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you call at home" And I spoke again
with beseeching humility.
We'll DE- 1t for France together,
boy" she whispered as she turned in
my arm and pressed herself against
my ra"cn nt;;.c ;.i3o,c Lily heart.
Just ut this lovely moment, when the
beautiful Madam WhitwOrth had
thrown herself into my arms and had
been obliged by my cunning to hold
her there instead Of flingins her to the
f,oor, as | naturally desired. there ar
rived at the door Of the room which
we were occupying with our plotting
my tall and awful uncle, the General
Robert, and looked down upon US with
the lightnings of storm in his eyes.
Then before could make exclamation
ana betray his presence to the lady in
my arms, whose back was turned in
his direction, he had disappeared. Did
] betray that presence to the lady?
did not decided that 1t would be
much to the advantage of the affair to
have the lady In ignorance Of his
knOWleuSe.
You must go now, boy" she said
ut about the moment in which l could
no longer keep my assembling alive.
''Send the governor in here to me. for
1t is about the time l had promised
to dance with him. want to talk
with him and try to make him see
some at least of this matter in the
right light. Go, and come to me to-
morrow at for-for France"
went, and it was with much JOY
in the going. I stopped at tall win.
dow to get into my lungs very deep
supply Of atmosphere and also to take
counsel with myself.
was just preparing to step from
the window on to balcony and de-
scend when movement of human be-
ings caught my eve upon the side Of
that balcony.
A man stood at the rail of the bal
cony in the dim moonlight, and he
was speaking to woman whom his
broad shoulders hid from me. The
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lease, when again l heard his sum-
mons. He had risen and was standing
beside his desk, and as turned he held
out his hand, into which laid mine
rs he drew me near to him.
"Youngster," he said. and the smile
which all persons call cold was all of
gentleness into my eyes, 'these are
going to be some hard days for US oil,
these next ten. and If drive you too
hard balk. will you?"
ITO the death for you I'll go, my
Gouverneur Faulkner" l answered
him, looking straight into his tired
eyes that were so deep under the
black. silver tipped wings of his
brows. | did not mean that death ]
had threatened myself from the math-
cmatics in the paper. but in my heart
there was something that rose and an
swered the sadness in his eyes with
again ail that savageness of bar
.barian.
''Then Ill take you to the point of
demise-almost-if l need you," he an
swered me. with laugh that hid
CULVER Of emotion in his voice as some
thing that was like unto spark shot
from the depths Of his eyes into the
depths OF mine. Go get the papers
verified and let me know when you
have finished And this time was
in reality dismissed. went, but in
my heart was strange smolder that
the spark had kindled.
In the small room that opened off that
Of the Gouverneur Faulkner, with a
door that knew to lead into the room
Of my uncle, the General Robert,
seated myself at table by window
which looked down upon the city
spread at the foot Of the Capitol hill
lying shimmering in the young spring
mists that drifted across its housetops.
laid down the papers. took pencil
from tray close beside my hand and
then faced the most dreadful Of any
situation that had ever brought down
| upon my own head. l also faced at
the same time the smiling countenance
OF my Buzz. who looked into the door
from the room of my uncle, the Gen.
eral Robert, slipped through that door
and closed it gently behind him.
"Safe On first base! The old boy OF
the bayonets has been called to the
governor, and he'll not be back before
they both have luncheon sent In to
| them. have taken his letters, and
now I'm of. What did Bill hand
| your
Death and also destruction" an
swered In an expletive- often used By
my father in times Of a catastrophe
and with those words l showed to m,
Buzz the two long papers.
"ShoO; that's no big job! lookel
over and verified this one myself yes
teFday in ten minutes. Hello; thi
other one is In French! Just run !
through. and II it is to tally call II
and I'll hold this one. We can do
In fifteen minutes Go ahead fror
the top line across. And my Buz
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SUGGESTIONS FOR THE
COTTON FARMER
Growing Of Food and Feedstuffs and
Maintaining Soil Fertility Two.
Main Considerations.

Growing cotton In Louisiana "a
single crop, under boil weevil condi-
tions. is not a safe farming PROPOSE
ton. AS rule, however. where labor
is available, farmers in the cotton
growing sections of the state should
not abandon this crop. but should
plant it only on land that is best suit
ed to its production. This land
should be properly fertilized. well
worked. and planted to the variety Of
seed best adapted to that particular
section.
To map out definite system Of
cotton farming for group of farmers
in a single community is a very. dim-
cult matter, and to make more than
general suggestions that will apply to
a whole state is practically impossi-
BILE. The lay of the land. the fertility
of the soil, the drainage Of the farms
and the ability Of the farmers are all
A.-..nrss that must be taken into con-
sloefatlon IN ldy1,-1~~.at a farming sys-
tenn. Two requirements, however. rnas
every farming system should meet
are: ~ The growing Of all feed
stuffs and as much as possible Of the
food needed on the farm, and t2) Inn
proving or at least maintaining the
fertility of the soil. a.
The small farmer should plant from
one-fourth to one-third Of his culti-
waited land in cotton. Oats, or oats
and vetch (planted in the fall) should
constitute the main feed crop on ap-
proximately onethird OF the farm.
and when, this crop is harvested In
May or early June the land should be
planted to soy beans or other forage
crops that will improve the soil. II
soy beans are planted the crop can
be utilized as forage or the seed may
be harvested and sold to the oil mills
for, the production Of oil and cake
and the straw or stalks can be used
for winter feeding.
The remaining acres on the farm
should be planted to corn and peas,
| oVi Au1ls oOy UC0ho, SWCCt YOt0C0CSp
peanuts or other crops to meet the
needs Of each case and to provide
feed for the animals that should be
kept on every cotton farm. Hogs, cat
tie and chickens should be considered
a necessary part of the cotton farm.
The extent to which should be grown
will depend entirely on the ability OF
tho farmer to take proper care OF
them and furnish an abundance Of
homegrown feed for their mainte.
nance. Another class animals that
should. generally speaking, be found
on every cotton farm are good brood
mares. These can do at least 4 part
Of the farm work and raiSe good horse
or mule eolta.
For more specific information on
growing cotton In Louisiana, write ia
the Extension Division, l. s. o., Ba-
ton Rouge, La, fora copy Of Circu.
lar No 18, entitled Cotton Growing
in Louisiana Under Boil Weevil Con
ditions." It will be sent free oi
charge-W. R, Perkins, Live. Stock
Extension Service, Louisiana State
University.
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man was the Gouverneur Faulkner Of
the state of Harpeth, and in moment
discovered the identity Of the lady
with him.
And now can't you see, you great
big stupid man, what an opportunity
l have procured for all Of your" was
the question that came in the soft
voice Of the beautiful Madam Patricia
sWhitworth. "All my life l have work.
ed just to get little ease and COM
fort, carrying the burden of JEFF in
his incompetency strapped to my shonl-
ders, and now you, who know how
I've suffered and slaved, are going to
take it all from me when it Is just
within my reach, and all from no
earthly reason than fancied scruple
of honor which that old doddering wo-
man hater imposes on you. | cannot
believe that you would so treat me-"
And there were sobs in her words that
were weoing and compelling.
Il cannot do a thing that my secre-
tary of state and his lawyers declare
unconstitutional, Patricia" answered
the voice of the Gouverneur Faulkner,
In which We're notes of pain. You
know how It pains me. My God. Don't
tempt me to- His voice shook as
saw the beautiful, bare white arms Of
Madam Whitworth raise themselves
and go about his neck like great white
graphing hooks from which he was
unable to defend himself.
Am to have nothing from life-no
ease or luxury and no-love Or Her
voice ended in sobs as she pressed her
head down into his shoulder as his
arm folded about her to prevent that
she should fall.
Patricia the deep voice Of the
strong man was beginning to say as I
was starting to spring forward in his
defense and to dol do not know what
when a firm grasp was laid upon my
shoulder, and was turned away from
the window into the light Of the wide
hall and found my uncle, the General
Robert. looking down into my dashing
eyes with great and very cool calm
ness.
young man." he said as he gave to
me very powerful shake. ''all women
| are poison, but some are vitri0l and
| others just-oh, well. paregoric. Go
out there and take another dose Of that
| soothing sirup labeled Susan Tomlin-
son before l take you home. and you
keep away = from-yitriol or III
break . your - hot-young-head. Wit
riol. mind you!' With which command
my uncle. the General Robert. strobe
down the hall In the direction Of the
smoking room and left me blinking In
the lights of the wide hall.
! Then in through the window came
the Gouverneur Faulkner and the beau
tifrl Madam Whitworth. and from his
| white face. set in sternness. and hers.
with Its smile OF the opening rose upon
It's rcd mouth, could not tell whether
his honor had been slain or had been
spared for another round.
| .sf'Il want you in my Office at the cap
it0i ut II tomorrow. Robert" he said
to me. and there was cold sternness
IN his glance as they passed by me and
tho old Cato into the ballroom.
"At Il" murmurcd the beautiful
Madam Whitworth as she swept past
me with soft smile. but in tone OF
voice too low for any ears save my
own.
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CHAPTER vii.
TIE Beautiful Madam Whit,

tI.0 oS9Aeliut tUa00Ut vvuNkWOTSfbs
~ OOD morning, Robert" said
the Gouverneur Faulkner to
me as came and stood op-
posite him at the edge of his
wide desk the following morning. And
he smiled ut me with great gentle
ness that had also humor playing into
it from the corners of his eyes and
mouth. I'm afraid that you've landed
in the midst Of genuine case of
American hustle this morning after
Here are two lists Of specifications, one
In English weights and measurements
and the other in French. want you
to compare them carefully, checking
them as you 80 and then rechecking
them. l want to be sure they are the
same. Also make good literal trans
lation of any notes that may be IN
French and compare them with the
notes in English. Do you think it can
be done for me by 3 o'clock, in time
for conference have at that hour?"
With which request he, the Gouver-
nsur Faulkner, handed me two large
sheets Of paper down which were many
long columns Of figures.
Mon Dieuw l said to myself under
my breath, for always l have had to
count out the pieces Of money neces-
sary to give to Nannette for the wash
er Of the linen at the Chateau de Cree
upon the fingers of my hands, which
often seemed too few to furnish me
sufficient aid. But In small instant
l had recovered my courage, which
brought with it determination to do
that task If it meant my death.
Yes. your excellency," l answered
him with great composure In the face
of the tragedy.
you'll find the small Office between
my office and that of General Car.
ruthers empty. A ring Of the bell ul
der the desk means for you to come to
me. I'll try not to interrupt you. Two
rings mean to go to the general. That
is about all" With q wave Of his
hand the Gouverneur Faulkner dis
missed me.
With my head up in the air turned
from him and prepared to retire to my
prison, from which could see no re
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-03-29
lnitetlon Gems.

Tie opal IS more difficult to initiate
than is the diamond. But, from artifi-
cial alum, rubies which really are ra-
bies can be made, and very cheaply.
II the coloring agent Is tftaniu.n oxide
the product becomes II genuine artiG-
cial sapphire. Only In interior struc-
turc tlo these stones differ fronl those
made by nature.
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unrealixed Dreams.

Every man has an unrcalized dream
or two. We personally have number
of them, the foremost being some day
to own q Docketknife that will stay
sharn. What IS yours?-Detroit Free
Press.
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Piasrsnes Of Opinion.

'Qasey is me pcrtickeler friend. Ord
hare re know.
aG'Wan! re he was pertickeler he
wouldn't be yer friend. New Orleans
Times Picayune.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Some Splash!

The 40. 900 gallon water tank belong
ing to the Bimel- Ashcroft Mfg. Co.
was destroyed by fire about 2:30 o clock
last Friday afternoon The tank was
used for fire protection and was nearly
full of water. 1t was on a - #. steel
tower, and it is supposed that the fire
was caused by spark lodging in birds
nests which, despite efforts to keep
them cleaned out, were being contnu-
ally built under the wooden platform
on which the tank stood, The blaze
was discovered shortly after it started,
but was too high to be reached with
the hose. and "a the ladder was on the
same side IA the fire, it was not safe
to attempt to climb it. When one side
of the platform had burned the tank
toppled and fell, causing some splash !
The tank will be replaced a. speedily
az possible, a new one having been
ordered by wire Friday afternoon.
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No Serious Damage
Expected.

W. d. Trotter spent Tuesday in Ar
kansas City. where he went to attend
a meeting of the Southeast Arkansas
Levee Board. He says that govern
ment reports are predicting 81 feet of
water at Arkansas City, and that the
crest of the flood will reach there be
tween April 10th and 18th
The Commissioners are watching the
levees, doing some repair work, and
taking every possible precaution They
do not anticipate any serious damage
if there is no more water than the pre-
dicted 81 feet. There is no danger at
all of the Chicot and Desha levees Civ
ing way. but of course the water will
go through the Arkansas River Levees
in the places where they broke last
year The canals. sloughs, and bayous
will take care of most of that water
however, unless there should be exceed
ingly heavy general rains, or other I'M
foreseen conditions should arise There
was nearly 81 feet of water at Arkan.
sas City last year, and no such stage is
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
at all this wear.

expected at all this year.
Mr. Warfeld, president of the Board.
designated Gus Waterman of Dumas
to look after the levees in the Linwood
district, and have charge of any emer-
gency work which might be necessary.
J N. Halcomb of Pendleton was de
signated to look after the levees in the
Redfolk District, Joe Demarke of Ar
kansas City to look after the work on
the Desha Levees, and r. ID. Chotard
of Lake Village and w. d. Trotter of
Dermott are to look after the levees in
Chicot County. Mr.. Warfield will per
sonally keep in touch with the work in
the entire district, and have general
supervision of all the levees.
Mr.. Trotter says that a number of
inquiries have reached him about the
Laconia Levee. This is a private levee
in the northern part of Desha County.
1t has already given way, and what il
known as the Laconia Circle is now
under water. However this will not
affect us in any way whatever.
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Clean Up Week.

Next week a clean up campaign will
be conducted all over town under the
direction of the pupils of the public
school. The town will be Land off in
sections, and a squad will wait on the
residents of each section requesting
them to have all the rubbish on their
premises collected at CONVENIENT
point on nearby street. The rubbish
will then be picked up in wagons and
hauled away.
Special squads will be assigned to
clean up vacant lots where the owners
or refuse to do 40.
This campaign will be conducted pre-
paratory for the track meet the Goth.
and the cooperation of everyone is
urgently invited
L. C. Barnett. Principal.
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Put Such Men Behind
the Bars.

News dispatches from Kansas City
tell of actions of l. W. w workers in
endeavoring to discourage enlistments
in the United States army and navy,
and circulation of anti enlistment
cards by members OF the organization.
Such outrageous actions. with this
nation virtually at war. should not be
tolerated. and those guilty should be
adjudged guilty of treason and pun
ished accordingly. They are just as
guilty as was Benedict Arnold. They
deserve no pity and no consideration
The best place fer such men, in this
critical time, is behind prison bars.
Ark ansas Democrat
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
To Begin Survey
This Week

J. A. Bennett, president of ths Board
of Commissioners of the Arkansas
Louisiana Highway District. spent a
couple of days in Little Rock last week
transaeting business preparatory to
the construction of the new highway.
Ford 4 McCrea. who have been en-
poyed "a engineers, viii begin the
survey this week They will put on
two engineering crews. one starting at
each end OF the line
The firm of Rose. Hemingway x
Rose, Loughburrough, Cantrell 4 Miles
was employed as attorneys for the
district
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Important! Important

MIR Carl Vernon, Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture. Washington, d. {,
will speak in Little Rock at l2;3o +. NJ.
April 9. Marion Hotel. on the subject.
The Present National Crisis and the
Food Situation.
What will be our contribution toward
national preparedness? Arkansas Is
an agricultural state 1t requires food
to support armies Arkansas IN the
past has not produced even its own
food supply The least Arkansas can
Go Tor national preparedness Is t. pro
duce It's own food and feed supply in
order that the state may not he 4 bur
9en upon the rest Of the nation Ma
uonal preparedness demands that the
farmers. business men, and profession
Al men Of Arkansas stand Is unit for
production Of an ample food and feed
supply for Arkansas for 1911
Iet every good citizen VII car posi-
II do 50 attend TIN Heetinz a Little
Rock on Monday, April .. al tbe Mari
ON Hotel. or tine same meeting at Mem
fh.-, >.oo 7 NJ, Saturday. April = ut
tine Business Mems Club Let every
good citizen "a. the state determine "a
ID his share toward national prepared
49,
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Levee Board Met.

The Southeast Arkansas Eevee Board
held its regular monthly meeting at
Arkansas City Tuesday, with the pres
ident. c. Wartield of Readland. pre-
siding Col Smith, president of the
Tensas Levee District Of Louisiana,
was in attendance at the meeting, and
assured the Board of the cooperation
and financial assistance of his district
in any nigh water fight which it may
be necessary to make this year
Several local bills were allowed and
considerable routine business was
transacted No action was taken as
to the disposition Of the funds. but in
accordance with the provisions of the
bill, one bank in each county was named
as depository for the taxes now being
collected, as follows:
The Chicot Bank and Trust Co. at
Lake Nillige, the Desha Bank & Trust
Co. at Arkansas City, and the Bank of
Grady
These banks are only named as tenn
porary repositories and this action does
not mean at all that other banks will
be barred from bidding on the funds
when the proper time arrives.
1t is to be the policy of the Board
that their transactions shall be public
and statements of their business will be
published quarterly.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Al Work on Bridge.

The contractors are at work on the
Kelley bridge three miles west Of Lake
Village on the Dermott-Lake Village
road, and will have same completed by
May lst. at which time the road work
on the road will be completed and a
road connection had
The water has been over part of
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Co. K Called.

In response to a call issued last Sat
urday. the members of Company X
have been coming homo tins week from
various places all over the state. where
they went only few weeks ago to re
sumo their regular work after six
months eli service on the Mexican Dor
der.
Lieut. K. l.. Woo}folk came home
Sunday from Little Rock but left Tues
day night fer Fort Logan H. Roots.
having been assigned to the FiI-t Bat
talon as admtant. Lieut. J. & Dan
iels came in Tuesday night from Fay
etteviHe and is in charge of the com
pany here He has orders for them to
report at Fort Roots at once.
While no official information can be
secured. it is understood that the Ar
kansas Regiment viii be used for
police protection in important CONNER
cial centers in tins section Of the
country.
Since the above was put in type.
Lieut. Daniels has become Capt Dan.
iels. having received his commission as
Captain of Company X Other APP
pointments have not yet been an
nOunced
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Dermott City Council

Mayor ! \ Bennett
Recorder. Chas. Crook
Treasurer " y Trotter
Marshal Alb Parrish
Aldermen Eli Dante. \. McDe
mott J {. Hoffman. \. Prothro,
+. Dowden. \. {. Blanks
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Big Money in Rails.
ing Good Colts

A limited number Of outside mares
will be accepted to KING EDWARD.
fast trotteg and son Of Peter the Great,
the world greatest sire of extreme
speed Also DIGNITY DARE. one Of
the champion saddle stations of Amer.
lea For terms address
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this road during the winter, but Judge
Toney says he expects to have it fixed
80 that Dermott and Lake Village will
be connected by the time the bridge is
completed.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05
Announcement.

The Dermott News is authorized to
announce X. A. Buckner of Dermott
as candidate for delegate to the Con
stitutona Convention. ADV
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-04-05

My advise to you is to preach
Safety First all you want to. but
don't practice it. :
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Barbee Stock Farm
Monticello, Ark.
Cotton Seed for
Sale

1000 lbs. Kings Improved.
$l.00 per bushel
1000 lbs. Columbian Big Boil,
$1.00 per bushel
First picking and clean of
hulls. Had this amount on hand
March Both.
w. I. Johnson
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-11

man; then he began lsboriously TO COM
pute % per cent OF the sum. using as
pad q bolt OF expensive white silk
vest material. Thirteen hundred and
seventy-slx dollars and twenty-five
cents is my blackmail, Kurtz. That's
what I call a safe and sane Fourth
Not bad for dull times, and yet II
might be better. Anyhow, It's the
hardest thirteen hundred and seventy
six dollars | ever earned"
"Hardr' The merchants lips
twitched, oscillating his cigar violently.
"Hardl I'll bet those fellows even
bought your lunch. suppose you mean
it's the first money you ever-earned."
He seemed to choke over the last word.
"well. It's worth something TO get men
like these on the books. but-thirteen
hundred and seventy-slx dollars"
"And twenty-five cents"
Mr.. Kurtz gulped. "In one day!
why, could buy a farm for that.
How much will you have TO earn to
cover your living expenses for six
months?"
"Ah, there we journey in the realm
OF purest speculation" Bob favored
him with n sunny smile. "As well ask
me how much my living expenses must