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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06
How Sir Waller
Caught The Burglar

my name. sab, is Sir Walter Scott,
sah!"
That was always the way he intro
duced himself He was the very
blacklist black, and short for his
years, which numbered ten; his hands
and feet were the biggest part Of him,
and his eyes shone like black dia-
monds He was as much a fixture Of
the great summer hotel as the pretty
girls with their sailor hats, or their
stately mammas, with their airs and
fat purses.
1t is quite and ordinary thing for a
little darby lads name to be Walter
Scott but there are very few who
could be called Sir Walter Scott. He
father was head cook. that was one
thing; and his mother head laundress,
that was another thing; but the reason
why the hotel guests called him Sir"
was because of his lordly bearing and
very, oh, very, heightened language.
Mr.. Lexington Cook, who arrived
at the hotel on the first day OF June,
and year out, was the greatest cross
that SIR Walter had to carry, for that
gentleman, with his laughing blue
eyes and gray-streaked heard and
rheumatism, considered himself a
privileged character, and positively re-
fused to call the lordly gentleman
ANYTHING but Snowflake. This resulted
in his being the only guest whom Sir
Walter resoIutely cut. even refusing
proffered nickel.
mo, sab" he would say. EFF you
amt got the politeliness to treat me
as what you ought to treat a lady, sab,
then I don't want your five centses.
sah!"
But there was a person to whom
Sir Walter could confide his trials. 1t
was Dorothy Lenox, the five-year-old
daughter of Judge Lenox. Dorothy,
with her brown curls, and Sir Walter,
with his ears spread out like the sails
of a ship, were a well-known couple
down at the beach, where strangers
stopped to smile at the combination.
Hello, there. Dotty are you going
out with Snowflake this morning? Be
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

his launches to inspect the place more
closely. wish / could pour hot sap
on him. 1 bet he would leave Them
said Benny.
AS he spoke his hand struck some
thing greasy. Here is that old Ian
tern that father said was no good.
Wish / could light it. He would be
scared then"
Meanwhile the bear had discovered
a new interest. A can of syrup, still
warm, stood within reach, and he
knocked 1t over and began licking I'D
the contents.
WAIT a minute, Elvira; I'll fix him."
The young defender poured the kero-
sene oil in the old lantern down upon
the black mass below.
Il don't see what good your pour
ing oil on him will do" remarked his
companion.
you just wait. Here. let me take
your handkerchief"
IT'S real linen. Don't you spoil it,"
well. this is a real bear. and I've
got TO spoil it,"
on the bit of cloth. lighted II and
dropped IL on the bears back
The oil that had soaked into the fur
blazed up. Frantic with pain. the
brute made a rush for the door. but
struck it before he could pass out and
slammed IL shut.
Then he performed as no circus per-
former ever dreamed of doing. Round
the little room he went like a pin
wheel, growing with pain and rage.
Buckets swimmers and cans OF half
cooled syrup were scattered about in
wild confusion.
Finally he jumped upon the evapo-
rator pan and scalded both front paws.
With a howl he scrambled to the open
window hole and clambered out, dis
appearing down the brook road like a
living torch, with a little place upon
his back still burning brightly, as the
farmer came back to send Benny
home.
Say, father, did you see my bear 20
by Just now2" inquired the lad
Yes. I saw him. and / guess ne be-
longs to you. You have your mark
on him All right" said the farmer,
after no had the matter explained.
And Il 30 turned out that Benny ala
have him Tor his own. For. when hts
Uncle Henry shot him two years later,
he was c0ntcntcd " take the bounty
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER g. 1909

dug CLAIMS every tide and got tidy
little sum. Within year his fatner
died, and Rob left school to work nara
at anything he could get and support
his mother, who. thanks to him. al
ready had to work less and less over
her washtub.
BY the time he was II, Rob had
saved enough money to buy boat
and he added fishing to his clam dig
ging.
There was a shore resort ten miles
away to which Rob used to take his
clans for sale in his boat. One day
he told the proprietor that he wanted
to make a contract with him to sup
ply the place with CLAIMS for the next
season. The man liked the appearance
and bearing of the boy. and so they
struck bargain.
Rob then bought all the clans the
villagers dug, and even contracted for
those dug at a neighboring village,
selling them to the shore resort at
fair profit. His business increased,
and his mother worked no more. but
had every comfort her son could buy
her.
All this time Rob did not neglect his
books, but studied at home nights. He
added other enterprises to his business,
some of which brought him money and
some of which cost him money. but
by the time he was twenty-five he had
enough saved up so that, the Marshall
House being offered for sale, he bought
it. and went there with his mother to
live.
So he prosDered with the years, be-
came the richest man in town, and
they sent him to the State Legisla-
ture.
Often now. as he sits on his piazza
i ut,
ing seward. he thinks of the time he
was tempted to run away, and won
ders what would have become of him
if he had. Then he turns to the pleas
ant-faced cid lady who sits rocking in
a chair near him, and offers up
prayer of thanksgiving that he recog-
nized in time where his duty lay.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06
''Parkerl" yelled another,

"Parker!" yelled another.
We'll you'd say Roosevelt and Par
ker If you had to shine these engines
after they've been out on a false
alarm. There's $50 fine for making
street fires, and somebody's got to pay
IT,"
Mr.. Hardness stepped down from his
front steps where he had been watch
ing the fire.
I'm behind this" he said to the
firemen, and I'll pay the fine II nee
essary but / understood that the or
dlnance was suspended on election
night"
We'll, I guess maybe IL is" said
the fireman, calming down. "Only
this Is 80 much bigger than the other
fires that some one mistook It and
turned In an alarm"
He climbed back on the hook and
ladder truck. The children gave three
big cheers for the fire department, and
their jollitv was so very real that the
firemen forgot 10 be mad. and waved
their hands and rang the bell as they
went up the street.
The FIRE burned higher and higher.
and then fell IN "A big smouidering
heap, and the children All went home
70 happy and excited that they didn't
mind at all that they never know who
Was elected until the next m0rnlngl.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

clue was found they almost gave UP
all hope of their recovery.
Say. Snowflake" announced the
rheumatic Mr.. Cook. IF YOU catch the
burglars I'll give you money enough
to have you polished into ebony"
4 pose you think that you are aw-
full knownifercous." glared back Sir
Walter You amt a-ketchen' of 'em
YOURSELF"
Sir Walter was very much excited
over the affair, and held animated
discussions with Dorothy, who amia-
bly, agreed With all his remarks.
You don't think, Sir Walter, do
you" she asked anxiously-she al
ways was very particular to say Sir
Walter-'that my Georgette Ethelinda
could have stolen them?"
DO you think I'm an unknown
lunattick, what don't know muffin? %
was the sarcastic rejoinder, ito think
- good+for-nothing cross-eyed
don stole them? No. l don't think
nothing like that at all, and I'm much
exprised at you. You don't know a
bit, even for a girl"
Dorothy was silenced. To have her
beautiful blonde doll, Georgetta Eth
elinda, who closed her eyes and said
mamma" in a croupy tone of voice,
called good for nothing was bad
enough; but to have her called cross
eyed, when her eyes were as straight
as her own, was beyond endurance.
She would go home at once.
But Sir Walter had softened some
what. SAY, Dorothy, eff yer don't ever
breathe it to a soul livin' Ill tell you
what I think. I think that rheuma-
tism old Cook stole them!"
Dorothy started visibly; but it was
g. sense of relief, after all, to be sure
that Georgetta Ethelinda hadn't done
the dreadful thing.
Eyes, I do think that thing" reit-
Grated Sir Walter impressively. amy
man what nd say such lowdown,
things as him is plenty
mean enough to steal shoestrings."
1T wasn't shoestrings what was
stolen" explained Dorothy kindly.
ut was rings, and pins, and things
my mammals"
For one moment Sir Walters indig-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06
ROB ANTHONY'S
CHOICE
What He Won by Selecting Duty In
stead of Romance.

Come right into the house. Reggie.
Didn't I tell you not to play with that
Anthony boy?" Mrs. Marshall called
angrily from the piazza of her hand
some house to her son, a boy of four
teen, who was playing with another
boy of his own age.
Rob Anthony, the other boy, hung
down his head and went homeward
sadly. The Marshalls were the richest
in the village and his family was about
the poorest. They lived in a small
house, scarcely more than a hut, by
the water-side and his mother, who
was the main support of the family,
took in washing.
His father, when he was not loafing
about the village tavern and getting
drunk, went claim digging; but he was
a lazy, dissipated man and his home
was one of sorrow and strife.
Rob was a bright boy but a thought
less one. His mother insisted upon
his attending school, but in the long
vacation and in the spare hours Rob
never thought it his duty to help her.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

be sailing to lands far off across the
ocean, far away from all his miserable
surroundings.
Yes, he would run away and go to
sea. That was the life for him-the
singing sailors and the ships and the
strange, far lands And then some
day he would come back rich and buy
the house that Mrs. Marshall lived in
"just to show her"
He lay awake that night thinking
over his plans. but, in the morning,
when he saw the pale, patient face of
his mother and she bent over and
kissed him, he suddenly realized that
his duty lay right where he was.
He studied hard all the rest of the
school term. doing any odd jobs which
he could get between school hours, and
giving his mother the money he
earned.
When the long vacation came. he
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06
THE FIERY BEAR
The Story of a LuclxIess Animal.


The day he was eleven years old
Benny's father began to tap the sugar
naples.
When the first sugaring-off came, a
half dozen of the neighbors and
Benny's cousin Elvin were invited
for the treat. Warm maple sugar on
snow, eaten with a fork, is better than
anything elese that can be served, even
on a kings table. Finally they all
went home, and, as the house was
watch the fire few minutes while he.
went to the barn to make the cattle
comfortable for the night.
He had been gone but moment
when Elvira called to him-she was
afraid to go home alone.
Benny promptly shut the draft to
the furnace and started to go the
few rods of road with her; but as the
two turned to the door they saw some
thing black in the doorway 1t was a
big black bear, after his share of
sugar.
Benny promptly took command.
Climb up the ladder, Elvira. Here
is the bear!" he shouted in his excite
ment, and they hardly had got upon
the few loose boards laid overhead
when the bear came snuffing and
blinking into the faint light that shone
from the little cracks in the furnace
damper.
A pan Of syrup and snow attracted
his attention, and he began to enjoy
the dish.
"Oh, Benny, he can come right up
here. Bears can climb" painted the
girl.
The animal heard her and rose on
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

But Mrs. MarshalTs remark set him
10 thinking and stirred his ambition.
Not good enough for him to play
with, hey?" said he to himself. II
show 'eml"
AS he entered the yard OF his own
poor home ne saw his working
mother hanging out clothes and heard
his father making a drunken row in
the house because what had been pro-
vided for his MONDAY meal did not
suit him.
For the first time it struck the boy
how worn and frail his mother looked
and what a wretched home his was.
He went to the shore and sat on
rock-thinking hard. Far out at sea
he saw a big ship with all her canvas
shining and his heart gave bound
as he thought how fine it would be to
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

First Boy-'I see Patsy hez broken
all home-ties." Second Boy--''wot Do
yer mean7" First Boy-"Hls mudder
tied him up ter De bedpost. 70 he
couldn't 80 swimmin. but dare he isl"
Judge.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

and make a present OF the bear to his
nephew.
Benny looked at him with interest.
"He ~ big, isn't he. Elvira7 And see
the white stripe on hig back whore he
was burned. ] guess bears have a
pretty tough time after ALI"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

Miserable, Youw Yourself
Sc
rinRs
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06
FOUR LITTLE UeGLE-UGGLIES.

(To be continued.)
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-12-27

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..6FRLS WILL
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Has Been Booked For Appearance At
the Traders Grand Opera House On
Thursday, January s.

William 4. Brady's big musical
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Tae play was brilliantly successful on
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where It played 10 crowded houses for
six weeks.
One Of the most interesting points Of
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Girls VIII b Girls" was written by
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some spectacular bits.
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MILDRED
HOLLAND
In "The Triumph of An Empress" Comes
10 the Traders Grand Opera HOus.
wsdnesday Evening. Dec. IS.

10 the Traders Grand Opsfa houSs
Wednesday Evening, Dec. as.
The announcement Of the apPeaFane.
at tae Traders Grand opera house on
"Wednesday, Dec. 2s, Of Mildred Holland,
as Catherine. IN. Great, in ~The Triumph
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The subject Of tae theme OF The
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"A deligated audience at the Majestic
last evening witnessed Mildred Hol.
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mer's @The Triumph Of An Empress .
drama portraying the indulgence OF
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Ligne, Rosseau, voltaire and others,
weaving through the strong wool of her
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
a. endemic for ppckeTed -.

There has been an Epidemic in tae
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to date. 1t Is booked II appearance
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