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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

donald is good enough for any woman
alive If he loves her enough"
"You don't know him."
Il know him far better than you do.
He is the biggest man know, and now
that he is I'm love with a good woman
he'll rise to his chance"
"She ought to be told the truth
about Meteetse and her boy" he in
sisted doggedly.
Mrs. Paget lost her temper complete
ly. Does the government pay you
to mind other peoples business, Cor
dOn?" she snapped.
81 wouldn't be working for the gov
eminent then. but for Sheba O'Neill."
And for Gordon Elliot. You'd be
doing underhand work for him too.
Don't forget that. You can't do it.
You're not that kind of a man. 1t
isn't In you to go undertaking in the
past Of the man Sheba Is going to
marry"
Elliot rose and looked across at the
blue-ribbed mountains. His square
Jaw was set when he turned 1t back
toward Diane.
"She isn't going to marry him If /
can help It," he said quietly.
He walked out of the gate and down
the walk toward his hotel.
A message was waiting for him there
from his chief In Seattle. 1t called him
down the river on business.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
10 course I'll do whatever you say"

10 course I'll do whatever you say,
he added a second time.
"See you do" advised his chief. an
ugly look In his eyes. Tell him he
gets till the next boat. II he's here
after that. he'd better 60 heeled, for
I'll shoot on sight wherever We meet"
Selfridge went on his errand with
tagging feet. He found Elliot sitting
modify alone on the porch Of the
hotel.
In Gordon's pocket there was note
to Macdonald explaining that he had
nothing to do with the coming Of Me-
teetse. He had expected to send 1t by
the hotel porter that evening. but the
curt order to leave town filled him
with a chill anger. The dictator Of
affairs at Kusiak might think what he
pleased for all the explanation he
would get from him.
"Tell your master I don't take or
ders from him." he told Wally quietly.
I'll stay till my work here is DONE"
They had moved few yards down the
street. Now Gordon turned. lean
Joined and active, and trod with crisp.
confident step back to the hotel. He
had said all that was necessary to say.
Two men standing on the porch
nodded a good evening to him. Cor
don, about to pass. glanced at them
again. They were Northrup and Ire
lawney, two Of the miners who had had
trouble with Macdonald on the boat.
On impulse he stopped. Found
work YETI" he asked.
Found a job and lost It again."
Northrup answered sullenly.
TOO bad"
Macdonald passed the word along
that we weren't to get work. So our
boss fired us. The whole district is
closed to us. We been blacklisted,"
explained Trelawney.
"And we're busted" added his mate.
Elliot was always free-handed. Per-
haps he felt just now unusually SYM
pathetic toward these victims of the
high-handed methods Of Macdonald.
From his pocket he took a small
leather purse and gave piece Of gold
to each Of them.
"Just as a loan to carry you for a
couple Of days till you get something
to do" he suggested.
Northrup demurred, but after little
pressing accepted the accommodation.
II pay you soon back" he promised.
Trelawney laughed recklessly. He
had been drinking.
"YOu bet. Me too"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
No crocuses In November.

1t should be consolation to women
who have passed thirty to remember
that the most beautiful work Of human
hands-the Venus de Milc-is the
statue of a mature woman. comments
a writer. All the Venuses, In fact, are
represented as mothers. There is not
a young girl In the lot. Among the
Greek statues only Psyche could quail.
ify as a Broadway beauty. and even
Psyche might appear little plump
and mature to the admirers Of the hui
man reedbird.
OF course, every woman should fight
ugliness to her last hour. She need
not lose her beauty at any age. But
one does not expect to pick snowdrops
or crocuses from the fallen leaves of
November, and it is just as futile to
hope to look sixteen when you are
forty.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

ago. This isn't Boston. 1t used to be
the fringe of civilization. Men did as
they pleased in the early days"
"This wasn't In the early days. 1t
was five years ago, when Macdonald
was examining the Kamatlah coal field.
I'm told he sends n check down the
river once a month for the woman"
"All the more credit to him if he
does" Diane rose and looked storm
fly down at her friend. you're about
rs broad us n clam, Gordon. Can't you
see that even If it's true. ali that is
done with? 1t is part of his past
and It's inished-trodden underfoot.
II hasn't thing To do with Sheba."
II don't agree with you. 4 man
can't cut loose entirely from his past.
1t is part of him-and NaCdonald's
past lsnt good enough for Sheba
O'Neill."
Diane tapped her little foot impa-
tiently on the floor. "Do you know
many men whose pasts are good
enough for their wives? Colby Mac
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
CHAPTER XII.
Genevieve Mallory Takes a Hand.

1encNeVe Mallory axes a ndho.
Inside of an hour the news Of the
engagement of Macdonald was all over
Kusiak. 1t was through a telephone
receiver that the gossip was buzzed
to Mrs. Mallory by a friend who owed
her a little stab. The voice Of Gene
We've Mallory registered faint amuse-
ment, but rs soon as she had hung up,
her face fell into haggard lines. She
had staked a year of her waning youth
on winning the big mining man of
Kusiak, together with all the money
that she had been able to scrape up
for the campaign outfit. Moreover, she
liked him.
Mrs. Mallory sat down in the hall
beside the telephone. her fingers laced
about one crossed knee. She knew
that II Sheba O'Neill had not come on
the scene. Macdonald would have
asked her to marry him. He had been
moving slowly toward her for months.
They understood each other and were
mt ease together. Between them was a
strong physical affinity.
Then Diane Paget had brought in this
slim. young cousin Of hers and Colby
Macdonald had been fascinated BY the
mystery Of her innocent youth. Mrs.
Mallory was like steel beneath the soft
and indolent surface. Swiftly she
mapped her plan Of attack. The Alas
kan could not be moved, but 1t might
be possible to startle the girl into
breaking the engagement.
But before she made any move Mrs.
Mallory intended to be sure Of her
facts. 1t was like her to 60 to head
quarters for Information. She got
Macdonald on the wire.
1--WE just heard something nice
about you. Do tell me it's true" she
said. her voice warm with sympathy.
Macdonald laughed with almost boy.
ish embarrassment. "Its true, l
reckon"
"Pm so glad. She's a lovely girl.
The sweetest thing that ever lived.
I'm sure you'll be happy. always did
think you would make a perfect hus-
band. OF course, I'm simply green
with envy of her"
Her little ripple Of laughter was gay
and care-free. The man ut the other
end of the line never had liked her bet
| ter. She was game little sport, he
told himself approvingly. 1t appealed
to him immensely that she could take
such facer and come up smiling.
There were no signs Of worry wrin-
kles on her face when the maid adj
mitted caller half an hour later.
Oliver Dustin was the name on the
card. He was remittance man. n
tame little parlor pet whose vocation
was to fetch and carry for pretty wom-
en-. and by some odd trick of fate he
had sifted into the Northland. Mrs.
Mallory had tolerated him rather
scornfully, but today she smiled upon
him.
Dustin helped himself to cigarette
and made himself comfortable.
She set herself 70 win him. He was
immensely flattered NJ her awakened
interest. When she called him by his
first name. he wagged all over like a
pleased puppy.
1t came 10 him after a time that she
was considering him for confidential
mission. He assured her eagerly that
| there was no trouble too great for him
to take if he could be of any service
to her. Their heads were close in
whispered talk for few minutes, ut
the end Of which Dustin left the room
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
CHAPTER XIII.
Gordon Buys q Revolver.

Gordon Buys q Revolver.
Selfridge was not eager to meet his
chief, but he knew he must report at
once. He stopped at his house only
long enough to get into fresh clothes
and from there walked down to the
office.
1t had been the intention Of Mac
donald to go direct from Sheba to his
Office but the explosion brought about
by Meteetse had sent him out into the
hills for a long tramp. He was In
a stress Of furious emotion, and until
he had worked off the edge of 1t by
hard mushing. the cramped civilian
ton Of the town stifled him.
Hours later he strobe into the office
Of the company. Wally lay asleep In
swivel chair, his fat body sagging
and his head fallen sideways In such a
way as to emphasize the plump folds
Of his double chin. His eyes opened.
They took in his chief slowly. Then,
in small panic, he jumped to his
feet.
Must "a been taking thirty winks.
he explained. Been up nights a good
deal"
"What doing?" demanded the Scots
man harshly.
In q hurried attempt to divert the
anger Of Macdonald. his assistant
made a mistake. "Say, Mac! Who
do you think came up on the boat
with me? I wondered If you knew.
Meteetse and her kid"
He stopped. The big man was glar-
ing savagely at him. But Macdonald
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
CHAPTER xI.-Continued.

Presently he spoke thickly. II sup
pose you have heard that he was a
squaw man."
That's ridiculous. Don't be absurd.
Gordon"
"It's the truth. I've seen the woman.
She was pointed out to me-"
"By old Gideon Holt, likely" she
flashed.
"One could get evidence and show 1t
to Miss O'Neill," he said aloud. to him
self rather than to her.
Diane put her point Of view before
him with heated candor. "You couldn't.
Nobody but a cad would rake up old
scandals about the man who has beat
en- him fairly for woman's love-"
"You beg the question. Has he won
fairlyT
"Of course he has. Be good sport,
Gordon. Don't kick on the umpire's
decision. Play the game"
"That's all very well. But what
about her? Am I to sit quiet while
she is sacrificed to a code Of honor
that seems to me rooted in dishonorT'
"She is not being sacrificed. I'm
her cousin. I'm very fond of her. And
I'd trust her with Colby Macdonald"
"Play fair, Diane. Tell her the truth
about this Indian woman and let your
cousin decide for herself. You can't
do less, can your"
Mrs. Paget was distinctly annoyed.
"You ought TO be ashamed Of yourself,
Gordon Elliot. You take all the Cos
sip of a crack-brained old idiot for
gospel truth just because you want
to believe the worst about Mr.. Mac
donald. Colby Macdonald is too big
and too aggressive not to have made
hundreds Of enemies. His life has been
threatened dozens Of times. But he
pays no attention to it-goes right on
building up this country. Yet you'd
think he had a cloven hoof to hear
some people talk. I've no patience
with them"
"The woman's name Is Meteetse,"
Gordon said in an even voice. just as
II he were answering a question. "She
Is young and good-looking for an In
dian. Her boy is four or five years old.
COlmac. they call him, and he looks
Just like Macdonald"
"People are always tracing resem-
blances. There's nothing to that. But
suppose his life was irregular-years
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
GENEvIEVE MALLORY, SEEING MACDONALD SLIPPING
FROM HER GRASP, TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME

of the Gordon Elliot is
claims the boat he
whom he is Sheta
ONein, going Colby land
grabbing syndicate under aboard Elliot and Mac
donald become friendly Landing Kusak Elliot finds
Sheba
dinner Elliot
Macdonald the object of his coming Alaska The
hand Of Sheba
Kamatah
wandering the trail believes that he
deon oil
Elliot
way back Kusiak, a squaw
Macdonads
learns that Macdo and nave become engaged
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

His arms closed on her and he
crushed her to him, looking down hum
grily into the dark little face.
Let me Co." she cried fercely.
struggling to free herself.
For answer he kissed the red lips.
the flaming cheeks. the angry eyes.
Then, coming to his senses, he pushed
her from him. turned, and strobe heav-
lily from the room.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
The Oouoh That Father Made

You can announce 1t that she Is the
house guest Of her parents, or any way
they like, but 1t generally means that
the bride has ambled back for q little
home cooking.-Louisville Courier
Journal
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For Answer He Kissed the Red Lips.

w Ue~' w '>ee~S wv NV S'P~'
said nothing. He waited, and under
the compulsion Of his forceful silence
Wally stumbled on helplessly.
They got Off here. Course
didn't know whether you'd sent for
her or not, so 1 stopped and kinder
gave her the glad hand just to size
things up"
"Yes."
"She had the address Of Miss O'Neill,
that Irish girl staying at the Pagets'.
the one that came in"
"Go on" snapped his chief.
$50 1 directed her how she could
get there and"
Wally found himself lifted from the
chair and hammered down into 1t
again. His soft flesh quaked like a
Jelly. As he stared pOp-eyed at the
furious face above him, the fat chin
Of the little man dropped.
my God. Mac, don't do that!" be
whined.
Macdonald wheeled abruptly away,
crossed the room in long strides. and
came back.
whats the use?' he said aloud.
you're nothing but a spineless put
terer. Haven't you enough sense even
to give me a chance to decide for
myself? Why didn't you keep tha
woman with you till you could send
for me. you daft monkeyT
IF had known"
"D'ye think you've got sense enough
to take a plain. straight message as
far as the hotel? Because II you have,
I've got one to send"
Wally caressed tenderly his bruised
flesh. He had a childlike desire to
weep. but he was afraid Macdonald
would kick him out Of the Office.
"'Course I'll do whatever you say,
Mac" he answered humbly.
The Scotch Canadian brushed the
swivel chair and its occupant to one
side. drew up another chair in front
Of the desk, and faced Selfridge
squarely. The eyes that blazed ut the
little man were the grimmest he had
ever looked into.
"GO to the hotel and see this man
Elliot alone. Tell him he's gone too
far-butted into my affairs once too
often. There's not man alive I'd
stand 1t from. My orders are for him
TO get out on the next boat. II he's
here after that. I'll kill him on sight"
The color ebbed out Of the florld
face Of Wally. He moistened his lips
to speak. Heavens, Mac, you can't
do that. He'll go out and report"
"Let him say what he likes. Put this
10 him straight: that he and l can't
stay in this town--and both Of us
live"
Wally had Tapped up too many high
balls in the past ten years to relish
this kind OF mission. His nerve was
gone. He had not the punch any more.
Yet Mac was always expecting him to
help out with his rough stuff. he re-
iiected fretfully. Take this message,
now. There was no sense in 1t. Self
ridge plucked up his courage to say so.
THAT won't buy us anything but
trouble, Mac. IN the old days you
could put over"
The little man never guessed how
close he came TO itring flung through
the transOm over the door, but his in
stiDct warned him to stop. His OBJ
lection lied away In q humble.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
Lesg Arch Co. GsS,f ss:d ssse sss
LAndscapinQ Etc 1913 Ry. Ex. Pldg. St. Louis. Mo.

We all love bargains. but we'd hard
ly respect man who'd let us cheat
him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

Elliot finds himself in a serious
predicament az a result Of q re-
markabIe chain of cIrcum-
stances which seem to convict
him. These circumstances are
related in the next InstalIment.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17
Old People Who Are Feeble and


Children Who Are Pale and Weak
Would be greatly benefited by the General strength
eninG Tonic Eject Of GROVES TASTELEsS chill
TONIC. It purines and enrches the blood and
builds MP the whole system. A General Strength
ening Tonic for Adults and Children &c.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-17

Copyright, William Macleod Raine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24
AGENTS GATHER DATA
Federal Officials Discover Irish
German Plots In AM
erica.
Agitation Among Other Nationaities
Has Been Carried on by Use Of
Teutonic Money.

Washington, May 29.-It is an
nounced that government agents
have uncovered German intrigue with
several nationalistic groups in the
United States. This statement fol
lowed disclosures that the govern
ment has gathered evidence in this
country of cOnspiracies between Irish
and Sim Fem leaders and German
agents to precipitate a rebellion In
Ireland.
German money, it was said, has
been used to finance agitation among
negroes, Firms, Lithuanians and other
of the so-called Oppressed national
ities," which for years have had ma
tionalist grievances against Russia or
other anti-German allies. In most
cases this propaganda has been car
ried on by Americans affiliated with
these groups.
For many months United States gov
eminent agents have been inside the
councils of the Irish in this country
who plotted armed insurrection Of
Irish citizens against British rule and
have discovered conclusive evidence
that German money and promises OF
aid stimulated the conspiracies as a
means of diverting the British gov
eminent from its war task in France.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24

ARE WE BETTER THAN THE
HINDUS?
Here's One Place At Least Where
We're Not

Down in India, where the people
lack education as well as money, where
man works for fifty cents a month
and where girl babies used to be
crowned with even less thought on the
parents part than cats are drowned
here, the people use manure for fuel
But what has been the result? Mis-.
cry and famine have Stalked in the
land-grim spectres too awful even to
be described. During the famine OF
1910, over ten million people died in
the Province of Bengal alone. Today
there are 100000 square miles of waste
land, waste because the natives lack
the intelligence to use fertilizer, lack
intelligence to use proper methods OF
tilling the soil, lack intelligence to TO
tate their crops.
At first thought it is ridiculous to
compare the modern American farmer
with the Hindu. we grow more per
man than any other farmers in the
world. due to our use of efficient ma
chinery. We do not only feed our
selves, but help feed the world But
just let us make this one comparison.
While we are not burning manure for
fuel yet many of us allow chemical
action to burn it for u.s. In piles the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24
ATTACK BREAKS DOWN
British RepuIse German Counter
Thrust Northwest of Mer-
vile.
Number of German Prisoners Are
Taken by Americans During
Fighting in Lorraine.

With the American Army in France,
MAY 23.-The official statement issued
from American headquarters says;
sIn the course of reconnaissance CON-
bats in Lorraine we captured prison
ers. Here and in the Woevre the
artillery of both sides showed consid-
cradle activity"
London, May "a heavy German
counter attack against the British
lines northwest of Merville, on line
two-thirds of a mile, broke down un-
der the strong British resistance, &C
cording to Field Marshal Haig's re-
port from British headquarters in
France.
The French also repulsed an attack
north of Bailleul.
Washington, May 22.-Further evi.
dence that another great Austrian
drive against Italy is impending
came in an official dispatch from
Switzerland saying information from
Vienna showed Austria has planned
to suppress all military operations in
the east on May 20 to concentrate
forces for the Italian front.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24

manure ferments and heats, as you
know. This heating process goes on
while you sleep, goes on "a hours in a
day without saving you even the ex-
pense of fuel for cooking or furnish
ing heat to keep you warm. Now, af-
ter all, in this one little matter, isn't
the Hindu better economist than
the man who throws manure in a pile
and lets it lie until chemical action has
burned up large portion of the plant
food?
Fire Ranging" Loses Half Manure's
Value
The Cornell Experiment Station
carried on an experiment along this
line. Four thousand pounds of horse
manure was thrown in pile April
25th and left there until September
22nd. Only Ito pounds remained.
It's commercial value had deprecated
from $54S to $2.O3. This kind of a
loss is going on on many farms right
in this community. Hundreds of tons
of available plant food are being liter
ally burned up.
Many seem rather self satisfied
when they get the manure out of the
way. TO get it out of the barnyard
on to the field in piles seems to be
their aim, but heating in piles goes on
just the same in the field as it does in
the barnyard, and while the barnyard
is not being fortified, yet only certain
spots i'm the field are.
Spread, Spread, Spread
The thing to do this year of all years
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24
PRAYERS FOR VICTORY
TO BE OFFERED MAY 30
President Issues Proclamation Nam
ing Day Of Prayer and Fasting.

President Issues Proclamation Nam
ina Day Of Prayer and Fasting.
Washington, May 22.-President
Wilson has issued the following pro-
clamation:
81 do hereby proclaim Thursday,
the 30th day Of May, day already
freighted with sacred and stimulat-
ing memories, a day Of public humil-
iation, prayer and fasting and do ex-
hort my fellow citizens of all faiths
and creads to assemble on that day
in their several places of worship
and there as we'll as in their homes
to pray Almighty God that He may
forgive our sins and shortcomings
as a people and purify our hearts to
see and love the truth, to accept and
defend all things that are just and
right and to purpose only those right
eous acts and judgments which are
in conformity with His will, beseech-
ing Him that He will give victory to
our armies as they fight for freedom,
wisdom to those who take counsel OH
our behalf in these days Of dark
struggle and perplexity and steadfast-
ness to our people to make sacrifice
to the utmost in support of what is
just and true, bringing us at last the
peace in which mems hearts can be
at rest because it is founded on mercy
Justice and good WILL
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24

is to spread, spread, spread. Hand
spreading is of course, better than
none, but it is disagreeable and liable
to be neglected. Machine spreading is
the easy, paying way. Not only does
it make the manure go twice as far,
but it saves so much time and labor
that spreading can be done frequently.
Experiments tell us that when the
manure is spread it dries out and this
stops fermentation or loss of ammonia.
Furthermore, if rains come, the plant
food is washed into the soil evenly
over every acre. Many experiments
have shown spreaders to pay for them
selves in one season by the crop in
creases they produce on fifteen acres
or less.
A more liberal use of spreaders in
this community would be mighty good
thing this year.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-24
Oakdaie Death Toll IFS.

Oakdale, Pa, May 23.-Giant loco
motives tugging at cables attached to
the standing fssme work and heavier
debris at Aetna Chemical company's
plant cleared the way to more bodies
among the ruins. Official estimate Of
the dead in the disaster stood at IT'S,
with a possible hundred or more to
add to the grewsome toll. Investiga-
ton went on with the questioning
of witnesses regarding alleged habit
ual use in the plant Of chemical SUBJ
stances forbidden in government buL'
ietins issued several months ago.