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ing to drive into me began to take
hold, just n little, in spite of what l
knew-or thought | knew. Was 1t
barely possible, after all, that there
had been foul play of some sort?
In the first place. something had
been done to me by somebody: 1t was
a sure thing that hadn't crippled and
half-killed myself all by my lonesome.
Then they had said that the boss
until after zen o'clock and had then
gone up to go to bed. That being the
case, how could anybody have got to
him between that time and the leav-
ing time of the midnight Fast Mail to
tell him about Mrs. Sheila?
Anyway it was stacked up, 1t made
a three-cOrnered puzzle, needing some
body to tackle it right away; and
when l finally went to sleep it was
with the notion that, sick or no sick,
l was going to turn out early in the
morning and get busy.
was well enough to get up the next
morning, and when 1 phoned\ to Mr..
Van Britt he sent his car out to the
majors to take me down to the office.
Just before l left the house. Mrs.
Sheila waylaid me. and after telling
me that l must be careful and not
take cold in the burnt hand, she put
in another word about the boss dis
appearance.
Il want you to remember what
said last night, Jimmie, and not let
the others talk you over into the be-
lief that Mr.. Norcross has gone away
because he was either discouraged or
afraid. He wouldn't do that: you
know it, and I know it. We are his
friends, you and /. and we must stand
by him and defend him when he isn't
here to defend HIMSELF"
1t did me good to hear her talk
that way. had been sort of getting
ready to dislike her for letting the
boss get in so deep and not telling
him straight out that she was a mar
ried woman and he mustn't; but
when saw that she was trying to be
Just as loyal to him as was, it pulled
me over to her side again.
Though the boss disappearance was
now four days old, things were still
In a sort of daze down at the rail-
road offices. Mr.. Van Britt, being the
general superintendent and next in
command, had moved over into the
boss office. and Fred May was doing
his shorthand work. They wouldn't
let me do anything much-I couldn't
do much with my right arm in a
sling-so 1 had chance to banp
around and size up the situation. II
yon want to know how 1t sized I'm
you can take it from me that It was
pretty bad. People all along the line
were bombarding Mr.. Van Britt with
letters and kilograms wanting to know
what was going to he done, and what
the change in management was 20.
ing to mean for the public, and all
mat. You see, Mr.. Norcross had laIf,
out mighty attractive program in
'he little time he had been at tho
wheel, and now it looked us II n wos
all going to be dumped into the ditch
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CHAPTER vi
What Every Man Knows

I wasn't gone very long on this sec
ond excursion into the woozy-woozies.
though 1t was night-time, and the
shaded electric light was turned on
when | opened my eyes and found
Mrs. Sheila sitting by the bedside.
The change in Mrs. Sheila sort of
made me gasp. She wasn't any less
pretty as she sat there with her hands
clasped in her lap, but she was diff
ferent; sober, and with the laugh all
gone out of the big gray eyes. and n
look in them as if she had suddenly
become so wise that nobody could
ever fool her.
you are feeling better now" she
asked, when she found me staring at
her.
told her l guessed | was. but that
my hand hurt me some.
You have had a great shock of some
kind-besides the burn, Jimmie" she
rejoined. folding up the bed covers so
that the ban sed hand would rest
easier. THE doctors are all puzzled.
Does your head feel quite clear now
so that you can Think"
at feels as If 1 had crazy clock
in it," said But the thinking part
is all right. Have you heard any
thing from Mr. Norcross yet?"
Not a word. We have been hop
ing that you could tell us, something
when you should recover sufficiently
to talk. Can't you, Jimmie?"
Remembering what Maisie Ann had
told me just before went off the
hooks, 1 thought l might tell her
lot If I dared to. But that wouldn't
do. So 1 just said:
II told Maisie Ann all knew about
Mr.. Norcross. He left the office some
little time before I did-with Mr.. Rip
ley. l didn't know where they were
going''
"They went to the hotel" she helped
out. Mr.. Ripley says they sat in the
lobby until after ten o'clock. and then
Mr.. Norcross went up to his rooms"
OF course, I knew that Mr.. Ripley
knew all about the Hatch ruction !;
but if he hadn't told her. 1 wasn't 60
ing to tell her.
"There was some trouble in con-
nection with Mr.. Hatch that evening.
wasn't there?" she asked.
Hatch had some trouble-yes But
1 guess the boss didn't have any," l
replied.
Tell me about It," she commanded !;
and told her just as little as could !;
how Hatch had had an Interview with
the boss earlier in the evening, while
l was away.
1T wasn't quarrel?" she suggested.
why should they quarrel?"
asked.
She shook her head. "You are spar
ring with me, Jimmie. In some mis-
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.so Hatch did make a threat thenf
,,o, ,dd ANYTHING mOre2"

$50 Hatch did make threuts tHl'
Can you add anything moreY"
| could, but didn't want to. MT.
Van Britt didn't know anything about
the Sand Greek siding hoid-up. or
supposed he didn't. and l didn't want
to be the first one to tell him. Besides.
the whole business was beside the
mark. Maisie Ann knew. and knew.
that the boss. strong and unbreakabie
MS he was in other ways. had simply
thrown up his hands md quit because
somebody had told him that Mrs.
Sheila had a husband living. so
just said:
Nothing that would help out ana
after he had talked little while
longer our only millionaire went down.
stairs again.
It's so funny how things change
around for person just by giving
them time to sort of shake down into
Mace and fit themselves together.
After while the chin edge of the
wedge that Mrs. Sheila had been try
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told anybody yet but Mr.. Norcross !;
but if you go to making trouble for
him and the railroad company, I'll go
into court and swear to what l know !"
He was halfway out of the door
when l got through, and he never
made any sign that he heard what
said. After he was gone L began to
sense. just little. how big a fool
had made of myself But I was still
mad clear through at the idea that
he had taken me for the other kind of
fool-the kind that wouldn't know
enough to be sure that the president
of big corporation wouldn't get
down to tampering with a common
clerk unless there was some big thing
to be stood off by it.
Stewing and sizzling over 1t, put
tered around with the papers on my
desk for quite little while before 1
remembered the two kilograms, and
the fact that I'd have to go and stick
the three-bladed knife into Mr.. Nor
cross. When did remember, showed
the messages into my pocket, fiicked
on the lights and started to go up
town and hunt for the boss.
After closing the outer door of the
office don't recall anything particular
except that l felt my way down the
headquarters stair in the dark and
groped across the lower hall to the
outside door that served for the stair
case entrance from the street. When
l had felt around and found the brass
knob. something happened, 1 didn't
know Just what. In the tiny little
fraction of second that / had left,
as you might say. between the hearse
and the grave. l had vague notion
that the door was falling over on me
and MASKING me fiat; and after that,
everything went blank.
When l came to life out of what
seemed like an endless succession of
bad dreams it was broad daylight and
the sun was shining brightly through
some filmy kind Of curtain stun in a
big window that looked out toward the
west ] was n bed. the room was
strange. and my right hand was
wrapped up in lot Of cotton and
bandaged.
hadn't more than made the first
restless move before saw sort Of
pie-faced woman In q nurses cap and
apron start TO get up from where she
was sitting by the window. Before
she could come over to the bed. some-
body opened dees ~ tlp-tosd =
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-ReslenED-eAvE UP AND RAN AwAva"

and
a
and her. snalc a n
lis the
wick He
of
president
fronat OF
To
by
and to interest
husban Norcross doesno know
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WOMEN NEED swAMPRprI|

Thousands of women have kidr,r :,
bladder trouble and never suspect !, 'a
Women's complaints often provs :.
nothing else but kidney trouble ~ II u
result of kidney or bladder disease VI us
If the kidneys are not in b.,s,.
condition, they may cause the otbs, :.
gans to become diseased
Pain in the back, headache. loss n; ;,
bition. nervousness. are often times sym,
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment n
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, n physician, mn
scription, obtained at any drug store nw M
be just the remedy needed to oyercop,
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bOttl. /,
mediately from any drug store.
However. if you wish first to test M.
great preparation send ten cents to D..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for I,
sample bottle. When writing be sure N
mention this paper.-Adv.
AS n rule, mans credit is all rgA
Mt the wrong time.
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AS n rule. mans credit is all tight
Mt the wrong time.
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Jimmi. turn. .l.u.h.
tTo BE coNrINUED.s !
Cotton and oxvo.r

Because the hollow fibres Of cotton
are loaded with oxygen they burn WITH
3 quick nash When you add to cot.
ton which Is already loaded with 49,. ~
gen, OIL. which is also loaded with ~ c~y
gen, me excess Of oxygen Ii likely soon.
e Or later to make the cotton bur-
into name. That Is how spontansosss
eemnast'on occurs srStax ~ ~ = \ Z a a
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"You Are sparrins win Ne, Jimmie. )"

d
taken idea of being loyal to Mr.. Nor
cross. You needn't. you know. Mr..
Norcross has told me all about his
plans; he has even been generous
enough to say that / helped him make
them. That is why cannot under
stand why he snouId do as he has
done-or at least as everybody be-
lieves he has done"
! saw how 1t was. She was trying
to find some explanation that would
clear the boss, and perhaps implicate
the Hatch crowd couldn't tell her
the real reason why he had run away.
Maisie Ann had been right as right
abogt that we must keep It to orr
etwo selves. But Ietried to let her
down easy. 4 y ss
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Only Thing He Could po
Binks-What are you doing for va,
cold? '.4
Jihlis-Coughing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-09
SPEED.

An Englisman, recently arrived
in the q. S. A., at New York hired
an enterprising newsboy to show him
about the city.
When they came to the American
Surety Co. building, the Englishman
asked, pray, my lad, how long did
it take to build that building? "About
two years." the boy replied" my,
that was quite long, we could build it
in year" Next they came TO the
National Park Bank building: How
long did it take to build that build.
ing" the Englishman asked. about
a year." was the answer. "That was
long time. We English would have
built it in six months" Then they
came to the Woolworth building;
"How long were they building this
wonderful structure?" II don't know
sir" replied the boy, ut wasn't there
last night"
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Some viii ascribe the origin Of the
parochial school system to Archbishop
Hughes, and account for his energetic
support OF It by his opposition to the
purpose of some elements or popula-
ton to insist on an unfair treatment
Of the religious subject in the public
schools. He no doubt was a valiant
champion OF Catholic education and
emphasized heroically the necessity Of
Catholic training. But the fact is,
the effort for education had been go
ing on, dating back indefinitely be-
fore this time. illustrating this, there
stand out two, specially prominent in
stances of comparatively early en-
deavor. writes Rev. F.. T. Moran of
Cleveland.
The first is that Of Rev. Gabriel
Richard, who flourished in Michigan,
with residence in Detroit, between the
years 1898 and 1882. He planned a
complete system of Catholic educa-
ton, comprising elementary schools,
high schools, or academies, and an in
stitution for higher education. He
established high school for boys and
young men and primary school for
the younger children, boys and girls.
Experiencing great difficulty in pro-
viding teachers, he opened a normal
school in his own home, where he and
his co-laborer, Father Dilhet, acted as
teachers. He introduced technical
training, bringing spinning wheels
looms, carding apparatus with color
ing materials from the east, and set
ting up for the boys an electrical ma,
chine and physical apparatus of vari
GUS kinds. He established in his own
place a school for Indian girls, and
while member of congress he sue
ceeded in getting grant for the sup
port of Indian schools for the tribes
under his spiritual jurisdiction. The
first printing press was brought te
Michigan by him and he began the
publication of newspaper. He also
published a series of textbooks fol
schools.
The second instance is that of the
Catholic congregation at Lowell
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Quoted in the open, but when dis
guised in the American Flag they are
monstrous. "The sorriest use to
which Americanism and it's emblems
can be put is their employment as
ramparts Of reactionary wealth and
privilege declared the New York
World in denouncing one of the
pseudo Americanism schemes.
The brazen@ effrontery of many of
the recent efforts will, in the long run,
be their undoing, however much they
may seem to be temporarily success
full. The dollar sign is too plainly
stamped upon them. Great harm may
be done, however, in the meantime, to
the splendid cause of good citizenship
through the distrust that is naturally
engendered and the wrong conception
of American ideals created by the eff.
forts and examples of these bogus
champions of Americanism.
There is nothing men want more
than success. Failure is always to be
dreaded. To go to the grave empty
handed of the goods of this world may
be grievous lot, but to 60 beyond
the grave with naught of the things
of God to show, that means disaster.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-09
BOGUS PATRIOTS.

During the period of the war many
schemes Of doubtful merit or OF selfish
design were advanced by individuals
under the gufse of patriotism. De.
signing men concealed their purposes
in the folds of the Flag. They called
their opponents un-American or pro-
German, and cast slurs and insinua-
tions upon the patriotism Of any who
held opposing views. The very bold
ness of some of these bogus schemes
gained success.
The same type of manipulation is
again evident, this time in attempts to
divert and control the movement for
the promotion Of citizenship-the
Americanization movement, as 1t is
called, to the advantage of special in.
terests. The dangers from this source
have recently been stated by the So.
cial Action Department of the Nation
al Catholic Welfare Council.
The bogus patriots of the war time
were mostly individuals. Those of the
reconstruction era are we'll planned
and financed organizations. These or
ganizations cloak their programs of
reaction and selfish purposes by the
use Of such words as Americanism
and Americanization. Their oppo-
nents are Reds" Radicals 'Bolshe-
viks" and anarchists" Events are
exaggerated by them to foment the
fears which beset reactions. Cam
paigns for reactionary purposes ara
legitimate BY themselves when con
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-09
EYES APPLE.

A fruit supposed to bear the mark
Of Ewes teeth is one of the many
botanical curiosities of Ceylon. The
tree on which it grows is known by
the significant name of ''the forbid
den fruit" or Ewes apple tree"
The blossom has a very pleasant
scent, but the really remarkable fea-
ture Of the tree, the one to which it
owes its name, is the fruit. It is
beautiful, and hangs from the tree in
a peculiar manner.
Orange on the outside and deep
crimson within, each fruit has the ap-
pearance Of having had a piece bit
ten out of it. This fact, together with
its poisonous quality, led the Moham-
medan to represent it as the forbid
den fruit Of the Garden of Eden and
to turn men against it.
The mark upon the fruit is attrib.
uted to Eve. Why the bite of Adam
did not also leave it's mark is not
known, but as only one piece seems
to be missing, its loss is ascribed to
the woman.
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ritated tone Of voice. for Wang had
never shown himself very responsive
to my endeavors to bring him TO the
true faith. What can l do for you,
Wang?"
Father, I want to be baptized. ]
will promise anything VOC ask now
Indeed, will, and fulfill it too" Here
his wife broke in with shrill treble
There you are again. Why doE't you
be honest with the Father. Tell him
all now or will do it myself"
Come in,' I said.
They followed me into the house
Now tell me ALL"
Il will, Father. God has punished
me, but in fatherly way. All along
/ have been most anxious to become
a Catholic. If I did so openly, ] was
afraid might be disinherited. Both
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OF my parents were pagAns. I ~ss
raised a pagan. My father never NE
the Christians. feared me would
disinherit me II ! openly professed
Christianity. But he was better tim
I. AS soon as he saw the lighs 10 be-
came a Christian and died one. And
his dying wish was that his son might
follow his example. / know I acted
the coward and do not deserve the
grace God has given me. But : prom.
Use to avail myself of his mercy and
henceforth to be an exemplary cafho-
lic."
That evening I sent for Tsehang.
He saw me preparing to administer
the Sacrament.
"Who is going to be baptised?'
wang" I replied.
-The Far Ease
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
EVENINGS IN MONGOLIA.

well, Tschang, IT'S long time
since I have seen you"
yes, Father. When a man gets
old, he cannot move around quite so
quickly"
s"That is hardly an excuse,
Tschang. / do not think anybody in
China, young or old, ever hurries very
much. Isn't that so?"
Tschang smiled. You see, Father
we Chinese pride ourselves on our
theory of life. We love to think that
it is not given to us to be broken in
pieces and destroyed. It's a bad thing
to run through life, Father"
Eyes, / can see, that, but why com
plain then that old age makes per.
son slow, since speed is not encourag.
ed at any stage of life."
Eyes, but mean that old age makes
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A Department Devoted to Catholic Institution
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.

Mass, where an arrangement was en-
tered into with the public authorities
for the support of the two existing
Catholic schools. This was in the
year 1885. The arrangement seems to
have gone well. The educational re.
suits were entirely satisfactory, Sec.
rotary Sears OF the State Board OF
Education after a visit to the princi
pal Catholic school in Lowell, writing
in the year 1850: 81 have seen nc
school of the kind to equal it in all
my visits to the schools
But difficulties arose, the chief OF
which came from intolerance. Catho
lies naturally desired that the teach
ers should be of their own faith. This
was in accordance with the original
agreement and was necessary, if the
schools were to serve the purpose OF
separate maintenance in imparting re
ligious training. When a sufficient
staff of lay Catholic teachers could
not be furnished, sisters were INTRO
duced. Under more fortunate circum
stances this might have met will
! favor, but in the troublous days OF thu
early fifties the tide of religious ami
mostly ran high. The result was tina
after sixteen years the Lowell arrange
| ment came, to an end.
It is difficult to define the begin
ming Of the Catholic educational move
| ment or to trace it's lines. The on,
thing that stands out is that Catholi
| schools Of one kind or another grew
| with Catholicity. Early IL the dc
velopment Of the larger growth o
the Church from immigration, it be
| came clearly understood that Catholi
schools must be established whel
ever possible, even under circun
stances where sacrifices were implied
The sentiment became crystalized i
the legislation of the Church, in die
cesar synods, In provincial councils
and notably in the Second and Thir
| Plenary Councils of Baltimore. 1t
interesting to note that in the Secon
Plenary Council the Fathers contente
themselves, with urging; whereas i
the Third Plenary Council, the mar
date became a rigid obligation.
Arizona republican., 1921-01-25

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Livestock
Chicaoc


 CHICAGO, Jan a. CATTLE-22, 900; opening generally steady on all classes with close last week: few strictly good or choice beef steers of fered; bulk around s7.5oQs.60; butcher heifers largely $5.75Q6.7 75: bulk butcher COWS t6.o0G6.25: few loads choice heavy kosher COWS sT.o0 07.75; canners and cutters mostly .25Q4.25: best bologna bulls around $500; veal calves largely $11.004 12.00; stocker and feeder steers mostly s6-25 @S.00
 HOGS-55, ,0o0; steady to 10 cents higher; lights up most; top Ss.S5; bulk $9.15G 9.60; pigs slow.
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 Denver
 DENVER. Jan. 24.-CATTLE-1,0 900; i; market % cents higher: beef steers s7.00Q9.00: cows and heifers s5.0oG TOO: calves s10.00@12.5o; stockers and feeders S6.00G7.75. HOGS-1600; market 10 cents high CT: top ss.65; bulk s9.1O9s.60.
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