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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-24

of blood; the very fragrance Of her
person seemed to steal out of the I'M
known. She was a part Of the mar
velous setting, gem among gems.
She had attired herself in dull In
dian red afternoon gown OF chiffon.
The very fabric seemed to cling to her
supple body with the sensuous joy of
contact. Even Lydia, who watched her
with appraising eyes, experienced a
swift unaccountable desire to hold this
intoxicating creature close to her own
body.
There were two windows in the
room, broad openings that ran from
near the floor almost to the edge of
the canopy. They were so heavily cur
tanned that the light of day failed to
penetrate to the interior OF the apart
ment. Mrs. Brood approached one of
these windows. Drawing the curtain
apart, she let in an ugly gray light,
from the outside world.
She looked down into sort of court
yard and garden that might have been
transplanted from distant Araby. Ut
tering an exclamation of wonder, she
turned to Lydia.
"Is this New York or am | be-
witched?"
Mr.. Brood transformed the old car
riage yard into al think Mr.. Dawes
calls it Persian garden. 1t is rather
bleak in wintertime, Mrs. Brood, but
in the summer it is really enchanting.
See, across the court on the second
floor where the windows are lighted,
those are your rooms. 1t is an enor-
nous house, you'll find. Do you see
the little balcony outside your win
dows, and the vines creeping up to it?
You caA't imagine how sweet 1t Is OF
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-24


the arm of her chair, looking down at
the singularly pallid face.
But should love have the power to
brighten one?"
Brighten, my darling?"
ooh, it is not you who are fright
ened," she cried. "You are the man.
But I-ah,sI am only the woman"
He stared. What an odd way to
put It, dear" Then he drew back,
struck by the curious CLEAN of mock
cry in her eyes.
WAS it like this twenty-five years
ago?" she asked.
He managed to smile. "Are you
jealous?"
Tell me about her"
His face hardened. Some other
time, not now"
"You have never told me her
name"
He faced her, his eyes as cold as
steel. 81 may as we'll tell you now,
Yvonne, that her name is never men.
toned In this house"
She seemed to shrink down farther
in the chair.
"Why?" she asked, an insistent note
in her voice.
ut isn't necessary to explain" He
walked away from her to the window,
and stood looking out over the bleak
little courtyard. Neither spoke for
many minutes, and yet he knew that
her questioning gaze was upon him
and that when he turned to hSr again
she would ask still another question.
He tried to think Of something 10 say
that would turn her away from this
hated subject.
isn't it time for you to dress, dear
est? The Cummings live pretty far up
north and the going will be bad with
Fifth avenue piled up with snow"
Doesn't Frederic ever mention his
mothers name?" came the question
that he feared before it was uttered
II am not certain that he knows her
name" said he levelly. The knuckles
OF his hands, clenched tightly behind
his back, were white. He has never
heard me utter it."
She looked at him darkly. There
was something in her eyes that caused
him to shift his own steady gaze I'm
comfortably. He could not have ex-
planned what it was, but 1t gave him a
curiously uneasy feeling, as of i'm
pending peril. 1t was not unlike the
queer. inexplicable though definite
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-24
SYNOPSIS.

:. .be New York home of James Brood
s. ~ ne and Riggs, his two old pensioners
p ~ comrades, await the coming Of
s sl.,a's SON Frederic to learn the contents
e 3 Nwireless from Brood, but Frederic,
y sasr reading, throws 1t into the fire and
s w the room without word. Frederic
,.1s lydia Desmond, his fiancee, that the
s ~ announces his fathers marriage
,,d orders the house prepared for an Inn
ssdIate homecoming; Mrs. Desmond, the
vi TFrederic's temper at the impending
%snges Brood and his bride arrive. She
s5.S Frederic's liking at first meeting.
s s,nd shows dislike and yelled hostility to
X VT son. Lydia and Mrs. Brood meet in
- iade-room, where Lydia works as
Goods secretary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-24

Zone can be lonely even in the heart
of a thTong," she said graphically. mo.
James, will not have him sent away"
He was silent for a moment. I'VE
will leave it to Frederic" he said.
Her face frightened. That is all
ask. He will stay"
There was aLother pause. You two
have become very good friends.
Yvonne."
"He is devoted to me-"
She blew cigarette smoke in his face
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-24

and laughed. There was a knock at
the door.
Come in," she called.
Frederic entered.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
:Mar'S!!e:Eirlkuti|15lI's
Picture
The Good Luck It Brought
to a Humble Admirer
By JONAS ALLEN BOWERS

cd Abe briggs stunlpcd down the
road toward Mason Cadbury's corner
store. There, in the back room, he
was to meet Dan Fleer.
II want ter see you erbout some
thing most 'ticular, Abe" had been
Dams message.
Il reckon mebDc it's erbout trading
in my patch of taters for victuaIs."
unused Abe, his black face shining with
anticipated joy in the haggling.
But it was not about potatoes or
goods from Dams store in Gainesville,
nine miles away. 1t was proposition
that almost took Abe's breath away.
ITS this away, Abe" whispered Dan
across the little round table in the
back room. there's money in it for
you and for me. l know you have
been saving money fer to go moth to
live wild your gal, Hannah Maryland
l knows you done lost all you had
saved to dat gold mining schemer from
Nashville. Well, you all wants ter
make 500 all ter once-eh?''
Twenty dollars is good money" adj
mitted Abe. 'but l was calcalatin' on
a leetle mor-'nuff ter keep me in ter
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
SHEEP~DoG~TRIAEss:
Au,. Isl nati.na, p..tinoe. in. MAI.
$ tese Cross Test.


$ tese Cross Test.
Sheep dog trials may be considered
a national pastime if not u national
Sport in Australia. There Is an an
nuas agricultural show in every town
and village in the pastoral parts. There
are general competitions ON the lines
OF the American county and state
fairs. There are horse races. buck
jumping, slleariny, ioS chopping and
other strenuous competitions. But not
one OF these eXvites more interest than
tue sheep do. trials, and in these tests
Australians nave Set the example of
certain of the most serious tasks that
Il man and a dog may be asked to ac-
cump'i<h with three strange sheep
sheep that had never previously met
until they had a moment before been
turned out from three separate pens
to be packed or gathered together by
the dog.
1t was the Australians who first put
forward. and they still maintain it, the
Maltese cross test. The eight siX-foot
hurdles are set in the shape of a NAL
teSe cross. The passages are OF a width
that will permit only one sheep to pass
through at time. The animals have
to he driven north and south and east
and west, all the passes being open at
the time The skill and patience OF
the dog are here tried to the utmost
and there can be little wonder there is
a gasp OF satisfaction and cheer Of
joy when the sheep have been success
fully driven through these narrow
ways.
The Australian sheep dogs are tho
smallest in use in the world. but are
quick and lively in their work. 1t ia
40 wonder that the Australian gives
much thought for his dogs. for it goes
without saying that the work of the
sheep station could not be accomplish
ed without them. In ordinary cases
it is reckOned that one dog can do rhe
work OF half dozen men. IL many
instances dog is superior to fifty h,,,
mans. and where there are such vast
f1ocks of nimble sheep, such as the
merinos in Australia are, it would be
impossible to round them up So that
they may be examined. counted and
duly looked over without the dogs
ArgOnaut
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
ONE AMONG THOUSANDS

Red Wing Daily Eagle: Clarence NJ.
Howard is president of the Common
wealth Steel company, of Granite City,
Illinois. He has refused to fill an or
der for 100000 worth of sharpnel, to
be used in the European war, saying
that it would be wrong to make the
shells and send them to Europe. 50
That men may murder one another with
them There is business man who
not only does not believe in war. but
refuses to make profit out of war.
Should there not be law to pre-.
vent a business man from thus inter-
fering with F'prosperity?''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
LAWS OF THE INCAs.
A Code That Was Remarkable For It's
Beneficent Simplicity.

a Code That Was Remarkable For Its
6eneficent Simplicity.
Among the most remarkable laws of
the lncas were those concerning taxa
ton. The principal feature of those
laws was that taxes were not paid iii
money, but in work and in produce.
whether manufactured Or grown. The
Inca emperors thought It unjust to de-
mand that taxes should be paid in any
kind Of commodity that the people could
not produce by their own personal Ia
Dor.
The people also paid another sort Of
tribute. They made clothes. shoes and
arms for the soldiers and for the poor
who could not work themselves owing
to age or lnfjrmity. The cloth was
made of wool from the aOcks of llamas
that abounded in the mountains. On
the plains OF the seacoast, where the
climate is warm and they do not dress
in woolens. the people made cotton
cloths. the cotton being supplied from
the crops Of the emperor. The shoes
We're made in the provinces where
aloes were most abundant, for they
were made OF the leaves of a tree
called maguey. Each province furnish
ed its own produce. and no province
bad to supply anything that did not he
long to it.
There was a mandate that forbade
beggary and restitution; that. of course.
followed upon due provision of their
laws. Every citizen was provided for
Theoretically and practically: No man
need be idle; no man need lack land or
seed or implements for, CIVILIZATIONS:
therefore no one was permitted to beg.
II any were found doing so it was
clear proof of idleness. for the incapa.
BILE were provided for. and contempt
and punishment were meted out On, all
:tramps. vagabonds and idlers. The
Secret Of the Pacific* !: !: =. r. 's.: Z.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
An Unsolved Problem.

How. sir. is it possible" demanded
counsel Of Il bankrupt who was under
going his public examination. Ito live
in the 'nxuriouS sly Il you have affect
ed on t-4u Il year!'
THAT" replied the bankrupt. lis a
problem to which l have devoted con-
siderable time in the interests of So
cia] economy. and the results OF my
humble efforts are now before the
court"--London Mail.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
"For tho Sake Of Argument"

We'll. now, for the sake of argu-
menu Is there a more Irritating
phrase2' Is there any greater bore than
the person. who habitualIy. employs it?
To be asked to assume anything lust
for the sake Of argument" Invariably
prejudices us against making that con-
cession We 81, grim tipped while the
We feet that to Oblige MN we wvnl0
not even assume that two and two
make four.-Youth's Compa nion
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Daccy and rheumatic lotion till l can
get some chores to do. Hannah Mary
says there's plenty chores for a re-
speccable man to do in de no'th.'
"Say $40, Abe. You kin make ii
easy" he urged.
Use de man fer de job declared
Abe. Forty dollars suits me prezact-
ly." &.
"Well, you knows Kunnel Twiddies
chicken yhads"-
"Lordy, Dan F1eer! faint no chick
en- thief"' replied Abe angrily. ! e.
"Ain't your sneered Dan. "You re-
comember dat time way back in: de
cotton blast winter when yo', was
caught transforming chickens from
Mister Bemis' hehhouse? De jedge
fined you'll fergit how much 'twas!'
Three dollars and COSTS" murmured
Abe regretfully. "And when Mister
:Bemis heard howscome it dat my 1ittle
Hannah Mary was: born. dat berry
night and l wanted de hens to make
broth and buy de- medicine why: be
paid de fine bimself-he shore was a
powerful. fine. gentleman sahr'''. :,
All you got to do, Abe, Is to 60 up
to your back lot and creep under de
fence. De kunnel's henhopse Isl plumb
up agin de fence. De door has just an
ornery hasp, and it's as rotten as punk.
I'll be on de other side of de fence, and
as fast as you pass dem hens over I'll
plump EN-, inter my bags. (:
Outer 800 chickens de kunnel won't
miss a measley hundred. De hotel
keeper over to Gainesville will pay me
25 cents er pound and no questions
asked. What say. Abe:"
when do l get my money%' whis-
pered the weakening Abe.
when de last hen pops inter de
Bag" promised Dan recklessly, al
though he knew that his own pockets
would I've empty until the unprincipled
hotel keeper paid for the stolen poul-
try.
Uncle Abe thought Of the little store
of money which he had imprudently
invested in bogus mining stocks. He
thought of his daughter Hannah Mary,
who had married northern negro and
was now widowed with two small
children to care for. Hannah Mary
was an expert laundress. and she had
written her father saying that II he
could sell the little cabin and come
north he could make his home with
her. Little Abe and Mary wanted to
see their "grandpap."
Abe's heart hungered for these kin.
but he had patiently titled his little
plot, boarding his money for the north
prn trip. Now that it had vanished
he must wait another year or 50 he
fore going. unless some big luck hap
pened or he could sell the cabin. +
But land and tumbledown cabins
we're almost valueless in South Caro-
Nina then nrd h's going to Hannah
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Walker Pilot: St. Paul maintains q
% Hop house, where free beds are CIV
en- to the unemployed. In order to
avoid confusion, the name of this insti-
tuition should be changed so as not to
conflict with the house of representa-
tiyes.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Representative Vasaly has introduc.
ed bill in the house providing for
semi-monthly pay days by corporations.
This is along the same lines as the bill
introduced in the senate by Senator
Gardner of this district.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Thus far this winter Little Falls
has proved itself one of the most
healthful cities in minnesota. While
in other cities Of the SAME size and
larger contagious disease has been very
prevalent, not a single serious case has
been reported in Little Falls. In one
other city hundreds Of, smallpox cases
have been reported and the disease
still continues to spread there. In
other cities typhoid and pneumonia
cases are numerous. A local physician,
IN speaking of the conditions here,
stated that the low record is remarka-
bic, taking into consideration the con
slant changes in weather. lie added
that Little Falls has in the past been
less afflicted with the ravages of con-
tagious disease than any other city of
it's size in the state.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

The house of representatives have re-
ouested Attorney General Smith TO
prepare i bill that will cure the de-
fects in the present corrupt practice
act There won be much the matter
with the primary law, if a proper cor;
rupt practice act is passed and enforce
ed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
Plenty Of Collars.

store and asked fol n collar. The
clerk waited on him and said: "They
are Is cents each. two for Is cents.
Want twoy'
The young man replied. mo. have
plenty Of collars, but they are both in
the ry."-Indianapolis News.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

o'clock today and I'll have Lawyer
Smith here to draw the papers. About
$2OO-does that suit your
Two hundred dollars!
Abe nearly cried with delight as he
logged the precious picture home
There was no sign Of Dan Fleer or
the mule. AfterwaM it devefopedk
that they had never reached the rem
devious, for the mule had elected to
remain at the cross roads until dawn.
The next day Abe sent word to Dan
that he had sold his place and was
going north at once.
And when Hannah Mary and the
much admired grandchildren met Un-
Gle Abe in the railroad station Han
nah Mary relieved the bewildeeed old
man of large square package
Don't let no harm come to dat, Han
nah Mary cautioned Abe. eff It
hadn't been for Massa Lintum 1
wouldn't have been here ut ALL
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Senators Elurp and Nelson of Mr.
ncsota voted with the ''drv forces Oh
a motion for the suspension o. the
rules whereby an amendment cout! !;''
offered which would give prohibition &c
the District Of Columbia
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22
Came Natural.

Raron They sas that the president
OF the DauK Who got nwu. with 3 lot
of the money began his care-' as jani
tor of the institution. Egbert-Never
forgot his early training to clean out
the hank. evidently. -Y onkers States
man
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

The northern Minnesota Editorial
.ssniation is in annual business So
sion at Thief River Fails. The ''r"f-
ing lasts two lays, beginning las
,noraing.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

The South Dakota, house has passed
"a bill abolishiug capital punishTcAt BY
u vote Of two to one. Other states are
about to f:,;ow suit, but comes along
a representative Of Minnesota and in
trodurns a bill to re-cstablish the death
penalty. The bill should be buried I'M
der such An avalanche Of votes that it
will not again be introduced.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

In an editorial comment on the ac-
tion of Representatives Erickson Of
Clinton, Thompson Of Mahnomen,
Woodfll of Two Harbors and Sawyer
of Minneapolis, in voting for Flowers
representatives, who it is said had
pledged support by written agreement
to Gordon, Frank a. Day in the
Fairmont Sentinel SAYS: 1.-The record
Of this vote will haunt these men in
their dreams and follow them to- their
graves. If they should live to be as
old az Methuselah it would still be
written across their foreheads. For
shame, for shame.''
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Na,ins Avery has been named as OK
crutive agent Of the game and fish
commission to >.,,rrrI II. 4. Ritter OF!
Little Fails Mr.. RArr's term as Il
:oncr'her Of the hoard, however, dogs
mot expire until 1JtG.. Mr.. Rider on
.ernor Ebcrhart sllccrtIrI the present
fappointne, and now Mr.. Rider is in
! turn displaced by Mr.. Avery
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-22

Little Falls long cherished hop" for
a railroad connection Of some kind to
Pierz and the eastern part Of. the ;coun-
ty us well as extending further east,
promises realization. The proposition
Of the Minneapolis and Central Min
nesota Railway company seems to be
in favor just now and q committee is
looking into data in relation to the
company. With the offering Of the
new proposition, the Luce line idea has
been dispclled, at least for the present.
Little Falls wants more railroad con
nections and every proposition that Of
fers any promise should be given every
consideration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-05

Washington, D. c., JAM. Capture
of San Luis Potosi by Carranza forces
was reported in these advices today
from Galveston:
"Semi-official reports by wireless
from Tampico say that forces under
General Cosio Robelo entered San
Luis Potosi yesterday after sanguin-
airy battle. General Robelo belongs
to the command of General Pablo
Gonzales, who yesterday also drove
the rebels from Rodriguez Station,
sixty-f1ve miles east of San Luis Potosi.
Captain Niles of the Carranza avia-
ton corps, and Mayor Salinas, it's
chief, flying a French monoplane yes
terday above the battle ground re-
ported Carranza troops as far west as
Apam, which is sixty miles east Of
Mexico City. However, large numbers
of rebels still are doggedly resisting
the advance of Obregon's army. The
on Pueblo from Amozoc
has been completed and the actual
bombardment is expected to begin in
the morning."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-05
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

do in a side show, ha ha, sed Mr.. Mar
tin. WITCH jest then Johnny Wilson
gave me jab in the back, meening
for me not to say living skellington
avn akkount of Mr. Martin beeing so
skinny himself.
Hes going to be the thin man, sed.
The wat, watts that, enyhow, sed
Mr.. Martin.
The skellington, sed.
Is that so, we'll hes going to be nuth-
ing of the kind, sed Mr.. Martin, its
no crime to be slender, and I'm not
going to have my son made speck-
takil of.
Not ordinary skellington, living
skellington, I sed.
No kind of skellington, confound
it, sed Mr.. Martin. jest bekause sum
of you boys look like holsters, I'm not
going to have you make spectakil of
my son, its no crime to be slendir, is
it.
No sir. we don't think its a crime,
we just think its funny, l sed.
Well you get anuthir think, sed Mr..
Martin. And he slammed down the
window mad and skinny as enything,
and we went and had the side show
without Skinny Martin, Pubs Simkins
saying, If thawt he ment I was the
wun looks like bolstir, Id put up his
parler window and make the shade go
awl the way to the top. Pubs beeing
he fat lady in the side show.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-05

Us fellows gave side show yes
tidday in my back yard, awl beeing
Supposed to meet in frunt of my house
aftir skool, and the only persin that
wasent thare was Skinny Martin.
G., wares Skinny. sed Pubs Simkins,
we got to have Skinny, we cant give
the show without living skellington.
And we awl went Ground to Skinny's
house to see if he had CAIN hoam yet,
which he had, and he was looking out
of the End stoary window, and we awl
yelled up at him, Sid Hunt saying,
Hay, Skinny. don't you no yure the liv.
ing skellington.
WITCH jest then the parler window
opened and Skinny Martins farthir
stuck his head out to see who was do
ing awl the yelling, saying, Well, watts
the excitement, watts the excitement.
Mr.. Martin beeing about twise as
lawng as Skinny and times as skinny
for his size.
We wunt Skinny to KUN out, sed.
Archibald has bin bad boy and he
must stay in the house this AFTERNOON,
said Mr.. Martin. And Skinny startid
to make sines up at the window,
meening for me to try to coax his
farthir, and sed, But G WIZ, Mr.. Mar
tin, hes in our side show, hes in our
side show and we've bin watching for
him.
The ideer. WV what Good Archibald