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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07
The Earl's Heir
By:CHARLEs CARvICE

That monthly changes in her cireled
orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise
variable.
Instantly there came back rpcn the
night air RCmeo's response, uttered IL
a grave and musical voice close be
side her:
What shall swear by?
Her heart beat fast and she was
about to do the wisest thing she
could under the circumstances
back to her room-when the voice
spoke again.
We'll, we'd better go, Jack and
wind up this mad escapade. as you
very rightly called II" said the same
voice. TT was very good Of you to
humor my insane within, and now I've
seen the old place Wen go. wish,
he sighed, Il wish / had seen her,
though! For you were right, and it
was on the chance Of getting glimpse
of that perfect face that l ventured on
this exploit. Come along Where on
earth are you?"
The silence that epsued upon his
question seemed to puzzle him, for IN
a lower end more cautious voice he
said: Jack, don't be too reckless;
we don't want to be caught prowling
here. l saw a light in one of the win
dows just now. Come along"
He paused, standing quite close to
Norah, so close that she could hear
him breathing and hear the next
words, spoken in fervent whisper.
Good night, angel with the golden
hair, wherever you are and wherever
you hide in this old house. Good
night"
Norah held her breath.
Angel with the golden hair
Whom could he mean? Then the hot
blood rushed to her face. Could he
mean herself? Surely, surely not!
And yet at the mere suspicion a
strange thrill ran through her and
her breath came in tremulous little
pants, filing her with terror lest he
should hear her.
Yes, goodnight and good-by.' he
murmured We may never meet
beautiful unknown. and yet through
all my life | shall remember your
sweet facet Goodnight"
Then she heard his step moving
away fom her, another ''Jack!'
sounded softly on the midnight air
and then all was silent again.
She waited no longer. but, freeing
herself from the spell that had fallen
upon her, fed to her room and stood
behind the window, painting and trem
bling, the musical voice ringing in heI
ears and drowning even that of the
nightingale
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forebears. and the ability soon 90
CURED Dy the boys in throwing hatch
ets at targets was really remarkable.
They would come up within thirty
feet OF an old board fence with a
whoop and a yell. then click! clicki
Click" would go the hatchets, each
and every one sticking fast in the
board, either in a true vertical or
horizontal line, as it pleased them.
Ever since those glorious days of my
boyhood in Kentucky it has seemed
to me that throwing the tomahawk
should be one of the regular feats at
all American athletic meets.-Dan
Beard in Woman's Home Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07

not an aQsUer to my question.
Pleasee-I ask it as a special favor
don't begin to prance up and down
again!' For Cyril had got off the "a,
bic, and threatened to resume his
restless pacing. He desisted, how
ever and went and leaned up against
the mantelsheif, and looked down at
the specialized face with a curious ex-
PRESTON .hasf-sads halfswistful.
Jack, you are the only friend I
have In the world, and sometimes
am sorely tempted to tell you. to con-
fide- He stopped. and Jack Wes-
ley regarded him seriously.
Never give way to temptation,
Cyril he said, succinctly.
And yet l have vowed to keep my
secret"
THE fool makes a vow, the wise
man keeps it." murmured Jack.
Did 1t ever occur to you, Jack,
that though you and have been cloge
friends for nearly twelvemonth, you
know as little about me as you did the
night we met. You remember? The
night you found me sauntering over
Waterloo Bridge. and looking at the
water?"
Eyes, remember" assented W'es-
ley.
Il was without a penny, with the
key of the street"
You stopped and spoke" resumed
Cpril, his voice so full of music that it
stirred the heart of the listener, land
insisted upon my coming home with
you and sharing your supper. You
asked no questions, and therefore got
no fibs. And you have asked none
from that hour to this"
Which proves that l have not in
herited my Mother Ewes browning
fault-curiosity, put in Jack under
his breath.
you took me on trust, helped me
to gain my living-were, in short, that
rarest of all rare things, friend, a
true friend in need; and, as return
for eli your kindness. l refuse to con-
fide in youl"
There was silence for a moment,
then Jack Wesley looked up.
why should you confde in me?"
he said. Keep your secret, what
ever it may be, my dear Cyril / am
quite content with my ignorance con-
corning it. A mans a poor kind of
friend who wants to prs into his
chum's private affairs. And now, will
you come back to London tomorrow?
mo, Jack, cannot"
Then I must go alone. All play
and no work will make Jack hungry
boy. You can paint down here as
well-better thar N town; | must be
near my books. Yes, I'll return; but
-" He paused, and getting up, re-
garded the handsome, pensive face
with a shrewd, kindly smile. "You
didn't see the lady-old or young
who quoted Shakespeare on the ter
race tonight, Cyril?"
To be continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07
RAPID CAR BUILDING.
The Way That Work Was Rushed on
a Coach for an india Railway.


a Coach for an india Railway.
There have been a good many at
tempts to establish records in the
building of locomotive engines, and
they have all gone to show that al
most incredible feats of construction
can be managed if a program of work
is carefully drawn up and rigidly car
ried out. One does not look for such
triumphs Of organization except from
among the leading works of this
country or America, and it is some
what Of a surprise to find that equal
ly meritorious performances may be
obtained from proyerbially slow ma
tive labor in India when directed by
competent European engineers.
1t fell to the lot of the Great In
dian Peninsula Railway Company to
need a trailer coach to run in connec-
ton with a small tank locomotive at
extremely short notice, and advant.
age was taken of the fact to see
what could be done in the company's
workshops at Parel in the way of
rapidity of con Instruction.
On March l, this year. the order
was given, drawings were at once
put in hand and the necessary ma
tel 49,. ordered. BY the twenty-sixth
of the month everything was ready
for erecting operations to commence,
The men, lightweight in number, I'M
der the direction of eight "maistries,
were assembled at 500 a. M, and
started to work ten minutes later.
Some laid down the framing and
made the floor, others worked at the
sides and ends, so that by 4;30 p. m.
considerable show had been made.
No overtime was worked, the length
of the working day being eight hours.
y Wednesday morning the under
frame which had been prepared in the
meantime was in position under the
body. The doors, windows, blinds.
seats, etc, were simultaneously in the
hands of sixty-six carpenters under
the guidance of three 'maistries,"
while nine trimmers prepared the up
holstering and decorations. On the
afternoon of the third day the car
riage received its first or printing
coat of paint. The painting of the
inside and outside of the vehicle was
proceeded with on the Thursday
morning, a charge man and twenty
painters being employed, and the
outer roof cover was also put on, the
doors were hung, windows put in place
and the general internal arrange
ments were completed.
The final coats of paint and var
nish were given on the Friday. The
car on which this remarkable work
was done was of no mean dimen-
sions. 1t measured sixy-two feet in
length, and was nine feet six inches
wide over the mouldings. The steel
underframe was sixty feet long, and
rested on four wheeled hogies
sr0ced forty feet apart from center
u er-Englneering.
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EXPORTING CHARITY.

philanthropist, drying mis- hair
after a swim, said of banker:
Brown is a mean man. Once had
made him shell out, though. Listen:
Two ladies. representatives Of a
children's fresh air fund-a noble
charity-called on Brown last June
and asked him to subscribe. He gave
a dollar. With all his millions, be gave
one dollar. exactly.
It's all / can afford he whined.
My Office Is in the same building as
Browns bank, and few minutes
later TIC lwo ladies' came to me. When
saw Browns name down for only
a dollar. was mad.
He says it's all he can afford en?'
| began. Well ladies, just wait here
minute
And called my head clerk, ascer-
tanned my balance in Browns bank.
and wrote check then and there In
the clerks name for $273, 64O-the en-.
tire amount.
" Draw this at once / said.
Tine clery departed and a minute
or two later Brown himself rushed In
breathlessly, the checiy in his hand.
" Harry he said, what is the mean
ing of this?"
i pointed to the ladies' subscript-
ion list.
1 have just learned, l said, that
you could only afford to give a dollar
to the children's fresh air fund. This
made me think that things were look
ing pretty fishy at the bank. | decided
had better draw out.
Brown mad to add two ciphers to
his subscription before / would con-
sent to tear up the check. "
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07
FIGHTS GERMANS IN
THEIR OWN C0iJPrS

Berlin, Oct. 2S.-Eustace Cullman.
a lawyer of San. has arrived in Ber-
lin for the purpose of instituting suit
in the German courts to compel the
North German Fire Insurance COM
pany of Hamburg to settle claims fo~
fire losses on policies issued By II in
San Francisco. The amount OF
these policies is said to be s2,5OO,-
600.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07
CHAPTER ~.

The owner Of the voice which Norah
had heard, under such peculiar and
mysterious circumstances, felt mis-
way down the steps to the lower ter
race and from thence to the lawn,
and there almost stumbled over a
young man who was sitting on bank
with his knees clasped in his hands.
Halo, what the deuce Why,
it's you, Jack!" he exclaimed in
amazement. Where on earth did
you come from?'
Where on earth did you think I'd
come from?'
His friend stared at him. then
laughed shortly. 1t was a pleasant
laugh, that matched the voice and the
face, which was strikingly handsome
and manly
Why, you were up there just now ="
Was I? Then l was quite unaware
of it. My dear Cyril, have never
lett this bank. know bank"
DO you mean to say you were NOT
up there?' interrupted Cyril ineredu-
lously Why, man, heard you"
Did you? Extraordinary! / give
you my word I haven't opened my
lips"
What exclaimed Cyril. Oh.
come now, Jack. you are playing 1t q
little too low down. I tell you, |
heard you quotihs that line about the
moon from Romeo and Juliet"
The other turned his spectacles Up
to the handsome face with slow ard
profound surprise.
Upon my word, Cyril. this bust
ness, or the moon, has been too much
Tor you. quoted Shakespeare! My
dear fellow. | have sat here since You
left me, and haven't opened my lips!
In fact, We sat here long enough to
grow crop of the very finest kind Of
rheumatism. This midsummer mad
ness of yours is growing serious. For
Heavens sake. let us get away while
we've a chance Spout Shakespeare!
Why, my dear fellow, I've been in too
much of funk all tn time, for every
moment I've fancied / heard an hon
est watchdog or a keeper or a gar
dener, or something of the Kind.
Come along!" and he rose and stretch.
ed himself.
"But--but If 1t wasn't you who were
up there and spoke. who was it?' de-
mapded Cyril.
ASK me another" responded his
friend with a stifled yawn. Cyril.
you have been star gazing or moon
raking until you have lost your
senses. Who should be up there? DO
sou think II any one had been he
would have stopped to talk poetry
with you? Not he! He'd have rung
the alarm bell, sprung rattle or rid
died you with a revolver; and that's
what will happen to both OF us If we
don't clear out" and he almost yawn-
ed his spectacles Off.
j stop chatting FOR moment. Jack
/ I tell you that | saw--no, heard some
one up on the terrace! I went W
| there In the dark and was sitting on
the top step w1,tng for the moon to
clear, when a voice-yours, as
! thought, initiating a woman's-said:
Swear not by the moon, you know
/ the lines. And I answered. I went
on talking 70 you, as l thought. and
though I got no reply | fancied YOU
we're too frightened to carry on q 'on
versation in such dangerous nearness
to the house--and-- and" he put
his hand to his brow-"Greai
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07
sneetaeles.

When spectacles we're first invented
and came into use In Italy women
were forbidden to wear them on the
ground tn t. being very striking orna'
ments. they would contribute to re-
male vanity.
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Personals.

H. G. Wells once wrote 1000
words In one day. He made the fact
public. and ever since then, he says.
bis reviewers have accused him OF
loose and careless construction.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07

Dan Beard on Tomahawk Throwing.
When the writer was a small lad In
Kentucky, it was the ambition Of the
boys, not to go and kill Indians, but
to be able to throw a tomahawk with
the skill and accuracy OF our pioneer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07
How About 1t?

Would you like to be the oil man
And for trusts and rebates stand,
Dodging. dodging hot subpoenas
On the sea and on the land?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07

Mascagni. to protect himself from
the evil eye, carries a haltdozen
oaprms Of coral, ivory and ebony.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-07

Cyril nodded with a half smile.
I'm a weak moment, a very weak
moment, consented. | NAV remark
that l always do consent ~ your pro-
posals, and that never fail to rue
my weakness. This instance is no
exception to the general rule We
have been In this secluded spot two
whole days. Your sketches are rep
resented by that insane outline of a
| tree ne pointed his pipe at cal
vas on an easel, and my rustic ideas
have not yet suggested themselves.
Instead of which. as the magistrate
observed, we have perpetrated a sam.
! pie Of mad trespassing whica ought
to have landed US in the village quod,
or obtained for us a charge OF shot or
a revolver bullet apiece. l like adven.
tures-for other persons; as for me,
writing about EN- is good enough; and
beg to state that | politely, but en-
pbaticaly, refuse to accompany you
in any further exploit, whether i;
take the shape of proving like bur.
glars at midnight about noble man.
sion. or breaking into a church. And
7 would also like TO ask when are you
going to return to town."
Cyril Burne laughed slowly again
Jack, II you'd been born dumt
you'd have been as nearly perfect as
q man could be-" he said
Thanks tor your kind appreciation
but allow me to remark that that Is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-14
No Band In
Bryan Parade
PLANS FOR BEcEPTtoM or TIE
RERRAskAN ARE ALMOST
COMPLETED.

HfhEaae- a4E@f Faae4eaTNa
NEW YORK Aug I4-WiIiani
Hoge P~fesident Of The Commercial
ETrayeters Antitrust League, under
whose auspices the reception 10 WI
liam Jennings Bryan lis to be held I'm
fthis city o n August 80; said yesterday
that all the arrangements are pracu.
cally completed. According to Nj.
IHoge, the greatest difficulty IS the
apportlonment of the reserved seats,
the demand having already surpassed
the capacity of Madison Square Car.
den by a large margin. The present
intention is, as far as possible, to give
seats to those who have contributed
or will contribute. to paying the ex.
penses of the reception.
AS to the parade from the Battery,
all has not been fully decided upon as
to its character and size. One thing
has been determined, however, and
that It that 1t will not be healed by g
band. Those who wish to follow MT.
Bryan will have to provide their own
carriages. Several automobile COM
Germs offered touring car to the com
mittee, but the sentiment of the com
mittee was against having automobiles
in the parade.
The reception committee expects
that Mr.. Bryan will arrive from
abroad a day or two before August 80.
but that he will not land until that day.
He will be taken Off the steamer at
Quarantine, to the yacht of E, F. Col
ira Of st. Louis. a classmate of Mr.
Bryan. Mrs. Goltra is also a class
mate of Mrs. Bryan and they are
warm friends. The party will cruise
along the coast. arriving at the Bat
terry at 4 o'clock on Thursday, August
so.
The only banquet arranged SO far
will be n given on Saturday night.
September 1, at the waldortAstoria.
by the newspaper men to Mi. Bryan,
as a member of the profession. The
programme is to be under the direc,
ton Of the Amen Corner Club, and
only working newspaper men will be
present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-14
EIaures FuII Of Hepe.

Cleveland Leader.
The German National tuberculosis
Congress has received and approved
returns which show that there has
been a decrease of IS per cent. in
the number of deaths from %tuberculos-
is in the German empire, in proper
ton to the population, since 1875. 1t
was also shown that the sanitariums
for sufferers from tuberculosis have
been curing "a per cent. of the victims
of that disease who have entered.
those institutions. The great majority
Of these patients have been of the
laborfng class, and without the bene-
ct OF especially favorable conditions
of any kind.
These figures deal with a thous-
ands of cases treated in tuberculosis
hospitals and with millions of suffer
ers from the white plague" in the
whole German empire, in the last
thirty gears. The great decrease in
the number of fatal cases, in proper
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-14
Wornan's Trials.

The bitter trail In a womanrs life IS 70
be childleSs. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may have been erO she learnt 10
resign herself to her lonely lot2 The abb
sence Of this link to bind marital life
together, the absence of this n pledge
TO mutual affection Is q common diSap-
pointment. Many unfortunate couples
become estranHed thereby. Even II they
extent of their disappointment in the eyes
of such q childless couple when they rest
OF the children Of Others. Toethem the
largest familYdoeS not seem TOO numerous.
In many cases Of barren1ess or child
lessness the obstacle to collaborating Is
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the part OF the woman. DR.. Pierce's Fa-i
vortte Prescription has beer the means of
restoring health and frutttulness to many
q barren woman. to the great 10y OF the
household. In other, but rare eases, the
obstruction to the bearing ofchildren has
been found to be OF q surgical character,
but easil removable by painless operative
treatment at the Invalids' Hotel n dSur-
gfcal Institute. Buffalo, n. Y, owe which
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-14
Comment OF seadfna MeMspapeFs ON 2
Variety q ep-capttal Pun
shmsnt and Hemteidss.

arEsNAa
Savannah News.
Lie IA q resent issue says that
capital puniahment seems TO be pass
ing awas. N points ont that It has:
been abolished III half dozen States.
That tie electric chair has been sub
stituted Tor the eaIlows In other
states-the slbstttutton being an In
dicatlon ot Tie Discrimination to take
human iiteand that IT is becoming
more diheglt All the States to car
~ into sentences OF death. 1t
does look as if IL were becoming
more dimcuit to5execute a man sem
fenced to death In New York Lawyer
Patrick has held the hangman, or.
rathef the executioner. at arms
length for more than four years, and
ii this state the day for the execu-
ton of old man Rawlings and his SONS
has been aettw or three times. and
yet nobody can say definitely whether
they VIII be hanged or not,
the delays in executing death
ntences due to a growing feeling
agatnst capital spunishmentrand is the
feeling disclosed by the respect which
eonrts manifest for technical pleas in
tended % delay the execution of death
sentences? But II there is such grow
regard for human life, why is it
that there are SO many homicides and
81 mahylynchings? In ii dispatches
recentlythere was an account of the
fynching of three alleged murderers
Salisbury, N. c., though there was
80 doubt that the accused parties
would have been given a prompt trial.
And there is scarcely a day there
isn't one or more homicides in some
part of this country. 1t has been cal
culated that for every million Of popu-
iation in this country there are an
nuatiy 1850 homicides. There are.
according 10 these figures, about TO-.
600 homtetdes in the United States
aYery year. That statement doesn't
conyey the impression that there is a
gruwing regard for human life.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-14
AI Amerea for Arbitration.

An Amerisa for Arbitration.
Savannah News.
The adoption by the Pan:Amerfcan
Congress of q resolution urging all
the American republics to send to
The Hague Peace conference dele
gates instructed to support the pro;
.posal for a general arbitration con!
yention marks the first important work
of the conference. The resolution
urges that the convention be made 50
effective and DEFINITE that, meriting
the approval Of the civilized world,
1T shall be adopted and put in force
by every nation. The effect Of the
solid support of the entire American
continent behind this proposition
when The Hague Conference assem-.
bles ought to be marked. There have
been limitations that arbitration
might be subordinated at The Hague
to minor questions of international
law concerning contraband and the
rules of war, but the American coali-
tion in support of this arbitration con
vention assure its prominence and
promises that it will not be ignored,
If the American delegates present this
proposition vigorously and also unite
upon the Drago doctrine opposing the
forcibie collection of debts they ought
to be able to have the conference &C.
complish something. To permit the
opportunity to pass without doing any
thing more than interpret the rules
of war would be as pitiable an exhi-
bition Of impotence as the first Hague
conference, which was summoned to
discuss disarmament and left the is
sue where it found 1t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-14
Disappointed.
.ner's MagaZine.

From Harper's MasaZlne.
A car had stopped at a busy corner.
Just as the conductor had reached to
give the signal to start, there were
yells of warning and an answering
yell from the outside.
Wait till 1 get my clothes ont"
cried a shrill voice.
The passengers craued their necks
and looked out. A small boy with a
basket of laundry was trying to get