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rbtafted. "A oo~nSclent'us actor, young
man. makes up all over" And follerin' her
glance, I seen my arm, g~learnin' as white
and thin as q bailih's wand t'roo ne tarn
sleeve.
Don't be casht down. she oontinneted
after a pause. 'Whativer I am, I'm not a
spon sport-and you LUX like wan Of thin
down on his luck. Leslie must take the III
with the good; he's good at takin'. Jump
in, .and III tool you down 10 the house,
and put you next 10 him. I'm Nellie lie
Tresor, putin in a weeks ind there, With
mt mudde: on the side Did o niver
hear OF me?"
1--we done better than that, ! answered,
as ! TUX me place on the idge Of the seat.
I've seen o on the stage. My, but you
were Johnny on the spot
Nellie was ekal 10 her wud. II was u
sight the way she had the men'als hustlin'
directly We arrived. Almost before l knew
1t was up in the lib'ry, tellln' Leslie Gratz
that a Portugee had transshipped his father
TO our smack of the Banks; and that he now
lay sick and delir'us in our hut be the sea.
allus nave had a high RESPECT for the
Greek t~ragedeens. Whit they KEN in the
carse Of a drama 10 somethin' too base
and horrible for eye or voice, they had IL
TAKE place behind the scenes
won't relate how ! led Leslie on 10 show
the stun he was made Of. Let 1t suffice
that he agreed to meet me in the dunes
back Of the hut at twilight to verify what 1
had said, and thin. in that cvint, wud offer
US certing terms.
As | passed out OF the house, l paused
with u strange revulshun on the threshold.
"Shakin' the dust from your feet?" called
a merry voice, as Nellie lie Tresor stuck
her head t'roo the cuttins Of a side dure.
And in hel exprisshun, at wanst reckless
and sorrowful. ! knew that in some way
she had overheard at least part Of what had
been said.
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is there about sleep, even whin stimulated,
that softens perverseness and touches the
sympat'y?.
But the Swing Sleepers thimsilvee cudn't
have drawed Leslie a hairs bridth from
That's him la sax. pirlshy,> whn we
was back beween the hills. Now"
Agin ! must ring the cuttin or ann sech
.zorrid scene. Although / well knew what
a comm TO him, me. knees raped as
] stud in such wise hat he oud not see
whin his father crept out Of the hut and
hid behind the hill opposite 10 where the
young officer was engaged with his bead
work. Agin let it suffice to say that he
med a full. unmistakable offer-and it wor
a bloodcuddler, too.
Scussly had the barging been struck
and 1t deserved a hard wan before old
Laban Graft emudged from his hiding
and advanced maiistically toward us.
Garn was the WEAKNESS from his eyes, the
sorrow from his lips. His face was as
hard and set as the Spinxes.
"Out OF me sight wanst and f~oriver, you
namelcss ting he rasped at Leslie. Even
the ancient Rummons wud not blieve
that sech as you oud liver live!"
what did you expiot. old man, screamed
Leslie, grapes Of %t'orns, figs Of ~t'istlesi
Go for him, men. There is no wan within
u mile"
But large and me STUD on eeder side
with folded arms.
Thin from the odder sandhill marched
fort the young officer; you cud fairly hear
the band. Right up TO Leslie Crate he
marched. haltin' and clickin' his heels
sharp. He raised his cap, and, behold,
the fluffy hair was piled high on his shapely
head.
'Nellie-Nellie lie Tresor, you here in
such a rig faltered Leslie.
But not at your ~sarvioe, y Nellie answered
ssucily.
AT mine RAIDER. said old LAban. crossing
over and taking her be the hand. sThis
young Teddy has done me an inoalculable
good. I esteem her pluck; I admire her
pussonality. II she will I shall make her
my wife; | must have somsun to love and
cherish in my old age
AT least he'll use me right, Leslie
cried Nellie lie Tresor. you might take
UP with mother-you two are alike un-
material And there we're tears in her
proud eyes.
AS the plate has been passed.
ventured 10 suggist, mt hat IN hand.
AT her whispered wud. old Laban tossed
me his puss. and as large and me sneaked
Of down the beach we QUO zee the shadders
swallowin' up young Leslie az he also stole
sadly and silently away.
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Ii.

AFTER all, Jsrse's scheme was needer far
fetched nor particularly base. and he was
entitled to the saft ind for devolvin' 1t. If
Young Gratz shud be SO simple as to believe
the yarn, and SO wicked as to want to put
his own father OF the way, annythln'
that we might wumm out OF him wud be
easy money for US and none too hard for
him.
It seemed likely. too. from Jarge's furder
etatemlnts Of Leslie GRATIS life hist'ry that
no fl'al oompuncshuns wud come between
him and his advantage. While a good man
rarely has q better son.; a mean man giner-
ally has q wuss son.
IN odder wuds. yertoo is its Own reward,
while .vica wuks it's own revenge. Revuss
he parable Of the Prodigy son, and it's safe
20 count on the Patriark gettin' a cold well
come unless he agrees TO let bygones be
bygcnes.
BesideA, II lie hard for q high roller to give
up his roll, WHATEVER the sinse OF the last
word Arter years OF rigid supervisor and
nose held clus' to the grindstun, Leslie had
let himaelf loose. The whole world was his,
and the glitter thereof.
Wud he pick up the handle again and tile
patiently in the shade at the fust news Of
parintal reorudiscince? Not IL he saw in
the news bearer e fit instrument for a happy
dispatch. u
So I, reflected. as | PROGRESSED. fortifying
me soul, until at a tuhn in the road a bit Of
reel life disguised me simple philosophy.
A young Teddy, in a phaeton, driving a
sperritsd pair, had got into difficulties. Wan
trace OF the vehicle had broke, andthe HOSES
were hekip' 20 vigorously that soon there
wudn't have been amy traces TO It or Of IL.
HowiVer, l soon had the frightened cree
turs by the nose, whisperin' in their ears;
indeed, bitln' the ear Of the wuss wan. ac-
cardin' TO some half forgotten piece Of stable
lore I had picked up in me peregrinashuns.
Win they a quoted, the harness was
soon minded. at no greater expense than a
tear IN me sleeve.
Aprtty sight she wore, as she set smilin'
her t'anke; all huey Of hair, and risin' out Of
puffy white gownd like Venice from the
sea. Shall say that her eyes we're blue and
caSekt alabaatsr! Irally don't know. Men
don't stop 10 anslyEet the beauty that charms
thin. Even thin that describe angles niyer
git beyond the wings.
I'm a pore dsher lad. ] answered in re-
spouse 70 her polite inquiry, seeking Mr..
Leslie Crate on an important missun.'
She laugh cd plum 10 me face, not ma
hGously, but roEuishly. Hike a marty child's
delight In beip' bad,
"A stage sailor and a poor wan she
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5, officer. tit to command; takiu' in
he Typographical ixigincies in a glanct,
and issuing his orders like Lard Wilmington
at Waterloo. hook nose and all In a few
tuss wuds. he d'ricted how we shud take
Leslie TO the side winder and show him
the ~unconshus farm OF his father within;
and thin how we shud brig him between
two high sand hills he p'inted out IN carry
on our negotiashuns in audible vice,
"Tll be behind wan of Thin he con-
Guided, with a bead on you bot"
large TUNED white In the gills and lukked
at me with disp'rit eyes. ] reellzed that
the courage of a carnered rat hao come to
him; that in the suddint loss Of all his hopes
he was signalling to me to make a con-
,sarted rush.
But Jest thin, out from the fly trap OF
me mim'ry there darted the recollicshun
Of a certing play l had seen-of a trig and
trim young officer in it who was Johnny
on the spot; and I shook me head even as l
capped in amazemint The next moment
me lips were clus to the officers ear. and a
pink and pritty ear IL wore, and me hands
clasped discreetly behind me back.
Reminder, whin the plate Is passed."
! whispered, that l bit your hoss's ear
for youse.'
He nodded d grave assint; and thin, as
at the mintal wud, take your post. sir
marched 10 the Aand hill he had indicated.
'Cuss you for a TRIBE dashed gutter
snarled large. Il fought for the instinct
you we're goin' to neck him."
SIN not In the vicar'us sacrifice business
lest at prisint,' I answered. dignihedly;
4but all the same / did eprid q mattress
against our fall"
There was no time for furder discrimina-
shun. The shadows we're advancin' thick
and fast aorost the sands; and In the very
midst OF thin. q very part OF them, KEN
Leslie Graft. gray and quivery.
Els he really here1 7 must know that
fust." he said whin ! had explained Jarge's
oooperashun.
In silinoe we led the way 20 the hut;
in silince we swung open the little window.
A break Of a~fterslow over our shoulders
iliumined the interior. showing the old
man white and still on the palate Of straw.
ac~cintooatin' the weary lines under HE
eyes, the sad lines around his lips. What
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adjutaut on parade he med for the hut.
while we stud there cussin'.
Five. and thin tin minutes passed, and
| cud scussly detrain large from the narvous
impulse to do somethin' whin reason ad-
vises there is nawthin' to do. Thin. out
he KEN, and marched toward us, as II re-
partin' TO the admiral.
A likely young fellow as liver did see
short. but we'll set up inc shapely; his oval
face shaded by the deep visor Of his broad
cap; his small. regular teeth shinin' white
ROO the daredevil smile that parted his
full red lips. On he KEN to IN invisible
band, salutin' as he halted and clicked his
heels togedder.
"You brace OF infunnaI scoundrels are
goin' to do exactly what 1 say" he said,
"or I'll blow you fuller Of holes than a
defective armor plate
And he VII ippe cd a bulldog gun from Lis
hip.
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Absent Minded Peunsyivanian.

The most absent minded man In Pennsyl-
vania without question ie James L. Williams.
q prosperous farmer Of Columbia county.
Last IThursday he drove his $3.50 pacing
mare from his home near Fowler ville 10 that
town, stabbed IL In a friends barn while lac
attended u lodge meeting. and returned home
on foot.
He rose Friday morning. and Upon going
70 his stable and finding the animal missing.
until the neighbors had been thoroughly
aroused over the supposed theft did he re.
member where be had let the mare.
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homestead. near Hill Valley. the scene OF one
10 PennsylVaniH. audit s randy faillbe awSy'
roof loose. ~
The place has been shunned for more than
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bali a century. but strangely. enough a morn
interest In the awful tragedy has peimn'el
u 20 remain Just az II was a. the time OF W,
crime, nearly seventy. Year, ago. when hposl,
M~oOonnAughy brut4lly murdered sI Of Ms
fatheT-in.iaw's family. So
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House Everybody shuns.

From The Phitodelphio Record.
Huntington county has an old house which
has been Rvoided by all the nelRhbors for
more than half a century, IL u the old Brown
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

any old person will agree with us that children in the old times were kept in school almost twice as long each day as they are now, but there was rarely any complaint about the eyesight. They did not do as much night study as they do now, thanks to the modern method of having the children taught at home at night by parents and other members of the family.
 As to the other things set forth in the above extract we are as much at sea. If the children are so much more dull. stupid, lazy and unruly than they were in former times there must be a cause for 1t, as there is a cause for almost everything on earth. Let the wise men find the cause fof all these discouraging conditions and then proceed to find the remedy. In order to help them out as much as possible we beg to suggest that the modern fad of forcing the children in their studies may have something to do with the ailments complained of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
A SERIOUS MATTER

According to Dr. W. J. Shearer, Superintendent of Schools at Eliza beth, N. J., a thorough a scientific examination of several thousand school children gives the following re- suits: ... --.s- ... ...... ..
 The number reported upon as dull increases steadily year bv year until in the highest grammar grade 1t Is $50 rer cent. Freater than in the first year.
 The number reported upon as ner-' vous increases 100 per cent. in the same time.
 The number reported upon as dull in arithmetic increases 400 per cent. in five years.
 The number reported upon as having defective eyesight increases $50 per cent. in seven years.
 The number reported upon as unruly increases 400 per cent. in eight years.
 The number reported upon as lazy increases 1000 per Ncent. in seven years.
 This is a fearful and discouraging showing, but the investigation should not stop here. When good physi- clan has a serious and perplexing case he inqulres into both the cause and the remedy, and the same rule should apply here. There must be cause for the facts set forth above, but heretofore they have not agreed on 1t. There must be a remedy, but if it has been found we are not aware of 1t.
 The matter of defective vision is not here brought forward for the first or only time. The newspapers a. well as others have been referring to 1t quite freely and frequently of late years, but the cause is not agreed on. We have seen the argument used that one cause of this defective eye sight was due to ill-lighted and lily ventilated schos rooms, but to this we can reply that in all the cities. where most complaint is made Of bad eyes the school homes are from one hundred to one thousand per cent. better in the matter of ligh. and ven tlation than were the country schools of fifty or sixty years ago, but there were few defective eyes then.
 Again. we have heard it charged that the school hours are too long now, in the cities especially, and that Is given as reason for the trouble, ] but we feel safe in the assertion that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

Some of the Indian Territory oppo- nents of the new constitution appear to be rather mixed on the subject. They propose to put out a, full State, District and County ticket for the voters to support and at the same time advise them to vote against the constitution. As the offices 70 be fill- ed are all created by the constitu- tion. If that instrument is defeated those who are elected will have no of- fees to take charge of. Those who are advocating this policy must either vote to adopt a constitution they dis like or else elect men to offices which do not exist. It is rather a queer condition of affairs and The Muskogee Phenix, which Is of the Republican va riety, sensibly advises them 10 either refrain from putting out a ticket or else vote for their ticket and the con- stitution at the same time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

The first steps have been taken to- wards the organization of q Life h. surance Company In this State by for mer Governor Jelks. It Is 60 be on a most solid foundation and many of the best business men of the State are showing their confidence in it by be- coming financially interested in the proposed company. Governor Jelks is A fine business man. His manage nnent of the States affairs demonstra- ted this fact. He is safe, and conser- yative, and any company organized as if is proposed to organize this one should be successful in the highest dearee. Millions of dollars are sent from the South every year to insur- ance companies North and made use of by men who spend none of it hare. If possible that money should be kept at home and our own people be the benehclaries rather than the class of msu who have been shown by the investigations to have specu- lated with it for years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
THE MULE WILL STAY.

The belief that automobiles are go- ing to drive out all other forms and methods of travel and transportation Is more or less prevalent in some quarters. '"The horse must go," is the slogan that has been common during the past year or two, but the horses stubbornly refuse to go. It Is true that other methods of travel have spread, and it Is also true that these methods are taking the place of ani- nal power, but so far as our obser- vation enables us to judge there Is as much demand now for good horses and mules as there has ever been.
 One of the fields in which 1t has been predicted that the auto would supercede everything else was the army. Enthusiasts saw the time in the immediate future when the time henored mule would be pushed aside and all the transportation of men, stores and munitions of war would be hauled in autos. This view, however, is not shared by army officers yet. A
  very idea of such a thing ]s prepos- terous. We have." says he. poor roads and great distances to travel, which, to my mind, make the auto mobile as a means of conveyance for troops hopeless. Nor do l believe that 1t will revolutionize the quarter masters department within our time, for our regulation army mule trans portation wagon is the finest in the world and it will suffice. I saw the and they were the envy of all the foreign contingents. so I don't believe the mule is going to be supplanted by the motor just yet"
 Aad so, as The Kansas City Journal observes, the Missouri mule, which is the bone and sinew of our national military strength, may lay back his generous ears and emit reverberating hee- haws. He Is not to be supplant- ed Science with all its boasts can rot dethrone him from the proud estate which he has so well earned. The mule started in life badly handi- capped in the matter of ancestry Through his own unaided efforts he won military recognition and rank which is enviable. Exalted in war and indispensable in peace the Missou- ri mule shall ever hold his place of honor, be it at the canpon's mouth or between the corn rows."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
This IS My 65th Birthday"
 Harry PInckney NOrthrOp.

Rt. Rev. Harry Pinckney Northrop, Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston. &. C.. was born in that city. May ,. 1842, and prepared for the priesthood at Georgetown College and St. Mary's seminary. In 1884 he went to Rome, resumlng his studies in the American college and the following year he was ordained. His first charge upon re- turning to the United states was at the Church of the Nativity in New York city. In 1S66-6S he was the rec tor of St. Joseph's Church ot Charles ton. He engaged as missionary priest in North Carolina for four years, when he returned to Charleston as the assistant rector of the eathe- dral for a term of six years. He was then pastor of seevral other churches In Charleston and vicinity On Jan uary 8 1882, he was ccnsecrated vicar apostle and titular bishop Of Rosalia. One year later he was appointed sue Cessor of Bishop P. N. Lynsh as head of the Charleston diocess. Bishop Northrop is man of great learning and is one of the best known church. men in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
SUNDAY, MAY s, 1907.
PLENTY OF ROOM YET.

book of statistics just issued by the British government states that the population of the earth has increased sixty-three millions during the past ten years. Certainly there is nothing in this to give aid and comfort to those pessimists who are looking for ward to a not distant time when the erath will not afford room for all the people that will be on it. few sim pie comparisons will show the absur- dity of such dismal predictions. The present population of the United States is slightly above twenty-one persons to the square mile, while Hol- land has 406 and Belgium 5S9. Eng land, Ireland, Scotland and Wales com bined have nearly 342 to the square mile.
 Now a little calculation will show that in the present area of the United States there is room for the estima- ted population of the entire earth and not be more thickly crowded than some of the foreign countries are. Is it not at least possible that our own country could contain and sustain as many inhabitants to the square mile as Holland does? But that is not all, for we must bear in mind that great portion of the earth's land surface is practically uncultivated and very sparseIy settled. It is impossible to get at the population per square mile of the practically unexplored savage and semi-civilized regions of earth, but enough is known to make 1t cer- tain that many millions of square miles are hardly inhabited at all, and that most of 1t can be made habit able and capable of sustaining almost countless millions of human beings. Plainly there will be food and elbow room for many generations to come.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
Vor,.d Trses os Peat.

Among the varied uses of peat. that for the production of gas is perhaps the least known, says ~m.H Andon Globe It has been used lO! thIs pur- pose. however. for the last thirty years in the steel works of Notala, in Swed- en- From 13.OOO to 16,000 cubic yards of peat are thus used yearly. It costs rather more than coal gas. but has the sulphur or phosphorus. And in sev- erai places in Europe peat gas Is used for heating and in glass melting fur nacea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
MARCH CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees Its advertisers fand makes it a part If the contract when requestedD that its Daily cir cuiatjon is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama-and that US Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper printed In Alabama without exception.
 Tho figures for March, printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

The Governors of North and South Carolina have knocked a time-honored custom into innocuous desuetude, or something equally bad. They met a few days ago and as both are teeto- tallers neither could ask, What will you take?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

Some one claims to have evolved a plan to keep liars out of journalism. |" That looks like discrimination against a noble profession. Why shouldn't the newspaper men have a show along with the other professions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

"Can man be a Republican and vet vote for the constitution" asks The Oklahoma State Capital. Doesn't that make 1t plain that the opposition to the new constitution is entirely po- Iitical? That is about the only ground of opposition that is apparent to out aiders
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

An Oklahoma editor claims that if great men did not differ there would be no great men. But come to think of 1t. wouldn't they all be great men if they failed to differ2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

The man who thought he could pre- dict the weather for this Spring has retired from businesses. He found that he couldn't even guess 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05
The Big ones Catch It

Lamar County Democrat
 It's right amusing to see the "h!g men" getting into it so slick" The new game law does the work as nice as it could be- Just last week a num- Der of those high up in the State got caught huntings
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

E. S. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn' says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- fiserss circulation for Ihe month of March, 1907, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news-boys, news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ducted. E. S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of April. 1907.
 (Seal) RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

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