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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

not by the circumstances of life, which may be temporary, but by that gulf of mind and soul which is too often per manent and eternal.
 People said black things about them. which were usually true. Their kind est friends said nothing, but it was be- cause they dared not to speak.
 It was the old story-he had sought and won gold, and neglected the wo- man
 When the success of his rash specu- lations was assured, when his pile was made, he had tried to win his way back to the woman's heart, only to find that it had slipped-sHpped involuntarily and almost inevitably-into the keep ing of another.
 On this side of the veil one canno@ explain such things. They simply happen.
 Walter was dressing for dinner. He dined out most nights, sometimes alone, sometimes in company. The deadly solitude of that wife-deseTted fiat he rarely faced in the evenings.
 Tonight he dressed leisurely, because he expected to be alone. As he fasten- ed his waistcoat he noticed that he was growing stouter. Success was writing itself upon him in a way that he would not have preferred. He must do some thing-play golf, perhaps-to reduce his weight.
 He did not suffer himself to think of his wife at all now. Everybody must recognize that he had tried to draw her into the heart of his success, and had dismally failed.
 Acting upon his instructions. his bankers made quarterly payments to Greta per Greta's solicitors. She was now to him nothing more than an entry in Q passbOOk.
 The telephone bell Rt his elbow rang He wiped the father from his face and lifted the receiver.
 "Hullo! Who's that?"
 "Muriel. Is that you. Walter7'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

Mrs. Stevens paused sympathetical- ly. Mercy! After all you've spent on them, too! Didn' that last oculist help you any?"
 Not in the least. Tn fact, I think my eyes are a little worse than they were before I went to him. It is most discouraging."
 ''I should say so. My sister-in-law has been having a good deal of trouble that way, but she is cured now"
 Whom did she go to?" inquired An gelica, with the eagerness of fresh hope.
 Let me BOO" Mrs. Stevens set her rather stupid brain to work. Some body in New York. Very famous there l believe. I know it cost her lot"
 But if he cured her!" Angelica sighed.
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A Glimpse Of The Old Light

"of course it's I. Whom else did you expect?"
 70, thought it might be that man of yours. I say. honey, want to have a good talk with you"
 All righti Talk on, old grill"
 Not over the telephone, stupid, I'm speaking at a call office. Are you en- gagged tonight?"
 "No!"
 "Then let's dine out together" ''Very wel1i Nhere?"
 ''Misani's."
 He winced.
 I'm not very keen on Misani's. Muriel."
 But 1 am"
 "All right then. What timer"
 Seven" A pause.
 Are you there? Are you there?"
 He was talking to vacancy. The girl at the telephone had switched off the connection. Walter mildly swore.
 He put up the receiver and waited. There was no further ringing; doubt less Muriel was under the impression that he had heard all she had to say.
 That something bearing on the time of meeting came after the word "sev- en" he was nearly sure, but whether it was T:15, 7:30 Of 7:45, he could not say. He could only be on the safe side by getting to Misani's by or shortly after.
 He finished dressing with some irri- tation. Somehow he did not want to meet Muriel tonight Things were drifting between them-whither? Since Greta had left him he had kept from intimate association with any woman.
 Without doubt, though, Muriel had touched soft place in his heart. She was tender, affectionate, clinging-just the kind of woman that often causes c man to lose his head.
 And Walter was not so sure of Him self as formerly. She was fed up with the good things of life, and aslsxcon- sequence the moral fbers were little relaxed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

morrow. We must do it on the next day"
 Vivid disappointment showed in her face. Had his expression of regret not been so burningly sincere she would have been dissolved in tears.
 One day a woman Is not IS good as another. Why had he married her on the 30th of June last year if they were not to make that day one of annual celebration?
 You see, Greta, I got special leave to be away last year, and I hadn't quite so important a position then"
 She still pouted, but there were signs that she was yielding.
 well, I do think you might have thought a little about the future"
 "I should, admit it. I should have barred the 30th of June like the plague I ought to have remembered that we should never be able to keep that evening as it should be kept. But why should we be troubled by what is, after all. only an arbitrary date fin the callendar? Let's call the 1st of July our anniversary day and keep it ac- cordingly."
 Every year, Walter?"
 Every year, if God spares us."
 Her eyes shOne with pleasure.
 "Well make 1t a tradition? We'll never depart from it, W'alter?"
 Never! Now where shall it be? Where shall we go?"
 Somewhere not too expensive, re- member, dear"
 "Yet nicel Shall we say Misani's, Greta? A private room where we shall not be gazed at by the crowd?"
 That would be splendid"
 "Misani's it shall be, then. Why, we shall see MisanPs declaring an extra dividend on the strength of its two annual customers"
 It was only four years later, but for two of them Walter and Greta Sted- man had been separated. Separated
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

but why upon hers?
 Tomorrow" he asked, blankIy.
 "Yes. dear! Don't you remember? It's the first anniversary of our we'd ding day"
 He vowed that the thing had escaped from him-which was the truth-and strained her vehemently to his arms.
 My darling, how could l have been so forgetful? And what would my pet like for a present."
 She said-what, of course, she did not mean-that anything would do Jewelry was naturally out of the ques- tion; they could not afford it. A foun- tain pen would be very useful or a lace handkerchief very ornamental She was quite sure that she might leave the choice with him.
 And then, of course, Walter, you'll take me somewhere tomorrow evening All married couples dine out on their first anniversary-if never again. I don't mean very expensive dinner but we'll go to restaurant where we can get a private room, and-v hy. dear, what's the matter? You approve, don't your"
 T approve. only it's impossible"
 ~Why?"
 Don't you remember. Greta, that to- morrow is the 3Oth of June-the last day of the half year?"
 What happens then?"
 I've strike the balance at the bank. We're almost all there until II or 2 at fight. It's quite impossible for us to .lebrate our wedding anniversary to-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27
By Will Seaton

with unshed tears, were trying 10 ex- press perhaps he was clever enough then to know she loved him suddenly. and grandly.
 "If you ever want me. then, you'll have to send for me yourself" He went heavily and the door slammed to behind him.
 She had a moment of self-accusing despair. and then the door opened and he came nervously back. Do you love me-" he said so very gently.
 "Oh. you know it." said tha airen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

hoarse appeal in a mans voice, but never as now joined to such snearing scorn. and never before had she an swayed to 1t. Answer me-" he said. Now that you've got me at your feet, wheFe you wanted me, as you want ev- eIyouA else, will you marry meT
 T don't love you" said the siren. with Q choking in her throat and a new ache in her heart
 Perhaps the unobserving doctor. who had seemed so imperturbable, was the man to interpret the new language that the pained gray eyes. dark now
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

way over mems barred hearts ever since her early teens,
 So, then, when the dignined young doctor. with the green eyes and rum pied hair and the propensity for for getting to shave, who had room on tho floor below her, failed to sec her at all, Dora ct last was piqued. It was really outrs goous, she decided, that such Q clever ugly young man should be so utterly indifferent 10 such 0 clev- CT, beautiful young iedy.
 6ha oonhded this yexatioa to her chum Marion as the latter sat on her
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

another striking gown to add to her wardrobe, and incidentally to her chances of making an impression"
 For two weeks, at Mrs. Rents, the landlady's, bi-weekly dances, at church. in the boarding-house parlor, Dora exhibited herself in filmy, cling ing, revealing gowns, more daring than her fellow boarders had thought even she would affect,
 The night after the dance-in the tastefuily simple boarding-house par 'T-the fire leaping in the open grate. and Dora sitting with folded hands
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himself.
 Maggie. his slender and dark young wife, watched him anxiously from the window, In terror she at last darted forth and caught him by the arm. Let ms steady you, Gus" she entreated.
 He shook off her hands with a glow ering look from bis jaundiced black eyes. Any reference to Li. age or hers angered him. You go back in the house and mind your business" he growled.
 AnI Maggie went. because she was an old-fashioned wife, who believed 1t to be her sole duty to obey that su- nerior animal, her husband
 With great relief she saw him enter
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

before it, the door opened and a pallid young man came in. He looked as though he needed sleep. almost owl like in fact. Are you alone?" he said.
 She said, Yes" And the word seemed somehow a warning to keep away.
 He came very near, till he looked directly down upon her. How severe he isl" she thought
 T want you-for my wife," and his face went even paler. '.
 She was pale now. It was not the first time she had heard that note of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27
The Only Way Out Of 1t

bed and became initiated into the treat mont of the aforementioned sunrise complexion.
 "ITl wager" said she, that you can't make an impression on Green Eyes"
 What will you bet?" said Dora, in a voice much muffled by hairpins,
 Dora had never yet refused to take Q dare, So she saids Its 6 go," as she would have been expected to say,
 So 1t was interesting, but not sur- prising, to Marion when skn made 6 hasty trip to town and came back with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

NGELICA P A c F, coming out of Jor- dan's on a full spring morning. ran against Mrs. Ste. vens, who was just going in. Angelica apolOgiZed. You know. I can hardly see anything, my nYns are SD had .
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

HEN A u g u 8 tu S Todd went to gath CT the eggs that morning he found the earth coated
 with ice. Augustus went 8 h Il fflin g along. hanging first to the clothesline. and then to a pole. and grumbling to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

ORA had a light
 ness of heart which
 nothing had ever worried, and at the same time the dis position to worry everyone elso, espo- cially of the oppo- site sex. And sho had checks tho rose-color of tho
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

sky at sunrise, pale auburn Eair and solemn gray eyes. and all those things had enabled her to romp her breezy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27

AVE you forgotten, Walter, tomorrow ?"
 She asked 1t shy ly as she helped him on with his ovcrcoat.
 He started. The morrow was al- ready impressed upon his mind as one of grim work,
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It was only four years later, but for two of them Walter and Greta Sted- man had been separated Separated
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01
NEM CARLISLE.

nov. IS.
The funeral Of Mrs Anna Benner.
wife OF Alfred Bonner. was held
"Wednesday az . o'clock at the Meth
odist church. Burial was I'm the
New Carlisle cemetery. Mrs. Ben
ner passed away Sunday evening at
$50 O'Clock at Holy Family hospital
LapOrte. She is survived by her hus-
band. her mother. Mrs. stockton. two
sisters and three brothers.
The funeral OF Mrs. George RAY.
who passed away Monday morning
81 the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Richard SwarS was held Friday at
tho Christian church Burial was in
tho New Carlisle cemetery. Mrs.
Ray is survived los three daughters
and one son
AFR. and AIS. prank Maus and
Daughter. El'vor of Gary were
guests Misunderstanding oI AIR and Mrs.
:. u. King
Mr. aad Mrs Edward Dautelson
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01
SMALLER TRUCK
UNITS FAVORED
Statistics of Sales During
Last Quarter of 1919 Indi-
cate Trend of Buying.

That the modern tendency among
motor truck users IS towards small
CT units is indicated by the truck
salee for the third-quarter Of 1919
a. compiled 6y the Eajiona. Auto
mobile chamber OF commerce OF
the 1900 trucks made and sold by
nleInbcrs of the chamber which in
clIGcs an the big MAKERS except
Ford lover 10000 were rated at p
tor OF smaller Less ban half that
number were tom or ovrg.
There were more o. tae e tor
typo MADE and sold than any other.
This type took The lead in the race
fer popularity with g.758 vehicles
placed in the bands Of owners dur
INK the three months. OF This number
Der 4.425 were REQ speed Wagons.
which means that REQ sold almost
as many ass all the other makers
OF this class combined.
speed certainly meets present day
needs, says r. H. Akers, sales man
agcr OF the REQ Motor Car Co. in
light trucks in general and speed
WAGONS in particular. when Mr..
II. r. Thomas, chief engineer OF
this company, first designed the
speed wagon more than five years
AGO. with It's high speed. pneumatic
tires and electric lights and starter,
the truck users were most skeptical.
They favored slower. heavier trucks.
But now il seems impossible 70
make anywhere nearly enough light
trucks 20 meet the demand We
have placed over $4,000 OF this sin
gle model in the hands Of owners
and many other makers have swung
into this field
Since the third quarter of the
year. when Rco produced As per
cent OF the trucks i'm the at-tOn
class. we have greatly increased our
truck production. Yet with this pro-
auction and winter upon us we are
still far behind the demand"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01

entertained with a family dinner
Thanksgiving day.
a community meeting was held
Wednesday evening at the high
school auditorium
Mr.. and Mrs. James Garoutte OF
Denver. Col. are guests OF Mrs.
Olive Garoutte.
Mr. and Mrs. ". J. Smoth enter
tanned with a Thanksgiving dinner
Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. McCaully entertain
ed the Delta Beta Phi sorority and
their husbands at a wild goose din
ner. Monday evening.
Mr. ard Mrs. Charles Hall and
children of Philadelphia, Pa. were
recent guests Of the formers broth
or. Or. II NJ. Hal and family.
Mr.. and Mrs w. A Coleman were
guests Of their daughter Mrs. L. VI.
Bruch Of South Bend, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. y. Miller enter
tanned with a family dinner Thanks
giving.
The ladies Of the Christian church
viii hold a Christmas bazaar Satur-
day Dec -.
Mr. and Mrs. W A Reinhard OF
Lansing. Mich. were Thanksgiving
guests Of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs f. z. Woo'man.
Mrs. Alice Wykoff will entertain
the ladies OF the Home Charity circle
next Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner OF Adrian,
Mich. are guests Of the latter's sis
ter. Mrs. John Emery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Lauver Of
South Bend were Thanksgiving
guests OF New Carlisle relatives.
Mrs. Joseph Carr is visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Webster OF
Aristas. Ind.
Invitations have been issued by
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ L. Brummitt for the
double wedding at their home. Of
their daughter, Miss Helen Brum-
mitt who will become the bride Of
William J. Hooten, son OF oscar
Hooten, and Of their son. Loren
Brummitt, who will wed Miss Edith
Miller. daughter OF r. n. Miller. The
ceremony will take place at o'clock
Saturday, Dec. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Van Dusen
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Bennitt and daughter. Vera, and
Rev. Youtiss of Middleton, Mich, at
dinner. Thursday.
New Carlisle sanitarium, the home
OF the miracle man" continues to
be the mecca Of the halt. the lame,
and the afflicted Of all descriptions.
from everywhere.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01
Gard of Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs +. 0. Neithardt and
family wish to express their thanks
and deep appreciation TO the many
friends and relatives for all the
sympathy and many kindnesses and
floral offerings received during the
illness and death OF their beloved
daughter and sister Florence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01
VERY NICE. TOO

Father: You're late again, Mar
ion. This won't do, you know. You
must tell that young man OF yours
that late hours are bad for one.
Marion: All right, dad. But
they are splendid for two.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01

This SaIe-one Of the Most Important of our entire
yearenables every outfit herself In up-todate
New York wearing apparel for the holidays wonderful
savings Each year Our December Sale has been one of
the most popular and best patronzed We have made
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01

traordnary preparations for it this year Women win be
able to buy from almost complete stocks of the high
grade merchandise Our usual large stock has been
augmented by latest New York wearing apparel pur-
chased at reduced prices especially for this sale.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-23
DOVER MERCHANT is OUT $50.
John Hartnet Wakes Up tOFind His
Savings Gone.

Charging Nick Piero, an Italian,
who has been conducting a barber
shop at Dover, with robbing him of
$50 on Tuesday evening, after giving
him a drink of whiskey. John Hart
nett, proprietor of small cigar store
two doors below the barber shop, had
a warrant issued and Piero was ar
rested when he landed in Philadelphia
Wednesday morning. The Philadel-
phia authorities wired State Depart
ment Hurd that they had Piero in Gus
tody awaiting the arrival of Delaware
authorities. According to Hartnett's
statement, Piero, who had been away
from Dover day, came back Tues
day evening, and going to Hartnett's s
place of business asked him to take a
drink, which Hartnett did. Hartnett
asked Piero afterwards to shave him,
which Piero consented to do. What
followed Hartnett is at a loss to
know, other than on waking up after
several hours, missed $50 of his saw
ings.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-23
ALLEGE SOME DEFECTS IN
OUR STATE GOVERNMENT
c. C. MOXEY, EXPERT DECLARES
WE HAVE TOO MANY HEADS
Recommends That Nine Departments
Be Substituted For the III Now
Managing the States Business.


Managing the States Business.
Chester C. Maxey, expert of the
New York Municipal Research Bureau,
who assisted in making the survey of
the State, county and municipal gov
ernments of Delaware last fall, gave
another lecture before the students
of the Summer School in Wolf Hall,
Wednesday afternoon, in which he
told of many alleged DEFICIENCIES in the
local government. Among other
things, he said, the State is still is
suing bonds to refund bonds issued
in 1865, and that the State is suffer-
ing a deficiency of $115,000 in its
sinking fund. He pointed out that
whatever ineficiency and corruption
may exist here is due to the complex
ity of the State organization, which
must be simplified if we are to be
leaders among the States of this
Union. He deplored the conditions
now existing in the State Health De-
partment, criticising not the laws in
tended to safeguard the public health,
but the looseness with which they are
enforced. "The United States Census
Bureau" said he, "Wouldnt even ac-
cept our vital statistics" In the field
of agriculture, too, he said, that with
all our wealth and fertility of the soil
we are a back number. This, he
pointed out, is due to the lack of one
responsible department for each es-
sential field Of State government.
Too Many Independent Agencies
eve have 1T separate and indie
pendent governing agencies in this
State" which, as he put it, are "criss-
crossing" and Oftentimes overlapping
each others functions. Due to the
lack of responsible and responsive
government agencies, we have inefti-
cheney and negligence of duty. In
one of the State Offices, Mr.. MaXey
said, the Officeholder drawing $500
a year comes to his office once every
ten days, while a clerk does the work
for 81 POO a year. In another case
an officeholder never came into the
office for six months in succession.
These and other evils, according to
Mr.. Maxey, inherent in the very or
ganization of the State government
more than in the individual trying to
run the State, can be remedied only
by the institution of fewer depart
ments with heads responsible to the
governor.
Eyes of People on the Governor.
Mr.. Maxey recommended that nine
departments be substituted for the
lit now endeavoring to manage the
States business. "The eyes of the
people," he said, care on the governor
of State, and it is he whom the peo-
pie ought to hold responsible for the
management of the State and for the
placing of competent men at heads OF
the various departments, instead OF
the multiplicity of elective officers
too numerous to be watched, anC
Smyrna times., 1919-07-23

Performance of contract shall commence
within ten Q0) days after execution of the
contract and be completed or before Dec
ember 81, 1919.
Monthly payments will be made for 80 per
cent. of the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
surety bond. certified check. or money to the
amount of at least ten (l0) percentum of the
total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked: Proposal for the Construction
of a State Highway under Contract No 49,"
The contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Detailed plans may be seen, and index plans
and specifications may be obtained upon de
post of $4,000 ten dollars which amount Will
be refunded upon return of plans and speclh-
cations in good condition. at the Office OF
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
DOVER. DELAWARE.
Chas M. Upham, Chief Engineer.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-23
THE STATE OF DELAWARE

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department at its office, Dover,
Delaware, until two (2) o'clock P. M, August
6, 1919, and at that place and time publicly
opened. for the construction of POI miles of
State Highway Cement Concrete Roadway in
New Castle county, Delaware, and known as
Concord Pike, involving the following ap-
prOXimate quantities:
CONTRACT NO. 10
IL, 300 Gu. yds. Excavation
200 Gu. yds. Borrow
200 Gu. yds. Rock Excavation
80 Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete
10 Gu. yds. Glass Concrete
1,500 pounds Reinforcement
$50 lin. it. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
102 lin. ft. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
12O lin. it. "a in Reinf Concrete Pipe
"a Bounds
100 tons Stone for Macadam
1900 Gu. yds. Screening
$3.50 yds. Cement Concrete Roadway
rs Joints
Smyrna times., 1919-07-23

therefore out of control of the peo-
ple." The lecture closed the series of
three on the Delaware survey.
Smyrna times., 1919-07-23

Bids may be submitted for Contracts No
16 and No. II separately or combined.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-30

foregone conclusion
that
OF the these broad in Harrisburg