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CHAPTER II-continued.

The gardeners name was William
son. He had been on the place almost
from the time of Mr.. Sidney's purchase
of it. He was attached to it, proud of
his work and fond of it and its results.
He had 1eat little cottage beyond
the gardens. His wife was very pleas
ant and thought too much OF my serv-
ices. Williamson himself was fine
man, and 1 am interested in gardening.
Consequently, having to visit the fam
fly every day or every other day, I
formed habit of talking with him.
When, by chance, / spoke of the
ghost story to Williamson, with no
more purpose than I ever had had in
these inquiries, l noticed that he was
q bit embarrassed.
81 take no stock in the stories about
the pool" he said I'D just as lief
pass it at midnight as midday-al-
most"
"Be honest, Williamson. suggested
laughingly.
almost, / said" he replied. but I
did see something at the pool"
He was a straightforward, unimag-
NATIVE sort of man. was sure he was
not about to indulge in romance.
II know something of these stories"
he said. Il have not gossiped mine
about was coming from town late
after midnight 1t was the second
year of our being here. 1t was in the
fall or late summer do not remem-
Der. AS / came along the road by the
pool, saw the figure of a man stand
ing by the edge of the river. 1t was
light enough for me to see that the
figure. was leaning on stick or cane.
/ stopped and was going to call out,
but for some reaso1-I don't know just
why-I didn't The figure did not
move. I began to feel creepy and
went on as gently as could. Fifty
feet farther, / heard rustling in the
brush and 1 thought 1 saw a face.
couldn't be sure, but / thought did.
i know l heard rustling. When /
got out in the open. 1, ran the rest of
the way home. on the TURF
''There was nothing very alarming
about that" suggested. My romance
needed more substance. You saw
man and heard noie."
"There was nothing in seeing man
and hearing q noise" said Williamson.
ut was the effect"
''That was due TO the hour and the
place.
mo. I'm not superstitious. | was
not thinking of the place. The man
on the bank was different from man.
/ could not see why. didn't think he
was man. 1t was not because | was
scared-at first. | became scared as
] looked at him. He did not move.
He did not seem to be alive. When /
felt shivers starting up and down my
back, knew l was scared. Then when
/ heard the rustling, / went home as
quickly and quietly as / could"
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"After all. we are engaged"
GRO BE CoNTINUED.)
MoB's ACTION SELDOM JUST
Henry Watterson Wrote Feelingly on
the Brute Nature of Mankind,
When Herded in Groups.

The people en- masse constitute what
we call the mobs. Mobs have rarely
been right-never except when capa-
bly, led. 49,. 1t was the mob in
Paris that made the Reign of Terror.
Mobs have seldom been tempted, even
though they had small chance to go
wrong, that they have not gone wrong.
The people is a fetish, 1t was
the people, misled, who precipitated
the South into thebmadness of seces-
sion and the ruin Of a hopelessly I'M
equal war of sections.
This is merely to note the mortal
fallibility of man, most fallible when
herded in groups and prone to do in
the aggregate what he would hesitate
to do when left to himself and his
individual accountability.
Under a wise dispensation of pow
er, despotisln, we are told, embodies
the best of all government. The, trou-
BILE is that despotism is seldom. ii
ever, wise. 1t is it's nature to be incon.
siderate, being essentially selfish
grasping and tyrannous. AS a rule,
therefore, revoIution-usualy of force
has been required TO change or re-
form it. Perfectibility was not de-
signed for mortal man. Henry
Watterson in "Marse Henry, an Au-
photography
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TIME hrst hats and the first suits
i for fall have made their entry.
They almost reconcile one to the pass
ing OF summer and succeed in making
fall welcome Women are remarking
of the suits, their straight but chic
lines, their trim fastenings up the
front, their high necks and with all
this their lack of severity. For these
suits are embellished with embroider-
les, needlework, used with much dis
eliminating reticence. Handsome
comoosition buttons, sparingly used
where buttons are needed, match the
cloths in color. Coats ere some
what longer, skirts are sufficiently
full for comfort and remain pla
belts are narrow and sometimes
long, but often they lap across the
front and fasten with button at
each side. Fur is much in evidence
in high collars and occasionally in
large patch pockets and in cuffs.
There is no indication anywhere that
women will favor very short skirts
in fact good sense and good taste gov
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unexplained. His decision was given
him by the noise of farm wagon APP
preaching on the road. and he disap-
peared was ready to shoot him If
he came near me.
1 was young and had youths coafi-
dence, but nevertheless this event
would have sent me away from Hart
ley if it had not been for Isobel and
Mrs. Sidney. They needed even my
small help and had to remain. had
to remain, but / had also to protect
myself. Another time Jed, might not
miss. On the way back to- the house
I thought out plan which believed
would work. I inquired for Jed aid
was told that he was with Mr.. Sidney.
I found him there drinking, and my
entrance gave him shock which ne
plainly Indicated. His fright made
him so ugly that he was comic.
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CHAPTER Ill.

Jed certainly was the most signifi-
cant disagreeable fact in the house.
and his influence the most significant
malignancy He had been sobered by
the discovery of his attack upon Mrs.
Sidney, but as he began to recover
from his discontinue. and as the sense
of caution began to lessen. he again
asserted, or suggested, control. par
ticularly when he was drunk. He never
allowed Mr.. Sidney to know this. In
their strange association at Horatian
wine feasts, Jed was tactful. respect
full, considerable ald jovial.
To Mrs. Sidney he was at time cour-
teous and thoughtful, at other times
disrespectful or even brutal. Some
times he seemed to brighten himself.
When / saw that he was again begin
ming to show disrespect for her, was
for putting an end to it. Mrs. Sidney
was Mortified when / said that Jed
could be brought to terms. She held
up her hands.
mo, 40" she said. mot in any
EVENT. Never, please. speak TO Mr..
Sidney. Please never think of it. Jed
is invaluable to Mr.. Sidney. He is not
so discourteous to ME as you might
think. He is gruff. and drinking does
not make him better, but it is Mr.. Sid
ney's within that he should drink. 1t
would be unjust--don't you see 1T
would be unjust 2-to make point
against him of behavior that Mr.. Sid
ney causes. Please never mention it."
she was very much in earnest and
was not satisfied until she had my
promise that | never would speak to
Mr.. Sidney of Jed until had her con-
sent. She then showed relief, and l
felt more distressed. Jed had some
hold on this resolute lady that should
have lie to break.
Jed-S attitude toward me was a
tliug drive distracted person who
arn Yas did not. he
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woodpecker a "Home Bird"

Among the natural guardians of tho
trees are the woodpeckers, which
gather their food as they creep round
the trunks and branches. AS the food
of the woodpecker is nearly as abund-
ant in winter as in summer, they are
seldom migratory. They never forage
in ficcks like some of the granivorous
birds whose food is more plentiful.
but scatter out over wide areas, and
thus better their fare. They bear the
same relation to other birds that take
their food from trees as snipes and
woodcocks bear to thrushes and
quails-that is, they bore into the
wood as the snipe bores into the
earth, while thrushes and quails seek
their sustenance on the surface Of
the ground.
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"ENGAGED!"


Synopsis. = DR.. John Nicholson,
just beginning his career. becomes
resident physician and companion
of Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
Mr.. Sidney is an American, semi
invalid, old and rich and very de-
sirou5, 60 live. Mrs. Sidney is q
Spanish woman, dignified and reti-
cent Jed, the butler, acts like q
privileged member of the family
Hartley house is fine old isolated
country place, with a murder story,
haunted pool" and many watch
dogs, and an atmosphere of mys-
terry. The haunted pool is where
Richard Dobson, son of former
owner of Hartley house, had killed
his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed
begins operations by locking the
doctor in his room the very first
night Doctor John fixes his door
so he can't be locked in. He meets
Isc Del. daughter of the house and
falls in love at first sight. In the
night he finds the butler drunk and
holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist.
He interferes. Mrs. Sidney ex-
plains. John buys revolver.
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shot from the nearby thickets, and o
bullet hit within two feet of where l
was sitting, knocking off the bark of
a tree. The report was not that of
small shotgun such as Jed had car
ried. 1t was the report of rifle or
pistol.
The Clipped bark showed that bull
let, not shot, had hit the tree, and l
was unplaasantly conscious of what
had happened. Jed had shot at me,
probably with large caliber revolver.
He could not have had rifle, unless
he had one hidden il the brush. l
had seen, what he carried, not only as
ne left the house but as he was dodg-
ing through the thickets.
1t likely was a pistol or a revolver,
and that was why he had missed me.
was stupefied for an instant, ana l
did not jump or start. was motion
less, not even looking around, but l
was thinking rapidly. A subco1scious
protective idea formed almost Instant
" and when the next moment another
shot came from behind me, fell for
ward on my face, rolled a couple OF
feet to a bush. turned my face in the
direction from which the shot came,
got out my pistol and lay STILL
After minute or two which seemed
a very long time, Jed's face came In
view in the brush. He looked malevo-
lent but seemed undetermined and
cautious. / think he was uncertain
whether to leave my body where it lay
and have it discovered, or throw it into
the river and have my disappearance
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interested IN him. He could be stupid,
and l avoided him. He could be surly,
and 1 ignored him. He could be quar-
relsome, and fought him back.
1t seldom was matter of sobriety
or insobriety with him. He was best
natured to me at times when he was
most intoxicated. He was surliest at
times when he was perfectly sober. At
other times he quite reversed this. One
never knew from his physical condi-
ton what his disposition might be at
the time.
He served at dinner when Mrs. Sid
ney, Isobel and I, more tremendously
than we cared to, dined. Certain do
nestle ceremonies pleased Mr.. Sidney
and he liked to know that in some re-
spects the baronial character of his
place was being maintained as he
would have maintained it if he had
been active.
When Jed was in good nature, he
frequently sought me out for talks, and
when he was in good nature, en-
couraged him. / did not want to open
up any secrets the house might have,
merely to learn what they were, but
knew Mrs. Sidney needed help, and
thought might give it if knew how
also thought that Jed some evening
when pleasantly and good naturally
drunk and garrulous might say more
than he intended. There were many
opportunities, but he never did. /,
One night-this was in September
/ was walking about the place with the
mastiffs at my side. | stood q while at
the edge of the woods looking at the
house. In it's shadowy bulk it seemed
fit container of mystery. Only few
windows were Illuminated. 1t was the
river side of the house that was bright
at night
l walked slowly across the lawn
toward the side where Mrs. Sidney's
rooms were A small balcony opened
off her sitting room. could hear her
talking to some one on this balcony
The person she was talking to, as
heard in another moment, was Jed.
was then almost under the balcony.
81 am a resolute man." Jed was say
ing. "rll have my own way. I'll have
what / want, I'll make you glad to
come to terms. I'm a reasonable man,
too. Now, admit that I've been con-
siderate."
/ started to get out of hearing as
quietly and rapidly as | could, but !
heard Mrs Sidney, her voice vibrant
with Indignation, say:
81 ought to have you whipped"
'sThat is silly, unreasonable passion"
said Jed.
81 shall not hesitate to kill you,"
said Mrs. Sidney.
Then I went out OF earshot. The
fact that Jed could threaten Mrs. Sid
ney in this fashion was inexplicable.
1t could not be explained by his serv-
iceability to Mr.. Sidney, great as that
was. 1 walked about for while, dis
tressed and depressed; then | patted
the heads of the mastiffs, went indoors
and to my room.
Al hour later opened my door in
response to a light rap. Mrs. Sidney
was there.
MAY I come in moment?" she
asked. THANK you. have request
to make which you cannot help but
think is extraordinary reposterous."
Iplaced a chair for her. She thanked
NE but remained standing. thought
she must be in an agony OF mind, but
she smiled.
81 hope it is to ask me to take Jed
in hand" ] said.
mo; it is to ask you to permit me
to announce the engagement of my
daughter Isobel to you. Don't be
alarmed 1t shall not make any diff
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ern the styles thus far presented. 1t
is a matter Cor rejoicing-the first
things are nearly always the best,
and these new suits have caused
great enthusiasm among well informed
and well dressed women.
Two of the earliest models are pic
tured here and they include one that
has plated skirt and jacket with
vest of brocaded ribbon. On the pock-
cts at the sides there is a pretty ar
rangement of narrow braid and this
also finishes the long sleeves. This
model is made of serge. The most
liked cloths are those on the order Of
duvetyn, that is, having velvety sur
face, of which there are several vari-
cites with names of their own. A
suit of this kind is shown at the right
with wide collar of fur.
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ference in your life. 1t is desperate
expedient / am using out of a diff
Guilty."
/ felt as if / were in a spiritual fog.
rs that the only way can help you
our2" ] asked.
The only one" she said. Il have
thought of everything"
HAS it to do with Jed agai1?" I
asked.
with things / cannot possibly ex-
plain. Is there any one who would be
distressed by such an announcement"
ssNot a SOUL" / said, except Miss
Sidney"
81 would not cause pain" said Mrs.
Sidney. Are you sure there is no
one?"
sMrs. Sidney" said, you are the
only lady who ever has given me a
thought since knew my mother.
am merely wondering what Miss SID
ney will think Of me in such role.
VIII she understand why take it?
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every one told me the same but kept.
fighting to keep from having the opera
ton. Thad read so many times of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
it helped my sister so ! began taking it.
have never felt better than / have.
since then and keep house and am able
to do all my work. The Vegetable Com
Mrs. j r. MATTHEWS, 1911 Sycamore
Street, Cairo, Ill.
Of course there are many serious cases,
that only a surgical operation will re-
lieve. We freely acknowledge this, but
the above letter, and many others like it.,
amply prove that many operations are
recommended when medicine in many
cases is all that is needed.
If you want special advice write to,
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go. (conf-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass.
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Worlds Hiohest VILLAGE.

The little village of Karzok in Kash.
mir is said by writer in L'Astronomie
to be the highest in the world. It's
altitude is 1896 feet. The buildings
consist of few wretched stone houses
and a small Buddhist monastery.
Kashmir is the most nofsaeriy state OF
India and lies wholly in tns Himalaya
mountains. Not far from IFS eastern
border is Mt. Everest, the loftiest peak
so far as known, ia the worls
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Clothes Worn by Brides.

White satin for the evening is al
most rage now. All the color and
nearly all the glitter is disappearing
from evening clothes. White satin run
with pale silver or dull gold threads
with beads of all sizes sewn on IN
clusters or outlining shadowy flower
pattern, or the same material Gee
grated only with Il hnge tulie sash
seems 10 he The ns fr'l dress of
moss 9nlv in
clo;l ane
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GOLD MEDAL.
ahkR !!!:!!!!!!l 0p


The worlds standard remedy for kidncys
liver, Bladder and uric acid troubles.
Hollands national remedy since 1896.
All druggists, three sizes. Guaranteed.
Look for the name Gold Medal ON every box
and accept no limitation
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as ever, but made of pulled layers OF
different colored tulle and finished with
lancer collars of shaded ostrich. All
light as clouds are the cloaks worn
at evening parties and the opera.
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i would have to be-
operated on. / had
a bad displacement.
My right side would
pain me and / was,
so nervous | could.
not hold a glass of
water. Many tines
] would have to stop
my work and sit
down or / would fall
on the floor in a
faint. ] consulted
several doctors and
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16799
DIED

in New York City alone from kid.
ney trouble last year. Don't allow
yourself to become q victim by
neglecting pains and aches. Guard
against This trouble by taking
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Net and Lace for ParasoIs.

Transparent parasols are made Of
net and lace with the ribs daintily
covered with narrow ribbon.
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ESCAPED AN
OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Many Such Cases.

Cairo, I'll. -" Sometime ago / got So
bad with female trouble that thought
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ornandle Tar Trimrlna.

Many house frocks are trimmed IN
81 With organdie.
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The speculator who gets straight
tip often finds there is something
crooked about 1t.
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Shave With
|CutiCura Soap
The New Way
Without Mug

Painful Operation.
"Did you hear our old friend BIZ
has been superseded?' "Poor old
Bill! Did they give him an aneS
thetic?"
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Buy Your Platinum Now.
If you have any platinum to buy
you had better look after 1t now as 1t
is predicted by celebrated author.
ity that the price will keep on soar
ing until the full resumption OF the
mines in Russia takes place. which is
likely to be some little while yet.
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W. N. u. Minneapolis. No. ss-.i92o.
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q
Jed had taken small shotgun and
said that he was going after rabbits,
which were unusually numerous and
threatened to be damaging to the
young brush about the place. 1t was
an October afternoon with warm
sun. An hour or two after Jed had
gone, I went out for walk, going
down by the pool.
was in the brush for fifteen min
utes, and it happened that while was
there / saw from little prominence
the figure of Jed on ahead with his
shotgun. He was some distance away,
but / could see that he was going
stealthily from tree to tree in an odd
fashion for one hunting for rabbits. 1t
was as if he were stalking something
rather than trying to kick rabbits up
out of the brush.
/ went on toward the pool. Once
again / saw Jed ahead of me. / came
out on the path and went on to the
river bank, where / sat down.
Whenever | saw a piece of drift in
the pool AID watched its movements,
thought of the body of the slain
brother. 1t had been whirled out into
the current and had been carried down
stream. On the bank had been found
a few torn bits of cIothing-the sleeve
of a coat. a collar spotted with blood,
necktie and piece of a white shirt.
There also had been found heavy
walking stick, bloodied and with hair
in the blood.
haa not been sitting on the bank
Ave minutes when was startled by q
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1920-08-06

on the shortest possible notice those
whom we find undesirable within our
gates.
America has always welcomed and
will continue to welcome the immi-
grant who comes 10 opr shoras With
the desire and intention to become .
worthy and productive citizen. But
with equal freedom America has NJ
ways admitted the man who is Zee
ing his country to escape the conse.
quencss Of infraction OF It's laws. We
have made no e4ecttye distinctiou
between the honest uprisht. Law.
abiding. God-fearfng man and tho
fellow who would commit murder,
robbery or any other crime on the
calendar without hesitation or COM
junction. We have required nothing
Of the immigrant more than that he
be able-bodied and Of sound mind.
In the recent raids from coast to
coast hundreds Of Reds have been
rounded up, transported to New
York for hearings, and in the great
majority Of cases have been turned
loose again. Only comparative few
have been deported. The laws,
rather than the arresting officers and
the facts, have been at fauit. =
America needs today. ~ greatly as
any time in her history, the thou
sands Of productive workmen this
immigration will provide. Will vel
come It just as heartily. Bat more
than ever before America needs TO
subject 1t to a process OF sitting and
sorting. To an elimination Of the
Objectionable element that has
turned Rolsheyism rampantly loose
in the country the last three or four
years. We need more stringent,
more efficient laws for the protection
Of our national spirit. the morale Of
our citizenship.
Unless such laws are provided the
next two or three years immigration
will drain Europe OF its worst ele.
meat and turn loose upon America
an army Of Red reinforcements. Of
malcontents grown used to bioodshed
and violence through four years of
wars nightmare. q Heterogeneous
horde which the devil himself would
welcome with open arms at the
gates Of Hades. and to which Bsl-
shevism may bes,expecteA 70 Aele.
gate its choicest errands .of depreda-
tion. America should safeguard her.
self against this. =
One hundred per cent American
ism II the paramount need Of the
hour, no less at Washington than
here at hems. Nav is the time to
put none but 100 spsr cent Amerie
leans on Guard,