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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29

A beautiful theory is upset by the
fact that some men are much worse
than others.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
Had a Reason.

Cat-Doesn't her singing move you?
Nip-It did once; when | lived in
the next flat.-Town Topics.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-04-29
A Record.Breaker.

"And do you really love me?"
Love you? Darling, you're dearer
to me than my wheat. Buffalo Elk.
press.
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ofs black painted directly across the

/ ofi black painted directly across the
eyes.
! d In recalling this startling moment
Deborah wondered as much at her own
aplomb as at that of Judge Ostran-
der Not only had she succeeded in
suppressing all recognition of what
had thus been discovered to her. but
| had carried her powers Of self-repres-
sion so far as to offer, and with good
grace, too, to assist him in rehanging
the picture. This perfection Of act
ing had It's full reward. With equal
| composure he excused her from the
task, and, adding some expression Of
regret at his well-known carelessness
In not looking better after his effects,
bowed her from the room with only a
slight increase Of his usua, courteous
reserve.
But later, when thought came and
with 1T certain recollections, what sig
nificance the incident acquired in her
mind, and what long line of terrors
1t brought in it's train!
1t was no casual act, this defacing
Of sons well-loved features. 1t had
meaning-a dark and desperate
meaning. 1t had played it's heavy part
III his long torment-a CALLING remind
er Of-what?
1t was to answer this question-to
face this new view of Oliver and the
bearing it had on the relations she
had hoped to establish between him
and Reuther, that she had waited for
the house to be silent and her child
asleep.
Unhappy mother, just as she saw
something like a prospect of releasing
her long-dead husband from the odium
Of an unjust sentence, to be shaken
by this new doubt as to the story and
character of the man for whose union
with her beloved child she was so
anXously struggling!
There was a room on this upper
floor into which neither she nor Reu-
ther had even stepped She had
once looked in, but that was all. To.
night-because she could not sleep;
because she must not think-she was
resolved to enter It, divers room!
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left as he had left it years before!
corning which she longed to be reas-
sured?
The father had laid no restrictions
upon her. in giving her this floor for
her use. Rights which he ignored she
could afford to appropriate. Dressing
sufficiently for warmth, she lit a
candle, put out the light in her own
room and started down the hall to
this long g-closed room.
A smother Of dust--an odor Of de-
cay---a lack Of all order in the room 8
arrangements and furnishings
general disarray, hallowed, If not
affected, by time-for all this she was
prepared. But not for the wild confu-
sion-the inconceivable litter and all
the other signs she saw about her of
boys mad packing and reckless de-
parture.
There was an inner door, and this
some impulse drove her to open.
small closet stood revealed, empty
| this article she gave q great gasp;
then she uttered a low pshaw! and
with shrug Of the shoulders drew
| back and flung to the door. But she
opened 1t again. She had to. One
cannot live In hideous doubt, without
an effort to allay 1t. She must look
at that small, black article again
look at 1t with candle in hand; see
for herself that her fears were with.
out foundations; that shadow had
made the outline on the wall which,
She returned to the closet and slow
ly, reluctantly reopened the door. Be
fore her on the wall hung cap-and
1t was no shadow which gave 1t that
look Ike her husbands: the broad
peak was there. She had not been
mistaken; it was the duplicate OF the
one she had picked up in the attic OF
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EVIDENTLY y | D /: A HRlIFT'Y SOUL
..Would-Be TaIkerl Over Telephone
Baked When Called Upon to, ~ .s
Drop a Nickel In the Slot.

A correspondent of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer tells this story:
x was called to the telephone, and
pay station operator asked, rs this
GARFIELD O064? and since that is In.
deed my number, said yes. So she
called to the party on the other end
OF the line, Drop nickel, please
"'Vot?' came e male voice.
Drop a nickel, please
"'Vot?
Drop five cents, please said tn.
operator, translating. And still the
caller can't get it though his head
that he must part with a jitney be-
fore he can talk. Then took hand
or voice--in the conversations
What's the matter with your I
shrieked. Drop five cents in the slot,
and then you will be allowed to talk
to this number
There was long pause, and then
this reply:
"'O-o-oh! Vell neffer mind. / gets
me anodder number!'"
Probably" concludes our inform,
ant, "he kept calling till he got
cheaper one.''
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SYNOPSIS.

curious crowd OF neighbors invade
ne mysterious home Of Judge Ostrandcr.
county Judge and eccentric recluse FOL
owing d; vcil"d woman who has gained
entrance through the gates of the hlSll
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the Judge
Is found in catalcptic state. The judS"
awakrS. Miss Weeks explains to him
wnat has occurred during his seizure. lie
secretly discovers the whereabouts OF the
vcilcd woman. she proves to be the wild
OK of Il man tried before the judge ana
clcctrocutcd for murder years before Her
daughter Is engaged TO the judges son.
from whom h" is cStranEcd. but the muir
der IS between the lovers. She plans to
Gear her husbands memory and asks the
Judges aid. Alone in her room Deborah
ScuNilc reads tn" newspaper clippings
telling the story Of the murder of AlEcr-
non Ethcrdgc by John SCovillc i'm Dark
Hollow, twelve years before. The judg"
and Mrs. Scovillr meet at Sprnccr's Folk
and she shows him how, on the day OF
the murder, she saw the shadow OF I,
man. whiting stick and wearing long
peaked cap. The Judge engages her ana
ncr daughter Rcuth"r to live with him in
his mysterious home. Deborah and her
lawyer BLACK. go to the police station and
see the stick used t. murder EthcridS".
She discovers II broken knifr-hlad" point
embedded in il. Deborah and lscuthrr 10
10 live with the Judge.
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/. u u 4 n ii i .
tE~ 1iaJmore inn when that Inn wsss
simply tavern.
Then she found herself looking into
drawer half drawn out and filled
with all sorts Of heterogeneous ar
ticles-sealing wax, roll of pins, a
penholder, a knife-a knife! Why
should she recoil again at that? Moth.
Ing could be more ordinary than to
find a knife in the desk drawer Of a
young man! The fact was not worth
thought; yet before she knew it her
fingers were creeping towards this
knife, had picked it up from among
the other scattered articles, had closed
upon it, let 1t drop again, only to
seize hold of it yet more determinedly
and carry 1t straight to the light.
The knife was lying open on her
palm, and from one OF the blades the
end had been nipped, just enough OF
1t to match
Was she mad! She thought SO for
a moment; then she laid down the
knife close against the cap and con-
templated them both for more minutes
than she ever reckoned.
The candle fluttering low in It's
socket reused her at last from her alb
straction. Catching up the two ar
ticles which had SO enthralled her, she
restored the one to the closet, the
other to the drawer, and, with swift
but silent step, regained her own
room, where she buried her head in
her pillow, weeping and praying until
the morning light, breaking in upon
her grief awoke her to the obligations
of her position and the necessity Of
silence concerning all the experiences
Of this night
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"i' ofaer Tor ton or half q ton OF coal Tbia
class - -
novel and successful Christmas entertain
'iieha was given In an eastern Sunday school
hiter prayer Scripture responses and carols
slelgh bells were heard. announcing the coming
y. santa Ciaus He appeared upon the platform
eiaking an empty bag and lamented he had no
ei's lor some needy children. Little I,egjn.
ners hastened to their friend with packages OF
sugar and sweet" little rhymes; primary chill
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dren followed; then representatives from every
class in the school, even the Bible union. Offer
ings accompanied by specially prepared rec
itations. songs dialogues and gvers dressed
to suit their gift Children bringing cereals an
peared as "Quakers;" rice suggested Chinese
costumes; tea. Japanese; pure products. the
Puritan style each. Songs were set tc popular
airs making drill work easy.
Finally. Santa Claus had valuable supply of
provisions for an orphan asylum. The happy
givers then received remembrances from their
teachers All found 1t Is more blessed to give
than to receive"
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT

For many years one Sunday school has had q
giving Christmas instead OF a receiving one. The
pupils bring gifts instead Of receiving them
The favorite method Is for a class to plan a
Christmas dinner Each in the class brings
something for that purpose. One OF the boys
or girls can march forward dragging q turkey or
chicken, and other member members OF tho
same class following with articles for q Christ.
mas dinner. not forgetting cranberries. mnce
pie and celery
still others like better to flourish paper with
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CHAPTER VliI-Continued.

Already had she stepped several
times to her daughters room and
looked in, only to meet Rcuthcr's UNI
GUict eye turned toward hers in silent
inquiry. Was her own uncasincss in
foctious? Was the child determined
to share her vigil? She would wait a
little longer this time and see.
Their rooms were over the parlOr,
and thus as far removed rs possible
from the Judges den. In her own.
which was front, she felt at perfect
ease, and ii was without any fear of
disturbing either him or Reuther that
she finally raised her window and al
lowed the cool wind to soothe her
from scurryng clouds as she quietly
watched the scene.
Perchcd, as she was, in window
overlooking the lane, she had but to
lift her eyes from the double fence
chat symbol OF sad seclusion) to light
on the trees rising above that unspcak-
able ravine. black with memories she
felt strangely like forgetting tonight
Beyond how it stood out on
ne bluff. IL had never seemed to stand
cut more thrcatcningly. the
N(urcatcd mass of dismal ruin from
which men had turned their eyes
those many voors nov, put ,ho MOON
lovod II, cornseod II. doliod r;,b -
uphtirq nm its tnnn,ing cbnnoy ,nd
empty, staring gable.
Snnncur,s rn,lv, wan u had Moan
,h,t ana l,roncor,. dn, -, ai..ai,o,;n,
,ro, ,rhorn u.,r, cro,, ,olao H., 3,
rot -, r,oc, ~, ,,,i,,,.;.
or no rioh, nt s,n,, In, 49,, -
s,orn, 81 ,,nich an, roo'>,a Nv o. ,",.a,
in Shc)hv, whon thn win1 ,oro dnvr
branches ana ,onrloa dnvn eh;r,.e.
whom c,t,lo worn .n,i,,or =, ,ha a.,
and man AN ,,o h;nh,, , ~,
hluN towcrino nro,hn,d aonaa ;,,ta
r,,mo ,, ,,a , ~
Glow wos snni,,nn n,,r, ~. n 80
scondiro mol, os NV ri,,, onn ,,
Moyod INA ha,na ,na ~. ''''''
This w,. ,ona hot"ra " ,,ha
b,d como to chnlhv. M, sha ,o, ,>aan
to,d thn s,,ry CO xxx, tho, !.
,rito ,,i,;a - hn ,rho .,n,
hoon ooro ,o,. ,,,, "'.o
n,,no,od ,,.itr M n,a,,o>, ~ .,;
mo fonou,;na Az. IA ~, ~ ~
of NO ovo,,, hrool :, -. s,,m "."'' ,
unon ~, tnu,n ~, ~ " "
q c,osot ,,hioh t,a oa > ' -
,hay fornd hurnhoa rn T., ~ 'p". "
mo hody 20 MN - ~ l'o
throat q wouna on,oano, ,.h;o,'
NOT haen made hv l,ahtn,,,a nsa ,s..
Snorcort cno,oor hi.,,a,s a.
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CHAPTER TX.
Unwelcome Truths.


and only refuge remaining to Deborah.
Yet, after a few days, the constant
self-restraint which it entailed ate
like a canker into her peace and un-
dermined a strength which she had
always considered inexhaustible. Reu-
ther began to notice her pallor, and
the judge to look grave. She was
forced to complain of cold (and in
this she was truthful cnough) to ac-
count for her alternations of feverish
impulse and deadly lasstude The
trouble she had suppressed was hav.
ing it's quiet revenge.
Yves there no medium course? Could
she not learn where Oliver had been
on the night of that od-time murder?
Miss Weeks was near neighbor and
saw everything. Miss Weeks never
forgot; to Miss Weeks she would go.
She had passed the first gate and
was on the point of opening the sec.
ond one, when she saw on the walk
before her a small slip Of brown pa.
per. Lifting it, she perceived upon it
All almost illegible scrawl which she
made out to read thus:
For Mrs Scoville:
Do not go wandering all over the town
for clues. Look closer to home.
And below:
You remember the old saying about
jumping from the frying pan into the fro
Let your daughter be warned 1t is bet
ter to be singed than consumed.
Because Deborah's mind was quick
it all flashed upon her. bowing her in
spirit to the ground Reuther had
beSn singed by the knowledge Of her
fathers ignominy, she would be con.
sumed if inquiry were carried further
and this ignominy transferred to the
proper culprit. Oliver alone could be
meant. The doubts she had tried to
suppress from her own mind were
shared by others-others!
In five minutes she was crossing the
road, her face composed, her manner
genial. her tongue ready for any en-
counter. The truth must be hers at
all hazards. If it could be found here
| then here would she seek it. Her long
| struggle with fate had brought to the
fore every latent power she possessed
Miss Weeks was ready with her
greeting. A dog from the big housd
across the way would have been vel
coined there. The eager little seam
stress had never forgotten her hour
in the library with tha half-uncon
scious Judge.
Mrs. Scoville!" she exclaimed, fut
tering and, leading the way into the
best room chow very kind you are
to give me this chance for making my
apologies. You know we have met
before"
"Have we?" Mrs Scoville did nci
remember, but she smiled her bes
smile 81 am glad to have you &C
knowledge an old acquaintance. Il
makes me feel less lonely In py new
life."
Mrs Scoville, I am only too hap
py." 1t was bravely said, for the little
woman was in a state Of marked EN-
barrassment Could 1t be that the Wis
itor had not recognized her as the
person who had accosted her on tina
memorable morning she first entered
Judge Ostrander's forbidden gateae
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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AT THE FIRST SIGNS
OF Falling Hair Get Cutlcura.
Works Wonders. Trial Free.

Touch spots Of dandruff and itching
with Cuticura Ointment, and follow
next morning with a hot shampoo Of
Cuticura Soap This at once arrests
falling hair and promotes hair growth.
You may rely on these supercreamy
emollients for all skin troubles.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
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To Drive Out Malaria
And Build lin The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
IASTELESS chill TONIC You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label showing it is
Quinne and Iron in a tasteless form, The
9uInine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. SO cents.
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Trust In Providence.

When we meet one of these big,
blazing motor headlights while riding
In the modest electric belonging to our
wife's relations, we just go ahead.
trusting that Providence that watches
over children and drunkards Will take
care Of us. too.
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No Cause for Mirth.

Friend-Sc this is one OF your tokes
is it? Ha! ha! ha!
Humorist (testily) )-Wcll, what are
you laughing at, anyhow! Isn't 1t o
good one?-Passing Show.
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The Best l-Inirenf

For falls on icy walks, sprains and
bruises, rub on and rub In Hanford's
Balsam of Myrrh. Apply this liniment
thoroughly and relief should quickly
follow. ADV.
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Not Grey Hairs but Tired Eyes
make us look older than we are. Kees
your Eyes young and you will look young
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.
chicago. Sends Eye Book on reuueat
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EcIipSed,

do you believe in the Darwinian
theory?"
"oh, yes" replied : Miss Cayenne:
but there are so many more interest
Ing and eccentric theories being ad.
vanced just now | had almost forgot
ten about it,"
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matron is usually more enthusias
tic over being married than she Ia
over the man she has wed.
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start the year by getting Hanfords
Balsam. You will find frequent use
for 1t. Adv.
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Very Unkind.

sometimes | think" he began.
But not often, l SUPPOSE" inter.
rupted the rude girl.
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When the average man gets justice
In the courts he is usually too old tc
enjoy it.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-12-23

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach. ADV.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-12-23

Bachelors are women's rights; wild
overs are womens lefts.
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+, 1t takes wise man to pick fool
whose money lie can spend
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The Better Wav.

Charles M. Schwab, congratulated
in Pittsburgh on large war contract
which he had just received from one
of the warning nations, said:
Some people call it luck, but they
are mistaken. Whatever success,l
have is due to hard work and no
luck.
II remember New York bu3
man who crossed the ocean WI
one winter when the whole q
was suffering from hard ting
And you, Mr.. Schwab,'
Yorker said, are like the y
| suppose, hoping for betV
No, my friend l req
am not hoping for bette.8
got my sleeves rolled VI
ing for them?'" ~ -
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A fertile imagination may produc,
rank thoughts. 8
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For any cut use Hanfords Ba
sam. Adv.
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ll(ITLlllll llylIIONlIAI..
,S''UNIlNY,S(,[I()((L
LESSON

T 70. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
o Sunday School Course Of the Moody
sGible Institute of Chicago.)
g jpyright. 1915, Western Newspaper Union.)
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Piles Cured In 6 to ~ Days
Druggists refund money IL PAZO OINTMENT,
falls to cure Itching Blind Bleeding or protrud
Ing Piles First application gives relief. soc
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on1porfanS,

Examine carer,, y
CAsToRIA, aahsahH, q on
infants and chdd4rsfH, Il f4f anu sse co..
Signature Of M<@/z92szz1z@x
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-05
/ RIDAY

uartholdt nat the liquor crowd is beginning 10
see through this deep game OF the monied in
tcrests which have been financing their fights.
stabbed in the back will be the next plea,
betrayed in the house Of our friends
Before going any further, however, We would
Ike 10 hear from the Virginia saloonkeepsrs on
lhis point. We have a vague recollection that a
few OF The brethren Kicked over the traces on
those last s25r asses men;s
The serious note of warning To the country
a Nr RarhoIdt- speech was the assertion that
tho saloon people have blacklsted every Senator
ana every CONGRESSMAN Who voted for prohibit
.oa I'm thc present Congress, That means that
'he friends Of prohibition must take heed 70
'H" 'a'os. NOT only o. those who voted FOR. but
@.-o Of those aho voted against Tire ISSUES in
CONGRESS II means mat The liquor crowd is
alr" 20 The fate TIA. Hanes over H. and VIII
Iuoy" heaven and earth 10 compass its ends
'agegraog. the nation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-05
THI NATIONAL PROHIBITION Is>II

Representative Bartholdt whose chief claim
ITO distinction IN The House of Representatives
seems to lie in snti-prohibition and anti-Ameri.
can utterances delivered an address Thursday
to the National Liquor Dealers Association
MIR. Bartholdt made lumber OF interesting, II
not wholly reliable observations on things in
general ana prohibition in particular
Among other statements MIR. Bartholdt said
.thot the votes in the House OF Representatives
and the Senate recently constituted victories for
The liquor interests. despite the fact that a ma
1ority Of the House voted for me submission
Of prohibition and majority Of the senate win
sota for it o. straight issue Perhaps this
peculiar definition .os victories 1iu make the
hquet interests claim that Inc Virginia vote
also victory Ter them that they spent
their thousands. mot 10 geep Virginia wet bur
TO carry Virginia dry Ia this counec'iou i'd Is
interesting note that Mr. Barhold repeats
the statement made before the same convention
the day preceding b. me secretary of the asso
citation. that the big Interests, the money trust,
Is behind the prohibition movement Under his
strangely perFerted definition OF victories per
TAPS we can conclude that 70 achieve the Vir.
ginia result ~thn mouied interests have been
the source Of the millions spent in the name
OF the liquor interests achieve these re1iark-
able votes. We have often heard it stated that
the tactics Of he liquor interests IN Virginia Of
their press champions and other allies. were
strong factors In increasing the dry vote In
fzrt. the Roanoke Tins brazeny claims credit
4 Tor the result in the Southwest
No seen, nerceive in the plant Of friend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-05
ASKS REMOVAL OF
CRASHING EXECUTOR

New YORK, Feb. Application was
made before Surrogate Fowler today
by Arthur {. Train, guardian ad Item
for Ralph Pulitzer. Jr., and Seward
Webb Pulitzer. grandsons Of the late
Joseph fu,itzer. for the removal as
executor Of the Pulitzer estate Fred
erick y uton Judson. a prominent st.
Louis LAWYER and long time friend OF
the late publisher.
Under the terms Of Mr.. Pulitzer'a
will Mr.. Judson was To receive
$40, 600 in lieu of all commissions
granted. under the law to- executors,
but ne fied q remuneration Of that
legacy and announced his intention Of
claiming All commissions allowable
Under the law By doing this in on
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-05
CoIoNll ALIEN ,NDER CAMERON.

third spirit has passed before It's maker
from Richmond this week. In the death OF
Colonel Alexander Cameron the city lost one Of
It's leading commercial spirits the founder of a
large business Industry that gave employment
to thousands Of people and brought wealth TO
the city \ chronicle Of achievements is diff
cult in any mans life, record of a long life
dchcs estimate in f@w lines of type, which can
after all merely note passing and cannot
erase or add one incident 10 a life tina, is done