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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

Leviug'tn sighed, and edged away
from the not boulder. Your mother
could have helped you." he said.
II come here each day to ask her.
and she does not speak"
why doesn't the yellow prince help
your
II have not asked help OF him."
Perhaps your father will advise
you"
She shook her head slowly. Her
face was serene, yet filled with re-
mote pain. Beauty was about her eyes.
but something was holding back. Now
the fires In Cons own heart would
not walt. and he said:
81 wish ! could tell you. have
nothing OF my own to offer, except
America. and l can give that to you.
There are books that have been kept
from you. The white blood in your
veins has been carefully shadowed.
Your heart is American. marvel
how well they have made you forget
that. You long for your own birth
right; that is why you look into the
west, and are filed with a desire you
do not comprehend. I never knew
what my country meant to me until
got away from It. working under its
orders in faraway places like this.
You are longing for home and your
own people. Your soul Is sick OF yell
low faces. your mind is weary with
Oriental contact"
He checked himself, for she did not
seem to be following well. The dis
tnnt rider had changed his position.
coming nearer. The rock seemed
smaller than at first, the sun hotter.
Silence between them. From the
saddle the princess looked afar over
the yellow earth. The palace walls
were lndIstinct In the trembling heat.
She seemed lost In cloud of dreams.
II was maddening TO Lexington. until
a great light broke within him. she
said simply. without looking at him:
"You are making me unhappy"
Even before the full Joy OF this ut
beside her, forgetful of the sentinel.
the sun, the whole world but this. A
honeyed fragrance came TO him from
her nearness. The words that burned
his heart stopped In lis throat. but his
eyes held hers an instant. and trag-
ically her unhappiDess deepened; yet
1t made him glad.
Without speaking, she spurred her
mount. wheeled. covering the man who
loved her. and then rode for the city
gate.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

head was filed with her final words.
They brought hope and hurt together
When once more In normal state
Con was frightened at the intensity
of his speech, the fire he had sent out
To her. Earth held no other fear than
that he had said too much, that he had
stumbled over the fealty in her nature.
In attacking her expectations of EN-
pire. Also he saw afresh the extent
of the consequences of March's blum
der, the forcing of escape last night
Helen had secured sort Of truce for
them. but 1t was unavailable now.
Con grimly remembered the blows he
had given the soldier in March's
rooms.
He wanted to find her father. The
drop down the shaft did not seem so
long this time. but the darkness at the
bottom was overpowering. His eyes
remained full of green patches Of
sunlight. Then he started back, as
nearly as he could remember, along
the tunnel toward the larger cavern
where the gas burned. He thought he
could smell the burned gas. or the
baking lentils. Enthusiastically he
scented camels None of the dwarfs
was in view. He had to grope. hav-
ing no torch. II was like starless
night.
II was some time before he saw n
glow far ahead, which satisfied him
as the reflected light from the cavern
in which he had taken leave of his
friend and the interpreter. He was
thinking with newborn power, and
perhaps did not realize that he Ind
been wandering deeper into the earth
for twenty minutes. The light proved
to be iol.eh cnrried over group Of
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
WoMANlY WIT.

A young lady whose dramatic abb
lty was greater than her personal at
fractions called on n popular manager
with the view of obtaining a part.
The manager chatted about the value
o. good looks to a woman. ending mp
with, Beauty is to n woman what
brains are to a man." There's only
one thing more valuable to man than
brains" said the young lady. whats
thatf" asked the manager. Tact n
was the reply.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
Animal Prophets.

Few beliefs are older or more wide
spread than that animals. and espe
cially wild animals, have foreknowi-
edge of what the weather is to be, and
something that amounts to such fore
knowledge many of them doubtless do.
possess, but there is no reason, and
only poor excuses, for assuming thar
there is u source OF information accu-
rate enough and of application remote
enough to give any appreciable exteD-
sion to the weather bureaus prognos-
ticatlons.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

Golden Medical Discovery and one
bottle cured me. / have never had
\ return of this ailment but have
always had good health since. | am
glad to recommend this medicine
MRS. CHAS. VENT, al So. Bloom.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery is sold by druggists In liquid
or tablets. Contains no alcohol. Send
10 cents to DR.. Pierce's Laboratory in
Buffalo. N. Y, II you wish a trial pkg
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
DIDN'T Want to Miss Anythino,

and was demonstrating some of his
wares to my mother. My inothe-
bought few articles from him and
he started to put his suitcase in order.
He finished and was just leaving when
Joseph. who is four years old, rushed
in and asked "Oh. mamma, what
did the man say while l wasn't herer
Chicago American.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

trouble; I
would be
come diI-
zy a n d
dSrk spots
would ap
p Q q r be
I ore my
9 y Q g l
+ ook DR..
PiepcS's
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
Method Of Faklna vIeIIn..

claim which has been made for
X-rays is that by exposing to their
light good modern violin 1t Will ac-
quire the characteristic tone Of a gen
uine Strad, the action of the rays In
q few hours ageing the wood by some
60 years.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
Reason for Optimism.

"Some men are optimists." said On
Gle Eben, "foh de reason dat it's most
times easier to sell man sumpin' by
tellin' him funny story dan 1t u by
tellin' him de truth
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

A kind heart is fountain of glad
ness, making everything in Its vicin-
ity to freshen into smiles.-washing
ton Irving.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
CHAPTER xI--coneinued-


~ you uieain oi'en
oiteh- u" not ehre 10Y s'eep' ou'
IN p'eashIt 10 urei'h' haVe you
'"un'
ne ,n""sh' c"rei""y' LIS We ai-
ways ureniheo- ~ runs II" your i"ih-
hy, ana III "i"e.
"n'e mere every ""'' SUI"
Helen
Inc sun must oe very not.
am accustomed 10 IL. i 40 not
resis, u. inere 's gre"' hie III II,
IL mas mhue you lovely ne shiu.
but IL was "hhiiu u YOU sne re
pneo. ana rant cooi sniiie touched
her hps'
innocence OF utter sopn's'ic'''ioh
from an uitihhate ueeree Oh one vi
these opposi'es sne was resarulhg MN
IL was nelpiess moment Ior 'ne
young man oehihu the rock' ne ghzeu
out TOT rehei over 'he stihsihs "hite
tanl' where All Oh yesteruay Is sacri-
70 the drlit OF To-Day. one Morse
man ootteu out there' not iar from
the city, pair OF Keen eyes mat
might BE nbie TO see throush stone.
Il had arranged with Cbee Ming
said the girl. for you and my father
to live In peace with us. Now that
cannot be, for you have tried to run
nway. You have wounded his emo
lions"
Your father and expect TO get
away, but we are coming Dack soon.
No. she said. mo man goes from
here to tell the world what he mas
seen. once Ming only OF all men,
goes and comes and ne tells nothing.
The empire must ran wheh ITS Sc
crecy is gone.
Con felt the chill OF stone wall.
You nre deeply interested IN the en-
pire OF the nehow SUM- ne sara dully.
1T is to bear WONDERFUL fruit
said the princess.
1T is very cruel said LeVihgton.
40 not agree win onee ming
ABOUT everything
fou nave 'herciiuh hear'' heurt
that wonid De at nome IN amer'ca'
where 'his iuea OF raciai iusion' the
oiehuins Vi M. '"'o one' ms oo''ie
s'ou 'iui' ioi wv ,.4.,
nav 'e',heu ou' ",.e :,
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y"u' 'e,uin.. Son
u oe .sp'e"u'u pm
."i yo. efe hre- uFea'hs 'hefe' 'o"'
n no' INTERESTED ne,e IN u"e
VI '"e "o,lu in'e 70 u.e een.e'
p'".'' u,e ns". =. "ses W 1'
W" ove'eu' ~ -" Wv
sou "a e"'"' 'i''s"'
nv
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Soh' Out I've was n"i' "eep'
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mart hpS ene WINS "iuiou' "a
he"I'. nu' 'nu. uiu NOT e''i
" "er ,nna,e Nus one vi" mn
agree WIN 'he poHcS OF STATE.
am neeu nere' saiu uie pfi,i-
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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

HE who sows courtesy. reaps
friendship; and he who plants kind.
ness. gathers love"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

Many old frontier saloons In the
West are being rebuilt into parson
ages and churches.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25

With some people the enterta. nmen1
OF an idea is an intellectual frost
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
Dizzy Spells

Hastings, Nebr.-"Some years ago
was troubled greatly with liver
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-25
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY Fl
REWARDS OF FAITHFULNEss.

LESSON TExT-Matt. z:i4-o
GOLDEN TExT-Well done. good and
faithful servant: thou hast been faithful
over a few things. I will make thee ruler
over many things.-Matt. ISIS.
REFERENCE MATERIAL = Matt. %;
IL 4e: Luke is:li-27: Rom. l2:1-s: Pet. $50
PRIMARY ToPIC-Doing Our Best
JUNIOR TOPIC-Duties and Rewards.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Faithful Use of our Abilities.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Use or Neglect OF Our Resources.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-07-07

first into little heaps, and then into
big ones. and now the Hatch people
have forced q practical consolidation"
"Is that the factor only the way
you are doping 1t out7" fqueried the
traffic manager. "a
ut Is the fact. Hatch came here
last night to tell me about It; also.
to tell me where we were to get of"
Hornack bit or piece Of the chewed
cigar and took fresh hold on 1t.
Does he think for one holy half
minute that we're going to sit down
quietly and let him undo all the good
work that's been done?" he rasped.
HE does-just that. He's putting
us in the nine-llole. Hornack, and up
to the present ,ndnlent haven't found
the way to climb out of It,"
but the ground leases?" Hornack
began. "Why can't we pull them on
him?"
I'VE might. IL we hadn't been shot
dead in our tracks by the very men
who ought to be backing us to win"
said the boss soberly. And then he
went on to tell about the new grip
Hatch had ON us.
OF course. Hornack blew up at that,
and what he said wasn't for publica-
tion. For minute or so the air of
the Office was blue. When he got
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-07-07
! CHAPTER XIV
The pipsenaniae

In day when punched money. how
ever arrogant 1t may be, has been
taught TO 60 sort Of softly. the Hatch
people were careful not to make any
public announcement Of the things
they were doing or going to do. But
bad news has wings Of Its own. Mr..
Norcross was still In the midst Of bis
mail dictation to me the morning after
the bottom-all the different bottoms
fell ont. when Mr.. Hornack came
bullying IN. s.s II
What's all this fire-alarm that's
been sprung about q new elevator
trust a. he demanded. chewing on his
qigat 10 H It were something he were
trying 10 eat. cts all over town that
sC.ss. Z W. has been secretly reorgan-
lied, With the Hatch crowd in control.
Tn hayinR perfect cyclone Of tele-
phone calls asking what. and how.
and Why. lss3 ..s.sI
\ The boss reply ignored the details.
Were M for It again. he announced
brieny The loeal, companies couldn't
hold on g. q good thing when thsy had
4. H. atocks has been swept up.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-07-07

pletely! 10 order that his cause might
prosper. Do you still believe thatfn
"Of course. It's all In the days
work. Any cause worth while Is vast
" bigger than any man who Il, trying
to advance It,"
Ethan any man. yes; but for q
woman. Graham; wouldn't you allow
something for the woman
II thought we had agreed long ago
that there Is no double standard either
In morals or ethics-on thing for the
man and another for the woman. That
Is your own attitude, isn't lit" 81
She didn't say whether. 1t was or
not She was holding the bit Of paper
he had given her SO that the light
from the fire fell upon It when she
said: II suppose your duty is quite
clear. In the slang Of the street. you
must beat Mr.. Hatch to It, You must
be the first to denounce this bribery,
clearing yourself and letting the az
fail where It WILL" 3ss 81
The boss was shaking his head a
bit doubtfuily. l
ut isn't quite so simple as that"
he objected. Il don't know that I'd
have any compunctions about sending
Collingwood to the dump. II the half
Of what they say OF him is true, he
Is a spineless degenerate and hardly
worth saving. But to do as you sug-
gest would be open rebellion. you
know; while Dunton remains presi-
dent, am his subordinate, and II I
should expose him and his nephew,
the situation here would become sim
ply Impossible"
'WelT?' she prompted.
"such move would rightly and
properly. bring wire demand for my
resignation, Of a nature that couldn't
be ignored-only It wouldn't, because
I should anticipate 1t by resigning
first. That Is small matter, intro.
ducing the personal element. But the
results to others; to the men Of my
staff and the rank and file, and to the
public, which, as you say, Is just be.
ginning to realize some Of the bene.
fits Of real partnership with its
principal railroad; these things can't
be SO easily ignored"
''Yod have thought Of some other
expedient?" e, 4 (
mo; haven't got that far yet. But
I am determined that Hatch shall not
be allowed to work his graft second
time upon the people who are trust
ing me. Ifbelieve in the new policy
Il v,e4 arc frvinp SO,1t I'd f7tn0 NV NUN
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-07-07

Yes. Finding himself In pitfall
which he has dIgged with his own
hands. he is like other men Of his kind;
he would be very glad to climb out
upon the shoulders Of a woman"
I guess the boss saw red for amin
ute, but the question he asked had
to come.
by what right did he come to you.
Sheila?" ~,
"By what he doubtless, thinks ID
the best right in the world. He Il my
husband" 53l
It was out at last, and the boss
poor little house Of cards that, knew
he had been building all these months
had got its knock-down in just those
four quietly spoken words. As well %
! knew him, couldn't begin to guess
what he would do or say But he was
such a splendid fighter that ] might
have known. s
u heard. no longeS ago than this
afternoon. that you were not-that
your husband was still living" he
said, speaking very gently. II didn't
believe it-not fully-though saw
that there might easily be room for
the belief. 1t makes no difference.
Sheila. You are my friend, and you
are blameless. But before we 60 any
farther want you to believe that
I wouldn't have been brutal enough
to give you that bit Of paper IL I had
remotely suspected that Colungwood
was the man."
She didn't make any answer to that.
and, after while he said: Having
told me SO much, can't you tell me a
little more r.
.'There isn't; much to tell, and even
the little is commonplace and-and
disgraceful,," she replied, with a touch
of WEAKNESS that was fairly heart
breaking. "Don't ask me why we were
married.; / can't explain that, simply
because don't know. myself. 1t was
arranged between the two families,
and suppose Howie and always
took 1t for granted. can't even plead
ignorance, for l have known him all
my life." ~
go on" said the boss, still speak
ing as gently as a brother might have.
"HSwie was spoiled child, an only
son. and he is a spoiled man. stood
1t as long as could-I hope you will
believe that. But there are some
things that q woman cannot. stand.
and" Us
II know" he broke in. $50 you
came out here to be free" @
ut is four years since we have
lived together" she went on. land for
a long time hoped he would never
| find out where was. There was no
divorce. had taken my mothers
name, and only Cousin Basil and his
wife knew that was not what per-
haps every one else took me to be-
a widow with a dead husband instead
of a living one.'
.'Did Colling~ood try to And your"
mo. I think not. But when lie was
here Inst spring with his Uncle Breck-
enridge he saw me and found out that
was living here with Cousin Basil"
did he try 10 persecute y0u?"
mo, not then. was afraid Of only
one thing: thtA he might drink too
much and-and Talk. Part Of tile fear
was realized. Tie saw me that Sun
day night in the Billiard. That was
why he was trying 10 fight the hotel
| peOple-because they, wouldn't let him
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-07-07
cHAPTER XIV ce }! i Il j !. y


discovered it before this7"
The boss nodded soberly. II have
discovered good many things about
you during the past six months: one
Of them is that there was never an
other woman like you since the world
began
knowing. az I did. that she had a
husband alive and kicking around
somewhere. it seemed as IL i just
couldn't stay there and lister to what
q break Of that kind on the boss part
was likely to lead up to. But Maisie
Ann gripped my wrist until she hurt.
lyon must listen r. she whispered
fiercely. You're taking care Of him.
and you've got to known
AS on many other earlier occasions,
Mrs. Sheila slid away from the senti-
mental side of things Just as easy %
turning your hand over. g.5sl ss
.'You are too big man to let an
added difticulty defeat you now" she
calmly. going back to the
business field: .'You are really MAX
ing niraculous success. / have just
spest two weeks in the capital. as
you know. and everybody is talking
about you. They say you are in a
fair way to solve the big problem-the
prebsem Of bringing the railroads and
tie people together In q peaceable and
lroftable partnership which is as It
should be" (. 81 5s
y. ~. .'.lt can be done; and could do 1t
right here on the Pioneer, Short Line
n / didn't have to fight so many diff
serent kinds Of devils at the same
slime, !" said the boss. scowling down at
the fire In the crate. And then with
a quick jerk Of his head to face her:
-'You sent the major a wire from the
capital last night. telling him to per-
suade me not to go to Stratllcona.
Why did you do It? And how did you
know wss thinking Of going?.
For the drst time In the whole six
months ! saw Mrs. Sheila get little
clustered. though she didn't show 1t
much, only little more color In her
cheeks,
ASome dag. perhaps. I5may tell you,
but can't now" she said sort Of hur-,
riedly. And then: you mustn't ask
me" sga u j. Ri y e
.Bst you did send the wire r sa ii
Eyes"
"Aad you also sent another to Upton
Van Britt?' "
II did"
TVS boss smiled. ..rhat second mes.
sagt was an after.thought. You were
4tfrsld I'd be stubborn and 60, any
way That was some more d your
marteious INNER reasoning. Tell me,
Shella, did you know that there was
going to be broken rail-joint yet to
kill me on that trip7" ts'
That got her Ia spite of her heaven
y: calm and I could see her press her
pretty lips together hard. ~
.Was that what they did1'', she
asked, q bit trembly.
He nodded. EVAN Britt was on the
pilot engine ahead Of my car, and he
found 1t. There was no harm done.
It was bad enough, God knows. to
set a trap that would have. killed ev-
erybody on my train; but this other
thing that han been pulled on tonight
g even worse. Mr.. Dunton and his
Shprlncipled followers have set thing
i 3n foot here which ID due to grind
as all to powder. Past that. they have
contrived to handcuff me 80 that I
can't make 4 move without pulling
down consequences Of personal ma
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-07-07

down to common, ordinary English
again he was saying, between cusses {:
"But you can't let 1t stand at that.
Norcross; you simply can't!"
II don't intend to-" was the even
toned rejoinder. "But anything we
can do will always lack the element
Of finality, Hornack, while Wall Street
owns US. I've said II hundred times
and I'll say It again: the only hope
for the public service corporation to-
day lies in distribution of its securi-
ties among the people 1t actually
serves"
H0rnack's teeth met In the middle
Of the chewed cigar.
"That's excellent logic-bully good
logic, II anybody should ask you! But
we're fighting condition. not theory.
Nobody wants r. s. L. Common even
at thirty-two. You wouldn't advise
your worst enemy to buy 1t at that
figure"
II don't know" said the boss. kind
Of musingly. you're forgetting the
water that's been put into II from time
to time by the spectators and reor-
ganizers; there has been good deaf
Of that. first and last. Nevertheless.
value for value, you know, and know,
that the property is wortl, more than
thirty.two, including the bonds. What
I mean Is that II anybody would buy
the control at that flgure.-the con-
troll. mind you. and not merely a minor
ity--and handle the road purely as a
dividend-earning business proposition,
he wouldn't lose money; he'd make
money-a lot Of It."
"AIl Of which doesn't get US any
where In the present PINCH" returned
the traffic manager. II suppose wen
have 10 wait until Hatch makes his
first move. and I've still got fight
enough left in me to hope that he'll
make It suddenly. Punch the button
for me II anything new develops. I'm
going back to swing on to my tele-
phone" s5%5
& Following this talk with Hornack
there was try-out with Billoughby
and Juneman. but az tliis three-cor-
nered conference was held In the pri.
vnte room OF the suite, don't know
what Yas said. A little farther along,
when the boss was ONCE more whiting
at the dictati0n. Mr.. Van Britt strolled
In. Mr.. NOrcross told me to take my
bunch Of notes to May and then he
gave Mr.. Van Britt his inning, start
ing OF With: Well, how Is the gem
eral superintendent this fine morn
tng?r 4 n
Mr.. Van Britt wrinkled his nose.
1.-THE general superintendent 10
wondering. one more time, why under
the starry heavens he 10 ont here In
this country that God has forgotten,
scrapping fos : living on this one
horse railroad q yours when j. might
b q good littls I'D New Ysrk ~.
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-05-26

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