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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04

work. living in that awful spare room
OF those awful Chivvises-when I
think of you going from place to place
at the mercy Of such men as you're
sure to meet-when l think of you
waiting for poor Wimburn to get out
OF the poorhouse, l want to grab you
in my arms and run away with you.
1t breaks my heart to see you in dis
tress and anxiety; for want you to
have everything beautiful and cheer
full In the world. And l can get it all
for you. Let me! Let me love you
and try to make you happy. won't
your"
He had crowded nearer and he held
her fast against the door of the car.
His right hand chung to hers; his
left slid down to her waist. He drew
her toward him. staring up beseech-
ingly. He laid his cheek against her
left side like child. the big man
pleading to the little woman for
mercy.
She felt sorry for him and for her
self. She regretted that cruelty was
her one unmistakable duty. She had
no right to be kind, and charity would
be sin. She wrung her hands free
from his with slow persuasion and
shook her head pityingly.
He accepted the decision with nod,
but before she could escape from his
arm she felt that he pressed his lips
against her just above her heart. II
was as if he heG softly driven nail
into 1t. Tears famed to her eyellds
and fell on his hands as he carried
them to his bent brow. He crossed
them on the wheel and hid his face IN
them. groaning.
Daphne! Daphne"
She was more afraid of him now
than ever. All the splendors he coulu
promise her were nothing TO that prof.
fer of his longing.
While she waited in battle OF I'M
pulses. he regained self-controi VIII.
self-contempt. in general ciehca VI
resolution. II apologize he muiiip'eu'
''1'm fool to think that you cou'u
love me-"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
CHAPTER XXI,

The next day her fears of Wetherell
and of Leila were rekindled. She went
down to ask Bayard to help her trace
Clay. Bayard was out and Leila was
on the point of leaving. She was
dressed in her killingest frock and
hat and generally accoutered for con-
quest.
Aren't We grand" Daphne cried.
You look like million dollars.
Where are you off tor"
"Going for little spin"
"Who withY'
Leila hesitated moment, then
answered, with challenging def
ance: with Mr.. Wetherell. Any OBJ
jection?"
Daphne disapproved and felt afraid !;
but when Bayard came in unexpect-
eddy early and asked for Leila Daphne
lied Inevitably and said sne did not
know where she was.
She tried to be casual about it, but
Bayard caught fire at once. He was
already in state of tindery irri-
liability. and Daphne's efforts to re-
assure him as to Leila's innocence Of
any guile onl. angered him the more.
He kept leaning out of the window
and staring down into the street. FL
nally, espying Leila in Wetherelrs
car when it approached the apart
ment house. he dashed to the elevator
and met the two at the curb.
When Leila got out she was startled
to see him standing ut her elbow.
There was nothing for her to d but
make the intrOduetlonA
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
FORCING GROWTH OF PLANTS
Intelligence Of Man 10 Enabling Him
to Become Master Of Nature and
the Seasons.

BY degrees man is becoming mas
ter OF the seasons. Light and cleo
trfcity are being pressed into his serv-
ice, and he can already force on plant
growth SO rapidly that he can beat
the ordinary process Of Nature by
many weeks.
One method is to treat seed, be-
fore planting ii. with small doses Of
high-tension electricity. In 1910 trial
was made of this method near Burn
ham-on-Crouch, in Essex. England.
Spring wheat is usually sown in March
or April. On this occasion the wheat
OF which the seed had been treated
by this special process. was not sown
until July 10. 1t was up in five days.
and on September 16 was in ear. It
was reaped - weeks from the time it
was sOwn, whereas the ordinary time
for wheat to mature in that country
is Is weeks.
Another method of forcing crops is
to run a current of electricity through
overhead wires. In this way the yield
of oats and beans has been nearly dou-
bled. Experiments tried last year at
Lincluden Mains farm in Dumfrfes-
shire, were practically successful. A
third method is to use artificial light,
either electric or, better still. acety-
lene. Plants are thus made to grow
by night as well as by day. Cabbages
and lettuce are easily forced in this
way. but other plants such as carrots.
seem to resent it. Flowers bloom ear
lier under artificial light. and are more
brilliant
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
Rock That Floats.

James E. Grieve Of Prospect. Jack
son county. Ore, has formation Of
rock on his property which will float.
Mr.. Grieve claims that floating rock
Is not uncommon in his vicinity. the
supposition being that it is the rock
from the eruption when Crater lake
was formed. that body of water being
about 30 miles from his property. The
rock resembles pumice stone and
pieces of it can be seen floating around
on the ponds. Regarding this strange
rock Mr.. Grieve says:
ITO appreciate this enormous erup-
tion one should visit Crater Lake
park and the surrounding country.
which is being made more accessible
and attractive every year by extern
sive road and trail work under direc.
ton of the war department."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04

together enjoyable to q civilized doe.
Leila went into the vestibule and
watched through the glass door, ex-
pecting combat. She could not hear
Bayard saying:
"Mr. Wetherell. I'd thank you to pay
your attentions elsewhere"
"What's that?" Wetherell gasped at
the abrupt attack.
your attentions to Mrs. Kip are
very distasteful to me-"
MY dear fellow, l hope you don't
imagine for one moment that Why,
your wife is the finest little girl in
the world!"
THAT'S for me to say, not you!"
MY word this is amazingI'
ut is. indeed. It will be more than
| that if you come around again. Had
you heard that your country was at
war;"
Il had"
swell, big. strapping fellow like
you ought to be over there fighting for
his country instead of looking for
trouble here"
| Wetherelrs panic at the domestic
situation was forgotten in the attack
on his patriotism. He drew himself
up with an unconsciously military au'
tomatism and said, 81 fancy I'm doing
as much service here as 1 could dc
over there"
"More, perhaps" Bayard sneered
with contemptuous irony. But that's
your business, not mine. Mrs. Kip is
my business aud don't intend to have
her subjected to your-your atten
lions. I'm trying to be neutral. but
by Well, I've warned you. Good
day"
Bayard joined Leila in the vestibule
and they went up in the elevator to
gether. She waited till they were In
their own apartment before she de
manded an account of the converse
ton.
He told her in rage and she flew
into another. She divided her wrath
between Bayard and Daphne. There
was enough for both. Daphne triet
to escape, but. being cornered. pro
ceeded to fight back, whereupon Leils
denounced her to Bayard and told OF
her ride with Duane.
1t was right good fight and getting
well beyond the bounds of discretion
when the telephone announced thai
Clay Wimburn was calling.
Nobody imaginable would have beer
welcome in that battlefield. but Clay
seemed peculiarly i'll timed. Bayart
went to the telephone and called
down:
Tell him we're out"
"Yes, sir"
Evidently the telephone was takeE
from the hallman's hand, for Clay'i
voice roared in Bayard's ear:
Il hear you. you old villain. I know
you're in. and I'm coming up. It's q
matter of life and death. I'm on my
way up now"
1t seemed decenter that Leila and
Daphne should disappear, since Bay
ard had said that they were all out
The women retreated to Leila's room
as a good coign Of addition.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04

Bayard was reduced to philosophy.
the last resort Of the desperate {:
"Well. the vegetarians say we ought
never to eat meat, anyway. We're
poor, but, my Lord! we're in grand
company. Cook at this cartoon of
Cesare's in the Sun-Father Knicker-
booker turning his pockets inside out
and not penny in them. New York
city has to borrow money on short
time notes at high interest to pay its
own current bills.
Look at Europe. All the countries
over there were stumbling along I'M
der such debt that they wondered
how they could meet the interest on
the next pay day. And now they are
mortgaging their great-grandsons'
property to pay for shooting their
sons.
ITS the old Thirteenth Command
ment that we've all been smashing
to flinders. And, my God! what q
punishment we're all getting! And
it's only beginning"
They sat down to a pitiful meal
meatless, maidless, INTELLECTUALLY
more than the raw turnips and cold
water of Colonel Sellers. Leila
fetched what victual there was.
After the meal Bayard shrugged
into his overcoat and left without
kissing his wife or his sister goodby
Daphne and Leila went out to the
kitchen, set the dishes in the pan
and the pan under the faucet. Leila
turned on the hot water. Daphne was
glad to be at work.
There's one good thing about 6
small meal" she chirped, "it makes
less dishes to wash" Then, with a:
much trepidation as If she had beer
the accused instead of the accuser She
faltered: "Oh, say. Leila, do you re
member man named Wetherell?"
Leila dropped a plate. She said Il
was hot. But other plates had beer
hot.
"Wetherell? WetherellT' she pom
dered, aloud, with an unconvincin:
uncertainty. II believe I do remem
Der meeting somebody of that name
English. wasn't he"
very"
"Oh, yes. He was at Newport,
think. Why"
"Oh. nothing. I met him last nigh
and he thought l was you"
SLOW could he?" Leila gasped. "W,
don't look the least alike"
1T was in the dark"
I'm the dark! Good heavens
| Where?"
Already Leila had gained the wealth
er gauge. Daphne had to confess he
outing with Duane, the crash of tn
collision and the return to Yonker
in Wetherelrs car. Leila took advan
tage of the situation to interpolate:
Good heavens! How could you
You of all people! And with Ton
Duane! What would Clay think?"
Daphne knew that she had no RICH
to reproach Leila for having know
Wetherell in Newport. She had n
right even to suspect that Leila ha,
overstepped any of the bounds of Pre-
priety. And still sh& was not cor
WINGED of Leila's innoceuce. She wa
merely silenced.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
CHAPTER XIX-Continued.

"What they used to call the de-
cent thing we call indecent. You said
yourself that marriage without love
was horrible. And it is; it's all quar-
rel and nagging and deceit. If people
are faithful to each other morally
they seem to quarrel all the more.
Long ago vowed I'd never marry
and don't intend to. l don't want to
marry you. But l want your life"
"Mr. Duane! Really. this is out.
rageous."
"No, 1t isn'tl Hush and listen
honey-Miss -Daphne-whatevel
you'll let me call you. told you
was stark, starving. crazy mad about
you. When l think Of you looking for
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
By RUPERT HUCtH

AoiheTS. wen get anOtner can
there"
Wetherell came close and said
Did he say Mrs. Kip? I can't SEQ
you, but hope you are the fascinat]
ing Mrs. Kip l met at Newport. Have
you forgotten me SO soon!"
Il am Miss Kip" said Daphne.
"Oh. SO sorry! I don't mean that
either. But my Mrs. Kip was q sirenl
Leila was her first name. I called
her De-leila, you see. And she called
me Samson. She was a"
"She is my brothers wife," said
Daphne.
"Oh, you don't tell mel" Wetherell
gulped, and his abrupt silence was full
OF startling implications that alarmed
Daphne, angered Duane, and threw
| Wetherell into confusion.
Duane helped Daphne to alight from
the derelict and transferred her to
the other car, where Wetherell intro
duced them to a mass of shadow
whose name. Mrs. Bethany" meant
nothing to Daphne and everything to
Duane.
Duane arranged to have a wrecking
crew sent out to his roadster, and
chartered touring car and a chauf-
feur for the trip into New York.
He sat back with Daphne and MUIR
INJURED prayers for forgiveness be-
cause of the dangers he had carried
her into and for the things he had
said. Daphne's nerves had been
overworked. She had been rushed
from adventure to adventure of soul
and body. She had been invited to
enter a career of gorgeous sin, and
she had been swept along the edge OF
a fearful disaster.
Mrs. Chivvis met Daphne at the
door. Her recent affection had turned
again to scorn, and she glowered at
Daphne, who crept to her room in
hopeless acceptance of the role of ad.
ventures.
Tired as she was she could not
sleep. The clangor of the morning
called her to the window. A gray day
broke on a weary town. The prob
lem of debt and food and new clothes
dawned again. Everything was gray
before her.
Wisdom whispered her to take
Duane at his word and try the great
adventure. How could it bring hel
to worse confusion than she found
about her now? And then the morn
ing mail arrived and brought her q
large envelope addressed in q strange
hand. She opened it and took from i,
q sheaf of photographs.
Her fathers image a dozen times
repeated lay before her. The un
touched proofs omitted never a line
never q wrinkle. One of the picture:
looked straight at her. She recalled
that once she had stood back of the
photographer and her father hat
caught her eye and smiled just as tn,
bulb was pressed.
She made him smile like that. Wha
would his expression be when h,
learned that she had listened to rea
son." ceased to be his daughter, ant
become Tom Duane's-
She shuddered back from the wore
and the thought. She forgot both il
the JOY Of reunion with her father
All the philosophers and VISIONS ant
luxuries were answered by the logi,
of that smile.
She lifted his pictured lips to her
with filial eagerness and her tear
battered ruinously on the proof. Sh'
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
PITY the Manicurist-

OF course you have your little war
ries and moments of vexation while
going about your daily tasks. but sup
pose you had to listen to all the
dubdub and mushy talk manicurist
has to listen to while she goes about
hers f--Macon Telegraph.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
The Thirteenth Commandment
Copyright By Harper 4 Brothers

"Oh, it's you, dearr" she fiuttered
Il want you to meet Mr.. Wetherell.
Mr.. Wethereil. my husband"
"Ah, reallyw Wetherell exclaimed.
trying to conceal his uneasiness. This
is bit of luck! I've heard SO much
about you! Your wife does nothing
but sing your praises"
wont you come upT' said Bayard
bminously.
"Er-thanks-no, not today. I'm q
rifle late to an-er-appointme
"Then I'll have a word with you
here" said Bayard. run along.
Leila; I'll join you in a minute"
He said it pleasantly. but Leila was
terrified. The spectacle of rival bucks
locking horns in her dispute Is not a.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04

was satisfied to be what the jeweler
in Cleveland had called her to Clay
Wimburn-'old Yves Kip's girl"
Suddenly she remembered Weth-
erell and his messages to Leila. She
felt so renewedly virtuous herself that
it seemed her duty to go down and re-
buke Leila for her apparent philan-
dering ut Newport. She was also Gu
rious to see how guilty Leila would
receive the news that Wetherell had
asked for her.
But she found Bayard at home for
luncheon and she was neither mad nor
mean enough to confuse Leila before
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04
Remember One. Limitations.

Remember Ones limitationa
In the moral world there Is nothing
Impossible. II we put thorough WITH
to 1t. Man can do everything with
himself: but he must not attempt tn
do too much with otherA-Hulnboldt
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-04

Have Much the Same Thou0he.
A luxury is something we are apt
to think our neighbors cannot afford,
ana our neighbors are apt to think
we canuut afford Themselves.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26
MONEY SENSE.

Of course, Uncle Sam needs the
money fer this Victory Loan If he
didn't, he wouldn't have engineered
tie loan But he isn't the one who
needs the loan most
You are the one who needs to pay
the money into Uncle Sans fist
It you agree TO take the bonds, you
know from previous experience that
somehow or other you viii manage
TO pay for them And then You viii
have them The other bonds were
q good investment You arc only too
glad you have them stuck away in the
safe deposit box But you bought
those out of patriotism, pure and
simple The period Of years before
their maturity seems like lifetime
You have a feeling that they are
tucked away to give a few springhtly
touches to your old age.
But these are different Four years
is just nothing You didn't expect to
be able to build the house until then,
anyhow, Or daughter won't be ready
for college till 1922 Or along about
then you intend taking that trip
abroad or buying the good automobile
or something. Four years isn't 50
long Anyone can begin now to plan
quite reasonably for the use Of money
that VIII come in as soon as that,
and meantime. there are thrift
stamps to keep on buying to swell
The sum And the queer thing is that
you never saved much of anything
before you began to buy bonds and
stamps and now you have quite .
little nest egg and queerer than evel
you never missed the money at all.
Yes, Uncle Sam could have raised
The money some other way and still
got his debts paid But this is eating
your cake and having it, too You are
the one who wins.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26
FIUME AND DALMATiA.

What are the facts about Fiume and
Dalmatia, for the sake Of which Italy
has seemed willing to defy the allies
and wreck the peace settlement?
The city Of Fiume proper is pro
dominantIy Italian Its population is
officially given as consisting Of 1860
Slavs and 24,200 Italians. II is. as
these figures show, a small city BIT
this census ignores the industrial sub
urb Of sussak, across q narrow river
as much a part Of f'iume as cam
bridge is Of Boston It has 1890
SlaNs to 800 Italians. Other out
lying territory viii naturally go along
with Fiume when the boundaries are
drawn is so overwhelmingly SIav tina.
the demand for Fiume amounts to a
demand for the anuextion OF 10000
Slays to 10000 Italians. Raciallr.
therefore, the Italian claim is not at
all convincing.
The legal claim IS no more couYnC-
ing Fiume was not promised to italy
even In the secret treaty with Britain
France ard Russia Of which so mucd
has been made IL was promised to
Croatia which is now a part Of the
new Jugoslay nation
The legal claim to Balmatia is some,
what better, based on this treaty:
Italy was promised certain Islands
and parts Of the Dalmatian coast Her
recent demands, however. have been
fer all Dalmatia. the whole eastern
de Of the Adriatic with all the
islands, coast and much OF the hinteI-
land
In that area, according to official
, figures, there are less than 1900
Italians and Ell GOO Saws. 1t is clear
enough where the principle Of self
determination OF peoples" would leave
Italy in this case
As matter of fact. the Italian
claim to Fiume and Dllmatia has yer,
little to DO with the "irredontist'
movement tor which She entered the
war They are largely an after
thought. She wants Fiuma chiefly a.
a means Of controlling the foreign
commerce to the northeast OF the
Adriatic. 1t would help her in The
commercial exploitation Of Jugo
slayia. Bohemia and Hungary She
wants Dalmatia ostoosibly for STRAIT
egic reasons. Just why Italy feels il
necessary to have THAT defense is moi
clear A few naval bases scatterea
along the coast would apparently giyt
her all The protection size needs TX
perts have shown that the Dalmatiar
coast as a whole would be source
Of weakness rather than strength Il
italy, because she cannot defend it
And there is no question of the mora
right OF JugoalaYia-the union q
Serbia and other south Slay nations
10 this territory whether racially
commercially or srategically.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26
THE BEER CLINIC.

At what point does an alcoholic
beverage begin to be Intoxicating?
The controversy continues without
any conclusive results. A test car,
ried out in Newark, ~ j., however,
Is of more than passing interest.
The Newark health department un-
dertook to solve this vexing question
with special relation to the decision
of New Jersey brewers to manufac-
ture beer containing az per cent al
cohol regardless Of tile federal law
Or. Charles A. Rosewater, repre-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

sentative OF the health department
CONNECTED what some irreverent OBJ
servers called o "beer clinic" He as
sembled ten men i'm a restaurant and
proceeded to administer "a per cen.
beer to them, carefully observing the
results. The men are said TO have
drunk ten seijels apiece without ez-
hibiting any convincing symptoms Of
intoxicadoU Or. Bosowater there
fore concluded that pa per cent beer
is Misunderstanding
Some people Will question the ac-
curacy OF his conclusions They viii
want to know whether The beer squad
employed for the purpose consisted
of normal citizens Perhaps they
may fairly raise the question whether
any man capable Of mbibing Ten sci.
del9-p presumably about ten piuts-
Of beer at one sitting is not So thor.
oughly seasoned Alphabetically tha.
his symptoms are undergraduates. Aud
yet. if ANYBODY can absorb that much
liquor withou. staggering or seems
double or acting foolish or losing the
power Of articulation, surely there is
not much harm in a moderate guam
tity even for the most sensitive tip
pier.
1t might be well TO carry our the
test on a wider scale There would
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

Occasionally a girl remains in the
spinstcr class because She is true to
her first loye-herseI.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

A bunch OF women don't seem to be
having a very good time unless three
Of four are talking at once.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

TRY THE FREE TRADERJOURNAL
FOX QUICK RESULTS
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

If you will take the trouble to in
vcsticate you viii discover that popu-
lar men agree with YOU
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

The average married woman has
two dispositions One she eNhla.ts in
public and The other she uses 1T
home.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

It's difficult to convince a woman
that gambling is wrong if her h.s-
band keeps ahead OF the same.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26

CLASSIFIED RATES viii be found In
classified column.