Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-10-19

hl1hgs ne hau neard relative to the
central committee. 1t was good
pointer and the reporter inquired low
he had ''got onto it." The artist with
much show of secrecy then told the
scribe of a closet Off the main shop
which was next to the meeting room Of
the central committee and said that
in place Of window between the two,
there was wire screen, so that any
one in tn closet, 1t being dark, could
not be seen but could hear every word
that was said. What snap for an am
bilious reporterl With some assistance
from the barber he secreted himself in
the closet during every session Of the
committee and his reports day after day
OF secret work caused CONSERVATION
among the members. They could not
Imagine the source of the papers in
formation and each one suspected the
other OF betraying his trust. They did
not however change their place of
meeting and that Republican paper had
a continuous grist of talk, moves and
scraps of the committee during the
whole campaign.
Notwithstanding a universal belief to
the contrary, the reporter is but human
after all and his cunning often fails to
secure the hoped-for successful results.
Ayoung fellow wa once sent to faith
cure establishments Arriving at the
place he saw room full of people, all
evidently afflicted and desiring relief.
He looked carefully about him to see
II there was any other reporter present
or any one who might know him, and
seeing the coast clear in that particu-
lar determined to try aud get to the in
side OF what he believed was but a
fake. He noticed a procession being
formed for the purpose OF being an
nointed, that operation being neces-
sary preliminary to entering the inner
circle where the healing act was per-
formed. The reporter wanted to go
through the whole business and he,
therefore, joined the procession. He
was marching along with solemn face,
trying his best to look as If he had some
thing the matter with him. and had it
bad, when to mis- surprise some one
called out his name and with laugh
said; "Got 'em againP" The reporter
maintained his solemn visage and COM
pletely ignored the salutation. He
marQhad etaudiIv ~, ood ,,+.. als..A a .
enter the annointing-room when one OF
the professors, standing at the door eye-
ing those who passed, gently laid his
hand upon the reporters shoulder and
said: my brother, let me ask, what
is your ailmentP" Staggered for mo-
ment by the sudden query. the reporter
hardly knew what reply to make, and,
catching a quizzical glance from tho
doctors eye, his face broke into a smile
and he said: "The liquor habit" Il
thought so. +" said the doctor; 'you had
better get out of line and take q seat;
| will tell you all you must know about
this matter after q while; you are re-
porter The scheme did not work
this time and the defeated but una
dashed scribe waited and took what of
fact or fancy the doctor chose to give
him.
In an Indiana town, some years ago,
some women had organized secret So
ciety. They used to meet regularly in
a school-house, and, whatever object
they had in organizing, the society con-
tinued for many months, and for all tho |
much talked of inability of woman to |
keep a secret this band defied all ef- |
forts to discover the reason of its ex-
istence, and, so far as any revelations
made by members was concerned, the
society might be in operation still. The
ladies were true to their oaths of Sc
crecy, but they had the Unsuitable curl
osity OF the persistent reporter to con-
tend against, and that disturbing ele-
ment of society broke them up and
came very near breaking his own neck
at the same time. This ambitious news
paper sleuth made quiet investigation
of the school-house premises and found
hat over the meeting-room was an
attic, and in that, close to the head of
.he stairway leading to the attic was a
itove-pipe hole. The door leading to
he stairway was locked, but that diff
'ulty the reporter easily overcame by
getting key to fit, and thus he was
'nabled to leave the door as he found
t after he got inside. He knew the
lay and hour of meeting, and after he
lad completed these arrangements he
vent to the place one day, determined
o fathom the meaning of the secret
just before the time for the
aides to assemble he put himself in a a
'osition where he thought he might
ear, If not see, what was going on;
nut before the meeting was called to
rider he saw that by changing his po-
ition he could not only hear, but see,
nd he determined to try and se-
ure that vantage ground. Slowly I
nd quietly he moved himself about,
radually nearing the place he coveted, !
hen suddenly slat he was bearing on ,
roke, throwing him heavily upon the }
eak lath and plastering. which, giving
ay, he was precipitated to the floor I
Glow. 1t is said drowning man in :
most an instant of time rehearses his ;
hole life as quick as thought. This :
sporter during the instant of his de- :
,ent thought less of bodily injury than :
being caught in the act of playing ).
ls spy, and he quickly reasoned that !,
le plaster, falling about him, would :
axe thick dust under cover Of I
hich, II he could run at all, he might =
cape with his identity undetected. 4
Ortune favored him that much al