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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-09

ness matter of mine very pointedly.
What became of the one hundred thou
sand dollars you gave old David Mas
singale?''
"How do you know gave him a
hundred thousand dollars?"
That's dead easy" laughed the man
in the pivot chair, once more the genial
buccaneer. "You drew a check for that
amount and cashed it, and few min
utes later Massingale, whose account
had been drawn down to nothing, hobs
I'D at Schermerhorn's window with ex-
actly the same amount in loose cash.
What did he do with it-gamble it?"
THAT is his own affair" Brouillard
countered briefly.
"Well, the future-next months fu-
ture-is my affair If you've got money
enough to interfere again-dont.
You'll lose it, the same as you did be-
fore. And perhaps / sha'nt take the
second interference as good-naturedly
as 1 did the first"
us that all you have to sey?" Brou-
fllard asked impatiently.
Not quite. don't believe you were
altogether in earnest a minute ago
when you expressed your desire to call
It all of. You don't want the Mirapo-
lis well to go dry right now, not one bit
more than / do"
Il have been trying pretty hard to
make you understand that It is mat.
ter of utter indifference to me-"
But you haven't succesd@d very
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-09

"There Is No Such Thing as Good
News In This God-Fo9saken Valley.
Cashier"
of that sort-if the first one isn't con.
elusive"
But there mustn't be this time"
Cashier insisted warmly. 1--WE must
stop it; it is our business to stop it,"
Your business maybe; it falls right
in your line, doesn't it?"
mo more in mine than in yours, s.
was the quick retort.
"Am I my brothers. keeper" said
the engineer pointedly, catching step
with the long-legged stride of the ath.
letic young shepherd of souls.
mot If you claim kinship with Cain,
who was the originator of that very
badly outworn query" came the an
swer shotlike. Then: What has come
over you lately, Brouillard? You are a
friend of the Massingales; I've had
good proof of that. Why don't you
carer"
Great heavens, Cashier, do care!
But if you had cut finger you
wouldn't go to a man in hell to get it
tied up. would your"
you mean that / have brought my
cut finger to your"
Yes, / meant that, and the rest of
it, too. I'm no fit company for a de-
cent man today, Cashier You'd better
edge off and leave me alone"
Cashier did not take the blunt init
nation. For the little distance inter-
vening between the power company's
new Offices and the Niquoia building
he tramped beside the young engineer
in silence. But at the entrance to the
Niquoia he would have gone his way IL
Brouillard had not said abruptly:
II gave you fair warning; I'm not
looking for a chance to play the Good
Samaritan to anybody-not even to
Stephen Massingale, much less Van
Bruce Cartwright. The reason is be-
cause have a pretty decent backload
of my own To carry. Come UP to my
rooms If you can spare few minutea
/ want to talk to a man who hasn't
parted with his soul for a money
equivalent---if there is such man left
in this bottomless pit Of town"
Cashier accepted the implied chal-
lenge soberly, and together they as
cended to Brouilard's Offices. Once be-
hind the closed door, Brouillard struck
out vlciously.
"You fellows claim to hold the keys
to the conscience shop; suppose you
open up and dole out a little of the
precious commodity to me, Cashier. Is
it ever justifiable to do evil that good
may Gomez"
mo" There was no hesitation in
the denial
Brouillard's laugh was harshly de-
risive.
Il thought you'd say that No qualif-
cations asked for. no judicial weighing
OF the pros and cons-the evil of the
evil, or the goodness of the good
just plain, bigoted No
The young missionary left his chair
and began to walk back and forth on
his side of the Office desk.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-09

Once more 6rouiIIard Is
tempted by Cartwright. II he
accepts Cortwriaht's offer he
can make money and stand q
chance of defeating the crooked
capitalists purposes in the long
run. If he refuses, he loses not
only his job but his savings.
What would you do-consider-
ing that acceptance is wrong?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-09

viii the clean-ninded young
missionary persuade the engi-
neer to refuse cortwright's Of
fer, or will he see the ultimate
possibility Of 5rouillard's win
ming and counsel him to accept?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-09

lar brand OF righteousness backed by
the needful inside information. You
go ahead and do your part and wen
do the rest"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
with q deadly quIct,

Bruce with q deadly quiet. "tnat
III"
He got no further. As the two crap
pied. Runice's sharp cry OF terror
aroused the haif-crazed jewellers to a
sense Of what was going on.
Duncan billiard was a big man and
powerful. And he was fighting In a
dr!nk-fired rage.
But presently, youth and clean liv-
ing began to tell against bulk and
drunken fury. Kingston evaded an
awkward swing, ran in and grappled.
He slipped his hip behind his foes,
and with one hand at the latter's
throat, exerted all his why strength
in a single tremendous heave.
Hilliard few backward and landed
in q painting heap across the end of
the sofa, his head striking a table
edge.
Listen" commanded Bruce, glar-
ing down at the inert body, "listen to
me, you worthless hulk! Mrs. Hilliard
is going away with me. She is going
~ L. III % ohl jill Will INC
with my mother until she can get a
divorce from you. Then, please God,
/ am going to marry her. II you try
TO prevent US, the consequences are
On your own head.
Come, Eunice." he said gently,
turning to the sobbing woman and
leading her from the room and out OF
the house.
On the same day, Eunice Hilliard
al installed as q member OF the
pleasant little household presided
over by Bruce Kingston's sweet.faced
mother. Her life there was ideally
happy.
Then, m day, came q brief letter
from Hilliard. Eunice read and re-
read it, with a great rapture In her
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

stead" he answered. Iocosely, You
wouldn't have come here. And l had
TO see you"
There In nothing either of us can
have TO say to the other" replied
Eunice, turning to go, you got me
here by a trick. And"
"And I'll keep you here by force.
II have TO-" he snapped. until you've
heard what I want to say"
I'm broke" he said. before she
could speak, Pm cleaned out. I'll
have to skip the country inside Of a
week, to dodge jail-unless I can
raise the money that will square me.
You have about fifty thousand dollars
the money you inherited from your
mother. That will tide me over, nice
ly. want IT,"
81 think" she said, wonderingly, Il
think you must have lost your mind
You're married to Bruce Kingston,
I suppose"
Yes" she answered, q note of pride
In her voice.
Il supposed you would be-" he
smiled. Il figured you and he would
marry the very minute you found you
were divorced from me-"
But we didn't. We"
We'll, well, q day or two later,
then" he said, irritably. The exact
date isn't important. / knew you two
unworldly youngsters would take it
for granted the divorce was o. K, and
wouldn't bother to investigate. My
dear, I don't like to call you names.
But you're . very charming-bigam-
list! We're no more divorced than
Adam and Eve! You're my wife, by
law OF God and man. And you can be
sent to prison for bigamy. You and
your precious near-husband. Kingston.
And, by the eternal, you shall be sent
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12
STORY
fhe Silent Shame.

When Eunics Mayne eloped from
the convent to marry Duncan Hilliard.
she was fifteen and he was twenty
ave. II was the old. dreary tale of
Marry In haste and repent at lei.
sure"
For Eunice, the repentance set in
almost at once; for Hilliard II began
when he first grew tired Of his child
wife's sweet innocence and longed for
more mature-minded companionship.
They had but one child-a daugh-
ter. Ardath-and on this little girl
Eunice conferred all her sighted affec-
ton and her hopes. But, yer here,
Duncan did his best to thwart her.
For, when Ardsth was scarcely more
than q baby, he announced that her
noisy presence in the house annoyed
him and he packed the child OF to a
distant boarding school.
Left alone In the big house with
the husband who daily neglected her
more and more, Eunice tried to find
amusement in society. And thus 1t
was that she met Bruce Kingston.
Bruce was n rising young playwright
"a g~oodlooking. manly fellow and a
social favorite.
They saw much OF each other, these
two lonely young people. And each
turned instinctively to the other for
companionship. Yet, in their ac-
quaintance there was only the fra
GRANGE OF innocen. attraction.
Then came the invitation to AIDE
laide Hooper's house-party at q ram
bling country place twenty miles from
town. Eunice al fond OF Mrs. Hoop
or and she begged her husband to &C.
cept.
There's enough boredom In every
day life without my motoring twenty
miles to look for IT," he grunted. Go
Out there yourself, II you like. I'll
keep bachelors hall till you get back"
And 80 IL vas settled. Eunice &C.
cepted the invitation, for herself. And
Duncan planned to improve the shin
ing hours OF her absence by giving a
little part on his own account to half
a dozen boon companions of both
sexes.
Among the score or so OF guests at
the Hooper's, the first TO greet Eunice.
after her arrival, was Bruce Kingston.
His dark young face lightened with
genuine pleasure at sight of her and
he welcomed her eagerly.
As she passed on into the house, a
fellow-guest, Reggie Cadleigh. strolled
up to Bruce, who stood on the veran-
da looking after her. Cadleigh was q
youth with much money and with a
soul that would have been invisible
on the head OF a pin. Bruce detested
~him-partly on his own account and
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

there. the two OF you, unless l get
that cash"
With a strsngled, wordless cry. she
slipped past him, before he could stop
her, and fed from the house.
An hour later, Bruce Kingston, nerv-
ously wondering whittier his bride had
gone, received this note, from the
hand Of a messenger boy:
Bruce, Dearest: find ! have
not been legally divorced from
my husband. am not your
wife. Duncan holds 10 both In
hIs power. Ho will send us TO
prison II we are together. But
II vanish, he can't prove any.
thing, and you will be safe. SO
good-by, my own darling. For
give mo for tho grief this nus
cause you. But there 10 no 9TH
or way. love you.
EuNicE.
Nor could money or skill or months
of tireless search bring Bruce any
further trace Of the woman he adored.
II was eight years since Eunice had
gone out of Bruce Kingstoa's nte. The
years for all their glittering success,
had been drearily lonely and niser-
able for him.
And, with the passing Of years,
Eunice became at last a sweets sad
memory to Kingston, rather than a
reality. He began to go about more.
And, at last, at the end of the eighth
year, no onco again met q woman
whose look and voice could make his
long-empty heart stir with love.
He met her. first, when q company
was called together for a reading of
Bruce's new play. Ropes Of Sand" a
masterpiece. which the manager and
all his friends predicted would be tho
crowning hit Of Kingston's brilliant
career.
Tho manager had discovered" in
the person CT a young girl hitherto un-
heard of an actress Of marvellous prom
Use and beauty.
Her name was Evelyn Eden.
He had little trouble In cultivatins
Eveiyn's acquaintance. At first she
was fattered that she should bs
singled out for attention by the fore
most playwright OF the day. But soon
she began TO feel . much warmer per
sonal interest In the nan on his own
account.
In short, Evelyn Eden presently dis.
covered that she ~ tremendously In
love with Bruce.
Before they had Known each other
. month. they were engaged.
They kept the engagement Q secret.
They resolved on m early marriage
and decided 20 keep that . secret. too.
Reheanals 20 driving 10 Al end.
Bruce and Eys.yn planned to marry
on the morning Of the day scheduled
FOR the plays nrst performance. To
gsther, the afternoon before. they
vsne y sslsss ~ Wedding riax. ovs'
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.Yoar keapf - hsakeas M msaao'
hearts have a harry way 81 Asalhsg.
dear" she said, sally.
Then the dressfns roou1 dosr
opened. Eyelyn came In. singing hap
pity, under her breath. At sight oe
the strange woman she halted s1r-
prised. But only for . moment. Aftar
n searching, ipcrcdulous look. she
ran forward; and with q rspturous
cry or "Mothcr!" funs herself into
Eunfce's outstretched arms. Bruce
Kingston looked oa; dumb. starkly be-
wildered, helpless.
"Oh, mother. my own beautiful
mother!" Evelyn was e1clRiming hys-
terically. Father said you had diedi
He said"
Il know, baby, I know" whispered
Eunice, lovingly caressing the head
that lay SO blissfully on her breast
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

ovetyu otocovefeo n was IPernen-
deusIy In Love With Him.
partly because Cadleigh had made
various attempts TO nirt with Eunice.
Cadleigh, now catching the look In
Druce's eyes, a. Eunice vanished In
doors, laughed hastily and said:
From the way you and she looked
q each other. you rust Be luchier
ghan / was, M. Kingston"
Bruce REDEEMED with anger. But.
outwardly. hs ~ calm. a. he made
nnswer:
sYou aro quite right, Mr.. Cadleish.
1 an luc1isr than you. Ny parents
endowed me with clean brains, In
$500 q tainted money"
H walkel away, leaving Cadlsig1
~lovoxfng vindtotivsly after LIN
,ruco thous0t - moro Of the episode
G,d1efRh th6ue1tio o. nothing else. and
ifchea . reDay he slight.
SfrceAnnen cnma lato that evsDfng
ne 6rawsng rsom. there were ssv
1rol brjdeo tables. Bruce ana nunics
r.rrs roStners = - e thsm. =
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I'll Keep You Here BY Force, 10
Have Toll"
HE was mistaken. There is much 70
tell you. But il must wait. And you
are married! To this gentleman. toof
Mr.-Kingston, l think he said his
name was. l was told I might find
you here, little daughter. So l came.
l told Mr.. Kingston who / was. And
he was just telling me about your
marriage when you broke in on u.s."
She shot a meaning glance at Bruce.
over her daughters head He under
stood. Evelyn was not TO know. She
must never know what Eunice had
been to him. In silence he bowed as
sent to her unspoken dictum.
Ropes OF Sand" was nearing the
end Of its first performance. There
could Re nc doubt as to its success;
or that Broadway would most enthu-
siastically welcome the new leading
woman. Evelyn Eden. to its fellow
ship.
The brief last act had begun. In
this act Evelyn dTd not come on unt1
FIVE minutes before the fall of the
curtain. Bruce and she had been SIT
ting In her dressing room. He had
just stepped out in response to a mes-
sage from the manager, when Duncan
billiards card was brought TO Evelyn.
A moment lator Hilliard strobe into
the room. She ran to greet him and
he caught her jovially IN his big anna
His breath reeked Of cheap liquor.
Daddy" she cried. "Oh, it's SO
good to see you! I was afraid you
wouldn't get to New York on time.
+"
Il got here yesterday" he said. Il
was on my way to your rooms when
I saw you walking with"
you saw me-and you didn't speak
to me?" she asked, hurt to the quick
"Why?"
Because you were with"
Daddy" broke in Evelyn, In Joy
Gus excitement, as Bruce entered.
This Is my husband"
The two men stood face to face. II
was Hilliard who spoke first.
81 know HIM" he said CURLY.
"Whatf- she asked, amazed. You've
met"
81 met him when he stole my wife
from me, nine years ago."
"Dad!- she gasped.
when he stole her from me and
then cast her OF like a.
you lie!" ragged Bruce, his eyes
ablaze, his fists hard clinched.
Dad! Bruce!" walled the girl.
~dumfounded with horror.
Then In a fash she recalled Eunice's
lame excuse for her presence in King
ston's rooms that day. And her heart
died within her.
She opened her lips. ~ though 70
speak. But before the words could
take form, the call-boy hurried In to
summon her to the stage.
Bruce ran at top speed TO intercept
his bride. But he vas too late. Al
ready she was on the stage beginning
her great final scene.
When. at last, she pressed the
poison ring to her lips and sank slow.
ly to the floor q wavS Of unchecked
emotion swept the audience.
Down came the curtain. Before .
could rise again TO the thunder Of
applause. Bruce Kingston had dashed
out on the stage and was knssling g
Eveiyn's side. Something b her attA
tuds had filled him with . s1da0
hideous SUSPICION.
Frantically he bent above -. en-
fng her mama. Then his syss rests1
upon the poison ring On - vAeeo
little hand that rested too slsee % hsr
l~ifelees face. Tho stone was swiMoJ
iAs back on IN hinge. The psanW
eselew was empty.
] (DND or SUuuy11 osoRY,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

heart. HurryinE to the room where
Bruce and his mother were sitting,
she read 1t aloud to them. 1t ran:
Dear Eunice:
Az we both wanted our FREQ
dom, I have Just secured q do
cree Of divorce from you on
grounds Of desertion. You are
free to marry Kingston; or any
else you care TO. The court
awards me the custody Of our
daughter. wish ! had been q
better husband to you. Not that
that does any great good, to
either OF ua.
DUNCAN billiard.
isn't II wonderful" cried Eunice
gayly.
"G~lorious!" declared Bruce. "But I
didn't know desertion was q cause for
divorce in New York. But I don't
know anything about the law"
Neither do l." chiraed In Eunice,
except that Il leave. me free 10 mar
ry you"
lOUdy! NO uTReu.
mo, dear" she refused, with sud
den gravity. ITO rae, divorce is O
sort OF death. A widow would not
marry for a year after her husbands
death. And / don't think q divorced
woman should"
At last, after what seemed to Bruce
Kingston o century of waiting. the
year passed by. And on the morning
OF the first anniversary OF the di-
vorce, no and Eunice were married.
As soon as they left tho church,
Bruce was obliged to 90 to his
lawyers to attend to o matter
Of business that must be settled
before they should start on their
honeymoon. Eunice returned to his
mothers house to wait for him.
There. to her amaze. she found . let.
ter that had just been delivered
Eunicc read. on the single sheet OF
notepsper, this feebly traced scrawl:
EunIee:
am very sick. The doctors
Say ! can't last much longer.
III DO happier. at the finish Of
the race TO know you had for
given me. Won't you spare Just
minute to come and say GOOD
byf don't deserve L. Bus
most % " don't deserve the
things we Get. d n.
A thrill OF pity surged through
Eunice. She was 30 happy, and the
mar who once had been her husband
Was dying In misery! At once her
mind was made up. bruce would not
be back for nearly an hour.
Half IN hour later she entered tho
house she had Quilted more than {
year earlier; the house whore fou
pears she had led % wretched . life
Duncan Hilliard rose from . chail
20 greet her.
~Whyi" exclaimed EuracA N anase
"you told me yon we're very mi.
II I'd said ! was very brokA g
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-12

directly Dchfnd her and softly closed
its door to q crack.
"There!" she heard Evelyn say In
mock anger. "Just see, sir, what you
did to ny hair, when you kissed me!
It's q wreck. Where can I TX it,"
III you simply must waste perfectly
good time In hair dressing" he told
her, in the same vein, you can go
into my dressing room. where there's
q glass. It's right there"
She fed to repair the damage. And
Bruce. coming back into the living
room, confronted Eunice who had
stepped from the closet.
"Eunice!" he babbled In stark I'M
belief: staring - at a ghost.
Yes, DEAR" she answered gently,
a. II to q frightened child. at In I.
And-I am too late. But how could
I know? And how could I know It
would b my little girl. Ardath, Of
ell the women IN the world?"
"Ardathr' he repeated duly: then.
''That IL Evelyn Eden. tho actress.
IL married her. This morning"
Married." she echoed. aghast. a
hand ~clutching her heart Married
Ardath?"
mo, no." no explained. miserably.
Evelyn Eden. Oh. Eunice. Why did
you never let me know where you
wersf I hunted 10 longi ! vas -
haarthroken! -
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-24
crIEIsTHAN eCITNcr CHTECH.

eHristlar Science services are held
IN me Wamuus club building. 614
West cold avenue, every sunday
morning al 11.b0
eundHv school P.4t D. II.
wednesday, evening meetings f 90.
Lending room opel daily except
anuaava and holidays from to s D.
M M room Us n y 4rmuo building.
free circulating library including
nj the works. Of MARY BGEer Bddy and
other authorized Christian Science lit
e~lrure is maintained il connection
with the reading room
whe public is cordially invited 10 Et-
faug the SUNDAY serviccs. The Wed
uesagy evening meetings and 70 visit
thf reading room
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-09-24

During tue puat winter j had nc-
cuR0n 900 give Chamberlain Cough
Remedy go my TWO children. who
were ai The time suffering from see
we're colds lf proved to De- the very
medicine They needed writes Mrs
Myrou d. Packard III emphiB N y.
Uhtauubis everywhere
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-11

picture approach bridge Youngs-
shooting occurred At ef andght
applied locked
just before the shooting broke
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-09-02
Act No. %

Senate Bill No. -. By Mr.. Leon r
AN ACT
Proposing an amendment "a Article
20 Of the Constitution Of the State
or Louisiana. rrlatlv" to the voting
and lcvyInC OF special taxes in aid
OF public improvements.
Section l. y. it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State 81 Lou
l-Iana. twO-thirds Of all members
elected 10 each House concurring. That
Article go OF the Constitution % the
state Of Louisiana be amended so as
to read as follows:
Article go. The General Assembly
shall have power to enact general law
authorizing the parochial. ward and
municipal authorities Of the state. by
a vote OF a majority OF tIe property
under the provisions OF this Constitu-
ton. and in value. TO levy special taxes
IN aid OF public improvements. railway
enterprises river Transportation lines
such as steamboat and barge lines. and
a tax shall not exceed the rate or i've
mills per annum nor extend for a long
- period than ten years. and prsyId-
20. further. that no taxpay,r shall be
permitted 10 vote at such election I'M
less u" shall have been assessed for
property. the Year previous. in the
PARISH. ward OF municipality TO be af-
Ir,rrd.
section .. lie il further resolved.
etc. That the foregoing amendment to
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-09-02
Act No. 13

House Bill No. :. BY Mr.. Heintz
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 1lS
Of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana on the subject Of Juvenile
Courts.
Section l. Ee il resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF Lou
isiana. twO-thiTds OF all the memberI
elected to each House cOncurring, that
the fifth section OF Article 10 Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Louisiana
Section .. Re il further resolved.
etc. that this proposed amendment
shall be submitted TO the qualified cleo
tors OF the State for adoption or rejeC-
ton at the Congressional election to be
held on Tuesday. November :, 1916
Section 3. Re il further resolved.
etc. that on the official ballots 70 be
used at said election there shall be
placed the words. For the propos ed
amendment to Article rs Of the Con-
stItutiOn Of Louisiana" and thu. words.
Against the proposed amendment to
Article lls Of the Constitution Of Lou
islana,' and each elcctOr shall indicate
as provided in III. general election
laws Of this state. for which of the
propositions h. votes.
HEWITT EOrANCHAUD,
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
ETHELEED VI. STAFFORD.
President Pro Tempore Of the Senate.
Approved: June lG, 1916.
X. G. PLEASANT
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
a true COPY:
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary OF State.