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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-13
PHYSICIANS SAY
INJURY NOT SERIOUS
MIR. Brookshire Had Alteration With
Anderson Bailey, Negro, Who, Af-
ter Wounding Mr.. Brookshi
Out for the Tall Timbers.

Joe Brookshire, one of the
known citizens of the city,
stabbed by a negro this mornin
was severely, though fortunatel
seriously injured.
Mr.. Brookshire operates sod
factory near the Mississippi Central
depot, and this morning he went out
to collect a bill from negro by the
name of Anderson Bailey, who has a
store on the sixteenth section, not far
from Bonhomie.
When he arrived at the negros
place of business the negro was de-
cidedly impudent and sassy, so it is
said and finally pulled his knife and
Jumped at Mr.. Brookshire and sent the
blade of his knife into Mr. Brook
shire's left side and also ma 2 -
slight cut just below The attac
sudden and Mr.. Brookshire h;
time to defend himself from
cious negro.
Mr. Brookshire was imme{
carried to his residence. Drs.
and Ross attended him. They M
that the knife had penetrated to the
opening, but had not touched any vital
point, and it is believed that the wound
will soon heal.
The report OF the stabbing OF Mr..
Brookshire by the negro caused con-
siderable excitement and his many
friends felt like If they could get hold
of the negro they would make short
shift of him. Some of them have
suggested hunting the negro this af-
ternoon and if they do he may he
handled by Judge Lynch, but it is gen.
orally believed that this would be a
fatal mistake and as the offense will
not result in serious consequences to
Mr.. Brookshire. that the law should be
allowed to take its course. This is
the opinion of the officers who believe,
If left to themselves, that they can
succeed in capturing the negro.
The negro has "skiddooed" and it is
not known where he is and since Mr.
Brookshires wounds have been de-
clared not to be serious no trouble is
anticipated and it is UP to the officers
of the law to locate the negro and
they will probably do so within a short
while
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ANOTHER DELAY
FOR HARRY THAW

New York July 13.-The hearing of
the application for jury trial for
Harry X Thaw to ascertain his san
'ity, was adjourned today until De-
cember 21, before Justice Mills.
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AMERICAN
W0NFIRS7
Hearst News Service.

London, July 13.-In the Olympic
games today. J. P. Sullivan, an Amer
lean, and member of the American
Athletic Club, won the first heat in
the 1.500 meter run. Lightbody. also
an American, was second. Time,
4:07 3-5.
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MANY TAKE PART
in SAENGERFEST
Hearst News Service.

Utica, N. y. July 13.-Thirty-four
German singing societies of Central
New York will take part in the bi-
.ennial saengerfest commencing here
today, to last three days.
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final TRIAL OF
THE MISSISSIPPI

Washington, July 13-By order of
the navy department, the battleship
Mississippi will have her final trial off
Newport, r. l., tomorrow.
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In antiquity the thinker was cata.
pult; in modern times he is siegs
gun.
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strangely, prophetically foreign as 1t
seemed to him in after days-she ex-
hibited herself-the print frock, the
soiled apron. the bare arms, red hands,
the ugly knot of her hair, the scrap of
cap she wore. For moment her lips
quivered. while the mark-the red star
Of future days and future fame-grew
redder still.
The only sound was of Lorenlo's wor-
rying the last tough scrap of bone. The
lad. gentleman MS he was, was good
flesh and blood, too. and the blood was
moving. He felt little tightness In
his throat. He was new to 1t. New,
too. was Sophy Crouch to what his eyes
said 10 her. but she took II with head
o'"ct and a glance steadily leveled at his.
"Yes," he said, but l shouldn't have
looked at any of that and | shouldn't
have looked at her, either"
Brightly the mark glowed; subtly the
eyes glowed. There was silence again.
Almost start marked Dunstan-
bury's awakening. Come, Lorenzop
he cried. He raised his hat and turned
away, followed by his dog. Lorenzo the
Magnificent.
Sophy took up her lcttuces and carried
them into the kitchen.
"There you are at last! And what's
put you in Il temper now?" asked Mrs.
Smlker. She had learned the signs Of
the mark.
Sophy smiled ITS not temper this
time. Mrs. Smilker. I'm very happy
today" she said. "Oh, do hope the
salad will he good"'
For he who was to eat of the salad
had he not forgotten print frock and
soiled apron. bare arms, red hands,
ugly knot and eXecrable cap? He
would not have looked at them-no,
nor at beautiful. many tinted Julia
Robins In her pride! He had forgotten
all these to look at the stained cheek
and the eyes of subtle glow. She had
glanced in the mirror of love and sip
ped from the cup of power.
Such was her first meeting with
Lord Dunstanbury. If IL were ever
forgotten. IL was not Dunstanbury who
forgot.
The day had wrought much in her
eyes. II had wrought more than she
dreamed of. Her foot was near the
ladder now. though she could not yet
see the lowest rung.
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'And Percival
was right about her, too" said Plndar
"Think 50? 1 amt sure yet" said
Lady Meg. "And at any rate don't
care twopence about that. But A
long pause marked renewed scrutiny.
"Your names Sophy, isn't it?"
''Yes." Sophy hesitated, then forced
out the words, "Sophy Crouch"
"GrouchT
81 said Crouch"
"Humphl Well, Sophy, don't go on
the stage. It's a poor affair, the stage,
begging Miss Julia's pardon. Pm sure
she'll do admirably at 1t! But a poor
affair 1t is. There's not much to be
said for the real thing, but it's a deal
better than the stage, Sophy."
"The real thingr Julia saw Sophy's
eyes grow thoughtful
"The world-places-L -London-Paris--
men and women-Lord help them!
Come with me, and I'll show you all
that"
"What shall 1 do II I come with
your
"DoP Eat and drink and waste time
and money, like the rest OF us. Eh,
PindarT"
"Of course" said Mr.. Pindar, with a
placid smile.
81 shan't be a servant againT
Everybody in my house is a slave,
I'm told, but you won't be more of a
slave than the rest"
"Will you have me taughtP
Lady Meg looked hard at her. For
the first time she smiled, rather grimly.
'Yes, I'll have you taught, and I'll show
you the queen of England and, If you
behave yourself, the emperor of the
French-I'ord help himP'
"Not unless she behaves herselfp'
murmured Mr.. Pindar.
"Hold your tongue, Pindarl Now,
then, what do you say? No, wait a
minute. want you to understand 1t
properly" She became silent for a mo-
ment Julia was thinking her a very
rude woman; but since Pindar did not
mind, who need? rI
Lady Meg resumed. II won't make
an obligation Of you'll mean l won't
be bound to you, and you shan't be
bound to me. You'll stay with me as
long as you like or as long as like, as
the case may be. II you want to go
put your visiting card-yes, you'll have
one-in an envelope and send 1t TO me.
And II want you to go I'll put hun
dred pound note In an envelope and
send It to you, upon which you'll go and
no reasons glveni Is It agreed%
"It sounds all right" said sophy.
''Did you always have that mark on
your cheekT
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TADY MEG left London for Paris to-
ward the end OF 1865 or the be-
ginning of 1866, but we hear
nothing of her doings until the
early summer of 1868. The veil lifts
then, SO far as 1t ever lifts from before
the face of the Paris period, and
shows us the establishment in the
Rue de Grenelle. A queer picture II is
In many ways. 1t gives reason to think
that the state OF mind to which Lady
Meg had now come Is but mildly de-
scribed as eccentricity.
The eminent Lord Dunstanbury,
Lady Meg's father, had been one Of
that set Of English Wings and Liberals
who were much at home In Paris In
the days of the July monarchy. Among
his friends was certain Marquis d
Savres, the head of an old French fam
lily of royallst principles. This gentle
man had, however, accepted the throne
of Louis Philippe and the political
principles and leadership of 0uisot.
Between him and Lord Dunstanbury
there arose a close intimacy, and Lazy
Meg as q girl had often visited n tho
Rue de Grenelle. Changed as her
views were and separated as she was
from most of her fathers coterie M
Paris, friendship and intercourse be-
tween her and the Savres family had
never dropped The present head OF
the family was Casimir de Savres. a
young man of twenty-eight, an officer
of cavalry. Being bachelor, he pre-
ferred to dwell In small apartment
on the other side of the river, and the
family house I'm the Rue de Grenelle
stood empty. Under some arrange
ment, presumably business one, for
Marquis de Sayres was by no means
rich. Lady Meg occupied the first floor
OF tho roomy old mansion, Here she
is foand established, With her, besides
three French servants and an English
coachman-she has for the time ap-
parently shaken Off the spaniels-is
Mile. Sophie de Gruche, In whose favor
Sophy Crouch has effected an unob-
trusive disappearance.
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VIE scene IL ut lthItlDy, LOTu
Dunstanbury's Essex seat. His
lordship is striking the top Off
his breakfast egg.
II say, Cousin Meg. old Brownlow's
got deuced pretty kitchen maid"
"There you go! There you go! Just
like your father and your grandfather
and all Of them! If the English people
had any spirit they'd have swept the
Dunstanburys and all the wicked Whig
gang into the sea long ago"
Before you could turn around they'd
have bought It up, inclosed II and won
an election by opening 1t TO ships at a
small fee on Sundays" said Mr.. Pindar.
"Why are Wings worse than Tories?'
inquired Mr.. Pixies, with an air of pa
tient inquiry.
1.-THE will of heaven, suppose"
shifted Lady Margaret Duddington.
"To display divine omnipotence in
that line" suggested Mr. Pindar.
"a deuced pretty girlp said Dun
stanbury In reflective tones. He was
doing his best TO reproduce the Inn
preston he had received at MoPping-
ham hall, but obviously with no great
success.
"On some preteXt, frivolous though II
be, let us drive over and see this mira
Gle" Pinder suggested. How could
we better employ this last day of our
visit? You'll drive us over, PercivalT'
"No, thank you, Mr.. Pindar," said
the young man, resolute in wisdom.
"I'll send you over If you like"
"I'll come with you" said Pixies. "But
how account for ourselves? Old Brown
low is unknown 10 u.s."
''If Perciyal had been going I'd have
had nothing to do with it, but don't
mind taking you two old sillies," said
Lady Margaret 81 wanted to pay call
ON Elizabeth Brownlow anyhow. We
were at school togetheronc ButI won't
guarantee you a sight of the kitchen
maid"
ITS pretty drive for this part OF
the country" observed Dunstanbury.
''It may well become your favorite
road" smiled Mr. Pindar benevolently
"And since Lady Meg goes with us
it's already ours" added Mr.. Pixies gal
lantly.
SO they used to go on for hours at q
time, as Dunstanbury has declared
both at Hazleby when they were there
and at Lady Megs house In Berkeley
square, where they almost always We're
They were pleased to consider them
selves politicians-Pikes Whig, TWEEN
ty years behind date; Pindar, Tory
200. II was all an affectation, as
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he left the room was from Lady Meg:
MARKS like that always mean some
thing-eh, PindarT
No doubt Mr.. Pindar agreed, but his
reply is lost.
The girls in the avenue had made
their plan. Sophy would not bow her
head to Mrs. Smilker nor longer eat
the bread of benevolence embittered by
servitude. She would go with Julia.
She, too, would tread the boards IL only
she could get her feet on them. And
when did any girl seriously doubt her
ability to do that2 The pair were gay
and laughing when suddenly through
the gate came Lady Meg and the
spaniels, Lady Meg ahead as usual and
with a purposeful air.
"WhO are they?" cried Sophy.
Hazleby is but twelve miles from
Morpingham. Julia had been over to
see the big house and had sighted
Lady Meg in the garden.
"Its Lady Margaret Duddington," I"
she whispered, rather In a fright.
There was time for no more. Lady
Meg was upon them. Sophy was iden-
tilted by her dress and, to Lady Meg's
devouring eyes, by the mark.
you're the girl who's been behaving
so badlyT she said.
Seeing no profit I'm arguing the merits,
Sophy answered YES"
At this point Julia observed one old
gentleman nudge the other and whisper
a, a., laN
Pindar whispered to Pixies, "Perclval's
girlr
"You seem to like your own way.
What are you going to do-say you're
sorryT
= mo. I'm not sorry. I'm going
away"
"Come here, girl Let me look at
you"
Sophy obeyed, walking up to Lady
Meg and fixing her eyes on her face.
She was interested, not. frightened, as
It seemed. Lady Meg looked long at
her.
"Going away2 Where tot"
Julia spoke up, 'She's coming with
me, please, Lady Margaret" Julia, 1t
would seem, was little frightened.
"Who are your
"Julla Robins. My mother lives
there" She pointed to Woodblne cot
tage. "I-I'm on the STAGE
Lord help your remarked Lady
Meg dlsconcertingly.
mot at allr' protested Julia, her
meaning plain, her expression Of it
faulty. "And I'm going to help her
toto get an engagement. We're
friends"
whats she going to do with that on
the stageY' Lady Meg's forefnger al
most touched the mark
"Oh, that's all right, Lady Margaret
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Wv there comes q falling of the
veil. Letters passed between
Sophy and Julia Robins, but they have
not been preserved. The diary was not
yet begun. Basil Williamson did not
move in the same world with Lady
Meg and her encourage. Dunstanbury
was In Ireland, where his regiment
was then stationed. For the next twelve
months there is only one glimpse of
Sophy-that a passing and accidental
one, although not without its signifi-
canoe as throwing light on Lady Megs
adoption OF Sophy-while It lasted 1t
amounted to.that-and on the strange
use to which she hoped to be able to
turn her protege The reference is,
however, tantalizingly vague just
where explicitness would have been OF
curious interest, though hardly of any
real Importance to sensible mind.
The reference occurs In a privately
printed volume of "reminiscences by the
late Captain Hans Fleming, r. N, a
sailor Of some distinction, but better
known as a naturalist. Writing In the
winter Of 1866 (he gives no precise
date, he describes In letter meet
ing with Lady Meg, whom, II will be
noticed, he calls "old Lady Meg" al
though at that time she was but forty
nine. She had so early in life taken up
an attitude of resolute splnsterhood
that there was tendency TO exaggerate
her years:
To-day in the park l met old Lady
Meg Duddington. 1t was piercing cold,
but the carriage was drawn up under
the trees. The poor spaniels on the
opposite seat We're shivering. She stop
ped me and was, for her, very gracious.
She only Lord helped me- twice in the
whole conversation. She was full Of
her ghosts and spirits, her seers and
witches. She has got hold OF an entire
,,,,,AsA, ,As~s ly new prophet
| " -Ahsft. ess. certain
~ woman who
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bone, hasn't he? Is she-er-a great
friend of yoursP
His manner was perhaps a little at
fault. The slightest note of chaff had
crept into 1t, and the slightest was
enough to put Sophy's quills up.
"Why nOtP she asked.
"Why not? Every reason why she
should be-" he answered with his lips
His eyes answered more, but he refrain
ed his tongue. he was scrupulously a
gentleman, more so perhaps than, had
sexes and places been reversed, sophy
herself would have been. But his eyes
told her. "Only," he went on, III SO
why did you hide?'
That bit of char did not anger So
ply, but II went home to a different
purpose, far deeper, far truer home
than the young man had meant. Not
the mark only reddened; even the
cheeks flushed. She said no word
With fling out OF her arms--a gesture
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eyes, always. Father told me So"
"Well, will you comeT
Sophy was torn The stage was very
attractive, and the love she had for
Julia Robins held her as though by a
cord But was the stage poor thing7
Was that mysterious real thing better7
Though even of that this strange wo-
man spoke scornfully. Already there
must have been some underground
channel Of understanding between
them, for Sophy knew that Lady Meg
was more than interested in her--that
she was actually excited about her, and
Lady Meg, in her turn, knew that she
played a good card when she dangled
before Sophy's eyes the queen of Eng
land and the emperor of the French,
though even then came that saving
lord help himr' to damp an over
ardent expectation.
"Let me speak to JULIA" said Sophy.
Lady Meg nodded. The girls linked
arms and walked apart. Plndar came
to Lady Meg's elbow.
another whimw said he I'm a low
voice. Pixies was looking around the
view with a kind Of vacant content
ment.
"Yes," she said. His lips moved. 81
know what you said. You said, You
old foolp Pindar."
''Never, on my life, my ladyp They
seemed more friends now than patron
ess and client. Few saw them thus,
but Pindar told Dunstanbury, and the
old gentleman was no liar.
"Give me one morep she whispered,
plainly excited. "Thlt mark must mean
something II. may open a way"
"For herr" he asked, smiling.
ut must for her. 1t may for me-"
"A way whereY
"To Notwithstanding of the un.
known. They may speak through herr"
LADY Meg! Lady Meg! And IL they
don't, the hundred pound note! It's
very cruel"
"Who knows-who knows, Pindar?
Fate has her ways"
He shrugged his shoulders and smil-
ed. mot half as amusing as your
ladyship'sw
Sophy, twenty yards Off, flung her
arms around Julia. The embrace was
long. 1t spoke farewell. Lady Meg's
eyes frightened. "She's coming with
me-" she said. Pindar shrugged his
shoulders again and fell back to heel
Sophy walked briskly up.
''I'll come, my lady," she said.
"Goodl Tomorrow afternoon = to
London. Mrs. Brownlow has the ad-
dress. Goodby." She turned abruptly
on her heel and marched of, her reti-
nue. following.
Julia came to Sophy.
eve can write" she said. "And she's
right. You must be for the rea! thing,
Sophyp'
"My dear, my dearP' murmured So
ply, half In tears. eyes, we must
write" She drew back and stood erect
"It's all very dark" she said, "but
like 1t. London-and Paris! On the
Selnep Old lessons came back with
new import now.
"The emperor of the Frenchp Julia
mocked, with tears in her eyes.
A sudden thought occurred to Sophy.
"What did she mean by 'Percival's
young personT Is his name PercivalT
Julia gave little cry. Lord Dun.
stanbury's? Yes. You've seen him
againp
She drew out the story. II made the
sorrow of parting half forgotten.
"You owe this to him, thenl How ro-
manticw was Actress Julia's conclusion
lin part true one, no doubt. But So
ply, looking deeper fingered the red
star. She had tracked the magnet of
Lady Meg's regard, the point Of her In
terest, the pivot Of decision for that
mind of whims.
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sumed for the purpose. but with the
very doubtful result Of amusing Lady
Meg. To Dunstanbury the two old
waifs-for waits of the sea of society
they were for all that each had a suf-
ficient income to his name and a rep
utable life behind him--were sheerly
tiresome. and there seems little ground
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marx on one
cheek, almost like a pale pink wafer,
was, in old Meg's mad mind, anyhow,
mixed up with the prophecies as me-
dium or subject or inspiration or some
thing of that kind. / don't understand
that nonsense and don't want to. But
when l looked skeptical and old Pin
dar chuckled, or Il may have been his
teeth chattering with the cold Meg
nodded her head at the girl and said:
She'll tell you a different tale some
day. If you meet her in five years
time perhaps don't know what the
old lady meant. suppose the girl
did, but she looked absolutely indif-
ferent and, indeed, bored One can't
help being amused; but, seriously, it's
rather sad for a man who was brought
up in the reverence of Lord Dunstan-
bury to see his only daughter, n clever
woman, too, naturally, devotlng her.
self to such childish stuff
Such is the passage II is fair to add
that most of the captains book is Of
more general interest. As he implies,
he had had long acquaintance with
the Dunstanbury family and took
particular interest I'm anything that re-
lated to IL. Nevertheless what he says
has its place here. 1t fits in with ana
explains Lady Meg's excited and mye-
tical exclamation to Mr.. findar at
Morpingham. "They may sp'ak through
her" Apparently they" had spoksA,
to what effect we cannot even conjee-
ture unless an explanation be found N
letter of the Kravonlan period n
which Sophy says to Julia, "You 20
member that saying of Mantis' when
we were In I.ondon-the one about
how she saw something hdnging n
the air over my head - something
bright" That is all she says, and
something bright leaves the matter
very vague. A sword. crown, the
nimbus of salnt-imagination might
play untrammcled still some prophecy
was made Lady Meg built on It, and
Sophy, for all her apparent Indifference,
remembered II and In after days
thought II worthy of recall That 10 as
far as we can go, and with that passiag
glimpse Sophy Grouch--of course the
mention of the wafer-like mark puts
her identity beyond question-passes
out of sight for time. Indeed, as So
ply Crouch, in the position m which
we have seen her and In the name un-
der which we have known her, sbe
passes out of sight forever
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J uSl u ullle COlu
cream and pow
DER
Nasty stuff"
said Lady Meg.
A pause fol
lowed, Lad Y
Meg still study
ing Sophy's s
face. L h e II ,
without turning
n r o u N d, she
made a remark
obviously adj
dressed to the
gentlemen be-
hind her:
81 expect this
is Percival's
young person"
without n
doubt" said
Pixies.
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the gateT
81 didn't mean
you to see me" I"
IT only caught
a glimpse of
you. / remem-
Der your friend,
though"
"She remem-
bered you too"
81 don't know
h er II a IN e
though"
Julia II O b.
ms"
"Ah, yes - is
II? He's abOut
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to differ from
his opinion. But
they were old
family friends,
and he endured
with his usual
graciousness.
Their patron
ess--they would
h ardly have
glbed at the
word - was q
IN ore notable
person. La d y
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calls erself
Nine. Mantis
and knows all
the secrets Of
the future, both
this side the
grave and the
other. Beside
Lady Meg sat
a remark IA bly,
striking girl, to
whom she In
troduced me,
but l didn't
catch the name.
l gathered that
this girl, who
had an odd
.....l~ -. AAA
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Chapter
Five

wv yITH that scene in the avenue
NX/ Of elm trees at Morpingham
wv there comes a falling of the