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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
TONY'S FRIEND.
By Cosmo Hamilton.

By SOsmO HamlitOn.
 Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
 Burke stuck out his slippered foot, and with 1t pressed the button of the electric bell until the rheumatic serv- ant hurried in.
 Isis anything the matter. sir?" he gasped with his remaining breath.
 Whats the timer asked Burke.
 The old man looked affectionateiy at Burke's good -natured face, with Its blue. whimsical eyes. straw-coloI ed mustache, and big cleft on the square chin, and took out his watch grave ly. Its past 12 by two and twenty minutes" he said.
 "Twelver yelled Tony. 'It can't be-, The missus said she would be back It Is. though Twenty-three minutes past I thought the print of that book was dancin' a bit"
 Perhaps madam has gone to supper with Lord Reginald, sir" said Pullen, with less meaning in his voice than he would have liked 10 convey.
 Are you going up now. sir?'
 "Go before the missus? Not much. by Gad!" said Tony aloud, lying on his back among the cushions with his head in the palms of his hands. Why, she's such a sensitive little begEar she'd think I was beginning to get in different or some such bunkum. Wo- men are such quaint little jokers In that way. Tired of Enid! Ye gods! The earth will get tired of rain berore l get tired of the best. the sweetest She loves me. toe. now. She didn't. of course. Everybody knows that. Rut she does now all right. Rather. T can't help 1t. I know it's dashed selfish, with all this sickness and sur fering about. But I'm as happy as What2-what?-wh-
 His eyes closed. his hands r,Iaxed. his voice refused 10 work. Tony slept.
 The big clock tolled one o'clock and half past one before Mrs Burke and Reggie Glynde returned.
 Good might. Reggie! said the little lady. Thanks so much for takfns me. I've enjoyed the"
 I'm coming in." said Reggie, put ting his finger on the he'll
 "Oh. no, please-please. You'll only make Tony jealous and spoil every thing. Oh. please go away now"
 Mrs. Burke looked appealIngly at Reggie, failed to catch his purposely wandering eye. and went upstairs to the morning room. Reggie followed her closely. shut the door, crossed the room to Mrs Burke's side and caught her hands eagerly. In the shadow, Tony's great form was unseen by both.
 Its not a bit of good. Enid All that jargon about it being foul thing to love the wife of your best friend doesn't have any weight with me now. can't think about Tony and dishonor. I love you, and I know you love me. The devil take everything else .... There! Now you know in plain Eng fish what you've seen in my eyes. and what, God knows, I've done my best to hide for months Don't try and pull your hands away. We can't heip our selves. It had to be, and it is. Whats the good of kicking against the traces ? Why struggle against fate? Now that I've told you, bang out. I'm glad I feel as though some one had united a great rope which has been cutting into my muscles. Kiss me now, will you ?''
 No; mo-" cried Enid Burke.
 Reggie bent down and kissed the un-
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have done 1t before. Why shouldn't we? Why should we be the only peo- pie fin the world to pose as angels? Why should we be the only ones to re- sist and suffer, when we know that the first plunge is the only thing that mat ters? Life's so beastly short, let's make the most of it together. Of course. deep down in my boots I'd rather you had been any other mans wife than Tony's. He and have been pals since we wer" kids. But he's not the kind of chap to mind--at least, not for long"
 Enid's face was /just as eager and something in her eyes which his aIdn't contain something which
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Tony shu. the door calmly. turned quickly. and going back like whirl- wind, with a face twisted with an az ony which brought beads upon his | forehead. gripped Reggie's two should CTS, and cried: Did she say she would go with your" Reggie looked up into his friend s face-the man he had fought with, rowed with, hunted with. shared bank knew so well he read a look of ap- peal which startled him. The yes stopped at the tip of his tongue, and he saw himself, under the. hands of the man who loved him. a sneak and a blackguard.
 Tell me- cried Tony again, hoarse- ly, flor Gods sake"
 Didn't you hear anything we were saying, then?'
 "No, of course not was asleep. I woke up when I put out my arm and knocked over the little table. I heard nothing-nothinR I ask you, for the sake of old times. to tell me the truth"
 Almost against his will, filled with a remorse and pity he would have sworn he was incapable of feeling where the love of a women was con- cerned, Reggie spoke: Your wife Is
 
 said slowly. "I love her well enough to sacrifice her honor. my honor, and yours; but when I asked her to leave you and come away with me, she she said; No"
 NO! Then-then she doesn't love your"
 No" said Reggie again. "oh. Tony I'm the worst scoundrel that ever breathed. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
 Reggie was too broken up to vince under the crushing grip. Tony gave his hand. and both men were afraid to trust themselves to speak.
 Thanks, old mai.," said Reggie at last I'll wipe this out one of these days. and come back again to you. In the meantime I'll get away for a bit I told Enid tonight I was man who believed in all or nothing. I think nothing is best. Good-byv'
 Neither of them heard the suppress ed sob. the quick, quiet closing of the door, or the swift rustic of skirts. And neither of them saw the woman lying face downwards on her bed, sob ping with heaving shoulders, and cry ing out: Thank God thank Godl
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showed that she could see into the fu- ture-a kind of fear. perhaps.
 ''oh. Reggie, how can I say I'm glad' Think of poor old Tony. love you think I've always loved you; but what will poor old Tony do7 I believe I'm all the world to Tony. Think ot that"
 Think! What's the use of asking me to think?' cried Reggie. Irony didn't ask me what had to say to hls mar rying you; why should think about what he'll say to my marrying you~' But you'll never marry me, Reggie. Tony will never divorce me" Reggie kicked the fender inpatient fly. "Oh, well. what does 1t matter Why argue? It can't be helped. We didn't fall in love with each other on purpose. 1ts-its-I dunno what to call 1t. Fate. if you like. How soon can you come? Tomorrow? the day after? Enid, you will come?' l Tears were streaming down Enid's face. but she clung tight to Reggie l Yes. yes, I must. I can't help my. self. But, oh, Reggie, Reggie. how I
 wish you had never come Into my ifei wasn't happy with Tony. but I ought
 to have been. l believe he's the kind est. the very gentlest, and most sensi-
 tive man in the whole world. and it's awful to think what'll happen to him. We might have gone on as we were We were always together. and friend | ship is so much more comfortable than love-"
 Reggie kicked again. q can't be a friend. With me it's all or nothing Don't hark back to the might have beens. They're dead. done with. You and I are going to burn our boats You haven't the--the very least Idea how much I love you. When will you come, Enid-when, whenT' Tomorrow" said Enid Burke. With kind of shout he caught her tight, and was on the point of kissing her again and again, when something | near the sofa in the recess fell with a crash. Enid flung him away, and turned towards the sofa with both hands to her lips.
 Reggie turned too, with gasp, and saw Burke sitting up, looking from one to the other in a dazed kind of way.
 Burke sat rubbing his eyes. only half awake. Enid. as though turned to stone where she stood. hardly breathed, her fingers still on her lips, her eyes filled with mixture of horror and pity.
 As for Reginald Glynde, with head held high and a kind of sheer on his face, there he stood between his oldest friend and the wife of his oldest friend, tingling to the finger.tips with rage and devil-may-care.
 Well, we may as well settle this business straight away now. and have done with it. There's not much to choose between us. anyway, think the decent thing to have done would have been to tell us you were here, instead of spying on us from dark corners. However, you haven't heard anything I mind your knowing. that's one thing
 "Heard?' said Tony. still only half awake.
 "Oh. that1l do. It's not the faintest good pretending you weren't listening. You heard what I said to your wife, thinking you were in bed. To show you that I'm not afraid of saying 1t
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treatment of sick kidneys. It iS purs&y vegetable and each element in it waa chosen for its direct and beneficial act. ion on the kidneys.
 Fiyty thousand people, representing every section of the United States. pulp licly recommend Doan's Kidney Pilia Here is testimony from this city.
 TESTIMONY,
 Mrs. J. H. Cheatham, wife of ,. H Cheatham the well known carpenter. oi 30 Cleveland Avenue, says: My hus' band was troubled with his back and kidney for some years. He suffered with pains through the small of his back which were more severe at night than any other time. If he stopped over 1t hurt him and whom ha csnght cold his back was always lame and sore. The action of the kidnoys was irregular at times and caused him great deal of annoyance. He used many different remedies, some of which Oene- fitted him and others which dfd not. when read about Doan's Kidney Piiis I went to E. c. Fowler's drug score. 10 Dexter Avenue and got a box. He found them to be just exactly as repEe- sented. They relieved the pain in pes back and helped him in other w9yn. He ia recommending them to his trasnds-
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and forgave and bestowed his bless ing. Money was no object.
 Attili Morosini and Mary Washing ton Bond were married some half a dozen years ago. The Washington family had noble blood in it's veins. some say royal. Mrs. Bond. Mrs. Moro- sini's mother, Is the great niece of Dolly Madison, wife of President Madi- son. Banker Govanni Morosini has always claimed for himself that heis de- seconded from one of the doges of Ve- nice So if there is anything in blue blood all round the children of MT. and Mrs. Atillio Morosini will be something uncommon.
 Another famous American beauty Is Mrs Florence Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. wife of Harry Kimball Thaw of Pitts burg. Letting all bygones be bygones. the elder Mrs. Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, has forgiven her daughter in law, the lovely Florence. and that picturesque young woman, former chorus girl and artists model. is now a devout member of the Presbyterian church in Pittsburg. If she cannot at length straighten the kinks out of the spectacular Harry Thaw and tame him into a conventional citizen 1t would be interesting to know who or what can.
 Florence Evelyn Nesbit came of a family certainly as good as that of the Thaws. Her father was lawyer, Will liam Scott Nesbit, of Allegheny, Pa. He died when the beauty was fifteen. just about the time she by her classic features and radiant brunette coloring began to attract notice on Pittsburg streets. After Nesbit's death his wid ow kept lodging house awhile. and then with her son and Florence. the beauty, went to New York. The young girl was growing always handsomer, and to add to the family income posed while artists copied her face and flow ing hair One of these artists was Charles Dana Gibson. friend of tSS family. seeing her comeliness. interest ed himself to obtain a place for her on the stage, that she might earn her liv ing For a while she was chorus girl as we'll as model. Then came the Harry Thaw part of her history and her subsequent marriage to that gilded youth.
 young woman who before her mar riage was called the most beautiful of American girls is Mrs Augustus c. Hone, formerly Miss Alice Castleman of Louisville. Ky. She is d daughter of the noted horseman and ex-Cnfed- crate officer. General John Castleman.
 Alice Castleman, too, became known t3 New York socity through the me- dium of the charity ball She came to New York for brief visit Friends took her to the ball of February, 1897 Colonel John Jacob Astor saw her. was impressed by her tall, graceful figure and royal blond beauty and asked to be
 introduced to her The introduction was made. so was Alice Castleman. Astor asked the girl from the Blue Grass State to open the ball with him. She did so and next morning was fa nous. The New York papers had taken up the pleasant incident and made the most of it. From that mo- ment she was one of the most sought after girls in American high life.
 She went to Europe with her father and her fame as an American beauty went with her. She was presented at the Italian court and met divers eligi- bles whom she might have married and
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FOUR A M E R IC AN BEAUT IFS

All the world acknowledges that the most beautiful women of the earth are in America For generations their an- cestors in this land of abundance have been well fed. Most of the ancestors have likewise been we'll read. As to that other qualification for perfection well bred-present day American beauties are that. too. whatever some of their ancestors may have been. American women catch on" quick
 In numerous cases, however our beauties have had the advantage of m ancestry well fed, well bred and ell read"-all three--as far back as their family history goes. One of these Is Mrs. Atillio Morosini, nee Mary Wash ington Bond. Her reat-great- grand father was Samuel Washington brother of George Washington. Mary Bond herself was born at Mount Vernon. She lived in Washington in her early girlhood. then went with her mother to Elizabeth, N. J. After time mother and daughter removed to New York and lived very simply in a lodging house. They had every advantage. ex- cept money, but that they had not Mrs. Bond made the best of things. however, and the beautiful daughter was the star of social occasions wher- ever she went. She was so lovely that Peter Marie. who spent years collect ing miniatures of beautiful women, in- cluded her in his list. She was called frequently the most beautiful girl in America. One night at the annual charity ball given by New York's Four Hundred Attilio Morosini, son of Jay Gould's friend and protege. saw this radiant and fascinating mary Wash fngtor Bond. He fell in love with her at once-small wonder, though she was a Protestant and ten years older than the ardent, romantic young Amer ican. Italian.
 Banker Giovanni Morosini refused his consent to his sons marriage with Mary Bond. No matter. They e1oped and were welded alice samee. Papa Morosini. "the shrewd and silent Ital- ian," saw the marvelously lovely bride
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oRAToRY OF LANDS.
Says He is for Dingley Bill Under Anyf
 Circusu sfances.


 Indianapolis ,Ind.) dispatch: The Re- | publican State Convention unan- | imously adopted the platform agreed 1 upon and reported by the Committed on Resolutions and nominated Stated ticket Charles B. Landis of Delphi.l representative from the Ninth Congress , sional District, presided as permanent chairman. In addressing the conven- ! tion, he said:
 Two problems have faced the Repub-- lican party in the last ten years. One was the Democratic problem of ad- versity and the other was the Repub- lican problem of prosperity. The ad- yersity problem has been solved andt the prosperity problem will be solved. i
 Beware the advance agents of po- litical hysteria. The yellow newspaper and the yellow magazine are now to the fore Any magazine that will carry an article on the Treason of the United States Senate ought to be debarred from every self respecting home.
 ''The Senate is slow but it was made to be slow.
 Have confidence in the National House and Senate. in the vice-president i whom we will elevate to the Presiden- ! cy and in the President
 He then spoke for the Dingley tariff law. Under the Republican ad- { ministration there were all kinds of work for all kinds of men: under the ! Democratic administration there was no kind of work for no kind Of men, declared the speaker
 He sad the tariff was a matter of principle and not Of schedules. Under any circumstances the speaker said he was in favor of the Dingley law
 Fassett A. Cotton of Indianapolis was nominated for Superintendent of Public Instruction. W. S. Blatshley of Terre Haute, was nominated Tor State Geolosist. Lesnder J. Monks of ! Winchester, was renominated for Judge i of the Supreme Court from the Fourth District. The convention adjourned
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love-and come away with me. Listen CTS never hear much that's pretty. do they?"
 For an instant it seemed that Burke meant to take Reggie by tho throat and shake the life out of him. His hands, tense. with the vcins standing out upon them, went up. only to fall again almost instantly.
 Enid" he said. go to bed. dearest. Reggie and have something to say to each other alone"
 Enid wavered. looking from one man to the other.
 Please" added Burke. holding the door open for her. Mechanically Mrs. Burke picked up her fan and the program of the thea ter and slowly left the room.
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down as a plain, honest American doc-f tor. After his graduation he met Miss Hazard. Following the wedding. she discovered he had left some half million dollars of debts behind him She paid these, and her prince con- tracted more. till finally his career as money spender almost .equaled that of the famous Count Boni de Castel- lane.
 The above are only four of our American beauties There are hundreds and thousands more of them. east west, north. south. The gift of beauty Is one to thank God for. both for those who possess and those who behold it.
 Charlotte Van Beck.
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before your face. I tell you I love her more than anyone else on earth"
 Tony sprang to his feet. with all the blood in his veins in his face.
 "Yes," cried Reggie. Put that In your pipe and smoke it. I've always loved her. and I've been waiting an opportunity to tell her SO"
 Tony. as pale as his shirt-front. slowly crossed the room and stood in front of his best friend. Have you told her so?" he said.
 "yes. ! have" said Reggie. looking him square in the face. Here, to- night. as you, who Spied on us from the corner, know very we'll And more than that, you know that I have asked her to leave you-a man she doesn't
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been made for him and handed down to him secondhand. but ne of her own fel- low countrymen who had the proud distinction of working for his living. He is Augustus C.. Hone, young me- chancal engineer of Southern rail- road. Mrs. Hone is still an American beauty.
 Princess Francis Marie Joseph von Auersperg. formerly Miss Florence Ellsworth Hazard. of Shrewsbury, N. J., is one of the American beauties who married a title and lived to re-
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witte Hns Best of Fight.

st. Petersburg. April p.-Appear- ances indicate that Premier Witte is having the best of the fight with Min ister Durnovo and that the downfall of the latter is only a question of a few days The Government today author ized the holding on May of a caucus of Constitutional Democrat elected to the National Parliament. Minister Durnovo has been compelled to ofti- cially warn the governments of rpovin- ces to exercise greater care in the em- ployment of troops and police in re- pressive measures.
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pent 1t. Her arms might serve as mod els for Greek sculptor. if any of these were roaming over the earth now. Miss Hazard was only seventeen when she met her prince and loved and welded him. He was an impover
 ished Austrian nobleman who had spent all his patrimony at home and migrated to America. where he said he would study medicine and settle
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lid not. but came home the same Tnlendidly beautiful Southern girl who loved horses, could ride anything ana yas afraid of nothing or nobody once she rode at a New York horse ,how. and those who saw her have ,of forgotten the picture she made,
 And at the end of her girlhood tri- rmphs this American beauty married, not gilded youth whose money had
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* OUR DAILY SHORT STORY *

resisting face. Ills eyes were alight. and his sulky. determined expression had given way to one of almost boy ish delight
 Let's arrange to go away as soon as ever we can, darling. Tons of people
The newspaper., 1906-11-30

that one Christ-killer might wal
low in luxury, buy state for a
plaything and rattle around in a
seat in the senate. once filled by a
Wolcott. a Patterson and Teller.
And western slope editor
rises to remark after helping the
human buzzard TO acquire his car
rion, that the western slope needs
smelter,
Needs itS To be sure 1t does.
And IT needs other things. 1t
needs a fool killer to baste with
an eight pound sledge the head OF
an editor who displays so little
sense as to serve the head of the
smelter trust like lackcy during
the campaign and then profess a
friendship for the west or any OF
her institutions. 1t needs citizen.
ship that can discriminate in an
election like the one just past.
We have sympathy for the
western miners. We have visited
them in their lonely cabins, we
have dined at their tables. we
have slept in their bunk houses,
we have traversed the gloomy
depths of shaft and drift and we
would be less than human if we
did not appreciate their distress
and suffering. but when we con-
template the returns from the
different election precincts in
these camps, we begin to doubt if
Blair is not right and we wrong.
They voted tor their enemy, they
scratched their ballots to place
Gabbert in a position where he
could Jail them and expose their
wives and daughters to mistreat-
ment by the thugs and tools of
the Mine Owners Association.
Perhaps Blair is right. but if we
die for it we will hate and de
nounce with our latest breath those
who have distressed the poor
fools even if they do not deserve
the sympathy we waste.
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DISTINCTION WITHOUT DIFFERENCE

Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons, the
wife of congressman, and a
daughter of the great banker,
Henry Clews, has recently written
a book in which she has advo-
Gated the somewhat stale idea OF
marriage on trial as it were. We
say stale idea because for many
years the general run of mar
riages among the very rich and
exclusive have been purely cases
of trial. Mrs. Parsons has simply
advanced the idea of making such
provision as shall cheaper the
process. Under her plan divorce
suits will be unnecessary. When
the parties get stuck on some
thing new they can just quit and
go it alone. Her idea has much
in ITS favor. The dirty divorce
court would be abolished, the
stories of depravity would cease to
occupy daily papers to the exclu
sion of all else.
These special advantages of the
system occur to US at once. We
shall secure a copy of the work
at the first opportunity and see if
other beauties unfold as we Pc
ruse its pages. 1t is quite within
the possibilities that she has dis
covered a new way to adapt an
old principle, or rather lack Of
principle, and make it effective
in adding to the pleasures of life
for the special class whose pleas
ure and profit it seems the world
and all that is in it was created.