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Notes from st. Nazianz

While hauling milk Monday morn
ing, Peter Fessler's horse was fright
ened and made a short turn, throwing
the milk cans and Mr.. Fessler over the
fence near Ben Gchrig's. Mr. Fessler
was unhurt, but the milk was all
spilled
Mrs. Katie Simon of Chicago came
home Wednesday to visit with her sick
father, Richard Christel. Also Miss
Anna Simon of Indiana is spending the
week with Mr. and Mrs. Rich. Christel.
The Misses Theresa SprolI, Isabella
and Antonetta Gehrig left for Evans
ton last week to spend the winter
! there.
Miss Anna Platten of Greenwood is
visiting with Mic. Backhaus and fam
lily.
Thcclda Sommcrhoif left for She
boygan to attend business college.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leonard returned
to Milwaukee, after spending their va
cation with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Ham
mel
Lena Geigel of Mantowoc spent a
day with friends here.
Mrs. Locbel and daughter Elsie have
returned, after stay ut Lomira for
the last few weeks.
Mrs. Leo Groh is patient at the
Holy Family hospital at Manitowoc.
Miss Rosie Prefer spent few days
at her sisters home, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert Kocck and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephan Stiefvater
were guests at Manitowoc Sunday and
! Monday.
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Notes From Cleveland

Mr. and Mrs Jos Kraus aud chill
dren Of Colby visited At the ho me u +
] schultz last week.
A baby girl made her appearance 1T
the home OF Jos Hartmann.
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Mrs Roland Beck and children re
turned to DeRoy following few
weeks stay with relatives
Robert Stclzcr and son, Wilbcrt have
returned from weekend visit at
Beaver Dam.
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they could have all been spared All
of these brave men of these wars we
will continue to honor, and to make
provision for those in need, and will
do it gladly and ungrudgingly. We
would be unworthy the name Amer-
cans if we did not And finally let us,
one and all honor the living and revere
the names and memories of the dead,
who upheld this flag, whether in war
or in peace; let us never pass this pole
without thinking of what it stands for;
and above all, let us salute this flag,
the flag of our country. Do not leave
all of the saluting to the veterans of
our wars. They will never forget to
give the proper salute and we should
not
The example set by the erection of
this liberty pole, and as the inscription
tells, of the previous poles is one
worthy of imitation everywhere in this
proud land Let us feryently hope that
from this time on there will be many
more liberty poles and flags on them
everywhere in these United States The
good people of Meme and all who
helped them are to be congratulated
upon this work. | take off my hat to
them, | am proud of them.
The liberty pole is of steel and has
an eagle of brass at the top. 1t is 62
feet high and is at Danforths' corners
where the other liberty poles were.
After the program there was a dinner
at Christels at School Hill and over
200 attended Ferdinand Schneider
acted as POSTMASTER. Those respond
ing to toasts were: DR.. Louis Jermaine
of Milwaukee, Judge John Chloupek,
Miss Anna Pritchard, c. Il. Brady,
Joseph Connel, John Stephenson of
Sheboygan and DR.. James Danforth of
Shehoygan, Mr.. Stephenson is grand
son of the late Nick Dittmer, who, 10
Nidls hPbt iltNlGi TIC lThl lllUtTlN nult
on the same spot.
Among native sons who returned for
the dedication were DR.. Louis Jer-
maine of Milwaukee, grandson of
Hubert Simon, pioneer settler and a
nephew of Hubert Simon, Jr., who was
the first white child born in the Town
Of Meeme. DIR. Jas. Danforth of She
boygan, son Of the late Quincy Dan
forth, William Jenkins of Omro, ne
phew of the late VIM. Danforth, one
Of the first settlers, and a prominent
citizen of Meeme in the early DAYS.
John Stephenson, Sheboygan, grand
son of Nicholas Dittmer. one of the
first settlers Of the town. Visitors
were present from De Pere, Green Bay,
Fond du Lac, La Crosse, Chiffon, She
boygan, Manitowoc, Omro. Seymour,
Milwaukee and other places.
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Mrs. Mary Morris returned Friday
from six weeks visit at the home Of
her son John Morris at Battle Creek
Mich.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Soldier School
Disbanded by
Illustrators
Artists Unable to Agree With
Washington Bureau That
Instructors of Disabled
Men Should Be Paid
End Comes Suddenly
Enuipment Moved Out 20
Minutes After Failure to
Accept New Contract

The Society of illustrators announced
yesterday the disbandng of its school
sor disabled war veterans because Of
liability to agree with the Veterans
nu,.au on the conditions under which
should operate. The school has been
running since January, 1921, under the
direction of W. A. Rogers, and, accord
inc to reports, has been successful in
,hs rehabilitation Of students. for
xhom magazine and Advertising work
las been found.
The school was indirectly the out
come Of the Division of Pictorial Pub
licity, which during the war furnished
.he government with many posters, H.
lustrations and cartoons. The division
di.banded at the close of hostilities
and, through the iniative of c. B. Falls.
, sroup Of illustrators volunteered to
teach illustration and commercial de-
sien to the disabled veterans. In seek
inc 4 means to finance such an under
taking hey got in touch with the Fed
ersl Board for Rehabilitation-now the
Veterans Bureau-which drew up a
contract and agreed to furnish the rent
and equipment for the school, while
tho illustrators were to supply the in
struction without cost to the govern
ment or the men.
Recently, according to the statement,
Z new contract was submitted by the
Veterans Bureau which. the illus
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

erators say, would have comn,ete,v
changed the whole plan and nrinc;nis
uhoer whlch they have successfuIiv
operated. Their keynote has been 10
seaeh Ihe men to earn living. not to
prescribe theoretical course aster
u, 1ne manner of the typical art schoo, >,
ne new contract, they said. caIlea fo-
Paid instructors to be furnished hv ~
Veterans Bureau. '' 'ne
Inc hscal year of the school ended
June 80, and some DAYS ago. after ro-
ceNlng the new contract, the Soc;ot,
OF Illustrators submitted to the Vet.
erans bureau counter contract h,sed
on the one under which they had heen
operating. ''u oeeh
According to the society, members
OF winch were seen yesterday at
1ne schooI IN the Penn Terminal
Soullu,nE' Ihirty-first Street and
SeVehth Avenue, word came from the
Veterans Bureau Friday morning re-
using tne terms made by the society.
ana "l'tin twenty minutes workmen
appeared, saying that they had re.
ce'Ved orders the day before to move
all the equipment from the school
rooms.
The society said that the onlv ron
sons given for changing the pian of
the school were presumably in tho ;n.
tercsts OF efficiency. In this connection
they say the "efIlciency" of the Vet.
Grams Bureau is we'll illustrated bv tho
TACT that when the school was moved
last July to the Penn Terminal
building it took the bureau four
months while the school was going on
to supply them with such thinps "a
lockers, lights, desks and chairs
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02

Chaliapine Sails for Germany
MOSCOW, July 1.-Theodor Chalia-
pine, famous Russian basso, recentlv
reported i'll in Pctrograd, has left that
port by boat for Germany.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
Fur Repairs

Let US make your fur gar.
ments over into the newest
modes for Fall. Ask us for an
cstimate-our prices are very
low at all times, especially so
during the Summer Season.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-02


Attaining the boyishness of
bobbed hair without the attend
ant risk of ones own locks is
the decided advantage of pur-
chasing one of these winsomely
boyish bobs.
Bewitching little curls fit snugly
over the head, held in place by
tiny invisible combs. They come
in shades that will match your
own hair perfectly.
Third Floor
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER LAT the death OF his foster
father. Bruce Duncan, In an eastern city,
receives q mysterious message, sent by a
to southern Oregon-to meet Linda.
CHAPTER u.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
Sing recollectfons OF his childhood in an
orphane Ze, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER III.-At his destination.
Trails End, news that q message has
been sent to Bruce is received with
zoarked displeasure by q man introduced
to the reader IS Simon.
CHAPTER Iv.-Leaving the train,
Bruce Is astonished at his apparent IA
niliarity with the surroundings, though
70 his knowledge he has never been there
Z CHAPTER V.-Obedient TO the message.
Bruce makes his way to Martins cross
roads store, for direction as to reaching
Mrs. Ross cabin.
CHAPTER Won the way, "Simon"
aternly warns him 10 give up his quest
and return East Bruce refuses. Il
CHAPTER vII-Mrs Ross. aged and
jnGrm., welcomes him with emotion. she
pastens him on his way-the end OF Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER vIII-Through a country
puzxlingly familiar. Bruce journeys. ana
Ands his childhood playmate, Linda.
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BOOK TWO
THE BLOOD kTONEMENT
CHAPTER xi

Men own the day, but the night Is
ours" is an old saying among the
wild folk that inhabit the forests of
Trails End. The saying originated
long and long ago when the world was
quite young. Before that time, likely
enough, the beasts owned both the
day and the night, and you can mag
Inc them denying mans superiority
just as long as possible.
OF course the saying Is ridiculous If
applied to cities or perhaps even to
the level, cleared lands OF the Middle
West. The reason Is simply that the
wild life is practically gone from
these places. But few places remain
In America where the reign OF the
wild creatures during the night hours
at least is still supreme. And Trails
End Is one Of them.
Bruce dressed slowly. He wouldn't
waken the two women that slept II
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did want q word alone with this
strange girl of the pines. But when
Elmira had gone in and the coast was
clear, it wouldn't come to his lips.
1T seems strange" he said, ito
come here only last highland then
to be leaving again."
1t seemed to his astonished gaze
that her lips trembled ever so slightly.
"We have been waiting for each other
a long time, Bwovaboo," she replied.
She spoke rather low, not looking
straight at him. "And hate to have
you go away so sOOn."
"But I'll be back--in few days"
"YOu don't know. No one ever
knows when they start out in these
mountains. Promise me, Bruce-to
keep watch every -Ininute. Remember
there's nothing--nothing-that Simon
won't stoop to do. He's like wolf.
He has no rules Of fighting. He'd Just
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"What else? 10 kilI-never to stop
killing-one after another, until they
are gone! Till Simon Turner and THE
whole Turner clan have paid the debts
they owe"
Bruce recoiled as II from blow.
'.TurnerY Did you say Turner" he
asked hoarsely.
Eyes. That's the clans name. l
thought you knew"
Bruce understood now his unpro-
voked attack on the little boy when
he had been taken from the orphan
age on trial. The boy had been named
Turner, and the name had been enough
to recall q great and terrible hatred
that he had learned In earliest baby
hood. The name now recalled 1t again
the truth stood clear at last. 1t was
the key to oil the mystery Of his life
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the next room, be Thought. He crept
slowly out into the, gray dawn. He
made straight for the great pine that
stood a short distance from the house.
For reasons unknown to him, the pine
had come often into his dreams. He
had thought that its limbs rubbed to-
gether and made words-but of the
words themselves ne had hardly
caught the meaning. There was some
high message in them, however; and
the dream had left him with vague
curiosity, an unexplainable desire to
see the forest monarch in the day
light.
He found to his delight that the
tree was even more impressive In the
vivid morning light than 1t had been
at night He was constantly awed
by the size of 1t. He guessed Its cir
conference as about twenty-five feet.
The great lower limbs were them
selves like massive tree trunks. It's
top surpassed by fifty feet any pine
In the vicinity.
He felt stilled and Gained. Such
was Its influence. And he turned with
start when he saw Linda In the door,
way.
/ "Ive been talking to the pine-all
the morning" he told her.
"But it won't talk to you," she an
swered. 1T talks only to the stars"
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as soon strike from ambush. How do
know that you'll ever come back
again."
"But I WILL. He smiled a her, and
his eyes dropped from hersSto her lips.
He reached out and took her hand.
"Good-by, Linda" he said, smiling.
She smiled in reply, and her old
cheer seemed to return to her. "Good-
by, BwovabOo. Be careful"
''I'll be careful. And this reminds
me of something"
'What?"
''That for all the time I've been
away-and for all the time I'm going
to be away now haven't done any
thing more--well, more intimate
than shake your hand"
Her answer was to pout out her lips
in the most natural way In the world.
Bruce was usually deliberate in his
Continued on page y
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CHAPTER X

When the second hand Of the watch
In his pocket had made one more cir
cuff, both Bruce and Linda found
themselves upon their feet. The ten
sion had broken at last Her emo, ion
had been curbed too long. 1t broke
from her in food.
She seized his hands, and he started
at their touch. Don't you under
stand?' she cried. "You-you-you
are FOlger's son. You are the boy
that crept out-under this very tree
to find him dead. All my life Elmira
and have prayed for you to come
And what are you going to DOR
Her face was drawn In the white
light of the moon. For an instant he
seemed dazed.
"Do?' he repeated ST don't know
what I'm going to do"
you don't!'' she cried, in infinite
scorn. Are you just clay? Aren't
you a man? Haven't you got arms to
strike with and eyes to see along a
rifle barrel? Are you coward--and
q weakling one of your mothers
blood, to run away? Haven't you any
thing to avenge? thought you were
a mountain man-that all your years
In cities couldn't take that quality
away from youl Haven't you any
answer"
He looked up, strange light grow
ing on his face. You mean-ktll-
ingr' --.-
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IL stirred him more than all of Linda's
words. In an instant all the tragedy
Of his babyhood was recalied-the
hushed talk between his parents, the
Oaths, the flames Ia their eyes, and
finally the body he had found lying
so still beneath the pines. 1t was
always the Turner's, the dread name
that had filled his baby days with
horror. He hadn't understood then.
1t had been blind hatred-hatred with
out understanding or self-analysis.
AS she watched, his me untain blood
mounted to the ascendency A strange
transformation came over him. The
gentleness that he had acquired in his
years of city life began to fall away
from him. The mountains were claim.
ing him again.
His voice was cold and hard when
he spoke.
"Then you and I are no relation
whatever"
"NOne."
"But we aght the same fight now"
"Yes. Until we both win-or both
de-"
/ Before he could speak again, q
strange answer came out Of the dark
ness. mot two Of you," a croaking
old voice told him. 1t rose. shriH and
cracked, from the shadows beyond
the fire. They turned, and the moon
light showed a bent old figure hob
bling toward them.
1t was old Elmira, her cane tapping
along In front Of her; and something
that caught the moonlight lay in the
hollow of her left arm. He, eyes still
glowed under the grizzled brows.
"Not two, but three she corrected.
Ia the hollow voice. Of uncounted
years. In the magic Of the moonlight
1t seemed quite fitting to both of them
that she should have come. She was
one of the triumvirate: they wondered
why they had not missed her before.
1t was farther than she had walked
in years. but her spirit had kept her
up.
She put the glittering object that
she carried into Bruce's hands. 1t
was a rifie-a repeating breech-lOader
of a famous make and a model Of
thirty years before. 1t was such
rifle as lives in legend, with sights as
fine as a razor edge and an accuracy
as great as light, itself. Loving hands
had polished it and kept 1t in perfect
condition.
Matthew Folger's rife" the old
woman explained, for Matthew Fol-
gers son.
And that is how Bruce Folger re-
turned to the land. of his birth-as
most men do, unless death cheats
them first-and how he made a pact
to pay old debts of death.
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&op4tJQM Uy @sbtsS OsvVS~
one to take care Of, and they were
afraid that 1t would be brought to light
when the time was ripe. They knew
perfectly that their forged deed would
never stand the test, SO one OF the
things to do was to prevent their claim
eveI Icing contested. That meant TO
keep Folger's son In ignorance OF the
whole matter.
81 hope can make that clear. The
deed from my father to Folger was on
record, Folger was dead, and Folser's
son would have every right ard 0p-
portunity to contest the clans claim to
the land. II he could get the matter
into court, he would surely win.
1.-THE second thing to do was to win
me over. / was just a child, and II
looked the easiest course Of all. That's
why I was stolen from the Orphanage
by one of Simon's brothers. The idea
was simply that when the time came
I would marry one Of the clan and es-
tablish their claim to the land forever.
"Up to a few weeks ago 1t seemed
to me that sooner or later ] would WIN
out Bruce, you can't dream what 1t
meant! / thought that some time l
could drive them out and make them
pay, a little, for all they have done.
But they've tricked me, after all. l
thought that / would get word to Fol
gers son, who by Inheritance would
20 q
with the aid Of the courts, could drive
these usurpers out. But just recently
I've found out that even this chance
is all but gone.
'sWithin a few more weeks they
will have been In possession of the
land for full twenty years. Through
some legal twist don't understand,
If q man pays taxes and has undis-
puted possession Of land for that
length OF time, his title is secure.
They failed to win me over, but 1t
looks as If they had won, anyway.
The only way that they can be defeat
ed now is for that secret agreement
between my father and Folger--tO re-
appear. And I've long ago given up
all hope Of that.
There 10 no court session between
now ard October thirtieth--when
their twenty years Of undisputed pos
session is eliminated. There scent
to be no chance to contest them-ts
make them bring that forged deed into
the light before that time. We've lost,
after all. And only one thing re-
MAINS"
He looked up to find her eyes full
upon him. He had never seen such
eyes. They seemed to have sunk so
deep into the flesh about them that
only lurid Sits remained. 1t Yves not that
her lids were partly down. Rather
them had become charged with her
pounding blood. The fires glow was
in them and cast a strange glamor
upon her face 1t only added to the
strangeness Of the picture that she
sat almost limp, rather than leaning
forward in appeal. Bruce looked at
her In growing awe.
But as the seconds passed he seemed
no longer able to see her plainly. His
eyes were misted and blurred, but
they were empty Of tears as Lindas
own. Rather the focal point of his
brain had become scared by mount
ing flame within himself The glow
of the fire had seemingly spread until
1t encompassed the whole wilderness
world.
what Is the one thing that re-
mains?" he asked her, whispering.
She answered with a strange. ter
rible GOODNESS of tone. 1.-THE blood
atonement," she said between back
drawn lips.
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CHAPTER XII

Bruce and Linda had q long talk
while the sun climbed up over the
great ridges to the east and old FL
mira cooked their breakfast. There
was no passion in their words this
morning. They had got down to a
basis Of cold planning.
'Let me refresh my memory about
few of those little things you told
me-" Bruce requested. "First-on
what date does the twenty-year Pc
riod@of the Turner's possession Of the
land-expire?"
ION the thirtieth Of October, of this
year."
"Not very long. is 1t? Now you un-
derstand that on that date. they will
have had twenty years of undisputed
possession Of the land; they will have
paid taxes on II that long and unless
their titleis proven false between now
and that date, we can't ever drive
them out"
That's just right"
"And the fall term of court doesn't
begin until the fifth Of the following
month";"
Eyes, we're beaten. That's all there
Is to 1t. Simon told me so the last
time he talked to me-"
"It would be to his interest to have
you think so. But Linda-we mustn't
give up yet We must try as long as
one day remains. 1t seems to me that
the first thing to do is to find the trap
per. Hudson-the one witness that is
still alive He might be able to
prove to the court that as my ia
Their never owned the land in reality,
he couldn't possibly have decided it
10 the Turner's. ~ yon know where
this Hudson isY'
II asked old Flnira INST night. She
Shinks she knows. A man told her he
had his trap line on the upper Ump-
qua, and his main headquarters-yop
know that trappers have string Of
camps--was at the mouth Of Little
river, that flows into the UmpQua.
But 1t Is long way from here"
Bruce was still moment. "HOW
earr he asked.
"Two full days tramp at the least
barring out accidents. But II you
think 1t Is best-you can start out to-
day"
Bruce was man VINO made deci-
sions quickly. ".Then I'll starlight
away. Can you tell nae how to find
the trail2"
II can only tell you to go straight
north"
Then the thing to do is to get ready
son back with me-down the valley.
After we get there we can see what
can be DONE"
Linda smiled rather sadly. "I'm not
very hopeful But it's our last chance
and we might as well make a try.
There is no hope that the secret
agreement will show up in these few
weeks that remain. Wen get your
things together at once"
They breakfasted, and after the
simple meal was finished, Bruce
packed for the Journey The two
women walked with him, out under
the pine.
Bruce shook old Elmira's scrawny
hand; them she turned back at once
into the house. The manA felt singu-
larry, grateful. He began to credit
the old woman with a great deal of
intuition, or else memories from her
own girlhood of long and long ago. He
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-11-22

The teachers Of this community are
attending the teachers institute Ia
Warren this week.
The Shoemakers Of Grafton, N. Oak.
spent Saturday evening and part OF
Sunday with the Chas. Loeslie family.
a delightful party was given at the
HI r. Carlson home in farewell to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Otto who expect
to leave soon for the state of Massa-
schusetts. The evening was pleasantly
spent in games and music A bounti-
GUS luncheon was served. Best wishes
We're extended to the Otto's for a
pleasant and prosperous future There
were about: forty neighbors and
friends present in spite of bad roads
Those Of us who could not attend.
nevertheless, join III the good wishes
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Whitman and
family have left for. Illinois where
they will spend the winter months.
Mrs. j. II. Pierce, son James and
Miss Luella Jont2 spent Monday in
Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Palmer, Mr.. Sor-
enson, Mr.. and Mrs Lonnie Palmer
and daughter and Mr. and Mrs Carl
Anderson and family spent Sunday
at the home Of Ed. Yuergens
Mrs. D. Ostlund and son Warren
who have been visiting at the home of
her father, n. Schantzen, left for
home Tuesday .z T..