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One Man I'm A Million
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calmly.
Before she could realize what he was
about, he had waded across the shadows
and seized the alder branch. A dash
of water showered her as he shook the
hook free; she stood up with an in
voluntary gasp and met the astonished
eyes of the fisherman.
He was a tall, sunburned young
fellow, with powerful shoulders and an
easy, free-limbed carriage; he was also
soaking wet and streaked with mud.
Upon my word,'' he said, 81 never
saw you'll Awf'lly sorry; hope haven't
spoiled your sport-but l have. You
were fishing, of course?"
''No, [ was only looking" she said.
''Of course, I've spoiled your sport"
''Not at ALL" he said, laughing;
chat alder twig did for me-"
''But there was trout lying there
i saw him; and the trout saw me, so
uf course he wouldn't rise to your cast.
And Pm exceedingly sorry she ended,
smiling in spite of herself.
Her hair was badly rumpled; she had
been crying, and he could see it, but
he had never looked upon such tear
illness.
As he looked and marvelled, her smile
died out; it came to her with a distinct
shock that this water-logged specimen
of sun-tanned manhood must be Craw-
ford
care your" she said, scarcely aware
that she spoke. WHAT" he asked,
puzzled.
''Ar. Crawford"
'Why, yes-and, of course, you are
Miss Castle" he replied, smiling easily.
81 saw your name in the guest-5ook
this morning. AwfIly glad you came,
Miss Castle; hope you'll let me show
you where the big fellows he."
''YOu mean the fish," she said, with
composure.
The shock of suddenly realizing that
this man was the man she had to marry
confused her; she made an effort to get
things back into proper perspective, for
the river was swimming before her eyes,
andin her ears rang a strangely pleasant
voice Crawford's- saying all sorts of
good-humored things, which she heard
but scarcely comprehended.
InstinctiveIy she raised her hands
to touch her dIsordered hair; she stood
there naively twisting it into shape
again, her eyes constantly reverting to
the sun-tanned face before her.
''And have the pleasure of knowing
your guardian, Mr.. CARBIDE, very slight
ly-in business way" he was saying,
politely.
"Ophir Steel" she said.
''Oh, we are making a great battle, -
he said. I'm only hoping we may
come to an understanding with Mr..
Garcide."
al thought you had already come to
an understanding" she observed, calm
ly.
''Have we? hope so; I had not heard
that" he said, quickly. Chow did you
hear?'
Without warning she flushed scarlet
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at the Veranda door; Il think sun
bath is all 1 care for. You may hang
a hammock under the naples, if you
will. l suppose" she added, chat
l am quite alone at the club?''
zone gentleman arrived this morn
ing" said the steward-"Mr Craw-
ford''
She looked back, poised lightly in
the doorway through which the morn
ing sunshine poured. All the color had
left her face. chr Crawford" she said
in dull voice
"He has gone out after trout" con-
tinued the steward, briskly; "he is a
rare rod, ma am, is Mr.. Crawford. He
caught the eight-pound fish-perhaps
you noticed it on the panel in the
billiard-room."
Miss Castle came into the hall again,
and stepped over to the register. Under
her signature, "Miss Castle and maid"
she saw 81. Crawford, New York"
The ink was still blue and faint.
She turned and walked out into the
sunshine.
The future was no longer a gray,
menacing future; it had become sud
denly the terrifying present, and its
shadow fell sharply around her in the
sunshine.
Now all the courage of her race must
be summoned, and must respond to the
summons. The end of all was at hand;
but when had Castle ever flinched
at the face of fate under any mask?
She raised her resolute head; her
eyes matched the sky-clear, I'M
clouded, fathomless.
In hours of deep distress the sound
of her own voice had Always helped her
to endure; and now, as she walked
across the lawn bareheaded, she told
herself not to grieve over a just debt
to be paid, not to quail because life
held for her nothing of what she had
dreamed.
If there was a tremOr now and then
in her low voice, none but the robins
heard it; if she lay flung face downward
in the grasses, under the screen of
alders by the water, there was no one
but the striped chipmunk to jeer and
mock.
''Now listen, you silly girl, she whis-
pered; che cannot take away the sky
and the sunshine from youi He cannot
blind and deafen you, sillyi Cry if you
must, you little coward!-you will
marry him all the same"
Suddenly sitting up, alert, she heard
something singing. 1t was the river
flowing close beside her.
She pushed away the screen of leaves
and stretched out full length, looking
down into the water.
A trout lay there; his eyes were shin
ing with an opal tint, his scarlet spots
blazed like jewels.
And as she lay there, her bright hair
tumbled about her face, she heard,
above the rivers monotone, a sharp,
whiplike sound swis-s-sh-and a sill
very thread flashed out across her
vision. 1t was a fishing-ine and
leader, and the fisherman who had cast
it was standing fifty feet away up
stream, hip-deep in the sunlit water.
SwishI swishi and the long line flew
back, Strengthened far behind him,
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She wondered, too, and her wonder
grew that instead of self-pity, repug-
nance, and deep dread, she should feel
had possessed her.
Now at least she knew the worst.
This was the mani
She strove to place him, to recall his
face. She could not. All along she had
pictured Crawford as an older man.
And this broad-shouldered, tanned
young fellow was Crawford, after ALL
Where could her eyes have been? How
absurd that her indifference should
have so utterly blinded herI
She stood moment on the lawn,
closing her eyes.
Oh, now she had no difficulty in re-
calling his face-in fact the difficulty
was to shut it out, for it was before
her eyes, open or shut-it was before
her when she entered her bedroom and
sank into a cushioned chair by the
breezy window. And she took her
burning cheeks in both hands and rested
her elbows on her knees.
Truly terror had fled. 1t shamed her
to find herself thanking God that her
fate was to lie in the keeping of this
young man. Yet it was natural, too,
for the child had nigh died of horror,
though the courage of the Castles had
held her head high in the presence of
the inevitable. And now suddenly into
her gray and hopeless future, peopIed
by the phantoms of an old man, stepped
a living, smiling young fellow, with
gentle manners and honest speech, and
a quick courtesy which there was no
mistaking.
She had no mother-nobody to talk
to-so she had long ago made a con-
fidante of her own reflection in the
Iooking-glass. And to the mirror she
now went, meeting the reflected eyes
shyly, yet smiling with friendly SYM
pathy:
''SillyI to brighten YOURSELF 1t is all
over now. He's young and tall and sun
burned. l don't think he knows a
great deal-but don't be frightened, he
is not a bit dreadful, e. only
it is pity, - . but 1 suppose he was
in love with me, . and, after all, it
doesn't matter, only l am
sorry E. for him. If he had
only cared for a girl who could love
himI j.. don't suppose could, e..
everI e. But 1 will be very kind to
him, -. to make up"
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To which came answer by messenger:
"Hon. John CARBIDE:
"My dear Garcide.-Can't go
for two weeks. My fool nephew
Jim is on his vacation, and l
don't know where he is prowling.
Hastily yours,
JAMES J. CRAWFORD"
"P. S.-There's a directors
meeting at three. Come down
and we'll settle all quarrels.''
To this the Hon. John CARBIDE tele-
graphed: "All right" and hurriedly
prepared to escort his sister and Miss
Castle to the midday express for
Sycamore Hills.
Miss Castle usually rose with the
robins, when there were any in the
neighborhood. There were plenty on
the lawn around the Sycamore Club
that dewy June morning, chirping,
chirking, trilling, repeating their end
less arias from tree and gate-post. And
through the cutlery of the robins, the
dry cackle of the purple grackles, and
the cat-bird's whine floated earthward
the melody of the golden orioles.
Miss Castle, fresh from the bath,
breakfasted in her own rooms with an
appetite that astonished her.
She was a wholesome, fresh-skinned
girl, with a superb body, limbs trifle
heavy in the strict classical sense,
straightforward, blue-eyed, and very
lovely and Greek.
Pensively she ate her toast, tossing a
few crumbs at the robins; pensively she
disposed of two eggs, trout, and all the
chocolate, and looked into the pitcher
for more cream.
The swelling bird-music only inten-
sified the deep, sweet country silence
which brooded Just beyond the lawns
wet limits; she saw the flat river
tumbling in the sunlight; she saw the
sky over all, its blue mystery untroubled
by cloud.
81 love all that" she said, dreamily,
to her maid behind her. "Never mind
my hair now; want the wind to blow
it,
The happy little winds Of June
lettering among the lilacs, heard; and
they came and blew her bright hair
across her eyes, puff after puff of per-
fumed balm, and stirred the delicate
stuff that chung to her, and she felt
their caress on her bare feet.
''I mean to go and wade in that
river" she said to her maid. ''Dress me
very quickly"
But when she was dressed the desire
for childish things had passed away,
and she raised her grave eyes to the
reflected eyes in the mirror, studying
them in silence.
'sAfter ALL" she said, aloud, 81 am
young enough to have found happi-
ness-if they had let me. The
sunshine is full of it, outdoors.
could have found it. was not
meant for men. Still it is al
in the future yet. will learn not to be
afraid
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She saw him every day; she dined at
the club table now.
Miss Garcide's hay-fever increased
with the ripening summer, and she lay
in her room with all the windows closed,
sneezing and reading Anthony Troll
lope-
When Miss Castle told her that Mr..
Crawford was a guest at the club,
Miss CARBIDE wept over her for an
hour.
''I feel ike weeping, too" said Miss
Castle, tremously-''but not over my
self"
dot over hib?'' inquired Miss Car
eide.
eyes, over him. He ought to marry
a girl who could fall In love with him"
Meanwhile Crawford was dining every
evening with her at the great club table.
telling her of the days sport, and how
a black bear had come splashing across
the shadows within few rods of where
he stood fishing, and how the deer had
increased, and were even nibbling the
succulent green stalks In the kitchen
garden after nightfall-
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Early Normal schoo,. In Io,x,.

In 1S49 the legislature OF Iowa pass
ed law establishing three normal
schools in Iowa-one at Andrew in
jackson county, one at Mt. Pleasant
and one at Oskaloosa The erection
of buildings was begun by private en-
terprise at Andrew and Oskaloosa,
and schools were opened, but the nec-
essary financial support was not forth.
coming from the state and so they
were forced to close after short
time. The stone building provided by
the citizens of Andrew was partly
completed when it was wrecked by a
Storm" says Dr.. c. R. Turner In the
fourth volume Of his History of Edu-
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FORTY HOURS DEVOTION
STARTS ON SUNDAY
Lenten Event at ST. Peters Catholic
Church VIII be in Charge Of
Rev. w. J. Oevine.

The forty hours devotions opens at
st. Peters Catholic church, Sunday
m orning, April 9, at 900 o'clock. The
services will be in charge of the Rev.
w. J. Devine. C. g. S. R., and will
open with a high mass, and also a
solemn procession by the children.
Every afternoon at 800 o'clock there
will be a visit to the blessed sacra-
ment Evening services win be held
at 1880 p. m. consisting of the reci-
tation of the Rosary, sermon and
benediction of our dear Lord in the
blessed sacrament. There will be
masses on Monday and Tuesday
mornings at $50, TOO and 800
o'clock.
! Confession will be heard Sunday
and Monday from 500 p. m. to 600
p. M, and after the evening service
till IL o'clock. The forty hours adora-
ton will close Sunday evening at
1880 o'clock. About 200 children will
participate in the closing procession.
A cordial invitation is extended by
the pastor to attend all the exercises
Of the most beautiful devotion of the
Catholic church.
Father w. J. Devine of Davenport
who is conducting the forty hours
devotfons here, is we'll known by the
Catholics of Keokuk, since he con-
Quoted a very successful mission for
twc weeks here in st. Peters church,
two years ago. Father Devine ranks
among the best pulpit orators of his
day, and his audience will no doubt
be pleased to hear him again, since
he never fails to please his listeners
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-08
DEATH OF RESPECTED
COLORED RESIDENT
LudweIl Washington Dean, in keokuk
for Nearly Half Century,
Answers Last Summons.

Ludwen Washington Dean, one of
the city's most highly respected col
ored residents, passed away at his
home, 1913 Exchange street, at 700
o'clock this morning, following a
lengthy illness. Mr.. Dean had been
in poor health for severa! years, and
this, combined with a recent attack
OF grippe, was responsible for his
death.
The decedent had been resident
of Keokuk for nearly a half century
and he was well known throughout
the city and possessed many friends
both among the white and colored
people of Keokuk. For many years
he was employed As a driver at
Reiner Bros. grocery.
Mr.. Dean was born in Clark county
Mo, on May 5. 184s, and would have
been sixty-eight years of age next
month. He came to Keokuk when
young man. He was married here on
Feb. II. 1914 His wife, Mrs. Isabelle
Dean survives There are no chill
dren. The other survivors are
brother, Daniel ]. Dean, and sister-in.
law. Mrs. Carrie Dean Of this city and
nephew. Joseph Robinson of Hawk
ms. la. The decedent was member
/ of Pilgrim Rest Baptist church.
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death TODAY OF
WILLIAM kEEFE
Life Long Resident Passed Away
Early in the Morning After Six
Months III
ness.
WAS BORN HERE IN 1881
Is SURVIVED BY Wife, Mother, Three
Sisters and Two Brother
Member Of St Peters
Catholic Church.
WAS BORN HERE IN 1881

William keefe, who has been resi-
dent of Keokuk all Of his life, passed
away this morning at 1880 o'clock at
! 1204 Park street, following an illness
of six months with throat trouble.
Mr.. Keefe was born in Keokuk on
February 2, 1881, being just past th1r-
ty-five years of age. He Is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Keefe; his
mother. Mrs. Cecilia Keefe. both OF
Keokuk; three sisters, Mrs. William
Butler, Keokuk; Mrs. John Mesleion
and Mrs James LIE May, ST. Louis.
and two brothers, James Keefe, st.
Louis, and John Keefe, Indiana.
The decedent was a member of st.
Peters Catholic church and was well
known in Keokuk. He numbered his
friends here by the score and his
death has been deeply regretted by all
who were acquainted with him. AL
though i'll for many months. he was
always patient sufferer and did not
complain. The funeral Is to be held
from ST. Peters Catholic church on
Monday.
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At the Hippodrome.

Another brilliant program of splen-
did magnitude and variety is offered
for this evening q the HippOdrome
theater.
Golden Lies" a unique society ro-
nance in three acts, starring Bryant
Washburn and an all-star cast, is the
first feature and the second is AHel-
ems Perilous Escape" the most thrill
ing and spectacular railroad drama
ever attempted, starring the fearless
film actress, Helen Holmes.
IWally Van and Lillian Walker are
featured in the Vitagraph comedy,
Putting Pep in Slow Town." which
is to be shown in conjunction with the
two above mentioned features.
The most laughaole and stupendous
comedy ever staged, "The Submarine
Pirate" in four spectacular acts, fea-
turing Sydney Chaplin, the entire
keystone comedy, all of the United
States naval officials and the mem
bers Of the United States cabinet and
fourteen warships and submarine
warships is to be shown at the Hip
podrome theater tomorrow evening.
Mack Sennett, famous producer OF
Triangle Keystone comedies and It'll
llo IOOlutLCS, POI Solaliy
directed '"The Submarine Pirate" and
critics who have viewed this extraor-
binary Triangle production were unin-
imous in their opinions that this is
the greatest and most laughable farce
comedy in the history of motion pic
ture production So don't miss it.
first show will start promptly at Gas
D. m; second at 7:45, third at S:45
and last at 9:45-Advt
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Lack of Bio Men.

Lincoln Journal: AS we all know,
there are only two or three lien oil
presidential size in the United States
Of America. If Woodrow Wilson were
out of it the plight of the democrats
would be pitiful. That might mean
Champ Clark-a descent-not from a
sublime. perhaps, but to the ridjcu.
lous. certainly. And look at the re.
pubIicans field full Of candidates,
and only two really live possibilities.
OF these one is not even a member
OF the party and the other Occupies
a plane where politics ought to be
barred-the supreme court. Truly II
is a time of small potatoes and few
In Q hill
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ADJUSTMENTS.
A Great Concert.

scale will be given at the tabernacle
Friday evening An orchestra OF
thirty pieces, brass band OF twenty
six pieces, a chorus of 500 and mass
chorus feature by chorus and audi
ence. Other features will be intro
duced and great entertainment Is a
certainty. 1t is given for the benefit
of the orchestra movement in all the
schools to buy instruments and to
help pay for instruction.
Twenty-Five cents for adults and 10
cents for children. The audience will
hear something good and can make
some music themselves.-Advert
ment.
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cation IN Iowa." published by the sta.e
Historical society. at was never 70
stored, although the citizens endeaVei.
ed to maintain the institution ~.
some two years, using a church toi
quarters; but the enterprise was III,
ally abandoned for want of funds l,Le
building at Oskaloosa fell into .rV
hands of the principal, George W.
Drake. who conducted a private scho..
for some time. IN 1858, however, =. -
was sold to the first school distr1ct VI
Oskaloosa township and was used ".
til after the completion Of the first ua
ion school building Thereafter ~
came private property and was use1
as Q dwelling house.
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Why a Baby Week?

Anamosa Eureka: Now we have a
baby week Why week on babies
should be necessary is hard to guess.
It would seem that the children ought
to get their attention every week,
and that those who fail in giving at
tention every week can hardly be
expected to show much improvement
as the result OF a weeks campaign.
Make every week baby week, and
don't put too much dependence upon
some of the things that dried up pro-
fessors. lonely spinsters and childless
busybodies prescribe for the babies.
II set rules could be fixed for rails
ing babies the penitentiaries and the
jails could be abolished.
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BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children OF
bedwetting There Is constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. NJ. Sum
mers, Box W., Notre Dame, Ind, Will
send free to any mother her success
full home treatment, with full fnstruc-
tons. Send no money. but write her
today If your children trouble you In
this way Don't blame the child, the
chances are it can't help It. This
treatment also cures adults and aged
people troubled with urine difficult
ties BIZ dat or night
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Hl8SHGe5Kf18a 2agI# =

SOCIETY AND CLUB cALEN-
OAR.
Monday.
Monday Music club, s p. m.
Art club entertained by Mrs. r.
M. Lapsley.
Church societies meet.
Mrs. Paul McClintock will
speak at the Westminster Read
ing Circle.
Tuesday.
LArsen-Askey wedding.
Wednesday.
Thimble club with Mrs. q. g.
Weisman.
Wednesday Reading club with
Mrs. Eugene S. Baker.
Board of directors Y. w. G. A.
meets at 8 p. m.
Thursday.
Mentor Reading club with Mrs.
]. J. Chapman.
Thursday morning study hour
at Miss Hughes studio.
Friday.
Afternoon Bridge club with
Mrs. James w. Huiskamp.
Church societies meet.
Saturday.
Travel class with Mrs. w. G.
Blood.
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That genius ana poverty too often
are teammates, is shown in the case
of Nicola Tesla, involving default In
payment of personal taxes in New
York City The electrical wizard tes-
tifed he had no income and subsisted
mostly on credit. Evidently the won
ders he promised in print have not
been reduced to a cash basis.
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The Church Societies
Readina Circle Meets.

The Westminster Reading circle
will be entertained on Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the home Of Mrs
N. T. Wilcox, 519 North Fourth street
The assisting hostesses will be Mrs.
T. r. Board. Mrs. G.. S. Carver, Mrs.
A. B. Hughes, Mrs. J. F. Lutz, Mrs. s..
NJ. CASTOR and Mrs. Lulu Laws.
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Christian Church Society.

Christian church will be entertained
In the parlors of the church on Friday
afternoon by Mrs. F. R. Blllman,
Mrs. C. NJ. Crane and Mrs. G. l.. Huse.
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Trinity M. z. Society,

The Ladies society of the Trinity
NJ e. church will be entertained on
Friday afternoon in the parlors OF the
church by Mrs. A. G. Peterson, Mrs.
Della Hopkins and Mrs. Sam Lloyd.
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woman,s Alliance Meets.

The Wcman's Alliance OF the First
Unitarian church will be entertained
on Monday afternoon by Mrs. C. F.
Elliott.
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st. Johns guild will be entertained
on Monday afternoon by Miss Mary NJ.
tombstone and Mrs. John r. Irwin, at
the home Of Miss tombstone, 302 High
street.
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ouid Libets to Meet.

| The Quid Libet society Of the Con-
gregational church will meet at the
home of Mrs. James Huiskamp on
Grand avenue, Monday afternoon at
i2:30 o'clock
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Baptist Church Society.

The Ladies' society Of the First
Baptist church will be entertained on
Friday afternoon by Mrs. A c. Max
well at her home, s17 North Tenth
street. Mrs. s. II. Johnston will as
sist as hostess.
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Ladies', Society Meets.

Mrs. Hepler will entertain the
Ladies' society of the First Congrega-
tional church at her home on Friday
afternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-08
Art Club on Monday.

The Art club will meet on Monday
evening with Mrs. R. M. Lapsley. The
program will be on some phase OF
Holland art.