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tween his palms as though to extract
from the delicate paper the beloved
thrill of her touch. His hand shook
slightly as he drew the folded leaves
from the envelope. How would it be-
gin? my Knight of the Crimson
Rose?" or Dear Gardener" (She had
called him Gardener the day they had
set out the roses) or perhaps even
Sweetheart" 1t would not be long,
only a mere "Yes' or Come to me-
perhaps; yet even the shortest missive
had its beginning and its ending.
He opened and read.
For an instant he stared unbeliev.
ingly. Then the paper cracked to a
ball In his clutched hand. and he made
a hoarse sound which was half cry,
then sat perfectly still, his whole face
shuddering. What he crushed in his
hand was no note of tender love
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cHAprER xxvlll.-contlnued.

Young mars feel way up in de
clouds dis day." he said to Aunt
Daphne. "He wake up ez glad ez
EFF he done 'fessed 'ligion las night.
Well, all de folkses cert'n'y 'joyed
.deyselves. or Mistah Fargo done eat
bout forty uh dem jumbles. All heah
him talkin' ter Mars John. 'Reckn yo'
mus hab err cr~ackahjack cook down
Eheah,' he say. Hyuh, hyuh!"
"G'way wild yo' blackyardin'!-"
shifted Aunt Daphne, delighted. Don
need ter come eroun' honey-caffuddlin'
met"
Oats whut he say" insisted Uncle
Jefferson; "he did TO- er fac'!"
She drew her hands from the suds
and looked at him anxiously. "Jeff'son,
20 reck'n Mars John gwineter fotch
dat Yankee CONAN heah ter Danny
@Co'ot, ter be ouah mistis?"
"Humph!" scoffed her spouse. Dat
%highfaiutin' gal whut done swaller de
ramrod? No suh-ree-bob-tail! De
-oldah yo' gifts, de mo- foolishah yo'
FClIdLtQu6 10 bOu w LSh lO ulu
trouble on yo' back den yo' kin keek
off'n yo' heels! She ain gwineter run
dis place, er OF Devil-John tuhn ovah
IN he gravel"
Sunset found Valiant sitting in the
nnusic-room before the old square pi-
aano. In the shadowy chamber the
keys of mother-of-pearl cleaned with
duh colors under his fingers. He
struck at first only broken chords, that
became finally the haunting barcarole
Of Tales of Hoffman," 1t was the
air that had drifted across the garden
when he had stood with Shirley by
the sun-dial, in the moment of their
FIRST kiss. Over and over he played
1t, ~improvising dreamy variations, til
the tender melody seemed the dear
ghost of that embrace. At length he
went into the library and in the Grim
coming light sat down at the desk
and began to write:
Dear Bluebird of Mine:
81 can't wait any longer to talk tt
you. Less than a day has passed
since we were together, but 1t nigh
have been cons, if one measured tim,
by heart-beats. What have you beef
doing a~nd'thinking, ! wonder? l hav'
spent those cons in the garden, JUS
wandering about, dreaming over thos,
wonderful, wonderful moments by tn,
ssun-dlal. All, dear little wild hear
born Of the flowers, with the soul 0
q bird (yet you are woman, too!) tina
old disk Is marking happy hours nov
for mel
How have l deserved this thin
that has come to me?-sad bungle
that l have been! Sometimes it seem
too glad and sweet, and l am suddenl
desperately afraid | shall wake to fin
myself facing another dull mornin
In that old, useless, empty life of mine
! am very humble, dear, before you
love.
Shall tell you when it began wit
me? Not last night-nor the day W
planted the ramblers. do you know
when your little muddy boot wer
atrampling down the earth about thei
roots, l wanted to stoop down an
kiss 1t? So dear everything aboy
you wash Not that evening at Ros,
wood, with the arbor fragrance abor
,us q think / shall always picture 20
with roses all about you. Red rose
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whsn the Shoe Punched.

She was a British militant suffragist
who, after an eight months absence,
turned up In a state OF indignation
against the British postoflce. The
postmaster general, she complained,
had been abstracting suffragettes cor
respondence from the post! Some
of them hadn't received their notices
duly eAbominable The complain
ant had just done time" In prison fol
setting fire u letter boxer and De
stroying other peoples %correspon
dence!-Chicago Newa.
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satcheIfuI Of tracts, and the tracts
were ve-e-ery dry, They took them
and stuck them under the wet wood,
and the tracts burned and the wood
caught fire and they cooked the mis-
sionary and ate him.
Now, little children, which do you
think did the most good with her dol
Iar-little Susy or little Mary"
The front row staggered, and a sigh
came from the colored ranks. Dem
ar can'bals." gasped a dusky infant
breathlessly. "-dey done eat up all
dat candy and dem g~oober-peas, too?
GRO BE coNTINUED9
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The Inns Of Court hotel, London,
which is to become the telephone ex-
change for Holborn, began life as the
Blue Boar tavern in Plantagcnet times,
taking its name from the crest Of the
De veres, who owned the land there
abouts. When Its neighbor and rival,
the George inn, was demolished under
Queen Anne, the Blue Boar annexed
the name George as Its subtitle, II
was at the Blue Board that Cromwell,
diseuished as a trooper, stopped 4
man about To set out for Dover. III
his saddle he found d letter froN
Charles !. which determined him d
the kings execution.
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I'm sure / hope it will" She rescued
the fallen piece of bark and an
nounced: The collection this after
noon has amounted to a hundred dol
lars and seven cents. And now, chill
dren, we will skip the catechism and
l will tell you a story"
Her auditors hunched themselves
nearer, a double row of attentive white
and black faces, as Hickey with a pre-
liminary bass cough, began In a drawl-
ing tone whose mimicry called forth
giggles of ecstasy.
There were once two little sisters
who went to Sunday-school and loved
their teacher ve-e-ery much. They
were always good and attentive-not
like that little niger over there! The
one with his thumb in his mouth One
was little Mary and the other was
little Susy. They had a mighty rich
uncle who lived in Richmond, and
once he came to see them and gave
them each a dollar. And they were
ve-e-ery glad. 1t wasn't a mean old
paper dollar, all dirt and creases; nor
a battered Whitley silver dollar; but
1t was a bright round gold dollar, right
out of the mint. Little Mary and little
Susy could hardly sleep that night for
thinking of what they could buy with
those gold dollars.
"Early next morning they went
downtown, hand in hand, to the store,
and little Susy bought a bag Of goober-
peas, and sticks and sticks of striped
candy, and a timber jack, and a gold
ring, and a wax doll with a silk dress
on that could open and shut its eyes"
"Huh!" said the captious Cozy.
you can't buy a wax doll for a dollar.
My l%ittlest, littlest n cost three. and
she didn't have a stitch to her back!"
Shut up!" said Hickey briefly.
Dolls were cheaper then" She looked
at the row Of little negroes, google
eyed at the vision of such largess.
What do you think little Mary did
with her gold dollar? She loved dolls
and candy, too, but she had heard
about the poo-oo-r heather. There was
a tear in her eye, but she took the dol
lar home, and next day when she went
to Sunday-school, she dropped it in
the missionary-box.
Little children, what do you reckon
became of that dollar? 1T bought a
big satchelful of tracts for a mission
airy. He had been a poor man with
six children and a wife with a bone
felon on her right hand-not a child
old enough to wash dishes and all OF
them young enough to fall in the fire
so he had to go and be a missionary.
He was going to Alabam-to a canni-
bal island, and he took the tracts and
sailed away in a ship that landed him
on the shore. And when the heather
cannibals saw him they were ve-e-ery
glad, for there hadn't been any ship
wrecked sailors for a long time, and
they were ve-e-ery hungry. So they
tied up the missionary and gathered
a lot of wood to make a fire and cooA
him. *
But is had rained and rained ant
rained for so long that the wood wa
all wet, and it wouldn't burn, and they
all cried because they were so hungry
And then they happened to find the
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ReeeIvlno On. cuest.

I pray you. o excellent wife, not to
cumber yourself and me TO get a rich
dinner for this man or this woman
who have alighted a. our gate, nor a
bed chamber made ready at too great
% cost These things, .if they are curl
oua IN. they can gst for a dollar al
any village. But ~iet this stranger,
II he will, in your looks, in your &C
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washlnaton,s Return Home.

On December 4, 1888, Washington
babe farewell to his officers in New
York and rowed across the Hudson to
New Jersey, thence proceeding to
Philadelphia. There he handed to the
proper officers q statement Of the
money he had spent out Of his own
pocket after he took command of the
army more than eight years before In
Cambridge. The amount a $64.315.
For his services during that time he
refused any pay. When he reached
Annapolis, where congress was sit
ting. he resigned as commander in
chief Of the army, and proceeded to
Mt. Vernon. where he had been but
once during the eight years and a half
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manglings and authorizations" Dis
turb'd," "rebuk'd," are among the
words he finds especially unpleasant.
Swift was further annoyed at a fool
ish opinion, advanced Of late years,
that we ought to spell exactly as we
speak; which, besides the obvious in
convenience Of utterly destroying our
etymology, would be a thing we
should never see an end Of" Also he
noted with impotence In 1712: 1T Is
sometimes a difficult matter to read
modern books and pamphlets; where
the words are 80 curtailed and varied
from their original spelling, that who
ever has been used to plain English
will hardly know them by sight, How
many Of u new" CONTROVERSIES were
waged centuries agol
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the streets Of our big cities, but there
are plenty Of them in the country, and
the farmer thinks Just as much of a
good horse now as he did in the old
days. So, too, I have observed that
our men Of wealth, who for a time
took to the motor car. are coming
back to the fast trotter and roadster.
There is nothing like real life when it
comes to sport, and an automobile is
an inanimate thing - Washington
Post.
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Horae y sam KIsu.

when it became a recognized fact
that the automobile was a practical
thing. the prediction was freely made
that the horse would pass away. but
we ind today that there are more
horses in the United states than ever
before. remarked Alfred Watkins ar
bid sea captain OF Norfolk at the
Raleigh.
1T Is true. we rarely see horses on
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: Of chlntz.

With old-fashioned mahogany furni
ture, the bed covering should be old
fashioned, too. II you II fortunate
enough to have an old quilt, made IN
an elaborate pattern. especially one
that Is pure white. use It on the old
fashioned bed. Otherwise make 9
spread Of chintz, or else one Of heav,
homespun linen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-11

more. A town without at least one
swimming pool for m Is about as
much behind the times as a house
without a bath tub. No woman should
miss the benefits and pleasures Of the
simplest and pleasantest of summer
sports; and mi does not need to be-
long to the leisure class to enjoy the
water. It happens that water is a.
commodity possessed by every com
munity.
The cap Illustrated is made Of q
piece of silk folded over and stitched
in one seam. 1t is made to fit snugly-
about the head and finished with a
narrow hem. Two tabs Of silk are
tackled on at the sides by way Of MAX
ing the cap becoming.
There is a great variety in caps and
suits to choose from this year. The
fabrics r inexpensive, and n n
with the average knowledge OF sewing
can make them.
JULIA RoTToMLEY.
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EDWARD sAssooN.
Forgive us our trespasses.'

The silence seemed to crash to earth
like a great looking-glass and shiver
into a million pieces. The wax dropped
from his fingers and in the s%uperven-
ing darkness a numb fright gripped
him by the throat. Shirley had laid
these there, on the grave Of the man
his father had killed-the cape jessa-
mines she had wanted that day, for
her mother! He understood.
y 4 =
1t came to him at last that there
was a chill mist cropping among the
trees and that he was very cold.
He went back along the Red Road
stumblingly. Was this to be the end
of the dream, which he had fancied
would last forever? Could it be that
she was not for him? Was it no hoary
lie that the sins of the fathers were
visited upon the third and fourth gen.
Grafton?
When he re-entered the library the
candle was ~guttering in the burned
wings Of a night-moth. The place
looked all at once gaunt and desolate
and despoiled. What could Virginia
what could Damory Court, be to him
without her? The wrinkled note lay
on the desk and he bent suddenly with
a sharp catching breath and kissed 1t
There welled over him a wave Of
rebellious longing. The candle spread
to a hazy yellow blur. The walls fell
away. He stood under the moonlight
with his arms about her, his lips OF
hers and his heart beating to the
sound of the violins behind them.
He laughed-a harsh wild laugh tina
rang through the gloomy room. Ther
he threw himself on the couch ant
buried his face in his hands. He wal
still lying there when the misty rain
wet dawn came through the shutters
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Modern Lover.

7 say. old chap. you're an extrava-
giant person, What You got there's
chrysanthemum7"
"Chrysanthemum! Dear me, no.
That's a lavender wig for the adored
one"
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cent and behavior, read your heart
and e~arnestness, your thought and
will, which he cannot buy at any price
in any village or city, and which he
may well travel fifty miles and dine
sparely and sleep hard in order to
behold. Certainly, let the board be
spread and let the bed be dressed for
the traveller: but let not the emphasis
of hospitality lie in these things.
Honor to the house where they are
simple to the verge Of hardship, SO
that there the intellect is awake and
reads the laws Of the universe
Emerson.
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sure Ensuah.

Church, see residents OF certain
sections Of ST. Louis, NO, are trying
to force improved stReet-car service
Gotham What's the mattera
Haven't they got enough straps7
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CHAPTER xxx.
The Comma Of Greet KIM.

1t was Sunday afternoon, and under
the hemlocks, Hickey Snyder had gath
cred her minions-a dozen children
from the nearby houses with the
usual sprinkling Of little blacks from
the kitchens. There were parents. of
course, to whom this mingling of color
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An easy feat--to put ones foot IN
II when one attempts to stand On
mes digity.
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phrases; ii was an abrupt dismissal.
The staggering contretemps struck
the color from his face and left every
nerve raw and quiyering. To be moth
ing to her, as she could be nothing to
him." He felt a CHASTITY inclination to
laugh. Nothing to her!
Presently, his brows frowning heav-
lily, he spread out the crumpled paper
and reread it with bitter slowness,
Weighing each phrase. Something
which she had learned since she last
saw him, which lay between them"
She had not known it, then, last night,
when they had kissed beside the sun
dial! She had loved him then! What
could there be that thrust them irrev.
ocably apart?
Without stopping to think of the
darkness or that the friendly doors OF
the editice would be closed, he caught
up his hat and went swiftly down the
drive to the road, along which he
plunged breathlessly. The blue star
spangled sky was now streaked with
| clouds like faded orchids, and the
shadows on the uneve ground under
his hurried feet made him giddy
Through the din and hurly-burly of his
thoughts he was conscious. of dimly'
moving shapes across fences, the
sweet breath of cows, and a negro pc
destrian who greeted him in passing
He was stricken suddenly with the
thought that Shirley vas suffering
too. 1t seemed incredible that he
should now be raging along a country
road at nightfall to find something
that so horribly hurt them both.
1t was almost dark-save for the
starlight-when he saw the shadow Of
the square ivy-grown spire rearing
stark from its huddle of foliage
against the blurred background. He
pushed open the gate and went slowly
up the worn path toward the great
i~ron-bound and hooded door. Under
the larches on either hand the outlines
of the gravestones doomed pallidly
and from the bell tower came the fainr
inquiring cry of a small owl. Valian'
stood looking about him. What coulC
he learn here? He read no answer tt
the riddle. A little to n side of thu
path something showed snow-like OF
the ground, and he went toward it
Nearer, he saw that it was a mass o
flowers, staring up Whitley from tn,
Se~mi.ohscurity from within an iroI
railing. He bent over, suddenly noting
the scent; it was cape jessamine.
With the curious sensation of almos
prescience plucking at him, he took
box Of vestas from his pocket an,
struck one. 1t fared up illumination
a fat granite slab in which was Gu
a name and i~nscriDtion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-13

An ordinance requiring the Grand
Trunk Western Railway Company 10 place
watchmen at the crossings of Carroll
street and 81 Joseph street from Six
o'clock A. NJ 20 Midnight
Section one Be 10 ordained 10y the
Common Council Of the city Of south
Bend. Indiana. that the Grand Trunk
Western Railway company shall place and
maintain watchIhen at each OF the follow
ing street crossings 81 its tracks In this
city viz:-Carroll street and St Joseph
street between the hours Of six o'clock
\ NJ. and twelve o'clock midnight. OF each
day.
Section Two ANY violation - this or
dinance shall subject the yiOlator there
Of TO a fine. on conviction thereof. Of not
less than Five Dollars $500. and not
more than Fifty Dollars $4,000. Each
days violation Of this ordinance shall
constitute a separate and distinct ofenSe
section Three This ordinance shall be
i'm fun force and effect from and after its
passage and legal publication
Passed by the Common Council OF the
City OF South Bend Indiana, March Jrd.
1914
Attest F. ROSTISER, City clerk
Attest III. r. LANG,
President 81 Common Council.
Presented 90 noe by the Mayor Of the
city OF South Bend Indiana. March 4th.
1914.
II. r. ROSTlSER. City Clerk.
Approved aud signed by me March 4th
1914.
FRED w KELLER. Mayor.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIONS.

Notice i hereby given, That the under
signed has been appointed by the clerk OF
the Circuit Court of 81 Joseph County
state Of Indiana. executor of the estate of
jacob G. Groves. late of ST Joseph
county deceased
Said estate is supposed 20 bc solvent
GEO ". - NDS. Executor
March u 1914
uubbel. McInerny. McInerny, n Neagley.
Attorneys FOR Estate
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OIL
COMPANY Is FINED
Must Pay $4,000 For Concessions i'm
Violation of the EIkins


SHREVEPORT. La, March Ia
Judge Alec Boardman Thursday fined
the Waters-Pierce oil company a total
of $4,000 on Il counts Of an indict-
ment charging the company with Vio-
lating the federal law against rate
concessions.
Attorneys for the oil company filed
notice OF an appeal TO the United
States court of appeals after Judge
Boardman denied their motion for
new trial.
The company, the government
charged, made concessions in viola
ton of the Elkins law on shipments
from Bixby. H.. TO points south oil
Alexandria, La. during the years
1904. 1895 and 1906.
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An s-room modern home at G19 Laports
ev. Room on lot for another house. A
bargain.
A Groom bungalow at GO Howard.
Will sell on contract TO suit purchaser.
SlX-room house at 622 st. VIII eel on
easy terms.
An Sroom strictly modern house and
lot at 1l36 Michigan aV.
"A broom modern house at lib Hauev
aV. Good location.
S-room house. modern except furnace.
at 3lI Allen St
A Groom house at Ills East Sorfu ..
Elght room house at 1923 DeAIaud ay
SlA-rOOm house (big lott at zoos Ieer az
A house and lot ia Lincoln Park add
ton, near West Division st.
New houses in SOuthMOor park near
South Side car line.
We sell lots in Southmour Park Post
ditiOns.
We have other desirable houses ana To-.
IN all parts OF the city.
companies
Rents collected Nc.arv Pubuc
Bell Phone sos. Horne ..bone 5see
I OWN A NICE LOT on aIichigan av
NLlncoln way only blocks from Mich
St VIII sell on small payment down and
Dulld 10 suit purchaser. and he caA paw
Tor same Ike rent This should attract
business or professional man. See the To-
cation and you will be satisfied Call and
see me aud talk IL over. T. AZ Jackson
cor. Main and Center SITS.
FOR SALE OR EXCARANGE-1T2 acre
Iarm with good house aud barn in good
location. Tor only $500. VIII take q cltI
or village property as part pay. +. &.
May, Edwardsburg, Mich.
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NorICE oil ApMINIsTRATION.

~ II Ut 7 -
Notice is hereby given. that the under
signed has beed appointed by the clerk or
the Circuit Court of 81. Joseph County.
state of Indiana. eXecutriX Of the estate
OF John T. Maeht late of st. Joseph
county. deceased
said estate is supposed 90 De solvent
IARGARITrA MACHT, EXecutriX.
March l., 1914
RONlIG X MILLER. Atty for Est.
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REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-LOt In River Park. nth s.
and Dale av, 40x15l Cost $4,000, will
sell for $4,000. Home 1886. Bell III.
"LANDOLOGY," a ma gazine giving the
facts In regard 20 the land situation
Three months trial Subscription FREE.
II for a home. or as AN investment. YOU
are thinking Of buying good farm lands
simply write me letter marking IL per
sonaI end say. Mail me LANDOLOGY
and all particulars FREE" Address Lloyd
". Skinner. General Manager, SkidmOre
and Co, 106 Skidmore Bldg. Marinette
Wis.
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Help wANTED-SIALE.

WANrED-Ar once. barber. a good
steady position Call 40 1875 Michigan ay.
WANTED-Night fireman and porter
combined See Manager AIishawaka
notel
WANTED six men 90 do some work I'm
South Bend See me from = % Sat
urday d. an. Garrick hotel. =. +. Foust.
wASTED-An experienced single man on
TIE farm Call Home 49,
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REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-Splendid alley lot on l. I'll
der st at sacrifice price. ample room Tor
TWO houses Call Bell lT7l. Home G6iG
ON +. LaSalle i n new modern bou..
Tor sale on payments
Modern house on Portage av FOR Si0e0
Modern house on Michigan aY for $4,000
IN Leer St, 6-rOOm house with : lots
Tor 500. on payments
On sample ST. a 6-rOOm house for 81 10
Oh pubail nv. modern house for s. ~
Good barns for sale cheap
". X. McHENRY
liS :. Main ST. nome Phone J739 Rell agq
FOR SALE-llO aces near Niles. 6J acres
=, near Misna~aka. Call J. A. Mccullough
Ben 569 wv
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SHOES
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-40 foot lot fronting Ola Michi-
gan av- IN the 100 block Price $3.50
Inquire Mrs. Catherine Smith. 1922 Michi-
gan ay.
FOB SALE-By owner, two choice 10
acre tracts. Good soil. tine location.
urban car line station . VIII sell sep
arate or both together cheap Home
Phone 4572 or write II. ". Rugg. Niles.
Mich