Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 2

s SN ( " THE BEMIDJI-DAILY PIONEER i g = - % 3 . | she Wouid marry . yne, if_he ° The days had passed swiftly, and aun- { stll. wanted her—if he wonld agree tumn was far advanced.. Save for a | to help her people, After all, it wasn't few chrysinthemums and asters that | 80 much to give. What was one poor grew In places sheltered from the | little, unhappy human: life? frosts, the flowers were all gone; the It was late, that night, when Ellz- maples were shedding their leaves of | abeth Littleford went to sleep, And brown, crimson and gold. when at last she slept, she dreamed of Ben Littleford’s daughter haq ' walking through a fragrant green |8 5 changed much in many ways. She had ; meadow with Bill Dale. ‘There was | 8 3 ; Q¥ A tried_as hard ‘as ever mortal trjed to | the low humming of, wild bees about i 3 - learn the correct use of ‘words; and | the purple erowns of the ironweed and Mrs. Dale had been patient, pafi$gak- | the scariet bloom of the clover;;there .Ing and effictent In her teachings, [Not | was the mating call of the purtridge, fhat Elizabeth was educated, 1o any | and the lovelorn cao'ot'a doveillyt L . el kense of the yword. Far from. it. S %% . mprovement was, in all truth, emarkable.. She wore: mere-on stly gowns -now, and.a few els, thanks''to 'Mrs. ‘Dale,’ ‘and: (| 0PN J wheréver she ‘went ‘she attracted ad-| -'Thé community sing, which miring glances. . i be -held st the hall Friday: evening, Jimmy Fayne Deen ' coming to |was postponed “on account,of the see her when Mrs. Dale would per- (stormy night and will be held; Tues- —— | mit it, which was not very often, Jim- |48y ‘evening of this week. i 0. ) Fors mothér has | my Fayne, as Patricia McLaurin had | Merlin Reynolds gave a party to a g softencd tord her son and i promised.| once been moved to say, was a fan |RamPer of-his friends last Saturday TCHABTER XIV. to tell her any news i had conserning | geeing young 'man for all his weak- o ot Ti'lf-"uvcmng wayspont. n i, him. 1 sald all rite. . > e playing “whist” and dancing. A fine 3 3 . nesses; he had known in advance that | Junch was served and everyone enjoy- A _Letter and a Proposal, pat was gone down stares talking | the laurel bloom would change to.a |ed a fine time. [ The Moreland Coal company's two | over the telphone for & long time and | rose, and then to a ‘white hyacintb. Alfred Skooglund was confined -to big rough buildings were completed when she returned to me i was dressed ('Perhaps he even considered the fact [his bed for several days with a severe 10 record ‘time. There had been no | And ye went down stares together | that she would make a better wife for [¢old, but is reported some ‘better at forther minifestations of interference ' and the new dress diddent half to be ; him, and a better mother for his chil- present, 5 P from the Balls and Torreys, and Hen- | ftered. after dinner was over me and | dren, than some fragile and over-cul- .:\}111-5. E '?"5{ OFbm'"“ e quite il 18 Goraon Goff had been nowhere in evi.| DAt went to a &wing at the end of @ | tured woman of a patrician house that | Jaq AT Arack o aons "{u',‘.,'t,d' ,(‘,fff dence since the night of Bill Dale'’s vranda which bad a dim lite on it. | had about run out.- At any rate, Jim- fmnl: Pu[’msk;( &' Tecneg 10mE fronclad verbal ultimatum. Work on | Pat spoke allof a suddent and said | my Fayne, the ultra-spoiled, had de- | Mys. C. S. Krdahl is expected homs | the little railroad was progressing like | to me how would you like to go to | cided that he would marry her. the forepart of thiy week from St. '@ wildfire, and everybody was in high | live with Mrs, Dale bills mother. 1 During those weeks that had been |Anthony’s hospital, ‘(Contlnued in Next Issue) 8§ THE U. S.'SURPLUS ARP‘Y‘ GOODS STORE is tobs taken from Bemidji March 1, without:fail. 1"« v L3S e Al o4 Mr. L.'S. Rose, genteral manager of all the Army Stores, ’wa,s,jr} Be- midji. and decided to give this community a last chance to by U. S. Surplus Standard Army Merchandise at prices so low that they. will not be forgotten. = . : ; : His orders were to move the stock, regardless of price, and let . the people remzmber the closing of the Army & Navy Goods Store in Bemidji. OUR TIME iS SHOR17 IN‘ BEMIDJI Mr. Kaplan has our written notice that we will vacate March 1. After that date there will be no authorized Surplus Army Goods Store here. ; : : : We don’t want to move any merchandise back to our supply de- pot. Everything must be sold for what it will bring. . (Continued . from last issue) where she un- #pirits, remembered 1 haddent liked yore moth- | made happy by an occasional. hour at |derwent an operation for appendicitis | By Heck bad just arrived, with the | e¢ bill cause of what she sald about | the home of the Dales, Fayne had not about a month ago. | mah, Ho stalked with an air of grent | e and 1 got about half mad. dont | once mentioned marriage. Mo figureq, | Glen Grover and two associites B Toportanes nfo Dules ofice, and | You waut me to live hear with You | and wiscly cnough, that to be ton | W10 hAYE bOG Prospectng for gravel] threw the mail down on the new roll- | Pat 1 asked. . quick with his proposnl would be to qay at the home of Mrs. F. M. Gro-| top desk; tlien he stepped backward, | Of course pat sald. ide be glad to | Jose everything. Jver. ‘o BTy ! Aropped into a straight-back chair and | have you but Mrs. Dale wants JOU |y ;0. he meant to propose, for be| The second spelling contest _be- Begnn fo nurse hiy rifle tenderly on | (oo pat sald, her treatment of her | knew tlat Miss Littletord intended go; tween Cart Lake dind Northern, which necs. There was a puzzled 100K | yon \nic, is you bil has most broke | I8 home for a visit—and he knew thatF008 B FERET - ikehe aga bat whith on his-leathery face. Dale had re-| ).y pat said. pat said the only | When she went home she woyld .see 136 o be. postponed on accouat of | HOUSE PAINTS LEATHER GLOVES 500 - gallons of Guarantced M Horschide Leather Glove Gaun: House Faints, in Lgallon cans Witets, with, reinforced fingers; anteed for 5 years—selling out [l formerly scld at $1.75—selling § HEAVY DOUBLE ‘§ COTTON BLANKETS A splendid quality Blanket that femerly sold at $4.95; size «cefved half a dozen létters, and By Tarlyl N i iy d Y | hold Mrs. Dale has on her son is| Carlyle Dule. The truth was. of|}aq yoads 1s scheduled for Friday !B % X : sce HlecL was at u Joss to figure out the | gy you elizabeth and-she s a | course, that Miss Littleford was go-levening. Feb. 17. : 6678, double; delling aut price b i e _wtny of such an overwhelming amount | coq" 0o raniorsefle woman, then 1| g to Tennessee to attend the Oc-| Mrs. Frauk Déming is assisting Mrs. $1 98 1 49 of mail. got to thinking bill | mite be the cnuge | tober term’of court at Cartersville. |E. R, Moulton with séwing this weei. o $1.85 per gal. 49¢ ~ BRMY QVERCOATS B An all-wool Cvercoat that cost the Gevernrment arcund $14.00 Dale finished his figuring, leaned " va 0. L. M who has been working 37 . % of bringing peece between you and It was a Jittle after the middle of a . L. Munn, who has 1 ng back in his swivel chair and took UD | .0 harrents and so i told pat § would | bright afternoon. He found ber sit-|on the new. school house in Bemid- A leiter that seemed altogether 100 | o """ 0ig “ime glag sald pat but | ting on an iron scttee in a secluded ji, is spending a few days at his (bulky for a busimess letter. More- | o sorry to lose you but it is the best | corner of the lawn, where cape Jessa- home in- Northern. over, its address was In pencil, and |, 5 ? 5 i lilac buslfes gre der- 20 b crawled, th hi way and ‘we can see each other often | D nd lilac buslfes grew in order mewhat scrawled, though a chirog- She wore a light wrap, ahd JERSEY GLOVES A splendid Jersey Knit Glove. with a 4-inch wristlet. - These PUP TENTS B A splendid Tent for camping purpcces. Made of heavy Kha- & SHEVLIN ! 2 cant we deer. Ay a a raphy expert would have said that Fthere w: e = o P i 5 B 1 h Sloves e good for both work 5 well bill It wassent Jong until_a:bf lere was an casy-to-read hook in her A ki material. Hundreds of uscs{d each. Slightly used, but in per- 290C. . the bandwriling 'showed' strength' of i i g, hands; but she wasn't trying to read | Geo. L. Burfield spent Wednes-| fcan be made of them—selling [§ fect condition — sclling out and “’“‘“’B_l‘fal.l"‘for““‘ price ir : moter ecar called around at’ me and setting in the hind yore father hisself john k Dale. $3.95 ARMY BLANKETS - The real Goyernment Wool out price $1.98 day in Bagley. | The regular monthly Parent Teach- er meeting was held at the Shevlin charaeter. “I,wonder who it is,” Dale wnuitered, at the moment. he| He hared his head, greeted her $1.00 WOOL S0X Men’s heavy Wecol Sox, in as- sorted coldis, such as grey, blue “that mistakes us for a newspaper . o v awm leat 'offie and. is sending us copy?’ helped me into the car with him and | Pleasantly,” and asked permission.. to [0 o okiqateq school, Feb. 16. An in- “Jest what: I.. was a-thinkin'” drawled By Heck through his Niagara lic seeied glad to see me.. after we.l:sit down beside her. She looked UD |toresting program was given, after lhad' said good morning ‘and” so forth | him. He was fmmaculately dressed. | Ghich lunch was served.. he sald anxious like now, elizabeth “Of course,” -she granted -with.a | Mr.‘Galant, the-aged-father of Mrs. Dlease tell me all about bills trouble | smile that was very winsume. A. L. Gordon, has:.been ill the pastijg for patrisha mite have omited some- nt he is much im-| Tle stated’ his mission ‘brlefly, ‘for |week. - At presé i Y Grst 3w . Dale might appear at ahy min: | proved. A - I S'origina 1 ak i R B hic " don were. Dagloy.visitors Tinhrsce fovw dozen loft;. complete with f around 4 lbs and are in perfect it ! per pair—selling out price 25c EACH $2.50 per dozen pair ing him fine and i told him about you , 3 Mrs: 3 ¥ ate. a b and that lowdown black adam’ balp | WAITy me.” u-i;:htsu-%;i{rlg;pagt Wedriotday, from Leginning to end and when 1 told | ~She sat'gs still as.though she had | " Ray. Moore of Cass Lake will hold him_about the fite in the river he | not.herd. He went on hastily: services-in.the. Gongregational church grioned and ginned and sn‘d you al- “}'confess that I'my. a little ashamed every Tuesdag; \{@niug at S'()'i‘h ; ways was jam full of the fite stuff. of trying.to take you away from until further nbtiée.” Everybody i hell come out of it all rite the worst | 1¥1€ “-’“‘-‘-If'"' he was always i"‘l(i,“]‘l ‘5’3 “"!21"1‘" Vusiness cail of it is his havoing 10 stay in il untit | t0 me. . But 1 may ‘be;fo r 5. Be Burfieid ey g husiness ¢ tho. iel comes off sald yuujr fathor | that, T think, because Treare for you [er at Bomidji last Wodnesday. o i is Tu S. M:‘Desjarditis returned here Sat- at the nmest ferm of cote. weed bet- | R sreat deal. All is fair) e e T ok hearit \\'CLL‘H“‘t ot him ont on @ | In_ove: and urday, after-having spent several days ; . j jnand St. Paui. bond he satd haddent we elizabeth and | s, voice o B’\c‘.ifii'édé'fén;"‘fm is attending [ said yes. bill 1 found yore mother | hut it lacked « State. “Teachers college -at Bemi fndede n sad woman. there wassent | Lttleford closed ‘the book in’lier 1ap, lspent last week end with her pare much ahout her to remine me of the | and lifted lier clear brown eyes to IS | here. . ° * s i time when she called me a savaje -—'"L':}‘ fnle-. ¥ e il safl‘ifi'.fvmd“" was a Bemidji shopper |§ son. she & i olited you can “No,” she disagreed, “41l ain’t—Iis) V. X B B e P enmidont | f81F 10 love and war, fThags one o' | Ms. B W. Sehweck chtertained o help it when | jest half to cry i jest | the very silllest sayin's I've ever heard. g:m?s:wonfl:r'nog:ms a e | 1Lt to cry and hothing else don't help | AS for the other—I like you, Jimmy, | S1FREAN LB e™ oty imed home | 4 bit. Twcause she Kissed me bill, | DUE ROt'In the war you want me 0. byyysday from St. Paul where he at- | 1t's Bill Dale that I like—i thut Way, [yonded the auto show. i condition—selling ‘out price $2.98 .. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY Later on, when there will be no Avrmy Goods Store here, many peo- ple will realize that we have many, many things they can use AT A BIG SAVING! Don’t have any regrets—buy what you can - NOW! HORSE BLANKETS ¥ Brand new heavy Khaki Horse handle—selling out’ price m SAFETY RAZORS MACKINAWS A brand new Army Razor withll Our entire stock of Mackinaws, 8 blades, Army Kit and un-§ Overcoats, Raincoats, Moleskin well Dill yore father he wired the | : S | A athorties in cartersville and found out | Jimuy. A number of self-invited guests B Blankets, with leather straps. B3 PRe S5 TGS el Coate, otc, are going to be dis- that cale Morelund had conf ¥ayne looked disappointed. He was |spent Tuesday afternoon at the home Can be used as storm or stablefited rupply left—selling out posed of at -what they will bring. silent. . of Mrs. Emma Wileox. Mrs. Wlicox “Youre n good Loy, Jimmy?” she jwas presented a’ gas lamp by her went oh, “and I hate to make: you |friends. °: " feel the least bit bad. Tt-makes me— | 0. G. Liée of Bagley spent Sun- oh, Jimmy, it makes me blue.* T wish |day_here. : you hadn't asked, me. I'm sure you'll find some better ‘girl than me—than I fe.” & “ilere Is mo better girl than you, | Elizabeth. I'm going to ‘walt—and | hope.” i He took up ome of her hands and kissed it, rose and went towgrd the Blankets—selling out price price the shooting of black adam was free and it has set his mind at rest. but It diddent set my mind at rest for because | no the mountain hart. 1 know cale Moreland Is jJest takeing yore place in jail until the day of the trial for that is the way of the More- lands. pore cale is 4 good boy., i am 7 e doing fine hear bill but { often wish Qntn; Her u’&’sl"'l;kn:;?b' 1t%s Money, | could have old Doe River hear to sing . e to sleep like it used to. yore moth- Talls mustache. “Open her up, Bill; | er is teaching me how to read and rite mebbe It's money, by Jake!" and spell lke pat did and | am learn- Dale saw the' postmark then, and |.Ing fast. you can seesby this ‘letter s brows drew with Interest. It wad | | can rite an spell fine cant 1. the postmark ‘of his old home eify. well bill kind friend- jimmy fayne “From Babe,” he told himself—and | has jes sent yore mothers made up $2.95 each : 69¢ Give Us Your Offer! "ARMY LEATHER £ ARMY BREECHES JERKINS 1,000 pair of Army Hobnail, | The fastest seller wo have in the . : P Marching, Infantry Officers ; ; 1 A brand new Leather Vest that i Dvess and heavy Work Shoss to [l pore l-‘“;fi the ;"'"n you have § Formerly sold for $12.00; made [ be sold. Amy pair you desire— j bR looking for—selling out 8 of heavy leather, wool-lined— il St orite price * selling out price P $3.98 ~ ' $2‘25 GALAXY SWFATER § ROOFING—ROOFING R sl HUFFLERS it was, - hear to ask if he can sce e and | [ He opened 1t and read it. She had | will balf to go down stares and see i spelled most of her words correctly, | what he wants. 7 Made cf pure Angora wool and COATS Our entire stock of Roofing ku;:}-ll‘:); “all“:\({‘“lll‘::“j:lll:':)Ilt‘x\i:m\\f:‘sn::l m; st Babe very dressy; size 8 inches by 70l Extra heavy Rope Knit Sweat-l'must be disposed of at once at For a wonder, she had put It Wto | pyn p S inches. A limited supply left— [ c; with convertable collar and [l whatever pricen it/ will bring—[§ paragraphs: ale foliled li¢ bulky letter | sclling cut price side pockets-—to go at dealers. are asked to make an and put it slowly back into the envel- offer on the lot. - ope. Then his gaze wandered through e § 5L EXTRA SPECIAL With Every Sale Amounting to $1.00 or Over, We will Give Abso- i! lutely Free of Charge 1 Set of Automatic Storm Sash Openers Mr. bill Dale, You've done it your- rtersél a window and to where a golden- i e winged high-holer was hammering in- self—sometimes. ennessee. : dustriously at the top branch of n Over the pond with your iron, and to the | E§ green! A lucky strike ¥ for you. % LUCKY When wediscovered;the toasting Pproj ess s'as years ago, it was Lucky St dead tree. e smiled to himself, By Kind friend. . Heck and nearly all of the rest of yuLs,'.":éi'vy?flZQ‘li,hfl‘é",';:'i':},g’{'::‘r‘* the world for the moment forgotten, Welt hoping you the same. well bill "‘tt‘.;?,fi;;“;fi‘l,,’e‘;‘:“{f;;y Babesn i Bave some news to tell you about s o e e ¢ . what happened when 1 got back hear | Sawm hn\»,'lnm L Antghed thé Loghs ana- slate 1 got-back ‘and hear it 1s eared and watchful hillman- in the et the, fiest pegson 1 seen \\:Ilen \ );'ut sln'\lglu»hncl; chair behind him., g‘t’l,fl:mfll; “’;3 ;“::c,‘:‘;r;idls“r‘;“:k‘h: shorely to goodness aln’t nothin’ to'| ook i i 1l mipteR e in t‘u.mm; turn _all that red’ about! When |the iy 1A 2| night's goue jthe day_comes, don’t it? liome, [patrishh¢-yeu know. pat she |y, o1d hoy, it's the same thingt” “We take this opportunity to thank our many cusiomers for their . patronage duripg our stay in Bemidji—and to hope that we have ! been,of service to you. i % e Dugged me and Jimmy left rite away | " “uyoy get ‘out of here, By!” Dale, y D but saif he would: be back. i asked pat had she heard about yore trubble bIl and she answered no what. then 1 told her bout you and the lowdown black a@am ball bill and she said pore old bill he had such a high temper no- body could ever understand it but it cant be are you serious elizabeth. well 1 said yes i mean it. pat shook “lier head sorrowfle and sald tejl me all about it elizabeth-deer. ' when' | had told ler the hole story about .it we went up stares. pat went to a closet and got-n butifle dress my size. 1 ordered this the day before you left us pat said but it mite half to he al- tergd. wile you are dressing pat said 1 will speak. to Mrs, Dale over the stormed in mock ‘severity. ““Go “and help the - commissary ‘clerk »with: the new goods; eh?” Heck laughed nnother horselaugh, rose and wegt out. When he had gone, Dale began to think—of the ultra-spoiled, charming- after-a-fashion, wealthy, young, high- night devotee, Jimmy Fayne And he wondered, and wondered, what would come of Fayne’s quick liking for Babe Littleford: After he had viewed the matter from above and below and all sides dround, he frowned like a berserker, Here is what ene of Jimmy Fayoe's { quick liking for Babe Littlefomml— o, ; . . . - . ® | —and. she feaved wat she wmgl_d_n‘L—- “There ls No Better Girl Than You, Elizabeth. I'm Going to Wait, and Hope.” street. - Before he had gone a minute, | she rose, her face a little pale, stured after him. suvrely temptwl—mr! Fayne's money could bring her people out of their long night of ignorance! wWell, it she didn't marry Bill Dale ~torus. A inaedi 5 Why? Because rnow millions. of smokers pref;’r the special flavor of the Lucky Strike Cigareite -— because if’s Toasied™ . Y- which seals delicioks Burley And also because i's < ©/7 Qugrarteed ¥ "t Pa) % e e u(fi{d{fig | e . S. Surplus Army ~ (o0ds Store 126 MINNESOTA AVE. —— NEW KAPLAN BLDG.