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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
White Goods
and Linens

Gabardine, 35c yd.-reg-
ularly soc; SO inches wide
fine for separate skirts and
jacket suits.
Waffle Weave Skirting,
17c yd.-regularly 25c; 36
inches wide.
Superior English Long
cloth, $1.O9 piece-former-
ly $50; chamois finish; 36
inches wide; IL yards to the
piece.
1000 yards Plisse Crepe,
71ac yd.-regularly 121ac-
81 inches wide; requires no
ironing.
Linen suiting, 39c yd.-
regularly 59c; so inches
wide; oyster white.
Huck Towels, SLIGO doz.
formerly 1925; scalloped
edge; 17x34 inches.
Turkish Towels, 4 for 25c
formerly &c and 11c; un-
bleached.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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LINGLESTOWN
High School to Give Comical Entertain
ment in Building Tonight

ment III buuulng Io-nlgnt
Special Correspondence.
Linglestown, April 29.-Mrs. John
Reese spent Tuesday with friends at
Harrisburg.
Harry Koons, Of Penbrook, on Tues
day visited friends here.
Mrs. John Bergner, Mrs. A. J. Kleop,
fer and Mrs. Austin Sehaner spent We'd
nesday with friends at Harrisburg.
Mrs. Annie Buck and daughter,
Miss Eliza, visited friends at, Harris.
brug on Wednesday.
Miss Clarabelle Nisley, of Harris.
burg, was the weekend guest of Miss
Kathryn Nisley.
The Misses Anna and Caroline Fish
burn spent Wednesday with friends at
Harrisburg.
Following is the program to be rem
dered by the Linglestown High school
tonight: Music, High school, "Hans
Won Smash" instrumental solo, Viola
Sample; Marriage and After mono.
logue; witch drill; music, Miss Marion
Smith, "The Darkey Wood Dealer" i"
dumbbell drill; octet; instrumental
solo, Ferdinand Beck; Isl and l."
monologue; "Fun in Photograph Gal
lery;' music, High school.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29

United Brethren Church to Give Re
ception to Last 3-Year Members

Srr 'iai CorrespondencA
Halifax, April 2s.-Henry Wagner,
of Higgins, Schuylkill county, is visit.
ing his brother, George W. Wagner.
William Reed of Halifax township,
has purchased Ford automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dunkel. of
Harrisburg, spent Tuesday at the home
of Mrs. Isaac H. Dunkel
A reception TO all persons who have
united as members with the local Unit,
ed Brethren church during the past
three years will be held by the con gre
cation on Sunday morning at 1880
O'Clock.
Mrs. G. T. Leebrick spent Monday
with her sister, Mrs. J. J. Rouch, at
Harrisburg.
The Halifax High school commence
ment exercises will be held in the High
school auditorium Friday evening,
June II.
The Halifax baseball team will play
at Elizabethville on Saturday after
noon.
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Women's
Hosiery and
Underwear

Union Suits, 49c-regu-
larly 69c; bleached Isle; /;
silk tape neck and sleeves;
lace knees.
Knit Pants, 15c-regular-
ly 25c; tight knees; seconds.
Tan Hose, 39c-formerly
75c; thread silk boots; Isle
garter tops.
Thread Silk Hose, 69c-
formerly $1.0O; plain black,
double soles, high spliced
heels; seconds.
Main Floor-BOwMAN'S.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
AGED MANS TRAGIC DEATH
David Lehman, Of, Killed in Fall Wher
Seized With Vertigo

Highmount, York County, April 20.
David Lehman, residing on a farm
near here, was fatally injured yester.
day by falling off a porch at his home.
Mr.. Lehman was 81 years of age and
was very spry for one of his yeara
He was seized with vertigo and fell ten
feet.
The aged man was found by his
daughter. He was suffering with con-
cussion of the brain and died within
half an hour. Five children and &
number of grandchildren survive.
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On the
Carpet Floor

Granite Carpet, 19c yd.-
Sc inches wide; small and
large designs; makes a good
summer floor covering.
Imitation Hardwood Fill
ing, 35c yd.-regularly soc;
one yard wide.
Japanese Mating Rugs,
S2.49-Oriental and floral
patterns; 9x12 it.
Extension Curtain Rods
12c-regularly 25c; extra
heavy; extends to 80 inches;
brackets and heavy ends;
complete.
Fourth Floor-BOwMAN'S.
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Boys Clothing

Norfolk Suits, $1.75-
formerly $3.50; sewed ON
belts, and patch pockets;
sizes D to 10 years.
Russian Wash Suits, 79c
formerly $1.00 to $50;
white with blue trimmings;
slightly soiled; sizes 3. to 7
years.
Oliver Twist Suits, 19c-
sizes 2 to 6 years; good styles
and patterns.
Third Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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BedWear

Crochet Bed Spreads,
81. .39-formerly $1.75; ex-
ira heavy, good selection of
patterns; double bed size.
Crochet Bed Spreads,
5Oc-formerly 75c; full bed
size.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Chinaware

Meat Platters, 5c-regu-
larly Zoe; porcelain meat
platters and finch dinner
plates.
Cooking Sets, 69c-for-
merly $1.29; Guernsey fire.
proof earthenware cooking
sets, consisting of 7-inch COW
cred casserole, pudding dish,
bowl and six custard cups.
Bamboo Ware, 39c-for-
merly soc; smoked bamboo
sandwich baskets and flower
vases.
Basement-BOWMAN'S.
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Art Needlework

Stamped Corset Covers,
2Oc-formerly 35c; dainty
patterns, easy to embroider;
made up, of fine nainsook.
Envelope Chemise, $50
regularly 59c; stamped on
fine nainsook.
Stamped Pillow Gases,
45c pr.-formerly 59c; all
new patterns; with hem
stitched hem or scalloped
edge.
Second Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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LaceS and
EmbrOideries

Val. Edges and insertions,
25c piece = formerly 39c
and soc; match sets.
1000 yards Venise Edges
and Insertions, zoe yd.-
formerly poe to 75c; all new
goods; from l to 4 inches
wide.
Swiss Insertions, 1Oc yd.
formerly 2oc to 39c; good
patterns.
Embroidery F ! our cling,
121ac yd. = formerly 25c;
1S-inch longcloth and Swiss
flouncings; odds and ends.
Colored Organdie Edges,
Sc yd.-formerly 15c to 20c.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Domestics
Awning Stripes, 16c yd.

awning StilpeS, LOG yu.
regularly 25c; remnants;
suitable for door or window
awnings.
Sheeting, 121ac yd.-reg-
ularly 20c; 70 inches wide;
seamless; a sheeting that
washes well, and bleaches
easily.
Atlantic Tubing, 121ac
yd.-regularly 22c; As inches
wide; bleached; full pieces.
Cretonnes, 71ac yd.-reg-
ularly 1212c; 36 inches wide;
full pieces; large variety of
patterns.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
SIX MASKED THUGS ROB TWO
Brothers Beaten Insensible for Their
Wages and Watch

Reading, Pa, April 29.-six masked
highwaymen beat into Inconsistencies
Lawrence Delaro and his brother, An
thony, near the city limits, getting
$120 from one and gold watch from
the other.
The men were going home with their
railroad pay when attacked. Anthony
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MuS1inWear

Nainsook Gowns, 79c-
formerly $1.00 and 81 %; low
neck and short sleeves; lace
and embroidery trimmed ;
slightly soiled.
Children's Gowns and Pet
ticoats, 15c-regularly 25c;
made of cambric; slightly
soiled.
Dressing Sacques, 25c-
formerly 39c; made of white
lawn with pink, blue, laven-
der and black figures, all
sizes.
Second Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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tee of the National Board of Fire I'm,
derwriters yesterday recommended the
establishment of paid fire department
for this city, with payroll of about
40 men. There are at present 500 men
in volunteer fire department.
The underwriters also recommend
that until the establishment of a paid
department the sale or use of intoxi
eating liquors be prohibited.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
Silks

Chiffon Taffeta, 19c yd.-
formerly 59c; 10 inches wide,
in sand, putty, mais, cream,
pink, garnet and brown.
Cut Piece Foulards, SOC
yd,-formerly Zoe; 21a to 4
yard pieces; set figures on
all shades.
Imported Silk Samples,
59c piece-in black and col
orS.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Wool Dress
Goods

Serge Suitings, 19t yd.-
formerly 39c and soc; Roman
stripe suitings, in brown,
navy, green; sc inches wide.
Silk and Wool Poplins,
59c yd.-formerly $1.00; 40
inches wide; 2 to 3 yard
lengths; good line of shades.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Leather Goods

Children's Bags, 19c-
formerly 25c all colors, with
chain handles.
Black Velvet Hand Bags,
S5c-formerly $l.00; only a
small lot.
Wash Girdles, 1Oc-for-
merly soc; white pique with
bow.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
FOREST COUNTY AGAIN WET
-Four Hotels Licensed in Section Wher,
Fire Wiped Out Last

Tionesta, Pa, April 29.-After be-
ing classed with the dry counties of
the State since November, when a fire,
which almost wiped Marienville off
the map destroyed its only licensed
hotel, Forest county is to be wet again.
Court yesterday afternoon licensed the
Weaver Hotel and Central Hotel, at
Tionesta; Globe Hotel, at West Hick.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29

Delaro saved his money by dropping
it on the sidewalk when the highway
men approached. Friends later found
and restored it to him. His brother lost
not only the cash, but several checks
for large amounts.
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ry, and the new Keystone, at Marien

President Judge W. D. Hinckley
ruled that the license applications were
void, as they were not up to the laws
requirements, but he was overruled by
the Associate Judges, Joseph Morgan
and Samuel Ahl.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29
A Friday Clearance
Sale in WOmen's
Wear

Little lots of odds that will be closed out at
startlingly low prices. Many of them are from
the last arrivals.
White Gofne Skirts So. 80 sells regularly at $500
Only about two dozen of them. The very latest and
most desired models. Regular sport style.
Net and Lace Party Dresses $500 formerly $3.50
and $500. .
Imported Broadcoth Evening Wrap $1O.OO-former-
ly $5000 model that is fashionable to-day the
day it arrived last winter One only.
Three Imported Broadcoth Evening Wraps, $S.9S-
formerly $3.50, $35 100 and $4,000.
Five Goats at $S.9S- formerly $25, $780, $50 and
$780, for afternoon and evening
Twenty-Five Tailored Suits at $2.9S-for women and
misses. Mostly black and navy serge, and popn. Not
this seasons garments but all good suits, that
$500 to $1,000.
Ten Suits at $5.9S-f formerly $500; popn, broad
cloth and men s serges.
Percae Pettcoats, 29c-formerly 75c made of excel
lent percales and well tailored 81 90 pettcoat
you care to In neat stripes and figures with deep
flounce in flared effects Cut very full
Messaline Petticoats 81 OO-formerly 81 9S new mod
els in all colors full widths
Second Floor-BOWMAN'S
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Children's Wear

Children Goats, $1.75-
formerly $2.9S to $40;
checks, serges and stripes, in
blue, tan, red and black and
white; sizes 2 to 5 years.
Infants Lawn Caps, 19c
formerly 25c; fine tucks and
feather stitching.
Second Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Notions

10c to soc bone and fancy
buttons, dozen, -. &c
12lac and 25c large Hair
Pins, ........ sc
Zoe Shoe Trees, .7c
75c Jet Buttons, doz., 45c
soc Jet Buttons, doz., 25c
&c asbestos Iron Holders, 3
for :. 1Oc
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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arbor at his home yesterday morning
fell from the top and almost severed
his tongue. He was taken to the Gen
eral hospital for treatment.
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Women's Gloves

Black Silk Gloves, 79c pr.
formerly $1.25; 16-button
length.
Silk Gloves, 19c pr.-for-
merly Toe; 2-clasp; small
sizes.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Handkerchiefs

Crepe de Chine Handker-
chiefs, 19f-regularly 25c;
in all shades.
Handkerchiefs, at 1c each
plain and cross-bar.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Ask for Fink's draught Pilsener
Low alcoholic percentage.-Adv.
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URGE PAID FIREMEN
Recommended for Pottsville by Com
mittee of Underwriters

Pottsville, Pa, April 29.-As the
result of the s1,000,OoO fire which
swept portion of the business section
of Pottsville last December, q commit
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29

Boy Nearly Sewers Tongue In Fall
Mountville, April 2s.-Robert Suter,
aged 5 years, while playing on grape
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-29

Tomorrow, as well as Saturday the Sale of
Embroideries will continue
This event really means great deal to every
woman as you can save a tidy sum on wide en-
broideries for summer frocks.
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lash Dress
Goods

Silk Finish Poplins, Sc yd.
formerly 15c; in white,
rose and sand.
Dark Percales, 61ac yd.-
regularly 10c; yard wide;.
navy striped.
Dress Ginghams, SIC yd.
regularly 10c; checks,
plaids and stripes.
Crepe Suitings, 1Oc yd.-
formerly 25c; linen finish;
light and dark shades. 500
yards in the lot.
Main Floor-BOWMAN'S.
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Toys

1VyS
Box Kites, 59c-formerly
Csc.
Stuffed Animals, 3c-for-
merly 10c.
Toy Furniture Sets, 400
formerly $1.00.
Stuffed Animals, 19c-
formerly soc.
Friction Toys, 69c-for-
merly $1.00; automobiles and
water towers.
Automobile, $4.4S-for-
merly $3.50; grey body with
red trimmings.
Stuffed Animals, 29c-
formerly 9Sc.
Third Floor-BOWMAN'S.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05

knife were plain enough for all to see.
and that was all which seemed inn
portant."
MIR. Black said nothing; he was feel.
Ing a trih4 compromising which
did not agree with his crusty nature.
Not having seen Mrs. Scoville for a
half-hour without her veil, her infiL-
ence over him was ON the wane, and
he began to regret that he had laid
himself open to this humiliation.
She saw that II would be left for her
to wind up the interview and get out
of the place without arousing too
much much attention With a self
possession which astonished both men,
knowing her immense interest in this
matter, she laid down the stick, and,
with a gentle shrug of her shoulders,
remarked in an easy tone:
Well, it's curious. The ins and
outs of a crime, mean Such a dis.
covery ten years after the event q
think you said ten years. is very in,
teresting" Then she sighed: Alas
it's too late to benefit the one whose
life it might have saved. Mr.. Black
shall we be going? l have spent q
most entertaining quarter OF an hour
MIR. Black glanced from her to the
sergeant before he Joined her. Then
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
HCaIifornia Syrup Of Figs can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after GIVING
her children California Syrup OF
Figs,' that this is their ideal laxative
because they love its pleasant taste
and ii thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels VIII
out gripping.
When cross, irritable. feverish, OF
breath is bad, stomach sour, look al
the tongue, motherl II coated. give .
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile ana
undigested food passes out OF the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for DO
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs" which has directions for babies.
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05
MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble

When the house is afire, it's about
the same as when disease begins to
show, it's no time to talk but time to
act-delay is angerous-remove the
cause of the trouble at once.
For number of years." wrote
Kansas lady, Il felt sure that coffee
was hurting me, and yet l was so
fond of 1t, | could not give it up. At
last got so bad that l made up my
mind must either quit the use of
coffee or die.
everything l ate distressed me. and
l suffered severely most of the time
with palpitation of the heart. | fire.
quently woke up in the night with the
teeilng that | was almost gone-my
heart seemed so smothered and weak
In It's action. My breath grew short
and the least exertion set me pantins
| slept but little and suffered from
rheumatism.
Two years ago l stopped using the
coHee and began to use Postum and
from the very first began to improve
q ALL dClc! NOW can eat
anything and digest it without trouble
sleep like baby, and my heart beats
strong and regularly. My breathing
has become steady and normal and
my rheumatism has left me.
1 feel like another person. and n
IS all due to quitting coffee and using
POSTUM, for haven't used any medi-
cine and none would have done any
good as long as kept drugging with
eonee Name given by Postum Co.
battie Creek, Mich. Read The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum-must he we,,
boiled l5c and Is packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluhle NOW.
aer. A teaspoonful dissolves Quickly
IN a cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious BEVERAGE
instantly. soc and SOC tins
Both kinds are equally delicious
ana cost per cup about the same
Ihere's a Reason" for Postum
sold by Grocers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

lcopyright. leI4 BIZ podd. N1ead 6 companyl

4 In an attitude OF devouring interest.
Thus for long, slow minute; then
she impulsively raised her head and,
reckoning the two men nearer, she
directed attention to splintered por-
ton OF the handle and asked them
what they saw there.
Nothing; Just stick" declared the
sergeant The marks you are look
ing for are higher up"
And you, Mr. Black"
He saw nothing either but stick. But
he was little less abrupt in his answer.
do you mean those roughnesses? 2"
he asked That's where the stick
was whitfield. You remember that he
had been whiting at the stick"
"Who?"
The word shot from her lips so vi
olently that for a moment both men
looked staggered by 1t. Then MIR.
Black. with unaccustomed forbear-
ance. answered gently enough;
why, Scoville. madam; or so the
prosecution congratulated itself upon
having proved to the jury's satisfac-
ton. II did not tally with Scoville's
story or with common sense | know.
You remember pardon mel mean
that any one who read a report Of the
case, win remember how handled the
matter in my speech. But the pref
udice In favor of the prosecution
will not say against the defense was
too much for me, and common sense,
the defendants declarations. and my
eloquence all went for nothing"
"of course they produced thu
knlfe2"
Was II new knife, a whole one,
meal. with all its blades sharp and
in good order?"
Yes. | can say that handled II
several times"
Then, whose blade left that?" And
again she pointed to the same place
on the stick where her finger had fall.
en- before.
II don't know what you mean" The
sergeant looked puzzled. Perhaps. his
eyesight was not very keen.
Have you a magnifying glass
There is something embedded in this
wood. Try and find out what It u.s."
The sergeant. with queer look at
Mr.. Black. who returned it 18th inter,
est. went for glass, and when he had
used 1t. the stare he gave the heavily
yelled woman drove Mr.. Black ia
reach out his own hand for the glass
We'll" I've Durst forth. after a pro.
longed scrutiny. there is something
there"
"The point of knife blade. The
extreme point" she emphaGized. "It
might easily escape the observation
even Of the most critical. without such
aid as is given by this glass.
No one thought of using a magni.
tying glass on this" blurted out the
sergeant "The marks made by the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05
SYNOPSIS,

A curious crowd OF nelghbors invade
The mysterious home OF Judge Ostrander.
county judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
towing yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates Of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the Judge
= found In a cataleptic state. Bella. his
servant, appears In n dying condition and
prevents entrance 10 a secret door. Bella
dies The Judge awakes. Miss Weeks
Explains 20 him what has occurred during
his seizure. He secretly discovers the
whereabouts Of the yelled woman. She
proves 10 be the widow OF a man tried
ncIorr the judge and electrocuted for muir
ger years before. Her daughter Is en-
Eaged TO the judges son. from whom he Is
eAlrangcu but the murder Is between the
lovers. She plans 60 clear her husbands
memory and asks the judges aid. Alone
" her room Deborah Scoyille reads the
newspaper clippings telling the story OF
the murder % Algprnon Etheridge by
John Scoville In Dark Hollow. twelve
Years before. The Judge and Mrs. Sooville
meet at Spencer's Folly and she shows
him how. on The day OF the murder she
saw the shadow OF man. whiting a
STICK and wearing long peaked cap, like
her husbands Until long aftcrward she
nid not know that her husband had not
worn that cap on the fatal day. The
Judge engages her and her daughter
heA,hef % live with him in HIS mystcri-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05
The Doorman's Plea.

The stage doorman of certain New
York theater Is doughty Italian OF
sufficient Drawn to guard a much
larger portal. Silvestro, as he is
called, has been somewhat envious OF
the snowy uniform of the theater's
carriage porter, in contrast to his own
unpretentious civilian garh. With a
preliminary respectful salute to Mr.
Hopkins, owner of the theater, on his
way to make up for The Marriage OF
Columbine," Silvestro poured out his
soul with characteristic variations on
the idiom, "Scusi. meester, l try do my
best, all de time. l love my job, | love
dis theater, everything. Santa! love
you, love Mr.. Hopkins. everybody
round de place. l give my heart out
all the time, my soul, my life; nothing
would not give to serve you, Siete
soddisfatto? Den, please get me q
fine cap like da porters one"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05

do so. Later, there must be change.
So particular man as the Judge
would soon find himself too uncom.
Portable to endure the lack of those
attentions which he had been used to
In Bela's day. He had not even asked
for clean sheets. and sometimes she
had found herself wondering, with a
strange shrinking OF her heart, IL his
bed was ever made, or whether he had
not been driven at times to lie down in
his clothes.
She had some reason for these
doubtful conclusions. In her ram
blings through the house she had come
upon Bela's room. It was in loft
over the kitchen and she had been
much amazed at its condition. In
some respects II looked as decent as
she could expect, but in the matter of
bed and bed clothes it presented an
aspect somewhat startling The
clothes were there, tossed in heap
on the floor. but there was no bed in
sight nor anything which could have
served as such.
1t had been dragged out. Evidences
of this were everywhere on the mar
row, twisted staircase. A smile, half
pitiful, half self-scornful. curved her
lips as she remembered the rat-tat-tat
she had heard on that dismal night
when she chung listening to the fence,