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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19
CHAPTER XXXV.


A few days after VINEYARD Mist
ley's return to London, his brother
Charlie went to Devonport, From
there he wrote that he had been Of
fered the White Swallow, gunb oat,
destined for service in the Pacific
Ocean. "Of course l have accer ed"
he wrote; and gave no particulars as
to when the White Swallow wa like
ly to sail, and of what uration her
absence from England would prob
ably be-
With all his assumed laziness,"
obs the colonel gravely, Char
lie will push his way upward through
t,lc truck. He is a fine sailor, 1 am
sure
That same afternoon Mrs. Mistley
and Mrs. Wright went out together,
in order. they said, to have quiet
afternoons shopping, as there were
many things to be purchased and sent
Oh to Broomhaugh. The mother and
son had been nearly week in Sey
moar street. and there was now moth
ing to delay their departure for the
North.
The colonel, being left in charge of
the invalid, proposed a drive in the
lark, as the air was lovely and the
sun pot too warm. But VINEYARD
lang Iidly expressed a fear that he
vas not quite UP to it, innocently ig-
noring the fact that he had walked
downstairs alone that morning Then
ko 10, fa lv
Closed his eyes, as if composing him
self to peaceful slumbeT.
Presently the colonel left the room.
treadlng noise1essly so as to avoid
waking the sleeper. Shortly after
ward the street door closed with a
Emothered bang.
Lena was seated on low chair
near the window, the regular click
of her needle acting as lullaby to
the sufferer. Soon. however, Win
yard slowly unclosed one eye, then
the other The click of the needle
continued. He turned slightly, and
lay there watching her. He could
scarcely have wished for pleasanter
picture to look upon than that fair
English maiden, sitting with daintlly
lowed head and busy fngers-'on
duty" as it were-quietly fulfilling
her woman's mission. Like his
brother, he noticed then that Lena
was no longer the thoughtless, merry
girl whom he knew two years be-
fore. The same brave cheeriness
YES there. but it was less liable to
tie :uarance OF circumstances; the
sa de healthy power of enjoyment
bat i was tempered by greater
tNo -.htfulness. Something in the
rive Of her closed lip, something
perhaps in a newly acquired droop OF
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THE MERMAN1MMY's LULLABY

THE 1IERNfAN1NfMY'S LULLABY.
Swish, swish, my little fish;
Rest each silvery wee fin
Now the daylight's growing dim.
Swish, swish, my darling fish;
Do not quiver, do not fear,
Your mermammy's floating near.
Swish, swish, dear little fish;
Hungry hawk or cruel hook
Cannot find our cosey nook.
Shut your tiny round bead-eye,
Let your shining scales soft-lie;
Swish, swish, sweet little fish.
Swish. my pretty speckled fish;
Now the stars are coming out,
Swish, swish, my darling trout.
Mary E. Merrill, in Christian Register.
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slowly-'I suppose with a
wave of his lean hand he designated
the vessel-"that you have got the
object of your ambition now"
He finished his sentence with the
shadow of a smile which could only
be seen in his eyes, for it did not
move the white mustache or narrow
beard
Charlie did not reply at once. He
turned to take some letter from the
hand of a quarter-master, and waited
till the man had left the quarterback
before answering his companions
vague question.
81 think" he said at last, 'that a
man has two objects in his life. At
least it is-it was-so with me-"
Laurance Lowe waited silently for
him to continue.
Charlie looked round his vessel al
most critically.
''This is one" he said.
''Yes," murmured Lowe, standing
in front of him, and looking up into
his motionless face with lifeless eyes.
''And the other" continued the
sailor, slowly meeting his gaze-"and
the other-I think you know what
the other was"
Yes" said Lowe, softly, as he
held out his hand to say farewell.
"Yes, l know. With me, it was her
mother"
TEE END
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THE END.
Necessary Hours of Sleep.

4NCSCSSUIy OA NASSPs
The belief that the hours of sleep
should be artificially restricted is
prevalent. Yet it is contrary to or
binary good sense. If the human
body does not need sleep for the up
building of it's tissues it will lot call
for it. A rule of health which can
not be wrong is to sleep, If possi-
BILE, as long as any inclination for it
exists.
The erroneous view on this sub
ject is undoubtedly due to the fact
that when the mind and body are
thoroughly rested it is often difficult
to arouse the mind from its comfort
able lethargy. On the other hand,
the man who is under a mental
s 2in and sleeps only five or six
ho,; ; at night is keen and alert soon
after ;Takening. But it is an un-
healthy activity. His nerves are at
a high tension. He is on edge, so
to speak. Such a strain, long con-
tinued, results inevitably in a nerv-
Gus observation-disclosures Leader.
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A MASQUERADE.

I thought you would like to hear
about a masquerade which l attend
ed. 1t was held in the City Hall.
There were a great many pretty
dresses and some extremely funny
ones. There were clowns Of all de-
scriptions, people disguised as Red
Riding Hood, Spaniards and poppies.
The poppies, which 1 took great in
terest in, had dark green dresses,
with long strips of green crepe paper,
and large red hats with green stems
on top of the crowns, which were
also green. Afterward all the poppies
had their pictures taken by fashlight.
Eileen Tate, in the New York
Tribune.
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
Continued.

But if the record of the work was
lest, the fruits we're we'll preserved,
and among these the colonel spent
many busy day. The news of Win
yards return soon spread among the
initiated, and the house in Seymour
street was besieged by visitors. The
results of the journey were, however,
kept strictly secret, only the colonel
and few experts being allowed to
assist the invalid in the work of put
ting them in order. Soon, however,
the news leaked out, and questions
were asked in Parliament, with the
result of acquainting Russia with the
fact that she had been beaten in her
own favorite pastime of Eastern di
plomacy. Article after article ap-
peared in the Moscow papers, calling
for further investigation into the
carelessness of the avowed Russian
agents in Afghanistan, who could
give no details of the passage of this
dangerous traveller through their
midst. These writings, hot from the
brain of one who, even as these lines
are penned, is being mourned by the
nation he served so well with pen
and press, we're issued with the view
of learning more of the results of
Winyard Mistleys observations; but
in this object they failed. All that
the world learned was that the jour-
ney had been accomplished, whether
alone or with companions, whether
hasty and superficial, Or slow and
searching, never transpired.
Day by day Winyard regained his
strength, and the lines upon his face
lines speaking of hardship, hunger,
thirst and anXiety-began to disap-
pear. They never quite left him,
however, but remained there, signs
OF age upca a young face-silent
testimonials of forgotten sufferings.
His appearance had at first been
rather shock to all who remem-
bered him as he was in former days.
lie was not pale, but the dull brown
ness of his face seemed only to &C.
centuate the drawn and weary eX-
preston of his features; through all,
however, and even when he could
not stand unsupported, the brave,
strong look never left his eyes.
1t may have been by sheer force
of will, but his boyish cheerfulness
was as reliable as of old. He laughed
at his own weakness and incapacity
to walk alone; yet his laughter failed
to detract from the pathos Of the pic
ture afforded by the colonel assisting
him to move about. He laughed at
his own childish helplessness in the
matter of cutting up his food, and
audaciously handed his plate to Lena
for assistance.
Altogether he was the most unsat-
isfactory convalescent imaginable, ex-
cept that he made visible and rapid
strides toward health. There was
no demand for lowered tones and
noiseless movements in his presence.
Inquiries after his welfare were
treated jocosely, and unless the medi-
cine was administered with severity
and regularity, he was only to ready
to forget all about it.
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Nv erry Side
~ ....Of Life
FORGETTING TO FORGET.
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FORGETTING TO FORGET.
oh, sad was the fate of the Croesus sedate
=, who thoughtlesly told all he knew;
lie sat tar away in sorrowful state
AND his frown was distressing to view.
Pray tell us why you are SO pensive,"
they said,
What memories sad come to fret?"
his head,
"Of the things l forgot to forget!
They tell me, with tears, how the far
away years
Hold fond recollections and sad.
But with an intelligence trained, it ap
pears,
Your feelings need not be SO bad.
And it's due to my own inattention that
now
My mind is with trouble beset;
They are tracing deep wrinkles of care in
my brow,
The things I forgot to forget"
Washington Star.
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Half Truths.

A small brain that works Is of
more use than a massive intellect
that balks.
Rest assured that most of your
stray ideas have come over neigh
boris fence.
A naked truth offends the most
sacred prejudices of society.
The domestic service problem is
the pig in the clover problem-first
to get the domestics into the circle,
then to keep them there.
The family is despotism gov
erned by the meanest member. 1t is
not the strongest, but the worst-tem-
pered, who rules.-Louise Herrick
Wall. "In Lighter Vein" in the Gen.
tury,.
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The Abyssinian peasant is bathed
but thrice in his life-at birth, at
marriage and at death. ~
Women and New Money.

The cashier, as usual, paid the
loom boss in new money - crisp,
sweet-smelling bank notes that it was
pleasant to handle. But why is it,
he asked. that you insist upon new
money always? I know you hand
every cent of it to your wife
The loom boss chuckled.
Its easy to see you amt mar
ried man" said he. "Otherwise you d
know woman's nature better, and
wouldn't need to be told the advan-
tages of taking home new money to
the wife The explanation is that
women are SO fond of new money
that they hate to part with it. 1t
makes them economical. They bar
gain for this, they deny themselves
that, and the upshot is that at the
end of each week they have a tidy
little sum, all brand new, put by in a
stocking or a teapot. 1t pays, Will.
to give the wife new money. 1t pays
something like twenty per cent
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; Pluck and.
Adventure.

A NOBLE DEED.

Cabel Smith was a young soldier
a stanch American, and brave, for he
had left his young wife at home to go
to the war. 1t was hard struggle
for him to give up his happy home, to
go to the battlefront to face death.
He fought many battles against the
British, and many times he, with his
companions, all soldiers, had been
sent on very dangerous expeditions,
to find out where the enemy were,
or to find food for the American
army. Many times they were sur
prised by a troop of redcoats, who
demanded them to surrender. They
would not give up, but open fire if it
it was only few officers, but some
times it was a large troop. Then
they would try to escape with their
lives, the best way they could.
On one of these occasions, they
were confronted by large body of
soldiers who demanded them to sur
render. Cabel, with his companions,
were on horse. They turned their
horses around and rode for a large
tract of woodland near by.
They were separated, but got out
of reach of the British. Cabel urged
his horse on and on until he came to
an opening in the woodland.
Just then he saw a British man,
lying on the ground, in the path in
front of him. He was near a large
tree. The man did not have any hat
or coat on, and Cabel saw that he was
freezing, as this was the winter of
"76."
Cabel thought that he would pass
him for he was a British officer, but
was not he a Christian, and shouldn't
he help anybody whether he were
enemy or friend?
He lifted him on his horse and soon
reached a nearby house. He brought
the man in the house, where he was
kindly received. A doctor was sum-
moned, and when Cabel saw that the
man would be all right in a little
while, he rode off to his company
again. The captain asked him where
he had been so long, for all Cabel's
companions had come back. He told
the captain the reason, and the cap
tain praised him very much, and told
him that he had been right in doing
what he did Helen Barquist, in the
New York Witness.
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SORTING THE MAIL.

The distribution of the mail Is
greatly facilitated by the preliminary
process of sorting. This, however,
does not call for any such treatment
as is described in Mr.. H. A. Cody s
memoirs of Bishop Bompas, entitled
AN Apostle of the North" The
Bishop was the first to take pastoral
charge of Athabasca, Mackenzie River
and the Yukon. The diocese was
remote, desolate and lonely Under
such conditions correspondence was
important but infrequent, as his &C.
count of the mails shows.
In hard winter provisions failed
through the depth of the snow, and
all the dogs died except one, which
was kept alive on boiled moosehide.
The Indians left part of the mail be.
hind hung up in tree, and brought
on only the larger packet-chiefy
advertisements. The letters, which
had been anxiously looked for since
the summer, did not arrive until a
month later. The last two hundred
and fifty miles of the journey took
between two and three weeks.
The arrival of the mail-packet was
always great event in the quiet life
at the fort, when letters months old
were received. They generally came
twice year, by boat in summer and
by dog-team in winter, when the jour.
ney was made from post to post by
some trusty carrier.
AS a rule, the letters were much
soiled and worn from frequent
handling at the various posts, and at
times the Bishop complained of the
thinness of the envelopes, which were
not conducive to secrecy. An anus.
ing incident happened on one occa.
sion when the carrier was hurrying
forward with the mail. In some
manner he broke through the ice,
and dogs, man and letters were
thoroughly soaked. 1t was cold day.
so, heading for the shore, the Indian
made good fire, dried his clothes,
and then gazed sadly upon the wet
letters.
At last thought occurred to him,
ana taxing the so1led epistleS& out of
the envelopes. he stacked them round
the fire, near enough to dry, but not
near enough to burn.
When this was completed to. his
satisfaction he began to replace them.
But, alas! although we'll versed in
woodland lore, the Indian had never
acquired the art of reading, so that
the letters were replaced helter-skel-
ter. Into envelopes addressed to the
Bishop went important missives
meant only for the company's officers,
or the tender sighings of some fair
maiden for Northern lover; while
the Bishops letters were disposed of
In similar manner.
Thinking he had accomplished a
very clever feat, the. courier pushed
on his way, and reaching the fort
was much astonished at the excla-
nations and excitement Of all. Not
until the whole matter was explained
by the puzzled courier was the
humorous side of i, seen, and then
a good laugh ensued
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A BOYS LONG WALK.

Seven hundred and fifty miles is a
long walk for a boy of fourteen. In
"My Life and My Lectures" Mr.
Lamar Fontaine tells how, when he
was but a boy of fourteen, he made
his way over bald prairies and
through trackless forests, from the
Rocky Mountains to Austin, Texas.
He had been in captivity with the
Comanches for three years. One day
he asked the chief if he would permit
him to go home and see his mother
and his people. The Indian told him
he might if he would walk.
l knew that all the watercourses
that had their sources on the south
ern and eastern slopes of the Rocky
Mountains flowed into the Gulf of
Mexico, and that by following any of
them l should strike the Gulf some
where.
When I came to the desert, or
waterless region, game got scarce.
I carried a deer hide, and in the
morning 1 would spread it out, shake
the dew from the grass on it, and
then, gathering the ends up, would
thus have supply sufficient to last
me all that day.
My rifle kept me in good supply
of food. The jerked or dried venison
and the shredded turkey breasts 1
used as bread.
At night I would kindle fire of
the dried buffalo chips, broil my fresh
meat, eat a hearty meal of it, and
then lie down by my fire and sleep as
sound as only tired child can.
Sometimes the coyotes and larger
wolves would make some trouble with
their bowling and snarling. If they
got too bold, I would send a ball or
an arrow into the nearest and most
bold, and he would leap off with a
howl, and the rest would scatter.
l did not see human being on my
whole journey, and l do not think
that I was ever in any great danger
from any wild animal. 1 felt that
special guardian angel watched over
my pathway and guided my every
step. The first watercourse l struck
after crossing the Rio Grande and
the Pecos, was the Concho, a tribu-
tary of the Colorado, the very stream
upon which the city of Austin is To-
Gated, and on which was my home
But 1 did not know it, and did not
recognize it till l reached the juno
tion of the San Saba and the Colo
RADIO. There l saw the remains of
one of our camping places of more
than four years ago. My heart gave
a great bound when l saw the first
marks of a civilized people, and
knew that was not more than seven
ty-five miles from home.
The day was bright and clear, and
the moon only day old. and had |
had moonlight, l think that I should
have travelled all night, l was so
elated
One evening, just after sundown,
l had built my campfire on the east
ern slope of mountain, on the south
side of the river, ard was looking off
down it, when | caught the glimmer
of a light. 1t shone out bright and
clear. and twinkled like a star
watched it till my eyes grew weary
and heavy with sleep, and l drifted
into the Land of Nod with it's sheen
upon my lids. This mountain was
only twenty miles from my home, and
the light was in my mothers room.
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Didn't Make q Sale.

OF course the shoe clerk was new
to the business or he never would
have made such break.
What you need, madam" he said,
sis a number five instead of num-
Der three"
Number fivel" echoed the fair
customer, Indignantly You must be
thinking of the size of your hat.
young man. Chicago News.
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RIVALRY.

She is receiving attentions from
a young lawyer and also from young
doctor"
Which is ahead?"
They're both somewhat backward.
The lawyer asks merely hypothetical
questions, and the doctor only seems
to hold her hand to take her pulse"
louisville Courier-Journal.
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Both men became healed in argu-
ment, and finally the director of the
policy Of the paper said
IF you want to fight, let us fight
like gentlemen"
"All right"
with pistols, If you like"
"All right"
Then, possibly moved by the COM
mercial instinct, my director at
tempted one last move toward recon.
ciliation.
you are quite sure you will not
write a leader upon Somebody's Bis
cuits?"
Quite, and I decline to discuss
the matter further with you," l re-
piled.
"very we'll, we will fight with pis.
tolls"
"All right"
So we marched down through the
Office of the Glow-worm, apparently
on the best of terms. Our desire
was to keep up appearances before
the publisher. When we reached the
SI1CSL lily ullC CCtOl SLopQCu
Il have no pistols" said he.
"No more have l."
"We must buy them"
"Can't afford it. You must buy
them"
"I'm not going to buy your pistol.
I will buy my own, but l won't buy
yours. Fair plays jewel-share
and share alike"
Then a brilliant idea occurred to
me. l had seen Alfred Wigan and
Charles Kean in piece called
Pauline" in which two men fred
across table, only one of the pistols
of the brace being loaded. Then I
recollected there was some idea of
the same sort in Tom Taylor's play
of Still Waters Run Deep"
Look here, you shall buy your
pistol" I suggested.
well, 1 don't mind that" replied
my director.
Then we will toss up who shall
use it."
Fortunately he had sense of the
ridiculous, and was immensely
amused with the idea of fighting a
duel with one pistol, not on account
of revenge, but for the sake of econ
omy, and he roared with laughter.
In spite of my intense resentment, l
was obliged to follow suit, and we
became partially reconciled.
After all, it is the duty of a jour-
nalist to encourage native industries.
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The tidal basin at South Thomas
ton, Me, has an area of little more
than a square mile, with an aver
age range OF twelve feet of tide. The
dam and air compressor to be con-
structed on the plans of William o.
Weber are expected to store seventy
per cent of the tidal energy of this
inlat as compressed air, and thus
to make 5000 horsepower available
for industrial use. AS compressed
air has been successfully distributed
long distances, the leakage being
slight, it is proposed to transmit the
tidal power through pipes to stone
and lime quarries and factories of
Rockland and places within twenty
miles.
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For Nervousness.

If you are nervous remember this
simple rule. Nothing is so effective
as taking drink Of water every hour
or two. Medical men declare that
we should be helped in various ways
if we were more thoughtful and per-
sistent in this respect. 1t is certainly
a simple rule, and one that is within
the reach Of the busiest among us.
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NEARLY A DUEL.

A horse may be led to water, but
larry to this theorem is the proposition
that an editor may be hired to write,
but cannot be forced to compose stir
ring leaders on distasteful subjects.
Mr.. Arthur w. A'Beckett, in his
"Recollections of a Humorist," re-
counts an INCIDENT of this kind which
occurred while he was editor of a
paper called the Glow-worm. The
proprietor strongly desired him, for
purely commercial reasons, to write
an editorial on Somebody's Bis
suits," knowing that Somebody"
would then advertise in the Times.
Mr.. A'Beckett refused to comply
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Thoroughly Subdued.

1t is believed the most thoroughly
subdued man in the world lives in
Atchison. His wife has him so thor.
oughly squelched that, although he
has respectable, well behaved kin
when he brags it is about his wife's
kin, some of whom are in the peni
tentiary. Globe.
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CAN'T TAKE OFF FEET.

Harry one day climbed up in a
parlor chair in order to reach some
thing he wanted. Don't get up in
that chair with your feet, Harry" ex-
claimed his mother. Il just have to,
mamma" replied the little fellow.
II can't take my feet off. ''-Chicago
News.