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he was small and tough and In
active beyond the power OF imagi-
nation to conceive. He wore an
ultramarine blue wooden shirt.
laced down the front with a pearl
gray. exaggerated sort of shoe
string, indestructible brown duck
clothes, inevitable high-heeled
boots with Mexican spurs, and
Mexican straw sombrero.
That evening Sam and old man
Ellison dragged their chairs out
under the blackberry trees. They
lighted cigarettes; and the trouba-
dour gaily touched his guitar.
Many of the songs he sang were
the weird, minor-keyed canciones
that he had learned from the Mex
lean sheep herders and vaqueros.
One, in particular, charmed and
soothed the soul of the lonely
baron. 1t was a favorite song of
the sheep herders, beginning:
"Huile, huile. palomita," which be-
ing translated means. Fly, fly,
little dove" Sam sang IL for old
man Ellison many times that eve
ming.
The troubadour stayed on at the
old mans ranch. There was peace
and quiet and appreciation there,
such as he had not found in the
noisy camps of the cattle kings.
No audience in the world could
have crowned the work OF poet.
musician, or artist with more wor-
shipful and unf1agging approval
than that bestowed upon his ef-
forts by old man Ellison. No visit
by royal parsonage to a humble
woodchopper or peasant could
have been received with more nat
tering thankfulness and joy.
On a cool. canvas-covered cot
in the shade of the blackberry
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trees Sam Galloway passed the
greater part of his time. There
he rolled his brown paper ciga-
rettes. read such tedious litera-
ture as the ranch afforded, and
added to his repertoire of i'm
proyisations that he played so
expertly on his guitar. To him.
as a slave ministering to a great
lord. the Kiowa brought cool
water from the red jar hanging
under the brush shelter. and food
when he called for 1t. The
prairie zephyrs famed him mild
ly; mocking-birds at morn and
eve competed with but scarce
equalled the sweet melodies OF his
Tyre: a perfumed stiffness seemed
to fill all his world. While old
man Ellison was pottering among
his flocks OF sheep on his mile
an-hour pony, and while the
Kiowa took his sfesta In the
burning sunshine at the end OF
the kitchen. Sam would lie on his
cot thinking what a happy world
he lived in and how kind it is to
the crcs whose mission in life
1t is TO give entertainment and
pleasure. Here he had food and
lodging as good as he had ever
longed for: absolute immunity
from care or eXertion or strife;
an endless welcome. and a host
whose delight at the sixteenth
repetition of a song or a story
was as keen as at its initial Civ
ing. Was there ever a troubadour
of old who struck upon as royal
a castle in his wanderings?
While he lay thus, meditating
upon his blessings, little brown
cottontails would shyly frolic
through the yard; a covey of
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THE LAST OF THE TROUBADOURS-

the favor of sojourning at his
ranch: but he knew he would be
welcome. The troubadour Is his
own passport everywhere. The
workers in the castle let down the
drawbridge to him, and the Baron
sets him at his left hand at table
in the banquet hall. There ladies
smile upon him and applaud his
songs and stories, while the work
ers bring boars' heads and fiagons.
If the Baron mods once or twice
in his carved oaken chair, he does
not do II maliciously.
Old man Ellison welcomed the
troubadour fiatteringly. He had
often heard praises of Sam GAL
loway from other ranchmen who
had been complimented by his Wis
its. but had never aspired to such
an honor for his own humble bar
ony. / say barony because old
man Ellison was the last of the
Barons. OF course, Mr.. Bulwer-
Lytton lived too early to know
him, or he wouldn't have con-
ferred that sobriquet upon War
wick. In life 1t is the duty and
the function of the Baron to pro-
vide work for the Workers and
lodging and shelter for the
Troubadours.
Old man Ellison was a shrunken
old man, with 4 short, yellow
white beard and a face lined and
scanned by pl5t-and-gore smiles.
His ranch was a little two-room
box house in a grove of hack
berry trees in the lonesomest part
of the sheep country. His house
hold consisted of a Kiowa In liam
man cook, four hounds, a pet
sheep, and 4 half-tamed coyote
chained to a fence-post. He owned
5000 sheep, which he ran On two
sections of leased land and many
thousands of acres neither leased
nor owned. Three or four times
a year someone who spoke his
language would ride up 10 his
cate and exchange a few bald
ideas with him. Those were red
letter days to old man Ellison.
Then in what illuminated, en-
bossed and gorgeously decorated
capitals must have been written
the day on which a troubadour
"a troubadour who. according TO
the cyclopaedia, should have
fiourished between the eleventh
and the thirteenth centuries
drew rein at the gates of his
baronial castle!
Old man ElliSon's smiles came
back and filled his wrinkles when
he saw Sam. He hurried out OF
the house in his shuffiing, limp
70 him
Hello. Mr.. Ellison" called Sam
cheerfully. Thought I'd drop
over and see you for while.
Notice you've had fine rains on
your range. They ought to make
good grazing for your spring
lambs"
We'll. well. we'll" said old
man Ellison. I'm mighty glad
to see you, Sam. 1 never thought
you'd take the trouble to ride
over to as oGt-of-the-way an old
ranch as this. But you're mighty
welcome. Light. I've got a sack
Of new oats in the kitchen--shall
1 bring out a feed for your hoss?"
oats for him." said Sam, de-
risively. No, Stree. He's as fat
as pig now on grass. He don't
get rode enough to keep him in
condition. I'll just turn him in
the horse pasture with a drag
rope on IL you don't mind"
1 am positive that never dur
ing the eleventh and thirteenth
centuries did Baron, Troubadour
and Worker amalgamate as har-
moniously as their parallels did
that evening at old man Ellison's
sheep ranch. The Kiowa's bis
cults were light and tasty and
his coffee strong. 1neradicable
hospitality and appreciation
glowed on old man Ellison's
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Democratic Platform Outlined
By Bryan for 1920 Campaign

the Republican party 10 do so be-
cause the latter contains most of
the profiteers.
The following remedies. inCreas-
ing in severity. have been suggest
ed: a trade commission in each
State and in each community. as
closure of profit on each article
sold, and limitation Of profits. as In
the case of interest on loans. In
connection with the subject of prof
iteering the convention is likely 10
favor a tax on the war-proft mil
lionaires 10 provide bonus for
service men. 1t is only fair that
those who grew rich out of the war
should do justice to the men who
took the risks of service.
SiNth-The convention will have
to deal with the subject Of private
monopoly. 1t is the most perma-
nent domestic issue and the bene-
ficiaries of all the favor-seeking
corporations are massing under Re
publican leadership to oppose gov
ernment ownership in every form.
The Democratic party must ulti-
mately become the champion Of gov
ernment ownership of all natural
monopolies, but the corporation
controlled press has so grossly mis-
represented the experience of the
government under war control that
the opponents of private monopoly
may have TO content themselves
with holding the ground already
occupied. leaving the advance to be
made by future conventions.
VIII Act on Labor Problem.
Seventh-The labor question will
receive the attention due it. The
I)amnrr2fiH ~
the toiler's right to equal treat
ment. He is not only a citizen but
he is an indispensable part of our
industrial machine. He should be a
willing worker IL he is to give to
society his maximum effort. He
must feel that he is receiving jus
tlce; he must be welcomed as a CO.
worker and be dealt with as a
brother in the matter of wages,
hours and rights.
Etghth-The farmer also has
grievances; his interests can not he
made subservient to the claims Of
the commercial classes.
Ninth-The Democratic party al
ready has entered upon Il good-
roads program and will extend il.
1 hope IT will extend it sufficiently
to endorse national peaceway
connecting the States.
Tenth-I am hoping for n plank
pledging the party TO the advocacy
OF a government bulletin-not a
newspaper. but bulletin-undcr
nonpartisan control. which will
give the voters. for a nominal sub
scrtption price, information as 10
issues before the country with the
reasons advanced on both sides OF
each issue.
"To Endorse Woman Suffrage"
Eleventh-Woman suffrage will
be endorsed with congratulations II
the amendment is ratified before
the convention with pledge Of sup
port IL ratification is not then COM
plete.
Twelfth-Prohibitio cannot be
ignored. The vets want a plank
condemning the prohibition amend
ment but IL Is quite certain that
before the convention assemblies,
they will find their case hopeless.
They will then try to prevent any
declaration on the subject. pleading
for the Harmony" to which they
would be indifferent IL they could
secure a wet plank. But they will
not deceive anyone.
Copyright. 1920. BY wheeler Syndicate IAe1
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of course were made, but they were
ovcrshadowed by colossal achieve
ments that astounded Europe. and
even astonished ourselves.
Has Treaty Suggestion.
Second-The treaty will present
an issue. The party stood together
in favor of ratification without res
ervatiOn, as long as that seemed
possible. When il was demonstrat-
ed that ratification without reser-
vations was impossible. the Demo-
cratic Senator'S divided into two
two groups-the members of one
group, twenty-three in NUMBER.
more interested in the treaty and
the league of nations than in the
phraseology of the reservations,
Joined with thirty-four Republicans
to secure ratification with reserva-
tions. while twenty Democrats,
preferring defeat of the treaty and
the league of nations to acceptance
of the proposed reservations. Joined
seventeen irreconcilable foes of the
treaty to prevent ratification. I'm
less a compromise is reached before
June 2s. the convention will endorse
the course pursued by the twenty
three. or the course pursued by the
twenty.
Will Favor New CIoture Rule.
Third-In this connection, IL Is
likely the convention will declare
in favor of a cloture rule in the
Senate enabling a majority to close
debate and proceed to vote. 1t
was a platform declaration by the
Democratic convention of 1908 that
put an end to Cannonism in the
House of Representatives., and 1t is
time to take another step toward
Democracy.
Fourth-The convention is quite
sure to declare against universal
compulsory military training. The
Democratic caucus in the House
condemned it by a vote OF 106 to
II. and a poll Of the Senate showed
nearly as large a percentage of the
Democrats of that body against It,
The demand for economy, growing
more and more insistent, strength
ems the opposition to the expendi-
ture of 100000, 900 a year in prep
arations for war, while the peace
sentiment of the country revolts
against a system based on the the
ory that war Is a necessary part Of
civilization.
Fifth-The profteer will receive
particular attention, especially IL
the issue Is accentuated by failure
of the Republicans TO deal with the
question satisfactorily. Some party
must take the peoples side against
the middlemen, and the Democratic
party is in a better position than
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Congressman
Wins Hearts
Of Children

Back in the Middle Ages the Pied
Piper made a bargain with the city
fathers of Hamlin town. When thew
failed to carry out it's term he tuned
his pipe, and the children followed
him in hordes.
Today in Washington the letters
of children flow into the office of
Representative Charles p. Coady in
a way that makes one wonder what
mysterious tune he has played, for
when he walks the streets of Balti-
more the children dimple and smile
at him as he passes, and whisper
about him afterward.
"Just Personality
He plays no tunes" says his sec
retary; 'it is just that he is
Charles P. Coady"
Father of four children, there is
a warm spot in his heart for every
living child that apparently draws
them to him with a magnetism he
can't resist.
Letter after letter comes to him
from the children of his district, al
though he has in no way sought
this stream Of mail. "I love you"
writes some tiny lassie, while a
youthful aspirant for honors as a
nero WHITES OIL MS hopes ana am OIL
tions to his Representative.
One little chap who wants to be
an artist has sent in several of his
drawings as a gift, but. to stick to
the truth, there are more requests
than presents.
One Wanted Joke Book.
A packet of garden seeds and a
joke book was what one prospective
voter requested. while others have
been even more strenuous in their
demands.
Mr.. Coady never passes a child
on the street without speaking, say
his friends. The pages in the House
seem to have an especial fondness
for him and always greet him.
His home in Baltimore belongs
to his children. and he romps and
plays with them there very much
as did Theodore Roosevelt in the
White House. There is nothing In
the house too good for small fingers
to touch, for my house is, for my
children" says Mr.. Cody.
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By O. HENRY

the old man about his air of sad
ness and abstraction. Then old
man Ellison told him the story of
King James threats and orders
and that pale melancholy and red
ruin appeared to have marked him
Tor their own The troubadour
took the news thoughtfully. He
had heard much about King
James.
On the third day of the seven
days of grace allowed him by the
autocrat of the range, old man
Ellison drove his blackboard 10
Frio City to fetch some neces-
sary supplies for the ranch.
Bradshaw was hard but not inn
placable. He divided the old mans
order by two. and let him have
little more time. One article
secured was a new. fine ham for
the pleasure of the trousadour.
Five miles out of Frio City on
his way home the old man met
King James riding into town. His
majesty could never look anything
but fierce and menacing. but to-
day his slits of eyes appeared to
be little wider than they usually
were.
Good day." said the king,
gruffy. I've been wanting to see
you. l hear 1t said by a cowman
from Sandy yesterday that you
was from Jackson County, Missis-
sippi, originally. i want to know
IL that's a fact"
Born there" said old man
Ellison, "and raised there till /
was twenty-one."
The man says" went on King
James, that he thinks you was
related to the Jackson County
Reeveses. Was he right?"
Aunt Caroline Reeves" said
the old man, was my half sister"
"She was my aunt" said King
James. Il ran away from home
when / was 16. Now, let's re-
talk over some things that we
discussed a few days ago. They
call me a bad man: and they're
only half right. There's plenty of
room in my pasture for your
bunch OF sheep and their increase
for a long time to come. Aunt
Caroline used to cut out sheep in
cake dough and bake 'em for me.
You keep your sheep where they
are, and use all the range you
want. How's your finances"
The old man related his woes
in detail. dignifiedly. with re-
straint and candor.
She used to smuggle extra
grub into my school basket-Im
speaking of Aunt Caroline" said
King James.
I'm going over to Frin City to-
day. and I'll ride back to your
ranch tomorrow. I'll draw $4,000
out of the hank there and bring
1t over to you; and I'll tell Brad
shaw to let you lave everything
you want on credit. You are
bounl TO have heard the old say
ing at home that the Jackson
County Reeveses and Kings would
stick closer by each other than
chestnut burrs. Well. I'm a King
yet whenever l run across
Reeves. So you look out for me
along about sundown tomorrow.
and don't worry about nothing.
Shouldn't wonder if the dry spell
don't kill oIt the young grass"
Old Man Ellison drove happily
ranchward. Once more the smiles
filled out his wrinkles. Very sud-
denly. by the magic of kinship
and the good that lies somewhere
in all hearts. his troubles had
been removed.
On reaching the ranch he found
that Sam Galloway was not there.
His guitar hung by its buckskin
string to a blackberry limb. moan
ing as the gulf breeze blew across
its masterless strings.
The Kiowa eEdeavorcd to ex-
plain.
"Samee. he catch pony" said he.
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"and say he ride to Fri0 City.
What for no can damn sabe. Say
he come back tonight Maybe so.
That all"
As the FIRST stars came out the
troubadour rode back TO his haven.
He pastured his pony and went
into the house. his spurs jingling
martially-
Old Man Ellison sat at the
kitchen table. having a tin cupg
of before-supper coffee. He looke1
contented and pleased VI
Hello. Sam" said he. 'T'HL
darned glad to zee ye back.
don't know how / managed
before ye dropped in to chez
things up. I'll bet we've been sky
larking around with some of
them Frio City gals, that's keY
ye SO late"
And then old man Ellison too
another look at Sans face am
saw that the minstrel had change
to the man of action
And while Sam is unbucklini
from his waist old man Ellison
six-shooter, that the latter had
left behind when he drove to town,
we may we'll pause to remark that
anywhere and whenever a trouba7|
dour lays down the guitar and
takes up the sword trouble is sure'
to follow. 1t is not the expert
thrust of Athos nor the cold skill
of Aramis nor the iron wrist of
- l.
is the Gascon's fury-the wild and
unacademic attack of the trouba-
dour-the sword of D"Artagnan.
II done it," said Sam. Il went
over to Frio City to do it. ]
couldn't let him put the skibunk
on you, Uncle Ben. l met him in
Summers saloon. l knowed what
to do. 1 said a few things to him
that nobody else heard. He reach
ed for his gun first-half a dozen
fellows saw him do it-but ] got
mine unlimbered first. Three doses
l gave him-right around the
lungs, and a saucer could have
covereds up all OF EN- He won't
bother you no more"
This - is - King - James -
sOu Sptdh VI dShtu Olu man
Ellison while he slipped his coffee.
You bet it was. And they
took me before the county Judge:
and the witnesses what saw him
draw his gun first was all there
Well, of course. they put me un-
der $500 bond to appear before
the court, but there was four or
five boys on the spot ready to
sign the bail. He won't bother
you no more. Uncle Ben. You
ought to have seen how close
them bullet holes was together.
/ reckon playing guitar as
much as ] do must kind Of lin
ber fellows trigger finger up
little. don't you think. Uncle
Benz"
Then there was a little silence
in the castle except for the
spluttering of a venison steak
that the Kiowa was cooking.
Sam" said old man Ellison.
stroking his white whiskers with
a tremulous hand. would you
mind getting the guitar and
playing that 'Huile. huile, palo-
mita' piece once or twice? 1t al
ways seems to be kind of sooth-
ing and comforting when
mans tired and tagged out"
There is no more to be said.
except that the title of the story
is wrong. 1t should have been
called The Last of the Barons"
There never will be an end 10 the
troubadours: and now and then
II does seem that the Jingle of
their guitars will drown the
sound of the muffled blows OF
the pickaNes and trip hammers
of all the workers of the world.
Copyright, 1890. by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.D
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

VIII receive con-
sideration.
First The ma
tional admins
tration will be
endorsed and the
splendid economic
reforms secured
will be enumer-
ated and empha-
sized. They con-
'titute An unpar-
alleled record of
a C C omplishment.
The conduct of
the war will be
praised. Mistakes
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
No one is in position TO announce
in advance the subjects that will
be treated in the Democratic plat
form to be written at San Francis
CO. but l venture to submit an out
line with the reasons that lead me
to believe the subjects mentioned
The Washington herald., 1920-06-06

The Mayas made their calendar ex-
act according to the stars. They
were among the most learned as
trologers of ancient times, DR..
Morley feels sure.
Most brilliant Of all the COpan's
forgotten wonders described by the
Washington man is the Hero
glyphic stairway. 1t ascends
lofty pyramid for ninety steps. On
these steps are carved 2.500 word
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pictures, the most complete record
OF the city's history yet found.
DR.. Morley believes the destruc-
ton or Copan came when continual
rains made farming impossible In
mat section OF Central America.
Being short of food. the people
gradually abandoned all the monu-
ments and temples they had erected
with such painstaking care through
centuries.
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In the center, left to right
cestors inhabited the lost city
Copan priests, with a tale from
them, found on temple steps
Bottom row: Grinning deaths
Maya rubber gatherer ready for
beauty. and mothers kept girl ba-
pies squirting at some 6angling
toy in order tc develop this de-
formity. Divorces were frequent.
Simple divorce laws enabled unhap-
PLY wed Maya couples to leave each
other by moving in:o separate huts
These ancient people worshiped
the God of Time. They developed
a remarkable system OF counting,
which Mr.. Morley has deciphered.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-04
WEST YAL1LEY

Another six weeks Of winter, Mr..
Grounding says. 5ss
Miss Ida Ramstad and brother An
drew, returned last week from Winger,
where they visited relatives.
The census man of our town is Just
about winding up his work tired OF
driving, he took to skis.
Influenza has again made Its appear
ance.
Mrs. Carlson (nee Mabelle Aune !, OF
Minneapolis, arrived on Friday morn
ing at Strandquist, accompanying the
remains Of herYinfant baby boy who
died on Wednesday morning. The fun
eral will be held from her parental
home. Our sympathy goes out to the
bereaved parents.
Miss Saustad, Of School District 100,
Of our town, visited at Thief River
Falls Friday, also taking in the De-
clamatory contest held there Friday
evening. r.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iver Lokken and child
rem are visiting at s. Isaacson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Stennes and daugh-
ter returned last week from Halstad,
Mimi, where Mrs. stennes' has visited
her mother for some time.
q Messrs. Victor Lefroth and Ben Ella
son attended the school officers. conven-
ton at Warren last Friday. Fl
Rev. Ordahl will conduct services in
the school house, Dist. 40, Sunday, Feb.
10, at II a. m. .#l
Dahl and Lindstrom are busy cutting
and saving lumber now days.
-. 0. Hjelle has been very poorly Of
late.
Mr.. Buderfast cut wood for E. John
son and G. ThunT last week.
The telephone meeting has been post
poned owing to the influenza epidemic.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-04

z. N. Olson attended to business in
stephen on Monday.
{ Martin ii Boardson left this morn
Ing for Alyarado on business matters.
Donovan Mattson entertained i num-
5ber. OF boy friends on his sixth birth
day last Friday.
Fred Cronkhite, OF Big Woods, was III
the city last Friday, attending the
school officers convention. NJ 'sl..s