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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

abies for the future hero. should he have no money. 1t mattered not at all; for she knew he would always repay her just as soon as his next sliowanes arrived. It so happened that when he was ready to leave the school. he WIS stiii two crowns in her debt. He said te her. before making his departure;
 My good woman. fear must 60 without paying what l owe you; but '
 Tie fruit woman repIisds ....
 "oh. do not permit that to dlsture your peace of mind. my noble young man. May Goa preserve your hsaaeh eEnEaaed in sucR arduous and exciting work as was the young soldier. he could sSs ns ss.S. ss ssSs sS sp iSE s s s ss
 Napoleon became . general and eoa- quered Italy. He then invaded EgyRL Nits ships ' of the enemy, he entered Paris and was named premier consul,
 Napoleon established peace In his F' Franes; stin a in fuIfimsnt of his bey. hood debt the, old fruit woman had nothing but his promise:
 T shali not forget x value than the sum Of money involved, So 1t was that when, one day Ma poiecn entered Brienne secretly and tn- ana hsstiiy bethought himself to repair wvhsf memories were recalled as. with trusted efiaesr in scle M sssenasncs ss .s,,1 he ten when q boyi All the incidents Of his early youth came back to him viyid- After A while he paused before the humble dwelling where the fruit woman had once made her home. A bystander informed him that the good woman stu resided there; The two entered ,..
 aCertainIy." responded the woman. and she went out Into her sarasn., rs- melon. which she set before them:
 While the fruit.woman proceeded with the care of her fire. one of her visitors
 DO you know the emperor and whether he Is expected here todaygs
 He has not yet arrived" she answer. ed, although he is. expected almost emperor? He bought many basket og fruit from me while here at school"
 And did he always pay you prompt Tyr" persisted the emperor.
 Certainly, no one was more honest was the indignant re1oinder.
 Then her distinguished visitor aroHas
 MY good woman. you either speak untrnth. or you have a poor memory. AS proof that you do not know the ems peror, I may say that I anl he; and to prove that the emperor did not always eonscientiously pay his debts. would recall to your mind those two crowns he owed you when he left school.
 At the same time the other visitor de- posted on the table gleaminE heap ok gold coin to the amount of 12oo francs.
 And the honest woman, now recoE~ nixing the emperor, fell at his feet. ale most overcome with 5oy at the meet ing. Her little children clfing to her. re- gardine the great men with astonish- fnent, not knowing whether to laugh or weep.
 Napoleen ordered that the poor dwell- ing be torn down. and that another be erected in It's place.
 1t is in this house." he said, ssthat [ wish to lodge whenever come to Brt- enne; and wish it to bear my name.
 Before taking leave of the fruit wcIa. an he promised that he would take good care of her children. He kept his word so that you may know the debt of his. boyhood was paid honorably and in full.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
When thep prllC &yMa1eiod.

VI HEN the beautiful Princess Ber- M/ tina arrived at the age of 1s w years her father. the inaperieus monarch. Philpot XXI, deemed 1t advis- able that she Lhould marry. He. there fore, sent broadcast a proclamation in- viting the attendance at court of noble suitors.
 Now the princess really loved no one. But she was dutiful daughter and she was willing tc be mGrried If the kng So Gcs ia nsaMe her ns ssseoS et hs s band. To her aid she sutnynoned her godmotier. Fairy Heliotrope.
 The fairy greeted Bertha eraciously, and talked to her with hndnsss and
 My dear Bertinas aaid the sod. mother at parting. T afu leaving with you little casl<et. iB each suitor pre- him take it away. examine its contents and return 1t to you at the end of twen- ty-four hours. But l must give you nn5 %srnng do not SpoT Sy s,5s s.'sSt after looking into the little csse, returns again and returns again and Fenews his vows to you. and promised to obey these instructions. Then sle put her precious casket in a safe place.
 The next day a prince from the neigh formally asked for the hand of the Princess Bertha. He was enormously wealthy and possessed of great power. But Bertha refused to listen to him.
 Take this casket." said she, "open it.. 1t has inspired"
 On the morrow the prince failed to appear Instead, hs sent the casket by special messenger, who also brought a note stating that the prince had sud- denly bten called away by a matter of extreme importance.
 Then Count Oscar. a handsome gentle man of the highest rank, was given a trial. He returned with the casket-not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

.'You shah dance" said he. until you are pale and cold"
 "Mercyn' cried Karen. But she did not hear the angels reply, for the shoes carried her on.
 One morning she came to the house of the executioner and called:
 Come out. come out! cannot come inr
 T do not suppose you know who l am: I strike off the heads of the wicked he said.
 Don't cut my head off." said Ka- rem. flor 1 want to repent of my sin. But cut of my feet and the red shoes.' And then she confessed her sin. and the executioner struck of her feet; but the shoes danced away with the little feet across the fields into the deep forest.
 The executionsr carved her a pair of wooden feet and some crutches and taught her a psalm which is all ways sung by sinners, She kissed the hand that had guided the axe ..q Now. T have suffered enough for the red shoes" she said, T will go to church."
 But when she came there the red shoes were dancing before her. and she was frightened and turned back
 For many days she wept and was sorry for her sin. The next Sunday she went 10 church and looked sadly at her erutches.
 70 God, help mel she said.
 The sun shone brightly, and she looked Up and saw right near her the angel in white robes. the one she had seen before at the church door He no longer carried the sword, but a beautiful green branch of roses. He nodded his head to her and said {:
 Tt was right of you to come. Ka-
 'It was for mercy" said she.
 The organ played, and the chti- drenis voices sounded very soft and lovely. Karen was happy. and her heart was filled with peace and joy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

i;T~wAs a mighty seary feeling Ted
 gave us when We initiated him
 \ into the Bloody Robbers"
 Ted, you know. was 'clined to be just little fresh, so we jus. made up our minds, when we finally guessed he might as well be a 'Robber." that we'd have a pretty stiff initiation for him.
 Right t'other side of Rocky Lot (where all us fellers go a-campin) is the stone erusher, where they've got a big ma chine to pound and grind up the rocks for maxim roads.
 Bout the middle of the day. the men who're at the crusher leave off workin' an get their dinner. So there's an hour when the machines not goin'.
 Now, our scheme was to blindfold Ted. lead i'm over to the stone-crusher; then take off the bandage, gag i'm and tie wheels of the crusher-all this, of course, while the men were away. Then we'd pretend to sneak of. leavln him there; an get back just before the men got there to start the machinery.
 We had a mighty tussle gettin' Ted over to the crusher, can tell you. Cap tain Billy Mumford got bloody nose, an, Pete Hamilton got a,lS,s a black So eye me me Ted could see to hit straight enough. all
 But, at last. we had i'm tied all right. And though he pleaded hard as he could with them eyes O his'n (you see, he couldn't talk for the gag), we went away an left him. an.hid in the woods beyond.
 All of a sudden we heard the crusher begin to grind. It seems that one of the men had come around by the pike, and got in all unbeknownst to us.
 You betcher life, every one of us was struck dumb. Billy and Skinny were ,he only ones who'd dare to go back. They streaked 1t for the crusher, course, expectin' to find Ted smashed to smith ereens.
 Billy couldn't talk when e got there. and Skinny had to stammer out what he wanted. The engineer stared and seemed to know nothin'. He stopped the engine in a jiffy. an then Billy and Skinny and him went to look for poor Ted. They couldn't see anything but Ted's old straw hatl It was ragged enough before, goodness knows!-but
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

and they went into the church.
 When Karen knelt before the altar she thought only of her red shoes. She forgot to sing; she forgot to pray; she forgot everything but the red shoes.
 After church. as Karen was slipping into the carriage. the old soldier said:
 Dear me. what pretty dancing shoesn' Karen could not help dancing a few, steps. and when she began she could. not stop. It seemed as # her shoes had some power over her legs. She danced around the church. and the coachman had to run after her and seize her. He lifted her into the car risse. but her feet still danced and kicked the good old lady... At last they took on the shoes and they were put away in a closet. and only then were
 Now.the old lady got very sick. and t was Earen'e duty to nurse her. But Karen had an, invitation to a party that looked al her red shoes. and said 10 her- self: Tt is no sin to leave the old lady for a little while.
 She put on the red shoes and went to to dance one way the shoes made her dance the other. and she danced down the stairs and out through the gate on something shope up among the trees like the moon. It was the old soldier with his red beard. He sat nodding his head and said:
 s'psar me, what pretty dancing shoesr''
 She was in a fright at once, and. tried to get ,he red shoes of, but they stuck fast. She tore of her stockings, but the ; shoes had grown fast to her feet.
 She danced and danced ana could meadow. iu rain and sunshine. by
 She passed the church door and saw an anReI there with long, white SVings reaching from his shoulders to the earth. In his- hand he held a sword and his face was sad and isteFn s5s. sli3f 44s 4.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
E Arthur E Easter
BElnnY

4l ''RTtfpR wanted a bunny. oh. so ' A rnuchl ', He'd always wanted a \ bunny, you know. Every time he asked, father would say: wait until EastertInne, and then catch the bunny that brings your Easter eggs.''
 But Arthur had tried three Easters now, and he hadn't caught Bunny. So he was beginning to believe that Bunny was most too sly to be caught. How ever, he made up his mind he'd try just this once, anyway.
 Easter morning found Arthur astir ere morning had hardly dawned. Softly he sped wn the stairs, Yes. there were all the gifts Bunny had brought-little baskets containing chocolate. hens and rabbits; funny little toys that opened and showed many tiny eggs within, and most everything little boy could wish. But Bunny himself had disappeared. In spite of all the presents. Arthur was disappointed.
 DO you know, Arthur" said father at the breakfast table. T have an idea that perhaps Bunny hides his eggs among the grass and bushes outside. as well as in the house. If were you. I'd look all the way to the barn, and maybe you'll find the Bunny hidden somewhere"
 In breathless excitement Arthur ran out to search the garden. True enough. he found nicely colored eggs in several of the bushes. They seemed to lead in a direct line straight for the barn. Alto gether he had gathered eight eggs by the time he stealthily entered the barn. A moments search--and then, what do you think he found? sTwas Bunny him. self! And he was just as tame as any bunny could be: the incest little bunny Arthur had ever seen.
 T think he must have pitied you in your hunt" laughed father. "and so just waited for you to come up to him."
 Be that as 1t may. Bunny never ran away. He remained with his little mas ter, and became almost as fond of Ar thur as Arthur was of him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

ed him the little easket. and niurYhured to herself that doubtless this handsome lover would be sent away by it's magic, as had been the others.
 But the prediction of the princess was unfilhIied. The next day again Edfred kneeled at her feet, as constant as ever. Gazing upon Der with eyes full of adoTation and love, he addressed her thus:
 and and in r possessins :j you for " my W wife should attain to the greatest wealth mortal could ever have!"
 The princess shyly yelled her beauti- fore making n TepIY 1Se she cH opsnsa s the egSs ct. With astonishment, upon a piece of parchment therein she read these words:
 ''To Whom it May Concern:
 Before l may conscientiousiy accept your devotion must confess myself ut terly ruined--a princess without doWTry. without lands or wealth. No honors can bring to my husband.
 And I hereby absolve you of all promises and declarations you may have offered mistakenly; nor shall bear ill- will should you find 1t impossible to further press your suit - And so was revealed the reason for her only for her wealth. And so 1t was revealed. as well. that Prince Edfred was her true lover.
 Gladly she accepted him for her hus- band; explaining the while how it was through ignorance of what the bejew- eled casket contained that she had prac- ticed such deceit. Nevertheless, you may be sure she was gratefui to her her means. for 1t compelled her to love Ed fred all the more.
 Amid the greatest jubilation were Bertha and Edfred married. All man. ner of costly gifts they received. But no possession was prized so highly as the little bejeweled casket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
Muezza, Famous Pussy

n ERHAPS you may not have heard
 the Arabian legend of Moham- \. med's favorite cat Muezsa. Mo- hammed sat in deep meditation. while the cat reposed at ease on the broad extended sleeve of his coat So affected was Mohammed by the warm, drowsy air of the afternoon that he entirely forgot his surroundings. Suddenly. when of certain duties he had to perform, and was about to rise from his rug when he observed Muezza still sleeping Then, in order not to disturb the slum- Der of his pet, Mohammed calmly cut of the sleeve of his garment and went upon his way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

swing under the maple tree. But she had eaten so much that the moton of meantime, her brother had taken one iof his fathers cigars. It was not long before Herbert was very sick, indeed. the remainder of that afternoon. Nor was it more than two hours after lunch con that Louise. too, was glad to take refuge In her htIle bed. She had been when she lost f,A. balance ard fell in the water, Horrid, nasty water she swaiIowed-quarts of if. she declared 50 that she felt wretehed.
 That evening, before they kissed their mother goodniRilt, Herbert and Louise admitted that it was only through obeyinS her that they could find the greatest pleasure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
What He wanted.

Concluding his lecture. the foreign missionary solicited contributions of money from the audience, however small they might be. One little boy
 Please, sir. your talk interested me very much---and--"
 "Go on. my boy" said the lecturer. snccuragingly: .do. you wish to help
 Not exactly, sir" replied the lad, with some hesitation; "f only wanted to know if you have any foreign stamps you don't want"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

mother had pronounced unsafe. The fragile limb along which he had crawied had broken and he had fallen to the ground with a thud. Rubbing his bruises ruefuliy ne directed his steps toward the kitchen, where. to forget his woes, he began to eat as many apples as he possibly could.
 At luncheon. instead of eating frugaily of the food before them, Louise greedily devoured everything upon the table. Herbert had eaten so great number of apples that his appetite was entirely gone.
 When the meal was finished. the iittle girl went to enjoy a ride in her favorite
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
Couldn't Whistle it Back

n HILL was taking his little sister
 Beatrice on a short trip by rail. As the train sped along, he said to her. warningly:
 Be careful not to lose your hat. Beatrice"
 Then, snatching it from her head, on the sly. he exclaimed.
 "Therei You've let it blow away But never mind, shall whistle 1t back for you"
 Thereupon he whfstled, and imme- diately produced the hat.
 A short time afterward he was chagrined to hear Beatrice ask:
 Wont you whistle my hat back again, Phil? I threw 1t out the win dow"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

to renew his vows. however. for he did but murmur that he would return. per- haps within week or so--and went his way. never to be heard from thereafter.
 And thus it was that suiter after suit or appeared. EulI of ardor and declara- tions of love was each as he threw himself before the princess. But always the caeket was brought back and the wooer hastened his departure nor tar ried to WOO . moment longer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
tAdapted from an old fairy tale which has lcng been a children's cisssic.)

tAdapted from an old fairy tale which
 has long been children's ciassic'p
 ~ NcE upon time there was . pretty little sirl. who. be-
 cause she was poor. had to 10 baYefouted both in sum mer and winter. There lived in the same village a kind old shoenaker's wife, and she made . pair of little shoes out of a piece of red cloth and gave them to the little girl. whose name was Karen.
 Karen loved these shoes and was very proud of them and wore them for the first time on the day of her mothers funeral As she was going along with the funeral 6 large car. riags came by and in 1t sat an ola lady.
 She looked at Karen and felt very sorry for her. and said to the clergy. man: If you will give me that little girl I will take care of her" Ana this the clergyman did ..
 Karen believed 1t was because of her red shoes. but the old lady thought them hideous and had them burned.
 Karen was taught to read and to sew. and when people saw her they said she was pretty; but Karen really was more than pretty-she was very beautiful.
 One day the queen, with her daugh- ter, the princess. vas going through the part of the country where Karen and the old lady lived. and all the Tyenr49a PaF. tn zee them Little Karen
 The princess was dressed in pure white silk and had on a beautiful pair of red morocco shoes. Karen lonssd thought nothing could be SO ine.
 Karen was old enough now to he confirmed. She got some new clothes and was also 10 have some new shoes.
 The old lady took her to 3 ,, Shcg retty shoes. Among them was q pair { red ones. just like those which the rineess had worn The shosmaksF sThsy were made for counts Karen tried them on, and. as they tied her. the old lady bought thsnT pr. as she could not see well. she did ot know they were red.
 Everybody looked at her feet all the aoir, and when the clergyman laid Is hand on her head Karen thought nly of her red shoes, .at In the afternoon the old lady heard 'om every one that Karen had worn he red shoes.
 "It was shocking thing to do," she aid. "Karen will go to church in fu~ ire in black shoes. even if they are Id"
 On the next Sunday Karen looked rst at the black shoes, then at the d ones. and then put on the red Tn the door of thu church stood an Id, crippled soldier. with large red sard, leaning on. a crutch; He bow l down to the ground and wiped the ust or the old lady's shoes. and .aren put out her little foot. too. Dear me. what pretty dancing aoes," said the soldier. "Eit fast hen you dance" said he, speaking to ie shoes, and he slapped the soles 'ith his hand
 The old lady gave him some money.
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"A THORN PIERCED HER FINGER"

find, after all. that mother knows best what is for your good"
 But Herbert and Louise hardly waited to hear the last words. They were already on their way to the garden. There Louise remained to pluck roses. while Herbert continued toward the orchard
 Tn gathering the fragrant roses, Louise disdained the dse of garden shears. She could break the stems just as well with her fingers. she knew: and she wouldn't be disoheying mother. because mother had given permission for her to do ex- actly as she desired this day. A mo- ment later, however. she learned the wisdom of mothers method, for great thorn pierced her fingers and tore the flesh so that the blood flowed rapidly.
 She had not dried her tears before she heard a wall from the orchard. Her bert had ventured to climb a tree which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

Bertha was becoming a-wearied of the ordeal and afraid lest she have opportunity to accept no one, when the hand
 No prince was more virtuous and handsome than he. And as Bertha looked upon the gallant prince kneeling in her heart. She sighed as she hand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

FRther-It's only fair to tell you that I'm pleased with your economy this term. Your requests for money were too frequent last term.
 Son-Yes. father--I thought so. too; so this term I've had everything on tick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
Freedom for a
 Day

' EFBEHI ana LouIse wers vsry, Fl very tired of obeying their mother in all things. There fore. one morning. shortly sitter breakfasting. Herbert asked:
 Mother. may we not behave just as we like for one day. without being told to do this and to do that?'
 His mother smiled. ''very well. my dear." said she; "and think you will
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-24
ORATORIO CONCERT.

The fall music festival of the Wa terbury Oratorio society opened this afternoon at the Buckingham with a popular orchestral concert by Victor Herbert and his New York orchestra. The concert was attended by one of the largest crowds which ever filled the Buckingham and the applause given MT Herbert and his musicians vouched for the excellency of the pro- gramme rendered. All is now in readiness for the rendition of Faust" this evening by the Ora torio chorus, the Herbert orchestra and six excellent soloists. All of these have arrived and a rehearsal of the principals was held this morning at the Buckingham under the direc- tion of Conductor Boyd The rehear- sal of the chorus and orchestra held last evening in the Buckingham was great success. The members gath cred in the banquet room and follow ed the exact programme for this evening, all being in their seats at 7:45 o'clock. All of the choruses were rehearsed and the effect in the big music hall was most excellent. The officers of the society were highly pleased yesterday morning by the re- 'ceipt of a telegram from Madame Louise Homer, the great contralto, and her husband, Sidney Homer, who is we'll known composer. Madame Homer wired her best wishes for the success of the Faust" production and the possibility that she might attend the performance. When the Buckingham was opened in the fall of 1905, Madame Homer was the so- loist at the great concert held at that time and she charmed all by her gra- ciousness and the beauty of her magnificent voice. She will be assur. ed a rousing welcome if she should attend the local performance. The sale of seats to the Herbert concert was most successful while there is little doubt that the audience this evening will be one of the greatest which has ever attended a musical production in the city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-24
THE MERRY WIDOW.

We have had merry widow hats,
 shoes, belts and belt buckles, etc, but here comes the original simon-pure
 Henry w. Savage production of the
 charming Viennese operetta whose
 popularity has created new records in
 nomenclature. It is announced that the role of Sonia, the beautiful widow will be sung by Miss Mabel Wilbur, the daintiest and most fascinating of
 all the eight who have sung the role in this country. Miss Wilbur is said to play the role as if born to it
 and the reputation that precedes her
 seems to prove her the best gowned
 woman on the American stage Charles Meakins, whose Prince Da-
 nilo for four months with the New York company at the New Amster- dam theater and an equal time dur ing the long run in Chicago last sea- son, stamp him as one of the few young leading men of the country
 who can really dance well, is also with the company, and Robert E.
 Graham, Miss Mizzi Miller, Fred
 Frear, William c. Weedon and
 Charles Edward Wright are promised
 for their original parts in the coming
 engagement.