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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER XVIII.


The Haunted Garden.
Rosa Varona did not die. On the
contrary. under her lovers care she
made % amazingly swift q recovery
that Improvement was visible from
hour to hour; she rallied ikea wilted
flower under q refreshing rain. It was
OReilly's presence - much as the
~nourishing diet provided BY his money
which effected this marvel, although
the certainty that Esteban was alive
and safe put added force into her de-
termination to live. Rosa found hope
spr1ngfng up in her breast and one day
she caught herself laughing. The maj.
vel Of It was unbelievable. O'Rellly
was sitting beside her bed Of leaves
at the time; impulsively she pressed
his hands to her lips.
such happiness a. mine belongs IN
heaven" she managed to tell him.
Sometimes It frightens me. With you
BY my side this prison II q paradise
and I want for nothing. War. suffer.
ing. distress-I can't imagine they
longer exist"
nevertheless, they DO. ana 4atan.
q II anything but 4 paradise" said
he. 1--WE must set about quickly to get
out Of It"
Escape. you meant But that IL i'm
possible. Asensio can tell you Ill
about that. The Spaniards used to 10
sue passes for the men to 20 outside
the lines In search Of food. It was
just . trick. They never came back
III Of them were killed. Everyone
knows better than to try now.
~Nevertheless, Ne can't stay here
much longer" In answer to the girls
puzzled inquiry he explained: my
money - gone-all but Z few cents.
This q the last Of our food and there
= no chance Of getting more. Jacket
has some mysterious source Of supply
and he manages to bring In something
every now and then. but there are I'VE
Of 40 to feed. and he can't furnish more
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S4udlous Character.

."There goes Professor Diggs. Hes
q very learned man."
HE looks the part"
"Yes. I dare say the professor could
find his way around in ancient Baby
Ion, II the city still existed. more cas-
lily than he can right here In this town.
where he has lived thirty or forty.
years."
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fell to stroking her hands, calling upon
her to come back to him. He was be-
side himself now . terrible feeling Of
impotence and despair overcame him.
ua~ring someone speak, he raised
his eyes and discovered It his side that
figure Of want which he had seen dig
cling on the slope below. II was Evan
gelina. The negress was little more
than skin and bones, her eyes were
bleared and yellow and sunken. her
face had grown apelike, but he rec
ognized her and she him.
You are tho American she de-
clared. You are Rosa's man."
"Yes. But what 10 wrong with her7
Looki She II III"
"Shs II often like that. Il IL the
hunger. We have nothing to eat. -
nor. !. too. am tll-dying: and Assem-
sio- Oh, yoa don't know how they
have made 70 UulIer.s
W. must Ut Rosa home. Where
do you liver
Evangelina turned her Deaths head
toward the city. 'Down yondsr. But
what's the use1 There - no food In
our house and noea II afraid Of those
wagooA Y0a know-the ones with the
corpess. 6hs bads - bring her here
60 de-
The eiri was not wholly unconscious It
seemed foe che shr1od and murmured
fatally: s.Ihose wagonsl Don't let
them mi ma N fhnen nth thA nthop
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A Mean Remark.

I'VE pride ourselves on being q pro.
gressfve community" said the resident
OF q dead town.
I'm what respect?" asked the curious
stranger.
Our streets are always kept clean"
But what does 1t profit a town to
have clean streets, II they are not IN
use2"
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The Reason.

She-Why are you all SO down on
poor Reginald because he wakes his
mustache?
He-Because a waxed mustache u
Z REQ matter.
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FOreman-That machine can do the
work of a dozen men.
VisitOr-Gee whiz! My wife ought
to have married It.
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The Real Thina.

Younger Sister-What is stOicismf
Elder Sister-StOicism Is the ability
to congratulate the fiancee Of the man
you wanted to marry without showing
any disappointment.
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Perfectly Nice Trees.

Those are pretty looking trees
over there. Are tf1ey deciduous?"
Indeed. they're not. They're tho
healthiest sort we've got on the place.
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She kxpJatno.
madam, while l make that as bona
ode o1er. you are the FIRST customer
who has ever smoked one Of my ciea.
rettes and returned the rest. So
have called In person for an explains.
tion."
well. y0u see. / thought I'd learn to
smoke cigarettes, but I don't believe ]
can ever manage It."
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train. Few people wers travelling these
days and they were. for the most part.
Spanish officers to whom The sight Of
starving country people was no nov
city. Now and then, however. there did
arrive visitors from whom the spec
tacle Of 20 much wretchedness wrung
. contribution, hence there wal al
ways IN expectant throng 1t the depot.
On this occasion O'Reilly was sur
prised TO hear the piteous whines for
charity IN the name Of God turn sud-
denly into . subdued but vicious mutt
ter Of rage. Kisses were intermingled
with vitupefations, then the crowd fell
strangely silent, parting 60 allow the
passage Of Z great, thick-set man IN the
uniform Of Z colonel Of volunteers. The
fellow Wa unusually swarthy and he
wore . black scowl upon his face, while
. long puckeEing scar the full length Of
one cheek lifted his mouth into q
crooked sneer and left exposed q
glimpse Of wolfsh teeth.
O'Reilly vas q Z loss to fathom this
sudden alteration Of attitude, the whis-
To of indrawn breaths and the whis-
pered curses until he heard some one
mutter the name. 'trobo." Then indeed
he started and sti6ened Ia his tracks.
He liked . fascinated stare upon the
fellow.
Colonel Cobo seemed no little
pleased By the reception 10 created.
With bic chest arched and his black
eyes cleaning individually, he swag-'
gefed through the preoA clicking his
heels noaslly upon the STONE 6ags. When
no had gc0o Jacket voiced . vicious
oath.
80 that = ~ butcher q babiesi-
exclaimed ths boy. wen, NOV, I
should enjoy cutting his heart out"
OAelllyaD emotions were not entire
Y un1ke 6Aoee q hio 0nall eompanion.
Hls nps became dry ana white q 10
t11ed - gpeak.
What . beutsl That Hnee- Ushr
H hound AimDeR ehal1ng weakly,
and d1DeossFsd that . new ana wholly
unaccountablo feeling q discourage
msnt ha0 oott1ed upon him. He tried
menfally 70 shake e "a. but somehow
enemv-nnd A. -sr.. s--ss....-.
oonall0 had a1setsd hin queerly.
OoooS alR e eoa0dsnce and authority
.sesmed % emphaslso OyReillyas impo-
tsnce md bring C. lorcibly home TO
him. 10 thlnk - ~ matfnl nersccr.
don of Rosa varooa. moreover. terri
0sd HIN. II - -. ~ resnme6 II.
hut-to-hut ssaech, - vith listiesar
ness that cane 60 - ceevietion
thae oocs eealn - - - ~
That afternooa Co., 49, - fr,eoA.
amone u mlaerahle A1pels vhich ~.
clrcled - fooe = ~ Cnmhre. ehou.
the only ouarter 49, ~ 49, srr,c.ed
Below IN aan aevcs4.os ~ -srsrn4scn
place: oSove ~ ~ ~ - - ~
Varoaa homA 49, faas 80 a n.
way about ~ an Osnelnv ~ lafee6
~ ~ Is - 1ar>ete~ - 49, 49,
1ssllne ! u~t hnnser q reyieaf 49,
~ 08OWW - &A0DUe O08
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~
roma could long have withstood the
hardships Of this hideous place: strong
cr people than she had succumbed, BY
the hundreds. Even now the hospitals
were full, the sick lay INTENDED IN
their novels. No one, 20 far - O,Reilly
knew. had undertaken to estimate how
inst they were dying or the number Oh
dead which had already ridden out Of
Matanxas In those rumbling wagons
but there were many. What chance
was there that Rosa had not been
among the latter1
A. no breasted the summit Of Il
Cumbre, O'Reilly beheld ct some dis
lance . bent figure Of want L was 4
negro woman. grubbing In the earth
with Z sharpened stick. After Z sus.
picious scrutiny Of him che resumed
her digging.
Nothing but Z heap Of stones and
plaster remained Of the varona home,
The grounds once beautiful even when
neglected 40 In Donna Isabel's time,
were now . scene Of total ~desolaion. A
few orange trees, to be sure, remained
standing. and although they were cool
and green to look at, they carried no
fruit and the odor Of their blooms was
q trial and = mockery to the hungry
visitor. The evidences Of Cueto's van
dallsm affected O'Reilly deeply: they
brought him memories more painful
than he had anticipated. Although the
place was well-nigh unacceptable,
nevertheless Il cried aloud OF Rosa,
and the unhappy lover could barely
control tho emotions It awakened. Il
wa indeed Z morbid impulse which
had brought him thither, but nov that
he vas here he could not leave. On
consciously his feet turned toward the
ancsnt quarry which had formed the
sunken garden-his and Rosa's tryst-
Inc place.
OrReilly desired above al things 70
b alone ct this moment and % 10 was
annoyed to discover that another per.
son wa before him-awoman, evident
" some miserable paciAco like himself.
She. too. appeared to be looking FOR
roots and he almost 1tumhaed Over her
a. no brushed through tho guava
bushes fringing the depression
His sudden appearance alarmed the
creature and abe strnsgled, panic
striekens ont u hfs p6fh. Her rags
could not cooceal the fact that she was
defcrmed. that her hack vas crooked.
- 10 ruttered . r~eaasuring word 20
her.
This place was more @ he had left
it-there was the stone bench where
he had said good-by to Rosa: yondsr
was the well
sSenofi r johnnie heard himself "a.
dressed By the hunchbackod woman.
Her volco Was thin, trsmuloua, eager.
buk his thoughts wero buay and 10
paid - Ased. s0enorl Do yoa look
for somsthine-soms ons-
MOO. Yes - answered. abstract
edly. sXsa. ! an hooking Aoe soms.
thlnsNoome 90"
s0omsthlng 20 have lostfs
'Somsthing ! have lostrs II quss-
tio0 came % him family. bit e Vas %
u time with Ais unhappy mood that 4
a6scted him strangely. He foand that
hls sysD wsse bluEEtng and that N
aching lump ~ Eisea Into his threat.
This va the besal1ng point.
0g1sl1lyB hearlnG. too, WAS eolng
wr0aG. tn - imagined that sone o,s
whf4pero0 biz name. OodI This place
800 - AaaA-t $50 a1ew-Ha~fhlv
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Always Belong Eleewhece

sThere's q good thing abous
spoiled children"
'Nhat's that7'
Zone has them In ones "
house ."-BOstOn Transcript.
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WHEY Gust back from visit)-Did
you have many callers while I waa
awayl
Hub-Every time / tried to biur-e.
II ear no, my dear. not ANY.
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Otherwise Engaged.
Though opportunity may knock
And greet you with . bow profound,
Il you do naught but watch the clock
FOUL miao him when he comes arouna
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Barber-Have your whiskers dyed.
sir?
Vctim--If they have l didn't know
It. But perhaps you talked them u
death.
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Auth0r-I have books In my library
that can be found In no other library
II the world.
Giri-Of course. your own works m
oil there.
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$50 y0u think . true musiclan neves
makes 4 good motorist."
that's my opinion" replied Mr.
Chuggins. mo man who puts music
above other considerations could be
content with the kind Of q tone pro
dnced BY my automobile horn now q
the market
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ecssyssght. y llssDss a 1vveMsrsl
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
NEW MISSION

Miss Sidney ]. Davis, of Keokuk,
Evangelist, Lecturer, Soloist, Iowa's
Most Travelled ColOred Woman; Has
Served Twelve Years as General Mis-
sionary of the National Baptist Con-
vention (the Largest Organization of
Christian Negroes in the World); Was
Active in the Local and State Work
of the Church Before Entering the
Mission Field; She Was Pioneer Field
Secretary of the Western Baptist Com
vention and For Two Years Core
spending Secretary of It's Wo-
mems Auxiliary Convention; in 1913
She Served a Successful Term as As
sistant Secretary of Foreign Missions
for the State of Texas; Last Fall Miss
Davis Was Appointed by Governor
Harding as Delegate to Represent
the State of Iowa in the Tenth Inter-
national Purity Congress, Held in
Louisville, KY, Nov. STA. She is at
the Present Time Editing at Keokuk
'.The Baptist Missionary" Monthly
Journal Devoted to the Interest of
Missions, Endorsed by the Executive
Board of the Iowa Nebraska Baptist
Association and the Board of Manag-
ers of the Iowa Baptist State Con-
vention (White). Miss Davis is Now
Establishing a Colored Women's Mis-
sion in the State, the Work of Which
She Explains.
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OUTLINE OF THE WORK OF THE
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN
INDUSTRIAL MISSION.


Ito be formally opened ins Keokuk,
May 27, 1879
BY Miss Sidney ]. Davis, Superin-
tendent and Founder.
II was stranger and we took me
in" Matt. 25. 35.
Who e'er hath travelled life's dull
round,
What e'er his station may have been,
May sigh to think he yet hath found
The warmest welcome at an inn"
'-Shenestone.
In an address before the AID club
and group Of Social Service workers
in the Chamber of Commerce in Des
Moines recently, Mr.. w. 7. Cross of
Chicago, General Secretary of the
National Conference on Social Work,
featured the rapidly developing prob
lens of social work, directly affecting
every city and almost every commune
ity as result Of war conditions. He
said that the reaction is coming to
every community by the drain made
by the war" From general principles
this condition applies to Iowa and to
all people in Iowa, hence, to the Ne
gro people.
The calling from the South of the
Negro men to the Army, is making it
necessary for many of their wives
and daughters to come up North,
for more than twelve years sa work
AS one who has enjoyed the glori-
Gus privilege of serving the general
mission field over these United States
for more than twelve years as work
er among my people and having trav-
eled more than any native woman OF
the race in Iowa, my heart runs ouS
overwhelmingly to do hospitality and
service to the women and girls of my
race now coming to my home state as
strangers.
: A large part of my time since trav-
cling has been spent in the South l
have been to the very bottom of the
South. In all probability, some of the
women and girls who will come are
friends with whom as Missionary
I have shared their home lives. While
it may not be true with the masses
lit is not true with the masses of any
people anywhere), some of the finest
characters. among women whom !
have met in any section of the coun-l.
try were born and reared IN the South.
The exceeding kindness and large
appra6 .uu. of my services among
ever forget. thank:
81 nseryation that enables
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
With The Colors
By Gus Durdan, Des Moines, Iowa
Sons Diary.
SERIES NO. 8.

Last evening sat gazing at the
last dying Goals of our camp fire. Each
Of these seemed to be an eye of my
mother, searching into mine, seeking
TO know whether or not her son had
kept the trust. On the table before
me lay the question, "Can you come
home as clean as you are now?"
Again and again thought over the
auestion. I was wondering whether
or not could.
I had just returned from over to
Hampton Normal and Industrial In
stitute. There social evening had
[been rendered to 800 Camp Hill boys
Tor stevedores, as they are commonly
|called. My thoughts turned to the
|evening just spent. It had meant
much to me. The kindly smiles of
the matrons, as they poured me a cup
of hot coffee, or insisted that / have
second helping of delicious home
made douhtnuts carried me back
to my far away home and mother.
There instantly arose in my heart
that reverence for womanhood which
INV mother had instilled in me during
my tender years. The grasp OF their
hands and that maternal look in their
ewes seemed to impart to me renewed
3vigor and determination to conquer
myself, and, by so doing, render the
maximum service to my race, to my
country, humanity, and to God.
And who knows but that 800 boys,
with kindred thoughts, sat by their
fires last evening? Little as one may
think, those little things, a grasp OF
the hand, a kindly smile, or CHEEKY
word, means the most to soldier
in those lonely hours Of camp life.
With the coming of the nightly shad-
ows comes that longing for mother,
to whom we can tell our troubles.
II We are not wholly bad. We are only
human. Our hearts long for associa-
ktion. and we must have it. In every
Town tharc is a class Of people whose
sdoors arc always open to everyone.
We may@not care to, enter these, but
unless more desirable homes are open
to US. we must. Our souls are starv-
ing for association. Whichever peo--
Die ask, those will we bide with. No
Toner can we decide whether or not
our home ties will be kept firmly Wv
eted.
Our mothers are silently pleading
with every other mother to protect
their sons. If we are given an outing
like the one Of last night, every once
in a while, we all can go home, look
our mothers in their eyes, and truth
fully say, ''Mother, have come home
Clean"
(To be continued.
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had the extraordinary gift OF mag
netic healing, which he practiced for
many years. He organized the first
colored Baptist church in this city. He
joined the Baptist church during boy
hood days and was life long member
Of Calvary Baptist church (white) Of
this city, from which his funeral was
held, preached by Rev. H. j. Bryce
(white), assisted by Rev. Brit and
Revs. Robinson and Bates. He leaves
to mourn his loss niece and nephew,
Mrs. E. A. Abbey, Ethan and Luther
Abbey, three sons -in-law, one brother
in-law, Rev. James Braxton of Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo. Thus good,
useful and highly respected race low
ing man has gone.
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.NDIANOLA, IOWA.

Feeling that our people have con-
tributed largely to the third Liberty
loan drive we are asking that they
report as soon as possible. Iowa col
ored people have always stood IN the
front ranks of every good cause and
We feel certain that they are doing
their part at this time.
Martha F. White,
End v. Pres. /. S. F. G. w. c.,
7O6 w. Boston Ave-, Indianola, Iowa.
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day or night when the train comes in,
is, that one feels the assurance that
any select Hotel, Boarding House,
Cafe, Restaurant or Lunch Counter
that she has the.money to pay for the
lsarvice, is open to- her--the other.
well, she may find that regardless of
her ability to pay for it, no desirable
lodging house is open to her in the
whole town on account of her color
Of face.
When the Young Women's Chris
tian Associations for white women
were being organized, had the same
provision been made for colored there
would not now be such a problem. 1t
may be that in former times SO few
of our women were coming to the
State, it was not difficult matter for
them to find location suitable. But
with the influx now begun and not
likely to cease, provision Of some
definite sort for the moral preserva-
ton Of the respectable and worthy
among the masses Of strange colored
women coming to Iowa-such as, their
location in acceptable homes to stay
in; assistance to find work; the prop
err and best extending Of their social
acquaintance and the finding of their
Church preferences must be made.
The agency I have planned, by the
help of God and with the assistance
of friends to open in Keokuk the last
week Of next month May is intend
ed to be of statewide sc I. in it's use
fulness as Mission for the protection
of lone colored women and girls COM
ing to Iowa as strangers to work or
visit. In that connection the Mission
will feature a BUREAU OF INFOR-
NATION, with perhaps an INTELLl-
GENCE OFFICE. If women and girls
wishing to locate in nay part Of Iowa
will correspond with the Mission be-
fore leaving the South or any other
sections Of the country, the Mission
will endeavor to get them in touch
with right surroundings in this state,
even before they leave their respective
homes.
The citation of many true incidents
IN proof OIL the IlSeu OI SUCH SIli dSCLlSy
can be given-take it in Des Moines,
for instance, in face of the congested
conditions brought about by the in
creased number having arrived during
the past few months, some nearly I'M
thinkable and outrageous occurrences
to the embarrassment of strange col
ored women, and those who are ma
tives Of the place as well, have trans
PRED The writer has been on the
scene, observing the situation.
The Des Moines Evening Tribune
of Saturday, August 4, last, tells Of
eight respectable colored women VINO
have been employed as maids in some
of the best white families of the city
for considerable time, and who were
found upon Investigation by law,to be
all of good character, who were made
to leave their home at midnight and
stay at the police station until morn
ing to be investigated in Mayor Mac
Wears court, simply because they all
occupied one house, and that house.
the paper stated, had once upon =
time been occupied by q person (not
of their race y who had been notorious
in red light districts The article in
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Do You Sleep Well?

To be at his best man must have
sound, refreshing sleep. When wake
full and restless at night, he is in no
condition for work or business during
the day Wakefulness is often caused
by Indigestion and constipation, and
is quickly relieved by Chamberlain's
Tablets. Try a dose Of these tablets
and see how much better you feel with
a clear head and good digestion.