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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02
Oh, No: Not At All!

An alert ear arises from the pillow
at the sound Of the latchkey in the
door. The clock OF the mantel strikes
three. In the distance is heard the
grinding hum Of a taxi.
sis that you, John? What kind Of a
time did you have?"
"Rotten! The most awful thing
"Did your speech go Well?"
eff I do say it, Lottie, my speech
saved the dinner!!"
"What did you have to eat? Was it
a good dinner?"
John losses out the highly decorated
menu and turns up the gas.
Lottie studies it with professional in
terest. "It looks like an awfully good
dinner"
"They all look good in type"
"Men certainly do have good tines"
signs Lottie wistfully.
Good time," shorts John, "you don't
think I went for a good time. do your"
Helena Smith-Dayton in Cartoons
Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02
hen to stare out over the forest.

then to stare out over the forest.
II must have a place to write" said
he at length. II shall be awake for a
time tonight, occupied with business
matters Of Importance. Where is Ma
jor Nicely? Where are the other men?
Why have they not come up"
Peria could not or did not answer
these questions, but sullenly went
about the business of making his mas
ter as comfortable. as he might, and
her departed to his own quarters
down the hill in another building. The
old backwoods oma herself with
drew to the other apartment beyond
the open space Of the double cabin.
The soft, velvet darkness Of night in
the forest now came on apace-a night
of silence. There was not even the call
of a tree toad. The voice of the whip
poorwill was stilled at that season Of
the year. If there were human beings
awake, alert, at that time, they made
no sound. Meriwether Lewis was
alone-alone in the wilderness again.
Its silences, it's mysteries. drew about
him.
But now he stood, not enjoying in his
usual fashion the familiar feeling of
the night in the forest, the calm, the
repose it customarily brought to him.
He stood looking intently as if he ex.
pected some one-nay, indeed, as if he
saw some meas if he saw a face.
What face was it?
At last he made his way across the
room to the heavy saddle case which
had been placed there. He flung the
lid open and felt among the contents.
1t seemed to him there was not so
much within the case as there should
have been. He missed certain papers
and resolved to ask Peria about them.
He could not find the little bags of
coin which he expected, but he found
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02
Not to Be Tricked.

A rural visitor to Glasgow, desiring
a meal, entered a restaurant, and when
he had taken a seat the waiter pre-
sented him the menu.
"Look ERE, my man." roared the
wide awake rustic, you don't cheat
me loike this! 1 be only just DOM in.
I amt 'ad any Of these re things,
and I shan't pay for 'em. I knows
yer game, and I'll get my dinner some
where else" He then took his depar-
ture, leaving the waiter to think It
over.-London Ideas.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02

cret and His!
to do somewhat for others than him
self. And here was peace; here in
deed was conquest. His great desire
was o
His lax hands dropped between his
knees as he sat. A little gust Of wind
sweeping down the gully caught up
some Of the white ashes-stained, as
they were with blood that dropped
from his veins as he bent above them
carried them down upon the tiny
thread Of the little brook. 1t carried
them away toward the sea-his blood,
the ashes, the secret which they hid.
At length he rose once more, his
splendid will still forcing his broken
body to do its bidding. Half crawling
up the bank, nee more he stood erect
and staggered back across the yard
into the room. The woman heard him
there again. Pity arose in her breast.
Once more she mastered her terror
and approached the door.
I'm Gods name, madam" said he,
bring me water-wine! I am SO
strong, I am hard to die! Bind up
my wounds-I have work to do. Heal
me these wounds"
But not her power nor any power
could heal such wounds as his. Once
more she called out for aid and none
came.
The night wore away. The dying
man lay Oh his bearskin pallet on the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02

Staggering. cropping. his hands strain
ed to him to hold in the life that was
passing, Meriwether Lewis had left the
room where he had received his wounds
and had stepped out into the air, into
I'll" night. All the resolution of his
u was bent upon one purpose. He
staggered, but still stumbled onward.
1t seemed to him that he heard the
sound of water. and blindly, uncon-
scjously, he headed that way. He en-
tered the shadow of the woods and
passed down the little slope Of the hill.
He fell rather than seated himself at
the side of the brook whose voice he
had heard in the night. He was alone.
LIP" wilderness was all about him, the
wilderness which had always called to
MIN and which now was to claim him.
He sat, gasping, almost blind, feeling
OF the sulpher matches made for him
by good old DR.. Saugrain. Trembling
ly he essayed to light it, and at last he
saw the flare.
With skill Of custom, though now al
most unconsciously, his fingers felt for
dry bits Of bark and leaves, little twigs.
Yes the match served its purpose. A
tiny flame flickered between his feet as
he sat.
Did any eye see Meriwether Lewis as
he sat there in the dark at his last
campfire? Did any guilty eye look on
him making his last fight?
He sat alone by the little fire. His
hand, dropping sometimes, responsive
only to the supreme effort of his will.
fumbled in the bosom of his old coat.
There were some papers there-some
things which no other eyes than his
must ever see! Here was a secret-it
must always be a secret-her secret
and his! He would hide forever from
the world what had been theirs in COM
rnon.
The tiny flame rose up more strong
ly, twice, thrice, five times-six times
in all. One by one he had placed them
on the fames-these letters that he had
carried on his heart for ~years-the six
letters that she had written him when
he was far away in the unknown. He
held the last one long, trying to see
the words. He groaned. He was al
most blind.
Now they were gone. No one could
ever see them. No one could know
how he had treasured them all these
years. She was safe.
Before his soul, in the time of his
great accounting, there rose the pass
ing picture Of the years. Free from
suffering now, absolved, resigned, he
was a boy once more, and all the world
was young. He saw again the slopes
OF old Albemarle, beautiful in the green
and gold of an early autumn day in
Old Virginia. He heard again his
mothers voice. What was it that she
said? He bent his head as if to listen.
Your wish, your great desire, your
hope, your dream-all these shall be
Yours at last, even though the trail be
long, ever though the burden be too
heavy to carry farther"
So then she had known. She had
spoken the truth in her soothsaying
that day so long ago. Now, his fading
eye looked about him, and he nodded
his head weakly as if to assent to
something he had heard.
He had so earnestly longed-he had
so greatly desired, to be an honorable
man. He had so longed and desired
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02

Ia n ANY days later the French serv-
V ant, Peria, rode up to the gate,
to the door, Of Locust Hall, the
e-.-J Lewis homestead in old Vir-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02

the watch lying covered in a corner Of
the case. He drew it out and, stepping
toward the Pickering candle, opened it,
gazing fixedly at the little silhouette
cut around to fit in the back of the
case.
1t was a face that he had seen be-
fore. A hundred times he had gaZed
thus at it on the far western trails.
He brought the little portrait close
up to his eyes, but not close to his lips.
No; he did not kiss the face of the wo-
man whose eyes had told him she was
in his power.
Meriwether Lewis had won his long
fight. He had mastered the human
emotions Of his soul at last. The bat
tie had been such that he sat here now
Weak and spent. He sat looking at the
fact which had meant so much to him
all these years.
There came into his mind some rec
objection of words that she had written
to him once something about the
sound Of water. He lifted his head
and listened. Yes; there was a sound
coming family through the night-the
trickle Of a little brook in the ravine
below the window.
Always, he recalled, she had spoken
Of the sound of water, saying that
that music would blot out memory,
saying that water would wash out Sc
crets, would wash out sins. What was
it she had said? What was it she had
written to him long ago?
The sound Of the little brook came
to his ears again in some shift of the
wind. He rose and stumbled toward
the window, carrying the candle in his
hand. His haggard face was lighted
by Its flare as he stood there, leaning
out, listening.
1t was then that his doom came to
him.
There came the sound of a shot, a
second and yet another.
The woman in the cabin near by
heard them clearly enough. She rose
and listened. There was no sound
from the other cabins. The servants
paid no attention to the shots, If they
had heard them, and why should they
not have heard them? No one called
out, no one came running.
Frightened, the woman rose and aft
er a time stepped timidly across the
covered space between the two rooms
toward the light which she saw shin
ing family through the cracks of the
door. She heard groans within.
A tall and CHASTITY figure met her as
she approached the door. She saw his
face, white and haggard and stained.
From a wound in the forehead a broad
band of something dark fell across his
cheek. From his throat something
dark was yelling. He clutched a hand
on his breast. and his fingers were
dark.
He was bleeding from three wounds,
but still he stood and spoke to her.
"1n Gods name, madam" said he,
"bring me water! I am killed!"
She ran away, she knew not where,
calling to the others to come. But they
did not come. She was alone. Once
more, forgetful of her errand, incapa-
BILE Of rendering aid. she went back to
the door.
She heard no sound. She flung open
the door and peered into the room.
The candle was standing. broken and
guttering, on the floor. She could see
the scattered belongings Of the travel
Ing cases, empty now The occupant
OF the room was gone. In terror she
ned once more back to her own room
and covered in her bed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02

floor, m%otionless now and silent, but
still breathing and calm at last. 1t
was dawn when the r%ecreant servant
found him there.
"Peria," said Meriwether Lewis,
turning his fading eye on the man,
"do not fear me. I will not hurt you.
But, my watch-I cannot find tit
seems gone. 1 am hard to die, it
seems. But the little watch-it had
a-picture-ah!"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02

ically large, and such vas his. He
lived with honor, and he could not die
without it. What was in his heart we
shall not ask to know. If ever he
sinned he is purged of any sin"
Jefferson was silent for a moment,
holding the Dereaved mothers hand In
his own.
HE shall have Il monument, mad
am he went on. 1T shall mark his
grave in yonder wilderness. They
shall name Il county for him and hold
it his sacred grave place-there in
Tennessee by the Old Indian road. Let
him lie there under the trees-that is
as he would wish. He shall have
some monument. Yes, but how futile
is all that. His greatest monument
will be in the vast new country which
he has brought to us. He was a man
Of natural greatness. not surpassed by
any OF his time"
What of Theodosia Aston, loyal and
lofty soul, blameless wife, devoted and
pathetic adherent to the fallen fortunes
IL uCl i SldllCu ldlLCl
Three years after Meriwether Lewis
laid him down to sleep in the forest
a ship put out from Charleston wharf.
1t was bound for the city of New York.
where at that time there was living
a broken, homeless, forsaken man
named Aaron Burr, a mar eXecrated
at home, discredited abroad, but who
now affnr, rnorS Of aviln hol o~1-I
home to the country which had east
him out.
A passenger on that ship was Theo-
dosia Aston, the daughter of Aaron
Burr. That much is known. The ship
sailed. 1t never came to port.
To this day none knows what was
the fate Of Aaron Burr's daughter, one
of the most appealing figures Of her
day, a woman made for happiness, but
continually in close touch with TRACE
dy. Wherever her body may lie, she
has her wish. The sound Of the eter-
nal waters is the continuous requiem
in her ears. Her secret, if she had
one, is washed away long ere this and
is n with the eternal secrets Of the
sea. AS to her sin, she had none
Above her memory, since she has no
grave, there might best be inscribed
the words she wrote at a time Of her
own despair:
81 hope to be happy in the next
world, for l have not been bad in this"
Did the little brook in Tennessee yer
find its way down to the sea? Did it
carry n scattered drop Of a mans life
blood, little by little thinning, thinning
on its long journey? Did ever a wan
dering flake of ashes, melting, rest on
its bosom for so great a journey as
that toward the sea?
Did the sound of IL voice in the will
derness passing across the unknown
leagues ever reach an ear that heard?
Who cal tell? Perhaps in the great
10000 years such things may be. Per
haps deep calls to deep, and there are
no longer sins nor tears.
A million hearth fires mark the camp
fire trail of Meriwether Lewis. We
own the country which he found and
for which he paid. He sleeps. Above
him stands the monument which his
chief assigned to him-his country. 1t
rises now i'll glory and %splendor, the
perfected vision which he saw.
That is the happy ending of his
story-his country. 1t is ours. AS its
title came to us in honor, it is for us
to love it honorably, to, use it honora-
bly, and to defend it honorably. None
may withstand us while we hold to his
ambitions, While our sons measure to
the stature Of such q man.
TuE END
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02
Well Supplied.

"Have you any works on social
a~daptation?" asked the highbrow Gus
toner in the book store.
"Plenty Of them," replied the new
clerk. "We carry a full line Of works
on etiquette, table manners and the
modern dances, not to speak Of Bea-
trice Meatax's monumental treatise on
What to do With Your Feet and
Laura Jean Libbey's Advice to the
Lovelorn.'" - Richmond Tmes-Dis
patch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02
CHAPTER XXI.
The Little Picture.

@1HN cavalcade was we'll out into
the wilderness east Of the Mis-
sissippi on that afternoon of
- Oct. 8 in the year 1909. Stop
ping at the wayside taverns which
now and then were found, they had
progressed perhaps a hundred miles
to the eastward. The day was draw.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-02
Cuba had railroads before Spain, the
mother country, had them.

Weight for weight a manila rope In
about as strong as a steel one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
LEMOYNE AUTO
SHOP PIONEER
Irwin H. Heiges, Proprietor, Is
First Auto Repairman in
Capital District

Irwin H. Heiges, proprietor of the
Lemoyne Auto Garage claims the dis
tinction of being the first automobile
repair man in the capital district and
there seems to be none to discredit his
statement, for it was quite early in
the days of the "horseless carriage"
that Mr.. Heiges first began to admin
lister to the ills that all motordom is
heir to. The business of which Mr..
Heiges is the founder has grown to
really, remarkable proportions and to-
day there is employed at the Lemoyne
Auto Garage quite force of skilled
mechanics working under the per-
sonal supervision of Mr.. Heiges. The
garage and machine shop is located
just opposite the railroad bridge ap-
proacL on the Carlisle road and many
local motorists who come to grief
along this notable roadway turn to the
Pioneer Repair Man for relief.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE HURT
CAR FINISH

Changes in temperature are likely to
affect the finish of a car because of the
difference in expansion between the
metal and the paint and varnish To in
sure that the paint be prevented from
cracking the car should be kept in a
garage of as nearly uniform tempera-
ture as possible. Extreme heat or cold
are not desirable, but q comfortable
degree should be maintained. Farm
ers who have been accustomed to gar
aging or storing the car in or near the
barn with horses should cease the prac-
tice as the gases given off by the ma
nure are Injurious to the body finish.
Motor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
OFFERS BREAD AT COST

Lancaster, Pa, Feb. 10.-Christian
Gunzenhauser, of Lancaster. proprie-
tor of one of the largest bakeries in
Central Pennsylvania. has written the
War Department offering to supply
the difference between the present out
put and the maximum capacity of 20,-
600 loaves of bread daily to the Gov
ernment at absolute cost in the event
of hostilities or the mobilization of
troops. Mr.. Gunzenhauser is Ratur-
allied German.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
PROPER LUBRICATING OIL

If the engine in your car has run for
a long period of time. using a certain
brand of lubricating oil without giving
trouble. you can feel certain of two
things-first. that it is a well designed
engine, and, second, that it is using a
good lubricating oil, says Herbert s.
Holder, in Motor kge. Otherwise.
trouble would occur
If trouble occurs in an engine, how
ever, We are confronted with several
possibilities.
First. the fabrication system is Of
poor de@ign.
Second. the oil ts poorly refined.
Third. the oil may not be supplied to
the cylinders In the correct amount.
Fourth, the oil may be of good oua1-
ity, but may not be suited to your par-
ticular engine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
COMPENSATION IN
QUEER ACCIDENT
Man Set Himself on Fire While
Striking a Light and Widow
Gets Allowance

Award of workmen's compensation
made to the widow of Victor
Dzikowska, who was fatally burned
as the result of striking match on
oil-soaked clothing while working in
the plant of the Superior Steel Com
pany at Carnegie. Allegheny county,
has been upheld by the Compensation
Board in an opinion written by Chair
man Harry A. Mackey. The case is
one of the most unusual presented to
the Board and came up on an appeal
from the award made by Referee
Thomas J. Dunn at Pittsburgh.
"There is no force in the argument
that the deceased was not in the
course of his employment says Mr..
Mackey. "He was where his duties
called him. He was loading cars as
the defendant furnished them. He
had just loaded one and was waiting
for another. Surely the man who
waits in service is 'in the course of
lis employment His clothes were
saturated with oil. They were in this
condition because of the nature of the
work that he had been doing for the
defendant. We have, therefore, a
man at work. His clothes had been
rendered extremely inflammable by
the nature of his employment. He
lighted q match for the purpose of
smoking. If it were contrary to the
rules of the employer that he should
have done so, he was simply violating
a rule of conduct, promulgated by the
defendant, and would not thereby be
placed outside of the scope of q COM
pensation law. Even if the violation
of simple rule of conduct could be
construed to be wilful misconduct, a
matter of defense under some COM
pensation laws, it could not be such
under our law for the reason that our
Legislature had provided no such de-
fense. If the claimant were guilty OF
negligence in striking a match it could
not be considered in a compensation
case. THE opinion concludes that the
man met with a personal injury by ac-
cident in the course of his employ
ment' and that his dependents are
entitled to compensation.
In decision upholding compensa-
tion in the case of Walker VS.. Allie.
gheny River Mining Co., the chairman
in ruling regarding the deductions fol
supplies furnished to q minor says
When the claimant is dead and ar
implied contract is being urged as
against the interests of his dependent:
we will require higher grade of proof
to establish such a contract than in
a case where the claimant is a witnes:
in his own behalf and has the oppor.
tunity of contradicting the defendant.
testimony in this respect"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
CLOSED CARS FOR WINTER

In no previous season have the manu-
facturers put so much thought and en-
ergy into the production of cars for
winter use. They have solved the prob
lem of making closed bodies, which pos
sess style and durability at no great in
crease in cost. Gone forever are the
days when the majority of motorists
put up their cars for the season at the
first breath of icy winds. For the man
with an open roadster or touring car
they have produced convertible bodies
which will give him comfort and pro-
lection without the necessity of ex-
pensive alterations.-Motor Age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
WANT sAILINGs SECRET

Washington, D. c., Feb. 10.-The en-
tente embassies here have asked the
State Department if some step cannot
be taken to cease publication of sail
ings of vessels and publication of
manifests of ships going into the war
zone. Officials realize that there is no
warrant of law to prevent publication
of sailings. but some step may be taken
to ask American publishers to refrain
from printing them on the ground of
national policy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
KEEP RADIATOR FULL

When the cooling fluid is kept in mo-
tion by thermometer action it is quite
important that the radiator be kept rea-
sonably full in order that there be a
back resistance to aid in forcing the
water forward. 1t is good engine care
to frequently add little cold water
instead of waiting for the engine to
knock for water, especially in summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
WASHING THE CAR

A large sponge tied over the end OF
three -eighths-inch gas pipe three feet
long. makes a good car washer. The
stream should not be too strong. lest 1t
drive grit and sand hard enough to
scratch the varnish. The surface should
be dried with a piece of soft channels
skin. keeping IL well rinseds out, and
.wrung as dry as possible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
IGNITION EFFICIENCY

Ignition wire efficiency is not always
determined by the thickness of the In
sulation. This is particularly true of
secondary wires. 1t is. of course. true
that insulation should be OF good quail
Ity, but unnecessary thickness increases
the static capacity. a condition desir-
able to be avoided.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
AN AUTOMOBILE REM

piece OF heavy canvas. four feet
and nine inches by six feet and six
inches, having a wide hem around the
corners cut off six inches in, with one
and ene-fourth inch galvanized gaspipe
In each side hem and elbows at the cor
her Tor one-inch cross spreaders, to slir
In when wanted for use, makes a bed
OF the seat, between the top-bows, ex-
tending partly over the front seats.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
The Year-Ahead
Beauty-Car
Here the REASONS why you should select the Hupmobe

Bright finish, long grain, French upholstery.
Luxuriously improved seat cushions and backs.
Moulding finish conceals all upholstery fastenings
Neverleak fast-color top, black outside inside
Tonneau quarter curtains cut integral with the top
Front and rear edges of top finished with moulding
Bow spreaders TO carry top when folded.
New Lift -the-Dot' fasteners for side curtains
Door-curtain carriers fold with curtains and drop
into place instantly.
Tonneau carpet fastened with snap fasteners. Ton
neau sills carpeted. Entire tonneau finish i'm
proved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
THE 'SfAsTER VIBRATOR"

When a master vibrator is attached
to regular coil it not only serves to
equalize the spark supply to all the
cylinders, but it also adds extra con-
densing power to the current. giving
a hotter spark.