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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
A MOTHERS DREAM.

An old woman living by herself in
a Midlothian village was much dis
turbed one night by a succession of
who was married to a joiner and
lived in Edinburgh. At one time she
saw her looking pale and i'll and al
most naked, toiling across moor
covered deep with snow; then again
she saw her fall into a flooded river
and borne rapidly away on the raging
torrent, and again she saw her clad
in deep mourning, picking her way
over grass grown graves in a lonely
churchyard, and weeping bitterly the
while.
The old woman, on waking, felt
sure that some evil had befallen her
daughter, so getting up she dressed
quickly, and after frugal breakfast
set out in the dark winter morning to
walk the four miles that lay between
her and the nearest railway station,
where she caught the early train to
Edinburgh. Her daughter and SON.
in-law, with their two children, were
their home. In the cosey little
home all was comfort and happiness,
and the old woman after the terrible
strain she had undergone experienced
a great and joyous relief. She spoke
of returning home by an early train,
but her son-in-law asked her to re-
main until he left off work, saying
that he himself would see her safely
home. And bright and smiling he
went his way.
But, alas, ere an hour had passed
he was brought home a corpse. He
had fallen from a scaffold and death
had been instantaneous. Ere another
twenty-four hours had gone his wife,
with her new born babe, had followed
him "across the bourne"
The old mother. restraining her
terrible grief, bravely superintended
the subsequent mournful duties, and
then, within week from the day she
left home, she returned thence, &C
companied by her two orphan grand
children. Scottish American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
UNDER ICE TO RESCUE.

Fully dressed even to his boots,
Albert Brown, fifteen year old
youth of Port Republic, N. j., risked
his life to dive under the ice of the
mill pond at the edge of the main
land town and drag out eight year
old Tillman Hewitt, who had broken
through the thin sheet of ice while
sliding. Both lads were pulled to
land by Elmer Channel, who first
saw the Hewitt boy go down. The
Hewitt youngster was over the deep
est water in the pond when the ice
gave way. Channell,. who had been
watching the lads, tried to reach him
with pole but failed. His calls for
help were heard by young Brown,
who rushed down the bank and out
on the ice. He broke through before
he reached the drowning boy, but
pluckily fought his way through the
ice
Just before Brown reached the 9TH
er boy the latter sank beneath the
edge of the ice. Brown dived and
caught grip on the boys jacket,
however, and managed to hold him
while he fought his way back to open
water. Both boys were badly ex-
hausted and nearly frozen when
pulled out.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
Misplaced Confidence.

81 reckon you have to watch your
pocketbook an overcoat, an watch,
an so on, pretty close, don't you?" a
Western visitor to New York asked
friend, a native of that metropolis,
as they were starting out to view the
city, and, despite the citizens assur-
ance that no more than ordinary
vigilance was required, the Westerner
proceeded "to keep his eye skinned, ="
much to his friends amusement.
Presently they entered cafe for
luncheon. The New Yorker was dis
coursing gayly upon the greatness of
his native city, when he observed that
the other had an expression on his
face much like that of cat at a
mouse-hole.
What are you watching SO close
Iy?" he inquired.
"Just keepin' an eye on my over
coat" the other replied.
The New Yorker laughed.
"Oh, the coats all right I'm not
worrying about mine, you see. AID
they are hanging together.
mo, they amt" the Westerner
drawled. Mines still there, but
yours is gone-feller walked out with
it bout ten minutes or so ago.
Harper's Weekly
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
THE WHITE FAWN.

One day I, farmer in Shirkshire
district of Conway, Massachusetts,,
was working on my meadow and saw
a doe and a fawn not more than two
or three days old not far away. I
went up to them, when the doe be-
came frightened and fed to the
woods, leaving the fawn in the soft
mud. 1t did not seem frightened, so
I'picked it up and took it to my home
and afterward to Shelburne Falls,
where 1 had it photographed with my
two little daughters. On returning
home, I told the children that the
fawn must return to it's home also.
So / took it back to the meadow,
where it was soon joined by the doe.
1t was beautiful little animal, about
the size Of a little lamb, and its back
was covered with rows of white spots.
From mature and Science St.
Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26

! ing congo to any bumptious and self
satisfied young explorer who might
be by her side when the young sailor
appeared.
At balls, Charlie Mtstley, who was
nothing If not methodical, danced
three times with Lena, and took Mrs.
Wright down to supper. Then he
rescued his mother, and went
straight home to Bedford place be-
hind a very small cigar, which form
Of tobacco appears so much affected
by big men, as large pipes are by
their smaller brethren.
Of course people talked about his
devotion to Lena, adding to 1t or de-
tracing from it according to the re-
luirements of their purpose, as Is the
kindly custom of all. The colonel
saw it, and shrugged his shoulders.
Mrs Wright saw 1t, and understood
it not; but she watched more closely,
and, strange to say, the pleasant
friendship existing between her and
the young sailor grew in warmth of
mutual trust. Laurance Lowe saw
it, and grew uneasy.
1t would appear. however, that
Lena and her large friend knew very
we'll what they were about. At that
time she needed some one, and the
sailor seemed to slip naturally into
the vacant place. They never over
stepped the boundaries of friendship.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
"JuSt as Good"

Those who have been victimized by
that familiar figure in trade, the glib
clerk who insists on substituting
something Just as good in the place
of the article that was called for, will
appreciate the point of this New
York Times story.
A man had been invited unexpect-
edly to make an automobile trip, and
was not fully prepared for it. The
roads were very dusty, and after trav-
cling several miles, the party came
to a village, where the man thought
he might be able to purchase some
thing to protect his clothing.
The automobile halted before the
general store of the village. The man
alighted and accosted the single clerk.
II want to get linen duster," he
said.
- am sorry" returned the clerk,
easily, 1--WE are just out of linen dust
ers. But | can let you have a nice
feather duster."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
A BROTHERS DEVOTION.

An interesting story of brotherly
love and courageous work under the
aff1iction of total blindness was re-
Gently unveiled at McGill University,
Montreal, Canada. Thos S. Stewart
nine years ago injured one of his eyes
with a knife. A specialist decided
that it should be removed to save the
other. When the operation was over
and he recovered from the anaes-
thetic, it was discovered that the op-
orator had blundered~ by removing
the sound eye, so making the young
man totally blind. Notwithstanding
this he undertook to pursue his stu
dies in law at McGill. He was able to
do this by the aid of his brother, VIM
Stewart, who read to him and accom-
panied him through all the different
phases of college life. The blind
brother came out at the head of his
class, while the other came second.
The latter practically making himself
a seeing medium for his blind broth
er.-The Expositor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
More than one-fifth of the land
surface of the globe is under English
rule.

An Austrian inventor appears to
have solved the problem of the
regulation of clocks by wireless
,telegraphy, which has heretofore
been rendered difficult because of the
various disturbing influences in the
atmosphere. The central clock of
this inventor sends a signal only once
every sixty seconds and the clocks
which are to be controlled are pre-
vided with apparatus which will re-
ceive the Hertzian waves for that sec
ond only, while for the remaining
fifty-nine they are unaffected by any
HertZian waves. In case of a dis
turbance during the one second when
they are in circuit with the receiver
the disturbing wave may set the clock
incorrectly, and for the next minute
it will be the fraction of a second
fast or slow. However, this mac
curacy will be corrected by the mas
ter-clock a minute later, when it is
again placed in circuit with the re-
ceiving apparatus.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
A WOMAN'S COURAGE.

Beverly w. Robinson, while follow
ing the Meadow Brook hounds near
Searington, l.. l., was thrown violent
ly in taking high fence. Horse and
rider came down together. Mrs.
Frederick Swift was close behind Mr..
Robinson and her horse was tugging
at the bit endeavoring to catch up
with the hounds. Mrs. Swift was un-
able to swerve aside in time, and
rather than have her hunter bungle
and fall upon Mr.. Robinson she sent
him straight for the panel Of the tall
fence, and with quick tap of her
whip sent the hunter sailing over.
Mr.. Robinson and his horse were then
struggling to rise, but Mrs. Swift, by
rare presence of mind and courage,
was able to clear, leaving them un-
hurt.-New York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
AEWOIsM OF A MEXICAN.

Jesus Garcia, Mexican locomotive
engineer, met his death in a most hor-
rible manner that he might save the
lives of many others and prevent the
destruction of town.
The American Society of the Cross
Of Honor was quick to act when it
learned through newspaper dis
patches of Jesus Garcia's sacrifice.
At the first meeting of the Board
of Governors of the society in this
city, held after the tragic occurrence,
resolutions were adopted commend
ing the conduct of the Mexican en-
gineer.
President Thomas H. Herndon, of
the American Society of the Cross of
Honor, sent the resolutions to the
Mexican Ambassador That official
had the reported act of Garcia inves.
tigated and found it was true as re-
ported by the press.
From the company by which Jesus
Garcia was employed-the Monte
yuma Copper Company, of Nacozari,
Mexico-came the particulars Of the
locomotive engineers sacrifice.
The two cars loaded with dynamite
were near the smelter of the COM
pany in the thick of the town. The
cars caught fire in some manner, and
the flames were almost licking the
explosive when Garcia backed his
locomotive up to the burning cars and
coupled his engine to them.
He realized that the explosion
there meant death to hundreds of
people and the destruction of the
town. Grasping the throttle, he
threw it wide open and, with the
blazing cars attached, made a streak
for the open country.
The train of dynamite had but
reached the little section house in the
suburbs when came the terrific ex-
plosion. The section house and the
cars were reduced to splinters, while
the body of Garcia was blown to
pieces, only the smallest fragments
being found afterward.
Twelve Mexican section hands and
an American boy were also blown to
atoms. But the town and many
precious lives had been saved by the
"Jim Bludsoe" of the Mexican mines
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
FELINE FISHERS.

Judging from my experience, cats,
when living near water, are gener-
ally fond of fishing. 1 have PERSONAL
ly known three feline fishers. One
was a mere acquaintance and used to
fish in a trout stream. The other
two lived with us and during the
summer months used to fish in the
lake nearly every evening. They
would crouch on the shore and sud
denly jump into an advancing wave
let, very frequently bringing out a
small fish. When they had kittens,
1 have sometimes seen them bring
up to the house three fish in the
space of an hour.
I know of a cat, whose home was
in Westmorland, close to a stream,
that was a regular and accomplished
fisher. She was half Persian. Her
daughter belongs to friends of mine,
and 1 have myself seen this latter
watching the goldfish in the chill
dren's aquarium, which at that time
was open at the top and on a broad
window seat. Puss put in one paw
and stirred the water violently, then
sat down to watch with apparent sat-
isfaction the terror of the fish, which
she could not on that occasion reach.
Once the family found she had caught
one and killed a second, so the aqua
rum was afterward always covered
by wire or net. One of his cats
kittens belonged to me and was for
her short life of under a year very
dependent on human mpanionshlp.
She came up to my bedroom frequent
ly the first thing in the morning and
always took great interest in the
wash-hand basin, from which she
would fish out the sponge or SOAP
and liked to have her paw in the
water. She had to be kept out of the
bathroom, so more than once she de-
liberately jumped into the bath when
it had in it depth of two or three
inches of water If this daughter
and granddaughter of the original
fisher had lived near water, l think
the fishing instinct would have de-
veloped, as the three generations all
showed a fondness for this element,
which cats, as a rule, are supposed
to avoid.-London Spectator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
A "CaSe."

Professor and Mrs. Hadley were on
a train bound for New York, where
Yale's president was to speak before
a national convention. He made use
of the hour and twenty minutes he
spent in the train by rehearsing his
speech in low voice, using his hands
to emphasize certain passages. A
kindly matron who was sitting di-
rectly behind Mr. and Mrs. Hadley,
and who had been watching and list
ening, leaned forward, and, tapping
Mrs. IIadley on the shoulder, said
feelingly: you have my sincere SYM
pathy, my poor woman; | have one
just like him at home. ."-Argonaut.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
TALES OF
GIRL CLIMBS TREE AFTER BEAR

GIRL CLIMBS TREE AFTER BEAR.
The new tenants of the old Bullard
place, near Menlo, Wash, are Mr.. and
Mrs. John Meyer, and Annie Scholtz,
Mrs. Meyers thirteen-year-old sister.
On Friday she discovered a bear in
an apple tree and Immediately
brought out .22-ca1ibre rifle with
which to s1ay him. AS the bear was
pretty we'll hidden by the foliage of
the tree, she, without a moments
hesitation, climbed into the tree and
began shooting.
She had fired two shots, both of
which had taken effect, and the bear
was coming down, when a neighbor,
Sherd Vaughn, coming along, took
the rifle from her, and with well
aimed shot through the ear, brought
the bear to the ground.-Washing
Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
THE WALRUs' DEFENsES.

A full grown walrus will weigh as
much as 1000 pounds; mountainous
mass of muscle and blubber. He is
armed with tusks of ivory, sometimes
two feet In length, and when from his
upreared bulk these formidable weap-
ons are plunged downward upon an
enemy they are resistless as the drop
of a guillotine. Such thick layer OF
blubber lies under the skin that he is
practically clad in an armor imper-
vious to teeth and claws alike. So.
unless the bear is greatly favored by
luck, he has little chance to over
throw his ntagonist.-Frank Stick s
"Monarchs of Ice Floes," in st. Mich
olas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
CHAPTER XVIII.
Continued.

Suddenly sense of chil1iness as
sailed him. Mechanically he touched
the PROSTATE mans brow.
Good God. He is dead!"
Then he rose painfully to his feet.
The silence of that great waste of
desert was almost unbearable Five
men out of six would have gone mad
in those first moments of realization.
VINEYARD Mistley pressed his forehead
with his hands, now cold and damp.
His stern eyes slowly scanned the
horizon-it was almost dark. In the
sky, away to the east, was a shade
of pearly yellow. This was the soft
promise of the moon yet below the
horizon. Mechanically the solitary
man turned toward it. Presently on
the hard black line of the horizon
shimmering yellow, narrowing into
silver rays; then tiny spark of light
ever broadening. With a flood OF
aglory the great globe slowly mounted,
till its lower edge parted with the
line of distant desert.
The scene was too majestic, too
awful, and too lovely for words.
Suddenly his gaze remained rivet.
ed on one spot to the west of him.
''What is that" he mum mbled, stu
pidly. What is that?"
Slowly. like a stricken tree, he
collapsed, falling forward on his face,
with his arms stretched across the
dead body of Paul Maritch.
For an hour he lay thus. At last
he recovered consciousness and
awoke, as he had ever done from
sleep, with every sense on the alert.
First he stood up and gazed fixed
ly to the west, along the white track.
of moonlight which extended to the
very edge of the horizon; then he.
balanced himself on the dead body
of the horse, and SO increased his,
spread of vision. Across the broad
line of light cast by the moon on the
sand was tiny silver streak.
Eyes, that is the river." said Mist
ley. my luck has not forsaken me,
and his bad fortune has followed him
to the very end!"
Mechanically VINEYARD Mistley
scooped out shallow grave, and
gently laid therein the remains of
his desperate companion before he
, left the spot.
The peaceful moon looked down
that night on the grim desert, and
saw one of the finest and wholesom-
est sights to be seen on earth; ay,
finer and wholesome than the fairest
woman ever seen. That sight was a
brave man fighting doggedly, quietly,
and Willingly against odds so dispro-
portionate as to render one skeptical
regarding all things providential.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
FOR JONES CAT.

A cat belonging to Mrs. Jones had
caused great annoyance to the small
boys of the neighborhood by killing
some of their pets, so they decided to
set trap for it. Dwight, little boy
of seven, with very tender heart,
was much afraid some innocent cat
would suffer, so printed the follow
ing notice and pinned 1t on the trap:
t'This is for Jones cat only. -
Beehive,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
A Clean of Hope.

Golf is notably a long and difficult
game. Moreover, golf experts are
always suspicious of the ultimate
proficiency of a new player.
writer in the Sketch recounts the fol-
lowing conversation between an old
Scotch professional and would-be
golfer. The amateur had been ask
ing what the other thought of his
game.
Ma, yell no max gwoffer," ha
said; we've begun over late. But
it's just possible if ye pr-practice
hard, verra hard, for twa-three
years, We micht-"
"Yes?" inquired the other, ex-
peoJantly.
We micht begin to nae glimmer
thai yell never ken the r-rudiments
O. the game.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-02-26
CHAPTER xxx.
Fencing.

The following season happened to
be gay one, and among the gayest
was Lena Wright. She went out with
her father and mother; she went out
with her mothers sister, Lady ALL
ron. She went anywhere with any
one, and appeared to be suffering
from an Unsuitable thirst for change
and novelty. No number of dances
tired her, no partner wearied her by
dancing through from beginning to
end.
Some weeks had elapsed since Lau-
rance loves dinner party, and Char
lie had not wasted his time. He had
reassumed his old position in the
Seymour street household. The ci"-
Gle of visitors there had somewhat
changed in his absence, as he soon
discovered. This was the natural re-
suit of the coloneIs presence. Like
all specialists, the old traveller was
much sought after by his kind.
Eastern authorities of every age and
nationality sought him out, and with
these rugged and sunburned wander
ers the colonel loved to travel again
over far off deserts, comparing notes,
asking and receiving hints. Gradual
ly his house came to be recognized
as the headquarters of the party des-
ignated ''alarmists." Among these
experts it soon became a semi-official
secret that VINEYARD Mistley was 'out
there" and few were taken into
further confidence and allowed to
share the colonel's anxiety at his
long absence. AS VINEYARDS broth
er. Charlie found himself of more
Importance among these ancient lum-
inarics of Eastern diplomacy. Thus
he occupied a double post in the
household Firstly, as the colonel's
friend; secondly, as Lena's attendant
knight wheresoever she might be
pleased to go.
Through it all, like an undercur-
rent, ran the thread of his own dip
lomatic task. From Lena he had
learned nothing, but one important
step had been made in the right -di-
rection: He had renewed his ac-
quaintance with the Baroness de
Nantille She had even been invited
to the Wrights' at his suggestion,
upon which occasion he had with
imperturbable calmness devoted him
self to entertaining her, until he dis
covered that Lena was beginning to
notice it. Laurance Lowe had been
present on this occasion, as on others
when the baroness and Charlie were
thrown together, and very little that
passed was lost by him.
There were many drawing rooms
n London to which Mrs. Mistley and
ner sons had the entree, and where
they could be sure of a welcome;
and now Charlie suddenly began to
take advantage of this privilege.
Wherever Lena went, he was sure to
appear during the evening. At dull,
geographical and learned soirees he
usually put in an ppearance-very
tate, but by no means disturbed. for
Il had come to be an understood
thing that Lena should accord smil-