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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-02

\HE snow llu come. 1t had be-
Il to fall softly and steadily
at the beginning of the week,
and now for days it had COW
cred the ground deeper and deeper.
drifting about the little red brick house
on the hilltop. banking up against the
barn and Shrouding the sheds and the
smaller buildings.
There had been two cold, still nights;
the windows We're covered with silvery
landscapes who's" delicate foliage made
every pane of GLASS 4; lcafy bower.
while Il dazzling crust bcliamonlCd
the hI!!SidrS, 50 that no eye could rest
on them long without becoming SNOW
blinded.
Town House hill was not rs well
traN"itd as many others. and Deacon
Baxter had often to break his own
road down to the store Without wait
ING for tn" help Of the village SNOW
ploW to make things easier for him.
Many II path had WaitStill broken in
her time, and it was by no means one
OF her most diStHSteful tasks that of
S~lOvelin% into the drifts of heaped UP
WhlteneSS, tossing them to one side or
the other and cutting Il narrow, clean
edged track that would pack down
into the hardness of marble.
There were m;tny "chOreS' to be
lone these cold mornings before any
household could draw a breath of COM
fort. The BaXter> kept but one COW
III winter. killed the pig-not to eat,
but to >ell-and reduced the flock of
hens and turkeys, but Waitstill was al
ways as busy in the barn as in her
own proper domain.
Her heart yearned for all the dumb
creatures about the place, Intervening
between them and her fathers scanty
care, and when the thermometer de-
scended far below zero she would be
found stutfing hay into the holes and
cracks of the barn and henhOuse, Civ
ing the horse and cow fresh holdings
Of straw and a mOuthful OF extra food
between the slender meals provided by
the deacon.
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
a fire in the Bakers kitchen since 6
in the morning had produced a fairly
temperate climate in that one room,
though the entries and chambers might
have been used for refrigerators, as
the deacon was as parsimonious in the
use of fuel al in all other things, and
If his daughters had not been hardy
young. creatures, trained from their
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-02
By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
SYNOPSIS

Waitseii Baxter and her sister. Patience
Patty, keep house for their widowed.
mean father. Ivory Boynton. whose IA
ther disappeared. Is interested IN Waitstill.
He takes care OF his daft mother.
Ivory's father abandoned his family to
follow Jacob Cochrane. a mystic. Pa
tence chafes under her fathers stern
rule.
Patty has two admirers-Mark Wilson.
IN educated young man. and Cephas Cole
who is unlearned. Mark kisses her.
Waitstill Is spending her life in loving
care Of Patience. Aunt Abby and Uncle
Bort Cole are friends of the whole COM
munity.
Cephas Cole, tending store for Baxter.
proposes to Patty and Is rejected. In his
agitation he let's the molasses run all
over the store floor,
Although they love each other. Waitstil
and Ivory suppress their affection because
at their household cares.
Patty and Waitstill go to church, al
though their father Ii too mean to give
them fitting garments. Waitstill sings In
the choir.
A strange young woman in the Wilson
pew. a visitor from Boston. makes Patty
Jealous. Haying time arrives.
Waitstill decides to disobey her father
BY paying a visit to Mrs. Boynton. Uncle
Bart discourses to Cephas m woman's
ways.
Mrs. Boynton confdes in waitstill, tell.
ng the girl she believes Rodman Is not
YER sisters child. but she cannot be sure.
To punish Waitstill for disobedience
Deacon Baxter locks her out all night.
She spends the night In the barn. Pa
t1ence symnathizes.
Patience Baxter is embarrassed amid a
multitude OF suitors. She thinks Mark is
tickle.
Trying to trace his father. Ivory writes
to Waitstill q long account of Boynton's
following Of Cochrane, with which Mrs.
Boynton was not In full sympathy.
The village gossips are busy with the
names Of Waitstill and Ivory. but in a
friendly and sympathetic manner
In lvory's absence young Rodman min
listers to Mrs. Boynton. She is ill and
sends Rodman for Ivory.
Ivory receives proof of his fathers death
and succeeds in convincing his mother Of
1t, Waitstill volunteers her help in the
Boynton housekeeping.
DespairIng of winning Patty, Cephas
turns his affections elsewhere. Patty and
Mark are now sweethearts.
Patty and Mark know Deacon Baxter
will not consent to their marriage. so
they plan an elopement to New Hamp-
shire.
Deacon Baxter is more than usually
'difiicult.' Patty runs off with Mark. is
married and returns and tells Waitstill.
The deacon turns Patty out into the
cold. She finds shelter with Aunt Abby
and Uncle Bart.
Waitstill rises against her father and
tells him she will marry Ivory as soon as
he is ready to have her.
Left by his daughters, the deacon can
not manage his household. Waitstill Wis
its the Boyntons.
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Scientific
Farming
WHY SOILS BECOME ACID.
Due to Limo Being Washed Out Of the
Land In Humid Sections.

Duo to Limo Being Washed Out Of the
Land In Humid Sections.
Now that we have discovered. says
Wallace's Farmer, that clover and al
faIfa will not grow on acid soils and
that many failures to grow these leg
umes are due to acidity the question
comes up. Why do soils become acid?
Perhaps the best way of answering
that question is by asking others: Why
is the water in your we'll hard? Why
does your teakettle become incrusted
with lime:
Soil ecomes acid simply because the
lime is being washed out of the land
in the humid section. There is nat
urally a limit to the amount of lime in
the soil. and in process of time the
amount decreases and the soil becomes
acid because lacking in lime. Some
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-02

soils do not become perceptibly acid
even after they have been cultivated
for a long time for the reason that
they are based on limestone rock or
are glaciated soils which have a large
amount of limestone in the glacial mat
ter deposited. In the course Of time.
however. even these soils will become
acid simply through the washing Of
the lime out of the soil into the wells
or springs.
Support is given to this statement by
the we'll known fact that semiarid soils
are alkaline. the very reverse of acid.
This a~lkalinity may not come from an
excess of lime. for there are other al.
kalis besides lime. Sometimes soils in
the semiarid regions become so aka
line that they will not grow alfalfa or
clover: but. singularly enough. they
will grow sweet clover luXuriantly.
This alkalinity in Semiarid soils. from
whatever source it may arise original.
ly. is due simply to the fact that there
is not enough rainfall to wash out the
alkaline substance
Soils So excessively alkaline that
they will grow nothing but alkaline re-
Sistant plants. such as alkali grass.
can in time be made productive sim
ply by washing out by irrigation and
drainage.
The question of how soils become
acid or lacking in alkalies of various
kinds is not. however. Of so much i'm
portance as how to correct this acidity
in order that we may grow the le-
gumes. particularly clover and alfalfa.
The only way known as yet is by the
application of lime. either in the form
of ground limestone land the finer it
is ground the better' or quicklime.
which is lime from which the carbon
has been expelled by heat. but which
is taken up by the atmosphere soon
after it slakes.
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BoyntOns' several times each week to
put the forlorn household a little on
its feet.
1t was all uphill and down to IvOry's
farm, Waitstill reflected, and she could
take her sled and slide half the way,
going and coming, or she could cut
across the frozen fields on the crust.
She caught up her shawl from a hook
on the kitchen door. and, throwing it
over her head and shoulders to shield
herself from the chill blasts on the
stairway. ran up to her bedroom to
make herself ready for the walk.
She slipped ON a quilted petticoat
and a warmer dress, braided her hair
freshly, while her breath went out in
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-02
turn a friends horse, so he couldn't
hro0k khn mama "a "a NJ 0noo ~

turn a friends horse, so he couldn't
break the news to father at once, 40
he intended"
"'Does a New Hampshire marriage
hold good in Manner" asked Waitstill.
still intent on the bare facts at the
bottom of the romance.
well. of course" stammered Patty,
somewhat confused. Maine has her
own way Of doing things and wouldn't
be likely to fancy New Hampshire's.
But nothing can make it wicked or
anything but according to law.
Besides. Mark considered all the diff
hculties. He II wonderfully clever,
and he has a clerkship in a Ports
mouth. law office waiting for him, and
that's where we are going to live, In
New Hampshire, where we were mar
ried, and my darling sister will come
sOon and stay months and months with
u.s."
when is Mark coming back to ar
range all thisy"
Late tonight or early tomorrow
morning"
Where did you 60 after you were
married?"
where did | go?' echoed Patty in a
childish burst of tears. where could
l &c? 1t took all day to be married.
all day long. working and driving hard
from sunrise to Z o'clock in the even
ing. Then when we reached the bridge
Mark dropped me-. and ! walked up
home in the dark and went to bed
without any supper for fear that you
and father would come back and catch
me at it and ask why l was so late"
my poor. foolish DEAR" sighed Wait
still.
Patty's tears flowed faster ut the
first sound of sympathy in Waitstilrs
voice, for self pity is very %enfecbling.
She fairly sobbed as she continued:
$50 my only wedding journey was
the freezing drive back from Allen
town, with Ellen crying all the way
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and wishing that she hadn't gone, with
us. Mark and l both say we'll never
be married again 30 long Is we live"
"Where have you seen your husband
from that day to this?"
81 haven't laid eyes on him. said
Patty, with a fresh burst Of woe. Il
have a certificate thing and a wedding
ring and a beautiful frock and hat that
Mark bought in Boston. but no real
husband. I'm no more married than
ever l a Don't you remember |
said that Mark was sent away OH
Tuesday morning? And this is Thurs
day! I've had three letters from him.
but I don't know till we see how ia
Their takes it when we can tell the viii
m and start for Portsmouth.
1--WE shan't really call ourselves mar
ried till we get to Portsmouth. We
promised each other that from the
first. 1t isn't much like being a bride
never to see your bridegroom; to have
a father who will fly into a passion
when he hears that you are married:
not to know whether your new family
will like OF despise you and to have
your only sister angered with you for
the first time in her life"
WaitstilI's heart melted, and she lift
ed Patty'S tear stained face to hers
and kissed it. We'll dear, | would
not have had you do this for the world.
but it is done. and Mark seems to have
been as wise as a man can be when
he does an unwise thing. You are
married. and you love each other.
That's the comforting thing to me-"
I'VE do" sobbed Patty. mo two
people ever loved each other better
than we. but it's been all spoiled for
fear of father"
~ must say l dread to have him
hear the news" and Waitstill knitted
her brows anxiously. Il hope it may
be soon, and l think l ought to be here
when he is told. Mark will never un
derstand or bear with him. and there
may be trouble that l could avert"
I'll be- here. too. and I'm nj
afraid" and Patty raised her head de
family. Father can't unmarry us:
that's why we acted in this miserable.
secret, undermined way. Somehow.
though l haven't seen Mark since we
went to Allentown. am Drawer than ]
was last week. for now I've got some
body to take my part.
"I've a good mind to so upstairs and
put on my gold beads and my wedding
ring just to get used to them and to
feel a little more married. No, l can't
after all, for there is father driving up
the hill now, and he may come into the
house. What brings him home at this
hOur?"
II was expecting him every mo-
ment.' and Waitstill rose and stirred
the fire. HE took the pnng and went
to the mills for grain"
HE hasn't anything in the back Of
the pung-and. oh. Waity. he is stand
ing up now and whipping the horse
With all his might. never saw him
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-02

drive ike that before! What can Be
the matter? He can't have seen my
wedding ring. and only three people in
all the world know about my being
married."
Wnitstill turned from the window.
her heart beating a little faster.
What three people know three hun.
dred are likely to know sooner or later.
1t may be a false alarm. but father il
in a fury about something. He must not
be told the news until he is in a better
humnr!'
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Nansen's Pancakes,

From bOyhoOd Nanseh accustomed
himself to the use of snowshoes anG
would often 60 forty or fifty miles on
them without taking any food with
him. He had a great dislike to any
outfit for his excursions. On one &C.
casiOn he and some of his friends set
on on Il long snOwShne expedition. all
except Nin>rn having u wallet contain.
ing their IIirviSihnS on their backs.
When they got t" the first resting place
NanSell ilnhutt"lud his coat and took
some SH.,...ii:- r.tl.t;SrS from the lin.
ing az. ask lis Trends 10 share his
food The, an refused. however, not
caring for iin. .u,. III conveyance and
heatin: .<.s,.s,a "~.;.;si. More fools
vn' ~, ,.... ,.,.., ~ ti,rn,." ~
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you nave TOunQ out aDOut
me! Who has been wick
ed enough to tell you be-
fore | could do 50: Tell me-whO?"
"Oh. Patty. Patty" cried Waitstill,
who could no longer hold back her
tears. How could you deceive me so?
How could you shut me out of your
heart and keep a secret like this from
me. who have tried to be mother and
sister in one to you ever since the day
you were born?
God has e me much to bear. but
nothing 30 bitter as this-to have my
sister take the greatest step of her life
without my knowledge OF COUNSEL"
"Stop, dear. stop. and let me tell
your
"All is told. and not by you. as it
should have been. We've never had
anything separate from each other in
all our lives. and when I looked in your
bureau drawer for a bit Of soft cotton
lit was nothing more than ! have done
q hundred times-y0u can guess now
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-04-02
CHAPTER XIII.
Tho Confessional.

'rAT ATTY. | know what it is
WV you have found out about
me. Who has been wick
ed enough to tell YOU be-
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Wedding Rinq.

snow had come. 1t had be-
Gun to fall softly and steadily
at the beginning of the week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-08
TAKES FIANCEE
OFF ON A TRIP

WASHINGTON. Oct. s.-Presi-
dent Wilson and his party. lnclud-
ing his fiancee, Mrs. Norman Gait.
left here at 10 O'Clock for New
Aork.
In the metropolis they Will be
guests at house party given by
Col. House and probably will pur-
chase the engagementsring and at
tend theatre
Tomorrow they Will witness the
Tcrlds series game at Philadelphia.
A great throng was at the Union
station 10 get a glimpse Of the
future mistress OF the White House.
The crowds. mostly feminine.
wished also 10 see the president.
but for once he was Of less interest
pan another In the party.
Mrs ~ W. Boiling. mother OF
irs. Gait. acted as chaperon.
The plans Of the party are 50
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can navy.

A Star man found Iinthicum after
an hours search--found him tinker
Ing swith watches. as he sat clad W
sAeater coat. IN iittle comtinh
,ion jewelry and curio shop ai ios
Seneca ~.
lis IL true." asked Tho Star man.
Says ne Was There
f.lnthlcum hung the watch on a
hook. laid away a cigar butt he had
been pulling on. glanced at The
Star man thru shrewd. twinkllng
eyes. grinncd tantallzingly. and
shook his head.
NO. | was on the inside looking
out. as you might say" he replied
Il was at Esquimalt. helping repair
the guns In the fortress. No. |
wasn't on board the submarines. In
fact, almost took shot at them
when they came into the harbor up
there thought they were Ger
mans"
The watches and clocks licked
audibly. In the silence which fol.
lowed. The Star man held his
breath.
Big Gun Parts Taken
What did this curio dealer know
about cannon and fortresses?
The reporter had learned that nj
the time the Leipslg and NurenburE
were supposed to be steaming tow
ard Victoria, with the intention OF
bombarding the city. Esquimalt had
suddenly heard that certain essen.
tial parts OF the big guns In her
Notifications were missing. A Ger.
man spy was supposed to have tam
pered with them.
How about THAT? the reporter
wanted 60 know. Again the tantal.
izing grin.
There WAS something wrong
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BOUND IN HIS
ROOM; ROBBED

Frank Beaoil. SO. carpenter. was
bound, gagged and robbed in bis
room at 515iz Pine st. shortly after
midnight by two men. who entered
thru a window.
One was masked. The other. Be
mott believes. Is a man who used TO
work in the neighborhood.
The robbers took s2i from Benoit
and t73 In a trunk in his room be.
longing to the landIady. Mrs. Fran
ces schuttoni
The robbers did their work with
efficient dispatch.
They put the lights on as they
entered the room. but before BE
mott could raise any outcry, he was
securely gagged. and then bound.
II vas some time after they left
that Benoit worked the gag off and
got ]. =. Edlund and Mrs. Edlund.
neighbors. TO enter his room and
ielease him.
The police have good descrip-
ton OF the unmasked robber.
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wide. pointed and snappy. There
are three buttons In front. but
the clerk warned me that ! must
never. never button the top but
ton. don't know Why.
The double.breasted waistcoat
has come back. but my wife
wouldn't lot me have one. She
preferred the single breasted
kind. 80 could leave the bottom
button unbuttoned.
Careful dressers never button
the bottom button Of n single
breasted waiatcoat. since that
memorable day when the late
King Edward OF England. hur.
riedly dressing for function,
forgot 10 button his.
Trousers are somewhat skinny
this fall.
AND HE HAS BoW.LEos
so for heavens sake. keep
these pressed" my wife pleaded
THE pair you're wearing are a
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ALL SAFE
ABOARD
LINER

The Alaska Steamship Cos
liner mariposs. which left Sc
attle for Alaska Wednesday
night. ran aground near Bella
D0oiia. on the eritIsh Columbia
coast, IN Queen Charlotte
sound. on the inside passage.
early Friday morning.
AZ the passengers, ~ are
nafs.
a vssrsfsss from she -eapeain
TO the Seattle ossiee says there
IL no danger Of the ship sink-
Ing.
The Mariposa. which 10 equip
ped with wireless. 10 asking as
sfstance 20 lift the cargo, 80 a.
to enable u 70 be put TO sea
again.
The Mariposa went aground |
few miles from where the ). $
Ohio sank. n few years ago.
Though there are numerous rock
In that vicinity. the Mariposa evi
IDENTIFY did not hit any OF them.
The sea Is very calm at thil
point, and there would be no diffl
Guilty In rescue work.
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BOALT READY FOR "DRESS-UP WEEK.;
WIFE TAKES HIM DOWN TOWN AND
GETS HIM ALL DOLLED UP REAL NICE

sight"
do not like tight trousers.
Ny legs are slightly bowed
What elseT tho clerk asked.
Everything. from soup to
nuts. said my wife.
-Nuts-m'm." said the clerk.
and led the way 90 the hat De.
partment
Ny wifo wanted mo 10 have
The Event" The Event" IA
soft hat. the last subtle utter.
ance In hats. and II comes In
olive. blue. pearl and green
shades.
would not have The Event"
II Is a nice hat. but II IA not for
me ! was firm for once. chose
n black derby. II has a tapered
crown. A derby wiihout q tancr.,
ed crown Is not heAdEear. Ii ia'
merely head-coyertnE.
SOME SIGHT SOME SIGHT
The oyercnat my wife picked
out for me has a velvet collar. II
ia almost ~ tight as the coat.
The clerk explained that. while
the overcoat waa not too youth.
fully ultra. stlll Il was pre-emi
nently right
He spun mo around 40 I could
see myself from four angles IN
four mirrors. without getting
crlck In my neck. I cut a nohby
figure. could see I was pre-
eminently right
We bought ties with wider
flowing ends than formerly. And
chamois skin giovea--very ycl.
low Personally. | preferred the
gray suede. which are stiil worn.
TRIES EN- AL ON
And boots-two pairs: one
very heavy and thicksoicd
English boots with an extra lay.
er OF leather over the toes. CIV
ing them q decorative effect. and
the other tans with putty -colored
cloth tops and the flat English
last.
We selected a cane. and n few
odds and ends. and then We went
home.
Yesterday tried EN- all on.
My wife says ! look younger.
suspect she viii 1.-Two TO regret
Dress-up week Even tho | wore
my new clothes but few min.
utes. they not only made me look
younger. but they also made me
feel younger
feel that ! shall want 20 live
up 20 my clothes, shalt strut
and preen and hum LIGHT operate
airs. shall probably stay out
late nights. may even fllrt.
Another thought comes 20 me
which would add 10 my wife's
discomfort II abe could read my
mind. I remember that roosters
not only wear oiddy feathers and
crow. BUT THEY ALSO BOSS
THE HENS ABOUT.
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sY FRED L. eoALT

5Y FRED l.. 5oALT
TT YOU happen 10 be out IN my
nelghhorhood Sunday after.
noon. look me up arm go
Ing TO wear my new clothes the
first time. and | am sure you win
enjoy seeing me In them.
No. no. That's silly, II ! have
them on. you can't sec me in
them. can you What ! mean is
that you will enjoy seeing them
on me
or. II you aren't too impatient.
you can wait until Monday or
Tuesday. and come TO The Star
office. For ! am going to wear
my new clothes all Dress-up
week.
The very first time heard OF
this idea OF . Dress-up week for
-naer. 1 liked IL This IL not Inn
portant
WIFE DRESSES HIM UP
The very first time heard of
heard of u. she liked Il. too. This
Il Important.
Ny wife led me 10 a ciothier
and then to n haberdasher.
Now. ! do not know why Il IA
that men-especinIly American
men-csre 80 little for dress. It's
the gobbler that wears the
spreading tail. It's the male
Hon that wears the name. Even
the jackass has longer ears than
his jenny.
Long ago was a nifty dresser
But as middle age crept upon me.
| forgot. little by little. the deco
ratIve value OF clothes. I wore
clothes to cover me and to keep
my body warm.
This was all wrong found
Il out after our visit 10 the cloth.
ler's and the haberdasher's.
eoALT IS ovERRUlED
suggested TO the suit man I'd
like something meat but quiet. :"
having In mind pepper-and salt or
something like that But my
wife chose a rich brown material.
with a fine stripe In II.
AT my age. m'dear'" ! pro
tested
Goodness, replied my wife.
do you want 10 look old7 What
Is there about age that you
should want TO advertise it,"
so we bought the brown with
the fine stripe. Oh. dear, | wish
coats were padded in the shout
ders this year. the way they were
a few years ago II isn't fair 10
us narrow shouldered. flat-chest.
ed, fellows to make us wear such
truthful coats
PADDINGl Why. THE iDEAl
But when suggested Just a
little padding. the clerk looked
shocked and said II absolutely
wasn't being done. Except that
the coat is quite tight and mar
row across the shoulders. like
Il very much. The lapels are