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cuAprrR Xv11-contlnued.

1,rRRY left them to start on the work
7 Of fitting the ponderous sluice-gate
.Shown logs that he had prepared for the
snonth of the great ditch. 1t was a tri-
umph Of ingenuity. He never could have
oyoiyed It without the aid of a giant
,ronwood wormscrew taken from the
rrsck of cotton press. The screw was
az heavy that he and Bonlfacio could
hardly carry it.
AL the end of three days the great gate
was Installed. He and Bonifacio toiled
like sailors at a capstan. They drove
tbe heavy barrier down into the sand
with a last turn Of the screw and shut
out the river. Margarita came and saw
and was pleased.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-02
VIVID CONTRAST IN METHODS
OF DEALING WITH DELINQUENT
HUSBANDS AND FATHERS
While Neglect of Philadelphias Councils Sub
jects Families to Privation, Allegheny County
Courts Prove Effectiveness Of Law of 1913
INSTRUCTIVE FACTS AND FIGURES

ht me second Of series articles for the EVENING rpeER on social
beneficial operation
uoh
aed that $4,000 dnnua the amount needed for the enforcement Of the
subject.
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CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER Mn,
NNE day as Gerry was pottering about
~ log bridge he had thrown over his
ditch, shadow fell across his path and
he looked UP to find Father Matthias,
mule, umbrella and ALL looming over him.
II am on the way back" sad the priest,
and have stopped TO have chat with
you"
Wont you come down to the house?''
said Gerry. "Margarita will give you a
warm welcome"
And you?" said the priest, smiling.
''1?' said Gerry. II am but wayfarer.
l can only welcome YOU to my ditch"
What, again?" said the priest as he
slid cumbrously off his passive mule.
with cassock still looped UP about his
waist he came to meet Gerry. Let us
sit down OH this log" said the priest,
and you can listen to the water while
1 listen to you"
CONTINUED TOMORROW.
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Our Postohice Box

How do you do, David Linker?
How is the reading progressing?
David is very fond of libraries, and
some day we expect him to tell us
everything that he has found in them.
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M2NEHS IFEEEE5XHtp Ef fE9M4 SyPTEdHFN-
oNERS COMMITTED BY THE COUNTY
GG9MBBT III rRpE3FAuRkT az OF BoNR dI MI. NTH
.S1.OS2.20

Totals .OS220 ST.4O5.4
Mr.. Pagan adds to these statistics the
following statement:
''In my report last year d913. when the
law became operative) I stated that the
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"I shall be very glad to give you any
further information can.
Yours very truly,
wv. a. WAY"
PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES.
The report of Probation officer Law.
renee NJ. Fagan. of the Allegheny County
Court, shows the following payments made
to the families OF deserting or non.sup-
porting men, imprisoned in the county
workhouse, for the tS months from July,
1918, to December, 1914. inclusive:
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can be n
| live In,
much dls
hinl Nh
n room aud
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-31
CHAPTER Ill,

It was gray stone, with long roofs
of thick green slate. An architect who
loved the milder Gothic motives" had
built what he liked: 1t was to be seen
at once that he had been left unham-
pered, and he had wrought a picture
out of his head into q noble and ex-
ultant reality. At the same time a
landscape designer had played SO good
a second, with ready-made accessories
of screen, approach and vista, that al
ready whatever look Of neWness re-
manned upon the place was to it's ad-
vantage, as showing at least one thing
yet clean under the grimy sky.
Altogether, the new house was sue
cess. 1t was one of those architects
successes which leave the owners
yelled in privacy; it revealed nothing
Of the people who lived in it save that
they were rich. In our swelling cities
rich families, one after another, take
title and occupy such houses as for
tunes rise and fall-they mark the
high tide. It was impossible to mag
inc a child's toy wagon left upon a
walk or driveway Of the new house,
and yet it was-as Bibbs rightly called
it-'beautiful."
What the architect thought Of the
"Golfo di NapoH," which hung In its
vast gold revel Of rocco frame against
the gray wood Of the hall, is to be con-
jectured-perhaps he had not seen It,
Edith, did you say only eleven
feet?' Bibbs painted, staring at it, as
the white-j twin Of a Pullman
porter helped him to get out Of his
overcoat.
Eleven without the frame" she ex-
planned. Its splendid, don't you
think? It lightens things up so. The
hall was kind of gloomy before
mo gloom now!' said Bibbs.
"This statue in the corner is pretty,
too" she remarked Mamma and l
bought that" And Bibbs turned at
her direction to behold, amid a grove
Of tubbed palms, a 'life-size," black
bearded Moor, Of plastic composition
painted with unappeasable gloss and
br1lltancy. Upon his chocolate head he
wore a gold turban; in his hand he
held a gold-tipped spear; and for the
rest, he was red and yellow and black
and silver.
''Hallelujahr' was the sole comment
Of the returned wanderer, and Edith,
saying she would find mamma" left
him blinking at the Moor. Presently
after she had disappeared, he turned
to the colored man who stood waiting,
B1bbs' travelling bag in his hand.
What do you think OF it," Bibbs
asked, solemnly.
"Gran'r' replied the servitor 'she
mighty hard to dus'. Dus' git in all
'em wrinkles. Yessuh, she mighty hard
to dus'."
Il expect she must be-" said Bibbs,
his glance returning ref1ectively to the
black full beard for a moment. SIS
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women were at work under the pa
tentiy nominal direction of another
Pullman porter, who was profoundly
enjoying his own affectation of being
harassed with care.
"Ev'ything got look spick an span
fo' the big doin's tonight" Bibbs'
guide explained, chuckling. ''Yessuh,
we got big doin's tonight! Big doin's"
The room to which he conducted his
tagging charge was furnished in every
particular like a room in a new hotel !;
and Bibbs found 1t pleasant-though,
indeed, any room with a good bed
would have seemed pleasant to him
after his journey. He stretched him
self fiat Immediately, and having re-
piled Not now" to the attendants
offer to unpack the bag, closed his eyes
YEARLY.
White jacket, racially sympathetic,
lowered the window shades and made
an exit on tiptOe, encountering the
other white jacket-the harassed over
seer-1n the hall without. Said the
emerging one:
HE mighty shaky, Mist Jackson.
Drop right down an shet his eyes.
Eyeids all black. Rich folks gotta go
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right away. You need fatting up, Of
course, and you haven't got much
color"
No." he said, ST haven't much
color"
You look a great deal better than
what l expected
Edith must have a great Vocabu-
lary!' he chuckled.
shes too sensitive said Mrs. Sher-
idan, land it makes her exaggerate a
little. What about your diet?"
That's all right They told me to
eat anything"
That's good" she said, nodding.
'They mean for you just to build up
your strength. That's what they told
me the last time L went to see you at
the sanitarium. You look better than
what you did then and that's only q
little time ago. How long was it?'
Eight months, l think"
mo, it couldn't be. l know it amt
that long. but maybe it was longer n
l thought And this last month or so
1 haven't had scarcely even time to
write more than just line TO ask how
you were gettfn' along, but l told Edith
to write, the weeks l couldn't, and |
| asked jim, too. and they both said
they would, so [ suppose you've kept
up pretty we'll on the home news
ooh, yes"
what I think you need, said the
mother, gravely, SIS to hven up little
and take an interest in things. That's
what papa was sayin' this morning,
| after we got your telegram; and that's
what'll stimulate your appetite, too
| He was talkin' over his plans for
| you"
'Plans?" Bibbs, turning on his side,
shielded his eyes from the light with
| his hand, so that he might see her bet
| ter. "What-" He paused What
plans is he making for me, mother?"
She turned away, going back to the
| window to draw down the shade.
''Well, you better talk it over with
| him." she said, with perceptibie nerv-
BUSINESS. He better tell you himself.
I don't feel as if 1 had any call, ex-
y
| to sleep now, anyway" She came and
stood by the bedside once more. But
you must remember, Bibbs, whatever
papa does is for the best. He loves his
children and wants to do what's right
by all of 'em-and you'll always find
| he's right in the end"
He made a little gesture of assent,
which seemed to content her; and she
rustled to the door, turning to speak
again after she had opened it. You
get good nap, now, so as to be all
rested up for tonight"
''You-you mean-he-" Bibbs STAN
mered, having begun to speak too
quickly. Checking himself, he drew a
long breath, then asked, quietly, Does
father expect me to come downstairs
this evening7'
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CHAP I.

There is a midland city in the heart
Of fair, open country, dirty and won
derful city nesting dinghy in the fog
of its own smoke. The stranger must
feel the dirt before he feels the won
der, for the dirt will be upon him in
stantly. At a breeze he must smother
In whirlpoOls of dust, and if he should
decline at any time to inhale the smoke
he has the meager alternative Of sui
eide.
Not quite so long ago as a genera
ton there was here no heaving, grimy
city; there was but pleasant big town
of neighborly people who had under
standing of one another.
But there was a spirit abroad In the
land, and it was strong here as else
,where-a spirit that had moved in the
depths of the American soil and Ia
bored there, sweating, till 1t stirred the
surface, rove the mountains, and
emerged, tangible and monstrous the
god Of all good American hearts-Big-
ness. And so the place grew. And it
grew strong.
The Sheridan building was the big
,gest skyscraper; the Sheridan Trust
company was the biggest Of its kind,
and Sheridan himself had been the big
gest builder and breaker and truster
and buster under the smoke. He had
come from a country crossroads, at
the beginning of the growth, and he
had gone up and down in the boOms
and relapses Of that period; but each
time he went down he rebounded a
little higher, until finally, after q year
of overwOrk and anxiety-the latter
not decreased by a chance, remote but
possible, OF recuperatiOn from the for
mer in the penitentiary-he found
himself on top, with solid substance
under his feet; and thereafter played
1T safe" But his hunger to get was
undated, for it was in the very bones
of him and grew fiercer.
He was the city incarnate. He loved
it, calling 1t Gods country, as he called
the smoke Prosperity, breathing the
dingy cloud with relish. The smoke
was one of his great enthusiasms; he
laughed at a committee of plaintive
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'Well, l think he does" she an
swered. "You see, it's the house
warming as he calls it, and he said he
thinks all our children ought to be
around us, as well as the OLD friends
and other folks. It's just what he
thinks you need--to take an interest
and liven up. You don't feel too bad
to come down, do you"
"Mother?'
"WellY"
stake a good look at me-" he said.
ooh, see herep' she cried with
brusk cheerfulness. you're not so
bad off as you think you are, Bibbs.
You're on the mend, and it won't do
you any harm to please your"
ut isn't that" he interrupted. "Hon-
estly, I'm only afraid it might spoil
somebody's appetite. Edith"
81 told you the child was too sensi-
tive" she interrupted, in turn. you're
a plenty good-lookin' enough young
man for anybody! You look like you
been through long spell and begun to
get we'll, and that's all there is to it."
"All right. I'll come to the party.
If the rest of you can stand 1t, I CAMP
'It'H do you good" she returned,
rustIing into the hail. "Now take a
nap, and I'll send one O. the help to
wake you in time for you to get
dressed up before dinner You go to
sleep right away, now, Bibbsr'
He woke refreshed, stretched him
self gingerly-as one might have a care
against too quick or too long a pull
upon a frayed elastic-and, getting to
his feet, went blinking to the window
and touched the shade so that it few
up, letting in a pale sunset.
He looked out into the lemon colored
light and smiled wanly at the next
house, as Edith's grandiose phrase
came to mind, "the old Vertrees coun-
try mansion" 1t stood in a broad
lawn which was separated from the
Sheridans' by young hedge; and it
was big, square, plain old box of a
house with a giant salt-cellar atop for
a cupola. Paint had been spared for a
long time, and 10 one could have put
a name to the color of it, but in spite of
that the place had no look of being
out at heel, and the sward was as
neatly trimmed as the Sheridans' own.
Directly opposite the window the
Vertrees' lawn had been graded so as
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same as anybody else. Anybody asst
me if I change 18th at ole boy-No,
sub! Lem keep is money; keep my
black skin an keep out the groundp'
Mr.. Jackson expressed the same
preference. ''Yessuh, he look tub me
like somebody awready laid out"
He fell silent at rustling Of skirts
in the corridor. It was Mrs. Sheridan
hurrying to greet her son.
She was one of those fat, pink people
who fade and contract with age like
drying fruit; and her outside was q
true portrait Of her. Her husband and
her daughter had long ago absorbed
her. Edith lived all day with her
mother, as daughters do; and Sheridan
so held his wife to her unity with him
that she had long ago become uncon-
scious Of her existence as a thing sep
arate from his.
Mrs Sneridan's manner was hurried
and incOnsequent; her clothes rustIed
more than other WOmen's clothes; she
seemed to wear too many at a time
and to be vaguely troubled by them,
and she was pattfng a skirt down over
some uRruly internal dissension at the
moment she opened Bibbs' door.
At sight of the recumbent figure she
began to close the door softly, with
drawing, but the young man had heard
the turning of the knob and the rus
ting of skirts, and he opened his eyes.
Don't so, mother" he said. I'm
not asleep" He swung his long legs
over the side Of the bed to rise, but
she set a hand on his shoulder, re-
straining him; and he lay fat again.
mo" she said, bending over to kiss
his cheek, Il just come for minute,
but l want to see how you seem. Edith
said
Poor Edithr' he murmured. "She
couldn't look at me. She"
Nonsense" Mrs. Sheridan, having
let in the light at window, came back
to the bedside. you look a great
deal better than what you did before
you went to the sanitarium, anyway.
It's done you good: body can see that
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housewives who called to beg his aid
against 1t. Smokes what brings your
husbands money home on Saturday
might" he told them jovially. You go
home and ask your husbands what
smoke puts In their pockets out O. the
pay ROLAND you'll come around next
time to get me to turn out more smoke
instead o. chokin' it OFF,
1t was Narcissism In him to love the
city so well; he saw his reelection in
it; and, like it, he was grimy, big,
careless, rich, strong, and unQuench-
ably optimistic. Just as he profoundly
believed his city 10 be the finest city
in the world, so did he believe his fam
Sly to be-in spite of his son Bibbs-
the finest family In the world. AS
matter of fact, he knew nothing worth
knowing about either.
Bibbs Sheridan was a musing sort
OF boy, poor ir health, and considered
the failure-the "odd one"--of the
family. Born during that most danger
Gus and anxious of the early yeats,
he was an ill-nourished baby, and
grew meagerly, only lengthwise,
fhrough feeble childhood. At his
christening he was committed for life
TO "Bibbs" mainly through lack of
imagination on his mothers part, for
though it was her maiden name, she
had no strong affection for IT. One
day when the sickly boy was nine, he
requested with unwonted vehemence
TO be allowed to exchange names with
his older brother, Roscoe Conkling
Sheridan, or with the oldest, James
Sheridan, Jr., and upon being refused
went down into the cellar and re
mained there the rest of that day. And
the cook, descending toward dusk, re-
ported that he had vanished; bu
search revealed that he was in the
coal-pile, completely covered and still
Fburrowing. Removed by force and
carried upstairs, he maintained a eryp-
Tic demeanor, refusing to utter syl
Gable OF explanation, even under the
sash. This obvious thing was wholly
o mystery to both parents: the mother
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have relatives there yet-some Of the
best people in Lynn."
mol" exclaimed Bibbs, tncredu-
lousy.
"And there are other old families
like the Vertreeses,'' she went on, not
needing him; 1.-The Lamhorns and the
Kittersbys and the ]. Palmerston
Smiths
Strange names to me-" he inter-
rupted. Poor things! None of them
have my acquaintance"
No, that's just it!'' she cried. "And
papa had never even heard the name
Of Vertrees! Mrs. Vertrees went With
some antismoke committee to see him,
and he told her that smoke was what
made her husband bring home his
wages from the pay roll on Saturday
night He told US about it, and |
thought just couldn't live through
the night, l was so ashamed. Mr.
Vertrees has always lived on his in
come, and papa didn't know him, of
CANT people in the whole town. And
to crown it all, papa went and bought
the next lot to the old Vertrees coun-
try mansion-it's in the very heart Of
the best new residence district now,
and that's where the new house is,
say 1t makes their place look rather
shabby! I met Mary Vertrees when
l Joined the Mission Service Helpers,
but she never did any more than just
barely bow to me, and since papa's
break 1 doubt If she'll do that! They
haven't called"
"And you think If I spread this gos-
sip about Vertrees the First stealing
Danl Boone's gun, the chances that
they will call"
Papa knows what a break he made
with Mrs. Vertrees. I made him I'M
derstand that" said Edith, demurely,
land he's promised to try and meet
Mr.. Vertrees and be nice to him. Bob
by Lamhorn told Sibyl he was going
to bring his mother to call on her and
on mamma, but it was weeks ago, and
notice he hasn't done it; and If Mrs,
Vertrees decides not to know US, I'm
darn sure Mrs Lamhorn IL never
come. That's one thing Sibyl didn't
manage! She said Bobby offered to
bring his mother"
"You say he is a friend of Roscoe's?"
Bibbs asked.
'Oh, he's a friend of the whole fam
ily," she returned, with q petulance
which she made no effort to disguise
Roscoe and he got acquainted some
where. and they take him to the the
alter about every night. Sibyl has him
to lunch, too, and keeps" She
broke off with an angry little jerk Of
the head. "We can see the new house
from the second corner ahead. Roscoe
has built straight across the street
from us, you know. Honestly, Sibyl
makes me think Of snake, sometimes
the way she pulls the wool over
peoples eyes! She honeys up to papa
and gets anything In the world she
wants out Of him, and then makes fun
Of him behind his back-yes, and to
his face, but he can't see 1t! She got
him to give her a thousand
dollar porch for their house after it
was"
"Good heave~ 81" said Bibbs, staring
ahead as they reached the corner and
the car swung to the right, following
bend in the street. "Is that the new
house?"
"Yes. What do you think Of 1t?'
"Well," he drawled, ''I'm pretty sure
the sanitarium's about half a size big
ger; can't be certain till I measure -
And a moment later, as they entered
the driveway, he added, seriously:
"But it's beautifuip'
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there a place anywhere could lie
DOWN."
"YeSsuh. We got one mem spare
rooms all fix up TO you. sub Right
up staihs, sub. Nice room.
He led the way, AMI Bibbs followed
slowly, stopping. at intervals to rest.
and noting a heavy Increase in the
staff of service sil.ce the exodus from
the ii house. Maid and scrub
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-08-31
CHAPTER III.

Beginning at the beginning and
learning from the ground up was a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
COMING EVENTS
MOVIE PROGRAMS

state points. Tickets on sale at Dus-
tins
Wednesday and Thursday, Novem-
Der 1928: The William Fox photo
play, "The Two Orphans" featuring
Theda Bara, Jean Sothern and Will
lam E. Shay, all three noted stars.
The 1.-TWO Orphans" has long been
known as classic of the stage. But
now as screened for William Fox,
it is seen in new form, and judg-
ment left to the public as to whether
the play lends itself better to the
spoken or silent drama.
Adolph D. Emery, the author of
this world famous drama would hard
ly recognize his play as produced for
the screen, so vital and virile thing
hes the picture man, Herbert Bren-
non, made of it. In this production
Theda Bara is seen in a sympathetic
part, and does not play the vampire
as usual. You will like her better
than ever.
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Orpheum Theatre

Friday, November II: Episode Z
of peg Of the Ring" will be run
in the Isis with a three-part LKO
comedy, "The Great Smash"
Saturday. November 18: Triangle
feature "Cross Currents" with Helen
Ware and Teddy Sampson. Keystone
comedy in two reels, Dizzy Heights
and Daring Hearts," with Chester
Conklin. Regular vaudeville act.
Monday, November 20: Triangle
feature, "The Conner" with Willard
Mack and Clara Williams in the lead
parts. Three-reel Keystone comedy,
Fatty and Mabel Adrift," featuring
Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
"a scream from start to finish.
Tuesday, November FL: The first
road show of the season: Byers and
cato present the big eastern success,
THE Frame-up." This show comes
we'll recommended to the local man
agement. from Twin Falls and other
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-17
MARKET REPORT

Prime steers brought ITO. The bulk
$50 q CTS. Chicago, native beef
cattle, $50 q 1900; western steers,
$50 q 1925. Kansas City prime
fed steers, 1000 @ 11.40. Omaha,
native steers, $50 @ lilo; cows
and heifers, SIS @ 7.50.
Grains
Chicago, November 14.-Sharp
price losses in wheat resulted today
from indications that British buyers
had withdrawn from the market. The
close was heavy at Nc to 3B net
decline, with December 1854 to
1885 and May 1909 to 1.91. At
first the wheat market displayed con-
siderable strength, owing to word
that the visible supply in Europe had
decreased 1,484,000 bushels during
the week and because British millers
were said to be purchasing flour
abroad at ...ncy prices.
The Blackfoot milling company has
been paying ESQ q $50 this week
for wheat.
Potatoes are holding strong to 81.
COmmissaries
Butter, 35c; eggs, 45c; -four, $3.50
per cwt.; sugar 80.
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ing Evening, Unjust Taxation. I"
sor Hammer will have charge of the
music at the Baptist church.
There will be no church services
at the Episcopal church next Sunday,
as the Rev. George has been called
out of town to funeral service.
Lutheran church, Luther Strom-
quist, pastor: Regular services II a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday school 10
a. m.
Christian Science chapel, North
Shilling avenue. Services Sunday
morning at II o'clock; Sunday school
at 10 o'clock; Wednesday evening
testimonial meeting at o'clock.
The subject of the lesson sermon
for next Sunday is, Soul and Body"