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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12

the Black swan That is the girls
she said to herself, and am not sur
prised"
Ichabod, who sat by her: Are they
mother and daughter, those two?"
''Oh, no" said he. Mistress Bonnet
Is too fine lady and too beautiful
to be daughter to that old woman, who
is her attendant and the mother IT the
young fellow in the cooked hat"
"Too fine and beautiful" repeated
Lucille.
Il greatly grieve TO leave you all" CON
tinued the young pirate captain, "al-
though some Of you I have known SO
short time. 1t will bevery lonely when
/ sail away with none to speak to save
the bloody dogs command, who may
yet throttle me, And 1t 10 to Barba-
does you go to settle with your fam
ily7"
THAT Is our destination" said Luz
ella, "but know not IL we shall find
the money to settle there; we were
taken by pirates and lost everything. %
All the good-bys had been said and
good wishes had been wished, when.
just as he was about to descend to his
boat, Capt. Ichabod turned to Lucilla.
'tAnd it is truly to Barbados you go?''
he asked.
eyes, said she, "I think we shall
certainly do that"
Now his face flushed. "And do You
care for that fellow In the cooked hat?''
Here was a cruel situation for poor
Lucilla, She must lie or lose two men.
She might lose them anyway, but she
would not do 1t of her own free will,
and SO she lied
mot whit" said Lucilla.
The eyes of Tchabod frightened as
he went down the side of the brig
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12

the evil Of my ways, apd ] have made
UP my mind that yop shall do it. You
are good and a pioug man, and 1t is
not often that Gst hold Of one of that
kind: or, if I do, slice off hia head be-
fore discover his quality"
II lear me-" said the truthful Scotch
man, that the job Is beyond my abeel-
ity."
'sNot a bit Of it, not a. bit Of II"
shouted the pirate. II ana so times
easier TO work upon than that Night
cap of yours. aud hundred times bet
ter worth the trouble I put no trust
In that downfaeed farmer. When he
shouts loudest for the black flag he is
most likely to go into priestly orders,
and the betbar he Ia reformed the
quicker he is to rob and murder. He is
Of the kind the devil wants. bat 1t is
|. Of no use tor any enc to shsw him the
way there. he IN well able to find II
for himsalf. But It is diffavept with
me-. you .eanny Scutnhman+ Ia is ditfac-
Ant with me-. am an open-hGnded and
an open -mouthed seoundrel, and | new
or pretended to be anything else.
When you begin reforming me YOU
xviii 6nd wnar wanRk half dGan"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12
CHAPTER xxx.
DfCKORY FINDS HIS MOTHER.

and the transfer OF
provisions fr0m the Black Swan to the
pirate aloOp, which two sAips now lay
as near each ether as safety wculd per-
nit. was accomplished quietly.
During the progress of the transfer
Capt. fokabod's boat was rowed back
to bis ship. and its arrival was watched
with great interest by everybody on
board that pirate sloop, Kate and
p5me ChARtnr, as well az all the men
who stood looking over the rail, were
amazed TO zee naval ofEleeP accom-
panying the captain and Mr., Della
pladne ON their return, But that amaze
ment was greatly iRereased when that
Officer, az aoon % he set foot upon the
Geci. removed his hat and made di-
rectly for Dame Charter, who, with a
scream loud enough to Brighten the
fishes, enf0lded him In her arms and
straightway tainted, It was like q son
coming UP out Of the sea. sVre enough.
as sha RftarwarA stated. Kate. reeog-
MIXING DiolEnry, hurried to him with a
scream OF her own and both hands out
stFetHhed.
"Is my father deadF' she gasped,
ssNet that know Of" said Diekory
sWhere is ne7p she cried
~ do not know" was the answer,
She stood. while DielRory returned to
his mother. Mr., Delaplaine saw her
standing thRa pale and shocked, but
he did not haatea to her He had SAD
things to sey to her, for his practical
mind told hiR that it would not be
possible TO continue the search for her
fatkar, he having put himself out Of
the reaeh OF Cant, IcEahod and mis- in
aEcieRt sleap. tt Dieisery had said
anything about her father which had
30 cast her dnB1- kcw n>,aeh hariAz
you'd 1T ba for ktm Whsn he had to
tell her the whole truth.
Over and OYER again 1iakQgy tala his
sale TO his neither. She interrupted
him 80 mneh with her embraces that
he could nat sxnlata things clearly te
her. out eae did net care she had him
with her, He was with her. anS sha
had fast hold of him, and she would
never lat go again. What Mastered I:
what geFt Of clothes As wore, or where
IN had escaped fFoa--a family On 4
daEert ialand or fFam a pirate crew
EhO had him. and heT Happiness knew
no bounds.
The boats Elied steadily hetWeea tbs
two vessels, aad an eRe of the trips
Mr.. pelaplaina weat ever To the pT1e
On business. &Ad also glad to escape
Sor a little the dreaded interview whaah
must soon come between himself and
hia piece,
"N9w, sfF," Hsld the merchant to the
captain Of tha hT4g, ''you win make q
bin against me for the provisions
which are being taken to that pirate
but hope ynu have reserved sutn-
Client store Of saad for your own main
tenanee until gau reach q port, ana
that of myself and twe women whf
wish to sail with yoA craving mQst
earnestly that you win land us Ia ia
maieR or In some PLACE convenient o.
access to that island"
(which can do,p said the captaia
'.foF ! am bound for Kipgstoni and as
to subsistence, shall have plenty"
Or tas, hEis RsIaR Il fQaAs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12

CHAPTER xxx.
BLACKBOARD GIVES GREENWAY
SOME DIFFICULT WORK
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
A Beautiful Sentiment,

That was a most beautiful senti
ment voiced by Mayor Mcclellan at
the meeting of the Southern Society
New York the other night. Mayor
Mcclellan is a son of the Federal Gen.
erai, and his language is all the more
effective because of that fact. Mr.
Mcclellan said in part:
You people of the South. a cen.
fury ago. fought for your ideals and
won. Still later you fought, and the
world said you lost. Lee and John
ston and Stonewall Jackson were
ldeallsts. every one, and so were
Washington and Jefferson and their
associates. But of those, say YOU,
their dreams came true. while the
Others dreamed in vain. All. me, no
man has dreamed or lived in vain
who has sought for lofty inspiration
The spirit of 81 like the spirit of '76.
was ldealism, and now that we can
look back after nearly half century
and see that unhappy fratricidal
strife, through the vista of wears. we
can appreciate that in the broad and
true sense there were no vanouished
but that all were victors in that they
fought for what they deemed the
right, and in fighting for it. fought
like men and gentlemen"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
Mrs. Longstreet's Book.


Atlanta Constitution.
The old comrades in arms and all
Southern admirers of the late General
James Longstreet will learn with
much satisfaction that the excellent
book written by his wife and publish
ed since the great commander $
death, Lee and Longstreet at High
Tide, is meeting with wide sales and
widespread appreciation Already
the book has taken a place among
the permanent works of civil war
history, and, indeed, it fills Il niche
in the literary pantheon of history
that has long demanded such worthy
occupation.
Mrs. Ellen Dortch LOngstreet, the
talented widow of this military hero
OF the Southern Confederacy, was pc
culiarly fitted to write such n book.
Not only does she possess literary
genius in an unusual degree, but she
possesses, what is prerequisite in
historian, the plodding, patient quail
lty OF getting down to the root of
fact. Her authorities are unques-
tiOnable and her use of them is con
vlncing in vindicating her position
and end, which is to establish the
truth OF history for the honor of the
dead soldiers name.
This the author has done. and she
has done it with no excess of personal
or partisan zeal. Notwithstanding
her relation to the illustriOus com
mander. She maintains the judicial
attitude of the historian most admir-
ably, fOrtifying her statements of
fact by the official records, by the best
military authorities. and. what is
equally as valuable and interesting.
by the personal testimony of General
Longstreet himself Happily, the
general was at his wife's side when
the bulk OF this biographical history
was written, and he has made clear
many hitherto disputed incidents in
his martial career.
The student of war history cannot
afford to neglect reading Lee and
LOngstreet at High Tide" 1t is rs
the sur OF truth piercing t.i.u ,lispell-
ing the miaSmal mists of misrepre-
sentatlon, detraction and misappre-
tension. Having read it, General
Longstreet will be mentally accorded
the high and hOnored place he earned
III the hearts of his cOuntrymen by
valOrOus and faithful service of his
country in its hour of supreme need.
Both the quality OF his patriotism
and military genius must be acknowl-
edged generally and generously, let
the passions and bitterness of the
past be what they may.
More than this, Mrs. Longstreet's
book is beautiful memorial appre-
citation OF the dead soldier, contain
ing many of the innumerable eulogies
and tributes to his memory that APP
peared in the press of the whole coun-
try. In this and other respects it is
peculiarly a work of love, gracefully
and tenderly performed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR.

With this issue the GOLD LEAF
enters upon the twenty-fOurth year
of its existence. Last week rounded
out the twenty-third volume, the first
issue of the paper having been given
TO the public December 10Th, 1881
During all these years it has not
changed hands or varied from its
purpose to be a clean, honest, useful
paper, having the best interests OF
its town, county and State at heart
at all times. In what measure we
have fulfilled that purpose or how far
We have fallen short OF it we leave it
for the public to say.
We take this occasion to express
our grateful appreciation OF the moral
and financial support given us in the
past and shall endearOr to merit n
continuation Of the same kindly con-
sideration i'm future. Further than
this we have no promises to make,
preferring rather to let actions speak
for themselves.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
GOV. vARDEMAN'S PLAIN TALK.

A press dispatch from Jackson,
Miss, dated Dec. 18th, says Gov.
Vardeman made the opening speech
at the cotton and corn carnival
there, and after welcoming the visit
ors he took occasion to say some
things of a political nature, for which
he has been severely criticised. In
touching on the attitude that South
ern representatives should assume III
their fight against the reduction OF
Southern representations, Governor
Vardeman said
And instead of going to the Congress
OF the United States and saying that
there is no distinction made in Mississippi
because of color or previous condition OF
servitude, tell the truth and say this:
We tried for many years to live in Mis-
sissippi and share sovereignty and do
miniOn with the negro and we saw our
institutions crumbling, we saw the pub
lie funds squandered, we saw the civiliza
ton that our forefathe had fought for
passing away, and the law OF seH-preser-
walton being the first law. we observed
it, we rose in the majesty and highest
type Of Anglo-Saxon manhood and took
the reins Of government out OF the hands
Of the carpet Dagger and negro, and, so
help us, from now on we will never share
any sovereignty or dominion with him
again.
And this is the honest truth. Gov.
Vardeman is everlastingly right,
damn and denounce him as they may.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
Revolution Imminent.

sure sign OF approaching revolt and seri
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sieeplessness, or stomach upsets. Electric
Bitters will quickly dismember the trouble
some causes. 1t never fails to tone the stom
acl, regulate the kidneys and bowels. stimu
late the liver and purify the blood Run
down systems benefit particularly and all
the usual attending aches vanish under it's
searching and thorough effectiveness. Elec.
tric Bitters lis only soc, and that is returned
II 1T don't give perfect satisfaction Guaran.
teed by Melville Dorsey, druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

Ming COTTON has more to fear
from the wall street weevil" than
Its has from the boil weeyil.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

IHE low price of cotton should in.
duce farmers to go in more for "hog
and hominyS next'year. Raise your
home supplies first and then as much
cotton and tobacco as you can, and
there will be no danger of overpro-
ductlon and consequent low prices.
And even if prices should be low the
farmer who is out of debt and has
enough to live on can stand the loss
a great deal better.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

THE Greensboro Record observes
that the enterprises about which so
much is said are generally the last to
mature The fellows who have any
thing to do, do it and let some one
else do the talking.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
THE RAILROADS THEMSELVES TO
BLAME,

A great deal is said about the feel
ing against railroads and the GER
tainty almost of the average Jury to
decide against them in suit for
damages. This is true and it is to
be regretted But the railroads
themselves are largely to blame.
Their grasping greed and reckless
disregard OF individual interests,
manifesting Itself in unequal and ex-
tortionate charges and tyrannical if
not brutal methods are responsible
for the prejudice existing against
them.
BY way of illustration the follow
ing case is cited: A car was loaded
with wood at point on the South
ern Railway. 1t remained there sew
eral days-a week, we are tOld-after
1T was loaded. The railroad suited it's
convenience about moving it and
then not until complaint was made,
giving as an excuse that their trains
we're loaded and they could not ham
die If sooner. The car was finally
hauled in here in the midst of the
deep snow last week. Arrangements
had been made to handle the wood
the week befOre-when it should have
been delivered and while the weather
was gOOd-but the consiglee had to
wait the good time and pleasure of
the railroad, and when it did come it
was impossible to get it out as expe-
dltiouslv as would have been done
under more favorable conditions.
Before the time limit for holding the
ear expired consignee started to
throw the wood out at his own risk
ana release the car, but this was OBJ
lected to and stopped by the rail-
road. Then charge for demurrage
was made. This looked like an un-
reasonable demand under the circum-
stances tin view of the fact above
stately, and payment was refused.
The car was then sealed and further
delivery of the wood withheld. The
railroad had the victim in their DOW
er and they knew it. There was but
one thing to do, pay the demurrage
charges or submit to the
OF property of greater value. He
preferred to be held up for the lesser
amount.
We understand full well that the
railroads must have rules and recu
latlons for the conduct of their bust
ness, but it is bad rule that willnot
work but one way. But railroad
rules are only made to work their
way and with them it is "the public
be damned us the late Mr.. Wander
Dit, who was himself a railroad man,
once exclaimed.
The Southern Railroad maynot be
the meanest railroad in the country.
although we believe it has somewhat
that reputation, but it has more
ways OF getting itself hated than any
road we know.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

WANTED-MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS
represent and advertise an Old asta hI;sb..j
mouse OF solid financial standing. Salary to
men 81 weekly, to women $12 to sis
weekly with expenses advanced each MopSav
oy check direct from headquarters. Horse
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non permanent. Address, Blew Bros. & Co.
Dept. B, Monon Bldg, Chicago. IN '
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

The Simple Life may suit some
folks, but Theodore Roosevelt and
Tom Lawson take more to the siren.
uous and frenzied sort.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

1T appears that Mrs. Chadwick
doesn't take much stock in "frenzied
finance, though she has a number
of frenZied victims.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

OLD King Cotton" is having q
good many ups and downs these
days-more downs than ups.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-02

house for children, an agency to keep
tab of families willing TO swap children
and to engineer the swap. A man
named Toni Matthew saw the chance
and improved 1t during the vacation
period last year. He had prejudices To
overcome. After a deal Of letter writing
he won the indispensable. not to say
Inevitable, sanction OF college pro-
fessors. Of great authors, prominent
lawyers and members OF Parliament.
He even succeeded In. placing an order
for five children on trial He devoted
a whole year to booming the enterprise
And 1t was heartbreaking work. He
would win the approval Of a lot OF Eng
lish or German or scandinavian fami-
lies, only to find in his own land no
readiness TO trade. And yet, in spite %
everything. he has succeeded in a meas
ure. The scheme is working. and Mr..
Matthew has decided to found a society
and push the !dea for all it is worth.
This society is to be known by the
solemn title OF international Exchange
for Children in the Study OF Foreign
Languages and Customs" For honor
airy president IL IS to have NJ. d Estour-
neIles de Constant; for acting president.
Pierre Baudin, former Minister; for
vice presidents, NM. Firmery and
Edouard Petit, inspectors general OF
public instruction. Matthew himself
will serve as general manager. with the
backing Of Deputies OF the Chamber IL
necessary. Jules Siegfried and a lot Of
others viii look after the financing
An elaborate system OF correspond
.ence has been drawn M: already. There
is a precautionary exchange OF pho
tographs first. and a severe rross-ex-
animation Of all concerned The closing
details Of the railroad journey, under
suitable escorts in the case OF girls,
are easily looked after by the exchange.
Boston Transcript
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-02

when he had finished telling about his
proposed vacation the new day was be-
ginning to show over Mob Hill The
captain got home-some way-and
started to climb the winding stairs
leading to his fiat. Up and up he
went. passed his stopping point and
walked out on the fiat roof 1t was a
wide, roomy. yardlike place, with
shrubs and fiowerDots along the brick
walls which extended ten or twelve
feet higher-in fact, veritable roof
garden.
The captain. full of the walks he
was to have in the eountEy-and pos
sibly full of other things-was, in his
minds eye, already there. He began
his walk and round the roof he
trudged, gathering in health with the
early morning air at every miie-as he
measured it.
The sun came UP, but he kept on.
Mrs. Blank came up. too, but the
captain was still reaching for health.
you -! When did you get here?"
she asked when she had recovered
breath.
jess ct cher: doctor sd Cup
Mount Tamaly-ps. Git fresh air. Most
ov'r dam mountin. Fine ex'c else. Feel
bully already. Got enything t'drink ?''
Mrs Blank is a large lady She
came from Missouri and her father
was with Quantrell once. What her
liege lord got up there on the roof
could not be termed a vacation-too
great an element of sameness about it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-02
InfaHtS Clearinghouse

There is a Frenchman named Michel
Breal whose scheme. first preached in
1886, is again being talked up. 1t con-
sists of a wholesale exchange, a swap
ping of children from one family to
another.
Here is a Partisan father, in modest
estate, with son. This man has an am
bition that his child shall have a thor
ough knowledge of German The prop
er thing would be to place the child in
some German family for a while. But
the difficulty for the father is TO dis
cover just the right sort of family-one
who would receive the child, one that
he could trust with the child and. above
all, one who had child to swan. The
Partisan father would be spending no
extra money in housing the German
child and teaching it French while his
own was eating at a German table.
Meanwhile two nations were UNDER
standing each other better. 1t was a
splendid scheme. If only it could be car
ried out.
What was needed was a baby broker,
as it were-an exchange, a clearing