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lS HIS LESSON

her to where I thought you were waiting.
 Your letter, too, has made me feel that you women feel and live so much more in the present mo- ment than men do. And you talk so. Because you think that for a moment had treated you With in- difference. that moment became more harder to bear than the more distant thought of losing me altogether. So you say what you feel for the moment. To a man, un- til he learns how to take woman, such a statement seems to show . no feeling deeper than the pettish- ness of the present moment But I think, dear. I am learning how to take you, and l shall study my lesson and be prepared better next time I am called on to understand you
 It seems to me that this prepar- ing to act on lessons we have learned by bitter experience makes the bitterness of a quarrel almost worth while. We both of us are so anxious to do the right, loving, even sacrificing thing for each oth- CT always. How does it come, then
  with us when we both mean so well, as last Saturday?
 I think that is because life is always springing some new, or all most new, problem on us for which experience has not yet prepared us. The absolutely new problems, of course. we cannot anticipate. But for the others I believe in pre- paredness. So that this very min ute I am coming my lesson or what to do the next time I wan der off in search of lamps and leave you alone near the door Of a store And perhaps you are con- ming your lesson, too. If so, we'll starve that pest Misunderstanding to death as far as we two are con cerned.
 "A Lesson Learned Too Well" will appear in tomorrow Age
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got up sort of combination minstrel sketch of our own. Then and there the germ of a great idea was born in my brain, namely. that some day I would be big minstrel man, on the real stage. At the theatre there happened just at that time to be performance on the bills1 by the Al G. Fields Minstrel show, and so this boy friend and myself hiked over to the theatre and showed the letter heads of our combination and asked for passes the manager of the theatre said the house was sold out. We asked
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to see MT. Field. He gave us the same answer and remarked then to the gen. tleman: Mr. Field, some day you are going to want me in your show, and when, you do you've got to pay me- Well, my prophecy came true, and in the meantime MT. Field used this incident in one of his monologues in our show, elaborating upon. sketch.''
 'Is it difficult to amuse an audience?"
 (COntinued on Page EighD
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The finest, daintieSt things are safe at the Hand Work Department
 --The American
The American

Every woman has very fine hand embroidered bits of ap- parel, dainty drawnwork, art linens, crochet, luncheon sets, etc, which she can't afford to risk to ordinary laundry meth ods.
 The Hand Work Department does them EXQUISITELY-an our Perfec- ton Drier finishes them lovely as new.
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Bert Swor the Big Minstrel Man, Is Not Only Prominent In 'Whos Who" But He Is Equally
 Prominent In Here's How," Dolly Declares.
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"A Lesson Learned Too Well" will appear in tomorrow's Age Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08
GIRL, Y, Chief EDITOR
OF PEANUT MONTHLY
Alexandria (La.) Paper Published
and Managed by Her Consid-
cred Newsy Publication.

Alexandria, 'La.-Hey, cub! You guy
over there with the oblique tilt to your
ivory dome, you's proud Of your pres
ent journalistic aspirations and past
accomplishments?
And how old are you? Twenty? And
only a cub!
Well, you had better come back to
earth and go stick your head in the
byproducts plant, because you're to.
tally eclipsed.
Ethleen Milburn is almost twelve
years old you're twenty, is girl
you're only one year less than mani.
has bright golden hair yours is turn.
ing gray and is an editor in chief
you're only kittenish cub.
Yes, the Peanut Monthly, Miss Eth
leen Milburn, publisher and managing
editor, is AleXandria's newest and
newsiest publication.
The sheet has all the distinguishing
features Of the regular journal it is.
including the social column" "per-
sonals," movie news" editorials"
housewife corner" and the price is
only cents for home people, cents
by mail. Want ads. bring / cent per
line.
Miss Noodles Randolph, the editors
school chum, is the circulating man
ager and has just turned in three new
subscriptions.
Here are few typically interesting
news items:
ITO get fat-address the editress Of
this paper"
"There are 1000 soldiers in Camp
Stafford. Gee, girls, but you are lucky!"
Accidents. Mrs. Hazel Clay has
terrible cold"
"John Buie, Jr., got spanking last
night-a very unusual thing"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08
HE GROWS 434 INCHES
IN JUST EIGHT DAYS
Visits Mountains and Returns Great
ly Changed Boy.

New York.-Donald. the twelve-year-
old son of II. S. Rushmore Of Jamaica.
n. Y, went to Mount Beacon, N. Y.
for a rest.
when Donald went away" said his
father, "he was four feet ten inches
in height and weighed seventy-two
pounds. He had always been light
eater. When he got back eight days
later Mrs. Rushmore was so amazed at
the change in his appearance that we
measured him again and found he was
FIVE feet two and three-quarters high
and weighed eighty-two pounds.
"a friend of mine who lived in this
same house (S3 Shelton avenue) sent
his fifteen year-old son last year up to
the mountains in Maine, and he grew
five inches in FIVE weeks"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08
NEARLY KILLED BY SHELTERS
Almost Drain Life Blood From YOUNG
Man In Indiana.

Michigan City, Ind.-Crazed by loss
of blood, exposure and lack of food,
his body covered with mosquito bites
and clad only in a shirt, Stanley Bo-
lOwski, twenty-three years old, was
found in marsh near here. His face
and body We're so swollen from the at
tacks Of the insects he was almost un.
recognizable. AS he had been missing
from his home for several days, he is
said to have wandered in the swamps
since that time.
Railroad employees discovered b.
lowski, and he was taken to hospital.
He was employed as a riveter until
May 80, when he was thrown out Of
employment. Physicians marveled
that Bolowski is alive. They believe
he suffered a sunstroke or was over.
come by heat. A great deal Of blood
was drained from his body by mos.
quitoes. He will recover.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08
ARMY BANS WATERMELON,
Breeds Flies, as Rind Can't Be Effec
lively Destroyed.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Gloom spread over
the army camps here with the news
that watermelons have been banned
by the authorities
1t Is not that melons of the south.
west carry Infection or that they are
unwhoesome. The army fly expert Is
behind the order. He has discovered
that watermelon rind is the only kind
of garbage that cannot be properly
burned or effectively buried. To wa.
termelon rind is attributed the present
fly pest, and flies. says the expert.
breed disease
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08

irritating it or drawing 1t on to new
antagonisms. when the nations Will
which we deal shall at last come 10
see upon what deep foundations OF hu-
mainly and justice our passion TOT
neace rests and when all mankind shall
look upon our great people with new
sentiment of admiration. friendly r.
valry ana real affection as upon a peo-
ple who. though keen to succeed, seeks
ALWAYS to he at once generous ana just
and to whom humanity IS dearer than
profit or selfish power.
Upon this record and in the faltn OF
this purpose we go to the country.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08
TAGGART'S DOG IN CAPITOL.
He Leads Pointer to Democratic Cloak
Room-Page Watches Him.

Observation-Disclosures Tom Taggart
introduced an innovation in the senate
recently that stirred that austere body
to mild revolt Taggart led pointer
dog into the Democratic cloakroom, 1t
was learned
The senator from Indiana said he
did not take the dog into the senate
chamber. He declared that it was a
valuable dog. and he did not care to
turn him adrift. \ senate page guard.
ed the canine during the session,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08
Street to Be Named For Gallo

Street to Be Named For GaIieni.
Paris. - The municipal council of
Paris has charged one Of its commit.
tees with the mission Of choosing a
street or square to be named after the
late General Ga,lieni.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-09-08

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Do not delay!
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You can come from Missouri and
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Special attention given to Chronic
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self back in his luxurious swing chair
and clasped his pudgy hands over the
top of his head where the reddish-gray
hair was thinning reluctantly.
I've been putting it of to see which
way the cat was going to jump" he ad-
mitted. IF young Massingale is out OF
danger. 1t is time to get action. What
was the quarrel about, between him
and Van Bruce?""
1T occurs to me that your son would
be a better source of information
said Brouillard. evading.
Van Bruce has told me all he re-
members-which isn't much, owing to
his own beastly condition at the time.
He says young Massingale was threat
ening Notwithstanding. in con-
nection with the Coronida grant-and
that he got the insane idea into mis-
head that the only way to stop the
threat was by killing Massingale."
The sandy-gray. eyes Of the million
aire promoter were shifting while he
spoke, but Brouillard fixed and held
them before he said: Why should
Massingale threaten your son. Mr..
Cortwright?"
IL don't know" denied the promoter.
and he said it without flinching hairs
breadth.
Then can tell you," was the equal
ly steady rejoinder. Some time ago
you lent David Massingale, through the
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CHAPTER XIV
Quicksands

A short week after the reclamation
service headquarters had been moved
from the log-built Offices on the gov
eminent reservation to the commodi-
Gus and airy suite on the sixth floor Of
the Niquoia building Brouillard re-
.ceived the summons which he had
been expecting ever since the night
of rioting and lawlessness which had
marked the close Of the railroad cele-
bration.
Mr.. Cartwright would like to see
you in his rooms at the Metropole,"
was the message the office boy brought,
and Brouillard closed his desk with a
snap and followed the boy to Bongras'.
The shrewd-eyed tyrant of Mirapo-
lis was in his shirt sleeves. busily die
tating to two stenographers alternate
ly. when the engineer entered the third
room Of the series; but the work was
suspended and the stenographers were
sent away as soon as Brouillard was
announced.
WELL" was the millionaire's greet.
ing, you waited to be sent for, didn't
your
why not?" said Brouillard shortly.
II have my work to do and you have
yours"
And the two Jobs are at opposite
ends Of the string. you'd say. Never
mind; we can't afford to throw each
other down, and just now you can
tell me few things that want to
know. How is young Massingale get.
ting along?"
LAS well as could be expected. Car.
ruthers-the doctor-says he is out of
danger"
HIN. 1t has been handed in to me
two or three times lately that the old
man is out cunning for Van Bruce or
for me. Any truth in that?"
81 think not. Massingale is a Ken.
tuckian. and fancy he is quite capa.
BILE Of potting either one or both of
you for the attack on his son. But so
far he has done nothing-has hardly
left Steve's bedside"
Mr.. ]. Wesley Cartwright flung him.
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bank. a pretty large sum of money for
development expenses on the Little
Susan taking a mortgage on every
thing in sight to cover the loan. But
when the railroad was an assured fact
he learned that the Red Butte smelt-
ers wouldn't take his ore, giving some
technical reason which he knew to be
a mere excuse"
Mr.. Cartwright nodded. so far you
might be reading It out of a book"
in consequence, David Massingale
finds himself in a fair way to become
a broken man by the simplest of COM
mercial processes. The bank holds his
notes. which will presently have to be
paid. II he can't pay. the bank comes
back on you as his indorser, and you
fall back on your mortgage and take
the mine. Isn't that about the size of
it,"
1T is exactly the size of 1t. do
want the Little Susan and I've got a
good friend or two in the Red Butte
smelters who will help me get it,"
Brouillard's black eyes were snap
ping. but his voice was quite steady
when he said: Thank you. That
brings us down to the mention of the
Coronida grant and Stephen Massin-
gales threat-which your son can't re-
member"
"Right-o," said Mr.. Cartwright, still
with predetermined geniality. What
was the threatr"
Il don't know. but the guessing list
is open to everybody. There was once
a grant Of many square miles of noun
tain and desert somewhere in this re-
gion made to one Don Estacio de Mon.
tarriba Coronida. Like those of most
of the great Spanish land grants, the
boundaries of this one were loosely
described and"
Mr.. Cartwright held up a fat hand.
81 know what you're going to say.
But we went into all that at Washing
ton before we ever invested a single
dollar in this valley. AS you may or
may not know, the reclamation serv-
ice bureau tried to choke us OF. But
when it came down to brass tacks,
they lacked a witness. We may be in
the bed of your proposed lake. but
we're safely on Coronida land"
so you say" said Brouillard quietly,
land on the strength of that you have
been guaranteeing titles. Just there
is where Massingale comes in, l imag-
inc. He has spent twenty years or
more in this region, and he knows
every landmark in it. What II he
should be able to put lighted match
to your pile of kindling. Mr.. Cort-
wright?"
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you saw them, Castner?"
They were in front of 'Pegleg
Johns in the next block. Miss Mas
singale was waiting for Smith, who
was just coming out of Pegleg's den
shaking his head. l put two and two
together and guessed they were look
ing for Stephen"
her reasons. Let's try it," said Brouil-
lard. and he was halfway across the
street when Cashier overlook him
There was a dance hall next door to
Pegleg Johns barrel house and gam
bling rooms. and. though the daylight
was still strong enough to make the
electrics garishly unnecessary. the
orgy was in full swing. the raucous
changing of a piano and the shuttle
and stamp of many feet drowning the
monotonous cries of the sidewalk
barker" who was inviting all and
sundry to enter and join the dancers.
Cashier would have stopped to ques-
ton the 'barker"-was, in fact. trying
to make himself heard-when the
sharp crash of a pistol shot dominated
the clamOr of the piano and the stamp
ing feet. Brouillard made quick dash
for the open door of the neighboring
barrel house, and Cashier was so good
second that they burst in as one
man.
The dingy interior of Pegleg Johns.
which was merely a barrel-lined vesti-
bule leading to the gambling rooms
beyond. staged tragedy. A handsome
young giant, out of whose face sudden
agony had driven the brooding pas
sion of intoxication, lay, loose-fung.
on the sawdust-covered floor, with
Amy Massingale kneeling in stricken.
fearless misery beside him. Almost
within arms reach Van Bruce Cort-
wright, the slayer, was wrestling stub
bOrnly with Tig Smith and the fat
armed barkeeper, who were trying to
disarm him. his heavy face a mask of
irresponsible rage and his lips bub-
bling imprecatiOns.
Turn me loose" he gritted. I'll fix
him so he won't give the governors
snap away! He'll pipe the story of
the Coronida grant of to the papers?
not if kill him till he's too dead to
bury. l guess"
Cashier ignored the wrestling three
and dropped quickly on his knees be.
side Stephen Massingale, bracing the
girl with the needed
word of hope and directing her in low
tones how to help him search for the
wound.
But Brouillard hurled himself with
an oath upon young Cartwright. and 1t
was he. and neither the cattleman nor
he fat-armed barkeeper, who wrenched
the weapon out of Cortwright's grasp
and with it menaced the babbling muir.
1erer into silence.
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"6rouiIlard, This Is Simply HideousI"
take her down there at such a time as
this?"
The young missionary waAfrowning
thoughtfully. Il think it was the
other way about. Her brother has been
drinking again, and / took it for grant
ed that. she and Smith were looking
for him."
Brouillard buttoned his coat and
pulled his soft hat over his eyes.
I'm going to look for her." he said.
will you come along?"
Cashier nodded, and together they
put their shoulders to the crowd. Again
and again the engineer and his com.
panion had to intervene by word and
blow to protect the helpless in the
half-drunken, gibe-flinging crush. and
in these sallies Cashier bore his part
like a man, expostulating first and hit.
ting out afterward in a fashion that
left no doubt in the mind of his antag.
onist of the moment.
1T was little less than a crime to
turn your laborers loose on the town
on such an occasion as this" said Cast.
ner, dealing out his words as frankly
and openly as he did his blows.
Brouillard shrugged.
IF ! hadn't given them the day
they would have taken it without leave
You'll have to pass the responsibility
on to someone higher up"
The militant one accepted the chal
lenge promptly.
1T lies ultimately at the door OF
those whose insatiate greed has bull,
this new Gomorrah in the shadow OF
your dam" He wheeled suddenly and
flung long arm toward the half-fn
ished structure filling the gap between
the western shoulders of Chigringc
and Jacks mountain. There stands
the proof Of Gods wisdom in hidine
the future from mankind. Mr.. Brouil
lard. Because a little section of hu
manity here behind that great wal
knows the end Of its hopes. and the
manner and time Of that end, IL be
comes demon-ridden, irreclaimable,"
At another time the engineer might
have felt the force of the tersely elo
quent summing up of the accusation
against the Metropolitan attitude. Blu,
now he was looking anxiously for Amy
Massingale or her escort, or both o.
them.
Surely Smith wouldn't let her stay
down here a minute longer than 1,
took to get her away" he said impa
tiently as pair of drunken Cornish
men reeled out Of Haley's place and
usurped the sidewalk. Where was II
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SYNOPSIS.

Brouillard, chief engineer of the Niouoia
irrigation dam, meets J. Wesley Cort-
wright and his daughter. Genevieve, and
explains the reclamation work to them
Cortwright sees a big chance to make
money. organizes a company and obtains
government contracts to furnish power
and material. Steve Massingale threatens
20 start gold rush II Brouillard does not
innuence President Ford to build a rail-
road branch TO the place, thus opening
an easy market for the ore from the Lit
tie susan mine. On visit to Amy Mas
nngaie at her fathers mine Brouillard
t ssIis ner OF his need for money to pay off
MS dead fathers debts. She tells him to
pc true to himself. He decides for the ex-
tension Mirapolis, the city of numbered
uays, oooms. Cartwright persuades Brouil-
iaro 10 become consulting engineer of the
consolidated electric power company in re-
turn Tor 100000 stock. Stoppage Of work
on the railroad threatens panic. Brouil-
Iaro spreads the Massingale story of
placer gold in the river bed and starts
goio rush. The gold rush promises to stop
,he reclamation project. Amy tells Brouil-
, "a that her father has Incorporated the
Little Susan and Is in Cortwright's
cIutcnes financially. He tells her he has
made 100000 and declares his love. Amy
ioves MIN but shows him that he has be-
come demoralized Massingale's placer
soio md was fraud. but a real find is
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had promised he should be-and the
men OF his clique called the young
missionary a meddlesome visionary,
he stood in the stature of a man. and
lower Chigringo avenue loved him and
swore by him now and then when some
poor soul. hastily summoned, was to
be eased off into eternity.
When Brouillard caught sight of him
Cashier was looking out over the
seething street caldron from his COM
handing height of six feet of athletic
man stature. his strong face a mask
OF bitter humiliation and concern.
"Brouillard. this is simply hideous!"
he exclaimed. IF this devils carnival
goes on until nightfall we shall have a
revival of the old Roman Saturnalia
at its worst!" Then. with a swift blow
at the heart of the matter: You're
the man I've been wanting to see; you
are pretty close in with the Cartwright
1unta-is it true that free whisky has
been dealt out to the crowd over the
bar in the Niquoia building?"
Brouillard said that he did not know.
which was true, and that he could not
believe it possible, which was not true.
The Cartwright people are as anxious
to have the celebration pass off peace
ably as even you can be-" he assured
the young missionary, trying to but
tress the thing which was not true.
When riot comes in at the door, bust
ness flies out at the window; and,
after all. this feast of hurrahs is mere
ly another bid for business"
But Cashier was shaking his head.
Il can't answer for Mr.. Cartwright
personally. He and Handley and
Schermerhorn and a few of the others
seem to stand for responsibility of a
sort. But, Mr.. Brouillard, l want to
tell you this: somebody in authority
is grating upon the vice of this com
munity. not only today but all the
time"
The community is certainly vicious
enough to warrant any charge you can
make" admitted Brouillard. Then he
changed the topic abruptly. Have you
seen Miss Massingale since noon?"
"Yes; | saw her with Smith, the
at the other end of the ave-
nue. about an hour ago."
"Heavens! gritted the engineer.
Didn't Smith know better than to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-25
Quality Not Usually Considered
Praiseworthy Is All Right in the
Army Mule.

The fact that a mule is stubborn
may lessen his value to the average
user-but the soldier is inclined to
value this trait. The mule is being
rated above the horse for actual use
under fire on battlefields, and is much
used by the artillery. An unframed
horse. being nervous and high strung.
is likely to dash about madly under
fire. but the mule stubbornly holds his
place regardless Of the din. The Brit
ish are now planning to mount a part
OF their cavalry on American mules.
A favorite story of the British artil.
lery is told Of the artillerymen who
tried to retreat with their guns under
warm attack. The gun team of