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ing, he was saying. I'VE can't keep them
another day"
Then Bobby heard his mothers sweet
voice, now strangely choked and indlstlnct,
ask, And the ponyi" and then, after
moments silence. 'oh, Robert, not the
pony 1t would break the boys heart. |
can't bear TO think of it. l can stand all
but that"
Then he heard his mother sohblng. and
his fathers voice, deep but gentle, trying
to comfort her. Finally he heard her ask,
Did you write to Jackf I'm sure he would
help us II you could only ask him. It does
seem too hard, when just a few thousand
would tide you over
I've done everything possible, sweet
heart." his father replied Il don't even
know where Jack is now, and am sure the
generous, eood-hearted fellow will always
spend the money he makes He will never
nave anything ahead"
The boy caught his hat silently from the
hook where he had tossed It and stole out
Of The house. He knew his mother could
not help him with his lessons that after.
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big bird Of prey uttered Wild scream and
pounced down into the water after It, But
the duck had disappeared under the water,
and Raymond with a stick In his hand,
soon frightened the hawk away. At first
the fierce creature resented this interference
and clrcled unwillingly around the place.
watching with eager eyes the young ducks
on the bank.
But finally tho hawk flew higher and
higher, until 1t was a mere speck in the
distance Then Raymond turned his at
tentlon to the wounded duck In the water,
which had risen to the surface. and was
now floating helplessly. Raymond soon
picked it up aud found to his Amusement
that II was a Wild duck, and not one Of his
barnyard pets Apparently attracted by the
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bird with wonder, for such powers OF flight
had never before been known among their
tribe 1t Is possible that the wadd.ers be-
low felt little envious Of one Of their num-
Der who could thus use its wings TO such ad-
vantage.
But the Wild duck was not satisfied to
spend Its days In the quiet way Of its new
friends, and one dag 1t rose high In the air.
and. with parting farewell quack. 1t few
to parts unknown. Raymond mourned the
Joss of the duck. for he had become greatly
attached to it, but he made no effort to de-
tain 1t.
1T would only fret its life away" his
father explained. for 1t has always been
accustomed to flying from one place TO an
other, and 1t is not like your barnyard
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noon, and he did not feel Tx. studying, any.
way.
He threw away the apple He could not
cat any more; 1t seemed TO choke him. How
tnose few minutes had changed that dny for
MIN lie did not see the bright sun shining
at nm from behind those tiny hills of mist.
he ald not see the pigeons whlrr down from
tne stable roof, almost brushing his shout
defs In their eagerness to pick the choicest
morsels from the plate of scraps the cook
had Just thrown from the kitchen window
He stuck his hands deep Into his trousers
pockets and started down the main street
In the direction of the Town Hall.
When he reached the Town Hall he slack.
ened his pace and walked slowly down one
of tue side streets, leading far down thebf,
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Bow Bobby Became x Borse Trader.
By JAMES DOUGLAS CAMPBELL.

that they would be fast friends for the rest
OF their lives. To be sure, Dick was not
so very big now. but he had grown eonsid-
erably since that day.
When they reached home Bobby, after
giving Dick friendly hug and two of the
apples that he bought on his way into town,
LETT him with the stable boy and made his
way toward the house. munching on the ap.
pie which he had left
He entered the house from the back door
and his feet made little noise upon the thick
hall carpet. AS he stood in front of the hat
rack to throw his cap on hook he heard
the sound OF voices coming through the par
Tor door which was partly open. He stopped
to listen. Surely that was his fathers voice
and this was a queer time of day for his
father to be getting home.
The carriage horses must 20 In the morn.
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in finding them when he wanted them. One
day while he was In the woods he was sur
prised at a great quacking noise and unusual
commotion In the water. Fearing lest some
Wild animal had caught one of his precious
ducks, the boy hurried down to the water.
Up In the air circling around was what he
took to be one of his ducks. A large hawk
or eagle was pursuing the duck and was
crowdlng closer to its victim, while the
ducks below were making a great demon
stration OF fear, quacking and squawking In
the most outandish way. Their sympathy
was with the duck flying toward them, and
Raymond quickly added his small voice to
their protests.
But before he could interfere the duck few
down into the water with splash, and the
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When Raymond received dozen duck
eggs from his uncle he had little thought
Of raising ducks, but few weeks later ten
little fluffy ducklings walked out Of their
shells, and they were SO pretty and attrac-
tive That they won the henrt of the boy.
Day after day he watched them, fed them,
and drove them down TO the duck pond TO
battle. As they grew older they wandered
further away from the duck pond, and IN
time made themselves quite at home In the
woods nearby. There shade and cool winds
made life pleasant and delightful on hot
summer days.
The ducks became so fond OF the woodA
which edged around a small river, that they
soon began TO steal hiding places In the
bushes, and Raymond found some difficulty
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until it became but line Of red clay wind
ing among the mountains. On either side of
the street, extending for several blocks, was
a line Of hltching posts and ratings, and
fastened to these were horses-dozens of
them, Of all classes and sizes, from the
Texas bronco to the great worn-out truck
horse. This was trading week." and the
farmers for miles around had come into
town with the usual variety of horsefiesh,
to sell or swap, MS the opportunity offered
He wedged in and out among the men and
horses looking first at one animal and then
at another, and wondered II they had beer
I'll treated and were glad they were going
to be sold, or II they were leaving a good
kind home because-because that home was
broken up and the people could not afford to
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It's flight and made a complete circle Of th
pond Then, as If drawn by some lrresistibl
instinct, 1t few heavily away, dlsappearin
into the distance. Its actions seemed to sa
that it would like to stay longer, but Its dut
was to join It's wild companions and perforI
the task In life required Of every livin
creature. At least Raymond's father put {
that way, and Raymond accepted 1t as trut
He was glad that he had been kind enoug
to the wild duck when 1t was wounded
have made 1t friendly towsF, him and hi
ducks. That thought was even better tina
the consciousness that he might have bel
the bird an unwilling prisoner and thus
ways kept 1t near him, but much against II
will and happiness.
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How To Play Trades.

Each one OF the company chooses tradt
which he or she exercises In the following
manner:
The shoemaker mends shoes.
The washerwoman washes clothes.
The spinner turns her wheel, etc.
One of the players acts as a king or
queen and commences the game by workln,
at his or her own trade. In the meanti~s
all the others must make the movements r,
propriate to theirs. If the king sudde,S
changes his trade and takes up that Of on
of the company all the rest must remain In
active, except the player whom the king
initiating, and he must at once take up tn
kings trade, until the latter is pleased
adopt another; then that player In his turl
takes the kings trade and all the rest re
main idle until the king returns to his orig
Inal trade, which is the signal for all presen
to recommence their own.
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PARTI.

Bobby thought Tits vas the finest morn
Ing he had ever seen. but. for that matter,
he thought almost every morning the finest
when he could get through his lessons In a
hurry and 90 out m the woods With Dick
Dick seemed to be In particularly good
spirits, too, and who would not? The crisp.
clear air Of the mountains made the blood
bubble through the veins until the finger
tips tinRled In response.
The blue hills, seeming SO near and yet
stretching far, far away and up, were al
ways an inducement to go on and on In the
hope that they were not really so very far
of and that one might soon reach them and
discover just whit 1t was that made them
seem So blre.
The boy hated to turn back although now
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Raymond And Bis Ducks.
BY GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH.

d bhOhdh Il n hLDEui W a A4''AA.
ducks swimming In the river, 1t had flown
toward them, hoping for protection. or at
least for company In its dire fright and
danger.
The barnyard ducks swan around the
river bird. uttering plaintlve cries, as II
sympathizlng with the unlneky creature.
The wild duck showed signs of fear when
Raymond touched 1t, but the others seemed
to tell 1t In their language that there was
no danger.
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Applied Phonetics.

A little dimpled country maid,
Whose years had scarcely numbered thre
When on visit to the town,
An automobile CHANGED to see.
It's color was flaming red
Crhe little maiden laughed with gIee),
And as 1t buzzed upon its way
She cried, There goes tomato-bee."
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keep them any longer. The poor dumb
things had sorrowful look In their eyes.
he thought. as they gazed at him. and as his
thoughts went on TO his half-formed resolu-
tlon and to the morrow. his own eyes were
filled with tears In spite of his efforts to
keep them back.
fTO BE CONTINUED)
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ducks"
In spite of this advice Raymond never saw
wild ducks fly past without thinking of his
duck which had left him. That fall the
ducks and geese flew by In long strings, and
as they journeyed southwark Raymond won
dered If his was among them. One day, as
he stood watching them. solitary duck de-
tached itself from flock and few directly
toward the duck pond. Raymonds ducks
were feeding there and having a merry time
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11
FREE PASSES.

Some years ago the Legislature passed an act
making it criminal ofense for any State officer to accept
free transportation from railroad and it was also made
ground of forfeiture of Office The recent legislative in
vestgatng committee brought out the fact that Gov
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11
THE DICKINSON CONTRACT.

While it is the business of the Attorney General
to advise the State boards and draft all contracts made by
them yet Gov. Davis Attorney General allowed
Dickinson his attorney draft what known as the
Dickinson Pententiay Contract and then he approved
and signed it on behalf of the State. He now admits
that in doing this he sacrificed the interest Of the State
for he says that when he signed he either crazy or
had his hands behind his back and yet he has the a-
dacity to abuse the other members of the Board sign
ing this contract with him. and he actually abused the
Supreme Court for uphodng his contract after he
signed it. He criticses the Supreme Court for holding
that the Penitentary Board could make the Dickinson
contract but that could break it. As if every
did not know that takes two parties to make con-
tract and two to break it.
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11
HIS ANTITRUST RECORD.

Some years ago, when he Attorney General
the Legislature passed act to suppress the numerous
trusts doing business Arkansas and they gave him an
appropriation of 900 with which pay expenses of
prosecuting the trusts. He started two hundred and
hirytwo suits, of which carried to the Supreme
Court as test The Supreme Court decided the
in his favor upheld the law sustained the right of
the Attorney General prosecute the cases to convc
on and remanded them to the lower for that pur
pose This decision can be found in any lawyers Office
in the sxtysixh Arkansas Report page 48O But the
Attorney General instead of prosecuting the cases. mme-
diatey proceeded to dismiss them and he then took the
stump and denounced the Supreme Judges falsely de-
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11
GOVERNOR JEFF DAVIS
" Of His Official Career--Some Reasons Why
He Should Not be Renominated

When men are requested to discontinue something
that they have been doing decent respect for their
telgence demands that for the change be
forth for their consideration and the history of the
American people shows that when they convinced
that change ought to be made they will falter in the
performance of that duty. Therefore, have deemed
it proper to set forth of the why Governor
Davis should not be nominated for a third term.
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11
HE Is QUARRELSOME.

Gov. Davis fails to accomplish anything because
ne is too suspicious quaresome faultfnding From
the day he first landed the Attorney Generals Office he
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11


best and purest in the State-ExGov Hughes, Elk
Gov. Jones, Chief Justice Bum, Judges B. B. Battle
and J. E. Riddick, Auditor Monroe Attorney General
Murphy, Secretary of State Crockett, Commissioner
Bradford and certain of their predecessors These
the very salt of the earth, and yet Gov. Davis has
denounced them all the State for their ncapacty
and lack OF fidelity in office, and this Notwithstanding
the fact that majority of them had been his personal
and political friends. OF course, these men have
much sef-respect to have any dealings with such man.
and they would deservedly fall into public contempt
they should even speak to him There is something
radically wrong with who is not speaking terms
with many good men His relations are equally hos
tile to large majority of the members of the Legsa-
ture. Even if concede that of the members of
the Legislature dishonest and unworthy men, Gov.
Davis claims they still the great majority of them
upright and patriotic citizens. is easy that Gov
Davis attitude towards these prevents his co-opera
ton with them and he cannot work with these men,
he cannot work with anybody. There is therefore,
nothing left for the people to do but to elect
who not dsagreeabe and who work in harmony
with the other officials His disposition makes it useless
to hope for anything from him. Gov Davis is icono-
clast. he tears down, but he never builds up. He
objects to everything and finds fault with everybody
While he does nothing himself he finds fault with what
is done by other public officials Not only So but
he himself constantly betays the public eposed in
him. His lack of attention duties of his office has
become notorious He has never done an honest davis
work for the State There always immense amount
of work to be done by the Attorney General and yet
while he Attorney General he never pretended to do
anything except to draw his salary and make speeches
the State asking for his election to the office of Gov
These speeches devoted mainly to abuse of
the other State officials who were in their Offices hard at
work. As Attorney General, he was member of more
than important State Board such the Pententarv
Board but he rarely attended meeting of these
boards and when he did attend it was only to dispute
and wrange with the other members. 1t can be truth
fully said that Gov Davis in drawing his salary has been
paid more money for what work he has done for the
State than any other official who has ever held office in
the State
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not words, that count.
OPPOSITION TO NEW STATE CAPITOL
AS an instance of Governor Davis incapacy to ac-
complish anything his connection with the project to
build State capitol may be cited Every progres-
sive and enteprsng citizen believes that the present
State House is inadequate and unfit in every way as
State capitol The State is abundanty able to erect
building that will crafty the pride of people, and
supply the needs of the State government. Yet Gov
Davis has opposed every that has been passed
looking to that end As Attorney General he brought
suit, claiming that the act invalid In his message
to the Legislature in 1901 he admitted that in order
prevent the will of the previous Legislature from being
carried out he had invoked every legal remedy known
himself, to no avail He had employed every frivolous
techncaity that he could think of to thwart the will of
the law-making power One that he alleged for
doing that the State financially unable to
raise the funds to build mlion-d dollar capitol And
yer there is nearly half million in the treasury
raised by of one-m tax which has hurt
nobody. He kept the commission appointed by Gov.
Jones constantly embroled in lawsuits that they ac-
complished very little. When the Legislature met in
1901, they provided for commission to be ap-
pointed by Gov Davis 1t thought that he would
let his commission do something But the friends
of the measure doomed to disappointment. The
commission accomplished nothing. His magn in
huence potent In 1903 the Legislature passed
bill providing that the Legislature itself should elect
commission that should be beyond his interference This
bill he Vetoed of The bill promptly passed
over his veto. Following up his obstructive tactics he
appointed rival commission in order to raise doubts
among uniformed persons the legality the au
thorty OF the Legislative commission Since the ad-
ounment of the Legislature he has been trying to pre-
vent the Legislative commission from going ahead by ap
plying for injunctons and in every other conceivable
way There is doubt that if he had wished
to the capitol built it would have been completed
by this time.
HE IS QUARRELsOME
Gov. Davis fails to accomplish ANYTHING beeause
The Forrest City times., 1903-09-11
HE ACCOMPLIsHEs NOTHING.

In the first place, he does anything. We
like people who do things He talks WELL and he promises
much but he never brings anything to head No man
put his hand single public act and saw sHere is
something for which the people indebted Governor
Davis One peculiar weakness of the negro that he
easily duped and imposed upon by the man who talks
gbly about himself With the white man it is actions
not words that count.
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{ Continued on me1t page.)
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in fact they had decided it for him. A great
many people believe that the trusts found it more
to their interest to make terms with Gov Davis
than it to employ lawyers to defend the and
then pay their fines when they defeated Gov.
Davis has been able to give any good why
he dismissed these cases. There is none that he can
give. Under act in Missouri, from which this act was
copied the Attorney General of Missouri collected nearly
100000 in fines for the State government. Gov.
Davis friends to be under the deluson that he
could not collect anything from the trusts, but it is
great reflection any mans intelligence to believe any
thing silly this 1t would probably have the
insurance companies at least $5 900 in and attor-
the Attorney General. Attorney General Murphy
has publicly and privately stated all occasions
that, if the Legislature would make for him like
appropriation of So 000 he would prosecute and convict
of these trusts. Gov Davis poses as the arch
enemy of the trusts but in reality he is their most
vceabe friend. He does not like them, and they do not
like him, but he has the influence and they have the
money. They not do without his influence and he
not do without their money. This makes them Sc
cret friends, While they Davis and the
trusts fail to work together when their mutual in
teress demand it. In the Legislature 1897 the lobby
introduced novel practice by which member would
advocate which he had secretly agreed de-
feat, and he would oppose measure which he had Sc
cretly agreed to assist in passing. This practice has
steadily grown in favor and is constantly resorted
to by certain class of political demagogues who wish to
please their constituents while they sell their votes The
only of public speakers sincerity his es
tabshed reputation for integrity, and unless public
man is known to be honest is chdke folly to pay the
least attention to what he says.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-24
Hall & Lyon Go.
Apothecarles
Given Away
AN


.,,s,orner receives one Auto
,.,o,a.. Ticket. no matter how smal
ne purchase. on all purchase"
amounting 10 more than 10 cen's-one
Auto Purchase Ticket for every "I
cents worth OF goods bought
Thu Customer saving and orinsihs
M us the largest NUMBER OF A"'o
purchase Tickets. receives Cadillac
One OF the most popular Gasoiene Ma
chimes on the market.
A. an extra inducement 10 encourage
vou 10 save Auto Purchase Tickets we
will give one dollar each TO the sixty
eva customers saving the next consecu-
tive largest number of Auto Purchase
Tickets.
Save every Auto Ticket as they are
valuable. We give 10 cents for every
1000 Auto Tickets brought to US
SPECIAL NoTICE-Ar Auto Tickets
,nust be brought to our Westminster
| street Store tied up 100 In bundle. with
| your name and address. between Sep
| tember 2sth and October I'd
l We allow Ave days in which to bring
or send your tickets to us. Absolutely
no Auto Purchase Tickets will be taken
IN before September 2sth, or after
October ID
NorE-while we give you 10 cents
| thousand for your Auto Purchase Tic
hsts-svery ticket is placed to you
credtf.
Wa do not allow our employees q
enter into this contest
Hall e. Lyon Co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-24
ST, LUKE'S
AN ANCIENT
PARISH
Impressive Services In ObssrV.
ancs Of the ION Anniversary
Held at East Greenwich.

snecial services OF an impressive cnar-
acter were held In ST. Luke's church East
craenwich. Yesterday, in observance OF
the 7Uth anniversary of the organzauoh
OF that parish. 1t is a structure. Gothic Ih
design and stands on an emlnence coh
manding a view OF Narragansett Bay
II was one OF the objects OF the pres
ent rector. Rev. William Worthing'oh' 10
bring again into recollection the oeeus
and personality OF the certain hoo,e me. ns
who might be termed the patriarcns OF
the parish by his address at the
n o'clock service yesterday morn
ing as a fitting feature OF the ceie-
organization. The text was Psalm lxxVi
4 "I have considered the days OF old ana
the wears OF ancient times.
The church stood not far from the pres
ent Cowesett railroad station from i,N 20
1894. This building belonged originally 10
Trinity parish. Newport. From there IL
was brought to Cowesett on sloops ana
re-erected IL was two stories In height,
with a at eeple or spire. front'is the pos.
road. The land upon which II stood was
given by Rev. George Pigot, rector i
| Kings church. now ST. Jonns y, f'oNr
| dcnce. who had a residence mile and
| aalf northwest OF Fest Greenwich.
This building stood there until 1764, Rev
MacSrarran, first rector. died, 1857, when
the attempt was made TO remove IL to
| Old Warwick. but in gale the tlmoers
| were scattered and never reassembled
But the parish was not formally organ
lied until 1893 by Rev. Sylvester Nash.
The Oldest living communicant is Mrs
Mary A. Tillinghast-for 81 years anC
nearly Ave months
The rectors OF the church have peer
Rev. sylvester Nash ds33-4o); Rev. WI
liam Moore, ID. II. Qs40-tD; Rev. Sfas
Crane. ID. ID. Qs41-72); Rev. George Pom
eroy Allen us74-7s); Rev. Daniel Goodwin
J PHI D., d. D. us7s-s3); Rev. +. |. Para
disc use3-9D; Rev. r. B. Whitcom
(lss4-es). and at present Rev. William
, Worthngton.
The church Is in a prosperous condition
and the different departments OF paris
work are well conducted.