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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

mind that an American, a man Of his
W university, could not In the nature
of things be a coward. Very we'll, he
offers him his friendship In blind
faith. But presently this man inter-
feres with his plans-goes his way
without consulting the newly acquired
friend. When, therefore, circumstances
place this acquaintance in an ugly
light he is quite as ready to believe
the bad as he had been ready to be-
lieve the good.
In a word, Locke imagined that he
had done more than his duty In offer
Ing his friendship and confidence.
When he made up his mind that this
friendship ana confidence was not re-
turned, his friendship turned to In
tense dislike. There was no middle
course for him. He enjoyed a fight
quite as much as a love feast, perhaps
better.
t resume my narrative" drawled
Locke, you disappear within the
chamber. My friend Forbes is having
his little interview with you. But
presently l see you again at the win
dow, packet In hand. You lean far
out; you toss the packet into the ba-
sin Of an empty fountain. The shut.
tiers are closed. Your work is finished
for the night. And so is mine-that
Is, after / have rescued from the
empty fountain the packet.
Which you promptly returned to
Captain Forbes, no doubt"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
The RulIna Passion.

Just what ideals fill the average
football players thoughts as to the
way to play the game was illustrated
at an annual function held at one OF
the most fashionable preparatory
schools during the season
At the school in question 1t is the
custom on the eve of the annual foot.
ball game with a rival prep" school
to present each boy who has made
the team with the much-prized school
letter that he may then year ON his
sweater. AS each member of the
football squad Is presented with the
emblem he has to make a speech to
the assembled school.
On this particular occasion the last
boy to speak was a lad OF Hibernian
ancestry, and his contribution to the
flow Of embarrassed oratory was the
statement that III you fellows will
keep an eye on me in to-morrow's
game I'll show you how an Irishman
can fight"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Russians Arc MIsoqynists,

Russians hate women said a trav.
eler. They regard q woman as scarce.
ly superior In intelligence to a little
child. Their proverbs show this.
Wherever you go In Russia, you see
the men knocking over the women
with proverbs as unfriendly and
wounding as a well-aimed brick.
AT a wedding l heard an aged
priest say to the bridegroom:
Remember the proverb, lad-to
love your wife with all your heart, but
now and then to shake her like a plum
tree
II dined with a Russian, and he had
words with his lady during the fish
course. The trouble with me- he sale
threateningly to her, is that / don't
obey the proverb-always' beat your
wife once before dinner and twice
after supper
"a banker failed In business in Mos.
COW, and his wife reproached him,
ever threatening to leave him. "A dog
has more sense than a woman I
heard him shout at her. Yes, the
proverb is right--a dog has more
sense than a woman. for 1t never
growls at It's MASTER"
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>4R7HZR HE7MY NyEy
GDf5RoHZ. 1905 1 Dz2Rfz2vS C2zQzH

showed my sincerity by taking you
more or less into my confidence.
gave you a chance N conflde in me In
return. ! had seen you fascinated by
a woman whom l knew to be a dan.
gerous companion. When I warned
you, you were clever enough to affect
a d~isingenious innocence"
What shrewd observers you news.
paper men are!"
That very evening"" continued
Locke, frowning. you dine with her
and her accomplishment openly in the
restaurant, but IN her own sitting
room. Late that evening, in company
OF DIR. Starva, you take the boat for
Vltznau. You install yourself with
him in the suite Of Sir Mortimer Brett.
You assume his character; more than
that, you don his very cloak and hat.
AS Sir Mortimer. then, you have access
to his rooms"
Let me compliment you on the ad.
mirable name in which you have
played the spy. You traced me, then,
from the hotel to the boat, and thence
to the botel?"
Not at all. | preferred to keep an
eye on the big fish in the puddle. It
was Madame de WARMER. alias the
Countess Sarahoff, whom | was watch
Ing. | knew that the moth would fol-
low the flame. When l had assured
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Says Boys Make Good Cooks,

James f.. Barker, head OF the Cleve.
land Manual Training school, declares
that boys make better cooks than
girls. Mr.. Barker says that the male
cook has a better temper. He is not
SO liable to throw pans about and
break dishes, and It is a known fact,
he alleges, that men are more scien.
tifc. Mr.. Barker points to several In.
stances. One was that Of a Muskegon
youth who had been employed as a
dish washer all summer and came to
the Hackley Training school at the
beginning of the school year and
asked to be allowed to enter the cook
ing class with the girls. The boy led
the entire class. and the cooking
teacher, although a woman. had to
admit his ability.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
-And does II not seem 70 you strange

and does II not seem 70 you strange
that the partner OF Madame de Var.
nier's intrlgues should distrust her to
the extent OF spying on her move
ments7"
Locke pulled at his cigar thought.
fully. I awaited his answer not with.
out interest.
1T did indeed raise the faint hope
In my breast" he returned cynically,
that my friend Haddon perhaps was
not so guilty as the circumstances had
proved him TO be. But when I remem.
Der that Captain Forbes was Insisting
on his right to see Sir Mortimer, I
could understand that my quondam
friend Haddon was anxious for his
W neck. guessed that he was lis.
tening to the futile attempts Of the
Adventures to deny Captain Forbes
admission to the bedchamber OF the
psuedo Sir Mortimer
You have an answer for every
question"
81 a put two and two together
and make four" returned Locke com.
~placently.
But If n of those numbers Is 4,
the unknown quantity7 The addition
is then not quite so simple
And the American tourist, Mr.. Had.
don, is the great unknown quantity, I
suppose"
He looked at me with cool, level
eyes. A big man, In body. brain and
heart. Locke had both the virtues of
bigness and its faults. To crush OBJ
stacles-that was his method. Finesse
he despised. He went to the end in
view in a direct line, ruthlessly throw.
ing aside any obstruction, physical or
moral, that hindered.
Such a man arrives invariably. He
is not to be denied. But he blunders
often. He in some natures an
instructive antagonlsm-a latent OBJ.
stlnacy-that arrays itself against him
quietly but determinedly. He makes
an enemy when he might have made
a friend.
For example, Locke has made up his
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
HAD THE EVIDENCE
BLACK EYE coRRosoRATep Hus.
BANDS STATEMENT.
Proof Positive That His Enumeration
Of "sarah's" Good Qualities Had
Lot Of Foundation
In Fact.

He stood in front OF the laundry
with q far-away look in his eyes and
appeared to be deciding some mo
mentous question. Finally he entered
the place and said to the young man
behind the counter:
u see, son, you need laundry
hands"
Yep" was the reply. want a job
pushing the fiatiron?"
"Ferget 1t! I'm tryin' to git Sarah
a place. She's my wife"
Had any e~xperience?"
Sarah has had experience In all
kinds Of work" he said proudly. why,
I've seen that oma make pancakes,
Try eggs, cook b~eefsteak, iron socks,
gossip with the n%eighbors, and lick a
couple OF the kids. all at the same
time. That's a oma for you. my
boy! What's the wages?'
She will get four dollars per II
she's any good"
Amy goodf Say, you ought to be
around some Monday mornin' when
Sarah is cookin' breakfast, tacklin'
the weeks wash, an gittin' six chill.
dren ready for school. Can't no one
beat her, II ! do say 1t myself. But
there's one thing | want to warn you
about"
"Well?"
Don't cross her.
Don't cross herr"
No. Don't cross her, or any other
red-headed woman weighin' 200
pounds. fer that matter. Bout ten in
the mornin' Sarah will want to sit
down an smoke her corncob fer n
spell. That's a dangerous time to
cross her-a dangerous time"
Smoke her corncob?" repeated the
laundry clerk in establishment. Il
guess not. No smoking allowed here"
Sarah will do 1t. She claims that
what's good fer man is good fer wom-
an, an she knows good tobacco a mile
of. What time tomorrow will l send
her around?"
I'VE can't use her here. She's prob
ably all you say she Is, but we can't
have smoking here. Why don't you
try that blacksmith shop on the next
cornerH He needs a helper, I under.
stand, and she could smoke herself to
death there"
No: ! guess not" he said after
thinking owe the suggestion. Its
hardly a woman's work, but I'm bet.
tin Sarah would shoe a boss inside of
a week or know the reason why. An
I'd be sorry fer the boss what kicked
her. Well an lonpp
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
CHAPEL IN the Manoer.

Passing through a narrow doorway,
we observe a round hole In the ground,
where. tradition states, a miraculous
fountain burst forth for the use OF the
Holy Family. From here we now enter
the crypt of the nativity. where golden
lamps shed a soft and brilliant light
upon the various shrines. with feel.
lngs of reverence and deyout faith we
approach and look with wonder mon
the little chapel Of the Magi. Here
with gifts Of gold, frankincense. and
myrrh, these wise men from the east
knelt and adored the newborn King.
Near by is another small altar orna.
mented with lights and silken draper.
les. 1t is the chapel of the Manager.
built upon the spot where the manger
stood. Here the infant Savior. wrapt
In s%waddling clothes, was laid. As
the genuine manger was carrisd 10
Rome, a marble one now ia seen WHARF
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

myself that our beautiful adventures
had retired to her room across the
corridor from Sir Mortimer's suite, I
had nothing to do but await the ar
rival Of the poor little moth, en-
sconced in a comfortable chair with
my cigarette. Allow me to return the
compliment and congratulate you on
your perfect success in masquerading
as the sick Sir Mortimer. 1t was a de-
lightful little bit of comedy"
Had Locke taken the boat In the
company of DR.. Starva and myself he
would doubtless have observed the
episode Of the brandy, and drawn his
conclusions. His attitude toward me
would then have been very different.
He would have seer for himself that
the comedy | enacted was for the
benefit Of DR.. Starva. II l ignored
Locke's suspicious of me even now, II
| gave to him my confidence at this
late date, would he believe that? I'm
possible!
| ragged at the network of chance
that enmeshed me, but / did not at
tempt to extricate myself. / had lain
passive too long. I was trusting
blindly to fortune. More than ever /
was determined to wait my own time
before ! made my position clear. II
| carried my plans to a successful
conclusion, the result would Justify
my actions; II | failed, / should at
least have held to my purpose.
Having seen DIR. Starya and your
self safely landed In Sir Mortimer's
rooms" continued Locke, 81 am free
to join my acquaintance, Captain
Forbes. In the garden, meanwhile
keeping an inquisitive eye cooked to-
ward the shutters of Sir Mortimer's
salon. And Captain Forbes, as well
as myself, has his own interests In
the missing Sir Mortimer. Presently
he sees the light shining through
those shutters. He is overjoyed to
observe that Sir Mortimer is returned,
and more than overjoyed that he can
at last rid himself of the burden OF
his dispatches. You know how he did
that, even better than myself"
And you are waiting for me to en-.
tighten your"
IAN In good time, my dear Mr.. Had.
don. But | have not yet shown you
all my hand. Were ! to CAL your
game now, you might think | had a
couple OF aces at the most. am 60.
ing to show you that | have a royal
flush"
1T is hard to beat a royal flush, I
admit" | said lightly.
II await developments, then. In the
garden. My vigilance is soon reward
ed. shutters are thrown stealthily
back; my classmote Haddon tiptoes
onto the balcony; he li,'ens outside
the shutters Of the salon.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
To An Audience of One

lected to go out aid explain the situa.
ton to the audience. stepped in
front Of the curtain and, clearing my
throat, said.
Sir, | am glad to see that the storm
did not keep YOU away. We have de.
cided to leave to you the question OF
whether We will have the show or not
You are the only man here, and to
morrow night we must make the next
stand. We will give the play Just as
billed, II you ask II, but II you have
no obi"
Say, pardner," interrupted the man,
Il wish you would cut out that flow
OF CAB and let me shut up this here
house. Don't you suppose the janlto,
wants to go home some time? When
there amt nobody comm let Dne 10 VI
up. will youf'-Hansas City Star.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
CHAPTER xx.-conunued.


looked up speeches.. Robinson
Locke met my startled glance with
cool contempt.
That you saved my life?" repeated
Helena, In wonder.
Have robbed my gallant country.
mar OF your gratitude. Miss Brett?'
he demanded c~arelessiy.
Then II was you who rushed down
the stairway" | stammered, my face
hot with shame.
yes, sir" he said, sternly, ut was
/. II is not a pleasant duty to expose
the cowardice OF an acquaintance,
Miss Brett. ! could have forgiven him
his terror. But that he should mas
querade as a hero while I was vainly
attempting TO pursue the BLACKBOARD
who tried to murder you-that is a
little too much"
confronted him, my hands clench.
ed In my rage. But I did not speak.
A defense was impossible. ! stared at
him in silence.
81 an afraid" he sneered, that you
are rather fond of wearing the lions
skin. ! believe I had an appointment
with you this morning at ten o'clock"
with mel" cried. hotly. MOI"
Then you did not receive the note
placed on your pillow last night? All,
80 you did receive 1t, after all. Sir
Mortimer beg your pardon. Mr..
Haddon."
I turned from him; / looked at
Helena. Our eyes met. l did not say
one word; I did not beseech even by
a look. l had asked her to trust me,
but | had not looked for a situation
like this. Her eyes fell before mine
and they had told me nothing.
81 shall leave you to your interview
with Mr.. Locke" she said quietly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Tie Gaze In the Rock.

Passing through the narrow streets
we finally come to the church Of the
Nativity.
II was here that the inn stood where
Mary and Joseph, footsore and weary.
after their long Journey. sought for
lodgings but there was no room for
them" They were Obliged to seek else.
where for some resting place. The
chalk hills OF Judea are honey.combed
with lnnumerable caves. One OF these
excavations, close by the Inn, was
used as a shelter for such beasts as
the stables of the inn could not &C.
commodate. Mary and Joseph were
obliged TO take shelter in this grotto.
Here, amid the straw which served as
bedding for the beasts. far from all
assistance, on a cold winters night,
Mary, the virgin mother, gave birth to
the infant Savior.
This cave Is established beyond all
doubt as the place where Christ was
born. From the earliest times Chris.
tlans have always kept sacred this
particular spot. st. Justin, martyr
boih III q 'oNih Dou wv 1tdTS al
ter Christ, speaks OF this cave. and the
pagan philosopher CELSIUS. writing A.
ID. $50, also knew Of II. The emperor
Hadrian, about 1877 A. d., In order to
keep the Christians away from II,
erected a statue Of Adonis there and
established idol worship in the cavern.
The emperor Constantine removed
the idol and erected over the cave a
church about $40 A. d. At different
periods since then the church has
been rebuilt, enlarged and renovated,
until we find the present structure,
with its different sections belonging
to the Latin. Greek and Armenian
rites, The courtyard leading to the
church is paved with large square
stones and On the side are the ruins OF
old columns where the former atrium
OF tibet basllica stood. This court.
yard Is frequently used as a market
place where the natives gather to sell
their wares.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
The festival of the NATIVITY

understand the greatness OF the event.
II Is most ft that the season so marked
out by angels by songs OF joy, such as
had not been heard on earth since the
creation, should also be observed as a
time OF festive gladness by the church,
and In the social life of Christians.
Christ Himself instituted this festival
when He sanctiied the day by then
first revealing His human nature to
the eyes OF mankind, The holy angels
witnessed 70 its separation forever as
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

their cooking. washing, sewing and
other houseworb.
Accordingly they have organized
what is called the Riverton Bachelors
club and through the agency of this
club have begun a systematic search
for helpmeets. They have inserted ad.
vertisements in state papers making
known their wants and they will later
on advertise in papers all over the
country unless they should meantime
procure wives.
Young women who may desire to
correspond with any OF the young men
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

Barkis had sent word to Peggotty
that ne was willin'.
That makes the fourteenth time
he's done IT, said Peggotty, swapping
her eyes resentfully, IAN It's getting
to be a joke. | s'pose I'll neve hear
the last of It."
But Peggotty. bless her heart,
might have made the assertion still
stronger. Mankind will never hear
the last OF II.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

with a view to matrimony are request.
ed to address the secretary of the
Riverton Bachelors club. who will
promptly send them any information
they may desire touching the age, per
sonal appearance. habits, etc. OF any
of the wife-seekers.
The members Of the club will pay
the railroad fare and other travelling
expenses OF any young woman who
may come here with a view to getting
married and should any young woman
who may come change her mind after
arriving on the ground and desGe to
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

DIR. Latson says: "A correct walk
Is the rarest accomplishment I can
think OF. Handsome faces are rare.
good figures are much more rare; but
as to gait and carriage, out of 500 we
shall find 30 or 40 handsome faces,
and perhaps a dozen good figures. But
certainly In that number we shall
rarely find more than one OF two PEG
pie who walk propc.ly"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
And He Was the Janitor Of the Opera
House.

Il never see Il snow but I am re-
minded of one night in Colorado" said
Jess b. Fulton, of the Fulton Stock
company. a few days ago. as he watch
ed the white falling fakes. I'VE were
playing in Colorado one night stands,
and we struck a small town in the
mining country. 1t showed all day,
and at night you could not see a foot
ahead for the binding storm. Some
how the members OF the company
reached the theater and then waited
for the audience to come. In about an
hour a man entered and took a seat
near the door. A consultation was
held back OF the scenes. and l was Sc
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

BY
HUfred Domeit

II was itsatalm and Silent night
ssussS bahdr.d y,ars snaydfytbra
Fad SpAs Nm s,swlss mn atset1,
Hsdl WV w. Wses ia.
M Rspd val heard II sissbliasvafs,
Psssssbreodsd Yer Tx Sss6td domain,
HpIN KsRs, JpVs and r,arxs~
Btd Iusd;artsa ttsir anseai reign
~ n as Esasmn nidnisbt.
N~NGntariss aas.
Csas ,ls ibs calm and ,tsmi nisbt.
OK ssssa Of bausbfs Rome,
Inpanssf srAsd bis sh4rSss insbt
J''= .adfE r,pei rsjars sssff
trunpbal arsbts. cleaning. svA
Els breast With rbeasbt VI bssadl,i, .vsy,
ubai rseksd 10. Roman ssli brd
u paItrv provtne tai xsaWON II
In Tx xRiah Buaiahl ri
Gsamrb 'sacfNNo ~
Wltbin tbat province far away
Ukat pISasps absrk 4 weary box.
u streak u 2tSst b{fsrs bin ay.
JaIsn tsisasA } bdlr,s~ ,,apIs asw
Haass SfEpyN " pa,.,a. M usuab,
e'la wstI sas ss1P stsIn,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
JOIN IN HUNT FOR WIVES.
Bachelor Settlers In Wyoming Organ.
iEo and Advertise for HeIpmeets.

Riverton. Wyo.-Many Of the young
men who have filed on homesteads on
the Wind river or Shoshone Indian res
ervation, a part of which was thrown
open to settlement last summer. are
unmarried and living alone In shantles
Oh their claims and they are very de-
slrous OF procuring wives to relieve
Ne loneliness. of their lives and to do
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Her WISH.

DO you think 1t is wrong for won
en- to bet?" said the IN who plays
bridge.
mo" answered Mrs. Torkins. II
wish that whenever Charley makes q
bet ] could bet a similar sum the other
way. We would save a lot Of money.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

a day OF days, when they proclaimed
the glory that was then offered to Goo
In the highest by the restoration OF
perfect manhood in the virgin.boru
Jesus and the peace that was brought
among men on earth through the re
union of their nature to God.
II is to the nativity OF our Lord tina,
all the pages of the Bible point as tn,
enter on which everything lore 70
corded turns.
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discovered and their children slain.
Continuing along. we are shown a
small altar known as the chapel of st.
Joseph, which commentaries the
place where st. Joseph was warned
in a dream to fee into Egypt. Owe,
the altar Is an oil painting represent.
Ing the flight into Egypt.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Eorca Of Habit.

"old Millyuns doesn't know how to
tell a good story. He always manages
to skim the cream Of the joke"
But. you know. he began life a. Q
milkman."
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19
Was Observed at Very Early Time In
History Of Church.

The festival of Christmas was OBJ.
served at a very early period In the
church, as indeed 1t could hardly but
be; for that which brought the JOY OF
angels within reach Of mems ears
could not but have been devoutly and
toyously remembered by Christians,
year by year. when they came fully to
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-19

IT THIS season OF the
year. the Christian world
reverently turns to the lit
tie town Of Bethlehem and
lovingly recalls the story
Of the Savior's birth as set
forth in the simple yet
beautiful language Of the
gospel narrative. In spirit
let us go over to Bethle-
hem and view the place
where Christ the Lord was