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when it comes to managing and business,
If l do say 1t.
"'How long would you want the house
for? says Hubby, when 1 told her what
was going on.
"a month says Van Brunt, turning
to the other city Teller. Hey. Martini
T"other chap nodded.
"'All right says Van Brunt. How
much?'
Thinks 1. ri scare you, my fine
Teller And so 1 says. A month? Well.
l don't know. Maybe. to accommodate,
l might let you have 1t for two hundred.
/ sort of edged off then. thinking sure
he'd be mad; but he wa'n't-not him.
1.-Two hundred it is, he says. and
fished out little blank book and one of
them pocket pens.
Names Scudder?' he asks
Yes, says l. Nathan Scudder. One
T in Nathan
And 1 don't know as you'll believe 1t,
Teller made out a check for two hundred
and passed it over to me like twas a
postage stamp. What do you think Of
that?'
general principles I'd say that a man who
wanted to board with Nate and Hubby
Ann Scudder was crazy anyhow; but, of
course. these fellers didn't know.
1T beats me. Nate" I says. What
do you thnk?'
,
with another of them long breaths IAN
I'm sure of is that they're up home, with
the parlor blinds open and the carpet
fading, and me and Huldy's living in the
barn. She's doing the cookin' for EN-
till this man of theirs comes. Land
knows what kind OF a man he is, too.
And that check was on New York bank,
and I've just been up to 1rumet here
with 1t and the cashier says twill be a
week afore / know whether it's good or
,lya out xxy1,nf hay~ fh>,,,
two are thieves. or lunatics or what.
And Hubby can't neither. l never was
worried in my life
| kind of chuckled down inside. The
idea of anybody's skinning Nate Scudder
was the highest to the biter's being bit of
then I see my two passengers coming.
"Well. cheer up. Nate" l says. Maybe
you'll get the reward, whether it's luna
ties or thieves. Only you want to look
out and not be took up for an accom-
plice.'
He fairly shriveled up when I said that.
and i laughed to myself all the way out
of Trumet harbor. One thing / was sure
of-them two New Workers. must be queer
birds and l wanted to see EN-.
And the very next afternoon ! did see
EN- They come down the Old Home pier
together walking as II they didn't care
a whole continental whether they ever
got anywheres or not. One of 'em, the
smallest One-lle Wa IL more II SIX IOOl
one and a haf-looked sort of sick. to me.
He had white face, and that kind of
tired, dont-care look in his eye: and the
bigger one sort of tended to things for
him.
Good morning" says the big one-the
Van Brunt one. 1 judged-cheerful
enough. T'other chap said, Good morn
ing" too.
Morning" says 1.
Can you take us out sailing?"
"Why-er-I guess so" l says II don't
know why | can't. If you feel like going.
Course
hadn't finished what / was going to
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down. and now l let the mainsail drop
and went forward.
Hello Nate.' I hailed. as the Dora
Bassett slid up to the wharf.
He kind of jumped. and looked at me
as if he'd just woke up.
Hello Soil. he says. sort of mournful.
Then he turned his eyes toward the bay
again and appeared to be starting in on
another nap.
Hear you got some boarders over to
your home" l says. heaving him line
as a hint for him to come out of his
trance and make me fast.
Yes" says he. paying no attention to
the line.
Come early in the season, amt they?"
says /. grabbing hold Of one of tine wharf
spiles and bringing my boat alongside
easy as / could.
"Ya-as." says he. again. Then he
fetched long breath and opened his
mouth as If he was going to go on. But
he didn't; all that come out of the mouth
afore it shut up was another Yes.
/ made the Dora Bassett fast myself
and climbed on to the wharf
Are they carlating TO stay long,? l
asks. He'd got me interested. Seemed
to have the yes" disease bad.
"Hey?" SAYS he. "Oh-er-yes.
I was little mite provoked. Not that
was laundering to have Nate Scudder
heave his arms around my neck and tell
me he loved me. but / didn't know any
reason why my pumps should suck dry
every time ! tried EN-
HUMP" ! grunted. starting to walk
off Well be careful of yourself: look
out it don't develop into nothing worse. y
What do you mean?" he sings out,
seeming to be walked up for good. at last.
oh" says l.; Il judged by the way you
kept your mouth shut that you had sore
throat and was afraid of getting cold.
Good day
Would you believe 1t. he got up off that
mackerel key and chased after me.
Hold on. Soil" he says. kind of plead
/ ing. Don't be In such hurry. l
/ wanted 10 talk to you.
had TO laugh: couldn't help it. Eyes"
says l. II kind of suspicioned that you
did from your chatty remarks. If you
said yes nine or ten times more I'd have
been sure of IT.
We'll. ! did" he says. 81 wanted to
ask you thought I'd see what you
thoueht-you see"
| Here he kind of faded away again. and
stood still and wiped his forehead.
Look here. Nate Scudder," | says,
for a man that wants to talk you make
! the poorest fist at Ii of anybody ever
see. Why don't you try singing or max
/ ing signs? ! wouldn't wonder If you got
ahead faster
| lie grinned. a feeble sort of lop-sided
\ grin. and tried another tack.
You was speaking of them boarders
/ of mine" he says.
/ Yes. I was" / says.
/, They come day afore yesterday
/ early. says he.
\ "I'm-hum So ] heard l says.
I He fidgeted a minute or more. Then
| he took me by the arm and led me back
| 10 the key.
Sol he says. set down. / want to
| ask you something. BY gum | got to
ask somebody. Im-1'm worried"
! "Yes?" l said. giving him little of his
! own medicine.
! Yes Them boarders-they worry M.
| Me and Hubby set UP till nigh IL O'Clock
last night talking about EN-. She thinks
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NAROBl STATION

goes in the shafts and the other pushes
behind They are clad in a single cotton
cloth which flaps back and forth as they
run. exposing their nakedness. i he streets
are unpaved and they are frequently
masses of dust Along many Of them
eucalyptus trees have been planted. These
have grown rapidly, and the roads are
now shaded by their dreary foliage, the
leaves of which hang down as though
they were mourning.
Among the Black Africans.
l have given the total population of
Nairobi as 5000 l doubt whether it has
LOO whites. OF the remainder. about
one third are East Indians and the others
are the queerest Africans you can inn
agine. / speak of them first, because they
are everywhere. You stumble over them
on the street: they wait upon you In the
hotels; they carry burdens for you. and
they clog your footsteps when you go
outside town. Many of the natives wear
dirty. greasy cloths. not more than a yard
wide and two yards long. They hang
them about their shoulders and let them
fall down on each side. so that they flap
this way and that in the breeze. Some
wear breech cloths. and some do not. and
not few are bare to the waist. In the
early morning when the air Is still sharp
many of these people are clad IN red
flannel blankets, and they go stalking
have already spoken of the ear plugs
Some have the holes in the lobes of their
ears so stretched that / can put my fist
through them. The loops are 80 long that
when a man takes out his ear plug he
hangs the loop of skin over the top of his
ear to prevent it catching onto something
and tearing. The loop looks just like a
leather strap about as wide as ones little
finger nail. 1 have handled many of them
twisting them this way and that to be
sure they are genuine.
see squib in the Globe Trotter,
newspaper of Nairob which fits the
tive costume here. 1t is: "A London
tailor says that any gentleman can be
clad for % pounds G125). The native gen.
tleman of Nairobi can be fully clad for
annas (about 5 cents), including the
SMELL
This African smell is everywhere. 1t
loads the market places and l verify
think it might be chopped up into blocks
and sold as a new kind Of phosphates.
The natives cover themselves with hair
oil and body grease, and the combination
Of this when 1t turns rancid and of the
natural eff1uvia which exhales from their
persons is indescribable. Others of the
natives smear their faces with mixture
of grease and red clay; Trey cover their
hair with the same material, SO that they
look more like copper Indians than Afri-
cans.
These Africans do all the hard work OF
Nairobi. They are hewers of wood and
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CHAPTER II.
The Man.

/ see EN- pretty often during the next
week. They used to loaf down to the
landing of a morning, smoking cigars
and with their hands in their pockets
Crazy or not. there was a something
about EN- that kind OF got me: / own up
| begun to like EN-. In spite of their top
hamper being cut of gear. AS general
run | don't banker for the average city
boarder. lie runs too much TO yachting
clothes and patrcnizing. Neither the
clothes nor the airs set well; kind of look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-01

AVE YOU ever heard of Nairobi!
1t is the metropolis Of this
PARKWAY colony. and the place
which the English think is to
be one of the greatest cities of
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
u FOR HI CASH.
Organizations Which Prey Upon the
Business People as Well as Others.

Now and then comes the news OF
The formation of some. ~new-fangled or
g~anization. Many of them are de.
signed to do away with established
systems of business. Most of them are
schemes devised by ~insincere persons
who think that they can make some
easy money through the work. Plans
proposed are of the most impractical
and visionary kind. Not long since
what was known as the South Dako.
ia" plan was undertaken, and 1t in.
volved a complete revolution OF es.
tablished business methods. Il was
proposed to have the backing OF
Standard OIL interests to the extent oil
100000 900, and with this great amount
establish supply houses in large cities,
issue immense catalogues with the
names of merchants who would use
them, and supply all these merchants
with the goods listed. 1t was a bril-
liant scheme. Should such a plan be.
come operative and successful, it
would be the building up of a nam.
moth monopoly to fight the retailers of
the land Or compel them to become
merely agents of the concern. There
is only n way to fight the trade.
away-from-home evil, and that is by
educating the people to the fact tina:
the system is wrong. is unjust and con.
trary to economic laws; that the farm.
er and the laborer who patronize other
than home enterprises is working
against his own interests. This is q
tedious process. 1t is an expensive
thing to do, and the only way it can be
done is by the liberal use of printers
ink, by utilizing the home papers that
are as deeply interested in the build.
ing up of the home town and com.
munity as tho merchants, the bs.nkers
and as the farmers should be.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Evidences of Carelessness.

Dirty show windows are evidence Of
lack of thrift and Indifference, II not
indicative Of filth and laziness. To
properly take care of the windows, 1t
takes a little time. But this time IS
well spent. Some clerk may develop
much talent for this class of work, and
the average young man who takes any
interest in the store can easily learn
to car for the window displays. Some
who have original ideas, and who have
been given a chance to cultivate them,
have proved great trade-makers for
their employers. Not long age one
clerk who conceived the idea of ma.
king a pork-product display, did such
q good job that it attracted the atten.
ton of a packing house concern and
he was hired to go from town to town
with one of tho cracker-jack statesmen
and arrange displays for leading Gus.
toners. There is never anything lost
except perhaps a little of the inclina.
ton to be careless in having windows
Of the grocery well looked after.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
The BeardIess Man.

There is a so-called ''smooth-shaven"
millionaire in New York who never
used a razor on his face. Twenty
five years ago he was a monomaEiac
on the subject of saving time, and
among other short cuts to fortune
made up his mind to cut out shaving,
a matter of Is cents a day and about
20 minutes of precious time, if the
barber made good. After a trial of
various cosmetics and delipatories he
decided that electrolysis was a far bet
ter, though a more tedious, process.
In five months the root of every hair
in both beard and mustache was ut
terly destroyed by an electric current
from a constant battery. The man
suffered considerably, but aver since
the operation his face has been as
smooth as a bald head. No power on
earth could restore his beard now.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Our Common Protector.

Did you ever think that the govern.
ment is a great %obliterator of prize
schemes, premium games, adulterated
foods, etc.? 1t surely is, and the time
is not far off when it will take a hand
In the methods Of selling goods, and
let it be hoped cut out such schemes
as coupons and the premiums in gen.
erel. Fraud one way is just as bad as
fraud some other way. The lottery
principle involves the plan of making
a great majority contribute toward the
payment of sums TO a mighty small
minority. The average premium
scheme works with more certainty. It
ean that all the users Of goods with
which premiums r given must con.
tribute towards paying for prizes
which only about 80 or 40 per cent. Of
the users of the goods receive. There
are two ways Of heading off the
premium deal: One is to educate the
merchants and the to the
truth that the premium racket is a
plan that works against their inter.
ests, and the other is to have the gov.
eminent prohibit the plan. The for
mer is a hard proposition to handle,
and perhaps the latter is equally so,
but 1t is more certain and would be
more effective.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Business Methods chanoino.

Merchants should consider well all
phases of any proposition that will
eventually work to their detriment.
Year after rear conditions are chang
ing. The retailer is finding the screws
becoming a little more frightened.
There is bound to be a reaction. Re
hates in the way OF railroad rates. IA
the way of trade in general, are being
pretty well aired by the government.
The time is not far distant when tho
interests of the consumers and the re-
tailers will be much better protected.
For the carrying out of these purposes
there is necessity for stringent action.
When any system is a bad thing for
the people in gaperal II should be
changed
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
OUR COUNTRY PRESS.
Y q Making Progress and Is Imply
tant to Wlde-AWake Advertiser.

Close estimates show that adver
Using in country papers has Increased
fully 20 per cent. the past FIVE years,
This shows that the merchants are
realizing how important 1t is to ad.
v~ertise, and also shows that there is
merit In the right kind Of use of rrint
ers' ink, or there would be a decrease
instead OF a continual increase. There
can be no doubt that the inroads OF
the mail order houses into trade in
different parts Of the country have
aroused merchants to the necessity Of
more extensive advertising.
One of the things that has no doubt
stimulated advertising is the practice
of many manufacturers supplying deal
ers with e~lectrotypes and ready pie.
pared advertising. There can be NO
doubt the trade papers have been i'm
portant mediums in the matter of in.
fluencing merchants to do more and
better advertising. 1t matters not how
the change has been wrought, but it Is
a fact that advertising patronage of
the country newspaper publishers has
been increased about 20 per cent. in
five years. This means that the mer.
chants are getting their eyes open,
and are on the right path for the pro.
lection of their interests.
Now is the time to start at work
on spring and summer advertising.
There will be a heavy trade the COM
Ing seasons The people have abund!
ance Of ready cash and they are
anxious to spend some of it for things
that they want. The live merchant is
going to get his share of it.
He is going to get just a little more
If he sets out right and does a little
judicious advertising. When we say
little we mean that he must use lib.
eral space and fill it with the right
kind of ideas, of attention attractors.
Start in early. Take time in studying
out just what you want. You should
have ideas that are worth trying out,
some opinions in regard to goods that
you carry and want to shove. When
you have carefully weighed the mat
ter, take your printer into your con-
hdence and tell him that he must do
his best to get the ideas in the right
kind of shape. Too often good adver.
tisements fall fiat because the print
err has no knowledge or lacks the
means of setting UP an attractive ad-
vertisement. 1t will pay the liberal
advertiser to adopt the methods the
great concerns in the cities follow
Have a certain style of type to use
exclusively in your advertising. If
the printer is too poor to get it for
you, it might be a good investment for
you to secure it yourself and for your
sole use. 1t will be different from the
others, and the people will notice it,
1t will be a kind Of advertising trade
mark for you.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
THE STORY.

THERE was a certain woman of
i Shunem in the land of Israel who,
as Scripture says, was great-great as
concerned the possession of this
worlds goods; great as to abilities,
for she was a wise woman and ordered
the affairs of her husbands home
after the most careful manner Of the
eastern housewife; great as to her
womanly virtues, and the kindly deeds
which she was constantly performing
for her neighbors and friends; great
as to her piety; but, above all, great
in the burden of sorrow which rested
upon her heart-a sorrow which she
hid from her husband and the world,
a sorrow which when it strikes deep
into a woman's heart is greater than
any sorrow which a woman may know
the sorrow of a childless home.
When as a bride she had come to
take her place in the splendid home
which her husband had provided for
her it had been with the joyful thought
that children would come to bless and
make bright the home. To her, rs
with all women in that eastern land,
the childless home was a reproach
and the browning honor of wifehood
was motherhood. But all through the
long years of her welded life this JOY
and blessing had been denied her, and
it seemed as though her heart must
break with the burden of its grief.
Her husband. conscious of the
yearning Of her heart-for bravely as
she tried she could not hide it alto
gether from his fond, loving eyes
sought tenderly to be not only hus-
band but son to her, and tried to fill
her life with activities and pleasures
which would take her mind from her
grief. And she being too true a wom-
an to be swallowed up of her sorrow.
found relief in the performance of
kindly deeds which endeared her to
neighbors and friends and made her
name great in Shunem.
Now it CHANGED one day as she went
about her gentle m%inisteries that an
GRAND Of mercy took her to the other
side of town, where a widow woman
and her three children dwelt in pow
erty. In passing through the market
place she observed a solitary figure
sitting in a secluded spot. His cloak
or mantle was drawn closely around
him, but from without the folds of the
garment which enveloped his head
there looked q strong face, whose
penetrating eye seemed to take in
every detail and movement Of the
busy place. Knots of people gathered
here and there talked in low tones
and the furtive glances which were
cast in the direction Of the silent fig
ure indicated plainly that 1t was tho
stranger who vas the subject of COZ
~vefsation. But no one, moved by
friendly impulse. seemed inclined to
speak a kindly word Of greeting to the
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
MIR. Henpekt,s opinion Of u

Mrs. Henpekt-Silas, here is a piece
In he paper about a Kentucky man
who walked 80 miles after a marriage
license. That's the kind of men they
raise out westi
Mr.. Henpekt (absent-mindedly)-
Well, I'll bet a cent in less'n a year
he'll be willing to walk twice that dis
lance for a chance to get rid of (sud-
denly Observation-Disclosures
looks as If We might get a shower
before Eight; don't t-Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Experience No Educator.

Some years ago a St. Louis get-rich.
quick oncer failed for more than
$200,0 00. Hundreds of it's patrons lost
heavily. Some who paid into tho
game as high as $500 believed they
could pull out by Iatronizing like con-
Germs. The nan who conducted the
fraud turned over to another mar who
had just started a new game the list
of his patrons. Letters were sent out
stating that by a small investment the
new concern could make the patrons
of the old one winners. Hundreds
sent in their money. Like the other
investment, the cash went into the
hands of the schemer to remain there.
An end was put to the game by the
~pcstofice department. It pays to pat
ronize home institutions of every class
and kind that you know to be legiti
mate. Steer clear OF the schemere
who have something extraordinary to
offer you.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
SERMONETT

True piety finds It's express
sion in genuine hospitality.
Doors opened to admit the
faithful servants Of the Lord
let In the blessing Of God as
well.
To give to supply the need Of
one who Is engaged in Gods
work Is to give to the Lord and
such giving never goes without
it's reward.
God can find shelter and food
for his servants in most unex-
pected places.
The entertainment Of this
plain, unassuming prophet, poor
and despised, except to the few
in Israel who were faithful to
God, was not going to bring So
cial prestige to this Shunammite
woman, in fact her hospitality
perhaps was going to cost her
the regard of many Of the "sweII
set" of Shunem. But enough of
the light of Righteousness and
truth had shined into her heart
to make her understand that
there was more honor in enter
tanning IN of the humble SER
wants of God than in filling her
house with a choice company of
her rich neiahbors.
To-day we need to learn the
joy and blessing of true hospi-
tally. "When thou makest a
dinner, or supper" said Jesus,
"caII ret thy friends, nor thy
brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbors, lest
they also bid thee again and a
recompense be made thee. But
when thou makest a feast, call
the poor, the MANNED, the lame,
the blind; and thou shalt be
blessed; for they cannot recon-
pense thee; for thou shalt be
recompensed at the resurrec.
ton of the just"
The good heart is sensitive to
goodness in others. This Shu-
nammite woman "perceived that
Elisha was a holy man."
The good heart also delights
in fellowship with goodness. It
was a real joy and privilege for
this Shunammite woman to re-
ceive the spiritual blessing
which Elisha the prophet was
able to bring to her and her hus-
band.
II this Shunammite woman
had been absorbed in the latest
fashion plates, Oh been gaddine
about to afternoon card parties
and social teas, or the matinee,
she never would have had eyes
to see this man of God as he
passed to and fro by her home.
This Shunammite woman
never dreamed that her kindly
service was to bring to her the
treasure for which her heart
longed most. And yet is it not
a literal fuIfiiIment of the dec
laration of. Scripture that if we
"seek first the kingdom of God
and his Righteousness, all these
things shall be added unto us?"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
How He Did the Trick.

A driver on the Avontuur railway,
South Africa, while staying at the
Gamtoos. caught a large cobra de ca.
pello alive. The cool way in which he
did the trick (says a local paper) sent
a cold SILVER through every one wht
saw it. He simply caught hold of the
point Of Its tail, gave it a sudden jerk
toward him and caught it by the back
of the head. He then placed it in a
biscuit tin. The snake was three
inches in diameter and about four feet
long.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Do Good.

When In Rome do as Rome does
not want you to do. Do as Rome
ought to do, or as right requires.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Evil SPEAKING.

If you must speak Ill of your neigh.
Dor, do it where only a mean mar will
hear it-that is, when nobody is
around but yourself.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
~Short-Siuhted Policy

Locking the heart against the drafts
of sympathy is the swiftest way OF
impoperishing the whole life.