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Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-30

day evenings OF next week at the high
school building at Twenty-third and
streets. according to announcement of Prin-
cipal Huwaldt last evening. hundred and
twenty five pupils have registered during
the last four nights for students courses
In the high and elementary schools
President Edward ]. Anderson Of the Eas,
Side Improvement club will call a meeting
this evening at s o'clock at the Hawthorn
school, .t
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-30
Mistakes Friend for Deer,
Kills Him and Then Himself

Weavervil,e, Call Sept 29.-News
of a double tragedy of the hills
reached here today with reports of
the finding of the bodies of Max
Hoffman and Joseph Patterson,
miners, who had been hunting deer
together. Investigation by coron-
er's jury brought to light that Hoff-
man, yesterday mistaking his friend
for deer, had shot and killed him.
Soon afterward, Hoffman shot and
uafilled himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-30
Iowan, Who Inhales
Gas, Dies in Hospital

D. L. Spoon of Hastings, Ia, one
of the two men overcome by gas at
the Arcade hotel Wednesday, died
yesterday afternoon at St. Joseph's
hospital. His companion and broth
er-in-law, Henry Hill of Malvern. is
in a critical condition, and is not ex-
pected to live. Relatives of both
men are in the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-30

belt with an inner lining. He had all
of his savingS-$l60 in gold-tied up
in the belt, and when he displayed
the prize to crowd in a local sa-
loon he spread temptation,
Magic City Gossip.
Coiored voters on the South Side met and
organized a political club known as the
South Side Political club. Thursday evening
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Qls1:1L[zCl4
So ENNyV |

Gerry had always been quiet but
during the long drive from the station
to The Firs, his silence amounted to
penetrating stiffness. Alix felt it but
it did not depress her; she knew her
self to be in the presence of a COM
munion. Gerry was devoting the hour
of his return to the scenes of his boy
hood to a silent conservation. These
cool valleys and hollows; the Low
road with its purling accompaniment
OF hidden waters; the embowered still
nave of Long lane, were as the ances-
tral halls of the Lansings. 1t was right
that he should do homage to the mem
orieS they evoked.
To his mother Gerry made no eXpla-
nations. He knew that to her it was
enough that her boy had come back.
When Mrs. Lansing released him, Alix
caught his hand and led him up to the
nursery. Together they looked down
upon their sleeping child.
Gerry, Jr., was fat to the verge of
split His curly tow head was
| tOusled and on his brow a slight per-
spiratiOn testified to the labor Of sound
| sleep His arms were outstretched.
His legs had kinks at the knees they
were so chubby. His petulant little
mouth was half open, disclosing tiny
| teeth.
Isn't he beauty? asked Alix a lit
tie loudly, wishing he would awaken
Gerry nodded. With his eyes still
on the child he put his arm around
Alix and drew her to him. What Mar
garita had done for him, Alix had done,
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Feminine PunctuaIltY.

Patience is a virtue, we are told.
II that is so, certain young man in
a certain provincial town is truly vir-
tuous.
On a recent evening he stood at q
street corner, referring now and then
to his watch with an anxious air. Pres
emily girl, with young Covent gar
den on her head, approached.
what time you've kept me wait
ing, Maud" said the youth, in gentle
reproach.
The girl tossed her head defiantly-
IT'S only just seven o'clock" she
retorted, "and 1 didn't promise to be
here till 6:3O!"
eyes," sighed the young man, sad
ly; but you've mistaken the day. I've
been waiting here since last night"
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ing gown. To Gerry she looked very
cold. Before you CO." she said,
there is just one thing. wish you
would kiss me-Once"
Gerry's body Strengthened and stiff
fened. He stared at her grave face
with wondering eyes. Then he felt
strange tingling ripple through his
blood and before he knew what he did
he had swept her from her feet,
crushed her to him, brushed the crown
of hair back from her brow and kissed
her eyes, her mouth, her throat He
was rough with her. He was bruising
her body, her lips. but Alix cIung to
him and laughed. Then suddenly all
her slim body relaxed and slipped
through his arms to little white heap
on the floor. She began to sob. Gerry
stopped down, picked her up tenderly
and laid her on the great leathern
couch. He knelt beside her. On one
arm he pillowed her head, with the
other hand he sought hers. Please,
AIix," he begged, please don't cry"
"I'm not crying" sobbed Allx, "I'm
laughing"
Gerry smiled and waited. Soon Alix
became quiet. Her eyes closed. She
drew long, quiyering breath and
then she opened her eyes again and
her lips broke into the old dear smile,
the smile of an opening flower. 81 am
tired-tired." she said, "but / believe
I'm almost hungrler than am tired"
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sing, that you nd me have been traV-
elm different trails but come together
at the same gap. You remember The
Pu'ple City,"
Gerry nodded.
"Wal, seems to me thet 'ceptin' in a
mans own mind the amt no purple
cities. What mans got to find amt
pu'ple cities but the power to see one
when he's got it. You had yourn right
here in this valley an yon side on Red
Hill. You growed up in it but you
never seen it--not till you learned
how. What you been sayin' about the
simple things of life-the things thet
is at the bottom-has he'ped my seein'
parts a powerful lot. knowed before
come to Red Hill that / was goin'
out West to stay but didn't rightly
know why Now eff you ask me what
1 know can tell you 1 know con-
sid'able.
"Out in Moo Mexico they's ranch
in the fork of Big and Little creek
that's the greenest patch in the shadow
of White mountain. It's mine and it's
got three-room shack on it that could
grow if need was. l know girl that's
been holdin' a four-fush against an
orchids weak pair till she's jest about
sick of the game, but she's drawed and
filled on the last hand though she hain't
had a chanst to look at her cards yet.
For some while the's been a purple
light hangin' over Big and Little creek
an l reckon I'll be able to see it plain
er an palmer the higher get to it an
if the girl will hep me 1 reckon that
in small way we'll soon be CROWN a
purple city that will feed from yo'
hand Eff ever you feel the need of
some bran new air, Mr. Lansing, you
come out to Big and Little. There
won't be much besides air but it'll be
fresh made on White mountain an you
can smell it comm down through the
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when up comes four more men on BIZ
cycle-automobiles, and they says:
Gould you direct us to the O'Learys?
For the love of heaven l says,
what's happened to me by? He was
as dacent a lad as my"
He was that" said Mr. O'Leary.
And then they says, says they:
Mrs O'Leary, nam, if you be the
mother of Michael O'Leary, you're the
greatest woman in Ireland"
you are" said Mr.. O'Leary-and
her honest, gentle face shone.
They were writer's on the papers of
London and they told us all about
Michael and read us about him, too,
and they fell to takin' pictures Of the
house and the rooms and the church
where Michael was an altar boy. Then
they took us back and took a picture
of US just as we was, himself in his
diggin' clothes and all, and meself
without me Sunday waist.
"O'Leary, mon, fetch me thin till
grams"
Story Told by kilograms.
In a sweet, low voice that trembled
she told me their message again and
again. Here was one from Kitchener
and one from Sir John French. one
from the king of England, and a sepa-
rate congratulation to Michael's moth
er from the queen.
They were from dignitaries of
France, Russia, England, from Cath
olic and Hibernian societies of Amer
ica--a wonderful collection-one that
might well bring frequent tears to
Mrs. O'Leary's eyes as himse;s took
refuIe in muttering into his pipe.
"Of course, you're for the other side.
Mr.. O'Leary," ! laughed, and he an
swered me seriously enough: 'T was
that, until l heard they were killing
the dead and wounded and then |
turned for England"
Then Mrs. O'Leary turned back to a
second batch of telegramS and shook
them angrily.
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May %. 1915.

British advanced east Of Festu-
bert and French near Notre Dame
de Lorette and NeuVIIIe-st. Vast.
Russians reerossed the San In
effort to outflank the Germans.
Germans defeated Russian right
wing.
Italy declared war on Austria
Hungary.
Austrian patrol crossed italian
frontier and was driven back.
Turks repulsed allies at sedd-uI-
Bahr.
Great Britain, France and Rus
sia in joint statement, accused
Turkish government Of responsible.
ity for massaeres Of Armenians.
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pines an see it playin' with the leaves
on the cOttonwOOds an plowin' through
the tops OF the sorghum"
They sat for some time in silence
then Gerry said, 1--WE been calling you
Kemp since first saw you but you
stilllhang on to the mister when you
talk to me. Cut it out, Kemp"
Kemp flushed slightly. "Some things
is fttin' an some amt" he said, IAN
we can't always rightly say why. Some
folks is governed by conscience but
most by pride. Its goIn' to be Kemp
and Mister Lansing to the end Of the
chapter, Mr.. Lansing, an no friendship
lost either. Shake"
They shook hands sOlemnly, mount
ed and started back to Red Hill. Gerry
had found the key to Kemps strength.
1t was the key of strength. Kemp be-
longed on the Hill, and with the people
of true blood anywhere, not only be
cause he was himself always but be-
cause he defended what he could hold
and no more. He was a definition for
Independence.
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Everything that grows starts down
deep except your orchids and they are
parasites"
Easy on orchids, lnterjected Kemp.
Sorry. Kemp. Orchids are ornamen-
tai but excepting your favorites they're
not even beautiful. Look at Cypri-
pedium Vexillarium-"
Hybrid" grunted Kemp.
"A man in his d. T.'s couldn't beat
it for gorgeous horror" finished Gerry.
"B2t that's neither here nor there.
What I'm driving at is this. II / had
never been tossed over the home fence
would Gave lived and died an orna-
mental citizen with the girth OF a beer
barrel But now my eyes are a bit
open and can see that the simple
things of life are the big things.
Growth from the roots is the strength
of man and of his people. I've
come home I'm more senses than enc.
I'm going to send down my roots right
here"
Kemp had been whiting. When
Gerry had finished he pocketed his
knife and gazed thoughtfully down
the valley. 1T seems to me, Mr.. Lam
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-05-25
A VISIT TO A WAR HERO's HOME IN IRELAND

In the Ladies' Home Journal ap-
peared an entertaining account of
visit to Ireland in war time by Cath
crime Van Dyke. From it is taken the
following interview with the parents
of Sergt. Michael O'Leary V. c., the
hero of the land of the shamrock:
The pretty white cottage with the
donkey browsing beside a Towering
bush in front, and the pig contentedly
grunting beside him, was a cheerful
contrast to the first old hut we passed.
where Michael was born.
AS walked up the cobbled path bor-
dered with field flowers, Mrs. OLeary,
seeing a visitor, opened the half door
and met me with a smile the whole
German army would have surrendered
TO- Sure she was glad to see anyone
from "Ameriky." Hadn't she been
there herself once as girl, and hadn't
she this minute a son and two daugh-
ters there, and wasn't Michael in
"Ameriky" when he was called? Now
will ye have cup of tay?"
Were you surprised to hear Of Mi
chael's great honor in receiving the
first Victoria Cross and then the Rus
sian and the French Legions Of
Honor?" I asked Mrs. OLeary.
I'VE were not" Mrs. OLeary replied
laconically.
I'VE were that surprised it nearly
killed u.s." said Mr.. OLeary without
glance at himself. Il had never till
gram before. They had no right to
send me one, me expecting me by
killed every minute"
"They had not" said Mrs. OLeary.
How the News Came.
Himself and were sitting together
like this evenin', only 1t was mornin',"
continued Mrs. OLeary undaunted,
"and up comes a by on one Of them
bicycle-automobiles, and he handed me
the tilligram, but / dursn't read 1t.
''Tis death of Michael says, and or
we went to the praste to get him to
break the news to US. We were down
at the second turn Of the mountain
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She praises it highly as she has been
relieved of all these pains by its use.
All mothers should know Of this remedy,
and all young girls who suffer should
try it. Mrs. MATILDA KURTZwEG, 529
High St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or Indigestion, should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
If you know of any young wO-
man who is sick and needs help
full advice, ask her to write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. Only women will
receive her letter, and it will b0
held in strictest confidence.
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Pm glad you said 1t first" replied
Gerry, giving serious thought to the
fact that he was faint with hunger
himself. Ever since some funny
Johnny wrote, Feed the BRUTE we
nen have been shy about echOing our
stomachs. It's four o'clock. Hours
after lunch time"
Really" said Alix, Nesting down
closer to his arm and letting her smll-
ing eyes wander over him. How well
this suit fits you. There's something
about it 1t isn't, is it?"
Gerry nodded Same old suit. By
the way, when came in John said you
told him to telephone to the club and
say you wished to see me. What made
you think would so to the club first?"
Allx looked puzzled. Il didn't. I
didn't tell John to telephone" She
paused, still puzzling, then her face
cleared. "Why-poor old John-he's
getting very old. you know, Gerry.
That was three years ago told him to
telephone-the day you never came
back. 1t must have been the suit. He
saw you standing there in the same
suit and three years became as one
day to the old fellow"
Gerry sighed. "Alix, do you want
those three years to become as a day
to u.s."
AliX shook her head slowly from
side to side. "No, dear, don't They
have given me-given us both-far
more than they took away" She put
her bare arms around his neck, drew
him down and kissed him. you do
not know yet all that they have given
you. You think you have come back
and found me, frittering butterfly in
a great empty house. But you've found
only my abandoned cocoon. I'm not
here at all. I've packed myself into
the dearest little bundle of pink fat,
yellow curls and chubby legs, and left
the bundle on Red Hill"
Gerry nodded but he was grave and
silent. Not in day nor month could
he altogether forget the Man.
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May "a, 1915.

Germans attacked British near
Ypres behind six-miIe cloud Of pol
son gas.
Russian movement upon Nisko
compelled Mackensen to draw In
his wings.
Furious German assaults south Of
PrzemysI.
Austrian artillery sheIIed italian
outposts in front of RiVoli.
Austrian vessels bombarded ItaI-
ian coast towns.
Turkish gunboat sunk by allied
submarine.
Austrian aViators bombarded
many italian towns.
Germans at Monso, Kamerun'
surrendered to French.
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"'Twas these that stabbed US to the
heart" she exclaimed.
Did they bring bad news?' l asked.
They did" said Mr.. O'Leary.
They came from all the same
friends, telling us their sorrow to
read the death Of Michael in the pa
pers. Himself and l not radin' papers,
how did we expect it? oh, it was a
terrible, terrible day!" Mrs. OLeary
groaned, though it was an old story
now. "All the people came out to see
US and stayed to mourn, and we made
our plans for the grandest wake Ire
land ever held, and they all took on
somethin' terrible, terrible.
The Wake Called OFF.
Then another tilligram came, and |
was so used to the sad ones by now
that had them open it just like the
others, and it was from Michael him
self, bad cess to him, contradictin' his
death by sayin': am nayther dead
or wounded and hopin' you're the
same
"And then we had to send every.
body away disappointed in not havin'
the wake, and after they came all
these miles and havin' made plans.
and now" concluded Mrs. O'Leary.
Il won't ever behave Michael is dead
until he tills me SO himself"
swung on to my jaunting car and
turned back for my last glimpse of the
little cottage, so humbly great, SO beau
tiful in the evening light, so tenderly,
whimsically loVely-it was q memory
to always warm my heart as thought
Of Ireland.
MAY the saints guide ye home" /"
Mrs. OLeary pressed my hand, and
turned back in my uncertain seat to
see himself standing against the
donkey, and saying very soberly into
his pipe: They WILL"
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CHAPTER xxxIv-cOntlnusd.


A hard light came into Alix' eyes.
Gerry felt himself suddenly alone. He
went doggedly on. He told Of the
chase and the capture, of how he and
the girl had seen the canoe drift out
into the clutch of the eddy and swirl
out into the river and away. He told
her Of how they laughed and Alix
shrank. Gerry paused his brow puck
cred. he wished he could tell in words
the battle of his spirit, the utter ruin
Of his downfall. He could not and in
stead he sighed.
There was something in that sigh so
eloquent of defeated expression that it
succeeded where words might have
failed. 1t called to Alix with the
strong call of helpless things. 1t drew
back her mind to Gerry. With him
and the girl she threaded the path to
Fazenda Flores. It's ruin sprang upon
her through his eyes. With him she
discovered the traces of an ancient
ditch, with him and the old darky she
dug along that line through long, hot
months. She grew to know Lieber as
the tale went on and finally to love
him because of all things Lieber
seemed to need love - somebody
else's love-most. She amused herself
with Kemp and his drawl. She tried
To keep her thoughts away from Mar
garita and at the coming of Marga'
rita's boy, she WINGED.
As he finished telling of the coming
of the Man, Gerry stopped short. The
thought came to him with tremendous
force that Alix too had gone through
that for him. The impulse to get up
and throw himself before her and or
his knees to thank her almost tore him
from his seat but he fought it down,
He hurried on with his story. He told
of the coming of Alan and of the reve
latiOn he had brought. And then in a
choked voice and only because he had
set himself to tell the whole truth he
pictured the food, the death of True
Blue, and the overwhelming by the
waters before his very eyes of Mar,
garita and the Man. Then he arose
and with hands braced on the table
leaned towards AliX. Il have told you
this so that perhaps you may under
stand what | Pm going to tell you now,
If the food had not come--if Margarine
and the Man had lived-I would no.
have come back"
Alix sat very still and studied
Gerry's face. He had finished the task
he had set himself to do and he was
suddenly very tired. His eyes dropped
as though from their own weight anG
then he raised them again to her in
scrutable face.
"Well?" he asked after a long pause.
''Well?" replied Alix.
Gerry's stalwart figure dropped. at
is quite just" he said, latter all that,
that you should not want me. | have
spent the last weeks making myself
ready for that. You waited for me;
didn't wait for you. If you do not
want me, l will go away"
Alix rose slowly to her feet She
looked very slim and tall in her cling,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-05-25
SOME INTERESTING FACTS

Malaria is spread by special mos.
quito.
Fingers. flies and food spread ty-
phoid fever.
Forty-eight different materials are
used in the construction Of a piano,
which come from no fewer than 16
countries.
Every day the River Thames scoops
1900 tons OF earth from its banks.
A full-grown elephant yields 12O
pounds Of ivory.
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THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
May %, 1915.


British won north Of Ia eassee,
but were repuIsed near. NeuVe
chapelle.
Russians took offensive on lower
San and captured four towns.
Germans defeated Russians at
Shawl.
Austrlans In 6ukowina retreated.
Norwegian steamer sunk BY Ger
man submarine.
German aviators dropped bombs
on Paris.
General mobilization Of Italian
army ordered and martial law pro-
claimed In northeast Italy.
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May 26, 1915.

British made further gains near
La Bassee.
Germans forced passage Of the
San River.
italians seized various towns in
the Trentino.
British submarine sank Turkish
gunboat close to ConstantinopIe.
Zeppelin bombarded Southend,
England, and later fell into sea.
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stink "a Xnrr Intentiona.

Don't put off getting Hanfords Bal
sam of Myrrh until something hap
pens. Get it now and be prepared for
accidents. You will find frequent use
for 1t in your home and in your stable
for cuts, burns, bruises and any sore.
any lameness. Adv.
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May 25, 1915.

Won Mackensen took six fortified
villages north Of PrzemysI.
Russians won in opatow region.
italians crossed Austrian frontier
on 67-miIe front.
American steamer Nebraskan
struck by torpedo or mine.
Italy declared blockade Of Aus
trian and Albanian coasts.
Austrians sank italian destroyer.
Allies bombarded many Asia
Minor coast towns.
British battIeship Triumph sunk
in DardaneIIes by German subma-
rine.
British coalition cabinet an
nounced.
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with pains IN ner
back and sides every
month and they
would sometimes be
so bad that it would
seem like acute In
hammation of some
organ. She read
your advertisement
in the newspapers
and tried Lydia E.
.Pinkham's Vege-
kahIa Hor,nound
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nna 20 order.

Nurse, you must stop telling little
Tommy those hobgoblin stories. Why.
the chiId's hair ID standing on end"
Il thought you wanted to have q
pomDadour, mum"
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rha RInhf AttItuda.

II see Mrs. Flubdub has her chill
dren's pictures in all the Sunday pa
pers." ~
"The right spirit, ! think. know
it is unfashionable to have children.
but If you have 'em make the best
Of It, say l."
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Got Some Satisfaction.

Dark, dark was the night; but not
so dark as the intentions Of the bur-
glarious intruder in the suburban DOM
icile.
Having got that out of the way, let
us proceed with the story.
The burglar searched the bedroom,
with movements so stealthy that they
failed to rouse the snorer in the bed.
But he found no booty-he had drawn
a blank.
BLOW 'im!" he murmured, angrily
But I'll get some satisfaction out O.
the brute!"
So he set the alarm clock on the
mantelpiece for $3.50 a. m. and softly
stole away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-05-25
NAV 27. 1915.

BeIgians repulsed two German
attacks near Dixmude.
Teutons forced another crossing
of the San, broke through Russian
lines near Stry and forced Russians
back.
Russians won fights on Upper
VistuIa and near Dniester marshes.
italian invasion of Austria con.
tinued; battles west of PraediI
pass and at PIocken.
Allies In GaIIlpoIi carried five
lines Of Turkish trenches with bay
onet.
British. auxiliary ship Princess
Irene blown up; 321 killed.
British battIeship sunk by Ger.
man submarine at DardaneIles.
Allied aViators bombarded Lud-
wigshafen and Ostend.