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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-02

She chung to him.
Robert" she whispered, ''that horri-
Bile manp'
Then, watching his face, she let go
her hold.
"Robertl Were you hep
He nodded, unable to speak
what did you do it for? 1t was too
dreadful! 1 thought it was a burglar!
How did you find meY'
Find you? 1 opened my eyes and
saw your
'Of course, but how did you know l
was hereT'
What do you mean? How did you
know was hereY' he demanded.
Are you trying to make a joke of
it?" she cried. You creep into my
rooms like q thief''-
"a thiefP' he echoed. your rooms!
Aren't they mine? They knew my
name downstairs'-
you are more ungenerous than l
could have expected" she interrupted.
Whose name could l bear but yours
You are strangely forgetfulr'v
NO" he answered; mo, Molly, 1 new
er forget. If only could! / shall 20
mad some day remembering" Then,
pulling himself together, he said: For
give this business, Molly. It's queer
enough, but it's some mistake Of Ma
ria's. She has taken a new apartment,
and-and evidently this is not it.
thought it was. Maybe I made mis-
take myself l was dead tired. Any
how, I'll get out. / can go somewhere,
Of course
ut is hardly worth WHILE" she re-
piled. ut will soon be morning any
how. Jenny and l have been packing
all night, or, rather, / have, since she
fell asleep taking down pictures. We
sail tomorrow on the Oceanic"
He did not answer. The excitement
had faded from his face and left it
white and haggard. She came closer.
Robert, would never have gone to
you. had injured you too much. /
know now it was my own fault-my
own jealousy. But that does not mat
haps forever. Fate or God has brought
us together for a moment first. For
give me!'
Two hours later there was knock
at the door DIR. Jardine and his wife
looked at each other with eyes in which
laughter and panic mingled.
'And you are a respectable widow
ladyp' he Knocked.
But it was only old jimmy who ap-
peared upon the threshold Her hands
and eyes went up in happy gesticula-
ton.
Thank the Lawd," she cried, 'the
two stubbornes' folks in the void have
done come together again! An Mis-
Molly, the's telephone fer the doctah
from the horspital. Mis- Jardine's jest
raisin' New Yawk because he amt
come home, an p
But l have come home" cried DR.
Jardine where's the telephone, jim
ny?"
In moment he returned, laughing
"This is 10 East, isn't it?" he in
quired. well, Ay sister Maria jest
natchelly,' as jim " would say, wrote
East when she naant West never
thought 1 should live to bless the alb
sentmindedness of Maria, but HEAVIER
knows l do now with all my heart an6
souly'
And, though Molly was silent, she fell
for the first time that she truly loved
her sister-in-law.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-02
GIANTS OF THE PAST.
Some That Were Thirty or Forty
Feet High, So 1t Is Said.

Some That Were Thirty or Forty
Feet High, So 1t Is Said.
The past was more prolific in the pro-
duction of giants than the present. In
1880 one of these giants, who was ex-
hibited at Rouen, was ten feet high,
and the giant Galabra, brought from
Arabia to Rome in the time of Clau-
dius Caesar, was the same height.
Fannum, who lived in the time Of Eu-
gene IL, was eleven and one-half feet
in height
The Chevalier Scrog in his journey to
the peak Tenerife found in one of the
caverns of that mountain the head of
giant who had sixty teeth and who was
not less than fifteen feet high. The
giant Faragus, slain by Orlando, the
nephew of Charlemagne, according to
reports, was twenty eight feet high.
In 1914 near St Gernad was found
the tomb of the giant Isolent, who was
not less than thirty feet high. In 1890
near Rouen was found a skeleton
whose head held a bushel Of corn and
which was nineteen feet in height.
The giant Bacrt was twenty-five feet
high.
In 1923 near the castle in Dauphine
tomb was found thirty feet long, six
teen feet wide and eight feet high on
which were cut in graystone the words
''Kentolochus Rex" The skeleton was
found entire and measured twenty-five
and one-fourth feet high, ten feet
across the shoulders and FIVE feet from
breastbone to the back.
But France is not the only country
where giant skeletons have been I'M
earthed. Near Palermo, Sicily, in
1916, was found the skeleton of a giant
thirty feet high and in 1859 another
forty -four feet high. Near Magrino,
on the same island, in 1916, was found
the skeleton Of giant Of thirty feet
whose head was the size of hogshead
and each tooth weighed Eve ounces
New York Herald
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A LINCOLN STORY.
When Lew Wallace First Met the
Third Rate Lawyer

When Lew Wallace First Met the
Third Rate Lawyer.
The few uneventful years Lew Wal
lace spent In Covington were distin-
guished by one important event. 1t
was there that he saw Abraham Lin
coin for the first time. The Indiana
bar had even then some brilliant and
notable men among Its members, and
case of extraordinary interest had
called them together at the fall term
of the circuit court. In relating the cir
substance General Wallace said: Our
Ing the session we were in the habit of
gathering at the old tavern In the even
Ing after adjournment 1t was a bril-
liant company, whose talk was well
worth hearing. One evening there ap-
peared suddenly In our midst a tall,
ungainly man, homely of visage and
rather shabbily dressed. He did not
intrude himself, but sat on the out
skirts of the company, neither prefer
ing opinions nor taking sides In the
controversies that occasionally became
pretty warm. No one seemed to know
anything about him, and when l asked
friend who he was he replied care
lessly, Oh that is some third rate law
yer, man named Lincoln from some
where in Illinois, One evening, how
ever, after he had been there some
time" General Wallace continued,
something moved him to speak, and
then he began to talk We all sat spell
bound
81 have never" General Wallace said,
''heard anything that approached it
the logic, the wit, the pertinent anec-
dote, that poured out in an unceasing
stream. He talked thus for three solid
hours. Some one said, Whoever that
fellow is, we shall hear from him
again some day. 1t was my first meet
ing with Abraham Lincoln" he said,
land the prophecy that we should hear
from him again, it must be admitted,
was abundantly verified. Mary H.
Krout in Harper's Weekly.
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A GREEDY CoRMORANT.
He DevOured Two Pounds of stones
as Part of a Meal

He DevOured Two Pounds OF stones
as Part of a Meal.
When l was a keeper in the National
Geological park In Washington OBJ
served a remarkable example Of the
well known greediness Of the cormo-
rant.
-Four little cormorantS came to the
zoo and were placed in a cage in which
dogs had once been kept. Outside was
a pebbly yard in which the dogs had
exercised. The cormorants waddled
about this yard and seemed to be hav-
ing fine time until one morning no
ticed that one Of them was sitting on
the ground unable to rise. He did not
waddle up to get his meal of whole
fish, each usually about half as long as
his own body, and as the others came
l knew that he was ILL., 1 went into
the cage and lifted him up. What was
my amazement to hear something graf
ing and clanking inside of him! And
he seemed surprisingly heavy. 1 at
once called the head keeper, who de-
Clueu " AHNeSlASdlo ny means VI q SUI
gical operation.
He took out two pounds Of stones,
one Of which was four inches long, two
and half inches wide and about half
an inch thick! The poor chap seemed
to feel relieved In a few days he be-
came convalescent, ate his food regu-
larly and seemed to be doing well.
Then that hooked bill reached under
the feathers and tore out some of the
surgeons stitches, which were un-
doubleday irritating, as the wound was
beginning to heal. AS result Of this
Interference the wound opened, and
as the weather was hot, the patient
died five days after the operation.-St
Nicholas
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CUSTOMS IN MOROCCO.
The Scene at the Slave Market In
Marrakish.


Marralxish.
From time to time we are taking
our meals in the open air." writes a
traveller to Morocco Il see the shep-
herd boys staring at us from respect
full distance. To them we must seem
no better than savages. In the first
place, we sit on chairs and not on the
ground. We cut our bread, which, as
every true believer knows, is a wicked
act and def1es Providence, since bread
is from Allah and may be broken with
the hand, but never touched with q
knife. Then we do not know how to
eat with our fingers, but use knives
and forks and spoons, that after mere
washing are common property. We do
not have water poured out over our
fingers before the meal begins-the
preliminary wash in the tent is 1nvisi-
BILE and does not count-and we do not
say 'Bismillah' befoN we start eating.
Our daily bathing seems to puzzle
them greatly. do not notice that lit
tie Larbi and his brother Kasem ever
tempt the sea to wash or drown them.
Yet they look healthy enough and are
full of dignity"
Wildly delineated, too, by the same
writer are the scenes in the slave mar
ket at Marrakish 1.-THE various booths
where the statesmen keep their slaves,
of all ages and both sexes, are care
fully screened from sight until the
market opens. Then one at time
these booths empty themselves of their
contents and men, women and children
are marched around the Enclosure, the
auctioneer crying out the latest bid,
and the slave owner pointing out the
best features Of his articles for sale.
"They are all gorgeously attired and
decked out to show them off to the best
advantage. One by one the youngest
and the fairest and the fittest are
chosen until at the end of the long, hot
day only a few aged and weary and
worn are left They have tramped
round and round the market all day
long, but they are old and therefore
not wanted"
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ANTHONY'S
TEMPTATION
By CLAIMING POLLOCK
Copyright. 1904. by Claiming Pollock

what is itY' inquired Stella Mat
thew, stopping in the middle of her dish.
washing and 1.-The Good Old Summer
Time" what is it? A check?"
Anthony, who had come to be known
in publishing circles as "Stella Mat
thew's husband" did not answer at
once. His face turned shade redder,
and he crammed the envelope which
the postman had given him into the re-
cesses of his inside pocket Stella flung
down the dish rag and thrust herself
into the doorway between the kitchen
and the combination dining room and
library. did you get a check?" she
persisted.
do l ever get checks?' Anthony re-
turned savagely, yet with a note in his
voice that inspired pity. Returned
with thanks. Rejection does not neces-
sarily imply lack of merit That's the
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Elevated Rivers.

The most elevated river in the world
Of considerable depth, and it's whole
length, from the village Desaguadero,
at the south extremity Of Titicaca, to
the north ED Of the lake Aullagas, is
about $50 miles. The average eleva-
ton Of the valley or tableland of Desa-
guadero above the level Of the sea is
about 1900 feet. The river whose
source lies highest is the Indus, which
rises on the north of the Kauas Parbat
mountain, In Tibet, $4,000 feet above
500 level
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Dumley-I never saw a man like
Brixton to drift away from the subject
under discussion.
Barrass--As, for instance?
Dumley-I just asked him what he
was doing the night I saw him down
the road, and he evaded an answer by
remarking that he had known people
to get rich by attending to their own
business. I have no doubt he has, but
why should he mention it at that time?
Boston Transcript.
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GOOD
LUCK
By KATE M. CLEARY

Jimmy popped his head in at the
loor.
Say" he shouted, Mrs. Brently
wants you and papa to go over to
Beechwood with herl. She's got the
surrey out ON the road"
In all the confusion of a newly oc-
cupied cottage. Mrs. Barrows, lifting
an etching to her husband, who stood
halfway up a stepladder, could only
shake her head in declination
''Tell her I'm ever so much obliged,
Jimmie, but it's impossible"
Hold on, Jimp' called his father.
I'm not so sure of that, Minna You're
tired out. Your old nervous headache
will come back if you keep on fussing
around the house The rest Of these
pictures can wait. Or Bert will help
me'
He looked interrogatively at the
young man stretched out In low rat
tan steamer chair, magazine in one
hand and cigarette in the other.
ITO be sure willv' he answered
heartily. go on, Minnal The drive
will do you good"
Little Mrs. Barrows, plump, dimpled
and black eyed, held up a positive fore
finger.
81 don't go without Henry" she de-
clared. "If any one needs an outing
it's this poor fellow, who is tied to a
stool behind brass railing six days
out of seven"
Like bird in gllded eager " sang
Herbert Barrows gayly.
Minna Barrows looked affectionately
at her husband. Precisely Come on,
Henry! I'll be ready in a fash if you'll
come tooP'
The stepladder groaned as the big
man stepped down.
You're an awful tyrant Minnar'
He gave her a caressing pat on the
shoulder as he passed "But we will
knock off work if you say So"
The two, freshly groomed and crisp
ly clad, looked in on Herbert to say
word of adieu before joining their
friend.
Don't let any one steal you," advis-
ed Henry Barrows.
Il won't" he laughed back. Hand
some men are scarce"
Connected monster" cried his sister
in-law and made a feint of throwing
her parasol at him.
you better hurryw counseled jim
my, aged six. MRS. Brently's horses II
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MS wife. Great heavens, what have |
doner he asked himself as he stood
at the corner. and What have doneP
he kept repeating as the elevated hur-
r1ed him along to his work
All through the day new phases of
his plight persistently crowded into his
mind. What if the editor of the Decade
recognized Stella's style in the sonnet
and wrote to ask questions? What If
he failed to keep her from seeing the
especial number of the magazine in
which the poem was published? In Ell
Their of these events what would she
think of him? Would he lose her re-
spect and her confidence altogether?
Anthony wiped the perspiration from
his brow at the thought She might
even cease to love him.
1t was hard eight hours for the city
editor Of the afternoon paper which
paid for the Matthew'S livelihood. 1t
was harder evening which brought
Stella's welcoming kiss and her half
hurt inquiry, What took you away so
suddenly this morning?" The week
that ensued was hardest of ALL He
had become so morbid on the subject
Of the sonnet that he was afraid to take
the one backward course that suggest
ed itself to him-that of writing the
editor that a mistake had been made
in the signature that astute gen
tleman should suspect the truth. His
eyes, formerly so frank and honest,
rarely met those of his wife, who soon
discovered that something was wrong.
On the elevated station one after
noon when he was going home Antho-
ny saw the August number of the
Decade. Only nine days had elapsed
since he had posted Stella's poem, yet
he looked through the magazine with
agonizing apprehension. Suppose it
happened to have been used in that
issue2 His hands were shaking when
he turned the last leaf, and he felt
hysterical longing to laugh or cry.
'',rhis thing is playing the very devil
with meY' he confessed to himself. II
can't stand it much longer. I'm going
to tell Stella all about it,
He fully intended to do SO when he
ODSucQ Ills uOOI anu saw L1lG lONC anu
solicitude in the face of the little wo-
man who met him There's letter in
the dining room for you," she said.
Its from the Decade didn't know
you sent them anything. You won't
let it make you blue, will you, dear?"
NO" said Anthony shortly He
strobe into the dining room and shut
the door behind him. 1t had come at
last. What should he do with the
money? Nothing in the world could
induce him to touch it. He wasn't
that kind of thief.
A few minutes later Stella, finally re-
solved not to be angry at anything
Anthony did when he was so plainly
Respondent, opened the door and stared
at him. why, Kiddie," she said, you
look so happy. Was it check?"
mo- he replied exultantIy, dropping
on the floor the bits of paper he had
held in his hand ''No! A returned
manuscript-thankG odw
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Hymn No. 81 Won.

The London Taller tells why no hymn
under thirty seven is now sung at the
English church at Monte Carlo. A
member of the congregation, certain
English peer, once went to the rooms
on Sunday Immediately after the morn
ing service and put the maximum on
thirty-two, the number of the last
hymn 1t turned up and the ''inspira-
ton" was widely talked about, as such
things are In the frivolous society Of
the principality. The next Sunday the
little church was crowded, and, the last
hymn being again low number, an
unseemly rush to the rooms took place
directly 1t was announced. Curiously
enough, the number again turned up,
and the bank was badly hit. On the
following Sunday the church would
not hold all the would be worshipers,
but their ungodly intent was frustrat-
ed, as all the hymns were ''off the
board" and have been 80 ever since.
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A Bad PLACE to Get sick.

In his book, Uganda and Its Peo-
pies" ]. F. Cunningham tells Of curl
Gus manner of treating the sick among
a certain native African tribe: when
a person fell Ill the village prophet
was called in. He said at once wheth-
er the sick person would recover or
not If he was doomed to die he was
allowed to fulfill the prophecy; If he
was to live there was no need of med
ical aid" Another strange custom is
explained in the words Of the native
who when asked by the author why
women were not allowed to eat the
flesh of goats replied, There is no
why; it is the CUSTOM"
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dignantly.

dignantly.
Pm so sorry" apologized Herbert
In low voice. 81 was unpardonably
awkward"
The GIRL exquisitely attired, young
and graceful, glanced from one to the
other, then at the broken looking glass.
She sank down on a rattan divan and
burst into helpless laughter.
Its too absurd. The Idea Of break
ing a mirror with horseshoe. What
combination of good and bad luck"
For the time being she had forgot
ten the popularity Of her present re-
lations with the culprit.
Its all his fault" sturdily insisted
Jimmy, picking up bis treasured pos
session. MY, won't mamma give it
to you, Uncle Bert, when she finds out
you've broken Miss Sibley's mirror"
Some of the pink bloom went out of
Miss Grants face.
did Laura Sibley give Minna-give
your mother-that, JimmyT
Her voice sounded so cold Jimmy
looked quickly up in intuitive interro-
CATION
''Yes-last Christmas. Why, Aunt
viviaT
"Oh, nothingw returned Viva Grant.
A strange, swift suspicion shot
through the mind of Herbert Barrows.
He leaned forward eagerly. Thoughts,
recollections, were crowding up In be-
wildering succession.
''Vivia, tell me-" he half pleaded, half
commanded, twas 1t because Of my
my attention to Miss Sibley at the
commencement dance that you sent me
back my ring? Frank Lennard was
away that night, and he feared Laura
would feel lonely so. as we both had
belonged to the same fraternity
Frank Lennardr' Viva exclaimed.
you don't mean to say
why, Of course! suppose you knew
they were to be married in October,
dearest. What's that-you're hurtY'
A thin red line showed through the
pale, transparent stuff of her sleeve
He had pushed the material up in an
instant and was binding the slight
wound with his handkerchief.
tits only scratch, Bert" She was
laughing a trife Historically. We've
we've both been-at least I've been
awfully foolishp'
Jimmy" said Barrows, "I'll give you
30 cents if you'll take that broken glass
out and throw it In the ditch
"Betcher lifer' responded Jimmy. He
loaded basket and started Off
ITO think that broken mirror should
bring the girl was saying
Hello, Jimmy! Back SO soon? Here's
your half?' Herbert dipped the one
hand at liberty into his pocket He
brought out a dollar. "Say," he bar
gained, 'T'll give you all of this If you
stay out and watch, sentry fashion
like soldier, you know-that no one
takes that glass out Of the ditch"
"Will II" replied Jimmy. PUT it
here! knew my horseshoe would bring
me good luckr'
The face against Herbert's shoulder
was lifted mischievousIy.
els it good luck, BertP" she question
ed quizzically.
''The best in the world he declared
emphatically. He concluded his SEN
tence with a lovers period
''GeeP' said Jimmy softly, looking
back over his shoulder. "Geep'
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AbSentIninded
Maria
copydsh.. 1904. by Catherine Bu-s...
by CATHERINE BURGESS.

1t would have been an injustice tc
DIR. Jardlne and to his state of mind
on certain January evening in the
year it-doesn' t-matter- what to say that
he was H. bad temper 1t was be
yond that-a disgust with himself, the
world and life so consuming as tC
make his outward actions almost au
tomato, SO separate were they from his
inner self
Yet professional habit was strong
The patients In the long wards saw nc
difference as he stopped here and there
In his tour of inspection AMI asked the
usual questions. Only one young Irish
girl, with the clearness of death in heI
eyes, laid her hand ON his as he touch
ed her tenderly and whispered "Ye'd
betther be comm wild me, docther
dear. Things'll be straighter-th there"
1t was not the first time he had
thought of it. Really, the inner voice
questioned as he listened to the report
of the head nurse, what good was his
life to the world anyway? Here he had
gone halfway across the continent this
bitter January to attend at great op-
Grafton, and the man had died after all
He was not necessary In the hospital
There were a dozen better men. His
wife-but he turned from that thought
instinctively. His sister-she would
forget he had lived or died at the sight
of Lafayette plate.
The head nurse had finished her re
port He looked at his desk piled with
mail.
81 can't read it tonight" he decided
aloud.
1.-The top one came yesterday by mes
senger," the head nurse said. 1T is
marked Important And she retired
softly.
DIR. Jardine broke the seal.
Dear Brother''-the note rant have
heard Of some extraordinary old Stafford.
shire up In Ulster county, and l start ir
ten minutes Cornelia Frye knows 1t. too
SO you see there is no time to lose. may
be back before you return from the west
but in case do not 1 inclose keys. We
have moved in your absence" HE smiled
at the We 1.-THE new apartment is 10 Eas
Eighty-fourth street The janitor Of the
old one was impairment 1t is on the sec
ond floor to the left. Your room is at the
end Of the hall. Your affectionate sister,
MARIA"
The note was so characteristic, the
situation so fitting a climax to his
week of work and strain, that his