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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-12
B The Magic Of Love


gry because of the lonely evenings spent alone before the library fire, and had finally spent his time at restau- rants and the club. seldom had any thing to tell her, and now that baby was old enough to leave, he never once thought of asking her to go anywhere, but he just sat reading the old news paper when he did stay at home.
 T know, dear, know" spoke Maude soothingly. But were you ever real sweet, and asked him to go anywhere? And did you ask him to have some of his friends in to dinner7 Thought he would say mo-" anyway? Oh, no, he wouldn't Molly. You ask him tonight to go somewhere-to the theater. or oh, anywhere, and I'll stay with baby. !"
 So finally after much talking and
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She could see her husband had pre- pared his breakfast, a loaf of bread on the table with a butcher knife laid across it, and the coffee pot resting on one of her best china plates. Different boxes were strewn around giving an air of untidiness and wild hurry to the room. With sigh Molly swallowed a cup of the tasteless luke-warm coffee, and tears dropping as she worked, cleared away the last evidence of the disgracefuI meal.
 To think that her husband ever had to get his own breakfast!
 Well, she wouldn't get it at all when he treated her as he did. He never kissed her any more, nor joked with her as he used to. Why, it was a long time now since they had spoken more
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explaining. questioning and tears o1 Molly's part, it was arranged al Maude had suggested.
 That night, when Bert came up ths street. a little vision in white awaited him at the door, with sparkling eyes. and a yellow rose in her pretty hair.
 Who's that? Oh! hello honey" and he drew her close in his big arms.
 At dinner Bert would not have it but that Molly should sit close beside him, and once, when he caught her looking wistfully st him, he asked softly.
 What did it, dear?"
 "A magic. Bert" she answered, slip ping her hand into his and looking up with dewy eyes into his face. "tha& ia called Love"
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changed countenance. "You don't look like the same girl. Why, your roses have all jaded, and" she stopped short, for the note of tenderness and love was too much for poor Moliy's burdened heart, and she rested her head on her fresh young sisters shoul- der, and sobbed as if her heart would break
 After a few moments, Maude said softly.
 'Is it Bert, dear? Tell me all about it"
 Slowly and between many tears, Maude heard the little story. How Molly had busted herself with the baby, and how she didn't have time to go out in the evenings with Bert any more. of how he had grown tired and then an
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l D bf his youth was small, that Is to say, it would have been considered small by Rockefeller or Carnegie.
 But such things should be weighed according to their relative value, and In Limestone county, that portion of the Ozark mountain country where Mrs. Appletree sojourned, thirty six dollars per quarter is tidy sum.
 The Limestone county soil is rough Rnd thin, and yields but meager re- Surn to the unremitting efforts of its population. The opportunities of achieving competence are rare, and 1t 1s only by being strangers to luxury, and by living a life of almost primor- dial simplicity, that your Limestone countyan is able to make ends meet Rt all.
 A pension therefore sets a Limestone countyan apart. If a man Is its pos eessor, he Is entitled to run for the state legislature in the fall or for the county judgeship in the spring. If a woman, she is entitled to take turns living with her children.
 Mrs Appletree, after the death of her husband, lived alternately with her two children, Hennery and Mary Jane.
 If there was another forty-acre patch in all Limestone county with thinner soil and sleeper side hills than the forty where Hennery's "hewed- log" house frowned doTn on Dry Creek, it must have been the forty where Mary Jane and her lord and
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 narrated with much detail the circum- stances of his death by fever Accord engly his will had been probated and his estate settled, and Eleanor Hep burn was already laying aside both the insignia and the attitude of mourn Ing.
 Everyone expected her to wait a reasonable time and then marry Jack Macarthur, and every one welcomed the prospects as most delicious. The marriage had not proved a happy one, and nobody knew this better than Mac arthur.
 There had been friction from the first, an unconscious nagging on her part and an arbitrariness on his, with a minimum of forbearance on both sides. It was this lack of domestic happiness which had sent Hepburn to Africa, and doubtless was what had kept him there for two years.
 In the meantime Macarthur came in- to intimate relations with Mrs. Hep burn. As her lawyer he was called up- on to advise and to execute for her; it was he who brought the news of Hep burns death; and the settlement of the estate had been in his hands.
 Macarthur himself had waited q de cent six months out of respect to his friends memory; but when a year had passed he and Mrs Hepburn were seen much together.
 This was the situation when Hep burn emerged at Benguela in Portu- guese. West Africa. He had gone in trim and clean shaven; he came forth bearded to the eyes and clad in tat ters.
 Yet fever and starvation and the all but fatal struggle against long odcs had been the making of him, and in place of the rather shalloR-minded,
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white nightie, was trying her best to climb over the side of the crib, when Molly caught her in her arms and smothered her face with kisses.
 ''Muver's little darling pet" she cooed, and golden and auburn ringlets were mingled together as the mother pressed her child to her aching breast.
 Baby hear auntyi" gurgled the youngster little later, and ran to the top of the stairs to where Moliy's younger sister was standing. Come up, Maude, I'm just dying to see you, p cried Molly, and soon they were talk i5 together as only sisters can after s long absence.
 Molly, dear, what's the troubie?' Maude was holding her hister at arms length. and gazing steadily at her
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than few common words to each oth- eri
 ''Yes," said Molly to herself, regard ing her fearful image in the mirror of the sideboard-'I really am getting homely. No more pink in my cheeks, and my eyes look funny. I guess Bert doesn't like me any more because I'm not pretty any" and here Molly's voice broke, while great tears of self pity and loneliness welled up to her eyes. Baby loves me, anyway" she whispered, and as if in answer to her thoughts, baby voice piped from above, "Muver! MuVerl"
 "I'm coming, pet, ''she called, and ran Up the stairs with some of her old buoyancy.
 The little curly-headed bahy in her
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The front door
 slammed after Her bert Cole. He walk ed swiftly down the street with never a glance back at the little house where he had brought his pretty girl-bride four year before. A trolley noisilY came
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ko a stop and he was gone from sight.
 Back in the tiny white house, lit tie lonesome figure had watched him
 go down the street from behind tne parlor curtains. Molly dried her eyes heedlessly on the lacy hangings, and her shoulders dropping pitifully, went hack into the deserted dining room
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IS. ELIJAH APPLE TREE had a pen sion. The sum of money that a grate- ful republic paid Mrs. Appletree in token of services rendered by her husband in the preservation of said
 ITa
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HDNW

HEN Arthur Hepburn turned up at Ben guela after two years in the interior his appearance was in most particulars equivalent to a re- turn from the dead.
 Certain of his na- lives had appeared a year before and
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By Joe Busche
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By Annette Angert
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
KEEPING AN EYE
ON WOMEN FOLKS

Missouri is the latest Of the eleven
States to Iatifv the Feeral suffrage
amendment. and sUfIragists are a wee
bit worried over the chance that there
will be a slowing Up OF ratiacations
sufficient TO endangeT the full partig.-
patton Of women voters In the 1870
elections The lull IN the ratification
program l. laid TO the suffrage states
Of the Northwest. whose womeu ar-
ready having suffrage. are not u.aI-
ing the Unselfish effort ueeded 10 I'M
sure special legislative sessions to
put 1t over for women in lon-sufrar-
State They are accused Of forget
ting that because they can vote tie
raJify ing votes OF Jhirty-siN States
are required 10 extend their privilege
10 then sisters.
Those States which have alread-
ratified suffrage are Wisconsin. Mich
gan. Kansas ohio. Illinois. pcunsy.-
vaUis. Ma gssachusetts. Texas. Iowa.
New York and Missouri Tire
state legislatures are now in session
and favorable vote IS anticipated
from Nebraska. Arkansas and Mon
Jans. Georgia and Alabama have Ce-
feated the amendment and Florida adj
JouIned without a Vote.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04

he found another one, but not so
large. He took the first one in his
left hand and hosan to strike it on
the side near the end with the other
stone. breaking on little Of the
largest one every time he struck it,
He kept on doing that on every side.
turning II over and over until the end
VI 1t was kind Of pointed. Then he
turned it around and did the other
the same WAY. After that he began
to strike the hlgrvst stone in the mid
de. turning II round ana round. till he
iHaGe a groove all the way around II.
Thcn he got some sandstone and rub
ted and rubbed them against il until
II was smooth. Next he found a little
bash the size Of his finger. trimmed
IL" limbs off. PIT stone in the groove
aud twisted tho top OF the bush
aroIud the stone In the groove ana
twisted it little Then he went away
and left it. When nc went back 10
il after aWLnc the bush had grown
t,ght around Tho stone in tn groove.
He measured TIE length OF his arm
from the tips o. his fingers 10 has
elbow. and cat the bush on just that
same length. That is Row tho younc
mau UI our tribe made his ma -Iu war
club
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
-EE OF HOME LIFE ON GREATER THAN

postor and had US both thrown
into jail.
After three weeks rescue came
from an unexpected Quarter-from
Jack Comyn. who brought Doro-
thy to meet us at the prison gates.
1 was overwhelmed. Dorothy
greeted me so warmly that / al
most believed Comyn and Patty to
have been right when they vowed
that Dolly loved only me. Paul
the compatriot of the beautiful
Miss Manners"
was minded to go back to
America at once and reward Paul,
but Comyn would not hear to this,
declaring that l alone could save
Dolly from Chartersea. ! knew that
Comyn. in telling Dorothy that
loved her. had sacrificed himself.
When / met Mr.. Manners he de-
clared that he had not seen me on
the former occasion, but | knew
, he lied. As for Paul. when he saw
how the land lay. he gave US the
slip and sailed for America as cap
tain of the Betsy bark.
I In the betting books of Whites
and Brooks is the record of much
of my life in London. for I Travelled
in fast company. My friendship
with Charles James Fox is a story
in itself He admired highly my
defense of the Colonies, although
he did not then openly espouse our
cause. Fox warned me that Char
tersca was plotting against me.
and proof came when the duke wa
gered that I could not ride Balti-
more's horse PolluX. for Pollux was
man killer Nevertheless I rode
the beast and when Chartersca
. tried to follow me Pollux threw him
into the Serpentine. Thus foiled.
Chartersea waylaid me at NauNhall,
and l knew that Manners had help
ed to trap me. Comyn came to my
rescue and was wounded, but l was
unhUrt.
Manners showed his hand when he
brought ME news that my grandfa.
ther was dead and Grafton was mas
ter of CarvCl Hall. ! struck bin. Nv
Dix was quick to tell me that | Wa
penniless. but Comyn insisted on oi
fering his security for me.
Then back I went to Annapolis, to
learn that my uncle had intercepted
NY letters SO that my grandfather er
had believed me dead. Henry Swain
had been successful in business and
he made me factor OF his new estate.
There / stayed until the dreary sum-
ner OF 17I4. when Liberty lost friend
in tho death of Mr.. Swain. His last
wish was that I should mary Patty,
but when l asked her to marry me
she saw what was in my nealt and
asked me whether l loved her. And
for that there was no answer. But
when l rode away to fight for my
country she told me she would pray
for me-and for Dorothy.
At Annapolis. on my way North,
received a great surprise. LearnfnG
that one Jones had spoken OF me |
went to see him and found that It
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
By CHIEF TAHAN.
OF kiowa Indian Tribe.

Many warriors made war against
US. and our warriors who were not
as many as theirs could not stand
before them. Their warriors al
ways defeated ours. So. at last ou.
tighting men said. the medicine Of
the High Hills warriors Is stronger
than ours. and there is no use for
US to fight against il"
Then it was that one Of our young
men went away into deep place
of the prairie and tasted and prayed
for long time. and he fell into a
kind of sleep. As he kept on pray
ing in his sleep I white bear came
and told him that til" warriors Of
the High Hills defeated ours be-
cause their chief had magic wal
club. Said the bear to the young
man. - vii tell you how to MAKE
Il stronger magic ncdicin, than
that Of your enemies. and with il
you shall defeat tn"m."
ts Bear said.
When the young man wOic up he
did just what tho bear told him. lie
got a smooth stone about the size Of
his fist and as lorg as his hand. Thea
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
MONDAY. AUGUST (. 1919.

lCo,-ril.. lE9. by tie McC.1-e NrvsP.per
Svad4cass0
The SGn and Mars are in beneic as
pct r"daH. according to astTolosy.
Neptune l. noc friendly.
Initiative s supposed to be encoUr-
aged while this conhEUration prevails.
IT - . good time to start any bus,-
nes> enterprise
Fortunes are foreshadowed for per-
sons who will install novel methods
Of cooperation and many new lines
OF activity are predicted.
This should he a most favors bic
sway Tor physicians and surgeons.
WHO VIII gam recognition for dis
tnguisEed attainment and philsn-
thropic service.
favorable for seeking appointments or
positions of any sort. Political ia
VorS are well directed.
HOnors for soldiers are again fore
shadOwed and during this sway they
should benefit financially. There ap-
pears to be benefits foreshadoweC
and these Will accrue through some
government provision
NEPTUNE is in a place read as pre-
saying secret crime and hidden mis-
GemeanoTs that will not be uncovered
easily
There is a sign held TO presage the
Use OF psychic powers and gains IN
knowledge OF occult forces. While
this may bring many good results
there will be constant menace from
a more general understanding OF
hypnotiSm.
Mercury and Saturn, conjOined on
the Cusp of the second, seem to fore
cast depreciation in certain seCurI-
ties and some unusual effects on the
money market
Heart trouble will continue 10 in
crease. according to the seers. who
declare that care should be taken to
prevent ovcr-eNertion. The young as
we'll as those past middle life will be
subject TO serious disorders.
Theaters have the best sort Of a
prognostication for the coming sea-
son. Many new stars will gain sue
cess.
Persons whose birthdate it Is have
the augury of a prosperous year.
They should be cautious about the
+. choice Of new friends.
Children born on this day are likely
to be ambitious and successful.
p These subjects OF Leo are generally
affectionate but inclined to be tenn
peramental
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
FOR POLITICS
OR MATRIMONY

Some rules Of conduct are 30 good
they it ANY situation-for instance
the golden rule, the ten command
rnents-and safety nrst!'
Down in Massachusetts a wise suf-
frage worker has handed down a new
list Of infsllible recipes for the when
I'm doubt" sufferers which almost de-
serve 70 be engraved IN stone.
These particular don'ts were planned
for the guidance OF woman sUffragists
who endeavor TO influence State and
national legislators
Read them and see their wisdom
for politicians, then clip them out ana
mail 'em 70 the hrst person who sends
you an invitation 10 a June wedding.
for they We're the laws set down b,,
a woman as being the way TO mana e
a MAN. Here they are:
]. Don't tell all you know
. Don't tell anything you do NOT
know.
.. Don't lose your temper.
e. Don't nag
>. Don't threaten.
6 Don't boast
:. Never give Up hope.
Nothing very poetic or romantic
about those rules is there? But when
woman wanted som.t thing Of mar
these rules have been found to WORK
And a legislator o. usually Just a hus-
band in a fTock coat
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
- HOME LIFE
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid wo-
man Writer.
Copyright. 1913, The wheeler sypdic.te.)

II is a plstitude to say that there Is
no other influence in the world so all
powerful as home influence and that
we 90 through life bearing the mark
that was stamped upon us In our
plastic childhood.
When a husband and wife have a
spat at the breakfast table they are
silly enough 10 think that IL concerns
themselves alone. and that II they
kiss and make Up the harm has been
obliterated. Never was there q more
fatal error.
The real people concerned are the
children who sit around, Open-mOuth-
ed and wild-eyed, listening while Their
fsther hurls insults At their mother
and their mother filings back venom
ous accusatio against their father
In such a domestic storm every par
, ticIe Of the chiId's reverence for his
parents is swept away.
He wonders II the things that moth
er says about father and father says
about mother are true. and IN his
| doubt his household gods are topplod
| from their pedestals and smashed
into fragments at his feet.
There comes . time when the rathcr
expects his girls TO listen to their
mothers advice and TO he guided ny
| her. bat how can the girls have uny
respect for mothers opinion when all
| their lives they have heard father de-
| ride mothers judgment and riGicUle
| her for a fool?
| There comes a day when mother
finds herself unable 10 cope with her
headstronE son and appeals to ia
| Tiers authority TO control the boy.
But father has no authority because
mother has undermined him by wears
Of criticism and complaints of father
ard by teaching the boy 70 secretly
disobey him.
| And there comes time when the
parents would give thei. heat blood
to keep Their children at home. hut
the children will not stay because
their home has been nothing but q
place OF argument and b.ckeIin ing. md
: CTiminIt!Ou., and reCrimina'ious. end
, they want u fec it as soon As pos
sIuie and get ouy into a wor.l whore
people trrs,t each other At least with
( outward pOliteness-
0 Home influence is the most impCr-
taut factor in the development cf any
lie. but IL j. powerful FOR evil a. well
as for good. and Heaven may well
, pity and Judge lenicntly the helpless
. children whose misfortune IL is 10 Le
I brought UP in a house OF strife.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
NURSES
HIT HER HOME

Arn:y nuIscs make splendid baseball
players"
This Is tie statement Of Miss Mary
II. Pope y. ". {. A secretary. Who
H. directing the recreation OF army
nurses at Camp Mills and Aviation
F.-ld No. o., where large numbers OF
nurses are stationed.
When ! nrst came to the camps
Was surprised at the lack Of play spirit
among thesn nurses and their eager
ness to b. initiated into il. One Eir'
came 10 me and said she never knew
Just girls could have so much fun to-
Ceth.T.' When We began 10 play base
bail thy forgot all OF the reserve that
has come with the intense nature OF
Their work and they have dung them
selves into the spirit OF the game
v ith remarkable results"
Amy nurses who are arriving iu
New York city every few days from
overseas. are being well taken care OF
and entertained by the Y. ". {. \.
Boat rides on the Hudson River. sight
seeing trips over the CITY. theaIer
parties and teas are among the attrac-
lions which the Y. ". {. A. offer as
a welcome 10 nurses.
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was fulfilled and she went to Lon
don. Soon Lord Comyn arrived at
Annapolis with news that every
macaroni in London. including him
self. was in love with her and that
the Duke OF Chartersca. a great
rake. appeared to lead the race.
There was sadness in the pride this
gave me: nevertheless. 7 was drawn
to Lord COmyn. who was u true
man.
My grandfather falling seriously
i'll. my uncle effected u reconcilia-
tion. Soon I realized that Grafton
was plotting to cheat me of my
birthright and make himself heir
to Carvel Hall.
Even murder was tried. one
night | was drawn into a duel with
Lord Comyn on a preteXt. Comyn.
as lOath to fight as l. wounded me.
but the fight only made US closer
friends. Soon after Comyn had
sailed for England a second at
tempt to kill me changed the
course of my life. was kidnapped d
by pirates. and only that | had
the makings OF a hghting sailor |
should have been slain. From the
pirate was rescued BY a British
brigantine. captaincd hv one John
Paul. who. for the discipline he
maintained. might have been a
naval commander. He recognized
me as a gentleman and told me
how he was returning to Scotland
to say goodbye to his mother, for.
he said. Scotland had not treated
him well. After that ho proposed
to so to London. I jumped at this.
for was not Dorothy there? So.
Pauls sad GRAND done. to London
We went. choosing always the best
coaching inns, Paul being for play
ing the gentleman. At London We
put on bold front and went to
the Star and Garter in Pail Mall
l at once set out to find Mr.. Man
ners. and caught him at his door
but he feigned not to soc me.
whereupOn Mr.. Dix. my grandfath-
er's agent, declared | was an i'm
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04
CLEANS LINOLEUM.

Linoleum may be easily and eco
nomically cleaned by the use Of
gasoline. Soaps and sCruhbing pow
ders have a deleterious effect on the
colors and to a lesser degree on She
composition. which consists Of chic
ride of sulphur, ground cork and lin
seed. oil. The mop may be used or a
cloth may be dipped in the gasoline
and rubbed quickly over space,
which must then be wiped dry with
another cloth.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-04

I take no shame in the pride with
which I write OF my ErandfathPT.
Lionel Carvcl. Esq. of Carvcl Hall.
in his lOrdship's province of Mary
land, albeit he favored his majesty.
He was no palavernE tUrncOat like
my uncle Grafton. whom I knew
for a great rascal who had been
banished to his estate in Kent
county for saying in my grand
fathers presence that my mother
had not been fit to marry a CarveL
But II Grafton was a shadow on
my bOyhoOd. there was also d
great light. and this was Mistress
Dorothy Manners. my constant
playmate.
Dorothy bIoomed early. and too
soon became a great beauty. with
all our Annapolis macaronis at her
feet. Thanks to her foppish father,
Mr.. Marmaduke Manners. she gave
me to know that none but an Eng
lish earl could serve her for hUs-
band
Ny bOyhOod was passed in stir
ring times. Twas in the sum-
mer Of 1865. made memorable by
the Stamp Act. that 1 first came
into touch with the deep-set feel
ings of the period. although I had
already learnt from my friend Mr.
Henry Swain. a lawyer and a man
of note among our patriots. the
doctrines that were kindling right
eoUs revolt. My friendship with
Patty Swain. his daughter. had
begun early. and it was she who
gave me- heart TO hope that Doro-
thy. for all her fine airs. stfII
thought sometimes Of her child
hood sweetheart
Not until my uncle Grafton poi
soned his ear against me did my
grandfather learn how strong was
the republican spirit that stirrf d
me. a CaryeI against the King"
was all he said. But I saw that
Grafton had triumphed: and to tell
truth it was no pleasant thing for
M TO set my face against the king
for whom my father had died.
About this time Dorothy's wish