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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

AIMS intention had been to start
very early in the morning, but she
could not refuse this urgent request
For hours she showed the panicky
nuns how to scrape lint and roll band
ages. She was eager to be gone, for
she knew that she could never bring
herself to leave, once the place was
really turned into hospital, but the
Mother Superior was quite firm in for
bidding any such thing. "You must
stay here, my daughter, as long as the
convent is tenable," she said smoothly.
Before supper the Mother Superior
called together the half-dozen South
ern girls who remained in the school.
II have decided to send you North, my
daughters" she announced, land Miss
Byrne, too. l cannot take the RESPONSE
bility of keeping you here. At ten
O'Clock every morning a train leaves
Gettysburg for the north, and I have
advices that the road is passable in
that direction. You can all be
accommodated in the convent at Har-
risburg until you have had time to
communicate with your families. You,
too, Miss Byrne. I cannot take the
responsibility of having you remain
here"
The idea of leaving Emmitsburg,
where great battle was about to be
fought, and going to an unheard-of lit
tie junction like Gettysburg, was al
most more than Ann could bear, but
there was certain defniteness about
the Mother Superior, and, immediate
ly after breakfast, she allowed herself
to be packed, together with seven
other girls, into the convent bus.
Gettysburg was strangely quiet as
they drove into 1t. There were no
children playing in the streets, and
the square In the center of the town
was deserted. There were no soldiers
to be seen, either; it was like place
under a spell. At the station they
found the Harrisburg train waiting to
start, but no one could say when. The
nun in charge of the young women de-
cided to take them aboard, and there
await events.
All at once the nun remembered
that she had not bought the tickets,
and arose in great furry to get
them. Ann, observing her jailer's
panicky rush to the station, smiled
grimly. She rose TRANQUILITY and
strolled to the rear door of the car.
The girls, hating the Northerner, al
lowed her to go in silence, and she
walked calmly down the steps and
across the platform. The main street
lay before her, hot and empty, and she
marched briskly off down 1t. 1t was
as simple as that; no one noticed her
departure; there was not so much as
an exclamation over it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
GETTYSBURG

SYNOPSIS.-Returning to her
home In a small town, Milton
Center. from a visit to New York,
the widowed mother of ten-year-
old Ann Byrne announces her
wedding to Hudson Cortlandt,
socially and politically promi-
nent. Her husband has not been
told about Ann, and the new wife
fears he will be displeased. With
Ann. Mrs. Cortlandt returns to
New York, to the house of Hem
bricks Cortlandt. her husbands
brother, with whom the latter is
living. Hudson practically re-
fuses to have anything to do
with Ann, and the child is glad
ly adopted by Hendricks Cort-
landt. AIMS mother and step
father are lost at sea. Ann fills
gap in Hendricks Cortlandt's
lonely heart. The situation is
resented by Mrs. Ronneslyer,
Hendricks sister, whose son,
Hendricks. has been looked upon
as the natural heir to the Cort-
landt wealth. The Civil war
breaks out. A tentative engage
ment between young Renneslyer
and Ann is understood the youth
enlisting. War hospitals are es-
tablished in New York. and Ann
takes up the work of cheering
the wounded back from the
front. With her guardian, Ann
visits Renneslyer in his encamp-
ment on the outskirts of Wash
ington and meets noted people.
Ann devotes herself to Densley
Howard, a dying soldier, who
tells her she must not marry
Renneslyer. Renneslyer's name
appears in the death list, soon
after Ann had secretly written
breaking off their engagement.
Hendricks Cortlandt goes to Eu-
rope. Ann hears that Renneslyer
is alive. and starts for the front.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

where are you all fromT' Ann de-
manded.
'The Convent school at Emmits-
burg. We all live in the North, and
the mother superior Is sending us
home just because she thinks there
may be a battle around here some
where. Isn't it mean?"
The other girl interrupted eagerly,
There were soldiers in the convent
grounds this morning." she declared,
round-eyed. '"They gave their horses
drink, and the mother superior sent
milk out to the men,"
"What regiment?" Ann asked In idle
curiosity.
1.-THE Fifty-fifth New York"
Ann shot to her feet. I'm going !"
she declared holly.
"Going where?"
"To find the Fifty-fifth !"
"She has a lover in it % one Of the
girls whispered Economically.
STOPPING, Ann reconnoitered. The
nun had turned toward the train, and
the old driver was beginning to climb
to his high seat. Ann swung herself
into the aisle. :. At the door she al
most ran down the placid nun. =.
On the step she halted. The bus was
beginning to move off, in a leisurely
and inviting fashion. The train made
a convulsive start, and Ann leaped to
the ground. The door in the end of
the departing bus had swung open
with a jolt Of its first motion; there
was, dark sanctuary within. She
sprang after it. The horses were bare
ly started; she caught up easily, and
grasping the handrail in the rear, she
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

bolted into the dusty hot interior of
the covered wagon. She settled her
self deliberately in the most comfort
able corner, and marveled at the ease
of her escape.
1t was forlorn way they travelled,
fore the houses, to be used for fuel,
and the struggling gardens had been
trampled by careless hundreds.
Ann wondered uneasily what her re-
ception might be at the convent. Sud-
denly the bus ceased lurching and
groaning, and ran smoothly over a
good road. Ann looked out; her I'M
conscious driver had turned in be-
tween iron gates, and was taking her
down well-kept driveway. She stood
up and peered through a tiny peephole
in the front. All that she could see
was the austere black outline of a
cross, high against the angry sky. In
moment they had arrived before a
high front stoop, and stopped.
A woman's voice asked, ANY mail,
David?"
"No, Sister,"
did you bring anything back with
your"
"No, Sister,"
The bus vibrated uneasily, as the
tired horses gathered themselves to-
gether for a last effort, which should
carry them to the barn. Ann knew
that the moment Of revealment had
come, and she reluctantly poked her
abashed face out of the door. Eyes,
he did," she said falteringly. HE
brought. me-"
On the top Of the high steps was a
pretty nun; under her white Golf her
face looked extraordinarily young and
childlike. Her eyes met AIMS with
an unmistakable sparkle of amuse-
ment. did you get in without David's
knowing it," she demanded.
Ann nodded, and ran up the steps
II had to come" she said, II am look
ing for an officer-Captain Rennes-
lyer."
The nun nodded In her turn "Come
in," she said, slipping her arm through
the newcomers, land tell the Mother
Superior all about it,"
AIMS heart sank, but when she was
face to face with the wise and kindly
head of the convent school she found
little difficulty in telling her story, and
she thankfully agreed to stop for the
night.
Ann slept for twelve hours, lost to
the world and her plight. When she
awoke she glanced bewilderedly about
the white room where she lay. There
came sharp knock on the door, and
the pretty nun thrust her face into the
crack. Good morning" she said. do
you know anything about bandage
making? And scraping lint?"
do /? l did nothing else for six
months !"
Then dress quickly, and come
down. The battle will be right here
in Emmitsburg! The Confederates are
just pouring down every road. The
Mother Superior says that the convent
will undoubtedly be used for a hos
pital! Think Of It! And we have no
dressings. All the sisters are gath
cred in the refractory. cutting the linen
into strips. Come quickly, and
show ua hQww
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
CHAPTER XII
Gettysburq.

Ann found shelter in a little house
on Chambersburg street: she felt sure
that it must be respectable because it
stood next door to a righteous-appear-
ing Lutheran church, and she liked the
look of the place besides. She liked
it's hostess also. She had found her
trimming geraniums with an extraor-
binary placidity, in view of the fact
that there were said to be enemy SOL
diers in Gettysburg.
She took Ann into her stuffy little
house and brought her cold water
from the pump in the back yard
When the girl had washed away the
dust of her journey, the two settled
down in the sitting parlor to talk, and
to watch from behind the Nottingham
curtains for a glimpse Of Confederate
soldiers. The little town remained
ominously silent.
A little boy came running down the
street shouting, and as he came near
they could hear that he was calling
''The Johnnies are comingw Ann ran
out into the front yard to question
him.
There's whole brigade with
wagons; they're after clothing and
shoes. That's all know! Lemme go
ont"
Suddenly into the stiffness Of the
house broke clamorous sounds
shouts and the thunder of horses feet.
"Thats from the Emmitsburg pike,
it must be our men,
ITS BufOrd's cavalry-it must be !"
They opened the door and the noise
came louder. 1t was infinitely reassur-
ing. AS they watched, the end Of the
street was filled with great cloud of
dust, and suddenly a front rank of
cavalry broke through it, and bulked
huge and black against it. In FIVE
minutes they were gone; in half an
hour they came loafng back, gay with
triumph.
"We drove 'em out all right" a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
Wreck survivors
tell how tobacco
kept them going
When food and water gave
out on third day. they
smoked until rescued

Perhaps they were only pirates Of
the sea. and deserved no great charity
from the hand of Fate. Nevertheless,
they were very much human beings
when they found themselves miles out
to sea adrift in an open boat.
With two days supply of food and
water, they confidently expected to
be rescued in plenty of time. But
when the third day passed and no
friendly sail appeared on the horizon,
it began to look like case for Davy
Jones's locker.
One of the victims, crazy with
thirst, suggested that they divide a
bottle of iodine and end the agony
quickly.
"The tobacco'hasn't given out yet"
said another. Lets stick it out a
while longer" And they did.
Late in the afternoon of the fifth
day a tramp schooner saw their dis
tress signals and came valiantly to
the rescue.
"The only thing that kept us going
at all was tobacco" one of the survi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

don't see as I can do anything else.
There amt mite of room-but I'll
have to manage. There's a sofy in
my room. reckon you can have
that"
Il shan't sleep anyway" Ann said
hastily. Nothing seemed more impos-
sible to her than that.
That's what they all say" her
hostess remarked, with sinister cyni-
cism.
Ann shut her eyes experimentally !;
she was certain that she could not
sleep: when she opened them again
the morning sun was streaming into
the room, and her hostess was stand
Ing over her, urging upon her the ne
cessity of haste, If she were still de-
termined upon her mad idea Of catch
ing the train to Frederick City
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
Answer to Correspondent.

A bucket-shop, Euphemia, is sort
of modern cooperage to which man
takes barrel and brings back the
bunghole.-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

Some people refuse to take physical
exercise for their health because 1t
doesn't come in bottles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

vorS admitted when
he was safely de-
posted on dry land
again. eve smoked
and chewed, and
that sort of kept
us up"
Tobacco is GER
tainly a poor
\ substitute for
food and water
4 but under the
stress of trying
circumstan ces
smoking a pipe
is a big help.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

Each 15-cent package of Diamond
Dyes" contains directions so simple
that any woman can dye or tint any
old, worn, faded thing new, even If
she has never dyed before. Choose
any color at drug store.-Advertise-
ment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

It's the proper caper for bachelor
vegetarian to wed grass widow
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16

A wise man knows the value Of ST.
lence when a child begins to cross
examine him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-16
WOMEN! DYE FADED
THINGS NEW AGAIN

Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shabby Gar
ment or Drapery.
The Little River news., 1923-05-23
COnrmatiOn Notice and Warning Order

| In the Little River Chancery Court,
 Little River County, Arkansas. Floyd Thompson and Louis Heilbron, Peti
 ltioners. Notice is hereby given that there has been filed in my office as Clerk of the Little River Chancery Court a petition for the confirmation
 of title to the following lands lying in the County of Little River and State of L29,SWa of SW1 of Sec. 29, SEa of
 Sec. 29, FL of SE4 of Sec. 30, s. of
 NE4 of Section 30, FL of NE4 of Sec. E31, FL of SE1 of Section 31, All of Sec. f32, all in Township 13 South, Range i27 Vest and also WI of SEa of Sec. E31, Township Is South, Range 27 kWest, and the quieting of the title to 1.-the lands in Floyd Thompson and
 Louis Heilbron, petitioners therein.
 All persons claiming said lands or any Interest therein are hereby warned to
 appear in the Little River Chancery kCourt, Little River County, Arkanasas, Ewithin the time required by law and
 show cause why said title to said lands
 should not be confirmed in said petl-
 tioners, Floyd Thompson and Louis
 Heilbron. And the said J. l.. Whit
 tinghill is hereby especially warned to
 anpear in said court within thirty days Tto answer complaint of the plalntlHs
 and show cause, if any he has, why
 title in said petitioners should not De Iuuieted and confirmed. Witness my
 hand and seal of said court on thls
 12th day of May, 1923.-B. K. Walker,
 Clerk. Wed No
The Little River news., 1923-05-23
STATE HOTEL CLERKS CONFER
Meet at Texarkana and Select Dele-
 gates to National Meeting.

Texarkana. May 18.-The Arkansas Greeters (hotel clerks) Association, Charter No. 20, convened in semian- nual session here today. about 30 representatives from hosteleries in all sections of the state being in attend ance-
 The meeting was for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national hotel mems meeting in San Francis co, June 19 to 21 Those elected are: Howard s. Davis, The Pines" Pine Bluff; H. s. Lowe. Capital" Little Rock; E D. Schummy, Hotel Lut- on,~ DeQueen: :GIs Dorrier, '"The e.Fxederica," Little Rock "s
 1t was voted tothold the next meet
The Little River news., 1923-05-23
Confirmation Notice and Warning
 Order,

William Cox Plaintiff vs. R. c. Beekman. the Unknown Heirs or ROD ert E. Ash and Caroline Ash, and cer- tain lands, defendants. Notlce is hereby given that there has been hled in the office of the Clerk of the Chan cery Court within and for Little Riv, sI CT County. Arkansas, petition for the confirmation of title to the following lands lying in the County of Little XIV CT and State of Arkan sas, to-wit: Nea of the NWa of Section IT. Township |! South. Range 31 West. Wherefore, all persons whomsoever claiming said lands or any interest therein are here bv warned to appear in the Little Riy- CT Chancery Court of Little River County, aArkansas within the time re- ouired by Jaw and show cause why said title should not be confirmed in \ said petitioner. William Cox. The de- yendarYts. K. c. Beekman and the Un- known Hsirs of tho said Robert E.
The Little River news., 1923-05-23

Little Ri'er County, Arkansas. B. D. Vandoyer Plaintiff vs. Vesta Vandover, Defendant. The defendant, Vesta Van dover is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty. days and ans wer the complaint of the plaintiff here in. B. D. yandover, Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 27th day of April, l923.-B. K. Walker. Clerk. Shaver & Shaver. Attys. for
 Pltff. A P: Steel, Atty ad htsm. 5 29
The Little River news., 1923-05-23
To Aid Cattle Shippers.

Nashville, May 21.-Congressman Otis Wingo of DeQueen, who was a visitor here Friday night, left Satur- day for Washington, D. C.. to attend a meeting of the joint committee on bank inquiries of which he is a memb- CT, and also to take up with the De- pertinent of Agriculture the matter of establishing two cattle shipping sta- tions along the Kansas City Southern railroad in Arkansas.
The Little River news., 1923-05-23
Warming Order.

In the Little River Chancery Court Little River County, Arkansas. Fine Smith plaintiff vs. Willie smith de- fendant The defendant, Willie smith lis hereby warned to appear Ill thls Court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein Effie Smith. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 14th day or May. 1s2s-B. K. Walker, ( clerk, Ks Se'n T c. Reynolds. Atty. for Pltff. John S' DuLaney. Atty. ad litem. Wed 60
The Little River news., 1923-05-23

Ash and Caroline Ash are hereby
 warned to appear within said court within thirty days and answer the pe- tition and complaint Of the said pe- titioner, William Cox Witness my
 hand and seal of said court on this 4th day of Mar, 1923.--B. K. Walker, Chancery Clerk. Natalie s. Williams, D. (. Wed 2.
The Little River news., 1923-05-23

|R. E. HANPTQr!s+5N sPUBLlc once with McIyer Abstract and Inn surance z mpany. Sanderson eBuiid-
 ing, Ashdown. Arkansas. S'
The Little River news., 1923-05-23

0~O Cares Malaria, Chllls and
 ht1t1 Fever. Deague CT Bilious FSv0r. SA, 711
The Little River news., 1923-05-23

ing in Little Rock in November.
 The visitors were guests of local "Greeters" at a luncheon at noon at the Huckins house.
The Little River news., 1923-05-23

Warming Order. In the Little River Chancery Court
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-05
B0v Scouts Seek New
MagaSime Literature

new epoch in the Boy Scout move
ment," says James E. West, chief
scout executive.
Everybody vino is in any way ac-
quainted with the normal boy knows
that he spends considerable time in
reading In the past much of this
reading has been done away from
home, or it has been done at home
secretly. The principal reason for
the secrecy has been the fact that
the sort of thing that the boy wanted
to read was not available or accept
able at home. So the boy began the
collection of his own secret private
library. The general proposition on
the basis of which we are working is
that the boy is naturally a construc-
tor-a builder. Moreover, modern
science opens up vistas down which
clever writer can travel with the
boy reader, encountering thrills
enough to satisfy the most exacting
juvenile audience
Want Special Stories
"The time has gone by when writ
ing for boys can be hack-writing.
The modern boy spots things worth
while instinctively. You cannot fool
him about Treasure Island for ex-
ample. He knows it is a good book.
A perfectly obvious step in connec-
ton with the development of Boys
Life is to secure for it writing talent
nevery way equal to the talent that
serves magazines designed primarily
for grown-ups. We have already ar
ranged with Arthur B. Reeve for a
series of Craig Kennedy stories. The
Radio Detective is to be the title.
For this series modern science will
supply the facts, while Reeve and the
boys will supply the thrills.
"The expenditure of the 100000
fund at our disposal will, as far as
/ portion of the general public is
concerned, represent an experiment.
We do not regard it as such. We
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-05
Anonymous Donor Gives $780,
900 Fund to Develop Juvenile
Stories and Authors

Is there a modern and acceptable
substitute for the "Deadwood Dick"
tales, the "Injun" stories, the blood
and-thunder paperbacks of a gener-
alton ago that will be acceptable to
both grown-up censors and boy read
ers? Can the writer's of best sellers,
backed by modern science and inven-
tion turn out tales that the modern
boy will grab and read as eagerly
as his grandfather read the lurid
but tabooed books and booklets of
his day?
These are leading questions to
which the executive committee in
charge of the publications issued by
the Boy Scouts of America propose
finding direct answer. This inquiry
has been made possible as result
of a 100000 gift received from an
anonymous cource. This fund is to
be used initially in developing a
wider range of contributions to Boys
Life, the monthly magazine published
by the Boy Scouts of America for all
boys.
This 100000 contribution repre-
sents a protest against the idea en-
tertained in many quarters that in
nocuous potboilers are the sort of
articles that boys should read. The
fund will be used Inc placing at the
disposal of the boy reader of the
talent now almost exclusively EN-.
ployed in writing for magazines that
are supposedly gotten out for mature
readers.
An Educational Move
"The announcement at the annual
meeting of the executive committee
in charge of Boy Scout publications
of a 100000 gift, to be used in de-
velopng the sort of writing output
boys need and should have, marks a
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-05

prefer the view that the expenditure
of this fund represents an opportu-
nifty to recognize the fact that boys
tastes in reading are basically sound,
that the subjects that interest them
in one generation may not interest
them in the next, and that it is OBJ
ligatory upon those who would be
leaders among boys to evolve writ
ing output that will be safe from the
teresting intensely interesting -
from the standpoint Of the boy him
self. Writing for boys is an occupa-
ton that properly challenges the ge-
MUS of the entire writing fraternity"