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posite and heard my own voice break
into something I'd never heard before.
Tom stood at last with the handouts
on.
It's your own fault, you damned lit
tie chump,' he said to me, as they
went out
You lie, Mag Monahan. he's no such
thing, He may be a hard man to live
with. but he's mine-my Tommy
Tom.
What? Latimer?
Well. do you know, it's funny about
him. He'd told the cop that I'd
peached-peached on Tom! So they
went off without me.
Why?
That's what he said himself when
We were alone.
In order TO insure for myself an
other Of your most interesting visits
suppose. Miss-not Omar? All right.
Tell me, can I do nothing for
you? Aren't you sick of this sort Of
!ife?"
Get Tom out of jail"
He shook his head.
..Tu too good a friend of yours to DO
you such a turn.
i don't want any friend that ism
Toms"
He threw the pistol from him ana
pulled himself up, till he sat looking at
me.
What's that to you?" turned to go.
TO me? Things Of that sort are
ro+biog of course, to meme, that
.lucIzless pot he marr'd in making But
tell me-can a girl like you tell the
trutb9 What made you hesitate when
nat fellow told you with his eyes TO
murder me-"
How did you know"
How? The glass. See over yonder'
I could watch every expression on pun
vour faces. What was it-what was
ii. child. that made you-oh, II you owe
me a single heartbeat Of gratitude
tell me the truh!"
You've said it yourself
"What?"
THAT line we read the other night
about the luckless pot
His face went gray and he fell back
on his pillows. The strenuous life we
been leading him. Tom and l. was 100
much for him, guess.
DO YOU know, I really felt sorry Ia
said it. But he is cripple. Did he eX-
meet me to say he was big and strong
and dashing-like Tom?
left him there and got out ana
away. But do you know what / saw
Mag beside his bed, just as Burnett
came TO put me out?
Nv old blue coat with the buttons
the beIIboy's coat I'd left in the mousse
teener's room when 1 borrowed her
Sunday rig. The coat was hanging
over chair. and right by it, on taple'
was that big book with picture COW
ering every page, still open at that
verse about
Through this same Garden-and for one in
vaini
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Do you remember Lady Patronesses'
day at the Cruelty, Mag? Remember
how the place smelt of cleaning am
monia on the bare floors? Remember
the black dresses we all wore. and the
white aprons with the little bibs, and
the oily sweetness of the matron, and
how our faces shone and tingled from
the soap and the rubbing? Remember
it all?
Well, who'd "a thought then that
Nance Olden ever would make use of
it-on the level, too!
Drop the Cruelty, and tell you about
the stage? Why, it's bare boards back
there, bare as the Cruelty, but oh,
there's something that you don't see,
but you feel it-something magic that
makes you want to pinch yourself to
be sure you're awake. 1 go round there
just doped with 1t; my face, if you
could see It, must look like Molly's
kids when she is telling him fairy
stories.
1 love it, Mag! 1 love It!
And what do 1 do? That's what 1
was trying to tell you about the Cruelty
for It's in a little act that was made
for Lady Gray, that there are four
Charity girls on the stage, and I'm
one of 'em.
Lady Gray? Why, Mag how can you
ever hope to get on If you don't know
who's who? How can you expect me
to associate with you If you're , igno-
rant? Yes-a real Lady, as real as the
wife of a Lord can be. Lord Harold
Grays a sure enough Lord, and she's
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No-no-no! No more whining from
Nance Olden. Listen TO what I've got
to tell you, Mag, listen.
You know where I was coming from
yesterday when I passed Troyon's
window and grinned UP at you, sitting
there, framed in bottles Of hair tonic,
with that red wig Of yours streaming
about you?
Yep, from that little, rat-eyed law
yer's office I was glum as mud. I
felt as though Tom and myself were
both flies caught by the leg-he by the
law and I by the lawyer-in a sticky
mess; and the more we tapped our
wings and struggled and pulled, the
more we hurt and tore ourselves, and
the sooner we'd have to give it up.
Oh. that wizened-faced little lawyer
that lives on the Tom Dorgans and the
Nance Oldens. who don't know which
way to turn to get the money! He
looks at me out of his little eyes and
measures in dollars what I'd do for
Tom. And then he sets his price a
Notch higher than that.
When / passed the big department
store, next to Troyons, 1 was thinking
OF this. and I turned in there, just
aching for some of the Doodle that
1aunts itself in poor girls face when
she's desperate, from every silk and
satin rag. from every face and jewel
in the place
The funny part of ii is that ] didn't
want it for myself, but Tor Tom. Pom
my soul, Mag, though l would have
l, 7
] wouldn't have put on one thing of
all the duds; just hiked off to soak 'em
ard pay the lawyer. I might have
been as old and ugly and rich as the
yelow-skinned woman opposite me.
who was turning over laces on the
middle counter, for all these things
meant to me-with Tom in jail.
] was thinking this as / looked at
her, when all at once saw
You know il takes a pretty quick
touch, sharp eyes and good nerve to
get away with the goods in a big shop
like that. Or il takes something alto
gether different. 1t was the different
way she did IT. She took up the piece
Of lace-it was a big collar, fine like a
cobweb picture in threads-you can
guess what ii must have been worth
if that old sinner, Mother Douty, gave
me SIS for it. She took it up in quick
eager way, as though she'd found
just what she wanted. Then she took
out a lace sample from her gold-linked
purse and held them both up close to
her blinky little eyes, looking at it
through a gold lorgnette with emeralds
in the handle; pulling II and feeling 1t
with the air of one who knows a fine
thing when she seees it, and just what
makes il fine. Then she rustled off to
the door to examine it closely in the
light, and-Mag Monahan, she walked
right out with 1t,
At least she got beyond the inner
door when 1 tapped her on the shoulder.
Il beg pardon, madam" My best
style. Mag.
She pulled herself up haughtily and
blinked at me. She was a little, thin
mummy of a woman, just wrapped
away in silks and velvets, but on the
inside Of that nervous. little old body
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his wife, but-but a chippy. just the
same; that's what she is, in spite OF
the Gray emeraIds and that great Gray
rose diamond she wears on the tiniest
chain around her scraggy neck. Do
YOU know. Mag MOnahan. that this
Lady Harold Gray was just a chorus
girl-and a sweet chorus it must have
been if she sang there. when she
nabbed Lord Harold?
You'd better keep your eye on Nancy
Olden, or first thing you know she'll
marry the Car of Russia-Or Tom Dor
gan, poor fellow. when he gets out,
Well, just the same, Mag, if
that white-faced. scrawny little crea-
ture can be a Lady, a girl with ten
times her brains and at least half q
dozen times her good lOoKs-oh, We're
not shy on the stage. Mag. about
throwing bouquets at ourselves!
Can she act? Don't be silly, Mas?
Can't you see that ObeTmuller's just
hiring her title and playing it in big
letters on the bills fol I'll it's worth2
She acts the Lady P, rOness, come to
look at US Charity girls. She comes
on, though, looking like a fairy prin-
cess. Her dress is just blazing with
diamonds. There's the Lady's cOrOnet
in her hair. Her thin little arms are
banded with gold and diamonds, and
on her neck-O Mag, Mag, that rose
diamond is the color Of rose leaves in
a fountains jet through which the sun
is shining. It's long-long as my thumb
I swear it is, Mac nearly. and it
blazes, oh, it blazes
Well, it blazes dollars into Ober-
muller's box all right, for the Gray
jewels are advertised in the bill with
this one at the head Of the list, the
star Of them all
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File your claim early for
these if low prices and good
quality count for anything.
LADIES' PETTICOAT-

Made of fast black near
silk, trimmed with a Io-inch
founce with two small ruff
fes and six tailor stitched
bias fold bands. Made lib
erally-that is, to nr
breadth and width. SOc
Price .............. 49,
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LADIES' PETTICOAT-

Made of linen mor-en, silk
finish; made with a ten
inch f1ounce and trimmed
with eight rows of tailor
stitched black sateen bias
fold bands-generously made
- fit as they o. ~
should. Price. RI"l
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LADIES PETTICOAT-

LADIES PETTICOAT-
A fast black twilled serge
trimmed with wide ruf1e,
with three small open work
hemstitched hounces, four
tailor stitched b a n d S;
t..l full widths all M
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head back, in a cloud toward the cell
ing.
1 sprang from my seat and faced
him. 1 was tingling all through. 1
didn't care a rap what became of me
for Just that minute. 1 forgot about
Tom I prayed that the cop wouldn't
come for a minute yet-but only that
might answer him.
you're mighty smart, amt you?
You can sit back here and sneer at me,
can't you? And feel so big and smart
and triumphant! What've you done
but catch a girl at her first bungling
job! 1t makes you feel awfully cocky.
don't it? What a big man 1 am!
Bahn 1 blew the smoke up toward
the ceiling from my mouth. with just
that satisfied gall that he had; or
rather, l pretended to. He let down
the front legs of his chair and began
to stare at me.
'And you don't know it all, Mr..
Manager, not you. Your clown -crimi-
nal don't jump into the ring because
he's so full of fun he can't stay out.
He goes in for the same reason the
real clown does-because he gets hun
CRY and thirsty and sleepy and tired
like other men, and he's got to fill his
stomach and cover his back and get a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

She came here to New York with a wonderful voice, so every one said, and the promise of a wealthy woman philan- thropist to provide the money for the education of the said voice We'll. for few months lessons and practicing wax ed fast and furious; she even sang at a musicale and made many influential friends. These petted her and praised her, too; took her to see all the good plays. the art galleries. the concerts-in a word, anything which could improve her. They installed her in a comforta- ble private family, where she was treat ed like Dresden china, and what hap pened? She dawdled and dawdled and wasted her time dreaming. Three or four times a week one of these untiring and true friends would run to see whether the little girl was feeling lonely and to rousepher up and give her some new ann bition; to help her on with some new inducement. She would take her to this and that manager, to this and that school of opera when she was far enough advanced in her studies. All was to be made easy for her.
 Now, wouldn't you think that girl couldn't help succeeding? Not a bit of 1t. She dawdled and dawdled and slept and ate and wasted her golden oppor- tunity. By midwinter she didn't even have piano to practice on, but she and Mrs. x. had gone to look at one all inlaid with yellow wood which she would buy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24

Tbankslto the new styles, we do not see any more large waists; at least they are not large in appearance, whlch IS the main thing. Women dress retormeES may rave all they like, a large waist IS neltheE nrettv nor graceful in the modern cos tune.
 Rut the effect of slenderness IS gwen bT contrast, for the cape collars are so wide. and the skirts and sleeves so luii run that, about the only snug thing ls tle waist line. For my part, rather nAe this ample, flowing style. You take woman. unless she be very perfectly pro v,ortioned incase her in a sheath-like gar ment and behold the result. Every de- feet stands out-large hips. thick waist line. round shoulders, etc. Put tnls same woman into something fluffy and nouce the difference. A loose hanging ooleIo rVfves a straight look to the back ana small effect to tho waist line, which IL throws into shadow: the lack of propor- ton of the lower half of the body is skill fully concealed by the pretty, soft folds or the skirt, and. altogether, we nave .charnains effect.
 "I think about the most unbecoming style, the most ungainly, was the straight seven gored skirt with two inverted piaits (which kept opening) in the back. The next was the skirt with a single cir cular nounce headed by hand of trim ning In contrast to these mark the ptetty, hufily trimmed skirts we are now wearing. Shaped hip yokes bring out the beauties of perfect figures, while tuckings, shirrings and bandings con- ceal the angularities of defective ones.
 Some women are much too narrow through the shoulders for their waist lines and hips. They have what is call ed disrespectfully bottle figure. For these women the cape effect, as frilly as possible, Is an absolute necessity, and yet they are the very ones, you will mo- tice, who have their shoulder seams cut too short and their arm seams pulling in at the back. They are fond, too. of pointed and shaped effects which ac- centuate their lack of shoulder breadth.
 "oh, Wad Some Power''-
 wouldn't it be funny if some people saw themselves as others see them?
 Now. and then you meet woman who Is really clever at understanding
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used both evening and afternoon ana could be combined with any dress mag inable. -
 The girl. who wants a general utiity hat and yet at the same time chie and becoming one will buy three cor uered shape or else make herself one by bending a French sailor, and she VIII have 1t of very fluffy French beaver trimmed with tiny gilt tassels and gold cord.
 An ermine toque and an ermine stole are things of beauty which make ones entire costume look rich. They need not be very expensive. especially if you do what a clever woman friend of mine did She had husband who took am nuAl hunting trips through the wilds or Canada. and he managed to procure dozen little ermine skins, which nc brought home to her at a much small Ter cost than she would have paid here We'll, she bought a good frame and made the turban herself, using the brim of ermine and a crown of crushed white camellias. Then she joined the other skins together with bands of lace oddly disposed and lined the whole with white satin. The effect was not at all anna teurish and was quite rich In fact.
 But. whether 1t is ernine or whit& pussy cat you can pick up at sales won- derfuiiy smart little stoles for very lit- tie because the fashion in furs permits of short 'neckties almost Of fur. provided they arc made in nat style and trimmed in 2 fancx waSa V
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Kate Clyde's
Bu dg ct of Sense. Nonsense Gno Fash ion

signed. bolero fashion and neatly bound with an embroidered braid. The sleeves, three-Quarter length, revealed tight cuns of lace. and the long tabs of the loose jacket hung in straight points three or four inches below the waist line. She hated the dress and would never wear it. for it gave her such ''woodeny" figure. We'll, one day she lost patience and deliberately cut those front tails off. Then she rounded them and slash ed the sides into rounded points to re- veal a full blousing of chiffon under neath Next she trimmed all the edges with inch wide taffeta ruchtng and put clusters of this wherever the design would allow. and by way of finishing touch she fastened three little rosettes on the left side of the bolero. One was pale violet, the other a deep shade of violet. the third a pale blue. Around the top of the collar there were couple of folds of pale blue. The gown is now as dainty and as up to date as any one could wish.
 After all. 1t is the little touches which count. I know of one girl who evolved what was apparently a Paris creation by trimming a plain costume with me- dallions of checked ribbon bound to the cloth by means of fancy stitching. And another took very ordinary piece of straight ldCe DdHulHB anu HduQ pdlulSu 1t so marvelously in oriental colorings | that 1t became a thing of beauty. espe- cially when set in between two narrow bands of deep tobacco brown velvet. Oh, and I want to tell you. as we arc approaching spring, you won't make a mistake If you plan for yourself or make | if you are clever enough, a beautiful ht- tie gown of heavy white china silk trim med with silk embroidery. This sort of dress is going to be much worn during l the coming season.
 I am simply wild over the new little hand bags which come long and mar row, with Things of pale moire and two little pockets, one for the cardcase and
 the other for the pocketbook. both, of course. matching the leather and general style of the outside. The beauty of these
 purse bags is that so much can be tucked away in them-a handkerchief. thcater
 tickets, a powder puff. rouge paw (beg-
 ging your pardon for mentioning it, a
 tiny mirror and what not. So that after
 a nasty consultation with one's wrist bag one can emerge almost as good as
 new.
 It seems almost criminal to force peo-
 pie to do things doesn't it? It usu-
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N A C H MAN & MEERTIEF
Er1broideries and L,aces.

You cannot begin to realize the broad variety of widths, grades and qualities and the i'm nense diversity of beautiful patterns in this great embroidery stock in one visit: you should come in often, there'll be pleasant surprises every time you stop at this counter, surprises because of 90 much snowy beauty and such spendid value for the money.
 TEN THOUSAND yards of Nainsook, Cambrir
 and Swiss Edgings and Insertions. Many match
 patterns fromt to 10 inches wide. Also
 EIGHT THOUSAND yards of New Laees Machine
 made Torehons, French vals net tops and other
 styles, worth up to 25c. Special at t0s yard.
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(.OrSetS.

It would be next to impossible to get an III fitting corset here because we surround your purchase with so many safeguards. We have an expert filter, the only one in Montgomery, and every brand in our stock has passed the most rigid tests possible both for style, fit and wear. Come here for your next corset and we will demonstrate to you what is meant by Absolute corset comfort and satisfaction" We will sell you corset that could not De better suited to your figure if it was made and noule ed on your form; that is where the skill of our expert filter comes in.
 CORSETS, twenty-three different models are shown
 here, the celebrated La Vida" w. B., R. & c., ).
 B. and many renowned makes from soc up to
 $900 each.
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ally results in taking away all their own origi- nality. will pow CT and resource fulness. You see that very often in the case of a brainy woman who has mar ried a rather slow and unen- terprising hus- band. Her very cleVerness and go a h e a d a. tiveness" spoil him utterly.
 A n q l a m thinking. too, of the case of a girl I know, d sweetly attract the sunny South.
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SPECIAL. s P

HANDKERC HIEFS-We closed ou. the surplus stock and samples of New York importer, the highest grade goods brought to this country. All fine linen most beautifully embroidered, as sheer as a spider web, bought them at a great loss to the importer and in turn give you the benefit of our good luck. There is 100 dozen to choose from; the real values are 75e, $1.00, S1.25, $I.50 and $z0o each. Your pick of the lot at soc each. Not over six to each buver.
 DRESS GINGHAMS = 5000 yards best quality Toile de Nord Ginghams in solid colors, stripes and checks, light and dark color ings. The present price of cotton makes these worth t2 1-2, having bought them long before the ad- vance enables Us to offer them at 8 1-2c a yard.
 NEW DRESS GOODS, The first showing of our imported chiffon voile, a beautiful sheer wool fabric 46-inehes wide, the new spring favorite, in new colors, pearl, cham pagne, ivory, navy and black.
 $1.00 value at 75e yard.
 READY MADE SHEETS of good unbleaehed cotton, full large, worth soc at 37e.
 PILLOW CASES, of bIeaehed cotton, sizes 45x36, worth t3e at 10 cents.
 TABLE DAMASK, -2bleach- cd, 72-inehes wide, worth 75c at 49e.
 MADRAS WAISTINGS = Entire line of high grade waistings in ali white, and white with neat colored designs, not a yard worth less than soc and up to S5c, choice of the lot at 33c yard.
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on the monthly payment plan as soon as
 she had collected enough to pay the first installment. And what happened? Why suddenly the rich benefactress who was financing the girl asked for reports. and
 the result was so unsatisfactory that she refused to go on. and the girl was sent back to her folks in Alabama. Now, was 1t because she didn't have it in her,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
Skirts, Coats, Suits and Furs.

The weather man says we are due to re- eeive lot of real winter through January and February. He sometimes makes mistakes; but this season he has been hitting it with re- narkable accuracy. You,l De both comfort able and stylish in one of these elegant gar ments in any sort of weather; you'l save i'm portant money on every one if you buy here, too. 7.s '.. Stock reducing sale pfees on every garment, which means }cst one third less than former prices.
 $750 Garments Reduced to $500
 1000 Garments Reduced to 6.67.
 t5O0 Garments Reduced to 1000.
 1900 Garments Reduced to t2OO.
 25O0 Garments Reduced to t667
 5000 Garments Reduced to 20O0.
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IXYXYEXEY

also forms frills in the wide cuffs, This is a hundred times more rich than silk and does not wear half So, shabbiiy. One I saw which was just on this order was of gray cloth having bounded ripple fronts of gray squirrel and lace. The cape collar was also of the gray squir- rel as well as the wide cuffs over the lacs wrist ruo1es. This coat Could be 4
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or was 1t because she was helped too much.
 Tell me that.
 There is nothing in the world so use ful and at the same time so becoming as the three-quarter length coat Of cloth, either gray, cafe au iait or black lined with white satin and edged down the fronts with friIl of yellow Iaca which
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her best points. She sticks to
 certain colors which are very becoming and does not allow herself to be tempted by oth- CTS just for the sake of a change or because they happen to be the fashion. And this is the rare c IT 6 a t UT e who can fix over her gowns and trim her hats so that they will not look homemade
 and ''t a c k y."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-24
Silk Petticoats.

Would you like one of these lovely ere. ations? We have number of very choice in black and eolors which will be sold at one third less than former prices.
 ] 500 Petticoats Reduced to 5 3.67.
 z.50 Pettieoats Reduced to 500.
 1000 Petticoats Reduced to 6.67.
 1z.00 Pettcoats Reduced to 1000.
 1900 Pettcoats Reduced to t2OO.
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White Goods.

Thewhite goods man says when you read these prices think of the finest fabrics you ever held in your hand and you will better realize the far reaching importance of each item" He must De right or we'd not be showing such steady increase in our White Goods trade. 100 pieces White Paris Muslin, 32-hches
 wide, will laundry perfectly, the I5c grade
 at 10c yard.
 100 pieces Persian Lawn, special number
 that can't be duplicated, worth z0c, at t5c yd.
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hasty consultation.
 Sometimes. indeed, the girl herself saves khe creations of her dressmaker from being utter failures.
 Wait till I tell you.
 A friend of mine had a gray yelling gown trimmed with grape applique prim- N done in taffeta. The waist was de-
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Hosiery.

The entire line of finest quality, fancy Hos isrY, in Lisle, gauze lisle, silk and Hsle, and extra fine cotton, silk cloeked and embroidered light and dark effects. Only a few of each style. Prices reduced as follows: 50 and 6se values at 37e pair
 75, S5c and $I.00 values at soc pair.
 $t.25, $t.5o and 500 valucs at S9c pan. REMEMBER these are extraordinary bargains be carly and get the choice.