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F. Street
Corner 18th

You bet it amt" said Dry Valley.
grimly. ITS dunn foolishness; and, be-
sides. II hurts
He brought at one armful the regalia
of his aberration-the blue tennis suit.
Shoes hat, gloves and all. and threw them
in pile at Antonia's feet.
"Give them to your old man." said he.
Ito hunt antelope In.
Just as the first star presided palely
over the twilight Dry Valley got his big
gest strawberry book and sat on the hack
steps to catch the last Of the reading iight.
He thought he saw the figure OF some cne
in his strawberry patch. He laid aside
the book, got his whip and hurried forth
to see.
TT was Panchita- She had slipped
through the picket fence and was half
way across the patch. She stopped when
she saw him and looked at him without
wavering.
A sudden rage-a humiliating hush OF
Understanding wrath-came over Dry VAL
ley. For this child he had made hfmoeif
a motley to the view He had tried to
bride Time to turn backward for himself:
he had-been made a fool OF. At last he
had seen his folly. There was a gulf be-
tween him and youth over which he
could not build a bridge even with yellow
gloves to protect his hands And the
sight of his torment coming TO poster
him with her elfln pranks-coming to
piunder his strawberry vines ike mis-
chievous schoolboy-roused all his anger
Il told you to keep away from here"
said Dry Valley. '''Go back to your
home.''
Panchita moved slowly toward him.
Dry Valley cracked his whip.
go back home" said Dry Valley, saw
agely. and play theatricals some more
You'd make a fine man. You've made q
fine one Of me-"
She came a step nearer. silent. and with
that strange, defiant, steady shine I'm her
eyes that had always puzzled him. Now
1t stirred his wrath.
His wtiplash whistled through the air
He saw a red streak suddenly come out
through her white dress above her knee
where IL had struck.
Without flinching and with the same un-
changing dark glow in her eyes. Panchita
came steadily toward him through the
strawberry vines. Dry Valleys trembling
hand released his whip handle. When
within a yard Of him. Panchita stretched
out her arms.
God. kid" stammered Dry Valley, do
you meant
But the seasons are versatile; and n
may have been springtime. after all. In
stead OF Indian summer. that struck Dry
Valley johnson.
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cake-walking, deaf-and-dumb oratory,
postage stamp Irritation and parlor char
AIDES. 1t lasted two weeks and then came
to a sudden end.
OF course, Mrs. O'Brien favored the
match as soon as Dry Valleys intentions
were disclosed. Being the mother Of a
woman child. and therefore cleaner
member of the Ancient Order OF the Rat
for the sacrifice. The girl was Temporal
rily dazzled by having her dresses length
ened and her hair piled up on her head.
and came near forgetting that she was
only q shce Of cheese. 1t was nice. too. to
have as good a match as Mr.. johnson
paying you attention and to see the other
girls iuttering the curtains at their win
dows to see you go by with him.
Dry Valley bought buggy with yellow
wheels and a fine trotter in San Antonio.
He was never seen to speak to her when
they were walking or driving. The con-
seriousness Of his clothes kept his mind
busy: the knowledge that he could say
nothing Of interest kept him dumb: the
feeling that Panchita was there kept him
happy.
He took her to parties and dances and
to church. He tried-oh. no man ever
tried 50 hard to be young as Dry Valley
did. He could not dance: but he invented
a smile which he wore on these Joyous
occasions. q smile that. in him. was a
great concession to mirth and gayety as
turning hand-spr1ngs would be In an
other. He began to seek the company OF
the young men in the town-even of the
boys They accepted him as q decided
damper, for his attempts at sportiveness
were 90 forced that they might as well
have essayed their games in q cathedral.
Neither he nor any other could estimate
what progress he had made with Pan
claita.
The end came suddenly in one day, as
often disappears the false aftergl0w BE-
fore a November sky and wind.
DRY VALLEY was to call for the girl
Il one afternoon at for q walk. An
afternoon walk in Santa Rosa was fea-
ture Of social life that called for the pick
Of ones wardrobe. So Dry Valley began
gorgeouslysto array himself: and % early
that he fnished early, and went over to
the O'Brien cottage. AS he neared the
porch on the crooked walk from the gate
he heard sounds Of revelry within. He
stopped and looked through the honey
suckle vines in the open door.
Panchita was amusing her younger
brothers and sisters. She wore q mans
clothes-no doubt those Of the late Mr.
ORrfen. On her head was the smallest
brothers straw hat decorated with an
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fence like a drove Of javelis flushed in
the chaparral. Dry Valleys whip drew
a toll of two more elfln shrieks before they
dived through the vineclad fence and dis
appeared.
Dry Valley. less fleet. followed them
nearly to the pickets. Checking his use
less pursuit, he rounded bush, dropped
his whip and stood, voiceless. motionless.
the capacity of his powers consumed by
the act of breathing and preserving the
Behind the bush stood Panchita O'Brien,
scorning to fly. She was nineteen. the
oldest of the raiders. Her night-black
hair was gathered back in a wild mass
with reluctant feet. yet nearer the brook
than to the river; for childhood had en-
vironed and detained her.
CHE looked at Dry Valley Johnson for
- a moment with magnificent insolence.
and before his eyes slowly crunched a
luscious berry between her white teeth.
Then she turned and walked slowly to the
fence with a swaying, conscious motion
such as a duchess might make use Of in
leading a promenade. There she turned
again and grilled Dry Valley Johnson once
more in the dark fame of her audacioua
ewes. laughed q trifle schoolgirlishly and
twisted herself with pantherish quickness
between the pickets to the OBrien side OF
the wild gourd vine.
Dry Valley picked up his whip and
went into his house. He stumbled as he
went I'D the two wooden steps. The old
Mexican woman who cooked his meals
and swept his house called him to supper
as he went through the rooms. Dry VAL
ley went on. stumbled down the front
steps, out the gate and down the road
into a mesquite thicket at the edge of
town. He sat down in the grass and
laboriously picked the spines from a
rfnx 1Ny hry Mi
attitude Of thought. acquired in the days
when his problems. we're only those of
wind and wool and water.
A thing had happened to the mana
thing that. II you are eligible. you mus,
pray may pass you by. He had become
enveloped in the Indian summer OF the
soul.
Dry Valley had had no youth. Even
his childhood had been one of dignity and
seriousness. At six he had viewed the
frivolous gambols Of the lambs on his
fathers ranch with silent disapproval.
His life as young man had been wasted.
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RYVALLEY JOHN

ny NALLE1 JOdN-
SON shook the bot
tie. You have to
shake the bottle be-
fore using. fur sui
phur will not dis
solve. Then Dry
Valley saturated a
small sponge with
the liquid and rub
bed it carefully into
the roots OF his
hair. Besides sui
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By O. HENRY.

may be told why Dry Valley shook up the
insoluD.e sulphur in the bottle. So long
drawn and inconsequential a thing is his
tory-the anamorphous shadow of a mile
stone reaching down the road between US
and the setting sun.
When his Strawberries were beginning
to ripen Dry Valley bought the heaviest
buggy whip in the Santa Rosa store. He
tree plating and weaving in an extension
to its lash. When it was done he could
snip leaf from bush twenty feet away
with the cracker. For the bright preda-
watching the ripening berries, and Dry
Valley was arming himself against their
expected raids. No greater care had he
taken Of his tender lambs during his
ranehing days than he did of his cherished
fruit. warding 1t from the hungry wolves
that whistled and howled and shot their
marbles and peered through the fence
that surrounded his property.
TN the house next to Dry Valleys lived
widow with a pack of children that
gave the husbandman frequent anxious
misgivings. In the woman there was
strain Of the Spanish. She had welded
one Of the name Of O'Brien. Dry Valley
was connoisseur in crossed strains; and
he foresaw trouble in the offspring of this
union
Between the two homesteads ran
crazy picket fence overgrown with morn
ing glory and wild gourd vines. Often he
could see little heads with mops of black
hair and flashing dark eyes lodging in
and out between the pickets keeping tabs
on the reddening berries
Late one afternoon Dry Valley went to
the post ONCE. When he came back, like
Mother Hubbard. he found the deuce to
pay. The descendants of Iberian bandits
and Hfbernian cattle raiders had swooped
down upon his strawberry patch. To the
outraged vision OF Dry Valley there
seemed to be q sheep corral full Of them;
perhaps they numbered five or-six. Be-
tween the rows Of green plants they were
stopped: hopping about like toads. COB
bling silently and voradously his finest
fruit.
Dry Valley slipped into the house, got
his whip and charged the marauders. The
lash curled about the legs Of the nearest
a greedy ten-year-old-before they knew
they were discovered. His screech gave
warning, and the flock scampered for the
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The divine fires and impulses, the glori-
Gus exaltations and despairs, the glow
and enchantment Of youth had passed
above his head Never a thrill OF Romeo
had he known; he was but melancholy
Jacques Of the forest with ruder phi
losophy, lacking the bitter-sweet flavor
of experience that tempered the veteran
years of the rugged ranger OF Arden. And
now in his sere and yellowing leaf one
scornful look from the eyes Of Panchita
O'Brien had flooded the autumnal land
scape Of his heart with a tardy and de-
lusive summer heat.
y UT sheepman Is a hardy animal. Dry
- Valley johnson had weathered too
many northers to turn his back on a late
summer. spiritual or real. Old? He would
show them.
BY the next mail went an order to San
Antonio for an outfit Of the latest clothes,
colors and styles and prices no object.
The next day went the recipe for the hair
restorer clipped f-cc1 newspaper; for
Dry Valleys sunburned auburn hair was
beginning to turn silvery above his ears.
Dry Valley kept indoors closely for a
week except for frequent sallies after
youthful strawberry snatchers. Then. q
few days later. he suddenly emerged bril-
liantly radiant in the hectic glow Of his
belated midsummer madness.
A jaybird-blue tennis suit covered him
outwardly, almost as far as his wrists
and ankles. His shirt was ox-blood: his
collar winged and tall: his necktie a float
ing orihamme: his shoes a venomous
bright tan, pointed and shaped on peni-
tentiai lasts. A little fiat straw hat with
striped band desecrated his weather
beaten head. Lemon-colored kid gloves
protected his oak-tough hands from the
benignant May sunshine. This sad and
optic-smiting creature teetered out of its
den. smiling foolishly and smoothing its
gloves for men and angels to see. To
such q pass had Dry Valley johnson
been brought by Cupid, who always
shoots game that Is out Of season with
an arrow from the CULVER Of Momus Re-
constructing mythology. he had risen. q
prismatic macaw. from the ashes of the
gray-brown phoenix that had folded ita
tired wings to roost under the trees of
Santa Rosa.
Dry Valley paused in the street to allow
Santa Rosans within sight Of him to be
stunned and then deliberately. and slowly,
as his shoes required. entered Mrs.
O'Brien's gate.
MOT until the eleven months draueht
did Santa Rosa cease talking about
Dry Valley Johnson's courtship of Pan
chita O'Brien. It was an unclassified pro-
cedure; something like q combination of
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w. B. MOSES & SONS.
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Moses Annual August Floor Covering Sale
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mett
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
STEPPED A
 MILE IN 2:1O Teague Mare Made a Splendid Mark. FEATURE OF MATINEE RACES Lille Pointer Took Class 5.
 Race.
FEATURE OF MATINEE RACES
The Card Yesterday AfternOon' Was Best Ever Presented by Mortgom- cry Driving Club, and Some of
 Time Was Record-BreakinE.

The Montgomery Driving Club held a matinee at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon al Vandiver Park, which was, perhaps, the most successful Tn the history of the organization. A large crowd was in attendance, and the cifferent events on the program were run of in an atmosphere or enthusi- asm and excitement. The days card consisted of four races. Class A pace. Class pace, Class C mixed, and a Class D mixed, the results being de- cided by the winning of two in three heats.
 f0rmance of Wlll Teague's game little I-fIIie Pointer, who in wonderful ak hibition of speed an stamina, won the nrst two heats of the Class B pace tn the unusually fast time of 2:lO and BIO 3-4.thus capturing the race.
 The second heat of the Class B. pace proved the most exciting event of the afternoon. Lillie Pointer and Gibson Boy. picked by many track followers to win the race. were running neck and neck when, at the three-quarter post. the mare broke and was apparently out of the race. PluCKily, however. she began picking up on the flying gelding and, turning into the stretch was almost on even terms with the leader. From then on 1t was a test of &ameness and speed, the mare excell- ing in both qualities and winning In the most thrilling finish ever witness" ed at Vandiver Park.
 Considerable amusement was created among the spectators by the peculiav actions of Blue Joe, the winner Of the first heat of the Class A pace, who when the second heat was ready to be started. refused to move. The geldinR was lead and pushed around for sev. erad minutes before the extraordinary attack of stubbornness was finally over come. Once going. however, he show ed no disposition to baIk and finished a good second.
 his sreins while warming up before the first heat of the Class A pace, and plunging around endangered the lifo of his driver, who was forced to leap out of the sulky. After this incident t was judged best not to enter him tn the race.
 The following Is the summary Of Glass A pace. in 3:
 The Elk. TO, g., (Whitehead) ...3 l Blue Joe, TO. g., (Chastain). .... ? 2 Time. first heat. 2:I6 Ia; second heat. 2:20 1-4; third heat, 2:22 1-%
 Clas pace. in 3:
 Lille Pointer. b. m. (Teague). .. l Gibson Boy. D: g.. tWhitehead).. Class C.. mixed. 2 in 3:
 Matte Glen, b. m., (Gallaway1. II l Toney Boy. br. g.. (Behrl. :......s :
 Time: 2:24 IA; 2:22 1-4.
 Class D. mixed. ? in 8:
 Little Boy. b. g.. co. Jonesl. ... 1 2 3 pr. Jones. TO. g.. co. P. Jones), 4 2 Achsas, g. m., CWalker), ...... 0 Prudential. blk. m, (Chastain), :. 5 0 0 s:41 Ia; third heat, 2:SS 1-2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
ARCADE FOR GRAND
JAKE WELLS CONSIDERS IMPROVE
 MENT OF THEATRE.
Discusses Plans With Associate Own CTS in Montgomery and Exam ines Plans of Architect for
 Proposed Front.

Jake Wells was in Montgomery yes- terday and with members of the Mont. gomery Realty and Building Company. discussed plans for the. construction of an arcade for The Grand Theatre, of which MT. Wells and his associates of the company are owners.
 At the conclusion of the conference MT. Wells said that E. OkeI, architect of the theatre, had displayed tentative plans and that he had been asked to make detailed drawings and specifica- tions of front for the theatre. Be- yond this fact, Mfr. Wells said, the re- suits of the discussion were not so nearly final as to be of interest to the public. --..u .s. ...
 . In the conference with him yester- day were R. E. Steiner. L, Well, Ma ham Gren and Meyer Greil.
 The announcement of further consid- eration of the arcade" which the com pany proposes to build as an adorn- ment to thel theatre as we'll as for it's own rental value is of great interest to the people of Montgomery. De- lighted with The Grand as a play house they have yet awaited with con- fdence an addition which will make the theatre as beautiful and admir- able without as it is within. That the addition will accomplish this. end is assured. The company has determined to make the addition and to make 1t as ornamental and useful as possible. Little Said of Other Plans. Of his intentions in regard to the next season, MT. Wells had little to say yesterday. He has nothing to do with the Electric Park Casino, which is under the general management of L.. Bernstein. with Sam ROswald as local manager. 'I have but three parks" Mir. Wells remarked good naturediy. T am will ling to sell two of them. I want to keep Ocean View, near Norfolk. be- cause I want to go there myself this summer if I can find the time. Last summer I was there only three days but shall better that this year."
 MT. Wells's plans in rerS I'd to the conduct of The Grand and the Mont gomery Theatre were not discussed
 Mir. Wells arrived in the city yes- terday morning and departed last night.
 High Grade Trunks and Bags.
 Largest stock in Central Alabama.
 Gilbert Trunk Company,
 218 Dexter Ave.
 Headquarters for Travellers Supplies
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
LAYMEN'S MEETING
PPROGRAM OF COMING CONVENTION
 IS ANNOUNCED.
Important Organization of Methodist Laymen VIII Meet in Montgom-
 cry on May
 20 and 21.

The program for the Laymen's Mis- sionary Convention of Alabama which is to meet in this city beginning May 20 and lasting through two days. has been published. The program is full of intensely interesting items of dis cussion, and the names of many prom inent Methodist ministers of the Ala bama church appear after the list of topics. =% s5s-sz j.. The program for the convention fol-
 wednesday, May 20.
 Dim. Address of Welcome-Judge William H. Thomas.
 s:20 p. m. Response-Hon. Thomas E. Knight. Greensboro.
 $40. Address, The Layman's Mis- sionary Movement-Mr. John R. Pep per. President of Layman's Movement, M. E. Church. South. Thursday, May 21. Morning Session. a. m. Devotional exercises. An nouncement of committees.
 9:20. The Laymans Part in the Fi- nancial Support of Missions.
 $40. The Layman's Movement in It's Relation to Church Work.
 CD How it may help the Conference Rev. J. T. Mangum.
 20 How 1t May Help the District Max Fetherstone. H F (3) How 1t May Help the Country Church-Rev. J. F. Price.
 (D How 1t May Help the Station Church.
 Il. Address-Bishop H. c. Morrison. i2. The Quiet Hour"-Rev. W. W. Pinson, D. D.. Missionary Secretary. 12:So. Adjournment for refresh ments. '''
 Afternoon Session.
 2:30 0p. m. Devotional Exercises. Re. port of Committee on Permanent Or ganizatfon. 8. Study and Prayer as. Related to the Maintainance of Missionary Inter est-Thomas S. Davis. .
 3:30. Missions as an Investment; Do They Pay?-J. B. Bornett. X {. Tidings from Corea-Rev. J. L. Gerdine.
 4:aO. Are We Doing Our Duty as to Missions?
 5, Our Opportunity; Shall We Go Forward?-M. Lightfoot.
 e:SO. Report of Committee on Reso- lutions.
 Evening Session. D. m. Devotional Exercises,
 s:30. Address-Rev. ". W. Pinson. D. D., Nashville. Tenn.
 Reception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Robert M Sands, of Panama,
 Talks Of Life on Lsthn1us

Alabama has reason to feel proud of her representation in the immense na- tional project of the Isthmus. This State claims no less than two mem. bers of the Commission: They are Major Seibert. just mentioned. and Col. w. G. Gorgas, who, besides being q member of the Commission, is also head of the Sanitary Department. The home of the one in Alabama is Gads- den and that of the other Is Tusca- loosa.
 Another prominent officer on the ca- nal job is the division engineer, Ma jor Chester Harding He is a brother of W. P. G. Harding, President of the First National Bank. of Birmingham. Among the ex-Montgomerians who are now employed on the Isthmus are:
 Herbert May. formerly private sec- retary to the Governor in Alabama. now in the executive department; ". c. Haskins former chief clerk of the local office of the Southern Bell Tele- phone Company, now chief clerk of the material and supply department; Ralph Fogle. former time keeper of the Louisville and Nashville here. now employed on the Panama Railroad; Bernard Dawson, also on the Panama Railroad; Francis F. Ayres, in the construction department
 Mir. Sands is. secretary to Major Sei- bert.
 One sign of the improvement of health conditions on the Isthniusis the rise in the number of competent men who are daily making application for work there. All applications are now made through the oflce of the Panama Canal Commission at Washington, and none but competent men is taken into "a position of responsibility. :. E Mfr. Sands sailed last April 25 from -Culebra and reached New Orleans May {, coming on to Montgomery from there. He will spend most of his leave of absence with relatives and friends In Montgomery.