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desk. II hope, Miss Martin. that
any feeling Of hostility which you
may have held toward me has by
this time disappeared. ! trust you
realize that we are both in duty
bound to work only for the good Of
the university and the immortal,
souls intrusted to our guidance"
Judith smiled, and the deans
brows drew together.
81 was only thinking that was
employed Is teach people, Latin, not
about right and WRONG" she said.
The dean ignored the implication.
I'm the great reform (which We are
inaugurating In the university. our
first stepsis to stamp out the liQour
evil. That is whefe hope you can
Judith stood up. -..sYou are insult
ing" she said. II have no connec-
ton with liqour. / neither buy, sell
nor drink IT," She made . move
mcnt toward the door, but the dean
raised his hand. -,
"Pray do not be hasty," he said.
II only meant that you might be able
to give US somes information about
this man Shea, who IL the source OF
the liquor drunk here =, Ne have q
warrant for his arrest
Judith turned toward him. Il do
not know anything about Shea, Dean
Brown. / met him casually once at
picnic, but there the acquaintance
ended.
"Hm-m,s unused the dean, che be-
gan to !, e.; !; you Judith rather early
' He called mo int deliberately. to
embarrass me-. flashed Judith. IF
this is all. think / will CO."
"Just "a nom emit" said the dean.
II am convinced that young Waters
knows where Shea il hiding. You
er-have some Influence with Waters.
! shall expect i you to Get informa-
ton of Shea's whereabouts for'us be-
fore night. Waters standing as 4
student. and yours as teacher. de-
pend on it,"
Judith looked at him in extreme
disgust and walked out Of the room.
DR.. Dorm was standing in the
outer room. At sight Of Judith's
flushed face and angry eyes, he fol-
lowed her out into the corridor.
y: anything wrohk. i Miss Mar
eyes" mapped Judith. avery.
things wrong. I just prevented my
self from calling your excellent
dean a cad to his face. And now
I'm kicking myself for preventing
me-"
Dr.. Dorn's eyes widened. "What
is the matter?"
Judith turned on him. "Dear
Brown just asked me, under penalt,
Of dismissal, to act as stool pigeor
in his wtetehed little vice campaign
And turned and walked out Of hi
office"
4 DR.. Dorm looked distsessed. .Ju
dith. please try TO rAlna yourself
Someone might hear you." H,
looked around sappseka nsiyely.
Il Judith. struck. her bAhds together
! smartly. what II someone does 2
she cried. "Am to live under pal
all my life. because i chose thil
sorry job Of teaching :"
i The professor. looked baffled. Ju
II dith. turned TO him. "You don't be
lieve that I.know where Shea Ia. d.
you :"
i He shook his head, AS II horror.
struck. "Oft course 4ot,s But thu
dean will never believe You are II,
noccnt 30 long you cleave to thu.
young bolsheSlk,s " atcrs."
i The color dsipened In Judith'l
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fOfficial City, State and County Newspspery
Charley Russell's Funeral

.,..,,..;c funeral c,rtege filed over the dusty
80. horaored rand leading to the little cemetery
;,st outside Great Falls, Mont. few days ago.
shabhv. old-fashioncd black hearse, mute SYM
10, - /. more peaceful day when the bodies CT men
were taken slowly to their final resting pace -.
the procession. Two horses Of this dray type "oe',
;nv aunty or spirited rtzy about them p'""se'
along, drawing the old hearse.
behind the hcarse ploddcd horse without r'oe'
The horses rider was ahead. He was inc man
drawn in the old hearse
Charles VI. Russell, the cowboy Artist" was De-
ing buried rs he had asked Take me 10 the GENE
terry with hcsses," he had said
Acclaimed in sophisticated. ,politan centers
az the world selling his pictures Of the west ~
$40 200 each and more. Russell preferred to I'VE
and tie-wherc "hosses' were TO be found.
Il was because Russell couldn't write very well
or spe very well that he brought fame and fortune
TO himself and glory to his state and his friends.
The winter Of 1884 went down in history .
ranchmen of the west. Terrific cold and blizzaro>
killed cattle by thousands and tens Of thousands
The foreman Of the N Bar r outfit, where kussc'!
was cowboy, wanted to write letter TO tue "oss
up in Helena, asking for help
He couldn't write spell much either, anu ASKED
Russell to help him. Russell, with just few pencil
strokes "wrotc" his letter in picture form.
There were but two figures in it; solitary,
starved COW on the barren prairie, her tail frozen
off, SO starved an object that the very skin seemed
cracked coyote. hungry, too waiting for this sorry
mouthfu.
"The Cowboy Artist was made. That rough
postcard picture copied from coast to coast
Art dealers beseeched him for work. Great CALLER
les made room for his western pictures.
Fer ~ years Cowboy RUSSELL sent his horses
and cattle and cowboys and coyotes out to an ap.
prcciatve world; to kings and presidents and great
industrial powers.
Then the other day he died. and journcycd to thu
grave behind his beloved "hosses."
It's difficult To say just what the moral OF this
story Of Charles RusselPs life and death is, il any
II the reader wishes To point his own, perhaps q
tribute paid Russell by Of his pals, Horace
Brewster, another man Of the Montana range. viii
help. Said Brewster:
ave known Charley Russell for II years, in sur
and shade, and he for his friends, and a
white guy as ever came down the trail. He never
swung mean loop in his life. done dirt u
animal If ! don't meet him in the big
roundup Over There, it'll be my fault and not his
cause know he'll he gisn' me footup. no matter
how ornery | am
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interrupted bitterly. tits more than
your father or mother or sister can
do. Well, go on. You're saving up
something to shock me with. ! can
tell"
"Oh. what an EVENING"" Cherry
shuddered, but her eyes were bright
with excitement. Faith, can you
feature this--we were followed!
Shadowed!"
"Shadowed? Oh, Cherry, by a de-
tective? oh, I wish you would behave
yourself! Well all have nervous
prostration before you're safely mar
ried!"
"I'm getting an awful kick out Of
it'll" Cherry laughed, Struggling her
shoulders, I'm positively thrilled to
death! Fancy being important
enough to be shadowed!
SLOW do you know you were fol-
lowed?" Faith spoke naturally, con-
Quering her impulse to slap Cherry's
lovely, flushed cheek resoundingly.
"Oh, my dear!" the light, tinkling
laugh rang out. "There was no doubt
at all. l began to get wise last week
when | kept seeing funny looking
man everywhere l went. Why do
they pick out such homely sieulhs
He certainly has face you can't for
ge.. Positively monkey.Mke! And
he always, needs shave. Short,
thick, bow-legged, greasy-haired. pig
eyes. Isn't he like that. Bill?
"Check!" Bill Warren laughed
rather uncom fOrtably, for Cherry's
high spirits in the face Of certain
scandal were grating on him as we'll
- on Faith.
IF went into shop, he hung
around the door. If I had lunch with
well, with anybody she flushed
and dropped her eyes before Faiths
steady troubled gaze, he'd be John.
! ny-on-the-spot! The most efficient
little shadower you ever saw! Like
I, a detective in u slap-stick comedy
really.
! "He trailcd US to .Ye Olde LogYe
Cabin tonight and ate the two dollar
! chicken dinner at the very next table
to ours. suppose he's on expense &C
count, and doesn't give hang about
the cost. Chris and danced. Of
course, and we saw him making
notes on q greasy envelope"
"l'll bet Chris Wiley hired hin
himself" Faith exclaimed, as If sh'
had suddenly seen great light. IAN.
ri bet it's Chris Wiley that has beef
s6nding those anonymous lcttersR
Before the last words were cold OF
her lips she bit her tongue, for SIN
was sure that Cherry had not toll.
BILL Warren about the four sour
rilous tlackmail epistles.
Anonymous letters :" Bill jumpe
to his feet, "Good heavens, Cherry
You didn't tell me that! don't wan
to BE- dragged into this mess!"
"Pipe down." Cherry snatched o
his coat, her small face coldly con
temptuous. you're oil vet, Faith
Guess who. met my boy friend, tn
! | slslRh under the verandah Of tn
i psith's heart xave wild leap Q
! tert6r, but she I'D not cry out. sh
coolA only question Cherry mntel
with her great. frightened brow
iTo n Continued.l
. Copyright. 1926. NEA Service. Inc.
II s1DOMORROW: Faith maikes ! seerl
! decislon to 6oafroat Bob uathAwa
J MN Cherry's suspici0as coacesnin
j H. aneeynass sletfefa. ss4.sf1annn
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Editorial Comment

{ Fargo Forum)

Fargo Forum)
Forces in Cass county that are interested in the
development Of comprehensive and servceable
highway system should turn their attention now to
the question of obtaining Legislative action that will
open the way to the carrying Of highway paving
operations essential if certain heavily Travelled roads
in this county are to be maintained anything like
satisfactory basis.
There no longer is any question as to the neces-
sty for paving portion of the Cass county high
way SYSTEM with attention first to the eastern end
Of state highway No B.
Over this road there is pouring ever increasing
load of traffc-a burden so great already as to
create maintenance cost that is prohibitive.
In something less than two months the state
legislature will convene, and it is during the 6Oday
period that body will be in session that ways and
means fer carrying on the paving operations that
all highway experts agree are necessary to salts
factory solution of the problem, must be developed.
Otherwise. we face delay Of two more years before
getting started on this all important project
Repeated traffic surveys have disclosed that the
traffic over highway No. is SO great as to make
permanent hard surfaced roads essential The growth
of traffic during the last two three years. while
phenomenal, probably is merely beginning, for
further increases certain to come out OF the con-
centraton in Fargo and its environs, of industries
that will attract products from constantly broad
ening area.
Fargos packing plant, the creameries Of Fargo
and Mocrhead, the highly important local produce
market to say nothing Of the steady growth ct the
city as trading center, factors that will make
for added traffic-and more traffic means a mount
ing road maintenance cost.
The time to begin laying the groundwork Tor
legislative action that will permit the construction
Of paved rcadways where needed, is now. and it is
up to citizens Of Fargo and Cass county. most
vitality concerned in the ISSUE to turn their attention
| Immediately to the question that we'll worked out
program may be presented to the legislative assem-
bly, when it convenes in January.
A delay Of two years would be extremely
unfortunate.
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CHAPTER XXX

For me ?" asked Judith, frowning.,
"Ycs." said Eric. "Myra thought
you might want to come home and
read it," 4.ts
Eve was smiling m,eaningf:y al Ju-
dith. "Wcll," she sAid, excuse me.
I'm going after roasted chestnut"
Judith turned to Erie. "Whnt
does that mean?"
He shook his head. mo telling.
Why worry? After dinner I'll walk
over with YOU"
Judith tossed her head. All
right"
The note was from the deans seq
rotary. 1t requested Judith's pres
ence at his office the following day
Eric read it over her shoulder,
When they had finished. he read Il
again. when did you last see, Shea
!l'1adith.. started. ''why do you ash
'thnt :" j
because l believe the dean means
to question you about him. You re-
! mennber TINT Shea once called YOU
by your first name in front of Dear
!, and Mrs. Brown" NJ.
| Judith nodded.
| "Well." said Eric. "thcy can't FIND
Shea. l was called q myself yester
day and questioned as to his where
abouts. OF course they won't FIND
him. Shea has too many pipeligel
around town, not to know thai
they're after him. He'll just lie lpv
in Middlcburg till this blows over.
II Y
From his vantage poiAt, behind thu
i massive desk in hid 1auctum, Deaf
Brown fixed Jedithywith solemn
Raxe as she entered: His pudg,
the desk. like starfishes caught too
| Tar inland when. Tho tide went out.
"Pleasc het seat3A. Mlsa Martin"
/ when she had taken the chair 81
!, incubation, facing him. he took of1
lhiep1 y 81 ern ..sen ~
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lean army stopped the German drive
on Paris. = monument in the public
square commentaries the Yanks'
valcr.
Bcl,eau Wood, just outside Cha
tcau Thicrry. is "a. wood no longer.
Blasted and gas-choked trees, grown
up with underbrush and creepers.
thrust Jagged splinters to the sky,
but few Of them will ever grow
again.
In a great scmi-circle nj one end
Of the wood are buried the hundreds
of American Marines who fell in the
fierce fighting. The long rows Of
graves are carefully tended. and
from a tall staff in the center waves
"a great American flag.
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OVER IHERE--ElGHT YEARS AT TER


thousand or more in eash. all beaun-
ully kept.
A quarter of n million men s!ecP."S
in these ridges! Is il any wonder
that Ypres harbors a secret grief!
Shell holes still pock-mark Hill W
and Messines Ridge. There are hugc'
water. filled chas,ns made By the ex-
plo.ion OF 10 mines in 1917. mines
which. General Plumer's British sap
pcrs haa i"norcd n year to SINK
beneath the -trong .ositi0n OF the
Germans. -,
The craAers are veritablc taxes
now. $50 feet wide, ia no man
1 rvs how deep. Shell fragments
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Of white French crosses. emblazoncf
with the tri-color under names a..
Dourpet and Roqucs.
This area is tho least rccOnstrnc'eO
Of any Of those devastated. tn. ter
r;..'a Is c.,urned into great mounds
a sea or rough and hnmmOcky earth
Many little towns shown on pre-
war maps are not 10 be- found 81 all
Others are tenancd only by bats. or
u few hardy souls WHO refuse /" live
elsewhere.
The forts at Vaux and Daoumont in
front If Nerdun. which bore the
brnnt Of the offensive in which the
Crown Prince lost 100000 men in
three months, are simply no longs :
i'm existence.
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from on foot. One who so sees it
realizes quickly why the people still
can't forget.
Twenty Miles From Paris
To the north Of Meaux, 20 miles
out Of Paris in the region Of the first
battle Of the Marine, many traces of
the invasion remain. despite extern
sive rehabilitation. Fences are down
altogether or yawn wide where shells
went through; many houses stand
blasted and ruined, along the white
reaches of the broad roads. Is.
Small cemeteries dot the country
side. Signs of destruction multiply.
Ali mt once the road dips into a
pretty valley, where a little, white
walled town nesales by the slowly
flowing Marine. The town is Chateau
Thierry, where in 1913 the Antrr-
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bits Of uniform cloth, and accoutre-
ments of all sorts still litter the
ground.
Only "a week before my visit III
bodies were recovered from u trench,
buried by single shell explosion.
Hundreds lie still buried under the
churned heaps Of earth.
On Hill GO, frogs croak around
grim. concrete "pill-boxes" --emplace-
ments covered with four feet Of con-
crete, reinforced with railroad iron.
Grass grows on their tops and wa
ter fills them, together with shells.
grenades, battered helmets. and all
the wrack Of the battlefield. Some
are bein~ used by the farmers IS
storehouses and rranaries.
Scores of them stretch grimly off
in ragged line to the horizon.
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Every little town in the area from
Chateau Thierry to Rheims bears
sears that will not be entirely effaced
for generations.
Dormans still is half in ruins, and
"A little town just to the aorth stands
deserted and fOrl0rn.
The Gloomy Glory Of Rheims
In Rheims there is the gloomy
glory Of the rdiRed cathedral. now
somewhat restored. The entire task
Of restoration will require SO years.
The road from Rheims to Verdun
still is torn and battered thorough
fare. Lines Of trenches, grass-grOwn
and sitting in, stretch away into the
distance. Cemeteries are closer to-
gcther; thousands of black German
crosses, for such as Schneider and
Won der Goltz, lie next to great fields
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By Alton n. ketchum
;Decial NEA Service Writer

Paris. Nov. 1.-THE length and the
breadth Of what was the Western
Front Of the World War finds it diff
ficult even after eight years TO
strike an armistice with memory.
One who travels this length ard
breadth comes, too, to understand;
the physical sears Of The conflict and
the big and little gathering places of
the dead are so easy to find!
There has been a vast amount Of
reconstruction over the French and
Belgian countryside. nut there was
u vaster amount Of ruin to hide.
have seen the front that-was from
the air, from train, from automobile.
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The "Rcd Zone" where the Lost
Battalion fought its life away. and
the Hindenburg line of concrete
trenches and empiacemcnts. are near
here, and hard by fleet Of rusty
and abandoned tanks lie half sunk
in the roadside mud.
Belgium's Ypres-New, hut Old
Over on the Belgian front ] visited
Ypres-that name that gave American
newspaper readers such difficulty
during the war.
Ypres is new city, none of it more
than seven years old, despite tho
fact it was founded hundreds Of years
ago. The people strive to forget,
but they cannot, they told me.
About the town there are 2O8 GEM
cterics, with British, French and
American dead to the number Of a
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A THOUGHT

But when thoa doest alms let not
thy left haAd know what thy right
hand doeth.-Matt. s:2l.
Charity in various guises is an in
truder the poor see often; but court
esy and delicacy are visitants with
which they are seldom honored.--
Ouida.
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~ Ten Sins
Goods bought on time sometimes
are paid for late.
Forbidding college students to use
automobiles reminds US that words
like "verboken" do occasionally
bounce back, no makter how hard
they have been stepped on.
Retail merchants 49, men shop
pers are better sports than women,
according to q magazine article.
Probably that's because they're not
professionals.
Headlines you never see: WALL
STREET BROKER HELD FOR RED
SPEECH.
President and Mrs. Coolidge went
clear to Northampton to vote. The
party must be worse off than we
supposed.
Ty Cobb, who 10 hunting in the
Rockies, resigned - Detroit manager.
Maybe the young man missed . shot.
Famous last lines: "Be sure to
burn this letter - soon as you've
read II"
Copyright. 1895. NEA Service. Inc.)
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Old Masters !.

Happy the man whose wish and care |.
A few paternal acres bound,
Conten. to breath his native air
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields J
with bread.
Whose flocks supply him with mt
tire;
Whose trees in summer yield him
shade,
In winter fire.
Blest who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days and years slide soft
away
In health Of body. peace Of mind.
Quiet by day. -
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together MKT, sweet recreation,
And Innocence, which most does
please
With meditation.
Thus let mo live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let M die;
Steal. from the world. and not .
stone
"A Pope: Solitude.
TAKE THAT
1fRo. ELDERLY-The insulting
wr1rsiti He asked me II ! remem.
heiS1 tie drea1fnl cold winter q
lo6o. Think q e!
Iia0 0llA4TE-I'm sure he did
~ nean 6 oflend you, dear. He
! o1Slry didn't know vhat bsd
'sSSSSSy you havs. barnet Press.
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and are served The bootblack works Silently as

and are served The bootblack works silently. as
q rule.
Sometimes he asks. Ozark light, sir?" Some
times he ventures to suggest new laces.
But for the most part he is silent. He knows his
job, this bootblack.
No scruffed toe. no clay loan embedded twixt sole
and upper escapes his vigilant eye
lie could get by with one dab q polish. But who
ever knew bootblack content TO let his customer
70 with less than two and generally three applica-
tons and as many vigorous rubbings? He misses
chance to send feet forth into the world en-
cased in resplendent glow
No Angelo at his marble, no Raphael at his can
vas ever toiled with painstaking care.
II is high time this song to him sung. IT is
meet that he receive his accoladcthis stopped
backed artist who works we'll for 50 little.
The West Shows Marie
The "wild and w,olly" west knows its corn and
turnips
Queen Marie of Rumania was feted there as she
has been in no other spot on her transcontnental
trip
She had taste of that phase of America which
all frst.time visitors royal or otherwise, expect
Of America.
We have patiently explained To the world that
primitive wildness and woollincss is no more over
here.
People across the have listened and smiled
politely, most of them not believing one word OF it..
If they confessed honestly their big disappont
mcnt when they finally did America it would be
the absence Of all these imagined bits Of savage
drama in this New World.
1t is very probable that even the English-booded
Queen Marie rather expected some savagery over
here.
North Dakota doubtless reasoned when it
called together it's Indians from the reservations to
adopt the queen into the Sioux tribe with a gor-
gcous ceremony of war-dancng about the queen as
she knelt OH q buffalo rug. North Dakota and the
Indians did especially gracious thing for the
queen
VIC wager it will be outstanding impression of
, America which the queen will talk about when she
goes home.
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
ERIC WATERS, rehellioas senior.
and DR.. PETER DORM, astronomy
professor, are rivals for the favor Of
JUDITH MARTIN. Young university
teacher.
DEAN TIMOTHY BROWN disap-
proves q !sdlth's. radteal frisnds and
accuses Erie 81 dea1iag with KITTY"
SHEA. tewa bootleEger, In poison IL
euor. Judith defends him.
MYRA ALDRICH Il fond 81 Judith,
but jealoas Of Eric's atteations to
Judith learns of ! secret love affair
Of Dean Browns wifesa and befrie6ds
her. believing the deaa quite heart
kitty" sAss 4rsss 70 blaeknail
Mrs. Brown, anA also threatens to
expose the fact that Judith and
Erie dined 1t roadhouse the
night y was raide1. Eric prom
when Judith II staying In My
Christmas. holidays, she's tries to
ems him away BY shooting In the
Eric retsrns. unexpectedly ON
Christmas day s,fren his home
town. with : 6ruised eye.
When Judith ~ taking Nth
EVE GERHART. Z widow. Ut Et1f's
fraternity .Aeuge .sAess eveniag 4fter
the January tetn epeRs, Ayfa seeds
word that fhere 10 . Jeltef Ter Juelth
! from Desn DNwR. = the boarding
4 n sss
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Headlines you never see: WALL
STREET BROKER HELD FOR RED
SPEECH.