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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Awakening.


The sun had passed the meridian
next day when Valiant awoke, from
sleep as deep as Abou ben Adhem s.
yet one crowded with flying tlptoe
dreams. The one great fact or Shlr-
ley's love had lain at the core OF all
these honied images, and MS mlno
was full Of it as his eyes opened, vice
all at once, to the new day.
He looked at his watch and rolieo
from the bed with a laugh. Past
twelve!" he exclaimed. Good heav'
ems! What about all the work l had
laid out for today?"
Presently he was splashing In the
lake. shooting under his curved hand
unerring Jets of water at Chum, VINO
danced about the rim barking, no"
yenturing to wet valorous paw, now
scrambling up the bank to escape the
watery javelins.
Valiant came up the terraces win
his blood bounding to new rapture.
Crossing the garden, he ran quickly
to the little close which held the sun
dial and pulled single great passion
flower. He stood a moment holding
it to his face, his nostrils catching Its
faint elusive perfume. Only last night.
under the moon, he had stood there
with Shirley in his arms. A gush OF
the unbelievable sweetness OF that mo-
ment poured over him. His race
softened.
Standing with his sandaled feet
deem in the white blossoms, the sun
on his damp hair and the loose robe
ciinging to his moist limbs. he gave
himself to a sudden day-dream. A
wonderful waking dream OF joy over
flooding years of ambitionless ease;
OF the Damory Court that should be
in days to come.
When he came from the little close
there was a new mystery in the sun
shine. fresh and Joyous meaning In
the intense blue overarching of the
imponderable sky. Every bird-note
held it's own love-secret. A wood
thrush sang it from a silver birch be-
side the summer-house, and bob
white whistled 1t in the little valley
beyond. Even the long trip-hammer
of a far-away woodpecker beat a rar
diant tattoo.
He paused to greet the flaming pea
cock that sent out a curdling screech,
In which the tentative potterack! pot
terack! of guinea-fowl tangled itself
softly. Go on" he invited. Explode
all you want to, old Ffre-Cracker.
Hang your purple-and-gold pessimism!
You only make the birds sound
sweeter. Perhaps that's what you're
for-who knows?"
He tried to work, but work was not
for that marvellous afternoon. He
wandered about the gardens, planning
this or that addition: little longer
sweep to the pansy-bed-a clump Of
bull-rushes at the farther end Of the
lake. He peered into the stable: q
saddle horse stood there now, but
! there should be more steeds stamping
In those stalls one day, good horse
flesh bought with sound walnut tim
Der from the hillside. How he and
Shirley would go galloping over those
cleaning roads, in that roseate future
when she belonged to him!
Uncle Jefferson. from the door of
the kitchens, watched him swinging
about in the sunshine. whistling the
Indian Serenade."
(TO BE CONTINUED
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~ a ~wRHwA Watson e. Coleman, Wash
NOT EVEN AN ACQUAINTANCE
American Girl Surely Had Reason for
Complaint Against Impertinence
of Accoster.

You remember how in the piping
days of peace, when something simply
had to be done to make talk, there
was hue and cry about American
girls in Berlin and the dreadful things
they did under pretense of studying
music. Here is a story of one of them
which the New York Evening Post
Saturday Magazines special war cor
respondent has sent over with the ex-
PLANTATION that it was all he could get
past the censor at this time. A Ber-
lin paper reports that quiet street
In Charlottenburg was suddenly
alarmed by shrill cries of Police! Po-
lice!" A great crowd promptly col
lected about the person responsible for
the disturbance, an excited young
woman, obviously American.
Arrest this man, officer" she said
as soon as a policeman appeared. L
am Miss Ellington from Cincinnati.
U. S. A, and he had the impertinence
to speak to me-"
The policeman, guided by the young
womans accusing finger, picked out
the culprit.
1.-THE man is a stranger to your he
asked
can entire stranger" replied Miss
Ellington. 81 have only been taking
violin lessons from him for six
months"
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Jessamlne Anniversary.
shoulder for the delectation of Nancy
and Betty, but Shirley was not listen
ing. Her whole mind was full Of what
Katharine had been saying. She was
picturing to herself this wcIaGE. her
secret hidden all these years, hearing
OF John Valiant's coming to Damory
court, learning of this likeness, shrink
ing from sight Of it. dreading the pain
full memory it must thrust upon her.
Suppose" voice was
dreamy-"that she and John met sud
denly, without warning. What would
she do? Would she say anything!
Perhaps she would faint.
Shirley started violently. Her hands.
as they drew her cloak uncertainty
about her. began to tremble, as II with
cold. Something fell from them to the
bottom of the surrey.
Through her chiffon veil Katharine
noted this with slow smile. It had
been easier than she had thought She
said no more. and the carriage rolled
| on, to the accompaniment of giggles
over the judges peroration. AS 1t
neared the Rosewood lane she leaned
toward Shirley.
You have dropped your FAM" said
she and your gloves, too.
might have reached them for you.
Why, we are there already. How short
the drive has seemed"
| Don't drive UP the lane, Lige,
said Shirley. and her voice seemed
sharp and strange even to herself.
1.-THE wheels would wake mother"
Katharine babe her goodby with care
| full sweetness, as the Judge bundled
her down in his strong friendly arms.
mo-" she told him. don't come with
me. It's not bit necessary. EN-.
maline will be waiting for me-"
He climbed into her vacant place as
the girls called their good nights
We'll all sleep late enough in the
morning, reckon" he said with q
laugh, but It's been great SUGGEST"
.
Emmaline was crouched in chair
In the hall, rug thrown over her
knees, in open-mouthed slumber. She
started up at the touch of Shirley
hand, yawning widely.
st clare to goodness" she muttered
81 was jes' fixin' t. go t sleep!"
Tin so tired. Emmaline. Take
the crown. It's heavy"
The negro woman untangled the
glittering points from the meshins
hair with careful fingers. "Pc' III
chickydee-dee!" she said lovingly
"Reck'n she flop all tn feddahs outer
her wings. Gimme that o. tin crown
II like ter lam 1t out tn winder!
Come on. now; we go upstairs soft
SOS not ter 'sturb Mis- Judith"
| In the silvery-blue bedroom, she
deity unfastened the hooks OF the
heavy satin gown and coaxed her mis-
tress to lie on the sofa while she un'
pinned the masses of waving hair till
they lay In a rich surge over the
cushion. Then she brought q brush
and crouching down beside her, began
with long gentle strokes to smooth GU,
the silken threads. talking 20 her tie
while in q soft grooming monotone.
4 Under these ministrations Shirley
lay languid and speechless. her eyes
closed. The fear that had stricken
her heart by turns seemed cold hand
pressing upon its beating and an algit
vapor rising stsslthily over it But
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

To Remove Spots From Varnish.
One of the best substances to use
In removing spots from vanished sur.
faces is butter. The stronger the bet.
ter.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

Marriage used to be lottery; now
it's game of skill.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

Matches are made in heaven that
is, those that are not made in ham,
mocks.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

passed her mothers door, she paused
a moment, and laying her arms out
across it, pressed her lips to the dark
grain of the wood.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21
MISS BERNICE BRADYRs ,..s. !.

tubes. | would cough and wheeze nearly all
night, sometimes until five and six o'clock in the
morning, when would finally drop to sleep from
sheer exhaustion There was squeaking in nv
throat that terrible as it kept up constantly.
[ used to call it the "noisome pestilence," as it
was surely from the devil
One lady told me that God so loved me that
He put this affliction on me to draw me nearer
to Him; but | know it was the devils work. for
[ used to feel his very presence I used to
have such horrible dreams and nightmares
My mother used to come into my room nearly
every night when | was coughing SO, and pray
for me, and God often heard her PRAYERS for
me; but | was too stubborn to give in and ask
her or any other of Zion for prayers and would
take cough syrup and cough drops.
All at once the cough seemed to leave me- and
though was getting better, although I always
felt so tired. | was stenographer, but hadn't
worked for a few months on account of my cold
When | seemed so much better I thought I would
try it again, as real estate firm in the City
had called me up about the middle of April and
wanted me to work for them I went, but it
was all | could do to get back and FORTH
would be SO tired and weak.
About the middle of May my ankles commenc-
ed to SWELL and would puff out when l took my
shoes off at night. | didn't understand what it
was, so my father took me to see doctor, and
he told me | had very bad case of Bright's dis
ease. He said the urine was seven-eights al
bumen,-the stage when they claim there is no
earthly cure. He also said my heart was af-
fected, and gave me some pills (strychnine, 1
presume) for that, and prescribed some other
medicine for me. He said if I would take good
care Of myself, and do what he told me l might
get better, but de couldn't promise to cure me-
| refused to have the prescription filled, as
told him | would not take any old strong
medicine, for | knew it would do me no good
He told me also to get bottle of Ozomulsion
and take that I got that, and I certainly tried
to take it. | smile yet when I remember the
first dose. 1t was also my last for it simply
would not go all the way down my throat, so
finally gave it up.
did not go back to the doctor, but tried diff
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21

ferent remedies which I heard Of One I paid
two dollars bottle for, and took two or three
bottles. I also took Lithia tablets, and tried
everything but God
I had to give up my position the first of July,
as | was becoming so weak that I could not
stand it.
I went over to Seattle for a couple of weeks
to try the salt air and salt baths. I caught a
bad cold coming back from bathing one day. and
| didn't dare try it again, as the dropsy was
getting so bad it was spreading all over my
body In the morning, my neck would be so
puffed out it looked as if I had a goitre.
| stopped in Wenatchee on my way home and
took worse cold than ever, and the asthma be-
came so bad I could scarcely breathe when
lay down.
I went home in a few days, and from that
time OH my body filled up rapidly, wheezed so
at night, and the water up in my lungs and
throat SO that it was terrible had to put sew
eral pillows under my head to get my breath
when | rested. I would lay on one side while
and the water all went to that side, so that when
I turned over | would nearly smother to death
for few minutes.
During the month of September | went out on
the veranda a little every day when it was warm
but it finally got to be such an effort to walk
that | had to quit.
| was so bloated, and would smother so that
it was agony to breathe, although l always tried
to walk little in the room every day, even when
| was the worst I had to lean forward in nv
chair in order to breathe and there was such
a weight in my chest
At last my mother told me one morning that
must either trust God pretty quick, or l wouldn't
be here much longer They told me afterwards
that my father and others said I couldn't last a
month.
had been wanting to give UP and trust God
as knew there was no other hope but was still
too stubborn to give in until then
I told mama to call the Zion people to prav.
and I would throw all my medicine away and
trust God alone, which I did. They came that
afternoon and prayed for me, and somethi
seemed to give way in my chest, so I could
breathe easier, and the pain was taken away,
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21

Miss Bernice Brady of Spokane Washington by Exercising
Faith in God and in Answer to Prayer Healed of Bron-
chial Trouble, Brights Disease and Dropsy.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21
WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF MISS BERNICE
BRADY

Spokane Washington,
March II, 1913
Dear General Overseer
1t is just three years ago on Easter Sunday
that God first touched my body after years
suffering from Bright's disease, and I look back
with thankful and grateful heart for what He
has delivered me from Surely He has done
great things for me- whereof am glad. I know
that | would have been under the sod three years
and more if God were not Merciful God. NV
desire is to give the rest of my life to His ser
vice, and I trust that this testimony may be a
blessing to many who may be afflicted as was.
1t was in January 1909, that first contracted
heavy cold that settled first in my bronchial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

mics of coal mining, and study of min
ing law: and then weave through inc
mszes of a long and involved story anu
anaIyze the whole situation.
TO get his evidence he had none OF lne
authority that he would possess had ne
heen preparing a case for prosecution III
tho ordinary courts He could not sum-
mon witnesses and compel them to tes-
tify He had no power to make railroads
and banks give up their business secrets
Rut he got all the evidence; ana ne got
II in the face of the combined opposition
Of the great railway systems In the an
thracite coal region and powerful po-
litical machine.
4
His report, though couched IN lesai
language. was a dramatic presentation OF
the whole story, every point In it backed
I'm nv exhibits He gave ii as his op1n-
ion that in the absence OF an adequate
contrary showing the testimony ana
documentary proofs he submitted were
SUFFICIENT to establish course OF actlol
on the part of Judge Archibald that was
so violently abhorrent to the judicial
proprieties as to discredit the fitness OF
the Judge to remain on the bench. His
final recommendation was that the rec
ord be transmitted to the Rouse OF
Representatives the nations jmpeach1nG
body.
In making his investigation in the way
that he did, and in recommending i'm
parchment in the face of existing po'
litical conditions. he had calmly put MS
official and professional future in grave
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dency was on, with Col. Roosevelt s
propaganda for the recall of judges as
one of the features of that campaign
President Taft directed Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham to have an investiSa-
ton made of the Archibald affair. OBJ
viously the task was one requiring the
exercise of tact, discretion and high
order of ability. The Attorney General
from his extensive staff selected Wrisley
Brown to conduct the investigation.
Brown went into the coal fields and
started work. Many courses were open
to him. He could make a whitewashing
report and stand on it. Or he could
search out all the facts. present them
raw, and naked. The cold and intricate
evidence from which it would be hard
to disentangle the real story-and put II
UP to the Attorney General to make MS
own Interpretation and recommendations.
Either method would have abundant
precedent behind it. Or he could make
lust such an investigation as the second
one mentioned, but also marshal the facts
hurnanize the story. point out the IN
eyitable deductions and make his OWL
recommendations. 1t was this course
that he followed.
In less than thirty days he had com
pleted his investigation, and made MS
report, but the mass of facts that ne
presented was stupendous. Primarily ne
had had to make a study of the econo
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be even broader by reason of the enact
ment of the new federal reserve law. In
response to a query on this point Brown
said:
1T is impossible to predetermine. with
any degree of accuracy. what effect this
legislation may have upon irregular bank
ing practices. The act provides that the
officers, agents and employees of the state
banks that shall become members of the
federal reserve system shall be subject to
the restraints and penalties prescribed by
the sections Of the Revised Statutes fix
ing the criminal responsibility of national
bank officers. There are now nearly ten
thousand national banks In the United
States. The number of state banks that
will take advantage of the opportunity to
become members of the new system is
conjectural. The present Indications are
that there will be a great many, and 1t is
probable that our work of curbing dan
gerous tendencies in the management of
banks will be correspondingly increased.
Then there are several provisions in the
act that denounce as criminal certain
classes of transactions which have not
been heretofore vulnerable to attack
through the machinery of the courts.
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danger. No one knew this better than he.
How would many a political appolntee
of an earlier age have acted under these
circumstances?
The answer is obvious. The easier way
would have been chosen; the way that
entailed no personal danger and that
merely clouded and cloaked the real
issues The older school of officials, with
a mind intent on the political aspect of
every problem handled. would have been
prone to steer Il course to avoid trouble.
But the new school has another ideal and
another motive.
What Wrisley Brown did and the course
he pursued Indicate the character of the
man. FearlessnesS is not the least of the
characteristics of his sort.
The President forwarded the now ia
nous report to the House. The Judiciary
committee of that body then conducted
hearings to determine whether or not the
facts justified the Impeachment of Judge
Archibald. But first after examining the
report. it called upon the Attorney Cen
eral for the assignment of this young
lawyer to act as counsel for the commit
tee.
This in itself was remarkable. The
Judiciary committee numbers the ablest
lawyers in the House in its membership
But a still greater tribute to Brown was
to follow When Judge Archibald had
been impeached at the bar of the Senate
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preachment. l may say that l believe
thoroughness in everything undertaken Is
probably the most important factor OF
substantial progress. either in public or
private life. There can be no really con-
structive work without it, But youth, IN
Its eagerness to accomplish overmuch IN
many things, is not inclined TO be
thorough in anything. Versatility IS
fraught with danger and exceedingly din
cult to overcome.
Careful reparation for every allotted
task is the thing that counts most
in business, In the professions and
in the affairs of government. In the
whole history of human experience there
has never yet been any enduring achieve
ment Of thought or action predicated on
superficial preparation.
ut is needless to say that industry is
a prerequisite to all attainment But
industry, however sustained, cannot take
the place of trained intelligence. The
power of concentration and the power OF
continue ton must both be present to de-
velop capacity for big work.
"A well balanced judgment is a neces-
sary attribute in any position of re-
sponsibility, irrespective of the character
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nov, and again there rises from the ranks
OF the government some individual who
achieves success, success as measured by
any existing standard.
The fact is that new ideals OF public
service, new opportunity incident TO the
broadening powers OF the national gov
eminent and the growth OF the demand
for efficiency rather than partisan polit-
ical affiliations and Influence in govern
ment office are breeding a new type Of
official
Representative OF this new breed is
Wrisley Brown. special assistant TO the
Attorney General Although but thirty
years of age. he has achieved distinction
at tho bar. national fame for his activi-
ties i'll celebrated prosecutions. and high
rank in the department which he serves.
He is wholly the product OF the merit
system III the government lie never has
had a powerful friend in official life
whose friendship was not won entirely by
wrisley Browns ability to make good in
every job in which he was placed. He
never has had the slightest political in
nuence exerted In his favor.
BIT when Judge Archibald of the United
States Commerce Court WAS impeached
sud removed, from office 10y the Senate,
.prisley Browns name was everywhere
heard. TO him more than to any other
sS.dvidual was attributed the result in
the Archibald case.
While this notable cause was not the
first that had attracted national atten-
ton to the young lawyer, and though it
is but one OF series upon which his
reputation has been built it is the one
that perhaps best illustrates the attitude
o: the new school of government officials
10 their positions.
To realize what Wrisley Brown accom-
plshed in this case one must under.
stand the peculiar conditions that existed
in the early part of 1872. The interstate
commerce commissioners whose rulings
We're frequently being reversed by the
new Commerce Court, had gone TO Presi
dent Taft and laid before him certain
suspicious circumstances indicating tina
Judge Archibald was having financial re
lations with the identical interests tina
controlled the anthracite coal mines ane
the coil-carrying railroads. These inter
ests were frequently litigants in the Com
merce Court.
II was well known that President Taf
took pride in his judicial appointments III
had promoted Judge Archibald to the Com
merce Court from United States distric
judgeship in Pennsylvania. Moreover. tn
Commerce Court was creation OF tn
Taft administration. To cap il all, tn
Dge-convention campaign for the presi
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and the House managers were appointed
to conduct the trial. again was Wrisley
Brown called in. The managers, with the
formality of a resolution. requested the
Attorney General to assign his assistant
to take part i'll the conduct of the great
trial before the Senate. and, as before,
the request was granted.
So. for the first time III the history of
the nation, representative of the De-
partment of Justice appeared in an i'm
parchment proceeding. Fame and tri-
umph rather than disaster came to the
attorney who, true to his ideals of duty,
had elected to take the risk rather than
follow the easier way.
But why, of all his staff of learned
counselors, did Mr.. Wickersham select a
man of Browns years to handle such a
huge case which developed into one of
the most significant happenings of the Tai,
administration? What are the particular
qualities which this young man pos
sesses that led the Attorney General to
repose such confidence in him?
When in 1909, Mr. Wickersham took
Office, he at once began a campaign
against reckless banking methods. II
was a part of the general campaign
against bank wreckers. bucket shops
and fraudulent stock-selling operations.
He needed first of all a lawyer who
knew the banking laws and who under
stood the intricacies of corporation
finance and accounting. Such man he
found in Wrisley Brown, then law as
sistant to Judge Robert ]. Tracewel1
controller of the United States Treasury