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the finest young man in the world; and
Calls aunt was speechless with dis
may and disappointment.
Il have ceased to worry about Calls
future" went on Mrs. Davies compla-
Gently. at is her present condition
about which l am most concerned.
She is so conscientious and self-ana-
lytical that she may distress herself
over this affair, and l must get in Arly
and Lucille, and plan a series of gay
eties which will keep her mind occu-
pied from morning until night"
In consequence of this kindly deci-
sion, Gail was plunged into gayety un-
til she loathed the scrape Of a violin!
The mere fact that she had no time to
think did not remove the fact that she
had a great deal to think about, and
the gayety only added dismally to her
troubled burden.
Meanwhile, the free and entirely Un-
curbed metropolitan press went mer-
rily onward with it's righteous Vedder
court crusade, until it had the public
indignation properly aroused. The
public indignation rose to such a
pitch that, if the public had not been
busy with affairs of its own, and If it
had not been in the habit of leaving
everything to be seen to by the people
financially interested, and if z had
not consisted chiefly of a few active
vocal cords, there is not the slighteCt
doubt, it is worth repeating, that the
public might have done something
about Vedder court! AS things were
it grew most satisfactorily indignant.
1t talked of nothing else, in the sub
ways and on the "L's" and on the sur
face lines, and on the cindery COM
muter trains; and on the third day
of the agitation, before something else
should happen to shake the populace
to the very foundation of its being, the
city authorities condemned the We'd
der court property as unsanitary, in
human and unsafe, as a menace to the
public morals, health and life, and as
a blot upon civilization; this last be-
ing fancy touch added by Tim Cor
man himself, who, in his old age, had
a tendency to link poetry to his prac-
ticability In consequence of this de-
cision, the city authorities ordered
Vedder court to be forthwith torn
down, demolished and removed from
the face of the earth; thereby justify
ing, after all, the existence of the free
and entirely uncurbed metropolitan
press! The exact psychological mo-
ment had been chosen. The public,
caught at the very height of it's frenzy,
applauded, and ate its dinner in virtu-
Gus satisfaction; and Gail Sargent's
distress crystallized into a much cas-
ier thing to handle; just plain anger!
And so Market Square church had
persisted in clutching its greedy hold
on a commercial advantage so vile
that even a notoriously corrupt city
government had ordered it destroyed!
Her mind was immensely relieved
about Rev. Smith Boyd. She had
chosen well and wisely!
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chief one is the necessity of making
large investment in these new tene-
ments."
Rev. Smith Boyd rose again, shut
ting the light from the red robe of
the Good Shepherd out of quietly con-
centrated Jim Sargent's eyes.
81 object to this entire discussion"
he stated. I'VE have a moral obliga-
ton which forbids us to discuss mat
ters of investment and profit within
these walls as if We were lard trust.
We have neglected our moral obliga-
ton in Vedder court, until we are as
blackened with sin as the thief on the
Cross
Shrewd old Rufus Manning looked
at the young rector curiously. He was
puzzled over the change in him.
Don't swing the pendulum too far,
Doctor Boyd" Manning reminded him,
with great deal of kindness. These
two had met often in Vedder court.
Our sins, such as they are, are more
passive than active"
1t was, of course, old Nicholas Van
Ploon who fell back again on the
stock argument which had been quite
sufficient to soothe his conscience for
all these years.
I'VE give these people cheaper rent
than they can find anywhere in the
city"
1--WE should continue to do so, but in
cleaner and more wholesome quar-
ters," quickly returned the rector
This is the home of all these poverty
stricken people whom Market Square
church has taker under it's shelter,
and we have no right to dispose of il"
That's what say" and Nicholas
Van Ploon nodded his round head.
I'VE should not sell the property"
I'VE cannot for shame, if for moth
ing else." agreed the rector, seizing
on every point of vantage to support
his intense desire to lift the Vedder
court derelicts from the depth of their
degradation. I'VE lie now under the
disgrace of having owned property so
filthy that the city was compelled to
order it torn down. The only way in
which we can redeem the reputation
of Market Square church is to replace
those tenements with better ones, and
conduct them as a benefit to the
people rather than to our own pock-
cts"
That's a clever way of putting it,
commended Jim Sargent. "It's time
we did something to get rid of our
disgrace" and he was most earnest
about it. He had been the most un-
comfortable of all these vestrymen in
the past few days; for the disgrace
of Market Square church had been a
very reliable topic of conversation in
Gail Sargent's neighborhood.
The nasal voice of smooth-shaven
old Joseph G. Clark drawled into the
little silence which ensued.
"What about the cathedral?" he
asked, and the hush which followed
was far deeper than the one which
he had broken. Even Rev. Smith Boyd
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Change In Allies, Plans.

Paris.-Vast changes in the Allies
military establishment will have a
marked effect on the great campaign
that will open in the spring. Radical
reforms are already being effected. 1t
is not permitted at present to tell the
nature of the reforms, but it is upon
these that leaders in the Entente
countries base their predictions that
the year 1915 will witness the final de-
feat of Germany.
The military power of France, Eng
land, Russia and Italy is being welded
into an irresistible machine, every
part of which will work in unity.
The recent war council in Paris was
only to outline the necessary changes
and establish a unity of purpose. The
actual work of effecting the reforms
began as soon as the war council
ended.
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she could not sleep, and she's full of
sympathy this morning. and afraid
that maybe she made mistake, and
feels perfectly wretched."
Grace Sargent sat right down.
"Did the rector propose?" she
breathlessly inquired.
Mrs. Davies poured herself some
more hot coffee, and nodded.
"She refused him"
"Oh!" and acute distress settled on
Grace Sargent's brow, with such a
firm clutch that it threatened to
homestead the location Mrs Sar-
gent shared the belief of Rev. Smith
Boyd's mother. that Smith Boyd was
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Something New to Her.

A Highland lady chatting with a
neighbor told that one of the village
girls was just married, and opined that
she had been AN auld maid owerlang"
to take kindly to matrimony. AN
auld maid" she added. "is like to be
awful ignorant where men folks are
concerned" "She is that!" assenIed
the neighbor DE ye mind my nus
hands brither? He was a schuImas
ter-a weel.built. weel-faured man as
We may ken. We graid shoulders an
eev tall. A. weell. Sandy McLean's s
mither had a gatherin' at her hOose
one cen. an when they a cam to gae
their ways hame the men tulA the
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Rev Smith RoYd Protests.

The doves which in summer fitted
about the quiet little vestry yard, and
cooed over the vestry door, would
have flown away had they been at
home; for it was a stormy affair, with
loud voices and clashing wills and a
general atmosphere of tensity. which
was somewhat at variance with the
red-robed figure of the Good Shepherd
in the pointed window of the vestry.
The late arrival was Joseph G. Clark,
and his eye sought that of Banker
Chisholm, before he nodded to the 9th
ers and took his seat at the Gothic
table. Rev. Smith Boyd, who was
particularly straight and tall today,
and particularly in earnest, paused
long enough for the slight disturb
ance to subside, and then he finished
his speech.
That is my unalterable position in
the matter" he declared. "If Market
Square church has a mission, it is
the responsibility for these miserable
human wrecks whom we have made
our wards"
1--WE can't feed and clothe them"
objected Banker Chisholm, whose
white mutton chops already glowed
pink from the anger-reddened skin be-
meath.
"It doesn't pay to pauperize the
people," supplemented Willis Cum
ningham, stroking his sparse Vandyke
complacently. Cunningham, whose
sole relationship to economics con-
sisted in permitting his secretary to
sign checks, had imbibed a few prin-
ciples which suf1ced for all occasions.
81 do not wish to pauperize them,"
returned the rector. 81 am willing to
accept the shame Of having the city
show Market Square church its duty,
in exchange for the pleasure of re-
placing the foul tenements in We'd
der court with clean ones"
Joseph G. Clark glanced again at
Chisholm
They'd be dirty again in ten
years." he observed. "If we build the
new type Of sanitary tenement we
shall have to charge more rent, or not
make a penny of profit; and we cant
get more rent because the people who
would pay it will not come into that
neighborhood."
Are we compelled to make
profit?" retorted the rector. rs it nee
essary for Market Square church to
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remain perpetually commercial land
lord?"
The vestry gazed at Rev. Smith
Boyd in surprised disapproval. Their
previous rector had talked like that,
and Rev. Smith Boyd had been a great
relief.
so long as the church has property
at all, it will meet with that persistent
charge" argued Chisholm. 1T seems
to me that we have had enough of it.
My own inclination would be to sell
the property outright, and take up
slower, but less personal, forms Of
Investment"
Old Nicholas Van Ploon, sitting far
enough away to fold his hands COM
fortably across his tight vest, screwed
his neck around so that he could glare
at the banker.
NO" he objected; for the Van
Ploon millions had been accumulated
by the growth of tall Office buildings
out of worthless Manhattan swamp.
1--WE should never sell the property"
There are a dozen arguments
against keeping it," returned the nasal
voice of old Joseph G. Clark. THE
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Had Heard II Before.

While engaged in conversation two
prominent police magistrates began
telling stories Of funny cases that had
been brought before them.
Probably the funniest ever had"
remarked one. was an aged colored
man, bearing the earmarks of the
South, who applied to me for a war
rant. The offender, it seems, had been
blaspheming Rastus before and he had
then appealed to me for aid. Standing
before my desk he proceeded as fol.
lows:
You honah, wants a warrant for
George Washington. He's dat coIored
man that you told to be good two
weeks ago. but he's been worse'n evah.
sab. can stand him no longah.
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SYNOPSIS.

At vestry meeting of the Market
Square church Gail Sargent tells Rev.
Smith Boyd that Market Square church
is apparently a lucrative business enter
prise. Allison takes Gail riding in his
motor car. She finds cold disapprovai in
the eyes of Rev. Smith Boyd. Allison
starts a campaign for consolidation and
control Of the entire Transportation svs-
tem Of the world. Gail becomes popular.
Allison gains control of transcontinental
traffic and arranges to absorb the We'd
der court tenement property of Market
Square church. Gail tells Boyd that the
cathedral Market Square church proposes
to build will be out of profits wrung from
squalOr. At meeting of the seven finafl-
cial magnates Of the country, Allison or
ganizes the International Transportation
company. Rev. Smith Boyd undertakes
Calls spiritual instruction and Gail un-
consciously gives Allison a hint that solves
the Vedder court problem for him. On
an inspection trip in Allisons new sab-
way the tunnel caves in. Gail goes back
to her home in the West. Her friends lure
her and Arly back to New York. In the
midst of a struggle with the dregs of hu-
manity in Vedder court Rev. Smith Boyd
suddenly finds that he is q real living
and lOving-man. He proposes to Gail
but, on the verge of acceptance, she re-
members their religious differences, and
refuses.
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RUSSIANS MAKE
STEADY PRESSURE
Germans Sending Troops and
Guns TO BukOWina.
AUsTRIANs FALLING BACK
Vast Changes Made In Allies War
Methods - Radical Reforms De-
,eIared To Have Brought About
AnqIo-French-ItaIian Unity.

London.-Steady progress is being
made by the Russians in their great
offensive movement on the frontier OF
Bukowina (Southern Galicia). 1t is
officially reported in Petrograd that
the AustrO-Hungarian troops holding
the line northeast of Czernowitz are
falling back before the assaults of the
Cars forces.
Fighting is going on in bitter cold
weather amidst the snow filed valleys
of the mountains east Of the river
Pruth.
General Ivanoff, who was put into
command of big group Of Russian
armies when Car Nicholas took the
supreme command in the eastern
theater of war, is directing operations
on the Galician front.
1t is reported that the German War
Office, alarmed at the violence of the
Russian attacks, has ordered large de-
tachments of German troops and
masses of artillery to Bukowina to
prevent another Russian drive toward
Hungary such as took place last
winter
However, before the Russians could
gain a position which would menace
the Austro-German lines of communi-
cation into the Balkans they would
have to cross the Carpathians in the
face of insuperable difficulties.
Vienna processes the belief that
Russia has concentrated majority of
her first line troops on the Galician
front, and military experts now look
for another German drive on the
Dvinsk front to offset the pressure
against the Teutons further south.
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GROWS RICHER EVERY YEAR
llr;+.d states sweIIs Its Golfers with
Every Twelve Months nat
Pass Into Oblivion

IN the past sixty-five years tne ia "a
tionaI wealth of the United states ,ne ne'
Increased T 2.25S per cent. from $I,d"o,, ocd ..
ooo eOo % in 1850 to $1S7. .7SO'OOO'OOO IN
1873 theoretically, every man. .h WI.
an and child in the country IS wOrts ~
81 gS5 In 1850 the per capita o.
neaIth was only $3OS, SO every Anen san :.
ca5,s theoretical equity in the coun, IN
try wealth is six times as great as
More than Is per cent OF tne ooe ooo ma
uonal wealth, or about s12'Sl4.UOV,OOU ssoV,
is real estate and is exempted .,-s %
,sxation, This includes public ~orHS anS
and property used for religious az"
charitable purposes o, wea,th
or the present national wea.on' nou'
sg8 asa 900 600 is in taxed real pIUp "oa
erty and improvements; sl6.i4 4S,vUv, t%a,r
600 represents T railroads and tnenr ~
eouipments; $14,6s4.OOO:oOto 90 ooo ooo
manpfactured products; sS.46S' 'OOU,UOo NV
S ,s'lr n furniture, vehicles and the liKe'
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Cost Of RadIum Greatly Reduced.

AS a result Of work done by the
bureau of mines of the United States
department Of the interior. in connec-
tion with the National Radium insti.
,tute. radium bromide has been pro-
duced at a cost of only $36.O5O per
gram. a most remarkable result
when 1t is remembered that only re-
Gently the salt has been selling for
$120,O00 and upward per gram.
Still. we have no definite information
what it costs to produce this high
priced salt. There is. however. little
possibility that the prices will be
greatly reduced, as all of the known
deposits of the carnotite ores, from
which radium is at present obtained,
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Public Is Aroused.

Clad in her filmy cream lace gown.
Gail walked slowly into her boudoir,
and closed the door. and sank upon
her divan. She did not stop tonight to
let down her hair and change to her
dainty negligee, nor to punctiliously
straighten the room, nor to turn on
the beautiful green light; instead, with
all the electric bulbs blazing, she sat
with her chin in her hand, and, with
her body perfectly in repose. tried to
study the whirl of her mind.
She was shaken, she knew that,
shaken and stirred as she had never
been before. Something in the depths
of her had leaped up into life, and
cried out in agony, and would not stop
crying until it was satisfied.
4 need you to walk hand in hand
with me about the greatest work in
the World!" That was it; the greatest
work in the world! And what was
that work? To live and teach ritual
In place of religion; to turn worship
into social observance; to use help
less belief as a ladder of ambition;
to reduce faith to words, and hope to
a recitation, and charity to an obliga-
ton; to make pomp and ceremony a
substitute for conscience, and to inter-
pose a secretary between the human
heart and God!
For just an instant Calls eyelids
dropped, her long brown lashes curved
upon her cheeks, while beneath them
her eyes glinted, and a smile touched
the corners of her lips; then she was
serious again. No, she had decided
wisely.
There was a knock on the door, and
Gail smiled again as she said:
Come in"
Mrs Helen Davies entered, tall and
stately in her boudoir frills and
ruf1es. She sat down in front of Gail
and prepared to enact the role Of con-
Scientious mother.
Doctor Boyd proposed to you to-
night" she charged, with affectionate
authority.
Yes, Aunt Helen" and Gail began
to pull pins out of her hair.
A worried expression crossed the
brow Of Aunt Helen.
Did you accept him?" and she fair
ly quiVered with anxiety.
mo, Aunt Helen Quite calmly,
piling more hairpins and still more
into the little tray by her side, and
shaking down her ripping waves of
hair.
Aunt Helen sighed a deep sigh of
relief, and smiled her approval.
Gail, dear. you have shown a de-
gree Of carefulness which l am de-
lighted to find in you. If you handle
all your affairs so sensibly, you have
a brilliant future before you"
81 must be an awful worry to you,
Aunt Helen, observed Gail. and walk
ing over, she slipped her arm around
Mrs. Davies neck and kissed her and
looked around for her chocolate box.
Calls maid came in, and Mrs. Da
VleS Daoe n6T SlSI0A HANNO o
night most cordially, and retired with
a great load off her mind; and halt
an hour later the lights in Calls
pretty little suite went out
If she lay long hours looking out at
the pale stars; if, in the midst OF her
calm logic, she suddenly buried her
face in her pillows and sobbed silent
ly; if. toward morning. she awoke
with a little cry to find her face and
her hands hot, all these things were
but normal and natural. 1t is enough
to know that she came to her break,
fast bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked ana
smiling with the pleasant greetings OF
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maids an saw them to their biding
places. My brither-in-law tuik an
auld maid wha keepit a wee shop in
the toon When they reached their
journeys end. he aye bent to kiss her
cheek. as was the custom in seem
hame. Moo Jeannot (the auld maid)
was in a gret f1uster oh! Mr.. Cam
eron. say she-an' she was all in
tremmle-'what am l to dae? Must
| lift nv veil?"
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$238, 900, 900 is in live stock and $6,-
O91 100000 in manufacturing machin-
cry, tools and implements.
The richest state is New York with
SIS, oil, 100000 of property wealth.
Then comes Illinois with s15,4S4 O00.
900, and Pennsylvania with $l5.45S.-
100000
Britain's national wealth was esti-
mated a year ago at slO8,2SO,OOO 900.
and Germany's in 1908 at $77.S64. .0OO.-
600
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spoiIinq Milk,

Careless housewives often spoil
milk that is delivered to them in
prime condition by letting it stand
for a long time on the dining table
or in a hot kitchen; under such con
ditions it spoils quickly. Keep the
milk covered so that it cannot be pol
luted either by the filthy fly or by
dirt falling into It.
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are held very closely by their own
ers; and moreover. these deposits can,
not last many years at the present rate
of working. These facts. together
with rapidly-increasing demand, will
undoubtedly increase the price of ra-
dium even above the above big fig
ures. Notwithstanding the improve
ments in the methods of extracting
Scientific American.
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BATTLES AT DARDANELLEs,
eomb-throwing On Both Wings and
Heavy Artillery Fire.

Constantinople (via London) This
Turkish War Office gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
"On the Dardanelles front there
have been heavy battles, with bomb
throwing on both wings and a tenn
porary artillery fire along the whole
line. A hostile cruiser and a monitor
retreated after temporary lombard.
ment of our positions.
Our airmen few over hostile posi-
tions and made successful recon
Nuisance. Near Ari Burnu 400 cases
of ammunition which were concealed
by the enemy were found"
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A Call for Assistance.

so you want me to come and re-
form Crimson Gulch?" said the per-
suasive speaker.
That amt exactly what we're aft.
er, replied Three Fingered Sam, after
a few words with the rest of the com.
mittee. I'VE want you to come around
an whoop it up an tell us what a
wicked community we are.
SOS to contradict the impression that
the old Gulch is dyin' on it's feet"
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NAVAL OFFICERS MUzzLED.
Daniels Refuses To Permit Two A&
miraIs To Speak.

Misunderstanding Daniels dis.
closed that he had declined to permit
either Rear Admiral Fiske or Rear
Admiral Knight to speak on the navy
program, even though he was assured
that the proposed addresses would not
be made public. The request was
made by John w. Scott, president Of
the Commercial Club, Of Chicago, By
telegraph to President Wilson.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Argentine Wines.

Production of wine in Argentina is
one of the most important industries
of the country. In 1913 the record
production of 11O,OOO,OOO gallons was
reached. Practically all of the wine
produced in Argentina II of common
variety. and for table use only. The
expectation of Argentine wines is very
limited.
~~-~~~s~~~~-~-~-~-~S~~~ ~~-N-~~
Humph.' / remarked. casually.
Seems to me have beard that name
somewhere before
".'Yes. sah,' he answered, with
alacrity, two weeks ago. sah.' Phil.
adelphia Press.
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INTERNATIONAL,
SUNAYSQ1OOL
LESSON

(By e. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1915, Western Newspaper Union-)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-06
THIEF WORKS IN DAYLIGHT.
Bold Second Story Man Works on
South Center Street Successfully.

South center Street SuCSeSSIulIy'
Pretending, when apprchended, to be
looking for furnished rooms, a bold
thief successfully worked at least one
home late Wednesday afternoon, and
| made an unsuccessful attempt on an
! other.
Indications pointed to the fact tina,
| the man is working second story
| apartments. He entered the J. w
| Pursel apartments, II South Center
about o'clock. Miss Nita Pursel and
Mrs. William Tryon, Of Des Moines
a guest of the Pursels, were in the
apartments. However, they did moi
hear the man until he had been thru
at least one room. The thief evidently
| thought there was no one up stairs
but when he heard the women he
turned to go down. Mrs. Tryon saw
the man and took hold Of his coat as
he was at the head Of the stairs. The
man said he was looking for a fur
nished room. After he had gone Miss
Pursel found that from her room a
| S25 cameo pin, set in pearls, a grad
| ating gift was missing.
Going a few doors south doubtless
the same man entered the stairway
leading to the O. J. Morley apartments
| 90 South Center street. Mrs. Worley
| was in the hallway and met the man
on the stairway. He said he was look
| ing for light housekeeping rooms, an6
| returned down stairs when told that
| there were no rooms to rent.
Mrs. Tryon described the man to the
police as being young, light COM
plexioned but badly sunburned, medium
| height. slender. and smooth faced. H.
was roughly dressed.