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Joan, irresponsible Flapper, and Her
AmOurs Form Plot of This
Thrilling Novel

address till long after ! sent her
back all them letters
Letters! major heavens sake
tell me-what letters. She wrote
from Philadelphia?
."Billie, don't get all excited,
now please. Joan's right in San
Francisco. She came to SEQ me
lust the other day. Now you just
Sit right still till / get lunch,
and then
He grabbed his hat. "Where-
oh YOU don't know how mere
where?"
she began to scramble IN the
darning basket. her round little
face ali bewildered and red.
wish you wouldn't get 50 ex-
cited. she complained mildly.
"seems like when you Just got
off the train you might
i,lst remembereds she forgot 70
give 1t to met
He went up on the nil 70
think. Here he once sat Win
Joan. Here they sat dangling
their legs over the cliff. looking
down at the green water under
the clear blue sky.
1--WE bungled 1t again, ne
thought desperately. "Oh Joane-
Joan--to think of you writing.
letter after letter, and me not
knowing-not thinking"
He began to run down the MIL,
pIunging over brush, jumping
boulders as he used to do. Then
he thought Of the Van Fleets. il
Joan was so near they'd know
They wouldn't want to tell, but,
he set his jaw, they would.
So he went back to the road.
Almost ran into Dolores. red and
round as a peOny in her flOunced
dotted swiss. She kept on hold-
ing his hand. We'll, stranger.
How swell you look. New suit
and all. I suppose you'll be too
toney for your old friends now
She babbIed on. How funny her
eyes were, sort or glazed and
hot. He wished she's stop and
let him go on. Involuntary he
glanced up to the high road, to
the windbreak of eucalyptus
trees. You could just see the
yellow turrets OF the old Van
Fleet place above the trees.
Her eyes followed his. Il saw
Joan Hastings the other day.
Il hear she's working in San
Francisco" he said. and he
crumpled the leaves Of the hazel
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} rushed upon her. Then she real
lied there was no need for fear
now; no reason for her to attempt
to placate Norman ever again.
She waited calmly, about to dis
close the situation to him, explain
why she had remained so late.
But he came forward. and she
realized with establishment that,
while his face was anxious, sus-
picion had gone from it. He was
reaching for her, catching iler to
him, murmuring little, tender
things against her hair.
Norman
Forgive. Bea. dearest! Sweet
heart l was a beast-didnt
understand I'll make it up
--everything-don't go away
Freddie walked to the other end
OF the meZZanine; loitered there
with his back to them. His world
had been turned upside down
within the last few hours. or so
it seemed TO him then. For 1t
was years later that he realized
Just how long the turning process
had been going on, and that only
at this time had he become aware
Of accepting the heritage OF
Jeremiah Sheldon's soma heri-
tage OF caution which eventually
was to amount to something very
like prudery.
Indeed, it may he well to state
that upon Diana's return from
abroad she heard with ghrieks Of
amusement that Freddie Sheldon
had taken a Job in his fathers
bank. to which he was actually
applying himself with such single
ness of purpose as to reclude
drinks dansels and devilishness
of every descrition.
Now, however, the young man
waited what he considered
sufficient interval, and then re-
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that bald-headed old buzzard-
Lord-how she ever came to
marry it"
"Old Gillespie's all right"
what! That old vulture-
marrying a girl young enough to
be his granddaughter-th hook
nosed old bunch of bones-why
he"
Bill threw up his hands and
yawned. Rave on-I'm going to
bed. Got to be at the works at
seven"
Listen haven't finished. l
wanted to tell you what she said
when l told her how we'd have
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turned to his sister and her hus-
band, reminding them that some
thing would have to be done
about the "bale of rye" in the
lounge room.
They stared uncomprehending
for moment. coming back from
some glorious realm of beauty
never quite reached before. Then
Beatrice explained what had hap.
pened.
Spoiled your party. did she?"
Norman sputtered. I'll get her
tonight"
"No-he careful darling. She's
well. I think l love everybody
tonight"
You girl" He stopped to kiss
her again before trying his luck
with Ann.
But Ann appeared at this mo-
ment. waved 10 him. cockily
called Greetings"
Make. it lively, Ann. Can't
have my wife annoyed So"
''Oh, your wife! Mother pair of
fools pretending to be happy! Dam
happy marriage YOU two made.
SuSSS' ~ ShPlIoSe sue q make
any man happy With a flirt
OF her hand toward Beatrice.
knowing grin.
Yes" Norman replied quietly.
"She would. And she's going to
have the chance 10 do it from
now on. Not too late for that,
thank Cod A look between him.
self and Beatrice. so long that
Freddie moved impatiently and
muttered.
Ann giggled and teetered toward
the stairway. They saw then
that she was more intoxicated
than they had thought, and Fred.
die would have taken her arm
but she jerked away. hanging to
the railing.
Guess iii Annikins can go bv
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GOOD GIRL ~
81,

they could hear Westcott talking
on the telephone to John Blair.
Sure, come right over" he
Nas saying, "go to lunch with
me. We can talk over old times.
I've been wanting to see you ever
since Miss O'Day brought me
your letter. Yes. she's getting
along famously."
So John Blair was coming to
the office. and Howard Westcott
in that sure way of his had re.
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pain. Because / can't stay away
any 1onger--that's why
Rollo whistled, . long. drawn
out whistle. Sounds like a girl
1T is"
4
Old Mrs. Martin cried when she
saw him.
Now ma, / thought you'd be
glad to see me-otherwise
wouldn't have come" he chided
her, picking sher right mp and
squeezing her until she squealed.
"Billie-I'm so glad jes
can't help from cryin '-"
And na-there was one thing
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thought better OF 1t, turned away
and said nothing.
Harriet began TO laugh ner.
Vously:
Il didn't mean anvthinv
really" she apologized, guess
I'm kind of jumpT this morn
ing. | was only trying to be
funny"
Funny" Nancy said Eyes.
sometimes you are FUNNY
Through the half open door
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to take a chance on Dad pungling
up. Listen. when / put the ring
on her finger"
Ring"
sure. Don't you think my
credits good? Listen, when / put
the ring on her finger"
'Rollo. for Pete's sake-I've
got to get some Sleep"
eco to sleep them wish to
heaven you'd fall in love once.
Then you wouldn't get so damned
superior. Ruth's said the same
thing more than once. You're all
right, Bill but you aren't hui
man"
Bill didn't answer. He stooped
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Richard Pousette Dart, IL
gears old, and his father, Ma
thuniel Pousette-Dnrt, Worki,ty~
together in the elder Poatsette-
Darts studio In NeW York. At
Yight-Jack Winchester, 4 years
old, Of Oregon, Uho is a sure
for-goodness cotU-puncher.
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down and frightened the straps on
a worn leather suitcase, and set
1t carefully behind the door.
Going to leave us? Little trip
some placer"
Rollo had to repeat his question
before Bill heard him. ION the
night train-tomorrow night.
"Well for crying out loud
where to-"
San Francisco"
How long,
1.-TWO weeks"
What for?"
Bill smiled. A smile that had
In it bitterness, and triumph and
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Dancing Daughters" Wini.
fred Van DuZer's amazing story
of n f'apper's folly. will be
shown at LOew'S Columbia The
alter beginning Saturday. This
remarkable Sound picture" Is
a Metro oldwyn.Mayer produc.
ton.
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What DO You KMOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST


Questions Editorial Page
Cooress used lighting. Group of cells for gener
hg electricity g. Stimulating substance found in coffee a. De
%ys Dad odo s. Observing of heavenly body by shadow OF
another heavenly body built to stop check the
Low Of water in in four years on the first
tuesday after the first Monday November Eye g. John
referendum is. Unconed.
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special / wanted to ask about.
Has anyone heard where Joan
IIasting Is? thought I'd take =
run over to the garage. Gerwin
might have heard the aunts men
ton it--or at the postoffice-
could tell me, do you think?''
"Why-I have it,"
''You have it! MAJ You have
it. and you never sent 1t to me?"
His jaw dropped.
II didn't know you wanted It.
You never asked. Why, Billie,
you didn't even send me your
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Such Is Fame!

A letter marked Personal" and addressed to William
Shakespeare Srafordon-Avon England, Europe has been
April 1885, and returned to the Dead
Office at Springfield Mass.
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This Day IN Our History

On October g. 1854 Robert n Norris became Governor Of
Pennsylvania became member Of the Continental
Congress igner of the Declaration Of independence
Tia most valuable service his able financing OF the War;
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How Much of Her Past Must Girl Tell
the Man She Wants to Marry?
That Is JOan'S Problem
Read This First:

Joan Hastings and maiden aunts in
unmarried
beneath her
terrified at
of hand
of francay asking
Bill persuade him
Walter
200 She
Bills little while after he has kissed his mother eaE
kiner and gets job in department store She writes h but
school and vve egrapL the woman to whom she entrusted er
herself that this lie admissible Evvie
Meanwhile Bill his picks Roio Reyes rich boy be-
working drives
offers Bill surveying in the oil fields.
JOAN NOT
O
felowwOrkers
one is
for to
k
society to
infatuated Is
andfe
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YOUTH will be served! Not
! only that, but youth is
serving. Youthful prodigies,
boys and girls capable of solving
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Old Pharaoh Giant
of Financial World

Herodotus, Diodorus and Plu.
tarch give us a few dazzling
glimpses of the wealthy men Of an.
tfquity. First of them, almost lost
In the mists of legend, was the
Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses III-also
known as Rhampsinitus - who
reigned about 5000 years ago. He
surpassed all predecessors in the
wealth he possessed and in his
fondness for it's accumulation. Di-
odorus estimates this pharaoh's for.
tune at 100000 talents, which would
be about $5OO,OOO,OOO in actual
money today. In the purchasing
power Of that period it was equiva.
lent to twenty times this amount.
Rameses, therefore. was worth So.
OOO,OOO,O00 in the buying value of
his day.
To show how far money would 60
a thousand years before Christ, It
Is only necessary to mention that
rat OK could be bought for 81 or
less; that bushel of wheat would
bring II cents in the market; that
q days wage was from II to 20
cents.-New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Austrian Fouls Lack 7
Proper Neck CouerinS

"A peculiar breed of fowls called
Naked Neck has come to this coun-
try from Austria, where it Is said
to have originated. The name
comes from the fact that the fowls
are destitute of feathers from with
in an inch or two back of the head
down the entire length of the neck
and on to the shoulders. This pc
culiarity of plumage is very
marked, and the neck and shoulders
have an unnatural appearance.
They are not attractive; in fact,
they are very unattractive, and the
peculiar sensation to the hand when
grasping the naked portion of the
neck is very unpleasant. The skin
of the neck is smooth, and, when
exposed to the sun during the sum-
mer months, turns red and has
raw appearance, as if blood were
gathered beneath and close to the
skin. They are very hardy; are
but seldom seen, and have been
bred in Austria only as novelties.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Indian Fishing Methods

The methods used by the Indians
in fishing, before the advent of the
white man, were quite modern.
Starting from the simple device of
attaching the bait to the end Of
line, the progressive order of fish
hooks used by the Indians seems to
be as follows: (a) The gorge hook,
a spike of bone or wood, sharpened
at both ends and fastened at its
middle to line, device used also
for catching birds; co. spike set
obliquely in the end of plain
shaft; (c) the plain hook; (d) the
barbed hook; (e) the barbed hook
combined with sinker and lure.
This series does not exactly repre-
sent stages in invention; the evo-
luton may have been effected by
the habits and different species Of
fish and their increasing wariness.
The materials used for hooks by the
Indians were wood, bone, shell,
stone and copper. The Mohave
employed the recurved spines Of
certain species of cactus, which are
natural hooks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Cocoa Should Be "Cacao"?

Chocolate is made from the large
nutritive seeds of beans of the
cacao tree, a small evergreen tree
indigenous to tropical America.
Formerly all chocolate came from
tropical America, but now the Gold
coast, in Africa, Is the largest pro-
Queer Of cacao. There is much
popular confusion in connection
with the words, coco, cocoa and
,cacao.
The original name Of the tree
was cacao and that form is retained
in German, Spanish and French.
But in DR.. Samuel Johnson's die
tionary 1t was spelled cocoa. Il
probably was an error, but at any
rate the spelling now is the accept
ed form in English. The cacao has
no relation to coconut palms. There
is also a small shrub that grows In
South America called the Coco
Pathfinder Magazine.
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work. Statistics gathered as to
the number on probation at the
close Of the fall quarter showed q
marked decrease, and there was
also found to have been decrease
in the number of students dropped
at the end of the fall quarter for
failure to do satisfactory work
In the fall of 1924 the deans
placed ia per cent of all fresh
man and sophomore men on pro-
baton, which figure sank to 9.8
per cent in 1925; 81 per cent in
1926 and 8.8 per cent last fall.
Among the women students CT
per cent were place on probation
in 1924; ST. per cent in 1925;
6.2 per cent in 1926 and, last
fall ga per cent, the best figure
yet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
MAY BUILD ATLANTIC PLANE

St. Cloud,-Captain w. II. Moh-
lar of Kansas City is in St. Cloud
comforting with the Midwest Air
craft corporation here regarding
facilities for building The Spirit of
Kansas City in which. he asserts,
George Haldeman will attempt .
New York to London flight next
summer. Haldeman was pilot for
Ruth Elder in the plane forced
down on an attempted transact
lantic flight. Captain Mohlar ex-
planned that the plane will be built
under supervision of the American
Eagle Co. of Kansas City, but
that the plant there is so crowded
with work at present that the plane
will be constructed elsewhere.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Students at 'U" Reveal
Higher ABILITY

Higher Ability
The University Of Minnesota has
better students than it had four
years ago, and they are doing bet
ter work.
This, in brief is the gist of a re-
port made to President Coffman
as result of three tests that have
been applied to members of the
freshman and sophomore classes.
College ability test results indi-
Gated a marked increase in ability
among students in 1927 as COM
pared with those of the three pre-
ceeding years, showing that 81
percent of the freshman and soph-
omore students did as we'll or bet
ter, in the tests, than had the av-
-erage student of 1924.
This being true, President Coff-
man sought{to know whether stu
dents were performing better in ac-
cordance with their indicated
greater ability.
eff they were not" he said,
something would be wrong. It
would show either that students
were not working; that teaching
was below par, or that the marking
system had become inflexible."
Fortunately a study of student
accomplishments to match that of
student ability, showed that Mime
sofa students were doing better
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
A Walk With Thoreau

To take a walk with Thoreau, one
must rigid1y adhere to the manners
Of the woods. He could lead one
to the ripest berries, the hidden
nest, the rarest flowers, but no
plant life could be carelessly de-
-stroyed, no mother bird lose her
eggs. -. ..
First he would give curious
whistle and a woodchuck would ap-
pear-a different whistle and two
squirrels would run to him. A diff
ferent note, yet the birds would
fly, and even so shy a bird as
crow would alight on his shoulder.
The children must be mute and
very motionless till each pet was
fed from his pocket and had de-
parted. Thus the children were in
troduced to his family, as he called
them.-Mary Hosmer Brown. In
Memories of Concord"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15

The number of women students
dropped at the end Of the fall
quarter rose from "a per cent in
1924 to 3.3 per cent in 1925; sank
back to "a per cent in 1926 and
last fall decreased further to a flat
2 per cent.
Among the men an unchanged
percentage of So per cent were
dropped at the end of tn fall
quarters in the year 1924 and
1925. This fell to So per cent in
1926 and took a big drop to A
percent last fall.
eve are feeling happy, not only
over the improved ability of stu
dents at the University, but over
their improved performances"
President Coffman said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Cars Quickly Cleaned

After passing through most tun-
nels, trains are usually dirtier than
they were when they entered, but
exactly the reverse is true Of a pas
sage over one of the railroad lines
In France. After going through it,
says Popular Mechanics Magazine,
every car is brushed and vacuum
cleaned, saving the time and labor
required for scrubbing with hand
The tunnel is an arch
way which Is lined with brushes
and vacuum-cleaning attachments.
As the train Is pulled slowly along,
the polishing and cleaning appara-
tus functions automatically and, In
doing so, reaches almost every part
Of the exterior of the cars.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Ho1U Vanderbilt Earned
First Hundred Dollars

Cornelius Vanderbilt, later to be
the commodore, was a strong, big,
healthy boy who worked on the
farm and tended his fathers boat.
He was great lover of horses and
when he was six years old raced
bareback with other boys. He
played truant to go sailing and
swimming and gallivanting across
the countryside and sometimes he
talked of running away to sea.
On May l, 1910, he sought $500
from his mother, to buy himself a
harbor boat, piragua, and become
a boatman. She promised him the
money If he would pillow and plant
a certain rocky eight-acre field by
May ~, his sixteenth birthday. He
persuaded the neighborhood boys to
help him and on the morning Of his
birthday he got the 500. About
20 years later, he had increased
the 800 to $1OO,OOO,O00. - Meade
Minnigerrode, in Golfers Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Zion Lutheran Church

Z<toH
Not the church, nor mans f1ex-
ible conscience, nor his limited hui
man reason is to be form and
norm-guide and rule-of our
faith, but the word Of God alone
as revealed in Holy Scripture.
Sunday, March 10:
1000 A. M. service in English.
HOO A. I'M. Sunday School.
500 P. M. Wednesday, March
21. ~.
Fifth Lenten service.
500 P. M. Thursday, March Is.
Religious instruction for adults.
500 P. M. Friday, March 16,
Ladies' Guild at the home of Mrs.
VIM. Botz.
Y. P. s.. will meet next week
1000 A. M. Saturday, March II.
Religious instruction for chill
dren. w.
J. F. Schumacher, Pastor.
Excuse error of last week.
J. F. Schumacher, Pastor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
Agricultural Notes

Early spring is the time to get
ahead with hot weather clothing.
Stores are full of attractive cot
ton fabrics. Invest in a few dress
lengths and make them up at odd
moments so you will he prepared
when the first warm days arrive.
Jam or jelly tarts, sTnade Of left
over pie dough and leyt over pre-
serves, will solve the question
what to have for dessert, with very
little trouble. r Pie trimmings can
also be cut into cookie shapes,
brushed with egg-yolk, sugar and
cinnamon, and used for cookies.
Tomato juice from canned toma-
toes may be substituted for orange
juice when the latter cannot be
obtained. Children may be taught
to drink it exactly like orange
juice. For a between-meal lunch
in winter-time, tomato juice may
be heated, seasoned with a little
butter, salt and bay-leaf, and
served as warm drink with a
cracker. -
Lloyd S. Tenny, Chief of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
in the United States Department of
Agriculture finds, as a result of a
five year survey of Farmers Ele-
vator Companies, that too many
companies have no provision for
the retirement of the stock held by
inactive members or for placing
this stock in the hands of the
younger and more active patrons.
Lack of provision, he says, often
leaves the control of the associa-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
| Old Tower Built
of Butter Money

A modern health lesson is
drawn from the stone-laced tower
of the Rouen Cathedral, the French
town in which Joan of Arc was
n1artyred. 1t is called the "Tour
de Beurre," and was built from
contributions paid for the privil-
eye of eating butter during Lent.
All Rouen might have gone butter
less and there would have been
nothing to show for its abstinence,
but to the sacrifice of its purse was
raised one of the most beautiful
towers in the world.
Out of this tower and the story
of its building Miss Aubyn Chinn,
noted Chicago nutrition expert,
finds a lesson in health. She said
today:
"The peasants of France who
helped build this great tower of
butter in the twelfth century did
not know what we know today
about butter as a strong body
builder. We now realize that but
ter helps all strong body towers.
Every individual is building
his body tower every day. Every
meal we eat adds a new brick to
the structure. Of all the vitamins,
Vitamin A is the most important
factor in growth, scientists have
proven by continued experiments.
New tests are constantly adding to
the known value of this vitamin.
"Since butter contains more Wit
amin A in concentrated, palat-
able form than any other year.
round food, it is not surprising
that this beautiful French tower,
which has stood since the twelfth
century, should have been built be-
cause of the peoples wish wish to
continue the use of butter"
Miss Chinn also pointed to the
fact that one of the secrets of
French cooking was the expert use
of butter in such a way that it's
flavor is not injured by the high
heat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
First Congregational Church

First Congregationai Shurch
Services Sunday, March 18, as
follows:
Sunday school at 9:45.
Morning service at 10:45. The
pastor will preach on ''Christ's
Legacy of Peace" Fourth in Len
ten series.
Evening service at 1880. The
basis of the message at this SER
vice will be "What Can a Man Be-
lieve" by Bruce Barton. In this
book Mr.. Barton raises the fol-
lowing questions: "Should religion
be abolished?" els Christianity
best ?" elias the church done more
harm than good?" "Is there any
thing man can believer" These
questions will be dealt with in this
message.
Lenten service every Wednes-
day at 7:45. An hour of quiet and
in the midst of the busy
week. ..
Cecil S. Sparkes, Pastor.
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ton in the hands of men who are
no longer interested as much in
the service rendered as in the
amount of dividends to be paid. At
the same time younger men with
ability, who do have the right point
of view toward the farmers ele-
vators, are prevented from taking
an active part in the control of
their affairs.