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THFU6HT
in THE RLFARING
A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
IN THE TINE OF SILAS WRIGHT
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GEN HOLDEN. ORR AND l. pARREl or the BLESSED BlES
kitPlNo w WITH LIZZIE. ETC. ETC

Of what they were knew that there
was none In our house.
"whats thatr' asked.
She laughed and answered: Some
body that a girl is married to-"
you mean a fatherr
"Yes."
"Once had a father" I boosted.
swell, Wen play we're married and
that you have Just got home from a
journey. You go out In the woods
and then you come home and I'll
meet you at the door"
I did as she babe me but was not
glad enough TO see her.
"You must kiss me-" she prompted
In a whisper.
! kissed her very swiftly and GIN
gerly-like one picking up a hot coal
and she caught me In her arms
and kissed me three times while her
soft hair threw Its golden veil over
our faces.
"Oh, I'm so glad TO see you" she
said as she drew away from me and
NnOoh DhCh ntr MIR.
"Golly this Is fun I" I said.
snow go TO sleep and I'll tell you
story" said she.
Then she told pretty tales OF fair
les and Of grand ladies' and noble gen.
uemen who wore gold coats and
swords and diamonds and silks, and
said wonderful words In such a Won
derful way. l dare say II prospered
all the better In my ears because Of
the mystery by which Its meanings
were partly hidden. had many
questions TO ask and she told me what
were fairies and silks and diamonds
and grand ladies and noble gentlemen.
We sat down TO one OF our familiar
dinners Of salt pork and milk gravy
and apple pie now enriched by sweet
pickles and preserves and frosted
cake.
A query had entered my mind and
soon after we had begun eating 1
asked:
aunt Deel. what is the difference
between a boy and a girlf'
There was little silence In which
my aunt drew in her breath and ex-
claimed, "W'yl" and turned very red
and covered her face with her nap
kin. Uncle Peabody laughed so loud
ly that the chickens began to cackle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunkelberg also covered
their faces. Aunt Deel rose and went
10 the stove and showed the teapot
along. exclaiming:
Goodness gracious sakes alivew
The tea stopped over on the stove.
Uncle Peabody laughed louder and
Mr.. Dunkelberg's face was purple.
Shep came running into the house
Just as l ran out OF II. had made
up my mind that l had done some
thing worse than tipping over what
not. Thoroughly frightened / fled and
took refuge behind the ash-house.
where Sally found me. l knew Of
one thing would never do again. She
coaxed me into the grove where We
had another play spell.
I needed Just that kind Of thing.
and what time II was for me A
pleasant sadness comes when think
Of that day-it was so long ago. AS
the Dunkelbergs left us stood lools-
Ing down the road on which they
were disappearing. That evening my
ears caught a note OF sadness In the
voice of the katydids. and memory
began to play Its part with me. Best
OF all I remembered the kisses and
the bright blue eyes and the soft curly
hair with the smell Of roses In It.
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with long. golden-brown hair that
hung In curls.
"Sally. this Is Barton Baynes-cant
you shake hands with himf" said Mrs.
Dunkelberg.
With a smile the girl came and Of
fered me her hand and made funny
bow and said that she was glad to
see me. 1 took her hand awkwardly
and made no reply. l had never seen
many girls and had no very high opln-
ion OF them.
As we sat there l heard the men
talking about the great Silas Wright,
who had just returned TO his home
In Canton. He had not entered my
consciousness until then.
While l sat listening felt a tweak
Of my hair. and looking around l saw
the Dunkelberg girl standing behind
me with a saucy smile on her face.
"won't you come and play with
mel" she asked.
took her out In the garden 10
show her where my watermelon had
lain. At the moment | couldn't think
of anything else TO show her. AS we
walked along l observed that her feet
were In dainty shiny button-shoes.
Suddenly l begnn TO be ashamed OF
my feet that were Drowned by the
sunlight and scratched by the briers.
The absent watermelon didn't seem to
interest her.
Lets play house In the grove" said
she, and showed me how to build a
house by laying rows OF stones with
an opening for door.
snow you be my husband" said
she.
oddly enough l had heard OF hus-
bands hut had only a shadowy notion
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treatment for the German dead only
emphasizes the need that Germany
pay for the dissertation of the graves
of the allied soldiers committed by her
troops In France.
Further Display Of Impudence.
Just at the edge of the little French
city of st. Mihiel, held by the Ger
mans for four years and retaken by
the American troops late last summer.
is a German cemetery that stands as
an insult to the French people. Here
are buried a large number of German
officers. In this cemetery the German
government erected magnificent
marble shaft commemorating the valor
of these German officers, and over the
graves stand elaborate marble and
granite monuments erected to the
memory of these German officers.
These monuments have been erected
on what has always been French soil,
and they stand there as one of the
greatest pieces of impudence commit
ted by the German nation in this war.
This is but another of the many.
many incidents that add to the seri-
BUSINESS of the crimes committed by
the Boche, and for which he should
pay.
A very considerable portion of the
soil of Belgium and northern France
is today given over to the graves Of
soldiers of the allies, and these SOL
der boys would not be dead, these
graves would not be there, millions Of
homes would not today be In mourn
ing. had not a selfish people started
war for the purposes of conquest and
loot; a war conducted with all the
wantonness and cruelty of savages.
Why should they not pay. and pay,
and pay, until they find that an I'M
holy war, such as they waged. is the
most Improbable business in which
man can engagef
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TO read 10 nrmseYs - -
whats thatr I ventured 10 ash

TO read 10 nmseYs. -
whats thatr I ventured 10 ASK
by and by.
"A story" he answered. II met a
ragged Of woman In the road t'other
day an she give me lot Of 'em and
showed me the pictures an I got to
readln' 'em. Don't you tell anybody
cause my OIL dad hates stories an
he'd lick me til couldn't stan II he
knew was readin' EN-"
begged him to read out loud and
he read from tale Of two robbers
named Thunderbolt and Lightfoot who
lived In cave in the mountains. They
were bold, free, swearing men who
rode beautiful horses at a wild gal
lop and carried guns and used them
freely and with unerring skill and
helped themselves to what they want
ed.
He stopped, by and by. and confided
to me the fact that he thought he
would run away and Join a band of
robbers.
"How do you run awayf" asked.
"Just take the turnpike and keep
goin' toward the mountains. When
we meet a band o. robbers give 'em
the sign an tell 'em you want to
join"
He went on with the book and read
how the robbers had hung a captive
who had prosecuted them and inter-
fered with their sport. The story ex-
planned how they put the rope around
the neck Of the captive and threw
the other end Of II over the limb
Of a tree and pulled the man into
the air.
He stopped suddenly and demanded:
as there long rope here7
I pointed to Uncle Peabody's hay
rope hanging on a peg.
LES hang a captive" he proposed.
At first I did not comprehend his
meaning. He got the rope and threw
Its end over the big beam. Our old
shepherd dog had been nosing the
NOW near US for rats. Amos caught
the dog who, suspecting no harm, came
passlvely to the ropes end. He tied
the rope around the dogs neck.
"We'li draw him up on tit won't
hurt him any," he proposed.
looked at him in silence. My
heart smote me, but / hadn't courage
to take issue with tina owner Of q
silver watch. When the dog began to
struggle / threw my arms about him
and cried. Aunt Deel happened to
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be near. She came and saw Amos
pulling at the rope and me trying to
save the dog.
"Come right down off'n that now
this minute" said she.
When we had come down and the
dog had followed. pulling the rope
after him, Aunt Deel was pale with
anger.
go right home-right home" said
she to Amos.
"Mr. Baynes said that he would
take me up with the horses" safd
Amos.
aye can use shanks' horses-ayes
they're good enough for you" Aunt
Deel insisted, and so the boy went
away in disgrace.
"Where are your pennies" Aunt
Deel said TO me.
felt In my pockets but couldn't
find them.
"Where did We have 'em lasti" my
aunt demanded.
"On the haymow."
"Come an show me-"
We went to the NOW and searched
for the pennies, but not one Of them
could we find.
remembered that when saw them
last Amos had them In his hand.
I'm awful 'fraid for him-ayes
be-" said Aunt Deel. "Fm 'fraid
Rovln' Kate was right about him
ayesp
"what did she sayf" asked.
"That he was goin' to be hung
ayesl You can't play with him no
more. Boys that take what don't
belong TO 'em-which hope he didn't
ayes l hope II awful-are apt to
be hung by their necks until they
are dead-jest as he was goin' to
hang OIL Shep-ayes they arel"
Uncle Peabody seemed 10 feel very
bad when he learned how Amos had
turned out
Don't say word about IT," said
he. "Mebbe you lost the pennies.
Don't mind EN-
Continued next weekly
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER T-Barton Baynes, orphan,
r. taken 20 live with his uncle, Peabody
Baynes, and his Aunt Deel on farm on
itysplit, about the year ISIS Barton meets
sally Dunkelberg. about his own age, but
socially OF class above the Bayneses,
and Is fascinated by the pretty face
and hne clothes.
My heart beat fast at thought Of
the legendary Dunkelbergs. Uncle
looked me over from top TO toe.
"IIeavensi" he exclaimed. go down
60 the brook and wash the mud OF
yer feet an legs"
ran for the brook and before 1
had returned 10 my uncle I heard the
horn blow.
"The Dunkelbergs the Dunkel-
bergsi Come quick !" It seemed TO
say.
Mfr. Dunkelberg was a big. broad
shouldered, solemn-looking man. Some
how his face reminded me OF lions
which ! had seen In one OF my pic
ture books. lie had n thick, long. out
standing mustache and side whlskers,
and deep-set eyes and heavy eyebrows.
He stood for half a moment looking
down at~me from a great height with
his right hand In his pocket. l heard
a little Jingle OF coins down where
his hand was. II excited my curios-
ity. He took a step toward me and
i retreated. ! feared, a little. this
big, llon-llke man. My fears left me
suddenly when he spoke In n small
squeaky voice that reminded me OF
the chlrping OF n bird.
"Little boy. come here and l will
make you a present" said he.
IL reminded me OF my dlsappoint-
ment when uncle tried to shoot his
gun at a squirrel and only the cap
cracked.
went 10 him and he laid a silver
piece In the palm Of my hand. Aunt
Deel began 10 hurry about getting din
ner ready while Uncle Peabody and
j sat down ON the porch with our
guests. among whom was pretty.
blue-eyed girl Of about my own age.
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the last great sacrifice was started by
Germany only to crafty the selfish
greed Of a people who had been taught
that might is right.
/ realized the tragic interest Of
America in these graves as / walked
over the hilltop at Guillimont farm,
near the village of Bony. and found
there two large cemeteries in which
American dead lie buried. I realized
1t anew as Gen. Henry Rawlinson,
commanding the Fourth British army,
recounted to me the incidents Of that
battle in which American troops made
the first break in the Hindenburg line.
and when he told me of the wonderful
gallantry Of those American boys, 'the
most gallant troops that ever fought
on a battlefield"
Today more than 1000 Of those gal
liant American boys are buried in SOL
der graves on that battlefield, and lit
tie wooden crosses mark their resting
places.
Severe Lesson for Germany.
German money cannot pay for those
lives, but that spirit of greed, of wan
tonness, of selfish ambition, that pro-
duced the senseless, needless war in
which they died. must be crushed, and
it can be crushed only by making the
German pay, and pay, and pay. until
he has learned that might is not right
and that war for the purposes of con-
quest and domination is not profitable.
An American regiment, to which /
had belonged some years ago, and In
which were enrolled many personal
friends, had fought on that field. AS
l walked beside the long rows Of
wooden crosses, and knew that some
of them marked the resting places Of
my friends, felt, as any other Ameri-
can would have felt under the same
conditions. that Germany must pay In
order that Germany should learn that
might is not right.
l am sure that every father, every
mother. every brother, every sister,
every relative and friend of those
American boys who are buried on Eu-
ropean battlefelds will feel that Ger
many must pay and pay heavily for
the desolatlOn she has caused through
out the world.
There is on the Somme battlefields,
not far from what once was the beau
tlful little city OF Peronne. a soldiers
cemetery In which British troops are
buried. On each little wooden cross
had been painted the name of the SOL
der buried beneath II, as well as the
letter Of his company and the number
of his battalion. In the onrush of the
Huns last March this cemetery was
taken. and the wanton cruelty Of the
Boche Is nowise better illustrated than
by the fact that he went through that
cemetery and painted out the names
Of these British dead.
Should Pay to the Limit
Should the Boche not pay for such
dastardly work as thatf Should he
not pay for attempting to deprive the
relatives and friends OF those British
soldiers OF knowing their final resting
place, even though. thanks TO the Brit
ish graves commission, the attempt
win not be SUCCESSFUL He must pay
the penalty just as any other criminal
must pay the penalty for his crimes.
The, world cannot send an entire ma
ton TO jail. but the world can today
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Daily Thought.

Our high respect for weli-read
man is praise enough Of literature
Emerson.
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MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2

each, with 1900 horsepower and pro-
vision to easily add several thousand
more horsepower at slight expense.
The present light and water plant
will not be abandoned but will be
utilized for storage purposes. Super
intendent Horne says the new plant
can utilize large portion of the 400
horsepower engines now in use and
the balance can be sold to advantage.
1t is understood that the water and
light commission will have no diff
Guilty in financing their plans. There
is a fifty or sixty thousand dollar
nest egge ready for immediate use
and the local banks will doubtless
handle the balance.
The Sentinel IS glad Fairmont is
to retain this valuable utility. There
is no reason why our people should
not have these privileges at actual
cost.
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discovered when he was digging a
we'll which was to supply water for
a country school house. This was
some time ago, but it is only within
the last week that Montgomery has
been able to interest capitalists in
his find.
Dispatches from Bixby picture that
entire section of the state as crazy. !"
Hundreds of automobiles, wagons
and vans are pouring into the sec
tion. In one small hotel in Bison
more than 200 guests are crowded.
In addition to the discovery of oil,
natural gas has been found in the
northern part of Perkins county The
Gil tract runs east and west and the
gas runs north and south, intersect-
ing the oil fields. 1t is believed the
gas vein is continuation of the ia
nous Oklahoma gas fields
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Three Boy Robbers
Arrested at Lennon

Lennon, Aug. 25.--As the result
of escapades during the past two or
three weeks, three boys ranging in
age from IL to IA years have been
taken into custody by the local au-
thorities. A series of robberies COM
mitted by the boys terminated with
the shooting of cow with a stolen
rifle. This proved their undoing, for
Immediately the authorities got busy
and soon had the boy bandits in Gus
tody. One of the boys had access to
barn near his home and this was
used as a storehouse for the stolen
goods The loot consisted of a pro-
fusion of automobile tools of all des-
criptions, pumps, jacks, tire acces-
sories, batteries and other automo-
bile equipment. The case of the
three boys will be taken care of in
the juvenile court.
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Mayor of Mitchell
Found "NOt Guilty"

Mitchell, Aug. 25.-Charging that
the charge of assault and battery,
filed last May against Mayor Wells
by Wood Smith, deputy state sher-
iff, was. the outgrowth of political
and personal animosity and the entire
affair was a frame-up on the part of
the state sheriff ito get the mayor, !"
Attorney T. j. Spangler made an elo-
quent plea in behalf of the mayor.
With his words ringing in their ears
the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty after being out less than half
an hour.
The case was the outgrowth of an
alleged attack by the mayor upon
Smith in the police station. Smith,
il was alleged, manhandled a pris-
oner he had arrested for being intoxi-
Gated. The mayor, the morning after
the arrest, reprimanded Smith for his
conduct and ordered him to keep his
prisoners away from the police sta
tion. In the argument which follow
ed Smith alleges that the mayor
struck and kicked him.
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Fairmont, Minn.,
Municipal Plant

Fairmont, Mimi, Sentinel: Ii the
tentative plans of the city water and
light commission and Superintendent
Horne materialize-
Fairmont, inside of six months. will
have an electric light plant of her
cwn--one that is thoroughly modern
and can be easily adapted TO the
growing demands of the city and ad-
jacent country.
IT was impossible to make a deal
with the Commonwealth Utilities
company. The Mankato branch was
all right and terms had been arrang-
ed that were mutually satisfactory
but the "men behind" kicked over
the traces repeatedly and after Sc
rious efforts at compromise negotia-
tions were declared off
superintendent Horne will shortly
60 TO the twin cities to arrange plans
and specifications for building ap.
proximately 50x125 feet on ground
40-ft. posts, to be built of brick and
to cost about $4,000 or $4,000.
The plant will be located near thu
filter station on Lake George, nortf
of the Northwestern railway tracks
Two steam or turbine engines will b
installed that will cost about $4,000
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Says Germany is
Headed Toward Ruin

Essen, Aug. 25.-A commission OF
experts appointed by the German
bureau of labor to investigate eco
romic conditions and working hours
in the coal fields has completed its
examination of the Rhenish district.
Peter Kloeckner, one of the lead
ing Rhenish industrialists, informed
the commission that the nation was
facing an economic catastrophe. He
said that even if the entente's levy
of 4O,O0O,000 tons of coal was re-
duced one-half, Germany was heading
toward ruin, as the country cannot
dispense 2O,000,000 tons annually
Herr Kloeckner believes the reduc-
ton in working time in all industrial
lines has proved disastrous to the ma
tion's economic revival and the abol-
ition of piece work has greatly cur
tailed output in all branches OF in
dustry.
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BUDGET SYSTEM
FOR UNITED STATES
GOVERNOR NORBECK PREDICTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS UNLESS
SYSTEM Is ADOPTED

Pierre, Aug. Predicting a
financial crisis in the United States
during the next 10 years, Governor
Peter Norbeck, in a statement pre-
pared for the National Budget com
mittee. declares that without a fed
eral budget to handle the nation s
financial affairs, the situation threat
ems to be hopeless. Governor Nor
beck bases his conclusions on the
large national debt resulting from
the war and the large current ex-
penses of government.
The governor says in part:
''The fiscal problems for the next
10 years will be most serious. Our
huge national debt plus current ex-
pensese of government will demand
the eXaction of taxes that will be a
heavy burden on the people, this even
though great economy is exercised
and taxes wisely based. Without a
federal budget the situation threat.
ems to be hopeless.
Compared with systems in use in
the other great nations of the world
the practices of congress are ignorant
and disordered. The need of bud
getary reform has led nearly every
state in the union to take action
Congress has been turning deaf eal
to proposals made on the subject. 1
is more imperative now than evel
before in the nations history, tina
congress do away with its losses ant
| extrayagant practices and replace
them with a real budget system.
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Oil Painting of Big
Sioux for Steamship

Sioux Falls, Aug. 25.-An oil paint
ing of the falls of the Big Sioux river
here, at it's best, prior to the INSTALL
ing of the present, dam, will hang in
the captains cabin of the new mer-
chant steamer Sioux Falls, to be
launched at Duluth in the near fu-
ture, as a permanent momento of the
city which loans its name, if plans
proposed by Chairman N. o. Monse-
rud, of the Victory loan committee,
and approved by Mayor Burnside and
the Commercial club, are carried out.
1t is customary in cases of this kind
for the city which is honored TO do
nate a silver service, set of furniture
for the captains quarters, or some
other appropriate article or articles.
The idea of presenting an oil paint
ing of the falls conceived by Mr..
Monserud, was deemed an improve
ment in that the painting would be
more permanent and more fitting.
Moreover, it would not involve any
great expenditure of money.
AS result of this plan an endeavor
is now being made to find the neces-
sary painting, of which there are
known to be several in the city owned
by private families.
No definite date has been fixed fol
the launching, but it is expected to
ha around the first of September
Miss Marie Toohey. of this city, has
accepted the honor of sponsoring the
new craft. Aaticipations are that
delegation of eight or ten people viii
go from Sioux Falls for the occasion
including A. r. Fellows, president Of
the Commercial club, Mr.. Monserud
possibly the city officials, and several
others.