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contrary Notwithstanding, n woman,
experienced or otherwise. cannot al
ways tell If man is in love with her.
you see." she added meaningly.
there are so many male flirts these
days!"
AT the time we thought the subject
should have been gone into more fully,
for then no doubt said sister would
have discoursed Interestingly upon the
phenomenon of how bashfulness in a
man is an effective screen to the fem
inine eye seeking to know whether
or not she Is beloved Of him. Perhaps
it isn't generally effective in that way,
but it certainly was in the case of
Philip Martin, for Marguerite could
have obtained quite as satisfactory an
answer from the petals of a daisy as
from any act or word or tone or ges-
ture of that bashful, oh, very BASH
full, man.
Marguerite, however, did not conflde;
at least not in Alec. Instead, she let
him ramble on through the whole mis-
cradle narrative--let him repeat GER
tain parts Of it. amplified, intensified
and in greater detail-and then she
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deavor to bring her to reason.
But right then and there, to her
MANAGEMENT, that six feet of doubled up
manhood rose on It's hind legs and
beloved No! Indeed no! That
would be the last thing he desired
He knew when he had been turned
down and, right or wrong. he didn't
propose to-to-er-a well, lick the
hand that struck him Though. he
would have kissed 1t instanter had the
opportunity presented itself.
No!-no!-there was no use to ar
que with him; he appreciated her kind
offer and-and he hoped such thing
would never come into her life but
well, 1t was done and over with and
that was all there was to it, sohelphim
bob! Whereupon, he seized his hat
and coat and rushed from the house
to enjoy his misery alone.
Now Marguerite Emmons was n born
friend" Dan Cupid himself Nigh.
have employed her profitaby as his
first lieutenant. She hesitated con-
corning her own affairs. but those OF
her friends she felt confident she could
Elk" So presently she recalled the
! fact that April Fools Day was but a
week off; and much in the way OF
arranging q dance may be done in
even that short space Of time, includ-
ing even the definite assurance that
the two people for whom it is really
given will be present.
In two days, in fact, margarine had
her plans perfected. OF course Philir
would come-he was too bashful to re.
fuse over the phone even had he no.
been overjoyed that she had invited
him. And once Alec was assured thai
Alice would not be present he, too, ac.
copied with alacrity.
AS for Alice, she looked her frient
squarely in the eye and said, IT hope
my dear. you will not imagine that
want that hateful Alexander White
there-what he does Is not of the leas
interest to me-"
And Marguerite, a great weight lifted
from her shoulders, straightway as
sured her that she understood per.
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gees, TOO, fed into Albania and many
Of them are said to be in a starving
condition. Tho Albanian has been
forced into the war. and at present 1t
seems that by the time the conflict
ends his country as an Independent
State will be wiped off the map. Du-
razzo, their capital. is already in the
hands of the Austrians.
Every Man u Soldier.
Every man Is soldier, for every
man carries 4 dagger and sometimes
gun, and nc will kill man who
differs with him without so much as
an argument. and added to this he
feels that everything belonging to the
man he has killed Is now his prop
erty, and woe be to the man who re-
sists him In what ne considers his
rightful inheritance. There are no
"snipers" in Albania. and when these
men kill invaders they do it In the
open. They also have a fierce sort of
chivalry--that Is, they will not harm
woman. They refuse to modest her
| because they think she Is weak-con-
seouently, a woman can travel in the
most remote regions OF the country
without being harmed.
Albania Is made up of part OF
ancient Illyria and all of ancient
Epirus, and comprises about eleven
thousand square miles. The plateau
of Jania, which constituted the an
cient Hellopia, is entirely surrounded
by mountains and has a large lake In
its center-a weird looking body Of
wafer of q dark emerald shade. Two
antiouated forts stand close by the
City of Jania--a town or some twen-
tv-fve thousand people, 1t was there
that Ali Pasha was boseiged and later
assassinated. So-called roads radiate
from Jania In every direction-a fact
which makes the occupation OF this
CITY indispensable to the nation that
would master ancient Albania.
The population. which consists or
neorlv one million souls, Is made up or
n mixture of races-Italians, Greeks
Slavs. Bulgars and few descendants
of the real Albanians. They have
neither political. nor religious, nor So
cial cohesion. Their religion Is the
Greek Church. Mohamm edanism and
Roman Catholic. The latter live In
ono section of the country and are
practically Independent as they pay
no tribute, nor do they allow an Otto
man TO 1.-Two upon their land. They
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tional Commission. They drew AL
bahia on the map and shut the AL
banians up into the narrow mountains,
allowing them a small strip OF sea-
board
After several scions of the royal
families Of Europe had refused the
honor of becoming the ruler OF the
new kingdom, Prince william Henry
of WED, a nephew OF the Dowager
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, &C.
cepted the position. He knew little of
the people he was to rule, and the his
tory of his reign would have been
akin to comic opera had 1t not been
for the constant danger of assassina-
ton which threatened the Imported
king" Prince William did his best to
conciliate all factions, but he neither
liked nor understood the people, and
his task proved hopeless. Shortly after
tho outbreak OF the present war Prince
William fed to Austria. Essad Pasha
became the claimant to the throne and
is known as the President.
Little Law.
There Is very little law and order
in the country and brigandage runs
riot Tor the ptopic stiii continue TO
live up to the character given to their
ancestors by Gibbon who called them
"a vagrant tribe of shepherds and
robbers" They love independence
they love war and have a revengefuI
spirit merging into ferocity. They
mako wild. plundering soldiers. and
will serve for tho highest bidder, We,
they are heroic in the defense Of their
tribes and their homes. From the
earliest times they have been fighter.
and proved themselves intrepid war.
riors in the armies of Alexander and
Diocletian. While serving in the pa,
of the Italian states. chiefly of Venice
they become famous for both theil
bravery and their cruelty. A few
months ago their land was overrur
with Serbian soldiers who fed befor,
the Germans and their allies. Gradu
ally these soldiers were moved t.
Corfu. Thousands Of Serbian refu
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fectly how she felt about it. Which
statement, please note, was literally
true.
In but one respect did Marguerite
plan unwisely; and yet, as you shall
presently see, things would not have
turned out as they did had she not
made that mistake. But less than ten
minutes after she had mailed her in
vitation to Arthur Graves, she realized
with a gasp that she should not have
asked him.
Not that there was anything wrong
with art" for there wasn't; and. you
know, a villain is not villain from
his own point of view. There. now. the
cat is out of the bag; so be prepared
to see said A. Graves act altogether
/ villainously.
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The supersensltive Marguerite was
horror-stricken. How could she have
forgotten? Why, only year ago Mr..
Graves had been most attentive to AL
Ice and had accepted his congo only
after Alice herself had informed him
of her engagement to Alec.
And even then he had left vowing
that he would love her always, and
always wait for his opportunity to
make her his own-no matter if she
were a grandmother when 1t came
Hence Margarite's fears that Mr..
Graves might prove n disturbing ele-
ment in the reconciliation she had SO
carefully planned.
Well, as they used to say in old
time days the long-eXpected and mo-
mentous evening arrived. And with II
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will serve in the army II we'll paid.
The Albanian Greeks live in another
section. while the Albanians who fol-
low the teachings of Mohammed oc-
cupy the central portion of the coun-
try. Each sect or tribe practically
governs itself and the patriotism of
tho country exists for the tribes rather
than for the entire country. The AL
bantam has no art. no literature, no
national politics, no Albanian cause,
and really no individuality except that
he has a peculiar sense of honor which
could hardly be called by that name
from an American point Of view.
Fcuds.
Every valley has its own Bey. and
most OF these valleys are in condi-
ton Of war against one another.
There seems to be a perpetual feud
going on all the time-feuds very like
those held so sacred by the mountain
GERS of Kentucky and West Virginia,
These Albanian feuds began centuries
ago, and judging from the savage and
determined way they are carried on
there Is little wonder that there arc
from ten to a dozen murders every
week in the city of Elbasan, an AL
bantam town of some twenty thousand
Inhabitants. These street fights, which
usually end in murder. cause no
moro excitement than would n run
away horse in an American city. When
an Albanian kills his enemy he must
| fee to the mountains because II Is
the duty OF the nearest kin Of the dead
man to sally forth with his gun and
stalk the murderer until he kills him
or gets killed himself. which is often
the case. Then the family of the dead
man wage war on the family OF the
man who shot first, and the vendetta
| lasts for years. So numerous are these
feuds that II is said more Albanians
die from difference of opinion than
from disease. Like hillmen all over
the world, they are more defiant thar
those who live on the plains.
Conditions are not unlike those
which existed In Scotland during the
sixteenth century when the clans were
in constant feud with each other
There are other traits in the Albanian
character not unlike that OF the
Scotchman. There is a similarity In
their dress, for the Albanian wears q
sort of petticoat somewhat like the kill
of the Scotch Highlander. Theil
music. too, Is very similar to that Of
the people of the Scotch hills. for Il
one listens to the Albanian playing or
the national instrument Of his land he
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the guests in general, the two foolish
lovers, the bashful man and-the viii
lain. And, you may be sure, the mis-
tress of ceremonies Cloth hospitable
and sentimentaD felt glorious Jingle
of excitement and of determination to
make her dance a double barrelled
success.
Alice saw Alec as she was descend
ing the stairs-and straightway went
back for more powder for her nose.
Then, in a while, sure of herself. she
descended majestically and swept by
him as one who walks among aspho-
dels with vision fixed upon nothing
less lofty than the Milky Way. And
Alexander? Why, Alec. just stood and
glowered and swallowed hard and
muttercd things between his teeth.
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"LEXANDER WHITE was a mis-
cradle man. Needless to state,
he was in love. But there are
y various degrees of being in
ve--and, hence, of being miserable.
nd Alec was quite certain that his
as the most miserable, the most
bpeless, the most terrible of them all.
To love maid and to know not
neither that love Is reciprocated is to
miserable; but with a certain tinge
happiness and hope that make II
BIT altogether unpleasant.
To love n maid and to know that
he's affection Is not returned is to
espair-and then, perhaps, to bound
p again into moro joyous misery
hen the next pretty face comes
long.
But-and this was Alec's big BUT
love maid, to be loved by her, even
be engaged to her. and then to have
silly old quarrel over nothing, alb
blutely nothing, come along and up
pit everything-that,t to Alec's way of
blinking, was the very depths Of de-
pair.
Furthermore, there seemed no pos
bility Of bound up" for him since
was certain another pretty face
Fas utterly beyond the realms of pos
lbility either now or ever, and Alice
erself had stated in no uncertain
erms that this was indeed 1.-The end
So. being in such lugubrious
Fame of mind and. being also Of the
hale persuasion, he sought consola-
on. feminine gender, but not of the
other woman" type which proven
tally seems to be "stickng around" to
atch Just such hearts as his on the
ebound.
He sought out his adored's best
friend. There Is always one-heavens
vhat a world it would be without
hem? And always they are willing to
end a patient and sympathetic ear
the swan-song of full six-feet OF
manhood slumped down in a chair
With It's chin resting on It's wishbone
Always, too. said six-feet seems to find
are consolation in such perform
nee.
And for a full two hours now Alex
nder White had been imposing such
ashton upon Marguerite Emmons. who
ven wiped away n tear or two and
ighed furiously once or twice to show
hat she understood" Not that she
vas insincere. for she was not. Bu
had really grieved her when Alice
AN Norman had "broken" with Alec
Then, too, Marguerite was quite in the
mood for such a Sitting" since she
likewise was miserable.
OF course, why of course she was ir
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will recognize strain akin to thu
sound Of bagpipe.
CnDlcaSant Customs,

SOUND OF DaSplpe.
Unpleasant Customs.
The towns. except Durazzo, are
without sanitation of the simplest
kind and most of the scavenging OF
the streets is done by dogs. At Ell
basan it is performed by ducks which
wallow about in the dirty mud pud-
dies of the streets. Hotel comfort.
such as clean bedding and clean water
arc unknown. The country has no
manufactures except the silk weaving
industry at Elbasan. In the cities the
mon squat about the streets and talk
Of the demons which inhabit the
mountains for the Albanians are, per-
haps. the most ignorant and supersti'
tious set of human beings in the
world. They are suspicious OF for
eigners and have Arm conviction
that the nation who would be friendly
with them is after their land-the
poorest in Europe where agriculture
is concerned. Perhaps their greatest
field industry is the rearing Of silk
worms on mulberry trees for weaving
of the silks at Elbasan. Very little OF
this silk finds its way to the markets
of the Continent as the trade with the
outer world Is small and uncertain.
The men are we'll built and have
savage appearance. They are not
fond OF work and where tho ground
can be titled they cultivate only for
their immediate needs. There Is prac-
tically no export and commerce with
other countries is not encouraged. al
though If a foreigner should chance
to mako purchase in that country
he is sure to pay more than the native
would be charged and the shop-keep-
ers will tell all sorts of wild stories In
order to secure the foreigners money
| However, If the native promises &c
perform a service you may rely upon
his carrying 1t out. The Albanian
loves to swagger about In his gold
braided Jacket and his spotless petit
coat. His shoes are OF red leather
and frequently have a puff-ball on
each toe. A brace of revolvers is al
ways carried, especially in the even
ing. In the rural districts the fami-
lies live to themselves frequently miles
from each other for these people OF
the hills love the solitude of the
mountains. Even when filling the
soil the Albanian goes armed and as
he drives his oxen through the field
he keeps u sharp lookout for some
feudist who may be waiting his
chance.
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An Intimate Sketch
of This Balkan Pawn
Which Has Been
|Drawn toEurobe's
Conflict.
Copyright. 1916. by The International
Syndicate.

Copyright. 1916. by The International
Syndicate.
"LBANIA Is one Of those unfor-
tunate countries in the Balkan
peninsula which has been used
by the great powers of Europe
to preserve the balance among the
warning nations of that troublous sec
ton of the world. The Adriatic Sea
skirts the western boundary for many
miles and the possession of her sea-
port towns would confer upon her
Jealous neighbors great advantages in
commerce and trade. Her coast line
has, therefore. been the envy of all the
Balkan States, and all of them in the
peace adjustments which followed
their numerous outbreaks against each
other have tried to land Albania as
part of the spoils of war. But the
powers have always interviewed to pre-
vent this, so Albania has enjoyed to q
larger degree than any other state
of independence during the last two
centuries, but the present conflagra-
ton has destroyed the unity of action
on the part of the powers. and it is
difficult to foretell what the future OF
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A team Of mules belonging to
Jos. Duffek were badly cut up in
a runaway Monday near the rail-
road station. Richard Cacek had
loeen doing some discing on the
@ rounds of the public school and
in driving down the steep embank
me Mt in crossing the tracks with
wit hout a tong, the discs bumped
the .u1ules which created the havoc
aforementioned. One of the
mules is badly cut up on the hind
legs and almost bled to death.
The following officers were e.
Iected at the town election held
Tuesday: Geo. Trunec, trustee
first ward; }. A. Wagner, trustee
second ward; j. f. Hostel, third
ward; j. G. Vaith, clerk; Robt.
Vauk, town treasurer V. j. Noll,
assessor; L. Koletzky and Homer
Beeman, Justices of the Peace
There was total of 100 votes cast
on the liquor question:, 80 OF
which were wet, 8 dry and 2 bal,
lots spoiled.
The persistent opposition to L.
Brnndeis for Judge of the supreme
court comes from the trusts and
the interests. In fact he IS the
first man eve elevated to that pc
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Vaclav Hadky, an old and re-
spected pioneer of this place died
of pneumonia at the home of his
son Joseph on the old hom 3stead q,
after an illness of IA days, We'd
nesday night at 10 a'clock. The
remains were Inferred in the Niko-
dym cemetery Sunday afternoon
in the presence of u large number
of relatives and friends. The flu
neral rites were performed by Vac
Law Stibral with the assistance of
the choir from Utica. The de-
ceased was born in Bohemia and
was at the time of his death Is
years, II months and 8 days of
age. In the year 1875 he left his
native land with his family and
came to Ely, liz. Several months
later he filed on the land now Oc-
cupied by his son Joseph, which
had been reIinquished The de-
ceased lost his wife four years ago
and had been living with his son
Joseph. He was a model citizen
a kind husband and father and
generally liked by all. He is sur
vived by three sons and two daugh
tiers. The sons are, Vaclav, Frank
and Joseph. The daughters are,
Miss Josephine and Mrs. Joseph
Peterka. The Independent extends
its sympathy.
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sition, that met with such opposi-
ton from Wall street. We don't
blame the moneyed interests.
Brandeis has shown them that he
is able once a while to decide in
faver of the common herd, and
hence is highly unsatisfactory.
President Wilson is standing pat
for Brandeis which also proves
that if there is any debating to be
done it will not come from Wall
street.
j. M. Petrik returned Thursday
morning from his extended trip to
Nashua, Mont, and in relating his
experience said, that they were a
whole week in getting there.
Upon arriving at Nashua, which is
wedged in between two rivers, it
was impossible for them to reach
their lands because of the high
rivers and a bridge washed out,
and being for these reasons COM
PEELED to remain in town for about
ten days. However, when the
high water fell off, they reached
their lands and erected dwellings.
So at present the emigrants from
here are getting along nicely, bar
ring the unpleasant experience at
the start.
Mrs. Katherine Becvar, aged 81
years died at the insane hospital al
Yankton Wednesday morning oil
old age. Funeral will be held al
Tabor Friday morning from the
Catholic church and intermen
made in the cemetery in town
The deceased was born in BOhe
mia, and came to this country will
her husband in 1873, locating on {
homestead five miles southwest o
town. Her husband died eigh
months later and the burden o
providing for her family of thre'
children rested upon her. AbOu
ten years ago she bought SINAI
house in Tyndall where she live
until some months ago her So
| Victor had taken her to his HON
to take care Of her, when it ha
been noticed that her mind is be
coming deranged. A week ago
was necessary to take her to''th
asylum. She is survived by he
son Victor and two daughters
Mrs. Albert Kriz, who lives mort
of TyndaIl and Mrs John Hanlo
who lives in Tyndall. u
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John Homer and his son
George made trip in their Ford
to Trip county visiting Winner
and several other towns along the
road. John says that things look
good in that country.
l hereby announce to the public
that / am local agent for the Cedar
Rapids Oil Co., and have on hand
at all times gasoline and all kinds
of lubricating oils. See me.
Eman Pekar. Adv.
Last Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Laura Mach who lives in town
suffered a loss of three stacks of
hay on the rented meadow four
miles northeast of town by fire.
The fire was caused by carelessness
so we are informed, of a hired
man of neighboring farmer.
l hereby announce to the public
that l have taken charge of the
Hanford Produce Co.'S. creamery
and solicit the patronage of cream
producers. Ii will be my endeavor
to give all an honest and square
deal, and will pay highest market
price for cream @. W.Root.
Vote Eyes" for the Richards
primary election law next Novem-
Der election. The people are en-
titled to hear both sides before
they vote. 1t also cleans up the
officials spoils system. Never
mind what the politicians say
about it. (AdV.
The result of Tuesdays elections
show that the dry vote turnout the
state is increasing. Many towns
have been added to the dry col
umn, while man y towns that were
dry remained dry. If this is to be
taken as criterion for the cleo
ton in November the prohibition
element is very active.
The Security Mutual Life Insur
ance Co., Lincoln Nebraska, has
more than half a million $500, 900
90 of insurance in force upon the
lives of the readers of the Ledger,
their neighbors and friends. This
Company writes Standard policies
only, the values of which are qua
ranteed in every resrect ". j..
Wagner, Dist. Agt., j. P. War
ldin, State Mgr.
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Meet me
AT the
Movies
Every SundayEve.
The Scarlet Sin
Important Notice to Subscribers.
a spiritual story in 5 reels. This
is our special for next Sunday
April 16. y

Upon the request of many of
our subscribers we have decided
to send out notices to subscribers
whose subscription is about to ex-
pire, or has expired SO that each
and every one is informed in due
season just how he stands. We
hope this arrangement will meet
with the approval of all who are
taking the Independent. 1t is
common thing to forget how long
one is paid up, and from now on
when you receive a notice you will
be spared the trouble of looking
up receipts or memoranda, which
in most cases are mislaid or lost.
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| hereby announce my candida
cy for the nomination of State Sc
nator on the Republican ticket,
subject to the will of the voters at
the primaries.
l stand for better roads, extern
sion of Rural Routes, and the bet
terment of telephone service with
in the state and for efficient admi-
nistration of State Affairs.
j. II. Stephens.