of the most
terrible ever committed in this coun-
try. West made confession, in
which he told of having skinned the
body and buried portions of 1t in a
half dozen different places here. In
order to brighten negroes generally,
it was only necessary to refer to the
West case. This holds good 70 some
instances to this day.
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Examine yourself" he advised,
"and find out what it is in you that she
doesn't like; then get rid of what you
find"
"Huh!" Fran exclaimed, "I'm going
to get rid of her, all right"
He saw the old elfish smile now
when he least wanted to see 1t, for it
threatened the secretary, Knocked the
grave superintendent, and asserted the
girls right to like whom she pleased.
Fran escaped, recognizing defeat;
but on her homeward way, she was
already preparing herself for the next
move. So intent was she in estimat-
ing the forces of both sides, that she
gave no heed to the watchful faces
at cottage windows, she did not recog-
nize the infrequent passers-by, nor OBJ
serve the occasional buggies that
creaked along the rutted road. With
Grace stood, of course, Hamilton Greg
ory; and, Judging from Bob Clinton's
regular visits, and his particular atten-
tons to Grace, Fran classed him also
as a victim of the enemy. 1t now
seemed that Abbott Ashton followed
the flag Noir; and behind these three
leaders, massed the congregation of
Walnut Street church, and presumably
the town of Littleburg.
Fran could count for her support an
Did bachelor with a weak heart, and an
old lady with an ear-trumpet. The odds
were terribly against her.
The first light skirmish between
Fran and Grace took place on Sunday.
All the Gregory household were at
late breakfast Sunday-school bells
were ringing their first call, and there
was not cloud in the heavens as big
as a mans hand, to furnish excuse for
non-attendance.
The secretary fired the first shot.
Apropos of nothing that had gone be-
fore, but as if it were an integral part
of the conversation, she offered-"A And,
Mrs. Gregory, it is so nice that you
can go to church now, since, if Fran
doesn't want to go, herself"
Which she doesn't, herself" Fran
interjected.
$50 l presumed" Grace remarked
Significantly. Mrs. Gregory, Fran
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DOCTORS FEE IN A DUEL
A Court in Cairo Decides He Has q
Right to Charge For His
Services.

Cairo.-A court in Cairo has decid-
ed that doctor has a right to
charge for his services in a duel, &C.
cording to the Paris correspondent of
The Journal of the American Medical
Association, who writes:
HAS a doctor the right to fees for
his services as a physician in a dnel?
A court in Cairo presided over by
French Judge recently passed on tols
question. A doctor demanded $20
Goo francs) as his fee for his services
In a duel. The duelist declared that
the claim was not legal because 1t was
based on completely in an illegal act.
The decision was that although the
seconds of the duelist were his ac-
completes in crime, this was because
the conditions of duels required the
seconds to give aid and assistance to
the duelist in this commission, but the
physician, when he gives no such aid,
merely acts in his official capacity,
and therefore has risiyt to his fee.'
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can stay with your mother-since she
doesn't care for church-and you can
attend services as you did when | first
came to Littleburg."
81 am sure" Mrs. Gregory said quiz
etly, that it would be much better
for Fran to go to church. She ought
to go-I don't like to think Of her stay
ing away from the services-and my
duty is with mother"
Grace said nothing, but the express
sion of her mouth seemed to cry aloud.
Duty. indeed! What did Mrs. Gregory
know about duty, neglecting the God
who had made her, to stay with an old
lady who ought to be wheeled to
church! Mrs. Gregory was willing for
her husband to fight his Christian
warfare alone. But alone? No! not
while Grace could go with him.
Gregory coldly addressed Fran:
! 'Then, will you go to church?. 1t
was as if he complained, Since my
wife won't"
81 might laugh" said Fran. 81 don't
understand religion"
Grace felt her purest ideals insulted.
She rose, a little pale, but without
rudeness. ''Will you please excuse
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She Didn't Intend To.

A middle aged couple, made sud-
denly rich through an unexpected
turn of fortunes wheel, were visiting
the senator from their district this
Washington residence,
At breakfast the first morning aft
er their arrival, the woman, nervously
trying to chip off the top of her egg
with her knife, attacked the problem
with so much zeal that the egg was
knocked out of the cup and rolled un-
der the table. Not knowing just
what the proper thing to do under the
circumstances was, she nudged her
husband.
Hank! Hank!" she whispered, Il
have dropped an egg. What shall /
do?"
Don't cackle," came the matter-of
fact reply.
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Woman having decided to wear
modest clothes, an extra session OF
congress was Immediately called. The
president was present in person.
"The gravity of the situation" he
said, lis unnecessary for me to dilate
upon. The question is-what can be
done?"
A committee was appointed to wait
upon the ladies', who remained firm.
Wall street was suspended and the
leading banks all failed. The balance
of trade reverted against US by several
billions, and on top of this the crops
gave indications of total collapse.
Thereupon woman, tanning herself.
complacently remarked
What is the use of having suffrage
when we can do things like this?"-
Life.
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PANTRY CLEANED
A Way Some People Have.
A doctor said:

A doctor said:
Before marriage my wife observed
in summer and country homes, coming
in touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating ten
denotes, that the families using Pos
tum seemed to average better than
those using coffee
when we were married two years
ago, Postum was among our first order
of groceries. We also put in some tea
and coffee for guests, but after both
had stood around the pantry about a
year untouched, they were thrown
away, and Postum used only.
up to the age of % had been &C
customed to drink coffee as routine
habit and suffered constantly from in
digestion and all it's relative disorders.
Since using Postum all the old COM
plants have completely left me and l
sometimes wonder if ever had them"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for booklet, THE
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir
ring level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes it righs
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put IN a
heaping spoonful and temper it with a
large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have it served that way in the future.
There's q Reason" for Postum
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Disguised "Fan."

George Mcconnell, the Yankee
pitcher, has a very bright little boy OF
five. The youngster, who goes to most
of the ball games with his mother. is
very sore loser. One day he
was Disguised to see his father
knocked out of the box. The next
day Jack WARRIOR suffered the same
sort of treatment, and after he had
dressed he went to sit with the Nc
Connell family in the grand stand.
He and the little Mcconnell boy
are the best of chums, but this day
Hops" could not get a rise out OF
the little codger. Every advance was
met with cold disdain. Finally the
boy could repress his wrath no
longer.
go on away from me-" he said,
land don't ever talk to me again till
you win a game. You're almost as
rotten as dad"
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DEER JOINS HERD OF HORSES
Hunter Says AIbino Doe Was Boycott
ted by Its Own Species and
Cast Out.

Libby, Mont.-Henry Wegner spent
a few days in Libby from his upper
Yakt ranch. He stated that a pure
white deer had become associated with
his horses and had become so tame as
to follow his horses into the corral
each time they entered it, and was no
more wild than the horses.
Mr.. Wegner said it was doe and
had pink eyes, so he had named 1t
"Albino." Old hunters here say that
on account of it's freakish appearance
it had been driven away by other deer
and had become an outcast, and in
such cases the animal will always sc
to herd of cattle or horses, If possS
ble
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SHAKING HANDS WITH FACES
Lackaye Said John Drew's was Only
One With Which That Could
Be Done.

Joseph Jefferson and Wilton Lack
aye were in the same company one
season. 1t was the custom or Mr.. JEFF
ferson to respond to curtain calls and
make a speech to the audience. he
enjoyed it, and the audience enjoyed
it also. Mr.. Lackaye, however, al
ways contended that an actor should
not step out of his part in this man
ner.
One night after Mr.. Jefferson had
made his speech and was going to his
dressing-room he met Lackaye.
well, Wilton. said Jefferson, how
did I do tonight?"
"Oh," replied Lackaye, the same
old story. You went out before the
audience and made tbs usual blum
der"
"Blunder!" exclaimed Jefferson.
what did l do or say that you would
call blunder?"
Why" said Lackaye. "you said, AS
| ! look into your faces. l feel that
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Fran arrives at Hamilton GregorJ's
home in Littleburg, but finds him absent
conducting the choir at a camp meeting.
She repairs thither in search of him,
laughs during the service and is asked to
leave. Abbott Ashton, superintendent OF
schools, escorts Fran from the tent He
tells her Gregory is a wealthy man.
deeply interested in charity work, and
pillar of the church. Ashton becomes
greatly interested in Fran and while TAX
ing leave of her, holds her hand and Is
seen by Sapphire Clinton, sister of Rob
ert Clinton, chairman of the school board.
Fran tells Gregory she wants home
with him. Grace NOir, Gregorys private
secretary, takes a violent dislike to Fran
and advises her to go away at once.
Fran hints at a tWenty-year-old secret,
and Gregory in agitation asks Grace to
leave the room. Fran relates the story
of how Gregory married young girl at
Springfield while attending college and
then deserted her Fran is the child of
that marriage; Gregory had married his ii.
present wife three years before the death
of Fran's mother Fran takes liking to
Mrs. Gregory. Gregory explains that
Fran is the daughter of very dear friend
who is dead. Fran agrees to the story.
Mrs. Gergory insists on her making her
home with them and takes her to her
arms. The breach between Fran and
Grace widens. 1t is decided that Fran
must go to school. Grace shows persis-
tent interest in Gregory's story of his
dead friend and hints that Fran may be
an mpOster. She threatens to marry Bob
Clinton and leave Gregory's service, much
to the latter's dismay Fran declares that
the secretary must 60
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was not warranted by it's real atmos-
phere. Since there were not many
inhabitants of Littleburg detached
from housekeeping, Miss Sapphire
Clinton depended for the most part
on "transients;" and, to hold such in
subsection, preventing them from in
dulging in that noisy gaiety to which
"transients" are naturally Inclined
just because they are transitory-the
elderly spinster had developed an alb
normal solemnity.
This solemnity was not only benefi-
cial to "drummers" and court men,
acutely conscious of being away from
home, but it helped her brother Bob.
Before the charms of Grace Noir had
penetrated his thick skin, the popular
Littleburg merchant was as unman-
ageable as the worst. Before he grew
accustomed to fall into a semi-coma-
tose condition at the approach of
Grace Noir, and, therefore, before his
famous attempt to get religion" the
bachelor merchant often swore-not
from aroused wrath, but from his pc
culiar sense of humor In those Anti
Grace and heather days, Bob, sitting
on the long veranda of the green
frame building, one leg swinging over
the other knee, would say, eyes, -
it," or mo, - it." as the case might
be. 1t was then that the reproving
protest of his sisters face would jelly
in the fat folds Of her double chin.
helping, somewhat, to cover profanity
with a prudent veil
Miss Sapphire liked a joke-or at
least she thought so-as well as any
body; but like too-humorous author
she found that to be as funny as pos
sible was bad for business. The tray
cling men were bad enough, needing
to be reminded of their wives, whom
they'd left at home, and, she'd be
bound, had forgotten. But when one
man, whether a traveller or not-even
a staid young teacher like Abbott Ash
ton, for instance-a young man who
was almost like a son to her-when he
secluded himself in the nighttime
by himself? with another male? oh
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Makes America Seem NiggardIy.

Compared with the salary and al
lowances of the president of France,
the pay of the president of the Uni
ted States almost sinks into insight
canoe. The French president enjoys
some petits benefices apart from the
$4,000 he draws yearly as salary and
allowances. Supplies of vegetables for
his table come from the kitchen gar
dens at Versailles, fruits from the or
chards of Fontainebleau, game from
the state forests and hay for his
horses from the meadows of Ram
bouillet. Moreover, the state pays
the wages of his table hands and his
coachman, but not his chauffeurs, and
his naval and military equerries are
maintained by the ministries of war
and marine.
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was sneezing violently. It was the
terrible tigress.
Il rubbed my still somewhat dazed
eyes, and then discerned the great
beast sinking away, sneezing all the
time, and every now and again emit
ting a frightfu1 roar.
"Only when she had got clean Out
of sight did the strange truth dawn
upon me. The tigress, in shaking me
preparatory to finishing me off, had
jerked my recently replenished snuff
box open from my jacket pocket, and
received the contents full in her face
and eyes. Hence the sudden retreat
and my salvation"
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Lanuuaue Intricacies.

Richard Grant White in his Words
and Their Uses,' says. "Transpire
means to breathe through, and so to
pass off insensibly. The identical
word exists in French, in which Ian
guage it is equivalent of our perspire,
which also means to breathe through,
and SO to pass off insensibly The
Frenchman says Jai beaucoup tran
spire O have much perspired)-
in fact, transpire and perspire are
etymologically as near perfect syn
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TRAGEDY TURNED TO COMEDY
British Officer Tells How Snuff Saved
Him From a Hungry Indian
Tigress.

A comedy which came very near
to tragedy is related by a gallant OF
ficer of the Bengal Lancers, now
home on furlough.
Here is the strange true story IN
the soldiers own words:
81 was out for a day in the Jungle
and had had rather poor sport. Lying
down for bit of rest upon some
rank dry grass on the edge OF WOOD
in the afternoon, / was seized from
behind without a moments warning
by a huge tigress, which had got my
scent and silently tracked me down.
"She seized me by the breast OF the
coat with her great teeth, and quickly
shook me into a state Of unconscious
ness. Of course, thought it was all
up w:th me.
But no. Before long made
startling recovery. Hardly realizing
for a while where l was and what had
happened, ! heard a little distance
away a peculiar noise. as if someone
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FESTIVITIES OF THE PAPUANS
Poor Creatures Have Little limo to
spare for Amusement-Wom
Are the Workers.

New York.-Festive seasons are
few and far between among the
Papuans. Poor creature5 They have
little time to spare for amusement,
their thoughts being entirely directed
toward the supply of sufficient food.
This statement refers more particu-
larly to the women, who are the work
ers and chief food collectors, the men
varying their time between occasional
hunting trips and lolling about in
blissful idleness on the sands oppo-
site the village. The Papuan male
evidently has a rooted dislike for
work and ideas of his own as to the
duties Of wives.
In the month of May the principal
festival of the year takes place-close-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-08-21
Storekeepers in Difficulties.

A number Of shopkeepers were
summoned at the Grimsby police court
recently for contravening the closing
order under the shops act. They COM
planned that they had difficulty in I'M
derstanding what they could and
could not sell. One of the defendants
admitted selling soap to a man who
was very dirty. Thinking cleanliness
was next to goodness, let him have
a packet" said the defendant.-Lon-
don Mail.
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Daring Aeronaut Shy of Horse.


A lockwood farmer thinks these
balloonist fellows are queer. He Is
still scratching his head over a
strange remark by Capt Honeywell.
AS the balloon was packed and ready
for shipment to st. Louis, a farmer
standing near, offered his team to
transport the balloon and the men to
lockwood. Honeywell demanded to
know If the horse was safe one.
eyes" said the farmer, but a bit
afraid to automobiles" Nothing do
ing then" said Honeywell. Il wouldn't
care to risk my life behind a scary
horse" And Honeywell had ridden a
balloon from Kansas City, fleeing be-
fore a storm the whole way!-ToledO
Blade.
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onyms as the nature of language per-
mits; the latter, however, has by COM
mon consent been set apart in English
to express the passage of watery
secretion through the skin, while the
former is properly used only in a fig
urative sense to express the passage
of knowledge from a limited circle to
publicity"
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Il Puzzled Him.

Newedd-Did you spend so much
money as this before l married you?
Mrs Newedd-Why, yes.
Newedd-Then | can't understand
why your father went on SO when 1
took you away from him.
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should like to shake hands with each
and every one
well, what's wrong with that?"
asked Jefferson
Its perfectly absurd" retorted
Eackaye. 1.-THE only face that I ever
saw that you could shake hands with
is John Drew's. "-Lippincott's
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Necessity.

"It is said that Queen Mary clings
to the old-fashioned sidesaddle."
ANY one who rides on one has to-"
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Just Like Mother,

Mrs. Chatt-Did mother receive you
with open arms, dear?
Mr.. Chatt-No; with open mouth.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
tion,alays pain, cures wind colic.25c bottle.Adv
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The soil of shallow minds is fine for
growing weeds

Some dogs are born foolish, the
same as some men.
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CHAPTER X.
An Amhuscade.

Frans conception Of the Clinton
Boarding-House, the home Of jollity,