Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO =~ \ ¢ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER “THE AMETHYST BOX” s By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN [ Author of the Millionaire Baby, The Filigree Ball, The House In The Mist, Etc. (Copyrighted by the Bobbs-Merrill Company) Chapter VII stairs' to his bidding. I found the lower hall partly light- ed, but none in the rooms. - Entering the library, I lit the gas as Sinclair hal requested. Then 1 tried the conservatory door. It was untocked. I slid quickly out and moved down the hall to where the light of the one burning jet failed to penetrate. “I will watch = from here,” thought I But before 1 had turned on my steps more than half a dozen times, the single but brilliant ray coming from Some half-open door in the rear caught my eye and 1 had the curios- ity to step vack and see if any onc was ‘sharing my watch. In doing so 1 came upon tie little spiral staircase which,earlier in the evening, St had heard creak under some un- known fooistep. Had this footstep been Dorothy's und ii so, what had brought her into this remote portion .of the house? Fear? Anguish? Re- smorse? Proceeding further, I stood amaz- ed at my own forgetfulness. The light which had attracted my atten- tion came from the room devoted to the display of Miss Murray’s wed- ding gitts. This I should have known instantly, having had a hand in their arrangement. But all my faculties were dulled that night, save such as responded to dread and horror. Be- fore going back I paused to look at the 'detective whose business it was to guaxd the room. He was sitting very quietly at his post, and if he saw me he did not look up. Strange that 1. had forgotten this man when keeping my own vigil above. I doubted if Sinclair had remembered him either. Yet he must have been unconsciously sharing our watch from start to finish; must even have heard the cry only a waking man could hear it. Should I ask him if this was so? No. Perhaps I had not the courage to hear kis answer. Shortly after my return into the main hall I heard steps on the grand staircase. Looking up, I saw the two girls descending, followed by Sin- clair. As they steppped within the rays of the solitary gas-jet already men- -tioned, I cast one quick look into Gilbertine’s face, then @ long one in-} to Dorothy’s. I could read neither. | While Gilbertine advanced bravely, | Dorothy’s steps lagged, and at the! point where she should have turned | into the library, she whirled sharply | about and made as if she would fly back up stairs. i) .“But-one stare from Gilbertine, one word from Sinclair, recalled her to herself and she passed in and the | door’ closed upon the three. I was left to prevent possible intrusion. According to Sinclait’s deseri the interview proceeded thus: As soon as the door had closed up- on :them, and before either of the girls had a chance to speak, he re-| marked to Gilbertine: “I have brought you here because I wish to express to you, in the pres- ence of your cousin, my sympathy for the bereavement which in an in. ! stant has robbed you both of a life- long guardian. I also wish to say in the light of this sad event, that I am | ready to postpone the ceremony which I hoped would unite our lives today. Your, wish shall be my wish, Gilbertine; though I would suggest Dorothy Tells Her Story to Sinclair iright to make plain to you. bent and thoughtful. tation. Advancing rapidly, he laid remarked: what I have to say. I wished to spare vou. But circumstances forbid. not die of apoplexy.” lips parted. stimetively to her hair. “Yes; you need not feel about for ing place when I laid you fainting on the bed. Here it is.” He drew it from his pocket and | showed it to her. She hardly glanced at it; her eyes were fixed in terror on his face and her lips scemed to be trying in vain to formulate some in- quiry. He tiied to be merciful. “I missed it many hours ago, front the shelf yonder where you all saw me place it. Had I known that you had taken it, I would have repeated to you how deadly were the contents, and how dangerous it wag to handle the vial or to let others handle it, much less to put it to the lips.” “Have you looked in that little box since you took it from my hair?” she asked. “Yes.” “Then you know it to be empty.’ For answer he pressed the spring, and the little lid flew open. “It is not empty now, you se Then more slowly and with infinite meaning, “But the little flask is.” “Where was the vial found,” she demanded. “In the bed with the old lady. I saw it there myself. Mr. Worthing- ton was with me. Nobody else knows anything about it. I wished to give you an opportunity to explain. I be- gin to think you can—but how, God only knows. The box was hidden in your hair from early evening. I saw vour hand continually fluttering to- ward it all the time we were dancing in the parlor.” She - did not.lose an iota of her ‘dignity or pride. “You are right,” she said. “I put it there as soon ag I took it,” she acknowledged as she saw the flush ise to his chee “I took it; but ‘object which bewitched me; I was hardly myself when I snatched ‘it from the shelf and thrust it into my hair.” He started at her in amazement, her confession and her attitude so conipletely contradicted each other. “But I had nothing to do with the 1,” she went on. And with this 'declaration her whole manner, even her voice changed. *“This I think it I sup- posed the vial to be in the box when I took it, but when I got to my room and had an opportunity to examine the deadly trinket, I'found it empty, !just as you found it when you took 'is in the sending of boys and girls {1t from my hair. Some one had taken ' to college'to study abstract subjects, the vial out before my hand had,when..in, future they will have to lever touched the box.” ‘earn their living by practical effort, (End apter VII and not in college which does but give to its customers the goods they lNDEPENDENTS CLAIM demand. There are plenty of insti- NGRTH DAKOTA HOUSES (Continued from page 1) | speaker, it is cxpected A. E. Vogel, { Coal Harbor, may be chosen. Tf{esc two with Gerdel Patterson of Donny- | brook will lead the league forces in living, it is pointed out,” for those who wish to put in their college in preparation for money mak- ing. OKLAHOMA MAY ACCEPT the past month was |Monday between trains. A birthday party wa IWarner Wednesd | LAKE JULIA SAN. Miss Nellie Ollum *of Nebish who hag been employed as waitress for 4 called jiMonday on account of her mother’s 3 ¢ ;i ess. tutions teaching the art of making a | Miss Elizabeth Skaggelberg, nurse was a Cnristmas shopper in Bemi Miss Agnes Severson of Nebish {has returned to the sanatorium to {help out during the Christnas rush. as given to Avis v evening in honor home THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1922 S ————— [} : o . Thornwell. Pieccs were spoken and [Mr. Arthur Molmo was burned on Christmas carols were sung. Miss |the hands in helping to extinguish Agnes Fagstad vendered several se-|the fire. lections on the piano. Mr. Wm. McClellan, sandtori m A slight accident oceurred during; engineer, spent Christmas day at his he distribution of presen Mr. b.'home in Pleasant Valley. Clarence D. Anderson of Buena Vista, who | McClellan relieved hig f: acted as Santa Claus, came in con- tact with a lighted candle in reach- ing under the tree for a package. The candle quickly ignited the cotton fur trimmings and the suit was soon in flames. The mask and coat \\'erel Mr. Ha torn {rd‘!‘)\ his face and bo(ly} acting ag night engineer |in_the ab- quickly g5 ippssible but not until helsence of Ira Cook, e was quifg (painfully scorched about ; gineer for the day. Mr. Ira Cook, night enginecr was called to his home six_miles we f Pupos K Sinclair gave | the house I said no miore but hastened down | her no further opportunity for hesi-| his hand quietly on hers, and quietly “I must ask you to stay and hear|gyj You know!" she echoed, tremb- | ling and pallid, her hand flying In-! governor pr with no worse motive than the dis-|; honest one of having for my own an || Senator Ployhar of Valley City may be speaker pro-tem in the sen- ate. It is expected that Senators | Ployhar, Steel, Porter, Bond and tad will be active in shaping the tive program for the Inde- egi Gilbertine; would that I could SI;’"@‘;pemlem‘. O League leaders in the senate will know and I know that your aunt did | ypdoubtedly be senators Levang, | Hamilton, Miklethun, Baker and Gar- She gave a violent start and l"""‘hr-m. { For the first time since 1916, the independents will have a lieutenant ding in the senate. | 1. H. Hiland, Devils ‘Lake who was elected to succeed Howard Wood, is the little box. T took it from its hid-|an independent. | There will be two women in the tlower house; M Nellie Dougherty {Minot independent and Mrs. Minnie i(‘,ruiz of Esmond, nonpart 'BUREAU FORMS MARKET | BRANCH TO AID FARMERS | | (Continued from page 1) wag Samuel Guard, cdirector of the | Department of Information. Salary litems were reduced in several in- ‘:-tanu-c. | The American F: |eration is well s | vear,” said Mr. Reed on his return Ifrom the meetinz. “I was pleased | with the manner in which O. ©. Brad- ‘fute. new piesident, took hold of the {work. Farmers may rest assured that the administration of the organ- tion will continue to have fore- ;most in mind welfare of the indiv jual produ Our new leaders, itrained in Farm Bureau work, will keep the movement as it is, the great- est farm organfzation.” ARE COLLEGE DEGREES ASSETS GR LIABILITIES? (Continued irom page 1) a week. Applicants with a business or technical training and those will- ing to accept laboring or domestic sitions were quickly placed. Educators who discuss the report kay that the fault is not with the col- leges or the degrees, but the man. ¢ contend that a college degrec is an indication of its posse v hav- ing spent certain amount of time, certain number of tic eredits by acquiring a cer- tain amount of knowledge, but not arily knowledge desired by houses in employing clerks. suggested by one authority bookkeeper, rm Bureau Fed- ted on its fifth It was that the most expert typist, and stenographer in the world would not be worth five dollars a week as a doctor, a lawyer, a chemist or an engineer. “Why, then,” he continued, “blame the colleges which prepare a man, at his own request, for academic and philosophical pur- Suits, because his knowledge is not that desired by those who would em- ploy bookkeepers and stenographers? / The fault contend the educators, NEW BONUS PROPOS (Continued from page 1) the bonus measure showed a major- ity of state voters to be in iavor of a compensation measure, but was not large enough to be a majority of all votes cast, as required. The new mbdsure, now being drafted, will be more favorable than the one voted on, as it will require a smaller state appropriation and ex- penditure, administration leaders said. The last measure provided pay- ment of $50 per month’s war service ers enlisting from Oklahoma, ould have required $50,000,- he ncw measure will call for a state expenditure of $30,000,000, it was said. CONFESSES TO KILLING WIFE AND BURNING HOME (Continued trom page 11 ing the fire and when an investi- gation was begun, Hamblin disap- peared. In the alleged confession made public today by Sheriff Carver Hamblin said his wife became in- disposed on Ogctober 8th or 9th and askeq for medicine. He said he knowingly fixed what he knew was a deadly poison with a potion he gave her. He is alleged to hav\e said he did so knowingly “with the pur- pose and intent of causing the deatn of my wife, Lula Hamblin.” Pressure on Lungs Caused by Gas Often a dull feeling in chest is causeq by gas from undigested food pressing upwards towards the lungs. Sometimes gas presses on the heart and is mistaken for ‘heart trouble. Simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mix dein Adlerika expels gas and stops pressure almost in- stantly in many cases. Removes surprising matter from both upper. and lower bowel which formed gas and poisoneq stomach. Adlerika is excellent to guard against apendi- citis. City Drug Store. Dort neglect it Stop that coagh now with this simple treatment that heads oft the development of serious ail- ments. It soothes inflamed, ten- der tissuee, loosens hard-packed phisgm and breaks the cold. Now—stop that cough in time —ask your draggist for GS bstoveny ~a syrup for coughs & colds | \ DOINGS OF THE DUFFS - THIS MAIL IS READY FOR You TOo that possibly you never more needed the sympathy and protection which | only a huzband can give than you do | today.” | “What do you s: he asked carnest “Nothing. I have not thought—it is a question for others to decide— | others who know what is right bet- ter than I. [ appreciate your con- sideration,” she suddenly burst out— “and should be glad to tell you at this moment what to expect; but— give me a little time—Ilet me see you later—in the morning, Mr. Sinclair, | after we are all somewhat rested, and when I can sce you quite alone.” | Dorothy rose. | “Shall 1 go?” she asked. i Sinclair with quiet protest, touch- ed her on the shoulder. Quietly she sank back into her seat. “I want to a half-dozen words to you, Miss Camerden. will pardon us; it is about matters which must be settled tonight. M Armstrong has instructed me‘to ques tion you, as the one best:acquainted v, Gilbertine?” ‘i with Mrs. Lansing’s affairs and gen- eral tastes. We will not trouble Gil- bertine. She has her own decisions to reach. Dear, will you let me make you comfortable in the con- servatory while I talk for five min. uteg with Dorothy?” He said she met this question with :a:logk so blank and uncomprehend- ing thst he just lifted her and car- ried her in among the palms. “I must speak to Doroth; " he pleaded, placing her in a chair. | Then he crossed back to the libra- | ry and shut the conservatory door -behind him. + When Sinclair recntered the libra- rv, he found Dorothy standing with ‘ "hér hand on the knob of the door Gilbertine | SIGN,MR. DUFF - o Somehng to Think About JUST THRow IT ON THE ‘Jeading into the hall. Her head was 1euess fwero R) ,BETTER LOOK THIS | # OVER AND,SEE L JHoW:WE({sTAND! , By Allman 'of her cleventh birthday. The time was pleasantly spent playing games. Mrs. L. M. Gacrison of Northome left Thur:day for her home to spend’ the holidays. Miss Dolly Barth of Bemidji ar- rived at the sanatorium Thursday to take over the duties of second cook. for the Twin Cities Taursday to spend the holidays with friends and ! Miss Eleanor Henry, nurse, left! relatives. a number of the sanatorium ployees were invited. Miss Francis Gay of Puposky was employed Wednesday as waitress. Mrs. Olaf Bovold and Peter Bo- vold of Big Falls were Thursday ors with Olof Bovold who is re- ceiving treatment at the sanaforium. Mrs. Bovold stayed over Christmas. Miss Esther Tofte of Baudette who has been employed in the sana- ‘tarium laundry since last August left for her ‘home Thursday ta spend the holidays. Miss Agnes Fagstad of . Grand Forks is spending Christmas with her sister Dagne, who is a patient t the sanatorium. 2 Mr. Jesse R. Velosky of. -Bémidji is visiting with Mrs. Velosky over ‘Christmas. Mrs. Velosky has been receiving treatment for the past two months. Misses Ella and Freda Larson ef Baudette who have been employed as second cook and laundress for the past several months. received a tele- gram Monday evening adv'sing that I'heir father was very ill. They im- mediately left for home. Word has | since been received that Mr. Larson passed away Friday. Dr. Laney and A. L. Warner -of Puposky spent Saturday morning in the woods selecting trees for the h celebr: A separate em- 3 eve by the children of the sanator- ium under the direction of Miss Ethel “The Interest you is what counts. A neighborhood sleigh ride party. ‘was given last Sunday mght to winca | the face and neck tho not_serious. SUBSCR IBE FOR_THE PIONEER SOME MEN CALL IT LUCK! The success that brings with it influence, power, friends and money. But those who have sucezeded you that it’s nothing but efficiency and hard work. Let'us give you the ; Business Training that will m. will tell ake yu ef- | ficient: and youw’ll find suecess easily with- in your grasp! Day and Night Ciasses. School Opens January 8. BEMIDJI BUSINESS COLLEGE Keep Painted Woodwork C Clean wooden floors, linoleum, tile, marble, concrete, with SAPOLIO Troppman Block e A A e o tree was set up in the west ward for % i the bed patients who were unable to jleaning casy) assemble in the reception. Large cake Veteran patients were kindly re- membered by the American Legion No waste Auxiliary of Bemidji. Some very Sole Manafacturers nice presents were aistributed. Euech Horgan’s Soas Co. A program was given Christmas New York, U.S. A, Makes all house- WORTH A MILLION! But how much money will he really have in the bank at 21?7 'CALL AND GET ONE OF OUR SAVING BANKS NOW— \ $1.00 STARTS AN ACCOUNT All debosits made on or before the 10th of January draw interest from the 1st. First National Bank THE MILLION DOLLAR BANK i) LEAN e T T e e e e e e e e e e =