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The state herald., 1917-02-23

Trask. the daughter Of Gideon Trask.
a canal boat captain. He met her in
cheap boarding house. where he
paid his landlady nothing much ex.
cept his promises and some e1travs.
CANT compliments.
He behaved very shabbily in his af.
fair with Nell Trnsk. and deserted her
cruelty because. At critical time for
her. he got q tip on the market and
sold II to = broker. who gave him .
share OF the proceeds.
He was 30 tired OF poverty that he
went TO New York and anticipated his
promise. But Gloria and her father
were abroad on q summer vacation,
and Freneau was thrown on his own
resources. He fiirted himself into an.
other tip and sold that to . broker
named Frank Mulry.
Mulry knew the valuc Of such .
partner. and he encouraged Frcneau
to learn from financiers' wives and
daughters what could not be learned
otherwise. In the course OF time Ere.
ncau made himself 10 important 10
Mulry that no was taken into the arm
as = silent partner. Al length. through
n most confidential tip. hc got In as .
sort Of stowaway in . pirntical raid
on tho . market and cleaned up 20
much money that Mulry was glad TO
take him into full partnership as tho
scnior member OF tho fra.
When hc saw the legend. "Frcncau
4 Mulry. stocks and bonds. members
OF the stock exchange" on the door
and en- tho lettcrhcads Frcncau felt
so important that no did not care
what Pierpont Stafford or hin daugh.
ter thought OF him. lie was tho young
Napoleon. Ono Of these days hc would
buy md sell Piorpont Stafford.
His success enlarged his acquaint.
ancc, his attrsctivoness. and his temp.
tations.
Hc was on tho crest OF tho wayo
whom ho mot Lois Freeman again. Hc
was studying tho diamond crop in .
jewelers. window and wondering lust
what peace offering hc should buy for
certain person whom hc Ind rem.
dorod violently Jealous when who
uhonld step out OF tho shop but Lois
Freomnni
Each stared at tho other with cycs
ready Tor filtration. Each recognized
tho other nm former Palm Beach
combcr.
why, Mr. Frcnoau' was Lois ex'
clanntion Hof language was not 90
brilliant ns her eycs.
why. Miss Freeman was nia
The state herald., 1917-02-23

tho millionaire. To be accepted q his
son.in-law at any time was marvel
Gus promise. He hastened to givs
his own In exchange for II.
When he had promised there was
nothing left for Gloria to do but prom.
Use also.
For nve years. then.. said Pierpont
grimly, you promise not to bother
each other or speak or write-for i've
years"
IT promise!" said Freneau quickly.
From tomorrow" said Gloria with
equal grimness.
"The train leaves very shortly" said
Pierpont, and led her in to superin-
tend the packing.
Freneau walked away in . daze
Yesterday he was brokers clerk.
Today he was the son-in-law elect of
one of the country's wealthiest men.
What were FIVE years to him?
Five years sounded unimportant to
Gloria, too, at the moment. She would
love that young man forever.
Five years is long time, and many
things can happen in the eighteen hun
dred odd days and nights.
Freneau hated Royce, for We rarely
like the people whose property we
have stolen.
Gloria was gone and Lois was gone,
but an attractive youth like Freneau
was not left alone in such multitudes
OF women a. gather at Palm Beach
with NO more serious purpose than
escaping the cold drafts Of the North
and the tormsnts Of boredom in the
South.
He spent 20 much dime gathering
the applause from fair women that
when the season closed at Palm Beach
his firm gave him his full liberty. He
had done nothing. they wrote. to en-
courage them to pay him further sal
ary. He had to go next to places
where his fame had not reached
where he had only his winning per-
sonality as capital. He found men
rather hard to impress. but there was
always some woman foolish enough to
believe in his beautiful eyes.
Some of them were rich and some
Of them were as poor as poor Nell
The state herald., 1917-02-23

equally brilliant answer. The same
thing was true OF him.
"But I'm NO longer Miss Freeman"
said she.
"rm stin Mr.. Freneau." said he.
"Tm now Mrs. STAFFORD
stafford? STAFFORD? The name
sounds familiar" said Freneau.
Surely you haven't forgotten David
STAFFORD, your old rival for my young
affections?"
"Of course not" said Freneau. I've
never forgiven him for cutting me
out. How long> have you been mar
ried?"
"Oh. for an aternity-two years."
Really? You don't look It at ALI
But that's long enough for you to
come and take tea with me some
where, isn't itr
II suppose %. Anyway. I'm dead
tired and in need of a pick-me-up. It's
so stupid shopping all day. And my
husband has already been married long
enough to be quite frank about my
extravagance. But what else 10 there
for met He ID At the once all day;
and he travels good deal. He's am
bilious to outdo his father In busi-
ness"
80 am l." said Freneau.
They were buzxing away merrily
when they found seats in . tearoom
where dancing was the main business,
with tea as an excuse. Freneau did
not even take tea. He was not par
ticular about excuses. He urged Lois
to dance with him. But she saw sew
erai people she knew, and she de-
clined. Also, she slipped away early.
She knew enough to be elusive
They met again. however. at . less
conspicuous tearoom. Then she
danced with him.
And all this while Gloria was cher
ishing her ideal Of Freneau and work
ing hard to make herself worthy of
him! And her brother was cherish
ing . trust in Lois and working hard
to give her the luxuries she exacted
with increasing greed.
Five years was . long time for
Gloria. too; but not 20 long as she
told herself. Her girl soul did not
The state herald., 1917-02-23
THIRD EPISODE

Never before In all her luxurious
Joung life had Gloria encountered the
slightest hardship. The most ex-
Quisite Of the niceties of existence had
been hers as regularly as the breath
she drew. So she had wearied of them
and rebelled. And now she had found
that adventure was not altogether
pleasant, either. A primevsl Jungle
inhabited BY q primeval people was.
to say the least, distinctly uncom-
Portable.
Gloria felt II especially lucky that
since she had to be rescued fate had
been polite enough to select a good
looking rescuer for her. The moro
she studied Mr.. Freneau the better
she liked him. He had nice name.
too-a nice, marriable name.
The only fly in the ointment was the
bad behavior OF DR.. Royce. She had
thought him charming. But now he
sulked and moped.
DR.. Royce was glum because he did
not know Just what he ought to do.
He was confronted with n duty that
he could not solve. It was like some
obscure disease, hard to diagnosticate.
To speak up and denounce Freneau
% . liar and thief was impossible.
Royce had no proof that Freneau had
played either the cad or the coward.
He knew only that Freneau must have
seen him battling with tho Indian. and
. decent man would have come to
the assistance Of . fellow white.
Even II Freneau had felt that he ought
to put Gloria In the boat nrst, he
might have come back to help Royce.
But Freneau had left Royce to his
fate. That was ugly.
Royce heard Pierpont Stafford say
to Freneau: my boy. you've earned
the 5000 reward offered. You've
earned q million dollars!"
Now Royce felt that he understood.
Freneau had been coaxed into the
everglades by that $1,000 lottery prize.
He had won II: and It looked as II
Freneau were expecting 70 win
Gloria's love in the bargain. For
Gloria was simply devouring him with
her eyes.
Royce knew little about Freneau.
and that little was not to his ad-
vantage. Freneau neglected his of.
nee. but neglected no opportunity for
. love affair. DR.. Royce had come to
Palm Beach - the private physician
Of old Judge Freeman. and he had
The state herald., 1917-02-23
SYNOPSIS.

Pierpont Stafford, banker and railroad
magnate. with his sixteen-year- daugh-
ter, Gloria, Is wintering at Palm Beach.
lady who chRfes under the restraining
hand OF . governsss from whom she re-
peatedly escapes. Her childish capers
with her. she stsals from her room at
night and In an auto plunges into the
surf whore she leaves the car. Becoming
lost In the everglades she falls into the
hands of the Seminole Indians. She Is
rescued and returned to her father who
had offered q reward for her return.
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abundant opportunity to scc tho In.
hucncc OF Frcncau on tho judges
daughter. Lois. II was not \ whole
Bomo influence.
On the long ride back to Palm
Beach they passed the npot whore
Gloria had left hcr brothers. racing
car In the ocean. Thoy paused TO look
at Il. Several mon and a team Of
mules were struggling to drag II out
OF the wntor.
Whom thoy roached the Royal Poin.
ciAna Gloria passed through throng
OF welcoming friends, and Freneau
received congratulations innumerable.
noyee susakcd OF TO his room end
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
VOTING MACHINE
MAY Be BANNED
IN new CHARTER
City Clerk Would Have
Authority to Determine
Manner of Election.

Attention of voters of Bridgeport
is today directed to the section rs
of the city manager charter. to be
voted on Saturday. which practically
guarantees a continuance of the pres
emf city administration in Office by
means considered the most vicious in
character.
The section provides:
1.-The city clerk shall not less than
ID nor more than 20 days before the
said city election, determine whether
or not said election can be conducted
by the use of the voting machines of
said city, If the city clerk
shall certify that voting machines
cannot be used he shall cause ballots
for such election to be prepared.
printed and authenticated as provid-
ed by the general election laws of
the State Of Connecticut except as
herein otherwise provided"
The effect of this section of the
charter is perfectly plain. Many of
the voters Of the city, especially those
who have recently become citizens and
are none too familiar with the opera
tons of the machines, could be in
structed in olden times to pull the
first or second lever, and that was all
there was to 1t. When it comes to
picking out five commissioners, the
proceeding would be difficult and in
deed complex.
The voters and again those only
recently made could hardly be drill
ed to make the thing absolutely sure
by machine, but If the paper ballots
were used it would become simple
matter to mark a sample, allow the
= S~x- writ
him and mark the Official ballot
accordingly.
The great European war is being
| fought in vain, If it's purpose is tt
end autocracy and tflis provision o.
the charter is approved by the voter.
on Saturday. It places in the hands
of the political ring in Bridgeport
the sure means of getting the fiv'
hand picked CO nmissioners into of
flee after the charter goes through
/ Heretofore the administration ha
used the argument that approval o
the charter was only a step in tn
city manager direction and that tn
lelection of the commissioners to ap
point the, city manager was entirel.
in the hands Of the people But Sec
ton rs of the proposed charter show
that the people are deprived Of tn
rlgnt, because IL places at Ihe dis
posa1 of the powers in office, tn
means to dictate who shall be com
missioners by providing the marke,
ballot system of election.
!, The machines have served the cit
we'll and are serving other cities, blu
. they are to be discarded after Satur
! day vote on the charter. IF it goe
through, to give way to the sur
scheme of getting into office the Sc
, Iected commissioners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
JAIL SENTENCE OF
FOUR MONTHS GIVEN
MAN WHO HIT WIFE


Tony Eposito, 43s Grand street.
wanted 81 from his wife Sunday. It
appears he gives her his pay envelope
but Tony's wife is mercenary. She
refused and Tony, hit her resound-
ing slap in the face. She called the
police Tony insisted he had right
to slap his wife and he was arrested.
Yesterday morning in court his
wife in testifying tried to mitigate
Tony's offense by remarking ''he just
slapped me-"
You're not in italy now" Judge
Frank Wilder stated in passing SEN
tence. I'VE don't allow men here to
beat their wives. = This is America
Four months in Jail and 81 court
COSTS"
Tony was lead below and his wife
like most wives who have their hus-
bands arrested for this offense wep'
and berated the court, for sending
him to Jail after she had caused his
arrest. Up to noon she was still il
the court corridor bemoaning ths
fate of Tony.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
Will APPEAL TO
COLLEGE men TO
join AIR FLEET
1000 Men May Possibly Be
Trained for This Arm
of u. S. Forces

A quarter million students and
graduates will be appealed to, to sup
ply Americas aviation army of $4,000
or possibly $4,000 men.
This question was put to an aero
nautical officer at .the headquarters
of the Northeastern Department: us
the Signal Corps of the War Depart
ment depending upon New England
to give impetus to the securing or
supplying the greater part of its avia-
tors or observation balloon pilots"?N
The oficial replied that New Eng
! land would certainly do it's part to-
ward raising the great army of air
men, A personal appeal will go out
through various channels to a quar-
ter million. of graduates of New Eng
land universities. colleges and high
schools, covering a period of IL years:
4. O., those who graduated in the years
1909 to 1917 inclusive. and who are
now scattered in all parts of the
United States. urging them to apply
for an oficers' commission in the
aviation section of the Signal Officers
Reserve Corps, which will be that of
first lieutenant. The base pay of
lieutenant is $4,000 annually and ap-
college and high school mem or even
others. possessing exceptional qualifi-
I cations The commission will be is
sued as soon as the student graduates
as balloon pilot or aviator. They
win be Instructed at the selected col
leges and universities, and training
camps in thee United Estates.
; = The Instructions are given under
!, most favorable conditions and include
military training. lille under instruc-
tion,, soldiers pay, rations, lodging
{ are allowed; also transportation to
+ the assigned place of schooling. Grad
(, uation follows in about five or six
/ months, and those as a first class
! private, or non-commissioned officer,
in which capacity, they will be useful
I as ground mens and In yarious other
To become an officer in the service,
| without passing a long term of in
struction at West Point or Annapolis
4 is a great inducement to young smen
I'd enter through the opportunity Of
7 fersd by the Signal Corps.
The official continued: THE Aneri-
/ can army and navy n one vast or
sanitation moving in the same direc-
tion with only, a single purpose In
view. riding on a, great train to VIC
! torious goal. In the cab OF the loco
motive. ride the aviators; in the Pull
man cars observation end, the balloon
pilots, and scattered throughout the
train, the remainder of this great
I company of men. The roadbed and
rails over which they are riding il
autocracy, the destination they viii
surely reach Is democracy. Al
I Board! Jump on. boys. before yot
are called under the draft, and havi
I the honor OF being volunteer ofhcl
+ in the United States Army Reserv,
Corps. Do your part to bring about
Y world wise democracy"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
PRESIDENT TO TALK
PEACE ONLY WHEN
1T is WARRANTED

Washington, Aug - President
Wilson is giving close attention to
the cabinet changes in Germany, with
especial reference to their bearing
upon the question of peace. Yester-
day he had a long interview in the
White House with Senator Lewis OF
Illinois. the Democratic whip. in
which the subject of peace was dis
cussed.
Senator Lewis, before going to the
White House, conferred with per-
sons in close touch with the Euro
pean situation from whom he obtain
ed information respecting Germany
new cabinet ministers and the atti-
tude which it may be assumed they
will take on the peace question.
In view of Senator Lewis pro-
nouncement in his recent speech in
the Senate that the time is at hand
for declaration by this country OF
its aims in the war and the condi-
lions upon which peace would be ac-
ceptable. his visit to the President on
the very day that the cabinet changes
were announced officially in Berlin
is regarded as significant by those
who have been studying the peace
situation.
The President told Senator Lewis.
frankly, that he did not believe con-
! ditions at this time warrant from him
any statement of the attitude of the
Unied Safes regarding peace. He
assured the Senator he will give the
country his views on peace whenever
conditions arise which seem to make
such a statement necessary or advisa-
BILE.
1.-THE President will not allow the
people of the United States to be de-
ceiued by false moves" said Senator
Lewis after leaving the White House,
cor by moves designed to entrap the
country. He will not allow the peo-
pie of the country to suffer any loss
of rights which he can avoid
1.-THE country will hear from the
President as to peace at the vary mo-
ment that truth and the actual de-
velopment of new conditions Justify
| him in taking the people into his
confidence
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
NERVOUS wreck
NOW LIVE WIRE
Makes Everybody Sit Up
and Take Notice.

One of our big league ball players
had been going back for some time,
no matter how hard he tried he could
not get his Old time Pep and Ginger
into the game, it was up hill work all
the time. He was one of those honest
hard working fellows and it finally
got his goat" his nerves went bad,
he commenced to run down, could not
eat or sleep and kept steadily slip
ping. Doctors and medicines were
of no help.
One of his many admirers said to
him, why not try Phosphated Iron,
everybody is boosting it,
Grasping at the last straw, the poor
fellow took a try at it. The way he
came back was an "eye opener" he
was there in every department of the
game, his nerves were like Iron, he
could hit the ball and was no time
getting back to the three hundred
mark, while his base running and
fielding were great.
Discussing the matter with our
reporter he said, would you believe
It., could feel the Iron charging my
blood with health and strength, while
the way the Phosphates steadied and
renewed my nerve, force was almost
too good to believe. Phosphated Iron
took hold of me right from the start
and sure did make a new man Of me,
and you can bet 1 carry a good sup
ply on all. my trips"
Doctors will tell you that you must
have plenty of Iron and Phosphates
in your system if you want pure red
blood and steady nerves Of Iron
Every one who is run down, nervous
tired and has that "an in feeling
should try Phosphated Iron and you
| will never be without it again.
Special Natice-To insure physi.
clans and patients receiving the gen
| uine Phosphated Iron we have pu
| up in capsules only so do not allow
dealers to substitute pills or tablets
insist on the genuine in capsules only
W. p. Hind1e's Drug Stores, Bridge
port, Conn, and leading druggist
| evervWhere-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
Y. M. G. A. Secretaries
Precede Troops Abroad

Forty-nine Young Mems Christian
Association secretaries are about to
leave for service with the American
troops overseas. They make up the
second large contingent to leave for
duty with American soldiers and sail
ors in France and England. About
forty men are already on the job in
these two countries. When PERISH
ing's troops landed in France, they
were greeted by the Association
workers, who had gone ahead; to be
ready for them.
The men in the present party of
secretaries come from as far west as
California, which is furnishing three
men; as far south as Alabama; as
far north as Michigan and as far east
as Maine. They range in age from
twenty three to forty-eight years and
make up a body of picked and train
ed men. Practically all are college
graduates, Yale leading with five
men.
Most of them are trained associa-
ton workers. Some are business men
of marked ability; others are minis
ters- who have been very successful
in work with young men.
This second contingent will be fol.
| lowed closely by other groups. I'M
perative kilograms from France ask
that at least seventy-five men be sent
overseas each month. In addition to
the workers, immense quantities OF
| supplies are required and are being
sent forward as fast as possible
Practically everything needed has tt
fbe taken from this country.
At the same time that men are be.
ing sent abroad plans are going
ahead for work in this country. AL
ready more than, five hundred mer
are in actual service Training school!
have been established in strategic
centers so that these workers may bt
specially trained to meet the de
1 mands of the enlisted men of boil
the army and navy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
Pastures Short?
Feed Grain Or
Plant Forage Now

During the month Of August and
the early part of September the pas
lures in southern New England are
usually dry and short. Those who
depend ON these pastures to feed
their dairy herd viii almost inevi-
tabiy suffer by greatly diminished
milk flow. This results in q low flow
for the remainder OF the lactation
period. especially with cows fresh in
the late spring or winter. Cows that
eble to get their bodies in good con-
dition for starting the new milking
period. unless the pastures are sup
| -plemented in some way. The diff
ficulty at this time is due not alone
!; to Insufficient feed, but to the condi-
ton OF the feed which makes it i'm
(; possible for cows to consume enough
/ to maintain a high milk yield. Not
only Is the pasture dry and less pala-
table, but the intense heat and wor-
ry from flies prevents the gathering
and consumption of the usual amount
of food required for the purpose OF
4 producing milk.
I; Usually wide-awake farmers al
| this time will begin TOY add grain OF
Ito increase the grain in the daily ra-
ton. Whether this method will be
followed this year will depend upon
1.-THE price Of grain and@the amount re-
5ceited FOR the prodtsct. If greer
feeds are available, this would be
the most economical and best solu-
tfon. Gretti corn will be available
the latter part of August and Septem
fber; millett seeded now will be avail
able in fifty days, and will make, &
satisfactory green crop: soy beans
as well as a mixture of barley ant
Canada peas will. make a. good croI
and will give very satisfactory results
when fed Every effort should b.
made not alone to mainta2n the mill
Yield at the present time. but to pro
vide abundant feed of this charactel
as long as the season will perni
growth, because feed used in this wa.
will help. cut down the grain bin fo
rext year.
n ~ wurrus
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
HENRY {. oTif15ONI

A national war intelligence bureau
is development of the last few days
in Washington. Henry L. .stimson
of New York, former secretary of-war,
will be virtually, II not neminally, at
the head of it. At the outbreak OF
the war the secret service department
found that it was divided into nine
branches. Out of this tangie the best
solution was an agreement to cooper
ate as far as practicable and divide
the field among them. The president
solved the problem by providing funds
for the expansion Of. the war depart
ment's bureau. Spying around has
always been dangerous bushes, hut
when the new bureau gets going woe
unto unfriendly aliens and disloyal
Americans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-07
WOMEN WHO FADE EARLY.

How often we hear the expression,
How she has faded" or Hasn't she
grown old!''A Her friends see it. Her
husband sees it. She realizes it her
self with a pang. Often she. knows
the reason, some female arrangement
has fastened itself upon her and
makes it almost impossible for her to
drag around from day to day. Such
women should remember there is one
tried and true remedy for their cons
fi<ion, and that Lydia p. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for more than
forty years has been restoring women
to health and happiness Try it'll
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