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reused fury that trebled her strength Wrench
ing free, she struck him across the mouth. The
blow astounded him. he only glared speechleesly
back
"You-go!" she cried chokingy. "ao-or I'll
wake the housed"
When he had gone she shrank back into the
darkness, and her handS sought and covered I'M
the shame of her face.
Then quick thought, an overpowering impulse
sent her hurrying down the street Neuean,s
home. little old-fashioned cottage, back from the
walk, and on lower level, held no light
He could not have returned, for the snow that
had been falling gently for the last two
hours was undisturbed about 1t. Cautiously she
tptoe6 down the walk, and shrank into the she,tar
Of the doorway. 1t was very cold; she shiyered
and tried to warm her stir hands with her breath
1t was late. too-some time after one-and utter
lonesomeness possessed the silent street There
was no light anywhere, save the lamp-lisht M tho
corner faring in the bleak wind Once the sonnd
of steps drew her peering out, but it was only a
'neghbor. lurching unsteadily homewards. Then
a great fear grasped her. Tom was no drinking
man., but now, perhaps-the fear quickened as
the slow moments dragged by-endess as eterni-
ties-and then when at last she heard his steps,
heavy deliberate. but steady; heard the click of
the little gate after, him, and knew that he was
upon her, then, in her relief from her fears and
her confusion at being there, her knees shook
under her and she drew back into the farthest
corner.
"Tom," she whispered
He stared astonished.
cts only Amy"
well, what are you doing heree'.
1t was precisely what she did not know.
Il came-youve got my key.
Mechanically he drew it out. you'll catch your
death OF cold. How long have you been here?"
"Oh-hours! 1 wanted-I wanted to say was
sorry, Tom. I've been dreadful He isnt-he-ch
why did you let me go with him? Why didn't you
make me stay with your"
The eternal feminine Of tt-staggered the man.
He did not attempt reply.
"Say you forgive me-" she besought
= Sure. I forgive you' he repeated unemotion-
ally. You needn't worry about me, Amy. Come
on home-youre freezing"
She hung back. ooh, Toni want to make
it up to you. Amt there something?"
She waited, but he shook his head uncompre.
hendingy. He had been hard hit--ths talk OF
making up only leased him.
She began to cry.
A quick light shot into his blue eyes, His arm
stiffened.
whats he been doing to you Amy? What's
the matter? I'll knock him into bits IT,
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Fright" said he pugnaciousy, 'why amt it?'
I'm still owing you some from grandmother's
funeral"
Il wish you'd forget that" he declared. 'I
guess she liked we'll enough to let help
some. Anyhow, there's no hurry, and I'm going
to give you that coat"
"You really mustn't 1t amt" she hesitated
delicately. ut amt as If were going together,
you know"
81 know" said he briefly. "But we're good
friends, amt we? Amt you good enough friend
to take something from me?"
"But it's-clothes."
well, what's the matter with clothes? I be-
lieve in giving what people need. There's plenty
girls don't think anything of getting all the shows
and suppers they out of fellow, and coming
back for more, and jacket don't cost any moren
that Make believe it's season ticket-or a
bunch OF candy, you know. I've got the price"
"But 1t really sounds so awful"
He combated the words fercely.
who's 1t going to sound to? It's own bust
ness-my business. For heavens sake Amy,
don't always turn fellow down. If you're
friend of mine-take it, if not-take it, just the
same. Work me for good thing don't care"
She dubbed with sudden laughter
"Tom you do say such things!"
do II" He sighed in relief, for her laughter
was good sign. well now, I'll give you enve-
lope tomorrow, and you go blow every cent on
something warm. Don't pick out flimsy one for
its shape. Get collar that turns up"
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breath.
Swiftly she evaded him, pleading, entreating,
commanding. Don't Harry-not now vou,va
been drinking! Don't dare to kiss mel"
When he understood that her resistance was
genuine-no feint of the game as it was usually.
plhyed-the obstinacy stirred him to anger Pin
ioping her guarding hands with one of his strong
ones, he caught her chin and turned it ruthlessly
to him.
That one moment filled every fiber Of her with
quivering disgust. the insistent lips. the heavy
breath. the brutal force were utterly hateful and
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"Oh, no-7-no, us nothlng, she declared, theD
illogcaIly.
"It's you'll
"Me?"
eyes oh. don't you see-how 1t is-now?"
And as Tom, incredulous of happiness, stood
amazed her slim figure swayed toward him and
in the darkness he felt her flushed cheek salt with
tears, pressed softly against his.
I'll never-never--hur you again, Tom she
vowed TREMENDOUSLY as he gathered her to him with
heart full to overlooking with his new found happi
ness
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a OF narrative, suspended Dy an 1nterven-
I IA ing customer.
81 said, What do you think am any
way? I'm not that kind of girl said, L don't
shake the gentleman friend who took to
dance to go home with my acquaintance If
you want to make date that's another thing?"
"And did he?''
Sure no did, for Friday night. We're going to
the American"
''You do have such luck. Maggie" sighed Amy
Mills.
She was the youngest of the girls scarcely
seventeen, tall and slim, with thin, wstful face,
delicately pretty in spite of its overhangng pomp
adour.
The other listener shook an extremely yellowed
head
Maybe he won't keep it," she darkly foreboded.
"He may be mad at you for not taking him then"
Maybe he won't" returned Maggie, philosophi-
cally. "Livings learning. But 1 won't ditch
body for anybody"
This sterling sentiment won murmur of APP
plause frcm the youthful Amy, but the plump
blonde challenged 1t.
walter isn't anybody" said she, with the air Of
stating conceded fact 'and you're only going
with him to pass the time, it's foolish to lose
chance What was he like?"
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cesydsh,. 1907. BY ThOmas H, Mckee.

ND said to him"
So Maggie deftly resumed the thread
of narrative, suspended by an interven-
fuO
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
STANDARD DOESN'T Cheaper OIL
Commissioner Smith Says It Pockets Profits on
Its Own Economies.

Washington, D. C.-Following
hard on the smashing blow delivered
to the Standard Oil Company by Fed
eral Judge Lands at Chicago, the
Government made public a crushing
array of figures gathered by Herbert
Knox Smith, the Commissioner of
Corporations. These figures show:
First, that the vast Rockefeller
monopoly since 1882 has paid out
1852, 600, 00O-more than half a bill
lion-in dividends, all the time piling
up, in addition, a surplus which as
long ago as 1896 had aggregated
nearly $50 100000 and has since
grown to unknown proportions.
Second, that the oft-repeated boast
of the Standard, that it had reduced
the price of oil and thus had been
of benefit to the consumer, is false
now and always has been false.
While the dividends from 1882 to
1906 were $552, 100000, the net
earnings, the commissioner says, were
much more; at least, $500, 900.
These enormous profits were based on
an investment worth at the time of
it's original acquisition not over $751;
0OO, 900, and not over $147, 00O, 900
in 1896. From 1903 to 1905 the
average net yearly earnings we're
about sixty-eight per cent.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
PENN'S GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY. AUGUST g.. 1907.

Representing Standard Oil were At
torneys Merritt Starr, partner of John
R. Miller, the chief of counsel;
Chauncey w. Martyr and Robert w.
Steward. Mr.. Miller is in Europe,
Moritz Rosenthal is at Far Rockaway,
L. l., and Alfred D. Eddy is on the
ocean bound for Europe.
District Attorney Edwin w. Sims,
with Special District Attorney James
W. Wilkerson and Assistant District
Attorney Harry A. Parkin, were on
hand for the Government. In the
room were a number of attorneys, all
bent upon hearing the decision, which
it was evident they regarded as epoch
making. Also present were a num-
Der of Stock Exchange men, but
Judge Lands held the men of none
in suspense for an hour and ten min
utes before gratifying their curiosity.
The indictments were based on the
charges that the Alton gave rates to
the Standard that were lower than
the published tariff. The period COW
cred by the indictment was from Sep
TENDER, 1903, to March, 1905. The
defence maintained that the legal in
terstate rate was six cents, while it
was shown that the legal rate per
hundred pounds to East St. Louis
was eighteen cents. The trial lasted
six weeks, three tons of documentary
evidence was submitted to the jury,
including more than $1,000 way bills,
shipping orders, receipts and records.
The jury was sworn in March 5,
1907, and on April IS, after being
out two hours and ten minutes, the
jury returned a verdict of guilty up
on 1852 counts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Money to U. S. Treasury.

Washington, D. elf the decision
rendered by Judge Lands in the
United States Court at Chicago is sus-
tanned the Standard Oil Company will
be called upon to pay directly into
the United States Treasury ~$29,240,-
900.
The fine must be RENTED in one
payment, and there are no legal pro-
visions by which the oil company can
be allowed an extension of time in the
payment of this immense sum except
by stay of execution by the court,
which Judge Lands has granted on
sixty days.
Usually fines are paid into the
court which assesses them. But in
this Ease the Controller of the Treas
ury has ruled that the defendant
should pay it's fines directly into the
United States Treasury.
Beginning at once the Government
will charge interest upon the fines. If
the case should drag along through
the Court of Appeals and up to the
Supreme Court almost $4,000, 900
will be added to the amount to be
paid by the Standard if the Govern
ment wins it's case.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Tn All Parts of the State.

The wife of DR.. l.. A. S. StedeE, a
Philadelphia druggist, died sudden
ly from heart trouble at her summer
home in Ocean City.
Chester F. Ogden, of Bridgeton
who for thirteen years has been prin-
cipal of the High School at Fairton
has resigned to accept a principalshir
in Paterson.
Samuel French, a Confederate gen.
eral in the Civil War, is making his
annual visit in Woodbury.. He is
ninety years old, but as vigorous as
a man thirty years his Junior.
A wagonload of cement blocks
were stolen from the yard of Harry
Dopson, in North Woodbury..
Cumberland County farmers have
almost all finished making hay anc
report the crop above normal.
Miss Louise B. Adams, for a mum.
Der of years an efficient teacher IL
the Glassboro School, has resigned t.
accept the position of chief clerk il
the Office of the Medico-Chirurgica
Hospital, Philadelphia.
The Government has let the con
tract for the Improvement of the Co.
hansey River to the Bowers Hydrau.
lie Dredging Company, and Presiden
Frank Sommers has arranged to be
ain the work at once.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Can't Have His Daughter.

The father of Esther Lazarus, of
Providence, R. L., who went to Pat
erson to have the authorities compel
his daughter to return to her home,
failed in his mission, as Recorder
Carroll decided not to interfere with
the liberty of the girl, who is nine
teen years old. Mr.. Lazarus said in
the Police Court that his daughter
was wayward in Providence, and
that he wishes to have her near home
to watch her. Officials of the chill
dren's society told the Recorder that
Miss Lazarus lived with her aunt,
Mrs. Gussie Barth, in Paterson, and
that she had been working in the silk
mills and saving money. The girl
showed a handbook. The girl bears
a good reputation and says she left
home because of b%eatings. Colonel
Shelby, of the S. P. C. c., says Laza-
rus offered him money to send the
girl back to Providence.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09

If Jesus was anointed to preach
the gospel, how much more do We in
these modern times need a special
touch of the Spirit of God for this
work! I believe one ought not to
teach a Sunday-school lesson. or sing
a song, much less preach a sermon,
without waiting for a special anoint-
ing of the Holy Spirit of God. 1t is
this experience which has made men
and women great in the past. 1t was
the secret of Finney's power, and it
will be the secret of the power of
anyone who lives to-day. Each days
needs, writes ]. Wilbur Chapman, re-
quire the daily milling which the
quiet hour supplies.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Ball Player Shot and Killed.

Coly Busbone, nineteen years old,
OF SO Butler street, Paterson, a we'll
known local ball player, was acct
dentally shot and killed by George
Desmit, sixteen years old, ON the
Fifth avenue baseball grounds. Des-
mit's left forefinger was shot off.
Busbone and Desmit work in the
same silk mill and they arranged
that Busbone should obtain a revol-
yer that Desmit had loaned to a
friend and take it to Desmit at the
baseball game. When Busbone gave
the revolver to Desmit the latter
looked at it and saying, st looks all
right" pulled the trigger. The shot
passed through Desmit's finger into
Busbone's stomach. Both boys were
taken to the General Hospital. Bus
bone died soon after arriving there.
Desmit vas held by the police, after
his finger had been amputated, to
await an investigation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Young Woman Drowned.

A young woman of the name of
Emma Taylor, of Rutherford, sum-
mering at the Shady Grove cottage,
was drowned in the Delaware River
while bathing. Witnesses on shore
say they saw her try to get her hair,
which had fallen down, from her
mouth and then she sank. A man
with a boat went to her assistance
but she did not come to the surface.
Her body was recovered later in the
evening,
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Car Hit Auto: One Dead.

Mrs. Charles H. Law, of Philadel-
phia, was killed in a collision be-
tween an automobile and a trolley
car at Chelsea. Her husband and A..
B. Streeter, the chauffeur, were pain
fully injured. Mr.. Law had engaged
the automobile in Atlantic City, for
an afternoon ride down Atlantic ave-
nue. to Longport. The machine was
being driven across Atlantic avenue
at Chelsea when a trolley car, run
ming at high speed, hit it ~squarely on
the side and threw it into a ditch.
Mrs. Laws head struck a rail, frac-
turing her skull and causing death
in a few minutes. The chauffeur's
knee was broken.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
More Caucasian Injustice.

Don't you use your Indian name
any more?" they asked him.
mo; l am Thomas Jones now."
answered the graduate of Carlisle.
But that is not half SO distinctive,
$685."
Il know it," interrupted the noble
young redman, speaking with in
tense bitterness, but what is tho
use of trying to get such a name as
Prairie : Dog : Afraid : of-His-Rattle-
snakes into print these days. in the
face of the constantly growing preju-
dice of the pr~oofreaders against the
use of the hyphen!."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
What the World Needs.

Once when Sturgeon was stricken
with a severe illness, he exclaimed in
his Impotence to get back into the
pulpit where for so many years he
had swayed the multitudes and led
hundreds Of souls to the Saviour:
IF 1 ever preach again, l will leave
out every bit of flourish and preach
nothing but present and pressing
truth, hurl it at the people with all
my might, live at high pressure, and
direct all my energies to the saliva
ton of ouls."-Christian Advocate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Paid Fines to Jersey Squire

Many auto speeders were arrested
at Egg Harbor by Constable Abbott
and fined by Squire Carver. The
first was Mr.. Scott, of Philadelphia,
who was on his way to Atlantic City.
He paid a fine. G. Vaughn, who said
he lived at Fifty-sixth street and
Broadway, New York City, was
caught, and when about to pay found
he hadIost his wallet, his license card
and drivers card. He managed to
settle with the court, however. Henry
Hess, of Wawa, Penn; Clarence Sic
gel, of Philadelphia; George B. r.
win, of Spring Lake, and H. ]. At
water, of Dayton, Ohio, paid fines.
Siegel was held for a further hearing
to answer the charge of attempting
to run over an officer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Dogs Run Cost Him $2S.

Edward Bimble, of Plainfield, was
recently presented with a hound by
a friend. Bimble lives on the out
skirts of town and he let the dog out
for a run in the fields. This is pro-
hibited by the New Jersey game laws,
and when a constable saw the dog he
had Bimble arrested. In Justice
Shapes court the defendant was fined
$2S with the alternative of spending
a day in Jail for each dollar unpaid.
Bimble paid the fine, and as soon as
he left the courtroom gave the dog
to a small boy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Women in the Days News.

Mr.. Margaret Carpenter cele-
brated her one hundred and first
birthday at her home in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Patton Fleming, a native of
Dundee, has been recently elected a
member of the British Royal Astro-
nomical Society.
Mrs. Lucinda M. Morton, eight-two
years old, widow of Oliver l.. Morton,
Indiana's war Governor, died at her
home in Indianapolis.
In France many farms are run en-
tirely by women, and very successful
they are, too. Dairymaids are every
where to be seen in Great Britain.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Skull Fractured in Fall.

Miss Lulu Carr, the daughter OF
DR.. E. F. Carr, of the State Normal
School, at Trenton, fell from a win
dow of her home and her skull was
fractured. Miss Carr is an invalid
and has been accustomed to sit at an
open window while sewing. 1t is be-
lieved that in leaning too far out the
flower box on the window sill gave
way, causing her to fall to the street
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
When Every Man Must Stand Alone.

Whosoever will go to heaven must
have faith of his own, In Gideons
camp every soldier had his own pit
cher; among Solomon's men of valo1
every one wore his own sword; and
these were they that got the victor
les. The five wise virgins had every
one oil in her lamp; and only these
went in with the bridegroom. An
others eating of dainty meat makes
thee none the fatter.-T. Adams.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Thought 1t Meant For Her.

"That Miss Winkler is the most
conceited girl l ever met"
How SOP"
Somebody said in her presence
that the planet Mars was trying to
signal to us, and she Immediately
looked self-conscious. 80 Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09

With Family Party Did Not See
the Electric Car.

Jackson, Mich.-R. Adelbert Oil
yer, a prominent business man of this
city, took his wife, his daughter
Berenice, Mrs. divers mother, Mrs.
Emily Pulver, and their guest, Mrs.
Levi Palmer, automobiling. At SUIT
tons Corner, three miles from Jack
son, their automobile was struck by
an electric car.
A house and some trees hid the
approaching car.
Mrs. Pulver and Miss Oliver were
killed instantly, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
and Mrs. Palmer were taken aboard
the electric car and brought to this
city, but Mrs. Palmer died before
they reached the hospital.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Disadvantages Of Prosperity.

1t is difficult to live on a throne
and to think ola tomb; it is difficult
to be clothed in splendor and to re-
member that we are dust; it is diff
cult for the rich and prosperous to
keep their hearts as a burning coal
upon the altar and to humble them
selves before God as they rise before
men.-Sydney Smith.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
postofice to Close SUNDAYS.

Postmaster Guido C. Hinchman, OF
Dover, has received orders from the
Postoffice Department at Washing
ton, D. c., to close the %postoffice on
Sundays. For many years the Office
has been open from 9 to 10 o'clock Oh
Sunday morning. A petition for
warded to Washington led to the or
der.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
TroubIous Times.

First Landlady-'It's hard to tell
what to do"
Second Landlady-'Yes, if they
carry suit cases you suspect them of
being embezzlers, and if they don't
you don't want to trust them for
board."-New York Sun.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Division of Labor.

Doctor-"Get to bed at once;
you're in a high fever; burning
thirst, I %suppose?"
Patient-"Yes, dreadful"
Doctor-"Ill send you something
to relieve that"
Patient-"Never mind about that,
doctor. You cure the fever; I'll man
age the thirst myself. "-Tammany
Times. i
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Hunts Crabs. Catches Alligator.

julius Simon, fourteen years old.
of New York, who is spending the
summer in the Trabold cottage, ir
Rockwell avenue, at Long Branch.
while hunting crabs in the Shrews-
bury, caught an alligator twenty
inches long in his net. 1t is on ex
hibition at the Trabold cottage.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
AL the Same to Him.

Uncle George, yu're awfully rich,
aren't your"
well, my boy, 1 am in what you
might call comfortable circum-
stances"
When you want to buy anything,
uncle, it doesn't make any difference
to you whether 1t costs SIS or $50,
does it?"
"Er-no, Henry; when / have to
spend SIS it hurts me about as bad as
If it were $50."-Chieago Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Preserving the Steak.

Customer-"This steak has an old
taste about it."
Waiter-"Sorry, sir, but we can't
help it. There have been several
burglaries in this neighborhood, and
at night we have to put our porter
house steaks in the safe, you know"
Chicago Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
A Little Sewing.

Lady of the House-"You say you
would like me to do a little sewing
for you?"
Tramp-"Yes, mum; 1 have a but
ton here, and if you would sew a
shirt on it 1 would be much obliged"
ILLUSTRATED Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Willing Not to Be.

"And do you have to be called in
the morning." asked the lady who
was about to engage a new girl.
81 don't has to be, num-" replied
the applicant, "unless you happens
to need me!"-Yonkers Stateman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
PaFroting,

"I see the critic of the Wachen-
blatt tears your new book all to
pieces"
ooh, who cares what he says? He
has no opinion of his own, but mere
ly repeats, like a parrot, what he
hears others say!"-Heitere Welt.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Arkansas Editor Assassinated.

J. N. Scott, city editor of The He
lena World, was killed at Helena,
Ark, as he was leaving his office for
home. Five shots were fired into
him, two entering the brain. No
saw the killing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
President Hears of the Sentence.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-President
Roosevelt received the news that
Judge Lands, in the United States
District Court in Chicago, had de-
cided against the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana and had imposed
fines aggregating $29,240,000, with
great interest. The President had
no comment to make on the decision.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
What'd She Mean?

He-"That handsome girl over
there made a fool of me two years
ago."
She-"I felt sure that something
happened in your past life that you
had never got over."-Tit-Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Pegged at Him.

"Once I wrote my name on an
egg"
Did you get a letter, Maude?"
Eyes; two years later, from an
actor. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Free.

Mrs. Post-"Both the cook and
the waitress have left"
Mr.. Post-"Good! Now 1 dare
bring some of the fellows home for
dinner."-Brooklyn Life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
HOnleIike.

His Wife-"Was the hotel you
stopped at while in New York home
like?"
Her Husband - VERY. There
wasn't a thing on the bill of fare fit
to eat."-Chicago News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Let EN- Stay Out.

Belief do wish men wouldl { go
out between the acts so often"
Nelle-"I wish they wouldn't come
in between drinks so often. "-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-09
Awful Railway Accident.

Forty passengers and al engineer
we're drowned neal Anglers, France,
the locomotive of a local train jump
ing the track on a bridge owe the
Loire, dragging two cars into the
river.