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please remember we are no longer en-
gagged" she remarked icily.
For one dignified moment Kenneth re-
lspsed into silence. but when he saw
her preparing to start he earnestly pro-
tested again.
For heavens sake, Betty. come with
me. That boat will never get you to
Rocky Point and the wind is getting
worse every minute. Even II you do
succeed in reaching the shore you'll be
,drenched with rain and wet to the skin"
Elizabeth listened in stony silence,
and then. paddle in hand climbed into
her own canoe. She cleared the rock,
gained short distance, and in another
moment the canoe overturned as II up.
set by giant hand For bitter mo-
ment she struggled frantically in the
water, and then a firm hand gripped her
rudely by the arm, shook her into sub
mission, and she felt herself being pro.
PEELED swiftly back to the rock
Fear. anger and humiliation struggled
for supremacy, and she burst into tears.
The wind now blew into great gusts
and the lightning flashed with frightful
wildness. The storm was upon them I'm
deadly earnest.
Kenneth for while left her entirely
to herself, drawing their canoes high
onto the rock and busying himself about
the tiny place. He neither looked at
her nor spoke to her, maintaining a si-
lence as absolute as II he were alone.
A wildly glaring burst Of flame crossed
the heavens. Elizabeth shranlk in fright.
Kenneth" she murmured hardly
knowing that she was calling him. He
paid no attention. Another flash and a
crash of thunder overhead brought her
to her knees
Kenneth" she cried wildly. "oh,
Kenneth. I'm so frightened |"
I'm here IL you want me-" Kenneth
answered coolly. and she stopped,
amazed He had always been the one
to coax, to beg and to plead. Even the
terrors of the storm could not check her
establishment.
Another wild burst drove away the
surprise.
"Oh, Ken, dear" she cried, "won't
you please come here? I'm 30 fright
ened {"
He came to her side quickly and held
out his arms. g4
"If We die, well die together" she
sobbed as she crept into them, "and IN,
never do another thing you don't want
me to-"
He held her until the storm had
passed. the sun came out and the lake
quieted into repose. Then. fastening her
canoe to his own. they started home.
ward. For a while 1t required all his
strength to hold the course. but soon
they came to calmer waters and he
slanced at her smiling. Wet and bedrag-
gled. soft curls clustering about her face,
pale from her recent fright, mischief
still cleaned in her dark eyes.
Ken, dear" she said softly, "you
made me go in your canoe after all.
but. anyway. ] wanted to all the time"
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in the green coverts like snowy-garbed
dryads peeping timidly.
Further on. at a wayside spring. he
stopped and lifted up to her a draught
OF sweet water in n bark cup. and
when he shared his food with her
from his little, round wooden bucket
she ate with the appetite Of youth.
There was chicken laid between thick
slices Of cool, moist bread-breast of
chicken as white as the bread. There
were nut.cakes; there were crinkled
cookies with caraway seed sprinkled
among flakes OF sugar on their tops.
"Ah, l have the good friends here
and there who pack my little bucket
when l ride away in the morning."
he said. at is good to live in the
world with many friends. Perhaps I
do very little TO earn the good things,
they give me- but they are poor folks,
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Author OF "Kins Spruce" "The Ram
rodders." "The Skipper and the
Skipped" etc.

then felt comforted by the trees
which seemed to march into the way
by which they had come, closing ranks
after her like sentinels who guarded
her flight. II was not leaving home
-Beaulieu's Place had never been her
home.
Every now and then she felt the
yearning OF a girl who was homeless,
and she was frightened. But Vetal
Beaulieu in all the years of her girl
hood had left her in the hands Of
others; and love for a parent does not
wax and grow great without the food
Of association and affection on which
to feed. When she thought Of Vetal
Beaulieu's traffic and his determine.
ton to persist in It, when she remem.
bered the insolence Of Dave Roi and
his leering love-making, the tears left
her eyes, and she turned her face to
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suffused with bushes, she understood
the old-fashioned Acadian stock too
we'll to take umbrage at this eXtrava-
CANT compliment.
ITO you l offer it all--and to you
offer the hospitality of the homes
of my friends--for they would be very
angry with me If did not speak
now in their names to a girl who
needs the hand-clasp and the kind
words. You shall have those words
from my friends-the poor people-as
we travel on. I will take you to the
big school. ! shall thank you for
your company on the way. Your
hand, Mam'selle!"
She extended her trembling little
hand, and he helped her to the seat
OF the blackboard.
IF we go slow you will be patient.
eh?" he asked, smiling at her.
She answered him incoherently, for
tears were streaming down her cheeks,
and she was sobbing.
I'VE shall not worry any more" he
said. soothingly. IF we go slow we
shall not worry. No harm will come
to us, for all the poor folks are friends
of Anaxagoras Billedeau, and you
shall find that they will be friends
to you. And We shall come safely to
the big school at last"
After a time her tears ceased-they
had been. tears of gratitude-tears of
! relief rather than of sorrow. She
listened gratefully TO the old mans
chattering.
Their way took them through a
forest where cool vistas of beech and
maple stretched away to right and
left and where white birches lurked
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doin, you shall have my old horse
for your barn. I will stay with the
good Cotes. For there is the fine
floor for the dance"
He came down from the blackboard.
But there" he said. indicating the
blushing girl, "is the guest who will
make the house bright wherever she
| may 60"
Half a dozen gaily shouted invita-.
tions. Grizzled farmers smiled on her
and took Off their hats. Youths
grinned shyly at her. Girls came
pressing forward.
She shall go with Elisiane Beau
pre-" announced Billedeau, and they
accepted his dictum with good-humor.
Their smiles showed that they en-
joyed his jovial tyranny. you shall
take her home, Elisiane. She is Evan.
geline Beaulieu. who is going for to
be teacher in the big school in the
north; and she travels with Anaxa.
goras Billedeau, for he cam show her
along the way so many fine scholars
who will follow her to that good
school,"
1t was introduction, explanation, al
in one. 1t was tactful; it was COM
prehensive. They took her to them
selves. A pretty girl slid her arm
about Evangelines waist and drew
her away. There were no questions
no suspicious oglings. Other girls
came laughing behind.
You shall all come with gay rib.
bons to the dance tonight" the old
fiddler called after them. Il shall
make tho grand music"
There were many children in the
Beaupre family. The little cottage
was full of laughter. They crowded
about the table when the supper was
set forth. But, though the laughter
was loud and the jests frequent, the
lonely girl received the constant cour.
tesy due to the honored guest. TIL,
buoyancy of the Acadian nature was
in her soul. She revived as flower
revives when kissed by the sun and
bathed with dew The jollity was the
sunshine; the supplemented hospital
ity the dew.
The trammels Of convent school
did not brood over that board. The
woes that beset her could not live in
that atmosphere. Sometimes the tears
were very close to the smiling eyes
for this was a real home, and she,
poor waif, had none then.
SrnHnDDnUN
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BRUNO DUKE

Since then he has guided me, advised
me. helped me till now I am getting TO
the point whero he tells me that I am
Of real help to him.
or course. everybody knows what
genius Bruno Duke is; more concerns
owe their present prosperity to him than
the world realizes; yet one has to be
Intimately acquainted with him, as I
have been for two years, to appreciate
his remarkable analytical gift and his
ability to see clear through problem to
its solution.
Some OF his cases will seem very
simple after one has had his solution.
AS Bruno Duke told me, when ex-
claimed at the simplicity of the problem
of the returned furniture:
Very many business men are at a
constant loss because of something
radically wrong with their business, but
do not know where or what 1t is Con-
sequently. they look in the wrong place
for the trouble and try to doctor COM
plant that isn't there"
I remember well the evening that
Martin Hazelbrook called on Bruno
Duke. 1t was around Christmas time
and we expected to be free of work
till the new year.
Hazelbrook had written from Row.
caster, New York. that he was making a
special trip to New York to see Duke
and get his help on matter that had
been bothering him for a long time.
As he had omitted to say when he was
coming, Duke had written that morning
asking him to state just when he would
arrive, so as to avoid a clash of dates.
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and they have not many things to
be gay about-and the music makes
them gay. So l play plenty of music
for them. night or day."
ITO make folks happy-to make
folks forget their troubles, that is
worth while. and you deserve the good
things they give YOU" she said. She
was thinking bitterly Of the traffic Of
Beaulieus Place.
Many think no good at all Of a
man unless he do something to make
much money, Mam'se
81 know a man who boasts about
how much money he has, but it is
money that would burn the hands Of
an honest man" She was thinking
then Of David Roi.
"Ah, so I go on through the good
country, from st. Croix to the north,
and hope I do right If I keep the
poor people happy" he told her.
Maybe old Billedeau is needed for
something"
He leaned back and sang, beating
time with his palm upon his dusty
knee:
Quand on est 81 bien ensemble,
Bon soir mes amis, bon soir.
! Devrait on jamais Sc laisser,
Bon soir, mes amis. bon scir,
Bon-soir
! The old horse plodded with swaying
head and Tapping ears. Through
chickering's and patches of light
under the shade OF the big trees
they went on. They seemed to have
the woods to themselves that. after
noon. Their progress was slow, but
mile after mile was notched off behind
them by the windings Of the road.
The girl. looking behind now and
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THE RED LANE By s.n.s.. %o..1s y. y. H@1 s.s.,

1T is not that--it is not as you
think, Mam'selle. I have talked too
much. II is my fault gossip and l
talk. oh. they will be glad to see
you come with me--the poor people
will be glad to see you come. For
the poor people are not like the rich
people. The doors are open, and they
do not make excuses. So have been
wrong in making excuses to you"
He climbed down from his buck.
boards seat. He stood before her, old
hat in his hand
81 forgot politeness in making my
excuses, Mam'sele. l have talked
too much about my poor wagon, my
slow horse. and the long road to the
north. l think must have talked
that way because you deserve the
very grand chariot of a queen"
He bowed and, though her face was
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the front. And when she gazed that
way. though she strove with maidenly
modesty to put it from her thoughts,
she saw the face of the young officer
to whom her hands had ministered
that morning.
So Jared Evangeline Beaulieu,
homeless and penniless, into the north
country. her squire an old fiddler as
homeless as she-but a smile lighted
his face, he lifted gay songs, and the
cheer Of his companionship soothed
her fears.
They came out of the forest at last.
There were fields. and a few little
houses were dotted along the road.
Children came running to meet
them when they were near the first
house. They leaped and shouted, did
these couriers, pointing behind them
toward their elders who stood waiting
In the road.
Come to our house, M'ser Billie
deau!" screamed the children. They
cried their names. They came crowd
ing around the slow-moving buck.
board. TT is to our house you must
come with your fiddle. Pere, mere
they say so'
"Ah. the good friends" said the old
man, smiling pm his wistful charge
at his side. you see, Mam'selle, !
have told you the truth about my
good friends"
Men who were gerbed in fuzzy gray.
women whose black eyes beamed
greeting, met them at the roadside.
The old fiddler pulled his horse to
halt and stood up and shouted his
salutations.
I'VE shall divide. You, Felix Bour-
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EPISODE
THE PROBLEM OF THE RETURNED
FURNITURE
CHAPTER I

TWO years of such intimate acquain int
l. ance as have been fortunate enough
to have with Bruno Duke have naturally
had their effect upon me.
I look back to that day when I first
visited his unusual rooms in Seventy
seventh street-rooms which have been
my home ever since-and remember the
kindly manner in which he offered me a
position as his assistant. remember
how as I left him that morning, he
casually gave me book on English
with the comment that careful study OF
1t would help my manner Of talking and
writing.
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AUTHORS INTRODUCTION

Peter FHnf'-the narrator OF the
business episodes Of the sertos--hds
Lor roo years acted as confident aud
ncfper OF Bruno Duke. He secttres
ms hero's permission TO recount some
oi the experiences they haze shared IN
the performance Of their most interest
in0 toork Of soivino business prob
lens
While these experiences are offered
as fiction, the author assures hts read
ers that underlying oil Of the solutions
erected by Bruno Duke Is solid
structure OF fact. So far as the
authors ability permits. scientific bust
ness principles are applied In solvinO
the many and pdried problems pro-
pounded-probiems Uhich are more or
less common IN the line Of business to
tUhich thev are attributed.
II Is the hope Of the author that not
only tpiN readers Of this newspaper
be entertained BY these espisodes, but
that the business ideas suggested t0iH
prove Of dollars and cents udlue to
them.
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THE STORY THIS EAR

Or the Maine Canadian border. on the
ot yos., ss%,ufe,srs E.sn;. Known rssI. as The RsS sS
eystensticsIly breaks the liquor fsw.
SvedInE capture by running his portable
- from one country tn the other. his
4nsshter. educayed In . convent. returns
nome unexpectedly, and the return proves
fathers business; she disapproyer Of her
father's choice Of q sband for her.
Qayid Rol. q smugEler. and arouses Rolls
toaloue anger by showing interest In
Alorfch, an American customs officer.
wounded In an effort to arrest some Of
30i's drivers smuxElinr sheep across the
border. Eyangeline leaves home penniless
end meets on the road Anaxagoras Billie
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They started ahead. but as they went
along Peggy couldn't help feeling that
the howls did mean something and she
felt. too. that Billy knew that they
meant something.
After while they came TO a place
where the trees seemed thicker than
they had been.
I'VE are alongside the woods Of Bird
land" declared Billy, but it's Sc dark
I don't believe we shall be able to find
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In this space Mr.. Whitehead ,oiu an
steer readers business questions on bun.
ing. selling, advertising and employment.
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THE ZERO HOUR

When you wake up
Bitter is the taste
OF Fortunes cup. -
Wealth is but a trifie;
Rot is all success;
Fame is but a bubble;
Life knows emptiness.
What to you
Are praise and blame?
Nothing!
But you'll play the game!
Thus your high resolve
And then
over the top
To sleep again!
A GRIF ALEXANDER.
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TODAY's BUSINESS QUESTION
What is business?
Anstocr toiH appear tomorrow.
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Solrer Of Business Problems
BY HAROLD WHITEHEAD

Author o. "Thc Busncss Career Of Peter FIint." etc
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| STATE HOUSE
Next NJ, Wednesday, July IS

succeed himself. The associate legal
member of this commission, a posi-
ton created by the last Legislature,
has not yet been filled.
The Northern Cumberland munich
pal court, located at Bridgton, has
now come into existence and ]. Ben
nett Pike of Bridgton is named as the
first justice Of this new tribunal.
Agents for the protection of chill
dren. as such. have now passed out Of
existence. Their places are taken by
associate probation officers. The first
two to be named under the new law
are Mrs. Medora L'Hereux of Lewis
ton and Rev. Leonard c. March of
Bangor.
By Chapter 200 the Public Laws of
1919. the Office of State pension agent
is created. Colloquially. Maine has
always had State pension agent,
but his legal title has been pension
clerk" 1t has been an office created
by each Governor and Council and
has no statutory standing. The old
law merely provided that pensions
should be administered by the Gov
ernor and Council. Gen. John Harper
OF Lewiston, who was in 1917, named
as pension clerk, after holding that
position under a previous admins
tration, was Thursday officially NOM
mated as pension agent.
Other nominations made Thursday
by Gov. Milliken were as follows:
Trustee. State Reformatory for
Women-Irving B. Mower. Water
Vile, vice Ashley D. Leavitt of Port
land. resigned.
Member State Board of Charities
and Corrections-Robert T. White
house. Portland.
Chairman, Board Of Registration of
Noters-Ralph w. Farris, Augusta.
Trial Justice-Artemus Weather.
bee lincoln
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Council Orders

The following orders were passed
late Wednesday evening by the Ex-
ecutive Council:
That the following pieces Of prop
ert, contiguous to the residence of
given to the State, be purchased at
the prices herein stated. as author
lied by Chapter al Of the Resolves
Of 1919. upon presentation of war
ranty deeds approved by the attor-
ney general:
Property of Delbert w. Adams,
$4,000; property of Elizabeth n.
Wheeler, $500: property of John H.
Ellis. Jr.. $4,000; property Of L. Fran
ces Morse. Mrs. Louise Lyon and L.
Frances Morse. guardian of Bertha
Morse. $500; property Of Henry r.
Clark. $4,000: total, s21.s SEQ.
That the Department Of Health is
authorized to employ Archibald 6.
Dean OF Portland as hotel inspector
Tor the summer season Of 1919. his ex.
penses and $50 per month to be paid
out OF the State department Of health
appropriation.
That Chester S. Kingsley. in con-
junction with his duties as health Of
ncer OF Bath, Me. is hereby employ
ed from July l. 1919. to Dec. 81, 1918
inclusive. as director Of the Bath
Branch Laboratory of the State de-
partment Of health and that he be
paid out Of the State department of
health appropriation. $500 for such
services
whereas. the Legislature by Chap
ter IS of the Public Laws of 1917 di-
rected the Public Utilities Commits
sion to investigate the pol.ut.on of
domestic water supply. that it is or
dered,
That the sum Of $1,000 is hereby
transferred from the State contingent
fund. to be used by said Public IT'LL
tiles Commtssion to defray the ex.
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Referendums Referred
To the Supreme Court

Governor Carl E. Milliken Thurs
day submitted to the supreme judi
cial court the question whether the
resolve passed at the last session Of
the Legislature ratifying the pro-
hibitory liquor amendment to the
federal Constitution and the act also
passed at the last session of the
Legislature granting women the
right to vote for Presidential electors
are subject to the provisions of the
initiative and referendum amend
ment to the Constitution. Petitions
bearing more than the requisite
number of 10000 names were filed in
the Department of State asking that
the people be allowed to vote on the
two questions.
Gov. Milliken Thursday made the
following statement about the ques-
tons:
Referendum petitions have been
filed in the office of the secretary of
State upon an act of the Legislature
of 1919 entitled An Act Granting to
Women the Right to Vote for
Presidential Electors and on a re-
solve entitled Resolve Ratifying a
Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States Pro-
hibiting the Manufacture, Sale of,
Transportation of Intoxicating
Liquors Within, the Importation
Thereof Into, or the Expectation
Thereof from the United States and
all Territory Subject to the Jurisdic-
ton Thereof
Objection has been made that
neither this act or this resolve Is
within the scope of the socalletl
referendum provision of the Con-
stitution of Maine
After having carefully considered
the subject and after consultation
with the attorney general. have
submitted to the Honorable Justices
Of the Supreme Judicial Court the
question whether this act and this
resolve are subject to the provisions
of the Initiative and Referendum
Amendment to Article Four of the
Constitution of Maine"
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STATE OF MAINE

IL. So
KENNEsEc. S.. SUP. JUD.' COURT
Augusta, July 9Th, 1919
Ruth e. Morrissey. Lib't. ve. Joseph
Upon the annexed Writ and Libel, 1t
Is ordered by me. the undersigned. JUS
tice OF said Court. that notice thereof
an attested copy of the same. or an as
stract thereof, together with this or
der thereon. three weeks successfully in
the kennebec Journal. newspaper
Kennebec. the last publication to be
thirty days at least before the next
term of said Court. to be holden at Au.
gusta. within and for said County of
kennebec. on the second Tuesday OF
there appear in said Court and answer
Attest: A. NJ. SPEAR, -
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
COPY OF LIBEL.
The Libelant alleges that she was
married to the said libelee at Chelsea
in the State of Maine on the fourth
day. Of July, 1918: the said libelant ami
the1 SAID maSase in ,sa s s Sss after
resided in this State when the cause
of divorce accrued as hereinafter set
forth, and had resided here in good
faith one year prior to the date hereof
10 her marriage obligations. but that
the said libelee has been unmindful of
the same; that being of sufficient ability
he has grossly. wantonly and cruelty
neglected and refused to provide suit
able maintenance for your libelant; that
he has been guilty of cruel and abu live
treatment and extreme cruelty towards
her. as follows. to wit
Wherefore, she prays that a divorce
from the bonds of matrimony between
herself and said libelee may be decreed :;
also that reasonable alimony be decreed
to her out of his estate: or in lieu
thereof that specific sum be paid to
her by him.
And the libelant further alleges that
she has used reasonable diligence to as
certain the present residence of said
libelee. but is unable to do so. and does
not know where it is.
RUTH E. MORRISSEY. Libelant.
Kennebec. IS. July 5. 1919.-The said
Libelant made oath that the above allie.
cation as to the residence of the Libelee
is true.
Before me-
ROBERT A. CONY,
Justice of the Peace
"A true copy of the order of notice and
libel
Attest: C. W. JONES, Clerk.
ilyl1 fri IT