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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

After a second Of oblivion. I was
conscious % hEhtlus my way back
10 the edge % things Everything
was dark. was tired. so tired.
/ fel<as ~ I was travelling through
N7iack velvet shot with stars-and o.
was 90 reGtfuL I had a sensation OF
looking 90 my own self. lying there
In he damp gravel 7 knew instlnc-
lively that 10 was raining lightly.
but / could not feel o. 1 couldn't
touch my hand 60 my face 10 see II
u was damp. They were no longer
my hands to move. 90 seemed. And
II felt no regret
Suddenly that thing which had
been in the back 81 my mind and
which made me hsht 20 hard for
consciousness in the first second came
back Ilrtic more plainly-my re-
sponNbiity iu living
/ understood in some vague way
that ] had no right % give up my
life before 90 had spun out It's thread.
felt a duty in living in filling my
niche Until there should be no more
place for me-
II came - me with a sickening
force that perhaps ~ 7 should slip
out nov without "a fight Co get back
that 1 should be a guest arrived too
soon.
in the back Of my conscious
ness was Tom. I wanted him. In
spite OF the thing which had sent me
out in mental turmoil. in the hour or
need. 10 was him. his tenderness OF
which / thought.
wanted 90 talk 20 him. 10 hear
him say that there had been some
misunderstanding and that. after all.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
SERVE WARRANTS
ON RAIL HEADS

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-H +. By
rum. president Of the Chicago. Nil
waukee and ST Paul railroad and
three other officials OF the road
were served today with warrants Of
arrest charging them with violations
Of the election laws The warrants
followed a complaint by John r.
Turney and IS othar employees Of
the road that they were denied two
hours off with pay 90 cast their vote
in the June election The men
claimed that when they absentcd
themselves TO vote their wages were
"docked" two hours pay The rail
officials have announced they VIII
fight the case On the United States
supreme coutt BE- necessary on the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
WHEN A WOMAN TELLS
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING.

everything was all right and that he
loved me.
SO I reached out. consciously and
Rripped nay interests in the tangible
world and pulled mvself back out OF
the black velvet and starlight
I moved Gradually I got 90 my
feet and staggered dizzly over the
road.
An automobile was coming. Would
( be able 10 get out OF the way % IT,.
wondered. Would they see me
staggering in the road and turn out
or would ! go down once more. /
wondered, and this time under the
wheels Of carr
I moved toward the side OF the
road. lost my footing in the loose
gravel and swerved toward the high
growing weeds.
The car was coming nearer. could
hear voices, mems voices. They
struck a new terror in me. I wanted
20 hide while they passed for j.
seemed just then that danger lurked
In everything.
The car was stopping. Were they
trying % talk 20 me. 1 wondered?
screamed, Somebody had taken hold
Of me- I could hear a masculine
voice and against my viii 1 was
being half led half carried toward
the automobile
Let me go-let me goi" begged.
But someone was lifting me and
felt the cushions Of the car under me.
Presently the motor gathered speed
and we were Whirling through the
night.
Ito be cOntlnued)
Copyright 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

But. unlike most Of the overnight
millionaires of the oil fields, they
didn't pack their belongings and
head for life in one of the big cities.
They stuck
The 12O-acre farm today is a for
est OF oil derricks. Miles OF pipe lines
cover the ground. Storage tanks are
everywhere But in one corner near
the house, where Pickering has re
served a plot for himself, he still
raises vegetables for the family
table.
Pickering, who is rs, always has
done his own farm work, and he
says. ITO take farming entirely out
OF my life now would be to rob me
Of my greatest pleasure"
And despite the 60 years of Mrs.
Pickering, nothing pleases her more
today than to cook a big dinner and
invite all the neighbors in 10 eat.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

Your body IS a bank. When YOU
were born Mother Nature deposited
70 your credit enough in the way Of
physical resources to supply your
early demands. In effect she said
20 you.
You now have a bank account Of
physical strength and endurance
which viii last you till you can earn
fer yourself 1t is your business to
make deposits i'm this bank every
day. IL is unlawful TO check against
your account unless there are funds
to cover your demands. Tou may
sInd so long as you earn
i knew a very wicked man. He
khad committed all the known moral
Iand physical crimes. He became
kdiseased and suffered the torments
Of the damned. His loud-voiced
wall was.
What have I ever done 10 Je-
serve such a fatei"
what had he not done TO merit
such suffering? He had broken
every law OF health. lie had made
tremendous overdrafts on his phys
zeal bank account. He was a phys
ical bankrupt
Somewhere in the Good Book II
speaks about being cast into outer
darkness. where there is weeping
and waiting and crashing OF teeth. "
When you have become physically
bankrupt you are in this "outer
darkness" and all the weeping and
wailing you may do win avail you
nothing.
Yesterday 1 called to see z friend
OF mine, a famous and clever ply
Rcian. For many years he has
watched over me whenever 4 hive
been sick. lie is a human dynamo,
a man OF wonderful energy. the pos
SCISSOR Of a great. strong, powerful
body. For thirty years he has an
swcred calls day and night. 40 jour
ney was too strenuous and no wealth
or too inclement 20 stay this wiTins
and shaving doctor Bue ne forgot
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
IfffIe
Little Stories of Men and Women
Whose Sayings Are Still Remembered
BY MARK STUYVESANT -

For two score years Henry Ben
jamin Whipple lived I'm one com
mun.ty in Minnesota. and as a BIZ
shop OF the Protestant Episcopal
church. labored among his beloved
Indians Indeed. 20 know hin, best
one had to see him among the In
dams who loved him and followed
his leadership so gladly An in
stance OF Bishop Whipple's under
standing way with his Indian par
ishioners is told by the Rev. Dy
Charles Lewis Slattery who then
was one Of Bishop Whipple's aids.
DR.. Slottery was asked % exam
inc an Indian for deacon's orders.
The bishop was bit nervous about
what the examiner might ask his
beloved Indian, so he c0ntrived 20
meet Dr. Slatteery IN the nall and
10 tell him that the candidate had
been excused from Greek
"Aud remember" added the BIZ
slsp. chat me is an Indian. You
mus ask the questions simr ~"
The examiner promised ne would
remember. but the bishop still was
nervous. and asked II he might he
with him at the examination. The
bishop sat close beside the examiner
while he asked the Indian simple
questions But there came look
OF dlsmav over the Indians face III
was when he was asked
"H0w does The Epistle OF ST.
James differ from Che other epistles
in the New Testament"
g d
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

-BishoL Whippie adored brisht
colors, and liked 10 wear them. But
his wife sometimes exercised a be
nign censorship upon his apparel.
especially on occasions when formal
dress should be worn. One evening,
coming downstairs for inspection
before a reception, the bishops wife
looked at him with approval until
her eyes lighted on his feet. Above
the shining low shoes We're rec
stockings of the most brilliant hue.
AT his wifeis request the bishop
obediently started 20 go upstairs to
change the red socks for black hose.
But before he went he managed,
with whimsical triumph, to whisper
TO a friend.
"I have on a pink undershirt.
though"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
ANNE STILLMAN
AND HER MOTHER
ARE RECONCILED

NEW YORK. Sept 26.-Reports
that Miss Anne Sullman had been
"reCOnciled" with her mother, Mrs.
Fiji Potter Stiilman, were met today
with statements by friends of both
that they had never been really es-
tranged.
Miss Stiilman, who sailed for
France Saturday on the Olympic to
enter school, was the one member Of
the family. aside from her father,
James A. Stillman. who had main
tanned a strict silence regarding her
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

Len Small and his three associates,
indicted on charges OF conspiracy 20
embezzle state funds. could get a
square trial here.
The afidavits were presented 20
the court In answer TO the appeal Of
Small Verne Curtis and Lieut. Gov.
Sterling that they could not get a
fair hearing in Sangamon county.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
SERMONS NnXEn

Of manuscripts a lecture delivered
By DR.. r. Crockett OF the Interna-
tional Bible Students was printed IN
the morning edition Of the News
Times as a sermon by Rev. James L
Gardiner Of the St Pauls NJ +.
church The views in the lecture diff
fer fundamentally from those OF DR..
Gardiner
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
SAY SMALL CAN
GET FAIR TRIAL

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Sept. 26.-
Two thousand affidavits by residents
Of Sangamon county were filed in cir
cult court today by Fred Mortimer,
states attorney, declaring that Gov.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
GOSHEN PHYSICIANI
ROBBED By BANDITS

GOSHEN. Ind. sept. 26-Whi-e
DR. Albert G. Yoder. a prominent
physician here. was walking from
church to his home sunday n.Eh-
TWO unknown men riding in am auto
stopped and asked him directions to
the Lincoln h.ghVay AS he started
10 comply with the request. sun
was aimed NO him and demand
made for his valuabies He turned
over $50. The robbery was commit
Ted in The heart of che residential
district rut az "a location where
street lights were not burning
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

~ sou have never seen corn tickleJ
% death. just apply a few drops or
'Gets-It' 20 yours. Then watch thr
corn dle-peacefully as II IL had
gone 10 sleep. Soon 90 IS nothing
but a loose piece Of dead skin that
YOU can lift right of with your
fingers
Get after them now. Your drug
sist has "Get-It." Costs but a triflc
or nothing at all II IL fails. MID.
OF Is Lawrence Co, Chicago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

parents marital troubles. Through
out the divorce proceedings she had
maintained friendly relations with
both her mother and father, thus oc-
cunVing an UNIQUE posItiOn.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
Experienced Vets
In Dire Need and
Hunt Employment
Legion Head Seeking Per
manent Jobs for Ex-Sol-
diers of High Calibre.

VINO can place these experienced
veterans?
a. r. Macdonald commander OF
South Bend Post no 90 the Ameri-
can Legion. ia looking for permanent
JOBS for several experienced ex-ser-
vice men whose homes are in South
Bend. The men in question have
been trying for months TO get per-
manent jobs and a few Of them are
on the verge Of dire need. Here they
are
---, electrical main
tenance man. automobile mechan-
&c, formerly with Packard. Studied
electrical maintenance at Purdue;
good appearance well educated:
served is months on L. :. 5.
Wilkes, conveying troop ships 10
France. Scalp would in submarine
battle. Member local machine gun
battalion
expert shirt cut
ter; also chauffeur Served, April
1917 20 June, 1919. World War.
and one year in regular service.
ton. Member machine gun bat
talon.
-, bOOkkeeper and
typist, expert reed worker. L. S.,
army July, 1916 to July. 1921; A
+. +, July. 1918, November, 1919;
fine type Of hard worker, willing
to overcome obstacles; self made;
can be highly recommended.
steam engineer;
also salesman; also electrical
switchboard worker; expert on
mathematics. Fine appearance.
Married. Good habits. Baseball
player. High school graduate. En-
listed May p, 1917, overseas with
first engineer outfit. Three bat
ties. Discharged May 10, 1919.
Really deserving Member ma
chine gun battalion.
Further details on these men vii
be given by Mr. Mcdonald Phon,
Main 716.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27
THREE SHOT IN HOLDUP.

NEW YORK. Sept. &c. - James
Lewis. New York Central paymaster
who had $4,000 cash in a grip, was
wounded in the left hip, Paul Shay,
40, a guard, was shot in the left
shoulder, and one of three bandits
was injured today, in a revolver bat:
tie in the Grand Central terminal
when the bandits tried 10 steal the
payroll.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

L8planders often skate a distance
of $50 miles a day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-27

First stops All Pain-Theu Peels
the Corn on.
Don't try &c fox trot on corn tor
tured feet. Got rii OF your corns
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

looked narrowly at the drinking man In
his clutches.
Don't tell 'em," Jimmy was still vail
ing piteously.
Matt pushed him into the little hall. -
Make q try with me for that Kid ami
I WON'T" said he.
jimmy looked up at the Hame- shot
smoke. Somewhere in the rear Of the build
ing there was q crash. He shivered. Matt
hunched his shoulders.
Foller me or I'll let the whole dirty
business out" said he and rushed, with
lowered head, up the stairs.
A boVE the roar of the flames he could
Ahear Jimmy following.
Good boy!" he breathed, and fumbied
for the banister-raii at the top of the frs.
fight.
Along this he crept. His lungs seemed
scared and bursting, his head swan, but
ne found the foot Of the second flight ami
oesan the ascent. A rush Of acrid smoke
came down on him. The heat was terrific
de felt his strength going. But somehow
hs kept on to the top Of that second flight /;
tnen his knees gave out. he sank down.
The door at the top" he painted to
Jimmy, who, breathing in great whistlin,
gasps, was crawling over him. ''She's IN
there. Get her and I'll never open my
mouth. III forgive yer everythinEv'
As in some wild dream he knew Jimmy
had crawled across the blazing hallway
that he was smashing at the door with his
ooot-heel; that it had opened and Jimmy
gone into the Rom.
Then an age-long wait. with bursting
lungs and soaring eyeballs. Then som.-
thing Topped across the hall. 1t was Jimmy.
his helmet gone, his hair singed of, his face
an unacceptable mass of blisters and SCOT
he showed bundle into Mats arm-s
bundle from which came q faint movement
an even fainter wall.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

first fight. Just above them was the
orackle and roar of the belchiDg flames
Through the eddying smoke he could see
Jimmy at the nozzle of another line.
They hunched up their shoulders and
worked their way to the foot Of the next
stairway where the water would have freer
play at the flames.
Outside in the street came the rattle
and clang Of arriving apparatus responding
to that second Alarm Some one was roar
ing through a megaphone. Then footsteps
came running halfway up the stairs behind
them, and the district chiefs voice beloved
hoarsely:
Come out of that, all of you! Back
walls shaking. It1l 60 any minute.
Everybody out!"
Matt saw Jimmy da-ting for the stairs.
The other men began to retreat, dragging
their hose with them. The smoke came
swirling down now in binding, choking
clouds. Matt could hear the chief cursing
in the hall below.
Damn such construction anyway" he
was saying. ''Walls like these won't stand
a match fameu'
Down went the men with the lines Of
hose. Matt was the last man down those
stairs. As he reached the street floor he
heard a rattling in the grocery store. Also
he heard, or fancied he heard, the stamp
Of footsteps. There was little door lead
ing from the lower hall into the store.
Matt CROPPED for it in the smoke, found it
and pushed it open.
Even the store was filled with smoke,
through which he caught faint metallic
tapping.
who's there?" he yelled. "Out with
yer! Back walls goin'!''
There was no answer He lurched In,
stumbled over a pile of sacks, and then
saw dimly man behind the cluttered litti:
counter-a helmeted man, who was prying
open the drawer of small cash register.
Matt leaped forward with an oath and
clutched the man by the collar; then with
cry he staggered back.
The man was Jimmy Heegan.
For a moment they glared at each other
through the smoke. Then Matt leaped
forward again.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25
Accuracy

VoUNG MR.. MARSH was q desoeed hus-
i band, but both ent-minded md mat
ter fact. Therefore, Mrs. Marsh hs1
trials that seemed TO her real ones-
Richard, you are going away" she sEiA
her eyes filled with tears, on tie morning
when Mr.. Marsh started for New York, 10
be gone forty eight hcun.
Yes, I seem. to be. my dear" admitted
Mr.. Marsh.
"You win think Of NE vhfls you srs
gomez" she begged.
Certainly VIII. wfn bear n 1, mtnd. -
And nothing could have been more oshs-
ing than his tone In saying this.
'And you win Be very, very careful q
yourself, getting on and Oh the tr.ins, snd
about your meals, Richardr"
'T win certainly see that al thoss nst.
tiers are, attended 10 at the proper ttms,"
and Mr.. Marsh, hastily scribblins Q pots IN
regard to an important businss matter -
had almost forgotten, placed q loving arm
round his wife.
'1 have memoranda for an these thines
you've mentioned. my dear" be sid In Q
calm, reassuring tone. You ~ - p9~
fectly easy about them AL"
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

settled my typewriter SO that the ribbon did
not tie itself into knots. We both felt SO
grateful to him that we could not well send
him straight out of the house, though knew
by the look of his eyes that he had some
thing particularly irritating to discuss.
He lit his pipe and settled down in my
study. Angela took her knitting and alb
stracted her mind so that nothing Thompson
said could produce the least effect on her. I
know this habit of hers. She can smile
pleasantly and say, ''Oh! indeed, how
curious" without really heSring a word
Thompson says. /, alas! have no such re-
source. / have to listen.
81 daresay you know" said Thompson,
that If you sail round the world, travelling
toward the east, you gain a whole day during
the voyage. That is to say, if by your reck
oning, it is Thursday the fifth Of September,
when you get home it is really only wednes-
day, September the fourth"
''How very curious" said Angela.
Jules yerne," said, made a good
point of that in his story about going round
the world in eighty days. But never quite
understood how it happened
Its perfectly simple" said Thompson.
lou are steadlly voyaglng toward tne
, rising sun, consequently the time varies ss
you co. and You gain an hour after you've
traveled-let me see, forget the exact
number of miles. But, anyway, you keep
on gaining an hour until"
II suppose" said Angela sweetly, that
that's why we change to summer time in
April"
II sheshad not said that, / might have
understood Thompson's point. was begin
ming to. Angela simply confused me.
''Of course, If you Travelled westward"
said Thompson. you'd lose day, and when
you got home it would be, according to your
calculation, Tuesday. September the third"
''I call that gaining day." said, mot
losing one. You'd have an extra day to live
before you became seventy and died. That's
gaining, and If you went on doing II year
after year, doing II fast in an airplane,
you might gain years, and be only sixty -nve
when you would have been seventy, IL you'd
stayed STILL"
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25

''You thiefv' he roared. You dirty,
despEable, rotten thief! So it's you-you
that was so free to accuse the protectives.
God! I've a mind to brain you here and
now. You-a son of mine-at any rotten
business like this 20
Jimmy Heegan shrank back.
Tim desperate" he quavered. I'm
in bad in money matters. 1 owe Kelley
heap! /"
Matt seized the collar of his sons coat
and nearly yanked him off his feet.
''I'Il show yer up" he hissed. "Son
of mine or not, I'll show yer up here and
now before all of 'em. I'll take yer out
and tell 'em you're the one that's been
doin' this recent lootin' at every fire"
DON'T" Jimmy almost screamed. Il
won't again-not ever again"
''You bet your sweet life you WON'T
growled Matt, hauling him toward the door
Then again came the district chiefs voice.
''Out of this, everybody. Walls goin' y
He was making doubly sure there was
no one left in the building.
"Don't tell 'em-don't!'' Jimmy HeeSan
was begging.
Matt, with set teeth, paid no heed to the
words. The chief was shouting his final
warning up the stairs.
They reached the little door. Matt could
see the chief standing in the hallway. And
even as he looked, partly disheyeled woman
rushed up. She caught at the chiefs arm.
She groveled at his feet. She gurgled
jumbled and all but incoherent words.
''Mio bambino % she walled. ''She uppa
dere. Uppa da two flight. Da room at da
toppa da stair!"
1t was Mrs. Perosetti. the wife OF the
grocer. who lived on the second floor above
the garlic smelling shop.
''Too late !" said the chief brusquely. IF
she's UP there there's no use going. No
man could get up those stairs. Besides,
the walls going"
II thinka my man have; my man he
t'inks / have her"' screamed the woman.
"Safa da bambino! Ietta me 20 up!'
The chief took her firmly but not un->
kindly by the arm and half carried. half
pushed her to the street.
Matt Heegan drew q long breath. He
The Washington herald., 1921-09-25
A Problem for Angela
Bu Georoe A. Birmingham

"How very curious" said Angela; bua
ing forty eight from seventy and doubling
the answer 90 a to turn the heel Of ha
stocking successfully.
NO." said Thompson sravely, "youd
get your calendar all wrong, but yes
wouldn't live any longer
You'd get into frightfully confused law
suit with your insurance society,"" ssid,
''over your endowment policy, II you had
one payable when you reached the are Of
fifty five. Look here, Thompson, On your
showing, and according to Jules Verne, ~
spend eighty days, actually occupy eighty
times twenty four hours going round the
world: but when you get back the people
who stayed at home, that is to say, In this
case, the insurance company, would say
you'd only lived seventy mine days. and that
the payment on your policy wasn't due for
another day. suppcsing eighty days 10 be the
period agreed on; whereas, in reality, you'd
have lived eighty days. What do you say
to that, Thompson"
Angela put her Knitting away IN q bag.
and stood up.
'I think" she said, ''thst IN 20 to bed.
I'm rather sleepy"
regarded her action a. mean, and j Do
not believe she was sleepy. No one could b
sleepy with q problem like that seethins IN
his brain. While she was shaking hands
with Thompson, got my ideas into order
and by the time Angela had shut the door,
I was ready for him. with q eaaundrun
which I thought would keep him busy for .
week at least. ! knew he would not COM
back here until he solved t.
"Look here, Thompson. said. Tn put
n concrete case to you, and IL yOu really
understand what you've been talking about,
you'll answer me. Let rs suppose that there
is . payment to be made to me BY an fnsur-
,nce society in New York when attain The
are Of sixty, which happens At midnight
an lime the twenty first ] die IN London
one minute after midnight, and the nevs ID
telerraphed To the company in New forf-
II reaches them about 4 .. m. on the after
noon Of June the twenty first, according b
their time, and they refuse to pay up be-
cause. according to them, died some hours
before midnight. Do / get the no.ey, 0
don't II"
.'You wouldn't in any c.ss." said rhOnp-
son. because you'd be dead"
Don't try to shirk the issue thst Wy.
I said, my executors are the people b b
considered
Thompson said good night 70 ne and vvH
home to think IL over. A week has pesss1
and he Is still, / suppose, thinking Il eye.
He will not come back here until be has
worked out the rights and wronss Of ths
question and settled the position Of ths In
surance company. Meanwhile, unfortunare-
", the brake Of Angela's bicycle has rcns
wrong, and she wants me To telephons 10
Thompson szking him TO come and mend l.