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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-09-17

,ua-so & must Davs been the c -4ef
way round. She's dead now. I know.
but she didn't die for years after I was
horn. Why was It that I never saw
her? Why was | kept up there in that
damnable village"
Where diL you get that photo
graph" demanded Brood hoarssag.
Where. l say! What damned. ineG>
fering fool"
Il wouldn't be too hasty, II l were
you" said Frederic, q note of triumpA
In his voice. "Yvonne gave 1t to mo. !
made her promise to say nothing -
you about it. She"
"Yvonne found 1t? Yvonne? And
gave 1t to you? What trick of fate -
this? But-ah, 1t may not be a pa
trait of %your-your mother. Some OH
Photograph"
mo. it is my mother. Yvonne saw
the resemblance at once and brought
1t to me. And 1t may interest you IA
know that she advised me to treasure
It al my life because 1t would always
tell me how lovely and sweet my moth
er was-the mother | have '
SEEM"
Il insist on seeing that picture"
said Brood. with deadly intensity.
NO" said Frederic, folding his
arms tightly across his breast. you
didn't deserve her then and you"
you don't know what you are say
ing, boy!"
"Ah, don't I? Well, I've got Just q lit
tie bit Of m mother safe here over
my heart-a little faded card, that's all
and you shall not rob me Of that.
Last night l was sorry for you. l had
the feeling that somehow you have al
ways been unhappy over something
that happened in the past that my
mother was responsible for. And yet
when / took out this photograph, this
tiny bit Of old cardboard-see, 1t 10 q
small that 1t can be carried In my
waistcoat pocket-when I took 1t out
and looked at the pure. lovely face. T.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-09-17
svNoPsIs.

Ais son, Frederic, receives q wireless
from him Frederic tells Lydia Des-
nond. his hancee. that the message an
Mrs.. Desmond. the housekeeper and
Iydia's mother. TO prepare the house for
m immediate homecoming. Brood and
sn 81 sa'G iir. a1, meeting sne ,s n,as r shows dislike ike
and yelled hostility 10 his son. Lydia and
Mrs.: Brood met u the jade-room. where
Lydia works a. Brood's secretary. Mrs.
s ss3Sa = isr,otSs II Akin saS 1 servant. She 4
makes changes In the hoA vhold and gains
her husbands consent to eend Mrs. Des-
ancaS snd s hyd1 s.. aMsy e. t sas han1aS n
e ssc. unc: nm s Tppesr,c .., and n%dis,appesafs e.
4ather's East Indian stories and Arm be-
lab performs fsats Of magic for Dawes
Justly orders his son from the dinner table
s "a drH ". !. Brood s,o s,,s tells The , tory, Of Ran Ran
"a" who was u%nfaithful to him. Yvonne
PAR With Frederic's infat1ation for her.
Eli ,e .ss e. e. Dc ds.d se %;st ten, .no o1m h that dro =:
from his home. through her.. Yvonne:
4vonne play. With Brood. Frederic and
Frederic 9 not hts con, and that ne has
11rOught him - to kill his happiness at
HE proper time with this knowledge.
s9ssssessf i :,os sass .nd Iy ,o.no. nG eSs p tas9u g ~. :
Mothsfss house. His wagering allegiance
- her y stfengthensd BY 4 day spent
Nth her: Yyonne. over the phone rouses
Ioes to beg Brood not to tell Frederic OF
III unhappy parentage, but h turned from
- purpose. Frederic. 1t dinner with
o 49, !, ara "a. RsEs.. !. sei.ed With an I'm
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S0sW0en tnoss eve 0eaA 90 ] soaA p
least remain hare to assure Frederic
Of my sympathy. to help him II l can,
to offer him the shelter Of my home
A spasm Of alarm crossed Yvonne'a
face. do you really believe 1t will
come to THAR" she demanded. nery.
ously.
IF what I fear should come to pass,
he will not stay in this house another
hour. He will go forth from 1t, ours
ing James Brood with all the hatred
that his soul a possess. And now
Mrs. Brood. shall ! tell you what |
think Of YOU"
mo. It isn't at all necessary. Re
sides. I've changed my mind. ia like
you to remain. do not want to rys'
tify you any further, Mrs. Desmond,
but ! now confess to you that l am
losing my courage. Don't ask me to
tell you why, but"
Il suppose 1t Is the custom with
those who play with fire. They shrink
when 1t burns them"
Mrs. Brood looked at her steadily
for . long time without speaking. The
rebellious, sullen expression died out
OF her eyes. She sighed deeply. almost
despairingly.
II am sorry you think i'll Of me, yet
] cannot blame you for considering me
to be a-a-Ill not say II. Mrs. Des.
mond, IL wish l had never come to
this house."
Permit me to echo your words"
"You will never be able to under
stand me. And, aiter all. why should
! care? You are nothing to me. You
are merely q good woman who has
no real object IL life. You"
mo real object in life?"
precisely. Sit down. We will wait
here together. II you please. IL am
worried. think l rather like 10 feel
that You are here with me. You see,
the crisis has come"
"You know. OF course. that he turned
one wife out Of this house, Mrs.
Brood" said Mrs. Desmond. deliber.
ately.
Something like terror leaped into
the Others eyes. The watcher expe.
rienced an incomprehensible feeling OF
pity for her-she who had been despis.
ing her 81 flercely the instant before.
"Hoche will not turn me OUT" muir.
INJURED Yvonne. and suddenly began
pacing the door, her hands clinched.
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Stopping abruptly In front Of the other
woman, she exclaimed: He made q
great mistake in driving that other
woman out. He Is not likely to repeat
1t. Mrs. Desmond"
"Yes-I think he did make . mis-
take" said Mrs. Desmond, calmly.
But he does not think so. He 10 q
man OF iron. He Is unbending."
He Is q wonderful man-a great.
splendid man." cried Yvonne, fiercely.
1t is I-Yvonne Lestrange-who pro-
claim It to the world. | cannot bear
to see him suffer. l."
Then why do you"
Mrs. Brood flushed to the roots Of
her hair. Il do. not want to appear
unfair to my husband. but declare
to you, Mrs. Desmond, that Frederic 10
fully justified In the attitude he has
taken this morning. His father hui
inflated him last night in q manner
that made forbearance impossible.
That much ! must say for Frederic.
And permit me to add. from my soul.
that he Is vastly % sinned against
than shining"
Il can readily believe that, Mrs.
Brood"
This morning Frederic came into
the breakfast room while we we're hav-
ing coffee. You look surprised. Yes,
I was having breakfast with my hus-
band. knew that Frederic would
come. That VA my reason. When |
heard him IN the hall l sent the serv.
ants out Of the diningroom. He had
spent the night with ! friend. His
first words on entering the o were
these-I shall never forget them: Last
night / thought ! loved you, father.
but l have come home Just to tell you
that ! hate you. ! cant stay In this
house another day. I'm going to get
out. But ! just wanted you to know
that | thought l loved you last night,
a. . son should love . father. / Just
wanted you to know it. He did
not even look 1t me-. Mrs. Desmond.
I don't believe hs knew l wa there.
! shall never forget the look In James
Brood's face. Il was - II he nv I
ghost or home horrible thing that fas-
cinated him. He did not utter : word,
but stared at Frederic In that terrible.
awestruck way. I'm going to ct out,
said Frederic. biz voice rising. sYou'vo
treated mo like : dor Ill ny NE anl
I'm through. I sAen't sven - onn1
~ = yoo. YOD 1Do4 GoooGpo -
I0n aonaA1u0n1m r. - 49, -
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XVI.
ITO Ny Own sweetheart.'

ITO My Own Sweetheart"
When James Brood and Frederic
left the dining-room nearly an hour
prior to the departure Of Mrs. Des
mond. there vas In the mind OF each
the resolution to make short work Of
the coming interview. Each knew thai
the time had arrived for the parting
Of the ways, and neither had the least
desire to prolong the suspense.
The study door was closed. James
Brood put his hand on the knob. but
before turning It, faced the young man
with an odd mixture Of anger and pity
In his eyes.
Perhaps It would be better II w
had nothing more to say to each 9th
err" he said. with an effort. II have
changed my mind. cannot say the
thing to you that T."
"Has it got anything to do with
Yvonne and me?" demanded Frederic
ruthlessly. jumping at conclusions In
his new-found arrogance.
Brood threw open the door. "Ster
inside" he said in q voice that should
have warned the younger man, 1t wal
10 prophetic OF disaster. Frederic
had touched the open sore with that
unhappy question. Not until this In,
slant had James Brood admitted to
himself that there was . sore and that
II had been fostering Ill these weeks
Now It was laid bare and smarted with
pain. Nothing could rave Frederic
after that reckless. deliberate thrust
q tho very core Of the mallgnaal
growth that lay - near the sureaco.
Il had beso n Janee Brood's hanyl
- spase the ~,
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by heaven, l knew she was not TO
blame"
Have you finished?" asked Brood.
wiping his brow. 1t was dripping.
Except to repeat that l am through
with you forever. I've had all that !
can endure and I'm through. My great
est regret is that ! didn't get Q
long ago. But like . fool-a weak fool.
I kept on hoping that you'd change
and that there were better days ahead
for me. I kept 81 hoping that you'd
be a real father to me. Good Lord.
what q libel on the name!" lie
laughed raucously. I'm sick OF calliug
you father. You did me an hon1r
downstairs by calling me bastard
You had no right to call me that. but.
by heaven, il it were not for this bit
OF cardboard here over my heart, I'd
shout from the housetops that l am
no son of yours. But there's no such
luck as that! I've only to look at my
mothers innocent, soulful face to-"
Stop" shouted Brood in an awful
voice. His clenched hands were raised
above his head. The time has come
for me to tell you the truth about this
innocent mother OF yours. Luck is
with you. l am not your father. You
are"
Wait! II you are going to tell mo
that my mother was moi q good Won
an. | want to 60 on record In advance
Of anything you may say. as being
glad that I am her son no matter who
my father was. l am glad that she
loved me because I was her child. and
II you are not my father then / still
have the Joy Of knowing that she loved
some n man we'll enough to-" He
broke OF the bitter sentence and with
nervous fingers drew a small leather
Ease from his watstcoat pocket BE
fore you 60 any farther, take one look
at her face. 1t will make you
ashamed OF yourself. Can you stand
there and lie about her after looking
into"
He was holding the window curtains
kapart, and q stream Of light fell upon
the lovely face, 20 small that Brood
was obliged to come Quise close to 10
able Il see 1t. His . ca were dio.
tended.
1T is not MAtilde-k IL Nike ~
but Yes. yes, 1t Is Matilde! unoe
be losing my mind to have thoueht~s
He wiped his brow. but. good 0o1. z
was startling-positively uncanny."
spoke a. to himself. apparently 1ueDA
ting that he had . listener.
Well. . you 10 about ~ no0V
demanded Frederic.
Brood was still staring = u
cinated 1t the tiny phoep0ran. -
| have never seen that picture 49,
She never had 60 - small @
IT,
10 - Ou4s0gunn,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-09-17
CHAPTER XIV.
\ Mother Intervene.

@&
Long past midnight the telephone
tho Desmond apartment rang sharp
y, insistently. Lydia. who had inst
1Allen asleep. awoke with 4 start and
Gat bolt upright II her bed. A clammy
D~erspiration broke out all over her
oody. She knew there had been .
catastrophe.
She sat there c~hattering until she
heard her mothers door open and then
the click Of the receiver a. II wal
0ftod from the hook. Then she put
- dngefs % her ears and closed her
eyes. Tho very worst had happened.
- w. snre o4 IL The blow had
o1llea. The only thought that scared
- brain was that she had failed him.
ehilod him missrably In the crisis. Oh.
she could only reclaim that lost
hour Of INDIGESTION and cowardice!
/ The light In the hallway suddenly
onote her In the face and she realized
a0r the iirst time that her eyes were
lightly closed q Il to shut out some
11horrent sight.
~Ly0ial" Her mother was standing
= the opsn door ''Oh. you are awake7"
1fs. Desmond stared In amusement
- the girls figure.
~What - It. mother? Tell me what
Aas happened? II he"
He wants 70 speak to you. He IL
a the wire. II His voice sounds
very queer"
Tho girl sprang out Of bed and hur-
o9ed % the telephona.
Don't 90 away. "Wednesday here"
- cried - she sped past the white
olAA Agure n the doorway. Mrs. Des-
im0nd nattened herself against the van
and remained there - motionless a.
: STATUE. her sombsr gase fixed on her
Uanghter's lace.
sTos. Frsderic-tt u Lydia. What
= ie dearf' Her vOics WAS high and
ehin.
HI voice Cana jerking over the
Miro. sharp and sQueruloua She closed
-. eyee = anticipation Of the blow.
her BODY Ftgid-
I'm sosry - DISTURB you." no VA
saying. sbut I int had % call you
~" ~ wcrds were disiointed, .
: - foeced ,th1m nom his lips one
~ oao - : sapssme ebert It coher-
~Ya. yes-itss III right. / doat
m1n6. You aid right. Whist y it!''
= want - = rslease N from ny
2W-s- -.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17
TOLL OF 1000 A DAY.

According to Doctor Demme, who
studied ten temperate families" and
ten Incorporate families" for II years
in the same class Of society, the deaths
Of children under five in the latter
group were five times as many as in
the former group-25 against five.
Since the deaths below the age Of FIVE
comprise 80 per cent. Of all the deaths,
1t is evidently more than conservative
to take the comparison of adult males
given above as q measure Of the raw
ages Of alcohol for the total popula-
ton, says Richmond P. Hobson, in al
cohol and the Government" II we
were a nation Of total abstainers we
would die OF at the rate of $50 per
1000 Of the population, whereas we
are actually dying off at a rate Of
1000 per $1,000. In other words, alco-
hol causes the premature death Of
40 citizens out of every $1,000 of the
population every year, which means
that alcohol kills about 100000 Ameri-
can citizens every year. about 1900 q
day every day the sun rises.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17
TWO DISEASES OF POTATOES
Powdery Scab Of Tubers Often Gained
Much Headway by Being Confused
With Common Scab.
iBy w. /. MORSE.l

by w. ]. MORSE.)
No doubt the chief reason that
powdery scab was not recognized ear
Her by the potato growers in the Sec
tons where it is now known to occur
is that they failed to distinguish the
disease from the ordinary scab which
has been common and widely distrib-
uted for many years. In comparing
the two, it may be said in the first
place that the LESSONS produced by the
common scab are, on the average,
much larger. They are apt to be more
irregular in size and shape and never
appear as distinct warts or pustules.
containing a brownish powder. They
never produce browning Of the sur
rounding skin resembling decay, nor a
pronounced shrinkage of the tubers,
and never form large, deep, eroded
pits or cankered areas in the tissues.
II affected potatoes are wet and
carefully washed to remove super
duous dirt. another distinct charac.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17
MONEY TO RUN COUNTRY.

Where will you get the money to
run the country If you cut out the sale
Of liquor?" asks the liquor advocate.
"The best answer we know Of" says
the North American Of Philadelphia,
lis the action of Russia, England,
France and Germany, which at time
when every cent that can be got is
urgently needed for the conduct of tho
war, find 1t more profitable to reduce
this revenue than to run the risks in.
cidental upon the general use of alco-
holic drinks among the soldiers and,
as in Russia. the general public"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17
TWO SCENES.

TWO SCENES.
Excerpt from one of Mrs. L. M. N.
Stevens Annual Addresses.)
A young society woman, total abb
stainer, remarked that it was very
hard to make strong argument in
favor of total abstinence when there
were 80 many moderate drinkers in
her circle who were successful in
business and happy In their home
life. To this we say, in your circle
you see but one section at one stage
Of action. Let US shift the scene .
little.
A temperance specialist was per.
mitted to sit in the Office of a certain
sanitarium while the patients came
filing in with barred arms to take their
semi-daily treatment. When the last
one had passed out the doctor said,
I'm that line were representatives Of
many business enterprises, of educa-
tional institutions, Of every profess
sion; men who are still possessors Of
large wealth, and others who have
wasted their fortunes and are now
trying to get we'll that they may be-
gin life anew"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17
LIQUOR BUSINESS A PARASITE.

LIQUOR BUSINESS A PARASITE.
CBy LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAL
LACE of California;
Business is an exchange of COM
modities. II is buying and selling.
and there must be advantage or gain
in the barter. For continued COM
merce the gain must extend to both
parties to the transaction. II the re-
sultant advantage OF business deal
inures to the benefit of one party only,
there Is an economic defect. The buy
er must benefit by his purchase as
truly as the seller by his sale. The
buyer gets from the grocer -four, from
the hardwareman nails, from the lum-
herman lumber, and in each case buy
er and seller are benefited. The same
buyer goes to the saloon to get wine
or beer or whisky. The dealer makes
a profit on the goods sold. But here
is a break in our business principle.
The buyer makes no gain. He parts
with his share Of the barter, and gets
nothing valuable in return. At every
other counter there was gain on both
sides; here the gain was on one side
only. The transaction limps; it is
false to business principles. 1t repre-
sents economic waste.
The economic waste becomes a mul.
tiplied factor when the argument Is
extended to liquors effect on the pur
chaser who consumes It, The liquor
fro ff1c 10 O no 70 aita Anv huainoso
blood that 1t has is sucked from the
vigorous body Of healthful business.
1t contributes nothing but draws
heavily. II a town or city prospers
where traffic " liquor is allowed, its
prosperity is less than it should be
by just SO much as liquor takes. II
gives nothing, and what 1t takes is SO
much subtracted from the general
gain.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17

Under the most favorable eonuIuons
Incubator chicks are never equal In
general vitality to the normal hen
Matched chick. They are less resis-
tant and more subject to disease. We
have not yet mastered natures secrets
either with the lower organisms or
with our own species. and for this rea-
son we can well afford to draw les
sons from the experience acquired In
the various hatcheries. The founda-
ton Of good health is good air and
good food. Food to the nursing moth
er bears the same relation as lamp
heat to the incubator, and II there is
deficiency In any degree in either
case the developing life is certain to
pay the penalty in lowered vitality;
while If We take an excess Of deficient
foodstuffs we must likewise pay a
penalty.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17

teristic can be observed. When wet,
the spots produced by powdery scab
are invariably darker colored than
those Of the common type. Common
scab is, as a rule, nothing more than
surface ulcer, resulting from the
irritation of the growth Of the seed
parasite in the superficial cells of the
tissue. On account Of the character
of the LESSONS thus produced the keep
ing qualities Of the tubers are practi-
cally uninjured and the value for food
purposes is not materially lessened. It
simply makes them unsightly and less
easy to prepare for the table.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-03-17

| cattle feeders throughout the corn
belt and other states where much
corn is fed. In Indiana, for example.
it was found that the addition Of one
pound of cottonseed meal to a ration
of corn and clover hay resulted in a
saving of 1877 pounds Of corn and 1.41
pounds of clover hay. This means
that II corn was worth 70 cents a
bushel and clover hay SIS ton. each
ton of cottonseed meal fed the cattle
saved the farmer $55. 40 worth of other
feed. With cottonseed meal at $24
a ton this is a net saving of $31.40-
a saving well worth while.
AS a matter of fact cottonseed meal
has been the principal concentrate fed
to cattle in the South for years. In
experiments conducted by the bureau
of animal industry it was found that
with this as the only concentrated
feed gains could be made on steers
very economically. Three hundred
and fifty pounds of meal often pro-
duced as much as 100 pounds OF gain.
When fed judiciously, six pounds of
kcottonseed meal a day for period
of 100 to 100 days does not prove
harmful to mature steers. If the steers
are to be fed for longer period. how.
ever, the amount fed should not be
more than four pounds day. For
wintering cattle 1t is hard to find a
better or more economical ration than
silage combined with two to three
pounds of cottonseed meal and a little
fodder or slower. Mature cattle can
be wintered on a ration of 80 pounds
of silage, two pounds of cottonseed
meal. and about five pounds of some
dry roughage.
But In addition to it's feeding value
the fertilizing value of cottonseed
meal is very high-so high indeed that
often the fertilizing constituents in the
meal are alone worth as much or more
than 1t now costs. When 1t is remem-
bered that from 80 to 80 per cent OF
this fertilizing value remains In the
manure the opportunities for profit
that its use offers become even more
obvious.
In view of these facts. specialists
in the department recommend cattle
feeders in all parts of the country to
secure prices on cottonseed by-prod-
ucts and to take advantage Of the
cheap foods that they provide. No
other form of concentrated feed. the
specialists say. will prove as profitable
Is cottonseed meal this year. In the
South the feeders have an opportun-
ity to get these by-products at lower
prices than at any other time during |
the last ten years. Combined with |
farm-grown feeds. such as corn silage, |
they should be able to secure gains
very cheaply, and with the present
high prices for finished cattle. make
good profits Incidentally it may be
said that If such movement tends
to strengthen and steady the market
for cottonseed by-products. this will In
itself be of considerable assistance to
cotton growers in the South.