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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-12
CHAPTER vi.
M ad Anthony.

Beyond the selvage of the sleepy
lleaf-sheltered village a cherry bor-
.dered lane met the Red Road. On it's
one side was a covered pasture and
beyond this an orchard, bounded by a
tall hedge Of close-clipped box which
separated it from a broad yard where
the gray weathered roof of Rosewood
showed above group of tulip and
lcatalpa trees. On the sunny steps a
llop-eared puppy was playing with a
mottled cat.
The front door was open, showing a
hall where stood grandfather's clock
and spindle-legged table holding a
bowl of potpourri The timepiece had
landed from a sailing vessel at James
town wharf with the household goods
Iof that English Garland who had
adopted the old Middle Plantation
when Dunmore was royal governor un-
lder George ILL., Framed portraits and
Iengravings lent tints of furnished sill
iver, old-rose and nset-golds-colors
time-toned and reminiscent, carrying a
lcharming sense of peaceful content, of
lgentleness and long tradition. The
dark polished stairway had at it's turn
a square dormer-window which looked
out upon one Of the rose-arbors
Down this stair somewhat later that
afternoon, came Shirley cambridge
booted and spurred, the rebellious
whorls of her russell hair now as close
lily filleted as Greek boys, in a short
tdivided skirt of yew-green and a cool
white blouse and swinging by its rib
bon a green hat whose rolling brim
was caught up at one side by crisp
blue-bla hawks feather. She stopped
ito peer out of the dormer-winGow tC
where. under the latticed weave OF
bloom beside round iron table hold
ling a hoop of embroidery and a book
Tor two a lady sat reading.
The lady's hair was silver, but not
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with severe case of organic weakness.
had backache, pains in my hips and
over my kidneys, headache, dizziness,
lassitude, had no energy, limbs ached
and was always tired. was hardly
able to do my homework. had taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound on one other occasion, and it had
helped me so took it again and it has
built me up, until now / feel like new
woman. You have my hearty consent
to use my name and testimonial in any
way and / hope it will benefit suffering
women. Mrs. ORPHA TURNER, 431 S.
Wayne St., Piqua, Ohio.
Women who are suffering from those
distressing ills peculiar to their sex
should not doubt the ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (eonfidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held i'm strict confidence.
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BRIGHTEN THAT NORTH ROOM
SkifIfuI Touches in Arrangement OF
Furniture and Draperies VIII
Accomplish Wonders.

1 would advise papering the room
with a self-toned paper, light tan IN
color as near to the tint of sunshine
as you can get Your shades should
Of course, match those in use all over
the house. Then make your drapery
curtains of tan art scrlmm, just
deep hemstitched hem at the bottom,
and allow them to hang straight
Stain the woodwork white and give
It several coats, finishing OF with an
enamel or egg-shell finish. For the
center of the room have an art
square" made This may De woven as
the rag rugs are or crocheted or Knit
ted. I prefer the woven rugs ana
beautiful solid effects with handsome
borders now possible.
Try to have the rose Color pre-
dominate in rug and articles OF Iur-
nishing for the bureau and chiffonier,
pillows and couch cover. with Wmte
enamel furniture, the north room will
be far from a cold, repellant room'
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name. l don't suppose name makes
any difference" she replied. And in
describing love, my dear. You may
have had proposals, of course. If you
have. you will know that not one
man in fifty kneels. / shouldn't have
respected Doctor Durnford's intelli-
gence if he had. Now take proposals
in books. Pages and pages, chapters
sometimes, whereas the real thing
happens like this: Doctor Durnford
met me at the corner OF the road. by
the sign post. aud he asked me what
| was going to do, and / said / was
going for a walk. Ard he said, very
naturally, l thought, May / come,
too?' I bowed Then he said nothing
till we got to Dyer's Pond, and then
he said, May walk with you through
life?' / said, Yes That was all. He
gave me the ring; it was in his peck
ct. Diamonds and sapphires, small,
but large enough"
tShe went on:
What could be simpler? We had
an oak suite in the dining-room, ma
hogany suite in the consulting-room
a satinwood suite in the drawing-rUom
and ash in the bedroom. We had
good carpets throughout. changing on
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The OnIy WAY.

all his life with horses and had had
little experience with womankind, got
married After the ceremony the bride
and groom mounted their horses and
started along the mountain trail to-
ward home. Going along a ledge the
the steep embankment
Tt was mighty hard luck for both
the woman and the horse" the ranch
man said in telling the story Of the 40
cident; leach of 'em broke a leg"
What did you do?" asked tho
friend
We'll, what could dor replied tho
other sorrowfully. Il shot EN-"
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Craze for Canoes

There is quite craze for canoes In
New York. Set in rings, bracelets,
earrings or used as brooches and lock-
cts. they are quantity old fashioned
and artistic. A stunning antique pair
of earrings of long pear shaped eb-
ony pendants with clear white
cameo rising in the center is most eff
fective, and wedgewood canoes with
their brilliant blue backgrounds are
most stunning in a setting of pearls.
The delicate pale pink coral canoes
make an attractive setting for evening
mounted in filigre gold, and brooches
of the old brown and white cameo set
in plain golden band are charming
in the buckle of the lew ubiquitous
velvet neckbands. Even high back
combs for the hair are set with cam
eos, and with a Grecian evening gown
one aesthetic dancer wore a fllet of
them cansDing her Titap tresses.
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CHAPTER VII.
Uncle Jefferson.


A red rose, while ever thing OF
beauty, is not Invariably a joy for
ever The white bulldog, as he
plodded along the sunny highway, was
sunk in depression. Being trammeled
by the limitations of canine horizon
he could not understand the whims OF
Adorable Ones met by the way, who
seemed SO glad to see him that they
threw both arms about him, and then
tied to his neck irksome colored weeds
that prickled and scratched az d would
not be dislodged. So it was chas.
tened and shamed Chum who at length
wriggled steal:hily into the seat of the
stranded automobile beside his master
and thrust dirty pink nose into his
palm.
John Valiant lifted his hand to
stroke the shapely head, then drew it
back with an exclamation. A thorn
had pricked his thumb. He looked
down and saw the draggled flower
thrust through the twist of grass. oh
pup OF wonders!" he exclaimed
Where did you get that rose?"
Chum sat up and wagged his tail, for
his masters tone, instead of ridicule
held dawning delight. Perhaps the
grace, after all
With the first sight of the decora
ton Valiant had had a sudden memory
Of splotch of vivid red against the
belted gray-blue of a gown. He
grinned approximately And l warned
her." he chuckled. Told her not to be
afraid" He busted the blossom pains
takingly with his handkerchief and
held it to his face-a live brilliant
thing, breathing musk-odors of the
mid-moon of paradise.
A long time he sat, while the dog
dozed and yawned on the shiny cush
ion beside him. OF sudden Chum sat
up and barked in earnest
Turning his head, his master saw ap
preaching dilapidated hack with
side lanterns like great goggles and
decrepit and palsied curtains. 1t was
drawn by a lean mustard-tinted mule
and on its front sat colored man Of
uncertain age, whose hunched verte
brae and outward-crooked arms gave
him curious expression of replete
and Dubious inquiry. Abreast of the
car he removed a moth-eaten cap.
"Evenin', suh," he sadie venin'
evenin'"
"Howdy do" returned the Other
amiably.
''Ah reck'n yo'-l done had er brock
down wild dat matchmaking dar. 70
been hyuh bout er hour, ain yo'?'
Nearer three" said Valiant cheer
fully, but the views worth it.
A hoarse litter came from the con
veyance, which gave forth sundry
creakings of leather Hugh! Hugh!
OATS so, sub. OATS so! hmm
Reck'n Anil be gittin' erlong back
He clucked to the mule and proceeded
to turn the vehicle round.
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mot LIKE THE REAL THING
Critic of Noveiists Complains That
Writers Do Not Properly Rep
resent Life rs 1t Is

Mrs. Durnford was known to disap-
lprove of literary people. writes Mrs
MARY C. E. Wemyss in People OF
ponham." and her proud boast was
that she never read novels. can
isee life as it is. without its being
made ridiculous by people who know
,uothing about it," she would declare.
"You see, Miss Hope, what | object
TO in writing Is this" said Mrs Durn-
kprd. You set out to write q DOCK
(which heaven forbid! You write ABOUT
ime. Well, you haven't the least idea
what / am thinking about! You say
i-sas-s. Durnford was very mucn
touched when told her about old MI
iTubb's death. Her eyes filled with
ttears.' Wen, they didn't. 1 wanted to
tsneeze, That was ALL Seer"
"Weil, that would be called literary
license. I am sure you would feel
the death of a Mr.. Tubb dreadfully;
IL can imagine any one would l said.
Il just happened to think of the
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Turning the Page.

A testator, after citing the obliga
tons he was under to a particular
friend, bequeathed to him at the bot
tom Of the first page Of his will ten
thousand-dollars, of course, thought
the delighted legatee, but on turning
the page he found the missing word to
be thanks"
A similar story Is told of an old
lady who, in her last illness, prom
ised the priest to leave him a sum
Of money for parish purposes. When
she was dying she asked the priest to
come nearer the bedside, and gasped
out: Father e-given-you-"
Stop" said the priest, anxious to
have as many witnesses as possible;
Il win call in the family" and, open
ing the door, he beckoned them all in
I've given you" painted out the dy-
ing woman, "a great deal of trouble"
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HAPPY NOW
Family Of Twelve Drink Postum

eft certainly has been blessing In
our home. writes a young lady In re-
gard to Postum
II am one Of a family of twelve,
who, before using Postum, would mako
a healthy person uncomfortable by
their complaining of headache, dizzi-
ness, sour stomach, etc, from drinking
coffee
For years mother suffered from
palpitation OF the heart, sick head
ache and bad stomach and at times
would be taken violently ILL About
year ago she quit coffee and began
Postum
my brother was troubled with
headache and dizziness all the time
he drank coffee All those troubles Of
my mother and brother have disap-
peared since Postum has taken the
place OF coffee.
"A sister was III nearly all her life
with headache and heart trouble, and
about all she cared for was coffee and
tea The doctors told her she must
leave them alone, as medicine did her
no permanent good
She thought nothing would take
the place Of coffee until we induced
her to try Postum. Now her troubles
are all gone and she is a happy little
woman enjoying life az people
should"
Name given by the Postum Co, Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum - must be wen
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postur-is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds Ia
about the same.
there's . Reason" for Postum
sold by GrocerA
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CHAPTER V.-Confinued.

The girl walked on up the highway
with lifting stride, now and then
Laughing to herself, or running few
steps, occasionally stopping by some
hedge to pull a leaf which she rubbed
against her cheek, smelling it's keen
new scent, or stopping to gaze out
across the orange-green belts Of sun
ny wind-dimpled fields, one band push
ing back her mutinous hair from her
brow, the other shielding her eyes.
Farther on the highroad looped around
a strip of young forest, and she struck
into this for short cut. In the depth
she sat down to rest on the sun
splashed roots of tree Leaning back
against the scanned trunk, her felt hat
fallen to the ground, she looked like
some sea-woman eue rging from an
learth-hued pool to comb her hair
against a dappled rock
She drew back against the tree and
caught her breath as bulldog frisked
lover messy boulder just in front of
Iher.
A moment more and she had thrown
herself on her knees with both arms
'outstretched. "Oh, you splendid crea-
lture!" she cried. you big. lovely
white darling!"
The dog seemed in no way averse to
this sensational proceeding. He re-
lsponded instantly not merely with tail
Ewagging, but with ecstatic grunts and
Igrowls. Where did you come from"
lshe questioned. as his pink tongue
struggled desperately to find cheek
Through the whorl Of coppery hair.
why, you must be the one I was told
mot to be afraid Of"
She petted and fondled the smooth
Intelligent muzzle "As If any one
could be afraid of you! Well set your
master right on that point" Smiling
from her belt, and twisting wisp of
long grass wound it round and round
the dogs neck and thrust the ragged
lrose-stem firmly through it. Now"
lshe said, and pushed him gently from
her, ''go back, sir"
He whined and licked her hand but
when she repeated the command, he
turned obediently and left her. A lit
tile way from her he halted, with a
sudden perception of mysterious pun
lishment, shrugged, sat down, and tried
to reach the irksome grass-wisp with
his teeth. This failing, he rolled la
Iboriously in the dirt.
Then he rose, cast a reproachful
Iglance behind him, and trotted off,
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started and turned his eyes slowly
about him, vague look Of anxiety on
bis face. For a moment no one
moved. When he spoke again it was
once more in his gentle Quavering
voice:
"Watah? Vas, Mars, good watah.
Hep yo'se'f"
The judge set a dollar bill on the
step and weighted it with a stone, as
the rest remounted Well, good-by,
Anthony he said. We're nightly
obliged"
He sprang into the saddle and the
quartette cantered away. MY expert
ment wasn't a great success, I'm
afraid, Shirley" he said ruefully.
"Oh. / think it was splendid" cried
Nancy. DO you suppose he really be-
heves those spooky things? l declare.
at the time ! almost did myself. What
an odd idea-'when the clock strikes
thirteen which, of course, 1t never
does"
Don't mind, Shirley" bantered
Lusk. When you see all dem trou-
bles' coming, sound the alarm and
We'll fly in body to your rescue"
They let their horses out for a
pounding gallop which pulled down
suddenly at a muffled shrek from Bet
ty Page, as her horse went into the
air at sight of an automobile by the
roadside.
Now, whose under the canopy is
that?' exclaimed Lusk.
Its stalled" said Shirley. Il
passed here this afternoon when the
owner was trying to start it, and sent
Unc' Jefferson as first aid to the in
jured"
II wonder who he can be-" said
Nancy. I've never seen that car be-
fore"
Why" said Betty gaily, "Ah know!
It's Mad Anthony's trouble-man, of
course, come for Shirley"
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and will be transplanted sunshiny
corner-EXchange.
Old Newspapers.

The earliest English newspaper, Ma
thaniel Buffers Weekly News, some
copies of which are to be seen at the
advertising exhibition, had several
predecessors abroad. The first of
these in point of time WAS the Ordinarij
Avisa the publication OF which began
at Strassburg in 1904 years before
the appearance of Naths MEL Buffers
venture In 1920 Abraham Verhoeven
founded the Nieuwe Thijdingen at
Antwerp, and this continued to ap-
pear weekly for 227 years The old
est existing newspaper is apparently
the Swedish official gazette. which
dates back to 1914
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The old negro nodded his head.
Good watah,' he said in the gentle
quavering tones Of extreme age "Yas.
Marse. Hep yo'se'f. Come rom he
centah OBJ de yerf, dat watah En- dah's
folks say de centah OF de yerf is all
fab. Yo' reck'n dey's right, Mars
ChahmahS?'
Now, how the devil do you know
who l am, Anthony" The judge set
down his cup on the well-curb. Il
haven't been by here for year"
The ebony head moved slowly from
side to side cor Ant'ny don need
no eyes," he said, touching his hand
to his brow "He see evything heah."
The judge beckoned to the others
and they trooped inside the paling.
I've brought some other folks with
me, Anthony; can you tell who they
are?"
The sightless look wavered over
them and the white head shook slow
ly. Don know young mars" said
the gentle voice How many yuddahs
wild yo'? One, two? No, dom know
young mistis, eidah.'
Il reckon you don't need any eyes,"
Judge Chalmers laughed, as he passed
the sweet cold water to the rest. "One
of these young ladies wants you to tell
her fortune
The old negro dropped his head,
waving his gaunt hands restlessly.
The judge beckonod to Betty Page,
but she shook her head with little
grimace and drew back.
You go, Shirley" she whispered,
and with laughing glance at the
others, Shirley came and sat down on
the lowest STEP
Mad Anthony put out wavering
hand and touched the young body.
His fingers strayed over the habit and
went up to the curling bronze under
the hat-brim dis de iii mistis," he
muttered, "ain' afeahd OBJ OF Ant'ny.
Dah's fab en- she ain afeahd, en- dah's
watah en- she ain afeahd Wondah
whut All gwine tell huh? Whut de
coloh oh yo hath, honey?"
Black put in Chilly Lusk, with a
wink at the others. BLACK as a crow"
Old Anthony's hand fell back to his
knee. Young mars laugh at de Of
man." he said, "but he don know. Dat
de coloh dat buhn NAH han's-de coloh
oh gor, en- eyes blue like er cat-bird's
aig. Dah's er man gwine look in dem
eyes, honey, en- gwine make 'em cry
en- cry" He raised his head sharply,
his lids shut tight, and swung his arm
toward the North "Dah's whah he
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CTO BE CONTINUED
Why the Express was Late.

The Vinegar Valley express was late
again Sunday morning. Along the rail
road track, wherever necessary, the
company has green slabs stuck up
with a red w painted on them. These
are signals notifying the engineer to
whistle. Sunday, viii Carter was
standing by the side of the track be-
tween here and Humidity when the
express came along. The engineer, a
new hand, saw his red nose, which
crooks like a letter S, and thought it
a signal to stop, which he did. When
the express stops that way out be-
tween stations the passengers all have
to get off and push before they can
start again and sometimes it don't
carry very mary passengers.
City Star.
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Croesus Preferred.

Two poets sat having a frugal glass.
II wish Burns and Poe were with
us tonight" said one. 1--WE could
have a rollicking time"
I'D rather have Croesus here" said
the other. HE could buy few
drinks. Those other fellows wouldn't
have q cent"
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come f'ofn," he said, zen heah"-his
arm veered and he pointed straight
toward the ragged hill behind them
The stay"
Lusk laughed noiselessly. Hes
pointing to Damory Court" he whis-
pered to Nancy Chalmers, "the only
uninhabited place within ten miles.
That's as near as he often hits it, /
fancy"
''Heah's whah he stay" repeated the
old man. Heap OBJ trouble visit heah
TO him too, honey,-heap oh trouble,
heah whah III mistis fin him I"
Come, Anthony" said Judge Chal-
mers, laying his hand on the old man s
shoulder That's much too mourn
full! Give her something nice to top
off with, at least!"
But Anthony paid no heed "Gr'et
trouble Dah's fab en- she ain afeahd,
en- dah's watah en- she ain afeahd En-
All sees yo' gwine ter him, honey All
heah's de co'ot-house clock a-strikin' in
de night-en yo gwine. Dom wait,
don wait, lii mistis, er de trouble
cloud gwine kyah him erway fom yo'
When de clock strike thuh-
teen-when de clock strike thuh-
teen
The droning voice ceased The
gaunt form became rigid. Then he
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. rich society favorfte
lsuddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
lporation, which his father founded and
which was the principal source Of his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF old motor car, a
white bun dog and Damory court, a neg
pected estate in Virginia On the way to
fDamory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, authenticated beauty, and d.
cides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
Intensely.
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On His Way.

why doesn't that dachshund como
when l call him? The idea of sulk-
ing on me" Hes coming as fast al
he can" said the mans wife He's
got his front legs started. "-Washina
ton Herald
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Woman excited and disheveied)-
Quick, Give me a glass of brandy
for a woman in a fit" Druggist
(caImly)-~Yes, madam To drink
now or to take away with your
London Opinion
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the stairs from pile to cord at my bed
room. They are all as good today as
they we're then"
said | thought she had chosen
most wisely, both in husband and fur
niture.--Youth's Companion.
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FEELS LIKE
A new WOMAN
As Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound Dispelled
Rackache, Headaches
and Dizziness.
Piqua, Ohio. 81 would be very un-
grateful if I failed to give lydia e.

rinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound the
prais e it deserves,
for | have taken it
at different times
and it always re-
lieved me w h e n
other m edicin e 8
failed, and when 1
hear a woman COM
plain | always rec
ommend it. Lastwin-
ter / was attacked
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Young women are az anxious to try
the new wrinkles az the older ones
ara to get rid OF them
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Shop girls In London have q coun-
walls from their labors-
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The Hamburg line has or
dered two new 16,000-tOn steamers for
the Panama canal trade. The triple al
lance ard the triple entente have ar
rived at an agreement with regard to
the trouble in Epirus. The Greeks
were gradually invading this territory.
The triple alliance wished to have the
movements OF the Greeks stopped At
first the triple entente was not ready
to agree to this, but the insistence of
the triple alliance seems to have car
ried the day.