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"MUSH NOTES. COST 600
Miss Goldstein of Brooklyn Wrote
Them to Another Woman's
Husband. :

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Scores Of letters
Of the kind usually described as
''mush notes" read to Justice C,iege.
rich and a jury. won for Mrs. Anna
Speare a verdict Of $4,000 agains,
Miss Frances Goldstein, Il Brooklyn
music teacher. for the alienation OF
her husbands affections.
Mrs. Speare is Il practicing physi.
clan and the wife Of Frederick Speare,
a concert singer.
One of the letters Miss Goldstein
addressed to "My Hearts Darling"
follows:
II have just played Memberships
symphony. If I could fly to you l
would, and l wish my letters would
only fly to you. Oh. sweetheart, how
beautiful that Italian symphony is!
The first thing ! do when I awake IS
to u down in the parlor and play it.
1t is 81 plainlivc-so pathetic and so
simple. Some day that Curuso will
turn me lOOney.
"My darling, when ! think of the
morning ] watched YOU go AWAY on
the train experienced the same sweet
pain. l stood there as in Il dream
after YOU We're gone, and then came
tenrS-hot tears. l could not calm
myself
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MUST QUIT LOVING
FOR twelve MONTHS
Judge Places Paddock on Hear,
of Girl Who married
Navy"

San Observation-Disclosures from low
Ing any man for a whole year is the
paddock placed upon the affections of
twenty-year-old May Bradley-Kosack-
Davis-Forter of San Francisco, triple
Bride known as 1.-THE girl who married
the navy" This unique sentence was
given in lieu of more formal punish
ment for higamy, for the pretty de
PENDANT had not bothered about divorc-
ing off the old love before taking en-
with the new.
The triple BRIDES bcvy of husbands
consisted of the following: George
Bartlett Porter. chief commissary
steward of The U. s. S. Marhlehead;
Francis ]. Kosack, lieutenant on the
U. S. S. Luckenbach, and John Dallas
Davis. chief cook on the U. s. s. Ore
Son. All are living; none divorced.
Miss Bradley mel her future hls-
bands at dances. Her heart kept
time to the tripping of feet. she said,
and the marriages followed in quick
succession. She loved Porter longest
and best. she explained, because he
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didn't try to kiss her when he tOok her
home from the dances. This was SO
unusual, she said, that the already
twice welded young matron decided
ITO get that man, If it's the last thing
l 10 Oh EARTH"
She said just sheer WEAKNESS was
responsible for her first marriage.
Her second husband, John Davis, met
her ut Il dance and escorted her home
aNd an elopement to San Diego, CAL.
soon followed.
A few months later. at Il dance again,
she met her third husband. George Por.
ter. She said she married Porter be.
cause she really loved him.
George knew of my other es
capades," she informed the court,
land he says he will stick to me, if
car get Il divorce from the other two.
He has gone to Alaska in his ship, and
I pray nightly for his safety. II any.
thing happens that I cannot live with
him, l shall enter a convent and be-
come u num-"
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PERSHING LEADS HEROES IN
GREAT NEW YORK PARADE

New York.-Over a five-mile flower
strewn pathway, General Pershing led
his famous First division down Fifth
avenue to the wild plaudits Of two
million proud cOuntrymen. 1t was the
last great review of the old world war
for New York and it was Il fitting eli
max to Il long series Of military
SpectacleS.
The nation stands together in the COM
mon purpose to complete what the
boys did who carried their guns with
them over the sea-"
1--WE may think that they finished
that job, but they will tell you they
did not, that unless we see to it that
peace is made secure they will have
the job to do Over again and we, in
the meantime. will rest under Il con-
slant apprehension that we may lave
To sacrifice the flower OF youth
again.
'The whole country has made up
its mind that shall not happen"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-09-18
Prime PRINCIPLES in Pact.

Ten points in the peace treaty We're
defined by President Wilson tonight
as the fundamental principles on
which he is asking its acceptance
by the United States.
Riding westward into Montana ut
the end of the worst week on the
tour, the president made no stop for
q night address, but instead made
through the newspaper correspondents
the platform he desires to be placed
before the people in the plea Of the
treaty's acceptance.
The 10 points on which he epitO-
mixes the treaty provisions are as
follows:
One The destruction of autocratic
power as an instrument of Internal
tional control admitting only self
governing nations to the league.
Two.-The substitution Of public
discussion and arbitration for war,
using the boycott rather than arms.
The substituting Of publicity, discus
sion and arbitration for war, using
the boycott.
Thrce.-Placing the peace Of the
world under constant international
oversight in recognition of the prin-
ciple that the peace of the world is
the legitimate interest of every state.
FOur.-Disarmament.
Five.-The liberation Of oppressed
peoples.
SiX.-The diScOntinuance of annex
alton and substitute of trusteeShip
with responsibility to the opinion Of
mankind
Seven-The invalidation of all secret
treaties
Eight--The protection Of dependent
peoples
Nine.-Iigh standards Of labor
under international sanction.
Ten.-The international co-ordina-
ton Of human reform and regulation.
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MANDAN FOLKS HAVE
CHANCE TO HEAR WILSON

On Board President Wilson's Spe-
ciui Train, Dickinson, N. d., Sept. 10.
To a crowd which surrounded his
private car today at Mandan, N. d.,
President Wilson declared u week of
travel in the heart Of the country had
convinced him that the nation stands
together for III international Euarnn-
tee of peace. II an glad to get out
20 see the real folks" he said, "to
feel the touch OF their hands and
know as ! have CONF Ia know, how
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IHPRovED UNlFoRM INTERNATIONAL
LESSON
tBy REV. p. b. FITZWATER, D.. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER Fl
THE HOLY

LESSON TENTS-Psalms 1914; II
Timothy 3:14-17.
GOLDEN TEXT-Thy word is a lamp
unto my feet. and a light unto my path.
Psalm 1896.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Psalm 49,;
Matt. 4:1-ll: Luke 4:16-22; John 5:39-47.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The best book in
the world.
JUNIOR ToP1c-what the Bible con.
tains.
INTERMEDIATES. ToP1c-The author.
ity Of the Bible.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToP1C-The in.
SEPARATION of the Bible.
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Love Endureth All Thlnos.

Love beareth all things, believeth
all things. endureth all things. Peo-
pie we love sometimes disappoint us.
They do things we never dreamed they
could do. If we love them, we shall
not abandon them because they have
faults. We shall just believe that one
day they will put away their faults,
cease to do evil, and learn to do we'll.
Love never despairs Of anyone. Love
never faileth.
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special writer's, Secretary Joseph Tu-
multy and Admiral Grayson, his ply
sician. The party left Bismarck 1t l
o'clock for Billings, where the next
presidential speech is scheduled for to-
morrow.
8ismarck's Reception.
North Dakota gave President Wood
row Wilson Il heart stirring, typical
western welcome today When he ar
rived in Bismarck to speak on the
peace treaty and thelcague Of nations
covenant.
1t was a statewide outpour;ng of en-
thusiaSm to the nations chief that will
go down in the annals Of the states
history as the To- spontaneous and
splendid reception eve rendered Il dig
nitary within the borders of the Flick
ertail state.
Escorted by "Darclevil" Lieutenant
Chester jacobson. flying his army BIZ
plane just ahead. the special train
drawn by two engines us Il signal
honor to the president of the United
States. entered the station with sirens
and whistles blowing. crowds cheering,
band playing. members of the Ameri-
can Legion and the guard of honor
standing rigid!y at attention. moving
picture camerumen grinding out Il per-
mlncnt record Of the reception.
AS the train slowed down, the recep-
his party, consisting of Mrs. Wilson.
Secretary TumuIty. Rear Admiral
Grayson and many others. We're escort
ed to their waiting automobiles.
The guard of honor. composed of
former service men. formed Il passage
way for the president to his machine.
Riding with the president were Mrs.
Wilson. and Governor and Mrs. Frazier.
Wilson Is Chee:ed Justify as He
Parades Downtown District.
The sidewalks We're lined with thou
sands of elated admirers as The chief
executive and eScor threaded the
downtown districts. Large crowds
and other convevanccS. The acclaim
With which Wilson was greeted was ::
tribute to the personal popularity Of
the distinguished visitor.
The presidential party remained in
Bismarck from II to ] O'clock. The
president vas formally received! on be-
half of the state by Il cominitlce that
boarded the train ut Fargo. The COM
lnittee consisting OF S. j. Doyle of
Fargo, w. Il. Byerly Of NelNa. NJ. +.
IlegSe Of lIatton, Il. y. knoW!ton Of
jamestown, Charles Simmons Of New
England, George Standish OF Bismarck
and w. L. porterticld of Fargo. The
committee visited with the president
from shortly after 10 O'Clock until the
train reached Bismarck.
A Trip Around the City.
After the speaking, the president
and Mrs. Wilson with the presidential
party. were given an automobile ride
over Bismarck and the surrounding
country. The ride terminated ut the
Bismarck Country club, where Il recep-
ton WAS given the party. The presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson seemed to enjoy
their short stay of fifteen minutes ut
the club, from which Il splendid view
may be had of the Missouri river and
the city of Bismarck.
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Money Cast on Waters
Found After Manv DAYS

Springfield, Mass.-A wallet
containing $1,000 and valuable
papers, the property or DR.. w.
r. Hodgson of Stoneham, lost
while canoeing two years ago,
was sent to Doctor Hodgson by
A. A. Durham of this city, who
found the wallet floating in Wa
tershops pond. At the time Doc
tor HOdgsOn was capsiZed he
also lost Il rifle and binoculars
and employed u diver to search
for them without success.
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Of Ono RELIGION.

All humble, meek. mcrciful, just
pious, and devout souls are every,
where Of n religion, and when death
has taken off the mask they will know
II another, though the divers liver
les they wear make them Strangers
Penn.
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When to Reuln Kind Acts.

A more glorious victory cannot lie
gained over another man than this,
that when the injury began on his part,
the kindness should begin on ours.-
TillotSOn.
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Her hand met his, but not her eyes.
II he did not so quickly something
would happen; he would sea her cry
ing. The angels that guard blunderers
got Richard out OF the tent without
b suspicion OF threatening tears. She
threw Off her negllgee and the pale
blue slip: the tears must wait for
that. Then she flung herself on her
bed and shook It with the grief of
wounded vanity.
That evening the chief had vlsi-
tory The wife Of Maidonado, some OF
the fear pressed out OF her eyes,
brought In his Numbered khakis,
socks, darned and matched; all the
missing buttons replaced.
II haven't worn matched SOCK"
he told her, 'for months. That's great,
sonora"
He wanted to get to bed, but she lin
gered. She wanted to talk to him
about her troubles; he had cautioned
her against talking about them In
camp, so she overfowed to him
whenever she found chance about
Maldonado, the children, Lupe. II
was getting wearylng, but he could
not shove the poor thing out.
Sonora Maldonado gave sharp In
take of breath, an aborted scream.
Richard, too, saw a mans figure OUT
side the screen door. The Mexican
woman pressed a frightened hand to
her heart. or course II was the venge
ful Maldonndo would xiii her
IF am intruding," 1t was the
voice of Hardin.
Come right in" welcomed Richard.
"Get along, sonora" The Maldonado
slipped out into the night, her hand
still against her heart.
Hardin, roll of maps under his
arm, entered with rough sheer on
his face. A dramatic scene, that, he
had interrupted And Richard. who
did not like to have women in camp.
White womeni
Richard, stiil sleepy, asked him to
sit down.
II wanted to speak to you about
those concrete aprons. They tell me
you've given an order not to have
them"
Richard resigned himself to long
argument. II was three o'clock when
Hardin let him turn In.
When he was getting ready for bed
he remembered the melodramatic
scene Hardin had entered upon. He
stared c0mprehendingl at the screen
door--seelng with understanding Har-
din's coarse sneer-the Maldonado,
breathing fast, her hand over her
heart. "of course hen think--good
lord. these people will make me into
an old woman don't care what the
whole caboodle of them think r.
Five minutes after blowing out his
candle he was deeply sleeping.
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needed only an introduction was
stirred into the open.
you must not" her voice trembled
with anger, 'you must not ask that
woman. She is not to be spoken to-"
The girl asked her bluntly what she
meant.
"You must not give her your wash
ing-must not speak to her. I've not
mentioned 1t before. IL hoped it
would not be necessary. Tom told me
not to speak of it,"
"Tom told you not to speak of it.?
Not to speak of whatT"
'You must have observed Rick
ard2"
The girls ear did not catch the
short pause. observed Mr.. Richard p"
1.-THE GOODNESS between us. scarce
ly speak to him. / don't wish to speak
to him."
When had all this happened, lines
demanded of herself? Had she been
asleep, throwing pity from outdated
dreams?
Il won't countenance a common af-
fair like that" Her eyes, sparkling
with anger, suggested jealous wrath
to Innes, who had her first hint of the
story. She had learned never to take
the face value of her sisters verbal
coin; 1t was only symbol Of value !;
1t stood for something else.
The yellow eyes were on the dredge
bucket as 1t swung across the channel,
but they did not register. She was
angry, outraged; she did not know
with whom. With Gerty for telling her,
with Richard, with life that lets such
things be. She jumped up. "Oh, stop
itp She rushed out of the tent, fol-
lowed by strange bitter smile that
brought age to the face of Gerty Har-
din.
In her own tent, Innes found excuse
for her lack of self-control. She did
not like the color of scandal; she
hated smudge. Gerty had said the
whole camp knew 1t; knew why the
Mexican woman was in campl She
did not trust Gerty in anything else ;
why should she trust her in that2 She
would forget Gerty's gossip.
But she remembered it viyidly that
week as she washed her own khakis
as she bent over the ironing board in
Gerty's swelterlng 'skitchenette." She
thought OF 1t as she returned Rick
ards bow In the mess tent the next
morning; each time they met she
thought Of 1t. And II was In her mind
when she met Sonora Maldonado by
the river one day, and made sudden
wide curve to avoid having to speak
to her.
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CHAPTER XIV.
snudge.

SnuuQGs
From her tent, where she was writ
ing a letter that Jagged somehow, In
mes Hardin had seen Richard go to
her sisters tent. She did not need to
analyze the sickness of sight that
watched the dancing step acknowl-
edge Its intention. 1t meant wretch
edness, for Tom. At time when he
most needed gentleness and sympathy
rasped as he was by his humiliations
and dlsanpointmeuts--ho could any
woman be so cruel2 AS for Richard,
he was beneath contempt-lf 1t were
true, Gerty's story, told In shrugs and
dashes. She had Tilted him for Tom !;
and this his revenge? She had not
known that she had such feeling as
the thought reused In her. 1t proved
what the blood tie Is, this tigerlsh
passion sweeping through her, as her
eyes watched that closed tent--it was
for love for Tom, pay for Tom. Sex
honor-why. Gerty did not know the
meaning of the words
How long would II be before Tom
would see what every one else was
seeing2 What would he do when he
knew2 Hating Richard already, bitter
as he was
She was not SO biased as he. She
could see why Marshall had had to re-
organize. Estrada had shown her;
and MacLean. Her sense of justice
had done the rest. Richard had proved
his efficiency; the levee. the camp. the
military discipline all showed the gem
eral. Whether he were anything OF
an engineer. time would tell that. Il
was long call he was making Sup
pose Tom were to come back7 She
must watch for hlm--make some ex-
euse to pun him In IL he should come
back before that other went Hate
ful, such housekeeping A prisoner
TO that mans galllyantlngl
For an instant she did not recognize
the figure outside Gerty's tent. Her
fears saw Tom. She reached the
screen door in time 10 see nickard lift
his hat TO a disappearing furry OF ruff
files. Angry eyes watched Richards
step swing him away.
From the leyee that day, she had a
glimpse OF the Mexican woman ON her
knees by the river, rubbing clothes
against smooth stone. A pile of
tlght.wrung socks lay on the bank In
mes stood and watched her.
Il must remember 10 speak of her
to Gerty." she determined. "She prob
ably does not know that there is a
washerwoman In camp
II was week later before she &c.
membered 10 speak Of the Mexican
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CHAPTER XVI.
Tlme the umnlre.

The river was low; its yellow wa
tiers bore the look of oriental duplicity.
Each day was now showing its prog
ress. The two ends of the trestle were
creeping across the stream from. their
brush aprons, A few weeks OF work,
at the present rate, and the gap would
be closed. Hardin's big gate In 1t; the
bypass ready; the trap set for the
Colorado. The tensity of last squirt
was In the air.
1t was inspiring activity, this pitting
OF mans cumulative skin against an
elemental force. No Caucasian mind
which did not Jingle, feel the prlyi-
legged thrill OF II. 10 the stolid native
this day of weIl-patd toll was his mill
lennium, the fulnllment OF the
prophecy. His gods had so spoken,
Food for his stomach, liquor for his
stupefactlcn: the white mans money
laid ia brown hand each Sunday
morning was what the great gods fore.
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her down into his humiliation" His
sweet moment had passed.
He spent few futile moments try
ing to comfort her.
"Don't come near me- It burst
from her; a cry Of revulslon. He
stared at her, the woman meeting his
eyes in flushed defiance. The hatred
which he saw, her bitterness, corrected
his pride, scorched his self-love. Moth
ing would kill his love for her; he
knew that in that blacklist Of mo-
ments. He would never forget that
look Of dread, of hate. He left her
tent.
That night, the cot under the stars
had no tenant. Hardin had 1t out
with himself down the levee.
That valley might fulfill Estrada's
vision and his labor; might yield the
harvest of happy homes; but his was
not there. He had been the. sacrifice.
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CHAPTER xxvII.
The Walk Home.


Claudia Marshall sat at the head of
her stately table in the Palmyra, mute
as a statue but for the burning eyes
which followed her Tod. To Innes,
her guest, 10 was tragic presence, OF
brooding solicitude.
Late hours, excitement, might
abridge the life she so passionately
policed; but she would not demand
the sacrifice of his cigar.
Marshalrs cigar followed the coffee.
Tony, the white-capped italian cook Of
the Palmyra, was removing the cups.
Innes was carrying her double inter-
est, listening to Tod Marshalls broad
sweep, getting a new viewpoint as he
minimized the local scheme-feeling
that silent presence at the head of the
tables
Then something drove Claudia from
her mind. What Mr.. Marshall had said
swept a disturbing calcium on Tom.
What If, truly, the river fiasco could
be traced to that overzealous hand? To
Tom this undertaking blotted out the
rest of related big endeayor; but that
was not the way her host was looking
at it. He was too courteous to give
her discomfort; he had not said it di-
rectly. But always it met her, rose up
to smite her, wherever she was Was
it not egotism, personal pride, that was
making her cover her eyes, like any
simple ostrich? Her brother-assum
him anybody else's brotherl The
dredge fiasco-the wild night at the
levee-no isolated accidents those.
Hardin's luck
A flush of miserable shame came to
her. How they had all been trying to
spare her-Eduardo, these kindly Mar.
shalls-MacLean She was turning,
impulsively, to ask Tod Marshall if he
thought, could he think it probable
that they would fail, when step that
sent the blood to her face took the
cars stairs at two leaps. Now, in
deed, the dinner was spoiled.
"That's Richard. / forgot to tell yot
that asked him to dinner. He couldn't
get away. He said he'd run in for cot.
fee. Hello, Richard. Thought you'd
forgotten usl"
She hadn't thought of that contin.
gency! She found herself shaking
hands. with him. Gould he not hear her
mind, ticking away at the Maldonado
episode?
OF course he would insist on seeing
her to her tent. Punctilious, alwsys,
Well, she just wouldn't. Perhaps she
could slip out some way. She would
watch her chance.
"Can l talk shop for while?" asked
Richard.
They withdrew to a cushioned win
DOW seat. Innes had found her chance
she asked to be shown over the car
Innes confided her plan. She wanted
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the forty miles ~ woven wire cable
waiting for the cross strands. Day
BY day the piles o. willow branches
grew higher. the brush cutters work
ing ahead Of the mattress workers hi
the stream. ia the dense underground
the st0iid Indians. Pinas and Mnrico-
pas and papagoes, struggled with the
heree thorn " the mesqait and the
syefpowering smell u the arrow
weed As tough ~ the hickory handles
they welded. they fought clearing
through dense thickets ia the intense
tropic heat.
Down stream the Br0bdingnaEian
arm ~ the dredge fen into the mud Of
the bypass, dropping rs Shiny burden
90 the far bank. Down the long
stretch q leYes the sskinners" drove
sheiE mules aud serapers; two pile
drivers were setting ia the PREACHER
Gus stream the piles which were 70
anchor the steel-cabled mattresses 20
tie river bed. II was well-0rganized,
active scene. Richard, IN IBIS Office,
debating letters and kilograms 70 Mac.
Lean. Jf, felt his FIRST satisfaction.
Thing were beginning 70 show the re-
suit Of months 81 planning. Cars were
ssshiaS ~ frem north aud east; every