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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Hardened,

"Mr. Editor, the mayor spoke very
feelingly when welcoming us here and
sympathized with us in the h%ardships
we endured while prisoners in G.. S.
w. A., but l can assure you all those
hardships can be considered as a
pleasure when comparing them with
the magnificent reception that was ex-
tended us."-Letter from Q released
prisoner of war in the Capetown
(D. S. AZ Cape Times.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
STILL ON THE JOB,

when national constitutional pro-
hibition has been secured won't the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
be out of a job?" queried a young
woman journalist Of Miss Anna A.
Gordon, president of the National W.
C. T. U. She was assured that our
organization, in common with all tenn
perance forces, would then enter upon
it's most important task-that of en-.
forcing the prohibitory law and Of
maintaining through education, agita.
ton and organization the high stand
ard Of sentiment necessary for the
election of law-enforcing officials"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
,Wss,G%, F. GGoIsHan. T.ss
III est references. Best results
w. N. w., KANSAS CITY, NO. 4s-1s15.

DR.. Eberle and DR.. Braithwaite as
well as DR.. Simon-all distinguished
Authors-agree that whatever may be
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furnishing us with a clue to the princi'
pies upon which 1t is to be treated,
and accurate knowledge concerning
the nature of disease can thus be OBJ
tanned. II backache, scalding urine or
frequent urination bother or distress
you, or il uric acid in the blood a
caused rheumatism, govt or sciatica
or you suspect kidney or bladder
trouble just write DR.. Pierce at the
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y: send
a sample of urine and describe symp..
toms. You will receive free medical
advice after DR.. Pierce's chemist has
examined the urine-this will be care
fully done without charge, n you
will be under no obligation. DR.. iercs
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Familiar to Him.

Judge Clayton Of Alabama tells Of q
case in a court of that state in which
the first witness called was an aged
colored man.
Before he was sworn the presiding
magistrate directed that the usual
question be put to the fellow. DO
you know the nature of an oath?"
The old colored man shifted himself
from n foot to the other before re-
plying. A sly grin crept into his face.
We'll, jedge," said he, Il can't say
how It's wild mos folks; but. yo'
honoh, | reckon it's sorter secon' ma
ture wild me-"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

not in this compe-
tition. He masks
himself behind the
world, and will
not come out into
the open. Why
not in the latter
case say the
church or re-
ligion, rather than
Jesus Christ? Be-
C a u S e J G S u S
Christ comes out
into the open, al
though the form
he wears is sad
ly marred by the
hand of the very
~on ba wants tO
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Lamentations Foolish.
Few structures rise upon the

Few structures rise upon the sands
Of regret. 1t is not by lamentations
that we build. 1t is not by bemoanings
over opportunities that will never
come again that men climb to heaven.
Achievement lies in resolution and the
brave will bring it out. The muck
raker finds few diamonds whether he
drag the Shiny teeth through his own
delinquencies or those Of others. Bet.
ter a pickax with your face to the
hills, than a muck-rake and an outlook
toward the gwemps.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
IN NUMBERS.

The National w. c. T. U. conven-
ton, held in Seattle, October GA, re-
ported for 1915 a gain in membership
Of 35,771. The net gain over and
above all losses was 29,711. when
We remember" said Mrs. Frances p.
Parks, the corresponding secretary,
that great battles have been won by
a reinforcement Of two or three hun.
dred and that Thermopylae was held
by one man. we realize the significance
Of a great membership gain, and that
n a year of marked financial depres'
sion"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
BABY LOVES HIS BATH
With cuticura Soap Because So Sooth.
ing When His Skin Is Hot.

These fragrant supercreamy emol.
lients are a comfort to children. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the ONT
ment to soothe and heal rashes, itch
ings, chafings, etc. Nothing eff
fective. May be used from the hour
of birth, with absolute confidence.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
REVENUE COULD BE SPARED.

The retail liquor dealers in New
York will pay into the state treasury
this year twenty-five and a half mil.
lion dollars. Nobody doubts that the
state could spare this sum or a greater
one for an equivalent Of sobriety and
moral strengtb.-New York Evening
World.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Amazing Rise.

Some men have the commercial
instinct highly developed"
For example?"
well, there's Tom Jones, who used
to go to school with me. He started
with very little capital and went into
the chicken feed business"
YES, and now?"
He's a dealer in elephant fodder"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Their n Chance

THE Browns are going to celebrate
their silver wedding next week."
why, they're only been married
five years."
Yes, but they want to have it over
with before they get their divorce"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
nrrec

What Is one of the characteristics
Of the Indian racer" asked an instruc-
tor in city college.
%They play football to beat the
band" replied a former De Witt Clin-
ton boy.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

How could old man Smith afford
to give his daughter so many stocks
for a wedding present.
81 guess they came from his war
brides speculations."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
A Tiuht Squeeze.

New shoes, Ell? Pretty nifty.
They must have cost you. at least
ten dollars. Do they pinch your
feet?"
mo, but they pinched my weeks
salary"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

"Well, l can't tell you how glad l I'M
to sit down to dinner in a plain bust.
ness suit"
Where have you been all summer"
AT an Adirondack camp."-Life.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

A girl, after she is engaged, can see
but one man. But, thank goodness, a
mans eyesight is good as long as he
lives.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Great Relief.

Law books are very dry"
still, l enjoy reading them occa-
sionally. They're free from slang,
anyhow"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

THE cook is leaving tomorrow,
john"
Whats the matter? Don't we pay
her enough"
She says it's cry strange that
every time she has an afternoon on
our automobile is in the repair shop.
She thinks we do it on purpose"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Prophetic.

ITS a good play, Bill" said the man.
ager, who had just finished reading
Shakespeare's new play Of Hamlet"
but it's too gloomy. Can't you put a
little more comedy in it,"
THAT" replied the author, will
be furnished by the actors who at
tempt to interpret the stellar role"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Contradictions.
THAT Wall street broker is a man
who lives only in the present"
Yet he is q dealer in futures"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
EIattery,

"Do you ever flatter your ~hus5and?"
yes; l sometimes ask his advice
about things"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All
grocers. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

bless. So men and women find that
the two contestants for their affection
and service are the world on the one
hand, and Jesus Christ on the other.
How the World Gives.
The world gives to the lowest part
of man, that which relates him to the
animal creation below the human.
To the flesh a thrill of pleasure Is
given, a passing eXhilaration, and this
may even extend to the esthetic
taste or the inte:'ect. But this con-
tribution rarely lasts until tomorrow,
the equation of tomorrow usually TAX.
ing away the benefit of today.
The world really never gives, every
contribution being made with the
clear understanding that a settlement
day is expected. Every indulgence in
the worlds sinful pleasure is a mort
gage that must be lifted some day;
Shylock must ever have his pound of
flesh.
The world gives, but never satisfies.
The momentary thrill Of pleasure Is
not satisfaction. Satisfaction does
not belong to the flesh, and the world
has little or nothing for the spirit.
The world gives safety, but safety
is unworthy Of anyone created in the
image and likeness Of God. Ruskin
says that the bitterest pangs of con-
science are the satellites Of the flesh.
The most miserable man on earth is
the man who has run the round of
ieshly pleasures and who realizes still
that he has something about him that
is living on, and it is starving. The
words Of George Arnold at this point
are in place:
I have had my will.
Tasted every pleasure;
nave drunk my fill
OF the purple measure.
Life has lost its zest.
Sorrow is my guest.
o the lees are bitter, bitter.
Give me rest.
Love once filed the bowl,
Running DER with blisses,
Made my very soul
Drunk with crimson kisses.
But I drank 1t dry,
Love has passed me by.
o the lees are bitter, bitter.
Let me die.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

In the hands of q woman the powder
rag is mightier than the sword.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Why Dads Go Dippy.

PA, was Joan Of Arc Noah's wife?'
"a moment later.)
PA, does ink com from the Black
sea-"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Grand opera is we'll enough in its
way. but the finest music is the rustic
of a woman's skirts.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

To be a gentleman a nan has to
hide his meanness.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

For genuine comfort and lasting pleas.
ure use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day.
All good grocers. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Not Gray Hnirs but Tired Eyes

make us look older than we are. Keep your
Eyes young and you will look young. After
the Movies always Murine Your Eyes
Don't tell your age.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Out of Sorts

THAT IS. something is wrong with baby, but we can't tell
i just what it is. All mothers recognize the term by the
lassitude, weakness, loss of appetite, inclination to sleep,
heavy breathing, and lack of interest shown by baby. These
are the symptoms of sickness. 1t may be fever, congestion,
worms, Group, d~iphtheria, or scarlatina. Do not lose a minute.
Give the child Castoria. 1t will start the digestive organs into
operation, open the pores of the skin, carry off the fetid
matter, and drive away the threatened sickness.
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature Of ]1a<ZXWH<<M
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

A woman always tries to make q
secret of what she doesn't know.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Every once in a while n hears OF
a frank baseball manager who admits
that his team has a chance to win.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

The cooks try hard, but they appear
to be able to do very little with the
navy bean.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

The fool delivers his words by mum.
bers and the wise man by weight.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Many a good man who condemns a
sinner secretly envies him.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

And sometimes loves young dream
dies Of old age.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

What Did She Mean?
He-I am going to kiss you when l
go.
She-Leave this house at once, sir!
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

TEXT-Peace l cave with you, my
peace / give unto you: not as the world
giveth give / unto ~you.-John 1927.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
for illustrated Book of the Eye Free.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

When a man finally gets his studs
into his dress shirt he is pretty nearly
ready for the party.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

The New York Bankers club men,
bership controls $4,000, 100000 in
money and securities.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Strenuous Life.

Strenuous Life.
You seem all done up"
Yes. I'm working on the night
shift in Wall street."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23

Why does not the text say "as the
devil gives?" Because the devil Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

said. "I've skulked in my own grounds
long enough. If they order me out, they
go in turn. | am master here. and I've
streak of old Martin they'd best not I'M
cover"
And he got into his clothes and rode
down to Criswell's dance, with some of the
black hate that he had met all the months
gnawing at his heart.
LIE opened Criswell's door and. blinded
by the blinking lights, stood for mo-
ment on the threshold. There was sud-
den turning of all eyes toward him, the
dancers losing step as the bow old Bill
Lindsay drew across the strings faltered.
The young master walked to the hearth,
where Criswell greeted him civily.
"The night is a bit raw, sir. Let me
get you a chair.
mo, thanks" Martin said "I'll Just
stand here till I'm warm"
Ladies, choose your pardners for the
waltz quadrille!' Lindsay called.
at is leap year party said Criswell.
Martins glance, sweeping the room,
centered on Lydia. She stood tapping an
impatient foot and looking up at Lind
say, who was chatting her. Her dress was
wine-red, as warm as the flushed beauty
of her face, with it's fower-like mouth.
"Lyddy," he said "you don't darst!"
She wheeled, fluttering color coming in
her face as she slipped through the crowd
to the cleared space before the hearth. A
sudden hush fell on the room. Martin
looked at her with his heart hammering;
for she had stopped before him and swept
him an extravagant curtsy.
ave are all sensible of the very great
honor you have conferred upon us to-
night by the mere fact of your presence
here. Will the Lord of the Long Shore con-
descend further-and dance with his
humble servant"
A subdued laugh ran round the room.
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for August 22, 1918

said, "and the name don't sound good to
us. 1t was the name ola skunk
Martin took step forward, fists
clenched. Then he laughed, and the
sound was not pleasant to hear. "You
are too old to STRIKE" he said. "And,
after all, I'll not soil my hands with any
of you. You don't fight fair. III handle
you all with your own weapons. By the
New Year every man of you be off the
land of the Long Shore or I'll turn you
out after a manner the Clemms have.
And guess there are plenty of you to re-
member how that is Clear out, bag and
baggage, from the-skunk's land! That
goes!"
He strobe to the door, looked back at
them, and his laugh was full of promise.
When he had gone, Lydia tossed her
little head and swung on her heel and
beckoned Lindsay to quadrille. But he
threw down the fiddle, swore he had
headache, and went home.
-FOUR days later McKeage, the young
doctor, pulled rein in front of Mar
tins gate. Martin, leaning there, his hat
over his eyes, looked up with Tightening
of the shadow on his face
stop" the doctor said. "Don't come
any nearer. Have you ever had small
pox?"
"No. Why?" Martin asked
II have just come from Lindsay's. He's
sick as heck with it. Ever vaccinated?"
wears ago. Why-again?"
"You We're at Criswell's the other night?"
"Yes," briefly.
"Bill was there with the fever and rash.
So you'd better let me vaccinate you
again. The virus will be here from Me-
tropolis tonight, and I'll disinfect and
stop by. I've got to go back to Lindsay's
again. He lives alone, and there is not a
soul on the Long Shore who would dare
hand him drink of water"
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Martin smiled little. mo, I'm here
to stay. I've cleared out bit; but" He
looked round the room with disgust.
GLENN, McKeage said, "the old hulk
isn't worth it,"
(which is not the question:
They looked at each other.
81 see," McKeage conceded slowly.
ats 'noblesse oblige' with you,-and the
question of living with your own soul
afterward."
When Lindsay at last lay quiet the
two men assailed the formidable task of
cleansing the room. BY midnight it was
stripped clean and bare except for chairs,
table, few dishes and utensils, and the
bed. Everything else had been burned.
And, with the masters nursing, Bill
declined to die.
On the eleventh day he sat up in bed
quite suddenly and tore the bandages
from his face.
What in hell you doing to me?" he
said, and faced-Martin GLENN.
"You lie down." the master said.
you've been ILL.,"
Assaulted by sudden weakness in the
face of facts, Bill lay down. what you
adding here?" he ventured
Nursing YOU"
"What have l been sick Off
Smallpox" said the master tersely.
"God Almighty" Bill relapsed into an
agitated silence.
That night the doctor declared Bill
out of danger and sent GLENN home.
A WEEK later the doctor drove up to
the big house. Necie Story met him
at the door. The doctors face, twitching
with emotion, eased at sight of her.
"I've come to nurse him, she said. al
wronged him in my heart, and it's the
only way can make atonement. Lydia
and are immune we've had varioloid'
The thought of her sustained Mckeage
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Martin waited at the gate every day to
hear from Lindsay as the doctor passed.
On the sixth day McKeage shook his head.
"He hasn't much chance. l got man to
nurse him; but he got drunk on struggled
in whisky, and l kicked him out Bill is
too far gone to haul twenty-five miles to
the pesthouse. And the doctor drove on.
WHEN McKeage pushed open the door
of Lindsay's cabin that night some
one rose up from the hearth, where the
burnt-out, neglected fire was rekindled.
Hes pretty bad" voice said al am
glad you've come!'
Good God" the doctor shouted. 4Get
out of here!"
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in the weeks that followed. For he was
laboring like a Trojan, isolating, disinfect-
ing, vaccinating; now teaching ignorance
with vast patience, now raging at stu
pidity. And by Christmas the plague
was checked.
Over the big house the shadow hung for
days. But Martin at last got up from his
bed, shaken and spent, but unsecured by
the plague.
The morning of Christmas Eve dawned
clear and fair. McKeage came up the
stairs, and into the room where Martin
sat glooming at the fire.
"The prisoner is released. And Mrs.
Davis informs me that at six this evening
there will be cakes and candles in the par
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But Criswell, recognizing the insult,
TUNED pale.
Martin looked down at Lydia The
smile had died in his eyes, and there
started out sudden, sinister likeness to
that other Martin GLENN.
"Thank you, he said. "But first I've
one question to ask of you-and the rest.
What have any of you got against me?"
He flung that at them, standing there
facing them-and Lydia. But his eyes
held hers, and there was no mercy in them.
I'D like an answer he said.
Lydia stared blankly into his eyes, the
red gone out of her face.
Suddenly Bill Lindsay laid down his
fiddle and spat. You're a Clemm,' he
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lor to celebrate the masters return to
health. You have my full permission to
descend"
Martin evinced no particular gladness
at this. Are you coming? If not, don't
think Ill go down.
al promise you'll have company for the
cakes and candles. Wild horses couldn't
keep me away. smet the cake baking
That evening Martin dressed himself
slowly, feebly He was thinking of the New
Year-when the Long Shore would be rid
of those who had plagued him. 1t was too
late to recall his spoken word; but the
surge of passion had all died out of him.
1t had not been courage: that he had
learned, sitting out the solitary nights by
old Lindsay's bed. 1t was but an ignoble
flashing up of some spirit of retaliation
dark as their hate.
His nerves must have been weakened
by his illness. There seemed to be a good
deal of noise, of a muffled kind, coming up
from below,-doors opening, feet stamp
ing and shutting on the piazza outside. The
had not promised Mckeage to go down.
Ne uOCt'i HOl Nel COIle
At last Mckeage called from the foot
of the stair: Martin, the candles are lit"
The master descended the stair. Nc
Keage put his hand on his shoulder, sml-
ing into his eyes.
you've some friends in there, boy,
who are asking to see you
"Friends?" Martin said with bitter
smile. "Friends-here-on the Long
Shore?"
STEADY" the doctor said, his friendly
hand supporting Martin. He flung the
door wide, and they stood on the threshold.
For long moment there was silence,
the hushed silence of profound emotion at
the sight of one who had come back, but
hardly, from the gates of death. Then
with simultaneous movement every
man was on his feet. As one voice the
cry rang out:
"Clemm!'
The masters face had blanched even
beneath it's pallor; for there facing his as
tonished eyes were all who had flung their
contempt and hatred into his face:
Wyatt and Criswell and Bass-these and
many more, here now in his own house,
and Bill Lindsay, pallid and unbelievably
Cicbil, tHS WoIu SpliHS Ills tWlSteU,
toothless mouth.
"Clemm!"
At that the masters head went up, and
his eyes flashed a strange darkness that
blotted out the steel.
"Clemm!"
At the last, given with wild hurrah
that echoed under the rafters and shook
the Christmas candles, Martins knees
gave under him. Men, he said, men
But his voice left him, and he sank into
the chair McKeage had ready for him,
his head bowed on his breast. For, after
all, he was very young, and the hurt had
gone deep.
Presently he was aware that Criswell
had stepped forward and was speaking.
u don't know as any words | could say
would change matters any. Words don't
speak like deeds, anyhow. What we
want is one more chance with you, Mr..
GLENN. If you will live among us an
other half-year, you'll find that there's
one name we like better than any other
name on the Long Shore, and that name