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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-20
Today's Short Story
The Hidden Letter

THEY had been married in the
 spring; had gone to the country
 for the summer, and now that the autumn was coming on they were looking for a house. In the evening when the husband returned from busi- ness his wife told him that she had found a cottage exactly to her taste. Gan you not come and look at 1t with me tomorrow?'' she asked.
 Tomorrow is my busy day. I shall be engaged all this week"
 ,ttBut there is another person ready to take it, and I must give an answer at once or lose it.
 Well, sweetheart, since it is only from September to May, and you are satisfied, close the natter
 When Raymond Berthold found time to visit the house for. which he had signed a lease, he stood before the door with an expression of pain.
 'sYou don't like it!'' exclaimed the wife in disappointed tone.
 Like it, dear heart" he stammered. 'sIt is charming. Butt
 tBut what?''
 Nothing. Come, let us go inside.''s Berthold walked through the rooms as one in a dream. Ten years had passed since he had lived in that very
 
 house. There he had loved his cousin Jeannette. His mother had died there, and Jeannette had died there, and Der thold had gone out broken hearted man-broken hearted till he had met Maura Doane, the girl he married. He had never told Maura of this love.
 Again and again he strove to tell Maura that this had been his home, but hesitated when he remembered that the telling would invite a comics sion-a confession that might destroy the respect of the wife who had con soled him.
 As may be supposed from all this. Berthold was a sensitive man, a man of deep feeling. Perhaps he was weak He went to live in the house he had rented, without a word of his former life there to his wife. One evening he
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and his wife were sitting An their bou- doir, a room that had been occupied by Jeannette. A mirror over a mantel it was a fixture and had been there for years slipped from its place. A letter fel1 from behind it and slid down to Raymond's feet
 Maura picked it up and was brush ing the dust from it when suddenly she started The superscription, in a wo- mans hand, read, For Raymond"
 Maura looked at her husband and saw that he was powerfully, painfully moved.
 "what does it meanT' she asked un- der her breath.
 He reached for the letter. Maura gave it to him. He held it in his hand for a moment, then, realizing that his secret was out, handed it back to her.
 sT have no wish to pry into anything you don't wish me to know" she said.
 Read it."
 It had been written by Jeannette shortly before her death, a pIaint1ve note telling her lover that she knew she could not live. 'I sincerely trust, Raymond, dear,''s she concluded, 'that you who are on the very threshold of manhood will find some good girl to supply my place, or at least make a place of her own in your heart.'' Jean nette must have placed it behind the mirror till such time as she should de- eide to let Raymond have it.
 Raymond watched his wife while she read, anxious for the first glance she should give him after its perusal. Would it be one of blame for him or jealousy of the dead? He believed that if she deemed him guilty she would put down the letter and walk away from him in silence.
 When Maura read the last words, make 8 place of her own in your heart" the unself1shness they express ed begot a kindness that nothing else would have produced. She looked at her husband, tears starting in her eyes, Standing for moment as in dream, she went to him and put her arms around his neck.
 The confession which before had seemed so hard to make now came as confidence poured forth to one full of loving sympathy. Raymond told the story of his life in this cozy home and how he had loved and suffered there. When he had finished his wife put her arms about his neck, and he knew that he was not blamed.
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nIinsnai.

The eminent p31ygician-ge41 young and a bachelor-stoOd on the rrgt1c bridge over the bab0ling brook which just there made cool brown pool E-e leaned upon the hanoraiL By hig 8ide, also leaning on the ha1aEaas stood a girl in the most aEt6uI early summer time garb. Her eyes were 0e1S on Che clear water below Suddenly 90 look ed up, gave her companion a 9l1ft glance. and then looked ae1uEely down again.
 "What would you do, doctOE@ she murmured, if my heart Iay at lae bottom of that breolcY'
 1tEshOuIds sllaGten to cOng1l1er1a you, replied the doctor cEaapfyys 'AI9on the admirable fashion i'm wllfch you had raIlied from Ehe OpeEat4oE. .'-z0oEE York Post.
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what he had hoped or vaguely planned. He does not know what thought or in c1dent or. character he is looking for till he has found it, till he has risen above his mental horizon. So far as he Is inspired, so far as he is spontaneous, just so far is the world with which he deals plastic and fluid and indetermi- nate and ready to take any form his medium of xpression-worCls, colors, tones-affords him He may surprise himself, excel himself; he has surren- dered himself to a power beyond the control of his will or knowledge John Burroughs. in the Atlantic.
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For f6e

Charade.
 My drgt is fruit often stolen; My second we dread all our days; My whole gives the peacock it's pride
 And in dress gains worldly praise. i Answer.-P1um. age-plumage
 e q
 Conu ndruna. What is the difference between a goose and an author? A goose has many quilIs. but an author can make "a goose of himself with one quiIlA { When may a man be said to be as hard up as a man can be2 When he 'cannot geG credit for good intentions. :; Why are fishermen and shepherds like beggars? Because they live by hook or by crook. Why is thief picking a coiner's pocket reminded of a line in OtheIlo7 Because 'twho steals his purse steals trash" When does man partially lose his 7sense Of touch2 When he doesn't feel well
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Fine Grained Bread,

It is easy to have fine grained bread If you follow the French bakers rule. The French cooks are noted for their bread. When kneading the bread in the morning it is held high above the board, about twenty inches, and let fall fifteen or twenty times. This drives out the air bubbles and makes close grained bread, being less but more effective work than kneading on the board. though it requires a little kneading to make a smooth mass.
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UsOd as a Turn"
 Mrs. Ayres-Oh, John, I've just learned that on the night of our party there's to be an eclipse of the moon. MT. Ayres-Good! We'll be able to get aleng without that high priced id der.
 Time of Their Lives. 'eYou mIssed the most enjoyable af- fair of the seasen-1Grs. Wombat's auc- f1on.ss 'I do nos play bridge" ''You don't understand. Her husband failed in business, and she held am auc- ton. Her friends had such good time paving over her things.''
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WHAT THEY LIKE.

, She. It pleases her to be told that } she is fascinating. It pleases her to be called well } dressed. . It pleases her to be called sensi- } ble. It pIeases her to depend on ? some man and pretend that she , is ruling him. It pleases her to be told that , she improves man by her com panionsh1p. , It pIeases her to be treated courteously and ruled by an ln- ! tellect that she can look up to adrniringly. It pleases man te have a girl , Glove him. ? It pleases him to have q girl , lead him in the way he wants 3 to go. , It pIeases him to have a girl sometimes treat him as a great } big baby, to be cared for, petted and caressed-. It pIeases him to have girl think him great and good and } true It pleases him to have a girls . bright eyes expressing the ap- proval and admiration the lips . do not speak. It pleases him to have a girls } sympathy smooth away the care ! worn expression and wrinkles from his brow. It pEeaSes him to have girls strength to help him over the } weak places in life. It pleases worthy man who tries to be good to have a sweet girl lead him in the way called beautiful. A girl can sink a man ito the depths of misery or help } him to happiness. Her frown can depress him, her smile in } spire him.
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HAVE A
 LAUGH ALONG THE WAY

She Could Tell Sandy. An American girl was bringing a Liverpool girl home with her, and to- ward the end of the voyage remarked: ''It is delightful to feel that one is so near home We ought to sight Sandy Hook this afternoon"
 Shall weFe exclaimed her friend. s@That will be nice Don't tel me which he 1s I can always pdek a Scots man out of crowd"
 e H Why She Didnft Like it. '-Faint heart never won fair lady" ''I detest' that proverb.' "sWhy so?''
 CT consider it a slap at us brunettes. z
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Fan,i1ar V1lt, -.

we arc going to have q lssal autllor for dinner this evening. Jane end 2 want you to act your pret1egt when serving"
 1. "oh, that's all right, ma'am- Eou needn't worry about me 2 know how to act in the presence Of eeaebr1tlss- My sister is well acquainted with the champion lightweight boxer of the state. e."-Detroit Free Press.
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Wonn nrrse.

seWeI, of all thing5s'' exclaimed Bcss. Gabb. 'sIt sayB hero that an all nfgnE marriage license bureau has been es- tabIished in Chicago. wonder what reason there can be for that2's
 ~Huh," replied AdR Gabb. ssThat gives the girls chance to grab the fool fellows without giving them chance to think it over next morning,
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Miah+ raiIs

It was Roberts first visit to the zoo.
 ''What do you think of the animals?" inquired Uncle Ben.
 After a critical inspection of the ex- htbit the boy replied:
 q think the kangaroo and the ele- phant should change ails.''-Youngs- town Telegram.
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Nothina EIse.

George Washington,s personal ex- pense accounts during the Revolution amounted to $7,OOO and his f balance was within 30 cents of right. That is the only thing about the immortal Fa- ther of His Country that looks like 30 cents.LChfcago Inter Ocean.
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cnnvanian4 Eor cnok

The cook will find it a convenience to have a belt fastened around the waist. To each side front of this belt. is fastened strip that reaches to the knees. On the end of each strip is -fas- tened a quilted holder.
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Lock to the Future.

The moment that the face is turned away from the dead past and looks to- ward the living future, new power comes. Hope is awake and hope is 5n- Hnite-PhiIlips Brooks.
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That Held Him.

Wife-Henry, you need 8 rest. Let us go to Bongtong Springs. Hub That placeg Why, it's only fit for wo- men and fools. Wife-I know it. Let's go there together Boston Transcript.
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Avertins a Domestic Rots.

'FWho won the game Q asked the 'Eo- man. se''We did Are you a baseball entlfu- siast?''
 Not exactly, but I make It a rule Go find out about the game so as to know whether to mention it to my husband when he gets home" = Washirston Star.
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TanoiI,Te Asset.

q believe I'll promote transporta- ton company
 Land or water?"
 .eThe latter, I think. For the former I'd need rails and right of way, but in a water propositfon I'll have an ocean to start with. ."-Exchange.
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Their PriviIeoea.

TEsre are mothers having an ofdclaI day, and why can't the fathers have one tooT'
 "Sh! The fathers are trying now t1 keep attention off from their nfghts.a- Baltimore American.
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Jovous Occasion.

Briggs = What! Are you going to Nawkser's funeral? I thought you made it rule to associate only with guperlatively happy people? Griggs- That's why I am going. You see,
 4awkser left a lot of money to his Ee1atives-Life r
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AfnhanIntana Eu,i4

Much fruit is raised in Afghanistan. During August, September and Octo- Der special daily fruit train of about fifteen cars is run from Quetta to dlf- ferent cities in India.
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onitn EnnrAion.

s~Then you didn't meet with any dis courtesy at the polls2'' inquired the first lady.
 "No," said the other lady. q have attended receptions that were less en- 1oyabbe. e."-Kansas City Journal
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rha MaIn onantlnn

Mir Flatte-One Of the women health inspectors was here 'white you were out She wanted to look through the house.
 Mrs. Flatte-Oh, is that so, dear9 What did she have on2- Youlrern Statesman.
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or money:
 Pat on deathbed, and at side knelt his faithful loving wife, Mary
 "In my last moments" said Pat "I you how stand financially. O'feourke owes us Sill"
 Praise be goodness! exclaimed Mary with look of rapturous admiration his thet 
 "AndsS continued Pat, Billy Dinnin $22."e
 Mind as clear as bell and him near to deathr inter rupted Mary again
 "Ands1 Pat resumed, s."Tim Doo1in owes us $e21v
 Was mans memory thatg dueshoned Mary, ecstatc in her wonder. Them said Pat i've owe BiIs Checker s142
 HThe saints preserve uAts cried Mary distreas- 'TIe's daft-EaVing crazyP'
 KnowIand, wife of Representative Knowland, who is United States senate she stump with her husband be
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Rinha.

s Seek not proud riches, but such as @hou nlayest get justly. use soberly,
 hstrbute cheerfully and leave cons %untedlg, yet have no abstract con- Aempt Hf them--Bacon.
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rhn GIma Rn+4Ia

After first removing the cork from a bottle of glue do not use it again, but insert in it's place the stump of an old candle. It will not stick and the glue cannot spill
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Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior
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BoUDoIR GAP.

open~orI< Embroidery Which Laun-
 ders Nicely Is Liked For Summer.
 The lingerie cap of eyelet embroidery doir toilet A convenient model is H.
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In pouht.

ssIs that boy of yours learning to play the piano?''
 ''I hope he is, but from the way it sounds I don't think Washington Star.
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We are very fond of reading OthgEu characters, but we do net Iile@ to Bq read ourselves.-Rache6s
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Par Kno.va Evervthina.

WH2ae-Paw, can a woman keep a seFet3
 Paw-I don't know. I never heard of one trying, my son.-Cincinnati En- Quirer.
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can trouble apparently diversions outside devoted nomination senateby President Taft it assumed that another gohng justice had besn added to the United Atguetas with MT, Taft As. matter of fact, Justice himself, he golf stick tusdce scheoInafe of Presi- Wilson Augusta when the president 
 An amused smile Huttered the features of Repre sentative Samuel ribble of Georgia the other lobby Washington Co the wonderful sayings of the Riddles said he reminded. incident.
 fond father taking little Gaugh- ter downtown in automobile and stopping in front of he noticed that the drive against strong wind had the youngsters eyes water.
 Just minute, Jessie" said father, wrapping away"
 Say" the rather amazing exclamation of Jessie that is-a push buttonP
 Senator James A. oGorman of New has long
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"When you grow up suppOss yuu will be an undertaker, like your Gas therP''
 ''Naw. I am gouter be shofer, so kin help me paw's business. "- Pittsburgh Press.
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Boy Scout Spirit.


 Even greater than the physical exer- ctses and Ghe direction of the boy's mind is the spirit of the boy scouts the spirit of cleanness of life and cleanness of thinking. And the boy scout movement puts into the boys the love of the country, and it gives them this splendid obligation, this oath of yours, that-is as wholesome and as ele- vating as the oath the Athenian citi- zens took, which is a classic. It gives them something splendid and ideal to live up to. - Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
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Rat-a-tat knocks the woodpecxer, On the old tree. Says Miss Prin, He's polite
 As birdie can be, And just why the old squirrel
 Who lives there should hide And not answer his knocks,
 Why, cannot decide!''
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shooting woman but she was only rights"
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TNHEY had been married in the
 spring; had gone to the country
 for. tiac s11rr,r,oon. and ,no1rr fLna {.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-03
German Official Report Announces
Capture of LOdz, Russian Poland

of ridiculous calumny and Of an unscru-
pulous attempt to incite the friendly ma
tions OF both North and South America
against the German people. while the
German press here, on the contrary,
heartily welcome the progress and pros
perity of free American nations.
German soldiers returning from Bel
gium cruelty mutllatod increase the Ger
man peoples evaporation against the
revolving atrocities created by Belgian
civilians.
Enormous excitement has been caused
by the Belgians' attempt to induce the
world. with London and Paris, who are
endless liars, as accompliees In the be-
lief that German soldiers are authors of
atrocities.
The French official CommunIque's 6
statement that the Russians have COM
pletely invested Konigsberg is also a lie.
The Russians never covered half the dis
tance between the frontier and Konige-
berg and are now retreating eastward
after the annihilation OF their Narrow
army.
"The Gazette Del Popolaro. a respecta-
bic paper. calls London a lie factory
comparable with Shanghai during the
Russo-Japanese war"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-03

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2--The German
embassy received a wireless today from
Berlin announcing that German and
Austrian troops have occupied Lodz. the
largest. manufacturing center in Russian
Poland, and that the battle northward
from Lemberg is continuing"
Later the German embassy received tho
following additional wireless from Berlin:
THE news that German troops have left
Brussels on account of the situation in
East Prussia is wrong, The German ad-
ministration in Brussels is very active,
civil servants arriving every day for
newly organized offices.
"The papers are full Of Russian horrors
in East Prussia. The Russians cut off
the breast OF a mother and impaled her
five children on a fence
-Four Cossacks assaulted n woman.
while they handcuffed her husband and
forced him to be a witness"
"The report is confirmed that the
French abducted fourteen women and
twenty-five children from a German fron-
tier place; also hospital doctor and as
sistant from Lorchingen. Fate unknown.
Lord Churchilrs declaration that VIC
torious Germany would seek expansion in
South America appears 10 be the climax
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-03
THIN KHAKI LINES
HOLD GERMAN MASS
British Displaying Most Wonderful
Bulldog Tenacity Against
Superior Numbers.
HOLDING LIVES VERY LIGHTLY
Wounded Sergeant Tells of the Way
Germans Pat Wounded to Death
with Their BayOnets on
the Battlefield.

LONDON. Sept. 2--@ls a m)-The
Chronicles correspondent from an un-
named town sends an account Of the
third British battle. dated Monday. which
follows;
Desperate fighting. In which the Brit
ish troops are playing a heroic~part, is
taking place close by The right wing of
tha allied forces forming the northern
army has been fiercely engaged. but II Is
against the British. or left wing, that
the Germans are throwing the whole OF
their weight, regardless of the enormous
sacrifice OF human life entailed. The en-
emy seems bent on breaking through our
defensive line and SO pushing back the al
lies nearer TO Paris.
THE battle. which is still at an unde-
cisive stage, was preceded by very heavy
artillery fire. The German guns were
well served, and the aim of their gunners
was rendered very accurate by observa-
ton Of aerial pilots, who throughout the
day lowered above the allied position,
correcting any wild firing on the part OF
the German guns.
Freshly arrived troops from England
were pushed forward in time TO partici-
pate in the battle. These reinforcements
had been carrying out strategic move
ments in troop trains for several days,
and. in the expressive phraseology of
Tommy Atkins. they were fed up with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-03
Prince Won Buelow
Killed by Wounded
Belgian Soldier

LONDON. Sept 2.-do:% a. m)-In a
dispatch from Amsterdam. the local cor
respondent Of the Central News says that
the shot which ultimately resulted in
the death OF Prince Won Buelow, one Of
German generals. was shot by n Belgian
private named Rosseau. who has since
been decorated by King Albert for his
conduct in the battle Of Haeien.
Rosseau was lying badly wounded
among a group Of dead comrades when
he saw a German officer standing be.
side his horse and studying = map.
Picking up a rifle from besides a dead
German. Rosseau fired at this officer
and wounded him. The officer subse-
quently proved 10 be Prince Won Buelow.
Exchanging his hat for the German
generals helmet and taking the general
horse, Rosseau made his way 10 the Bel
gian lines and was placed in a hospital
at Ghent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-03
Tennessee Will Be
Used as Ferry from
Havre to England

PARIS. Sept 2-u2;45 p, m.)--It has
been decided TO use tho American cruiser
Tennessee for the transportation OF
Americans from Havre to England. The
British port probably will be southamp-
ton. This ferry service will begin as soon
as the Tennessee reaches Havre from
Falmouth.
The necessity for such a ferry service
by the Tennessee is found in the fact that
there are so many Americans in France
today wanting to get quickly to England
that the channel-steamers cannot accom-
modate them all. AS soon as 1t is known
when the Tennessee will reach Havre
the French government will arrange for
special trains from Paris 70 move the
Americans.
There are here today large number OF
other Americans who have come from
Switzerland who also want to get to Eng
land.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-03
War Summary

The fourth day Of the second
general battle between the Ger
mans and tho allies finds En-
peror Williams forces pressing
with unprecedented strength
their advance on Paris. Their
right is reported to be within
fifty miles of the French capital.
In the absence Of official an
nouncements news dispatches in
dicate that the British and
French continue a stubborn re-
sistance, giving way slowly, how
ever, whenever this strategy is
necessary to keep their lines in
tact and prevent an enveloping
movement by the German right.
In the east the fighting pro-
crosses with unabated fury. Both
the Russian and the Austro-Ger-
man armies have met successes
and reverses. II Is admitted in
Petrograd est. Petersburg) that
two army corps were defeated In
east Prussia and that three Rus
sian generals were lost
On the other hand. the Aus
trians appear to have been de-
feated In Galicia, where over
whelming successes are claimed
by the Russians. This claim
finds support in q dispatch from
Vienna, which states that the Aus
trians have decided to evacuate
Lemberg. the capital OF Gslicia.