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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30
ToMsIGeEE VALLEY RAILROAD
 COMPANY.
Passenger scneauie enective May

ANY. .3J [. Trains No. 1 and No. meet No. z2, northbound on the Southern railway from Mobile.
 Trains No. and No. meet No. 2l ca inc Southern railway. southbound and No 1l6 northpound to and from Mobile Connections are closs and passengers ean buy through tickets and can checx baggage through from points on Soutn- ern railway 10 all points to T. V. Line and vice versa
 JOHN T. COCHRANE. CHARLES P. DUKE. President
 Superintendent
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{; J. II. Woodward. Vice President; J. !. Forsyth, Assistant Cashier; r. $.
 Assistant Cashier. m. F. D. Nabers, B. F. Moore, Robert
 w. P. G. Harding. w. H. Hassinger,
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Queen and Crescent Route.
Central Of Georgia.

Arrive from Depart to- Savannah ..10:00 pm Macon ....... :o0 ans Savannah ..12:o5 pm Savannah ...4:0o pm
 Seaboarel Air Line. Arrive from Depart to- Richmond ..10:2o pm Richmond .. 6:s5 am Richmond ..12:l0 pm Richmond ..2:25 pm All trains run by central time. Trains marked thus @ are daily Sxcept Sunday.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Number Three TWenty-One'

he said, If my wife dies, it's all up with me-
and / could hear him saying that for week
afterwards; and when you were out of danger
the whole office knew it, just by the glorihed
look on his face"
He cast a quick glance at the motioness figure
by the rock, but her hands were cnched, and
she did not answer.
"And when Margie was born" Barton went
on, there wasn't anything good enough for that
little morsel. He used to stand worrying the
fruit pedlers merely because they hadn't got an
apple big enough and red enough and round
enough to dangle before her eyes. | suppose"
he went interrogatvely, "you remember that
big fire on Main street about six years ago? It
was all in the papers, of course and, well-the
fireman whose life Jim saved by that leap into
blazing pit thinks good deal of Jim even
yet. I don't know that you ever heard" he re-
sumed softly, "what were Jim's first words as
soon as he could speak. Don't tell Molly he
said gently, and when you did come he tried to
hide his burned hands so not to frghten you"
Dry-eyed, she was gazing down the road.
"And when Margie began to walk" said Bar
ton genially, "you couldn't help enjoying it with
him. He kept count of every step, and the
boys in the Office kept tally too. 1t must have
hurt him when he thought that he shouldn't see
NIargie any more. Yes" he added musingly,
"that must have been hard on Jim.
"Shall we go now, Mrs. Fraser?" he politely
asked. "We make the eghtffteen"
next instant she was running swiftly down the
road.
"Jiml" she called eagerly. "Jm" Her voice
hoated over the darkenng reach of water. Bar
tom in the distance, saw her stumble fall, re-
cover herself, and press hurriedly forward. On
and she Sped peering into every clump of
bush, searching behind great bowlders straining
her eyes the dusty road which lay before
her. white and bare Molly felt that her heart
was bursting. Oh, if God would only forgive
her and let her find Jim before (the thought
was agony it might be too late Little clouds
of dust and swirled about herr her eyes
were blinded, her breath came in short, quick
gasps, but she hurried on. What had he meant
to do when he had turned away like that? She
could the look in his eyes now. And she
had driven him away-her JIM She stopped
exhausted and painting.
"Jim" she cried again, the wildness of despair
in her tone "Dear Jiml Where are you?"
Then she turned the corner and saw him. He
was coming quickly towards her.
Like one stricken with unspeakable yearning,
she held out her arms.
Barton did not make the eight.ffteen.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

she suddenly cried out "let me go! Let me go'
She twisted her hands convulsivey. ''You don't
know-you can't. understand! When I saw yor
coming through that prison gate my every in
stinct rcpudiated you. Jm's dead something
said to me. This man in the prison rags is moth
ing to you. He can't be-now. Don't you see?
she walled heart -brokenly. "It's repulsion-re
pulson for youl"
The man was trembling like wounded ami
NAL. Long bars of rose-colored light were filter
ing across the landscape, and they seemed like
separate shafts of fire aimed directly at him
The sound of her low sobbng hardly reached his
dulled ears With miserable gesture he raised
his torn hat as he stumbled bndly away
Barton, approaching from the opposite direc
tion, stared in blank bewilderment at the re-
treating figure.
Good heavens!" he calculated. 'Where's ne
going?"
"IIes going out of my existence" replied
Molly simply.
Barton whirled round on her. "What do you
mean" he abruptly inquired.
Molly stood at bay. She knew Barton well
enough TO divine how her attitude would affect
him, and she hestated to reveal it. Already, in
her mind, little clouds of doubt were forming
In these three years Barton had been her friend
and stay, the sustaining, helpful figure in the
foreground of her existence, At this juncture
half unconsciously, she looked to him. Her eyes
were imploring, but Barton affected not to OBJ
serve it, She answered him desperately
"We-I don't think jim and / are suited to
each other any more" she said miserably.
Barton was honestly shocked.
"You didn't think that this morning." he re
joined steadily avoiding her eyes.
"He isn't the man l married. said Molly
stubbornly, "and oh, I wish were dead!" she
burst out, in frenzy of grief and modification
at the unooked-for events Of the last few hours
Hes your husband" said Barton sternIy
hurt that his unacknowledged ideal Of woman
hood could be found wanting. 81 don't know
anything about womans love-" he said bitter
ly, but / know how man would feel" he add
ed, his pity for his friend carrying him away
A look of acutest pain swept over Moly's
blanched face.
"You don't understand-you don't know" she
said convulsively. 81 don't love him any longer
/ wish / did--I wish did" she repeated in
agony.
"I remember" he said renectively, Something
Jim once said to me that time you were so very
i'll. He was pretty white, and his eyes had the
same hurt look saw in them to-day. Barton
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Barton. She was coming to-day he
remembered. He wondered if Barton would
come as well. He, dull and worn, conscious only
OF frghtful monotony, the harsh clang of the
prison-bell, the changeess rigidity of the lock
step, which had left him less man than ma
chine had waited stupidity as the days went by
She, slender, fairhaired and with unfathomable
eyes, stood outside the walls, on this last day,
counting the seconds, which dragged intermina
bly,.
The prison-bell changed six. Precisely on the
last stroke of the trembling monster the huge
iron gates swung slowly inward, the figure of
man slouched through, keeping step to a sound
less rhythm, and the gates cashed to behind
him, with vibrating sweep that sent the blood
racing through his veins
The woman by the roadside waited, pressing
one hand hard against her heart. The advancing
figure looked anXiously about, and then with a
swift little rush, came quickly down the road.
He limped slightly, and his back was bowed, but
he hurried eagerly forward
Molly Molly" he exclaimed wildly. "At
last All these years, and now"
He drew back at the chill touch of her lips.
"What is it?" he instinctively asked.
The man in the background held out his hand.
''Well, Fraser" he said heartily, "glad to see
you, old chap. Not quite up to the mark, are
you?' he added sympatheticaly; "but we'll soon
make that right"
For an instant the old Fraser appeared
through the prison mask. He involuntarily
Strengthened himself and his eyes sought his
wife's
Thanks, Barton" he said quietly. Then,
with a tender ring in his voice.
aren't you glad, Molly?" he asked beseech
| ingly.
"Of course, JIM" answered Molly quietly
''Why shouldn't / be glad when my husband is
| free from prison wallsY
"But, Molly" he stammered, "you-you speak
so oddlyl"
"po n" she laughed little. "It's your i'm
aginaton, jim. Let's sit down on this rock a
while I'm so tired" she added drearily.
lie looked at her with close attention. Bar
toms figure was visible rounding a headand a
few feet away,
"You're little pulled down, Molly, dear, but
we'll have you right again in no time" he said
cheerfuly. "Now that I'm free 10 use my brains
once more, you and Marge ehan't want for any
thing How is Margie" he suddenly asked.
"she's well" his wife answered listlessly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
BY LUCY BAKER JEROME

He took off his hat, barring his head to the
twilight breeze. The bay lay ripping in the
distance, before background Of gold and purple
hills. He drew long breath.
Glow good-how good it seems to be abroad
more! Hadn't we better be going Molly?
What about the boats?"
His wife kept her eyes fixed on tuft of vel
low daisies at her feet. Her voice was very low.
"Where are you going, JIM"
"Where am ! going!" He stared at her in
amazement. "Why, home, Of course. Molly,
whats the matter with you?'
She sprang to her feet and faced him fiercely,
her loosened hair blowing in the wind.
YOU'RE not coming to my home!'' she cried,
a bitter, concentrated ring of rage in her clear
tones 'You're not coming to mine! Do you
think, James Fraser, that I've toiled and shaved
all these years that you might have comfort
able place to throw off your prison fetters.
Margie and / have moved, People where we
are now don't know you. They don't even know
that have husband! They respect us, and
now our lives will be ruined for the second time,
and-by your hand!"
At her first words Fraser had sprung up like
a man shot through the heart. He swayed as he
stood leaning heavily against the rock.
Molly" he gasped. You never said----
"No, ! never said anything" she interrupted.
'Tts been eating my heart out, and you never
even suspected it. I never can live with you
again." she said coldly. Her eyes repelled him.
She extracted shabby pocketbook from her
dress, and with shaking fingers undid the fast
enings. 81 have brought you some money she
said shortly "I do this, as ] have done all the
rest, because you were once my husband, and
because | still bear your name, but now / have
done my duty, and this is the end of it." She
extended the money rigdly.
He tossed it contemptuously over the rock
''NIolly" he said huskily, "Molly, you don't
know what you're saying-you don't know what
you're doing There hasn't been an hour in. the
day or night that l haven't been planning for
you and Mmge. My God You knew l wai
innocent-you knew / didn't take the money
What if all the others believed me guilty! You
knew,--you didn't doubt mel" He stopped en-
treatngly His eyes besought her.
Come, Moll," he said gently, "let us &c
home"
She looked at the blue vault above, where the
stars were beginning to tremble, The croak OF
the crickets came shrilly TO her ears.
81 can't" she said sombrey-'I can't. Every
stitch that ! put into that hateful coarse sewing
seemed to take me farther away from you. oh!'
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

mess. What's your opinion of P, L. and w. ?"
"Just what it's always been," Tom replied
"rotten as punk. You know I've always warned
you against it, and wouldn't handle it myself
for a gold mine. So why do you ask?'
''Well, the fact is" Chetwood continued rath
er sheepshly, give been dealing direct with
some of those Chicago fellows, who persuaded
me ] couldn't fail to win pile, and now I'm
in pretty heavily and the thing has begun to
fuctuate, and l don't know what to do, for
don't want to get that ring down on me. What
do you adviser
''Wire them to hold their horses as far as you
are concerned, then take the first train for Chi
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did raise his head his face was as unruffed as
bowl of milk.
Chetwood hesitated for the fraction of sec
ond and then, because he, too, saw the solution
of a problem that had suddenly grown most dis
tasteful to him, said with slight cough:
"Why, the fact is. old man, I've got whole
Mephistopheles outft-had it for years, don't
you know-and I don't believe there's an inch
difference between you and me; sure you could
wear it as easy rolling off log. Like to
have it? If so, I'll send it over by my man,
All right, old fellow, wish you JOY and pray for
me, for I'm off to Chicago" and, still without
catching Toms eye he hurried away.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
A Disclaimer
Rat tttatt tat

Ratt-tat-tat!
The old soldier stood on the doorstep and list
ened.
washing day" he muttered; "no luck here
that's pretty sure
81 expect it's only another bothering beggar-
drat 'em" muttered the sharp-faoed woman
within, as she hastily snatched her hands from
the steaming wash-tub and marched grimly for
ward TO meet the base disturber of washing
days ancient rites and ceremonies.
"If YOU please, mum" muttered the ancient
hero, 'Pve lost my leg"
"Well, l amt got i'll" snapped the woman
fereely.
And the door closed with an awful bang,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

it seemed such a shabby trick to play on a fell
low, TO take mans wife, even with other peo-
pie to such place on the quiet Still, no solu-
tion of the matter so discovered came to him;
and Just here his reflections were broken in upon
by the office boy, who tapped on the door and
announced "Mr. Chetwood, sir" So Tom crush
ed the little note in his pocket and rose to meet
his visitor.
Graham Chetwood shook hands with his usual
cordiality, though Tom fancied he avoided his
eyes, and then broke out:
Look here, Tom, old man, I'm in a devil of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

cago see your friends personally, and get rid Of
every share =. D. o. said Tom quickly, know
ing his advice to be sound, and, moreover, re.
volving sudden idea in his head. The En-
pire state goes out at ten. Take my tip and
don't let her 60 without you.
"By the way, to change the subject" he went
on. "ever been to the F. B.--French Ball,
mean? Some fellows want me to go, and I
would IL I could get rig, but I'm such devilish
tall chap I don't believe I could in hurry"
Chetwood shot sudden glance at him. but
Tom was bending over the desk, and when he
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

works is furnished by not infrequent hunt
for name or an idea which we possess. We
feel that the name is there, but we cannot recall
it. We get various names near it, beginning
even with the same letter or the same vowel
sound, yet only after minutes, even hours.
does it actually occur to us.
What is supposed to happen is that the par
ticular cell of intellection which we are using
throws out its process among the cells of men,
ory for names, and, though this process is
brought in connection with cells containing smi-
lar names it is only after more or less pro-
longed search that it hits on the right one. 1t
is as if the telephone operator in the central of
fee felt around blindly for the connection want
ed, and only after putting the plug into various
holes eventually struck the proper one.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Missed by His Donkey

rT%7HE late William NJ. Evarts, Secretary
of State under President Hayes, once
lS=sss,e= sent donkey up to his farm at Wind
lSeslAN sor, VI, and about week afterward
received the following letter from one
of his grandchildren;
'Dear Grandpa-The little donkey is very gen.
tie, but he makes big noise nights, He is very
lonesome, / guess he misses you. / hope you
will come up soon, and then he wont be lone
! some"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Strategy

HY7N these degenerate days a housewife
&I who makes her own bread has cause
kAA4 for genuine PRIDE and Mrs Bronson
Egg096I can, and does, boast that she has not
S=sS2%' patronized a baker during the whole
of her married life.
A little while ago she left pan Of dough to
rise in the kitchen, and then went to attend to
other duties.
Presently her son Thomas sought her out.
81 say, mum" he said, exctedly, there's a
mouse just jumped into your bread pan!"
"Oh. Tommy" she cried frantically. "did you
take it out?"
mot much, mum. Don't like 'em," was the
juveniles answer. "But I did Just as we'll
throwed the cat in after him, and she's diggin'
him out like billy-ho!"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
Tricky Brain-Cell

1UR brain-cell is an independent unit
provided with multiple processes, by
4 means of which it is capable of acting
u not through one nerve alone, but sew
eral. A simple illustration of how it
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

returned from India, and knew little of the local
customs; and therefore he was astounded recent
ly to receive visit from the wife of a laborer
Lost a pig-eh?'' he repeated gruffy. "Wcl,
I haven't got it! L don't collect pigs"
"Beggin' your pardon, SIR faltered the wom'
an; "but you see, sir, the pig died"
''Well, dye want me to go to the funeral, send
a wreath, or what, woman" he fumed.
''No, sr-indeed, mol" was the reply. 'But
we're poor folks, sir, and we thought that, bein'
the biggest pig in the neighborhood, you'd give
us little 'ep."
The majors reply was distinctly pungent,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

Z had been sentenced for three years,
and now they were ended. Thrice
during those three years his wife had
come to him. Once she had brought
Barton. She was coming to-day. he
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
AS Expressed

is kindly benefcent custom in some
country villages for the wealthier in
habitants to subscribe and make good
the loss which a poorer villager may
sustain through the loss of a pig. Maj
or (lirrie hnweuer Ind hIlt renentlv
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

RS. TOM sEAToN felt utterly dis
gusted. For, as If IL we're not quite
bad enough that Madame Leonie's
costume should prove a horrible disap
,,ointr,opt ,r,,rlod ,,,;fh a meet out-
The Washington times., 1906-11-09
AS to Adult Fairgrounds.

The plan to lay out golf links on
Government ground for the general
use of citizens has expanded, as it
should have done, into a project to
pa Divide half a dozen out-of-doors
games and the Commissioners are
at work developing the details. In
this connection three considerations
present themselves which the au-
thoritles should bear steadily in
mind.
One is that an ounce of accessible
ity is worth a pound of natural ad-
vantages. No doubt better golf
courseNcan be built a mile or two
beyond boundary and more album
dant room obtained for baseball,
tennis, football, and croquet. But
restricted accommodations available
Tor the use of 10000 are to be pre-
ferred above ideal accommodations
within reach of only 500 The Com
nhssioners will do well to keep
their adult playground near at hand
to the women and men who do
hard days work.
The second is that there need be
no hesitation to develop this plan
for fear of complications over the
race question" The colored peo-
pie of the District have a right to
a playground exactly duplicating
that of the whites. As in the
schools, the Government is bound
To extend TO them every opportunity
it offers the whites. But there is
not the slightest ground for pre-
Stunning that they must of necessity
share the equipment of the whites
Again as in the schools, every con-
siGeration of policy and effective ad-
ministration requires that the
adults be accommodated separately
as now the children are accommo-
dated separately in their play
grounds.
Finally, II Is to be hoped the COM
m:ssioners viii adhere to their plan
to make the patrons of these
grounds pay for the maintenance
of them. That is doubly to be de-
sired-because it will prevent the
courses from being unnecessarily
crowded and because it viii make
the users mindful of their care.
The Washington times., 1906-11-09
The Next British Ambassador.

America will follow the selection
Of a successor TO Sir Mortimer
Durand with something more than
interest. The relations which now
subsist between Great Britain and
the United States make the per
sonality of their official representa-
tiTes a matter of special Importance.
What has become a close friend
ship unaffected, undiplomatic extra
official, should be exposed to no risk
through the mistakes of Sackyille-
Vests, especially not after the inn
portant service rendered the two
nations by Lord Pauncefote.
The hope is expressed widely in
this Capital that Lord Curzon of
kedlestOn may be chosen. His com
ing in such a capacity would give
general satisfaction here. 1t is not
alone his American marriage-witb
It's refreshing contrast to other in
ternational matrimonial alliances
which sustains this hope, but his
American rise in the world of Brit
ISL politics and his welI-known IN
Outstanding of American character
and affairs.
The Washington times., 1906-11-09
STUDENTS CRUSADE
ON PRINCETON VICE
Theolog Says Boys Are
Drunk Daily to Profit
of Hotels.

PRINCETON. Nov. 9.-Wiliiam Hol-
derby. a freshman student in the Prince
ton Theological Seminary, announced
that ne would at once start a crusade
against drinking among the students
and others in the university He pro-
poses TO show the people Of Princeton
Just how bad the conditions are and
hopes to organize a band OF young men
TO help him.
Il will show the people things they
never knew were In town." said Hol-
derby. Students are drunk in the
town day after day, but are never seen
II this was confined 10 the students
that had reached their majority II
would not be so bad, but many hotels
here sell 10 students who are minors.
in fact, make most OF their business
from that source. If have 10 stop
school for a year l will regulate the
LIQUOR traffic IN this place.
III I went 20 the mothers OF some
of these boys and told them what vas
going on here they would scratch my
eyes out
The Washington times., 1906-11-09
EDUCATIONAL QUESTIONS
THREATEN PARLIAMENT

Washington is not alone in her
struggle TO straighten out educa-
tlonal troubles. England keeps her
company. Says the New Yorl,
World:
A stand-up fight between the house
OF lords and the house Of commons will
be followed with intense interest ont
side Great Britain. II will not ne long
coming If the lords persist in carpen-
tering the education bill passed bv the
house OF commons last session.
IN the past week they have made
fundamental changes in the FIRST two
clauses considered and the peers show,
an enthusiasm in the work by an at
tendance wholly extraordinary IN the
history. OF recent years. In the Circum-
stances another general election would
not turn on the question % educational
ana lesser reforms, but on the radical
principle that the will of the people
shall not be arbitrarily annulIed bv a
body OF hereditary peers
The present house OF commons is the
most democratic Great Britain has ever
had. BY their defiant attitude the lords
are melting the British democracy 10
cuFtail their own privileges.