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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-10-07

The girls voice eagerly responded
1T was splendid SO embracing that
forgot my broken arm. Tell me who
you are"
"A bandit; a bad man. / was 60.
Ing to say a highwayman with a
broken legg
SO they fenced verbally from day
TO day, while Time, the healer, mend,
ed the broken bones. Surprise pack.
ages were left at Margery's door each
day; She had to accept them, as she
could not return them TO the owner,
and Cupid smiled at this new way of
drawing a bow ar a venture. A few
months later a limousine stopped at
Margery's door. A Observation-Disclosures.
ing man, with a slight limp, descended,
Yes said the maid, Miss Swift is
In, your card, please"
Tell her the telephone man would
like 10 see her"
The maid protested. He triumphed.
Margery descended the stairs grace.
fully, her arm in a sling. She was
pA'SiN NilVhSh " hLON llul llIC uH-
known was the telephone man and
unconventional enough TO admit him
without society credentials. To tell
the truth, she was devoured with Gu
riosity. She entered the room, held
out her hand impulsively, and made
him welcome with her eyes.
You're the mildest looking bandit
| ever encountered"
He tried 10 look fierce and failed.
He could only look determined.
"Will Mrs. Grundy hold up her
hands in horror If l kidnap you In my
limousine?" he queried.
Margery looked at him, looked al
the limousine, and-waited.
"She who hesitates is lost" be mis-.
quoted, ~gravely.
"But-but--I do not even know you
now"
Trust me, Margery."
Tiff, l knew your first name !
would be equally familiar" she re.
torted, with some show of spirit.
There was a twinkle in his dark
blue eyes.
Il always accept a challenge, fore
warned is forearmed. Your forearm
has been broken. My mother called
me Alexander. Il came-I saw
conquered ="
Maybe she said, demurely; and
she risked a ride in the limousine. Ii
was the first Of many. He plagued
her so much about woman's curiosity
that she made no effort to discover his
Identity. She bided her time. II
came when he asked her to marry
him.
Then she answered, roguishly: 81
am 100 per cent American and | can.
not marry a 'nameless nobleman.'"
You will be Mrs. Alexander Stan.
dish Of 1873 Romance Road, Hillcrest,
when you are my wife,"
And she was.
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UPTON 1892
BY CLAIRE x. ALDEN.

oG, 1921. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate }
There was nothing within reach but
his violin, a book, the telephone and
the telephone directory. He threw the
dull novel y%iciously across the room /;
the violin was too precious to follow
suit. He glared at the telephone, 1t
was a stupid, commonplace inStru-
ment through which came familiar
voices with the same old common
place condolences. He wished il could
transmit a new message IN an uufa-
milar voice.
Why not?' he said. There are
thousands of names listed. | can't be
arrested if | do speak to someone |
do not know. I'll venture. Choose a
pretty name, of course, and a WON
ans"
He scanned the columns eagerly.
Il know what I'll do; try the trick we
tried when children-open the book
at random, with eyes shut, and III
pick the first name my first finger
touches. Margery Swift! Romantic
and rapid. Here goes! Central con
nected him with the magic name.
Hello, Margery."
Hello! You have the advantage.
cannot identify your voice, but you
are awfully good TO call me up, who
ever YOU are. Life is stupid, with a
broken arm" Her voice was sweet
and loW-clear as a bell.
His was tender. Poor child! Didn't
you know the minute l heard Of it /
would call you up-and call you
down. too, for carelesSness?"
Il wasn't careless, truly! But who
are You, anyway?"
You've heard of The Nan Who
Laughs Wen, I'm not he. I'm the
man with the broken leg; coufound
itr'
II hadn't heard that any man l
know had met with such an accident.
Tell me, please (~pleadingly) Hurry
She'll cut US off presently"
Even a voice is "A companion TO
you now, ii seems. You were not so
fond Of me when you were we'll. If
you will be good, tomorrow I'll play
on my violin"
Hello! Hello! Hello"
The unromantic operator had cut
them Off.
He RETAINED from calling her up
again until the following day. With
the assistance of a small boy the line
was opened, and a love song hoated
on the wire to Margery. When it
ended he drove the small boy from
the room. He resumed conversation.
"WelI-"
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BLkCKBIRD IN THRUSH'S NEST
correspondent OF Scottish Newspaper
Calls Attention to Remarkable In
cident tie Has Observed.

Last week | discovered In fLa NV
on a SUM wall in my garden a nest
which had all the characteristics Of a
th"ush's nest, with plastereG lining
only, and which contained two egg.
pale blue with small black spOts-,la
eggs OF Il song thrush, writes q corre.
SpOndent. Later on | noticed q nina
sitting on the nest. Only the head.
was visible, but ii appeared 10 mo
that the bird vas a hen biackbird n
not a thrush. 1t was some DAYS be-
fore | found the bird off the np.t
when on looking in, | discovered thar
the plastered lining of the nest had
b1en slightly covered with dried
grasses, and that the nest contained
four blackbird'S ecgS-buiSh prpon
with nrottled ends. The two tlrusl,s
eggs had disappeared. They could nor
be found at the foot of the wall below
the nest, but there was found ON =
green above the wall the broken egg
OF a song thrush. When | discovered
the nest part of its outer WaH was
slightly torn, as if a cat had climbed
up the ivy and e%ndeavored to CLAW out
the bird then sitting. Is 1t possible
That the thrush may have been scared
away and the nest taken over by q
blackbird and adapted to her require
ments? None of my friends, versed
In the habits Of birds, ever heard of a
similar case.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
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Swatting the Fly.

Have You stopped swatting the
fly asked Charles II. Taylor of the
Boston Globe, who was here attend
ifg "a meeting of the international
arbitration board, an organization
that settles disputes between printers
and publishers. lie was not address
ing ibis question TO the board, but
simply making an observation as a
swarm Of flies rose from the street.
81 know that a year or two q
when | was here YOU were advising
everybody to swat the flies, and the
result was that YOU had comparative
freedom from these pests. Now I no.
tice that they have increased. In Bos-
ton we have repeated the fly swatting
instructions until We are rid Of flies
This is another case where eternal
vigilance is required, but it produces
results. ] find flies in som Of your
restaurants and soda places, which, of
course, indianapolis will not long toll
crate lndiauapolis News.
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unearth Home Of Cave Men.

One OF The most comprehensive OF
many finds Of relies Of prehistoric man
IN Austria has been discovered in a
cave near N.NnitX. The cavern known
as dragons Den" is being |excavat-
go for enormous deposits of phosphate.
In q side cave 1000 yards from the
opening, evidences of human ccupa
ton I'm ancient times were uncovered.
Great quantities of quartz implements
ANA other utensils and human bones
have been taken out.
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SUMMONS
state OF South Dakota
County OF Mcllctte
IN CIRCUIT Court. ELEVENTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT.

state OF South Dakota
County Of Mollctte So
IN CIRCUIT COURT. ELEVENTH. JUDICIAL
DISTRICT.
Frank y, Weaver, Plaintiff
Gunhammer andNaucy Gun
BANNER, Heirs at law of
susan Big Horn, Deceased
and all persons unknown
y no la VI or claim TO have
any interest in estate in uf.
lien or incumbrauce up GA
The premises described IN
he complaint Defendants
LIE STATE 81 SOUTH DAKOTA 10 rms ABOVE
VI Defendants GREETINGS:
You arC hereby mmou and required L
answer tine complaint Of the ~plainlif whlcl
vas tiled inthe Office of the Clerk OF thi'
Court. at White River, south Dakota. on ia,
jth day OF September 1927, and which pray
for a judgement Quirtlng the title to and tht
determination Of all adverse claims against
he premises described IN the complaint, stu
ated IN MCllcttc county, South Dakota. tOwit
East One-hulf tE1g) OF section Thirty t3u). n
Township Forty 4U NOytDDi Range Twenty
five (25), West Ofthe 9Th Principal Meridian
and TO serve a copy of your answer 10 the salC
complaint on the undersigned at their office
IN the city OF s inner, County OF Tripp, state
Of South Dakota, within thirty days after the
completed service of this summons upon yOu
exclusive Of the day Of such service: and II
you fail to answer said complaint within that
time, the plaintiff viii apply 10 the court for
relief demanded in the complaint.
DOHERTY & IALBOTT,
plaintIh's Alto ncys.
32-6t ,. q. Address. winner :. ID,
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People Generous With Tins.

New York likes TO refer to its
spendthrift m~illionairoS. Tho head
waiter OF a magnificent eatery told me
that for the bountiful gratuity he pre-
ferred the visiting sod-hustpr to the
son Of a millionaire. The young man
from Hoh0kus having his annual fling
has read So much abuut huge tips
that he thinks anything under a $40
bill will be tossed back at him. The
information volunteered by the head
waiter came after a w~ell-known spend
thrift had departed with two young
ladies. His dinner check came to $50
and he gave the waiter $2-the head
waiter nothing. And" continued the
head waiter, 'see that young fellow
over there in the green suit with a
large Adams apple. He has been
shucklng off So bills to every waiter
In the place. And he gave me a half
century note. I'm afraid his keeper
will be along soon and make us give
IT back."-EXchange.
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The argument advanced for being
Eve was That She, Of All women, had
no competition. Her husband was
never away from home and there was
NO other woman on whom he might
asst am aIIuring glance.
Those who did o choose to be Eve
chose for the most part to be Mary
MagdaIen, because, after being al
lowed 10 enjoy all the sins OF the
No.ld, she was forgiven and after
ward became a saint, thereby enjoying
all joys of heaven.
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[ and and Water Shin

TifiiGpopotamuS is now rivaled by
an a~mphibiJuS tank that travels equal.
Iy Wen ly land and water. 1t is a
tank only IN the sense that 1t origi-
mated in TIE fighting tanks Of the war,
for it is, a. 8 matter Of fact, a pas
senger vehicle. When ashore, 1t trav-
els on endless tread wheels, and looks
like a notorious; when afloat, it Is
propelled and acts like q launch. II
is the Invention Of a Frenchman, and
was recently tested, carrying six pas
sengers, in N~arseillcs, the great Medi-
terranean port. The French got
around the difficulty Of giving 1t IN
appropriate appcllation by calli1g 1t
a land aud water ship.-Popular Me-
chauiCS.
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Notice For Publication.

Department OF the Interior.
Us Land once at Gregory, South Dakota
september 24th 1871
Notice is hereby given that Jacob kersten
81 White River. : H.. h uu July Path. 1890
made Homc-tcadEntry No Oll-9u, for : " a
Section %. Township AN. Range - W. sixth
7 incipalMcridian hU> filed uOticcotiutcntiOu
% make Three ear proof. 10 establish claim
tothe land above described before N. / strain
Jerk Of Courts at White kIvcr south Dakota
On the I>t day OF November. 1921.
Claimant ame a, WITNESSES. Fred Gudath
Lee Nal-Berg. VIM. Val Berg, Cccil stevens,
all OF White 6iyCr. south Dakota.
Proof made under Act June q, 1912.
35-5 EDWIN NJ S|r,RCHER. Reglser
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FINAL PROOF NOTICES.

Final Proof Notices publishedin the PioNEEI
will 5e run the required length OF time, an,
where the publication fee " six $50 has beer
paid the affidavit OF proof OF publication vii
be- sent To the oiicorbefOre whom proof is mad,
Where the fee has not been previously pale
we shall mold affidavit until the publication
fee is paid. This "a tiida Wit must be secured ne
fore you can make proof. The best way is t
remit the publication fee at least two week
hefOre the day set for Won 0make NOnr prOO
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Popular Wan. Ads

Want Ads published under this head
bring satisfactory returns ana cost
the advertiser bat one cent per word
per insertion. Minimum charge. 2JC.
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STATEMENT
OF the Ownership. Management, Cir
culation, ETC., Required by Act
of Congress of Aug. "a, 1912.

OF THE MELLETTE COUNTY PIONEER
published weekly at Wood, South Dakota. for
October ! 1921
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTAlu
COUNTY OF MELLETTE(
Before me. a Notary Public in and for the
state and county aforesaid, personally APP
peared Fred &. Kirch, who, havl been duly
sworn according to law. deposes ana says that
he Is the publisher Of THE MELLETTE
County Pioneer and that the following is. to
the best OF his knowledge and belief, a true
statement OF the ownership. management etc.
of the aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption. required by the
Act OF August %. 1912, embodied in section
443, Postal Jaws and Regulations, printed on
the reverse OF this form, to wit:
/. That the names and addresses OF the
publisher, editor, managing editor and bust
ness managers are: Fred G. kirch, Wood, ;. ID.
2. That the owners are: (Give names and
addresses OF individual owners, or IL a corpor-
alton. give its name and the names and ad-
dresses OF stockholders owning OF holding |
per cent or more OF the total amount OF stock }
Fred &. kirch, Wood, s. d..
3. Thatthe known oHdholders, mortgages
and other security holders owning or holding
! per cent OF more OF total amount Of bonds,
mortgages. or other securities are: Of there
are none, SO stated None.
FRED G. kIRCH.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this 4th
day Of October, 1921. MARX ID. PAYNE,
My Commission expires March %. 1925.
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So, Eve as ldeaIistic Woman.

Most Italian women nj they had their
choice TO be anything they wished in
their sex, would rather be Eve, ac-
cording to results Of a vote recently
taken BY one Of the Roman papers.
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THANK OFFERING"
STATUE ERECTED AT CREIGHTON
TO FULFILL vow DURING
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

AS the fulfillment of promise made
by the students of Creighton Univer-
sity, Omaha, during the epidemic of
influenza in 1918, they have erected
a heroic marble statue of the Sacred
Heart on the lawn of the Creighton
School of Arts. The ceremony of
placing the statue was conducted on
the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Rev.
John F. Mccormick, S. j., president of
Creighton University, blessed the
statue.
When the Influenza was raging in
Omaha and after one of their number
had fallen victim to the disease. the
students of Creighton assembled and
promised that, if the plague spared
them and the faculty, they would
honor the Sacred Heart by a statue.
Shortly afterward the epidemic abat-
ed, leaving Creighton almost without
loss of life, though other schools suf-
fered severely.
With the cooperation of friends at
Rome, Signor Proferisce was commits
stoned to design and sculpture the
statue, which is of Carrara marble, of
heroic size and sof exquisite artistry.
The statue stands on pedestal about
five feet high.
The inscription on the base testi-
fies that the statue is Thank offer
ing of the Students for Protection In
the Worldwide Plague OF the War
Year, 1913"
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, Ex. Of Final Aceount,

STATE OF MINNEsoTA, COUNTY or
Ramsey. S. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate OF Eb@m
Cornelius Rast, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to ALI Whom&
1t May Concern:
On reading and fling the petition OH
the representative of said estate, pray
ing that the Court fix a time and place
for examining, adjusting and allowing
his Final Account, and for the assign
ment of the residue of said estate ia
the persons thereto entitled:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
in said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court, on Tuesday,
the 2Sth day of June, 1921 at 10 o'clock,
A. NJ, or as soon thereafter as said
matter can be heard, at the Probate
Court Rooms In the Court House in the
City OF st. Paul, in said County, and
show cause, il any they have, why said
this citation be served by. publfcatfon
thereof in The Catholic Bulletin accord.
ing to law. and by mailing copy OK
this citation at least II days before
said day @. hearing. to each OF the
heirs, devisees and legatees of said de-
.cedent whose names and addresses ap<
pear from the files of this Court
Witness the Judge of said Court tho
9th day of May, A. d. 1921.
Judge of Probate
of Washington County, Nina
Acting as and for Judge OF Pro-
bate OF Ramsey County, MinnAs
(Seal Of Probate Court3
F, w Gosewisch, Clerk OF Probate
SEXTON, MORDAUNT d KENNEDWA;
Attorneys. 4
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posed to the progress of culture and
refinements are those who want to
Danish from public instruction any
idea of religion.
VERY deplorable is, indeed, the
method reigning today, of educating
the Students youth as if God did not
exist, and without the smallest allu-
sion to the supernatural. Because, al
though in some phases the Sacred
Poem is not kept away from the
schools, and is on the contrary in
cluded among those books that must
be deeply studied, it does not how
ever, bring usually to young people
that vital nourishment if is destined
to produce, as, owing to the secular
direction they have received, they are
not disposed, as they ought to be, to-
wards the truths of Faith. Would to
God that this were the fruit of Dante's
centenary; that in all places where
literary teaching is impaired the
sublime Poet were held in the honor
due to him, and that he himself were
to the pupils teacher of Christian
doctrine; he who had no other object
in his poem, than to raise the NOR
tails from the state of misery, Chat
is of SIM and to lead them to the
state of happiness-that is, of divine
grace.
"And you, beloved sons, who have
the fortune to cultivate literature
under the training of the Church,
love and hold dear, as you do, this
sublime Poet, whom we do not hest
tate to proclaim the most eloquent
singer of the Christian idea. The
more you will profit from his study,
the more your culture will rise, trad
lated by the splendors of truth,
and stronger and more profound will
be your defence towards the Catholic
Faith.
GAS a pledge Of the heavenly ia
vors and as attestation of paternal
benevolence, We impart to you all,
beloved sons with all the effusion of
Our heart, the Apostolic Benediction.
''Given in Rome, at st. Peters, April
80, 1921, seventh year of Our
Pontifcate.
"BENEDICTUS PIP. XIV"
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SHERWOOD
Communicated

Alfred Moves in his poetical drama,
"SHERWoOD," or "ROBIN HOOD
AND THE THREE KINGS" has done
a good, satisfying thing for all those
who love the old myth-folk. He takes
Robin Hood out of the morning, twi-
light land of the lovely dreams of our
youth, makes him throbbing, real, for
a moment, with grief and love and
ecstasy and death, and puts him away
again in the dim, twilit, sleeping forest
that knows no change. The modern
poem has not spoiled our old deal.
And to those who saw it in living
drama in the cloister garden ot the
Visitation Convent where night gave
new majesty to the big trees,
weird beauty to the little silver
leaf populars and to the spruces
deeper gloom, high, new mes
sage came. Through deep study
of this message, Shadow-of-a-Leaf spun
through the entire play a golden
thread which bound love of human
kind to sacrifice, to disappointment in
the power of the kings, to supreme
loss, and finally to hope in the Great
King who knows no loss, no death.
The voice of Blondel, defying death,
seeking the King, won the Imagination
of the spectator as it did the poor,
cast-out Shadow-of-a-Leaf away from
the beautiful forest Of Sherwood, away
from the closed gates of fairy-land
into the spiritual country of the Great
Mystical King.
Robin Hood was incarnate freedom
from his first speech till his death
when his free arrow flying marked his
grave in the greenlands The sweet
sorrowful part of Maid Marian was
played with the simplicity and grace
of youth. Working out the designs of
evil, King John and Queen Elinor in
terpreted their difficult parts with an
unusual warmth of Imagination and
artistic skill. The people of the green
wood, of the court, and of fairy-land,
had each accepted the responsibility
of showing the audience some special
feature of humor, strength, or beauty,
and put direct message of human In
terest into everything they did or said.
Songs and chants, interpreting some
of the more beautiful parts of the
play, brought to the mind the reali-
zation that much of the beautiful
poem is pure music.
And so we have seen high romance
successfully played in the twilight
with fantastic lights, and beautiful
costumes, and fairy grace, by students
whose trained enthusiasm and earnest
ambition to realize spiritual ideal
have been created and directed by
Miss Mary Genevieve Kellett And it
is the spiritual thing that our minds
have taken home. All the high 70.
nance was for this the swee- sad
memory of the little wandering fool
who threw all away for love and the
voice from the night passing into the
night singing.
Death? What is death.
I must ride on"
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Would you please give me history
of the Third Order of ST. Francis, es-
tablished for lay people?
The Third Order secular lie. for
lay people, of st. Francis, was found
ed in 1921. Though nothing is certain
as to the place where it was intro
duced, still the preponderance or
weight of opinion of late is for Flor
ence, Italy Others say that it began
in Cannora, a small town two hours
walk from Portiuncula, where St.
Francis spent most of his life. The
saint was moved to found this order
because many married men and wom-
en- were very anxious to join the First
and Second Order. This being incom-
patible with their state of life, he
found middle way, and gave them a
rule animated by the Franciscan spirit.
In the composition of this rule st.
Francis was aided by his friend, Car
dinal Ugolino, later Pope Gregory TX.
1t prescribed, for instance, simplicity
OF dress, considerable fasting and alb
stinence, works of charity. In 1889
Nicholas " introduced unity Of rule
and direction into the Third Order,
for there were numerous rules of local
character If we except few points
bearing especially on fasts and absti-
nence, lightened by Clement VII in
1926, and Paul III in 1547, the Rule, as
given by Nicholas Nv remained in Wig
or and unchanged until 1883. In this
year Leo XIII, himself member of
the Third Order, modified it, adopting
it more to the modern state and need
of the society. Since the adaptation
Of the Rule of Leo XIII, the Third Or
der has grown more active than ever
At present the total number of mem
bers is estimated at about two and a
half millions, spread all over the
world. That the religious ideal of ST.
Francis has been carried out by the
secular Third Order we may judge
from the great number (about seventy
f1ve) of saints and blessed of every
condition it produced It may suffice
to mention ST. Elizabeth of Hungary,
st. Elizabeth of Portugal, st. Louis of
France, and in our times, Blessed Jean
Baptiste Vianney, the Cure Of AIRS. In
its membership we find also names of
those celebrated in history for litera-