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WITH BARNS
FULL OF STOCK
Didn't Look Much Like Hard
Times in Western Canada.

a. Meyer, who left one OF the best
Counties in Minnesota, probably be-
cause he got a good price for his ex-
West, writes to his local paper, the
Bagley Independent His story is well
worth repeating. He says:
ITO say / was greatly surprised
when 1 reached Saskatchewan and Al
berta would be expressing il mildly.
In country where so much suffering
was reported, / found everyone in
good circumstances, and especially
all our friends who have left Clearwa-
ter and Polk counties They all have
good homes and those who were re-
ported to have sold their stock through
lack of feed, I found with their barns
full of stock, and it did not look very
much like hard times. They have
from 160 acres to two sections OF the
finest land that can be found.
Those that left here two or three
years ago have from 100 to 400 acres
in crops this year.
Prospects for a bumper crop are
splendid It is a little cold now, but
nothing is frosted, either in gardens
or fields. Land can be bought quite
reasonably here from those who vol
unteered their services in the Euro
pean war. Here are certainly the
best opportunities for securing a good
home with a farm and independence
for life in a short time Before I
started I heard that prices were so
high Flour was reported at S12 per
hundred If is S4-25 here. In the west
all the groceries can be purchased
for nearly the same as in Mimi The
only article that 1 found higher
was kerosene at 50 cts per gallon
When saw the land wondered why
| people do not live where they pro-
/ duce enough from the soil to make a
comfortable living We visited T. T.
| Safer. John Dahls, ". J. and R. D.
/ Hollis, Martin Halmen, Ole Halvorson.
/ VIM Walker and Geo. Colby, all
/ from Bagley. We found we'll and pros
porous farmers who wished to be re-
membered to all their Bagley friends IS
(Sgd) a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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after your letter reaches New Or
leans; you needn't doubt that And
the suppression of your name isn't
cowardly; it is merely justifiable bit
of self-protection. 1t is your duty to
give the alarm; but when you have
done that, your responsibility ceases.
There are plenty of people who can
identify me if l am taken back to
New Orleans. You don't want to be
summoned as a witness, and you
needn't be-"
She saw the direct, manlike wisdom
of all this. and was quick to appreci-
ate his delicate tact in effacing the
question of the reward without even
referring to it. But his stoicism was
almost appalling.
1T is very shocking," she muir
INJURED; only you don't seem to real
ize it at ALL
Don't l? You must remember that
1 have been arguing from your point
of view. My own is quite unchanged.
It is your duty to do what you must
| do; it is my affair to avert the conse-
quences to myself if 1 can manage it
without taking an unfair advantage of
| your frankness."
What will you do?"
ct would be bad faith now for me
to try to run away from the steamer,
as 1 meant to do. So far, you have
bound me by your candor. But be-
yond that 1 make no promises. Ny
parole will be at an end when the off,
GERS appear, and I shall do what 1 can
| to dodge, or to escape If I am taken.
Is that fair?"
cit is more than fair; I can't under.
stand"
What is it tkat you can't under.
stand?"
How you can do this; how you can
do such things as the one you did last
night, and still"
| He finished the sentence for her
"and still be a common robber OF
| banks, and the like. I fancy it is q
bit puzzling-from your point of view
Sometime, perhaps, we shall all I'm
derstand things better than we dc
now, but to that time, and beyond it
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event. Let me tell you what 1 did
I had a weapon, as you have read. ]
tied it up with the money in hand
kerchief. There was always the
chance of their catching me, and 1 had
made up my mind tt at my last free
act would be to drop the bundle into
the river. So you sec you need not
hesitate on that score"
Then you know what it is that /
must do?"
''Assuredly. I knew it yesterday,
when 1 saw that you had recognized
me. 1t was very merciful in you to
reprieve me, even for a few hours /;
but you will pardon me if I say it
was wrong?"
''Wrong!" she burst out. is it gen
erous to say that to me? Are you SO
Indifferent yourself that you think ev-
eryone else is Indifferent, too?"
He smiled under cover of the dark
ness.
81 know you are not Indifferent; you
couldn't be. But you must be true to
yourself, at whatever cost. Will you
go to Captain Mayfield now?"
She hesitated.
81 thought of doing that, at first, ,
she began, postponing to more con
venient season the unnerYing ref1ec
ton that she was actually discussing
the ways and means of it with him
ct seemed to be the simplest thing
to do. But then 1 saw what would
happen; that I should be obliged
Again he stopped her with a ges
ture.
81 understand We must guarC
against that at all hazards. You mus
not be dragged into it, you know
even remotely"
81 wrote a letter TOTO Mr.. Gal
braith.'' she confessed.
And you have not sent it?'
mo. If had, I shouldn't have
| spoken to you
ITO be sure. I suppose you signed
the letter."
Certainly"
THAT was a mistake. You mus
rewrite it, leaving out your name, ant
send it. All you need to say is tina
the man who robbed the Bayou State
| Security is escaping on the Belle Ju
lie, that he Is uISSulSeu DIS uSCh
/ hand, and that his name on the steam
| er's books is John Wesley Gavitt
That will be amply sufficient"
She was silent for a moment Then
why mustn't 1 sign it? They viii
pay no attention to an anonymous let
ter. And, besides, it seems sos,
cowardly"
| 'eThey will telegram to every rive
| landing ahead of US within an hou
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quarrel with McGrath. The man was
grateful and loyal according to his
gifts, and Griswold's need was too
pressing to stick at any trif1e of IN
intelligence.
"Mose, you'll go ashore with me on
the spring line" he said, when he
found his man at the heel of the land
ing stage.
Yes, sub, Mars Gravitt; dat-s me.
sholy."
All right You see this bundle. If
anybody tackles me while we're max
ing fast, I'm going to drop it, and you
must get it and run away Do you
understand"
''Whut-aI mus I do when rs done
TUX out wild hit?"
Get away, first; then keep out of
sight and hang around the levee for
an hour or two. If l don't turn up be
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CHAPTER Vii.
Moses Ichthyophaqus.

After suffering all the pangs of
those who lose between the touch and
the clutch, Griswold had found the
red-handkerchief bundle precisely
where it had been hidden; namely,
buried safely in the deckload Of
sacked coffee on the engine-room
guard.
1t came to light in the final half
hour of the voyage, when he and his
mates were transferring the coffee to
the main deck, forward It had not
been disturbed; and what had hap
pened was obvious enough, after the
fact. After its hiding, arm's-length
deep, in a Granny between the sacks,
some sudden jar of the boat had
slightly shifted the cargo, closing one
Granny and opening another.
With the money once more in his
possession he had a swift return of
the emotions which had thrilled him
the sidewalk in front of the Bayou
State Security with the block of bank
notes under his arm.
AS to the battle for the keeping
which was probably awaiting him at
the St Louis landing, the prospect OF
coming to blows, man-fashion, with
the enemy, was not wholly unweI
come.
The few necessary preliminaries
were arranged while the Belle Julie
was backing and filling for the land
ing Since to be taken with the
money in his possession was to give
the enemy the chance Of winning al
one stroke both the victory and the
spells, he made a confederate of the
L
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come so tame that anyone with whom
they are familiar may handle them
without frightening them
Separate buildings on the Icelandic
elder farms are devoted to the clean
ing OF the product. Down clings tena-
ciously to anything on which it is
thrown, a circumstance that is utilized
in cleaning it There are a number
of frames of oblong shape. and along
these numbers of strings are stretched
loosely. The down Is cast on these
near one end. and a piece OF wood is
drawn rapidly backward and forward
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very likely to have the play fever In q
most viruIent form The sober and
dignified man, who sits all day and ev-
ery dag in a sober and dignified office
feels that he really must get out some
where. where the grass is green and
the air is clean, and kick his sober
heels far toward the sky and release
a series of startling whoops from his
dignifed interior So, granting that
this is the time when people who work
desire to play out OF doors, is it sur
prising that the people whose work is
called playing" should also have the
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SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth GrisWoId, an unsuccessful
writer because of socialistic tendencies,
eups with his friend cambridge at Chau-
diere's restaurant in New Orleans and
declares that If necessary he will steal to
keep from starving. He holds up Andrew
Calbraith, president of the Bayou State
Security, in his private Office and escapes
with 100000 in cash. BY original methods
he escapes the hue and cry and goes
aboard the Belle Julie as a deckhand. He
Unexpectedly cOnfrOnts Charlotte Farm
ham of Wahaska, Mimi, who had seen
him cash Galbraith's check in the bank.
charlotte recognizes Griswold. but de-
cldes to write to Galbraith rather than
oenounce the robber to the captain and
so incur unpleasant notoriety.
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pluck it out with their bills, and form
II into a circular mound which has the
property of retaining heat to an ex-
traordinary degree. If this down be
removed, the duck supplies a second.
and even a third lot from the same
source.
The elder farms in Iceland are fire.
quenty situated on little islands on
the coast, covered with low hummocks.
To protect the brooding ducks from
the elements the Icelanders construct
small shelters of rough stones. On
these farms, it is said, the ducks be
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CHAPTER vi.
Quicksands-

On the morning following the rescue
OF the mate Charlotte Farnham awoke
with the conviction that she had been
miraculously saved from mourning the
penalties dealt out to those who rush
bilndly into the thick of things with
out due thought and careful consid-
Grafton.
But the Puritan conscience was not
to ha entirely silenced. Reason sits
in a higher seat than that occupied by
the senses, and reason argued that q
man who would forgive his enemy,
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loo Late.

You never asked me whether I
wanted any hair tonic" said the bald
headed man
What's the use?" rejoined the bar
Der. The fellows who cut your hair
ten years ago ought to have asked you
that"
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A Perfect Good Doc.

Look mere. Snidders,'' said Waller
by, this dog you sold me is no fighter
He's a regular mush OF a mollycoddle-
You told me he'd lick anything on
sight"
SO he will said Snidders- He's
vurry, vurry affectiOnate- Judge
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Parrots Fail as sentineIs.

Parrots as aeroplane sentinels have
not proved the entire success they
we're expected to- A parrot, long be-
fore human eye or glass can detect
the approach OF an aeroplane, viii
screech and flap about in Wild excite
ment
a number were placed in EifIel tow
er ID signal the approach OF hostile
craft, but as the birds failed to dis
tinguish between friend and foe, their
usefulness as sentinels was consider
ably limited
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SUGGESTIVE.

Patience-She talked about her an
cestors all the time she was here.
guess her ancestors ears must have
been burning. ali right
Patrice-I hope you don't think her
ancestors went 10 place where their
ears would burnz
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over the other end. The down clings
to the strings; but all impurities, such
as grass and seaweed, fall 20 the
ground.
The price of down at the farm is
about two dollars and fifty cents a
pound.-Sunday Magazine
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Easily Remedied.

Bank Clerk am sorTy, madam, but
you have oYerdraEn your account
Fair Patron-Is that 500 Then III
Just write you q check for the differ
ence
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RAISED FOR THEIR DOWN
Elder Ducks RisidIy Protected by Law
Because os the Value of
Their Product.

The down of the elder duck is more
highly esteemed and brings higher
price than any other down. In Iceland
and the Vestmannaeyjar islands, where
the duck nests. it is rigidly protected
by law and by public sentiment
These ducks make their nests of
down from their own breasts They
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Commercialized.

Mrs Crawford-Are your husbands
objections TO female suffrage practi-
cal2
Mrs Crabshaw-Perfectly practical
my dear. He's afraid there wouldn't
be enough political Offices to 60
arOund-Judge-
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Coo Ni-ntI

He-Then you are NOT interested in
my welfare?
She-No; but II tho. t~o syIlabies
were uansposed I'd net Ozly be inter
ested but 1thusiastic.-80ston Eve
ming Transcript
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Undue influence Suspected.

My boy Josh writes me that he's
going to join glee club" said Farmer
Corntossel-
why, 1 didn't know Josh could
sing exclaimed his wife
That's why I'm so kind o pleased
If Josh can break into a glee club. IL
shows he's wonderful popular or q
terrible fighter"
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The Rinht Adjective.

q dined yesterday with q ravenous
beauty
You mean a raving beauty, don't
youz"
CT paid the bill I ought to know
what kind OF beauty she was"
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Playing Out of Doors.

This is the time of year when every
man has within him a desire to get
out OF doors and play And those who
have fewest opportunities TO obtain out
of-door recreation during the year are
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
PnllNS Pun.

Patty-Jack has an awful hand
grasp When he proposed he
squeezed my hand SO hard it fairy
ached-
Polly-Perhaps ne meant it for an
engagement wiring
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Too True.

Little Sophie Father. what Is G-
ecutive ability2
Professor Broadhead-The faculty
Of earning your bread by the work a
other people.-Christian Register
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Bic Saving.

Two hundred dollars for fur coat,
my dear? I don't think We can af-
ford that"
Certainly we can afford IL Didn't
I get you four two-dollar shirts for g
cents each2-
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ALWAYS an Openino.

Hello. Bill: what are you doingz"
-Learnin' to be a criminal It's the
only way 1 knows of to get job these
days-"-Life-
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A Suave Sinner

He was such an oil, smooth-spOken
cuss that he completely took me in.
swindled me"
Showing that the way OF the trans
gressor is sometimes soft. eh2"
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fever of spring? Just as the regular
indoor workers get the fever, SO do
the pIayers-and each year more and
more OF the players are ending their
seasons work with out-of-door perfor-
mances-
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A Bad BOY.

Waiter, is this veal?"
Yer. sir"
We'll, IN bet he gave his family
lots OF trouble He certainly vas :.
young tough
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
CARRANzA TO HEAR
us. VERDICT SOON
Officials Admit Leader Is Doing
Remarkably Well Since Cap
ture of Mexico City. -

Whether General Carranza will re,
ceive the Washington Administration
moral support" as leader of the domi-
nant faction in Mexico is likely to be
known soon, 1t was believed today.
Officials acknowledge that he Is doing
remarkably we'll In Mexico City. All
accounts agree that he is restoring or
sanized government there rapidly. Food
Is being rushed into the city. The
water supply's source Is in his hands,
and perfect order Is reported. At Vera
Cruz and In the territory between the
two cities similar conditions prevail.
The only doubtful point was whether
he could crush Villa. His version was
that the Villistas were completely dis
organized. The disposition here was to
believe this, but the Villistas declared
their forces were extremely active about
Aguas Calientes and predicted an early
attempt to recapture Mexico Ctty.
1t was believed a few days would. show
whether these claims were we'll founded:
II they proved true. even to the extent
of demonstrating that Villa Is still'
formidable factor, 1t was said there
could be no sort of recognition OF
Carranza.
Should the latter demonstrate that
his position Is secure. however, the be
lief. was general that moral support
would be accorded to him on. condition
that. he promises a general election
end a restoration of constitutional gov
0rnrnent in the near future.
Wholesale looting in Mexico City was
Scn,mitted by the zapatistas when they
evacuated the capital, according to a
dispatch received from the Brazilian
minister
Zapata soldiers broke into stables and
garages. appropriating to themselves
horses. carriages, and automobiles. The
retreating force. with the officials OF
the convention government, retreated to
Cuernavaca and to Tolucca, about TWEEN
ty-hve miles west and southwest OF
Mexico City.
During the fighting, the minister
states. the banks and stores were closed
and the civilian -popuiace remained In
different. minimum of casualties oc-
CURED. ''.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
''CR|BB|NG" INQUIRY
. ENDS At ANNAPOLIS
Judge Advocate Watts Will
Allow Defendants to Reply
to His Charge.

ANNAPOLIS, July 15.-The court Of
inquiry at the Naval Academy today
completed the hearing of defendant
midshipmen charged with eXamina-
tion ''cribbing." Judge Advocate
Watts will present the Governments
case this afternoon. The defendants
will be permitted to reply to any
points that apply to the Individual
cases.
Mfdshipmen w. J. Nunnally and Z.
B. Hough- members Of the last grad
uation class. submitted statements
today. The only testimony connect
ing Nunnally with the scandal was
the finding of his memoranda near
the examination room. This. Nun
nally pointed out. was an indication
Of innocence rather than guilt. Mid
shipman Hough also explained his
possession of the turbine sheets, say
ing they had not been used improp-
erly.
appeared for Midshipmen E. H. Jones
and X. Keller. These midshipmen ad-
mitted having seen the original papers
received by Moss, and Mr.. Burch ar
gued the probability. of lack Of guilty
knowledge Of their character.
sued the cases of Midshpmen H. R.
Whitaker an. David Click who had
been implicated by Midshipman Reagle.
In his argument in behalf of Midship-
man J. E. Waddell, Lieut.. G. w. Ken
yon called attention to the fact that
| the father of Midshipman Waddell who
was killed Tuesday in a powder ex,
plosion at Louisville, had made a special
trip TO Annapolis to counsel his SON to
tell the whole truth and inform the
court of any circumstances which might
be adverse to himself.
Lieut.. K. F. Smith appeared for Mid
shipmen Hopkins and Denny. He ad-
mitted frankly that naval officers had
decided to hold aloof from the proceed
ings, having taken the ground that poll
ticians had started the inquiry, and
were trying to run the Naval Academy
instead of allowing the proper naval
authorities to do So
However, he said he was glad of the
opportunity of clearing the name. of
Midshipman Hopkins. the leader Of his
class. from any taint of wrongdoing.
Lieutenant Smith also argued the case
of Midshipman Denny, accused Of hav-
ing seen one of the original papers.
Mdshipmen Holden and Keefe SUBJ
mitted statements of their cases.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15

box which each girl has suspended by a
green ribbon from her neck.
II don't know what this Is all about,
but need a fam" said one woman of
generous proportions. as she paid =
quarter for "a bit Of the breeze"
you get a breeze and SO do tho
young sters." was the appeal made by
a girl selling at Woodward Il Loth-
rop's. At that store Miss Lanette Smith
had charge of the selling. Miss Anita
Herman was in charge at Goldenberg's.
At the W. p. and A. station Mrs. II.
B. Rich. Mrs. L. i. Schloss. and Miss
A. Beard were especially successful with
their early sales.
At Glen Echo Park this evening Mrs.
I Edwin Seton personally will have a
group OF the prettiest young women TO
, sell fans to the crowds that throng
that resort nightly. Manager Schloss
, is putting on the motion pictures of
Camp Good VIII at the park theater.
| The women will go through the thea
ter and among the amusement seekers
| in all parts of the park selling "a
| breeze" for the youngsters at the
| camps.
At Keith's, Polls and the Columbia
| Theaters fans will be e. sold In the
| lobbes at both matinee and evening
| performances today and tomorrow. Al
| Polls, Albert Roscoe. the leading man,
| will make an appeal from the stage,
! and girls will go among the audiences
at the intermission.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
MOtherS!-for Your Boy

p ker Bridget
Russian and Sailor
Blouse Wash Suits are
reduced to u price.
Parker Bridget's
entire line of MILDLY,
Oliver and French Sail
or Wash Suits are re-
dueed ONE-THIRD.
The Washington times., 1915-07-15
Won Buelow May Blame
Italian War on Hollweg

ROME. July 15.-That Prince Won
Buelow, German ambassador to Rome,
whose attempt to prevent war be-
tween Austria and Italy was fail.
..pre, is about to publish book lay
ing the blame for his lack of success
on the German chancellor, was the re-
port current In diplomatic circles to-
day.
Won Bue1ow. according to word re.
ceived here, will complain In his new
book that preemptory orders from Won
Bethmann- -Hollweg and short-sight-
edness on the part of the Austrian dip.
lomats made it impossible for him to
continue the negotiations.