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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-10

told me; it's in his own handwriting.
He put it in similar envelope"
Date" said Gale sharply
"A month ago today"
And the other?"
1.-TWO years ago."
Gale turned to the table on which
both wills were lying It needed no
legal eye to see they were different.
Gale looked at Nina Strickland. She
gazed steadily at him before she
dropped her eyes. He could have
sworn the pressure of her lips sup
pressed a smile.
A breathless silence followed. broken
only by the turning of pages.
The lawyer seemed to have lost his
nerve. He motioned Gale to his chair.
ASK her." he said in an under
tone.
Miss Strickland" Gales voice was
stern but judicial. would you kindly
come here?"
The others sat breathless and en-
thralled.
Miss Strickland" said Gale looking
straight into her unflinching eyes,
this will appears to have been wit
messed by you a month ago"
Yes" she answered clearly, cit was.
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smile, efsortisss rs though the child had
asked II Dalhson would take her to the
zoo.
Silence descended on the meal like a
blanket Tho eating Of toast became q
sonorous outrage. but 30 long as the
child was there everyone knew that the
armistice must continue. Gale. touched
by sheer courtesy and admiration. turned
to speak to her and sighted in her eye
two triumphant twinkle-dev1ls Of amuse-
ment.
The door slowly opened and Dailison
entered Gale sitting between Nina and
tbs door noted that an impercept1ble look
Of rest came over hey face.
Dailison gave genial greeting to
everyone. q trifie exaggerated. He look
ed nervous and worried. Gale was glad
he had left the book IN his room
Mr.. Dallison." said tho cysnet
They all sat and watched her fearless
feet trip over the bridge--it was not up
| to the weight Of q grown-ur and yet h
| must be crossed.
"Weil?'
PLEASE ten me how you came to know
Miss Strickland was Ill last nightf I
asked her and she said you'd tell me
/ when you came down"
There were two wings to the house
'and East IL East and West 10 West and
never the twain should meet" but the
child was ignorant of Kipling.
Dallison went deadly pale and steadied
himself against the sideboard. Gale nc
longer simulated indifference. He sat
watching every movement
Nina turned toward Dallson, her eyes
alight with trust.
Quick work, Jack" she said with q
smile. tell them
/ But he stood there silent. seeking fol
speech and finding none.
! A slight look of perplexity came owe.
Nina's facet he could not have under
| stood her.
Tell them, dear" she said.
/ Then with an effort he found his
tongue. 'I think little girls who ash
silly questions should not be answered.
he said roughly.
go upstairs" said Nina to the cygned
and no one interfered.
/ Jack" she went on very gently. "yoy
don't understand. These ladies hay<
spent the last ten minutes questioning
my right to breathe the same air al
they. Now do you understand Tel
them"
"oh. we'll he answered In a hesitatin.
way" we did not mean to publish the
news just yet, but Nina and I are going
to be married.
Nina rose to her feet Gale had neveI
admired or pitied her more.
Going to be lnarriedr' she said in Q
dazed way. "going to be married. Jack
do you realize that my good name is a.
stalker" She moved unsteadily towart
the door.
:! Gale leaned over and whispered to Dan
vers. Danvers leaped to his feet, opened
the door for her. shut 1t and stayet
there. Daliison, from the far end Of tn,
room, walked toward it.
Mr. Dallison," said Gale sharply, "ds
you mind If I as executor ask you to re
, main here tilr'-he paused q moment
Miss Strickland returns?"
II shall go where ! like in my owl
hnu9e thanh the rifdA renly
He walked to the door. Danvers still
stood by 1t.
DO you mind, Mr.. Dallison," he sal,
: quietly. "if as executor. tell you u
wait here till Miss Strickland returns P
Nina returned, flaming with anger. he
, face eloquent with the betrayal of = los
faith.
May isokr" said Gale
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.'MrA Dallison," he answered. II vsu,4
be impairment in me to offer you gym
pathy. You have played for . big stake
and lost 1t. more than lost It A VIII
witnessed by any one who takes legA-
cy Is q good VIII but the gift Of the
legacy to the witness Is bad It might
as well have been left out The, same
rule applies II the witness 10 the husband
or wife Of the legateo- You were MI.
Dallison's wife when you witnessed the
will and the legacy to him L. void Then
his voice became sterner. your nus
band learned that this morning from
the book I left In his room yesterday
night I fear that your husband was
willing to sacrifice your good name rather
than lose his money"
Nina rose white a. . sheet, and lsft
the room Every man was on his fesf
In q moment except DalliSon- He sat
unmoved, reading the paper. The Other
men moved out threuxh The Frsneh WIN
dows to the terrace
Then what happensr'' said Marhozrne,
who had watched the whole drama -
one In a dream.
triumphantly. that after the othsR
legacies there ID an intestaey. DaIlison
loses the legacy he hsd under the for
mer will. for that has been revoked;
he gets nothing At all. snd you get every
thing"
MarDourne was TOO moved TO speak.
and Danvers chimed IN 70 mark time
why did you leave that book In
Daiiison's rooR last night oaler"
, because ii the watches OF tAs
night I diagnosed marriage Just re-
member! Miss strieklAnd's room was
East Wing. Daiiison slept--or wa
supposed to sleep-sway In the West
Wing. In the middle Of the night
we meet Daliison In . dressing gown
rushing to the Telephone with exclu-
sive information as 70 Miss etriek-
ambitious to allow any matter Of ths
heart to be oppressive Hsncs ny
deduetions Of marriage. Now obvious
IL IL they were fnerried. they wantsd
to conceal It for some roasca."
Afraid Marbourne here would Try
to upset the will on the ground Of
undue influence. ] expect .tntsr5setsd
Danvers.
Precisely said Gale Nov tAs
nrst lawyer they went to. X they told
him all the truth. would make them
wise to the situation and ~ likely ~
not they would have Arranged . mar
rage now, 70 get over the little diff
Guilty and have forgotten all about the
one three months ago. did not know
whether they LAD been married abroad
happened. All ! knew was that II
was essential to discover at once what
tho facts were before they were In
spired to create fresh ones. Il IL &
little difficult, Of course. to ask . 1adJ
for her marriage certificates at break
FAST t++
Especially" murmured Danvsrs
when one u not quite SURE
Exactly. The best plan - to ere
ate in her q dAsife to flaunt it
for some reason, enigmatic TO her
her husband disavows her. such eesir'
becomes irrepressfb1e. It esrtaini.
prevented them from forgetting tn
little fact that they had been married
We might never have discovered tina
and been dancing at . wedding here
He looked at Marbourne as he spoke
There was . hasty handsha<e anl
Marbourns was motoring down tn
drive X,
A month later Mr.. Gale r.c~'~rd
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Don't you see what Il means?" His
voice was Scared with emotion.
Must you really give up the service p
There was a sob in her throat she could
not control. He had never told her that
he loved her.
DO you think that's all?"
She was trembling. conscious OF un-
known forces. Other men had weoed
her. some fiercely, some pathetically. but
the stainless wonder of her own soul
had left her pitying and untouched But
this was an uneharted sea, and not far
off the breakers were sounding.
DO you think that's ali?' he repeated.
throat tight as a strained rope.
Still she waited. IN q moment he
would sec she was trembling. But he
must give her the keys to the gates be-
fore she could tell him the Garden of
Arcadia had no walls.
Il meant to come and say goodbye"
he was speaking almost roughly and she
loved him for 1t, land then so away. ]
ought to and 1 can't I've got to say
goodbye. but hrst want to tell you-'
He STOPPED. the words seemed to fall
him. Still she waited, waited for the
next word. 1t never came. Suddenly she
felt two strong arms around her and her
lips well nigh bruised by the first kiss
OF passion she had ever known. Her
arms stole round his neck unconscious Of
what she did.
1iiO ACNNiCN Al ttiS tfrfibLu LhhS
held her there. she the untama BILE, glory
ing in defeat. liberated by one kiss from
the curse OF analysis. She had dreamed
cf q heaven on earth. but no dream had
ever touched this reality.
He led her to a chair and placed her
gently In IT. and knelt by her side. right
arm round her. holding her close. his left
hand stroking her wonderful fair hair
that Maddened him with Its glory It all
seemed SO natural to her now. Il was
like getting home sitter a storm-be aten
tramp She began di--liy to realizs how
anconsciousiy lonely she had been In all
the happy years Et.re by.
You said something o million years
ago about saying good-by." The gentle
laugh that shcpherded her words thrilled
with infinite content.
Would you like to sit quite properly
by my side" she asked him demureiy.
reveling in her woman's power.
Yes" he said bitterly, rising. "I can't
say what I've got to say when my arms
are round you"
Tell me-" she said. He was stsneins
By the hrepiaceA
'1 am q poor man now" he flung the
words out desperately. It ought never
to have kissed you, I've got to leave the
regiment, I've no profession behind me-
nothing to offer you. I shall probably
have to go to Canada and farm
'rweu?"
farming In Canada means roughins
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ell was evidently unjust. He felt in
need of a fog horn
well, when you come back from
abroad let me know if you want some
thing to do"
She smiled at him a look of infinite
wisdom He glanced at her rinSless
hands and realized the faulty of
prophecy. The country rectory and the
Schweitzerhof are leagues apart only
to the INDECENT and plain. Some bonds
are a capital investment -or a woman.
Duty compelled him to turn to Mrs
Shadrnch, who evidenced with re-
elusive. her well bred surprise that he
could find SO deep a supply of con-
verEationai mama in the social
wilderness of paid companion. The
cygnet sat next her mother. who
proudly quoted to Gale the latest eff
forts OF the listening child.
A speedy adjournment to the draw
ing room followed. and Suithson, the
family lawyer. red-haired and portly,
took his seat at a small table placed
/ in the center of decorous semi
circle.
| Mr.. Charles Marbourne." began the
| burly lawyer in a mellow voice, has
/ asked me to read his grandfather
will. I may perhaps be permitted to
say by way of preface that two years
ago, AIr. Marbourne instructed me to
draw will for him. I did so in
| One he gave to me in this blue sealed
envelope, one he kept himself in this
white sealed envelope. will now
break them both open and read the
one he kept, asking Mr. Charles to
J follow in the will in our possession"
/ The sextette sat motionless. proudly
conscious of participation in no moan
function. The cygnet half expected to
see a tame rabbit produced out of one
of the envelopes Gale, thoroughly
bored, watched Nina. intent as a
scientist onsa new bacillus.
A hasty exclamation from the So
/ Hector riveted attention. The witch
! cry of unexpected drama gripped every
mind present. Smithson's frowu grew
deeper and deeper. he turned quickly
y to Marbourne and almost tore the
other will from his hands Rapidly
he placed the two documents side by
side on the table in front of him.
whats the matter" said Marbourne
! quickly. pale as death.
The lawyer compared the dates of
! the two Wills
! "A later will" he gasped. he never
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began realize how nciousy lonely she had

call from old MT. Marbourns's banker.
He brought . letter entrusted to him
By the deceased with Instructions thst
1t should be handed to Gale one month
after his death. Gale tore IL open It
ran as follows,
Dear Gale:
Tou and have eften discussed TIE
ethics Of humoF. I do not know IL
there 10 humof beyond the grave.
want to have o little on earth Nina
has brought me lot of pleasure and
have provided for her. Jack IL .
bad egg and has tried to undermine
Charles position with me. It's D
mean. dishenorabie thing 10 have at
tempted and merits Q refined form Of
punishment He does not know as yet
tbs danger Of . man getting his wife
to witness q viii In his favor-and II
ne is . difficult pupil. 20 and search
the marriage Yegistfy of March. 1914.
IN the hies OF the British Vice Consul
In Paris.
Yours In memory OF happy days.
RICHARD MARBoURNE
The next story in this series will kes
a'The Teeth of the Storm"
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with you. baefooted the end of the world and beyond it.
These the words of the girl when she finds that the of her
choice has been off by his srandfathers will 1t is left Gale
brilliant lawyer. find the flaw the will Old Richard Marbourne.
who loved humor. has the laugh everybody.
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The next story in this series will be.
sThe Teeth of the Storm"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05
Gntul ann prrannal Mrnttnn
j. Lynch of Russell was in the
city Tuesday.

J. Lynch of Russell was in the
city Tuesday.
J. P. Holl was a visitor in the
city on Monday.
House, barn and three lots for sale.
Inquire Box So. If.
Five room house for rent. Ap-
ply at this office. #.
G. S. Ogren of Souris is a
county seat visitor today.
G. Acheson of Westhope is
spending the day in the city. {.
A. Crossen of Omemee was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.
j. M. DAILY Of Roth was a visi-
tor in the city Monday.
Clara Heeden of Roth was a
county seat visitor between
trains Tuesday.
L. j. McKinnon went to West
hope Monday to look after his
farming interests.
G.. F. Becker of Kramer is a
business visitor in the city to-
day.
Ragna and Olga Hansen Of
Souris are business visitors in
the city today.
Farmers Attention-Bring in
your plow and disc work now and
avoid the spring rush. L. S.
Thor, Blacksmith, Bottineau, N.
Oak. 3tp
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05

M. p. Hegg Of Landa greeted
friends in the city last Saturday.
Ole Rise of Souris was shop
ping in Bottineau on Friday.
Barley For Sale-9Oc per bu.
E: P. Cumberland, Bottineau,
N. LAX. FTP
D. McDougal returned to his
home at Westhope this after
noon.
Miss Luella Stewart was an
Omemee visitor between trains
Friday.
Andrew Hanson of Westhope
attended to business matters in
the city Tuesday.
Miss Haydee Jacobs came up
from Omemee Friday for q visit
at the Henry Russell home.
S. A. Coliton of Westhope was
a business visitor in Bottineau
between trains Tuesday.
Geo. Sidener of Lansford at
tended a meeting of the commits
sioners the first of the week.
G. S. Pintz of Rugby was at
the county seat last Monday at
tending to business matters.
C. Young of Rugby was a bust
ness visitor in Bottineau Tues
day.
Arthur Adler is again able to
be around after an attack of the
flu.
P. E. Nelson of Antler trans
acted business in the city on
Friday.
Do your Christmas shopping
early. There are but Is shop
ping days left.
Carl Tasseto Of Dunseith was
a business caller at the county
seat Tuesday.
Miss III. M. Trent returned on
Saturday from Leeds, where she
has been employed as telephone
operator.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05

"The land where Christianity
had it's birth is asking for a
practical demonstration of that
Christianity now. All the de-
nominations have united to an
swer this call from the east and
a campaign has been launched
to raise two million dollars from
the Sunday Schools of North
America. Every Sunday School
is asked to give a Christmas sea-
son offering to Armenian and
Syrian relief work.
ITO make sure that no Sunday
School is overlooked in this ap-
peal, the international Sunday
School association is planning to
have every Sunday School visit
ed on December eighth for the
purpose Of explaining the need,
creating enthusiasm and pledg-
ing the schools to make as large
an offering as possible. The In
ternational Sunday School asso-
citation in this campaign is work.
ing in cooperation with the Ar
menian and Syrian relief COM
mittee in New York and the two
million which they are to raise
the part of the Committee for
is part of a larger campaign on
thirty million dollars.
"The Armenian and Syrian
relief committee have already
done a wonderful work in min
istering to these suffering people
and have been enabled to save
thousands Of lives. The COM
mittee is directed by leading
men of the continent and it's
work has been highly endorsed
by President Wilson and Sir Ro-
bert Borden, the Canadian pre-
mier and by Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Taft. One feature of the
work of the committee is unique.
It is enabled Ito devote al money
collected for relief work to the
immediate cause for which it is
given. Expenses for collection,
printing, postage and arminis-
tration and the transmitting of
funds, are met privately. Dis
tribution of all supplies is car
ed for by the American consular
forces and American missionar-
les, whose services are loaned
for this ministry"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05

, Miss Jean Daggett, music in
structor of the local high school,
departed on Tuesday for her
home in Chicago, where she will
remain until the flu ban is lift
ed here and school resumes.
Monday afternoon at One
NEE while the 500 depot was be-
ing moved across the Great Nor
! thern tracks the local passenger
! west bound and the local freight
eact bound were delayed about
2 hours.
Lost or Strayed-A two year
old red heifer, with horns, from
my place about three weeks ago.
Suitable reward.
Fred Tippenhauer,
st Dunseith, N. D.
For Sah-Two Shropshire
rams, one thorough bred and
one grade. Both took first prize
at Bottineau County Fair. Sires
from First prize and Champion
ship.-Carl Bastien, Kramer, N.
Oak. ct
False rumors have been cir
culating in Bottineau and vicin-
ity that Monte Woods was Grip
pied for life from being gased,
shell shock, wounded, etc., but
we are glad to state that Mr.. T.
F. Woods and several of Monte's
friends have received letters
saying that he was out of the
hospital and feeling fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin White
are the proud parents of a baby
boy born last Friday morning.
Had the war still been in pro-
gress when Melvin gets the
news we'll wager he would go
over the top and get enough
Huns to merit an honorable dis
charge from the army so he
could get home to see his new
son.
The War Department will call
three million young men to the
colors. Their places must be
filled and they will be filled by
those who have the necessary
qualifications. If you are not
doing to war, now is the time
for you to take a commercial
course. Send for our free cata-
logue. Mankato Commercial
College, Mankato, MINI. Dec
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL
VISITATION DAY

"The remOtest place on the
continent in these stirring days
is not too secluded to feel the
world-thrill, and to have a part
in the great movements that
are making the world a better
place to live in, and alternating
it's suffering" said Mr.. E. L.
Woodbridge of Maxbass recently.
Mr.. E. L. Woodbridge has been
chosen by the North Dakota
State Sunday School association
and the international Sunday
School association. with head
quarters in Chicago, as the lead
er of a campaign looking toward
a continent-wide Sunday School
Visitation Day, December 9Th,
when every Sunday School in
North America will be visited
by a representative of the Or
ganized Sunday School move
ment, in behalf of the suffering
thousands in Bible lands.
christian North America is
being called on at this time to
pour out it's money for Liberty
Bonds and for War Service ac-
tivities of every kind. 1t is re-
spending nobly. Another chal-
longing call, however, is sound
mo in the ears of the Christian
people of North America. It is
the caIr>o over two million peo-
pie in Bible lands-Armenians,
Syrians and Greeks of Asia Min
or.
"These people, who are the
hope of civilization in western
Asia, have endured, and are en-
during, such suffering as our
American minds cannot con-
ceive. They have been massacred
and deported. Men have been
separated from their families
and ruthlessly murdered. At
tractive women and girls have
been sold as slaves or taken by
the Turks. The rest of the Wo-
men and the children have been
driven into the mountains and
the desert and the path over
which these refugees have gone
is strewn with the dead. In the
past two years over one million
have died from massacre, depor-.
tation, exposure and disease. But
the dead no longer challenge us;
it is those who live and can yet
be saved.
"The ravages Of war the past
wear have added to the horror.
The Turkish armies have des-
troyed everything in their wake:
-Four million people destitute q
home, clothed only in RAGS are
facing the cold Of winter and aTp1
starvation. One million OF these
!. can be reached by relief agencies.
-Four hundred thousand of them
are orphans. The relief agencies
can do nothin4 unless North,
America fnrpishes the money.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05
Big Pay

Students of the Union Com
mercial College, Grand Forks,
N. Oak, earn big pay. You
can do the same. Tremendous
demand for young women and
men with a business .educa-
ton. Write for our free cata-
log and find out how little it
costs and what a short time it
takes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05

ASSAlCW your SuUSCIlpLlOU De
fore it runs out so that no issues
will be missed.
DR.. F. T. O'Brien was a bust
ness visitor at st. John yester-
day.
Miss Nellie Bergholz is visit
ing with friends at Omemee
today.
Mother Superior was a bust
ness visitor at Willow City yes
terday.
Attention is called to the Mus
berger auction ad on page 3 of
this issue.
Mrs. l.. c.. Holz and daughter
went to Omemee yesterday. to
visit with friends.
CIV. Beevers left for the twin
cities yesterday on a business
mission.
Jacob. Ohmart is in Minneapo-
lis this week attending to bust
ness matters.
Six room house and garage for
sale or rent. See Geo. Smell at
Catlin, Smith & Co. store. ct.
Six room house for rent. APP
ply to John Smithson, Bottineau,
N. Oak. 1t.
For Sale-One full blood Jer-
sey bull calf.-A. J. Price, Kra-
mer, N. D. ct
About 1000 bushel of good
clean oats to sell.
VIM. Collins. .
Lost or strayed, one Shropshire
ram, tag on left ear. $500 re-
ward. John J. Scully.
Good quarter of Mountain
land for sale. Inquire at Botti-
neau County Bank. At
Father Andrieux arrived home
Tuesday from the twin cities
where he had been on business.
For Sale-One pure bred Hol-
stien bull, a fine getter 2 years
old. Apply to F. A. Bingham,
Gardena, N. D. 4tp.
Doc. Thompson returned Tues
day from Kansas and other
eastern points, where he has
spent the past two weeks.
Mrs. j. Mcdonald of Westhope
arrived from the cities yesterday
and will visit in Bottineau for a
few days.
E. Swayne of Williston, for
merly of this city, arrived last
Saturday to look after business
and shake hands with friends.
For Sale-1917 5 passenger
Chevrolet four automobile in
good running order. --Julius Kro-
gen, Bottineau, N. D. St.
Thor Beadle of Mohall, who
has been receiving treatment in
the city for some time past, re-
turned to his home yesterday.
Mrs. w. c.. Pepin returned on
Tuesday from near Newburg,
where she has been for some
time.
Mrs. Ruby Whitcher left to-
day for Tacoma Wash, where
she expects to spend the winter
months.
Geo. Clifford, formerly of Will
low City, is the new agent at the
Great Northern depot in this
city.
A. S. Isaason of Rugby, who
has been transacting business in
Bottineau for a few days, de-
parted Tuesday for Westhope to
visit friends.
Brown Jersey. heifer came to
my place about Nov. LIST. Own
er may have same by paying for
this ad.-Geo. R. White, Botti-
neau, N. D. ZIP
Andy Carlson is on the job
early and late helping the Board
of Health to check the spread OF
influenza by seeing that the rules
are enforced.
The ever increasing business
of the local postoffice has neces-