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his voice. The gates were being
opened at last! She saw the thing
that was to stalk forth. She would
have closed her ears against the reve-
lations it carried. Mother will be
worried if am not at home"
Guido Feverelli. An Italian born in
Hungary. Budapest, that was his
home, but he professed to be gypsy.
Yes, he wrote the devilish thing. He
played 1t a thousand times in that
room down-and now Frederic plays
it. after all these years. 1t is his
heritage. God, how l hate the thing!
Ranjab! Where is the fellow? He
must stop the accursed thing. He"
"Mr. Brood! Mr.. Brood" cried
Lydia. appalled,. She began to edge
toward the door.
By mighty effort, Brood regained
control of himself. He sank into a
chair, motioning for her to remain.
The music had ceased abruptly.
He will be here in moment" said
Brood. Don't CO."
Suddenly he arose and confronted
the serene image of the Buddha. For
full minute he stood there with his
hands clasped, his lips moving as If
in prayer. No sound came from them.
The girl remained transfixed. power
less to move. Not until he turned to-
ward her and spoke was the spell
broken. Then she came quickly to his
side. He had pronounced her name.
You are about to tell me some
thing, Mr.. Brood" she cried in great
agitation. 81 do not care to listen.
feel that it is something / should not
know. Please let me go now. I"
He laid his hands upon her shout.
ders, holding her off at arms length.
81 am very fond of you, Lydia. / do
not want to hurt you. Sooner would /
have my tongue cut out than it should
wound you by single word. And yet
/ must speak. You love Frederic. Is
not that true?"
She returned his gaze unwavering-
ly. Her face was very white.
Yes, Mr.. Brood"
ct is better that we should talk II
over. We have ten minutes. No doubt
he has told you that he loves you. He
is lovable boy, he is the kind one
must love. But it is not in his power
to love nobly. He loves lightly as"
he hesitGted, and then went on harshly
-"as his father before him loved"
Anger dulled her understanding:
she did not grasp the full meaning of
his declaration. Her honest heart rose
to the defense of Frederic.
"Mr. Brood, do care for Frederic"
she famed, standing very erect before
him. HE loves me. l know he does.
You have no right to say that he loves
lightly, ignobly. You do not know him
as / know him. You have never tried
to know him, never wanted to know
him. You-Oh, beg your pardon, Mr..
Brood. II am forgetting myself"
Il am afraid you do not understand
yourself. LYDIA" said he leveNy. You
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For his father, them" she inquired

For his father. them" she inquired
slowly.
The perspiration stood out on his
brow. He made no response. His lips
we're compressed.
You have uttered her name at last,
she said wonderingly, after a long
wait.
Brood started. "I-I-Oh, this Is
tortured"
I'VE must mend our ways, James. IL
may please you to know that j shall
overlook your mental faithlessness TO
me. You may go on loving Matiide'
She is dead. / am alive. i have the
better of her, there, ale? The day
will come when she is dead in every
sense of the word. In the meantime.
| am content to enjoy life. Frederic
is quite safe with me, James; safer
than he is with you. And now let us
have peace. Will you ring for tea?
He sat down abruptly, staring at her
with heavy eyes. She waited for a mo-
ment, and then crossed over to pull
the old-fashioned bell-cord.
I'VE will ask Lydia and Frederic to
join us, too" she said. 1T shall be a
family party, the five of us"
"Five?" he muttered.
YES" she said, without a smile.
Are you forgetting Matilde?
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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 con-
tents of a wireless from Brood. but Fred
eric, after reading. throws II into the
fire and leaves the room without a word.
Frederic tells Lydia Desmond. his fiancee.
that the message announces his father =
marriage, and orders the house prepared
for an immediate homecoming. Mrs.
Desmond, the housekeeper and Lydia's
mother, tries to cool Frederic's temper
at the impending changes. Brood and his
bride arrives She wins Frederic's liking at
first meeting. Brood shows dislike and
yelled hostility to his son. Lydia and Mrs
Brood meet In the jade room. where Lydia
dominated by a great gold Buddha, is fur
nished In oriental magnificence. Mrs
Brood, after a talk with Lydia, which
leaves the latter puzzled. Is startled by
the appearance of Rantab. Brood'S Hin
du servant. Mrs. Brood makes changes
in the household and gains her husband s
consent to send Mrs. Desmond and Lydia
away. She tries TO fathom the mystery
OF Brood's separation from his first wife,
and his dislike of his son, but fails. Mrs
Brood fascinates Frederic. She begins TO
fear Ranjab in his uncanny appearances
and disappearance, and Frederic. remem-
bering his fathers East Indian stories and
firm belief in magic, fears unknown evil.
Rantab performs feats of magic Tor
Dawes and Riggs. Frederic's father, jeal-
Gus, untustly orders his son from rI the
dinner table as drunk. Yvonne follows
Frederic to the jade-room and influences
him to apologize to his father and the
guests for his alleged lapse. Brood tells
the story of Ranjab's life to his guests:
HE killed a woman who was unfaithfu'
to him. Yvonne plays with Frederic's
tnfatuation for her. Her husband warns
her that the thing must not go on.
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pers to you in the night You sleep
with your doubts awake. / am Ma
tide. not Yvonne, to you. | am the
flesh on which that starved love of
yours feeds; l represent the memory
of all that you have lost"
This is-madness!" he exclaimed.
and it was not only wonder that filled
his eyes. There was a strange fear in
them too.
81 am quite myself, James," she said
coolly. Can you deny that you think
of her when you hold me in your
arms; can you"
"Yes!" he almost shouted. 81 can
and do deny!"
Then you are lying to yourself, my
husband" she said quietly. He fairly
gasped.
Good God, what manner of woman
are your" he cried hoarsely. "A sor-
ceress? A-but no. 1t is not true!"
She smiled. "All women are sor-
ceresses. They feel. Men only think
Poor Frederic! You try to hate him,
James, but / have watched you when
you were not aware. You search his
face intently, almost in agony-for
what? For the look that was his
mother's-for the expression you loved
in"
He burst out violently. No! BY
heaven, you are wrong there, my sor-
ceress! I am not looking for Matilde
In Frederic's face"
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Then why do YOU still love her."

Then why do you still love her."
Are you mad?" he gasped. Good
God, woman, how can you ask that
question of me, knowing that l love
you with all my heart and soul?
How"
With all your heart, yes! But with
your soul? No! That other woman
has your soul. / have heard your soul
speak and it speaks Of her-yes, to
her! Night after night, in your sleep,
James Brood. you have cried out to
'Matilde.' You have sobbed out your
love for her, as you have been doing
for twenty years or more. In your
sleep, your soul has been with her.
With me at your side, you have cried
to 'Matilde!' You have passed your
hand over my face and murmured Ma
tilde!' Not once have you uttered the
word 'Yvonne!' And now, you come
to me and say: We will come straight
to the point!' Well, now you may come
straight to the point. But do not for
get, in blaming me. that you love an
other womani"
He was petrified. Not a drop Of
blood remained in his face.
1T is some horrible, CHASTITY delu-
sion. 1t cannot be true. Her name has
not passed my lips in twenty years. 1t
is not mentioned in my presence. l
have not uttered that woman's name
="
Then how should know her name?
Her own son does not know it, firm
ly believe. No one appears to know 1t
except the man who says he despises
it,"
Dreams! Dreams!" he cried scorn-
fully. "Shall be held responsible for
the unthinkable things that happen in
dreams?"
NO." she replied significantly; you
should not be held accountable. She
must be held accountable. You drove
out her body, James, but not her
spirit. 1t stands beside you every in
slant of the day and night. BY day
you do not see her, by night-ah, you
tremble! Well, she is dead, they say.
II she were still alive, l myself might
tremble, and with cause"
Before God, love you, Yvonne.
implore you to think nothing of my
maunderings in my sleep. They-they
may come from a disordered brain.
God knows, there was a time when
felt that was mad, raving mad. These
dreams are"
To his surprise. she laid her hand
gently on his arm.
81 pity you sometimes, James. My
heart aches for you. You are a man
"a strong, brave man, and yet you
shrink and cringe when a voice whis-
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comes out and-and I realize that |
helped in it's making. No one has ever
been in position to tell the story of
Thibet as you have told it, MIR. Brood.
Those chapters will make history. /"
Your poor fathers share in those
explorations is what really makes the
work valuable, my dear. Without his
notes and letters / should have been
feeble indeed" He looked at his
watch. They were at the concert, you
know-the Hungarian orchestra. A re-
cent importation. Tziganes music.
Gypsies." His sentences as we'll as
his thoughts were staccato. discon-
nected.
Lydia turned very cold. She dread
ed the scene that now seemed unavoid-
able. Frederic would come in response
to his fathers command, and then
Someone began to play upon the
piano downstairs. She knew and he
knew that it was Frederic who played.
For a long time they listened. The
air, no doubt, was one he had heard
during the evening, a soft sensuous
waltz that she had never heard before.
The girls eyes were upon Brood's
face. 1t was like craven image.
Cod" fell from his stiff lips. Sud-
denly he turned upon the girl. do
you know what he is playing?"
NO." she said, scarcely above a
whisper.
1T was played in this house by Its
composer before Frederic was born. It
was played here on the night of his
birth. as it had been played many
times before. 1t was written by man
named Feverelli. Have you heard of
him."
Never" she murmured, and shrank,
frightened by the deathlike pallor in
the mans face. by the strange calm in
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Judge and Mrs. Peters called, and Mr..
Minkler asked them to stay for din
ner. to which they agreed.
Mercy sakes!' grumbled Mrs.
Minkler. Now I'll have to cut the pie
into eight pieces
Just as dinner was being dished up.
who should drop in but an old bachelor
friend of the family from the other
side Of town. and he also accepted an
invitation to take dinner
Amanda Jane declared the exas-
perated Mrs. Minkler to her sister-in-
law. III make out to cut that pesky
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one of the cousins. Mrs. Minkler told
1t herself. so it won't do any harm to
pass 1t on. Perhaps you've observed
that we speak of the pie-pudding when
we have to divide up something into
unusually small portions; and pos
siniy. since you are not acquainted
with Mrs. Minkler. the joke may not
strike you Just as it did us. But here
1t Is:
MRS. Minkler does the cooking for
ner family OF four. and as she isn't in
love with the science Of cookery, it's
very little In the way Of extras the
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family gets. Mrs Minkler SAYS she
considers apple sass and molasses'
a good enough dessert for anyone
We'll. one day. for a special treat,
she baked pie for dinner, allowing a
quarter apiece for each member of the
family But while she was preparing
dinner her sister-in-law looked into the
kitchen and announced that two
cousins had come over from Rushville
to spend the day
'Shucksr said Mrs. Minkler. Nov
I'll have to cut the pie into SIX pieces
"A half hour later. two neighbors.
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five miles wide. the most romantic
part of the passage being only mile
wide between Sestos in Europe and
Abydos in Asia, where "Leander swan
the Hellespont his Hero for to see.
at the time of the largely mythical
war of the Greeks and Trotaus so
celebrated by Homer. The feat OF
Leander had for long years been pro-
nounced impossible, but Lord Byron,
rhyming voluminously Of all this re-
gion of song, in 1910, swan tho Helle-
spont, club-footed as he WEE. from
Sestos to Abydo'
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pie into nine pieces. but I tell you |
now it won't stand any more cutting |
than that II single other person |
comes here to dinner today, I'll squash |
the pie up, dish it round with sass on |
it, and call it a pudding youths |
COMPANION.
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The Dardanelles.

The Dardanelles takes it's name from
Dardanus, who was supposed to have
founded the lost city of that name near
that other and far more famous lost
city, ancient Troy. 1t Is from one to
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-15
DRIVEN TO THE LAST DITCH
ssuss one More Visitor and Mrs. Mink.
Ter Would Have Served Her
"Pie-Puddlna."

That's the third time" observed
Mrs. Miilsap. VINO was visiting country
relatives. that I've heard reference
made % Mrs. Minkler's pie-pudding.'
and u usually brings out q laugh. II
there's any joke about it I'd like to
hear it,
Well. IN ten you the story said
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNlNS01lE
LESSON |

by e. o. SELLERS. Acting D,,.,.
Sunday School Course. The MooSs
Institute. Chicago. I'D
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LESSON FOR MAY 1s
DAVID SPARES SAUL

LESSON'TEXT-I Samuel 2s:s.w
GOLDEN TEXT-Love vour an.9,
good to them that hate you.-Luk. y
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11

The u. S. Clinker Hook
at Work
Will quickly pay for its cost in the amount
Of. coal ii will save you. A turn Of the wrist
closes il tight around the clinker, which is
lifted out without the least trouble. Hands
and sleeves don't touch furnace door ev
erything is quick, easy and clean. Time,
temper, coal, crate. hands, and clothes are
saved. Isn't il just what you wantl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-16
SALTS IS FINE FOR
KIDNEYS, QUIT MEAT
FLUSH THE KIDNEYS At ONCE
WHEN BACK HURTS OR BlAD.
DER eoTHERS.

No man OF woman who eats meat
regularly can make q mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
we'll known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
50 they sluggishly filter or strain only
part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches. liver trouble,
nervousness, constipation, dizziness,
sleeplessness. bladder disorders come
from sluggish kidneys.
The moment YOU feel dull ache in
the Kidneys or your back hurts; or If
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full Of
sediment, Irregular OF passage or at
tended by sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a ta-
blespoonful In q glass Of water before
breakfast for q few Gays and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
salts is3imades from the acid Of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia
ana has been used for generations to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to activity. also to neutralize the
acids in urine 80 1t no longer causes
Irritation, thus ending bladder disor-
ders
lad Salts Is Inexpensive and can
not injure: makes delightful effer-
vescent lithia-water drink which all
regular meat eaters should take now
ana then to keep the kidneys clean and
the blood pure. thereby avoiding seri2
GUS kidney cOmpiicatiOns. :. -
4 e.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-16
MISS LElAgNoRMAN, OF ELDoRA,
ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM At
JURISPRUDENCE.
BODY FOUND IN FIELD
AFTER LONG SEARCH
Wandered Away From Institution and
Persisted From coId-sody Found
Mile From Asylum - Disappeared
March and Body Not Found Until
saturday-Fath Brings Body Home
to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, March 16.-Miss Leila Nor
man, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. s.
Norman, OF Providence township, who
has been missing from the state hospi-
tai for insane at Independence for
more than q week past, is believed to
have sperished from exposure. Her
body was found in a swale in field
one mile from the state institution on
Saturday last, and was brought here
yesterday by her father. Interment was
in the Honey Creek cemetery.
Miss Norman was % years of age
and was native of North Carolina.
The family has resided In this county
for several years. On Jan. last Miss
Norman was adjudged insane and or
dered to the hospital at Independence.
On March she disappeared, and
statewide search for her was insti-
tuted by the hospital authorities and
Sheriff Max Gehrke, Of this county,
who sent out description OF the
young woman and asked the police OF
various cities to aid in tho search.
An examination OF the body re-
vealed no evidences Of foul play and no
evidence that she might have been
drowned during the high water Of early
March.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-16

William H.. of Grinnell: Mrs. Lettie
Plum, Of Grlnnell: Mrs. Carrie Adams
Of New sharon. and Mrs. Kate Dodge.
Of Valley. Colo. All but Mrs. Dodge
were here at the time their mother
died.
Ernest Spaulding Is again at his
home in this city after an extended
trip thru the southern states west OF
the Mississippi and over the line into
Juarez, Mexico. From there he brings
Photographic evidence Of the horrors
Of the kind Of war there carried on.
Attorney and Mrs. John E. Lake are
rejoicing over the birth Of a son. whom
they have named Charles Wood Lake.
At the business meeting OF the mem
bership Of the Congregational church
last evening 1t was decided to have
free buffet supper on Wednesday eve
ming as is customary at the annual
meeting of the church, the object at
this time being to bring In as especial
guests all those from the recent in
gathering of souls that have expressed
desire to become members OF this
church and give them such welcome
that they shall feel at home from the
start.
The sad news comes to the relatives
and friends that e. S. Golf, of Column
bia, Mo-, died at his home, quite sud
denly. on Sunday. His sister. Miss
Mabel Golf, was with him. His brother
Percy, is too Ill at his home here to go
but w. E. Golf goes to the funeral,
which takes place today.
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Northern Io,ua Items

the league. The campaign for the re-
call of Councilman Dineen is being
pushed however.
Thornton.
Friends of Cecil tMoreitz are circu-
lating a petition here which is being
generally signed, asking Judge Clark
to parole him on the grounds that al
ready his lesson has been dearly
learned and that further punishment
would not be just. Moreitz entered a
plea of guilty to burglary after the
county had been to considerable expense
in getting witnesses here from the PEN
itentiary to testify against him.
Sioux City.
Sioux City is beginning to take front
rank as a pork packing center. The
highwater mark for receipts was
reached Wednesday, all previous rec
ords being broken when 1886 head
were received on that date. The pre-
vious high mark was made Feb. IS,
when 14,471 head were received. Eight
new records for receipts have been
made at the yards since the first of
the year.
Carroll.
The 14-year-old son of John Koppel-
man, residing south OF auburn, was
| killed by being caught in the fly wheel
Of gas engine Friday. The boy at
| tempted to crank the engine and in
some manner his clothing became
! caught and he was whirled around a
number Of times before the engine was
stopped. Miss Eva Platner, a resident
of Carroll for many years, dropped
dead suddenly at noon Friday while
l oh o. in CTR re
EIkader.
Christian Beer. who died here at the
age of 81, in 1850 came to this county
and four years later returned to Swift
zerland for his parents and sisters.
His son, William Beer, has just re-
turned from the Philippine islands,
where he superintendent the erection Of
a sugar plant for syndicate, and also
spent few years in Hawaiian islands
as superintendent. erecting steel
wife, one son and five daughters sur
vive him.
Sioux City.
] The general fund of the city treas
) ury. from which are paid the sal
! aries Of all city officials. policemen.
firemen and other general expenses,
is in a rather depleted condition, ac-
cording to the monthly report OF
/ Treasurer Carlson, presented to the
council Saturday. The report states
!. that only 4 cents, remains in the gem
] eral fund. With this condition staring
the councilmen in the face, they are
Il rather uneasy. While it is believed that
4 the city will receive enough money this
/ month to pay the city employees,
there is possibility that a number
OF the March bills will have to go
over until after the annual appro-
/ priat;on is made In April. When the
report was read Mayor Smith declared
that we should be thankful that the
general fund was notaoverdrawn. This
is the condition in several of the Iowa
.cities. the mayor sait.il - - = =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-16
MYSTERIOUS ENGINE FLIGHT.
Peculiar Accident" in Mason City
Yards Results in Collision.


Special to Times-Republican.
Mason City, March 16-An accident
which abounds in peculiar situations,
il an accident it is, occurred on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road. About midnight there arrives in
this city a passenger train from the
twin cities. Last night, as usual, the
engine was taken from the train and
left in the yards.
Along in the early hours of the morn
ing. as the freight train pulling west
was nearing Portland, four miles east
Of here the engineer saw dead en-
CINE standing on the tracks. He en-
deavored to stop his train, but it be-
ing down hill it was impossible for him
to brins~it to complete standstill, and
the two engines struck each other with
enough force to derail the dead engine.
Upon investigation the engine was
found to be the one from the twin cit
les, but how it go where 1T was no one
knows.
The first impression was that it had
liberated itself in some manner and
ran down the. track stopping when the
Steafn was exhausted. This theory. was
thoroughly punctured when 1t was
learned that every switch was open
and it would have been impossible for
the engine to have performed such
caper. The only other theory is that
some one stole the engine and went on
a joy ride down the line. Some of the
big detectives Of the road are now in
the city solving the riddle none of the
local men feel able to solve.