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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-09
THE WASHERWOMAN'S
FRIEND.

In very humble cot.
In a rather quiet spot,
In the suds and in the soap.
Worked a woman full of hope:
Working. singing all alone,
In sort OF undertone.
With a Savior for a friend.
He will keep me 10 the end"
Sometimes happening along,
had heard the semi-song.
And l often used 10 smile
More in sympathy than guile;
But l never said a word
In regard to what l heard.
As she sang about her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Not in sorrow nor in glee
Working all day long was she.
As her children. three or four.
played around her on the floor;
But in mOnOtOnes the song
She was humming all day long.
With a Savior for a friend
He Will keep me to the end"
It's song ] do not sing,
For scarce believe a thing
OF the stories that are told
OF the miracles of old:
But l know that her belief
Is the anodyne of grief.
And will always be a friend
That VIII keep her TO the end.
Just a trifle lonesome she.
Just as poor as poor could be,
But her spirits always rose
Like the bubbles in the clothes
And though widowed and alone.
Cheered her with the monotone.
OF a Saviour and a friend
Who will keep her to the end.
| have seen her rub and scrub
On the dashboard in the tub.
While the baby. sopped in suds,
Rolled and tumbled in the buds:
Or was padding in the pools
With old scissors stuck in spools;
She still humming of her friend
Who would keep her TO the end
Human hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs:
and | would not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's lip
Any song that she can sing.
Any hope that songs can bring:
For the woman has a friend
Who will keep her to the end.
Eugene +. Ware.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-09
No Exchange.

Are you pleased with your new little
sister. Tommy" asked d friend when she
met him
NO" said Tommy. "Rather'd had a
brother"
Then why don't you exchange herr
Wen, you see" explained Tommy.
we've used her four days now, so I'm
afraid we can't"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-09

the funeral sermon was being preached.
This public-spirited citizen was so over
come by the news of the terrible fate OF
the little old gentleman that he imme-
diately determined to buy up all the
quarters he could lay his hands on and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-09

put them where they would do the most
good. At present he is offering two
nickeIs and a Canadian dime for every
one of the dangerous coins in existence.
Il is such men as this who make a man
proud of his country
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
CHAPTER xxxviIi.
Marie,s Confession.

There was a sinister meaning in Ma
rie's tone which directed every eye to
her face.
II do not claim to be a good wom-
an she began. "but there was a time,
long years ago. when | was young and
pure and trusting. / was but seven
teen when I met my Pierre-met and
loved him. He, in turn, loved me.
We were to have been married. Pre-
yious to this time I was in service. 1t
SO Glanced that a lady came to Paris
who wished a nurse. sought and OBJ
tanned the situation. she was scarce
~ older than myself, very unhappy.
very wretched, because her husband
had deserted her. All, madame. you
start! Years make many changes, and
you have failed to recognize me; that
Is all.
Wen, one night madame had been
very Ill. I was left to watch her, for
at times she had been delirious. To-
ward midnight she dismissed me, say
Ing she felt better and would be alone,
| went up to my room, but could not
sleep, and sat, dressed, by my win
dow. thinking Of Pierre and our future
happiness. Suddenly I heard the street
door open and softly close. l leaned
out. My young mistress had hastily
dressed, and now was rapidly disap-
pearing In the darkness. with her babe
close pressed to her breast.
1T was but the work Of a moment to
follow her. Through many winding
streets l was her shadow. until she
stopped before the gates OF La Made
leine.' Then, for the first time. I sus-
pected her object. Heretofore I had
supposed she intended suicide. She
did not even stoop to kiss her child as
she laid it on the steps OF the institu-
ton Of mercy: neither did she notice
that another mother had also deserted
q baby there. She turned when she
had laid hsr infant down. and fed.
IL stopped and raised II in my arms.
Then ! looked at the other child. Its
lace was blue with cold. its lips had .
pinched look, and ! fancied It IA dy-
ing. A quick determination darted
through my brain. which, ~ soon as
thought. | acted upon. In ave minutes
MHI|.H MUM.f III
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
MFR. MAIzENL1EB ~
AND x Nm
.UNIoN RULES WY
!. .noner vet notified you ~

.,os tho unioners yet notified you
.aa9n ,nonired Mr.. Katzenlieb aiter
tbe real estate man had rendered ms
,.anort .that there shall be no more
tryinys or settings of building lots I'M
loss thew wass union made, Q ISIS
= nv oversightedness. then? II ISIS moi
nossible that the unioners wouid WI
fully neglect anything a little Q
81 baf take a new interest by the
-rn,oners. for / hat now by my store
one of the great leaders OF the future
already. He ISIS chust a delivery boy
now. but ISIS young yet.
LAST night while wass gettlng
ready to shut the store once ne came
around already, and say that he wouid
like to speak by me with a little pri-
~vateness yet.
"sYou will excuse me a little he
| saw. but me and the oder boys mar
gone by the ~unioners, and we was
going to hat the store go by the union
isch rules after next week.
$50? / say to him, feeling a little
I of those establishments.
Eyes he answer, i wass the organ
izer yet, and the other boys hat dele
gate me a little to tell you how the
store wass going to be run already.
"'So?' / say yet again.
Elm the first place he go OH, we
wass going to haf fair wages already
"'But what wass fair wages, Chon-
ny?' / ask him a little.
1--WE hat not yet quite settle that,
he say, but we wass going to have a
committee of delifery boys to pass
Upon the question. Fair wages is what
we ~anioners want. Therefore we hat
only to get together yet and find out
what wages we want, and then we viii
know what ISIS fair wages already! Iss
Is not?'
"Iss that eli, Chonny?' l ask him
when I recover a little my breathings,
1--WE will haf a few rules once he
say. We will not work too many
hours mol take the baskets that are
too big already
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01


your"
They were many days on their Jour-
ney. stopping here and there at WILL
as, after crossing the chanenl. they
wandered slowly into the heart OK
beautiful England. But n evening,
as the u was sinking slowly to rest
they were driven into the grounds Oh a
superb old castle, whose lawn, on
which grew trees a century old, sloped
to the waters edge.
To Avice's amaze. the carriage
stopped before the door.
A gray-haired butler stood upon the
steps, with tears in his eyes, as ne
bowed before her. The servants stood
in a long line in the hall. What u
it meant
Milton drew her into q little room
where. for the moment. they were
alone.
MY love-" he said tenderly, you
have suffered greatly. Can you bear
good news as bravely as you have
borne all else? You thought you came
to me nameless, except for the name
your more then father gave you, n
which was rightly yours by law; but
suppose l tell you you have had a Nv
ing father all these years, who, though
less worthy, has left you even a nobler
name, would your knowledge make
you happier?"
only for your sake" she whispered
low. But what do you mean, Mil
toni"
"Only that, after all wandering,
we have reached home at last-the
horne which was your father's-which
now is yours"
"And my mother. Milton?" she ques-
toned. in a low, tender tone. Tell
me Of her!"
you never knew a mother" he an
swered.
She thought he meant her mother
had died when she was a child. .
A solemn pause followed his words;
then they rose, and, arm linked in arm,
went out to receive the glad welcome
of the old retainers of the Earl OF
Bertram to the young Countess their
mistress.
The proofs Feline held he gladly
gave up and without publicity, or the
fact of Barbara's relationship, Avice's
rights had been secured to her.
So years passed by, Iatil, with Flor
ence and Avice, the past was almost
forgotten.
Travis and Florence always spend
half Of every year with Milton and his
beautiful young wife. Sometimes
Travis shudders as, looking at her ex-
quisite loneliness, it SO fatally recalled
another face, which to Avice as to him,
was connected with the bitterest sor-
row of his life; but Avice, looking at
her own image in her mirror, laughed
at it's charm, because Milton called her
beautiful.
Beyond this she had no vanity, until
later, when children's feet battered
through the old halls and children's
voices made ii always summer in Che
old house, she saw her own fairer i'm
age In their young loneliness, and
sought no other mirror.
1.-THE End.)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01

How they seem 10 know their mission "
to cheer the world along "a
With their eye-enchantiug presencs as
their ear-entrancing song
Messengers of dainty beauty sem Nv"
realms OF peace above -. IN.
Piping TO AS OF the Master ana ms -
embracing love.
From the golden days OF chndnooo' "A'
the eartn 10 us was new "A.
Ere a cloud had spread lis pinlons
scure our skies OF blue.
Comes a tender recollection OF INV m
ow lark's sweet song, 80
More delightful h the warphhs "
dafntler feathered tl1ronS AGO
How they'd wing around the mcs
hopping DER the new mown nayi
Telling US in merry piplngs OF the p'~
ufe of the play. fhe
Or would perch upon the fences wnsis :
hunHysuckles seemed ths
AS a clustered wealth OF jewels when -
sunlight on them CLEANED
IRIS a hint OF coming heaven,
From the lips OF Mature. gwen .srth u
When her Sgnamer gown y gay
adjoining.
And the sunlight softly plays
O'er the fields In golden rays IN tbs
And the meadow lark Is sinslns
morning. - post
james Barton Adams, in Denver
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
The meadow Lark'S Song.

Not a melody OF earth
Ever yet was given birth,
Nor will come before the flnal trumpet
warning,
Such as that which strikes the ear
When the sun rays first appear
When the meadow lark Is singing in the
morning.
The good old fashioned birds that sang
for generations gone,
That piped their simple melodies back at
creations dawn,
Are with us yet, and every note Ia iust
as clear as when
The Master placed them on the earth N
cheer the hearts OF men,
And never did a sweeter song burst from
a feathered throat; "
No mortal ear has ever heard a more EN-
trancing note
Since nrst the merry warblers wera ra.
leased from Noah's ark
Than is the jolly whistle OF the sa,
meadow lark. au0y
We can see the cunning fellows pee,in~
from the waving grass,
Fiping forth a CHEEKY greeting full az nm
sic as we pass, hu
And their saucy heads are wagyiny 4, a.,
independent way eAs Ha an
AZ upon their breasts OF yellow ana os
soio the sunpeams play.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
Borbara Bretton's
1~eAmbition~~

| meth to the candle. Not satisfied with
having singed my own wings, | ex.
posed him also TO the flame, little
dreaming how IL would draw him in its
fire. You have come between him and
every thought and hope of happiness,
until he heard that you were dead.
Can you wonder that we both rejoieed
that once more the future opened its
gates OF promise, and that we peered
through into anticipated Eden? Nay,
more-we crossed the threshold. when
ar angel stood before us with a fam
ing sword-an angel in its beauty, but
with the laughing mockery Of a de-
m fallen angel, who hurled us
back into misery. You were alive;
therefore hope and happiness were
dead Madame. il the truth which has
reached me to-day is true. you life can
in TO way longer affect ours. for you
are not Travis Meredith's wifei"
prove it," she Kissed forth.
1T can easily be done. Your mar
riage certificate will give Us proof. in
telling as where the ceremony was
p~SfIOi lMtu- We C&u SSditA bhS lS@AS
ter of the parish"
Making no reply, Barbara rose and
left the room. Entering her bedroom,
Sc violently rang the bell.
In 9 few moments Feline appeared.
rs 1t you,' she cried, who have be-
tTayed me- Where is the certificate
of my marriage with Gerald Lysle?
Give it To me this Instant"
Eyes, my lady. I have it safe the
man answered, feeling within his linen
for the paper, which cracked beneath
his touch.
He severed the stitches which held
1t in it's place, and drew 1t forth, hand
ing it to her unfolded.
.'That win answer your first ques-
ton, also, my lady" he said, with re-
proachful respect.
Barbara quickly opened It. A blank
page appeared before her astonished
eyes. Her senses swan.
"Traitorl" she said.
But Feline's face betrayed a more
acute astonishment than her own.
Only yesterday Marie had again adj
ministered to him a soothing dose,
that he might sleep. He now under
stood, though madame did not.
Who can hope to outwit a woman?"
he muttered. as he again found his
way down the stairs. and madame
returned to her bou6oir.
The door leading into the room be-
yond stood open, and a pale. gaunt
man leaned Upon the supporting wall.
Once more Richard Hayes learned the
truth--knew why he had served this
woman. He and his enemy had fifty
met. But ere he had time to speak,
Marie entered from the door opposite.
You have done 1t, Marieg" cried
Barbara. springing eagerly forward
-you have accomplished my errand?'
Al dull fear blanched Milton Len
nox's face. Had he again been lured
from Avice's side when they stood In
need of him? Marie's next words re
assured him.
Il have done nothing" she an
swered: "but for what I have already
accomplished claim my reward. Here
in the presence of these gentlemen, !
would tell why I have served madame
all these years"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
Honor Paid to Tories.

toms, and Moore street was named
after him and still bears his name.
He vas a Tory.
James Rivington was the boldest
spoken Tory when New York was 90
cupied by the British. and in further
snce of the cause of the king he start
ed a newspaper and continued it until
forced by Washington to suspend It
after The British evacuation. Riving.
ton street remains to remind people
of the atrocities practiced by English
soldiers. mostly at the instigation Of
and upon information supplied BY
R~ivington. 1t was due to him that
hundreds of patriots died OF starvs
ton in the overcrowded, impromptu
fails and cellars Of the North Dutch
church in Nassau street, and in other
and worse prisons on the Hudson
river side at Eleventh street.
Peter Warren was a brotherin-law
Of Rivington and fully as strong in his
hatred and denunciation of patriots.
He was honorei by having Warren
street named after him.
Robinson and Clarkson streets were
named after two noted Tories. Rob
inson street is now a part OF PARK
place, but while that name has gone
forever Clarkson street still remains
Duncan Ludlaw was a supreme couI
justice of strong Tory p-ocliVities'
who made his name odious to inc
patriots, but he was honored and MS
name preserved by calling Ludlow
street after him--NeW York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
CHATTER xxxvm.

some drop, one little drop. and the
life that Is SO hateful to me viii be
ended why should I hesitate? Why
should Richards weak fears prey upon
me? Poor fool. He loves me as a bet
ter woman might be loved. But | was
not always thus. 1t is he who has
made me what | am--he on whom |
would be avenged. Why, then, does
the memory OF a faroff past come up
to torture me? why cannot / forget
the waIling cry which smota upon my
ear as / left my child to perish on the
steps Of Ia Madeleine? Is It because
I now know how needless was the sac
rshce? Had she lived she would to-
day have been an earl's daughter, and
she would have been the age of this
girl whom l would murder.
The hand that held the tiny vial
trembled. There were depths In Bar
bara's nature not All bad-noble i'm.
pulses, long dormant, turned to igno-
Bile ends--a thwarted ambition recoil-
ing upO ltSeif-a passion tnat might
have led to loves true holiness, now
driving her to despair and crime.
Feline's entrance reused her.
aMr. Lennox is below, my lady. He
would see you for q moment"
"Mr. Lenpox?" she echoed. "FIas
he again come here to torture rhe?"
she thought: then aloud, to Feline:
II will see him here" and nerving
herself to calmness, she awaited his
coming.
She glanced up ~ he entered. and
with : 5crmal bow. motioned him to q
seat. He remained standing.
Madame. I am not here or my own
account. but on that OF one whom you
have deeply ~wropged-the man whom,
sll these years. you have bound to you
by q yoke as calling as It was hope
less. All these years I. too, have
shared N with him. since It WAS
through me that he bent his neck to
the sacrifice. II was \ who guided the
DU| IWN HMA A ANA
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
TIME A GREAT LEvELER.
As the Woman Remarked to her Illus.
band Anent His Psliteness.

band Anent His P~sliteness.
"Time," remarked Mrs. A. Grid
Tongue to her husband, certainly is
q great leveler. isn't it,"
'Uh-huh," replied her husband. who
was trying to get q line on the batting
averages in the newspaper.
only to-day when | met you on the
street I fell to thinking what a great
leveJer time Is" pursued Mrs. A. Grid
Tongue in a reflective sort Of tone.
Now when we were engaged. and per-
haps for all Of a year after we were
married, when you met me on the
street you would raise your hat to me
Just for all the world as IL I had been
only some female acquaintance with
whom you were DESTROYS of making a
hit. And now, when you met nae ON
the street you grunt Hello and keep
your hat Just as level on your head as
can be. Oh, there's no use talking at
all, time certainly Is a great leveIer."
Wisely perceiving that she had
sprung one that didn't admit Of a
comeback, he kept still.-washington
Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
ofHcialIy Informed.

LADY, should like to look at a fat
which I see is to let in tbs building,
but no one has answered my ring.
Man-Iu show it to you. Come this
way, mum.
well, this is very nice. The rooms
will suit, I am sure. What Sort Of a
hall porter have they here?"
"The very best In London, num-"
'Obliging?"
CAS- any one to be found in the
world, num-"
.Honestf"
AS the day In long. mum"
"Is he attentive TO his duties7"
Hes workin' himself to death.
mum. Always thinkin up some new
thing to make people comfortable"
Dear mel I wouldn't lose this fat
for anything! Whore Is the hall por-
ter now7"'
I'm him, mun.--Cassell's London
Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
CHAPTER xxx.
CONCLUSION.

~
There was little trouble In winning
Florence ST. Johns consent that
Avice's wedding day should be her
own as we'll.
She was very pale, and her voice
trembled as she made the responses,
while from time TO time during the
ceremony she glanced with a troubled
look at the door. as though expecting
that majestic presence t. enter and
again strike terror into her sinking
heart.
But 1t was over, and she and Travis
Meredith had been made one, although
no guests had been hidden to the feast,
and only she and Avice wished each
other Joy
On Avice's cheeks a faint rose flush
We'd with the lily; but the mist had
cleared from the sorely tried brain,
and hope and happiness had again
root In her breast. as she leaned upon
the arm Of her husband.
"And we are all to go away together
upon our tour, aid you win not tell US
where?" she questioned Milton.
mo, my love; not yet. Have . 1T
tie patience"
Avice shuddered at the words; they
recalled a past the blissful present
could not quite shut out.
Milton drew her close 10 him. His
quick eye had noticed the instant
change In her.
MY darling" he whispered rn
proachfuiiy--"you are nilns now. ID
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01

The Grst member of the board OF
aldermen who wants to pull the tail
out of the British lion might do so
by changing the names of some of
New York's streets. The board OF
aldermen have the power OF changing
the names of streets at their
sweet will. This being the case. it
seems strange that the men most
prominent as Tories or Royalists at
the time of the revolution are honor
ed by having some of the principal
thoroughfares of the city named after
them.
Oliver Delaney was arrested by the
liberty boys as a traitor, yet we have
four streets recalling and perpetuating
his memory-Delancey and Orchard
streets, which ran through the Delan-
cy farms, and James and Oliver
streets. both complimentary to two
members of the family. who were
traitors to the cause of liberty. viii
liam Bayard was a Tory merchant and
an ancestor Of ThomaS Frances Bay
ard. Bayard and Hester streets, which
still remain such, were named after
him and his daughter. Thomas Bar
clay, a traitor who fed to Nova Scotia
TO escape imprisonment and execution,
was a clergyman of Trinity church, the
hotbed of Toryism. and Barclay street
stiH bears his name. Lindley Murray,
the Tory grammarian, has his name
perpetuated in Murray street. John
Moore was deputy collector of Gus
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"You wass not to sell to any enc.
toners who wass not in good stand.
ing a little by the unioners.
Then you shall gif 10 orders nv
the boys yourself, but shall hat a fore.
man, who ISIS a unioner. and who sbau
Go all the ordering yet
"sHow ISIS it. ] ask him. that yon
haf all the rules by what | shall do
already? HAT you no rules a little
about what the boys shall do once?.
Eve haf.' he answer, "a rule that
no hoy shall do his work with rush.
ings. but shall take things easy a
little
What will you do, Gloomy | ask
him yet. If | do not keep the strict
observance Of your rules?'
Then he say. we will strike al.
ready, and send a delegate to sharge
for waiting time. Then we will write
a piece by the paper and send it to
some editor who was trying a little
TO be the Maude Come of the union.
ers. We will say that Katzenlieb ISIS
a beast and an enemy by the human
race,
Gloomy I say to him, I haf only
one more question to ask: Wass you,
or wass |, the owner of this store
already yetg
well, he answer with one of those
judicial showcases a little, I wass a
unioner, but I wass a tair-minded
unioner. I was willing to arbitration
that question once
"'Chonny,' l say to him, then, I hat
by a friend who has chust come from
india, a dozen chenuine, old-fashioned
rattans, which shall send by your
mammas. and advise them a little that
they themselves make a union to as
sist their sons by sticking to a chob!
Iss it, or iss it not?"-New YORK
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
Noisy Army.

The Moorish sultan's army is a
wonderful affair. 1t fights by making
q noise rather than by killing the
enemy. The army consists of 81. 900
Q Some are armed with discard
ed British martini-henrys; others with
homemade limitations of the martini
henry, which jam and refuse to fire
while others have the old fiintlcck
muzzieloader, which Is OF doubtful
habitA
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-01
He onIy 9 K c ..

Mr.. Nextdoor Ito little Willie, who
has been invited to dinner)--what
part Of the chicken win you have. VIII
lief
Willie (earnestly)-Soms OF the
white meat, part Of g wing. q piece OF
the second joint, some stufing. the
gizzard and some gravy. please. Nam
ma made me promise not to ask to BE-
served more than once.-Judge.