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XIV.

Mr.. Sidney died between three and
four o'clock Christmas morning. He
passed so easily that Jed, sleeping
in the lounge-chair beside him. did
o know that death had gone through
the chamber until an hour after the
event. Jed awakened me. In the case
of such an expected happening as this,
the perceptions start slowly. The
fact that the benignity which so i'm
.%perceptibly had dominated the house
had ceased to exist took hours to as
sert itself.
Jed was composed when he aroused
me. Later, when the sun came up to
make radiant all the white witchery
the storm left, his sense of loss began
to assert itself, and acute ms was the
grief in the house, none was deeper
seated OF more profound than that of
the rascally old servant.
Mrs. Sidney accepted the event with
a serenity which I discovered after
ward was born of a long-fixed resolu-
ton. For years her life had been a
denial of her moral MISUNDERSTANDING,
In spite of that. because of her great
devotion to the wonderful man she
loved. The chapters which he domi-
mated in her book were ended. With
tenderness she laid them aside.
Isobel did not permit herself in
diligence in any weakness. What had
happened was written in the contract
Of life. In later full knowledge of
1sobel, l never ceased to admire the
wonderful acceptivity with which she
met her trials. Nothing came to her
with catastrophe shock. She had
reality within her vision, and she per-
ceived.
For myself I saw the end of a mode
Of life which. even when unhappy.
had been ecstatically so. Ny reason
for being in Hartley house lay dead
in bed.
I should look hack. I knew. man,
times. as a struggling practitioner.
possibly in poorer districts of the city,
possibly in a small town. to the
strange but beautiful time when I was
at Hartley. This experience would be
only IN episode. remaining as the
memory of a time when my life halted
for a wonderful moment. satisfying,
rich and joyful, and-having had this
mOment-went on in the drab fashion
ordained for it. An occasional kindly
letter from Mrs. Sidney. or possibly
from 1sobel. might quicken the MEM
DRY. hut l and this period would fade
from their lives as 1t never could from
mine. ! should be packing a pill
case on late and Improbable rounds
in that soul-destroying routine with
its ceaseless invasion Of the intimate
personal economics Of undressing
people. abnormal!y egoistic in the pain
ct a small Or large disorder-the
cheerless life of a small physician.
serving his useful purpose. I have no
doubt, but how little serving his own !!
We got through Christmas day in
a dazed fashion. The necessary offices
for the dead compelled routine
which relieved the tension. although
they contributed n dulled terror to the
day-those terrible. exacting practical
details with which some one In the
bereaved family must occupy himself.
Mortuary details are jocose to the pes
simist. l know no more, comic figure
than an undertaken. no more gigantic
shaft Of human egotism than a tomb
stone.
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New and Old Friendships

succeeded and they have they simply
pity OF ignore you.
With new acquaintance it is differ
ent. They cOme fresh upon the scene.
You take each other at face value and
each puts forward the hest foot. You
do not undertake to inquire into the
past, but discuss the present and fu-
ture. In this way you interest each
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PROGRESSING Slowly.

misunderstanding any progress to
wards getting acquainted with thost
people next door?
Wife-Just a little. Their cat in
yited our cat over to a little sing-sop'
last nigbt.-Stray Stor'ea
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Offended.

Miss Violet Chandler. who is q can"
dida1e for county school superlnten-
dent has requested the Torchlight not
to refer to her friends who are help
ing her in her campaign as he "sup-
porters.''-Arkansas Thomas Cat
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pERu's WEALTH IN vANADIUM.

Some vanadium is produced in Col
orndo. hut the worlds richest mine is
Minas Ragrn. in Peru, estimated to
contain IS per cent IF the worlds
known supply. The ore averages 10
per cent vnnndium. and that in sight
Is believed 10 represent 3n.gUO.OW tons
Of metal. The production of the mlne
was 4.lNA, IONS m 1917. and 300 in
1913. The cii;t use ut vnIIad'lm Is IN
TOOL SieplS. and III 81 .elS subjected 20
'r.l,euied strain.
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Writer Makes Assertion That Fresh
Acquaintanceships Have Tendency
to Make Life Brighter.

AS a rule so-caIled old friends are
simply those we have known from our
youth. We know all about them and
they know all about us. If you have
succeeded IN life, and they have not.
they envy you. and II you have not
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By
CLIFFORD S.
RAYMOND
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illustrated by
IRWIN MYERS

Mr.: Sidney, we found, had left brief
but explicit directions for his burial.
This, in the case of a man with life
so well conceived. was strange. but
his wishes, as we found them, were
simple and startling. He was to be
buried by the river. close to the pool
which had been invested with the add
ed charm of a gh%ost-story. His grave
was to be marked by an unOstenta-
tious stone The inscription vas to
be as he directed in n note in a sealed
enclosure to be opened ut the time
Mrs. Sidney thought appropriate.
1t might be, he had written. that
Mrs. Sidney would o want the stone
erected during her life. Her wishes
were to be consulted. When the grave
was marked, If it v e was. the in
scription was to he as he directed.
Mrs. Sidney. acquainted with the
terms of this extraordinary mortuary
note, said that it was her wish to>have
the sealed envelope opened immediate
~ and its Instructions carried out.
Christmas night had set in. and the
place was a fairyland of glistening
white. Far-off-church-bells sounded
family across, the snow. In the in
creasing cold, following the abatement
of the storm, timbers in the old house
creaked and snapped. and when one of
the people of the house, on an outdoor
chore. passed within earshot. the sound
of footsteps was audible and the crisp
crunching which, even as does a high
wind. emphasizes the comfort Of &
secure and warm shelter.
l was in the office when Mrs. Sid
ney's instructions to open the sealed
enclosure were received.
I proceeded to do SO. There was
a brief note. as follows:
] desire the marking on my gravestone
when 1t Ia put up. to read:
ARTHUR DOBSON
Born May q. 1910
Died - -
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tables. I e
toned the matter
several times, and
my wife said she
would give the
hired girl a holi-
day and get me up
a boiled dinner,
such as we used
TO have in the hal
cyon days. The
b a n q w n s
scheduled for yes
:crday, an I
looked forward to
1t like q hungry
,~IC
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The City Bird.

"The sparrow soon adapts itself to
environment" 4
"\Vhat now?"
"Saw one downtown today which
was building a nest Of burnt
Matches"
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Indefinite,

II don't like to throw bouquets at
myself, but I must say folks are
afraid of my drive"
"GOlf or charity?"
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PERVERSiTY OF THINGS

GIT BEATS all how fate puts a
L crimp in a mans fondest ambi.
tions," said the retired merchant. Ere
Gently I have been hungering for an
old-fashioned boiled dinner, composed
Of corn beef and all the standard yege.
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I was holding that document, star
ing at it., and grasping for elusive
threads of perception, when Jed came
in. He carried a manuscript Inf his
hand.
Jed drew a chair up to the fire by
my side. 1t was with a strange feel
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The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
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Guaranteed. Three sizes, all druggists.
koek fer the name Gold Medal IN every box
and accept 10 imitation
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Cont N Page Forr.1
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
SOVIET ASKS INQUIRY
Wants Capture of V|adivostok
Pobed BY Allies.
Make Demand That Japanese ApoI
ogize, Cease Arrests and Re-
turn Arms.

Washington. - Official dispatches
telling of the occupation of Vladivo-
stok by the Japanese were received
by the State department from the
American consulate
The dispatches summarized the
situation as follows:
The lines of the Japanese troops
were gradually extended to cover the
hills commanding Vladivostok during
the latter part of March, the japanese
flag was raised over Tiger hill, from
which control Of the railway station
was possible, on April 1, Notifications
were prepared, on April 2, Japanese
demands were presented to the provi-
slonal government of Vladivostok, and
the occupation of the city began at 10
o'clock, Vladivostok time, April 4,
when the Japanese troops moved in at
the railway station amid general er-
change of shots between the japanese
and the provisional forces.
"The headquarters of the provisional
government were reopened by the Rus
slams who claimed they found their
records in scattered condition. The
Russians insisted that the attack on
the city be investigated by an Allied
commission, that arrests and searches
by the Japanese be discontinued, that
the arms and ammunition of the Rus
SLAMS be restored to them, and that
the buildings be evacuated by the
japanese. The Russians insisted
upon their right to an explanation and
an apology
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
NAVY WAS READY TO FIGHT
Admiral Rodman Takes Direct Issue
With Sims In Testimony.

Washington,-Testifying at his own
request before the Senate committee
investigating the Sims-Daniels row,
Admiral Rodman, commander-in-ch
OF the Pacific fleet took direct issue
with Admiral Sims charges and cri-
ticisms.
Admiral Rodman denied categorical
ly the charge that the navy entered
the war without plans Or policies, that
it was unprepared to fight or that it
was mistake to attempt to direct
naval operations from Washington
The admiral said he appeared through
a sense Of duty, ito defend the good
name of the navy" the work of which
in the war he praised.
Admiral Rodman declared that never
in his more than 40 years of service
had the fleet been in a better state of
preparedness than in the spring of
1917.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15

Frankfort-Colored French troops
turned a machine gun on crowd in
the Schillerplatz killing a man and a
child and wounding eight women and
A men, some of them seriously.
ARRAYS with the French troops oc-
Cured at different points in the city,
which resulted in number of the Ger
man population being killed or
wounded.
Berlin Order Behind Clash.
Observation-Disclosures broke out
in Frankfort but energetic interven-
tion by the French troops restored or
der. From German sources it is
learned that six Germans were killed
and 35 wounded. 1t is reported that
the manifestations which gave rise to
these incidents were due to an order
originating in Berlin
Calm Before Storm.
THE first day of the occupation of
Frankfort passed without incident, the
reception by the population was almost
cordial General Dequotte, the French
commander, said on his return from a
tour Of inspection Then suddenly,
on orders from Berlin, certain fer
ment seized the population. This fer
ment degenerated into aggression, and
our soldiers, in self-defense, were
obliged to use their arms. So far as l
know we had no losses.
"The incident shows how we must
watch proceedings in Berlin, and that
is why the events in the Ruhr de-
mand my whole attention. You can
not consider what is going on in the
Ruhr and here apart, as there is a
close relation between the events we
are witnessing. The aggressions at
Frankfort and events in the Ruhr are
attributable to the same military re-
action. Of that we have absolute
proof.
"The Berlin government allowed the
Reichswehr to invade the Rulr dis
trict unnecessarily because it was the
desire of Kapp, Won Luettwitz and
their like. The coup d'etat having
failed only through the general strike,
the military party sought revenge OH
the working class and invented the
Bolshevist peril in the Ruhr 1t ought
to be known in France and elsewhere
that there never was any Bolshevist
peril in the Ruhr. 1t was simply a
case of a population of workers, which
hates Prussian militarism, asking only
to be allowed to work in peace That
population was still at work in Essen
What is happening now is the result
of the Reichswehr occupation"
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
Get ST a Day increase

TOpNkN, Kan \ dollar a day in
crease has been agreed TO by Topeka
contractors for painters, plasterers
carpenters, bricklaycrS, stonemasons
all building mechanics This IN.
crease makes a minimum wage Of 81
and a maximum OF SO day for those
workMen carpenters, bricnlayeTs ana
hloncmnsons receiving the latter
lgulc In setting n new figure ron
account OF the high cost OF living. The
mechanics asked FOR no change in
hours, the S'hour day being satisfnc
tory,
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
FRANCE GIVES REASON
Tells Why She Sends Troops In
to Ruhr District.
Says Germans Have Violated Treaty.
and Teuton Move Is Military
Party's Action.

Washington.-Th text of the pro-
clamat1on issued by General Degoutte
in extending the occupation of the
French army has been received here
from Paris and made public by the
French embassy 1t follows:
The German government, yielding
to the pressure of the military party,
has launched hasty offensive of the
German troops against the working
population of the Ruhr basin. In do
ing so it has violated one of the most
imperative and most solemn stipula-
tions of the Peace treaty.
In the conversations which have
been taking place to this day the
French government has made all eff
forts in order to dissuade the German
government from undertaking that
military action, which a little mOdera-
tlon would have made it possible to
avoid
The Reichswehr troops have none
the less invaded the Ruhr basin and
the government of the French republic
leels compelled to secure guarantees
III ordef 10 BRING the Berlin govern
ment over to the respect of it's sigma
ture
81 have thus been instructed to or
der the immediate occupation of the
cities OF Frankfort, Ilomberg. Hanau,
Darmstadt and Diebourg
While proceeding to that occupa-
tlon | wish to assure you that it does
not involve any hostile thought to-.
wards tn" laboring populations of this
region Its only purpose is to insure
tn" execution Of the treaty.
III VIII come to an end as soon Az
the troops Of the Rcichswchr have
completely evacuated the neutral
zone"
HIlGOS \ move ms bton ,Turtcu 10
enInrg" tn" schou' building. While
mnny Of tn" lending citizens favor IA
new building ll"S feet that the re,
modelling ot ih" present structure win
@'flr" for u lnng time "a rn""
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
LA TOILETTE MEN WINNERS

Milwaukee. Wis.-Returns from
more than 300 precincts in about half
Of the counties of the state indicated
that delegates at large to the national
Republican convention favorable to
Senator Robert N La Toilette were
victorious iii The delegate election III
complete returns indicated that Re
publican delegates supported by Sen
atUr La Toilette had carried at least
nine out of eleven districts over those
backed by Gov. E. l.. i'hilipp and prob
ably the First and Eleventh. in which
the race was close
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
SUGAR PRICE PROBE BEGUN
House Inquiry Into PaImer's Action
Starts.

Washington.-Inv has been
started by House judiciary subcom-
mittee Of Attorney General Palmer's
action in fixing a II to 1S-cent price
for Louisiana cane sugar as figures
that would govern federal action
against profiters.
Representative Tinkham Republican
OF Massachusetts, author of the reso-
luton directing the inquiry, told the
subcommittee that he would present
evidence to show that the attorney
generals action cost the American
people $500 100000 in increased sugar
prices. He denied that the attorney
general possessed authority under the
Lever act or any other statute to fix
the price of sugar or take any action
that would in effect TX the price.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
Inspector Indicted In Vice War

New York Police Inspector Don't
mex Henry commanding the Tender.
!ofn district a central figure in New
Torks vic. war was indicted by the
regular grand jury on charge OF
neglect OF rUlE John J Gunson and
Joseph Molpn"N plain Clothes men on
th" 't.I ~ lnsp"clGr Henry, also were
indicted VheS are charged with per
Jury IA connection with testimony
fiiel c.ncerninG III" arrest OF a
brokers' wife whose home they raided
Gunson already is under indictment on
charge Of bribery and estortion,
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
SEVERAL NOTES EXCHANGED
French, British and Germans Are Ac.
tive In Communications.

Paris.-Paul Cabon, the French am
oassador in London, has been in
structed to present to the British gov
eminent the response of the French
government to the note to France by
Great Britain. Doctor Won Mayer, the
German charge d'affaires, has handed
to Premier Millerand a note from the
German government declaring that
Germany will hold France responsible
Tor the consequences Of violent Incl
dents in Frankfort.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
Mary Pickford Near CoIlanse

Los Angeles. Instead of celebrating
her birthday with a party as was
planned, Mary Picl1ford Fairbanks
was taken home fsom the studio in a
near collapse brought about by the
heroVous strain which has been
caused by news OF the Impending at
tack upon the legality Of her recently
obtained Nevada divorce.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
Investigation Of "ogt.aw Railroad
WaIIouj. " Nov In Progress.
To Be llada.


Washington. The Senate has in
structed the Senate interstate COM
merce committee to make an investi-
cation OF the "outlaw railroad strike y
now in progress.
The action was taken on the resolu-
tion introduced by Senator Mccormick
OF Illinois. Senator Cummins will
proceed to bring the matter before his
committee at once
The investigation is not expected to
yield much in the way of information
but is expected to provide a forum be-
fore which the matter can be aired
and the public attention concentrated
on the salient features of this unusual
situation.
The frantic efforts which the labor
leaders are making to call off the
OUTLAW strike shows the keen real
ization they have of the seriousness
of the situation They, too, are awake
to the power of public opinion in
dealing with a labor situation which
so intimately effects the general pub
lie.
Leaders Views Sought.
Herbert Hoover, Samuel Gompers,
w. H. Taft and other national figures
are to be asked to recommend labor
legislation to Congress and give their
views on means OF reducing industrial
unrest, according to plans completed
by Senator Kenyon, chairman of the
education and labor committee.
They will be asked to appear before
this committee i'll the near future.
Secretary of Labor Wilson and prob
ably several large employers of labor,
such as Charles NJ. Schwab, John D.
.Rochefeller. Jr., as we'll as number
OF economists and special students of
labor problems, will probably be sum-
moned
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
CONGRESSMAN is STRICKEN
hltchin Suffers Stroke of Paralysis
Following Speech.

FOTIoWTh9 Speech.
Washington.-At the close of his
speech on the peace resolution Mr..
hltchln suffered a collapse, resulting
from what was said by his physician
TO be slight stroke of paralysis. Rep
resentative Mondell later expressed
the sympathy Of the House with Mr.,
kitchin, the members standing while
he spoke.
Physicians said that Mr.. Kitchin
was resting easily, but that the seri-
BUSINESS of his condition could not be
determined for 10 days. The paralysis
resulted from clot on the right brain
affecting the side and with slight facial
paralysis.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
DENEKlN ARMY WON'T FIGHT
AntI-Rolshevik Leaders Forces Desert
and Leave Crinea hy Steamer

London.-rA BolsheviE wireless COM
munlcation received from Moscow
says: THE evacuation Of the Crimea
by the troops Of General Denekin, the
antl-Bolshevik leader in south Russia
IS IN full swing, and the remnants of
lne volunteer army, perceiving the fu-
tlllty OF further resistance, have re-
fused to fight and are leaving the
country by steamers.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15

Paris.--The Frenct7 forces wh,cA
have occupied Frankfort and
other German cities will be rein
forced, the Temps says. Addi-
tional German troops are on their
way to the Ruhr valley, according
to dispatch to The Temps from
Mayence.
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
Hog Sold For $4,000,

Nillisca. iowa. a thoroughbred Po.
land China hog which Williams
Brothers, breeders of this place,
bought - months ago for $2G5, has
been sold by them to w. H. Ellsworth
of Goldtield, Iowa, for $4,000, declared
to be the highest price ever paid for
hog
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15

Admiral Rodman at his own re-
quest testified before the senatorial
committee that the u S. navy was
never better prepared than when the
country went to war with Germany,
taking direct issue with Admiral Sims.
Without any attempt to avoid person
alities Admiral Rodman characterized
as very indiscreet" the Sims letter
to Secretary Daniels which brought
about the present Investigation and
declared that Sims committed
breach of confidence in making pub
lie IAN intimate and confidential con-
versation which should have been
held sacred" He was referring 70
Sims statement that Admiral Benson
told him just before leaving for Lon
don mot to let the British pull the
wool over your eyes"
Courier Democrat., 1920-04-15
Bank Bandits Get $4,000,

ST. Louis. Five bandits held up the
LoWeIl bank here ANA obtained $4,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-01

around" They represented that with the large increase of northern immigration into Florida, the state could be consid- cred a doubtful one if the national com mittee would recognize a republican or ganzation which they argued would com mand the support of the electorate.
 The regulars were charged with mixing rules in Florida for patronage purposes largely, and, MT. Anderson declared, in collusionH with the democrats. The Bean- Gerow organization, he charged was a "close corporation and an office hold CTS trust" The charges of collusion were denied by Lake Jones of Jacksonville who argued the case for the regular dele gation and declared both the opposing delegations were acting under title from a former chairman who had registered as democrat. He also contended that the court decision did not wipe the party out of existence in Florida. but applied merely to the primaEG nontnaHons for vacancies.
 The regularly reported faction further claimed a holdover title from the state committee chosen in 1916