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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-24
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We have good supply of Con-
necticut field Pumpkin seed and the
price Is much more reasonable than
last season. We also have sweet or
pie pumpkin. Japanese pie pumpkin.
and Morse Marrow pumpkin. You
should try this last new variety In
your garden. Marshall Implement
Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
READ THIS FIRST

vetal Beaulieu keeps an inn on the
Name Canadian border; caters 10
mugglers and lends the peasants
money on their farms and cattle.
His daughter Evangeline, educated
In n convent, returns home nnex-
Dectedly, rebels against the nature
of his business, refuses to marry
Dave Roi, leader of b'nd OF Dor
der smugglers, whom her father mas
chosen for her, leaves home and pc
comes a teacher in q school at Al.
tegat. Norman Aldrich, Yankee
customs officer, meets her and they
become engaged. Wealthy y anKee
lumber dealers begin drivin- the
Acadian squatters off their lands.
This causes great suffering, and re-
bellion breaks out among the peas
ants. Aldrich helps Representative
Clifford to frame a bill, which, II
passed by the Legislature, will en-
able the peasants to keep the lands.
Roi finds Evang> line in Attegat, de-
mands that she return home with
him and she refuses. The border
settlers whisper about that Netal
Beaulieu's daughter h"S defied him.
This gossip stirs the - man to ac-
tion. Accompanied by Dave Roi. he
goes to Attegat and forcibly brings
1tVanEelln6 away. AluTlCl ltdllIS
this. follows. and, after a desperate
fight in which shots are exchanged,
takes Evangeline back to AttU-at.
Aldrich then goes to find Beaulieu
and reconcile the old man to their
prospective marriage. At Beaulieu's
place in Monarda clearing he learns
that Beaulieu has not returned. Aid
rich then starts back in the night
and is fired upon from ambush by
Unidentified persons. He returns the
fire with his rifle. Hunters discover
the body of Vetal Beaulieu in the
woods near his home, close hv the
point where Aldrich was fired upon.
Empty rifle shells are also found
nearby. Rumor connects Aldrich's
name with the murder of the old
man. Aldrich goes before the Legis-
lature to help Representative Cliff
ford put through the land bill, but
the bill fails, Aldrich returns north
and is arrested for the murder of
Vetal Beaulieu. The spring floods
swell the rivers and the Sheriff can
not take Aldrich to Jail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
BRUNODUKE,S0 S0luer of fBusinesS Problems
HAROLD WHITEHEAD

This Institution I write, about Is noted for
Treatment. % Now W the the question S; Isl Would We YO Il
at higher salary or walt my chances Tor
advancement. 1t seems the chief clerk will
do the same thing as before regarding the
positions left open.
am twenty-four years Of age. earning q
family fam conditions. exempted from the ssrv-
II the position offered you at more
salary also has a good future, there is
nc. reason I can think Of why you don't
take It. But unless there Is a good fu-
ture, can reasonably we'll advise you
now.
1t may be that the reason the trust
company had to go outside for men Is
qualified themselves for it. Many people
who think they are able to take better
position could not do SO for the lack of
business knowledge-perhaps because
the past. BY this / mean that they
have merely done their job without dis
| playing any earnestness or any unusual
interest in 1t. or It may be that they
have not displayed any executive ability.
for the job and yet, through having a
poor personality, he would not be able to
control others under him. One other
reason why the trust company may have
, had to go outside was perhaps because
none of the. men in the inside organiza- :
tion asked for the job.
| My suggestion to you Is: that any
time you see good job vacant in the
qualified for 1t. don't wait until they
ask you. let them see by your manner
that you want 1t. .r.
/ think you are doing very well, con.
sidering your age and prospects and, all
things being equal, I would say stay
where you are. :
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In the narrows above. The river was
dangerously high, but II was not yet
the tumbling, raging torrent that IL
would become when the Temiscouata
narrows disgorged. He wondered how
much time there was before this dis.
aster would overwhelm all the valley.
Men had fiocked on the highlands
above the meadows. They told him
that the jam was still packing higher
and higher, that IL was groaning and
rumbling, and that the great st. John
was sending down its avalanches Of
ice and water and must prevail In the
end.
Those men crowding around Aldrich,
recognizing in this stalwart chap who
had rushed up from the south one who
understood how to command, bewailed
the little they had been able to do.
1.-TWO brave men who went out from
this shore have already been drowned, v
they told him. Jules Bourdreau and
drowned, for the ice beat against their
bateau. We have not dared to launch
more bateauX."
He gazed out on the rushing river.
"lt is useless to send bateaux," he
told them. Even II boatmen can
reach the houses and take in the peo.
pie the boats will be swept away down
the river"
More men were arriving, many Of
them astride their sturdy little horses.
The customs officer became the center
of a wistful hand of farmers who mutt
tered and chartered and stared at
him and were barren Of suggestions in
that exigency. In times of stress men
select leader by instinct. And such
leader is obeyed because 1t seems
to his followers that on him saliva
tion is founded.
Aldrich knew Of the slender re-
sources of that region as well as he
knew the highways and the oyways.
Desperate need made his wits nimble.
On his way down the hills to the river
he had passed one Of the snubbing.
slopes Of the timber syndicate where
loads of logs were eased down the
mountaln-side by means of great hemp
cables.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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iff I know the conditions along
this river. It's all right for US here
on the highlands. but I couldn't sleep
for thinking what the conditions must
be in the settlements OF the Beaupre
meadows. I'm afraid those people have
been cut off before they realized their
danger. 1 know they must have been
cut off. Somebody ought to be organ
izing relief party"
IT reckon 1t would have to be a
relief party of angels-with waterproof
wings at that" returned the sheriff
displaying no enthusiasm. Ordinary
human beings can't get anywhere this
weather to rescue anybody. I can't
even start out with you to take You to
where you're going"
Aldrich turned from the window and
paced the room, his mind again on his
own bitter troubles after the sheriff
had dropped the remark. To where he
was going! That meant Jail. There
was no bail for the offense with which
he stood charged by his enemies. II
must be faced. He must reconcile him
self to remain in jail until he could
be purged by the torturing fires OF
public trial. Even his own conscious
ness Of innocence faltered at times
when he reflected on the situation ir
which circumstance had placed him
Somehow this arrest. this visible
reaching of the law for his collar
seemed to sanction all the suspicion
that had been directed his way. By
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

DEGGY was eager to run to the help
i of tho Mysterious Knight in his
battle with Big Horn, the elk. She
knew, as the birds didn't that the knight
was Billy Belgium, and Billy, even
though as brave as man, was still
only a boy. The elk lowered above him
and was far the stronger Of the two.
And while the elk's antlers couldn't
pierce Billy's armor, IL he could throw
Billy TO the ground he might be able
to crush him.
Still Peggy knew that in knightly COM
bat It would never do for a lady to go
to the aid of her champion. So she
sat tense and desperate watching the
two as they thrashed about in the arena.
The elk tried hard to shake Billy loose,
but Billy wouldn't be shaken. Though
the elk jerked him off his feet and
swung him into the air, still he chung
tight. Billy quickly saw that he was
no match in strength for the elk. and
that he would have to Use his wits.
and use them quickly II he were to save
himself before he became exhausted. So
he edged closer and closer to a small
tree at the edge of the woods When
they were almost upon It, he gave the
elk a sudden shove and let go the horns.
The elk, glad to be free, raised his head
| and shook his antlers Then he lowered
them again and charged at Billy.
That was Just what Billy wanted,
for he leaped nimbly to one side and
the elk smashed into the tree. Before
the elk recovered from the shock, Billy
jumped .ehind the tree and grasped the
anters at either side Thus he held
the elk fast, but with the trunk of the
tree between them.
Much to Billy's surprise he found It
| n al i,
1t wasn't until afterward that he learned
that one of the prongs of the antlers
had sunk deep into the tree and become
! stuck there. Still the ells might have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

TT was during a brief lull in the peace
i full conversation at the supper table
that Mr.. Bell astonished his wife and
daughter by saying, II am going to Bos-
ton tomorrow"
The Civil War veterans wife, truly
alarmed at this unusual statement, at
once neglected her cup Of hot tea. and
sat back in her chair with the air of one
waiting for the solution of some mysti-
fying riddle. Her eyes rested on the
bent, rather feeble figure Of her hus-
band searching his wrinkled face for a
sign that he did not mean what he said,
but was merely joking, He looked SO
solemn, however. that she concluded he
had set his mind on going.
That's a long ways off. Pa-more
than sixty miles. Why. you haven't
Starting at school. and she cried her
eyes out to go along with you
IT wanted to march, too" laughed
Lilly whose face was as fair and uIo, sweet e ct
well. YOU didn't go, miss" said the
mother. But tell us, pa. what very
important things is going or. in Boston
that o., can bring you there at this late
The veteran wiped off some toast
his napkin. and. clearing his throat by
TITS got bit to do with that there
| letter Lilly got some weeks ago. foI
| folks know the one.I mean. Weren't
| any stamp on It, A fellow named-,
He looked inquiringly at Lilly to supply
what he just then. couldn't recall; bu,
she kept happy silence. her eye!
sparkling like great. clear stars.
Receiving no immediate answer to hi'
| questioning gaze, the old soldier let the
name pass for the time being.
Anyway, Tom was the fellows mrs.
! name"
| While he spoke the white-hairet
mother, now enlightened. was turning
her thoughts back over the years, ant
one year loomed high and glorious abov,
| the others-the year 1880. She hat
suitors then, but Sergeant Thomas Bel
was her ideal. and oh, how wonderful
sounded in her glad ears the music a.
she walked down the church aisle ol
their wedding morn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
THE LUXURY OF BOOKS

1.-TWO fellows outside to see you, sir, y
said the batman.
who are they?"
Robertson and steever. Come for
books again.
again? Send them IN"
The two aspirants after literary
knowledge appeared.
Have you anything to read, sir?'
"You were here yesterday. You've
read everything I've got"
THE postman says you got a parcel
of books this morning
81 haven't read them yet"
but you won't be reading 'em all at
once, SIR" they wheedled.
Realizing my defeat, I dragged the
package from under the bed.
"Open that and see what you want"
I inspected their selections-"Travels
with Donkey" and "An Inland
These? Well. take them if you like
but mind you read them
They departed. jubilant.
Two days afterward they returned.
THANK you, SIR said Robertson
placing the books upon the table.
did you read them?"
s"Should think SO. We read EN-
both"
what do you think of them?"
Good books. Take you right out OF
yourself. Make you forget there was q
war. Tell you. sir" Steever continuet
man who wrote them. Have you any
"Sothing that would interest you
just essays. Take look at these, :,
They turned over the advanced mod
erns'' l offered.
"If it's all the samS to you."". sait
Robertson. after a muttered colloquy
'If you've anything else by Stevenson
we'd sooner read that. We seem tt
know him now and he does us good"
gave them "Virginibus Puerisque'
and ACROSS the Plains" In weel
they are to judge between r. l.. S. ant
the writer's of today. l know what th'
verdict will be.
My two visitors are common Englisl
boys who have had an ordinary boar'
school education. leaving" at the age o
thirteen to work in a factory. In TIL
leisure spells of army life they have ap
piled themselves to books, Just to pas
the time away" as Steever says. Blu
surely they have the gift of reading,
and they are not unique among thei
k!nd.-London Daily Mail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

wrenched the prong loose but for the
tightness of Billy's hold.
To Peggy and the birds It looked like
mighty tug-of-war on the. opposite
sides Of the tree. When they saw that
the elk could not bulge they cheered
and cheered for the Mysterious Knight.
The elk twisted and jerked with all the
strength Of his powerful body until 1t
seemed as If something had to give way.
And something did give way, but not
what Peggy, Billy, and the Birds had
expected. 1t was the antlers themselves
The elk gave one particularly vigorous
twist and crack the antlers snapped
of his head.
Such a powerful jerk had the elk
given, with his four feet all braced, that
he sat down with a solid bump. But
the elk wasn't particularly astonished
at losing his horns. He was used to
shedding his antlers every spring and
had really been trying to get rid of
them for several weeks. What amazed
him was tho Jar he got when he sat
down.
Billy's brain worked fast. Letting go
the antlers, he sprang for his sword,
snatching it from the ground Armed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Author Of "Kins Sprics,- The Ram.
roddcrs," "Ths Skipper and the
Skipped" etc.

sting of a lash on Aldrich's self
control
I've given you my word. Accept
my parole further while I obey this
CALL"
'It isn't regular. and I can't do It."
You're afraid to go yourself, and
you don't want your own cowardice
to be shown UP If I go alone" blazed
the prisoner He could not keep that
speech back. His whole being had
been crying out within him at the in.
justice Of this arrest. Now he voiced
his protest recklessly. The sheriffs
surly refusal to act a mans part had
driven him into a passion he could not
control.
"It has been between US like gentle.
men and officers so far, Mr.. Aldrich.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
BALLADE OF DISCONTENT

Twas ever thus from childhood's
hour:
Desires were greater lnan my
pay.
Whenever I had use for flour
Ny dough would quickly fade
away.
Hee-haw! If could live on hay
I'd see it rise with foul intent.
Retailers labor is to prey;
And coffee's up another cent.
We're feeling prohibitions power.
John Barleycorn has had his day.
The water wagon in a shower
Cold water throws on thoughts of
And festive meets; acts as a
stay
On song and joyous argument
The drought affects my lifting lay
And coffee's up another cent.
A plague on all reformers dour!
A murrain on the sproozers gray
Who on each dear indulgence
glover;
Who make December OF each
May!
Who grumble when the breezes
play!
Who raise the price of pleasures
bent!
I cannot keep the blues at, bay
And coffee's up another cent.
II. C. of L., your vain display
OF strength disturbs my feelings
| pent.
With woe I hear the wild ass
| bray
And coffee's up another cent.
| GRIF ALEXANDER.
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hoping that the rains would stop. Now
they have been cut off from the shore"
You see I was right" stated Aid
rich to the sheriff at his elbow.
But that is not the worst" cried one
Of the messengers. THE ice has lodged
in the Temiscouata narrows above
Beaupre. 1t has made a great dam
there. 1t must give away, and then
all the men and women and children
will be drowned. The people do not
know what to do. They are shouting
and running about, and no one Is
leader with a cool head. The folks
will obey a leader. But there Is no
leader-no one who Is brave and who
understands. Is there not some man
here who will come and command
those who are willing, but who do not
know?"
The listeners muttered among them
selves. The fat landlord Of the tav-
ern shook his head, the sheriff grunt-
ed more Of his doubts about any
others except angels being able to
assist, and no man stepped forward
as a volunteer.
Are you going to stand here and
let those women and children drown?'
demanded Aldrich, hotly.
They scowled at him, for there was
a taunt In his words and air.
"It is you. an officer, who could dc
much," entreated the spokesman
you are known well on the border
M'ser Aldrich. You are a brave man
You do not lose your head as a poor
F'renchman does"
HE can't CO." snapped the sheriff
showing prompt alarm. I've got par
ticular reasons why he can't go. my
men,"
Come with me, then: this is a cal
for help, and it's up to US as men,
insisted Aldrich.
I'm not taking any such chances
II there's going to be any travelling
done it will be to where we're due"
This, callous obstinacy was like tn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
THE RED LANE ss ssnns. ~o.s1s y; ~. G@ ssa.,

rose and dressed and walked in the
tavern's office until the wet dawn
streaked the east. He peered through
the logged windows and saw the tum.
bling torrent below. The first flotsam
Of disaster was already sweeping past
on its way to the sea Mingled with
the ice cakes were hay-ricks that had
been torn from the meadows, debris of
barns and the structures that the
water had reached first, lighthouses
and other frail trophies of the skir.
mish-line of the flood.
The sheriff found Aldrich at the
window when he came down from his
uneasy rest.
. This spells hell in capital letters"
said the sheriff.
ut is only the beginning, Mr. Sher-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
A Romance of the Border

what wonder would he be absolved
from the black doubt in his own mind?
He ate without appetite when break.
fast had been served; he paced list.
lessly, waiting.
~ reckon there comes some news
Of something" remarked one OF the
tavern's loungers. He pointed to a
bateau which appeared, swirling down
the rivers brown tide. The" were
two men in It, and they managed to
beach their craft through the ice-cakes
and came hurrying up the street Of the
settlement.
"oh, Messieurs," they shouted to
those who FASTENED from the tavern,
who is there here to help the poor
folks Of the Beaupre meadows? They
have been waiting In their houses,
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If you're proposing to put it on an
other basis, go ahead-and see where
you will wind up"
He added a sneer that the occasion
did not call for but the young mans
taunt of his cowardice could not go
unchallenged.
GO alone, say you? What do you
think one man like you up there is
going to amount to-"
I'll show you, Mr.. Sheriff." He turn.
ed and ran toward the tavern's stable
The sheriff plunged after him,
shouting. He tugged at his hip
pocket. But he did not produce Il
weapon. He carried none. He dragged
out a pair of handouts.
You'll have to take your medicine
now" he declared. you've put it
all on another basis"
Aldrich thrust the officer violently to
one side and struggled with the girths
of his saddle.
"Bu Judas. do you think you're go.
ing to run away from me?"
That's right-swear by your patron
saint" gasped Aldrich, setting toe in
his stirrup. "As for me-by God, I
ami"
He swung to his saddle, lay fiat to
escape the doors Intel, and galloped
away.
The sheriff ran after, raving and
threatening. But Aldrich leaped his
horse into a ravine, water-choked
made the higher land, and sped north
over the lodges from which the rains
had stripped the winter covering.
His hard.won knowledge as a border
rider served him in good stead in thai
chase to the north. In the past hi
had followed many a smuggler through
the devious stragglings of "The ReC
Lane" There were places where h,
was obliged to swim his horse, pu
for the most ptrt he gained his des
tination along the ridges. by path
he had known before.
At last he looked down on the turbi,
flood which encompassed the threat
ened homes of the Beaupre meadows
1t was plain that the ice-Jam still he'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
DREAMLAlND ADVENT Daddy
"THE POISONED SWORD"
with this he quietly advanced on the elk.

with this he quietly advanced on the elh.
But the elk. with his sharp wea-
pons all gone, was not at, all anxious
to meet Billy's sword. He turned tail.
prepared to fly. Billy prodded him with
the tip of his sword, and with grunt,
the elk gave a startled leap that car
ried him into the forest. He had had
all the fighting he wanted for that
day.
Hi vi King Bird" shouted the Mys-
terious Knight, IT have met and con-
quered the knight Of the Poisoned
Sword! ~
May, that was not the Knight of the
Poisoned Sword" responded King Bird.
Mount your gallant steed quickly, for
my champion Is about to put you to
rout."
| At this word, the knight Jumped upon
his charger. All turned toward the for
est-all except King Bird and his fol-
lowers. They lifted the pear-shaped
lump CT clay and flew with It until
they were over the Mysterious Knight.
Then they dropped It on his head. The
lump broke into pieces and out or 1t
appeared a small fuzzy creature.
The knight, thinking some one was
throwing things at him, flashed indig-
nantiy around. Then, quickly, he began
to duck his head. to dodge, and to wave
his sword frantically around his head
1t was as If he had gone suddenly crazy
And in moment his gallant steed began
to cut up queer antics. He shook his
head, he pranced, he danced, he whirled
about. and he bucked. When he bucked,
the knight few off his back landing on
the ground. The knights sword went In
one direction and his helmet in an
ha hY,iO inn
to his feet and thrashed about madly
with his arms.
"Whee Whee! I told you the Knight
Of the Poisoned Sword was terror"
exulted King Bird He will get under
your armor."
I'm the neat chapter tOiH be told
hotD the tables are turned on King
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