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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-21

81 wouldn't try to get at 1t, my
DEAR" she said. wait and see. Come,
you must have your coffee. l am
glad you came down early. The old
gentlemen are at breakfast now.
Come in"
He followed her dejectedly, per
ceptible droop to his shoulders.
Mr.. Dawes and Mr.. Riggs we're seat
ed at the table. Lydia, a trifle pale
and distract, was pouring out their
third cup of coffee. Inc old men
showed no sign OF their midnight ex-
perience, They we're very wide
awake, clear-eyed and alert, as old
men will be who do not count the
years Of life left In the span appoint
ed for them.
Good morning, Freddy" said they,
almost in one voice. AS he passed
behind their chairs on his way to
Eydia's side, he slapped each of them
cordially on the back. They seemed
to swell with relief and gratitude.
He was not In the habit of slapping
Lnem on the DaCk.
Good morning, gentlemen" said
he. Then he lifted Lydis's slim fin
gers to his lips. Good morning, dear"
She squeezed his fingers tightly and
smiled. A look of relief leaped into
her eyes; she drew a long breath.
She poured his coffee for him every
morning. Her hand shook little as
she lifted the tiny cream pitcher. 81
didn't sleep very WELL" she explained
in low voice. His hand rested on
her shoulder for moment in a gentle
caress.
Poor old JIM" sighed Mr.. Dawes.
He'll probably have to ask us to va
NOSE, too. l imagine she'll insist on
making spare bedroom out Of our
room, SOS she can entertain all of her
Internal relations. Jones, will you
give me some more bacon and another
egg?"
And I thought 1t was nothing but
shipwreck," murmured Mr. Riggs,
plaintively. a..
Frederic hurried through breakfast.
Lydia followed him into the library.
Are you going out, dear?" she
asked anxiously.
Eyes. I've got to do something. l
can't sit still and think of what's go
ing to happen. I'll be back for lunch
con-"
Half an hour later he was in the
small bachelor apartment of two col.
lege friends, few blocks farther up
town, and he was doing the thing he
did nearly every day of his life in a
surreptitious way. He sat at the
cheap upright piano in their disor-
dered living-room and, unhampered by
the presence of young men who pre-
ferred music as 1t Is rendered for the
masses, played as if his very soul was
in his fingers.
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CHAPTER Il-contlnued.

1T proves that your father has made
no mistake in selecting his friends, my
dear My dear husband used to say
that he would cheerfully die for James
Brood and he knew that James Brood
would have died for him just as read
lily. There is something in friendships
Of that sort that we can't understand.
We have never been able to test our
friends, much less ourselves. We"
II would die for you, Mrs. Des-
mond," cried Frederic, deep flush
oVerspreading his face. For you and
Lydia"
you come by that naturally" she
said, laying her hand upon his arm.
Blood will tell. Thank you, Fred
eric" She smiled. 81 am sure it will
not be necessary for you to die for
me, however. AS for Lydia. you must
live, not die for her."
"Ill do BOTH" he cried, impulsively.
Forgive me-"
There is nothing to forgive" she
said simply. "And now, one word
more, Frederic. You must accept this
new condition of affairs In the right
spirit Your father has married again,
after all these years. 1t is not likely
that he has done so without delibera-
ton. Therefore, it is reasonable to
assume that he is bringing home with
him a wife Of whom he at least is
proud, and that should weigh con-
siderably in your summing up of the
situation. She will be beautiful, &C
complished, refned-and good, Fred
eric. OF that you may be sure. Let
me implore you to withhold judgment
until another and later day"
81 do not object to the situation,
Mrs. Desmond" said he, the angry
light returning to his eyes, 80 much
as l resent the wording of that tele-
gram. 1t is always just that way. He
loses no chance to humiliate me.
He"
Hush! You are losing your temper
again"
well. who wouldn't? And here's
another thing-the very worst of all.
How Is this new condition going to
affect you, Mrs. Desmond?"
She was silent for a moment. "Of
course l shant stay on here, Frederic.
shall not be needed now. As soon as
Mrs. Brood is settled here l shall CO."
"And you expect me to be cheerful
and contented!" he cried, bitterly.
Something Of the Sort" she said.
my father objects to my going into
business or taking up profession.
am dependent on him for everything.
But why go into that? We've talked
1t over thousand times. don't I'M.
derstand but perhaps you do. It's a
dogs way of living"
Your father is making man of
you"
"Oh, he is, eh?" with great scorn.
Eyes. He will make you see some
day that the kind of life you lead is
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CHAPTER III.
The Bride,

Frederic fatty refused to meet the
steamer when she blocked. AS IL
swayed by his decision, Dawes and
Riggs likewise abandoned a plan to
greet the returning master and his
bride as they came down the gang
plank. But for the almost peremp-
tory counsel of Mrs. Desmond, Brood's
son would have absented himself from
the house on the day of their arrival.
Jones and a footman went to the pier
with the chauffeur.
1t was half-past two in the after
noon when the automobile drew up
in front Of the house and the fur
coated footman nimbly hoped down
and threw open the door.
James Brood, a tall, distinguished
looking man Of fifty, stepped out of
the limousine. For an instant, before
turning to assist his wife from the car,
he allowed his keen eyes to sweep the
windows on the lower floor. In one
of them stood his son, holding the lace
curtains apart and smiling a welcome
that seemed sincere He waved his
hand to the man on the sidewalk.
Brood responded with a swift, almost
perfunctory gesture and then held out
his hand to the woman who was de.
scending.
Frederic's intense gaze was fixed
on the stranger who was coming into
his life. At word from Brood, she
glanced up at the window. The smile
still fingered on the young mans lips,
but his eyes we're charged with an
expression of acute wonder. He had
never looked upon more beautiful
creature in all his life. A kind of stu
pefaction held him motionless until he
heard the door close behind them; in
the brief interval, however, a picture
had been impressed upon his senses
that was to last forever.
She was slightly above the medium
height, slender and graceful even in
the long, thick coat that enveloped
her. She did not wear a veil. He had
a swift but enduring glimpse of Gu
riously, pallid, perfectly modelled face;
Of Jet black hair; of firm, sensitive
chin. Somehow he received the ex-
traordinary impression that the slim,
1.-THE body was never cold; that she
expressed in some indefinable way
the unvarying temperature of youth.
He hurried into the hall, driven by
the latent spur Of duty. He heard his
fathers warm, almost gay response to
the greetings Of the old men, whose
hands he wrung with fervor that
was unmistakabla. He heard him
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room was darkened by means OF
heavy window hangings; the effect
was that produced by the cleaning
just before the stars appear. Objects
were shadowy, indistinct, mysterious.
The light from the jade-room door
threw diverging ray across the full
length of the room. In the very cen.
ter of this bright strip sat a placid
efiigy of Buddha that Brood had found
in remote corner of Siam, serenely
stolid on top of its thick base of
bronze and lacquer, with a shining
shrine for a background. In the dim
edge of the shadow, near the door at
the far end of the room, Lydia made
out the motionless, indistinct figure Of
woman. The faint outlines of the
face were discernible but not so the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-21

manhood. The father was taller by
couple of inches than the son, and yet
Frederic was nearly six feet In his
stockings Both were spare men,
erect and gracefully proportional.
Brood gave out the impression of
great strength, Of steel sinews, OF in
vincible power; Frederic did not sug-
gest physical strength, and yet he was
a clean-llmbed, well-built fellow. He
had fine head, slim body whose
every movement proclaimed nervous
energy, and face that denoted TEN.
permanent Of the most pronounced
character 1t was not a strong face,
nor was 1t weak; 1t represented char
acter without force.
On the other hand, James Brood's
lean, handsome face was full OF
power. His gray eyes were keen,
steady, compelling and seldom alight
with warmth. His jaw was firm,
square, resolute, and the lines that
sank heavily into the flesh in his
cheeks were put there not by age but
by the very vigor of manhood. His
hair was quite gray.
Frederic waited for his father to
speak. But James Brood had moth.
ing to say. "She is very attractive,
father" said the young man at last,
almost wistfully. He did not realize
it, but he was cropping for sympathy.
Brood had been In the house for a
quarter of an hour, after an absence
of nearly year, yet his greeting had
been cold, casual, matteroffact. Fred
eric expected little more than that;
still he felt in vague way that now,
II never again, the ice Of reserve
might be broken between them If
only for a moment. He was ready and
willing to do his part.
Brood was studying the young mans
face with an intensity that for the
moment disconnected him. He seemed
bent on fixing certain features in his
minds eye, as II his memory had once
played him false and should not do
SO again. 1t was q habit Of Brood's.
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after prolonged separations, to look
for something In the boys face that
he wanted to see and yet dreaded,
something that might have escaped
him when in daily contact with him.
Now, at the end of the rather often
sive scrutiny, he seemed to shake his
head slightly although one could not
have been sure.
"And as charming as she is attrac-
tive, Frederic" he said, with a faint
flush of the enthusiasm he suppressed.
who is she?" asked his son, with
out realizing the bluntness of his
eager question.
who is she?" repeated his father,
raising his eyebrows slightly. "She
is Mrs. James Brood"
IL beg your pardon" stammered
Frederic, 81 didn't mean to put II
in that way. Who was she? Where
did you meet her and-Oh. l want to
know all there is to tell, father. I've
heard nothing. / am naturally curl
GUS"
Brood stopped him with a gesture
"She was Yvonne Lestrange, before
we were married-Mademoi lie
strange. We met some time ago al
the house Of mutual friend in Paris
| assure you, her references are all
that could be desired" His tone was
sarcastic.
Frederic flushed. I'm sorry asked
the questions, SIR" he said, stif1ly.
Brood suddenly laughed, a qulet
laugh that had some trace OF humol
and touch Of conjunction In 1t. 81
beg your pardon, Frederic. Come VI
to my room and smoke a cigar with
me while I'm changing. I'll tell you
about her. She is wonderful"
To his own surprise, and to Fred
cries establishment, he linked his arm
In the young mans and started TOWARD
the hall. Afterward Brood was to won
der even more than he wondered ther
what 1t was that created the sudder
desire to atone for the hurt look he
had brought to the eyes of Matllde's
son-and the odd longing to touch
his arm gently.
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''Si NNNShhiOhs
features. For a moment the girl stared
at the watcher and then advanced to
the door.
who is IT." she inquired, peering.
A low, husky voice replied, with a
suggestion of laughter In the tones.
81 am exploring the house"
Lydia came forward at once. "Oh,
1t is Mrs Brood. beg your pardon.
Shall | switch on the lights?"
"You are Lydia?"
Eyes, Mrs. Brood"
81 have been prowling everywhere.
Your good mother deserted me when
my maid arrived with Ranjab a short
time ago. Isn't this the dreadful blue
beard room? Shall | lose my head II
am discovered by the ogre?"
The girl felt the spell stealing over
her. The low voice of the woman in
the shadow was like sensuous ca
ress. She experienced a sudden long
ing to be closer to the speaker, to
listen for the very intake of her
breath.
you have already been discovered
by the ogre, Mrs. Brood" said Lydia.
gayly, "and your head appears to be
quite safe"
THANK you" rather curtly, as II re-
polling familiarity. 1t was like a dash
OF cold water to Lydias spirits. you
may turn on the lights. | should like
to see you, Miss Desmond"
The girl crossed the room, passing
close to the stranger in the house.
The fragrance of a perfume hitherto
unknown to her separated itself from
the odor of sandalwood that always
filled the room; it was soft, delicate,
refreshing. 1t was like a breath Of
cool, sweet air filtering into close,
stuffy room. One could not help draw
ing In a long, full breath, as II the
lungs demanded its revivifying quail
ties.
A soft, red glow began to fill the
room as Lydia pulled the cord near
the door. AS the light grew brighter
and brighter the eyes of the stranger
swept the room with undisgused won.
der in their depths.
How extraordinary" she muir.
INJURED. and then turned swiftly toward
the girl where does 1t come from?
| can see no lights. And seel There
are no shadows, not even beneath the
table yonder. lit is uncanny-but.
oh, how lovely!"
Lydia was staring at her with wide
open eyes, frankly astonished. The
eager, excited CLEAN vanished from
Mrs. Brood's lovely eyes. They mar :
rowed ever so slightly.
why do you stare at me?" she de-
manded.
Il expected" began Lydia. and
stopped in pretty confusion.
81 see. You expected a middle-aged
lady, ale? And why. pray, should
James Brood marry a middle-aged
person."
Il don't know. I'm sorry If
have offended you"
Mrs. Blood smiled, a gay, pleased
little smile that revealed her small,
even teeth. you haven't offended
me, my dear" she said. you offend
my husband by thinking so Ill of him.
that's ALL" She took the girl in from
head to foot with critical eyes. He
said you we're very pretty and very
lovable. You aYa lovely. No one
wants to be pretty. Yes, you are just
what l expected"
Lydia was the taller of the two
women; a matter Of tw0 inches per-
haps, and yet she had the curious feel
ing that she was looking upward as
she gazed into the others eyes It
was the way Mrs. Brood held herself.
Sending swift glance around the
room, she went on: my husband de-
lights in having beautiful things about
him. He doesn't like the ugly things
of this world"
(To BE coNT1NUED)
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not the kind you want Your pride,
your ambition will rebel. Then you
will make something out Of life for
yourself"
well, It looks to me as If he means
TO make 1t impossible for me to marry,
Mrs. Desmond. I've thought of 1t a
good deal"
And is 1t impossible7"
mo. shall marry Lydia, even
though l have to dig in the streets
for her. It isn't that, however. There's
some other reason back Of his atti-
tuda but for the life of me l cant
nat Ct v"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-21
SYNOPSIS.

In the New York home of James Brood
Dawes and Riggs. his two old pensioners
and comrades await the coming Of
Brood's son Frederic to learn the contents
of wireless from Brood, but Frederic,
after reading, throws 1t into the fire and
leaves the room without a word. Frederic
tells Lydia Desmond, his fiancee. that the
message announces his fathers marriage
and orders the house prepared for an i'm
mediate homecoming
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-21

It's a great old world. and II there's
4 better we've never been IN v
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-21

and the latter, for some time consid-
cred possible important figure in
new regime, was reported in U. S.
American warship Colorado, with
marine battalion, in readiness for in
slant action, was off Mexican west
coast. Gen. Maytorena, Villa COM
mander there, has declared he would
attack any American landing expedi-
ton. Admiral Howard, in personal
command has elastic orders. It was
said he would not try to land unless
convinced his mems presence was alb
solutely necessary to save foreigners
lives from the Yaquis.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-21
BITS OF NEWS

Berlin, via Amsterdam. - Prof.
Kras, German specialist, called to
Athens to attend King Constantine,
denied Paris report Greek monarch
had been stabbed or poisoned.
San Francisco.-15 persons injured,
Alex Harden probably fatally, in eight
motor vehicle accidents in San Fran
cisco and vicinity Sunday.
Denver. - John Wich killed when
motorcycle struck interurban car.
One man and four women injured in
auto accidents.
Eaton Rapids, Mich. - Mrs. Betsy
Stewart, rs; son, Amos, 38, and
grandson, Donald, II, killed. Auto
struck by Michigan Central train.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Special meeting Carpenters Union,
Local No. 81, at Carpenters hall,
6414 S. Halsted ST.. Tuesday evening
at s o'clock.
West 26th ST. Business Mems assn
will picnic at Pilsen Park, 26th and
Albasay av., June %.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-21
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
PROFIT BY TROUBLE


Contracting and building associa-
tons held conference this afternoon
to consider new ways of offsetting the
success of the striking carpenters.
The carpenters have signed up
enough Independent contractors to
get employment for IL, 900 of the 49,
900 who went on strike, exclusive of
the 5000 millmen who have come to
terms with their employers. This
makes the Carpenters Contractors
ass'n's work tied up while that of the
Independent contractors is going on.
Now the association is asking the
Builders assn, the Building Con-
struction Employers assn, mill own
ers and financial interests which con-
troll the loans on which buildings are
put up to join with them to keep the
Independent contractors from getting
material or money.
The Carpenters District Council
Gill vote this week on the granting of
full power of arbitration to Jas Kirby,
Carpenters International president.
Maclay Hoyne will try to arrive
from Williamstown, Mass, in time to
proceed with the car mems arbitra-
ton tomorrow. He has accepted the
position of arbiter for the union men.
Union leaders conferred with COM
pany leaders today.
MiIwaukee.-one person dead, II
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-21
SlEGEL STARTS SERVING HIS
TEN MONTHS SENTENCE


Geneseo, N. Y, June 21.-Henry
Siegel, former merchant prince and
millionaire, convicted of bank wreck
ing in connection with the financial
failure of his vast enterprises, left to-
day for Rochester, N. Y, to serve his
ten months sentence in the Monroe
county penitentiary.
Siegel's private bank and string
of department stores failed last
year, bringing untold misery to thou
sands of depositors whose little all
had been entrusted to the Siegel
bank.
With this announcement there
vanishes all hope of the $4,000 de-
positors receiving any substantial
part of the $2,2OO,OOO still due them
by SiegePs bank. Siegel, held re-
sponsible for the failure of the bank,
was tried and convicted of ''misde-
meanor" in obtaining loan from a
bank on a false credit statement.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-21

MiIwaukee.-One person dead, T.
injured in Sunday auto accidents. In
jured include five women and baby.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-26

this dump pass out, and this lowered the water in the town several inches. The predicted rise in White river from the rains above, and the rise in Black river. did not materialize and onight all danger from the water has passed, and many of the people have been able to return to their homes, that were partly submerged this morning.
 Relief trains are able to reach the city and food can be secured, but funds are lacking with which to pur- chase food and tents for the hOme- less, many of whom will not be able to return to their homes for several days.
 Though the city was patrolled closely last night by special police in boats, there were no arrests and no
 trouble is reported in handling the refugees
 No deaths have been reported in the city from drowning or otherwise, as the result of the high water.
 The estimated property loss of $3,-
 0O0,000 to S4,0O0,00O cannot be veri- i fled until tine waters recede. but it is 1 thought the sum is not over-estimat- I cd
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-26
NEW OUTBREAK OF "FOOT AND MOUTH"
 DISEASE IN ILLS

Chicago, Aug 25.-Discovery of a new and virulent outbreak of the foot and mouth disease in the midst of the states richest stock farming section, led today to the United States govern ment establishing it's most rigid form of quarantine over the whole of Lake county, and the posting of armed fed eral guards at all cross roads to pre-. vent the passage of pedestrains. Sixteen big herds of valuable cat tie are already known to be infected in the district between Wheeling and
 Barringtcn and millions of dollars worth belonging to some of Chicago's wealthiest land owners are either in- fected or in immediate danger and vigorously quarantined.
 The embargo is as strict as United States regulations and shot guns can makel it. From washington has come I the order that mail carriers shall not pass through the village of Haliady, | the center of the infection. Milwau-
 kee road, for miles on each side of
 H~lfday is closed to traffic and the
 village is entirely cut off from the | world. Merchants are forbidden to deliver goods: milk shipment has
 been forbidden and the guards have
 orders to kill any chickens, dogs and cats that appear in the roads.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-26
Great Concerted Effort by Allies to Force Passage
 and Take Capital.
AUSTRALIANS TAKE
 800 YARDS TRENCHES
Russian Squadron Smelling Bosporous Forts. and Young Turks Are Send ing Urgent Appeals to Berlin for
 Prompt Relief.

London, Aug. 25.--Land. sea. air and submarine attacks against the Turks in a great concerted effort by the British French and Russians to corcc the Dardanelles, take Constant inople and gain the support of the wavcring Balkan states, arc reported tonight.
 A Russian aerOplane squadron bon' barLcd Constantinople on Monday ac- cordng to scmi-official reports, kI' ing or wounding Al persons.
 Cooperating with the allied fleet shclling the Dardanelles forts. Russian battle squadron has appeared off the Bosporous driving tn" Turk jsh warships to the protection of the forts wh.c are now being lombard ed by the Russian vessels.
 Operating in the northern zone of Gallipoli, British troops have captur- cd 800 yards of Turkish trenches, ac- cording to an official admiralty re- port issued in Paris, registering one of the largest single gains yet report cd.
 The trenches were stormed by Aus tralian troops, landed recently, i'll a surprise attack at Suvla bay. Capture Obst ryation Post.
 Meanwhile the British, in the re- zion of Kirthia and Avi Burnt, have commenced strong operations on 1 large scale and are reported to be making satisfactory progress, while at the same time the French, by a brilliant infantry action, have cap tured a Turkish observation post at the southern end ol the peninsula and have established themselves in a portion of strategic importance.
 A British submarine, according to Mitylene advices, has torpedoed ant sunk four Turkish transports, en route to Gallipoli, with large num- Der of troops.
 A dispatch received tonight from Athens states that 10000 Turkish troops withdrawn from other fronts are being hurriedly dispatched tt Gallipoli.
 The Young Turk leaders are re ported to be sending urgent appeals to Berlin for assistance. Emissaries are said to have been dispatched tt plead with the German war office fol quick offense against Serbia anf the Balkans in an effort to cut through to Constantinople and Tiff the pressure which is rapidly Carry, ing Turkey under.