Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 13, 1922, Page 2

- & ‘dealer in oysters, the—the excres- ‘I'told her that I would devote my life *“.«Yo& laF! You shewolf! I would kit you, but I promise you to the man Boyce. An’ now there come something that I tell you. In you there is not the Plood of Stepho la Vitte. But you nve: shall know your name. You she- wolt?” “He thrust himselt toward her, his fangs gleaming in his merciless mouth, but witliout flinching she now laughed in bjs face. {“Oh, you make me so thankful that T am not your child. You hang his father and would murder him! But he Will'be gone; and if ‘you kill me, it makes pb matter. And you think I 1 stay “here and let the man come to peized her, and Tony ran in to help. She fought with the dirk, but they wrenched:it from her hand, held her helplua dragged her into her room; and she lay for a time on the floor while' shie heard them fastening mr 1o her prison. It was now dark. She got ‘up, went to the window and found that heavy bars had been nailed lcros! it.* She lighted her lamp and ‘with a pencil began to write a note to Drgce, praying In her heart that she might find some way to send it to him. Little she slept and in the dawn she ‘was at-the window, the vines all of them gone. She heard footsteps near, and she tried to look out to discover ‘who it might be, but she could gaze neither to the right: nor the left, so closely was she mewed. She spoke, sefly, louder and then there drew the darkened form of a man, Batoche, an old: frog-hunter whom once before she had employed. +%T am here to borrow the mushkrat- -l forthe one day, for mine he was broke; but they are still asleep.” “Cnm. closer, good Batoche, and lis- ten to me. Take this note to Monsleur Drgce, -at’ General. Bethpage’s house— quick, with no one to see you, and-I will give you a diamond when you come back.” “Give me the note, an’ I be there soon.” . . She gave him the note, and he has- tened away. She stood at the door, 'wondering why she had not heard her father stirring about. Once she thought ‘she heard him call Tony. Af- | ter 'a long time Tony came, and she them together as they went out, 'J!heh all was silent. Slck 1n mlnd nnd body, Drace made | his way back to Bethpage. He'made | himself as presentable as possible be- | fore he entered the house; fortunately, too, the attention of Tycie and the General was at that moment centered on Colonel Josh, who had stopped off to pay them a call—and who showed astonishment when asked to walk out to. dinner, though he yielded with as- tonishing alacrity to the pressure of the General’s hand upon his arm. He was busy with a helping of late mus- tard rreens and hog’s jowl, when Tycie fnquired: “And how is dear Lucy?” “Madam,” sald Josh, “I am grieved to impart to you a distresstul piece of mews. She is soon to be married to & man named Spivan.” “Oh, I'm so sorry, Colonel Josh” “Madam, it is a calamity.” Luke Spivan!” “What's the matter with him?" the General inquired. “Isn’t broke, is he?” “General;, the man has money. But do;you know what his calling 1s? I shall enlighten you, sir. This fellow is cence of the sea, you might say. And not only ghat, but he deals in crawfish as’ well, back-crawltng crawfish; sir. T'offered hér my heart and my home. to: “her, aud from week to week she put me off. But when this fellow Spivan asked her, I understand she ac- cepted h!m at a jump, sir. And now 1 advise him to keep out of my way.” “Qyiters and crawfish, eh?” said the ‘General, winking at-Drace. “Those were my words, General— ot only oysters but crawfish. I would not have believed it if she had not as- sured me. with her ‘own lips, lips that wfll plen: pardon my nearness to Drofanity.” Tycle's sympathy. went out to old Joah, haloed him; and with: her eyes she begged the Generll to drop the) subject, but it was sweeter to him than; any 'sugar ‘ever grained in his mill. After dinner they were in the par 1or:when they saw a vagabond equip- age stop at the gate, an old carry-all drawn by a staggering horse, driven .by ‘a ragged negro. There was one passenger. in the habllaments of e searecrow, topped off with a yellow ecotton hat—enough to disguise any _man on earth save one, and this man wll the exception. ng““'hl—"ul tell you!" cried | e oust ILLUSTRATED ' 'BY the General. - “I knew it as well as I knew my name. Now look at him!“ They looked at him, went out into the hall to meet him, Tycie in con- venient tears. The visitor kissed her and shook hands with the men. “It is not necessary for me to as- sert that I hold no commission, civil or military,” said the vagrant. “8it down, sir,” commanded the Gen- eral. And then, surveying him slowly from head to foot: “Will you please state as to whether or not you reganl yourself a human being?” “General,” sald Tycle, “please don’t scold him, for I'm sure he must be hungry.” “My dear, I shall not scold hiro; but I don't see anything abouf him that calls for congratulations.” “Liberty,” - said Virgil, “tomorrow we'll go over and have the parish sur- veyor run you off a suit of clothes.” “My dear relatives, I thank you for these little attentions; and gs to your question, Uncle Howard, let me say, sir, that my claims as to being a hu- man are somewhat vague. One of the first things I discovered about myself was my unreality. When do we eat?" Tycie rah out and returned with a plece of frosted cake that looked like a comer broken off a marble mantle- plece.”, The General was laughing. "Well Liherty, we are always glad to see you, anyway. It is the unreal- ity, if 1 majso speak, that spices our lives; and when you come with your gllded worries, you enliven us. Where have you-been, anyhow?” “I've been wherever there is,” said Shottle, gesturing with . his cake. “First I.went to Mamphis, to the races, and gave -old. Skinny ‘Hughes two hundred for a sure card on the entrles. Lost ten thousand. Then I followed the- horses to Lex'lnnon,\ with my bank account leaking like™ g sprin- kling cart. But.why linger when noth- ing can be swifter than the approach of poverty? Finally I sold my clothes to a negro preacher.and invested my all in lottery: tickets. It seemed that I possessed myself of all the figures of | the multiplication table, didn’t see how I could possibly miss, but I did. It wasn't Inid.out.for me.to win again. He gets to a certain pinnacle of for- tune, slips. off, and spends the rest of his life struggling to get back. When do we eat?” Long after bedtime Shottle came to | Virgil's room, “Virgil, you know I've got to hit on ‘something of a permanent nature. So the question is, now that I've quit gambling, what am I going to do? If you'll not go to sleep, Tl tell you of a plan. Mark me: I have observed, along with thousands of others, that nothing digs deeper . after rainy-day money than a circus.and menagerfe. 1t is known that the poor man of the South, and especially the negro, will sell his cookstove to buy a circus ticket. Now comes my plan, and mind you, I strive te keep it from being too sudden. Attention! You buy a circus, and T'll go along as ring-master. That is the one thing I am really fitted for. You never saw me crick a whip, did you?” “Don't believe I ever did.” “All right, you've got something to look forward to. Yes, T'll be the ring-master, and “And bet an elephant on the turn of a card,” sald Virgil, “Ah, one of my own, perhaps, but not one entrusted to me. I am not an embezzler of elephants. I wouldn't bet a garter-snake on a sure thing. Beslides, I told you I'd quit gambling —that is, I'm quitting. It isn't wise to expose my constitution to the shock of a sudden change. . . . Well, good night.” (Continued in Next lssue) SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER Stunday Schoo Vil I LESSON FOR OCTOBER 15 G [ VT B ok nooimE ! REFERENCE MATERIAL—Matt. 11:2 .ot their ‘sincerity—the genulneness of | | 36 . are exemnpt, and it will aid you to bear Lesson '~ (By REV. p. B. FITZWATER, D. Teacher of English Bible in the umu Bible lustitute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1912, Western Newspaper Usien e ——— i fiABTLl‘L I-F-SJ)N TBKT—L\IKO 3:1-22. TEXT—Repent_ye, for the heaven iscat hand.—Matt, 3:2 i 19; Phil, 2:5-11. | PRIMARY TOPIC~What John Swid About Jesus. JUNIOR TOPIC—John “Preaching and Baptizing. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —A Fearless Reformer. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —~Repéntance: What It Is and What It I. The Degeneracy- of the Times (v, 1, 2). The Jews had sunk to a very low level of civil, moral and religlous life. Luke carefully enumerates the civil and religious rulers in order to show the profligacy of the times, and there- fore the need of a messenger to. call the people back to God and virtue. Herod, the son of the Great, was a murderer. Annas and Calaphas were corrupt. ecclesiastical rulers, 11, The Nature of John's Ministry (vv. 846). . In the wilderness. he underwent @ discipline which fitted him _for his task. Out of the wilderness he flashed forth preaching the baptism of re- pentence for the remission of sins (v. 8). This ministry is declared to be a fulfilment- of Isalah’s prophecy. ‘The message was described as one calling upon’ the nation to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. This prepara- tlon was presented under the figure of a monarch of the Fast about to make a journey. A servant was sent before to - prepare. the highway. = Valleys ; needed . to be filled, . mountains and hills needed to be lowered, crooked places needed to be made straight and rough places needed to be made ! smooth. ‘Today before the nations will { receive Christ the valleys need .to | be filled, with: righteous, deeds, the ex- | ceeding high mountains of sin and | Iniquity mneed to be brought low,. the crooked dealings of the bystness world must be straightened ' out, and -tHe rough ‘ways.of:nations and. individuals must:he 'smoothed -out.’ - Men-must- re- pent ' of * their . sins Mare they can receive; Christ.” ' 11 . The Content of Jahn’l Message (vv. 7-18). ‘1, :Denunciation of ‘Sin (vv..7, 8). He: called them “a_geperation -of. vi- pers” This shows that he charged tl n§ .Knowing - the -subtle~ hypoculy of these. Jews; he demanded evidence their. repentance: was . to be demon- strated’ by: their, works. 2! Announcement of Jndgment (v. 9). He declared that the axe was lald at the ‘oot of the tree and that the |/ tree not bringing forth fruit was to be hewn down and cast into the, fire. |/ John, made it very plain that'for their |/ eins ‘they should be called iato judg- |- ment. Paul's preaching of a Jjudg- meft to come made Felix tremble (Acts 24:25). 3. ‘Instructions -to the Inguirers (vv::10-14). (1) The people (v¥. 10, 11). ' Each man was to turn from his besetting sin and show love ana kind- ness, to his fellow men. Clothing and food were to be given those who had need. They were to turn from a life of ‘selfishness and greed and do unto others as they would be done by. (2) Publicans (vv. 12, 13). These tax- gatherers 'who were gnllty ot greed and oppression were ot asked to give [ up - their gccupation, bat to exact only that which was appointed by law. (3) The soldiars (v. 14). These were likely the policemen of that day—at least men on military duty. He told them to ‘extort money from no man, to ac- cuse nome falsely, and to be content, with their wages. To all these classes he made it clear that they should henceforth perform their duty from a’ motive' of love instead of selfish- ness and greed. 4, Twstimony to Jesus (vv. 15-18). 'fhe people were musing in thelir pearts’ as to whether John was indeed the Messiah. When John perceived this e with fine humility declared that his mission was so lowly in com- parisgn with Christ's that he would be unworthy to perform the menial act of ‘a/ slave in locsing the latchet of | His shoes. John bhaptized with water, but Christ, he declared, would baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire. IV. ‘John's Imprisonment (vv. 19, 20): Because of his zeproof iof Herod for his’ wicked, lewdness and other sins| ent 1 the dungeon. The preach- | er ‘ot righteotisnels “must” become n' mo! ityr ‘Giod’s - faithful:: prophets :te‘l ?lly despised by the world, even into, prison, burned, or beheaded. idieness. 4] lfllenguflu the .gate of all harms. An idle.jpan is like a house that hath 1o wails? ‘the devils may enter on ev- | ery’ side:—Chaucer. Lite's Ilis. i Think of the ills from which- you patiently those which mow you Lixy suffer.—Cecil To Learn to Pras. He that will '*2ia to pray, let him g0 to uel»—lhrbm A R Gl S SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER ,about - 40 straight line. with deceitfulness and . wicked- |- iRt Bo. ald ot nd. ‘ is Electricity and Bullets. At g rifle meeting in Switzerland it was dlh-ovcnzd that the steel-jacketed builets of th rksmen were swerved from their coursg by the influence of telegraph and telephone wvires running alongside the range, says the Washing- ton Star. Expériments were then made at. 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Huff- man in his own behalf aniount to be, paid_for series $20.00). oy C. A. HUFFMAN Successful Nominee for : REGISTER OF DEEDS My candidacy ~ for this office is based upon the theory that it is poor policy for any man to be given a life hold on a public office. The present incumbent has been- in the court house for twenty years and for three terms has held the office of Register of Deeds. In the sense of fairness and jus. tice the people are entitled to make a change at the election Nov. Tth. The 'present incumbent has been highly ‘honored by~ the voters in the past and should gracefully step down. I have been a resident of Beltrami county for fiftecen years, have built a home, raised my family and;con- ducted my self in a manner that the people will have no apologies to:make should they see fit to entrust me with the dnties of this = office. T stand ‘squarely upon my record as a citizen and my training for this par- ticular work. 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Amount paid for series $15). EDWARD PAULSON FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1st DISTRICT Respectfully solicits the support of the voters at:the general election, November 7th. His record .as a fair and ‘edicient. commissioner during the past term speaks for itself. _He has served the county well and 11 as votm general- s I,EpWABD PAULSON m PAID ADVERTISEMENT (Insexted by and for J. G. Morrison in. his own behalf. Amnunt paid for series $20.! 00) J. G MORRISON. JR. SUCCESSFUL NOMINEE FOR OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER From 3rd District 1 am a candidate ,for the above office and stand for good roads, good schools and farm development. An aim to reduce taxes throughout the county will be given my earnest consideration at all times. . If clected I will meet . with the township board in the district at least -once’a-year to discuss. with the people the problems. that become my duty to solve as their representative. Your 'support and vote will:bé ap- preciated election,d}y Noy. 17, 1922. J..G. MORRISON, JR. . POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Inserted. far,and’_by. [A. ‘D. Johnson . in his ‘own behalf. Amount ‘paid- for series $20.00). A. D, Juhnsun fillllNTY AUIJIT[IR Elgetien- November 7, 1922 ————e Happy the man without Irritabili- ties. . But he probably has no crea- tive imagination. With bees, the canning season lasts from May to October and ' the cans | SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER never explode. "EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1022 PAID ADVERTISEMENT {Inserted by and on behalf of Gra- ham M. Torrance; of Bemidji, Min- nesota. Amount paid for series $20.00). CRAHAM M, TORKANCE Candidate for County Attorney for Beltrami county, Minn. To the voters of Beltranii county: I wish to thank you for the con- fidence you have placed in me'in the past in selecting me as your County Attomey, and if re-elected I again prormse you the best measure of service of which I ap capable. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Inserted for and by Andrew. Johnson in his . own behalf. Amount to be paid for series $20.00.) ANDREW JOHNSON Re-elect him - sheriff . of Beltrami County at the election November 7th. He has been a conscientious of- ficial ‘and asks the support of the voters on his past record as their sheriff. 3 Your vote wx'l be, greltly apprecia- ted. - 7 Andrew, Johnson, = T Present Sheriff of Bel- trami County. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Inserted by W. T. Noonan _in- his own' behalf: Amount paid for series $20.00). Elect NOONAN TO THE LEGISLATURE He has lived in Beltrami County 14, years. He knows the measures that are needed for its development and will work to get them. General Elecgion Nov. 7, 1922 POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT-—Inscrted for and by, 0. 50 M. Skinvik in Hisown behlll Amount to be p X 0. for series §! JUDGE OF *’O M. SKINVIK ‘Candidate for the office of Beltrami County - ELECTION NOV. 7, 1922 PROBATE