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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-27

FOR STATE AUDITOR.
S. II. COLWICK, Helena.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-27

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
w. T. BANKS, Hugo.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant, a rich society favorito.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor.
poratton which his father founded and
which was the prin.ip source OF nls
wealth. had failed He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car, a
white bull dog and BamOry court, neg
1eCted estate In virginia. on the way TO
Damory court he meets Shirley pand-
ridge, an auburn haired beauty, ana De
cidcs that ne Is going to Ike virginia IN
menscly Shrey'a mother Mrs. Dand-
ridge and Major Bristow exchange rem.
inisCeuces during which II N revealed
that the major. Nallants father. and a
man named SassoOn were rivals Tor the
hand OF Mre. cambridge In her youth.
Sassoon AID Valiant fought duel on her
HcCount IN which the foNuer was killed.
Valiant finds Damnrv court ovcrgrOwn
with weeds and rrcepcrs and decides to
rehabilitnte the place. Valiant saves
Shirley from the bite Of snake. which
bites him. Knowing 'hc dcadllncss OF ne
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left Nir-
ginin on account OF a duel In which Doc
his fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs cambridge
falnis when she meets valiant for the
first time Valiant discovers that he hos
q fortune IN old walnut trees The yearly
tournament. survival of tho ioustinS OF
feudal times. IL held ut Damory court At
the last moment valiant takes the place
OF one Of the knights. who Is sick. and
enters the lists lie wins and chooses
shirley cambridge as queen OF beauty to
the dismay OF Katherine Fargo. a former
sweetheart, who Is visiting In virginia
The tournament ball at Damory court
draws the elite OF the countryside. Shir-
ley - crowned by Valiant as queen OF
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley Of his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo, determining not TO give up Vail
ant without n struggle. points out To Shir-
ley how terrible II would he for the wom-
an who caused the duel TO meet valiant
who looks SO much Ike his father. Shir-
ley. uncertain. but feeling that her moth
er was IN love with the victim OF Vail
ants pistol breaks the engagement. Greet
King, n liberated convict whom Major
BriFtow had sent to prison, makes threats
against his prosecutor Valiant pleads
with Shirley. but fails to persuade her
10 change her decision Major Bristow Is
fatally wounded by Greet King. but be-
fore dying he confesses TO Mrs. Dand-
rldgn that he had kept n letter Valiant
had written to her after the duel.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
REALLY USED COTTON BALLS
Popular Idea Concerning Battle "
New Orleans Has Been Found
TO Be Correct.

Interest In the slumbering cotton.
bale theory OF the battle OF New Or.
leans was aroused by the finding OF a
water-color picture map OF the original
battle plan In an abandoned trunk in
the celler OF the St Charles hotel.
Little is known about the drawing or
the other contents OF the trunk which
has remained unnoticed for years in a
dark corner
Five veterans OF the battle have
added their signatures to the remark
able map 10 attest the fact that II Ia
true representation OF the battle
plan as made under the direction OF
Andrew Jackson by his military engi.
neer. II. Laclotte. II shows line OF
cotton bales which marginal note
says was 900 feet long with a pro.
longment extending coo feet into thu
woods Some historians deny the
story about the use of cotton halea
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19

life, to a future empty OF her? How
could he do that? When he had part
ed from her In the rain he had felt a
frenzy OF obstinacy. II had seemed so
clear that the barrier must in the end
yield. before their love. He had never
thought OF surrender. Now no told
himself that flight was all that was
left him. She-her happiness-noth-
ing else mattered. Damory court and
its future-the plans he had made-the
Valiant name-in that clarifying In.
slant he knew that all these. from that
May day on the Red road, had chung
about her She had been the inspira-
ton OF all.
LEAD. kindly Light, amid the encircling
gloom"
The voices OF the invested choir
rose clearly and some one at his side
was whispering that this had been the
majors favorlte hymn. But he
scarcely heard.
When the service was ended the
people filed the big yard while the
last reverent words were spoken at the
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19

had said, but little later. as he and
Valiant sat beside the couch, the major
opened his eyes suddenly.
Shirley" he whispered. Where's
Shirley"
She was sitting on the porch Just
outside the open window. and when
she entered. tears were on her face.
The doctor drew back silently; but
when Valiant would have done SO, the
major called him nearer.
No" he painted; Il like to see you
two together" His voice was very
weak and tired.
AS she leaned and touched his hand,
be smiled whimslcaly IT'S mighty
curious" he said. but ! can't get Il
out OF my head that It's Beauty Vail
ant and Judith that I'm really talking
10 Foolish isn't it?" But the idea
Sermen to master him, and presently
he bcgnp 30 can Shirley ny her moth.
or ranr, an odd yoU,hfulness crept
into pfc "v q subtle paradoXical
,"'S.ala. aNak tiuged with
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
Value Of Talk.

Talk has the reputation OF being the
cheapest thing there is. As supply
and demand have something II not all
to do with values, doubtless the sup
ply OF talk is what gives it a bargain
counter value.
Things that are cheap lack enduring
quality.
II talk were confined to the things
done more than to the thing said. IL
would have a greater value.
Some one asked Edison IL he experi
enced much inconvenience on accoun,
OF his deafness. He replied that he
thanked God for 1t every day, since II
protected him from the distracting Of.
feet OF other peoples talk. He could
thus live his own life, think his own
thoughts, do his own work in his world
OF silence.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
CHAPTER xxxIil.
The Voice From the Past.


Though the doctor left the church
with Shirley and her mother, he did
not drive to Rosewood, but to his of.
fee. There. alone with Mrs. Dan
bridge while Shirley waited in the
carriage, he unlocked the little tin
box that had been the majors, with
the key Mrs. cambridge gave him, and
put into her hands little packet of
yellow oiled-silk which bore her name.
He noted that 1t agitated her pro
foundly and as she thrust 1t into the
bosom of her dress, her face seemed
stirred as he had never seen Il. When
he put her again in the carriage, he
patted her shoulder with touch far
gentler than his gruff goodby.
At Rosewood, at length, alone in her
room, she sat down with the packet In
her hands. During the long hours
since first the little key had lain In
her palm like live coal, she had been
all afire with eagerness. Now the
moment had come, she was almost
afraid.
She tried to imagine that letters
coming TO her-then. Thirty years
ago! A May day, a day OF golden
sunshine and flowers. The arbors had
been covered with roses then. too. like
those whose perfume drifted to her
now. Evil news flies fast, and she
had heard OF the duel very early that
morning. The letter would have
reached her later She would have
fed away with 1t to this very room
to read 1t alone-as she did now!
Gro BE CONTINyED)
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
Translator Of oArabIan hlnA.. .

Inc Arabian Nights" did NOT b.
come familiar to Europeans until 100
wheh Galland translated them tn,N
French, Scholars cast douh, ~"
a ,'', OF some Of Galland.,
work accusing him-like FItlSoro LEU
ana Omar Khayyam-of invant' a''
Ia,ner Than translating. but WIN tha
puphc inc success of the t,los Wv
immediate and immense CO." wa,
, uSgu 10 complain that the students 20
' , nome in The early hours
me- morning, would kno.s r'
ana demand 'he reci.a.or o.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
R9 6HeNLKNTSgfVIQGlNLA S
IAA44AAE 1IfIM-LT TRN1lNIE PIVES lREK
HLOOlf>A 'Ol~0 ~ - ,|N

he could dimly see the green rocks,
and the white froth OF the water bub-
bling and chuckling down over their
rounded outlines to the shrouded level
below. The moon lifted finally and
scared through the sky, Blowing out
the little lamps Of stars. Under its
light a gossamer mist robed the land
scape in shimmering opalescence,
in which tree and shrub altered their
values and became transmitted to sill
yer eentinels, watching over de-
mesne OF violet.velvet shadows filled
with sleepy twitterings and stealthy
rustlings and the odor of wild honey
suckle.
At the last he stood before the old
sun-dial. rearing its column from its
pearly clusters OF blossoms. II count
no hours but the happy ones" he read
the inscription with an indrawn
breath. Then. cropping at its base, he
lifted the Ivy that had once rambled
there and drew up the tangle again
over the stone disk. His Brides-Gar-
denl
In the library, an hour later, sitting
at the big black pigeonholed desk. he
wrote to Shirley:
Il am leaving tonight on the mid
night train. Uncle Jefferson will give
you this note in the morning. will
not stay at Damory court to bring
more pain into your life. I am going
very far away. understand all you
are feeling-and so, goodby, goodby.
God keep you! l love you and shall
love you always. always!"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
Beyond Him.

A party of New Workers were hunt.
ing in the 'piney woods" of Georgia
and had as an attendant an old negro
whose fondness for big words is char.
acteristic OF the race. One of the
hunters, knowing the old Africans
bent, remarked to him: Uncle Nose,
the indentations in terra firma in this
locality render travelling in vehicu.
lar conveyance without springs de.
cidedly Objectionable and painful an.
atomically. Don't you think so?"
Uncle Nose scratched his left ear
a moment and replied, with a slow
shake of his woolly head "Mstah
Gawge, the exuberance OBJ yoh words
am beyon' nah jurydlction."
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
The Curb.

Fortunes, thanks to our new trust
laws, will never be made in the fu.
ture as they were made in the past"
The speaker was Senator LaFol.
lette. He resumed:
Our new trust laws are the peo-
pies cash register. You know, OF
course. the cash register safety"
"A young man said to an old one:
But, sir, isn't IS week rather
low for this job?
Low for IT,? the old man an.
swered. Why, | started on that same
job. back in 1879. at SO week, and
today own the business
All, yes said the young man.
but your employer didn't use cash
registers. Mine does,'"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
CHAPTER xxxI.-con,lnued.

In the little haircloth trunk back In
her room lay an old scrap-book. 1t
held few leaves torn from letters and
many newspaper clippings. From
these she had known OF his work his
marriage, the great commercial sue
cess for which his name had stood
the name that from the day OF his go
ing. she had so seldom taken upon her
lips Some OF them had dealt with
his habits and idiosyncrasies. hints of
an altered personality, and aloofness
or loneliness that had set him apart
and made him. in a way. a stranger to
those who should have known him
best. Thus her mind had come to
hold double image: The grave man
these Swallowed forth, and the man
she had loved, whose youthful face was
In the locket she wore always on her
breast. II was this face that was
printed on her heart. and when John
Valiant had stood before her on the
porch at Rosewood, It had seemed to
have risen, instinct, from that old
grave.
He had not kept silence! He had
written! 1t pealed through her brain
like a muflled bell But Beauty Vail.
ant was gone with her youth; in the
room near by lay that old companion
who would never speak to her again
the lifelong frlend-who had really
failed her thirty years ago.
and in a tin box a mile away lay let
ter
He won't rouse again" the doctor
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
A LARGE Family,

A story is told of political candi-
date who, after kissing and praising
an assortment OF eleven children, and
marveling much at their resemblance
~ a matronly lady, who blushed the
while, then requested that she should
tell her husband that Mr.. So-andSo
had called
Alas, sir, | have no husband"
But these children, madam?-you
surely are not Widow"
81 feared you were mistaken sir
when you first came up. These are
not my children--this is an orphan
asylum"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19

The live veterans who saw ,hu
lousnt oehind cotton bales were Jo
sepn st. cyr. Jean Lamothe, p NJ
c I.aplce, Charles Raymond and Jean
uerVais, Pen pictures Of these ms,
appear In the footnotes
The finding OF the picture is tim.
", says the New Orleans Item as :,
WIN be OF service for the staging ., ;,
,he pattle' (which is to be one q, ~.
Big Ideas. ''''on OF
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
Enough Is Enouoh.

When Thomas r. Marshall tho v,o.
president, was governor of Ind,ans
the city authorities of Indiananoi,s
opened up a grand bathhouse ma
swimming pool. The first thing the
men in charge did was to send Tho
governor card emitting him to FREQ
admission to the establishment
A few days after receiving the fire,
pass Mr.. Marshall found a second IN
his mail
Thereupon ne dictated the follow,,.
letter:
Gentlemen: Your first pass I rs.
ceived as courtesy. Your second
regard as suggestion. II you send
me third / shall take it as persona,
insult
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
A Different Sense.

Sir Leopold McClintock, the Arctic
explorer, was once giving an account
of his experiences amid the ice fields
Of the north.
we certainly would have Travelled
much farther" he explained, had not
our dogs given out at a critical time"
But" exclaimed woman who had
been listening intently. II thought
that the Eskimo dogs were perfectly
tireless creatures"
Sir Leopold's face wore whimsic-
ally gloomy expression as he replied:
'I--er-speak in a culinary sense.
miss"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19

| color The deep lines about his mouth
smoothed miraculously out.
Judith" he whispered, "--you--
sure you told me the truth while ago
when you sald-you said"
Yes. yes" Shirley answered, put
ting her young arm under him, think
ing only to soothe the anxiety that
seemed vaguely to thread some vague
halluclnation.
lie smiled again. 1T makes II
easier" he said He looked at Valiant
his mind seeming to slip farther and
farther away. Beauty" he gasped
you didn't go away after all did you
| dreamed tt reckon. It'll be-all
right with you both"
lie sighed peacefully, and his eyes
turned to Shirley's and closed. TIN
so glad" he muttered. so glad /
didn't really do It, Judith. II would
have-been e-only--low-down thing
lever did"
The doctor went swiftly to the door
and beckoned to Jereboam. Come in
now, jerry" he said in a low voice,
quickly"
The old negro fell on his knees by
the couch. Mars Monty" he cried.
is you gwlne away en- leabe oil Jer.
ry? Is yo? Mars?"
The cracked but loving voice struck
across the void OF the failing sense.
For last time the major opened his
misting eyes.
Jerry, you-black scoundrel" he
whispered and Shirley felt his head
grow heavier on her arm, Il reckon it's
about time-to me going-home!"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19

grave. Valiant, standing with the rest,
saw Shirley, with her mother and the
doctor, pass out of the gate. She was
not looking toward him. A mist was
before his eyes as they drove away,
and the vision of her remained waver-
ing and indistinct-a pale blurred face
under shining hair.
He realized after a time that the
yard was empty and the sexton was
locking the church door He went
slowly to the gate, and just outside
some one spoke to him. 1t was CHS
holm Lusk. They had not met since
the night OF the ball. Even In his own
preoccupation. Valiant noted that
Lusk's face seemed to have lost its
exuberant youthfulness. 1t was worn
as II with sleeplessness, and had a
look Of suffering that touched him.
And all at once, while they stood look
ing at each other. Valiant knew what
the other had waited to say.
Il won't beat about the bush" said
Lusk stammering. 1--WE got to ask
you something. reckon you've
guessed that THAT Shirley"
Valiant touched the young fellows
arm. Yes" he said, Il think know"
ITS no new thing. with me-" said
the other hoarsely. IT'S been three
years. The night of the ball, thought
| perhaps that don't mean to ask
what you might have a right to resent
but must find out. Is there any
reason why | shouldn't try my luck? ?"
Valiant shook his head. NO" he
said heavily, there Ia no reason"
The boyish look sprang back TO
Lusk's face. He drew long breath.
why, then | will" he said. lin
sorry II hurt you. Heaven knows |
didn't want to-"
He grasped the others hand with n
mans heartiness and went up the road
with swinging stride; and Valiant
stood watching him go. with his hands
tight-clenched at his side.
I.
little later Valiant climbed the
sloping driveway OF Damory court. Ii
seemed TO stare at him from a thou.
sand reproachful eyes. The bachelor
red squirrel from his tree.crotch
looked down at him askance. The
redbirds' flashing through the hedges,
iiuttered disconsolately. Fire.Cracker.
the peacock, was shrieking from the
upper lawn and the strident discord
seemed TO mock his mood.
The great house had become home
10 him; he told himself that he would
maize no other The few things he had
brought-his books and trophies-bad
grown to be part OF It. and they
should remain. The AK should not be
lald TO the walnut grove. As his IA.
ther had done, he would leave behind
him the life he had lived there. and
the old court should be once mora
closed and deserted Uncle Jefferson
and Aunt Daphne might live on in the
cabln back OF the kitchens. There
was pasturage for the horse and the
cows and for old Sukey. and some
acres had already been cleared 70,
planting. And there would be tbs
swans, the ducks ana chickens tbe
peafowl and the FISH
A letter had come to him that morn
ing, The corporation had resumes
business with credit unimpaired pun
NC opinion was more than friendI,
now A place waited for him there
a'' one OF added hoaor in concorr
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
Too Impatient.

Suitor waiting for the LADY,
your daughter coming out next WIN
ter?"
Father-"She'll come out When
she's good and ready, and If you 8"
Lrogh ] L knocll Yer bIock of
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
No Fault Of the Bird.

Brown insisted on returning tno
twenty-dollar parrot he had bought
few days before. why, what Is 'n'
matter with IT." the dealer asked,
wv why" replied Brown, 'n'
dGarued cc-critter s-s-stutters.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
No Wonder.

Il never knew till got a motor
car" said Bishop Rightly. that pro
family was so extremely prevalent"
DO you hear much of 1t on the
road?"
why" said the bishop. nearly
everybody | bump into swears dread
fully"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
No Free Meals.

And will you give us your bless
ing?" pleaded the newly marrleu
ones of her father.
Sure thing" grunted the old man,
but the board will be at the usual
rates. Punch Bowl.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
Not on Exhibition.

Madge-I never see you sitting III
hammock with young man
Marjorie-I should say not NY
hammock is out OF sight.-Puck.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-12-19
WANTED MEN AND WOMEN to learn ho-r-.

trade. Excellent opportuni i ill., oa ii,t
mI.sJon n.,, lot you Tools furnished and c cpen
nson paid while learning Only eight ,, voin.
required Gall or write for particuiars 81, weeks
aog. IL Commercial Street Salt Lake Ci uui I eat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
WILSON ENDORSED
BY NEWSPA MEN
Resolution Unanimously Adopted
by Southern Publishers
Association.

Af ,na ca March '.-clnd9rsement
" lne %dnii isaration Of rresident
resolution adopted by the southern
N'TeWsP"Ptr publishers Association at
ihr closing days meeting Of the or
sanizaiion's annual convention.
T. W. T.. iIinman. of the FIorida
Times Union. Jacksonville, was elected
president or the association FOR tn"
were W. l.. Hialstead, OF the Atlanta
1,;onsutution, cc-prcsident, and WI
Yam clemens, OF the Birmingham
1915 convention. The date OF the CON
Nciton wil! be selected later.
\ telegram was sent TO President
W !ison Informing him Of the approval
az his administration b. the conven-
The message follows:
fonorapie Woodrow Wilson. ENccu-
tive Mansion, Washington, -. G.:
AZ q meeting of the Southern News
Scnting sixty daily newspapers OF the
nouun' 10" III session here. n resolution
umgu"iiiletily indorsinE your adminis-
iraton was enthusiastically and unari-
inous!N adopted.
f. ", r. HINMAN.
Vice President
NJ. iiinnan, elected president at the
closing session late to-day. was vice
president Of the organization during
The past year
News -sclmitar; " r Anderson, OF tn the .
Macon Telegraph; a; T.: GARRISON. OF
the Chattanooga News; James K, Hol-
liday: of the Atlanta Constitution:
CHARLES II. Atkinson. of the Atlanta
Journal, and George Aucr. OF the At
lanta Georgian. were included among
tho speak crS. dealing with editorial
and business ideals in newspaper pub
fishing.
The association adopted an accredited
iiSt 81 advertising agencies TO aid pub
ilShcrS IN obtaining advertising" that
is honest in its claims.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-18
PARTIAL SOLUTION
OF TWO PROBLEMS
Suggested That Unemployed
Men Take Place Of Children
in Industrial Plants.

New Orleans. ~, aiarcn l..-Dele-
gates TO the tenth annual National
Child Labor Conference hcrc became
enthusiastic tonight over the state
ment that partial solution OF two
problems would he 10 take children ont
OF industrial plants and Ill their places
with the unemployed men nnw I'm this
country. The expression came from
Pauline NJ. Newman of New York. gen
eral organizer OF tile International
Shirtwaist Makers Union. Miss New
man contcDded that tho employment
Of children Was in the end the most
expensive sort III labor. Her address
immediately followed that OF Lewis
W iIino, staff photographer OF the M
tional Child Labor Committee, in which
ne used tho stereoptican 70 prove Tie
''hisrh cost az child labor"
Archbishop bicnk, Of New Orleans
Tonight spoke on Might Messenger
service by Men. not Boys"
Cotton manufacturers are now the
only ones as Il class, VINO oppose child
labor ioCislution declared Wiley u
swift, OF Grcenyilic. y. g.. secretary Of
the North ana South Carolina Child
Labor Committee, at the session to-
night.
- nry wan, TO employ children" he
cont nuod. "aud they night All laws re-
strictine the employment Of children
.'"' they rp longer say they arc edu
eating children, that is Il question
Tor the parents. ana the State has no
tu mt rfcre ~ they din OF old.
rncr has" their sole opposition on the
contention ihni their workers are 50
boo, thu; tlv children must work 10
"What l. tho Child Worth" was the
lu. 81 oi an address Tonight 10y Miss
Josephine Esoheuhrcnucr, or Now
NorN. membership secretary OF the
N.uiuuN ChiIl Labor Committee.
l''ie eclectic" of Tho place for The
rcNt convention viii bc made by the
executive committee 1T some later date