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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06

q swiftly assumed gayety. 1T II that
you are too serious for your years.
Sophy and ! between ~ must Try to
cure you Of thati You see, We have
arrived"
He handed her out, followed her
across the pavement, and found him
self plunged Into what seemed to him
to be an absolute vortex Of human be-
ings, all dressed In very much the
same fashion, all laughing and talking
together very much 10 the same note.
all criticizing svery fresh group Of ~
rivals with vey mUcA the same eyes
and manner. The palm court was
crowded with Little parties seated at
the various round tables, partakins
languidly Of the MIST incident meal Of
the day. Even the broad passageway
was full Of men and s-omen, standing
about and talking OF LOOKING for tables.
One could scarcely hear he music Of
the orchestra for the babei of voices.
The prince Of Seyre beckooei 10 them
from the steps. He seemed % have
been awaiting their arrival tAEsca
cold, immaculate. md. eoosiderinS his
lack Of height Q eusiouay dlsco-
III iahed-loaking Aguso.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06

salutations right and left with the
tradespeople, with farmers brought
into town by the market, with &C
quaintances Of all sorts and condi-
lions. More than one young woman
from the shop windows or the pave
ments yentured to smile at him, and
the few greetings he received from the
wives and daughters Of his neighbors
were as gracious as they could possibly
be made. John almost smiled once. In
the act OF raising his hat, as he real
lied how completely the whole charm
of the world. for him. seemed to lie In
one woman's eyes.
At the crossways, where he should
have turned to the i'm. he paused while
a motorcar passed. 1t contained q
woman, who was talking to her host
She was not in the least like Lou
Use. and yet instinctively he knew that
she was Of the same world. The per
lection Of her white-serge costume. hel
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
CHAPTER vi.

The great French dramatist, dark,
pale-faced and corpulent, stood upon
the extreme edge Of the stage, BRAN
dishing his manuscript In his hand. He
banged the palm Of his left hand with
the rolled-up manuscript and looked at
them all furiously.
1.-THE only success I care for" he
Numbered. us an artistic successr
"with Miss Maurel playing your
leading part. N. Graillot," the actor
manager declared, mot to speak Of a
company carefully selected to the best
of my judgment, think you may ven
ture to anticipate even that"
The dramatist bowed hurriedly to
Louise.
"You recall to me q fact" he said
CALAMITY, (which almost reconciles me
to this diaboIical travesty Of some of
my lines. Proceed, then-proceed! I
will be as patient as possible"
The stage manager shouted out some
directions from his box. A gentleman
in faultless morning clothes, VINO
seemed to have been thoroughly enjoy
ing the interlude, suddenly adopted the
puppetllke walk Of a footman.s Other
actors, who had been whispering to
gether in the wings, came back to their
places. Louise advanced alone, little
languidly, to the front Of the stage. At
the nrst sound q her voice n. Grail
lot, nodding his head vigorously. was
soothed.
Her speech was Q long one. II
appeared that she had been arraigned
before . company Of her relatives, as
sembled to comment upon her mis-
deeds. She wound up with q passion
ate appeal to her husband. Mr.. Miles
Faraday. who had made IN unexpected
appearances. II 0raiIIot's face, - ~
concluded, was wreathed In smilea
-Ah!" he cried. You have lifted u
all upi Now I feel once more the In
splration. Nademoiseile, I Kiss youz
hand" he went On. II b you who still
redeem my play. You bring back ~
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
CHAPTER v-(continued.)

You aren't letting your thoughts
dwell upon that woman"
II have thought about her some
times" John answered, almost def:at-
~. whats the harm? I'm still here.
am not?"
Stephen crossed the room. Frsm the
drawer OF the old mahogany sideboard
he produced an illustrated paper. He
turned back the frontispiece fiercely
and held II up.
"DO you see that, John?"
''rve seen 1t already"
Stephen threw the paper upon the
table.
"She's going to act In another Of
those COMPOUNDED French plays" he
said; ''translations with all the wit
taken out and all the vulgarity left
In"
1--WE knew nothing of her art" John
declared coldly ave shouldn't under
stand il. even if we saw her act. There
fore 1t isn't right for US TO Judge her.
The world has found her a great ac-
tress. She is not responsible for the
plays she acts in
Stephen turned away and lit his
pi1,e anew. He smoked for q minute or
two furiously. His thick eyebrows
came closer and closer together. He
seemed to be turning some thought
over in his mind.
John" he asked. ais 1t this cursed
money that is making you restless?"
81 never think of 1t except when
someone comes begging. promised q
thousand pounds to the infrmary to-
day
"Then what's wrong with your"
John stretched himself out, splen-
did figure Of healthy manhood. His
cheeks were sun-tanned, his eyes clear
and bright
THE matterf There's nothing on
earth the matter with me-" he de-
clared.
1T isn't your health I mean. There
are other things, as you well know.
You do your days work and you take
your pleasure. and you go through both
as II your feet were on q treadmill."
"Your fancy. Stephen
"God grant It! I've had an unwel-
come visitor in your absence"
John turned swiftly around
"a visitor?" he repeated. "Who was
nr
Stephen glowered at him for mo
ment.
ut was the prince" he said; "the
prince of Seyre, as he calls himself.
though he has the right to style HIM
self Master of Raynham. It's only his
foreign blood which makes him choose
what I regard as the lesser title. Yes.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
Just an Extra Potato.

Jones was urging Smith to run over
to dinner some time. But am afraid
that your wife will go to lot Of trou-
BILE, Smith demurred.
"a lot Of trouble-nonsense! re-
piled the hospitable man. 1T just
means TO boil an extra potato. And
what is seventy-flve cents between
friends fudge.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
Reinforced Concrete Dry Dock

The completion Of the first dry dock
made of REINFORCED concrete was cele-
brated at Moss. city In Norway. This
dock Is in the nature Of an expert
ment. as 1t will receive ships Of only
100 tons, 80 feet long; but 1t Is said
to be successful and much cheaper
than steel and more quickly built. The
shipyard that built this dock is now
receiving inquiries for docks up to
5000 tons.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
Beds Must Have Been LARGE.

Little Ethel had just returned from
Sunday school and was looking very
puzzled. Mamma" she said, did
they have very large beds in Bible
days?
II don't know, DEAR" said her moth
er. "Why do you ask?
Because" said the little girl. "our
teacher said today that Abraham slept
with his four fathers"
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
CUTICURA HEALS SORE HANDS
That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap and
Bleed-TriaI Free.

In wonderfully short time in most
cases these fragrant, super-creamy
emollients succeed. Soak hands on re-
firing in the hot suds of Cuticura Soap,
dry and rub Cuticura Ointment into
the hands for some time. Remove sur
plus Ointment with soft tissue paper.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06

they made their way down the little
passage and out into the sudden blaze
Of the sunlit streets. Louise led John
to q small car which was waiting In
the rear.
THE Carlton" she told the man. as
he arranged the rugs. "And now" she
added. turning to John. ''why have you
come to London? How long are you
going to stay2 What are you going to
dor And-most important Of all-in
what spirit have you Conner
John breathed a little sigh Of con-
tentment. II came to see you" he con-
fessed bluntly.
"Dear mel" she exclaimed. looking
at him with little smile. "How down.
right you are!"
1.-THE truth" he began.
''Has to be handled very carefully"
she said interrupting him. ''The truth
is either beautiful or crude, and the
people who NEEDLE with such a won
derful thing need a great deal Of tact.
You have come to see me. you say.
Very well. then. will be Just as frank.
/ have been hoping that you would
comet"
"You can't imagine how good 1t is
to hear you say that" he declared.
| Mind" she went on, II have been
hoping 1t for more reasons than one.
You have come to realize. / hope, that
1t is your duty to try to see a little
more of life than you possibly can
leading a patriarchal existence among
your fiocks and herds"
They were silent for several mo
ments.
Il thought you would come" Louise
said at last; "and I am glad. but ever
in these first few minutes want to
say something to you. II you wish &c
really understand the people you meet
here and the life they lead. don't be
like your brother-too quick to judge
Do not hug your prejudices too tightly
You will come across many problems
many situations which will seen
strange to you. Do not make up YOU
mind about anything in a hurry"
II will remember that" he promised
"You must remember. though, that
don't expect ever to become a convert
I believe I am a countryman, bret
and born. Still, there are some thing.
that I want to understand. II I can
and. more than anything else-I wan
to see your
She faced his direct speech this tint
with more elaboration.
"Tell me exactly why"
IF l could tell you that" he replied
simply. Il should be able to answe
for myself the riddle which has KEEP
me awake at night for weeks ant
months, which has puzzled me NOR
than anything else In life has eve
DONE"
"You really have thought Of me
thenr
didn't you always know that
shouldT
Perhaps" she admitted Anyhow
always felt that we should NEE
again, that you would come to London
The problem is" she added, smiling
"what to do with you now you ar
here"
II haven't come to be a nuisance
he assured her. II just want llttl
help from you. want to understand
because 1t is your world. want t
feel myself nearer to you. I want
She gripped his arms suddenly. Sh
knew well enough that she had DELHI
erately provoked his words. but Their
was a look in her face almost Of feal
Don't let US be too serious all a
once" she begged quickly. IF 20,
have one fault. my dear big frien
from the country" she went on, wit
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
John finds himself In the midst
Of new city adventures, and 10
succeeds In captivating more
than one handsome woman Of
the stage world.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)


There b no accounting for that IN
canny faculty that enables Q homely,
iong-legged, sad-eyed pup to 90 I'M
erringiy to q lofty oak tree In WHO'S
higher branches Q bit Of animated
brown fur II secreted. Another dog
of the same or more progressing ap'
pearance and Of Q better breed might
trut uncoucernedly past that same oa1
Tree without % much - casual sniff
But not % with the real acquired dog."
BED nick out the tight tree In ths
densest grove Q hunter ever penetrat'
q. And II that squirrel started leap.
ing from tree to tree. that dog would
follow u over . square -.::. a ~
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
Sterilization,

THAT man is always running other
people down."
scandal or autor
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06
JOHN STRANGEWEY FEELS THE LURE OF LOVELY W0M-
AN AND IS UNABLE TO BREAK THE SPELL
LOUISE HAS WOVEN
LOUISE HAS WOVEN

synepss-On country
breakdown
spend the night the farm home of John and Stephen
discovers
hating she John
disturbed evidence
learns she friend Of the Of
dsrepuable nghbor Three months unable
memory. John London
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06

Smile on wash day. That's when you US
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
snow. All grocers. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06

sYeu Aren't Letting Vour Thou0hss
Dwell Upea That Woman7"
y called to ask you to shoot and stay
" the castle, II you would. from the
axteenth to the twentieth OF next
DOoxn-"
~What snswef did you give himT
Il told him that you were your own
master. Yos nnst send word toner
row."
~He md not mention the names d
any Of Ms other gBests, ] supposeT
.He meutioned 10 names NJ an
John was silent for Q moment A
beviIderine thought bad taken hold o.
IN suppossng ne were to be tns.sl
assuhps vo1<AAn6 BIN -"sn d
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-01-06

After an. two more months passed
before the end came. and Il came then
without q momenf's warning. Il was
little past midday when John drove
slowly through tie streets Of Market
Kstton in his high dogcart, exchanging
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14

MEN HAVE A
LOT TO TALK OF
IN CONNECTION WITH NATIONS
POLICY IN CARRYING ON AND
WINNING THE WAR.

An organization of the Four Min
ute Men has been started in THIS city
and is composed of the following: w.
F. Bricker, Fl. J. Leonard, Fred l..
Warner, Elmer K. Fales and Lloyd
Underwood. The purpose of the
Four Minute Men organization is to
have the men who belong to it go out
and give short talks before people
assembled at shows and other gather
ings on matters which the government
desires to get before the people, so
that they may have better under
standing. The members have been
appointed by the national chairman
at Washington, ID. c.
Henry j. Leonard talked at the
Empress theater last Saturday night
and his talks were eagerly and at
tentively received by the audience.
His talk was on "Mobilizing Ameri-
cas- Man-Power" and was full of
force. Fred l.. Warner will be the
speaker Saturday night and will have
some equally forceful subject to talk
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
LOCAL FIRM
DOES QUARTER
MILLION BUSINESS
MALONEY & co. HANDLE MUCH
GRAIN, BEANS AND FARM PRO
DUCTS AT ELEVATOR.

p. III. Maloney & Co. have taken
over the old Wilson q Co elevator
and potato warehouse and will oper-
ate the same in connection with their
present elevator and potato ware
house facilities. The new acquisi-
ticn gives the concern greater eleva-
tor capacity and in addition its pota-
to storage capacity is increased by
eight bins with total capacity of
5000 bushels.
The elevator and warehouse above
referred to is the one which it was
proposed to secure for the cooperative
farmers marketing concern. The
business of the Maloney Co. has been
so splendid and has developed so be-
yond all expectations that it was nee
essary to have greater capacity and
Mr.. Maloney was offered the Wilson
property and decided to take il.
p. II. Maloney came to this city
about year ago and in company with
other parties formed the concern
known as p. Fl. Maloney & Co., with
himself at the head. The company
took over the Fred Purdy elevator
property and launched into the busi-
ness with a good prospective field
ahead and by square dealing soon con-
WINGED the producers of grain, beans
and potatoes in this vicinity that the
market made by them was about as
good as could be had and as a con-
sequence many farmers who had been
marketing at other places for a time
came back to the old place here and a
splendid business was built up.
Mr.. Maloney tells us that during
the years business just closed his
company paid out to farmers in this
vicinity more than $250,000, record
which elevator concerns in much lar
ger cities could feel proud of.
Mr.. Maloney also tells us that VIM.
Dickens of Smyrna brought in the
first new wheat this year and that a
considerable part of this years wheat
and rye crop is being drawn in to
market at once.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
HEARTS OF THE WORLD"
Greatest Photoplay Booked For The
Emnrecc Theofor

The Empress Theatre management
is pleased to announce the booking of
ID. w. Griffith's master production,
'The Hearts Of the World" which is
now playing its seventh week at the
Detroit opera house. and bids. fair to
continue the season there.
Hearts of the World" is without
doubt one CT the greatest photoplays
ever produced, and being made under
the direction Of ID. w. Griff tn. who
produced "The Birth of Nation"
alone insures its greatness.
This picture is booked solid up until
October 1, and the earliest dates that
could be secured here are Oct. z and 8.
Hearts Of the World" viii be shown
here fer two days so that every per-
son in this section will be abe to see
it. as all seats for each show will be
sold in advance.
The booking of this picture was
made through the Dawn Masterplay
Co.. of Detroit, which has the booking
rights for Michigan.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
LABOR DAY PLANS
ARE TO GIVE ALL
GREAT PLEASURE
ERRONEOUS STATEMENT THAT
NONE BUT LABORING PEOPLE
ARE TO PARTICIPATE.

Arrangements are going on for a
big celebration in this city on Labor
day, Sept. /. The committee who
have the matter in hand are progress
ing nicely with the details incident to
the holding of suitable and fitting
celebration and prospects point to
Belding having good big celebration
much the same as were enjoyed for a
number of years, some years back.
The idea originated with Frank
Kane, warper in Mill, No. 3, of the
Belding Bros. a. Co. and the rest of
the people in the mill quickly joined
in in giving the idea a substantial
boost with the result that soon good
sum of money was promised for the
staging of a good big Labor day cele-
bration and it was decided to go ahead
and put it on right.
An erroneous idea was spread
through an article in Grand Rapids
paper and was misconstrued by some
to mean that no one but the laboring
and factory or mill people would be
allowed to partabe in or enjoy the
events comprising the celebration.
This is not the case and the paper
did not state it that way, but some
took it in that light and it gave the
committee set back right away. The
committee therefore wish it made thor
oughly clear that the factory people,
merchants, factory owners. ptofes-
sional people and everybody is not
only invited in to do their share in
making the celebration a success but
the committee expected them to join
in from the start.
A meeting of the fellows at the
head Of the celebration was held Sat-
urday evening and the following off
GERS and committeeman elected: Pres
ident, Wallie Il. Helm; secretary-treas-
urer. Edwy Webster; committees: Mu-
sic, Tyson Hale and Wallie T. Helm; /;
sports, Earl Price; special attrac-
tions, Frank Kane; parade, Edwy
Webster; publicity, Tison Hale.
1t is proposed to have a balloon as
cension, various water sports in the
river near the city park, ball game
between local team under Rev. FIR.
John A. Klich and some outside team,
tog-o'-war and everything In the
sport and amusement line which can
be crowded into the days celebration.
The idea is to bring back again
the good old times we used TO have
on Labor day and while the boys In
Mill 3 started this stunt it is for each
and every person in this city and vi
cinity, for we are ell laborers and
surely everyone ought to lend their
aid in making the 1918 Labor day
celebration the best one ever held in
this section Of the country.
An effort viii be made to get Corr
poral w. j. Myers of the famous
Canadian Black Watch, who saw Is
months in the trenches to speak here
and some other coed speaker of state
wide reputation will also be here IL
they can be secured.
Watch for the complete program to
be published next week or the week
after in this paper.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
Camp Fire Girls Camped Out.

The Wabasis Camp Fire Girls went
to Long Lake Friday, Aug. 2, to spend
few days at the Belding cottage. An
even dozen were present: Irene Door,
Eileen Bolenbaugh, Geraldine Spen-
Ger, Maragret Andrews, Gaynell En-
ed by their guardian. Miss Edna Bliss,
also Miss Blanche Glass. The girls
enjoyed to the fullest extent boating,
swimming, fishing, hike to Shiloh, a
marshmallow roast, yes and even the
round Of household duties. Everyone
had fine time and are looking for
ward to next. year.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
MICHIGAN STANDS
WELL IN LIBERTY
LOAN DRIVES
FIGURES SHOW THAT PEOPLE
OF THIS STATE ARE NOT TO BE
CLASSED AS SLACKERS.

Michigan's record in the three Lib
erty loan drives made so far in the
war by the government is splendid
one, according to figures just made
public by the committee in charge of
the 7th Federal Loan district in the
drives.
The quota set for Michigan in the
first drive was fifty million, a total
per capita of $20.12. The subscrip-
tions to the first loan were SCI, ,475,-
100. or an over-subscription of %
per cent. The number of people sub
scribing to this loan was 100000, or
practically 5 per cent of the popula-
ton.
The quota for the Second Liberty
Loan, for this state, was $74,550,U00,
total per capita of $4,000. The
subscriptions to this loan amounted
to $106,179,55 and 391, ,121 people
bought bonds of this issue. The per-
centage of subscribers rose up from
5 in the first drive to 16 in the second
drive.
The quota for Michigan in the third
our last loan, was $75, 100000, a per
capita total cf $30.43. The amount
subscribed to this loan was $9S,033,-
$50 and came from the pocketbooks
of $4,000 people. The oversubscrip-
ton to this loan was 80 per cent and
the percentage of population subscrib-
ing was %.
The figures show that Michigan al
though net raising as much money as
many of the more thickly populated
states, was far ahead of many of them
with an equal population and the way
in which the amounts of the subscrip-
tions have risen each time means that
when Uncle Sam gets ready to float
his next loan in September Michigan
people will be ready.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
Grattan Grange.

Every member Of Grattan grange
who feels the need Of little more
"sweetening" should make an extra
effort to attend the next regular meet
ing Thursday evening. Aug. %. Ice
cream will be furnished by the Grange
members bring cake. The time
for winning a service flag has been
extended so few new members would
be very acceptable at this time.
The program: Song, Grange; roll
call, ways of Getting Hurt on the
Farm; muse, Hazel Borden; recita-
tion, Lottie Purdy; reading, Cora
jerks; music, Avis Partridge; recita-
ton, John Emmons; penny march.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-14
Car Turns Turtle.

An automobile driven by Mrs. Jerry
Spaulding and containing herself, two
other ladies and two children, turned
turtle just this side of the Post farm
east of the city. Saturday evening at
about 6 o'clock. The car was dam
aged somewhat and the occupants of
the machine were slightly injured. 1t
was at first reported that one of them
had been killed, but there was no
truth to this report.