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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05

how ineffably happy, how peaceful life
would be If his father were to lay his
hands upon his shoulders and say, my
son. love you'll love you dearly.
There would be no more lonely days;
all that was bitter in his life would be
swept away In the twinkling OF an
eve; the world would be full OF JOY for
him and for Lydia.
When he entered the house that
evening he was full Of resentment
toward his father, and sullen with the
remains of an ugly rage. And now to
be actually craving the affection OF the
man who humbled him, even In the
presence of servants! 1t was unbe'
| pevable. He could not understand
himself. A wonderful, compelling ten
derness filled his heart. He longed tc
throw himself at his fathers feet and
crave his pardon for the harsh, venge
full thoughts he had spent upon hin
in those black hours. He hungeret
for a word Of kindness or of under
standing on which he could feed bill
starving soul. He wanted his father
| love He wanted, more than anything
else In the world, to love his father.
| Lydia slipped out of bis mind
| Yyouue was set aside In this in1moTts
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
CHAPTER XIV.
Sensations.


Lydia stopped for moment in the
hail. after closing the door behind her,
to pull herself together for the ordeal
that was still to come. She was
trembling; a weakness had assaiied
her. She had left Yvonne's presence
in a dazed, unsettled condition OF
mind. There was a lapse Of some kind
that she could neither account for nor
describe even to herself. The black
velvet coat that formed part OF her
trig suit, hung Imply in her hand,
dragging along the floor as she moved
with hesitating steps in the direction
of James Brood's study. A sickening
estimate of her own strength OF pur-
nose confronted her. She was sud
denly afraid of the man who had
always been her friend. Somehow
she felt that he would turn upon her
and rend her, this man who had al
WAYS been so gentle and considerable
and who had killed things!
Ranjab appeared at the head of the
stairs. She waited for his signal to
ascend, somehow feeling that Brood
had sent him forth to summon her
Her hand sought the stair rail- ano
gripped it tightly. Her lips parted IN
a stiff smile. Now she knew that she
was turning coward, that she longec
to put off the meeting until tomor
tomorrow!
The Hindu came down the staiSs
quickly, noiselessly.
"The master say to come tomorrow
tomorrow as usual" he said, as h
paused above her on the steps.
Tit must be today" she said, dog
gedly, even as the thrill Of relief sho
through her
Tomorrow" said the man. His eye
we're kindly inquiring. "Sahib say 20
are to rest" There was q pause. "Tt
morrow will not be too late"
She started. Had he read the though
! that was in her mind?
Thank you, Ranjab," she said. afte
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05
SYNOPSIS.

Now York home Of James Brood,
IN Inc frederic receives a wireless
as SOL lin, Frederic tells Lydia Des-
from, M W. fancee, that the message an
mono' ti bic fathers marriage, and orders
1ouhCeTn na ',n the hOusekeeper ana
JIG; mother. to prepare the mouse LOT
Sqisa.r,odiate homecoming. Brood ana
~ i hride arrive She wins FredeTlCS IN
DIS O y. frst meeting. Brood shows dislike
ln aa ~ Yelled hostility to his son. Lydla anu
ana prood met in the jade-room, where
MS; ,'"rI,e as Brood's secretary. Mrs.
lyals =, startled by the appearance or
BToyuh RroOd's Hindu servant. She
ha aItpa changes In the household and gains
llAASo ,Shond's consent to send Mrs. Des-
~ a,d land and Lydia away. She fasclnates
!lO nL she begins to fear RanJab IN
tIe,.,nonnv appearances and disappear
hls o AN and Frederic remembering MS
ssather,s East Indian stories ana IirIq pc
E.S IN magic fears unknown evil ran
IN nerforms feats OF magic lot dawes
~ pPigoe Frederic's father, Jealous, UNI
ana n eSt5S,,re his son from the dinner table
us5 d!,,nk Brood tells the story of Ran
y ~ u Tigo n his guests. HE killed wom-
~ ~ ,I Tho was unfaithful to him. YVonne
~ a. With FrederiCs infatuatiOn for her.
Wy b"shand warns her that the thing
ns ,,+ not 20 on. She tells him that he
Sti lI loves his dead wife. whom ne drove
9 ssnn his his home, through her, Yvonne;;
IIVsa plays with Brood, Frederic ana
iySIa as with figures on a chess board,
brood madly jealous, tells Lydia that
frederic Is not his son. and that ne mas
brought him up to XII ms ms. hdpp1RgsS9
w. Ss.d plSirNt takes Lydia home through q
s sV'i storm and spends the night at heI
I mSSf house His wavering allegiance
70 s1'' her is strengthened by day spent
Frsderic's lnfatuatIon for her again; Lydlt
aoes to beg Brood not to tell Frederic o.
Rs unhappy parentage, but is turned IRON
her purpose
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ticket OF admission, however, and
lined up with others who were content
to stand at the back to witness the
play. Inside the theater he leaned
weakly against the railing at the back
Of the auditorium and wiped his brow.
What was it that had dragged him
there against his will, in direct oppo,
sitfon toIhis logged determination to
shun the place?
The curtain was up, the house was
still, save for the occasional coughing
of those who succumb to habit that
can neither be helped nor explained
There were people moving on the
stage, but Frederic had no eyes for
them. He was. seeking in the dark,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05

N@AAA NAA'ANAAA'A0 VA A4AO' DAOOhI DhL vi
Frederic. Why have you done this
abominable thing to him? Why?"
Il did not realize what it would
mean to him." said the other, desper-
ately. T-l did not count all the cost. |
But, dearest Lydia, it will come out
all right again, l promise you. l have
made horrible, horrible mistake.
can say no more. Now, let me lie here
with my head upon your breast. !
want to feel the beating Of your pure,
honest heart-the heart that have
hurt | can tell by its throbs whether
it will ever soften oward me. Do not
say anything nov let US be still"
1t would be difficult to describe the
feelings of Lydia Desmond as she sat
there with the despised though to be
adored head pillowed upon her breast,
where it now rested in sort of conf
dent repose, as if there was safety in
the very strength of the young girls
disapproval. Yvonne had twisted her
1.-the body on the chaise Tongue so that
she half-faced Lydia. Her free arm.
from which the loose sleeve had
fallen, leaving it bare to the shoulder
was about the girls neck.
| For long time Lydia stared
straight before her. seeing nothing,
positively dumb with wonder and &C
knowledging a sense of dismay over
her own disposition to submit to this
extraordinary situation. She was ask
ing herself why she did not cast the
woman away, why she lacked the
power to resent by deed as we'll as by
. thought. Life-marvelous, adorable
life rested there on her breast. This
: woman had hurt her-had hurt heI
t wantonly-and yet there came steal
: ing over her, subtly, the conviction
3 that she could never hurt her in re
turn. She could never bring hersel
+ to the point of hurting this wondrous
u living, breathing, throbbing creature
g who pleaded, not only with her lip
s and eyes, but with the gentle heart
). beats that rose and fell in her throat
After long time, in which Their
It was conflict, she suddenly pressed he
VI warm lips to Yvonne's. Then IN a
d abrupt revulsion of feeling her arm
1t fell away from the warm, sweet bod
1t and almost roughly she pushed YVonn
n away from her,
Il didn't mean to do that" sh
a. gasped.
H. The other smiled, but it was sa
u' plaintive effort on her part. " kne
:, that you would" she repeated.
ar Lydia sprang to her feet, her faC
~. suddenly flaming with embarrassment
81 must see Mr.. Brood stopped
- to tell him that" she began, tryiI
- to cover. her confusion, but YVonne
terrupted.
81 know that you could not help
=, my DEAR" she said. Then, after
III pause. you will let me know VIII
;, my husband has to say about it,"
" "To-say about it?"
an About your decision to marry Ere
Itb eric in spite of his objections"
He Lydia felt a little shiver race oV
ON her as she looked toward the door.
"You will help us?" she said, tire
70 ulously, turning to Yvonne. Again S
,or saw the drawn, panied look about
,od dark eyes and was startled
"You can do more with him tn
ur- l." was the response.
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CHAPTER XIII-contInued.


Now was the time to speak plainly to
this woman of the thing that was hurt,
ing her almost beyond the limits OF
endurance. Her voice was rather high
aItcbed. She had the fear that she
would not be able to control 1t.
81 should be blind not to have OBJ
served the cruel position in which you
are placing Frederic. Is 1t surprising
that your husband has eyes as we'll as
/? What must be his thoughts, Mrs.
Brood?"
She expected an outburst torrent
of indignation, an angry storm of
words, and was therefore unprepared
for the piteous, hunted expression that
came swiftly into the lovely eyes, bent
80 appealingly upon her own, which
we're cold and accusing. Here was
new phase to this extraordinary crea-
lures character. She was a coward
after all, and Lydia despised a coward.
The look of scorn deepened in her
eyes, and out from her heart rushed
all that was soft and tender in her
nature, leaving it barren Of all com
passion.
az do not want to hurt Frederic"
murmured Yvonne. Il am sorry
IT,"
you are hurting him dreadfully, b"
said Lydia, suddenly choking up with
emotion.
He is not-not in love with me"
declared Yvonne
NO" said the girl, regaining con
troll of herself, "he is not in love with
you, That is the whole trouble. He
Is in love with me- But-can't you
see"
you are wise young woman tt
know men 30 WE'LL" said the Other
systematically. Il have never believed
In st. Anthony"
Nor l." said Lydia, and was sur
prised at herself.
DO you consider me to be bat
woman, Lydia?" Her lips trembled
There was a suspicious culver to he
chin.
No, l do not" pronounced the giI
fatty. IF l could only think that G
you 1t would explain everything an
should know just how to treat yot
But do not think it of you"
With long, deep sigh, Yvonne creI
closer and laid her head against Ly'
las shoulder. The girls body sti
fened, her brow grew dark with al
noyance.
7 am afraid you do not understan
Mrs. Brood. The fact still remain
that you have not considered Ere
cries peace of mind" -
Nor yours" murmured the othe
ablectly.
Nor mine," confessed Lydia, aft
a moment.
7 did not know that you and Ere
erie were in love with each other un
had been here for some time" MI
Brood explained, suddenly fretful.
What kind Of a woman are you
burst from Lydia's indignant so
Have you no conception Of the fn'
nobler-"
YVonne deliberately put her ha
over the girls lips, checking the fer
outburst. She smiled rather pla
lively as Lydia tried to jerk her he
70 one side in order to continue b
reckless indictment.
You shall not say it, Lydia. {
not all that you think ! am. No,
thousand times no. God pity me
am more accursed than you may thi
With the finer and nobler instinct
It were not so, do you think l shol
be where l am now?-cringing b.
like a beaten child? No, you cam
Opderstand-you never will und
stand shall say no more. 1t
ended. swear on my soul tina
did not know you we're Freder
sweetheart. did not know"
But you knew almost immediat
after you came here" exclaiI
Lydia harshly. ut is not mysel
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a moment of INDIGESTION. 'I will come
tomorrow"
Then she skunk downstairs and out
Of the house, convinced that she had |
failed Frederic In his hour Of great |
est need, that tomorrow would be too |
late.
Frederic did not come in for dinner
until after his father and Yvonne had
gone from the house He did not in
Quire for them, but instructed Jones
to say to the old gentlemen that he
would be pleased to dine with them
If they could allow him the time to
change" He also told Jones to open
a single bottle of champagne and to
place three glasses.
Later on Frederic made his an
nouncement to the old men. In the
fever Of an excitement that caused
him to forget that Lydia might be en-
titled to some voice in the matter, he
deliberately committed her to the prot
ect that had become a fixed thing in
his mind the instant he set foot in
the house and found it empty-Oh, SO
empty!
Jones practiced hand shook slightly
as he poured the wine. The old men
drank rather noisily. They, too, were
excited. Mr.. Riggs smacked his lips
and squinted at the chandelier as II
trying to decide upon the vintage, but
in reality doing his best to keep from
coughing up the wine that had gone
the wrong way in a moment OF pro-
found paralysis.
THE best news I've heard since Ju
das died." said Mr.. Dawes, manfully
Fill 'em up again, Jones. | want &c
propose the health of Mrs. Brood"
"The future Mrs. Brood" Kissed Mr.
Riggs, wheezily, glazing at his com
rade. Asst"
; Pm not married yet, Mr.. Dawes
exclaimed Frederic, grinning.
Makes no difference" said MI
> Dawes, stoutly. Far as Pm concerned
: you are. Well be the first to drlnI
r to Lydia Brood! The first to call he
by that name, gentlemen. God bles
: herr"
e God bless her!" shouted Mr.. Riggs
e God bless her!" echoed Frederic
y and they drained their glasses
e Lydia Brood.
S Jones, open another bottle" con
# manded Mr.. Dawes, loftily.
l. Frederic shook his head and tW
L faces fell. Right bravely, however tt
g old men maintained joyous intere
u in the occasion. The young ma
D. turned moody, thoughtful; the unwon
ed exhilaration died as suddenly as
20 had come into existence. A shade
= crossed his vision and he followed
w. with his thoughts. A sense OF UT
re loneliness came over him with sWl
7i ness that sickened, nauseated him. II
LII food was fat to his taste; he cou
ls not eat. Selfcommiseration stln
~ him. He suddenly realized that
ne had never been so lonely, so unhap
in all his life as he was at this n
ne ment.
His thoughts were Of his father.
I'd. vast, inexplicable longing possess
ew his soul-a longing for the affection
this man who was never tender, W
ce stood afar off and was lonely, too.
Mt. could not understand this astoundl
In change of feeling. He had never +
ng Just this way before. There had be
in. times-and many-when his heart v
sore with longing, but they were
it, other days, childhood days. Tonii
a he could not crush out the thought
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before him, a wicked red that blinded
him. He staggered as If from a blow
in the face.
my Cod" slipped from his stin
Inns. and tears leaped to his eyes
tears of supreme modification, Like
a beaten dog he skunk away, feeling
himself, pierced by the plying gaze
Of every mortal in the street.
CTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
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Happy Times.

"The cotton growers seem 70 Dc
hard hit"
"Yes And many of them are long
ing for the good old days when all they
had to worry about was the boil wee
vii"
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a moment of INDIGESTION. 81 will come
tomorrow"
Then she skunk downstairs and out
Of the house, convinced that she had
failed Frederic In his hour of great
est need, that tomorrow would be too
late
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-05

|StleiR
iares
! Ios
|sains
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
MORNONS MAY
GO TO PANAMA
Arrangements Made to Locate
Mexican Colonists in
Chiriqui District.

Panama, March 22-Arrangements
are being made to bring the former
large Mormon colony that at one time
flourished in northern Mexico TO the
province of Chiriqui in western Pana-
ma. President Porras Of Panama, has
signified his Willingness TO aid in
bringing this class Of agriculturalists
to the republic.
II is understood that the Panama
government has set aside a large fer
tile tract in the province which Will
be sold to the settlers at the lowest
possible price for public lands Some
of the lands selected will have to be
purchased from private holders but it
is said the government has promised
its aid in obtaining them at reason
able figure.
For some time negotiations looking
TO the bringing Of this colony to ,Pana-
ma have been conducted by John Q.
CritchlOw. a leading Mormon high in
the councils Of the church at salt Lake
City He has recently made a number
of trips to the isthmus and is now
engaged in selecting the proposed sites
for colonization in the vicinity OF
David, La Conception and BOquete in
western Panama
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22

WOMAN AND CHILD PROVIDE
CORON En- WITH NEa M

Kingston, n. Y. March 22.-Mrs. Vim.
p. Dutton, formerly OF Cheyenne. Wyo.
and her five year old daughter, were
found dead today behind doors that
had been nailed fast in their home at
Ellenville- A note addressed 10 the
coroner read:
1t is usual in cases like this to rem
der a verdict of suicide while insane.
Your verdict, to accord with the facts
in this case, should be suicide with
perfectly sound mind and body"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
oLEOMARGERINE FRAUDs-

Columbus. Ohio. March 22-Former
officials and employees Of the Old Can't
tai city dairy Of this city must stand trial
on charges of defrauding or couspirinc
to defraud the government out OF mil
lions Of dollars by an alleged evasion
or taxes on colored oleOmargarine.
Judge Satter so declared Saturday BY
everything a demurrer to indictments
against the men They are Dennis
Kelly, NJ Leo Corbett, W. II. Eberst and
o. r. Marckworth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
Notice To Classified Advertisers

All classified advertising ordered
to run Indefinitely C. r. must be in
writing. No l. z advertisements ac-
cepted over the telephone. Orders
to discontinue L {. ads must also be
in writing and cannot be accepted
over the telephone a stop order
receipt will be given when a [ (. ad
is ordered discontinued.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
I. $. STILL REFUSES

To HELULTNILE NILLNl
Washington, D. c, March 22.-Recent
events in Mexico have not changed
president Wilson's determination not
10 recognize any government which is
not the result OF orderly elections.
Various efforts to induce the United
States to recognize Villa were met at
the white house today by the state
meut that the presidents policy is IN
changed and that he has no intention
of departing from il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
N. Y. LISTED STOCKS
MONEY AND ME

NEW YORK MARKET
CBy Associated PrsssJ-

CBy Associated PressJ
New YORK March 22.-Aercantile paper,
80
Bar silver, sos.
Mexican dollars, 3S5z-
Government bonds, steady.
Railroad bonds irregular
Time loans. steady; 90 days, ~ so days,
- G2E SIX months. az.
CaE money steady high. 2; low, N;
Tin. strong. five ton lots. 5s50a5s5O.
Copper. firm; ElectrOlytic, 1919 1850;
castings 14-50 1900.
Iron. steady. No. ] Northern, 1870 CISCO;
No .. 1875 a1A75; No. and No south
ern, 1925 G1+75-
Lead, strong; Lo564.15.
London MarketH-
London Eng. March 22-The Lonodn
metals market closed as follows:
Lead. E21, ST. d6-
Spelter. ga. 50.
spot copper. SIS. 50; futures. f6s SIS.
Spot tin. El71. SO; futures 1855, SO.
Anthony. E77079
st. Louis Lead and Spelter.
St Louis, No. March 22-Lesd, 1850
AIO- speItar 9.65G 1000.
THE LOCAL MARKET.
Mexican currency Il Z.
Mexican pesos tEl Paso buying price) IS.
Csrranza currency. 10; Chihushus cur
Tenry, 10z.
Fl Paso smeIter Quotations
Corrected Daily.)
Bar silver Handy & Harmon quota
LONDON lead. f2s. s17. dG
Copper wire bars 1A65.
Pig lead 40
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
LIVESTOCK.

Chicago Livestock Close
Chicago. III. March 2.-ttcgs-Recelpts
80 900: market slow Bulk. S6-75 @ SIS :
heavy. $685. 6.s75a; pigs, IS SO SIS
Cattle-Receipts $1,000; market steady.
Native steers. $3.50 $685. western, $685. a
7.4o; calves, S7-0OG10-50-
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market steady.
Sheep, $40 SIS; lambs, $3.50 q $50
Kansas City Livestock Close.
Kansas City No. March Hogs-ke-
ceipts 5000: market steady TO SC higher
Bulk. Ss.65 SIS; heavy, Ss-c5 SIS; pigs.
S6.25 @ $50
CattIe-Recefpts. 5000. market steady TO
strong. Prime fed steers, $S-25 q $50; west
ern steers $3.50 G7.S5; calves. $500 91o-50-
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market steady.
Lambs, s9-25 SIS; yearlings, $500 SIS.
Fort Worth Livestock. Close.
CBy Zeiger HoteI.
Hogs-Receipts. 1900; market steady. Top,
S6-S5; bulk. s6-55 q 6-75-
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 including 100
calves. twenty-five loads Of steers here.
asking higher not many sold Top. S7.07;
bulk, $3.50; no stocker steers here Butcher
cows steady; top, $3.50; bulk. $3.50 S5-25;
not many here no heifers here Slocker
COWS and heifers steady, Ss.5oG $50; bulls.
slow asking higher, Sass 5-25s calves,
steady, Sz50G6-5O.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000. including 700
stocker goats. IS pound sheep and year
hngs, $3.50; stocker sheep and goats, not
sold.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grains. Close
Wheat-May. L51St July, 10 =.
Coru-May, 20; July. 75s 81
Oats-May, So; July, 81 IS
Chicago Provisions. Close
Pork-May. 1870; July, 17-75.
Lard-May. 1O.1Ts July, 10-45-
Ribs-May, Ss-s2s July, 1923
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
Bankers Are Indicted.

Lincoln. Neb., March 22.-George B.
Darr ard T H Matters OF Omaha, and
NJ I. Leubben Of Sutton. Neb-, were in
dicted here Saturday by the federal
grand jury for an alleged conspiracy
10 issue false certificates Of deposit in
connection with the failure Of the First
National bank of Sutton in 1913. A
separate Indictment was returned
against Darr charging him with aiding
and abetring Leubben in the alleged
rnisappIica ton Of the funds Of the bank
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22

Liverpool. Eng. March 22.-The strike
Of coal beavers at the Liverpool docks
was renewed Saturday. Two thousand
men quit work and, in consequence,
saiiuEs of a number of vessels. some Of
them in the government service, were
delayed The men struck last month,
tying up sailing from Liverpool for
several days. but returned to work on
March 8. when it was announced that
a settlement had been reached.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22
LEADING STOCKS
ARE BACKWARD
Specialties, However, Show
Substantial Gains in the
Days Trading.

New York. March Substantial gains
in specialtles with backwardness in leaders
and heaviness in Reading comprised the
main characteristics OF todays market
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-22

Chicago. Ill. March 22.-Decreaslng
stocks al Liverpool tended today TO lift the
wheat market here but the prices did not
seem to stand much selling On the upturn-
The opening. which varied from Z C de-
material advance all around, and then a
moderate setback
The close was heavy at a loss Of 1Ac to
3iEc net
I-nfavorabIe weather gave some strength
to corn. After opening d shade to p q Z C
lower. prices rose well above Saturday
nights level
under Saturday night.
Oats hardened on account OF reports OF
delayed seeding
Provisions went sharply down grade.