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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19

ing for the ear. AS it was he was
only a second or two in front Of the
other, and the last vision he haS
through a break in the trees, before
they were spinning smoothly down the
deserted road, was an open window In
Iaidley Towers from which dense
volumes of vap0r poured steadily out.
OF the house party behind, waiting for
the light to burn low In the braziei,
me could see no sign through the
Opaque wall Of green fog.
1t look five minutes, so he gathered
afterward from a member of the house
party, before the light had burned suf-
~fciently low for the duchess to con-
slider 1t safe to touch the pearls.
In various stages OF asphyxiation
the assembled guests had peered at
the box, while the cynical comments
OF the men were rightly treated by the
ladies with the contempt they de-
served. Was the necklace o there,
wrapped in it's gold and silver tissue,
where a few minutes before there had
been nothing?
"Some trick of that beastly light"
remarked the duke peevishly. For
heavens sake throw the dam thing
out Of the window"
"DOL't be a fool, john" retOrted
his spouse. IF you could do this sort
Of thing. the house of lords might
be some use to somebody"
When two minutes later they stared
horrOr-struck at a row of ordinary
marbles laboriously unwrapped from
q piece of gold and silver tissue. the
dukes pungent agreement with his
wife's sentiment passed %uncontra-
dicted. In fact, II is to be understood
that over the scene which followed 1t
was best to draw a decent veil.
THREE.
Drummond, hunched low over the
wheel. In his endeavor to conceal his
identity from the man behind, knew
nothing of that at h time. And Lax
ington was far too busy to bother
with the chauffeur.
One snarling curse as they had
started, for not having done as he had
been told, was the total of their con-
versation during the trip. During the
rest of the time the transformation
to the normal kept darlington busy. and
Hugh could see him reflected In the
wind-screen removing the makeup
from his face, and changing his
clothes.
Even now he was not quite clear
how the trick had been worked. That
there had been two cabinets, that was
clear-one false, the other the real
one. That they had been changed at
the crucial moment by the girl Trina
was also obvious. But how had the
pearls disappeared in the first case,
and then apparently reappeared again!
For one thing he vas quite certain.
Whatever was inside the parcel of
gold and silver tissue which, for all
he knew. they might be still staring
at. 1t was not the historic necklace.
And he was still puzzling 1t v In
Ais mind when the car swung into the
drive at The Films.
4Change the wheels as usual
srsnpeJ \ qkington as he go out and
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19

The practical man Of today carries
out the plans Of yesterday's theortsG
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
The Woman
Observer

~ N her way home from a shop
ping expedition the Woman
made the annoying discovery
that she had dropped one Of many
small packages. 1t had contained
the particular kind of stationery
needed to decline a special social
invitation, so she hurried to a little
shop on side street to duplicate.
IL possible, the lost purchase.
The smiling proprietor, a placid
little lady. was neatly wrapping up
the bundle when a charming young
happer rushed in hatless and breath
less. Eagerly she laid hold OF q
magazine topping a pile on the
counter, which bore the sign, "Out
Today"
"Oh. Mrs. Smith" she cried, '1et
me have this quick. 1 couldn't sleep
tonight unless / read the conclud-
ing chapters of that exciting story"
and out she few, almost forgetting
her change in her haste to devour
the pages.
Little Mrs. Smith shook her head
protestingly. "Just listen to her.
That is the way with young girls
nowadays. Heads full of nonsense.
Here 1 am sixty-five years old, and
never read a novel in my life"
Thinking of all the JOY which
reading had brought her. the Woman
expostulated, But novel reading is
not necessarily harmful"
The shopkeeper was not to be con-
vinced. my dear, I know what I
am talking about I don't mind
telling you that / did try to read a
novel once and got as far as the
fourth chapter, but I just couldn't
get interested in people who never
lived and things that never hap
pened, so / gave it up"
The Woman wondered what book
had proved so disappointing. Could
1t have been a problem novel or a
best-seller? She ventured a ques-
tion. "What was it?''
The little shopkeeper thought for
a moment. 81 don't remember the
author" she said refectively. "but
the name of the story was Pill
grim's Progress
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
For a Spring
Bride
BY Rita Stuyvesant.

~ OR the post-Lenten season
many weddings will be in
- order. The wedding gown
should be selected with the idea of
wearing 1t later as dinner or
dance frock. A princess gown OF
ivory satin veiled in creamy white
is wonderfully beautiful when en-
broidered in seed pearls and with a
long flowing veil of filmy tulle and
a coronet of pearls is truly ravish-
ing.
A corsage of orchids will later
transform this gown into a smart
dinner gown, and the train should
be removed. A girdle of brocaded
satin ribbon in jade would also
take away the bride-like appear
ance.
At this season the bride will need
a smartly tailored suit, and she
may choose either navy or tan.
Piquetine, twill cord or tricotine
are all desirable materials, but for
the moderate allowance there is
nothing better than a well-tailored
model in heavy wool jersey at the
present time and they wear won
derfully well.
A tub silk blouse with collar and
, cuffs that may be worn on the out
side of the suit is good invest
ment, and of course one needs a
becoming tailored hat, gloves and
walking pumps to complete the
travelling costume.
A wrap that may be carried on
warm days or worn over the suit
on cooler days is a necessity. A
dolman of tobacco-brown silk bo-
livia cloth will be found practical
and may be worn with afternoon
frock.
For afternoon gowns cant on
crepe in gray or blue is smart, and
there are any number OF interest
ing models produced in beaded
tricotine. crepe and satin. A dressy
hat matching both gowns will COM
plete a modest trousseau.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
OF Higher
Mental Age

Physiological age has direct
bearing on physical training, social
adjustment, industrial work, and
pedagogical advancement. An ex-
perimental study just completed
shows that the mental age of the
individual bears a direct relation
ship to the physiological age as in
dicated by height and weight. The
results show that at each chrono-
logical age the physiologically ac-
celerated boys and girls have
higher mental age than those of the
average or below the average
physiological age. The girls. when
CLASSIFIED on this basis. show
higher mental age for given
chronological age than do the boys.
Girls are on the average mentally
older than boys.-Bird q. Baldwin,
University Of Iowa
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
The Easter
Lily

As . result OF successful expert
ments conducted at the Govern
ment farm in Virginia, the Easter
lily has now become a wholly do
mestic plant grown from seeds in
stead of imported bulbs. Further
more, the homegrown lilies, reach
ing full flower fifteen months after
planting, carry five to fifteen BIOS
SONS to a stalk, as compared with
four to FIVE for the average bulb
grown plants. 1t is reported that
good seed may be procured by any
one, by pollinating the flowers, as
now. ATTAINED. The importation OF
lily bulbs is large, some 10000 900,
valued at about S2,OOO,0OO being
brought from Japan last year. The
experiments have proved that the
Easter lily is really very hardy
plant, wintering well in the aver
age temperature climate with the
bulbs only four inches under grown
Popular Mechanics Mag azine-
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
The Hundred Dollar Question

1T may sound like an old story
to you" willard said. Ard It
may sound melodramatic. But IL
you could have heard that big
six-foot-six Texan telling II. II
wouldn't have sounded so. He
cried. Edy. several times while he
was telling me about 1t. And he
still believe in Juanita. He thinks
Alvarez has some sort of unusual
influence over her. One minute. he
says, he wishes her In oimbo. And
the next minute he's longing to
crush her in his arms"
For a few minutes Willard was
quiet And so was I. The story
had moved me greatly.
."I reckon it's good thing"
Willard interrupted my thoughts
that all men don't love like
that. What do you think. Edy?
How you'd like a sweetheart"
II think II would be wonderful
to be loved as-as Texas Tiger
loves" ] answered. I'D be happy
II some man loved me as much as
that
We'll. he happy. then" he said.
and he reached under the table
and pressed my hand Because
there's one man who loves you
even more"
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
Start w ar on
the Fly
THE fly is one of the worst en-

THE fly is one of the worst enc
mics of mankind and 1t 10
= one of the most menacing
mediums in existence for the
spreading of disease germs. Babies
are among the worst sufferers from
the presence of flies, and many OF
their Summer complaints could be
prevented by excluding the flies from
the places where their food Is pre-
pared. For that matter the DEATH
rate among babies could be very
considerably lowered IL the pesti-
lent fly were dealt with more
strenuously.
Fly-swatting campaigns in the
house do some good, but the best
way to deal with the problem is
not to let the flies enter at all.
Doors and windows should be tight
ly screened to prevent their enter
ing, and breeding places for flies in
the neighborhood of the home
should be cleaned up.
A satisfactory way OF dealing
radically with the housefiy before
II attains fyhood is to destroy the
recently Matched fly maggot or
larva. But complete safety de-
mands that all possible breeding
places for 6ies should be removed,
20 that when the eggs are hatched
there will be no refuse for the
young flies to feed upon. Pending
removal. manure and other refuse
may be disinfectOd with borax or
chloride OF lime.
The hy js one ur the N dan
gerous OF discase carriers 3 @ ;usc
Il facilitates direct contact between
food materials and disease germs.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
When a Girl Marries
A Story of Se 4
EARLY Welded LIFE
Bv ANN Isle
BY ANN LISLE.

. dear?" said. Hes too thoughtful
to let me worry for fear my sister
in-law is worrying about me-
Then. as i had hoped. the little
bead-eyed man was forced by his
impatience to swing the converse
tion' back to the crucial point
where we had left IL.
"HylandPs all to the good. I'll put
my roll on him. But now tell me
why you want to make your old dad
believe that you never knew Dicx
West?" he whined.
ELUSIVE SOMETHING.
"Oh-Dick West" i cried poune-
ing on the given name with an ef-
fort to sound casual and as IL I'd
found the clue. you only said
West, and that isn't an exclusive or
descriptive name. or course,
know Dick West. But how did you
come to meet himT
"Dick West. That IL different.
amt it?" chuckled "Mr. Lee" as I
now mentally labelled him instead
of thinking of him by the more in
timate name dad Lee" which
Father Andrew had suggested.
"Yes, of course, we knew Dick
West" ! conceded cautiously.
West was your husbands rum
ming mate. wasn't he? You knew
him pretty well. didn't you. my
dear?'
There was a leer OF Suggestive
{ ness in his voice. My thoughts
went tumbling over each other as
] struggled to exact from long
ago days the salient features OF
our break with Dick West
But / felt that there was some
thing else-something I ought to
remember, and couldn't. That
something danced elusively at
the edge OF consciousness. felt
an impelling need to remember and
a terrible blank feeling OF not hav-
ing the clue to what it was l wanted
to remember. .
"You knew this West pretty
well. now, didn't your" urged the
man who claimed to be my father.
With my eyes held sternly to
his I replied:
'As you say. Mr.. West was my
husbands partner for a time. And
he had all the opportunity in the
world to probe into our lives, to
find out about us. I suppose he
told you all about us. / was won.
dering how man way up in the
Canadian Northwest would have 90
much opportunity to find out the
details of my life-and my mothers.
So it was Dick West who told you.
But-how much did he tell you?"
To BE Continuted Tuesday.
Copyright, 1921, King Features Syn
dicate, Inc }.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
Whoae Present Serial Has Scored
. Big P0Duiar Success.

Whoae Present Serial Has ScOred
Big Popuiar Success.
<<K II Y Jim a gambler I cried
M in reply to the verbal bomb
SvS shell Dad Lee had exploded.
That's absurd. He isn't anything
of the sort. He's conversative
broker. Where slnder the sun did
you get your queer idea?"
"Oh, ] know what ! know" an
swered Dad Lee, wagging his head
sagely. "You kin call it anything
you're a mind to, but the dope for
playing the ponies and for playing
the market is about the same.
S'pose you never heard of a young
fellow named Vest" demanded
my prodigal father in a tone which
reminded me Of a purr or a snarl,
which. l couldn't be sure.
with my breath threatening to
rush out and drown my voice in
gasp, ! managed to ask calmly:
"West-West? What West who'd
ever heard of us could you meet?"
"Oh, met a West feller who
knew you all right" said Dad Lee
in a tone that convinced and fright
ened me. ...
whats the matter. Babbsie"
worrying my girl?" he asked with
his usual instinct to protect me.
I'm wondering what Virginia
will think" / said at a hazard.
"They expected me this evening.
should have telephoned-
EAsIL YMENDED.
That's easily mended." replied
Father Andrew. smiling comfort
ably. Suppose / go and call her
now. I'll be glad to have a chat
with your boys sister And while
I'm gone father and daughter can
kinda get acquainted"
"Oh you mustn't bother" / pro-
tested earnestly. There's no pub
lie telephone on this floor and don't
want you to chase down to the
main floor" ..
Reckon I can do that much. for
my girl" said Father Andrew, ris-
ing and smiling down at me with
sweetness which really seemed
like a blessing.
waited until his broad, upright
figure had swung out of the room
Then turned to the little man who
was watching me with shrewd
alertness. Just because / felt GER
tain that he was waiting for me tn
take up the conversation just where
II had broken off between us I
forced myself to talk of something
entirely different from the West
feller."
Isn't Father Andrew Hyland
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
Dew and the
DeWdrop

All dewdrops are perfectly round.
Dew is deposited only on a fine,
clear night.
More dew is deposited on culti-
waited than on uncultivated land.
Dew will not stay on rose leaves.
because these have an essential oil
In them.
Dew rolls OF cabbage and like
leaves, because they are coated With
q nns vAxen powder.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
SYNOPSIS:

Edith Livingston. a demobilized war
worker, making her home in Washing
ton with Grace and Bob Ellsworth, .
young married couple. nnds employment
as secretary to Eustibo Alvarez. a Mexi-
can oil stock promoter. IN a dinEy little
office on side street in the National
He pays her much attention, Gives her
q $500 gold note. after she has discov-
cred him and japanese studying \ map.
and takes her to lunch
She discovers her sweethesrt. willard
Saunders, dining with a Spanish girl.
she is Jealous OF the Spanish girl and
Edfth becomes suspicious as to what 10
going on In the office. She Ia satisfied
that no oil stock 10 being sold. but she
cannot Euess what her mysterious en-
ployers real business In.
Her employer. after paying her many
compliments and swearing her to the ut
most secrecy as to what transpires in tho
office, expresses a desire to be introduced
TO her sweetheart. which smazes her.
willard rwears to Edith that he is not
IN love with the Spanish girl and that
there is no cause Tor jealousy. He tells
bditn her employer will bear watching
,nri,n,sv Sna a.kS her - to spy on Alvarez She re-
through her employers desk she hnds a
picture Of the same Spanish girl with
whom she saw her sweetheart dining.
Later she is further surprised by a re-
quest from her sweetheart that she in
troduce MIN to her employer. BY means
OF piece Of carbon paper which she Sc
creted In the typewriter roller. Edith
gets copy OF a cryptic telegram her
employer sent to some one in Mexico
Wnen she telephones her sweetheart
about her employers mysterious conduct,
can tell him.
Alvarez takes Edith to MARYLAND
toadhouse and vainly tries to inveigle
her into taking drink with him. Will
lard finally tells her that Alvarez is an
iirsr iiinr.srnatDnal crook. short time later
tlemen from the Southwest. breezes in
with with q gun In search of Alvarez. He
out Of $40. 900 on q fake oil stock deal
Edith introduces Texas Tiger" to Will
.;dn ,nrd and the visitor Joins their eIcur-
Of oeorss washington me nome ana tomb
1t had been a case of love from
the first "hop-off." He and Juanita
had become engaged. He was
building home for her, and had
ordered fine furniture from the
East.
Then Juanita met Alvare..
Texas Tiger didn't know from
where he had come. He had made
his unscheduled appearance one
night at the little dance hall.
Juanita had danced with him all
evening.
When Texas Tiger" had remon-
Seiotcu Win neT Sne ndO leased MIN
In her own tantalizing way. II
dance with Mexican" she had
catoled him, "but / marry gringo."
And Texas Tiger" had believed
her. Such faith he had had in her
that he had permitted her to talk
him into buying $4,000 worth Of
gold lien first mortgage notes which
Alvarez had offered for sale.
Twenty thousand dollars wasn't,
all the wealth Texas Tiger" had"
But the purchase had cut a goodly
hole in his bank account. He would
have been willing to give every
cent. however, to please Juanita-
Texas Tiger" had been happy
when Alvarez left town, and he AMI
Juanita could settle down again to
making arrangements for their
wedding. Then, when everything
was ready and the wedding was
only one day off-Juanita disap-
peared!
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
&C. The Washington Times Magazine Page
sssial ss sf ses r~a Ms9s s9s
Mother Patricia Runaway Sidney
They Get Off the Train

polated a remark. "You keep out
of itw
81 don't blame you for feeling
angry. Palmer" Sidney's fine voice
persisted. but I'm leaving Deer
bridge on Wednesday, perhaps for
ever. I brought your sister up here
to see the little cabin where Eyre
and 1 spent the summer once. It's
only across the street. We were
going back on the evening train"
Patricia's eyes fell on the suit
cases.
~ swear that's true, Pat!" Sid
ney said eagerly. as his eyes fol-
lowed her glance. There's moth
ing here but our supper. lit
seemed a last chance" And quickly
opening his bag. he tumbled cans
and spoons and grocery packages
into the fiuffy first snow.
"Oh. baby!" the mother breathed.
Baby"
IL love Sid. and he loves me.
mama" Beatrice explained loftily.
But Patricia was glad to see
that she moved toward her mother
as she spoke. "We-we can't be
married right now. can't tell
you why. But we are going to wait
for each other! And nobody can
stop u.s." she finished defiantly.
ANOTHER SCHEME.
"There's n train from here in
twenty minutes" Dan said signifi-
cantly. "We can talk these things
over in the train"
II suppose you think I am go
ing home like bid child with it's
nursew Beatrice famed.
~ know darn we'll you are" Dan
answered.
'Well. I'm mott" Beatrice was
frightened, excited, and determined
all at once. She painted childishly,
and looked from her mothers
stony face to Sidney. "Am-am /,
Sid?" she askel faltering.
81 don't know what your family
plans to do" he said Struggling.
"We know that you're married,
Mr.. Hutchinson" the mild voice of
Mrs Palmer said suddenly, "and
that ought to be enough! He is
married. baby" she added, with all
her love and yearning for the run
away in her face.
II know it, mamma" Beatrice
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
BOOKS

Francis Brett Young's new story,
THE Tragic Bride" published last
week by E. p. Dutton & Co., will
surprise even those who have al
ready realized that he is one Of
the strongest and finest Of living
British novelists, so much does 1t
excel his previous books in the
very qualities that have won for
them the enthusiastic praise of
critics and readers in both England
and America. Its theme is that old,
old situation in both literature and
life, the triangle, but Mr.. Young
handles it with such skill, such
feeling for those possibilities in it
that do not usually appeal to either
novelist or playwright, that he
brings out Of it unstained all those
who are party to it and makes tho
love that led to it force that
uplifts and ennobles rather than
one that demoralizes and disinte-
CRATES. There is in the story also
4 fine embodiment of mother love
and mother passion contending
ruthlessly but very humanity for it's
own. Perhaps that quality of
humanness-and the author does
know so much about human nature,
both physically and spiritually!-is
the most outstanding quality. But
1t has also, in a degree that few
other living writers OF fiction equal,
although they make one think of
the matchless endowment of
Stephenson, the sense of inherent
tragedy in human life, curious
combination of beauty and strength,
and distinction of style.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09

course, he has nothing more impor-
tant to do?"
Perhaps he can CO." I said. I'll
call him and see.''
Willard accepted-with pleasure
SO we shut up the office, Mr..
Alvarez leaving note for Ochi,
saying he'd be back late in the af-
ternoon. and we went down and got
in Mr.. Alvarez's car and drove off.
We picked Willard up in front of
the Shoreham.
TRIP TO GREAT FALLS.
1t was Mr.. Alvarez who suggested
going to Great Falls. And Willard
and l gladly assented. / had been
to the falls once before and then ii
was winter time, and l felt I'd been
cheated because I'd always heard
about how marvelously beautiful
they were at other seasons
When we got there willard and
/ were perfectly, willing to just sit
in the car and enjoy the wonderful
beauty of the scenery. But Mr.. AL
varez insisted on getting out.
ut is so lovely" he said. II feel
like I can't get close enough"
To BE Continued Monday.
The Washington times., 1921-04-09
ENOUGH REAL MEN.

To Nineteen and Disguised:
You have aroused my interest by
saying that there are no young men
all they care for is a power-and-
paint dame with which to spoon I'M
til the early hours of morning.
Now. in this respect you are quite
right, for 1 take 1t that you have
been looking for men between the
ages of nineteen and twenty-five.
IL so, it is not much wonder you ara
disgusted, as they are not out OF
their baby clothes at that age.
They would not know how to ap-
preciate a good wife nor a home II
they had one. ] know the reason
why they only call once and never
come again. They want. folderol
with which to have bit of fun. and
when they meet 100 per cent wom-
an with the home-making qualities
of a good, pure wife their so-called
manhood leaves them and they fade
away.
You may wonder where I get my
experience and 1 will tell you. I am
a widower and I am thirty-six years
of age. My sweet wife was twenty
four when she died, which was last
n
for a wife. Well. my home is broken
up and / am now watching the
world go by.
am exceedingly sorry that you
made the misstep of picking up or
being picked up by stranger. as
that is not at all necessary. There
are enough real men around only
waiting to be properly introduced to
real women.
Let this experience be a lesson to
you and look for your ideal in a
more dignified way and do not look
among the boys. for you will al
ways be disgusted.
Forget that idea of wrapping your,
skirts around your heels, screwing
your hair up in a knot and other
wise making yourself hideous. BE Il
woman and you will win.
/ hope you will not take offense
at this Anyhow, l am only lone
some widower. II. ID. W., Sr.