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her hair. And your mother gave them
to you, placed them in your innocent
hands. You were hugging the doll to
your baby breast when | entered the
room. The seed was being planted by
your foolish. dear mother. | should
not blame you so much as myself. |
did not discover the horrible blunder
in time. was a few minutes late.
81 took the doll away, took it to my
study, Rita. consigned 1t to the
flames. and burned it TO ashes.
Your poor mother died shortly after
that II was Judgment upon her, a
judgment OF which ! have meant to
tell you. Remember. Rita. God frowns
upon adornment and pleasure. Re
member and repent. my child. and |
shall pray for you when I burn these
things"
Burn Impulsively she reached out
as though to save the precious arti-
cles. Then she nodded her head
meekly. averting her eyes to hide the
CLINT that leaped there. For. as her
father turned away from her. her
sharp ears caught a familiar whistle,
the whistle that her sweetheart had
used more than once to bring her out
side the house.
The door had barely closed behind
Reverend Deane than she was at
the open window, searching the moon
spun night for the bury mass that
represented White.
Swiftly she detached the note from
the weight, devouring it at glance,
obedient to it instantly. Auto at cor
ner. It's the only way out"
Carefully, with a smile upon her
lips, cruel little smile at thought Of
the hurt she was giving in return for
the one just received. five minutes
later, with her grip in hand contain
ing all the tawdry. cheap reminders
of the life she was leaving, she pinned
her sweetheart's note to the little
cushion on her dresser, then stole soft
ly down the stairs and out into the
night. Nor did she deign to give one
glance back at the prison house.
Where, sir?" queried the driver
again.
Reverend Blacks parsonage-op-
posite end Of town, you know, on Car
son street"
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standing on a bench and reaching
very far and working very hard. All
this he did, and then, just before go
ing into the house he thought he
would show his money to his oxen;
and so he held 1t out triumphantly on
his open palm and said, Good Star,
see what you have helped me earn"
But Star misunderstood. He was
used to having the family feed him
Jumps Of sugar. and he thought this
was sugar. too. Quick as a fash, out
came his tongue mad licked up the
lovely coin. A more surprised or
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-05-20

No, l won't hurt you. I'm not a
burglar. I'm Billie" the youngster as
serted when he had been sufficiently
welcomed.
Il know" she nodded brightly.
"You just came to pay me call, didn't
YOU"
Billie frowned. cogitating deeply.
MO-, not 'zactly that Mamma
went to sleep and just came here.
l come to play with the boy. Where
is the boy" lie started suddenly erect
in her arms, looking about eagerly.
What boy. Billie?" She knew in
advance what the answer would be.
soul to the hurt.
Why, the boy-your boy-the boy
what belongs here"
But there is no boy here" She
wondered at herself, purposely letting
the lash Of this innocent child's
tongue thus scourge her.
mo boy! Why, | thought there
was a boy in every house-just like
III NlC IVY III Jul hOAi''
Some quick instinct caused him to
reach out and clasp his arms about
her neck, the neck of this beautiful
creature whose eyes were so sad and
longing. Did he get losted?" he
whispered sympathetically.
MOO, Billie. Yes" she suddenly
smiled through the tears that sprang
to her eyes. Yes he got lost a little
bit. He just wandered on the way
Don't you understand, Billie?"
Like mamma will think l got lost
ed when | amt losted at ALL | knows
where / am"
Together they laughed delightedly
at the merry joke they played, this
grownup and this child.
Why, lady. you're crying! What
you crying for?" Billie tugged a bit
tighter at her neck, roughing her
perfectly coiffured hair in his gusty
sympathy. Amt you happy. LADY,"
That's why I'm crying. Billie-Tm
so happy" she murmured
With a sigh OF contentment at this
somewhat hazy explanation, Billie
curled up in her lap like the healthy
little animal he was and proceeded to
go to sleep.
Tenderly, an hour later, with light
in her eyes which no one had ever
seen there before, she relinquished
her precious burden to the mother,
smilingly pleading forgiveness for the
sleeping truant. And then she turned
to meet her husband. just stepping
from the car.
Linking her arm in his, she led him
to the library. designedly selecting the
same chair to seat him in which he.
on another day. had seated her; de-
signedly perching upon the arm, toy
ing with his hair while she struggled
for words. words that were the harder
to utter because Of the cold, puzzled
look he gave her.
I'm sorry, jim" she whispered,
finally. 1T hasn't been home, has it?"
He did not answer, staring moodily
into the leaping flames.
Rita followed the direction of his
eyes. II had all seemed so easy when
Billie was in her lap, the breaking
down Of her barriers, the complete
surrender that she might reconuuer
this mans love and cling to 1t tighter.
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hauled wood into the neighbor's barn.
Then, when the job was done, Mr..
Brown gave him bright silver c0in-
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a prouder
little boy you never saw. Do you
know how much money that was? II
Is an old-fashioned coin long out OF
circulation. and worth about six and
a quarter cents.
With the money in his pocket John
drove his team home rejoicing. He
felt that he was almost a man and
we'll started on the road to wealth. He
could unyoke the oxen himself by
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-05-20

down in Maine. One day a neighbor
came to ask Mr.. Smith whether he
would take his oxen and help him
haul some wood. 1t happened that
Johns father was away from home.
and John offered to drive the oxen In
his fathers stead.
Now John was a little boy. nine or
ten years old; so little. in fact, that
he could not reach to yoke up the
oxen himself SO the neighbor put
on the great yoke, and John gayly
drove the oxen down the road. All
the morning he worked sturdily and
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~.

White smiled happily to himself as
lost in the pictures painted by the
flames in the library crate, he visual
lied the happy hours that had been his
since that night in the comfortable
little parsonage when Rita Deane be
came Mrs. James White.
A man worth while, a young man
whose shoulders had not bowed be
meath the weight OF handling great
wealth unloaded upon him immediate
ly he quit college, a man submerged
in business, at the age of thirty, he
found the happiness which his ma.
ture had craved when he soon wearied
of the laborious efforts at winning
pleasure in the set in which his riches
had placed him.
He could not exactly analyze the
sensations of delight it had given him
to please her. And she was so easily
pleased.
And never an emergency but Mrs.
James White met it firmly and con-
trolled it. The Rita Deane of Mary
James and shabby attire had assumed
leadership Of the youngest and gayest
set of the city.
Arm in arm they moved down the
long, winding gravel path to the ga
rage. Rita was prattling over the de-
tails of a novel entertainment she pur-
posed giving the following week.
His eyes wandered dreamily over
the level lawns, the beautiful garden
ing, the gorgeous flowers. then halt
ed, and a tender, almost longing ex-
preston deepened them. as he
watched his chauffeur playing with
his baby. He glanced furtively at
Rita, almost fiercely trying to find
some reflection in her eyes Of the
light dwelling in that of Mary, the
chauffeurs wife, as she took the child
from her husband, who stood at at
tention, listening to his mistress in
structions
And then Billie crowed. That is, it
might be called crow.
For just a moment the whole
world seemed spinning about before
Jim Whites bewildered eyes. He
rather suspected that the fat, tiny
finger clamped about the one he had
timorously thrust appeasingly toward
the arbitrary infant might have had
something to do with this astonishing
state Of affairs. AS from a long ways
of he heard the gurglings rise into
a penetrating wall. And then the
laugh of Mary.
He wants to go to you. Mr.. White.
never knew him TO make up with
strangers-with anyone before. He
wants you"
Jim laughed. laughed to conceal
the choking that CONSTRUCTED his
throat
I'm afraid I'll drop him" he
laughed, even as his arms awkwardly
cupped to receive the child.
Drop him! You hold him just
like he was your owni"
Jim Whites heart almost stop
beating, even as his arms clune
tighter to the one who had come to
lin. Perfectly satisfied. Billie was
making a closer study Of this man
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practIe. Loving.

Practice loving everyone you .
being ready with a kind "O'u
gentle act. Try it for three o", !
measure the Joy OF those thres
and you will never be willing ~
I'd the habit altogether. ! 90 no'
that we can easily attain to ~
all humanity. 40 immorta! sS
to be won without the dust aD
Of battle. But what one ~,
daily, hourly. becomes ea'ls
easier.-Louise Collier WHICH,
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LINGERS IN HIS MEMORY
Successful Business Man Unable 20
Forget Loss Of First Money He
Earned.

A successful banker OF New York
tells the following story OF his first
experience at earning money; how he
earned what then seemed like half a
fortune; and how he lost II much
quicker thnn ho had earned II.
John Smith, as we will call him.
wss q little shaver living on a farm
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creature he had decided to adopt.
Unwinkingly his eyes studied the face
that looked down at him with such
fierce hungering. And then. slowly.
ever so slowly. his arms moved up
along the great chest and a pair Of
cheeks and finally the arms clasped
about the neck. while the eyes closed
gently and Billie slept.
We'll. l never saw the beat-Sam,
l wisht you'd look at"
Mary caught the annoyed express
sion on Rita's face as she turned and
spoke TO her husband He did not
hear her. wrapt in his eager study Of
the slumbering babys face. She felt
a sudden fierce jealousy consuming
her. as she caught the expression OF
this man she seemed unacQuainted
with this man who held a child to
his breast SO perfectly, with such an
expression Of unalloyed happiness
upon his face. Something dawned
upon her. with that intuition which
seems given women to amend for a
certain lack of logic, which her hus-
band would never have found out
that the perfect happiness that had
been hers through this man was due
to the paternai instinct in him that
made him delight IL treating her as a
child, to be humored and pampered
and spoiled.
Come. JIM" she said softly. striv-
ing beautifully to make her voice
sympathetic. I'VE must hurry now"
Reluctantly he returned Billie to
the mother. Rita noticed that for a
few steps he moved on tip-tOe, as
though fearful of waking the child
Difiidently. yet with a certain curious
fiTmness. he led her to the library.
seating her in his favorite chair and
perching himself boyishly upon the
arm of it. his arms about her.
NO wonder Sans got a good dis
position" he said finally.
She braced herself instinctively.
Il sometimes wonder if home can
be home at all without a baby" he
murmured, more to the sympathetic
flames than to her. Il remember how
my mo.her always thought of me as
her baby, even after | was in col
lege"
Rita leaned forward, drawing his
hand about her neck and fondling it
soothingly.
Don't you ever think-Rita, don't
you ever wish there was a baby in
our house," His voice was low, his
words a bit stumbling now, as though
he found difficulty expressing himself.
Wouldn't it sort of make things hap
pier and"
She forced a laugh to her lips, a
gay, tender laugh even as her fingers
twined fiercely about his own.
But, Jim. l don't want any chill
dren just now. | want to enjoy my
self, to see something of happiness.
Sometimes" she tempered the blow,
sometimes l think, Jim, that I'm
little more than a child myself. I've
OeSn Oa6eu anu oldI 'eu so iohs lhdl
| hardly seem grown up yet. Don't
you understand, JIM"
She fought against showing her
hurt as he sharply drew away his
cheek from her own, then pressed it
close once more.
Wait till Billie puts those sticky
arms about your neck, Rita. Then
then you'll know" he called back.
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New Excuse.

Friend husband In Paris has a. new
excuse for staying out late Yep
pelin parties are the proper thing.
Here In Pittsburgh a fellow Is COM
PEELED to resort to the same old COM
mon garden variety OF lying.-Pitts-
burgh Gazette-Times.
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Its Fate

rs there such a thing as an eleva-
tor trust?"
why no! That would be sure to
90 Ip."
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III

There was a look of triumph upon
Mrs. Shapes vinegary face as, an
nouncing herself into the Reverend
Deane's study with a triumphant
rustic of the newspaper in her hand,
she stepped beside him. Slowly he
lifted his leaden eyes from the SER
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him. A rustic sounded beside her
and she started. afraid to look about,
for fear lest she disturb the vision
that had risen so clearly before her
Slowly she turned, looking into a
child's inquiring eyes. the eyes OF the
baby her husband had held that day
Don't be afraid, lady" Billie said
encouragingly. 81 won't hurt you"
A little laugh. half hysterical,
sprang from her lips at the infantile
assurance. Then, in the relief of the
moment. impulsively she reached out
and grasped the friendly arms OF the
child that were extended toward her,
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The next story, when Justice
Sleeps"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
rAYLoR.MApE IcE CREAM.

Just like Taylor-Made Candy. Sold in cones. pints and quarts. Only ice cream made in Juneau. Patronize home industry. Taylor's Candy Fac tory. Main Street. je2Otf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
BOHEMIAN IS ExTRAolTEo
 BY WASHINGTON STATE

Sidney Bozeman. colored gentle man, who was arrested by the off cers at Prince Rupert some time ago on the request of the local office. was taken south on the Humboldt Boze- man will be tried on the charge of white slavery in Seattle. An indict- ment was returned against him by a grand jury in Seattle and the re- quest for extraditlon arrived on one of the recent boats Bozeman made no effort to resist the eStradition.
 Bozeman was arrested at Prince Rupert on a charge of white slavery preferred against him by his wife in Juneau and was brought back here. He has been in the Federal Jail since that time waiting the calling of the next grand jury here. Deputy James Manning and Burt Granger took Bozeman south.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27

 MEN RALLY
 TO WILSON

WASHINGTON. June 22. - (spe- cial. Professional and business men from all parts Of the country, re- gardless of past political affiliations, are rallying to the support of Presi- dent Wilson. says the Woodrow Will son Independent League in state ment today The league has secured interviews with a number of such men who have enlisted under the Wilson banner.
 Of the statements authorized the league issues tho following:
 Jacob II. Schifi, president of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,. New York, banker; lsi- dor Jacobs, president of the Califor- mia Canneries Company, San Fran cisco, and president of the NaDa Canning Company of Napa, Cal; Richard Lloyd Jones, editor Wiscon- sin State Journal, Madison. Wis; Rathbone Gardner. prominent law yer. Providence, R. l.; Charles H.. Jones. president of the Common wealth Shoe and Leather Company, Boston, Mass; Norman Hapgood, editor, New York City; Paul Fuller, Jr.. member ;of Coudert Bros. New York; Jose1a M. Price, manufac- turer, New York; B. N. Baker presi- dent Atlantic Transport Company, Baltirsore, Md; John J. Murphy, tenement house commissioner, New York. Ray Stannard Baker, publicist, Amherst, Mass.
 Compared with Lincoln.
 Richard Lloyd Jones of Madison, Wis, says; q am for the reelection of President Wilson because believe him to be the greatest President since Lincoln. because in many respects he is very Lincolnlike. He goes ahead quietly and does his duty as he sees 1t, believing implicitly in the sound sense of the people 10 recognize worthwhile work when 1t is done. He is as little affected by alarmists as was Lincoln.
 No administration of either party for many years has done so much Tor the good of all the people and said SO little about 1t as his.
 He has piloted us through difficult diplomatic crises with painstaking care and consummate skill.
 He has kept us free from the con  fiagarations that have been consum. ing the world across the sea without comprising our national integrity.
 Has Distributed Prosperity.
 He has built up stable indus trial condition such as no admins tration before can boast.
 He has made the credit of the country more sound than ever before.
 He has distributed prosperity to every part of the nation and to all the people of the nation.
 His federal reserve act has se- curely laid the ghost of panic. This single piece of legislation is of such far.reaching and fundamental eco homie importance as to of itself jus tify the people in re-registering their confidence in him.
 President Wilson is eminently sane and safe, intelligent, courage ous, sympathetic and patriotic. It would be folly for the nation to swap horses at this time"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
o.E.s.

Regular meeting Juneau Chapter No. 2, Order of the Eastern Star, Odd Fellows hall, Tuesday evening, June 27th, S:SO D. m. Initiation and refreshments. MAY CASE, Sec. -0e27)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
HEAD OF SOCIALIST TICKET ATTACHES
 C. 0. P. NOMINEE

ST. LOUIS, Juna 27--A candidate for President WHO does not expect to be elected and who does not want the votes Of the other parties is A. Ian L. Benson oi Yonkers, N. N., who is here now.
 He Is the nominee of the Socialist party and he believes that he will receive between 100000 and 2,00,- 900 votes in November Four years ago 923,000 votes were cast for the Presidential ticket
 "The other parties continually do things to help ils out and to increase our vote." said Alr Benson today We do not want the votes of people who do not want to vote any other ticket. Our only intention is to gain votes by educating the people to so- cialism.
 Not Party Of Hatred.
 "Ours is not n party of hatred. We don't hate anybody, and hope no one will vote for me because he hates Mir. Wilson's German policy or be- cause he hates any of Mr. Hughes views.
 "We are not concerned about get ting votes. That is not our mission. We are anxious to spread and teach the principles of our party
 "Mr. Hughes was nominated as a vote getter and he is a good cam paigner, of a pleasing appearance and clean life. He is Il plausible cuss, but when his public record Is fully thrown on the screen he is not going to be as fine a figure as he presents now. He is the kind of man who will not wear the collar of the gang or of the corporation leaders. but II he is left alone, he will do of his own volition the things which the gang and the corporatlont want.
 Hughes a Candy Apple.
 He is like @ candy apple. looks good on the outside. but not much inside. He will shrink under the free light that is about to be thrown about him.
 Colonel Roosevelt if he wishes to escape the stigma of being a coward will accept the Progressive nomina ton. This is the severest test tc which he has ever been put. He has the reputation of being a brave and valorous man. He has a fine oppor tunity to prove it now.
 q do not know who will be elected President this fall. AS a rule. the party with the most money wins and it probably will be the same this year"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
Butler, MaufO Drug Go.
 Os Front Street.
HORTICULTURAL FORECAST.
lRv Salmon RerrY lkel
o6 Front Street.

(By Salmon Berry lke)
 Distressing tidlngs come from the salmon berry orchards on the chan mel slope of Mt Juneau. Many or chardists report that the berry crop this year will be almost a total fail. ure. More pessimistic ones declare that salmon berries will be as scarce as sea gull teeth.
 Judge LeFevre was the first to note that the blossoms. month ago. were few and far between. Now that the green berries are about the size of the end of Cindrela's middle finger. culturists have anxiously but vainly scanned the bushes. The Der ries are very few on most Of the bushes.
 A notable and hopeful exception, however, is Jack Barnes, who be- lieves that while this years product will not be nearly so luxuriant as 1t was last year, hopes that if the re- malnder of the season Is fairly flaw orable. to harvest a little better than half a crop.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
WORK ON RAioRoAD
 BEGINS AT TALKEETNA

ANCHORAGE. June 1.-The Alas kan engineering commission has started active construction work at Talkeetna. A party of ten men were started in at Montana creek and about thirty at Talkeetna. Al the present time tho commission is operating one river boat, B. & B.. No. l. from Susitna station to Tal- keetna. As soon as the large boat arrives from the Sound it will be placed on the run from Anchorage to Susitna station, where a transfer point has been established 1t Is al- so the intention of the engineering commission to establish number of caches from Willow Creek north to Talkeetna. The railroad will par allel the Susitna River from Willow Creek northward. and the average distance from the river to the road will be about five miles. This will make it possible for the commission to transport supplies from their caches along the river to the rail road this winter on the snow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
MALE eLEE CLUB WILL
 BE ORGANIZED TONIGHT

Tonight at eight o'clock at the stu dio of the College of Music in the Seward building. all male singers are asked to meet and help with the organization of glee club. The pur- pose of this organization is to give public concerts and entertainments. The name has been suggested as the Gastineau Orpheus Glee Club.
 The Elks have kindly given the new organization the use of the Elks' hall for rehearsals' and the leaders are trying 10 arrange for the first concert about Labor Day.
 All male singers are asked to turn out tonight and after the business meeting there will be a rehearsal.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-06-27
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