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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
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effort to recall 1t. Only the intense
blue OF her eyes, the tawny sweep OF
her hair-these and the touch OF her,
the consciousness of her warm and
vivid fragrance. remained TO wrap all
his senses in a mist woven of gold
and fire.
.
Shirley. meanwhile. mad sat some
time beside her mothers bed. leaning
from a white chintz-covered chair. her
anxiety only partially allayed by reas-
surances, now and then STOPPING to lay
her young cheek against the delicate
arm In It's lacy sleeve or to pass her
hand lovingly up and down its outline.
noting with recurrent passion OF ten.
derness the transparency Of the skin
with It's violet veining and the shad.
ows beneath the closed eyes. Emma
line. moving on soft worsted-shod feet
about the dim room. at length had
whispered
You go tub bald. honey. stay
with Mis- judith till she go tub sleep
Yes. go, Shirley" said her mother
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
Korean Marriages.

Marriages between widows and
bachelors are very much in favor in
Korea because not nearly so much
money is required from the bridegroom
as In the case OF his marriage with a
young girl. The impecunious bride
groom is scorned by the parents OF the
girl and he is also unable TO pay for
the elaborate wedding ceremonies
which must take place. All OF this he
escapes by running OF with widow.
It happens In Korea. as in other coun-
tries. that the impecunious bachelor
is often more desirable from every
point OF view but a mercenary one
than the well to do member Of the
community. Consequently. the widow
has way OF attaching handsome
young husband to herself that might
well be envied by the young girl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
GOT THE RIGHT EXPRESSION
Experiment Was Painful to Tra9edlan.
but He Could Not Hesitate When
Art Called Him.

Thanks" said the tragedian. set
ting down his glass and absent-mind-
edly pocketing my change. which lay
upon the bar between US. Many
thanks for your good opinion. al
ways study from Nature-from Ma
ture, sir. In my acting you see re-
fiected Nature herself"
Try this cigar" said an admirer OF
Nature. reverently. Nov. where did
you study that expression OF intense
surprise that you assumed in the sec
ond act!"
From Nature, sir; from Nature. To
secure that expression asked an In
mate personal friend to lend me fve
pounds. He refused. This caused me
no surprise. tried several more.
Finally, struck one who was willing
to obllge me, and, as he handed me
the money, l studied in the glass the
expression OF my own face. / saw
there surprise, but 1t was not what
wanted. It was alloyed with suspic'
ion that the sovereigns might be bad.
| was in despair"
"Weli?" said the other, breathlessly
Then an idea struck me. ! re
solved upon desperate course. ! re
turned the five pounds to my friend
the next day. and on his astounded
cnuntanancs l saw the expression
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
cULLING UNPRoFITABLE soWs
Cost Of Pigs Determined by Size Of
Lltter-very Prolific Animal
May Raise Ten.

II SOW raises but three pigs, says
Professor Smith of Purdue university.
Il means that they are costing five
dollars each. II instead OF three she
raises FIVE, the initial cost is reduced
to three dollars per head. II she is a
very prolific SOW she may raise ten.
in which case the debt represented by
each pig is only sl50.
When the breeder heartlessly culls
out his sows that produce stock that
never attain good size; when he
promptly sends to the block the SOW
with small litters; when he gets out
OF his herd the peeyish hogs and the
hogs OF low vitality. then he will
hear less about the relative advantage
OF the cross-bred hog.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
CHAPTER XIX.
Night.

Ni9nt
A quicker breeze was stirring as
John Valiant went back along the Red
Road. He had waited in the garden
at Rosewood till Shirley. aided by
Emmaline and with Ranston's anxious
face lowering In the background. hav-
ing performed those gentle Offices
which a woman's fainting spell re-
quires. had come to reassure him and
to say good night.
AS he threw of his coat in the
bedroom he had chosen for his own,
he felt the hard corner OF the Lucille"
In the pocket, and drawing II out. laid
It on the table by the bedside. He
seemed to feel again the tingle of
his cheek where curling strand OF
her coppery hair had sprung against It
when her head had bent beside his
own to read the marked lines.
When he had undressed he sat an
hour In the candle-blaze. dressing
gown thrown over his shoulders. striv-
ing yainly to recreate that evening
call. to remember her every word and
look and movement. For a breath
her face would flush suddenly before
him. like a live thing; then II would
mysteriously fade and elude him,
though he clenched his hands on the
arms OF his chair In the fierce mental
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
RATION FOR THE BROOD sow
Cooked Potatoes, Mlddilnss and Skim
MIX Are Excellent Just Before
FarrowInq TIme.

A subscriber asks II cooked pota-
toes, middlings and skim milk make
q good ration for brood sows before
farrowing. and states that neighbor
advised him not TO feed skim milk to
sows before they farrow.
This Is good ration for brood
SOW. The protein in the skim milk
will balance up the starch in the po-
tatoes and the middllngs being a well
balanced feed no trouble need be an
ticipated from feeding this combina-
tion so long as the SOW has plenty OF
exercise and feed just sufficient to
keep her In a thrifty condition. Po-
tatoes are rather bulky feed and
bulk Is an important factor in satis-
factory ration for brood sowA
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CHAPTER xv,I,-contInued.

You are cold" he said. isn't that
gown too thin for this nisht air?"
mo. often walk here till quite
late. Listen!"
The bird song had broken forth
again, to be answered this time by
rivals in a distant thicket- MY
nightingale is In good voice"
Il never heard a nightingale before
came to Virginia. | wonder why II
sings only at night"
What an odd idea! Why. It sings
in the daytime. too"
"ReallyH But I suppose It escapes
notice in the general chorus. Is it q
large bird?"
No; smaller than a thrush. Only a
little bigger than a robin. Its nest Is
over there in that hedge-a tiny loose
cup OF dried oak-leaves. lined with
hair. and the eggs are olive color.
How pretty the hedge looks now. all
tangled with freely sparks!"
Doesn't It! Uncle jefferson calls
them lightning bugs"
THE name is much more pic
turesque. But all the darky sayings
are. Do you find him and Aunt
Daphne useful?"
He has been godsend." he said
fervently: "and her cooking has
taught me to treat her with passion
ate respect He's teaching me now
about fowers-it's surprising how
many kinds he knows. He's walking
herbarium."
Come and see mine," she said.
''Roses are our specialty-we have to
live up to the Rosewood name. But
beyond the arbors, are beds and beds
of other flowers. See-by this big
tree are speed-well and delphinium.
The tree is black-walnut. It's q
dreadful thing to have one as big as
that When you want something that
costs lot OF money you go and look
at 1t and wonder which you want
most, that particular luxury or the
tree. | know a girl who had two In
her yard only little bigger than this
and she went to Europe on them. But
so far I've always voted for the tree
How does your garden come on?"
'Famously. Uncle Jefferson has
shanghaied half-dozen negro gar
deners-from where can't imagine
and he's having the time of his life
hectoring over them. He refers to the
upper and lower terraces as up-and
downstairs. I've got seeds. but II
will be a long time before they
flower"
"Oh, would you like some slips?'
she cried. "Or. better still, car
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune TO the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car.
white bull dog and Damory court neg
iected estate In Virginia. On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an auburn-haired beauty. and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia Inn
snensely. Shirley's mother. Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem
tniscences during which II Is revealed
that the major Valiant's father. and a
man named Sasson were rivals for the
hand OF Mrs, cambridge In her youth
Sasson and Valiant fought n duel on her
account in which the former was killed
Valiant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and the build
tngs In very much neglected condition.
He decides to rehabilitate the place and
make the land produce a living for him.
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite OF a
snake, which bites him. Knowing the
deadiness of the bite Shirley sucks the
poison from the wound and saves his life.
Shirley tells her mother Of the incident
and the latter Is strangely moved at
bearing that Valiant is again living at
Damory court. Valiant learns for the
first time that his father left Virginia on
account OF duel In which Doctor
Southall and Major Bristow acted as his
fathers seconds.
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ARABIAN BLOOD IN HORSES
Claimed Greatest Perfection In AMI
mails Cannot Be Attained Unless
ConditIous Are Favorable.

BY some authorities II is claimed
that the hardness OF Arabian horses
may be attributed to the fact that they
were bred and reared for thousands Of
years under the most adverse coz
ditions. Other writers claim. AMI
Justly too. that only the best environ
ment can bring out the best qualities
in man and beast-that the greatest
perfection In animals cannot be at
tained unless conditions are favorable.
How then can we accredit the
desert. the sun-parched plains OF
Arabia, to be the home OF the beauti-
full Arabian horse7 All indications
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Not There for Experiment.

Edith and Flora were passing their
summer vacation in the country.
"Do you know" said Edith, that
young farmer tried to kiss me. He tod
me that he had never kissed any girl
before"
What did you tell him?" asked
Flora.
why" replied Edith. Il told him l
was no agricultural experiment sta
tion."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-18

give you the roses already rooted
Mad Charles and Marechal Neil and
Cloth of Gold and cabbage and ram
blers. We have geraniums and
fuchsias. too. and the coral honey
suckle. That's different from the wild
one, you know"
You are too good! II you would
only advise me where to set theml
But dare say you think me presum-
ing"
She turned her full face to him.
'Presuming!' You're Furnishing me
now for the dreadful way talked to
you about Damory Court-before /
knew who you were. oh. 1t was un-
pardonable! And after the splendid
thing you had done-I read about It
that same svening-with your money.
l meani-
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He was looking at a square. uncom- |
promising wall-safe. with round fig- |
ured disk OF white metal on its face. |
He knelt before II and tried It's knob |
After moment It turned easily. But
the resolute steel door would not open,
though he tried every combination
that came into his mind. No use"
he said dlsgustedly. "One must have
the right numbers"
Then he lifted his fretted frame and
smote his grimy hands together. Con
found IT," he said with a short laugh
Here am, bankrupt. with all this
outfit-clear to the very flnger-bowls-
handed to me on a silver tray. and I'm
mad as scat because can't open the
first locked thing | fnd!"
He ran upstairs and donned rough
corduroy jacket and high leather leg.
gipgs. Were going to climb the hill
today, Chum." he announced, "and no
more moccasins need apply"
In the lower hall. however, he sud
denly stopped stock-still "The slip OF
paper that was in the china dog!" he
exclaimed. What n chump am not
to have thought OF IT." He found 4
In its pigeonhole and. kneeling down
before the safe, tried the numbers
carefully. first right, then left: IL
2S-94-0. The heavy door opened.
Il was right" he exulted. TITS the
plate" He drew It out. piece by piece.
Each was bagged In dark-red Canton
flannel He broke the tape OF one bag
and exposed great silver pitcher.
tarnished purple-blue like ravens
wing-then a tea.service. Each piece.
large and small. was marked with the
greyhound rampant and the motto
And to think" he said. that my
great.great.grandfath buried you
with his own hands under the stables
when Tarletons raiders swept the val
ley before the surrender at yorktown!
Only wait till Aunt Daphne gets you
polished up, and on the sideboardl
You're the one thing the place has
needed"
. .
with the dog for comrade he ira
versed the garden and plunged across
the valley below, humming as he went.
The place was painless and over
grown with pawpaw bushes and sassa.
fras. Great trees stood so thickly
In places as to make a twilight and the
SUMMER spots we're masses OF pink
laurel. poisonivy, flaming purple rho
dodendron and wine-red tendrils OF In
terbraided briers. This was the for
est land OF whose possibilities he had
thought. In the heart of the woods he
came upon a great limb that had been
wrenched of by storm. The broken
wood was OF deep rich brown. shading
to black. He broke OF his song. snap
ped twig and smelled It. Its sharT
/ acrid odor was unmlstakable. He sud
, denly remembered the walnut tree al
Rosewood and what Shirley had said:
IL know a girl who had two In her
yard. and she went to Europe on
them"
He looked about him; as far as he
could see the trees reared. hardy and
perfect, untouched for a generation
He selected one of medium size and
pulling a creeper. measured Its cir
cumference and gaging this measure
with his eye. made penciled calcula
ton on the back of an envelope
Great Scott" he said jubilantly tc
I the dog; that would cut enough &c
wainscot the Damory Court library
: and build twenty sideboardsl"
CTo BE coNTINUEDJ
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slanted swiftly down. to climb once
more In huge spiral to Its high tower
OF sky.
Perhaps II wondered, as its tele-
scopic eye looked down. That had
been It's choicest covert, that dishev-
eled tangle where the birds held per
petual carnival. the weasel lurked In
the underbrush and the rabbit lined
his windfall. Now the wildness was
gone. A pergola. glistening white. now
upheld the runaway vines. making a
sickle-like path from the upper ter
race to the lake. In the barn loft the
pigeons still quarrelled over their new
cotes of fresh pine. and under a clump
of locust trees at a little distance from
the house. halfdozen dolls cabins
on stills stood waiting the honey-stor-
age OF the black and gold bees.
There we're new denizens. also.
These had arrived in dozen zinc
tanks and willow hampers, to the
amaze OF sleepy express clerk at the
railroad station: two swans now sailed
majestically over the lily-ponds OF the
lake, along its gravel rim and a pair
OF bronze-colored ducks waddled and
preened. and its placid surface rippled
and broke TO the sluggish backs OF
goldfish and the flirting fms OF red
Japanese carp.
The house itself wore another air,
Its look Of unkemptness had largely
vanished. The soft gray tone OF age
remained, but the bleakness and for.
lornness we're gone; there was about
all now a warmth and genial bearing
that limited at mellowed beauty. fire
light and cheerful voices within.
Valiant heaved long sigh OF salts
| faction as he stood In the sunlight gaz
| ing at the results of his labors. He
was not now the fiippant boulevardier
to whom money was the sine qua non
of existence. He had learned a sover
eign lesson-one gained not through
the push and fight OF crowds. but In
the simple peace of a countryside, un'
vexed by the clamor of gold and the
complex problems OF a competitive ex
istence-that he had inherited a need
| of activity, of achievement that he had
been born to do.
| "Chum," he said. to the dog rolling
on his back in the grass. what dc
you think of It all. anyway" He
reached down. seized hind leg and
whirling him around like teetotum
sent him flying into the bushes
whence Chum launched again upor
him. like a catapult. He caught the
white shoulders and held him wise like
lust about right. eh? But wait til
we get those ramblers!"
And to think" he continued. whim
sically releasing him, that | might
have gone on. one OF the llttle-neck
clam crowd I've always trained with
at the same old pace, till the Yer
Palm-B career go
a double Nelson on me and the umpire
counted me out At this moment
wouldn't swap this old house and land
and the sunshine and that 'gyarden
and Unc' Jefferson and Aunt Dapl
and the chickens and the birds anc
all the rest OF 1t. for a mile OF Mil
lionaires' Row."
He went into the house and to tn,
library. The breeze through the wide
flung bow.window was fiuttering tn,
papers on the desk and the map OF
the wall was Tapping sidewise. HI
went to straighten 1t. and then sav
what he had not noticed before-tha
1t covered something that had been lie
into the plaster. He swung It asid
and made an exclamation.
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was in search Of Yes. thank you, a
small whisky as Decentralization Tit
Bits.
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Right, Then Left: 17-2s-s4-o.
The Heavy Door Opened.
Haven't | any privileges at all? Can't
| even faint when feel like It. without
calling out the fire-brigade? You'll
pamper me to death and heaven knows
| don't need It,"
You won't let me telephone for Doc
tor Southall?"
Certainly not!"
And you are sure It was nothing
but the roses?"
why. what else should It be?" said
her mother almost peevishly. 81 must
really have the arbors thinned out. On
heavy nights it's positively overpower-
ing. Go along now. and well talk
about II tomorrow. | can ring II |
want anything"
In her room Shirley undressed
thoughtfully There was between her
and her mother fine tenuous bond
OF sympathy and feeling as rare, per-
haps, as II was lovely. She could not
remember when the other had not
been a semi-invalid and her earliest
childhood recollections were punctu-
ated with the tap of the little cane.
| Tonight's sudden indisposition had
shocked and disturbed her; to faint
at a rush OF perfume seemed to sug-
gest a growing weakness that was
alarming. Tomorrow, she told herself.
she would send Ranston with wagon
load of the roses to the hospital at
Charlottesville.
She slipped on a pink shell-shaded
dressing-gown OF slinky silk with a
riot OF azaleas scattered in the weave.
and then, dragging her chair before
the open window. drew aside the light
curtain and began to brush her hair.
All at once her gaze fell upon the
floor. and she shrank backward from a
twisting thread-like thing whose bright
saffron-yellow glowed sharply against
the dark carpet. She saw In an In
slant, however, that II was nothing
more dangerous than fragment OF
love-vine from the garden, which had
clung to her skirt. She picked up
the tiny mass OF tendrils and with a
slow smile tossed II over her right
shoulder through the window. IF II
takes root" she said aloud. my sweet.
heart loves me-" She leaned from the
sill to peer down into the misty gar,
den. but could not follow its fall.
Long ago her visitor would have
reached Damory Court. She had q
vision OF him wandering. candle In
hand. through the empty echoing
| NJ
traits on the walls. thinking perhaps
of his father. of the fatal duel OF which
he had never known. She liked the
way he had spoken OF his father!
AS she leaned. out OF the stiffness
there came to her ear a mellow sound
1t was the bell OF the courthouse In
the village. She counted the strokes
falling clearly or family as the slug
gish breeze ebbed or swelled. 1t was
sAeven.
She drew back. dropped the curtain
TO shut out the wan glimmer, and In
the darkness crept into the soft bee
as If into hiding-place.
A warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. faint gold-shadowed mist ovei
the valley and soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines OF the hills
Through the shrubbery at Damory
Court cardinal darted like a Grim
son shuttle. to rock impudently from
fieerin~ limb. and here and there
on the bluIsh-ivory sky, motionless al
a pasted wafer. hung hawk; from
time to time one OF these wavered anC
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-13

only by ignorant negroes, who wond-
cred through the woods shooting
everything that jumped up before
them.
AS a matter of fact, it is known
that some Of the men right here in
Brunswick, thought to be true sports
men, men who should assist in rigid
ly enforcing the game laws, who
should set an example for others,
nave deliberately, Intentionally and
without fear of the courts, gone into
Inc woods on hunt, JUS as though
the game season was open, ami they
have not, according to reports,
violated the game Law by shooting
quail out OF season, but have even
exceeded the lag limit.
If this Is the way the game laws
are to be observed they just as well
Oc Nfptu rum the SldVhleb OF 6eOT-
gia. If ii had been some poor ignc-
rant negro or white man, who might
have killed a rabbit or a squirrel with
out a hunting license, he would have
been hauled UP in court and a heavy
ane imposed, but these men, know
ing the law as they do. go on a regu-
lar hunt ten days before the open
ing of the season, shoot from daylight
until dark, return with their game,
and net word is said
II the game warden and his dcpu-
Ties throughout the county cannot
tandle the situation, then the at
tention of the state game commits
sioner should be called to this gross
violation, and he should provide an
extra fund from the treasury to see
that these men are convicted.
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Appetite Follows
Good Digestion

Nearly everyone INDUCES their
appetite and the digestive organs
arc abused, resulting in congestion
Or POISONOUS waste that clogs the
bowels a1d causes much misery
ana distress.
The most effective remedy to
correct this condition is the COM
bination Of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin known as DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. This is a
natural, pIeasant-tasting remedy
gentle. yet positive in action,
and quickly relieves Indigestion,
constipation, sick headache, belch-
ing, etc. Drug storest seB DR.. Caid
wells Syrup Pepsin at fifty cents
and one dollar a bottle, and in
thousands of homes # is the in
dispensable family remedy. For
a free trial bottle write DIR. w. B.
Caldwell, 451 Washington St.,
Monticello, Ill.