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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
CHAPTER XVI.

Gibbs, convinced that the nserc
glimpse Of him. Just then, would prove
nothing less than insuCerable for h,s
father, was about to make his escape
into the gold-and- brocade room when
he heard Sheridan vociferously de-
handing his presence.
Tell him to come IN here! He's ont
there. heard George just let him In.
Now you'll see." And tear-stained
Mrs. Sheridan. looking out into the
hall. bcckoned to her son.
Eibbs went RS far as the doorway.
Quincy sat winding a strip Of white
cotton, his black bag open upon n
chair ncar by; and Sherldaa was strid-
Ing up md down. hts hand so heavily
wrapped In fresh bandages that be
seemed to be wearing a small boxing
glove. His eyes were bloodshot; his
forehead was heavily bedewed; one
side OF his collar had broken loose,
and there were blood stains upon his
right cun.
There's II little sunshine" he
cried, MS Bibbs appeared. There's the
hope o the famiiy-my lifelong pride
and Joy. | want"
Keep your hand IN that sling" said
Curney, sharply.
Sheridan turned upon him, utter,ng
a sound Ike q howl. For Gods sake.
sing another tuner he cried. "Ycu
said yon came as a doctor but stay
as a friend and in that capacity you
undertake to sit up and criticize mo
"oh, talk scuse," said the doctor,
and yAwned Intentionally. "That e
ysu waat nibhe t. oayr"
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~ion were s'.'1n' up there tenn ne
got acknowledgements oh Lord!
You sat up there and told me I got
'hystericaI over nothin'! You sat up
ihcre tellin' me I didn't have as heavy
burdens ms many another man you
knew. ! just want you to hear this.
Now listen!" He swung toward the
quiet figure waiting in the doorway.
"I:ibbs' will you come down town with
NE Monday morning and let me start
you with two vicc-presidencleS, q d.
rectorship, stock and sslarcs1 ask
you"
mo, father" said Ribbs, gently.
Sheridan looked at GurEey and then
faced his son once more.
And I'd like the doctor to hear:
What II you do II | decide you're too
high-priced a workin- man either to
live in my house or work IN my shop?'
Find other work" said Ribbs.
There! You hear him for yourselfv'
Sheridan cried. You hear what"
Keep your hand In that sling! Yes,
l hear him.
Sheridan leaned over Quincy and
shouted. In a voice that cracked and
broke. piping into falsetto: He thinks
Of bein' q plumber He wants to be q
plumber SO he car Think"
He fell back a step, wipins his fore
head with the back OF his left hand.
There, That's my son. That's the
only son l got now! That's my chance
to live" lie cried. with q bitterness
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The :: Turmoil
BOOTH
.Spyrtxht 1918. by Harper q B~rsthesa,
to suppose something would be due to
bring up my average"

20 suppose something would be ~ 10
bring up my average"
Yes. l thought you wouldn't see the
point. And there's another you prob
ably couldn't see, but III take the lib
erty to mention It. You been balkin'
all your life. Pretty much everything
| ever wanted you to do, you'd let out
some kind OF 4 holler, like you are
noW-and yet | can't seem to remen-
Der once when you didn't have to lay
down aud do what l said. But go on
with your remarks about our city and
the business OF this country. Go on"
II don't want to be part OF It," said
Bibbs, with unwonted decision. ~
want to keep to myself, and I'm doing
It now. | couldn't, II l went down
there with you. I'd be swallowed into
It. don't are for money enough
to"
"Ns," sis fnthsf Interrupted, still.
dangerously quiet. "YouYs never had
to earn a living. Anybody could tell
that Ly what you nay. NV, let me
remind you: you're oleep!n' IL = pretty
good bed; you're cat'1 vgetty fair
food; you're wcanx pretty fine
clothes. Just suppose one O. these
noisy housekeepers-ne. for instance
decided to let you do your own house
keepin'. May l ask what your propo-
sition would be-"
I'm earning nine dollars q week"
said Bibbs, sturdlly. TITS enough. !
shouldn't mind at ALL"
who's payin' you that nine dollars
4 week."
my work. Bibbs answered. And
I've done 30 well on that clipping ma
chine I believe I could work up to If
teen or ever twenty a week at another
job. l could be a fair plumber In a
few months, I'm sure. I'd rather have
4 trade than be in business should,
Infinitely"
you better set about learnin' one
pretty dam quick" But Sheridan
stru 9 gled with his temper and again
was partially successful In controlling
It. You better learn a trade over Sun
dny. because you're either goin' down
with me to my Office Monday morn
ing-or-you can go to plumbing"
"All right" said Elbbs, gently. II
can get along"
Sheridan raised his hands sar!on-
ically, as in prayer. 20 God" he said,
this boy was crazy enough before
he began to earn nine dollars n week,
and now his moneys gone to his head!
Can't you do notliin' for him % Then
he flung his hands apart. palms out
ward, In q furious gesture OF dismis-
sal. Get out o. this room! You got
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that seemed to leave ashes In his
throat. That's my one chance to
live-that thing you see in the door
way yonder."
Doctor Gugney t~houehtfully regard
cd the bandage strip hs had been
winding. and tossed 1t Into the open
bag. What's the matter with giving
Bibbs a chance to !iye:' he Eaid. cool
". II would II I were you. You've
had two that went into %business."
Sher!aan's mouth moved grotesGuely
before he could speak. Joe Quincy"
lie said, when he could command him
self 80 far, "are you accusin' me OF
the responsibility for the death Of my
son JamesY'
Il accuse you Of nothing" said the
doctor. But Just once I'd like to have
it out with you OF the question OF
Bibbs-and while he's here. too" lie
got up, walked to the fire. ana stood
warming his hands behind his back
and smiling. Look here, old fellow,
let's be reasonable" he said. "You
were bound Dibbs should go to the
shop again. and he did SO, and he's
made good there. Now. see: Isn'1
that enough? Can't you let him OF
now1 ue wants to write, and how do
| you know that he couldn't do 1t II you
gave him q chance7 How do you know
he hasn't some messa ge1somethine
to say that might make tho world just
/ n 1ftf1n ~ hann1np ~ rt~A~9 ~ --A
speaking CO doctor now. But l tell you
one thing know: II you take him
down there you'll kill something tina!
l feel Is in him. and it's nner, l think.
than his physical body, and you'll kill
It dcader than q door-nail! And 30
why not let 1t live? You've about
come to the end OF your string, old
fellow. Why not stop this perpetual
deyilish fighting and give Ribbs Ills
chance:'
Sheridan stood looking at him fixed
". what 'nghtingT"
"Yours-with nature" Quincy eus-
tanned the haunting gaze OF bis fierce
antagonist equally. You don't seem
to understand that you've been strlg-
Cling against actual law"
what lavy"
Natural law" said Quincy. What
do you think beat you with Edith !
Did Edith, herself. beat you? Didn't
she obey without question something
powerful that was against you? Edit,
wasn't against you, and you weren't
aginst her, but you set yourself against
the power that had her In Its grip, and
it shot out q squirt OF iame-and won
in a walk! What's taken Roscoe from
you? Timbers bear just 60 much
strain. old man; but you wanted to
send the load across the broken bridge,
and you thought you could bully or
coax the cracked thing into standing.
Well, you couldn't! Now here's Bibbs.
There are Thousands Of men ft for the
life you want him to lead-and 80 Is
he. 1t wouldn't take half OF Bibbs'
brainS to be twice as good q business
mar. rs Jim and Rescue put together
What" ShAs1daA gogxlsd Ct hln
1ke . sAny.
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SYNOPSIS.

The Sheridan family. 'self-nads" rich.
have moved into . magnificent home In
the fashionable part OF . Middle West
city In order that the woinenfolk might
get acquainted With the best people"
Old Man Sheridan II business leader OF
tho community. His SON Jim is killed ac-
cidsntaliy. His son Roscoe takes to drink
because Mr.. Roscos Airts with Bobby
Lamhorn. aristocratio rake, who wants
to marry Edith Sheridan. His son Bibbs.
delicate In body. Doe< ut heart. works In
. machine shop BECAUSE the old man
thinks hs hasn't enough sense to be a
business member Of the 1rm. Next door
to the ShoSidAna 1.-Two tho Vortrces. brok-
en-down aristocr1ts. Mary vertre~s and
Bibbs are almost In love. Young Jim had
wanted to marry her. Old Man Sheridan
orders LAmhosn or the premises and
tells Edith to give him up.
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skull that's thicker'n q whales
thich-bone, but It's cracked spang all
the way across! You're cracked. Oh,
but l got I fine layout here! One son
died, one quit, and ones q loon. The
looms all l got left! Well, mister, loon
or 20 loon, cracked and crazy or what
yer you are, Ill take you with me
Monday morning. and I'll work you
and learn you-yes' and I'll lam you,
II I got to-untitl I've made something
out OF you that's At to be called a
business man! I'll keep at you while
I'm able to stand. and II l have to 10y
down to die III be w%hisporin' at you
till they get the embalmin' fluid into
me! Now go on, and don't let me hear
from you again TIL you can come and
tell me you've walked UP. you poor. pitt
full, dsndelion-pickin' sleep-walkcr:'
Blbbs gave him a queer look. There
was something like reproach in it, for
once; but there was more than that
he seemed to be startled by his fathers
last word.
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Dlbbo' father has announced that
hereAfeee 0lbbo will Be an ofnclai In
the vartevs ohesldan enterprise and
will take W Q bio busInsss career. Tho
cen h0o roeuood. The fathsr has just
anSrsly demanded IN explanation ~
the Poevoal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06

Once moro the forces beyond
the pewor - human control are
at work e~onfeundInc and thwart-
Inc the mighty business man
ard city builder, Sheridan. He
fsshts bllndly. vallantIy and feels
sure no can win. How tho fates
laugh at HE efforts; how lsve
and hate show their great
strsn1th-ls al told with great
hueney By the author In this
lnotallnnont.
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cH..pTER XIV.

There was sbss that evening. WITH a
WAoqDins v1pd. bit neither tkiS stss N
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
BRITAIN'S HEAD NURSE

Before the war the staff OF mill
tary nurses in Great Britain numbered
298. To-day the number of those under
the control of the war office-every
one of whom possesses certificate
of training of at least three years
numbers $685.. And, taking into ac-
count those supplied by the Red Cross
and the auxiliary agencies, 10000 wom-
en- today are devoting their lives and
energies to the care of the soldiers OF
Great Britain.
Miss e. H. Becher, r. R. c., whose
official title is that of matron in chief,
is responsible for the army of nearly
1000 military nurses. From her room
in the war office she controls the en-
tire organization and supplies the calls
for nurses that come to her from the
varied regions where British forces
are operating. But one sees no signs
of nervous haste or fussiness about
her. Apart from her gray uniform
with its scarlet braid and row OF
service decorations she is the type OF
might he the head of vast industrial
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

A farmer of Monarch, Alberta,
claims the distinction of being the first
In the province to sell a carload of
hogs at the high price of eleven cents
a pound, live weight. The sale was
made short time ago at Calgary, and
at that time was record, although
prices have since gone as high as
S11.12h per hundredweight. With
such prices available for hogs the
farmer has market for everything
his farm produces, as there is prac-
tically no farm product which cannot
be converted into good hog flesh. The
uncertainty of results which attends
grain farming even under most favor
able conditions is removed when the
settler goes in for raising hogs, beef
and dairy products. With Western
Canada's cheap lands, heavy crops, and
climate free from diseases of stock,
the stock farmer is as sure of success
as anyone can be.-Advertisement.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
WORLDS Wisdom In 25 Years.

The wisdom of the world in rs
words Is the contribution of Charles
N. Frey. rat catcher and philosopher
Of the Hotel Alexandria OF Los An
geles. to the advancement Of the race,
says the Albany Knickerbocker Press.
DR.. Charles W. Eliot, who condensed
the worlds best reading into q Ave
foot shelf, takes his topper on to the
foe of western rodents.
Here is the Quintessence Of Grecian
gray matter. doubly distilled and
sparkling: solon: Know thysef. +"
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Queer Information.

In general information test" con-
Quoted by a school in Baltimore many
amusing answers were given to the
questions asked. Waterloo was located
in Ireland, Gotham in Belgium; the
sublime porte was identified as a
good wine," while Adams ale was de-
scribed as "a drink that was made
early in human history in the Garden
OF Eden," and another boy said that
It is "the lump in a mans neck" A
hyphenated American, according to
one student, IL "an american who talks
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
.DA|RY|NG IN
WESTERN CANADA
Accompanying Industries Also
Prove Highly Profitable.

The cheese industry throughout
western Canada today is in highly
dourishing condition and is bound In
very short time to become much
more important. The war has cre9ted
q great demand for that article, and
its use abroad has given 1t lot Of
usefS:, advertising. The article known
as Canadian cheese is now sought not
only by the soldier in the trenches,
but by the ordinary civilian consumer,
who, having used 1t, is quick to ap-
preciate its value. This means that
alter the war there will be demand
created for it that would not other
wise have been. Up to the present
the war needs have limited the local
supply, but with the increased effort
that is now being put forth it is hoped
that this will be met. AS a matter Of
course the prices are high, and the
farmers who contribute to the cheese
factories are making money.
The cheese season is now fully open
and there is every prospect of an ex-
cellent year because the high price
which obtained last year will undoubt-
edly be maintained this season. West
orn Canada has all the natural re-
sources for the making Of cheese, the
feed and the cool nights, two things
essential, and In time 1t Is bound to
become one of the finest cheese coun-
tries of the continent
The lower foothills of Alberta, used
only at the present time as ranges or
for no purpose, will in time produce
cheese in great quantities, and doubt
less will soon equal the famous up.
lands of Denmark.
The cool nights mean the better
keeping of milk and cream and
cheese, and that is great thing for
the industry, especially when COM
bined with possibilities of cattle feed
such as exist on the long slopes from
the Rockies eastward.
The hog market, which may be
classed as an adjunct Of farming, is
an exceedingly good one, and the low
cost at which the feed can be pro-
duced, coupled with the high prices
realized, make this industry very prof
table.
One of the first thoughts that occur
to the mind of the average prospective
settler Is the likelihood Of suitable
markets. In this connection the fol-
lowing table will be Illuminating 1t
is supplied by the P. Burns company,
packers and exporters, of Calgary, and
shows the average monthly price paid
for hogs for the six years 1910 to 1915
inclusive. When one considers the low
initial cost of the land and the small
overhead cost of maintenance and
feed. these prices challenge compari-
son.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
he FLIES FOR FRANCE

According to recent advices from
Paris, Sergt. Elliot c. Cowdin of New
York has been transferred from the
reserves to the battleplane squadron
at Verdun. When he received his
orders he exclaimed:
THANK heaven! am going
where there's something doing. What's
the use Of being a French army avia-
tor If you can't be in the biggest scrap
the war has produced?"
Cowdin is we'll known in New
York society. A graduate of Harvard,
he is polo player and an all around
sportsman. He has distinguished him
self in the French army flying corps,
having won promotion and the war
cross. When Cowdin, Second Lieu
tenant William Thaw and Sergt.
Norman Prince returned to New York
on leave to spend last Christmas,
German sympathizers told Secretary
of State Lansing he would violate
American neutrality if he did not hold
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Pretty Good Evidence.

mot guilty, sir" replied the pris-
oner.
Where did you find the prisoner.
constable?" asked the magistrate.
"In Trafalgar square, sir" was the
reply.
And what made you think he was
intoxicated?"
well, sir he was throwing his
walking stick into the basin of one
of the fountains and trying to entice
one of the stone lions to go and fetch
1t out again."
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
BUYS FOR UNCLE SAM

BY an act of congress commit
tee was established in 1910 to'prepare
specifications, receive the proposals
Of bidders and to award contracts for
government supplies. This committee
is known as the general supply COM
mittee and consists of representatives
from the executive departments and
federal commissions. DR.. o. H. Briggs
was made superintendent Of the COM
mittee. His duties are detailed and
manifold. He was formerly superin-
tendent of supplies at the post Office
department.
BY means of the committee a
wider range of business is done than
is handled by any other corporation
in any country in the world. One of
the first rules is efficiency, and eff
cheney in their particular line means
economy. Economy for the United
States government means close buy
ing Of all its supplies.
During the last five years the gen.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Discretion and vaIor.

And are you always kind and gentle
with your little sister?" asked the nice
old lady Of little Johnny, the village
terror. "You bet l am" responded
Johnny. why, that girl has punch
and finger nails that can make any
body In the block hit the grit"
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

SOAP is STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with LA Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
RED, ROUGH, PIMPLY SKIN
Quickly Cleared by cutlcura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant,
super-creamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
Ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp of dandruff and itching and the
hands of chapping and soreness.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhereS-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
SCALING Down.

lubbock here, Mary, it was only
last month paid the dressmaker's bill
of STA, and here is another one for
$50.
Wife-Well, dear, doesn't that show
that am beginning to spend less?-
Boston Evening Transcript.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
C. R. CRANE AND HIS MONEY

Charles R. Crane Of Chicago is
one Of the oldest millionaires America
owns He finds more funny ways of
spending his money than anyone else
can think Of A'young man with am.
bitions to be a poet once went to
Crane with a sad story of how he was
Obliged to o-devote himself to mere COM
mercial pursuits. when If he only had
an assured income he would write a
really great poem and hand 1t down
to posterity. Crane was telling a
friend about the incident.
"And did you stake himY" the
friend inquired.
Certainly" replied Crane; 'he
didn't want much-only $50 or $50 a
month and | was afraid to turn him
down for fear he really might have q
good poem in him"
Once MIR. Crane was travelling in
Russia and happened to stay over
night in town where there was being
built an elaborate monument to some
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
He Knew Her.

'I want 5-5-6-3-9 Hoboken," said the
man at the telephone in his Office"
Line busy" came back the well.
known answer.
What's that?"
Lines busy"
mo, it's not. That's my house l
want"
But, sir, your wife is using the
line"
"oh, is she! Well, then. it's busy,
all right"
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

Chilcn: Consider the end" Pita-
Gus: Know thy opportunity" Bias:
Most men are bad" Periander:
Nothing is impossible to industry"
Cleobulus: Avoid excess" Thales:
Surety is the precursor OF ruin"
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Opportunity.

"Pll have you know, sir, that my
grandfather fought in the Mexican
war"
II suppose you're rather proud of
that"
you bet am"
We'll, there's a recruiting station
across the street. Why don't you step
over there and give your grandchil.
dren chance to be proud of you?"
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
On Duty.

On Duty.
Young George sat on the top rail Of
a fence kicking his heels against
lower rail. Along came young Henry.
Let's go down to the creek and
have a SWIM" suggested Henry.
Cant" said George. 1--WE been
put out here to mind Aunt Sallie's and
Aunt Hattie's children"
Henry looked around wonderingly.
There were no children in sight.
Where are they?" he asked.
Blamed If know" said George.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Tn. RulIno Passion.

What does the doctor think about
your fathers case?"
I'VE haven't been able to find out
All he seems to do when he visits pa
is to talk real estate with him-"-Ds-
troit Free Press.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
After the Accident.

After the Accident.
Where am II"
"In the hospital. You were knocked
down by an automobile"
"What make was it?"
"a Blank -Blank-the finest car
made"
"Ah, remember-it struck me as
fine car."-Florida Times Union.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
PLENTY Of Color.

You often see red roof in foreign
lands. A bit of color helps an art
ist."
"Is it color you want? Come over
to my neighborhood. We have got a
lot of red gas tanks. kansas City
Journal.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Iinht Diet

Lady of the House-You say you
haven't had anything to eat today?
Tramp-Lady, de only ting I've
swallered today is an insult.-London
Answers.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
of Mo Consequence.

He with feeling must
tell you of the cloud that hangs over
my past life.
She without feeling)-Oh don't
let's talk about the weather-Widow.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

Japan's foreign trade last year was
unprecedented. as it showed big bal I,
ance In favor of exports.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing it is
Quinine and Iron IN tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

FITS, EPILEPSY, FALLING SICKNESS
Stopped Quickly. Fifty years of uninterrupted
success of DR.. Kllne's Epilepsy Medicine insnres
KLINE COMPANY, Red Bank, N. J.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
Good Ones Are scarce.

1t doesn't matter how often soma
people change their minds, they never
succeed in getting a good one.
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

ea supply committee has materially $780,
make greater saving
pickles automobiles
million dollars each
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

deceased memorial
too artistic its decoration greatly
distressed committee
charge and told them he would for all the interior the memorial
would kindly let strictly
artistic lines He afraid that after had returned home the thought
all would
mi
Meade County news., 1916-06-08


legal authorities decided that
international
their oton and did not seek
Germany allies
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

A woman never misses an oppor-
tunity to boaet of her influence over
some ma
Meade County news., 1916-06-08

in short sentences" and conscription
rs thing that is written on a tomb
stone" Lewis Carroll, one young Bal
timorean declares. wrote the Star
Spangled Banner"
Meade County news., 1916-06-08
KANSAS DRUGGISTS ENDORSE
This KIDNEY MEDICINE

I have been selling DR.. Kilmer'a
Swamp-Root ever since it was introduced
in this city, and can truthfully say that
it has produced nothing but perfectly
satisfied customers ever since 1 have hand
ed it over my counters. All of my patrons
say it is remedy of merit in kidney, liv-
er and bladder trouble, and L believe it
would not all claim that they were bene-
fited.