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Usually at nine o'clock they strolled
into the study and smoked n Of
Brood's cigars with the gusto Of real
guests. 1t was their habit to saunter
about the room, inspecting the treas
ures with critical. appraising eyes,
very much as II they had never seen
them before. They even handled some
OF the familiar objects with an air Of
bewtlderment that would have done
credit to a Cooks tourist. II was also
a habit Of theirs to try the doors Of
a large teakwood cabinet in one cor
ner Of the room The doors always
were locked, and they sighed with
patient doggedness. Some day, how
ever, Ranjab would forget to lock
those doors, and then
"Joe," Mr., Dawes, after he had tried
the doors on this particular occasion.
Il made q terrible mistake In letting
poor Jim get married again. I'll never
forgive myself" He had said this at
least a hundred times during the past
three months. Sometimes he cried
over 1t, but never until he had found
that the cabinet doors we're locked.
Il wish Jack Desmond had lived"
unused the other. paying no attention
to the egotlsm. He would have
put a stop to this fool marriage"
They sat down and pondered.
"Jim's getting mighty cranky of
late" ruminated Dawes, putting away
at his unlighted cigar. IT'S a caution
the way he snaps Freddy off these
days. He-he hates that boy, joe"
Ssh! Not so loudl"
"Confound you. don't you know a
whisper when you hear it," demanded
Dawes, who. In truth, had whispered
Another potential silence. Freddy
goes about with her a good deal more
than he ought to-" said Riggs at last
They're together two-thirds of the
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SYNOPSIS.

In the New York home Of James Brood
Dawes and Riggs. his two old pensioners
and comrades, await the coming Of
Brood's son Frederic to learn the contents
Of a wireless from Brood. but Frederic,
after reading. throws 1t into the fire and
leaves the room without a word. Frederic
tells Lydia Desmond, his ~lancee. that the
message announces his fathers marriage
and orders the house prepared for an i'm
mediate Homecoming. Mrs. Desmond. the
h~susekeerer and Lydia's mother. tries TO
c2o. Frederic's temper at the impending
chanxes. Brood and his bride arrive, She
wins Frederic's liking at first meeting.
brood shows dislike and yelled hostility to
MS son. Lydia and Mrs, Brood meet in
the jade-room. where Lydia works as
broods Secretary. The room, dominated
by a great gold Buddha, Brood's father
confessor, is furnished in oriental mag
n~ificence. Mrs. Brood. after a talk with
Lydia. which leaves the latter puzzled. Is
disturbed by the appearance Of Ranjab:
the Hindu servant Of Brood. Mrs. Brood
makes changes In the household and
gains her husbands consent to q Mrs.
Desmond and Lydia away She tries to
fathom the mystery Of Brood's separation
from his first wife. and his dislike OF his
son. but failsl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-05-28

time. Why-why, he heels her like a
trained dog. Playing the palmer
morning, o O and night. and out driv-
ing, and going to the theater, and"
1--WE a notion to tell Jim he ought
to put a stop to It," said the other.
1T makes me sick"
"Jimll do 1t without being told one
O. these days, so you keep out Of 1t.
Say, have you noticed how peaked
Lydia's looking these days? She's not
the same girl, Dan. not the same girl.
Something's wrong" He shook his
head gloomily.
TITS that ~doggoned woman" an
nounced Dawes explosively, and then
looked over his shoulder with appre-
hension in his blear eyes. A sigh Of
relief escaped him.
shes got no business coming In be-
tween Lydia and Freddy" said Riggs.
Looks as though she's just set or
busting 1t up. What a she possibly
have against poor little Lydia? She's
good enough for Freddy. Too good, by
hockey! Specially when you stop to
think"
Dawes glared at him. Now don't
begin gossiping. You're as bad as
an old woman"
Thinking amt gossiping, confound
10 utantnA 70 Unucin III I'm and
say fatty that Jim Brood knows down
in his soul that Freddy Is no son Of
his. He"
You've never heard him say so.
joe"
mo, but I can put two and two to-
gether. I'm no fool"
I'D advise you to shut up"
ooh, you would, would you?" with
vast scorn, I'D like to know who 1t
was that talked to Mrs. Desmond
about it. Who put 1t into her head
that Jim doubts"
Well, didn't she say I was a lying
old busybody!" snapped Danbury tri-
umphantly. Didn't she call me down,
Ell? I'd like to know what more you
could expect than that. Didn't she
make me take back everything | said?"
she did" said Riggs. with convic-
ton. And | believe she would have
thrashed you II she'd been a man. Just
as she said she would. And didn't |
advise her to do 1t anyway, on the
ground that you're an old woman
and"
That's got nothing to do with the
present case" interrupted Dawes
hastily. What we ought to be think.
ing about now Is how to get rid Of
this woman that's come in here to
wreck our home. She's an interloper.
She's a foreigner. She"
Mr.. Dawes leaned a little closer. 81
wonder how Mrs. Desmond likes hay
ing her owe there playing the piano
every afternoon with Freddy while
Lydia's over here copying things for
Jim, and working her poor little head
OF. Ever stop to think about that"
II think about it all the time. And,
by thunder, I'm not the ouly one who
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!ty passed between youag Breed and
his stepmother.
She laughed suddenly and unnatu-
rally. Without a word she started up
the stairs. He followed more slowly,
his puzzled eyes fixed on the graceful
figure ahead. At the upper landing
she stopped. Her hand grasped the
railing with rigid intensity.
Ranjab emerged from the shadows
at the end Of the hall. He bowed
very deeply.
The masters books and papers ave
been removed. sahibah. The study Is
In order"
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what they pleased TO call a nest
Lydia may have seen the cloud in their
sky, but he did not. To him. the world
was bright and gladstone. without a
shadow to mar its new beauty. He
vas enthusiastic, eager, excited. She
fell in with his spirit, but her pleas
ure was shorn Of some of It's keenness
by the odd notion that 1t was not to
endure.
He even dragged Yvonne around to
the little fiat, to expatiate upon Its
coziness with visual proof to support
his somewhat exaggerated claims. Her
lazy eyes took In the apartment at a
glance, and she was done with 1t. >
1T is very charming" she said, with
her soft drawl. Have you NJ ciga-
~rettes, Lydia?"
The girl flushed and looked at Fred
eric for relief. He promptly produced
his own cigarettes. Yvonne lighted
one and then stretched herself com.
fortably in the Morris chair in which
no woman ever had appeared comfort
able before-or since, perhaps.
you should learn to smoke" she
went On.
Mother wouldn't like me to smoke"
said Lydia, rather bluntly.
A faint frown appeared on Frederic's
| brow. only to disappear with Yvonne's
low, infectious laugh.
And Freddy doesn't like you te
smoke, either, ai-e?" she said.
He may have changed his mind re
Gently, Mrs. Brood" said the girl
smiling SO frankly that the edge was
taken Off Of a rather direct implica
ton.
II don't mind women smoking" put
In Frederic hastily. TN fact, l rather
like 1t, the way Yvonne does 1t. It's
very graceful accomplishment"
"But l am too clumsy to-" begar
Lydia.
my DEAR" interrupted the Partisan
carelessly flecking the ash into a jar
diniere at her elbow, 1T Is very
naughty to smoke, and clumsy womer
never should be naughty. If you real
ly feel clumsy, don't, for my sake, eve,
try to do anything wicked. There l
Sothing 80 distressing as an awkward
woman trying to be devilish."
"Oh, Lydia couldn't be devilish 1
she tried" cried Frederic, with a quicl
glance at the girls h~alf-averted face.
Don't say that. Frederic" she cried
That's as much as to say that I an
clumsy and awkward"
And you are not" said Yvonne de
cisively. "You are very pretty ant
graceful and adorable, and l am sur,
you could be very wicked If you Sc
about to do it."
Thank you." said Lydia dryly.
"By the way, this window looks. al
most directly down into our court
yard" said Yvonne abruptly. She wa
leaning on her elbow, looking out upol
the housetops below. There is my bal
cony, Freddy. And one can almos
look into your fathers lair from wherv
I sit"
She drew back from the windoy
suddenly. a passing look Of fear II
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~ @yb Nv
most Directly Down Into Our Court.
yard"
her eyes. It was gone in q second.
however. and would have passed unno-
ticed but for the fact that Frederic
was, as usual, watching her face with
rapt interest. He caught the curious
transition and involuntarily glanced
below.
The heavy curtains In the window
Of his fathers retreat were drawn
apart and the dark face OF Ranjab the
Hindu was plainly distinguishable. He
was looking up at the window in which
Mrs. Brood "a sitting. Although
Frederic was far above, he could see
the cleaning white of the mans eyes.
The curtains fell quickly together and
the gaunt brown face was gone.
Questions raced through Frederic's
puzzled brain. Out Of them grew a
queer. almost uncanny feeling that the
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slastic. He grinned over the pleasure
he was giving them. Suddenly he
whipped out a short. thin sword from
its scabbard In his sash. The amaziaE,
incomprehensible sword SWALLOWING
act followed.
You see Ranjab has not forgot" be
cried in triumph. "He have not lost
the touch Of the wizard, aih?"
You'll lose your kizzard some day.
doing that" said Dawes, grimly. IL
gives me he shivers."
To BE CoN<INUEDl
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But Phyllis had distinct shock when
she recognized Sylvester Smith.
.The pearls have evidently done
some sprinting, she thought. IT wonder
where they are" Then a sudden sus-
picion dawned upon her. II will bet
nickel some of my blessed family asked
him to look after me-" Then, after few
as the high backed Pullman seat would
permit, she decided that he was making
, no, effort to locate her. He was evidently
absorbed in book.
| Every we'll, then, shall just exactly
not let on that am" Phyllis caught
her breath and sat up very straight.
Thrown over the back of his own seat
was the mans overc0at folded wrong
side out and fat interesting looking
wallet was projecting an inch or SC
, from a pocket.
Phyllis giggled Then, making sure
that no one was watching, she changed
her seat to the one facing her. She laid
her head against the overcoat and pre-
tending to arrange her hair, drew the
wallet deity from it's resting place and
slid it into her bag.
On Saturday night the Dnaters were
giving a ball In honor Of Phyllis. AL
day Sylvester Lad not appeared. HI
came, wild eyed and excited, just as tn.
guests were dTIlVAHS. "A SERVANT SHo"'
ed him into the smoking room, anc
Phyllis, beautiful but jewelless. came
to. him there.
Phyllis he cried, Il have los
them"
mot the pearls!" she protested.
Eyes. they were stolen, l think. or
the train. have hunted all night anG
all day. The police haven't a clue
There seems to be no hope. had then
with most Of my money in my wallet
The whole business is gone. What will
you think Of me?"
Phyllis looked at him silently mo-
ment. Her head was very high and his
was bowed with dismay. Her heart was
beating wildly, but on her lips was q
little triumphant smile. Here was this
big, strong dominating masculine afraid
of "the baby" She wanted to kiss him
and slap him at the same time.
t"Well,' she said finally, with sigh
IT guess it cannot be helped" Then. i'm
pulsively: Lets ask the fortune teller
They have one tonight in tent in the
conservatory. Maybe she will give US
clue"
Sylvester was puzzled He had ex-
pected storm of tears. But I cannot
stay in these clothes" he protested.
ooh, yes, you can. Jimmy LinsteI
will take you upstairs to his room and
rig you up. Meet me In the conserva-
tory in half an hour. will send Jimmy
in now
The fortune teller was not busy when
the domino and the Goose Girl came
hand in hand to learn their fortune
ASK her where the jewels are" whis
pered the Goose Girl after the usual
preliminaries. The fortune teller-a
pretty girl with white powdered hair
looked sagely into crystal ball and
said positively, "Our in the garden un
der the snow at the base Of the sun
dial"
There they found the wallet and
something else too.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

lie Temps" one of the greatest OF
French newspapers has just published
upon its front page an article calling
attention to the danger to the republic
growing out of the powers being as
sumed by the government censors.
lie Temps" fears that with the free.
don, of the press taken away, the free
dom of the people and their sovereign.
ty may likewise disappear. The artl-
Gle in lie Temps under the head
ing "The Censor and the Law" fol
lows:
1.-THE truth is that the censor, in
fact, is placed above the law The
law of August 5, 1914, does not abro-
gate that Of July 20, 1881, instituting
the liberty Of the press. The law
granting liberty of the press has the
imr ortance of an organic law. The
French people gained it by revolu.
ton. Having become sovereign, they
have the right to know facts and the
actions of men to whom they have
delegated their powers. Who will in
form the people if not the press?
Moreover, in our republic, parlia-
ment Is charged with controlling the
government, but the people are still
the sovereign; that is to say, they
must control the legislators. How viii
this natural prerogative be exercised
if the newspapers no longer have the
possibility Of discussing the ideas OF
the governors and to appreciate their
initiatives?
MAY this be a warning. 1t does not
concern solely the rights of the press
and those of the nation; the future
even of liberty in France, The des-
TIMES of republican institutions, are at
stake; for the day when the country
becomes accustomed to an arbitrary
regime, redoubtable habit will be
formed with consequent lowering OF
morals. The Jokes will continue and
will be alike. To bend with docil1ty
under some is unconsciously to pre-
pare for others
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18

Sir Horace Avory and Sir Charles
Lush, heard arguments today on the
question whether Sir Edgar Speyer
and Sir Ernest Cassel can retain men,
bership in the privy council. The case
was brought by the Anti-German lea
que, which obtained a writ directing
Sir Edgar and Sir Ernest to show
cause why they should not relinquish
their positions in the council because
they are of German birth.
SIR Edgar Speyer in letter to Prem
Ter Asquith last May resigned his privy
councillorship and requested that his
baronetcy be revoked, on account OF
charges Of disloyalty made against
him in the press. The premier de-
Tended Sir Edgar and said the king
was not prepared to withdraw the hon
ors which the monarch had bestowed
on him. The German origin OF Sir
Edgar and Sir Ernest, both prominent
financiers, has been the subject OF
much antagonistic comment in Eng
land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18
WIDOW is DENIED
PENSION BY COURT

Sioux City, Nov. 16.--Judge Jepsoni
of the district court here turned down
the plea of Mrs. Nellie Bentley for a
widows pension under the Iowa law
on he G ound that 1t was brought I'm.
der misinterpretation OF the statute.
In order for a widow to be eligible
to pension it is necessary for her to
show that she has delinquent child
or children SO that the court may have
the option Of sending such child or.
children to an institution provided for,
the purpose, the court held. His rul.
ing was in accordance with the stand
taken by the Woodbury. county board
Of supervisors which has been against
the widows pension law from the first
on the ground that the county is. pay
ing for institutions where incorrigible
anG homeless children may be kept.
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ELDON

The remains of Martin l.. McDon-
aid, who died in st. Joseph's hospital
in Ottumwa, were brought to Eldon
on special train Sunday and later TAX
en- to Trenton, Mo-, on No. 20. The fu-
neral services will be held today.
A number of railroad men and their
wives will attend the funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierson, who
were married in Peoria, ILL.,, came to
Eldon Monday where they will make
their future home.
Mrs. Emma Weber of Wyaconda,
Mo-, is here visiting her sons, c.. w.
Elmer, Frank and Charles Weber and
families.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Taylor and baby
left for Oklahoma Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Grow and Mr.
and Mrs. A. d. Shelter motored to
Fairfield Sunday.
The Bridge club is meeting with
Mrs. Elmer Demaree this afternoon.
The L. Rhe Jean club will be en-
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JOYS OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

One Of the great joys of public
ownership is aptly illustrated by an
incident in Germany where the gov
eminent owns the telegraph lines Gas
we'll as most other public utilities). A
farmer autographed to prospective
customer that he would sell carload
Of nay for 200 marks. The telegraph
operators lost the two ciphers off the
price and when the message reached
the customer, it read two marks. The
customer jumped for the bargain and
declined to pay 200 marks as the
farmer demanded. The case went to
court and the judges decided that the
farmer should have spelled out the
"20O'' and that the imperial telegraph
office could not be held responsible for
the mistake. The sale stood: the
farmer got two marks ESQ cents) for
his fifty dollars worth of hay-because
of government ownership.
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Look here, my good man, you don't
seem to grasp who am. Do you know
that my family has been entitled to
bear arms for the last 200 years?"
"Hoots! That's naething," was the
reply. my ancestors have been en-
titled to bare legs for the last 1000
years"
Marie, the eight year old hopeful of
q certain household Of this town, was
seated at the breakfast table one
morning. AS usual, eggs were served.
Now either Marie was not hungry or
she had grown tired Of the inevitable
bill of fare, for very earnestly she lift
ed her eyes to heaven and exclaimed:
II wish to goodness hens would lay
something besides eggs!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18
A MYSTERIOUS FIND.

Muscatine, Nov. 16.-Mystery sur.
rounds the finding of the badly de.
composed body Of an elderly woman
in a deserted house on country road
about ten miles west of here. Road
workers who visited the house found
the partly buried corpse in the cellar
of the old house. Abrasions on the
head and bloody garments prompted
the coroner's jury to return verdict
of murder. The features are no long.
er recognizable and Identification is
not viewed as likely. No one is
known to be missing in the vicinity.
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wide military movement is necessary
to this country, then it should be un.
dertaken and put through to compile.
ton. If it is undertaken 1t should not
be handicapped by being shot at in the
rear by newspaper editors who simply
want to voice their own personal dis
like of some individual. A national
military movement is too important
to have injected into 1t any equation
of personal hate.
A matter of right is not made wrong
because someone we do not like advo-
Gates 1t.
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MILITIA WILL HAVE
SMOKER AT ARMORY

Arrangements are being made for
a smoker to be given by the members
of Co. G at the armory on Monday
evening following drill. If the plans
are not completed by this time the
smoker will be held the following
week. 1t is planned by Captain c. e..
Schamp to have number of these
events during the winter months.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18
CREMER TAKES MAN
IN WATERLOO

Sheriff c. G. Cremer arrested l.. V.
Tewalt of Waterloo at the Sunne-Vue
hotel on East Second street Monday
evening Tewalt is wanted in that
city for wife desertion. He was taken
to the county Jail and held there until
this morning. d. B. Henderson, sher-
if # Blackhawk county, came for him
and took him back to Waterloo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18

banker in Oklahoma, when he had $780,
900 he could not use in his own locality
deposited 1t in New York; and New
York reckoned that $4,000 as so much
New York capital. The fact was, how
ever. that instead of being New York
capital, 1t was a New York liability
and Oklahoma capital. How vital and
serious liability it had grown to be
nearly ten years ago was shown dur.
Ing financial stringency Of 1907 when
the New York banks refused to remit
to the west the deposits their owners
demanded. How complete the change
has been within twenty years was evil
denced in the f1otation Of the recent
half billion credit OF the allies. Had
that credit been wanted in 1895, lead
Ing New York banking house would
have merely announced the bonds to
New York and eastern investors would
have taken them up. This year the
western banks were invited to share
in the operation. not because 1t was
polite to ask them, but because they
had to be asked in order to obtain the
requisite subscriptions. Even with that
extensive solicitation, the great bulk
Of the risk was assumed in the east.
The west has been learning to take
care Of It's own moneys and to utilize
them for its own enterprises.
When this wars financial aftermath
Is reaped, it will prove so universal
that the west cannot fail to share with
the east the successive shocks OF
panic. But the west, having left to
the east the vastly greater share of the
war credit risks, will be fundamentally
sound; it will suffer no such serious
disablement as must befall the holders
of bonds deprecated or repudiated.
Meanwhile, the two controlling factors
of domestic finance and industry =
rate of interest and transportation
costs = will have continued their
steady recession from earlier discrim-
nations in favor of the east Where
ever there is a population of million
strong to draw upon - west, middle
west, northwest or south = there a
strong financial center will be fixed,
fostering local enterprise and genuine
ly independent in it's decisions. There
will be twenty and there may be thirty
of them. And wherever the differen-
tial - made up Of transportation costs,
interest charges and existing business
organization - is not too severe
handicap, there loyal enterprises will
spring up. In that one respect, the
demand for war supplies, has been a
godsend to the east, staving of the
evil day = but not gainsaying It.
In the end, the radical changes I'M
pending promise we'll for American f.
nance of the future by reason Of the re-
placing of one center with many. 1t
will be infinitely more difficult II not
impossible, for score OF such centers
to share in common some major error
Of finance which is not particularly diff
ficult Of commission by one controlling
center such as New York. So, on the
whole, the ultimate outlook is favor
able for this country. A nation with
such energy and resources as ours is
assured of recovery from any tempo
rary misfortune; and the new pros
pertty that sets in will have a firmer
basis than any previous period of our
history.
,tional Editorial Service.)
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tertained at the home of Mrs. l. IF.
Flint this evening.
Mrs. John Shives visited relatives
in Fairfield last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ransom OF
Selma entertained Mr. and Mrs. Mar.
vim N. Haywood and Mrs. Oliver Cum.
Minis and daughter, Elizabeth, at din
ner Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-18

From waterboy at five dollars q
week, to steel magnate big enough to
purchase $15,000,000 in the stock OF
one concern, is the story OF J. Leonard
Replogle Of New York City. Mr.. Rep
logic is but 80 years old. His history
illustrates the opportunities that are
presented to every man who is willing
to work and work hard.