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I an evening when we sat together IL
gloom. and 1 mention it as a curiosity OF
human nature that this habit survived BY
many months the mutual affection thai
had given ii birth.
When Gladys had finished playing and
had received the usual praise, Mr.. Greer
insisted that we Should sing for him, and
! Ormond and [ took our places by the
piano Just as we had done so many times
I before. In vocal music our uncle had
! preferences and we sang what pleased
! him. old fashioned triOs such as we had
( long since outgrown. though they We're
the same TO him as they had always
been. ! watched Ormond out Of the cor
ner of my eyes He was a perfect au-
3omaton. to whom the music meant as
little as it meant to the piano. Suddenly,
at The close of one Of the songs. he turn
ed away and dropped heavily into a
chair
Were not in good spirits tonight
said Mr. Greer Something's the matter
with US l tell you what's a fact We
miss Jessie. poor girl
Jessie was his elder sister. a jovial
creature like himself Infrmities had
forced her TO resign the active duties
which she had SC long discharged in his
house. and of late she had rarely left her
room.
Aunt Jessie is in good spirits if were
not" said Gladys. Whoever needs cheer
ing up should go 10 see her"
She glanced at Ormond. who did not
meet her eyes. 1 doubt whether he heard
a word that was said or saw anything in
the room.
ITS time to go to bed" said Mr. Greer.
shutting the case of his big watch with a
loud snap. Ring the bell Ormond. like
a good fellow. You can reach it."
Ormond seemed TO awake with start
Il l,11 1,n
bell and then resumed his seat Since en-
tering the room he had not spoken ten
words. nor did he speak throughout the
absurd familiar scene that followed, but
he was no longer in q dream He was
watching MIR. Greer with eyes like two
burning Goals.
A servant entered with a small tray
upon which were four very beautiful
gobIets and a silver pitcher containing
pure water When these things had been
set before him Mr.. Greer took from his
pocket a gold box. The lid flew back as
he pressed the spring.
"Win you join me tonight. Ormond %
said ne. mo? Nor you, Jack? Gladys.
my dear, allow me to persuade YOU?
Really, you children don't know what's
good | have plenty" he continued with
n laugh. II filled the box today To-
nights nightcap and nineteen more are
here. II has no more medicinal quality
than Adams ale, as anybody can see by
reading our circular, and yet l don't be-
Iieve that | could sleep without it."
He filled one of the sObiets with water
and dropped into it a bronze hued tablet
about the size of a five cent piece, which
he took from the box. 1t dissolved with
amazing suddenness. filling the water
with bubbles and imparting to it the
color of pale amber. In fact. keen eye
would have been needed to distinguish
this fraudulent liquor from champag gne,
and l am assured that there are palates
which detect close similarity.
'I have given to the world true tenn
perance drink" said Mr.. Greer Assists
the stomach: doesn't harm the brain
This is my luck" he continued. raising
the delicate crystal in which the myriad
bubbles rose with a faint tinkling "and
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Christmas present. He had used a
cheap silver plated box of his own pur-s
chasing before that time, but he would
never carry it afterward. 1t was put
away with the twenty tablets which il
happened to contain at the time, and my
uncle's valet was sent across town to the
factory on a Christmas day for a fresh
supply in honor of the little golden casket.
Mr.. Greer always held it precious The
breast pocket of his ample waistcoat is
its dwelling place. Upon this evening I
thought he put it away with an especially
caressinS gesture. Then he kissed Gladys
upon the red gold curls above her tenn
pies, kiss upon each side. as has been
his custom since she was a child. God
help herl She is only child now. Shall
she not have her youth and the roses of
romance whatever thorns they hide? The
garden of young love is wide. and there
are perlouS places, yet l would not see a
girl like Gladys sit indoors safe by the
chimney corner watching the ashes.
When Mr.. Greer had withdrawn to his
repose l found myself alone with Gladys
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the luck of every man who drinks ii and
lets stronger drink alone. It has made
one man rich: it viii make no man poor
Gladys, my dear, your health,''
He drained the glass. not at draft
but with prolonged enjoyment, and set it
down The servant removed the tray
with one moist goblet and three dry, as
always. for it was an unvarying joke to
offer "Greer's nectar" to us
These ridiculous tablets are the founda-
ton OF uncles great fortune He was a
poor man when he invented them They
have had an enormous sale in many
lands and several factories are always
busy with the making Of them. Mr..
Greer. who could fill his cellars with the
choicest product of the vine limits his
drinking to this chemical imposture 1
am convinced that he really likes II.
though ne never overindulges. One glass
before retiring is his very moderate al
Iowance and the taking of il has long
been attended with such mock solemnity
as / have just described
The gold box for the tablets was a.
fancy of Gladys. She gave it to him as
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1nere was 40 light burning in the room,
but outside was an electric street lamp
elevated nearly to the height Of the win
dow, and so the man appeared to me
sharply silhOuetted.
While ] watched him through the crack
of the door he began to speak aloud l
had often known him to do this when he
thought himself alone.
should l feel this?" he cried. Should
see il for the crime that ii is If / did
not love her?"
I knew well enough what he was think
ing about A perfect echo Of that ago
nized question rang in my own mind l
saw the crime. as he saw it, and / loved
far deeper than he did. for he had not my
strength.
Picture a girl Of eighteen who is the
sum of all holy ana beautiful promises,
like some pure flower in the morning
Picture man past fifty. fiorid, smiling,
self contented, successful human animal,
a man so entirely common that he has
not even a pet vice to make himself Gis-
tinctive. man who has won many things
in the world and viii take this girl in the
same way as his due for the effect eX-
pended in the matter. Fancy that she
will give herself for gratitude because the
man has been kind to her, because he has
fed and clothed her since she was child,
having been the friend Of her father, who
died poor and without kin.
Though l hated her" he said. 81 could
not see her sold to pay this debt-sold
bIindfold for she does not understand
what she is doing. Only time and tears,
and the worst of all regrets, the regret
for wasted youth viii teach her. Tears.
Her tearsI / can't stand it; / can't stand
it."
He began to walk up and down before
the window and. thinking that he would
see me. I passed on to the head of the
stairs and so to the drawing room, where
Gladys was playing on the piano.
In a large easy chair sat the man whom
we all called uncle. though he bore that
Relationship TO none Of Us. There was a
traceable tie between Mr.. Greer and N.Y.
self. but l am not sufficiently versed in
such matters TO give it a name. OrmOnd
would have found the task even more diff
ficuIt in his own case. and as to Gladys.
there was not even a legal guardianship.
MIR Greer's eyes were half shut, so that
he could see nothing clearly except
CLAWS face and her hair which had a
red glow in the light of the piano lamp.
He heard me- but did not turn his head
nor speak. He waved his left hand gently
toward me as warning to be quiet, i
while his right, with the fat forefinger
pointing toward the girl, continued to
beat time somewhat laboriously.
He never cared what Gladys played 1
enjoying all kinds of music equally, so
long as her hands evoked it from the in
strumsnt I have seen him sit and smile
and smile like a great comic wax doll and
beat time contentedly to nocturne of
Chopin's fit TO make the soul weep in
ones body. And when it would be over
he would slap down his fat palm hard
upon the arm of the chair and say 1t was
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always fresh and the best IN the
market When she returns home the
cart that she took ont heaped with
beans. eabbagss and scarlet tomatoes
IS always empty. She SAYS she could
sell many more Vegetables Z she had
them. Sometimes in the busiest part
OF the season she-clears so a Meek from
her garden. besides furnishing her
family with al the vegetables they
need the year round How many twelve
year-oId girls IL the United Staies
could co as mach2 so FAR from be-
slowing grudg.ngiy the tire ard toll
she gives 20 the support of her family.
she Is giad and proud that she can
take care of theuL and her work Is 10
her Ike Play instead q labor. And
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has doubled. its Indebtedness. chiefly
for war purposes. has elz1rBpied i
was eight billions afty years ago. i e
th.rty-tTvo billions today
Clocks have beeH placed in al the
electric tr.uway cars a. Dressea-
Experiments now conducted on rhe
banks q The ,S5le show The quality q
The cotton grown there 90 ba the ec1ai
OF any IN The world There are avail
able i5oos8 90 zr-eS % irrigated ian1
and only hands 10 work il are lacking.
Nathaniel Lincoln % Sisczsset. Ne.
has IN his possession TIE caly picture of
tsa gocd shiE WssSSSsSl It's bark z1Ar
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said TO be thai OF Ss5.oaa paid to the
Duke of Fsichmond and Gordon. He re-
eeivss it IN respect Of a grant made to
his ancestors by Charles II. and the
pension Is one which VIII go on for
ever.
Yarn from wood pulp IS now an ar
ucle Of commerce IN Germany.
There are 5000 boys in the British
navy. including the soo0 who are in
training.
Sir Frederick Treves. the famous sur
se9ns says that he was very lazy as a
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NEVER FAIL.

There il brave. sweet tempered hnighi
IS hose name - Never Fail.
His trusiy sword D. Do the Right
/ WIN. his coat ~ matt
And uauEh, his purpose can wtthstay
Wher once be Says. III md a way"
To be or time with Never Fail
II Just 10 learn thc was.
Like him. each iffia height g. scale.
All through fht busy dar
Aud never iet an hour e. by
Without nelly said. ''rll ~
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a good tune a pretty tune and Nobody
else but Gladys could play il as IT ought
TO be played. Then she would laugh at
him and tease him with chords and dis
cords which he couldn't tell apart, but he
would be pleased 10 think that she was
teaching him. and tears OF JOY would
come into his eyes
On this particular occasion the girl was
wrapped up in music and the man IN that
crude hall childish happiness which her
presence always Welded him. / skunk into
a chair and viewed this hOmely and IA
miliar spectacle with horror. as / had not
failed TO do since the day when. with an
absurd frankness, which he himself was
far from intending Mr.. Greer had re-
vealed his hopes to all of US. ] neither
heard nor saw OrmOnd enter the ROOM
but I felt him there. He had his back
against the frame of the doorway. and so
he stood and scowled at Mr.. Greer.
In this singular household there had
grown up through the years a strong
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Then comes a most important part OF
the business-marketius the vegetables,
Eleanor gathers the ones she is to sell.
washes the earth from them. trims
them neatly. picks the dead leaves or
and heaps them upon li1tle hand cart.
placing them around as tastefully as "A
lady arranges flowers upon her table.
Then she hauls the loaded cart out
among her customers Il Is a rarely
pretty sieht-the cart fun of clean.
fresh vegetables in various colors. the
rosy. healthy. sun tanned girl with her
shining eyes and brown hair.
The customers are always glad 10 see
her with her bright. pleasant face.
They know she gives 5heIn good value
for their money and that her wares are
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nls own soUl as the stake. He could not
haow whether the poisoned tablet would
oe useo the hrs1 evening or the nine
tenth He would have to wait for il in
horror
moreover. by saving the tablets OF
wnieh one was poisoned I had secured
holc upon Ormond which might prove Of
the most critical advantage. As TO his
torture II may be that I saw it as the
more Just because my own soul was not
clean OF the same stain There had been
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ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR.

A letter written by George washing
ton 10 Patrick Henry. dated October Gs.
us. has been sold in Boston for S5S0.
The population OF Malta. about 20a.-
000. relies wholly for lis milk suDplv
or the goat
The tonnage OF merchant ships in
course of construction IN Great Britain
is less than az any time since 1887.
Ar Engiishman has invented a brick
laying machine which lays and mortars
the bricks.
The largest pension In The worlS is
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g-afs
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tnrss s-sss1ss aas ssExhf =. tee -.
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10 - tse Fes4sssfls rsFer
Fte essFRf sessai1sa hossa +, "a.
hTissae kirssprA e ne fsunee.-...
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ne Askfssos2E - HeI.e9s. sz-t - ~s,s..s
1ssss f-@m re HtefA r~afarv -
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student he never won prizes. in fact.
according TO his own account. he never
had the audaciSy 70 try FOR any
Sold for $l2.Seo seventy years ago. a
piece Of land II Berlin IS now valued
at 81, Sd. 90.
III southern China the air IS so humid
in summer that despite the intense
heat. clothes cannot be dried in the
open air.
The Caspian Is landlocked sea
eighty-four feet lower than the ocean.
a machine has been invented for
squeezing out lemons BY the dozen
Since ISs0 the population Of the vor.t
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broasht Anareav carnegie and his
father from Scotland 70 Anes.e2 -
1873
Prolessor Wood Of Johns Hopkins
has made a screen Which does 1ot
admit beat rays zna bars 81 hShi r-ss
EXCEPT she ultra vioieE- FoF iairst
years scientists have zo1ght for s--A
a screen
TIE arrest shelf = exsstenre 81 c'e
csised ne cone q tbs Hosy AszT
There Is a sp@ciren T. the British fa4-
seurn which a fex year ago va vzi3ea
az xs.aa1
The distract OF saint E1senze FrAaas.
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Mamma. what would you DO ~ that
big vase in the parlor should get
broken7" said Tommy.
7 should spank whoever did -" SAID
Mrs Banks gazing serenely a. her
little son.
Wei then. you'd better begin 70 get
up your muscle said Tommy gleefulIy
COS pspas broken "a"
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trict is more skillfuI or more success
ful than she.
and five children. The father is par
alyzed and cannot work for his chill
dren. He is able to help his brave
young daughter slightly in the garden.
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really there Is no finer entertainment
TO be had than planting things and see-
ing them grow. Eleanor keefauFef
says she always has good luck one
reason Tor At ls that she is always %
cheerful and good tempered
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habit of cheerfulness. Even Ormond
laughed and jested at home, though 1
think he never did SO elsewhere Mr.
Greer loved laughter.-and he possessed a
quaint wit that could provoke it, a wit
without subtlety and without coarseness,
amusingly dun like Dundrearys and ir-
resistible in the perfect sincerity of its
good nature There had never been a
quarrel in that house never a meal with
out the benediction of merriment never
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The boys and girls WHO ere spending
the ssmue- AZ the sezshore and even
the ones who 20 for = day may have
lots of fun and a pretty souvenir 20
take home 4 they gather al the AZ
tractiTe rieces q seaweed iheg c@n
f1d and aoat and mounf ihern
After finding the SEA aogerE the neEt
step Is 20 puf them IN a pal o. wa'sr
until the sand ard alrr are washed CT.
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you Will be surprised to read how
a little girl twelve years old
supports almost entirely

supports almost entirely a
family of seven and does not
injure her health. either but is. on the
contrary. one OF the strongest. rosiest
misses of her age in West Philadelphia.
where she lives. The reason is that this
little working girl is a farmer. Her
name is Eleanor keefauver.
A number OF years ago a society
called the Vacant Lot Cultivation as
sociation obtained permission TO lease
20 poor families unoccupied patches Of
ground all through Philadelphia. with
the understanding that the soil should
be titled and made to yield vegeta bles
for the families support. one of these
bits of land was granted 10 the Kee-
fauvers. with little Eleanor as farmer
in chief. The superintendent of the
society, Mr.. r. F. Powell. is one of the
most expert scientific agriculturists in
America. and he took special interest
In the child gardener who undertook TO
raise vegetables not only FOR her own
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Nother-Iz your tsaehsr married.
Efhel7
Little Girl ihink - Hs always
wears ths same clofhsa
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) / passed along the up
per hail the door of Or
mond S room opened.
and / thought that he
was coming out, bat it
was the wind that had
swung the door ajar.
Looking in, l saw my
cousins tail and meager
form huddled in a cor
r,er of the window seat.
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family. but also for other people to
buy. He took time TO give Eleanor
instruction in her work, and she was
very apt pupil 50 that now no veg
etable gardener III the whole city dis
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-14
TWO ENGLISH CITIES
IN KEEN COMPETITION
Liverpool and Manchester
After American Cotton.
RIVALRY is BECOMING ACTIVE.

Efforts Being Made To Have Cotton
Shipped by Rail to Manchester Mills
So as to Save Dock Charges at Liv-
erpool.
New York, April 13.-Keen competi-
ton has been going on for some time
between Liyeroopl and Manchester
with regard to the importation of cot
ton from America, says The Tribunes
correspondent. 1t is admitted even
in Liverpool that Manchester is rapid
Iy becoming a serious rival and that
thousands of bales of cotton are now
shipped directly to Manchester instead
Of Liverpool. This is, of course, a
serious loss to the ship owners in
the elder port, and they are tempting
Manchester owners to have their
cotton forwarded by rail 70 the mills
so as to save Liverpool the dock and
town duties and other charges. Man
chester is alarmed and the cotton
association of that city has drawn
the attention of the Master Cotton
Spinners' association to what it terms
the determined effort on the part of
the people of Liverpool to prevent the
shipment of American cotton to Man
chester. A joint meeting of the two
associations will be held shortly with
a view to arouse up the Lancashire
cotton trade to fight the Liverpool ac-
ton and endeayOr to get spinners to
insist on direct shipment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-14
MoNTEJo's FLAGSHIP FLoATED.
Sunk by Dewey at Manila-Eighty
Skeletons In Hold.

Sunk by Dewey at Manila-Eighty
Skeletons In Hold.
Manila, April 13.-The warship
Reina Christina, flagship of Admiral
Montejo, which was sunk by Admiral
Dewey in Manila, was floated and
beached yesterday. The skeletons OF
about so of her crew were found in the
hulk
One skeleton evidently was that OF
an officer, for 1T had a sword by its
side
There are Is shell holes in the hull
of the Reina Christina, one made by
an 8-inch gun, and the others small
The main injection valve is missing,
showing the ship was scuttled when
Admiral Montejo abandoned her The
hull is in fair condition
Captain Albert r. Couden, command.
ing the naval station at Cayite, took
charge of the remains of the Spanish
soldiers, expressing a purpose to give
them on American naval funeral The
Spanish residents, are eager to ship
the remains to Spain, and it is sug.
gested that the United States trans.
port Sumner convey them to Spain by
way of the Suez canal in June
A wrecking company is endeavoring
to raise all the sunken Spanish war
ships.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-14
EDlCT BY CHINA's EMPRESS.
Repeats Comprehensive Stamp Taxa.

Repeats Comprehensive Stamp Taxa.
tion Scheme of Yuan-Sh-Kai.
Pekin, April 13.-The dowager EN-.
press has issued an edict repeating the
comprehensive stamp taxation scheme
which Yuan-Shi-Kai, governor of the
province of Chilli, was about to inau.
gurate throughout this province The
edict assigns the poverty Of the people
as the reason for the repeal of the
scheme, but it is believed Yuan-Shi.
Ki's enemies procured it for the pur
pose of Gripping his proposed reforms.
One of the contemplated effects OF
the proposed plan would have been to
secure honest returns to taxes collect
ed and to deprive minor officials OF
large perquisites. The degree OF
the dowager empress soMcitude fol-
the poor people is evinced BY the costly
junkets she has been taking.
The court will return from its visit
to the western country Wednesday and
will sojourn at the hunting park. A
short railroad is being built between
the main line and the park to convey
the crown princess of Bavaria, Maria
Theresa, who is visiting Pekin, to the
park for an audience with the dowage1
EMPRESS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-14

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-14

Charleston, s. c., April 13-Sena-
tor Ttllman has written to DR.. Ed
ward McCTady, the historian, inclos
ing a letter from Secretary of War
Elihu Root, announcing that the name
of the military reservation on Sulli-
vans island, recently known as Fort
Getty, has been changed to Fort Moul-
trie, in honor of Major General Moul-
trie, of the continental army. The
South Carolina Historical society, the
Sons of the Revolution and Daughters
of the Revolution of this city had en-.
trusted Senator Tillman with peti.
tion and protest against the change
to Fort Getty, and asking that the
name Fort Moultrie be restored.