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CHAPTER xI.
The Blue Feather.


Elsa toyed with her emeralds, ap-
parently searching for some flaw. Like
a thief in the night was a phrase that
rang unpleasantly in her ears. Her
remarkable interest in the man was
neither to be denied nor ignored. To
receive the cut direct from man
whose pomposity and mental density
had excited her wit and amusement,
surprised her even If it did not hurt.
It had rudely awakened her to the fact
that her independence might be lead
ing her into a labyrinth.
Something new had been born in
her. All her life she had gone about
calmly and aloofy, her head in the
clouds, her feet on mountain tops. She
had never done anything to arouse
discussion in other women. Perhaps
such situation had never confronted
her until lately. She had lately looked
forth upon life through the lenses Of
mild cynicism. So long as she was
rich she might, with impunity, be as
indiscreet as she pleased. Her money
would plead forgiveness and tolera-
tion. Elsa shrugged. But
shrugs do not dismiss problems. She
could have laughed. To have come all
this way to solve a riddle, only to find
second more confusing than the
first!
Like a thief in the night. She did
not care to know what he had done,
not half so much as to learn what he
had been. Peculations of some order;
of this she was reasonably sure. So
why seek for details, when these might
be sordid?
Singapore would see the end, and
she would become her normal self
again.
She clasped the necklace around her
lovely throat She was dressing for
dinner, really dressing. An impish
mood filed her with the irrepressible
desire to shine in all her splendor to-
night. Covertly she would watch the
eyes of mediocrity widen. Hitherto
they had seen her in the simple white
of travel Tonight they should behold
the woman who had been notable
among the beauties in Paris, Vienna,
Rome, London; who had not married a
duke simply because his title could
not have added to the security of her
,csstion. socially or financially.
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PAY ENVELOPES UNOPENED

New York. March 9.-When Kate
Hayes, a scrubwoman at the Vanderbilt
hotel. was taken i'll and it became neces-
sary to send her to a hospital, she asked
the housekeeper, Katherine Lee, to do
her favor,
This request turned out a huge sur
prise. being nothing less than the Gus
tody of thirty-six envelopes, the pay of
three years, none of which had been
opened. During all this time the scrub
woman had never been outside the
hotel.
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HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
Influential Homes

came in contact with it accidentally.
Miss Riehland writes in this love story
or home lifes "There was something
home-hke in the hall with its quaint
landscape paper, perceptibly worn and
faded turkey red carpet, wide spindle
balustraded stairway with the old clock
on its landing, but more than all the
distinctive sense of home came from
sounds of laughter, of music close at
hand" In Little Women" Louise Al
eott had the March girls gather round
the old piano and sing the sweet old
songs that live and seem to speak to
us of all the family.
Better songs in the home is one of
the ends for which civic workers strive.
Henry Ward Beecher wrote on the
subject, Phillips Brooks preached about
it and Francis Willard said that great
tide of harmony went up to God when
Home, Sweet Home" the lovely air
attuned to all that is holy and dear,
was sung.
The good" songs are ballads and
national songs that have lived. If your
family sings America" THE Star
Spanked Banner" THE Battle Hymn
of the Republic Ben Bolt" "The
Swanee River" MY Old Kentucky
Home, and other old familiar airs that
age has not withered and that custom
will never stale, they will not like the
guady, fiashy agtime music of the
street and questionable music hail.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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ATTACKED BY CROWS
Mount Penn Steward Defends Himself
With Shovel

Reading, Pa, March 9.-N. H..
Rhoads. steward at the mountain home
of the local Fraternal Order of Eagles,
on Mt. Penn, had thrilling experience
yesterday with flock of several thou
sand hungry ows which attacked him
while he was feeding the herd of goats
kept on the premises.
Tho >zws completely surrounded him,
making great noise and finally they
pouhced upon him and began pecking
his face even after he had surrendered
the painful of feed. He was compelled
to beat his way back to the clubhouse
with shovel, killing number of the
crows.
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ing. 1t shows that there are S6S pa
tients at the institution of whom 204
are women. Berks paid $2,506.0S to-
ward the maintenance of its inmates
during the year, more than any county
in the State outside of Philadelphia
county, which paid more than $4,000.
The total receipts were s1S0,676,
$90,6S7 from the State. The
expenses were S1SO,647.
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D@ /6sA \
HApOLD MACGRAIH( "a J
Auhor9f Observation-Disclosures
The Place ofhonemoons, etc.
~ I1E R0aAJ Jzza0HLIL (QeH9aNY

Into the little mirror above the wash
stand she peered. with smiling and ap-
proving eyes. Never had she looked
better. There was unusual color in
her cheeks and the clarity of her eyes
spoke .illuminatingly of superb health.
The tan on her face was not made
noticeable in contrast by her shoulders
and arms. old ivory in tint and as
smooth and glossy as ancient Carrara.
You lovely creature!" murmured
Martha. touching an arm with her lips.
You are foolish to dress like this"
She finished the hooking Of Elsa's
waist
And why?"
"In the first place there's nobody
worth the trouble; and nobody but a
duchess or a :" Martha paused
embarrassedly.
"0r what? An improper person."
Elsa laughed. My dear Martha, your
comparisons are faulty. / know but
two duchesses in this wide world who
are not dowdies, and one of them is an
American. An improper person is gen.
orally the most proper, outside her pc.
culiar environments. Can't you sug.
gest something else."
Martha searched but found no suit
able reply. She believed that she saw
more clearly into the future than Elsa.
Someone would talk, and in that
strange inscrutable fashion scandal
has of reaching the ends of the earth,
the story would eventually arrive
home; and there, for all the .profes-
sions Of friendship, 1t would find admit.
tance. No door is latched when scan
dal knocks. Martha readily appreci-
ated that it was all harmless, to be ex.
pressed by single word. whim. But
Martha herself never acted upon i'm
pulse; she first questioned what the
world would say. So run the sheep.
For years Martha had discharged her
duties, if mechanically yet with q
sense of pleasure and serenity. At
this moment she was as one pushed
unexpectedly to the brink of preci-
pice. over which the slightest misstep
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S6S CHRONIC INSANE

Wernersville, Pa. March 9.-The an.
nual report of the State Asylum for
Chronic Insane was issued yesterday by
President Thomas P Merritt, of Read.
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a Rsson,trueted 80 co,,, ,,rn.

With exhibitions and catalogues Of
ARTIFICIAL llnhs now hrouvht 10 notice
enc gc's 10 calculating the cost a, A
reconstructed unu Seemingly n little
more than $500 would suffice 4 pnlr
OF artificial legs costs about $50 and A
pair of arms about SlO0. Ears with
drums etc, cost SIS each: eyes $50 a
pair and so on. Without heart and
brain man is worth about $40
With them the price might change :
London Chronicle.
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Nothina 10 be Said

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stole the loaf Of brcndp Woman r,,s
oner-fcS, your honor Judge WIN,
nave You to say for yourselfl Woman
-NothinS your honor IfIt was Inca
OF or 'ewcIry ! might plead klcpiomanls.
ou n,. we can't try that when lis bread
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/ &c ticket Us l'l h' o. rih.t} s'A''s
man whose ability and n.h'r'cinen' q
arc comparable Win 'h.'' oi % No'''
r1. Wilson. aH '.." ia'l.N or ANY
/ %. ifc greatest Democrats oi 'hih H.''
of mos Other or. JUDO ilci mat me
/ Republican nominee .lr Governor
would sioop 20 lo" o. io direct nus
attacks. and all OF DTS licl'rhanh 70
/ direct their attacks az the insignia.
cant Office ~ state superintendent ot
/ Public Instruction Is indicative OF The
fact that they are desperate and Know
not whore TO turn. nor how 10 form
their lines FOR an attack
The sa,t NJ The buslp.ss ia Nr Nor.
row and cv,-v man an hls Ticket.
rc,llyes ana recognize and nrknovl.
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Ao nSO 10Y, cat breakfast I've 90, . ,,,
mead mead TIT. morning wlfct,'m nv a = oad
= ,n ar do nope you1l he abb. ~ :, s sSa,y.
a" rA.'on Transcript. S'"As
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We have not only increased the at
tendance In our public schools forty
Eve per cent within three years, but
we have added to the revenues for
school purposes. directly and Indirect
". more than three millions Of dollars.
We have increased the school term In
every rural district hom six months
10 seven months. increasing at tho
same time In the aggregate all teach
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HAMLETT'S
RFPIY TO
B. aI0RROW
Hopkins County Voters
Hear Every Charge
Explained
EDUCATION ADVANCED

Kentucky c'rts from Fortythird to
Near the Top Within Three Years
Under haml-tts Administrations
Shows How Economy Has Been
Praetieed.
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ers' salaries, and in many cases the
term has been made eight, nine or
ten months, ell of which has been done
without a mill increase in taxation.
In fact, the rate Of taxation which
was fo'0er'v T. sr.ysiv cents ard a
halt on the hundred dollars Tor pubic
school purposes has been decreased to
tyNentv.six cents
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Republicans estrsvassnee.

| have In my hands the photograph
Of transaction that should bring
Iron tears" to pluto's cheeks. and
make the angels In Heaven blush. I
hold here the photograph Of the rape"
" Hentucky's childhood's opportunity.
the embe1zlement OF childhoods sacred
heritage have here and present as
an exhibit, the picture OF warrant
for $500, payable TO an undertaken
out OF the school fund OF Kentucky,
and charged to the school fund OF Ken.
lucky for materials furnished In the
erection OF the State Capitol building.
I have before me in my hands a photo.
graph OF an agreement under the
terms OF which s3,76l29 was to be
paid. and was paid out Of the school
fund OF Kentucky for work done In
various Offices, including that OF the
Office OF Superintendent Of Public In.
struction. Attorney General, Adjutant
General, and for the Office OF the Clerk
OF the House. Senate. and for other
work done on the third floor In the
new Capitol. This was payable TO an
undertaken and paid out Of the school
und Of Kentucky, which the Consti
.u,ion and the statutory law both re-
laire TO be "inviolate" and sacred.
have a photograph Of q document
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Turns the Lluh, On.
secured Seven Month School Term.


I would like to add here. however.
that on account Of this S63S 600 nc.
cumulated by conservative business
management Of the school funds. I
did, arbitrarily. on account OF what I
conceived to be my authority as eSecu.
tive, state that would declare a scycn
months school term. was lmmedl.
ately advised by the proper legal au.
thorities OF the State that this cou,d
not be done without Legislative enact.
ment Then ] did declare a stsO nor
capita, the largest that had ever b.rn
declared before In the history Of Ron.
lucky, and every teacher In Kcnuckv
knows that the salaries were mid
promptly every month. | then dr,r,sd
q bill for the following Legislature
which was passed, and the r,snI, n;
which was the establishment, Of ,ha
seven months s.hocl term whl,s wo
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which are as bogus as the method
creating them, as the official tickets
will not be published until next week
All Byrdie's $500 write-up' dupes
Of both tickets are getting quite sore
and are attempting 20 devise ways
and means to recover not only their
money and the prestige they thought
they possessed before they were unwit-
tingly made to appear as advertising
their qualifications for city officials.
In this same political write-up"
the editor of the Republican says State
Auditor Huston is credited with saying
that he spurned tine influence of all the
newspapers Of Idaho, because their edi-
tors could be bought to say anything for
or against candidate for $1,000. We
believe we know one of the editors he
referred to, but his price is only $500,
and often less-paltry patronage, which
will suffice for the impugning Of good
motives, or the condoning Of question.
able ones.
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LOCAL HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. Hans Won Lastowicka who sub.
mitted to delicate operation last Mon
day is rapidly convalescing.
Last Monday g. G. Wilson was
successfully operated on for append.
citis and is now feeling fine. He expects
to return to his home in Moreland to-
morrow.
John Miller of Firth, who was op
Grated on for a double hernia last Tues
day is getting along nicely.
Ferdinand Fackrell who had his left
foot amputated recently is improving
and will be able to return to his home
in Thomas in about week. There is
La growing sentiment in the city that
the unfortunate man who was crippled
for life while rendering volunteer ser
vice to the county should receive some
testimonial Of appreciation from the
citizens of Bingham county.
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TIMELY COUNTY IMPROVEMENTS

1t has been suggested by number Of
the attaches of the court house that the
room now in course Of construction east
of the assessor s office for the county
treasurer be made double decker, and
that it be used for the district judge q
chamber. That the present judicial
chamber be occupied by the court steno-
grapher and that his present quarters
be converted into a jury room, which
has been long felt want in the court
house. These proposed improvements in
connection with the construction with
the treasurer 8 office could be done
very reasonably, and are recommended
by Judge Cowen, Prosecuting Attorney
Adair and other county officials.
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BYRDIE BOOSTS
FOR DOODLE

Last week Editor Trego Of the Re-
publican made page scoop that was
far more profitable than popular or
honorable. It was a political shell
game that ensnared not only the mex
perienced politician seeking his first Of
flee, but a number of present and past
Office-hOlders who reckoned themselves
very wise at the tickle game of politics.
But in his latest feat for the possession
Of some easy money he is entitled to the
credit of being impartial, trait few
thought he possessed. But nevertheless
he should be given credit for the
exercise of this virtue in this case for
he spared neither Republican or Demo-
crat, but executed his bout on strictly
non-partisan and non personal plan in
which he spared neither friend or foe,
but attempted to cinch them all for
a $500 write-up, the first time in the
memory of even the venerable Mr..
Younie that a city candidate whose
time is practically worthless was ever
Overtaken by such leg-pulling con-
test. Byrdie played this game to the
limit as he had twenty one write-up'
victims spotted for lis get-rich quick
scheme, which number of his victims
denounce as the meanest and most dia-
bolical fake that they ever pulled off in
Blackfoot newspaperdom. Just how
many lost their five plunks will never
be known, as some of them are ashamed
to holler. We have met a number who
have been fleeced and fessed up, and
a number of others who were approached
as suckers, but who were too familiar
with this kind of Tregoism, to be bull
dosed or intimidated into being held up
in this manner. One Republican victim
who felt his loss in this write-up'
fake said he understood that the author
of it was going to boost the Republican
ticket and he was willing to pay his
share of doing so. But when he read
the paper and found that his opponent
had received the same hot air "write-
up advertisement, he realized that he
had been duped and regretted that he
was advertised as candidate for a
city office which he believes should
seek the man, and not the man the
office.
Another victim of this political
write-up'' scheme told us that it was
turned so quickly that he did not real
i>e what he was doing when he signed
the check that was presented to him,
made out all but his signature. He
said that after his five-spot had made
its miraculous disappearance with it's
smooth new owner he thought possibly
the write-up' artist had been author
lied to raise campaign fund, but
when number of other dupes told him
of their similar experience he began to
think he had been touched and was
reminded of the old adage that "Fool
and His Money are Soon Parted.v
Several who had the nerve to evade
this petty graft got their "write-up'
just the same, but their names did not
appear ON Trego's subsidized tickets
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The Idaho Falls debating teams di-
vided honors Tuesday night, winning
at Blackfoot and losing to the strong
st. Anthony team here.
The question, Resolved, that the
Monroe Doctrine should be abrogated
as part of the. foreign policy Of the
United States,'' was handled for the
negative by the St. Anthony team at
the assembly room of the high school.
The decision being unanimous for the
negative. The judges for the debate
here were j. M. Byers, Clarence Crow
ley and Christy Wilson.
The Idaho Falls team at Blackfoot
had the negative side of the question
and received a unanimous decision
Idaho Falls Register.
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SELLS ANOTHER FARM.

M. Boyle returned last Saturday
from the Lost River country, where he
sold Mr.. Bringman 8 farm and all his
stock and implements. The farm is
an old and well improved one on Ante
lope Creek, and the new purchaser is
Mr.. Carlisle of Indiana. Mr.. Bring
man intends to retire from farming.
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TOOL THIEF

Last Saturday or Sunday night some
petit larceny thief visited the site Of
the cannery, and after breaking open
Jacob Quillan 8 tool chest carried away
most of his tools. Mr.. Olson, the con-
tractor, was also short of his tools.
About $25 worth Of tools were missing
from the cannery that is in course Of
construction,
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ADMIRER OF BLACKFOOr,

j. w. Hawk, of Toledo, Ohio, factory
representative of the Overland automo-
bile factory, was in Blackfoot this week
the guest Of the Bills Bros. He was
very favorably impressed with the city
and its climate, and was surprised at
the large volume of business that is
being done at the Bills Garage, which
he says is true barometer of the pros
perity of Blackfoot and its productive
agricultural surroundings.
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STATE ASYLUM
BOARD MEETS

The board of directors of the State
Insane Asylum at Blackfoot adjourned
their regular quarterly meeting yester-
day, after a very satisfactory session.
They found the institution in good con.
dition and the accounts accurately and
correctly kept. Nine inmates were
paroled as convalescents. The board
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BUTCHER SHOP ROBBED.

Monday night the cash register in
the butcher shop at the Blackfoot
Packing Co., was touched for 1920, all
the coin it contained. Some one who
was evidently acquainted with the
premises made the raid, as the key
on the inside of back door was turned
by breaking a panel of the door.
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$500 PER YEAR

passed resolution demanding that a
more rigid examination be made of APP
plicants for admission. They also in
terviewed Mrs. Wilcox who was COM
mitted from Burley and found her
very strange and pathetic subject,
whose hallucinations established in
their minds her insanity without a
doubt. Among the inmates paroled
was James Waugh of Presto, who re-
turned to his home and friends.
Dave Pratt has opend a garage in
the rear of the city water works.
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Fhst Ward E. G. Stephens, Mrs. Geo.
Ezell and Mrs. j. A. Quillin, judges.
Mrs. Max Smith, clerk. Ed Watson.
constable.
Second Ward-Joe Virgins, Mrs. E
p. Priest and Mrs. w. o. Young, Judges.
Mrs. Tom johnson, clerk. G. v. Cley.
niger, constable.
Third Ward-Wm. Walker. C. +.
Hillard and p. s. Fisher, judges. Mrs.
Ben Boiling, clerk. Jos. LACQUER, con-
stable.
Fourth Ward--Mrs. Ellea Browning
Mrs. A. H. Simons and f. De KAY
.nidtaS, Mrs. l.. Kestner. clerk. G.
Watts, constable. f.,s-,
A petition signed by over thirty sign.
ers for the removal of the Mr.. Stone
man g apairy from its present location
was presented to the board and laid
over
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I PROTECT YoUR HOME

Do not delay, it may be your turn
next.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.