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club, where he Immediately began to
be remorseful because he had taken so
churIish leave of Mrs. O'Mara-
"O'Mara's a fakir and fraud" said
he to himself. st suppose that girls
engaged to him. Well, he's lost her;
can see that. He's lost her love, sure
enough: but he'll never lose his moth
er's, confound him!"
The matter was still upon his mind
next day, and one OF the first things
that he did after reaching his office
WIS to call up his learned friend John
NJ Dolan by telephone Mr.. Dolan was
not in the front rank of the profession.
and he felt battered that so great a
man as Edmund Halloran should have
deigned to look up his number in the
telephone book
This fellow O'Mara,' said he,
wasn't really hurt much so far as I
can find out, though 1 believe that he
was unconscious when they found him.
probably from fright. His feet were
burned a bit, and they still show the
scar, but I can't get any doctor to say
that the man isn't as well as he ever
was. If O'Mara could tell the truth I'M
der oath 1 could get him a few hun
bred dollars. but If you have seen him
you know what sort of an appearance
he'd make on the stand. He'd lose any
suit. I've abandoned the case"
"AH right" said Halloran. 81 want
to take it up"
He had scarcely hung up the receiver
OF the telephone when he was informed
that Miss Edith Patten wished to see
him. HalIoran was not aware that he
had ever had the pleasure of meeting
Miss Patten, but when she entered his
Office he recognized the pretty girl of
yesterdays adventure She had come
to beg him really to do something for
Mr.. Patrick O'Mara, whom she seemed
to understand thoroughly. He had been
splendid fellow before this lust for
damages had taken possession of his
mind-an earnest, industrious, prom
Using young man. Now he did nothing
would win from the railroad company
and the great pain in his feet for which
this money would reauite him.
The young woman did net express it
quite so bluntly. 1t was her opinion
that the desire to give his mother ease
and comfort and to make a home for
herself had been at the root OF Pat
riclk's folly; so there was good behind
| the evil, as happens nearly always in
| this world.
Halioran frankly told Miss Patten
| what he intended to do.
'T know a DOCTOR" he said, with 4
grim smile, ''who is the most fermida-
BILE of created beings. His name is
Stone, and it suits him very well
When Mr.. OMara comes to see me I'm
I going to take him to see my friend
Stone, and when Stone gets through
with him he viii know that he Is well
enough to go to work.
| That very afternoon O'Mara appear
ed at the Office. Impressed with its
magnidcence, his own idea of the dam
ages that he would get out of the rail-
road company grew bigger than ever
! and he Iimped very painfully as he en-
tered Halloran's private room.
Without waiting for the young mar
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Tersely Told

Geo. w Ward, Of DeFuniak, a Dromi-
NeAl citizen Of that place. is IN the
'i'y on a short business visit.
.. ". Kelly of Portland. Fla, is
eMonS the business visitors in the
'''y to register at the Escambia.
Rev John W. Burger. formerly OF
PENSACOLA but for several years resi-
CeAt q Mobile. is in the city for a
"" days. Mr.. Burgess Pensacola
"''ndS are always glad to see him.
Inc maximum temperature for Pen
S'Co-a Yesterday was IS degrees ~
~ a NJ, and the minimum was 10
U5'Fees "a Il. N. The average maxi
mum .cr the date is Sc and the aver
oe minimum is IS. The maximum
30 minimum on the same day last
teSdav.
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derstood the case well enough; 1t was
only little worse than some others
that he had seen This young man, who
had doubtless been the support of his
mother, had become utterly worthless
as the result Of his dream of gold. He
had perceived the opportunity of ex-
torting damages from the railroad
company, and this vision of easy mon
ey'' had destroyed his appetite for hard
work, If, indeed, he had ever had any.
Upon this latter point the lawyer had
considerable doubt. For O'Mara himself
Halloran would have done nothing, but
Mrs. O'Mara had somehow won his
sympathy. He doubted the possibility
of doing anything with the suit for
damages because it seemed certain
that even if the youngi man had sus-
tanned any real injury, he had entirely
recovered from it so that no reputable
doctor would testify for him. Probably
the best that could be done for him
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-31
GAMES FOR YOUNG FUrKo.

A finS game is called "Icick the cush-
ion" The more people there are to
play the merrier, but two equal sides
are necessary The sides join hands in
a ring and have a cushion or bassock.
end up, in the center. They then dance
round it, and suddenly one side gives
the other side a violent tug to make
one of the members knock down the
hassock. Whoever knocks it down first
IS out of the game.
"Fox after chickens" is another good
game. An SiGer person is the foS, and
her position is to run about pretending
to pick up sticks. The ''hen," who is
the mother of The chickens. should also
be an "eIder" and should have Il long
train of chicks behind her. all standing
one behind the other. holding on to
each others rrocks; the one next the
hen should take hole of her When the
hen sees the fox she asks him what he
is picking up sticks for. "To boil n
pam" is the answer. What is going to
be in the PAM" "a chicken" where
will you get one?" From you" eThen
chickens, while the hen tries to dodge
the fox and guard her chicks. II the
fox catches a chick he takes it to his
den. This Is continued until all the
chickens are captured
Another interesting game is FLOP"
A ring OF chairs Gone for each person)
should be placed in the middle of n
room, with one vacant. Some one
should stand IN the ring. Then the
fun commences. The persons seated
slide quickly from one chair to anoth-
er. SO that the vacant chair ~ difficult
to be seen. The person IL the middle
must try To get into the vacant chair.
When he surcecd8, whoever was on the
chair last must 60 to the middle.
The lost ring is also a very easy
but nice game. T.aeSplayers stand In q
ring. with a piece OF string which pass
es through all their hands, and a ring
is slipped Or il. One child stands in
the center and tries to catch IL as Il
goes round. The others try to keep IL
covered With their hands When the
one in the middle catches The ring the
game is won. and some one else goes
To the middle.
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HAS your son recovered damages for
the injury" he asked. And at that
moment he perceived that young
O'Mara and the pretty girl had ap-
preached within hearing.
1t was O'Mara himself who answered
Mr.. Halloran's question, and within
half minute the IL W :er was repent
ing deeply of the SIN of curiosity.
OMara backed him against the mas
siVe masonry of the arched portal and
proceeded to tell him the story of the
accident. with infinite attention TO de-
tail. The pretty girl was on one side
and the fragile, sweet faced woman
upon the other, and there was no es-
cape.
The worst of it was that O'MaPa had
no sooner got fairly started upon his
story than the shrewd lawyer per-
ceived that there was something wrong.
O'Mara Immediately began to speak of
injuries and sunerings which were
wholly inconsistent with his attitude at
the moment. 1t was his feet which had
sustained the damage. They had been
touched by fire while he was pinned
down by wreckage; they had never got
we'll; in fact, they became worse every
day, and the doctors could do nothing.
Yet O'Mara stood upon those very feet
as sturdily as any man ever did. Only
when he referred directly to his pres
ent sufferings did O'Mara vince and
lift his feet, first the right and then
the left, with a peculiarly distressing
affectatien of agony.
Out of the corners of his eyes Halo
ran could see now and then the pretty
girl and Mrs. O'Mara. The mothers
expression was tenderly, yearningiy,
sympathetic; but the girl was asham-
ed. Her face grew redder and redder;
she ciinched her hands nervously.
From time to time she tried to break
off the story or to remedy some OBJ
.vious absurdity.
1--WE can't get hold of an honest doc
! tor" said O'Mara; that's what's the
son of 'em-afraid Of the big corpora
ton. And my lawyers no better; he's
done nothing for months"
you see,'' said Mrs. O'Mara tin1idly.
Eve haven't much money
Money" echoed the son. why,
well have plenty of that if this case
| ever comes into court. Don't you wor-
ry. little mother; you'll live in ease
and comfort the rest of your days, or
I'm greatly mistaken"
81 think we ought to go now" said
the pretty girl.
! Halloran was thinking hard. He I'M
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!: :: !: :. !: !"
ltTh.asftsG lHERE was a great
II .SAI1l crowd along the av-
lroISSMR/ II cnue, and it was par
49, M[IESll ticuIHr!y dense at Fiji
NJ HWKTH ty-Erst street, where
L. 4 {AE$SSV d foolish millionaire
DGN ~ in a bright red auto
mobile had tried to
cross ahead of the procession. Several
policemen were reproving the automo-
bilist, who was replying acrimonious
Iy. The crowd was jeering good ma
turedly- and had closed in so thickly be-
hind the car that it could not be back
ed without creating carnage, and the
odds were large that the impatient Oc-
cupant would have to stay where he
was until about three miles Of Irishmen
paradinS in honor of St Patrick had
passed that point.
The incident Is of no importance in
this narrative except that it resulted in
blocking the path of Edmund HaIloran
who was on his way to the University
club. Mr.. Hauoran was democrat as
q matter of intellectual conviction but
ne was an aristocrat at heart. He dis
liked crowds, and with reason. for they
are nearly always undignifed. Dignity
was Mr.. Halloran's most conspicuous
characteristic; he had so much OF II
that as a lawyer he could inpart II
| even to the proceedings Of the typical
| New York court.
Observing a vacant place upon the
steps of the cathedral, Lawyer Halo
nm took advantage of it and for a mo-
naent was out of the press; but thu
people surged Up and presently drove
| him into the sacred edifice. AS he was
entering he observed a tall, broad
| shouldered fellow who at the frs
| C'Nnce impressed Hanoran as q per-
feet picture of'robust and sturdy youth
/ An elderly woman. obviously his moth
er. stood at his Tignt and pretty CIR
at his left. When the three turned t.
ascend the steps the woman and tbs
g.rl took each an arm of the young
man and helped him along. He walked
with 4 peculiar anaepess. as though
the soles of his shoes had been red hot
| The mothers tenderness and solicitudt
| we're beautiful to behold but the cir
..med impatient and a little out o
| temper.
| Lawyer Hauoran vaguely wondered
! what was the matter with the youns
IN precisely that way. Ii was a pass
Tag thought and the matter would nev-
~ have crossed his mind again -..-''
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What if railroads, refineries, banks,
factories, etc, were TO suspend oper-
alton in retaliation? What would the
worl1ingman do? What would become
of our Prosperity?
Well. what would become Of our
prosperity? And what would become
of the workingmen? Let us see.
Here is an immense corporation do
ing business by virtue of license is
sued to it by the United States gov
eminent, which is the will Of the peo
pie. Is the creature than the crea-
tori Can the government, which
called it into existence, revoke the
grant and put it to death? And if
~ ----------- --~-4.l| " s~s---sC+ tho
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was to drive the dishonest delusion out
of him by proving that his case was
hopeless.
''who's your. lawyer" he demanded
suddenly, interrupting a flow OF
O'Mara's eloquence.
We'll, it's John M. Dolan," said
O'Mara, and I'm good deal in doubt
about him."
He was going on to state the whole
case over again when Halloran assert
ed himself.
ct haven't another minute" he de-
clared. Here's my card. Come to see
me-"
The pretty girl stepped aside to lei
him out, and under the influence of his
nervous irritation he thrust himself
through the crowd, cut the procession
like a knife and made his way to the
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government operate it?
But taking for granted that the sill.
~ argument of the corTGI 5.r~;~-i c~-I-
trolled press be true, what Of it?
Why should we not find out now
whether the Standard On is bigger
than the government? And if single
corporation be endowed with the
rover of life and death over thou
sands of American citizens, why not
put an end to that power now, even
though it should entail suffering and
want? If permitted to thrive; it viii
only grow stronger with years. Ger
tainly, it will never be weaker than
1t is now. Therefore, now IS the time
- a--,,l- q - 10000 tho low
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to begin his interminab1e story. HAns-
ran sprang up and took him By the
arm.
Come right along with me-" ne ssi4
I'm going to take ysu to an AoAAxt
Doctor
An electric cab conveyed .hwm Mr.
ly to the office OF DR.. StSAe, 18th ~hsLa
Halloran had had a long talk by isle-
phone Immediately after Miss Paeten's
visit. Stone was a tall thu, high
shouldered man. having a face triangu-
lar. like cat s, and siarles, ye. o-ish
green eyes. a tansles mass of iron
gray hair tumbled oves his forehead.
which was broad and buging. Alto
gether he was fearsome fellow, and At
sight of him O'Mara stopped limping.
How do you do, young MANI said
Stone in = rasping voice. And then he
stopped, though it was evident that he
had meant to say much more.
There was q moment of silence, and
then Stone advanced with his gaunt
right arm extended and pointing nm
ger. He laid the finger upon a little
white line that could be seen on the
left side OF OMara's head. small in
jury where the hair had not grown
again upon the scalp.
Where did you get that?" asked the
doctor.
'In the smashup," replied O'Mara.
cit doesn't amount to anything. But.
doctor, I've got the most terrible rsir
of feet that
"Sit down here" said Stone. forcing
him into a chair. st want to look ct
this scar; never saw one quite like it
before. Wen attend to your feet by
and by"
lawyer were alone in the office. while
O'Mara was riding home luxuriously In
the electric cab.
"Sue for anything you want to- said
Stone. "IIe ought to have $4,000. That
mans a monomaniac as the result of
! that crack on the head. All this BUSH
ness about his feet is a delusion, of
course, but it's n delusion that the
railroad people will have to pay for be-
cause they're responsible. Rely on my
testimony. You know me-"
eff you say that this is So" said Hal
loran. by iineo. / believe 1 can get
l:S5e.6O0. and I'm glad for his mothers
sake. Yet the poor woman would rath-
err have him sound and well than twice
| that money!.
She'll have him sound and well be-
fore I'm through with him." said Stone.
go and bring your suit. want to OBJ
serve this case for a mo<th perhaps.
and then I'll operate on the boys head.
and you'll see the result
| There is need OF but word in con-
clusion. Halioran brought his suit and
! forced 1t to satisfactory settlement
out of court. for the company's lawyer
couldn't stand the combination of two
| such men as Hailoran and Stone.
| Shortly thereafter DR.. Stone performed
one OF the neatest operations on the
records, relieving the pressure on Pat
| O'Mara's brain and restoring him COM
plctely to himself. And simple hearted
Mrs. O'Mara believes to this day that
it was all All answer to her humble
prayer in the great caI~-dral on the
good St. Patrick's day.
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AS matter of fact, all this talk
Of hard times and hunger and priVa-
ton is the sillieSt ret The Rookie
fellers, the Harrimans, the Rodgerses
and the Archibalds have more at
sacke than has the workingman. They
try to bluff him by threats Of hard
times. SO that they may escape ode
dience to the law
But let Uncle Sam call the bluff, and
they will obey his mandates. And
there will be no hard times, either.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-31

n INTELLIGENT young people, Of
course. read the news of the war
Il between Japan and Russia. 1 hope
all of you do. You have noticed
now constantly the newspapers men
Non Korea in their references TO the
Russo-Jap conflict. If you do not
know what Korea has to do with this
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;ar ask your teacher or your parents
O tell you. have not space to do so
ere. If you wish tn become an intel
vent man or woman always make
ourself acquainted with the world s
ews. If something" happens in a for
sn land get your atlas and trace out
e location of that country and of the
ace. where the events occur.
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FOR NE LIVER AND BOWELS

rAo'Aing can equal Mczley's Lemon
NJ, ~ the ideal Liquid Laxative. 1t
s.oUp,iy cures constipation, bilious
az Indigestion. sour stomach, and
- ueraD Sements of the stomach and
svNeiS. SOC and $100 a bottle at all
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The corporation kept" newspapers
of the land, are yelling in unison,
DO not force the lands fine against
tbe Standard Oil" The reasons they
i've are the old ones-hard times
and privation would follow!
What if every wheel whose impulse
comes from a Rockefeller inpereSt
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-31

band around her waist. Japanese and
Eskimo mothers carry their infants in
the same way, showing that they be-
long to kindred races.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-31

do much of the heavy work, and the
women are foolish enough to do it. In
no country do men need SO much to be
taught how to treat women as in Ko-
rea.
In the picture of the father and his
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-31

1t is the opinion of an eminent
French scientist that excessive coffee
drinking is hurtful to the sight.
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Not Onlv Pure

a. - 81 full strength and the finest
40: Is Blue Ribbon Lemon. Tell
~. ~ grocer that you want it and 10
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Read The Journals Want
Columns this morning. They
---4~;-1 vo1,-9h1e information.
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IF YOU WANT a SURF BATH,
Or days recreation, go to the Santa
Rosa Pavilion. CHAS. n. BURTON,
Manager.
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A MUSICAL EVENT.

or Bits a solemn kind o. man: he tes'
looks straight ahead.
An has a serious way o. takin' everything
dat's ssid.
You wont End TO ore quieter. no matter
|, w.lah yoc s1arch.
He OWNS Z housc an lot an is a member
of de ctu-c1.
Oars only DC ..-,g t21l2ts him now ar.
then = st5o os.:e
Fun all his ordinary ways OF L..:y a.
pride.
An den dc fl,1':y rrs'.crs Pm: d..
Wen OF oil t.. IL DO I-v.A a.
staEts I Lit'e TING.
At fus' he s.r:.7 : liz o-2-hs sorte.
like Re vas ! N far gay zc-oz; &,
distant SIS
An secl7' W back yordcr when he
danced ccr-ss de flo
wiz folks dat vas you-g folks vii him
dat n-s' be long sTo,
It soun's jcs' Ike de robin an &c cricI;c.
an de bee
A-joirin' in together in a contest fob to
see
Which orc Of en- kin make de loudes.
music I'm dc lam.
An OF Bill. he jes' sits an plays. de lead
er OF de ban.
An den he huns a little song: he huns i,
SOf an low:
De banjo seems to answer back. 1t some
hOw pears II E~0w
He's thini.il boat &c starlight an de
lonesome whiDpoorwiIl
Dat used to tell its troubles fun de woods
upon &c hill.
An den he smiles like some one was a
calIin', far away
Oar amt nobody round here dat kin
make him s1.iIe dat way. !
It's like de Honcysuchies sighin' sweetness
to dc moon
When OF Bill takes de banjo down an
stahts a little tune.
-WaShingtOn Star. /,
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Eph's Condition.

Ephra'm Brown an me are ~neighbors-
been so more than forty year;
But of late he's got to actin an a-talkin'
mighty queer.
For whene'er I chance tew meet him.
Josh'y Jones'" he SEE. seq he.
Tell me. if yew kin. what WIZ I. an
what be 1 goin' tew be-"
When he seq tcw me. What wuz I?' in
that ho!ler sort O. way.
l don't make no bones O leavin' with a
kind q short Good day"
When he SEE. What viii I be. JOSH"
with that daft look in his eye.
I jest bolt out mighty sudden without
mentionin' "Good0y."
He's a-g1ttin wuss an wusser. with that
wild look il his face:
An he even ASKS them questions to the
critters on the place.
"Wuz I once a Cochin China or a bark
in dog SEE lie.
"If 1 wuzzent me. who wuz 1. an who
be I goin' tew be-"
{ can make no speckiIation when he puts
the thing that way,
But I'm vis!lia' he wOE!d ask me-. Josh.
what be I right tevGay?"
I could answer him 50 suade tina I
low 'twould make him sick
I'd say, "Eph. in my opeenyon. yew're
a ravln' ioonyticg."
-Lurana w. sheldNa
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Remarkable Rescue.

That truth is stranger than fiction,
has once more been demonstrated in
the little town of Fedora, Tenn, the
residence of c.. V. Pepper, He writes:
II was i'll bed, entirely disabled with
n~emorrhages of the lungs and throat.
Doctors failed to help me, and all hope
Rad fed when I began taking DR. Kings
New Discovery. Then instant relief
came. The coughing soon ceased; the
bleeding diminished rapidly, and in
three weeks I vas able to go to work"
Guaranteed for coughs and colds. SOC
and 81 90, at r. R. Bellamy's drug
store. Trial bottle freq.
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III stop your PAIN free. To shoE
you first-before you spend a penny
what 10y Pink Pain Tablets can 40, I
will mai you free. a Trial Package OF
Shops Headache Tablets.
Neuralgia, Headache. Toothache.
Period pains. etc, are IL alone II
blood congestion. DR.. Shops Head
ache Tablets simply kill the paTn by
coaXing away the unnatural b4n0G
pressure. That is all. Address DR..
ShoOD, Racine Wis. Sold by RoEsrt
R. BelIamy.
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He Took Ii Literally.

Billings ordered some wall paper.
The store sent a consignment Of
paper, together with a p~aperhanger, to
Billings home.
Billings looked at the paper and
found it was not the pattern he had
ordered.
He told the paperhanger in a vigor-
Gus manner that he disapproved of the
paper and then started for the store
to have his order filed as given.
When he arrived home he found the
wrong paper On the wall.
why did you hang this paper?' he
asked the paperhanger.
Because you told me to-" was the
response.
Nothing of the sort" cried Billings.
II remember your exact words, SIR
said the Daperhanger.
"What were they:"
"You said. That isn't the paper l
ordered, hang it ailr"
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Portions of Mans Body FOGnd

Lancaster, Pa, June 13.-PortlonS
or a mans body were found scattered
along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks
near here. today. When the Philadel-
phia accommodation train arrived at
Christiana it vas found the brakes
were not working properly and an in
Festlgation disclosed parts of a mans
body and clothing wedged in the rig
g1ng. Papers found on tile body bore
the name Of B. J. Quinn, Richmond,
Virginia. III
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Had Rough Experience.

Norfolk, Va, June 13.-The two
members of the torpedo boat Destroy
er Worden who left Newport News late
Tuesday on their return to the Worden
after having trouble with the engine
of their small boat and who were re-
ported as missing arrived safely in
port yesterday after 4 rough and try
ing experience resulting from further
trouble with the engine of their boat
which drifted about in Hampton
Roads, finally carrying the men
aground on the western shores of the
Elizabeth river.
A passing tug discovered them and
gave them a tow to port. The two
men were seamen H. Miller and Chas.
S. Flint.