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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
The Little Leas Visit A Haunted House.

There's ladder; It's got a few runss on 1t yet. and I'll put 1t up to a win
 We'll hold 1t steady. said Polly and Betty. laying hold of the ladder when Rob finally had rested it against the house. It was a hard ladder to climb because the stretches between the
 Rob was a good climber however, and at last he swung himself in at the win dow. saying. Now. we'll see what's in
 He was utterly unprepared for what he did see. There were bones on the bed, but they were well covered with flesh and ordinary clothing.
 "Helloi". came in casual tones from the bed.
 Rob stared and his heart thumped.
 Time to get up. fancy; Isn't it?'' stretched itself and rose to a sitting
 Rob backed to the window ..,th g
 You look as if you'd seen ghost I'm not dangerous.
 You're not the miserT'
 No; only his son, and a terrible spendthrift. as all misers' sons are.
 Did hear sounds as of damsel in distress? l think I did That's what woke, me. started 10 go to the res- cue, but you seemed to be getting on
 '.Robi Rob- Whats the matter?" the little Leas were calling franticaIly from below; .'Is the ghost there, or the pot
 .'Damsels again in distress The fig ure had risen from the bed and walked to the window
 "Ohi oh! oh!'' shrieked the little Leas. There's the ghost. Have you killed Rob?" they demanded.
 young @ man. n s .what's ilaa sh the matter with you all? Perhaps I'd better introduce myself then we'll all feel better Ro.. s land Barton, at your service. @ .i,,a I'm o,1 31 place for bit of rest tramped late last night, so slept late this morning..
 Did you sleep in the murdered mans bed?" said Rob. finding his voice at T don't know; slept on that old four-poster there"
 ,".And. didn't you hear ghosts or any Not thing until 1 heard your voices"
 q don't believe there Is any haunt or any ghost and don't believe anybody was murdered asserted Rob enphae- ically.
 tell me all about it; I'm a stranger in the land said the young man."
 The three little Leas moved off a little II have some chocolate in my pockets. I think" added the. young man. T never travel without it.
 The little Leas looked E reassared- was sitting on the grass under a big old cherry tree engaged in the friend- Hest conversation. I'm going to get you some cherries,'' said the young man, taking off his coat and preparing to climb the tree.
 sI allus heard that they were red with the blood of the murdered man" said Rob, .sbut l don't believe if" He had become a thorough skeptic.
 T don't either" said Polly when she had tasted the cherries that MT. Roland Barton threw down to them
 q love haunted house" said Rose mary on their way home.
 '.So do I,'' said Betty and Poriy.
 There afn't any such thing" said Rob witt some gloom. He resented it that he had been deceived so long.
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and made no answer.
 Louis saw one of the older boys take similar lot of papers from another man. roll them up and put them into mysterious region Louis decided that that must be the proper proceeding and he did the same thing with the papers that had been given to him.
 Soon there was a hubbub of excite ment in the office over some lost copy It should have been on the night desk but it could not be found.
 T gave 1t to one of those blockheads of boys asserted the man who had written the copy, which one of you was it?'' he demanded, turning to the boys.
 You gave me something" admitted Louis.
 We'll. what in thunder did you do T put it In the pipe"
 He fired 1t through the tube into the composing room." explained one of the What did you do that for?" said the man angrily. Now you chase your self upstairs and find that copy and be quick about 1t. too''
 While Louis was trying to right his mistake. Ed was told to carry some pictures around to the art room
 Where's that3' he asked the boy next to him.
 up the hall; you'll see 'em settin in there drawin'." Unfortunately, Ed took the wrong hall and when he came to a room where several artists were at. work he took in the picture and gave 1t to one of them.
 Whats this?" inquired the artist.
 T dunno. Mir. Lane sent 1t round"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
Elsa s Dolls.
BY BARBARA ROWE.

In the fairy days there was a lovely girl with q face of purest white, save where the roses dyed ner cheeks and lips, eyes of velvet brown and hair like yellow spun silk. She had a beautiful home. 50 dolls and many toys. but she
 Dolls are stupid. dumb things" she exclaimed, fretfully. one day. T want real, live fairies to play with.''
 The 30 dolls looked at her reproach- and lay so still pouting and longing that soon the white lids dropped over the brown eyes and Elsa knew no more of the things of earth
 After awhile she heard a humming and murmuring, something between the drowsy buzz of insects and the rip- bling of stream over a rock bed. It was very pleasant to hear. T wonder what 1t is' said Elsa, sitting up
 To her surprise her 5O dolls were not where she had left them, but, fitting about were creatures that bore re- semblance to them, although they were thousand fold more beautiful, and each had gauzy wings. 1t was the flnttering of these wings that had awakened Elsa She was very glad to be awake, for never had she seen so enchanting a sight.
 "On. oh, now have someone worth playing ,with!' she exclaimed. and she called the dolls endearingly by name. They paid no attention to her, however, but continued to amuse themselves. Now and then sllvery laugh would ring out. but what the merriment was about Elsa could not make out. Her temptuously now left her entirely out in the cold. They were sufficient unto Themselves.
 .'Why won't you play with me?'' she bella by her gown of gold-spangled
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did not see the three little Leas. They readily recognized his superiority, and were never above seeking to ingratate themselves into his favor.
 .Oh, where are you going, Rob?' they asked him with a little thrill as he was about to pass them without any sign
 sNowReres," replied Rob, carelessly throwing a stone in the direction of catbird that was crying on a twig near by.
 'soh, let Us go with you" pleaded Bet ty rapturously.
 Well, I don't care much. Dyou ever see the haunted house?"
 No; oh, no. Where is it
 '- Bout mile down the tollgate road"
 What Is a haunted house?" asked Rosemary.
 Spirits in it." volunteered Polly.
 There was murder in this house The little Leas .huddered. -
 How long ago? asked Betty.
 .Moren hundred years"
 Who was murdered!
 An old man.
 Well, guess he wasn't so very good nor so very bad. He was miser n they wanted to get his money. They didn't, though, an nobody ain't never found it. self. self aug i0uiu 'A'ls s'as-s it this morning. Let's start right off'
 Down the road trudged the three It. tie Leas and their country knight-Sir Robert--in quest of the gold all aglow with excitement On the way Rob told all the narrowing tales he knew about murders and fires and stealing and ca- tastrophes of sall sorts so that when they turned in from the road to find the old house they were in tremor of excitement. There were only weeds and bushes where the gate had been. and the path that led to the house had been overgrown for many years. The trees about the place had grown so big that they hid the house from view until one came right upon it.
 '.Is that the haunted house?" asked Polly e4 .eaz
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..oh, all right; just chuck It In that cabinet will you2 I'll leave 1t Tor the day men"
 Now Ed had no way of knowing that he had got into the Sunday art room instead of the daily art room. 50 when MT. Lane began to telephone to the art department about cut and was told that nothing was known about It, he answered with great emphasis and turning around glared at the row of boys on the bench.
 You're the boy that took that photo to the art room, aren't you?' he said, fixing his eyes on Ed.
 wei, they say they never got it. To whom did you give it?f
 ''I don't know his name, but he told me to put it in a cabinet. and I did.'
 "WhatI Told you to put 1t in cab inet2 Why the cut ought to be ready
 Mr.. Lane grew terrifying in his de. nunciation of boys and artists and things in general. He summoned the head of the art department by phone.
 T tell you l never saw the photo- graph, retorted that individual. The boys q liar. He never brought it to this art room"
 They were drawing in it." said Ed.
 ''The blamed idiot must have taken 1t to the Sunday artroom," the art editor exclaimed, and, darting off returned with the lost photograph.
 That boy ought to be fred insisted MT. Lane. New? Well, I should say he was. He'll never learn anything That's the worst of it.''
 But there was so much to be done at that hour of the night that he had no further time to vent his wrath. and Ed was not fired.
 A few evenings later the boys were duty at 6 o'clock, but there was noth- ing to be done before '. The special war room had been fitted up for the use of the men who were handling the news of the Russian-Japanese War. On the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
AWar Episode in the Climax Office
BY E. G. RUFFNER.

There were two new boys on the Daily Climax. Boys came and went on that great daily: at least most of them went. Some of those who remained were am- bilious and studied stenography and typewriting. In that case they were likely to become secretaries to the heads of departments. Others obtained posi- tons In the advertising or circulation the business.
 When Louis Colman and Edward James joined the corps of the Climax office boys they cherished no far-reaehing am bitions. They were glad to have job that sufficed. Sometime, they hoped. they would get more money, but that was about the limit of their aspirations
 Perhaps it was a good thing they did not expect too much. for they would have been likely to be disappointed if they had. new boy in a newspaper office always has to be broken in, and the. process of breaking in is not es- pecially agreeable to the new boy. How ever, if he has the right sort of stuff in him he will come through all right and be the better for the discipline.
 On their first evening in the office their places by the side of the four other office boys and to look sharp when they were called The bench on which the boys sat was too high for them. It is very tiresome to swing ones feet long t time, and more wearing when there Is no back to lean against Moreover, there was always someone bawling out ''Boyl" or "Copy!' or whistling or pounding on q desk, and a new boy was terribly at a loss to know whether he ought to respond to these calls, or whether he should wait until he was called by name.
 About half an hour after he had taken his place upon the bench Louis respond ed to an imperious summons, Without looking at him the man who had called thrust a bunch of papers in his hands and went on writing.
 What shall I do with this?" Louis asked but the man wrote and smoked
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wall hung a large map of the war ter ritory and in it steel pegs were stuck each night indicating the position of the armies and fleets, according to the latest cabegrams. The boys did not understand the significance of the pegs, things to play with. So they pulled out a peg which represented a divi- sion of the army in one place and stuck it in another, and then a peg which showed where a fleet was and put it somewhere else.
 When they got through playing with the pegs conditions in the war territory had been amazingly changed The men who had charge of the war news came in a little later and hung up their coats and hats. One of them glanced at the war map. Great Scottp' he shouted There have been things doing. How on. earth did the Japs get up there?" pointing to the map
 And look at the Russiansp' chimed in another. See where their fleet is!'
 This beats everything" exclaimed a third. I'm going to find out what it means" And he dashed out of the room A few minutes later editors and res porters came rushing into the war room sans RS sfofz of the se ser fqaF has hsp
 Well. just look at that map. will you7''
 The editor looked and his jaw dropped He, called another editor, and he glow cred. A third one came in. Boys" he remarked.
 What? Eh. what's that?"
 Boys been monkeying with the pegs
 "We didn't know that they were fixed the way you wanted them, and we were just having fun with the pegs" con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
By Eleanor Mccarthy.l

Why no one lives in it." commented Betty.
 No one ever lives in haunted house; explained Rob. scornfully. They
 'Why?" inquired Rosemary
 The spirit of the murdered man comes back and disturbs their peace. That's what haunt is. You ought to hear t nights. There's chains rattling ana sounds of groaning an everything" .ona.y pld you ever come at night?"
 What did you see?.'
 - didn't see anything. an l didn't near much, cause I got too scart. bur thing sounded like signing" ,Ihe doors and windows had long ago dlsappeared from the old house It was ohiy shell, but 1t had been solid1y built and the walls and roof looked as II they would last for many years to Peering in cautiously, the children saw lew old pieces of furniture, a three cornered cupboard and several chairs In the fireplace stood an old iron kettle
 II nat nat must be the witch's kettle" Look up there" said Robert. pointing to- to one me of 9f, the upstairs rooms 'D'you .What?" whispered Polly.
 That bed"
 The three little Leas nodded.
 That's the one he was murdered in." Polly.
 T dunno. Do you darest to go up an Polly shook her head.
 Course not, cause you're a girl. I'm going They said lots O people have Somethin' allus happens to 'em. know Joe. Timmins, our hired man. had his leg broke trryin' to get in"
 Don't try" Rosemary pleaded.
 'Pshawl I aint afraid
 T am," admitted Rosemary, candidly Let's look for the gold first" sug- gested Betty. Where do you think 1t Well. the chimney's been searched, and sos the cellar. They tore down this old cupboard trying to find out if some thin was hidden behind it."
 Here's some moneyis cried Betty holding up small coin.
 Ten centsi' exclaimed Rob. That's the first money Us ever been found here. But how did it come in plain sight like that. I'd like to know?''
 Encouraged by their find. all the chill @Watch out. the floors awful rotten hardly were the words out of his mouth Sss Tssn anaer wth Pog 9qd ee eFy and 6oS5d n n to save herself she plunged through a hole into the cellar.
 Don't cry; I'll get you out" said Sir But there are things down here crawling and running about" sobbed Polly.
 Maybe they're the spirits" suggested Betty
 At this Polly began to choke with fear.
 There are no steps any more," said Rob; 'sbut you wait a minute and Iii get you up" He ripped up a board, and, leaning 1t on one of the beams that underlafd the floor, he made an incline, up which Polly, with consid- erable difficulty, managed to crawl, Rob gallantly assisting her as she neared the top.
 Let's go home now." said Rosemary. No; wait till I go up stairs,' said Rob. I've always wanted to-"
 'But there's no stairway" said Betty.
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ever have anything half so dear.
 Why do you shed tearS? an old woman asked her.
 T abused my dolls and neglected them, and now they have become fairies and have turned their backs upon me, and l have no one to play with.
 Would you like to be fairy, too?'
 "oh, more than anything else. but never can be-
 Well. let's see Now, shut your eyes,"
 The old woman shook a silver ball over Elsa's head and a golden powder fell all over her.
 old woman, and Elsa did so, at the same time realizing that she was float ing through the air and that she shim- mered just like the doll-fairies.
 'I am fairy!' she tried to say. but the words came out in little song. She immediately started In pursuit of the other fairies, and when she overlook them they gave her a cordial greeting. They frolicked together in mad joy and Elsa was the happiest fairy of them all.
 After a while 1t thundered and Elsa started in fright. She was not a fairy and her dolls were just as plain dolls as they always had been, but she hugged and kissed them all around, and ex claimed: You are the sweetest things in the world and 1 am going to play with you as long as i live. 1 wouidn't t change you for all the fairies that ever lived in fairyland.
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fessed Louis.
 Well you can go some place where said the editor.
 All right, I couldn't stand those seats without any backs, anyhow, retorted Louis
 Were tired of 'em, too" spoke up the other boys we've been tallxln bout strikin', an we'll just do 1t to- night"
 Every one of the six night boys picked up his cap and prepared to leave.
 That was serious. The authorities held q hurried consultation. The boys who had tri1ed with the pegs were rein- stated, and low bench with a back to it was promised for the next night.
 Thank you" said the boys, and we'll do our part"
 They kept their word. and the Climax now has the best office boys in town.
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You are so clumsy and stupid" re- piled the fairy who had been known as Cleopot-a when she was doll She was now transformed into a radiant crea- and had movements more like those of a hummingbird than anything else. We don't care to play with any one but you know we are very tired of you, just as you were of us. That is why the dolls fairy godmother touched us with her wand and turned us Into fairies.'
 Cleopatra fiuttered away and joined the other doll-falries in some enchanting sort of game.
 Elsa sighed. Then she cried. She could not help 1t. She had lost her dolls she did not see how she ever could have thought them stupid, for they really were the loveliest dolls ever seen. Never, never. Elsa was sure. would she
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The world invited the three little Leas to adventures. They sat on bench un- der an apple tree and looked out with vaguely wistful gaze over the fair world before them. Trees waved leafy boughs invitingly, the grass had been a-sparkle with diamonds but under the warm kiss of the sun they were disappearing. Here and there glimmered a stream and there were roads and paths leading into the mysteries of unknown realms. A golden oriole sang over their heads.
 Sir Robert came sauntering by. It was his pose ordinarily to pretend that he
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The Fourth.

Gee, what a fussi Also a muss.
 What's 1t aoout? Why do we shout7 It's the Fourth of July. The third is no fun; On the fifth all is done. July's all the same Dull, hot and tame Except for the Glorious Fourth You're live on that dnys It huns out our way. My, but it's great!
 l hardly can wait
 For the Fourth of July. Our dads had spunk, And never would funk, But just told the king A most impudent thing On the Fourth of July. 9 We're free" they said, And we won't be led " The king found it out. And that's why we shout On the Fourth of July.
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Capt. Robert E. Lee, the youngest son of General Lee, is at work on a book en- titled ''Recollections and Letters of General Lee"
 Germany has the advantage over France of natural wells of carbonic-actd gas. cheap labor, cheap capital and cheaper transportation. Austria-Hun- gary and Switzerland have both in- creased their customs duties on it. to meet the destruction compleution Of Germany.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
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HOLIDAY Excursions.

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30

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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30

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Mccoy & Church have moved
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Rumor has a thousand tongues
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Attorney and Mrs. S. B. An,
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30

The saloon business will prOba-
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count of so many pledges being
made. But it won't last long.