T-?IE ALLIANCE HERALD. FRIDAY. APRIL 29. 1921
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'i J.C. Stead
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kitchener, and other poems
Irene hnd Kcnrehcd London for two
Ireek. The confidence of her earlier
tnqulrlc hnd diminished with each tic-
f jTiTrtTjil VTftiTTow, she" nw Ills 'arms
nlowly extend; they roup, wide nnd
utrong, and extended toward her.
I There was a quirk tep. and they met
Tslv Mind trail, which, promising at ; u,oxlx iVTt Bt)a the world swooned and
finrt, lel her Into a inure of confusion
nd disappointment. Her little atore
Of money wan fast dwindling awny ; Mie
looked Into the fare of every man In
Uniform with a pathetic earnestneM
that more than once caused her to be
tnlsunderMood.
The orgnnlrnton of (he military
ervlre romniunded les enthusiasm
than she felt a tnon;h hefore. She miw
It Kfruggllng with the nppiirently Im
jKiwIMe; It was n though he, In her
Uttli? Ktudlo, Inn liren nuddcnly railed
Upon to pnlnt nil the portraits In the
world. ... In Rome ijcgrce she un
derstood the dilHctiltlcs ; In equal le
frvv the k riipu: with those who
erv utrlvlng to overcome tin-in, nnd
he ht::ig on from day lo day In her
caroli with n digged determination
which Ki t It (colli n gainst admitting
that the search was hopeless.
At Inst one gront fenr hnd aettled
on her heart. Suppose I hive should
not enlist under his rtlit name? In
' such a ense her chance of finding him
was the mere freak of neeldental meet
1ng; a chance nut to he hanked upon
In a country already pwnriiilng with
Its citizen soldiery. . . . And jet
there una nothing to do hut keep mi.
She had sought n pnrk bench where
(roups of soldiers were eonllnuully
moving hy. The lights shone on their
faces, ami her own tired eyes followed
them Incessantly. Always her ear
was alert for n voire that should set
her heart u pounding, and more than
once she had thought she heard that
voice; nmre than a score of times she
had thought she had seen that figure
With 'Its stride of self-reliance, with
fctrenglh bulging In every muscle. And
always It had been to learn that she
hod been mistaken ; always It had been
to feel the heart sink Just a little
. lower than before. And tlll she kept
. There wus nothing to do but keep
uften she wondered how he would
receive her. That cold look which
had froren his features when she
eelred the revolver In his hand, would
It (Still alt there, too distant and de
tached to be even scornful? Would
E!e1iave It to break down? She could
Jiot Vno'w ; she could only hope nnd
iraIHd" grS.Tiil2A?Jr'
. As he turned her eyes to follow a
.lfTOup of men In uniform she became
wtre of a soldier sitting ulone in the
Shadow a short distance away. Sonic:
quality about him caught her atten
tion; his face was not discernible, and
his figure was too much In the shadow
to more than snggost Its outline, but
, the found herself regarding him with
an IntentiRss that set her pulses rac
ing. Should she dare risk It again?
And yet there was something. . . .
She had n sudden plan. She would
tnake no Inquiry, no upology; she
would walk near by and call him by
name. If that name meant nothing to
him lie would not even notice her pres
ence, but If It should be
"Dave," she said.
He turned quickly In his sent ; the
light fell on her face and he saw her;
he was on his feet and bad tuk n a
Step toward her. Then he stopped, and
am m
went by. . . .
"I can explain everything," she paid,
jhen she could talk.
"You need explain nothing," he re
turned. "I have lived the torments of
the damned. Kdlth Duncan was right ;
she said If It were real love It would
never give up. 'Kndureth all things,'
she Bald. 'All things,' she aald. . . .
There Is no limit."
"liut 1 must tell you, dear," she snld,
"so that you may understand." And
then she patched together the story,
from what 'she knew ami from what
Kdlth Duncan bad told her, and Dave
filled In what neither had known, In
cluding the Incident earlier on that
fateful evening. She could see his
Jaws harden jis they pieced the plot
together and she knew what be was
thinking.
"Your country needs you mure," she
whispered. "It Is belter that way. And
what a man you lire In uniform! 1
think I sve you smashing beads Instead
of bottles. Six out of six, Dave! It's
awful, but you must do It. Already we
know what has happened In itelgiuin.
You will forget your own wrongs in
the greater wrongs of others. .
And I shall Join the service us a nurse.
My father was n doctor, and I can
soon pick it up."
She chatted on, but be had become
suddenly grave. "I ilon'j think that Is
your course, Irene," he said. "This Is
going to be a bigger Job than It looked.
The government will get soldiers and
nurses; the popular Imagination turns
to such things. Hut It will be neither
soldiers nor nurses that will win the
war. I feel sure of that now. Millions
of men will be taken from production
and turned to purposes of destruction.
They will be taken from otllces, where
they need little food, ami put In the
trenches, where they need much food.
Countries will be devastated; armies
will retreat, destroying all food as they
go. Ships will go down with" curj5e?
o wiient; incendiary nres wiy, swallow
warehouses of food. I believe my
place Is In the trenches; but those less
lit for the light than I must. In some
form or otlyr, produce food. That In
cludes the women; It Includes you."
"Ve Jluj What CMtl 1 ilo'
"Since I lcfT 1io?iie I'Te thought 8
good deal of the old ranch. I de
spised It in those prosperous days
those days we thought were prosperous
hut the prosperity Is gone and the
ranch remains, It still l.es out there.
Just us it did when you and your father
motored down that afternoon ii dozen
years ago. I think you'll have to go
back there, Kecule. I think you'll
have to U.ko the boy Charlie, and what
other help you can get, and go back to
the old ranch and raise something for
the soldiers to eat. You can do It.
There are good men to be had ; men
who can't very well carry a rifle, but
can drive - a plow. And believe me,
Ileeuie, It's the plow that's going to
win. Cio back und put them at it.
Think of every furrow as another
trench In the defenses which shall save
your home from the fate of Helglum's
homes. It's not as easy as going to
the front ; It hasn't got the heroic ling
to It, and I suppose there nre ninny
who will commercltillxe it. Let them.
We shnll need their profits after the
war to pay our debts. Hut It's the
thing that must be done. And you'll
do it wnnvo'iy',, .iriir'rryrT-
dj whatever needs to be done,
I'd rjiicr te W'ytTuTT.TJ?, TP
as nenT 115 may be, but If you say that
my duty lies back on the old ranch 1
shall go back to the old ranch and
raise food for my soldier. And when
It's till over we shall ride those old
hillsides again. . . . Up the canyon,
you remember, Dave? The little niche
In the .wall of the canyon, und till the
silence und tin: sunlight? . . . lor-
evcr. . . ."
(U. S. Bjrcau of Maikets)
Hay.
Market slow and drnggy. f ncreared
lece pts at Ch.cajro and Cincinnati.
I'riceii lower evropt for No. 1 Timothy
which hold fairly steady. New York
and Minneapolis markets firm due to
litfht receipts. County loadinir light.
No. 1 timothy mioted New loik at
$31.50; Philadelphia. 23..r.0; Chicago.
?22; Minneapolis, $20; Atlanta, 3.
No. 1 ajfalta: Chicago, fZ.s; Kansas
Citv $22.25: Atlanta $33. No. 1 prairie
Chicago, $18; Minneapolis $17, Kan
sas City, $15.
Feed.
Wheat mill feed markit slightly
stronger. Offerings light. Inquiry is
better. Prices firm to $1 advance.
Cottonseed meal steady, prices firm.
Linseed meal weak. Offerimrs hominy
feed light, demand slignlly unproved.
Deman for gluten feed light, price de
clined $2.50 per ton. Linseed meal is
quoted at $32.50 at Chicago; S30.f-0 ot
Minneapolis; cottonseed meal M( at
Atlanta; sprinjr wheat bran $11 Bt
Minneapolis, $20 at Chicago, ?25 at
Philadelphia. Hominy I'eed: 523 at
Chicago; alfalfa meal, 1S at Kansas
City and ?22 at Chicago.
Fruits and VcgiHblcs.
Kound while potatoes nearly ttc&riy
at nolhern shipping points 7")c-'.0c per
100 pounds sacked. Chicago cailot
market up five cenf.s at ,..")C-$1. ).".
Florida No. 1 Spauldir.i? Kose up 50c
per double head barrel in Chicago
wholesale market, ronchin;; ?7.75-$S;
New York undiagod al $7.2"-'.;"().
Prices firm at shipping points at $5.)0
$5.75; market active. Texas sacked
Bliss Tn'uinps down ?l-?t.;0 per M0
pounds Kansas City at $5-So.oO; fit.
Louis $5-$.".50.
Live Stock and Meats
The trend of Chicago live stock
prices was downward th(e past week.
Hogs broke 20-Wc per 100 pounds, j
Ileef steers, butcher cows and heifers'
down 25-5()c; veal calves up 25c-$l;
fat and feeding lambs steady to dOc
higher. Yearlings and fat ewes un
changed. April 27th Chicago price?;!
hogs, bulk of sales $7.!t.-!jS..-;(); me
dium and good beef steers $7.25-$8.40;
butcher cows and heifers $4.75-$8.75;
feeder steers $(i..r,0 $K; light and me
dium weight veal calves $7.50-$!).7o;
fat lambs $!)-$! 1.25; feeding lambs
$7-S.5); yearlings $8-!.o(); fat ewes
$5.5047.25.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
11 important maikets during the
week ending April 22 were: cattle and
calves 37,716; hogs G.479; sheep ?3,
3)0. Veal, lamb and mutton prices In
eastern wholesale fresh maikets d-
'vanceT. Veal and mutton up $1;
lamb $l-$3 per 100 pounds; beef prac-.
tically steady; pork loins steady to $1 1
lower. April 27 prices good grade'
meats; beef $17-$17.50; veal $18-$20;
lamb $20-?23; mutton $15-17; light I
pork loins $25-?28; heavy Io.ns $li-
Grain
With good export demand, light
country ofl'crings and freezing weuth-;
er damage reports, prices worked
higher until the 25th when sentiment
turned bearish and a sharp decline ie
sulted. Kxport demand lacking;
Germany and Italy out of market un
til Mav. Irade seems to be giving
considerable attention political devel
opments abroad. Lxport demand
coin slow. In Chicago cash market
No. 2 red winter wheat $1.35; No. 2
hard $1.38; No. 3 mixed corn 5Sc;
NO. 3 yellow corn 5l)c; No. 3 white
oats 37c. Net price changes of fu
tures for week only fractional; Chi
cago May wheat closed $1.25 5-8;
Chicago May corn 59 1-8; Minneapo
lis May wheat $1.18 1-4; Kansas City
May wheat $1.17 1-4; Winnipeg May
wheat $1.55 5-8. Minneapolis flour
demand improved.
Dairy Products
The spring slump as struck the
butter markets and prices declined
sharply the past week. Eastern mar
kets average eight cents lower than a
week ago; Chicago 10c. Closing
prices f2 score; New York 38; Chi
cago 35 1-2 -36; Philadelphia 39;
Boston 39 1-2. Markets weak and un
settled at, clp e, -
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"Because I Love You, and Would Fol
low You Anywhere."
the saw his features harden as they
had on that dreadful oei-a.sioii which
t.w st' ;. u'i iso Iodk at-'o.
"WVif he nald. Ills vohv was me
chanical, hut in It was Homethlnj.'
which pilekend her hope; something
which u'e.ted that he was making It
liichantcal w"iso he ! '
it express the human emotion which
was struggling for utterance.
"Let me talk to you, Dave," the
pleaded. 'I have followed you around
the world for this. Let me talk. I
Can explain everything."
He stood i till so long that she won
dered if he never would speak. She
dared not reach her hands to him;
fhe could only stand and wait.
"Irene," he said, "why did you fol
low me here!''
"There is only one answer, Pve.
Because I love you and would follow
you anywhere. No one can stop m
doing that; no one, Dave except you."
And ayain he stood, and she knew
that he was turning over in his mind
thin irs weightier than life and death.
and that when he spoke again his t
course would be set. Then, in the
CHAPTER XV. i
Any philosophy which accent h the
principle that the t;reiit. overshadow
ing events of life tire subject to an In
telligent eontrolling iullueuce must of
necessity grunt that the same principle
applies to the most commonplace und
every-day experiences. The course of
the greatest stream of events may
well be deflected !y Incidents so com
monplace us to quite escape the notice
of the casual observer.
Some such thought us this comforted
me or, at leant, would have comforted
me, hud 1 thought It when a leuking
I gasoline tank left me, literally us well
as figuratively, high und dry in the
foothills. The sun of tin August after
noon hltizcd It glory from a cloudless
sky; low In a valley to the left a rllv
twin of silver-green mountain water
threaded Its way through fringes of
spruce and Cottonwood, while on the
utilnnds beyond sleek steers drowsed
In the sunshine, and far to the west
wurd the Uockles slept uneoucerned In
their draperies of afternoon .purple
All these scenes the eye took in with-
out entnustusm, almost without ap
proval, and then fell on the white
washed ranch buildings almost In the
shadow underneath. And in these
days a njneh almost any ranch
(Continued on Tage 10)
Holland is doing a good deal of
worrying because the ex-erown prince
of Germany is corresponding with
monarchists. But it is excusable in
him nobodv ele would answer his
letter.. (
No cigarette has
the same delicious
flavor as Lucky
' Strike. Because
Lucky Strike Is the
toasted clgaretyo
SomeFACTS About
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Here are authentic figures from the ford factory at Detroit.! They
show you just how many Ford cars and trucks have been built each month
since January 1, 1921 and how many have been sold to retail customers,
in the United States.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Produced
29.883
35,305
61,886
Delivered to
Retail Customers
57,203
63,603
87,221
Total Production 127,074 Total Retail Sales 208,032
showing that actual sales for the first three months of 1921 exceeded pro
duction by 80,958 Ford cars and trucks !
April requisitions already specify 107,719 additional cars and' tracks
and the estimated April output of the factory and assembly plants com
bined calls for only 90,000!
These facts clearly show that the demand for Ford products is growing
much faster than manufacturing facilities to produce and were it not for
the dealers' limited stocks, which are now being rapidly repleted, many
more customers would have been compelled to wait for their cars. It will
be only a matter of weeks, therefore, until a big surplus of orders will
prevent anything like prompt deliveries.
If you would be stire of having your Ford car or truck when you
want it, you should place your order now. Don't delay. Thone us or drop
us a card. ....
Coursey & Miller
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