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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-18

That was about the last word no
had had from Dick. They had ridden
up to the city together, but they had
conversed but little and at the Battery
the reporter shook his friends hand
and hurried away.
Dick was a dreamer; yes. But on
the basic principles of life Dick was
right. and he had proved g good
prophet.
The sting of conscience and remorse
began to take such hold on Bob that
he ceased to share his wife's pleasures
and he found himself aggrieved and
annoyed at her extravagances. The
sight of her costly gowns actually irri-
tated him, for he continued to lose
heavily and his entire fortune now was
less than the forty thousand dollars
with which Brand had rewarded his
duplicity 1t was not his losses, how
ever, that unnerved him. It was the
thought that he now had nothing OF his
own making and that for every luxury
his wife enjoyed, he and she were
bounden to Brand. Jane was oblivious
to 1t, but that only aggravated the i'll.
He avoided her. Night after night he
remained away, urging press Of busi'
ness while he was engaged In nothing
more urgent than some game OF chance
which for him had lost even the ele'
ment of sociability. His sleeping hours
were as troubled as his wakeful ones
and pleading extreme nervousness to
Jane, he advised that they occupy sep
arate rooms.
He dreamed constantly OF Dick ant
the bungalow and of his earlier days
with Jane. And once he dreamed o.
something else. He awoke clutchinl
at the clothes, with beads OF cold swea
starting from his brow and the picture
OF a horrible nightmare still befor'
his eyes. He had dreamed that tn,
dam had collapsed and that hundreds
of persons were dead, martyrs to hi
crime. And while he dreamed thes
dreams Brand slept peacefully. On
was conscience-prodded transgresso
and the other a self-satisfied progress
i've.
At last Bob decided on an escape
He determined to risk everything h
had, house and all. in final coup.
he won, he would go away whethe
Jane went or not. He could give he
enough to be comfortable on II he wer
successful, and II he lost-well. ther
would, at least, be a change.
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this life OF wealth and gaiety the words
Of Brand now came home to him with
poignant sting He was. indeed. on the
outside looking in. He saw his wife,
through his apostasy, mount higher to
the goal of her ambition while he sank
lower and lower. The metamorphoeis
OF soul began to take on physical ex-
preston. The candor OF his express
sion changed to cunning and craftiness
and an inherent franlness Of manner
gave way to constraint. At the club
the change became noticeable. His
evenings there we're not OF the con-
vivial sort as before. He sought only
one form of amusement-gambliug. He
played heavily and lost oftener than
he won. His speculations I'm the street
also went awry. Within year from
the date OF his ill-gotten prosperity,
Reynolds had begun paying the price.
He paid heavily and alone.
His thoughts often turned to Dick
and the happy hours they had spent
in the little bungalow. And Jane had
seemed happy, too, FOR the reporters
boyish nature and lovable ways had
endeared him to both. Reynolds for
got all the difficulties of their life
across the bay and dated every ele
ment OF discomfort and unrest from
the time of Brands coming. Brands
coming-the thought of 1t made the
blood surge through his veins-hs
cursed the day that he had ever made
the milllonaire's acquaintance and the
day It had been renewed; and h'
cursed Brand himself. What had Brant
ever done or intended to do for him
He had used him as pawn In thu
game of spoil! A cat's-paw to drag
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animals, and around the edge Of this
platform runs a mud manger. from
which the beasts are fed.
These historic caravanserais form
one OF the most picturesque features
OF middle eastern life. No traveller,
from Marco Polo down to date, has
crossed Mesopotamia without record
ing his impression of the unspeakably
filthy and noisy "khans."
Naomi and His Sisters.
Next morning early Naomi and left
the pesthouse that had sheltered US,
and started out afoot to do Mosul Ma
omi hunted up his Telkafi relatives,
whom he had not seen for many years,
and OF course the master then became
the servants guest, for few hours
at least We ate preserved sweets,
pistachio nuts, mama, nougat, and
many such delicacies for which Mosul
is noted; we drank sweetened rose
water and smoked countless cigarettes,
and / gave away to these curious pry'
ing, but polite people all the secrets
of my family for three generations
back.
Naomi's numerous sisters, unveiled
and good to look at, came shyly OUT
and sat cross-legged on the rug he
placed for them at proper distance
from me. Being native Christians
they could show their faces without
being disgraced. They wore baggy
blue trousers long Mother Hubbard
gowns OF some dark color, yellow
stockings and fancy slippers all GOV
cred with beads. Their big brown
eyes gazed steadily ar me with tha'
luster that is bought in western worlds
at the price of belladonna, and theii
white teeth glistened in beautiful per
fection--in a land where no dentifric'
was ever seen.
From the main bazaar | wandered
ON through the town, followed by tn
usual crowd OF curious Arabs an'
Kurds, and then continued on my wall
toward the river. And here behel'
an odd spectacle.
had read that in early Assyrial
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chestnut from the flame. and then he
had thrown him the she'll And for
such little gain as was his he had suf-
fered an Incompatible loss. He was
burned and scared forever. In the bit
terness OF these moments Reynolds
very soul was racked and torn and in
his heart, at times, there was murder.
his actual deal with Brand. He longed
sometimes to look up the reporter and
bare the whole story. But confession
to another would do no good now; 1t
would not repay the municipality he
had robbed and II would not renew the
bond OF friendship with the man he
had cast aside.
When Reynolds rushed after his
wife that night he stopped for Dick
at the little place OF cheer on the cor
ner. He almost dragged his friend
away, and while they waited for the
car he told his intention. He was 60
ing from Jane to Brand, he said, and
what Brand wanted OF him he would
do. He was done with poverty and
done with principle. He was going to
put his hand In the grab bag ana take
one draw at the game. II that was the
way 1t was played; II that was the
only way he could decently clothe his
wife and give her the place she was
entitled to. that was the way he would
play II. He would have told Dick all
then, II he would have listened. But
the reporter laid hand over his mouth
and stopped him.
Don't say any more. Bob" he had
warned. IF that is the way you feel :
IL your mind is made up. don't want
to hear any more. / know too much
now. But | can forget. Let 1t go al
that. You know you can trust me
Only. remember this: You'll fall fiat
There are some men who can't &C
wrong and get away with It; the
wrong always gets away with them"
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never seen anything better and hence

never seen anything better and hence
are pleased.
Over Odd Bridge to Jonah's Tomb.
A unique bridge spans the Tigris ut
Mosul for which q parallel cannot
be found anywhere in the world. IL
is built partly of masonry, partly of
wood, and for some distance Is of tile
pontoon type. First comes q 10O-fo,t
stretch of masonry pier, then bridl:e
OF boats 400 feet long and crossing the
main channel. then comes another
stone pier Of 100 feet, leading to TN
S00-foot stretch OF brick arches, fol-
lowed at last by another stone pisr
nearly 200 feet long. 1t seems as II
the builders changed their minds sew
eral times before finishing the odd
structure.
II is across this bridge that one
goes to explore Nineveh. where Botta
and Layard made their sensational
discoveries so years ago. The whole
dry, brown plain about Mosu' is a
vast forest of ancient mounds, thick
with signs of long-forgotten inhali-
tants.
Nineyah is not even memory with
the wild, ignorant tribes who roam the
desert of old Assyria. At one edge OF
it's ruins stands the little village OF
"Nebi Yunus," and the reputod tomb
Of Jonah. The identity OF Jonah
seems alone preserved--and fe was
one OF the least In his day.
At night walked back to Mcsul,
| looked back once, and the sstting
sun was reflected from the dome Of
] Jonahs tomb. What fame this man
won, by riding in fish, Sennacherih
is forgotten, but all the natives know
"Yunus" and the tale of the big hsh.
On the morning Of the Great Day. Jo-
nah may be put in the dock with boo
tor Cook. But for the present the
people are with him and he wear' his
medals unchallenged.
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N dreamed that one day l was
"A to stand at Jonah's tomb and
see Arabs worship him as a
saint, writes Frederick Sisupich in the
Los Angeles Times.
The famous old prophet who rode In
the fish is buried at Mosul, in far-off
Mesopotamia. Mosul itself, from which
our word muslin" came, stands on the
foaming Tigris opposite old Nineveh.
And here is n sketch of what life Is
like today in the town where Jonah
rests.
II is dirty, crowded town, is Mosul.
with $4,000 people jammed inside its
medieval walls, Its narrow, warped
streets are no more than crooked al
leys that wander aimlessly through
the town-dusty in summer and seas
OF mud In winter. So narrow are these
passages that two loaded donkeys, If
they chance to meet, cannot pass till
one donkey las been backed into q
doorway.
Mosul's houses ore Moorish style
two stories, few windows, an open
court inside and fiat roofs with para
pets-so that the family may sleep on
the roof in summer. The main door to
each house is huge affair, studded
with great bolts and barred at night
like the cato to fortresp--suggesting
the old days OF Mongol invasions.
To accommodate its important cara
van trade, Mosul has built up many
caravanserais, or "resthouses" With
Naomi, my Bagdad boy, spent my first
night at Mosul in one of these singu
lar khans, as the natives call them
The khan is sort Of compound oi
stockade of mud walls. without a roof
Around the inside of the walls runs
row OF little cells, to which traveller
are assigned.
In the middle of the inclosure is I
great platform, on which are piled tn
bales of freight taken from the pacl
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suitable calIInq.

What business are you going to
put your son TO. Brown We'll. !
haven't decided yet, but judging from
the hours he keeps ! should Judge he
was naturally cut out for q milkman-
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Overcome.

Now that you have heard nay
daughter sing, professor, what do you
think OF her voice?"
Tomorrow, madam. l will tell you
Today-ach gott!--it iss imbossible."
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Telephones In Chile.
Chile has 5000 miles OF telephone
operated by an English company.
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S A BOY-when | read OF Jo-
nah and the whale--I never
dreamed that one day l was
to stand at Jonah's tomb and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
CALENDAR MOVED BACK.
Something Like Winter, After a Promise
Of Summer.

Boston, June 3.--After several days
appeared TO promise beginning of sum
mer, a northeast gale, apparently from
of a mighty ice field, swept down on
New England at sunrise yesterday and
within an hour the season seemed "a
have been set back two months.
The wind increased 50 Iapidly of the
southeast coast that many coast .wise
vessels were caught in exposed places
and were forced 20 run for shelter in
the nearest harbors. At Highland light,
the wind rose from a gentle breeze at
dawn to a 50.miIe.an.hour gale at Q
O'Clock. and in this city the wind al.
tanned a velocity Of 30 miles.
The weather bureau explained that a
high barometer over the 81. Lawrence
increased rapidly during the night, while
a depression of Hstterss deepened, caus.
ing stiff gales from Norfolk to East
port.
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session. The prevailing opinion here al
this time is that important military and
naval legislation is ahead for the regular
session. provided it is not enacted before
that time in a special session.
Should an extra session come and army
and navy preparations be decided on,
the financing of these preparations would
involve a problem which would have to
he met. A bond issue would follow. al
though il is possible for the government
TO sell Panama bonds il it has to do so,
or feels it necessary.
Government purchase of ships would
also come up. The supporters of gov.
eminent ownership of shipping intend 10
carry their plan through in the next reg
ular session If not before. If any extra
session is called. they will take advan-
tage of the situation to drive through a
ship purchase bill then.
No doubt. II there is an extra session.
the advocates of cloture in the Senate
viii utilize the opportunity TO force
rule on that body 10 limit debate. They
would bold that expedition of public bus.
mess required il and probably could mus.
ter the votes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
Washington Officials Ear.
nestly Discuss Possibilities
of Presidents Call
THAT MAY MEAN ARMY
NAVY APPROPRIATIONS
Strong Feeling That Coun.
try Must Prepare for
the Worst

| Washington, June 3.-What would hap
pen If the president should call Congress
in extra session,
This question is being freely asked
about Washington. IL has been asked
for several days, since it is fully real
lied that there are two international sit
uations, either or both of which may
force an extra session at almost any
time.
These are, of course, the German situa
ton and the Mexican situation. In add
ton the revenue situation may force an
extra session. but il one Is called on this
account il will not be until fall.
II the international situation grows
sufficiently tense 10 force an extra SEES
sion. probably one of the very first things
done will be to adopt q resolution back
ing up the administration in its policy
as to Germany or Mexico, or both, as
the situation develops.
The next thing will be TO turn atten-
ton 10 the ill.prepared state OF the coun-
try for war. IL is inevitable that II an
extra session is called while the interna
ton situation continues tense there viii
be a movement for big army and navy
appropriations. OF course, there may
be situation which will cause the presi-
dent TO ask such appropriations. In that
event there need be no question about
Congress giving them promptly.
Not many members of Congress are
coming 20 Washington these DAYS who do
not say frankly that the country must
prepare itself This feeling Is so strong
that. even If no extra session is required,
il il going to bear results in the regular
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
FARCE GAME
ON DIAMOND
Spaulding High Defeated
Montpelier High,
20 to 6
PAPE WAS BATTED
ALL OVER THE LOT
oliver Pitched a Creditable
Game Most of the
Time

Hits for home run, three bases, two
bases and singles to the amount of q
which were nailed out by the lusty
Spaulding high school ash wielders
against the delivery of Pape, the Mont
pelier high school pitcher, were respon.
sible in sending the Montpelier team
down to defeat by the Overwhelming
score of 20 to 6. Pape also allowed five
| free passes to first base.
| For the first few innings the game
| might have been called baseball, but
surely after the fifth inning anyone call
ing what was going on at Lincoln camp
us baseball has very poor idea OF the
game. Wild throws, slow plays, errors,
dropping the ball and wasting time is
what the Montpelier team had credited
to them after the fifth inning. Their life
seemed to be gone and no one of the
players appeared to care how many scores
their opponents ran up.
In the sixth the Spaulding boys just
batted around, when they scored up five
runs. In the eighth they batted around
again and Ricciareli had the opportunity
of facing Pape for the second time. Sew
en- safe hits were pounded out in this
division and Smith of the Montpelier
team let one slip by him and Hancock
made two errors on first.
The Spaulding team played good ball
in the field but Smith made two errors
on third base.s One in the ninth let in 4
score but the other time the man dad not
get off first base. When Tomasi dropped
a throw from Hooker at first the man
was allowed third, but did not score. In
the ninth, Kidder had a ball knocked
out to him ard, being over-confdent,
barely moved after the ball. and King,
the man at bat, was allowed second base.
After waking up enough to throw the
ball, Kidder got it to oliver, who threw
it home and got Kelley there, as he was
on first when the hit was knocked out
Directly after this, j. Milo struck out,
but Hancock, Clark and Gross took adj
vantage of oliver, who himself felt he |
bad the game in hand, and each planted |
A safe single to help make the four runs.
Their other two, which came in the fifth, |
we're made when oliver passed two men
md allowed two safe hits.
Ii is easily seen how the Spaulding
team was able to total up such tally
when the totals are read and 90 hits are
'redited TO their names. Every man on
he team got a safe hit. The seven er.
'ors that the Montpelier boys made were
Ilso very costly ones.
The Lineup and summary:
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CHINESE ENJOYS SEE NEW YORK.
They Begin . Series Of Dinner and Auto
mobile Ridss About the City.

Nev Nork. June 8.-Nernhers 81 the
honorArY egmnercial cuHngiselon ~
Chins. comprising ~ Chinese hanksrt
sdueators and financial ~ industrial
leaders. bersn Yesterday SERIES ~
lunrheons. dinners. automobile rides. afd
journeys sbuuf tire cltF. uhieh. 4 b. ~
r.ss4ed. an kser thrr hflsT ~ NTH
Iuus = Tsa Merchants assseistlun has
arrHnrsd iunlshegn IN thslr honor. aud
sn autnmshsis rias. indiusnF . ttst o.
Grsrts tuusb. To-asy theF wil - en-
t.ftsinsa - lumber ~ thf ehsrstssr ~
surrmsrce. sng : sinner uif - tsueersd
a. them - fhs AulsTirsn Aslsfis $3.50
riEtiun.
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BECKER CASE
TO GO HIGHER
Former Police Lieutenant Has Already
Refused Two Offers OF Immunity if He
Would Confess, Says His Wife.

| New York, june 3.-Charles Becker
! twice refused an offer of immunity
dismissal of the murder indictment
against him--if he would confess to the
district attorney about men higher up
in the graft disclosures of the Rosenthal
case, according to the former police leu
tenants wife. 1t has been decided that
an application will be made this week
for federal writ of habeas corpus-the
first step in Becker's last fight to escape
the electric chair. The application will
be based On the ground that Beeker's
constitutional rights have been infringed.
1t will be maintained, as far as present
indications show, that Becker's case was
preiudiced against him by stories pub
lished before and during the second
trial.
In the event that the application for
the habeas corpus writ is dcnied-as
precedent would seem to indicate that it
will be--the district court Judge may
grant the right of appeal from his de-
NAL, which privilege will send Becker's
plea to the United States supreme court.
If the judge who hears the application
for the habeas corpus writ denies the
right of appeal, the only recourse left to
Beeker's counsel is an application for a
writ of error, also on constitutional
grounds, before justice of the United
States supreme court. This is precisely
the proceeding that was followed in the
Frank case. The first application re-
ferred TO does not act as a stay of execu-
ton, but justice of the supreme court
may order stay. If the federal SUI
preme court justice upholds the writ of
error, the entire case may be reviewed
by the whole supreme court. These
steps will be taken before a decision is
reached on possible appeal to the gov
ernor for executive clemency.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
Lost to Richmond, 3fto 1, Gallagher o
Vermont Pitching for Winners.

For second time this season the God
dard seminary baseball team was defeat.
ed yesterday and this time by the Rich.
mond Athletic association at Richmond
The score was 3 to i. Gallagher, the
Vermont pitcher, was in the box against
them and before his twirling the sem.
mary boys were powerless. He struck
out % men and allowed but three hits.
The Richmond boys got to Keefe rather
hard and pounded out IL hits. He struck
out IL men.
Goddard's one run was scored in this
manner: Witt was passed on balls and
on wild throw over first by Gallagher
he went to third. Quinn hit safely. scor
ing him. Batteries Goddard-Keefe and
Quinn. chmond-Gallagher and Berry.
Richmond ..,.....00o10 0200-3l22
Goddard ........0 I0000000--l 81
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
OLD-TIME REMEDY
MAKES PURE BLOOD

Purify your blood by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This medicine has been and
still il the peoples medicine, because of
its reliable character and its wonderful
success in the treatment OF the common
diseases and ailments scrofula, catarrh,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, loss of appetite,
that tired feeling, general debility.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been tested 40
years. Get it to-day.-Adyt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
JAPANESE OPPOSITION
ATTACKS THE CABINET
Charges That Negotiations with China
Have Failed and That Suspicion
of Powers Is Aroused.

Toxic, June 3.-The opposition yes
terday introduced in the House of Rep
resentatives a resolution expressing lack
of confidence in the present cabinet
This resolution charged the cabinet with
having failed in the negotiations with
China from beginning to end; with hay-
ing interfered with the friendly relations
with China; and with having aroused
the suspicious of foreign powers, thereby
harming the prestige of the empire, in
stead of laying the foundations of peace
in the orient; and with having created
a situation likely to be followed by fur
Their complications.
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