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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
SYNOPSIS.

In the New York home OF James Brood.
dis son, Frederic, receives a wireless
from him. Frederic tells Lydia Des-
mond. his fancee, that the message an
Mrs: Desmond, the housekeeper and
Lydias mother. to prepare the house for
An immediate homecoming. Brood and
MS bride arrive. She wins Frederic's Xix
ing at FIRST meeting. Brood shows dislike
and yelled hostility to his son. Lydia and
MRS: Brood met in the jade-room, where
Lydia works as Brood's secretary. Mrs.
Brood Is startled by the appearance Of
hanjab. Brood's Hindu servant She
makes changes in the household and gains
her husbands consent 10 send Mrs. Des-
nond and Lydia away. She fascinates
Frederic. She begins to fear Ranjab in
MS uhcanny appearances and disappear
ances, and Frederic. remembering his
iather's East Indian stories and firm be-
nef In magic. fears unknown evil. Ran
1ab performs feats of magic for Dawes
ana Riggs. Frederic's father. Jealous, I'M
Justly orders his son from the dinner table
as drunk. Brood tells the story of Ran
Jab's life to his guests. He killed a wom-
an" who was unfaithful to him. Yvonne
plays with Frederic's infatuation for her
Her husband warns her that the thing
still loves his dead wife. whom he drove
from his home. through her, Yvonne.
Yvonne plays with Brood. Frederic and
Lydia as with figures on a chess board.
brood. madly jealous. tells Lydia that
Frederic is not his son. and that he has
brought him up to kill his happiness at
che proper time with this knowledge.
Frederic takes Lydia home through
mothers house. His wavering allegiance
TO her Is strengthened by a day spent
with her. Yvonne, over the phone rouses
Frederic's infatuation for her again. Lydia
goes TO beg Brood not to tell Frederic of
MS unhappy parentage. but is turned from
her purpose.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
Vogue Of White Paint.

A clever decorator who remodeled
the dining room in a New England
farm house has even gone so far In
her use of white paint as to finish the
floors with 1t. The woodwork and
furniture we're also white, but plenty
Of color was introduced by bright
chintz-patterned paper and plain
bright green rugs. The white dining
room table was always bare, which
allowed the mistress to use many at
tractively colored dolly sets. Her
china showed up to splendid advan-
tage on this white ground. and the
flowers from the garden seemed I'M
usually bright and pretty in the midst
of all this white. A country house
near Cleveland has all its floors paint
ed white. with bright green, blue and
purple rugs used to carry out certain
color schemes. OF course, using white
on floors is practical only when you
are far from the city's smoke or mo-
tors dust.-The Countryside Maya
zine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

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.
sition to his logged determination to
shun the place?
The curtain was up. the house was
still. save for the occasional coughing
of those who succumb to a 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 Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

soon as the curtain went up on the
next act. which was to be the last. In
stead OF doing SO. however. he lin
gered to the end of the play. secure in
his constituencies espionage. II had
| come to him that If he met them in
front Of the theater as they came out
he could invite them to Join him at
supper in one Of the nearby restau-
rants. The idea pleased him. He
coddled it until it became a sensation.
When James Brood and his wife
reached the sidewalk they found him
there, directly in their path, as they
wedged their way to the curb to await
| the automobile. He was smiling
| frankly, wistfully. There was an hon
est gladness in his fine, boyish face
and an eager light in his eyes. He no
| longer had the sense of guilt in his
| soul. 1t had been a passing qualm,
| and he felt regenerated for having ex-
perienced it, even so briefly. Some
how it had purged his soul of the one
lingering doubt as TO the sincerity of
his impulses.
"Hello!" he said. planting himself
squarely in front of them.
There was momentary tableau. He
was wildly aware of the fact that
Yvonne had shrunk back in alarm, and
that swift look of fear leaped into
her surprised eyes. She drew closer
to Brood's side-or was it the jostling
of the crowd that made it seem to be
so? He realized then that she had not
seen him in the theater. Her surprise
was genuine 1t was not much short
of CONSERVATION, a fact that he re-
allied with a sudden sinking Of the
heart.
Then his eyes went quickly to his
fathers face. James Brood was re-
garding him with a cold, significant
smile, as one who understands and
despises.
They told me you were here" fall
tered Frederic, the words rushing bur-
riedly through his lips, "and / thought
we might run in somewhere and have
bite to eat. II want to tell you
about Lydia and myself and what"
The carriage man bawled a number
in his ear and jerked open the door
of a limousine that had Just pulled I'D
the the curb.
Without a word. James Brood hand
ed his wife into the car and then
turned to the chauffeur
Home" he said, and, without so
much as a glance at Frederic, stepped
inside. The door was slammed and
the car slid out into the maelstrom.
Yvonne had sunk back into a corner,
huddled down as II suddenly deprived
Of all her strength. Frederic saw her
face as the car moved away. She was
staring at him with wide-open. re-
proachful eyes, as if to say: "Oh, what
have you done? What fool you are!"
For second or two he stood as IL
petrified. Then everything went red
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

how ineffably happy, how peaceful life
would be IL his father were to lay his
hands upon his shoulders and say. my
son. l 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
eye; the world would be full of ioy 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-
lievable. He could not understand
himself. A wonderful, compelling ten
derness filed his heart. He longed to
throw himself at his fathers feet and
crave his pardon for the harsh, venee-
full thoughts he had spent upon him
in those black hours. He hungered
for word of kindness or of under.
standing on which he could feed his
starving soul. He wanted his fathers
love. He wanted, more than anything
else in the world, to love his father.
Lydia slipped out of his mind
Yvonne was set aside in this immortal
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

a moment of INDIGESTION. II will come
tomorrow"
| Then she skunk downstairs and Out
of the house. convinced that she hat
| failed Frederic in his hour Of great
est need, that tomorrow would be toe
late.
Frederic did not come in for dinner
until after his father and Yvonne hac
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 tC
! 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 prof
ect that had become a fixed thing ~
| 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 If
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. l want to
propose the health of Mrs. Brood"
THE future Mrs. Brood" Kissed Mr..
Riggs. wheezily. glaring at his COM
rade. Asst"
I'm not married yet, Mr.. Dawes"
exclaimed Frederic. grinning.
Makes no difference" said Mr..
Dawes, stoutly. Far as I'm concerned,
you are. Well be the first to drink
to Lydia Brood! The first to call her
by that name. gentlemen. God bless
her!"
God bless her!" shouted Mr.. Riggs.
God bless her!" echoed Frederic.
and they drained their glasses tc
Lydia Brood.
Jones, open another bottle" COM
manded Mr.. Dawes, loftily.
Frederic shook his head and two
faces fell. Right bravely, however. the
old men maintained joyous interest
in the occasion. The young man
turned moody. thoughtful; the unwont-
ed exhilaration died as suddenly as 1t
had come into existence A shadow
crossed his vision and he followed it
with his thoughts. A sense of utter
loneliness came over him with swift
ness that sickened, nauseated him. The
food was fat to his taste; he could
not eat. Self-commiseration stifled
him. He suddenly realized that he
had never been so lonely, so unhappy
in all his life as he was at this mo-
ment.
His thoughts were of his father. A
vast, inexplicable longing possessed
his soul-a longing for the affection of
this man who was never tender. who
stood afar off and was lonely, too. He
could not understand this astounding
change Of feeling. He had never felt
just this way before. There had been
times-and many-when his heart was
sore with longing. but they we're of
other days. childhood days. Tonight
he could not crush out the thought of
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

heard the bishop mutter something in
which he emphasized the fearful words.
into everlasting fire"
The dentist ventured to suggest that
his lordship might feel rather uncom.
Portable at first, but in little time he
would get used to them.
Without appearing to notice the
dentist. his lordship exclaimed, with
tremendous vehemency. Into everlast.
ing flrei"
But. indeed. my lord, II you have
patience. pleaded the dentist I'm Q
weeks time or 3d.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

| am thinking OF, MIS-. BROOD, but oil
Frederic Why have you done this
abominable thing to him? Why"
II did not realize what it would
mean to him." said the other, desper-
ately. II did not count all the cost.
But, dearest Lydia, 1t will come out
all right again, promise you. | have
made a 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
il will ever soften toward me. Do not
say anything now-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 1t now rested in a 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 a long time Lydia stared
straight before her, seeing nothing,
positively dumb with wonder and ac-
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 her
wantonly-and yet there came steal
ing over her, subtly, the conviction
that she could never hurt her in re-
turn. She could never bring herself
to the point of hurting this wondrous.
living, breathing, throbbing creature
who pleaded. not only with her lips
and eyes, but with the gentle heart
beats that rose and fell in her throat.
After long time, in which there
was conflict, she suddenly pressed her
warm lips to Yvonne's. Then in an
abrupt revulsion of feeling her arms
fell away from the warm, sweet body
and almost roughly she pushed Yvonne
away from her.
II didn't mean to do that" she
gasped.
The other smiled. but 1t was a sad.
plaintive effort on her part. 81 knew
that you would" she repeated.
Lydia sprang to her feet, her face
suddenly flaming with embarrassment
Il must see Mr.. Brood. l stopped In
to tell him that" she began, trying
to cover her confusion. but Yvonne in.
terrupted.
know that you could not help It.
my DEAR" she said Then, after
pause: you will let me know what
my husband has to say about it?"
"To-say about it?"
About your decision to marry Fred.
eric In spite of his objections"
Lydia felt little shiver race over
her as she looked toward the door.
you will help us?" she said, trem-
ulously. turning to Yvonne. Again she
saw the drawn, panied look about the
dark eyes and was startled.
You can do more with him than
l." was the response.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

Being young and enthusiastic the
engineer began to enlarge upon its
wonders. telling the farmer how we
could measure the distances to diff.
Ierent planets and even weigh the
planets; how we could foretell the
coming OF a comet or an eclipse years
In advance Of its actual Occurrence
determine the velocity of the swiftest
pro1ecules. ascertain the heights Of
mountains without scaling them. and
many otner things meant to astonish
the old man :
Yes. than things does seem h,nasr
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
CHAPTER XIV.
Sensations.

Sensations.
Lydia stopped for a moment in the
nall, after closing the door behind her,
TO pull herself together for the ordeal
that was still to come. She was
trembling; a weakness had assailed
her. She had left Yvonne's presence
In dazed, unsettled condition of
mind. There was lapse of some kind
that she could neither account for nor
describe even to herself. The black
velvet coat that formed a 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.
pose 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 and
gripped 1t tightly. Her lips parted in
stif smile. Now she knew that she
was turning coward. that she loneed
to put on the meeting until tomor.
row-tomorrow!
The Hindu came down the stairs
quickly, noiselessly.
THE master say to come tomorrow
tomorrow as usual" be said. IA he
paused above her on the steps.
TIT must be today" she said dog.
gedly, even as the thrill of relief shot
through her.
Tomorrow" said the man. His eve,
were kindly inquiring. "Sahib saw Won
are to rest" There was a pause "ro.
morrow will not be too late"
She started. Had he read the tbou.h,
that was In her mind?
Thank you. Ranjab." she said. after
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

through our neighbours land, where we
must not look to reap a harvest; and
this Is mere waste of time. II our
thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it
Is impossible for us to set our faces
steadily towards the work required Of
us.-St. Francis de Sales.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

What do you mean?' inquired the
prelate, turning round with a be-
nignant smile. why should l have
patience? The teeth fit beautifully. 1t
is the first time I have found myself
able to pronounce the Athanasian
creed with distinctness for these twen-
ty years"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

curious" said the farmer. but what
always bothered me was to under.
stand why you have to carry one for
every ten. But II you DON'T" he con-
tinued, with conviction. the darned
thing won't come out right."-Every.
body's Magazine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
Happy Times.

"The cotton growers seem to be
hard hit"
Eyes. And many of them are long
ing for the good old days when all they
had to worry about was the boil wee
vii"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
KNEW IT HAD TO Be DONE
Rule In Mathematics Puzzled Farmer
Though He Recognized Necessity
for lts Observance.

A New York engineer was survey
Ing the route Of branch line for a
railway system. An old farmer with
whom he stopped for time admitted
ono day. when he saw the engineer
figuring IN the field. that mathematics
always seemed . wonderful thing to
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
Fact Not Generally Known,

Contrary to general belief, the
Babes In the Wood were not innocent
darlings, but outlaws who infested
the hills Of County Wicklow, Ireland,
many years ago.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

No Doubt About Everlasting Fire"
A dentist recently made q new set
OF teeth for the bishop Of -. He
anxiously watched the prelate as he
examined himself and his teeth in the
Pier giass and was startled when he
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
Hindrance to Progress.

Nothing SO binders us in what we
are doing as to be longing after some.
thing else; in SO doing. we leave OF
filling our own field, to drive the plow
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

before him, wicked red that blinded
him. He staggered as If from a blow
in the face.
MY God!" slipped from his stiff
lips, 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.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05
NIFpNGTlONIF
SUNMS0ll|
LESSON I

By r. 0. SELLERS. Acting NJ
Sunday School Course OF Ma
Institute. ChicagoD OV
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

a moment of indecision II 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
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

J.. l|NtIGREECE
BOMBARDMENl
BELIEVED TO BESAR DORIAN
ADVANCE BY TEU1oE OF
On Franco-Belgian Front the French
Artillery Continues Its Activity
German Airship Attack
on Dvinsk.

London.-The long looked for often
sive of the Teutonic allies against Sa.
lonlki may now be on or near at hand
An agency dispatch from Saloniki re
ports that an artillery duel has been
In progress for two days near Dorian
where strong forces of the central
powers for some time have been fac
ing the positions of the entente allies
Such bombardment might we'll be
the prelude to an advance movement
by the Teutons and their allies, which
according to recent reports from the
Balkans, was set for about the middle
of the present month, but which may
even now be in progress.
According to the message through
entente sources, reporting the open
ing of the bombardment, the British
heavy guns were dominating those OF
the Germans and Bulgarians opposed
to them.
Elsewhere along the many fighting
lines of the widespread war field few
operations of Importance have been
recorded. On the Franco-Belgian front,
the French artillery continues its &C.
tivity the bombardment being intense
in the Champaign and the Argonne.
Berlin reports cases of sporadic activ.
ity by infantry, one instance being re!
ported south of La Basse canal. where
the British are declared to have been
repulsed when one of their detach-
ments attempted an advance, while
south of the Somme. where the Ger
m 10 fr. all
French were beaten off in hand gre
made attack. In the Vosges the Ger
man guns have been bombarding
French positions.
Few reports of pronouncsd activity
come from Russia of s6aiiFFia. a Ger.
man airship attack 81 Dyinsk being
the only incident - khis war theatre
mentioned in the IMAM communica
ton.
Aiohs 'he nes<Shere the Austrians
and Italians are engsesad Il deadlock
shows no signs of being broks - CT
man reports declare tTe Italians are
worn out a-nu discouraged by theil
failure u advance ord 49, ,ecog
nized the impossisIiI-y of breaking the
Austrian lines. No indications of lag
ging Italian activity. however. are re-
Elected in the official reports.
From Mesopotamia the Turks report
driving back the British to their for
mer positions by counterattack when
General Aylmer's relief forces at.
tempted nearer approach to Kut-el-
Amara, where another British force is
beleaguered.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

or any nation 80 conceived and so
dedicated, can long endure.
1--we are met on a great battle
held Of that war. We have come to
dedicate portion of that field as a
hnal resting place for those who here
gave their lives that that nation might
live. 1t is altogether fitting and prop
er that we should do this. But. In a
larger sense, we cannot dedicate-we
cannot conservative cannot hallow
this ground.
The brave men, living and dead.
who struggled here have consecrated
1t far above our poor power to add or
detract.
THE world will little note. nor
long remember, what we say here: but
1t can never forget what they did
here. 1t is for us, the living. rather
to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here
have thus so far nobly advanced.
1T Is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining
before US, that from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they gave the
last full measure of devotion; that we
nunnselxe- that these dead
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11
JURY AcoUITs MRS. MOHR.
Two Negroes Whom She was Accused
of Hiring to Kill Her Husband
are Convicted.

Providence. R. Mrs. Elizabeth T.
Mohr was acquitted Saturday by a
jury in the superior court of charge
of having instigated the murder of her
husband, DR.. c. Franklin Mohr. c..
Victor Brown and Henry H. Spellman,
negroes, who were accused of the &C
tual killing, were found guilty.
Mrs. Mohr swooned while the fore
man was announcing the verdicts.
The other charge against Mrs. Mohr
and the two negroes is that they COM
mitted an assault on Miss Emily Bur
ger with intent to kill Miss Burger
was shot while riding with DR.. Mohr
On the night he was attacked. Brown
and Spellman are accused of actually
firing the shots at Miss Burger, while
Mrs. Mohr is charged with being an
accessory before the fact of the crime.
1t is not known when, if ever, Mrs.
Mohr will be tried on the other
charges.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-03-11

Lincoln family Bible-in a word. thou
sands of articles of every kind relating
to him
There is nothing which could be
traced as having once belonged to
Lincoln that Mr.. Oldroyd did not Sc
cure If purchasable. And it is safe
to say that his collection is the most
remarkable Of its kind in the world,
for it Is the work of more than fifty
years Of mans life, devoted almost
solely to this one object.
While the building belongs to the
government the collection is still
owned by Mr.. Oldroyd, to whom the
writer is indebted for the illustrations
In this article.-Washingto Star.