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II was at that instant that the great
change in Sally came. She leaped be
fore him into the house and up to
Seffy's room. When the old man
slowly followed she was herewith
eyes bent upon Seffy's bloody, uncon-
scious face. So she, kept her eyes. She
did o speak. Ans when the doctor
came, she was still there-as at first
unconscious as he, the doctor said.
He was not dead, and presently he
breathed again. But HE eyes remained
closed, and, late that night, when he
had driftcd from unconsciousness into
deep sleep, they put out the light and
left him.
When they came again ne had dis
appeared.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-10-19
XIII
ONE BLOW FOR THAT TO sEFFY

ONE BLOW FOR THAT TO SEFFf
He took the papers home again,
and was very gentle with her afterward,
for the things which the world blamed
in her. His was the only real kindness
she knew. Her little canting world
had no pity for her. But to her
drunken husband, in spite Of all, she
was a loyal wife, and the old man liked
her the better for it.
SO it came to pass that they two,
the bent old man and the girlish wife
of the drunkard, separated more and
more from the world and came more
and more together. And often they
were seen in the fields together and
walking along the roads arm in arm
With Sally's little fortune at COM
mand, Sam had gone rapidly to the
bad. And Sally came to know what
tears were, and that dreadful kind of
waiting which falls to the lot Of such
women,-the waiting for the fall Of
a footstep which makes n shudder
yet rejoice.
They told her to get rid Of him, but
she shook her head and thought of the
inscription in her wedding ring.
After a while it was the gentle old
man who helped to make these vigils
less intolerable-going away stealthily
by the back door when Sans unsteady
step was heard AT the front an angel Of
light if ever there was one in plowman's
jacket.
It fell grimly to his lot, too, to provide
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tiyhtu. Anu people 3 mhkllk buCu n
fuss-you amt treated us right-no,
you ain'tl | guess | had better not
be mixed in. They say that you
married a drunkard, and killed man
land got to be a drunkard yourself.
But | know better bout one sing,
! killed him. Yit they say that you
married Sam chUst to spite poor Seffy
and yet lofing Sef. Oh, Sef-Sef-
why dind't she tell you sou
He went on heedlessly till he knew
that Sally was sobbing. He raised
her face and looked into il c%uriOusly
and saw for the first time that pathetic
wanness Of which, also, people began
to talk.
Sally" he said then, "you not
well2"
quite WELL" said Sally.
too, Sally?"
,.. %oh' ,RapPy'" she pleaded ed breath 2ath
i me. too rdO I have ySu no eur one 'T bat l yOGl
No. l have not treated you right. But
oh, life is so hard to mel"
NO. he said, smoothing her hair
with his gnarled old hand. "I'fe had
my eyes turned within. But l didn't
know you had trouble. l heerd that
Sam had took to hard drinkin' and
l sought you didn't keer. You was
so rackless-"
"Yes," she sighed, 81 am recklessl
And-yes-I drink sometimes. But
it is that way l can forget"
81 don't turn ag'in' no one in trouble,
efen if they don't treat me right-and
drink"
"Forgive mel Oh, forgive me pap
pyl The suffering is mineW
"Yas," he said, "yas-don't cry.
But the suffering amt all yourn."
"NO, she said. "Not all-not alll'
"But Sally, if take the papers
back, you won't drink no more? 1t
amt nice-efen if you air the wife Of
o drunkard."
"No. If you will be my friend, l
will try to be what l would have been
as Seffy's wifel'
Its a bargain-and I'm sorry l
spoke so harsh, Sally. Mebby, mebby
God knowsl-we ken comfort one
another I-Sally-I need some one,
tool'
eyes! Will you let mel l will
have no friend but you'll"
"Yasl And l won't have no friend
but you, Sally"
"Win you let me kiss your"
"Do you want TOT" he cried trem-
u%lously.
Eyes " whispered the girl.
"Me? Sally, lem me kiss your
She put up her lips almost solemnly
and with that their compact was
sealed.
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CHAPTER XI.
WHEN SPRING CAME

That was a cold and lonely winter
for the old man. The bay mare stood
in the stable and whinnied for Seffy.
The old house was full of harsh echoes.
Its spirit seemed to have gone. Scffy's
father knew now what a rare thing is
joy-and what a joyous creature Seffy
had been.
The ground was hard to till. And
often he thought about what he had
said of Seffy's mother.
Then he would toll up the steep
stair to the garret-he had become
quite feeble-and take out of an old
German chest a daguerreotype of her
with Selfy in her arms. And sometimes
he would cry over it until his beard
was wet.
God bless you, my little boy"
he would sometimes say, that you
cared for her more than | did.
You nefer called her no names.
II didn't know l could be so mean
to the dead-who don't deserfe it,
and can't talk back. And, God-a'migh-
ty! If any ones to be called names,
it's mel-not her nor-you, Seffy,
nor you'll For | expect I'm a murderer
And sometimes, when his loneliness
was too hard to be borne, he would
go out and sit for hours and talk to
to the old bay marel-about Seffy.
He fancied she quite understood, and
| do, too.
When the spring came he plowed
alone. And this was hardest Of all.
To pillow around and around his vast
fields with no one to meet in the other
furrow-no one to talk, to smile, to
laugh to-then, when noon came, to
sit under the shade of some tree redolent
with memories Of the pretty little boy,
where he and Seffy had sat, from his
childhood to his manhood, and eat the
food which choked!
Oh, if he could only have laughed
at himself, at Seffy, at the mare, at
anybody or a~nythingl If he could
only have laughed
And he knew that every animal on
the place wondered and hungered for
little Seffy and questioned him with
pathetic eyes, while he, at first, guilty.
kept silent-then tried to confess his
shame to them.
"Yas," he told the mare, 81 done
i'll struck him-here, ri,ht herel In
the face-while his eyes was looking
in mine-pleading-and here was blood
and here and here-and dust in his
hair-and his eyes was closed-and
when l run home wiss him his legs
dangled like he was dead. And he
craWled away somewheres to die
| don't know why they don't come and
killed him. But no one don't
arrest me-"
CHAPTER XII.
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CHAPTER XII.
NE KIss Ike sEFFYIs

One day he went up to the vine
covered house on the Hill of Delight
with a bundle of papers in his hand.
"See yere, Sally" he said senilely,
"yere's you papers. l gif up the
guardianship. You ken git another
one if you not on age yit. l don't
keer a durn who. I'm tired. If it
wasn't for you-Seffy would be alife."
Sally dropped her head.
"Yes," she said, so humbly that he
relented a little.
"I got to do it.. l amt no account
no more. l ought to hat a guardeen
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He roarcd ominously; for Seffy,
amazed at this from his gentle old
father, was looking straight up at him
out Of a child's round eyes, his lips
parted, his throat exposed. Slowly, as
his parent heaped contumely upon him,
his sensitive young face w%hitened, and
the light left it. Only, when his father
mentioned his mothers name. he said
with infinite soitness:
why, pappyl"
But he stood without fear under the
great fist-as he had often done.
you hearl l told you to git away
or I'll smash your face inl l don't
want you no more. Go to your mammy's
~relatiies out West"-he laughed hor-
ridly-"and see what they'll do for
you'll You'll live on bread and water
they amt got Messing elsel You'll work
all day and all highland you'll hal
no fun-they don't know no better
gol"
eyes" said seffy, turning dumbly
away.
There was no doubt that he meant
to go now. His dumb acquiescence in
his sentence raised his fathers wrath to
fury.
"Yas-go, and be mighty quick
about it. I'm chust itching to smash
you. I'll meier send for you if you rot
in the poorhouse. I'll meier mention
you name as long as / lif-nol disown
you'll Never let me see you dam face
again-gol"
1t was all so utterly unbelievable
that Seffy turned back. This raying
mailman his Jolly old father, who had
reverenced the memory of his mother
and had taught him to do SOTO mem
ton her every time he prayed? The old
man had turned. but Scffy came close
and touched him gently. The caress
only maddened him. Seffy covered at
the passion on the face Of his father.
He raised his fist.
"Git out-dam' you'll" he shouted.
"If you DON" But the boy could not,
now.
The huge fist trembled on high a
moment, some instinct of sanity strug-
Cling to control it-then it fell on
Seffy's upturned face.
He dropped among the clods-his
pale hair mingling with the dust-his
hands inertly outlying-terror still
quivering in his lips and nostrils. Blood
slowly Oozed from his mouth and
nose, and a livid red mark began to
grow upon the depression in his fore
head which the blow had made.
OHb AAOAAGAN IA ONA hAo
looked down at this. Then he under
stood that he had done it and with a
savage animal-cry he swept the boy
into his arms. Seffy doubled inertly
upon him, as the dead do. His father
raced frenziedly home with him, leap
ing fences like a hound. He put him
upon the pretty white bed the boy
had been wont to make with such care
for himself. 1t was dainty and smooth
now. The blood dripped from Seffy's
face and from his own beard and stained
the white coverings. The sight was
full of horrorl He staggered %drunkenly
away. He looked hastily for his gun
meaning, perhaps, to kill himself. But
then it seemed to him hat Seffy sighed.
He fell on his knees and agonized for
the life he thought he had taken. Then
he felt a pulse-beat. With a hoarse cry
he rushed out into the road, calling for
the doctor. Two people were coming
toward him. 1t was Sam and Sally,
returning from their marriage.
By what he saw on Old Baumgartner's
face and hands, Sam was sobered. Both
understood that they were approaching
some tragedy.
"Who?" asked Sally, suddenly OBJ
E.suY.a af Co., -
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- N1Nh Wv AANNNN ~ Na
he had longed and hoped for, acre by
acre. There was no contention be-
tween them as to this. The young
wife's wishes were his law.
HE married me for that" said Sally,
the first time, land | let him marry me
for that-just for spite. Only no one
was spited but me-but Newell, he
shall lave it-all-all"-her voice broke
a little-"all but the -pasture-held-
that-no one shall have but-you-
or Sefy when | die"
Only once he interfered. Sam raised
his hand to strike her and he laid the
drunkard at his feet with a blow such
as he had struck but once before in his
life.
81 am her guardeenl' he cried as he
struck. by the Lord, I'm her guar
deenl'
For a moment he gloated over the
PROSTATE brute. Then he stood up
trembling before Sally.
"Forgif me-" he begged. "But l
couldn't help il. 1t done itself. Mebby
-God-a'mighty only knowsl-it was a
chance to efen up for the other one.
And yit it was n righteous blow-yas,
it was a righteous bio0i"
Sally put her hands into his and sob
bed.
ayes" she said. "You are the first
that ever saw"
1t was too late to stop. And before
it was done he knew that this was not a
new experience to her, and that she
suffered it-and was almost glad of it
for penance.
"By the Lord" cried the old man,
'if he eler strike you ag'in I'll kill himl'
NO" said Sally softly.
NXagrl no irgfgtaJ nth ,ov,o ~ ~,
old violence.
"No," she repeated sadly. because
it is all my fault-all the shame-the
shame-because deserve it! And
Thou shalt mol kiH You know we
have tempersl And we have both used
theml'
He shuddered and thought of the
plowed field, with Sefy lying there.
Good nightl' he said with averted
face.
81 didn't mean that, pappy-I didn't
mean that you killed him. He's not
dead. Pappy, kiss me-good night
And forgive me"
But this also made her dearer to him.
And so, little by little, they drew closer
and closer, until a certain happiness
was his and n certain content hers.
Occasionally they laughed. But this was
uOb Olltu' luty were wei SAJlsleu 10
sit before the winter fire, she with an
elbow on his knee, he with his rugged
hands in her hair. And after a while
she would ask him no more to kiss her
good night-he did it as of right, and
very beautifully, on her hair-so much
like Seffy, that first dear kiss-that it
made her sobl-always.
Gust like Seffyp' she said the first
time and cried, pushing him out of the
door when he would have asked a
question.
But he asked his question one day.
1t was whether she had loved SeTy.
"Not until Seffy comesl' she cried.
81 won't answer"
"Sally," he said solemnly, II killed
my little boy. He is dead. hurt him
! made him afeared of me-he dragged
himself away to die, like wild animals
that air hurt by men. So you will have
to tell me-"
"No-noT' she begged. He is not
dead. And some day he will come back
to us-you-"
"Sally, you said 'us'2"
Eyes. Forgive me. l meant-you."
did you mean me?"
"Yes-oh, yesl'
. MCNroga ,ro,rr broaof -
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CHAPTER XIV.
FOR sEFFY's SAKE

And so three-nearly four-years
passed and Sam was dead.
"Pappy," she said afterward, "you
have been very good to mep'
CONTINUED on page %
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Miss Florence Turner'S
Engagement Announced /.
At Pretty Affair Today

delightful surprise to the guests
featured the charming luncheon at
which MIRA H. r. Turner, sss Eighth
avenue south, entertained this after
noon for Miss Irene Carpenter. q bride
made the occasion OF Announcing the
approaching marriage of Miss Florence
Turner, eldest daughter of the hostess.
to John Martin Hartolg, of Idaho Falls,
Ida Miss Turner. one OF the most
prominent members of Fargo's younger
social set, and a gifted musician, ar
rived home Monday night from Black
foot, Ida, where she has been teaching
music this past winter and spring. The
wedding VIII take place the latter part
Of June. Mr.. Hartong, q well known
young business man of that section,
being connected with a large paving
Butte, Mont, will arrive here early
next week, for a few days visit at the
Turner home.
Covers were laid for twenty young
ladies' at the / o'clock repast, which
the hostess was assisted in serving by
Mesdames J. G. and r.. S. Turner; and
Mrs E. c. Lucas, sister Of Mrs. H. r.
Turner, OF Lisbon, who arrived here
last evening. All were seated at one
table and from a centerpiece of pink
sweet peas ana ferns were pink ribbons
leading to cards adorned with roses in
raised design, under whose petals were
Mr.. Hartong. Everything was carried
out in pink, rose nut baskets being
used, and a lovely corsage of sweet
peas marked Miss Carpenters place at
the table. An informal social afternoon
followed the luncheon.
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Miss Nora McAdoo
Today Became Bride
Of Russian Secretary

Society circles all over the country
are interested in . wedding that takes
place today in st. Johns Episcopal
church, washington, D. c., that OF Miss
Mona Hazeltine McAdoo. daughter or
the secretary Of the United States
treasury William G. McAdoo. and Fer
dinand de Mohrenschildt second Sec
rotary % the Russian embassy. The
engagement Of this prominent couple
was announced some months ago.
DR.. Roland Cotton Smith has been
chosen 70 officiate At the wedding. and
William Glib McAdoo, brothers OF the
bride: Giuseppe Brmabiila, counselor oe
the italian embassy: Dir. Dejan, acting
counselor OF the French embassy Jules
G. F. Blondel. third secretary OF the
French embassy Thomas spring-Eice,
second secretary OF the British en-
bassy
Mrs. Taber Martin. of CHESTNUT Hill,
Pa, sister OF Miss McAd0o. ie rnatron
OF honor. Bridesmaids are the Misses
Mary McAdoo, New York, cousin OF the
bride, and Miss Ethel Hartman. Bar
on Renaud d'Ungern-Sternberg hrst
secretary Of the Russian embassy, 10
best man.
The bride, prior to her father's mar
riage to Miss Eleanor Wilson. daugh-
chatelaine OF her fathers home In r
street. She spent one year abroad az
aid to the Red Cross nurses, first in
England and later in France. Mr.. de
Mohrenschildt and his bride will have
their summer residence at EdgemocF
where Mr.. de Mohrenschildt has taken
a house.
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Tableaux Fine Feature
of Fortnightly Affair

The patriotic tabieaux Which featur~
ed the Fertnightly club affair At the
Little Country Theatre yesterday, as
finish rs6ecting much credit on Miss
Marjorie Iceberg, one OF the a. G. stu
dents, who had them in charge. The
tableaux ana dances were given BY
and q few of the members of the host
ess club, among the most effective be-
ing that entitled The Wedding Of POI
cahontas. Mrs. F. o. Knerr took well
Mesdames r. M Pollock, r. II, Wild
ef, 3. j. Briefly and A. e. Bestic, Fort
other striking tableau, The Fugitive
real work on hospital supplies in the
ing By Mrs.. F. w. McRoberts Of John
oxenhann's stirring poem. a Hymn for
the Men at the Front, formed most
fitting Accompaniment.
A unique and especially appropriate
pageant was that entitled The Main
Line Of Defense. in which an "old
dance OF vegetables. everything from
carrots to pumpkins being represented
in very clever manner.
Row Dunbar, of the A. G. students
inpersonated eplendidly the role Of
Abraham Lincoln, in both The Spirit OF
the Day and The Emancipation Proc
lannation. A ninuet, danced by six OF
the students. was sFaceLui feature ok
other tableaux Of a patriotic nature
aside from the piano and vocal num-
beers given by Miss Mildred Allen and
N. b Black, respectively Miss Helen
Lewis as Columbia, ana Albert soren-
son as Uncle Sam, holding up a large
elk American flag, formed the con-
GLIDING tableau, and increasing the pa
triotic thrill was the singing by the
nHr.
The AFFAIR was one OF the most not
able club events of the season.
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All In Readiness
For Baggiori Benefit
Concert This Evening

Judging from the large advance sale
Of tickets, the concert which Will be
given at the orpheunn theatre this eve
ming under the auspices of the Music
section Of the Fine Arts club for the
bereht of the promising young tenor,
Attillio Baggiori, will be q decided sue
cess. Because of widespread generos-
ity on the part of all whose aid has
been solicited, the Music section will
have very little expense connected with
the affair, and expects to realize a nice
sum TO be held in trust for Mr.. Bag
giori until he is placed with one. OF
the prominent vocal Instructors in New
York city the coming fall
The final rehearsal of the Choral
group OF the Music section, which
makes its first public appearance on
this program. was held Monday eve
ming at the Orpheurn. There are thirty
voices in this group, including the we'll
known director, Mrs. Ernest R.. Wright,
and the aecompanist for the choral
numbers will be Miss Clara Pollock.
Miss Harriet Gilbert, of Concordia con-
servatory faculty, will play the accom-
parlirnents for Miss Mildrid Rornsdahl,
soprano soloist, this evening, and Miss
Bertha Hagen, of the Dakota conServ-
Atory, will be acoompanist for Mr..
Bagkiori who will make his farewell
local appearance rnusically this eve
ming.
Machine hen1stItchino and picotinp,
pleatine and buttons. Mrs. Kennedy,
Kennedy hotel, Front St. Phone 1851.
--AdVt.
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Miss Ruth Rushfeldt
Does Splendid Work
In Graduate Recital

Pleasing poise ana excellent execu-
ton characterised the work OF Miss
Ruth Rushfe1dt in her graduate piano
recital Monday evening at Stones hall.
Fargo College Conservatory OF Music,
and gave a program Of numbers very
pleasing to the large audience gathered
for the event. She opened with beau
tiful Beethoven composition, following
which were two Chopin numbers equal
ly well interpreted Her other program
numbers were chosen from such COM
posers as Mendelssohn, Tschaikowsky,
Mcdowell, Blanchet, Rachmaninon
and Brull. Her work in the scherzo by
Mendelssohn and in the prelude In r
minor, by Rachmaainon, was worthy
Of especial praise and Miss Rushfel Ia
program with her rendition of the
Rhapeodie for Piano and Orchestra, OPP.
IS, by Brull., The composition is one
Of unusual strength and as given with
the orchestral accompaniment proved
one Of the most popular OF the evening
Owing to the failure or the various
parts to arrive in time, the entire Or
sshestration was done by Prof. f. A.; J
and the offering was of musical fif-
ish deserving high praise
Among the delightful features OF the
Evening were the vos sd as sssrs , By
Rushfeldt on the latter's program. Miss
Sanborn was in pleasing voice, and
sang very charmingly such lyric COM
fsh Laughter; Clark's someday, Some
time; Delibes Les Files de Cadix;
Scott's The Winds in the South;
Strauss Spring Voices; and Meyerbeer's
LtghtAFlttting Shadow, the coloratura
work in the latter number displaying
the singers voice at it's best
The young ladies were presented
with a number OF lovely floral gifts.
Hsmstitehina, picotina, pinkinc, and
pleatinu. Mrs. A. Anderson, 517 Third
Ave, No. Phone 1867 W.--Advk.
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Society News

program BY giving as vocal numbers
these competitions: Absence, by Ber-
LOG; Les Berceaux. by @. Faure:
LElgie. by J. Massanet; ohidylG, by
Henri Dupare: and Aux Temps des
Fees, by Charles Koechlin.
Chaxninade's work in piano compost
tons was represented BY MrB. Earll
Briggs, who played Scarf Dance. among
the best known OF his work
Mrs. w II. Horton was the other
musician of the afternoon, giving as
her program numbers, The Swan, by
Saint-saens; Clair de Lune. and Coli
wogg's Cake Walk, both by Debussy;
and LIE Cycle du win, which latter num-
Der Is from a collection OF French
songs given by Yvette Guilbert, . well
known modern French actress-einger.
The musical numbers were all most
delightfully."- interpreted, and the pro-
gram on the whole was very In
structive one.
Next Monday afternoon will be guest
day with the Music section, when a
program will be given at the First
Methodist church by the members OF
the Pipe Organ group of the section.
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