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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
X.

A few days after Wilson's recOgni
ton of H., two most exciting things
happened to Sidney. One was thai
Christine asked her to be maid OF
honor at her wedding. The other was
more wonderful. She was accepted
and given her cap.
Because she could not get home that
night, and because the little house had
no telephone, she wrote the news to
her mother and sent a note to lie
Moyne.
X. found the note on the hall table
when he got home that night, and car
ried it upstairs to read. Whatever
faint hope he might have had that her
youth would prevent her acceptance
he knew now was over. With the let
ter in his hand, he sat by his table
and looked ahead into the empty years.
Not quite empty, of curse. She would
be coming home.
But more and more the life of the
hospital would engross her. He sur
missed, too, very shrewdly, that, had he
ever had a hope that she might come
to care for him, his very presence in
the little house initiated against him.
There was none of the illusion of sep
a@ration he was always there, like Ka-
tie. When she opened the door, she
called "Mothcr" from the hall. If
Anna did not answer, she called him,
in much the same voice.
Sidn"y'S letter was not the only one
he received that day. When, in re-
heavily and prepared for dinner, he
found an unopened envelope on the
table. 1t was from Max Wilson:
Dear lie Moyne-1 nave a feeling Of deli
cacy about trying to see you again so
soon. Pm bound to respect your seclu-
sion. But there are some things that have
got to be discussed.
1t takes courage to step down from the
pinnacle you stood on. So it's not cow
ardice that has set you down here, It's
wrong conception. And I've thought of
two things. The first. and best, is for you
to go back. No one has taken your place,
because no one could do the work. But
if that's out OF the questiOn-and only you
know that, for only you know the facts
the next best thing is this. and in all hui
mainly | make the suggestion.
Take the State exams under your pres
cnt name, and when you've got your GER
~titieate. come in with me. This isn't mag
nanimity. III be getting much more thar
| give.
Think it over, old man. NJ. w.
1t is a curious fact that a man who
is absolutely un%trustworthy about
women is often the soul of honor to
other men. The younger Wilson, TAX
ing his pleasures lightly and not too
discriminatory, was making an offer
that meant his ultimate eclipse, and
doing it c%heerfully, with his eyes open.
X. was moved. 1t was like Max to
make such an offer, like him to do it
as if he were asking II favor and not
comforting one. But the offer left him
interrupted. He had weighed himself
in the balance, and found himself
wanting. No tablet on the college wall
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
RB[1C
ROADS
GOOD ROADS HELP CHILDREN
Improved Highways Of Great Benefit
to Them In Going and Coming
From Country Schools.

The rural population is more willing
to support better schools today than
at any previous time. 1t is being re-
allied that all educational activities or
agencies must be more or less cor
related, and, more than all else, that
they must be accessible to the
children. In many counties where
bad roads prevail, most of the schools
are of the Anticipated one-room va
riety. They are usually located along
bad roads which, during the winter,
when the schools are usually in ses-
sion, become sc nearly impossible as
to make 1t difficult for the children to
reach them. This condition causes
irregular attendance and restricts the
educational opportunities of the child.
Not only this, but it often impedes the
economic consolidation of these small
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Then Thinus Hammered.

He vas a bookkeeper in a big man.
%ufacturing establishment. He lived
in a hall in a modest boarding
house and ate his luncheons in q quick.
lunch restaurant.
There's no chance for adventure
here in a great city," he used to say
rs he sat on the front steps evenings.
Then all in the same week a burglar
took SIG from his trousers pocket, an
ammonia tank blew up in his office
building, he was caught in a subway
wreck, he was arrested by mistake for
a pickpOcket and he was run down
by an automobile on his way home
from work and he married the nurse
who helped set his broken ARM
Youths Companion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
A Sympathetic Son.

"When I was your age" remarked
Mr.. Grabcoin. II neve had as much
as a dollar at one time for spending
money"
"Poor old dad" replied young Reg
inald Grabcoin. "When l hear you
make a remark like that l feel as if it
were my duty to take you out to a
cabaret with me some night and make
you enjoy yourself"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
PERILOUS RAZOR.BACK ROADS
Miniature Mountain Ranges Should
Not Be Maintained in Center
They Are Dangerous.

If you have ever ridden along q
country road which has been worked
to a peak in the center so that your
load tilted n way while you tried to
keep your balance by fitting the other,
you know what the wrong kind Of road
dragging is.
Roads so dragged should be reported
to the road supervisor, or the county
engineer. Such roads are positively
dangerous.
Help the good roads cause by seeing
that the roads Of your vicinity are not
made miniature mountain ranges.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

Pipe in hand, he stood staring out
at the ailanthus tree with its crown
quiet houses, he saw the men he had
known and worked with and taught,
his friends who spoke his language,
who had loved him, many of them,
gathered about a bronze tablet set in
earnest faces and grave eyes. He
heard
He heard the soft rustic of Sidney's
dress as she came into the little room
behind them.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Truly Resigned.

"Talk about Christian fortitude, Sis
ter Simpklns has it."
"Tell me about her."
rheumatism has kept her away
from two REVEALS, yet she is still con-
WINGED that 1t Is all for the best.
though she missed seeing some of the
most notorious blacksliders of her ac-
q%uaintance ask mercy at the throne
of grace"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Worse Than She Thouoht-

Widow (weeping)-Yes, poor Tom
met with a horrible death. He fell
from the fifth-story window and was
instantly killed.
Friend (sympathizingly) - Dear,
dearl Is it possible it was as bad
as that? Why, l understood that he
only fell from a third-story window.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
ELIMINATING the Mud.

Here's a postal from a rural youth
who says he is tired of sticking to the
farm, and wants my advice" re-
marked the aHswer-to-correspondents
editor.
"Tell him he may be able to dodge
the sickness by having the farm
paved" suggested the horse reporter,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Promising Outlook.

young man." said the eminent cap
%italist, "you say you want to marry
my daughterY
Eyes, SIR"
"But. how are your worldly pros
pects?"
VERY good at present, sir. She
vow she will v marry any other
mar and I don't believe you would
turn her out if she married me-"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
lie Moyne Is Found Out and
the Big Part of Our Story
Begins to Unfold.

SYNOPSlS-K. LcMoyne, a
young man, becomes Il roomer
at the Page home, where Sidney,
her mother, Anna, and her old
maid aunt, Harriet, Il dresSmak-
er preside. Through the inilu-
ence of DR.. Max Wilson, a sue
cessful young surgeon, Sidney
becomes II probationary nurse
at the hospital. Aunt Harriet
opens II fashionable shop down
town. Christine LOrcnZ and Pal
mel Howe are about to be mar
ried and they will take rooms at
the Pages. Sidney is loved by
X, by Joe DrummOnd, "A high
school beau, and by DIR. Max,
who faSrinatcS her. At the hos
pitAl she begins to see the un-
drrSidr of the world. She meets
Charlotte Harrison, who has
been very ''thick" with DR.. Max.
X. L"Moync is "A mystery. He
works at the gas office as Il
clerk, but his past is hidden, and
he fears To meet Strangers
why? A. this iu>tallmcnt opens,
Doctor Max is coming acruSS the
street from his home to call ON
Sidney. X. ShrinkS from the in
PRODUCTION but sees no way of
escape.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Dubious Outlook.

II understand you have a new neigh
Dor"
do you expect to be friendly with
him?"
II hope for the best, but he has five
little boys and my library windows are
in an exposed position"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
The Local FLYER

FLOWS the 1870 accommodation? p
asked the stranger in Jiggersville.
"She amt more'n 40 minutes late
today" replied the ticket agent, af-
fably. "There's a new engineer on No.
II and he amt satisfied with himself
less he's burning up the rails at 20
miles an hour"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Wherein They Differ.

"Say, paw" queried small Tommy
Toddles, whats the difference be-
tween a genius and a foOl?"
"If a man has a scheme and makes
a lot of money out of it," replied Tod
dies, Sr., people call him a genius; If
he loses they call him a fool"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Amt This Awful, Mabel?

even a policeman can't arrest the
flight Of time" remarked the alleged
humOrist.
"Oh, 1 don't know" rejoined the
matter-of-fact person. "Only this
morning l saw an officer enter a side
door and stop a few minutes"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
So Thankful.

"While my daughter was playing the
piano last night a strange man pulled
the doorbell and wanted to give her a
half dollar"
"Must have been a great lover of
music"
"No; he said it was a thank offer
ing because he didn't live next door
to u.s."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Getting at the Facts,

did l understand you to say that
your friend Pennibbs was engaged in
literary %pursuitsT" she queried.
swell, l hope not" replied the know
ing young man. Il merely stated that
he wrote alleged stories and poems for
the magazines"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

The sense of direction in migratory
birds is as marvellous as it is mystic
rious. The familiar inhabitants of
dooryard martin boxes return the next
year to these anne boxes, though
meanwhile they have visited Brazil.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

Little Harold had just begun the
study of music. and a visitor asked
how he was getting along. "Oh, all
right" he replied, "only sometimes ]
have trouble with the sharks and
flaps"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Tempus Fuuit.

do you know how long you have
owed this bill" asked the tailor.
Haven't the slightest idea," an
swered Mr.. Jibway pleasantly.
mine months, sir"
swell! Well! How time flies! 1t
seems only yesterday that you present
ed it to me for the first time"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
The Shame of II,

Mrs. PoOrman-Oh, dear! I do
wish we were rich. Just think of the
good we could do if we only had the
money.
Poorman-True, my dear; but we
can do a great deal Of good in q quiet
way as 1t Is.
Mrs. POOrman-Yes, but what's the
use? No one would ever hear of 1t.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Conserve Soil Fertility.

Soil fertility can be conserved by
the use of good crop rotations which
include the legumes, by feeding all
crops on the place where they are
grown by the careful return of all ma
nures to the soil.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
ROAD VERY SIMILAR TO LIFE
Rough Road Is Interesting, but We
Must Travel Over II Slowly and
Quite Carefully.

How much a road is like life. The
good road Is like life at its best
smooth sailing, and enjoyable. A rough
road is like life at its worst. A rough
road is interesting, but we have to
traverse it slowly and carefully.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Mutual Suspicious,

Naughty Mistress-Why did you
leave your last place?
Belligerent Applicant = Because I
couldn't git no money. Why did your
last cook leave hersf
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
e

THAT old Closefit would never give
you a nickel"
"Yes, he would"
"FOr what!"
"A dime"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Still Intact.

In proof that wonders never cease.
An auto racer known to fame
For many years has risked his neck
And still looks very much the same.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Aiming Low.

"You women don't seem to have high
heels"
"We don't? One of our ideals is to
be recognized as mans equal"
''That is what 1 was thinking Of"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
About the Size of II,

Life in camp" remarked the dear
girl, must be something grand"
mot exactly that" rejoiaed the
young lieutenant, "but it's something
%in-tents."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
The liuht That Fails,

Said She-They say that the light of
a parlOr match will frighten a wolf.
Said He-Possibly. But 1t takes more
than the light of a love match to
brighten the wolf from the door.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Care for Farm Machinery.

The farm machinery is only used for
u short period, but must work contin-
uously when being used. Hence it
must be in good running order and
properly adjusted.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Indirect Action.

Weeks-1 suppose you have to mind
the baby occasionally.
Meeks-Yes-that is, 1 mind my
wife when she tells me to mind the
baby.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

Hazel wonder why Miss Oldrich
doesn't keep q maid?
Aimee-Why, she has always
claimed to be self-made, you know.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Lesson in Punctuation.

Thus spake the teacher to his class:
Now. tell me. what are pauses?'
And the small boy at the foot replied:
Things to hide cats clawses."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Paws Ideas.

Little Lemuel-Say paw, what is a
pessimist?
Paw-A pessimist, son, is q man who
always carries an umbrella OH a clear
day.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Reduce HAULING Cost.

Good roads reduce the cost of haul
ing produce to and from the farm as
much as 25 cents per ton-mile.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Cost Him Much Money

I'D like to shoot that guy"
"Who Is he?"
He writes the bargain ads fol
Gouchem & Co."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

The Advertising Manager-Shall I
run your ad next to pure reading mat
ter?
The Advertiser-Yes, If you can find
any reading matter in your paper that
could be considered pure.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

Determining Wheat Yield.
The amount of available plant food
in your soil will be one of the chief
factors in determining your wheat
yield next year.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19
Asset Instead Of Liability.

Common sense applied to road build
ing makes a road an asset instead Of
a liability.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-19

MOther-Willie Jones counts ten be-
fore he fights.
Johnny-Yep, and he doesn't count
FOX anything after it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13
EAT MORE CORN.
The Most Effective Substitute for
Wheat at Our pispossl

ordinarily the quantity of corn pro
ouced in the United states is from
three 10 four times the QUANTITY Of
wheat, but only very small portion
OF The crop-from 10 10 per cent
has been used for hnman food. This
amount may be estimated in normal
times at about 200,0O0. 600 bushels q
year Nor over . per cent has been
exported in peace times. a relative
!y slight increase in the corn acreage.
therefore. will place many millions Of
disposal OF the world without inter.
disposal of the world without intctl.
fering in any way with the feed need.
ed for the support Of live stock.
IN The past, with an abundance ot
grain of other kinds, corn has not
been il great demand for human con.
sumption. But with other grams no
longer abundant, circumstance viii
compel more general recognition Of
the value OF corn as human food. The
department is urging strongly The
wider use of corn in the diet. II is
the best substitute for wheat that We
have and can be utilized in breads,
mushes, and variety Of other ways.
We should make every effort 10 avail
ourselves Of 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13

& 8 b
Frosted onrtl,e, ,sststle until 4 was
white Niilr snowy particles, and
crowned Ei'h.'a tmNch of green
leavcs. Drink thai. .rom ami, and
know that SoU have not lived in
vain" "
The prefee; took : sip. Then an
other. Then, with TIE air of man
who is performing a sacred rite, he
SLOWLY drained tile glass. s,,ss .,....
Il do not need 10 have you tell me
the name he said solemnly. 1T IS
the nectar Of the gods"
Duvall laughed heartily.
Il thought you'd like it," he said.
"And you are really satisfied with the
way handled that case. in spite Of
the fact that that idiot Bonnet found
me- out?"
MY dear Duvall," laughed the pre-
feet, you are becoming altogether
too conceited. Permit ME 70 cay that
1 am entirely satisfied with the way
in which my dear Grace, assisted
say assisted, mind YOU by you,
handled the case; and ! drink to her
good health and prosperity with all
my heart, and hope that her honey
moon may continue, uutrc',en, as
long as YOU both live"
Amen" said puyall. putting down
his glass and pattins his wife fondly
ION the cheek.
She's a better and cieyeEer detec.
tive than ever thought cs being.
Come. LcfeYre, get your hat. want
10 show you my Prize 4Qws."
The END.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13
GRASS CLIPPINGS FOR
THE POULTRY FLOCK.

GLASS clippings are an excellent
green feed for chickens. Tie back
yard poultry flock OF a family often
lacks sufficient green feed with & con
seQuent reduction of egg and meat
production. With the easy availability
Of lawn clippings the city poultrymsn
can always have green feed through
the summer for his chickens. The
tiock can be fed daily as much Of the
green clippings as they Will eat. II
any continued bowel trouble shows,
the amount should lie reduced The
remainder OF the clippings can be al
lowed 10 dry and fed moistened dur
ing the time between lawn cuttings.
Amounts in excess can be dried for
winter use. Dried grass clippings are
a good green feed for winter They
can b. dried ahd stored in sacks.
These dried clippings, moiStoHed and
fed 10 the flock, sre vc~y fair sub
stitute for the suoculeni sleen feeds
Of summer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13
CHAPTER SXlI.
DuVaii Paws 4 Bet.

The bet that VI. Letevre made with
his friend Richard Duvall was this.
II he won in his contention that Du-
vail would he unable 10 carry out his
impersonatlon of himself without de-
lection the latter was TO furnish him
with drink which should make all
the concoctions OF lhe famous cafes
of Paris seem insipid and worthless.
Duvall insisted that the prefect had
won. since his disguise had been
penetrated aboard the Richelieu. The
insisted. AS Duvall said, lie had not
carried through the deception sue
cessfully.' He had, ia fact, been dis
covered, and for that res son he insist
ed upon laying the bet.
They had arrived in Washington a
merry party, the evening before, and
had made the twenty y-mile run out toI
Duvalls country place in the latter's
touring.car.
Now, after comfortable nights
rest, NJ. Lefevre sat on his hosts
broad yeranda, his eyes straying ap-
pre- atively over the wide expanse of
lawn, the clumps OF hydrangea bushes
with their pink and blue blooms,
down to the twenty acres of splendid
looking corn, beyond which spread a
sloping G,een pasture dotted with
grazing COWS.
To the left were the orchards, load
ed with pears, apples and peaches.
the vegetable gardens. the fields Of
rye and wheat. IL was beautiful
sight on this late August morning,
and in spite OF the heat the rrefect
was enjoying himself hugely.
Now for the ambrosia," remarked
Duvall as he came out of the house,
followed by darky carrying tray
upon which We're decanters, crushed
ice, taii glasses, sugar, and little
glass bowl containing a quantity of q
green herb unfamiliar in appearance
to the project.
Mon Dleu! In This drink OF the
gods, my dear Duyall, you require, it
seems, d variety Of ingredients"
"Ah, monsieur, hut such ingre-
dients," Duvall took up a sprig OF the
herb and smelled it, smiling, then
twisted it slightly and dropped it into
glass.
Il am certain that when you have
once tasted this drink you will long
for it ell the rest of your life."
stop your nonsense. Richard"
said Grace. "and fix NJ. Lefevre his
drink. It's hot, and I'm sure he's
very thirsty"
Duvall went on with his prepara.
tions. Such drinks as this" he 3lid,
cannot be hurried in the making"
He was carefully measuring out the
proportions of liquor in a small glass.
II declare, my friend" said the pre-.
feet, "that you use as much caution
as though YOU were preparing me
dose of medicine. My curiosity is
aroused. What is the name OF lhis
cOncoction?"
Il will tell you that, Lefeyre, after
you have tasted it. But remember
you can have but one, although ]
know you will want dozen"
Richard! How can youi" laughed
Grace.
Il know the prefect to be con.
noisseur. 1t could not be otherwise.
Here"
He handed Lefevre tan glass,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13

fevre?' asked the asrounded manag-
ing director as soon is he could col
lect his wits.
He has been enjoying the gaieties
of my place at Newport for the past
three weeks replied Mr.. Morris. Il
understand he is TO spend the next
three with Mr.. Duvall."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13

Mrs. William Leonard Davis, of.
New York, has organized the Amer
lean Godmother's League for Amer
lean soldiers. Each member OF the
league will adopt one or more Of
Uncle Sans warriors-men who have
no relatives as her godson or sons,
and will correspond with him and
send him gifts at frequent inter-
walls. Mrs. Davis formerly resided
in Paris and while there became ac-
quainted with the activities of the
French Godmothers' League. Her
organization is fashioned after the
French League and will do for SAM
my" what the French League is de-
ing for the "Poilu."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13
After the Flood.


For a,,month, recently, patient
IN a Newark hospital subsisted on
modified milk and distilled water.
AT last. the physician removed the
curse and assured the patient that
lie might have anything 10 eat that
he desired
What do You crave mort" ask.
ed The doctor.
More than anything else N the
world" replied the afflicted man !;
Il crave large bowl Of oyster
crackers"
Sitting up in bed, few minutes
later, he ate oyster crackers ad
hb, with n look OF seraphic salts:
faction IN his eyes.-NewaYh News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-09-13

The soy bean may be grown through
cut the humid and~simihuuId sections
ot the south and in southern DOR
;inn Of the corn belt. II is very yalu
able forage crop and promises to be
very useful in many boll.weVil regions
as cash crop, and source of oil
Eeed foT the oil mills.