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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
TOO SEVERE A PUNISHMENT
Tramp Objected to So Long Sojourn
in a Town That Shall Re,
main Nameless.

A certain town-not the one you livea
in, dear reader, but it's nearest andlI
dearest rival-was noted for being
dead slow. There was no amusement
in the place, not even so much as a
moving-picture show, and everybody
want to bed at nine o'clock every night
because there was no other place tc
go.
One day tramp was caught beg
ging in the streets of this town and
was promptly arrested and arraigned
before the justice of the peace.
After hearing the evidence the mag
istrate put on his sternest look and
said: 1T appears from the testimony
presented here that you are a vagrant
without visible means of support In
order that you may not become q
charge upon the taxpayers of re
spectacle community | sentence you to
leave this town in three hours"
"Aw Judge" pleaded the tramp,
with look of abject terror on his
face, have heart, won't yer? |
didn't do nuthin' but ask a guy fer a
nickel. Please don't make me stay in
dis burg all dat time. Make it three
minutes, Judge, can't yer?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
CHAPTER Iv-continued.

Towards the end of the voyage AIix
faced, wide-eyed. the revelation that
the stakes OF the game she and Alan
had played were body and soul.
"AIan.r she said one night with droop-
ing head. 1--WE had enough. I don't
want to play any more. | want TO
quit" She lifted tear-filled eyes to
him. The foil OF artiflciality had been
knocked from her hand. She was all
woman and defenseless.
Alan felt a trembling In all his
limbs. Il want to quit, too, Alix." he
said in his low vibrating voice. "bnt
I'm afraid we can't. You see, I'm
beaten, too. While was just In love
with your body we were safe enough,
but now I'm in love with you. It's
the kind OF love man can pray for
in vain. No head In II; nothing but
heart Honor and dishonor become
mere names Nothing matters to me
but you"
Tears crawled slowly down Allx'
cheeks. she stood with her elbows
on the rail- and faced the ocean SO no
one might see. Her hands were locked.
In her mind her own thoughts were
running. Somehow she could under
stand Alan without listening. IL only
Gerry had done this thing TO her she
was thinking, the pitlless wracking
misery would have been JOY at white
heat She was unmasked at last--but
Gerry had not unmasked her. Not
once since the day Of their engage
ment had Gerry unmasked himself.
Alan was standing with his side to
the rail. his eyes leaving her face only
TO keep track of the promenaders so
that no ofiicious friend should take her
by surprise. He went on talking. Our
judgment is calling to us to quit but
1t Is calling from days ago." he said.
1--WE wouldn't listen then and It's only
the echo we hear now. We can try
to quit il you like. but when | am
alone shall call for you, aud when
you are alone you will call for me.
We viii always be alone except when
we are near each other. We can't
break the tension, AK. II will break
MS in the end"
The slow tears were still crawling
down AK cheeks. In all her life
she had never suffered so before. She
felt that each tear paid the price OF all
her Ievity.
-Alan," she said with quick glance
at him, did you know when we began
that II was going to be like thisg''
"No." he answered have trifled
with many women and was ready to
tribe with you. No one had ever driy-
EN- you and l wanted to drive you,
thought l had divorced passion and
love. | thought perhaps you had too.
But love is here am not driving
you. We are being driven"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

Gerry BIT his lips and turned from
her ~And Alan, of ali men," he went
on At the words the current Of her
thoughts was changed She found her
self suddenly on the defensive. DO
you think you are the first woman he
has played with and betrayed?" Ger
rvs lip was curved to sneer. "a
himself with furnished regulations"
A dull glow came into Alix' cheeks.
"PhiIanderers are Of many breeds"
she said. There are those who have
the wit to philander with woman and
those who can only rise to whisky or
a golf club. Whatever else Alan may
be he Is not a time-server."
Once aroused Alix had taken up the
gauntlet with no uncertain hand Her
first words carried the war into the
enemy's camp and they were barbed.
what do you mean?s said Gerry
duly. He had not anticipated de-
tense.
Il mean what you have deduced
with an effort. What are you but a
phiIanderer in little things where Alan
is in great? What have you ever done
TO hold me or any other woman? | re-
spected you once for what you were
going to be. That has died Did you
think / was going to make you into a
man?"
Gerry stood. breathing hard. great
II In Ia haa NJ
on pitilessly. What have you be-
come? A monumental time-server on
the world and you are surprised that a
worker reaches the prize that you can
not attaini The trouble with you is
that you have built your life altogether
on traditions. 1t is tradition that
your women are faithful. so you need
not exert yourself to holding yours
1t is tradition that you can do nc
wrong, so you need not exert yourself
to doing anything at all! You are play
ing with ghosts, Gerry. Your party
was over a generation ago"
1 AK had Gained down. There was
still time for Gerry to choke her tC
good effect. The hour could yet bt
his. But he did not know it, Smart
ing under the lash of 'Alix' tongue ht
made final and disastrous false step
you try to humiliate me by plac
ing me back to back with Alan?" HI
said, with his newborn sneer. Alb
appraised 1t with calm eyes and founC
1t rather attractive. "WeIl, let m,
tell you that Alan is so small maj
that If / dropped out of the world to
day, he'd sail for Africa tomorrow anC
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
HApfEPN
clfI

Alix and Alan were In the grip OF a
fever that is hard to break save
through safety and ruin. They We're
still held apart by generations of sound
tradition but against this bulwark the
full food Of modern life as they lived
II was directed.
1t was only year ago that the table
talk one night had turned ON what was
society's religion and Alan had said,
Society has no religion nowadays;
II has given up religion for corrosive
philosophy Of nonethics.- He had seen
clearly then but not clearly enough to
save himself. He had played with the
corrosive philosophy until he had d.
Forced flesh from the soul and now it
was playing with him. He found him
self poweriess in the grip Of his desire
for AAx.
With her, things had not gone 90 far.
From the security Of the untempted
she had watched her chosen world play
with fire and only now when tempta-
ton assailed her. did she realize the
weakness that lies in every woman
once her outposss have fallen and her
bare heart becomes engaged in the bat
tie. Not EaAny days had passed after
their return when AIan's constant at
tendance upon GerTy's wife became
the absorbing center Of interest to their
part Of town life. People said little
enough. Their eyes were too wide
epen watching the headlong rush To-
wards catastrophe.
One early morning Nance sent Tor
Alan He found her alone. She had
been crying. He came to her where
she gfood By the Gre and she turned
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

lydia p. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
no1nd would cure it. 1t helped both
the Change of Life and the tumor and
when got home ! did not need me aoc. %
/ took the Pinkham remedies untll tns
tumor was gone, the doctor said, and !
have not felt it since. tell every one
how / was cured. If this letter VIII
help others you are welcome 70 use IT.
Mrs. E. H. BEAN, 525 Joseph Avenue
Nashville, Tenn.
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. a pure remedy containing the
extractive properties of good old FASH
toned roots and herbs, meets the needs
ofwoman's system at this critical period
of her life. Try it.
If there is any symptom in your
case which puzzles you, write TO
the Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

Between the hour of writing her
note to Alan and the moment when
she stepped on the train Alix had had
no time to think. She was still driven
by the impulse of anger that Gerry's
words had aroused. She did not reflect
that the wound was only to her pride.
Alan held open the door of the draw
ing room. She passed in and he closed
it. Alix threw back her veil and
looked at him. With a quick stride for
ward he caught her to him and kissed
her mouth until she gasped for breath.
With a fash she remembered his own
words, If ever kiss you 1 shall bring
your soul out between your lips" To
Alix' amazement she did not feel an
answering fire. The kiss had brought
her soul out between her lips. Her
soul stood naked before her and ones
naked soul is an ugly thing. The kiss
disrobed her, too, and from that last
bourne of shame Alix suddenly re-
volted.
Gasping, she pushed Alan from her,
Their eyes met. His were burning,
hers were frightened. She moved slow
ly backward to the door and with her
hand behind her opened the latch.
Alan did not move. He knew that if
he could not hold her with his eyes he
could not hold her at all. The train
started. Alix passed through the door
and rushed to the platform. The por-
ter was about to drop the trap on the
steps. Alix slipped by him. With all
her force she pushed open the door
and jumped. The train was moving
very slowly but Alix reeled and would
have fallen had it not been for pass
ing baggageman. He caught her and,
still in his arms, Alix looked back.
Alan's white face was at the window.
He looked steadily at her.
aye almost wint with him, MISS
said the baggageman, with a full
brogue and twinkling eye.
How did you know?" said Alix,
dazed.
At the strange question the baggage
mans longer upper lip drew down to
gravity. "Where dye think | was
whln ye stipt Off the thrain into me
/ armsY' he asked sOlemnly.
CTo BE coNTINUED.)
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
CHAPTER
4AAA@saE

Gerry stood in the hall outside Alix'
room for a moment hoping to hear a
sob, cry. anything for an excuse to
90 back. Instead he heard the scratch
Of a pen but he was too troubled to
deduce anything from that. He went
slowly down the stairs and out into
the street. The biting winter air
braeed him. He started to walk rapid
". At the end Of IN hour he found
himself standing on a deserted pier.
lie took of his hat and let the wind
cool his head. Il have made a woman
ery-Alixv He turned and walked
slowly back TO the avenue and into his
club but ne still felt uneasy. A waiter
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

Alan and when he did he would break
him. The scorn he had expressed to
Alix for Alan and Alan's nature was
without understanding but it was gen.
uine He knew there were such men
and he ascribed all their acts to a de-
basement beyond regeneration and
none to temperament. From moral
laxity there was no appeal beyond the
sin itself.
The landfall of Pernambuco awoke
him from reveries and introspection.
He did not look upon this palm-strewn
coast as land of new beginnings-he
sought merely Lethean shore.
The ship crawled in from an oily
sea to the long strip of harbor behind
the reef. Above, the sun blazed from
a bowl of unbroken blue; on land,
the multicoiored houses spread like a
rainbow under a dark cloud of brown
tiled roofs. Giant plane trees cast blots
of shade on the cobbled esplanade
of the boat quay. In their shelter a
negress squatted behind her basin of
CONSCIOUS and another before a tray
of fried fish. Around them lounged
ragged crew, boatmen, steyedores
and riffraff, black, brown and white.
Beyond the trees was a line of high
succeed houses, each painted a diff
ferent color, all weather-stained, and
some with rusted balconies that threat.
ened to topple on to the passer-by
One bore the legend. Hotel d'Europe
There Gerry installed himself.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

they were different; they followed q
turbaned Asiatic, strayed to an I'M
friendly shore, with jeers; an astounu.
ed Briton. fauItlessly dressed, Iounu
his spats the sensation of a street
Each of these incidents Gerry had Wit
messed with amusement and dismissed
without a thought. Now they became
so many weather-yanes all pointing
the same way. How was it Alan had
summed up the history of American
Men, machinery, machines
With the thought Of Alan his bro"
puckered. Here he felt no impulse 70
indulgence. Some day he would meet
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

treatment, and Will
say that | have been in good health
since and able to do considerable
work at the advanced age of seventy
two. am glad you induced me to
continue their use at the time, as |
am cured.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine ~
Bunalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab.
lets for indigestion have been proved.
SOC per box.-Ady.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
ornithoIoalst.s Rirdhonsa

Harris M. Benedict, the protector Of
Wild birds, has recently patented q
oirdhouse made of fire clay fashioned
into pitcher shape with the surface
made to simulate bark. 1t has a lid
that oyerhangs the entrance and pre.
vents it from being flooded in 4 storm
and through this the bird lover NAV
watch the progress of his tiny
charges.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

NOR as larBo %
|child's head. The
doctor said it was
three years coming
and gave me medi-
cine for it until /
WAS called away
from the city for
3 0 m g ii m e. OF
course / could not
lgo to him then, SO
my sister-in-l law told
hme that she thought
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
cQpYRI0HT 81 Z2zZ' Cx5t7ZzgY CO


Alan Wayne Is sent away from Red Hill.
his home, by his uncle, j. r. as a moral
failure. Glen runs after him in a tangle
OF short skirts 10 bid him good-by. Cap
tain Wayne tells Alan OF the falling OF the
birthday Judge Henley buys picture for
Aiix Lansing. The judge defends Alan In
his business with his employers. Alan and
Allx meet at sea, homeward bound, and
start Irritation which becomes serious.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

Dodd's Kidney Pills.
1t is now three
years since l fin
ished taking these
Pills and | have had
no trouble with my
kidneys since. L
was pretty bad for
ten or twelve years
prior to taking your
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
AN APPREcIATIvE LETTER.

Mr.. NJ. A. Page, osceola, Wis, I'M
der date of Feb. 16, 1916, writes:
Some years ago l was troubled with
my kidneys and was advised to try
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31
HOW MRS. BEAN
met The CRISIS
Carried Safely Through Change
Of Life by Lydia r. rmknam
Vegetable Compound.

Nashville, Tenn.-"when was going
.hrongh the Change Of Life ] had 2 tu-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-31

All He Wanted and More.
DID you ever have all yer wanted
of anything?" ~
Yes; two things-advice and wa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-12-06
NOTED SCULPTOR
COLLEGE VISITOR
David Edstrom, Swedish Ceietrf,,
hho is Guest Of Davenport Rel
atiFes, Calls at Augustana.

David Edstrom Swedish srufr+ar
q note. visited at Aueustans coTraoa
today BE is the guest or Davenport
relatives and while in this vicinity
stitution
A7 Ldsirom was born at Ottumwa
lo"a ana while still young man dis
Played SO much talent that he was sent
~ sweden 10 study and there his WORK
mas attracted the attention OF the king
rom whom he received several com
missions.
DF 6 a. Andreen. president or
Aagustana college. has returned home
ron an extensive trip in the interests
% the school he visited at Grand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-12-06

Women nowadays remove the hair from
ger Inderarms not only 70 meet the
alcts es Of fashion. but for the cleanliness
and eofpforr Of IT, Those who shrink frors
Sae use or razor will find the n1oat agree
&htS way 70 remove hair from the face
tlp meek, Or arms. IS with Fl RaFo
rs f-4ao g a sanitary liquid tha orartf-sfrg
Ns~es ne 1afF OF IN a few moments Nv -
80 ing T. Easily spplted WITH piece u ! 4
t2fhef.t cotton u - not ensrser Ias~r hait
Fr'@tn and Is absolutely arn1iesa Mo-~v.
nae 81 %. -
For sale in this city at T. s Nc
eabe & Co.. and the Riess Drug stora
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-12-06
Put Mother. Not
Baby, on Bottle

You never heard r
before. Me all know Mothers u.l-
Is best fer baby Eat what .a a..e
inc mother o. enable her 10 supply
p~1y with sufficient auarre ~
H2145r-i5hing milk Is the problem
we have found 10 hundreds &c
cases HAT HEAfO 3 a n1a-. aaene
mat VIII increase abe uiff- supply
ana at the same time enable ma.
y get much needed strength. #.l
700, d IS So appetizius and del.e.re5
that Il is welcomed II q time Ha-a
most foods arc not.
Aiakes delicious food drink by
simply adding water.
suggest thar you try a 53c
package with our guarantee d
satisfaction.
a J. Riess. Druggist. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-12-06


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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-06
What Charleston Learned
[ Kansas City Timesl

-
The brewers are flooding the malls
with circulars to voters in Kansas City
warning them that prohibition will in
crease taxes. One way to Judge
whether it will or not Is by looking
at the experience of other cities.
Charleston, 8. c., used to receive
$4,000 license revenue from fifty
three saloons. 1t closed them July 1,
1914, and has been dry ever since
Mayor G.. e. Bruce of that city writes:
Now, as to the financial condition.
The city has forged ahead and has
built In the last two years forty miles
of streets and kept pace with all i'm
provements, kept the streets clean and
the city in good. sanitary condition.
This was done without increasing the
taxes, but instead we have been able
to reduce the levy from seventy-nine
cents to flfty-fve cents for the run
ming expenses of the city, or in other
words, we have reduced the levy
twenty-four cents and have emple
cash on hand to pay all obligations
This comes about by a large reduce
ton in the police department, n large
reduction in the court expenses and
large reduction in the poor fund
These reductions greatly exceed the
S63,O0O we received from the fifty
three saloons in the city. Real estate
Is much more valuable and the clos
ing of the saloon has Increased the
merchandise and food consumption"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-06
Missed a Hit
To the Editor of the Teieerabh:


The other night attended my sec
ond banquet, my first when I was a
young man, and this given in the
dining room of the Grace Methodist
episcopal Church, by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Davis to the members and
their husbands of the Ladies' Aid So
cfety; my second. as a three times
over young man--and like some
otners' ., had nothing to say ''and said
One of the speakers in his very in
teresting speech compared the manner
or eating In ye olden times with the
present. He said they used to serve
the food mixed in large common bowls
with individual spoons for each and
.hat each group would help them
selves by dipping their spoons into the
nearest bowl and eating therefrom,
while to-day each person is served
with individual plates in courses, II
reminded me of the story of the seven
Dervishes which I read a long time
ago and never told and really seemed
to have forgotten-and which felt
me that I can't tell a story, I re-
strained myself. 1t Is something like
TINS: The seven Dervishes had ac-
qulred quite reputation for their
eIeverness in overcoming difficulties.
Their king having heard SO much
ooou' 'heh concluoeQ tnat ne had q
test performance in which. il they
failed, he would mete out some severe
punishment to them. He then bade
them be seated around a table upon
which he had placed q large bowl of
soup and long-handled spoon for
each Dervish. the handles being so
long that IL taken hold of by the end
1t would be impossible for a person to
convey the soup from the bowl to his
mouth. He then commanded them to
take hold the spoons at the handle
ends and help themselves. and to his
establishment and satisfaction they in
stantly did so. and. dipping them into
the soup. Legan feeding each other. I
might then have said that the ladies
were helping others and asked the
Lord to bless the hosts and the ladies'
Of the society in their endeavors. Did
I miss a hit?
ONE OF THE BANOJJETERs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-06
Will Not Be Quiet
| IndianaDolis Star

liHuidndpOllS star.
Women who have had the right TO
vote in Western State lose that privi-
iege when they move East. They do
not like the sensation of being dis
franchised and 1t is happening in q
good many places. especially in New
England, that they are asking to be
registered. They base their demands
on article Ia section / of the Consti
tuition, which reads: mo State shall
make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities
of citizens of the United States"
or course, no registration officer
permits them to register. He turns
them away rudely or civilly or with
alarm, according to his upbringing
and his private sentiments. But It
looks as IL woman who has
voted In one State of the Union has es-
tablished herself as citizen of the
United States and that logically the
section of the Constitution quoted
might apply to her case.
1t seems probable that the demands
for registration are guilefully intro
duced as a preliminary to legal pro-
ceedings to test their rights and that
we shall presently hear of more than
one such suit
tt is quite certain that women thus
disfranchised are not likely to rest
contented under this disability and as
their number increases the troubles
of opposing powers will multiply,