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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-05-03

iteigenoen Sdiffsfrad)ten, oie @r-
i6iitterung oes Sterlingfuries, oos
rieit9e Anma6ien ser laufenoelr
&riegsfolten uno Der 3ui9iilie an Die
Serbiinbeten Oos aaes fiibrt oei1
autor 8u Dem lmtrteil, BOB oos
@ort bon 2lopO George, England
ntiiie unter llmltdnoen 5ebn Sabre
&rieg fiibren, nidts iei, ols cine
boble Genommi1terei. 8onar 9orp
bot inn SberbauS geIpro6ett, oob
mon Iogar BEN Staatsbonferott ris-
fieren mfilie, UNI Den &rieg 51 ee=
pinnen: aber ein Staotsbonferott
tpiroe ielbft fir gnelarlo ii6er Iein,
tpern Der &rieg, Der england jett
idbrli6 10 Milioroen Dollars fo=
ltet, nod 5Det Sabre oaltern Mir
De. England forne einen 4rieq als
gr16opfungSfrieg fiibren, aber Iei=
ne u1lb ieiner Gerbiinoeten grIdopf=
ing oiirfte friiber eintreter1, als oie
Der @entralmddte. 9opon bdtten
i6lieBli6 nun Die Ser. Staoten BON
@nlerifa 8orteil, ollenfous nod So
pan, bos oamit freie Sano in giien
erbalten miiroe. @s mGre Der
Selbitmoro guropns, @n1erifa Mir
be Die Siibrltng Ser 8elt iiberneb=
men.
Stir 9eutldldno miiroen, und)
tpenn Ser arieg ldon inn Mai ODER
ooer Sum- 81 Gnoe gi1ge, 40 01il=
liaroen Worf oirefte &ri~egsfolten
5u per5inien iein, oos lit, ielblt nenn
man nltr - 8ro5. 9ilgung bin5u-
re6net , cine Sabreslait bon 2aQ0
0eilionen, no3u nod ounq6erfto
t~Deitere orei Wiaioroen iGbrlid)
fir &enten Der Sinterbliebenen nllo
Der Snbolioent iomie fir gntl1dbi-
gnngen fir i'm &rieg territories ooer
in gerluit seratenes gigentum
MISUNDERSTANDING him. treten, 10
ooB alio I'M &ei1 so Miaioroen
Wtarf ODER ca. 80 Sc. pro aopf
Der 8eoolfernng mebr ols Dor Dem
Griege anfeebradt tperoen miiIfen,
lofern nidt oieie 2alt onrd eine
ariegsentibdbigung berminoert iper=
ben wiiroe. @elange es lelbit, cine
Wiaiaroe iabrlid an 3iniem unb
Stlgung Our6 cine iolfe at Ipa-
rem, 10 bliebe bte Notmenoi9feit Ell
ner ungebenren Stenererbobung
aud Damn, um 10 mebr, als aud
Die gin5elitaaten nro Dor aIem Die
@%emeinoen, Die berte IN aroBem
umfange lffDebenoe S1uloen auf=
nebmen miiifen, 5u elmer iol6en mer=
ben l6reiten miiiien. Sm giinltig=.
item Safe uiiroe 9eutidlano Ofon
bel elmer 4riegsonuer nur bis gum
Sommer) I'M Ieidsetat oos 0rei-
fade oeiien aufbringen miiifer, mas
porber inn Srieoen aufgebra6t MUIR
De, u1o oieie bermebrte 2aIt mrB
bon elmer tpeientliG b~erminoerten
3abl @rmerbstatiger getragen mer-
ben. Die erlten Sabr5ebnte nod Dem
arieg peroen oaber fir 0eutidlano
trot aler friegerilden grfolge uil-
gemein idmere nno ernite lein. 8ie
Die ariegslaiten mlfeebrabt uno
bertilgt rperoen fonnten oafir giebt
Der Gerfailer iii cine flii6tige Sfi5=
aierung Der mtannigfafen Moglif-
feiten BON @onopoIer, bireften nno
inoireften Steiiern. Die Iraae
aber, oh 9eutldlano pirhdoftlid
itarf genug fem merbe, Die arieas-
foiten nod Dem ariege al trager
uno aamablih ab5ubiiroen, beiabt
er nit @ntidieoenbeit.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-05-03
Bier &OOns sefaaen.

8on Den aht gnfeIn oes oerein-
itigen 4riegsminilters bon &oon,
Die ldmmtlid IN Ben ariea 5ogen,
lino, mie fiir5lid gemeIoet maro,
bier big iest gefaGen. Man fam
mol ben Mngeborigen oieler Se[oen
fein belieres Sroitmort 5urufen als
oas folgenoe, oas aus Ser sSeoef
ibres Gaters itammt. gr ifrieb
oieie @orte an leinen Srenno, SEN
Brofeiior &ertbes, Der einen 5obn
int ariege ae9en 9dnemarf iteben
bate, ipabreno Hoon bret S0bne in
ben 8rteg gelanot bate: y@as oie
Seibesfobrli6feit anIangt, oenen un-
iere Sobne entaegengeben, 10 Ioge
t6 mir - uno i6 CLAUDE oaran =
Dab Die groBeren @efabren bes
Grteges fir ben ein5eInen nidts
beoeuten ioaen uno oiirfen als oas
bonn Conner Der &anonen ibnen
laut 5ugerufene: yMenid, oll muBt
i%terbenl" mos ieoermann audi in Ser
tieften 5tiGe oes Srieoens iid
tdelid, itiinoli6 ieIbit 5ufliiftern foa-
te; oob iibrigens Der pielgeltnltiae
600. Der auf ben Sdfodtfeloern lei
ne reide grnteit bolt. nllr Fir oie
@elan1mtbeit Der georobten, niht
aber fir ben etn5eInen fiirdterIider
lit als Der 300, Der Inn unfere Bet
ten ffjleift. @ottes baterliher @il-
le beitimmt Die SooesIoie i'm @rie-
9e ipie i'm Srieoen. ltebriaens ioae
i'd mir mo ben Meinen: MIs Sic
Sobne ails5ogen, oa BADEN mir iie
if,on fpegge9eben eaii5 nno gar; feb
rem Tie einlt unperTest 5lt nng 8u-
rid, 10 fino fie elm reites @eIdenf
itnleres %9ndoieen @oftes."
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Giienbabn : EabrpIan.
9. & 9. y.

WtIeHDagn = HagTpIdn.
9. & 9. X.
SEQ. 12-gon 2oreoo 900 BORN.
gto. 6-8on 2nrebo 1920 aberos
$50. 5-@on ct. 2ouis. 100 borrl.
Ro. 7-gon @earne nnb Sante es Or.
ten 10000 BORN
$50. 7-8om Rorben -. 700 abenbs
SEQ. 1pSunfbine @pecial". bon ct.
2ouiS ...... sos abenos
80. Sc. q. erpreB~ mad saplor.
1925 morgens
SO. -g9unibine Special, mad ct.
So1tS .9.15 morQcn5
SO. 4-Na6 ct. aouis !. .11:so mpra.
20. 6-Ha6 ct. 2ouis nnb Srten an
Der @arta Sc ......7:35 abenbs
$50. 5-ginb 2dreoo ....7:45 moraens
No. 11-9ad 2orebn s...t0.O0 abei,bs
g. u. & u. 5.
$50. 16-gon 9ouiton, @aco uuo gors
pus ghriIti ........6:55 uadlm.
$40. 14-gon 5oufton uno aiiftenorten
.................. GOO BORN.
SO. 12-@On goafum uno a%iiffenorten
SO. 41-gon aerrbiie. !. sos porlm.
No. 43-bon &erbile, rilr Sonntags
SO. 145-gon aerrbile, taali6. ansae.
1lontrnen Sonntaas ..6;45 abemos
Nbfabrt -
SO. 15-aad souiton, @aeO uuD Corr
pus gbriiti ........ 8:45 BORN.
No. 13-Nnh 9ouiton nn0 &iiftenorten
10:45 aben6s
No. 11-Na6 goafum nrb 3iiftenorten
2:05 naGm.
No. 42-Na6 aerrbiIe. MIR an Conn
SO. 14ssNsad asrrDiae 80 sos n obeaSg
NO. 146)Nab aerrpiue tdgIih, ausaez
rlorrirren Sonntnas. - 7:05 Dorm.
o. s. & .. Il. loauptlinie.)
Mrftnft -
80. 1o1-@unfet aimiteo. BON Qetp ors
latts .4:40 BORN.
yio. 102 Sunfet 2imiteb. bon Can Srans
go. 7-@dneuaus. BON Stem Orleans.
SO. s-sdneasua. bon Sci sio ......
No. 9-Snniet gIpreB, bon Netp Orr
SO. 10I5anief erprss. bon Gan Sran.
cisco ......---. $50 rndnt.
Gbfa6rt-
go. 1O1-9nniet Qimiteb, mad Gan
Srdnetsco ......... 1850 BORN.
sso. 1o2-9uniet ain1iteb. mad @en Or
leans 400 BORN.
Ro. 7-9dneI8na, mad Sci Mio.....
No. s-@6neu8ns mad aeip Orreans.
80. s.sunief erpreb mad sm srans
SO. 1o~enniet grpre6, nod Sem nDS Or.
ler1S. U nnQnt5
yterprra 9ibiF on.
30. so1l@on Souifon. Sort aapaca,
Wictoria, gnero ......7:20 nadm
abfabrt-
@n. sO2-ma6 guero, @ietoria, Bort
2nbnea. 6oafton ---...7:b5 BORN
a., 8. G e.
@ad Morben-abfabrt =
$50. s-seras 9pe3ial 1850 morg.
SO. 10-@ntb 2imiteb 1000 mnre.
$50. 26-&ntb SIber 1890 uadbm.
SO. 22-Na6 Sotiton- 1890 nbenbs
Mnftnft -
$40. 25-aatb Sitter ......7:15 boom.
80. 3-2ofaI. .4:35 nadpm
SO. 9-aafb aimite6 lib nadm.
$40. 7-ySeras Speeial" $50 dbenbs
SO. 2t-gon 5oufton 100 moroe:s
eanta &c (5. &. q. 81. SepOt).
SO. 7-gcm Noroen. -. 10000 bonn.
go. 1-gom Norben ,...S:05 abenbs
Gbfahrt-
SO. 6-Nah Dem Norben. .7:35 nadm.
$50. 2-ga6 Dem Noroen. .9:15 bonn.
G. a., Ii. G 9. Is. & O. q. 9eput.;
@nfunft =
SO. 2-gou Corpus gbrifti uno Oben
SO. 4-@on Corpus gbrifi u. Garrisr
Springs ......... 1900 BORN,
SO. f-aas Corpus gbrilti ........
$40. s.aaS Corpus Gbriiti nnb Cor.
! RICO Gpritas 1855. $3.50 abenba
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-05-03

Die Seuf5er ser Gle fIinaen
cir paor Ser5en tiefer, aIs sic Ser
&erIiebtbeit.
Die geIdlaftiqIte Ga6e lit ser
gan3en @elt lit oie iinnIoie eerl-
gierOe.
@%ingebiIbete llebel pernrTaden
mebr Summer, ais tpirfIide.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
STORK VISITS COST MORE
British War Baby Adds 500 to Par
ents' Expenses Above the Figures
of 1914.

London-It is estimated that the
all-around expenditure on a baby born
this year is probably from SlOO to $l25
higher than in 1914.
Food alone adds about SO to the
years cost of the war baby. MIX mas
gone up four cents n quart and 1t is
said that the average baby consumes
from 400 to $50 pints year. Baby
foods are up about 10 per cent. Feed
ing bottles cost third more, and the
methylated spirit for heating the
nights feed has advanced from 10
cents to % cents a pint.
Baby garments cost more also.
Everything made of wool has risen 33
per cent in price; all the cotton and
wool mixture materials and garments
are % per cent higher, the wholly cot
ton ones, owing to the rise in raw
materials and labor, must be paid for
at the rate of about 10 per cent more.
Nearly all medicines cost much more.
Perambulators are about one-fourth
dearer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

The Berlin military authorities are
awarding an iron cross to all school
masters who induce 100 school chill
drcn TO subscribe to the war loans.
The British government recently
purchased 600 tons of hny IN Kan
sas CITY which IT viii ship TO some
scene of hostility by way Of New or
leans.
a large Industry in Christnna. Nor
way, has leased its idle land AT cheap
rate 10 It's employees, who will erect
thereon individual suburban homes OF
their own,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

George Dunbar ~ Lcnox, Mass,
says ne has attended every circus
which has been In pittsncld for 20
years.
Letters 70 the number OF 1886 473,
forming 775 693 words 81 1877 verses,
1lSo chapters and 6G books, make up
the Bible.
In the course OF ten years the Greek
government has received 1925, 900
from lotteries.
Mr. Bentley, an American, has photo
graphed 1000 snow crystals and no two
are exactly alike.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ed with anotherNstrap which passed
between the toes, were worn irrespec-
tive of class, except in the presence of
superiors, but the Egyptian commonly
preferred to go barefoot
Adopt Plated Kilt.
"By the time of the Middle Kingdom
ordinary individuals had adopted the
plated kilt, which for time at least
in the Old Kingdom, had been the pc
culiar property of the king; however,
it is doubtful if the people ever wore
it of gold. On Il wooden statuette of
Seostris /, in the Eighth Egyptian
room, this kilt is represented as plated
all around, the two ends curving sym
metrically in front up to the girdle.
The king also wears the red crown
symbolic of lower Egypt, while the
mate to this statuette, which is now in
the Cairo museum, wears the white
crown of Upper Egypt.
"Other statuetteS, in the Sixth
Egyptian room, show what variety of
forms continued, although there was a
tendency toward a narrower, longer
skirt. The triangular projection, SO
fashionable in the first dynasty, be-
came Subdued until it was quite mod
est. The long skirt which has been
described as typical of this time often
had a high waistine. 1t was at this
time that clothing for the upper part
of the body first appeared, and curl
Gus cape was sometimes pinned around
the shoulders. A heavy cloak or shawl,
probably of wool, worn in the Old
Kingdom as an outer garment by both
men and women, now became common.
Changes in the costumes of wom-
en- from the old to the Middle Kingdom
were slight but there We're few in
novations that showed the tendency
toward elaboration. A plain white
tunic was sometimes covered with a
network of brightly colored beads in
diamond pattern with bead fringe at
the bottom. A similar dress, eXcep-
tionally gay in color, dates from the
sixth dynasty. One statuette from
Assiut shows white tunic with wide
border on the bottom representing
birds wings or leaf pattern, the lat
ter more likely, since it is painted in
green
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Wounded Otter Bit Him.

Petersburg, Ind.--IIomcr Hays, aged
eighteen, was hunting frogs with n
small rife along White river, near
the island two miles east of here,
when he saw an otter lying on the
river bank. He shot at ii and the bullet
hit it in the mouth. This so enraged
the animal that 1t jumped at him and
caught one of his hands, preventing
him from shooting n second time. He
finally shook the animal loose, and it
rolled down the river bank into the
water and dived out of sight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
WORTH KNOWING

operated Ike pair of shears, a new
Implement rcvolycs buffer to polish
the fiugernals.
me 25,ooo inhabitants which were
credited to Dawson City. Alaska. dur
ing The height Of the 1898 gold rush,
nave now dwlndled 10 mere 1900.
SHOES with quickly removable soies
ana heels have been invented In
france for ralroad men. so TINT they
chh escape should their feet be caugh.
In tracks
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
CHURCH CUTS OFF WORMS
Closes Fish Bait Field to Stop Sun.
day Angling and Help Attend.
ance at Services.

McGregor, lathe trustees of the
local Methodist Episcopal church, have
taken effective means of inducing sun.
day attendance In posting the follow
Ing notice In the churchyard:
1T cost the Methodist church consd.
cradle to maintain drainage ditch
uro.ld the church in order 10 keep the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Cat Adopts Rabbit.

Marietta, Pa.-Abraham b. Lutz,
who tenants a farm near town, has
an old cat that is rearing rabbit. to-
gether with litter of kittens. While
going to the barn early one morning he
noticed the rabbit and thinking 1t
would die he decided To place il with
the little kittens. The cnt has adopted
1t. and il Is curious sight 10 see the
rabbit with the kittens
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

water from flooding the basement.
Parties are in the habit of digging
earth worms in this ditch. which causes
the water to run into the basement.
This practice must be stopped at once.
BY order of the church BOARD.
Anglers say the trustees know the
churchyard is the only good place 10
dig worms in McGregor and that no
one can so fishing Sundays without
bait.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
CONVERSATIONS

The English language has 81 sounds
Prince George ~ England, who Is
only fourteen years old, Is an expert
with knitting needles.
There are 100000 acres Of land In
Spain devoted to the culture Of olives
Australiu's sheep herd amounts TO
one-aXth Of the worlds total.
South America is producing imita
ton ivory.
One II the newer vacuum bottles can
be taken e.tirely apart for cleansing
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

Chicago has dedicated II new club
house for boys il Larrabee street
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07

One inventor uses charged wires 10
prevent car concerts.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-07
Shows Diversity.

DRESS in ancient Egypt, as In ev
cry civilized country, shows diversity
according to the class or occupation of
the individual and variety dependent
upon the fashion of the day. The king
and his courtiers set the styles, which
ficials until they forced their superiors
to adopt new modes. The fluctuations
of fashion would be difficult to follow,
although there was a steady tendency
to elaboration and luxury; but let us
consider the most distinct changes in
the Old Kingdom, (29S0-2415 b. ca the
Middle Kingdom (2160-17SS b. C.), and
the Empire Q58O-945 b. c., as shown
In our Egyptian galleries.
I'm the tomb of Perneb we have
costumes that are typical of the Old
Kingdom. Humble people were salts
fled with n belt, tied around the waist
with the ends hanging down In front
skirt of linen, fastened loosely
around the loins, or rarely they con
trived a rush mating. Even these, at
times were laid aside, and the men
appeared nude when engaged in siren
uOus exercise. The offering bearers in
the tomb chamber wore the short white
skirt, the most common article of
clothing. 1t was straight piece of white
linen cloth wrapped about their hips
like a kilt, the ends being knotted in
front or being passed under a girdle,
and sticking up above the waistline.
"Men in the Old Kingdom almost in
variahly clipped their hair close and
shaved their faces, although up to the
NTH dynasty they sometimes wore
slight mustaches, but Shepherds occa-
sionally allowed their hair to grow. a
custom generally considered unclean.
The upper classes wore wigs of two
kinds-either short and close-fitting.
with tight little curls I'm horizontal
row, or long and bushy, parted I'm the
middle and falling well over the shoul-
ders. such wigs were probably made
of Sleeps wool, and actual specimens
have been found. When man wished
to assume his full dignity, he attached
false beard of plated hair to his
chin by means of straps. Sandals
when were made OF reeds or leather
with n strap over the instep, connect.
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st. Paul desires to be the site of ~
nitrate plant.
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HIGH WA|STL|NE
WORN IN 25OOB. c.
Dressmakers of Pharaoh's Time
Made Gowns Like Those
of 1916.
BOTH SEXES USED COSMETICS
Expert of the New York Metropolitan
Museum of Art Finds That FASH
ions Changed often in Niles
Highest Civilization.

New York.--The high waistline in
women's clothes, the fashion for the
summer of 1916, was fairly popular in
Egypt about the year $500 Il. c., Il time
when slight mustaches were the rage
among the young men, according to re-
searches made by Miss b. NJ. Car
landt of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. She discovered that cosmetics
We're much used by the women favor
ties of tn, Pharaohs, and also found
that the men were not averse to toning
up their compilations when courts were
held along the Nile of the middle king
doms.
In the monthly Bulletin of the Mu-
scum, Miss Carlandt has described the
clothes of fashionable society of the
Egypt of long ago. Her descriptions
We're taken from exhibits in the mu-
scum. Depicting the costumes of the
Old Kingdom, 29S0-2475 Il. c., she
saws.
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SheathIike Garment.

ne DNtDllOIul SlttlIlllht SuI
ment worn by all women was of plain
unplaited stuff, that hung from the
breast to the ankles, so Scant that it
clung to the figure and clearly showed
the form, fastened by straps over one
or both shoulders or merely held up by
belt. 1t was often pure white, but
sometimes it had narrow selvage
around the top, fringe on the bottom,
and braces that were parti-coored. In
the tomb of Ptahhetep at Sakkara
there is a scene of offering bearers rep
resenting estates, where the dresses
are alternately red and dark green.
These women, according to custom,
were adorned with necklaces, brace
lets and anklets of blue and green
beads.
aside from white, green seems to
have been the color most worn, al
though we do find in reliefs red and
yellow dresses as well. The fashions
for women were simpler and less va
ried than those for men, with slight de-
viations from the conventional attire,
such as short skirt worn at times by
servants. The attire of dancing girls
varied from the regular long costume
to short skirt, or in the later period
to a girdle of brightly colored beads,
Most women wore wigs or dressed
their own hair long. 1t fell to the
shoulders or to the waist in the back
in a large mass, with a side-lock hang
ing on either side of the face. Some
times Il colored ribbon was tied around
the brow like fillet, and often a cir
Clet of real flowers was worn.
1--WE know that cosmetics and ONT
ments were used by both men and
women, and in this connection ii is in
teresting to note statuette in the first
Egyptian room, the eyes of which are
outlined with green band. Green
malachte was used for this, whether
purely for adornment or for medicinal
reasons we do not know, and rouge
and black paint were also employed us
part of the makeup.
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ed with anotherNstrap which passed
between the toes, We're worn irrespec-
tive of class except in the presence of
superiors but the Egyptian commonly
preferred to go barefoot.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-02-18
BY FRANCES E LANYoN
tCoDylght, 1915. By ". 9. chaDman.l


Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)
Norman Bliss had come to River
dale with a happy, hopeful heart. He
left It gloomy, disappointed and dis
oouraged. Ringing In his ears were
words 1t seemed he never would for
get:
81 would not marry this country
lout, II he we're the last man in the
world"
And Viola Tascott had spoken that
fatal sentence - peerless, beautiful
Viola. whom he had come to Riverdale
10 see, to WOO, to wed, II she would
but say the word.
And now, driving his farm team
back to his lonely, lowly prairie home,
the brave stalwart young fellow
finched as he thought over the vivid
heart history of the past week.
He had lived in Plainield, fifty miles
across country from Riverdale, where
his father died. At the former town
Viola had come to visit a cousin, and
he had met her. They we're quite COM
panionable, when old Mr.. Bliss died
suddenly. The family home and some
other property had been owned by
Mr.. Bliss and, Of course, Norman
would inherit It. When the estate
came to be settled up, however, one
James Monks, a lawyer, seized the
same under q mortgage.
Norman was amazed. Time and
again he remembered his father had
told him that the old mortgage on the
property had all been paid up. The
records, however, did not show any
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-02-18

Dimly He Made Out a ShadoWy Mass.
release deed. Monks foreclosed on
the old trust deed and seized the prop
srty.
On the bleak Dakota prairie, half
way between the two towns, Mr.. Bliss
owned a small farm. This was not IN
oluded in the mortgage, and was In
hrdted by Norman, free Of incum-
brance. 1t was a solitary, desolate
spot but his only possession. With
manly spirit and a hopeful heart, he
took up his abode in the little one
story house, and started in to get a
profit out Of the land.
II proved to be a phenomenal sea-
son for wheat. and he was proud and
joyful when he had disposed Of the
crop and figured up his gains. That
winter Viola was again at Plainfield,
Visiting her relatives. Norman brought
his only live stock, his sturdy farm
team, to Plainfield, stabbed It at q
livery and remained a month in the
town.
During those blissful iour weeks he
was almost a constant companion Of
Viola. Not a word of love passed be-
tween them. but he had every reason
TO believe that Viola took something
more than a friendly interest In him
self and his fortunes. When he had
hidden her good-by, her brother invited
him to their house in RiVerdRle In the
early spring. and there was a positive
echo Of the invitation in the express
siVe eyes OF his pretty sister.
So, ell through the rest Of the win
ter. Norman lived on the encourage
ment all this presaged. He hired a
man to run the farm early in May, and
went to Riverdale, as said, with a
happy, hopeful heart.
Young Tascott acted like a true
friend, and Viola welcomed him with
apparent pleasure. Norman secured
a room at the village hotel. Every
afternoon there was tennis, or a pic
mic or some society function at the
rascott home, where Norman was re-
ceiyed as an honored guest. Viola
he'd her girl cousins visiting her and
they we're a sociable, Jolly group.
Then that unfortunate afternoon
Norman was passing the open win
dow Of a room in which Viola and
some Of her. friends we're mthered.
~ nearu mis- name spoken before NJ
reached the window. He heard. as he
passed Il, those fatofui words;
7 would not marry that country
lrut. II he were the last man In the
wpridiT
What inference could he divine ox-
csps the one that he had been undor
discussion, and that Viola had spoken
her mind. Stunned. crushed, humili-
ated, he haatened to the hotel. With
IN an hour he was Seeing from River.
dale as though II held a pe~stilence,
He left no particular word for Viola
or for her brother.