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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-07
cHAPTER xx.-continusd.

You'll never tell" went on Charles
Halsey slowly. You'll never need to
tell. But here's what I want to tell
you. once more. Whatever this is
and it's about bad enough-its come
because Of you. You-you we're the
cause OF thisi"
you blame newly, what do you
meant" burst out John Rawn. Where
have been 10 blame. I'd like to
knowl What do you mean. young
MANI"
Every word l have told you, and
more than can tell you YouU not
think-you don't dare to face the
truth; but there's the real truth. II
you can't understand that. take what
you can understand Your wife isn't
to blame--lm to blame. Love is to
blame. love her I've done this. &"
"Yod have -what?"
I've taken your wife away from
you. can't YOU understand, you fool2
She's going to marry me as soon"
what's this fellow talking
ahout'" The veins on John Rawn S
forehead stood high and full.
lie is only telling YOU the truth"
she said calmly. YEARLY Il don't care
one picayune whether or not you
know It! I'm tired! I'm done with
all this sort OF thing Yes, I'm going
10 marry him as soon Is we can get
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SYNOPSIS.

John Rawn. a clerk IN g ST. Louis
railway office, hears his daughter GId .
lover, young engineer named CIlal IL
Halsey, speak Of a scheme to utilze tne
lost current Of electricity. He approPrlateS
the Idea as his own and induces 1ialSSy
TO perfect an experimental machine. re
forms company. with himself as presl,
dent, at salary of SiO0OW year. ailu
Halsey as superintendent OF the WoFhs' az
q salary Of s. 900 Rawn takes charge OF
the office In Chicago. Virginia Deih"dIe
is assigned his stenographer. She as
sists in picking the furniture and deco
ration for the princely mansion RaWn mas
erected. Mrs. RaWn feels out OF place ~
the new surroundings Halsey BoSs "
New York with Rawn and MISS Dela-
ware to explain delays In pertectlnB IIS
new motor TO the impatient directors; re
gets a message that "A deformed dauRHtef
has been born 20 his wife, Grace Ha"h.
Rawn bargains with Miss Delaware 10
wear his tewelry and appear IN puDhc
with him. as a means to help Nun Iu d
business way. Rawn Is fortunate IN mar
kct speCulati0nS, piles up wealth. anu at
tains prominence. lie gives his Wlfe a
million dollars to leave him. He asks ms
daughter. Mrs. Halsey, to take charge or
stone hall and Halsey continues TO I'VE
alone IN hts cottage near the works. VIZ
giuia Delaware becomes more ana more
indispensable TO Rawu. lie takes her 70
New York on q business trip ldle laih
prompts him TO offer her marriage. They
are married. IIalsey threatens 10 get a
divorce because his wife refuses % return
to him IIo tells Rawn that he has bro
ken up ali the machines after proving
the success Of the invention. Rown. In
great rage. threatens 10 XIII him. Halsey
declares he will never build another ma
chine for Rawn and slaps his face. Vir-
Rnia Rawu tmplores Halsey to recon
slider. because his decision viii ruin them
all Haisey tells Virginia that he has
abandoned his invention because u would
put a great power IN the hands OF a few
TO the defrimtnt OF the many. At Rawn's
lnsugation Virginia agrees to try TO bring
Halscy to terms. 10 matter what II costs.
The directors plan TO get the control OF
The company away from Rawn Rawn
goes 20 New York to attempt to avert i'm
pending disaster Halsey takes up his
residence at Gravstone hall whore his
wife and daughter are seriously i'll. Rawn
is ruined financially. Halsey and Virginia
confess their love FOR each other The
butler ovcrhcars and tells Halsey's wife
Grace Kills herself and the child The
FIRST Mrs. Ruwn returns TO be with her
daughter. Virginia and Halsey tell Rawn
Of their love for each other, and that
they intend to get married as soon as
Virginia can got "A divorce.
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WHAT AN 0HI0AN
HAS TO SAY ABOUT CONF ,fo..
IN WESTERN CANADA

W. q. Lewis formerly lived De.,
Dayton, Ohio. He went to Saskatot-
wan seven years ago with S1800 !.
money, a carload OF household aeoa.
AMI farm implements, including fon.
horses and three COWS. OF course ~
first year he only got feed from -.
crops, but the second year had 1oS
acres in wheat which made over . eos
bushels. He has not had a failure :,
crop, and at present has % head =.
horses, Is head of cattle and IS boa,
and owns 1,120 acres of land an ~
der cultivation. He has been oTaraa
$35 an acre for his land, and sbonn
he care to dispose OF his HOLDINGS n
could pay all his debts and have ss0
900 to the good; but, as he say,
Where could go to invest my nons7
and get as good returns" He con
tinues in his letter to the immigraHor
department, August, 1912:
I'VE have equally as good if m,
better prospects for crops this wear :,
we had three years ago, when ON,
wheat ranged from 80 to As busbs.
per acre. never believed such cron.
could be raised until l saw them nv.
self had Is acres that year tbs,
made so bushels to the acre. On,
harvest will be ready by the 12h
We have this season In crop 400 acre.
Of wheat, 125 of oats, 80 of max and
run three binders with four men IN
do the stocking. We certainly lk.
this country and the winters, although
the winters are cold at times. but ma
do not suffer as one would think
What we have accomplished here can
be duplicated in almost any Of The
new districts. Advertisement
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and the sound of scattering and de
parting footsteps.
There remained only one figure. ly.
ing outstretched on the gravel. TIC
render succor to this, to offer aid
there was now only one human being
left in all that place-she who nov
came hurrying forward.
Virginia Rawn half raised Halsey
as he lay. Charley" she said quiet
ly. Can you TALK"
He gasped and nodded. Through
here!' He touched his chest 81
guess I'll not-be able"
She called out, to any back OF her
for aid. The frightened servant came
and between them they got him some
how into the house. dragging him to
the gold-room library which they had
but lately left. They placed him there
upon a couch. Virginia Rawn rose and
waved the man away. He hurried
after help.
"CAarley!" she said. turning to him;
can you talk?"
"A little. What is it, Jennie?"
You're hurt bad-very bad"
Through here he said again, and
touched his chest His breath was
hard His garments we're soaked
with blood His face was blulsh-gray.
She looked into his soul the query OF
her own. Perhaps there was some.
thing not wholly unworthy in the
bond between them since now it en-
abled them to talk, one soul with the
other, almost without words.
The great, secret, all-powerful, world
current, interstellar. not international
the one great power-of love, as she
once said-was theirs. Yes.
it was theirs, IL only for a little while
They've killed me-" he began after
time-"l tried to do something fol
them He-Rawn-would have used
it for himself. didn't want to.
Jennie" he said. after a time. -
beg pardon. Mrs. Rawn-I forgot
would you take the doll, the little rub
Der one on the table there, up to the
baby? Poor little thing! Oh. welllT
He sighed. She quietly laid him
back upon the couch She heard the
blood drip. drip. through and across
the brocaded couch, falling at the elge
of the silken rug. on the polished floor
eddying there; thickening there.
ITO RE CNNyrrTN-Tvr0N
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or your own Can't you right your
own wrongs, the first minute you get
ready to do it. I'd like to know? I'm
FOR you, do you understand; but you
make 1t hard for any one to help you
You've had sluggers after our men
all the time over there, and now you
come and want US to pay you for
that. You're over here to make
trouble tonight. maybe slug me-per-
haps that's what you are trying to do
to me-and you want us to pay you
for that. You talk about monopolies
and trusts-what you're trying to do is
to make the worst trust in the coun-
try-a monopoly in Ignorance and saw
agery. Go on home and let me alonei
| tell you, my wife is dead. am go
ing back to heri"
He's lying to u.s." cried out a voice
in the crowd. He's trying to get us
sorry for him!"
That's it," screamed the Jew, who
had edged to the front and who now
stood crouched, menacing, not far
from Halsey's erect and irate frame.
That's What he ISIS. Hess only try
ing to fool US. Kill him! We've waited
long enough. Gif it to him!" He
sprang to one side, crouching.
Those back of them, at the gallery
in the rear of the entry, heard some
sort OF scuffie, a snarling of voices
curses. There were sounds of blows
Then came flash, shocking report;
after that, halfinstant of silence,
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NO GUSHER
But Tells Facts About Postum.

a Wis. lady found an easy aud =
way out Of the ills caused by cong
She says:
we quit coffee and have used q
tum for the past eight years. Y
drink it nearly every meal. We neg
tire of it.
For several years previous to p
ting coffee | could scarcely eat q
thing on account of dyspepsia az
ing after meals, palpitation, sick az
ache-in fact was in such misery 4
distress l tried living on hot va
and toast.
Hearing of Postum l began on
ing 1t and found it delicious. u!
ments disappeared, and now an
anything l want without trouble
MY parents and husband had a'
the same experience. Mother va
often suffer after eating, while
drinking coffee. My husband FAI
great coffee drinker and suffered j
indigestion and headache.
after he stopped coffee ana "a
Postum both ailments left him i
will not drink anything else no"
we have it three times a day
write more but am no gusheF-|
state plain facts.
Name given by Postum &c %
Creek, Mich. Write for COY q
famous little book, The Road 70
Vile"
Postum now comes in two ioF-
Regular Pcstum-must o.
boiled. 15c AID Csc packages A
instant Postun1--is a soi-o-s
der. A .easpoonful dissoiyes gy
in a cup of hos water .2id. VIII $
and sugar. makes delicious os
Instantly. soc and zoe tins
The cost per cup Of both AlD
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Pos'a-
sold By Groes
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CHAPTER XXI
The Means-and the Enc

Halsey turned toward Virginia.
They did not again embrace. but stood
silent. almost apathetic now Passion
was far away from them. indeed had
never fully seized them The despair
In human love was theirs: and love
Is half despair She might have been
some beautiful statue IN white marble.
so cold was she; and rs for the man
who faced her. his anger gone, be him.
self might have been he image OF
hopelessness. Central cures of an ir-
reparablo ruin. and So ug no avenue
to happiness. for the t.ae neither had
word for the other
AT last Halsey rails his head. as
some sound caught HI ear. What's
that?" he said
Il heard it," said s. Il think it's
some one coming up t,r walk"
Yes he answered Listen, Why.
It sounds like crowd What can that
mean. now? Waltz"
He left her and hastrued out to the
front door. He stood there. outlined
fully by the hall lights behind him
Those who approached recognized him.
He was greeted by a derisive shout
half-maudlin. scarce human tn its
quality. The solitary servant rushed
up. excited. What is it. Mr.. Halsey p"
he quavered as there going to be
any trouble? Oh. ought to have
gone away with the ethers!"
Get out Of the wayl@ replied Hal
sey calmly Get back behind the
door I'll so out and meet tdam."
Here. YOU mem" he called out in
sudden anger to the visitors. What
do you mean. coming here this way >"
lie was advancing toward them now
Don't you know any better than to
come here at this time. you people
There's trouble in this house. There's
death IN here. Go on away, at once!"
The leader o. the scattered group
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away. As soon as it's decent. If any
things decent any morel"
And you love him. you'll rob me.
you'll leave me--youll--why, are you
all crazy What are you talking about ?
When I've given you everything
you've eot-when you were so much
70 met Jennie!"
No, Co!' she raised hand. Don't
taG about that! It's all over now"
She tore at her throat. at her fin
gers, heaped up In his hands the gems
she wore even then. the gems she
had put upon her person to protect
them from uncertain servants. gems
which left her blazing like some wax.
en- queen in her tomb-white. dead.
enjeweled.
Take tAenal" she cried. * don't
want them" She went on. piiins hts
hands full OF glittering. flashing things
lie stood gazing at her. stupefied
Then, slowly. The burden of years the
burden OF Business failure, and lastly
'hls-the burden OF the worst ~ mans
discontinue, the worst o; a mt.ns pos
sible tosses-began to weigh down
unpn him. lie shortened visibly:
shriyelcd dropped.
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sure of Her.

Would you permit your wife to
wear a harem skirt
"Oh, yes, if she wished to wear
one"
4 thought you had more respect
for her than that.
q have respect for her. That's why
l say l would permit her to wear a
harem skirt If she wished to do so.
/ am sure she would never put one on,
if it is permissible to refer to harem
skirt as one
you never can tell"
oh, yes, can. In this case I'm
sure of her"
why do you feel so confident
We'll. suppose l ought not to tell
you. but / will Don't let it go any
further My wife is bow-legged.'
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No Ordinary Affair.

Yes, when Josiah and me got mar
ried we had an awful fine weddih'."
Il suppose i was a church AFFAIR.""
Indeed it was! I'll never forgit it
till my dyin' day. l guess everybody
for miles and miles around was there.
We had music on the organ and
bridesmaids and a best man and all
them kind of things you know. and
when the paper wrote it up the next
mornin it said right in the headlines
that we plighted our troth.
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ITO BE CONTINUED)

thus secured the desired internal
height The Church of the Resurrec
ton proved to be a great expense and
was closed in 1908. being. in the opln.
ion OF the present vicar of St. Paurs.
no longer necessary for the purpose for
which 1t was built. In 1909. after pro
longed opposition on the part Of Rev.
Z. F. b. Weber. one of the trustees
Il was sold. Since then it has stood
empty and in dissepair, until the gro
tesQue tragedy Of its present usage oc
curred.-The Churchman.
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His Past.

A benevolent lady was feeding
hungry tramp. She expressed her d.
favor at his wandering, idle life.
Il was not always in this condltol
num-" said the tramp. Il came tfoI
a good family"
You did," asked the lady. Mig
I ask your name?"
"Blankleigh," replied the tramp.
why, that is the name of the pc
pie that live next door," eXclaims
the lady.
81 know it, replied the tramp Ia7
kicked me downstairs just before
came here!"
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That they have to bear who fall
Woman always gets the blame,
Woman is behind It all,
But when some man rises high
When he wins applause,
When for him the banners ny
Do we guess the cause?
Do we tell each other then
That some woman made him great
That for her he rose Ger men,
Toiling early striving late?
Yet, without her WHO would win,
Who without her do his best?
Why blame woman for tho sin
And withhold from her the rest?
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Bare Work.

Fogg reports that he overheard this
in the book department of one of out
big stores:
Customer - Have you Arnold
poems?
Salesgirl turning to head OF depart
ment)-Miss Simpson, have we Benz
dict Arnold's poems ?-Boston Tran
script.
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2eNRNAT ~ = EzZMy0N A0NoN

ihey Hdu uO PITY iOt uiH. 1Outu
has no pity for age. love no pity for
mates ineficiency; but after all
some sort of contempt. at least,
seemed due him.
"Rawn." said Halsey, ''it's pretty
hard. We're all Of us paying a hard.
heavy price for what we thought We
had. But we cant evade 1t, any part
of It. 1t was your fault that Grace
left me. We were going to part. You
sent your wife after me. as you call it.
| suppose Grace found that out You
know what she did then. said
blame you. and so l do. But I was
going to get a divorce
Divorce!-you divorce my daugh-
ter! John Rawn's daughteri"
Did you not divorce her mother
you, yourself?"
"But loved-my wife-I mean, this
woman-Jennie, here!"
so do | love her; more than you
do or ever win know how to do What
you have done Wen do. Is it worse
for us than it was for you? What's
the difference?"
But she's my wife! Why. Jennie"
He held out a hand to her
$50 was Laura Rawn your wife, my
wifes mother" went on Halsey.
What's the difference?"
Virginia Rawn stepped between the
two. I'm as much to blame as any
one Of US all" she said quietly. Il
sold out to you, didn't l. Mr., Rawn-
down there in New York? | married
you, didn't 1? Very well, what you
did, have done No more, and not
without equal cause. / love him. I'm
going to marry him. You and | are
going to be diyorced--if we were not
I'd go to him anyhow l hate you,
loathe you! My Cod how | detest
and loathe the sight Of you! Go away
go away-go away from US! You're
not any part of a mani"
ITS truel" gasped John Rawn to
himself; My God. it's true! She said
that heard her-to me? What have
done to deserve this? |
ought to kill YOU" said he to Halsey
slowly.
"Of course you ought" said Halsey
III you were any portion of a man
you would. But you've tried that, and
you know where you ended"
But Halsey-Charleyi YOU don't
stop to Think" began Rawn pitifully.
You will go back-you will go back
to the factory. in the morning? You
will help me pun it together, won't
your"
mo, not one step back to the fac
tory-never in the world! I'm done
with that. I'm going away somewhere,
and she's going with me, don't know
where. Let some one else work out
what you thought we could do. and let
! some one else take the consequences
Its not for me. You've got what
you earned suppose I'll get what
I've earned. too. don't care about
that any more"
Rawn could not answer the young
man as he went on slowly, duly, bit
terly. III I've been traitor to any OF
my own creed reckon Godu punish
me. Very we'll; l viii take my pun
ishment on my shoulders I've nc
apologies to make in place like this
Haven't you gone up-oughtn't We
to go up now-up-stairs? he added
at last. He put down Virginias arms
from his shoulders, for once more she
/ had come to him
Rawn sighed. Il suppose mus
80 up there" he said vaguely.
He turned and walked away, heavy
/ stumbling
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-07
Great Familiarity.

w. Somerset Vaughan, the English
playwright, was praising in New York
an historical drama hat had failed
Yet it was singularly accurate ,"
said Mr.. Vaughan, regretfully. AS
l told the author on the first night, he
displayed as much familiarity with the
subject as the king who kissed the
parlor maid"
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Satisfactory.

$50 you want to marry my daugi
ter What is your financial standing
We'll, sir, I've figured out every a
emption possible, I've had the beS
legal advice that money would secure
I've done everything I could to dodg
it-and l still find that / can't entiTeI
escape paying an income tax"
She's yours. "-Cleveland PAD
Dealer.
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Faith De stroyed.

I'm never believe IN phrenoloey
again"
Why"
I'VE had a phrenologist at cur
house the other night and got him to
feel the cooks head He said her
bump of destruction was small
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Not One Of Them.

What more do you want?" asked
the man who was visiting in Kentucky
Il have praised your women. l have
praised your horses and have praised
your whisky"
Yes, know that, sub, replied the
native, but you haven't ambushed
anybody"
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The Pessimlstic Note.

we may always have this comfort"
said the optimist, the deepest pain
must cease some time
Has that ever gladdened your soul
when a dentist was proddIng a nerve
in one of your teeth" asked the dis
gruntled pessimist
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THE REAL THING.

Il had quite a
remar k a b I Q ex-
p eri G n C e last
night. "
In what way ?"
81 met a pretty
young widow who
had not been de-
priyed of her hus-
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Heaven.

What is your idea Of heaven" he
asked
"A place where the styles in
sleeves and skirts will change at les-st
twice q year. she replied.
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A Reasonable sumptlon.

Really you are the only man ever
cared for"
Il suppose you engaged yourself TO
the others just to keep from hurting
their feelings"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-07

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
stipation. Constipation is the cause d
many diseases. Cure the cause and yos
cure the disease. Easy to take. Adv.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-07

Success is merely matter of sell
ing your experience for more than yoa
paid for it.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-07

Who gives a trifle meanly
meaner than the trife.-Layater.
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Snfl Woman

what's the first
thing people say
When a man goes
wrong?
There is one conclu-
sion they
Who make up the
throng
Always stralghtway
come 10 when
Any man goes
turnbling down.
When he robs his
fellow men,
When the ones
who praised him
frown-
When his honor and
his pride
End in bitterness
and shame,
Do we not at once
decide
That some woman
was to blame?
When a Christian
falls from grace
All the world de-
Clares
There's a woman In
the case
w n o has SJi eau
her snares;
When q banker fees
we know,
Though her name
m ay n 0 t b c
heard,
| That some woman
bro u & h { him
low,
And we pass along
the word.
For the wrongs men
do. the shame
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Innnnrtant 70 AHntha.e

Examine carefully every bottle q
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that h