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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
CHAPTER XXI.
The EVENING Of an Old Score

The Evening Of an Old Score.
Observation-Disclosures Bristow's
i~vory-headed camphor-wood stick
thumped on the great door of Damory
court. The sound had a tang of impa-
tience. for he had used the knocker
more than once without result. Now
he strobe to the end of the porch
and raised his voice in a %stentorian
below that brought Uncle Jefferson
shutting around the path from the
kitchens with all the whites OF his
eyes showing.
you dog-gone lazy rascal" thun-
dered the major. What do you mean,
sab. by keeping a gentleman cooling
his heels on the doorstep like a lax
collector? Where's your master?"
TO de Lawd. Major, All ain seen
Mars John dis mawnin'. Staht
out aftah breakfas' en- he nevah
showed up ergin ct all. Yo' reck'n
whut de mattah, sub ?" he added anx
iously. "'Peahs lax sumpin' preyin'
on he mind. Don seem er bit hese'f
lately"
"H-m-m!" The major looked thought
full. isn't he well?"
mo, sub. Ain ct no morn err hum
min-buhd desc las few days. Jes'
hangs eroun' lonesome lax. Don
laugh no mo-. don sing no mo-. Ain
play de PLAINLY sence de day aftah de
ball. Me en- Daph moghtly pestered
bout him."
"Pshaw!" said the major. Touch
OF spring fever, I rackon. Aunt Daph
feeds him too we'll. Give him less
fried chicken and more ash-cake and
buttermilk. Make him some juleps.'
The old negro shook his head
"Moghty neah use up all dat mint
bald All foun'." he said, but ain do
no good. Majah, Abs sho' 'feahed
sumpin' gwineter happen"
NONSENSE" the major smiled
What fool Ideas got under your wool
now? Been seeing Mad Anthony
again. I'll bet a dollar"
Uncle Jefferson swallowed once OF
twice with seeming difficulty ant
turned the gravel with his toe. Oats
So" he said gloomily. "Ah done see
de old man de yuddah day bout ct
Ant'y, he knowl He see trouble or
comm en- trouble er-gwine. Dat sam,
night de hoss-shoe drop often d.
stable do. en- dis ve'y mawnin' el
buhd done fly inter de house. Das
err mighty bad hoodoo, er mighty bat
hoodoo!"
"Shucksl" said the major. You're
as loony as old Anthony. with you
Internal signs. n your Mars John,
been out all day I reckon he'll turn
up before long. III wait for him
while" He started In. but paused OF
the threshold. did you say-ah-
that mint was all gone. Unc' Jeffer
SON"
CTo BE coNTINUED)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

all the truth. So-called newspaper
English" has left its indellble mark ON
the literature and especially the hc-
ton OF u times. The most success
full stories r 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"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

be to strike to the heart her love
and loyalty to her mother, and she
said this over and over to herself In
varying phrases:
You can'tl No matter how much
you love him. you can't! His father
deliberately ruined your mothers life
your own mother! It's bad enough
to love him-you can't help that. But
you can help marrying him. You
would hate yourself. You can W
kiss him again, OF feel his arms around
you. You can't touch his hand. You
mustn't even see him. Not II II breaks
your heart-as your mothers heart
was broken!"
She had turned into an unbeaten
way that ambled from the road
through a track of tall oaks and pines.
scarce more than a b~ridle-path. wind
ing aimlessly through bracken-strewn
depths so dense that even the wild
roses had not found them. In her
childish hurts she had always fed to
the companionship Of the trees. She
had known them every one-the black
gum and pale dogwood and gnarled
hickory, the prickly-balled button
wood" the lowly mulberry and the
majestic red oak and walnut. They
had seemed friendly and plying coun-
sellers. standing about her with arms
intertwined. Now. with the rain weep
Ing In s~oughing gusts through them,
they offered her no comfort. She sud.
denly threw herself face down on the
soaked moss.
"Oh, Godi" she cried. Il love him
sol And l had only that one evening.
1t doesn't seem Just. II I could only
have him, and suffer some other way!
He's suffering. too, and II isn't ouI
fault! We neither of us harmed any.
onel He isn't responsible for what
his father did-why. he hardly knew
himl Oh. God. why must 1t be SC
hard for us? Millions OF other people
love each other and nothing separates
them like thisi"
Shirley's warm breath made a little
fog against the stsr-eyed moss. She
was scarcely conscious of her wet anC
clinging clothing. and the soaked
strands OF her hair. She was &C
wrapped In her ~desolation that she nc
longer heard the sound OF the perse
vering rain and the wet swishing OF
the bushes-parting now to a hurried
step that fell almost without sound or
the spongy forest soil. She started
up suddenly to see Valiant before her
He was In a somewhat battered
walking suit OF brown khaki, with q
leather belt and a felt hat whose brim
stin with the wet, was curved dowr
visor-wfse over his brow. In an In
slant he had drawn her upright, ant
they stood. looking at each other
drenched and trembling.
How can your" he said with Q
~roughnees that sounded akin to anger
Here In this atrocious weather-liks
this!" he laid a hand on her arm
You're we through"
IL don't mind the RAIN" she an
swered. drawing away, yet feeling
with q guilty thrill the masterfulnesI
of his tone. as well as its real oncern
I'm often wet"
His gaze searched her face. feature
by feature, noting her pallor, the blue
black shadows beneath her eyes. tn,
caught breath, uneven like a child
from crying. He still held her hands
In his.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
CHAPTER Xxx.


Shirley stood looking out at the
rain. 1t was falling In no steady
downpour 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 a dismal gray brightness
that shone on the foliage and touched
with glistening 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.
chile!" she urged; you amt goin'
out? It's rainin' cats en- dawgsi"
I'm neither sugar nor salt. Emma
line" responded Shirley listlessly.
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
consciousness had overlaid the fine
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
in~disposition had followed her first
sight of Valiant. and she had not
Witnessed the tournament. She had
hung upon shirley's description OF 1t.
however. with an excited interest that
the other was later to translate In
the light of her own discovery. II the
thought had lifted to her that fate
might hold something deeper than
friendship In Sbirley's acquaintance
with Valiant, It had been Of the
vaguest. His choice Of her as Queen
OF Beauty had seemed a natural hon.
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.
we'll. 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 her
boots and the firt OF the drops on her
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 chung In damp, wreaths 20 her
hair and rolled in great drops down
her coat as she went.
The widest, most secluded walks
had always drawn her most and she
instinctively chose one OF these today
II was the road wherein squatted Mad
Anthony's whitewashed cabin. "Dah's
er man gwine look In dem axes. honey,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
SYNOPSIS.

John Variant, a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
porstion. which his father founded and
which was the principal source. Of his
= wealth, had failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
Tor the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car, a
white bull dog and Damory codyt, q neg
lected estate In Virginia. On the way to
Damor court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an a~uburn-haired beauty. and de-
cides that he Ia going to like Virginia inn
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Brlstow exchange rem
lniscences during which II Is revealed
that the major. vallant's father. and a
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand OF Mrs. Dandridge In her youth.
seSsoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account In which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court. overgrown
with. weeds and creepers and decides to
rehabiitate the place. Valiant saves
Shirley from the bit, OF a snake. which
bites him. Knowing the deadliness OF the
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
ginia on account OF a duel in which Doc
tor Southall and Major Bristow acted as
bis fathers seconds, Valiant and Shirley
faints when she meets Valiant for the
frst time. Valiant discovers that he has
O fortune In old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament. q survival OF the j~ousting OF
feudal times. is held At Damory court. At
the last moment ALLAN takes the place
of one of the knights. who is sick. and
enters the lists, He wins and chooses
Shirley cambridge as queen of beauty to
the d!smay of Katherine Fargo. n former
sweetheart. who Is visiting In Virginia.
TIL tournament ball at Damory court
draws the elite OF the countryside. Shir-
ley s crowned Ivy Valiant az queen Of
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley Of his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo, determining not to give up Vail
ant without a struggls. points out to Shir-
ley how terrible Il would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel TO meet Valiant.
who looks so much like his father. Shir-
ley. uncertain. but feeling that her moth
tr was In love with the victim OF Vail
ants pistol, breaks the engagement.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
supplying Salt Regularly.

When the cows are sailed only once
a week they eat too much at a time.
and II causes looseness OF the bowels.
They will eat a little salt nearly every
day II 1t Is kept where they IA get
at 1t. especially when grass 10 fresh
and abundant.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
increase Of Hor,ss

Horses are not being driven ont OF
he market by motor cars, as many
persons believe. On the contrary
they are rapidly increasing in number
and value.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06

Celestin Demblon. 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 o. literature at
Brussels university.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
should Keep Record Of Trees.

Every tree in the orchard should be
numbered and a record of each tree
kept in a book for the purpose. Write
down the date and from whom pur-
chased. One soon has a most interest
ing history OF his trees.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
GROWING Room for str.ub.rris.

1t is q mistake to plant strawberries
or other small fruits too closely. The
average strawberry beds are planted
so close that the plants have TO Tight
each other for existence.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Asks Little Of Himself.

"Gadson is a man whose distinguish
Ing trait is self-approval."
Il understand now why everybody
says he Is easy To please
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-08-06
Bees, 10 nav. Good Home.

1t is far better to have two good
horses than four poor ones. Here ia
a place where numbers do not repre-
SAINT value
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-17
NOT ICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank OF
Bennington. Vermont. will be held at
its banking rooms on Tuesday the
18TH day of January 1915 at 10 o'clock
In the forenoon. for the election Of
directors ror the ensuing year, and
for the transaction Of such other
business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
L. A. Graves. Cashier.
BENIN ston, VT. lee. 10. 1914.
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oPstinn Notice.

Whereas my wife. Marion f. Hover
has left my bed and board without
any just cause | will not be respon
sible for any bills contracted by her
after this date.
Charles Hover.
East Arlington. Dec. 3. 1914
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-17
eromp, Action Will Step Your Cough

When voa first catch Cold tofton
indicated by sneeze or couEhl.
break il up a. once. The idea that
Ii does not matter often leads TO
serious complications The remedy
which Immediately and easily pene-
,rates the lining Of the throat j. the
kind demanded Dr. Kings New Dis
eovery s0othcs the ir 'itation. loosens
the phleem. You feel better az once.
~ seemed 20 reach the very spot OF
ms Cough" is one OF many honest
testimonials. sou 60 your Druggist
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-17

Why hot give a years subscription
TO the Banner as a Christmas gift.
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CUT The RED TAPE.
kitehener's Unofficial Methods In tn
khartum Campaign.


h was in the Khartum campaign
that Lord kltcheners adherence Of
red tape was first impressed upon
whom II concerned. \ certain general
who may be called Fussyman. insisted
upon issuing a daily order with all due
forms and ceremonies. SO importunate
was he that in sheer WEAKNESS kitch-
ener ~ last dictated an order Buoyed
Gp by hissful sense OF Importance
lu>Syman hurried of 10 have il duly
copied, registered, duplicated, sealed.
>igncd and delivered in the good old
style. Meanwhile Kitchener strolling
out accidentally met Broadwood. his
cavalry commander.
"Oh. Broadwood." exclaimed Ki,ch-
cncr IN his safest drawl, will YOU
kindly take four squadrons and a cOu-
PIE of guns and push ON forty miles TO
clear up the situation. and start in half
an hour
Very good. sir
~ thc cavalry WAS iingling ont OF
camp fuSSYman came ont of his tent
with the order Of the day Upon find
ing that RyuldwoodS orders were
totally different from the formal yer.
sion intmstcd 10 him 10y the command
er. FusSyman gave Kitchener mp as
hopeless. Worlds Work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-17
Maxim History.

When kingakc was writing his his
tory of the Crimean war he received
letters froul all sorts Of people con
corned ina the war. One day 4 letter
with deep black border came from
two people in the colonies husband and
wife. describing their grief. Their only
child had been killed in the Crimea.
They wanted to have him mentioned
ia the History of the Crimcan War"
kmglakc was Touched and replied by
post that ac would DO his best IL they
would send him the necessary particu-
iars. Agan a letter. also black hor-
dered sun az thanks. hut with the FOL
lowing conclusion. We have no par
iicular> whatever tu give YOU. tie was
killed nh the Sl'ot. Ike many others
but anything you rav kindly invent
win b. welcome W. leave u cu rely
fo vorr Imagination l.ondon oiinlon
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NJ rICE +!

We have received our new line OF
fall and winter samples from which
We are ready to make Ladies' and
Gents garments at very reason able
prices.
Alterations. cleaning and pressing
speciality.
Nathan Levin.
1870 North st. Tel. 2sl.w.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-29
White and Shugrue On Tonight
Smith Defeats carsey

less uC1o run DOWN 10 new 1Ork De-
cause of our dope about the White
Shugrue fight yesterday.
The boys are scheduled to do bat
tie tonight and each has given OPP
timistic statements of what is going
to happen. According to the fight
ers themselves there will be two win
ners, as each is confident. White
seems to be the best prospect, how
ever, and should be able to do away
with the New Yorker. The betting
in New York will probably be at
even money, lots of Shugrue coin
forcing the odds down from to 4,
with White the favoFite.
Gunboat Smith ran into a soft one
last night, stopping Chick Carsey of
Philadelphia in three rounds. Smith
had everything his own way and
played with his opponent.
Jack Britton and Al Dewey fought
a ten-round draw in Wilkesbarre,
Pa. Dewey was as good as Britton
at every department of the game.
The Chicago man has not been doing
enough work lately, but plans a
strenuous campaign this winter with
the best lightweights as his oppo-
nents.
A big intercity tournament be-
tween fighters of Chicago and New
Orleans will be put on in the latter
city during Mardi Gras week. The
entrants will be all amateurs and the
affair will be conducted on the same
lines as was the meet with Cleveland
last year Three men in every class
from bantams to heavies will be sent
from Chicago. The clash is under
the auspices of the Sportsmen's Club
of America, though all entrants will
wear the colors Of their respective
clubs. An elimination tournament
will be held to select the best men to
represent Chicago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-29
BAsEBALL-sPoRTs OF ALL soRTs-BoxING
Bert Niehoff May Become a Cub
Mclean a Professional

There are no inside tips on the
deal Roger Bresnahan is trying to
arrange by which a second baseman
will be secured for the Cubs. Pres
ident Thomas has left the entire mat
ter in the hands of the manager with
full power to act, and Roger is not
given to disclosing his plans until he
has something definite to announce.
The latest rumor is that Lavender,
Pierce and Leach will be shifted to
Cincinnati in exchange for Bert Me
hoff, third baseman, and Twombly,
an outfelder, who was a sensation
with Baltimore in the International
league last season before going to
Redland.
Nehoff is the pivotal man from a
Cub standpoint, as an infielder of &C
cepted ability is the real need on the
West Side. The deal is discussed on
the assumption that Zimmerman will
be switched over to second base and :
Niehoff will fill in at the difficult cor
ner.
1t doesn't sound like a bad propo- ,
dI d11 ZI1Lu A1u oil
at the keystone last fall when Ar
thur Bues came here from New York. =,
He performed in a manner satisfac-
tory to all, taking care of the field
work in good shape and also hitting
up to his standard. The change in r
position had no effect on his clouting r
eye. ....5
NiahnH is a hall nIaUaP MaLa M =.
mistake about that His fielding is Z
toppy enough to pass with any team
in the league, and as a batter he
stacks up with the very first flight.
He is long-distance smasher. Sew /
eral times Niehoff turned stunts here ),
on the west side while in a Cincin-
natl uniform that marked him as a :;
man who played ball with his head {
as well as his feet and hands.
x..oe M ,.IoII
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-05-26
ROOSEVELT: GUEST AT WHITE HOUSE
President Invites Theodore Roosevelt to Dine and the Invitation Is
 Accepted. ..,

WASHINGTON, May 26.-President Wilson yesterday requested heodore Roosevelt, former president, to visit him at the White House today and the invitation has been accepted. The former president will be met at the station by representative of the president and taken to the White House in the presidents carriage.
 Much speculation is rife among the politicians as to the purpose of the conference and many believe that there is more behind it than the an- nouncement made this morning that it was merely a matter of courtesy by the president to former chief mag istrate. , ..
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-05-26
MORE BAhQuE1S
 FOR SURVEYORS
Lieut.. Mears and Thomas Riggs Are Given Big Feed by Seattle Dem-
 ocratic League.

SEATTLE, May 26.-The Seattle Democratic League gave a banquet last evening to Lieut.. Mears and Thomas Riggs, the two engtgeers'ot ot the Alaska survey commission now in this city. The banquet was one of the largest given by the league and many of the business men of the city attended. s' ""
 Both the commissioners spoke and predicted that with the completion of the government railroad from the coast to the coal fields and across the territory to the Panama that the de- velopment of the north; would go for ward by leaps and bounds and that hundreds of thousands of new settlers woHld locate siin' the ;Susitnss and Tam ana valleys. along the Copper river and that the low grade mining prop critics would be. operated They, also predicted that the output Of the north wonld be of iIameasurable value to the people of the Pacific coast cities, who would receive cheap fuel and se- cure new market for their products especially manufactured goods.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-05-26
MORN
 NOT :. 50 ] VERY /: BAD
Chicago Court Does Not See Any Harm In Undraped F,sure-oe- :
 nounees Exploitation. ''

CHICAGO, May 26.-The Appellate court of Illinois today rendered a decision in the appeal case from the lower courts in which 1t was held that the exposure of the picture "septem- Der Morn" was indecent and immor- al and should not be exhibited as it was detrimental to public morals.
 The court held that September Morn was not immoral or indecent, as the figure while undraped was in such a position that it could not be suggestive to the young nor a men ace to public morals. But the court severely condemned the exploitation of the picture by the dealers, who have led many to expect the pictures were immoral and thus secured large sales of the photographic copies.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-05-26
IRISH HOME RULE
 PAssESC0MM0NS
Third Reading Gives Majority of v -Ulster's Action Awaited With
 Apprehension.

LONDON, May 26.-By major ity of 77 the House of Commons passed the Irish Home Rule bill at it's session last night on it's third reading. The house was in an uproar when the vote was announced and the Ma tionalists charged that it was the most contemptible farce ever enact ed and that fraud and intimidation had been the weapons of the gov ernment to secure the passage of the bill.
 The action of the Ulsterites is now awaited with fear and apprehension and the troops are being held in readiness for an emergency. The government depends largely upon the marines on the battleships and cruis- CTS, who are in the harbor of Bel fast, as the sailors have. not taken the interest in the Ulster fight that the soldiers have and may be more depended upon to obey orders and put down any insurrection against the government. The men of Ulster have been drilled and are ready for conflict and are known to have 1O0,- 900. stand of arms in hiding.