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DELAWARE AyKN IL Large desirable
secand story furnished room suitable
for one III twn gentlemen Call 3n1f
FIFTH AYE IL Two rooms for rent ~
private family
MARKET >T 1921 Two iarge com
municatng bedrooms
~ JACKSON ST. ool-one furnished
room.
er. Nineteenth street near Boulevard
References exchanged Address NJ !. Every
Evening Office
ROOM Bay window zecond-story front
Phane s.a' 5-a-I 80 7'''' 's''''''' 80 ''ii''is
ROOM Slcely furnished for gentleman.
Private family Phone 37o5j
ROOMS rWe communicating rooms for
gentlemen only Two blocks fsom Ten5 Il
and Market streets 1915 King street
ROOMS Two communicating unfurutshetl
for rent. - Of ia h Private family Goa4
location Address II =, Every Evening
once
ROOM Cine large room in strictly private
family Reasonable Phone 5o2l
ROOMS Furnished room third aoor from.
street Phone 5s>4 K
ROOMS Two large furnished rooms for
l4ghl houst 6et pinG NJ conFeEiencts.
Phone 2eU5 "
ROOMS Centrally located Two rooms IN
dr~t floor. four rooms on second floor and
I've rooms en- tn4rd floor Viii rent ragh
tia8r separately Immediate possession tt3-
plN & Broek>on. io4 " seventh street.
TWENTY FIFTH ST " iii Furnish
~ room private family
W WASHINGTuN ST 1907 Furnished
fuata
" FOURTH ST 5oN Furnished room.
for enc eE tWo gentlemen
SMITH ~T IsGh Two furnished com
nuu5ettIns rooms next 10 bath
y SMITH ST af2 Two rooms second
teae unnruisaed fuae =
y sly ENTH ST >2>- Rooms Furnishes
or anfurnl~he8
second story room for gentlemen
" ELEVENTH ST II Neatly furnished
room for one or Two se ntlemen
WES1 IT. Zoo Iaree thIrd-story front
room
WASHINGTON 81 ola Rooms. Nth o.
s4l8
WEST SIDE Three anfurnlsf,ea room,
an second floor uSe of hath NJ Is. Every
Evening othee
VEST ST 200 Rooms fer rent
y s5Tp 81 II Furnished room private
" 2aTn ST seo Two neel, furnished
rooms All ean,enleu,es t.eod location
Rooms For Housekeeping IS
THIRTY FOURTH ST I'd Tive un-
furnished rooms for light Housekeeping
Phone 4aaaN
FIFTH tNE f"o Furnished roeni-
for Beht housekeeping
HARRISON II 4oo Furnished faom
adtoIulus hafh 81 IT phone Also nEat
housekeeping paA ileAes
MARKET st 422t Ro5m~ TOR li1ht
housekeeping
PINE ST tNua Two furnished room.
for hIht housekeeping NJ Chtldfen
" EltsIlFH ST lis Thg,x furnished
raoius fer rent for housekeeping
tsHlNGTON ST Near Delaware AN.
mit Furnished FuaWs for I5Ght Hausek et.l,.
iup phaut l0l~ N
" ASHINtsT0\ 81 Furnished rooms fog
iight housekeeping Washington ~trt.,i
near Delaware avenue Can t0tsM
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Iin,lseIloId G.no.Is

ANTIQUE Chairs I've hand carved I'm
ported from Egypt ) Il. GarngF second
and Monroe streets
BEDS large assortment III tra.s aud
Whife enamel .hets springs aId iaKt.
trrssts st4 us before rtftlHR a ner fcd
outtlt NcsNiti suRr 3au money If NuH viii
take time to compare Irtses considering
quality FuIi line of carpets rugs. Iius
orums aud mating kofriaeFatuls ami
Perfection ajl St0trs AlHHdA fHrhtHre
Co Eifth and Madison sffert~ cur al
dress tells why We can saNc ypH maneY
BED SPRING National fer double hrd
Ei0pd condition so IS Ninth street
Phone I'LL
BEDROOM SUITE Niet oae bedroom
suite 1902 Jefferson street
FURNITURE Thrrt-pteee hearaom suite
Oriole gas range, mahogany mirror Phone
1922 J.
GAS RANGE sidehaard. electric dining
room dome. ao9 Jefferson street.
HEATERS We sell The famous Empire
PipCless Heaters = q. NiiiiamS Third
and Tainall streets formerly ala Orange
Lost something Try classified ad-
We rtlscment III Every Evening Adv
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ORGAN Estty make 6oud condition
1923 v seventh street Phone 32Ua
PHO%ODKApu Cabinet phsnograph
slightly used chrap Also get yaus Bubble
hooks here for thc cifiidTen Piano serSiee
Co 10 " SiAth street. PHONE sssi5
SEWING MACHINES Cheapest place II
Guy singer machines NgWs used aud sc
uud hand machines s. up rhone 1al9 ]
" 7 GagfuS singer shop o2t u Faurta
street
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USED TRUCKs-ONE l1z-ToNs GAR
FORD TRUCK. 1917 sTUDEB AKER
LIGHT DELIVERY WILMINGTON
AUTOMOBILE COMPANY. TEMPO
RARY LOCA TION. SOP FRENCH ST.
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USED CARs-stanley steamer stearns-
knight coupe can be bought cheap ago
1917 Chevrolet. Ford touring 1915 1916
Studebaker. 4-cylinder Buick touring
1917 Paige touring. Briscoe demonstrator
run 600 miles can be bought al a reason
able figure. Bethlehem 21z-tOn factory re-
built truck. hissel I4.-ton truck. cheap.
Ford touring. 1917 New motor and top.
Good tires, bargain. Climax Motor sales
Co. Thirty-frst and Market streets.
Phone S261.
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Good ThIngs % L.al

nest PURE LARD 2ac Daahte star
equals soc butter. aIc buckeye. 43G
crtamtd cabbage. 20 large tasty sour or
dill pickles 81 wr also sell Good Luck
H0rncr. Smallest store III Town I'll
hing street
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Business Opportunitis
Investments. Stocks. Bonds
INSTRUCTION

Correspondence Courses ~
GOVERNMENT Immediately. hundreds
men. women over -. Government Jobs
siuo 5000 month List positions free.
Franklin Institute Dept. a +, Rochester.
GOVERNMENT Immediately. names Of
women over i6 wishing government posi-
tions Common education sufficient sin1
month up. Address ID Il Every Evening
CfiCc
MAIL CLERKS Wanted names men over
Ii. wishing TO become ma II carriers or post
al CLERKS Sio0-SIJ5 month Answer Im-
mcdiatcly ID Is. Every Evening Office
Local instruction Classes ~
SHORTHAND and typeWrtting taught
EVENING" Individual instruct ion. Terms
moderate Address II l.. Every Evening
OhiCe
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Business and office Equipment 81

CASH REGISTERS TYpEW RlTERs.
SAFES IRON AND STEEL TYPE
WRITERS RENTED. REPAIRED STA.
TIoNERY OFFICE SUPPLIES WALES
sDDING MACHINES sEE i FIRST
You'll SAVE MONEY WlLNtSGToN
TYPEWKirR And SAFE 60. s4l
ORANGE STREET PHONE seaa
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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY

CLASSIFIED DISPLAY
Business Service.
WHITE PINE CYPRESS
N. q. PINE CHESTNUT
YELLOW PINE POPLAR
FIR OAK
SPRUCE BIRCH
HEMLOCK MAPLE
Roofers, Sheathing, Flooring, Cy-
press Shingles.
Mouldings and Wall Board
5. Q. SIMMONS & BROS. co..
Front and Tatnaii Streets.
D. q a. 25I Automatic 2f64.
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PACkARD-Se seven pa ssenger touring car
model 2-25 Recently repainted and me-
chanicaly ovcrhauled Equipped with slip
covers All tires III excellent condition
Can be seen by appointment. NJ "a, Every
Once
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oRANoE srREET PHONE seaz

II RNITt RE Office desks. safes Hies
cabinets and general oiilCe furniture. store
hxturcs &c Ne huA sell and exchange
Hndiu 4 SON iu4 Seeoad street
Fhunr 5Ssh IL
n A( itI%F \0hit BFes is gItaH ma
chirt also one Cfea>cy 4et erttsher. asb
iat 8f tHbs and cans fnou 28sa ii
pool. TABLES fsVt brunswick tabieS
almost new pcTfo=t order GHrap. Haru
kebabafh llel
SAFE Double daofs inside and out Gali
TYpEW RITERS smith INpe.
writer Exchange tIi uakes sold tented
ard repaired AHea AedHg Machines AMI
Check Nriters II seventh street
second hour over arHef siiep Phones
AU33 an 2s55
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GIRL Neat colored girl. Phone oaa.

| GIRL Neat colored girl Phone o53
! GIRLS-Two gorls for scashorc one as
| Good wages Mrs J.W Morris Eighteenth
and Washington streets.
/ GIRL Experienced girl for cooking and
"GmmS& Appy T"rs s4o6 s. 50 % fs -
/ housekeeping for two men and hoy Az.
! ply 25o6 West street after G y nj.
/ HOUSEWORK- Capable white woman for
general housewnre Two in family Ref
ercnccs required Mrs. /. NJ. Norton. ~
/ GcddCS street
/ HOTEL WORK OF neat appearance for
! hotel work Apply Mr.. Rendcroth. Hotel
On foht
I HOUSEWORk- Steady woman for general
houscwork 2l2 West street.
1 HOTSEk EEPER No objection ia one
child. Good home to right party Phone
Delaware City ~ or address + 0 Box %.
Delaware City
I HOUSEWORk Girl or woman for general
honscwoTh No washing Or troning Good
I I'll W Nineteenth street
/ KITCHEN WORK White woman. Al
dress 20. Every Evening oficc
4 LAUNDRY Women and girls steady
4 work Experience not necessary. iNI
Laundry Sixth aud Orange streets
] MOTHER i HELPER Capable woman rs
mother helper in the home M cooking
washing or ironing Good home and rea
Sonablc wages for reliable woman Phone
46f3 between 3 and O'Clock evening
\ MENDEK Nendcr wanted Experienced
mcndeT white work Ribs only Good
wages champion Hosiery Co, Front and
Orange streets
4 MOTHERS : HELPER one VINO is willing
% 20 10 scaShorc for summer Apply 1913
B0u lcNaTd
/. OPERATOR Female machine operator
Experienced operator on assembling ma
chino preferred 4S hours, ave-day week
Good pay Apply Bond Manufacturing
Corporation. Fifth ana Monroe streets
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Motorcycles and Bicycles

HARLEY-DAyIDsON Motorcycle. side
car. Good condition. Apply 6201. Z Fifth
street.
READING Standard motorcycles General
repairing on all makes Accessories Viii
mington Cycle Co, 1906 Market street.
Delmar T. Van Size. Mgr Phone 1861
WILMINGTON CYCLE SHOP-503 "
Front street has moved 10 new quarters
corner Fourth and scott streets
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SHORTHAND

Hines Private Business col legc. 4o2
" 22d street Phone 522fW lndi
Nidual instruction in shorthand.
typewritinE bookkeeping comp
tOmeter. adding machine &c open
ali summer Day and evenings Elre
trir famed studios. Positions
cured
TYPFN RITINt, Gregg shorthand and
touch typcwritinR individual instruction
by thoroughly experienced private tutor
Day 1Cnlngs Results guaranteed. Ad-
dress h .. Every Evening office.
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Autp Accessories
Service Stations. Repairing

JOHNSON'S QUICK SERVICE GARAGE
car washed, 81. poll shed. soc. 33I East
Fifth street.
MAXWELL AND JACKSON motor car
repairing Garage Third and Clayton
streets. Ignition our speciality
TOM MARTIN GARAGE-401 Harrison
street Phone 4545R. General repairs
Gasoline and oils
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Helm Wanted Nfale

AID COAfPOSITOR Good opportunity foi
competent man 10 secure permanent posi-
tion with good pay ard good working con
ditions Apply Every Eveuiuc Of4ce
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RfGs-A large selection of wool and hbre
tapestry brussels and velvet rugs. No mat
ter what size you desire We have one Ihht
will suit you Mnndy Furniture Co. FIRM
aud Madison streets. Credit terms.
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BOY To work afternoons from 10
o clock Must hate worh papers Apply al
once 70 Mr. CrossgroFc Every Etenine
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MERCHANDISE
Articles For Sale

AWNINGS Place your orders for awning
nov Estimates gwen Nofk guaranteed
" Williams. 80 Washington street.
Phone TSH~
CINDERs Frre for hauling Gas Plant
foot of Madison street
HEATER Idea Premier hot water heater.
rated - feet 1900 " Third street. all
evening
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles For Sale

CHEVRoLET-Fi Five pa ssanger baby grand
Al condition. New battery and new tires
Must be sold at once. 40 ;. Union street
CHEVROLET touring. 49o-l9 model
Scripps- Booth roadster. enclosed Ford
coipc sedan. 10 touring. $3.50 Every
car bargain. Daily until o'clock. sun
days ] O'Clock Solway. 1902 SCOTT street
CHALMERS Six-cylinder seven -passen-
ger sedan Just overhsuled and new tires
Apply Franz Woerncr, 1902 w Thr-
DOnGF-Auto truck frst-class condition
New tires. r. o. Box 3Sc, Penn Grove
DORT-Five-pa passenger touring car. Al
condition. Phone 659l J.
F0RD-Touring car Al condition Over
land truck one-ton, Al condition Owner
leaving city 4. G. Belts. 1902 West -.
FEDERAL TRJCk-Stecl dump body
Wood 5 hoist new tires and in Al con
dition Also Overland touring car Will
sell both cheap. Owner leaving city. l2o5
W. Fifth street.
FORD-19l9 touring car. Al condition.
Good rubber Phone I72o-03s6. F. ;.
HUDsoSseve sSengeT good good Gondi 4a1di
$3.50 Can he seen at Central Garage. OIL
Shipley street. or BY calling 6S04
IOZIER-Wiih motor Just overhauled
-Four brand new shoes, sport model body
Also three ? a. bE .lres. St1aFe r,i..a l}ral
i96a u.
PACkARD- Seven-pa assenger touring car,
model 2-&5. Recently rspaIntBd and me-
chanicany overhauled. Equipped with slip
covers All tires III excellent condition
Can be seen by appointment. NJ ~, Every
Evening of1Ce.
STIDEBAkER- Six-cylinder scven- IS
senger. Good condition Owner leaving
town. Apply Tyson Bros. 30e f. sixth
street
SCRIPTS -BOOTH-lqIq. Good shape
Stewart truck, thrce-QUartcr ton Good
as new Phone 1855 NJ
RUCh-Vim three-quarter ton truck
1915 model Good running condition
Good tires all around A real bargain. see
Mr., Grassland at gas plant. foot OF
Madison street
RUCk-kohIer ~ tons. Good condition.
Apply 420 Z. Sixth street after o clock
TRUCk-One-half-to Vim truck. Chas-
sis IN Al condition. 1918 model " Nouid
trade on Ford SIS " seventh street.
USED CARS-lOO for sale | have cars
Of all makes listed with me by privat Il
owners. G. Murray Bell Phone $3.50.
USED. CARs-one Ford coupe. one 1917
Regal touring. One 1919 Chevrolet tour
ing l920 sport model Paige II q Neese.
Union Park Garage, 20S y. Union st.
USED CARs-stanley steamer stearns-
knight coupe. can be bought cheap ago
1917 Chevrolet. Ford touring 1915 1916
Studebaker. 4-cylinder Buick touring
1917 Paige touring. Briscoe demonstrated
run GOO miles can be bought al reason
able figure. Bethlehem 2I2-tOn factory re-
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MEMORIAL TABLETS Brass and
Bronze Tablets Ruebrr - shlHleS street
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MOVING { Galloway transfer piano
rance hauling Two and fyc-ton Pierce
Arrow trucks TO hire Extra heavy haul
ing and rigging contractor. Can 1861
ING-James Il Rutter moving and
hauling. Long distance moving a speciality
Large moving vans. Phone 23q6
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NfoyINC-Chas A C,ihney Moving and
Hauling Of all aiDds prompt attention
reasonable rates Phone Holly OAK 24s r.
Ola aynont. Del
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USED CARS-I00 for sale I have cars
of all makes listed with me by private
owners. G. Murray Bell. Phone $3.50
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SHIP BY TRUCK Twins Freight TX
press leaves Philadelphia 1870 a III.
Leaves Wilmington / q. daily except
Saturday Philadelphia phone Woodland
1854 " Wilmington phone ID \ 1908.
STORAGE ROOMS For rent Both
phones George r Lang 90 1905 Orange.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-01-31
BELGIUM SKETCHES
A Piece of
Tile
BY Katharine E~ggleston Roberts.

Copyright. 1890. western Newspaper Unionl
as this where ! used to live. grand
mother?" The little girl stood In the
middle of No Mans Land. surveying
the torn ground and leaf1ess Trees.
Eyes. dear. right here where you
are standing" The old woman slipped
and slid over the e earth. peer
ing now into one cavity. now into an
other. seeing always only small bits
Of broken bricks. and sometimes q
rusted obus. Louisa" she called to
her daughter, II believe this Is where
the old cherry tree stood. Try here. ]
seem I o remember hearing Paul say
he buried 1t near the tree"
Louisa. a tall. broadly built woman,
thrust her spade into the ground and
;ilently began to dig.
Grandmother" the child called from
I little distance. did father and moth
-r live here, too?"
"Yes, Maria" Madame verbeek
tsrned to her daughter again. "f we
don't find the money. what are we to
do for Maria? II only her mother were
here. We have nothing"
"And when Paul turned everything
to silver and buried It before he left,
he thought he put 1t in the safest
place." Louisa Strengthened her ach-
Ing back.
"Yes, and he thought he'd come for
1t himself. Somehow. he v seemed
to realize that he might neve come"
Her voice dwindled to a whisper.
Louisa began to dig again. The old
woman wandered off. looking, always
looking, till she same to where Maria
stopped and poked at something In
the debris. 1t was round and white,
with cavernous eyes and broken teeth.
The child recoiled. The widening
black pupils darkened the gray Of her
eyes as she stared fascinated.
ITS just like the ones we saw on
the way. isn't it, grandmother" she
asked after a Mortified moment. "Was
he a German or a Belgian?"
you can't tell now, Marie. Come
on away from It." She took the little
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ones hand, and together they tramped
through the rank. yellow water grass,
the tired old woman. who longingly
remembered the town that had been
leveled. powdered to nothing by the
fire Of the heavy guns; and the child,
who gazed with scarce believing stare
when they told her this place had
been her home. She had heard a lot
about home In the few years OF her
life. Her grandmother had told her
all about 1t, In the long. cold nights
"And father and mother-were they
happy here?" Those people had been
In the stories. too. and she liked them.
Eyes. Maria; very happy, until the
war came"
"You told me father wouldn't ever
come again. Do you think that moth
er will?"
II don't know, dear. l don't know.
The Germans took her-drove her OF
to work."
when she comes, she'll be glad to
see me. won't she?"
"Yes-when she comes"
They stopped and looked across the
barren waste. whats that, grand
mother, sticking in the ground? Oh.
it's q tilei" She rubbed away the
dirt.
"It was in the kitchen WALL" They
looked at 1t together.
ITS a pretty picture, isn't I'll
Thare arc Some trees and there's n
little girl. and I guess that must have
been a m and a house. It's brok-
en-" She sat down on a hump of sod
and put the tile upon her knees.
"Yes. It's broken" Madame Yer
beck watched the little girl examining
the one thing left of home.
Mother" Louisa rested on her
spade.
You've found It'll" She started Gag.
erly.
Louisa shook her head. There's no
use trying. Wen never find 1t In this
upheaved place. Let's go away"
But what are we to dor"
II do not know"
Maria saw them making ready to
depart. She clasped the tile against
her side and skipped across to where
they stood. "Tm going to take IT back
with me. for mother; and. when she
comes. I'm going to give 1t to her."
Madame Verbeek sighed: I'VE oughI
not to let her plan 70. Helene viii
novsr coma"
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MEDAL AWARDED
To INDOOR HEROES

AS a result of a resolution passed
by the House of Representatives, Sec
rotary of War Baker will be compelled
to lay bare the facts as to the decora-
ton of swivel chair heroes" for dis
tinguished services during the
Representative James A. Gallivan
of Massachusetts,. a Democrat, ex-
posed what is regarded as a national
scandal. and was upheld by the house
by a vote of 1873 to 1913.
ut is a notable fact" he declared,
that many line officers who COM
manded troops in the front line
trenches, exposed to the fire of the
enemy for twenty-four hours a day
received no recognition, while staff
officers who for various aso may
have visited the front lines for very
brief periods of time were rewarded
because of exceptional bravery in the
presence of the enemy
This distinguished service medal
has been awarded to many splendid
officers and men, but it has been
cheapened, even dishonored and GER
tainly ridiculed by the bold and bra
zen manner in which it has been
passed out to the elect. 1t has been
used as a reward for friendship, re-
CARELESS of the service of the recipi-
ent. 1t has been used to placate those
who have been removed to make way
for someone else. Furthermore
practically every one of the general
staff in Washington has been awarded
n of these medals, regardless of the
character of the service performed
eve those assigned to the general
staff for temporary duty.
"The reading of the sum total of
the citations in awarding the dis
tinguished service medal to swivel
chair officers of the general staff, who
never left Washington during the war
il believed, would certainly impress
one with the fact that the war was
fought with red ink at mahogany
desks near the shadows of the Wash
ington Monument, rather than In the
Argonne and st. Mihiel sectors. If
there is an officer who served in
Washington during the war and who
did not receive one of these medals he
must feel like a gray horse in a
barn-yard full Of mules. We had four
different chiefs of staff during the
period we we're at war with Germany
Everyone who knows anything at all
about the workings Of the war de-
partment knows that the predeces-
sors of the present high priest of
Prussianism. Peyton C. March, were
considered unequal to the task
Through one pretense or another they
were removed. Then they were
rewarded in the name OF the President
Of the United States by the bestowaI
At the distinguished service medal"
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NOTICE FOR BIDS

In accordance with an order passe,
by the Board of County Commissioner
at a regular monthly meeting held =
the 9Th day of January, 1920. scale
bids will be received by said Board u
to the hour of 10 o'clock a.m.. Febru
airy S, 1920. for a gravel loader at a
price not to exceed $500. the bids re
ceived to be opened on that date. tn
right to reject any and all bids is re
served.
BY order Of the Board Of Count
| Commissioners Of Humboldt count
| Nevada.
Dated, Win1enucca, Nevada. Janu-
airy Z, 1920.
]. W. DAVEY,
County Clerk and ex-of1cio Clerk OF
the Board.
Date of first publication, Jan. 2, 1920
LDate of last publication. Feb. 4. 1920
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place they now called home, and they
were glad to sink upon their beds of
straw and sleep. And each one
dreamed-the gray-haired woman Of o
happy past, Louisa of innumerable
fiends that tortured her with worry.
pointed spears, Maria Of a tile that
came to life.
The heavy sky Of bleak November
bound the world within its pail. Louisa
wakened from her restless sleep. An
other day to meet Each day seemed
long, and yet they passed too quickly
as the winter came. She moved about
the room on tip-toe. Why wake the
other two? The more her mother
slept. the less she'd think about the fu.
ture with an empty purse. Her gloomy
thoughts were startled by a knock.
Helene"
Louisa I"
That a all until the mother held
Maria in her arms-her baby grown
into a little girl. Madame verbeek
awakening. thought that dreams were
fooling her. And then they all sat
speeches., so filled with things to say
they could not talk.
I've hunted for you for a long
time" at last Helene began. "When
/ came back"
where have you been?"
"Not where I would have zone, but
let the past lie still. / came back
home as quickly as they let me free.
But home was gone. and then I looked
for you. Last night some people over
there In Poelcapelle, you know the
Neefs-they used to live near us-told
me you were here"
Then you were home before us?"
Eyes, ] was home; I found the money
Paul had"
"You found the money" both the
women gasped.
"Oh, ! found the money. the box lay
In full view upon the ground; ]
found the money. but | didn't find my
family nor my home-a broken piece
Of tile was all l found"
II found one. too. l saved II Just
for you" Maria ran to get 1t from the
cupboard. Look. your piece fits with
mine. 1t makes the picture-a woman
and a little girl. That's you and me
One corners gone. though. yet"
"A man stood there before Q house.
hw mother satA.
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They trudged the long way PACK
across the battle-riven land. Maria
prattled of the tile she'd found. I'll
wash Il nine and clean. The little girl
has a dirty face. Auntie. do you s'pose
she lived there in that piece of houser
YES, yes. maybe she did" Loulsa's
thoughts we're busy elsewhere. What
to do? How to provide? Her mother
was so old. the child so young. IL
only they had found her brothers
money!
Twilight wrapped the fields 10
dreary gray before they reached the
little railroad hut-a new-built siding
where nobody lived. About her thin.
bent shoulders Madame verbeek pulled
the shawl more tightly. She shivered