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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-29

"It's f1otkery for me to wear white
today" she whispered to herself. for
her face was whittier than her frock.
Impulse would have taken her Q
thousand miles in the opposite direc-
ton from the scene Of Bobby Ellis
wedding, but che understood. or
thought che did. why he asked her
to be there.
II was common gossip In Budlong
County that Bobby had been devot1d
to Helen. and her presence. a. we'll
as her fathers there today would
still every voice.
Mr.. Ellis and the widow were wait
ing in the parlor Of the parsonage.
Bobby was looting white and stern.
and the widow was very lovely In
palest blue that matched her eyes.
Before I call in tho sky rilot." said
Bobby rather nervously. ri want TO
say that this is Z game--f did Il 70
get Helen here and the widow help
ed" He cleared his throat and
started defantly at Bill Main. but
Bill Main was looking at his daughter.
I'm going to marry Helen now. and
I'd rather do II with your consent
than without. sir. What you eot TO-
saw"
Befor. Mr.. Main could frame a r..
ply Helen had rushed into Bohbv'e.
arms. her face ros pink with sudden:
10Y.
There's the answer. Bonhv." said
Ril, Main seriously. but his face
allowed ~ ~ = new i'eht had been
kind1ed within his heart.
"1f . and M~s. Watkins Mn stand
Nm with ns-weT do a. ftncf far you.
some day" suggested the Joyous
bridegroom boldly.
Bill Mains ayes met the nleAAine
blue ones az the rrettv widow whom
he once loved and lost only to fe<
gain now.
"Mieh+ az weW ate vow ur now
and make , aorble kpc+ ~ r." said
Mr. Nrsin. "what sav. eeitv!"
"Thst u what nobh~ ana : plane
. ned" said the widow damurelv.
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to wear white--you see she's set on
wearing blue and she says II you
should q pink or red or anything
like that 1t would make her dress
look like an Indian blanket on q
piebald pony. l. hope I get those COL
ors correct-her hairs red. you
know"
RED and WHITE" corrected Helen
sweetly.
THANK you" said Bobby solemnly
az he led her to q seat. II reckon this
is the last dance you'll ever have
with me as q cAre-free bachelor. Next
time I'll be an old married party!"
! II suppose 60" said Helen.
7 II must go hunt your father up and
tear that there little wilder away
from his fascinating attentions" cried
Bobby gayly. "see you at 10 tomor.
rows?
eyes"
Sure thing?"
"Yes.".
Good" said Bobby. and II Helen
could have seen his face she would
have noticed that there was a strain.
ed look In; his eves
She saw nothing save the c,irioMsly
streaked hair Of the widow Watkins
and Bohbv's tall form bending ovel
her az he calmly carried her away
from Big Bill Main. Helen's father.
Mr.. Mains eagle ewes roanned the
room and found his %daughter's pale
face staring appeal at him. The BIZ
c%attleman's harsh face seemed cur,
.ously softened az he met her apreal.
ing glance. and his eves wore a hur'
look as he nmshed his fingers through
his srizzled hair"
"well. daughter" he asked
care you ready to en. dad?"
"Rfeht and ready" he returned
promptly.
When he drove I'D to the door 1,
the blackboard HELEN WAS standing o,
the steps muffIed IN wrars. It wa,
cool outside and she shivareh. A,
they we're about to drive or the lea,
form ~. Tim Rawlins pushed close I,
the wagon.
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cd, wonderingly. 1T seems to good
to be true"
Steadily, hopefully. the eggs daily
increased, or at least held their own.
Lefty sang about her work.
If they lay like this ill summer
she thought. I'LL put my interest
money in the bank and not have an
other such q horror OF q winter an I
had last"
She ever NODDED kindly to John
Danforth when she saw him potter
ing about his OWE poultry yards.
:. Il wonder what he would think II
he could know how many eggs l am
getting" she thought with q smile of
amusement. HE was so certain I
did not know how to take care Of
hens! He has always been certain
I could not get along without him,
someway!"
The amusement faded from her face
and she went into her little kitchen
and sat down in sudden detection.
why can I not forget?" she cried
in bitterest self-scorn. What a goose
I am"
How she had trusted him! How
happy she had been! Even in her
childhood he had been her best friend.
And then to have him fall 4 victim to
q pair Of dancing eyes and q couuet-
ish smile!
"Of course I do not blame him."
she said aloud, glancing involuntar-
lily into the mirror opposite. 81 know
/ am plain and little and everyday
But how could I ever trust. him
agaih?" @
"But he was true. afterward," said
an insistent voice within her. "and he
wanted to come back!"
EYES," said Betty proudly, "he want
ed to come back to Squire Browns
daughter! But has he ever wanted to
! come back to Lefty Brown Of his
weather-beaten old c~ottage?"
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tomary invitation to dance.
The girl glanced across the room
q 'breathed q sign OF relief when
she saw that her fatheris broad back
was, turned toward them.
Bobby Ellis noted the hesitation and
smiled ~tolerantly. Helenis hand slim
ped into his arm and In another mo-
ment they were Waiting to the strains
OF violin and cornek. Bobby's arm
clasped her closely and she could
feel the heavy thumping OF his brave
heart.
81. expect your pa will be kind Of
wrathy about this dance, but there
was something I had to say to YOU"
said Bobby presently.
Il don't care II he is-just once.n
said. Helen. recklessly.
That's a proper spirit. my sirl."
approved Bobby. HE still holds you
to your promise to marry Rawlins?"
"And you told him you'd be a duti-
full daughter and marry the old skin
flint. SOS they could jine all their
land together and nuke the biggest
range IN the tountry3" His voice wa
caressing in its softness, but Helen
tresnbled at its hidden menace.
Nothing more-has been said. /
suppose father takes It FOR granted,
after your quarrel with him. He
knows that I haven't seen you until
tohisht. hope he won't make
HES harmless Tor awhtls.s gr.nn.d
Bobby az he turned her past her par
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duties.
But where she had smiled hitherto
over the fullness of her basket. She
frowned b~ewilderedly. Slowly che,
counted them over again.
No! there was no mistake about Il,
ffteen large brown eggs reposed in
the basket. Fifteen eggs. and only Il
hens!
With lips compressed in a d~ispleas.
ed line. she scrutinized the building.
The front park was close and strong,
no wondering hen could possibly en-.
ter. The narrow gate In the back
park flapped loosely on it, leather
hinges. +;
An imprint on the half-dry mud.
footmArks showed from the neighbor.
ing park to the little door at the back
of her henhouse! No hen had left that
John" she called returning to the
extra egg in her nests!
front OF the building, will you come
oyer her q moment?"
Danforth leaped the fence lightly.
Lefty wanted him!
Here" she said demurely, holdined
out the basket, ARE your ekgs. Am
sorry I have sold the others, but 7
will return the amount As soon a. n
can"
His lips quivered q little with the
disappointment and humiliation Of IL
al.
There are Is eggs" she could not
help smiling at his embArfaaBed fAeexd
and I have only IA hens"
Lefty" he cried, with sudden ve.4
hemence, "Ill take them back. Afteaa
dark. I'm coming for the hens also. I;
can make them lay! And tomorrow "a
am coming for you, dear. Let nj
have a happy Easter, sweetheart!" !
And there among the feathered floc6i
he took her in his arms. /;
I'LL need you, DEAR" he whispsrsdj
| ITO count the eggB!"
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, TINS.
AS che was on her way home she
met the young naa Of the day before.
She looked at him more closely this
time, and she liked his appearances.
Surely he was a gentleman.
The boy Yves not seen until midaf.
ternoon. Then he brought another
note, and AZ he delivered It he said:
T. I was lying up there in Z brush
heap This forenoon when you destroy
ed the snares, and D, wasn't the aE.
full man awful mad when I told him
Of it,"
And the note read:.
Miss Ainsley--I must akAin polite.
~ request that yeu cease 70 ihtddle
with my affairs.".
The same name wal signed g to the
other. but the Sincerely was lack
Ing. Carroll Denton was no longer
sincere. He was grumpy.
A reply VA sent u promptly @ bs.
fore. It consisted 6f TIN few stirring
words:
villian!"'
It wal afternoon Of the asxt day
when Miss Gertrude went up to the
woods again. Almost. at once She be-
held q robin with . broken wing flut-
tering about. She had picked il up
and seated herself. on . log ana VIZ
crying over It when ! soft voice G
her elbow said:
please tive Il 10 No. / thing /
can do something for it.se'
II was the young inah. tfS took IN
bird, made . brl9e examination aid
said:
...fAt WINK II brcxSA, tnt:f Nm ND
aehnt1sxxd ;n4kA ii SD k11h ~
= NJ N6tNfel6RvSstt 1H11SoaatMaas
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house. His 50 cents was ready. but
he would not accept 1t. He brought
z note to be delivered and he sat down
with : grin on hi: face while Miss
Miss Ainsley: Your conduct this
afternoon In browbeatnk Z youns IN.
| ploys OF mine IL simply reprehensibIA.
The terms In which you characterized
me are not less 0 1 have yet to
learn that you have been Appointed
the, legal guardian Of the birds ma
animals IN fhts locality"
aThA william! How darA hA4. ~.
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very anxiously Mi.s Lefty grouped
through the high nests that evening.
Again there was one little brown egg.
But she continued dogsedly to inspect
each shadowy box. In the last one,
down next to the little door through
which the hens ran to the back park
in summer, her hand came in contact
with something that brought her
heart to her throat. Carefully, lin.
gerinly, she placed them III the feed
pail-nipe beautiful brown eggs.
II do not understand" she murmur.
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"Hasen't he wanted to shovel your
paths, and make your garden, and
care for your hens? continued the
voice. And haven't you discouraged
him at every turn?"
II will not have his PITY" flashed
the squire'e daughter. HE forgot
me for a frivolous young thing who
never cared for him"
But he admitted his fault honestly
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and rhanfully. and begged your for
%givness."
And Lefty seemed to hear again his
weary voice:
Did you never make a mistake,
Letty?" :.
Not that kind" che had retorted
with a crispness for which the Browns
we're noted.
Miss Lefty squared her shoulders
det%erIninedly.
Il may as we'll gather the eggs be.
fore supper" she said. In q matter.
of-fact way, returning to her prosaic
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joining yard there was an incessant
clatter Of shrill, cAckling voices, but
her own was %ofnln6usly silent.
Il don't know as55.I could hear just
one hen cackle above that racket, any
way" she said, i little spitefully, az
she scattered the. midday feeding over
the sunny yard. CHOW understand. ]
shall expect two eggs tonight"
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pocket suggestively.
Isis Mrs. Watkinss-" Helen.a
voice died away in an agonised Wits
per.
Bobby Ellis paid no ..ttention ia
that. The wilder! Bless your heart
yes-couldn't do the stunt without
herr" he said cheeffully.
Helen was game. I'VE will some
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that sad November time when her
fathers death revealed the condition
OF his finances.
II ought to. III thankful" she re-
minded herself virtuously. that I
have the cottage. and the hens and
grAndrnothef's legacy.
IF only the legacy were bigger
and the cottage wasn't under the very
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DOUBLE KNOT

Tho girl in his arms stiffened 4 lit
tie and her" hands grew cold: All the
pretty color was drained from her
cheeks. She moved her lips to make
reply, but no sound came.
Il was going to. ask your pa to
drive you owe to the ceremouy-the
parson ct Red, Spider will tic the
knot"
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000OOs NVOVuJ
seems to be getting any eggs but John
Danforth. Maybe he can tell you
what the trouble 10"
Il will try this new mixture. thank
you, JASON" returned Miss Lefty.
critply. 'sYou will be sure to send Il
this afternoon?"
''Yes, yes!" said Jason cordially.
but reminding her that It was not
customary for him to deliver / quar-.
ter's worth Of feed. And he turned
back into the inner office. where q
young man was moodily turning over
the catalogue on the dusty desk.
ut ,sestmb . pity to Q Squire
Browns daughter buying chicken feed
BY the pound, John" he remarked, Be-
riouBly. "And I'm afraid them hens
mean more to her than we realize.
But she's too proud to let anybody
know II che half starved"
returned John Danforth,
''she 10 too proud"
Lefty Brown walked down the
street YEARLY. The purse In hAr
handsome alligator baS was menAc-
ingly empty.
"Just 70 cents utter paying for the
chicken tesd.n she figured; land two
weeks, before I can draw the so In
terest money. I don't dare draw on
the printipal-I don't darel II IL 20
little. and / may need II 20 much
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Helen laughed. "That's funny--I
was telling father the other day that
! had never been to . wedding. In my
life. It's good Of you to ask. US to
your wedding"
>"I hope you'll .tome-everything's
arranged. f.ey4n got the ring-right
here!" Mr.. Ellis thumped his vest
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and birds. Hope that old uAid wonsk.
hear OF this. She'll ray / used 4 clnSa
on the bird and call me nnorS ~
liam"
What old fnaidt" VA askSd.' mr.
getting that he was facing Z stranfanj
trail" i
"Why-why, l am the Snly ksssI
Ainsley. and I In. not In Ola MIA.
You can't be the-the vtlliAnls
Then 81 COURSE It cana ONT. srh>
boy had lied Tor revenge. Thar ~
no old maid. and there was "a nrn.s.
eyed. red-headed man. M. Denton
Was 2 naturalist. and he wantA6 ~
specimens Alive and sound fnnf -
might study their habits, m v.s
merciful to : dAkree,
Miss Gertrude heard hin Sx6asnyn..
ton with bluebihE cAttkD ~ 11Srn.
cast eyes. and 1t the snd - ~
generous enough to rsbly: atvSiI.
that makes b di6ereHea 8eIS S
And It did. TAs nksurafltk fhSnA
AZ way to the house 10 tell III ~
the robin wAS S1ttIAn along. nnd s4hs.
dry the bird flew away Re osiAsfo ~.
self that he had discovered Z a-ss1e.l
linen" worth I'll others put toesthSs.
4n1abo D3Ua 8
y should - afraid ~ $500
~ leans oAutt0ael tAo t1a6
WY ~ AAn4f tnh
e~cOkiny..0t1tt Sfx1aAto m
.Wny. y u tu1A n hfklNS
man. 1 hard hiR t6li1n} N1Ss~.
~ 49, e had e assssifs n
p18uS. ss@s9T sSss
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worse some other time. II only the
hens would lay!"
At the corner she deviated through
. dreary side street; not yet could
she bring herself to 60 past the dear
old house where she was born, and
which \ shs bad, hle ! forced TO- leave
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, she said decisively. IF father won't
/ will come alone"
Good for you'll"
What time-is Tito be-"
"Ten O'Clock sharp. You know
where the parson'b house is?"
"Yes."
'The widder wanted me to ask you
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ply. would anyone but 1 william hire
q boy to murder a poor rabbit? II
he catches 4 robin or bluebira or quail
Ill-Ili-!"
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and red-headed man.
Next morning she went up. to the
woods again. She went In the fore
noon because she suspected that boy
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-29
BY WILL SEAT.
M.F.N fr.eni

LEN trembied when
Bobby Ellis detached
himself from the
wallflowers at the
s~choolhouse dance
and slouched across
the floor toward her.
He crooked his elbow
and jerked his head
In q stir bow. In Salt
Peter Creek this pan
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ny ELSIE ENpIcorr.

Ems 10 mighty queer
critters, Miss Lefty"
said old Jason. the
miller, pushing back
his mealy cap. II
don't knoT Of moth
|; ing that ayiM induce
EN- to by Il they
sih't ready This
cold, damp spell has
sort Of put en- back,
I guess. Nobody
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-12
"OFFICER G6g"

At the Elks Theatre. Wodnoa,
 January b, Messrs. Cohan X 11anr, will officer their great laneb,nn a, cess of two seasons On two continen Officer 666'', melodranatic far. from the pen of Augustip l1oo1, name that has heretofore mt ny peared on the roll call of Amorios. authors. Nevertheless, he has turn ed out an article that will comm,na the attention of the amneon,ou1 world for some time to come
 As a rule playwrigats are obsoss ed With the idea that horse play is essential in' farce cons actiop and lot of it filters into play buildinr under the caption of "seeed an ao- ition.' In the case of "Officer eee. however, MT. MacHugh is said to have gone out of the beaten path and by so doing, to have evolved nlav that rad ates flashes Of Mit, wovon through a story that is at all times plausible, insistently laugh compelinr and full of surprises.
 Briefly told, the play leals with New York bachelor who has inst completed four years tour of rho world. Like all rich young men, hp has fad, and this particular younr mans fad IS his collection of O. paintings. The protracted absence o the millionaire has escaped the a;. tention of an internationally famou, picture thief who has planned 10 ap. propriate the paintings To do ths. he masquerades as the real million re, occupies his residence, and be- comes a great favorite in society on the strength of it. On me even ng of the unexpected return of the real owner, he has arranged to elope with bautiful young girl, and when the play opens, is discovered cutting tho canvasses from their frames.
 This is the situation wien the cur tain goes up on act 1 of Officer 666". How the I oh young man bor- l rows the uniform of Officer 666', how the real policeman consents to be the butler; now he deals with the burglar while allowing him to use his name and home; and now he even- tually traps the thief and wins the girl away from the light-fingered gen. tleman is told m three acts of laugh 1 ter and many farcial situations around which the author has woven story of life, love and the law brstles with melOdramatic thrills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-12
ADJUSTMENTS

young New Englander who was III the Northwest representing E. fl. Rollins X Son, a Boston financial house that held mortgages on whole cions of that part of the country. Batchelder was building an opera house in Grand Forks, x. D., and ook ng for construction pointers i'll Minneapolis. Inc dentally, he took a great liking to the youthful stranger, and when Broadhurst was fired help ou with the opening ceremonies.
 When arrived,' said the now plu- tccratic author of Bought and Paid For the other day, 'it was raining and raining hard. There were no pavements and the sticky mud was ankle deep. TAe town then in its infancy, was typical of the time, and a three-story building was as rare as bicupeds in chickens beak. My heart sank, and If there had been an outgoing rain I should have Sked- added. As it was, I rambied gloom fly up the street, when suddenly l came upon the new opera house and nearly swooned. It was a beautiful edifice, and in the midst if those carly day business structures it look ed Ike an emperor's palace. l ran into BaUcheider.
 How on earth did you do it?' asked
 Well" he explained, 'you know my firm holds mortgages on pretty much everything in North Dakota.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-12
"BOUGHT AND PAID FORp

George Braadhurss the author of Bought ana Paid For" which is run ming with great success at William A. Brady's Playhouse in New York, and which will ae seen at the Elks Theatre, Monlay; January 13, is re- garded as having h2en born tn a gold spoon in his mouth, probably be- cause his countenance is so young and fresh that most people take him 10 be not much past thirty, though he has a dozen celebrated plays to his credit. As matter of fact, when Broadhurst was sixteen he ran away from his home i'll England and came to the United States in the s.eerage, land ng with the proyerbial tuppence ha-penny in lis pocket.
 He had hard time of it for a long stretch, and finally drified to the Middle West, where he became ad- vance agent for John Dillon, "Ole Oleson" and other attractions whicb in those days flourished in that terri tory.
 The young fellows wandar-ngs took him afier a while to Minna agolis mhere he became. manager of the Ly- ceum Theatre for the late Pat Har- ris, and upon the latter's deach was discharged by telegraph. at the insis- tence of the dead mans brother-in- law. But while ill Minneapolis Brcadhurst had made the acquaint- ance of George A. Eatchelder, a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-12
Scenes in Bought, and Paid For at Elks Monday Night

All the other moftgage houses but mine have plaster on the building. She costs S96,0O0, of which $17,000 has been paid, but, darn her, she up.
 For the opening the Emma Ab- bolt Opera Company has been engag- ed, three nights and a matinee at $1,0OO a performance, which didn't seem brilliant prospect in place of 5000 population where a three story building looked down in scorn upon its neighbors.
 "Don't be faint-hearted," said Batchelder. "Th S has been a ban ner wheat year, with a production of forty bushels to the acre and $l.2a bushel in the market. There is plen- ty of local pride, and we will get up a subscription. Here is list
 "1 took the names and started out rather dazed. The first call l made was on Car tain Griggs, a staMart Scotchman with great red beard, who was sitting in his office with his feet on table when l entered and told my story. He looked like a heroic statue of Mckee Rankin Ill s'rhe Danties l said the new opera house was a splendid thing for civic bride and would be a great advertse- ment for the city, show 'ng encourage ment to art and making Fargo look like a two-spot with it's rickety old barn-and much in the same line, mentally figuring that Captain Grisgs might give up as much as SEQ for She rst night. When l had finished he arose and stood over me Ike mountain at sunset over a foothill Tn the shadow. Said he:
 q don't know whether you've been