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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
CHAPTER Xxx.
In the Rain.

Shirley stood looking out at the
rain. 1t was falling in no steady
downp0ur which held forth promise
of ending, but with a gentle constancy
that gave the hills a look of sudden
discomfort and made disconsolate
miry pools by the roadside. The
clouds were not too thick, however, to
let through dismal gray brightness
that shone on the foliage and touched
with glistering lines of high-light the
draggled tufts of the soaked blue
grass. Now and then. across the drip
ping fields, fraying skeins of mist wan
dered, to lie curdled in the flooded
hollows where, here and there, cattle
stood lowing at intervals in a mourn
full key.
The indoors had become impossible
to her. She was sick of trying to
read, sick of the endless pacings and
purposeless invention of needless
tasks. She wanted movement, the
cobwebby mist about her knees, the
wet rain in her face. She ran upstairs
and came down clad in a close scarlet
| jersey, with leather CATERS and a soft
hat
Emmaline saw her thus accoutered
with disapproval "Lawdy-mercy,
chfle!" she urged; you amt goin'
out? It's rainin' cats en- dawgs!"
I'm neither sugar nor salt, Emma
line" responded Shirley Hstlessly,
dragging on her rain-coat, and the
walk will do me good"
On the sopping lawn she glanced
up at her mothers window. Since the
night of the ball her own panging self
and sensitive association between
them. She had been full of horrible
! feeling that her face must betray her
/ and the cause of her loss of spirits
/ be guessed.
! Her mother, had, in fact, been
| troubled by this, but was far from
guessing the truth. A somewhat long
indisposition had followed her first
/ sight of Valiant, and she had not
/ witnessed the tournament. She had
4 hung upon Shirley's description of it
/ however, with an excited interest that
/ the other was later to translate in
/ the light of her own discovery. If the
/ thought had fitted to her that fate
might hold something deeper than
| friendship in Shirley's acquaintance
with Valiant, it had been of the
vaguest. His choice of her as Queen
/ of Beauty had seemed a natural hom
age to that swift and unfinching act
/ of hers which had saved his life
| There was in her mind a more OBJ
vious explanation of Shirley's altered
! demeanor. perhaps it's Chilly Lusk,
/ she had said to herself. Have they
/ had a foolish quarrel, l wonder? All
well. in her own time she will tell
me-"
There was some relief to Shirley's
overcharged feelings in the very dis
! comfort of the drenched weather: the
sucking pull of the wet clay on heI
boots and the 1irt of the drops on hel
! cheeks and hair. She thrust her dog
skin gloves into her pocket and held
her arms outstretched to let the WIND
blow through her fingers, The mois
ture clung in damp wreaths to hel
hair and rolled in great drops dowr
her coat as she went.
The widest, most secluded walks
had always drawn her most and she
instinctively chose one of these today
1t was the road wherein squatted Mao
Anthony's whitewashed cabin. Dab:
er man gwine look in dem eyes, honey
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06

in 1890, 1900 and 1910, gave the popu-
lation of the district of Maine as a
part Of Massachusetts. In 1920 it was
separated from Massachusetts, made
an Independent state, and was admit
ted into the union Vermont was not
one of the Ii original states which
adopted the constitution in 1888,
and was not admitted to the union
until 1871 AS { colony 1t furnished
its full quota of troops during the
revolutionary war, but its boundaries
we're in dispute with Massachusetts
New Hampshire and New York claim
ing jurisdiction, and pending the dis
pute Vermont did not get into the
union as one Of the original states
adopting the constitution It was not
represented in the convention that
framed the constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
GOOD ENOUGH ALREADY.

This is the old thing she quoted:
"A woman, a dog and a walnut tree,
the more you beat them the better
they be-"
This is what the Brute answered:
We'll, what Of it?''
Are you one Of those who think
that silly old rhyme true?"
Not altogether"
Il am much relieved said the wom-
an. q was afraid that you were
reactionary, but see that you are
modern. Now tell me what it is in
that horrid old rhyme that you can't
stand for?"
We'll, I never could see," said the
man, frankly, why a walnut tree had
to be beaten
Men will be Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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A Wish Easily Gratified.

"a great deal of what we call pleas
ure is largely imaginary" said the
ready-made philosopher.
Il suppose So" replied the man who
was working on his automobile.
Nov, wouldn't you like to be able
to take long ride without having to
worry about speed limits or spark
plugs or tires or anything at all?"
81 should say SOL"
well, here's a street car ticket"
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They do" acQuiesced Mrs. Curran
DO they ask you about it?"
''Indade they DO, ma am"
And do, you tell them?"
Faith, thin, Oh do not"
What do you tell them?"
"Oi just tell thin, was the calm re-
ply, that ye are me dressmaker, an
lei it go at that. Pittsburgh Chroni-
Gle Telegraph.
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Poor. But Proud

A lady who is a district visitor be-
came much interested in a very poor
but apparently respectable Irish fam
lily named Curran living on the top
floor of q great building in slum dis
trict of her parish.
Every time she visited the Currans
she was annoyed by the staring and
the whispering of the other women
living in the building. One day she
said to Mrs. Curran:
Your neighbors seem very curious
to know who and what l am and the
nature Of my business with you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Shrewd Citizenship,

Whats the wrangle about in PUNK
eille?"
Some of the community want to
maintain mudholes and swell their pri-
vate fortunes by hauling automobiles
out. Others want to improve the
highways, pinch EN- for speeding and
apply the proceeds to public works of
all kinds"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Her Future Blasted

Il hear your daughter is going to
retire from the stage"
yes, she is"
What's the trouble? i thought she
was possessed Of talent?"
"She is. She has a splendid voice
and much dramatic ability, but she
sprained a tendon in her ankle and
won't be able to dance for a year or
more, SO she thought she might as
well settle down and get married"
Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Men and Their Times.

when | was your age, l didn't
spend my days Joy riding" said the
reproving father"
"Well,' replied the self-confdent
youth, I'm going to avoid your mis-
takes, too. When get to be your age,
I'm not going to stay up half the night
dancing the tango"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Wonderful Imaninafinn

Author have an order for a sea
story.
Wife-But how can you write a
sea story when you haven't been on
the water for years?
Author-Wel!, I've been married for
20 years and yet l can write a love
story.-Boston Evening Transcript.
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Plain Talk

81 have a damage suit against a
railroad. VIII you take my case On a
contingent fee?"
Il had better send you to another
lawyer, miss. l fear my charge would
be too high. To be candid, you are
not pretty enough to get over $500.
in my opinion"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
The WRONG Advice.

What made Poppel lose faith in DIR.
Bloster?"
THE doctor told him that he needed
more exercise, and Poppel is a drum,
mer who makes 81 varieties of noise
in moving-picture theater. "-Baltt
more Sun.
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all the truth. So-called newspaper
English" has left its indelible mark on
the literature and especially the f1c-
ton of our times. The most success
full stories are those told in the few
est words. The old-fashioned flowing
periods, which produced verbal melody
instead of recording facts, have lost
their charm for novel readers, whose
eager brains are anxious to absorb the
tale rather than linger over fine
writing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
rae conscientIoua aoverness

The Employer-By the way, the
children usually eat with u.s.
The New Goveness (frm1y) II
must object TO that.
"Why?'
They're sure to pick up such faulty
notions Of grammar"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06

to be gifted with millions OF rejecting
rays.
We are each of US responsible to
society and the world in general for
our ideals.
Worthy ideals, earnestly sought and
sincerely carried out. credit a man on
into posterity, but unworthy ideals
discredit and unharness q man here
and now. Formulate your ideals with
others in mind, Measure not success
in the immediate. Make your ideals
so high that they viii not only lead
yJu on and up, but ali about you.
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Pride.

Il understand that you danced the
tango all night"
That's the way people will try to
belittle mans record" exclaimed
Uncle Flopsole. Anybody can tango
all night / started in at one o'clock
the previous afternoon"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Kind Man.

you don't know how to handle a
woman said Mr.. Peck. Keep your
mouth shut and refuse to talk when
she is roasting you. Why do you argue
with your wife,"
ooh, we'll" replied Mr.. Gabb. THE
poor woman is entitled to a little
pleasure once in a while"
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A Pity indeed.

EIihu Rot, in his superb Fifth ave
nue. apartment overlooking Cen trail
Park, was talking about a famous ar
list whose wife had divorced bin. TT
seems he didn't treat her we'll" said
Mr.. Root. Then he added: All gen
fuses are egoists. lis a pity the rule
doesn't work both way"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
His Guess,

Bacon-A University of Pennsyl-
vania scientist asserts he has found a
way to tell from crystals of blood the
race Of the man from whom the blood
came.
Egbert-If it's blue, the man is from
Boston; if it is amber, he's from Mil
Waukee, l suppose.
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Had Edison Beaten.

Farmer-Yes, sir, that hired man OF
mine is one of the greatest inventors
of the century.
City Boarder-You don't say! What
did he invent?
Farmer-Petrifled motion-Judge.
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Too Much OF II.

Would George enlist?"
mo, l don't think he would"
What's the reason? He comes of
fighting stock"
That's the reason. He's soured on /
lighting. His grandmother is a col
onial Dame, his aunt is a D. A. R, L
and his mother is a militant"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Unjust Proof,

Mr. Jangle Qrritably)-Apparently
you make no use whatever Of the
household hints ! give you from day
to day.
Mrs. Jangle = Wrong, as usual.
James! Why, the last batch I sent to
the Efficient Home Monthly netted me
S350,-Puck
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Of Course.

Patience-I see France maintains an
institute Of geological psychology on
farm near Paris for the study of the
habits of animals under natural con-
ditions.
Patrice-Suppose, of course, they
have trolley cars with end seats
there?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Train Couldn't Have overtaken Him

Train Couldn't Have Overtaken Him
What's the commotion, brakeman"
asked the nervous passenger on
slow train in Iowa.
"Mx-up with lot Of cattle"
What did they chase US for-did
somebody on the train wave q RED
flag at them as we went by?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
VIII Lecture In America.

Celestin DembIon, whose books en-
deavor to prove that the plays attrib-
uted to Shakespeare were written by
Lord Rutland, will come to this coun-
try to lecture on his theory. He is a
deputy and professor of literature at
Brussels university.
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MAGAZINE Tendencies.

Willis-After a writer has got rep
utation nowadays he sells anything,
no matter how rotten it is.
Gfllis-It used to be that way.
Nowadays you've got to sell come
thing pretty rotten in order to get
reputation.-Puck
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Maine,s Historical Career.

Maine was not an independent state
until long after the adoption Of the
constitution. During the revolution
ar7 war it was a district Of Massachu-
sets, and as such furnished its quota
of soldiers, but they were credited as
Massachusetts troops. The first three
censuses of the United States, taken
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Not That Wav.

She-Why do they allow policemen
to act SO brutally as actually TO tor
ture people?
He-They don't. Why do you ask
that?
She-Well, here's the paper says
policeman pinched a gangster and
made him squeaI.
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SIGNIFICANT Contrast.

SIS your son Boy Scout?"
YES" replied Mr.. Dasher. "The
only objection I have to Boy Scouts
Is they seem so dignifed and self
controlled that their conduct suggests
implied criticism of their parents"
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His Natural Field.

Insan-How times have changed
within the last 20 years. I wonder
what old Sitting Bull would do if he
could come back to earth?
Oudts-He would probably accept
an engagement with moving picture
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Telegram.
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CONDENSATION

You don't seem enthusiastic about
elevating the stage"
NO." replied the theatrical mana
ger. The more you try to elevate
the stage, the more depressed the boa
Office seems to becoma-"
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Not at Home,

A little girl, on being told by her
mother that when child died an
angel came and took her up to heaven,
thought deeply for a moment and then
said:
Mamma, if an angel comes asking
for me, say I'm not in"
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Keeping the Record Straight.

Hes broke"
"And the girl he was engaged to has
dropped him"
She dropped and broke him, eh?"
mo; she broke and dropped him"
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VARIETY,

"All the stories in this magazine
read alike"
Yes replied the man at the news
stand. But you will observe that the
cover design is changed weekly"
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His Line of Thouqht.

81 suppose you are thinking UP new
things to tell the people out home"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum
I'm trying to find some way to take
back what I told them when l waf
there before"
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Pe"rinfnng.

How do you like your new fat"
Its little restricted" replied the
patient man. They won't allow you
to raise children or pets. They even
complain if you raise your voice"
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a DraWbac OK.

my Alexander is such an unusually
bright boy"
well, if you want to make friends
FOR him, don't LEI anybody suspect he
is smart Aleck."
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ANYTHING TO Please.

City Editor dronically)-I suppose
you'd like to solve murder mystery
to begin with?
Latest Cub (promptly)-You're the
boss, sir.-Puck.
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q Prolific YjaId

Husband-Old man Williams family
tree must be hickory
Wife-Why so?"
Husband-All of his boys are such
hard nuts"
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Asks Little of Himself.

"Gadson is a man whose distinguish
ing trait is self-approvaI"
Il understand now why every body
says he is easy to please"
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His Fate.

He was city councilman
Deaf to the peoples call:
And now he's in the discard heap,
While they play Sunday ball.
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The Stage Manageable can play
drunken parts" better than any man
on the stage
The Business Manager-Yes; but
he's too fond of rehearsing.
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Woman, Lovely Woman

A seventeen year-old girl who an
nually cuts her fathers entire wheat
crop and mows ten acres of grass
lives in southern Illinois. Last sum-
mer, while performing these agricu!-
tural accomplishments she sat up
three nights a week with a country
store clerk, read seven continued
stories, attended four Sunday school
picnics, set the dog on twenty-nine
tramps, fell out of an apple tree, pick
ed seventy-five gallons of berries,
made two calico dresses, and taught 4
Sunday school class. Yet men will
PROFOUND the foolish question, What
can women do?"
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LETS GIVE 4 SURPRISE"
SURF" THEY MARIE


Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 29.--''We just n
clded to surprise our friends BIZ u
ting married." they told DR.. L.
Bricker when they found him at III
arsonage Of the First Christian ca
on South Pryor street last night
So few minutes later Miss Vi
Cawhern had become Mrs. A. q. Gan
and today number of friends OF ~
young people are congratulating thsE
The bride and groom have lteen
love for long time. it is SAID, n 4
finally decided to have the wefdlrl
without any Of the usual frins an
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-30

New York, Jan. 29,-sixteen-year-old
Marion Gaynor, fourth and youngest
daughter Of the late Mayor William ].
Gaynor was married here to Ralph
Haywood Isham, son of Henry Hey
ward Isham, New Jersey capitalist,
last night. The wedding came as 4
surprise to friends of the family, but it
was explained that no formal an
nouncenent of the engagement had
been made, because of the recent datn
of the city's executive For the same
reason, only members of the family
were present City officials were
among the guests later in the day at
reception. ,sn.,
Mr. Isham, who Is % years old, spent
year at Yale, and then travelled
abroad. He is a descendant Of Jona-
than Trumbull first governor Of Con-
necticut.
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BROWNSVILLE CLUB
RECEIVES REMNANT

Townsville, Ga, Jan. 29-The pen
nant won by the Townsville baseball
team in the Empire league games last
season has arrived and is in charge Of
President Mays, of the association.
This is the first pennant ever won by
a south Georgia team in professional
baseball, and it will be a feature Al
Heights park this season.
The pennant is about sixteen feet
long and is dark blue, bearing big
white letters the inscription Cham
pions, Empire State League-1913,"
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Whereas fashions for young folks
follow TO a degree the grown up
modes, lines are simpler and materials
are not extravagant.
The Russian blouse is becoming to
both the little maid and her big sis
ter and favored by both
An extremely smart one seen at the
Horse Show last week was fashioned
Of black velveteen and trimmed with
white fox fur. The hat was white. and
a. huge muff Of fox completed a cos
tune that was becoming and perfect
ly suited to the WEAKER. a girl Of six
teen.
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An Old One RetOid.

DR. Tiff, who in the days OF Bling
ham Young had charge of the Metho
rist missions in Utah, STOPPED over il
Chicago while on his way to dedicate
q church in Indiana.
"A Mormon missionary" says Dr.
Iliff had gone to London to gain con-
verts, and was preaching on the street
corners when one-legged man ap-
preached him.
off l go back to Utah with you,
queried the stranger, do you think that
Brigham Young could give me a new
leg?"
"'Of course, he could replied the
missionary, he can do anything
You're positive about this, are
you?
Absolutely. All you have to do IS
to repent and to become one of our
faith
"The convert went to Utah and in
formed the Mormon prophet of the
agreement Weeks passed, but still \
new leg did not grow. The cripple re-
minded the prophet again of the prom
Use, The miracle, however, failed to
materialize, and the petitioner became
rather impatient.
Finally Brigham Young said: You
believe, don't you, that can give you
new leg? You have perfect faith in
my ability?"
"The other answered in the afirma-
tive.
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Maps FIRST-sACEER
FLIRTING WITH FEl

Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. 7s-D
Johnston, first baseman Of the Cfar
land American league club. this !
ternoon remained n0n-commitfaI Gu
corning the report from Cleveland tn
he had jumped to the Federal leaxu
Johnston stated, however. that Ne Il
not intend to sign with Cleveland
the terms offered him By Presidr
Somers in a contract received -
weeks ago.
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FEDERALS MAY PUT 4
CLUB IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland, o., Jan. 29.-M F. Bran
Ter. former president Of the Cleveland
Federal league club. today returned
from New Mexico, and said he had o
site for a ball park for the Federals
in Cleveland, and in case the Toronto
hackers could not go through with
their proposition, Cleveland would have
a federal league team again In 1914
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Terrazas, Jr., is still held in Chihua-
hua.
A trainload of rebels today was
sent to Guzman, IS miles south of the
border, to learn the fate of passengers,
including 25 Americans who were re-
ported held up by Maxine Castillo's
bandits on the Mexican Northwestern
railroad.
Among the Americans were George
Rout Ledge, superintendent of the
railroad, and George Sowsen, Nor
mon colonist. The rebels were in
structed to capture and execute Cas-
tillo who operating independently has
created terror in western Chihuahua
for months.
A movement in the interest of
Huerta to invade Mexico from FL Paso
is said to have failed when the treas
urer of the federal junta left with the
funds, it is said. The junta had re-
cruited 200 former federals and fol-
lowers of Diaz, it was stated. The men
expected to take the field west of Ell
Paso and oppose VOLTA and Castillo