Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 2

HAPPY SOLUTION By FREDERICK CLARK. h'llen Martin trudged along the wn- tamillar village street, her rusty leath- #r bag in her hand, and her dim eyes jeering anxiously benéath her bands of smooth white halr. " *Phe conductor, as she left the train, bag directed her up this same street. "4plie Old Folks' Home, at the top of the hill,” he said, “maybe some one will give you a lift.” But Ellen did not care for the “lift;” she was glad to be able to see thg place, walking slowly along, which was to bé her home. Her wrinkled cheeks grew softly pink with excitement; the trip and its outcome had been a plan of sacrificing years. In her loneliness and continual homeliness, she had saved resolutely, putting aside every penny that could be spared for the assurance of this baven at the last. One thousand dol- lars was the price exacted for resi- dence in the Culper’s Old Folks’ Home; and Ellen had, carefully- folded In a tin box in her leather bag, the thou- sand dollars. Culper’s Home was a fine one, she thought gratefully of the pleasant room that would be hers, and the free- dom forever from tomorrow's care. Yet her lip trembled in an old, wistful longing. Always, had slie desired above all things, a home of her very own. Ellen from her youngest days, had néver known a real home. There had been the orphanage at first, and then through the kindness of {nterested ones, a course of boarding school and coliege. Later, Ellen had faught in the schools until her health failed, and old age found her making herself use- ful as she could, from home to home. But through 1t all, the $1,000 had been persistently hoarded. “This great “Home,” would be a com- fort, of course, she could see now its plllars gleaming afar, but—yearningly, the little old woman halted before a Beat cottage door. It was the rose vine about the white porch which first sttracted her admiration, then, the well-kept garden stretching back past the side of the cottage. Ellen's heart fluttered like the white muslin curtaln in the window ; such had been her own . breath. Tablets. will certainly do so when your breath is bad. There is no excuse for anyone havingfl a bad It is caused by disorders of the stomach which can be corrected by taking Chamberlain’s Many have been permanently cured of stomach troubles by the use of these tablets after years of suffering. Price 2§ cents per bottle. wision of home. And as she lingered, ‘a second little old lady came through the open door ‘and seated herself in a wide-armed chair on the porch. “Were you looking for some one?” | she asked of Ellen, and smlled. Ellen shook her head. “It was your roses that attracted me,” she answered. Her tone was plaintive—“I was on my way*to the Old Folks’ Home.” “To live?’ questioned the second old lady compassionately. “Better set down an’ rest a bit,” she advised, Gladly Ellen accepted a chair on the porch. - “Yes, to live,” she replied, “though I haven’t put in an application or any- thing like that. Thought I’d just‘come right along. The last place whére I've been stopping wasn't very pleasant. Nothing like your own home, is there? You must be very comfortable here.” Sudden tears rolled down the other woman'’s face. “We all have our troubles,” she said gently, “an’ mine is, that after all these year§ I've got to leave my home. I've done the best I could since my hus- band died, but I can’t carry it on no longer. There’s a mortgage, you see; we took it on when he was sick, an'— I can't make the payments—so the man who has it Is goin’ to foreclose. If 'twan’t fer the payments I could get along real well. My garden a’most keeps me, an’ now an’ then there's people who—comes through town an’ who'd rather sleep in my chintz room than in the poor hotel. They pay mé well, too, just for the privilege. May- be,” she suggested, “you’d like to see my chintz room. I fixed it up real tasty after Abner dled.” “I would like to see it,” Ellen an- swered eagerly. “I should think they would like to stop here,” she gald. “Why—this room 1s just like what I dreamed a home room should be, the restfulness—even that rose peeping in through the win- dow—" . “Tgke off your bonret,” the other woman impulsively invited; “I'm goin’ to get you some tea.” When Ellen was alone she touched with caressing fingers the pink dra- peries, the sun shining down behind’ the hills flooded the room with golden 1ght. “If I could only stay here always with her,” murmured Ellen. And when she faced her hostess acress a white spread table, the light —— HAT IT GOSTS Phone 100 One experiment sta- tion has figured it out TOFEED HOG LIGE very found that it costs le per pound, more to produce pork from louse-infested hogs than from hogs that are kept free from lice. If your hogs have lice you can easily figure about what those lice are going to cost you and it’s a safe bet that a Concrete Dipping Tank for getting rid of them will cost you less than to keep on feeding them. Your hogs will fatten quicker and can withstand disease more readily if they are kept free from lice, so a tank is a good in- vestment for you, whether it reduces your fattening costs 1c per pound or not. We have plans here for making the tanks and have all the material and can help you figure the size you need and the correct quantity of material to build it. St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Co. carefully and Bemidji, Minn. of purpose shon€é In hé# Caded eyes. “I've ,been thinking—hard,” she said, “and I've a proposition to make to you, Mrs.—why I don’t eéven know your name. Mine is Ellen Martin." “Mine is Sarah Holden,” the other answered. “Well, Sarah,” Ellen wefit on calmly, “there’s no renson why you and I can't both have the home we want, if yon are agreeable. My thousand dollars would pay the Interest on your place. an’ the taxes, too, probably, as long as we both shall live; and there's lots of little extra things we could do to et along. Belng nboit 8o much with folks, I've learned to keep agreeable, an’ so—" With tears streaming down her happy face, Surah Holden clasped the other's hand. “Oh, Ellen, dear!” she said, “you go right up to the chintz room now, an’ make yourself to home.” Copyright, 191, Western N per Union) May Be Big-Gold Field. That free gold of untold quantities would be found In the' gravel of the channel where once flowed the Rogue river has been the belief of Oregon miners for more than half a century. And so it happened that the owner of the old Waldo mine near Grant's Pass the other day made the ‘greatest strike ever made in this section when he turned gravel for the first time. His holdings consist of 4,200 acres and it is” believed that almost every foot of them lie over thé old river bed and that nearly all of it is rich in pay dirt. ) Danced to Death: ° It was a Polish wedding and there were quite a number of guests. Lach one that danced with the bride was to pay $1. They had been dancing und celebrating all evening and it was early the next morning .when the bride had danced . about forty-five times, therefore making about $45. She was determined she would make $50 be- fore she quit and had almost succeed- ed when she fell to the floor dead. v Bap FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1919 MALEKULANS NOT ALL - BAD Pugnacious South Pacific Islanders Scrupulously Honest, Though Careless of Human Life. The sending of a small naval force to Malekula island, in the New Heb- rides, Tor the protection of planters against the natives brings some incl- dental Information about a pecullar people with the undesirable fame .of belng the most bellicose Inhabitants of uny island in the South Pacific. Malekula island has long been under the joint control of France and Eng- land, and at intervals some display of force has been necessary to make the islanders respect the local repre- sentatives of a more advanced civil-| 1zation. Despite their reputation for pugnacity, however, there is much, de- clares a recent writer, to be sald for] the Malekulans. For one thing, they Are Essential to Good Health If everyone realized the importance of caring for the teeth, there would be less sickness and pain. Don’t allow the poison- ous gases from your de- cayed teeth to impair your . health, ER. lEX‘MlHATDMM’- EXTRAOCTING 50¢c YOU SAVE PRACTICALLY 504 QEN, are remarkably honest; the traveler & < e T who - goes among them knows that E however he may fare as regards per- i sonul safety, he isin no danger what- ever of losing his personal property. All Work Guara“teed e And if he is careful not to irritate his hgsts, he is likely to come away with a plensant memory of the pative lage community, its discussions community affairs in a kind of village forum, its dances, and its children’s | playground under the banyan tree. He learns also that many of the vil- lages have a social club for men and ] that the islander, who is also a cruck i marksman with bow and arrow, tiakes great satisfaction in belonging to it. 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