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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-05-10

| Marthyin' nor no sympathy. Well, old
man, you're here to colleck, / s'pose.
Take what's in sight; faint none Of 1t
yourn, fairs know, but anything You
claim you kin have, fer all me. I've
lived honest all my days an worked
fer what got. I've harbored thieves
in my old age and trusted them that
want fit to be trusted. I've allus paid
my debts. Seabeck. I'm willin' to pay
now fer bein' fool"
"W-where's Charlie7" Billy Louise
leaned and whispered the question.
II dino, and / don't care. He's
pulled out-him an that breed. I'll
have t pay yuh for seven growed
cattle never seed till yist'day, Sea-
beck. You can set yer own price on
'em. amt sure, but I've got an idee
they was shot las night an dumped
in the river. You en- set yer price.
| I've got rheumatic so bad couldn't
go n put stop to nothin'-but-"
"Oh Marthy!" Billy Louise was
shivering and crying now. s'Marthy
Don't be 500 hard. It was all Char
! lie
Eyes" said Marthy harshly, at was
| all Charlie. He was thief, an I was
sech a supplemented old fool never
knowed what he was. let him go
ahead, an I set in the house with a
white apurn tied on me an thought
was hayin' an easy time. set here
and let him rob my neighbors that
amt never harmed err cheated out OF
a cent, and soon's he thought he was
found out, he-left ole Marthy to look
after herself. Never so much as fed
the hogs or done the milkin' first
Looky here, Seabeck You'll git paid
back, an I'll take your fggers fer what
I owe, but if you git after Charlie,
I'll-kill yuh. You let i'm go. I'm the
one he hurt most-and amt goin'-'
She laid her frowsy old head on her
1 arms, like one who is utterly crushed
and dumb.
ooh, Marthy!" Billy Louise knelt
and threw her arms around Marthy'a
shoulders.
Marthy's chin began to culver. Her
lips sagged with the pull Of her aching
heart. For the third time in her life
Billy Louise saw big, slow tears gather
in Marthy's hard blue eyes and slide
down the leathery seams in her cheeks
Billy Louise looked. found her vision
blurring with her own tears, and
| turned from the room.
Seabeck was gone somewhere on bis
horse. Billy Louise guessed shrewdly
/ that he was down In the meadows
| looking over the cattle and trying to
estimate the extent of the thievery
She put Blue in the stable and fed
him, with that half-mechanical habit
/ Of attending to the needs Of ones
mount which becomes second nature ID
the range-bred. She would not go or
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CHAPTER XVI.
"Hm-nm!"

Hm-Efimt
rLOYD CARSON was phlegmatic
young man, but he swore an as
tOnished oath when he saw Billy
Louise galloping along the lane that
led nowhere except to the womanless
abode Of Samuel Seabeck. He walked
very fast to the stable, which was the
first logical stopping place, and SO he
met Billy Louise before she he'd time
to dismount, even supposing she in
tend to do so.
"Hello, Floydl Is Mr.. Seabeck at
homer
''Sure. Get off, and I'll put up your
horse. We're just through eatin', but
our grub carpenter will rustic some
thing for yuh, all right"
''No, can't stop this time. I'm not
hungry, anyway. Just give yell for
Mr.. Seabeck, will you? want to see
him a minute"
Floyd eyed her uncertainty, decided
that Billy Louise was not in the mood
to yield to persuasion, and tactfully
hurried off to find Seabeck without
shouting for hiIn-lest he bring others
also, who were evidently not wanted at
all. He took it that Billy Louise felt
some diffidence about visiting a strict
iy bachelor outfit, and he set himself
to relieve her of any embarrassment.
Presently Seabeck himself came
from the dirt-roofed, rambling cabin
which was his home and strobe down
the path, buttoning his coat as he
came. Floyd's face showed for a min
ute In the doorway before he effaced
himself completely, and not another
man was in sight anywhere. Billy Lou
Use was grateful TO circumstance; she
had dreaded this visit, though not for
the reason Floyd Carson believed.
''How de do, Miss Macdonald? Pref
ty nice day, but I'm afraid It's a
weather breeder. The winds trying to
change, / notice"
''Yes, and so 1 mustn't stop. Could
you ride part way home with me, Mr..
Seabeck? want to talk with you
about something. And I can't stop a
minute. I must get home"
"Why, certainly, I'll go. II you'll
wait just minute while saddle uD-
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Smallest Farms in the World.

On the islands of Re and Oleron,
near La Rochelle, France, according to
Popular Science Monthly, are found
the smallest farms in the world. Some
of them are only one or two square
yards in area, yet these .iny domains
are carefully planted with variety
of crops, even including vineyards. The
soil Is extremely fertile. The repeat
ed subdivision of estates among heirs
and the dense population of the L.
lands explain the existence OF thaGa
Llliputian properdaA
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ooh, Cloud King" Said, "You Mustn't
Be Discouraged"

then I was frightened, for I thought
the King of the Clouds was going to
sob and / only had my green rain coat
on which isn't so very heavy, you
know. The water has been known to
go through it.
sob, Cloud King said, You
mustn't be discouraged. And you
mustn't be unhappy. What would the
farmers do without you? Think how
you help the crops. And think too, how
the flowers love you. You make them
grow. You give them drinks of water.
And the grass, and the moss in the
woods, the shrubs and the trees-how
hot and dry and thirsty they would be
all summer long if it weren't for you.
"sHow often too / have heard the
birds chirp for water. Their little
mouths would be so dry and they
would open their beaks and beg you to
look after them. What would the
streams and lakes and ponds do with
out you! Lots of things love you,
Cloud King. Don't weep too much.
Weep tears of JOY but not tears Of I'M
happiness.
.For of course" Peter Gnome con-
tinued, "it would not have been polite
of me If I had asked him not to weep
at ALL Then he would have felt sar
sadder than ever.
ssHe felt better after this and said.
Peter Gnome, you have done my damp
heart good. / am glad you think am
of use in the world and that I am
liked. For sometimes / feel no one
likes me at all. They complain of the
rainy days and they call it bad wealth
er. And oh. dear me, I'm not bad, and
it hurts my feelings to hear them call
me badp
".Dear Cloud King, you must cheer
up / told him. You must remember
that your work is appreciated even II
there are some folks who don't like
you. But they're the weather grum-
blers, Cloud King, and you simply
mustn't pay one scrap Of attention to
them
"He really felt quite joyful after this
and battered down to the earth with
his army of raindrops and his grand
children, the Mist family, quite mer-
rily. But I thought would have q
club which would please the old
weather man. the sun, the moon, the
clouds, and 1t would make all of us
happier if we went right ahead and
enjoyed each day as it came along-for
we must have weather of some kind
or other
$50 that is how the club started. All
the rules and regulations you know
.'Yes. indeed" said all the members.
as they proudly patted their badges
which read, Every day -is-nlce."
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Of receiving compliments which
pleased Billy Louise and gave her con-
tidence needed brace.
"Mr. Seabeck, I've always heard that
you're an awfully square man." she
said. Daddy seemed to think that
you could be depended on in any kind
Of a pinch. hope it's true. I'm
banking lot on your squareness to-
day."
"Why, don't know about my being
any better than my neighbors," he said,
with a twinkle of humor in his eyes,
which were bright unvarying blue.
.But you can bank on my doing any
thing can for you, Miss Macdonald.
think / could be even better than
square-to help plucky little girl
who"
Il don't mean just the ordinary
squareness,' Billy Louise put in quiz
city. 81 mean higness. too; bigness
that will make man be more than
square; a>bigness that will let him see
all around thing and judge it from
bigger viewpoint than mere JUS
tice-"
"Hm-mm-if you could trust me
enough to-"
"Tm going to, Mr.. Seabeck. I'm go
ing to take it for granted you're big
ger than your own squareness. And if
you're motif you're just a selfish,
weak, letter-perfect, honest man, I'll
feel like-thrashing you" Without a
doubt that was the Billy Of her which
spoke.
It'll take the thrashing If you think
need it," he promised, looking at her
with something more than admiration.
.What have you done, Miss MacDon-
aid? If / can help you hide the
body"
"There!" Billy Louise dared to
wrinkle her nose at him-a I don't
know which Of her did it. II knew
you'd play up like good sport. But
what if it isn't body? What if
what if you found some of your cattle
with-with a big Drum over your
brand?" She had a perfectly white
line around her mouth and nostrils
then, but she faced him squarely.
"Hm-mm!' Seabeck gave her a
quick, sidewise glance and pulled
thoughtfully at the CRAVING whispers
th&t pointed his chin. ~ would have
been glad to lend you money, or help
you in any way
ayes, know" Billy Louise snapped
her reins impatjently. "But what
would you do about the-cattle?''
"What could do? What would you
want me to do? ! should do whatever
would help you. would"
"Would yon-be as ready to help
somebody else? Somebody thought
a-lot-of?"
Seabeck evidently saw light. He
cleared his throat and spat gravely
into bush. 81 see you don't trust me,
after ALL" he said.
ssI do. I've got to; mean, I'd have
to whether I did or not. It's like this,
Mr.. Seabeck. 1t isn't the big d brand !;
of course you knew it couldn't be. But
It isn't yours, either. Some one was
tempted and was weak. They're sorry
now. They want to do the right thing,
and 1t rests with you whether they
can do it. You can shut them up In
Jail if you like; you have perfect
right to do 1t. Some men would do
that and be able to sleep after 1t,
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t pardons and condones a mans

l
sins.
"Tm glad you came and told me
this,' he said at last. Every glad, In
deed, Miss Macdonald. Certain steps
have been taken lately to push this
wipe out this rustling and general law
lessness, and If you had not told me,
I'm afraid the mills OF justice would
have ground your-friends. OF course
the law would be merciful to Mrs.
Meilke. No jury would send an old
woman like that BY the way, that
breed they have had working for
them-he is in on the deal, too, I take
It."
Eyes, OF course. They had to have
someone to help. Marthy can't do any
riding
"Hm-mm-do you know, Miss Mac
Donald, whether there was any init
macy between-your friends-and the
man we had for stock inspector, Mr..
Olney?"
'I-can't say as to that" Billy Lou
ise, you see, did not know much about
details, but the little she did know
made her hedge.
There's queer story about Olney.
You know he has left the country
don't you? 1t seems he rode very hur-
riedly up to the depot at Wilmer to
take the train. Just as he stepped on,
a fellow who knew him by sight no.
ticed a piece Of paper pinned on the
back Of his coat. He jerked it loose.
| 1t was a-m-m-very peculiar dOcu-
ment for man to be wearing on his
back Seabeck pulled at his whis-
kers, but it was not pulling which
| quirked the corners Of his lips. .'The
man said Olney seemed greatly upset
| over something and had evidently for
gotten the paper until he felt it being
| pulled loose. He said Olney looked
back then, and he was the color OF q
pork-rind. The train was pulling out.
The man took the paper over to a
saloon and let several others read it.
| Observation-Disclosures that it should
be placed In the hands Of the authori-
| ties. neutrality-suspicious. ever
mentioned the matter to your"
mo-" said Billy Louise, and her eyes
were wide.
| "Hm-mm! We must discover, II we
can, Miss Macdonald, whether they
are in any way implicated with this
man Olney. / believe that this Is at
present more important than the re-
coVery Of any-m-m-cattle Of mine
| Which they may have appropriated
Billy Louise looked at him for min
utf.. Mr.. Seabeck. you're awfully dear
about this !" she told him. Il haven't
been as square as you and I've been
Listen here, Mr.. Seabeck! don't love
Charlie Fox bit. love somebody
else, and I'm going to marry him. He's
so square, I'd hate to have him think
even let you believe something that
wasn't true. It's Marthy I'm thinking
Of, Mr.. Seabeck. I was afraid you
wouldn't let Charlie off just for her
SAKE, but thought maybe if you just
thought WANTED you to do it for
mine, why, maybe-with two women to
be sorry for, you'd be kind Of"
"fIm-mm!" Seabeck sent her keen,
blue. twinkling glance that made Billy
Louise turn hot all over with shame
anG penitence. "Hm-mm!" he said
again-if one can call that a saying
and pulled at his grazing whiskers.
"Hm-mmm I"
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to the Wolverine: that needed no de.
cision: she accepted it at once as q
fact. Marthy needed her now more
than anyone. More even than Ward,
though Billy Louise hated to think
Of him there aloEsa and practically
helpless. But Marthy must have her
tonight. Marthy was facing her bit
terest sorrow since Minervey died, and
Marthy was old Ward, Billy Louise
reminded herself sternly, was not old,
and he was facing happiness-so far
as he or anyone knew. She wanted
very much to be with Ward, but she
could not delude her conscience into
believing that he needed her more
than did Marthy.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16

third member who must be an edu-
Gator, will be appointed later.
An important ordinance passed
finally to-day prohibits deposfting
of broken glass. nails, metal or any
other waste on city highways. A
fine of S5 to $25 may be imposed for
violations. Commissioner Lynch SAID
the ordinance was necessary because
of the broken glass and other ma
terials freqently thrown in the
streets.
A report was made by Commits
sioner Lynch that the ]. e. Greiner
engineering firm had been secured
to make a survey of the Mulberry
street bridge and report on any pos
sible improvements or safety meas
ures.
An ordinance was introduced to-
day replacing one read several weeks
ago and creating the office of reg
in the city engineers department
Civil service examinations for ap-
pointment will be held later. The
ordinance providing for repairs to
the two old pumping engines at the
water plant, and for payment of a
water bill, was passed finally.
Commissioner Hassler reported to
Council that the necessary repairs
to the sanitary system at the small
poX hospital will be made in day
or two. Two large cast-iron incin-
Grating tanks. each weighing 1900
pounds, will be installed to replace
two which are worn out. An extra.
one has been ordered also, to be
Kept in case of emergency. There
are ten patients at the hospital now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
KILLS SELF WITH GUN
BELIEVED UNLOADED
CONTINUED from First Page

instant. After the explosion Houde-
shell said: "Oh, Edward" and fell
to the floor from a chair on which
he was seated.
The accident occurred in the
kitchen at the home of Mrs. John
Devlin, mother of Williams, 324
North Second street, about 1890
o'clock this morning. Houdeshell,
who lived across the street, was at
the house since $40 this morning,
going to the home of Williams to go
with him downtown.
Sitting aside of Houdeshell at the
sine the gun was discharged was
Mrs. Sara Kinsey, aged SS, mother
of Mrs. Devlin and Williams grand
mother. In the room at the time
We're Mr.. and Mrs. John Devlin, Mrs.
Kinsey, Houdeshell and Williams.
Williams telling his story after
the shooting said: Raymond and
were the best of chums. He almost
lived at my house and was like a
brother to me. He came over to my
home and we were going downtown
to help a friend of ours buy a mo-
torcycle. This afternoon we were
going back of the borough limits to
shoot at a mark"
Took Out Five Shells
Continuing, Williams said: This
gun l got for my mother about two
weeks ago from Ray Craddock, who
keeps a restaurant in Front street
near the PaXtang firehouse. When I
worked nightturn my mother had no
protection and l got the gun so she
would not be frightened. About two
weeks ago a man tried to get into
the house, and that is the reason ]
got the gun"
LIVERY morning when I came home
from work 1 removed the cartridges
from the gun so the children would
rot get it and accidentally shoot
themselves. This is what 1 did this
morning when Houdeshell was here
'I took the shells out of the gun,
but did not count them. l thought
| had them all. I laid the gun on
the table and walked to the other
side of tho room to wash. Houdeshell
picked it up and l did not see how
the accident happened. The next
thing 1 knew he said. "Oh, Edward
and fell to the floor" st
Williams said that he and HouIe-
she'll were to meet two companions
at o'clock and the four of them
were going to shoot mark back of
the borough. He said they were go
ing to use the revolver. Williams
declared they did not use the weapon
before to shoot mark. but always
practiced with rifles.
Houdeshell was employed in the
open hearth department of the local
steel plant He supported his moth
er, with whom he lived. He moved
to the borough from Oberlin about
two years ago.
Williams is employed at No. , forge
iE the local steel plant. Until few
tnonths ago he supported his mother
Both young men are well known in
Steelton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
POLICE TO KEEP
TABS ON AUTOS
IN GARAGES
Records Must Be Kept to
Check Up on Stolen
Machines

To assist the city police depart
ment in locating stolen automoolies
whether owned by recidents oil Har-
iisburg or points throughout tiie
state Mayor Daniel l.. Keister to-uas
jntroduced an ordinance in Councl
Which will require any person hril
or corporation owning a puolic ga
rage in the city TO nave d IeoVl~ sn,
kent of all cars brought there loi
repairs. ai,once
The provisions of the ordinance
ore that a record must be kept OF
The time the automobile is proush'
i'm the garage. license number haillS
of person driving auto ana hanle "
owner. description of car, Tune OF
removal. date of repair ana klhu Oh
repairs or parts furnished h. h'li.s
and address of purchaser or persoIia
charged for work; number, style any
make of motor. n penaltN Oh % IoN
less than $25 nor more than SluV
tine or thirty days in Jail is pro
vided. Garage owners must nave
their records available and open az
all times for inspection for the po-
lice. A suggestion was made by COM
missioner Gross that the garage
owners should be required TO tur-
nish a report daily to the police de-
partment, but Mayor Keister SAID
such provision would be II hard
ship on them. The ordinance met
with approval by all the members
of Council and will be plssed finally
next week.
Council appointed Mercer B. Tate
and Wr. Thomas e. Bowman, of the
Police Civil Service Board as two
members of the civil service board
10 examine applicants for appoint
ment to the city engineers office.
Mr. Tate will serve for two years
and DR.. Bowman for four years. The
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Deaths and Funerals
HARRY L. HAKE

Harry Lochman Hake, aged 56,
died this morning from diabetes. Fu-
neral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 100 o'clock in the Pres
byterian Church at Middletown, the
Rev. Everett Hallman, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Mr.. McCarrell.
Burial will be in the Middletown
Cemetery. Mr.. Hakes was an assist
ant warden at the detention school
at Lucknow. He was formerly en-
ployed as a timekeeper at Middle
town for the International Steel
Company and the American Tube
and Iron Works. He is survived by
his wife, Mary, four grandchildren,
Janet, Helen, Thomas and Edith. The
body may be viewed this evening at
the funeral parlors of Hoover and
Son, 1413 North Second street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Appoint Solicitors For
Liberty Loan Drive Here

Fifty solicitors were appointed by
the Liberty Loan Committee in session
last night. Prospective subscribers
were assigned to each of the solicitors.
and all details will be announced at a
meeting of solicitors to be held in
Frey's Hall tomorrow evening, at
o'clock. This meeting has been called
by Frank A. Robbins Jr, chairman
of the campaign committee, TO formu-
late plans for the campaign to be held
during the week of April %. II. w.
Stubbs is chairman of this committee.
A committee, of which w. II. Nell
is chairman, will complete plans to-
morrow for the mass meeting to be
held in the High School Auditorium
Friday evening. Speakers of promi-
nence will talk on the Liverty Loan
drive. Music will be furnished by the
Steelton band.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Meteor Lights Country
Road in 15O-Mile Radius

Lewistown, Pa, April ia me-
teor caused great excitement along
the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad yesterday morning short
ly after l o'clock. A star with a
long blue tail shot across the heav-
ems from southeast to northwest,
leaving a trail of fire that lit up the
country for miles.
A watchman says it struck in a
cornfield east of Newton Hamilton
while another claims distinction for
Shawnee, thirty miles east of that
point.
A low, rumbling noise followed
the passage of the meteor, which
was heard plainly within a radius
of $50 miles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-16
Charity Nurse Resigns
to Work in Philadelphia

The resignation of Miss Marie Weis-
mann. for two years visiting nurse for
the Associated Charities, was accept
ed by the Charities in monthly session
last night. Miss Weismann has resign
ed to go to Philadelphia, where she
will make her future home. Miss
Weismann was visiting nurse for the
Civic CiuD, .1ssoclated Charities and
did special work for the School Board.
Miss Winship. sister of BENJAMIN w
Winship, superintendent of the coke
ovens of the local steel plant. has
been secured by the Civic Club to sue
ceed Miss Wizeman, and will likely be
elected by the Charities.