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The St. Charles herald., 1920-02-14
WHEN MEALS.
DON'T FIT
"Pape's Diapepsln" is the
quickest Indigestion and
Stomach Relief

When meals hit back and your stom-
ach is sour, acid. gassy, or you feel full
and bloated. When you have heavy
Jumps OF pain or headache from indi-
gestion. Here is instant relief.
Just as soon as you eat q tablet Or
two Of Pape's Diapepsin an the dy.-
pepsia. indigestion and stomach dis.
tress caused by acidity ends. These
pleasant. harmless tablets Of Pape's
Diapepsin never fail to neutralize TIN
harmful stomach acids and make You
feel fine at once, and they cost 90 III.
tie at drug stores.-Adv.
The Fitting Place.
what action did the club take on
that resolution to have an annual din
nerv
They laid it on the table,
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IF MOTHERS ONLY KNEW

During these days how manv children are COM
planning of he1dache, feverishness, stomach
troubles and irregular bowels. II mothers only knew
what Mother Gray s Sweet Powders would DO for
their children no family would ever be without
them These powders ere SO easy and pleasant TO
take and SO effective in their acti n that mothers
who once use them always tell other mothers about
them. Sold by druggists everywhere.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-10
Sbe MVSferV Of
Hartley House

necklace in what had seemed to be a
baked sweet potato. | found a gold
watch in a box under a few leaves Of
lettuce. Mrs. Sidney found merely a
note in a bunch Of violets which was
given her with ceremony.
She read it and had difficulty TO re-
main wholly composed. She arose and
vent to her husband, taking one Of
his hands and putting an arm about
his shoulders. Then she kissed him
and stood a moment before the fire
before she trusted herself 10 come
back to the table.
When the dinner was done and the
covers were removed, more wine was
brought in. A large Christmas tree
was lighted, and all the servants were
called. Each found a valuable present
In the tree; each had punch from the
great bowl, and each, coming to shake
Mr.. Sidney's hand. was given by Jed
an envelope which, | learned after
ward, contained a hundred-dOllar bin.
There was no cOnstraint and no
aWkWardneSs such as might mark
such proceedings; the people OF the
house knew Mr.. Sidney too well. One
Of the maids kissed him, and then we
had them all doing it.
| was fearful that the excitement
would injure him, but he was placid,
smiling and happy. When we were
alone, we sat an hour by the fire, and
then l dismissed every one peremptor-
lily.
Jed, who had been about his duties.
returned. The fire was tended. An
other bottle Of wine was ordered. |
had my last look at Mr.. Sidney alive
as I stood by the door giving Jed
his final instructions for the night.
Jed sat in the armchair. All the
lights except one by Jed's chair had
been eXtlnguished. The Persian cat
was stretched by Mr.. Sidney's side.
The %canaries were asleep perched on
the head of his bed. The fire was
glowing.
Good night, Mr.. Sidney" I said.
Good night, Jed. A pleasant eve
ming"
Good night, doctor" said Mr.. Sid
ney. ".Just a minute. boy. Come here"
He reached out his hand.
"Good-bye," he said.
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CtME2A DOING GOOD WORK
Save the Country Millions OF
Dollars Annually.

The camcra saves American indus
try millions Of dollars annually, says
the Nations Business. \ wink of its
eye, taken in II millionth Of a see
ond by the light from Il single crack
of electricity, told engineers low 10
build turbine wheels that would stand
terrific strain. \ crack in Il labora-
tory workshop and some idle scrap
ing on Il wall helped defend a valu-
able patent.
The ordinary photograph preserves
records, helps keep stock, is a bull
Wark of investigation, aids materially
in cleaning up sales. figures in eStab-
fishing patent rights, teaches lessons
in safety as they can be taught in no
other way, puts punch and pull In adj
NertiSing and helps make good citl-
ZcnS out of aliens in the schools of
plants which conduct AmcricanizatiOn
classes for their workers.
These are Il few of the things IT,.
camera is doing in induStr,
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q shock. Something's The mrtfev with

a shock. Something's the msttev with
my world. 1t is o 50 bold or conf
dent.
What I'm getting at is This" He
held up the manuscript. This is Mr..
Sidney's diary. | have talked 10 Mrs.
Sidney. She thinks, as | think, that
you should read it,. You'll probably
want TO confirm what | say. Ioull
have to ask Mrs. Sidney. | know YOU
are itching TO read il. ! also know
that If one Of your scrupIeS inter
vened. you'd lec your itch 20 unscratch-
ed. But this Is what | came in for.
and here's the manuscript.
You understand that i'm giving II
10 YOU | surrender Internationally. |
know II. but | want friends. The only
one had is dead; ! must make other
ones"
lie extraordinary fellow shook my
hand, left the manuscript in my lap
and went out. a more pathetic figure
of sorrow than | aver expected to
see in Jed.
wen ut one to Mrs. Sidney. Jed.
| said, had left the diary with me
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-10
BY
CLIFFORD S.
RAYMOND
q E ~
TUuTfrdred by
IRWIN MYERS

Simist. ] know no more comic fgure
than an undertaken, no more gigantic
shaft of human egotism than q tomb
stone.
Mr.. Sidney, we found, had left brief
but explicit directions for his burial
This, in the ease of Il 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 ghOst-stOry. His grave
was 10 be marked by an unoStenta-
tiOus stone. The inscription Wa TO
be as he directed i'm a note in a sealed
enclosure TO he opened at the time
Mrs. Sidney thought appropriate.
1t might be, he had written, that
Mrs. Sidney would not want the stone
erected during her life. Her wishes
were TO be consulted. When the grave
was marked, if it eve was, the in
Scription was to be as he directed.
Mrs. Sidney, acquainted with the
terms of this extraordinary mortuary
note, said that ii 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 a
secure and warn shelter.
| was in the office when Mrs. Sid
ney's Instructions to open the sealed
enclosure were received.
proceeded to do so. There was
a brief note, as follows:
desire the marking on my gravestone.
When II Is put up. to read:
ARTHUR DOBSON
Born May %, $40
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CHAPTER XVI,

| shall not pretend to give more
thar an idea Of the manuscript | read
there by the fire that night. 1t was
narrative and reflection and contained
the story of the life of Arthur DobsOn,
known TO me heretofore as Mr.. Sid.
ney. shah give extracts from it:
"A family is an Odious imposition
Of cruel cOnventionalities upon indl.
viduals who, accepting conventions,
however Odious and cruel. are helpless.
(animals being ratiOnalistic) tolerates,
ever recognizes, but it is imposed up.
on human beings, who find that tho
most ~antagOniStic natures must rec.
Oncile themselves to an arbitrary rule
Of life which can come only to hide.
BUSINESS.
There were in our family two chill.
dren, my brother Richard and myself.
Our parents were the ordinary folk
who marry and have a family. My
father was an uncOmmunicative man,
whether from Il habit of silence or a
lack Of anything to say, l do not
know.
MY mother, as I recall her, was
gentle but, | imagine, futile. | think
if she had had Il chance Of establish.
ing a personality my silent, glum ia.
Their had destroyed it.
Richard was my elder by two years.
My father was wealthy, very wealthy.
and Richard and | were not disciplined
as to money. My father was not pc
nurious, but l never knew a man who
obtained so little good of his money.
He had no social instincts; he had no
jOviality.
"He liked occasional OstentatiOn-a
petty form Of vanity and egotism. !
regarded him. or my memory Of him.
as wholly detestable "a sentiment
which will offend the sentimentally
conventional, or the conventiOnally sen.
timental. | know he vas the last man
| would have chosen as a father.
CTO BE C~ONTINUED)
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C~HESEBROUGK MFG. co
CONSOLIDATED
State Street New York

Cut the High Cost of LiV,ng. Eliminate the
middleman AMI earn youlsoli high unl, n
Wase5 foT >? we VIII send you 10 yds
deliberately stitched on 17-inch imported
white net for sunday dress and waist. Money
returned If unsatisne1. Independent Mig.
and Importlng 90 900 5th ~. Wv. Ynrlt
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CHAPTER 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
not know that death had zone 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 as was the
grief in the house, none was deeper
seated or more profound than that of
the rascally old servant.
Mrs. Sidney accepted the event with
n serenity which l discovered after
ward was born Of a lOng-fiXed reSOlu-
ton. For years her life had been a
denial Of her moral instincts-happy,
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
e rc T. lntAr r,,1I EnnxlDJra 80
IsObel, | 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. My reason
for being in Hartley house lay dead
In bed.
1 should look back. I knew, many
times. as a struggling practitioner,
possibly in poorer districts Of the city,
possibly in a small town, to the
strange but beautiful time when l was
ut Hartley. This experience would be
only an 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 Isobel, might quicken the mem
Dry. but l and this period would fade
from their lives rs 1t could from
mine. ! should be packing a pill
ease on late and Improbable rounds
in that soul-destroying routine with
its ceaseless invasion of the intimate
personal economics Of uninteresting
people, abnormally egoistic in the pain
Of a small or large disorder-the
cherries life Of a small physician,
serving his useful purpose, / 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 q routine
which relieved the tension, although
they contributed a dulled terror to the
day-those terrible. exacting practical
| details with which some n In the
bereaved family must occupy himself,
Mortuary detat'. ere ioense to the pes.
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Autograph hunting sometimes
proves a most profitable pursuit. Lud-
Ovic Picard, a French Bohemian Of
the sos, made a steady income out VI
it for several years.
One of his most successful cOups
was accomplished with a letter in
which he posed rs "a member of the
unhappy race Of the unapnrcciated
who is medltating suicide and seeks
for counsel and aid in this hour OF
sore distress"
This drew a number Of celebrities
including Beranger and Heine. Lacor.
daire sent him ten closely written
pages, which were PROMPTLY converted
into cash.
Dickens also fell a victim Of his
wiles and took the trouble to answer
him in French. Eventually Picard was
shown up in the press by Jules san
deau and had to seek another occupa.
ton.
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What Next

At an English school examination the
examiner asked one child
what are the products of our In
dian empire?"
The unhappy infant began %nervously
To reel off the list She had got by
heart:
please, sir, India produces curries
and pepper and rice and citron and
chillies and chutney, and-and-and-
and"
Yes, yes" said the examiner impa-
tiently. What comes after all that?'
Another infants hand was raised.
well. you tell what comics after
that"
please, sir, India-gestion."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-10
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Beware. Unless YOU see the name
"Bayer' OF package or On tablets YOU
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
Scribed by physicians for tWenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds. Headache, Neural
gia, rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
LumbagO, and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes Of twelve Hayer Tablets of As
pirin cost few cents. DRUGGISTS also
self larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacid.
ADV.
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Would it serve any useful purpose Cor
me to read il. or should it not 20 Ill
rectly TO the fire?
Il think YOU should read 1t, John"
she said. Il told Jed so. he is very
Shrewd. His judgment and mine In
this case agree"
| went back to the office, put a log
on the fire and sat down to read the
diary.
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| was holding that document, star
ing at it, and grasping for elusive
threads Of perception, when Jed came
in. He carried a manuscript in his
hand.
jed drew a chair up to the fire by
my side. 1t was with a strange feel
Ing Of relief that l accepted the sig
niticance Of the manuscript he carried.
I'm a strange man, DOCTOR" he said
by way of beginning. You'd never
understand me. I'm q strange man
and l do strange things. I'm going to
do n now I've seemed conscience
less, haven't J?'
1--WE v tried to conceal my
opinion of you," l said.
mo, you haven't. l like n candid
man. That's why I've always liked
you, although l can't say much for
your intelligence. But you're honest.
I'm not honest, but I'm intelligent.
I've looked at my life as something
to make the best Of, and l haven't
been foolish about scruples.
hidAihSCu NY thdiNNS, Nv i
have not allowed sentimentalism to
stop me when something real was to
be gained. It's a real world, not n
fanciful one. That's the way | think"
Half the people would be swinging
on gallows," | suggested, IF your ami
able ideas prevailed generally"
That's cOpy-book stuff that's SO ir-
ritating," he said. ''The only thing
extraordinary about me is my candor.
My ideas do prevail, but the people
who adopt them have less frankness.
But what l want to say is that I'm
going to do a strange thing. You'll
probably think it an act of contrition.
1t isn't at all, but you'll think it so.
However, that's unimportant..
"You may not know it, but | was
very fond of Mr.. Sidney. He was the
best friend l ever had or ever shall
have.
"NOw, l have guarded against act
ing impulsively or sentimentally. l
know l am in an acutely emotional
condition. l have guarded against
that. | am still considering the world
as a real world and myself as a real
creature i'm it. And here's the way
l figure IT. Mr.. Sidney's death has
taught me that materialiSm is not
enough. 1t is necessary, but there is
something else. I've got to find an
other something else. That's more
important than any money or comforts
-physical-that / a find.
where is this something else to be
found again If not right here in this
family? have determined to remain
in you service after you marry Miss
Sidney, and to take care Of you and
her and Mrs. Sidney. l couldn't leave.
The roots are tOo deep. / could be
cut down but not dug up. I'm too
old. So as a real creature in Il real
world l consult my real good, now as
always, and l hope l do not seem to
you to be acting sentimentally."
"You seem to me to be wholly crazy"
l said. "When you speak Of Miss Sid
ney's marriage 10 me-, you are not only
ironic; you are cruel. should think
that this particular day might make
you at least considerable"
You're the blindest man / ever
knew" said Jed, "but I'm not dealing
with what you think but with what
/ know. l told you once your engage
ment was an unreal thing and that
did not consider 1t at all. Later !
took that back. Now l can tell you
that II Is a very real thing. but It is
diEeeent now with me. have suffered
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Why the Aspen Leaf Drivers.

The aspen leaf quiverS easily be-
cause II is broad and placed on a long
very flexible stock. tbs Wper par1
OF the stalk Is fattene<, md, being
at right angles with the ieYk. = liable
to be moved BY the taixaAst besesA
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large cups Of punch before they went
out. Mr.. Sidney evidently was deter
mined to corrupt the whole household.
I'll be able to give an ade-
quate idea Of the joviality of that
Christmas eve in the sick-room. Mr..
sidney and Jed had conspired for
some months to make a festival.
Our dinner, served In Mr.. Sidney's
room, brought a boar's head, carried
by q laughing maid. Wine was sent
IN the servants Isobel found 0 nearl
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-12-10
What the Doctor Did.

Browns little n vas ailing and
on his way to work he sent up the
doctor. When he got home in the eve
ming he asked her what the doctor had
said.
Nothing, papa"
"Then what did he do, dear?"
"Oh, he just t%elephOned me all over"
was the child's reply.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
DOWn to Zero
SIOWIy Drops
the Quicksilver
Cold Breaks Record at 4 AbOUe
and Keeps Failing, Says
Observer.

Along in the still houts of tonight mer-
curp viii slip slowly down the thermome-
ter to zero, and perhaps may go a de-
gree lower in his journey, according TO
the weather man.
A fair start was made early today.
Shortly after o'clock this morning mer-
curry dropped to 4 above, the coldest
mark of the year. At 7 O'Clock it was 0
above.
The area Of cold weather which Indian
apolis endures today had its start away
off in the province of Manitoba, Canada,
according to J. II. Arlington, weather
observer The area now is widespread,
covering the Missouri and Mississippi val
leys and the eastern states.
Saturday there will be slowly rising
temperature, it is predicted. There is
a little hope for abatement of the
weather offered far up in Saskatchewan.
Canada. There is an area of depression
there. which brought slightly lower tenn
peratures in the northwest today. This
area ultimately will reach indianapolis.
The snow fall IN Indianapolis was six
tenths of an inch, the weather bureau
reports.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
GOVERNMENT PLANS
NATIONWIDE RAIDS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The raid in
Chicago last night which resulted in the
arrest Of some 200 persons alleged to be
concerned in plotting overthrow OF the
government is but the first step In ans
other nationwide roundup Of these agly
tators, It was learned at the department.
of Justice today. If plans, which have
been carefully laid, do not go astray.
the raids will be extended to other cities
and it is believed that the arrests viii
equal those made several weeks ago
Attorney General Palmer today denied
charges made by State District Attorney
Hoyne at Chicago that the department
Of Justice had failed to cooperate.
'AThat charge is ridiculous" said he.
"We have always tried to- co-operate
with state officials. OF course Chica 60.
tCOntinued On Pags TWelpsA
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
3 LOSE LIVES IN
ACCIDENTS HERE
Switch Conductor Falls Under
Cars-LOg Crushes Driver
Baby Scalded.

Cold weather and snow brought reports
Of many accidents today.
Two dead and several injured were
listed by the police. W. F. Kershner, SO,
1854 South Illinois street. and william
Hopper, colored, 42o15 West Sixteenth
street, were killed in accidents.
KerIhner, a conductor in the crew of a
switch engine OF the Illinois Central
railroad, fell between a cut of cars at the
Raymond street crossing last night. Both
legs were cut off and his body was
mangled almost beyond recognition
There were no witnesses to the acci-
dent. 1t is believed. Belief was ex-
pressed by railroad men that Kershner
was numbed by cold and lost his hold
as he attempted to alight from one of
the cars.
Hopper was a driver employed by the
Hoosier Veneer Company, Massachusetts
avenue and LaSalle street. 4 log rolled
of his wagon and fell on him, crushing
his head.
Harold Hunt, S-year-old son of Ray
mond Hunt, 81 Birch avenue. died in
the City hospital yesterday as the result
of injuries sustained Tuesday when the
child fell into a tub of boiling water.
The baby will be buried in Crown Hill
cemetery tomorrow afternoon after fu-
neral services at the home
George King, 40, 1861 South fremont
avenue, foreman for the Indianapolis
Light and Heat Company, suffered a
broken right arm and injuries about the
legs and body when he fell from a
platform attached to a pole in front
of 55 Frank street
William Shiedler, 10, was knocked down
by an automobile driven by Frank Ka-
foure. S25 Locke street. The boy ran
into the machine, witnesses told the po-
lice.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-02
BURGLARS
THREE HOMES
One Man Returns From HOli-
day Trip to Find Every
Room Ransacked.

When James A Raine, apartment No.
II, at 526 Fall Creek boulevard, arrived
home at Z o'clock this morning he found
that his fat had been visited by burglars.
Raine and his family have been out Of
the city for a week. Every room in
the house had been ransacked. Bicycle
Officers Moriarity and Harris investi-
gated but were told by Mr.. Raine that
he would be unable to tell what was
missing until his wife returned to the
city.
DR.. It. c. Gasaway, 1131 North Della
ware street, today reported that burglars
mad entered his home by using a skele-
ton key. He said the thieves obtained
two Liberty bonds each worth $780, oil
stock valued at S100, one dozen silk night
gowns, a suitcase and large quantity
of womens wearing apparel.
f. A. Babcock, 1871 Central avenue,
reported to the police that burglars en-
tered his home last night. Jewelry
valued at $500 was taken.