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OF her popular novels. but she did
not realize it.
But being a martyr was not the
grand thing it appeared in novels.
Geraldine began TO think after she
had become accustomed to the idea
OF it. AS the day approached for her
to marry the man she had never seen.
she began to wonder if she hadn't
been too hasty in offering herself for
the sacrifice. A girl OF eighteen was
too young to be married, anyway.
Surely the heroineS in the books had
not given up lovers like Sanford. She
loved him, after all. She had thought
she hated him when he told her that
reading trashy novels was spoling her
and that il he had his way he
wouldn't allow them to be printed.
Then he had said her ideas about sac
rifices were unreal and that she
would never be able to make one and
was only wasting her time thinking
about them. He had gone away an.
cry on that occasion and had never
returned He had taken. her no" for
final, there was no doubt about that.
Oh, why had she been so siliy-so
like the mere school girl she was, or
rather had been, for she was all chan
ged now! Sanford was rich and couid
have helped her father out OF money
difficulties as well as this strange
man VINO somehow had got his clutch
les on their family honor 1t was too
late to appeal to the man she loved,
though. she decided, and the rea!iza-
ton of that only increased her IN
happiness. AS the day drew nearer
and nearer things looked more hope
less. She had tried to find consoIa-
ton IN her novels but had thrown
thep away in disgust. Sanford was
right-they were trashy things. Only
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girl such as she had been would
have read them and she was glad she
was changed.
The night before her wedding day
arrived. Her clothes were beautiful.
but that did not interest her. What
mockery it was to have a big we'd
ding, she thought. Somehow her
mother and father did not. seem con-
cerned about her. They appeared to
consider the affair a wonderful one
for her instead OF great unhappi-
ness. Surely they could see she was
unhappy, although she had carried
out the heroine's role to finish and
hidden it from them. OF If there was
only someone she could tell her trou-
bIes to and receive comfort from:
There was someone, the only one who
would listen sympathettcally, and no
matter what he or anyone else
thought. she was going to tell him all,
she decided, and, went to the teIe-
phone before her courage failed her.
It was a very plaintive and meek
voice that Sanford Ross heard over
the wire. Please come, Sanford. I
want you" was all it said. but he
recognized it as Geraldine's, and that
was enough. He arrived at the
O'Connor home in record time.
She did not mind when he took
her troubles on his shoulder.
ooh am so unhappy. and being a
heroine is the worst thing ever tried
to do! ] hate sacrifices and was
never meant for martyr!" she
wiaIed.
"of course you weren't dear and
knew it all along, but you've been q
little brick he comforted. ''If had
known you would have taken it so
seriously I would not have allowed
your father to play this trick on you.
I am all to blame, Jerry dear. 1t IS
your fault sanford?" She stopped
sobbing and looked at him in Won
yes. ! an the man you would
have net at the altar tomorrow. I
knew I would never be able to get
you there until you were Satisfied by
making some kind of sacrifice"
But father told me-
HE didn't tell you very much,
dear" her father said, as he. stepped
INTO the room. 'He just told you one
little fib and you took the rest for
Two fibs. father" she corrected.
SU444lub G4SiOOSu ASA 4S6 sou
I had never met him. and it would
save you from a great unhapiness-' .
$50 It WILL" hre father smiled.
knowingly. II knew you loved San
ford. and It would have made me I'M
happy If you had rejected him because
Of a silly little notion about heroines
and such things: But sou have been
a heroine. Jerry!"
'.HTot much Of one" It was surpris-
ing how quickly her appearance had
changed, for she-was smiling radiant
Iy. ooh. wouldn't have looked fool
ish when found you at the altar
waiting for me, Sanford ?" She was
able OF laugh for the first time otdaS-
would you have% Then am
glad I came tonight. Tomorrow you
will look wonderful-the way you al
ways look."
ooh, hope so,' she said enthusias-
tically as she rang for her maid. 81
will send for my dress. I haven't re-
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"a saerifce.

he Sacrifice.
BY YINeENT G. PERRY.
(copSrfght 1918, b the Mcclure
seWJpap6f S7ndleats)
- Al1F0RD ROSS took Ids coat M
- ri ron Scales, the butler, and
aside the 1atteT's attempt
"a 10 & lii1s HeW2S 94gry-mofe
- III Scales had ever seen him.
Srd ttat IiaS ono way OF venting II.
he tabbed his INNS into the
dadIa. DISASTROUS effect on the
IIiafrE, but Il he Eeard the nip he
3IIlfI Hsk desd q. He showed his hat
"a tho baeIc az his head and with
fslSid FtSf6SS, made for the door.
ScaIoS vs. Ehare before him and held
u Ids open md % he strobe out ne
didD't eYen notice the buffers ehuekle
Of ann snaeE1t- Aftsr the door nae
J ISI'a Is bSd beeu SURPRISING.
sand aCIss Geraldine have bean
ltagirs . TIT again. but it's a little
W0rse than usual" he chucbed-
N,ondee t new idea she has been
donttn On him, now"
IS Sanford walked his anger ahat-
cd BY the time he reached home ne
vas ahFe TO see the humorous side OF
sgI3iat 3 deaf, 1.-THE, ridiculous
filint ne he muttered thoughtful
~ ~ soma Of those ideas OF hers
nFget her into trouble I'll be sur
petsed what Sc something did hap
sISorl g she wants It to? The idea
5,iiSt started him on = cheerful vein
Of thought, and by the time he was
ready for bed he was chUckinS more
than Scales had in the morning
The week passed and Geraldine did
not hear from SANFORD. She told her
self she was glad she didn't. She
hoped he would take her answer Tor
Hnal, but OF course he wouldn't she
going to I've her life as she want
ed to. She was going to do something
What Il was she hadn't the least idea,
for the O'Connors were one Of the
eslthIest families IN the city and
there was very little anyone could do
She vas. skipping through the most
interesting part OF a novel-Just
where the heroine had sacrificed her
IFels to buy bread Tor her starving
fa4her and crippled brother-when her
own father came into the room. As
she glanced up she noticed troubled
lookon his face and the thought flash
Cd across her mind that perhaps the
orpoptunity she had been waiting Tor
had come. It had.
my dear" her father began. Sit.
ting down beside her nervously. Il
have = favor TO ask you-a Serv great
fayor, one that viii change your whole
yes; father2" she easped, for al,
Ehough longed for, It was unexpected
@-F-FE" he hesitated as II In
do1bt, but finally went on II would
IKE You to marry
Els that the favor?" she asked IN
DISAPPOINTMENT.
.sYes, that is the favor, and it makes
It harder for you to grant it when l
tai you that now you believe you
don't love the man have chosen and
that must not tell you his name I'M
tfL the day OF your marriage. II Will
snare me- great unhappiness If You
11Slte this marriage your
self to my wishes"
Gera1dfn9s eyes giowed with pleas
ures After all it was her opportunity
Now she would be able to do as many
Of her beloved heroines had done and
make the greatest sacrifice Of all
II VIII do anything for you. father
anything. It was speech from one
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Yes. ] am the man you would
have met at the altar tomorrow. I
knew would never be able to get
making some kind of sacrifice"
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
Eight Pouches Stolen from
Automobile Truck in New
York City Recently
DRIVER OF VEHICLE
is UNDER ARREST
Assistant u. S. District Attorney Says
S125,0O0 in Cash Was Consigned to
Federal Bank-Chauffeur on Job Only
Few Days.

NEW YORK, Jan 2l-The theft
from mail truck, Jan. Z, of eight
pouches containing sl25,000 in cash and
registered packages variously estimated to
be worth as high as SS25,000, came to
light Saturday with the arrangement be-
fore United States Commissioner Hitch
cock of Charles j. Richardson, chaut-
feur. who was in charge of the vehicle
at the time Of the robbery. After
long hearing he was held in $4,000 bail
for further examination Friday. The mail
disappeared from a postofice auto truck
in crossing the ferry from the Central
railroad station at Communipaw to 42d
street, Manhattan, it was said. 1t was
| destined for the Pennsylvania railroad
| postofhce station.
Assistant United States District At
torney Yasselli charged that the chauf
feur was implicated in the theft and told
| Commissioner Hitchcock he was confident
| ing searched for, and who, it was be
heved, would be arrested in a few days.
According to the prosecutor, Richard
SoH ODidlilcN Hlo DOolllCu do NhduAASti VI
the truck Jan J. 1t was one of th'
largest in the service, was heavily i'll
closed with steel wire and was securel
locked when it left Communipaw.
Yasselli said the sl25.000 in cash wa
consigned to the federal bank. It wa
in a separate pouch. The other seve
bags contained mail from Washingto
and points south Mr. Yasselh adde
that it would be several weeks befor
the full extent of the robbery would b
known. but said it might reach $1,000
600 Suspicion he said naturally wa
directed toward the chauffeur from tn
outset, but he insisted he knew nothin
of the robbery and saw nothing happe
on the ferry boat which would cause hi
Ito believe that the lock of his truck fla
been opened.
Four days after the disappearance
the bags, Richardson gave up his pla'
i and secret service men and 1nspectC
I1illman were assigned to shadow him.
the investigation which followed h
i records and the records of his assoc
ates were inquired into, with the resu
; that the authorities obtained eviden
which they believe warranted them in a
resting the driver as a party to the 70
X berry
Richardson was locked up in Il
$ Tombs in default of bail. continuing
declare his innocence
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
LADY NICHOLAS" DEAD.
Former Montpelier Celebrity Died Re
Gently in Rochester,. n. Y.

Word has been received in Montpel
Ter of the death in Rochester, n. V, of
Countess Eleanor Alexandra Nicho
las, 80. She was widow of the late
Lucas Nicholas, well known native of
Montpelier, who for many years lived
in the "Nichols Manor on Berlin
side. Her husband died in Rutland
few years ago where he was employed
in hotel and his widow had lived in
New York state the past 10 years or
more
Mrs. Nicholas was mother of Wash
ington Irving Bishop, the well-known
mind reader whose death was the cause
of long litigation in New York courts.
Bishop was giving an exhibition at the
time of his death before New York
theatrical managers including Charles
Frohman and Augustus Thomas. In one
of his scenes he fell to the floor in
trance Later his brain was taken out
and dissectcd, and his mother claimed
he was still alive when the surgeon OPP
Grated.
Mrs Nicholas, who was a native Of
England, married for her first husband
Nelson Bishop New York banker and
real estate operator who was said to
be an associate of the Goulds and AS
tors. Mrs. Nicholas was nurse during
the Civil war. Some 20 years ago she
married Lucas Nicholas, descendant Of
an old Montpelier family whose father
was of Greek descent and was brought
to Montpelier III his youth. He was a
nephew of the late j. p. Langdom.
Mrs. Nichols. first known as Lady
Langdom Nicholas" later styled her
self "Countcss Eleanor Alexandria
Nicholas, and her residence in Mont
pclier is still vivid memory to many
She was a letter writer of ability anC
had the faculty of placing her thoughts
into written languages in detail tina
; commanded immediate attention. Man,
of Ler letters had appeared in tn,
+, newspapers. Within her means she wa
of a generous heart although he
friends many times thought her menta
reflections of her wealth were in tn
superlative tense. A claim agains
= Mexico and Denmark for SOL 900, 90
> was one of the heirlooms she cherished
Anastasius Miltiades Nicholas, fla
Their of Lucas, was one of two Gree
' boys brought back from Greece by ,
!. +. Miller, who was with the Lord By
u ron brigade in the Greek war in 1872
for freedom against the Turks and on
Y of his staff officers. Col. Miller eduea
ed one of the boys, Lucas MiltiadC
=, Miller, who later became a cOngresSma
from a western state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
S7,0OO,00O GIFT
BY PRINCE OF INDIA
Executes Deed of Trustee Devoting
His Entire Estate to Education of
Indian Women

LONDON, Dec. 10 Correspondence
of The Associated Press One of the
greatest charitable gifts in the history
of India has just been announced at
Delhi. The Maharaj Kumar of Tikari,
one of the wealthy native princes, has
executed deed Of trust devoting his
entire personal estate to founding an
institution for the education of Indian
women. The property concerned is val
ued at about 100000. In view of the
much greater purchasing power of mon
ey in India, it is believed that the gift
will accomplish as much proportionate.
" as gift of nearly 10 times the
size in England or America.
Dependent members of the Maharaj Z
family have already been provided for
by separate funds, and all liabilities OF
the estate are duly secured. The
scheme is for strictly ''purdah resi-
| Dental institution, where the girls vii
| be trained and educated on the bes
modern principles from the stage of five
| to IS. There will be no question OF
caste or creed
The gift owed its inspiration largely
to the Maharaj' 8 wife, who has beer
one of the foremost native Indian WON
en- in the crusade for the improvement
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Brattleboro Citizens Testify fer the
Public Benefit.

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Is Sound Gospel.
Burlington News. }

The Brattleboro Reformer suggests
that the inconvenient train schedules
now going into effect will have a ten
deney to cause people to shop more at
home and intimates that a liberal use
Of the home paper by the merchant will
be more valuable than at any other
time. That is sound gospel, and home
merchants who fail to realize it are
making n mistake. Burlington mer-
chants must expect to lose some trade
through the new running time of the
trains and this they must make up at
home and energetic action in going aft
er that trade which has been going to
New York and Boston merchants will
help considerably.
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of the lot of Indian women. The Ma
harai himself was one of the first ma
tive prices to fight in France, and has
spent over two years on the battlefield.
He was brought up by English tutors
in India and has been great traveller.
The Maharaj s wife, in letter de-
scribing the gift, says:
,"The education of women is a prob
lem demanding the attention of all gov
ernments in every country Of the world.
In India the issue is more vital even
than in other countries. A young man
leaves his home in India to be educat-
ed; he comes, perhaps to the English
university, and at the end of three
years he returns home to marry an In
dian girl of his own social position.
During his college days the young man
has associated with cultivated Euro
peans, has learned many of their ways,
has become used to clever, we'll in
formed conversation and companion
ship. What about his Indian bride
If she has been brought up in the ira
ditional Indian way she will be quite
uneducated according to western stand
ards, and will know little of life out
side her immediate surroundings. All
her days she will have been kept in Sc
clusion, for the ultimate purpose OF
marriage at the age of Is or II.
ct is because / feel the position OF
the Indian girls 80 keenly, because
realize the grave dangers which thei1
general inability to be real helpers en-
tails, that / am 80 enthusiastic and 81
anxious to do all l can to help.
| "My husband has executed deed O
trust of his whole estate for the found
ing of an institution to educate India,
and Cingalese girls, and has made it a.
essential point that creed and cast
shall be no bar. We hope to introduc
into the school a thorough knowledg
of English. A college will be built an
will include residential quarters wher
the students will live. A girl can sta
until the age Of IS, and this thinl
very important, for the prevailing eal
, ly marrying age of India at preser
cannot but prove detrimental to til
| physical well being of our women"
A site for the college has been give
by Sir Ali Imam, one of the leading n;
tive lawyers,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
WILL BRING LABOR
FROM OUR ISLANDS
Porto Ricans and Virgin Islanders to
Help Out on Railroads and
Farms Of u. s.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.--Arrange-
ments for the early transportation of
50 oOO common laborcrs 10 the United
States from Porto Rico are being made
by the employment service of the de-
partment Of labor. As soon as tonnage
il available 10000 others will be
brought from Porto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, sufficient, the department an
nounced today, to take care of any
shortage in the domestic supply of rail
road aud agricultural workers.
D..cctor General McAdoo has asked
the employment service to assist in
supplying the railroads with labor for
maintenance and shop work. The first
men imported will be sent TO the South
and Southwest for railroad work, with
tho understanding that they will be re
leased for farm service during the
press of the agricultural season.
r. G.. Roberts, special agent Of tn,
department, will leave for Porto Rice
next week to arrange transportation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
What Others Have Done.

little better understanding of what
this war may mean for us very soon
may be obtained by considering what
our allies have done. Of their total
population, France has one seventh in
the army; Great Britain, one-eiehth :;
New Zealand thirteenth; Austria
la, one-fourteenth, and Canada one
twentieth. When the United States
equals Canada s record, we will have
more than five million men under arms
about four times as many as at the
present time. When we go the limit
as France has done, we will have about
ID million men in our army.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
NORWICH WINTER CARNIVAL.
Date Changed from Last of January tc
February II and IL.

The date of the winter carnival to
be held at Mortified has been changed
from the last of January to Feb. Il and
~, on account of the late opening of
many of the schools.
During the evening Of Feb. IL a
dance will be held in Dewey hall, Nor
witch university. The start to the steak
roast will be made at about II a. m,
Feb. II, the roast itself taking place
at Il o clock. The competitive events
will begin at p. m, and will consist
of the following events: Snowshoe re-
lay race geo yds.), four men on q
team, ski run for distance, snowshoe
race for girls, obstacle race for boys
(snowshoeJ), freeforall snowshoe race
These events will be followed by q
baked bean supper, Glee club concert
and dance. 1t is possible that the or
der of these events may be changed
somewhat.
Schools desiring to take part in the
carnival should send to the carniva
committee the names of those coming
aud the number of entries in the vari
| Gus events. Arrangements are bein.
made to entertain all high school stu
! dents who attend, either in fraternity
houses or in private homes, free of al
| expense.
| Twenty four lumber Yards in Wisaon
! sin now employ women rs lunhar han
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21
FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR.
Prudent Conservation Is Demanded in
Every Vermont Home

The Vermonter who has given a son
or brother or husband TO fight; or a
sister or daughter to nurse at the front
and who has subscribed to Liberty
bonds and the Red Cross and, maybe
to other war fund activities may think
that he has done all that is required
Of him to help win the war. He has
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-21

Practically three full pages of re-
iiglous news and views are published
every week in the Boston Saturday
Transcript. They are non-sectarian and
non controversial, but are up-to date
and teeming with vitality and spiritual
llty. Just now they contain an around
the world series of letters from William
|. Ellis, l.. l.. D., on religious conditions
in the countries at war.
! The Saturday Night Thoughts, q
heart-to- heart religious talk on vita
topics, alone is worth the price of the
whole paper.