South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 207, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 25 July 1920 — Page 20

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The south bend news-times

JEROME t

By Mary E. Wilkim-Freeman Condensation By The Author

State-Wide Movement Seems On to Close Heating Plants

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JTr.niP IMwar.N, the tiaifdy of lif ; T4 T I'-Kan t the aire of ten. I!: lather, j JLvJL

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lln wlul hör", to Li woodiot to cwl wf.ol fir It. l'r"-". It. I'r . ott had an obs-ion fori rwr.ir.ir bind When tt. w a J iick of r 'y money t- jxy hh ox-j orbit. nt bill 1. he fi7'- sitli ;i'.!ditvi upon a mortui ge. and h foreclose d without grace or mercy. ' 1 r. Prevott had hrll a thousand j dollar mortal ge upon the IMwarU ' ho:.s for ypnrs. Jfrnm had a!- j m.'ivi a fancy of it as a hue black !

b:rd with hiding Irak perched upon li.f rl pole. The old white hors coming homo turning out at the heck of .. phantom driver for the had pla'-es In ceuntry road, wüh met upon hi" arrival at the K'lwarjH cottar with wild shrinks in a woman's iole, a child's frirht"nd sob-, and a Loy' hobir answers to the eager

questions e.r n m;i mot, or men and bos following aftr. I Th'-ro an immediate rush to J Xhn wool lot, h';t Jerome hail j rarhd the spot first of all. On i t ho Hhore of a black pool of water, reputed a mors tho boys to bo bot- ! tomle-sx, ho found hin f ithor'H hat. i Jerome weighted it with stones and ' flung it In. Then he bolted for j home by another roiito. "Let 'em say father drow ned himself now," ! be gasp-l out n? ho ran. j Abel Ldwards has bcn missing j two years whn Jerome, studying j

I?S. Mary laVanor Wilkin. I'riM'inaii I- a direct floxvmlant of tlio Puritan. In lie-r was. nn midrr

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stiiulln of ol.l quaint and lov;tliolr njs. Shf spoilt Imt rhlldIkmhI and 3011th in Itandolpli. tlx t I a r c of In r birth. (.fan. 7. ISHi'). and In llrattlr?Krf, l. -v I : n 1 a n l Ii n p a I f p s thrrmcrli Intkmato nntnrt i luring nianv car. attd krrn (d-cr-lation wcri' inot important factor in "Mary Wilkins' early lrirntiui. n 1 tti o 11 k li UKik a courx ;it Mt. II o y o k Seminary. Neicrtliolos lux f ir-t niatra script was m unraininat i-il

jind inolril that It was rojri"l. Tii end-writrr. horrr, knew in h-r h"art that she was dotiiHil to tell tin stories tluat iillod l"r iina-

-Tlio lirst

Krvolt of lirr fame lHit)Ilshcr

says

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work, "the hard work, the read

ing and the study ; nothing more, that tlie little j Even then Jerome

KpnUMv - lnm ' neve, ms rann in

her parents fearing a (Secllne, snt her west for a change. But he was not eure when she returned from the west looking hloominr and ypnt him a llrtu not.

informing him Rwtiv v.t She offered Jerome the hv. thou-1

that they would be friend but ! sand dollars which her husbar.d

Had innpniPi, 10 n.uid a nnv mm,

woman

put In ;

almost sublime.

did the

However.

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no attempt to Fee her. and

must have hoen ! answer the letter. He

stupendous. harder and harder.

The mill was built. and

not !epiri waa he made

did not worked

?o srlo:? if bcoirlr.s: the 5hortie of coal and other materials n--f1 )ri- In t V ii 'inl-flan r f nl-i rlj t Vi T

hunff himself before he knew heL.wa indiän. trtilitv companies

need not pay a dollar unless he j which maintain ytam or hct vx ;,ter chose. 1 heatinc: sttrrs are ither pftitlon-

1 hand, i m7 public er-ice rommlnn for

p'r:r.!?ion to abandon the forvic.

t .-"erjoiis contemplation. Pinif co.n-

panif., tnir.Jftil of the linrdsh il which discontinue of he;tintr w-rvicf

would occasion, are petitioning for J rate-J hlch enoueh to enable thorn to I operate withou tremendous lc-s. In

S-juire Merritt's wife took She offered Jerome the hvi

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the Mtuatlon dav and nicht, knew j nation. (Jultr und.iiintcxl hy nj-c-th truth: They could never, al- j tlons, sh tollol at writing until thouKh they half starved tlu-m- j "Tho IIuinlk lUimance" and nelve, med the interest of the mortgmrr. H- made a plan. .scanty fre time, roamed Melds and II went to consult Koulre Hhn I woods. Jake Noyea. a Queer charMtrrltt. Tlie squire was a notable j nctr who ost nsihly was Dr. Preshunter and flsh'T, and had Wn j 'otfs roarhman. hut who had been bent that morning upon a fishing permitted to assimilate, and nonle excursion. He was the kindest man paid had e n be, n taught much of In the place, not rich as had been j the doctor's nudical lore. taught his anstors. but lived as a rich. Jerome much aiiout simples, man. bdnR posH' Kne.i of generosity j Jerome attained a local underwhich Is the real Horn of Plenty. I celebrity, since pave aid for Jerome looked straight at the j nothing and witli success.

IVor -Tlu lllO-l' r-aI. Mlw li -f X. J.

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I'oi'Moti w iiich

Tlics-o Morion , 1

with "A w I'ncland Nun and Other Stories" won her distinction a a fokilful writer of short Morles, rich In h u r k e s tlvcnes and rluirm. She exeoN In fvmpat hot le Interpretation and analysis of ttic onderfid patient life about her. This Is true in her novels as well as In her

.short Morle. "J crom e, a Th Jamesons" and of Iahor" are nmonjr

have been widely

s Wilkins married when she 1, ami moved to Metuchen,

you planned this

layin' awake

f'luire, &nd mado his little speech. He had rehearsed It often. When he had finished, the, squire, burst Into a great roar of laughter, and raui?ht the hoy by the shoulder.

"You don't mean

all yournelf?" "Yea, Fir. I've been

nijrhts. plannln'." "How old am you?" "Twelve, sir." "By Jove!" Then a lovely, pent! little plrl stole Into the room. Her dimpled arm and neck were bare and her s.hower of gold curia fell to her vaisL 8h wore a frock of soft blue below which showed the finest starched pantalets and little blue Morocco shooi. The squire turned and caught her up. and she sat on one shoulder with b.ls jrolden beard spreading over her blue skirt. The squire told Jerome to call on Ir. I'rrscott and show his plan. A small dark, very kind and quick lady, who was the squire's wif and Lticlna'H mother, showed Jerome the door, and he went down the street in a duze. Jerome almost forgot the Important paper he carried". He had never seen a little girl like I.ueina Merrltt. Jerome called on Dr. Prcscott. who de'.prned to read his paper and then summarily dismissed him. He hated him in a strange way for a man to hate a boy. On his way home Jerome ercountered Squire Merritt cominc out of a woodland

road, with a qreat string of ) "What luck, son" he called out "He turned me out. I'd like kill him."

Gradually Jerome's business ideas developed and strengthened. Therewas an exceptional chance for a baw mill in the village. Ho went eut one evening to Lawyer Means with a request that he should sell two hundred and sixty-five dollars' worth of Iiis land on fJraystone I. rook, and came away with the eloe-d. Ho then bepan to save for the mill. In those elays he worked like a tler. for he was in love. That meant he had become a conqueror of all foes in his path, and achiever of the impossible. Lucina Merritt had come home from school, and he had seen her in church. Lucina Merritt was a very reat beauty, and her father contrived to fleck her out like one. He bought a little white horse for her. Then Lawrence Prcscntt came home, and was often seen cantering: about with Lucina, on a blooded horse his tatlu r owned. Jerome worked harder. Occasions multiplied during which he and Lucina met. At first she wondered at him obviously with dilating blue eyes, then she bejan to blush softly. Jerome's looks at her conbl have but one meaning. In the meantime. Klmira Edwards had her own little romance with Law re nee Frescott. but it promised to be an unhappy one. Lawrence was threatened with disinheritance, and F.lmka dismissed him. Then

h 1 she fell ill. and that niuht was in

' a hich fever. Lawrence came and to j she did not know him. Lawrence I went home and had a s a ne with

Jerome thought it the safest business deal in all creation. Meanwhile he worked so hard he seldom s.iw Lucina. He had not the time to call upon her. He was sure that they understeod each other although no formal engagement had been made. He was sure that Lucina understood that he could not call because he was working so iiard for her sake. But Lucina did not understand. She grew thin and pale, and

mm was num. and work'

began. Jerome set himself a certain sum to be earned before he went to see Lucina. One day the village was startled by the news that Col. Jack Lamson had come into a fortune of sixtyfive thousand dollars from some old mining stock, and had gone to Boston with Lawyer Means upon business connected with It. Shortly after that the village had another shod:. Abel Edwards came home. He had been all the time on a farm 50 miles away and had brought home all his earnings in a tin box. But nobody in the village knew that the box had been robbed in a country tavern where Abel had staid over night, and Jerome, had replaced the stolen gold with some from a secret hoard of his own. Jerome was prospering, when one night there came a rain that was almost a cloud burst, the brook ran in flood, and the next morning the mill was carried away. Jerome for the first time gave up hope, when Col. Lamson suddenly died, and left twenty-five thousand dollars to him. twenty thousand to Lucina, five thousand to Eben Merritt. ten thousand to John Jennings, five thousand to Lawyer Means. People at once remembered the old bet In the store. "Would Jeromo give away the money. He soon set doubts at rest. He gave the money to the poor of the village, and a factory was to be set up, using the money as capital sotck. The bet was not binding legally. Frescott knew, but did not .fail to abide by his word. Simon' Basset

Glaring Sun, Dust and Heat Strain, Injure and Weaken Eyes Says Dr. Levis. Prescribes Bon-Opto in Hot Weather

mad

The squire, lunched and

Jerome walk alonu' with him to his .ister Ca'uilla's. who k"K elderly pumlcn state In the oM Merritt house. Ji renin always rrminherrd th.it hi.ir of t e. 1 -.1 r ink inT aiel eake-eat-ini: in the arbor with Squire Memtt ; hi' ister and littie Lucina, as

li. would have nn es i.i 11 lie. in- j iood

t:-:i of his V1; b-i . ojo of lite L'iiUl h" was much ' Jerome dil not fuUv ror,iprr!;'iiil in wh.tt v, v Lie;. Merritt hi! soivl hs

Oi in 11I . . 1 ' ' .M 1 T 1 S 'm-M or 1 ! ! - -

.eie.l th.iT the nquiie Mil

pie.it ! i' ri'.'.'es of his n n - too !ir::. ompetency to buy from Dr. Prcsott. and t ike the Kdw.irds' mortlatu into i-,;s own band.-. Now life be-an to look brighter for Ji-rniu. He co'.iM r. ot Co to

hni n the ordinary srnv so ir

1 his father. j As tinder the circumstances PresI ( Ott rouM not be employed, n doc- ' tor fioni Westbrook was sent for. j Kim Ira was ill several weeks. I,ivj l'etuv and his mother wtre assiilni -ins in e ire anil attention. I Her illness cost so much that I Jeroni" b id not been able to m ike

be le:i. -it caused by a loan

to Oias Lamb, to prevent a foreclosure of a morttrage on his little lioT'it. Tbc loin had postponed his ir. ill. Sometimes jerorne- reflected

.!.--, will oilier aynuseme.il upon me cei

ide j u.ade 1n the villarje store a few years

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THU now to Strenrthen Eyealfht M Pr Cent in a Wrk' Time In Many lnntanct. Philadelphia. Pi Dr. Iwls. an eye ppeclallst of many years' practice, nays eumrner time Is hard on eres because the srlnre of the sun, heat nnd dnst injure and renken them. He Bays It is possible to strengt hen eyesipht wonderfully In a very short time by tiding Hon-Or-to. He proscribes it freely and further pays: "A I.itiet)t came to me mifTering Ulepharitls .Mnrginalis. Her eyes had the dull expresKljri coraruon to such eases. She used Hon -jto an1 not only overcame hr distressing condition, l)tit po utrengthened her eyesfjrht that she was able to dlpense with her distance glasses. Her

i he.Klache and neuralgia left her In this

Instance I should Pay her evesight was Improved 100 per cent." The doctors's adviee will prove of great value to many eye sufferer. .Many whose eyes were fnil!ng say they hare had their eyes restored. One man says aftr trying It: "I mis almost blind; could not see to read at all. Now I can read everything without my glasspg and my eyes do net water any more. At night they would piin dreadfully: now they feel" fine nil the time. It was like a mlracl to m." A lady who used it says: "The atmosphere (.coined hazy with orwithout glasses, but after usinar tMg prescription for fifteen days everything neemed clear. I

can even read fine print without glairs." It Is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them In a reasonable time and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared the trouble and expense of getting glasses. Ere tronbles of many e!eserlptlons may be wonderfiillr ben'etlted by following the Rlmple rules' Go to any aetire dm? store and pet a bottle of Hon Opto tablets. Drop nn r.on-Opto tablet In a fourth of a glass of water and allow to dissolve. Witn this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times dally. You should notice vour eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start and Inflammation will quickly disappear. If your eyes are bothering you even a little, take steps to save them now before It Is too late. Many hopelesslv blind ralgrht hare been saved If they had cared for their eyes In time. NOTE Another prominent Fhysielan. to whom the above article was submitted said: "Ron-Opto is a very remr.rkable remedy. Its constituent ingredients are well known to eminent eye speeailists and widely prescribed by them. The manufacturers guarantee It to strengthen eyesight M per cent In one week's time In many Instances or refund the money. It can be obtained frm any good druggist and Is one of the f-w preparations I feel should be kept en hand fr regular use in almost every f-imilv. it sold In South Hend b; Vettiok' fit rate drug etore and other druggists. Ad

but Jerome refused, although he knew that it meant giving up Lucira. Mrs. Merritt said that she Inferred thathe did rot wish to marry Lucina. Jerome burst out with mad vows of his love for Lucina. Mrs. Merritt returned that he loved his pride more. Finally Jerome yielded. They were standing outside under a tree talking, and in the parlor were Elmira and Lawrence Frescott talking. everything was settled happily for them. Dr. Prescott had given his consent. When Jerome met Lucina in the parlor she clung to him and wept at first, then she drew him te a little damask sofa, and took a letter from her pocket." They read It together. It was from Col. Jack Lamson, dated just before his death. In it he begged, that the sum of twenty thousand dollars be regarded by Lucrha hs a dowry, "to be employed by you both w hen ou wed Jerome Edwards for your mutual pood and profit during your married life.

I am, dear Miss luclna, your

obedient servant to command and your affectionate foster father. "John Iamson." "P. S. I meant Jerome's twentyfive thousand to be used as he used it. J. L." (Copyright. 1920..)

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v.a,Ts". Tr. Prescott and Simon Basset had signed before Lnvyor .Means a do.upudit whereby they promise.-; to pav for the bene-f.t of the poor.

apieee. if Jerome 171ever have twenty-live uie it al! away.

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definite amounts, leavinc the size '( "ncrri.jfs to the commission to determine after fall consideration of the utilitic-s' plight. The inability of the heat'.nr ::tlli t i c to get coal in other than a haphazard way. and then only at 0'ntar.tlv mounting prices is the principal factor con. pc 1 ling them to s- tl: to be relieved if the but den of rendering service nt far less than com. The Northen Itidiana cJa- and Electric Co.. nt Iafaye tte ar.d the Interstate I'ubb.c trv; e .. :,t Newcastle fire among these desirintr to discontinue hot wntT service. The Central Indian 1 Light nnd Heat Co. already Is abandoning its heating plant at Pdoornington, necessitating the expenditure of many thousands of dollars on private plants bv merchants and other business men whose downtown buildings were heateel by the utility. At K'okomn the Indiana Pailways and Light Co. Is supplying heat under an indefinite thirty percent surcharge rate gianted by the public service commission pending the filing of a petition for definite increased rates. The Frankfort Heat-

a rate of .',. ct.Ts per radiation for r. s- a-

ir.g Co. seks s-paare foot c J

son. After the Manufacturers' and Merchants' Association of Lafayett- b.a l made strenuous objection To ihe nhar.drr.irnt of heating- svr.'ice by the Northern Indiana Qas an.'. r.!rtrie Co., that utility rece.ld i: custoh'crs thai it continue its serv io from its original portion, and pvp'ed to one year longer on a s- ri ---at- co?t Ii1m;s. Th:t woi:!.l r.ot "en cunr.intfo the company v return upon its investment. th" being waived purely as a matter 1 f patriotic public service. The comj'anv's position was e-uthne-d by S. E. Mtilhollarat, vice-pres , as fo'.i-ws; ar personal wishes and self interest would sugcrest an initv. diate abandonment of the s r-.rf n-e are mindful of adv anta.eS grow irn from cordial relationship between the utility comrany and its i.?ro?'.s. and we naturally shrink from r.r.y action which would seriously Ir.concnince our customers. The ab.mdonment of the heating service in so many cities in tili and othr states, to-'ether with the lilstory of 0"ir own coimpany Is such that It nece.ssita.te--the ultimate abandonment of thiservice." The cuorr-ers, however, declined to figroe to the proposal, suc-estJng in return that tho company be granteel a rate of thlrty-fiv cents per s-juare fc-ot of radiation, without agreciniT to the abandonment of the plant In one year. Operation of the heating pant nt Newcastle for the past two seasons has been at a sad loss, the Interstate Public Service Co. says. In its petition to the public service com-

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