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The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15
CHAPTER TX

As the fire burned down to Goals
and the Stars wheeled through the
sky, Linda told her story. The two
of them were seated In the soft grass
in front Of the cabin, and the moon
light was on Linda's face as she
talked. She talked very low at first.
Indeed there was no need for loud
tones. The whole wilderness world
was heavy with silence, and whis-
per carried far. Besides, Bruce was
just beside her, watching her with
narrowed eyes, forgetful of every
thing except her story,
1--WE waited long time to tell you
this" she told him. ''Of course, when
we were babies together in the or
phanage, didn't even know 1t. It
has taken me long time since to
learn all the details; most of them
got from my aunt old Elmira, whom
you talked to on the way out. Part
of It / knew by intuition, and q little
of 1t Is still doubtful.
you ought to know first how hard
I have tried to reach you. OF course,
didn't try openly except at first
the first years after came here, and
before / was old enough to under
stand" She spoke the last word with
a curious depth of feeling and q per-
ceptible hardness about her lips and
eyes. II remembered just two things.
That the man who had adopted you
was Newton Duncan; one Of the
nurses at the asylum told me that.
And ] remembered the name Of the
city where he had taken you.
"You must understand the Difficult
ties / worked under. There Is no
rural free delivery up here, you know,
Bruce Our mail Is sent from and
delivered to the little post Office at
Martins store - over fifteen miles
from here. And some one member of
certain family that lives near here
goes down every week to get the mail
for the entire district.
"At first--and that was before
really understood wrote you many
letters and gave them to one of this
family to mall for me. was just a
child then, you must know, and !
lived In the same house with these
people. They were just baby let.
ters from-from Linda-Tinda to Bwov-
aboo-letters about the deer and the
berries and the squirrels all the
Wild things that lived up here"
Berries |" Bruce cried. II had some
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bride 70 the altar on August oS. 1916.
be already had been in love with her
for ten years
When ".Tack" Astor, as the major
is known, was twenty years old, King
Edward made him n lieutenant in the
First Life Guards Regiment. This was
in 1906, and marked great social
advance for the Waldorf Astor family
The appointment was the nearest np-
prOach to n royal social distinction that
had hcfnllcn the family Of the former
American.
4 few days after his appointment
the young lieutenant. in all the glory
of his uniform. went to n reception nt
Devonshirr House. There he met Lady
Violet Elliot. as she was before her first
marriage.
A rarely beautiful girl of the finest
English typo with exquisite golden
hair and Just tho right shade of blue
eyes, it is little wonder she was the
fayorite daughter Of the old Earl, who
had been Viceroy of India and Governor
General of Canada.
Lady Violet's blue eyes and charming
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Little Benny's
Note Book
By Lee Pape

Me and Sid Hunt was wawking along
wishing we had lot Of money even
if it was ony about 10 cents apcec",
and Sid scd, Hay. I tell you wat, got
a good ideer, | got q swell idc"r. lcts
wawk to the station and carry peoples
SCOT cases for them, and ! sod, How
far's the station! and he said, y, on,y
about n short wawk, | know eXacRy
ware it is.
And yc started to wawk there ana
we wawked about 10 blocks and ] s"i'
Hay, is this II short wawk: and Sid sea-
Sure, | know cXacky where il IS.
Well wat goods that do nc: ! SEQ;
This IS some pecch of Il ide"r you hau
all rite. like fun, ! scd And we Keep
on wawking some place. and sed, Nv,
heck I'm going home this is II heck OF
n idecr, and Sid scd, Aw waite n VIE,
dident ! tell you ! know cXackIy war;
it is? and ] sed, We'll | wish ia m
knew iXackly ware it was, Id never VI
even started.
And by the time We got there we
was like people coming home froHii
wcrk instead Of jest starting, ana
sed ! aint going TO carry cny ots sots
n use Of doing all that wawking lor
nuthing? Wich jest then big fat man man
came along carrying = SCOT cases ahu,
2 packidges with Expression as II
he wished he wasent. Sid saying: llp.
Mister, do You wunt you SCOT caS''
carried?
That's Jest wat ! wunt, the maj,
S"d. And he put then. down an" .
started to lift one up and IT was ~, Nv
heaviest SCOT ease ] ever tried 10 ~,
~" quick saying, Watr "a minnli, Nri
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Astors Not High
EnOugI. for Marines

When the second season opened the
Mntos began to notice that Astor was
seldom far from Lady Niolet's side and
that Lady Violet quite frankly liked to
have him there. This would never do,
for the Earl of Mimic had very different
plans for his daughter. Another suitor
had appeared. Lord Marine, who al
though fifteen years older than Lady
Violet. was Lord Minto'S choice for a
son-in- law.
Marine. ms son Of the MARQUIS of
l.ansdownc, was most desirable party
from n family viewpoint. Then, too,
there were numerous great estates in
the family. Marine was the owner Of
thousands Of acres in Scotland.
As a matter Of fact, the old Earl did
not consider the Astor connection any,
thing to brag about. Jack and his
father were all very well in their way,
but they were not aristocrnts rs Lord
Mimic knew the world, and he wanted
an aristocrat for his son-in- law. In
this he was aided by his son, the pres.
cnt Earl.
Of course, the proud Earl won. Just
before her twentieth birthday, almost
three years after first meeting Astor,
Lady Violet accepted Lord Marine and
married him almost at once. Shortly
nftcrward Astor asked for foreign scrv.
ice, in India, preferred, but he was
sent to Ireland and little later OBJ
taned leave and came to America for n
long visit.
Time passed, as time will. even when
hearts are broken or badly wrencbed
Lady Marine presented hcr husband
with son. for whom king George was
godfather, and a girl, for whom Oueon
Mary was godmother. And then Late
IN 1913, just when he had given nm
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II am rather fed up on the Lords,
he said, land would like to be back in
the Commons. I think. 1t is more
exciting right now"
Lord and Lady Astor are advocates
of liquor control and would like to see
English statutes. They carry the prin-
ciple of local option into their own
home. and while abstaining themselves
have wines md liquors for guests who
desire them.
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Heir "Asked Upstairs"
Into House of Lords

Even before hi4 father had acquired
title the present NiSr"uut had d"vel-
oped taste for public life. In 1911 |
he was elected member Of Parliament
frcm the Sutton division Of Plymouth,
When the first Vi~rouut died his older
son automatically and against his Will
was "kickcd upstairs' 70 tn" House oi
lords. The present NiscountS WHO
,Iedv Nancy ASror, Nirginian born
succeedcd him in the lIous" Of Com
,,ors Incoming the first woman mem
hcr
At tho present time, therefore, the
family of the former American million
oire has three representatives IN far-
,;sment-ono in tho lious" of Lords
and two in tn" Commons.
On great state occasions, when the
King reads his address from tn" throne"
yiscount Astor, in his robes and cor
onet, can sit comfortably in his red
n,usb seat while his wife and brother
as members OF the Commons, join as
MANY other CommOners ms can squeeze
in the rear of the upper chamber.
But if the elder brother has the ad-
vantage in the matter Of pOmp and
pageantry, his wifi" and his younger
brother have all tn" advantages of real
legislative usefulness.
The present NiN"ount realized that
when his father died, lie wanted To
loId his sent in the House of Commons
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birthday that new peers and bnroncts
and knights are created. on the recon.
mcndaton Of tho Prime Minister.
Major Astor is m ardent supporter
of the new Premier. and if Bonnr Laws
cabinet can parry the shining sword"
Of Lloyd George the major may become
baron or n vscount in his own right.
Aside from the lever Of politics. there
is another reason why Major Astor
is undoubtedly destined for II title in
tho next year or two. That reason is
one of tho most appealing romuuccs
that lowered during the World War.
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His Title Safely Won,
ASfOr Became RecluSe

After many disappointments and
many secret heart-burnings he be-
came Baron Astor Of Hever Castle
in 1916. It was a TRANSMISSION OF
blue blood by patent Of nobility. He
was Baron Astor for year and
then took a step upward in the
hierarchy Of titles, becoming Wis.,
count Astor and next in rank to an
Earl.
Once a British lord, Viscount
Astor figuratively wrapped h'mseS
in his errnine and more than ever
pursued a course Of aristocratic
aloofness. He lived almost as a re-
cluse in Hever Castle, Kent, or at his
magnificent Cliveden estate.
Twenty-six years Of striving was
followed by only three years of en-,
ioyment, so far as title was con-
cerned. The Viscount died in 1919
and his honors passed to his son
Waldorf.
There had been rumors of friction
between the ultra Tory father and lis
more democratic heir. Goss!ps believed
the rumors verified when the first Nis'
count left a very large part OF his
wealth 70 Major Astor.
But tn" policy Of aristo"rati" al"of-
ness pleascs neither Of the sons. II
England as possibly nowhere else, does
nol,tics appeal to what are ordinarily
known as the leisure classes,
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Lady Astor for
COn,niOn-SenSe POlicU

C0mm0n-Sense Policy
Lady Astor then gave her views on
industrial policy in England.
"First,' she said, I'VE believe in
organization-we encourage trade un-
ionism. We also encourage federat tion
OF employers and then we try to make
the partners. capital and labor, work
together.
Continual consultatio between cap
!tal and labor Is better than intermit.
tent lockouts and strikes. It Is easler
to come TO an understanding with the
lender OF an organized trade than 70
negotiate with scattered members of an
unorganized trade.
ut IS often the short sighted firm or
corporation acting independently that
d!slocstes and discrcdits the whole Of
an industry.
wild agitators become statesmanlike
leaders when you give them responsi-
bility. During the war we learned II
was good business to have reasonably
short hours, with proper intervals for
rest and regular holidays. It should
be remembered that common humanity
, means common sense, not socialism
The output of man goes up when he is
fresh instead OF faded"
Lady Astor spoke OF the need Of ap.
plying Christian principles to indus.
try. She discussed what she called the
new age" and said that 1t meant a
bright future for the working man and
woman.
'As to the good old times " she
continued, they were good only for
some. It should BE- borne in mind that
we cannot make all mon cconomically
equal unless we give them equal op.
portunity. We all must serve with
a purpose, and there is no good looking
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The present Niscount is also
newspaper owner, having acquired
the Sunday Observer some years be-
fore. Far more democratic than
their father, it remains to be seen
what course the brothers will steer
and what they will contribute to the
Government and the history Of the
Empire.
England called so strongly TO their
father in 1890 that he renounced his
American citizenship and became a
naturalized Englishman. With him,
Of course, went his Philadelphia-born
wife and their children.
For twenty-six years he jcckeyed
with his millions for a title and a
coronet. His purchase Of the Pail
Mall Gazette might have been in
tended for a diversion. More likely
II was to aid his ambition.
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Both Sons of Expatriated
american Go In for
British Politics
WORK FOR HONORS
FATHER PURCHASED
Younger non His Bride and
Distinction but L 1St
Leg in WW

TUE vigorous red blood the original John Jacob Ator
= itself in the blue-tnted blood Of the Aors Of England.
William Waldorf slice of New York and the
hrst Vnt stor died 1919 leaving the Vscoun
Asor and Major the Hon. John Jacob Astor.
Imperial Parliament,
member of the House of Commons.
Major Asor election from Dover closely followed bic
bought the Noh
"Thunderer"
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at the faults Of others unless we are
striving to overcome our own.
While Lord and Lady Astor werc in
this country and wherever they spoke
the twin thought Of purpose and serv
ice was uppcrmost in their remarks and
probably gives clue to the driving
power back Of thcir puhl!c life.
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VWOBLED DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EACOB ASzO
TO ANCESTORS RED CODED AC77V1T
Virginian WVe of Elder /
Busy in C0mm0nSW WhileHu
bandNn LORDS WiShey
Himself Back There

smile captivated the young soldier and
he lost his heart completely. In the
beginning the Mimic family did not pay
very much heed to the love affair that
was budding under their eyes. Violet
was just out Of a schoolroom and UNDER
oficers in the guards were ns thick as
bees anyway and not nearly so dan.
gcrous.
In households like that Of the Earl
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"Rather Fed Up
on House of Lords"

Viscount Astor was particularly de-
lighted with his visit to Philadelphia.
II was tho home city OF his mother,
who was Mary Dahlgrcn Paul. daugh-
ter Of James w. Paul, She died at
Clivcden, England. In 1904 and is bur-
led in Trinity Churchyard, New York.
1t was while in this city that the
Viscount confessed he found the House
Of Lords rather irksome.
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Marriage to WidOU
Ended Ten Year Romance

Major Astor's wife was the favorite
daughter of the fourth Earl of Minto
and she was the widow Of Major Lord
Charles Marine. a son Of the Marquis
Of I4ansdowne. Lord Marine was killed
in action In the early days of the
war.
When Major Astor led his widowed
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It was their "near dry" tendencies
that kept them from actively aiding in
Major Astors campaign for Parlia-
ment at by election early this year.
The major was defeated by an anti
waste candidate, but he won at the
recent general election with the sup
port Of Premier Bonar Law.
1t is already whispered in London
that Ma jOr AstOr's name will be in
cludcd IN the list Of the Kings birth
day honors next June.
1t is on the aston Of the Kings
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Lady Astor. who seems firmly en-.
trenched in her political power

Of Mimic, dashinsf young officers. IN
those pre-war days, were part of the
scenery and no one bothered to watch
them. BY the close Of her first London
season, however. Lady Violet knew that
"Jack" Astor was no longer part of
the scenery but pretty much the whole
thing
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Dashes From, Front
for Wartime Weddinq


Lady Violet was then twenty seven,
a lovely woman, whose face showed
traces Of sorrow. There was some talk
Of waiting until the end Of the war, but
suddenly the War Office called for every
able. bodied soldier to 60 to France at
once. and In June. 1915, Astor once
more went into action.
On August p he received twenty
hours leave; he arrived in london
on the morning Of the 2Sth, was mar.
ried at noon and three hours later was
on his way back to the front.
They were desperate days when Eng.
lands "back was against the WALL" as
Field Marshal Haig expressed it. In
September, 1918, Captain Astor was
again wounded. this time desperately.
As a result. his left leg had to be am.
putated.
November and the armistice arrived
and, although struggling slowly back to
health, Astor began planning a belatcd
honeymoon. They sailed for this coun.
try in February. 1919. and spent a
week -end near this city as guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills At
Woodcrest Lodge, St. Davids.
BY his marriage Major Astor becam.
stepfather and guardian Of lord
Charles Marines little boy. George
Marine. third in succession to the Mar.
quisate of Lansdowne. The boy is now
Laird" Of Meiklelour, Tullybeasles
and Aldie. in Scotland.
War Service Wtll Help
in Major Ast0r's Career
Now that Major Astor is at tho BE-.
ginning of his parliamentary career, all
signs point to degree Of success In
his fathers adopted country that The
first Viscount's millions could never At.
tain.
His war service and his wound are
as 80 many rungs for his upward climb.
His interest In the London Times will
accelerate his advancement. and bis
matrimonial connections will make thu
way even smoother.
Viscount Astor. Lady Nancy Astor,
Major Astor-there is a trio that com.
mands attention not only in England
but from this side Of the water al
we'll.
In the brothers the red blood Of th,
original John Jacob is calling to action
once more. And Lady Nancy. with
her Virginia blood. can give a good ac'
count of herself.
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hope, Astor received his appo,n.u.,,
for service in India.
Ono thing and another, however n,.
vented his departure, and suddenly ~,
world was at war and his place =,
course, was with the fighting army, m.
Marines came down from their sco,.
tish estates and fate willed that bo,h
Lord Marine and Astor, then capta,r
should 70 over in the first British hand
full sent to France. They landed IN
Flanders early in August, and IN a..
tober Lord Marine was killed in action
Captain Astor being wounded In n,
same engagements
Astor was invalided home for a -,
and found the widowed Lady Nsirn.
deep in her war work, devotinr all h.,
time and strength to a hospital sh. had
established. Just how or where thcv
took up the threads Of their earlier life
London does not know. but less than
year after her husbands death It wo,
plain to all that Violet meant to hnvs
her own way at last and marry her
girlhood lover.
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delphia on May I when they made ad-
dresses at the National Womens Trade
Union League in the Academy OF Music
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22

mad misreDresented It's age and il was
no good it was later that night when
ne returned home and was told of the
visit OF Mrs. Russell He went out in
the darkness and found the horse had
died from what he thought was starya-
ton and i'll treatment. Next day. Sep-
temoeT ID, he went into New Bruins.
wick to the Offices of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
and made n complaint.
Tells Of Truck in Lane
Officer Theodore Nothe was as
signed to investigate. They went out
to the Russell House in Sipeps car,
getting there about p. m. Sipel said
they found nobody at home and de-
cided to go to justice Of the peace
IN Bound Brook and obtain warrant
for Mrs. Russell's arrest. On the wav
there one of the tires went fiat. They
halted and tried to fix it, but as it
was getting late Nothe took the trolley
to New Brunswick. Sipel eventually
txed his car and got back to his house
at 8 o'clock. The man assigned to bury
the horse had not completed the lob,
30 Sipel decided to visit Mrs. Russell
He went alone on the second trim and
said he stayed there until about 10
o'clock without seeing any one. He
then returned to his home and took
the man who had buried the horse
into New Brunswick. Returning about
IL o'clock he was going along Easton
Avenue when about fifty feet on the
New Brunswick side of De Russey's
Lane he saw a small Ford delivery
wagon ahead Of him. 1t was standing
still, but as Sipel drew up the car
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
Irial of W ard
MAY Go Over
To Next Year
eo,u, Reserves Decision on
Motion for Immediate
Trial or Dismissal of
the Murder Indictment
Ample Time to Prepare
nsfense Charges the Prose
eu,or Has Not Tried 10
n;sproye Accuscd's Story

..ss Of walter S. Ward, indicted
.mraer for the alleged killing Of
80. Peters May 16, last, near the
s,;.o ' reservoir, viii probably not
.s,lsd for trial until early next
4 the notion brought yesterday
). vAite Plains by counsel for Ward
=. ! immediate trial or dismissal Of
- 3. ;rs;etmeht is denied by Supreme
49,. 1nstice Norschauser.
Seo.. n.;s;on On TIC motion was reserved
=, psss1; sss1;se NoFschauser, john L. Mack.
ypsssagkkeepsie, serving rs Special
'..tssant attorney, inrimated that q
.psr,;ssal Of the motion would result
= postponement Of the trial until
y.,psYr. AT that time District At
..v.ey Weeks. who appointed Mr..
Way IS q Special Assistant District
s,lorney, will be out of office. Arthur
s.slsnd is the District Attorney elect.
Calls Wards Story Incredible
Jas,iee Morschauser, after hearing
,,sgment yesterday from former JUS
sss Isaac n. Mills of the Appellate
a1sion, representing Ward, and from
II Mack, directed that briefs be sub
r.:ed. Mr.. Mills charged that the
3sstrict Attorney, after spending
[g@0 Of the taxpayers money in an
ussigation of the killing of Peters.
4 failed to disprove the story Of
,ung Ward that he shot Peters in
.asefense. Mr., Mack contcnded that
| i story of Wards WAS unbelievable
"A incredible.'
n is not for us 10 prove the truth Of
I. defendants story said Mr.. M}l(s.
nv District Attorney has not made
i first step toward proving 1t falSe,
1siptain it is perfectly obvious that
+ district Attorney has had ample
- 10 prepare the case for trial. 1t
.oy five months and six days since
.i;4ment was found. Is there any
scion that he has had ample time to
4 s,s.re his case? 1t is the b,rthrlRnt
I syery American citizen 10 have q
nj BY jury of his peers.
s. Sees Outrage TO Accused
n Fbs prosecutor will not agree to .
81 !. Tor a trial Of Mr.. Ward because,
81 uys, he is not ready. Justice end
s. ghcy require that my motion TO dis
81 afie Indictment Tor failure TO prose
3 be granted. 1t would BE an Qua
~ 70 deny Mr. Ward this right
Ii Mills said hc felt sure thai Il
q E,,S was tried before jury he would
sttly be acquitted,
aYOu think so?" Justice Morshauser
I sterposed.
Tkrow it, was Mr.. Mills reply.
M. Mack, in his argument, said: at
| aawsn-known saying that truth is on
! the tip Of the que, but Ward has
never tpslsd his mouth about this mur-
4 ief Bis storneys prepared his state
ntat telling about the shooting. Why
rant he halped us TO find the elusive
j Csafie Ross and Jack TIE supposed
e agimsilers Ward took a human
81 + TEsre Is no denying that all that
81 lett of Peters IS a little mound OF
q ath. This man should be haid until
& gty bit Of evidence has been run
& ash We have spent money and we
IL going to speni lots more II help
siVt this mystery"