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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-19

BuTTON.-on First-day Sixth Month 1876,
1Sla at Winona: o., RICHARD w IiCT-
TON Funeral Fourth-day, Cbestrut Street
Meeting House, West Chester. "a. at 1890
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BUSINESS oPPoRTuN1r1ra

PARTS ----------l--
20 build or repair any csr
Phtla. Auto Parts Co. s2s n isth' po,.
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HELP WANTED-MALE

AUTO REPA1RAfEN AND MACHlNISTS. capa-
bic of overhaunE and rebuilding autotrucksS
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FOSDERSMITH.-on June 10. 1915, MARY
widow of Samuel w. Fondersmith. Relatives
and friends ,. are invited TO attend the funeral
residence. 420s Wyalusing ave- 1nterment at
Fernwood Cemetery. Remains may be Viewed
Monday, from 3 to o D. m.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27
HAD THE GOOD MAN PUZZLED
GuileIess Hubby Gould Not Under
stand What Really Was Matter
of Extreme Simplicity.

A certain professional man Of In.
dianapolis has a "sideline' that re-
quires his time and attention 1own.
town three nights week, on which
days he does not go home for dinner,
says the News CT that city. Recently
circumstances were such that he did
not have to stay downtown one of the
accustomed evenings. The next day
his Office associates noticed he seemed
somewhat preOccupied and more or
less pert lrhed One of them, with
more temerity than the others, limo
Gently inquired the cause of his state
of mind
When I got home early yesterday
noticed something unusual, something
| don't understand"
The questioner. with due discretion,
let this end it, it seemed. However,
his curiosity later asserted itself and
he preached the subject in private.
We'll, you see it is this way: Every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ! am
home for dinner and I always help in
cleaning up the dishes. either washing
or drying them. have noticed each
time that the dishes from breakfast
and luncheon vert stacked up for at.
tention. Last night I was unexpected.
l offered to attend tc the dishes as
usual and found to my surprise that
all had been cleaned except what we
had used for dinner. What | can't IN
derstand is how the breakfast and
lunch dishes were cleaned before din
ner on Monday and they are neye.
done until after dinner on Tuesday"
Inquisitive friend was too tickled at
the others credulity to suggest an eG'
PLANTATION.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27
SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill.
his home. by his uncle, J. r.. as a TuoTal
failure. Glenn drinks Alans health on his
bi lhday. Judge lle43".' defends Alan in
his business Wuh hiL employers. Alan and
AK, Gerry's wife. meet at SEA, nomeWard
Aouud and start a Irritation. At home.
Gerry, as he thinks. sees ak and Alan
clipping drops everything, and goes to
Peruambuco. AIiN leaves Alan on the
train and goes home Gerry leaves Per
uambuco and goes TO PiTauhas. On a
canoe trip he meets a native girl. The
judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
70 AK. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she Is mistress Of
Gerry marries her At Maple house Col
ingefOrd tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per Cent Wayne building a bridge in
Africa. Coitageford meets AK and her
baby and gives her announcement about
Gerry. Alan comes back % town but does
not go home. Gerry begins TO improve
Margaritas plantation and builds an ir-
rigating ditch. In Africa Alan reads
Clems letters and dreams OF home. Ger
~ pastures Letrrs cattle during the
drought A baby comes to Margarta
COilingeford meets AliE Ia the city and
finds her changed. Alan meets AliX, J. Y
and Glenn, grown to beautiful wO'nauhoOd
On the city and realizes that he has sold
his birthright for mess OF pottage. Kemp
and Gerry become friends They visit
l0ber. and the three exles are drawn
tslsAther by a common tie, Lleber tells
his story. In South America Alan gets
the fever.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

and picked up the board. He took il
into his private room, propped it up
against some books on the table and
sat before it with his face dropped
in his hands. To his closed eyes the
words seemed no longer carved in
wood. Against the inward darkness
of his brain they shone out in points.
Of light. He cOnld not shut them out
"Qui de nous IA pas eu sa terre
promise. son jour d'extase. ct sa i'm en-
exil?"
At shutdown T-ieber came out TO his
patient He had him moved. settle
and all. into room whose windows
opened upon the veranda. Lieber sat
beside him and nursed him through the
long. hot night. To the dizziness of
his hand had been added tenderness.
and into his face new determination
had cOme-a resolve to win Alan's
battle for him whatever the odds.
Gerry did not sleep that night. He
lay on the little extra bed he had made
upon his sons arrival and. propping
himself sn his elbow. gazed around
him. The moon shone through great
cracks in the warped shutters aud
filed the room with a glow that, as his
eyes dilated. became a revealing light.
IL one corner was an iron wash-stand
with its vessels Of coarse enameled
metal. a recent purchase. IN another
corner stood a grotesque clothes-rack.
II looked ike Young pine with irreg-
ular branches aud top topped OF. on
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27
Copyright by The Century Company

dertake to deliver the sick nun at
Lieber's In two days. McDougal pom
dered 1t was chance If he sent
Alan to the rail-head there wouldn't
be even a chance. There was no one
who could help at the rail-head, nor
along the thin line, nor even at the
coast.
"In two days" said he despairingly,
the master will be dead"
They gathered at the door OF Alan's
tent and looked in at him as he law
half comatose. NO said the Oldest
Of them. he will be dead in seven
days time"
AS McDougal picked him up and
laid him gently in a hammock, Alan
came to. The hammock was padded
with pillows and blankets and strung
on stout bamboo pole with two men
at each end supporting it.
What are you doing with me?'' he
asked angrily and sank back into the
pillows From there his eyes glared
up at McDougaI.
I'm sending We home" said Nc
Dougal gently but firmly
Alan smiled a twisted smile. "Send-
ing me home he repeated. and added
resignedly, "Oh, all right Then he
started up. Bring Matches" he said.
McDougal took matches from his peck
ct. Alan drew two letters from inside
his coat. Burn them" He held them
out and watched jealousy as McDou-
gal opened out the sheets with averted
eyes and set fire to thc thin paper. The
filmy cinders blew hither and thither
under the light breeze. The men under
the pole moved nervously. anxious to
be off. Their eight companions
wheeled their fiea-bitten ponies and
headed for the trail NO. you don't"
shouted McDougal and explained with
many gestures that they were to ride
behind on account Of the dust
I'VE know. master" answered one
quietly, I'VE would but start"
McDougal held out an awkward
hand in farewell You're ready, Mt
Wayne?"
Yes said Alan between chatterlng
teeth. ana then cried. No, | want the
board-my epitaph thing. you know"
McDougal dived into the tent and
brought out the board with the roughly
cut words that he could not read but
somehow began to understand. He
slipped it into the hammock behind the
cushions and then just touched Alan's
hand and gave the word TO the men,
They started off in a stumbling. rapid
trot. The horseman fell in behind. A
cloud of dust cut them off from Nc
Douglas gaze. He turned aud fell
upon his laboring squad with a rolling
food OF curses. To them the words
we're Greek. but nevertheless their
blood curdled and they worked as only
Wayne had taught them.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

here" he said, springing up the steps
and sweeping a saddle harness and
some old magazines off a great raw
hide settle on the veraDda.
They laid the sick man on the settle
and Lieber started to strip him with
gentle. def hands. Kemp strobe for
ward and helped but Gerry stood by.
powerless to move. He had recognized
Alan, the man he had sworn to break
IL ever he met him. Somebody else
had broken Alan, terribly. pitiiessly.
Gerry's eyes shrank from the sight. A
lump came into his throat Alan was
dead. Alan with whom he had wan
dered barefoot through those quiet
lanes OF home, with whom he had
fished and swum. and once had
fought What little fury Alan had
been in that boys battle! 1t had not
been fought to a finish. On one i'm
pulse they had stopped and looked at
each other and turned away, ashamed
to shake hands.
Lieber, once heavy, ford and clum-
sy, was transformed. He worked
quickly, with sure hands. The body
lay stripped on the settle. Under it
still lay the hammock and dusty blan-
kets. The pillows and a board had
been tossed on the floor. Lieber ex-
amined his patient infinitely, without
haste. The spleen was frightfully dis
tended and pushed out across the alb
domen. He could feel fits hard, I'M
yielding margins. The feet were swol-
len. The face was yellow with the
sickly gray-yelow of nodded straw.
Coma had set In.
Lieber dragged a great medicine
chest out from his room. With alcohol
he rapidly washed out the Justified
nOstrlls OF the stricken man and
bathed his face and then the limbs and
body. Then he took out hypodermic
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CHAPTER
-n-cD VVTN71
49, 80 =-=13s&<&6V

Alan was struggling back from coma.
He muttered, he talked, he awoke.
Lieber found his sunken eyes, the pu-
pills appearing almost concaye, fixed
on him with a seeing gaze. 1t was like
resurrection. A spirit had come down
upon the body. Eye to eye. mouth to
mouth, heart to heart, it had given
sight, breath, life
The eyes closed Lieber hurried
away. From the kitchen he brought
bowl Of broth. 1t was steaming and
filed the room with an odor of rich
essence. 1t was in itself a concentra-
ton of life. The bowl was emptied.
Alan sank back into the pillows. His
eyes wandered wistfully over the bare
walls, the high thing Of the strange
room. ~ would have. great gods. but
one short hour OF native air-let me
but die at home he murmured. and
Lieber heard
The words clutehed at his own heart.
but he answered cheerfully. You shall.
my boy, you shall die at home If you
like. but you're going to have years to
think it over. Sleep. that's the word
And sleep it is" he added to himself
as Alan's eyes closed and his chest be-
gan to rise and fail in healthy breath
ing. Lieber held his u rist. The pulse
was taking on strength.
Alan was still sleeping when Gerry
arrived. Lieber looked up, surprised.
You've come all the way back from
Fazenda Flores 2"
Gerry nodded How is he? Fas
he come to. yet?"
Yes said Lieber in a low. moda-
lated tone. He came 70. all right But
the fights not over yet. Fever goes
and comes. you know. If another par
oxysm seizes him. he'll not have the
strength to pull through. It's a cues
ton Of hours now"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

Lieber, with Gerry and Kemp, sat in
the shade OF the yeranda, smoking after
the midday meal. The stock had been
corralled, but, on Kemp's advice. the
start for Fazenda Flores was to he
made halfway through the afternoon.
There was to be Il great moon that
night and the drive would be robbed of
the perils of darkness TO cattle as well
ms OF the horrible heat.
The three were silent. half somno-
lent, when a passing herder grunted
and pointed westward with his chin
i-ieber stood up and looked. A pillar
IF dust was coming across the desert
He could see men riding ana some
thing else, He took his field glasses
from a peg and Looked again. Flu
neral. or a sick man" he said and sat
down to wait Kemp started whiting
to keep himself awake. Since the hour
OF Lieher's confession he had hardly
spoken.
When the cavalcade came within
easy view Gerry stood up ana watched.
He could not hide his curiosity like
Lieber aud Kemp. an front of the
horses came four men bearing sag.
gilg hammock on "A pole. They We're
unnlng in quick, springy steps that
made the hammock sway gently from
| side 10 side The pace they kept ny
under the burden was marvellous.
/ They were followed closely by eight
horsem2n, At the first signs of falter-
ing among ;ae bearers. four OF the
riders would throw themselves Of
their ponies ana run under the pole
/ The change Of relay was made without
a step, without a pause. The freed
ponies stood with hanging heads and
straddled legs. Even from a distance
/ one could see that the burdened men
/ had run the wiry little beasts Off their
/ feet They were all In. but the men
were still erect-keen. With a final
! squirt the cortege drew up before the
veranda Lleber stood up. Dead or
/ dying" he asked
Master. we do not know" an
Swered the oldest or the men. their
leader.
Fever or smallpox" asked Lieter
Fever"
with a look OF relief Lieher went
down the steps to the hammock. A sheet
had been thrown over the pole to keep
! or the worS, OF the sun. He pulled
/ il or A CHASTITY ) ght met his eyes
hut ne dld not shrink Bring him ~
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

syringe and a graduated glass. In the
glass he dissolved a powder and with
steady hands added measured drops
of liquid OF faint amber hue.
Gerry found his tongue. What Is
it?' he asked.
"Quinine and arsaulc," said Lieber
shortly.
"Arsenic2 Isn't that dangerous?"
said Gerry.
Lieber glanced at him. at win prob
ably kill him"
Then why-why--" protested Ger
~. A great desire to protect what
was left Of Alan had come over him.
Why" said Lieber dryIy, ''I'n tell
you, Mr.. Lansing. Because It is less
cowardly to kill man than to let
him die"
He mixed the solution in the syringe
and then grasping Alan'S arm. he
pressed Ii until the veins came out in
swelling network. Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp, Kemp
clutehed the arm. The bones seemed
to bend to the grip. Lieber chose a
| swollen vein and pierced it with the
| needle. He forced the dose into the
| blood. There he said with a smile
TO Gerry, that's what's known as an
intravenous administration Of qulnine
and arsenic IL another paroxysm
hits him he's done for. but Wen know
all about that in forty-eight hours
tiue"
He went into the house and brought
out clean sheets. soft wooden blankets,
pillows aud pil.ow-slips Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel Of 1t. Gerry
came 10 life. With one hand under
Alan's shoulder and another under bis
hips, he lifted him as though he were
an empty she'll while Kemp and Lie
Der drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first cane
mat over the settle and then a blanket
aud. on top OF that, a sheet. The touch
~ Alan's dry. cracking skin seemed
70 Gerry to be burning his hands. 1T
IS as though there were fire in him."
. he said to Lieber
. IAsber looked at his patient with an
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

aIl-seelng eye. Tie paused before COW
ering him up. That's it" he said.
There's fire in him-tbe worst kind
a2d h9's been playing with it, just
tickling it with stale quinine." His
eye ran rapidly over the thin body Il
said the dose / gave him ~ould prob
ably kill him. but I've changed my
mind. I'm betting the other way, now
l really look at him. There's no flesh
on him, but lie doesn't look like a skel-
eton. Why? Because of the snews
ard bones of him-they're perfect
Look at the way the sinews hold his
neck and the way the neck carries the
sinews. Look at the fiat bulge Of bis
ribs and the breadth of his shoulders
over the hips. That means heart and
lungs and vitals That mans been a
fighter, and unless I'm bigger fool
than | was yesterday he's a hAAter
yet"
Cover him up, for Gods sake" said
Gerry
Lieber dropped the sheet and went
off to the kitchen. Gerry and Kemp
covered the stripped body and tucked
many blankets over it, Lieber came
back and took of half the blankets.
Mustn't tire him with weight" he ex-
planned. IF he's going to sweat. he'll
sweat all right Mathematician
fever-is the tiredest disease in the
world When they get too tired to
- no i
Of Alan's wrist. ITO fee, his pulse,
YOU'D say he was dead now"
Bout time we was startin'." re-
marked Kemp with his eyes toward
the declining sun.
Gerry's first impulse was to say he
would stay. but he suddenly remem-
bered Margarita. How far away from
life she seemed, Alan and iIargarjta
could not crowd into one day or even
into one world-it was against the or
der of things. But facts do not stand
on the order of their coming. they sim
ply come, and against the protest of
mans will they present his fate:
against the cry of the troubled and
displaced soul they voice the eternal
j'y suis. j'y reste of inaninate Thugs
One cannot go around a fact One
must either break ones head again It
it or swallow it and let it take its
course through the mental gorge.
Gerry longed to stay by Alan's side,
and through his returning conscious
ness, as through a mag lifying glass,
gaze upon the world he had foreswOrn
the heritage he had abandoned. But
the fact OF Margarita and her boy
suddenly declared itself-demanded
digestion-and Gerry turned his back
on Alan. He mounted, and with the
silent Kemp reversed the drive they
had made together months before.
Lieber did not go with them. When
he had seen them off, he busted him
self giving orders for the tidying up
Of the veranda, the feeding of Alans
convoy, beast and man, and the prepa-
ration of a room for the sef-invited
guest. From the pile of dusty pillows
a servant was picking up. fell a board
Iieber glanced down at it, Words
were cut roughly but clearly into its
surface They spoke to him. They
held his eyes. He stopped laboriously
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

the stubs or pegs hug his cI3tSes and
Margaritas and. on the lowest peg OF
all, the LilHputlan garments OF the
Man. The floor was bare and rolling.
FOR the boards. roughhewn from hard
wood giants Of the forest, had warped
steadily through many years. In its
center stood the great rustic bed that
Gerry haG made frora the twisted
limbs Of tree, and BonifaciO had plait
ed with thongs. BY raising himself
TO the full length of his arm Gerry
could see Margarita lying uncovered
on the coarse, yellowish homespun.
On her bare, brown arm tay the black
head of her son.
Gerry shuddered at the nearness-
the familiarity everything. The
seams of elementary life stood out bru-
tally. For the first time he saw them.
From the touch Of the coarse homespun
that covered him, his mind went back
to the feel of Lieber's fine linen, and
from that it poised on Alan and then
flew back to Alix-Alix, who. seen
through the years, became doubly ethe-
real and fowerlike. Where was Alix2
What had Alan done with her? He
must ask him. That, at least, he must
know. But before he could ask he
must decide about Margarita and steel
himself TO his purpose. He thought of
the long. still days at FaZenda Flores
before Alan had come to Lieber's-the
or Ii IN, 4 ~ haH
his-and the frmness in him, the
steadfastness that had led Alan to
name him The Rock. rose up in de-
tense of Margarita and her son.
Gerry was up early. AS he was
saddling True Blue Margarita came on
to the veranda. "Where art thou go
.ng:" she asked.
Gerry looked up. He was a
little pale from the wakeful night
and there were slight shadows under
his eyes. - am going to Liebers.
There is a sick man there-he is dying
and must help. He is my fellow
cOuntryman."
Margarita's eyes searched his face
Her bosom rose and fell rapidly 10
not GO" she said, and Gerry started at
the passion in her voice.
He looked at her and smiled. II
said, half IL himself
"Ah," said Margarta beating with
her little brown fist on the veranda Pill
lar, Il know. know. 1t is not death
that calls thee. Why should one turn
from things that live to tonde death?
1t is the stranger thou wouldst see"
Gerry dropped the reins of his horse.
and, hurrying up the steps, took Mar
garita in his arms
And why not. my beloved? 1t is
not a woman l 90 to see. but a man.
Shall l not talk with man that Is
at deaths door,"
LET him but die, pleaded Marga-
rita: "let him but die and thou shalt
go and bury him. See. the day is
beautiful There is a cloud. Perhaps
it will rain. Come, my Geree. let us
go down to the river and swim We
will take the Man. He shall sit on the
bank and the river viii play with his
bare toes. He will laugh"
Gerry smiled but shook his head.
Tomorrow. my beloved. tomorrow we
shall play with the Man and the rive E"
Margarita's arms fell to her sides
in pathetic surrender. STE watched
Gerry mount and ride slowly up the
slope to the bridge where Kemp await
ed him. Then she went back to the
veranda steps, sat down and wept
with her face hidden in her hand. She
did not know why she wept. but she
knew she wept for things that were
going to be.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27
If You Want White Clover

Most Of the clovers are btennials or
perennials, but not so white cloTer.
1t is annual and propogates itself only
by seed. Therefore if one wishes
white clover in the lawn he must not
cut it so short that no ripe heads will
be formed to provide seed for the fol
lowing year. Some people are always
sowing white clover in their lawns
and wondering why they have to re
peat the process every year
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

There's a Tot Of maudIin sentl-
ment about dear old mother"
put into cheap songs and sung
by scalawags, but just the samo,
"God" and Mother" are the
two biggest words in the Eng
fish language. Consider here
the effect Of a mothers memory
on Alan Wayne.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

Don't blame girl for assuming
striking attitude when she's trying 10
make a hit
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

" you had the opportunity to
put out of the way forever the
man who you thought had
wrecked your home and life.
would you do il, specially If
your purpose could be accom-
plished simply by a little neglect
In giving = fever patient mis-
medicine on time?
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-05-27

The rolling man gathers no bank
roll
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-14
SOULS BEING BORN
INTO THE KINGDOM
Great Audiences at Each Service and
the Interest Is Growing From
Day to Day.

Yesterdays prayer meetings were
attended by 1877 people. The
interest is continuing to grow, both
In the group meetings and in the serv
ices at the tent Last nights attend
ance was good and the attention was
perhaps the best OF the meeting
The text was. Choose you this day
whom ye will serve: as for me and
my house We viii serve the Lord
Joshua seldom spoke out, but when he
did he said something. The man who
stands for something is the man who
will do something. God gives men a
chance to say whether II shall be
heaven or hell. Much will depend
upon heredity. God changes mems
heredity when they come to him. He
says I've must be born again" Then
a mans environment has to be looked
after and Gods power is greater fhan
any mans heredity.
II you mean to be a Christian you
need TO get at H. A man has an in
nuence constantly over those around
him. His boys will love their mother,
but they will follow their father. Be
sides. man has no right to make Il
hard for his good sweet wife to live
Christian life
At the close OF the service there
we're two professions OF faith.
This Mornings Service.
Attention was called TO a change
Of time for the mems prayer melting
today. II met at Jesse Hensafling $
store at 2:45.
After reading rev verses from
John IL. the preacher spoke on help
ing people away from sin.
Sin is a terrible thing and II gets
In the way OF service. We must gel
mems sins righted before We can use
, them. What do those about you thini
about your Christianity
We can can help people TO over
come their sins and win their battles
II we understand their trouble.
Opportunity was given for expires
I. sions from the people and two mel
+. spoke in way that touched the ten
/. der chords in a great many OF thos'
D present
Il Services tonight at the tent a
E E45. A T. c